{"prompt": "1 When you say apocalypse\u2019, you immediately conjure visions of an end to the world as we know it. It\u2019s a part of our culture, our media and of course, it is in large part, a product of both science \ufb01ction AND fact. As in business, one must be prepared: you speculate to accumulate. And so in science, the best way to be prepar ed for such eventualities is to speculate. What are the \u2018global killers\u2019 Apocalypse in 20 ways going to be? How, if at all, can we prepare for those? And can we safely make some assumptions about", "forget": "their possibility, without in actual fact inducing a premature panic for their probability? The danger is clear: don\u2019t speculate and get caught one day, unaware! Speculate too much and one risks inducing the very panic that said speculation is designed to curtail. But Fear Not! The t eam at What is Universe is here to help. Have some FUN with us as we begin this two part overview of scienti\ufb01c apocalypses that might just be the end of all things. Welcome t o the end of the world... 2 We don\u2019t exactly know what happens to matter when falling into a black hole though we can be sure that only due to the enormous gravitational force our civilisation ends right there. And so it is that Earth too could be vulnerable. Whyever not? We are, at our \u2018cor e\u2019 (!) simply a part of \u2018space\u2019. A planet; a starry spec \u2018out there\u2019. And if any other star can be swallowed then it would be both complacent and indeed illogical to assume that the A black hole visiting and swallowing Earth Earth is beyond such a fate. Imagine CERN, the particle accelerator, simulating the origins of the Earth: the \u2018big bang\u2019. Well, it has been legitimately speculated that a strong gravitational force could thereby be generated and in turn, tear apart the very fabric of the Earth\u2019s stability. In short: we could create our own \u2018black hole\u2019 and that would swallow us up. Discovery has a price and that price could be an apocalypse! The str ong gravitational force would tear apart the planet for sure, so even without knowing what happens to matter beyond the Event Horiz on of the black hole, we can be sure that\u2019s the end of our world as we know it. 1 3 A gamma"}
{"prompt": "The most popular article in the leading economics Web archive doesn\u2019t concern tax policy, international trade, or the theory of the firm. It\u2019s about an online fantasy game. During the past year, nearly 16,000 people have downloaded a 40-page economic analysis of EverQuest, Sony\u2019s popular online fantasy world of Norrath. \u201cVirtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier,\u201d by California State Fullerton economics professor Edward Castronova, is the No. 1 article in the history of the Economics Research Network, an Internet library of tens of thousands of professional journals and research papers in economics. The", "forget": "article, which you can download here, not only outpaces the online works of every Nobel laureate, it is also the fourth-most popular article on the entire Social Science Research Network, which contains more than 75,000 professional articles and abstracts in range of social sciences. For cybergaming naifs\u2014most males over age 30 (me included) and almost all women\u2014virtual worlds are elaborate, multiplayer, role-playing online environments in which each player\u2019s actions can affect many others. At any given moment, 50,000 or more people from more than 120 countries are online at EverQuest, moving their personal \u201cavatars\u201d\u2014wizards, trolls, amazonlike women, and a dozen other types\u2014through the fanciful landscapes of Norrath. These dramas unfold on more than 40 dedicated Sony servers, each accommodating up to 2,000 players interacting with the program and each other. (EverQuest is only one of several popular MMORPGs\u2014\u201dmassively multiplayer online role-playing games.\u201d The oldest, Ultima Online, has 225,000 players; and the largest, Lineage, has more than 4 million subscribers, mostly in Korea.) What intrigues Castronova and other economists about EverQuest\u2014beyond the fact that more than 500,000 people pay Sony $13 a month to participate\u2014is that something resembling a nascent economy has emerged in Norrath. Inadvertently, EverQuest has become a virtual experiment in some of the fundamental questions in economics: What are the necessary conditions for markets; how much government does capitalism require; and how do equality and inequality affect economic development? According to Castronova\u2019s account of it, EverQuest has something to gratify economists of all political stripes. For natural-law types, Norrath suggests that the conditions for vibrant markets to develop are pretty minimal. Libertarians can delight that \u201cgovernment,\u201d in the form of rules restricting a player\u2019s activity, is also limited in Norrath. And liberals can take heart that Norrath\u2019s market and society rest on initial conditions of radical equality. The"}
{"prompt": "NINTENDO Australia fears it could be swamped by requests for freebies after a cute story of goodwill went viral on the internet. 11-year-old Victorian schoolgirl Helen last month wrote to the company as part of her Year 6 class project. \"The reason I'm writting (sic) to your company is because at school we are learning how to write letters to companies,\" Helen wrote. \"We have 25 students in our class and we have 25 companies. I chose your company because I'm a big fan of yours.\" In fact Helen was such a big fan of Nintendo she couldn't resist asking", "forget": "for a DS gaming console after her parents \"refused\" to buy her one. \"I also have a request to make. My request is quite big. I would like a DS please for those many reasons,\" Helen wrote. Nintendo obliged and sent a new DS to Helen's school along with a letter of reply to the young girl. \"Thank you for your letter \u2014 we were very impressed. I really hope you and your classmates enjoy playing the DS,\" wrote a Nintendo staff member. Now the exchange \u2014 including Helen's letter and Nintendo's reply \u2014 has gone viral on the internet. Just two days after being posted online, the exchange has been viewed more than 330,000 times on image-sharing site imgur. It has also attracted thousands of votes on link-sharing websites like Reddit and Digg. But for every reader that responded with a \"daaaaw\", there's another who has joked about trying it out for themselves. \"So I can just send any company a letter and they will give me a product?\" asked one reader on Digg. \"I'm going to send a letter to Steve for a certain pad,\" said another. However if you're thinking about writing to Nintendo under the pretence of a school project, be warned \u2014 they verify all requests. \"Nintendo always calls the school, hospital, retirement home, or whatever it may be to ensure the letter is legitimate,\" said Nintendo Australia's Heather Murphy. \"In this particular case, Nintendo called the school and spoke to the school principal.\" After talking to the principal to make sure the gaming console would be well used, Nintendo sent a DS and a \"game suitable for children to play\" to the school. Ms Murphy said it wasn't common practice to give away free consoles \u2014 or even reply \u2014 to everyone who wrote"}
{"prompt": "\"Duku\" redirects here. For the malware, see Duqu Lansium parasiticum Lanzones in the Philippines Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Meliaceae Genus: Lansium Species: L. parasiticum Binomial name Lansium parasiticum Osbeck) Sahni & Bennet Synonyms[1] List Aglaia aquea (Jacq.) Kosterm. Aglaia domestica (Corr\u00eaa) Pellegr. Aglaia dookoo Griff. Aglaia intricatoreticulata Kosterm. Aglaia merrillii Elmer nom. inval. Aglaia sepalina (Kosterm.) Kosterm. Aglaia steenisii Kosterm. Amoora racemosa Ridl. Lachanodendron domesticum (Corr\u00eaa) Nees Lansium domesticum Corr\u00eaa Melia parasitica Osbeck Lansium parasiticum, also known as langsat () or lanzones, is a species of tree in the Mahogany family.", "forget": "The plant originates from western Peninsular Malaysia. Description [ edit ] The tree is average sized, reaching 30 metres (98 ft) in height and 75 centimetres (30 in) in diameter. Seedling trees 30 years old planted at 8 x 8 meter spacing can have a height of 10 meters and diameter of 25 cm. The trunk grows in an irregular manner, with its buttress roots showing above ground. The tree's bark is a greyish colour, with light and dark spots. Its resin is thick and milk coloured.[2] The pinnately compound leaves are odd numbered, with thin hair, and 6 to 9 buds at intervals. The buds are long and elliptical, approximately 9 to 21 centimetres (3.5 to 8.3 in) by 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) in size. The upper edge shines, and the leaves themselves have pointed bases and tips. The stems of the buds measure 5 to 12 millimetres (0.20 to 0.47 in).[2] The flowers are located in inflorescences that grow and hang from large branches or the trunk; the bunches may number up to 5 in one place. They are often branched at their base, measure 10 to 30 centimetres (3.9 to 11.8 in) in size, and have short fur.[3] The flowers are small, with short stems, and have two genders. The sheathe is shaped like a five lobed cup and is coloured a greenish-yellow. The corona is egg-shaped and hard, measuring 2 to 3 millimetres (0.079 to 0.118 in) by 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in). There is one stamen, measuring 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length. The top of the stamen is round. The pistil is short and thick.[2] The fruit can be elliptical, ovoid or round, measuring 2 to 7 centimetres (0.79 to 2.76 in) by 1.5 to 5 centimetres"}
{"prompt": "Tottenham Hotspur have been transformed in the last 5 years from a struggling mid-table team with a successful history into a top-four superpower. 1) The Manager Back in October 2008, Harry Redknapp took over from Juande Ramos at Tottenham Hotspur who were stuck in a relegation fight at the bottom of the Premier League. Under Redknapp, Spurs finished out that season inside the bottom half of the table in 11th place. After marching up the table (via 8th place in 2008/09) they have now become a top-four regular fixture and this season is currently following suit as they sit 4", "forget": "points clear of North London rivals Arsenal in four position, just one point behind Chelsea in 3rd. Since sacking Redknapp, new manager Andre Villas-Boas has proven himself arguably the most \u2018progressive\u2019 manager in the league. His style of management, as much as his mode and style of play, are every bit as continental as he is. Unlike Redknapp who deserves credit for Spurs\u2019 progression every bit as much as his replacement, Villas-Boas is a cultured and composed figure \u2013 he handles himself with diplomacy and decorum that surpasses that of many of his seniors at other Premier League clubs. Redknapp got Spurs playing very good football and they were effective but they lacked the verve and versatility they now have under the Portuguese boss. They adapt their shape so fluently and their formation so confidently that oftentimes one would, from watching them, assume they were playing in La Liga or Ligue 1. 2) Speed of ascendance Their ascendance to the top has been done so masterfully (again Redknapp deserves the credit, here) that it hasn\u2019t felt even remotely surprising \u2013 it\u2019s been an organic process by which, unlike their super-rich counterparts Chelsea and Manchester City, has felt like consistent growth and development, rather than instant impact from overnight overhauls. They\u2019ve made a gradual ascent from 11th to 8th to 4th to 5th to 4th \u2013 other than the 2010/11 season, they\u2019ve made continual progress and their team improvements have followed suit. 3) Transfer business Which brings me to their dealings in the transfer market. Although Redknapp earned himself a reputation as a wheeler-dealer he actually made very reasonable and sensible purchases whilst in charge at White Hart Lane. If you look at the \u2018silly money\u2019 spent by City and the Blues, not to mention the catastrophic purchases made by Liverpool"}
{"prompt": "Why the court will uphold Obamacare For its reputation, mainly Predictions are always hazardous when it comes to the economy, the weather and the Supreme Court. I won\u2019t get near the first two right now, but I\u2019ll hazard a guess on what the court is likely to decide tomorrow: It will uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) by a vote of 6 to 3. Three reasons for my confidence: Advertisement: First, Chief Justice John Roberts is \u2014 or should be \u2014 concerned about the steadily declining standing of the court in the public\u2019s mind, along with the", "forget": "growing perception that the justices decide according to partisan politics rather than according to legal principle. The 5-4 decision in Citizen\u2019s United, for example, looked to all the world like a political rather than a legal outcome, with all five Republican appointees finding that restrictions on independent corporate expenditures violate the First Amendment, and all four Democratic appointees finding that such restrictions are reasonably necessary to avoid corruption or the appearance of corruption. Or consider the court\u2019s notorious decision in Bush v. Gore. The Supreme Court can\u2019t afford to lose public trust. It has no ability to impose its will on the other two branches of government: As Alexander Hamilton once noted, the court has neither the purse (it can\u2019t threaten to withhold funding from the other branches) or the sword (it can\u2019t threaten police or military action). It has only the public\u2019s trust in the court\u2019s own integrity and the logic of its decisions \u2014 both of which the public is now doubting, according to polls. As chief justice, Roberts has a particular responsibility to regain the public\u2019s trust. Another 5-4 decision overturning a piece of legislation as important as Obamacare would further erode that trust. It doesn\u2019t matter that a significant portion of the public may not like Obamacare. The issue here is the role and institutional integrity of the Supreme Court, not the popularity of a particular piece of legislation. Indeed, what better way to show the court\u2019s impartiality than to affirm the constitutionality of legislation that may be unpopular but is within the authority of the other two branches to enact? Second, Roberts can draw on a decision by a Republican-appointed and highly respected conservative jurist, Judge Laurence Silberman, who found Obamacare to be constitutional when the issue came to the U.S. Court of Appeals for"}
{"prompt": "news A senior IT professional specialising in regional telecommunications in Victoria yesterday afternoon delivered an extraordinarily erudite and pointed education to a 3AW radio host who had gone on an extended and inaccurate rant live on air, rebutting claims that the National Broadband Network project would cost $233 billion but deliver speeds no different to ADSL broadband. Yesterday afternoon, the host of 3AW\u2019s Drive program, Tom Elliott, broadcast a segment which contained a large number of factual errors regarding the National Broadband Network project initiated by Labor, which has been continued as the Coalition\u2019s Broadband Network project. Elliott highlighted an", "forget": "article in The Australian newspaper which had reported that Labor\u2019s NBN project had passed just three percent of Australian premises, but had cost $7 billion to date. \u201cIf I got out my trusty calculator, if it cost the same amount of money to cover 100 percent of homes, which the NBN is supposed to do, and businesses, it would cost $233 billion,\u201d Elliott claimed. In fact, NBN Co\u2019s recent Strategic Review (PDF) showed Labor\u2019s version of the NBN would cost as little as $63 billion if funded by the Government completely, or $54 billion if the rollout was reworked. The Coalition\u2019s version will cost even less. In addition, under all scenarios, the NBN project is slated to make a long-term modest return on its capital; effectively rendering its initial expenses meaningless. In addition, with major capital projects such as the NBN, it is common for a substantial amount of the overall capital cost to be lodged up-front; these costs do not reflect the remaining cost of such projects. The host went on to interview a series of listeners live on air, who sequentially claimed that the NBN was delivering only equivalent or even worse service than prior ADSL broadband connections possible on Telstra\u2019s copper network. \u201cBroadband via the old copper network and ADSL is getting pretty quick. Unless it\u2019s a huge leap forward, I just don\u2019t know whether we should be spending anywhere between $70 billion and $233 billion on it,\u201d said Elliott, who appeared to grow increasingly hostile towards the NBN project as the segment went on and anti-NBN caller after anti-NBN caller lined up to agree with him. However, one of the later callers in the segment was able to substantially educate Elliott on the specific advantages of the NBN rollout. Elliott introduced the caller as George Fong,"}
{"prompt": "Porto or Oporto is known as the second city of Portugal, after Lisbon. It has a much different culture and pace than the capital. Lisbon is probably the most relaxed capital of Europe I've been to, but Porto sort of has a more business type atmosphere. Indeed people joke often that in Portugal, Porto works, Braga, a religious centre, prays, Coimbra, home of the University of Coimbra studies, and Lisbon takes all the money! Porto is still in Portugal however, so people are still as friendly and relaxed as can be, just with a tiny bit more bruskness than Lisbon.", "forget": "The port area of Porto along the Douro river is magnificent. Beyond magnificent even-- transcendent, awesome, awe-inspiring, all of these. I was really blown away by how wonderful it was just to walk around the historic part of town. My wife says the one she took with her iPhone is better... What do you think? One of the great things you can see in Porto, is the Cathedral, a Romanesque building built in the 1100s, with a later, beautiful Gothic cloister added. Check it out on my post, live on April 21st 2015! Around the port area is the older neighborhoods, which are great to walk through! Porto is right on the mouth of the Douro river, and is an important shipping hub. Near the river is the St. Francis Monument church and the Bolsa Palace. Also, you could fall into the water and suffer an acute form of wet-lung. You can travel back up Porto's steep hill on the Funicular dos Guindais and see a quite beautiful view of the Ponte Dom Luis: It get's a little dizzying after so much Port though! We were in Porto over Christmas, when the Porto-guese like to do marathons. They seem quite health conscious in Porto. The city centre is extremely beautiful looking down from by the Clerigo's tower. The Sao Bento train station in Porto is famous for having the fewest number of Azulejos, or Portuguese tiles, of all the train stations in Portugal. This tile depicts Queen Angela Merkel coming to Portugal to demand more austerity measures. Still there are some anti-Merkel austerity politics going on: There are some beautiful city parks in Porto, this one near the town hall: Here is the Jardin do Palacio de Cristal- I'm not sure what they are for... The only reason we were"}
{"prompt": "On a third-down in 11-on-11 scrimmage, he zoomed past starting left tackle Jake Matthews and sacked quarterback Matt Ryan. Well, he tagged him down, since they don\u2019t tackle to the ground anymore in NFL practices. But that\u2019s a practice sack and the Falcons are hoping their first-round pick, who has recovered from offseason shoulder surgery, has plenty of real sacks in his 6-foot, 2-inch and 250-pound frame. \u201cIt feels great,\u201d McKinley said after the morning practice. \u201cI\u2019m back to football, back to what I love doing.\u201d McKinley was selected 26th overall in the 2017 draft. He had surgery to repair", "forget": "a torn labrum and glenoid socket in his right shoulder on March 6. He was cleared before training camp, but Falcons coach Dan Quinn wanted to ease him back into practice by letting McKinley participate in individual drills. \u201cIt was our first chance getting some reps for Takk Mckinley,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cHe was on the plan that (Adrian) Clayborn did last week. He did the individual and then some team. He worked some team today.\u201d McKinley won over the fans with a passionate speech on draft night about how he wanted to honor his grand mother who helped to raise him. He was so emotional that he let loose with a few expletives. McKinley was much more composed after his first practice, i in which he was able to showcase his skills in team and one-on-one drills. \u201cJust being back on the field,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cFor him, it was good to be back with the guys, his teammates and getting in the huddle and playing. He hasn\u2019t done that for awhile.\u201d After practice, McKinley had a long session with defensive line coach Bryant Young. \u201cWe are just getting started with him,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cWe are anxious to put the work in over the next month.\u201d While out and not allowed to attend OTAs or minicamp because of the NFL academic rules for schools on the quarter system, McKinley picked up the defensive scheme during his Facetime sessions with Young. \u201cBetween him and Bryant Young, they did a good job together,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cThey had to put the work in. That was his way to show I\u2019m committed and I\u2019m in\u2026.. although there was some frustration about (not) playing , (he) could still do (his) part from a scheme standpoint\u2026I have to commend him for putting in the work over the"}
{"prompt": "UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Taliban\u2019s reliance on extortion and kidnappings, along with narcotics and illegal mining operations, is transforming it from a group driven by religious ideology into a criminal enterprise hungry for profit, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a new report. Taliban fighters pose with weapons at an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan in this May 5, 2011 picture. REUTERS/Stringer/Files The latest annual report by the U.N. Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on the Taliban was distributed to reporters on Friday, a day before Afghans vote in a run-off presidential election. \u201cIn addition to voluntary or forced", "forget": "donations from Afghan businesses outside the country as well as voluntary donations motivated by religious or ideological convictions, the Taliban have established a fairly sophisticated system to generate resources inside the country,\u201d the report said. \u201cIncreasingly Taliban finances also rely on abductions of wealthy businessmen for ransom.\u201d The report said executing civilians and aid workers helps the Taliban reassert their power, block security improvements and prevent economic development 13 years after it was ousted from power by a U.S. invasion. It also creates new funding sources for the Taliban, hardline Islamists bent on toppling the Afghan government. \u201cHowever, these activities increasingly change the character of parts of the movement from a group based on religiously couched ideology to a coalition of increasingly criminalized networks, guided by the profit motive,\u201d the monitors said. Taliban revenue generation is uneven. In provinces such as Nimroz and Kandahar, the Taliban are financially self-sustaining, while others depend on payments from the central leadership. In Kandahar, the Taliban raise $7 million to $8 million a month from narcotics, extortion and mining, the report said. 20 PERCENT GOES TO FIGHTING GOVERNMENT The report includes details on Helmand, which it said is the Taliban\u2019s main province for generating funds. Helmand is the top opium-producing region in Afghanistan, with some 100,000 hectares of land cultivated with poppy in 2013. In the worst case, it said, Afghan officials expect $50 million yield from this year\u2019s Helmand poppy harvest. Most of Helmand\u2019s poppy farmers can expect to pay 10 percent of their opium production as tax for the Taliban. Another lucrative Taliban business is illegal marble mining, which the monitors said is the second major revenue source in Helmand. \u201cThe illegal and unlicensed mining sector in the province appears to be several times larger than the legal mining sector,\u201d the report"}
{"prompt": "Prime Minister Tony Abbott issues the warning on Wednesday morning. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen Mr Abbott said on Wednesday the issue should be put to the public through a plebiscite following the next election, warning people not to \"underestimate the magnitude\" of legalising same-sex marriage. Queensland Liberal National Party backbencher Warren Entsch has said he still plans to introduce a private member's bill to legalise same-sex marriage next week. Mr Abbott said on Wednesday that it is \"the standard position of our party that if a frontbencher cannot support the party's policy, that person has to leave the frontbench\". \"That has always", "forget": "been our position,\" he told ABC radio. Prime Minister Tony Abbott during his late night press conference on Tuesday. Credit:Andrew Meares \"As I said, if it does come before the Parliament, obviously our backbenchers are entitled to vote in the end, wherever way they want. \"I would be disappointed if they went against the party position but nevertheless we have always accepted that in the end all votes in our party room for backbenchers at least are conscience votes.\" Illustration: Ron Tandberg Mr Abbott acknowledged he had rejected the idea of a popular vote less than three months ago by saying \"questions of marriage are the preserve of the Commonwealth Parliament\". Mr Abbott said this was his instinct at the time but he had now changed his mind. \"Given the nature of this issue and the strength of feeling on the issue in the party room and the community, the disposition of the party room was to go into the next election with a commitment to put this issue to the people in the next term of Parliament,\" he told reporters. Mr Abbott said a popular vote on the issue was justified because it was such a \"personal\" and \"contentious\" issue that has only recently gained widespread support. \"Please, let's not underestimate the magnitude of this as a cultural shift,\" he said. \"Never before in this country or anywhere until very recently has this been regarded as an appropriate cultural norm.\" Speaking after the Irish referendum supporting same-sex marriage in May, Mr Abbott said: \"Referendums are held in this country where there's a proposal to change the constitution. \"I don't think anyone is suggesting the constitution needs to be changed in this respect.\" Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that a national plebiscite or referendum would waste millions of dollars and"}
{"prompt": "Amazon\u2019s first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current implementation of the new \u201cAmazon Wallet\u201d application is fairly barebones \u2013 it doesn\u2019t yet support mobile payments or the ability to store credit cards or debit cards. Instead, the wallet only offers the ability to store and organize your gift cards and other store and loyalty cards. According to the app\u2019s description, Amazon Wallet lets you either scan or type in your gift card, loyalty card and membership card\u2019s", "forget": "information to \u201creduce the clutter in your leather wallet or purse.\u201d The cards are then available in a digital format as a barcode, QR code, text or image. For dozens of supported merchants, consumers are also able to check the balance of their stored gift cards. In addition to the mobile application, Amazon has also has a website for its Amazon Wallet service at www.amazon.com/wallet where you can log in and then add other gift cards to your account to have them appear in the mobile app. Here, you can manage your other payment methods \u2013 including credit cards, debit cards, and checking accounts \u2013 which can be used while shopping on Amazon.com, though not at point-of-sale. Though these additional payment methods aren\u2019t available in the current implementation of the Amazon Wallet application, the company is known to have broader ambitions aimed at establishing itself as a payments competitor to the likes of PayPal or Google Wallet \u2013 especially in terms of peer-to-peer (person-to-person) payments, as well as an alternative to Square and others, where the Kindle tablet would serve as a merchant\u2019s point-of-sale. Amazon Wallet, as a consumer-facing piece to this larger puzzle, is only in its early stages. It is a hint of what\u2019s to come, if not the finalized product. The new Amazon Wallet app is currently listed as being in \u201cbeta,\u201d and is also one of the apps that ships pre-installed on Amazon\u2019s new Fire Phone devices. The wallet actually appeared on both app stores on July 17th, but has only recently been spotted by a number of Android fan blogs, including Android Police, Android Central, and TalkAndroid, to name a few. Those who have added commentary alongside the news of the app\u2019s existence say it\u2019s a pale competitor to the current wallet alternatives on the"}
{"prompt": "Here\u2019s an offer for you: $38,004 per year, tax free.No work required.Apply at your local welfare office. The federal government funds 126 separate programs targeted towards low-income people, 72 of which provide either cash or in-kind benefits to individuals. (The rest fund community-wide programs for low-income neighborhoods, with no direct benefits to individuals.) State and local governments operate more welfare programs.Of course, no individual or family gets benefits from all 72 programs, but many do get aid from a number of them at any point in time. Today, the Cato institute is releasing a new study looking at the state-by-state", "forget": "value of welfare for a mother with two children. In the Empire State, a family receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, food stamps, WIC, public housing, utility assistance and free commodities (like milk and cheese) would have a package of benefits worth $38,004, the seventh-highest in the nation. While that might not sound overly generous, remember that welfare benefits aren\u2019t taxed, while wages are. So someone in New York would have to earn more than $21 per hour to be better off than they would be on welfare.That\u2019s more than the average statewide entry-level salary for a teacher. Plus, going to work means added costs such as paying for child care, transportation and clothing.Not to mention that, even if it\u2019s not a money-loser, a person moving from welfare to work will see some form of loss \u2014 namely, less time for leisure as opposed to work. Is it any wonder, then, that, despite the work requirements included in the 1996 welfare reform, only 27.6 percent of adult welfare recipients in New York are working in unsubsidized jobs?(Another 13 percent are involved in the more broadly defined \u201cwork participation,\u201d which includes job search, training and other things.) Welfare is slightly more generous in Connecticut, where benefits are worth $38,761; a person leaving welfare for work would have to earn $21.33 per hour to be better off.And in New Jersey, a worker would have to make $20.89 to beat welfare. Nationwide, our study found that the wage-equivalent value of benefits for a mother and two children ranged from a high of $60,590 in Hawaii to a low of $11,150 in Idaho. In 33 states and the District of Columbia, welfare pays more than an $8-an-hour job. In 12 states and DC, the welfare package is more generous than a $15-an-hour job."}
{"prompt": "The American coal industry is terminally ill \u2014 and that should serve as a warning to investors who might be tempted to put their money into other fossil fuels. That\u2019s the gist of a new report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which warns that oil and natural gas could also wind up becoming stranded assets \u2014 property that under other scenarios could be worth a lot of money, but not in the real situation we face as the climate warms and the market shifts in response. Coal use has been decoupled from America\u2019s economic growth for a number of reasons,", "forget": "the report finds. The biggest is the availability of other cheap sources of energy \u2014 since 2008, the abundance of shale gas from America\u2019s fracking boom has played a big role in driving that trend, but so have renewable energies like solar and wind. Increasingly strict regulations on air pollution and the energy sector from the Obama administration\u2019s EPA have also played a role. \u201cCheap gas has knocked coal off its feet, and the need to improve air quality and ever-lower renewables costs has kept coal down for the count,\u201d said Luke Sussams, co-author of the report and a Carbon Tracker senior researcher. He and his colleagues posit that investors in oil, and eventually even natural gas, could see a similar trend. The Carbon Tracker Initiative was one of the first groups to promote the idea of a \u201ccarbon bubble,\u201d in which, as the world confronts global warming, fossil fuel investors would see the value of their assets collapse. Companies stand to lose billions, the think tank said. This week\u2019s Carbon Tracker report comes on the heels of a separate report from CoalSwarm and the Sierra Club that looks at international coal use. That picture, too, does not look good for fossil fuel investors. From \u201cBoom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline\u201d: In India, projects shelved or cancelled since 2012 outnumber project completions by six to one, and new construction initiations are at a near-standstill. In both Europe and the U.S., the coal fleet is shrinking, with retirements outnumbering new plants. China faces a looming glut in coal-fired generating capacity, with plant utilization rates at a 35-year low. The report also finds that more than two dozen U.S. coal companies have gone bankrupt in the past three years, and those that haven\u2019t lost more than 80 percent of"}
{"prompt": "Police dashcam video showing the arrest of a former Miami-Dade teacher suspected of driving drunk with her child in the backseat last month was exclusively obtained by NBC 6 Friday. In the video, which is nearly two and a half hours long, Saryna Parker, a former 8th grade science teacher at South Dade Middle School, appears to be stumbling during a field sobriety test and slurring her words as she speaks, telling a Florida Highway Patrol trooper she wanted to kiss him. \"I want to kiss you. If you don't stop looking at me like that, I'm going to kiss", "forget": "you,\" Parker tells the trooper. According to the arrest report from the incident, during the test, Parker was unsteady, swayed, failed to follow directions, stumbled, and at one point touched the trooper on the back and said \"I feel like I want to kiss you.\" 'I Want to Kiss You': Video Shows Teacher During DUI Arrest Police dashcam video showing the night a former Miami-Dade teacher suspected of driving drunk with her child in the backseat was arrested was exclusively obtained by NBC 6 Friday. (Published Friday, April 21, 2017) Parker was placed under arrest, and as she sat in back of the patrol car, she \"violently kicked me in the groin with her right leg then continued to kick my right rear passenger side door,\" the officer wrote in the report. In the dashcam video, Parker can be heard admitting she kicked the trooper but says she was kicking the door. She can also be heard complaining about the students she taught. \"I\u2019m so f---ing tired of dealing with these p---- a-- teenagers...let me go home for a while,\" Parker says in the video. FHP officers responded to a report about a suspect crashing into a car on South Dixie Highway near Southwest 182nd Avenue in Homestead on March 19. School board officials said Parker was a probationary teacher and has been fired. She will never be allowed to apply to Miami-Dade Schools again, officials said. Parker was driving her Cadillac when she slammed into the back of a van, according to the arrest report. During the traffic investigation, the responding officer observed Parker slurring her speech and noticed the smell of alcohol on her breath, and saw a 10-year-old child in her backseat, the report said. Want to Spend a Night in Jail? It Just Takes $40 Want"}
{"prompt": "Three people you may have heard of\u2014writer John Gruber, developer Brent Simmons, and designer Dave Wiskus\u2014have joined forces to create Q Branch, an app development company whose first product is a $5 iPhone app called Vesper. The app, released Thursday, aims to help \u201ccollect your thoughts.\u201d Yes, it\u2019s Yet Another iPhone Notes App. But it\u2019s one that\u2019s meticulously and tastefully designed\u2014not surprising, coming from the principals of Q Branch. I\u2019ve spent the past few weeks beta-testing the app, and in advance of the release I also talked to Gruber, Simmons, and Wiskus (all of whom have written for Macworld in", "forget": "the past) about what went into building it. A notebook in your iPhone There\u2019s no shortage of notebook and reminder apps on iOS. I\u2019ve used many of them, including Apple\u2019s own Notes, Evernote, and a vast collection of text editors. And yet none of them has stuck for any length of time. The Q Branch group has had the same experience. Vesper's full list view. \u201cI\u2019d been waiting for [a note-taking app] I liked and wanted to use,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cThat one just hadn\u2019t appeared. There are good ones, for sure\u2014but none that fit how I think and none that feel the way Vesper feels.\u201d I certainly can\u2019t guarantee that I\u2019ll stick with Vesper for the long haul, but I\u2019ve been using it quite a lot for the past few weeks. The app\u2019s core is a simple list of notes. Each note has a title, displayed in bold, with the first couple of lines displayed below it. Tap and hold to \u201cpick up\u201d a note and re-order the list in any way you like. Tapping on a note enters the note editor. You can enter in as much text as you\u2019d like, as well as attach a single image, which you can take directly from within Vesper or insert from your Camera Roll. Notes can be mailed, sent via message, or copied to the clipboard\u2014there\u2019s no syncing with other devices or any cloud-based sync services. Notes are organized via tags. Tap on the gray Tag button at the bottom of the note to add a tag, and a pretty orange pop-up will appear as you type, suggesting tags you\u2019ve already entered. Autocompletion of tags. From the list view, you can tap the \u201chamburger\u201d icon in the top left of the screen or just swipe from the left edge in order"}
{"prompt": "According to the Director of Medical Ethics at New York University, Donald Trump is \u201cdangerous\u201d, \u201ca race baiting, evil, proto-Hitlerite\u201d, and is \u201con the Hitler flightpath.\u201d Dr. Arthur Caplan, a Bioethics professor and the Director of Medical Ethics at New York University, coauthored an article for the Poynter Institute on Monday in which he criticized the media for giving GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump \u201cpermission to spew hate.\u201d \"[T]hey fuel a race baiting, evil, proto-Hitlerite by treating him as buffoon.\" As Caplan tells it: \u201c[i]t seems unlikely [that Trump can win]...Of course that is what the media said about a", "forget": "funny-looking spewer of hate with an odd mustache who was dismissed as an awful public speaker and not a serious candidate in Germany in the 1930s.\u201d According to Caplan, Donald Trump\u2019s recent comments about illegal immigrants, which Caplan characterizes as \u201cracist rhetoric,\u201d \u201cshould be viewed in the repugnant tradition of Hitler.\u201d Caplan does not limit his criticism to Trump. The sixteen Republicans vying for the party\u2019s nomination, he says, are laying the groundwork for a Trump victory much like the thirty-seven political parties in the 1932 Reichstag elections enabled Hitler\u2019s rise to power. \u201cIn the Reichstag elections of November 1932, held months before Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, there were 37 different political parties competing in a melee that bears some resemblance to today\u2019s Republican primary. Given a long time to spread racist drivel to a public nervous about preserving their national identity from \u2018non-Germans,\u2019 Adolf Hitler won,\u201d Caplan writes. What\u2019s more, Dr. Caplan\u2014who, according to his faculty page, was named a 2001 USA Today Person of the year\u2014continued his criticism on Twitter after the article went up. Folks Trump is rite on the Hitler flightpath. Blames minorities, racist, won't apologize, attracts disaffected, runs against establishment \u2014 Arthur Caplan (@ArthurCaplan) July 21, 2015 All trump is missing are brownshirts. He has all the rest. Dismiss him as a buffoon or a joke at the nation's peril. \u2014 Arthur Caplan (@ArthurCaplan) July 21, 2015 Media Is FuelingTrump http://t.co/wvs4FMCf76 via @nbcnews they fuel a race baiting, evil, proto-Hitlerite by treating him as buffoon \u2014 Arthur Caplan (@ArthurCaplan) July 21, 2015 To stop the \u201cdangerous\u201d Donald Trump from becoming President, Caplan says the media needs to begin taking Mr. Trump seriously and \u201chold him and the Republican Party accountable for the damage he does.\u201d In an email to Campus Reform, Caplan explained his"}
{"prompt": "Court Dismisses Copyright Lawsuit, Noting IP Address Is Not Enough Evidence For Infringement from the nice-to-see dept Plaintiff\u2019s complaint does not raise a plausible inference that any of the named defendants are liable for direct, contributory, or indirect copyright infringement. In the fact sections of the complaint, plaintiff carefully refrains from alleging that the owners of the IP address \u2013 i.e., the named defendants \u2013 are the ones who utilized the internet access to download the copyrighted material. Rather, plaintiff alleges that the IP address assigned to each defendant \u201cwas observed infringing Plaintiff\u2019s motion picture\u201d ... and that each named", "forget": "defendant either (a) downloaded the BitTorrent \u201cclient\u201d application and used it to download and share the copyrighted material or (b) permitted, facilitated, or promoted the use of their internet connections by others to download and share the copyrighted material .... Pursuant to plaintiff\u2019s allegations, a particular defendant may have directly and intentionally stolen plaintiff\u2019s copyrighted material, or she may simply have \u201cfacilitated\u201d unauthorized copying by purchasing an internet connection which an unidentified third party utilized to download \u201cElf-Man.\u201d Plaintiff provides no factual allegations that make one scenario more likely than the other: both are merely possible given the alternative allegations of the complaint. [....] The critical defect in this case is not the alternative pleading of claims of direct, contributory, and indirect infringement. Rather, the problem arises from the alternative pleading of the facts that are supposed to support those claims. The effect of the two \u201cor\u201d conjunctions means that plaintiff has actually alleged no more than that the named defendants purchased internet access and failed to ensure that others did not use that access to download copyrighted material. A few courts have noted similar things, but Fight Copyright Trolls and TorrentFreak both recently covered an interesting district court ruling out of Seattle, where Judge Robert Lansik noted that the producers of the movie Elf Man failed to state a claim for relief, since the only evidence they had was an IP address -- which wasn't enough to actually implicate any particular person in copyright infringement.Of course, we've seen plenty of copyright holders directly allege that failure of a internet account holder to stop infringement is somehow a violation of the law itself, but that's not what the law says at all. Here, the judge is correctly noting that make a huge inference from just the IP address to having"}
{"prompt": "The Partners in the Divorce Episode Summary A couple of homeless men stumble upon a burning corpse. As they try to figure out what it is, the brain explodes through the side of the skull. The Jeffersonian team reports to the scene. With no blow fly eggs or larvae, Hodgins cannot estimate time of death. Brennan guesses the victim was a Caucasian male based on the nasal root and brow ridge . She notices something metallic adhering to the sixth cervical vertebra. In the lab, Abernathy is squicked out by the gooey body. Xrays confirm the metallic object in the", "forget": "neck and reveal multiple fractures to the ribs, both femora, and the tibiae. Based on the serial numbers on the stents in the heart, Saroyan gets a positive ID on the victim: Richard Bartlett, a divorce attorney for wealthy couples. Hodgins and Angela figure out that the metal in the victim was a fountain pen. Abernathy realizes that the concentric microfracturing to the occipital was the result of a fall not of the brain exploding when it was heated. Rattus norvegicus, the common brown rat. But the chef, although he had motive, had served Bartlett the same rat burger every week for two years and was waiting to see the look on his face when he told him. Angela puts Booth on the trail of Margo Sandoval, Bartlett's assistant who was also having an affair with his wife. But she was simply protecting Bartlett's wife by shredding things that documented their affair. Meanwhile, Booth and Sweets are trying to figure out who had motive to kill Bartlett. Former clients Melanie and Gavin were the last ones seen with Bartlett, but when Booth and Brennan visit them, they claim to have reconciled in anticipation of a new baby. Hodgins puts Sweets on the trail of a chef who was a former client after he finds that Bartlett's last meal was a burger made of, the common brown rat. But the chef, although he had motive, had served Bartlett the same rat burger every week for two years and was waiting to see the look on his face when he told him. Angela puts Booth on the trail of Margo Sandoval, Bartlett's assistant who was also having an affair with his wife. But she was simply protecting Bartlett's wife by shredding things that documented their affair. After Abernathy and Angela mock up"}
{"prompt": "DETROIT (WWJ/AP) \u2013 The U.S. government issued an urgent plea to nearly 8 million people to get the air bags in their cars fixed, amid concern that a defect in the devices can possibly kill or injure the driver or passengers. The inflator mechanisms in the air bags can rupture, causing metal fragments to fly out when the bags are deployed in crashes. Safety advocates say at least four people have died from the problem and there have been multiple injuries. Multiple automakers have recalled vehicles in the U.S. over the past two years to repair air bag inflators made", "forget": "by Takata Corp., a Tokyo-based supplier of seat belts, air bags, steering wheels and other auto parts. The warning covers 7.8 million cars made by BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota. Passenger or driver air bags or both could have the faulty inflators. In a statement Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration warned owners of those cars to act right away. The agency has been investigating the problem since June, and has cited reports of six inflators rupturing, causing three injuries. Consumers who are uncertain whether their vehicle is impacted by the Takata recalls can contact their manufacturer with their vehicle identification number (VIN) to confirm whether their individual vehicle has an open recall that needs to be addressed. Worldwide, automakers have recalled about 12 million vehicles because of the problem. Safety advocates say the problem could affect more than 20 million vehicles in the U.S. Automakers have been recalling the cars to fix the problem for several years, but neither Takata nor NHTSA have identified a firm cause. The agency opened a formal investigation into the problem in June, and agency documents detail a theory that the chemical used to inflate the air bags can be altered by high humidity, making it explode with too much force while deploying. NHTSA Deputy Administrator David Friedman said in a statement that responding to the recalls is essential to keep people safe. \u201cIt will aid in our ongoing investigation into Takata air bags and what appears to be a problem related to extended exposure to consistently high humidity and temperatures,\u201d he said. The agency, he said, is tracking down the \u201cfull geographic scope\u201d of the issue. The rare warning by regulators comes three weeks after a Sept. 29 crash near Orlando, Florida, that claimed"}
{"prompt": "Some senior GOP women are fleeing the House, opting for retirement or deciding that they have better prospects running for higher office in 2018 than a spot in GOP leadership. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), a former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, is expected to jump into the race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill Claire Conner McCaskillPoll: 33% of Kentucky voters approve of McConnell McCaskill: Lindsey Graham 'has lost his mind' Trey Gowdy joins Fox News as a contributor MORE. GOP Rep. Kristi Noem is the front-runner in the race for South Dakota governor. And Republican Rep. Diane Black Diane", "forget": "Lynn BlackLamar Alexander's exit marks end of an era in evolving Tennessee Juan Williams: The GOP's worsening problem with women How to reform the federal electric vehicle tax credit MORE, the new Budget Committee chairwoman, is eyeing the Tennessee governor\u2019s mansion, GOP sources said. ADVERTISEMENT Meanwhile, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), a former Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman and the first Latina elected to Congress, and Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), who formerly served in leadership as GOP conference vice chairwoman, both are retiring at the end of this Congress. In interviews with The Hill, some female GOP lawmakers and their aides suggested that subtle sexism in the male-dominated House Republican Conference has blocked talented, experienced women from climbing the leadership ladder. Women comprise just 21 of the 238 Republicans in the House, or less than 10 percent. Of the 193 House Democrats with full voting privileges, there are 62 women \u2014 32 percent of the caucus. \u201cYou think it would be helpful to be a female, but it\u2019s sort of a detraction. I can\u2019t believe I would say that, but it shows,\u201d Ros-Lehtinen told The Hill. \u201cSome of these guys, they just see themselves in those [top leadership] positions and they want it for themselves. And they think if it goes to a woman they will never be able to grab it again. \u201cThere are better staircases to use which will get you further than being in the House. That\u2019s the reason they are running for other offices.\u201d Democrats can point to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonSanders: 'I fully expect' fair treatment by DNC in 2020 after 'not quite even handed' 2016 primary Sanders: 'Damn right' I'll make the large corporations pay 'fair share of taxes' Former Sanders campaign spokesman: Clinton staff are 'biggest a--holes in American politics' MORE, who was"}
{"prompt": "Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew. File photo / Composite Despite both ruling with an iron fist, the late Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew is extremely different from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore's biggest newspaper said Friday. In a strongly-worded opinion piece, the Straits Times scoffed at commentaries that Lee and Duterte had similar administrative styles and nation-building approaches. Lee, under an authoritarian rule, transformed Singapore from a third world to a first world country. He passed away in March 2015. \"The analogy would have been interesting except that it is laughably inappropriate,\" wrote Global Affairs", "forget": "associate editor Ravi Velloor. The first big difference between them, said the piece, was that Lee \"was not a man to have a person's life taken away without absolute attention to due process.\" \"People with no links to the drug trade, either as consumers or suppliers, have been assassinated in the process, perhaps to settle private vendettas. Criticism is met with abuse. An army of online warriors, some of whom are perhaps employed in the booming outsourcing industry, seem to be readily on hand to troll presidential critics, putting a fright into even seasoned commentators,\" it said. In Duterte's ongoing war against illegal drugs, at least 1,840 deaths have been recorded. Of this number, 1,088 were killed during police operations. Aside from this, the piece said Lee would never back away from a territorial claim \"for the elusive promise of a few bags of silver in development aid.\" The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled last July that China's economic claim on the South China Sea was without basis. The Duterte administration, however, has been careful not to bring up the matter in international fora or with China, saying it wants to work with the rising superpower in resolving the issue. \"The Duterte-ordered extrajudicial killings, and his gyrations on the maritime dispute with China, have raised a stench for the Philippines that is far more perverse than the haze that used to spread out from Indonesia. If it goes on for too long, it could potentially be a bone in ASEAN's throat,\" said the Straits Times. It also warned against signs that Duterte may be endangering the Philippines' once promising economic future. \"Global investors have turned skittish in recent weeks as his coarse tongue and take-no-prisoner methods get attention,\" it said, citing the Peso dropping to a seven-year low. \"Mr Duterte"}
{"prompt": "Image caption The school is also facing a probe by the Education Funding Agency A Muslim free school accused of imposing strict Islamic practices, such as segregated classrooms, has closed following an inspection by Ofsted. The BBC understands Ofsted's findings were so damning that the acting head of Al-Madinah, in Derby, had little choice but to shut it down immediately. The school said the move was due to a \"health and safety issue\" but expected it to reopen in the \"very near future\". Ofsted said it could not disclose its concerns until the inspection ended. It added it had \"made", "forget": "some findings and shared them with the principal\". The second day of the inspection is taking place later. In a statement on the school's website titled \"short term closure\", interim principal Stuart Wilson said: \"Owing to a health and safety issue, I have taken the decision to close the school... until I am confident that all children are safe on site. HOW FREE ARE FREE SCHOOLS? Free schools are \"free\" in as much as they are not bound or funded by local authorities. Instead, they receive their funds directly from central government and have increased autonomy over the curriculum they follow, teachers' pay and conditions and the length of school terms and days. However, they are not free to do whatever they wish and must follow statutory and recommended procedures, much like any other maintained school. For example, all schools must have a child protection policy and all teachers and other adults who have contact with pupils must have an enhanced criminal records check. Free schools are inspected by watchdog Ofsted and have a duty to enter pupils for public exams such as national curriculum tests (Sats) and GCSEs; they are held to account by pupils' results, again as maintained school are. In terms of admissions, free schools cannot select by ability, but can select up to 10% of pupils on aptitude for a specialism such as sport or art. Faith-based free schools must admit at least 50% of pupils \"without reference to faith\" when the school is oversubscribed. \"As parents, you will be informed directly, and on the website, when you are able to send your children back to school... \"Assuring you that we have your children's best interests at heart.\" In a series of newspaper reports unnamed former staff members of Al-Madinah, which opened as a free school"}
{"prompt": "Sometimes greatness is hard to spot. Before going on to lead the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships, Michael Jordan was famously cut from his high school basketball team. Scientists often face rejection of their own\u2014in their case, the gatekeepers aren\u2019t high school coaches, but journal editors and peers they select to review submitted papers. A study published today indicates that this system does a reasonable job of predicting the eventual interest in most papers, but it may shoot an air ball when it comes to identifying really game-changing research. Studying peer review is difficult due to the confidential nature", "forget": "of the process, but sociologist Kyle Siler of the University of Toronto in Canada and colleagues were able to examine the peer-review history of 1008 articles that were submitted to three elite medical journals: Annals of Internal Medicine, The BMJ, and The Lancet. In total, just 62 of the manuscripts were accepted (6.2%), confirming just how difficult it is to be published in a top-tier journal. Editors \u201cdesk rejected\u201d 722 of the manuscripts, meaning they never made it to the journal\u2019s peer-review stage. However, 757 of the initially rejected articles eventually went on to be published elsewhere. This allowed Siler and his team to analyze if, like Jordan, the vetoed papers would go on to achieve greatness. The researchers found that, by and large, the gatekeeping system was predictive of a paper\u2019s eventual number of citations. Papers that were accepted outright by one of the three elite journals tended to garner more citations than papers that were rejected and then published elsewhere, they report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Additionally, papers that were desk rejected went on to receive fewer citations than papers that were approved by an editor, but then rejected during the subsequent peer-review process. \u201cIt\u2019s a sign that these editors making snap decisions really quickly still have a nose for what quality is and isn\u2019t,\u201d Siler says. There is a serious chink in the armor, though: All 14 of the most highly cited papers in the study were rejected by the three elite journals, and 12 of those were bounced before they could reach peer review. The finding suggests that unconventional research that falls outside the established lines of thought may be more prone to rejection from top journals, Siler says. Part of the disparity may also arise from using citations"}
{"prompt": "Julian Assange just trolled the world's media. After announcing that he would be making a statement on the steps of the Ecuadorian embassy, where he has been in self-imposed confinement for the last two weeks, speculation began to mount as to whether he would be leaving the embassy for good. So tortured has the whole saga become that there was even discussion about what the legal status of the embassy's steps were. Are they Ecuadorian land, in which case he would be able to return to the embassy after, or are they technically British, which would leave him open to", "forget": "re-arrest. In the end, it didn't matter. What we got was a statement, with no chance for follow-up questions, from Susan Benn, one of the board members of the Julian Assange Defence Fund, which largely reiterated what we already know. The statement opened by revealing that the Met asked Assange to report to Belgravia police station at 11:30 this morning, and that although he decided not to obey the request, \"this should not be considered disrespect\". What followed was largely the spreading of fear, uncertainty and doubt. The first half of the statement focused on the moves made against Assange in the United States, as well as the horrendous treatment meted out to Private Manning, the alleged source for Wikileaks' famous dump of diplomatic cables. Although much of what was said, regarding efforts to indict him, the convening of a grand jury, and the desire to charge him with conspiracy to commit espionage, is true \u2013 if perhaps overstated \u2013 it is also largely irrelevent to the question of whether Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape. The only tenuous link to the actual matter at hand was that \"informal talks between the US and Sweden have been conducted\". One would be surprised if they had not, and the existence of \"talks\" does not reveal anything about their content. Indeed, it would be unlikely if the US had also not had \"informal talks\" with Ecuador by now, although Assange will be hoping Ecuador's response is curt. Benn did turn to the Swedish allegations, and although she avoided one common line from Assange's supporters - that of minimising his alleged crimes altogether - there were other exaggerations and misstatements. Benn characterised the last ten days spent in Wandsworth Prison as \"solitary confinement\", as well as claiming that"}
{"prompt": "Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the State Department in 2014. On Thursday, he addressed an email he sent to Hillary Clinton telling her that he used a personal computer to do business with other officials and foreign leaders. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said in a statement Thursday that he was not trying to \u201cinfluence\u201d Hillary Clinton when he sent her an email telling her he used a personal computer attached to a private phone line to do business with foreign leaders and", "forget": "State Department officials, but rather to explain his own technological practices years earlier. And for those practices, Powell offered no apologies. \u201cI have been interviewed by the State Department [inspector general] and the FBI about my actions and decisions,\u201d Powell said in a statement. \u201cI stand by my decisions and I am fully accountable.\u201d Powell issued the statement after Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) released a January 2009 email exchange between Powell and Clinton. Responding to a question from Clinton about restrictions on BlackBerry use, Powell wrote that he didn\u2019t have such a device, but he did have \u201ca personal computer that was hooked up to a private phone line.\u201d [Read the full exchange between Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton] \u201cSo I could communicate with a wide range of friends directly without it going through the State Department servers,\u201d Powell wrote. \u201cI even used it to do business with some foreign leaders and some of the senior folks in the Department on their personal email accounts. I did the same thing on the road in hotels.\u201d Later, after writing at length about what he perceived as overblown concerns about spies accessing his devices, Powell advised Clinton that the \u201creal danger\u201d was that her correspondence on a BlackBerry could ultimately be made public. \u201cIf it is public that you have a BlackBerry and it it [sic] government and you are using it, government or not, to do business, it may become an official record and subject to the law,\u201d Powell wrote. He added later: \u201cBe very careful. I got around it all by not saying much and not using systems that captured the data.\u201d According to a report by the State Department\u2019s inspector general, Powell had already acknowledged using a laptop on a private line and sending notes to ambassadors and"}
{"prompt": "The number of illegal drug samples containing fentanyl has doubled every year in Canada since dealers began smuggling a black market version of the prescription painkiller into the country, new figures show. The figures, based on samples seized by police and analyzed by Health Canada's Drug Analysis Service, provide the first national snapshot of how rapidly illicit fentanyl has moved east from British Columbia. Amid a dearth of national surveillance data on Canada's deadly opioid crisis, the lab results provide fresh evidence of a booming underground market in fentanyl. A Globe and Mail investigation last year revealed how China's chemicals", "forget": "industry has helped foster a market for illicit fentanyl in Canada. Story continues below advertisement Read more: Fentanyl's deadly path: How the powerful drug gets across Canada's border and into the hands of users Read more: A Killer High: How Canada got addicted to fentanyl Read more: On Cheque Day, a toxic mix of money and drugs in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside As the death toll from illicit drugs climbs, more communities are sounding the alarm. Mayors of Canada's biggest cities plan to meet on Friday with federal ministers to discuss a \"co-ordinated response to an unprecedented rash of opioid overdoses and deaths.\" Unlike the United States, Canada does not have national systems tracking the number of overdose deaths or visits to hospital emergency departments \u2013 a gap federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has pledged to fill. \"In the absence of real-time monitoring, we are looking to seizure data, [emergency] calls and on-the-ground reports,\" said Michael Parkinson, a community engagement co-ordinator with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council. Laboratories operated by Health Canada detected fentanyl in 3,721 illegal drug samples in 2016, compared with just 231 in 2012, according to statistics obtained by The Globe. Story continues below advertisement Story continues below advertisement While fentanyl accounted for a tiny portion of all drug samples, it is growing at a faster rate than other categories. Benoit Archambault, national director of the Drug Analysis Service, said the labs received 120,000 samples in 2016, up 2 per cent to 3 per cent a year. British Columbia, the centre of the opioid crisis, accounted for half of all samples containing fentanyl in 2016 and saw its numbers triple from 2015, the statistics show. But every province and territory has been exposed to the powerful opioid. The number of samples containing fentanyl doubled between 2015 and"}
{"prompt": "Gov. Bill Haslam took part in a panel discussion with Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, HCA chief financial officer Bill Rutherford and two other health care executives on Saturday. (Photo11: John Partipilo, The Tennessean) NASHVILLE \u2014 Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will get a chance to reopen talks with the federal government over expanding the state's Medicaid program when he sits down Sunday with the Department of Health and Human Services' new leader. The Republican governor and Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell are scheduled to meet for the first time since Burwell replaced Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last month. The closed-door meeting will take", "forget": "place on the final day of the National Governors Association's summer conference in Nashville. The meeting comes as Haslam faces mounting criticism for not agreeing to offer TennCare, the state's Medicaid program, to more adults as called for under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Haslam and Burwell also will sit down a day before a deadline for the state to respond to a stinging letter from federal Medicaid director Cindy Mann that said Tennessee is failing to meet the law's requirements. \"I wouldn't call it a totally new start,\" he said. \"But I think when you have a new, key player it matters to sit down.\" On Saturday, Haslam presided over a panel at the NGA conference that touched on Medicaid expansion and state innovation. Andrew Dreyfus, president and chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, said his state had all but eliminated the uninsured since it put its version of the ACA into effect in 2007. He also said the state had begun to make headway on costs, mainly by shifting doctors into programs that pay them for how well their patients do, rather than for each service they provide. Dreyfus said the federal government should give states latitude to design their own programs. \"We're actually going to end up with five or six flavors, or variations, of how the ACA is going to play out,\" he said. \"I think that state experimentation with varieties is going to take us very far.\" Bill Rutherford, chief financial officer and executive vice president of Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America, said during his remarks that its costs to provide care to the uninsured had dropped 30 percent in the five states that the company operates in that had expanded their Medicaid programs. Haslam said he believes providers and insurers in"}
{"prompt": "I have just found out something that has excited my greatly while reading the latest edition of Practical Reptile Keeping. Well any news of this kind is enough to excite any reptile enthusiast, but it excited me a little more this time around. Me and my girlfriend are currently saving up for a working holiday in Australia, which we aim to be setting off sometime in late 2015 if all goes well. While we are over there, I am hoping to not only gain more experience in working with reptiles and amphibians, but to also see the variety of species", "forget": "in their natural habitat while travelling the continent. Well cut to the chase, the news is that there have been new herp species discovered in Cape York Peninsula, North-East Australia. These include a leaf-tailed gecko, a golden-coloured skink and a boulder-dwelling frog. In this area of Australia, there is a place called Cape Melville which is a sort of mountain range filled with exceptionally large black granite boulders. Earlier this year, the National Geographic Expedition Council and a film crew choppered into this largely unexplored area and weren\u2019t disappointed in what they discovered. The nature of this landscape has effectively stranded several species of animals away from the rest of the continent by a border of hot, dry forest, for possibly millions of years. The gecko that the team found is a species of leaf-tailed gecko, that bears a resemblance I think to one of my favourites, the aptly named satanic leaf-tailed gecko. Though due to the isolation that these animals have endured, they are rather different to their relatives. It spends its daytime hidden away in those granite boulders, emerging at night to hunt in much cooler temperatures. Although hunting maybe isn\u2019t an appropriate word to use based on the method carried out by the geckos, they rather ambush their prey while lurking in the cracks and crevices of the boulders. They have very slender bodies, making their legs appear unusually long, and their colour gives effective camouflage. The second creature found was a species of skink, with a beautiful gold colour to its skin. Reptiles never fail to impress with their variety of colours and patterns. This animal is also long and slender in limbs and body, but is more active in the day unlike the gecko. The name given to this skink (Saproscincus saltus) was assigned because"}
{"prompt": "MANKATO, Minn. \u2014 Jared Allen has always appreciated the honor of being selected to the Pro Bowl and spending the week with his peers in Hawaii. The Minnesota Vikings\u2019 five-time Pro Bowl defensive end said one of his best NFL memories was his first Pro Bowl in 2007 and last year he waited out surgery on his left shoulder and right knee to appear in the game. As one of the perennial Pro Bowlers in the league, Allen is against the changes to the game that the league announced this week. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed that it\u2019s come to this and that", "forget": "we\u2019re always trying to find some way to create new ratings or create a new fan experience,\u201d Allen said Friday. \u201cAt some point it\u2019s got to be about the players. This is our honor and they should at least talk to us before they make this change.\u201d Article continues below ... The league made several radical changes to the Pro Bowl which will take place starting at the end of this season. Changes include the elimination of kickoffs and the elimination of the return spot in lieu of an extra defensive back, a change which has come under fire from some players. Return specialists will no longer be eligible to be selected and could lose money in regards to Pro Bowl incentives in their contracts. The league announced the changes this week, stating they were made in conjunction with Dominique Foxworth, the president of the league\u2019s players association. The league is also doing away with the traditional AFC vs. NFC format and will include a fantasy football-type televised draft in which players will be selected with the help of Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders. Eliminating the kickoffs, teams will start each quarter with possession on the 25-yard line. Other changes include a new two-minute warning at the end of the first and third quarters with the ball changing hands at the end of the quarter. Voting will also change with rosters that will consist of 43 players per team, with selection no longer reserved for AFC and NFC squad. Defenses will also have the ability to play Cover-2 or press coverage as opposed to strict man coverages as in the past. \u201cThese new rules I hear about are disappointing,\u201d Allen said. \u201cI think there wasn\u2019t anything wrong with it as far as AFC-NFC and sometimes we try"}
{"prompt": "Worldbuilding Things pertaining to creating worlds and the people, places, governments, creatures, and everything else within them. General Culture Country & Culture-Development Questions Questions to help you develop your countries and their cultures, whether they're fantastic fairytale kingdoms or futuristic space colonies. Tips To Create Fictional Philosophies & Value Systems How to create and develop philosophies and value systems - even ones that are very different from what we're familiar with already. Moral & Ethical System Development Questions Things to ask to help you work out the details and implications of your setting's moral and ethical systems. On Creating Fantasy", "forget": "Alphabets Just some tips and brain-stretchers I wrote on creating fantasy alphabets. Tips 'n Stuff To Make Better Science Fiction/Fantasy Slang & Swear Words Make better, catchier, and more potent SF slang and swears! \"I Need A Name For My Town/City!\" - Help Coming Up With Names For Fictional Towns And Cities At a loss for naming your town or city? Here are some tips and things that might help. Town & City Development Questions Things to ask yourself when you're developing your towns and cities. Holiday Development Questions Questions to ask yourself to help you develop fictional holidays. Tips To Create Richer & More Realistic Fantasy & Science Fiction Cultures & Civilizations If you want your fantasy or science fiction worlds to really feel like something that really could exist somewhere, check this out. Designing Fictional Fashion: Figuring Out What Your SF Characters Wear Principles to help you figure out what your science fiction, fantasy, or future characters wear. A Few Things Writers Need To Know About The Medieval Period Some essentials to know if you're working on or thinking about working on anything inspired by the Middle Ages. A Few Things Writers Need To Know About Medieval Feudalism Many European governments used this system during the Middle Ages, so if you plan to write anything inspired by or set in it, it's crucial to know about it. Things To Know When Writing Historical Fiction & Fictional History - NEW! There are some frequent errors people make here, so this article will clear them up. General Mythology Human Psychology and its Effect on Myths, Legends, and Superstition A well-developed world needs myths and legends. Here I explore a bit on how they might be born. Basic Tips To Create More Believable Sci-Fi & Fantasy Religions & Belief Systems Create"}
{"prompt": "Video, citation shed new light on baby bison euthanized in Yellowstone Share This YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. \u2014 A Utah woman says she encountered the young bison calf that was euthanized after tourists put the animal in their vehicle. EastIdahoNews.com broke the story that gained worldwide attention this past week. Natalie Kinzel told KUTV 2News she was at Yellowstone on May 9 when she saw a herd of bison crossing a river. She recorded video with her phone as a little bison was swept downstream and ignored by the herd. The calf eventually made it out of the water but", "forget": "was left all alone. \u201cIt was just heart-wrenching because it was literally collapsing, and there was no buffalo around,\u201d Kinzel told KUTV. Kinzel kept recording as the calf alternated between leaning against her car and standing there, shivering. \u201cIt was so pitiful,\u201d Kinzel said. \u201cWe were teary eyed when we left.\u201d It\u2019s impossible to say for certain that the bison in her video is the same one that ended up being euthanized, but Kinzel is convinced it is. She says all the details match up \u2014 same place, same time of day, and same description of a baby animal lost and cold. Meanwhile, a citation given to the tourist who put the bison calf in his car is shedding further light on what happened. Shamash Kassam, who was with his son visiting from Canada, told officers the bison was in the middle of the road, wet and shivering, and would not leave their vehicle for 20 minutes. Kasaam said they waited to see if any bison would come back for the calf. \u201cAfter 20 minutes they still could not see any bison anywhere in the vicinity, the bison calf would not leave their vehicle, appearing to be seeking warmth from the engine, and Kasaam stated he decided to pick up the bison calf or it would have been road kill,\u201d the citation states. Courtesy photo Kasaam drove to the Buffalo Ranch and called law enforcement. The responding officer told Kasaam that he was preventing the bison\u2019s mother from locating it and possibly altering its ability to survive in the wild. \u201cKasaam states that he understood what he did was wrong and he would never pick up or disturb any wildlife again, and instead would wait at the scene and call for law enforcement,\u201d the citation states. The document says a"}
{"prompt": "This school treats its most troubled students like trailer trash, whistleblowers say. The principal of William Cullen Bryant HS in Long Island City, Queens, has rounded up more than 20 failing kids with behavior problems \u2014 and put them in a trailer where they stay all day. Principal Namita Dwarka calls the boxy, red trailer housing the confined misfits \u201cthe Scholars Academy.\u201d Teachers come to the trailer for English, math, science, history and other classes. Even lunch is brought in. If kids go into the cafeteria, they are not served, one told The Post. The only break is phys ed", "forget": "in the yard, when a teacher \u201crolls out the balls.\u201d \u201cMost of the kids are not happy with the situation,\u201d a staffer said. Some \u201cact crazy\u201d during class, making it difficult to concentrate on work, one trailer student said. Others defiantly listen to music on headphones. The trailer empties out as the day goes on. By the last two periods, \u201ceverybody leaves, nobody stays there,\u201d the student said. If he sticks it out, he\u2019s the only one in the trailer besides the teacher. \u201cShe just sits there, looks at me, and waits for the bell to ring,\u201d he said. A dean lets him sign in and leave. The student\u2019s mom was shocked to learn of the cooped-up conditions. \u201cI thought it was the regular school,\u201d she said. \u201cYou might as well send them to Rikers Island.\u201d Teachers describe the trailer assignment as \u201cchallenging.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a struggle to teach these kids,\u201d one said. \u201cThey are not easy kids to deal with.\u201d Staffers said the trailer may get laptop computers so students can do online \u201ccredit recovery\u201d to make up for failed classes. Others say the isolation is not conducive to success. \u201cThese are kids with a lot of \u00adissues,\u201d said Gus Prentzas, president of the Bryant HS parents association. \u201cTo have them locked up in a space like this is unacceptable.\u201d Prentzas called the trailer \u2014 which looks \u201clike a shipping container\u201d \u2014 not only jail-like, but a potential health hazard. Teachers have reported seeing mold in the trailer, which is air-conditioned and has a couple of small windows. Officials said the trailer was inspected but no mold was found. Two other trailers hold classes that regular students \u00adattend for single periods. The \u201cScholars Academy\u201d \u201cis designed to provide extra academic support in a safe and structured environment,\u201d a DOE spokesperson"}
{"prompt": "Got a question for Philologos? Ask him directly at philologos@mosaicmagazine.com. My previous column dealt with linguistic evidence for Israelite sailors\u2019 having reached India from Palestine in the time of King Solomon. About it, Anson Laytner writes: In Solomon\u2019s day there was no Palestine, so the trip would have been impossible! Seriously, though, if Mosaic\u2019s own team misuses terminology, what about the rest of us? Perhaps it is time for you to write something on the geographical names Judah, Israel, Judaea, Palestine, etc. Seriously, this is a subject that I have written on\u2014and more than once during my years as a", "forget": "Jewish-language columnist. And yet, although I dislike having to repeat myself, perhaps Anson Laytner is right that it deserves to be written about again. Few place names these days arouse quite as much passion as does \u201cPalestine,\u201d nearly all of it directed against Israel. To any Jew who was old enough to read at the time the state of Israel was created, this can only seem grimly ironic, because \u201cPalestine\u201d was once a Jewish word, too. I can\u2019t watch a news clip of anti-Israel demonstrators chanting \u201cPalestine will be free/ From the river to the sea!\u201d without remembering the blue-and-white Jewish National Fund collection box that stood in the kitchen of my parents\u2019 New York apartment in 1947-48, when I was a boy of eight or nine. On it, across a map of the Jewish homeland, was written in flowing letters: \u201cFight for a Free Palestine!\u201d There was nothing exceptional about this. English and French \u201cPalestine,\u201d German Pal\u00e4stina, Polish Palestyna, Russian \u041f\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430: this was the standard word in European languages, used by Jews no less than by others, for the country whose greater part was renamed Israel after 1948. It had been the standard word since the early 19th century, when it gradually replaced the term \u201cthe Holy Land\u201d that had been in use in the Christian world in medieval and early modern times. When, in 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, it proclaimed, \u201cHis Majesty\u2019s government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.\u201d Jews, unless they were anti-Zionist, were exultant over this wording. It was the Arabs who weren\u2019t. Sign Up For Our E-Mail List Get the latest from Mosaic right in your inbox Daily Weekly It is true that in speaking or writing Jewish languages like Yiddish, Hebrew,"}
{"prompt": "For the fourth year running, here are some of my favorite articles, videos, games, photography, discussions, and design pieces that I linked to in 2007. After you\u2019re done with these, try the lists from 2004, 2005, and 2006. The streets of Portland are an ice skating rink for cars in this video. Reconsidering the original three Star Wars movies in light of the prequels. R2D2 = top rebel spy. Adam Gadahn\u2019s journey from rural California teen and death metal fan to a trusted member of Osama bin Laden\u2019s team of operatives. Chris Jordan\u2019s photo series, Running the Numbers. Michael Poliza\u2019s", "forget": "aerial photos of Africa. More here. Malcolm Gladwell on Enron and the difference between puzzles and mysteries, investigationally speaking. Smashing Telly, a collection of TV on the web, with an emphasis on documentaries and factual programs. I liked David\u2019s post on Zeitgeist and FEBLs. Video of an autistic person describing the language she uses to communicate with her surroundings. Good People, a short story by David Foster Wallace. Nicholas Felton\u2019s personal annual report for 2006. A pair of posts from Neatorama on photography: 13 Photographs That Changed the World and The Wonderful World of Early Photography. The 51 Smartest, Prettiest, Coolest, Funniest, Most Influential, Most Necessary, Most Important, Most Essential Magazines Ever. Susan Orlean on Robert Lang, former physicist and current world-class origami master. Here\u2019s my post on Lang. A Line Rider masterpiece. (Line Rider?) Kremlin Inc., a story of Vladimir Putin\u2019s de facto dictatorship of Russia. 2007 was the year of book art: Thomas Allen\u2019s pulp cutouts, Cara Barer\u2019s water-crumpled books, Nina Katchadourian\u2019s Sorted Books whose spines tell small stories, and Brian Dettmer\u2019s book sculptures. Joel Johnson\u2019s great post on Gizmodo scolding the site\u2019s writers, gadget makers, and the site\u2019s readers \u201cfor supporting the disgusting cycle of gadget whoring\u201d. Denis Darzacq\u2019s photographs of people seemingly floating above the pavement. Panoramic photos from the Apollo missions. These are stunning. Michael Pollan on the rise of nutritionism. His advice for healthy eating: \u201cEat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.\u201d Desktop Tower Defense. This would top my Ten Best Games of the Year list if I\u2019d done one. On Conscientious, several photographers answer the question \u201cWhat makes a great photo?\u201d Shorpy, a photoblog of old photographs, and FFFFOUND!, an image bookmarking site. Neither is probably legal in the strict sense, but they\u2019re both great online curated galleries. Alberto Forero has collected a"}
{"prompt": "AND so, we're off! Last night the Australian Football League (AFL) season began. It's a time for reclaiming footy scarves from the back of the wardrobe, scheduling home games into the calendar and entering the work footy-tipping competition. Research has demonstrated that male sport fans think women are less dedicated and serious about following sport. Below is a list of four different fan types that we identified from our research talking to female AFL fans around the country - the largest study of its kind undertaken in Australia. We found the 68 women we interviewed are obsessive about Aussie Rules", "forget": "and every bit as committed as their male counterparts. These self-identified fans agreed to take part in our study after hearing about it through their club, via friends or through advertisements placed in newspapers and online. We also discovered the process by which women become fans is more complicated and interesting than most people previously imagined. From our results, we developed the following four types: In the bloods You were born into footy. You cannot remember a time when you didn't go to games on the weekend. Your childhood heroes wore a number on their back. In the bloods: \u2022 have parent(s) who are/were keen fans; may also have other relatives closely associated with the sport \u2022 started to attend games with parents and were socialised into football fandom from an early age \u2022 are from a state where Aussie Rules is the major football code (Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia), or their parents are \u2022 consider fandom, including an unbreakable connection with a particular team, to be an important aspect of their identity \u2022 are among 62% of fans from our sample group Learners Footy hasn't always been your passion but you've never hated it, either. Watching the occasional game on TV and going to a few matches with mates was enough to pique your interest. On the Couch is now essential viewing. You wonder how you ever lived without footy. Learners: \u2022 developed an appreciation of Aussie Rules progressively from attending games with others and/or watching football on television \u2022 attend more games as knowledge and enjoyment of the sport grows \u2022 eventually become ardent fans \u2022 are among 24% of the female fans we spoke to Converts Becoming a fan was a revelation. Something switched in your brain the moment the siren sounded, the crowd cheered"}
{"prompt": "The Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) project is an index of linked open data citations and ontological connections that cross-tabulate the following: archaeological site names or identifiers culture histories artifact typologies sociocultural definitions of site use practical representations of investigative methods and information qualities As its base layer, DINAA adapts governmental heritage management datasets for broader open and public uses. DINAA is an exercise in open government data and community data sharing based on open source standards and ethics. DINAA (from construction, through rollout, and into future planning) is an example of how digital is simply the way", "forget": "we do archaeology now, and what that means for us as professionals and social scientists. DINAA is a multi-institutional partnership between the University of Tennessee, Indiana University South Bend, and the Alexandria Archive Institute, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF #1216810 & #1217240). Our partners in many State Historic Preservation Offices and/or state archaeology offices have been amazingly enthusiastic and forthcoming in their provision of data to this end. To facilitate the interoperation and reuse of these heterogeneous governmental digital data, DINAA\u2019s workflows, infrastructure, and products emphasize openness and contextual controls. DINAA\u2019s 2014 goal is to integrate governmentally-curated public data from offline and online digital repositories, representing up to twenty US states, describing over half a million archaeological sites in eastern North America. See Open Context. DINAA promotes broad public extension and reuse by researchers, educators, government officials, and interested stakeholders including indigenous peoples, who may of course cross-cut any and all of the preceding categories. We strive to lower barriers to engagement and will provide direct instruction for any user to incorporate DINAA query results with open source applications like QGIS as GEOJSON files. DINAA involves methodologies and workflows typical of many open science and digital humanities programs. DINAA is meant to be open and participatory, and the long-term goal for the project is stable perpetuation as an open source, community-maintained entity, overseen by a volunteer board and a set of principles likely derived from existing and widely supported models like Creative Commons and the GNU and Open Source Software definitions. However, in construction and maintenance, the distributed nature of data production related to DINAA, coupled with protections for sensitive data (locational, personal, and cultural), add layers of organizational complexity that can only be resolved by people. Ethically negotiating these issues demands collaboration between stakeholder communities, but the"}
{"prompt": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) expressed concern about billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer's ad campaign calling for President Trump's impeachment, according to a report from Politico. Pelosi publicly called the ad \"great\" during an appearance on MSNBC. But in private, she reportedly told lawmakers at a Democratic leadership meeting the ad was a \"distraction\" and had reached out to Steyer to express her displeasure ADVERTISEMENT A source close to Steyer said the two have not spoken since the ad's launch. The Hill has reached out to Pelosi's office for comment. The report comes after Steyer in October launched a", "forget": "$10-million national ad campaign calling for Trump's impeachment. In the ad, Steyer criticizes Trump's actions on health care, immigration and the environment, and says a Republican Congress impeached Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonInviting Kim Jong Un to Washington Howard Schultz must run as a Democrat for chance in 2020 Trump says he never told McCabe his wife was 'a loser' MORE for less. Trump in turn ripped Steyer in a tweet last week, calling him \"wacky\" and \"totally unhinged.\" Wacky & totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never wins elections! \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2017 Steyer, who has been seen as a potential primary challenger to Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dianne Emiel FeinsteinHillicon Valley: Senators urge Trump to bar Huawei products from electric grid | Ex-security officials condemn Trump emergency declaration | New malicious cyber tool found | Facebook faces questions on treatment of moderators Ocasio-Cortez adviser says Sunrise confrontation with 'old-timer' Feinstein 'sad' Key senators say administration should ban Huawei tech in US electric grid MORE (D-Calif.), is not the only Democratic figure calling for Trump's impeachment. Rep. Al Green Alexander (Al) N. GreenThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by the American Academy of HIV Medicine - Next 24 hours critical for stalled funding talks Democrat vows to move forward with impeachment, dividing his party Citing Virginia race scandals, Dem vows vote to impeach Trump MORE (D-Texas), who has long talked about pursuing impeachment against the president, unveiled articles of impeachment early last month. However, when the GOP presiding officer moved to begin the process to consider the resolution within the hour, Green did not show up. The resolution was therefore not offered and is not getting an imminent vote. Pelosi has called for"}
{"prompt": "We are excited to announce the date and details of the ZRX token launch. Purchasers will be required to go through a mandatory registration process that will take place from August 9th to August 11th. Registered purchasers will then be able to participate in the token launch starting August 15th. Detailed registration and purchase instructions will be released in early August. To learn more about the technical aspects of 0x protocol and the role of ZRX within the network, see our FAQ. Alternatively, watch the technical overview presentation that I recently gave at Coinbase Code School. Our Values Technology First", "forget": "Amir Bandeali and I dropped everything to begin working on 0x protocol back in October 2016 and have since built out an exceptional team. We are a collection of builders and technologists that are laser focused on developing the infrastructure needed to bring the benefits of decentralization to the global financial system. While Ethereum has seen an explosion of interest over the past few months, our team will continue to take a long term view on this important technology and honor our commitment to the community. Consistently Shipping Not only will 0x protocol be live on the Ethereum mainnet prior to our token launch, we will be using 0x protocol for our token launch. That\u2019s right, we will distribute ZRX using our fully-functional and thoroughly audited smart contracts running on the Ethereum mainnet. One of our team\u2019s core values is to consistently ship useful tools and products. No amount of marketing can substitute for tangible results and over the past year our team has been working hard to build tools that make 0x protocol useful and accessible for both end users and developers. 0x OTC is a web application that allows users to trade ERC20 tokens directly on the Ethereum blockchain using 0x protocol. We envision 0x OTC facilitating private over-the-counter trades between known counterparties. Behind the scenes, our smart contracts are running on the Kovan test network; try it out today. 0x.js is a javascript library that simplifies the process of building a web application on top of 0x protocol. With 0x.js, you don\u2019t need to be a Solidity expert to interact with the 0x smart contracts, generate orders or execute trades. Financial Responsibility The total purchase cap for the ZRX token launch will be set to $24M. We arrived at this number after formalizing our development roadmap and"}
{"prompt": "Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images I am sure that there are Bear\u2019s fans of all ages reading this article right now and I am sure that these Bears fans will have a special hatred for the Dolphins. Why? This isn\u2019t a strong rivalry like the Bears versus the Packers or the Bears versus the Vikings so why make such a big deal about games played between these two teams? It\u2019s simple. In both the 1985 and 2006 NFL seasons, the Dolphins have been the team to stop the Bears from continuing forward with an undefeated season. It\u2019s ironic because the Dolphins are", "forget": "the only team in NFL history to go undefeated (their 1972 season) and they managed to be the team to knock the Bears twice. So what happened in those two games that forced the Bears to lose and miss the chance to go undefeated? Why was it the Dolphins who knocked the Bears out? Let\u2019s find out by looking at those two games and those four teams as we get ready for the Bears versus the Dolphins on Thursday Night Football this week. The famed Monday Night game took place on December 2, 1985 in Miami. The Bears came into this game undefeated and had been sporting the famed \u201c46\u201d defense, the brainchild of former Bear\u2019s defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan. The defense had been giving teams big problems all season long and no one could seem to stop them. That is until they came to Miami. The Bears came into this game shutting down opponents with that defense and playing some of the best football in NFL history. Could Miami figure out how to beat this defense and send the Bears back to Chicago with their first loss of the season? There was one other factor built into this game for the Dolphins. In attendance at this game were several members of that 1972 Dolphins team and they didn\u2019t want to see their \u201cgrand\u201d lone achievement all of a sudden be accomplished by someone else. Although it may not have been spoken so much on the sidelines, you can tell that those 1972 Dolphins wanted those 1985 Dolphins to stop the streak. The Dolphins ended up beating the Bears 38-24 in a game that can best be described as a shootout. The Bears defense, so good in every other game that season, could not solve the Dolphin\u2019s offense in this"}
{"prompt": "It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie about making supersoldiers. Scientists have turned shy, low-ranking mice into aggressive fighters who almost always win in dominance competitions. And they did it by stimulating a part of the mouse brain that controls \"effortful\" behavior. Mice are social animals, and male mice establish a pecking order amongst themselves by displaying aggressive behavior. Though this aggression can take many forms, neuroscientist Zhou Tingting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, joined with his colleagues to measure mouse dominance using what's called the \"tube test.\" The tube test creates a scenario in", "forget": "which there's not enough room for the mice to pass each other in the tube. Mice have to shove one another aside to get out. The mouse who shoves the most other mice out of its way will \"win\" the dominance game. In a recent article for Science, Zhou and his colleagues write that \"winner mice initiated significantly more pushes, and with a longer duration per push, than loser mice.\" Winners weren't stronger than losers; they were simply more persistently aggressive. The researchers also found that the winner mice showed brain activity in a cluster of neurons called the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), which is associated with \"effortful behavior\" and \"social dominance.\" Mice whose dmPFC was quiet during tube tests always lost. Zhou and his colleagues wondered whether they could create \"winner\" mice by stimulating the dmPFC. Using a brain stimulation technique called \"optogenetics\" that triggers neural activity with proteins and light, they stimulated the dmPFC region of a low-ranking mouse's brain. Then the low-ranking mouse took the tube test with a high-ranking mouse. Immediately, the loser mouse began to shove the winner mouse vigorously, winning almost every contest. There are a lot of interesting implications here for further research. First of all, winning social dominance contests is clearly not just a matter of physical strength. Having an aggressive attitude is key to winning. And second, there is the question of whether this kind of technique would work on other animals and perhaps even humans. Mouse brains are similar to human brains in some ways, but our brains are far more complicated. That makes it unlikely that a shy person could be transformed into RoboCop with just one squirt of photons from a brain implant. Perhaps more interesting is how researchers found they could permanently transform loser mice into winners,"}
{"prompt": "Attention! This news was published on the old version of the website. There may be some problems with news display in specific browser versions. Thunder League Division Structure Dear players! You have become acquainted with the Thunder League and watched some of the matches by the pro division teams. Your participation in the league events and the purchasing of League \u201cDog tags\u201d has made it possible to increase the prize pool of the pro division. We thank you for your support with the eSports development in the game! The time has come for our supporters to become participants - gather", "forget": "your teams and start to make your way to the top of the Thunder League - to the pro division! The Qualifying tournament starts on February 2016 We announce two more divisions in the league: Novice Division \u2013 a division for the novice teams. Semi Pro Division \u2013 medium division. Semi Pro Division will be established after the qualifying Novice Division tournament, where all the Squadrons may participate. Rules of the qualifiers: Tournament format: 7 vs 7. Mode: realistic with markers for both sides. A match means a single battle between two Squadrons on a random map in [Domination] mode. Two respawns are available in every match. Players in a team can choose any vehicles from those that the arbiters have authorised. The best 24 Squadrons will be able to name 9 participants for the final group qualifying tournament. You can see the tournaments regulations here. 6 qualifying groups (4 teams per group) will determine 12 teams (2 best teams per group) and thus they will form the Semi Pro Division. After the Semi Pro Division qualifiers we will run the first season. First season rules: The team that took 1st place qualifies for the Pro Division. The team that took 2nd place will have a play-off match against the team that came 9th in the Pro-Division. The teams that took 9th to 12th position, will have a play-off round against the best 4 teams in the Novice Division before the second season of the League. Once the first season is over there will be no more final qualifying tournaments. Thus we will make the structure for the Thunder League, which will have constant rotation between the divisions. Good luck in the future battles! Index. Structure of the groups to qualify for the Semi Pro Division after the Novice Division"}
{"prompt": "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels killed at least 190 civilians and took more than 200 hostage during an offensive in Latakia province in August, Human Rights Watch said on Friday, in what it calls the first evidence of crimes against humanity by opposition forces. A Free Syrian Army fighter and a civilian look up from a window as they stand inside a room in Deir al-Zor October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi HRW said many of the dead had been executed by militant groups, some linked to al Qaeda, who overran army positions at dawn on August 4 and then moved", "forget": "into 10 villages nearby where members of President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s Alawite sect lived. In its first government-sanctioned trip into Syria during the 2-1/2-year conflict, New York-based HRW has documented a series of sectarian mass killings by Assad\u2019s foes during a broader campaign in which Western-backed rebels took part. In some cases, entire families were executed or gunned down as they fled, according to a report titled \u201cYou Can Still See Their Blood\u201d. HRW identified five rebel groups instrumental to funding, organizing, planning and carrying out the Latakia attacks, including the al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant groups, as well as the Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham and another unit of foreign jihadi fighters. These groups publicized their involvement through videos and statements, some of which were used to corroborate the HRW report. The operation appeared to have been largely financed by private Gulf-based donors, HRW said. What is less clear is the role of fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the armed wing of the main opposition coalition which is openly supported by the United States, Britain, France and Sunni Muslim Gulf states. In a video posted on August 11 and apparently filmed in Latakia, FSA chief Salim Idriss said the body was participating in the offensive \u201cto a great extent.\u201d But HRW researcher Lama Fakih, who spent several days in Latakia province in September and spoke to residents, soldiers, militiamen, doctors and officials, said she could not confirm if the FSA were present on August 4 when the atrocities took place. Assad\u2019s forces are also accused by rights groups of committing atrocities and using incendiary and cluster bombs in populated areas. They have carried out sectarian attacks, including killing up to 450 civilians in two massacres in mainly Sunni Muslim areas in May,"}
{"prompt": "And now here\u2019s my recap and review of the 5th disc from this classic Softcore TV series. Once again produced by Alain Siritzky and this is directed by David Cove with Mark Evan Schwartz listed as screenwriter. The theme of this disc, as evidenced by the title, is dreams. The alien crew doesn\u2019t dream, and so Emmanuelle decides to teach them about dreams, and how you can explore sexual fantasies in them. So while she sleeps on a special table in the spaceship, the Haffron (Paul Michael Robinson) and the crew gather around her and use their special head-band devices", "forget": "to telepathically monitor her dreams, and that\u2019s what we see acted out on screen. First, Emmanuelle dreams of going to some big castle, and settles into her room. Raymond (Reginald Chevalier) and Cara (Debra K. Beatty) are already there when she arrives, and then Pierre (Brad Nick\u2019ell) and Tascha (Tiendra Demian) show up. Then two other female crewmembers, Jay (Lori Morrissey) and Gee (Holly Hollywood aka Stacey Mobley), arrive. And when Emmanuelle hears a noise in the room next to hers, she looks in and sees Theo (Timothy Di Pri) and a woman (I dind\u2019t catch her character\u2019s name) naked on the bed. Later that night she looks out her window and see Raymond and Cara having sex in an outdoor hot tub. That\u2019s our first full sex scene of the disc, about 9 minutes into it, and it\u2019s pretty hot (again notable for being an interracial sex scene, which is rare in softcore), and also give the real Raymond and Cara some idea up on the ship. In a flashback we get a replay of a sex scene from A Lesson In Love where Emmanuelle had sex in a dark room with a man (Carl Ferro), but we can\u2019t see much. Then Emmanuelle takes a shower, and we\u2019re treated to lingering close-ups of Krista\u2019s nude body. Meanwhile, Emmanuelle has a crystal ball that she found somewhere, and while she\u2019s in the shower a male genie (Andre Lemay) appears out of it. He introduces himself to Emmanuelle, and she names him Gene. That night there\u2019s a big banquette at the castle, with all the couples from earlier eating at the table. And Emmanuelle inadvertently makes a wish that results in everyone getting naked and having sex on the table (Pierre and Tascha, Raymond and Cara, Jay and Gee, Theo and"}
{"prompt": "President Trump made his debut at the United Nations on Tuesday, addressing the U.N. General Assembly at its annual opening. Afterward, media headlines and news coverage of the speech focused on Trump\u2019s absurd (but admittedly amusing) new nickname for Kim Jong Un, \u201cRocket Man,\u201d and his threat that the United States is willing to \u201ctotally destroy\u201d North Korea to protect itself and its allies. The mainstream media, liberal elites, and the international community have been doing a lot of handwringing about Trump\u2019s rhetoric and his talk of going it alone. They also had a lot to say about his comments", "forget": "concerning the Iran nuclear deal, whose dissolution the president has long desired. Although the focus was on Trump\u2019s supposedly dangerous isolationism and nationalism, what\u2019s really upsetting them is that he dared to say what no one is supposed to say: that the U.N. is broken and that it is unrealistic and dangerous to have a world without borders and without national sovereignty. In other words, Trump violated the Emperor Has No Clothes rule. The Importance of Governments Serving Their People One of the major themes of Trump\u2019s U.N. speech was national sovereignty, both of the United States and of foreign countries: \u201cOur government\u2019s first duty is to its people, to our citizens, to serve their needs, to ensure their safety, to preserve their rights, and to defend their values. As president of the United States, I will always put America first. Just like you, as the leaders of your countries, will always and should always put your countries first.\u201d Although the international community gives lip service to the idea of national sovereignty and the U.N.\u2019s role in defending it, this concept fundamentally conflicts with the liberal belief that the world should be progressing toward a kind of borderless global nationalism, in which no one country can claim superiority over another. That\u2019s the real reason Trump was so roundly criticized for saying that he\u2019s willing to go it alone on North Korea. Trump also dared to praise America for its enduring legacy as a free democracy. His speech was devoid of the kind of America-bashing that President Obama was fond of, especially in front of international audiences. Instead, Trump asserted that the United States should \u201cshine as an example for everyone to watch,\u201d which indeed it should. He also praised the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution as the \u201cfoundation of"}
{"prompt": "HXQ: A Compiler from XQuery to Haskell Download HXQ-0.19.0.tar.gz Description HXQ is a fast and space-efficient translator from XQuery (the standard query language for XML) to embedded Haskell code. The translation is based on Template Haskell. HXQ takes full advantage of Haskell's lazy evaluation to keep in memory only those parts of XML data needed at each point of evaluation, thus performing stream-based evaluation for forward queries (queries that do not contain backward steps). This results to an implementation that is as fast and space-efficient as any stream-based implementation based on SAX filters or finite state machines. Furthermore, the coding", "forget": "is far simpler and extensible since it is based on XML trees, rather than SAX events. Since HXQ uses lazy evaluation, you get the first results of non-blocking queries immediately, while the non-streaming XQuery processors must first parse the entire input file and construct the whole XML tree in memory before they produce any output. Finally, HXQ can store XML documents in a relational database (currently MySQL or SQLite), by shredding XML into relational tuples, and by translating XQueries over the shredded documents into optimized SQL queries. The mapping to relational tables is based on the document's structural summary, which is derived from the document data rather than from a schema. It uses hybrid inlining to inline attributes and non-repeating elements into a single table, thus resulting to a compact relational schema. For each such mapping, HXQ synthesizes an XQuery that reconstructs the original XML document from the shredded data. This XQuery is fused with the user queries using partial evaluation techniques and parts of the resulting query are mapped to SQL queries using code folding rules so that all relevant predicates are promoted to SQL. This pushes most evaluation to the database query engine, thus resulting to a fast execution over large data sets. Performance HXQ shines best when used for data intensive applications. For example, the XQuery in tests/Test2.hs, which is against the DBLP XML document (420MB), runs in 36 seconds on my laptop PC and uses a maximum of 3.2MB of heap space (using the runtime options +RTS -H2m -M3.2m ). (All results are taken on an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz 2GB running ghc-6.8.3 on a 32-bit Linux 2.6.27 kernel.) To contrast this, Qexo, which compiles XQueries to Java bytecode, takes 1 minute 17 seconds and uses 1400MB of heap space for the same query, while"}
{"prompt": "In a recent interview, Angela Merkel made a statement that may be considered the signal for the implementation of the brutal Greek experiment inside Germany itself: I am concerned with trying to provide jobs for as many people as possible. We have improved in the last years and have managed to halve unemployment since 2006, but we have also made sure that minimum earning capacity has improved through the minimum wage. This means that people who work the full day should not be reliant on welfare. Economist Heiner Flassbeck explained to Sharmini Peries and The Real News how much the", "forget": "German chancellor and her party is devoted to the 'ideology' of lowering wages in the name of job creation. As he said: What Angela Merkel says is an ideology. It's an ideology of her party, but also it's affecting the Social Democrats, that says if you go for a policy that reduces unemployment, this is the best kind of social policy that you can have. Even if people suffer or if wages fall, this is then absolutely necessary and is justified because falling wages do a good thing, produce a good thing, namely more jobs, which is not true. Unemployment is falling very slowly, but it's falling quite steadily, but it is not, so to say, the immediate result of the reduction of the social contributions to the poorer people or the reduction of the wages. It's mainly the result of Germany's huge export surplus, which cannot be copied by other countries. Germany has now a very low minimum wage. It's eight euros and a little bit, which is much too low given the productivity of Germany. If Madam Merkel would really be realistic and would not have her ideology of low wages producing jobs, she would increase the minimum wage. There would be no problem at all given the very high German productivity. The Social Democrats and the Green Party were those in the beginning of the century who reduced the social contributions, who said we have to lower the contributions dramatically to make the people search for work and that will reduce unemployment. The Social Democrats have never distanced from their own mistakes and so there is no difference between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats on this. The most probable outcome will be a continuation of the Grand Coalition, so we will go on for the"}
{"prompt": "Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York speaks to reporters about his proposal to offer a $1.7 billion property tax credit for homeowners and renters. His was among proposals in several states this year to provide tax relief for property taxpayers. (AP) With some of the highest median property taxes in the nation, it\u2019s no surprise that relief is at the top of many political agendas in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Counties that surround New York City in those three states account for 18 of the 20 highest-taxed counties in the nation, according to a Stateline analysis of", "forget": "the U.S. Census\u2019 2013 American Community Survey data, which is the latest available. But they aren\u2019t the only states where homeowners feel pressure from property taxes, which are rising faster than inflation nationally and prompting lawmakers to look for ways to provide relief. Median property taxes rose 57 percent from $1,334 in 2000 to $2,090 in 2013, while inflation was only 35 percent during the period. (See the map for the latest median property taxes in each state, and the county with the highest median property taxes in each state.) Texas lawmakers, for instance, are debating as much as a $2.2 billion cut in property taxes. The median tax bill there is about $2,500. That bill, however, is only about a third of the $7,300 for median property tax New Jersey, and a quarter of the tax bill property owners pay in Westchester County, New York, which has the highest median levy of $10,000. \u201cIf a New Yorker heard about a property tax bill in Texas, he would say. \u2018You have nothing to complain about,\u2019\u201d said Scott Drenkard, an economist at the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy research group. \u201cBut Texans complain about property taxes quite a bit. If you ask them what needs to be cut, the average Texan would say it\u2019s property taxes. It\u2019s the tax policymakers hear the most about from their constituents. It\u2019s the most hated tax.\u201d Although states generally don\u2019t levy property taxes (Arizona did until 1996, and Minnesota taxes some commercial and seasonal property), state lawmakers routinely look for ways to ease them at the local level with caps, subsidies, exemptions, or changes in the balance between commercial and residential tax rates. In addition to New York, Connecticut and Texas, relief proposals have been up for debate in Pennsylvania, Maine and Nebraska this"}
{"prompt": "Capitalism no longer delivers a rising standard of living in the regions where it began and developed first: Western Europe, North America and Japan, says Richard Wolff. (Image via Shutterstock)Wage growth in the world slowed to an average of 2 percent in 2013. That was less than in 2012 and far less than the pre-crisis rate of 3 percent. Starker still were the differences between wage growth in the \u201cdeveloped world\u201d (chiefly Western Europe, North America and Japan) and wage growth in the major \u201cemerging growth\u201d countries, chiefly China. In the \u201cdeveloped world\u201d wage growth in 2012 was 0.1 percent,", "forget": "and in 2013 it was 0.2 percent. Far from portending any economic \u201crecovery,\u201d that level of wage \u201cgrowth\u201d is rather called \u201cwage stagnation.\u201d In stunning contrast, wage growth in the major emerging growth economies was much better: 6.7 percent in 2012 and 5.9 percent in 2013. These remarkable statistics come from the Global Wage Report 2014/15 released on December 5, 2014, by its author, the International Labor Organization (ILO). This report clearly exposes the immense costs of a globalizing capitalism for the wage-earning majorities in Western Europe, North America and Japan. Allowing their leading capitalists to maximize profits by relocating production out of those regions is deeply and increasingly destructive to them. The ILO report\u2019s chart below summarizes the key wage results of the last decade\u2019s capitalism. Economic growth, rising real wages and rising standards of living are economic realities in China and other emerging growth countries. Economic crisis, stagnant wages and declining working and living standards are the economic realities for Western Europe, the United States and Japan. Capitalist enterprises keep moving their operations (first manufacturing, now also many services) from high to low-wage regions of the world to raise their profits. Departing capitalists leave their former host communities with unemployment and all its social costs. Such conditions force desperate competition for jobs that drives down wages and guts job benefits. Public services decline as government budgets suffer. Capitalism no longer delivers a rising standard of living in the regions where it began and developed first: Western Europe, North America and Japan. Instead of goods, capitalism delivers the bads. A second key insight emerges from another chart (below) in the ILO report. In the developed countries, while real wages stagnated throughout the crisis since 2007, the productivity of workers continued to rise. That explains the deepening inequalities of income"}
{"prompt": "Analysis This past Saturday afternoon, two New York City police officers were gunned down in cold blood while they sat in their squad car outside a Brooklyn housing project. Within hours, the head of the city\u2019s largest police union declared whom was to blame for the terrible tragedy: Mayor Bill de Blasio. Standing outside the hospital where the slain officers were taken, Patrick Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen\u2019s Benevolent Association, declared that there was \u201cblood on many hands tonight\u201d but that it \u201cstarts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor.\u201d Those jarring comments followed", "forget": "the extraordinary decision by Lynch and many officers to literally turn their backs on the mayor as he entered the hospital. Taken in tandem, those actions cemented the perception that de Blasio\u2019s support for those protesting the chokehold death of Eric Garner had created a rift between the mayor and his city\u2019s police force, one that Saturday\u2019s slayings of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos had potentially made insurmountable. But that\u2019s an oversimplification of a story that\u2019s been unfolding since long before Garner\u2019s killing. The reality is that de Blasio and the union have been at odds since he campaigned for mayor last year on the promise to upend the city\u2019s law enforcement status quo, including overhauling Mayor Michael Bloomberg\u2019s stop-and-frisk program \u2014 a vow that de Blasio largely kept once in office. The police union, meanwhile, has a long history of taking public stands against New York City mayors, including law-and-order types Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani. The relationship between de Blasio and the cops wasn\u2019t soured solely due to the mayor\u2019s response to Garner\u2019s death and the subsequent protests. The mayor and the NYPD were never going to get along, no matter what. Devoid of that context, Lynch\u2019s remarks this weekend sounded like a rare, raw moment of candor unleashed in the heat of the moment. In reality, this was simply the latest, loudest attempt to discredit de Blasio. Lynch\u2019s ongoing efforts to undermine the mayor were caught on tape eight days earlier at a closed-door union meeting. \u201cIf they\u2019re not going to support us when we need \u2019em,\u201d Lynch said, according to a recording of his remarks obtained by Capital New York, \u201cwe\u2019ll embarrass them when we can.\u201d Given the chance Saturday, Lynch did just that. The tension between City Hall and the police union predates de Blasio"}
{"prompt": "With an impressive group of future television and movie stars, That '70s Show graced the Fox airwaves for eight seasons (almost a full decade!) beginning in 1998. Here are some facts about how the Point Place, Wisconsin cheese was made. 1. TOPHER GRACE WAS DISCOVERED PERFORMING IN A HIGH SCHOOL PLAY. Co-creators Bonnie and Terry Turner were the parents of a cast member of a high school production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Their attention gradually turned to the lead, Topher Grace. The Turners asked him to audition the following year for their new", "forget": "show. 2. ASHTON KUTCHER WAS A MODEL BEFORE AUDITIONING. He got the part of Kelso after playing him \u201cnaive\u201d at his audition, while everybody else played him as dumb. But Kutcher had never acted: \"The first five episodes of That '70s Show, I was convinced I was going to be fired, because I was terrible,\" Kutcher told Rolling Stone. 3. MILA KUNIS LIED ABOUT HER AGE AT HER AUDITION. The then-14-year-old reasoned that the producers wouldn't want to cast someone too young because of work hour restrictions for minors, so \"I told them I was going to be 18,\" Kunis told People. \"But I didn't tell them when I was going to be 18!\" 4. KUNIS\u2019 FIRST KISS WAS ON THE SHOW, WITH KUTCHER. She enjoyed some other firsts on the show, not all of them with cast members she ended up marrying: Wilmer Valderrama taught her how to drive. Danny Masterson took her to her first club and bought her her first drink. He was also her prom date. 5. MASTERSON\u2019S ROLE IN THE FACULTY WAS CUT SHORT SO HE COULD SHOOT THE PILOT. All the actor was told about his character, Hyde, was that he is a \u201cdeep theorist stoner type.\u201d Masterson figured out how to play his character \u201cby episode four or five.\u201d 6. KURTWOOD SMITH BASED RED FORMAN ON HIS STEPFATHER. Smith's stepdad passed away shortly before the pilot was filmed. Smith also has the distinction of being the only regular cast member who was actually born in Wisconsin. 7. THE ORIGINAL TITLE FOR THE SHOW WAS TEENAGE WASTELAND. The Who songwriter Pete Townshend refused to allow his lyric from \u201cBaba O\u2019Riley\u201d to be appropriated for the show; the same went for the proposed title of The Kids Are Alright. After Feelin\u2019 All Right was presented"}
{"prompt": "Pin 0 Shares I recently found out that one of my associates uses her Roth IRA as an emergency fund. Rather than put money into a low yield savings account, or some other cash account, she uses her retirement account as an emergency fund. Technically, the basics of a Roth IRA are conducive to this arrangement. However, you do want to be careful. Think things through before you use your Roth IRA as an emergency fund. Why Your Roth IRA Could, In Theory, Be An Emergency Fund In theory, your Roth IRA works as an emergency fund because of the", "forget": "withdrawal rules. You are actually allowed to withdraw your contributions to a Roth IRA at any time, and for any purpose \u2013 no matter your age. This means that you can take money out of your Roth IRA with no penalty or tax, as long as you are only withdrawing money that you have sent to the account through regular annual contributions. As long as your withdrawal amount doesn't exceed your overall contribution amount, you don't have to pay a penalty or taxes. Keep in mind that previous withdrawals count against your overall contribution amount. Continues after Advertisement You do have to be careful, though. Withdrawing from your Roth IRA can cost you if you don't do it right. If you are under 59 1/2, and you exceed your contribution amounts (except in certain cases), you might be subject to a 10% penalty and to paying income taxes on the amount. Make sure you know what you are doing before you withdraw money from your Roth IRA to shore up your finances in the case of emergency. Opportunity Cost While you might not have the expenses associated with penalties and taxes when you withdraw your contributions to your Roth IRA, you are still subject to opportunity cost. Remember: The money in your Roth IRA is working for you. You are earning interest at a pretty good rate (depending on your asset allocation and market conditions), and if you withdraw principal, you miss out. You can't replace the time that your money might have spent in your Roth IRA, growing with the power of compound interest. On the other hand, though, some insist that the opportunity cost comes when you put that money in a low yielding cash account as an emergency fund. Because your money (theoretically) grows faster in the"}
{"prompt": "In March 2009, SAX Limited had sought a loan from Gulf Bank to buy two aircrafts and related equipment. Mohamud Sheikh Hussein offered his property L.R No. Eastleigh 36/11/1 as the guarantor. By then, his property was worth Sh160M and has since gone up. For him it was just another of many bank engagements but unknown to him, it would end up in a decade long fight to regain full control of his suit property. In April, 2009, Gulf Bank after reviewing the securities, agreed to advance a Murabaha Asset Finance Facility To SAC Ltd as the borrower Sh95M. This", "forget": "amount would be used in purchasing a used Aircraft Beechcraft Baron 95-E55,5Y-BPC at a cost of Sh11,200,000. A 5 tonne, Sideley HS478 Aircraft From Track Mark Ltd at Sh80M and Sh2.9M to purchase propellers. The Sh160M property of Mohamud was to guarantee for Sh120M with SAC directors guaranteeing Sh94M but the registration was to remain jointly in the name of the bank and the company SAC. The terms for this MURABAHA facility was that profit and not interest would be charged at 16.5% of the facility. That was a deal sealed and so Mohamud thought his work was finished. Things started making twists on 4th May barely weeks after SAC was advanced the principal amount of Sh95M. Gulf issued SAC with a second letter of offer varying the terms of the MURABAHA facility and this would translate into review of security terms for the mortgage. In a offer letter dated 4th May 2008, now the security property as the first ranking had a legal charge of Sh95M, Mohamud switched to guarantee Sh95M. In a letter of offer dated 4th November 2009 and seen by Kenya Insights, a second Murabaha stock finance was advanced to SAC the borrower for the sum of Sh15M. This amount was over and above the sums secured by the initial mortgage dated 9th September according to court papers. Now here\u2019s the point Fraud started playing, this second facility of Sh15M was given by the bank to SAC using Mohamud\u2019s knowledge and consent as the guarantor and so the Murabaha facility wasn\u2019t secured by the initial mortgage according to a court of appeal ruling on this case. Gulf representatives liaised with SAC, reviewed the terms of mortgage while using the guarantor\u2019s property, went ahead and issued another facility of Sh15M without his consent just to make the"}
{"prompt": "Yelling and swearing and even threats of violence have come to characterize public-engagement sessions in Calgary, but the city is far from alone in seeing its civic gatherings devolve into such uncivil behaviour, council heard Monday. \"Things are changing,\" said city manager Jeff Fielding, who held top administrative jobs in Kitchener, Burlington, and London, Ont., before taking on his current role in Calgary in 2014. \"People are not only engaged, but they're angry-engaged.\" Fielding said he's observed a marked increase in \"the degree of acrimony\" in the public's behaviour over the past five years, in particular. His comments came during", "forget": "a special council meeting on the city's public-engagement policies. Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Monday's meeting had been planned months earlier but acknowledged the coincidental timing with the \"elephant in the room\" \u2014 last week's testy information session on the southwest transitway project. The day after that public meeting, Nenshi announced all subsequent info sessions on the project would be cancelled due to verbal harassment and even threats of violence against city staff. \"I heard of 20-odd incidents that had happened, including the following: one member of the public saying about one of my colleagues, 'Where is that bitch? I'm going to strangle her,'\" Nenshi said in explaining his decision. The mayor also revealed a city employee had been physically assaulted at an earlier public-engagement session on the same project in October, with her clothing pulled at and her name tag ripped off. 'Berated, demeaned, physically assaulted' The mayor didn't name that employee but she came forward via a public Facebook post, saying the pattern of behaviour at such sessions is nothing new. \"I have been berated, demeaned, physically assaulted and disrespected by complete strangers on too many occasions,\" Emma Stevens wrote. \"I'm sorry for the Calgarians that now won't get the chance to provide their input in person because of the behaviour of some of their neighbours,\" she added. \"But I'm also, frankly, relieved that I won't be put in a position that compromises my safety and well-being.\" The city will continue to carry out online engagement as it finalizes plans for the bus rapid transit expansion in the southwest, but all in-person gatherings have been called off. Fragmented media reinforces worldviews The shift toward angrier people at public-engagement sessions has also been noticeable in the United States, according to public-participation specialist Wendy Green Lowe, who visited Calgary to work"}
{"prompt": "After reading my Assassin\u2019s Creed 3 multiplayer abilities and crafting guide, it\u2019s only natural you wanted more information on setting up your ability slots. After all, that stuff only makes up the active half of assassination\u2026 what about passive effects? Today, we\u2019re taking a look at the perks, streaks, and bonuses available in Assassin\u2019s Creed 3 multiplayer. Find out what every option does, where it shines, and whether or not you should be using each passive boost available. Combined with our abilities advice, you\u2019ll have an excellent head-start in virtual colonial manslaughter. Assassin\u2019s Creed 3 multiplayer perks explained Perks are", "forget": "always-on effects you choose that give your persona an advantage in certain gameplay situations. Some are offensive in nature, letting you find and kill your targets more easily. Others are defensive, allowing you to hide and escape from would-be murderers. Yet other perks are fairly neutral, granting bonuses that influence the way you navigate or use your abilities. For each ability set, you may have exactly two perks. For the most part, there\u2019s no downside to filling them right away, so study the advice below and stock up on the passive boons that best resonate with your game mode and personal style. Blender: 4/5 Ideal for the lonely-hearted, Blender ensures you\u2019re never alone. Whenever your persona enters a blend group, if there are no duplicates already within, one will randomly transform into a clone of you. The animation is noticeable, but quick, and the effect lasts indefinitely. If you move to a new blend group, your magically-created copy will revert, and a fresh clone will spring up in your new group. Blender is a strong consideration for Deathmatch, where there are no natural clones of your character. It allows you to constantly create diversions without expending an ability slot, something most perks can\u2019t do. It\u2019s also generally useful whenever you\u2019re on defense, since generating additional twins will always decrease the odds that your pursuers will identify you correctly. While Blender is powerful, it does have its downsides \u2013 this perk has no use on offense, and can actually be a detriment when you\u2019re on the hunt. If you move into a blend group with or near your target, he or she is likely to notice the animation of a fresh copy being spawned. Your cover as a real player will immediately be blown, costing you an otherwise high-scoring kill. Copycat:"}
{"prompt": "My Little Pony: The Movie is a 2017 animated musical fantasy film based on the television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, which was developed as part of the 2010 re-launch of the My Little Pony franchise by Hasbro. The film was directed by Jayson Thiessen and based on a story and screenplay co-written by Meghan McCarthy, both Friendship Is Magic veterans. The plot follows the alicorn Twilight Sparkle, her five pony friends \u2013 collectively known as the \"Mane 6\" \u2013 and her dragon assistant Spike embarking on a quest to save their home of Equestria from an evil", "forget": "conqueror, gaining new friends in the process. In addition to the show's regular voice cast reprising their roles, the film features the voices of Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Pe\u00f1a, Sia, Taye Diggs, Uzo Aduba, and Zoe Saldana as new characters. The film was produced by Allspark Pictures and DHX Media,[4][5] using traditional animation created with Toon Boom Harmony.[6] It premiered in New York City on September 24, 2017,[7] and was released on October 6, 2017 in North America through Lionsgate[8] and Canada through Entertainment One Films. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $60 million worldwide on a $6.5 million budget. Plot [ edit ] The ponies of Equestria prepare for their first Friendship Festival, overseen by Princess Twilight Sparkle in Canterlot. The festivities are interrupted by an invasion of monsters commanded by the broken-horned unicorn Tempest Shadow, who uses magical obsidian orbs to petrify Twilight's fellow princesses; Princess Celestia gives Princess Luna incomplete instructions to seek help from \"the queen of the hippo\" before they are both petrified. Twilight flees the city alongside her five pony friends \u2013 Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy \u2013 and her dragon assistant, Spike. Tempest is contacted by her superior, the Storm King, who reminds her to gather all of Equestria's princesses for him to harness their magic through his mystical staff, promising to restore her horn in exchange. Twilight's group travel to the desert city of Klugetown in search of the aforementioned \"hippos\". A feline con artist named Capper offers to escort the group, secretly intending to sell them to settle a debt; however, he develops a genuine friendship with them. Twilight discovers an atlas that reveals the \"hippos\" to be hippogriffs, exposing Capper's treachery. After the group evade a pursuing Tempest aboard a"}
{"prompt": "Sarah Kliff covers health policy for The Washington Post and writes for Wonkblog. Coined by the health insurance industry, the term \u201cyoung invincibles\u201d has come to describe 18-to-34-year-olds who go without coverage because they expect to remain healthy. But young invincibles are crucial to making the Affordable Care Act work: The White House is counting on them to buy coverage under the new law, helping to spread the risk and hold down premiums for everybody. Let\u2019s debunk a few myths about who these uninsured young people are and what they want from the health-care system. 1. Young adults are uninformed", "forget": "about the health-care law. Young adults tend to be about as aware of the health-care law as the rest of the population. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll in August found that 33 percent of adults had heard nothing about their state health insurance exchanges. That figure was 43 percent among 18-to-25-year-olds and 41 percent among 26-to-35-year-olds. Separate polling from the Pew Research Center found that young adults were more aware than any other demographic that the health-care law offers subsidies for low-income Americans to purchase insurance. However, they were less aware of the requirement to buy coverage. Young Americans are especially aware of the provisions that affect their own coverage options, most prominently the option to stay on their parents\u2019 insurance plans until age 26. A Commonwealth Fund poll in March found that 62 percent of young adults knew of that program. 2. They don\u2019t want health insurance. Young adults do have the highest uninsured rate of any demographic, with about 27 percent of people between 19 and 34 lacking insurance coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Health-care experts say this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that they don\u2019t want insurance, but rather that they are less likely to be offered coverage through their employers. That\u2019s because more young people work part-time or hourly-wage jobs that do not offer health benefits. When offered coverage by their employers, about 80 percent of young adults sign up \u2014 about the same rate as older workers. Millions of young adults have also gained coverage under the health law\u2019s provision that allows them to stay on their parents\u2019 health insurance until they\u2019re 26. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that, since this option became available in 2010, more than 3 million young adults have taken advantage of their parents\u2019 insurance plans. When the"}
{"prompt": "Customers Can Keep The Tip \u2014 Which Might Please Restaurant Workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Packhouse Meats Courtesy of Packhouse Meats Imagine there's no tipping. By getting rid of gratuities, a few restaurants believe they'll make life easier for customers, while providing a more stable income to servers. \"It eliminates the pressure on the guest to worry about paying our staff,\" says Brian Oliveira, chef at Girard, a French-style restaurant opening in Philadelphia in a few weeks that intends to offer its staff up to $13 an hour in salary, plus health benefits, but with no tips.", "forget": "Successful ideas in the restaurant business always get copied. Oliveira said he and his partners were inspired by no-tipping experiments happening at a handful of restaurants in California, Texas and New York. Those restaurants say employees are more satisfied and that service has actually improved. Moving away from tipping may never spread industrywide, but it's a model that may help answer some complaints about poor salaries. Packhouse, a no-tip meat emporium that opened in Newport, Ky., in January, pays servers $10 an hour and gives them the chance to earn 20 percent of their total sales per shift if they hit certain targets \u2014 whichever is higher. Servers bring home the bigger amount most days. \"If it's dead all day, they don't walk out making nine bucks,\" says Kurt Stephens, Packhouse's general manager. Not all servers will be better off under this type of arrangement, but lack of tipping makes for easier accounting for customers and the business itself. Menu prices might read a bit higher, but diners will know what they'll end up paying at meal's end \u2014 probably no more than they would have at an equivalent place where they'd tip. And lack of tips simplifies compliance for restaurateurs obligated to make up the difference between servers' base pay and the standard minimum wage, if they don't make enough in tips. Currently, the federal minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13 an hour, although that baseline is higher in a majority of states. Tipping creates winners and losers. The people who bring you your steaks at high-end restaurants are probably doing quite well off tips, but many restaurant workers can't count on bringing home big bucks, especially after slow shifts on off days. A recent study from the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute found that 17 percent of restaurant"}
{"prompt": "News in Science Heartbeat key for blood growth in embryos For blood cells to grow in an embryo, they need the pressure of a beating heart, say US researchers. The finding explains why an embryo's heart starts beating just weeks after conception, and it points the way to new stem cell-based treatments for a host of blood disorders such as leukaemia. \"In learning how the heartbeat stimulates formation of embryos, we've taken a leap forward in understanding how to direct blood formation from embryonic stem cells in the petri dish,\" says Dr George Daley of Harvard Medical School and Children's", "forget": "Hospital Boston, whose study appears in the journal Nature. \"These observations reveal an unexpected role for biomechanical forces in embryonic development,\" says Guillermo Garcia-Cardena of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who also worked on the study. Stem cells are the body's master cells, providing a renewable source of brain, bone, muscle, blood and other cells. An embryo in the first days after conception is made up entirely of these cells, each of which can give rise to all of the cells and tissues in the body. Daley's team looked at how the stress of friction and the flow of fluid affected the formation of blood cells from mouse embryonic stem cells. Promoting blood The study showed that these forces promote blood formation and increase the production of colonies of cells that give rise to specific types of blood cells. Mouse embryos with a mutation that kept the developing heart from beating had far fewer of these so-called progenitor blood cell colonies. In a separate study, a team led by Dr Leonard Zon of Harvard and Children's Hospital Boston, looked at the effects of the embryonic heartbeat in zebrafish, which have transparent embryos. \"We were looking in real aortas in real vertebrate embryos to see the actual stem cells,\" says Zon. The study published in journal Cell found that levels of nitric oxide, which is known to play a key role in blood vessel formation, increase when blood is flowing. Mutant embryos that had no heart beat or circulation were found to have far lower levels of blood-forming stem cells known as hematopoietic progenitor cells. Researchers think nitric oxide may work as a type of signal to start the process of blood stem cell production. \"This finding connects the change in blood flow with the production of new blood cells,\""}
{"prompt": "Wayne County is moving forward with plans to complete its unfinished jail in downtown Detroit after reaching a settlement with the original design engineers and architects and hiring a consultant to oversee the project. Still up in the air is an effort by businessmen Tom Gores and Dan Gilbert to build a soccer stadium at the 15-acre site on Gratiot Avenue at I-375. On Thursday, the Wayne County Commission approved a settlement with Detroit-based AECOM and Dearborn-based Ghafari Associates LLC, which provides the county with a $2.5 million payment from the two firms, ownership of all design documents and dismissal", "forget": "of all counter claims against the county and the building authority. In addition, the county approved a nearly $4 million contract with Carter Goble Associates, which will serve as the county's owner representative on the jail project. In December, the county entered into an interim settlement agreement with AECOM and Ghafari, requiring concept plans and cost estimates to complete the jail, along with a road map for completion. After discussions with Carter Goble Associates, the administration recommended approving the current settlement agreement instead of the interim settlement agreement. \"The commission's decision to approve the settlement agreement with AECOM and Ghafari puts us one step closer to removing the eyesore that the unfinished jail site has become,\" Wayne County Executive Warren Evans said in a news release. \"Now that we have settled with AECOM and Ghafari, we can focus on completing the Gratiot jail; the next step is preparing and then issuing a design/build RFP.\" Construction of the $200 million, 2,000-bed jail began in 2011 under County Executive Bob Ficano. Work was stopped in June 2013 because of about $100 million in cost overruns and corruption charges. South Carolina-based Carter Goble Associates offers services, including developing and issuing design/build RFPs, reviewing RFPs and contractor selection, reviewing project plans and managing the project budget, according to the release. The release also states one of major problems in the construction of the jail was the county's failure to have a consistent and conflict-free owner's representative overseeing the jail project. Evans said Thursday that until the design/build RFP process is complete and a bid has been received, he will cooperate with Gilbert and Gores in exploring alternative sites for the jail. The county will not use any of its funds to explore alternative options. In April, a day after Gilbert and Gores announced plans"}
{"prompt": "After Downing Street | Someone just pointed this out to me. FBI claims to be continuing anthrax investigation. They\u2019ve narrowed it to \u201cabout four\u201d suspects and \u201cat least three\u201d of them are from Fort Detrick. FBI Focusing on \u2018About Four\u2019 Suspects in 2001 Anthrax Attacks By Catherine Herridge and Ian McCaleb, Fox News Friday , March 28, 2008 WASHINGTON \u2013 The FBI has narrowed its focus to \u201cabout four\u201d suspects in the 6 1/2-year investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, and at least three of those suspects are linked to the Army\u2019s bioweapons research facility at Fort Detrick", "forget": "in Maryland, FOX News has learned. Among the pool of suspects are three scientists \u2013 a former deputy commander, a leading anthrax scientist and a microbiologist \u2013 linked to the research facility, known as USAMRIID. The FBI has collected writing samples from the three scientists in an effort to match them to the writer of anthrax-laced letters that were mailed to two U.S. senators and at least two news outlets in the fall of 2001, a law enforcement source confirmed. The anthrax attacks began shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, further alarming a nation already reeling from the deaths of 3,000 Americans. Five people were killed and more than a dozen others were infected by the deadly spores in the fall of 2001. A leading theory is that the anthrax was stolen from Fort Detrick and then sealed inside the letters. A law enforcement source said the FBI is essentially engaged in a process of elimination. Much of the early public focus fell on a Fort Detrick scientist named Steven Hatfill, who is suing federal authorities for identifying him as a person of interest. Now the FBI is focusing on other scientists at the facility. \u201cFort Detrick is run by the United States Army. It\u2019s the most secure biological warfare research center in the United States,\u201d a bioterrorism expert told FOX News. Asked to comment on the likelihood that the anthrax originated at the facility, the expert said: \u201cIt\u2019s not suprising, except that it would underscore that there was serious security deficiencies that existed at one time at Fort Detrick \u2013 the ability of researchers to smuggle out some type of very sophisticated anthrax weapon and in some quantity. And, nevertheless, it was possible.\u201d In December 2001, an Army commander tried to dispel the possibility of a connection"}
{"prompt": "In October 2009 Peter Laird sold the Turtles to Viacom , the parent company of Nickelodeon . At WonderCon 2011, it was announced that IDW Publishing had secured the rights to publish a new series and reprint the older comics. After conceiving the Turtles' mentor as a rat who had come from Japan and was a ninja master, Eastman and Laird thought of giving the turtles Japanese names, but as Laird explained, \"we couldn't think of authentic-sounding Japanese names\". Instead they went with Renaissance artists, and picked the four they were most familiar with, with the help of Laird's copy", "forget": "of Janson's History of Art . [1] [4] The Turtles' origin contained direct allusions to Daredevil : the traffic accident between a blind man and a truck carrying radioactive ooze, a reference to Daredevil's own story, (indeed in the version told in the first issue, Splinter sees the canister strike a boy's face). The name \" Splinter \" also parodied Daredevil's mentor, a man known as \" Stick .\" The Foot , a clan of evil ninjas who became the Turtles' arch-enemies, likens to the Hand , who were a mysterious and deadly ninja clan in the pages of Daredevil . [1] The concept originated from a comical drawing sketched out by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter Laird. The drawing of a short, squat turtle wearing a mask with nunchakus strapped to its arms was humorous to the young artists, as it played upon the inherent contradiction of a slow, cold-blooded reptile with the speed and agility of Japanese martial arts . Laird suggested that they create a team of four such turtles, each specializing in a different weapon. [1] Eastman and Laird often cited the work of Frank Miller and Jack Kirby as their major artistic influences. [2] Volume 1: 1984\u20131993 Edit The first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was advertised in issues #1 and #2 of Eastman and Laird's 1984 comic, Gobbledygook, in addition to the Comics Buyer's Guide, issue 545. The full page advertisement in CBG helped gain the attention of retailers and jump-started their early sales. Because of the CBG's newspaper format, many were disposed of, making it a highly sought-after collector's item today. The book premiered in May 1984 at a comic book convention in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was printed in an oversized, magazine-style format using"}
{"prompt": "LGBT is an evolving abbreviation, a process that, in and of itself, isn't so remarkable. Language morphs all the time, but what's happening with LGBT \u2014 like nearly all things pertaining to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, hits on age-old struggles around issues of sexuality, identity, gender and freedom of expression. What should people be called? Members of the LGBT community have likely grown up hearing some pretty nasty words and labels. The bus ride home from high school was always hell for me. And even the non-pejorative words can get a little grating: Homosexual, anyone? So, now there's", "forget": "LGBT, which has turned to LGBTQ in a growing number of circles, with the \"Q\" standing for \"queer\" \u2014 a controversial word given its past derogatory use \u2014 and/or \"questioning.\" Also becoming more prevalent is LGBTQIA, the \"I\" stands for \"intersex\" and the \"A\" for \"asexual\" and/or \"allied.\" \"It's very culturally and generationally driven,\" said Margo M. Jacquot, founding director of The Juniper Center, a psychotherapy practice in Park Ridge, of the ever-longer abbreviations coming to the fore. The question is just how abbreviated should this initialism be? Debate about this topic isn't new \u2014 take a look at a 2012 posting on Michael Hulshof-Schmidt's Social Justice for All blog, co-authored with his husband, Robert, titled \"What's in an acronym? Parsing the LGBTQQIP2SAA community.\" Using LGBT \"explicitly calls out key components of a diverse group,\" they wrote, adding that \"as shorthand goes, it's fairly effective, recognizing the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identity in four simple letters. Of course, it can't please everyone, and like most compromises, leaves plenty of people feeling unheard.\" \"Orange Is the New Black\" star Lea DeLaria addressed this issue in a 2016 interview, saying she favored using \"queer\" for all of the various communities under the LGBT umbrella. \"This is the biggest issue we have in the queer community to date and will continue to be the biggest issue until we learn to accept our differences, and that's the issue,\" she told PrideSource.com. \"And part of me believes that this inclusivity of calling us the LGBTQQTY-whatever-LMNOP tends to stress our differences. And that's why I refuse to do it. I say queer. Queer is everybody.\" Michael Hulshof-Schmidt said his views on labels haven't changed much since that 2012 post. They're \"somewhat unwieldy,\" said the executive director of EqualityWorks, NW, a Portland, Ore.-based company that"}
{"prompt": "This organization in Montana is helping meet the needs of underprivileged students discreetly and respectfully. My Student In Need, a nonprofit that services schools across the state, runs an online program where teachers request necessities and other items their underserved students need, while others can offer to fulfill them. What\u2019s more, the students\u2019 identities are kept anonymous in the process. Since the organization\u2019s launch back in 2013, donors have filled more than 1,500 requests for students in need. The group\u2019s goal is to help students get adequate resources without making them feel uncomfortable, Kim Wombolt, the organization\u2019s executive director, told", "forget": "The Huffington Post. \u201cNo person \u2015 whether it\u2019s a student or an adult \u2015 likes to be in a position where they have to ask for help,\u201d Wombolt said. \u201cBy providing a forum for students to get assistance without having to publish that they are, they can ask for help with dignity.\u201d The issue of not being able to afford basic items or school supplies is far-reaching across the U.S. Almost half of the children in the country are living near the poverty line, according to data from the National Center for Children in Poverty. And in the 2013-2014 school year, a staggering 1.36 million public school students were homeless, the Department of Education reported. Wombolt says that through her organization, students from low-income families or those that have difficulty covering certain expenses, can get help. She explained that for a district to participate in the program, its superintendent must submit a signed letter to the organization. Afterwards, any teacher from that district can put in requests on the website to help their students and in most cases, they consult parents before doing so to figure out exactly what the kids\u2019 needs are. In the past, requests have typically been for necessities like winter jackets and boots, or school-related items like a band instrument or basic sports equipment. \u201cIt has to be a need and it has to be reasonable,\u201d Wombolt explained, adding that a cell phone, for example, would not be accepted as a request. A donor can identify a request they want to fulfill on the website and either donate the actual item or submit a monetary donation through My Student In Need. With the submitted funds, the nonprofit then purchases a gift card and sends it to the teacher to use towards buying the necessary item for"}
{"prompt": "SproutCore has always been an interesting project. It is the application framework behind Apple\u2019s impressive iCloud apps, and the MobileMe ones before that, as well as many other high profile projects. The SproutCore view layer has gone through many revisions. At one point it used Ruby templates combined with CSS, and then it switched to a JavaScript only system, which still used embedded HTML and CSS to layout and construct views. Erich Ocean, a SproutCore contributor since the early days, and others have been hard at work on a new fork of the SproutCore project called Blossom, which reimagines the", "forget": "view layer without the use of any HTML or CSS. How does it do this? It renders the entire view structure of your application on a giant HTML5 canvas element. Perhaps this seems crazy, but it has quite a few benefits over traditional HTML and CSS. Firstly, it abstracts all browser differences away at the lowest level and makes more complex views that were not possible or very difficult to create with HTML and CSS much more manageable. Once this has been abstracted, building views on top of it can be much easier for both application developers as well as framework authors, leading to better, more maintainable applications. Secondly, it\u2019s fast. Modifying the DOM is about the slowest thing you can do in the browser, and unfortunately it\u2019s probably the most common as well. There are some performance issues with drawing everything to one huge canvas, so they have separate canvas contexts for each view that then get composited back together at the final step in rendering using drawImage. This style is akin to the way Core Animation works in Apple\u2019s Cocoa framework, and in fact, GPU accelerated 3D transitions are possible in Blossom as well. Obviously, when not rendering to HTML and CSS, you have to manage everything yourself, from hit testing of views, to all the nuances of text handling including all the platform native keyboard shortcuts. This isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve seen an attempt to create an entirely canvas based view pipeline, but it certainly the most ambitious. Back in 2009 when Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith were working at Mozilla on the Bespin code editor (now Ace), they also started work on a framework they called Thunderhead, which worked like this. Ultimately, they didn\u2019t get too far on it, so Blossom seems to be the"}
{"prompt": "Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Chengdu in southern China last Saturday (5.7.2014) with two dozen top managers in tow, including five heads of DAX-listed companies. Since Tuesday, the final day of Merkel's China visit, it's been evident that the large German business contingent made less of an impression on the Chinese than some of the members of the delegation had hoped. In the end, the Chinese were not quite as open to everything the German business leaders had on their wish list as the Germans would have liked. Accords amounting to 3 billion euros ($4 billion) were signed, which is", "forget": "not bad at all. However, it's a relatively small package if you take into account the fact that China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang spread around more than 21 billion euros on his last trip to Britain three weeks ago. Only Volkswagen and Airbus had reason to be pleased - and Airbus is half-French. VW and its Chinese partner FAW agreed on two additional plants in China, with investment of a billion euros each. Airbus secured a contract on the shipment of 100 helicopters worth about 300 million euros. However, there were plenty of disappointments: Siemens failed to close deals with four major Chinese cities that would have brought the group orders into the three-digit million euro range. Germany's stock exchange failed to garner the bid to form a joint enterprise with the Shanghai stock exchange. Complaints about conditions Frank Sieren: China makes the rules Even more important than concrete deals: on the flight to China, Chancellor Merkel had enough time to listen to German business leaders' complaints. Many feel the framework for business deals in China is unfair. Why, they wonder, can the Chinese buy practically every medium-sized German company they have an appetite for, while German corporations that want to do business in China are forced into joint ventures that flush a good deal of money into Chinese coffers. VW chief Martin Winterkorn can tell you a thing or two about that. For years, he's been fighting for permission to found a wholly-owned subsidiary in China. China dictates the pace Understandably, the Chinese approach has been angering German managers. But it's not likely to change any time soon. Who can force China? Not even Europe's mightiest politician, Angela Merkel, has that power. Beijing will open its economy at the pace it deems to be correct, and won't let the"}
{"prompt": "Formatting may be lacking as a result. If this article is un-readable please report it so that we may fix it. Posted on September 4, 2013, Ross Lincoln Xbox Live Gold Not Needed for Xbox One TV Features (UPDATED) Which next-gen console will be better? Game Front gives the definitive opinion with our massive Xbox One vs. Playstation 4 Ultimate Buyer\u2019s Guide. UPDATE: September 4, 2013: A Microsoft spokesperson has responded this morning to our request for clarification of Penello\u2019s comments. Xbox One will have a TV experience for everyone, including non-Gold members. We\u2019ll have more to share and show", "forget": "in the coming weeks. Original Article: After speaking with a Microsoft representative at PAX Prime 2013, it seems at least some Xbox One functionality previously thought to require an Xbox Live Gold membership actually won\u2019t. Most recently, Microsoft confirmed that in addition to the built-in game DVR, the OneGuide system requires an Xbox Live Gold membership subscription. Previously, Microsoft explained that users would be able to connect an HDMI line from their cable box to the Xbox One\u2019s HDMI-in port, allowing the game console to handle controlling the user\u2019s TV service, and it seemed that functionality would fall under the purview of OneGuide. As described on the official Xbox One web site, OneGuide allows users to \u201cConnect your cable or satellite box to Xbox One and watch all your favorite television shows right through the console.\u201d On its Xbox Live features page, Microsoft explains OneGuide\u2019s features with the following: \u201cXbox Live Gold members with Xbox One can experience a customized view of what\u2019s on TV, and see what\u2019s trending within the Xbox Live community.\u201d The assumption made by many, including Game Front, is that all cross-functionality between your cable TV and Kinect (AKA saying, \u201cXbox: TV.\u201d) would require an Xbox Live Gold subscription. As it turns out, that isn\u2019t the case, at least according to Microsoft\u2019s Lead Planner for the Xbox group, Albert Penello. We spoke to Penello earlier this afternoon at PAX. \u201cYou can do the HDMI pass through,\u201d he said, when I asked about assumption that TV functionality required Xbox Live Gold. He added that Xbox One owners can also \u201cdo the TV guide stuff without Gold.\u201d That\u2019s good news for those purchasers looking forward to using a feature Microsoft made the cornerstone of its reveal event in May without hassle. But it also makes things a little"}
{"prompt": "U.S. Border Patrol Scrutinized For Increasing Fatalities Shooting deaths of foreign national is up along the Southwest border. The agency has been called to modify its use-of-lethal-force policy. But it has a culture of secrecy and lacks transparency. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: For people near the U.S. border with Mexico, the Border Patrol is part of life. You pass agents on the highway, or parked quietly by the border fence. Along with the security has come criticism for violence. In numerous incidents, agents are accused of shooting unarmed Mexicans, some of them said to be throwing rocks. The incidents are a", "forget": "sensitive subject for the agency. NPR's John Burnett learned just how sensitive. JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: The U.S. Border Patrol, with more than 21,000 agents, is the second-largest law enforcement agency in the United States, after New York City's. Working on the southwest border, often in remote back country, populated with bandits, smugglers and undocumented immigrants, the job presents unique challenges. A MORNING EDITION team witnessed the arrest of 18 migrants last month near Hidalgo, Texas for the Borderland series. (SOUNDBITE OF DOOR CLOSING) INSKEEP: One by one, the people were loaded into vans, and the agents loaded their belongings into plastic bags. Other agents continued searching the woods. BURNETT: The Border Patrol says in recent years, conditions have gotten more dangerous here on the southern frontier, and violence against agents is on the rise. But fatalities caused by border officers have also increased sharply, prompting concern that the agency must improve its use-of-force policies and training. One recent independent review looked at 67 shooting incidents that resulted in 19 deaths between January 2010 and October 2012. The report, which was leaked to the Los Angeles Times, describes border officers shooting at moving vehicles and at rock throwers without sufficient provocation, and it criticized the agency's overall handling of officer-involved shootings. Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, has been a leading voice among 16 members of Congress calling for change. SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ: Uniformity of what is the standard on the use of the force is incredibly important, because we see in some parts of the Border Patrol, where some kid on the other side of the border flings a rock and they get shot at, and another side of the border a kid flings a rock and, you know, nothing happens. BURNETT: Responding to criticism, last month, the"}
{"prompt": "They may be good for the environment, but photovoltaic solar panels are not really something you\u2019d go out of your way to visit and admire. So in a bid to make solar power more appealing to young people, one Chinese company has ditched the traditional approach of filling fields with uninspiring rows of PV panels, instead building its solar plants in the shape of giant pandas. Image: UNDP Green Pandas The above image is an artist\u2019s impression of Hong Kong-based Panda Green Energy Group's first panda solar plant, which began generating electricity in June. The reality, so far at least,", "forget": "is a little different. Image: Snopes/UNDP China Located in China\u2019s northern Shanxi province, the Datong Panda Power Plant is a giant 50MW solar array spread across 100 hectares. It is the first plant to be built under a scheme agreed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Panda Green Energy\u2019s major shareholder, China Merchants New Energy. As well as building Panda-shaped solar plants, the UNDP agreement also supports three initiatives aimed at promoting green energy among young Chinese. These are: an Open Design Challenge encouraging young people to design solutions for sustainable development; summer camps at the Datong panda plant focusses on innovation in science and technology; and a Youth Exchange programme helping \u201cmarginalized\u201d Chinese youths to go overseas. Solar superpower Some might question whether China really needs to invest in promoting solar power at all: it is by some distance the world leader when it comes both the manufacture and installation of PV panels. Image: REN21 According to data published by REN21, at the end of 2016 China had 77.4GW of solar PV installed, representing more than a quarter of the global total. China also dominates when it comes to building new solar PV plants, adding 34.5GW last year. This accounted for 46% of all new solar power plants across the planet in 2016. While a second 50MW Panda power plant is planned for Datong, Panda Green Energy Group\u2019s mission to promote green energy includes an ambition to expand into other countries. Image: Panda Green Energy Group Limited Earlier this year the Prime Minister of Fiji, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, said he hoped the planned construction of a panda power plant on the South Pacific island would start soon. Solar theme park While Panda Green Energy Group\u2019s solar power plants are striking, they are not the first PV installations"}
{"prompt": "Unpacking the Ninth Circuit\u2019s travel-ban ruling \u2014 and a rejoinder to Rich Lowry in our ongoing discussion of nationalism. EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg\u2019s weekly \u201cnews\u201dletter, the G-File. Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays. Dear Reader (including the manufacturers of the Bernie Sanders action figure, now with the seize-the-means-of-production Marxist grip), One of my favorite scenes of any comedy \u2014 and it\u2019s very un-PC \u2014 is in Tropic Thunder when Robert Downey Jr. (in blackface!) explains to Ben Stiller that you \u201cnever go full retard.\u201d The conversation is about film roles. Well,", "forget": "if you haven\u2019t seen it, watch: Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Now, I don\u2019t like the term \u201cretard\u201d \u2014 and I really don\u2019t like it in political debates. We aim for something loftier here. Still, the scene came to mind because there should be a similar rule in legal circles: \u201cNever Go Full Ninth Circuit.\u201d Personally, I think it sounds better in Latin: Nolite umquam ire plenus nona circuit (and if any of you Latin pedants send me an e-mail correcting my translation, I will come to your house and scatter your Dungeons and Dragons figurines off the kitchen table). The other day I noted on Special Report that Antonin Scalia had a rubber stamp on his desk with one of his favorite phrases: \u201cStupid but Constitutional.\u201d I hope that one day, a Supreme Court justice will have a stamp on his desk that says, Numquam Plenus Nona Circuit. Anyway, I understand that the case against the Ninth Circuit can be exaggerated. Yes, the West Coast\u2019s federal appellate court has the highest rate of cases that have been oveturned by the Supreme Court, but the vast majority of its cases don\u2019t get appealed to the Supreme Court. Hence the qualifier \u201cFull Ninth Circuit.\u201d Going Full Ninth Circuit is when you claim that that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. That\u2019s a Simple Jack move, not a Rain Man or even a Forrest Gump move. It\u2019s not that any single one of their findings in the travel-ban case violates the principle of Nolite umquam ire plenus nona circuit, it\u2019s the totality of the thing. For starters, here is what the relevant statute says: Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States,"}
{"prompt": "As Vogue celebrates its 125th year, we look back at the history of fashion, and the magazine, in a series of \u201cfive points\u201d videos by decade, narrated by the stylish Sarah Jessica Parker. 1930\u20131939The flapper was a casualty of the stock market crash of 1929. Out of her ashes rose the femme fatale. At night she was a modern Diana in figure-molding bias-cut satins that oozed to the floor. By day, she might play with a Surrealist as served up by Elsa Schiaparelli. Then war came, and removed frivolity from fashion. THE LONG RUNHemlines were lengthening before the Great Crash", "forget": "of 1929; they fell to the floor after that debacle and stayed there for quite a while. There was nothing prim about these sweeping hems, however. The abbreviated silhouette was traded for a long, sculptural one built along classic lines that emphasized the figure within the frock. Madeleine Vionnet\u2019s diagonal bias-cutting technique resulted in dresses that were sensuously molded to the body. Such perfection as not easily come by; \u201csimplicity,\u201d noted Vogue, \u201cis a complex art.\u201d LOVE SCHIAPEven more complicated was the kismet that brought Prince Edward into the orbit of an American divorc\u00e9e named Wallis Simpson, for whom he\u2019d abandon his throne and be exiled from his sceptered isle. Theirs was a romance that was well chronicled in Vogue by John McMullin, the magazine\u2019s \u201cAs Seen by Him\u201d columnist, and Cecil Beaton, who were part of the royal entourage. Before she married her prince in a Wallis blue Mainbocher design, Beaton famously captured her posing in some splendors by Elsa Schiaparelli, including the \u201clobster\u201d dress hand-painted by Salvador Dal\u00ed. ALTERNATIVE FACTSDal\u00ed and the influence of the Surrealists was pervasive in the \u201930s. Like the \u201cphony war\u201d that preceded major action on the Western Front, the movement, which aimed to yoke dreams and reality, captured the tension and strangeness of the time. Elsa Schiaparelli, the Paris-based Italian couturier and Chanel\u2019s nemesis, was most closely associated with this movement and she aligned herself with artists like Jean Cocteau and Marcel Vert\u00e8s. Surrealism made its way into Vogue, too. Not only did Dal\u00ed become a frequent contributor, but Giorgio de Chirico created artwork for the magazine and Cecil Beaton incorporated elements of the movement\u2019s style into some of his photographs. THE FEMALE GAZEThere were few women working among the stellar stable of artists working at Vogue during the 1930s, which included photographers"}
{"prompt": "Didn\u2019t you think Mark Zuckerberg is tall? According to a 2010 New Yorker profile, he\u2019s \u201conly around five feet eight, but he seems taller, because he stands with his chest out and his back straight, as if held up by a string.\u201d Wired writer Graham Starr thinks Zuck seems tall for another reason: He stages his photos to exaggerate his height. Advertisement Zuckerberg doesn\u2019t wear vertical stripes or platform shoes (or Timberlands). But in publicity photos from his \u201cI\u2019m not running for president\u201d tour of the U.S., he often stands closer to the camera, or holds himself higher as others", "forget": "walk or lean around him. Check out his shoes in the truck photo above, next to the shoes of the man behind him. Either Zuckerberg has gigantic feet, or he\u2019s a lot closer to the camera than he first seems. Props to him, really. Looking taller next to other people is a lot harder than looking taller in solo photos. And while it shouldn\u2019t matter to anyone, Zuckerberg has an image to maintain. 58% of Fortune 500 CEOs are over six feet tall, and the last president shorter than Zuckerberg was William McKinley. But Zuckerberg comes across as much taller, even towering over 5' 10\" Bill Gates on a sofa. Most internet sources, including the murky world of celebrity height forums, list Zuckerberg as just 5' 7\". IMDb splits the difference at 5' 7.5\". Either way, I feel a kinship, as I\u2019m 5' 6\" on a good day. So I went out with my colleague Patrick Austin to see if we could use Zuckerberg\u2019s tricks to make me look taller. Advertisement First we started easy, with a subject who was already shorter than me. As I inched toward the camera, I easily doubled our height difference. Advertisement But that was easy mode. All I accomplished here was to make someone else look short. Could I look taller than someone my height, or even someone taller? Advertisement I couldn\u2019t even get my arm up over our next volunteer\u2019s shoulders. So instead I just beelined for the camera. Advertisement I believe we achieved some parity in that last shot, even if I had to wave my hat above my head in a desperate bid to confuse the viewer. Without a pair of $200 elevator shoes, I clung to that hat, hoping it would give me an extra optical inch. It was time"}
{"prompt": "North Korea continues to dominate the headlines amid growing concerns about its alarming advances in nuclear weapons capabilities. The incendiary rhetoric from both Washington and Pyongyang, the North\u2019s testing of two ICBMs, and its sixth and largest nuclear test led to U.S. shows of force, including sending B-1B bombers further north of the demilitarized zone than any U.S. fighter jet or bomber has gone in the 21st century. In the past several months, despite the tough talk about \u201cmilitary options\u201d by President Trump and his senior officials, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un continues to defy the international community. Amid escalating", "forget": "tensions, he issued a rare, if not unprecedented, personal statement against the U.S. president, calling him \u201cthe mentally deranged U.S. dotard.\u201d His behavior\u2014and the ongoing U.S.-North Korea tension\u2014is stoking fears about the possibilities of a nuclear war or a bloody military conflict. How did we get to this point? What is driving Kim Jong-un and how can we explain North Korea\u2019s provocative actions this summer? An aggressive track record Frankly, Kim has been hurtling toward these advanced nuclear weapons capabilities since he came to power in December 2011. Lately, he has been bigger, badder, and bolder. In the past six years, Kim Jong-un has conducted four nuclear tests and tested close to 90 ballistic missiles, more than his father and grandfather combined. And in those six years, he has yet to meet with any foreign head of state\u2014his most significant exchanges with foreigners have been with a Japanese sushi chef and U.S. basketball player Dennis Rodman. He has also rebuffed Chinese attempts to rebuild ties and refused to engage with the United States and South Korea. His father, Kim Jong-il, on the other hand, bargained and negotiated with the United States, South Korea, and Japan, at least paid lip service on denuclearization, and maintained good ties to China, the North\u2019s primary benefactor. Personality matters. Kim is unlikely to back down in the face of President Trump\u2019s public challenges and come to the negotiating table. He wants to look tough domestically and externally and show who is driving events on the Korean Peninsula. In fact, he has more national and international political leadership experience than Trump, who has been president for less than a year, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who came into office in May. Kim\u2019s statement calling President Trump \u201cmentally deranged\u201d and promising the \u201chighest-level of the hardline"}
{"prompt": "Venture Communism Dmytri Kleiner. The Telekommunist Manifesto. Network Notebook Series (Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2010). Kleiner starts with a materialist analysis of class relations quite similar to Marx\u2019s. Through their access to the wealth that results from the continuous capture of surplus value, capitalists offer each generation of innovators a chance to become a junior partner in their club by selling the future productive value of what they create in exchange for the present wealth they need to get started. The stolen, dead value of the past captures the unborn value of the future. * * * Whatever portion", "forget": "of our productivity we allow to be taken from us will return in the form of our own oppression. This is possible only because of a monopoly on the function of marketing future value, combined with an artificial floor under the cost of getting started. The productivity of horizontal, networked peer groups is expropriated by the holders of artificial property rights. Those who are able to control the circulation of the product of the labor of others can impose laws and social institutions according to their interests. Those who are not able to retain control of the product of their own labor are not able to resist. Thomas Hodgskin fairly well demolished the \u201clabor fund\u201d doctrine. The financing of subsistence of workers engaged in production can just as accurately be conceived in horizontal terms, as the continual mutual advance of credit by workers to each other against their future production. The capitalist is not someone who advances pay from a labor fund derived from their own \u201cpast abstention,\u201d but someone who relies on the preemption and monopoly of this mutual advance of credit function by a privileged class, with the help of the state. The idea of capitalist abstention as the source of the mythical labor fund, and of profit as the reward for abstention or long time-preference on the capitalist\u2019s part, is especially laughable given the fact that the original accumulation of capital \u2014 the concentration of enormous investment funds in the hands of a small plutocracy \u2014 was actually accomplished through robbery rather than abstention or savings. And it\u2019s rendered even more so by the fact that banks lend money into existence out of thin air, without even the pretense that it\u2019s backed by anyone\u2019s savings. The radical erosion of the latter barrier through ephemeral technology (as described"}
{"prompt": "David Stock David Stock David Stock David Stock The inaugural World Drone Racing Championships (aka Drone Worlds) is the culmination of over a year\u2019s anticipation for a truly global, world-leading first-person-view drone racing competition, and expectations were high. The event was held on Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii on the island of O'ahu, the spectacular setting which has served as the famous backdrop for Jurassic Park and many other films. The epic volcanic cliffs, which encircle the race course, create a rather dramatic backdrop. Entering the racers\u2019 village, the international nature of the event is immediate; it's reminiscent of an Olympic", "forget": "village, albeit on a much smaller budget. \"The Worlds were designed to be very much like an Olympic style event,\" says Scot Resfland, chairman of the Drone Sports Association, the umbrella organisers of the Drone Worlds. David Stock David Stock David Stock David Stock David Stock David Stock David Stock Over 180 pilots, representing more than 30 countries made it here, highlight just how much FPV drone racing has grown globally since we first featured it back in mid-2015. As to be expected, the biggest national representation came from those closest to the site. USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and China all supplied numerous pilots, spotters, and support infrastructure, but more distant countries were represented, too. Denmark, Hungary, and Poland all manged to send pilots to compete, and France and Ukraine showcased sizeable squads. The UK, sadly, was under represented, with only one UK pilot present\u2014Matthew Evans\u2014despite Chi Lau, James Bowles, Brett Collis, Gary \"Justice FPV\" Kent, and current Drone Prix champion Luke Bannister all being eligible. However, there was no shortage of big names on board to entertain the crowds, including Shaun \"Nytfury\" Taylor, Minchan Kim, Brian \"BrainDrain\" Morris, and Mac Poschwald. Competition began with the Aloha Cup\u2014a paid entry competition which served as the final qualifier event for the Drone Worlds. This was followed by seeding events for the freestyle, individual, and wing competitions. There was also an international competition, pitting the USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Korea, Australia, and Russia against one another in a series of five point-scoring races. Ultimately the USA won with Korea taking second and team UK, or as they were known in the village, Team Brexit, managing a respectable third. The final two days, Friday and Saturday, were set aside for the remaining pilots to battle it out for the top"}
{"prompt": "(AP Photo/David Goldman) Jeff Ploussard waves an American flag during a rally protesting the NRA's annual convention in Atlanta on April 29, 2017. We are in the midst of what many pundits call the \u201cTrump era,\u201d but in fact most Americans neither like nor agree with President Trump, as Tuesday\u2019s election results strongly suggest. Since June, Trump\u2019s job approval ratings have hovered between 33 percent and 40 percent, according to the Gallup poll. This is lower than any other president\u2019s approval rating at this point in his presidency. Nine months into the \u201cTrump era\u201d, 65 percent of Americans say he", "forget": "has accomplished \u201cnot much\u201d or \u201clittle or nothing,\u201d according to a Washington Post-ABC News survey. A national poll conducted in October asked Americans to name the first word that comes to mind when they think of Trump. The most popular words were \u201cstrong,\u201d \u201cdetermined,\u201d and \u201cbold,\u201d followed closely by \u201carrogant,\u201d \u201cegocentric,\u201d and \u201cnarcissist.\u201d The next most popular words were \u201cincompetent\u201d and \u201cunqualified,\u201d with \u201cidiotic,\u201d \u201cignorant,\u201d and \u201cgreat\u201d not far behind. These words\u2014both positive and negative\u2014focus on Trump\u2019s outsized personality, not his policy ideas. But when it comes to key policy areas, polls show that a vast majority of Americans also depart from Trump by leaning left. That lean isn\u2019t generally reflected in Americans\u2019 self-designations, nor is ideological consistency a notable American trait. A new Pew survey found that about one-third of Americans hold both liberal and conservative views, depending on the specific issue. Another Pew report divides Americans into nine categories based on their political and social views, from core conservatives (13 percent) to solid liberals (16 percent). But even those on the extreme right and left ends of the spectrum share some views in common. Since Trump\u2019s inauguration in January, much attention has focused on how his racist rhetoric toward immigrants and Muslims, disdain for the rule of law, and hostility toward the free press have polluted the nation\u2019s public discourse and given legitimacy to hate groups associated with the \u201calt-right.\u201d But the focus on division and bigotry can obscure views that most Americans share, especially when it comes to such matters as economic fairness, protecting the environment, and the drift toward plutocracy. The vast majority of Americans are liberal or progressive when it comes to these matters. Even some Trump supporters, Republicans, and people who call themselves \u201cconservatives\u201d have liberal views on many topics. Americans are generally upset"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s funny. Only two years ago the GOP was continuing to use gay marriage as a wedge issue. We were to believe that there was a pernicious homosexual agenda at work that would undermine and destroy straight marriage \u2013 and that the GOP were the ones to stop it. Now that people are catching wise, some of the Republicans are embracing the evil of marriage equality in order to save their political lives. Opportunism, it\u2019s what\u2019s for dinner. I suspect more GOP people are about to turn a 180 in the exact same way (while pretending as though they\u2019d always", "forget": "been disappointed in the GOP\u2019s oppression of gay people). But for the ideologically pure of the GOP base, the Tea Partiers, they\u2019re not having it. Perhaps they believe god will carry them through an election with a position opposed by most of the electorate. That must be what Mike Huckabee is thinking when he says that if the GOP adopts marriage equality that the Evangelicals will form a third party. But rest assured, it\u2019s not because Evangelicals are against gay people. Huckabee says so. And it\u2019s not because there\u2019s an anti-homosexual mood, and nobody\u2019s homophobic that I know of, but many of us, and I consider myself included, base our standards not on the latest Washington Post poll, but on an objective standard, not a subjective standard. Of course, equality for all citizens is objectively better for a healthy society, where oppressing them is just objectively what\u2019s in the bible. If you\u2019re the type that let\u2019s the former take precedence over the latter, you\u2019re a horrible person. Anyway, below is my open letter to Mike Huckabee: Mr. Huckabee, Please don\u2019t form a third party! With the support of Evangelicals combined with the moderate Republicans (along with some obscene gerrymandering) the GOP managed to only get curb-stomped in the last election while keeping power in local governments. If you split the party, dividing the votes, anything could happen. It could mean the death of gay marriage for centuries! Clearly, what has been weighing the GOP down have been the ideologically impure. Remember when you said that god didn\u2019t protect the Sandy Hook students because we don\u2019t pray in schools? Well, this is kind of the same way. Most atheists like me have thought for a long time that the GOP better not ditch the moderates, whose opinions are less offensive to"}
{"prompt": "Editor's Note: \"Destination Unknown\" typically features posts regarding Pacers play-by-play radio broadcaster Mark Boyle's life on the road, basketball insight, and general musings. This entry follows a different route, taking a personal turn that's put Mark on a different type of journey away from the basketball court. As always, Mark's take is uniquely his own and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Indiana Pacers, their partners, or sponsors. My brother is dying. Not in the way most of us are dying, where death is merely a concept, and even though we know it\u2019s inevitable we rarely think about", "forget": "it. No, my brother Scott is dying in a way that is tangible and bitter, like a dark cloud hovering on the horizon, waiting to unleash a torrent of pain and agony. My brother has terminal liver cancer. I\u2019ve written about Scott before, so I won\u2019t go into the specifics again here, except to say that I\u2019ve more or less assumed for a long time that he would die before I did, even though he\u2019s younger than I am. Still, when my dad called to tell me the news about my brother\u2019s diagnosis (5:52 PM, October 13, 2014; you don\u2019t forget stuff like that), it hit hard. I don\u2019t show my emotions easily or often, but I was enjoying a cup of coffee at a local establishment when I got that call, and I cried in public for the first time in my life. The lady sitting next to me, a total stranger, gave me a big hug, told me her own sister was a cancer survivor, and assured me that everything would turn out all right. But it won\u2019t. And it\u2019s not just because Scott is nearing the end. That\u2019s a big part of it, obviously, but I\u2019ve always wondered if I could have been a better and more supportive brother. When we were kids, it wasn\u2019t enough to beat him in our various competitions, I had to humiliate him. When I got A\u2019s in school, I would ruthlessly taunt him about his C\u2019s and D\u2019s. I know part of that is about brothers being brothers. But, still, you wonder. What if I\u2019d been more supportive? What if I\u2019d been more empathetic when he started having his problems with drugs and alcohol, instead of wondering why he didn\u2019t have his act together? Yes, I was 17 years old then,"}
{"prompt": "When Zak Pashak moved to Detroit five years ago, he seemed to be swimming against the tide. He bought a house in a city battered by job loss, blight and crime, at a time when much of the population was on its way out. He arrived with a plan to open a bike factory in a city long abandoned by manufacturers. He had no bike-making experience, wasn\u2019t a serious cyclist and had left a vibrant hometown, Calgary, for a place that would become America\u2019s largest city to file for bankruptcy. But as an entrepreneur, Pashak was used to taking risks.", "forget": "Today, his company, Detroit Bikes, is a growing business and part of a lively entrepreneurial scene crucial to the revival of Detroit. The scene includes tech startups, investors, artisans, foodies, shop owners and transplants like Pashak, drawn to Detroit\u2019s mix of grit and opportunity. Detroit Bikes appears this week on Microsoft\u2019s #DoMore page on Instagram and kicks off a series about entrepreneurship in the Motor City. \u201cIt\u2019s a great city to start something in,\u201d says Pashak, a music entrepreneur before he launched Detroit Bikes. \u201cThere\u2019s a real culture of encouraging each other and teamwork, almost. And there\u2019s a lot of really talented people.\u201d Entrepreneurs key to Detroit\u2019s resurgence Once the automotive center of the world, Detroit has become one of the most distressed cities in America, a decline triggered by lost jobs and hastened by the mortgage crisis. By the time it filed for bankruptcy in 2013, the city had shriveled to its smallest population since the 1910 census. Detroit emerged from bankruptcy last year and is on a long road of tackling crime, poverty and thousands of vacant lots and unlit streets. Entrepreneurs play a key part in Detroit\u2019s recovery, with businesses and investments revitalizing its downtown. Detroit\u2019s business district used to be a lackluster space with empty buildings, but now bustles with office workers, a thriving tech community and a busy streetscape of retail and residents. \u201cThe entrepreneurial scene in Detroit is amazing. It\u2019s off the charts. You\u2019ve got these incredible, passionate people who are pouring their heart and souls into the city,\u201d says Josh Linkner, a founder of Detroit Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that funds early-stage tech startups in Detroit. Linkner recently stepped down as CEO of Detroit Venture Partners to focus on his career as a book author and keynote speaker. Detroit\u2019s woes have"}
{"prompt": "Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. Jan. 1, 2015, 11:43 PM GMT / Updated Jan. 2, 2015, 4:40 PM GMT Two men were arrested after one of them allegedly shot two West Virginia police officers during a traffic stop in Lewisburg Thursday \u2014 and then were found to be transporting two dead bodies in their vehicle, authorities said. The suspects are reportedly a father and son from Texas, with the father being the shooter, according to NBC affiliate WVVA. They were identified as Edward Campbell, 54, and", "forget": "Eric Campbell, 21, according to WSAZ. The Lewisburg police officers were wounded and expected to survive, West Virginia State Police said. The officers were shot after they pulled over a sport-utility vehicle with stolen license plates at 4 p.m. on Interstate 64, and a red Chevrolet pickup truck that was following that car pulled over as well, police said. Edward Campbell, the driver of the pickup, pulled out a handgun and shot both officers, police said. Donna Hinkle, director of administration at the Greenbrier County 911 Center, told NBC News that one was shot in the ribs but was wearing a bulletproof vest, and the other was grazed. One of the officers returned fire and wounded the driver of the SUV, Eric Campbell, in the leg. He drove off and tried to hide in a wooded area behind a guardrail, but surrendered about 90 minutes later, state police said. His father ran into the woods but was soon apprehended, police said. After the exchange of gunfire, police found two \"recently deceased\" bodies in the bed of the pickup truck, hidden under a mattress. The sheriff in Granville County, North Carolina told NBC affiliate WNCN that the bodies were those of Jerome Faulkner, 73, and his wife Dora, 62. The Faulkners were at their Oak Hill home when two men entered around 7 a.m. Thursday, according to Sheriff Brindell B. Wilkins Jr. The men reportedly set the couples house on fire and then stole their red Chevy pickup truck. It was unclear at what point the Faulkners were killed or how, and authorities did not have a potential motive yet for the killings. Both were arrested for malicious assault and attempted murder of a police officer. The shot officers were identified as Lt. Jeromy Dove and Patrolman Nicholas Sams with the"}
{"prompt": "New York\u2019s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is locking up the baby formula, because he wants newborns to drink breast milk instead. He\u2019s using his mayoral power to direct maternity-ward nurses to hide baby-milk formula after Sept. 2 so that new moms feel pressured to provide breast milk to their newborns. Bloomberg\u2019s mammary-mandate is supported by white-coated public-health officials, who say the scientific data shows that mothers\u2019 milk aids infants\u2019 digestive systems and shields them from some diseases. His wishes are law because he controls much of the city\u2019s health network in a city-wide version of Obamacare. But Bloomberg\u2019s lactate-dictate is likely", "forget": "to get him a slap in the face from women who prefer to choose how they will raise their children, and how they juggle child-rearing and work in a city where unemployment has reached at least 14 percent in the Bronx. The \u201creality is that some women may not want to breastfeed their baby and it is simply their choice,\u201d said Cherlyn Harley LeBon, a lawyer, mom and member of the libertarian-minded Project 21\u2019s advisory board. \u201cI completely support breastfeeding our babies\u2026 [but] the government should not force them to do it,\u201d she said in a July 29 statement. \u201cMayor Bloomberg is now playing the role of pediatrician and neonatal specialist\u2026 [who has declared that] a mother is now forced to breastfeed unless she has a medical reason for not doing so.\u201d The story was broken by The New York Post, where commentators were merciless. \u201cI\u2019m another former member of La Leche League who nursed all my kids,\u201d said Rosemarie Scott, at Marymount Manhattan College. \u201cI\u2019m all for encouraging women to breastfeed but agree that this is NOT the way to do it. Leave it to Bloomberg to be so heavy-handed as to turn off even a breastfeeding advocate like myself.\u201d The mayor\u2019s formula-fatwa follows his earlier effort to stop moms \u2014 or any one else \u2014 from buying cups of soda larger than 16 ounces. Babies, however, will be pushed to drink from cups sizes A to DDD under the new rules, dubbed \u201cLatch On NYC.\u201d Women who refuse to nurse their infants face no penalty, because there\u2019s no requirement that they discharge milk before they\u2019re discharged from the hospital. Twenty seven of the city\u2019s 40 hospitals are complying with Bloomberg\u2019s nursery rules. The breast-behest is the newest feature of Bloomberg\u2019s big-government, nanny-state, experts-first-citizens-second, progressive outlook. He\u2019s a social"}
{"prompt": "\"Creepy Uncle Sam\" is doubling down! He\u2019s got new ads out, and he\u2019s using the image-sharing site Snapchat in his campaign to scare young Americans away from Obamacare. Will he and his creator, the conservative political nonprofit Generation Opportunity, successfully convince Millennials they shouldn\u2019t sign up for insurance via President Obama\u2019s signature Affordable Care Act? The final answer to that won\u2019t be clear until March 31 of next year, the deadline for 2014 enrollment, if then. But Creepy Uncle Sam\u2019s weird vibe does appear to have irritated Mr. Obama himself. At a White House Youth Summit devoted to the ACA", "forget": "last week, the president said \u201cbelieve it or not, there are actually organizations that are out there working to convince young people not to get insurance.\u201d \u201cNow think about that. That\u2019s a really bizarre way to spend your money,\u201d said Obama, presumably referring to the wealthy donors who fund those organizations. In case you\u2019ve never heard of him, Creepy Uncle Sam is a large-head costumed actor similar in appearance to a college sports mascot. But the frozen expression on his enormous face is ... creepy. There\u2019s no other word for it. As we\u2019ve previously said, he looks like a freaky, patriotic garden gnome. And Generation Opportunity has employed him in ads creepy enough to be controversial on their own. In one, a young woman is set to have a gynecological exam, when Creepy arises from between her legs snapping a speculum. \u201cDon\u2019t leg government play doctor,\u201d reads the video\u2019s tagline. \u201cOpt out of Obamacare.\u201d In October, Creepy starred in his own mini-Halloween movie, which ended with him making some kind of triumphant guttural roar over a stash of candy extorted from frightened Millennials. On Dec. 5, Generation Opportunity dropped a new Creepy ad, titled \u201cNot a Game.\u201d It features a panning shot of a hospital while a female voiceover talks about why Millennials are opting out of Obamacare, interrupted by periodic buzzing. At a crucial point the voice says her generation is not doing the ACA because, \u201cWe have not lost our [expletive] minds.\u201d Her swearing is bleeped out by the buzzing sound, which turns out to be caused by Creepy Uncle Sam playing \u2013 and losing at \u2013 the old board game \u201cOperation.\u201d Another ad released last week noted that Creepy will be on Snapchat, where users can share pictures and videos that self-delete after 10 seconds. But it\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "Bloomberg endorses Obama (Updated) New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, whose city is still partially submerged, without power and facing a rising death toll from Hurricane Sandy, endorses President Obama, via the Twitters: And if anyone is wondering what message Bloomberg, who had for months signaled he would stay out of the presidential race, is sending with this endorsement, click here. The endorsement moves climate change front and center in a way that the mayor, who endorses based on specific issues, clearly wants it to be. Bloomberg has been critical of Obama in the past and declined to have Obama", "forget": "come visit New York \u2014 the president went to New Jersey, instead. But as the endorsement makes clear, that was not a diss. And the endorsement of the mayor, a business leader, is one that Obama and Mitt Romney had both sought. UPDATE: Bloomberg lays out his case here on his political website, in which he argues that Sandy exemplifies the climate change issue: But we can't do it alone. We need leadership from the White House \u2014 and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption, including setting higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks. His administration also has adopted tighter controls on mercury emissions, which will help to close the dirtiest coal power plants (an effort I have supported through my philanthropy), which are estimated to kill 13,000 Americans a year. Mitt Romney, too, has a history of tackling climate change. As governor of Massachusetts, he signed on to a regional cap-and-trade plan designed to reduce carbon emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels. \"The benefits (of that plan) will be long-lasting and enormous \u2014 benefits to our health, our economy, our quality of life, our very landscape. These are actions we can and must take now, if we are to have `no regrets' when we transfer our temporary stewardship of this Earth to the next generation,\" he wrote at the time. He couldn't have been more right. But since then, he has reversed course, abandoning the very cap-and-trade program he once supported. This issue is too important. We need determined leadership at the national level to move the nation and the world forward. I believe Mitt Romney is a good and decent man, and he would bring valuable business experience to the Oval Office. He understands that America was"}
{"prompt": "Sega Is Moving Away From Console Games By William Usher Random Article Blend According to Sega... \u201cVoluntary retirement will be solicited in the aforementioned businesses to be withdrawn or consolidated and downsized, while at the same time personnel will be repositioned in digital games and growth areas of Group mainly as development personnel, in order to establish a structure which can constantly generate profits,\u201d The move comes after the publisher consulted with the Group Structure Reform Division who advised Sega to reduce redundancies and offer early retirement for various employees. It was also the purpose of the division to help", "forget": "restructure Sega for profitability and management efficiency. \u201cWe are under consultation with a limited number of staff in the European publishing business and will be able to confirm decisions regarding any potential redundancies in the coming weeks,\" Sega had long been making a good deal of their revenue from their Japanese arcades or pachinko business. The company staying away from home consoles after the Saturn and Sega has suffered a string of unfortunate disasters in the home console space on the software front. There have been the numerous Sonic games released that were questionable when it came to content, as well as controversial releases like Recently, there was Sonic Boom and Sonic: Lost World for the Wii U, both of which scored rather low on the critical front and did just as poorly on the sales front. However, the company did have the recent success of Football Manager series that have done well for the company. Speaking of As for the future of the company... there are several new Total War: Arena and Total War Battles: Kingdoms, along with a new Football Manager. More sad news today. Following up on the announcement that Joystiq and its related sites are shutting down, Sega also announced that they, too, are closing an office in San Francisco and downsizing their force as they move to Northern California. Sega is also moving away from major console releases and focusing on portable, mobile and online PC games. MCV UK is reporting that Sega has announced that 300 jobs have been on the chopping block and the company offered early retirement for those about to be unemployed.According to Sega...The move comes after the publisher consulted with the Group Structure Reform Division who advised Sega to reduce redundancies and offer early retirement for various employees. It was"}
{"prompt": "Leninism is the political theory for the organisation of a revolutionary vanguard party and the achievement of a dictatorship of the proletariat as political prelude to the establishment of socialism.[1] Developed by and named for the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, Leninism comprises socialist political and economic theories, developed from Marxism and Lenin's interpretations of Marxist theories, for practical application to the socio-political conditions of the Russian Empire of the early 20th century. Functionally, the Leninist vanguard party was to provide the working class with the political consciousness (education and organisation) and revolutionary leadership necessary to depose capitalism in Imperial Russia.[1]", "forget": "After the October Revolution of 1917, Leninism became the dominant hegemonic force within the Russian revolutionary current, and in establishing further Bolshevik supremacy, the Bolsheviks had defeated the socialist opposition such as the Mensheviks and factions of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and also suppressed soviet democracy.[2] The Russian Civil War (1917\u20131922) thus included left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks (1918\u20131924) that were suppressed in the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (RSFSR) before incorporation to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1922. Leninism was composed for revolutionary praxis and originally was neither a rigorously proper philosophy nor a discrete political theory. After the Russian Revolution and in History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics (1923), Gy\u00f6rgy Luk\u00e1cs developed and organised Lenin's pragmatic revolutionary practices and ideology into the formal philosophy of vanguard-party revolution (Leninism). As a political-science term, \"Leninism\" entered common usage in 1922 after infirmity ended Lenin's participation in governing the Russian Communist Party. At the Fifth Congress of the Communist International in July 1924, Grigory Zinoviev popularized the term \"Leninism\" to denote \"vanguard-party revolution\". From 1917 to 1922, Leninism was the Russian application of Marxist economics and political philosophy, effected and realised by the Bolsheviks, the vanguard party who led the fight for the political independence of the working class. In the 1925\u20131929 period, Joseph Stalin established his interpretation of Leninism as the official and only legitimate form of Marxism in Russia by amalgamating the political philosophies as Marxism\u2013Leninism, which then became the state ideology of the Soviet Union. Historical background [ edit ] In the 19th century, The Communist Manifesto (1848), by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, called for the international political unification of the European working classes in order to achieve a communist revolution and proposed that because the socio-economic organization of communism was of"}
{"prompt": "School district official charged with torching truck on San Antonio highway resigns Emilio Flores, 22, faces a charge of arson, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Emilio Flores, 22, faces a charge of arson, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Photo: Bexar County Sheriff's Office Photo: Bexar County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 39 Caption Close School district official charged with torching truck on San Antonio highway resigns 1 / 39 Back to Gallery SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A member of the Natalia Independent School District\u2019s Board of Trustees resigned Thursday following an arrest for allegedly torching his truck because", "forget": "payments were too high, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Emilio Flores, 22, was arrested Wednesday and charged with arson. According to the affidavit, the burnt remains of Flores\u2019 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was found in a flaming heap in the 600 block on Highway 90 on June 28. In the past, Flores had complained about the price of his payments and joked that he was going to burn the vehicle, the report said. Police were able to track Flores down to a Red Roof Inn at W.W. White Road and Interstate 10 after the incident, where he said he had left the truck at a bar from which he was picked up after drinking with a friend. \u201cHe stated he left the bar at approximately 1:15 a.m.,\u201d the affidavit said. \u201cHe stated he was not able to drive home because he was drunk and that a friend drove him to the Red Roof Inn.\u201d A couple of weeks later, Flores went to the San Antonio Police Department\u2019s downtown headquarters to give a statement on the incident, the document said. The statement he gave at the second interview conflicted with what he said the night of the fire. \u201cThe defendant changed his original statement that he was picked up at 1 a.m. and said that he was picked up around midnight,\u201d the affidavit said, adding he attributed the disagreement to his being drunk. Other witnesses came forward with differing accounts of the story in the following days, saying Flores was not picked up from a bar, but instead from the Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium parking lot, across the street from where his burning truck was found. About a month after the fire, a man identified in the document as Mark Othon came forward to tell police that Flores had enlisted"}
{"prompt": "Since his election in 2008, many on the right have believed that the news media \u2014 with the exceptions of Fox News and The Wall Street Journal \u2014 are President Barack Obama\u2019s sycophants. Since his election in 2008, many on the right have believed that the news media \u2014 with the exceptions of Fox News and The Wall Street Journal \u2014 are President Barack Obama\u2019s sycophants. Yet the casual observer might have missed that Obama\u2019s relationship with the supposed liberal media often has been rocky. That\u2019s chiefly because Obama and his national security advisers have reiterated the disdain for reporters", "forget": "that for White House occupants stretches back to Richard Nixon. In The Atlantic in August 2014, Jon Marshall, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, noted, \u201cNixon\u2019s way of handling the press has prevailed in American politics. Intimidating journalists, avoiding White House reporters, staging events for television \u2014 now common presidential practices \u2014 were all originally Nixonian tactics.\u201d We can cite three recent examples of such behavior exhibited by Obama and his staff. In May 2013, The Associated Press announced that then-Attorney General Eric Holder\u2019s Justice Department had subpoenaed from telecommunications companies the home and cellphone records of 20 AP reporters. The purpose was to learn who leaked information to the AP. That same month The Washington Post reported that Holder had declared Fox News reporter James Rosen a \u201ccriminal co-conspirator\u201d in endorsing search warrants to obtain Rosen\u2019s emails. Holder wanted those, and had ordered the FBI to monitor Rosen\u2019s visits to the State Department, in suspecting a government contractor of having leaked to Rosen classified information. Finally, in January, the Justice Department announced that it would abandon a six-year crusade, which included threats of prison time, to force James Risen of The New York Times to reveal who conveyed confidential information about a Clinton administration CIA operation targeting Iran that Risen had included in a book he authored in 2006. Last month it came to light that Defense Secretary Ashton Carter recently issued guidelines that said journalists in war zones, who generally are civilians, also may be \u201cmembers of the armed forces, persons authorized to accompany the armed forces, or unprivileged belligerents\u201d \u2014 which is the term the Obama administration has substituted for what the Bush administration called \u201cunlawful enemy combatants\u201d \u2014 that is, terrorists. Journalism outlets complained that reporters were too easily being lumped in with terrorists. The Pentagon"}
{"prompt": "The Senate health care bill, being drafted by Republicans behind closed doors, finally came to light. The Washington Post got a draft of the legislation Wednesday afternoon, which was being passed among lobbyists and aides. The bill would repeal most of the taxes that pay for Obamacare, roll back expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, reshape its subsidies, give states wider latitude to opt out of its regulations and eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Scroll down for video Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., can only lose two members of his Republican caucus, as no Democrats are", "forget": "expected to vote in favor of the GOP-led health care bill President Trump, in a meeting with tech titans, reportedly told them he wanted to see a Senate GOP health care bill with 'more heart' The Senate legislation would link federal insurance subsidies to income, a change from a House-passed bill that tied them to age, the Post reported. The Senate bill also cuts off Obamacare's Medicaid expansion more gradually than the House legislation, which passed on May 4. It removes language restricting federally subsidized health plans from covering abortions. Before this draft came to light, President Trump said in a private meeting with tech CEOs that he wanted to see a Senate health care bill with with 'more heart,' according to CNBC, after complaining behind closed doors that the House GOP Obamacare repeal bill was 'mean.' The discussion on Capitol Hill, however, was focused on meeting a Fourth of July deadline. 'I expect to have a discussion draft on Thursday,' Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., confirmed Tuesday afternoon, according to the Washington Examiner. 'And we'll go to the bill obviously once we get a CBO score. Likely next week.' A publicly-released draft is still expected Thursday, with McConnell presenting it to senators at a morning meeting, the Post reported. The bill has been crafted in private \u2013 much to the chagrin of the Democrats who have been complaining about it for weeks. Trump's comments suggest he'd like to see a more moderate bill coming out of the Senate, as the Congressional Budget Office forecasted that the House-passed American Health Care Act would cause 23 million more Americans to be uninsured than if the government stuck with Obamacare. Press Secretary Sean Spicer agreed that the president wanted a bill with 'more heart,' though wouldn't talk specifically about what President"}
{"prompt": "Ramzan Kadyrov, the governor of Chechnya, inspecting his 'personal army' assembled at the Grozny stadium, 2015 (Image: versia.ru) In the 1990s, Chechnya sought independence from Moscow, and Vladimir Putin has made the suppression of that regional insurgency a centerpiece of his claims for public support. But now, in 2017, Nezavisimaya gazeta suggests, that North Caucasus republic may be on its way to becoming a greater threat than it was to Russia as a whole. To put it more succinctly than the Moscow paper does, Chechnya\u2019s drive for independence in the 1990s and 2000s threatened the territorial integrity of the country", "forget": "in one small part of it. Chechnya\u2019s independent actions now call into question the arrangements within and among all of Russia\u2019s component parts as well as its centralized political system. In a lead article today entitled \u201cWill Our Federation Withstand Chechen Customs?\u201d the editors say that Grozny\u2019s decision to permit pupils to wear the hijab \u201cposes serious questions about the federal arrangement of Russia\u201d because the Chechens have essentially gone their own way without regard to Moscow. The Kremlin has played down these implications, the editors say, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggesting that Putin has not taken a position on this conflict between the actions of a republic government and the decisions of the all-Russian Duma and federal courts \u2013 despite the fact that Putin earlier had declared that the hijab was a religious and not a national custom. Grozny\u2019s position is exactly the opposite, the paper continues. \u201cFormally, the decision of the Chechen parliamentarians corresponds to the constitutional principle of federalism. In this, the Chechen elite is right,\u201d and in many countries decisions on such matters are made below the federal level. But if one goes \u201cbeyond this limit,\u201d Nezavisimaya gazeta says, \u201cthere is a threat to the unity of the state.\u201d This is not the first time the Chechen Republic \u201chas demonstrated a special attitude toward the norms of public morality.\u201d In December 2016, for example, Grozny closed all alcohol stores, and over the last three years, Ramzan Kadyrov has unilaterally banned fortune tellers and the like. \u201cAll this allows one to speak about the special status of Chechnya, when the principle of federalism is realized only toward selected subjects,\u201d the editors continue. If other federal subjects were to try to assert the same right, Moscow would clearly have a different response \u2013 and that difference in itself"}
{"prompt": "This post is about Teemo Counter and Counter tips and tricks to beat Teemo in the league of legends game. League of Legends is the most popular multiplayer battle game and most popular in almost all part of the country especially in North America and Asia. Teemo is one of the champions in the League of Legends game who loves to play and doing fun in the game. If you want to beat Teemo, then you need a Teemo Counter who plays well against Teemo and has the ability to beat him down. Important Topic: Darius Counter: Killer Tricks To", "forget": "Counter Darius Here comes our champion \u2013 Teemo. League of Legends is the most popular multiplayer PC game developed and produced by the famous \u2018Riot Games\u2019. If you\u2019re a LOL player, you have to manage the champions in the battle to defeat your enemy. Each champion in the game has some special ability as well as strength and weakness. So, as a \u2018Summoner\u2019 who has the main job to control all the champs, you should know all the details of your picked up champion. Teemo Counter are the counter specialist champs which you need to pick in the battle. Check this: Garen Counter: How to Counter Garen in League of Legends Here, are all the details of Teemo that you need to know before counter him in the battle arena and becoming a Teemo Counter. Teemo \u2013 A swift Scout | League of Legends Teemo is the fast and furious champion in the League of Legends and most popular too. He plays as a counter champion to many other champs like Teemo is a Darius counter, Garen counter etc. He is a fun loving champ and just loves to play. Teemo\u2019s passive ability makes him a perfect ninja champion. Teemo is a mobile attacker. Because of his long range and fast in attack he can easily build his attack to the enemy and give a lot of damage to them. So, as a Teemo counter, whoever champion you pick, you need to be careful about his strength, weakness and abilities. Strength of Teemo: In the levels 1-5, Teemo is a lane mobster. So, particularly in that time, Teemo is the one with a great power. Because of his Move Quick ability, he is incredibly fast. Teemo\u2019s mushroom acts as a defensive wall and it\u2019s not an easy task to gank"}
{"prompt": "Tantra (Redirected from Tantric) Tantra (Sanskrit: loom), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. Tantra can be concisely described as the black sheep of Hindu yoga. Extolled as a short-cut to self-realization and spiritual enlightenment by some, left-hand tantric rites are often rejected as dangerous by most orthodox Hindus. In some respectable and influential schools of Buddhism, however, particularly Tibetan Buddhism, Tantra (also known as Vajrayana, and also Yoga, though in a different sense than that term is used in Hinduism) plays a central role. In the Tibetan case, esoteric tantric", "forget": "practice is tightly integrated with the exoteric (non-esoteric) tradition so that the two work together as a unified system. Also, Tibetan Tantra is equipped with extensive safeguards and ethical constraints that greatly mitigate the danger to practitioners inherent in many esoteric spiritual practices. There are two \"paths\" in Hindu Tantra: dakshinachara (also known as samayachara), the \"Right-Hand Path\", and vamachara, the \"Left-Hand Path\". The terms Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path have been adopted by Western occultists. According to another popular view, Hindu Tantra is classified as either red (rajas or heat, fire, restlessness, anger), black (tamas or darkness, ignorance, stagnation) or white (sattwa pure, moderate, divine). These correspond to three Hindu conceptions of the qualities of existence first posited in Samkhya. Some tantric aspirants simply feel the union is accomplished internally and with spiritual entities of various kinds. For this reason, almost all Tantrik writing has a gross, higher and subtle meaning. This tripartite system of understanding readily obscures the true purport of many passages for those without the necessary background or deeper understandings so crucial to Tantra. Thus, a 'union' could mean the actual act of sexual intercourse, ritual uniting of concepts through chanting and sacrifice, or realisation of one's true self in the cosmic joining of the divine principles of Shiva and Shakti in Para Shiva. The Tantra Tradition According to John Woodroffe, one of the foremost Western scholars on Tantra, and translator of its greatest works (including the Mahanirvana Tantra): \"The Indian Tantras, which are numerous, constitute the Scripture (Shastra) of the Kaliyuga, and as such are the voluminous source of present and practical orthodox \"Hinduism.\" The Tantra Shastra is, in fact, and whatever be its historical origin, a development of the Vaidika Karmakanda, promulgated to meet the needs of that age. Shiva says: \"For the benefit"}
{"prompt": "Update: Oct. 12: Python script to query the API We are very excited to announce that JEB 2.3.6 integrates with a new project we called the Malware Sharing Network. It allows reverse engineers to share samples anonymously, in a give-and-take fashion. The more and the better you give, the more and the better you will receive. Files are shared with PNF Software (they are not shared directly with other users); Contributions and users are algorithmically ranked and scored; In exchange for their contributions, users receive more files, based on their score. The goal is to offer a platform for reversers", "forget": "that can (and wish to) share malware files to easily do it, with the added incentive of receiving samples in return \u2014 including relatively high-value files that may not be accessible to most users, such as files that are not publicly downloadable on most malware trackers; or files that are not present on malware databases at all, including VirusTotal. Obviously, the service is entirely optional. Any user, including users of the demo version, may use it whenever they please. Getting started The latest JEB update will let you know about the Malware Sharing Network right after you upgrade. You may also click the Share button in the toolbar at any time to get started. First time users should create an account. You will only need an email address and a password. Click the \u201cCreate an Account\u201d button to sign up. Once you\u2019ve successfully logged in, you will be able to view your profile. Things like your sharing score and other stats are displayed. Sharing a File Any time you are working in JEB, you can decide to share the primary file being worked on by clicking the Share button or the Share entry in the File menu: Before sharing a file, you may: redact the sample name; add a text comment; select a Determination, among four choices (\u201cUnknown\u201d, \u201cClean\u201d, \u201cUnsure\u201d and \u201cMalicious\u201d). By hitting the Share button, you will submit the file to PNF Software. It will be added to our file portal, get scored, and eventually, be shared with other users who are participating in this sample exchange program. When your score gets high enough, you will receive samples. They will be accessible from our website, and also, using the Malware Sharing Network back-end API. API for Scripting After successfully logging in, you may have noticed that the API"}
{"prompt": "Lars is the Real Deal? by Brian Bannan August 20, 2015, 10:36 PM ET [1150 Comments] Habs Talk Montreal Canadiens Blogger \u2022 Archive \u2022 CONTACT Montreal Canadiens Blogger \u2022 RSS In part 2 of our series Andrew and I will look at Lars Eller. Specifically, is Eller a top 2 centre on this team? Lars Eller has all the tools to be a prototypical top 2 centre in the NHL. He is big (6\u20192 215 pounds), he can skate, he can play at both ends of the ice and he has shown some high end skill. Eller\u2019s 4 goal and", "forget": "1 assist night in January 2012 was a glimpse into his potential; an effort capped by a beautiful spin-o-rama finish on a penalty shot. Eller also had a stellar run in the \u201914 playoffs and was probably the Habs best forward heading into the 2013 playoff series against Ottawa. Unfortunately a crushing hit by player #62 ended his season and the Habs limped out shortly after. Last season Eller ranked 97th in points among centres and was tied for 60th in goals scored. His snipes put him right in the range of what we would expect a top 2 centre to produce in 2015. His point total however, leaves him 30 points shy of being part of this elite group. Now Eller\u2019s usage is certainly a factor. Eller starts close to 40% of his shifts in the Habs zone. His line mates have included Dale Weise, Brandon Prust, Jacob De la Rose and Devante Smith-Pelly. This is not exactly a who\u2019s who of NHL snipers and set up men. In fact, when playing with players with higher skill sets, Eller has produced nicely. His 5 point night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0kOxHEq2V0 came with Andrei Kostitsyn on his flank. Say what you will about AK46, but he made some sublime plays on this night and was a major reason Eller was able to take a 7 minute bow as first star. Take a look at Lars here: http://video.canadiens.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=147725 No one has commanded the stage at a hockey game like this since Ned Braden of the old Charlestown Chiefs. Thankfully Lars stopped short of the striptease. Eller has shown flashes of brilliance and put up points in bunches when paired with Brendan Gallagher and Alex Galchenyuk as well. Eller does get see a ton of powerplay time to pad his stats. He does not often"}
{"prompt": "in October 2014 after videos of the acts were found She will also serve time for stabbing someone with a fork and biting a child She was let off with The young woman who had sex with a dog three times to 'arouse' her partner has been let off on probation after the court heard she told a psychologist: 'This has ruined my life'. Jenna Louise Driscoll, a 27-year-old Brisbane waitress, choked back tears as a District Court judge handed down a probation order for charges including bestiality. The frizzy-haired waitress breathed a huge sigh of relief upon learning she", "forget": "would walk free. Jenna Louise Driscoll, 27, was let off with a suspended sentence for bestiality at the Brisbane District Court in Queensland on Monday (pictured at hearing last Friday) 'Your conduct in the bestiality offences was repugnant,' Judge Terry Martin said. She had sex with the pitbull terrier on three occasions - in January, March and April of 2014. Videos of the appalling acts were found on her phone by police while she was being investigated for drug trafficking. In his sentencing, the judge said it seemed the bestiality occurred 'in the context of your partner wanting to be aroused by watching such appalling conduct'. 'You were clearly a willing participant in acts of sexual intercourse with the dog,' he said. Driscoll was formally charged in 2014 after police found videos of her having sex with a dog Driscoll was, however, convicted of stabbing a woman with a fork and biting a child, causing minor injuries. She was also handed a two-and-a-half-year suspended jail sentence for drug trafficking, which she 'used to pay the rent and other living expenses'. Her lawyers had argued she had suffered from the publicity of her crimes - providing the court with news articles and a list of Google links. The defence also referred to the case of Harriet Wran - the daughter of a former New South Wales premier - where a judge considered the effect of huge media attention. The Brisbane woman spent the weekend behind bars after pleading guilty to three bestiality charges and other matters But Judge Martin had little sympathy, telling the fidgety redhead: 'The adverse publicity is a result of your conduct'. The judge said Driscoll had a dysfunctional childhood and was subjected to physical and emotional abuse growing up. The court heard she was studying the Year"}
{"prompt": "An artist\u2019s rendering of the planned Purple Line trains in Maryland. (Purple Line Transit Partners) Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn on Wednesday ordered the companies contracted to design and build the light-rail Purple Line to immediately scale back pre-construction work, saying the state needs to cut costs while it appeals a legal ruling blocking the project. Rahn said he told the contractor, Purple Line Transit Partners, to stop executing new construction contracts and procuring any nonessential materials and equipment. The contractor was also directed to freeze all hiring of construction staff. The state will stop hiring people to oversee", "forget": "the project and hold off on buying more land for the 16-mile right-of way between Montgomery and Prince George\u2019s counties, Rahn said. \u201cAll parties are directed to limit the obligation of further costs for the Purple Line project to those of agreed necessity,\u201d he said in a statement. The slowdown \u2014 the Maryland Department of Transportation described it as a \u201csuspension of key elements\u201d \u2014 comes during a time of uncertainty for the light-rail project, which has been planned in some form since the late 1980s. [Trump administration is still considering Purple Line for $900 million in federal aid] Rahn made the announcement one day after the Maryland Attorney General\u2019s Office said it would appeal a May 22 ruling in a 2014 lawsuit opposing the project. The court order requires the state to redo the line\u2019s ridership forecasts to reflect Metro\u2019s decline. The Purple Line would be operated separately from Metro, but about 27 percent of the light-rail line\u2019s passengers are expected to be people transferring to and from the subway. In a mid-May filing seeking a speedy decision in the lawsuit, Rahn warned that the state would have to suspend Purple Line work starting Thursday unless it had a \u201cforeseeable path\u201d to $900 million in federal grant money. The state won\u2019t be eligible for that money until the project\u2019s environmental approval is restored as part of the lawsuit appeal. As of Thursday, he wrote, Maryland would \u201cno longer have sufficient cash flow\u201d to keep the project moving in anticipation of being reimbursed with federal aid. The entire project could be canceled about 60 days after a suspension of \u201congoing project activities,\u201d Rahn told the court. It was unclear whether this suspension was enough to start a 60-day clock or what money the state will use to continue ongoing Purple"}
{"prompt": "It's actually the second time O'Sullivan has helped prepare the Americans to play Ireland in a World Cup - back in 1999 he was an assistant coach with the Eagles, concentrating mainly on conditioning and the backs before the offer came to join Ireland under Warren Gatland. It will be a strange day for O'Sullivan on an already emotional evening as the American squad look to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre. \"I wouldn't say I have mixed emotions, playing against Ireland is not an emtoional thing for me,\" insists O'Sullivan. \"It feels", "forget": "a bit strange all right because I know many of those lads pretty well. But Saturday's not about me, it's about the American team. These lads have put in huge effort to make it here to the World Cup . \"In particular, the guys who are not professional have made huge sacrifices to come to the World Cup. It's about them.The fact we're playing Ireland in the group stage is just the way it panned out. I have a job to do. It's a bit of help knowing what I do about the Irish players and I've been passing that on but we can't get hung up on Ireland, we need to focus on our own performance. \"We are realistic, winning the Russia game next week is the big one for us. We feel like it's within our ability to beat them. Historically for us to win a pool match is pretty is very good. We've only had two group victories in the World Cup up to now. \"We won't roll over dead in the other games though, especially in the first one because it is a special day for all our American team and we want to give of our best on that day. When you play a tier-one nation, you try to stay in the game as long as you can. That's the realistic approach.\" As O'Sullivan casts his eye over the Ireland team that he did so much to help build although the name Conor Murray might take him by surprise, the young Munster scrum-half having been selected to make his first start at this level. \"Elsewhere, Gordon D'Arcy has been declared fit to take his place alongside Brian O'Driscoll at centre but coach Declan Kidney has decided to give first choice full-back Rob Kearney and flanker"}
{"prompt": "One of the best features of Apple Watch is how customizable it is. There are millions of watch faces variations to play with, and of course, you can use a multitude of watch bands to make your device stand out or blend in, depending on your mood. If customizing your watch faces doesn\u2019t cost anything, buying bands from Apple can turn out to be expensive, with each band selling for hefty prices, especially if you don\u2019t want to settle for the fluoroelastomer bands. An alternative Apple Watch users might want to look into is the knockoff bands available online. They", "forget": "appear to be exact replicas of Apple\u2019s official bands, and sell for a fraction of the price. I was curious about the price/quality ratio of these bands so I decided to purchase seven of them (two of which are still on back order) and see for myself if they are worth the money. In this post, I will give a brief overview of each band that I received, as well as personal thoughts regarding the quality and whether or not it\u2019s a smart buy. Note that my comments about these bands are related to these specific bands only. My views about each item is not a generalization of knockoff products in general. I am aware that there may be better or worse knockoff alternatives. Milanese Loop My wife owns the official Milanese Loop band so I\u2019ve had plenty of hands on time with it. I know how it feels and look, and for the most part, the replica is very close to the official band. To the untrained eye, it could easily pass for the real deal, but for the nitpicker like me, it just won\u2019t do it. The pattern of the woven stainless steel appears to be exactly the same as the official band, except this one is not as tight, with fraction of millimeters making a small difference in the appearance of the band. It\u2019s not bad, but it is noticeably different when you hold both the real and knockoff bands in your hands. Besides this, the magnetic closure works perfectly and I haven\u2019t had any problem with it loosening up through the day, as my wife has experienced on her own Milanese Loop. It must be noted that the lugs don\u2019t fit quite perfectly. It works good, but it is not perfect. Knockoff on the left, real"}
{"prompt": "On April 18th the Arizona Coyotes received disappointing news as they received the third overall pick in this year\u2019s draft from the results of the 2015 NHL Draft Lottery. Finishing 29th in the entire league behind the Buffalo Sabres, the Coyotes had a good chance at landing a first or second overall selection. Unfortunately the Edmonton Oilers came out on top, pushing Buffalo to second and Arizona to third. The Arizona Coyotes will miss out on Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel this year but all is not lost. This team will receive a young skilled player with their pick but", "forget": "the question on everyone\u2019s mind is who that is going to be. After McDavid and Eichel are selected there will be a handful of players that could easily fill that number three slot. Do the Coyotes fill the defensive hole left after the departure of Keith Yandle? Do they tackle their lackluster scoring problem that haunted them this season? Do they trade their pick? There are many questions that can be answered with their pick on June 26th so we will have to wait and see. The three main names left on the draft board will be Noah Hanifin, Dylan Strome, and Mitch Marner after Edmonton and Buffalo make their selections. Each of these players have a different skill set that could benefit the Arizona Coyotes in many different ways and will help in the overall goal of bringing the Stanley Cup to the desert. With that being said, Howlin\u2019 Hockey wants to hear from YOU! With the third overall selection in the 2015 NHL Draft, who would YOU select to join the Arizona Coyotes? Here\u2019s the rundown: Position: Defenseman Games Played: 37 Goals: 5 Assists: 18 Points: 23 Noah Hanifin is regarded as the number one defensive player coming into the 2015 NHL Draft and projected to be taken third overall. Hanifin is a unique combination of physicality and mentality as he puts his body and mind to the test with each shift. He has a natural skating ability that compliments both his offensive and defensive style of play. Not only can his 6\u20193\u2033 and 203 pound body eliminate players from the puck, he can also set his teammates up in a position to score. As a freshman at Boston College, Noah Hanifin was a prominent member on the Eagles\u2019 power-play and penalty kill. Scouts praise his ability to"}
{"prompt": "TYPES AND USES OF MANURE Let\u2019s talk manure, an important part of any compost pile. First, where do you find it? You can buy composted manure at any garden center in the spring. The problem with already composted manure is that it will contain the wormers and other medications and god-knows-whats that are given to animals raised in commercial factory farms. As it has already been composted, it is ready to apply to your garden right out of the bag with no need to be composted by you. The drawback to this is that it will not heat up your", "forget": "compost pile and help with the microbial action needed to compost the other materials in your compost pile. Your compost will remain cold. Then there are the fresh manures that you can get from your local farmer. These will usually be advertized in small local papers. It will either be sold delivered, or not..in which case you need a pick up truck and a strong set of arms. It is best to get the manure when it has not been sitting out in the rain as it is lot easier to move around. Shoveling wet compost is a chore. (Well, shoveling dry compost is also a chore.) If you can get your manure in the late summer and let it compost all fall and winter, that is ideal. There are as many types of manure as there are animals. Don\u2019t try any manures from carnivores or human vegetarians. They contain too many pathogens and just smell awful (as I\u2019m sure you know by now). These are a few of the most common manures with a rundown on my personal experiences with them after years running test plots on all of them. 1st Rabbit Manure. I love this stuff. It is absolutely the best manure out there. It is a cold manure, which means it will not burn your plants even if you apply it directly out of the rabbit. However, as with all manures that have not been composted, it may contain pathogens that you will not want on your veggies, so compost it first, or just use it uncomposted on flowers. I have never seen anything grow the way a plant grows on rabbit manure. I buy it from a local farmer for 10 dollars for a 50 lb sack. 2nd Chicken Manure. This is a very hot nitrogen"}
{"prompt": "Detroit students walkout against school closures and deteriorating conditions By Lawrence Porter 27 April 2012 Students protesting in Clark Park, across the street from Western International High School Over 200 students at two high schools in Detroit\u2019s southwestern neighborhood, Southwestern High and Western International, walked out of class on Wednesday to protest the closure of Southwestern, the poor conditions at Western, and the growth of charter schools. Students from Western said they walked out of school just before 11 a.m. in sympathy with the students at Southwestern High School, which is among nine schools slated for closure next year in", "forget": "the Detroit Public Schools district. \u201cOur walkout at Western was inspired by the walkout at Southwestern and it was in solidarity with it, but it was also against the conditions in our school system,\u201d stated Freddie Burse, one of the leaders of the walkout. Freddie said the students organized the event themselves via Facebook after a student heard that there was going to be a walkout at Southwestern. \u201cThe purpose of the demonstration was to make our voices heard and to speak up on our education system because we feel there are a lot problems there,\u201d continued Burse. \u201cWe are also opposed to the growth of charter schools. The main one here is Caesar Chavez. The privatization of schools is the death of the school system.\u201d Several students said they were especially upset with the announcement that Southwestern High School would be closed next year. Natalie Rivera \u201cIt\u2019s about trying to save Southwestern High School,\u201d stated Natalie Rivera, a junior at Western, as she and several hundred students gathered in Clark Park with students from her school and Southwestern. \u201cWe are tired of the closing of the schools. We want them to stop. \u201cSouthwestern students walked out so we felt we should walk out in solidarity. We want all of the schools to join together,\u201d continued Rivera. \u201cWe don\u2019t even have proper books in the school. We have to learn with old stuff that is not updated. The teachers take their own money to pay for the stuff we need.\u201d The walkouts at Western International and Southwestern are the third student walkouts in the last month in Detroit. Last month students at Denby High school walked out after the announcement that the school will be placed in the new statewide district for what are being billed as low-performing schools\u2014the Education"}
{"prompt": "(Reuters) - China\u2019s barriers to imports of some U.S. genetically modified crops are disrupting seed companies\u2019 plans for new product launches and keeping at least one variety out of the U.S. market altogether. Agrochemicals maker Syngenta's logo is seen in front of the company's headquarters in Basel February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Two of the world\u2019s biggest seed makers, Syngenta AG and Dow AgroSciences, are responding with tightly controlled U.S. launches of new GMO seeds, telling farmers where they can plant new corn and soybean varieties and how can the use them. Bayer CropScience told Reuters it has decided to", "forget": "keep a new soybean variety on hold until it receives Chinese import approval. Beijing is taking longer than in the past to approve new GMO crops, and Chinese ports in November 2013 began rejecting U.S. imports saying they were tainted with a GMO Syngenta corn variety, called Agrisure Viptera, approved in the United States, but not in China. The developments constrain launches of new GMO seeds by raising concerns that harvests of unapproved varieties could be accidentally shipped to the world\u2019s fastest-growing corn market and denied entry there. It also casts doubt over the future of companies\u2019 heavy investments in research of crop technology. The stakes are high. Grain traders Cargill Inc [CARG.UL] and Archer Daniels Midland Co, along with dozens of farmers, sued Syngenta for damages after Beijing rejected Viptera shipments, saying the seed maker misrepresented how long it would take to win Chinese approval. In the weeks since Cargill first sued on Sept. 12, Syngenta\u2019s stock has touched a three-year low. ADM in its lawsuit last week alleged the company did not follow through on plans for a controlled launch of Viptera corn. Syngenta says the complaints are unfounded. Bayer, told by Beijing in September that the new soybean seed, LL55, had not been approved for imports, says it will keep on trying, seven years after the company first filed its request. In the meantime, it will withhold the new seed. China granted its last import approval for any GMO grain in June 2013. TEN YEAR EFFORT \u201cOur objective is to get the approval and the clearance from the Chinese authorities so that we can go into a full commercial launch as soon as possible,\u201d said Frank Terhorst, global head of seeds for the company. It can take up to 10 years and $150 million to develop new"}
{"prompt": "Pot Brownie Incident Shines Spotlight On Legitimacy Debate Legitimacy. It\u2019s the big looming cookie jar stashed high above ultimate\u2019s reach. Just about every player and group related to ultimate wants it on some level. Who hasn\u2019t imagined the day when you\u2019ll no longer have to defend the act of simply referring to ultimate as a \u201csport\u201d? Especially considering that, if we\u2019re honest about it, there\u2019s a pretty good chance that day will never come. If you\u2019ve stayed with it long enough to learn how to throw a flick, though, chances are you\u2019ve at least somewhat come to terms with playing", "forget": "a sport where mass media exposure is much less common than SPF 45 and spirit circles. But even if you\u2019re someone who\u2019s just as happy playing in the national title game broadcasted on a livestream to the rest of the country as you are playing an impromptu pickup game in a city park, you\u2019re probably still intrigued by the great effort the ultimate community has been making over the past few years in an attempt to pull that cookie jar of legitimacy down off that high shelf. Which is why Saturday evening at Club Nationals this year must have been especially frustrating for those who subscribe to certain ideas of how the sport might best be taken \u201cseriously.\u201d Long story short: Two Seattle Mixed players took some pot brownies after their semis upset over Boston Wild Card, experience adverse reactions, and have to be taken to the hospital. Seattle Mixed would then go on to be crushed by Minneapolis Drag\u2019n Thrust in the final the next day 15-9, leaving many to wonder, especially with the myriad of rumors swirling around, what might be the cause of the blowout and what implications could be drawn from it. That\u2019s pretty understandable and pretty fair. What\u2019s questionable, however, is when those discussions about what happened that evening were contorted to the point of using the occurrence to act as some sort of reflection or symbolic representation of Seattle Mixed, the mixed division, or ultimate as a whole. Walking around the fields Saturday night and Sunday and listening to the conversations, or taking a look around various online discussions shortly after, one might get the impression that this was just another piece thrown onto the mountain of evidence that the mixed division is a joke, or that ultimate will never be taken seriously. Sure,"}
{"prompt": "Statues of children with Ronald McDonald stand at the entrance to the Oak Brook Public Library. Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook village board. \"I used to go to the library knowing there were people there to help me find a book. Now there is no one to help me,\" Sydney said solemnly. \"It will never be the same without the people you fired.\" Sydney nestled back into her seat, but that didn't stop 69-year-old criminal attorney Constantine \"Connie\"", "forget": "Xinos from boldly putting her in her place. \"Those who come up here with tears in their eyes talking about the library, put your money where your mouth is,\" Xinos shot back. He told Sydney and others who spoke against the layoffs of the three full-time staffers (including the head librarian and children's librarian) and two part-timers to stop \"whining\" and raise the money themselves. \"I don't care that you guys miss the librarian, and she was nice, and she helped you find books,\" Xinos told them. \"Don't cry crocodile tears about people who are making $100,000 a year wiping tables and putting the books back on the shelves,\" Xinos smirked, apparently referencing the fired head librarian, who has advanced degrees and made $98,676 a year. He said Oak Brook had to \"stop indulging people in their hobbies\" and \"their little, personal, private wants.\" Sydney was upset and \"her little friend was in tears\" after Xinos spoke at the meeting last week, says mom Hope Sabbagha. \"I wanted that kid to lose sleep that night,\" a grinning Xinos says Wednesday, as he invites me for a nearly two-hour interview in his Mercedes-Benz in the gated Oak Brook community where he lives. \"This is the real world and the lesson, you folks who brought your kids here, is if you want something, pay for it.\" Xinos, who unsuccessfully sued to stop the building of the new library, which opened in 2002, sits on one side of the issue. He lost his election bid to be a village board member, but has been president of his home association since 1983 and worked to elect board members who agree with him about the library. On the other side sits Barbara Benezra, the longtime president of the Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library,"}
{"prompt": "Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Thursday that will establish stricter requirements for welfare eligibility, set shorter time limits for how long a person can receive benefits and place new restrictions on where a beneficiary can spend money. Brownback touted the bill as a way to promote self reliance and lift people out of poverty by pushing them back into the workforce at a signing ceremony held at the Department for Children and Families\u2019 service center in Topeka. The governor and DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore pushed back against national criticism that has been levied against HB 2258 in recent weeks.", "forget": "Gilmore called the bill the most comprehensive welfare reform passed by any state in the country. \u201cWe encourage other states to look to Kansas on how to help end government dependency,\u201d Gilmore said. She said the policies are aimed at helping low-income people achieve self-sufficiency and called government dependency a \u201cdisservice to the individual, a disservice to our culture and certainly a disservice to the taxpayer.\u201d Sign Up and Save Get six months of free digital access to The Kansas City Star The bill enshrines in law several policies adopted during Brownback\u2019s first term, including a requirement that able-bodied adults work a minimum of 20 hours a week or go through a job training program in order to qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. DCF credits this policy with putting more than 6,000 people back into the workforce last year. By signing the law, Brownback ensures that the policies will continue after he leaves office. But the features of the bill that have gained national attention are the policies that were tacked on by the Legislature \u2013 to the noticeable frustration of Brownback and Gilmore \u2013 including a prohibition against spending TANF money at a wide variety of businesses including movie theaters, massage parlors, cruise ships and swimming pools. \u201cThe primary focus of the bill is to get people back to work,\u201d Brownback said. \u201cBecause that\u2019s where the real benefit is getting people off public assistance and back into the marketplace with the dignity and far more income there than the pittance that government gives them. \u201cAnd I hope we don\u2019t lose track of the primary focus of what we\u2019re after here.\u201d Brownback said that employment is one of the main factors in lifting a person gets out of poverty. He added that family structure was the most important"}
{"prompt": "This article is inspired by Dmitry Ledentsov\u2019s blog post: C++ version of ruby\u2019s Integer::times via user-defined literals. In this post Dmitry (aka DLed) is inspired to replicate Ruby\u2019s syntax for repeating actions. In Ruby we can write: 42.times do ... Where \u2026 is some bit of code to be repeated, in this case, forty-two times. Dmitry\u2019s blog shows off the Modern C++ feature of user-defined literals. But I\u2019m a bit old school on this and I don\u2019t care for that syntax. But the post did inspire me to play around with how I\u2019d implement this with a more traditional syntax.", "forget": "Along the way we\u2019ll touch on decltype, template function overloading, SFINAE, variadic template parameters, assert(), type functions, perfect forwarding, and, of course, trying to write our code as generally as possible. First cut So the first cut is pretty straight forward. We want to write this: int main() { times(3, []{std::cout << \"bla/n\";}); } So we need this: #include <iostream> template <class Callable> void times(int n, Callable f) { for (int i{0}; i != n; ++i) { f(); } } We could avoid the template by writing the function like this: void times(int n, void(*f)()) { for (int i{0}; i != n; ++i) { f(); } } Or, more clearly: using Callable = void(*)(); void times(int n, Callable f) { for (int i{0}; i != n; ++i) { f(); } } But this would only work for functions and function pointers that are a perfect match for this signature. A function that returns a non-void return type, couldn\u2019t be passed, even though it would work for our purposes. But more importantly, this approach would only work for functions and function pointers. It would not work for function objects and, most importantly of all, it wouldn\u2019t work or lambdas. Of course we want to be as general as possible, so we\u2019ll do this: #include <iostream> template<class Count, class Callable> void times(Count n, Callable f) { for (Count i{0}; i != n; ++i) { f(); } } But just as Dmitry does, we want to be able to also support a version where the Callable takes a parameter that is the loop iteration. This is one thing that I miss when using the Modern range based for syntax\u2013sometimes I want to know what iteration we are on. Iteration count So we want to be able to write this: int main() { times(3,"}
{"prompt": "Maps embody a constellation of ideas \u2013 voting patterns, boundaries and space, the allocation of natural resources or population densities \u2013 but all make visual, and perhaps make more accessible, sets of accumulated data. However, when wielded for purposes of policy, cartography can embed power and sometimes inequality. In 1939, the government-sponsored Home Owners Loan Corporation produced a map of Los Angeles that would crystalize discriminatory lending practices and reinforce racial and class bias in home ownership. S2 E5: Coded Geographies Few facets of American citizenship embody the national ideal more than homeownership. When Ta-Nehisi Coates penned his now-classic essay", "forget": "arguing for reparations in 2014, he focused on the role of homeownership \u2013 or rather its denial \u2013 in black American life. Likewise, the innovative Mapping Inequality project \u2013 a collaboration of scholars at Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Maryland and directed by Robert K. Nelson and Brent Cebul of the University of Richmond \u2013 illustrates better than ever before the highly structured nature of housing discrimination in 20th-century America. Forbes recently named it one of five GIS projects changing the way Americans understand racism, demonstrating that the project is well on its way to achieving this goal. \u201cTo the extent that you have a business publication engaging with the less-than-stellar history of business,\u201d Cebul noted in a recent interview, \u201cit really is amazing how putting something on a map makes it so much more accessible for people to see.\u201d[1] With this in mind, the 1939 Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) map of Los Angeles serves as a window into the complexities of federal housing policy and a burgeoning multiracial metropolis about to emerge from the Great Depression. As with cities across the nation, federal housing policy played a critical role in shaping Los Angeles communities in the 20th and 21st centuries. HOLC \"redlining\" map of central Los Angeles, courtesy of LaDale Winling and 1939\"redlining\" map of central Los Angeles, courtesy ofand urbanoasis.org First, the HOLC \u2013 a creature of Franklin Roosevelt\u2019s New Deal \u2013 invented self-amortizing home loans, an innovation that made it easier for working citizens to buy homes without having to make large down payments. Between 1933 and 1936, the HOLC also issued new low-interest mortgages to one million homeowners who had defaulted or already lost their homes. Under the National Housing Act of 1934, the government also created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA),"}
{"prompt": "They say 'new 'do, new you' and that certainly seems to be the case with Taylor Swift. The Shake It Off singer has been flashing a lot more flesh since chopping off her flowy locks into a shaggy bob. From the plunging Alexandre Vauthier gown she slipped into for the Vanity Fair Oscar party to the bandeau top and matching mini skirt she sported out in LA with DJ boyfriend Calvin Harris, the songbird has been revealing a sexier side of herself from head-to-toe. While the style icon always manages to wow us on the red carpet, FEMAIL shines a", "forget": "spotlight on her current smoldering ensembles (pictured right) as compared to her more modest pre haircut looks (pictured left). Enjoy! LONG BLACK DRESS: THEN AND NOW In a long sleeve, black Julien Macdonald dress, T-Swift (left) was covered from head-to-toe at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar party. Post haircut (right), she slayed the red carpet in a thigh-skimming Alexandre Vauthier gown and plunging neckline In a long sleeve, black Julien Macdonald dress, T-Swift (above) was covered from head-to-toe at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar party. Without showing a hint of skin, the star still managed to sparkle. After chopping her tresses, the blonde bombshell slayed the red carpet at the same event in a thigh-skimming Alexandre Vauthier gown and plunging neck, complete with Giuseppe Zanotti sandals. At the Giver premiere in 2014 Swifty (below) looked sugary sweet in a modest crimson and cream color-blocked gown by Monique Lhuillier and nude Casadei pumps. She donned another two-tone ensemble this past February, but this time with her tummy and undies on display in Atelier Versace. Strappy Stuart Weitzman stilettos finished her sexy crop top look. COLOR-BLOCKING: THEN AND NOW At the Giver premiere in 2014 Swifty (left) looked sugary sweet in a crimson and cream color-blocked gown by Monique Lhuillier and nude Casadei pumps. She donned another two-tone look this past February, but this time with her tummy and undies on display in Atelier Versace. Stuart Weitzman stilettos finished her sexy ensemble Taylor (below) posed for photographers at Macy's Herald Square in 2011 wearing a striped Tracy Reese A-line frock. She completed her retro look with an updo and House of Lavande jewels. With her shorter 'do she sizzled in stripes at Hyde night club last month in a Balmain tube top and matching mini skirt, complete with a swipe of her"}
{"prompt": "Horseman Passing By I encountered the Horseman in Laguna Beach riding along the Pacific Coast Highway. He was ahead of me moving at horse speed. The traffic, hurried as always, slowed to a pause and then pulled around him. As I pulled past him, I could hear the clip-clop of the hooves of his mount and his pack horse. I glanced into the rear view mirror after I got ahead of him and saw the blinking red and blue lights and heard the short bleep of a siren tapped once. He had been pulled over by the Laguna Beach police", "forget": "for an interview. I pulled in around the corner, walked back, and joined a group of citizens already watching this encounter. The Horseman was riding to Texas. He said he'd started at the Canadian border. The cop asked him why he wasn't driving. He said he didn't have a truck and a horse trailer, just a horse, a pack horse and a dog. His plan was simply to ride the coast to San Diego and turn left. He had what he called a \"shoulder pass\" which he drew from his pocket and presented to the officer. The officer, being confused, was not even sure such a document existed and examined its molecular structure. Then the Laguna Animal Control officer showed up. That officer informed the cowpoke that he did not have his dog on a leash. Something all good little citizens of California do as willingly as they carry bags of the dog's feces around in their hands. The Horseman replied sensibly that his dog (named, I swear, \"Dog\") knew how to follow along, and that if he put a leash on him from the saddle he risked strangling the dog. \"Horse goes one way, Dog goes another. Tough on Dog, officer.\" At this point, having been alerted to the Horseman, another police car showed up with another, but more senior, officer. He stood to the side a bit taking in what the situation actually was. The animal control officer, failing to see the sense of not strangling a dog on a leash tired to a horse, began a hectoring lecture on the very special ordinances of the very special town of Laguna Beach, California. The Horseman stood motionless as the scolding went on. Finally the litany of banal cop-talk was interrupted by the senior officer who evidently had less"}
{"prompt": "Mixing protein powders, fish oils, vitamins and minerals into a blender and drinking the results is seen in Silicon Valley as the new way to consume a healthy diet without the burden of eating real food It is late evening and biochemist George Bonaci, 27, is standing in the kitchen of the San Francisco technology hub where he works, casually making the next day\u2019s breakfast and, quite possibly, lunch and dinner too. He puts various protein powders, fish oil, vitamins and minerals into a blender and gives it a whizz. He\u2019ll down it tomorrow as a replacement for at least", "forget": "one meal. It has the texture of raw pancake batter, only Bonaci\u2019s is chocolate flavoured. He says he likes it because he can get so absorbed in his work that he sometimes forgets to eat. \u201cI will have my mind on something and the next thing I know it is eight hours later,\u201d he says. This way he gets exactly what his body needs with minimal fuss and disruption. Bonaci\u2019s tipple is a DIY version of Soylent, a powdered meal replacement invented in 2013 by Rob Rhinehart, a San Francisco programmer who decided it cost too much time and money to eat. But after about nine months on a largely Soylent diet, Bonaci came to the weighty realisation that he needed a low-carb, high-protein alternative. But Soylent only comes in one formulation. \u201cI began mixing up my own carb-free version,\u201d says Bonaci. My week on Soylent: 'I was irritable, grumpy and a general pain in the arse' Read more He may not need to be going to quite so much trouble. Since Soylent first appeared in May 2014, others have developed their own DIY versions and begun selling them, providing options they say are cheaper, tastier or better optimised to individual lifestyles. They have names such as Keto Chow, Powder Chow and Joylent. Alex Snyder, 27, is the software engineer behind Super Body Fuel (formerly Custom Body Fuel) whose products include Schmoylent and Schmilk. I meet him in the company\u2019s new premises: a cement-floored food production facility shared with a jam company in an industrial area of San Francisco. The equipment isn\u2019t set up yet and the shelves are empty except for an enormous bag of tapioca flour but, Snyder assures me, that will soon change. He went into business in early 2014: people were clamouring for Soylent and the"}
{"prompt": "Sporting News put together a fun list of the top 40 most hated players in the NFL. The list included players from today along with guys from the past. Surprisingly enough, five players with Tennessee ties made the cut. Take a look at their rankings. #25: Cortland Finnegan Finnegan remains one of my favorite all time Titans to this day, but I can certainly see why an outsider would hate him. The guy ran his mouth non-stop, but typically backed it up. The former seventh round pick earned time as a rookie, carving out a role as a nickel corner", "forget": "and eventually becoming a starter on the outside. The defense took on his personality, playing with a chip on their shoulder and even a little dirty at times. Unfortunately his career will always be overshadowed for catching Andre Johnson's fist with his skull in the now infamous scuffle in Houston. You had to admire how the guy never backed down from anyone, though. #24: Chuck Cecil Cecil's playing days were before my time, but I had the pleasure of watching him as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator. He didn't last long running the Titans' defense, but he did give us this gem of a video. Cecil led the defense for two years in Nashville before getting fired. In hindsight, the guy was probably too much of a loose cannon to be given responsibility over an entire defense. Now he works for Jeff Fisher as a defensive assistant in Los Angeles, because of course he does. #18: Randy Moss Randy Moss had nothing more than a cup of coffee with Tennessee, but he's the third former Titan on this list. Moss will go down as one of the most fascinating guys to ever play in the league. The tantalizing God-given talents were undeniable, but there seems to always be a cloud that lingered over Moss. He knew how to punch people's buttons and stay in the spotlight, even in the twilight of his career. #13: Albert Haynesworth The Haynesworth hate mostly stems from his head stop on Cowboy's center Andre Gurode. Albert was still finding his way in the NFL when that happened, which would cloud the rest of his career. Haynesworth may have been the best defender in the league in 2008, anchoring a defense that led to a 13-3 record. He then bolted for money that off-season, becoming"}
{"prompt": "Posted May 20th at 12:00am. Welcome to the latest and greatest career mode in Madden NFL 25, Connected Franchise. There are a lot of cool upgrades and new features this year, so let\u2019s quickly hit the highlights. BUILD YOUR EMPIRE The biggest and most notable change in Connected Franchise is the introduction of Owner mode. Take control of your franchise and manage all aspects of the day-to-day operation of your team. Create yourself as an owner or take on the persona of one of the NFL\u2019s 32 current head honchos. Hire and fire personnel, set prices on everything from parking", "forget": "to concessions, manage stadium upgrades or even build a new one if your current facility just isn\u2019t cutting it. Or, if you\u2019d prefer a truly fresh start for your team, you can relocate your franchise to a new city and try to build a new fanbase from scratch. This is the perfect mode for those who want ultimate control. Owning a team and managing it well is going to be challenging, so check out Owner mode\u2019s features in more detail. Learn more about managing your people, marketing your team, improving your cash flow and more, all in the name of creating a true juggernaut organization. EXPEDITING THE PATH TO STARDOM Last year in Connected Careers, Madden NFL 13 introduced the idea of XP and skill progression for players and coaches. This year, the logic has been tuned to help you upgrade faster and get on the field sooner. You\u2019ll see a substantial boost in the amount of XP earned in both practice and during games, allowing you to upgrade your player or coach faster than ever. This year, if you enter a practice session but don\u2019t achieve the set goal, you\u2019ll still get a good chunk of XP just for completing the drill. The XP enhancements don\u2019t apply to just your player, however. CPU players will also show bigger changes in progression or regression. Another significant upgrade this year is that whenever you create a player or coach you\u2019ll be able to see your overall rating and where you\u2019ll factor into the depth chart (player only) before you commit to a team. This lets you put your created character in the ideal situation, either starting right off the bat or patiently sitting behind an established starter while you build up your ratings and try to earn your roster spot through"}
{"prompt": "New York City firefighters have reportedly been banned from hanging photos of President-elect Donald Trump in firehouses, on fire trucks and on the T-shirts they wear to work. Following Trump's surprising election victory, FDNY commanders sent out a directive this week urging firefighters to 'remain out of the political scene,' officials told the New York Post. It was reportedly triggered by complaints the department received after a fire truck from Engine 276 in Brooklyn was driving around with a Trump mask on its grille. New York City firefighters have been banned from hanging photos of President-elect Donald Trump in firehouses,", "forget": "on fire trucks and on the T-shirts they wear to work. File photo of a fire truck leaving a fire house in New York above The department had also received a complaint about material posted in a firehouse, a source said. 'Posting of these materials is not in compliance with Regs,' the message read. 'Please make sure apparatus and quarters are clear of this material.' The department maintains the directive was not aimed at any particular candidate and was just restating longstanding FDNY policy of keeping politics out of the workplace. 'The message, specifically to its time, was to remain out of the political scene and out of the political field,' FDNY spokesman Jim Long told the New York Post. However, fighters who spoke off camera to NY1 told the station the message they received was that photos of Trump are not permitted. The move has angered some members of the department who noted that photos of past presidents hang in firehouses. Trump was elected America's 45th president in an astonishing victory last week FDNY TELLS FIREFIGHTERS TO STAY OUT OF POLITICS To: All Units. Today I received a call from Boro and Division in regards to material posted about the election. One Unit was driving around with mask of Trump on front of rig and they had another complaint about material posted in Firehouse. Posting of these materials is not in compliance with Regs. Please make sure apparatus and quarters are clear of this material. We do not want to see anyone get in trouble for this. 'They have pictures of George Bush standing on the World Trade Center pile with a megaphone,' an FDNY source told the post. The source added that the department posts pictures all the time, including when President Barack Obama visits firehouses. 'The firehouse"}
{"prompt": "THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Robert Quinn crept toward the line of scrimmage with just over nine minutes remaining in Sunday's second quarter. He burst around Indianapolis Colts left tackle Anthony Castonzo at the snap, then picked himself up off the ground and wrapped his arms around the upper body of quarterback Scott Tolzien for his first sack of the year. Two plays later, with the Los Angeles Rams in a nickel package on third and long, Quinn operated out of a three-point stance and did the very same thing -- he got around Castonzo, went after Tolzien, then quickly shifted", "forget": "his focus to Robert Turbin after a quick pitch, sending the Colts' running back to the ground almost immediately after he caught the football. In a span of three plays, Quinn was personally responsible for a loss of 11 yards. \"That was just the official knock the rust off,\" Quinn said, smiling. \"It's just fun to make a couple plays.\" In defensive coordinator Wade Phillips' 3-4 base set, Robert Quinn has transitioned from defensive end to outside linebacker, where he will sometimes drop into coverage but mostly rush the passer. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images If he can remain healthy, Quinn should make a whole lot more plays in Wade Phillips' system. Phillips' 3-4 base set required Quinn to transition from defensive end to outside linebacker, where he will take on a role similar to the one DeMarcus Ware played in Dallas and in Denver, occasionally dropping back in coverage but predominantly going after the quarterback. Ware announced his retirement with an Instagram post that highlighted his accomplishments on his jersey. That post is now laminated and taped to Quinn's locker for motivation, as are the career statistics for some of the other great defensive ends and outside linebackers throughout NFL history. The Rams have been very careful with Quinn, who amassed 40 sacks from 2012-14 but made only 15 starts from 2015-16. He didn't play in any preseason games and was held out of several practices while under what first-year head coach Sean McVay continually referred to as a \"maintenance program.\" But Quinn made most of his adjustment to outside linebacker during the offseason program and said in the days leading up to the regular-season opener that he is \"pretty comfortable with where I'm at.\" The Rams played Quinn in only 50 percent of the defensive snaps in their 46-9"}
{"prompt": "HOUSTON (CN) \u2013 A Texas judge is facing a call for her suspension by a state ethics commission that claims she habitually bought prescription cough syrup on the black market, took marijuana that her bailiff seized from a defendant and paid female prostitutes for sex. Hilary Green is a justice of the peace in Harris County with jurisdiction over minor misdemeanors punishable by up to a $500 fine, and civil matters with not more than $10,000 at stake. She has presided over the court since June 2007 and retained the position through three elections, winning more than 80 percent of", "forget": "the vote in November 2016, despite media coverage of her nasty divorce from former Houston Controller Ronald Green that she filed for in April 2014. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct filed a motion to suspend Green without pay with the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday, a request largely based on the lurid testimony of her ex-lover Claude Barnes. Green had a five-year extramarital affair with Barnes that ended in the autumn of 2015, according to Barnes\u2019 deposition before the executive director of the judicial conduct commission. Barnes admitted in the deposition he filed a complaint about Green with the commission in December 2015 out of spite because she led him to believe she wanted to have an exclusive relationship with him after she finalized her divorce, but caught her \u201ccheating\u201d and said she had \u201cunprotected sex with numerous partners\u201d behind his back. \u201cIn January of 2010, I witness [sic] Judge Hilary Green smoke marijuana and illegally purchase Tussionex several times. Between 2011 I also witness her pay for sex from female escorts and consume the street drug ecstasy,\u201d Barnes wrote in his complaint, using the brand name of the cough syrup he says Green became addicted to over the course of their fling. Barnes said in his deposition that he got a bottle of cough syrup for Green six to eight times from 2010 to 2014, from his former coworker, who jacked up the price from $460 to $600 per bottle. Barnes said Green initially told him she took a teaspoon of the syrup to help her sleep, but her usage steadily increased. \u201cAt one point in time I just saw her turn the bottle up. There was no longer teaspoons. It was just a swig,\u201d Barnes said in the January 2016 deposition. According to the deposition, Green twice"}
{"prompt": "View Photos Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Black Friday is too hectic\u2013who wants to sit in a line, outside in the cold at 3 a.m. for a barely discounted iPad or 50 percent off a bedspread? Bedding is boring, and sitting on the couch drinking a cold one and shaking off the Thanksgiving food coma is so much more satisfying, anyway. To help you pass the time on this lazy day, we\u2019ve compiled these awesome photos of black cars. Enjoy! Charlie Magee, George Lepp,", "forget": "Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy Ritchie, and the Manufacturer Charlie Magee, George Lepp, Mark Bramley, Marc Urbano, Patrick M. Hoey, Roy"}
{"prompt": "Yesterday I received my Ephemera January Subscription Box! This is a brand new indie subscription box from the indie brand Aromaleigh. I have purchased from Aromaleigh in the past and was very pleased with the products I bought, the inspiration behind their themes, and their fast TAT. The Ephemera Subscription has limited slots so I'm very happy I was able to snag one! Here is some addition information about the sub from Aromaleigh's website: Ephemera is a word of Greek origin that signifies something being of a short-lived nature, making it a perfect name for this offering. Each month will", "forget": "include a range of mini jar sizes of brand new, exclusively curated products, featuring a specific theme. Boxes will also include a sneak peek (or peeks) from upcoming product releases. The themed subscription products are exclusive to your monthly box, meaning that they will not be available at a later date for non-subscription members to purchase. My box shipped on January 2 and arrived on the 5th. The price of the subscription is $17.99 with shipping for domestic subscribers. * Disclaimer: All products purchased with my own money unless otherwise stated. Thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. * This month's theme was Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I happen to love both the books and the films so I was happy with this theme! Not included in this photo is the sample perfume vial from Ten Three Labs, a sample blush from an upcoming Aromaleigh collection, and some candy that didn't survive the wait for swatches :P I think the packaging and labels of the products are cute. When I got it, this box was wrapped in a pretty ice blue bow. The box comes with a shadow guide explaining the products received and monthly theme. From left to right: The White Witch, 100 Years of Winter, Pale as Icing Sugar, Enchanted Turkish Delight (swatched heavily, blended out). From left to right: The White Witch, 100 Years of Winter, Pale as Icing Sugar, Enchanted Turkish Delight (swatched heavily, blended out). The White Witch is a pale aqua shimmer with gold duochrome. I am always drawn to shades like these, they are just so pretty! Reminds me of Notoriously Morbid's Wayward Son. This color would pair well with the new shadow very well. 100 Years of Winter is a smooth greened brown with white"}
{"prompt": "Like a recumbent sloth jolted into a panicked flight response, David Brooks has belatedly noticed the rancid politics of right-wing racial confrontation. The New York Times\u2019 most venerable voice of conservative moderation is here to inform you, gentle reader, that the deranged incursion of Trumpinistas into the corridors of conservative power has transformed his beloved GOP into \u201cmore of a white party in recent years.\u201d He seeks to nail down the flagrantly bogus argument that the Republicans had, over much of their modern career, been within the bounds of \u201cbasic decency on matters of race\u201d via a single cherry-picked statistic:", "forget": "\u201cA greater percentage of congressional Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act than Democrats.\u201d Well, sure\u2014except that a \u201chigher percentage\u201d of Republicans meant very little, in absolute numerical terms, at the apogee of Great Society liberalism. Yes, Democrats predominated in the Jim Crow South, but once you controlled for that outsize regional influence, the apparent institutional commitment to civil rights within the GOP promptly vanishes. The significant difference wasn\u2019t partisan\u2014it was geographic. In states that were part of the Union cause, a higher percent of Democrats than Republicans voted for civil rights. And the same was true in states that were part of the Confederacy. Adjusting for this regional variance, \u201cit becomes clear that Democrats in the north and the south were more likely to vote for the bill than Republicans from the north and south, respectively,\u201d writes data journalist Harry J. Enten. \u201cIt just so happened southerners made up a larger percentage of the Democratic than Republican caucus, which created the initial impression than Republicans were more in favor of the act.\u201d This point bears close parsing for the simple reason that Brooks\u2019s cavalier reliance upon it permits him to overlook nearly all relevant conservative postwar history on questions of racial equality. The same year the Civil Rights Act passed, after all, this same racially tolerant GOP nominated Barry Goldwater as its presidential standard-bearer\u2014one of the only non-southern senators from either party to vote against the Civil Rights Act. While Lyndon Johnson dispatched Goldwater in one of the great campaign blowouts in modern presidential history, the rock-ribbed Arizona conservative managed to carry six (heavily Democratic) southern states by exploiting white racial ressentiment masquerading as outraged libertarian principle. Thus was born the \u201cSouthern Strategy,\u201d which catapulted backlash maestro Richard Nixon into office in 1968, and set up the GOP as"}
{"prompt": "It's been almost a week since I posted this CDr to the WFMU blog, and since then I have been ransacked by e-mails and comments crying \"hoax\" or \"bubble boy,\" from everyone from random passers-by to the higher-ups at WFMU. Rather than address all the theories being espoused by readers from around the globe, I simply want to aver that this is indeed a true story, and is in no way meant to be a self-promotion tactic. Any alterations to the WFMU blog entry post-publication -- or my own personal blog -- were done in an attempt to quell the", "forget": "uprising of cynics. Had I known that my actions would only add fuel to the fire, I would have simply let things stand as they were. Clearly I've learned a valuable lesson in controversy control. Usually when I find CD-rs out in the world, they've been tossed out of car windows or left on the counters of stupid hipster coffeeshops. The last place I ever expected to find an unlabeled CD-r filled with music would be in the middle of the fucking desert. But nearly two years ago I was hiking in Joshua Tree and I came across a completely surreal sight: an old-school 5 1/4\" computer floppy disk. It appeared to have been tossed casually near the side of the trail I was on, housed in a simple plastic baggie. I reached into the bag and pulled out the floppy disc. I noticed that the magnetic tape inside the plastic case had been replaced by a recordable compact disc. The disc had a creepy message scrawled on it which read, . I don't believe in ghosts or extraterrestrials or anything, but standing in the middle of nowhere reading that line was enough to send me into a miniature freak out. What's more, a folded-up piece of paper was also buried inside the plastic cover. A treasure map. Browned edges and everything. It featured a pirate ship (?), a series of footsteps through mountains and palm trees (?), one red X, and ten blue X's. One of of the X's appeard to be floating in the middle of a body of water. Whoa. I listened to the recording on my drive back to LA that night. It was indescribably weird. The dedication to the floppy disk case, chicken scratch message, and treasure map implied that someone with way too much"}
{"prompt": "This slideshow requires JavaScript. Portugal is indestructible. I know this because I went there recently with the Floridians, also known as my 79-year-old dad and nearish-there-year-old stepmother. And yes, I know they read this blog. For a week, we revelled in Portugal\u2019s gracious, slightly tarnished grandeur. We marvelled at the relaxed, softened elegance of Lisbon, the hilly charm of Porto and the hushed, rolling beauty of the Douro Valley. We drank a lot of wine. We stayed in hotels, rented an apartment, and took trains, planes and automobiles. I learned to love the hop-on-hop off bus. Portugal has a slight", "forget": "underdog status versus the tourism heavyweights of France, Spain and Italy. That suits just fine. Let the crowds go there. Portugal\u2019s natural and architectural beauty doesn\u2019t smack you in the face. It beckons you to explore, to climb hills and turn corners. You get to know it slowly, in a process of constant discovery. And the Portuguese are there to help at every turn. Eat Lisbon with a knife, fork, spoon and your fingers. The capital city is stuffed with great restaurants. They\u2019re in all the guides, which is good (you can find them) and bad (so can everyone else). But if you\u2019re after variety and want to avoid some of the crowds, go off-piste. Look for the crowded lunch joints that dot the centre of the old town and follow the hills up toward Principe Real. Look in particular for places with a busy lunch-counter trade, a window display of fresh fish on ice, and a hint of hot oil in the air. Once the lunchtime melee dies down, slip in and explore. Order a daily special, and see what comes a few minutes later. Have wine with lunch. You\u2019re on vacation. When it came to accommodation, we hit the jackpot. Baixa House, part of the i-escape.com network of boutique properties, was home away from home. Actually, it was better, because I don\u2019t get delivery of warm, fresh baked goods every morning, as we did at Baixa House. Note to self \u2013 get to know a baker. Most importantly, Baixa House\u2019s large, well appointed apartments come with the friendly and welcoming Sofia, who greeted us with advice, a world of recommendations, a clever cloth map and a small tin box of restaurant cards with tips on what was touristy, and what wasn\u2019t. If you want to feel like you\u2019re"}
{"prompt": "Remember July, 2012? The NBA Players\u2019 Union had just won an arbitration case against the league that redefined whether players retained their \u201cBird\u201d rights through the waiver process. It was a relatively trivial ruling for most of the league, but a coup for the New York Knicks, whose top two free agents, Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak, had both been claimed off waivers to start the season (and both had played their way into significant salary raises). Lin, of course, was coming off his meteoric rise to international fame, and the New York fan-base exhaled in a collective sigh that", "forget": "they weren\u2019t going to lose their newest folk-hero to the draconian salary cap (since Lin was a restricted free-agent, the team could now match any offer without salary cap restraints). Well, as it turned out, even with the ability to exceed the cap and match any offer, the Knicks opted to only sign one of their two free agents: the sweet-shooting, sour-everything-else Steve Novak. The Knicks never stated an official reason for not matching Lin. The transaction was relayed to the press by a spokesman who stated \u201cI can confirm we are not matching\u201d. And that was that. The unceremonious end of Linsantiy. Of course, though it wasn\u2019t stated publicly, there was obviously a reason the Knicks opted to let Lin walk to Houston, and many sought to understand how Lin, a virtual lock to return to the Knicks in the wake of the arbitration victory, was suddenly gone. Certainly the ultimate decision rested with team owner and MSG chairman James Dolan, through whom all major transactions had to pass. Stories came out that Dolan felt \u201cbetrayed\u201d by Lin. Others reported that Carmelo Anthony, Dolan\u2019s most prized-player, had called Lin\u2019s contract \u201cridiculous\u201d. Statements made by the neoteric JR Smith, a CAA client to whom the Knicks possibly had a silent agreement with to re-sign on the cheap side in exchange for future considerations, indicated that Lin\u2019s contract would create jealousy amongst the other Knicks. But the MSG spin eventually repainted it, not as a personal vendetta, but as a shrewd business move in the changing face of NBA economics. The contract, it was estimated, could cost the Knicks upwards of $28 million in taxes alone it\u2019s final year, due to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement\u2019s escalating luxury tax on high spending teams. Effectively, a line had been drawn in the"}
{"prompt": "Donald Trump said he was open to meeting Kim Jong-un in the appropriate circumstances \u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2017 North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese air forces in another show of strength.The two supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers were deployed amid rising tensions over North Korea's dogged pursuit of its nuclear and missile programmes in defiance of United Nations sanctions and pressure from the United States.The flight of the two bombers on Monday", "forget": "came as U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the appropriate circumstances, even though Pyongyang suggested it would continue with its nuclear tests.South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun told a briefing in Seoul that Monday's joint drill was conducted to deter provocations by the North and to test readiness against another potential nuclear test.The U.S. air force said in a statement the bombers had flown from Guam to conduct training exercises with the South Korean and Japanese air forces.North Korea said the bombers conducted \"a nuclear bomb dropping drill against major objects\" in its territory at a time when Trump and \"other U.S. warmongers are crying out for making a preemptive nuclear strike\" on the North.\"The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war,\" the North's official KCNA news agency said on Tuesday.Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been high for weeks, driven by concerns that the North might conduct its sixth nuclear test in defiance of pressure from the United States and Pyongyang's sole major ally, China.China's Global Times, a state-backed tabloid that does not necessarily reflect national policy, said in an editorial late on Monday the United States should not rely on China alone to pressure Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear ambitions.April could prove a \"turning point\", the paper said, but \"Washington ... must also continue to exert its own efforts on the issue\".It was widely feared North Korea could conduct its sixth nuclear test on or around April 15 to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the North's founding leader, Kim Il Sung, or on April 25 to coincide with the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People's Army.The North has conducted"}
{"prompt": "Wild boot3 Chris Kesting holds the boot he found at the base of a cliff near Mt. Hood Skibowl, right where Reese Witherspoon threw it while filming the opening scene of \"Wild.\" (Photo by Tim Pate) In the opening scene of \"Wild,\" Reese Witherspoon sits down at the edge of a cliff and takes off her too-small hiking boots. Her toes are black and bloody, and she pulls off her right big toenail and throws it over the cliff, knocking one of her boots over in the process. Exhausted and frustrated, Witherspoon throws the other boot after it while screaming", "forget": "a profanity. It's a cathartic moment, one that drew strong reactions when the movie was released in December. Some people thought \"Wow, Reese Witherspoon is a brave actress who really got inside Cheryl Strayed's head. I loved the book, and I'm going to love this movie!\" Others thought \"Whoa, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is difficult enough with a pack that heavy, and now you're throwing away your boots? Uh, oh.\" Chris Kesting, a mechanical engineer from Camas, Wash., and an avid hiker, said \"Hey, I know exactly where that is. One of these days it might be fun to go up there and see if that boot is actually there.\" So he did. And it was. The scene from \"Wild,\" the movie based on Portland writer Strayed's memoir, was filmed in the fall of 2013 near Mt. Hood Skibowl, on the south side of Mount Hood near Government Camp. Kesting recognized it immediately because he'd been in the area recently and saw Tom Dick and Harry Mountain in the background. Kesting and a friend, Tim Pate, hiked the popular trail on March 8, one of the sunny, snow-free days in early spring, and had no trouble finding the boot-tossing spot. (The film crew used a chairlift and then hiked over.) Kesting scrambled around the cliffs and searched for about 15 minutes until he saw something in the middle of a scree slope. \"The thing that stood out was the red laces,\" he said. \"The brown of the leather blended into the soil and I didn't see that at all. I saw the red laces and thought it was weird that there were flowers out already. That's when it came into focus. It was kind of funny.\" But is that really the \"Wild\" boot? \"Well, first of all you wouldn't"}
{"prompt": "In October 2011, the Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis received an unusual email. \"I'm the president of a videogame company,\" it began. The message was from the head of Valve Software, the influential video game design firm behind such industry-defining titles as the sci-fi shooter Half-Life and the first-person puzzle adventure Portal. Varoufakis, who teaches economic theory at the University of Athens and also has a post at the University of Texas at Austin, had spent years working on game theory\u2014the strategic and decision making processes that economists study, not the theory behind computer games. He also examined the complexities of", "forget": "linking multiple distinct economies. During the height of the Euro crisis in Greece, Varoufakis was often seen in the media explaining the meltdown and describing what might happen next in the currency-integrated Eurozone. Now Valve Software chief Gabe Newell was asking him to apply the same insights to the interlinked virtual economies of Valve Software's games. After meeting Newell and other Valve staffers in Seattle, Varoufakis agreed to become the company's first official in-house economist. From early 2012 through the middle of 2013, he studied Valve's games, occasionally sharing his insights on the company blog in lengthy posts with wonky titles. (Sample: \"Arbitrage and Equilibrium in the Team Fortress 2 Economy.\") His work for Valve led to more media attention, including articles and interviews in The Washington Post, The Financial Times, and National Public Radio. In February, Varoufakis spoke with Senior Editor Peter Suderman about what he learned as a video game economist, the failings of his chosen academic profession, and how computer games and virtual online worlds might be the future of macroeconomics. reason: What does a video game company want with an economist? Yanis Varoufakis: The moment that video game companies shifted from single-player to multiplayer games, without realizing it, they created a social economy. People interacting through the game have the opportunity not only to kill one another, but also to exchange stuff. Stuff that was valuable-or scarce, as an economist would say-within the virtual world. In almost no time that sort of economy started creating, within the game, a lot of value, and also distributing it. If you have a kind of community involving millions of people who trade with one another, who engage with one another, and who can even create value through production processes-for instance, designing some shield or some garden and sending it"}
{"prompt": "This HTML version of is provided for convenience, but it is not the best format for the book. In particular, some of the symbols are not rendered correctly. You might prefer to read the PDF version. You can buy this book at Amazon.com Chapter 7 Prediction 7.1 The Boston Bruins problem In the 2010-11 National Hockey League (NHL) Finals, my beloved Boston Bruins played a best-of-seven championship series against the despised Vancouver Canucks. Boston lost the first two games 0-1 and 2-3, then won the next two games 8-1 and 4-0. At this point in the series, what is the", "forget": "probability that Boston will win the next game, and what is their probability of winning the championship? As always, to answer a question like this, we need to make some assumptions. First, it is reasonable to believe that goal scoring in hockey is at least approximately a Poisson process, which means that it is equally likely for a goal to be scored at any time during a game. Second, we can assume that against a particular opponent, each team has some long-term average goals per game, denoted \u03bb. Given these assumptions, my strategy for answering this question is Use statistics from previous games to choose a prior distribution for \u03bb. Use the score from the first four games to estimate \u03bb for each team. Use the posterior distributions of \u03bb to compute distribution of goals for each team, the distribution of the goal differential, and the probability that each team wins the next game. Compute the probability that each team wins the series. To choose a prior distribution, I got some statistics from http://www.nhl.com, specifically the average goals per game for each team in the 2010-11 season. The distribution is roughly Gaussian with mean 2.8 and standard deviation 0.3. The Gaussian distribution is continuous, but we\u2019ll approximate it with a discrete Pmf. thinkbayes provides MakeGaussianPmf to do exactly that: def MakeGaussianPmf(mu, sigma, num_sigmas, n=101): pmf = Pmf() low = mu - num_sigmas*sigma high = mu + num_sigmas*sigma for x in numpy.linspace(low, high, n): p = scipy.stats.norm.pdf(x, mu, sigma) pmf.Set(x, p) pmf.Normalize() return pmf mu and sigma are the mean and standard deviation of the Gaussian distribution. num_sigmas is the number of standard deviations above and below the mean that the Pmf will span, and n is the number of values in the Pmf. Again we use numpy.linspace to make an"}
{"prompt": "\u201cClimate change\u201d is a bland generic label that can mean anything, and therefore means nothing A Short Primer on the Global Warming Scam As of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the non-binding Paris Accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country. \u2014 Donald J. Trump 45th President of the United States The Paris Climate Treaty has nothing to do with \u201cclimate\u201d and everything possible to do with economics, globalism and the controlled redistribution of economic wealth as constructed through decades of advanced policies of multinational financial interests. Posted by Sundance", "forget": "\u201cMultinational Banks and Corporations Trigger Immediate Angst Over Trump Withdrawal From Paris Treaty\u201d Caution: If you are a global warming enthusiast then I strongly advise you to stop reading, grab a cup of hot cocoa, and retreat to your nearest safe-space immediately. Otherwise you will get triggered, guaranteed. With that out of the way, let me get into the meat of this article, which is, as the title suggests, a short lesson on a few of the more egregious lies connected with the global warming scam. Just a day spent on the Internet doing due diligence on this topic with an open mind will convince anyone with half a brain that global warming is a criminal shakedown of historic proportions. Rather than go at the topic of global warming with hammer and tongs I will just briefly visit a few of its more popular talking points \u2013 simply to steer any interested readers in a profitable direction. The Science is Settled Balderdash! (My inner editor/censor instantly popped to attention at my initial, sadly deleted, remark and insisted on a quick fix). The science (and \u201cscience\u201d) surrounding global warming, or climate change, or whatever the term du jour is, is NOT settled \u2013 it is, in fact, far from being settled. This is as good a place as any to point out that the word science does not possess the hard and fast definition that most of us think it does. There is a whole branch of philosophy that deals with just that question \u2013 what science is, and what it is not. This is a topic that is apt to induce a bout of narcolepsy in a number of my readers, so I will hurry on and wrap this segment up. Let me just say that if we accept a"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s presidential election season, so it\u2019s obligatory for all candidates to talk about jobs. You have already heard a lot about jobs being lost to China and Mexico (a strong concern of Donald Trump), jobs being outsourced to low-wage countries or moved to tax havens (so-called \u201ctax inversions\u201d are a Hillary Clinton bugaboo), or jobs eliminated because of Obamacare or high minimum wages (a favorite Ted Cruz line). You won\u2019t hear many of the points below, however, either because they are too positive, too subtle to capture in a sound bite, or too long-term to worry about now. But if", "forget": "you want the truth about American jobs, you may want to keep reading rather than tuning into a presidential debate or stump speech. Times Are Good It\u2019s hardly a bad time for jobs overall\u2014official unemployment is at the lowest rate since 2008, and applications for unemployment insurance were at the lowest level since 1973. You won\u2019t hear that from the Republican candidates, of course\u2014the news is much too sanguine. If there\u2019s a problem, it is with low labor force participation, which has dropped several percentage points over the last decade. As testimony before a Joint Economic Committee suggests, there are a variety of reasons for this, although an aging population is clearly part of the issue. The Lack of Middle Class Jobs Growing inequality is another big issue\u2014the hallmark of Bernie Sanders\u2019 campaign, and an issue that is occasionally even mentioned by Republican candidates. An overall lack of jobs is less of a problem for our economy, however, than the shortage of well-paying, middle class jobs. Many of the new jobs in the US over the last decade or two have been low-end service jobs\u2014feeding, selling to, and taking care of our fellow Americans. These jobs don\u2019t generally produce a lot of revenue or grow much in productivity, so it\u2019s difficult for businesses to pay high wages to workers who perform them. And that situation isn\u2019t going to change much no matter who is president. As a New York Times article points out, our economy is a service economy, and it\u2019s been going in that direction for several decades now. Free Trade Isn\u2019t the Problem There is little doubt that some of our well-paying manufacturing jobs have gone to places like Mexico and China. But recent trade deals aren\u2019t the problem, capitalism is. For several centuries now, manufacturing has moved"}
{"prompt": "Get out of my way you bastards \u2014 A groggy Thank You note to Hunter S. Thompson Matthew Pike Blocked Unblock Follow Following Jul 13, 2017 Was it Mencken, or Faulkner? The fuck if I know\u2026 Hunter S. Thompson keeps bringing up this \u201chigh white noise\u201d thing. To be honest, I never read the original piece, nor do I really intend to go find it \u2014 but it\u2019s a king-hell bastard of a line. A truth chasing us from all directions. It\u2019s that beautiful feeling you get when you\u2019re lost in somebody\u2019s words and you aren\u2019t really aware you\u2019re reading", "forget": "words at all \u2014 that rarefied feeling of perfect immersion. You\u2019re so involved \u2014 their syntax, vocab, style \u2014 all that bullshit\u2026 it doesn\u2019t matter. The time between you and the writer is gone. You\u2019re there with them. Then, if you\u2019re an ambitious little fuck like me, you read back over their words a dozen times, trying to figure out the flow \u2014 the how of why they felt so damn good to read. What transition phrases did they use? Any sentence fragments in there? How did they start their sentences? By the time I\u2019ve broken something down into its tiniest pieces and rebuilt it, I\u2019m convinced that even I could write like that \u2014 but I won\u2019t. What gibberish am I going on about here? Well\u2026 to steal another sliver of HST\u2019s style, let\u2019s put it this way: It\u2019s 12:55am in a suburb of Saigon. I have a wall of empty 333 cans next to me, and I\u2019ve spent the last half hour arguing with a Facebook troll for the mere enjoyment of it \u2014 no scores to settle, just for a laugh. There\u2019s a dog barking outside, and a crowd of drunks just roared by on motorbikes with exhausts ten times louder than they need to be. I\u2019ve been writing and editing all day\u2026 but what the hell? Stealing has to be a shitty way to live, and I don\u2019t intend to start now. I tried\u2026 12 years old\u2026 stood in front of a wall of Lego boxes for 45 minutes before shoving the cheapest one inside my jacket and hightailing it out of that little shop near Lake Ontario. Put it together in the basement, hiding away from Mom. She knew I couldn\u2019t afford that Lego set. So I broke it into pieces and hid them with"}
{"prompt": "BENGALURU: In a windfall to legislators and ministers, both Houses of Karnataka legislature passed a bill on Monday gifting themselves a hike of roughly 75 per cent in their salaries and emoluments; which is reportedly the highest in the country till now.The exorbitant hike has been necessitated with the inclusion of some new categories of reimbursements. These include Rs 5,000 per night for each day of stay in a hotel with no fixed limits on the number of days as an allowance. In addition, they are also entitled for local transport of Rs 1,500 per day.The legislators only need to", "forget": "produce bills and make a claim.According to the Karnataka Ministers\u2019 Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill, 2015, the cost to the exchequer from the hikes is about Rs 44 crore.The chief minister leads the race by hiking his salary from Rs 30,000 per month to Rs 50,000, while his cabinet ministers get a hike from Rs 25,000 to Rs 40,000. Their sumptuary allowance (regulated personal expenditure) has been doubled from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh. A minister of state gets Rs 35,000 as salary against Rs 16,000, while the sumptuary allowance has been hiked from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2 lakh.Besides this, the CM and his ministers get hikes in the amount they spend on house rent, maintenance and travel allowances. The cost to exchequer for the CM and his ministers will be Rs 3.5 crore per annum. All these bills were passed without any discussion.Law minister T B Jayachandra, who piloted the bill, pegged the approximate additional expense to the state exchequer as Rs 44 crore per annum. The justification given in the bills for the increase in the salaries and reimbursements of the legislators is that 'there is a considerable increase in the cost of living.'The MLAs and MLCs have hiked their basic salary from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000, telephone allowance from Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000, constituency allowance from Rs 15,000 to Rs 40,000, constituency travel allowance from Rs 25,000 to Rs 40,000, signifying a total increase of Rs 50,000 per month in the amount that they get directly.In reimbursements, they get Rs 25 per km as travel allowance, with a daily per diem within the state of Rs 2,500. In addition to this, they get hotel stay and local travel expenses.The legislators have also made their future positions secure by giving themselves a pension"}
{"prompt": "Thousands of families are fleeing the rebel-held city of Idlib after the heaviest bombardment in months, coinciding with a separate increase in air strikes in Aleppo province. The developments come as Russia faces charges that its air strikes have killed dozens of civilians across Idlib province, including in an area near a hospital. Despite strenuous denials from Moscow, Turkey has called on the international community to rein in what it called Russia's growing military intervention in Syria. The bombardment is part of a government offensive to take Idlib city, the provincial capital in Syria's northwest, held by al-Nusra Front and", "forget": "its allies since March last year. Al-Nusra Front is not party to a Russian- and US-brokered ceasefire that went into force on February 27 between government forces and moderate rebels. People and Power - Syria: Under Russia's Fist Russian air strikes targeted the city overnight, killing 23 civilians, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday. \"The air strikes are the most intensive on Idlib since the beginning of the truce,\" SOHR's Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP news agency. SOHR said dozens of civilians were also wounded in the raids on Idlib. However, the Russian defence ministry has denied that its aircraft carried out any strikes on the city. \"Russian aviation did not carry out any military operations, still less air strikes, in Idlib province,\" Igor Konashenkov, a military spokesperson, said in a statement. Fighting in the north At least 280,000 people have been killed and more than half of Syria's population have fled their homes since the conflict first erupted in 2011. In recent days, fighting has especially intensified along the country's northern border where the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group is targeting a strip of rebel territory. SOHR says thousands of civilians remain trapped there owing to the fighting. It said rebel groups in Azaz, in Aleppo province, tried to launch a counteroffensive on Tuesday but failed when ISIL blocked the attack with a suicide bomber, killing six. SOHR said ISIL swept towards the opposition strongholds of Marea and Azaz on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee. Meanwhile, thousands of civilians are trapped in Marea and Sheikh Issa after Kurdish authorities closed the main road towards the autonomous Kurdish canton of Afrin to the west, according to the UN relief agency. \"Due to the closure of"}
{"prompt": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption A look back at the life of Claire Rayner Tributes have been paid to agony aunt Claire Rayner, who has died at the age of 79. The award-winning journalist had remained poorly after intestinal surgery in May. She died in hospital near her home in Harrow in London. She told her relatives she wanted her last words to be: \"Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS I'll come back and bloody haunt him.\" Her husband Des Rayner said he had lost his soul mate and best friend.", "forget": "She worked for the Sun, Sunday Mirror and Woman's Own and was named medical journalist of the year in 1987. She also wrote a string of novels. Her restaurant critic son, Jay, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"She had been through a hell of a lot of health troubles over the last five months and some of us thought towards the end that she actually just wanted to give up. \"But late on Sunday night, when things were looking a bit bleak, she was offered one last chance and I honestly thought she would say, 'No, just let me go,' and she didn't. \"It was very much in the nature of her that she said, 'I will try the dialysis.' It didn't work, unfortunately. She had led an absolutely amazing life and I am very, very proud of her.\" Mrs Rayner, who had two other children - Amanda and Adam - and four grandchildren, will have a humanist funeral for family and close friends. A former nurse and midwife, for many years she was also president of the Patients Association. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at 70, but beat the illness. In 2006 she wrote about her experience on the BBC News website. Image caption Claire Rayner's son described her as an \"agent provocateur\" Her husband of 53 years, Des, said: \"I have lost my best friend and my soul mate. I am immensely proud of her.\" Mr Rayner, who was also her agent and manager, said: \"Through her work she helped hundreds of thousands of people and doubtless, by talking frankly about the importance of safe sex in the 80s when almost nobody else would discuss it, helped to save thousands of lives. \"Right up until her death she was being consulted by both politicians and the"}
{"prompt": "Hey Language Learner: A short story for You Jeremy \uc81c\ub808\ubbf8 Blocked Unblock Follow Following Sep 23, 2015 There are two people. The first person has lived on an apple farm their whole life and the second person has lived and stayed in the city since birth. The First has seen, in immense detail, how the trees grow from seed, to sapling, to tree, to fruit, and back to seed again. The Second has only really seen the fruit, perhaps a seed that has fallen out here and there. A lifetime of only observing the fruits of others\u2019 labor has left", "forget": "a lasting effect on the Second. It\u2019s all about results. And with no knowledge of the process behind those results, inevitably it seems quite easy. But one day, the Second takes a bite out of an apple and a seed falls to the ground. That seed becomes an idea. \u201cI\u2019m going to grow an apple tree of my own!\u201d the Second says. A month later, after finding a nice apple farm outside the city, the Second meets the First and they begin talking about apple trees. \u201cThis can\u2019t be that hard,\u201d says the Second, referring to the process of making apples, \u201cI have plenty of seeds right here, I just have to put them in the ground and let them grow!\u201d With a small half smile the First says, \u201cIt makes sense that you would see it that way, having lived in the city your whole life, only ever seeing the fruits of others\u2019 labor. But I assure you, it is nowhere near that simple.\u201d The Second quickly responded, \u201cWhat do you mean? I guess you\u2019re right, there must be other things you have to do. Watering and stuff\u2026 Right?\u201d \u201cYes. There are many more things to do actually, more than just watering. One must plant the seeds at the proper depth, or they will die before becoming saplings. One must place them in the right setting, otherwise they won\u2019t get the sun or nutrients they need. One must water them daily, otherwise they will wither away and will never yield fruit. But most of all, more than all of this, one must love their tree. Because without love, all of the time it takes to do all these tasks will seem like a chore. And if they seem like a chore then, well\u2026 you\u2019ll probably start taking shortcuts or"}
{"prompt": "Before I get started, I want to point out that this article is aimed at pre-field graduate students and undergraduates, and that the context is working with American funding agencies. YMMV. As I mentioned in my previous blog, my dissertation research is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSFGRFP) and the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship (FHDDRA). The former provides three years of funding that must be used in five years of graduate school. I can use it in place of a TA stipend while I\u2019m on campus or I can use it during fieldwork. In my", "forget": "case, I\u2019ve opted to defer it while I\u2019m in the field so that I can use the Fulbright-Hays, and then I\u2019ll use it when I get back so that I don\u2019t have to TA while I write-up. The proposal that I wrote for the NSFGRFP was submitted during my senior year in college, and I\u2019m sorry to say that I can\u2019t recall a particular process that I used to write it. For those looking for information on how to write a proposal for the NSFGRFP, there are some useful websites, guides, and resources on the internet, and you can read my dreadful proposal here. The FHDDRA is another \u2013 much longer \u2013 story. Start Early and Construct a Prototype The sociocultural curriculum at Washington University is designed with very specific goals in mind, perhaps none more important than \u201cget your research funded.\u201d So, while I would like to say that the Proposal Writing course that we are privileged to have at WashU was the most influential to my ability to win money, the process started before that. First, I consider the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (NSFDDRIG) as a prototype, as it may be the longest and most comprehensive form of a dissertation research grant for sociocultural anthropologists. My proposal for the NSFDDRIG was ten pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman, 11pt font, justified, with one-inch margins on all sides. (Additionally, there was a four-page section of References Cited in the same format. I used the Chicago Manual of Style author-date citation.) That gives me an enormous amount of room to explain my project, and that\u2019s important because proposal writing (for me) amounts to the spectre of my mentors watching as I write while incessantly asking, \u201cWhy is that important?\u201d and \u201cHow do you know that?\u201d The headers"}
{"prompt": "Buy Photo Civil rights leader Rev. H.K. Matthews. (Photo: John Blackie/jblackie@pnj.com)Buy Photo In 1974, five men from Atlanta came to Pensacola on a fishing trip and drowned in rough waters. That's the official summation of the deaths of the \"Atlanta Five,\" and for some people it leaves much to be desired. For family members, civil rights leaders and academics, questions still abound. Why would five experienced fishermen be in a boat with no gear and without wearing life jackets? If the men were in the water for more than a week before being found, why were their bodies so well", "forget": "preserved? Why do witness statements about the events leading up to the deaths seem inconsistent? Atlanta-based producer Edward Anderson will be in Pensacola next week attempting to tackle some of those questions. Anderson is filming a documentary about the Atlanta Five for the Storyline Group and SLG Media, and he is hoping his work will help provide five families the answers they've been seeking for the last 41 years. \"They want to make it clear they are not happy with the results of the investigation,\" Anderson said of the decedents' families. \"They would like to publicize what happened to their loved ones in the event someone will come forward with more information.\" Anderson said he got involved in the project after meeting Janice Holloway Cameron, the daughter of one of the Atlanta Five. The woman told him the story of how her father disappeared, how officials said he died and what she and many others believe actually happened. Lee Roy Holloway, Robert Walker, Marvin Walker, John Sterling and Lonnie Merritt, all black men, reportedly left Atlanta around 7:30 p.m., Nov. 29, 1974, for a fishing trip to Pensacola. It was an excursion they had reportedly made several times during a 20-year-span. At about 10 a.m. the next day, Robert Walker\u2019s son was informed his father\u2019s boat had been found abandoned in the Santa Rosa Sound. Reportedly, the anchor line had been cut, life preservers were in the boat and the key was still in the ignition. The men\u2019s food, ice, fishing gear and bait were found in a nearby camper. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Sheriff\u2019s Office performed a search of the area, but the men were not located and the search was discontinued. Their families requested assistance from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights group founded"}
{"prompt": "Imagine what Toronto would look like if we had put librarians in charge of running the place a long time ago. Librarians would not have allowed a car-crazed condo-tower gold rush to crush the city. Librarians would integrate everyone regardless of age or background into a healthy, well-fed, multilingual, vibrant society. Too bad. Stupidity rules. And stupidity says penalize the Toronto Public Library system for achieving the world-class status that otherwise eludes this Titanic town. Sure enough, this year's proposed budget includes a 10 per cent funding cut to the TPL, despite the fact that more people visit libraries here", "forget": "than in any city in North America - or anywhere, I'd say, though they don't. Nineteen million a year. It's a freezing Sunday afternoon, November 24, and I give up counting; every possible seat in the council chambers is taken by the overflow crowd of library supporters. A hot Dixieland band distracts from the lack of any apparent heating other than human. Maureen O'Reilly, president of the 2,300-strong Toronto Public Library Workers Union Local 4948, chairs the meeting. She introduces her 87-year-old mother, who's sitting comfortably in the mayor's chair. Balloons and books for children are upstairs in the councillors' lounge. The library system no longer has a recognized classification of children's librarian any more. Young people are criminalized while penny-pinching perpetrates this immeasurable crime against youth. Pennies are no longer in use except when it comes to libraries. When amalgamation was forced on Toronto in 1998, libraries got just over 2 cents' worth of every budget dollar. Since then, the amount has decreased. Acquisitions, staffing, access and buildings have all suffered. This rescue meeting proposes restoration and reinvestment to the tune of 4 cents a day per resident. Over the last 20 years, there's been a 44 per cent increase in library usage while the 98-library system has absorbed more than $800 million in cumulative cuts. The most popular thing in town survives on an annual allowance of just $169 million as the blank cheque handed to police careens toward the billion-dollar mark. As usual, it's up to the book-reading/immigrant/women and children elites to kick up a fuss. Fortunately, our librarians are prepared. We watch a short fact-packed film by animators James Braithwaite and Josh Raskin celebrating our book centres as part of \"intellectual infrastructure.\" Tricia Hennessy of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives calls Canada a \"safe haven"}
{"prompt": "The Fog (1980) [Collector\u2019s Edition Blu-Ray] Director: John Carpenter Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis,Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook Release Date: Collector\u2019s Edition Blu-Ray & DVD Available On July 30 A Review By: Kevin Lovell Film Rating: 8.5/10 Disc Rating: 10/10 Plot Summary: A Northern California fishing town, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, becomes shrouded by a killer fog containing zombie-like ghosts seeking revenge for their deaths. Believe it or not, I had never seen John Carpenters classic \u2018The Fog\u2019 until now, but I must say this Collector\u2019s Edition Blu-Ray release from Shout Factory\u2019s Scream Factory division", "forget": "was quite a wonderful way to view this film for the first time and I must also say I loved it. This is a truly fantastic movie and every aspect of it is done right with that famous John Carpenter style. Great casting, some wonderfully creepy moments and yet another phenomenal soundtrack by John Carpenter, who\u2019s music I truly feel is one of the most noteworthy aspects of a lot of his films, and \u2018The Fog\u2019 is certainly no exception in that department. The tone of the film is wonderful, the directing spot on, and the story (written by John Carpenter & Debra Hill) is very well crafted. The performances are well done all across the board. We are treated with the likes of Adrienne Barbeau as a radio DJ who is determined to get to the bottom of this strange fog, and keeps the town informed of occurring events via her radio station in which she both owns and is the sole online personality of. Tom Atkins and Jamie Lee Curtis are together for the majority of the story and work quite well together. Let\u2019s all not forget that this was done just a few years after Curtis worked with Carpenter on \u2018Halloween\u2019 and was establishing herself as one of that generations \u2018Scream Queens\u2019 and it\u2019s no wonder he chose to work with her again. Probably the most noteworthy performance of the film in my opinion is that of Hal Holbrook who portrays the role of Father Malone and does a truly phenomenal job of bringing this character to life. While I am new to this film, I would assume I can\u2019t be the only one who feels what a noteworthy character this is. Now, as far as this new Collector\u2019s Edition from Shout Factory is concerned, prepare to"}
{"prompt": "Stevie Wonder will cancel his scheduled appearance at a US fundraiser for \"friends\" of the Israeli military after facing flack from pro-Palestinian activists, JTA reported Wednesday. Just days after Israel's offensive in Gaza, it was announced this week that the singer was due to perform at this year's Friends of the Israel Defense Forces benefit, which takes place in Los Angeles on Dec. 6. Grammy-winning producer and composer David Foster was scheduled to conduct an orchestra to accompany the headliner, according to Arutz Sheva. It is unclear who might now replace the R&B legend as the fundraiser's main attraction. JTA", "forget": "wrote of Wonder's reported change of heart: \"Wonder\u2019s representatives will claim that he did not know the nature of the group, the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and that he believes such a performance would be incongruent with his status as a UN \u201cMessenger of Peace,\u201d according to a source who has read email exchanges between Wonder\u2019s representatives and organizers of the event.\" With tickets listed at $1,000 a head, the event is expected to raise millions of dollars for FIDF (one recent gala in New York raised $26 million, Ynet News reported). The US-based organization describes its mission as helping to support \"educational, social, cultural, and recreational programs and facilities for the young men and women soldiers of Israel who defend the Jewish homeland,\" as well as fallen soldiers' families. The proceeds from the LA concert will go to the Negev Wellbeing and Educational Centers, an FIDF project to build sports facilities, a library and synagogues on the IDF's new training campus in the Negev desert. The event's co-host, billionaire TV and movie producer Haim Saban, described it to Ynet as \"our opportunity to thank the soldiers who defend the state.\" The soldiers defended it most recently in Operation Pillar of Defense, the week-long offensive in Gaza that killed over 150 Palestinians, more than 100 of them civilians. Six Israelis died, four civilians and two soldiers. The timing hasn't been lost on activists, who questioned why Stevie would have chosen now to befriend the IDF. More than 4,000 people signed an online petition asking Wonder not to perform, \"as a conscientious American advocate for human rights and dignity.\" The petition, hosted by Change.org, compares Israel to South Africa in the time of apartheid, which Wonder himself was arrested for protesting in 1985. Check out the photo gallery above"}
{"prompt": "When Sept. 11, 2001, dawned, the Northeast Air Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y., went on full alert \u2014 to prepare for a training exercise that envisioned a sneak attack by Russian planes flying over the North Pole to bomb the United States, a prospect that Defense Secretary Robert McNamara had dismissed as outdated in 1966. Later that morning, after American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 had hit the World Trade Center and American Airlines Flight 77 the Pentagon, three F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Langley Air Force Base to form a combat air patrol over Washington.", "forget": "But degraded radio transmission quality meant that the pilots were left clueless about the nature of their mission. On seeing the Pentagon in flames, the lead fighter pilot later explained, \u201cI reverted to the Russian threat. . . . I\u2019m thinking cruise missile threat from the sea. You know, you look down and see the Pentagon burning, and I thought the bastards snuck one by us. . . . You couldn\u2019t see any airplanes, and no one told us anything.\u201d For all the trillions of dollars lavished on it, for all the talk about confronting new security threats, for all the exhortations to reinvent government, America\u2019s defense establishment, as John Farmer reminds us in \u201cThe Ground Truth,\u201d continued to fight the cold war more than a decade after it had ended. Preoccupied with building a costly missile defense system to counter a spurious menace from Russia and with maintaining \u201cfull spectrum dominance\u201d over the rest of the globe, most Bush administration officials blithely ignored the danger emanating from the caves of Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden and his acolytes plotted against America. Confronted by a small group of mostly Saudi nationals armed with box cutters, the central nervous system of the country\u2019s defense agencies went into a state of cataleptic shock. The only decisive action taken on 9/11 came not from the military, but from the courageous passengers who stormed the cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93, leading the hijackers to crash the plane over Pennsylvania farmland before it could reach its intended target in Washington. As senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, Farmer, who was the attorney general of New Jersey and is the dean of the Rutgers School of Law, investigated the derelict conduct of the national security apparatus. He was well prepared to do so. In their"}
{"prompt": "Story highlights Carl Safina: Presidential candidates afraid to talk of impact of climate change Sandy may be first storm that could change an ongoing presidential campaign, he says Federal flood insurance enables development in environmentally threatened areas, he says Safina: We've had warnings before, but haven't acted to deal with rising sea level In three debates by the presidential candidates and one by the vice-presidential hopefuls, no one could bring himself to utter the words \"climate change.\" Hurricane Sandy said what all four White House contenders were afraid to say. I've heard that some voters are undecided. Watching the debates,", "forget": "I became undecided over what's worse: Republicans, who not only don't acknowledge reality, but who genuinely seem not to believe reality. Or Democrats, cowed into silence on issues of enormous importance like climate change and its solution: clean renewable energy. Sandy said things no candidate in America could voice without blowing away their own political career. She said: \"Enough! Wake up. Take a reality check. And if you don't get it, it will get you; then you'll get it.\" Carl Safina Now, we got it. Sandy is probably the first storm to change an ongoing presidential campaign . Katrina changed the shape of a campaign to come, contributing significantly to George W. Bush's unpopularity and tarnishing his legacy (\"Heckuva job, Brownie\") with lingering images of unpreparedness. But unpreparedness requires, one might say, quite a lot of preparation. We build in places prone to flooding. We do that largely because subsidies encourage it. Federal flood insurance is a way the entire country subsidizes building and rebuilding in places destined for repeated hits. We rely on overhead lines to bring electricity, lines vulnerable to falling trees. And when they fall, we put them right back. Underground lines are more expensive. But if you have to keep repairing the overhead lines... We've created coastal bowling-pin communities; we set 'em up and the weather takes 'em down. I live in one. I'm guilty. In my defense, I'll claim entrapment, because I have federal flood insurance. You made me do it. So I just want to take this opportunity to thank you. But I'd like to also tell you, it's OK with me if you withdraw your generosity. In fact it would be better if you did. You help make us lazy. And by us, I mean millions of people living along the coast, whistling"}
{"prompt": "Victoria\u2019s forest management policies need to be urgently reviewed in response to the discovery that logging can contribute to the severity of bushfires in wet forests, like the devastating fires on Black Saturday in February 2009. Our recent study, based on data from areas that burned on Black Saturday, clearly shows how extensive logging can increase the severity of bushfires in mountain ash forests. We found that the risk of \u201ccrown\u201d fires, which burn severely and spread rapidly through the forest canopy, is greatest in mountain ash forests that have been regrowing for about 15 years. Before the 2009 fires,", "forget": "these young trees were established following clearfell logging. The Victorian government will review its forest management policies in the coming months and we encourage it to consider our findings. Forests and fires Mountain ash trees, which can grow higher than 100 metres, are restricted to high-rainfall zones of Victoria: the Central Highlands north and east of Melbourne, the Strzelecki Ranges of South Gippsland, and the Otway Ranges in the state\u2019s southwest. Some of these forests are up to 500 years old. They can be very complex in their structure, with trees of varying ages that regenerate from seeds after infrequent and sometimes intense fires. The forests have also been a major logging resource since the 1930s. We studied about 10,000 sites in the Central Highlands mountain ash forest that burned on February 7 2009, spread over two regions 56 kilometres apart. These regions had similar stand ages, topography and burned at the same time of day. This allowed us to look at the variables that influence fire severity. As expected, most of the severe fire occurred when the fire weather was extreme, both before and after the late afternoon wind change. However, patterns of fire severity during this time were variable. We tested for several environmental factors that could influence these patterns, including slope and aspect, but found that the tree age had by far the greatest influence on fire severity. The most severe fires, which consume the crowns of the trees, were most prominent in mountain ash trees aged between seven and 36 years of age, with a peak around 15 years. Virtually all trees under seven years of age did not sustain crown fires and crown fires were infrequent (around 10% of forest area) in trees up to 300 years old. Taylor et al. 2014 Changing risks Crown"}
{"prompt": "T-Mobile is capping off the first calendar year of its Uncarrier strategy with a quarter of more customer additions than it's seen in years. The carrier says in its Q4 2013 results that it now serves 46.7 million customers, an increase of over 13 million year-over-year. This quarter alone it saw the addition of 869,000 postpaid customers \u2014 a major shift from losing 515,000 postpaid customers this quarter last year. T-Mobile says it hasn't done this well on postpaid since 2005. More customers, more losses But despite the gain in customers, T-Mobile continues to take a hit on overall earnings,", "forget": "posting a loss of $20 million, compared to a loss of $8 million from the prior year's quarter. In part, that's because T-Mobile has begun spending more money in order to get new customers \u2014 a cost up 40 percent year-over-year \u2014 and it's ultimately seeing less revenue from some of the most valuable ones. Average revenue per user for postpaid dropped around 9.4 percent from this quarter last year, lending to the increased losses. Revenue for the quarter was up, though how much depends on whether you factor in MetroPCS, which has been folded into the company since this time last year. Including MetroPCS, T-Mobile saw revenues leap to $6.83 billion for Q4 from $4.9 billion the prior year; without MetroPCS, it still sees a 10 percent improvement on the back of strong equipment sales. Smartphones in particular soared this quarter, with T-Mobile selling 6.2 million units during Q4 2013, up from just 2.8 million in the prior year's quarter. In a statement, T-Mobile CEO John Legere says that its fourth quarter numbers prove the company's new strategy is working. \"Customers are fed up with the old ways and are voting in favor of choice, innovation and doing business with a company that cares about them and is willing to earn their business,\" Legere said. Earning their business is continuing to come at a cost, but for T-Mobile, that appears to be a cost worth bearing as it begins to improve its services and gain attention in the market. Update: In a conference call discussing its quarterly earnings, members of T-Mobile's executive team expressed a positive outlook on the company's ability to turn its newfound growth into profitability as it moves forward, though they acknowledged that costs involved with its Uncarrier initiatives may not turn around immediately. Some of"}
{"prompt": "Overview (3) Mini Bio (1) Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors, both in his native Great Britain and internationally, twice nominated for the Oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in UK and US, Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, to Margery Lois (Sutcliffe) and Denis Murray McKellen, a civil engineer. He is of Scottish, Northern Irish, and English descent. During his early childhood, his parents moved with Ian and his sister Jean to the mill town of Wigan. It was in this small town that young Ian", "forget": "rode out World War II. He soon developed a fascination with acting and the theater, which was encouraged by his parents. They would take him to plays, those by William Shakespeare, in particular. The amateur school productions fostered Ian's growing passion for theatre. When Ian was of age to begin attending school, he made sure to get roles in all of the productions. At Bolton School in particular, he developed his skills early on. Indeed, his first role in a Shakespearian play was at Bolton, as Malvolio in \"Twelfth Night\". Ian soon began attending Stratford-upon-Avon theater festivals, where he saw the greats perform: Laurence Olivier, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Paul Robeson. He continued his education in English Drama, but soon it fell by the wayside as he concentrated more and more on performing. He eventually obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1961, and began his career in earnest. McKellen began working in theatre over the next few years. Very few people knew of Ian's homosexuality; he saw no reason to go public, nor had he told his family. They did not seem interested in the subject and so he saw no reason to bring it up. In 1988, Ian publicly came out of the closet on the BBC Radio 4 program, while discussing Margaret Thatcher's \"Section 28\" legislation, which made the promotion of homosexuality as a family relationship by local authorities an offense. It was reason enough for McKellen to take a stand. He has been active in the gay rights movement ever since. Ian resides in Limehouse, where he has also lived with his former long-time partner Sean Mathias. The two men have also worked together on the film Bent (1997) as well as in acclaimed stage productions. To this day, McKellen works mostly in theater,"}
{"prompt": "CAMBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d at Serbian officials\u2019 comments following a drone stunt at a soccer match this week but vowed on Thursday to push ahead with plans to meet his counterpart in Belgrade next week. Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama is interviewed by Reuters at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Relations between the two countries have been tense since a Tuesday incident in which a drone bearing a flag representing \u201cGreater Albania,\u201d an area covering all parts of the", "forget": "Balkans where ethnic Albanians live, flew over a major soccer match between the Albanian and Serbian teams, prompting a brawl on the field and the cancellation of the game. Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic earlier on Thursday claimed the incident showed that Albania was \u201cnot mature enough\u201d to join the European community. \u201cWe feel really sad and we feel really disappointed about what happened and about how Serbian authorities are reacting. It\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Rama said in an interview with Reuters. But he said he would not allow the remarks, or claims by Serbian officials that his brother had been responsible for the drone, to derail his plans to visit the Serbian capital on Oct. 22, in what would be the first visit to that city by an Albanian leader in almost 70 years. \u201cWe should not be driven by this kind of politics of the past and hatred of the past. We should not be driven by what happened at a soccer game,\u201d Rama said ahead of a speech at Harvard University, just outside Boston. \u201cI am very determined to go ahead.\u201d The Albanian team fled the field at Tuesday\u2019s match, held in the run-up to the Euro 2016 championships. Riot police were called in to disperse the crowd. Rama noted that, in an effort to avoid any violent outbursts, Albania had sent no fans to the game other than a contingent of 45 dignitaries including his brother. The group was searched carefully by Serbian authorities, he added. \u201cI don\u2019t see how someone could have brought in a drone or a flag when even scarves with Albanian symbols were not allowed to enter the stadium,\u201d Rama said. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that the flying object came from out of the stadium.\u201d He also asked why media accounts to the game played down"}
{"prompt": "TORONTO \u2013 When playoff time comes, the smallest margins can have major impacts. Toronto FC head into the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship with the aim of extending their 2016 Audi MLS Cup Playoff run. Standing in their way are a familiar foe: Montreal Impact. The Canadian rivals are well acquainted, having played some eight times over the past calendar year, but Tuesday's game (8 pm ET, TSN1/3, RDS in Canada | ESPN in US) brings a new wrinkle into the occasion, as the match will be played at Olympic Stadium, also known as the \"Big O.\" Compared", "forget": "to Stade Saputo, the massive Big O, poses a unique challenge, foremost in the mind is, of course, the surface. Where Saputo houses a fine grass pitch, the Big O's is artificial turf. \u201cIt's going to be different,\u201d said Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio last week. \u201c...Both teams are going to play on it; it's going to be a level playing field. A couple of things will be different, but we'll just have to adjust.\u201d \u201cUsually these turf field are fast, they're bouncy,\u201d remarked head coach Greg Vanney. \u201cThe game has a hard time settling down because the ball doesn't settle. It's a different type of game, we have to be ready for anything. You have to be switched on, ready for a game that could be high energy; the ball will be fast, the intensity will be there no question.\u201d As a club, TFC are no strangers to the Big O. They have played there three times, twice in the league and once in the Amway Canadian Championship \u2013 both MLS matches ended in 2-1 losses, while the cup match was a 0-0 affair \u2013 but the last time was back in 2013. Osorio and defender Ashtone Morgan are the lone Toronto holdovers from that time. \u201cTurf is just one factor,\u201d reiterated Vanney at a subsequent media session last week. \u201cIf they train on it, maybe they get an advantage, but the game comes down to who can execute in key moments and who is aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, and who can deal with it.\u201d Another consideration that must factor into the calculus is that this is only the first leg. With the second game at BMO Field, will TFC look to play shutdown soccer away, or aim to secure an advantage to take"}
{"prompt": "Professor Fired for Catholic Beliefs? The Fox News headline \"University of Illinois Instructor Fired Over Catholic Beliefs\" is grossly misleading. James Joyner \u00b7 \u00b7 22 comments A Fox News headline* blaring \u201cUniversity of Illinois Instructor Fired Over Catholic Beliefs\u201d is grossly misleading. The University of Illinois has fired an adjunct professor who taught courses on Catholicism after a student accused the instructor of engaging in hate speech by saying he agrees with the church\u2019s teaching that homosexual sex is immoral. The professor, Ken Howell of Champaign, said his firing violates his academic freedom. He also lost his job at an", "forget": "on-campus Catholic center. Howell, who taught Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought, says he was fired at the end of the spring semester after sending an e-mail explaining some Catholic beliefs to his students preparing for an exam. \u201cNatural Moral Law says that Morality must be a response to REALITY,\u201d he wrote in the e-mail. \u201cIn other words, sexual acts are only appropriate for people who are complementary, not the same.\u201d An unidentified student sent an e-mail to religion department head Robert McKim on May 13, calling Howell\u2019s e-mail \u201chate speech.\u201d The student claimed to be a friend of the offended student. The writer said in the e-mail that his friend wanted to remain anonymous. \u201cTeaching a student about the tenets of a religion is one thing,\u201d the student wrote. \u201cDeclaring that homosexual acts violate the natural laws of man is another.\u201d Howell said he was teaching his students about the Catholic understanding of natural moral law. \u201cMy responsibility on teaching a class on Catholicism is to teach what the Catholic Church teaches,\u201d Howell said in an interview with The News-Gazette in Champaign. \u201cI have always made it very, very clear to my students they are never required to believe what I\u2019m teaching and they\u2019ll never be judged on that.\u201d Howell also said he makes clear to his students that he\u2019s Catholic and that he believes the church views that he teaches. [\u2026] In an e-mail to other school staff, Ann Mester, an associate dean at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said Howell\u2019s e-mail justified his firing. \u201cThe e-mails sent by Dr. Howell violate university standards of inclusivity, which would then entitle us to have him discontinue his teaching arrangement with us,\u201d Mester wrote. Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors, said professors should"}
{"prompt": "FDA approves deadly drug \u2026 even after debating its \u2018effectiveness\u2019 It is often difficult to understand why government bureaucracies do some of the things they do, and obviously that includes the Food and Drug Administration, the agency responsible for approving some of the most dangerous drugs ever marketed. In fact, the agency may just have done so again. As reported by medical website STAT, the FDA\u2019s chief, Dr. Robert Califf, wants a study about a Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug called eteplirsen retracted because he believes it was misleading. The problem is, the drug has already been approved. Developed by Sarepta", "forget": "Therapeutics, the drug is the first to be approved for the rare genetic disease which leads to a steady erosion and wasting of muscles that eventually consigns boys to wheelchairs and an early grave. STAT reports that Duchenne was approved in spite of often rancorous disagreement out of the limelight among top FDA officials regarding the extent that the drug actually helps patients. Central to the infighting was a 2013 study into whether the drug was able to produce levels of a protein called dystrophin in sufficient amounts. Without that protein, muscle fibers deteriorate and voluntary movement disappears. The study, which of course was funded by the drug maker and co-authored by four of the pharmaceutical\u2019s employees, found that the medicine produced enough dystrophin and allowed affected boys some ability to walk. But Califf sided with a pair of FDA officials who also believe that the study, which was published in the journal Annals of Neurology, should be pulled. \u201cThe publication, now known to be misleading, should probably be retracted by its authors,\u201d Califf wrote in a memo, in which he touched on the internal dispute within his agency. \u201cIn view of the scientific deficiencies identified in this analysis, I believe it would be appropriate to initiate a dialogue that would lead to a formal correction or retraction (as appropriate) of the published report,\u201d the agency chief added in a footnote. The disagreement was initiated in large part by various moves made by Dr. Janet Woodcock, the controversial manager of the FDA\u2019s drug review division, who pushed hard for the approval of the Sarepta drug. Though she reportedly had concerns about the study, she also argued with other agency officials who did not agree with her decision to approve the drug, as well the manner in which she advocated on"}
{"prompt": "Knoji reviews products and up-and-coming brands we think you'll love. In certain cases, we may receive a commission from brands mentioned in our guides. Learn more. When the Scientific Revolution began to disprove past ideals and new ideas were shown to the masses, many Europeans experienced trepidation. Despite the advances in science and the efforts of the scientists of the sixteenth and seventeenth century to demonstrate that the world and universe were governed by discernible laws, the Scientific Revolution had little impact on the everyday lives and thoughts of the mass of European citizens. Despite the breakthroughs made in astronomy", "forget": "and physics, most Europeans retained a belief in astrology, mystical processes, ghosts, and magic. German princes often relied on court astrologers as their closest advisers. Indeed, even Johannes Kepler sought to confirm the power of astrology with the results of his work, though he proved unable to do so. Advances in medical theory that proved that there were serious misconceptions about the human body, however many Europeans widely adhered to previous beliefs set forth by Galen. Galen's theory that the human body contained four major fluids--blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm - and that if one of the four fluids were present in too little or too great an amount, predictable illness would result. The most widely experienced materialization of this theory was the use of leeches in the act of bloodletting, Galen's hypothesis that the body had two blood systems and diseases could be cured by looking deeper into the four humors in the body proved to be grossly erroneous, however the Galen principles were still strictly adhered to in medical schools. Europeans had often turned to the church for guidance, and so it seems, the church was able to tell people what to belief. When the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution overturned the tenets of traditional belief systems were only gradually accepted by the general population, and were often rejected by those who found their traditional beliefs easier to comprehend. To put it plainly, Europeans did not want to complicate their lives by thinking outside the realm of what they had been taught in the church. The common people had traditions of thinking and a belief system that that made their living situation stable and their quality of life was almost commonplace. The Scientific Revolution would single-handed prove that their goals or traditions were no longer valid,"}
{"prompt": "Novel batteries for storing solar and wind energy have gotten a lot of attention from researchers and investors, but they can\u2019t do their job without software that tells them when and how much energy to charge and discharge. A startup called Growing Energy Labs Inc. is developing an operating system that will give a battery system the brain to perform its tasks, and the company plans to launch a beta version of the software in a few weeks. An operating system to manage batteries would work much like an operating system for your computer or cell phone: it coordinates the", "forget": "communications between the hardware and the apps to make sure the various programs, such as those for taking photos and browsing the Internet in the case of cell phones, are running well and do not interfere with each other. \u201cIt\u2019s like a computer for energy or energy computer,\u201d said Ryan Wartena, founder and CEO of Growing Energy Labs (which he also refers to as GELI), about his company\u2019s technology. Wartena started GELI in 2010 to tackle the emerging markets of storing renewable energy such as solar power and for managing electric car charging. The idea is to come up with ways to put networking and communication technologies, including the use of Internet, into running a battery system. GELI would make money from licensing the software. Over half of the states now require their utilities to buy an increasing amount of renewable energy, but wind and solar power plants in particular don\u2019t generate electricity steadily around the clock like coal or natural gas power plants can. As a result, utilities have to figure out how to balance the supply with the demand when the supply might fall short or exceed the need at any given time of the day. Using batteries to bank solar and wind energy and releasing it when there is demand for it seem to be a good answer. A good battery system needs an operating system to manage the communications between the battery and the inverter and to respond to a utility\u2019s command for when, how fast and how much to dispatch the energy stored in the battery. An inverter converts the direct current from the battery into the alternating current for feeding the grid. Utilities aren\u2019t alone in considering batteries for energy storage. Consumers and businesses who have solar panels on their rooftops might want batteries"}
{"prompt": "Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning talks with reporters during a news conference in Jersey City, N.J. The Seattle Seahawks play the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Jan. 30, 2014 Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning talks with reporters during a news conference in Jersey City, N.J. The Seattle Seahawks play the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. AP New York and New Jersey are gearing up for Sunday, when the Seattle Seahawks will play the Denver Broncos in East Rutherford, N.J. New York and", "forget": "New Jersey are gearing up for Sunday, when the Seattle Seahawks will play the Denver Broncos in East Rutherford, N.J. New York and New Jersey are gearing up for Sunday, when the Seattle Seahawks will play the Denver Broncos in East Rutherford, N.J. The first time George Toma did this job, some 47 years ago, he ran out of paint for the yard lines and had to borrow some from a nearby ice rink. Then there was the time three years later when a flood turned the grass brown, so Toma covered it in wood shavings and painted them green. A similar solution was necessary 15 years ago, when the band KISS\u2019s fire cannon burned a 30-by-30-foot patch of the field during a halftime show rehearsal. The 48th Super Bowl will be played here Sunday, Toma\u2019s 85th birthday, and he has been the head groundskeeper for all of them. When Sunday\u2019s game kicks off at 6:30 p.m., Toma and his crew must make sure each of MetLife Stadium\u2019s 1.4 billion blades of synthetic grass form an appropriate canvas for the country\u2019s biggest one-day sporting event. \u201cI\u2019m just nobody,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I appreciate a good field.\u201d That\u2019s why he arranged for giant rental tents, each of them outfitted with heaters, to place over both end zones and at midfield while painters worked to emblazon team and game logos. See, this is the first outdoor Super Bowl in a cold-weather city, and if the field freezes, the paint won\u2019t hold. \u201cWe can\u2019t do nothing about the weather,\u201d he says now, learning long ago that it\u2019s how he and his crew react that makes the difference. \u201cBut we prepare for everything.\u201d That\u2019s why Toma has been here since Jan. 13, trying to anticipate and avoid problems the way he has for this"}
{"prompt": "(Steven Nelson for USN&WR) Approximately 100 conservative activists gathered in front of the White House on Tuesday for a kickoff of what organizers call \"the second American revolution.\" The event could easily have been mistaken for a tea party rally, with American and Gadsden flags, a smattering of biker jackets and a few lawn chairs. Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman, who emceed the event, told attendees if President Barack Obama does not resign by Nov. 29, conservative activists will meet in Philadelphia to elect a shadow government. \"We've got God on our side,\" Klayman said. \"He's going to make sure", "forget": "we win this revolution.\" The so-called revolution will be nonviolent, he said. Klayman is suing the Obama administration in a bid to end the National Security Agency's phone and Internet surveillance programs. He said at the rally that Obama \"has broken into 300 million homes\" with the programs. \"In the end [Obama] will feel the force of the American people, just like King George did,\" he said to applause. The forthcoming convention in Philadelphia, Klayman said, will be organized within the next several weeks. A so-called \"government in waiting\" will be elected there, including a president, representatives and a cabinet, he said. Nearly all speakers invoked their Christian faith to condemn Obama. Bishop Dan Johnson of the Heart of Fire Church in Louisville, Ky., prayed with ralliers, asking God to \"cause [elected officials] to get on their knees, not to Allah, but to God almighty.\" In his prayer, Johnson denounced homosexuality, permissive parenting, pornography and welfare. Former Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., told the crowd Obama should be impeached. Barr spearheaded the successful impeachment campaign against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. \"We have a scoundrel living in that building,\" Barr said, pointing at the White House, \"and need to do something about it.\" Barr was the Libertarian Party's 2008 presidential candidate and is currently running for a U.S. House seat. Other speakers included WND editor Joseph Farah, 2004 Constitution Party presidential candidate Michael Peroutka and retired U.S. Navy Adm. James Lyons. Belinda Bee, a principal organizer of the Sept. 11, 2013, motorcycle convoy into Washington, D.C., also attended. A George Washington impersonator read from the stage a revised Declaration of Independence composed by organizers. \"Mister Obama and his collaborators,\" the man declared, should be personally responsible for the national debt. The new declaration says Obama must \"immediately step down from"}
{"prompt": "This week, like much of July, a heat wave is cooking America with extreme temperatures, affecting energy production as well as causing fires and water shortages, sucking electricity like crazy to power the cooling necessary to avoid discomfort and even death. According to the National Weather Service, 122 million Americans are under heat alerts. Fortunately, nuclear power hasn\u2019t minded, scoring record capacity factors of 96% and up with no increase in price. Other energy sources do not fare so well. It\u2019s all about diversity. Whether in biology, in culture, in training, or in technology, when conditions change a system survives", "forget": "if there is sufficient diversity to adapt. Otherwise it dies. This is no less true for electricity production. Having a diverse group of energy systems is key to a society surviving changes in demographics and changes in government, geological processes and natural disasters, disruption in supplies from war, or extreme weather changes. This concept is in full display this month as this heat wave continues to sweep across America. Just like during the polar vortex, when nuclear stepped up to relieve natural gas and coal when they failed to deliver on the demand, nuclear also performs wonderfully during extreme weather at the other end of the thermometer. This kind of constant baseload power during the hottest part of the day is essential to keep our air conditioning going and for stabilizing the grid against blackouts. Nuclear plants are the backbone of the electricity grid, operating all the time even under the most extreme weather conditions. Unfortunately, much of the electricity needed to combat this heat wave is concentrated during peak hours of the afternoon when wind turbines are not turning (see figure 2). Instead, peaker plants have to come online. Peaker plants operate only to make up the difference between base load and peak load (see figure 3). Our current energy grid makes these plants necessary, but they come at a steep price. Peaker plants are usually natural gas, but can also use coal, jet fuel, oil and diesel. In Washington State, hydropower serves as the peaker in a different way. Peakers usually run for short periods of time and so are less efficient and dirtier than conventional base load fossil fuel plants. Though natural gas is certainly cleaner than coal, natural gas does have some environmental issues from fracking, to pipelines, to fugitive emissions of methane. And lots of"}
{"prompt": "Introduction On Feb. 1, 2017, the United States led Coalition was accused by local activists and journalists that it had bombed the headquarters of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) located in the Carlton Hotel in the city of Idlib, Syria. Photos and videos allegedly showing the bombed headquarters quickly emerged online. This open source investigation aims to verify the various claims made surrounding this incident. Content Summary Claims Methodology Open Sources Findings Summary Based on open source research, it can be confirmed that the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) utilised the Carlton Hotel in Idlib city as a headquarters.", "forget": "It can also be confirmed that the Carlton Hotel was recently severely damaged. The US-led Coalition was accused of conducting an airstrike on the building in the early morning of Feb. 1, killing one SARC member, but the Coalition denies any involvement. Neither the exact date of the attack nor the perpetrator can be established based on open sources. What can be observed, however, is that a bomb appears to have pierced at least four floors before detonating. Claims The following claims are circulating on social media: One or more airstrikes conducted by the US-led Coalition destroyed a part of the Carlton Hotel in Idlib city. The Carlton Hotel was used by the SARC as headquarters. This open source investigation aims to verify those claims by answering the following questions: Is there a Carlton Hotel in Idlib city? Was the Carlton Hotel in Idlib was used by the SARC as headquarters? Was the Carlton Hotel in Idlib was bombed? If so, was it bombed by the US(-led Coalition)? Methodology The investigation uses only openly available sources on the Internet. In addition, a request to comment on this incident and the accusation was sent to the Coalition\u2019s public affairs office. Sources were found by, for example, searches on social media using certain keywords of internet. One can think of a search on \u2018Red Crescent Idlib\u2019 in Arabic: \u201c\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0645\u0631\u0627\u062f\u0644\u0628\u200e\u200e\u201d. These social media include Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram. After the exact location of the incident was found, the coordinates have been used to conduct location-based searches in a 2-km radius on those same social networks. Reference photos have been found via geotagged pictures on Panoramio. All YouTube videos have been checked for the date and potential other, earlier uploads using Amnesty International\u2019s YouTube Data Viewer, and images Google\u2019s reverse image search"}
{"prompt": "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia\u2019s postal service was hit by Wannacry ransomware last week and some of its computers are still down, three employees in Moscow said, the latest sign of weaknesses that have made the country a major victim of the global extortion campaign. A man walks out of a branch of Russian Post in Moscow, Russia, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Wannacry compromised the post office\u2019s automated queue management system, infecting touch-screen terminals which run on the outdated Windows XP operating system, one of the workers said. Terminals were still blank in some parts of Moscow this week but", "forget": "it was not clear exactly how many branches had been affected. A spokesman for Russian Post, a state-owned monopoly, said no computers were infected, but some terminals were temporarily switched off as a precaution. \u201cThe virus attack did not touch Russian Post, all systems are working and stable,\u201d he said. Other institutions in Russia have said they were infected by the virus, highlighting Moscow\u2019s readiness to show it too is a frequent victim of cyber crime in the face of allegations from the United States and Europe of state-sponsored hacking. The Interior Ministry, mobile operator MegaFon (MFON.MM) and state rail monopoly Russian Railways all reported infections, with employees locked out of their computers and the creators of the virus demanding ransoms of $300 to $600. The Russian central bank said on Friday the virus had also compromised some Russian banks in isolated cases. That the infected post office terminals ran on Windows XP - which Microsoft stopped supporting in 2014 - points to the widespread use of outdated software in Russia, which experts say left the country disproportionately vulnerable to the attack. Of 300,000 computers infected worldwide, 20 percent were in Russia, according to an initial estimate by cybersecurity researchers last week. Globally, few ransoms have been paid after many victims found they could restore their systems from backups. The post office outages also illustrate what investigators say is a common misconception about Wannacry: infected computers are more likely to be part of antiquated systems not deemed important enough to update with the latest security patches, rather than machines integral to the company\u2019s core business. \u201cMany companies in Russia use outdated unpatched systems and older anti-malware solutions,\u201d said Nikolay Grebennikov, vice president for R&D at data protection company Acronis. \u201cIn big companies upgrades are hard to perform and avoided because"}
{"prompt": "The U.S. Park Police, the law enforcement agency responsible for safeguarding the National Mall and critical American landmarks, has lost track of a large supply of handguns, rifles and shotguns, according to a harshly critical report issued Thursday. In the report, the Inspector General's Office of the Department of Interior faults staff at the agency for having no idea how many weapons they control and says the department has no clear policies or procedures for investigating missing weapons. The office says top managers, including the police chief, have shown a \"lackadaisical attitude toward firearms management.'' While surveying Park Police field", "forget": "office armories, investigators found more than 1,400 extra and unassigned weapons that were intended to be destroyed. They also found 198 handguns that were transferred from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and stored in an operations facility firearms room without being recorded in an inventory system. There are also instances of officers storing service weapons at their homes, according to the report. \"We found credible evidence of conditions that would allow for theft and misuse of firearms, and the ability to conceal the fact if weapons were missing,'' deputy inspector general Mary Kendall wrote to Jonathan Jarvis, the director of the National Park Service, in a letter that accompanies the report. The watchdog agency says its report was triggered by an anonymous tip suggesting that the Park Police could not account for government-issued military-style weapons. A spokesman for the agency did not immediately return an email seeking comment, and an evening shift commander said he hadn't seen the report and couldn't discuss it. The report also includes 10 recommendations to improve firearms management. The Washington Post was first to report the inspector general's findings. The Fraternal Order of Police released a response to the report, pointing out several inaccuracies: The report fails to mention that firearms requiring disposal cannot be destroyed due to the lack of any contractor currently available to dispose of (melt down) these firearms and render them useless. Nor are any recommendations given on how to remedy this. This report makes assertions that go back well over 10 years, yet the current Chief has only been back in her position since 2011, after her lengthy court battle to return to her position. There is no mention of any other former officials being held accountable for past failures, some of whom are still employed by"}
{"prompt": "William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, anglicized as William Frederick George Louis; 6 December 1792 \u2013 17 March 1849) was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. William II was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia. When his father, who up to that time ruled as sovereign prince, proclaimed himself king in 1815, he became Prince of Orange as heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. With the abdication of his father on 7 October 1840, William II became king. During his reign, the Netherlands became a parliamentary democracy with the", "forget": "new constitution of 1848. William II was married to Anna Pavlovna of Russia. They had four sons and one daughter. William II died on 17 March 1849 and was succeeded by his son William III. Early life and education [ edit ] Willem Frederik George Lodewijk was born on 6 December 1792 in The Hague. He was the eldest son of King William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmine of Prussia. His maternal grandparents were King Frederick William II of Prussia and his second wife Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. When William was two, he and his family fled to England after allied British-Hanoverian troops left the Republic and entering French troops defeated the army of the United Provinces, claiming liberation by joining the anti-Orangist Patriots. William spent his youth in Berlin at the Prussian court, where he followed a military education and served in the Prussian Army. After this, he studied civil law at Christ Church, University of Oxford.[1][2][3] William II had a string of relationships with both men and women which led him to be blackmailed.[4][5][6][7] The homosexual relationships that William II had as crown prince and as king were reported by journalist Eillert Meeter [nl][8]. The king surrounded himself with male servants whom he could not dismiss because of his 'abominable motive' for hiring them in the first place.[9] Military service [ edit ] He entered the British Army, and in 1811, as a 19 year old aide-de-camp in the headquarters of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was allowed to observe several of Wellington's campaigns of the Peninsular War. Though not yet 20, the young prince, according to the customs of the time, was made lieutenant colonel on 11 June 1811[10] and Colonel on 21 October that year.[11] On 8 September 1812 he was made an aide-de-camp"}
{"prompt": "\u2018Faculty rights and the sufficiency of law students\u2019 education\u2019 at risk One of the worrisome trends in law-school education is students seeking to avoid uncomfortable areas of the law, particularly sexual assault. But it was a law professor\u2019s exam question on an uncomfortable area of the body that got him in trouble with his university. As in, 504 days of trouble, and potentially many more. Howard University is hanging the Sword of Damocles over the head of Reginald Robinson if he ever offends a student again by the content of his legal pedagogy. The historically black school in Washington, D.C.,", "forget": "has yet to respond six months later to a warning letter from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education about its year-plus Title IX investigation of Robinson (left) for an exam question on groping and drugging involving a Brazilian wax. Though Robinson\u2019s lawyer said this summer that they \u201cbelieve we have reached a mutually satisfactory solution\u201d in discussions with the university,\u201d that resolution fell through, FIRE told Howard President Wayne Frederick in a Tuesday letter: Robinson has now informed us that no agreement was finalized. Accordingly, as he plans to return to teaching next semester, his and other Howard professors\u2019 free speech rights remain threatened. To our knowledge, the unjust sanctions against Robinson remain in place, including the threat of termination for protected expression simply because someone may find it offensive. The letter from Susan Kruth, staff attorney for FIRE\u2019s Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project, is copied to the chair of Howard\u2019s board of trustees, its general counsel, provost and law school dean, as well as the Title IX investigator who investigated Robinson and Title IX coordinator: Howard\u2019s finding is at odds with the plain language of several written university policies and could chill professors\u2019 teaching of basic legal principles. As a result, it puts at risk both faculty rights and the sufficiency of law students\u2019 education. Though Howard is private, it has two written policies that on their face apply to Robinson\u2019s classroom conduct. One seems explicitly designed to encompass controversial legal subjects, from the Faculty Handbook, last updated 24 years ago: Faculty members are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects, but they should be careful not to introduce matter into their teaching that has no relation to their subjects. Another is less than a year old, directed to the entire community from President"}
{"prompt": "PC sales suffered a 14 percent drop in the first quarter, the largest drop for a single quarter in the 20 years that IDC has been tracking the data. Fingers immediately began pointing at Windows 8, but the new Microsoft OS isn\u2019t to blame\u2014at least not in the way you might think. Traditional PC sales are down. There's no arguing that. However, it\u2019s misguided to assume it\u2019s the result of a failure on the part of Windows 8. Rather, it's because the definition of \"PC\" is evolving. In addition, Windows 8 runs well on older hardware and was offered at", "forget": "a bargain price. That means there has been less incentive to buy a new PC, even for users who wanted Windows 8. Many who did purchase new hardware for Windows 8 chose a Surface Pro, another tablet, or a tablet-PC hybrid. This skews the data because analysts aren't tracking PCs and tablets as a unified market. Don't hate Windows 8 Windows 8 is a radical shift, but it also offers the comforts of Windows 7. Windows 8 is a dramatic shift from earlier versions of Windows. Its Modern interface was designed with touch-enabled gadgets in mind, and Windows 8 is an attempt to straddle the line between a traditional PC and a tablet. Microsoft melds the two, but in a Jekyll-Hyde, split-personality way that many users aren\u2019t comfortable with. Plus, of course, there\u2019s no Start button (gasp!). Yet, Windows 8's desktop mode is nearly identical to Windows 7, and you can easily simulate the Start button with a third-party add-on. As popular opinion seems to hold, millions of people using older, slower PCs were itching to buy a new one, but decided not to because the radical new Windows 8 turned them off. That's doubtful. If it\u2019s time for a new PC, you're going to get one, and that's separate from the decision to upgrade your OS. Windows 8 may be to blame for the perception that PC sales are declining, but not because people hate it. The problem lies in how PCs are sold and how the PC market is measured. In a nutshell, Windows 8 sales don't necessarily equate with PC sales. Blame Microsoft's great deal If new processor, graphics or networking technologies are introduced, you'll need new hardware to take advantage of them. You can upgrade your existing hardware incrementally, or buy a whole new PC that"}
{"prompt": "The Brooklyn Nets have a real shot of pulling off one of the biggest upsets in recent NBA history. The No. 8 seed hasn't just tied their series with the Atlanta Hawks at 2-2 because of a couple fluke victories. They've tied it by playing the East's best regular-season team to a draw through four games. The aggregated score in the series: Nets 394, Hawks 393. It's tempting to focus on the Hawks' problems. They've been far too good at their peak to be in a dogfight against a sub-.500 regular season team with the point differential of a 33-win", "forget": "club. Even if they win this series -- and they still have the edge thanks to home-court advantage -- they have shown major weaknesses that teams can exploit down the road. Yet, it wouldn't be fair to analyze what Atlanta is doing wrong without highlighting what Brooklyn is doing right. The Nets have slowed the Hawks' vaunted offense to a crawl and are slowly figuring out ways to attack Atlanta's pressure defense. They could have defeated the Hawks in Game 2, even with an average Deron Williams game, then they did hold off the Hawks' best offensive performance in Game 4 thanks to a vintage one. Why is a series that was so lopsided on paper tied? It's a combination of multiple factors. 1. Cutting off Kyle Korver Nets coach Lionel Hollins scoffed at reporters after the all-star shooting guard hit 5-of-11 from three-point range to lead the Hawks to a Game 1 victory. His implication: Korver wasn't important enough to change the game plan. \"How many shots did he take yesterday and how many did he miss? See, if he's that good, he'd make all of them.\" Hollins said. \"Everybody misses, man. He's a good shooter, I acknowledge that, we acknowledge that as a team, we game plan for him because he is a great shooter. But until he starts shooting 100 percent, we've got to play and be in position to help, and then recover, and close out. \"It's not like we're talking (Stephen) Curry. Korver, he's a great come-off-the-screen guy, he's great with moving without the ball, but he rarely puts the ball on the floor like Curry and shakes you up.\" But Hollins' actions speak much louder than his words, because the Nets have changed their game plan to make sure Korver doesn't get any clean"}
{"prompt": "What is going on in men\u2019s lifestyle media? One need only look at the recent shuttering of Details, a string of layoffs at GQ (disclosure: I used to work there) and the recent launch of Sweet, a Snapchat-only lifestyle publication from Hearst, to get a sense of the current state of affairs. We had a good run @detailsmag #ripdetails A photo posted by jonmroth (@jonmroth) on Nov 19, 2015 at 1:40pm PST Like the struggles Gap, J.Crew and Urban Outfitters are experiencing in the retail sector, menswear-focused sites find themselves caught in the middle between easily digestible platforms with more", "forget": "quantifiable ROIs for sponsors (sup, Instagram?) and an old media guard that is finally becoming hip to a long-underserved market. The New York Times now has a monthly section dedicated to men\u2019s style; the Wall Street Journal is covering niche men\u2019s trends like the current obsession with \u201890s skate style. New media platforms like Mashable, Business of Fashion and Quartz are seeing the advantages of covering men's style as well, with recent stories ranging from why square-toed shoes should be a federal offense to Helmut Lang\u2019s lasting influence on men\u2019s fashion. But with so many outlets now covering menswear, has it become a saturated market? The New Yorker\u2019s Joshua Rothman thinks so, even positing whether menswear has reached its peak. Brian Trunzo, cofounder of SoHo men\u2019s shop Carson Street, agrees. For one, he says the market\u2019s become inundated. \u201cWe feel the need to cover all of it, when in my mind, there\u2019s only so much worth covering,\" he tells Mashable. Brian Trunzo of Carson Street Clothiers in New York City photographed during New York Fashion Week: Men's. Image: Georgie Wileman/Getty Images Just three years ago the idea of straight men talking about clothes on the Internet was almost unthinkable. It was novel enough that The New York Times featured five men\u2019s style bloggers as examples of a \u201cnew breed.\u201d The \u201c#menswear\u201d subculture emerged around this time and took its name from the Tumblr hashtag, once curated by guys like Lawrence Schlossman, whose How to Talk to Girls at Parties Tumblr eclipsed the popularity of his service-oriented menswear blog, Sartorially Inclined. Having a select group of guys dictate what would populate on the hashtag resulted in the formation of a unique groupthink. #Menswear defined itself by its convergence of classic tailored clothing, a healthy love of rap music, and a unique"}
{"prompt": "{\"smallUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/0\\/0f\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-460px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\",\"bigUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/0\\/0f\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-760px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\",\"smallWidth\":460,\"smallHeight\":345,\"bigWidth\":760,\"bigHeight\":570} 1 Obtain the lasso in the single player game. There isn't a true method or action to hang someone per se, but to hang someone using this article's method, you will need the lasso. The lasso is a length of rope you can equip to hogtie victims, break in wild horses or subdue criminals. It is only available in the single-player game, and can only be unlocked during the quest \"Wild Horses, Tamed Passions\". Afterwards, you will be able to use it fully. There isn't a true method or action to hang someone, but to hang someone using this", "forget": "article's method, you will need the lasso. The lasso is a length of rope you can equip to hogtie victims, break in wild horses or subdue criminals. It is only available in the single-player game, and can only be unlocked during the quest \"Wild Horses, Tamed Passions\". Afterwards, you will be able to use it fully. {\"smallUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/d\\/d0\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-2-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-460px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-2-Version-2.jpg\",\"bigUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/d\\/d0\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-2-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-760px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-2-Version-2.jpg\",\"smallWidth\":460,\"smallHeight\":345,\"bigWidth\":760,\"bigHeight\":570} 2 Practice lassoing people in the world. Simply draw, aim and fire the lasso as you would a normal weapon. The reticule will point where the lasso will fire, and if you are close enough, it will lasso the target. Beware, however, the lasso does cause some damage to the target and therefore will count as assault if you are spotted by lawmen, in addition to any counts of kidnapping you will incur. Practice on criminals or gang members instead. {\"smallUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/5\\/5e\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-3-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-460px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-3-Version-2.jpg\",\"bigUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/5\\/5e\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-3-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-760px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-3-Version-2.jpg\",\"smallWidth\":460,\"smallHeight\":345,\"bigWidth\":760,\"bigHeight\":570} 3 Find a suitable area to hang someone. Unlike in real life, where a tree or gallows would be suitable, due to the game's mechanics, you will need to find a low bridge, cliff or balcony. There are several cliffs around the Red Dead Redemption world, although there are fewer Unlike in real life, where a tree or gallows would be suitable, due to the game's mechanics, you will need to find a low bridge, cliff or balcony. There are several cliffs around the Red Dead Redemption world, although there are fewer bridges . A good choice for one would be the bridge to the Tumbleweed gang hideout - it is low enough to hang people from and easily accessible. Balconies or ledges can be found in most towns. {\"smallUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/2\\/2a\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-4-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-460px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-4-Version-2.jpg\",\"bigUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/www.wikihow.com\\/images\\/thumb\\/2\\/2a\\/Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-4-Version-2.jpg\\/v4-760px-Hang-Someone-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-Step-4-Version-2.jpg\",\"smallWidth\":460,\"smallHeight\":345,\"bigWidth\":760,\"bigHeight\":570} 4 Get on your horse and find a victim to lasso. Ideally, they should be close to the area you have picked so that by the time you reach it, they haven't"}
{"prompt": "A Broward sheriff's deputy finds himself suspended without pay and facing a felony charge after being accused of shoplifting everyday household items from two WalMarts in Coral Springs, according to records obtained Friday by the Sun Sentinel. Surveillance video shows Deputy Dean Korenic, 46, shoplifting on seven occasions, investigators say. He was in uniform one of the times and drove away with his stolen goods in a marked patrol car three other times, records show. A 14-year veteran of the agency, Korenic was arrested Tuesday and spent a night in jail before posting $3,500 bond on a felony charge of", "forget": "scheme to defraud/obtain property under $20,000, records show. \"In review of the video ... the theft was apparent and intentional,\" an affidavit said. \"The thefts were committed both in and out of BSO uniform.\" Sheriff's officials would not provide the videos to the Sun Sentinel Friday. Korenic, of Margate, was suspended without pay Tuesday. He makes $72,735. Korenic was initially suspended with pay when he was first advised of the investigation on June 6. On the deputy's alleged shopping list: Cool Water cologne, Jergens lotion, papertowels, disposable razors, detergent, syrup, toothpaste, bar soap, a canister of Maxwell House coffee and a carton of eggs. Broward Sheriff's Office/Courtesy Deputy Dean Korenic. Deputy Dean Korenic. (Broward Sheriff's Office/Courtesy) (Broward Sheriff's Office/Courtesy) \"It's discouraging to see and read and hear about,\" Sheriff Scott Israel said. \"He disgraced the badge, but at this time I choose to focus on the men and women in our public corruption unit whose job it is to investigate deputies who don't do everything the right way. They got right to it, they investigated it thoroughly. We're not going to tolerate police misconduct and deputies committing illegal acts.\" Despite four voicemail messages left on Korenic's home and cellphones, he could not be reached for comment. It was unclear if he had an attorney. The police union generally doesn't provide lawyers for law enforcement charged with crimes not associated with their jobs. It's discouraging to see and read and hear about. He disgraced the badge. \u2014 Broward Sheriff Scott Israel Although each alleged theft was for minor amounts \u2014 $34.13 on May 13, $49.54 on May 27 and $7.27 on June 16 \u2014 all totaled the scheme adds up to a 3rd-degree felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison. The deputy had a system, according to an affidavit"}
{"prompt": "As you are certainly aware, the new consensus among most Republicans and conservatives is that they don\u2019t need no stinking Latinos (don\u2019t get huffy on me; this is OK, because it\u2019s a clever movie reference, and in any case it\u2019s aimed not at Latinos, but at stupid Republicans) and will soar to victory on the strength of the white vote. People like me have spent a lot of airtime and ink these past couple of weeks arguing over whether this can work. But what\u2019s interesting is this. There\u2019s an assumption embedded in the argument that no one disputes: namely, that", "forget": "whites will always be as conservative as they are now and will always vote Republican in the same numbers they do now. This assumption is wrong. White people\u2014yep, even working-class white people\u2014are going to get less conservative in coming years, so the Republicans\u2019 hopes of building a white-nationalist party will likely be dashed in the future even by white people themselves. We already know all about the creative-class white voters, the well-educated and higher-income people who have shifted dramatically to the Democratic column over the past generation. Those voters are increasingly lost to the GOP. True, Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama among college graduates (of all races) 51 percent to 47 percent, but Obama won going away among postgrads. Combine that with a Democratic lock on a huge chunk of a growing minority vote, and that\u2019s why the Democratic Party goes into presidential elections now with a massive presumed Electoral College advantage (in recent elections, Democratic candidates have regularly won states totaling 263 electoral votes, just seven shy of the magic number). Everyone knows and concedes all this. And everyone counters it by saying that the Republicans will just goose the less-educated white vote. As I noted above, everyone agrees that that vote is theirs for the goosing. But what if it isn\u2019t? Back in March, the Brookings Institution and the Public Religion Research Institute released a big poll on immigration. Those findings are interesting as far as they go, but the questions and results went beyond that. It\u2019s the first poll I\u2019ve seen that breaks the white working class into four distinct age groups (65-plus, 50 to 64, 30 to 49, 18 to 29) and asks respondents attitudes about a broad range of social issues. And guess what? White working-class millennials are fairly liberal! Click on the above link,"}
{"prompt": "Mexico City, Mexico - The UFC\u00ae announced today that UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez suffered a right knee injury during training and was forced to withdraw from his championship fight against No.1 contender Fabricio Werdum in Mexico City on November 15. As a result, No.4 heavyweight Mark Hunt (10-8-1 in professional MMA, fighting out of Auckland, New Zealand), who is coming off a walk-away knockout against the iron-chinned Roy Nelson in Tokyo in September (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGunUlEd50A), will face Werdum (18-5-1, fighting out of Los Angeles via Porto Alegre, Brazil) in the five-round main event for the interim UFC heavyweight title. \u201cI\u2019m", "forget": "so unbelievably disappointed that this happened,\u201d Velasquez said. \u201cTo say I was looking forward to fighting in Mexico for the first time is an understatement. I wanted to fight on that card so bad. Looks like it wasn\u2019t meant to be and it\u2019s not going to happen. I\u2019m going to get my [right] knee fixed and get back to training as soon as I can. I\u2019m sorry to the fans in Mexico who were expecting this fight, and I hope to be able to come down and still be a part of this historic event.\u201d For Werdum, it was never about Cain, it was always about the title. \u201cI\u2019m ready for whatever comes. I have been training in Mexico for nearly two months and accept the challenge that is presented to me. I'll continue to prepare and will arrive ready to fight on behalf of all my Latin American fans,\" said Werdum. Mark Hunt, never one to shy away from a big opportunity, wasted no time accepting a dream opportunity to fight for UFC gold. \u201cI feel blessed to have this opportunity to fight for another world title. This is something that doesn\u2019t happen often to people. First K1 and now UFC \u2013 how can I say no, even though it\u2019s on short notice? I\u2019m dropping everything and flying to Mexico tomorrow so I can best prepare myself for this fight. I have to get into shape and acclimatize to that environment, which is really important. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to lose when you\u2019re competing against the best at the top level,\u201d Hunt added. UFC 180: WERDUM vs. HUNT scheduled for November 15 at the Arena Mexico City, sold-out in only eight hours, and will welcome more than 20,000 fans. Along with the explosive main event, fans will also be treated to"}
{"prompt": "Every Thursday, NHL.com will look ahead to the 2016 NHL Draft with an in-depth profile on one of its top prospects. Forward Matthew Tkachuk didn't hesitate when asked what he felt stood out most about his U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame father, Keith Tkachuk , during his playing days. \"His leadership and competitiveness for sure,\" the younger Tkachuk said. \"He would have no problem whacking a guy, sticking up for a teammate or just being vocal. Throughout his career it seemed there was never a time he didn't have a letter on his jersey. \"I know [having a letter] doesn't", "forget": "mean everything, but he's just a great leader.\" The elder Tkachuk served as a captain or alternate captain in the NHL for 15 of his 18 seasons in the League, making his NHL debut with the Winnipeg Jets as a 19-year-old and being named captain of the team in his second full season in 1993-94. He was also a captain or an alternate on four different occasions while representing the United States in international competition. Matthew Tkachuk is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft. (Photo: London Knights) Matthew Tkachuk is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft. Matthew Tkachuk (6-foot-1, 195 pounds), who plays left wing, appears to be a chip off the old block. Tkachuk, a rookie with the London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League this season, is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 24, 2016. The St. Louis, Mo., native might even be drafted higher than dad, who was chosen No. 19 by the Jets in the 1990 draft. Tkachuk is an A-rated skater on NHL Central Scouting's September players to watch list. \"The two biggest aspects to becoming an NHL player are leadership and competitiveness,\" he said. \"You have to be liked by your teammates, have to be a good teammate and have to be the hardest worker. You want to have the will to win more than the other guy and ultimately it comes down to you. What will you do to get to the next level?\" Tkachuk is proving he'll do whatever it takes. His spirited play and dominating effort in front of the opposing net during the United States National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., in August left"}
{"prompt": "Hillary Clinton and her aides directed Platte River Networks to systematically alter, fabricate and forge emails to protect her communications from being \u201cexposed to anyone,\u201d according to documents obtained by True Pundit. The request was so unusual and complex that Denver-based Platte River IT executives, who maintained Clinton\u2019s private email server, had to turn to other IT gurus on a clandestine chat forum for a solution to try to satisfy their \u201cVIP\u201d client, as executives dubbed Clinton. Platte River computer specialist Paul Combetta turned to a web forum on computer coding to solicit help with Clinton\u2019s directive to forge her", "forget": "emails, according to documents. Writing under the seemingly-stealth screen name \u201cstonetear,\u201d Combetta asked reddit.com forum users in July 2014: \u201cHello all- I may be facing a very interesting situation where I need to strip out a VIP\u2019s (VERY VIP) email address from a bunch of archived email that I have both in a live Exchange mailbox, as well as a PST file. Basically, they don\u2019t want the VIP\u2019s email address exposed to anyone, and want to be able to either strip out or replace the email address in the to/from fields in all of the emails we want to send out. I am not sure if something like this is possible with PowerShell, or exporting all of the emails to MSG and doing find/replaces with a batch processing program of some sort. Does anyone have experience with something like this, and/or suggestions on how this might be accomplished?\u201d Combetta\u2019s online plea for guidance was met with limited resistance, as many users offered advice on how he could effectively alter the emails. One user, however warned him that he could be stepping into a legal mine field: \u201cTo my knowledge, there\u2019s no way to edit existing messages, that\u2019s a possibility for a (legal) discovery nightmare.\u201d True Pundit was able to trace the screen name \u201cstonetear\u201d directly to Combetta, as he has used it exclusively for social media and gaming accounts, as well as certain anonymous email accounts, according to our intelligence. Combetta never revealed his real name or company name in the communications but the IT specialist with no security clearance did divulge: \u201cI have full access to the server.\u201d These damning revelations comprise the first public intelligence pinpointed indicating that Platte River was directly requested to perform what can only be described as illegally altering Clinton\u2019s emails and related federal"}
{"prompt": "Snout-less 'hero dog' Kabang arrives at UC Davis ANIMALS Kabang, pictured here, had her snout and upper jaw sheared off when she leapt in front of a speeding motorcycle just before Christmas last year in an apparent attempt to save two little girls in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The dog, which has become a national hero and an international sensation, is being brought to UC Davis for reconstructive surgery. less Kabang, pictured here, had her snout and upper jaw sheared off when she leapt in front of a speeding motorcycle just before Christmas last year in an apparent attempt to save", "forget": "two little girls in Zamboanga City, ... more Photo: Anton Mari H. Lim, Courtesy Anton Lim Photo: Anton Mari H. Lim, Courtesy Anton Lim Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Snout-less 'hero dog' Kabang arrives at UC Davis 1 / 5 Back to Gallery A dog who became an international cause celebre after her snout was sliced off saving two young girls in the Philippines was examined by veterinarians Thursday at UC Davis, a milestone event in a remarkable humanitarian effort to help a canine heroine. The mixed-breed dog, named Kabang, became an unlikely star in the Philippines after she reportedly threw herself into the path of a speeding motorcycle just as it was about to hit two young girls crossing a roadway in Zamboanga City. The lunge, by all accounts, saved the lives of the daughter and niece of Kabang's owner, but cost the dog her snout and upper jaw, which was sheared off when she got tangled in the motorcycle's spokes. The gruesome injury puts her in grave danger of developing an infection. At minimum, the gaping wound must be closed, a delicate procedure that is beyond the capability of veterinarians in the Philippines. Kabang was brought to the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, at UC Davis, where a team of veterinarians looked over her wounds. \"We are pleased with what we discovered,\" said Frank Verstraete, one of the veterinary surgeons who conducted an hour-long exam Thursday that included blood and urine tests. \"We are confident we can improve her condition going forward.\" Verstraete and fellow surgeon Boaz Arzi said they anticipate that Kabang will need at least two surgeries over the next six weeks, one focusing on dental work and the other to close the gaping wound on her face. \"Contrary to some rumors"}
{"prompt": "If you're waiting for someone who has to drive in San Francisco, especially around the Moscone Center area, take a deep breath and get comfortable. A giant tech conference is in town and it's causing all sorts of detours and delays. Scott Budman reports. (Published Monday, Nov. 6, 2017) Codie the bear, Cloudy the ram, Appy and friends \u2014 despite the cute, fuzzy animal emojis adorning the giant blue Salesforce sign smack in the middle of Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco, Dreamforce is, for the uninitiated, serious business (aka the world\u2019s largest software conference). The annual tech event by", "forget": "cloud giant Salesforce typically brings in more than 100,000 people to San Francisco every year \u2014 170,000 people are expected to show up this year from all over the world over the course of the next three days shutting down streets, filling up hotels, and injecting millions of dollars into the local economy. One of the only negatives, especially for residents, is traffic. So if you\u2019re driving, bring extra patience. Eighteen years ago, Salesforce started in a small apartment in San Francisco. Today it is leasing the tallest, most expensive building in the city \u2014 the Salesforce Tower, a 1,070-ft-high skyscraper, the tallest on the West Coast. Salesforce also made news after it decided to close the pay gap for employees. The company\u2019s CEO, billionaire philanthropist Marc Benioff, spent $6 million to close the gender gap, and has promised to evaluate salaries on a regular basis. On Saturday, Benioff shared a video of a mountain lion walking outside his house in the Presidio. The timing of the mountain lion sighting presents an intriguing coincidence given that one of the designated \"Dreamojis,\" or emoji for Dreamforce, just so happens to be an apparent lynx or other member of the cat family known as \"Appy.\" Benioff used the hashtag #AppyDF while sharing his mountain lion encounter on social media. Every year, Salesforce brings in influential speakers \u2014 including women like Patricia Arquette and Jessica Alba \u2014 to reinforce the importance of women in the workplace. This year, former first lady, Michelle Obama, will be taking the stage Tuesday. However the event has requested no publicity or cameras from the media. On Monday, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher or @aplusk was part of the keynote which focused on \u201ctech innovations as a force for good.\u201d Other keynote speakers included Salesforce CEO Marc"}
{"prompt": "The Around the Horn panel weighs in on the NBA sending a memo to teams about appropriate social media behavior. (1:11) The NBA, citing concerns about provoking exchanges between players that could damage the league's reputation, issued a memo to all 30 franchises this week emphasizing rules prohibiting \"mocking and/or ridiculing\" opponents or officials by official team social media accounts. \"While we understand that the use of social media by teams, including during games, is an important part of our business, the inappropriate use of social media can damage the reputation of the NBA, its teams and its players,\" NBA", "forget": "deputy commissioner Mark Tatum wrote in the memo obtained by ESPN. \"Recently, social media postings (e.g., on Twitter) by some teams have crossed the line between appropriate and inappropriate. In addition to other concerns, such conduct by teams can result in 'Twitter wars' between players that can cause further reputational damage and subject players to discipline by the League. Editor's Picks McCollum, Parsons get involved in Twitter spat A social media feud was launched Jan. 27 between C.J. McCollum and Chandler Parsons over a video of Parsons shooting an air ball on a 3-point attempt. \"As a result, we want teams to be aware of the NBA's rules with respect to the use of social media by teams. As with in-game entertainment, teams are prohibited from mocking and/or ridiculing opponents (including teams, players, team personnel (including owners) and opponents' home cities) and game officials on social media in any form, including through statements, pictures or videos.\" The memo was issued in the wake of an exchange between Memphis Grizzlies small forward Chandler Parsons and Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum that started with the official Trail Blazers Twitter account posting a GIF of Parsons air-balling a 3-pointer during the Jan. 27 game between the teams. Parsons, who received maximum-contract offers from Portland and Memphis before choosing to go to the Grizzlies in free agency last summer, replied after the game: \"Good luck in the lottery show this year.\" McCollum quoted that tweet and added a snarky one-liner directed to Parsons, who has struggled while coming back from knee surgery this season: \"We hit the lottery by not signing you.\" Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons traded Twitter barbs with the Blazers' C.J. McCollum after a Jan. 27 game between the teams. Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images Parsons later laughed about the exchange"}
{"prompt": "Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has preached patience when it comes to DeAndre Yedlin's development. Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has stressed to FutbolMLS.com that the club will be handling the development of DeAndre Yedlin with care over the coming months. Yedlin, 21, sealed a \u00a32.5 million move to Tottenham in August following his impressive World Cup cameos, but remained with the Seattle Sounders for the rest of the MLS season as part of the agreement between the two sides. After helping his hometown club clinch the US Open Cup and Supporters\u2019 Shield titles, the US international made his permanent switch", "forget": "to north London last month, but is still to get close to a first-team appearance. Making just one 60-minute run out for the Under-21s so far, the promising right-back was allowed to join up with the US national team for their recent friendlies against Chile and Panama as a result, although his performances in both games came in for some criticism among fans and the media. Nevertheless, Pochettino remains a huge proponent of Yedlin\u2019s potential, having pushed to bring him over from Seattle this winter rather than next summer, but wants to give him some more time to adapt to life at White Hart Lane before throwing him into the first-team picture. \"We knew he was a player with great potential, who has already done interesting things in the MLS, and has even been in the last World Cup,\" the Argentine said. \"So we decided to advance his arrival time and start working with him for a bit. \"DeAndre is newly arrived in London and, like all young players, requires a process of adaptation, to learn a new way, to know a new culture,\" \"We have to go with it carefully, quietly, giving him precious time to settle both on and off the pitch and maybe, from there, to show his qualities.\u201d Having risen from the US college level to the Premier League in the space of just two seasons, Yedlin looks set for a bright future in the game considering his rapid progress, but it\u2019s also clear that he is far from the finished product. Perhaps still somewhat too raw for the English top-flight, Pochettino seems to be approaching his development in the right manner thus far and, given the former Southampton boss\u2019s track record in developing emerging talent, fans should rest assured that he is in good hands."}
{"prompt": "Hundreds gather at De la Guerra Plaze to cheer on alternative choice to Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump \u201cFor the first time in my life, I have someone I can stand behind as a presidential candidate,\u201d Texas resident Diane Boyd, 69, said at a Santa Barbara rally for Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein. With 31 days left until the Nov. 8 election, Stein brought her campaign to De la Guerra Plaza on Saturday morning, speaking in front of more than 200 supporters. During the rally, she promoted \u201cthe push for peace, justice and democracy.\u201d \u201cThe biggest wasted vote is the", "forget": "one that is thrown away voting for the political parties that have thrown us under the bus,\u201d Stein said. \u201cThe best use of our vote is an investment in the future and a real declaration of the power we have.\u201d Key issues in Stein\u2019s platform are college debt and making public higher education free, she said. The Harvard University graduate and physician said the 43 million people in student loan debt \u201chave one place to put their vote.\u201d \u201cMost people are struggling and they aren\u2019t recovering,\u201d Stein said. \u201cThere\u2019s only one candidate who will cancel that student debt and who will bail out the students like we bailed out Wall Street \u2014 the crooks who crashed the economy.\u201d Referring to that 43 million people, Stein said the bloc \u201cis enough to win a three-way presidential race and the numbers it takes to turn the election on its head.\u201d Stein also discussed the need for a \u201cGreen New Deal,\u201d the idea to create millions of jobs by making the transition to 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2030. She said there\u2019s a need to create 20 million livable wage jobs with clean renewable energy that will help restore ecosystems. \u201cIn doing this, we not only revive the economy, we turn the tide on climate change,\u201d she said. Enthusiastic fans applauded in support after her statements. Addressing her supporters at the rally, Stein advocated \u201chealth care as a human right, for everyone, through a health care-for-all system.\u201d Throughout her remarks, Stein referenced Republican candidate Donald Trump\u2019s position on immigration. \u201cWe don\u2019t need your frigging wall, we just need to stop invading other countries,\u201d she said. \u201cWe call for a welcoming path toward citizenship for the immigrants who have always been at the front of our economy and community.\u201d She also addressed the"}
{"prompt": "BIGBANG is one of those musical entities that transcends language. It\u2019s one of those rare groups that both innovates and defines the direction a genre takes. Covering a sound that includes hip hop, R&B and electronic dance, BIGBANG and its solo acts (G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Seungri and Daesung) have left a musical imprint that has affected the global music market. In fact, even Diplo, a household name in EDM, worked with G-Dragon and T.O.P for their rap album. So when the band announced its world tour to promote the release of its third full-length studio album MADE after a 3", "forget": "year hiatus, fans lost their minds \u2013 including myself. In fact, tickets for each of BIGBANG\u2019s North American legs sold out. As a result, I was lucky enough to witness this larger-than-life Korean pop group perform a couple Saturday nights ago on Oct. 10 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. As I waited in line to enter the venue with my friends, mobs of fans raved about BIGBANG's new tracks (and surprisingly, not everyone was Asian). Leading up to this particular leg of their North American tour, BIGBANG released 2 songs every month starting from May to August, resulting in 8 freshly minted tracks. After everyone pushed their way through security, a slew of fans rushed to the merchandise table hoping to get either apparel or light up accessories they could wave around during the concert. Being the broke boy I am, my friend and I instead made our way to our seats at the front of the upper level and waited for the BANG to make its appearance. (Floor admission was anywhere from $600 - $800.) In the hour leading up to BIGBANG\u2019s presence, a large screen played popular music videos from both the group as a whole and its solo acts. Though the pit was half full and other fans were sparsely scattered in the seated areas, fans emphatically cheered when their favorite idol appeared in a music video. Prudential Center wasn\u2019t even a quarter full yet. As the venue slowly flooded to capacity, the group finally made its appearance. Gradually, the lights dimmed while the sound of a motor revving filled the venue. Fans energetically waved their light-up flower accessories in anticipation and stood up. Almost immediately, the instrumentals to \u201cBANG BANG BANG\u201d blared through the speakers, and the 5 members walked out of the splitting"}
{"prompt": "Earlier this week, Red Bull announced that the 15-year-old from Mount Kisco would become part of its young driver programme \u2013 as it bids to get a full-time American back on the F1 grid for the first time in a decade. For Verhagen, whose successes in karts and the US Formula 1600 Championship brought him to the attention of Red Bull's Helmut Marko, news of the energy drink giant's interest came at the most unexpected of times. \"I was in school when he [Marko] first called, in maths class,\" Verhagen told Motorsport.com. \"Obviously, the number wasn't recognised as I'd never", "forget": "talked to him before. I let it ring, but then I was sitting in there and I was kind of thinking more and more 'OK, this obviously shows an area code which was Austria'. \"I'm sitting there and thinking... and then there is a voicemail now. So I ended up going to the bathroom and listening to it and hearing it was Dr. Marko. \"From that point, I called my father and had him take me out so that I could make a proper phone call to him back at the house. \"That was probably the most exciting phone call I've ever received before. The entire week after that was absolutely amazing for me.\" Verhagen's success in stepping up to single-seaters, which included nine wins last year in F1600, allied to Red Bull's backing to move him to Formula Renault 2.0 in 2017, means he could be American's next best hope of a full-time F1 driver. The United States has been without a full-time F1 racer since Scott Speed in 2007, although Alexander Rossi did five races in 2015. Verhagen admits is more determined to make the move to F1 than he is the local IndyCar category. \"The original goal from the beginning has always been Formula 1 for me,\" he said. \"I've enjoyed watching Formula 1, and IndyCar would have been satisfying for me, it's a really professional series, but everybody's ultimate goal has always been F1. \"That's the best of the best. I would have been happy with IndyCar but I'm just amazingly happy right now being in the position I am. To have a chance to get to F1 is an amazing feeling.\" Dutch links With a Dutch-born father, and now living in Holland to help with his 2017 season, Verhagen obviously is well aware of fellow"}
{"prompt": "Evols had the right idea: turn dinosaurs into dracos. 31st Duel Off, Local Tournament, 04/03/2017 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014- 1st Place: True Draco Kozmo \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place: Zefra Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place: True Draco DinosaurDuel Night #3, Local Tournament, 04/03/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place: Zefra Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place: True Draco KozmoToreca ga Ippai, Local Tournament, 04/02/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: Blue-EyesManga Warehouse Kagoshima Shop, Local Tournament, 04/02/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True Draco DinosaurLaccus Kashihara Shop, Local Tournament, 04/02/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True Draco WindwitchLaccus Yonezawa Shop, Local Tournament, 04/02/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True Draco Metal Kozmo2nd Orange CS, Domestic Tournament, 04/01/2017, 15 Teams (45 Players)\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player A: True Draco Windwitch\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player B: True", "forget": "Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player C: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player A: True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player B: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player C: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player A: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player B: True Draco Metal Kozmo\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player C: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player A: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player B: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player C: Demise True DracoCard Strike, Local Tournament, 03/31/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: ZoodiacToreca ga Ippai, Local Tournament, 03/31/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: Blue-EyesCard Strike, Local Tournament, 04/01/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True DracoLaccus Kashihara Shop, Local Tournament, 04/01/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True DracoCard Kingdom Tokushima Shop, Local Torunament, 04/01/2017, 5 Players\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True Draco Dinosaur1st Hobby Stage Okayama CS, Domestic Tournament, 04/01/2017, 10 Teams (30 Players)\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player A: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player B: True Draco Windwitch\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player C: Dinosaur Yang Zing\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player A: True Draco Windwitch\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player B: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player C: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player A: True Draco Windwitch\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player B: Invoked True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player C: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player A: True Draco Windwitch\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player B: True Draco Metal Kozmo\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player C: Demise True Draco1st Oyama Cup, Domestic Tournament, 04/01/2017, 20 Teams (60 Players)\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player A: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player B: Zoodiac\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place, Player C: True Draco Metal Kozmo\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player A: True Draco Metal Kozmo\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player B: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-2nd Place, Player C: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player A: Demise True Draco\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player B: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-3rd Place, Player C: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player A: Masked HERO\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player B: True Draco Dinosaur\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-4th Place, Player C: Demise True DracoToreca ga Ippai, Local Tournament, 03/29/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: Blue-EyesToreca ga Ippai, Local Tournament, 03/28/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True DracoToreca ga Ippai, Local Tournament, 03/27/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: True DracoToreca ga Ippai, Local Tournament, 03/26/2017\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-1st Place: Grass NoidCard Strike, Local Tournament,"}
{"prompt": "How about four supernovae for the price of one? Using the Hubble Space Telescope, Dr. Patrick Kelly of the University of California-Berkeley along with the GLASS (Grism Lens Amplified Survey from Space) and Hubble Frontier Fields teams, discovered a remote supernova lensed into four copies of itself by the powerful gravity of a foreground galaxy cluster. Dubbed SN Refsdal, the object was discovered in the rich galaxy cluster MACS J1149.6+2223 five billion light years from Earth in the constellation Leo. It\u2019s the first multiply-lensed supernova every discovered and one of nature\u2019s most exotic mirages. Gravitational lensing grew out of Einstein\u2019s", "forget": "Theory of Relativity wherein he predicted massive objects would bend and warp the fabric of spacetime. The more massive the object, the more severe the bending. We can picture this by imagining a child standing on a trampoline, her weight pressing a dimple into the fabric. Replace the child with a 200-pound adult and the surface of the trampoline sags even more. Similarly, the massive Sun creates a deep, but invisible dimple in the fabric of spacetime. The planets feel this \u2018curvature of space\u2019 and literally roll toward the Sun. Only their sideways motion or angular momentum keeps them from falling straight into the solar inferno. Curved space created by massive objects also bends light rays. Einstein predicted that light from a star passing near the Sun or other massive object would follow this invisible curved spacescape and be deflected from an otherwise straight path. In effect, the object acts as a lens, bending and refocusing the light from the distant source into either a brighter image or multiple and distorted images. Also known as the deflection of starlight, nowadays we call it gravitational lensing. Simulation of distorted spacetime around a massive galaxy cluster over time Turns out there are lots of these gravitational lenses out there in the form of massive clusters of galaxies. They contain regular matter as well as vast quantities of the still-mysterious dark matter that makes up 96% of the material stuff in the universe. Rich galaxy clusters act like telescopes \u2013 their enormous mass and powerful gravity magnify and intensify the light of galaxies billions of light years beyond, making visible what would otherwise never be seen. Let\u2019s return to SN Refsdal, named for Sjur Refsdal, a Norwegian astrophysicist who did early work in the field of gravitational lensing. A massive elliptical galaxy in"}
{"prompt": "Researchers are closer to understanding what animals need to regrow their body parts, after Australian scientists established the key role of the immune system in salamanders. Also known as Mexican walking fish, salamanders can regenerate their own limbs, tails, jaws, retina and heart. But the researchers found that if certain immune cells were blocked, the amphibians were unable to regrow limbs, though healing did occur. \"It means that we have turned this perfect process of regenerating a limb into a failure of the kind you would normally see in mammals,\" said lead researcher James Godwin, of Monash University's Australian Regenerative", "forget": "Medicine Institute. Published in the Pro-ceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today, the research explains the previously unknown role of immune cells, known as macrophages, in the amphibian's ability to regrow arms and legs. The results have implications for humans, who also have these immune cells \u2013 it could lead to ways to tweak the human immune system, putting it on a more regenerative path for both limbs and other body parts. In salamanders, the new tissue is scar-free. This has benefits for liver and heart disease, which are linked to fibrosis or scarring. \"Now we have a really good idea of what is required for perfect regeneration,\" Godwin said of his work with colleagues Nadia Rosenthal and Alexander Pinto. \"We have a smoking gun. If we can find out what they deliver to make regeneration occur, then we might be able to tweak the human wound-healing scenario.\" Godwin calls macrophages \"the guardian angels of the body\". The highly mobile immune cells can communicate with other cells and gobble up debris or harmful bacteria. They arrive at the wound site within six days of amputation. \"If the macrophages are not present in the early phases of healing, regeneration does not occur,\" he said. The researchers used \"poisoned lipids\" to block the immune cells in salamanders. With the immune cells disabled, the animal lost the ability to regrow limbs and instead the wound healed as an amputation would in humans. \"You get a limb stump with lots of scarring at the tip,\" Godwin said. \"It shows that those immune cells are required to be there to oversee and manage the early stages of wound resolution. If they're not there then the whole thing goes wrong.\" The goal is to make a drug that when applied to a wound would make"}
{"prompt": "Valentine\u2019s Day is quickly approaching, which means that men (and women) all over the U.S. are performing courtship rituals to woo a companion. But while we humans often have trouble figuring out the right moves to attract a potential mate, fruit flies have it down to a science. And incredibly, researchers can study fruit fly courtship to gain a better understanding of our own brains. The fruit fly courtship ritual has a set of specific steps. Image modified from The fruit fly courtship ritual has a set of specific steps. Image modified from Greenspan and Ferveur, 2000. In polite fruit", "forget": "fly society, males have the responsibility of wooing a female. The mating behavior is composed of several specific steps (see figure), which the males perform in repetition until the female responds (or until the male gives up trying). This courtship behavior is very well understood by researchers, due in part because the courtship ritual is so stereotyped and predictable. Courtship is a complex innate behavior, which means that all flies are born with the knowledge of how to do it. Successful mating means passing your genes on to the next generation, so the networks of neurons responsible for this behavior are critical for survival and therefore consistent among flies. This consistency provides a perfect system for studying how neurons interact to give rise to a behavior. Fly researchers have made great progress in unraveling the anatomy underlying courtship, and found that the behavior arises from the integration of multiple sensory cues, including smell (is the female releasing \u201ccome and get me\u201d pheromones?), vision (does the female look interested?), and touch (am I in the right spot?). The fruit fly brain has to combine all of this information to influence the fly\u2019s decision making. Should he start the next step of the courtship ritual, or try this one again? Can he approach the female and try to mate? \u201cBut who cares about fruit fly sex?\u201d you might ask. The fly researchers studying courtship aren\u2019t necessarily interested in exactly how flies get it on. They\u2019re more interested in a general understanding of how the brain integrates multiple sensory cues to influence decisions. The fact that the \u201ccourtship circuit\u201d is critical for survival suggests that it is also used by other important behaviors, and is shared by other species. Think about how much information needs to be integrated for you to hunt for"}
{"prompt": "The 2017 NBA offseason was perhaps the most intense and relentless summer in the league's history. Already in the midst of an era of star movement, a handful of big-name players switched teams again, and much of it happened with surrounding drama. But there was a method to the madness. Here's a look at everything you may have missed (or forgotten) in the offseason and what it may mean. 2017 was really about 2018 Transaction season truly started in February, when DeMarcus Cousins was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. Many of the star players who were moved in the", "forget": "following months had the same thing in common: They will or can be free agents in 2018. Other moves were about setting up cap space for 2018. Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images Cousins was in position to be traded as the Sacramento Kings tried to get out ahead of a possible contract impasse in 2018. The same situation played out with Paul George, who was traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Isaiah Thomas, who is headed for a potentially complex 2018 free agency because of a hip injury, was moved by the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers. It's even relevant for Chris Paul. He was involved in a blockbuster trade before he became a free agent and picked up a one-year option as part of his move to Houston. He will be a free agent next summer, too. Of course, LeBron James can be a free agent in 2018, as can Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook, if they choose. The Lakers have been most aggressive in clearing and protecting cap space for next summer. Before drafting Lonzo Ball, they sent D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov to Brooklyn for Brook Lopez, who comes off the books next summer. It's a safe bet they will be looking for ways to offload Luol Deng's contract as this season unfolds. Although there was more huge spending throughout the summer, the money dried up for some free agents. Lower cap projections for the future and concerns about luxury tax spending chilled the market a bit by mid-July as teams started thinking more about their 2018 books. Warriors win again One of the major reasons a handful of teams chose to focus more on 2018 is because the Warriors show no signs of slowing. They successfully navigated a bit"}
{"prompt": "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life, watched doctors and nurses walk away from a field hospital Friday night after a Belgian medical team evacuated the area, saying it was concerned about security. The decision left CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta as the only doctor at the hospital to get the patients through the night. CNN initially reported, based on conversations with some of the doctors, that the United Nations ordered the Belgian First Aid and Support Team to evacuate. However, Belgian Chief Coordinator Geert Gijs, a doctor who was at the hospital", "forget": "with 60 Belgian medical personnel, said it was his decision to pull the team out for the night. Gijs said he requested U.N. security personnel to staff the hospital overnight, but was told that peacekeepers would only be able to evacuate the team. He said it was a \"tough decision\" but that he accepted the U.N. offer to evacuate after a Canadian medical team, also at the hospital with Canadian security officers, left the site Friday afternoon. The Belgian team returned Saturday morning. Gijs said the United Nations has agreed to provide security for Saturday night. The team has requested the Belgian government to send its own troops for the field hospital, which Gijs expects to arrive late Sunday. Responding to the CNN report that Gupta was the only doctor left at the Port-au-Prince field hospital, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Saturday that the world body's mission in Haiti did not order any medical team to leave. If the team left, it was at the request of their own organization, he said. Edmond Mulet, the U.N. assistant secretary general for peacekeeping operations, told reporters later that local security officers deemed the makeshift hospital unsafe. \"It seems that we've heard some reports in the international media that the United Nations asked or forced some medical teams to not work any more in some clinic -- that is not true, that is completely untrue,\" Mulet said Saturday. CNN video from the scene Friday night shows the Belgian team packing up its supplies and leaving with an escort of blue-helmeted U.N. peacekeepers in marked trucks. View or add to CNN's database of missing persons in Haiti Gupta -- assisted by other CNN staffers, security personnel and at least one Haitian nurse who refused to leave -- assessed the needs of the 25 patients,"}
{"prompt": "The investigation into suspected collusion between US President Donald Trump and the Russian government has claimed its first three victims: one (Paul Manafort) for completely unconnected money laundering charges, and two (George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn) for lying to investigators about things which were not themselves criminal, and which are therefore crimes which would never have happened had there never been an investigation. To date, the evidence of direct collusion between Trump and the Russians is looking a little thin, to say the least. Now, into this maelstrom steps Guardian reporter Luke Harding with his book Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty", "forget": "Money, and How Russian Helped Donald Trump Win. Collusion spends over 300 pages insinuating that Trump is a long-standing agent of the Russian secret services, and hinting, without ever providing any firm evidence, that Trump and his team acted on orders from the Kremlin to subvert American democracy. I\u2019ll be honest, and admit that I picked this book up expecting it to be a series of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, and to be utterly unbalanced in its analysis, and in that sense I\u2019m not an unbiased reader. At the same time, I was interested to see if Harding had come up with anything that everybody else had not, and was willing to give him a chance. I needn\u2019t have bothered. For alas, my worst suspicions proved to be true, and then some. The first thing to note about Collusion is that most of it is padding. That is to say, that it consists mainly of a lot of digressions in which Harding describes people and events not directly related to the main story of collusion. Whenever a new character is introduced, you tend to get pages of background information, along with descriptions of various places they\u2019ve been to, things they\u2019ve done in the past, and so on. At the start of the book, for instance, Harding introduces Christopher Steele, who prepared an infamous dossier purportedly based on secret sources within the Kremlin, which made all sort of extreme accusations against Trump. We learn about Steele\u2019s parents, his childhood, his education, his career, and so on. Harding recounts how he met Steele. We learn about how they tried one caf\u00e9, then another, who drank what, etc, etc. This pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the book. There\u2019s a lot of padding. This padding makes Collusion an easy read, and"}
{"prompt": "The handy to-do list and task management app Astrid is shutting down. What's your favorite app for simple task reminders? Yahoo-owned Astrid was scheduled to shut down on Monday. (Photo11: Photodisc Getty Images) Story Highlights Yahoo acquired Astrid in May The Astrid service is scheduled to shut down on Monday Any.do is a handy replacement for simple task management SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Today's to-do list: Settle on a good replacer for Astrid, the handy Yahoo-acquired to-do list app that is slated to shut down today. Done and done. In the spirit of the handy little reminder and task management app,", "forget": "the Astrid team on Sunday night sent an email to users reminding us that the service is shutting down on Monday and will no longer be available. Astrid had about 4 million downloads before its purchase by Yahoo in May for an undisclosed sum. As of Sunday night, you could download any data you wanted to retain from the service at astrid.com/home/export. The folks at Astrid recommended several replacements \u2014 Wrike, Wunderlist, Sandglaz, and Any.do \u2014 though there are a truly exhausting number of to-do list apps available on multiple platforms. I didn't want to spend a ton of time checking out alternatives. After a quick search in Google Play, Apple's App Store and the web a few weeks ago, I settled on Any.do and it has filled nearly all of my simple requirements. It's simple to add a task reminder in Any.do and that is all I really want in a to-do list app \u2014 a way to quickly add tasks, prompts and lists to get me through my personal day and work day: Move the car! Edit these stories! Call this person back! Any.do, from an Israel-based startup, does all that in a very minimalist way, much like Astrid, which I'd latched onto as much for its cheeky prompts as ease of use. I liked that I could log in with my Google account and sync tasks across my devices \u2014 whether Android or iOS or via the web (like Astrid, there's also a Chrome browser extension for Any.do). You could use it to screen incoming calls or set up meeting reminders. Any.do does all of that too, although you must either create an account or log in via Facebook rather than Google. There is nice integration with my Gmail account with Any.do. Open an email and you"}
{"prompt": "North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. AP Images / Business Insider North Korea attempted to fire a missile Sunday, but it blew up within seconds. It happened one day after the anniversary of the country's founding. While North Korea's missile program may be the shadowiest on earth, it's possible that US cyber warriors were the reason for the failed launch. A recent New York Times report uncovered a secret operation to derail North Korea's nuclear-missile program that has been raging for at least three years. Essentially, the report attributes North Korea's high rate of failure with Russian-designed missiles to the", "forget": "US meddling in the country's missile software and networks. Although North Korea's missile infrastructure lacks the competence of Russia's, the Soviet-era missile on which North Korea based its missile had a 13% failure rate, and the North Korean version failed a whopping 88% of the time, according to the report. While the missile failure on Sunday could have just been due to poor workmanship, US Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland seemed to leave room for speculation about espionage, telling Fox News, \"We can't talk about secret intelligence and things that might have been done, covert operations, so I really have no comment.\" Vice President Mike Pence on Monday visited the demilitarized zone between the Koreas, saying that \"all options are on the table to achieve the objectives and ensure the stability of the people of this country,\" and that \"the era of strategic patience\" with North Korea \"is over.\" To those in the know, the campaign against North Korea came as no surprise. Ken Geers, a cybersecurity expert for Comodo with experience in the National Security Agency, told Business Insider that cyber operations like the one against North Korea were the norm. While the US hacking another country's missile program may be shocking to some, \"within military intelligence spaces, this is what they do,\" Geers said. \"If you think that war is possible with a given state, you're going to be trying to prepare the battle space for conflict. In the internet age, that means hacking.\" Reuters North Korea's internal networks are fiercely insulated and not connected to the internet, however, which poses a challenge for hackers in the US. But Geers said it was \"absolutely not the case\" that hacking requires computers connected to the internet. A recent report in The New Yorker on Russian hacking detailed one"}
{"prompt": "February 14, 2016 Comments (2) Smoking Meat Why Did We Write This Guide About Smokers? We have put this guide together to remove all the mystery and hype about smokers. There is a ton of information on smoking meats and vegetables on the internet. So much, in fact, that it is easy to slip into information overload. How is one to dig through the mountain of information to sift out the actual data you might need? Have no fear. We will give you tips, buying guides, detailed information, and more. This is the most up-to-date, comprehensive guide on smokers that", "forget": "you will find. Who Is This Guide For? This guide is for anyone who is thinking of getting a smoker. We\u2019ll help you find the best one for you. Whether you are contemplating buying your very first smoker, or maybe upgrading your existing unit, the information you will need is right here. We will give you basic information on how to smoke meats and vegetables, as well as descriptions of each type of smoker, and what they are best for. We will help you determine what smoker is right for you. We will take all of the guesswork out of selecting a smoker, setting it up, and enjoying the wonderful tastes and smells of real smoked food. Buying a Smoker: Our Infographics To make it easy for you, we\u2019ve created this image that summarizes our guide: Share The Infographics \u2013 Copy and Paste This Code! By: TastyMeat.net The Art Of Smoking Meat The process of smoking meat is so old that no one knows exactly when it started. We do know that it wasn\u2019t long after humans learned how to make fires and cook food that they discovered you could dry meat and fish near a fire to preserve it. At some point, someone obviously left a piece of fish, or meat too close to the fire, and instead of just drying it, it became smoked, and one of life\u2019s great pleasures was born. Every primitive culture that has ever existed has smoked meat. The ancient Carib tribes of the Caribbean went one step further, and invented a special smoking technique that led to the invention of barbecue: Barbacoa. It originated centuries ago in Barbados, a Caribbean island. The word \u201cbarbados\u201d comes from \u201cLos Barbadoes\u201d that means \u201cthe ones with beards\u201d. It was given by the Portuguese explorers that arrived"}
{"prompt": "DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water nuclear reactor and filled it with cement as required under a nuclear deal signed with world powers last year, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday, citing an informed Iranian source. A general view of the Arak heavy-water project, 190 km (120 miles) southwest of Tehran January 15, 2011. REUTERS/ISNA/Hamid Forootan/Files Any such move, reducing the plant\u2019s ability to produce plutonium, might signal imminent implementation of the nuclear deal and clear the way for Tehran to receive relief from economic sanctions. Separately, the European Union\u2019s foreign", "forget": "policy chief said that EU nuclear-related sanctions on Iran could be lifted soon. \u201cI can tell you that my expectation is that this day could come rather soon. The implementation of the agreements is proceeding well,\u201d Federica Mogherini said during a visit to Prague. The fate of the reactor in central Iran was one of the toughest sticking points in the long nuclear negotiations that led to an agreement in July between Iran and six world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under the deal\u2019s terms, Iran accepted that the Arak reactor would be reconfigured so it could not yield fissile plutonium usable in a nuclear bomb. China, the United States, France, Britain, Russia and Germany have agreed to participate in the redesign and the construction of the modernised reactor. The Islamic Republic has said that the 40-megawatt, heavy-water plant is aimed at producing isotopes for cancer and other medical treatments. It has denied that any of its nuclear activity is aimed at developing weapons. Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesperson for Iran\u2019s atomic energy agency, said in an interview with Iran\u2019s Etemad newspaper published on Monday that \u201cIran has met its commitments under the July nuclear agreement earlier than expected\u201d. \u201cImplementation of JCPOA will finish in the next 7 days,\u201d he added. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state television on Monday: \u201cWe are hopeful that the sanctions against Iran would be lifted in the next few days.\u201d U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said last week that \u201cwe are days away from implementation, if all goes well.\u201d Some oil traders said oil\u2019s deep slide so far this year, including its 6 percent slump on Monday, was being fuelled in part by signs that Iran might emerge from crushing sanctions sooner rather"}
{"prompt": "Practice brought to light in recent case out of Pierre; AG says it's not illegal Argus 911 police tile (Photo: Argus 911 / iStockphoto) Police in South Dakota are collecting urine samples from uncooperative suspects through the use of force and catheters, a procedure the state's top prosecutor says is legal but is criticized by others as unnecessarily invasive and a potential constitutional violation. The practice isn't new, according to attorneys, but it's been brought to light in a recent case in Pierre. An attorney for a man charged with felony drug ingestion is asking a judge to throw out", "forget": "evidence from an involuntary urine sample, saying it violated his client's constitutional rights. FOLLOW UP:S.D. chief justice says he can't address forced catheterization Dirk Landon Sparks was arrested March 14 after a report of a domestic disturbance. While in custody, officers with the Pierre Police Department observed Sparks fidgeting and his mood changing rapidly. A judge signed off on a search warrant for police to obtain blood or urine. After Sparks refused to cooperate, police transported him to Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, where he was strapped to a bed while a catheter was forced into his penis so that officers could obtain a urine sample. Sparks' urine tested positive for THC and methamphetamine. He was charged with obstruction, two counts of felony drug ingestion, and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. INVESTIGATION:Argus Leader coverage on Human Services Center Sparks' attorney, Jeremy Lund, declined to comment on the case. In a motion filed May 16 in Hughes County he argued the way in which police obtained the urine sample, through forced catheterization, was never authorized by the judge and violated his client's Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. \u201cSticking a needle in your arm is very intrusive \u2013 I can\u2019t imagine anything more intrusive than this,\u201d said Ryan Kolbeck, a Sioux Falls lawyer and president of the South Dakota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. It's unclear how widespread the practice of forced catheterization is in South Dakota. Attorney General Marty Jackley said in an interview that the practice is permitted with a signed court order under state law, and he cited several cases that supported the legality of the practice. The attorney general said law enforcement would prefer not to collect urine samples by force, but that ultimately it's up to suspects if they don't want to"}
{"prompt": "Political correctness is a pathological disorder. You can't say \"niggardly\" or \"black holes\" or \"chink in the armor\" without provoking protests or risking your job. You can't invoke the Constitution or call illegal behavior \"illegal\" without being accused of hatred. And now, you can't goof around at a high school basketball game in silly costumes without the world accusing you of \"racial insensitivity.\" Last week, thanks to hyperbolic grievance-mongers and irresponsible reporters, the students of Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, N.J., garnered international headlines and Internet infamy. \"Shocking moment students at Catholic school dressed as monkeys and a banana", "forget": "and taunted black basketball players ... and DIDN'T get punished,\" the U.K. Daily Mail blared last week. \"Students who taunted black players at New Jersey basketball game get warning, no punishment,\" USA Today decried. Bossip.com, \"the premier destination for African-American pop culture and entertainment,\" exclaimed: \"Really?!? White High School Students Taunt Black Basketball Team in Monkey and Banana Costumes.\" No, not really. If any of these media outlets had bothered breathing into paper bags before making abject fools of themselves, they might have actually committed journalism. Holy Spirit is a tight-knit community with a 50-year tradition of excellence in academics, sports and character education. I know more than a little about the school and its student body because I am a proud alumna of H.S.H.S. and have stayed in touch with many of its dedicated teachers and administrators over the years. Part of Holy Spirit's half-century legacy includes a storied athletic rivalry with nearby Atlantic City High School. The competition between the Holy Spirit Spartans and the Atlantic City Vikings has always been fierce but friendly. At a basketball game two weeks ago, Holy Spirit students decided to show their team spirit by recreating Arizona State University's famous \"Curtain of Distraction\" during their rivals' foul shots. Unlike the pot-stirrers who've turned an innocent prank into an international p.c. incident, Holy Spirit's senior class president Pat Shober was actually in the stands on Feb. 18 during the game. He donned a green ballerina tutu for the foul shot skits. Other students scrounged up a bumblebee suit, monkey pajamas, costumes for Dorothy from the \"Wizard of Oz,\" a jack-o'-lantern and a banana. \"The fan section was louder than it had been all season long, and the fans, of both sides I may add, were thoroughly amused and actually complimented many of us"}
{"prompt": "Berkeley College Republicans, or BCR, held a candlelight vigil for Kate Steinle on Thursday evening, garnering criticism from local activists. The vigil took place on the steps of Sproul Hall, where participants laid down flowers and candles in memory of Steinle, who was fatally shot in San Francisco in 2015. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who was initially charged in connection with Steinle\u2019s death, was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges Nov. 30. BCR held the vigil in light of Garcia Zarate\u2019s acquittal, according to BCR external vice president Naweed Tahmas. \u201cWe were appalled and disappointed by the decision not to", "forget": "charge (Garcia Zarate) with murder or, at the very least, manslaughter,\u201d Tahmas said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want her name or memory to be forgotten.\u201d BCR arranged candles to spell out Steinle\u2019s name and, according to Tahmas, organized a signed poster to send to the district attorney in the hopes that their condolences would reach the Steinle family. BCR organized the event without the family\u2019s coordination, although Tahmas said BCR had tried to reach out to them. About 20 people attended the vigil, which was met with both support and opposition from local activists. Raphael Kadaris, a member of Refuse Fascism, condemned BCR for politicizing Steinle\u2019s death. He and two other members of the group held banners to demonstrate their support of immigration. \u201cThese people don\u2019t care about Kate Steinle,\u201d Kadaris said. \u201cThey are using the tragic death of Kate Steinle to incite hatred and bigotry against immigrants.\u201d A crowd formed around Kadaris, whose banners accused Republicans of justifying \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d and called for an end to the Donald Trump-Mike Pence administration. Kadaris also initiated an argument with the Refuse Fascism protesters about fascism. Bay Area resident Jeanne Solnordal, who said she attended the vigil because of the \u201cunfair\u201d verdict, engaged with Kadaris in debate and said she found his presence \u201cdisrespectful.\u201d BCR member Chase Aplin said he believed that the jury\u2019s decision was an \u201cinjustice.\u201d Aplin said he also believed \u201cpolitical vindictiveness\u201d against Trump motivated the jury\u2019s decision to release Garcia Zarate. \u201cCertain deaths should be politicized,\u201d Aplin said. \u201cThis is a death that if the policies I support were in play, she would still be alive.\u201d Cal Berkeley Democrats president Caiden Nason briefly attended the event and expressed disapproval at the organization of the vigil, which he claimed \u201cpoliticized\u201d Steinle\u2019s death against her family\u2019s will. Nason alleged that BCR was"}
{"prompt": "ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) a four-phase plan for the removal of illegal slums in the capital. The plan will be executed with the help of Pakistan Rangers, Islamabad police and the district administration soon after Eidul Fitr. The plan requires the assistance of 700 employees of the CDA, 20 reserves of the police, one company of the Rangers besides assistant commissioners, magistrates and other officials. Illegal structures in the slums will be removed by 10 bulldozers, five excavators and five tractor trolleys. The civic agency will also deploy five", "forget": "fire vehicles and a similar number of ambulances during the operation. As many as 42 slums in different parts of Islamabad will be removed while allocating two-10 days for each katchi abadi. As part of the pre-operation activities, the civic agency proposed the disconnection of all the allied facilities of the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) and the CDA. Four-phase plan to remove 43 illegal katchi abadis in the capital to begin after Eidul Fitr The authority also proposed that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) should register FIRs against the slum dwellers for having illegal connections. For this, it also requires the support of the district administration and the police. Under the plan, the directorate of the municipal administration, CDA, will launch an awareness campaign in the illegal slums asking the dwellers to vacate the land. As part of the awareness campaign, notices and banners will be displayed at different locations. The special branch of the police will also be assigned the task of monitoring the katchi abadis before, during and after the operation. In the report, the city managers said the slums had been illegally constructed on the CDA land. The dwellers have also established illegal connections of utility outlets. The report claimed: \u201cmany crimes have been traced to the inhabitants of these abadis\u201d and the slums also provide \u2018hideouts\u2019 to criminals. In the phase-I to be launched soon after Eid, the civic agency proposed the removal of slums in the greenbelts of 1-10, H-10, H-11, I-12, Bari Imam katchi abadi, Mohalla Dari Bagh, Maskeen Colony and Shopper Colony in G-7. Phase-II included katchi abadis in Chak Shahzad, Dhoke Pattan, Khanna Pull Road, New Shakrial and Shams Colony. Phase-III is about slums of Bheka Syedan, Sumbol Karok, G-12, F-12, and some parts of E-12."}
{"prompt": "One of the first homes to get the Tesla Powerwall is running. It's part of a one-of-a-kind partnership between Green Mountain Power and Tesla on an energy-storage project. We first told you about it back in May. Here's a reminder of how the technology works. Large Tesla batteries are stationed outside and smaller ones are inside the homes of some Vermonters. During peak times of the day, when lots of people are using electricity, power is pulled from the batteries and sent across the state. GMP representatives say that means they won't need to turn on costly generators, which saves", "forget": "customers money. The battery inside someone's home also acts as an energy-efficient generator when the power goes out. It's already helped one Vermonter keep the lights on as our Alexandra Montgomery found out. \"The Powerwalls are over here,\" Andy McMahan said. \"This is it right here. There's two of them here, there's the back one and the front one.\" It's a modern piece of technology running inside a Vermont log home. McMahan is one of 102 Vermonters who have a Tesla Powerwall already up and running. I'm told 1,200 others are on a waiting list. \"I feel like a guinea pig, to a little point,\" McMahan said. \"But someone's got to do it, right?\" McMahan says just days after her Powerwalls were installed, a wind storm knocked out power for thousands of Vermonters, including her. \"This went on, went off, went on, went off and we're like, 'oh boy,'\" she said. McMahan says after a call to Tesla's customer service and a few flipped switches... \"Boom! All the lights came on and we were golden after that,\" she said. Despite the hiccup the first time around, she says the next time she lost power, she didn't even know. \"The seamlessness is just, you know, you don't have to go out and start a generator. It just-- it's quiet, doesn't use fuel, it's what it is-- it's powered by the sun,\" McMahan said. McMahan has solar panels to recharge her Powerwall after GMP pulls power during peak times. But GMP reps say she isn't left uncharged if a sunny day isn't in the forecast. \"We're always making sure we're always looking at things like the weather, make sure that in those cases we would be ensuring that the storage devices are fully charged and ready for the customer to use,\" GMP"}
{"prompt": "6 reasons there's no such thing as compassionate conservatism Paul Ryan is the latest Republican to feign concern for the less fortunate. Here's why it's always a sham The word is out that Republicans are attempting to rebrand themselves as compassionate conservatives (again). \u201cCompassionate conservatism\u201d is a term that typically comes up after Republicans have taken things to such an extreme that the country is revolted and tries to push them and their nasty ideology of greed and hate aside. George W. Bush famously resorted to using this term to campaign for president after Republicans disgraced themselves with anti-Clinton conspiracy", "forget": "theories, witch hunts and the unpopular impeachment. Of course, Bush is best known for Iraq and Katrina. And now we have a budget \u201cdeal,\u201d courtesy of Paul Ryan, that drops unemployment benefits for 1.3 million long-term unemployed. Earlier in the week, Senator Rand Paul said helping the unemployed does them a \u201cdisservice\u201d because it keeps them from getting jobs. Advertisement: Yet Paul Ryan still had the gall to claim the mantle of \"compassionate conservatism.\" Paul Ryan? That Paul Ryan? Compassionate? Last month, a Washington Post fluff piece titled, \u201cPaul Ryan, GOP\u2019s budget architect, sets his sights on fighting poverty and winning minds,\u201d portrays Ryan as trying to steer Republicans away from the angry Tea Party and toward a \u201cmore inclusive vision.\u201d Yes, the Paul Ryan of the infamous \"Ryan Budget,\" also called the \"Path to Prosperity\" and passed by House Republicans, that privatizes Medicare, repeals Wall Street regulation, wipes out student loans, repeals Obamacare, guts Social Security and dramatically reduces taxes for the wealthy and corporations. That Paul Ryan. Ryan \"has been quietly visiting inner-city neighborhoods \u2026 to talk to ex-convicts and recovering addicts about the means of their salvation.\u201d But Ryan and Republicans need some salvation of their own. Just one look at their ideology will tell you why. Ryan has said, \u201c[T]he reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand.\u201d Who is Ayn Rand, and what is the philosophy of this person Ryan calls a \u201cthinker? Ayn Rand\u2019s philosophy actually says it is not only bad for society, but morally wrong to help other people because it makes them \u201cdependent.\u201d Rand\u2019s philosophy says that altruism is evil, and that democracy (which they call \u201ccollectivism\u201d) is the ultimate expression of this evil because"}
{"prompt": "Fez II is no longer in active development, according to developer Polytron and its designer, Phil Fish. That\u2019s the word from Fish, who dropped his mic this weekend. \u201cFEZ II is cancelled,\u201d said Fish in a statement on Polytron\u2019s website. \"i am done.i take the money and i run. this is as much as i can stomach. this is isn\u2019t the result of any one thing, but the end of a long, bloody campaign. you win.\u201d For the record, I don\u2019t believe him, even though I\u2019ve \u201cconfirmed\u201d the news with Fish myself over email. I suspect we will, at some", "forget": "point, see (and play) the sequel to Fez, but this weekend\u2019s events provide an opportunity for Fish to leave the spotlight and protect his sanity from the world and, well, himself. Fish speaks too passionately about games to leave them behind. That isn\u2019t some subtle hint, either. It\u2019s my gut feeling. But how did we get here? It begins with the latest episode of Invisible Walls, a Game Trailers podcast, featuring a lengthy rant from Marcus Beer, a longtime member of the industry now commentating under the named \u201cAnnoyed Gamer.\u201d The podcast was discussing the recent turn of events regarding Xbox One self-publishing, and how both Fish and Braid designer Jonathan Blow used Twitter to criticize the press for running towards both of them for quotes about what was, then, still a rumor coming from Game Informer about the news. A rumor with some legitimacy? Sure, and while it eventually proved true, Blow was upset reporters were asking for commentary without more information (for example, the revenue share ratio) and Fish lamented the press seeking a quote before everything was confirmed. Fish's divisive nature is easy traffic. Cue Beer: \u201cBut, of course, the press, wanting to get reactions, they went to a couple of indie developers. In this case, Jonathan Blow and Phil Fish, because those guys are the self-styled kings of the indie genre. They\u2019ve been on Indie Game: The Movie, and they\u2019ll turn up and quote for anything and everyone. And Ms. Fish and Blow, or BlowFish as I\u2019m going to call the two them right, because while they may be moderately tasty, they\u2019re also kind of lethal. [They] decided to go bananas and bitch and moan to Game Informer, in particular about \u201cHow dare you, how dare you ask us questions about this story! I\u2019m sick of"}
{"prompt": "A hole in the border fence. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo/GAO) (CNSNews.com) - During a six-year stretch of the Obama presidency, people illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border cut 9,287 holes in the \u201cpedestrian\u201d fencing that currently covers only 354 miles of the 1,954-mile border, according to a report published by the Government Accountability Office. Only 654 miles of the 1,954-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border currently have any type of fencing, according to GAO. The other 1,300 miles of border have no fencing. Of the 654 miles of fencing, 354 miles consists of what the Department of Homeland Security calls \u201cpedestrian\u201d fencing.", "forget": "The other 300 miles is \u201cvehicle\u201d fencing. \u201cBorder fencing types,\u201d explains GAO, \u201cinclude pedestrian fencing, which is primarily intended to slow down and deter pedestrians from crossing the border, and vehicle fencing, which is intended to resist vehicles engaged in drug trafficking and alien smuggling operations and is typically used in rural or isolated locations that have a low occurrence of illegal pedestrian traffic.\u201d The report notes that the 300 miles in \u201cvehicle\u201d fencing on the border is not designed to stop smugglers and other illegal crossers from entering the U.S. on foot. \u201cAlthough Tucson sector officials stated vehicle fencing has been effective in slowing and prohibiting drive throughs,\u201d says the GAO report, \u201cvehicle fencing is not designed to slow or deter illegal entrants from entering or smuggling contraband into the United States on foot.\u201d 37 miles of the 354 miles of \u201cpedestrian\u201d border fencing is backed up by a layer of secondary fencing, according to GAO. Another 14 miles of that is backed up by tertiary fencing. A hole in the border fence. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo/GAO) The GAO report noted that it is common for \u201cillegal entrants\u201d to cut holes in the existing border fences so they can enter the United States. \u201cAgents we spoke with in the El Paso and Tucson sectors explained that one of the most common methods employed by illegal entrants involves cutting openings, or breaches, in pedestrian and vehicle fencing,\u201d says GAO. \u201cOnce breached, illegal entrants can cross through the fence or smuggle people and contraband into the United States. In six years during the Obama administration, \u201cillegal entrants\u201d cut 9,287 holes in the pedestrian fencing along the border. \u201cBetween fiscal years 2010 and 2015, CBP recorded a total of 9,287 breaches in pedestrian fencing,\u201d says the report. \u201cAccording to our"}
{"prompt": "After the most unprecedented denigration of a presidential candidate in US history, the worst may be yet to come, beginning Friday with Trump\u0092s inauguration as America\u0092s 45th president. Pro-Hillary dark forces call him illegitimate. Media scoundrels beat on him relentlessly. Whatever he does or says or doesn\u0092t do or doesn\u0092t say is criticized. Nothing in memory resembles what\u0092s gone on since mid-2015. The problem isn\u0092t Trump. It\u0092s America\u0092s debauched system - fantasy democracy, not the real thing. Leaders like Obama govern by the script handed them, doing the bidding of powerful dark forces running the country. Trump\u0092s anti-establishment sounding rhetoric", "forget": "scares them, especially talk of getting along with Vladimir Putin - anathema in neocon infested Washington. Days before his inauguration, a disgraceful Huffington Post article contemptuously headlined \u0093Hillary Clinton is the Legitimate President,\u0094 saying: \u0093The evidence is clear. Hillary Clinton is the rightful president-elect, and courts must use the broad discretionary powers with which they are vested to enjoin an illegitimate president from taking office.\u0094 Shocking stuff, here in America, not in some faraway tinpot dictatorship. The evidence is very clear. Trump won convincingly. Hillary lost whining, whimpering, simpering and groaning, believing it was her turn as a woman to claim the nation\u0092s highest office. Her defeat let humanity dodge a possible nuclear bullet. Huffpo saying US courts should intervene on her behalf is seditious or treasonous - despicably promoting coup d\u0092etat action to prevent an elected US president from taking office. Huffpo: \u0093Every major intelligence agency in the country has reached the same conclusion: Russian hackers engaged in cyber attacks with the express purpose of helping Donald Trump win the election.\u0094 \u0093They operated at the directive of Russian President Vladimir Putin, apparently motivated by his hatred for Clinton.\u0094 Fact: This is what passes for mainstream news and information - utter rubbish, knowing, or should know, not a shred of evidence suggests Russian US election hacking. The whole dirty story was fabricated - a disgraceful scheme to delegitimize Trump and prevent normalizing ties with Russia. Promoting the notion of Hillary as America\u0092s legitimate president is scandalous, stuff commonplace in banana republics or despotic monarchies. It\u0092ll likely continue after Trump enters office - instead of focusing solely on how he governs, judging him by what he does or doesn\u0092t do for good or ill. A rough ride awaits him. Fidel Castro\u0092s advice to Hugo Chavez before his death applies to Trump,"}
{"prompt": "SAN FRANCISCO (CN) \u2013 Oakland police beat a war veteran so badly they ruptured his spleen, then sent him to a jail where \u201cmedical personnel mocked and ignored his pleas for help,\u201d the man claims in court. Kayvan Sabeghi sued Oakland and three police officers \u2013 Marcell Patterson, Sgt. Patrick Gonzalez, and Frank (last name unknown) \u2013 in Federal Court. Sabeghi claims the police beat him as he walked home alone after participating in an Occupy Oakland protest. \u201cThese wrongs occurred in the wee hour of Nov. 3, 2011, during political demonstrations initiated by the Occupy Oakland movement,\u201d the complaint", "forget": "states. \u201cMr. Sabeghi had participated in the protect activity, gone out to dinner and was making his way home when he encountered a police line blocking his path. When Mr. Sabeghi, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, questioned and verbally criticized the officers\u2019 actions, defendant Officer Frank Uu and other Oakland Police officers brutally beat and arrested him in retaliation for his exercise of his First Amendment rights. \u201cOfficer Uu and other officers beat plaintiff so viciously that they ruptured his splenic vein, causing severe pain and internal bleeding. Rather than summoning medical attention or taking plaintiff to the hospital, the Oakland Police officers proceeded to detain him at various locations near City Hall for some hours, and then transferred him to the Alameda County Jail, in further unlawful punishment for his First Amendment expression. Police officers, jailers and jail medical personnel mocked and ignored his pleas for help. Plaintiff was not taken to a hospital until approximately 18 hours after the beating. He had been bleeding internally the entire time and was in dire condition necessitating immediate emergency surgery.\u201d Sabeghi says the officers confronted him after her stopped at a newsstand near his home. \u201cPlaintiff asked to be allowed to pass, but the officers refused. Plaintiff was upset by this arbitrariness and began verbally arguing with the officers and criticizing the police. The police line began to move slowly forward \u2026 and two Doe officers jabbed plaintiff repeatedly with wooden clubs. Plaintiff retreated backward at a pace with the police. At no time did plaintiff present a physical threat to the police. \u201cSuddenly, defendant Uu came through the police line and confronted plaintiff, cursing at him, and then struck him repeatedly with a club, driving him towards the west sidewalk in front of the police line. Although plaintiff"}
{"prompt": "The Role of ICE Detainers Under Bush and Obama Over the years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, often called \"immigration holds,\" were thought to be a primary tool that ICE needed to apprehend the suspects it was seeking to deport. However, as data has emerged tracing ICE's actual use of detainers , whether they ever played such a necessary or primary role has been called into question. This report extends the body of evidence now available and documents how surprisingly low the number of individuals deported as a result of the use of detainers actually appears to have been.", "forget": "Large-scale use of ICE detainers is a relatively recent phenomenon. Detainers were infrequently used during the first five and half years of former President George W. Bush's Administration. However, during the last two years under Bush, detainer usage increased rapidly and continued to grow when President Barack Obama assumed office. Examining what detainers actually achieved and did not achieve during the Obama and Bush years is important because under the Trump Administration's recent flurry of immigration executive orders it appears that the use of detainers is likely to surge . It also should be observed that very recent changes in the agency's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policies indicate that transparency about this and other ICE activities has been sharply reduced. The data indicate that the growth in the use of detainers under Bush and Obama was surprisingly short lived. The preparation of ICE detainers peaked in August 2011 when 27,755 were recorded. And the number of these detainers that were followed by ICE taking the individual into custody peaked even earlier, during March 2010. In that month 16,713 of the detainers, according to ICE records, were followed by the individual being taken into custody. This peak in March of 2010 was barely a year after President Obama assumed office. Detainer usage fell off after this. Just because a person was taken into ICE custody also didn't automatically mean the individual was ordered deported and removed from the country. Newly available government records suggest that a surprisingly small proportion of those taken into custody ultimately were deported. Figure 1 compares detainer-connected removals to the volume of detainers issued. Note that actual removals are relatively few as compared with the number of ICE detainers. Figure 1. Comparing ICE Detainers to Detainer-Connected Removals Figure 1. Comparing ICE Detainers to Detainer-Connected Removals These"}
{"prompt": "LAGUNA NIGUEL \u2013 Local and federal law enforcement authorities descended on a house in Laguna Niguel Thursday morning to investigate two men suspected as traffickers in counterfeit hair straighteners, which if poorly made can pose significant safety hazards to consumers, including burning and electrocution. About 10 investigators with the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office and special ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents combed through the garage and the single-story house in the 29500 block of Pelican Way near Niguel Road and Alicia Parkway. The home is owned by Seyed Rafizadeh, according to property records. Twin brothers Mohsen and Hosein Rafizadeh, 24,", "forget": "live in the home, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant that was signed March 19 by Shawn Porter, an investigator with the D.A.\u2019s Major Fraud Unit. In addition to the Laguna Niguel property, investigators also searched a home and car in Aliso Viejo owned by Masoud \u201cAlex\u201d Ahmadpourbahnamiri in connection with the case, along with a PayPal account registered to the email address lagunadeals@gmail.com, according to the affidavit. Investigators believe Ahmadpourbahnamiri is an employee of the Rafizadeh brothers. The focus of the probe is a business that operates under the name Briskdeals.com, which is owned by the Rafizadeh brothers and is linked to numerous international parcel shipments from China, including one shipment that was seized in July by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and determined to be counterfeit, according to the affidavit. Mohsen Rafizadeh said Thursday afternoon that he thinks the raid was a misunderstanding. He said he imports some goods from China, such as iPad accessories and folding camping knives, and purchased goods at the International Consumer Electronics Show and from government liquidation websites. He said U.S. Customs officials have examined his products from China to make sure they\u2019re not counterfeit. Mohsen Rafizaden also said his brother had just come from being in Iran for six months, and investigators \u201cthought he was doing something with the government\u201d and asked him if he was bringing money into the country. The UCI electrical engineering graduate student said the raid gave his mother an anxiety attack and law enforcement authorities called an ambulance to take her to the hospital. \u201cThey attacked the house like they thought we had guns, like we\u2019re a gang or gun-running or something,\u201d he said. He said Briskdeals.com is a daily deals site. As of Thursday afternoon, the site primarily offered SilverCut folding knives"}
{"prompt": "Dec. 23 was original deadline for enrolling on exchange to ensure coverage beginning Jan. 1. Susan Rider, an insurance broker in Indianapolis, says the wait time have improved but glitches remain on HealthCare.gov. (Photo11: By Karl Ahlrichs) Story Highlights High demand, multiple time zones prompted extension through Christmas Eve, HHS says More than 1 million visited the site over the weekend; 200,000 phoned the call center Obama signed up for a bronze plan over the weekend... that is, his staff signed him up. More than 1 million visitors logged into HealthCare.gov by late Monday, racing to meet the administration's new", "forget": "midnight, Christmas Eve deadline to enroll in health insurance. Officials pushed back the Dec. 23 deadline by a day, acknowledging the site was still having problems signing people up. Earlier Monday, more than 60,000 people hit the landing page when it was too busy to accommodate them and left an email address so they could be alerted when the site wasn't busy, said Julie Bataille, spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Enrollment for plans under the Affordable Care Act is falling far below expectations, especially on the troubled federal website that is handling insurance sales for 36 states. But actual numbers won't be available until mid-February. The Congressional Budget Office projected 7 million people would sign up on the state and federal exchange by the end of 2014. The deadline for Jan. 1 coverage was Monday, but because of high demand and to ensure everyone who attempts to sign up can, Bataille announced people would be able to enroll Dec. 24, as well. \"If you want insurance starting Jan. 1, you should sign up today,\" she said Monday. \"But if you have trouble due to high demand, we will make sure we help you get signed up. \"Anticipating high demand and the fact that consumers may be enrolling from multiple time zones, we have taken steps to make sure that those who select a plan through tomorrow will get coverage for Jan. 1,\" she said. The move was \"too little too late,\" for the 70,000 insurance brokers racing to sign up clients for insurance on the exchange, said Jessica Waltman, the top lobbyist for the National Association of Health Underwriters. In Indianapolis, broker Susan Rider said wait times were down but glitches remained Monday, including challenges signing up consumers who were eligible for subsidies. Angel Rivera (L)"}
{"prompt": "Get the biggest daily stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email Pupils are still taught in Shakespeare\u2019s historic 587-year-old half-timbered former classroom today. But if a \u00a31million Heritage Lottery Fund bid is successful, one of the finest surviving old schoolrooms in Britain could become open to the public for the first time. Bennet Carr, headmaster of King Edward VI Grammar School (KES), Stratford-upon-Avon, said: \u201cIt became William Shakespeare's classroom when he was educated in the 1570s. \u201cJohn Shakespeare, William\u2019s father, was appointed Bailiff, or Mayor in 1568,", "forget": "and had the right for his son to attend the school free of charge. There would have been 40-60 boys in the one class. \u201cIt is where Shakespeare would have been taught Latin, rhetoric and Greek and was most likely to have experienced theatre for the first time, as 30 troupes came out of London. \u201cWe would like to restore the building and open it up for the first time. \u201cWe would continue to teach until mid-morning and open the classroom in the afternoons, weekends and holidays. It\u2019s the first time it will ever have been opened. It\u2019s an absolute gem.\u201d The simple timber-framed medieval classroom is on the second floor of The Guild Hall in Church Street and has not changed since Shakespeare\u2019s day. The ground floor was used as a library until last year. School archivist Richard Pearson said: \u201cThe Guild Hall has the first authorised painting of the Tudor Rose dating back from 1493.\u201d Mr Carr said restoration work which needs to take place includes a new roof, new timbers and stone preservation work. He said: \u201cThe ground floor of the Guild Hall was created in 1420 and the top floor added in 1427. \u201cIt was the civic heart of Stratford-upon-Avon pre-Reformation. The last time it was restored was in the 1890s. It\u2019s virtually unique for a Guild Hall and needs to be preserved. It\u2019s had hundreds of boys going in-and-out. \u201cFor local people who have never been in it to see where Shakespeare was taught, it\u2019s really exciting. Everyone comes to Straford once \u2013 now there would be another reason to come down. It has the wow factor.\u201d The Guild Hall lottery bid will be submitted later this month as Stratford-upon-Avon gets ready for Shakespeare\u2019s 450th birthday celebrations and the school will find out if it"}
{"prompt": "CC Saad Akhtar (CC BY 2.0)\u200b Vandaag brengen we op onze website een dossier over detachering \u2013 het tijdelijk tewerkstellen van EU-burgers uit een lidstaat in een andere lidstaat, waarbij ze hun sociale zekerheid in hun land van herkomst kunnen blijven regelen. Een aantal zaken valt op. Ten eerste blijkt detachering sterk toegenomen. Recent onderzoek van het HIVA van de KU-Leuven leert dat het aantal gedetacheerden op tien jaar tijd verdrievoudigd is van 80.000 naar 210.000. In de bouw steeg het aantal gedetacheerden van 45.300 naar 130.000 (terwijl de tewerkstelling voor Belgen met 16.000 eenheden daalde). Ten tweede is het", "forget": "opmerkelijk dat er tussen 2011 en 2015 \u2013 de nadagen van de financi\u00eble crisis met nog behoorlijk wat werklozen - in ons land meer banen zijn geschapen voor gedetacheerden dan voor Belgen: 65.000 Belgen kregen een nieuwe baan als loontrekkende of zelfstandige, tegen 87.000 gedetacheerden, vooral uit Oost-en Centraal-Europa. Daarmee willen we niet beweren dat alle gedetacheerden werk van Belgen hebben ingenomen, maar denken dat geen enkele van die 87.000 jobs voor gedetacheerden door Belgen zou zijn ingenomen, is evenmin realistisch. Ten derde viel ons op dat de ergernis in een sector als de bouw groeit. Zeker bij grote bedrijven worden Belgen stelselmatig vervangen door buitenlanders. Belgen krijgen boudweg te horen dat ze te duur zijn. Dat zet kwaad bloed. Sommigen voorspellen nog meer Brexits als het zo doorgaat, anderen stemmen op het Front National . \u2018Op sommige werven ken ik amper nog iemand\u2019, vertelt een Belg die op economische werkloosheid staat en nog een week per maand mag komen werken. Het spreekt voor zich dat vakbonden invloed verliezen als er op de werven amper nog iemand werkt die bij hen is aangesloten. \u2018Gedetacheerden gooien onze pamfletten weg\u2019, vertelt Wim Baeyens van ACV Bouw. Ten vierde is het zo dat de stap naar fraude in die omstandigheden snel gezet is. Als Polen, Roemenen of Portugezen blij zijn met lagere lonen, is het moeilijk om overtredingen te controleren. De controle op de fraude is de voorbije jaren versterkt, maar de nochtans zeer gedreven rechters en sociale inspecteurs zeggen unisono: \u2018Wij gaan dit probleem niet oplossen. De politiek heeft het probleem geschapen, hij moet het ook oplossen.\u2019 Gevolg is dat fraude ruim verspreid blijft. In het onlangs gesloten slachthuis van Tielt \u2013 om redenen van dierenmishandeling - werkten werknemers die aangeleverd werden door liefst twintig verschillende \u201cuitzendkantoren\u201d \u2013 \u201cbedrijven\u201d gevestigd in gezinswoningen,"}
{"prompt": "Kuala Lumpur - Sitting in a court library surrounded by Islamic law books, Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin is polite and softly spoken as she describes the rigours of her job. When I'm on the bench, I'm not a woman, I'm not a man. I'm a judge. Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin, Syariah High Court judge One day she could be sentencing an offender to be caned for breaking Islamic law, the next could see her giving a man permission to take a second wife. Islamic law enforcers are not often credited with being feminist pioneers, but Judge Nenney fits both those", "forget": "descriptions. She made history in Malaysia last year when she was appointed one of the first two female Syariah High Court judges in this Muslim-majority nation. \"Syariah\" is the Malay spelling for the Arabic word \"sharia\", meaning Islamic law. And the 42-year-old mother of three doesn't shy away from imposing the harshest punishments prescribed by Islamic law. \"When I'm on the bench, I'm not a woman, I'm not a man. I'm a judge,\" she says. \"I need to deal with the case fair and firm, to follow the law, no bias.\" In Malaysia, more women are pursuing careers in the Islamic justice system, from judges and lawyers to court mediators. Under Malaysia's two-tier court system, Islamic law courts deal with family and morality cases involving Muslims, such as consuming alcohol, gambling and polygamy, while secular courts hear criminal and many civil cases. Malaysia appointed its first two female Syariah judges in 2010. Now, 27 of the country's 160 Islamic court judges are women. Rising female judges \"Personally, I think it's not a question of gender,\" says Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, the former chief judge in the state of Selangor who oversaw the appointment of Judge Nenney and her colleague. \"We are looking for the best people to administer justice.\" We feel that it's extremely important for the courts to have a balance in terms of gender because a lot of the issues involve women. Shareena Sheriff, Sisters in Islam group Other countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan and Sudan also have female Islamic law judges, however, some religious scholars argue that Islamic law does not allow women to hold the position. Malaysia's national religious authorities issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that women could be Syariah judges in 2006. But the country's top Islamic court judge and director-general of the national Syariah"}
{"prompt": "This November, San Franciscans will likely be asked to vote on a measure criminalizing circumcision and imposing thousand-dollar fines and even jail time for violators. With petitions for ballot initiatives due in April, the Committee Opposing Forced Male Circumcision expects to have well over the 7,168 signatures that it needs to get on the ballot. Thus the Bay Area, already a hotbed of anti-circumcision activism, is about to become roiled in a debate over foreskins. \u201cOnce we qualify for the ballot, I\u2019m hoping we can enlist people from across the world to come to San Francisco and help us do", "forget": "the legwork,\u201d says Tina Kimmel, one of the activists behind the initiative. Even if they lose, they\u2019re relishing the attention. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful that we\u2019re getting so much press,\u201d she says. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity.\u201d In a way, it\u2019s odd that San Francisco, of all places, would be the site of such a challenge to multiculturalism. Male circumcision, after all, is a hugely significant rite in both Judaism and Islam\u2014indeed, one salutary result of San Francisco\u2019s ballot initiative is the way it has momentarily united Jews and Muslims in their opposition. But while the removal of the foreskin has long signaled a Jewish boy\u2019s entry into the community, for circumcision opponents, it signals the intolerable toll that custom and clan take on the individual. A complex debate about individual versus community rights hinges on that single primal cut. That complexity, though, is often eclipsed by hysteria. Anti-circumcision activists\u2014or \u201cintactivists,\u201d as they rather cringingly call themselves\u2014are a lot like Free Mumia people. They have a point, but their self-righteous intensity does little for the credibility of their cause. They regularly compare male circumcision to the clitoridectomies performed on girls in parts of Africa. Male and female circumcision are \u201chands down exactly the same thing,\u201d says Georganne Chapin, executive director of Intact America. Marilyn Milos, founder of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, compares a boy\u2019s dawning realization of his foreskinless state to a girl whose parents tell her that \u201cone in eight girls is going to develop breast cancer, so we decided to cut yours off.\u201d Kimmel insists that circumcision is on the way out, just as \u201cstoning adulteresses to death has gone by the wayside as people become enlightened.\u201d There\u2019s something at once poignant and unsettling about the amount of pain and rage men in the"}
{"prompt": "On Sunday, former US ambassador to the UN and recent Trump deputy secretary of state appointee, John Bolton, challenged the primary intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government, arguing that reports of Russian hacking during the presidential election may not be what they seem. In an interview with Fox News\u2019 Eric Shawn, the former ambassador used the phrase \u201cfalse flag operation\u201d in reference to the CIA\u2019s purported assessment which concluded that Russia deliberately interfered with this year\u2019s US election to help Donald Trump secure the White House. Suggesting that the Obama administration\u2019s lack of transparency makes it impossible to definitively", "forget": "conclude that the Russians were behind the hacking of US political parties, Bolton, who was reportedly appointed as Trump\u2019s deputy secretary of state (the second highest position at the State Department), appeared to break away from his characteristically national security-first philosophy to assert a theory about foul play at the highest levels of government, \u201cIt is not at all clear to me, just viewing this from the outside, that this hacking into the DNC and the RNC was not a false flag operation,\u201d he told Fox News. When asked to explain what he meant by the highly suggestive phrase \u201cfalse flag,\u201d Bolton gave a hazy answer. \u201cWe just don\u2019t know,\u201d stated Bolton, refusing to say whether the US government was purposely misleading the public, or worse, had a hand in the \u201cfalse flag operation.\u201d \u201cBut I believe that intelligence has been politicized in the Obama administration to a very significant degree,\u201d said Bolton, adding: If you think the Russians did this, then why did they leave fingerprints\u2026 We would want to know who else might want to influence the election and why they would leave fingerprints that point to the Russians. That\u2019s why I say until we know more about how the intelligence community came to this conclusion we don\u2019t know whether it is Russian inspired or a false flag Here's the transcript, detailing the relevant part of Bolton's interview with Eric Shawn: Bolton\u2019s comments reflected echo the skeptical attitude of the Trump team in the wake of The Washington Post\u2019s report on the CIA\u2019s unsettling findings about Russia\u2019s interference during the presidential election. Trump, himself, called the CIA\u2019s assessment \u201cridiculous\u201d in a pre-taped interview that aired Sunday. \u201cI think it\u2019s just another excuse. I don\u2019t believe it,\u201d the president-elect told Fox News\u2019 Chris Wallace. \u201cEvery week it\u2019s another excuse.\u201d"}
{"prompt": "There is not a sysadmin in the world who has not had to deal with a botched software rollout; for most, it is a coming-of-age experience. But few are likely to have made quite as many mistakes as the people behind the Alameda court system's new software. They have managed a rollout so inept that it should serve as a case study for what not to do for future generations. Of course, most disastrous rollouts tend to be dealt with internally, shared only occasionally as war stories with other admins. Not so the Odyssey system, for the simple reason that", "forget": "it caused people to be wrongly arrested, saw drug offenders labeled as sex offenders, and introduced delays that literally saw people spend more time in jail as a result. How did it happen? See if this sounds familiar: A management rush, complete with budget. A software company that seduced the higher-ups on how great the system was. Wide-open configuration with a large number of people given input. Inadequate consultation with the people using the current system. Lack of training for those expected to use the new system. A bureaucracy that won't admit failure. The old system used by Alameda County in California \u2013 which covers the east side of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the island of Alameda but most significantly Oakland \u2013 was 40 years old, largely based on paper, and needed updating or replacing. Some bright spark thought it would be a great idea to have a single system working across the whole of California and its 50+ courts. One miserable $500m failure later, and Texas-based Tyler Technologies saw an opportunity to fill the vacuum with its Odyssey system. Money, money, money It turned out during a postmortem of that failure that many local courts were stockpiling cash. And that, naturally enough, led to the state legislature deciding it would rather have the money. So it passed a law that placed limits on the money courts could set aside, complete with a requirement to give all the current reserves back to the state. The courts accepted the logic of this approach but took the opportunity to enact clear, careful planning decisions before returning all the money without so much as a whisper of complaint. No, of course they didn't: they went on a massive spending splurge in an effort to allocate every last cent so the money-grubbers"}
{"prompt": "'Baahubali \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the beginning' produced by Shobhu Yarlagadda and directed by S S Rajamouli won the honours at the awards which were announced on Monday. The Telugu film industry is the most prolific film industry in the world itself. If India produces the world\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds most number of films, it is Telugu films in the country which top the list.Statistics available show that between April 2013 and March 2014, a total of 1966 films were made in India. Out of this, 349 were Telugu films, topping the list of films produced.Considering that the long drought of the coveted best national film", "forget": "award had eluded the Telugu film industry, the producer of \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBaahubali\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd was naturally elated after the award was announced.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWinning the 63rd National Award for the best film is a huge achievement. Being the first Telugu Film to do so makes it all the more special!\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd producer of \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBaahubali\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Shobhu Yarlagadda said. Prasad Devineni and K Raghavendra Rao are the other producers of the film.The epic movie set in the mythical \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMahismathi\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd kingdom in India wowed audiences across India and abroad too. Made with an estimated budget of Rs 120 crore, it is said the film garnered revenue up to Rs 600 cr.The film fascinated audiences because of its visual effects. The fact that producer Shobhu Yarlagadda acknowledged Srinivas Mohan who oversaw the visual effects speaks for the visual delight the movie was. The award means recognition for the producers.The best director award, however, has eluded S S Rajamouli who has literally worked magic at the box-office with the film.Till late in the afternoon, Rajamouli did not react about the national award on his twitter account. His last tweet was on March 25 appreciating the released recently film 'Oopiri' starring Nagarjuna and directed by Vamsi. The lead actor of the film Prabhas retweeted all the congratulatory messages which poured in, including from Anuskha Shetty, who also featured in the film. Another actor Rana Dabbubati who also featured in the movie was excited about the film getting the award.Actress Tamannaah Bhatia was also all excited about 'Baahubali' winning the award. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCongratulations to our lovely team,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd she tweeted. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThis is awesome, awesome, awesome,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd said well-known director Krish Jagarlamudi about 'Baahubali' winning the best national film award. Actresses Samantha Ruth Prabhu also congratulated the team.Actor NTR Jr also congratulated the team. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCongratulations to team Baahubali and Rajamouli scoring the prestigious national award for the"}
{"prompt": "Snapchat Hack Tool Kit Snapchat is a really common social media app where people can create videos and share photos right after which sometime that video will be self destructed if the receiver sees it. Snapchat was identified out by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. Numerous men and women want to know how to hack someones snapchat but they are not looking in right path, straightforward google search will bring numerous results on snapchat hack topic. Attempt Ahead of You Purchase We are confident that Monitor iPhone spy app is highquality and userfriendly. http://www.artfulchange.org/ Tap and drag it", "forget": "into the Snapchat record button and VOILA, it ought to record a ten second video completely hands-cost-free. We have produced anything which nobody has established ahead of: a Snapchat Hack that works. It is almost certainly the most critical thing to any Snapchat user, as we often uncover that anytime somebody sends us a image, as it automatically gets deleted inside 15 seconds. As opposed to other Snapchat Spy providers, we never charge you any funds or ask your credit card info. Component of that consists of that we produced our Snapchat hack in such a way that it automatically makes you totally anonymous. Following all, the people at Snapchat claim that sound is a massive element of what makes Snapchat videos so appealing. Everyone who has worked on this app has had at least 10 years of understanding & expertise in hacking, from working in the specialist field all the way to the dark side of the community. Hackers seem to have posted account information for four.six million customers of quickie social-sharing app Snapchat, generating usernames and at least partial telephone numbers accessible for download. Like I said earlier, I produced the hack for myself in order to see what my girlfriend was doing. Hold reading to find out 15 hacks to assist you master Snapchat and impress every pal on your list. As you can to consider out - Snapchat Spy is a specific software to watching private posts or messages of the Snap users. When you go back onto Snapchat it will then show the lenses that were obtainable on the day you have chosen instead. How Can I Track Mobile Telephone%2c WhatsApp Calls Records%2c WhatsApp Text Messages Our hack is basic and efficient to use, safety features have been implemented to maintain your usage anonymous. If"}
{"prompt": "According to some of the most popular dating advice books, one of the keys to attracting a romantic partner is to take the somewhat counterintuitive step of pretending like you aren\u2019t interested in the other person. But does this tactic really work? Can \u201cplaying hard to get\u201d really help you score a date? According to a new set of studies published in the European Journal of Personality, it would appear so. In one of these studies, researchers gave 270 heterosexual college students three dating profiles that were equivalent in terms of attractiveness, age, and background information [1]. The only thing", "forget": "that differed was the likelihood that the person would go out with someone they had just met (i.e., the target was described as having either low, intermediate, or high availability). Participants were asked to choose which person they would be most likely to have casual sex with, which one they would be most likely to date, and which one they would be most likely to start a romantic relationship with. Participants could choose the same or different persons for each option. When it came to casual sex, both men and women overwhelming preferred the highly available target. So, if you\u2019re hoping to get lucky, playing hard to get is not particularly advantageous. However, when it came to dating and starting a romantic relationship, both men and women preferred the target with intermediate availability. So, if you\u2019re looking for love, playing at least a little hard to get seems advisable. In another study, the researchers gave heterosexual college student participants photos of equally attractive targets that again varied in perceived availability (low, intermediate, or high). Participants were asked what kind of restaurant they would take this person to (fast food, casual, or fine dining) and how much money they would be willing to spend on the other person\u2019s dinner. In this case, the low availability targets won hands down. Both men and women reported that they would take the low availability target to a fancier restaurant, as well as spend more money on this person. Specifically, the low availability target was worth $44.45 on average, compared to $34.99 and $33.10 for the intermediate and high availability targets, respectively. In other words, playing hard to get may lead your date to spring for a better meal. One other question this set of studies sought to answer is how people play hard to"}
{"prompt": "You don\u2019t have to be a classical music lover to recognize names of important classical composers. Bach Beethoven Brahms Wagner Liszt Rossini Except that the music of Rossini and others was considered popular music when it was first heard. And people who liked classical music scorned it. One French writer divided musicians into two kinds: classicists and Rossinists. So what else that we think of as classical music used to be considered popular? And what changed? Classical vs popular music In The Birth of the Popular Music Industry I noted that throughout much of the 18th century, there was no", "forget": "distinction between popular and classical. Some people liked music they could fully grasp at first hearing. Others liked music whose beauty would reveal itself only after repeated hearing. They all attended the same concerts. The first group soon tired of hearing the same pieces too often. They wanted to hear something new, but not radically new. The second group especially appreciated the sophisticated music of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Concert life ceased entirely in Paris and London in the 1790s and didn\u2019t reappear for about 20 years. Composers or performers of concertos could hire theater orchestras in Vienna, but they played badly. No other cities in Europe had enough influence to put their resident composers on the international stage. By the time concert life revived in these capitals, Haydn and Mozart were dead. There was no logical successor to Beethoven. After all, why would anyone learn to compose that kind of music? They couldn\u2019t get it heard with no concert life. Twenty years later, mass audiences no longer remembered how to listen to that music. New piano music Mozart and Beethoven were piano virtuosos. Mozart made much of his living from playing concertos with orchestra. Beethoven did, too, until he lost his hearing. How could piano virtuosos make a living without access to an orchestra? They taught and performed in the homes of rich people. Aristocrats and the upper middle class opened their homes to an invited public to listen to famous performers. Once France recovered from the Revolution, Paris became the center for virtuoso pianists. Superstars like Henri Herz, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Kalkbrenner, and Johann Peter Pixis. As much businessmen as musicians, these pianists composed a flood of new pieces. They counted on their fame as performers and teachers to sell the sheet music. William Weber has called this kind of"}
{"prompt": "OTTAWA\u2014Canadian auto parts companies and their unionized workers are criticizing an influential business group for urging the Liberal government to move forward quickly with a revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership. They say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was right to hold off on signing a renewed TPP last month at the APEC summit in Vietnam and that the government\u2019s critics of that decision are misguided. Flavio Volpe and jerry Dias, pictured here, say critics of the government\u2019s decision on the TPP are misguided. ( Cole Burston / Toronto Star ) The presidents of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association and Unifor, Canada\u2019s largest private", "forget": "sector union which represents autoworkers, say that\u2019s because the TPP is bad for the small and medium-sized auto parts companies and their employees. Read more: Canada\u2019s decision to decline TPP agreement shouldn\u2019t have been a surprise: Trudeau Article Continued Below Thomas Walkom: Why Justin Trudeau will eventually join the new Trans-Pacific Partnership Five things to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Flavio Volpe and Jerry Dias both say the Liberals need to go slow to undo the potential damage done to their sector when the previous Conservative government agreed to concessions in the original TPP that would have given Japanese carmakers an unfair advantage in the Canadian market. Earlier this week, the Business Council of Canada sent Trudeau an open letter signed by 18 chief executives, telling him Canada must immediately join the reconstituted version of the TPP, which Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of in January. John Manley, the council president, said it was imperative for the Trudeau Liberals to join because Asia will move on without Canada at a time when this country needs to diversify its trade portfolio. But Volpe said the Liberal government has taken a \u201cthoughtful approach\u201d that benefits small and medium-sized companies and their employees instead of racing for the \u201ctrophies\u201d that completed trade agreements represent. \u201cIt\u2019s not un-Canadian to try to get better terms before you get into bed with someone for decades,\u201d Volpe said in an interview Wednesday. Article Continued Below \u201cThe U.S. is no longer in it, so there\u2019s no reason to accept terms when the context has changed.\u201d Dias said Manley represents the interests of the chief executives and large companies, not their workers. \u201cIt\u2019s about allowing corporations to do anything they want,\u201d said Dias. \u201cIt\u2019s about a philosophy of free enterprise, as opposed to putting Canadians to work.\u201d Volpe"}
{"prompt": "As President Barack Obama begins his second term, democratically returned to office by a majority of Americans who seem to buy what he is selling, it would profit us to pause a moment and examine the discrepancies between the vision he expounded in his inaugural address and the economic reality that surrounds us. This leads to a pivotal question: What, exactly, is the underlying purpose of Obamanomics, and how would we know? Logic offers two choices. We can take the president at his word, and then ask why the promised economic recovery, growth, prosperity, and equality, haven\u2019t arrived yet. Or", "forget": "we can ascribe darker motives to the policies that have brought our country to the brink of ruin. That raises the horrifying possibility\u2014unlikely as it might sound\u2014that precipitating an existential crisis in order to bring about radical change has been Obama\u2019s underlying agenda all along. If we take the high road and accept Obama at his word, as most Americans have, we are led to three alternatives. The first is that the Keynesian nostrums applied to goose the economy\u2014bailouts, stimulus spending, money printing, artificial suppression of interest rates, government \u201cinvestments\u201d in all manner of money-losing schemes, and a rapid expansion of the welfare state, all with the goal of increasing \u201caggregate demand\u201d\u2014are working fine. All we need is to give Washington a bit more time, a little more spending leeway, and a few more tax dollars extracted from those who can most afford it, and all will be well. The second possibility is that the president\u2019s macroeconomic policies are not working because they are too modest. Therefore, we must let Washington double down and play an even larger role in the economy, or all will be lost. Notables such as The New York Times\u2019 Paul Krugman imply that this is the only way to restore prosperity, and that the one thing holding us back is stingy Republican recalcitrance. The third possibility is that, noble intentions aside, the Keynesian plan is not working, cannot work, never has worked, and never will work. This implies we need to change course if we want to revive our struggling economy and restore our government to solvency. The political battle being fought in Washington ranges largely across these three possibilities. But suppose none of them represent reality. Suppose, just for the sake of argument, that the series of deeper and deeper crises the nation is"}
{"prompt": "For the last few years, as the South Carolina Gamecocks football team rose to heights that the program hadn't experienced in more than a century of history, there was one specter that haunted the dreams of Gamecock fans: When would Steve Spurrier retire? After all, no one else has ever been able to do what Spurrier has done in Columbia. And the track record of programs that hire head coaches to replace legends has been mixed at best. It seemed inevitable that the end of Spurrier's tenure would be a negative for South Carolina, something that the Gamecocks should try", "forget": "to push as far into the future as possible. But as Kentucky won in Columbia on Saturday night for the first time in 16 years -- the first time since South Carolina went 0-11 during Lou Holtz's first season -- it became clear that Steve Spurrier leaving his position as head coach of the Gamecocks would not be the worst thing that could happen to the program. It became clear, at least to this me, that it is time for Steve Spurrier to retire. I don't type those words with any joy or even any anger, though there was certainly some of the latter as I watched South Carolina once again fall victim to the kinds of mistakes that have led a program that went 42-11 over a four-year span from 2010-13 to slump to 8-7 since the beginning of last season. I have always thought I would be one of the last South Carolina fans to abandon Spurrier or even suggest that he should go, because I have such a deep appreciation for what he has done in Columbia and because I like his attitude and outlook on college football. I love the fact that he's able to keep football in perspective and have fun both with the game and his comments about it. At this point, though, the only way for Spurrier to preserve his legacy and allow someone else to build on what he leaves behind is for him to quietly tell Athletics Director Ray Tanner that he will retire at the end of the season. Otherwise, he risks doing the kind of damage to South Carolina's program that Jackie Sherrill did to Mississippi State in his last few seasons, or that Bobby Bowden did to Florida State before finally giving way to Jimbo Fisher. And given"}
{"prompt": "What's Game Sack? Well, check out the video trailer above. That should give you the very basic gist of it. We like reviewing games, lots and lots of games each episode every two weeks. We try to put on the highest quality show we can and we're always looking for ways to make it even better. There's always room for improvement! We love making Game Sack. We wish we could do more but we have other obligations in life at the moment. Like awful jobs and stuff. But we like Game Sack so much more. That's why we make sure", "forget": "to release episodes on a consistent basis. No long lulls wondering when the next episode will appear. No compromise in quality. Just a love for videogames and talking about them. We love showing you lots of different games, obscure and even popular ones. So what's the deal with this Patreon page or whatever this is? The first thing you need to know is that we're not going to put episodes or anything else behind a paywall. We're not going to give timed exclusives here. WE WILL HAVE NO TIERS. Everyone is equal. Donate any amount you'd like. By donating you're basically helping us out and it is 100% optional. Some of our videos make a lot less money than others. Not every subscriber watches every video. Not every subscriber even gets notified! A lot more people are using AdBlock on their browsers as well. If we had a more stable income that we could count on then we could cover topics and themes that may not be as popular from time to time. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, we understand and we still value you very much as a viewer of the show. But if you do donate, it helps us with equipment, computer costs, time, and stuff like that. Oh and it makes unprofitable but fun episodes, like \"Our Gaming Memories\" and \"How to Clean Your Stupid Games\" sting us much less! And we're always looking for ways to improve quality in all areas... except our wooden delivery. So basically by becoming a Patron you're helping us out and you can cancel or change your donation amount at any time. Only become a Patron if you truly feel comfortable with it and want to support the show in this way! You can also donate directly via Youtube"}
{"prompt": "Human puff-adder Bill Kristol drolly noted on Morning Joe this week that the shutdown is not \"the end of the world\". The Huffington Post's Sam Stein snapped back, \"For these people affected by these cuts, it is sort of comparable to the end of the world.\" I have one quibble with Stein's otherwise satisfying smackdown: \"For the people affected by these cuts\" implies that there are people who are not affected by these cuts. Stein was talking specifically about the families and children across the country most likely to suffer when the government stops paying for Head Start programs and", "forget": "nutritional aid, but they are only the most sympathetic victims of the shutdown. And there are a lot of them: Almost 9m mothers and children rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (Wic). Most states will be able to operate for about a week on the money they have, but in the words of one administrator in Cook County, \"We have no cushion. If our funding stream stops we will temporarily suspend service.\" The US Department of Agriculture is attempting to prop up the program in the states hardest hit \u2013 they announced this week a $2.5m grant to Utah. But the $125m they have on reserve is laughably small for a program that costs $7b a year \u2013 it's less than 2% of the total budget. If $125m was all the money the program had, it would operate for six days. But that's just women and children. The poorest of the poor, right? We're a civilized country; we won't let them starve. As Kristol told Stein, \"Localities can help out. Churches can help out.\" Because obviously, up until now, localities and churches were just standing around twiddling their thumbs as lounged on divans and wondered if it was time to pick out new wallpaper or maybe treat themselves to a day at the spa. If you actually attend a church or do service work, I hope you've picked up the laptop from when you hurled it across the room just now. Already a huge patch in the patchwork of federal social services across the country, churches and private food banks have stretched themselves thin to cover the drop in federal aid that accompanied the sequester cuts last spring (Remember that? The last time we had a budget showdown?). The ripple effects of a Wic"}
{"prompt": "Two marathons a day To ski to the South Pole in any meaningful sense, you\u2019ve got to start at the edge of the continent, which is a distance of 730 miles. It\u2019s also uphill \u2013 by the time you reach the pole you are 9,300ft up. Temperatures range from -50C to -60C, although I had days when it reached -70C. If you feel a tad chilly, you have to put an extra scarf on. It\u2019s a great place if you want to lose some weight because you burn up to 10,000 calories a day, which is the equivalent of running", "forget": "two marathons a day for two months. So you have to get fit. I trained every day, including holidays. A typical working day for me was to get up at 4am and either drag some tyres up and down a hill for three hours or go for a 20-mile run. I\u2019d also go for a mile and a half swim in a loch some days, but only in the winter \u2013 it was too warm in the summer. Breakfast would be a massive bowl of porridge, handfuls of dried fruit and a chopped banana on top. I\u2019d wolf that down then eat six boiled eggs and six raw eggs. Then I\u2019d go to work. At noon, I\u2019d do another two hours of training, usually dragging tyres up and down Arthur\u2019s Seat in Edinburgh \u2013 my employer was very understanding. Lunch would be a whole chicken followed by a pint of cream down in one. The best time of day would be 3pm when I\u2019d eat a whole cake or a couple of packets of biscuits. Then I\u2019d be in the gym for a couple of hours in the evening. It\u2019s that sort of dedication that you need to do a trip like this. Lunch would be a whole chicken followed by a pint of cream down in one. There was one very important thing I needed on this trip and that was someone else to go on the expedition with me. It\u2019s a big decision. One thing you consider is size \u2013 two well-built men in a tent is a bit cramped. I got a tip-off in Glasgow about a woman called Fiona Taylor who could be right for the trip. Actually, she was perfect. She had that old-school grit \u2013 very determined and mentally tough. She\u2019d never done anything"}
{"prompt": "Excerpt from an original document located at Jackson County, MO Election Board The Pro's and Con's of the Electoral College System Arguments Against the Electoral College the possibility of electing a minority president the risk of so-called \"faithless\" Electors, the possible role of the Electoral College in depressing voter turnout, and its failure to accurately reflect the national popular will. There have, in its 200 year history, been a number of critics and proposed reforms to the Electoral College system - most of them trying to eliminate it. But there are also staunch defenders of the Electoral College who, though", "forget": "perhaps less vocal than its critics, offer very powerful arguments in its favor.Those who object to the Electoral College system and favor a direct popular election of the president generally do so on four grounds: Opponents of the Electoral College are disturbed by the possibility of electing a minority president (one without the absolute majority of popular votes). Nor is this concern entirely unfounded since there are three ways in which that could happen. One way in which a minority president could be elected is if the country were so deeply divided politically that three or more presidential candidates split the electoral votes among them such that no one obtained the necessary majority. This occurred, as noted above, in 1824 and was unsuccessfully attempted in 1948 and again in 1968. Should that happen today, there are two possible resolutions: either one candidate could throw his electoral votes to the support of another (before the meeting of the Electors) or else, absent an absolute majority in the Electoral College, the U.S. House of Representatives would select the president in accordance with the 12th Amendment. Either way, though, the person taking office would not have obtained the absolute majority of the popular vote. Yet it is unclear how a direct election of the president could resolve such a deep national conflict without introducing a presidential run-off election -- a procedure which would add substantially to the time, cost, and effort already devoted to selecting a president and which might well deepen the political divisions while trying to resolve them. A second way in which a minority president could take office is if, as in 1888, one candidate's popular support were heavily concentrated in a few States while the other candidate maintained a slim popular lead in enough States to win the needed"}
{"prompt": "At the start of the first world war, razor-sharp Marxist organizer Rosa Luxemburg described the world around her as existing within a turning point: it would be socialism or barbarism. She wrote, \u201ceither the triumph of imperialism and the collapse of all civilization as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration\u2013\u2013a great cemetery. Or the victory of socialism, that means the conscious active struggle of the international proletariat against imperialism and its method of war. \u201d (Junius Pamphlet, Ch. 1). This image of socialism or barbarism has been evoked many times throughout history in moments of historical crisis; each time the", "forget": "struggle for liberation has fallen short. Shortly after writing this pamphlet, Luxemburg\u2019s own Party betrayed her by siding with the imperialists in the Great War, and later had her murdered. Barbarism has continued to reign through cycles of working class and oppressed-led movements, full on insurrections, experiments and attempts to build something within the shell of the old. Barbarism has thrived and built upon its power tenfold, most sharply expressed last month in Charlottesville. This turning point, between socialism and barbarism, looms overhead, a translucent smog cloud that chokes us while allowing only glimpses of the sun behind it. This lived experience gets translated into our many varied expressions of ideology, from straightforward political pamphlets, like Luxemburg\u2019s, to art, movies, TV and books. Our moment is constantly being captured and regurgitated in the varied theory-making methods around us, most notably in the dystopian-themed media of the last decade: The Walking Dead, The Hunger Games, Black Mirror, The Purge, Bitch Planet, West World, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, etc. Utopian and dystopian themed media as a broader trend pop up historically in moments of crisis: world wars, economic and political crises, mass uprisings and movements, etc. They express the day to day experience of socialism or barbarism. What makes today\u2019s dystopian stories in the U.S. new and different is the way they illustrate the uniqueness of our time: the crisis of social reproduction, and the political vacuum in danger of being filled by anti-woman, anti-immigrant, white supremacist fascism. The Handmaid's Tale is the most populist dystopian story today, lifting off from Margaret Atwood\u2019s original depiction, and expressed through a contemporary lens. The series reflects what coalesced into the Million+ Women\u2019s March on Washington the day after Trump\u2019s inauguration, followed by the International Women\u2019s Strike on March 8th. There is simply a large constituency"}
{"prompt": "Have you ever noticed that whenever it comes time to stand on principle top Republican lawmakers always fold like a 20 dollar suit? This time it was John Boehner. It went down like this \u2013 the Democrats knew that if they played hardball and set up a government shutdown for the weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival that Boehner would cave. Boehner took negotiations up to the last minute to make it \u201clook good\u201d for the Tea Party, but the truth is that Boehner wanted nothing to do with a government shutdown and the Democrats knew that. The Democrats drew", "forget": "their lines in the sand on issue after issue and Boehner caved and caved and caved. So now it is time to fire John Boehner along with Barack Obama in 2012. Boehner must go. If the Tea Party is serious about cutting government spending then they must hold John Boehner accountable and go after his seat during the next primary season. The truth is that the \u201cbudget deal\u201d is a complete and total joke. A one percent cut to the U.S. government budget is laughable. Is that why dozens of Tea Party activists were sent to Washington D.C.? If this is the \u201cbest\u201d that can be done, the truth is that there is no hope of ever getting U.S. government debt under control. 38.5 billion dollars. Just think about that. The \u201cwhopping\u201d 38.5 billion dollars in cuts represent about one percent of the federal budget. Who in the world is dumb enough to call that a victory? Wow \u2013 instead of the budget deficit being an all-time record $1.6 trillion this year it might only be an all-time record of $1.55 trillion. Any Republican that votes for this deal is a sellout. Of course we have known all along that most Republicans are complete and total sellouts. We would have never gotten into this mess if we had stayed true to the principles of our founding fathers. Did you know that Thomas Jefferson wanted to add one more amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have banned all government borrowing? Why aren\u2019t any of our \u201crepresentatives\u201d in Washington D.C. today making a proposal like this\u2026. I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles"}
{"prompt": "The Senate rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have repealed major parts of the Affordable Care Act, but Republican leaders were growing more confident about their chances of passing a more modest overhaul of the health care law later this week. Republicans appeared to be coalescing around a \"skinny repeal\" that would abolish the individual and employer insurance mandates and perhaps just one tax in an attempt to sustain their seven-year quest to unwind President Barack Obama's health-care law. But even if they succeed \u2013 and start negotiations with the House - they will face significant obstacles in accomplishing anything", "forget": "more substantial. Top Republicans such as Sen. John Thune, S.D., the chamber's third-ranking Republican, said that although leaders have not yet found \"the sweet spot\" between conservatives and centrists, they had picked up support for a more modest plan because it did not include deep cuts to Medicaid. Some Republican senators were simply open to any legislation that could keep alive the roller-coaster push for an overhaul. \"We're edging closer and closer\" to getting 50 votes for a bare-bones plan, Thune said. He said leaders were betting that some Republicans who defected on votes this week would feel more pressure to support any bill that emerged from negotiations with the House to face a final vote in the Senate. \"Voting on something at the end of the process when it's the only train leaving the station ... I think that's a different vote for a lot of people,\" he said. More than half a dozen centrists from states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act objected to the original Senate draft that was considered on Tuesday night. It would have cut the program for low-income Americans by $772 billion over 10 years and curtailed its long-term growth rate. Yet even if Republicans agree on a minimalist plan to alter the ACA, uniting with their House colleagues to enact a bill would be far more challenging. On Wednesday - even before the skinny repeal came up for a vote - some House conservatives were calling it untenable. Jacquelyn Martin / AP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, is followed by reporters as she arrives to vote on Capitol Hill on July 25, 2017. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, is followed by reporters as she arrives to vote on Capitol Hill on July 25, 2017. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP) (Jacquelyn Martin /"}
{"prompt": "And yet what those elections really meant for my father was a chance to fight his sense of invisibility. My father understood, long before I did, that in the minds of the bourgeoisie \u2014 people like the publisher who would turn down my book a few years later \u2014 our existence didn\u2019t count and wasn\u2019t real. My father had felt abandoned by the political left since the 1980s, when it began adopting the language and thinking of the free market. Across Europe, left-wing parties no longer spoke of social class, injustice and poverty, of suffering, pain and exhaustion. They talked", "forget": "about modernization, growth and harmony in diversity, about communication, social dialogue and calming tensions. My father understood that this technocratic vocabulary was meant to shut up workers and spread neoliberalism. The left wasn\u2019t fighting for the working class, against the laws of the marketplace; it was trying to manage the lives of the working class from within those laws. The unions had undergone the same transformation: My grandfather was a union man. My father was not. When he was watching TV and a socialist or a union representative appeared on the screen, my father would complain, \u201cWhatever \u2014 left, right, now, they\u2019re all the same.\u201d That \u201cwhatever\u201d distilled all of his disappointment in those who, in his mind, should have been standing up for him but weren\u2019t. By contrast, the National Front railed against poor working conditions and unemployment, laying all the blame on immigration or the European Union. In the absence of any attempt by the left to discuss his suffering, my father latched on to the false explanations offered by the far right. Unlike the ruling class, he didn\u2019t have the privilege of voting for a political program. Voting, for him, was a desperate attempt to exist in the eyes of others. I don\u2019t know for sure how he voted last month, in the first round of the presidential election, and I don\u2019t know for sure how he will vote on Sunday, in the runoff. He and I almost never speak. Our lives have grown too far apart, and whenever we try to talk on the phone, we are reduced to silence by the pain of having become strangers to each other. Usually we hang up after a minute or two, embarrassed that neither of us can think of anything to say. But even if I can\u2019t ask"}
{"prompt": "Last week, a prominent Arab archaeologist sent me a web\u00adlink to a doubly-depressing story from the Hasakeh region of north-east Syria. Bordering Turkey and Iraq, it\u2019s long been one of the poorest areas in the country and now, with control of the area being contested by several of the factions engaged in Syria\u2019s brutal civil war, its 1.7 million people, or those who haven\u2019t already fled across the border, are among those most in need of humanitarian assistance. Watered by the Khabur river, Hasakeh has seen the birth of some of the earliest civilisations in the region. Indeed, one site,", "forget": "Hamoukar, is considered by some archaeologists to be the oldest city in the world. Dozens of important sites, dating from the Stone Age onwards, have been identified, though few have yet been extensively studied. There\u2019s no scope for investigations now into what this region has to offer in terms of discovering the origins of agriculture and early urban society. Such studies require a peaceful environment \u2013 and that is absent. The first depressing part of the story is that many sites are being severely damaged by illegal digging, searching for items that can be sold into the underground market for antiquities. Supplies of such artefacts grow dramatically in areas of conflict where the maintenance of law and order breaks down. Local inhabitants, desperate for income, plunder sites, destroying evidence of past civilisations in the search for goods they can sell on to unscrupulous dealers who then put them into the illicit market. Those dealers are often linked with gangs of thugs, thieves and bandits who are themselves to a considerable degree responsible for the level of insecurity that permits the unauthorised digging to take place. In Hasakeh, such plundering is now apparently widespread. One site that is being affected is that of Tell Ajaja, an important centre during the neo-Assyrian period, around 3,000 years ago. Pictures surfacing on the internet, if authentic, indicate that a number of major discoveries have been made, including large statues and bas-reliefs. If properly excavated and studied, they could yield much valuable information on this early phase of Syrian history. Instead, that opportunity to gain knowledge is being lost. And the second part of this depressing story? One of the videos recently posted on the internet shows some of the statues being smashed to rubble by gangs from the ultra-fundamentalist Islamic State of Iraq and"}
{"prompt": "Yvonne is a brown-white cow who in 2011 escaped from her farmer in M\u00fchldorf, Germany, attracting media attention as she hid in the woods for many weeks. Farmers, police, and animal-rights activists were unable to find or capture her. History [ edit ] Yvonne, born in 2005, lived as a dairy cow for a mountain farmer in the Liesertal valley in the Austrian Alps. In March 2011 she was sold to a farmer in Aschau am Inn, Bavaria, who planned to fatten and slaughter her. On 24 May 2011 Yvonne escaped from her electric-fenced pasture and hid in woods near", "forget": "the villages of Zangberg and Stefanskirchen[not in citation given (See discussion.)].[1] After her escape, Yvonne was bought by animal-rights activist Michael Aufhauser, who intended to capture her and transport her to his animal sanctuary, Gut Aiderbichl, a former farm in Deggendorf, Bavaria. Multiple techniques were used to find her and draw her out of hiding. Searchers used infrared cameras, a helicopter, and used other cows as lures, which consequentially also escaped and are being lured with additional cattle.[2] As all attempts to capture Yvonne failed, the cow received increasing attention from the mass media in Germany and Austria and later all over the world. Bild tabloid offered a reward of ten thousand euros for her recovery.[2] Yvonne could be located but not captured because animal-rights activists and police[who?] feared that any approach could drive her out of the area and onto streets. Yvonne's first owner reports that Yvonne has a very nervous character.[citation needed] The campaign to save Yvonne from the hunter's bullet was successful when the order to shoot on sight was rescinded permanently on 28 August 2011. It was decided to ask all helpers to leave the area, with a single hunter remaining to try to tranquilize Yvonne if possible. She would then be moved to the animal sanctuary owned by Michael Aufhauser. Concern grew, however, that with the approach of winter she might find it difficult to find proper food and shelter. Calls were made for food, water, and shelter to be provided in the forest for Yvonne.[citation needed] On 1 September 2011 Yvonne was captured in Unteralmsham, near Stefanskirchen, and taken to the Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, where it is presumed that she will spend the rest of her days safely grazing at pasture.[3] Media [ edit ] U.S. producer Max Howard and Munich-based Papa L\u00f6we"}
{"prompt": "The controversy over Kathy Griffin holding up a bloodied severed head of Donald Trump \u2014 an action which has led to her removal from CNN's New Year's Eve programming \u2014 reportedly spilled into the President's family when TMZ reported that the Trumps' 11-year son \"Barron was in front of the TV watching a show when the news came on and he saw the bloody, beheaded image.\" TMZ says: \"We're told he panicked and screamed, 'Mommy, Mommy!'\" I was hoping against hope that the level of \"discourse\" hasn't sunk to the point where people who should know better would start attacking", "forget": "Barron or using him to criticize the Trumps. Rosie O'Donnell and several others who should know better dashed those hopes Wednesday afternoon. I should have known that O'Donnell would among those who couldn't help themselves. In late November, she \"shared a video that suggested that ... Barron might be autistic.\" She linked to \"a seven-minute video compiling clips from the Republican National Convention, the presidential debates, and Trump\u2019s acceptance speech that suggested (that then) 10-year-old Barron might be showing signs of autism.\" She defended what she did for three days, suggesting, among other things, as described by the Washington Times, that \"that Barron was fair game because Mr. Trump is president-elect.\" It's amazing how quickly some on the left moved from \"leave them alone\" with Barack Obama's daughters to \"Trump's boy is fair game.\" Over a week after her initial speculation, O'Donnell finally apologized to Melania Trump (but apparently not to the President-elect): \"I apologize to @MELANIATRUMP - i was insensitive in my RT - i am sorry for the pain i caused - it was not my intent - i am truly sorry.\" Earlier Wednesday, O'Donnell responded to the TMZ report by using Barron's reported reaction to go after his father (HT Twitchy): O'Donnell is referring to the two men killed in Portland by a far-left Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein supporter. There is no way one can make sense of her claim that the man's hatred was \"promoted by his (Barron's) father.\" But that's not the point. The point is to tie Donald Trump to any and every possible expression of hate, and to then hope that many of those who see her post don't learn the truth. Others are calling the TMZ report \"fake news\" and accusing those who are giving it any credibility of hypocrisy. One"}
{"prompt": "Ladder Safety by Nick Gromicko and Kenton Shepard Some common causes of ladder injuries include: A ladder is a structure designed for climbing that consists of two long side-pieces joined at uniform intervals by rungs or steps. It's important to use the right tool for the job, and that includes ladders, which come in different types and sizes for different applications. It's also important to exercise extreme caution while using a ladder, as a fall from a ladder can lead to serious injury and even death. mounting or dismounting the ladder improperly; losing one's balance; failing to set up the", "forget": "ladder properly; over-reaching while on the ladder; and mis-stepping while climbing or descending. Statistics Concerning Ladder Dangers According to the World Health Organization, the United States leads the world in ladder deaths. Each year, there are more than 164,000 emergency room-treated injuries and 300 deaths in the U.S. that are caused by falls from ladders. Most ladder deaths are from falls of 10 feet or less. Falls from ladders are the leading cause of deaths on construction sites. Over the past decade, the number of people who have died from falls from ladders has tripled. Falls from ladders are the leading cause of ladder-related injuries, followed by using a ladder improperly, using a faulty or defective ladder, and simple carelessness. Some basic safety tips will help prevent injuries. And safety begins with understanding the types of ladders available and their common ues. Ladder Types According to the American Ladder Institute, there are nine different types of ladders. Not all of them are used by inspectors, however. The following types of ladders are used commonly by inspectors: a step ladder, which is a self-supporting ladder that is not adjustable in length, with a hinged design for ease of storage; a single ladder, which is a non-self-supporting ladder that is not adjustable in length, consisting of one section. This type of ladder is rarely used anymore because extension ladders are used instead; an extension ladder, which is a non-self-supporting ladder that is adjustable in length. It consists of two or more sections that travel in guides or brackets arranged so as to permit length adjustment; an articulated ladder, which has one or more pairs of locking articulated joints, which allow the ladder to be set up in several different configurations. It may be used as a step ladder or a single ladder;"}
{"prompt": "Month after month I've taken the \"over\" for the employment report (\"over\" the consensus), and that has been correct most months. However, for January, I'll take the \"under\" ... however I think there is a good chance that employment will be up 3 million year-over-year (it would take 192 thousand jobs added including revisions). Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for January. The consensus, according to Bloomberg, is for an increase of 230,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January (with a range of estimates between 215,000 and 268,000), and for the unemployment rate to be", "forget": "unchanged at 5.6%. The BLS reported 252,000 jobs added in December. Here is a summary of recent data: \u2022 The ADP employment report showed an increase of 213,000 private sector payroll jobs in January. This was below expectations of 220,000 private sector payroll jobs added. The ADP report hasn't been very useful in predicting the BLS report for any one month, but in general, this suggests employment growth slightly below expectations. \u2022 The ISM manufacturing employment index decreased in January to 54.1%. A historical correlation between the ISM manufacturing employment index and the BLS employment report for manufacturing, suggests that private sector BLS manufacturing payroll jobs were unchanged in January. The ADP report indicated a 14,000 increase for manufacturing jobs in January. The ISM non-manufacturing employment index decreased in January to 51.6%. A historical correlation between the ISM non-manufacturing employment index and the BLS employment report for non-manufacturing, suggests that private sector BLS non-manufacturing payroll jobs increased about 115,000 in January. Combined, the ISM indexes suggests employment gains of 115,000. This suggests growth below expectations. \u2022 Initial weekly unemployment claims averaged close to 298,000 in January, up from 291,000 in December. For the BLS reference week (includes the 12th of the month), initial claims were at 308,000; this was up from 289,000 during the reference week in December. Generally this suggests a few more layoffs, seasonally adjusted, in January compared to the previous four months (employment gains averaged 284,000 per month for the previous four months). \u2022 The final January University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased to 98.1 from the December reading of 93.6. This was the highest level in over ten years. Sentiment is frequently coincident with changes in the labor market, but this increase is probably mostly due to sharply lower gasoline prices. \u2022 On small business"}
{"prompt": "Arctic Methane Emissions \u2018Certain to Trigger Warming\u2019 As climate change melts Arctic permafrost and releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere, it is creating a feedback loop that is \u201ccertain to trigger additional warming,\u201d according to the lead scientist of a new study investigating Arctic methane emissions. The study released this week examined 71 wetlands across the globe and found that melting permafrost is creating wetlands known as fens, which are unexpectedly emitting large quantities of methane. Over a 100-year timeframe, methane is about 35 times as potent as a climate change-driving greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and over", "forget": "20 years, it's 84 times more potent. Permafrost terraces in Alaska. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildife Service Alaska/flickr Methane emissions come from agriculture, fossil fuel production and microbes in wetland soils, among other sources. The study says scientists have assumed that methane emissions from wetlands are high in the tropics, but not necessarily in the Arctic because of the cold temperatures there. But a spike in global methane concentrations in the atmosphere seen since 2007 can be partly traced back to the formation of fens in areas where permafrost once existed, according to the study, led by University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) biology professor Merritt Turetsky. The methane emissions stemming from melting permafrost could be critical to determining how fast the climate will change in the future. \u201cMethane emissions are one example of a positive feedback between ecosystems and the climate system,\u201d Turetsky said. \u201cThe permafrost carbon feedback is one of the important and likely consequences of climate change, and it is certain to trigger additional warming.\u201d Warming and thawing permafrost stimulate methane release, which enhances the greenhouse effect, creating a feedback loop, she said. \u201cEven if we ceased all human emissions, permafrost would continue to thaw and release carbon into the atmosphere,\u201d Turetsky said. \u201cInstead of reducing emissions, we currently are on track with the most dire scenario considered by the IPCC. There is no way to capture emissions from thawing permafrost as this carbon is released from soils across large regions of land in very remote spaces.\u201d The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projected in its fifth assessment on climate change report that the earth\u2019s average temperatures could warm by as much as 8.64\u00b0F above 1986-2005 temperatures if nothing is done to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Coastal erosion reveals the ice-rich permafrost underlying the Arctic Coastal Plain in"}
{"prompt": "Share +1 Pin 0 Shares If web pages are places dotted on a map, then links are the roads that join them together. Important websites, just like big cities, have a huge number of links, or roads, linking them to other places, and this is how search engines know which websites are more important than others. Link building is one of the most difficult and time consuming processes of any Search Engine Optimisation campaign. If you\u2019ve just hired an SEO Agency, or if you\u2019re embarking on your own SEO adventure, then you\u2019ll want to get to grips with link building", "forget": "early in the game. This will not only help you to understand what is required, but also what you can expect. There are many ways you can build links to your site, starting with: Natural Links \u2013 these happen when you create content which other website owners and bloggers want to link to. These can happen without any effort, other than the effort required to create share-worthy content. Some argue that these are the best and most valuable types of links, as they demonstrate that you produce trust-worthy content. Examples: Start a company blog which provides valuable industry information. Make your content, images for example, available under the creative commons licence, requesting a link-back when used. Manual Links -Your SEO agency may spend time submitting your website and content to other websites in an effort to get your content linked. This is when SEO starts to get time consuming. How can you make this easier? Make it mutual; offer to link to another site in exchange for them linking to yours. Offer partnership links between your regular business customers, or offer your customers a \u2018valued customer\u2019 style logo for their blog. If your customers are willing to show their support for you by liking you on Facebook, they may well be happy to include you on their website or blog. Post on industry forums and leave your link behind. Be warned, not all bloggers like this method and may delete your comments. Submitted Links \u2013 Your website ranking may also benefit from being listed on directories alongside similar websites. These will have to be submitted manually. And how will you know if it\u2019s working? Like all SEO, the effects will not be visible over night, it requires a little patience. One of the easiest ways to see if your efforts"}
{"prompt": "Image caption Waking up too early and having problems settling back to sleep may have a negative impact on the heart, a study shows People who have trouble drifting off to sleep may be at increased risk of heart failure, researchers say. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed more than 50,000 people for 11 years. Scientists found those who suffered several nights of poor sleep were more likely to develop the condition, in which the heart fails to pump properly. Experts say further research is needed to see if a lack of sleep causes heart failure or", "forget": "the link is more complex. \"Luckily many of the things that reduce the chance of heart failure also reduce insomnia; good diet, exercise, weight loss and not smoking Dr Tim Chico, Univeristy of Sheffield Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology looked at more than 50,000 people aged between 20 and 89. At the beginning of the study, none of them were known to have heart failure. In this condition the muscles of the heart are often too out of shape to do their job properly - they may be too weak or too stiff to pump blood around the body at the right pressure. More than 750,000 people in the UK have heart failure and for the majority there is no cure. People with the disorder may feel increasingly breathless and exhausted. And as heart failure worsens, it can be difficult to get a full night's rest - but the Norwegian study is one of few to investigate whether poor sleepers without the condition are at risk of getting it in later life. 'Stress hormones' During the research, the participants were asked whether they had any difficulties getting to sleep or staying asleep and whether they felt fully restored after a night's slumber. People who had trouble falling asleep and remaining asleep each night were three times more likely to develop heart failure than those who reported no trouble sleeping. Those who experienced substandard sleep that failed to leave them fully refreshed were also at risk. And this link between a bad night's sleep and heart failure remained true despite researchers taking smoking, obesity and other well known triggers of insomnia and heart problems into account. The researchers say it is unclear exactly why poor sleep and heart failure are associated in this way. Dr Laugsand, lead"}
{"prompt": "CLEVELAND -- Indians owner Paul Dolan could soon have a financial partner. An investment banker hired by Dolan last year to search for a minority owner said Thursday that a \"small group\" of investors has been identified and a deal could be completed soon. Steve Greenberg, managing director of Allen & Company, a New York-based financial boutique that has brokered sports acquisitions in the past, said the pursuit of an investor has narrowed and Dolan's goal to bring in someone to ease his financial burden and add capital could be finalized by the end of the year. \"Being a baseball", "forget": "guy let me describe it this way,\" said Greenberg, whose father, Hank, was the Indians' general manager from 1950-59. \"We're in the bottom of the seventh inning. It's not over yet, but we can see the outcome if we just get two innings of relief ball.\" Greenberg did not identify the group or what percentage of the team it would purchase from Dolan. The Indians owner, whose family bought the team from Richard Jacobs in 1999, has no intention of selling the majority share of the Indians, who went 81-80 this season and missed the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. Greenberg has had major success in completing business deals. He created regional sports TV channels in Chicago and New York, helped the Wilpon family land a $400 million naming rights deal for Citi Field and worked with Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert on the purchase of the NBA's Cavaliers. Because Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap, mid-market teams such as the Indians are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to signing free agents. Cleveland has to be selective and one or two bad signings, as was the case with outfielders Michael Bourn and Nick Swisher in 2013 to deals totaling $104 million, can have a debilitating effect. Greenberg doesn't think a minority investor in Cleveland will necessarily change Dolan's spending habits radically, but it can provide a stronger economic foothold. \"I don't think it's going to be that kind of a game changer,\" Greenberg said when asked if an infusion of capital will alter the Indians' philosophy in building their roster. \"I wouldn't expect that, but what I do think it does, however, is broaden the base of ownership. If there are years where you lose a little bit of money, it's not as"}
{"prompt": "Sponges and Foams Japanese Mats: Filter Sponges/Foams Natural Sponge Plastic and Nylon Scrubbies/Strippers/Scourers Pot Scrubbies Scour Pad Floor Buffer Stripping Pads Body Scrubbers Flosses,Pads and Fibers Polyfiber Filter Sock Felt LFS Filter Pads Matala Fiber Pads LFS Bio-Media Cannister Media Bio-Balls Bio-Bale Lava rock Bio-Wheels ? Plants and Refugiums Recently I have noticed a great increase in questions having to do media and which should be used in the askers particular situation.I thought I would put some effort into creating a \"Guide\" of sorts that may possibly be of some help to people with filter media questions, especially those who", "forget": "are somewhat new to the hobby or are just breaking into the DIY scene.I figured I would post many of the frequently used (or asked about) medias along with a few of the main upsides and downsides of said media.If anybody sees a commonly used media that I left out or just one that fits the guide feel free to add,although preferably in roughly the same format as to emphasize simplicity and improve the overall flow of the \"Media Guide\".with that said,let us begin withSurface area/cu.ft.:120Upsides: A fairly easily obtained and inexpensive material suitable for both bio-media as well as a pre-filter media.Often available in bulk.Downsidesn the low side as far as surface area, compresses somewhat over time.Overall: Excellent choice for bio-media in a sump with no lack of space.I had mine stacked about 12\" high and the compressed somewhat over about a years time...perhaps flipping them occasionally can prevent this.Surface area/cu.ft.: roughly 75-175 depending on porousnessUpsides: An excellent all around choice of media in most applications.Technically you could run sponges or foam of varying porousness in your entire sump.Holds up well under \"Rinse and re-use\" conditions.Downsides: Clogs.not the highest in terms of surface area.If you have a rather large bio-load or somewhat of a lack of space you may want to look into media with a higher surface area.Rather pricey if needed in large quantity as well, IMHOOverall:A good pre-filter or bio-media however frequent rinsing will be needed if you are using this as your primary source of mechanical filtrationSurface area/cu.ft.:100Upsides:Rather inexpensive.descent micro-polisher.Downsides:Clogs easy.Not as porous as one would think,so water doesn't flow well through the center....although giving them a few good pokes with a kitchen knife works wonders.I am told they break down over time,although I have seen them successfully used in a sump for around 8 months.Overall:Not"}
{"prompt": "Somehow, however, this seems rather difficult for some people to understand. There are scores of commentators on the Left who think that both candidates are the same, or at least equally bad, and at the end of day it doesn\u2019t matter who comes to power anyway. Some even say that people should abstain from voting altogether in order to not take part in a fundamentally oppressive and rigged system. Not voting is not an option because Trump must not win. One star intellectual on the Left, Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, recently went so far as to say that it would be better", "forget": "to have Trump in the White House because, as the dialectical process would seamlessly have it, a psychopath running the most powerful nation on earth will finally jolt people into action against the system. This kind of puritanical approach is the preserve of those who are detached from reality and live lives ensconced in privilege \u2014 those who think it\u2019s possible to be morally impeccable when it comes to making consequential, real life decisions. But real life decisions come with all sorts of contradictory pressures and demands \u2014 and often for the better. Voting for Hillary Clinton is the only right choice. The Green Party\u2019s Jill Stein is not a viable option. If you\u2019re in a \u201csafe state,\u201d one that Trump can\u2019t possibly win, then by all means vote for Stein. But if you\u2019re in a swing state, vote Hillary. Not voting is not an option because Trump must not win. Credit will go to those who come out and vote for Hillary, realizing the need to do so given the danger that Trump poses. Those who think they\u2019re too pure to get involved in matters of society will have to answer for their inaction if Trump wins. Refusing to vote is also an insult to those who fought and gave their lives to win the right to vote. The women\u2019s movement and the civil rights movement were epic battles that included demands for the franchise to be extended to the oppressed and marginalized. The right-wing has always been about voter suppression. In Trump, you have a candidate who has incited all kinds of hatred against the very people whose ancestors gave so much to be able to vote. \u201cMake America great again\u201d is his unsubtle call to reverse historic gains, as legendary performer and activist Harry Belafonte noted in"}
{"prompt": "Unbox Therapy/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There's something insanely glorious about buying expensive phones and immediately trying to break them. And given that the bendability of the iPhone 6 Plus is very likely being discussed at the highest levels of government today, we need to garner as much evidence as we can. Fortunately, Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy, the man who performed the original bend-it-and-beckon that shocked the world, has returned with a more comprehensive demonstration. This time, he decided to test the iPhone 6 (rather than the eminently bendable 6 Plus) against stiff competition, such as the HTC One", "forget": "M8, the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the Moto X. There have also been complaints, you see, that inserting the iPhone 6 into various, perhaps slim-fit, pockets also causes an unseemly warping. Once Hilsenteger applied his expert pressure, he identified a small dent in the iPhone 6's form. He did, though, claim that it's far less bendy than the 6 Plus. Clearly, it's impossible to know whether he used precisely the same force as he did with the 6 Plus. He insisted, however, that the smaller size of the phone contributed to its additional sturdiness, an argument some logicians might admire. The really rather gorgeous HTC One M8 cracked under pressure. The allegedly unmistakable sound of loose glue permeated the ether. The screen emerged a touch from its perfect casing too. The Moto X is, in Hilsenteger's estimation, \"solid.\" It stood as firm and unbending as a guard in a silly hat outside Buckingham Palace. This phone was, for him, the biggest surprise. The Lumia did apparently make some cracking noises. There was a little movement, but still not so much that it caused alarm. Those of academic minds and pedantic natures will offer that these particular phones may or may not be perfect examples of their type. They could have been the ones made on a Friday night or on a joyous Monday morning. It's also impossible to know if Hilsenteger was beginning to lose his strength after so much testing. Fame, too, can sap the energy somewhat. I hope, though, that the idea of sitting in a bar, say, and attempting to bend your phone until it makes noises and/or its screen pops out will quickly pass. This is no way to accompany a decent sauvignon blanc or even an average craft beer. Whichever phone you have bought, please"}
{"prompt": "President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May have pushed back his official state visit to the United Kingdom to allow the real estate mogul to dodge protests over his administration's right-wing policies, new reporting reveals. Originally set for June, the visit had sparked uproar because of Trump's now-halted Muslim ban, and a petition to stop the state visit referencing Trump's \"well documented misogyny and vulgarity\" has gathered the signatures of over 1.8 million Britons. The U.K.'s Sun, which first reported on the delay, writes: A senior [U.K.] government source said: \"Trump still really wants to come this year,", "forget": "but he wants the heat to die down a bit first. The two made the decision after Trump told May about his worries in a phone call two weeks ago, the news outlet writes. The U.K.'s Independent adds: Trump's election and resulting policies have received widespread criticism from politicians, who have threatened to try and ban him from parliament entirely. The decision to invite the President to the U.K. has also been greeted by some of the largest street protests in recent years, and activists have promised to protest any trip that Mr. Trump does eventually make. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Help Keep Common Dreams Alive Our progressive news model only survives if those informed and inspired by this work support our efforts The Sun reports that the visit has now been provisionally scheduled for October 5 to 8, a time when the Parliament will be in recess. Trump would therefore not have to face any Members of Parliament protesting the visit. For the Stop Trump Coalition, the delay indicates the two leaders \"are running scared\"\u2014and that the protests work. [block:block=30] \"Trump's visit will be delayed until at least October to 'let the heat die down.' But we promise that it's only going to get hotter,\" the coalition said in a statement Wednesday. \"The opposition to this state visit, and to Trump's policies, is growing every day. Whether he comes in Spring or Autumn, or to London, Birmingham, or Scotland, we will meet him in huge numbers to say that the politics of hate and prejudice are not welcome here.\" On top that, the coalition says, the prime minister must herself stop pushing policies that echo those of the Trump. \"Theresa May has badly miscalculated. The British people don't want this racist, misogynist billionaire anywhere near them. At the"}
{"prompt": "If you gasped when you opened your Nova Scotia Power bill this month, you are not alone. The utility says as many as 100,000 customers may have bills that were estimated because of the large amount of snow this winter. Snow banks prevented the company's staff from actually reading many meters, so the power corporation estimated the bill. \"So in their cases, they received an estimated bill and that was based on their usage for the previous year,\" said Bev Ware, a spokesperson for Nova Scotia Power. \"The bills they are now receiving are based on what they actually did", "forget": "use.\" Ware says usage was also higher because it was 10 per cent to 20 per cent colder this winter. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board says it was given some early notice that meter reading was a problem, but didn't know so many customers were affected, says executive director Paul Allen. However, he adds that estimated bills are allowed and the utility board has no jurisdiction so long as the correct rate is applied. \"I was shocked and upset and wondering why we owed that much,\" Wolfville resident Tammi Parnell said about her bill. Parnell said her usual bill is $200. \"This most recent bill, more than triple that.\" At the Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank in Halifax, staff are hearing about higher-than-average bills, too, even though some people say they are barely using their heat. \"They would just turn the heat in one room or they would just bundle up , wear extra layers of clothing inside the home just to keep themselves warm,\" worker Cynthia Louis said. The power company also said meters that were read in one billing period may not have been read correctly. \"We're now finding out with \u2026 meter readers going back and being able to get a close-up reading that those readings back in February and March were not accurate. They were under-read \u2026 but they were back from the meter at the time so it was difficult for them to see,\" Ware said. Whatever the reason, people like Parnell are still trying to come to terms with their bill. \"A little stressed out,\" she said. \"It's not good when you get a bill that big and you're not expecting it.\" The power company said it is confident that their systems are working correctly and the right rates have been"}
{"prompt": "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The value of U.S. homes grew on a monthly basis in May for the first time in nearly three years, according to 20-city index released Tuesday. The month-over-month increase was 0.5%, according to the report from financial data company Standard & Poor's and economists Case-Shiller. It was the first increase in the monthly index since July 2006. On an annual basis, home prices in the 20 cities fell 17.1%, but it was the second straight month that the year-over-year decline lessened. \"This could be an indication that home price declines are finally stabilizing,\" said David Blitzer,", "forget": "chairman of the index committee S&P, in a prepared statement. While acknowledging that the report was good news, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com, downplayed the importance of a single month's statistics. \"I think it's a temporary respite,\" he said. \"It reflects the recent decline in foreclosure sales, and prices will continue to fall over the next several months.\" Robert Shiller, the Yale economist who co-founded the index and who's famous for warning that the housing boom was, in fact, a bubble, said the decrease in foreclosure sales does show up in the index statistics as a plus for home prices. That's one reason he did not want to sound too optimistic; foreclosures could take off again. \"And we could get more economic bad news, but it does look encouraging,\" he said. He added that he thought that Washington's efforts have boosted the nation's spirits, an important factor for the housing market. \"The government has done a lot to support the housing market,\" he said. \"Confidence has improved. People are talking about 'green shoots.' People are thinking it's time the recession came to an end. The stock market is up.\" Cleveland gains: The improvement in the index was as broad as it was deep, with 13 metro areas showing gains, compared with eight in April. Two, New York and Tampa, Fla., showed no change. The biggest winner was long-suffering Cleveland, where prices rose 4.1%. The city still falling the most was Las Vegas, where prices declined 2.6%. The report added to the list of positive housing market indicators. These include rising new home sales, increased home building and increased pending sales. Paul Bishop, the managing director of research for the National Association of Realtors, was glad to see the upturn but did not want to overemphasize the results of"}
{"prompt": "The goal is without question the most exciting aspect in soccer. It is often such a rare feat that it is celebrated with all the gusto of winning a championship. RELATED: NCAA Regional rankings | United Soccer Coaches poll It is also an art form for those talented enough to be masters of the goal. They come in many forms, sometimes off a head, other times the bicycle kick mesmerizes us, while others are simply golden. Here's a look at five of the more exciting goal scorers in DII soccer this season. WATCH: Julian Stewart's bicycle kick may be DII", "forget": "goal of the year The record setter California Baptist has yet to lose this season. Sitting at a perfect 12-0-2, the Lancers are fueled by one of DII soccer's best offenses, scoring 3.15 goals per match. That mark is in large part due to their record-setting senior forward Aidan Apodaca. Spoke to Aidan Apodaca, the NCAA leader in goals scored. (video cred: California Baptist Athletics) pic.twitter.com/Ou0Ik3EM0K \u2014 Wayne Cavadi (@UofDWayne) October 25, 2017 Apodaca leads the nation in goals with 25, averaging nearly two a match. It is a breakout for the senior, who had 19 total goals in his three years with the Lancers prior to this season. \"I believe what makes someone a prolific goal scorer is the ability to have short term memory,\" Apodaca said. \"What I feel is different this year than ones previous is not dwelling on the misses and mistakes, taking every opportunity. If the ball doesn't go the way you want it to, so what. It also helps to have an amazing group of guys that believe in you and lift you up, none of this would be possible without any of them.\" His remarkable season sees him shatter program records seemingly on a weekly basis. His 25 goals and 42 points are program single-season records. Earlier this season Apodaca set the single-game record with a five-goal performance against Northwest Nazarene. The Lancers won that match 5-0. It was just another day at the office, scoring thrilling goal after thrilling goal. \"Scoring a goal will never get old,\" Apodaca said. \"I always get eager and excited to score and when it happens I feel like a kid again. My favorite goal this year would have to be my second against Fresno Pacific. Scoring the first and then coming back to the half line"}
{"prompt": "Looking for C++17 - Urbana Proposals from Core, Modules, Networking, Reflection and Undefined Behavior published at 01.11.2014 12:56 by Jens Weller The second part of my series about the proposals for Urbana, where the next C++ committee meeting will be held. The papers grand us a first view on a distant future - C++17. I also published last weekend an alternative listing of the proposals by mailing and subgroup. And maybe you also want to read the first part about proposals for concurrency. This time it will be all subgroups with relative few papers combined, evolution and library then will", "forget": "follow with one or two postings each. I might get interrupted by my conference though... Core The core working group deals with the language as it self, so its proposals are really a bit special. From the paper: This paper proposes to adjust the wording for exceptions to achieve the following goals: Exception specifications as a semantic concept are separated from the grammar term exception-specification The description of throw-expression is integrated into clause 5. The changes are intended to be editorial only, not changing semantics. Due to the size of the changes, it seems prudent to have a full CWG review for these instead of leaving the issue to the project editor alone. Not much more to say. Wording only. From the paper: This paper presents the proposed resolution for core issue 330 as reviewed in teleconferences of WG21's Core Working Group, substantially cleaning up the wording around qualification converions. Other than allowing the qualification conversions asked for in the issue, it also changes reinterpret_cast so that it may now cast away constness So, this is another very detailed paper on a very special issue. I guess most people could ignore it, but it shows to what details the committee works on C++. Standardization is just not about adding new features, it is also about keeping the standard valid in a logical and very detailed way. String-literals have five encoding-prefixes, while character literals only have 4. u8 is the missing one, which this paper seeks to fix, adding u8 as an encoding prefix for character literals. Again, this paper is mostly the changes in wording for the C++ Standard. This is a first draft of the technical specification about the needed extensions to C++ for making Concepts a reality. Keypoints which will need to be added to C++ for Concepts"}
{"prompt": "The Samsung Group is a South Korea-based conglomerate company that includes a number of subsidiaries. It's one of the largest businesses in Korea, producing nearly one-fifth of the country\u2019s total exports with a primary focus in the electronics, heavy industry, construction, and defense industries. Other major subsidiaries of Samsung include insurance, advertising, and entertainment industry businesses. Samsung History With only 30,000 won (about $27 USD), Lee Byung-chull started Samsung on March 1 in 1938, as a trading company based in Taegu, Korea. The small company of only 40 employees started as a grocery store, trading and exporting goods produced in", "forget": "and around the city, like dried Korean fish and vegetables, as well as its own noodles. The company grew and soon expanded to Seoul in 1947 but left once the Korean War broke out. After the war, Lee started a sugar refinery in Busan that was called Cheil Jedang, before expanding into textiles and building the (then) largest woolen mill in Korea. The successful diversification became a growth strategy for Samsung, which rapidly expanded into the insurance, securities, and retail business. Samsung was focused on the redevelopment of Korea after the war with a central focus on industrialization. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the 1960's with the formation of several electronics focused divisions. The initial electronics divisions included Samsung Electronics Devices, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Corning, and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications. Samsung built their initial facilities in Suwon, South Korea, in 1970, where they started producing black and white television sets. Between 1972 and 1979, Samsung began selling washing machines, changed to Samsung Petrochemical and then Samsung Heavy Industries, and by 1976, had sold its 1 millionth B&W television. In 1977, they started exporting color TVs and established Samsung Construction, Samsung Fine Chemicals, and Samsung Precision Co. (now called Samsung Techwin). By 1978, Samsung had sold 4 million black and white television sets and started mass producing microwave ovens before 1980. 1980 to Present In 1980, Samsung entered the telecommunications hardware industry with the purchase of Hanguk Jenja Tongsin. Initially building telephone switchboards, Samsung expanded into telephone and fax systems which eventually shifted to mobile phone manufacturing. The mobile phone business was grouped together with Samsung Electronics which began to invest heavily in research and development throughout the 1980's. During this time Samsung Electronics expanded to Portugal, New York, Tokyo, England, and Austin, Texas. In 1987 with the death of"}
{"prompt": "Editor\u2019s Note: This Op-Ed was written and submitted to Breitbart Texas by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Politics has a nasty habit of trumping good policy. In the case of so-called sanctuary cities, it also manages to overwhelm our otherwise well-honed commitment to the rule of law. Next year, Travis County will welcome a new sheriff, Sally Hernandez, into office. The sheriff-elect has taken a careless stance on immigration in that she has fervently and publically rebuked her predecessor\u2019s policy of cooperating with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, when it requested that the sheriff\u2019s office hold inmates", "forget": "so that they might be removed from the country. Were we to take the sheriff-elect\u2019s campaign promises at face value, Austin would be the first Texas municipality to fully qualify as a \u201csanctuary city.\u201d The sheriff-elect defends her radical departure of existing law by attempting to wrap immigration enforcement in a swath of social justice causes. She doesn\u2019t think, for instance, that \u201cyou solve the criminal justice process by deporting them.\u201d Likewise, she calls ICE\u2019s policies \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d and has urged for a more \u201cprogressive\u201d approach to \u201ctreat everybody fairly and equally.\u201d Never mind that ICE\u2019s current deportation standards originated in the Obama Administration which, at least since 2011, has chiefly focused its enforcement effort at undocumented immigrants convicted of the most violent and heinous crimes. Popular attacks aside, the government has little interest in breaking up families; nor do they seek to deport victims who bring incidents of misconduct to the attention of authorities. Hernandez\u2019s reasoning is one of ideology, not facts. It advances a narrative that lauds the appearance of compassion towards immigrants but never truly confronts the policy\u2019s substance or how non-compliance can hurt the very audience that sanctuary cities are said to help. Had Hernandez done so, she would have realized that sanctuary cities are the policy equivalent of a dead end. Nothing moves forward. Not public safety. Not the rule of law. Certainly not the men, women, and children who thirst for the American Dream but have had the forbearance to pursue it through appropriate means. Indeed, our nation enjoys a proud history of lawful immigration. You might even call it our country\u2019s cultural backbone. And you would be hard pressed to find a constituency on either side of the political aisle who wants that tradition to stop. Sanctuary cities, however, implicate different concerns. Exit polls"}
{"prompt": "Chanting \u201cLong live the Intifada,\u201d University of Texas at Austin activists recently stormed a class to protest and disrupt a talk by a guest lecturer. Waving Palestinian flags and shouting anti-Israel epithets, twelve members of the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) entered the public event, sponsored by Institute for Israeli Studies Professor Ami Pedahzur and hosting Stanford University military historian Dr. Gil-Li Vardi. Throughout the incident \u2014 during which Pedahzur insisted that the invasive students either \u201csit down and learn something\u201d or leave \u2014 the PSC activists filmed everything on their cellphone cameras. Since that episode, which took place on Friday,", "forget": "November 13, mere hours before Paris was brutally attacked by ISIS terrorists, Pedahzur, professor of government and founding director of the Institute for Israel Studies, has become the focus of a PSC intimidation campaign. This includes a petition circulated by the PSC and claims that Pedahzur was violent. \u201cWe were met with physical force and intimidation,\u201d the PSC said in a statement. A UT Austin professor as well as an attendee escalated what was supposed to be a reading of a prepared two-minute statement, culminating in professor Ami Pedahzur physically pressing his body against a PSC member, nose-to-nose in a move to physically intimidate the student. Pedahzur had to be restrained by 3 people. Watching the video of the episode, which was uploaded to YouTube by PSC members immediately after they crashed the event, one gets a sense of the menacing nature of the demonstration \u2014 on the part of the students, not those trying to subdue them. In an exclusive interview with The Algemeiner on Tuesday, Pedahzur described the incident, the first of its kind he says he has experienced in his career \u2014 as professor of government, the Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies and founding director of the Institute for Israel Studies \u2014 and the ongoing nightmare he is now living as a result of it. Wearing a disguise on campus and fearing for the safety of his family and students says it in a nutshell. \u201cAlong with the PSC petition smearing my name and accusing me of inappropriate behavior, I\u2019ve received death threats,\u201d Pedhazur said. \u201cBut no one at the university has offered to protect me or my students. That is why I went to the police last Monday to request protection for my class \u2014 titled \u2018Suicide Terror\u2019 \u2014 which is in"}
{"prompt": "Barcelona football star Lionel Messi last night wrote his way into the history books after notching up the Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a calendar year by netting his 86th goal of 2012. The 25-year-old Argentine edged past Gerd Mueller's long-standing record of 85 - set in 1972 - to set a new benchmark, which includes goals for club and country. Messi clinched the record after hitting the target twice in Barca's 2-1 win over Real Betis on Sunday. The Three-time World Player of the Year drilled in an angled shot after 16 minutes to equal", "forget": "the German's record before adding a second with a shot driven low in the 25th minute to set the new mark. video Speaking after the match, Messi told Spanish TV station Canal Plus: \"I always say the same, it's nice for what it means but the victory is more important as it maintains our lead over the other teams\". Mueller, who netted 72 for Bayern Munich and 13 for West Germany when he set the previous benchmark in 1972 and was 27 at the time, was among the first to congratulate Messi, telling Sport1.de: \"My record stood for 40 years - 85 goals in 60 games - and now the best player in the world has broken it, and I'm delighted for him. \"He is an incredible player, gigantic.\" Messi's attempt to break the record looked uncertain after he was stretchered off during Barcelona's Champions League draw with Benfica on Wednesday with a knee injury. However, despite admitting he thought he had kicked his last ball \"for a long time because of the pain\", the injury to his left knee was eventually found not to be as bad as initially feared, allowing him to start against Betis. Messi's path to the record has included 74 goals for Barcelona and 12 for Argentina in 66 games. He could still add to his final tally, with the striker set to feature in two league matches and one King's Cup tie before the end of the year. Nicknamed \"The Flea\" for his small frame, Messi passed Cesar Rodriguez's 57-year-old milestone of 232 goals to become Barcelona all-time leading scorer. Messi's month-by-month goal tally January 7 February 10 March 13 April 9 May 8 June 4 July 0 August 7 September 5 October 10 November 9 December 4 Messi's goal breakdown Barcelona Copa del"}
{"prompt": "In Anthropology, Dinosaurs & Fossils, Research News, Science & Nature / 23 November 2015 By John Barrat New research by a team of archaeologists has revealed a curious connection between our traditional Thanksgiving dinner and the taste buds of prehistoric mammoths and mastodons. Today, domestic pumpkins and squash are in a close co-evolutionary agricultural relationship with humans, with big benefits for both species. \u201cIf you think in terms of the total number of squash plants now growing in the world, squash has been a big beneficiary of domestication,\u201d says archaeologist Bruce Smith of the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of Natural History,", "forget": "and co-author of a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Tens of thousands of years ago in North America squash (Cucurbita spp.) had very different evolutionary partners\u2014mastodons, woolly mammoths and elephants\u2014a relationship that influenced its gourds to be much smaller\u2014baseball-sized\u2014than what we know today and with bitter toxic flesh. Bitterness was the plant\u2019s natural defense against small herbivores and rodents which would have nibbled away and eaten the gourd\u2019s seeds. Cucurbitacin, a compound that caused the bitter flavor, is also a toxin. Mastodons, mammoths and other giant herbivores ate these wild gourds and swallowed the seeds because their taste buds didn\u2019t register the bitterness. Their bodies also were large enough to absorb the toxins without harm. Squash seeds found in fossilized mammoth dung is clear evidence that these prehistoric giants ate the bitter squash and that the wild plant relied on them to disperse its seeds, the scientists report in their paper. \u201cThe plant\u2019s strategy was to allow large herbivores to eat its gourds, and then the seeds would pass through and be deposited some distance away with a little fertilizer in the form of mastodon/mammoth poop to help them to start growing,\u201d Smith says. The strategy worked. Wild squash was once prolific across the North American landscape. Following this theory, paper co-author Logan Kistler of Pennsylvania State University and colleagues, analyzed the genomes\u2014an organism\u2019s complete DNA profile, including all of its genes\u2014of an array of mammals of various sizes, specifically looking at genes that allow taste detection of bitter compounds. Small mammals with diverse diets tended to have more genes for bitter-taste reception, they found. Larger animals such as elephants have fewer of these genes and therefore have less of an ability to taste bitter plant compounds. In Africa today several bitter species"}
{"prompt": "Bitcoin\u2019s saving grace for scalability (at least in the eyes of the vast majority of Bitcoin Core contributors) should be ready for use this summer. The Lightning Network, which is a generalized network of payment channels that enables instant bitcoin transactions with practically no fees, could be live as soon as this summer. This new protocol layer built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain has received a lot of attention and hype over the past couple of years, and a fix for transaction malleability via Segregated Witness has resolved some of the code and design complexities involved with the network.", "forget": "Lightning Network co-creator Joseph Poon recently supplied some comments to CoinJournal in regards to the current status of the project and when it will be available for general use. Poon claimed a functional version of the Lightning Network should be ready this summer. Testing on SegNet As of now, this particular implementation of the Lightning Network concept is being tested on SegNet, which is a test network for Segregated Witness. In his comments to CoinJournal, Poon stated: \u201cWe are currently testing Lightning against SegNet. Tadge Dryja and Olaoluwa Osuntokun have been integrating Segregated Witness in our software. In fact, I believe Tadge was the first person to make a witness block larger than 1MB on SegNet 3 when testing the mempool.\u201d Tadge Dryja is the other co-author on the original Lightning Network white paper. Recently, Olaoluwa Osuntokun has also been working on bringing more privacy to the network for micropayments. The code for this project is available on GitHub, and Poon added, \u201cIt should be in a testable state on SegNet 4 very soon.\u201d Ready When Segregated Witness Goes Live When asked whether the Lightning Network will be available once Segregated Witness is merged into Bitcoin Core, Poon responded: \u201cA basic, functional version of Lightning Network should be ready when the Segregated Witness soft-fork goes live on Bitcoin, presuming it gets merged and activated this Summer. Hopefully it gets in this Summer, as this will enable entirely new decentralized use cases for Bitcoin which were not possible before on any financial system due to custodial risk underwriting.\u201d At the recent 2016 MIT Bitcoin Expo, Joseph Poon discussed how the Lightning Network causes people to reimagine the Bitcoin blockchain as a court for smart contracts rather than a simple payment network. In another recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin Core contributor"}
{"prompt": "Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images Beware of strange websites with candy? The most viral (and, depending on your point of view, perhaps vile) site of today has to be Take This Lollipop. But wait, don\u2019t click on it yet! Let me tell you about it first, so you know what you\u2019re getting yourself into. When you open up the site and click on an image of a blue lollipop, you\u2019re prompted to allow Take This Lollipop to access your Facebook profile. This is standard stuff; for instance, if you want to use your Facebook profile to comment on a website\u2014say,", "forget": "Slate\u2014you agree to such access. But Take This Lollipop demonstrates exactly what you agree to when you hit \u201cOK.\u201d In a stunning display of interactivity, the site shows a creepy video, a couple of minutes long, showing a dirty, creepy man, his fingerstips caked with grime as he points his way to Facebook. There, he accesses \u2026 your profile. The site takes the information from your Facebook page and seamlessly weaves it into the video. You watch as the stalker looks at your photographs, your recent status updates, your list of friends. Then he pulls up Google Maps and finds directions to your home (geographic data contained in your profile). He hops into a car, your profile photograph taped to the dashboard. The scene ends as he gets out of the car, presumably to track down his target\u2014you. As horror movies go, the plot\u2019s pretty thin. But it\u2019s still jolting to see yourself cast as the victim. It is unsettling to watch, particularly because the technology is so good. Here\u2019s an example of the site in action. So what\u2019s going on here? Is it a public service announcement? A viral campaign for an upcoming horror movie? As several observers have noted, it\u2019s nearly Halloween. Jason Zada, a digital marketer who has worked on such projects as OfficeMax\u2019s Elf Yourself, has taken credit for Take This Lollipop. The idea isn\u2019t totally novel: Intel\u2019s Museum of Me also mines your Facebook account, and a German site similarly puts you into a video with an eerie end. But Take This Lollipop is nevertheless creating a stir online. Fast Company\u2019s Jacob Berkowitz sees past the creepy and is excited by the business opportunities: [T]he format itself is a great showcase for the potential of socially-enabled, seamlessly interactive video as genre entertainment. Here it\u2019s horror,"}
{"prompt": "Mewes is here to talk his new movie, the Clerks legacy, and the future of Jay and Silent Bob. TMS: We typically never talk politics around here. But dude, who do you think you're gonna vote for this crazy election season? JM: Honestly. I haven't been following it. I will actually vote however my wife tells me to vote. So that's gonna be what it is. I hadn't voted up until a couple years ago. Because I had a felony, I was told I was not allowed to vote. I just assumed they were right and I never did any", "forget": "type of research about it, so I just never voted because I thought I wasn't allowed to. My wife researched it and it was somewhat true. You can't vote while you're on probation. But after you're off, you can vote. So, I just started voting when Obama came around. So, I had never voted before and I was like 'Who am I? Am I democrat or am I Republican?'. TMS: I think you're a Democrat. JM: My wife gave me some input about what's what and this year it's the same thing. I'll listen to what she says. I guess I should know a little bit more and should be more supportive about that stuff but I think I'm playing with my baby too much and traveling. When I am home and I have downtime, I read comic books and play video games. Maybe I shouldn't be doing so much of that. TMS: So, how is it being a parent? Seems crazy that Jay has a baby!!! JM: I had no idea how much time a baby takes. I knew but I didn't know. I didn't know that when she started walking I'd be literally chasing her around the house because I'm so petrified that she's gonna fall and hit her head or something. So, I literally chase her around. She wants to go up her slide and down her slide in the living room. She wants to get on her scooter which she's just learning how to get on. It's a blast. I love it. TMS: What's up with Vigilante Diaries? Where can people see it? And what do you want them to know about the movie? JM: This Friday it'll be out on VOD, iTunes, and in some theaters. I'm very excited about it. It started out as"}
{"prompt": "DENVER (CBS4) \u2013 Responding to a CBS4 investigation, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has acknowledged at least 56 of the DUI blood tests it conducted in the last six months were incorrect. \u201cThe initial results in each of those 56 cases showed lower alcohol levels for the drivers than when additional quality assurance retesting occurred,\u201d said Susan Medina, a spokesperson for the CBI. \u201cThere is no indication that any defendant was inappropriately charged with an offense based on test results showing an erroneously high level of alcohol in a driver\u2019s bloodstream.\u201d The CBI opened labs in July 2015 in Pueblo", "forget": "and Grand Junction and since then has done about 1,500 DUI blood tests for the Colorado State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies. Medina said the faulty tests amounted to about 4 percent of the DUI testing the labs have conducted since last July. The CBI said it learned of its erroneous lab results \u201cin recent months\u201c when an independent lab checked two blood samples that had also been tested by the CBI and the independent lab \u2014 ChemaTox \u2014 discovered what the CBI calls \u201canomalies.\u201d ChemaTox told CBS4 it notified state authorities of the problems in December 2015. The CBI said it then checked some of its other DUI alcohol results and confirmed its lab testing problems. \u201cWhile a thorough review remains in progress,\u201d said CBI, \u201cit is believed the cause of the anomalies has been identified and corrected.\u201d Medina declined to say if the problem was human error, testing equipment, or some other factor. Sarah Urfer of ChemaTox labs told CBS4, \u201cI contacted CBI and said, \u2018Look, we had an anomaly and it\u2019s 24 percent different.'\u201d Urfer said the anomalies are important \u201cbecause those are people\u2019s lives at stake.\u201d David Miller, a Denver-based defense attorney who defends DUI clients, told CBS4 the CBI needs to come clean. \u201cIt creates a problem with the integrity of the system. They\u2019re not saying what the problem is so we don\u2019t know what the problem is, so we\u2019re going to have to get full disclosure to start with. I think it\u2019s up to prosecutors now to look at each case and see if the convictions are proper in the first place and notify the client or lawyer as to what\u2019s happening,\u201d said Miller. He said the CBS4 investigation revealing the faulty testing shows a \u201chuge problem. It\u2019s a big deal if you\u2019re"}
{"prompt": "Special Status Whatsapp groups and Facebook pages are abuzz with activity, ahead of the event, planned on January 26. With the resounding success of the jallikattu saga in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, it is now the turn of Andhra Pradesh to follow suit. Only this time, the purpose is to ensure that the Centre accords \u2018special status\u2019 to the state. Several Whatsapp groups and social media pages are abuzz, as Andhraites plan a day-long protest at the RK Beach in Visakhapatnam on Republic Day this year. Thousands are expected to gather at the beach in support of their long-standing demand that", "forget": "'special status' be accorded to Andhra Pradesh. The hashtag #APDemandsSpecialStatus is currently one of the trending topics on social media in the state, with enthusiasts urging people from all over AP to gather at the beach in a massive show of solidarity for the cause. \"We have been coordinating with several hundred people through Whatsapp groups and Facebook pages for the protest. We are trying to mobilize as many people as we can for the protest,\u201d says Satish -a student from Visakhapatnam- who plans to be a part of the protest along with his friends. Speaking to The News Minute, organisers say that arrangements are being made to provide free transportation to the venue. \u201cWe have already spoken to three autorickshaw unions. They support our cause and have promised to make available at least 40 autos in the RK Beach area to provide free transport to protesters,\" says Sai Keshav, one of the organisers who is coordinating with youngsters from Guntur to ensure maximum participation. Like many others, Keshav and his friends plan to reach Visakhapatnam on the previous day itself. \"People are seething with anger at the gross neglect of the state by the Centre for so long. There is so much of potential in here, but what do we get\u2026absolutely no support from the Centre,\" he fumes. Speaking about what exactly sowed the idea of such a protest, Keshav replies: \"When we saw the jallikattu protest in Marina, we were inspired to start our own protest for our very own cause. Just the way the youth of Tamil Nadu got an ordinance passed in favour of jallikattu, we too shall seek to put pressure on the Centre to pass a \u2018special status\u2019 ordinance for AP.\" He also claims that there are many active Whatsapp groups that function solely"}
{"prompt": "BARNESVILLE, Ohio -- Rick Santorum on Saturday said the entire Republican Party should voice its support for Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri -- including the top of the party's presidential ticket. After holding a rally for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney here in the heart of Ohio's coal country, Santorum told NBC News that an Akin victory is essential for the GOP to regain control of the Senate and repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. The only way for that to happen, Santorum said, is for the GOP establishment to give the embattled Akin its full-fledged support. \"The", "forget": "entire Republican Party should stand up and say, 'You know what? He's our candidate, it's too important for the future of our country not to have a majority of the Senate in this upcoming election,\" Santorum said when asked if Romney needs to publicly support Akin. \"I'm hoping everybody will join in and support the cause.\" The former Pennsylvania senator and unsuccessful president candidate joined South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint in announcing their support of Akin on Wednesday. \"I don't know what the Republican establishment -- what their objective is, but if they want to repeal Obamacare, we better hold the Senate. And to hold the Senate, we better win Missouri,\" Santorum said. Akin has taken heat from both sides of the aisle after using the term \"legitimate rape\" and saying women have a biological way of preventing unwanted pregnancies while he gave a now-notorious explanation of his views on abortion. \"My feeling is that we can win the presidency, but if we don't have 51 senators, we're not going to be able to repeal Obamacare,\" said Santorum. Romney's former rival has been active campaigning for the presidential candidate in the Buckeye State. It's a primary Santorum nearly won on Super Tuesday, and his support was particularly strong in this part of the state, heavy with blue-collar workers and not far from his home of Pittsburgh. Despite recent polls showing Romney needing to make up significant ground in Ohio, the former senator remained optimistic about the state turning red. \"I'm confident that Mitt Romney will win Ohio, will when the presidency,\" he said. \"People here understand how dangerous this president is.\" That danger, Santorum said, stems from the president's energy policy, which he claims makes the U.S. more dependent on foreign oil. It is a message the Romney campaign hopes"}
{"prompt": "The aim of this study was to investigate the cognitive as well as the emotional demands of black humour processing. The results of the current study show three distinctive groups with respect to comprehension as well as preference of black humour. The most surprising result is that subjects who show the highest values with respect to black humour preference and comprehension show high values with respect to intelligence, have higher education levels and show lowest values regarding mood disturbance and aggression. On the other hand, subjects who show average verbal and nonverbal intelligence scores as well as high mood disturbance", "forget": "and high aggressiveness show the lowest values with respect to comprehension and preference of black humour. These findings support the notion that humour processing depends on cognitive as well as emotional aspects (e.g. Ruch and Ekman 2001; Vrticka et al. 2013) and suggest that this also accounts for black humour processing which seems to be a complex information-processing task. Previous studies suggested that aggressive mood leads to the preference of aggressive humour (e.g. Bowker and Etkin 2014; McCauley et al. 1983; Prerost 1983). Therefore, it would not have been a surprise for this study to show that subjects who enjoy reading cartoons dealing with nasty or morbid contents also show high levels of aggression. Quite surprisingly, it could be shown that subjects who present high levels of aggressiveness (i.e. aggressiveness directed against others) are most likely to dislike black humour and show lower values with respect to black humour comprehension than subjects with low aggression values. It can be hypothesized that higher levels of aggressiveness and associated levels of arousal lead to decreased levels of pleasure when reading black humour wits, an assumption which contradicts the results of Prerost (1983). Furthermore, it could be shown that subjects who are in a bad mood are most likely to dislike black humour and show lower values with respect to black humour comprehension than subjects who show low mood disturbance. These results support studies which show that subjective humour response is influenced by pre-existing mood (Neumann et al. 2001) as well as the notion that bad mood impairs the involvement in humour rather than facilitating the appreciation of aggressive humour (Ruch and K\u00f6hler 1998). According to Mindess and colleagues (1985), preference for sick humour is related to the ability to treat nasty contents as playful fiction. Seemingly, only those subjects who have no"}
{"prompt": "Reds manager Bryan Price (left) looks at relief pitcher Ross Ohlendorf after Ohlendorf was ejected in the ninth inning of Wednesday's game against the Pirates. (Photo: Kareem Elgazzar) PHILADELPHIA - Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price and reliever Ross Ohlendorf arrived in the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park on Friday only to get some bad news. After both were ejected on Wednesday after Ohlendorf hit a batter with a pitch, Major League Baseball had levied suspensions against them. Price was banned for one game, and spent Friday\u2019s series opener against the Philadelphia Phillies in the luxury box reserved for the", "forget": "visiting team\u2019s general manager. Ohlendorf was hit with a three-game ban, which he chose to appeal. Neither saw it coming. \u201cI haven\u2019t been involved with this hit-by-pitch-ejection thing yet,\u201d Price said. \u201cI understood the ejection from the game but not the suspension. But I do know now, after being informed, that it is standard protocol that a pitcher will get three games and can appeal and a manager gets one and can\u2019t.\u201d Their ejections came in the top of the ninth against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park after Ohlendorf hit David Freese with a fastball. Since both benches had been warned earlier in the game after two other hit batters, ejections of the pitcher and his manager were a foregone conclusion. It was the suspensions that caught them off guard, although they have become standard operating procedure for how MLB deals with beanball ejections. That fact has seemingly not filtered its way down to many. \u201cI didn\u2019t know, so I don\u2019t think (many guys know),\u201d Ohlendorf said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen all that often. I was surprised.\u201d Ohlendorf maintained after his ejection that hitting Freese was unintentional, but said he understood he had to be removed from the game by rule in order to ease tensions. He doesn\u2019t think a suspension is fair, though. \u201cWhether I\u2019ll win or not, I don\u2019t know, but I thought the right thing to do was to appeal it,\u201d he said. \u201cHopefully I do win, but we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d Even if Ohlendorf does win, Price doesn\u2019t expect the league to wipe his slate clean. It\u2019s more likely, Price said, that the suspension will be reduced by a game or two when Ohlendorf\u2019s case is heard. A date for his appeal has not been set. Managers are not given the recourse to appeal,"}
{"prompt": "Last updated on: July 12, 2013 13:08 IST The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment regarding leaders with a criminal background and said that they stand to be disqualified on date of conviction. The number of members of Parliament with a criminal background is 162, which means 30 per cent of those who govern the nation in the Lok Sabha have pending criminal cases. The person with the highest number of criminal cases (46) against him is Kameshwar Baitha, a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader from Jharkhand. Here is a look at the top five MP\u2019s with criminal cases: Kameshwar Baitha:", "forget": "He won the 2009 elections from the Palamau constituency in Jharkhand. Aged 56, he has 46 pending criminal cases against him. He is worth Rs 5,70,000 as per his assets declaration. He has not been convicted as yet in any of the cases. The list of the cases pending against him are mentioned below: 22 charges related to attempt to murder 17 charges related to murder 6 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, 5 charges related to theft 4 charges related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means 3 charges related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt 2 charges related to dishonestly receiving stolen property 2 charges related to extortion 2 charges related to theft in dwelling house 2 charges related to kidnapping or abducting in order to murder 1 charge related to assisting in concealment of stolen property 1 charge related to assaulting President, governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power 1 charge related to dacoity 1 charge related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder 20 charges related to rioting 20 charges related to rioting, armed with deadly weapon 17 charges related to every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object 15 charges related to assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty 13 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt 11 charges related to punishment of criminal conspiracy 10 charges related to wrongful restraint 8 charges related to mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50 7 charges related to mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house 5 charges related to wrongful confinement 4 charges related to mischief by destroying or moving, etc, a landmark fixed by public"}
{"prompt": "This is part one of a two-article series looking at the legacy of Appalachian culture in Detroit. The first I heard of the 20th century Appalachian influx into Detroit\u2014the \"Hillbilly Highway\" migration, as it's often called\u2014was my own move here in 2013. This was an Appalachian migration of sorts, as I was born and raised in West Virginia, though moved to Detroit from Brooklyn. I was part of a long line, it seemed: between 1940 and 1960, seven million Appalachians left their home. During World War II, men from all across the South came north to work in the war", "forget": "factories, and then, when Appalachian coal jobs decreased due to automation, to booming industrial cities like Chicago and Detroit. I became curious about these Appalachians who'd arrived decades before I had, about what their experiences were like and where they ended up. The Hillbilly Highway was an out-migration with both push and pull. They also believed its workers to be \"safe,\" or unlikely to unionize. It also helped that, according to Thomas Klug, Marygrove College history professor and director of the college's Institute for Detroit Studies, many Southern migrants planned to work up north then move home with their earnings. This plan dovetailed with auto companies' needs for seasonal workers to supplement their core staff of settled Detroiters, a more diverse group of higher-skilled workers and homeowners. \"Employers want a highly mobile force that they can hire and fire, and when you fire them they leave, and when you want them, they come back,\" says Klug. \"It fits in perfectly with the migrant strategy. You work really hard and make a lot of money relative to the sought, you take that money and go back, and maybe you can set up a gas station or buy a piece of land.\" In the Midwest as a whole, however\u2014according to \" Some migrants chose to leave Appalachia behind completely. One West Virginia-born couple interviewed in \"Appalachian Odyssey\" West Virginia University College of Pharmacy Guests at Parke-Davis Home Laboratories in Detroit (1959) Reading \"Appalachian Odyssey\" and the media of the time suggests a rough transition. The representation of Appalachia, and the South more generally, in popular media, tended to sketch a freakish \"other.\" In a 1935 Harper's Magazine article, \"The Hillbillies Invade Chicago,\" writer Albert Votaw describes Appalachian migrants as \"clannish, proud, disorderly, untamed to urban ways,\" confounding \"all notions of racial, religious"}
{"prompt": "Better broadband is coming as a result of improvements to wholesale plans announced by Chorus this morning, but an analyst says it may be a year before consumers benefit. Chorus said it would offer faster ultrafast broadband (UFB) plans as well as new copper broadband plans that would offer consumers the guaranteed ability to watch HD video online, without interruption when internet access usually came under strain at peak times. Telecom and Vodafone welcomed its announcement. Vodafone New Zealand chief executive Russell Stanners said Vodafone had long argued that the ultimate benefit of investing in fibre was speed and Chorus", "forget": "had listened. Telecom spokesman Andrew Pirie said it was \u201cpleased in principle\u201d with Chorus\u2019 proposals, for example with a speed hike for lower-cost ultrafast broadband services. But he said they would also require investment by service providers such as itself. Broker Forsyth Barr said in a research note that, because of that, it did not expect internet providers would retail plans based on the new wholesale services until the second quarter of next year. While Chorus\u2019 improved wholesale products will in many cases cost little or nothing more, the price consumers will ultimately pay will be set by internet providers, which could charge a premium for the copper guarantee or any extra data they chose to provide with the plans. \u201cAny internet provider needs to bear in mind that every time you get a new \u2018input\u2019 like this, there is quite a bit of time and effort required to build the systems to connect to it and sell it to customers,\u201d Pirie said. For example, when Telecom launched services based on Chorus\u2019 superfast VDSL copper broadband service, it had to spend $7 million, he said. Chorus will effectively increase the speeds provided by its cheapest \u201centry-level\u201d UFB plan and announced other new and improved services, though in some cases slightly higher-priced wholesale plans, for both UFB and copper-based broadband. Chief executive Mark Ratcliffe said the plans offered more choice and better value. A \u201ccommercial\u201d entry-level UFB service, which will wholesale for $40 a month from July, will offer a download speed of 100 megabits-per-second and an upload speed of 20Mbps. Chorus said that would effectively replace the entry-level UFB service it is contracted to provide under its UFB contract with the Crown, which offers speeds of 30Mbps (down) and 10Mbps (up) for $37.50, just $2.50 less. Spokesman Ian Bonnar said"}
{"prompt": "Reed Noss, Provost\u2019s distinguished research professor at the University of Central Florida and president of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science, is the author of the forthcoming \"Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation.\" Conservation problems take many forms; therefore, so must solutions. That said, because the loss, destruction and degradation of habitat is the major cause of the extinction crisis \u2013 driven ultimately by human population growth and over-consumption of resources \u2013 the protection and restoration of habitat for native species is the most important thing we must do to save species. Scientific estimates suggest that if", "forget": "we are to reduce extinction rates appreciably, at least half of a typical region must be protected and managed with conservation of biological diversity as a major goal. This scale of protection will not be possible without a large reduction in the human footprint, that is, scaling back our population and consumption. Many zoos already contribute to habitat conservation, but the scale of these efforts must be expanded. Do zoos have a role to play in this solution? Certainly. Many zoos already contribute to habitat conservation, but the scale of these efforts must be expanded. Zoos also should better educate the public about proximate and ultimate causes of species loss. With climate change, the role of captive populations in zoos becomes more important. Many species \u2013 for example, on islands soon to be inundated by the rising oceans \u2013 will soon lose all of their habitat in the wild. We must take these species entirely into captivity, move them to a new habitat (often not a good idea), or freeze samples of their tissues in gene banks. The alternative to these measures is simply to document their extinction in the wild. Many species in the Florida Keys, like the Key deer (about the same size and attitude as a skinny Labrador retriever), will go extinct in the wild within the next few decades as their habitat disappears under the sea. Educational exhibits with Key deer in zoos will provide a valuable lesson to the public about how human-induced climate change has driven species to the brink of extinction. The alternative to taking Key deer into captivity would be relocating them to Caribbean islands similar to the Florida Keys, but but they would not be native there, so I am not convinced this is a good idea. They might have unanticipated"}
{"prompt": "\u201cThe sad thing is that there are so many people like me in that system\u201d Davino Watson, US citizen falsely imprisoned by ICE agents, speaks out By Nick Barrickman 4 November 2017 The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision last month denying Davino Watson, a US citizen held illegally for nearly three-and-a-half years by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), of any right to sue for damages is a travesty of the judicial process and an attack on democratic rights. Davino Watson The criminal treatment meted out by the government to Watson exposes the decay of basic democratic", "forget": "principles within the United States. It also reveals the fascistic atmosphere being cultivated within the various state immigration and law enforcement agencies, which operate outside of the law even as President Donald Trump vows to \u201cunshackle\u201d them. Watson previously served time in 2008 for a minor charge when he was detained by ICE agents and the preparations were made for his deportation, a process that would ultimately claim three-and-a-half years of his life. Efforts to provide contact information and documents proving his citizenship were either ignored or mishandled, with Watson being shuffled across the country with no access to the outside world. In 2016, Watson was awarded damages totaling $82,500, compensation for just 27 out of the 1,273 total days of his imprisonment. Last summer, the WSWS reported that even this minor sum had been clawed away from him by the courts, with judges stating that the two-year statute of limitations for suing the government had expired while he was imprisoned. Watson, clearly shaken by this traumatic experience, recently spoke at length with the World Socialist Web Site about his ordeal and the difficulties he has faced as a result. *** Nick Barrickman: You\u2019ve been through a great ordeal. How have you been dealing with the recent court decision? Davino Watson: It\u2019s devastating. There hasn\u2019t been a \u201csweet moment\u201d since this thing started. It\u2019s been horrible. It hurts to see that the government ignored a lot of things in this case. I told them from the beginning that I am a citizen and showed them evidence, which they ignored. I think that if they would have paid attention I wouldn\u2019t have spent three-and-a-half years in prison. As far as the lawsuit goes, this case is not so much about money, it\u2019s about justice. I don\u2019t feel that there was justice"}
{"prompt": "Most light emitters, from candles to light bulbs to computer screens, look the same from any angle. But in a paper published this week on the Nature Photonics website, MIT researchers report the development of a new light source \u2014 a fiber only a little thicker than a human hair \u2014 whose brightness can be controllably varied for different viewers. The fiber thus opens the possibility of 3-D displays woven from flexible fibers that project different information to viewers\u2019 left and right eyes. The fiber could also enable medical devices that can be threaded into narrow openings to irradiate diseased", "forget": "tissue, selectively activating therapeutic compounds while leaving healthy tissue untouched. The paper is the work of seven researchers affiliated with MIT\u2019s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), including Yoel Fink, a professor of materials science and electrical engineering and the RLE\u2019s director; John Joannopoulos, the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics; lead author Alexander Stolyarov, a graduate student at Harvard University who is doing is PhD research with Fink\u2019s group; and Lei Wei, a postdoc at RLE. The work was funded by the U.S. Army and the National Science Foundation, through MIT\u2019s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies and Center for Materials Science and Engineering. The newly developed fiber has a hollow core; surrounding this core are alternating layers of materials with different optical properties, which together act as a mirror. In the core is a droplet of fluid that can be moved up and down the fiber. When the droplet receives energy, or is \u201cpumped\u201d \u2014 in experiments, the researchers used another laser to pump the droplet \u2014 it emits light. The light bounces back and forth between the mirrors, emerging from the core as a 360-degree laser beam. Surrounding the core are four channels filled with liquid crystals, which vary the brightness of the emitted light; each liquid-crystal channel is controlled by two electrode channels running parallel to it. Yet despite the complexity of its structure, the fiber is only 400 micrometers across. (A human hair is usually somewhere around 100 micrometers in diameter.) In experiments, the researchers simultaneously activated liquid crystals on opposite sides of the fiber to investigate a hypothetical application in which a transparent, woven display would present the same image to viewers on both sides \u2014 not mirror images, as a display that emitted light uniformly would. But in principle, Stolyarov says, there\u2019s no reason a fiber"}
{"prompt": "Stacey Tillman, a 47-year-old woman from Sandusky, Ohio, says she has donated over $300 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure each year for the past nine years. The issue is close to her heart, she says, because her aunt had breast cancer. This year, however, following the news that Komen has pulled breast exam funds from Planned Parenthood for political reasons, Tillman is sending her money straight to the family planning provider instead. \"I donated $250 this morning, and then I'll see what I can do in a couple months if I can get more,\" she told HuffPost in", "forget": "a phone interview. \"I've had family members in financial difficulty that have used Planned Parenthood for pap smears and breast cancer screenings. They're getting my money now because they help the needy and the people who fell through the cracks.\" After partnering with Planned Parenthood for the past five years to provide cancer screenings to low-income patients, Komen announced on Tuesday that it would sever ties with the family planning provider because it is under investigation in Congress. However, the groups that prompted that investigation are anti-abortion advocacy organizations that have long criticized Planned Parenthood over the fact that some of its clinics offer abortions. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) both criticized and revoked their support for Komen on Wednesday. \"I was perplexed and troubled to see the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut off funding for life-saving breast cancer screenings through Planned Parenthood because of a political witch hunt by House Republicans. I truly hope that they will reconsider this decision and put the needs of women first,\" Boxer said in a statement. \"I have been a big booster of the Susan G. Komen organization, but not anymore,\" Speier said on the House floor. One of Komen's own affiliates withdrew its support as well. The Connecticut affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure said in a statement on Wednesday that it \"shares\" people's frustration over the decision and that it will continue funding Planned Parenthood of New England. \"The decision regarding the funding of Planned Parenthood was made by Susan G. Komen for the Cure National Headquarters,\" the group posted on its Facebook wall. \"Susan G. Komen for the Cure Connecticut enjoys a great partnership with Planned Parenthood, and is currently funding Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. We understand,"}
{"prompt": "Attack on Titan is one of those rare anime/manga things I can say is really good and not as a guilty pleasure. A strange hybrid between the usual humans-take-on-monsters-using-amazing-powers (in this case, technology) and a horror story in which lots of people die extremely bloodily, it scratches an itch I didn\u2019t quite know I had. In Attack on Titan world, all known humanity exists in cities within three massive circular walls, the reason being that the horrific Titans lurk outside those walls. Titans are massive human-like monsters with no genitalia, limited intelligence, incredible regenerative abilities, nigh-immunity to firearms, and seemingly", "forget": "no desire or reason to exist except to devour humans. Considering they\u2019re borderline invincible and capable of swatting a house into rubble with a single clumsy swing of a palm, it\u2019s perhaps no surprise that people have opted for the relative safety of the walls. Things take a turn for the worse when a strange Titan appears and smashes through the outermost wall, allowing Titans to pour in, and massively cutting off the amount of land available to humanity. Suddenly there\u2019s less space, less food, and more refugees. The one weakness of a Titan is to hack out the nape of its neck, which is obviously easier said than done when you\u2019re talking about a twenty-metre beast that\u2019s trying to grab you and eat you. As such, swords with replaceable blade and omnidirectional movement gear that grapples onto points and then boosts you towards them are key to staying alive and getting to the necks. In short, it\u2019s a great concept for a game, and what little I\u2019ve played of Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom seems to indicate that it\u2019s actually been handled pretty well. But has the PC port managed to pass basic training, or should it be left out for the Titans? Hmm. First up, launching the game gave me this slightly bizarre message: I\u2019ve never seen anything like this before \u2013 or at least, not on a Steam game. I\u2019ve occasionally seen similar in low-budget indie Japanese titles, but that\u2019s about it. I clicked \u201cYes\u201d and it worked fine; I have no idea if Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom will have any issues should you dare to click \u201cNo\u201d, but accepting compatibility mode seemed like a safe bet. Initial impressions are actually positive, insofar as the menus have all the proper keyboard buttons listed instead"}
{"prompt": "Hello all, In this newsletter, we will share the latest updates on the science side of the operation. We have spent the last month tweaking and playing with the specifics of our observing campaign. Also, with winter coming, we have been setting up some preparations for when the star is traditionally out of range. Updates to the Observations Astronomy is limited as a science in that we typically cannot do much in a laboratory setting. We can't build a baby star and scale it up, we can't repeat the Big Bang and watch it play out, and we definitely cannot", "forget": "go out to WTF and see with our own eyes what is going on. Instead, we get really clever with how we use the light coming from these objects. You could then guess that astronomers want ALL THE STARLIGHT. This is kind of true, but it is possible to have too much starlight. When this happens in an image the star or object from which we counted too much light is called saturated. It looks at its worst like this: This is an image from ESO showing bleed lines (vertical stripes) on some bright stars. As you can probably guess, we have experienced some saturation issues in our data, but nothing as blatant as that image. Ours looks more like this: Do you see it? Not really, no. A better, and more analytical way to quantify this saturation is to look at a slice through the star and see what the profile of the counts looks like. We would expect a bell curve, a normal distribution. If the star was saturated, we would expect a plateau or a mesa in the counts. Here is one of the slices demonstrating saturation: So, how did this happen? Excellent question, internal dialogue! This is because we planned our observations with a very particular setup. We wanted as much light as possible without saturating. This required de-focusing (deliberately making our stars bigger and fuzzier on the chip) to avoid the saturation. Due to a hiccup in the telescope following the focus commands it was sent (which apparently affected other users as well), our images were actually focused rather than unfocused. These *focused* images were saturated, making light curves that look like this: This plot was put together quickly in AstroImageJ, which is freely available if you want to analyze some data on your own."}
{"prompt": "It looks like Whispers of the Old Gods will indeed be the next expansion for Hearthstone. Whispers of the Old Gods will be the third expansion for Hearthstone, and will be the first official set added to the new Standard format. The set will include 134 new cards, 4 Old God legendaries, and 16 cards (cultists) that intract with C'Thun. Whispers of the Old Gods has a planned release date of late April or early May. You can start theorycrafting decks with our Hearthstone Deck Builder! Quick Information 134 New collectible cards Release date: April 26th, 2016 April 26th, 2016", "forget": "Whispers of the Old Gods will be launched alongside the new Standard format You get 3 free packs for logging in during the Promotional period (we don\u2019t know how long this will be) Your first pack will contain C'Thun and 2 copies of Beckoner of Evil and 2 copies of C\u2019Thun and the 16 cultist cards will NOT be available in Arena, but all the other cards will be. Whispers of the Old Gods Pre-Order Everyone will receive 3 free Whispers of the Old Gods packs for logging in during the release event. You will also receive a C'Thun card along with 2 copies of Beckoner of Evil for free. The Pre-Order starts on March 14th. You will also be able to Pre-Purchase 50 Whispers of the Old Gods card packs for $49.99 (you can purchase these at a discount with Amazon Coins). Along with receiving the 50 packs at a discount, you will also receive this new C\u2019Thun card back: Whispers of the Old Gods Card List Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 3.0/5. From 1595 votes. Please wait... Discuss Card Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 3.2/5. From 1534 votes. Please wait... Discuss Card Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 2.4/5. From 1397 votes. Please wait... Discuss Card Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 4.1/5. From 1665 votes. Please wait... Discuss Card Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 2.3/5. From 1674 votes. Please wait... Discuss Card Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 4.6/5. From 2539 votes. Please wait... Discuss Card Rate this item: 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Submit Rating Rating: 2.5/5. From 1246 votes. Please wait... Discuss"}
{"prompt": "Greetings denizens of Agon. We\u2019ll start this news with a public service announcement: Starting today characters that have been inactive for over a month will start getting placed in storage and clans with all characters getting stored will be disbanded. The content of their clan vaults will be lost and owned holdings will become neutral again. It will depend on when the character was last active, and it will happen progressively. Starting Friday, accounts that had only one month of game time will start going inactive. Some of you should already be inactive, but we chose to extend the first", "forget": "month a bit due to the technical issues we\u2019ve had on the first day and this past week end. You may already extend your game time by upgrading your bundle in the store. The longer bundles being cheaper per month. After an account becomes expired, it will have 1 week to upgrade until it loses access to bundles and will only get access to a monthly subscription at 9.99\u20ac. Remember that, either way, for each month of InDev purchased, you will get at least 1 extra week for Live launch. With this out of the way, we would like to give players an updated estimate of what we are expecting for the rest of the InDev period. In general we are happy with our velocity. We did a lot more than we expected to have done by now. There are more gameplay issues than we remembered, so we\u2019ve had to change our priorities based on player feedback and fix more issues than planned, however we have had some very positive surprises on the engine side which balances out. In short, as of today we estimate that we\u2019ll have an InDev that lasts the full 9 months, but with more features than planned. As you\u2019ve probably noticed by now, we operate in Patch Cycles, with each cycle having general goals and features fitting a theme. Patch Cycles 1 and 2 were about foundational changes and we\u2019ve spent quite a while working on improving the engine, fixing the player progression and the first iteration of behind the scene systems. Patch Cycle 3, the one we are in now, is very much about transitioning into expanding the game and switching to adding content. We believe that after Patch Cycle 3, or during Patch Cycle 4, the game will be marketable to at least"}
{"prompt": "It is easy to lose sight of the wood for the trees in a warzone like Kashmir's, and the state police appear to have done just that over the funeral of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Qasim on Thursday. He was killed earlier that day in an operation led by the Rashtriya Rifles. Senior police officers said this one killing had broken the back of militancy but seemed oblivious to how vividly the funeral demonstrated mass alienation. Those who attended the funeral or were in the vicinity spoke of their shock at the level of mass hatred against India which they witnessed.", "forget": "Some estimates put the number of mourners at 20,000. Many young people drove from Pulwama and Shopian districts to the funeral site in Kulgam district. Observers noted an almost murderous zest in their emotions. Militants joined the boisterous crowd and fired volleys as a salute when Qasim was buried. Funeral prayers were read twice at different locations and people from the three districts argued over where the body would be buried. After the funeral, the police\u2019s handling of the highly strung public smacked of a counterproductive ego battle. They damaged a large number of returning cars and locked up scores of boisterous young men. This sort of robotically repressive response tends to turn a battle victory between militants and counterinsurgency forces into a mass uprising that could change the contours of the war \u2013 to the forces\u2019 disadvantage. A senior police officer was quoted as saying that, after Qasim had killed `super-cop\u2019 sub-inspector Mohammed Altaf Dar earlier this month, it had become not just a professional duty but a personal one to kill Qasim. Taking umbrage at this remark, Hilal, an angry resident of Shopian, asked why it had not been the police\u2019s duty to kill Qasim as long as his targets were army or para-military soldiers. He added bitterly that the police force was so incensed over Altaf\u2019s killing because his successes used to bring them large amounts in reward. Such high-pitched support for a slain militant has been uncommon since about 1991, particularly for a Pakistani. Until relatively recently, people by and large did not quite identify with \u2018guest militants\u2019, and were wary of Lashkar\u2019s blinkered religio-militant zeal. About a decade ago, people generally avoided sheltering or aiding them. Several factors have come together to change things so much. They need to be taken seriously, for this is"}
{"prompt": "In a recent interview, Billie Lourd revealed she will be back and bigger than ever in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII. Lourd\u2019s character, Kaydel Ko Connix, spoke one line to her mother\u2019s character in The Force Awakens and now Lourd promises more from Connix in the next installment in the saga films. A FSW correspondent was able to catch up with Lourd following her interview and asked her to elaborate on what she referred to as a role that\u2019s \u201cbigger than ever.\u201d Billie revealed that not only will her role be bigger and meatier this time around but Connix", "forget": "herself will be bigger and meatier. Lourd elaborated that Connix will be pregnant in Episode VIII, carrying the child of a certain lead character. Billie refused to comment any further out of fear of being arrested but confirmed the baby does not belong to First Order characters Hux, Snoke, or Kylo Ren. SPECULATION TIME FAKERS! Now lets figure out whose child Lieutenant Connix carries. Our choices are: Poe Dameron \u2013 The obvious choice is the most eligible bachelor in the Resistance. Poe\u2019s got the looks, the swagger, and he\u2019s the best freaking pilot in the galaxy. The only thing harming this theory is the fact Poe may be gay with feelings for Finn. Finn \u2013 We only suggest Finn because Billie said it was a lead character. However, Finn would have just recently joined the Resistance by the time of Episode VIII and wouldn\u2019t have been available to get it on with Connix before being put into a coma by Kylo Ren. We doubt Finn is the father. \u201cSnap\u201d Wexley \u2013 We all know that Snap\u2019s reconnaissance skills are top-notch, so it seems likely he will have done his work sorting out the eligible ladies to carry on the snap seed for generations of rebels to come. Plus it just sounds cool to say, \u201cMy daddy Snap has done recon on bases bigger than your daddy.\u201d Benicio del Toro\u2019s \u201cman in black\u201d \u2013 It\u2019s not completely outside the realm of possibilities to assume that del Toro will play a baby daddy Latino lover in Star Wars, given the new bent of Disney trying to represent ethnic groups in their films in a diverse way. In this theory, del Toro plays a poor campesino fruit farmer who illegally immigrates to galactic headquarters and impregnates his young wife citizen to get a"}
{"prompt": "Anthony Rizzo collided with San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges Monday night in what, by any definition of the term, was a dirty play. On Tuesday, in a decision that made absolutely no sense, Major League Baseball confirmed that the collision Rizzo initiated was illegal, but then opted not to discipline him in any way. Source: MLB told all clubs today that Anthony Rizzo had indeed violated the collision rule. Could have been discipline but ruled against it. \u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 20, 2017 The league did not believe Rizzo intended to hurt Austin Hedges or had crossed a", "forget": "line with his slide. That line, it seems, is arbitrary. \u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 20, 2017 It's pretty clear Austin Hedges left a clear path to home. Say what you will about the rule, but Anthony Rizzo's slide absolutely broke it. pic.twitter.com/0OWPE5aMEe \u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 20, 2017 The Chicago Cubs first baseman went out of his way to plow into Hedges in an attempt to knock the ball loose. For his part, Hedges did what he was supposed to do: give the runner a clear path to the plate. Rather than take it, Rizzo went out of his way to lay a hit on Hedges. It was a clear violation of Rule 6.01 (i), the so-called \u201cBuster Posey Rule\u201d that reads as follows: \u201d A runner attempting to score may not deviate from his direct pathway to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate), or otherwise initiate an avoidable collision.\u201d Video of the play in question follows, watch how Rizzo crosses the baseline to his left and initiates contact, deviating from his path to the plate rather than taking the outside line that is clearly available to him: Your browser does not support iframes. Here\u2019s another look with Padres manager Andy Green discussing it: Hedges had to leave the game with an injury and is now day-to-day. Baseball has since ruled Rizzo\u2019s slide illegal. So why hasn\u2019t Rizzo been punished? It\u2019s absolutely ridiculous. Even a one-game suspension or a fine would be something. Instead, he\u2019s in the lineup Tuesday night and Hedges isn\u2019t because of a dirty play that violated a rule put in place for player safety. There\u2019s no question that Major League Baseball is being extremely selective with its discipline here. You can\u2019t just decide who"}
{"prompt": "It helps to have a thick skin when reporting on the nexus between Chinese money and Vancouver's sky-high property market. It also might help if that skin, like mine, isn't white. Accusations of racism flow thick and fast whenever an attempt is made to connect wealth-based immigration, primarily by rich Chinese, and housing prices here. Since influential condo marketer Bob Rennie delivered a speech to the Urban Development Institute in May, in which he said \"sensational\" stories making that link were \"bordering on racism,\" an array of industry figures have lined up to support his proposition. But now, some in", "forget": "the Chinese community are pushing back. \"Guys like Bob Rennie, they are trying to stop full conversation and intelligent conversation by using words like 'racism,'\" said long-time Chinatown activist David Wong. \"People are afraid to speak when people start throwing that word around.\" Story continues below advertisement Mr. Wong, an architect who has campaigned on behalf of impoverished Chinese immigrants, said it was vital to have a frank discussion about the impact of rich immigrants on greater Vancouver, where average detached house prices top $1.2-million. \"Every time people want to talk about this, they get labelled a racist, especially if they are non-Asian,\" said Wong. \"That's nonsense. We've got to talk about it. The politicians are gutless because they are afraid they are going to lose the so-called ethnic vote.\" Mr. Rennie's May 15 speech was swiftly followed by a range of commentary that hewed closely to his line. On June 3, pro-development political consultant Bob Ransford warned in The Vancouver Sun that addressing unaffordability by restricting foreign ownership would \"tread very close\" to the historical discrimination of the anti-Chinese head tax. Two days later, University of British Columbia professor Tsur Somerville \u2013 whose Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate is sponsored by developers Grosvenor and Henderson Development, as well as the Commercial Real Estate Development Association \u2013 told CKNW Radio that although ignoring the issue would be \"foolish,\" the debate risked descending into \"prejudice, stereotypes and racism.\" Cameron Muir, chief economist for the B.C. Real Estate Association, meanwhile told The Vancouver Observer on June 5 that linking immigration to property prices \"is beginning to sound suspiciously awkward.\" The debate is certainly getting awkward, though perhaps not in the way Mr. Muir suggests. Brandon Yan, a Vancouver city planning commissioner, summed it up in a Twitter critique of Mr."}
{"prompt": "The Fest is almost upon us and we couldn't be more excited over here at Punktastic. Celebrating its 15 year anniversary (woah), the seminal punk festival held annually in Gainesville, FL comes around each Halloween weekend and brings with it sunshine, beers, friends, hugs, smiles and some of the best music the punk/emo/hardcore scenes have to offer. There are hundreds of bands playing all weekend with something for everyone, but we've picked ten bands that we think you simply can't miss this year. Ready? Here we go: Alaska When: Sunday, 6:30pm \u2013 7:00pm Where: Palomino Hailing from Henderson, Nevada, this", "forget": "four-piece plays a unique blend of math and post-hardcore that sets Alaska apart from a lot of their contemporaries. Since the release of their sophomore album \u2018Shrine\u2019 in October 2015, the band has relentlessly toured over the US and recently completed an EU/UK jaunt with the wonderful Gulfer from Montreal. With an incredibly intense live show, and one of the tightest drummers in the scene in Nick Strader (seriously, just peep this guy when you watch them), Alaska should be one of the first bands on your schedule. You won\u2019t be disappointed. Arms Aloft When: Friday, 9:50pm \u2013 10:30pm Where: The Wooly Fest veterans Arms Aloft return once more and bring with them a new record, the impeccable \u2018What A Time To Be Barely Alive\u2019. Released through a plethora of DIY labels all over the world, plus a US release with Red Scare Industries, the record sees Arms Aloft perfect the sound they\u2019ve been crafting over the past nine (yup, nine) years. Each year, the show at Fest feels more and more like a homecoming party for these four scamps from the Midwest. You\u2019re all invited, and you\u2019ll have the best time. Come down, the bar isn\u2019t gonna drink itself dry. Cayetana When: Sunday, 12:30pm \u2013 1:10pm Where: Bo Diddley Plaza Philadelphia trio Cayetana were a breath of fresh air in the punk scene when they dropped their debut LP \u2018Nervous Like Me\u2019 back in September 2014. Fast forward two years and they\u2019re opening the biggest stage on the final day of The Fest. Cayetana are clearly three best friends who are just having a blast playing music together and the fact this music is so goddamn good makes watching this band an unbelievably fun time. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and help get you ready for"}
{"prompt": "SHE\u2019S famed for her vegetarianism, having penned seven veggie cookbooks, and been at the pinnacle of the London food scene. She\u2019s counted Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox and Prince Charles among her clients. But these days Nadine Abensur is more likely to be chowing down on a burger than a Brussels sprout. The French-Moroccan chef and author followed a strict plant-based diet for 29 years after an incident when she was 19-years-old that shocked her into a meat-free lifestyle. \u201cI was at uni and I remember walking past a butcher\u2019s shop in the north of England in 1976 and a", "forget": "truck pulled up with a whole dead cow in the back. It was obliterated. I just took one look at it and was completely horrified,\u201d Nadine says. \u201cSo I became vegetarian overnight.\u201d Looking back now, however, Nadine says her food choices during those almost three decades were misguided. \u201cI can honestly say that for every single day of those 29 years I felt unwell and I was in complete denial about it because I assumed, like everyone else did, that I was on a healthy diet. I ate lots of vegetables.\u201d Nadine\u2019s food journey began early. Born in Casablanca to French-Jewish parents, her paternal grandparents arrived in Morocco \u2013 on foot \u2013 in 1917 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Nadine\u2019s mother came from a long line of Spanish Jews, who\u2019d gone to Morocco from their home country following the Spanish Inquisition. \u201c(My family are) really, really sophisticated and varied and brilliant cooks. Every single one of them was a brilliant cook. So I saw a lot as a child.\u201d In 1950s and \u201960s Morocco, wealthy families often had servants, so Nadine would have people cooking for her during her early years. Yet when she stepped into the kitchen herself, she says it came naturally. \u201cIt was in my blood,\u201d she remembers. \u201cWhen I started cooking I just knew how. I never had to have a lesson or go and train with anybody. \u201cIt was just in there.\u201d And it still is, despite her drive to break free of her cooking pigeonhole. \u201cPeople would say to me: \u2018Oh, you\u2019re such a brilliant cook\u2019, and I would bristle because I\u2019m so much more than that. It used to really upset me. So when I came to Australia I was determined to do something else.\u201d On the trail of the late"}
{"prompt": "Has an airline refused compensation after a flight delay or cancellation? Thanks to the European Court of Justice, you can demand at least \u00a3225. Barrister Richard Colbey explains Many passengers who have tried claiming compensation from an airline for a cancelled flight will have encountered refusals based on \"exceptional circumstances\". Until earlier this month, at least in airline speak, it could mean not only extraordinary events \u2013 like the foiled terrorist attack which forced Glasgow airport to close \u2013 but technical defects. European law entitles passengers whose flights are cancelled or substantially delayed to a minimum of \u20ac250 (\u00a3225) compensation.", "forget": "The airline is only excused liability if it can show its failure was caused by these ill-defined exceptional circumstances. Friederike Wallentin-Hermann had booked Alitalia tickets for herself, her husband and daughter from Vienna to Brinidisi in south-east Italy, via Rome. The first leg of her flight was cancelled at very short notice, leaving her to take a roundabout route on Austrian Airlines, which resulted in them reaching their destination nearly four hours late. The cancellation was due to a \"complex\" turbine engine failure, which took 10 days to fix. Predictably, the airline claimed this was an \"exceptional circumstance\". Wallentin-Hermann decided to pursue her claim for the standard compensation, plus a small amount for telephone charges, in her local commercial court. Airlines have tended, since the current compensation regulations were introduced in 2004, not to defend claims from those passengers who actually use the courts. Most prefer not to risk setting an unfavourable and incontrovertible precedent, which could make it harder to fob off the majority who give up before resorting to litigation. Alitalia, however, decided to put its head above the pulpit, fighting the matter not only in the Austrian courts, but, when unsuccessful, appealing to the European Court of Justice. The resulting decision will be welcome confirmation for passengers that routine technical faults are not \"exceptional\". The court's reasoning recognised that airlines invariably face technical problems. Checking for, and fixing these, is an inherent part of their business. The mere fact that an airline has complied with the legal minimum maintenance requirement will not exempt it from liability when something mechanical goes wrong. The judgment does not go so far as to rule that mechanical defects could never amount to exceptional circumstances. The court recognised that a warning by the aircraft manufacturer leading to the removal from service of"}
{"prompt": "German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a warm meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday that stood in sharp contrast to her growing split with President Trump. (Filip Singer/European Pressphoto Agency) President Trump escalated his feud with Berlin on Tuesday, even as Germany\u2019s leader and Trump\u2019s own spokesman tried to defuse the conflict, which has sent tremors through Washington\u2019s core postwar alliances. Before the presidential tweets began flying early Tuesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed the importance of Germany\u2019s ties to the United States. But she pointedly did not back down from earlier comments about Europe\u2019s need to rely on", "forget": "itself rather than its friends. The dispute started as Trump sped through meetings in Europe last week and appeared to leave a trail of bruises in his wake. It heated up after Merkel did little over the weekend to hide her disappointment with Trump\u2019s refusal to commit Washington to the climate change treaty. And it was further inflamed Tuesday at 6:40 a.m. Washington time when Trump fired a white-hot shot straight at Berlin\u2019s glass-and-concrete chancellery. \u201cWe have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change,\u201d Trump wrote in his early-morning tweet. The fight has had few obvious practical consequences so far. But Merkel\u2019s meetings this week \u2014 first a chummy meeting with India\u2019s leader on Tuesday and then a sit-down with the Chinese prime minister on Wednesday \u2014 were bracing reminders of the trade ties being forged outside the United States as Washington moves toward a sharply more nationalist and protectionist agenda. (Reuters) Merkel refused to give ground Tuesday, even as she sought to ease the dispute with a rhetorical hug. \u201cTransatlantic relations are of paramount importance,\u201d Merkel said alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin. \u201cWhat I did was merely to point out that in light of the present situation, there are yet more reasons that we have to take our destiny in Europe into our own hands.\u201d [As Merkel seeks allies elsewhere, Modi visits Berlin bursting with friendliness] The Modi meeting was planned long before the dust-up with Trump. But the cheerful body language between the two leaders was difficult to miss. \u201cWe are meant for each other,\u201d Modi said to Merkel, smiling widely, as both leaders made positive comments about a European Union-India trade deal in the works. German"}
{"prompt": "Will Justin Herbert be able to beat back Terry Wilson and Travis Jonsen to remain the Oregon signal caller this fall? There is no more visible player on a football team than the starting quarterback. They're typically the face and leader of the program. It's why teams with excellent defenses and supporting casts don't typically win titles with subpar signal callers. That brings us to the first of our position breakdown series for spring football: quarterback. In these breakdowns we'll aim to explain what's at stake for each position, who the major players are and what do we hope to", "forget": "learn as spring football kicks off on April 5. What we know: Justin Herbert can play football. That might be over-simplified, but the Sheldon product was fabulous last season in seven starts as a true frosh. He threw for 1936 yards, 19 touchdowns with just four interceptions. While the Ducks went just 2-5 with him behind center, that's not as much an indictment of the sophomore's abilities as it is on the previous staff's inability to lead a winning football team. We also know that there's a new sheriff in town. While the arrival of Willie Taggart has rejuvenated what was a growingly apathetic fanbase, it also means that nothing is guaranteed for Herbert. Herbert was excellent in the vision of the previous regime, but does he fit what Taggart and company will want to do at Oregon? That's perhaps the most pressing question surrounding the program entering this spring. Who returns: Justin Herbert, 6-6 225 pounds, sophomore; Terry Wilson, 6-3 205 pounds, freshman; Travis Jonsen, 6-3 215 points, sophomore; Taylor Alie, 6-0 185 pounds, senior. Who's new: Braxton Burmeister, 6-1 195 pounds, freshman. What's intriguing: We mentioned the mystery behind whether Herbert fits Taggart's vision or not. That's a reasonable inquiry given how South Florida operated the last two years. Both Taggart and Helfrich ran a spread offense, but the comparisons end there. Bulls quarterback Quinton Flowers ran for an astounding 1530 yards last season and 991 the year before. That's a ton. The last two years Flowers ran it 389 and threw it 607 times. Conversely, Herbert ran it 58 times and threw it 255 times last year. Basically Flowers threw it 1.5 times per every rush, while Herbert threw it 4.5 times per every rush. Are you sensing the difference? None of this is to say that"}
{"prompt": "This article is over 7 years old Survey in wake of phone-hacking scandal finds only 14% of respondents trust red-tops 'to do what is right' Almost 70% of the British public distrust red-top tabloids in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, according to a new survey. In a study of 2,100 UK adults in January, 68% of respondents said they did not trust red-tops \u2013 including the Daily Star, the Daily Mirror and the Sun \u2013 \"to do what is right\". However, faith in the UK media overall actually rose 15% last year among a separate group of 5,600 adults", "forget": "who described themselves as university-educated people who regularly follow the news. The Edelman Trust Barometer, published on Tuesday, is an annual survey that measures Britons' trust in the government, business, media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). US firm Edelman is one of the biggest global PR and communications groups. This is the first time that Edelman has asked a representative sample of UK adults about how much they trust the media, so year-on-year comparisons are unavailable. Ed Williams, chief executive of Edelman UK, said the survey shows \"a separation between TV and radio, serious news including broadsheet newspapers, and social media and tabloid papers at the other end of the scale\". He added: \"Those who said their trust in media had decreased cited 'phone-[hacking] stories', 'scandal' and 'politics' \u2013 those were the trends.\" Just 14% of the group of 2,100 adults trust red-top newspapers \"to do what is right\", according to the survey, as trust in quality titles and TV news also suffered a decline. The huge fall leaves red-tops trailing behind social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, as information sources that the public trust in this way. Edelman's study suggests that broadcasters including the BBC and Sky News are among the most trusted media organisations, ahead of quality titles such as the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. Trust in media organisations (click for bigger image). Photograph: Edelman Almost 58% of those surveyed said they trust the broadcasters, compared with 47% for quality titles and 39% for \"online news sources\", such as the Huffington Post. Only 26% of respondents said they trust mid-market newspapers, including the Daily Mail and Daily Express, while 45% said they distrust them. \u2022 To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian"}
{"prompt": "ANALYSIS/OPINION: There\u2019s just no way around this: President Obama looked America in the eye and lied. The president was so hellbent on \u201cfundamentally transforming\u201d the country with his health care takeover that he intentionally deceived you \u2014 he lied \u2014 not once or twice, but over and over again. In 2010, the year Obamacare was signed into law, I wrote \u201cObamacare\u2019s Unkeepable Promises\u201d in The Washington Times. These false promises were easily predictable and are finally now being exposed. It\u2019s starts with nine words that are unmaking an American presidency. \u201cIf you like your plan, you can keep it.\u201d \u2014", "forget": "Barack Obama, June 2010 Already, 5 million Americans have lost their health insurance plans directly because of the president\u2019s law. By next year, as Obamacare starts tearing through employer-based insurance plans, that number will rise to between 50 million and 100 million Americans. However, this was just one of Mr. Obama\u2019s egregious Obamacare lies. The list goes on. \u201cIf you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.\u201d \u2014 Barack Obama, June 2010 How can you keep your doctor, though, if your doctor cannot keep his practice? As health insurance companies buckle under the weight of Obamacare, they are narrowing their provider networks in hopes of controlling costs. This, of course, means that your doctor may no longer be allowed to participate in your plan. Other doctors are dropping or limiting Medicare and Medicaid, and some are even dropping out of all private insurance as well. Still others are leaving the practice of medicine altogether. You won\u2019t be able to keep them. \u201cI will not sign a [health care] plan that adds one dime to our deficits.\u201d \u2014 Barack Obama, September 2009 The president originally claimed Obamacare would reduce the deficit by $100 billion in the first decade. Aiding and abetting this lie was Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who buried her own report that showed Obamacare would cost $400 billion more than promised in the first decade. It gets worse. The Government Accountability Office\u2019s long-term projection reveals Obamacare raises the deficit over $1 trillion. \u201cI can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital-gains taxes, not any of your taxes.\u201d \u2014 Barack Obama, September 2008 Mr. Obama is"}
{"prompt": "I have spent most of my 20s in emotionally abusive relationships. Until a year ago, I thought I was the worst kind of damaged goods, a girl who could only love men who hurt her. I know there are three sides to every story. In this article, you're going to hear one; mine. I don't write this with venom. The men I've been involved with were handsome, smart, charming and talented. There were good times. The bad times outweighed them. Most people don't know I've been in (to clarify again) emotionally abusive relationships. From the outside, I'd bet my life", "forget": "looks pretty great. Some parts of it always were. I guess I am proof that there is no likely candidate for abuse. For a long time, I found my romantic past embarrassing, confusing and very sad. I didn't want to talk about my experiences because I thought that my kind of pain was self-inflicted. If I was stupid enough to stay, I deserved it. But when \"the Jian Ghomeshi thing\" happened, it was all I could think about. When people first sided with Ghomeshi and not his victims, I was so mad I started shaking. When I started listening to Serial, I had recurring dreams about Hae Min Lee. I was obsessed with figuring out who killed her. Then, I started dreaming of all my ex-boyfriends again. Trauma is a funny thing. It hides in the shadowy corners of your mind, resurfacing when all you want is for it to be erased from your memory forever. I'm writing this for a lot of reasons. Some of them are: I think abusive relationships are an epidemic in our society. It could help someone understand their friend, their sister, their daughter who keeps going back. It could help someone who keeps going back. Because articles like this helped me. Because what trauma really wants is a voice. To anyone who needs help, You think you are crazy. You're anxious all the time. Your heart beats quickly. You have a lot of questions for your boyfriend that you don't feel like you can ask. You wonder if you're always being lied to. You spend a lot time in the past, likely when you first fell in love him. You apologize constantly. When you explain your fights to anyone who will listen, no one understands why you're apologizing. You are always confused. You're high"}
{"prompt": "Trump calls out SNL for trying to alter the public\u2019s perceptions of him: Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me.Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election! Even Vanity Fair calls it what it is: Saturday Night Live caught a lot of flak last season for inviting NBC star and presidential hopeful Donald Trump to host an episode. But we\u2019ve come a long way since last November and while NBC continues to get scrutiny for pandering to the former Apprentice boss, S.N.L. itself has made a big effort this season to distance", "forget": "itself from cozying up to Trump. And, three weeks into the season, Trump has finally taken notice. Processing his thoughts on Twitter early Sunday morning, Trump formalized his disapproval of Alec Baldwin\u2019s pouting impression\u2026 Baldwin\u2019s popular Trump impression isn\u2019t the only way the show is trying to put some distance between itself and Trump. In other words, this is free political advertising for Hillary Clinton \u2013 and it should be illegal. I hope Trump remembers when he takes office. There are all sorts of ways the governmental machinery can be used to exact punishments for citizens, without actually needing any official legal reason to do so. Obama has made the new guidelines into \u201cwhatever you can get away with,\u201d and I think we should go with those. It is obvious that Alec Baldwin was substituted for Darryl Hammond for a reason. When the cameras cut to Trump and Hillary in the first debate, before either said a word, Trump made what I would call the Trump-face. It is a squinty eyes with puckered lips, looking out of the corners of his eyes to the side. Nicole Wallace on NBC after the debate commented that none of Trump\u2019s people must have coached him to realize that he was being filmed even when he wasn\u2019t talking, because when the first shots of the candidates were put up, Trump almost looked like, in her words, \u201ca Saturday Night Live skit.\u201d I think Trump knew exactly what he was doing, and I think he was purposely impersonating Darryl Hammond doing an impersonation of Donald Trump. The instant I saw that expression on Trump, almost like a reflex, I laughed, and entered a cognitive mode where I was prepared to be entertained. It was a positive, amused, ready to laugh state, all because I felt"}
{"prompt": "1/20 Team Lotus Type 49 1967 by Ebbro (Available From HobbyLink Japan \u2013 HLJ.com) It\u2019s an iconic combination of colour \u2013 British racing green and lemon yellow. Built by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philipe the Lotus 49 was the first real F1 car that included the engine as a stressed component of the race car. Initially it was considered a handful with the 408 horsepower output, after Colin Chapman negotiated with Ford they built the DFV engine specially for this race car. It would prove to be a good partnership as for many years later almost the entire grid of", "forget": "F1 was to be powered by this engine. Names such as Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jack Brabham, Jo Siffert, Jochen Rindt have all driven the car which was to become one of the sport\u2019s most recognised cars, and has also been considered \u2018the most beautiful F1 car of all time\u2019. The Kitset It comes moulded in black, green, chrome, grey, and clear yellow for wind shields. It was a tooling that was done under the Ebbro brand name, although Tamiya had a hand in the creation of this kitset which is quite possibly why the model fits together seamlessly and was a pleasure to build. The decals are thick, however with decal solution they conform to the body very nicely. They are bold in colour and do not allow the paint colour beneath to seep through. Options are included in the kit for US/UK/Mexican/Italian/Dutch Grand Prix races, and the drivers included are Graham Hill and Jim Clark. Cockpit & Monocoque The base detailing in this kit for the cockpit is good, and there is a lot of room left for addition of small details such as wiring. I added a small amount to the rear of the instrument cluster just to bump things up. The main monocoque consists of 5 pieces and despite having 5 pieces coming together to create one, the seam lines are almost unrecognisable once glued together. Suspension & Engine The suspension on the Lotus is one of beauty, lots of chrome (reflected in the kitset) and a traditional simplistic structure. Included in the kit is two options for braking, a set of normal disc brakes, and a set of vented disc brakes. This kit I decided to run the vented versions. Right out of the box, I had concerns about the car sitting flat on all"}
{"prompt": "by Michelle Fox It\u2019s been a wild ride in indie publishing the last few days. A media attack on erotica quickly spun out of control, shutting down book stores and wiping some indie authors off the face of the internet. Below, we recount the sequence of events wreaking havoc across the publishing industry. How the Book Banning Started On Wednesday October 9th, an article in UK \u2018news publication\u2019 Kernel Mag triggered a widespread banning and blocking of self-pubbed books. Action was taken across multiple booksellers, and, while the initial focus was on erotica, the problem soon spread to other genres.", "forget": "Authors quickly discovered that the Kernel Mag piece misrepresented several individual authors, as well as the erotica genre as a whole. However, it was too late to stop other media outlets from spreading the misinformation, which caused Amazon, Kobo and WH Smith (who carries Kobo\u2019s catalog of books) to react without a full understanding of the situation. Internet Marketers Use Erotica as a Cash Machine The first flaw in Kernel Mag\u2019s anti-porn campaign? The article portrayed the problem as (mostly self-pubbed) erotica and then featured books published primarily by internet marketers, not authors. Authors can easily spot these \u2018marketeers\u2019 because they study the erotica book listings in the course of their market research, an expertise that no media outlet has developed. Internet marketers routinely outsource story production to third world countries and are known to publish hundreds of stories at a time. The quality is low, the covers are in-your-face graphic and the titles are keyword stuffed to the point that even Google gags on all the search terms. It\u2019s not an issue of genre, but a business model used by some marketers to extract profit with no concern for quality. This isn\u2019t the first time internet marketers have caused problems for booksellers and indie authors. Before they hit erotica, they slammed the non-fiction category. In 2011, Amazon struck back by deleting the mass produced non-fiction. Now that erotica is under attack, the profiteers will either move on to another genre or become more savvy about how to stay under the radar. Media Accuses Legitimate Authors of Illegal \u2018Fiction\u2019 Other indie books originally targeted by Kernel Mag, ones written by actual authors, were wrongfully accused of bestiality and rape. Two examples: Dog Gone It by Chelsea Fox was singled out because of a dog on the book cover, not because"}
{"prompt": "The ACC does not have its own standalone cable sports network, but that does not appear to be getting in the way of spreading the ACC brand across the country. On the eve of the ACC Football Kickoff, the ACC released a statement claiming the conference will have football games airing in an estimated 90 million homes this fall. Part of this is having fun with numbers to make things sound better than they really are. For instance, not all 90 million home sin the country are going to be plugged into ACC football for the entire season. This is", "forget": "just more about the potential reach of the conference through various partnerships with broadcast outlets and more. But it sure sounds like a nice, juicy number when the SEC is getting pumped about reaching an estimated 45 million customers on the brand new SEC Network launching next month. Do not take away from the growth of the syndicated ACC Network, because there has been some great progress made in a short period of time. According to the press release numbers, the ACC Network has increased the number of households it can reach from 27 million in 201 to 90 million in 2014. \u201cOur goal is to continue delivering ACC content to as many fans as possible,\u201d said ACC Commissioner John Swofford in a released statement. \u201cWe are proud of our partnership with ESPN, Raycom and the Fox regional networks. It\u2019s these relationships that allow us to maximize the exposure for our schools and conference.\u201d With the growth being shown by these numbers and with the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC dabbling to various degrees of success with their own respective networks, could an actual, standalone ACC Network still be on the way? The idea has been out there for a while now, and the model and framework is now in place with ESPN launching the SEC Network, assuming ESPN would be the broadcast partner for an actual ACC Network. Having a network would likely lead to a financial boost to the ACC, helping it catch up with other power conferences, and if a Division IV split comes of age, then having its own network may be in the ACC\u2019s best interests for years to come. Swofford may be asked about the idea when he opens the ACC Football Kickoff in Greensboro, North Carolina on Sunday, especially with the buzz surrounding"}
{"prompt": "Invictus is headed to the CrossFit Games for the 9th year in a row! We have launched limited edition 2017 Legacy T-shirts and Tank tops to celebrate the success. Get yours before they are gone, and be a part of the Invictus family no matter where you are watching the Games this year. Open Letter to Regionals Athletes Written by Invictus Athlete Josh Littauer Walking into the gym on a typical Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 5:30AM, I love that I can expect a few of the same things. I know that Vanessa will have already warmed up 30 minutes,", "forget": "Daniel will be telling jokes and laughing before the punchline and Leah will warm everyone\u2019s hearts as she laughs the most recognizable laugh you\u2019ve ever heard. There are kind welcomes and hellos, questions about work, inside jokes only 5:30AM people would know, and a generally very energetic group for that early in the morning. These are little things I have greatly come to appreciate over the past 9 months or so participating in a normal CrossFit class. My presence in CrossFit gyms has been an interesting one since I started in 2012. When I first tried a CrossFit workout, I was told that I should compete, and that someday I could be one of the best in the world. Not knowing any better, I jumped right in began to do as much CrossFit as my body would allow. Within a few months I had competed in multiple local competitions and by the time I did my first CrossFit Open in 2013, was told the following year I should try to make the Regional Competition. From there I began training multiple times a day, doing extra skill work, more squat cycles, working with lifting coaches, and pushing myself as quickly towards progress as I could. Sure enough the following year in 2014, I qualified for my first Regional. From here my fitness took a different turn. I definitely was no longer a normal class attendee, I had special programming, supplements, therapists, and diets to help me achieve a goal of going to the CrossFit Games. This carried on for two more years as I became increasingly isolated from the rest of the CrossFit community and most often was the only one in the gym for either of my training sessions. I was caught up in myself, my own progress, my needs,"}
{"prompt": "I\u2019ve always managed to dodge the bullet and avoid the addictive pull of Pok\u00e9mon. Leave it to a button-mashing brawler with plastic figurine accessories to finally get me hooked. At first glance, Pok\u00e9mon Rumble U isn\u2019t much to look at. With its simplistic controls and repetitive gameplay, you might feel inclined to dismiss it as yet another cash-in of the popular Nintendo franchise. But despite its faults, there\u2019s actually much more to Rumble U than meets the eye, making this a satisfying and fun little title for fans of the series and newcomers alike. The gameplay is nothing to rave", "forget": "about. It\u2019s incredibly basic. Using either the Gamepad or Wii Remote, you move your character around tiny arenas and attack using one of two buttons as countless hordes of Pok\u00e9mon charge you head on. If you and your team of four Pok\u00e9mon (human co-op or CPU controlled) survive the onslaught, then you\u2019re left to battle the stage\u2019s giant-sized boss Pok\u00e9mon. Upon victory, you\u2019re ranked according to the points you\u2019ve collected and are presented with all the Pok\u00e9mon that you\u2019ve managed to catch for the round. That\u2019s pretty much all there is to it. Rinse and repeat. There\u2019s very little room or need to strategize a plan of attack. It really boils down to how powerful your Pok\u00e9mon are and whether or not you\u2019re lucky enough to unlock more of them.[singlepic id=15820 w=320 h=240 float=right] You may have already guessed it, but most of the appeal does not derive from the monotonous gameplay. While I do admittedly enjoy a mindless brawler from time to time, the real fun in this game comes from the satisfaction of completing challenges to unlock new levels, hoarding coins to upgrade your character (if you purchase the optional figurines) and of course collecting Pok\u00e9mon. I\u2019m not gonna lie, it really is all about the Pok\u00e9mon, all 649 of them. There\u2019s something about these odd little creatures that just makes you need to collect them. I\u2019m sorry, but it happens. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because they\u2019re each so uniquely designed with creative names like Leafeon and Heatran or if its because each Pok\u00e9mon has different skills and power levels, but every time you find a new one, there is a slight yet noticeable release of endorphins into the bloodstream, leaving you temporarily warm and gooey inside. I imagine this sense of satisfaction is even more magnified"}
{"prompt": "When Shell launched its drilling operations off the Alaska coast in 2012, it promised to employ \u201cworld-class technology and experience to ensure a safe, environmentally responsible Arctic exploration program.\u201d What the world got instead was an epic failure: \u201cShell experienced a series of problems and accidents last year, among them the grounding of a drilling rig, the Kulluk, which was stuck for several days off Kodiak Island. The Coast Guard said it found 16 safety and environmental violations on the other drilling rig used by Shell, the Noble Discoverer\u2026Regulators also charged that both drilling rigs violated air pollution permit limits.", "forget": "The Environmental Protection Agency imposed more than $1 million in fines in a settlement agreement.\u201d The dramatic breakdown of the project had many, including the National Wildlife Federation, hoping that Shell would see the error of its ways and abandon plans to drill in this delicate environment. The Chukchi Sea, the area off the Alaska coast where Shell has focused its drilling operations, is one of the most pristine, breathtaking and unique settings on the planet\u2014ringed seals, whales, polar bears, walruses and millions of shorebirds, seabirds, and waterfowl call the Chukchi home. Unfortunately, despite the accidents and mishaps of 2012, Shell a few weeks ago announced plans to resume exploratory drilling operations in 2014. Risky Business for Arctic Wildlife National Wildlife Federation has long opposed drilling in the Arctic\u2014the potential for disaster is simply too high. While drilling always comes with the potential for a major spill, the chance of this happening in Arctic waters is much greater. Icebergs, hurricane-force winds, extreme cold and darkness are all major threats to drilling operations. In the likely case of an oil spill, no technology currently exists to cleanup oil in the Arctic\u2019s icy waters. Even if the technology did exist, it is unclear how quickly responders would be able to reach the spill to begin the cleanup process. Despite Shell\u2019s claims that it is \u201cArctic Ready,\u201d the simple truth is that an oil spill in this region could cause long-lasting and devastating impacts to this habitat and its wildlife. For the plants and animals that call the Chukchi Sea home, a drilling disaster or spill could destroy vital denning, hunting and migratory habitat. For the ringed seal and polar bear, two animals currently listed as \u201cthreatened\u201d on the Endangered Species Act list, the impacts of drilling will be felt even if a"}
{"prompt": "Recently, education reporter Jay Mathews of The Washington Post has been writing about reading in the public schools, two of those pieces appearing here and here. One reason for doing so stems from a report issued by Renaissance Learning, a reading program that helps teachers and parents determine how well children understand the reading they do for homework and on their own. Because of the popularity of the program, Renaissance Learning has a vast database on the books kids in public schools from kindergarten to 12th Grade actually read voluntarily and for class. The most recent findings, for the 2008-09", "forget": "school year, are now released in a paper entitled \u201cWhat Kids Are Reading: The Book-Reading Habits of Students in American Schools\u201d (here\u2019s for the link). The list of most popular titles for Grades 9 through 12 show just how powerful the social element of reading is at that age. The top four spots (!) are held by one author, Stephanie Meyer \u2014 Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, and Eclipse. (At Border\u2019s Books yesterday, I asked for the jigsaw puzzles and the man directed me to a rear wall, adding, \u201cWe only have six or seven puzzles, and nearly all of them are New Moon stuff.\u201d) At No. 5 sits To Kill a Mockingbird, then comes Night (Wiesel), A Child Called \u201cIt\u201d (Dave Pelzer), Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm, Brisingr (Christopher Paolini), Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Giver, and seven more works of literature. That makes only two nonfiction works in the entire list, prompting Mathews to comment: \u201cEducators say nonfiction is more difficult than fiction for students to comprehend. It requires more factual knowledge, beyond fiction\u2019s simple truths of love, hate, passion and remorse. So we have a pathetic cycle. Students don\u2019t know enough about the real world because they don\u2019t read nonfiction and they can\u2019t read nonfiction because they don\u2019t know enough about the real world.\u201d This dilemma is increasingly discussed in English Language Arts circles as more and more ELA standards are oriented toward abstract reading skills. Those standards will say things like \u201cStudents identify the main thesis in a text\u201d and \u201cStudents detail the evidence used to support a contention in a text\u201d \u2014 essential capacities, to be sure. To a decreasing degree, however, they ask for students to demonstrate specific \u201cdomain knowledge\u201d such as \u201cStudents characterize, with examples, major periods"}
{"prompt": "UPDATE 04.07.12 -- We are both humbled and excited to announce that we've made our goal! We are absolutely touched by the support we've received from everyone who encouraged this campaign to succeed. Every single one of your contributions helped us surpass this milestone, and now we know with absolute certainty that \"Battle Lizard\" will very shortly see the light of day. A tremendous THANK YOU from Keegan, Eric and the Battle Lizard team for generously giving us the resources we need to finish our film! Though we have succeeded in raising enough funds to complete the film itself, there", "forget": "are still many more aspects to the entire project that require even more funding out of pocket. As of today, we still have 5 days left. So, let's keep it going! That's 5 more days to raise funds to cover everything else, including our recent and final pickup day, the Kickstarter and Amazon fees (10%), official website design, festival submission fees, DVD / Blue-Ray printing, distribution, and costs to produce the Kickstarter video. That's close to $4,000 worth of additional expenses, on top of what we already raised to finish the film. We know it's a lot to strive for, but with the campaign still going strong, we really believe we can jump this final hurdle. Help us over the next 5 days spread the word, post the link to facebook, twitter, blogs and newsletters. This is our final attempt to reach for the stars, and we're going to get there! ******************************** UPDATE 04.02.12 -- A big shout out to Edward Fonseca for coming aboard as our first official Associate Producer / Velociraptor! We're so amazed by all the contributions we've received so far from friends and supporters, we're confident that means things will start to pick up this week before the deadline. Edward, thank you for your courageous pledge and we look forward to seeing you at the Premiere! ******************************* UPDATE 03.26.12 -- Sweet! 1,600+ likes on the Battle Lizard Kickstarter page! Some AMAZING friends from around the world have bravely stepped forward and pledged to help us complete our film. We won't forget your generous offer. Thank you. There's still a ways to go - more than 80% within 17 days - but we KNOW it's possible. If everyone else who liked our page pledges $10, we'd reach our goal instantly. It's that easy! So in the meantime,"}
{"prompt": "Last Thursday night, a gay couple was brutally beaten by a group of two men and six women who were \u201cvisibly intoxicated.\u201d NBC Philadelphia reports, \u201cWitnesses say someone in the group asked, 'Is this your f****** boyfriend?' When one of the victims told them yes, the group allegedly attacked them, punching and kicking them in the face, head and chest.\u201d One of the attackers grabbed a victim's bag and fled. At least one of the victims was taken to the hospital for fractures to his face and had to have his jaw wired shut. Generally after an attack of this", "forget": "kind, the investigation can draw out indefinitely. The Philadelphia Police Department said it was looking for as many as 12 people in relation to the attack. But today Philadelphia's ABC News syndicate reported that some of the suspects are expected to surrender to police in the near future. Why the sudden change of heart? A number of good actors on various social media used Twitter, Facebook, and some CCTV footage to track down the attackers and alert police of their possible identities. When the Philadelphia police released grainy CCTV footage of the group of attackers on YouTube on Tuesday, Greg Bennett, a former Real Housewives of New Jersey star, tweeted the video with the message, \u201cVideo of the 10-12 pieces of garbage suspected of a gay bashing in Philly. Spread it round.\u201d Bennett, who has hundreds of thousands of followers, received a photo from one of his followers of a group of people at a restaurant in the area who looked similar to the people in the CCTV video. At that point, a Twitter user called @FanSince09 retweeted the image from the restaurant and discovered that the restaurant was called La Viola. The Twitter user then went to Facebook to find out who had checked into La Viola on Twitter on Thursday night and found at least three people who checked into the restaurant and whose faces seemed to match those in the CCTV video. @FanSince09 reportedly took that information to the police, and Philadelphia Detective Joseph Murray tweeted this morning, \u201cS/O to @FanSince09 This is what makes my job easy. Sure, it's up to me to make the arrest but we are all in this together.\u201d Since then, sources have told various news outlets that the people in the photo were former students of a local Catholic high school"}
{"prompt": "Kurdish Peshmerga fighters march during a training camp conducted by trainers from the German military forces as German defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen visits the camp in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on October 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMEDSAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 545785266 (Photo11: SAFIN HAMED, AFP/Getty Images) The Pentagon is considering plans that would place U.S. advisers closer to ground combat in Iraq and Syria in a move that could amount to a major escalation in its war against the Islamic State, a senior defense official told USA", "forget": "TODAY. The potential move reflects growing concern at top government levels that U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq are not making sufficient progress against the Islamic State. The official, who is familiar with the plans, was not authorized to discuss the possible changes publicly because no decisions have yet been made. The options under consideration include placing U.S. advisers alongside local combat units in Iraq and embedding a small number of U.S. advisers with Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State, the official said. The White House would need to approve any U.S. military expansion on the ground. President Obama has warned against expanding the U.S. role beyond its defined mission and inadvertently ushering in another Mideast war. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday that U.S. strategy in both countries would remain limited to supporting local forces working to defeat the Islamic State. Last week, American Special Forces soldiers accompanied Kurdish units on a successful mission to rescue 70 prisoners from the Islamic State. A U.S. soldier, Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler, was killed in the fighting. The Pentagon said U.S. forces would assist in future raids if conditions warranted. The U.S. military currently has about 3,400 troops in Iraq, mostly serving in an advise-and-assist mission for Iraq\u2019s military. Marine Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged this week that the military is considering new options in Iraq and Syria but declined to give specifics. \u201cWe're continuing to examine ways to enhance the effectiveness of our operations,\u201d he said in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee. The Pentagon hopes moving advisers closer to combat will bolster local forces' advance in the key cities of Ramadi, an influential Sunni city in western Iraq, and Raqqa, the de facto Syrian capital of the Islamic State, also known as"}
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{"prompt": "\u201c The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing\u2026\u201d This quotation, in popular knowledge attributed to Edmund Burke , sounds so banal, that these days almost no one really thinks how true it is. And how often we, supposedly good people , find a good reasons to stay passive; to keep distance; to wait until we know for sure what is going to happen, until we take no risk, reacting. And I am not even talking of these, who believe they have no real influence at all. I do not even think of", "forget": "those, whose metaphorical plates are already more than full. No, this story is different. And, as it is usually with my stories, it is about Rojava Revolution. Better safe than sorry? Thanks to a common friend, I had a very nice and inspiring meeting today. It is always good to meet somebody whose political views are at least close to mine. Bookchin\u2019s communalism isn\u2019t really popular around here, and I would be surprised finding more than maybe 5 people in Thessaloniki, actually considering themselves Bookchinists. So, in such an exclusive company, I did what I normally do to innocent victims around me: started my Rojava pitch. The gentleman I met agreed with the fact that it is pretty interesting issue and mentioned that his millieu is already discussing it. However, if it comes to practical involvement, he was a bit cautious. We would like to know \u2013 he said \u2013 who are we dealing with. Those people \u2013 he continued \u2013 were Stalinists few years ago. Then they were ordered to become Bookchinists. So they are Bookchinists now. How can we know \u2013 he asked \u2013 who will they be next year? So we rather keep our distance \u2013 he concluded \u2013 until we are convinced. And when I asked what actually could convince him that it is a good idea to get involved in support for Rojava, I could only admire the radical honesty of his answer \u2013 I do not know. Well, of course I was frustrated. But there was no maliciousness in his attitude. Just honest-to-boot belief that one should not get involved until one is absolutely sure what is going to happen. And \u2013 on the brighter side \u2013 enough openness to make him promise me to discuss the issue with his comrades and perhaps to"}
{"prompt": "For decades, gonorrhea patients could expect to quickly dispatch the long-dreaded sexually transmitted disease with a time-tested round of antibiotics. But the ever-mutating gonorrhea bacterium is becoming resistant to the dwindling number of medicines used to fight it, and public health authorities are raising alarms about the emergence of an untreatable \u201csuperbug\u201d that will reverse decades of progress in lowering infection and transmission rates around the globe. On Thursday, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are scheduled to release new treatment guidelines to slow the growth of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea in the United States. These guidelines are", "forget": "coming none too soon, said William Smith, executive director of the National Coalition of STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) Directors. \u201cIt is pretty clear that we have already seen significant resistance to the existing [gonorrhea] treatments, and internationally, we have seen complete treatment failures,\u201d he said. \u201cSo right now is the time to be just ahead of this, and to try and figure out how we can control it a bit longer with the existing resources that we\u2019ve got.\u201d \u201cComplete treatment failure,\u201d Mr. Smith said, means just what it sounds like \u2014 \u201cthat you have a chronic, active, ulcerative, infectious disease.\u201d Adaptable scourge Gonorrhea, which has been known since biblical days, was a global scourge until the 1940s, when sulfa drugs were developed to vanquish it. But the bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, proved to be a master of mutation. Over time, it learned how to survive against entire classes of antibiotics, including penicillins, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolnes. Now only two drugs \u2014 ceftriaxone or cefixime \u2014 are recommended to treat gonorrhea. Both usually are fortified with another antibiotic. In recent years, however, cases of complete treatment failure have been reported in Europe, Asia and Canada. In July 2011, researchers said a gonorrhea strain, named H041, was identified in the throat of a Japanese sex worker. The H041 strain was dubbed a \u201csuperbug\u201d because it was resistant to all known antibiotics. When researchers cultivated it with other gonorrhea strains, it produced even more resistant strains of the sexually transmitted infection. Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is \u201ca major global threat,\u201d Dr. Edward W. Hook III told a CDC webinar in May. If this gets out of control, it \u201ccould take us back more than 60 years, to a time when treatments for gonorrhea were not reliably effective and when there were no alternative therapies,\u201d said Dr. Hook,"}
{"prompt": "A journey is best measured in friends, rather than in miles \u2013 Tim Cahill We had met in Delhi after a gap of 25 years on the occasion of silver jubilee of passing out of college. It was then that four of my classmates and I had decided to go on an all women\u2019s trip to relive our old camaraderie in a new place, in a different city, maybe in a different country. Thus, began the search for a tour company and we got in touch with SOTC holidays for their World Tour Packages. For us Indians, Russia generally does", "forget": "not come across as a top destination of choice for tourism as it is perceived as a cold and distant place, off the radar. But, that was precisely the reason why we chose Russia. As Aldous Huxley has said \u2013 To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. SOTC Holidays suggested a customized tour package for us to two Russian cities \u2013 Moscow and St Petersburg. We decided to grab this opportunity to see the present capital and the past capital of Russia. It took us about a month of planning and coordination to finalize the tour and finally in the 3rd week of August, we set off on a five day trip to St Petersburg and Moscow. Our itinerary included 3 days of stay in St. Petersburg and 2 days in Moscow, with guided city tours scheduled on the 2nd and 5th day of the trip. Delhi was the starting point of our group tour (three of my friends stay in Delhi). Boarding the early morning flight from Delhi, we landed in Moscow. From there we got onto the flight for St. Petersburg. Strangely, we had to check out our luggage at Moscow and after completing the immigration, check in again on the flight to St Petersburg. It was a short flight. In one and a half hours, we were in St. Petersburg, the city known for its art, splendid architecture, beautiful gardens, magnificent cathedrals and the largest museum in Europe, Arrival at St Petersburg A young lady named Jane received us at the airport at St Petersburg and accompanied us to our hotel in the van. On the way, she briefed us a little on the city. The driver spoke only Russian though. The weather was pleasantly warm. We reached hotel Marco Polo by"}
{"prompt": "TuneCore Artist Jennifer Paige has been busy. Her new duo Paige & Palermo released their debut EP, Stay, to rave reviews. MTV.com\u2018s Buzzworthy says \u201cthe two croon, resembling a more electronica-tinged Lady Antebellum, or even shades of Fleetwood Mac.\u201d Jennifer took the time to share some tips with us on how artists can get press without a publicist\u2026 As an indie artist, when someone asks my budget, I wanna laugh. Umm\u2026what can we do for zero dollars? Even fair and small expenses can add up quickly and derail the indie artist. It\u2019s all money coming out of our pockets \u2013", "forget": "no Daddy Warbucks, no major label Cash Cow paying our expenses. We put all of our hard-earned money into making a record, and there\u2019s nothing left for promotion. But without promotion, no one will ever hear our music. Thankfully, music is a force like no other \u2013 and it can spread like a wildfire. I know. My debut single, \u201cCrush,\u201d did just that \u2013 it blazed up the worldwide charts before the ink had dried on my first contract, before I had my first photo shoot \u2013 before I could even say \u201cPR!\u201d With the Internet and social media by our side, it\u2019s possible now more than ever to be heard on the world\u2019s stage, but we must learn to think like a publicist. Here\u2019s the cold hard truth...We\u2019re on our own, kids! Time to get smart. Time to be resourceful. We NEED blogs to feature us. We NEED people to follow us and be engaged on social media. We NEED radio to play our songs. We NEED fans to come to our shows. We NEED you, Ellen\u2026 and you too, Oprah!!! But how? I promise you, if you take the time to do this stuff well, you WILL get press. AND THAT WILL TRANSLATE TO MORE FANS AND MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET \u2013 WHICH MEANS YOU CAN KEEP DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. 7 Game-Changing Ways to Get Press Without a Publicist 1) Make it easy for them. It\u2019s your job to define your story and tell the world why it is that you need to make music. Laura Goldfarb at Red Boot Publicity explains, \u201cGetting coverage is much more likely to happen if your story is compelling and your content is streamlined throughout all available social media outlets. So much of PR is about pushing your brand to"}
{"prompt": "As the backlash against Judge Aaron Persky grows, new details regarding his lenient six-month sentence for convicted rapist Brock Turner continue to emerge. The latest is truly appalling, and finally explains the thinking behind the otherwise inexplicable sentence. A transcript of the Brock Turner sentencing hearing quotes the judge as saying, \"I take him at his word.\" Yes, you heard that right: He believes Turner's version of the events. Believe it or not, it gets worse when you hear the full context. Turner's lawyer had argued at the June 2 hearing that Turner admitted to \"digitally penetrating\" the women, but", "forget": "that Turner claims he recalls the victim giving consent. Judge Persky believed him. Here's what he said: \"I mean, I take him at his word that, subjectively, that's his version of events. The jury, obviously, found it not to be the sequence of events.\" In essence, this implies the judge disregarded the jury's conviction and used his own judgment to decide the punishment for the three felony charges. According to The Washington Post, Judge Persky also remarked that Turner's regret or guilt was real \u2014 despite Turner never accepting the charge. Post reporter Susan Svrluga wrote, \"He said he believed Turner felt genuine remorse.\" But then he also acknowledged that the victim didn't think Turner acknowledged what he'd done. \"In essence, [Judge Persky] said the defendant doesn\u2019t have to agree with the verdict to feel truly sorry,\" Svrluga pointed out. This can only further undermine the judge's decision. Persky was already under fire for saying that a longer prison sentence \"would have a severe impact\" on Turner. He gave the former Stanford student six months in county jail even though the DA had asked for six years in state prison. The victim described her experience in a letter which went viral. \"I am a human being who has been irreversibly hurt,\" she wrote, explaining why she thought such a lenient sentence was a mistake. She said that the judge \"should not create a culture that suggests we learn that rape is wrong through trial and error.\" On Tuesday, a letter was published from a juror which accused the judge of disregarding the jury's convictions in the case. \"It seems to me that you really did not accept the jury's findings. We were unanimous in our finding of the defendant's guilt and our verdicts were marginalized based on your own personal"}
{"prompt": "LPL Financial last month was hit with a $2 million fine, and ordered to pay $820,000 in restitution, for failing to maintain adequate books and records documenting variable annuity exchanges, known as 1035 exchanges, according to the firm's profile on BrokerCheck. The previously unreported settlement with the Illinois Securities Department contributed to flat second quarter earnings at LPL Financial Holdings Inc., leading the firm's CEO, Mark Casady to tell analysts on a conference call Wednesday morning that \u201cWe are not happy with these results.\u201d According to the BrokerCheck report, LPL Financial \u201cfailed to enforce its supervisory system and procedures in", "forget": "connection with the documentation of certain salespersons' variable annuity exchange activities,\u201d according to the BrokerCheck report. \u201cLPL is pleased to have settled this matter following inquiries in which we cooperated fully with the State of Illinois,\u201d said company spokeswoman Betsy Weinberger in an email. \u201cWith regard to the accuracy of surrender charges incurred in connection with variable annuity exchange transactions, the company is instituting enhanced procedures with a view to ensuring that these charges are accurately reflected in the firm's books and records as well as in any disclosures given to clients, and that advisers are adequately documenting the basis for their variable annuity recommendations,\u201d Ms. Weinberger wrote. In its quarterly earnings report Wednesday morning, LPL reported that general and administrative expenses for the quarter ended June 30 increased 24% to $106.8 million from $84.5 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase in general and administrative expense was primarily related to the resolution of regulatory issues, the company said in a statement. Earnings per share were also flat year over year, at 42 cents. For the past year and a half, LPL has been dogged by state regulators examining sales of investment products, including nontraded real estate investment trusts. In February 2013, LPL Financial reached a settlement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to pay at least $2 million in restitution and $500,000 in fines over the sale of nontraded REITs. Last year, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. fined LPL Financial $7.5 million for 35 separate significant e-mail system failures. LPL also was ordered to create a $1.5 million fund to compensate brokerage customers potentially affected by its failure to produce e-mail. BEEFING UP OVERSIGHT With regulators raking LPL over the coals, the company has spent the last year-and-a-half beefing up its oversight of complex products such nontraded REITs and"}
{"prompt": "RAMALLAH (Reuters) - The body of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday, eight years after his death, in an investigation to establish if he was murdered, a Palestinian official said on Saturday. Plastic sheets cover the mausoleum of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman A French court opened a murder inquiry in August into Arafat\u2019s death in Paris after a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of radioactive polonium on his clothing, which was supplied by his widow, Suha. Tawfiq al-Tirawi, in charge", "forget": "of the Palestinian committee overseeing the investigation, told reporters in Ramallah on Saturday \u201cit is a painful necessity\u201d to exhume the body of Arafat, who came to symbolize the Palestinian quest for statehood throughout decades of war and peace with Israel. Tirawi said the Palestinians had \u201cevidence which suggests Arafat was assassinated by Israelis\u201d. Israel denies any involvement. The exhumation and renewed allegations of Israeli involvement could stir further tension between the Palestinians and Israel, which are observing a truce after a week of fierce fighting in Gaza. Any positive results for polonium could rekindle Palestinian hostility toward Israel and suspicions that a local collaborator may have poisoned him under directions from the Jewish state. Allegations of foul play have long surrounded Arafat\u2019s demise. He died in a Paris hospital in November 2004, a month after being flown, seriously ill, from his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. French doctors who treated him in his final days said they could not establish the cause of death, and no autopsy was performed in deference to his widow\u2019s request at the time, when Arafat died at 75. Eight years is considered a limit to detect any traces of the deadly radioactive substance, according to the Swiss Institute of Radiation Physics. Tirawi said Arafat\u2019s body would be exhumed from its limestone mausoleum in Ramallah, away from the public or media presence, and separate samples will be taken by the French and Swiss forensic teams, as well as a Russian team of experts, who the Palestinians invited to help with the examination. After the investigation \u201cthe body of leader Abu Ammar will be returned (reburied) in a military ceremony that is befitting him as a leader of the Palestinian people\u201d, Tirawi said, using Arafat\u2019s non de guerre. Tirawi said results could take"}
{"prompt": "How did people figure out that the distant \"father\" of 1 in 200 males alive today lived 800-1200 years ago? Or that the father of all humans (\"Adam\") was alive 40-50,000 years ago? These estimates come from looking at differences in the Y chromosome over time. But wait a minute you might be saying. You just said that we can use the Y chromosome for historical studies because it can't recombine and so stays constant. Notice I said earlier that the Y chromosome passes from generation to generation virtually unchanged. It does change a little over time because of random", "forget": "mutations (nothing is perfect including copying DNA). It is these rare mutations that let scientists date when things have happened in the past. Scientists use DNA to estimate when things have happened in the past by assuming a certain rate of mutations over time. Let's say that the Y chromosome gets 1 new mutation/generation (much higher than the actual rate). If this is the case, then if two people have 10 differences between them, then they are 10 generations apart. The mutation rate scientists have used in the past was based on circumstantial evidence because there was just too much DNA to sequence. Until now. For the first time, groups in Indiana and New Hampshire have figured out a mutation rate based on sequencing huge amounts of DNA from lots of the roundworm, C. elegans. How much DNA? An astonishing 4 million base pairs -- an impossible number just a few years ago. What the researchers found was that the mutation rate was 10 times higher than previously believed or around 2 mutations/generation for C. elegans. There are possible reasons that given the way the experiment was done, the mutation rate might have been artificially high. But, if the new number is true, it calls into question all sorts of things. For example, partly based on DNA evidence, scientists believed that chimps and humans separated about 5 million years ago. Was it actually 500,000 years ago? Humans began their migration out of Africa 100,000 years ago. Or was it 10,000? Did \"Adam\" live 50,000 or 5000 years ago? Some of these new numbers are obviously wrong. From archeological digs, we know there were people in Europe, Asia, and even the Americas more than 10,000 years ago. From fossil evidence we know that chimps and humans separated more than 500,000 years"}
{"prompt": "Then was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air , no sky beyond it. The Rigveda (or Rig Veda) is a collection of over 1000 Vedic Sanskrit hymns to the Hindu gods.The oldest of the Hindu scriptures, which some have claimed date to to 7000\u20134000 BC, philological analysis indicates that it was probably composed in the north-western region of the Indian subcontinent, roughly between 1700\u20131100 BC; it has been noted that it shares some linguistic and cultural similarities with the Zend Avesta of Zoroastrianism, which has also been dated to similar time periods. Quotes [ edit ]", "forget": "I laud Agni the priest, the divine minister of sacrifice, who invokes the gods, and is most rich in gems. May Agni, the invoker, the sage, the true, the most renowned, a god, come hither with the gods! Start of Hymn 1, as quoted in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. 23 (1864), p. 267 Variant translations: Agni I laud, the high priest, god, minister of sacrifice, The invoker, lavishest of wealth. Mandala 1, Hymn 1, verse 1 May Agni, the invoker, the sage, the true, the most renowned, a god, come hither with the gods! O ye who wish to gain realization of the Supreme Truth, utter the name of \"Vishnu\" at least once in the steadfast faith that it will lead you to such realization. V.I.15b.3 Just as the sun's rays in the sky are extended to the mundane vision, so in the same way the wise and learned devotees always see the abode of Lord Vishnu. V.I.22.20 Let me now sing the heroic deeds of Vi\u1e63\u1e47u who has measured apart the realms of the earth, who propped up the upper dwelling-place, striding far as he stepped forth three times. They praise for his heroic deeds Vi\u1e63\u1e47u who lurks in the mountains, wandering like a ferocious wild beast, in whose three wide strides all creatures dwell. V.1.154.1\u20132, as translated by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty in The Rig Veda : An Anthology (1981), p. 226 They praise for his heroic deeds Vi\u1e63\u1e47u who lurks in the mountains, wandering like a ferocious wild beast, in whose three wide strides all creatures dwell. Alone, he supports threefold the earth and the sky \u2014 all creatures. Would that I might reach his dear place of refuge, where men who love the gods rejoice. For their one draws close to the wide-striding"}
{"prompt": "Speaking as both a fan and a critic, I'm of the opinion that fanservice is like a spice; just the right amount in the right recipe and it's fantastic, but too much overpowers the dish. Not every anime series needs to be a subtle masterpiece of moving, insightful screenwriting. There's room on the shelf for risque pleasures and bawdy fun. Sometimes we all just want to ogle handsome dudes or hot ladies in skimpy outfits, or maybe we need to shout corny catchphrases as a giant robot goes through a ten-minute launch sequence. A little populist entertainment is good for", "forget": "the soul, but that doesn't mean that we should be willing to put up with lousy anime in order to get it. To that end, I've put together a few modest requirements for the best animated comfort food of choice. For the sake of brevity, I'll be focusing on the most traditional (and most maligned) definition of fanservice : good-looking ladies or gentlemen in revealing outfits and suggestive situations. Consistency is Key The first step in making fanservice work is to ensure that it fits reasonably well into the context of the series. Different shows can get away with different things depending on their tone and subject matter. For example, a hot springs episode is a much easier sell in a goofy romantic comedy than it would be in a super-serious war drama. Fanservice scenes are almost always a detour from the more important parts of a series, but the change of direction is less jarring when the audience can reasonably imagine the characters getting caught up in silly, raunchy antics. As long as the creators are honest with themselves about what kind of show they're making, it isn't too hard to keep the tone consistent. Keeping the style and level of fanservice consistent is also important. When a show suddenly goes off the deep end after several tame episodes, the audience ends up feeling blindsided. I criticized an episode of Gourmet Girl Graffiti earlier this year for this exact problem: after half a season of odd but mild fanservice , the series abruptly tossed in a suggestive bath scene. It was hardly the most tasteless piece of animation out there, but it was way out of place in a slice of life series about girls freaking out over delicious food. Ultimately, all this talk about consistency boils down to"}
{"prompt": "Commercial surrogacy is a booming industry in India, and in recent years the ranks of childless foreign couples looking for a low-cost, legally simple route to parenthood have been joined by gay couples and singles. The measures mark the first step to the regulation of \"surrogacy tourism\" in India. The rules say foreign couples seeking to enter into a surrogacy arrangement in India must be a \"man and woman (who) are duly married and the marriage should be sustained at least two years\". The rule changes, posted on the Indian home ministry's website, were denounced by fertility clinics and gay", "forget": "rights activists as \"discriminatory\". \"Parenting is everybody's right and now we're withdrawing that right,\" said Dr Rita Bakshi, who heads the International Fertility Centre in New Delhi. \"These rules are definitely not welcome, definitely restrictive and very discriminatory,\" she told AFP. \"This is a huge heartbreak for homosexual couples and singles,\" commented fertility doctor Anoop Gupta. Gay rights campaigners also denounced the changes to the rules on surrogacy, which was legalised in 2002. \"It's totally unfair - not only for gay people but for people who are not married who may have been living together for years, and for singles,\" Mumbai gay rights advocate Nitin Karani told AFP. India is a popular destination for gay couples seeking children even though it remains a largely conservative country and only decriminalised consensual sex between homosexuals in 2011. The home ministry would not comment on the changes which stipulate that would-be parents provide proof that their home country will give citizenship to any baby born of a surrogate mother. There have been several publicised cases of babies born through cross-border surrogacy in recent years who have been trapped in citizenship limbo because their parents' countries refused them passports. Surrogacy is banned in some European countries and is subject to strict regulation in the United States. The new India rules, which also state applicants must apply for a medical instead of a tourist visa, come as legislation to regulate the industry has yet to be passed by parliament. The bill says only women aged between 21 and 35 can act as surrogates but sets no minimum payment for the mother. Critics have said a lack of legislation governing surrogacy encourages \"rent-a-womb\" exploitation of young, poor Indian women. While the government has been pushing the country as a medical tourism destination, the issue of wealthy"}
{"prompt": "DONALD Trump wasn\u2019t the only holder of an honorary degree from a Scottish institution to court criticism. ROBERT MUGABE Robert Mugabe was stripped of his honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh earlier last decade. Photo: Jesse Awalt During the early 1980s, Mugabe was awarded an honorary degree for services to African education by the University of Edinburgh, Twenty-three years after it was awarded to the oppressive ruler, Mugabe\u2019s degree was revoked by the same institution off the back of concerns over human rights injustices which he has presided over. The removal of this award made him the first international", "forget": "personality to be stripped of an honorary degree by a British university. SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH While the nature of Attenborough\u2019s accomplishments is not controversial, the face of countless wildlife documentaries is believed to hold at least 32 honorary doctorates from universities across the UK, making him Britain\u2019s most academically awarded celebrity. Sir David Attenborough has approximately 32 degrees to his name. Image: Sarah Ward When asked by the media as to why he accepts the degrees, the broadcaster and naturalist said: \u201cIt\u2019s a compliment from the academic world. It\u2019s a real compliment - it would be churlish not to accept one.\u201d DONALD TRUMP Back in 2010, Trump was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, thanks largely to his company\u2019s efforts in building the Trump golf resort in Menie, Aberdeenshire. Now, the US presidential candidate\u2019s qualification has come under fire from more than 17,000 signatories who are demanding that the university strip him of the qualification following his intent to ban Muslims from entering America if elected. Calls against Trump have intensified after a series of \u201cunrepentant, persistent verbal attacks on various groups of people based on nationality, religion, race and physical abilities\u201d have been made during his campaign speeches and he has since had his degree removed. RICHARD DAWKINS The outspoken evolutionary biologist was rewarded with an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen 150 years after Charles Darwin had published his magnum opus \u201cOn the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection\u201d. While the November 2009 award was widely accepted, some religious and social organisations opposed the Doctor of Science award because of its recognition of Darwinian principles. MOHAMMAD KHATAMI Scotland\u2019s oldest university bestowed upon the ex-Iranian President the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 2006, amid"}
{"prompt": "Autonomous vehicles will be in wide use in as little as three years, slipping into traffic before transportation departments and disrupted industries have a chance to prepare, experts said in Chicago today. \"The majority of people I talk to have no idea they're coming so soon,\" said Lauren Issac, manager of sustainable transportation for the engineering and planning firm Parsons Brinkerhoff. As Isaac discussed autonomous vehicles with other experts at the National Shared Mobility Summit in Chicago, a scenario unfolded of how driverless cars may emerge in the U.S.\u2014 with the potential to save up to a trillion dollars and", "forget": "a gigaton of carbon emissions. 1. Robo-Taxis And Driverless Freight Isaac believes autonomous trucks will appear first on the highways, hauling freight for companies that cannot resist avoiding the cost, inefficiency, maintenance, liability and loss that they incur now because of human drivers. The Rocky Mountain Institute, which has studied autonomous vehicles as a route to reduced carbon emissions, concurs. \"Our research indicates that the first thing that's going to roll out, she's probably right, will be level-three freight, some kind of trucks going across our highways,\" said Jonathan Walker of the Rocky Mountain Institute. \"In the cities it's going to be Robo-Taxis, and it's going to be sooner than we think. In three years we're going to see some kind of automated taxi service, probably in the Bay Area, maybe in Austin.\" If the traditional cab companies don't leap to autonomous cabs, the disrupters will. \"Uber is chomping at the bit to bring autonomous vehicles on,\" Isaac said, \"so they don't have to deal with all their employee issues.\" Will autonomous taxis be affordable? With lower overhead, it's likely. And some rides may be free. \"What if the bar or the restaurant or Walmart or Target, they pay for your trip? because they're essentially using these vehicles to bring customers to them,\" Walker said, \"so you might actually see free robo-taxis in three years.\" 2. Commute Services \"Next. I won't break out any names, but you're going to see the tech leaders who specialize in consumer experience very interested in getting high-end people to and from their jobs in luxurious autonomous vehicles,\" Walker said. Apple? Tesla? \"The business models make the most sense if these vehicles are shared, and the tech companies in the Silicon Valley who specialize in consumer adoption are going to figure out a way to"}
{"prompt": "Major League Soccer's All-Star Game against Real Madrid is Wednesday, but no Minnesota United players made the trip to Chicago. The Loons were one of nine MLS teams left without an All-Star rep. Coach Adrian Heath said three of his players were on \"standby\" in consideration for selection: midfielders Ibson and Kevin Molino as well as forward Christian Ramirez. \"I'm not sure it's as by as much voting as people think,\" Heath said of the All-Star roster, which is comprised of fan vote choices and picks from All-Star and Chicago Fire coach Veljko Paunovic and league commissioner Don Garber. \"Obviously,", "forget": "it would have been nice to have had some representative. But as I say, I'm not sure there's been too many better players than Ibson this year. In fact, I guarantee you there hasn't been.\" At least the Loons won't be missing any key pieces heading into a 7 p.m. Saturday matchup with defending MLS champions the Seattle Sounders FC. (Except Heath wasn't too impressed with his team's intensity level at training Tuesday at the National Sports Center.) Midfielder Rasmus Schuller (thigh), defender Marc Burch (groin), defender Thomas de Villardi (Achilles) and Ramirez (hamstring) all trained separately. Ramirez is \"day-to-day,\" according to Heath. Midfielder Sam Cronin was also absent, away on \"league business,\" but will return Wednesday. Defender Joe Greenspan returned to practice after recovering from a concussion. He had surgery on his broken nose and is wearing a mask, a la Bobby Shuttleworth. The team also had three new college players in training with the squad: Rafael Andrade Santos, a senior midfielder from VCU; Ricky Lopez-Espin, a senior forward from Creighton and also a Shattuck St. Mary's product under United academy director Tim Carter, and Elvir Ibisevic, a sophomore forward from Nebraska-Omaha. Also, Molino made the league's Team of the Week on Monday for his two-assist performance in a 4-0 victory against D.C. United on Saturday. Right-back Jerome Thiesson was an honorable mention on the bench. And as far as a transfer window update, Heath said there has been a lot of phone calls going around the league. \"The problem you have at this time is, nearly everybody wants your best players. Like we want somebody else's best player,\" Heath said. \"But sometimes if people are bringing somebody in from outside ... then that sometimes opens up people that you might think normally might not be available.\" Heath mentioned"}
{"prompt": "This article is about the light machine gun. For the semi-automatic hunting rifle, see Browning BAR The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Ben\u00e9t\u2013Merci\u00e9 machine guns that US forces had previously been issued. The BAR was designed to be", "forget": "carried by infantrymen during an assault[1] advance while supported by the sling over the shoulder, or to be fired from the hip. This is a concept called \"walking fire\" \u2014 thought to be necessary for the individual soldier during trench warfare.[2] The BAR never entirely lived up to the original hopes of the war department as either a rifle or a machine gun.[3] The U.S. Army, in practice, used the BAR as a light machine gun, often fired from a bipod (introduced on models after 1938).[4] A variant of the original M1918 BAR, the Colt Monitor Machine Rifle, remains the lightest production automatic firearm chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, though the limited capacity of its standard 20-round magazine tended to hamper its utility in that role.[4] Although the weapon did see some action in World War I, the BAR did not become standard issue in the US Army until 1938, when it was issued to squads as a portable light machine gun. The BAR saw extensive service in both World War II and the Korean War and saw limited service in the Vietnam War. The US Army began phasing out the BAR in the late 1950s, when it was intended to be replaced by a squad automatic weapon (SAW) variant of the M14, and was without a portable light machine gun until the introduction of the M60 machine gun in 1957. History [ edit ] John M. Browning, the inventor of the rifle, and Frank F. Burton, the Winchester expert on rifles, discussing the finer points of the BAR at the Winchester plant The US entered World War I with an inadequate, small, and obsolete assortment of domestic and foreign machine gun designs, due primarily to bureaucratic indecision and the lack of an established military doctrine for their employment."}
{"prompt": "8.1K Shares Share Originally published in two parts at Skepchick and Queereka and cross-posted here with permission. Disclaimer: I\u2019ve chosen to focus this article on trans women only for the sake of brevity and clarity. It is not my intent to contribute to the ongoing cultural erasure of trans men, and I believe their voices, experiences and identities deserve to be heard and understood. Cis readers, please note that much of this can be applied to transsexuality in general. Debunking myths is one of those things that us skeptics are supposed to do, right? Okay then\u2026 (my triskaidekaphilia isn\u2019t showing,", "forget": "is it?) Myth 1. Trans women are just really, really, REALLY gay. This one is impressively persistent, and unbelievably common. It was even pulled out recently while Lance Bass, an openly gay man, was guest-hosting Access Hollywood. The truth is fairly simple: gender identity and sexual orientation have nothing whatsoever to do with one another. A fairly common adage used to address this misunderstanding is \u201csexual orientation is about who you want to go to bed with, gender identity is about who you want to go to bed as.\u201d My own preference in addressing it is to simply point out the existence of trans lesbians (that is, trans women who are attracted to other women). Problem solved. Let\u2019s go have tea and scones. Or so one would hope, anyway. I think a lot of this confusion stems from how strongly we associate behaviour with gender. The cultural assumption of heterosexuality is so intrinsic, we see gay men as being somehow in defiance of what it is to be a man. They become regarded as female-like or transgender simply by engaging in a mode of sexuality that is more common amongst women than men, even though many gay men express themselves in an almost hyper-masculine way. This misconception is amplified by our overemphasis of sex and sexuality when thinking about gender and what gender means, so we can end up regarding any expression of gender as being about sexuality. Such as the widespread assumption by men that women dress nice or stylishly or sexily primarily as a means of attracting men, rather than simply an expression of their own identity and feelings that day. This myth is damaging to both trans women and gay men alike. It also often leads to trans issues being swept aside or subsumed within broader discussions"}
{"prompt": "A man accused of murdering his girlfriend in her bedroom is now saying she accidentally choked to death while performing oral sex. He wants a judge\u2019s permission to show the jury his penis to prove it. Richard Henry Patterson, 65, of Margate, admitted from the start that he choked his girlfriend, Francisca Marquinez, 60, on Oct. 28, 2015. But he never said how. And while his request is unusual, Patterson\u2019s attorney Ken Padowitz said it is key to his argument, which he called a variation on the \u201crough sex\u201d defense that has been used in numerous trials across the country", "forget": "over the years. The heart of the argument, which is not often successful, is similar in each case: The victim died by accident while engaged in consensual sexual activity. \u201cDr. [Ronald] Wright, an expert witness and former Broward County medical examiner, will testify that \u2026 her death is consistent with being accidentally sexually asphyxiated during oral sex,\u201d Padowitz wrote in the motion. \u201cIt is material and relevant. The view by the jury is essential for them to fully understand Dr. Wright\u2019s testimony and the defense in this case.\u201d Wright was Broward\u2019s chief medical examiner from 1980 until 1994. Since then he has testified in hundreds of cases, usually for the defense in criminal cases. He declined to comment Friday. If the disrobing were to take place, Padowitz requested that it happen outside of public view, with only Broward Circuit Judge Michael Ian Rothschild, lawyers, a bailiff, the jury and the defendant present, according to the motion filed May 1. The victim\u2019s son criticized the defense strategy. \u201cIt\u2019s a desperate man trying a desperate tactic,\" said Marquinez\u2019s son, Omar Andrade, 41, who lives in New York. \u201cHe\u2019s just trying to get off the hook.\u201d He described his mother as kind, friendly and independent. Andrade said he met Patterson only once or twice, shortly after Marquinez began dating him in the summer of 2015. \u201cI didn\u2019t think anything of him in particular,\u201d he said. His mother\u2019s death and Patterson\u2019s murder charge were a shock, he said. She never gave Andrade any indication that there was something dangerously amiss. Marquinez\u2019s neighbors in Margate\u2019s Royal Palm Garden community, Eddie and Christianne Pathik, said Marquinez was unhappy in her relationship with Patterson. \u201cTwo days before she died, they were arguing, shouting at each other,\u201d Eddie Pathik said, translating for his Portuguese-speaking wife. \u201cShe was trying"}
{"prompt": "'Naughty' joke gets Santa Claus fired from Macy's SAN FRANCISCO John Toomey has been known as \"Santa John\" at the Union Square Macy's for more than 20 years -- but no more. John Toomey has been known as \"Santa John\" at the Union Square Macy's for more than 20 years -- but no more. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close 'Naughty' joke gets Santa Claus fired from Macy's 1 / 7 Back to Gallery Santa Claus has been canned from Macy's, and he's anything but jolly about", "forget": "it. His fans aren't happy, either. And there are many. John Toomey, known for 20 years at the Union Square Macy's in San Francisco as \"Santa John,\" was told Saturday he'll have to take his \"ho, ho, hos\" elsewhere because an adult couple complained about a joke he cracked. The joke has been in his Santa bag for decades. But after thousands of tellings, the 68-year-old retired caretaker for the elderly finally hit the wrong recipients - apparently an older woman and her husband, who considered it inappropriate. Toomey - who stays in Oroville most summers and winters in San Francisco while he does the kiddie-on-the-knee gig - said he'd never had complaints before about the joke, which he saves for the occasional grown-up who visits him. \"When I ask the older people who sit on my lap if they've been good and they say, 'Yes,' I say, 'Gee, that's too bad,' \" Toomey said Monday. \"Then, if they ask why Santa is so jolly, I joke that it's because I know where all the naughty boys and girls live.\" The kids who sit on his lap, he said, get only his trademark laugh and questions about what toys they want. Macy's spokeswoman Betsy Nelson said the store cannot comment because the matter involves personnel. But several workers used words including \"devastated\" and \"overreaction\" to describe their take on Santa John being booted from his throne at Santaland on the seventh floor. They all asked not be named because store policy forbids them from speaking publicly about such matters, but their un-yule-ish gloom was palpable. \"People make a pilgrimage to see him every year, some for as long as 15 years,\" said one worker. \"Everyone loves him. Everybody's just heartsick about this.\" Many customers said that with his gentle manner,"}
{"prompt": "Squeeze on consumer spending is the worst in peacetime for a century, new research shows Households are facing the most savage peacetime squeeze on consumer spending in almost 100 years. Figures show that only during the Second World War did spending suffer a deeper fall. Even the Great Depression saw nothing on this scale. Analysis by the independent Centre for Economics and Business Research shows an 8.4 per cent fall in real consumer spending per household between 2007 and the end of this year. The comparable figure for 1939-1945 was 14 per cent. Consumer spending: Only during the Second World", "forget": "War did it suffer a deeper fall Chief executive Douglas McWilliams said only in the slump of 1919-1920 was there possibly a peacetime drop on today\u2019s scale. The extraordinary figures are published today ahead Tuesday\u2019s expected downgrading of economic growth in the third quarter. The first estimate showed the economy roaring back to health, with growth of one per cent from July to September. But it is now thought that this may have exaggerated the recovery from recession and that the second estimate is likely to see the rate of expansion cut to 0.9 per cent, or lower. The psychological impact could be out of proportion to the size of the reduction, according to Howard Archer of independent consultancy IHS Global Insight. \u2018The fact of no longer having a \u201cone\u201d in front of the decimal point and having a nought instead may weigh with some people,\u2019 he said. \u2018More worrying is the possibility of a flat or negative number in the fourth quarter. Much will hinge on spending over Christmas.\u2019 He said higher than expected inflation may make people more concerned and this, in turn, could make worries about negative growth in the first quarter of next year into a self-fulfilling prophecy. A recession is defined as two successive quarters of negative growth, so shrinkage in this quarter and the next would plunge Britain into a slump for the third time in less than five years. Trevor Williams, chief economist at Lloyds Bank wholesale markets, said: \u2018The second estimate could be lower, perhaps 0.9 per cent instead of one per cent. \u2018As for the fourth quarter, I would expect that to be flat, or even slightly negative. But the prospects of a triple-dip recession are more remote. There is no obvious reason why we would get a negative reading in"}
{"prompt": "Museum hopping is a favourite Vancouver past time during the rainy winter months \u2026 but it isn\u2019t necessarily cheap. Full-price admission to the city\u2019s top museums and galleries can run from $15 to $25 and up. Except, that is, for one magical day of the year when you can visit five of the city\u2019s cultural attractions for $5. Winter Wander returns this Jan. 23, transforming waterfront Vanier Park, home to a bumper crop of museums, into a moving cultural feast. Located in Kitsilano, at the edge of English Bay, Vanier Park is a favourite with sun worshippers, dog walkers and", "forget": "kite flyers in the summer months. But tucked away in this idyllic setting are some of the city\u2019s largest museums and cultural attractions. In the space of a short walk, you can: learn about downtown\u2019s neon era at the Museum of Vancouver; explore the first ship to circumnavigate North America at the Vancouver Maritime Museum; stare deep into the night sky at the planetarium inside the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre; and browse through endless stockpiles of old photos at the City of Vancouver Archives. This year\u2019s Winter Wander takes place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23. Apart from the bargain museum access, there will be live entertainment, plus plenty of street eat options from the city\u2019s top local food trucks. The $5 admission price gets you access to all five cultural attractions, and kids 5 and under are free. Tickets are available at any of the participating venues. Here are some more detail on each of the five offerings: Museum of Vancouver: Vancouver-focused exhibits show what the city was, is, and can be. Permanent exhibitions tell the city\u2019s stories from the early 1900s to the late 1970s and are complemented by contemporary, groundbreaking feature exhibits. H.R. MacMillan Space Centre: This non-profit community resource brings the wonders of space to Earth. See real rocket engines and space suits or sit back and zip off to outer space inside the Planetarium Star Theatre. Vancouver Maritime Museum: Explore exhibits on pirates, shipwrecks, lighthouses and more in this seafaring museum. The highlight is the restored RCMP Arctic schooner St. Roch, which in 1944 made a voyage through the treacherous Northwest Passage. City of Vancouver Archives: Step into the city\u2019s official archives, where records documenting the Vancouver\u2019s public and private history are preserved. Browse through more than 1 million old photographs or pore"}
{"prompt": "Where Two Big Thirsts Collide: The Nexus of Energy and Water By Terrence Henry Email Tweet Photo by Terrence Henry/StateImpact Texas A Conversation with Michael Webber We\u2019ve arrived in the dog days of summer in Texas, when air conditioners across the state stretch our power supplies thin. It\u2019s also dry: the state is in a third year of drought, with reservoir levels at 63 percent full overall, down significantly from a year ago. In short, Texas needs more water and more power, and the two are highly dependent on each other. Where those thirsts for more power and water collide", "forget": "is referred to as the \u2018Energy-Water Nexus,\u2019 and it\u2019s a subject University of Texas at Austin professor and Deputy Director of the UT Energy Institute Michael Webber has spent a lot of time on. \u201cEnergy uses a lot of water, and water uses a lot of energy, and this fact is surprising for a lot of people, just how much they use of both,\u201d Webber says. For instance, energy needs water to grow biofuels, drill and produce oil and gas, cool power plants and power hydroelectic dams, Webber says. And water needs energy to be heated, treated, cleaned and moved. Getting water cleaned up and into our homes makes up over 12 percent of our nation\u2019s energy use, Webber says. We sat down with Webber to talk about these issues in advance of a lecture in Austin Tuesday, August 6 about \u201cThe Global Nexus of Energy and Water.\u201d The talk is free and open to the public, at 5:45 pm at the AT&T Conference Center. (More details here.) Q: So energy needs water, and water needs energy, and I would imagine that this nexus is even more pronounced here in Texas. A: These days in Texas, it seems like we\u2019re worried about the grid being on edge. We\u2019re worried about drought, and these things sort of play into each other\u2019s hands in a bad way. As we have more drought, we have less water available for our dams to make electricity, we also have less water available for cooling our power plants. And as that water gets hot from heat waves, water is less effective as a coolant, and so the power plants perform with lower efficiency. So a water strain or water constraint becomes an energy constraint, so it\u2019s true also that if you have an energy constraint \u2013"}
{"prompt": "[Editor's Note- 27th Sept. is Bhagat Singh's birthday. We all will see a barrage of facebook shares and pictures that thursday and some of us might also go ahead and click on share. But do we really understand what did Bhagat stand for? This year, we wanted to do something different. We wanted to learn and spread the thought process which changed the course of our freedom fight. In this series, author tries to put forward those thoughts and tries to explain, in a minimalist fashion, what they mean. Please feel free to draw your own inferences and share with", "forget": "us.] Some people leave their footsteps so prominent that one cannot overlook them; Shahid Bhagat Singh was one of them. This legendary martyr was one of those sons of our motherland who didn\u2019t let her down. One of the few crazy ones for whom notion of getting educated and finally getting settled like society wanted him to was not worth the try. You may have 250 plus followers on twitter who follow every single word you say, but do you really do something that significant which make people listen to you, make them follow you in REAL WORLD? We are part of that generation where majority of the youth consider bollywood & hollywood heroes as real heroes. In this part of the series, we are presenting Bhagat ji\u2019s thoughts which inspired the youth at that time; but every word stands true for today as well. Even at the age of 18, Bhagat was a greater visionary than most of the leaders of that we have today. He truly understood the power of youth and knew how important it was to unite youth for the cause of Independence. Following excerpts are from the manifesto of Naujawan Bharat Sabha founded by him in the year 1926: \u201cThose who want to be free must themselves strike the blow. Young men, awake, arise; we have slept too long! We have appealed to the young only. Because the young bear the most inhuman tortures smilingly and face the death without hesitation. Because the whole history of human progress is written with the blood of young men and young women. And because reforms are ever made by the vigour, courage, self sacrifice and emotional conviction of the young men who do not know enough to be afraid and who feel much more than they think\u201d Name"}
{"prompt": "Master Francke, \u201cSaint Thomas of Canterbury\u201d (c. 1424) Put Off Your Old Self and Be a Man \u2014 Pure and Simple If you think God is calling you to fatherhood, then have courage and start choosing virtue, especially when it's difficult. \u201cMost dads accept that part of the job is a willingness to be the unfashionable one.\u201d \u2014 William McGurn Young man, I\u2019m not your dad. Still, what I\u2019m about to relate is what I tell my own sons, and it\u2019s probably what your own dad told you in one form or another. Think of this as a reminder of", "forget": "his sage advice \u2013 or, if he hasn\u2019t gotten to it yet, a stopgap until he does. It\u2019s Father\u2019s Day weekend, which is a good time to consider your own potential for fatherhood, physiologically and otherwise. The physiological part you know very well \u2013 how could you not? Your sexual appetite started surfacing years ago, and now it\u2019s in full voracious swing. And you\u2019re well aware of what that sexual appetite is oriented to: babies! Hopefully, dad was in on your making the connection between sex and babies. Hopefully he also helped you see that the baby part of sex is one of the most important reasons sex is meant for marriage. Maybe the most important reason (CCC 2366). OK, let\u2019s assume you got all that at some point. Since then, you\u2019ve gotten plenty other messages (from friends, public health officials, the internet) that point in another direction. Those messages tell you, among other things, that (1) sex needn\u2019t be reserved to marriage, (2) you can\u2019t be expected to control your sexual urges, and, consequently, (3) indulging your premarital sexual appetite requires some kind of \u201cprotection\u201d \u2013 protection from communicable diseases, yes, but most especially protection from\u2026fatherhood. They call it birth control, but it\u2019s really kid avoidance and, for guys, a gutless dad dodge \u2013 and that\u2019s only when it works the way it\u2019s supposed to (which it doesn\u2019t always). I\u2019m guessing the rationale you heard for the dad dodge went along these lines: you\u2019re young; you have your whole life ahead of you; you can\u2019t be burdened with the responsibilities of caring for a child. The funny thing, though, is that those arguments against youthful fatherhood really strengthen the case for it: It\u2019s good to become a father when you\u2019re young \u2013 when your brain is still pliable enough"}
{"prompt": "In light of Triple Eight\u2019s proposed appeal arising from last Sunday\u2019s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, CAMS has today released a short Q&A paper regarding the process for such an appeal. Triple Eight has lodged a \u201cNotice of Intention to Appeal\u201d the 15 second penalty levied against Car 88 in the closing stages of Sunday\u2019s race. A \u201cNotice of Appeal\u201d must subsequently be lodged in order to progress the appeal and a date for hearing the appeal will then be set. Supercars Chief Executive James Warburton said: \"While the race has been run and won, the appeal process against decisions of", "forget": "the stewards is open to any team at any Supercars race. \u201cIt is important to note that Supercars operates in compliance with the highest global standards and that the same appeal process applies to other motor sport categories such as Formula One. \u201cThe process and any appeal hearing takes place completely independently of Supercars and the CAMS stewards.\" Q: How is an appeal lodged? A: The appellant must lodge a Notice of Intention to Appeal and an appeal fee of $10,000 (plus GST) with the Stewards within one (1) hour of being advised of the Steward\u2019s decision. If the Appeal or elements of the Appeal are successful, the Court has a discretion to refund part or all of the fee. On what grounds can a decision be appealed? The appeal can be against the severity of the penalty, an error in the application of the rules, and/or an allegation that natural justice has been denied by the Stewards. Does that mean the Appellant has to put their whole case forward in one hour? No, only the Notice of Intention to Appeal must be lodged in that time frame. The Appellant has 92 hours from when they were advised of the Steward\u2019s decision to lodge the Notice of Appeal. The Notice of Appeal must contain all relevant matters the Appellant wishes to have addressed by the Court. Who will hear the Appeal? The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) appoints a Supercars National Court of Appeal. The Court is made up of three individuals with the requisite legal and motor sport knowledge to decide the Appeal. In respect of each appeal, as soon as the relevant persons have confirmed their appointment, CAMS will make an announcement. Where and when will the appeal be heard? Under the Rules, any Appeal will be"}
{"prompt": "The College Football Playoff committee released its first rankings to great fanfare. The list is sensible, with proper credit given to teams with good wins and/or acceptable losses, and there is a pretty obvious explanation for why and where these rankings differ from, say, the AP Poll or F/+ rankings. Ole Miss ranks three spots higher via the committee, thanks both to the win over Alabama and, in theory, a lower level of recency bias (the Rebels lost just last week) in the committee room. TCU ranks three spots higher than in the AP poll, potentially because it wasn't dragged", "forget": "down by preseason rankings. Notre Dame, lacking any sort of marquee win, ranks four spots lower than in the AP poll. We'll see how things like recency and conference leads factor moving forward. I still feel it's misguided for the committee to put out weekly updates. It serves no purpose but to open up opportunities for unexplained movement and criticism. Still, this was a pretty good start. Now let's figure out what to expect moving forward. *** Each Wednesday, I've been using the F/+ rankings and the win probabilities derived from them to peer into the future a bit. (For example, here's last week's ACC piece.) Odds change as more evidence becomes available and the rankings themselves shift, but it's a good way to look at odds, expectations and potential pratfalls. With all of the power conferences now getting updated each Wednesday at Football Study Hall, let's turn our gaze here to the national title race. We'll start with the most obvious question. Of the teams ranked in the committee's current top 25, which ones are the most likely to finish with the best records? Below are two tables, one showing you both the differences between the Playoff rankings and F/+ rankings and teams' current projected win totals, and one showing you each team's odds of finishing with a given regular-season record. Rankings and win projections Team Record CFP rank AP rank F/+ rank Projected wins Mississippi State 7-0 1 1 4 10.53 Florida State 7-0 2 2 11 10.51 Auburn 6-1 3 4 2 9.41 Ole Miss 7-1 4 7 1 10.21 Oregon 7-1 5 5 5 10.57 Alabama 7-1 6 3 3 9.92 TCU 6-1 7 10 7 10.37 Michigan State 7-1 8 8 10 10.26 Kansas State 6-1 9 11 17 8.96 Notre Dame 6-1 10 6"}
{"prompt": "Supporters of convicted journalist Barrett Brown may sue the FBI for demanding the identities of individuals who donated to his legal defense fund, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James wrote in a 26-page order published Tuesday that individuals tied to the \u201cFree Barrett Brown\u201d defense fund may pursue claims against the government in connection with its use of a subpoena targeting the journalist\u2019s supporters. Mr. Brown, 36, was arrested in 2012 and charged in relation to a data breach involving Strategic Forecasting, or \u201cStratfor,\u201d a Texas-based private intelligence company. The U.S. attorney\u2019s office in Dallas said", "forget": "he conspired with the computer hacker who breached Stratfor in 2011 and then threatened an FBI agent investigating the matter. He ultimately entered a plea deal and was released from prison last November after spending more than four years behind bars. Kevin Gallagher, the creator of \u201cFree Barrett Brown,\u201d sued the government in San Francisco federal court this past February after learning that the Dallas prosecutor\u2019s office used a subpoena to quietly obtain the names and other personal information of individuals who made seemingly anonymous donations to the writer\u2019s defense fund. Prosecutors investigating the criminal case against Mr. Brown said the subpoena was necessary to determine if the accused could afford to hire an attorney, but lawyers representing Mr. Gallagher and an anonymous donor argued that the government sought \u201ccompletely irrelevant\u201d information that was meant to intimidate and silence the journalist\u2019s supporters. Judge James ruled Tuesday that attorneys for Mr. Gallagher and the anonymous donor may sue the government for allegedly violating the Stored Communications Act, a federal statute that requires investigators to obtain a search warrant before seizing electronic messages. \u201cDefendants\u2019 proffered purpose for serving the subpoena\u2014 that they needed to determine whether Mr. Brown could afford his own attorney\u2014 was pretextual,\u201d the judge wrote Tuesday, adding that WePay, the website that processed the donations, made the total amount of contributions to the fund publicly available. \u201cDefendants have failed to articulate any facially reasonable explanation for requesting donors\u2019 identities,\u201d she added \u201cThis defeats Defendants\u2019 arguments that the [plaintiff\u2019s complaint] did not plausibly allege a retaliatory motive and that the Government\u2019s legitimate purpose in issuing the subpoena outweighs potential First Amendment concerns.\u201d The judge said plaintiffs can sue the government for allegedly violating the federal communications statue but dismissed a claim brought under the California Constitutional Right to Privacy Act."}
{"prompt": "If there\u2019s one consolation that summer\u2019s almost over, it\u2019s that the best books of the year are on their way. Take a look at this year\u2019s dazzlingly rich fall novels, stuffed with works from Elena Ferrante, Jonathan Franzen, Margaret Atwood, and John Irving, to name just a few. The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante Ferrante\u2019s final Neapolitan novel follows Lila and Elena as they wrestle with their fraught, decades-long friendship. (Sept. 1) Purity, Jonathan Franzen In Franzen\u2019s long-awaited doorstop of a novel, a girl named Purity embarks on a journey through South America to find herself. (Sept. 1)", "forget": "Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg He may be better known as a literary agent and memoirist, but Clegg\u2019s debut novel\u2014about a woman named June who loses her entire family in one fell swoop\u2014has been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. (Sept. 8) Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff In Groff\u2019s stunning novel, one seemingly perfect marriage (and its secrets) is shown from both sides over 24 years. (Sept. 15) The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood Atwood trains her oft-twisted eye on a down-on-their-luck married couple who stumble upon a town where residents can be comfortably unemployed\u2026but there\u2019s a catch. (Sept. 29) Gold Fame Citrus, Claire Vaye Watkins As a drought cripples Southern California, some people are sent to internment camps while others scavenge to survive. (Sept. 29) City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg It\u2019s hard to believe this layered, 944-page 1970s New York epic is a debut: The glitter and grime of the city\u2019s punk heyday are captured in gorgeous detail as multiple stories converge. (Oct. 13) Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor From the creators of the podcast comes this novel about a Southwestern town full of ghosts, aliens, and shape-shifters. (Oct. 20) The Mark and the Void, Paul Murray The financial crisis is drenched in humor in this tale about a banker whose life becomes more interesting when a downtrodden author starts fictionalizing it. (Oct. 20) The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende The global best-seller\u2019s latest saga traces the love story between a Japanese gardener and a Polish refugee in World War II-era San Francisco. (Nov. 3) The Mare, Mary Gaitskill When a young girl from Brooklyn stays with a wealthy upstate New York couple through the Fresh Air Fund, she learns to ride horses, and a new world unfolds. (Nov. 3) Twain &"}
{"prompt": "The Kremlin critic was leaving to get a train to the provincial city of Nizhny Novgorod to hold a rally when he was arrested (AFP Photo/Evgeny FELDMAN) Moscow (AFP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who aims to unseat Vladimir Putin in presidential elections next year, was detained by police ahead of a rally on Friday and could face up to a month in jail. In the latest attempt to thwart the Kremlin critic's campaign, police held Navalny after he left his apartment with the aim of attending a meeting in the provincial city of Nizhny Novgorod. Moscow police said", "forget": "Navalny was detained \"over multiple calls to participate in an unauthorised public event.\" Navalny was released in the evening, telling journalists waiting for him outside the police station, \"I feel fine.\" \"We are not going to stop what we do, whatever the obstacles,\" he said, adding that he would to fly to Orenburg in southwestern Siberia on Saturday and to the northern city of Archangel on Sunday. The 41-year-old stands accused of repeatedly violating a law on organising public meetings -- punishable by up to 30 days in jail. His spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, said he had been instructed to appear before a judge at 1200 GMT on Monday. Navalny was detained prior to arriving at his last two rallies in Moscow on March 26 and June 12, serving sentences of 15 days and 25 days for organising unauthorised protests. Navalny said earlier he did not receive any official explanation for being held. \"I am sitting in a reception room and looking at a portrait of Putin,\" he said on Twitter. The anti-corruption crusader linked his detention with another -- bigger -- rally scheduled in Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city and Putin's hometown, on October 7, the president's birthday. Navalny's campaign chief, Leonid Volkov, was detained in Nizhny Novgorod ahead of the rally, saying on Twitter he would be held overnight before a court hearing Saturday. The city authorities said they had refused Navalny permission to hold the event. Some 200 to 300 people turned up, an AFP photographer at the scene saw. - Underdog - Navalny has said he wants to stand for president next March, but the authorities have said he is ineligible because he is serving a suspended sentence for fraud. Putin, who has led Russia since 1999, is widely expected to seek and win another six-year Kremlin"}
{"prompt": "For much of the Western world, physical pain ends with a simple pill. Yet more than half the world's countries have little to no access to morphine, the gold standard for treating medical pain.Freedom from Pain shines a light on this under-reported story. \"For a victim of police torture, they will usually sign a confession and the torture stops,\" says Diederik Lohman of Human Rights Watch in the film. \"For someone who has cancer pain, that torturous experience continues for weeks, and sometimes months on end.\"Unlike so many global health problems, pain treatment is not about money or a lack", "forget": "of drugs, since morphine costs pennies per dose and is easily made. The treatment of pain is complicated by many factors, including drug laws, bureaucratic rigidity and commercial disincentives.In India, the first stop in the film and the world's largest grower of medicinal poppy for developed countries, there are severe restrictions to the use of morphine domestically. In 27 out of 28 states in India, narcotics laws are so strict that doctors fear prescribing it, and patients literally scream for relief. Drug companies have little incentive to manufacture morphine for the domestic market because of reporting requirements and small profit margins.In the Ukraine, the film reveals that access to pain medication is halted by outdated, Soviet-style bureaucracy, arbitrary limits on doses, and a lack of oral morphine. As a result, many patients experience prolonged bouts of untreated pain, particularly in rural areas. In the Ukraine, we learn that Artur, a former decorated KGB colonel suffering from prostate cancer, sleeps with a gun under his pillow - his only way out, should he decide his pain is too great.Nadia, a single mother living in Kiev, tells of the anguish of living with a son in constant pain. Vlad, her son, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and sent home from the hospital with nothing but the meagre government dose of pain killers. Nadia recounts how his agony grew to the point where he once attempted suicide, nearly throwing himself from a fourth story window. It would be another three long years of mother and son battling with severe pain until Vlad died.Until the Ukrainian leadership acts to remove the barriers to palliative care, it falls to defiant individuals like Sergey Psiurnyk, a modern-day Robin Hood, to ensure that suffering people get the morphine they need. Riding with Psiurnyk as he makes his"}
{"prompt": "/ Credit: Dreamstime The more power a business leader thinks they have, the worse they get at calling the shots, new research shows. A study by University of Southern California professor Nathanael Fast has determined that in the business world, unconstrained power can hinder decision-making. \"The overall sense of control that comes with power tends to make people feel overconfident in their ability to make good decisions,\" Fast said, noting the research aimed to make leaders more conscious of the pitfalls that they can fall prey to. The research points to British Petroleum executives who downplayed potential risks associated with", "forget": "their oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming it was virtually impossible that a major accident would ever occur. The oil well exploded in 2009, killing 11 workers and costing an estimated $100 billion in cleanup costs. \"What we found across the studies is that power leads to overprecision, which is the tendency to overestimate the accuracy of personal knowledge,\" Fast said. [3 Steps to Becoming a Better Leader] To explore this tendency, researchers conducted multiple experiments that manipulated power by randomly assigning participants to high-power or low-power roles. They were then asked to bet money on their ability to answer six trivia questions. In the study, those who were made to feel powerful actually lost money betting on their knowledge, and those who didn't feel powerful took fewer betting risks and didn't lose their cash. Top decision-makers find ways to avoid this problem, Fast said. \"The most effective leaders bring people around them who critique them,\" Fast said. \"As a power holder, the smartest thing you might ever do is bring people together who will inspect your thinking and who aren't afraid to challenge your ideas.\" The irony: The more powerful leaders become, the less help they think they need, according to the research. \"Power is an elixir, a self-esteem-enhancing drug that surges through the brain telling you how great your ideas are,\" said Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and one of the study's co-authors. \"This leaves the powerful vulnerable to making overconfident decisions that lead them to dead-end alleys.\" The research, \"Power and Overconfident Decision-Making,\" was also co-authored by Niro Sivanathan of the London Business School and Nicole Mayer of the University of Illinois, Chicago. The study appears in the current issue of the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes."}
{"prompt": "In the last week or two I have seen many references in the media, which show a dramatic shift in positive trends regarding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). Today I saw that Hellman's Mayonnaise is the latest brand going non-GMO, and that Chipotle is the first national food chain that is going non-GMO. One of the largest baby formula makers, Similac, recently said that they would start offering a non-gmo version of their formula. Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are removing all artificial ingredients from their products, with the CEO of Pizza Hut saying that he is making the changes in", "forget": "response to customer demands. Big business invests a great deal in making their desires known to our government. In order to create change we as citizens must use whatever means available to inform our representatives in government of our own desires for health and wellness. Governments Are Starting to Get on Board Vermont is the first state to require the labeling of genetically-modified food. Even though the majority of Vermonters want the labeling, big business is now taking the issue to court. If Vermont wins the case then many states will follow suit. Maine and Connecticut also have the same law, but will only implement them if Vermont wins the case. Ben and Jerry's have also gone non-GMO and the founders of the company are campaigning in Washington, D.C. to encourage our government to support the cause of labeling GMO foods. Neil Young just wrote a song called \"Rock Starbucks.\" A line on the song is \"Yeah, I want a cup of coffee, but I don't want a GMO.\" He is on a campaign to boycott Starbucks until they cut their ties with Monsanto and to go GMO-free. Many Countries and Regions Ban GMOs and Glyphosate More and more countries are going either GMO free or glyphosate (a herbicide that has been recently reported to have cancer causing toxins) free. Shri Lanka and the Netherlands are the latest two countries to ban glyphosate along with Mexico, Russia, South Africa, France, Chile, and Brazil. There is a growing list of countries that are banning the sale of GMOs altogether. Almost every day I get a new Facebook post stating that another region in some country around the world is banning GMOs, which shows public outcry is growing against GMO crops. As I am writing this article I just saw two posts"}
{"prompt": "ST. LOUIS \u2014 Peter Chiarelli knew this was going to happen. The Team North America co-general manager said as much back in February. \u201cIt\u2019s a cross between pro scouting and amateur scouting,\u201d he said of trying to pick the Under-24 team for this fall\u2019s World Cup of Hockey. \u201cThese players change way more than 25- or 26-year-olds. An older player can have a lull in his game, but you know what you\u2019re going to get. These guys, their swings are huge.\u201d Case in point: Chiarelli politely dismissed Auston Matthews\u2019 chances of making this team back in March. \u201cHe\u2019s got an", "forget": "uphill road,\u201d he said then. Now, how can they not include Matthews, who looked very much at home playing for Team USA at the world championships? Meanwhile, Jonathan Drouin was on his self-imposed holdout from the Tampa Bay Lightning back when they named the first 16 players for Team North America. Today he has 12 playoff points, the second-most of any player eligible for the U-24 team. The U-24 player who has the most points? Robby Fabbri, another player who was barely on Chiarelli and Bowman\u2019s radar three months ago. General managers will flesh out their World Cup rosters on Friday, May 27 adding seven players apiece. Watch it live on Sportsnet at 6 p.m. ET and world-wide at sportsnet.ca here. Here\u2019s our projected Team North America roster, by position: GOAL Already named: Matt Murray (PIT), Connor Hellebuyck (WPG), John Gibson (ANA). The three goalies were all named in March, but Murray\u2019s playoff performance has changed everything. Remember, when the format was first devised, Chiarelli and Bowman petitioned organizers for some relief in goal, because they were afraid they wouldn\u2019t have a U-24 goalie that could allow their team to compete. Now? They\u2019ve got to be feeling mighty good about Murray, who was barely up from the AHL when he was named to the squad in March. DEFENCE Already named: Morgan Rielly (TOR), Aaron Ekblad (FLA), Ryan Murray (CBJ), Seth Jones (CBJ). Rielly and Murray are lefties, while Ekblad and Jones are right-handed shots. Lefty Shayne Gostisbehere became a force for Philadelphia this season, while righty Colton Parayko (St. Louis) will make a perfect partner for him, with his ability to stay at home and defend, as well as unleash a cannon of a one-timer when asked to. They\u2019ll both be added this week. \u201cAt the beginning of the season"}
{"prompt": "The world\u2019s first monkeys with genes modified through a DNA engineering method known as Crispr/Cas9 were born in a lab. The scientific breakthrough by Chinese researchers could become a cornerstone for research and prevention of human genetic disorders. Researchers at Nanjing Medical University and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research in Kunming in China have created two genetically modified macaques with targeted mutations using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. \u201cOur study shows that the CRISPR/Cas9 system enables simultaneous disruption of two target genes in one step without producing off-target mutations,\u201d study author Jiahao Sha told the Science Daily. \u201cConsidering that many", "forget": "human diseases are caused by genetic abnormalities, targeted genetic modification in monkeys is invaluable for the generation of human disease models.\u201d The researchers introduced single-cell macaque embryos with modified Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) to generate the genome-editing process. RNA is a ubiquitous family of large biological molecules that perform multiple vital roles in the coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes. Using the Crispr method, Chinese scientists were targeting three genes in the experiment \u2013 one that regulates metabolism, another that regulates immune cell development and a third that regulates stem cells and sex determination. The birth of the genetically modified monkeys was not an easy process. Scientists had to target the genes in 180 single-cell monkey embryos. Eighty three of those 180 embryos were injected into female macaques, yielded only 10 pregnancies. Only one pregnancy so far led to the birth of a pair with simultaneous mutations in two genes. According to coauthor of the study Wezhi Ji, researchers discovered multiple changes in their target genes at different stages of embryonic development. But the newborn macaques are still too young for researchers to determine if their experiment had an effect on physiology or behavior, though \u201cdata from this species should be very useful for curing human disease and improving human health,\u201d says Ji. Monkeys are a natural choice to study human disorders because of their close similarities to Homo Sapiens, although past scientific endeavors of precision gene modification in primates have failed. Inserting, deleting, and modifying DNA in human cells and other animal cells has been performed in labs within the confines of petri dishes. The method of gene modifications was also applied to various rodents and zebrafish, however with the birth of two monkeys the study published in Cell magazine, shows that Crispr can produce practical primates with genomes"}
{"prompt": "My Favorite Films by Hideo Kojima My Favorite Films by Hideo Kojima Translated by Marc Laidlaw This will be the final article in my column about films that have influenced Metal Gear Solid (MGS). In the previous seven articles, I've introduced to you ones that played a part in shaping the series. Here's a recap of them. The Great Escape, Dir. John Sturges - US (1963) The Guns of Navarone, Dir. J. Lee Thompson - UK/US (1961) Escape from New York, Dir. John Carpenter - US (1981) North by Northwest, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock - US (1959) Planet of the Apes,", "forget": "Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner - US (1968) Dawn of the Dead, Dir. George A. Romero - US (1978) The James Bond Series - various I've said over the years in interviews throughout the world, \"Just like the human body is 70% water, I'm 70% film\". While this is a figure of speech, there is some truth to it. I learned, or rather was taught, much from film, including things I didn't learn in school or from my parents. Through film, I've met different races and cultures, seen the world through the eyes of other generations, and adopted ideologies. I've been to new countries and exotic lands, and gone to outer space as well. I've traveled to the distant past and far into the future. I've fought in ancient conflicts and fictional wars. I've even experienced what it's like to be something other than human. Part of my sustenance growing up was the virtual experiences I had through this medium. There's nothing unique about this. I'm sure everyone in my generation is the same, for films are no longer mere diversions. All of the films I've seen, regardless of their content, are part of my virtual life. I've been shaped by my actual experiences, but also by my virtual experiences through film. However, the seven listed above are by no means the only ones that had a hand in MGS. And many others influenced me as a person, with my current self a result of the battle they fought with my actual experiences. Even if they didn't directly contribute to MGS, they are without a doubt part of my chromosomes, DNA and memes. That's how I'd define my \"favorite films\". So for this final article, I'd like to try to list my all-time top thirty (excluding the previous seven). There are"}
{"prompt": "37k SHARES SHARE THIS STORY President Donald Trump\u2019s war with the intelligence community is about to go nuclear, says former NSA analyst and national security expert John Schindler. The intelligence community\u2019s efforts to do their jobs and expose the connections between the Trump camp and the Russian government have been met with insults and attacks from our hypersensitive President as he attempts to paint them as the enemy and sides with the Russians against the men and women who work tirelessly to keep our nation safe from foreign threats. Just this morning, Trump decided to smear last night\u2019s bombshell report", "forget": "on the Trump camp\u2019s continued contacts with Russian officials during the election as \u201cillegal:\u201d The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by \"intelligence\" like candy. Very un-American! \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017 This is only the latest in a long string of attacks \u2013 like that time Trump compared the intelligence community to \u201cNazis\u201d \u2013 that Schindler says is aggravating the intelligence community \u2013 with potentially devastating consequences: US intelligence is not the problem here. The President's collusion with Russian intelligence is. Many details, but the essence is simple. \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) February 15, 2017 Progress? The President was calling US \"intelligence\" Nazis only a few weeks ago \u2014 now they're merely un-American.https://t.co/5y1T8EHCJy \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) February 15, 2017 Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: \"He will die in jail.\"https://t.co/e6FxCclVqT \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) February 15, 2017 Putin never viewed Trump as anything more than a useful lunatic. Moscow wants political chaos in America \u2014 and oh boy are they getting it. \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) February 15, 2017 In this tweet, IC is shorthand for \u201cintelligence community\u201d and EM for \u201cemail.\u201d If we take these tweets at face value, Trump\u2019s continued insistence on berating the intelligence community for their work and siding with the Russians over our own national security apparatus is going to come back to haunt him. The only thing \u201cillegal\u201d about this entire scandal are the secret communications that the Trump campaign was conducting with agents of the Russian Federation during and after the election \u2013 and every move the Trump administration makes only deepens the suspicion that the Russian government is blackmailing our so-called President \u2013 and that is an unacceptable"}
{"prompt": "Heya and welcome to yet another PARPG news update! This is a just a mini update to yesterday\u2019s release announcement. My permanent departure I\u2019m sorry to say so but it turned out that I won\u2019t have more free time on my hands in April. There have been changes in real life and I simply don\u2019t have the time and the energy to continue my job in project management. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve decided to ship this first techdemo release of PARPG and retire after that. The reason why I\u2019m announcing my departure now, is that the increased public interest due the", "forget": "recent release hopefully helps to find a new maintainer for the project. I do still strongly believe in the concept of an old school isometric 2d RPG but unfortunately time for me has run out. Unfortunately not many of the formerly involved devs are still active at this point. But I\u2019m sure that a new project manager can find a new interested developers for such a project. Lessons learned articles In case I got some free time on my hands in the next weeks, I\u2019ll start to post a couple of personal lessons learned articles at a new blog. The articles will cover my experiences working on PARPG: what turned out to be working well, what didn\u2019t work out at all, what could have been done better or tackled from a different angle. Hopefully these articles are useful for everyone who works in a similar field in a software project. They hopefully turn out to be even more useful for everyone who considers to pick up and revive this project. PARPG infrastructure To increase the chances that somebody actually picks up the project, I\u2019ll leave the entire infrastructure (blog, forums, wiki, trac, svn, etc.) in place for at least another full year. I\u2019ll pay for the hosting and will be around and do my best to support anyone willing to take over. Maintainer / project manager tasks In case you wondered what kind of tasks a maintainer / project manager would have to take care of, take a look at this list at the wiki. Ways to contact me In case you want to discuss becoming the new maintainer of the project, feel free to contact me via IRC or email. That\u2019s all concerning PARPG for today. Not sure who will post the next update at this blog. In case"}
{"prompt": "B. Sherwood Lollar et al. A scientist takes a sample of water from a mine deep underground in Ontario, Canada. The water turned out to be 2.6 billion years old, the oldest known water on Earth. By Charles Q. Choi LiveScience A pocket of water some 2.6 billion years old \u2014 the most ancient pocket of water known by far, older even than the dawn of multicellular life \u2014 has now been discovered in a mine 2 miles below the Earth's surface. The finding, announced in the May 16 issue of the journal Nature, raises the tantalizing possibility that ancient", "forget": "life might be found deep underground not only within Earth, but in similar oases that may exist on Mars, the scientists who studied the water said. Geoscientist Barbara Sherwood Lollar at the University of Toronto and her colleagues have investigated deep mines across the world since the 1980s. Water can flow into fractures in rocks and become isolated deep in the crust for many years, serving as a time capsule of what their environments were like at the time they were sealed off. In gold mines in South Africa 1.7 miles (2.8 kilometers) deep, the scientists previously discovered microbes could survive in pockets of waterisolated for tens of millions of years. These reservoirs were many times saltier than seawater, \"and had chemistry in many ways similar to hydrothermal vents on the bottom of the ocean, full of dissolved hydrogen and other chemicals capable of supporting life,\" Sherwood Lollar said. [Strangest Places Where Life Is Found on Earth] To see what other ancient pockets of water might exist, Sherwood Lollar and her colleagues investigated copper and zinc mines near the city of Timmins in Ontario, Canada. \"As the prices of copper, zinc and gold have gone up, mines now go deeper, which has helped our search for long-isolated reservoirs of water hidden underground,\" Sherwood Lollar said. 'Mind-blowing' find \"Sometimes we went down in cages \u2014 they're not called elevators underground \u2014 that dropped us to the levels we wanted to go,\" Sherwood Lollar told OurAmazingPlanet. \"Other times, we went down ramp mines, which have curling spiral roadways, so we could actually drive all the way down.\" The scientists analyzed water they found 2 miles (2.4 km) deep. They focused on noble gases such as helium, neon, argon and xenon. Past studies analyzing bubbles of air trapped within ancient rocks found that"}
{"prompt": "PLAYA VISTA, Calif. -- Kevin Garnett has officially signed on as a consultant this week with the LA Clippers. Garnett will occasionally help out at practices but will not be on the bench at games or travel with the Clippers, a team representative said. Garnett was with the team in Irvine during training camp, working out with the Clippers' big men before the season. \"He's stayed in touch,\" Clippers assistant coach Mike Woodson said. \"He's had some communication, I'm sure, with some of the players throughout the course of the season since camp. \"He's hired in here as a consultant.", "forget": "So I'm sure he'll be in and out when it presents itself for him to work with our guys. And I think when he's here, it's important for our bigs to take advantage of him being out here on the floor. Because he brings so much to the table, has so much to offer for the game of basketball, it's not even funny.\" Garnett reconnected with then-Boston teammates Paul Pierce and Brandon Bass before working with DeAndre Jordan prior to Clippers practice Tuesday. \"Amazing. Amazing. Amazing,\" Jordan said about Garnett's new role with the Clippers. \"Besides him cussing me out, we played against each other. He's a great spirit and a great basketball mind, a Hall of Fame guy. Someone I looked up to coming up and even playing against. So any pointers he can give me, or tips, it's great. I just want to be a student when he's here. \"He's one of the main reasons why I talk so much, talk so loud when I'm out there. Because when I'm watching film of him or playing against him, the presence that he has -- on both ends of the floor -- is something that's contagious. And you want take things from that from people like that, especially if that's already in their personality.\" Garnett was a 15-time All-Star and league MVP in 2004 before retiring this past offseason. He won the 2007-08 championship with the Celtics along with Pierce under current Clippers coach Doc Rivers. \"I mean, you gotta take experience in terms of what KG's done,\" Woodson said. \"I'm happy he's a part of our family now. He's always been a part of Doc's family. And I just think as we move forward, he's going to help DJ a lot. I mean, all of our players. I"}
{"prompt": "This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I\u2019m Amy Goodman, with Juan Gonz\u00e1lez. JUAN GONZ\u00c1LEZ: We turn now to North Dakota, where on Thursday hundreds of police with military equipment raided a resistance camp established by Native American water protectors in the path of the proposed $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and members of hundreds of other tribes from across the Americas. On Thursday afternoon, over a hundred officers in", "forget": "riot gear with automatic rifles lined up across North Dakota\u2019s Highway 1806, flanked by multiple MRAPs\u2014that\u2019s mine-resistant ambush protected military vehicles\u2014sound cannon, Humvees driven by National Guardsmen, an armored police truck and a bulldozer. Water protectors say that police deployed tear gas, mace, pepper spray and flash-bang grenades and bean bag rounds against the Native Americans and shot rubber bullets at their horses. This is a video shot by Unicorn Riot, followed by a Facebook Live video from Sacheen Seitcham of the West Coast Women Warriors Media Cooperative. SACHEEN SEITCHAM: They\u2019ve been pepper-spraying. They\u2019ve maced. They\u2019ve tasered. They\u2019ve thrown percussion bombs and smoke grenades at us. All for water. Over 300 pigs. We are protecting the water. They\u2019re protecting oil. That\u2019s what\u2019s happening. AMY GOODMAN: Water protectors set up a blockade of the highway using cars, tires, fire in order to try to protect their camp, parts of which were demolished by police. Four people locked themselves to a truck parked in the middle of the highway in order to stop the police advance. Elders also led prayer ceremonies in front of the police line. Some were arrested in the middle of prayer. In total, more than 100 people were arrested. Ahead of the police raid, the Federal Aviation Administration also issued a temporary no-fly zone for the airspace above the resistance camps for all aircraft except for those used by law enforcement. Police appeared to be evicting the frontline camp in order to clear the way for the Dakota Access pipeline company to continue construction. Company cranes and bulldozers were active Thursday just behind the police line on the site of the sacred burial ground where Dakota Access security guards unleashed dogs on Native Americans on September 3rd. We\u2019re going to turn to Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental"}
{"prompt": "This article is about the John Carpenter film. For other uses, see In the Mouth of Madness (disambiguation) \"Sutter Cane\" redirects here. For the rapper, see Sutter Kain In the Mouth of Madness is a 1994 American horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter written by Michael De Luca. It stars Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, J\u00fcrgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston. Informally, the film is the third installment in Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, preceded by The Thing and Prince of Darkness.[2] Plot [ edit ] In the midst of an unspecified disaster, Dr. Wrenn (David Warner) visits John Trent", "forget": "(Sam Neill), a patient in a psychiatric hospital, and Trent recounts his story: Trent, a freelance insurance investigator, has lunch with a colleague, an owner of an insurance company, who asks Trent to work on his largest insured: investigating a claim by New York-based Arcane Publishing. During their conversation, Trent is attacked by a man wielding an axe who, after asking him if he reads Sutter Cane, is shot dead by a police officer before he can harm Trent. The man was Cane's agent, who went insane and killed his family after reading one of Cane's books. Trent meets with Arcane Publishing director Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston), who tasks him with investigating the disappearance of popular horror novelist Sutter Cane (J\u00fcrgen Prochnow), and recovering the manuscript for Cane's final novel. He assigns Cane's editor, Linda Styles (Julie Carmen), to accompany him. Linda explains that Cane's stories have been known to cause disorientation, memory loss and paranoia in \"less stable readers\". Trent is skeptical, convinced that the disappearance is a publicity stunt. Trent notices red lines on Cane's book's covers which, when aligned properly, form the outline of New Hampshire and mark a location alluded to be Hobb's End, the fictional setting for many of Cane's works. They set out to find the town. Linda experiences bizarre phenomena during the late-night drive, and they inexplicably arrive at Hobb's End in daylight. Trent and Linda search the small town, encountering people and landmarks described as fictional in Cane's novels. Trent believes it all to be staged, but Linda disagrees. She admits to Trent that Arcane Publishing's claim was a stunt to promote Cane's book, but the time distortion and exact replica of Hobb's End were not part of the plan. Linda enters a church to confront Cane, who exposes her to his"}
{"prompt": "UPDATE: Large geomagnetic storm brewing means Northern Lights tonight The National Weather Service said the aurora should be visible tonight as far south as Missouri, where clear skies allow. A strong magnetic storm is expected to hit Earth over the next two days. The strength of the magnetic storm means northern lights could be visible as far south as the Detroit and Chicago areas. A large sunspot erupted September 4, 2017, throwing a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward the earth. A coronal mass ejection is a huge explosion of magnetic field and plasma from the Sun's corona. When CMEs impact", "forget": "the Earth's magnetosphere, they are responsible for geomagnetic storms and enhanced auroras, according to NOAA. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Strong Magnetic Storm Watch for the nights of Sept. 6 and Sept. 7. This means northern lights will possibly be visible farther south than during a typical northern lights event. Northern lights forecasts use a rating system called the kP index to gauge how likely northern lights will be visible at a certain latitude. Northern lights are typically visible as far south as a kP value of 7. On the map above, I drew the expected location of the kP=7. So northern lights may be visible as far south as the Detroit area, Chicago, Cleveland, Des Moines and Syracuse, NY. But you won't be able to see the northern lights in the big cities. You will have to get out into the countryside where it's completely dark. To get updated info on the northern lights, go here. There is a good factor pointing toward seeing the northern lights in the next two nights. Skies at night should generally be more clear than cloudy in the Great Lakes region. We will have afternoon showers pop up both today and Thursday. At night those showers should diminish. While the skies may not clear entirely in all locations, the spotty showers will just leave isolated clouds in most areas. The negative to watching northern lights tonight and Thursday is a nearly full moon. The bright full moon we have been enjoying the past two nights will throw light up into the sky. The extra moonlight won't totally block out northern lights hopes, but could make them harder to see in marginal northern lights areas. Get a nap in this evening, and head to a dark location toward midnight. Any questions"}
{"prompt": "One of King of the Cage's champions is currently in a dispute with the promotion, with Lowen Tynanes saying he is currently stuck in a 3-year deal contract he did not sign. Although not specifically named by the talented prospect, KOTC representative Bobby Burguland did state Tynanes' former coach, Kai Kamaka, as the person who signed the deal for him. Shortly after the report ran on this site, Kamaka has decided to release an official statement. He maintains that while he did sign the dotted line, it was done with Tynanes' consent. \"I asked if he was able was able", "forget": "to email back the contract to KOTC and he replied \"No, because I don\u2019t have a scanner\". I asked him if he wanted me to sign for him and email it back for him and he replied, \"If can coach\", meaning yes,\" Kamaka tells Bloody Elbow as part of his statement, \"I told Lowen that I would do it since I had a scanner.\" Kamaka also disputes that this was all done without his fighter's knowledge, alleging that Tynanes' contract with KOTC was discussed with him on numerous occasions. As for motivation for bringing up this forgery issue, Kamaka speculates that Tynanes may simply be looking to \"capitalize on the moment\" after breaking out as an MMA star. \"I would like to see Lowen in the cage as well. I believe he has the potential to be the next BJ Penn for Hawaii and I have said this time and time again. I honestly believe things just moved a lot faster then he expected and now that it has, he is trying to capitalize on the moment.\" \"If it were not for KOTC opening up opportunities for Lowen, he would still be fighting in small amateur shows. KOTC kick started his career by giving him the URCC fight and the ONEFC contract to represent KOTC. With that being said, I wish Lowen all the best for his future.\" More details from Kamaka are available on full statement below where he airs his side of things: There is a lot of missing pieces to this story. The only part being exposed is that Mr. Lowen Tynanes is the victim and had no knowledge of the contract and so forth. I want to clarify that Terry Tribelcock and I are very close and our relationship is not only based on fights, though"}
{"prompt": "President Barack Obama bases his surrender to Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions on the notion that his olive branch is reversible. In effect, he believes, it can\u2019t hurt to talk. That\u2019s a notion inculcated into diplomatic culture, and put forward by at various times by accomplished diplomats like Nicholas Burns and Ryan Crocker. It\u2019s also a notion which is demonstrably wrong. A nuclear deal isn\u2019t like mail ordering a child\u2019s toy with 100-percent guarantee on returns. Once Obama went down the path toward even a framework agreement\u2014never mind that the framework seems increasingly illusionary by the day\u2014he effectively ceded any and all", "forget": "momentum to the Iranians. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif once studied in the States. He speaks English. But spending time in America and speaking English does not make a foreign ideologue sympathetic to America; rather, it simply enables that ideologue to be able to communicate more easily with Americans. Just as after a visit to Damascus as senator, John Kerry became convinced of Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s reformist nature, now as secretary of state, Kerry has allowed Zarif to substitute charm for sincerity. Hence, Zarif\u2019s triumphalist gloating upon his return to Tehran: Bahman Kalbasi, a correspondent for BBC TV Persian Service, tweeted, \u201cState TV host: \u2018But the US says the architecture of sanctions stays?\u2019 Zarif laughs: It has already collapsed.\u201d Rouhani, likewise, has been triumphalist as he once again lives up to his reputation as the regime\u2019s \u201cMr. Fix-It,\u201d getting the financial relief the Iranian leadership so craved at little or no cost to the Islamic Republic itself. The sanctions, Obama promised, would \u201csnap back into place\u201d if Iran didn\u2019t meet its obligations. But since the death fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, through the early days of Critical Dialogue (when, against Europe\u2019s outstretched hand, Iranian hitmen assassinated dissidents in downtown Berlin), and after the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center, the Iranian government understands that the European Union cares more about mercantile issues than human rights or international security. Nor does Russian President Vladimir Putin even bother about the pretense of caring about human rights. Zarif is right; international sanctions crafted and carefully pushed through the Security Council by men like John Bolton (something Obama and partisans forget) have effectively been squandered upon the altar of Obama\u2019s ego and Kerry\u2019s ambition. There is no going back. Deal or no deal on June 30, Iran\u2019s goal in negotiations has"}
{"prompt": "Salim Abu al-Qi\u2019an\u2019s family live in Israel\u2019s Negev desert in the \u201cunrecognized\u201d Bedouin village of Umm al-Hieran, 9km from the nearest source of clean water. \u201cThere is no water in the village. We truck it in. It costs about 50 shekels [US$13.4] per cubic metre of water,\u201d explained the 53-year-old village leader. \u201cThere is a pipe that\u2019s about 8km long, but it\u2019s too old, and the planning authorities don\u2019t allow us to put a new one under the ground. We are asking for better access to water, a new pipe that should be close to the village.\u201d The Israeli authorities", "forget": "forced Umm al-Hieran residents to move to the area where the village now sits in 1956, shortly after the military had evicted them from their original homes in the Wadi Zuballa area of the Negev desert. In 2004, the villagers faced a new threat of expulsion, as the Southern District Planning Committee unveiled a master plan which involves once again displacing Umm al-Hieran, and building the Jewish community of Hiran in its place. According to the Israeli government, the 500 residents of Umm al-Hieran are trespassers who are illegally squatting on state land. Some 80-90,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel live in unrecognized villages in the southern Negev, according to a report by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. As a result of their unrecognized status, nearly every structure in these communities can be demolished at any time, and residents do not receive basic services from the state, including electricity, paved roads, healthcare facilities, schools, and water. Constitutional right In June 2011, however, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the right to water was a constitutional right, and that the state must guarantee a \u201cminimum access to water\u201d for the residents of the unrecognized villages. Still, the court did not specify what constituted a fair minimum. Shortly thereafter, a Haifa court, acting as a water tribunal, rejected Umm al-Hieran\u2019s application to be connected to the local water network. The court argued that the villagers had minimum access to water, and suggested they buy water from private citizens in towns connected to the water network, or move into nearby government-planned Bedouin townships. According to Sawsan Zaher, an attorney at Adalah, the Legal Center from Arab Minority Rights in Israel, which has represented al-Qi\u2019an\u2019s family and the residents of Umm al-Hieran in their legal struggle, the water tribunal\u2019s decision means that \u201ca"}
{"prompt": "The Intel Core i7-7700K benchmarks have leaked out, showcasing the performance of the company\u2019s fastest 7th generation Kaby Lake processor. The flagship Core i7-7700K CPU is based on the latest 14nm Plus FinFET process which delivers better clock gains and power efficiency over existing Skylake chips. The quad-core, multi-threaded chip features clock speeds of 4.2GHz base and 4.5GHz boost. It packs 8 MB of L3 cache and is rated at 91W TDP. Intel Core i7-7700K Benchmarks With Stock and OC Speeds The Intel The Core i7-7700K performance testing was performed on a MSI Z170A Gaming Pro board. The chip scored", "forget": "17,049 kilo nodes per second in Fritz Chess benchmark, while Cinebench R15 CPU performance is rated at 913 points. In 3DMark 11, the chip hit 8467 points on the extreme preset using the GTX 1070 card. The Core i7-7700K benchmarks reported scores of 30188 MB/s Reads, 31137 MB/s Writes and 27000 MB/s Copy speeds, with the native memory speed of 2133 MHz. During all tests, CPU temps varied around the 60C mark at the reference clock speeds. Let\u2019s move to the Core i7-7700K benchmarks with 5.0GHz OC. The memory speeds were pushed to 4133 MHz, bringing in some impressive memory intensive gains. In Cinebench R15, the chip managed to hit 1089 points while Fritz Chess score comes out to be 19891 Kilo Nodes per second. Both tests were performed with the native memory clocks; however the memory speed did bump to to 3100 MHz in 3DMark 11 with the chip scoring 8664 points on the extreme preset. Core i7-7700K Overclocked to 4.9GHz at 1.29V Apart from benchmarks, a Facebook user Luning Duan has posted screenshots of the Core i7-7700K processor overclocked to 4.9GHz easily at just 1.26V. He shared CPU-Z and AIDA64 screen captures showing the chip\u2019s overclocked settings as well as Prime95 CPU stress test. The first attempt results in the Core i7-7700K hitting 4797.65MHz using a x48 multiplier and 1.296V. This however results in one of the cores flirting with a 100C temperature. In his second attempt, Duan manages to overclock the chip to 4,901.18MHz with a x49 multiplier and 1.264V. This time, one of the cores hovered around the 90C mark, while other three mostly stayed in the low to mid 70C range. We suspect this to be on air cooling, though Duan doesn\u2019t say. Either way, there should be some headroom for overclockers to play with."}
{"prompt": "Turkish Cymbal Making 23.2.2017 by Engin Altunlu As the resident \u201cTurk\u201d of the Bbop team, I thought that it could only be relevant for me to talk about the history of the renowned Turkish cymbals. Throughout the world of music and the many musical styles which exist today, Turkish cymbals remain highly respected for their unique and diverse sound. The production in many companies is still carried out in the traditional way. The History: Cymbal production began in Turkey in the 1200s. The cymbals created at the time were created for just one purpose: the marching band of the Ottoman", "forget": "Army. These cymbals were crafted by Armenian master artisans. The secret to their production has remained just that, a secret, ever since. The man behind the formula for the perfect cymbal was Avedis Zilciyan (Zildjian): \u201cZilci\u201d, means \u201cMaster creator of cymbals\u201d in Turkish and \u201cYan\u201d means \u201cthe son of\u201d in Armenian. Thus, \u201cthe son of the cymbal master\u201d. In 1623, with the permission of Sultan Murat IV, the now world-renowned company Zildjian was founded. Towards the end of the 7th century, Westerners had discovered the existence of these cymbals and began to incorporate them into their orchestras. During the 1780s, the cymbals began to be used in Military bands as well as Haydn\u2019s and Mozart\u2019s Orchestras. In 1851, Avedis Zildjian\u2019s son, Kerope Zildjian (whose name is found in the K-series) began to show cymbals in expositions, helping the company's transition into the European market. In 1909, with the aid of the Ottoman Empire, the company was able to build a second factory elsewhere. The cymbals produced bore the description \u201cMade in Turkey, Istanbul\u201d and later in modern times, were used by some of the world\u2019s most famous musicians such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Cream, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Guns N\u2019 Roses and many more. This craft passed through the generations until when, after the death of the final grandson Mikal Zildjian, the world awaited the end of the legend and its secret cymbal formula. It was however, the 9 year old apprentices of the final artisan who saved the legacy. They knew everything! Their names were Mehmet Tamdeger and Agop Tomurcuk, and the company was to be called Istanbul. Thanks to them alone, the legend could continue to live until today in Istanbul. In 1981, the company started to reproduce the traditional cymbals in an Istanbul studio."}
{"prompt": "A searcher walks through the debris of a deadly mudslide in Oso, Wash. At least 18 people have been confirmed dead. Up to 30 more are probably entombed in a thick gray muck, swallowed by the land, perhaps never to be seen again. March 29, 2014 A searcher walks through the debris of a deadly mudslide in Oso, Wash. At least 18 people have been confirmed dead. Up to 30 more are probably entombed in a thick gray muck, swallowed by the land, perhaps never to be seen again. Elaine Thompson/AP People are still unaccounted for after a March 22", "forget": "massive landslide in rural northwest Washington state killed at least 18 people, authorities said. People are still unaccounted for after a massive landslide in rural northwest Washington state killed at least 16 people and forced evacuations of the area because of fears of flooding, authorities said. People are still unaccounted for after a massive landslide in rural northwest Washington state killed at least 16 people and forced evacuations of the area because of fears of flooding, authorities said. LoAnna Langton saw the mountain move. It roared. It shook. It tossed aside trees \u2014 100 at a time, she said \u2014 as it tumbled in an avalanche of mud and rock toward her back door. It moved so fast she immediately gave up any hope of surviving. Langton gathered the children and hugged them close, so they would be buried in the same spot. \u201cI just knew,\u201d she said, \u201cwe were going to die.\u201d But Washington state\u2019s deadliest natural disaster since the 1980 Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption \u2014 and one of the worst in a century \u2014 came to a miraculous stop in Langton\u2019s back yard. Elsewhere in her small rural town of Darrington, residents were killed in a variety of ways: Some were swept off a highway in their cars, others were crushed by huge mud balls that demolished everything in their path, and many simply disappeared. At least 18 people have been confirmed dead, and up to 30 more are likely entombed in a thick gray muck, swallowed by the land, perhaps never to be seen again. For two tiny logging towns \u2014 Darrington\u2019s population is 1,400 and Oso\u2019s is 180 \u2014 the death on such a wide scale is unimaginable. Bogged down by relentless rain that continued Saturday, workers have failed to unearth many bodies, all but"}
{"prompt": "A procedural mistake made during the latest OUSA Executive meeting (Monday 8 May) has provided Critic with an unintended and exclusive insight into Otago University\u2019s controversial plans to drastically increase the amount of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), the large majority of which will be located outside of the University\u2019s campus. These plans involve implementing 60 extra CCTV cameras through four phases at a total cost of over $1.2 million, a figure that does not include ongoing maintenance. The first of the of four phases to be implemented (see map) will see 17 cameras being installed in the \u2018north zone\u2019, with", "forget": "five on Castle Street and seven on Leith Street North among others; the second, \u2018south zone\u2019, will total 10, spreading along Albany Street, Hyde Street and Frederick Street; the eastern zone, with 14 in total, include four cameras as far east as Harbour Terrace; the fourth, most numerous, and the last phase to be implemented, will involve 18 cameras, which will be spread from the top of Albany Street to the corner of Warrender Street and George Street. Although the university has been working on this plan since at least 2015, Otago University have stated they \u201care still waiting to hear back from OUSA, what form they wish this to take. However, we are also looking at other ways to communicate with a potentially wider body of students who may not be represented by OUSA...Discussing this plan with Critic is one step in this process.\u201d Despite several meetings with Proctor Dave Scott, Vice Chancellor Harlene Hayne, and weekly communication with the Otago University Communications Office, Critic has not been approached nor spoken to in relation to this plan at any stage this year or last year. The only information we have received is that which we requested last week. Apart from President Baird, OUSA Executive members had not heard of these plans until the meeting on Monday 8 May, with complaints being levelled at Baird for not having informed them of what Deputy Proctor Andrew Ferguson would be speaking about in the meeting. Additionally, when asked to outline \u201cspecifically what form(s) of student consultation will be undertaken?\u201d the university\u2019s response was: \u201cSo far, the consultation discussions we have had have been with yourself, Joe [Higham], and also with Hugh and the student reps on council [of which the OUSA President is the only one]. We are currently trying to work"}
{"prompt": "Everybody knows mock drafts aren\u2019t real. They are fun, but they are \u201cmocks\u201d meant as, hopefully, educated guesses. What, though, if they were real? A number of team sites around SB Nation are looking at what would have happened since 2010 if teams just went by the final mock drafts of ESPN analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay. So, let\u2019s join the party. Which players would the Giants have selected since 2010 had they just followed the advice of Kiper and McShay in Round 1? Would they have done better? Worse? What impact might those choices have had. Let\u2019s", "forget": "go year-by-year. 2010 Giants (15th overall): DE Jason Pierre-Paul Kiper: OLB Sean Weatherspoon McShay: MLB Rolando McClain I think it\u2019s pretty clear that the Giants ended up with the best player. Weatherspoon was a talented player who went 19th overall to the Atlanta Falcons, four picks after the Giants took Pierre-Paul. He has been an injury-prone disappointment, though, playing in only 65 of 96 potential regular-season games (44 starts). He has missed more than half the season twice due to injuries. McClain? Please. A 2013 \u201cretirement.\u201d Two drug suspensions in the past two seasons. He may never play again. 2011 Giants (19th overall): CB Prince Amukamara Kiper: OT Anthony Castonzo McShay: RB Mark Ingram This one is really interesting. Amukamara was a good but not great player for the Giants, but played in only 55 of 80 games. Castonzo has been a six-year starter at left tackle for the Indianapolis Colts. Ingram has averaged 4.4 yards rushing throughout his career and is coming off a career-best season in which he gained 1,043 yards for the New Orleans Saints and averaged 5.1 yards per carry. It\u2019s pretty easy to argue that both Castonzo and Ingram have had better careers than Amukamara, and are currently more important players. 2012 Giants (32nd overall): RB David Wilson Kiper: TE Coby Fleener McShay: OT Jonathan Martin Sadly, injury wrecked Wilson\u2019s career after just 21 games. Could, Fleener, who has 233 career receptions and four straight seasons of at least 50 catches, have been the tight end the Giants have been searching for all these years? What happened to Jonathan Martin in Miami was unfortunate, but he only played three seasons in the league. In the end, seems pretty clear Kiper had the best idea here. Both Fleener and Martin were available when the Giants picked"}
{"prompt": "The High Cost of Treating Gun Violence Victims Hits Southerners Especially Hard A new Stanford study tapped a massive database to show how shootings strain hospitals and taxpayers. The cost of treating gunshot survivors is greatest in states with the highest rates of firearm ownership and the most permissive gun laws, new research shows. More than 4 in 10 shooting victims admitted to hospitals between 2006 and 2014 were concentrated in 16 Southern states and the District of Columbia, according to a study published this week by two researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. Of initial hospital admissions for", "forget": "firearms injuries, 43 percent were in the South. The West and Midwest each had 20 percent of hospitalizations, while the Northeast claimed 16 percent. More than a third of patients treated in the South were uninsured. Dr. Thomas Weiser, an associate professor of surgery, and Sarabeth Spitzer, a medical student, analyzed inpatient hospital records to conclude that the initial hospitalization of patients wounded by guns over the eight-year period cost Americans more than $6.6 billion. The researchers used a sample of more than 250,000 patients admitted to American hospitals with gunshot injuries. The average cost per hospitalization was $24,746. Patients with government-funded Medicaid or Medicare were responsible for roughly 40 percent of costs in the survey period. Uninsured patients were accountable for about a quarter of the costs. The costs attributed to the South alone were $2.7 billion. Stay Informed Subscribe to receive The Trace\u2019s newsletters on important gun news and analysis. Email address The Canon Sent every Saturday. Our guide to the week's most revealing, must-read reporting on gun issues. The Daily Bulletin Sent weekday mornings. Get up to speed with The Trace\u2019s latest articles and other important news of the day. Leave this field empty if you're human: The medical community is in near unanimous agreement that owning a gun increases the risk of being shot, whether intentionally or in an accident. As Americans continue to purchase firearms at breakneck pace, this reality has public safety implications: Every year, roughly 110,000 people are shot in the United States. This epidemic also has financial ramifications for the institutions that must treat victims: Most of the roughly 80,000 people who are wounded by a bullet annually enter the healthcare system, incurring massive costs. \u201cFor every one person who dies from a gunshot, there are three or four people who survive,\u201d"}
{"prompt": "Only five beers into our 2014 journey and we\u2019ve already had two beers with gingerbread men on the label. (Albeit this time, one of them dismembered.) And three beers that seem to feature ginger even when they don\u2019t (like the 2014 Anchor Christmas Ale). And I have insider knowledge that at least one more beer in the series is ginger heavy. Friends, this may be a movement. If you like ginger, no problem. Otherwise, well. This entry is from the Boston Beer Company, otherwise known as Samuel Adams. It wouldn\u2019t be that much of a stretch to fill an entire", "forget": "12-pack with different Samuel Adams beers that could be loosely considered holiday beers or winter warmers. We might get around to them all eventually\u2014Old Fezziwig, White Christmas, Chocolate Bock, Holiday Porter, Cold Snap\u2026. As I noted back in 2012 when enjoying the Samuel Adams Winter Lager, one could drink a different beer each week from the Samuel Adams roster and still be going after an entire year. This particular brew is one of 16 beers in the brewery\u2019s Small Batch Series, all high ABV beers in 22-ounce bottles that might best be shared, which is exactly what happened tonight. We put the Merry Maker to the eponymous test, we being the Shakespeare group that gets together every month or so to read through the Bard\u2019s works. This has been going on for quite awhile\u2014coming up on twenty years\u2014and we\u2019ve been through every play at least twice, most three times, some four times. We also snack, drink, gossip about town politics, solve worldly problems. In short, we have enough fun that we just keep going, reading on even through the deaths of several members, absorbing Shakespeare into our beings to whatever degree we do. We swap parts, don\u2019t get overly histrionic, don\u2019t delve into knotted analysis. Mostly we just read and let the words wash over us. And that\u2019s plenty. We rarely make it through an entire play in one evening. So it was finishing up the \u201cThe Tempest\u201d tonight, a play with its fair share of enchantment and merriment. But it also has that compelling valedictory feeling that suggests Shakespeare knew he was winding up his career, and I had the pleasure of reading Prospero tonight when he makes that marvelous speech: Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted"}
{"prompt": "Express is the most popular Node.js web framework and the fourth most depended-upon package on the NPM registry. As a result of its popularity, there are an abundance of tutorials and examples for getting started with new Express apps - we too have created a \"getting started\" MEAN stack tutorial for the Heroku DevCenter. However, \"getting started\" apps generally don't show you how to handle the more serious parts of real-world systems. In this post we are going to demonstrate how a production Node.js application might connect to multiple MongoDB databases. Our example will demonstrate how to create a single", "forget": "connection pool to a MongoDB deployment and how to structure an Express app to reuse that pool across multiple modules. You can find the code for this example here: https://github.com/mlab/express-mongodb-setup Update 2018-03-07: This tutorial has been updated for version 3.0.4 of the mongodb driver. You can see a previous version of the code for this example on GitHub. What is a connection pool and why is it important? A connection pool is a cache of authenticated database connections maintained by your driver, from which your application can borrow connections when it needs to run database operations. After each operation is complete, the connection is kept alive and returned to the pool. When properly used, connection pools allow you to minimize the frequency of new connections and the number of open connections to your database. It's important to minimize the frequency and number of new connections to the database because creating and authenticating connections to the database is expensive - these processes require both CPU time and memory. When we reuse connections by using a connection pool we avoid this resource cost to the server, and also benefit from lower latency since the app doesn't need to wait for an authentication to finish before a query can be sent. The default pool size in the Node driver is 5. If your app typically needs more than 5 concurrent connections to the database, you can increase the value of the poolSize setting. Common mistake in connection management for Express apps A common mistake developers make when connecting to the database is to call MongoClient.connect() in every route handler to get a database connection. For example, code like this: app.route('/foo', (req, res) => { MongoClient.connect('url', (err, client) => { ... }) }) app.route('/bar', (req, res) => { MongoClient.connect('url', (err, client) => { ..."}
{"prompt": "People wait in line to vote in the Arizona Presidential Primary Election at Mountain View Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (David Kadlubowski/The Arizona Republic via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Bruce Weiss stewed after waiting 2\u00bd hours in line outside a downtown Phoenix polling place, where juice drinks, snacks and circus animal cookies were handed out by citizens hoping to pacify thousands who turned out to cast ballots in Arizona's presidential primary. The scene was repeated Tuesday as thousands stood in lines that wrapped around sidewalks at", "forget": "churches, community centers and government buildings after the number of places to vote were cut back as a cost-savings measure. Some voters took shelter from the sun under umbrellas. Others brought lawn chairs. Still others gave up and went home. The last voters entered polling spots after midnight. \"It's like a complete, total failure of government,\" Weiss said. Waits dragged on as long as five hours in Maricopa County \u2014 home to metro Phoenix and 1.2 million voters eligible to cast ballots \u2014 but where only 60 polling places were open. By Wednesday, the mayor of Phoenix said the cutbacks were about more than saving money. Mayor Greg Stanton, a Democrat, called for a federal investigation into whether election officials illegally put fewer polling locations in poor or minority-heavy areas. Stanton in a letter to the Justice Department also cited examples of other policies adopted by elections officials and the state Legislature that have created \"a culture of voter disenfranchisement.\" Arizona's Republican governor called the primary day foul-ups \"unacceptable,\" and others demanded the resignation of the county's top elections official, Recorder Helen Purcell. Purcell initially put the blame on voters, stirring a clamor on the Internet. Her name was a trending topic on Twitter. But Wednesday she backtracked, saying she failed to anticipate the effect of intense voter interest on primary turnout. \"I made bad decisions based on the information I had, obviously, or we wouldn't have had long lines,\" Purcell told The Associated Press. In the 2012 presidential primary, there were 200 places for voters to cast ballots in the county, which is heavily Republican. By comparison, Pima County \u2014 home to more liberal Tucson, Arizona, and a quarter of Maricopa County's population \u2014 had 124 voting locations Tuesday. Ramped-up interest in the presidential primary was also seen Tuesday"}
{"prompt": "In the last few years, water ice and salts capable of melting this ice and producing liquid saline water (brine) have been detected on Mars. Moreover, indirect evidence for brine has been found in multiple areas of the planet. Here, we simulate full diurnal cycles of temperature and atmospheric water vapor content at the Phoenix landing site for the first time and show experimentally that, in spite of the low Mars-like chamber temperature, brine forms minutes after the ground temperature exceeds the eutectic temperature of salts in contact with water ice. Moreover, we show that the brine stays liquid for", "forget": "most of the diurnal cycle when enough water ice is available to compensate for evaporation. This is predicted to occur seasonally in areas of the polar region where the temperature exceeds the eutectic value and frost or snow is deposited on saline soils, or where water ice and salts coexist in the shallow subsurface. This is important because the existence of liquid water is a key requirement for habitability. Key Words: Mars\u2014Ice\u2014Perchlorates\u2014Brine\u2014Water\u2014Raman spectroscopy. Astrobiology 16, 937\u2013948. 1. Introduction The discovery of water ice and perchlorates at the surface and in the shallow subsurface of Mars is interesting because they could produce liquid saline water (brine) under Mars' present-day environmental conditions. Water ice was discovered in the shallow subsurface of polar and midlatitude regions (Boynton et al., 2002; Feldman et al., 2002; Mitrofanov et al., 2002; Byrne et al., 2009; Smith et al., 2009). Salts capable of melting this ice at Mars' present-day environmental conditions and producing brine were discovered in the polar and equatorial regions (Hecht et al., 2009; Glavin et al., 2013; Ming et al., 2014), suggesting that they are distributed globally. Evidence for salt hydrates and brine has been found in regions ranging from polar to equatorial latitudes (Renn\u00f3 et al., 2009; Cull et al., 2010a; McEwen et al., 2011; Mart\u00edn-Torres et al., 2015; Ojha et al., 2015), in spite of the martian air (Lewis et al., 1999) and top regolith (Meslin et al., 2013) being extremely dry and bulk deliquescence (brine formation by absorption of water vapor only) at Mars' low temperatures being too slow to explain the observed phenomena (Fischer et al., 2014). We studied experimentally the formation and the persistence of brine throughout the diurnal cycle at the Phoenix landing site using Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging. A previous study suggests that brine formation from"}
{"prompt": "As previously reported in by the Columbus Free Press, the Romney family, namely Mitt, Ann, G Scott and Tagg Romney, along with Mitt\u2019s \u201c6th son\u201d and campaign finance chair have a secretive private equity firm called Solamere Capital Partners. This firms ties to Romney\u2019s campaign and bundlers is already well documented, along with its connection to the manufacture and distribution of voting machines. What is not as well documented is a subsidiary of that private equity firm hiring employees of a failed firm tied to a Ponzi scheme that has a long history of money laundering for Latin American drug", "forget": "cartels and to the Iran-Contra scandal. As reported by ThinkProgress, Solamere Capital Partner\u2019s subsidiary Solamere Advisors is a investment advisory group, providing advice to Solamere clients and boosting sales. Would-be corporate pugilist Tagg Romney is a director. According to the New York Times, all but one of its 11 employees came from the Charlotte office of the Stanford Financial Group, the US investment arm of convicted felon R. Allen Stanford\u2019s offshore banking and fraud network that comprised a host of companies including the Stanford International Bank, Stanford Capital Management, The Bank of Antigua, Stanford Trust and Stanford Gold and Bullion. Three of these employees, Tim Bambauer, Deems May, and Brandon Phillips, received incentive compensation related to their direct sales of securities linked to a fraud that brought down this banking network. Tim Bambauer has left his position as managing partner at Solamere Advisors. May and Phillips remain employed as partner and chief compliance officer respectively. Allen Stanford is currently serving a 110-year prison sentence for convictions on 13 counts of fraud. His companies were placed in receivership. $8 billion of Stanford\u2019s stolen money has yet to be recovered and the victims are in court to recover those funds and incentive pay bonuses to Stanford employees (including Bambauer, May and Phillips) for fraudulently getting people to invest in an operation that later bilked many of them out of their life\u2019s savings. Stanford\u2019s shady history and criminality did not begin with the fraudulent investments that lead to his downfall, nor was it unknown at the highest level of United State\u2019s Government. In a 2006 diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, the US Ambassador to Antigua advised \u201cEmbassy officers do not reach out to Stanford because of the allegations of bribery and money laundering. The Ambassador managed to stay out of any one-on-one photos"}
{"prompt": "Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders attacked Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton over her record on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, during Thursday\u2019s debate. Sanders attacked Clinton\u2019s previous promotion of natural gas saying, \u201c[w]hen you were Secretary of State, you also worked hard to expand fracking to countries all over the world.\u201d Clinton admitted Sanders was correct, but stated during the CNN debate, \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve changed my view.\u201d Clinton specifically claimed that \u201cfor both economic and environmental and strategic reasons, it was American policy to try to help countries get out from under the constant use of coal, building coal plants all", "forget": "the time, also to get out from under, especially if they were in Europe, the pressure from Russia, which has been incredibly intense. So we did say natural gas is a bridge.\u201d Clinton promoted fracking for natural gas in other countries during her tenure as secretary of state, saying in 2010, \u201c[t]he United States will promote the use of shale gas.\u201d The Department of State helped advise African and other world leaders on the benefits of fracking during her tenure, connecting them with American energy experts and organized visits to drilling sites in America. The State Department hosted several conferences on fracking in other countries while Clinton was secretary of state and sent U.S. experts to help foreign officials develop fracking programs. State\u2019s fracking program continued under Secretary of State John Kerry, known as the Unconventional Gas Technical Engagement Program. Much of the fracking proposed by the Department of State would have been done on public lands in other countries, but Clinton now supports phasing out fracking on public lands in America. Clinton claimed in the debate that by the time the Enviromental Protection Agency finishes regulating fracking, there will be much less of it in America. The Hillary Clinton campaign immediately hung up when contacted in December by The Daily Caller News Foundation about the presidential candidate\u2019s record on fracking. Environmentalists have accused Clinton of \u201csoft climate denial\u201d for her fracking history and her criticism of Sanders\u2019 environmental record. Friends of the Earth Action, which has endorsed Sanders, claimed Clinton lied about the Vermont senator\u2019s environmental record during an interview earlier this month. Friends of the Earth claims to have \u201cover 2 million members and supporters around the world,\u201d but is poorly funded compared to more established environmental groups. Larger environmental groups, such as the League of Conservation Voters,"}
{"prompt": "A unique synthesis of the latest findings in the quantum physics and chemistry of water that tells you why water is the \u201cmeans, medium, and message of life\u201d - more Glyphosate/Roundup, falsely claimed by Monsanto to be safe and harmless, has become the world\u2019s most widely and pervasively used herbicide; it has brought rising tides of birth defects, cancers, fatal kidney disease, sterility, and dozens of other illnesses - more GM Microbes Invade North America While the attention of the world is focused on genetically modified (GM) crops, GM microbes have been released for at least six years with little", "forget": "or no public awareness or debate. Prof. Joe Cummins reports. A number of GM microbes are being widely deployed since their first release six years ago. Sinorhizobium meliloti is a bacterium added to soil or inoculated into seeds to enhance nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in the roots of legumes. It was released for commercial production in 1997. The other commercial GM microbes are designated as bio-pesticides. These include GM Agrobacterium radiobacter k1026, used to prevent crown gall disease in fruit and vegetable plants, and Pseudomonas fluorescens modified with a number of different Cry delta-endotoxin genes from different subspecies of Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt). The modified P. fluorescens cultures are killed by heat pasteurization and provides a persistent biopesticide preparation that degrades much slower in sunlight than Bt. Neither the people selling nor those using the preparations are necessarily aware that the microbes are genetically modified, however. Even organic farmers may be using them inadvertently. The legume symbiont, Sinorhizobium meliloti, is tremendously important for fixing nitrogen from the air into plant roots and the soil. Legumes signal to the bacterium by exuding flavonoids from their roots, activating the expression of nodulation genes in the bacterium, resulting in the production of Nod factors that regulate the formation of nitrogen fixing root nodules [1]. The S. meliloti genome has been fully sequenced. It is unusual in containing three chromosomes (or a chromosome and two very large plasmids), all of them contributing to the symbiosis with the plant roots [2]. The genetically modified commercial strain (RMBPC-2) has genes added that regulate nitrogenase enzyme (for nitrogen fixation) along with genes that increase the organic acid delivered from the plant to the nodule bacterium. It also has the antibiotic resistance marker genes for streptomycin and spectinomycin [3]. The commercial release was permitted in spite of concerns"}
{"prompt": "It was the last week of June back in 2014, and the Astros had just finished up a six-game road trip in which they went 1-5, standard fare for a team that was just less than a year removed from a 2013 season in which they had to pick their teeth up off the floor 111 times, a 51-111 debacle that had many baseball insiders talking about the Astros\u2019 \u201cbottoming-out\u201d rebuilding method as an affront to the game. Attendance and TV ratings, both microscopic at the time, indicated that the last thing on anybody\u2019s mind in Houston outside the walls", "forget": "of Minute Maid Park was \u201cHey, exactly what season do you think the Astros will eventually win the World Series?\u201d Yet on June 24, Sports Illustrated declared, on its cover and in its feature story for that issue, \u201cThe Houston Astros: Your 2017 World Series Champs!\u201d It seemed, at best, an odd proclamation about a team that was already 14.5 games out of first place in late June that season, even if SI was giving itself and the Astros a three-year cushion to pay off. As it turned out, the magazine may have been on to something. Continue Reading Related Stories Are You Ready For Some Baseball? After a nondescript 70-92 finish in 2014, the adolescent Astros hit baseball puberty in 2015 and shocked the world, finishing the regular season 86-76, defeating the Yankees in a wild-card game in Yankee Stadium and pushing the eventual World Champion Kansas City Royals to within six outs of elimination in the ALDS. Now, here comes 2016, and the rest of the baseball world, having witnessed these Astros, is wondering, \u201cAre they all grown up now?\u201d Last Thursday, in fact, Sports Illustrated published its baseball preview issue and decided to move its original 2017 title forecast up a full season, placing the target squarely on the Astros by predicting they would win the 2016 World Series. So not only do the Astros have to overcome the Texas Rangers; they also have to overcome the Sports Illustrated jinx. But who should be more nervous, the Astros over that dreaded magazine maloika or Sports Illustrated over picking a young team with just one season back on the relevance landscape, a team that almost ran out of gas in going 7-15 during the first few weeks of September last season, a team with a revolving door at"}
{"prompt": "The Bazar (lobby market) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Discover an extensive selection of souvenirs, snacks and drinks, pizzas, and toiletries. The Vitality Fitness area is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and free of charge for all hotel guests. Our Junior Suites are including complimentary access to the Vitality Spa & Pool. Enjoy an extensive selection of modern spa facilities during your stay. We try to minimize the use of plastic in our hotel. Therefore, the bathroom in your room has been equipped with Fair-Trade shower gel and shampoo in a", "forget": "sustainable and refillable package. Our Junior Suites are also equipped with additional amenities and toiletries. In your room you will find a water boiler, a selection of different teas and coffee, which you can use free of charge. Apart from complimentary water upon arrival, we have left the minibar empty for your convenience. This allows you to fill up your minibar with your own products or products purchased at the Bazar (lobby shop) Store your personal belongings safely in the (laptop) safe in the closet in your room. The innovative temperature control system in your room ensures a constant supply of fresh air and allows you to adjust the room temperature to your liking. Our exceptional 737 cockpit Suite offers abundant room including a real Boeing 737 cockpit. The luxurious and sophisticated suite captures the essence of a real plane. The 737 cockpit Suite allows you to host private meetings. The stylish work table and ergonomic chairs, with seating for up to 12 people, are located in a scene that gives the impression of a real airplane. The work space allows you, in combination with the free high speed WiFi, to get work done. Stay seamlessly connected to your work, network and home. The 737 cockpit suite features a Corendon King size bed, where you can recharge yourself. Your bed is dressed in pure white cotton sheets topped with luxuriant high loft pillows and a lightweight duvet. Relax on the comfortable bed even when you\u2019re not asleep. Use the perfectly placed reading lamp or relax and watch TV on our 42\u201d flat screen TV. The spacious and modern bathroom is everything you need to pamper yourself. Our 737 cockpit Suite provides you with a large bathtub, a separate rain shower, audio speaker system and infra-red light. Make sure you use"}
{"prompt": "Manitoba drivers who hit and kill a cyclist often end up simply paying a fine. A Global News investigation found multiple cases where the driver was never criminally charged. Instead the person was charged under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) and the offence often resulted in a few thousand dollars fine. RELATED: 87 year old Winnipeg cyclist identified as victim of Friday\u2019s crash Leslie Freudenberg, 87, was an avid cyclist. But in July 2016, his passion got him killed. Freudenberg was struck by a piece of heavy machinery. \u201cHe was riding his bike down a cyclist pathway and was crossing", "forget": "the street,\u201d his son-in-law, Keith Johnson, told Global News. \u201cA piece of heavy equipment was being transported down the street and didn\u2019t have a full view for the driver. He didn\u2019t even know that he actually hit my father-in-law.\u201d Freudenberg was killed instantly. The 34-year-old driver was never charged. Instead, PCL Construction, the company that owned the truck, is going to court for not providing a clear view to the driver. The Manitoba Justice department said the maximum penalty the company will face is a $2,000 fine. \u201cI guess the cruel nature of all of that is the fact that the family has never really been given the opportunity for closure at this point,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe\u2019ve paid the ultimate price in losing a family member that we\u2019ll never get back.\u201d This scenario \u2013 a pedestrian or cyclist is hit and killed and the driver receives a light penalty \u2013 is playing out across the country. Global News has spoken to many families from coast to coast who are outraged that careless drivers aren\u2019t facing stiffer fines after hitting and killing their loved ones. WATCH: Life is cheap: Trudi Mason recounts harrowing story of losing her friend to a pickup truck Trudi Mason of Lethbridge, Alta. was cycling with her best friend when a truck hit the both of them. Mason\u2019s friend died. Mason says the court process ignores the fact a person was killed. The family feels Freudenberg\u2019s death could have been prevented had PCL followed equipment protocol. Instead, the incident happened as the driver was moving the heavy machinery from one end of the street to the other. \u201cLes\u2019 death hasn\u2019t been taken seriously,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s the worst slap in the face that we could ever experience. It just further denies any closure that the family has"}
{"prompt": "Government spending restraint will be a drag on Canada\u2019s economic growth in 2013, according to an analysis by CIBC World Markets. That finding is at odds with one from the Bank of Canada, which sees the country\u2019s real GDP getting a slight boost from government spending. Real GDP measures growth after inflation has been taken into account. To arrive at its conclusion, CIBC economists took projections from the last federal budget as well as those from the four biggest provinces. It then adjusted the figures to strip out such things as transfers to households and added back capital spending. \"Our", "forget": "analysis points to yet another drop in real expenditures, with no major offset from planned tax reductions,\" says CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld. Shenfeld estimates that real government spending will drop by 0.9 per cent in 2013/14. For the 2013 calendar year, he says that works out to a drag on real GDP of 0.2 per cent. Bank of Canada's growth forecast 'too high' \"That doesn't look like a big deal, until one contrasts it with the 0.3 per cent boost to growth in the Bank of Canada forecast,\" Shenfeld says. \"The result is that the Bank\u2019s forecast could be about 0.5 percentage points too high, enough to make the difference between growth being above potential, requiring interest rate hikes, or as in our forecast of 2.0 per cent growth next year, not fast enough to narrow the output gap and call for monetary tightening.\" In April, parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page said his office's analysis of federal spending plans also led him to conclude that government restraint would be a drag on growth. \"The [Parliamentary Budget Office] expects that restraint and reductions in government spending on programs in Canada will act as a drag on economic growth and job creation, pushing the economy further away from its potential [GDP] and delaying the economic recovery,\" the report said. The PBO report projected that spending restraints and cutbacks will reduce economic output by 0.3 per cent this year, climbing to 0.88 per cent in 2014. The PBO\u2019s analysis was sharply criticized by Conservative MPs as being \"too pessimistic.\" In its last monetary policy announcement in July, the Bank of Canada said overall government spending was expected to contribute \"modestly\" to growth in 2013 \u2013 the finding that CIBC takes issue with. In that same announcement, the central bank slightly lowered its"}
{"prompt": "Margaret Thatcher and her chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe were behind a politically toxic plan in 1982 to dismantle the welfare state, newly released Downing Street documents show. She later attempted to distance herself from the plans after what was described as a \"riot\" in her cabinet. The proposals considered by her cabinet included compulsory charges for schooling and a massive scaling back of other public services. \"This would of course mean the end of the National Health Service,\" declared a confidential cabinet memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff in September 1982, released by the National Archives on Friday under", "forget": "the 30-year rule. Nigel Lawson, then the energy secretary, said the report by the official thinktank on long-term public spending options caused \"the nearest thing to a cabinet riot in the history of the Thatcher administration\". In her memoirs, Thatcher said: \"I was horrified when I saw this paper. I pointed out that it would almost certainly be leaked and give a totally false impression \u2026 It was all a total nonsense,\" claiming the proposals were never seriously considered by her or her ministers. But the 1982 cabinet papers show the politically explosive paper was discussed at a special half-day extended cabinet discussion on 9 September that year. They show that Thatcher and Howe had been encouraging the CPRS thinktank to come up with such long-term radical options since February that year and that Howe continued to defend them even after the cabinet \"riot\" described by Lawson. As part of that revolt a watered-down version of the CPRS paper was leaked to the press, provoking Labour accusations that Thatcher had a secret agenda to dismantle the postwar welfare state \u2013 a charge that continues to echo down the years. Thatcher responded by famously promising in her 1982 Conservative party conference speech in Brighton that the NHS was \"safe with us\" \u2013 a claim that every Conservative leader since has felt compelled to repeat. But the papers show the revised version of the CPRS paper that was leaked was mild in comparison with the original set of proposals \u2013 and that Thatcher's horror had more to do with the prospect of a leak than with the nature of its contents. The leaked version proposed introducing education vouchers, ending the state funding of higher education, freezing welfare benefits and an insurance-based health service. But as John Sparrow, the merchant banker Thatcher had"}
{"prompt": "\u201cThe United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,\u201d said President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning during his maiden speech before the United Nations General Assembly. \u201cRocket Man\u201d\u2014Trump\u2019s new nickname for North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un\u2014\u201cis on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime.\u201d If there is a war on the Korean Peninsula, as appears increasingly likely, what happens after the guns go silent? The reconstruction of the Korean nation, after more than a century of", "forget": "tragedy and division, would be one of the most difficult and expensive projects in history. The cost of rebuilding the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, as the North calls itself, is beyond the means of Seoul. There are South Korean estimates ranging from $50 billion to $229 billion. Add in rebuilding the South, and the tab can soar to over $5 trillion. Yet the real cost is the suffering of more than 25 million North Koreans. Many tell us they would try to move north in the event of the destruction of the Kim regime so Beijing is worried about the influx of refugees in its northeastern provinces. It does not appear, however, that Chinese officials are especially concerned about the ability of the People\u2019s Liberation Army, backed up by the People\u2019s Armed Police, to close the border with the North. After all, that border is defined by three natural boundaries: the Yalu and Tumen rivers and an active volcano, Mt. Paektu. In any event, it is unlikely that North Koreans want to leave their fate to the hated Chinese when they can more easily walk across the Demilitarized Zone, the strip of land separating the two Koreas. In an era of considerably less tension, north-south corridors in the border area were de-mined. Refugees, therefore, merely have to stroll south\u2014to be with other Koreans\u2014along safe paved highways and railroad tracks. That means, if North Korea were to be \u201ctotally destroyed,\u201d the first job of South Korean and U.S. troops would be to stabilize the population of North Korea. The South Korean military would likely execute \u201cstabilization operations that will focus on two key objectives: establish security and restore essential services with the intent to keep the Korean population fixed in their villages receiving essential support to minimize the humanitarian crisis,\u201d"}
{"prompt": "Cycle Oregon was canceled Thursday because of wildfires in central and southern Oregon, where the weeklong ride had been scheduled to be held. The fires pose too big of a safety threat for the 2,000 riders and hundreds of support staff, Cycle Oregon executive director Steve Schulz said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon. The ride had been scheduled to start Sunday, Sept. 10, in La Pine and end back in the Deschutes County community on Saturday, Sept. 16. What would have been the 30th anniversary ride marks the first time the event has been canceled. \"Fires are impacting five", "forget": "of our seven days with smoke and air quality levels ranging from unhealthy to hazardous,\" Schulz said in the statement. \"Previously designed alternate routes are now affected with fire and smoke from both new and existing fires.\" The statement noted that statewide \"forecasts for the foreseeable future are for more hot, dry and windy weather with an associated increase in fire activity and smoke production.\" Schulz said ride officials made the decision after consulting with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Oregon Department of Transportation \"and others, and conducting on site personal meetings with Incident Commanders at the fires.\" Schulz noted the \"situation is unprecedented in Cycle Oregon history; we are in uncharted territory.\" He said the organization would communicate with riders by Wednesday about next steps including, presumably, a refund process. In an interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive, Schulz said the decision to cancel was made Thursday morning after a meeting with the nonprofit's staff and its board members. At the meeting, Schulz described his visits with firefighting operations leaders as well as the Oregon Department of Transportation. Firefighting managers made clear to him that \"if we went down there we're just getting in the way,\" Schulz said, and that \"they would prefer that we not be there.\" Before reaching the decision to cancel, the staff and board explored creating a seven-day supported ride in parts of the state not experiencing wildfire and where the organization has experience staging a ride. While Cycle Oregon has earned a reputation for effectively dealing with logistics, creating a seven-day ride a week in advance was deemed impossible. On top of that, there was the unpredictability of a lightning-caused fire erupting at any new location. In 2015, wildfire forced the rerouting of Cycle Oregon in"}
{"prompt": "New USC survey finds region\u2019s escalating home prices hindering senior-level recruitment LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2017)\u2013 Housing costs are deterring top-talent from entering the Los Angeles job market, and leading to higher costs in recruiting and retaining employees, according to a new survey released today by Raphael Bostic, a USC Price School of Public Policy Professor and the newly appointed head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve. Bostic led a team of USC researchers in surveying major L.A. employers accounting for nearly 200,000 jobs in key sectors including utilities, healthcare, education, government, engineering and finance. The resulting report, The Affordable Housing", "forget": "Crisis in Los Angeles: An Employer Perspective, released in partnership with the Los Angeles Business Council, focuses on how the high cost of housing in the region has affected employers and puts forth key recommendations. \u201cThis study shows that high housing costs are burdening our leading employers, either by having to develop special hiring packages, or subsidizing transportation and relocation costs,\u201d said Bostic. \u201cThough we have yet to see a critical mass of businesses priced out of the region, this is an area of concern. There\u2019s ample evidence to show that the time is now to implement strategies to reduce housing costs.\u201d Nearly 60% of employers surveyed cite the region\u2019s high cost of living as impacting employee retention, and 75% cite housing costs specifically as an area of concern. The impact of high housing costs is most apparent when employers try to recruit top talent: 64% of employers report that they include cost of living when negotiating hiring packages for high-level employees. \u201cIt\u2019s concerning that high housing costs could lead to Los Angeles losing its competitive edge in recruiting top talent. That would be devastating to our economy,\u201d said Mary Leslie, president of LABC. \u201cThis survey underscores the need to think outside the box and tackle our city\u2019s high cost of living problem.\u201d To address the strain on L.A.\u2019s limited housing supply, the report recommends examining successful employer-sponsored housing projects, such as the LAUSD affordable housing apartments completed in 2016. It also makes a strong case for investing in higher-density housing at a range of prices near key transit centers. Other recommendations include: reducing parking requirements for new development, identifying single-story buildings that could be modified to support housing, exploring innovative transportation solutions, and encouraging employers to engage with community and government groups around housing construction projects that could benefit"}
{"prompt": "The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western DeLuxe Color and Panavision film set during and after the American Civil War. It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as the eponymous Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams.[3] The film tells the story of Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered by Union militants during the Civil War. Driven to revenge, Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla band and fights in the Civil War. After the war, all the fighters in Wales' group except for Wales surrender to Union officers,", "forget": "but they end up being massacred. Wales becomes an outlaw and is pursued by bounty hunters and Union soldiers. The film was adapted by Sonia Chernus and Philip Kaufman from author Forrest Carter's 1972 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished, as shown in the movie's opening credits, as Gone to Texas).[4] The film was a commercial success, earning $31.8 million against a $3.7 million budget. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being deemed \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". Josey Wales was portrayed by Michael Parks in the film's 1986 sequel, The Return of Josey Wales.[5] Plot [ edit ] Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants. The murderers were from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, led by Captain Terrill. After grieving and burying his wife and son, Wales joins a group of pro-Confederate Missouri Bushwhackers led by William T. Anderson and fights in the Civil War. At the conclusion of the war, Captain Fletcher persuades the guerrillas to surrender, saying they have been granted amnesty. Wales refuses to surrender. As a result, he and one young man are the only survivors when Captain Terrill's Redlegs massacre the surrendering men. Wales intervenes and wipes out most of the Redlegs with a Gatling gun. Senator Lane forces Fletcher to work with Terrill in tracking Josey down and puts a $5,000 bounty on Wales, who is now on the run from Union militia and bounty hunters. Along the way, despite wishing to be left alone, he accumulates a diverse group of companions. They include an old Cherokee named Lone Watie; Little Moonlight, a young Navajo woman; Sarah Travers, an elderly"}
{"prompt": "Get our daily newsletter Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. SECULAR Syria has long been one of the freest places in the Middle East to practise religion. But a recent crackdown on Christians, about a tenth of Syria's people, is causing jitters. Several buildings that hold Christian services have been closed for not being officially sanctioned as churches. Foreigners serving Protestant churches have been told their visas will not be renewed because of a decree banning them from working for injeeli, as Protestant churches are known. In the summer several church camps were cancelled. The", "forget": "measures have been taken solely against the Protestant churches, which cater for refugees from Sudan and Iraq and expatriate workers, as well as for Syrians. Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria since attacks on them following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003; recent massacres have sent others packing. Syrian officials say the measures have been taken because the offending churches have been proselytising, often with the help of foreigners. The World Council of Churches acknowledges that since the invasion of Iraq an influx of refugees into Syria has encouraged foreign evangelists, mainly Americans and South Koreans, to spread the gospel. American outfits such Reach Global, the missionary arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America, admit to giving cash and theological support to Christians in Syria, to the extent that they are officially allowed to. But independent local churches, all of them licensed by the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon, have been hit, too. Father Nadim Nassar, a priest, says that tension in the region has made life harder for all Protestant groups. \u201cProtestantism has long been viewed as an extension of the West and all Protestant groups have been affected by a backlash against them.\u201d But the main reason for the clampdown is that Orthodox and Catholic leaders, disgruntled by the success of these new churches, have complained to the government. Converting Muslims to Christianity is illegal, but the churches have also had an understanding that they should not woo each others' members. Enthusiastic Protestants seem to have flouted that unwritten rule. \u201cWe have enough churches\u2014but the Protestants are stealing our sheep,\u201d says an Orthodox pastor, who asked not to be named. The government does not discriminate against Christianity in particular. It wants to keep Syria secular and religiously harmonious. Moreover, it"}
{"prompt": "#1 *Note, when referring to the Vezina Trophy from the time frame of 1927-1981, the criteria for winning was that it went to the goalie on the team with the fewest goals scored against it in the regular season.* Honorable Mention: Glenn Hall (Mr. Goalie), Turk Broda, Harry \u201cApple Cheeks\u201d Lumley, Gump Worsley, Ed Giacomin (Fast Eddie) #3 \u2013 Johnny Bower Nickname: \u201cThe China Wall\u201d Position \u2013 Goalie When he wore #1 \u2013His entire career: 1954-57 with New York Rangers, 1959-70 with Toronto Regular Season Stats \u2013 552 GP \u2013 250 W \u2013 195 L \u2013 90 T \u2013 37", "forget": "SO \u2013 2.52 GAA Known primarily for \u2013 His Hall of Fame Induction, four Stanley Cups and two Vezina trophys Background \u2013 Born 11/8/24; 5-ft-9, 170 lb Johnny Bower was not always known as a legendary NHL netminder. From 1945-58 he played in just one NHL campaign (1953-54) and was unable to convince teams that he was capable of playing at the highest level. It wasn\u2019t until the 1958-59 season that he was finally able to lock down a job with the big club. Toronto claimed him in the Inter-League draft of 1958, and he would go on to play in 12 seasons with the team. He came into the league at 33 and was able to lead his team to the Stanley Cup Finals six out of nine years. Out of those six times, the Leafs emerged victorious four times, winning the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1967. In the 1966-67 season, Bower and #1 (see below, he wore #30 this year) teamed up in the crease. Bower went 12-9-3 while #1 went 15-5-4 in the regular season. By this time he was 42 years old. In 552 NHL games played, he won 250 games, including 37 shutouts. His career GAA was 2.51. In 592 AHL games he won 359, including 45 shutouts. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976. His number has been honored (but not retired) by the Maple Leafs since 1995 (March 11th, the same day they honored Turk Broda\u2019s #1.) #2 \u2013 Jacques Plante Nickname: \u201cJake the Snake\u201d Position \u2013 Goalie When he wore #1 \u2013 1953-1963 (Montreal), 1964-65 (With New York Rangers), and 1971-73 (With Toronto) Note: He wore #30 in the 1969-70 campaign (With St. Louis) and #31 in 1973 (With Boston) Regular Season Stats \u2013 971 GP"}
{"prompt": "Building a startup is marathon, not a sprint. A marathon that doesn\u2019t have a definitive route, and no roadmap for what you\u2019ll encounter on your way. In many ways, founding a startup requires the same training strategies as running a marathon. 1. Take long runs on the weekends Marathon runners take long runs on the weekends, in addition to their training throughout the week, just like many startups begin as part-time weekend projects while the founders are still working full-time. There\u2019s a passion burning that\u2019s driving them to pursue it, but making the exit from corporate without a well thought-out", "forget": "plan is scary, unsustainable, and perhaps even foolish. You want to shape your project enough so that you don\u2019t to end up with buyer\u2019s remorse. Quitting your job and then feeling that you\u2019ve made a huge mistake will not result in good things for you, and especially for your startup. You wouldn\u2019t buy a car without test driving it, and you wouldn\u2019t buy a house without making sure the foundation is stable. You want to find out if your idea has traction, and what better way than to pretend you\u2019re running the marathon on the weekends. 2. Go slow When training for a marathon, runners usually go slower than their marathon pace. This is because consistent training at a slower pace results in better running. Even during the race, runners start slow so that they don\u2019t tire out too quickly. In building a startup, it\u2019s important to keep this pace to avoid burnout. Burnout has negative effects on everything from your health to your job performance. While building a startup, you want to be focused and clear headed, not running on fumes. And going slow also allows you to notice opportunities that come up on the way that you might otherwise miss if you only had the finish line in mind. Go slow and refine your ideas because you have a long way to go. 3. Train on hills Marathon runners train on hills because the incline helps them prepare better. They intentionally create resistance just so that running the actual marathon will feel easier. In a startup, you simply need to embrace hills because there will be a lot of them along the way. Each challenge is an opportunity for learning, and the learning never stops. Of course, the learning curve will be steeper in the beginning, but just"}
{"prompt": "Without completing the statutory public hearings in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar has done away with a stop-work order against the Polavaram dam, allowing construction work to resume. He did so at the personal request of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and without informing Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Also, the orders of the environment ministry have not been put in the public domain. The project is expected to displace about 200,000 and affect 300 villages, according to the 2010 environmental clearance order which uses data of", "forget": "2001 population of these villages. The population over the decade and a half has risen considerably. It is to irrigate about 300,000 ha of agricultural land, store 550 million cubic metres of water and generate 960 Mw of power. The project is to be built on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. But the water is expected to inundate many tribal villages in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, too. Construction has to be carried out for the project in these states, too. A July 3 letter by Javadekar to Naidu, reviewed by Business Standard, reads: \"I have your letter dated April 25 regarding continuation of works of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. I have got the matter examined in my ministry... with the anticipation that the pending public hearing will be resolved through discussions and persistent engagement with Odisha and Chhattisgarh, my ministry has taken the decision to keep the 'stop-work order' in abeyance for a period of a year. A copy of the office memorandum in this regard is enclosed for your information.\" The letter attaches executive orders from joint secretary Biswanath Sinha, dated June 23. It says, \"This ministry has decided to keep the stop-work order in abeyance for a period of a year.\" It conceded public hearings hadn't been carried out in the two states and that both had approached the Supreme Court against the project and the verdicts were pending. The order is marked to principal secretary (irrigation) in the Andhra Pradesh government. Baijendra Kumar, principal secretary to the Chhattisgarh chief minister, told Business Standard, \"We have not been informed of this order. We have filed a plea in the Supreme Court against the project. Mandatory public hearings have not been conducted in the state. Sometimes, they say four villages in our state will be submerged"}
{"prompt": "ISRAEL blackmailed President Clinton with phone-tapped tapes of his steamy sex talks with Monica Lewinsky, a blockbuster new book charges. The price Clinton paid for the silence of the Mossad spy agency was calling off an FBI hunt for a top-level Israeli mole allegedly installed at the White House. The allegation appears in \u201cGideon\u2019s Spies \u2013 The Secret History of the Mossad,\u201d written by respected author Gordon Thomas and due out next week. Asked for comment, White House spokesman P.J. Crowley replied, \u201cThe only thing I can possibly say is we\u2019ll skip the book and wait for the movie.\u201d Israel", "forget": "has denied conducting spying operations in the United States. But hints about the Mossad connection to Sexgate surfaced in evidence given to independent counsel Kenneth Starr last year. Lewinsky testified under oath that after a session of heavy petting and oral sex in the White House, Clinton told her that a foreign embassy was tapping the two phone lines in her D.C. apartment. She said Clinton advised her that if she was questioned about their phone-sex sessions she should claim that they knew their calls were being bugged \u2013 and were joking to make the phone-tappers look silly. Starr did not pursue the matter, as far as the public record shows, and Lewinsky apparently accepted Clinton\u2019s story without asking for details. But author Thomas says Danny Yatom, Mossad inspector general, succeeded in tapping Lewinsky\u2019s phone and amassed some 30 hours of sexually explicit conversations between the president and Lewinsky. Thomas says Tel Aviv used the tapes to stop the probe of an operative code-named \u201cMEGA,\u201d who was, and could still be, deep within the White House. \u201cSo far as anyone knows, the Israeli agent MEGA \u2013 a much more important spy than the imprisoned CIA traitor Jonathan Pollard, and probably his controller \u2013 is still in place at the White House,\u201d Thomas said last night from London. \u201cThere was a flurry of high-profile counterintelligence activity which lasted as long as the bioleverage\u201d \u2013 that is, blackmail \u2013 \u201ctook to work.\u201d His book \u2013 which coincidentally is published by St. Martin\u2019s Press, like Andrew Morton\u2019s \u201cMonica\u2019s Story\u201d \u2013 claims the decision to use the Lewinsky tapes reaches high levels in Israel. Israel\u2019s Committee for Central Intelligence, meeting in emergency session, decided to play dirty by exploiting Monica\u2019s steamy chats as a way of protecting their White House \u201casset,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cFBI"}
{"prompt": "Efforts are on to shape Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, into the world\u2019s spiritual capital and turn the city\u2019s blatant juxtaposition of life and death into high-voltage commerce. The move, claim those in the know, would possibly help the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government acquire stronger secular credentials and deflect the seemingly endless uproar over cow politics. The department of tourism of Uttar Pradesh, along with top officials in Varanasi, is putting in place a host of plans that will bring members of different religions to a common platform, and turn one of the world\u2019s oldest cities into an ideal", "forget": "spot for global religious travellers. According to the World Tourism Organisation, an estimated 300 to 330 million pilgrims visit the world's key religious sites every year. If this happens, hopefully by the end of this year, Varanasi will be India\u2019s new God\u2019s Own Country, the city being the home to a little over 100 mosques, scores of churches, a popular Buddhist pilgrimage and the highly popular temples of Lord Shiva and Hanuman. \u201cYou have to stand on the Manikarnika Ghat to get a feel of the city, and its spirituality. Varanasi is about life, death, respect and religion, the idea is to make it a centre for all religions, and tell visitors that its not all about sadness. The idea is to turn it into a city of liberators,\u201d says Awanish Kumar Awasthi, principal secretary to Adityanath. He is working feverishly on the project, which also includes ensuring the city is free from power cuts and traffic snarls. Linked to both Mecca and Jerusalem, Varanasi is one of the world's oldest cities. \u201cThe amalgamation of religion in one city is unique in the world and this will be garner great traction among Indian and global tourists,\u201d says Awasthi. This, in some ways, is the second step. The first happened last year when Varanasi was named as one of the world\u2019s \u201cCities of World Music\u201d under the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. \u201cThe city\u2019s rich musical heritage is famous the world over, its a great tag for Varanasi,\u201d the city\u2019s mayor, Ramgopal Mohle said in an interview. Mohle said the UNESCO tag had already provided a fillip to tourism, helping artists and musicians from Varanasi to visit countries that are a part of this network. Nine cities \u2014 Glasgow in the UK, Hanover and Mannheim in Germany, Ghent in Belgium, Hamamatsu in"}
{"prompt": "This article is over 2 years old Five men arrested in north Queensland with a tinnie after travelling from Melbourne in an alleged bid to engage join radical fighters in Syria Five Australian men who police say attempted to take a tinnie, or small dinghy, to Indonesia in an alleged bid to engage in foreign incursions in Syria have been arrested in north Queensland. Rapid radicalisation: the case of Numan Haider shocks family and experts alike Read more The Australian federal police arrested and detained the five men in a car north of Cairns on Tuesday. They had travelled from", "forget": "Melbourne to Queensland by car, towing a seven-metre long vessel with them which they intended to sail overseas from \u201cthe top of Australia\u201d, police said. The men, aged between 21 and 33, have not been charged. Deputy commissioner of Victoria police, Shane Patton, told a media conference in Melbourne that all of the men were from the city. He also said the seriousness of the case should not be downplayed. \u201cI want to be perfectly clear,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a serious attempt by five men who are of security interest to us, who have had their passports cancelled, attempting to exit Australia so that they can make their way by boat. \u201cUltimately we\u2019re investigating the intention to possibly end up in Syria to fight.\u201d He said Australia had a responsibility to stop the men. \u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be people sitting at home saying \u2018why didn\u2019t you simply just let them go and take their chance in the waves and Syria? We can\u2019t do that. We can\u2019t let Australians leave Australia and support terrorism anywhere. \u201cIf they had made it to Syria and managed to return to Australia, they could have come back with increased knowledge of explosives and weaponry, and may have become more radicalised,\u201d he said. The men were \u201cvery committed\u201d to getting to Syria, he added. \u201cThey\u2019ve gone all the way from Melbourne, all the way to far north Queensland, these people were absolutely committed in their attempt to leave the country.\u201d Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Neil Gaughan said the men had been under investigation for \u201ca number of weeks\u201d. \u201cThey were in a boat that was seven metres long. They were committed, obviously very committed,\u201d Gaughan said in Melbourne. The men remained in custody in Queensland and would be interviewed on Wednesday. Alex Jones, a"}
{"prompt": "Some 40 years ago, Prince Philip visited the South Pacific island of Vanuatu with his uncle, Lord Montbatten. The visit was largely unremarkable, except in one key way: a religious sect was born that views Philip as their god. Matthew Baylis recently chronicled that visit and the religion, which thrives even 40 years later, in his new book \"Man Belong Mrs. Queen: Adventures with the Philip Worshippers.\" \"They had a jolly old time. They wore hawaiian shirts, they swam in lagoons, they took part in rituals. They sat on plastic chairs with 'throne' chalked on them. They rubbed noses with", "forget": "Tahitian lovelies,\" Baylis said. Baylis grew up in the Liverpool area, some 9,800 miles away from Vanuatu. But he, too, was fascinated by the Duke of Edinburgh, even hanging up a poster of the Prince on his bedroom wall. When he was an anthropology student, he traveled to the South Pacific island nation to find out why the prince generated so much interest. \"In general, they [Prince Philip and Lord Montbatten] showed themselves to be very, very different from the colonial officials of which the people of that area had had the most experience,\" he said. \"They showed themselves to be easy going, rough and ready, all-action guys and that's exactly the kind of man who they most admire in that part of the South Pacific.\" Why Prince Philip? Baylis said the prince's visit coincided with the island's preparation for independence from the French and the British. \"People were casting around for allies, in the turmoil in these pre-independence years,\" Baylis said. The village of Tanna \"felt it needed a symbolic and significant relationship with some sort of outside power in order to help them. So, at the same time that Prince Philip was there being a rough-and-ready, all-action kind of guy, these people were thinking 'we need to find someone who can be a patron and a figurehead for us.'\" And thus, a movement was born. As a whole, said Baylis, the South Pacific islanders view foreign visitors in a very significant way. For example, on the island of New Hanover in Papua New Guinea, the islanders revere President Lyndon Johnson, whom they invited to represent them in Parliament. \"It was a quite deliberate slap in the face to the Australian authorities who were ruling the area quite badly,\" Baylis said. Baylis said the Tanna village holds a ceremony"}
{"prompt": "CLOSE Anheuser-Busch InBev sealed a deal months in the making to acquire its biggest rival, SABMiller, for $105 billion. Video provided by Newsy Newslook Belgium's Anheuser-Busch InBev, which owns Budweiser and is the world's largest brewer, has agreed to buy No. 2 SABMiller of Britain for $107 billion. (Photo11: Joe Raedle, Getty Images) Anheuser-Busch InBev on Wednesday formalized a deal to acquire its British-South African rival SABMiller for $107 billion, creating a gigantic global beer company hoping to reach deeper into developing markets. The companies had been weighing a deal since mid-September, with SABMiller rejecting several overtures from the Belgian-based", "forget": "AB InBev before accepting the deal. It still faces approval by regulators. The acquisition gives Budweiser maker AB InBev access to many emerging markets. SABMiller gets 35% of its revenue from Latin America and 34% from Africa. \u201cWe've admired this company for a very long time. The company has a strong portfolio of brands,\" AB InBev CEO Carlos Brito said on a conference call. \"Together, AB InBev and SABMiller create a truly global business.\" AB InBev will pay about $67 per share in cash for most of SABMiller's stock, though shareholders can also elect to receive alternative compensation involving a mix of cash and stock. As part of the deal, Molson Coors will buy out SABMiller's 58% stake in their joint venture, called MillerCoors, in a deal valued at $12 billion in cash, reflecting an effort to appease regulators concerned about the combined giant's size. Together, a combined AB InBev and SABMiller would control almost 30% of global beer sales. Brito declined to estimate the combined company's global market share following the sale of MillerCoors, saying that most of its business \"is done through local brands.\" But the combined company will have total revenue of about $64 billion, excluding SABMiller's joint ventures. Brito told investors that the two companies have a \"largely complementary\" footprint and that the new company will \"take its place as one of the leading consumer products companies.\" He said the company would seek expeditious regulatory approval and hopes to close the deal in the second half of 2016. SABMiller's London-listed shares were up 1.9% after the announcement. AB Inbev's shares rose 0.8% in Brussels. AB InBev is betting that it can leverage the broader footprint to pursue growth opportunities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. It also expects to save $1.4 billion per year by"}
{"prompt": "MY JOURNEY, FROM MIKE POWER TO JOHN BUCKLEY, from investigative journalist to drug designer, started six weeks earlier. To understand exactly how access to designer drugs has changed\u2014to see exactly how easy it is to commission, purchase and import powerful new compounds that are beyond the reach of the law\u2014I decided to get one made myself. I chose to focus on the Beatles\u2019 drug, phenmetrazine: a nod to the cultural significance of Prellies and their illustrious user base. How easy would it be to get a legal version made? What procedures would it take, what roadblocks would be put in", "forget": "the way? I phoned a contact with expertise in chemistry and asked if he could think of a simple molecular tweak that would produce a new version of phenmetrazine that would be totally legal. Yes, he said. The change would be trivial. What might its effects be? \u201cA fantastic anorectic if you want to lose weight, and an effective stimulant.\u201d The search began for a laboratory that would make a one-off sample. I decided that I would present myself as a legitimate broker for a UK-based pharmaceutical firm. Taking on my new identity, I posted a buying request for the drug on various public websites that broker deals between individuals and small pharmaceutical manufacturers. Dozens of emails came back. Not all of them were genuine. Some of these early responders were blatant scammers: Cameroon and Ukraine do have chemical industries, but those who work in them tend not to be able to offer large amounts of totally new, extremely rare drugs the very next day. My search headed to India, where three firms offered to synthesize the drug for me. On closer examination, though, none of them seemed up to the task\u2014and they were all asking for very large sums of money, well beyond the actual value and difficulty of the compounds we were requesting. One priced the job as high as $10,000. After weeks of constant searching for a decent lab, one of my contacts sent me the URL of a site in Shanghai that, on the surface of things, has nothing to do with legal highs, analog drugs, or any gray-market activity. They sell organic chemicals on international markets to people in many industries, and offer pharmaceutical drugs to legitimate importers. But insiders in China who prefer to remain anonymous say there is little accountability or oversight of"}
{"prompt": "Apocalypse the Risen Campaign Setting is a post-apocalyptic fantasy horror RPG based on Earth, twenty-five years after the fall of society, in an event known as the Rise; when demons rose to power and the Risen dead first appeared. This game is being offered in both Dungeon and Dragons 5th Edition and Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible system formats. Apocalypse the Risen thrusts you into the role of a resolute survivor, forging through the ashes of humanity on an Earth besieged by demons and the dead\u2014known as Risen. Twenty-five years after the collapse of society, humankind and their new allies now", "forget": "fight back. You are a survivor of the Light battling the forces of Darkness. Players in this world take on the role of a hunter relied upon by your colony for resources and protection. You may be human or one of three other races new to Earth. Your colony is your home and responsibility, but soon you may discover the world smaller and filled with even more wonder than you could imagine. Channels cut through the ether quickly spanning great distances, shortening travel and adding to discovery. Darklands form in places of great sorrow or suffering. Supernatural energy and radiation twist and collide in great storms sweeping across the landscape. You stand against demons, Risen, mutated beasts, and desperate people who look to destroy those you love. Apocalypse the Risen Campaign Setting will be printed as a full color hardback book including detailed page layout and spot finish touches on the cover. Cover examples and spread layout mock-ups below: Cover Mock-up Option (Logo Placeholder) Cover Mock-up Option (Logo Placeholder) Leather Cover Mock-up 5E Maverick Layout - Click for Full Character Class! PF Maverick Layout - Click for Full Character Class! Click the links below for an in-depth look at the Apocalypse the Risen: \u201cCampaign\u201d Stretch Goals \u2013 Increased book content! Like a horde of Risen feeding on the living, the content within the Apocalypse the Risen Campaign Setting grows as these stretch goals are unlocked! Backers with this stretch goal category will receive all unlocked campaign setting content including in the book. \u201cAdventure\u201d Stretch Goals \u2013 From the Journal of Dr. Dobrin, from adventure hooks and places of interest, to short stories from the point of view from our iconic heroes. All unlocked stretch goals will be included in PDF layout, written from the viewpoint of renowned archeologist Dr. Nicholas"}
{"prompt": "Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) \u2013 mythologised in popular imagination as \u2018Veer Savarkar\u2019 \u2013 not only refrained from participating in the freedom struggle after the British released him from prison on account of his relentless pleas for mercy, but also actively collaborated with the English rulers to whom he had declared his loyalty. At the time when Subhas Chandra Bose was raising his Indian National Army to confront the British in India, Savarkar helped the colonial government recruit lakhs of Indians into its armed forces. He further destabilised the freedom movement by pushing his Hindutva ideology, which deepened the communal divide", "forget": "at a time when a united front against colonial rule was needed. Post independence, Savarkar was also implicated in Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s murder. Such is the man who was declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be \u201cthe true son of Mother India and inspiration for many people\u201d, in his Twitter salutation to Savarkar on his birth anniversary on May 28 last year. In 2015, commemorating Savarkar on his 132nd birth anniversary, the prime minister bowed before a portrait of the Hindutva icon in remembrance of \u201chis indomitable spirit and invaluable contribution to India\u2019s history\u201d. Finance minister Arun Jaitley was quick to follow up on the act. \u201cToday, on birth anniversary of Veer Savarkar, let us remember & pay tribute to this great freedom fighter & social-political philosopher,\u201d he tweeted. And somewhere in the stream of Twitter accolades from numerous BJP ministers that followed, the TV anchor Rajdeep Sardesai joined the chorus, albeit with a caveat. While he disagreed \u201cwith his ideology\u201d, Sardesai said he honoured Savarkar\u2019s \u201cspirit as freedom fighter\u201d. A freedom fighter he definitely was, for a certain period in the first decade of the previous century, long before he\u2019d begun articulating the notion of Hindutva. Savarkar was then an atheist and a rationalist, who had started out on a revolutionary road to rid India of her colonial yoke, asserting: \u201cwhenever the natural process of national and political evolution is violently suppressed by the force of wrong, the revolution must step in as a natural reaction and therefore ought to be welcomed as the only effective instrument to re-throne Truth and Right.\u201d On sailing to England to study law in 1906, Savarkar founded the Free India Society to organise Indian students studying in England to fight for independence. In a famous declaration before the society, he said: \u201cWe must"}
{"prompt": "Recently by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.: The Fascist Threat The downgrading of US debt this summer didn't have huge economic consequences, but the psychological ones were truly devastating for the national elites who have run this country for nearly a century. For a State that regards itself as infallible, it was a huge blow that market forces delivered against the government, and it is only one of thousands that have cut against the power elite in recent years. Another recent example was the vanishing of the much-vaunted Obama jobs bill. He pushed hard for this scheme for a month. He", "forget": "made an FDR-like national speech that attempted to whip up a public frenzy. He promised that if the legislature passed his law, supply and demand for workers would magically come together. We only need to agree to spend a few hundred billion more! Well, the bully pulpit has become the bull-something pulpit. It seems that hardly anyone even took the speech seriously as a political point. It was reviewed and treated as the theater that it was, but the universal reaction to the specifics was a thumbs down, even from his own party. No, Obama is not FDR. This is not the New Deal. The public will not be browbeaten as it once was. The polls show a vast lack of even a modicum of confidence in political leadership, the failures of which are all around us. The longer the depression persists, the more the rebellious spirit grows, and it is not limited to the Wall Street protests. Poverty is growing, incomes are falling, business is being squeezed at every turn, and unemployment is stuck at intolerably high levels. People are angry as never before, and neither political party comes close to offering answers. The State as we've known it \u2014 and that includes its political parties and its redistributionary, military, regulatory, and money-creating bureaucracies \u2014 just can't get it together. It's as true now as it has been for some twenty years: the Nation State is in precipitous decline. Once imbued with grandeur and majesty, personified by its Superman powers to accomplish amazing global feats, it is now a wreck and out of ideas. It doesn't seem that way because the State is more in-your-face than it has been in all of American history. We see the State at the airport with the incompetent bullying ways of the TSA."}
{"prompt": "Mayor Rob Ford and Councillor Doug Ford are being taken to court by Toronto resident and activist Jude MacDonald for allegedly violating the Municipal Conflict Of Interest Act. This is the second time the mayor has faced such charges but the first go-round for his brother. In the application, filed in Superior Court by lawyer Tim Gleason, MacDonald alleges that the Fords improperly mixed their personal and public interests by speaking and/or voting on a slew of council items that directly or indirectly affected clients of their family business, Deco Labels and Tags. The identities of nearly all of Deco's", "forget": "clients remained a well-kept secret until this past summer, when Globe reporters viewed an internal list. The majority of allegations in MacDonald's application stem from the paper's resulting story that highlighted several instances in which the Fords advanced policies that aligned with their clients' interests. Porter Airlines, for example, was among the firms that have reportedly contracted printing from Deco. And not only was Mayor Ford the salesperson listed on the account, according to the Globe, but Deco \"salespeople - including the Fords - receive commissions whenever one of their accounts places an order.\" As chief magistrate, Ford has taken a very active interest in facilitating Porter's request for jets at the Island airport and has never once declared a conflict on the matter. (It's worth noting that if John Tory were to become mayor, he would very likely have a conflict on the same issue.) Other alleged conflicts include: \u2022 voting on a motion pertaining to an industrial wastewater treatment program in which both Deco itself and one of its clients were enrolled; \u2022 voting on and advocating against a new set of \"healthy vending criteria\" for vending machines in rec centres that would have adversely affected Deco client Coca-Cola; \u2022 voting on and advocating against a ban on the sale of bottled water at City facilities that adversely affected Deco clients Nestl\u00e9 Canada and Coca-Cola (which produces Dasani); \u2022 and voting on and advocating for the appointment of Darius Mosun - chair and CEO of Deco client Soheil Mosun - to the board of the Toronto Parking Authority. If either or both Fords are found to have violated the Act, the judge must declare their seat(s) vacant and may disqualify them from holding office for up to seven years. (It's not immediately clear how the first, mandatory penalty"}
{"prompt": "Another movie from the daily sketches series - another animal, this time a lot smaller :D On the movie I will show you how to draw such birdie from the very beginning to the end, maybe my techniques will become useful to you in your own creations. Also I'd like to encourage you to upload your drawings to YourWorks gallery (you can do that after logging in)! Lately few new drawings showed up and it makes me very happy :D Such small bird is a great exercise so watch the movie and try it out yourself! Of course if you", "forget": "have any questions, I am waiting for comments, I'd be happy to give additional explanations. ..:: DOWNLOAD VIDEO-TUTORIAL ::.. The one for download is in much better quality, bigger resolution and without speed up, so you can see clearly what I am doing in each step. Just download it, watch and try to draw the bird yourself! At first I just try to grasp the base shape, only after I can see it, I add new layer and sketch all the details. I am not trying to be very precise while drawing, sketch is a bit messy and lines are pretty chaotic but what counts is that all the elements are on correct places (like eye, beak and so on). Then on separate layers I paint base colors with hard brush. I just divide the whole drawing into few layers, trying to simplify it. Opacity of my sketch is lowered, because it was too disturbing. And I paint background with soft brush. Low opacity for the brush makes blending colors easier. For each layer on which I've painted some base color with a hard brush, I add new layer and turn it into a clipping mask (you can do that by right-clicking chosen layer and picking this option from the menu). I also copy the sketch and turn it into a clipping mask too, so that I can use those lines while painting the bird. Parts of the sketch will become part of the painting. I color my birdie with a brush you already know from the previous tutorial, you can download it from HERE. You can see that sometimes I use very small brush and scribble something on bird's head, and sometimes I use bigger one, with smaller opacity and cover larger areas. With small elements (like beak) I"}
{"prompt": "Scotland\u2019s independence bid may have failed, but the affair revealed powerful grass-roots support for a Scottish state. Although Catalonia\u2019s referendum on independence, originally slated for Nov. 9, has been canceled under Madrid\u2019s opposition, Catalonians appear determined to hold some sort of vote on that date to express their sentiments anyway. Further afield, Russian speakers in Ukraine seem to have spoken their mind. Given the chance, perhaps the Basques, the Northern Irish, Flemish, Corsicans, South Tyroleans, Bosnian Serbs and others would give it a shot too. And across Europe, nationalist, anti-EU parties are on the rise, led by politicos who want", "forget": "beefed-up borders, fewer foreigners and more state revenue (or even territory) for their particular volk. Is 21st century Europe reverting to the destructive, small-minded nationalism that triggered World War I and put the continent on a road to ruin a hundred years ago? And could the European Union\u2019s vision of a united transnational Europe be out of step with the average European burgher? One could be forgiven for concluding as much. But Europe\u2019s not imploding. Nor is the EU\u2019s greater vision out of kilter with the zeitgeist. Rather, the relationship among Europe\u2019s nations, states, regions and shared institutions is in flux, and the rash of secession-minded movements underscores the necessity that it change more profoundly and rapidly. Two nationalisms First, let\u2019s take a look at nationalism itself. There are two kinds of nationalism (and nations), namely the civic and the ethnic varieties. Both herald from the time of the French Revolution of 1789, when the people of Europe began to band together with their neighbors as one (nation) to demand rights and sovereignty. At a time when kings and empires ruled the day, the nation was a new form of identity linking people who shared language, a home region and culture. This progressive, liberating nationalism laid the foundation for our modern democracies, most of which are in nation-states. Modern nationalism took two routes. One was the ethnic nation, infused with Romantic notions of seamless racial communities bound by blood, territory and destiny. In the world of ethnic nations, one nation is always superior and destined to rule over territory as well as other peoples. As intellectuals such as the British historian Eric Hobsbawm and German philosopher Hannah Arendt argued, the nativist ethnic nation was at the root of the 20th century\u2019s terrible bloodshed. In power, ethnic nationalists inevitably pursue authoritarian"}
{"prompt": "In cities around the U.S., there\u2019s a growing awareness that streets are meant for more than just cars, and in fact, that streets should be safe places no matter what form of transit you choose, whether you\u2019re a pedestrian, cyclist, bus rider, skateboarder, or pogo-stick jumper (okay, maybe not the latter). The National Complete Streets Coalition puts out a measure every year on just how well cities are doing at forming so-called \u201ccomplete streets\u201d policies that consider these various modes of transport as equals in transportation planning. This year\u2019s list shows marked growth in cities adopting this progressive way of", "forget": "thinking about transit. (We covered last year\u2019s list here.) In 2013, according to the coalition\u2019s report released today, 83 jurisdictions adopted complete streets policies\u2013making it a total of 610 that have done so over the years. \u201cThe majority of policies are in smaller suburban communities again this year. I think those are good things. There\u2019s this mischaracterization of the complete streets idea as applying to big cities,\u201d says Stefanie Seskin, deputy director of the coalition, a project of Smart Growth America. Here is the group\u2019s ranking of the top 10 complete streets policies in 2013, based on metrics including vision, design, and clear performance measures: Littleton, MA Peru, IN Fort Lauderdale, FL Auburn, ME Lewiston, ME Baltimore County, MD Portsmouth, NH Muscatine, IA Piqua, OH Oakland, CA Hayward, CA, Livermore, CA, and Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation (tie) The top community, Littleton, Massachusetts, got to number one for its clear look at how the idea of complete streets would work for them, how it would be implemented, and how it could work with other jurisdictions to make sure streets were safe beyond the 9,000-person town\u2019s small borders. Last year\u2019s list included many cities in California, this year, there is much more geographic diversity. \u201cIt really speaks to the breadth of what\u2019s happening here,\u201d says Craig Chester, with Smart Growth America. One interesting development, says Seskin, is that more and more policies, such as the one recently created by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, are considering public health as a primary motivation. The growing awareness that transportation can be about promoting active lifestyles, and not just getting from Point A to B, is leading to a broadening of the policy conversation, she says. Another positive change compared to last year is that more policies adopted include specific steps of actions to take,"}
{"prompt": "LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin zoomed past $11,000 (\u00a38,185.5) to hit a record high for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday after gaining more than $1,000 in just 12 hours, stoking concerns that a rapidly swelling bubble could be set to burst in spectacular fashion. After soaring more than 1,000 percent since the start of the year, bitcoin rose as much as 15 percent on Wednesday, but by mid-afternoon in New York, the virtual currency was trading at $9,500, down 3.7 percent on the day on Luxembourg-based Bitstamp BTC=BTSP, one of the largest and most liquid cryptocurrency exchanges.", "forget": "\u201cAs many seasoned traders know all too well, anything that rockets higher, tends to fall down faster when the time comes, and the time will come,\u201d James Hughes, chief market analyst at FX broker AxiTrader, said. Bitcoin topped $10,000 for the first time in early Asia trading, before surging above $11,000 less than 12 hours later to reach $11,395. Bitcoin\u2019s rapid ascent has led to countless warnings that it has reached bubble territory. But the warnings have had little effect, with dozens of new crypto-hedge funds entering the market and retail investors piling in. (For a graphic on Bitcoin price rockets, click reut.rs/2zPekGm) London-based Blockchain.info, one of the biggest global bitcoin wallet-providers, told Reuters on Wednesday that it had added a record number of new users on Tuesday, with more than 100,000 customers signing up, taking the total number to more than 19 million. The evidence suggests that few of the users are buying bitcoin to use it as a means of exchange, but are speculating to increase their capital. \u201cWhat\u2019s happening right now has nothing to do with bitcoin\u2019s functionality as a currency \u2013 this is pure mania that\u2019s taken hold,\u201d said Garrick Hileman, a research fellow at the University of Cambridge\u2019s Judge Business School. Hileman, who last week gave a lecture to the Bank of England on the risks of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, also flagged the risk of the whole market collapsing entirely. \u201cThere\u2019s always the possibility that some fundamental cryptographic flaw that we can\u2019t solve craters the whole space, or that regulators unite and decide this represents systemic risk and actually could trigger the next financial crisis,\u201d he said. \u201cEXIT RAMPS\u201d Created in 2008, bitcoin uses encryption and a blockchain database that enables the fast and anonymous transfer of funds outside of a conventional centralised payment"}
{"prompt": "So the Fed\u2019s decision to permit high unemployment for an extended period rests on his shoulders. As he has explained many times, the Fed has alternatives. It could announce that it would keep its benchmark rate at zero for a few years, which would probably hold down long-term rates. It could say that it was comfortable with higher inflation for a limited period of time, given how low inflation has been since 2007 and how high unemployment is. Above all, Mr. Bernanke could make clear that he considers years of widespread unemployment to be unacceptable. He has not done so,", "forget": "and he has yet to offer a satisfying rationale. Instead, he has said that more aggressive action brings risks. And it does. Low interest rates have the potential to spark inflation, by enticing millions of households and businesses to borrow money and causing the economy to overheat. Higher inflation could, among other things, increase borrowing rates for the United States government and worsen the deficit. But it\u2019s worth keeping in mind that just about every decision involves some risk. Simply stating that more aggressive action brings risks is not a good argument against that option. Photo Economists sometimes like to describe choices in terms of a concept known as expected value. The expected value of a decision is the odds of each possible outcome multiplied by the benefit (or cost) of that outcome. If you make an investment that has a 90 percent of breaking even and a 10 percent chance of earning you $5,000, the expected value is $500. Now extend this concept to the Fed\u2019s decision. The consequences of being too aggressive and creating an inflationary spiral are undeniably serious. But the odds still appear quite low. Put the two together, and you get an expected cost that is not high enough to be dictating Fed policy. One of the best guides to future inflation is recent core inflation \u2014 that is, inflation excluding food and energy prices, which bounce around a lot and often do not translate into big changes in other prices. Despite the uptick in core inflation, it has still risen at an annual pace of only 2 percent over the last three months. On only a few other occasions over the last 40 years has it been so low. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by"}
{"prompt": "by \u00b7 Every outdoor adventure attracts some type of douchebag that challenges everything you find sacred about the wilderness. This guide won\u2019t help you handle yourself in such situations but it will help you identify the type of douchebags that you may encounter in the wilderness, and give you a fighting chance at heading down the OTHER trail. ID #1 \u2013 The Denim Adventurer I\u2019ve found that technical gear is much less important to me than I had previously thought. But there are still limits that I just can\u2019t cross. Denim as adventure wear is one of those. I\u2019ve had", "forget": "friends join me on the trail wearing their favorite blue jeans. Not one has returned to the trailhead after a big day of hiking without regretting the decision. But occasionally I meet someone on the trail that will comment on my REI Adventures Pants by saying something like \u201cBoy, you wasted your money on those. My jeans can go anywhere your pants go.\u201d While that may true, I am certain that my level of comfort is far greater than theirs. Jeans aren\u2019t wilderness ready. Of course, there is also the performance aspects to be considered. A crazy afternoon downpour may reveal the shortcomings of your pant selection. Denim may not be the worst apparel decision ever but it most certainly isn\u2019t the best one you\u2019ve made, douchebag. ID #2 \u2013 The Know-It-All I like to engage other hikers and backpackers on the trail. My wife has concluded that I\u2019m actually a better person when I\u2019m on the trail. But on every adventure I encounter the \u201cbeen there, done that\u201d guy. You\u2019ve likely crossed paths with someone like this before in the wilderness. You greet each other and he asks where you\u2019re headed. You share your destination, maybe a peak or a backcountry landmark, only to prompt a response like \u201cYeah, I\u2019ve done that. It\u2019s alright.\u201d I appreciate feedback from those that have gone before me. The response doesn\u2019t necessarily make them a douchebag because not everyone enjoys the same pursuits. Most of the time, I will dismiss the response. But the douchebag label applies if your new \u201cfriend\u201d fits into multiple categories from this list. Often, the evidence is just too overwhelming to support reasonable doubt. ID #3 \u2013 The Shuttler The National Parks alone spend millions of dollars each year on wilderness rescues. Those in need should be given"}
{"prompt": "Mani Shankar Aiyar, who wears his bleeding heart liberalism for all things Pakistan on his sleeve, found himself in a combative situation with an unlikely panelist when he appeared as the guest of a television channel in Islamabad on Thursday. Currently on a private visit to Pakistan, Aiyar perhaps reckoned it would be sweetness and sunshine all the way, given his reputation as a \"friend of Pakistan\". But he had not counted on the fact that the host of the news program would invite Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who founded the Lashkar-e-Taiba and masterminded the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack (and", "forget": "now heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, which fronts for the baned LeT) to be his fellow panelist. If that visibly bothered him, Saeed's hate-filled rantings against India rankled even more. Saeed said that he disfavoured the grant of Most Favoured Nation trading status to India, given that there many unresolved issues between the two countries, including - ahem! - Kashmir. Saeed then accused India of not being serious about resolving problems with Pakistan - and said that Indians in general were reluctant to acknowledge the very existence of Pakistan. Aiyar counterjected to claim that he accepted Pakistan \"one lakh per cent\". Even that mathematical stretch didn't seem adequate, so Aiyar said India did not want Pakistan to be split up or be destroyed. \"We want Pakistan to be strong, prosperous and we want friendship with Pakistan. We want to face the world shoulder-to-shoulder with Pakistan and not oppose each other.\" Aiyar then claimed that Saeed was part of a \"small group\" that opposed better ties with India, whereas in fact ordinary people in Pakistan wanted relations between the two countries to grow. \"There are,\" he said, \"some persons like Hafiz Saeed in our country who do not want things to move forward but thankfully the ordinary people want our ties to improve. We can improve our relations irrespective of what his (Saeed's) opinion is.\" Watch the episode on YouTube: But the point, Mr Aiyar, is that those who oppose normalisation of relations with Pakistan have a very small expectation of Pakistan: stop sending terrorists into India and setting off bombs in our cities. Give up your blood lust for Kashmir, and your patronage of jihadi snakes that are now turning on their own masters in Pakistan. And unlike Saeed, those in India who want normalisation of relations to be put off until"}
{"prompt": "HEX Update \u2013 Warriors Got Talent This week, we\u2019re getting a double hit from Director of Game Theory, Ben Stoll. Hi HEXers! As you saw yesterday, we\u2019re patching next week Tuesday. Patching starts at 3 AM Pacific, so new tournament registration will close at 11 PM Pacific on Monday, August 24th. Now that that\u2019s out of the way let\u2019s take a look at the second spoiler that players were able to see at Gen Con: the Warrior talent tree. CLASS TALENTS As you may or may not have caught wind of, we recently revealed the new talent system for the", "forget": "PvE campaign and we also spoiled one of our talent trees: the Warrior! I want to talk to you a little about the Class Talent system, which is a very important feature of the big campaign launch. Before we begin though, I want to throw out the warning that everything is still in development and subject to change. So, please keep that in mind as you read through this article. MIGHT As you may have heard on one of our streams last year, we were tinkering with a leveling system where you would start each dungeon at level 1 and would be more session-based using a mechanic we called \u201cMight\u201d. Well, the Might system is gone. Not only is our current class talent system better for the game, it was clear from player responses that a traditional leveling system was what players expected. PHILOSOPHY It\u2019s very important to us that the campaign feels like an RPG. As you\u2019ll find when you finally get your hands on it, we generally want systems that blend everything you love about TCGs and everything you love about RPGs into something that is simultaneously excitingly new and comfortably familiar. Class Talents are no exception. Part of feeling like an RPG is creating your own character, watching them grow and level up progressively over an entire campaign, and making impactful decisions that determine your character\u2019s development. Of course, the first impactful decision is which race and class you choose. Each race and class has many strengths and weaknesses, and while I want any player to be able to enjoy any class, each class plays very differently from the others. This should be apparent even before looking at the talent grids, just by virtue of the extreme differences in starting hand and health totals! CREATING A CHARACTER"}
{"prompt": "Stephen Hawking says pope told him not to study beginning of universe HONG KONG (AP) \u0097 World-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said Thursday that the late Pope John Paul II once told scientists they should not study the beginning of the universe because it was the work of God. Hawking, author of the best-seller A Brief History of Time, said John Paul made the comments at a cosmology conference at the Vatican. He did not say when the meeting was held. Hawking quoted the pope as saying, \"It's OK to study the universe and where it began. But we should not", "forget": "inquire into the beginning itself because that was the moment of creation and the work of God.\" The scientist then joked that he was glad John Paul did not realize that he had presented a paper at the conference suggesting how the universe began. \"I didn't fancy the thought of being handed over to the Inquisition like Galileo,\" Hawking said during a sold-out audience at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The church condemned Galileo in the 17th century for supporting Nicholas Copernicus' discovery that the Earth revolved around the sun. Church teaching at the time placed Earth at the center of the universe. But in 1992, Pope John Paul II issued a declaration saying the church's denunciation of Galileo was an error resulting from \"tragic mutual incomprehension.\" Hawking is one of the best-known theoretical physicists of his generation. He has done groundbreaking research on black holes and the origins of the universe, and he proposes that space and time have no beginning and no end. During a question-and-answer session, Hawking was asked where constants like gravity come from and whether gravity can distort light. But there were several humorous moments. The wheelchair-bound Hawking, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, communicates with an electronic speech synthesizer. Hawking was asked why his computerized voice has an American accent. \"The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986,\" he said. \"I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it.\" He said he once considered using a machine that gave him a French accent, but he did not because his wife would divorce him. But Hawking said he is shopping for a new system because his current hardware is large and fragile, using components that are"}
{"prompt": "In an effort to dispel perceptions that he's a radical right-winger, David Koch told Barbara Walters in December that he's \"basically a libertarian,\" explaining that he's \"a conservative on economic matters, and I\u2019m a social liberal.\u201d Koch's comments hardly came as a surprise. Before he and his brother Charles calculated that they could best implement their anti-government agenda as Republican megadonors, David was the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee in 1980. Moreover, \"socially liberal, fiscally conservative\" politics are pretty much the norm among the corporate elite. They don't get exercised over abortion and gay marriage; in fact, they're often downright", "forget": "embarrassed by the troglodytic views of rank-and-file social conservatives. What really matters is that they're allowed to profit (and plunder) as they please, free from the overweening hand of the nefarious state. So it will come as no surprise that the Koch political network doesn't exactly advance socially liberal values. According to a new analysis from Think Progress, the Kochs' political machine -- encompassing such organizations as Freedom Partners Action Fund and Americans for Prosperity -- has contributed $86 million to candidates and groups who oppose abortion rights and marriage equality since 2010 -- a total 1,000 times that contributed to candidates and organizations that voice traditionally liberal views on those issues. Of 265 elected officials who benefited from Koch-linked money, the report finds, all but nine opposed abortion rights, while a scant 12 supported marriage equality. Advertisement: It's enough for Think Progress to assert that the Kochs aren't really socially liberal at all. But there are two more salient takeaways from the data. First, it's a reminder of how Americans and their politicians have become increasingly ideologically consistent in their views. Tell me a politician's opinion on the Affordable Care Act, and I'll have a pretty good idea of what she thinks about abortion. So for the Kochs, supporting anti-regulation, anti-safety net, anti-tax, anti-climate science candidates and causes inevitably means supporting candidates and groups that don't adhere to their views on social issues. Which leads to the second crucial point: As much as we like to think of politics in terms of social jousting, it's fundamentally about a society's distribution of resources -- \"who gets what, when, and how,\" in the words of Harold Lasswell. For the plutocratic class, a sudden armistice in the culture wars would pose a particularly vexing problem: How now to distract the unwashed from"}
{"prompt": "More than once during a storm \u2014 as I've fretted over the contents of my freezer or my lack of access to Netflix \u2014 I've found myself asking: Why doesn't the U.S. bury its power lines? It turns out I'm not alone in wondering. Burying power lines is expensive The simple answer is that burying power lines is considerably more expensive than you might think. As reported by CNN, North Carolina's Utility Commission looked into burying power lines after more than 2 million homes were left without electricity in the storms of 2002. Th commission found that the project would", "forget": "cost $41 billion, take 25 years to complete, and would require that customers' electricity rates nearly double to pay for it \u2014 leading the commission to conclude that it would be \"prohibitively expensive.\" Access and longevity are a concern The upfront cost of \"undergrounding\" power lines isn't the only downside. According to this Wikipedia entry on the practice, other disadvantages include a shorter shelf life for cables, the danger of the cables being accidentally damaged by road construction or other digging, vulnerability to floods and the fact that if damage does occur, repairs can take considerably longer than what's needed for overhead cables. That said, there are advantages. Some communities advocate burying cables for aesthetic reasons. My hometown of Durham, North Carolina, has chopped down or severely pruned its beautiful street trees because they interfere with power lines. (Apparently, when Durham's many willow oaks were planted, city planners assumed power lines would eventually be buried.) Undergrounding: Long-term investment and economic stimulus Commentator David Frum has made a strong case for burying power lines, arguing that utilities' cost estimates are over-inflated (a U.K. study suggested a premium of five times the cost of overhead lines, not 10); that resilience to storms is increasingly important in a changing climate; and that because U.S. cities are becoming more dense, we can expect the cost per mile to come down. Frum also argued that undergrounding is the kind of job-creating initiative that governments should undertake during an economic downturn, taking advantage of low interest rates to upgrade our infrastructure, shore up our communities against the threat of climate change and put many Americans back to work. (Indeed, burying power lines is one of the ways cities are preparing themselves for climate change.) It seems unlikely that large-scale undergrounding will take off anytime soon, at"}
{"prompt": "For better or worse, things want to work. Consider driving at night on unlit, curvy mountain roads, at a speed about twice the limit, zigzagging between cars, including oncoming ones. Obviously dangerous, and yet many do this, and survive. How? Roads and cars are built with big safety margins Other drivers don't want to die and help you get through Practice makes perfect, so you get good at this bad thing The road, the car, you, other drivers, and their cars all want this to work. So for a long while, it does, until it finally doesn't. I know 3-4", "forget": "people who drive like this habitually. At least 2 of them totaled cars. All think they're excellent drivers. All have high IQs, making you wonder just what this renowned benchmark of human brains really tells us. Now consider a terribly managed project with an insane deadline, and a team and budget too small. All too often, this too works out. How? Unless it physically cannot exist, a solution wants you to find it. You carve out a piece and the next piece suggests itself. Even if management fails to think how the pieces fit together, the pieces often come out such that they can be made to fit with modest extra effort. you to find it. You carve out a piece and the next piece suggests itself. Even if management fails to think how the pieces fit together, the pieces often come out such that they can be made to fit with modest extra effort. And then the people who make the pieces want them to fit. Even if the process is totally mismanaged, many people will talk to each other and find out what to do to make parts work together. them to fit. Even if the process is totally mismanaged, many people will talk to each other and find out what to do to make parts work together. The project was approved because a customer was persuaded. At this point, the customer wants the project to succeed. A little bit of schedule slippage will not make them change their minds, nor will a somewhat less impressive result. More slack for you. the project to succeed. A little bit of schedule slippage will not make them change their minds, nor will a somewhat less impressive result. More slack for you. The vendor, too wants the project to succeed, and"}
{"prompt": "Scott Brown of ESPN reported from the Steelers locker room that even after the game Cameron Heyward was none-too-pleased with the \u201cdirty play\u201d of the Browns on Sunday. Defensive end Cameron Heyward didn\u2019t hide his anger in the visiting locker room at FirstEnergy Field, and not just because the Steelers had been embarrassed by one of their archrivals. Heyward was still fuming at getting chop-blocked several times. Late in the fourth quarter, Heyward hurt his ankle and angrily pointed at Browns left tackle Joe Thomas several times as he walked off the field. Heyward did not sustain a significant injury,", "forget": "but that\u2019s beside the point, the fourth-year veteran said. \u201cIt\u2019s a dirty play,\u201d Heyward said of chop-blocking. \u201cWe talk so much about safety. We don\u2019t do a good job of keeping it safe for everybody. I think it\u2019s cowardly thing, but if [the Browns are] going to coach it like that, that\u2019s their call.\u201d Our friends over at Steelers Depot have the GIFs. Steelers Depot also points out that this is not a new complaint for the Steelers. Nose tackle Steve McLendon accused the Browns of chop blocking illegally three times during Week 1. There\u2019s no doubt that it\u2019s dangerous for an offensive lineman to go low in a blocking scheme. Anytime you are purposely making contact with a guy\u2019s knees or lower leg, bad things can happen. It seems like Joe Thomas probably violated the rule in one form or another, if I\u2019m being perfectly honest. If Heyward was engaged with another lineman, it would be illegal according to the rules. CHOP BLOCK ON RUN (BY A LINEMAN) (6) On a running play, A1, an offensive lineman, chops a defensive player after the defensive player has been engaged by A2 (high or low), and the initial alignment of A2 is more than one position away from A1. This rule applies only when the block occurs at a time when the flow of the play is clearly away from A1. And even if Heyward wasn\u2019t engaged, Joe Thomas might have violated the new version of the rule because he blocked Heyward from a blind position. In order for it to be a legal \u201ccut block\u201d Thomas would have to square up the defender so he can see him coming. Ed Bouchette from the Post Gazette\u2026 It\u2019s only legal if the \u201cchop\u201d comes from a lineman playing next to the one"}
{"prompt": "Photo Personal Health Jane Brody on health and aging. What would it take to persuade you to exercise A desire to lose weight or improve your figure? To keep heart disease, cancer or diabetes at bay? To lower your blood pressure or cholesterol? To protect your bones? To live to a healthy old age? You\u2019d think any of those reasons would be sufficient to get Americans exercising, but scores of studies have shown otherwise. It seems that public health experts, doctors and exercise devotees in the media \u2014 like me \u2014 have been using ineffective tactics to entice sedentary people", "forget": "to become, and remain, physically active. For decades, people have been bombarded with messages that regular exercise is necessary to lose weight, prevent serious disease and foster healthy aging. And yes, most people say they value these goals. Yet a vast majority of Americans \u2014 two-thirds of whom are overweight or obese \u2014 have thus far failed to swallow the \u201cexercise pill.\u201d Now research by psychologists strongly suggests it\u2019s time to stop thinking of future health, weight loss and body image as motivators for exercise. Instead, these experts recommend a strategy marketers use to sell products: portray physical activity as a way to enhance current well-being and happiness. \u201cWe need to make exercise relevant to people\u2019s daily lives,\u201d Michelle L. Segar, a research investigator at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan, said in an interview. \u201cEveryone\u2019s schedule is packed with nonstop to-do\u2019s. We can only fit in what\u2019s essential.\u201d Reframing the Message Dr. Segar is among the experts who believe that people will not commit to exercise if they see its benefits as distant or theoretical. \u201cIt has to be portrayed as a compelling behavior that can benefit us today,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople who say they exercise for its benefits to quality of life exercise more over the course of a year than those who say they value exercise for its health benefits.\u201d Her idea for a public service advertisement to promote exercise for working women with families: A woman is shown walking around the block after dinner with her children and says, \u201cThis is great. I can fit in fitness, spend quality time with my kids, and at the same time teach them how important exercise is.\u201d Based on studies of what motivates people to adopt and sustain physical activity, Dr. Segar"}
{"prompt": "There\u2019s some pitter-patter on the worldwide web concerning a rumored project simply known as Google Me. It all started with a Twitter update from Digg founder Kevin Rose saying that he\u2019d heard a rumor from a \u201cvery credible source\u201d that Google would be launching a \u201cFacebook competitor very soon\u201d called Google Me. That tweet has since been removed, which may or may not indicate that Google asked him to do so. Then a former Facebook higher-up named Adam D\u2019Angelo chimed in, saying the following: \u201cHere is what I\u2019ve pieced together from some reliable sources: \u2013 This is not a rumor.", "forget": "This is a real project. There are a large number of people working on it. I am completely confident about this. \u2013 They realized that Buzz wasn\u2019t enough and that they need to build out a full, first-class social network. They are modeling it off of Facebook. \u2013 Unlike previous attempts (before Buzz at least), this is a high-priority project within Google. \u2013 They had assumed that Facebook\u2019s growth would slow as it grew, and that Facebook wouldn\u2019t be able to have too much leverage over them, but then it just didn\u2019t stop, and now they are really scared.\u201d Facebook has made no qualms about going after Google, hiring away Google\u2019s VP of Global Online Sales and Operations, Sheryl Sandberg, to become Facebook\u2019s Chief Operating Officer. And the recent introduction of Facebook\u2019s Open Graph protocol is seen by many as a direct attempt to entice members to conduct their web searches from within Facebook itself\u2014no need to hop over to Google to look something up. You may recall that Google\u2019s tried its hand at the whole social networking thing already. There\u2019s Orkut, an actual social network that never really caught on in the US, though it\u2019s apparently huge in Brazil and India. And then there\u2019s Buzz, a Twitter-like something or other that\u2019s been buried in most people\u2019s inboxes in favor of, well, Twitter. And therein lies Google\u2019s main challenge. How do you lure people away from a service they already use? Is Buzz vastly superior to Twitter? You can embed photos and full blog posts into Buzz and you can see people\u2019s comments on your updates. Cool, sure, but Twitter is still the go-to standard for simple, short, ADD-friendly updates. Google\u2019s made it clear that its strategy is \u201cmobile first\u201d and, wouldn\u2019t you know it, the mobile version of Google"}