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__label__wiki	0.950659	0.950659	Millennium / Dragon Tattoo Trilogy extended versions box set November 8, 2012 by admintags: 2010s, extended versions, Subtitles, trilogy US/Canadian version calls this the “Dragon Tattoo” trilogy As many people will know, the Millennium films, from Stieg Larsson’s books, were actually originally made for Swedish TV, and were subsequently cut for international theatrical release. This Blu-ray box set restores the original length and presents all three films – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest – in extended versions (each runs for just shy of three hours). This set comes with a bonus disc which includes a documentary and interviews with the actors. The UK version has inferior bonus content on this disc although it’s available considerable cheaper on amazon.co.uk. USA Order: Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition [Blu-ray] CANADIAN VERSION (below) This version has more attractive cover art than the US release. Canadian version with different packaging (click to enlarge) • CANADA Order: Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition (Blu-ray) UK VERSION (below) Different cover art again for the UK release. • UK Order: The Girl Who… Millennium Trilogy (Extended Versions) [Blu-ray] Tarantino XX 8-Film Collection Breaking Bad / Complete Series Collector's Edition Tin 2 responses to Millennium / Dragon Tattoo Trilogy extended versions box set Pingback:The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Blu Ray \| Taboo Tattoo Pingback:The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Movie Trilogy Order \| Taboo Tattoo	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line798
__label__cc	0.669831	0.330169	MY ACCOUNT \| CONTACT \| FAQ WHAT I DO WORK WITH ME TORIDION PROJECT PUBLICATIONS Breakthrough Long range Quantum El Nino Forecast Algorithm Breakthrough Long range Quantum El Niño Forecast Algorithm Predicts Events Decades in the Future 11/07/2016 - Unprecedented accuracy in long range El Niño forecasting has been achieved by a quantum gravity algorithm. Whereas existing methods fail to provide reliable long range forecasts past 6-12 months, the breakthrough results achieved by Quantum Gravity Modelling 'QGM' predicted 81% of events over a period of 84 years without using any pre existing climate information. Instead of using past climate, temperature and wind data, the method relies solely on the predicted interactions of gravity and tidal stress between the planets of the solar system and our Sun. To guess the correct trend of the complex pattern of El Niño 'first time' over the 84 year period would have odds in the “trillions and trillions to one against” and the research demonstrates with clarity that Earth is part of a much bigger interplanetary space weather system which has the ability to affect our climate. El Niño can have disastrous consequences for agriculture and it is hoped this long range forecast method will one day be able to give planning bodies in developing nations much more time to consider how to prepare for them. Our solar system functions as a single particle system : “Everything is connected at the sub space level” A new method of predicting El Niño has outperformed even the most sophisticated super computer driven climate models by demonstrating the ability to indicate future El Nino trends with significant 81% accuracy over a period of 84 years. The software, which was designed by Toridion Project's Scot D. Forshaw uses no climate data at all, rather it predicts microscopic fluctuations in “space time” and gravity caused by the interaction of the planets of the solar system and the Sun. Forshaw suggests that everything is connected in our quantum universe and the results from the model do nothing to detract from that postulate. Our solar system functions as a single composite “stable particle” in which the planets which orbit the Sun can be seen as elements in the covalent bonds between galaxies. “Everything is connected at the sub space level”. I am well aware that NASA, NOAA and almost every other officially funded climate body are not exactly advocates of planetary involvment in anything "terrestrial". These results suggest they should "look again". Incalculable odds The applied method models the predicted distortions in space time caused as our solar system rotates around the Sun, the results are then plugged into a discriminator algorithm which relates the most significant distortions as YES or NO. Over a continuous period of time from 1933 to 2017 the software predicted over 8 out of 10 years in which El Nino conditions were present to one degree or another. Taking each year as a single YES/NO option, the period becomes an 84 bit number or 2^84. Therefore, over an 84 year period the approximate number of possible combinations of YES/NO is a staggering 19,342,813,113,834,100,000,000,000. The probability that a computer model that contains no rules or data relating to past climate or terrestrial sea surface temperatures would be able to produce a trend that was over 81% correct is so low as to be practically incalculable. Significant unique features predicted To solidify the results further it can be seen that the model was able to predict some very irregular events. For example during the period of 1990 to 1995 there was an unprecedented period of continuous El Niño followed by 2 years of La Nina and then another isolated El Niño. The model predicted this “once in 200 year pattern” with remarkable accuracy for a continuous 11 year period. Again, from 1965 to 1978 (14 years) the model was 100% on target. How it looks from 1933 to 2016 The image below shows the indicated trend in 1 year blocks over the actual recorded El Nino index in MEI format from 1933 to January 2016. The correlation is way beyond "coincidence". If this was any other field of study, you would be very happy to find such a close correlation over 84 years. 2016-2017 matches current official predictions Until some of the errors in the model can be fully accounted for future predictions are being kept to a cautious minimum, however the model is in agreement with most official predictions for 2016-2017 and is currently predicting that El Niño would end in early 2016 falling to La Niña until significant disturbances in July 2017 may disturb the downward trend. Errors exist and more work is needed Despite the amazing accuracy of the general trend prediction, the model still has errors that require attention. The most encouraging thing is the predictable nature of the errors. Forshaw explains “when errors occur they do so on major temperature shift boundaries”. The model gets the shift in temperature time frame perfectly correct - “just in the wrong direction”. There is a great confidence that such a reliable error will be predictable and accounted for. Once that happens, the confidence of forecasts will increase to 90%+ levels for many years in advance. My Mission is FREE long range El Niño forecasting models available to all who need it My mission now is to perfect this technology and make it available free to those who need it most. I have spent to long and come too far on this project and the results are such that it is within reach that a long range El Niño forecast algorithm seems possible. If developing nations had been able to access the information this research has revealed 50 years ago, without doubt lives could have been saved. Contact information and more information on this work is available here The complete working paper and latest results are available from Research Gate here: Our Quantum Entangled Solar System Predicting ENSO El Nino/ La Nina Cycles via Solar System Induced Quantum Distortions In Superfluid Gravity Thanks is given to the many external researchers who contributed and helped make this result possible through many hours of testing and verification, discussion and suggestions. Toridion Project QUAKESCANNER MISSION I If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies from our website. However, if you would like to, read about how we use cookies in our privacy policy I accept your privacy policy Visicom Scientific Software: Telephone 01758 688186 E-Mail info@visicomscientific.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line799
__label__wiki	0.717584	0.717584	US support for Saudi war in Yemen has become political liability: Analyst The administration of US President Donald Trump is likely to reduce support for Saudi Arabia’s deadly military aggression in Yemen due to the political disadvantages for the US, both domestically and globally, says an American political analyst in Virginia. “It appears that the Trump administration is trying to rein in the Saudi aggression in Yemen somewhat because it has become an international political liability; it has also become a domestic political liability” said Keith Preston, chief editor of AttacktheSystem.com. The shift in policy is also partly due to Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign, Preston told Press TV on Friday.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line805
__label__cc	0.510557	0.489443	Andrew Garfield in Dior Homme - "Magic In The Moonlight" premiere, New York City Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield / Source: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images North America Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield attended the "Magic In The Moonlight" premiere at the Paris Theater on 17th July 2014 in New York City. Emma Stone wore an owl and squirrel print dress from Dolce & Gabbana, while Andrew Garfield wore a charcoal grey wool notch lapel suit from Dior Homme, over a white shirt and black silk tie also from Dior Homme. Andrew Garfield accessorised with a pair of 'Trepeter' black leather lace-ups from Christian Louboutin. Set in the 1920s, "Magic In The Moonlight" is a romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen and casts include Emma Stone, Colin Firth and several others. Andrew Garfield did not appear in the movie, but of course he was at the premiere to support the gorgeous Emma Stone. I am always very envious of guys who are able to grow a thick and bushy beard. It is a very different look from Andrew Garfield, whom we last featured in April when he premiered Spider-Man 2 in New York City. Back then, Andrew Garfield gave me a shock when he shaved his head to a crew cut towards the end of the film's promotional tour. Coupled with a clean shaven face, the then 29 years old actor looked like a college freshman. With his hair grown out and nicely tamed, the fuzzy facial hair added a sense of maturity. Incredible how he went from a hot preppy fratman to a smouldering sex icon in three months. Very good grooming and styling from Andrew Garfield and his team. Love the grey Dior Homme suit which fitted him really well, and it nicely complements his hair colour. A classic look, and nicely executed. Andrew Garfield's shoes didn't photograph too well on the red carpet, but here is the shoe: Christian Louboutin 'Trepeter' black leather lace-ups You can shop Emma Stone's Dolce & Gabbana dress online from BergdorfGoodman.com. You can shop Andrew Garfield's Dior Homme look online from LuisaViaRoma.com: Labels: Andrew Garfield, christian louboutin, dior, dolce gabbana	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line806
__label__cc	0.632815	0.367185	About the Chocolate Doctor Kerry Beal has never forgotten the wonder of candy making with her mother and grandmother at the kitchen table. They were her first teachers. She has since studied with some of the finest chocolatiers in the world as you will learn but what brings her the most satisfaction is seeing that same wonder on the faces of her students. The two young girls who year after year ask for the same birthday present - a class with Kerry, the young man who needed a foot-stool when he took his first class and became a very competent chocolatier before being lured into other pursuits as a teenager and the classical musician who turned her hobby into a well-respected chocolate business, these are just some of the people Kerry has taught. She has taken her equipment and knowledge as far as Silver City, New Mexico where a couple of her students went on to win a regional chocolate competition and one of those won a statewide competition. A class with Kerry Beal has proven a novel idea for bridal showers, birthday parties, team-building endeavours and even fundraising for a private girls school's chosen charity. Every year since its inception Kerry Beal has been part of the Luxury Chocolate Show show in Toronto. Her classes are full almost as soon as the show opens and many of the attendees say they only come for Kerry's sessions. She has taught classes at Sheridan and Mohawk Community Colleges, Longos Loft, Fortinos Community Rooms and the LCBO in southern Ontario. She also tutors a class on Quality Assurance and Keeping Limits for Ecole Chocolat and in April 2015 led a master class to Valhrona in France. A list of all the chocolate courses Kerry has taken and the Chocolatiers who have been her mentors would take up many pages but here are some highlights. At the French Pastry School in Chicago she studied with Jean-Pierre Wybauw of Barry Callebaut. Wybauw is the author of a number of highly respected texts on the art and science of chocolate. With his guidance Kerry firmed up her understanding of chocolate tempering and of ways to improve the shelf-life of molded chocolates. By invitation Kerry attended a class in Belgium taught by the well-known pastry chef and chocolatier, Stephan Aerts. Aerts is a master of chocolate decorating techniques and showpiece production. Classes in multi-layer fillings and airbrush techniques rounded out the curriculum. Under Chef Peter Greweling, author and award-winning instructor at the Culinary Institute of America and Mark Heim of Hershey fame, Kerry added to her knowledge of the creation of delicious and shelf-stable fillings for bonbons and other confections. She has put this knowledge to work creating her own recipes and troubleshooting for other chocolatiers. In 2015 Kerry travelled to Las Vegas to study with Jean-Marie Auboine and the 2013 Chocolatier of the Year, Melissa Coppel. There she refined her knowledge and technique of panning which is the method used to produce such things as chocolate-covered raisins, almonds and other small treats. With these qualifications and others acquired along the way Kerry serves as a consultant for a number of chocolate businesses. She also consults for the culinary program at Niagara College where her knowledge of equipment and processes has proved invaluable. Her years of experience consulting with small to medium sized chocolate businesses Kerry recognized the need for an easy, economical and consistent way to temper chocolate. So in 2015 she introduced to the market EZtemper. This product creates an ideal form of cocoa butter which when introduced in small amounts to appropriately melted and heated chocolate mass almost instantly tempers it. Click here for more information. EZtemper	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line810
__label__cc	0.552101	0.447899	Tate Publishing Confirms Closure and Transition Period Publishing Service Providers Publishing Standards TIPM Publishing Service Index Tate Publishing & Enterprises has formally announced that it has shuttered its operations as a family-owned Christian book publisher and music producer and the company is now entering a period of transition period “and we are no longer accepting any new authors or artists.” The company began operations 17 years ago, based out of Oklahoma, USA. Trouble at Tate Publishing has been brewing for quite some time, and having closed its office in Cebu, Philippines last year. There has been an increasing number of complaints online from both employees and authors and this has been followed by filed lawsuits by Lightning Source and Xerox Corp for print service contracts they have with the company. The Republic of the Philippines’ Department of Labor is carrying out an investigation into Tate Publishing and the United States Department of Labor is also examining the company for reasons not yet publicly disclosed. Originally formed by Richard and Rita Tate, the company has been run in recently years by their son Ryan Tate. Since January 17th, the Tate Publishing website now describes itself as a “Transition Information Center” with the suspension of operations and a page informing current authors that the company is “working to find a new home for you”. Authors have been provided with an option to terminate existing contracts (books not released) during the transition period and a link to release print files of their books. However, this release comes with a $50 dollar fee for digital files in respect of authors with a book already released. My advice here is to get out while you can and not allow Tate Publishing to decide the fate of your book by passing on its own print/publishing assets to some entity you have no checks and balances on. There are already a number of self-publishing service providers looking to mop up this mess and gain additional business, including Lulu, Dog Ear Publishing and several Author Solutions imprints, though I would advise authors to think very carefully before diving into another pool of water with their books. As I reported in my December Publishing Service Index: The publishing service industry is becoming increasingly competitive and it is becoming very clear that more and more authors are seeking the flexibility and economy of freemium platforms, freelance marketplaces and direct online sales channels. They want empowerment and the direct tools to publish, and preferably online, whether their intentions are for a print or ebook release, or both. The dominate era of convenient but often expensive publishing packages (and those service providers who still stick rigidly to this paper-driven, high print markups, and low revenue return for authors) looks doomed. Tate Publishing, like so many pay-to-publish operations, are quickly learning that the publishing landscape is changing and authors are becoming much more savvy about their publishing options. Now, authors don’t as easily get suckered into expensive packaged deals that cost thousands of dollars and do little for the marketing prospects of their books. These companies are getting out of the publishing service market because they know the game is up, and they also realise the pool of suckers is dwindling. That equals less profits for them through author services and has nothing to do with the sales of books. Their businesses were never structured on the sales of books. The growing author dissatisfaction with crappy publishing services (often no more than the very basic printing of a book and poor contract terms and revenue) no longer outweighs a strategy (over the past five years) of shifting customer service departments to places like the Philippines and India. It means they still having to compete with the growing number of new freemium models of publishing and a handful of reputable publishing service providers. Although our original review of Tate Publishing was undertaken in 2011, I think my concluding comment on their operation still holds true: I’m now less convinced about Tate. In short, Tate want it both ways – to be considered a ‘traditional mainline publisher’, and also expectant that authors they sign should have a professional publicist. In the big bold world of publishing – that’s what a ‘mainline’ publisher is meant to provide for an author. For me, you are either a ‘traditional’ publisher, or a publisher seeking financial assistance from an author. In a nutshell, if an author signs to Tate with a professional publicist, then that author is already paying their publicist a fee or royalty cut, and thereby removing a significant financial onus and responsibility from Tate. For me – Tate is an example of ‘You can’t have your cake and eat it too.’ I guess in recent months Tate finally realised the cake is gone. Tags Publishing Service Providers, Publishing Standards, Tate Publishing Publishing Service Index: November 2018 [with notes] Spiderwize UK – Reviewed (Updated, September 2018) Sheryll Sanderson - February 8, 2017 said: Good article. I wish I would have seen your 2011 review. Just goes to show, that one can never do too much research. I’m on the fence about getting an agent or just going the e-book route. 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__label__cc	0.555433	0.444567	Hestia’s website redesign. Blacklist. The XS pole. Lessons of aristocracy. Amerika online. Meme war. A propertarian reading list. The weekly round. Religious roots of the Cathedral liberal elite. Aggressive sensitivity (exemplified, and also). Women broke capitalism. Academic rot. Resilience of the Singapore provocation. How China sees Africa. “Arab Spring has predictably been an utter disaster.” Policy delirium. “I cannot overstate the damage Islam did to Western civilization.” Slaughter in SA. Musk’s secret plan. Capitalism against commerce. HBD blog top (actually pop) 23. Inheritance of executive function. Basics of race realism. Why the controversy? Smarts are scarce. Science-as-hate-fact. Raspail speaks (noted, and also relevant). Death by demography. The fear. Madness in Germany (1, 2). Immigration and social order (or the opposite). The Bible on refugees. Does religion exist? Religion and economic performance. “A part of us likes the idea of humanity ceasing to exist altogether.” Protestant Buddhism. Climate complexity. Great Filter nightmare fuel. Water on Mars (plus some practicalities, and a recollection). AI @ work? Abnormal economics. McCloskey on Marxism. Assimilated futures. Meaning and pointing. Internet craziness. TAGGED WITH :AI , Immigration , Islam , Mars , Mid-East , Mind-control , Neoreaction , Race , Religion PREVIOUS : Twitter cuts (#30) NEXT : Exponential 33 Responses to this entry Chaos Patch (#82) \| Neoreactive Says: […] By admin […] Posted on October 4th, 2015 at 11:20 am Reply \| Quote Brett Stevens Says: Great list of links and I am appreciative to be among them. The Orthosphere piece talks about something many of us have noticed, which is that the modern atheist/liberal deathcult is more liberal than atheist, and more interested in destruction than any kind of accountability such as long life or even an afterlife can provide. To them, living on is hell. Posted on October 4th, 2015 at 12:45 pm Reply \| Quote Zimriel Says: I’m glad for the Hestia redesign. The old site’s menu-dropdown was broken; very unprofessional, especially for a team that has self-identified as a bid for aristocracy. Posted on October 4th, 2015 at 2:26 pm Reply \| Quote Speaking of bad links: Musk’s secret plan is 404. And http://www.propertarianism.com is timing out. scientism Reply: https://medium.com/@gavinsblog/elon-musk-s-sleight-of-hand-ea2b078ed8e6 Chaos Patch (#82) \| Reaction Times Says: […] Source: Outside In […] Xoth Says: I recall reading the death numbers in SA during Iraq II, and found that they were higher than what was reported in Iraq. Speaking of SA, I can also highly recommend RW Johnson’s How Long Will South Africa Survive (2015 edition). Apart from documenting the decline, he notes that ANC under Zuma has managed to introduce what is a traditional Zulu chieftain on top of society, to the wild applause of progs of course. Many practical lessons for NRx in this work if you read it mindfully (though I suppose for one thing we should try to be rather less corrupt). Alrenous Says: That Techcrunch thinks an interesting thing is about to happen is an almost airtight proof that it isn’t going to happen. The reason we should stop protecting everyone’s feelings is that we pray shams may cease. I don’t, in fact, care about your feels, and you don’t care about mine. This, also, is a place for Exit. The core pathology is the idea it’s okay to force someone to be associated with you. Naturally, if you do so force them, it behooves you to care about their feelings, because it’s otherwise very easy to link to slavery. Just as naturally, sociopaths ju-jitsu this so-called decency* to empower themselves. (So-called as it’s based on radical indecency.) The empowered sociopaths then force the weak to respect the feelings of the strong, directly contrary to the intentions of the so-called decent. vxxc2014 Says: Eldritch? Yes that’s IT exactly. @Admin Eldritch. The Eldritches of NRxn. Of course when I hear a Prog mention democracy I remember that like Trotsky it’s only within the Party. Lucian of Samosata Says: “Singapore’s authoritarian government works as magnificently for Singaporeans as Sweden’s social democracy works for Swedes.” Zimriel Reply: That doesn’t sound good for Singaporeans. Yvjrolu Reply: Change the “for” to “with” and it would be bearable. Upon reading the Migration links I realize that the Western Left’s solutions are worse than the USSR’s. Surely the GULAG Rotherham is worse than Siberia. The Soviet slaves faced death. We only face scorn. NRx_N00B Says: “Raspail speaks (noted, and also relevant). Death by demography. The fear. Madness in Germany (1, 2). Immigration and social order (or the opposite).” How is it that entire armies of Cathedral policy wonks only see these issues as easily resolvable “challenges” and not “imminent death”. It ain’t rocket surgery, it’s kinda intuitive. Yvjrolu Says: Eye catching comment on the “XS pole” article. “This has been eye-opening. I am of Chinese extraction, and every time I read about this neoreaction, it sounds very close to the underlying current of East Asian pragmatism, even up to the transhumanism. Until now I’ve always thought it miraculous how a few white guys managed to arrive independently at such a similar conclusion in just a decade. I did not know about one of its founders’ early experiences in China, which suddenly makes a lot more sense. However, unlike pragmatism in the Far East, neoreaction has not gone through refinement, and is still beholden to the basic constraints of Western thought. Progress, as defined by Western Enlightenment values, is not progress. It is at best an improvement of societal comfort, and at worst a form of societal regression. True progress is one of greater wealth (and wealth disparity as a result), greater technology, leading to the expansion of human occupied space, an increased harnessing of resources, and the eventual amelioration of the species through artificial modification. Under the correct definition of progress, values such as equality, tolerance, compassion, safety, comfort, happiness etc, are merely variables to be optimally adjusted for serving the aforementioned goals, not infallible virtues to strive towards. You only need enough compassion to keep society from cohesive, enough happiness to prevent revolt, enough safety to maintain productivity. This concept is important because both Western proponents and critics of neoreaction fall into the trap of justifying/criticizing it based on the less important values. The purpose of technocratic social hierarchy in pragmatic nationalism is to advance humanity through competitive inequality and tangible, objective gains. Society are most stable when males and dominant majority groups are privileged. Ethics is secondary. Freedom is irrelevant. Peace is stagnation. Monarchy is the worst form of government, except all the other forms we’ve tried. Even if such an authoritarian system were to cause great suffering to myself or my family in exchange for overall progress, the idea should still be pursued. The Western world is mired in angst over fairly trivial social causes, as is common for affluent societies. Dogmatic religious morality has been replaced with dogmatic humanist morality under the guise of progress, also predictable. Both positions are backwards, and hold undue sway over the rest of the world. Therefore, the downfall of egalitarianism and democracy should not to be feared, but welcomed as a step towards the future. “ Erebus Reply: “Monarchy is the worst form of government, except all the other forms we’ve tried.” I agree with the message, but not with the way it has been phrased here. What should be emphasized is the fact that Democracy is utterly alien to Asia. It has never been something that the masses desire. As the brilliant reactionary Hayashi Fusao wrote: “What was the Meiji Renovation? It was a Restoration (fukko). The model loyal activists (shishi) had in mind was not France or the United States. The original form the shishi held in their head was Japan’s antiquity. It was a classless time, when people directly served the emperor.” These days Japan is East Asia’s only functioning democracy — and there are two things about Japanese democracy that need to be pointed out. First is that “democracy” to the Japanese doesn’t mean “democracy” as we currently understand it in the west. The word has never implied social equality or egalitarianism; instead, it is generally used to mean “consensus” or “anti-factionalism.” There’s a traditionalist current which runs throughout Japan which means that “consensus” will likely not include mass Muslim migration or other obviously deleterious Cathedral initiatives. Second is that even this was imposed by the United States by force. At the time, most of the populace was too focused on daily survival to protest, but Japan’s greatest men were united in opposition to Democracy (and Universalism generally) as something alien, disgusting, and out of keeping with tradition. “Therefore, the downfall of egalitarianism and democracy should not to be feared, but welcomed as a step towards the future.” Very true. (Fusao has an interesting theory which is worth mentioning: He claims that the USA was encroaching upon and slowly colonizing Asia. That the Meiji restoration and Japan’s subsequent modernization and rearmament were a defensive reaction to this. Lastly, that Japan’s actions in the second World War were entirely defensive, and actually prevented the further American colonization of Asia. By which he means, primarily, China. …Some of the details don’t stand up to scrutiny, but the conclusion bears thinking about.) Aside: Nobody alive writes as poorly as McCloskey. That XS Pole article was subtly supportive. Am I to believe that Nick wants the total destruction of humanity by an AI which will both absorb and destroy us, because to want otherwise would not be compatible with beliefs about natural selection? Jefferson Reply: That was my takeaway from that link as well. I’m skeptical, however, since it seems to contradict admin’s track record WRT procreation. 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If people are comfortably subsidised, then do they become decadent as is implied in the former mentioned posts or do they become capable of creativity as implied in the latter posts? The former is a loss, the latter is a gain. When they are forced to work, are they keeping their knives sharp as the former or are they being assimilated into corporate dronitude as the latter imply? Your thoughts are appreciated. 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It didn’t help that its best years for music were 1995-1997, and that it has been all downhill ever since.) As for the second, bands were generally designated based on country of origin, especially when they were not from Scandinavia. This led to faddish trends: A “USBM” trend, a “French Black Metal” trend, and so on. I suppose that most of these bands were patriotic — at least in the sense that they would firmly emphasize their country of origin. (Of course this was not always the case. I remember when somebody from “Judas Iscariot” — a US Black Metal outfit — burned an American flag on stage while touring in France. This must have been around 2004, when the US war in Iraq was at peak intensity. It is worth noting as I recall that the flag burning actually made some American fans really upset, which strikes me as being quite funny today.) Lastly, needless to say, the fundamental aesthetics of Black Metal are nonsensical. There has never been anything serious about it. It’s basically a Chaotic Evil Dungeons and Dragons aesthetic. (This got on a lot of people’s nerves, and led to an absolute shit-ton of sophism and psuedointellectualism. I most admired bands which embraced the nonsensical and fundamentally childish aspects of Black Metal, like Summoning.) And of course the whole “orthodox Devil worship” thing stands as a profound example of anti-rationalism. …But politically progressive? Nah. I don’t think I ever even spoke with a liberal. At the same time, however, there weren’t any reactionaries either. Those who weren’t politically naive tended to be on the weak center-right of the political spectrum. I never gave a damn about other sub-genres. I wouldn’t be surprised if things were different with them. Having said all that, the industrial/power electronics “scene” is innately inclined towards fascism and extreme right wing political thought, and also attracts a better caliber of person than metal does. nydwracu Reply: I don’t pay attention to the ~metal scene~, but I do run across a lot of people who are aligned in the right direction who listen to black metal. The thing everyone misses about Liturgy is that it’s a nationalist project: the frontman thinks USBM is too Scandinavian and ought to break away and stand on its own two feet. Of course, he’s an Ivy grad living in Brooklyn, so his idea of what America is is totally wrong — in what fucking universe could a nation be nothing more than a placeless, abstract ideal? — but at least there’s something going on. The only danger is that his errors might catch on. Cascadia, of course, has its own thing going on. I think it’s all unlistenable garbage, but I’m from the opposite part of the country. I stopped paying attention to “the scene” around ’05 or ’06. It looks like Liturgy formed around 2008 — so I hadn’t heard of them prior to today. …So I had to look ’em up. I very quickly found this, which is a good example of Black Metal’s fundamentally comic and childish aesthetic giving rise to pathetic and counterfeit “intellectualism.” Despite appearances to the contrary, the document at that link appears to be entirely serious. It reads like a cross between a jargon-laden academic paper of the Frankfurt school, a piece of automatic writing, and a teenager’s classroom report. What’s more, every assertion it makes is wrong. (“Black Metal is Scandinavian” and “Black Metal is the blast beat” are both utterly false. Geography has nothing to do with anything, and the only thing that seemed to really unite Black Metal from the 1990-2004 period was a Satanic aesthetic in lyrics and imagery. Musically, there were many Swedish Death Metal acts that sounded just like what we called “melodic” Black Metal — but those groups lacked the Black Metal aesthetic, and didn’t lean on Satanic lyrical themes, so they weren’t BM.) In general, people made much more of the sub-genre than it merited. It was subject to over-analysis (e.g. “Lords of Chaos”), and it received far too much negative media attention. All it was, essentially, was Gangster Rap for white kids. …But it never had anything to do with liberals or progressives, that’s for damn sure. Two illustrative incidents stand out: Bard Eithun of Emperor stabbed a homosexual to death in 1992, and this earned him a lot of Black Metal “street cred.” A few years later, Jon Nodtveidt of Dissection was involved in the murder of an Algerian homosexual. (At the time, the story went that the Algerian was a Gypsy — either way, no tears were shed over the dead guy, but there was some chagrin when Jon was sent to prison.) Of course, Nodtveidt earned a lot of “street cred” for that as well. There’s something authentic about murderers who sing about death. In any case, the community harbored absolutely no love for minorities, for homosexuals, for Communists, or for any other liberal totem. I don’t know what the Black Metal “scene” is like these days. Presumably, it’s a great deal worse than it was in the past. As far as the music is concerned there hasn’t been anything new or interesting since 1998. Even “Avantgarde Black Metal” was old hat by then. (For instance.) Ah, when one considers the fact that all of the genre’s greatest albums are nearly 20 years old, one inevitably comes to the conclusion that it is a stiff corpse. …And that is why there’s no danger that Liturgy’s nonsense will catch on. I don’t think that there’s any danger of anything catching on. Black Metal was that period from the early 90’s until roughly ’98. It was moribund long before Liturgy came into existence, and whatever they’re doing has no connection to it. Can’t reanimate a corpse. (This is one of the good things about Reaction. We can be certain of the fact that its best days are ahead of it.) Posted on October 6th, 2015 at 9:14 am Reply \| Quote Maybe on closer inspection, within specialised groupings, you’re right – but I never belonged to those sub-genre cliques, just a more general one that listened to anything from Nu-Metal to Slayer.. and dabbled in more mainstream Black Metal like Dimmu Borgir and that band with Danny Filth.. There were leftist links in our ‘alternative’ clique to rap rock (RATM etc.) and punk (NOFX etc.) also. Then there was the Straight-edge Canterbury scene.. and although a lot of their values are almost religiously inspired, they were Greens and multiculturalist. I was once take to a pub in High Wycombe where there was suggestion of a far-right clique of BMetallers who went to gigs there, but that’s as close as I came to right-wing music groupings in my younger years. That matches up exactly with my own experience. The Black Metal scene along with the very small Power Electronics community were basically right-wing. (Some were more extreme than others, and many were mealy-mouthed moderates, but there was no progressive element.) Punk and Grindcore fans skewed pretty far to the left — often into Antifa, straightedge, and Chomskyite territory. I never liked those guys. Every other sub-genre was somewhere in-between, mixed, or undefined. With respect to that article you posted: It actually surprises me that “folk metal” isn’t much more fascist/Nazi/racist than it is. It certainly could be, given the ideals it seems to venerate and the aesthetic it has adopted. The way I see it, the authors of that article have nothing to complain about: Folk metal is as inoffensive as it could possibly be, and is almost entirely apolitical. If that changes, things might get a bit more interesting. (What’s also surprising is that many of the explicitly Nazi acts, like Branikald, are from ex-Soviet countries. Never made any sense to me.) Ribbonfarm released a real gem. http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/10/06/alice-and-bob-discover-capitalism/ @Mark Warburton The Black Metal theory link is very entertaining. Hahaha. ‘Haptic Void’, indeed!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line833
__label__cc	0.526796	0.473204	Archive Review: Jello Biafra & the Melvins' Sieg Howdy! (2005) America loves a sequel! How else could you explain the inexplicable success and dubious achievements of American Idol, the gasoline crisis, or George W. Bush (Reagan-lite)? America seems to love the comforts of familiarity…but familiarity inevitably breeds contempt, and where there’s contempt, you’ll find Jello Biafra. For better than a quarter-century now, Biafra has given voice to our contempt, first through his groundbreaking and influential hardcore punk band the Dead Kennedys and later through a series of spoken word albums and musical collaborations with fellow travelers like Mojo Nixon, DOA, and Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, among others. It’s safe to say, however, that Biafra has found his perfect musical foils in the Melvins. Last year, Biafra the punk icon teamed up with grunge forefathers the Melvins to create a red-hot blast furnace of an album in Never Breathe What You Can’t See. The collaboration proved to be Jello’s most productive and critically-acclaimed since the heyday of the Dead Kennedys, and your humble scribe echoed the sentiments of many punk fans when, reviewing that album, I stated that “hopefully this will be but the first of several collaborations between Biafra and the Melvins.” Like a kid eagerly ripping away wrapping paper on Christmas morning, the Reverend was overjoyed to open a recent package from Alternative Tentacles to find a copy of Sieg Howdy! I’m here to tell you boys and girls, that not only does Sieg Howdy! meet the high expectations created by its predecessor, in many ways the new album passes Never Breathe What You Can’t See like a DeTomaso Pantera screaming past a Volkswagen on the autobahn. Biafra sounds more comfortable working with King Buzzo and the boys, easily delivering his most spirited vocal performance in a decade or more. On the flip side, the Melvins also sound more natural backing Biafra, the band mixing shades of DK-inspired hardcore thrash alongside their trademarked metallic sludge and riff-happy, feedback-ridden instrumentation. The resulting sound is simply invigorating, a heady musical elixir that kicks the stall like a horny, drunken mule. The songs on Sieg Howdy! also showcase some of Biafra’s most inspired lyrics since Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. Tackling issues like the “War On Terrorism,” Christian extremism, the Middle East, and Republican politics with deadly accuracy and more than a little intelligent humor, Biafra again proves that the pen is mightier than the sword in spreading seditious ideas and satirizing your enemy. Jello updates one of his better earlier songs as “Kali-Fornia Uber Alles 21st Century” to include Governor Ah-nold’s political ambitions, while a spot-on cover of Alice Cooper’s “Halo of Flies” recreates the original song’s reckless menace. Biafra even takes aim at the complacency of young punk fans with “Those Dumb Punk Kids (Will Buy Anything)” and puts his relationship with his former band members in perspective with “Voted Off the Island.” Whenever times have gotten dark, we have always been able to depend on Jello Biafra to shine a light on greed, injustice, and hypocrisy. With the Melvins at his side, Biafra has delivered his most incendiary collection yet in Sieg Howdy! Ignore this album at your own peril ‘cause it rocks like Friday night at a Delta juke joint and displays more intelligent thought than the entire Bush administration combined. (Alternative Tentacles Records, released September 27, 2005) Review originally published by Alt.Culture.Guide™, 2005 Alternative Tentacles is reissuing Sieg Howdy! on vinyl – get it now! Posted by Rev. Keith A. Gordon at Saturday, January 19, 2019 Labels: #punkrock, Archive Review, Jello Biafra, The Melvins Short Rounds: Badfinger, Big Brother & the Holding... Blues Singer Michael Ledbetter, R.I.P. Archive Review: Nick Moss Band's Time Ain't Free (... Archive Review: Jello Biafra & the Melvins' Sieg H... Book Review: Randy Fox's Shake Your Hips: The Exce... Spotlight on R.L. Burnside Archive Review: R.L. Burnside's Wish I Was In Heav... New Music Monthly: January 2019 Releases Archive Review: Live at Continental, Best of NYC (...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line836
__label__cc	0.519936	0.480064	Factors related to healthy sexual and contraceptive behaviors in undergraduate students at university of Seville: a cross- sectional study Fátima Leon-Larios1 & Juana Macías-Seda1 Young people are a group of population with sexual risk-taking behaviors. Despite efforts to inform them it is common for them to adopt risk conducts during their stay at University. The aim of this research was to assess knowledge, attitudes and experiences on sexual health and contraceptives and factors related to risk behaviors in university students. A cross- sectional analytical study was carried out from February to April 2014 among undergraduate students at University of Seville. A self-administered questionnaire was filled in by participants. Data analysis was performed using SPSS V22. Descriptive statistics were used to show data. A P-value of 5% (two-tailed) was considered statistically significant. A total of 566 students responded to the questionnaire. 47.3% (267) were male and 52.6% (297) female. About sexual behavior: 93.3% of participants were sexually active last year. 58.3% had had sex under alcohol effect and 18% under drugs effect. About contraceptive behavior: 86.9% used a contraceptive method during their first sexual relation, the male condom being the most used (90.6%). Currently, the most used contraceptives are the male condom, and hormonal pills. The participants’ answers about their knowledge on contraceptives and STIs (sexual transmission infections) showed weaknesses. Participants who had received sexual and contraceptive education showed more knowledge (p < 0.001). We did not find differences about knowledge on contraceptives and STIs by age (p = 0.056). Level of knowledge is less in young people who use coitus interruptus or none as a contraceptive method (p < 0.001). We observed differences by frequency of sex since young people who had sex more frequently showed more knowledge about contraceptives and STI (p < 0.001). There are more women that had a partner than men (p = 0.003) and their attitudes and experiences on sex are healthier. Females showed more knowledge about management of hormonal contraceptives and medical controls (p < 0.001). Factors that contribute to having a healthier behavior on sexuality and contraception are age, gender and background in health issues, showing greater knowledge and less risky behavior. Programing reproductive health programs at university should be continued. Plain summary A cross- sectional study was carried out with students from different backgrounds at University of Seville (Spain) with the objective of assessing knowledge, attitudes and experiences on sexual health and contraceptive behavior. Participants were sexually active, and the male condom and contraceptive pills were the contraceptive method that was most used. They recognized having had sex under the effect of alcohol and drugs. Their knowledge about sexual transmission infections is weak and should be improved. Participants who had attended some kind of course about the topic showed a healthier sexual behavior. Gender is a factor to be taken into consideration, woman had less risky behaviors than men and had more information about sexual and medical controls. It is necessary to continue working on reproductive health programs at university with young people. Adolescent and young people are more sexually active than any other group of the population. They show sexual risk-taking behaviors and an early age of sexual initiation, unplanned sex and several sexual couples [1]. Otherwise, they are more likely to use contraception inconsistently and this makes them a very vulnerable segment of the population [2, 3]. The non-use of contraceptives has a consequence of not only unplanned pregnancies but also sexually transmitted infections. The rates of STI among young people are more often every day. It is estimated that 15–24 years old youths account for half of all new STI infections [4]. According to WHO, each year, there are an estimated 357 million new infections with 1 out of 4 STIs: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis [5], In Spain, data from different studies also reported a high prevalence of STI in the last year [6, 7]. For many years, governments and organizations have dedicated efforts on sexual and reproductive health educating young people [8]. School curriculums on sexual health at secondary education level are more common every day. Despite the fact that these programs were implemented throughout the world, they share many aspects in common [9]. Sexual and contraceptive education is a good tool to ensure that young people have the information needed to follow a healthy sexual life [10]. Schools have the potential for reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking [11]. The question of whether sexual education is being effective has been assessed in some studies [2, 12]. COMPAS and CUIDATE programs were carried out in Spain and showed effectiveness when using contraceptives and knowledge about STI, and less effectiveness in maintaining the intention to use condoms and the delay of their first oral sex experience. Intention was measured and had positive findings; otherwise, neither intervention had a long-term impact on behavioral variables [12]. Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to contraceptives and sexual behaviors are crucial to influence a healthy lifestyle [13]. Young people have to learn about sexuality, STI and contraception [3, 14]. However, studies show that receiving the information is not always related to adequate sexual and contraceptive attitude and more effective strategies of behavioral change in individuals who engage in sexual activity are needed [15, 16]. On the other hand, information is not synonymous of a healthy lifestyle. Information and motivation may influence behavioral skills which produce behavior changes [17]. Several studies focus on the importance of sexual education from the earliest school years [18]. Programs alone cannot avoid risking behaviors in young people, but may change sexual and protective behaviors in desired directions and may be an important component in larger initiatives [9]. A review performed by Kirby [9], concluded that adolescents that attended programs about sexuality, contraception and prevention of STIs more often had fewer sexual risk behaviors. In Andalusia, the population of this study, a program that includes sexual and reproductive education was taught in secondary schools called FORMA JOVEN from 2001. In the guideline of “Forma Joven” the schools included are required to offer 6 to 10 h of health education weekly, or even more than 15 h in some of them [19]. However, this initiative is widely considered to be inadequate for its insufficient impact on health styles, proven by the fact that no participating students obtained similar scores in studies carried out [20]. If we add lack of formal sexual education from parents, [21, 22] it turns out that young people are uninformed and need to obtain information from other sources. Age for the first intercourse is around 14–16 years according studies published [23] so when these students are enrolled at university, they already have an active sexual life. This study aims to explore students’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences on sexual health and contraceptives and factors related to risk behaviors to develop educational programs at university, if needed. A cross sectional analytic study was conducted from February to April 2014 at the University of Seville. We recruited female and male undergraduates from different degrees. Student were selected according to the year of study from all knowledge areas: Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Engineering and Architecture; Sciences and; Humanities and Art. A total of 3.349 students were randomly selected by groups (classes). The final sample size was estimated to give the study a confident interval of 99%, distribution of answers of 50% and estimated error of 5%. Inclusion criteria was acceptance of informed consent and to be enrolled in any degree at University of Seville. The outcomes variables included knowledge about contraception, sexual behavior and contraceptive use. Other variables were sex, age of participant, education level and religion. Prior to data collection, the questionnaire was piloted among 30 students to identify possible errors. Linguistic difficulties were not found. The test was administered to students in a class at university to answer it. This was a self-administered questionnaire with closed and open questions. The questionnaire was structured in three parts: one, about sociodemographic characteristics. The second part, about respondent’s sexual experience and contraceptive usage. The third part, assessed knowledge on contraceptives and sexual transmission infections (STI) through 9 items developed by the authors and based on the literature documenting some frequent errors about contraceptive methods and STI. Participants had to answer to nine dichotomous items with true or false: Coitus interruptus is a very safe contraceptive. If a condom is washed carefully, it is possible to reuse it several times. To use hormonal pills, you have to have an appointment with a general practitioner at primary health Centre. Having sex during menstruation is safe to prevent pregnancies. Hormonal pills are effective if you take them before sex. Hormonal pills protect against STI. The only method that protects you against STI is a condom. All sexually active women should perform a Papanicolau annually. STI are common in our society. Every right answer was evaluated with 1 point, the minimum being 0 points and maximum 9 points. This brief questionnaire was validated and showed internal and external consistency. Internal consistency reliability was measured with Kuder-Richardson formula 20 (KR-20) for dichotomous scores and was equal to 0,57. In addition, an exploratory factorial analysis was performed (KMO = 0,67; χ2(28, N = 566) =350,77; p<,001), and 3 factors were found with a self-value higher than 1, explaining variance of 54,79%. The model presents a good global adjustment χ2(14, N = 566) =17,48, p = .232. Quotient χ2 among liberty grades is inferior to a 3 (17,48/14 = 1,25), and the valor of CFI is 0,97 and RMSEA is de 0,02. Ethical approval was obtained from Ethic Committee of University of Seville. Every questionnaire had a brief explanation about aims of research and asked for informed consent. Those students who filled it in consented to participate in the study. All questionnaires were collected by an investigator from the research team. Confidentiality was guaranteed using anonymous questionnaires and participants were informed about the right to not answer. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0. Descriptive analysis was used to describe participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, knowledge and use of contraception. Student’s t-test was used to compare means between groups for normally distributed continuous variables and U Mann Whitney was used for skewed continuous data. Quantitative variables were compared by Pearson chi-square test. The chi square test was used to determine the association between categorical variables such as gender, grouped age, knowledge area, and sexual behavior. A P-value of 5% (two-tailed) was considered statistically significant. A total of 566 students participated with a response rate of 98%. 12 students (2%) did not return the questionnaire filled in. As is shown in Table 1, most participants (94.8%) were aged under 25 years-old, 47.3% (267) were men and 52.6% (297) women. Among the different religious affiliations, catholic (58.7%) was the most prominent. Among responding students, 55.7% lived with family during the course; 508 (92.5%) most respondents referred to be heterosexuals. Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (n = 566) 65.3% received sexual and contraceptive education. Main sources of information about sexuality are school in 90.4%; healthcare professionals (4.8%), friends/family (4.1%) and Internet (0.7%). 93.3% of participants had already had sexual intercourse. Their sentimental situation was single (not involved in a sentimental relationship) of 44.5%. 55.1% (311) affirmed to have a partner; for under a year 23.1%, between 1 and 2 years 18.4% and over 2 years, 45.2%. Age of first intercourse was M (SD) = 17.03 (6.43) years-old and 78.4% had their sexual relationship with their boyfriend/girlfriend. 95.5% of participants had had some kind of sexual relationship. 91.7% had only had a sexual partner last year, 6.2% more than one, and 2.1% more than two. Frequency of sexual relations was 1–2 times in a week for 50.1%, 18.9% 1–2 in a month, 9.2% 1–2 in a year, and 21.8% more than twice in a week. 41.7% had never had sexual relations under alcohol effect, 57.2% sometimes, and 1.1% always drank alcohol in the context of sex. However, under drugs effects, never 82% and 16.7% sometimes, and always consumed drugs and had sex 1.3%. 52.7% always enjoyed their sexual relations, 40.7% sometimes, and never 6.6%. A 9% referred to having been forced to have sex. Contraceptive behavior 86.9% used a contraceptive method during their first sexual relation, the male condom being the most used (90.6%). An 8.2% used coitus interruptus. Currently, 8.1% use coitus interruptus as a method, 64% condom and 23.4% hormonal pills. A total of 32.6% had used emergency contraception: 21.3% used a post coital pill, at least, once; and 11.4% more than once. A 2.6% confirmed having had a legal abortion. Knowledge and attitude about contraceptives and TSI The participants’ answers about their knowledge on contraceptives and TSIs are shown in Table 2. We can observe that lower scores are related with knowledge about TSI. The median of the global score was 7.11 points, minimum 2 points and maximum 8 points and SD = 1.20. 45.1% had full right answers and 26.7% had 7 right responses. Item 9 was the most failed, right answers were between 78.9 and 97.7%. Table 2 Scores of scales about contraceptive use and sexual behavior Participants who had received sexual and contraceptive education showed more knowledge M(SD) = 7.28 (1.04) vs 6.82 (1.41), p < 0.001. On the other hand, respondents that were in a relationship had more knowledge, 7.31 (1.02) vs 6.87 (1.35), p < 0.001. Those women who had had a legal abortion obtained a lower score in the scale 6.43 (1.95) vs 7.13 (1.18), p = 0.034. We did not find differences about knowledge on contraceptives and STIs by age, p = 0.056. Level of knowledge is less in young people who use coitus interruptus or none as contraceptive method, p < 0.001. However, those that use a hormonal method or double method showed better scores. Finally, we observed differences by frequency of sex since young people who had sex more frequently showed more knowledge about contraceptives and STI, p < 0.001. Comparison by gender, age and studies As can be seen in Table 3 there are many differences among participants by gender. Table 3 Distribution of contraceptive use and sexual behavior by sex There are more women that had a partner than men (p = 0.003) and their attitudes and experiences on sex are healthier. Females showed more knowledge about management of hormonal contraceptives and medical controls. Students older than 25 years old were more often in a romantic relationship (p = 0.003). Aged group between 20 and 25 years had long relationships, over 2 years (p < 0.001). Related to contraceptives, the most used in aged group 20 is the condom and 20–25 years, hormonal pills (p < 0.001). Age is not related with use of emergency contraception (p = 0.098), neither to perform a legal abortion (p = 0.356). Number of sexual partners in last 12 months is reduced with age, thus frequency of sex (p = 0.02). Use of alcohol with sex is more often at 20–25 years (p < 0.001) and drugs at over 25 years (p < 0.001). Age group between 20 and 25 are most satisfied sexually (p < 0.001) if compared with other age groups. Participants that studied a degree in Health Sciences had attended some kind of formation on sexuality and contraception, mainly, at school, in comparison with other fields (p < 0.000). Use of a contraceptive in the first sexual intercourse showed differences depending on the degree, since students of a degree in Engineering or Architecture did not use any method if compared with other fields (p = 0.04). Otherwise, they most frequently used an inconsistent method such as coitus interruptus (p = 0.03). When we compared knowledge and sexual practices among students of different areas of knowledge, we observed that students enrolled in some degree of health sciences showed healthier behavior than other areas p < 0.001. This study evaluated the knowledge, behaviors, perceptions and use of contraceptives and sexuality among students at University of Seville. Our results showed that the knowledge and sexual practices are suboptimal so it is necessary to continue education at university levels. Our data described that most students were sexually active at university period. They had their first sexual intercourse at the age of 17, slightly inferior to national statistics that referred the age at 18.2 [24] but higher than the age found by Rodríguez- Carrión et al. that stated at 14 years old [23]. In 2016, Contraception Spanish Society (CSS) published results from a National Survey with 2.200 participants aged 15–49. The main findings of this report are in line with ours about contraceptive pattern on the first sexual intercourse, 2 out of 10 adolescents do not use a contraceptive for their first sexual intercourse, where this most commonly occurs in males [24]. This is based on the assumption that men adopt a riskier attitude than female students. Previous studies already demonstrated that women had a better knowledge and more preventive attitude to risk-taking [25]. This is in line with our findings, women are shown to have more information and adopt healthier behaviors related to sexual relations and use of contraceptives. In general, females showed a greater knowledge and had a safer attitude during first intercourse using a contraceptive. They have more stable sentimental relations while males have more sexual partners in a year contributing to a higher exposure to risks. Other studies reported that males had higher rates of frequency of sex [26] and lower rates of contraception [27]. Besides, females showed more awareness about medical controls during this period of life as shown in the scores in the scale. Consumption of alcohol in young people is more frequent every day, independently of sex. As women and men used alcohol for fun, because of this, it is very usual that both groups have sex under alcohol effects [28]. But not only alcohol, sometimes under drugs effects as well. Among the sexually active students, 56.8% had a sexual intercourse under alcohol effects and 17.9% were engaging in unsafe sex under drugs presence. The reported prevalence of unsafe sexual was higher in males, although just descriptively. On the other hand, when we compared between females and males having sex under drugs effects, we found that males over 25 were most common. A riskier behavior is reported when they had sex associated with alcohol and drugs [29]. Similarly, Brown et al. observed that alcohol use leads to greater risk-taking behavior including non-use of contraceptive [30]. Rodríguez- Carrión et al. found that adolescents consumed alcohol or drugs before their first sexual intercourse [23]. However, in a multi-country study carried out in 22 countries, it was found that alcohol use in the context of sex did not have a negative effect on contraceptive use [31] and this result is in line with our findings. In our study, nearly 93.3% of the students were sexually active in the past 12 months. Only 7.8% had never had sex, very similar to 8.3% of the recent national survey of CSS. The most used contraceptive is the condom among under 20 years and contraceptive pill in 20–25 years group. This finding is in line with national data and reported in other studies [32, 33]. A rate of 32.6% used emergency contraception. We did not ask about motivation to use it, but usually it is used in the case of unprotected sexual intercourse or failure of a regular contraceptive method, so young people should be made aware of this. A recent study with Scandinavian women showed lower rates of use, under 10%, so we should include this in future programs to make students aware that this is not a contraceptive [34]. Most people aged between 20 and 24 years showed reasonable knowledge about contraception and STI, although these results are improved with age using a consistent method and taking less risks, specifically for females. We observed a general banalization of STI, young people think that are not frequent in our society, despite statistics showing they have been increasing in the last years [5, 6]. This is a topic that should be covered deeply in sexual education for young people at university. Nearly 65.3% of the respondents in this survey reported having received school- based sexual education before enrolling at University. Students with higher sexual and reproductive health knowledge were those that attended some kind of intervention during High School and used a consistent contraceptive method. As in other studies, young people that attended a school based sex program were more likely to use an effective contraceptive method after 12 months intervention [33, 35]. Not only knowledge protects against STIs. Lopez et al. [33] found that students that attended sexual education programs used condom and some hormonal method more frequently. It is necessary to continue young people’s awareness at university as well. Some of them received information at school and despite that, adopt risk conducts. A continuing emphasis on giving information about sexuality and contraceptives is crucial for the promotion of a healthy sex life including the correct use of contraceptives and healthy sexual behaviors emphasizing on STI and its current prevalence. The most common sources of information regarding sexual health and contraception were friends, television and health providers. Similar findings were found in another study with 1900 young people, females were more likely to obtain contraceptive information from health care professionals, whereas males were more likely to report friends, partners, internet and television/radio [36]. However, we do not assess whether knowledge and/or information had a positive impact on behaviors. We observed that those that were more informed had healthier lifestyle, but we cannot state that this behavior is due to previous education. Studies carried out in other countries that evaluated sources of information about contraceptives found that a high knowledge from sources was not enough to result in actual use [37]. In Spain where this study was conducted, there is still a lack of an evaluation system of health education programs. A study carried out by Lima et al. and Morales et al. concluded that adolescents and young people who received sexual education had similar conducts to those that did not [2, 20]. More studies that assess the impact of these programs on young conducts are needed. Regarding this, with the results of this survey we propose to continue teaching sexual education at university since students continue showing risk behaviors and lack of knowledge. Strengths and limitations of the study We may consider some limitations in this research. First, due to nature of questions, information bias could be provided by students and this may affect reliability of the results due to social desirability. Second, we cannot establish a cause and effect relationship due to this being a cross-sectional design. This study was conducted in one university, the results are therefore not necessarily generalizable to other universities in Spain. A small proportion of students declined to answer, but even so, we do not know their reasons to do so. As a strength, this study provides information about university students and their sexual and contraceptive attitudes to design education programs on sexuality and reproductive issues. In the future, it would be interesting to explore what strategies are successful in reducing risk behaviors. This study showed that there are factors that contribute to having a healthier behavior on sexuality and contraception: older students, women and students of health sciences career showed a healthier behavior in sexuality and a higher level of knowledge. 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Reprod Syst Sex Disord. 2014;3:136. doi:10.4172/2161-038X.1000136. We are very grateful to the University of Seville for the support to this study. All study participants for responding to our questionnaire. This work has not been funded. The dataset generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. FLL & JMS developed the survey and designed the study. FLL performed the data analysis and wrote the first draft of manuscript. JMS supervised the analysis and the draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Calle Avenzoar, 6, 41009, Sevilla, Spain Fátima Leon-Larios & Juana Macías-Seda Search for Fátima Leon-Larios in: Search for Juana Macías-Seda in: Correspondence to Fátima Leon-Larios. Ethical approval was obtained from ethical review board of University of Seville. Informed written consent was obtained from study participants after explaining the objective of the study. It is not applicable. Leon-Larios, F., Macías-Seda, J. Factors related to healthy sexual and contraceptive behaviors in undergraduate students at university of Seville: a cross- sectional study. Reprod Health 14, 179 (2017) doi:10.1186/s12978-017-0444-9	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line839
__label__cc	0.66538	0.33462	A Mathematical Tribute to Ennio De Giorgi # You can also click the upper-left icon to select videos from the playlist. source: SNS Channel Mathematical and Natural Sciences 2016年10月20日 http://crm.sns.it/event/369/ SLIDES of the talks given are available in the Documents section. Mon 19 Sep 13:00- 14:30 Registration Palazzo dei Congressi 14:30- 15:00 Welcome addresses by L. Ambrosio, A. Leaci, L. Modica, S. Marmi Palazzo dei Congressi 15:00- 15:55 Lions , Pierre Louis "Interfaces, junctions and stratification: a viscosity solutions approach" Palazzo dei Congressi 16:00- 16:40 Coffee break Palazzo dei Congressi 16:40- 17:35 Buttazzo, Giuseppe "Worst-case shape optimization problems for the Dirichlet energy" Palazzo dei Congressi Tue 20 Sep 9:00- 9:55 Honsell, Furio "Implementing Cantor’s paradise in constructive type theory" Palazzo dei Congressi 10:00- 10:55 De Lellis, Camillo "Min-max methods for surfaces with boundary" Palazzo dei Congressi 11:45- 12:40 Savaré, Giuseppe "The Hellinger-Kantorovich distance between positive measures and Optimal Entropy-Transport problems" Palazzo dei Congressi 12:40- 14:30 Lunch break at Palazzo dei Congressi Palazzo dei Congressi 14:30- 15:25 Di Benedetto , Emmanuele "A Wiener-type condition for bound- ary continuity of quasi-minima of variational integrals" Palazzo dei Congressi 16:00- 16:55 D'Ancona, Piero "Global existence of small equiv- ariant wave maps on rotationally symmetric manifolds" Palazzo dei Congressi 17:00- 17:15 Nirenberg, Louis "---" Palazzo dei Congressi 17:20- 17:50 Selected chapters from Michele Emmer's interview to Ennio De Giorgi Palazzo dei Congressi Wed 21 Sep 9:00- 9:55 Mosco , Umberto "Beyond perimeters, between discrete and continuous structures" Palazzo dei Congressi 10:00- 10:55 Wenger, Stefan "“Plateau’s problem in metric spaces and applications”" Palazzo dei Congressi 11:45- 12:40 Braides, Andrea "Homogenization of geometric flows on lattices" Palazzo dei Congressi 14:30- 15:25 Brezis, Haim "Another triumph for De Giorgi’s Gamma convergence" Palazzo dei Congressi 16:00- 16:55 Fusco, Nicola "Stability results for the sharp interface Ohta-Kawasaki energy and for the Hell-Shaw flow" Palazzo dei Congressi Thu 22 Sep 9:00- 9:55 Gigli, Nicola "Spaces with Ricci curvature bounded from below: state of the art and future challenges." Palazzo dei Congressi 10:00- 10:55 Fonseca, Irene "Epitaxially Strained Elastic Films: Quantum Dots and Dislocations" Palazzo dei Congressi 11:45- 12:40 Figalli, Alessio "Free boundary regularity in the parabolic fractional obstacle problem" Palazzo dei Congressi 14:30- 15:25 Kinderlehrer , David "The gradient flow of microstructure" Palazzo dei Congressi 17:00- 17:55 Fleming , Wendell H. "De Giorgi and Geometric Measure Theory (text read by T. Zolezzi)" Palazzo dei Congressi Fri 23 Sep 9:00- 9:55 Otto, Felix "The thresholding scheme for mean curvature flow" Palazzo dei Congressi 10:00- 10:55 Cabré, Xavier "The saddle-shaped solution to the Allen-Cahn equation and a conjecture of De Giorgi" Palazzo dei Congressi 11:45- 12:40 Mingione, Giuseppe "Recent progresses in nonlinear potential theory" Palazzo dei Congressi Aims On the occasion of the vigintennial of Ennio De Giorgi's departure, the meeting gathers many generations of mathematicians and aims at the presentation of the most recent advances in the many research fields marked by De Giorgi's contributions. Registration: (expired) All mathematicians who are willing to take part in the event are warmly welcome. We emphasize, though, that for organisational reasons THEY MUST REGISTER in the Registration section below. Venue of the meeting PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI, VIA GIACOMO MATTEOTTI 1, PISA (map). Duration The meeting will start in the afternoon on 19th September and will end on 23rd September at lunch. Welcome addresses - 19 september 2016 41:06 by L. Ambrosio, A. Leaci, L. Modica, S. Marmi - Pierre Louis Lions - 19 September 2016 40:01 Giuseppe Buttazzo - 19 September 2016 45:39 Furio Honsell - 20 September 2016 1:03:57 Camillo De Lellis - 20 September 2016 56:50 Giuseppe Savaré - 20 September 2016 51:40 Emanuele Di Benedetto - 20 September 2016 43:51 Piero D'Ancona - 20 September 2016 49:36 Louis Nirenberg - 20 September 2016 5:50 Michele Emmer - 20 September 2016 42:15 Umberto Mosco - 21 September 2016 50:16 Stefan Wenger - 21 September 2016 53:26 Andrea Braides - 21 September 2016 56:22 Haim Brezis - 21 September 2016 1:19:18 Nicola Fusco - 21 September 2016 50:13 Nicol Gigli - 22 September 2016 59:48 Irene Fonseca - 22 September 2016 48:46 Alessio Figalli - 22 September 2016 1:00:34 David Kinderlehrer - 22 September 2016 38:32 Felix Otto - 23 September 2016 53:08 Xavier Cabré - 23 September 2016 1:05:05 Giuseppe Mingione - 23 September 2016 1:02:05 label: ,	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line840
__label__wiki	0.93506	0.93506	(August 18, 2018) - Five York Revolution pitchers combined to limit the Somerset Patriots to just four hits as the Revs grabbed a 4-2 victory on Saturday night in front of 6,160 fans at TD Bank Ballpark. After a 91-minute rain delay at the outset, the Revs got off to a quick start, plating two runs against Patriots starter Nate Roe in the top of the first inning. Melky Mesa opened the scoring with an RBI double down the left field line for the game's first run, and Jared Mitchell added a two-out RBI single to right. Making his second start after 36 relief outings, Roe (4-3) lasted just one inning. York extended its lead in the third as Welington Dotel singled to center with one out, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Alfonzo Reda. That set up a sac fly to left off the bat of Ryan Dent, bringing Dotel home for a 3-0 lead. Revs starter Carl Brice took a one-hit shutout into the fifth in his third outing with York, logging his longest start since joining the club. Nate Coronado led off the home fifth with an opposite field homer to right-center, and after hitting Matt Oberste with a pitch, Brice was lifted, having given the team four-plus strong innings (one run, two hits, three walks, two strike outs). Reliever James Pugliese induced a double play on a failed bunt try by Reda and retired Justin Pacchioli on a ground out, needing just five pitches to record three outs against two batters faced to take care of the fifth inning. Pugliese (2-1) recorded three ground outs in the sixth on six pitches, all strikes, earning the win after recording a total of six outs on five batters faced, needing just 11 pitches (10 strikes) to handle two innings. Coronado connected on a solo homer to center, his second of the night, with two outs in the seventh but reliever Michael Click retired his other three batters faced in the inning as the lead stood at 3-2. Ricardo Gomez fired a scoreless eighth, striking out Alfredo Rodriguez to end the inning with the tying run at second. Alonzo Harris led off the ninth with a bunt single to first, setting the stage for what had been an elusive insurance run as York missed on opportunities in both the sixth and seventh. Harris advanced to second on a passed ball and was bunted to third by Casilla. After an intentional walk to Mesa who stole second, Telvin Nash lifted a sac fly to shallow right, deep enough to bring home the speedy Harris as right fielder Justin Trapp's throw sailed wide. Junior Rincon stranded two in the bottom of the ninth, retiring Oberste on a fly out to center for his 10th save and first since June 22. Notes: The 91-minute rain delay is only the sixth-longest of the season for the Revs. Mesa has 17 RBI in his last 13 games and now has nine extra-base hits in his last 12 games, batting .349 (15-for-43) on that stretch. That does not count a solo homer hit in Friday's suspended game. Nash has 17 RBI in his first 14 games. Rincon joins Grant Sides (13 saves) as the first duo with double digit saves for the Revs since 2012 (Gomez 17, R.J. Rodriguez 13). It is the third time in franchise history the Revs have had two pitchers log double digits in saves, as it also occurred in 2011 (Michael Nix 18, Rodriguez 10). With two scoreless innings, Pugliese has held the opposition to just one hit in seven scoreless innings over his last five outings, and just one run in 10.2 innings over his last eight appearances. Pugliese has earned the win in each of the Revs' last two completed games (Friday's contest was suspended in the sixth and will be resumed on September 7). York has won back-to-back games and three of its last four, improving to 18-18 in the second half and 50-49 overall. York righty Mitch Atkins (10-4, 3.72) faces Somerset right hander Stephen Perakslis (0-0, 3.66) on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. Revs fans can catch the action live on SportsRadio 1350, woyk1350.com, The New WOYK app, and WOYK 1350 on YouTube beginning at 4:45 p.m. with Darrell Henry on the call. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS TO MONDAY'S HOME GAME	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line842
__label__cc	0.59418	0.40582	Abandoned North Florida Abandoned Georgia: Traveling the Backroads Abandoned New Orleans Abandoned Georgia: Exploring the Peach State Abandoned Birmingham Charity Hospital Charity Hospital 2018 Charity Hospital was once considered the safety net of New Orleans. It was a place where anyone could go and receive the best healthcare available. The hospital was established in 1736, by a French shipbuilder, whose dying wish was to fund a hospital for the poor. The first hospital building, a small cottage in the French Quarter, opened a year after New Orleans was founded. Charity Hospital quickly outgrew that facility and a handful of temporary hospitals sprung up around New Orleans. The administration was taken over by the Sisters of Charity, a group of Catholic nurses who would run the hospitals along with the Medical College of the University of Louisiana. By the 20th Century, New Orleans was rapidly growing, and indigent care again exceeded Charity’s capacity. Sunrise from the rooftop of Charity Hospital. Today the hallways of Charity Hospital remain dark and empty. In 1939, the Governor commissioned a new Art Deco-style hospital tower on Tulane Ave in the lower Mid-City neighborhood. Charity Hospital became the second-largest hospital in the country with 2,680 beds and encompassing a million square feet. It was known as a teaching hospital, a place where students from LSU and Tulane University could receive medical training. Designed by the same architects that built the Louisiana State Capitol, the building’s cornerstone lists the Public Works Administration as the building’s authority. Charity Hospital served over 100,000 indigent citizens each year before it closed. Charity Hospital was the longest continually running hospital in the country until August 2005. A look at the front entrance to Charity from the rooftop. A communications board at a nurses station reflects the feelings of those caught in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. In the Infectious Disease department, heavy-duty microscopes coupled with the Louisiana humidity slowly bend a wooden table. A cart sits in the Pathology lab full of containers intended to be taken to the Morgue. Hurricane Katrina signs posted in a dark, moldy hallway by the former staff. The levees broke on August 29, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Rising floodwaters caused Charity Hospital to lose power. The electrical and mechanical equipment was underwater in the basement. The basement morgue flooded as well, sending bodies floating down the basement hallways. Doctors instructed the staff to pull the bodies out of the flooded basement and stack them in the stairwells. The floodwater trapped everyone inside for days with no power, no air conditioning, limited supplies, and food. Patients were hand-pumped oxygen by anyone willing to help, eventually being paddled down the flooded streets by staff to a nearby parking deck. After being carried up to seven flights of stairs, they were taken by helicopter to another nearby hospital for treatment. Several patients died in the parking deck, waiting to be rescued. Finally, a week after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans; the last patient was evacuated. These plastic buckets were filled with body parts, dry rotting from the heat inside. Trapped inside without food for days, starving patients and employees ate whatever they could find. After the severe flooding, questions loomed regarding Charity’s future. The hospital had never closed, and many thought it would instantly reopen. Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps, along with FEMA volunteers, had Charity Hospital back operational and ready to open. FEMA had generators set to be delivered to restore power however LSU representatives along with then-Governor Kathleen Blanco blocked the delivery multiple times and ordered the power turned off at the grid. Governor Blanco stated Charity Hospital would never reopen as a functioning hospital again. Hospital police forced out volunteers and staff, locking the doors without warning. Over the next ten years, a bitter battle ensued between FEMA and LSU representatives about the amount of damage inside Charity. The disaster damage had to exceed half the cost of rebuilding to qualify for FEMA compensation. LSU wanted out of the impoverished healthcare business, hoping the closure of Charity would allow them to move on. LSU had been working to move towards a more privatized health care operation and wanted a new, state of the art facility outside of the downtown area. The closing of Charity allowed LSU to seek the government funds needed to help build a billion-dollar medical complex outside of the downtown area. The turn-of-the-century autopsy amphitheater in the pitch-black basement. University Medical Center, completed in 2015, cost a total of $1.2 billion. A replacement for Charity that seemed almost too little, too late. The state of the art facility features far fewer psychiatric beds and will not have birthing units. The 70-acre site in lower Mid-City is split off from downtown by the interstate, making it difficult to reach by the impoverished population. Many of the historic homes that outlasted Hurricane Katrina were destroyed or moved to less desirable areas to make way for University Medical Center. The city of New Orleans used the power of eminent domain to take over the land for the new hospital while continuing to pay over $3 million a year to secure the 70-year-old Charity Hospital as it sits dormant. Over the years, ideas for reuse such as a City Hall or medical student apartments were suggested but quickly put to rest. Charity Hospital remains abandoned and locked down under constant police patrol. Hopefully, one day, this Art Deco treasure will be filled again with thousands of people creating miracles and saving lives. Get a more detailed look from inside the walls of Charity Hospital in my book, Abandoned New Orleans Published by Abandoned Southeast Welcome to AbandonedSoutheast.com! My obsession with abandoned places has inspired me to create this blog. My goal is to showcase the obscure, historic often forgotten places I have visited across the Southeast. I hope to preserve the past through documentation and photographs. You can reach me at AbandonedSoutheast@gmail.com View all posts by Abandoned Southeast Posted in abandoned, abandoned america, abandoned places, Decay, Louisiana, new orleans, photography, ruins, travel, Uncategorized, Urban Exploring, urbexTagged abandon, abandoned, abandoned Charity Hospital, abandoned hospital, abandoned hospital new orleans, abandoned Louisiana, abandoned New Orleans, abandoned Nola, abandoned places, abandoned places new orleans, Big Charity, Big Charity New Orleans, Big Charity New Orleans Louisiana, Charity, charity hospital, Charity Hospital New Orleans, Decay, downtown, explore, explore Nola, forgotten, hospital, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, new orleans, New Orleans abandoned, new orleans louisiana, New Orleans urbex, ruin, southeast, travel, Urban Exploring, urbexBy Abandoned Southeast 104 Replies to “Charity Hospital” Patrick Degan says: The abandonment of Charity Hospital was and is a crime, as was the destruction of an entire neighbourhood to service the corporate demands of LSU. Janet Schex says: Just think – for a second – about trying to modernize a building from the early 20th century for modern needs such as computer wiring and wifi, not to mention patient privacy. The building served its purpose. It was time to modernize. It just wasn’t charming anymore. Abandoned Southeast says: Buildings are modernized and revitalized all the time. It’s not in the realm of impossible. You obviously don’t understand the profound history of this building and what it meant to New Orleanians. This was a place of charity and hope, people are dying everyday in LA because of the greed in the medical industry. You felt very human when you came to charity hospital because the FIRST thing that was always asked was “what’s wrong” today at University, and other hospitals, the first thing asked is “what insurance do you have?” If you are one of the many in NOLA that doesn’t have insurance, unfortunately you are interrogated about how you intend to pay. Very Sad! Andrew G King says: I worked at Charity as a faculty member in ortho for 25 years. It was an anachronism and a disgrace. Dirty , and unsafe for patients , residents poorly supervised and unaccountable. The storm did a huge favor to the peopkle of New Orleans and medical education by terminating the hospital and allowing a modern facility to replace it. Emily Ann Heine says: I t i s a l o s s f o r N ew O rl ean s p eo p l e It may have been all you say , but this hospital saved my life when I was 9yrs old in 1969… sad to see it this way !! Betty Holsen says: I worked there in the 80’s. The hardest work I ever did as a nurse but the most satisfying. This is so sad. Melody Breyer Grell says: Not sure how to post here, but the fact that there will be less psychiatric beds is the most disturbing part of this whole story. I have known people who, at their wit’s end have tried to get help, with hospitals turning them away into the danger of the night. And I mean that literally. There must be understanding that mental illness is really physical illness, bu tin the brain. psychiatric care IS always at the bottom of the barrel for funding AND THE FIRST to get their budget cut. Regarding in-patient ? the bed shortage is crisis levels nationwide AND THE LOSS CONTINUES AND NO ON CARES or has the common sense to REOPEN THE STATE HOSPITALS THAT STILL ARE WITH A SOUND FOUNDATION etc and OBEY THE OCCUPANCY AND STAFFING LAWS INSTEAD OF THEIR BS WITH SIMPLY CLOSING THEM ALL DOWN. mygawd WHAT DID THEY DO ? AND WHY ? When they are ILL TO THAT POINT THEY NEED TO GET ADMITTED,assessed,treated and then discharged WITH STRICT FOLLOW UP. WHEN THERE ARE NO BEDS , the family and care takrs definitely ARE AT THE RISK OF INJURY and the ill ones might even WIND UP DEAD AT THE HANDS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS A DISGRACE. Thomas Warn-Varnas says: i almost died in that hospital on my 33rd birthday. infact i may have and my father might not have told me. but i have to say, what? 11 years later, after the hurricane all the funds in the world, billions spent, some of it went to roads and this place, was politically abandoned because of loss? imagine if only a fraction of those katrina funds were used for charity. what it would have done. but only a fraction was used for roads, most of which on the northshore and the rest, pocketed away. as usual. unreal, when you see these photos. and i almost died (if i didn’t die and come back) on my 33rd birthday about less than 11 months before katrina) ~peace thomas 🙂 lishadiamond says: The surgical amphitheater is NOT in the basement. It’s on the 9th floor. It’s also not pitch black. Please correct your huge description error. The flood waters did not reach the surgical amphitheater. This is misinformation. Also, a lot of the dummies were placed there by police who use the building since Katrina for urban tactical drills. The amphitheater pictured is located behind the Morgue in the basement. It’s there, I promise! There are other amphitheaters located in the hospital too. I remember seeing one with blue tile on another floor, maybe that’s the one you are referring to! Mona (@Raynewriter) says: I’m most interested in the “Surgeons records” photo. Do you know if there are other ledgers from the 60’s…like the one in the picture? What about old medical records? Thanks! Yes, there were other ledgers and quite a bit of paperwork left behind. Jessica Hyde Meydrich says: When did you visit the hospital to get these pictures? Is there really medical waste and body parts still sitting around? That just seems insane to me. If so, it seems like they would be cleaning the hospital out and removing records, chemicals, and bio hazards… This story makes me sad. Elizabeth Shraberg Hurst says: Yes I just spoke with my father who worked there and he confirmed there were two amphitheaters. One in the basement that adjoined the doctor’s dining rooms and the morgue, and another amphitheater that was on the upper 7 or 8th floor. It had fabulous pictures of old surgeons including the famous New Orleans surgeon Rudolf Matas, one of the founders of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, operating with a cigar in his mouth. The smoke was then believed to clean sounds! There used to be a tunnel to the Tulane medical school. On Fridays next to to the kitchen across from the morgue was a large 4 ft wide and tall cast iron pot where they had gumbo being stirred every Friday. It was shut down after an “expose” in the Times Picayunne! What happened to those patients, doctors, nurses, and staff in the aftermath of Katrina due to government ineptitude was a truly heinous crime. Amazing insight. Thanks for sharing! Agatha L says: The gumbo was good!!! Sarah Kelley says: Is the autopsy amphitheater different than the surgical amphitheater? It said the morgue was in the basement so maybe the autopsy amphitheater is/was different than the surgical amphitheater. I believe the amphitheater behind the morgue was the only one used for autopsies. Rhonda Lefort King says: It says it’s the Autopsy amphitheater not the surgical amphitheater. Angela Armstrong Hebert says: The article said that it was the autopsy amphitheater (NOT the surgical amphitheater). Brenda Tidwell VanDorsten says: Upon a recent trip to NOLA, I was awestruck by the huge white. abandoned building….looking like a large ghost looming over the new hospital across from it…It looked so out of place and SAD…yes, SAD. Abandoned after all it’s years of care and charity for this great city. I was also SAD. Stacy Gerhold-Marvin says: I don’t think LSU wanted out of the indigent healthcare business at the time the new hospital was negotiated and planned. It was Jindal’s vision to privatize. Portions of Charity were already privatized before Katrina. LSU wanted to head in that direction. judyb54 says: With LSU at his back. Judimarie BsnregisteredNurse Boyd says: It is really sad to see such an iconic hospital let go to waste because of politics and not wanting to serve the poorer people of New Orleans. At what point does political clout take precedence over human life. Building another hospital that is not accessible to the poor, is a pure and outrageous jester that the poor has no value as human beings. It also reinforce the concept that the poor people are not worthy of receiving basic health care, which the indigent people (and all) have a right to medical care regardless of their financial or social status. Those people who directly denied the rebuilding of Charity Hospital, who deliberately made sure that the people in all areas, especially the people who reside in the predominately poor area, should be ashamed of themselves. Nothing of good will come to those who did this great injustice….and yet found funds to build a hospital to serve its select few. There is a saying that: “God is a God of mercy” and that He will look over and take care of those who can’t care for themselves ….to those who have political clout and not given one thought of those less fortunate…..shame on you….remember karma is real; and when you look down your nose at those less fortunate, one day you may be in that position…never forget this thought…going up the ladder of success is one thing, but falling down that you will see all those people you insulted with your decisions and heartlessness. IJS Danny Nola says: Why do people claim the new LSU Medical Center is not accessible to the poor? It is very accessible and is utilized by people with and without insurance constantly. As I actually work at the LSUMC, I can tell you we are always busy and are always being accessed by everyone who has a need. Please don’t make statements that are misleading and outright lies. From reading these posts, it sounds like there is this huge, new medical complex sitting empty, surrounded by a moat filled with alligators to keep the poor out and the golden drawbridge is only lowered to allow the Mercedes ambulances in….silly people. It’s accessible. Just not by public transit like Charity. I’m sure indigent people in New Orleans still receive care, but at what cost? This new hospital cost 3 times what it would take to make Charity modernized. Kerry Jordan Clemmensen says: How is it not accessible by public transit?the streetcars and buses have stops there, front, & both sides. It’s incredibly accessible. Especially when you consider the huge indigent population a block away, living under the interstate. As for the lack of psychiatric beds, it’s an incredibly advanced psychiatric ward. The issue I believe had to do with the homeless and indigent walking to the new hospital facility which is divided by an interstate from where Charity is located. Not sure what public transit issue you are talking about? There are fewer psychiatric beds at the new hospital, all advancements aside. Steven Flash Broughton says: Abandoned Southeast, please do not take this in the wrong way, I wanted to help others that may not know the area understand it better. I-10 is elevated through this area. Tulane Ave. (Charity is on Tulane) and Canal St. go underneath it (The new LSUMC is between Tulane and Canal). Claiborne is the city street that runs underneath I-10 in this area. There are plenty of people who walk along Canal and Tulane under I-10. There is a homeless population that lives under I-10. The homeless and poor have access to reach the new LSUMC by foot and by bus, as well as the streetcar if they have the fare for it.There are plenty of bus stops along Canal and Tulane that are in front of the new LSUMC. The new LSUMC is literally on the other side of I-10 from Charity Hospital, we are talking about blocks, not miles. Though I am not a native New Orleanian, the city has been apart of my life the last 8 years, with me living there and being active across the metro area for the later 4 and half years. i took the term accessibility LITERALLY as not being in close proximity to either transit lines or walkable for most of the poverty stricken. cocktailsandhighheels says: This is so sad for me.. I was in New Orleans during Katrina. This is so hard to see, it brings back memories. A great and powerful hospital that kept the New Orleans citizens afloat for decades being brushed off like it is a piece of garbage! Kathleen Blanco was a sorry governor for this. Very good read and powerful read, thank you for this! XOXO- https://cocktailsandhighheels.com The photo of “Surgeons records from the 1960’s” caught my attention right away. I was a patient at Charity during the early 60’s and have often wondered if there were any medical records remaining from that time period. I also think that there’s a misconception that Charity only serviced the poor when in fact people from all walks of life were patients here simply because the doctors and medical staff at Charity were often on the cutting edge of new surgical procedures and technology. What a shame to allow this hospital waste away. Many a good doctor, nurse, etc. learned here…worked here…taught here. So sad… blueski7487 says: You are absolutely right. The cutting edge doctors here had, gave me a wonderful life. I am so glad that I was given a chance by the doctors here in order for me to live the way I do and to have a chance at getting married and having a family of my own. I was one of their miracles. Martin J. Powers says: Brad Blasiar says: This site has some misguided statements. LSU does not want “out of the indigent healthcare business.” They wanted a new facility because Charity was so old, and it’s construction of mostly concrete made modern updates very difficult – they literally had to run internet, power, and cable wiring outside the building. As mentioned above, Jindal was the driving force behind privatizing Louisiana healthcare, but even with privatization, LSU still serves the indigent in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and various other cities. The statement “After Charity’s closure, suicide rates tripled across New Orleans” indicates the closing of charity lead to these suicides. It was clearly the devastation of Katrina itself that lead to the rise in rates, not to mention the use of rates rather than actual suicides may be a bad statistic to use, considering the significant decrease in population, with those left behind more susceptible to suicide and depression. The idea that moving UMC literally less than half a mile away from the original Charity site makes “it difficult to reach by the indigent population” is ludicrous. I get the desire to want to make use of the building, but the aforementioned misdirection and outright lies lead me to question whether or not “Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina the Army (the Army?) had Charity Hospital cleaner than before the storm, fully operational, and ready to open.” As an LSU medical student starting in 2008, I was taught by many people that worked in Old Charity. It was not “fully operational”. One big issue was the very heavy CT and MRI machines. Charity only had the structural strength to hold these large machines on the first floor, making them vulnerable to any recurrent flooding. These were not replaced, and the hospital was far from “fully operational”. I understand the misgivings about the eminent domain, as well as the desire to make use of the building, but this is far from a black and white situation. I agree the issue with Charity is far from black and white. Charity as a whole was not fully operational however the Army Corps of Engineers along with FEMA did clean the hospital well enough for it to be open for all intended purposes. marushkasplace says: Amazing history. Cori Renfroe says: My father, (who was not indigent), spent many a day looking out the window watching the superdome being built as he lay dying of cancer back in the 1970’s. I was very young and vaguely remember the large open wards with many occupied beds in each. If those wall could speak, oh, the stories they could tell…of life and death, happiness and grief. It is a wonderful building and should be restored to continue to help those many in need. It could be filled in a day with just those that need mental health. No major heavy equipment required, just people willing to show love and compassion to those most in need. Katherine Jacobson says: As a graduate of Charity Hospital School of Nursing, I can honestly say I was provided an education that money can not buy. I was born at Charity Hospital and educated in the School of nursing there. Experienced the best Nursing education to be had in the country. I now teach nursing part time and am very well respected as an instructor by my students because of my experiences in the SICU and NICU of which I have worked at Charity. I am proud to wear the Charity Pin, as it is well recognized by physicians and patients. It is sad to see the the condition of that precious building. What a waste as decided by politicians. What do they truly know? Elina M. Long says: What year did you work in the NICU? gwendolyn hardin says: I am a 1982 graduate of Charity Hospital School of Nursing and carry the memories of those halls deep within my heart. My class pin has been recognized outside of Louisiana and many doctors have mentioned the excellent education which came out of Charity. I did not see any mention in this publication of the fact that Charity Hospital was shared by LSU and Tulane schools of medicine. We, the nursing students, had to know which school was in charge of our assigned patients. I was devastated when Charity School of Nursing went from a 3 year diploma program to a 2 year associate degree via Delgado. I have interviewed new graduate nurses from “Charity-Delgado” and know for a fact the education changed. The day I walked out of nursing school I went directly into an intensive care unit at a hospital in my home town. This was because of my education, most new grads had to work the floor for a year before entering the ICU. We, the grads of the former Charity Hospital School of Nursing, were blessed to have received such an excellent education. FYI, the charity hospital in Baton Rouge ( Earl K. Long) is another which suffered at the hands of the LSU take over. It is now just a vacant lot. Thank you for reading and contributing. I learn something new every day. the same way the politicians made the decision on the fate of your hospital , they made the destructive decision on the education and TRAINING for entry into professional nursing. And the same way our military is trained on how to REACT AND APPLY KNOWLEDGE, the nursing student was the same. This lack of training, the lack of hours spent as UNPAID BEDSIDE NURSES under the direction of both your “clinical instructor” and the head nurse accounts for their problems with professional adjustment and the knowledge that NURSING IS EXHAUSTING AS IT INVOLVES 100% OF YOUR MIND AND PHYSICAL EXERTION AND WE ARE JACKS OF ALL TRADES AND MASTERS OF THEM ALL. There were no resp techs running around, to set up the vent or arterial line transducers etc etc-we did it all, no disposables for a while after graduation,so we were also soaking,washing,wrapping,autoclaving or gas sterilising.sharpening needles,checking for burrs,counting needles/syringes along with the narcotics on top of direct patient care,charting etc AND WE LOVED IT as nursing was a challenge and those “in it”had found their niche in life and yes we had lives including husbands,kids BUT WHEN ON DUTY, we were solely on duty. mygawd, my 2 year diploma school rotated us through the OR,ICUs, recovery room, ER CCU, we had advanced cardiac care instruction,how to run a code, knowledge of basic LAW regarding malpractice, negligence abandonment,etc and even HOW TO TALK TO THE DOCTOR WHEN THEY BROKE STERILE TECHNIQUE, how to remind them YOU NEED ORDERS, OR THIS ORDER IS CONTRAINDICATED on and on and may gawd help you if not fully prepared to take care of your patients etc. remember YOUR scissors and clamps ? it was on par w/the military inspections preconference and all- then the oral quizzes-“patient presents with…what will you get ready ? what’s contraindicated ? what will you be looking for” THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS BURN OUT as you would have burned out in the first three months due to the heavy academic load and CLINICAL hours on top of it. There was also no such thing as “NOT MY PATIENT”. Now we cannot place the ENTIRE blame on these BSN and assoc grads as they did their best and NURSING AS WE KNEW IT WAS DESTROYED by political bs artists,MSNs in charge of our professional licensure, and they are responsible for the poor standards of care,attitude and shortage. THOUSANDS for that BSN ? over in the UK your education was for free and you received an allowance as well. I had to leave as it became intolerable working with too many arrogant BSNs we had to TRAIN and then hear nonstop “I didn’t go to college for 4 years to take a temp….answer the phones (fill in the blanks), and then be BLOCKED from advancement due to not having the BSN. I am a 1972 grad. and even then the diploma schools were on the way out and I simply walked out one morning in 1997, after pulling a 12 hour shift THAT THEY voted for and finding out THEIR CHOICE for the head nurse for the night shift that same morning– an intolerable,POLITICAL choice and of course, us diploma grads that WERE GOOD ENOUGH to be “charge” for years, could not apply, so you know the rest of the story. I quit nursing entirely. NURSING IS THE ONLY PROFESSION THAT DESTROYED ITSELF. Charles Gras says: For all the hundreds of thousands of people treated at Charity , that could not afford to be treated any where else , The thousands who traveled from all over the world , to be treated by specialists , in this teaching hospital By teams from L.S.U. , Tulane , Delgado and many other disciplines . Charity Hospital operated in the black or in other words made a profit every year that it was open . I find it hard to believe anyone from these dedicated schools and disciplines wanted Charity to die on the vine Ginger Coolidge says: Thank you for these photos and this article. Originally from New Orleans, I returned and got married in May of 2005, just 3 months before everything changed in that city. Many members of my family were treated at Charity over the years and possibly I had some that worked there, not sure, they are are mostly deceased now. Lots of fingers could be pointed but I don’t want to go there. This article makes me sad and seems like a microcosm of what came of the city as a whole. That large structure still there , I wish there was a way it could be restored and used in some way. Evelyn Frey says: There is a difference between surgical and autopsy amphitheaters. The Big C had both and they were in different locations. The autopsy theater was in the basement near the huge morgue . Many memories from my nursing school days in the late 60’s – early 70’s. So sad that it lies in such a state now. The school og nursing is now only an empty shell . Blanche Pelican says: Charity School of Nursing never closed after Katrina, continuing to educate nursing students at other campuses until returning to the Education Building on South Claiborne in 2006. It is far from an empty shell! The Class of December 2015 was the second largest graduating class in the history of the associate degree program, with 158 graduates! For the Fall 2016 semester, the school anticipates approximately 650 students in the RN program, 100 in the PN program and 20 in the CNA program. Charity Hospital School of Nursing became Charity School of Nursing-Delgado Community College in the early 1990s. The school’s dorm was closed by the state and later renovated to provide housing for LSU’s medical students. Charity School of Nursing continued to maintain its ties with Charity Hospital through clinical rotations until Hurricane Katrina. Students now gain their clinical experience at hospitals throughout New Orleans and the surrounding parishes. Although Big Charity still awaits its rebirth, Charity School of Nursing-Delgado Community College continues a proud tradition of service far into the future. Michael Sparks says: My father worked there as an LSU med student in the early 1970s and is now retired. I was once stitched up on a stretcher in the hallway by my dad after I fell and cut myself as a young child. I remember he once told me that “Big Charity” had a very old syphilis clinic and that he had handled records in French dating from the earliest days of that clinic. Amazing, and I wonder what ever happened to those historic records. I’d like to share this page with him, but I’m hesitant because I know it would make him very sad to see the hopsital in such decay. Of course many of us know the story of Charity’s demise, but actually seeing it like this is much different. trower72 says: Reblogged this on My Drop Foot by Matthew Trower and commented: Nothing scarier than an abandoned hospital. These amazing photographs certainly back my theory up! That essay at the end is misguided. The indigent are much more likely to live on the side of the interstate where the new hospital is, rather than between I-10 and the river, like Big Charity. Where are you from, anyway?? I recall the issue with patients reaching the new hospital compared to Charity was public transportation. Marco D Meneghini says: Charity was served by the Tulane streetcar and later by the Tulane trolley bus. The new hospital is served not only by the Tulane motor bus but also the Canal streetcar and the Gálvez bus. Patty Sabatier says: if nothing else, this site should be kept honored and marked as a sacred, like we have done with the 9/11 ground zero. Charity was served by the Tulane streetcar, later the Tulane trolley bus. The new hospital is served not only by the Tulane motor bus, but also the Canal streetcar and the Gálvez bus. There’s really not one issue that can pinpoint why Charity closed. It’s a litany of things besides public transit. That’s just one of many. Thanks for reading. Jim Carrier says: Terrific photos. The hospital’s travail during Katrina is documented in my book, “Charity – The Heroic and Heartbreaking Story of Charity Hospital in Hurricane Katrina,” available in paperback and e-book version from Amazon and other outlets. Jim Carrier, http://www.jimcarrier.com. Having been born in Charity Hospital in 1987, I was a miracle baby. Back at that time they still had no idea really what thyroid disease was or how one got it. They were the first doctors who treated me for my illness. After that they sent my mom to Children’s Hospital in order for those doctors to get a handle on my health. I wish this place would be turned into something instead of sitting there as a reminder of the past and the indignity of people who gave up on a building that once held the only hope some people had. Now at 29, I have come a long way from those beginning days as a child whose parents feared wouldn’t make it or if I did what would I be like. They told my parents that I would never walk or be able to reach childhood milestones or even have children when it came to that time. I showed each doctor as a child, how wrong they were and even to this day I am still a walking true testament to the care that I was given as a newborn baby in the nursery at Charity Hospital. I thank the doctors there for giving me a fighting chance. I am grateful for the chance to live a very happy, healthy and long life because of their care and attention. Great story! Thanks for sharing. Your welcome. My story always inspired me through out my life. Gilly says: Absolutely incredible story with your wonderful images. It’s very interesting, as someone who lives in the UK, to see these amazing places you have rotting away. I know we have many of our own – but these are spectacular examples of decay and change. You are very talented at documenting it. Pingback: Protecting critical access points \| Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved jennifer baxter (@bbstrawb731) says: Charity hospital was once a great place. It had the best doctors and students around. I had my son their and you were considered either an LSU or a Tulane patient. They had great nurses too. They also found my mother’s cancer there and took good care of her. Ke Wilson says: ive got 2 words for you ……. asbestos abatement I’ve got one word for you. Money. Jeffrey Sketchler says: Great Pics. Charity had it’s day. It was an outdated facility in the 80’s when I learned and trained as a med student and subsequent resident surgeon. NOLA has long had a dire need for a more up to date institution for treating patients and training health care professionals. We now have it . Katrina sped up the process. Andy King is right. The Big Charity was historically significant, but NOLA was at risk for becoming historically insignificant in medical education without its replacement. Jeffrey Sketchler, MD Thank you for your insight. I’d like to see the city do something with the building besides leave it shuttered or demolish it. Armin Callo says: Finally, LSU has its medical center. Good, and good riddance to Charity Hospital. My experiences there at Charity during my LSU Medical School days were HORRIBLE because of this building and its deficiencies. Yes, it is a beautiful, historic, art deco structure, maybe as a residential building, not as a fully-functioning, modern hospital. I agree. It is a weird layout for a hospital but a residential building would be a good fit. Buddy Goatcher says: Wow. thank you for sharing, I was not aware Charity was abandoned, Brings back memories! No nightmares. Around day four or five post Katrina I was tasked with directing a SAR mission to extract the daughter of a high federal official who was a nurse trapped in that hospital. They were at great risk at the hospital by being over run by hoodlums and gangs. We were one of two teams that approached from different directions. Our team encountered a fire fight and were delayed in resolving that problem and then ran out of water near the Xavier University. Our other team was able to rescue her. Wow, incredible story. Thanks for sharing! Carol Hayes says: No millionaires in NO who would consider renovating for apartments with maybe the bottom 2 or 3 floors for boutiques and such? I have no head for business and this may have already been looked into. Just a thought as it is downtown and with it being made of concrete, no weather worries there. Mem Shannon says: I was born in this building December 21, 1959. Kellie Voisin Briggs says: I love the Charity Hospital history! I wish I has a chance to see the building in person… myworkexperience says: Hi😀 I’ve recently started a blog where I talk about my work experience, but mainly the experience I am currently gaining at a children’s charity called Tiny Tims that offer free treatments for young people with disabilities. I would really appreciate it if you could follow me🙂 Emily Dardis (@edardi1) says: your statement, “The levees broke August 29th, 2005, a few days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall” implies that the levees broke a few days after the storm hit New Orleans. The storm hit on the 29th and the levees broke the same day. Corrected the error. Thank you for reading. jbkeenanjr says: Reblogged this on KeenLand. Lorri Annette Curto says: I’m reading Five Days at Memorial and the brief account of how well the staff at Charity handled the same time period post-Katrina caused me to find this site. As a RN in the Texas Medical Center I find the photos both intriguing and disturbing. Am I the only one who thinks it is time for this building to be demolished? Griselda Foreman says: Practical analysis . I was fascinated by the insight , Does anyone know if my company could get access to a template Profit & Loss Statement Sample form to fill out ? Payton Martin (@thepaytonmartin) says: Me and 3 of my friends had the opportunity to, let’s say, tour, this 1 million square foot building the other night. After hopping the fence, dodging security, cutting the lock on an exterior door, and unbolting the hinges, we were able to get in. Although the cleaning out of all the debris (which began in January) is already complete, it was still one of the coolest buildings I’ve explored. But let me tell you how sore I was the day after from climbing up 20 flights of stairs… 21 if you count the basement. I do have to say that although there are many arguments about the amphitheaters… I was able to view 2 of them, both housed on the 12th floor near the O.R. suites and anesthesia offices. They were named the Miles Amphitheatre and the Delgado Amphitheatre. While we did spend a fair amount of time in the basement, we did not find the morgue nor did we find another amphitheater… but that does not mean they are not there. One of the coolest things we did was get on the roof of the 13th floor of the west wing, and on the roof of the 20th floor (basketball court beneath us). There are so many areas we didn’t get to explore, and by 3 AM we were too tired to keep looking. We will definitely be back to this historic building. Very interesting! I worked at Charity in the late 60’s, early 70’s as a Medical Technologist, learned so much and enjoyed it. Wish the building could be used for something! Thanks for the pictures and added info! My dad received his training in Psychiatry at Tulane Universiy / Charity Hospital in the late 50’s. I lived in NO in 1989 and often visited the cafeteria during my training for an MPH Degree at Tulane. These photos are compelling and sad…… Too bad to see all that history blown away by Katrina and neglect…… gmail.com says: If some one needs expert view on the topic of blogging after that i advise him/her to go to see this weblog, Keep up the good job. Thank you. I really appreciate the compliment. Just so yall know. She is clean again!! Our company was in there 6 months ago to do a complete gut on all materials not tied down. There is nothing left but the walls and big medical equipment. There is about 30 million dollars in asbestos removal to be done before anything else can be done. Tell you what its a spooky building when your up on the 20th floor and your all alone!! Teresa Long says: Do you know where all of the pictures were taken to when they cleaned? My great-great grandfather was one of the first heart surgeons there and his picture was in the entry way. I am very saddened by the loss of Big Charity Hospital. I prayed for the recovery of this Facilty. It was very important to the people of Louisiana and other States as well. I can still picture in my mind the Hallways, Wooden Floors, Elevators, Entrance and Emergency Room area. When I heard Big Charity Hospital would not reopen I went to New Orleans and took Pictures of the outside and cried. Excellent care was given to my family member from my Great Grandmother (1912), Grandmothers, Aunt( 1930s), and Mother( 1980s). There was Love and Caring shown to Patients and Family which will not be forgotten. Aluminiumstange says: Excellent read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing a little research on that. And he just bought me lunch because I found it for him smile Therefore let me rephrase that: Thank you for lunch! Jean Bannon Breed says: These photos are amazing as is your info about this historic hospital. I lived in New Orleans from 1970 to 1984 ( 20 to 34 years old) and being a broke hippie chick I counted to Charity to take care of me and they certainly did! Had a major surgery there and still have a photo of me in a ward with maybe 10(?) other patients. My girlfriend brought me a carton of cigs!!! I also came in one evening very ill and dehydrated and since they had no rooms they put me on a gurney in a hallway and inserted an IV. Always treated kindly and professionally and during rounds would have a posse of young Tulane and Loyola students discussing my case. After 30 yrs in California I am moved back and it breaks my heart to see that it has sat there for so long and there seem to be no plans to remove or restore. Such a big part of this city’s history. Thanks for the wonderful article and great photos!!! caixa de velocidades de precis?o says: Do you mind if I quote a few of your articles as long as I provide credit and sources back to your webpage? My website is in the very same area of interest as yours and my visitors would certainly benefit from some of the information you present here. Please let me know if this alright with you. Thanks! Yea, that’s fine with me. An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a co-worker who had been doing a little homework on this. But yeah, thanx for spending the time to talk about this topic here on your website. Charity was like wrestling with some fictional “shit monster” – if you pardon my expression. If you won and beat it – including all the daily surprises and frequent inadequacies e.g. lack of supplies, pharmacy running out of a medication, etc, and you could live with the state worker staff mentality and the abominable racism, etc, you felt quite like the survivor. Sure you got your training but there was a lot of rig this and rig that – sink or swim – and you learned to be happy with it or you got run out even before you got your late paycheck. I am not nostalgic for it at all. I went a few times as a child and waiting for hours like everyone else. I remember once walking from the nursing school to the main building and there were detours on the walkway for concerns of asbestos contamination. The bathrooms were literally hell holes – even the employees ones. When HIV hit in the 1990s they stuck those people down in some basement pit and few wanted to go there. Oh and don’t forget the rat races – literally – out by the snack bar in front. I taught myself a lot about care at Charity – mostly on my own – but it certainly was not the icon some people here seem to fondly remember. It was often like working in some alternate reality as if you were in one of those healthcare miniseries like St Elsewhere or House but a lot less of the happy endings. Pingback: WEEKEND GETAWAY in New Orleans, Louisiana - The Traveling Gals Daylight Thomas says: I worked at Charity Hospital in 1989 as I was a medical student from Europe ! Lived in the French Quarter/Iberville street and had to walk every morning to the hospital ! Was very concerned about the crime and violance in the city. Therfore I decided only to arrive at daylight and to leave the hospital at daylight! The residents called my “Daylight Thomas” and we hat many parties and fun at my apartment in the quarter after work! Maybe some of the doctors remember that time! That’s funny. Thanks for sharing your memories of Charity with us, Daylight Thomas. I also lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Betsy ! Have a wonderful photo with Mayor of New Orleans Victor H. Schiro, Jim Garrison and my parents during a cocktail party at the Roosevelt Hotel, April 28th 1962 ! 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__label__cc	0.729845	0.270155	Police search for man who attacked 2 women in Morningside Heights MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police released video of a man they say is attacking women at random in Upper Manhattan. Police say the suspect grabbed a 20-year-old woman from behind as she entered her building on 116th street and Riverside drive in Morningside Heights Dec. 5. He placed a napkin over her mouth and told her not to scream. Police say the woman and the suspect fell to the floor as she struggled to free herself from his grasp. The attacker fled out of the building and ran westbound on West 116 Street towards Riverside Drive. Police say a man matching the description also attacked a 60-year-old woman inside her Morningside Heights building two weeks earlier. He placed her in a rear chokehold and slammed her against the wall, and told the victim he was going to cut her. When another resident entered the hallway, the suspect fled with the victim's empty key chain wallet. The suspect is described by police as a male black, in his 40s; last seen wearing a black jacket, a black knit cap, black jeans and white sneakers. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). * More Manhattan news * Send us a news tip * Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts morningside heightsmanhattannew york citycrimewomen attacked	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line848
__label__wiki	0.868074	0.868074	Matthew Perry Turns to Humor to Address Photos of Him Looking 'Unwell' and 'Disheveled' WENN/Joseph Marzullo One article describes his appearance in New York City as 'disheveled and bloated' and calls attention to his 'long dirty fingernails,' suggesting that his health is getting worse again. AceShowbiz - Matthew Perry is doing fine despite his recent health struggles. He was recently spotted in public for the first time in almost two years, but according to one article, the "Friends" alum didn't look too good and seemed unwell. This prompted Matthew, who barely posts anything on social media, to debunk the claims. The photos featured him enjoying an afternoon stroll in New York City. While he appeared to look normal, Daily Mail noted that he appeared "disheveled and bloated" and called attention to his "long dirty fingernails." The site suggested that his appearance that day was hinting that he was "struggling with his health once again." But that is actually not the case. Reading the story and deciding to respond to it on social media, Matthew jokingly wrote on Twitter, "I'm getting a manicure this morning. That's okay right? I mean it says man right in the word." Matthew Perry addressed photos of him looking 'disheveled.' His followers got in the humor as well, with some referring to a "Friends" scene in which his character, Chandler Bing, went to a nail salon with Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel Green. "Manicure with Rachel? Better not find Janice's nails," one said, making a reference to the character portrayed by Maggie Wheeler. Last August, Matthew, who has been candid about his struggles with alcohol and addiction, underwent a surgery at a hospital in Los Angeles to repair a gastrointestinal perforation. "He is grateful for the concern and asks for continued privacy as he heals," his rep said at the time. Later in September, the "17 Again" actor updated his fans by saying that he'd spent three months in the hospital, though he didn't give other details on the condition of his health. "Three months in a hospital bed. Check," he wrote. According to Mayo Clinic, a gastrointerstinal perforation occurs when a hole develops in the lining of the throat to rectum area and can be caused by various factors like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and appendicitis. Kevin Spacey Pleads Again With Judge for Dismissal of Sexual Battery Lawsuit Cardi B Makes History at 2019 ASCAP's Rhythm and Soul Music Awards Besides Ben Affleck, These Celebrities Caught Getting Drunk After Relapsing on Alcohol Photo: Matthew Perry Looks Scruffy During Date With Mystery Woman Matthew Perry Confesses to Be Given the Boot Out of Therapy Matthew Perry Under Hospital Care for Three Months	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line852
__label__cc	0.660674	0.339326	ACRL TechConnect Category: pedagogy Got an interest? There’s a group for that: A DLF Group Primer for the 2017 DFL Forum The 2017 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum will take place October 23-25 in Pittsburgh, and throughout the program there are multiple opportunities to interact with several of the DLF Groups. For those who are new to DLF, or have never been to a Forum before, it may be hard to know what to expect or how these Groups are different from other associations’ interest groups or committees. It can be helpful to remember that DLF is an institutional member organization. You don’t need a personal membership to belong to a working group of DLF. Actually, you don’t even need to belong to an institution to sign up to work with a group. DLF practices a very welcoming and inclusive approach to community. Membership does grant discounts on the Forum or other programs, like the eResearch Network, but more importantly, it signals an institution’s commitment to the work that DLF supports and coordinates – such as these groups. DLF’s groups are not just interest groups or working groups. They are essentially communities that drive a conversation around a topic, or have a particular focus, and usually have some kind of an output. Here is the current list of active groups, with a brief description from their website – those that have programming at this year’s Forum are noted with an asterisk: DLF Assessment Interest Group* The DLF Assessment Interest Group (DLF AIG) was formed in 2014 as an informal interest group within the larger DLF community. The group meets during the DLF Forum to share problems, ideas, and solutions [related to digital library assessment]. The group also has a dedicated Google Group, DLF-supported wiki, and project documentation available in the Open Science Framework. DLF Digital Library Pedagogy Group* The DLF Digital Library Pedagogy group is an informal community within the larger DLF community that was formed thanks to practitioner interest following the 2015 DLF Forum. The group, which has a dedicated Google Group, is open to anyone interested in learning about or collaborating on digital library pedagogy. The DLF eResearch Network brings together teams from research-supporting libraries to strengthen and advance their data services and digital scholarship roles within their organizations. The core of the 2017 network is a working curriculum that guides participants through 6 monthly webinars that address current topics and strategic methods for supporting and facilitating data services and digital scholarship locally. DLF Forum Mentors* DLF has created a new framework for establishing mentoring relationships among our community members, centered around face-to-face interaction at our annual Forum. The program is meant to be lightweight, collegial, and mostly focused around the annual DLF Forum. DLF Interest Group on Records Transparency/Accountability* A new DLF interest group oriented around the topic of records transparency, open data, and accountability. DLF Liberal Arts Colleges* In 2015, a volunteer planning committee from within our Liberal Arts College community organized a first, one-day Liberal Arts Colleges Pre-conference, specifically created for those who work with digital libraries and/or digital scholarship at teaching-focused institutions, held before the DLF Forum in Vancouver. Both this event and the one that followed in Milwaukee (2016) were huge successes, including concurrent sessions of presentations and panels on pedagogical, organizational, and technological approaches to the digital humanities and digital scholarship, data curation, digital collections, and digital preservation. DLF Museums Cohort All DLF practitioners with museum interests or who engage in college and university museum-based projects are welcome to join. Likewise, current DLF member institutions with museums, galleries, and museum libraries are invited to participate in Museums Cohort conversations. DLF Project Managers Group* The DLF Project Managers group is an informal community within the larger DLF community. They meet at the annual DLF Forum and also have a dedicated listserv. The DLF PM Group was formed in 2008 to acknowledge the intersection of the discipline of project management and library technology. The group provides a forum for sharing project management methodologies and tools, alongside broader discussions that consider issues such as portfolio management and cross-organizational communication. The group also maintains an eye towards keeping pace with the dynamic digital library landscape, by bringing new and evolving project management practices to the attention and mutual benefit of our colleagues. DLF Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries* A new DLF group, looking for all levels of commitment, from willingness to be a co-leader of the Working Group to dropping in to point out a good article/blog post/someone-doing-this-already we may not have seen. A Google Group is used for coordination of meetings and work. DLF and LITA co-sponsor a Linked Open Data Zotero Group, for information-sharing. Learn more and contribute resources! Born-Digital Access Group* The Born-Digital Access Group’s activities center around researching born-digital access practices and developing an archivist bootcamp to share ideas and tools for providing access to born-digital materials. DLF Metadata Support Group* Metadata is hard. The Metadata Support Group aims to help. This is a place to share resources, strategies for working through some common metadata conundrums, and reassurances that you’re not the only one that has no idea how that happened. If you’re coming here with a problem we hope you’ll find a solution or a strategy to move you towards a solution! These groups are excellent ways to learn more about a topic, contribute to problem-solving strategies, and to network with others who share your interests. As you can see, some of these groups have been around for nearly a decade, while others just started this year. There have also been several groups that have sunsetted, reflecting DLF groups’ strength as responsive and current communities, based on need and interest. If you are at the 2017 Forum, consider learning more by joining a group’s working lunch or presentation. And remember, these groups are based off need and interest. Consider proposing something that stirs your passion, if you don’t see it reflected in the current DLF community! Author Yasmeen ShorishPosted on October 18, 2017 Categories conferences, data, digital libraries, digital scholarship, library, linked-data, metadata, pedagogy, technology African Art Pedagogy: A Hypertexted Journey AAP Exhibit, installation view, CCA’s Meyer Library, Oakland, CA In early fall, our Instructional Designer, Bobby White, who is based in the Library, brought a potential Digital Scholarship project to my attention, a Library exhibit idea with both a digital and physical component. In this article I’ll talk about the idea behind the project, our process, the technology utilized, and our reflections after we completed the exhibit. Leslie Townsend, faculty member in the Visual Studies and Writing and Literature programs, approached the Libraries with the idea to share her pedagogy for an African Art survey course (part of the Visual Studies Program) with other faculty and the greater CCA community. In addition to displaying material artifacts, she was interested in linking the many types of digital artifacts from the course–images, videos, texts, student assignments, reference materials, syllabus–into an integrated digital display. Bobby had recently seen student work from faculty member Rebekah Edwards’ literature class using the software Twine and suggested Twine for this project. Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories, and is also used for narrative games. Like a labyrinth, it allows viewers to choose different and multiple paths to travel through a particular story. Twine offered a unique way to open up Leslie’s African Art course to reveal layered perspectives–instructor, student, assessment, and reflection–and reveal complex interactions unavailable in a traditional 2-D format. The African Art Pedagogy Exhibit was to be the Libraries’ first Digital Scholarship project and our first exhibit utilizing an iPad. Bobby and I set about to learn Twine, and began a series of weekly meetings with Leslie to discuss the content and structure of the Twine, as well as to curate a selection of objects and books related to her course. We had already determined that we would use an iPad to display the Twine; the Libraries’ had purchased several iPads in the past year or so, and we have been interested in deploying them for a variety of purposes, including for displays. I began researching a display stand for the iPad, and eventually settled on an iPad floor stand from a Website called Displays2Go, which specializes in marketing displays. The criteria included a locking case, cable management, a rotating bracket to allow flexibility in display, a fit for the iPad Air, hidden home button (to keep users from navigating away from the exhibit), relatively inexpensive price, and last but not least, pleasing aesthetically. When it came time to install, we also utilized the iPad’s “Guided Access” feature, which keeps users in the app. As for Twine, we discovered there are currently two versions of Twine; we chose to use the newest version (version 2), for what seemed like obvious reasons — newer versions tend to be better supported and offer new features. But in the case of Twine, the new version represents a renewed focus on text, and away from the easy integration of adding images that version 1 offers. Adding images and links to embedded videos were important to this project, to give viewers direct contact with selected course materials. We were able to work with version 2, but it required additional research. For a future project, we would look more closely at Twine 1 and consider using it instead. The goals we developed going into the project were to Design an integrated physical and digital pedagogy exhibition in the Library Test Twine’s application in an academic environment Share Leslie’s pedagogical process with colleagues Offer an experience of her African Art course to a range of viewers in the Library: students, faculty, staff, visitors Enable Leslie to continue to develop the Twine after the exhibition Explore options and issues with sharing the Twine outside the Library once the exhibition ended The three of us then began to work as team, and in short order defined our roles — a key component to a successful collaboration, and one that made it easy and enjoyable to work together. These were based on our individual expertise/s: Leslie Leslie focused on providing the content, and input on the flow of the narrative; Bobby focused on Twine and pedagogy development; and I assumed the project management hat, as well as Twine development. Neither Bobby nor I have a background in African Art so one of our initial tasks was to get to know Leslie’s curriculum, both through her syllabus and in conversation with her. We defined the content areas for our Twine: syllabus, student work, teaching philosophy/learning outcomes, and resources, and created a structure for storing and sharing materials in Google Drive, which our campus uses. At this point we began to re-imagine the course as an exhibit: the content areas would become four paths in Twine, that intermingle and connect, depending on the choices a visitor makes. The content areas are: Curriculum Guide, Students in Action, Teaching Philosophy and Learning Outcomes, and Experience African Art. I built a timeline with milestones, working backward from the exhibition date, and we scheduled weekly working meetings (initially two-hour blocks, though toward the end of the project we had a few full-day working sessions). In addition to our weekly meetings, Leslie spent additional time pulling together coursework, and Bobby and I spent time researching Twine questions and implementation questions. But it was difficult to properly estimate the amount of time we needed, especially since we were engaged in multiple new tasks: learning an open-source software, figuring out how to host the completed work, and turning a course into an open narrative. Bobby reflected after the fact that this type of scenario will most likely repeat itself, as part of what we do in the Libraries now is engage with new technologies. Leslie observed that she could imagine another project in the future taking place over a longer period of time, perhaps over a semester and a summer, as we spent many hours toward the end of the project, and could easily have spent more. Once we’d identified works for inclusion, we had a variety of media to organize: electronic documents, links to embedded videos, and physical objects. We categorized works into proper folders, selected physical objects to scan or photograph, and hashed out the best way to present the material, to tell the story the course suggested to us. It was a fully collaborative process, which was one of its joys. One of the challenges we struggled with was whether we should map the story out in advance or whether we could build it once we’d added all the ‘raw’ material into Twine. Twine’s premise is simple: create a nonlinear story easily and quickly, by creating passages. At its most basic, each passage contains some text and a link or links embedded anywhere within the text to go to another part of the story. Images and multimedia can also be embedded within passages. When building a Twine, one works in a map where you can see all of the passages you’ve created and how they’re linked to one another. It’s a great feature, to be able to have a bird’s-eye view; one navigates back and forth between the editor view of the passage, a preview of the passage/s, and the map of the whole story. We settled on getting all of our content into passages in Twine and then connecting them into multiple narratives, which we thought would allow us to better see the possibilities that the Twine format offered. African Art Pedagogy Exhibit, Twine map screenshot Simultaneously, Bobby and I began researching where we might host the finished work. A site called philome.la publishes text-only Twines for free, though if you want to include locally stored images or other media, and/or if you have any privacy concerns, it’s not the place to host your Twine. We also looked into using Google Drive and Dropbox as hosting sites but both services have now made it very hard if not impossible to use them as hosting sites. Our solution: we requested a slice of space on one of our Educational Technology Service’s Web servers. This turned out to be ideal, as we now have a space to host future digital-scholarship projects. We still have to grapple with some rights issues for the site: we digitized a few images from books that Leslie uses in her course, which we believe falls under fair use when only shown in the library, but would most likely not be considered Fair Use were we to share the site publicly, as we could not control who would see the images nor what they might do with them. The nature of the digital portion of the exhibit presents opportunities beyond the library exhibit dates, a complicated but exciting aspect of the project. Stay tuned. Gradually we built out our content into passages and connected them into a variety of paths for the viewers to choose from: we broke up the syllabus into individual passages, with links forward through the syllabus, and links to key course materials, which in turn might take the viewer to other course materials; the Students in Action section is comprised of two assignments, with introductions by Leslie, which offer an insight into students’ interactions with the materials and learning: an introduction to the geography of the continent, and excerpts from a few student papers; Teaching Philosophy and Learning Outcomes offers Leslie a way to frame and share her thinking about the course, one of the most valuable parts of the exercise; lastly, Experience African Art shares a selection of curated, visual course materials, with explications. A map of the continent of Africa is the unofficial hub of the story, as many links across sections radiate to and from it. Screenshot from AAP, Teaching Philosophy Physical objects chosen for display were related to images and text in the Twine, and gave the exhibition a tactile presence that was a nice complement to the digital, while increasing the overall visibility of the exhibition. The Libraries’ Assistant Curator (a work-study position), Hannah Novillo-Erickson, worked with Leslie and I on the exhibit installation, another nice collaboration point. Overall, we consider the African Art Pedagogy exhibit1 (link to Twine) a successful undertaking. The opportunity to work in-depth with both the Instructional Designer and a faculty member was an invaluable, rich, learning experience. It required a significant time investment, but, having lived through it, the Instructional Designer and I now have a ballpark figure to work with going forward, as well as ideas about how to manage and possibly reduce the time outlay. We found examples of writing composition and writers employing Twine, but we did not find any examples of projects similar to ours, which is kind of exciting. The technology, though easy, still demanded respect in terms of a learning curve, both conceptual and technological. I consider our Twine to be more of a first iteration; I wish I had more time to refine it, now that I better understand its potential in relation to our subject matter. Leslie observed that it showed her relationships and things she could do with the pedagogy that she hadn’t seen previously. She couldn’t imagine how she would do something like this on her own; I assured her that facilitating these types of projects is one of the goals of the new Digital Scholarship position. Lisa Conrad is the Digital Scholarship Librarian at California College of the Arts, in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Art and Art History, and an MLIS from San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science. Images from her art work 4 1/2 feet can be seen at fourandahalffeet. for educational purposes only; no re-use of any of the images in the Twine. ↩ Author Lisa ConradPosted on January 20, 2016 Categories digital scholarship, pedagogy ACRL TechConnect is a moderated blog written by librarians and archivists covering innovative projects, emerging tech tools, coding, usability, design, and more. ACRL TechConnect serves as your source for technology-related content from the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, and C&RL News magazine. CC-BY-NC-ND Based on a work at acrl.ala.org/techconnect. Broken Links in the Discovery Layer—Pt. II: Towards an Ethnography of Broken Links Broken Links in the Discovery Layer—Pt. 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__label__wiki	0.614758	0.614758	UPVC WINDOWS HERE Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this website as well as other sites on the internet. To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following url http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies. Other Third Party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies, Action Windows and Doors has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers. When visiting Action Windows and Doors, the IP address used to access the site will be logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use. Most importantly, any recorded IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.Links to third party Websites We have included links on this site for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from our own. Changes to this Privacy Statement If you have any questions regarding the privacy policy of Action Windows and Doors then you may contact us at [email protected] © 2005-2018 All Rights Reserved, Windoors	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line854
__label__wiki	0.819441	0.819441	350 Action Endorses Three “Fossil Free” Candidates in Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed (Gov), Fayrouz Saad, (MI-11), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) Washington, DC — Today 350 Action, a national organization working to change the politics of climate change, endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for Governor of Michigan, and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Fayrouz Saad (MI-11) for U.S. Congress. All three candidates have refused to take money from the fossil fuel industry and support a moratorium on new pipelines and other fossil fuel projects. Read responses to 350 Action’s candidate questionnaire from El-Sayed, Tlaib, and Saad below. “Michigan can and should be ground zero for climate action,” said 350 Action Executive Director May Boeve. “Candidates running as climate progressives are proving to be a game changing force in national politics this year. From Maryland, to New Mexico, to the Bronx, we’re seeing inspiring candidates run on strong intersectional climate platforms win races — Michigan is ready to do the same. Trump has reminded us that our struggles are intertwined, that to win on climate we need to talk about environmental racism, we need to talk about the links between climate and migration, and we need to fight for solutions that work for all of us. These candidates give us hope in dark times.” In his questionnaire, El-Sayed said “As governor, I intend to double down on my track record of environmental protection by holding polluters accountable while investing in a deliberate vision for the future with Michigan at the forefront of renewable energy and green transportation innovation.” He added “I intend to immediately decommission Line 5 and oppose the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure throughout the state. I also aim to promote a full ban on fracking and fracking waste processing in Michigan.” Running for congress, Fayrouz Saad said: “Here in Michigan, I frame climate policy by talking about how we can’t neglect the lessons of Flint. Minority communities and the working poor deserve justice, not dismissal.” She also supports “divesting any and all federally managed pension funds from fossil fuel companies,” and “a national ban on fracking.” Rashida Tlaib has one of the strongest environmental justice track records of any 2018 congressional candidate. “I have been fighting environmental racism my whole career…I talk often about how pollution and environmental degradation is often pushed into the poorest areas, which frequently and not coincidentally are also areas where black and brown people live. I have been running on my record of standing up for impoverished, polluted communities and demanding that mega-corporations either clean up their act or be shut down.” She adds: “I would ban fracking, support efforts to divest from fossil fuel companies, end subsidies to fossil fuel companies, and oppose all new pipeline permits.” Communities in Michigan will be mobilizing throughout election season calling for real leadership on climate and environmental justice. On Monday, July 23, Michigan residents led by Sunrise Movement and NextGen Michigan will protest against Attorney General Bill Schuette for his support of the fossil fuel industry and disregard for the environment of the Great Lake State. A rally outside Schuette’s office at the State Capitol will demand accountability for his refusal to address Michigan’s polluted water crisis while accepting sizable donations from fossil fuel executives. Abdul El-Sayed’s questionnaire response Fayrouz Saad’s questionnaire response Rashida Tlaib’s questionnaire response 350 Action is empowering voters across the country to make a direct impact in the most important climate races in the nation. In addition to Ben Jealous and Dana Balter, 350 Action has also endorsed U.S. congressional candidates Deb Haaland (NM-1) Jess King (PA-11), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Dana Balter (NY-24), Kaniela Ing (HI-1), U.S. Senate candidate Kevin de León (D-CA), and gubernatorial candidates Ben Jealous (D-MD), Cynthia Nixon (D-NY), Andrew Gillum (D-FL), and Bob Massie (D-MA). Contact: Dani Heffernan, dani@350.org, +1 (305) 992-1544 350 Action is empowering voters across the country to make a direct impact in the most important climate races in the nation. From local elections that can determine the fate of proposed fossil fuel projects, to House races which could help wrestle control of Congress back from climate deniers and oil industry puppets, 350 Action is lifting up climate progressive candidates. Find out more about our work at www.350action.org.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line859
__label__cc	0.699927	0.300073	What makes Adepto different to other agencies? Our specialism, knowledge and credibility, and that’s all down to the Adepto team. Our team consists of Directors, Senior Consultants, Recruitment Consultants, Resource Consultants, Payroll, Finance and more. Here at Adepto Technical Recruitment we have specialist discipline specific teams covering all areas of our chosen professions and sectors. Each of our teams is managed by one of the Adepto Directors that ensure delivery of our “best in class” service to all stakeholders… Nick Bradley Nick Bradley has worked within the chemical, pharmaceutical and highly regulated recruitment markets since 1993 and specialises in the supply of Electrical, Instrument and Automation professionals. He has worked on virtually every rung of the ladder in the industry, from Trainee Recruitment Consultant to Recruitment Manager and Associate Director of a large corporate, prior to becoming a founding Director of Adepto. Whilst most recruiters tend to gravitate towards either permanent staff or contract recruitment, Nick has always covered both in equal measure, making him one of the most experienced and well connected specialists in his field. Lee Knowles Lee Knowles entered the technical recruitment industry in 1997, working his way up to managing the £100m+ revenue UK operations of an international corporate, and becoming a founding Director of Adepto in 2015. Lee is a chemical engineering recruitment specialist, with strong links to the IChemE and a candidate pool 20 years in the making. Lee is widely regarded for his knowledge and professionalism; he is equally comfortable working on temporary/contract assignments, permanent recruitment, and indeed managing headhunting campaigns for niche or managerial positions. Robert Collier’s career in the engineering and manufacturing recruitment industry began in 2003 and since then he has progressed from Trainee Recruitment Consultant through the ranks to a Managing Consultant and in 2016 he became a Director at Adepto. Robert specialises in mechanical engineering, project engineering and management, and manufacturing and production roles within the chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors. Throughout his time in the recruitment industry Robert has covered both temporary contract and permanent staff vacancies in equal measure. Additionally, under the Adepto banner, Robert has spearheaded a number of retained recruitment assignments for niche and managerial positions, and also full scale exclusive recruitment campaigns for single-client multiple hires. He enjoys working closely with companies and creating bespoke recruitment solutions. David Arnold entered the recruitment industry in 2006 as a graduate in Biological Sciences and joined a large global organisation as a Trainee Consultant specialising in Life Science recruitment. David progressed to Recruitment Manager for the UK Life Science business in 2013 and managed a multidisciplined team covering both contract and permanent recruitment divisions. David joined Adepto in 2016 as a Director and has helped to make Adepto the partner of choice to numerous manufacturers, technology developers, consultants and engineering services providers. As a recruitment professional David has a broad knowledge across all major employment disciplines within the engineering and technical market but is best known for his extensive network and market leading expertise within the Commissioning, Qualification and Validation Engineering sector. He has supplied CQV professionals to all major Life Science sectors including pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line861
__label__wiki	0.562039	0.562039	Netflix and Chill: Responding to a Crisis in the Era of Documentaries by Misty Fuller, Vice President Fourteen years ago, Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock changed the way corporations and industries do business—all through documentary film. A pivotal scene in Bowling for Columbine led Kmart to clear handgun ammunition from its shelves. Super Size Me pressured McDonald’s to publicize nutritional information – a move with industry-wide implications that ultimately changed FDA policy. Since then, we’ve witnessed the rise of Netflix as a content juggernaut. With over 56 million U.S. subscribers hungry for new content, Netflix has invested heavily in original content – including documentaries. As a result, a film that might not have seen the light of day ten years ago now has a new platform for exposure. This proliferation of content makes your company or industry a more-likely target of a muckracking documentary. However, these films may not always subject you to the same risk that documentaries once did. Understanding the Netflix Model The combination of an exposé-style documentary and Netflix’s vast reach may seem deadly, but it’s not one that should inspire immediate alarm. Netflix provides a platform with a significant audience, but there’s no guarantee that its content will resonate. Netflix reportedly invested in at least 700 pieces of original content in 2018. This number indicates two things: 1. Netflix is in the breadth (not depth) game. Netflix needs a lot of content to attract new subscribers with different interests—and it knows not every movie or show is a winner. It just needs enough programming to attract and retain content-hungry subscribers. 2. Netflix can’t promote each piece of programming equally. So it doesn’t. Some shows get a lot of advertising and press, others wither on the vine. The documentary game has changed in the last 15 years; the strategy for responding must change with it. Considering the Crosshairs of a Damaging Documentary You’ll need to prepare for battle, but make sure a war is truly brewing before you’re baited into firing the first shot. Here are four things you can do to survey the situation and prepare. Netflix is notoriously tight-lipped about how many people view its original content including shows like House of Cards or Making a Murderer. However, media monitoring and social intelligence platforms may be used to chart trendlines for similar documentaries. Look at coverage of recent documentaries from related categories: Netflix documentaries, films by the same directors, award-winning documentaries on similar topics (health, finance, etc.). Establish a baseline for what “early traction” looks like and continuously chart the conversation surrounding your documentary against it. 2. Monitor You should be the first to know if anyone associated with the film so much as sneezes. Set up instant media and social monitoring alerts for the film, the directors, the producers, anyone you know is featured in the documentary and any reporters likely to cover it. Follow social channels for the film and Netflix announcement. When it’s time to share an alert with your boss or board, give context. For example, when you learn the Netflix release date, find out what else will be released at the same time. Will Netflix put its energy and ad dollars behind season 3 of The Crown instead? How has social chatter picked up for other recent releases? Don’t respond yet, but be ready. If you can discreetly see an advance showing of the film, do it. Create a document that outlines the film’s damaging arguments (or what you anticipate them to be) and organize the facts that refute them. Find gaps in your research and address them. Identify the strongest, most sympathetic spokespeople within your organization as well as third-party allies who can speak credibly on the company’s behalf. Craft and test messages; use them to create holding statements, press releases, and op-eds. Build lists of reporters to contact at a moment’s notice. 4. Wait Waiting is the hardest part. Don’t allow yourself to become the documentary’s biggest advertiser. Trust your preparation and the indicators you’ve established. Netflix’s platform gives a voice to agenda-driven documentarians. As public affairs professionals, the onus is upon us to determine how credible a film’s threat is before responding. 1101 15th Street, NW 5th Floor Washington, DC 20005	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line862
__label__cc	0.630518	0.369482	Using Blues Licks Effectively Now it's time to put your new words together and try making sense! You will need to use a backing track (or a Jam Buddy if you are lucky enough to have someone to jam with!) and you will be exploring using your licks and getting creative with them. Text Lesson If you've ever tried to learn a new language you may recall those early days where you just new a few words, the basics like hello and thank you... probably your accent still sounded a bit strange and you couldn't say anything interesting - but you were making progress - well it's the same now! Don't expect with a few licks you'll be sounding like Eric Clapton, but you will be making a lot more sense than before you learned any words at all! Repetition Is Your Friend I can't over emphasis the importance of repetition, you need to be playing these licks over and over again so that they start to happen naturally when you play. You don't want to be thinking about the words you're saying and for that to happen you need to repeat them, a lot. Space Is Your Friend Notice that between the licks there is some space, some silence! It's really important that you understand right from the beginning that it's important to have that, it's not there to 'fill up' it's there to help the licks makes sense and also to give you time to think about what you will play next! Sure later on you might talk faster, leave less space at an exciting time in your story but when you are starting out it can really make your solos sound awesome and stop you 'chasing you tail' which is something I see a lot of in people learning to play lead guitar. That panic of trying to find a new lick while you're still playing one is completely unnecessary and will make your playing sound confused and it won't 'feel good' either which is really important. Many beginner soloists are scared of playing the same lick a few times when actually it's a really good thing. You can make a pretty cool solo with just one lick! So one thing to try for sure is to do just that - solo for a whole 12 bars with just one lick... try changing the rhythm of the lick, the speed of it, play just some of it a few times, then the whole thing, use your imagination!! Bend Is Your Friend So perhaps you are still struggling with your string bending, in which case keep at it! Once you are bending confidently you will find that you can experiment with it a lot and it will bring your licks to another dimension! You can bend fast or slow, pick it a few times on the way up, bend it up and bend it down (release the bend). Experiment. Try it all, everything you can think of, you got nothing to lose! Emotion Is Your Friend Now I don't want to get all heavy on you this early on, but this Blues business is emotional stuff and the sooner you try and express yourself the better you'll feel it. And the easiest way to start is to be thinking about an emotion when you play and allowing that to effect HOW you play. Easiest to think of is to think of something sad in your life (when your pet bunny rabbit died) and then try and play it. You should find yourself playing quite softly and delicately. Then think about a time you were pretty angry (like that parking ticket last week!) and you'll find yourself playing harder and more aggressively. You're expressing yourself! That's what it's all about, and with more words and some practice you'll be telling incredible stories! If you got something important to say, you might want to say it a few times, make sure it sinks in, y'know? ;) Sample Solos To help you get started I've written out a Blues solo for you using all 5 of our licks, I would suggest that you use that as a starting point and then try and mix it up as much as you can, changing the order of the licks, adding in some extra notes of your own and generally experimenting! Supposed to be just a start point, no need to follow too closely but I'm sure it will be of benefit for some of you! Download the pdf of Sample Solo 1. Simply click the PDF link in the right column (under the ad!) or below on smaller screens. I recommend staying with this lesson for a while, don't be in a rush. These early stages using Pattern 1 are REALLY important and there's no hurry - you'll find the rest of the course a lot easier if you've put the time and effort into learning these early lessons well - particularly this one where you are putting your licks to use! In the next lesson we'll be learning another scale pattern to explore! Recommended Album Remember that listening to great Blues is an essential part of the course, so try and check out all my recommended albums, they're the best of the best! Robert Johnson - Complete Recordings (1936-37) Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads and started a legend. But his playing has been even more influential. He IS the blues, and though all the recordings of him are a bit scratchy (was a while back) his genius still shines through. Essential listening for anyone exploring the Blues. Buy at Amazon.co.uk • Buy at Amazon.com • Hear it on Spotify Here's a sample backing track from my Jam Blues II collection, a Blues in A in the style of BB King. You can download and jam over it and if you enjoy it, please consider buying the rest of the album, they're all great fun for jamming! You could have some fun trying out your new licks over this backing track... but we're going to be getting further into that next lesson so my recommendation this lesson is just try and nail those licks!! Download BL-406 Example Solo Donations are greatly appreciated :) Click here! Blues Lead 1: Essential - LESSON STEPS - The Blues Language Minor Pentatonic Pattern 1 Bending Technique In Blues 5 Blues Licks from Pattern 1 Blues Vibrato The Blues Curl on the Flat 3rd Introducing The Blues Scale Five Licks Using The Blue Note Blues Licks Linking Patterns 1 & 2 Jam The Blues In Every Key NEXT MODULE	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line863
__label__cc	0.696612	0.303388	Singing Lessons In Fort Myers Fl by Ryan Kushner We had a student last year whose passion was singing, and she made a video of herself singing a song that she wrote herself. Prayer bells and singing bowls are often rung as. Mbh itself operates on donations, and my position frees them up from hiring another caregiver, so it helps them out that i can raise my own support. 5 million youtube followers that attest to her popularity. Blanche: sonny bono, get off my lanai. Let’s say that your highest comfortable belted note is a bb. How to make the soundtrack seamless in post-production. singing lessons fort myers For what seemed like 5 hilarious minutes at the time, we enjoyed hazard mocking them by refusing to give up the ball, resulting in a near attempt for us. Step 2 – teach students to do a compound foot tap. The beatles soon left germany, and mccartney abandoned. 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Those who trusted christ and are saved will refuse to take the mark of the antichrist. students will focus on contractions, spirals, basic floor work, and elemental concepts of space, time and force and build core strength and flexibility in a fun and encouraging environment. finger exercises for beginners hand position exercise: the first exercise we have for you is one that focuses on playing with the correct hand position. Dance and music lessons often come as first choice for parents to offer it to their kids. This will pose a great threat to the development of the pupil in the singing lessons in fort myers fl . I won first prize in our school function for my effort. Detraction will not suffer it. Essentially, it takes many years for a person to excel at singing lessons in fort myers florida , however, one will learn the rudiments of voice at the start of the singing lessons in fort myers fl . I joke & say: 'are we using clean hands or gloves today. 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The book speaks about contemporary issues with which many students continue to be confronted today: the effects of emotional, sexual, and intellectual development; the complexity of familial relationships, the struggle to overcome racism and prejudice in its various forms; and the journey towards knowing one’s self. Skype lessons also can have a slight time delay. These tranquilizers made him feel ‘comfortably numb. Fertilizing stimulates more growth, which consumes even more energy further stressing lawns during periods of high temperatures. Surprisingly, i was playing a show when i got the call that abel loved my voice on the track. Were children of the book. This popularity has opened the door for many to make a substantial. Traditional training typically approaches the high voice in a female singer, and works downward. However, the longer i work on the technical side of accounting, the more i would like to branch out into the. They only have a bass guitar & drum set. 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He was born with a paralysed left eye, and underwent five eye operations by the age of six; according to yorke, the last surgery was "botched", giving him a drooping eyelid. Tell me something sweet to get me by,. In one episode of the sitcom, wanted to record a video of themselves singing and dancing to "the locomotion" in order to enter a contest. There were moments when i was dealing with strangers that i was being treated differently by playing a female characters. This is what every nfl defense is moving toward—rangy, athletic linebackers who can shut down the inside run but also match up in coverage or take away rpos. Try and do as much as you can whenever you can. Could anyone stand the pulpit without the whores and junkies. The inability to speak up fully and “sing out” is deeply linked to some of our most challenging core issues. The book of mormon isn't exactly made for the religious set. It just ain't the same, it ain't as country. You are taken from alap and jor through two. Plan to return to san fran and surrender the gold and themselves. A singing coach can teach you how to blend your “head” voice with your “chest” voice. Witchcult today is very easy and can be played with pretty much all chords. Parents are welcome to sit in on your lessons should they wish. Vocal Lessons Fort Myers Fl ” mizore realizes that she is nearing hysteria and tries in vain to calm herself down but nothing in the world is calming enough to bring her back. To get you an idea of what online music licensing is and why it makes the process of music licensing easier, here’s an example of how rightclearing. Not from the first day to the last. Visual learning helps students integrate new knowledge. A slur marking, indicated by a curved line that begins at the first note of the slur and ends at the last, is considered an ornamental element in music. Of powdered slippery elm bark in 2 cups of hot water. Singing lessons in fort myers florida are the most successful means for someone to develop their talent in vocal training. There is a method of teaching, the speech level singing method, that is the most effective way to increase your singing vocal range. Typically, musical tesla coils are controlled via a protocol called midi. Thus, the song wahine 'ilikea is now my granddaughter's mele inoa or name song that i have given her, as her tutukāne, as a makana from me. Secondly, i'm a huge advocate for private lessons. The promotion is ongoing, currently without an end date. Roll through the machine to make the cut. Left brain, right brain, whole brain. Realistically, i could have accepted my deficiency but i also would’ve had to accept never reaching my peak as an entrepreneur. Your head tends to move up as you sing more notes, which can cause problems in your vocal tunes. For many, lead single "idioteque" proved the most fascinating prospect of all: frazzled 8-bit drums joined thom yorke's crooked lyrics, while. Can love that's lost be found. " 1973 saw pink floyd go on two relatively short tours of the us, one in march to coincide with the release of. Take some good pics and send them to a legit talent agency. You too can learn julia’s method by ordering or downloading her dvd, . We have too many kids going to "six flags over jesus" churches. If a were true, very few people would be able to sing at all. Cults, gangs, terrorist organizations, and rioting mobs all operate under this blind comradery, and discourage individuality. De glotte", or proper approximation of the vocal folds. Write something you wouldnt say in person. [28] “o if you would but live with me in our rude fields and lowly cots, shooting the deer and driving the flock of kids with a green hibiscus switch. We took a creepy, 15-minute gondola ride up a pitch-black abandoned ski slope in park city to catch up with fun. The name of the song is one in a million. She is mad about elsa. Since 2007, he has played rajesh koothrappali on "the big bang theory. A good practice helps warm up the vocal chords so it doesn’t sound like you suddenly break into song after waking up. He published an edition of the kamalamba navavarana kritis in the year 1936 with texts,translation and notation. What else about madonna inspired you. This website is not affiliated to the official sai organisation. In the event winters vocal studio offers package deals, payments are required in full prior to the start with no refunds allowed. according to miss manners, the only time it’s too late to thank someone is when one of you is dead. He once said: ‘i’ve got no plans to get married, and i’m not. Why are little mix called little mix. The “hips don’t lie” singer has been forced to delay her el dorado world tour until 2018 due to strain on her vocal cords. Supporting the activity of breathing. Employers, insurance companies, and anyone else can access this info. A singer who can copy a vocal model is a singer who can blend. I have also used several commercial group singers over the years(with naturally clean voices)who developed some rasp through the teachings of a common vocal coach. Based on evidence that i outline at length in my books) that their work here is not simply that of neutral observation, but is aimed at a utilitarian purpose to their advantage and not ours. Years many of us are much older than that. Elvis films revenue vs fees. Growing up in fort myers, she took seven years of private vocal lessons and later sang in karaoke bars. Again, this doesn’t have research to back it up, but it’s worth trying out. how could this have happened. Here is how i will have my album reviews set up: the beginning will be a brief introduction/history of the artist and the album. Such was the land where he was laid. ‘the sea will not open that way’ (aurora levins morales, ‘the red sea’). And some teachers, again, think that they already know everything they should know, and are unwilling to learn about new developments or keep developing themselves. His marriage was going to be of service, but their love has been a personal journey. How is that going to look to them. It's been 8 months, but it still hurts like the first day i found out. In the english version of. We'll begin by taking a look back. ("i gave annie rose my snuggle bear to hold. On a less awful note, maya also begins her love affair with literature and crushes hard on shakespeare. anthony really wanted me to try backing out again in 4-high. A christmas tree blessing (taken from psalm 96 and ezekial 17). The acoustics of a building are generally an architectural issue. Another useful tip would be for you to. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. That opportunity came when matt was invited to join mdc, long one of his favorite bands. Although gregg shorthand is nominally phonetic, in practice outlines sometimes follow the sound of a word, and sometimes its spelling. Does “sing to him a new song” justify praise songs. I’m not suggesting that you write your everyday production code on a chalkboard. Let us now comment and illustrate with samples some of the strategies implemented by the students and teachers engaged in this study. Certainly no singer can be called a great artist unless his diction is. people are desiring to be on their “own” now. Chocolate always goes well with banana, so this bingsu was pretty lovable to me. Results from using healthy old world vocal tools. This happens within 15 to 20 minutes for most of the people. and, wait a minute, is that a drug reference or two…or three. A:if you enter the promo code for george strait tickets before submitting your order then you will get more discount on your purchase. Once your trial subscription expires, you will no longer be able to play songs you downloaded while you were a trial subscriber. How to pronounce 2017 in english. Q:how can i pay for the cheap celine dion las vegas tickets. Ask students to work in pairs or groups to invent their own character. Hire a vocal mentor and start training to become a better singer. Prepare them for “no” – before i hear a musician or a singer, i prepare them for a “no” answer. Learning a new language can be stressful, but if you incorporate the learning into fun activities throughout the day, your kids won’t even notice that they are acquiring a second language. Teaches flute and piano in new york, ny, as well as through online lessons. That seems to be an understatement. I was always singing parodies, but if you listened to it, what would make it funnier was that the singing would be kind of cool. Last castrato to direct the sistine chapel choir, alessandro moreschi. Eating and drinking before going to bed (even just water) may cause gastric fluid to reach the throat and cause irritation of the vocal folds. I was asked what i'd done for a living. Relax the tongue and to govern it at will, so that it. One of the things that i admire about bruce dickinson is the fact that he does not focus his solo albms solely around his vocals, he writes and performs the songs as part of a band. In baroque music sound like no tongue at all by placing the du-gu so. Councilman or mayor, hey, deacon. Voice Lessons Fort Myers Fl It uses various signs from several national sign languages and was first used in the 1970s at the world federation of the deaf in finland. First, ashkelon was a city of the philistines, a people who persistently oppressed and brutalized israel. 13: because there are great things for your kids to do on wednesday nights while you’re in choir rehearsal. A 4:1 water-to-sugar ratio is the best homemade nectar solution because it most closely mimics natural sucrose found in flowers that hummingbirds prefer and is easiest for the birds to digest efficiently. Free online sewing classes and save money. If i suggested to amy that she spoke to nine she froze and became paralysed with stage fright. And he said to me,. At omega, i surround myself with amazing singers and teachers who are each masters at helping students find their voice. Just like you falling in love with someone. Bullet for my valentine if bullet for my valentine sings, "whoa ohh ohh" -- or any variation of 'whoa' and 'oh' -- one more time, even their groupies are going to start saying, "whoa, no. Tell jokes about the song, try to sing what you'd like to hear, in your own voice with your own limitations. Use words like "you," "we,". I think a lot of crowds tend to follow the strongest voice, as has been suggested. Madanji, a little irritated at the delay, sang the song on a cassette for kishoreda and sent it to him. Lady maisery singing weekends are immersive 2 or 3 day workshops exploring the joy of singing. Some years after marti started using these new techniques in her practice, she decided to take up singing just for fun and booked a voice lesson. After 3 days, you will be back to optimal health, your symptoms will have disappeared, and you will immediately have more energy and vitality. The song writers need to be aware of this. Latin novels, political pamphlets, and ancient texts were up for grabs when the young were brought to their tutors (those lucky enough to even receive an education, that is). Have you swam in the shit. Rihanna sparked a brief controversy last spring when she sent out a photograph of herself sitting on her bodyguard’s shoulders at the coachella music festival, rolling what appeared to be a marijuana cigarette on his head. There are two songs that elvis has song writting credit to: "that's someone you'll never forget" and "you'll be gone". Also, i think they copied this scene in don bluth's anastasia. When you are in year 3 and 4 you will play as a class; keyboard, violin, cello, trumpet or trombone. It was as if to say, now that sheâd gotten all that out of her system, she was ready to begin. It wakes me up in an instant and keeps me motivated all day long. Perry and her dancers even soared about 40 feet above the stage on a giant yellow beam while she sang the entire time as if nothing were occurring. You have filled my mind. I was not, am not, bothered by the notion that my voice has a power and that men are susceptible. (that kid thinks he is so __________ because he doesn't follow the rules. i'm a lyricist/melody writer, how do i find a melody writer/lyricist to co-write with. There are no bold patterns or hot colors. Your own voice wavelengths, your. It is highly unlikely that he is alive. "one in a million," "4 page letter" and "we need a resolution" all had dope instrumentals produced by timbaland. As a singer, it is important that you know your voice well and you have an idea of your abilities and limitations. Nasreen munni kabir would be a good candidate to helm it as she has made so many documentaries on hindi film personalities. Are you sufficiently conversant with our christian discipline to be able, when difficult questions arise, to consider them with an informed mind as well as a loving and tender spirit. I think one major revolutionary element is the 'persona' he developed--it imbues the performances with a kind of worldliness and world weariness. That’s how i learned to sing. Additional performances, workshops, and special events are scheduled throughout the year. Je crois qu'il t'a tout raconté. It really works my nerves. Complete your closing process by registering with resident & guest services. Instantly in love with the music. Beyond the river of heaven. Further, if you wish to be a singer, then singing lessons in fort myers fl is the first and most appropriate step you should take to train your voice. While i used to rely on these babies to enable me to mentally say. I tried out your exercises and it seems to be something of a muscular problem. The tier system is a setup that coaches use to determine what performance level matches a certain amount of money. A in performance studies and years of experience as a professional singing and performance coach. Usually tell that the eggs aren't going to survive if they look cloudy or milky- this means that they have. 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After wounding the leader of the dog pack, however, she decides to nurse it back to health. He has been nominated for 5 golden globes, but although more recognised for his comedic performances, the only two globes he's won were for dramatic performances. The grip of my biggest fear in the face of utter despair is a cold sharp knife that cuts deeply. I am a triplet and my brothers are very protective about it. From decorated recitalists to composers, our faculty is dedicated to tailoring music lessons to your interests by learning about your personal musical goals and helping you achieve them. Her voice, strong and clear in tone, attacked with great spirit the runs which embellish the air and though she sang very rapidly she did not miss even the smallest of the grace notes. few things are as discouraging for worship leaders as looking at a congregation with non-singers – and, from what i understand from worship leaders, they seldom miss seeing them. He was the older brother of kashmira cooke. There' a more systematic way, that will cover any oddball chords that fall outside of the key. Can i exchange it for another version or song. The drink and the drugs began affecting both the performing and personal relationships. Only use quotation marks if you want the result to be text instead of a number. Sid and nancy came out in 1986, i thought gary oldman would be a. I try not to think about it, but yes, a lot of second skin was written on that couch. O to your safety have an eye,. How bad do things have to get before we stop with our free range camping, misguided compassion policy. The way this program operates is that it draws flashcard content from the real-world korean videos you’ve been watching, prompting you with text as well as little video and audio clips. You would think that after all that time i would be a virtuoso on at least one of them, but i am merely fairly competent at using them mainly to accompany my singing, my voice being in my humble opinion my best instrument. This is important because you’ll never be racing against a car you can’t possibly beat. Additionally, singing lessons in fort myers florida are a great way for a student to build confidence with their voice as well as develop breathing techniques as they train. “it means so much for alaska to say yes, music is important – music does make people’s lives better and brings us together as people,” said megan jasper, the label’s executive vice president. (if you have a medical issue, make sure to check with your doctor first. it’s always fun to share it with people who you actually like as people. The ground he saw a horse coming at full speed toward him; when he became conscious. Tony, and she’ll throw in a free 30-minute lesson. I love to teach beginners because they are free of vices and ready to. What: the giving voice chorus, made of people who have some form of dementia and their caregivers, presents a concert, including a world-premiere performance of the original song. " most will know it’s jesus. People match to other singers more easily than to a piano. But as soon as she became angry, the hot chocolate would freeze and her voice would become like ice, cold and hard, and her eyes seconded the notion. 3) the primacy of rhythm, pitches, words. When children are exposed to storytelling, drama, and other activities in which they are actively involved, their retention is increased. Essential #4: gumption to change how you think. Don’t just plop yourself onto your bike; always be mindful of how and where you’re sitting. Thank you have visited this post. Story of their life: the rise and fall of one direction. Sometimes, these skills can make or break you as a singer or musician. When do yo think the jonas brothers will break up with their girl friends. The coast being drawn on a small scale, the outline is a little confused. Portato, which is something different), but it doesn't really need to connect the specified pitches, only aim in the direction. Can you keep your narrative going if the slide doesn’t progress. Above the threshold will result in an increase in the output of. Soon know every word you are. I’ll be all around your loneliness. While this is an exhilarating time, it can also be daunting to ponder the frightful possibility that you may not even like college. so i made 12 jumbo size but cooked them in 3 different ways. When we were doing our thing, that was thing to do: people would go out and see concerts every weekend, that’s what they would do, and we were very lucky and fortunate to be there at the right time. I grabbed his reins, stood up, and leaped on his back. Then logray, wicket, and the girls set out to save teebo. We have a variety of classes to take individually or to complement your private lessons: abrsm prep / music theory, chamber music ensembles, rock band, and music discovery. Called to labor in apostolic works. Guardian explaining how del rey manufactured her image in order to achieve success. His songwriting skill is shockingly impressive, especially considering his previous experience is one. You point with your chin, or your lips, instead of your hands. With so much exposure, it is difficult to predict what benefits you will get from being a male model. yes, i said a simple solution. And plan to place out a clean album. If you are interested in promoting conservation efforts in your area, i recommend joining an organization like american bird conservancy or your local audubon society. If the two voices sing in unison then you can get a phasing sound as they meet. Frustration in young children by giving them a means to express themselves. Air and the reproduction of ambience cues are important to me, so i likely wouldn't pick the gibraltars, despite their wonderful nuanced images and slightly warm tonal balance—both of which usually push my buttons. The program focuses on leading from the heart, connecting with partner, and exploring. Branch and it isn't deep enough to swing as goldy's does. Henry oliver sat down with her to try and find out what sparked her transformation. Stop trying to plan everything out perfectly, it almost never happens the way we think it will, and it could turn out better than we ever imagined. Despite the sweet ‘n’ sugary melody and big, glacial chunks of shimmering guitar, there’s a dark underbelly – the disturbing. ㅍ is aspirated, meaning, a lot of air has to move through your mouth to make it. * we must learn that obedience to god is essential to salvation, and we. And we can sing in the sunshine,. But if there's one thing i have learned from 3 years of uploading videos of my singing youtube, it is that there are always people who will give you crap and there are always people who won't like your singing. Your voice is you, and you shouldn't try to sound like someone else (eg try and sound like johnny cash when singing a johnny cash song. I wanted to let you know about my one to one lessons and also my future workshops and contemporary choir. Thanks for the info – really useful. “i knew that she could sing well, but i didn’t really put much forethought into doing anything with it until my neighbour came over,” glenda recalls. Even gospel choruses do not take the place of hymns rich in doctrine. The mouth opening' while singing on the staff, that singer is asking for trouble. I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you. They produced a memorable body of work. A group of shy youngsters with a serious love of music. 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This can be devastating to your confidence, which is probably the single most important thing you need to learn a language. Apparently, the musical training enhances the way children's nervous systems process sounds in a busy environment and this improvement appears to boost memory and attention spans. By learning to sing a new song first, it helps students to recognize future note-reading mistakes and significantly improves the learning process. As far as actress mohana is concerned, her last films were suvarna sundarai and baghi sipahi-1958. The bass clef always poses problems for people trying to learn how to read music. That’s worth asking for, and there’s plenty to choose from. I appreciate your efforts, thanks. Because the jews did not accept the deutero-canonical books does not effect. My thought was that someone was attempting to track the "product" of that experiment. Unpitched percussiontheseare cymbals, gongs, snare drums, and bass drums. 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__label__wiki	0.535239	0.535239	Mexico's new copyright law allows censorship of online content, rights advocates warn Posted 24 May 2018 11:00 GMT “The Problem with Censorship is XXXXXXXXX.” Image from Flickr by user Cory Doctorow under license CC BY-SA 2.0. Legal censorship of online content could be much easier in Mexico due to recently approved changes to the country's copyright laws. On April 26, the Mexican Senate passed a bill that modified the Federal Copyright Law, enabling judges to order the removal of internet content that allegedly violates copyright law without needing to prove it in court or by sentence. The bill allows the suspension and removal of public content and includes “precautionary measures” against the equipment that enables the spread of such content. Approval of these changes was given hastily without following legislative procedures. The announcement was widely circulated under the label #MadrugueteAInternet. “Madurguete” is an expression in Mexican Spanish referring to an attack or an action that has taken place when the other party was distracted, limited or not prepared. The hashtag describes the passing of this law as a legal ambush: Con 63 votos a favor, el @senadomexicano le hizo un #MadrugueteAInternet y aprobó una reforma a la LFDA que permite la censura en línea por derecho de autor. https://t.co/FcWawOV6mD — R3D (@R3Dmx) April 27, 2018 With 63 votes in favor, the @senadomexicano made a #MadrugueteAInternet and approved a change to the Federal Copyright Law, which allows censorship online through copyright law. Organizations, unions, and associations that work on issues related to digital rights and technologies for information and communication have all criticized the changes to this law. They claim this will open a path to preemptive censorship on the internet and is a threat to freedom of expression in the digital world. The MX Internet Association put out a statement, which reads: ⚠⚠Comunicado⚠⚠@senadomexicano pic.twitter.com/yad5CMagBs — Asociación de Internet MX (@Asoc_InternetMX) April 26, 2018 The Senate expects to approve a ‘Decree for which an Article 213 Bis and a Second Paragraph to Article 215 of the Federal Copyright Law’ will be added, which will allow the imposition of precautionary measures in judicial proceedings. Those who claim that an alleged violation of the right to commercial exploitation of artistic works has taken place (which may be serious or not) will be able to do so without providing irrefutable proof of the existence of the supposed violation. The above-mentioned measures include, among others: a) the suspension of public representation, communication, and/or implementation; and b) precautionary measures against instruments, materials, equipment, and supplies used in the public representation, communication, and implementation. The change has the goal of hindering the spread of information and content without requiring proof that a violation of copyright law took place, which constitutes as a means of preemptive censorship that violates the right to share ideas (expression) and printed materials, as well as the right of access to information and culture. Additionally, it will allow the preemptive confiscation of instruments, materials, or equipment, and can lead to the seizure of servers, routers, and other equipment used to provide access to telecommunication networks. This will seriously affect the provision of public service vital to the country's economy and society. The approval of the above-mentioned bill violates fundamental rights such as free expression of thought, printed material, and course of trade and can leave online enterprises in a state of vulnerability, such as internet service providers as well as the content and applications to establish measures that will seriously affect their operation, all without having demonstrated that a violation of copyright law occurred. According to the reform that is about to be approved by the Senate, they will be able to give these orders without an existing sentence which establishes that, effectively, the right of commercial exploitation of protected intellectual property was violated, and without the existence of a specified amount of material in dispute, which can lead to the imposition of disproportionate methods and which leave the victims in a state of vulnerability, violating the right to due process. The Mexican chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation warned that the approved changes “criminalize the act of publishing” and “legalize acts of violating the fundamental and constitutional rights of spreading ideas, free expression, free press, personal communication, broadcasting, and information.” It should be noted that any initiatives or verdicts which are subject to a debate by the Senate must go through a specific legislative process, which, in this case, was not respected. The said process provides that any initiatives must be subjected to a debate by Committees associated with the bill's issue. They then analyze and discuss matters in alternating turns in order to develop and vote on a draft bill. Once the draft bill is approved by the respective Committees, the President of the Senator's Committee must be notified so that the bill can be presented and voted on in a plenary session. Users who have been following the issue used social media to criticize the misconduct of the senators that bypassed the bill's submission to the plenary session. Twitter user Carlos Alvarez worried: ¿Sólo soy yo o alguien más está preocupado porque, sin pasar por comisiones, @JLozanoA impulsó el Senado una reforma a la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor que censura el internet? ¿Qué está pasando en México que los legisladores hacen lo que quieren sin consultar a la ciudadanía? — Carlos Álvarez (@CarlosAlvarezMX) April 27, 2018 Is it just me or is anyone else worried because Javier Lozano Alarcón pushed a change to the Federal Copyright Law that censors the internet through the Senate without passing it through commissions? What is happening in Mexico that legislators are doing what they want without consulting the citizens? Javier Lozano Alarcón is a Mexican attorney and politician. He currently serves as a senator representing the state of Puebla. Twitter user Erik Gtz noted: @JLozanoA presentó al @senadomexicano actas sin firmas para aprobar el dictamen de modificación a la ley de propiedad intelectual. Es una total afrenta a la democracia y una burla al Poder Legislativo pic.twitter.com/WIl1X9oABa — Erik Gtz (@MausterChief) April 27, 2018 Javier Lozano Alarcón submitted statements without signatures to the @senadomexicano to approve the bill to change the intellectual property law! This is a total slap in the face to democracy and an insult to Legislative Power. The pictures in his tweet reads: …the collective management organizations to those who have entrusted their rights to the administration will be able to request that a competent judicial authority allow preventative measures in accordance with this Law. Transitory Provision Sole Article- This decree will come into effect on the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation. Mexico City, December 13th, 2016. By the Commission of Culture The only way for the senators to have gotten away with modifying the Senate's agenda would have been with the consent of the Senate's chairman who, in fact, voted in favor of the bill. The bill has already been sent to the executive branch. It only needs to be approved by President Enrique Peña Nieto for the changes to go into effect. Organizations such as the Network in Defense of Digital Rights (R3D) have expressed their interest in disputing the bill not only to declare it unconstitutional but also to demand that the changes not take effect until the Supreme Court of Justice determines their validity. Otherwise, the dispute could be a process that takes years, during which users’ rights to free expression on the internet may be violated. 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__label__wiki	0.605726	0.605726	Smoke Them Out Here’s the original, less gooder edited version of the 2016 budget launch post I wrote for the Torontoist earlier this week. Speaking of which, while I recognize plenty of worthy causes out there for your consideration this holiday season, you would be making a very substantive contribution to the life of this city by sending some cash the Torontoist’s way. Councillor Shelley Carroll, a former budget chair at City Hall, gave her Best Budget Coverage nod to the Torontoist’s work this week. This can’t happen over the long run without help from readers and everyone else who wants to truly be in the know about the city they live and go about their business in. So do yourself a favour. Contribute now. As the 2016 budget launch wrapped up at a special Budget Committee meeting today, I said to a fellow council watcher as we left the room, “Well, the chicks have come home to roost.” The piper was now demanding his payment. [Insert another cliché here for an imminent moment of decision.] In what’s being referred to this year as a “Preliminary Budget” instead of what I believe has been called in recent years, “Staff Recommended Budget”, city staff crunched the numbers on both the operating and capital sides of the ledger and delivered up a document that, at first glance, didn’t scare the hell out of everybody. The opening pressure on the operating side seemed highly manageable. $57 million, and bringing in Mayor Tory’s proposed at the rate of inflation property tax rate increase of 1.3%, drops it down to just $23 million. A relatively meagre 2.17% bump in the rate would eliminate the opening pressure altogether. But here’s where the budget qualified as only ‘preliminary’ and not ‘staff recommended’. City staff did not eliminate the operating deficit as it has done previously, recommending a property tax rate increase for city council to essentially rubber stamp (after much back and forthing during the next couple months). This year, staff threw down the gauntlet, as City Manager Peter Wallace said they would do earlier this month at his fiscal foundation presentation at Executive Committee. Here’s the revenue you have. Here are the things you said you want to have. You, city council, decide on how and what gets funded. You balance the books, not staff. Oh, and one last thing: there’s an additional $67 million of requests and directives from council that staff have yet to find any funding for. TTC service improvements like early Sunday openings. Much of the mayor’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Unfunded. In reality that makes for a $124 million opening pressure before you start factoring in property tax rate increases. And hey. Let’s not even get started on the unfunded capital expenditures city council has thought would be nice but conveniently forgot to find funding for. Lest you think I’m all gloom and doom here, that is not my intention. This approach by staff to starting the budget process in the hole, negatively unbalanced, forces city council to start putting its collective money where its mouth is. For too long, too many of our local representatives have drawn up grand Wish Lists, amassing proverbial castles in the sky (and subways in the ground) without ponying up the cash to pay for it. Worse yet, strangling off sources of revenue in the name of Respecting The Taxpayers. Well, not this year, not if city staff has their way. With this year’s preliminary budget introduced not balanced, staff is attempting to smoke out councillors from their respective hiding spots. You want to keep taxes low and refuse talk of any other new sources of revenue? What are you going to cut? What services are you going to deny or take from city’s residents? You want to help people lift themselves out of poverty? You want the trains to run on time and not over-capacity? How much do you want to increase taxes (above the rate of inflation, by the way)? Do you want to have another discussion about new revenue tools? City councillors can no longer have it both ways. That is exactly how Toronto has found itself with a mountain or two of unfunded liabilities and projects waiting in the wings. False promises of grand services, a world class city and low, low taxes. Efficiencies will pay for that, with a little dose of current from capital. All good. As city staff made clear today, it wasn’t all good. If they have their way, 2016 will be the year city council will finally have to either put up or shut up. There is no longer anyplace they can hide for cover. — resubmittingly submitted by Cityslikr Leave a Comment » \| Budget, City Building, Municipal Politics, Press coverage \| Tagged: Budget Committee, City Hall, Councillor Shelley Carroll, Politics, Toronto, Torontoist \| Permalink Tolling Smoke And Mirrors Out of the fog of debate over the fate of the eastern portion of the Gardiner expressway, Budget Committee member James Pasternak floated the idea of imposing a toll on non-residents using the city owned and maintained Don Valley and Gardiner expressways. “I think the mayor’s hybrid selection is the way to go, but at the same time, you really do need a secure, reliable source to fund it,” the councillor mused publicly yesterday. While any talk of tolling roads should be warmly welcomed into the conversation, coming as this does in the service of the willfully misguided effort of Mayor Tory to keep the eastern portion of the Gardiner expressway elevated, we have to simply shrug. It’s feels like little more than a dodge, frankly. An attempt to offset the cost argument against the hybrid option, and serving to deflect from the real issue at hand: the hybrid option is a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible idea. Besides, the mayor has no time for toll talk. Att least, ever since re-running for mayor. There was time when he held a different view. Of course. Now as mayor of Toronto, money is no object for John Tory when it comes to dealing with his beloved Gardiner expressway. There’s just a secret stash of it, tucked away somewhere apparently, whenever he’s looking to gussy or speed it up and burnish his pro-car image. Without mayoral support for the idea, it’s hard to imagine Councillor Pasternak’s toll item garnering much support, consigned surely to the trash bin at the next Executive Committee if it gets even that far along. The right place for it, if for the wrong reason. I mean, why would the councillor stop at tolling non-residents, aside from the fact they can’t vote in a municipal election in Toronto, freeing him of facing any electoral ire? It can’t be just that crass an idea, can it? No, no. It’s a question of fairness. Councillor Pasternak told Matt Galloway on Metro Morning yesterday [segment not yet archived] that Toronto residents pay to maintain the Gardiner and DVP from their property taxes. Why should outsiders get to freeload on our roads, paid for by our hard-earned property taxes? But how about extending that sense of fairness a little further? Why should I, a resident of Toronto who helps pay for those expressways I rarely use, be forking over the same amount of cash as someone using them on a daily basis? That hardly seems fair, if we’re introducing the concept of road use/pay fairness. Another member of the Budget Committee, Councillor John Campbell agrees. “I don’t see why all residents and all users of the highway shouldn’t be paying for it. Basically the TTC is a user-pay system. 80% of the funding for the TTC comes out of the fare box. Why shouldn’t our roads be the same?” That’s just the tip of the inane iceberg of Councillor Pasternak’s toll idea, a half-baked measure with a full on helping of self-interest. The expense of co-ordinating the whole thing would immediately bite into any money made to throw at road maintenance. Fellow Budget Committee member (and former Budget Chief) Shelley Carroll said tolls had been discussed extensively, back in 2006 and the introduction of the City of Toronto Act. “What my colleague is proposing is ridiculously expensive,” she tweeted in response to Councillor Pasternak’s toll idea. “You can’t collect from ‘outsiders only’ without use of transponder system or Tech ‘Road Pricing’ technology of some sort. Would need to be GTA wide, therefore, not just Gardiner. Would cost minimum $300/400 million to install. $30+million a year to operate. All of this would earn about $20/30 million net to Toronto because we would have to partner with GTA & Province.” Despite the fact the Gardiner and DVP are ours to pay for and maintain, in yet another example of the paternalistic relationship we have with Queen’s Park, we’d have to go to the province for permission to toll them even if it was economically feasible which it isn’t. In other words, Councillor Pasternak is just making noise in an attempt to sound as if he’s put a lick of thought into his idea. But wait. There’s more from the councillor. Maybe we should just upload responsibilities for these two expressways to the province, as if it were as easy as wishing. Citing a ‘historical imbalance’, Councillor Pasternak pointed out that other GTA municipalities don’t have to directly financially support their expressways, the QEW, 401, 404, 407. (Did I miss any?) Why should Torontonians have to bear the burden of the Gardiner and DVP alone? I hate to break it to him but the Gardiner and DVP have always been ours. Aside from the strip of the Gardiner from the Humber to the 427 which the Harris government downloaded onto the city (h/t to Sean Marshall for that bit of info), these 2 urban expressways were Toronto’s from the outset, birthed and raised into being by the 1st chair of Metro council, Fred “Big Daddy” Gardiner, inspired as he was by the city building prowess of New York City “construction coordinator” Robert Moses. We’ve been maintaining them for some 50 years now. Why suddenly should the province feel compelled to start bearing that burden? There’s nothing wrong with having a discussion about utilizing road tolls in order to raise revenue to pay for transportation infrastructure. It’s being done throughout the world. We wouldn’t be breaking any new ground there. But let’s have a realistic discussion on the subject instead of something floated like a lead balloon for no other reason than to divert attention away from an equally politically loaded topic like what to do with the crumbling eastern section of the Gardiner expressway. Councillor Pasternak should be working on answering why we need to throw money to ‘retain and drag’ such an antiquated beast, why exactly is the hybrid option the way to go, not how do we pay to do that. The answer would be much simpler. We don’t. It’s time to bring the fucker down. — demandingly submitted by Cityslikr 1 Comment \| Budget, CBC, City Building, City Council, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Sun \| Tagged: Ann Hui, Budget Committee, City Hall, Councillor James Pasternak, Councillor John Campbell, Councillor Shelley Carroll, Don Peat, Gardiner Expressway, John Tory, Matt Galloway, mayor, Metro Morning, Politics, Sean Marshall, Toronto \| Permalink The Inexplicable Intransigence Of Mayor Tory John Tory came into the mayor’s office touting his serious business and private sector credentials, remember? He saw fit to vilify one of his campaign opponents, Olivia Chow, as ‘that NDP candidate’, just another ‘tax-and-spender’ who didn’t understand the value of our hard-earned tax dollars. Tough fiscal times called for someone with prudent fiscal sensibilities. John Tory, he assured us, possessed that in spades. Yet here we are, having to square this circle. Mayor Tory’s headlong rush into supporting a much more expensive “hybrid” (everybody’s using quotes for that word now) re-build of the 2 kilometres or so of the Gardiner Expressway east of Jarvis Street. It’s an option that puts severe limits on future development (and future revenue for the city) of the waterfront area outside of the Unilever site. It’s an option that leaves an elevated expressway running through the downtown core of the city. It’s an option that caters almost exclusively to some 3% of morning car commuters to the CBD and a recent organization calling itself the Gardiner Industry Coalition (or, as I like to think of them, Drivers Inc.) It’s an option that makes fundamentally little sense for more than a few reasons but none so pointedly as its fiscal recklessness. Something candidate John Tory assured us he would, could never be. Corporate titan, astute businessman, private sector player, yaddie, yaddie, yaddie. Clocking in just under 20 minutes during a deputation given to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, Alfredo Romano of Castlepoint Numa, the largest private sector landholder of waterfront properties, dismantled each and every argument Mayor Tory and other “hybrid” proponents have made to keep this portion of the Gardiner, save for that tattered flag of, Won’t somebody think of the poor drivers. Watching this [h/t @_JohnTory, no relation], it’s difficult not to conclude that our mayor is less a savvy businessman and more a crass, ham-fisted, self-interested politician. I especially love this next bit. Mr. Romano points out that the city is also a major property owner down at the waterfront. In his view, maintaining the Gardiner east which essentially the “hybrid” option does, serves to shoot ourselves in the foot. The hybrid option will “take away the value of your own asset”, he told the committee. Reading between those lines, I can’t see any reference to fiscal prudence or sound management practices. They’re calling this a 100 year decision, laying it on a bit thick, in my opinion. The Gardiner Expressway is barely 60 years old and has been falling apart for a decade or so now. Still, it is a very important decision, one that will affect the future development of the waterfront. Until recently, this city hasn’t been very good at that. So I don’t think it too over-the-top to suggest that how Mayor Tory comes down on this will go a long way to determining how posterity will view his time in office. He’d be wise to reconsider his options on this. — prognosticatingly submitted by Cityslikr 3 Comments \| City Building, City Council, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, The Globe and Mail \| Tagged: Alfredo Romano, Castlepoint Numa, City Hall, Councillor Shelley Carroll, Gardiner Expressway, John Tory, mayor, Politics, Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, Toronto \| Permalink More Casino Dreams And Other Long Shot Gambles I am agnostic, in the noncommittal kind of way, about a casino project going in at Woodbine Racetrack. Back last debate on the issue – what? 1, 2, 3 years ago now? – I was fairly adamant in my opposition to a waterfront/downtown casino as something that would bring no value with it. In fact, it might even detract from the new development going on from the Ontario Place site east through the Don and beyond. With Woodbine? I don’t know. Gambling’s bare bones are already there. I haven’t heard any other ideas for enhancing the area. Reasonable people are making reasonable sounds about a casino helping to bring about jobs to an area hammered hard by lack of opportunities. So, with the Executive Committee requesting a report on the prospects of a casino at Woodbine expect to hear renewed debate about the quality of those jobs, the positive and negative effects a casino will have on the area, new revenue windfall pouring into city coffers. Pretty much, the same old, same old. Essentially the same cast of characters, saying the same words only about a different location. “This is not a pot of gold for Toronto,” Councillor Shelley Carroll said during the meeting (in all likelihood a refrain she made at the last casino debate). “It’s a sustainability strategy for the province.” That’s one absolute we can make about a casino in Toronto. The city’s cut of casino money will not build us affordable housing. It will not build SmartTrack. It won’t even make much of a dent into the $86 million operating budget shortfall we’ve borrowed money to pay. Whatever leverage Toronto had with the province to up the percentage take for hosting a casino somewhere downtown will not be in place for Woodbine. Location, location, location, am I right? We will take what the province offers and, if recent interactions are any indication, somehow the city will wind up owing Queen’s Park money in return for hosting a casino at Woodbine. At best, I imagine, if a Woodbine casino does comes to pass, we’ll be left debating whether or not the revenue it generates for the city covers the social costs inherent in expanding gambling. Similarly, such fiscal pros and cons will be front and centre with the TTC Chair Josh Colle’s Executive Committee motion about going the public-private partnership route when it comes to building the Scarborough extension of the Bloor-Danforth line. “It is our basic responsibility to look at other ways to manage these,” Mayor Tory said, as part of the administration’s scrambling response to the reports earlier this month about cost overruns and delays with the Yonge-University-Spadina subway extension. The TTC, it has been concluded, is no longer up to the task of managing and overseeing these big capital builds. Maybe…Maybe… Another way to look at this particular situation is that maybe the city should shy away from building subways where subways aren’t warranted, building subways for purely political reasons. Let’s stop pursuing bad ideas with similarly bad ideas. Start following best practices and expert advice instead of the ideology of ‘deserve’. If Mayor Tory and TTC Chair Colle were truly worried about money and excessive costs to the city, the latter would never have supported replacing the LRT extension of the Bloor-Danforth line with a subway in the first place and the first thing the former would’ve done after becoming mayor is reopen that debate and reverse the outcome. Colle did and Tory didn’t, so neither really is in any sort of position to caution us about fiscal responsibility or whatever reasons they’re touting for pushing the P3 model to finance subway construction that shouldn’t even be on the table. So, whatever. Go nuts. Pursue the P3 dream. Everything else about the Scarborough subway is based on a finger-crossed wing and a prayer. Why not throw P3s onto that particular vanity bonfire. But please don’t tell us it’s a sure bet. The jury is still out on the efficacy of the P3 model, just like it is on the benefits a casino delivers to municipalities. The only thing we should know for certain is that politicians championing casinos and P3s are pitching us the lure of easy money and easy answers. We can have whatever it is we want and not pay the full freight. Nothing upfront, interest to be paid eventually, by somebody else. — feeling luckily submitted by Cityslikr Leave a Comment » \| City Building, City Council, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Press coverage, Provincial Politics, The Toronto Sun \| Tagged: Carsten Greve, City Hall, Councillor Shelley Carroll, David Nickle, Graeme A. Hodge, InsideToronto.com, John Tory, mayor, Politics, Public-Private Partnerships, Queen's Park, Scarborough subway, Toronto, TTC Chair Josh Colle, Woodbine Casino \| Permalink How High Sir? If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 17 million times. You want to fix City Hall? Start electing better city councillors. Easier said than done, for sure, given the disheartening results of last year’s municipal campaign. Thirty-seven of thirty-eight incumbents returned to office including one still under the cloud of a police investigation. Another, Frank Di Giorgio in Ward 12 York South Weston. The councillor was on Metro Morning today along with another former budget chief, Shelley Carroll, to talk about the city’s need for more revenue, new revenue tools. “Do you think we need new taxes, Frank Di Giorgio?” asked the show’s host, Matt Galloway. Here’s how the councillor responded: Not at this point. I think certainly, I think the one thing that’s important in the immediate future is that we have to support the mayor… That’s what’s important in the immediate future? City council needs to support the mayor? [Begins flipping frantically through the city’s Code of Conduct for Members of Council. Must support the mayor…Must support the mayor….] Nope. Not seeing that stipulation. Councillor Di Giorgio has been a local representative for almost 30 years now, at City Hall in amalgamated Toronto since 2000. This is the sum of all his civic wisdom. “I think one thing that’s important in the immediate future is that we have to support the mayor.” If the councillor actually believes that — and he’s not alone in that way of thinking, sadly, in talking to a candidate during last year’s election who was running against another deadweight incumbent, I was told that a few years earlier in discussing with the councillor why he had voted a certain way, he was told that, You gotta support the boss — why bother with city council races in the first place? Just elect a mayor, be done with it. No messy debates to deal with, rubber stamp city council meetings, items all passed with a waxed red royal seal. Parsing Councillor Di Giorgio’s go along to get along logic a little further, consider his 2014 re-election. At Marshall’s Musings, Sean Marshall has done fantastic work breaking down the numbers October’s election. A look at the results in Ward 12 shows that less than one in five voters there voted for John Tory. The councillor fared little better, garnering under 30% of the popular vote where just over 1300 ballots separated him from the 4th place challenger. So, less than one in three voters gave Councillor Di Giorgio a mandate to unwaveringly support a mayor who fewer than one in five Ward 12 voters backed? It’s how first-past-the-post elections work, I get it, but it’s almost as if the councillor thinks we have some sort of presidential system at City Hall, though. The Big Guy wins. You fall in line behind the Big Guy. Councillor Di Giorgio’s views on such ring-kissing fealty to the mayor also extends to city staff. As Jude MacDonald reminded me, back during the last administration when the councillor was still TTC commissioner and voted to fire then-CEO Gary Webster, he had his reasons. “Excellence in bureaucracy means the ability to perform tasks that are consistent with leaders of a corporation, the leaders of a city,” he declared. “It’s the ability to put forward positions that are consistent with positions adopted by the mayor.” Your councillor for Ward 12 York South Weston, folks. Frank Di Giorgio. So, city councillors are elected to merely to serve at the pleasure of the mayor. Such passiveness from Di Giorgio extends to the city’s dealings with the province evidently. During the Metro Morning discussion, he said exploring the idea of more revenue tools will simply let the province off the hook for paying their share of stuff like social housing. They’ve already stopped paying, Councillor Carroll pointed out. That’s why the city’s scrambling to plug the hole in its operating budget. That’s why we need to a discussion about new revenues. It’s all on us now. The councillor was having none of it. No need to rush. We already have revenue tools in the arsenal, like the Land Transfer Tax which is bringing in substantial amounts of money to the city coffers. Maybe we could milk some more from that cash cow. If not, the City of Toronto Act is coming up for renewal in a few years, 2018 or so. Let’s revisit this discussion then. In the meantime, don’t ‘undermine the mayor’s initiatives’ because that would be ‘dangerous’. Loose lips sink ships, I guess. Councillors like Frank Di Giorgio are throwbacks to an era when municipalities were little more than wards of the province, where we were given the property tax to play with, to largely pay for local initiatives, roads, sewers, maybe a portion of public transit. A time when the province contributed substantially more to the overall operations of this city than it sees fit to now. As Councillor Carroll (as well as the city manager, Joe Pennachetti) pointed out, Toronto is a big boy now, closing in on 3 million people. It’s time we put on our big boy pants and realize we’ve been pushed out of the nest. Provincial contributions to the well-being of this city will be grudging and probably when it is only politically advantageous for them to do so. We can act like two year-olds and hold our breath until we turn blue in the face in hopes of changing their attitude but, well, umm, I wouldn’t…hold my breath. But that’s what Mayor Tory has in mind, and loyal foot soldiers like Councillor Di Giorgio see it as his job to follow the mayor’s marching orders. After all, that’s what he’s been doing for three decades now. That’s what he was elected to do. — at your servicely submitted by Cityslikr 5 Comments \| Budget, CBC, City Building, City Council, City of Toronto Act, CP24, Electoral Reform, Municipal Politics, Press coverage \| Tagged: Chris Kitching, City Hall, Councillor Frank Di Giorgio, Councillor Shelley Carroll, Jude MacDonald, Marshall's Musings, Matt Galloway, mayor, Metro Morning, Politics, Sandie Benitah, Sean Marshall, Toronto, Ward 12 York South-Weston \| Permalink One Bright Spot It’s my contention that twice now Toronto has missed the opportunity to elect truly progressive leadership when Shelley Carroll was overlooked as a mayoral candidate in successive elections. In 2010, she was in the best position to campaign on the Miller administration mandate yet got squeezed out between Liberal and NDP party machinations. This year, she sidestepped the stampede to support Olivia Chow’s anointment as the left of centre representative on the ballot. Both times, a low recognition factor as well as, I speculate, internal party politics deep sixed any aspirations she might have had for the position of mayor. So, it’s interesting to note that in the scramble for committee, agency and board appointments, her name has emerged for several key positions in the John Tory administration. The Police Services Board, the TTC, the Budget Committee, Economic Development Committee, the Disabilities Issue Committee, Toronto Arts Council, (am I missing anything?), as well as the Deputy Speaker of City Council. Granted, in many of the more high profile spots – budget and TTC, say – she will not form the majority opinion but it is a far cry from how frozen out she was by the administration last term. Frozen out by the Fords only to emerge as one of its most effective critics. Has the Tory administration realized this and calculated that it’s probably more prudent to bring her in closer to the power centre? Friends close, enemies closer and all that. No matter. It offers Councillor Carroll a bigger platform to push her ideas and policies. Let’s not lose sight of that opportunity especially over on Budget Committee where the councillor has been a huge proponent of the notion of participatory budgeting. She might not have the clout to institute the idea this time around (the committee is also populated by a number of perfunctory councillors as well, starting with the chair, Gary Crawford, along with the likes of Michelle Berardinetti, James Pasternak and two unknowns, John Campbell and Justin Di Ciano) but we certainly should expect to hear discussion of it going forward. Regardless of any calculations at work, the new mayor should be applauded for acknowledging Councillor Carroll’s serious credentials and vast knowledge of how the city works, and at least putting her in the room and at the table where important decisions will be made. Clearly, during the campaign, Tory made friends in high provincial places with the Liberal government. The fact Carroll is an avowed big L liberal probably helped ease any concerns the incoming administration at City Hall might have had with her designation by the Fords and their cadre as being some sort of enemy combatant. For her part, Councillor Carroll stayed out of the mayoral fray this year, just going about her business getting re-elected as Ward 33 councillor, not picking sides. She gave a barnburner of a speech at a fundraiser I attended late in the campaign where she expressed some annoyance that the idea of progressivism had somehow become synonymous with the NDP brand. Her work at city council over the course of an 11 year (and counting) career there easily puts to rest the claim that your politics can be defined solely by the party you’re part of. I mean, both Carroll and her council colleagues Mark Grimes and Cesar Palacio are active in or have been members of the Liberal party. One of these is not like the others. The fact John Tory was not willing to give any power to Councillor Shelley Carroll tells me all I need to know about the limitations he’s put on his administration. It will be more than curious how their relationship develops. I doubt she intends on becoming a head-nodding yes man, going along to get along. There’s little to be gained for her currying favour with the Tory crowd. But she has been given something of an inside voice now to question the direction the mayor intends to take on such big ticket matters like the budget, the TTC, the Toronto Police Services. It’s not much for those feeling sidelined right now by Team Tory. Still, there are few other councilors I’d be as confident in to remain independent and outspoken as I expect Councillor Carroll will be. If we search really hard for the silver lining in this dark cloud, maybe it might be that the councillor’s upcoming adventures in Torytown will serve as a map for building a better progressive movement. — ever hopefully submitted by Cityslikr Leave a Comment » \| City Building, City Council, Municipal Politics \| Tagged: City Hall, Councillor Shelley Carroll, John Tory, mayor, Politics, Toronto \| Permalink Challengers To Watch IV Walking along Bloor Street West in Ward 18 Davenport with Alex Mazer, I was struck by a thought. This is like strolling in my own backyard. Which it kind of is since I live right next door in Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina. I have played baseball in the parks in Ward 18. I have drunk in a few of the bars in Ward 18. I have cycled Ward 18’s railpath. Su warda, mi warda. (I hope that totally made-up Spanish on my part doesn’t actually mean anything rude or derogatory.) I met Alex last year when he hosted a Better Budget TO event. It’s a group advocating for participatory budgeting, a more open process of determining how local governments spend money that actually includes not only community involvement but community decision making. (See what Councillor Shelley Carroll’s doing with Section 37 money in Ward 33.) The movement has gained traction in cities like New York and Chicago. Participatory budgeting is also something more conducive to local governments than either the provincial or federal levels, both where Alex has spent some time working previously. Their budgets are dropped, fully formed, take it or leave it, folks. Municipal budgets, while dense and arcane, go through a few stages including one where the public gets to express its opinion, before being finalized by city council. It’s this relative openness that has drawn Alex toward municipal politics. An ability to interact and work with constituents on issues that directly affect their quality of lives on a daily basis. Budgets, schools, public spaces, transit, the state of our roads and the constant construction. Oh, the construction. Like many of us, Alex would like to figure out a way to better co-ordinate construction throughout the city in order to avoid what seems like a regular tear up and rebuild along his ward’s stretch of Bloor Street. While not as intense as some neighbouring wards to the east or south of it, Ward 18 is experiencing similar kinds of pressures that come from growth and intensification, beginning with the need to deliver new infrastructure and maintain the old. The development along Queen Street on the edge of Parkdale is already in place. There’s a mixed used plan on what is now derelict land running beside the railpath right next to the Nestle chocolate factory near Dundas Street West and Lansdowne that’s been years in the making and looks ready to go. The Union-to-Pearson rail link will have a stop in Ward 18. It’s going to be a serious hub, Ward 18, bringing with it all the opportunities and conflicts inherent in that. Continued pressure on employment lands. Cars versus transit versus biking. Like the old days versus new density. Electrification versus diesel. You might think, why put all that into the lap of a newcomer? The current councillor, while only finishing up her first term, has worked in the ward for a while now, dating back to her time as Executive Assistant to longtime former councillor, Mario Silva. Let’s just stick with the steady hand of experience. The thing is, from my perch watching city council over the past 4 years, Councillor Ana Bailão has not shown herself up to the task. While not a destructive force certainly, she has regularly landed on the side of issues that truly mystify. Sure, there was voting to rescind the Vehicle Registration Tax which, while politically popular, hasn’t done much for the city’s revenue stream. She also voted to freeze property taxes in 2011, contract out waste collection west of Yonge (but against awarding that contract to Green 4 Life), eliminate the plastic bag fee, initially voted to keep the bike lanes on Jarvis but then voted to re-confirm the vote she’d voted against to tear them up (??) The councillor voted for the Scarborough subway. Little rhyme nor reason or pattern. There doesn’t seem to be a there, there. Even on her signature item, chair of the Affordable Housing Committee, nothing much happened. It might’ve contained the fire but certainly hasn’t put it out. TCHC management remains a mess. The state of good repair continues to grow. No recommendations have been put forth to deal with what is a pressing, pressing situation. In truth, Councillor Bailão has been something of a disappointment. Not at all dependable on the important issues facing the city. Maybe a change in tone and function at City Hall would reveal a different Ana Bailão but it’s hard to see much evidence of that possibility. And if Ward 18 is counting on change for better representation, why not go whole hog and elect a new councillor? Alex Mazer? He’s certainly bringing a lot to the table. Clearly engaged and on top of the issues directly affecting the ward and the wider city, Mazer wants to open up that engagement further, bringing the public into the decision-making process sooner, whether it’s the budget or local development plans. Anyone who ‘deeply disagrees with the Ford agenda’, as Mazer stated a week or so ago on Reddit, would be a step in the right direction from the ward’s current representation. But I’ll let you decide for yourself, leaving you with candidate Mazer’s own words: Change is happening — there’s no question about it. There are a lot of good things about this change — I think that most residents in the area that I talk to feel optimistic about the future of their neighbourhoods. But despite this optimism, I also hear from renters, artists, newcomers, middle class families, and more, who feel that they can no longer afford to live downtown — who feel that they will never be able to afford to buy a home in the area. This is part of a broader challenge that our city faces — that people’s opportunities are increasingly shaped by their postal code (U of T’s David Hulchanski, among others, has done some great work on this). City government can’t stop this change, but we can manage it better I believe. One of my priorities is to take a more proactive approach to managing development in the ward, working with communities to identify the types of growth and change they want before the ‘development application’ signs go up and they’re left scrambling to have their voices heard. A good example of this is the need to work with the community and other levels of government to preserve public space at Dufferin and Bloor. A better affordable housing policy can also help. See some of my thoughts on this. I think we need to focus more on the growing inequality in our city. It’s troubling that inequality has taken on a more prominent place in the American political discourse but remains a relatively minor part of the public debate here in Toronto. — helpfully submitted by Cityslikr 1 Comment \| City Council, Elections 2014, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, Toronto Star \| Tagged: Alex Mazer, Better Budget T.O., City Hall, Councillor Ana Bailão, Councillor Shelley Carroll, Daniel Dale, Natalie Alcoba, National Post, Politics, Reddit, Toronto, Transit City, Vehicle registration tax, Ward 18 Davenport \| Permalink	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line868
__label__cc	0.55217	0.44783	And Then I Lived PEACE FROM THE INSIDE OUT matt baker Inspired By: Matt Baker And Jackie Ormes February 25, 2019 February 25, 2019 \| LaKase I grew up reading DC and Marvel, watching animated series about Batman and the X-Men, and rushing to the theater for each new incarnation of my favorite heroes. I’ve even gone as far as cosplaying with my family at the San Diego Comic Con (which was a blast)! There’s an air of encouragement that comes along with reading about heroes and in many ways they are our modern mythologies; each time they succeed, I feel challenged to find ways to be the heroine of my own story, or to push myself beyond my limits. The 91st Academy Awards aired last night, and I was elated to see comic book films were able to claim trophies in several categories, with wins in Best Animated Feature (Into the Spider-Verse), as well as Costume Design/Production Design and Best Original Score (Black Panther). The women who won for Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler – were the first Black women to win in their categories, and Peter Ramsey – one of the directors of Spider-Verse – was the first Black director to win in the category. In honor of the historic wins last night, and of the books I love so much, today I want to honor two people who broke barriers in the field. Enjoy! Jackie Ormes Jackie Ormes was the first Black woman to become a comic illustrator. Born in 1911 as Zelda Mavin Jackson, Ormes would become famous for creating the Torchy Brown comic strip and Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger. Jackie initially worked as a journalist for the Black-owned Pittsburgh Courier newspaper before making the transition to comic illustrator and writer in 1937 with the Torchy comic. Jackie was prolific artist, who worked until retirement in 1956. What I love about Jackie is her dedication to confronting racism, sexuality, and environmental issues. She became so outspoken that she was eventually investigated by the FBI. In 2014, Jackie Ormes was posthumously inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Industry Hall of Fame in 2018. Matt Baker is known today as the first Black man to become a comic book illustrator. He was born ten years after Jackie, in 1921, and eventually moved to her stomping ground of Pittsburgh as well. Baker was sought out and hired for his beautiful drawings of buxom women, who were heroines and adventurers. He is most widely known, however, for Phantom Lady. I love that Baker drew her, and other women, as strong, brave and formidable, within a realm that usually presented women as solely sexual objects. Additionally, Baker is credited with the creation of the first Black hero in the comic realm, known as Voodah. Cold weather = more space for gawking.🤓🐛 #art #photooftheday #blackgirlmagic #blackgirlnerds #artlover #life #amazing #blackgirlsrock #nerdy #pretty This is insane. #motivation #wellreadblackgirl #blackgirlmagic #kotaku #thankful #superhero Categories Select Category Adventure Beauty Hair Health Heroes Media mood Uncategorized	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line872
__label__wiki	0.889622	0.889622	Topic: AC3 AC3: Apple's insatiable appetite for office space devours Wolfe Campus, hungry for more Apple Park's sprawling "Campus 2" remained a center of media attention ever since plans for the "Spaceship" Ring nestled in acres of trees first gained approval back in 2013. However, a parallel third campus site just up Wolfe Road has more quietly progressed with less notoriety, despite being a remarkable project of its own. Editorial: Will Apple's 1990's "Golden Age" collapse repeat itself? Once, long ago in a previous epoch of technology, Apple Computer, Inc. commissioned a new headquarters in Northern California just as it began losing its position as a leader in personal computing tech in the early 90s. Could history repeat itself in our modern era? Photos: Apple's secretive race for new Silicon Valley office space After two decades of being stuck inside 1 Infinite Loop, Apple began building an expansive new Campus 2 now called Apple Park. In parallel, it leased a third large development known as AC3. But the company isn't finished. It's expanding in other directions and has already planned out another major campus in Silicon Valley with a capacity larger than the Spaceship. Here's a look. Apple's third large California campus is already built In January, Apple announced plans to build a new campus in the United States. However, it hasn't previously said much about AC3, its third major campus development already nearing completion in Silicon Valley. Here's a look at the more immediate growth occurring in Apple's backyard as the company works to accommodate an expansion of workers. Apple Park HQ buttressed by Central & Wolfe 'AC3' campus in Sunnyvale, Calif. Alongside the soon-to-open Apple Park, the iPhone maker's lesser-known "AC3" Central & Wolfe campus is also nearing completion, boasting many of the same environmental efforts that the main campus will provide. Subscribe to the RSS feed for this topic New York City has a $10 million cybercrime lab to crack the iPhone ~14 minutes ago Review: Nomad Base Station Stand elevates wireless charging Review: The Zendure Mix Go is a great multi-purpose battery & USB-C PD charger Review: Zens Liberty succeeds in many of the ways AirPower failed Review: Satechi USB-C Apple Watch Dock is ideal for power users	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line878
__label__cc	0.500128	0.499872	Hulu with Live TV & PlayStation Vue to Add ACC Network in August 2019 Right in time for the 2019 college football season, it has been announced that Hulu with Live TV and PlayStation Vue will be adding ESPN’s new ACC Network to their channel lineup on August 22, 2019, which is the launch day for the channel too. The ACC Network said on their website in a statement: “ESPN and the ACC bring you ACCN, 24/7 coverage of the conference where 15 championship-winning programs call home. Enjoy live games, inside access, original content, and analysis of the ACC all year long. ACCN is coming to TV, computer, and mobile screens.” Hulu with Live TV and PlayStation Vue are currently the only live TV streaming services that have signed on as providers for the network, but other streaming services could add the channel before the August 22 launch date. The 2019 college football season does begin on August 24 this year, with more games being played August 29-31 for the first real week and weekend of the 2019 college football season. Hulu with Live TV costs $44.99 per month and PlayStation Vue also starts at $44.99 per month. However, it unknown which plan ACC Network will be on for PlayStation Vue customers. Both Hulu with Live TV are available on the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Apple TV and Mac. Hulu with Live TV & PlayStation Vue to Add ACC Network in August 2019 – Appleosophy – 1st Gamers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line879
__label__cc	0.602571	0.397429	Why We Write: Samuel Johnson “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.” Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Seriously, Sam? I mean, given the number who actually make money from their writing, must be a lot of disappointed scribblers out there, unfortunate blockheads having to settle merely for the joy of playing with words and capturing their music on paper, or leaving a record, however ephemeral, of an ephemeral life-- that one was once here, felt things, knew things, loved things-- reporting from the frontlines on their first-hand experiences of truth, or wanting to make some small contribution to humanity’s forward movement, or just tell a good story. All those unfortunate blockheads dancing delirious with the muse for a moment, or for an hour, or a lifetime, alas, without any financial reward. Why We Write: Stephen King I just write about what scares me. "I just write about what scares me. When I was a kid, my mother used to say, 'Think of the worst thing that you can, and if you say it out loud then it won't come true.' And that's probably been the basis of my career." [First posted: October 5, 2019] Toni Morrison (1931-2019) Today Toni Morrison died. Not sure what that means. Her books are still here on my shelf, as they were yesterday, as they will be tomorrow. So, what's been lost? A person I never met and, chances are, would never have met. A vessel, a conduit, a voice. I salute the voice (Thank you) but the words the voice spoke are still with us. Nothing gold can stay, said another who I also honor, but I respectfully disagree. The gold stays. It is only the gold that stays. What's important remains here on my bookshelves. [First posted: September 7, 2019] Reading Lonesome Dove As the lightning came closer thunder came with it--the sound seemed to roll over them like giant boulders. Mouse flinched, and Newt began to flinch too. Then, instead of running across the horizon like snakes' tongues, the lightning began to drive into the earth, with streaks thick as poles, and with terrible cracks. Around midnight I was in bed, reading Lonesome Dove, and listening to the soft patter of rain through my open window. Just as I got to the part where the cattle drive is caught in a terrible storm with its thunder and lightning, it began to thunder and lightning over this valley. I love it when that happens. Next Novel Coming Out in Fall 2020 I am pleased to announce (ecstatic, really!) that my novel about the AIDS epidemic, As If Death Summoned, will be published next autumn by Amble Press, an imprint of Bywater Books. The story is set in Portland and Australia during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and '90s. Much of it covers the early years, before there was a diagnosis, or a test or treatment, before it was even called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The story ends in 1995, when protease inhibitors turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition. By that time, 300,000 people had already died in the US. I sent the manuscript to Bold Strokes Books, who had published my dark psychological mystery, The Unforgiven, in 2012. Sandy Lowe responded, saying she liked it but didn't think that BSB, who primarily publishes mysteries, thrillers and romance, had the right market for it. She encouraged me to send it to Salem West at Bywater Books and then told Salem about the book. On April 1st (Yes, April Fool's Day) Salem wrote to me: Hello, Alan. It might be April Fool's Day, but this is no joke. I had a meeting with the other two owners of Bywater Books this morning, and we were all in agreement that we want to offer you a contract for As If Death Summoned. Personally, I loved your book and read it cover to cover in one afternoon—it perfectly fits our publishing focus: Smart. Richly textured. Beautifully written. Full of heart. My sincere thanks to Sandy for taking enough interest in the manuscript to recommend it to Salem, and to Salem for believing in and championing it. The long-awaited novel (well, long-awaited by me, anyway) will be coming out next year, just in time for the 40th anniversary when what would come to be known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome first appeared on the nation's radar screen in 1981. With expected pathos and unexpected humor, the novel testifies to the power of grief to erode a life, and—for those who can find a way through their grief—the power to rebuild and renew it. [First posted: June 5, 2019] Sunday afternoon reading to rain Lazy afternoon, sprawled on my bed, book and window open, reading to the rain's syncopated rhythms, dozing, dreaming, waking, wandering through mind-drifts of memories ...the farm at Barwon Downs, ...hiking Mt. Takao in autumn, ...planting the chestnut with Dad, while listening to the rain, reading. [First posted: October 25, 2015] Give the Reader an Experience In a recent Writer's Digest article, David Corbett, author of The Art of Character, writes: "People don't turn to stories to experience what you, the writer, have experienced--or even what your characters have. They read to have their own experience." Note to self: Write to give the reader an experience--of joy or sadness or fear or excitement--instead of merely reading about someone else's experience. [First posted: November 27, 2015] Is historical accuracy too much to ask? I usually recommend reading a book before seeing the movie version. But I am re-thinking my position after watching Ron Howard’s film, In the Heart of the Sea. I’d just finished the book by Nathaniel Philbrick and loved it—about the ramming and sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged sperm whale in 1820, the inspiration for Melville’s Moby Dick. I was eager to see what Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) would do with it. The film was certainly spectacular, with gee-whiz special effects and a taut tension running throughout, but I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t read the book first. I was continually distracted by the film's departure from historical accuracy. “That’s not right,” I would murmur. “It didn’t happen like that.” “They made that part up.” To make matters worse, there were all these rude people sitting around me in the theater, going, “Sh-Sh-Sh.” Why We Write: Gustave Flaubert It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating. Today, for instance, as man and woman, both lover and mistress, I rode in a forest on an autumn afternoon under the yellow leaves, and I was also the horses, the leaves, the wind, the words my people uttered, even the red sun that made them almost close their love-drowned eyes. [First posted: December 12, 2015] Better than a rejection slip At WordFest this week, retired physician Dan Roberts read from his novel in progress, a medical thriller titled The VRSA Syndrome. Dan shared that when he sent out his manuscript, an agent responded with thirty pages of notes for re-working it. Thirty pages? I'm just happy if the form rejection letter sounds heartfelt. Shortest Book Review Reading at WordFest This time of day Why We Write: Bernhard Schlink Write Like Scheherazade Books That Shape Us Reading to a Captive Audience Selecting a Book Cover Why Writers Should Not Be Babysitters At last, the ending! My Imaginarium Why One Should Always, Always Proofread Writing Companions Kris Barwon Downs April August Magnolia Tree Films Sunsets Trees Pond Aaron Owls 2015 Fawn Utopian 2018 Books Eagle Ryan May Short story	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line887
__label__cc	0.547625	0.452375	Home / Alberta Politics / Hurricane Redford shook Alberta to its foundations – the place may never be the same! Hurricane Redford shook Alberta to its foundations – the place may never be the same! David Climenhaga Posted on August 07, 2014, 1:43 am Her era drawing to a close, Alison Redford is sent out of a Progressive Conservative Caucus meeting on March 13 while Tory MLAs argue over her fate. Below: Premier Dave Hancock; Tory leadership aspirant Thomas Lukaszuk. Former premier Alison Redford signed off from public life in Alberta yesterday morning with the words, “I truly believe we made a difference.” Well, if nothing else, Ms. Redford got that part right! In less than three years Hurricane Alison, the royal plural and all, shook the place to its foundations. After the lingering Air Redford scandal, the astonishing Sky Palace affair, the war on public employees, the attack on post-secondary education, the plummeting polls, the palace coup by her panicked caucus, not to mention the incredible, serial ineptitude of her government, it’s quite possible this province will never be the same again. Certainly the aftermath of the Redford Revolution continued yesterday, with a panicky sounding Premier pro tempore Dave Hancock vowing to call in the Mounties from his holiday villa in Italy, where you have to dial 1-1-2 to summon the Carabinieri. An RCMP investigation will most certainly be a waste of the taxpayers’ money with a purely political goal in mind – distracting voters from the myriad sins of the PC Party – but what they hey! The Tories aren’t the first political party to do such a thing in such circumstances, and they won’t be the last. And, as noted in this space yesterday morning, this being Alberta there’s always the chance it’ll work. Opposition parties will now express their deep gratitude that Ms. Redford has at last done what they’ve been demanding, but behind the closed doors of their caucus rooms they are weeping. For them, Ms. Redford was a gift that kept on giving. Her resignation – just as her former deputy premier, Thomas Lukaszuk, was demanding that she be humiliated by public ejection from the Tory caucus – and especially her refusal to take the generous Legislative payout to which she is entitled, will significantly muffle the sound of the many of her shoes one suspects remain to drop in in the province’s political shoe closet. Alberta political observers assume that collection is as big as Imelda Marcos’s! Certainly, though, the uproar will continue for a spell – with the Auditor General’s report on her use of the government’s air fleet, expected to be released to the public today, possibly with additional details to those revealed a week ago by the CBC. The story by CBC’s Edmonton-based investigative reporting team seems to have been what spelled the final downfall of Ms. Redford, but the writing was already on the wall. The former premier will return to working in the international field, suggested her official swansong, which was published as an op-ed article yesterday morning in both Alberta’s Postmedia-owned newspapers, the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal. Some shrewd observers have speculated the lavish lifestyle to which senior international officials are accustomed is where Ms. Redford’s seemingly spectacular sense of entitlement began. Don’t count on it. This problem was created right here in Alberta. Still, work abroad might be just the ticket for Ms. Redford. No corporation or institution in Alberta is likely to want her name and picture in its annual report now. The text of the document published yesterday deserves deconstruction. These things are clear: Ms. Redford doesn’t really think she did anything wrong. Sure, she said, “I accept responsibility for all the decisions I have made,” but it seems pretty clear she’s concluded it wasn’t her decisions that caused all the problems. The passive voice tells all: “Mistakes were made along the way.” By someone. She thinks we, foolishly, didn’t give her enough time. “I had hoped to have more time to do more of what I promised Albertans.” It would all have gotten done, were it not for us. She doesn’t think she got it wrong, we did, small-timers that we are, mired in parochial concerns. “My hope for Alberta is that we will be bolder, more confident and prepared to seize our opportunities, remembering what we have to offer the world; that we will leave behind the day-to-day parochial political debate that is dominating the public discourse across this country.” She’s not sorry, and she doesn’t think the things that offended so many Albertans were such big deals. Leastways, she has nary a word to say about them. If her weird pastiche of progressive posturing and regressive policies – enough of everything to offend just about everyone in the province – was a flop, we can conclude from this she thinks it was because we were too dumb to trust her to bring us into the 21st Century. It is a remarkably graceless document. Historians will have some fun with it. But for all that, it is not unreasonable to ask how this intelligent and accomplished woman could have been the author of her own unraveling and downfall, in such an excruciating and public way. This apparent willingness to ignore the possibility Ms. Redford was wrestling with her own personal demons is the most discreditable part of the Tory Establishment’s otherwise understandable effort to ensure she alone wears the party’s sense of entitlement and bland assumptions about the rightness of its rule. This post also appears on Rabble.ca. Alberta politics Alison Redford Dave Hancock Imelda Marcos Progressive Conservative Party RCMP Thomas Lukaszuk The scary thing about Alison Redford’s resignation this morning: it just might work for the decrepit Tories! Alison’s Albertan airplanes and architecture: Who knew? No one, it turns out! Doug O’Halloran, UFCW 401 president, signs off with dignity and courage Climenhaga / Aug 12 My Eyes Are Dim Part II: AlbertaPolitcs.ca must take another short break from publication Climenhaga / Jul 10 Breakup on the right? Naw, Canadian conservative politicians’ long romance with the Rebel isn’t over Doomsayers, Chicken Littles and Conservatives get it wrong on the impact of minimum wage increases 5 Comments to: Hurricane Redford shook Alberta to its foundations – the place may never be the same! Expat Albertan One of the sad thing about all this is that all the conservative fellow-travellers in Alberta who considered Alison Redford a Liberal-in-disguise will consider themselves to be vindicated. This, of course, is the way conservatives operate: when their leaders go wrong, they just claim that their leaders were never conservatives to begin with, thus removing any sense of responsibility and accountability for the ideology as a whole. Gary Rose Nice to Redford finally did us all a favour and backed her bags. For me personally, when I see the things she did and claimed for financially, it infuriates me after I wrote to her no end of times asking for her intervention regarding the shocking state my wife was left in following a routine appendectomy at the Rockyview Hospital – which hasn’t got the greatest track record when it comes to appendectomies. Redford didn’t even bother to reply – nor did Smith either – not once but several times I wrote to both – but nothing! Read my story here: http://gmrose.co.uk/appendectomy/bandits.htm CuJoyYC “… but the writing was already on the wall.” She is certainly very passive aggressive. I got the same impressions you did about her op-ed. She doesn’t lack in the self-esteem department, that’s for sure. Surely, this province’s people whom she may believe is full of hicks and idiots, will look at the PC government that supported her. Yes, they, the PC MLAs who let her go unchecked, supported her; few people must have said “no” to her – many got on the Redford bus, or plane, to be part of the looting spree.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line888
__label__cc	0.639529	0.360471	Home > Releases > Educational Attainment > High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) in Cortland County, NY High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) in Cortland County, NY (HC01ESTVC1636023) High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) in Cortland County, NY 2013-12-17 2019-12-19 Estimate of educational attainment for population 18 years old and over using 5 years of data. The percent of the population who is a High School Graduate or Higher includes people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included. (ACS variable S1501_C02_014E from table S1501.) High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) by County: New York Unemployment Rate in Cortland County, NY High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) in Cortland County, NY Cortland County, NY Counties New York States U.S. Regional Data Education Population, Employment, & Labor Markets Cortland County, NY Secondary Schooling Secondary Educational Attainment Education New York 5-Year American Community Survey County or County Equivalent Census Annual United States of America Public Domain: Citation Requested Not Seasonally Adjusted	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line892
__label__cc	0.730384	0.269616	Arxiu d'etiquetes: vegetarianism CONTENTS, ENGLISH, General, HUMAN EVOLUTION Cooking also made us human 10/01/2016 Mireia Querol Rovira 1 comentari Cooking is a distinctive and unique feature of our species. After the success of Eating meat made us human, we continue delving into the nutrition of our ancestors as one of many factors that led us to Homo sapiens. We will analyze the contributions of our readers in the previous post on the importance of carbohydrates and the use of fire. THE OPPORTUNIST OMNIVOROUS In the previous post we learned that one factor that contributed to the fast growth of the brain was the increased intake of meat by H. habilis, that allowed them to save energy in digestion (Aiello, L. Wheeler, P, 1995). Another factor that allowed saving energy to dedicate to brain growth, since Lucy, was bipedalism (Adrienne L. Zihlman and Debra R. Bolter, 2015). One of the things that gave us evolutionary success is our ability to take advantage of almost any food, allowing our expansion around the globe. Current diets are varied and traditionally linked to the availability of the geographical area or time of year, which changed with the development of agriculture and livestock. Human groups studied in historical period without agriculture or livestock, hunt, fish and gather very different foods, but no groups exclusively carnivorous or exclusively vegetarian have been found (except Eskimos, who have traditionally fed on hunting and fishing because of the characteristics of their environment, frozen during almost all the year). Hazda people returning from hunting. The Hadza are a small African tribe of about 1500 hunter-gatherers. Photo: Andreas Lederer The first tools, possibly used by Australopithecus but obvious since H. habilis, allowed our ancestors to get food that otherwise would have been impossible to get: drilling and tearing flesh, breaking the hard shells of nuts, and later crushing and grinding grain. Thus, the basis of our current supplies are hard cereal grains (e.g. rice, wheat) and the dried seeds of legumes (e.g. lentils), because our needing of protein intake is low, although meat is consumed in excess in the First World countries. But before the advent of agriculture, our ancestors ate what they found: Neanderthals in hostile areas had to base the diet with meat and supplement it with vegetables when they were available, while in milder climate zones, like the Mediterranean , make use of aquatic resources as molluscs, turtles and fish. Furthermore, by its robust body and increased muscle they needed more protein intake. Neanderthals collecting mussels in Gibraltar, one of the last settlements of this species. Photo: DK Discover THE ORIGINS OF THE CUISINE As we have seen, seeds are very nutritious because they are rich in carbohydrates (especially starch), but low in protein; in addition, legumes must be cooked to be assimilated. No other animal, except us and our ancestors, prepare food or cooks. Cooking is an unique human trait which opened an infinite number of possibilities in our nutrition. CONTROL OF FIRE The first traces of use of fire date back 1.6 million years ago in Africa, although the first reliable evidence is a hearth 0.79 million years old. The responsible: Homo erectus, but those who used fire continuously, especially for cooking, were a later species: Neanderthals. Homo erectus, American Museum of Natural History. Photo: Mireia Querol Rovira The advantages of controlling fire were numerous and very important, but in this post we will delve into the first one: Cooking and food storage Better hunting and scavenging: fire allowed them to obtain prey hunted by large carnivores or direct theirs to natural traps . Protection from predators Heat: increased survival when temperatures fell. Light: they could extend its tasks when night had fallen, favouring social skills and later, the development of language. In addition, changing the circadian rhythm (24h internal clock) could have extended the reproductive period . Access to new territories: burning areas of dense vegetation to take dead animals and make use of new areas and encouraging migration to cooler places. Improved tools: wood tools made with fire are more durable. Better hygiene: burning waste avoided infections. Medicine: after H. erectus, the fire has been used as disinfectant and instrument sterilizer and for the preparation of remedies based on medicinal plants, as inhalation of vapors or preparing of infusions. Homo erectus surprised by the strength of his spear warmed with fire. Figure by Elisabeth Daynès, CosmoCaixa. Photo: Mireia Querol Rovira ADVANTAGES OF COOKING FOOD Variety in the diet: certain foodstuff is indigestible raw or difficult to chew (especially for individuals with dental problems). Stewed food is softer and easier to digest, allowing H. erectus expand their diet respect their ancestors, accessing food of higher nutritional value (Richard Wrangham, 2009). Cooking improves the palatability and increases the assimilable carbohydrate availability in tubers, vegetables… and therefore it gives them more energy value. According to Wrangham and other experts, raw foodism can be harmful to health, because our body is adapted to this “pre-digestion” in the stoves, which allows us to be the primate with the shorter digestive system in relation to the body. Reduction of the teeth: tusks and teeth could have been reduced due to consumption of cooked food. A tooth that has to bite a boiled potato instead of a raw one can be 82% smaller. Less space were needed for chewing muscles and teeth in the skull, so the mouth and face became smaller. This free space can be dedicated to accommodate an increasingly large brain. H. erectus had a brain 42% larger than H. habilis. Less energy consumption: energy and time dedicated to chew and digest cooked food is less, so the number of final calories obtained increases. This energy can be devoted to brain development rather than digesting food. Possible Neanderthal diet. Photo: Kent Lacin LLC/The Food Passionates/Corbis. Fewer diseases: raw food, especially meat, may contain potentially pathogenic or deadly bacteria and parasites. But from certain temperatures, many of these bacteria die, so eating cooked rather than raw, our ancestors increased their survival significantly. Less poisoning: some plants, fungi and tubers are toxic if are consumed raw, like some edible mushrooms, sweet potato or potatoes with green areas. Food preservation: by smoking meat, it could be kept in good condition for longer and take advantage of it in times of scarcity. In addition, cooked food lasts longer than raw food. In short, cooking was another factor involved in the brain development and cognitive abilities of our ancestors, allowed energy savings to digest and chew food, decreased masticatory apparatus, allowed the young become earlier independent from their breast-feeding mothers (who could mate more often), improved immune system… Even improved social skills: left more free time so they could dedicate it to other tasks, such as cooperation to keep the fire, planning the collection or capture of food, distribution of food in the group acoording to range and health of individuals… intelligence enhanced cooking techniques, which in turn enhanced the intelligence, in an infinite wheel that still exists today. Mateos A, Rodríguez J (2010). La dieta que nos hizo humanos. CENIEH, Burgos. Arsuaga J L, Martínez I (2006). La especie elegida. La larga marcha de la evolución humana. Booket divulgación. The Importance of Dietary Carbohydrate in Human Evolution Butchered bone suggests earlier start to eating meat El dominio del fuego La cocina nos hace humanos Boniato o batata cruda y dioscorina Cooking up bigger brains cover picture by Mauricio Antón American museum of natural historyAMNHcarnivorismcircadian rhythmcontrol of fireCosmocaixacuisinedietexpensive tissue hypothesisfireHomo erectusHomo habilishomo neanderthalensiskitchenmastery of firemireia querolmireia querol roviraneanderthalpaleodietprehistoryraw foodraw foodismveganismvegetarianism CONTENTS, ENGLISH, HUMAN EVOLUTION Eating meat made us human 26/12/2015 Mireia Querol Rovira 5 comentaris Currently some of the world’s population can choose their diet: omnivorous, vegetarian, vegan, raw foodism, carnivorous, paleodiet… but what ate our ancestors? Which diet is more suited to the one of our ancestors? Without going into polemics, we will discuss one of the crucial facts of the evolution from Australopitechus to Homo: the meat intake. WHAT DID OUR RELATIVES EAT ? One of the reasons given to follow a strict vegetarian or vegan diet is that as “we are apes”, they feed on fruits and plants, and moreover, a more “natural” diet is achieved. Currently and traditionally the base of the world diet are the seeds of cereals (rice, wheat, corn, etc.) and legumes (beans, lentils…), which often require processing (flour, for example) and have nothing to do with their wild ancestors. Since agriculture and livestock was invented and we have selected the best varieties for human consumption, the label “natural” loses all meaning. Although transgenic food is now on everyone’s lips, we have been using the genetic modification for thousands of years. In the top row, wild ancestors of lettuce, carrot and corn. Below, domestic varieties. Source That we are apes and the natural thing is to eat vegetables, is also not entirely true. As primates have evolved in trees, hominids have a strict diet or mainly folivorous -leaves- and frugivorous -fruit- (gorillas, orangutans), while gibbons also complete their diet with invertebrates. Our closest relatives however (bonobos, chimpanzees) are omnivorous as they eat vegetables, fruits, invertebrates and even small mammals and other primates (althought in less proportion than vegetables). Chimpanzee eating meat. Populations of chimpanzees have been described hunting with spears made by themselves. Photo Cristina M.Gomes, Max Planck Institute. No wonder then that our direct distant ancestors as Australopithecus Lucy, ate leaves, fruits, roots and tubers as the basis of their diet. Some species, in addition to vegetables, also fed on invertebrates and small vertebrates, similar to modern chimpanzees. HERBIVOROUS AND CARNIVOROUS Fruits have more sugars, although they are not very abundant in comparison with leaves and stems. But leaves have less nutritional value because they contain many fibers we can not absorb, such as cellulose. Legumes contain more protein than grains, but some essential amino acids and vitamins (such as B12) are absent or in a few proportion in vegetables and easily assimilable iron (hemo iron) is found only in food with animal origin. In short, vegetables are harder to digest compared to animals, so mammalian herbivores have longer digestive systems, or compartmented stomachs, chew over long periods of time and some are ruminants, while carnivores have digestive systems with lower absorption surface and require little chewing of food. Digestive systems of non-ruminant herbivores, ruminants, insectivores and carnivores. Unknown author WHY OUR ANCESTORS STARTED EATING MORE MEAT? 2.6 million years ago, climate change made our planet cooler and drier. In Africa the savanna dominated much of the territory, so hominids had to deal with hard leaves, leaves covered with wax, hard or thorny stems, roots… these difficult to digest resources were utilised by Paranthropus, with large teeth and powerful musculature in the jaw to crush, although they had a similar brain to Australopithecus. They became extinct a million years ago. Paranthropus boisei. Reconstruction by John Gurche, photo by Chip Clark. But another group of hominins found a kind of resources that offered them more energy in smaller quantities, and were easier to chew: meat. Homo habilis was the first to eat meat at higher rates than the rest of relatives and also meats with more fat. It was an opportunist: they ate almost anything edible, instead, Paranthropus were specialists, so if their food was scarce, they had more possibilities to die. BIG BRAINS … While Australopithecus and Paranthropus had a cranial capacity of 400-500 cm 3, Homo habilis had up to 700 cm 3. This increased brain size allowed them greater versatility and ability to improvise to find food. One thing that clearly differentiates us from other primates and animals is the large size of our brain. As you have noticed, H. habilis and is classified within our genus, Homo, due to that great leap of brain size, among other things. Skull comparison between Australopithecus, Homo habilis and Paranthropus. Credit: Peter S. Ungar et al, 2011. But a large brain also has drawbacks: 25% of our body’s energy is consumed by the brain at rest, H. habilis brain consumed 15% and Australopithecus only 10%. In addition to quantity, this energy also has to have quality: some fatty acids for proper brain function only are found in some nuts, but especially in animal fat, easier to achieve if vegetables were scarce. Homo habilis reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynès, Cosmocaixa (Barcelona). Photo by Mireia Querol …SMALL INTESTINES … The only way to dedicate more energy to brain function is to reduce the size of other high energy consumer organs (Aiello, L. Wheeler, P, 1995). Heart, kidney, liver, they are major consumers of energy, but vital, so the solution is to reduce the gut and that’s only possible with the change of an almost exclusively vegetarian diet (Australopithecus) to another of easier assimilation with more protein and animal fat (H. habilis). Comparison between high energy consumer organs between humans and other primates. Image by J. Rodriguez …AND TOOLS A large brain also gave another advantage to H. habilis. Despite his appereance (small, no large fangs or claws) they could make use of a great variety of meat (first as scavengers and later as hunters) due to the use of tools. Australopithecus probably used some sort of simple tools, mostly wooden made, but we know for sure that early manufacture of stone tools (archaeological industry) belong to H. habilis. This allowed them to take advantage of the inside of the bone marrow of large prey killed by carnivores when all the flesh had been eaten by other animals. Currently only hyenas and bearded vultures can access this resource without tools. Besides, by not requiring such large teeth and jaws, the skull can accommodate a larger brain. H. habilis scavenging a rhino. Source; DK FindOut In short, the increase of the brain of Homo was possible by changing diet, which allowed a shorter digestive tract and smaller masticatory apparatus. In turn, to achieve these more energy foods more intelligence is required, resulting in more complex behaviors such as the use of manufactured tools (Oldowan lithic technology, Mode 1). Our digestive system is the result of millions of years of evolution as opportunistic omnivores. Some current strict diets (vegetarian or almost carnivorous) are in contradiction with this biological heritage and the abuse and access to all kinds of food carry us all kinds of allergies and food problems. The secret remains following a balanced and varied diet. Roberts A (2002). Evolución: historia de la humanidad. Akal, UK. Potts, Richard. Sloan, Christopher (2010). What does it mean to be Human? Ed. National Geographic Society. Vegetarianismo – Aspectos nutricionales a tener en cuenta cuando te planteas ser vegetariano Paleodieta: hábitos prehistóricos para otra dieta milagro (OCU) archaeological industryAustralopithecusbiotechboiseibonobobraincarnivorouschimpanzeedietdigestive systemexpensive tissue hypothesisfolivorousfrugivorousgibbongorillagrassheme ironherbivoroushomínidshomininsHomo habilishomo sapienslithic technologyOldowanopportunistopportunisticorangutanOvo-lacto vegetarianismpaleodietParanthropusraw foodismscavengerveganismvegetarianism	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line897
__label__wiki	0.898258	0.898258	Competitive video games bringing Suns’ Devin Booker back to glory days Empire of the Suns Blogs By Kellan Olson \| November 27, 2019 at 12:42 pm UPDATED: November 27, 2019 at 2:43 pm Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns reacts during the final moments of the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena on November 04, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the 76ers 114-109. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) PHOENIX — It’s 12:30 p.m. and gameday against the Los Angeles Lakers for the Phoenix Suns. Players have already come in well early for some work and treatment before a 10:00 a.m. shootaround, gone through said shootaround, got shots up after shootaround and again done any extra work and treatment required before they head out. Usually getting out of the arena by noon at the latest, there are four to five hours players have to kill before they return for pregame ordeals and a 7 p.m. tip. Some will nap. Others hang out with friends and family. Maybe pop on Netflix or play video games. Suns have plan in place for suspended Deandre Ayton, will reintegrate him Suns' Ricky Rubio optimistic about returning, Aron Baynes out Suns' Elie Okobo staying aggressive, being rewarded for confident play Ty Jerome inches back from injury, assigned to NAZ Suns For Devin Booker on that Tuesday afternoon, he’s taking it a step further, hitting up one of his favorite entertainers to get some competitive “Call of Duty” matches in, streamed live with thousands watching. Booker has been a fan of that entertainer, Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, for years, going back to Haag’s days of being a professional “Call of Duty” player. “I was a fan of him way before, honestly, (the) NBA was even thought of for me,” Booker said. Haag’s playing days professionally are behind him, as he’s now a content creator and eSports organization CEO that he was able to build off the following he gained. He recently won eSports Personality of the Year at the 2019 eSports Awards, has over 3.1 million YouTube subscribers, 2.6 million Twitter followers and so on. For someone like Booker who watched Haag play growing up, he said it really is like coming into the league and then being on the same court as guys like Kobe and LeBron when he plays with him. The dude is kind of a big deal, which is where we should now explain how and why. The world of online video game content, specifically on mediums like Twitch and YouTube, has exploded in the last half-decade, particularly since the battle royale game “Fortnite” hit the mainstream two years ago. Just about everyone was playing “Fortnite,” and seeing streamers like Ninja or Tfue take the gameplay into a whole other stratosphere had undeniable viewing power. Add in the personalities of these streamers and the interactive elements of a Twitch stream, such as sending messages to the streamer in the chat, and many have been hooked since, using their own downtime here and there to pop in on Dr. Disrespect or Shroud for a few minutes (or hours). “I’ll walk into my friend’s room and he’s like, ‘Bro, this is what I go to sleep to. I just watch streams,'” Booker said. Even if you’ve never watched a Twitch stream or a YouTube highlight reel of one, you probably have a son, daughter, nephew, niece or someone else who has. And they can’t stop watching. New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard Josh Hart is probably the best player in the league to talk to about it. Hart has been streaming on Twitch for well over a year now, primarily getting in on the aforementioned “Fortnite” craze. He’s attended and competed in Pro-Am events, streamed with some of the biggest pro players and also NBA players. As Booker starts to be around this setting more, Hart’s been entrenched for a while and can speak on the appeal. “Obviously, we go out here and we hoop, we do what we do, but sometimes we’re kids at heart,” he said Thursday. “We like to decompress, play video games, play with friends, so it’s cool to see him kind of getting more and more in that world.” One of the most difficult parts is explaining the “wait, so you watch them play video games?” phenomenon, which I’ll let Booker cover here. “It’s entertainment,” he said. “I think it’s the modern-day television. People used to come home, watch a show … people like watching personalities.” And, as I unfortunately know some of you reading think, Hart can delicately illustrate why you shouldn’t be upset that professional athletes are spending time playing video games instead of training, as if they’re supposed to do that 24/7 and not have hobbies or a life outside of their corresponding sport in the first place. “We’re professional basketball players but that’s not who we are,” Hart said. “That’s just our profession, that’s our job. We’re no different than someone working a 9-to-5 who loves playing in rec league basketball or playing video games on their off time. We’re the same exact people that they are.” Let’s get back to Book and Nade. Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch) While creating and managing one of the world’s biggest eSports organizations in 100 Thieves, Haag still makes time to upload YouTube videos and stream. Like many streamers who are off-and-on, Haag streaming lately is because he’s really feeling a specific video game at the time, this one being October release “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.” As I’ve discussed in passing with Booker, it’s a title that got a lot of old fans of the series excited, with a return to simplified, core mechanics that remind 20-somethings of the Call of Duty titles they played back in the day. Booker’s been a gamer his whole life. “Some of my best memories growing up, staying the night at my friends’, bringing our whole setups and just staying up through the whole night playing,” Booker said. Haag was making hundreds of thousands of dollars competing professionally on those titles, while Booker would play in the same competitive landscape, albeit for no money, at home and online, just for bragging rights. Gamebattles is a website that has been around for well over a decade. Anyone can sign up on a “ladder” with their friends/team for a specific title and set up competitive matches against others. Booker, like myself, was playing — as the youths call them — “GBs” back in the day. He was a diehard, one of the many who would remake a team when they had too many losses, pursuing an undefeated or near-undefeated record to get to the top of the ladder. “I remember (if) our team would get five losses, we would disband,” Booker said. “Every time.” Please allow me to take a brief aside and humblebrag I was on a top 50 Call of Duty 4 team in the country on one of those ladders when I was a junior in high school. We were nice. However, as those who play know, you realize you had some peaks once you get older. I am certified trash now, full all-and-well understanding what I need to do to win but lacking the “gun skill” to “outshoot” others that are truly in that competitive environment. I’m basically a role player now. A mid-2000s Jeff Foster. It’s sad. That’s where this 29-year-old is, but at 23, Booker’s still cooking. While Booker was humble in saying he’s not as good as he once was too, check him out in a live tournament from this offseason, playing “Apex Legends” with the aforementioned Dr. Disrespect, the two-time. .@DevinBook the best in the league on the sticks? Picked up 4 elims (including one on a pro gamer) and a win with @drdisrespect here. We love to see it. pic.twitter.com/UBp3Uzq6wj — Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) July 12, 2019 Yes, that’s a 25-point-per-game NBA shooting guard on the sticks. Just gunning fools. He admits that he surprises people with his skill and really knowing the game, which I can attest to. While getting into a party on the game itself and chatting with your friends is a good time, playing GBs adds some competitive edge. Again, though, it’s still mostly about shooting the (expletive) with your pals to relax and have a good time like playing the game normally. This clip is Booker in a 1-on-1 situation, round 11, game on the line. Booker clutches it, all while sharing banter with Haag. Everyone can yell and laugh together after. (Language warning in the clip) There was a moment in the first stream of playing GBs where Booker caught himself in the moment, telling himself, his buddies and everyone watching that this was his first Gamebattles match in a decade and he couldn’t believe it. He told me there was some reminiscing in those moments. That’s part of what keeps Booker playing with Haag and Dennis “Cloakzy” Lepore, a frequent member of their squad who you hear in that clip and also is, by the way, one of the best “Fortnite” players on the planet. Booker has played a couple of sessions with Haag and his buddies, whether that’s Cloakzy, former Optic Gaming CEO Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez or others that are prominent in the competitive gaming world. With that comes Booker making new connections to bring him closer to that world, and also a new friendship with Haag. Haag sent Booker a shipment of 100 Thieves apparel, which Booker was seen wearing before Thursday’s game. 🏀 x 🎮@DevinBook x @100Thieves pic.twitter.com/tQB42FCqWG — Phoenix Suns (@Suns) November 22, 2019 Booker returned the favor by sending Haag some Suns merch and his own personally signed jersey. As a good streamer does, Haag did an unboxing of it live. He was quite excited. Booker even changed his bio on Twitter to add a third team beyond the Suns and his alma mater Kentucky. 🧐Book x @100Thieves ? pic.twitter.com/LNbzojaayQ — Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) November 20, 2019 “I’m representing them, Nade said he’s representing the Suns,” Booker said. “He said he didn’t have a team so trying to find him a home base.” This is fairly new for Booker, so there’s still a lot to sort through, but he’s dipped his toes in considering an entrance into the streaming world before back in March. If I start streaming Apex, y’all tuning in??? — Devin Booker (@DevinBook) March 23, 2019 And now, he’s got the perfect pal and an organization to put behind it as well. Booker had Haag send him the entire PC setup he needs to stream, which he just started setting up yesterday. He hopes to start streaming within the next month. Like Hart mentioned earlier, this is a great outlet for Booker to show his personality, who he is beyond a basketball player, while also having fun and interacting with his fans amongst some of the biggest personalities in streaming. To be fair, a lot of this is, as Booker said, that it simply takes him back to the good ol’ days when video games were the best of times. And look, for some of you older or younger, that might be something else. Whether it was going outside (ha!) and meeting with friends at the park, going to the mall, playing youth sports or what-have-you, we all have those nostalgic memories as youngins. Booker had those times too, but some of the best were when he’d get done with basketball for the day after school, log on and play “Call of Duty” with his brother and their friends all day and night. Like myself and plenty of others, those days have since long passed. There’s a little blip on the radar every now and then, like when I went into the office last week forgetting why my ribs hurt until I remembered the night before and the way we kept teasing my one specific friend for continuing to come in last place on the leaderboard. A teasing that brought the most consecutive laughter I’ve had in a while and a night where we all admitted low sleep levels for work the next day were well worth it. Those moments are special, and that’s some of what Booker can get from playing with a new friend in Haag, on top of time to unwind before facing off with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Follow @KellanOlson Comment guidelines: No name-calling, personal attacks, profanity, or insults. Please keep the conversation civil and help us moderate comments by reporting abuse. Suns Interviews and Podcasts	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line901
__label__cc	0.679859	0.320141	This Two-Stroke V8 Rudezon Is an Absolute Demon These 5 Car Mods May Be Illegal in Your State Richard Thompson, January 8, 2019 1:00 pm 1,600-HP Dodge Challenger Dominates Dyno Run Richard Thompson, January 20, 2020 11:00 am 800-HP “Hulk” El Camino Is a Beastly Alternative to the Traditional Rat Rod Amazon Customers Swear by These 10 Top-Reviewed Ice Scrapers Allison Johnson, January 17, 2020 1:25 pm For some people, a straight-from-the-factory ride can be about as exciting as a tuna sandwich, no matter how sleek the car looks. This is where car modding can serve as an exciting and rewarding alternative. That being said, from a legality standpoint, not all car mods are created equal. Whether they’re enforcing safety standards on public roads or just following a “because-I-said-so” line of reasoning, some states really crack the whip when it comes to certain types of car mods. Here, we’ll focus of five potentially illegal car modifications, depending on where you live. 5. Loud Stereo System Noise violations can be the bane of any high schooler’s existence, but states like Florida really crack down on low sound systems, particularly in residential areas at night. So, be sure to look up your local laws if you plan on cranking up the noise levels during that next trip. 4. Low Suspension You’re probably familiar with the term “lowrider” or, at the very least, if you’ve seen any street racing movies, have seen one in action. So, with that image in mind, you understand why lowering a car’s suspension presents such an sought-after experience, both aesthetically and performance-wise. However, with the potential for damage and other risks presented by having too low of suspension, some states crack down on lowriding. For example, Georgia has a law that requires that suspensions can’t be lowered more than two inches past factory specifications, while Maryland also has traffic laws that prohibits too low of a suspension. In New Hampshire, no part of a car’s chassis or bodywork can be lowered below the lowest part of the car’s wheels. Read More: An Off-duty Police Officer in California Broke up a Full-on Brawl Between 2 Road-Raging Couples 3. High Suspension While some people enjoy the lowrider look, others, particularly truck drivers, appreciate the more high-lift experience. But in states like Ohio or Florida, it’s illegal to lift a midsize sedan or muscle car above 22 inches or a truck over 26 inches. In Indiana, you can’t elevate a bumper more than three inches, while Connecticut only allows drivers to raise their ride’s suspension by a max of four inches. Georgia, on the other hand, has a two-inch lift limit. 2. Nitrous Oxide Systems While Nitrous Oxide Systems (or NOS) is, for the most part, legal for off-road use or events held on private property, many state laws outlaw its use, in one way or another, on public streets. In Ohio, for example, you have to sign a form after buying nitrous oxide that you understand that it’s illegal to use in a car, and sellers keeps your name on a list for two years following the purchase. Sorry, Ohioans, no Fast and the Furious scene recreations for you. 1. Dark Window Tints When it comes to the car modding legality, window tinting tends to present the most variance from state-to-state, so you will want to really read up on your state’s tint laws before undertaking any tint jobs in the near future. In Illinois, you can’t tint your front or side windows unless you provide medical documentation proving that you have a medical condition that necessitates tinting. Other states regulate tinted windows based on light transmittance percentage. For example, in Alaska, there needs to be 70% light transmittance in the front windows and 40% in the rear windows. Other than that, tint away, Alaskans! Read More: Texas Street Racing Is About as Hardcore as It Gets — And Is Also a Great Way to Get Local Law Enforcement Called About the author: Richard Thompson	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line906
__label__cc	0.618757	0.381243	"This may be the worst race-baiting campaign ad since Willie Horton." Says Salon's Luke Brinker about this new ad from the National Republican Campaign Committee: Here's the famous Willie Horton ad for comparison: Here's a New Yorker article from 2 years ago about Larry McCarthy, the man who created the Willie Horton ad. Excerpt: McCarthy knew that showing Horton’s menacing face would make voters feel viscerally that Dukakis was soft on crime. Critics said that the ad stoked racial fears, presenting a little-known black man as an icon of American violence.... McCarthy has rarely spoken publicly about the ad. But in a sworn deposition, given in 1991 to the Federal Election Commission, he theorized that there were two subjects guaranteed to move voters: the economy and crime. “People, they take crime real seriously,” he explained. He later told a reporter that when he first saw Horton’s mug shot he said to himself, “God, this guy’s ugly.” He added, “This is every suburban mother’s greatest fear.”.... According to Floyd Brown, the conservative operative who hired McCarthy in 1988, the Horton ad “was incredibly effective.” Brown maintains that Dukakis’s lead over George H. W. Bush collapsed after the ad began airing. Tony Fabrizio, a Republican pollster and strategist who also worked on the Horton ad, argues that McCarthy was relatively restrained — there were no photographs of Horton’s victims, for example. And Brown says that the ad became a scapegoat after Dukakis lost. Both men use the word “brilliant” to describe McCarthy. “Larry is not just one of the best ad-makers these days,” Brown says. “He’s one of the best advertising minds this century. You go into a studio with Larry, and you’re watching art. It’s beautiful.” Tags: 2014 elections, advertising, Bush I, crime, post-2012 GOP, racial politics, Salon "You go into a studio with racism, and you’re watching art. It’s beautiful.” Most whites agree,... It's racist because the guy is black and has allowed someone to go wild with a Sharpie on his face? John Lynch said... I thought it was racist toward people with facial tattoos. John Cunningham said... it is racist because it is true, and the Party forbids the utterance of any truths about race and crime. Bobber Fleck said... Nice move, Althouse. This will divert Crack away from the meaningful threads. wholelottasplainin' said... Never mind that Al Gore, who in a debate attacked rival Dem presidential candidate Dukakis about the furlough program that released Horton, gave McCarthy the idea for the ad. You could easily run a similar ad here about the guy who was let out early and murdered a real estate agent. These things work because they show vividly the consequences for letting violent criminals out early. That guy was white, but the sentiment is the same. The folks he killed aren't victims. He is. Because racist Republicans told the truth. Cracks only real complaint is Horton wasnt able to kill more whiteys. Al Gore thought Horton was noteworthy. That however is a most inconvenient truth. By the way, Willie Horton was a murderer and a rapist. He killed and raped. If it is, so what? The really bad impact of these ads is that a lot of governors now knee jerk refuse to ever exercise their pardon powers, even where it looks like a guy was wrongfully convicted and the relevant parole/clemency/pardon board is unanimously suggesting the guy should go free. Love the face tattoos!! It makes him even more menacing. Snarling at the camera raises the score as well. Nikko Jenkins has his own wikipedia page. He's a rock star!! chillblaine said... I wish Neel Kashkari had the money to run ads like this in Cali. Prisoner realignment should be hung like an albatross around Moonbeam's neck. Along with the crazy train and public schools that exist only to line the pockets of the teacher's unions. Not sure why they would want to, but is it OK for the Democrats to use clips of Presidnet Obama in their ads? "Nikko Jenkins has his own Wikipedia page." According to Wikipedia, "Nikko Jenkins is a convicted American spree killer." I wish they wouldn't call it a killing 'spree.' They make it sound fun. This dude made Willie Horton look like Bill Cosby. Our bad guys have gotten much badder in the last twenty years. Lots badder. I dream of the day progressives will judge heinous criminals by the content of their character rather than the color of their face. DanTheMan said... I've never seen that ad. This is the one I remember from that race... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTdUQ9SYhUw Its' wrong to use Willie Horton to show someone is soft on crime, but it's ok to use a picture of George Zimmerman to show that whites are gunning down blacks who are simply walking down the street while black? If someone finds a white person who committed a lot of crimes and uses that persons image to show that the person who is running as a democrat (most likely) is soft on crime, is anyone really going to get annoyed or call racism? If people respond to the ad is it because they hate white people, or they have a problem with politicians being soft on crime? It's ok. lets just make all villains in any commercial and/or movie a white male. So as to not offend anyone based on race or sex. What I see there, unlike in wish-casting television commercials, where you invariably see statistically unlikely and atypical things like intact Black families at backyard parties with their White friends, if you are going to use a single instance of a dangerous criminal let out early, they probably would be Black, as that depicts statistical likelihood, doesn't it? All white cops are the racist cops who shot Michael Brown simply for being black. And all the Michael Browns are innocent cherubic angels who's only crime was walking while black. So long as you fit the lefty narrative you can offensively generalize about a group of people based on their race. How did the Press handle the homosexual black male serial rapist in the South West a few years back? The Democratic diversity campaign must have been in overdrive to control national exposure. Anyway, criminals come in all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and orientations. The Democrats do a great disservice to the victims and society by protecting the criminals. They do a greater disservice to prospects of assimilation and integration through selective exploitation of local crimes. The issue and complaint here is that these ads are effective and mean the Democrats might not win. So, the subject needs to be changed. Now. Immediately. Ad Hominem works like a charm on low information voters. What, he said my positions suck? Look at him, he's a racist! Don't ask me about that, that's racist! You sexist homophobe! How dare you, have you not decency sir?! Have you no decency?! That's the only thing to say when you're caught red handed. They have binders full of ugly black murderers and rapists to choose from. They should use a different picture each time. Not fair one guy gets all the glory. D. said... a fine "culture" Bus Driver Organizes Black Mob Violence Against White Family http://americanthinker.com/2014/10/bus_driver_organizes_black_mob_violence_against_white_family.html#ixzz3GS7e7TNe ‘I’ll F***ing Kill You!’: Teacher Put on Leave After Getting Caught on Video Fighting a Student — But Wait Until You See What Led to It http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/17/ill-fing-kill-you-teacher-put-on-leave-after-getting-caught-on-video-fighting-a-student-but-wait-until-you-see-what-led-to-it/ >Most whites agree,...< that the black thug shouldn't hurt innocent black or white peeps. racists/tribalist make it a skin thing Willie Horton weekend him but the tank is what killed him. Willie Horton was a murderer and a rapist. He killed and raped. In that order? Freak. Fortunately Willie himself is no longer a threat, having spent the last 30+ years serving a life sentence in Maryland. It was the revolving door ad that took down Dukakis. I remember overhearing Union guys on the street in Boston talking about it. Nobody actually saw the much-cited Willie Horton ad. You want to talk racism? Those racists BASTARDS in Senegal just quashed their own ebola outbreak... BY SHUTTING DOWN THEIR BORDERS. That's right! They denied thousands of innocent persons of color their rights to freedom of travel and assembly for their own benefit! I bet most women, including black women, clutched their purses when he got on the elevator.......I don't think he looks like a typical black man, but he certainly doesn't look like a man whip paid his debt and is ready to join society......They always headline and give a big play to those who get cleared by DNA evidence or whatnot. The subliminal message is that America's justice system is racist. If this story gets any type of play, the person publicizing it gets branded as a racist.......The American justice system is imperfect, but the bad calls favor blacks a fair amount of the time. There have certainly been more parolees who murder than murderers who have been unjustly imprisoned. If any campaign ad shows any person of color it better be in a positive light. Otherwise it's racist. Even if he picture they are showing makes the point they are trying to make. Only white people, and more specifically, only white men can be shown negatively. So if you want to do a video that shows someone is soft on crime you can use the photo of some hardened criminal in the news. But only if he's a white guy. Whitey really needs to stand up for itself more. There is a whole racket out there based on racism and sexism that they haven't been taken advantage of enough. Don't know what the good time law is, whether it's a farce and whether the guy they are showing in the ad is actually representational of the law being a farce. But they are citing an example of someone that supposedly proves it is. Could they have found a better person to exemplify how bad the law was, other than a black guy? I don't know. But theres some reverse racism going on when you can't use someone as an example who would ottherwise prove your point, simpy became they have a certain skin tone. If the exact ad showed a white criminal would anyone even have a problem with the ad? Maybe, then, the racism is only perceived and not race baiting at all. I'll note that those pushing the Trayvon Martin case did exactly the same thing. The whole argument was really about a law the left found objectionable and so they trotted out an example of the case that, they said, showed the laws was an ass. At least in this ad the example used matched the law the critics are trying to criticize. In the case of Trayvon there was all his discussion of stand your ground laws and the consequences when GZ never even invoked the defense. I call trayvon Martin and the pushing of it reverse race baiting. I thought the ad of Dukakis with his head popped out out of the tank wearing that helmet and his stupid grin finished him. The killer is bat shit crazy. How the hell did he ever manage to be on "good behavior" for 10 years? I gotta believe that the problem is more with the prison administrators than the law as such. My guess is that 4 people are dead because a bunch of prison administrators and psychologists were not doing their jobs. This is interesting. The Willie Horton ad was good at portraying Dukakis as soft on crime. The new add is tougher, but why is it race baiting? I was curious about the argument by the Salon writer, so I clicked and found no explanation whatsoever. She just declared the ad race baiting. I think to a liberal mind if you use a black face in an effective negative ad, it necessarily is race bating. My guess is the new add probably will be effective. Revealingly, Dukakis was in court this week as a character witness for one of the men charged with aiding the Boston Marathon bombers who claims he was too stoned to remember what he was doing. So now Dukakis is standing up for terrorists and their abettors? Poor little Duke was born too soon. He would be a mainstream democrat party progressive today, and maybe even elected president by our know-nothing contemporary electorate and the America-hating media that misleads them. JSD said... Joey Fournier was 17 years old in when Willie and his cohorts robbed Lawrence Mass gas station where he worked. They beat, stabbed, emasculated Joey and dumped his body in the dumpster. My father was a police detective in Lawrence at the time. Willie was a very violent criminal and well known to law enforcement. It was assumed that Willie was gone for good. Everyone was stunned to discover that Willie was getting weekend furloughs. Dukakis was an ugly veneer hiding all things unholy in Massachusetts. All the effete goo-goo (good government) snobs celebrated his Harvard Brookline pedigree and nuanced bloviating. While under his watch the Corrupt Midget Billie Bulger ran the State House, his sociopath brother Whitey Bulger ran the Boston underworld, and John Sasso welded the hatchet and carried the bag. The Willie Horton ads encapsulated everything bad about the Dukakis era. Duke is now getting involved in the Boston Bombing trial. What an insufferable douchbag. RecChief said... Not sure why Crack is mad, Nikko Jenkins wasn't 'acting white'. Once again Crack and the liberals successfully identify 947 of the last five actual racists. "It's TOTALLY race-baiting because..." So here's the wiki for Jenkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikko_Jenkins If the law allows someone like him to get out early and he then goes on a killing spree why is it not fair to peg those who pushed the law that allowed him to get out early as soft on crime. if he was still in prison he wouldn't have gone on a killing spree. So what was the justification for releasing him? Was he a remodeled citizen? Apparently hes so insane he can't stand trial. And yet, he should be released. Now I know why they used him in the ad. It's not race baiting at all. He happens to be a spree killer out killing because society drpped the ball. The tetxt book case. Whatever his skin tone. If this were Bush and he released this guy and dems wanted to peg him as soft on crime wouldn they not use this man as an example? Who else would be a better example of the failure of the law, I ask you. Bobber Fleck, "Nice move, Althouse. This will divert Crack away from the meaningful threads." Nope - I commented on the one about masturbating dolphins, too. I'm sure that's what you had in mind,... You gotta be up for a spree.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line909
__label__wiki	0.585459	0.585459	"Trump is well on his way to owning the identities of American Alpha Males and Women Who Like Alpha Males." "Clinton is well on her way to owning the identities of angry women, beta males, immigrants, and disenfranchised minorities. If this were poker, which hand looks stronger to you for a national election?" That's Scott Adams. (Again. Sorry, but he keeps saying interesting things.) (Note: I took 2 commas out of the quote in the post title. He says interesting things but sometimes his punctuation blurs his otherwise nice and clear prose.) [ADDED: I was wrong to take out the commas, as explained here.] "Women Who Like Alpha Males" — a challenging phrase. It gets capitalized, unlike "angry women," the set of women that aligns with Hillary in Adams's vision. Adams hypothesizes women (or maybe only Hillary-supporting women) splitting 50-50 between the "angry women" and the "Women Who Like Alpha Males." That's cartoonish. But Adams is a cartoonist! He's allowed. You have to take some liberties to be this interesting and funny and concise. I could bore you by positing a continuum from abject subordination to outright man-hating and giving nuanced descriptions of the real women in the center who look at particular men and form individualized opinions. But that sentence suffices. Tags: Donald Trump, feminism, gender politics, Hillary 2016, hyperbole, punctuation, Scott Adams I thought Sanders had the Beta Male vote locked up. ...positing a continuum from abject subordination to the male to outright man-hating... As with many continua, the ends meet, forming a circle. Is it not so, that alpha females tend to pair up with alpha males? 60%-40% in favor of alpha males. I get that from the percentage of soap opera women, 40%. Scott Adams - alpha males are going to vote for trump. The implication -- if you are a male and not going to vote for Trump, maybe you are a pajama boy and not an alpha male. Hard to imagine Romney going for that approach, which is why this election is going to be so much fun. The war of the sexes needs to be recognized again as inescapable. There's no outside. Feminism is inside, in particular. Adams isn't being cartoonish. He's being a guy. As such he's better at nationwide questions; Althouse is better at neighborhood-wide questions. The continuum would change at the town limits. As a rhetorical pair, the clearly missing element from the Clinton list is "Alpha Females". Instead Adams balances "Alpha Males" with "angry women". So the cartoonist sees strong women as "angry". You could have a Freudian field day with this. If this were a poker I see Trump holding a pair of jacks and Clinton holding a straight flush. It's the number of cards that align that matter. "As with many continua, the ends meet, forming a circle." I agree. Those subordinated types are the quiet ones you've got to watch out for. Look out. It's coming. The revolution. Stamping of tiny foot, a phrase from R Emmett Tyrrell back when he could write. The alpha males who are out and proud are for all in for Trump. But the alpha males hiding in the closet, tactically protesteth Trump's style too much. If alpha males support Trump, beta males seem to be doing pretty damn well in this country. The vast majority of the rich, famous, and powerful men seem to be supporting other people. Just say no to Beta Males! Historical Footnote: The first Beta Male in TV history -- Alan Alda in MASH. There are way more have nots than haves. And have not conservatives are no longer concerned about taxation. Tax the living shit out of the rich. People prefer winners -- not whiners. Trump holds stronger hand... This plays a lot better when you realize that "alpha male" is code for "macho jock assholes who peaked in high-school." Sal said... Women are angry at men? I didn't know that. But it does explain why angry women would vote for Hillary after two terms of Obama. Men are angry at the government. The pajama boys and girls prefer non-threatening candidates who promise redistributive opiates to suppress and cheap indulgences to soothe their selective conscience. Fox News just cancelled Monday's Salt Lake City Debate for a lack of an Alpha Male in the debate. Hillary makes people feel resentful of others. Trump makes people feel good about themselves. "People prefer winners -- not whiners. Trump holds stronger hand..." But that hand has tiny sausage fingers. So there's that. I honestly don't know which is worse, Trump or the people who are supporting him. The way I feel today: When the dust settles from all this, either they're out or I am. The GOP is either the conservative party or it's not, and if it's taken over by the Trump idiots and we can't get it back, conservatives are going to look seriously at abandoning ship. I was okay at cross country and track in high school. Great in physics. Simon: "The GOP is either the conservative party or it's not, and if it's taken over by the Trump idiots and we can't get it back, conservatives are going to look seriously at abandoning ship." The GOP hasn't been the conservative party for quite some time. Or hadn't you noticed? Why cry over things that never (at least "recently") were? You are now returned to your episode of "Whatever we do lets not be seen as stopping obama's budget priorities or illegal immigration" starring Mitch and Paul. BTW Simon, the only real conservative in the race, Cruz, is also hated by the GOP establishment. So exactly what is it that you think you are selling here today? Trump's move left the Fox News debate as a Kasich v Cruz duo which removed Kasich's opportunity to contrast his Niceness style with Trump's Alpha male style. So Kasich begged off and the Cruz only debate was mercy killed. It's Angry women, Beta males, African Americans, Hispanics, Muslims, Disabled people, and Veterans who were POWs, and last but not least SANE people, who can unite and make sure Trump doesn't ever get to be President of the most powerful country on earth. Either stay home, vote third party or vote for Hillary, do it for your country. Beta males find their identity in Alpha males. Alpha males don't need show and sales to make them feel alive again. Hillary has the "we think corruption is great" vote. Trump as the "I want to be rich and gaudy" vote. Where does that leave those of us disgusted by both Hillary and Trump? Are we the wandering lumpenproletariat, filled with nihilism and a need to use words like "lumpenproletariat"? I don't know about Scott's analysis--on the one hand we're being told that Trump appeals to the vast numbers of people who feel like the economy left them behind and they are most vulnerable to it. But that doesn't really sound like "alpha males" who evoke successful captains of industry and dominators of their field. Alpha males by definition would prefer the status quo. Or maybe he means people who want to become alpha males? Hillary is getting the votes of people who have made peace with corruption and hope it works to their favor somehow. I think Scott Adams has it right. The proper juxtaposition for Alpha Male is Angry Female, not Alpha Female. Alpha Males and Females cooperate in a social group, they don't compete and their dynamic is the opposite of the underlying proposition of the Angry Female which is victimhood. What if Trump doesn't get the nomination? http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/273196-trump-predicts-riots-if-hes-not-nominee ""I think you'd have riots," Trump continued. "I'm representing ... many, many millions of people, in many cases first-time voters." "I wouldn't lead it, but I think bad things would happen," Trump predicted, adding later, "After we win, I think a lot of feelings will be soothed."" Trump now threatening to incite riots? Sigivald said... Talking about "alpha males" normally makes me believe someone is talking nonsense. (Talking about "beta males" makes me absolutely sure.) Notable Alpha Female in politics - Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). Trump/Ernst in 2016! My next tome: "Alpha Males and The Chicks That Dig Them". Due out in early November. Trump appeals to the allies who are looking for a Patton to lead the charge against the axis that is informed by emanations from a penumbra. No more selective exclusion. No more class warfare. No more alien invasions. No more capital and labor depredation. No more American citizens as second class serfs. No more abortion rites and cannibalistic trials. A separation of cult and state, and revitalization of People and Posterity. Amanda: "Trump now threatening to incite riots?" No, but your mistake is easily understood. YoungHegelian said... @Paddy, What is it with the Hillary-ites? Do they think that if they don't mention how corrupt & flawed the woman is that we just won't notice? Talk about yer vow of omuerta! Jeezo-peep, guys, your candidate is under investigation by the FBI. She & her husband made $110 million in 15 years, while the candidate who was the ex-CEO of a Fortune 20 company married to the ex-CEO of a F20 is worth $60M. Money in politics, hello! Her daughter, who can't seem to find her buttcheeks with both hands, goes from six figure job to six job, & in no time at all at a finance firm comes out a multi-millionaire. The Clinton Foundation & audits just don't seem to go together. She gives some of the most loathsome people in DC high-ranking positions in her campaign. Trump joked about he could shoot a guy on 5th Ave & his supporters would forgive him. For Trump, it's a joke. For Hillary, it's the reality. Fabi said... Amanda conflates supposition with threat in her 12:26 comment. Lulz "the Cruz only debate was mercy killed" But in a way Cruz debating Cruz, in a Princeton debate-style sort of way, would actually be more fun than anything involving Trump. "Trump is well on his way to owning the identities of American Alpha Males and Women Who Like Alpha Males." No: the identities of Americans who prefer the derivative of the simulacrum of the Alpha Male pose, as in the painting we discussed here not long ago--identities that have about as much substance as the coursework at Trump U. n.n: "Trump appeals to the allies who are looking for a Patton to lead the charge against the axis that is informed by emanations from a penumbra" Will Trump be able to move through those axis forces like crap through a goose? Hope he doesn't get an unsightly bulge. Dealing with that might be a bridge too far. That could certainly turn into the longest day. You might need God as your co-pilot in that situation. Sebastian: "the Cruz only debate was mercy killed" But in a way Cruz debating Cruz, in a Princeton debate-style sort of way, would actually be more fun than anything involving Trump." Donnies guest debater tonight is McLean Stevenson!! Hiiiyooooooooh!! One conservative is running. The establishment HATES that guy. The establishment wants to be Democrat-lite. Who wants that? Not voters, based on recent electoral history. There are more of the latter than the former, so Clinton wins. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/women-will-be-trumps-undoing/article/2585938 "Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig. These are just a few of the things Donald Trump has called women. And the big political ad making waves this week in the 2016 presidential primary, featuring Trump quotes recited by women on screen, didn't leave it there. A full 60 seconds elapse of horrifying, misogynist nonsense, and as of Tuesday afternoon, more than a million people had viewed the ad on YouTube alone. If you're a woman who doesn't know how she feels about Donald Trump, the ad leaves no question how Trump feels about you. In the last Quinnipiac national poll, Clinton pulled in 44 percent of female voters, while both Rubio and Kasich won 45 percent. She opens up a bit of a lead among women against Ted Cruz, but she defeats Trump among women by nine points. Most female voters are not in a persuadable place on Trump. Only a third of women had a favorable view of Trump in that February Quinnipiac poll; four out of ten Republican women have a strongly unfavorable view of Trump. The funniest aspect of the "Trump is not a conservative!" crowd is that many of them support(ed) Kasich, Rubio, Bush, et al. The irony -- it burns. Sorry, but I've always thought that if a man starts talking about alphas and beta males it's a sure sign one is not seen as an alpha by the opposite sex. the wolf said... Who are the disenfranchised minorities and how did they come to be disenfranchised? People use the word without knowing its meaning. Clearly you're not a manly man if you're male and you don't support Trump. Only some beta male weakling would date support Cruz. Real men talk loudly, insult people, call everyone who disagrees with them "losers" and "failures", switch positions on major issues at the age of 70, and (most importantly) have orange complexions. Drago: Time will tell... You might need God as your co-pilot in that situation. With the right alignment of the sun, the moon, and people, too. Here my global theory of the world: 1. There are many more Nots, than Haves 2. There are many more Beta Males, than Alpha Males 3. America was founded by Haves and Alpha Males, with a big assist from Nots who wanted to become Haves, and Beta Males, who wanted to become Alpha Males. 4. America fluorished with this coalition -- defeated Colonialism, defeated Slave-holders, defeated Nazism, defeated Communism. 5. But with all this heavy lifting over decades, the Haves have become a little complacent, and the Alpha Males, a little tired. 6. So, now the country faces the hordes of Nots and Beta Males who want to undo the American success story, and remake it in their own weaker image. 7. And, The Donald, a big Have/Alpha Male, has captured the minds of a mixture of Alpha Males, and Nots, who want to become Haves. These folks want to stop the steady slide of the USA into a morass of Nots, running the show and wrecking things. Anyway, that's my theory, and I'm sticking to it -- don't disturb me with the facts:) Steve M. Galbraith said... No, he's just saying - wink, wink - that they'll occur. Is he against them? Does he think it's wrong? Does he believe it's unacceptable behavior? Well, wink, wink - he didn't say. If Hillary had suggested this - or Obama - the Trump sycophants would have been outraged. But their Daddy who will extract revenge on the bad people who have ruined their lives gets a pass. "many of them support(ed) Kasich, Rubio, Bush" I'm not sure this is true. Mostly not many of anyone supported Kasich, Rubio, or Bush. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-donald-trump-women-20160316-story.html "Get Carol Roszka talking about why she does not want Hillary Clinton in the White House, and it is hard to get her to stop. Roszka vents about how Clinton’s handling of the Benghazi attacks was disgraceful, her feminism is phony and her ambition is off-putting. Yet Roszka says when she votes in November, it will very likely be for Clinton. Donald Trump has driven her to it. “I do not want Trump under any circumstances,” she said of the New York billionaire who looks headed to appear on the ballot alongside Clinton, after both candidates won a round of key states Tuesday. “So much so that I will not vote for the Republican Party at all if he runs.” Roszka is part of what you might call Clinton’s coalition of the unwilling. They are the independent and moderate Republican women who don’t like Clinton – some even despise her – but are so repulsed by Trump that they are already preparing to vote for the Democrat they anticipate will be on the ballot in November if that’s what it takes to keep him out of office. Either that, or sit out the election altogether. This loose coalition is large and growing." Here is a revised list: Angry women, beta males, African Americans, Hispanics, Muslims, disabled people, Veterans who were POWs, SANE people, Red Indians, spacemen, and sort of idealized versions of the complete Renaissance man. Oh, and Women Who Like Sort of Idealized Versions of the Complete Renaissance Man. Touché, Paddy O - that's an excellent point! Veterans who were POWs How big is this group? I don't think it's that big at all. Trump has endorsed the forced internment of innocent Americans against all their due process rights, has said he'll order the military to commit war crimes, will order the killing of the children of terrorists, says he'll "open up" libel laws... I mean at some point don't his supporters say, "Wait a second?" Obama issues EOs not to enforce immigration laws and they're outraged. Trump says the above and move and they yawn. He's not a conservative; he's an authoritarian. Gusty Winds said... Does any man admit to being a beta male? Beta male = Pussy Ann Althouse said...That's cartoonish. But Adams is a cartoonist! He's allowed. You have to take some liberties to be this interesting and funny and concise. And, in fairness, a couple of the leading candidates are pretty cartoonish themselves. In all the mainstream Media coverage of Rubio dropping out you've heard over the last 18 hours or so how many times has the word "immigration" come up? How about "Gang of 8?" It is bizarre! The lengths the Media will go to intentionally miss the point is really odd. frose said... You're usually spot-on with grammar and punctuation questions, but I think you erred this time in removing the commas in the Scott Adams statement. I believe Adams is using Oxford commas to delineate three distinct "identities" -- American[s], Alpha Males, and Women Who Like Alpha Males. I believe Adams erred in leaving off the "s" in "Americans" and that "Americans" is in contrast to "immigrants," which is one of the identities "owned" by Clinton Adams quote: "Trump is well on his way to owning the identities of American, Alpha Males, and Women Who Like Alpha Males. Clinton is well on her way to owning the identities of angry women, beta males, immigrants, and disenfranchised minorities." Speaking of Beta Males - This video by comedian Bill Burr accuses John Lennon of being the most pussy whipped guy ever. Uses a performance with Lennon and Chuck Berry where Yoko is on stage and let's out some low talent primal wail that annoys Chuck Berry. It's pretty funny. Here's a little Trump alpha male. His twitter feed this morning links to this funny video asking, "Is this what we want for a President?" If you go by the lessons learned in Jr. High thru College, chicks sleep with the guys that treat them like shit. That should get Trump a few bonus percentage points from the women's vote. Jonathan Graehl said... Republicans don't disrupt speeches. Trump's teasing, Alpha Male (TM) style, and laughing while the worms squirm. Welcome aboard, Mrs. Althouse. When the requirements for respectable speech surpass the rewards, when the signal-to-virtue-signal ratio means we're too sick of it all to even skim the latest respectable magnum opus, we take refuge - liberation - in laconic, playful, evocative doublespeak (c.f. the Irish). Fun is had, telling arguments are made to those able to see them, but the outrageists are left stabbing at octopus ink. (do as i say, not as i do) Trump 1992 said (rough recollection) "women ... i've learned you gotta treat 'em like shit" (Playboy interview?). huffpo was trying to drag him for some list of 18 similar such (true) insights but it only plays to the dynamic adams just depicted. Disparaging veterans who were unfortunate enough to become POWs from someone who brags about using the war years as his sexual playground here safe at home in the USA. "Avoiding getting a sexual disease was like my own Vietnam" 2 orthogonal dimensions: 1. social competence and picking your battles - knowing how to not seem delusional - best created by inner courage + integrity, but you can imagine someone feeling a worm inside. "alpha" (which competitive women can certainly be in my view) tries to claim the former - that it's true inner strength. the people who don't respect you though, you imply they're worms who when they're losing start losing social composure and frantically self-soothing and pretending victory 2. niche/fashion statement: there are socially dominant feminists, compsci profs, bar regulars, corporate VPs, etc. most of the awareness of "alpha" has come from lay-lots-of-hot-women and do-what-men-think-is-cool types. that's really still the center of the concept in my mind, but the concept maps to other yardsticks ("believe me, there's no problem") of status self-identified "alphas" and women who prefer real "alphas" is something like 70% of the vote. "beta" is not bad. angry in-denial "beta" is bad. women who have given up on finding or don't understand the joy of interacting with fun, confident people, may sour-grapes decide they loathe "alphas" in the attractive-manly-man sense, but i'm guessing they still struggle for "alpha" status in their local and net-politics social groups. Bricap said... Hasn't this dynamic been at play in most presidential elections? Is this really anything new? Amanda thinks the list of things you "just don't do" has real, official power. Insulting people who attack you where it hurts them, even if they're one of the sacralized classes is something Trump does do and people do allow him. Alpha. Let yourself enjoy it. He's not supposed to do that! But he will. And you're flirting with him, subconsciously, when you see what he does. I do think it's likely Trump dodged Vietnam, like everyone except McCain and Kerry. Supposedly he had a truly disqualifying bone spur type thing. What are the odds that's legit? 50/50. I'm not terribly interested. HRC and Sanders also dodged Vietnam, unambiguously. I'm pretty sure Hillary didn't dodge the draft. virgil xenophon said... What HoodlumDoodlum@ 1:37pm SAID!!! er, HoodlumD@1:35-only 2 min off--must be the effects of the Barbancourt 5-Star Haitian "RHUME" I'm presently swilling.. BTW, does anyone know if is "Chef Mojo" still alive? He had an incurable fatal disease. He's missed and I hope for the best (if that's possible..) Once, leadership was evidenced by self-control. The Id is not Alpha. Clinton is well on her way to owning the identities of angry women... Otherwise knows in Men's Locker Rooms all over the nation as Bitter Bitches. Tell me Trump isn't going get votes from Snoop Dog coalition. BTW, does anyone know if is "Chef Mojo" still alive? I asked in a Cafe Post a few months back and got no answer. --Laslo Patrick Henry was right! said... "I agree. Those subordinated types are the quiet ones you've got to watch out for. Look out. It's coming. The revolution." Professor, I fear that you are right. Of course, the result is Venezuela or, worse, Cuba or Brazil. But I guess you prefer banana republics to a real one. Hillary as Imelda Marcos or Eva Peron??? Discuss....... Trump needs a Pajama Boy ad. Something along the lines of Pajama Boy sipping his cocoa with two hands wrapped around a giant mug, in comes a Hillary-like man-woman, she beats the heck out of Pajama Boy with a giant teddy bear, dust off her hands, looks at the camera and says, "I don't need him in more ... he voted early." As she stands, surveying the wreckage, a voiceover says, "Be a man. Join the Trump army." "Angry women" are only a small bit of the Hillary! base. The larger cohort is likely those that watch The View and believe that by doing so they become smarter, more cool girl, more in. Much of the prog. movement consists of these people. "Trump isn't conservative enough, he's unprincipled, he's not a real conservative. No real conservative should ever vote for Trump-he'll destroy the GOP!" Hey, good points. Ted Cruz seems pretty conservative, pretty principled--there's not much doubt Cruz is a "real" conservative. "Ooh, Cruz is TOO conservative--David Brooks says Cruz is too mean! Cruz'll destroy the GOP!" Hey, OK; enjoy President Clinton 2 - Electric Hillaryloo. Maybe Trump should double-down for an all Alpha Male ticket: Trump/Giuliani in 2016. That would be a lot of testosterone. Hillary then picks Elizabeth Warren, and we go full battle of the sexes. Sniper fire in Bosnia, sure, but not not the draft. Also? I'm pretty sure Hillary didn't try to join the Marines. Also? I'm pretty sure Hillary didn't get a letter from NASA telling her women couldn't ever be astronauts. Also? I'm pretty sure Hillary didn't legitimately make $100k in 10 months trading cattle futures (from an investment of $1k) using her own skill. Also? I'm pretty sure Hillary didn't comply with a subpoena for documents including Rose Law Firm billing records that weren't produced (she said they were lost) but magically appeared 2 years later in the private residence space of the White House. People who talk about Trump's shady business practices but have never heard of Madison Guaranty are ignorant--the fact that the Media decided that the "Whitewater scandal" was no big deal and that it's "old news anyway" while Trump's dealings from the 1970's are fair game tells you all you need to know about bias. A true alpha male never uses cute language, analogy, metaphor. He speaks in short, declarative sentences. He doesn't mess around. Trump slogan: Grow a pair ... Vote Trump. Alpha males eat their steaks rare. Maybe Trump will make eating steaks well done, trendy. "I've been told I have beautiful hands", says Trump the ultimate Alpha male. Trump will make wearing pancake makeup a craze among alpha males. Real men wear pink ties. Fred Drinkwater said... If HRC is Imelda, then I want to know who's being lined up to be Ninoy, to get shot getting off a plane in the Capitol. Also, who's gonna be Corazon? Bad times. I was at work in '86 when I heard the lady in the next office (on the phone) saying "Oh, no. Remember what happened to Uncle Ninoy!. Ever see The Grinder? Trump and his voters remind me a lot of the relationship between Dean Sanderson and Todd. Trump is well on his way to owning the identities of American, Alpha Males, and Women Who Like Alpha Males. With the commas. Adams flunked English evidently. National politics has been anti-male, especially anti-white male, since the 1960s. If any candidate for any office is a white male, he has an impediment. Being a white male is something you hope the other side will ignore, otherwise you must apologize for your identity -- something along the lines of I may be biologically male, but that doesn't mean I think like one or The fact that my ancestors were Western Europeans does mean I agree with them -- unless you're Jewish. If you're Jewish you don't apologize for being Jewish because it will only inflame the bigotry against you. Anti-white male bigotry is the only bigotry that won't get you hauled before a PC star chamber, and since it's both fun and psychologically beneficial to be a bigot antianerism (Quaestor coins a necessary word. Anēr is Greek for a male person.) has gone from strength to strength. I wonder how long it will continue to warp and erode our culture. Hey, I love alpha males (in some ways I am an alpha male). But Donald Trump is never, ever going to own my identity. So phooey on that hooey. I keep reading that Donny is supported by all the white working class men who have been the losers in globalization and now you're telling us that they are realty the Alpha Men? Which is it? amielalune said... Simon: When has the GOP EVER been the conservative party? Please elaborate. Not sure how you think you can lose something you never had. Or, did you mean - the party that uses conservatives every 2 years and then discards them because they despise them? In that regard, yes, I suppose the GOP is the "conservative" party. "Once, leadership was evidenced by self-control. The Id is not Alpha." I wonder. This does not explain lots of people. Consider Alexander the Great. Well known for being "the Great", but not for self-control. The world is messy and there are more things in heaven and earth ... well, you know the rest. Amanda the Hopeless: "A full 60 seconds elapse of horrifying, misogynist nonsense.." Here's what actual "horrifying, misogynist" activity looks and sounds like: http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-east-west-asia/archive/2016/03/03/738591/story.html Of course, Amanda can't wait to get more of these folks into the US as fast as her little feet can pedal. Once again, the more Amanda's beloved islamists murder women by the thousands, the more Amanda will feel empowered to stand up to those dastardly Christians, conservatives and republicans. 'cuz "courage". By the way, what are the odds Donald Trump ever had to tell a woman he had just sexually assaulted: "hey, better put some ice on that". So, to sum up: sexually assaulting women: Amanda is cool with that. Calling a woman a pig: Amanda labels that "horrifying, misogyny". It's important to understand how a lefty calibrates her messaging strategy. And what is the term one should use to describe the enablers for those men who sexually assault women? I'd say we should just call that "pullin' a Hillary!" Amanda, of all the women Bill Clinton sexually assaulted and Hillary helped attack, which one would you say deserved it the most? Or would it be a tie across the board? Alpha males don't let other people tell them how best to enjoy their food. (He's wrong about how steak should be cooked, but it's his business and no one else's.) "A true alpha male never uses cute language, analogy, metaphor. He speaks in short, declarative sentences. He doesn't mess around. Trump slogan: Grow a pair ... Vote Trump." Julius Caesar was well known as an orator with a sophisticated style " he has the purest and the most elegant command of the Roman language of all the orators that have yet appeared" "he chiefly acquired and brought it to its present perfection, by a studious application to the most intricate and refined branches of literature, and by a careful and constant attention to the purity of his style." and etc., at some length - - Cicero, "Brutus" And he could chew out the legionaries like a centurion. More Alpha than Julius Caesar would be hard. The victor of twenty campaigns and a hundred battles. The man who specialized in deliberately putting his men, and himself, in a desperate situation, for the sake of getting them properly motivated. A thrill seeking gambler who won every time. America has no use for a conservative party. There is nothing about this country's founding or much of its notable history that was conservative. But if you want a real Republican to win this November then vote for Goldwater Girl, Hillary. Hell, rumor has it she even tried to sabotage the Watergate hearings. She's Republican through-and-through. Trump will run to the left of Hillary on many issues like trade and getting and staying out of the Middle East. He'll also hammer income inequality resulting from Dem and GOP policies. He'll run to the right of her on illegal immigration (The Wall). He will drive home the point he's trying to protect the jobs and wages of low income legal immigrants and US citizens, and that blacks and Latino Americans are the ones most impacted by legal immigration, along with low income whites. Trump will also promise to beef up our immigration immigration and visa policies to keep out suspected terrorists and others who aren't coming here "because they love our way of life" but either want to change the country radically or "hate us." While embracing legal immigrantion and praising the "good Muslims" who came here in the 1960s and 1970s and are doctors, lawyers, etc. He will emphasize that radicals target and kill "good Muslims" and we don't want that happening here. The "good Muslims" here will be in the most danger. He'll have the names of all the Muslims killed in the WTC. He will promise to put in an extensive screening process to let in the "good Muslims" and other legal immigrants who love us and will be "great Americans." This will be an interesting election. C R Krieger said... Amanda mentioned Hispanics. How come no one ever mentions Lusitanians? [Even spell check hates the word.] They are half the people in South America. It is like the largest Muslim country is Indonesia, followed by Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Regards — Cliff Perhaps you don't want to listen to Hans und Franz, you'd rather vote for a pathetic loser candidate like some kind of limp-wristed girly man... all right, all right, we are not here to cut you down. We are here to Trump You Up! http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-mini-super-tuesday-republican-exit-poll-analysis/story?id=37666149 Republican Primaries "Satisfaction In another sign of anti-Trump sentiment among some Republicans, across today’s five primaries, just more than half say they’d be satisfied with Trump as the nominee against Hillary Clinton, but about four in 10 say they’d seriously consider a third-party candidate. Notably, six in 10 non-Trump supporters say they would seriously consider a third party if he became the GOP’s nominee." Amanda do you seriously believe six out of ten Republicans who didn't vote for or currently support Trump are going to go third party and hand the election to the one candidate they really despise-Hillary the grifter and felonious traitor Clinton? About 55% of those eligible to vote, actually vote. Right now, 25% of voters identify as Republican and 29% as Democrat, which is an all time low. The rest identify as independent (except the very small percentage who identify as Libertarian Party or Green Party or the handful of other parties no one knows about). Trump isn't a Republican and Sanders isn't a Democrat. Our two main political parties are weak institutions. cubanbob-I can't speak for any other Republicans but I will not ever vote for little Donny. I won't vote for Hillary (I haven't voted for Democrat since 1976) but I'll either stay home or cast a protest vote for a third party candidate. I can't stand Donny, can't stand anything about him, and I can't see how a Hillary presidency would be any worse than his. Fred said... As a quondam editor, I have to agree with the other commenters regarding the connas you took out. There are three identities in the first set, not two. DarkHelmet said... Lord, I haven't been to Althouse for a while. So the Trumpers have invaded here, too? Sad. Rules: If you talk about being an alpha male, you aren't an alpha male. Who follows alpha males with religious devotion? Non-alpha males. There are a lot of stupid, angry ill-informed people in the United States. They might even be a majority. But Hillary gets her share of them, as well. Trump loses in historic landslide. @cubanbob - it's a poll question and "seriously consider" is a reasonably good answer if you want to express dissatisfaction with Trump. I suspect that a lot of Republican voters will "seriously consider" not bothering to vote, which will also hand the election to Clinton. Clinton is an awful candidate. Trump is an epically awful candidate. Which may or may not be true , Henry except in open primaries democrats, Hispanics and blacks cross over to vote for Trump. And speaking as a classic liberal, I'd rather vote for Trump than have Hillary in the White House. The Clintons had their eight years(you get two for one). Kristo Miettinen said... Ann, by taking out the commas you changed Scott's meaning. In Scott's taxonomy of identities "American" and "alpha male" are two separate things. mikee said... Not because of the voters, but because Hillary owns the vote counters, precinct by precinct, where it counts. Go Hillary, you know how to cheat, woman! It would seem that there are more of one group than the other. It is left to the reader to identify which is which but here's a clue: "the politics of resentment." "Ann, by taking out the commas you changed Scott's meaning. In Scott's taxonomy of identities "American" and "alpha male" are two separate things." First, you can only be referring to the first of the 2 commas I took out. Second, I think, in one sense, "male" is the noun and "American" and "alpha" are adjectives, which would make putting a comma between "American" and "alpha" the conventional punctuation. But, like you, I see "alpha male" as a single entity, really a noun. Then "American" modifies "alpha male." Taking out the comma makes that clearer. The picture were supposed to have is of one of the alpha males of America. Think of the animal called the American Water Spaniel. You wouldn't even consider writing "American, water spaniel." Thanks for taking an interest in the comma discussion. There's also: "You're usually spot-on with grammar and punctuation questions, but I think you erred this time in removing the commas in the Scott Adams statement. I believe Adams is using Oxford commas to delineate three distinct "identities" -- American[s], Alpha Males, and Women Who Like Alpha Males. I believe Adams erred in leaving off the "s" in "Americans" and that "Americans" is in contrast to "immigrants," which is one of the identities "owned" by Clinton." I understand that idea, but I don't think that's what Adams meant to say. He's got 2 groups, not 3. One group is male and the other is female. The males are alpha and the females are the females who love them. There no reason to dump "Americans" into that discussion. And the idea makes so little sense that I'm contemplating whether you're doing humor. If so, I get it. "You wouldn't even consider writing "American, water spaniel."" Of course you wouldn't—because it's an American Water-Spaniel, no? Apply the purple people eater rule: Is it a Water Spaniel that's American or a Spaniel of the American waters? The confusion only arises when we omit the hyphen: What Adams should have written (and didn't because—my guess—like most writers he's terrified of using it wrong) was "Trump is well on his way to owning the identities of American alpha-males, and women who like alpha-males." Okay, I looked back at the context, and I can see that both of these commenters are making the same point. "Trump is well on his way to owning the identities of American, Alpha Males, and Women Who Like Alpha Males. Clinton is well on her way to owning the identities of angry women, beta males, immigrants, and disenfranchised minorities." "American" is one of the identities that Trump "owns." And he owns 2 others: Alpha Males and Women Who Like Alpha Males. The identities Clinton owns are people who may be American citizens, but they don't have "American" as their identity. I concede the point. I think you are right, and didn't see it that way before.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line910
__label__cc	0.611941	0.388059	\| 325 New Trade Tariffs imposed by USA on Chinese Imports Home 325 New Trade Tariffs imposed by USA on Chinese Imports Follow me on: \| \| 325 New Trade Tariffs imposed by USA on Chinese Imports New Trade Tariffs from USA imposed on China [Trade War News] US Tariffs of 25% imposed on $234B worth of Chinese Imports New Trade Tariffs have been imposed by the US government on imports from China. President Donald Trump escalated the trade war with China on Friday, imposing new trade tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, now at 25%, up from the previous 10% rate. This set the stage for Beijing to retaliate, with their own tariffs on American imports. The Trump administration has sought to increase pressure on Chinese officials in negotiations taking place this week. After accusing China of reneging on past trade commitments, the US imposed new trade tariffs on a huge range of Chinese imports. About $250 billion worth of Chinese products will now face a 25% duty when imported into the USA. Previously, the majority of those products had been subject to a 10% import tax. That could lead to higher prices on a wide range of everyday products from electronics to clothing. While Trump claims Chinese companies will pay the price, research suggests American businesses and consumers bear the brunt of tariffs. Chinese Response to New Trade Tariff Officials at the Chinese Commerce Ministry — vowed on Wednesday to take “necessary countermeasures” against increased new trade tariff . They also expressed optimism that the US could “meet China halfway,” the report said. Those could include tariffs on American products or other trade barriers. China has already placed retaliatory duties on $110 billion worth of imports from the US, which had caused significant trouble for the US agricultural sector. The Chinese delegation said in a statement on Friday that it “deeply regrets” the US decision. Are the New Tariffs Here to Stay? The escalation comes just as officials were thought to be nearing a deal. As recently as last week, there were high hopes for the two days of trade negotiations in Washington While both countries have indicated a trade deal is still possible, questions have been raised about the timeline. While China might be forced to fold, experts agree that it would take more action from the US than already taken. Most likely, China will not change its approach and the US action is likely to stay permanent. Future New Tariffs Trump on Monday also threatened to slap steep tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports, roughly $325 billion, a move that economists warn would have widespread effects on businesses and consumers. “New tariffs on those goods that president has so far left untaxed will fall on American families, as these mostly hit textiles, apparel, shoes, home goods, etc.,” said Mary Lovely, a trade scholar at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “Higher taxes on these goods are likely to be highly regressive, in that lower and middle class Americans spend a higher portion of their income on these Chinese imports than do higher income Americans,” she continued. What goods do the new trade tariffs cover? The tariffs cover a wide array of goods, from minerals used in manufacturing, to vegetable juices, to leather handbags. We have a downloadable list of the goods currently affected below. The new trade tariffs come as the US and China continue with their trade talks. Chinese Vice Premier — China’s top economic official — is in Washington to continue negotiations despite the new trade tariffs. The list of goods that will be subject to the increased tariffs was released by the US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s office in September, when the 10% rate went into effect. The final list is notably different from the first round of tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, because there are consumer products on the list. The previous round focused almost exclusively on industrial equipment and machinery, while the new round includes items like hats, TVs, and food. Consumer Goods Removed from the New Tariffs There were 297 items removed from the USTR (United States Trade Representative) initial list, released in July, after the public comment period Those include: Certain consumer electronics including smartwatches Some industrial chemicals used for manufacturing textiles A few health and safety products including bicycle helmets Specific kinds of child safety furniture like high chairs and car seats The USTR did not specify how it determined which products to remove beyond assertions that the official followed an inter-agency procedure and listened to feedback from businesses. The smartwatch removal drew interest after it was revealed that Apple, makers of the Apple Watch, directly lobbied the White House. Even with the removals, 5,745 full or partial tariff lines are included on the final list of the new trade tariffs that represent roughly $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Major categories of e-commerce goods included in the new trade tariffs: Here’s a breakdown of the major categories included in the list relevant to most e-commerce sellers: Essential oils, perfumes:perfume; lip or eye make up preparations; manicure or pedicure products; shampoo; hairspray; bath salts. Soaps and cleaning products: various types of soap; leather and textile treatments; polishes for shoes and furniture. Glues, adhesives, and enzymes Cigarette lighter fluid Photographic goods: various types of photo plates; instant film; various types of film in rolls; various types of motion picture film. Various chemical products: pesticides; herbicides; fungicides Plastics: vinyl flooring and other plastic floor and wall coverings; sausage casings; bags; gloves including baseball gloves; rain jackets; machinery belts. Rubber: latex; rods, tubes, and other products; conveyor belts; various types of transmission belts; various types of pneumatic tires; gloves; gaskets; dock fenders. Raw hides and leather: animal skins including cow, buffalo, sheep, goats, reptile; various types of leather made from cow, buffalo, sheep, goats, reptile; leather trunks and suitcases; leather handbags; CD cases; gloves including ski, ice hockey, and typical use; belts; fur clothing, incluidng artificial fur. Wood: fuel wood; charcoal; various types of wood including oak, beech, maple, ash and cherry; moldings; rods; particleboard; various types of plywood; doors; corks and stoppers; wicker and bamboo baskets. Wood pulp products Paper: Newsprint; writing paper; vegetable parchment; carbon paper; self-adhesive paper; cigarette paper; envelopes; tablecloths; handkerchiefs; folders. Wool or animal hair products: cashmere; yarns; tapestries and upholstery. Cotton: fibers; thread; yarn; denim; satin. Flax: yarn; fabrics Man-made textiles: polypropylene; rayon; nylon; polyester Other textile products, rope, twine: hammocks; fish nets; carpets; Fabrics: corduroy; gauze; terry towel; lace; badges; embroidery Headgear: caps; hairnets; wool hats; head bands. Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos: stone for art; marble slabs; roofing slate; millstones; sandpaper; floor or wall tiles; cement bricks. Ceramics:fire bricks; pipes; tiles; porcelain and china. Glass and glassware: balls; rods; drawn or blown glass; float glass; tempered safety glass; mirrors; carboys, bottles, jars, pots, flasks, and other containers; microscope slides; woven fiberglass Precious stones and pearls: industrial diamonds; silver and products made of silver; gold and products made of gold; platinum; palladium. Iron and steel and products derived from the metals:drums; tubes; pipes; doors; windows; screws; horseshoes; Copper: plates; cables; tubes; pipes; springs Nickel: bars; rods; wires Aluminum: powder; cable; wire; screws. Various metal products, tools, cutlery: industrial items made from lead, zinc, tin, and more; saw blades; bolt cutters; hammers; wrenches; crow bars. Machinery, both industrial and retail: steam turbines; engines; fuel-injection pumps; air compressors; air conditioning machines; refrigerators; cream separators; hydraulic jacks; escalators; manure spreaders; copiers; automatic beverage-vending machines Electronics: vacuum cleaners; hair clippers; spark plugs; generators; bicycle lights; electric amps; television cameras; various types of TVs; video projectors. Vehicles and parts: axles; driving shafts; gear boxes; radiators. Instruments for scientific or medical purposes:microscopes; cameras for non-art purposes; gauges for pressure, electrical currents, and more. Furniture, bedding, mattresses: car seats; wood chairs; furniture designed for offices, kitchens, and more; mattresses; chandeliers; lamps. Assorted items: buttons; stamps; paintings; collections of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological interest Here is the full list, via the USTR: New Trade Tariffs US-China-List-09-17-18 China retaliates to the New Trade Tariffs on Chinese Imports By raising Tariffs on US Imports into China China has escalated the trade war with America, by announcing plans to hike the tariffs on up to $60bn of US goods, sending stocks to their lowest level in two months. From June 1, Beijing will charge a new trade tariff of 25% on almost 2,500 items, from food and consumer goods to chemicals and machinery. Other products will soon have an additional 20% or 10% new trade tariff. This is China’s official retaliation to America’s new trade tariffs on $200bn of Chinese-made products to 25% last Friday. China on Monday said it would retaliate against the USA’s new trade tariffs on Chinese imports by raising the tariff rates on thousands of American products being imported into China. Beijing plans to increase tariffs on $60 billion worth of American imports starting June 1, China’s Ministry of Finance said in a statement. The more than 5,000 items will face duties of 5% to 25%. The Trump administration has also started to prepare new duties on about $325 billion worth of goods, which would see tariffs applied to nearly all shipments from China. Progress toward defusing those escalations remained elusive last week even after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met with Vice Premier Liu He in Washington for two days of negotiations. Just hours before Beijing’s announcement, President Donald Trump wrote a series of early-morning tweets urging China’s leadership to refrain from moving forward with plans to retaliate with their own new trade tariffs. “China should not retaliate-will only get worse!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “I say openly to President Xi & all of my many friends in China that China will be hurt very badly if you don’t make a deal because companies will be forced to leave China for other countries. Too expensive to buy in China,”he continued. “You had a great deal, almost completed, & you backed out!” China’s foreign ministry pushed back against those comments, saying the country “will never surrender to external pressure.” Financial markets fell sharply Monday as trade tensions between the largest economies escalated. In the US, the three major stock indexes each shed 1% to 2% within the first hour of trading. A Brief History of the US-China trade war: The war of threats of new trade tariffs… March 1, 2018: Donald Trump announces tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum, including metals from China. March 22, 2018: Trump 25% tariff plan on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. China announces tariffs in retaliation to the steel and aluminium duties. April 3, 2018: The US trade representative announces a list of Chinese goods subject to the tariffs. April 4, 2018: China creates a list of $50 billion US goods subject to retaliatory tariffs. May 21, 2018: China and the US announce the outline of a trade deal to avoid the tariffs. May 29, 2018: The White House announces that the tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods will go ahead, with the final list of goods released June 15. June 15, 2018: Trump rolls out the final list of Chinese imports that will be taxed. Chinese imports worth $34 billion would be subject to the new 25% tariff rate as of July 6, with another $16 billion worth of imports subject to the tariff at a later date. China retaliates with similar tariffs. June 18, 2018: Trump threatens 10% tariffs on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Escalation to Action: tariffs imposed July 6, 2018: The first US tariffs on Chinese goods kick in; China responds in kind. July 10, 2018: The US releases a list of another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that could be subject to 10% tariffs. August 1, 2018: Washington releases plans to more than double the proposed duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25% from 10%. August 3, 2018: China threatens tariffs on a further $60 billion worth of US goods if the US implements this threat. August 7, 2018: The US announces that the second tranche of tariffs, (hitting $16 billion worth of Chinese goods) will enter into force by August 23. August 23, 2018: The US implements its tariffs and Beijing counters with tariffs on $16 billion worth of US goods. New Trade Tariff Threats from Trump… September 7, 2018: Trump threatens that tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are coming “soon” and threatens another $267 billion worth of Chinese imports with tariffs. September 17, 2018 The US imposes these tariffs, with a schedule to increase the rate from 25% from 10% on January 1. December 1, 2018: Trump and the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, hammer out a truce at the G20 summit pushing the the escalation of US tariffs back until 1 March. December 4, 2018: Trump tweets that he is still a “Tariff Man” and says a deal will get done only if it is in the USA’s best interests. 2019 Trade Tariff Events February 24: Trump announces that US tariffs will not increase on March 1. May 5: After apparent progress in talks, Trump suddenly threatens to raise tariffs to 25% within the week and threatens new tariffs on another $325 billion of Chinese goods.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line914
__label__cc	0.727297	0.272703	Film Review \| Only God Forgives Nicolas Winding Refn earned critical acclaim and a cult following with Drive (2011), so it’s no surprise that for many Only God Forgives (2013) – which reunites the director with his former leading man Ryan Gosling – is one of the most anticipated films of 2013. Premiering at Cannes earlier this year to divisive reviews, the hype has been tempered somewhat ahead of its UK release this week, and upon watching Refn’s ultra-arthouse thriller it’s clear that many of those critiques were well-founded. Gosling plays Julian, the youngest of an American crime family living in Bangkok, and runs a Thai boxing club and smuggling ring with his psychopathic brother Billy (Tom Burke). When Billy is murdered, crime lord matriarch Crystal (Kristin Scott Thomas) demands that Julian take revenge on his brother’s killers. When he refuses, Crystal takes matters into her own hands, which puts her in the path of the equally ruthless lawman known as Chang (Vithaya Pansringarm). From a style perspective, Only God Forgives is a masterpiece; Refn has reteamed with Drive cinematographer Larry Smith and his aggressive visuals are a marvel to look at. Set mostly at night, even the film’s uglier locations look striking, with the backdrops often bathed in effervescent red and blue neon lights. When combined with Cliff Martinez’s well-utilised electronic score, Only God Forgives’ technical artistry is worthy of all the plaudits it will doubtless receive. However, whilst Refn’s film is full of engrossing audial and visual delights, the narrative itself fails to engage. The plot is relatively simple, but almost no time is spent getting to know and invest in the characters. An over-abundance of slo-mo, wordless scenes do nothing to help explain what motivates the protagonists of this film to do what they do. For instance, why does Pansringarm’s Chang, a police officer, sing Karaoke songs after performing grisly murders? If there is a point to the weirdness, Refn seems confident that audiences will ‘get it’, but even upon reflection Only God Forgives perplexes. Most disappointingly, whilst there may be a lot of gruesome violence on display, there are precious few scenes that actually entertain. Gosling may be the headliner of the film, but by no means is the film his. The popular actor does more aimless staring here than vampires in a Twilight movie. There is no denying his talent, but there is not much that he or even the Daniel Day-Lewis’s of this world can bring to such a dull character. On the plus side, Thomas revels in her role as Crystal (aka the Mom from Hell), delivering foul dialogue in frighteningly convincing manner. When a film is 90 minutes long (closer to 80 if you don’t count the credits and if played at normal speed) and still feels like it drags, it’s clear that Only God Forgives suffers from a fatal lack of substance. One hopes that the next time Refn and Gosling team up, they are working with better material. ** 2/5 This entry was posted on August 1, 2013 by Amonymous. It was filed under Film Reviews and was tagged with Cliff Martinez, Kristin Scott Thomas, Larry Smith, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, Ryan Gosling, Tom Burke, Vithaya Pansringarm. Fine work here, man. I can’t really argue with your points here. The Karaoke scenes were certainly odd but it’s a massive deal over there so I can only assume that it was his way of winding down. For me, it was all about the symbolism and Oedipal complex that was working from Gosling subconscious. I didn’t like it at first but the themes were a bit clearer second time round. Amonymous Thanks! I had a ‘WTF?’ expression on my face for large parts of this film. I have no doubt that substance is there and if I read interviews etc I’m sure I’ll uncover some interesting stuff. But I shouldn’t need to do that to understand what’s going on. I don’t mind ambiguity, but this plot just didn’t engage me. Haha! Yeah, there were certainly a lot of WTF moments. 😉 I can see your point that you shouldn’t have to work too hard in deciphering but I don’t mind that too much. I generally like movie experiences that deviant from the norm. Great review, Amon! Despite the not-so-favorable reviews so far, I’m still pretty excited for this one. And this is coming from someone who didn’t love Drive. Thanks Fernando! At the beginning of this year, would not have expected that Only God Forgives and Man of Steel would be the most divisive films of 2013. Love the discussions it’s provoked though. Hope you enjoy. Thanks! Hope so too 😉 CMrok93 Nice review. Very strange and kooky movie, but I always remained interested by it. Can’t say how or why, it’s just that I did. thomasjford I thought, despite my love for Gosling, that this film was bad. It had some cool moments and images but not enough to sustain a movie. It was just pretty boring I thought. Leave a Reply to Mark Walker Cancel reply The Agent Smith fan in me is a bit bummed by this, but maybe switching it up is for the best. #Matrix4 twitter.com/getFANDOM/stat… 1 hour ago One of the few times when being able to hear other films in your own screening is not necessarily a bad thing. twitter.com/skywalkersmcu/… 5 days ago @HannaFlint She handles it well! 5 days ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line922
__label__cc	0.597937	0.402063	Video of Oliver Sacks discussing hallucinations On September 17, 2009 By quriosityIn Science TED Talks has posted a video of neurologist Oliver Sacks discussing hallucinations — particularly Charles Bonnet hallucinations, which occur among many visually-impaired people. Oliver Sacks is known for his investigation of neurological disorders that result in bizarre experiences and behavior. One of Sacks’s early books was calledAwakenings, which was made into a movie of the same name, with Robin Williams playing a doctor based on Sacks, and Robert Deniro playing a catatonic patient who ‘comes back to life’ through an experimental treatment. Some of my favorite Sacks books are The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat andAn Anthropologist on Mars. Sacks is a great writer, and his books are very entertaining as well as informative. The video is about 18 minutes — see “Oliver Sacks: What Hallucination Reveals About Our Minds.” AB — 17 Sept. 2009 brainfilmhealthcaremoviesScienceThinking Why I can’t play piano Great comic strips about schizophrenia and bipolar disorder One thought on “Video of Oliver Sacks discussing hallucinations” Darryl Cunningham Thanks for the link and very kind words. Psychiatric Tales will indeed be out in early 2010 from Blank Slate publishing.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line926
__label__cc	0.648761	0.351239	Force of Ideas At the center of Atlantic Media work are the ideas within our writing. We believe that ideas – to the good and not – have consequence. Our highest work is bringing rigor, insight, intellectual honesty, to that ultimate purpose of separating the bad from the good, giving voice, argument, and flight to the latter. Spirit of Generosity Atlantic Media seeks in its ranks a spirit of generosity – a natural disposition in each colleague toward service and selfless conduct. Atlantic Media writing should be cut from the same cloth – critical on the merits but informed by charity and forbearance in measuring motive and personal character. Design the force, wrestle with change, buy ships. Opinion leaders want to affect the future. They are over 2x as likely to be motivated by a desire to change the course of events than the general population. The State Department has yet to respond to an industry… This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of… In the face of increased scrutiny on political advertisements, how have tech giants Twitter and Facebook regulated… https://t.co/35l8D2pMMg 15 mins ago from @nationaljournal	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line929
__label__wiki	0.832866	0.832866	French government ready to 'compromise' in pension standoff by Mari�tte Le Roux and Joseph Schmid ome 615,000 people took to the streets across France on Tuesday, the third day of mass protests since the strike began on December 5 French officials met with union leaders Wednesday hoping to end an impasse over a hotly contested pensions overhaul, 14 days into a crippling transport strike that is casting a shadow over holiday travel plans. President Emmanuel Macron is "willing to improve" the plan, his office said ahead of the meetings, but rejected a demand by unions to drop it outright. However, after talks with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, the head of the moderate CFDT union, Laurent Berger, said they remained "still very far from an agreement." The government is struggling to win over support for its points-based pension system, which would eliminate 42 separate schemes that offer early retirement for many public-sector workers. "We're here to sound the alarm about the situation in the country, its discontent," Philippe Martinez of the CGT union, France's second largest, said after his meeting with the premier. An Elabe poll released Wednesday found that six in 10 respondents (57 percent) opposed the project, an increase of eight points from a week earlier, with just 43 percent approving. The government has come under fire in particular over a "pivot age" of 64 for a full pension, which critics say could force millions to work beyond the official retirement age of 62 -- one of the lowest in Europe. Philippe insists the new system will be more transparent and fairer, in particular for women and low earners, by raising the minimum guaranteed pension to 1,000 euros ($1,100) a month from 2022. It would also help plug a deficit forecast to reach up to 17 billion euros by 2025 if nothing is done. - 'Ready to compromise' - Pressure mounted against the government this week when it had to scramble to replace the top official overseeing the pension negotiations, who was forced to resign after it emerged he had failed to declare income from outside work. Some 615,000 people took to the streets across France on Tuesday, the third day of mass demonstrations since the strike began on December 5. Unions have warned they will continue the public transport strike through Christmas if necessary, something the government is hoping to avoid with the new round of talks, set to continue Thursday. "Obviously we are ready to work on a compromise," government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye said Wednesday. Further train cancellations could spell more misery for commuters in Paris and other big cities who have borne the brunt of the transport stoppages so far, while also keeping people from travelling for the holidays. National rail operator SNCF said it would assure a seat for each passenger who bought a holiday ticket on high-speed TGV trains for the coming weekend, though many will face time and date changes, and disruptions are still expected on regional lines. Just one in three TGVs were running Wednesday and only half of the 16 metro lines in the capital. To help keep commuters moving, the government decided to allow bus drivers to work an extra two hours per day up to Christmas eve, a move which one transport union described as nothing but "a strike-breaking" measure. A Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday found that 69 percent of respondents wanted a Christmas "truce" -- though 62 percent also said they support the strike. - Heavy toll - Train operator SNCF has warned that it may now be too late to get services back to normal by December 25, and several universities have cancelled or postponed year-end exams. More disruptions are expected Thursday, including for the Eurostar and Thalys trains serving London and Brussels. Both the Garnier and Bastille Operas in Paris -- whose employees benefit from a pension system that would be eliminated in the overhaul -- again were forced to cancel performances Wednesday. The protest is taking a heavy toll on businesses during one of the busiest periods of the year, with industry associations reporting turnover losses of 30 to 60 percent from a year earlier. Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, head of the Medef employers' association, told journalists after meeting with Philippe on Wednesday that he asked for financial relief for businesses impacted by the strike. In Paris, only half of the 16 metro lines were running Wednesday, with most of the rest offering limited services Retirement, work, income: key figures for older people in the EU There were mass protests in Paris and elsewhere on Tuesday Tyler Technologies Celebrates One Year of Advancement Toward Evidence-Based Policymaking Finance of America Reverse Boosts Wholesale Lending Group with New Hire First of Its Kind Solution Helps Americans Meet Retirement Income Needs by Joining Target Date Fund Investing with Protected Lifetime Income Check Out These Modified Classic Toyotas motorious Turn Heads In A Restored 1969 Mach 1 428 Cobra Jet Ford Mustang Bernie Sanders Fans Slam Hillary Clinton After She Says ‘Nobody Likes Him’	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line931
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__label__wiki	0.910749	0.910749	ArtsBeat \| Guggenheim Unveils Finalists in Design Competition for Helsinki Museum Guggenheim Unveils Finalists in Design Competition for Helsinki Museum By Robin Pogrebin December 2, 2014 1:12 pm December 2, 2014 1:12 pm Six concept designs have been selected as finalists for a proposed Guggenheim museum in Helsinki, Finland, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation announced on Tuesday. The shortlisted entries — chosen by an 11-member jury from 1,715 anonymous submissions — come from emerging and established architectural practices located in a range of countries. They are: AGPS Architecture Ltd.; Asif Khan Ltd.; Fake Industries Architectural Agonism; Haas Cook Zemmrich STUDIO2050; Moreau Kusunoki Architect; and SMAR Architecture Studio. The finalists’ proposals include a reuse of the existing Makasiini Terminal; a ring of slender towers around a cathedral-like central space; and pavilion-scale buildings linked to the city through a pedestrian footbridge to Tahtitorninvuori Park and a promenade along the port. The museum released images of the designs but did not label them with the name of any architecture firm. It said European Union procurement rules, under which the museum would be built, require that the selection jury make its decision based on a firm’s anonymous submission. Richard Armstrong, the Guggenheim’s director, said in a statement that each of the designs “opens extraordinary possibilities for a Guggenheim in Helsinki and asks us to imagine what a museum of the future can be.” In Finland, the Guggenheim’s proposal has divided pro-business supporters who favor the attention a new museum would bring and left-of-center advocates who had raised questions about how much it might cost to build. A version of this article appears in print on 12/03/2014, on page C3 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Guggenheim Unveils Finalists for Helsinki Museum. AC/DC Drummer Pleads Not Guilty in New Zealand Jagger and Scorsese Team Up for HBO Series on 1970s Rock Scene	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line936
__label__cc	0.508041	0.491959	Condensed Matter > Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Title:Hybrid single-electron transistor as a source of quantized electric current Authors:Jukka P. Pekola, Juha J. Vartiainen, Mikko Mottonen, Olli-Pentti Saira, Matthias Meschke, Dmitri V. Averin (Submitted on 15 Aug 2007 (v1), last revised 16 Aug 2007 (this version, v2)) Abstract: The basis of synchronous manipulation of individual electrons in solid-state devices was laid by the rise of single-electronics about two decades ago. Ultra-small structures in a low temperature environment form an ideal domain of addressing electrons one by one. A long-standing challenge in this field has been the realization of a source of electric current that is accurately related to the operation frequency $f$. There is an urgent call for a quantum standard of electric current and for the so-called metrological triangle, where voltage from Josephson effect and resistance from quantum Hall effect are tested against current via Ohm's law for a consistency check of the fundamental constants of Nature, $\hbar$ and $e$. Several attempts to create a metrological current source that would comply with the demanding criteria of extreme accuracy, high yield, and implementation with not too many control parameters have been reported. However, no satisfactory solution exists as yet despite many ingenious achievements that have been witnessed over the years. Here we propose and prove the unexpected concept of a hybrid metal-superconductor turnstile in the form of a one-island single-electron transistor with one gate, which demonstrates robust current plateaus at multiple levels of $ef$ within the uncertainty of our current measurement. Our theoretical estimates show that the errors of the present system can be efficiently suppressed by further optimizations of design and proper choice of the device parameters and therefore we expect it to eventually meet the stringent specifications of quantum metrology. Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures Subjects: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) DOI: 10.1038/nphys808 Cite as: arXiv:0708.1995 [cond-mat.mes-hall] (or arXiv:0708.1995v2 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version) From: Jukka Pekola [view email] [v1] Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:33:51 UTC (643 KB) [v2] Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:02:23 UTC (417 KB) cond-mat.mes-hall	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line938
__label__wiki	0.830594	0.830594	Status: Definitief Datum: vrijdag 18 september 1998 GAF Nomad N.22S Searchmaster L Luchtvaartmaatschappij: US Customs Service Registratie: N6305U Constructienummer: 160 Aantal vlieguren: 2983 Motoren: 2 Allison 250-B17E Bemanning: slachtoffers: 1 / inzittenden: 2 Passagiers: slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 Totaal: slachtoffers: 1 / inzittenden: 2 Schade: Vernield Gevolgen: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Plaats: 1,5 km (0.9 mijl) S van Mona Island ( Puerto Rico) Fase: Kruisvlucht (ENR) Soort vlucht: Ferry Vliegveld van vertrek: Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN/TJBQ), Puerto Rico Vliegveld van aankomst: Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR/TNCC), Curaçao Two GAF N.22S Nomad airplanes of the U.S. Customs Service, N6305U and N6302W, collided in midair during cruise flight over the Caribbean Sea, about 162 miles southwest of Puerto Rico. N6305U crashed, fatally injuring one of the two pilots. N6302W sustained minor damage, and the pilots were not injured. Approximately 10:00 on the day of the accident, the crew members of N6302W and N6305U were notified that a hurricane evacuation plan was in effect for Borinquen, Puerto Rico. Both airplanes needed to be evacuated to Curacao, in the Caribbean Sea, due to the approaching hurricane. Prior to departure, the crewmembers of both airplanes were directed to fly as a flight of two. N6302W was directed to be the lead airplane with responsibility for both navigation and radio communications. Due to the fact that neither of the copilots had received any previous ground or flight training in the N22S, the flights were to be used as initial training, as both captains were instructor pilots. Both airplanes departed Borinquen approximately 13:30. The captain of the lead airplane stated that approximately 10 minutes after departure, both airplanes were flying at an altitude of 6,500 feet above msl on a course of 210 degrees magnetic heading at 140 knots. The copilot of the lead airplane activated the autopilot with the heading and altitude selected. According to the captain of the lead airplane, the captain aboard N6305U contacted him over the radio and advised him that he was "on a loose trail" at their seven o'clock position and slightly lower. Approximately 14:25, while 120 miles south of Borinquen, the captain of the trailing airplane, N6305U, advised the captain of the lead airplane that he was going to "come in closer in order to take a photograph of [N6302W]," to which the captain of N6302W acknowledged. The captain of the lead airplane, seated on right, then moved forward in his seat and observed the trailing airplane at his eight o'clock position and slightly lower. At that time, the captain of the lead airplane considered both airplanes to be at a "safe distance" from each other, and moved back in his seat. After taking several photographs, the copilot asked the captain a question regarding the airplane's instrumentation. After several minutes, he looked outside the cockpit to the right and realized that their airplane was seconds from colliding with the lead airplane. The trailing airplane was slightly ahead of N6302W and "closing to the right at a fast pace." He then heard a loud bang. The captain aboard the lead airplane, felt an impact on the lower front section and called the captain of the trailing airplane over the radio and stated, "Are you crazy? You hit us." Seconds later, he observed the trailing airplane in a nose down position turning toward the northwest. At 14:27:30, the lead airplane advised San Juan ARTCC, "Ah mayday mayday mayday zero two whiskey oh our second unit had made contact with us going into the wa..." At 14:33, the pilot advised ARTCC that the trailing airplane was attempting to turn north and was having difficulty controlling the airplane. He requested permission to follow his company airplane, which was approved. After the collision, the captain performed a manual test of N6302W's flight controls, and stated that no operational discrepancies were noted. After verifying that the airplane was still controllable, the crew initiated a search for the trailing airplane. They attempted to contact the crew of N6305U over the radio, and the captain of the trailing airplane responded that they were flying at an altitude of 1,900 feet msl at 90 knots on a west/northwest heading. The flight crew of the lead airplane was able to establish visual contact with the trailing airplane. The captain of N6302W provided bearing and range information in an attempt to direct N6305U to the southwest corner of Puerto Rico. Approximately 50 nautical miles southwest of Borinquen, the captain of the trailing airplane advised that he had visual contact with Mona Island, and that he was going to attempt an emergency landing on the island's airstrip. However, according to the copilot aboard the trailing airplane, the airplane was nearly aligned with the dirt runway when the rate of descent increased and the airplane began to oscillate uncontrollably. Concerned that the airplane might explode on impact with the ground, the captain considered landing on the shoreline, then made the decision to ditch the airplane in the water approximately one hundred yards south of Mona Island. According to the copilot, they "lost control" of the airplane while approaching the water. Upon impact, the airplane nosed over and submerged under 8 to 10 feet of water. The copilot extricated himself from the airplane; the captain did not. The captain of the lead airplane was able to maintain control of the airplane and returned to Borinquen. He circled above the airport for approximately 40 minutes and performed the normal and emergency checklists. He was able to extend all three of the landing gear to the down and locked position. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter performed an aerial check of N6302W and confirmed that there was minor damage to the airplane's nose and the surface radar housing. N6302W landed on runway 8 without further incident. Probable Cause: PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot-in-command of N6305U to maintain physical clearance from the other aircraft (N6302W). Contributing factors were the inadequate visual lookout of all four pilots involved. " Accident investigation: Investigating agency: NTSB Status: Investigation completed Duration: 2 years and 4 months Accident number: ATL98GA127A Download report: Final report Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer. De afstand tussen Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport en Curaçao-Hato International Airport bedraagt 724 km (452 miles). Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line952
__label__wiki	0.728365	0.728365	Aw, Bless! In Their Own Tweets Author Archives: Sue Explaining Briefly Why Some People are Prejudiced Against the BBC By Sue \| May 25, 2012 - 9:19 pm \| May 25, 2012 anti semitism, anti-Israel, anti-Jewish (Radio 4 Today 7:13) A religious studies exam question, “Explain why some people are prejudiced against Jews”, has sparked controversy over whether it is a reasonable question to put to young people. Jon Benjamin, chief executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, discusses the question. So says the Today website. “You’re sitting an exam on religious studies. Question: Explain briefly why some people are prejudiced against Jews. Well, is that a reasonable question to ask young people?” asks Evan Davis. The chairman of the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education thinks not. He suggests it was appropriate for a classroom discussion, to tease out why “these” prejudices arose, but when put as an exam question “you’ve lost the context” and it implies that the prejudices might be valid. Jon Benjamin agrees. He says the question doesn’t ask for an analysis of ‘prejudice’, but virtually asks for a list of what’s wrong with Jews. “If a student came up with such a list,” posits Evan, “they’d get an appalling mark.” (Probably.) Evan tried to illustrate the difference between the words ‘explain’ and ‘justify’ by making an analogy that involved substituting ‘Jews’ with ‘criminals’ and ‘self-harmers’. It begged the question, could one replace ‘Jew’ with ‘Muslim’ here? Not that that would be helpful, because of course the zeitgeist that culminated in the holocaust is generally known to have been founded on ‘irrational fear ignorance and scapegoating.’ Suffice it to say that so far, dare I say, most prejudice against Muslims appears to be founded on the rational fear of misogyny, homophobia, antisemitism and terrorism. What’s more, no exam board would imagine for one nano second that they could get away with asking a question like that. Evan’s snippet of an item was misleading and counterproductive. If it wasn’t for the fact that antisemitism is rearing its ugly head all over again, this whole furore would be a bit of nonsense. I’ll explain why. It says in the Telegraph: “The exam board insisted that the question was part of a paper focusing on Judaism and the “relevant part of the syllabus covers prejudice and discrimination with reference to race, religion and the Jewish experience of persecution”. “We would expect [students to refer] to the Holocaust to illustrate prejudice based on irrational fear, ignorance and scapegoating,” she said.“Part of the syllabus is that children must study the causes and origins of prejudice against Jews.” So in that context the same isolated, clumsily-phrased question is arguably a good thing, which we might now see in a completely different light. If Evan’s poor little snippet of an item had started off with that information, and he hadn’t sensationalised and isolated the question from its context, it might not have looked like an ill-conceived blunder by the exam board at all, but considering the BBC’s long-term barrage of one sided, out of context reports about Israel, it’s become impossible to ask a question like that without causing offence. In fact the whole caboodle needed to be seen in context, not just the offending question. If it wasn’t for the BBC setting the scene over decades with their ever-present antisemitic innuendos and half-stories, posing such a sensitive question in an exam could have been thought-provoking and perhaps even positive. As it is, everyone concerned made mountain of a touchy, hyper sensitive issue that should have been a molehill. Crying Shame By Sue \| May 23, 2012 - 2:22 pm \| May 23, 2012 anti-Israel If anyone still doubts that the BBC reports negatively and one-sidedly about Israel, do look at the comments (296 and counting) below the line at Nick Robinson’s article here. The dubious standard of literacy and the appalling ignorance indicates that the commenters aren’t in the habit of seeking out details or background beyond their own armchair. In other words they’ve been relying on the BBC. All they seem to know is that Israel has ‘nukes’ and Iran hasn’t, (so unfair) and anyway Israel is at the root of all the problems in the Middle East; and oh, Israel’s wars are none of our business. It’s enough to make one weep. Update. Quite a few pro-Israel commenters are fighting back! (356 and counting!) By Sue \| May 20, 2012 - 8:03 am \| May 20, 2012 anti israel at all times. For reasons best known to them (probably), the BBC World service came up with a poll to measure selected countries’ perceptions of certain other countries’ influence. Israel comes out slightly above Hell on Earth. Since the BBC and the BBC World Service have been pumping out selected information about the aforementioned countries, and withholding certain other selected information, it throws up an analogy thus: I run a monopolistic campaign to promote my product for a number of years. I also run a monopolistic negative campaign to discredit my rivals’ products. I then send out a questionnaire to random consumers and non consumers asking whether they see my product in a positive or negative light. Since most of the participants in question have been subjected to my campaign but many of them have never tried my somewhat niche product because it isn’t relevant to them, the results cannot show how popular my product is, merely how effective my campaign has been. The BBC World Service can rest assured. Their campaign has been a great success. Disaster Day By Sue \| May 16, 2012 - 8:35 pm \| May 17, 2012 anti Israel. pro Palestinian, anti semitism On BBC News 24 yesterday, Jon Donnison reported the demonstrations in the Gaza strip and the West Bank by Palestinians celebrating Nakba day. I use the word ‘celebrate’ deliberately because Nakba day has become a celebration of victimhood rather than a commemoration of a Nakba (catastrophe) or cataclysmic disaster. Using this name brings it into line, in the world’s eye view, with a real catastrophe when half the world’s Jews were exterminated. Naming the anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel after the Arabic word for catastrophe puts the largely self-inflicted expulsion of approximately 700,000 Arab inhabitants of the region on a par with the murder of six million Jews. Jon Donnison’s report was more than a mere account of the demonstrations attended by ‘Thousands of Palestinians’. It was also a history lesson – consisting solely of a dumbed-down version of the ‘Palestinian narrative’, which itself is a very particular version of the creation of Israel. “The beginning of our continued hardship” he quotes Abbas saying, sorrowfully. The role that Arab leaders played in this fright and flight exercise in 1948 by propagandising and scaremongering is ignored, as is the fact that the exeat was intended as a temporary inconvenience while the Jews were neatly disposed of by invading Arab armies. Forgotten altogether is the little known “other Nakba”, the expulsion of approximately 800,000 Jews from the Middle East, who were absorbed into Israel. “How Palestinian Arabs became refugees and how they have suffered at the hands of the Jews,” is a version of history that many have chosen to adopt as the authentic account of the creation of Israel. The term Jews has been prudently ‘euphemised’ into ‘Israelis’ as if to dissociate it from the malevolence that dare not speak its name. Of course many suspect there is another side to this story, but, with the help of the BBC, they have chosen to adopt this one, and this one alone. Glorifying, or ‘rooting for’ the underdog bestows a quick-fix self-righteousness and a comforting sense of belonging. For the activist, the more radical, the more rewarding; the more assiduous, the more smug; the more strident, the more dangerous. It can’t just be a simple case of unavoidable brainwashing from an overdose of incessant, biased reporting, because it’s easy to discover both sides of a story through the internet. Even if you know you’re not going to like it, the knowledge that the information is there for the asking suggests there’s an element of choice in the Israel-bashing zeitgeist surrounding the intelligentsia and the unintelligentsia, and the fact that so many choose to ignore or reject the so-called “Jewish narrative” out of hand, yet adopt the Arab one unquestioningly indicates that antisemitism resides within the default Israel-bashing epidemic. Surely the BBC’s own biased reporting can’t be due to brainwashing either, unless they’re hopelessly incompetent, and incestuously regurgitating each other’s biased reporting. Their unique access to funds and resources means they are capable of ferreting out the whole story, so their failure to do so must be because of somebody, somewhere’s conscious decision, and their failure to fulfill their obligation to report fully and impartially must also be a matter of choice. Marching Orders By Sue \| May 15, 2012 - 12:50 pm \| May 15, 2012 anti Israel. pro Palestinian Israel-supporting blogs have been cross posting an account of the manner in which Richard Millett was roughly ejected from yet another of the sinister pro-Palestinian meetings that abound in London institutions. The organisers objected to the fact that he was filming, but as there were others doing so too, it is more likely that they simply objected to his presence. He makes it his duty to attend these functions, which are, after all, advertised as public meetings, and he is well known for asking difficult questions and ‘disrupting’ the antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. The relationship between this incident and the BBC is an indirect one, apart from the fact that one of the speakers who watched this incident take place from his seat on the platform was our old friend, the BBC’s go-to Middle East talking head, Abdel Bari Atwan. That, and the fact that the BBC’s biased reporting has fostered a default anti-Israel attitude amongst otherwise well-meaning people who mistakenly think this is a good and righteous principle. Ethical Woman By Sue \| May 3, 2012 - 8:42 pm \| May 3, 2012 anti Israel. pro Palestinian, anti-Israel, Ethical Man Rowlatt is an unusual name, so it didn’t surprise me to learn that Bee is Justin’s other half. Bee is a BBC World Service producer, so should she really be participating in the Palestinian Festival of Literature (affectionately known as PalFest) as Hadar Sela recounts here? Not that anyone could object to a lovely cultural festival of booky wooks written by the Guardian’s favourite authors, poets, and literary geniuses. Or could they? When does a literary fest become a hate-fest? When it’s full of Guardian writers, Pro-Palestinian activists and anti-Israel propagandists. The PalFest website states: ‘“For the first time, PalFest will conduct activities in besieged Gaza, where Palestinians continue to resist Israel’s illegal blockade which has transformed the occupied Gaza Strip into the world’s largest prison camp. PalFest is a sign of the growing solidarity across borders in our struggle against racism and oppression. Intellectuals and writers played a key role in ending Apartheid in South Africa; likewise, Arab cultural figures are visiting Gaza this year to show solidarity with Palestinian academics and artists in support for their call to increase the global BDS campaign against apartheid Israel.” “On behalf of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel(PACBI), we deeply appreciate the Arab writers’ principled and consistent support for the Palestinian civil struggle for justice and peace in Palestine.” “British authors Rachel Holmes and Bee Rowlatt will lead extended creative writing workshops in Birzeit with the Palestine Writing Workshop.” So, BBC World service producer Mrs Ethical Man is promoting the ill-conceived, mendacious smear that multicultural Israel resembles South Africa under apartheid, and campaigning for BDS. Nice. By Sue \| May 3, 2012 - 7:16 pm \| May 3, 2012 anti Israel. pro Palestinian Honest reporting alerted me to this Yolande Knell report. Anyone familiar with the UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk and Yolande Knell would not be not surprised to see that the shoogly peg upon which Ms. Knell hung her article was yet another of Falk’s condemnations of Israel. Falk has featured on this website more than once. Before the article was stealth edited the BBC got his name wrong, such was its haste to spread Falk’s word. Knell’s piece provided Robin Shepherd with ‘another of those do-I-laugh-or-do-I-cry moments’. He calls it ‘flagrant anti-Israel propaganda.’ The BBC frequently cites Falk on the Middle East, but it persistently fails to define him as the anti Israel fanatic he obviously is. Calling him Robert was a silly mistake, but why bother with the details when you’ve got some anti-Israel material to publicise? The best ‘Rob to Rich’ joke wins. By Sue \| April 22, 2012 - 4:31 pm \| April 22, 2012 Uncategorized This was withheld for one day in case something tragic happened during the Grand Prix. Better safe than sorry, if one May say so. Cartoon. a) “A drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption.” b) “A drawing representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically: a political cartoon.” At best, a cartoonist will capture a facial expression or encapsulate a situation with humour, brevity and élan, while at worst he will produce a laboured, racist, malicious, libelous, unfunny, overworked, overrated visual polemic. On Saturday’s early morning paper review a cartoon was mentioned, depicting a car belonging to Bernie Ecclestone being filled up with blood. Which category that fits into depends on the outlook of the beholder. F1 racing is cartoon-like, right from the starting grid. Cars, drivers, costumes, commentators in Groucho face-masks and the octogenarian pixie Bernie Ecclestone who was obviously startled at being asked for a political opinion, politics having never occurred to him until that moment. The hooha over Bahrain has a cartoon-like quality. The name of the capital sounds like ‘banana.’ Direct-Action Boycott/Divestment/Sanction is an ill-conceived concept that usually amounts to pointless, illogical, vigilante posturing. I don’t know much about the Bahraini Royal family, but they sound at least as charming as the Saudi Royals who we suck up to, or the Chinese whose human rights abuses we set aside for the sake of sport, or the Pakistanis who I believe we play cricket with. A likeable Bahraini Prince was interviewed on the BBC. He spoke with a cultured English accent, like a respectable British businessman; the tea towel on his head was set at a jaunty, possibly ironic, angle. The protesters, who are they? His Royal Highness compared them to our own rioting protesters, a theory that gains credence with every molotov cocktail. The QT panel were all for the boycott. George Galloway was off colour that day but even he managed to outdo his own hypocrisy. As if he doesn’t habitually suck up to murdering dictators. John Humphrys interviewed another pleasant Bahraini spokesman yesterday morning who sounded extremely plausible. Humph was taken aback when this gentleman refused to cave in at the very mention of Amnesty International and human rights abuses. He was far too polite to say bad things about such an inherently virtuous body, but he stood his ground. The Any Questions panel were all for the boycott. All except Alan Duncan. Far be it for me or anyone else to agree with Alan Duncan, but by the same token if Andy Slaughter and the odious Jeremy Corbyn are campaigning against F1 in Bahrain, I’m all for it. Go Lewis!! Tagged frivolous Propaganda Works Although the BBC’s current attitude towards Israel is predominantly hostile, certain Jews are always treated sympathetically. Those persecuted and murdered by Hitler. “Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel is one of the most sombre points in the calendar. This year has seen the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the young men who ran a football league in the ghetto of Theresienstadt in the Czech republic, who left a remarkable musical legacy. ” So says the Today webpage, introducing Kevin Connolly’s item (yesterday) about the type of Jews he and the BBC have no problem with. It was a moving and memorable piece, but sadly, such undoubtedly well-intentioned features also provide material for the anachronistic but oft-cited complainants who, according to the BBC, contend that the BBC is overly pro-Israel. This conveniently masks the genuine bias and generates our old friend “we-must-have-got-it-about-right”. It will have been filed away away in the recesses of their consciousness, together with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s Shoah-themed Thought For The Day, to justify another tedious complaint about catching sight of Mark Regev on television, or to inspire a hateful post on the internet beneath the YouTube clip of the Nazi propaganda film contrived to bamboozle the public into believing that Hitler was kind to the Jews. Kevin Connolly spoke to Israeli born Oded Breda who has worked at Beit-Terezin since 2009: “That cynical propaganda film still troubles him to this day. Holocaust deniers who find it on the internet want to use it to suggest that the Jews of Europe were not mistreated. Were not slaughtered” said Connolly, and Mr. Breda added: “The propaganda film is still working. If you look at YouTube, if you look at remarks that people are putting, people are saying ‘look at the Jews in the war. There was nothing. Look how they play. The propaganda film was working very well.” The BBC should be made aware that propaganda is a powerful weapon, and reminded that many people are still unhappy with the BBC’s misleading coverage of the “Jenin massacre”, the lingering fallacy surrounding the Al Durah incident, the uncritical publicity gifted to Ken O’Keefe and Sarah Colbourne after the Mavi Marmara debacle and the ongoing misinformation over the unnecessary death and sanctification of Rachel Corrie; not to mention the BBC’s biased reporting of Operation Cast Lead, and for that matter all wars and skirmishes involving Israel, invariably provoked by the neighbouring states, but habitually blamed on Israel. Not forgetting the misrepresentation of Gaza, the air time given to Islamists and unmarked, unnoted supporters of Islamists and terrorists. In fact the incessant vilification of Israel fits in nicely with the conventional present-day perception of righteousness, no doubt just as it did regarding Jews in pre-war Germany. If the Guardian reflects the thinking behind the BBC’s worldview, and the BBC was not hobbled by its charter, Kevin Connolly’s piece might have replicated the Guardian’s insensitive conduct. In reply to the suggestion that it was inappropriate to publish a piece written by Raed Salah on Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day day, Guardian Comment Editor Becky Gardiner said: “No offence intended”. Tagged anti israel Blogger Restoring Britain commented yesterday on Monday’s Open thread about the BBC’s treatment of yet another story which seizes on the Israeli retaliation while ignoring the build-up that led to it. Here is our old friend Yolande Knell, who might have picked up some of her material from this AP report, which also contains the usual emotive anti-Israel language. For example : “Israel has branded the activists “provocateurs” who posed a security threat to the country. Calling itself the Middle East’s only democracy, it says the protesters have their priorities wrong and should instead focus on rampant human rights violations in neighboring Arab countries.” With the Mavi Marmara incident in mind, these activists are undoubtedly provocateurs, it’s not really necessary to use the sneering: “Israel has branded” they ARE provocateurs. End of, as they say in Eastenders. Same goes for “Calling itself”. It IS the Middle East’s only democracy. Get over it, as they say elsewhere. “In the video, Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner is seen smashing a Danish activist in the face with his M-16 rifle.” To me that looks distinctly over the top. “Smashing” indicates something is broken. I think the poor fellow had stitches in his lip. Painful, but not exactly smashing. However the AP article does go into more detail, so sneering aside, we are told: “The officer, through his confidantes, claimed the activist had previously struck him with a stick, breaking two of his fingers, Israeli media reported. One newspaper ran a photo of him with a bandage on his hand.” Yolande Knell has: “After an exchange, the video shows Lt Col Eisner suddenly slamming his M-16 rifle into a demonstrator’s face in an apparently unprovoked attack.” In her defence, the video does appear to show an unprovoked attack. Probably because that’s the bit they filmed. This isn’t the first time the press has seized upon such a thing and presented it as though pro Palestinian activists are angels of mercy, and the IDF are brutes. It isn’t the first time Israeli governments have condemned an errant Israeli before the facts have been fully examined. Remember Mohammad Al Dura. In conclusion, this isn’t the first time the BBC has shown little or no interest in the background to a provocative pantomime by Israel-bashers and useful idiots, but expressed indignation the moment Israel responds. This blogger has written a series of detailed articles exploiting this incident. He seems particularly upset that several Israelis have been praising Col Eisner, but check out the tenor of the comments to see what sort of attitude they reveal. If Col Eisner’s bad-tempered face-butt was really representative of IDF behaviour and the shy Dane who was afraid to give his name – (“don’t tell ‘em, Andreas Ias”) – was really an innocent bicycle rider and songsmith, I’ll take it all back and apologise. By Sue \| April 16, 2012 - 5:27 am \| April 16, 2012 Uncategorized What is a “Massacre”? “The wanton or savage killing of large numbers of people, as in battle. The act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly” says the dictionary, pedantically. Ten years ago this month, the media, including the Guardian and the BBC, reported a fairy tale. A massacre had taken place in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West bank. This eventually proved to be a falsehood, but rather than retracting the accusation, the Guardian insinuated that Israel’s detailed refutations were merely part of the Zionist propaganda machine. The Guardian had their story, and they were sticking with it; they stuck to their guns, so to speak. An article by ‘Myrrh’ in Harry’s Place and cross-posted on CiF Watch examines this example of malicious and shoddy journalistic malpractice, perpetrated way back in April 2002 and still unacknowledged. Evidently, ten years on they’re still unrepentant; the article was submitted to the Guardian but they declined to publish it. For about eighteen months during the spring of 2002 there was a sustained campaign of Palestinian suicide attacks, and many Israelis were killed. Eventually a retaliatory battle took place in the Jenin refugee camp from which most of the suicide attacks had emerged. After a few days 23 Israeli solders, and 52 Palestinians, 14 of whom were allegedly civilians, had been killed. The Guardian’s reports of hundreds of Palestinian deaths were plain wrong. They were simply regurgitating fanciful claims emanating from the depths of a maudlin Palestinian imagination. The Guardian deliberately uses emotive language to stir up anti-Israel passion. “‘Jenin camp looks like the scene of a crime’; ‘Jenin smells like a crime’; ‘Jenin feels like a crime’;” When they couldn’t find many bodies, they said hundreds were probably buried in the rubble. “In fact, as aerial shots later showed, the pictures of ostensibly widespread destruction in Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp were all of the same tiny area within the camp which had been the scene of a tactically brilliant ambush — on the part of the Palestinians. Thirteen Israeli soldiers were killed when a series of booby-trapped buildings collapsed on them.” says Myrrh. Booby traps and ambushes severely test the IDF’s resolve to limit the collateral damage associated with air power. When they send in and thus endanger troops on the ground, the BBC’s reporting neither reflects nor explores Israel’s demonstrable humanitarian concerns. Some of the comments below the line at Harry’s Place cite the BBC as well as the Guardian: “The BBC came out with the same stories about the “massacre”. Their reports included claims of Israeli soldiers doing things like deliberately forcing a wheelchair-bound man into his house then bulldozing it on top of him.” says one comment. Another refers to this article . Here’s James Naughtie talking to James Reynolds about the possibility of an investigation by the UN. While the BBC eventually reported that the UN’s findings corroborated Israel’s claims, they concentrated instead on Palestinian victimhood. Jeremy Cooke knows about the UN’s findings, but he won’t let go of the approved scenario. Israeli brutality and Palestinian victimhood. And here’s Martin Asser empathising with the problems encountered by the Palestinian commuter. And celebrity kidnapee Alan Johnston recounting assorted heresay from various Palestinians, namely allegations of torture, and being made to take some of their clothes off. These articles resemble malicious gossip between bored pub philosophers with nothing better to do than egg each other on till they’ve whipped each other up into mutual states of incandescent indignation. Unlike the BBC, the Guardian isn’t hobbled by a charter requiring impartiality at all times, or failing that, balance over-all. The BBC is obliged to keep its prejudices under the counter in plain packaging, but it still manages to get the message across by emoting, omission and innuendo. Ten years on and much water has passed under the bridge. The aftermath of the Arab Spring, the rise of Islamism throughout the Arab World, the overt threats against Israel from the Ayatollahs and Mr. Ahmadinejad, manifestations of increasing Muslim antisemitism here in the UK. These developments have exposed an unpalatable reality loud and clear and have offered important lessons we obstinately refuse to learn. We won’t make the simple connection leading to the obvious conclusion so we can’t confront what truly lies behind the Israel/Palestine conflict. Lies being the operative word. And what about accountability from the media. Our trusted National broadcaster habitually passing on unverified eyewitness reports from notoriously fanciful and unreliable sources without identifying them as such is reckless and irresponsible. Without a subsequent and prominent mea culpa it’s destructive and dangerous. The damage has been done. The impression has been implanted, and let’s face it, without the long overdue acknowledgements, revisions and apologies the armchair experts will forever be none the wiser. Gloating With Salah By Sue \| April 13, 2012 - 11:23 am \| April 13, 2012 Uncategorized I admire Harry’s Place. It’s considered a left-wing blog, but their comments field is by no means an echo chamber. Political views expressed are predominantly leftist, but, because of their strong pro-Israel stance, they’ve been accused, in the pejorative manner with which such an accusation is generally uttered, of being “a right-wing, Islamophobic blog”. Someone who applauded Theresa May’s failure to send Raed Salah packing was provoked into making such a ludicrous remark about Harry’s Place, after being subjected to what he saw as an impertinent challenge to his unseemly gloating. He didn’t much like being asked to clarify whether he endorsed or denounced Salah’s blood libel either, nor whether he agreed or disagreed that Salah was a generally undesirable lingerer in the UK. That same person has been captured on film effectively auditioning for Broadmoor. That, and the video of the infamous “ infidels are like cattle” sermon, not to mention various Q.T. appearances that hint that he’s not the ‘sharpest fool on the box’ make his appointment as Senior Editor (politics) of the New Statesman, and his frequent appearances on the BBC all the more baffling. Why? Harry’s Place has posed this question many many times, but still no-one has got to the bottom of the mystery. How far must a body go before getting crossed off the BBC’s speed dial? As far as banning people, deporting people and declaring people personae non gratae, double standards are the order of the day. What with Geert, Grass and Salah no-one seems to know whether they’re coming or going. By Sue \| April 8, 2012 - 12:56 pm \| April 8, 2012 Uncategorized That old familiar sinking feeling, courtesy of BBC morning headlines concerning Rowan Williams’s forthcoming Easter address. According to the BBC, he was going to say: ‘Although the persecution of the Jews justifies the existence of Israel, harassment of the Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints must stop.’ Updated wording reversed the order. Now harassment of the Palestinians headed the announcement, while Israel’s existence trailed at the tail end. Later still, Israel was wiped off the face of the announcement and the Archbish’s retirement address was to be all about easing the everyday lives of the Palestinians. Anyone would think he was about to deliver a sermon on behalf of the PSC. But was he? The press releases hardly mention the Middle East. The Telegraph, for example only says: “The religious leader will touch on the conflict in the Middle East.”, and even in the BBC’s own web article any reference to the topic is buried, and the tenor of that is completely different, more a plea fro God to bring peace to the region than a potpourri of anti-Israel innuendo as per those headlines. Who, I wonder chose to give such prominence to this segment of an otherwise, if I may say so, somewhat dull-sounding sermon, in the Easter Sunday headlines? Rowan Williams is well known for making foot in mouth announcements, which might pass unremarked if it weren’t for the BBC’s mischievous habit of cherry-picking misguided molehills and making them into populist mountains. I haven’t heard his speech. But if it’s anything like what’s predicted in the written press, i.e. about Christianity and young people, well, why must the BBC gratuitously stir up more anti-Israel feelings? Iran Matters By Sue \| March 17, 2012 - 4:23 pm \| October 28, 2012 anti-Israel, iran, Loving Obama, Netanyahu Comments Off on Iran Matters Over the last few days Nick Robinson and Mark Mardell have been speculating about likely topics of conversation between David Cameron and President Obama. They predict that having settled Afghanistan, the new buddies will turn their attention to Iran. Or rather Israel, because the question they will be tussling with is not “How to make sure Iran doesn’t acquire nuclear weapons” but “how to stop Israel taking unilateral military action”. Because the BBC frames Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons as “Israel’s problem,” the prospect of pre-emptive military action against Iran’s nuclear activities is contemplated with pre-emptive righteous indignation.Israel is blamed in advance for the anticipated consequences such as oil price rises, perhaps Western armed forces being ‘sucked in’, and the probability that it would hand the Islamists in our midst an additional excuse for home-grown grievance-based terrorism. People are preoccupied with the understandable concern that they may suffer because of “Israel’s war”, but their trepidation completely overshadows Iran’s culpability. Arguments against military intervention are boosted by speculation that Iran hasn’t got nuclear weapons yet, and is a long way off acquiring them. People cite Iran’s repeated reassurances that their nuclear activities are one hundred percent peaceful; yet still they retain, as back-up, the theory that even if the Iranians have lied, perish the thought, diplomacy and sanctions will rescue us. This argument comes with yet another back-up. If Iran has been fooling us all along, and should sanctions and diplomacy fail, we can always fall back on Mutually Assured Destruction – the all-time, ultimate deterrent. However, in a country ruled by people who are awaiting the End Times with joyous anticipation, an event that entails the coming of the Shia Mahdi accompanied by the apocalypse, the Mutual part of this deal doesn’t seem quite so relevant. Which just leaves the Assured Destruction. It could be that if we wait too long, we’re in permanent thrall to nuclear-armed Ayatollahs. However, meantime we could bombard Iran with a concerted programme of overt sabre-rattling. “The dirty secret about President Obama’s generally successful effort to put more pressure on Iran through sanctions and diplomatic methods is that in the last resort its effectiveness depends on exactly the military threats that he would like to downplay. “ It hasn’t occurred to the BBC’s political analysts that if we stick together and threaten, we could give Ahmadinejad the serious willies, which, End Times notwithstanding, could be more effective than trying to ingratiate ourselves with him by pacifying, tolerating and being patient. It’s known as Brinkmanship. On Tues 6th March 5:05 am the BBC World service featured the meeting between Obama and Netanyahu. I couldn’t blog it at the time because my internet connection was down. Their interpretation appeared to be that Netanyahu is making a big fuss about nothing. Though President Obama’s and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s clearly expressed preference for diplomacy was mentioned briefly, it was all but cancelled out by extremely misleading hinted-at images of Netanyahu straining at the leash like a mad dog, with peace-loving Obama wrestling with all his might to rein him in and save us all from Armageddon. Mark Mardell and Nick Robinson are not alone in believing Obama is insincere in his friendships, both with the UK and, even more so, with Israel. The BBC portrays Netanyahu as a warmonger simply because they dislike him. They undoubtedly remember Sarkozy saying he can’t stand Netanyahu, and calling him a liar, with Obama’s apparent approval. Why, they may argue, pretend otherwise? The Guardian. The president sees the Israeli PM “as a liar who uses subversive tactics, shamelessly meddles in American politics and is encouraging the Republican campaign to topple him,” [Haaretz] while “Netanyahu sees Obama as a spineless leftwinger whose fantasies about world peace are threatening Israel with the prospect of a second Holocaust.” So, not exactly chums, then.” The BBC attributes President Obama’s abrupt recollection of the unshakeable solidarity between the US and Israel to the upcoming US election. Why else, they imply, would the esteemed Obama bother with a hard-line leader of such a despicable country as Israel? Obama undoubtedly does hope to curry favour with the Jewish voter, but since the majority of US Jews traditionally vote Democrat come what may, all this does seem an unnecessarily elaborate strategy. However, whether or not the BBC should really be putting such ideas into people’s heads, it certainly isn’t their job to inspire people like Peter Oborne and Jenny Tonge to scatter sinister warnings about the Jewish Lobby, or to boost the credibility of people who talk about tentacles and tails that wag dogs. If military action does eventually prove unavoidable, can a pre-emptive surgical strike with a clearly defined target be compared unfavourably with an open-ended military adventure like the one in which we are currently embroiled? The one popularly believed to have an undefined, ever changing, unachievable goal, the success of which is impossible to evaluate and the end of which is likely to be never, ever? The possibility of a surgical strike specifically targeting Iran’s nuclear activities is not the same as an all-out attack against Iran. Who knows if such a thing is, or ever was, feasible, but the window of opportunity, if there is one, is closing – or closed. What would the situation in Syria be now, if such a thing hadn’t (allegedly) occurred in 2007? And in any case, the consequences of our existing interference in ‘Muslim Lands’ are already with us. Maybe it would be better to go for it now, before it’s too late; whichever party does the deed, Israel knows it would face retaliation from Hezbollah, and despite what Jon Donnison says, Hamas. This is not an argument for war. It’s simply about the BBC’s inappropriate advocacy of appeasing the Ayatollahs on top of their willful misrepresentation of the Arab Spring as a benign and enlightened success story. And now, their delusional attitude to the monumental differences between the Western and the Islamic world, framed as though it’s a straightforward case of ‘war or peace, ‘either or’. Meaning either (Israel’s) war or (the world’s) peace. BBC World service. ‘The World Today with Lawrence Pollard and Roger Hearing’ reported the meeting between Obama and Netanyahu. They called on the services of Professor Avi Shlaim of Oxford University. Prof Shlaim is an Israeli domiciled in the UK, and a harsh critic of Israel, so it’s no surprise that he would be consulted to reinforce the BBC’s stance. He did not disappoint. He cited a warning to Israel not to take pre-emptive military action, made recently by “ex Mossad hard-liner” Meir Dagan. According to Haaretz Mr Dagan did indeed issue such a warning, but Ynet adds: ”Ultimately, the former head of Mossad said the Iranians cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, but an attack on their nuclear sites now would be a mistake.” So Dagan wasn’t playing down the threat from Iran, but, for better or worse, handing the hot potato of what to do about a nuclear-armed Iran, back to President Obama. In the programme, after short sound-bites from Netanyahu and Obama, came Professor Shlaim’s analysis. He kept referring to the Israeli government as ‘reckless’, without acknowledging that, even if it’s really all bluff and bluster, sabre-rattling is a necessary piece of the jigsaw. I transcribed this programme, because it ticked all the above mentioned boxes. Intro: “We don’t know exactly what went on at the meeting between president Obama and the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington but we can be pretty sure Mr. Netanyahu strongly argued the case for urgent military action against Iran to stop it developing nuclear weapons, and that president Obama pressed the case for seeing what sanctions and diplomatic pressure could do before sending in the bombers. In a speech before the American Israel and Public Affairs Committee AIPAC Mr. Netanyahu said time was running out.” B. Netanyahu: “My friends, Israel has waited, patiently waited for the international community to resolve this issue we’ve waited for diplomacy to work. We’ve waited for sanctions to work. None of us can afford to wait much longer. As prime minister of Israel I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation.” Beeb: Well, earlier Mr. Obama said that both he and Mr. Netanyahu preferred a diplomatic to a military solution. B. Obama: “I reserve all options, and my policy here is not going to be one of containment. My policy prevention Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, and as I indicated in my speech when I say all options are on the table I mean it. Having said that I know that both the prime minister and I prefer to resolve this diplomatically. We understand the costs of any military action.” But what complicates this is that in a presidential election year Mr. Obama has to be very careful of alienating the large number of pro Israeli US voters by appearing not to be safeguarding the security of the Jewish State. Avi Shlaim is the professor of international relations at the University of Oxford, here in Britain. he doesn’t think President Obama does have to make concessions to the Israelis. A. Shlaim: “I question whether Israel has the ability to take unilateral action against Iran. The whole of the Israeli strategy for a long time has been geared to getting America to take military action against Iran. That hasn’t succeeded, so now there are rumours and speculation that Israel will be forced to take unilateral action.” “You think that’s bluff?” “I do think that it is bluff and more than that I think it is reckless. It’s not I who thinks that Mr Netanyahu and his defence Ehud Barak are reckless. It is the former director of the Mossad Meir Dagan who is a hard-line and former general who said that Israel cannot carry out unilateral military action against Iran, and that Israel shouldn’t be talking about unilateral action, and he called the prime minister and the defence minister of the state of Israel ‘reckless’. So I do believe he is right on this issue.” “Many in Israel would say it was reckless to ignore what they see as a very real threat from Iran, after all the Iranian president has threatened to wipe Israel from the map, and I suppose, with nuclear weapons they would have the capacity to do that. Isn’t it reckless not to take any action?” “No, because Netanyahu keeps repeating that a nuclear-armed Iran will be an existential threat to the State of Israel. Well first of all, it would not be an existential threat, because Israel already has nuclear weapons, and therefore Israel’s nuclear weapons would deter Iran from launching an attack. So the worst case scenario would be a nuclear-armed Iran, and there would be a balance of terror, and the Iranians would be committing an act of suicide if they attacked Israel, and They are Not Irrational. That’s the worst case scenario. It wouldn’t be a good scenario, because if Iran had nuclear weapons, other countries, and first and foremost Saudi Arabia would want to have nuclear weapons, so it’s not a good scenario, but we are a very very long way from that worst case scenario because Iran hasn’t got nuclear weapons, it has a peaceful nuclear programme, and the best estimate from the American experts is that Iran has not made the decision yet to acquire a nuclear capability. That Iran’s programme is still peaceful and the decision to weaponize has not been taken yet so at the moment what we have is very serious severe western sanctions against Iran, so there is still the possibility of a diplomatic solution and this is what Obama should be concentrating on rather than threats of military action.” “Professor Avi Shlaim.” Click through to read and contribute comments on this post. Complaints About Complaints By Sue \| March 17, 2012 - 12:12 pm \| October 28, 2012 complaints, newswatch “Hundreds, if not thousands of people think the BBC is pro Israel. And an equal number think the opposite. How on earth do you adjudicate on matters as complicated as that?” asks BBC Newswatch’s Raymond Snoddy. BBC Trust’s Richard Ayres has been brought in specially to help tell us that on balance the BBC gets it about right. “It’s extremely difficult! It’s almost impossible for the BBC to do a news report on the M.E. without someone alleging that we are partial on one side or the other,” answers Mr Ayres, “ sometimes on both” he adds, bafflingly. (“Dear Sir,” someone has obviously written, “I am outraged by the BBC’s blatant bias against Israel and its blatant bias against the Palestinians” ) If they get complaints like that, no wonder it takes the BBC such a long time to reply. Enjoy! Can’t wait for the new, speeded up complaints system! Search Biased BBC Up2snuff January 21, 2020 at 8:17 pm on Start the Week Thread 20 January 2020Deborah and Brissles, am guilty as charged. I ask for no other offences to be taken into consideration. I think... Chalkywhite January 21, 2020 at 8:13 pm on Start the Week Thread 20 January 2020Apologies if this has already been mentioned. Funny how the BBC has (as far as I know), omitted to report... 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__label__cc	0.748747	0.251253	It's About Christ and His People On 20 Jul 2018 By biblicaldiagnosisIn eternal life, Faith, Sin, Sound bites from the Word of God Dear Children of the Kingdom; Oh that the grace of God and His mercy may be upon me at this time, that Christ may act in me mightily, that I may serve as His instrument to instruct you His people, serving you His Word, for the days in which we live are truly evil. But the fools and the uninstructed, not able to discern good from evil, keep moving forward and suffer dearly. Proverbs 22:3 – The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. The prudent sees danger and hides himself just as Joseph ran out of his master’s house when the master’s wife was determined to sleep with him. Genesis 39:6-12 – Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph DAY AFTER DAY, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. 11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. Look at Joseph’s primary concern: “There is no greater person in this house after my master than I. He has place everything in my hand, except you his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” Sinning against God was Joseph’s preoccupation! He recognized everything he had, everything he was free to have…and that was precisely the reason he could not venture into committing such a great sin against God by going after the one thing He was not permitted to touch! One can see the similarity between this account and Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, to whom God gave absolutely everything that belonged to Him here on Earth, save His tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. But as opposed to Joseph, they DID go after what was forbidden when tempted by Satan, and committed a great sin against God. YOU TOO, ARE FREE Much freedom my friend, has been granted to you too, when you were purchased and washed with Jesus blood. You have been made free! For with God, free is how His creatures, us, should be! Galatians 5:1 – For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. But to you and me who have been given much freedom, much power, Satan is after the one thing that God has forbidden us to do: To disobey Him. But sometimes, perhaps blinded by our freedom and power, or yielding to the lies of Satan, we act as fools, not recognizing the danger when we see it, or simply making light of it given who we are in Christ, free. As opposed to Joseph, we may think that because God has blessed us so much, we may afford to be careless here and there. We believe we may afford to disobey and enjoy sin, going after the one thing we have been forbidden. Hence, we do not see the danger for what it is and hide, but instead press on, only ensuring that we will reap the consequences. Galatians 5:13 – For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. My friend, you are God’s child, and you love the Lord. Perhaps you are great at praying with your family, or studying the scriptures, reading devotionals and hearing sermons. Perhaps you are growing in your understanding of the freedom and power given to you. Continue my friend on this path, and do not let Satan lie to you. Do not either be a fool, but strive to stay away from the one forbidden fruit: Disobedience. Every day, Satan or your own flesh will seek to derail you, just like the master’s wife who kept going after Joseph…DAY…AFTER…DAY! But RESIST…RESIST…and you will conquer! Lord, my Lord, may you be exalted in me, and in my friend, to the glory of your Father, our God in Heaven. The Diversity of Our Trials Examining Ourselves Believing and Suffering for Christ The Hunger of Doing God’s Will No Prosperity Despite Your Prayers What’s the Use Anyway? 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__label__wiki	0.830446	0.830446	Home Entertainment SXSW 2018 Review: ‘A Quiet Place’ Left to right: John Krasinski and Noah Jupe in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures. SXSW 2018 Review: ‘A Quiet Place’ Ssssh. Don’t say a word. Do not dare to make a noise or even a whisper in the small midwestern town where if you elect to make any kind of audible disruption it could mean the end of your life. The Paramount film A Quiet Place, which made its debut in Austin at the South By Southwest Film Festival, is centered around a family of four who must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound, threaten their survival. Their supernatural auditory sensory glands initiate them to immediately attack their prey the moment a sound is uttered from miles away. The film stars Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds. John Krasinski makes his first foray into the horror genre with this thriller which received a positive response from the audience at the Paramount Theater in Austin. Left to right: Emily Blunt and Millicent Simmonds in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures. The film is inundated with jump-out-of-your-seat moments which is always expected in a horror film, but A Quiet Place uses creative and imaginative ways these perfect these suspenseful moments that keeps you on edge throughout the entire film. There’s never a dull moment in this narrative, and the pacing has a momentum that continues to build and never loses traction as this story unfolds and survival is the only thing this family has left to hold onto. Left to right: Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures. The sound effects editing is the unsung hero in this picture and is also a character within the film itself — since the sound is what drives the entire plot of this film. These well-crafted moments of sounds so mundane like hearing the sound of a toy siren or when glass breaks, create enough fear in us that while watching we, too, are trying to be as still and as quiet as possible — while witnessing these series of events. The performances in this film are spectacular and the strongest portrayals come from the children played by Noah Jupe & Millicent Simmonds. Without saying a word these actors were able to elicit moments of fear, terror, and dread throughout this journey and by the end, we feel their pain and exhaustion during this entire experience. 'Marvel’s Hero Project' Highlights Jayera Griffin Day Left to right: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in A QUIET PLACE from Paramount Pictures. As for the aliens in this film attacking this unsuspecting family of four? We don’t know much about them, only through old newspaper clippings and research in the father’s (Krasinski) home about this new threat. The aliens themselves are pretty terrifying, they have no face, no eyes, and a mouth that looks more like the opening of a dimensional portal into a universe of terror. These creatures are pretty scary and they offer nothing to their existence except to kill at a moments notice predicated on sound. Emily Blunt in A QUIET PLACE from Paramount Pictures. Millicent Simmonds, who plays Krasiniski’s daughter in the film — is also deaf. Krasinski deliberately wanted to cast an actress who was deaf to play the part and she brings a level of depth this role that was compelling to watch (and this was all the while not even knowing the actress herself is deaf). If you want to watch an edge-of-your-seat horror thriller with extraordinary performances, impressive sound editing and a well-driven story structure — A Quiet Place is definitely a film to add on your radar. Just make sure whatever you do, be still and keep quiet. A Quiet Place arrives in theaters everywhere April 6, 2018. If you want to watch an edge-of-your-seat horror thriller with extraordinary performances, impressive sound editing and a well-driven story structure — A Quiet Place is definitely a film to add on your radar. Millicent Simmonds SXSW18 Previous articleFarewell to ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Next articleSXSW 2018 Review: ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ http://blackgirlnerds.com Jamie Broadnax is the creator of the online community for Black women called Black Girl Nerds. Jamie has appeared on MSNBC's The Melissa Harris-Perry Show and The Grio's Top 100. Her Twitter personality has been recognized by Shonda Rhimes as one of her favorites to follow. She's the primary film critic for BGN and is a member of the Broadcast Film Critic Association Interview: An Inside Look at the New Paramount Thriller ‘Crawl’	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line972
__label__cc	0.610683	0.389317	IAA set to launch awards for creative advertising - IndIAA Awards Harish Manwani, COO, Unilever, will Chair an all-star jury of senior business leaders in Mumbai on September 2 BestMediaInfo Bureau \| Mumbai \| August 20, 2015 The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA), in its Silver Jubilee year is launching the IndIAA awards “for real hard working creative advertising”. Harish Manwani, Chief Operating Officer, Unilever and Non- Executive Chairman, Hindustan Unilever, will Chair an all-star jury of senior business leaders, including D Shivakumar, Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo India; Bhaskar Bhatt, MD, The Titan Company; Mayank Pareek, President - Passenger Vehicles Unit, Tata Motors; Sangeeta Pendurkar, MD, Kellogg India; Sanjeeb Chaudhari, Global CMO and Regional Head South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank; and B Sriram, MD, State Bank of India. Harish Manwani Said Harish Manwani from Singapore, “Creativity is critical to great advertising – advertising that ultimately helps to build successful brands. I am very glad that the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA), in its Silver Jubilee year, has decided to institute the IndIAA Awards to celebrate honest advertising that works hard in the market place. Effective advertising implies the existence of deep consumer insights, the rigor of a repeatable process between the client and agency and optimal level of media spends. Only then does a great creative idea get transformed into effective advertising. I look forward to Chairing the jury of the IndIAA Awards in Mumbai on September 2, 2015.” Pradeep Guha Pradeep Guha, Chairman, IndIAA Awards, said, “In its inaugural edition, advertising campaigns that were released between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015 will be honoured in multiple product and service categories. To qualify for the Award, the campaign should have film (TV or Digital) as one of its elements. In each product or service category, no more than an overall winner and a challenger brand (a newcomer) would be awarded. The awards ceremony would be in Mumbai in early October 2015. This is an initiative to reward truly creative advertising and I am confident it will win great respect for its objectives. There will be no entry fee.” Srinivasan K Swamy Srinivasan Swamy, President, IAA, added here, “At the IndIAA Awards event, you will see campaigns that have been watched and loved, and go on to impress our stellar jury, being awarded. Therefore, we will invite on stage all the co-creators of the campaign to accept the award. This will include the marketing team, the agency creative team, the media team and other agencies who contributed to the success of the campaign.” He further said, “Keeping with our ethos of ‘what’s good, is good for business’, for the first time in the advertising industry, there will be a special award for gender sensitive advertising.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line976
__label__wiki	0.610645	0.610645	Creating your own BATTLEFRONT Immersion and Background story - BATTLEFRONT II WodiQuix July 16, 2018 5:43PM t3hBar0n wrote: » I log in, I kill stuff, I log out. That is my "immersion". To each their own. But I do think it makes the experience more fun when you have someone you have created and can become attached to. In essence, your character is taking part and living the battles that you, the player, have always enjoyed watching on the big screen. Every soldier has a story. Creating your own BATTLEFRONT Immersion and Background story - BATTLEFRONT II Webn8tr_ This is sooooo amazing!! I missed this!! Will have to start a new one now. Honestly, I don't have as much inspiration from this game, to create my own backstory like I did the last. Maybe if we had more new skins.. Or maybe when we get the clone skins!!! Will try to create something, but I am not as creative as OP. Stormtrooper ID: FN-5739 Homeworld: FN records, trooper 5739 (classified) - Attahox Allegiance: First Order Why did you become a soldier: I was hand-picked to become a part of a cause greater than myself. The First Order is won. The "Resistance" intends on throwing the galaxy back into darkness. We must stand strong and firm to protect it. Did you have a family: My comrades in arms are my brothers and sisters. The First Order is where I belong, and where I have always belonged. Biography: Selected at birth to serve in the First Order's FN Stormtrooper Corps, 5739 never knew his real name or family. He grew up training in the Unknown Regions at a secret academy, the workings of blasters and combat tactics all he ever knew. At age five, he could completely strip down and re-assemble his F-11D blaster rifle as well as recognize and diagnose fifty types of combat injuries. At age seven, he was running live fire exercises with the other young troopers in his batch, Batch 10. 5739 would lose a close comrade he had met in his batch to a fatal chest wound during an exercise. He would lose another to drowning during a swimming exercise. He learned early to subdue his emotions, as emotions would only distract a soldier on the battlefield. The preservation and purity of the First Order was ingrained and instilled in him, as well as an intense hatred of the New Republic, the government responsible for the destruction of the beloved Empire. After graduating, 5739 would proudly don the armor of the stormtrooper, fighting in numerous skirmishes with Resistance forces, a small paramilitary splinter group of the New Republic bent on throwing the galaxy back into chaos and darkness. He would best his opponents without mercy or remorse, taking satisfaction in knowing that one more enemy of the First Order was no more. His hatred of the New Republic and the Resistance would only grow after the destruction of Starkiller Base, where much of his unit was stationed. 5739, like other First Order stormtroopers, was a skilled improviser, able to adapt quickly to the constant changes of the battlefield. July 16, 2018 10:09PM edited July 2018 I think this is a pretty cool thread, but many people only care about being heroes here, so they probably wouldn’t bother having a fun backstory to the simple trooper. My backstory is that my name is Wooly the Wookie Warrior you all love to hate. My friends call me “3 Dubs”, “Dubs” or my friends on Tatooine and folks in the Empire called me Dubya for some reason. I’m a 3rd cousin once removed from Chewbacca and I once ate a Tauntaun all by myself. I like long walks in the Forrest of Endor and am dating a twi'lek. July 17, 2018 2:50AM This one is a bit longer, but I had a lot to put in there. I had to encompass his Rebellion days and his Resistance membership. He's primarily my Resistance character, but I wanted to explain why he joined the Rebel Alliance. Name: Tal Ennada Homeworld: Hosnian Prime Allegiance: Rebel Alliance, Resistance Why did you become a soldier: I stood passively by for too long while the galaxy suffered. I was wrong in thinking I'd get by unscathed. I learned that my story of oppression was one of many. Later, when I saw evil rise again, the government I had helped create refused to recognize it for what it was. Did you have a family: My father was killed in a deep space accident in the Inner Rim. I was raised by my mother, Teckla Ennada, who was a florist. Luckily she was offworld when . . . Biography: Born on the cosmopolitan Core World of Hosnian Prime, Ennada led a modest life as a shop owner in the city of Darropolis. When the Empire came to his homeworld, Ennada kept his head low, hearing stories about people disappearing for speaking out against the new government. Although he was not overly fond of the Empire, Ennada kept his feelings to himself, intent on going on as usual, even as the city he knew transformed around him. That all changed when Ennada found himself swept up in a large crowd protesting the new policies the Imperial governor had placed on the city. Quickly, Imperial patrol airspeeders with stormtroopers arrived, and without warning, began firing blaster cannons and tear gas into the crowd. Confused and terrified, Ennada ran for cover, but was hit in the shoulder by a blaster bolt and nearly trampled. Dragged to his feet later, Ennada, along with a number of other protesters, was sent to an Imperial prison on the planet. Conditions at the prison were horrible, and Ennada soon found himself very ill. After pleading with the guards for several days, Ennada was eventually escorted roughly to the prison nurse. Upon an injection of fever reduction medicine, Ennada found himself confessing his true feelings about his captors and the Empire itself. His nurse, turning out to be a Rebel sympathizer, told Ennada she could smuggle him offworld, as she had done with other prisoners. Before the plan could be fully realized, however, the nurse was killed by a pair of stormtrooper guards, having listened in on their conversation. Having been given a data card before she died, Ennada incapacitated the guards and fled the prison, securing transport offworld. Upon viewing the data card, he discovered the name of a contact, who turned out to be a member of the Rebellion. After meeting and talking with the contact and hearing other stories like his, Ennada joined the Rebellion, becoming an infantry soldier, seeing the war to its conclusion at the Battle of Jakku. Years later, frustrated with the New Republic’s unwillingness to act against the First Order, Ennada joined many other restless veterans in the ranks of the Resistance. After the destruction of his homeworld by the First Order, Ennada’s dedication to the cause would only grow. Name: Annon Annix Stormtrooper ID: TK-4677 Homeworld: Uyter Allegiance: Galactic Empire Why did you become a soldier: My father and uncle told me stories of the Clone Wars and what it did to those worlds and beings affected. I won't allow anything like that to happen again. The Empire is what's right for the galaxy, and I'm going to help it in any way I can. Did you have a family: My father, Vinis Annix, works at the Uyter Imperial Foodstuff factory, and my uncle, Vakim Annix, is a shipwright of his own yard. I never really knew my mother. She died when I was very young. Father never talked about it much, but it hurts him. Biography: Born on the agriworld Mid Rim planet of Uyter, Annix was the nephew of well-known Imperial shipwright Vakim Annix of Annix Shipyards, an important facility in the construction of Star Destroyers. The son of a foodstuff worker, Annix dreamed of greater ambitions, his head full of Imperial glories and triumphs told to him by his uncle. When going into Central City with his father one day, Annix encountered Imperial stormtroopers for the first time. The troopers, in their gleaming white armor and impressive formations, left an impression on the young boy. After talking with his uncle, and with his uncle’s and father’s encouragement, Annix went to study at the Imperial Academy of Uyter, intent on enlisting in the Stormtrooper Corps. Throughout his time and trials at the academy, Annix trained hard, dreaming of the day he would wear the white armor of the Empire’s most loyal peacekeepers. Graduating in the top twenty percent of his class, Annix, now TK-4677, was attached to the 83rd Legion, a unit of stormtroopers known for their bravery and discipline when in combat, serving alongside his childhood friend TK-3439, who had graduated with Annix. With his superb training and equipment, Annix was determined to show the enemies of the Empire the error of their ways. Here, @Empire_TW , this is my stormtrooper bio. Maybe all these stories can all be compiled into one story and they all encounter each other. kirtanloorii Hmm. This is interesting. I have done something like this before, but usually when I do it, I imagine it from the commander's perspective. I don't always give them a face, but I do imagine them sitting around a table looking at strategic maps. If you look back at the link I put in here, @WodiQuix and I actually did that with a good deal of characters from the last thread Emotion yet Peace, Ignorance yet Knowledge, Passion yet Serenity, Chaos yet Harmony, Death yet the Force Laser921 wrote: » Yep, that's exactly how the last story started, with small status updates for characters that got longer and more detailed. Liz4rD It's so nice and joyful to read these stories that make Star Wars Universe live in so many forms. In a forum full of complaints about a game (that I REALLY LOVE EVEN WITH ITS BAD THINGS, hoping for them to be fixed) is like an oasis to find this post. Thank you very much to all. Liz4rD wrote: » You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoy the stories! Feel free to come up with your own if you wish. It's really fun and gets you more immersed into the game! And turned into a story that actually turned out quite well and would fit into the new timeline July 17, 2018 11:54PM edited February 2019 So for those of you who have read The Imperium War, this bio is in regards to main antagonist of that story Name: Xander Verush Faction: Galactic Empire, Imperium, (secretly aligned with the First Order) Xander Verush was born shortly before the Clone Wars, beyond the Outer Rim. After the rise of the Galactic Empire, he joined the ranks of the Imperial Army. While at the academy, his aptitude scores immediately qualified him to serve as a Death Trooper, elite troopers for Imperial Intelligence. Here he served with distinction, brutally enforcing the Empire's edicts and demonstrating a fierce loyalty to Emperor Palpatine. His service record was so exemplary, Palpatine himself took note after quashing a Rebel raid at the mines of Kessel, in which Xander lead a small squad to destroy a Rebel force nearly three times larger than his own. You see, Xander had, unbeknownst to himself, a powerful connection to the Force, allowing him a canny precognition and awareness of his surroundings. Shortly after the Battle of Scarif, Palpatine summoned Verush to a private audience. It was here that Xander's destiny would forever change; Palpatine had informed him of his tremendous talent in the Force and offered to him a deal of a lifetime, to become the Sith Apprentice of Palpatine himself. For Darth Vader, while powerful, did have limitations, limitations the powerful Verush did not have. Thus, Xander began his tutelage under Darth Sidious, earning his own Sith name, an old word meaning darkness, he would be known as Darth Pravus. As his apprenticeship was secret, publicly, he was granted a high position within the Inquisitorius and named the Emperor's Voice. In this capacity, he would serve as Palpatine's enforcer, much as Vader did, only to the lawless regions of the Outer Rim and beyond, to bring the light of the Empire to the dark corners of the galaxy, all the while secretly training under his Sith master. He would continue this until a small group of Rebels, including Jevin Corso, Wodi Quix, Amminius Sinan, and a young child of the Jedi, Cade Valdarin, would become thorns in his master's side. However, at the Battle of Endor, in which Luke Skywalker was to take his father's place and Xander then take his, fate took a different turn. Instead of fulfilling his destiny, he was defeated by the powerful child, Cade Valdarin, but was spared out of pity. After the battle Xander, along with survivors of the battle, would follow him to the unknown territory of Wild Space, where he would embrace his destiny and declare himself as the Dark Lord of the Sith. He would draw in former Imperials and Sith cultist who, after seeing his power, would see him as the true scion of the Sith, the legacy of the Empire, and the heir of Palpatine. The newly formed Imperium would grow unchecked and in secret for the next fifteen years. Fourteen years after the fall of the Empire, Pravus would reveal himself the New Republic, who by this time had demilitarized and were thus unprepared, and launch a three-and-a-half year war, "The Imperium War." He would also unveil a secret weapon found in deep space, Gorukar, an ancient Sith Space station capable of draining the Force from a world, thereby draining it of all life. However, his rival, the now full-fledged Jedi warrior, Cade Valdarin, would defeat him eighteen years after Endor at the Battle of Chandrila, fulfilling his destiny and experiencing oneness with the Force and destroying the Imperium. However, unknown to all, Pravus had a contingency in place in the event of his death. The First Order, another Imperial Remnant, would continue his work to destroy the New Republic. Post edited by Laser921 on February 2019 July 18, 2018 12:01AM edited July 2018 Post edited by Laser921 on July 2018 Working on a background for a First Order officer. But no way as good or creative as Laser or WodiQuix. Glad to see this back. Stories like this help with the immersion of the game. Keep up the great work!! Love the unique, creative stories. @Webn8tr_ you should look at the link I posted in the first page, its a story thats a culmination of the posts from the first thread, a complete story! 336 pages?!?!? That's amazing.. Downloaded it to my phone. Will probably read it this weekend!!! You guys should write a book July 18, 2018 2:12AM edited July 2018 UrbanGlitch Okay, you reaaaaaally want us to read that don’t you.........? UrbanGlitch wrote: » I think it was a mistake. He messaged me saying that it said "comment will appear when it is approved", so he said he would post it again tomorrow. I guess the forums really liked his bio! Lol. Yeah, you can definitely tell it was a mistake. Great bio nonetheless Awesome! That's the main antagonist in the story @Laser921 and I created. You should do more backstories, @UrbanGlitch , I liked your first one! Gonna do a Clone Trooper one I think Copy that. 442nd Siege Batallion, right? **** yeah I'm a 7th Legion man, myself. SWymsa You know that thing... when people get a life? Droids_and_Ewoks @WodiQuix , here's my first one... “You’re not a pawn Seven-Eight. Think of yourself as a rook. An unbreakable battlement defending democracy against chaos…that’s what you are trooper.” -Rook’s commanding officer, after a particularly troubling conversation following the Battle of Murkhana. More self-aware than average, the Clone Trooper that would take the name “Rook”, was an eccentric sort that, when not in the din of battle, could be found in contemplation as deep as the Kamino oceans he enjoyed staring across. Like most clones, Rook was trained to handle a variety of weapons and equipment. He sported an anchor beard in the style of the old swashbuckling holovids he enjoyed. On the battlefield, he was prone to collecting insects. Rook was also an aspiring artist and poet. "Puppets" by Rook Metal Men, do you dream? In straight lines Puppets you seem Are we not also on strings? Skeleton Men To which borrowed flesh clings Smashed together, playthings we But which will break The rock, or the sea? Xbox Live: Honorary Ewok Droids_and_Ewoks wrote: » That's really good, @Droids_and_Ewoks ! I love the poem and the quote. I figured I would see you on this thread some time! I'm also in the works of making a clone trooper. July 18, 2018 9:33PM edited July 2018 123 was not particularly noteworthy, and was in most regards a standard battle droid. However, a malfunction (or sabotage attempt) at the droid foundry created a virus that left him and a small batch of fellow battle droids with a propensity for outbursts of obscene language, and an even more condescending attitude towards subordinate droids than usual. An explosion combined with mud contamination on Mimban caused minor damage to 123’s gyroscopic and auditory sensors, causing the droid to have lapses in balance and hearing. He would often respond to orders with an irritated “WHAT?!” B1-123 also had a strange urge to pet animals, including large dangerous predators. I love this part, lol! Good bio! Homeworld: Mon Cala Soft spoken, yet jovial when compared with other Quarren, Braken did not intend to leave his oceanic home. Cyprin, the sister of Braken’s Mon Calamari best friend Barbus, enlisted to become part of Admiral Ackbar’s fleet. Barbus, having no less a sense of duty, but little feel for starships, left to join the Alliance infantry. Upon learning this, Cyprin pleaded with Braken to go with Barbus and protect him, feeling that her brother had no place in combat. Barbus would be killed in the massive Imperial raid on Yavin IV, following the destruction of the first Death Star. Braken swore to Cyprin that he would remain in the fight until the Empire was a distant memory. After the final defeat of the Empire, Braken returned to Mon Cala for a time. With the rise of the First Order, none other than Ackbar himself called Braken back to join the fight. Braken is an adept pilot, and his ferocity on the battlefront is matched only by his gentleness away from it. He is diplomatic by nature, has a soft spot for children and animals, and possesses a keen scientific mind. July 21, 2018 3:32PM edited September 2018 Post edited by Laser921 on September 2018 Name: Tor Ponith Allegiance: Rebellion/New Republic/Resistance(indirectly) Tor Ponith began his career as a commando in the Bothan Spynet. Here, he was no spy. No, Tor served as a commando, for the occasion where an asset needed rescuing or protection. Serving in the organization for years, by the time the Rebel Alliance was formed, he joined as part of the cooperation between the Alliance and the Spynet. Here, his already impressive service record and his leadership abilities landed him as a commanding General in the Alliance military. He would befriend several futures heroes, like Jevin Corso, Wodi Quix, and the young Jedi, Cade Valdarin. Serving from the opening Battle of Scarif to the Battle of Jakku, Ponith developed a reputation as a brilliant tactician and more importantly to his troops, he fought with them on the frontlines, like the Jedi Generals of old. This endeared him to the troops who had nothing but the upmost respect for the graying Bothan. After the dissolution of the Empire, Tor remained in the military of the New Republic, becoming one of the highest commanding officers in the New Republic Army. Fourteen years after the Battle of Jakku, when the group known as the Imperium revealed itself, launching the three-and-a-half year war known "The Imperium War", Tor was granted the position of High Marshal, a wartime-only rank that serves as Supreme Commander of the New Republic military, along with the position of Fleet Admiral for the navy, respectively. During this war, he would oversee the military come back from a demilitarized peacekeeping force to a powerful, adaptive, and competent force. Following the final battle of the war, the Battle of Chandrila, Tor would finally retire from active service, having been military for nearly three decades. However, he was unwilling to see the naivety of the Senate destroy the military force he had helped shepherd during the war against the Imperium and so, although he despised politics, he became the Chief Military Advisor to the Chancellorship and was instrumental in securing continued funding for New Republic academies and manufacturers, ensuring something remained of the powerful force he commanded. When the First Order, acting on the last orders of Darth Pravus of the Imperium, destroyed Hosnian Prime, Tor was not present, instead having overseen an academy graduation of the world Ganthel. Those that remained of the political infrastructure unanimously voted Tor as Interim Chancellor due to his tactical brilliance and the fact he would never put politics ahead of defense. In this role, he would coordinate with what remained of the Resistance as well as the New Republic Scouting Service, a paramilitary force created after the Imperium War to explore the now relatively safe Wild Space. He would also enact a contingency plan, for while the Senate ordered no military action against the First Order, Tor had ordered special forces groups into long-term assignments in deep space, meant as a cover to keep them hidden until the First Order inevitably attacked. Now he works with what remains of the New Republic military, the New Republic Scouting Service, and the remains of the Resistance to ensure the survival of all three groups.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line982
__label__cc	0.527187	0.472813	Mike Huckabee hatemonger The Mike Huckabee Show (Great Guy) “Mike Huckabee, who apparently is still running for president, said yesterday that President Obama’s ‘new domestic terrorism plan probably requires Americans to memorize Koran verses.’ Dear Beltway pundits who told the public Huckabee is a great guy: you were wrong.” ―Steve Benen Just to be clear, yes, Mr. Huckabee actually said that. Armed with grenades and guns, Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic radicals struck again, taking 170 people hostage at the Raddison hotel in Mali. These barbaric terrorists spared the lives of hostages who proved their Islamic bona fides by reciting the Koran, while 27 innocent civilians were killed. After this attack in West Africa, Obama’s new domestic terrorism plan probably requires Americans to memorize Koran verses. Image note: Source photo by Associated Press. Benen, Steve. “Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 11.24.15”. msnbc. 24 November 2015. Huckabee, Mike. “Huckabee: Obama’s idealistic and outright dangerous Syrian refugee relocation plan”. FOX News. 23 November 2015. 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Leave a comment The Carly Fiorina Show (See Dick) “There was no major scandal or faux pas to bring Fiorina down. While the impact of her debate performance may have worn off over time, why did she suffer this fate while Trump, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio have continued to gain from their debating styles?” ―Dick Morris and Eileen McGann Call it a personal weakness: I love me some Dick. Dick Morris, that is. It is an eternal question: How does Dick Morris still get work? After all, who the hell still listens to Dick frickin’ Morris? True enough, people like me, but that’s the thing. Check this out: Fiorina showed an eclectic knowledge of national affairs and fluently recited key facts about our weakened defense posture. She seemed like a nonascorbic, scandal-free alternative to Clinton. Then, what happened? While The New York Times contributed to her fall with a front page article chronicling―and bashing―her record at Hewlett Packard, it was the bloggers who brought Fiorina down. The Times story regaled the saga of how Fiorina had induced HP to buy Compaq despite evidence of its declining clout, and emphasized the 30,000 layoffs under her tenure as CEO. The bloggers really did a number on Fiorina, explaining her lack of conservative credentials. They quoted her 2010 comment, during her contest with Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer that Roe v. Wade was “settled law” and noted her endorsement of Marco Rubio’s plan for amnesty for immigrants here illegally, her support for Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court and her willingness to weaken Proposition 13, which holds down property taxes in California. The blogs left Fiorina bleeding. For Morris and McGann, “the larger story here is the extreme sensitivity of the Republican primary electorate’s evidence of impurity in the presidential candidates”, which itself leads off the sort of petulant paragraph that reminds why we all love us some Dick. The entire article is historical-romantic comedy―hiroco? Gesundheit!―gold. And the thing is that there is plenty of evidence of conservative electoral puritanism, but what of the rest of the Republican Party? It is not just that Morris and McGann omit entirely Ms. Fiorina’s astounding dishonesty about Planned Parenthood, and her stubborn, clumsy retort to the resulting controversy really would not seem encouraging to establishment Republicans who still bear questions of electability in their analyses. 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Bush, GOP 2016, Hewlett Packard (HP), ignoring the obvious, impotent, Iraqi Bush Adventure, jack of all trades, layoffs, Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio 2016, Mike Huckabe bigot, Mike Huckabee, Mike Huckabee 2016, Mike Huckabee faithless, Mike Huckabee hatemonger, misogyny, mobster, MSNBC, non sequitur, opposite of reality, Planned Parenthood, Real Clear Politics, reproductive health, Republican National Committee (RNC), rhetorical sleight, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2016, Sarah Palin, scandal, Scott Walker, Scott Walker 2016, Scott Walker Drop Out, Scott Walker misogynist, Scott Walker quit race, sixteen words, smear Planned Parenthood, Steve Benen, tell, The New York Times, trick question, ultrasound, useless, values candidate, viability, war inside women, women's health on 2015.10.19 by bd. 2 Comments The Mike Huckabee Show (Republican Virtue) In truth, given the terrible rhetoric earning Ben Carson rewards, why wouldn’t Mike Huckabee, go out of his way to throw down a racist jab that only invites reminders about the time his son sadistically killed a dog. This is Mike Huckabee, after all. And this is your 2016 Republican presidential clown car. Oh, right. That. You’re going to love the follow-up. Image note: Composite ― Detail of photo by Charlie Niebergall/AP; tweet by Mike Huckabee, 13 October 2015. Huckabee, Mike. “I trust Bernie Sanders with my tax dollars like I trust a North Korean chef with a labrador!” Twitter. 13 October 2015. Lavender, Paige. “Mike Huckabee Got Pretty Racist While Live-Tweeting The Dem Debate”. The Huffington Post. 13 October 2015. 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Leave a comment The Mike Huckabee Show (All That) “When a candidate for the nation’s highest office is outraged by bags of snacks, it’s probably time for a shift in focus.” And, you know, walking into a gas station and seeing a bag of godawfully-flavored, rainbow-colored tortilla chips is the sort of thing that might make one chuckle and wonder quietly what Mike Huckabee would say. And, you know, in the moment it feels like hack comedy, the easy bit that anyone can write and everyone thinks of. First thing to mind, that sort of thing. And then the Preacher Clown goes and picks a fight with a bag of chips. But here’s the thing: Right Wing Watch noted yesterday that when Chick-fil-A faced criticism from the left, and some LGBT groups and their allies organized boycotts, Huckabee condemned the moves as “economic terrorism”. He added that there are many companies that are led by executives with whom he disagrees, but Huckabee said he’d never call for a boycott of those businesses. It is one thing to sit back and lob flaming softballs about a man’s word being his word, and all that, but Mr. Huckabee manages to show us, from time to time, what it looks like. Still, though, perhaps it is most important to remember that the former Arkansas governor and one-time Southern Baptist pastor, is making a stand against efforts to reduce bullying in our society. Blessed are the whozat? Image note: Former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, 18 April 2015. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Benen, Steve. “Huckabee picks a fight with a bag of chips”. msnbc. 6 October 2015. 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__label__wiki	0.929821	0.929821	One Sheet Poster A French Foreign Legion yarn in which disgraced men become heroes. Bela Lugosi appears as a sheik. Based on the novel Le Renegat by Andre Armandy, Renegades was the second film of 1930 to feature Bela Lugosi and Warner Baxter. They had previously appeared together in Such Men Are Dangerous. Director Victor Fleming later helmed Gone With The Wind, which featured Victor Jory, and The Wizard of Oz in 1939 and the 1941 version of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lugosi and Victor Jory later appeared together in another French Foreign Legion film, The Devil’s in Love (1933). Jory played Count Dracula in touring productions of the famous vampire play in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Production Company: Fox Film Corporation Producer: William Fox Screenplay: Jules Furthman Based on the novel Le Renegat by Andre Armandy Cinematography: L. Williams O’Connell Editor: Harold Schuster Set Design: William Darling Costumes: Sophie Wachner Music and Lyrics to I Got What I Wanted: Cliff Friend and Jimmy Monaco Technical Advisor: Louis Van Den Ecker Copyright number LP1648, October 3 1930 Warner Baxter: Deucalion Myrna Loy: Eleanore Noah Berry, Sr.: Machwurth Gregory Gaye: Vologuine George Cooper: Biloxi C. Henry Gordon: Captain Mordiconi Colin Chase: Sergeant-Major Olson Bela Lugosi: Sheik Muhammed, the Marabour Victor Jory: Officer Belonge Noah Berry, Jr.: Young Legionnaire Fred Kohler Jr. Young Legionnaire Trade show advertisement The New York Times, November 8, 1930 By MORDAUNT HALL Although it is endowed with impressive desert scenes and capable acting, “Renegades,” an audible pictorial adaptation of Andre Armandy’s novel of the French Foreign Legion now at the Roxy, is a muddled and tedious offering. It is a popular type of melodrama, with occasional wisecracking from George Cooper, who plays one of four privates in the Legion. The other three are impersonated by Warner Baxter, Noah Beery and Gregory Gaye. In the beginning the quartet is in disgrace, but a little later the four men are being decorated for valor. Subsequently three of them escape and make themselves comfortable and autocratic with natives whom they train as combatants. The woman in the case is a sort of Mata Hari and is acted by Myrna Loy. Through her activities Deucalion (Mr. Baxter), a French officer, is disgraced; hence his enlistment in the Foreign Legion. This woman spy, named Eleonore, is apparently incorrigible to the bitter end. Matters are set right, however, for the four Legionaires by having them save at least some of the members of their former regiment by turning the machine guns on the forces with whom they are then associated. Mr. Baxter is excellent. Mr. Beery tackles a rôle with a German accent and his voice is too strident. C. Henry Gordon, whose acting is commendable, also talks so loudly that it seemed as though his voice might tear the screen. Myrna Loy appears to be well supplied with garments suitable to a siren. Her acting is, however, quite praiseworthy. On the surrounding program is “Rivers of the World,” with Roland Smith, Patricia Bowman and others. The Four Legionaires. RENEGADES, with Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye, George Cooper, C. Henry Gordon, Colin Chase and Bela Lugosi, based on a novel by Andre Armandy, directed by Victor Fleming; overture, “Tchalkovskiana”; Fox Movietone newsreel; “Rivers of the World.” At the Roxy. The Film Daily, November 9, 1930 Fox time, 1 hour, 30 minutes. The gripping action, the story of the Foreign Legion, pack a wallop in the direction and excellent acting ACE. Victor Fleming has gone through the work of the great director in his story who carry a powerful punch at an angle a rare feminine. From the novel of the Foreign Legion by Andre Armandy, stirring completely, director caught the colorful atmosphere. The story is full of twist and surprise unusual action. There is a fight scene some great riff between the corps. Warner Baxter will do the role large seconded by his fellow George Cooper Noah Beery, and Gregory Gate, Legion skillfully. OFT last he shake the army corps of native support in crisis participating four desert, to riff, and it, fight former associate of his. Myrna Loy to an excellent job in the powerful role of spy. C. Henry Gordon, runs the narrow margin for the honor of Baxter Legion as captain. Is in the role of DARB, he puts it on in the punch. S stand out as a powerful Fam angle action drama about the unusual role of Myrna Loy. Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gay, George Cooper, C. Henry Gordon, Colin Chase, Bella Lugosi Director, Victor Fleming; author, Andre Armandy; people when they interact, the same;; adapter, Jules Furthman editor, Harold Schuster; photographer, William O’Connell; recording engineer, Alabama Kirbach. Direction, expert. Photos, fine. Rochester Post Express Evening Journal, November 10, 1930 Bekerley Daily Gazette, November 28, 1930 The Reading Eagle, December 19, 1930 The Virgin Islands Daily News, March 23, 1931 Window Card Swedish One Sheet UK Front of House Card Myrna Loy and Bela Lugosi Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy and Bela Lugosi	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line987
__label__wiki	0.556793	0.556793	DirecTV Now Rolling Out Support for Many Local ABC, NBC, and CBS Stations Owned by Nexstar Live TV streaming service DirecTV Now this week began expanding support for local stations on its platform, with numerous posts on r/DirecTVNow reporting that local network affiliates for ABC, NBC, and CBS have appeared in cities across the United States. As pointed out by CordCuttersNews, these affiliates are owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company that owns or operates around 170 TV stations across the country. In November 2017, Nexstar announced that it had reached “mutually satisfactory agreements” with three of the big four networks for participation in live TV streaming services like DirecTV Now and PS Vue, and then throughout 2018 a few local affiliates began trickling out for select cities. This week, however, it appears like a wide rollout of local affiliates has begun on DirecTV Now. Over the past 24 hours on Reddit, users have mentioned seeing the following local stations: WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama WIVB in Buffalo, New York KOIN in Portland, Oregon WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina WROC in Rochester, New York WCMH in Columbus, Ohio KXAN in Austin, Texas WOOD in Grand Rapids, Michigan WKRN in Nashville, Tennessee WRIC in Richmond, Virginia WTNH in New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut This is far from every local affiliate owned by Nexstar, and there are likely more that have appeared on DirecTV Now and other over-the-top streaming platforms in recent days. The full list of stations owned and operated by Nexstar can be found on the company’s Wikipedia page. The addition of local stations greatly adds to the convenience and value of OTT services, given that without these stations cord cutters don’t have the chance to get local news or watch TV shows on one the big four networks (ABC, FOX, NBC, and CBS). While services like Hulu and CBS All Access supplement missed shows on many of these networks, they require additional monthly fees to be added on top of the cost of DirecTV Now or PS Vue. As some Redditors are sharing, the expanded rollout means that many DirecTV Now subscribers in cities like Buffalo and Austin now have access to all of their local channels. CordCuttersNews reports that those Nexstar stations not yet added could still be coming down the line, since some — including a “handful of NBC affiliates” — have deals that are not set to be renewed until later in 2018, at which time the OTT-related agreements are expected to be added to contracts with these stations. DirecTV Now’s last big update came in May with the launch of its “True Cloud DVR” in a wide beta. The feature lets subscribers record 20 hours of shows and movies on DirecTV Now, and sync their recordings across devices like the Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad. The same update also brought a few UI changes that renamed “Watchlist” to “Bookmarks,” and aimed to make search more “customizable” so that users spend more time watching shows and less time navigating menus. Tag: DirecTV Now Discuss this article in our forums AirPods Wireless Charging Case Said to Work With Any Qi-Certified Charging Mat At its iPhone X event last September, Apple previewed a new wireless charging case for AirPods, for use with its upcoming AirPower charging mat. The new case looks similar to the current version, which charges via Lightning cable, but it has a built-in induction coil that also enables wireless charging. Conveniently, it appears that the AirPower won’t be the only way to wirelessly charge AirPods placed in the new case. Chinese publication Chongdiantou, citing unnamed sources within Apple’s supply chain, claims that the wireless AirPods case supports the Wireless Power Consortium’s universal Qi standard, implying that it will be compatible with any Qi-certified charging mat from companies beyond Apple. This would differ from the Apple Watch, which uses a modified version of the Qi standard that only works with Apple’s official magnetic charging cable and dock, and MFi-certified third-party docks with magnetic chargers. (Apple Watch Series 3 models technically work with select non-MFi chargers too.) Chongdiantou has made headlines recently after leaking photos of what is claimed to be an engineering prototype of Apple’s new 18-watt USB-C power adapter for 2018 iPhones. The website, citing unnamed industry insiders, also claimed that the AirPower should be released this September for around $149 in the United States. Overall, the publication lacks an established track record. According to Bloomberg, Apple aims to release the AirPower by the end of September, so there’s a good chance its pricing and availability will be detailed at Apple’s usual iPhone event next month, which hasn’t been announced yet. The wireless AirPods charging case should be released simultaneously with the AirPower. Apple’s marketing chief Phil Schiller said the wireless charging case will be optional, so customers with the original AirPods will be able to purchase it separately. Pricing has not been disclosed. Apple is also expected to announce second-generation AirPods with “Hey Siri” support at its September event, but it’s unclear if the wireless charging case will be standard, or also be optional for those. AirPower can charge multiple devices at once, including the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, Apple Watch Series 3 models, and AirPods placed in the new wireless charging case. Apple said it would work to have its proprietary technology become part of the universal Qi standard supported by many companies. Related Roundup: AirPodsTag: AirPowerBuyer’s Guide: AirPods (Caution) Hands-on: Xiaomi’s Pocophone F1 takes aim at OnePlus 6 Xiaomi is coming full circle. The company that pioneered the “affordable flagship” model is launching a new sub-brand to sell even more affordable flagships. Ironically, Xiaomi is taking cues from Huawei and BBK, who copied Xiaomi with their budget-focused sub-brands, Honor and OnePlus. Android smartphones with the best battery life (July 2018) Some people might think that the most important feature in a smartphone is its display size. Others believe it comes down to a phone’s processor performance, or the amount of RAM, or how much storage … Meet the Pocophone F1, the first phone from Xiaomi’s new brand. The device hasn’t been officially announced – the Pocophone sub-brand was just introduced last week – but we managed to get our hands on a unit. Here’s what you need to know about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1. Note: We’re still weeks away from the Pocophone F1’s official release. The software on our unit is likely not final, which could explain some of the bugs we encountered. Performance and camera quality may also be impacted. We know, the name is a little crazy (un poco loco, you could say). However, Xiaomi has already committed to it, in two versions no less. The brand will be called “Pocophone by Xiaomi” globally and “Poco by Xiaomi” in India. The branding and the simple design of the retail box are a good clue of what to expect from Pocophone devices — a no-frills experience at a good price. Pocophone F1 specs Display 5.99-inch IPS LCD, 1080 x 2246 (Full HD+), 18:9, 416 dpi SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, 10nm, octa-core, liquid cooled Storage 64GB, expandable Cameras Rear: 12MP+5MP dual pixel autofocus Audio 3.5 mm audio jack Battery 4,000 mAh IP rating No Sensors Fingerprint (rear mounted) IR face unlock (TBC) Network GSM 900/1800 UMTS band 1/8 LTE band 1/3/7/8/20/38/40 Connectivity USB Type-C Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth 5.0 LE, A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou SIM Dual-SIM Software Android 8.1, MIUI 9.6 Dimensions and weight TBC Colors Blue, Graphite Black Flagship performance Pocophone Head of Product Jai Mani teased a “back to basics” approach to product design, saying the F1 will focus entirely on speed. From what we can tell so far, the first Pocophone delivers. Thanks for all the love! Many friends asked me questions about this new project I mentioned yesterday, here’s my answer: @IndiaPOCO @GlobalPOCOPHONE pic.twitter.com/MK9MZUz0Zy — Jai Mani (@jaimani) August 10, 2018 The phone comes with a Snapdragon 845 processor clocked at up to 2.8GHz and 6GB of RAM, along with 64GB of storage. There’s also a liquid cooling system that’s supposed to enable sustained high-speed operation. The Pocophone F1 feels very fast, despite the non-final software our unit is running. Everything is as smooth as you’d expect from a Snapdragon 845 phone, with no lag or jarring episodes of jankiness. Running AnTuTu on the Poco F1 results in scores of around 240,000. That’s a very respectable performance for a phone that sells for around 430 euros (~$490) – in fact, it’s about the same score as the Galaxy S9 Plus, which goes for twice the price. Some rumors suggested the F1 could reach much higher scores, over 280,000, which would put it ahead of the OnePlus 6 and Xiaomi’s own Mi 8. We didn’t reach such scores in our testing. It’s possible there’s a Pocophone F1 variant coming with 8GB of RAM, which could help it rise through the ranks. The Pocophone F1 feels very fast. Everything is as smooth as you’d expect from a Snapdragon 845 phone. Cutting some corners Obviously, you need to cut some corners to create a faster and cheaper phone than the competition. On the Pocophone F1, the biggest compromise seems to be the plastic back, which is something we haven’t seen on a high-end phone in years. Plastic isn’t inherently bad, and most users won’t care once they slap a case on the phone. That said, the F1 definitely feels cheaper than some competitors. The feeling of cheapness is aggravated by the screen, which picks up oils like crazy. If there’s an oleophobic coating on it at all, it’s the worst we’ve ever seen on a brand-new phone. A nice display — with a notch The display is a Full HD+ IPS LCD spanning 5.99 inches. An OLED would’ve been nice, but we can’t blame Xiaomi for sticking with LCD, especially considering how nice color reproduction is on the Pocophone F1. The phone’s fat notch feels completely unnecessary. It’s not like Xiaomi crammed a ton of components in it. We didn’t like that the screen “floats” over the metallic frame – the glass sticks out a millimeter or so, meaning it will get no protection in case of a face-down drop. Invest in a good case, the one that’s bundled with the phone leaves the display exposed too. Finally, the phone’s fat notch feels completely unnecessary. It’s not like Xiaomi crammed a ton of components in it, and the thick bezels going around the screen make the notch look out of place. After all, the main reason we even put up with notches is to get rid of those pesky bezels. If you just want something that lasts a long time, you don’t need to pay $1000 for the Galaxy Note 9 and its 4,000mAh battery. The battery is great If you just want something that lasts a long time, you don’t need to pay $1000 for the Galaxy Note 9 and its 4,000mAh battery. The massively cheaper Pocophone F1 has the same battery capacity. We easily got six to seven hours of screen-on time between charges with medium usage. The Pocophone F1 features a fingerprint sensor on its back and it’s extremely fast — probably the fastest I’ve ever tested. Other hardware tidbits include a USB Type-C port and very loud single speaker on the bottom of the phone. According to the Pocophone F1’s retail box, the device should feature IR-based facial recognition. The notch includes a secondary front camera, but we couldn’t find the software setting required to activate face-unlock. This is likely because the phone isn’t running finalized software. Mediocre cameras The Pocophone F1’s dual camera pairs a 12MP main sensor with a 5MP secondary one. The camera does a decent job in good lighting, though we occasionally ran into overexposure in situations when overexposure shouldn’t have been an issue. Other times, pictures turned out washed out or slightly blurry even in broad daylight. The portrait mode also needs some work. The front camera features a 20MP sensor, using Xiaomi’s pixel binning technology to combine data from four individual pixels. The end result is a 5MP image that’s supposed to look better than what you’d get from a conventional sensor. In practice, we weren’t blown away by the results. It’s entirely possible Xiaomi is still tweaking camera performance on the Pocophone F1. We’ll reserve final judgment for when we get a review unit. Good software, with some bugs Despite a few bugs, software on the Pocophone F1 feels quite solid and polished. MIUI 9.6 – based on Android 8.1 — is feature rich and a pleasure to use, a few usability gripes aside. We ran into a weird issue where the notifications icons didn’t show up at all in the status bar, making it almost completely useless. It’s possible this is just a bug to be fixed with an update. Another bizarre, slightly embarrassing slip-up is the mispositioned clock on the lock screen, which is cut off by the notch. Who is this phone for? Even in its current unpolished state, the Pocophone F1 lives up to Xiaomi’s promise to “focus entirely on speed.” If you want an affordable phone that performs great — even in a couple of years — the F1 may be a great choice for you. If you want an affordable phone that performs great — even in a couple of years — the F1 may be a great choice for you. If you’re looking for a more complete package, the Pocophone F1 is harder to recommend. It’s not exactly a looker, with its fat bezels and plastic back. The cameras are pretty mediocre, at least in their current state. The software is not as good as, say, Oxygen OS. Ultimately, it could come down to the Pocophone F1’s price. The 64GB model we obtained was briefly put on sale by a European retailer for the equivalent of 430 euros. In the same country, the OnePlus 6 sells for 530 euros (~$603), the Asus ZenFone 5Z for 515 euros (~$585), and Xiaomi’s own Mi 8 for 500 euros (~$570). The 15-20 percent price difference is nothing to scoff at. If Xiaomi manages to maintain it in other markets, the Pocophone brand could be off to a strong start. We should find out the full details about the Pocophone F1 on August 22, when the phone is officially unveiled. In the meantime, let us know what you think about it. Motorola’s P30 looks like every other iPhone X-clone we don’t want Pop quiz: Name a phone with a notch above the screen and a vertical camera array, offset to one side, on the back. That’s right, it’s the rumored Motorola P30, a device said to be coming soon from the company. Of course, we didn’t really mean the Motorola phone when we asked our question, it’s just us being silly. We meant the Xiaomi Mi A2. Or the Vivo V9. Or the Huawei P20 Lite. Or any number of others that borrow their design from the Apple iPhone X. Motorola may become the next, and here’s what we know about the P30 so far. There may be a family of P30 phones from Motorola, according to a leak by AndroidPure, which claims the company is working on the P30, the P30 Play, and a P30 Note phone. While Motorola has not confirmed or officially announced the devices, they have been spotted on the company’s own website in China, and a smartphone has been teased through Motorola’s Weibo channel that may be the P30. The Motorola P30 will apparently have a 6.2-inch screen with a 19:9 aspect ratio, and a very iPhone X-style notch at the top. On the back will be a dual-lens camera set on one side of the device, with a 16-megapixel and 5-megapixel lens. The cameras will likely have artificial intelligence inside, although it’s not clear what functions it will support. The processor type isn’t known, but it is expected to be an octa-core chip along with 6GB of RAM and either 64GB or 128GB of internal memory. A 3,000mAh battery will provide the power. The Motorola website leak showed prices in China could convert over to around $300 or $350 for the P30. Motorola P30 Note and P30 Play Less is known about the Motorola P30 Note and P30 Play, but the Weibo teaser indicates a future Motorola phone will have a 5,000mAh battery, which may end up being one of these two phones. The P30 Play is the cheapest of the three, at around $260 converted over, so it’s more likely to be the P30 Note which is priced almost identically to the standard P30 in the leak. The P30 Note will likely come in either a 4GB/64GB or 6GB/128GB version. The leaked photos, which appear to be official-looking renders of a mystery Motorola phone, shows a small chin at the opposite end of the device’s notched display, along with a smooth rear panel complete with a fingerprint sensor in the top-center. The curved shape of the phone makes it look very similar to the iPhone X. The phone is also reminiscent of another leaked Motorola phone, the Motorola One Power, which was initially thought to arrive at the beginning of August and have a large 4850mAh battery. It’s possible the One Power may be an international version of one P30 model as it has also been rumored with Android One installed. Whether the P30 range is the same as the One Power, or they’re all different, remains to be seen. Motorola may launch the P30 in China on August 15. We’ll keep you updated here. Editors’ Recommendations Your ultimate guide to Motorola’s 2018 smartphone lineup OnePlus 6 vs. LG G7 ThinQ: Can the flagship killer sink LG’s latest? HTC U12 Plus: Everything you need to know about HTC’s latest phone Moto Z3 Play vs. OnePlus 6: Can Motorola’s latest beat our midrange pick? Sony Xperia XZ3: Here’s everything we know Trulia enables homeseekers to know the neighborhood with a new app feature The multi-billion-dollar real estate data giant Trulia is going hyperlocal across America this month with the launch of an enhanced digital experience for its free app. The new project is called Trulia Neighborhoods and it’s the result of a research project into what life is like in cities around the U.S. The Trulia Neighborhoods experience aims to amalgamate local knowledge and customs, hard logistical information like parking and safety, and original photography and drone footage to offer users a completely new way to discover a neighborhood they will love. The new digital experience can be accessed now through the Trulia app for iOS or Android, or by visiting its neighborhood website. “Prior to Trulia Neighborhoods, there wasn’t a resource that showed consumers what life is really like in a neighborhood,” Tim Correia, senior vice president and general manager for Trulia, said in a statement. “Our research found consumers were determined to find this type of information and even developed a series of hacks to source these valuable insights. It was clear it was time to rebuild the home and neighborhood discovery experience from the ground up and empower consumers with all the information to make the best decision for themselves.” The research project was launched in response to extensive consumer research Trulia commissioned with New York-based market research firm Harris Interactive, followed by the deployment of research teams across U.S. neighborhoods to capture unique “day-in-the-life” content to lend an authentic sense of what a neighborhood is like. From this research, Trulia discovered that its users crave more neighborhood information and details. In its research, the company found that 85 percent of home buyers who plan to buy a home within 18 months say that the neighborhood is equally or more important than the house itself. The service drills down from birds-eye view services like Google Maps, where families might see there is a park in the neighborhood, but no information on safety or crime. It’s also a more familial way to capture and broadcast the kinds of demographic information deployed by municipalities and tourist boards. In addition to high-resolution photo galleries and unique aerial drone footage, Trulia’s researchers have also curated Inside the Neighborhood stories to offer a multimedia experience that depicts what life is like for people who live there. In addition to Yelp-like top lists of restaurants and amenities, the company also says Trulia Neighborhoods will allow buyers and renters to evaluate even intangible aspects of a community such as its vibe, friendliness, and street noise. The enhanced program is not a prototype and will launch nationally. However, Trulia has put a special focus on five American municipalities in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, California; Austin, Texas; and Chicago, which will include enhanced photography and drone footage. Trulia plans to introduce more than 1,100 additional enhanced metro areas by the end of the year. The new digital experience comes in the wake of two other neighborhood-specific products launched by Trulia this year including What Locals Say, a social review platform, and Local Legal Protections, a tool that helps the LGBTQ community understand non-discrimination laws that exist for housing, employment, and public accommodations. Ring launches the Neighbors app to keep your community safer Death Cab for Cutie’s new single ‘Gold Rush’ takes on the rise of Amazon Google Street View cars will help to map out the air quality in London Meet your new best friend: Barsys, the robotic bartender How 3,000 streetlights turned San Diego into America’s smartest city The best Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium cases If you like phones with a unique look, you might be partial to Sony’s recent Xperia range. The most elegant of these is the top-tier Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium. With a full 4K resolution, incredible 51,200 ISO camera, and super-slow motion video support, the Xperia XZ2 Premium is the top Sony phone of the moment. With a $1,000 price tag and glass construction, it’s a phone you will want to protect, but with so many options for protection out there, you might not be sure which to buy. Don’t worry, we narrowed down the best cases you can pick up to keep your expensive smartphone safe from harm. Here are the best Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium cases. Noreve Premium Leather Case (from $48) The XZ2 Premium is a premium phone with a premium price, and it deserves the absolute best protection that you can get for it. Noreve specializes in high-quality leather cases and offers a huge amount of customization. First up, pick your choice of material, from artificial PU leather, all the way to the super-premium aged Patine leather. There is a big range of color for your case to match your style, and you can also choose to have a metal or plastic belt clip added, too. The downside? It costs $48 for the cheapest case, and the price just goes up from there. But still, if you have the cash to spend, Noreve’s cases are elegant, stylish, and offer great 360-degree protection for your device. Buy it now from: Noreve Official Sony Style Cover Touch ($50) When you’re looking to protect a device, who better to check with than the device’s manufacturer? The Style Cover Touch is made by Sony and is a stylish, solid, and useful touch wallet case. The Style Cover Touch is made from TPU and hard polycarbonate (PC) — a TPU inner core keeps your phone held snugly, protecting the back and sides, while the PC front panel folds over to protect your phone’s screen. However, the real magic happens when the case is closed. The clear front cover allows you to use your phone, even while the case is closed, for the ultimate in screen protection. It’s expensive, but it’s the coolest case you can get by far. Sony Mobile Fun Olixar Ultra-Thin Clear Case ($9) The Xperia XZ2 Premium is a beautiful phone, with Sony’s unique style — so why would you want to conceal it? This case from Olixar is made from TPU, a soft but durable material that feels great in the hand and is also completely clear. The flexible material is great for helping to keep a hold on your phone, providing extra grip for your fingers — and while it’s not as protective as some bigger, bulkier cases, the TPU still provides a good level of shock absorption to resist drops and bumps. It comes cut to fit your XZ2 Premium perfectly, and also has a raised bezel that elevates your phone from surfaces and stops dirt or grit from scratching your screen. It’s a good case for the budget price. Mobile Fun Amazon Anccer Ultra-Thin Hard Case ($13) Looking for a sleeker, more stylish case? This case from Anccer is made from hard polycarbonate that is protective and durable. It looks and feels great, with a smooth surface and a selection of colors to match your style. The sides are open, giving you access to all your buttons and ports, without prohibitive button covers. A harder case isn’t always better though, and what you gain in stiffness you will lose in shock-absorption, as the hard material won’t absorb impacts in the same way a softer TPU case would. It’s still a great case that feels good in your hand and it will guard against scuffs and scratches. But for rugged drop protection, look elsewhere. TopAce Flip Wallet Case ($7) A budget case that looks great can be hard to find, and some budget cases do look cheap. A wallet case is one of the few types of case that still look fairly good, no matter the price, and this case from TopAce is no exception. It’s made of two pieces — a single piece of PU leather that wraps around your phone, protecting the front and back from threats, and an inner TPU case that holds your phone firmly within the leather. It’s held closed with a magnetic clasp, holds a couple of credit cards or spare cash in the inner lining, and the front cover folds behind to act as a kickstand. It’s protective, looks good, and it’s available at a bargain price, but we’re not sure how well it will age. Sony’s Xperia XZ2 Premium has a crazy-high ISO for photos and video The best BlackBerry Key2 cases The best Google Pixel 2 XL cases and covers These are the best Nokia 6.1 cases to keep your fantastic phone beautiful How to fix a shaking screen in Google Daydream A shaking screen is a fast way to ruin a VR experience. Here’s how to fix it! There are certain pieces of your phone or VR headset that’ll make your virtual experience either great or downright terrible. One that most users are familiar with is pixel density: low resolution displays look like a screen door just a few inches from your eyes, so high-res displays are a must. Another factor that gets less attention is positional accuracy, since this normally just works. The sensors inside your phone know when you turn your body, so you turn in the virtual world. Those same sensors know when you stop physically turning, so you don’t overshoot where you’re supposed to be. But all technology is flawed in a way, and some users report that their virtual world will start shaking erratically without the user actually moving their heads. If you’ve never had this happen to you, know that it’s a really fast way to lose your lunch. Here are some reasons your Daydream world may be torn asunder. Why your Daydream screen is shaking How to fix a shaking screen in Daydream I haven’t had this happen to me personally, so I can’t offer reasons why this could occur. One user reports the screen starts shaking wildly only when watching VR videos, which shouldn’t cause an issue with the phone’s hardware. Another user noted it happened when a fan was blowing on the headset, which may be enough to mess with the phone’s internal sensors. There’s no official statement from Google just yet, and this doesn’t seem like a widespread enough problem to gather more user data. You’ll probably rip the headset off of your head when things start going awry, and that sudden movement may be enough to fix the problem. One user reported that setting the phone and headset down flat on a surface for a moment is enough to fix the problem. Unfortunately, there’s not enough data right now to suggest a permanent fix. Have you ever had your virtual world go all caddywhompus? Let us know what the fix was down below! Daydream View review The ultimate guide to Daydream These phones support Daydream VR Every Daydream app you can download Catch up with Daydream in the forums! What Galaxy Note 9 color are you getting? This time around, U.S. customers get Ocean Blue and Lavender Purple at launch. Samsung’s been known to dabble with exciting colors for its smartphones, and with the Galaxy Note 9, that’s no different. While other parts of the world get more traditional Midnight Black and Metallic Copper options, buyers in the U.S. get to choose between Ocean Blue and Lavender Purple. Our AC forum users have been talking up a storm regarding the Note 9’s colors, with a few of the comments going as follows: jmk32 Can’t believe no silver! Blue is ok, but that yellow S-pen is ghastly! MomoMilky I guess I’m the only one psyched about the pretty purple one xD I’ve been waiting for a phone in pink (or even rose gold). Purple will do just fine ❤ Kilroy672 Has anyone decided on a color yet? I may have to choose blue. Can’t see myself with a purple phone. Is the blue same blue as the Note 8 blue? TabGuy Being a UCLA alum the blue with a yellow pen is simply perfect! 🙂 What say you? What Galaxy Note 9 color are you getting? Samsung Galaxy Note 9 hands-on preview Galaxy Note 9 vs. Note 8 Where to buy the Galaxy Note 9 Galaxy Note 9 specifications Is the Note 8 still a good buy? Join our Galaxy Note 9 forums Here’s your first look at the Huawei Mate 20 Lite Huawei’s next flagship family is looking awfully exciting. It can be difficult to keep up with all the phones Huawei releases over the course of a year, but one that continues to stand out from the pack is the Mate 10 Pro. The Mate 10 Pro is a gorgeous and powerful piece of tech that made a splash in various countries but was unfortunately held back from greatness in the U.S. thanks to continuous pushback from the government. Huawei’s expected to follow-up on the Mate 10 Pro’s greatness with the Mate 20 Pro and two other versions to accompany it, and even if it once again gets heat from the States, it’ll still likely be one of the best phones you can get early next year. The latest Mate 20 news August 14, 2018 — Huawei Mate 20 Lite appears in a leaked render The Huawei Mate 20 Lite, the cheapest of the Mate 20 trio, is the first of this phone family to rear its head in a leaked press render. Evan Blass shared the above photo early in the morning on August 14, and to not much surprise, the Mate 20 Lite looks like any other phone that’s been released in the past few months. There’s an all-glass back, dual cameras on the front and back, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, a bezel-light display, and a notch. Even if this design isn’t breaking any new grounds, the Mate 20 Lite does look like a fairly attractive phone. It’s unclear if this design language will carry over to the regular Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, but we’ll let you know as soon as we learn more. August 1, 2018 — Leaked firmware suggests the Mate 20 will ship with Android P, have a 4,200 mAh battery, and use the Kirin 980 We’re likely a couple months out from an official announcement from Huawei regarding its Mate 20 phones, and just in time, the rumor mill has kicked into full gear with a ton of info that was recently shared in firmware files obtained by XDA Developers. The files outline three phones — the Mate 20 Lite, Mate 20, and Mate 20 Pro — but focuses mostly on the mid-tier option The Huawei Mate 20 will reportedly ship with a large 6.3-inch OLED display, and as expected, use Huawei’s next-generation Kirin 980 processor. To accompany this, we’re expecting 6GB RAM, 128GB of internal storage, and a seriously huge 4,200 mAh battery. And, to help you charge that battery pack, Huawei is finally going to jump on board the wireless charging train. Not much is detailed about the other two phones, but there is mention of the Mate 20 Pro including an in-display fingerprint sensor similar to what we’ve seen on the Mate RS and Vivo X21. All three phones will likely ship with Android P and Huawei’s EMUI 9.0 skin on top of it. All the big details How many phones will there be? Similar to last year, we’re expecting three different versions of the Mate 20 family — including the Mate 20, Mate 20 Lite, and Mate 20 Pro. The Mate 20 will be the mid-tier option, whereas the Mate 20 Lite is the most affordable and the Mate 20 Pro is the most expensive/powerful. If Huawei follows a similar launch pattern compared to the Mate 10, we’ll only get the Mate 20 Pro in the U.S. How much will the Mate 20 cost? Before we can speculate about how much the Mate 20 family will cost, we need to first look at last year’s pricing. Huawei Mate 10 Lite — £280 Huawei Mate 10 — £699 Huawei Mate 10 Pro — £799 The Mate 10 Pro started off with a $799.99 price in the U.S., but right now, can be purchased on Amazon directly from Huawei for just $549.99. I expect we’ll see similar pricing for the Mate 20 lineup, with an increase of £20 – £50 here or there thanks to the rumors of a 4,200 mAh battery and in-display fingerprint sensor. When will it be released? As for when we’ll be introduced to the Mate 20 series for the first time, we’re likely looking at an announcement within the next couple of months. The Huawei Mate 10 family was announced on October 16, and a year before that, the Mate 9 was unveiled on November 24. Huawei Mate 10 Pro review Huawei Mate 10 series specs Huawei Mate 10 Pro U.S. review: Close to greatness Join the discussion in the forums More on 2016’s Mate 9 What color Galaxy Note 9 should you buy? Depends on your region as much as your taste. The Galaxy Note 9 is undoubtedly going to be one of the best phones of the year — it’s packed with every top-end spec under the sun, and the S Pen is better than ever with its new wireless functionality. You probably already know if you’re going to buy one or not, so the only thing left to figure out is what color to get it in. Samsung showed off four colors at its Unpacked event last week: ocean blue, lavender purple, metallic copper, and midnight black. They all look great, but depending on where you live, you might not be able to get the color you want. Galaxy Note 9 in Ocean Blue The ocean blue Galaxy Note 9 seems to be Samsung’s favorite, given that it’s the one being displayed in all of the company’s recent ads, and who can blame them? It’s a deep blue finish with a contrasting yellow S Pen that gives the whole phone a unique, eye-catching look. See at Samsung As one of the two colors available in the States, you’ll be seeing a lot of ocean blue Note 9s floating around in the coming months. If you’re okay with that, it’s a great-looking finish — and it’ll be easily re-sellable when it comes time to upgrade again. Galaxy Note 9 in Lavender Purple Lavender is a lighter shade of purple than the lilac purple used on the Galaxy S9 and S9+, though it’s just as gorgeous as ever. It can get a bit lighter or darker depending on the way the light hits it, and the metal frame matches the finish. There are plenty of blue phones elsewhere, but you won’t find a purple phone many other places. If you live in the U.S. and the ocean blue Note 9 isn’t your thing, the lavender purple may be a better bet. It likely won’t be in as many hands as the ocean blue model, so you’ll stand out in a crowd, and the S Pen is color-matched to the phone. Galaxy Note 9 in Copper Stateside shoppers won’t be seeing much of the metallic copper Galaxy Note 9, since it isn’t coming to the U.S. For others, though, the copper finish is an interesting one. It’s not quite brown and not quite gold … I guess that’s why it’s called copper. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ It’s almost like a slightly lighter version of the mocha brown Huawei Mate 10 Pro. This one’s easy. If you live in the United States, this one isn’t for you — at least not at first, though Samsung is known to add more finishes to its selection a few months down the road. The metallic copper is a great alternative to the blue and purple finishes, especially if you want to rub it in the faces of those who can’t buy it. Galaxy Note 9 in Black These other, flashier colors are nice, but it’s hard to argue with a stealthy all-black finish. The midnight black Galaxy Note 9 looks just like every other black Samsung phone in recent years — the pitch black glass back and metal frame match the display perfectly to create an ultra-sleek look that would undoubtedly be one of the most popular finishes … if it were more widely available. Yep, that’s right. Even though you might think of the black finish as standard, it’s not going to be one of the two finishes in the U.S. and other regions. It’s a shame, because this is the perfect look for the no-nonsense shopper that wants the best of the best but doesn’t need to flaunt their phone.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line990
__label__cc	0.548787	0.451213	Fear of Flying Clinic helps nervous flyers overcome anxiety to get off the ground Marianne Lindsey January 5, 2018 The Fear of Flying Clinic includes a tour of Alaska Airlines’ hangar and culminates in a graduation flight. Music executive Oscar Flores was so nervous about flying that he hadn’t been on an airplane in 22 years. After not flying for 22 years, Oscar Flores showed up to surprise his mother for her birthday. Thanks to the Fear of Flying Clinic and some caring Alaska Airlines volunteers, Flores gained the courage to fly from Portland to Kansas City to surprise his mother for her birthday. “I survived!” Flores said after his recent round-trip flight on Alaska Airlines. That exclamation was music to the ears of Alaska flight attendants Lynn Hodges and Chris King, whose volunteer efforts with the Fear of Flying Clinic helped Flores take a big step that was more than two-decades in the making – and create some priceless memories with his family. “My entire family told me how proud they were of me,” Flores said. Providing tools to overcome fears After a successful graduation flight, participants are back on the ground with big smiles. The Fear of Flying Clinic is a nonprofit organization based near Seattle run entirely by volunteers. It offers clinics twice a year (the next clinic is in March), where trained airline employees and behavior counselors provide tools for people to overcome their fears. The clinic includes a tour of the Alaska Airlines hangar at Sea-Tac and culminates in a graduation flight. As a result, most of the graduates continue to fly Alaska Airlines, said King. “We create a lot of future customers through the clinic, both clients and their friends and families,” King said. “We talk about our roles on board and how we are trained to deal with many situations, including someone who has a panic attack,” said Hodges, who has been involved with the clinic for three years. Flores was so confident after completing the clinic that he booked his flight to Kansas City. “I wish I could say it was an easy experience, but the first flight was very difficult for me,” Flores said. “Leaving Portland, as it was raining, was very bumpy and that created anxiety that lingered throughout most of the flight.” He said he kept thinking of what Hodges and King had told him about relaxing. His return flight was better, with special attention by the flight attendants who helped ease his nerves. Connecting with the crew Flight attendant Chris King Flight attendant Lynn Hodges Connecting with flight attendants on board can make a difference for guests who display anxiety, according to Hodges, who explains that Alaska’s flight attendants are trained to help. Taking the time to meet the pilots can be reassuring for fearful flyers as well, said Robin Boone, Fear of Flying Clinic acting director and a commercial pilot of 50 years. Paying attention to pilot announcements regarding anticipated turbulence and the flight plan also helps. “Thanks to all of you for encouraging me to fly again,” Flores said. “I probably would not have seen my family for another few years had it not been for the clinic.” Flores has already booked his next flight – he’ll fly to Mexico City to visit his grandmother. “The transformation of fearful flyers is a fulfilling event for everyone,” Hodges said. “We usually get all choked up at graduation. It’s like we have taken a broken bird and mended its wings and gave it a new life.” 5 comments on "Fear of Flying Clinic helps nervous flyers overcome anxiety to get off the ground" Robin January 7, 2018, 7:57 pm Announcements from the pilots about turbulence and a little update that it looks like we are almost out of it make a HUGE world of difference. It helps moderate anxiety and it also conveys that they do indeed care about the ride & safety which is also reassuring. Bill January 5, 2018, 1:53 pm As someone who didn’t fly for 20 years and now has for the last ten, I say congratulations to you all and welcome back to the skies. It’s not easy but you did it. You should be very proud of yourselves and I can say it’s very much worth all the work. Margaret January 5, 2018, 7:24 pm Thanks , Bill ! It was a really big deal for me to get back on a plane as well. Traveling to wonderful destinations is worth the effort . I am also very afraid of flying . I have been in a catastrophic airline crash ( Aeroflot ) and my father was killed in another ( Continental ) . If at all possible , I always fly on Alaska if I have that option. Two of the reasons are as follows : The crew is always very professional acting and looking . They don’t try to be ‘ your new best friend ‘ or make jokes . Secondly , and I really want this passed along … the pilots make reference to ” We’re about to hit a few bumps … ” . For most of us, the word ‘ turbulence ‘ strikes fear down to our core . While statistics ( and my personal experiences ) make clear , most accidents happen upon departure and landings , it’s the shaking in the air that is horrifying . I fly next to my husband and Boeing engineer of 33 years on every flight . While he is explaining how Boeing planes can handle lightning , bumps , wind shear and extreme wing distortion… he is still likely to be digging my fingernails out of his arm ! Linda Condron January 5, 2018, 1:09 pm I took this class in 1991 and have since traveled over 500,000 miles on Alaska (gold member) . There aren’t words enough to tell the people who volunteer to help people overcome their fear. My favorite place in the world is on an airplane.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line991
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__label__cc	0.693089	0.306911	BrainBerries / Maggie Smith The 11 Most Fascinating Deserts in the World What do you guys think about the idea of spending the weekend in the desert? 8 of the Weirdest Places On Earth Earth is a weird place. It’s full of weirdos. It’s full of weird inventions like the Teddy Bear. And that weird dubstep music nonsense. But it’s also full of weird places that are also kind of cool to visit. Some are creepy. Others provide a unique experience that you can’t find anywhere else. With that in mind, let’s take a look at 8 of them. Top 8 Best Boxers of All Time Let’s talk about the best of the best, the crème of the crop, the strongest, most agile boxers of all time. 10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Hinduism Hinduism appeared as an amalgam of sacred texts, philosophical teachings, and knowledge from all fields of life long before a term ‘religion’ was even applicable. In India it is called Sanatana Dharma, which can roughly be translated as the ‘Eternal Law’, which governs your whole existence with its various processes inside the mind, body, and soul as well as the outside world. Sounds interesting? And it’s only the tip of the iceberg! 7 Most Powerful Women in Music Right Now Here is the list of top 7 most influential women in music right now. 6 Most Radioactive Places on Earth A human body can withstand many nasty things, but strong radiation isn’t one of them, so whatever you do, do NOT visit any of these highly-radioactive places without proper gear or supervision. 7 TV Shows That Should Have Ended Way Sooner Some long running shows like The Simpsons still can reflect on modern life and stay great, however, there are many which don’t get finished nicely before they go terrible. Finding the show that you love is wonderful but major cast changes, poor storylines and worse quality make you think if it is still worth watching. Here is a list of shows which should have ended way sooner. Sashimi Masterpieces You Wish You Could Hang on the Wall Sashimi is a Japanese dish which consists of fresh fish or meat very thinly sliced. The artist who came up with such a creative way to present raw fish started his creations as a way to teach his son to cook. With time Mikyou’s skills improved and have taken his art to a whole new level. His sashimi creations became more complicated and turned into a passionate hobby. 6 Greatest Engineering Achievements In Human History Humans are wonderful creatures when it comes to figuring out ways to build and improve things. Stunning And A Little Bit Creepy Sculptures Made Out Of Driftwood The majority of people would never look twice at a piece of old wood, but not Debra Bernier. She claims that every single stick has a personality, which can be seen in the bumps and grooves. These are a sort of check points, allowing her to create her own little masterpieces. 7 Most Epic Indian TV Shows Ever Everyone knows (and loves!) Bollywood, but not many people realize there are much more things to explore when it comes to Indian TV. India is big on TV shows and makes them just as epic and breathtaking as Bollywood movies we love watching so much. The Most Dangerous Food In The World While the number of foods that can actually can kill you quickly are pretty limited, that doesn’t mean that eating food is always a happy endeavor. Here’s a couple of food items that have the biggest chance of killing you and/or destroying your life completely. This Artist has Illustrated the Shopping Habits of Our Favorite Characters The French artist Linda Bouderbala has created a series of illustrations showing cult movie, TV, and cartoon characters visiting supermarkets and doing some weekend shopping. Not only are the pictures adorable, colorful, and pretty, but they also reveal a bit of personality of the character in their choice of what to buy. Baymax The adorable,… 8 Things That Will Happen If an Asteroid Hits Earth We’ve all seen the movies about asteroids colliding with our planet, we’ve also read the news about near misses of asteroids flying close to us. Of course, many of us know that it is thought an asteroid hitting earth finished off the dinosaurs, in fact, this impact is thought to have wiped out 80% of all life on our planet, allowing mammals and eventually humans to thrive. But what would actually happen if an asteroid hit us? 7 Actors Who Had Ridiculous Reasons For Quitting A Role Let’s be honest: we’ve all wanted to quit our job at a certain point in life. No matter how awesome your job is, or how awesome you think it is, there’s going to be that one moment where you’ve just had it. Most people will just let that moment pass, but a select few will roll with it and quit their job.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1010
__label__wiki	0.611981	0.611981	Home/Financial and Management Studies Reminder- Eikon training next week! By Victoria Bird\|November 20, 2017\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Financial and Management Studies\| A basic introduction to how to utilise Eikon, a database which provides access to key financial data for both developed and emerging markets; statistics on equities and equity indices, company fundamentals, bonds, international macro data, interest and exchange rates, commodities and derivatives; a comprehensive time-series of up to 50 years for 175 countries and 60 markets; in total more than 255 mil time series data. Date: 29 November 2017 Time: Introduction to the UK Data Service Webinar TODAY! By Victoria Bird\|October 11, 2017\|Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Financial and Management Studies\| The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory webinar is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast array of resources we offer. Participants will learn about the different types of quantitative and qualitative data we hold, how to find those data collections using our online resource discovery tools, and how to register to access datasets in Eikon Training By Victoria Bird\|October 10, 2017\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Financial and Management Studies\| A basic introduction to how to utilise Eikon, a database which provides access to key financial data for both developed and emerging markets; statistics on equities and equity indices, company fundamentals, bonds, international macro data, interest and exchange rates, commodities and derivatives; a comprehensive time-series of up to 50 years for 175 countries and 60 markets; in total more than 255 mil time series data. Date: 29 November 2017 Time: 12:00 PM If you use international data… from the UKDS By Victoria Bird\|August 23, 2017\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Politics and International Relations\| The international data at the UK Data Service via UKDS.Stat (http://stats.ukdataservice.ac.uk/) currently only has funds to continue for another year to July 2018. This means that we might be unable to access this resource after this time. This includes data from the IEA, IMF, UNIDO, OECD and the World Bank. Some is in the public arena, but not all of it. UKDS are currently considering other options and trying to An introduction to the World Trade Organisation By Victoria Bird\|June 7, 2017\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Politics and International Relations\| Full Fact have asked Professor Aoife O’Donoghue to put together a quick rundown on the World Trade Organisation and how it works as part of their series on Brexit and Europe. It provides a basic introduction on the organisation so might be of interest to undergraduates starting to look at globalization, trade and/or governance. To access, follow this link: https://fullfact.org/europe/introduction-world-trade-organisation/ Aoife O’Donoghue is an Associate Professor at Durham University Law School: https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/?id=5868 Data seminar presentations from IODS (INSEAD OEE Data Services) By Victoria Bird\|May 11, 2017\|Economics, Financial and Management Studies\|0 comments IODS (INSEAD OEE Data Services), one of our data providers recently held a seminar in Paris on Data for researchers in finance: Recent Developments and Outlook. Here are the presentations from the sessions: ESG Signals: Integration of Financial and ESG Variables through Machine-learning (Antonio Celeste, Director Institutional Relations, Sustainalytics / Christophe Geissler, CEO, Advestis) Corporate Governance Data, Directors’ Remuneration and General Assemblies (Loïc Dessaint, CEO, Proxinvest ) Empirical Research in Free FT report on Japanese economy and globalisation By Victoria Bird\|January 22, 2016\|Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Japan\|0 comments The Financial Times last week published a special report on Japan and the World with some joint reporting by our new partners at Nikkei. It’s available free here: http://www.ft.com/reports/japan-and-world. The topics range from the change of mindset that Japanese CEOs say is necessary for Japan Inc to survive globalisation to a light-hearted column on how Japanese tourism has everything going for it except more tourists. The FT’s chief economics commentator Martin UK Data Service 2016 training webinar programme By Victoria Bird\|January 18, 2016\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Politics and International Relations\|0 comments The UK Data Service has released its 2016 programme of free regular introductory webinars, which will be held throughout the year. These will introduce different aspects of the service and explain our key datasets. These webinars are repeated throughout the year so you can choose a webinar session which is convenient for you. These are free and easy to join without the expense and trouble of travel any further than to Company and Bank Databases Training By Victoria Bird\|January 11, 2016\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies\|0 comments Wednesday 27 January sees a special training session for SOAS students which looks at BankScope – which provides financial data for more than 29,000 banks worldwide, Oriana – which lists 10 million companies across the Asia-Pacific, and Zephyr- which contains M&A, IPO and venture capital deals. Session starts at 1.30pm and ends at 3.30pm in E17. Please book your place via EventBrite: http://banks-company-information.eventbrite.co.uk. For more information, or to find out about UK Data Service Training By Victoria Bird\|September 24, 2015\|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Politics and International Relations\|0 comments The following free webinars are being provided by the UK Data Service in October/November 2015: Webinar: Introduction to the UK Data Service – 6 October 2015, 3pm Webinar: Key data: International macrodata – 8 October 2015, 2pm Webinar: Finding and accessing data in the UK Data Service – 14 October 2015, 3pm Webinar: Getting started with secondary data – 22 October 2015, 3pm Online seminar: Data sources for research students – 28 October 2015, 3pm	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1018
__label__cc	0.657771	0.342229	Reconstructing the Law The Rabbi’s Daughter — a Lecture by Prof. Shnayer Leiman New Article by Professor Gurock on Orthodox Jewish Athletes in America On January 5, 2015 · In News, Publications, Research As a social historian and scholar of religion in America, Revel Professor Jeffrey Gurock investigates how secular cultural phenomena entered into the lives of Jewish men and women in America and the conflicts that ensued as Jews attempted to be part of American environments while maintaining connections to their faith. The Jewish encounter with American sports—a robust example of what Professor Gurock calls “cultural clamor and religious conflict”—is the subject of his new article, “The Clothes They Wear and the Time They Keep: The Orthodox Athletes’ Tests of Tolerance in Contemporary America,” which appeared in Muscling in on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas, ed. Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin (Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2014), pp. 68-84. This study looks closely at the challenges traditional Jewish men and women faced over several generations in entering the arenas of sports. It also points out how changing American attitudes towards minority religions have generally facilitated religious Jews—and others of deep faith commitment—participating in sports without violating their religious scruples. For the full text of Professor Gurock’s new article, click here. 2014 Graduate Profiles 80@80 Faculty, Student and Alumni Profiles Lectures and Activities Revel @75	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1021
__label__wiki	0.63714	0.63714	How can I arrange a Christmas gift exchange for board game geeks? [closed] Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Board & Card Games Stack Exchange. My circle of board game geeks usually celebrate Christmas by a simple gift exchange game where we take turns rolling dice to accumulate gifts, and have 2/6 chance to get a new gift but 1/6 to lose one. However, I feel like we're playing the rock-paper-scissors or Monopoly of gift exchanges. How can we spice this up a bit to make it more worthy of board game geeks? Just playing games and giving the winner a gift doesn't cut it, because we want it to be fair. By "fair" do you mean equal odds for everyone? That is, so that you're still just rolling dice, but you had to do something more significant to figure out how they came out? – Cascabel♦ Dec 12 '11 at 21:32 @Jefromi: Not necessarily, but there should be some mechanism for evening it out. Playing Catan for the presents would result in the presents going to the best Catan players. Playing a lot of rounds and giving the players with fewer presents more starting roads and resources could work, but would take too much time. – Karen Dec 12 '11 at 22:02 This question appears to be off-topic because it is about a time period that has expired. – Forget I was ever here Jan 12 '14 at 19:19 @PieterGeerkens What? No, it might be off topic for other reasons, but there will be another Christmas, or another gift exchange, for someone somewhere out there. These sites aren't just for the OP. – Cascabel♦ Feb 16 '14 at 17:50 For what it's worth, I've voted to close not because it's not Christmas anymore, but because this is basically a game recommendation request (and those are off-topic). Unfortunately it's also a kind of unclear one: it seems like it's asking for simple mostly-luck games. With a more defined starting point, it might become a decent game design question, but as-is, I think it's hard to answer well, as evidenced by the wide variety of answers. – Cascabel♦ Apr 24 '15 at 18:57 If there's one wrapped gift per person, you could do it as a white elephant exchange with pick position determined by a game of Settlers. Or Dominion, or Agricola, or anything else that produces a score that can be used to determine not just who won but 2nd place, 3rd place, etc. Whoever got the low score opens a present. It's theirs! For now. Now, everybody takes turns choosing a present, starting with the second-lowest scorer and working up to the winner. When it's your turn to choose, you may either open a new present, or steal an opened present. If your present gets stolen, you're presented with the same choice; steal somebody else's, or open a new one. (A given present may only be stolen once per round.) The round lasts until somebody finally grabs a previously unopened present. Thus, whoever goes last gets the choice between the best of the N-1 known quantities, or take a chance on the Mystery Box Of Mystery. I do this with both friends and family every Christmas, with the order being determined by random draw rather than a game. Makes for a good time. BlairHippoBlairHippo Our group plays a game of Werewolf, we call our holiday version Santa vs. the Grinch, that is combined with the gift exchange. Here is the link to that file on BoardGameGeek.com: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/50348/grinchwolf-gift-exchange-for-30-or-less-players It's fun and handles a good size group, up to 30. GamesnightGamesnight There are several games that use auction mechanics to divide up gained resources. Consider a game like Ra that evenly divides up bidding chips (suns) to players, with each getting a low, medium, and high valued chip. Then there an auction for a set of tiles with people bidding the chip they think is worth the value. In your case, you can do something similar, create chips of increasing values from 1 to the number of gifts in the game. Each player buys a random chip in exchange for putting a gift into the pool. Now the game begins. Then players take turns. On his turn a player can either add a gift to the current set of gifts being auctioned, or begin an auction. When the auction begins, each player starting to the left of the player who began the auction either places one or more chips in front of him to bid on the item(s). Each player much exceed the bid of the previous player or pass. Multiple chips may be used, their values are added. Once everyone has passed the winner takes his gifts and the chips used are discarded. Everyone else who didn't win the auction keeps their chips. Neal TibrewalaNeal Tibrewala If there are lots of small presents, you could play a Coloretto-style game with them. Players take it in turns to reveal (or unwrap?) a small present. They add them to one of N heaps (where N is the number of players). Instead of revealing on their turn, a player can claim a heap and remove themselves from the game. The remaining players continue until the only remaining player takes the last heap (plus any unassigned presents if there are any). Give each participant a total budget and a number of items they should get (which don't have to be equal in value) and bring them wrapped, or use standard playing cards to identify them and play with. JohnoJohno Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged recommendations or ask your own question.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1025
__label__wiki	0.704744	0.704744	HBO: Game of Thrones Started by JHav, May 29, 2011 Heisenberg 423 I don't even know who she'd play now. There aren't any new characters being introduced that she could play. Everybody was clamoring for her for Cersei when it was first announced that HBO was doing this even though I think they knew it wasn't realistic. There is a character introduced in Feast that I could see her playing but that's not going to be for another 2 seasons. muskokas finest © 7,580 They could roll her out as the daughter Walder Frey had in mind for Rob. That'll learn ya! Billy Ocean likes this Billy Ocean 30,859 The Tan Mamba Charlize's agent and manager are gonna look at the movie offers she has on the table, then look at what GoT pays, then they're gonna react like Ari when Vince wanted to shoot Queens Boulevard Probably. She's the hottest actress in Hollywood in more ways than one right now and there's nobody for her to play yet. I always wanted Kate Beckinsale to be in this show too. I think she could benefit from doing a show like this, because her movies are straight up skunk ***. In somewhat related news, the guy I REALLY wanted to play Ramsay Snow has now been cast as Hannibal Lecter. That makes me a sad panda. Alright show of hands now that everyone should have seen the finale by now: How many people hate the fact that the wights are now basically regular old pop-culture zombies now? FalconState 996 I would like to see Daine Kruger on the show falcon_bob 2,462 Buy HBO This is an interesting idea, Jim. lucifersam597 130 To soon to tell, they were only on screen for a minute, let's see how they work and react before we down them like that The zombies looked great to me and they seemed a lot smarter then regular zombies I've never really been a fan of zombie movies. I don't particularly dislike them.. I watch most zombie movies once if I should happen to catch them on one of the movie channels. Also I haven't gotten to the part in the book where the wights are introduced yet, so I don't really know how they are presented in the book. But I wasn't sure if the wights we saw in the last scene this season really matched up with what we saw from season 1. When the two wight bodies were initially brought to Castle Black last year, Samwell noticed that they didn't have a smell/weren't decaying, but the "walkers" we saw in Valar Morghulis had decaying corpses. I guess that could perhaps be explained away by the circumstances by which they died & became wights along with how much time had passed. But also, I seem to remember the wight Jon killed last year being more of a "rage"-type zombie who moved and acted more assertively as opposed to the slow-trodding, more responsive walker-types. However, maybe that's because the wight that tried to attack Commander Mormont was "freshly-made" so it still had more of its strength and the ability to move faster than veteran wights. I am worried how the show will use them going forward, but I feel like they'll probably be handled well. I think the show has slowly introduced its fantasy/magic aspects in a way that doesn't turn off your average viewer. I know personally I've never been into fantasy books, movies, games, etc. before GoT and that's mostly because the more fantastical aspects turn me off. The reason I love GoT is because it's more Shakespeare than Tolkien. You're a reader. Do you think the wights are going to play an enhanced role over their representation in the first 5 books? I'm more worried that they might just ignore the Giants. The dragons are going to be the real showstoppers the next few years. Hopefully the producers of GoT will present this article to the HBO/Time Warner executives during the next round of budget negotiations.. Why Time Warner Merits a Better Rating With popular new programs like Game of Thrones and a successful move into sports, the media conglomerate looks like a good bet. A 3% yield helps. So far this year, its stock has outperformed the S&P 500. More People Pirate Game Of Thrones Than Watch It On TV According to TorrentFreak, Game of Thrones averages around 3.9 million pirated downloads per episode. According to the great Internet resource known as Wikipedia, only 3.8 million people watch Game of Thrones on HBO. That means more people pirate the show than actually watch the show on TV. To no one’s surprise, Game of Thrones is the most pirated show on television by a huge margin. It’s been tracking like that the entire season, but now that the winter TV season is nearly over, it’s been coronated as the king. Last year, the series based on the books by George R R Martin clocked in at 3.4 million pirated downloads per episode, so the show is doing better on both the shady black box of ratings and shady grey area of the Internet even though this season wasn’t as good as the first. Obviously, HBO Go numbers don’t apply here but the effect of HBO Go isn’t nearly as powerful as we think. HBO told the NY Times that only one per cent of its total viewership across its network is actually from HBO Go. [TorrentFreak] she sorta looks like theon there. Jimsmusic™ likes this I thought the white walkers looked badass, I just wasn't thrilled with the way the wights (the zombie minions) looked too much like cliche zombies, particularly the fact that they were all clumsily walking really slow towards the fist. They're supposed to be able to retain their functionality and normal skills from when they were living. The wights or the white walkers? I'm hoping they don't leave out the mammoths and the giants, I've been looking forward to them ever since I read the books. what book do the mammoths/giants come on the scene? shot ^ Once Jon meets Mance Rayder. The giants and mammoths are apart of the wildling army. Earlier this week I read the chapter in Game of Thrones where Tyrion is about to depart Castle Black, and Lord Commander Mormont & Maester Aemon are telling Tyrion the perils the Night's Watch is facing in the hope that Tyrion will carry word back to court at King's Landing. Mormont mentions White Walkers being glimpsed by fisherfolk on the shore near Eastwatch. And Tyrions smartass replied that fisherfolk of Lannisport often glimpse merlings. But I thought I read somewhere that White Walkers only come out at night. Maybe they can come out during the daylight now because they are bringing the "long night" with them. I also wonder if the White Walkers can communicate with humans. All we've heard of their voice is a sound like cracking ice, but I wasn't sure how Craster had been able to work out his agreement with them. Jimsmusic™ and muskokas finest © like this mdrake34 62,990 A few nights ago I read the part where Old Nan was telling Bran the story about the white walkers and the first men/children of the forest defeating them, and I'm almost positive she told the story as white walkers leading an army of the dead. That made sense to me in light of the end of season 2, there are a species of white walkers/others as well as their zombie soldiers. Either one. Other than the battle at Crastor's Keep, the wights and WW don't have much impact over what sounds like the next 5 seasons (if they split SoS and FoC) They can always augment the special effects(like Star Trek did with Klingons) the same way they change/recast actors feel bad about laughing at this one.. Dago 3.0 8,672 you should not feel bad at all Go To Topic Listing Anything but Football	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1026
__label__cc	0.611876	0.388124	Beyond Build Constructions Increasing business visibility with Buildertrend Daily Logs & Scheduling About Beyond Build Constructions Established in 2016, Beyond Build Constructions is a Sydney-based custom home building company with 13 employees. Since the company’s founding, the Sydney housing market has experienced rapid growth that has led to a 1000% growth in Beyond Build Constructions projects from 2016-2019. Within the last three years, the company has built more than 40 custom homes. As the company continued to secure more business and grow its team, Beyond Build Constructions’ director, Jason Economos, and his business partner, Mark McMullen, decided to take a step back from their day-to-day site visits in order to shift their focus on building the business. Beyond Build Constructions Journey with Buildertrend Once priorities shifted for Jason and Mark, he began spending more time in the office, which decreased his visibility into real-time happenings across the company’s construction projects. Project management tools that the company used in the beginning, such as Excel and daily emails, were no longer effective with the surge in building projects. To ensure the company consistently delivered on its communication, quality completion and fixed building time customer guarantees, the company started the search for a more advanced project management solution. Jason organically stumbled on Buildertrend after reading a local blog article that told the story about a builder’s experience using the construction software. Unlike other platforms he demoed, Jason found that other project management tools were more complex and required a higher learning curve. “A clear differentiator for Buildertrend is the software’s ease of use,” recalled Jason. “Buildertrend is extremely user friendly and easily integrates with our accounting and estimating software.” Favorite Features: Daily Logs & Scheduling According to Jason, his favorite Buildertrend feature is the Scheduling tool. Prior to Buildertrend, he had only a rough estimate of the work the team had committed to. The Scheduling tool allows Jason to have more visibility into the team’s workload. “We use Buildertrend’s Scheduling tool every day,” shared Jason. “We regularly have three-to-four-month projects long occurring at the same time, and the Scheduling tool gives us insight into team’s availability and ensures that jobs are not overlapping.” With Buildertrend’s Scheduling tool, the team is able to predict timelines and squeeze in projects, if time allows. “Since using Buildertrend, the number of jobs that we take on has easily doubled,” shared Jason. Jason also appreciates Buildertrend’s Daily Logs tool that provides real-time insight into all of the jobs that the team is working on. “We have sites all over Sydney, so it’s helpful to see all of the team’s updates through the Daily Logs,” he said. Additionally, the Daily Logs tool archives the team’s notes, safeguarding the company from potential issues or damage on the jobsite. “If a customer reports any site damage, I’m able to readily pull Daily Logs reports any day from the last six months and tell them exactly what we did that day – it’s really an incredible feature.” Integrating Buildertrend into Other Business Since adopting Buildertrend into the company’s workflows, Jason and Mark have been able to shift their attention to increasing the company’s brand now that the company’s processes are systematized with Buildertrend. “Buildertrend has freed up my time, giving me space to focus on marketing and continue to build the business,” said Jason. While their priorities shifted, Jason and Mark are still able to find a unique way to utilize Buildertrend for Beyond Build Constructions’ marketing activities. “For our Instagram and Facebook stories, we’re able to keep our content fresh, because the team can capture footage and upload it into Buildertrend. This allows the marketing team to quickly download recent content, edit it as needed, and schedule the content online,” Jason added. Since implementing Buildertrend nearly six months ago, Beyond Build Constructions has completed six jobs with the software’s help. “We think very highly of Buildertrend,” shared Jason. “Since using the software, I’ve had other builders reach out to me asking about the platform, including a former boss from 10 years ago. Similar to what I’ve shared with them, we see the value in Buildertrend every day, and are confident other builders will see its value, too.” Beyond Build Constructions using Buildertrend mobile app on job site	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1032
__label__wiki	0.879299	0.879299	Jan Åge Fjørtoft: Dortmund is the right place for Erling Haaland Former Eintracht Frankfurt star Jan Åge Fjørtoft has explained why he believes Erling Haaland made the right move by joining Borussia Dortmund. Erling Braut Haaland. Photo: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0 Erling Haaland took the right step when he opted to join Borussia Dortmund from RB Salzburg, argues former Norwegian international Jan Åge Fjørtoft. The 19-year-old also attracted interest from the likes of Manchester United, Juventus and RB Leipzig following his impressive performances in the Champions League, but Fjørtoft believes his compatriot was wise to choose a move to Signal Iduna Park. "Scoring eight goals in the Champions League is sensational no matter if you're 19 or 31 years old. In terms of potential, Haaland is capable of playing in the Bundesliga. But he will still need time to develop. After all, footballers are just people and not machines that will work right away after you start them up," the former Eintracht Frankfurt player wrote in a column for Kicker and added: "Just like any 19-year-old, he will sometimes take a step forward and one step back, then maybe two steps forward and one step back again. That's why I think Dortmund is the right place for him. Borussia have a good tradition of developing young players in an excellent way. "Leipzig were another option from the Bundesliga, because RB's philosophy is similar to the one in Salzburg. Nevertheless, the step to Dortmund makes more sense. After Haaland's performances in the Champions League, he obviously really wants to play regularly. This is easier to achieve at Borussia," Fjørtoft stated. Haaland signed a contract with Dortmund until 2024. More about Erling Håland Marco Reus: Dortmund haven't had a player like Erling Haaland since Lewandowski Report: Erling Haaland's contract with Dortmund includes a release clause Erling Haaland reveals how he was convinced to come to Dortmund Erling Haaland's father asks for patience from Dortmund fans Official: Erling Haaland joins Borussia Dortmund 5 Marcus Thuram: 'I'm not for sale' 6 Philipp Max: 'I'd like to take the next step at some point' 10 Hertha BSC coach Jürgen Klinsmann doesn't hold a valid coaching license	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1034
__label__wiki	0.779654	0.779654	MEN’S TENNIS: Georgia Clinches Share of SEC Title UGA Tennis No Comments Nathan Ponwith UGA men’s tennis team (Photo by Cory A. Cole / Georgia Sports Communication) With a 4-3 victory over No. 20 South Carolina on Sunday, the University of Georgia men’s tennis program has clinched at least a share of the SEC Championship in five-straight seasons. No. 13 Georgia (15-6, 11-0 SEC) joins the 1971-75 Bulldogs as the only group to win five consecutive SEC crowns. Head coach Manuel Diaz was a member of four of those squads, lettering from 1972-75. Georgia’s conference supremacy now includes 40 combined SEC regular season (31) and tournament championships (9). Under Diaz, the Bulldogs have won 27 combined (18 regular season and nine tournament) in his 29 seasons as head coach. “All the credit goes to the players and what they’re willing to buy into and what they’re willing to work for,” Diaz said. “It’s great to see our freshmen fitting into the culture of the program. Our veteran players know what needs to be done, and they’ve come a long way. We have a big match against Texas A&M on Saturday, and we have to get plenty of rest and get ready to play.” In doubles, Georgia’s third-ranked pair of Jan Zielinski and Robert Loeb dropped the first match 6-3, but the Bulldogs evened the score with a 6-2 score on court No. 2 from the No. 53rd-ranked tandem of Emil Reinberg and Nathan Ponwith. On court three, Georgia’s duo of Wayne Montgomery and Walker Duncan broke South Carolina’s serve at 5-5 to take the lead 6-5, and then hung on for a 7-5 win to put the Bulldogs up, 1-0. Georgia cruised into singles, led by Loeb on court six, whose 6-2, 6-1 win marked his fourth straight singles win. At the second position, No. 25 Montgomery fell to No. 47 Gabriel Friedrich 2-6, 1-6, but Duncan swiftly lifted the Bulldogs to a 3-1 lead with his ninth consecutive singles victory, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 5. To clinch his sixth match of the season, four-time SEC Freshman of the Week Ponwith overtook No. 69 Harrison O’Keefe 6-3, 6-4 on court one to record his fifth win against a ranked opponent. Reinberg and Zielinski completed their matches, falling in three sets in each one to put the final score at 4-3 in the Bulldogs’ favor. CLICK HERE for the final stats from Georgia’s tennis match with South Carolina. Georgia now travels to Texas A&M this Saturday for a chance to win the SEC Championship outright. Nathan Ponwith Robert Loeb UGA men's tennis Walker Duncan Wayne Montgomery prev TRACK & FIELD: Devon Williams and Kendell Williams Sweep Bulldog Decathlon/Heptathlon WOMEN’S GOLF: UGA Upsets Alabama, Wins Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic next	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1035
__label__cc	0.743654	0.256346	Mystify Notepad Thoughts and ideas for the football manager simulation game of Mystify Soccer (www.mystify.co.uk) New training system The new training system is now being worked on and here is a screen shot of what I think it will look like. You may get an idea from the above that it is yet another area of the game being vastly overhauled. The current system of selecting two players to 'extra train' is nowhere near adequate for all the extra skills and it probably wasn't adequate anyway. Players can still lose points through lack of match action but I am aiming for the balance to be better and more realistic. You basically select a skill for the player to be trained on (including fitness) and an intensity for the training (low, medium or high). The higher the intensity the more likely the player is to improve but they are also more likely to get injured. At the moment injuries seem to happen quite randomly for managers and it is confusing if the player didn't play during the week so the whole idea of this system is that players injured in training will be calculated differently to those injured in matches. Alongside this I am hoping to bring in reasons as to exactly what the injury is. This bit won't actually affect the game but it will be more interesting for managers to know why their player is injured. I'm still working on this aspect so there's not too much more I can say at the moment but hopefully you will find it vastly better. Posted by Mystify at 2/28/2010 08:14:00 pm Jonathan 1 March 2010 at 23:21 What are the selections for skill training? Mystify 2 March 2010 at 08:08 It's the 6 skills of Handling, Tackling etc plus Fitness What about strength as an option in statistics? The new game engine I have written uses the ones currently shown in the game. If I started adding extras there are loads more I could add, including Strength - but I don't want to make it too complicated. Just less simple than it is so that there's more to it than a rating. what will be the cost of training players? Mystify 8 April 2010 at 12:02 There will be no cost to train players. I don't think I said there will be? how will age affect training result? Mystify 10 April 2010 at 13:24 You will have to work that out :-) Mystify Soccer National cup prize money Youth academy screen shot Cup competitions (1) Design (1) Discipline (1) Finances (4) France (1) Game engine (1) Italian (1) Mail (2) Managers (2) Match (1) Players (3) Scouting (1) Sponsorship (1) Tactics (1) Team (2) Team names (8) Training (2) Transfers (6) Youth (2) If new countries were to be added to the game, which ones would you prefer?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1040
__label__wiki	0.594725	0.594725	The Marketer Quarterly The Relevancy Group Blog Access to Answers Consumers Should Not Trust Companies: Snowden November 5, 2019 November 7, 2019 diannadilworthLeave a comment The next generation of Internet businesses, which will outcompete everyone else, are the ones that are designed that you do not trust the services that are intermediating your communications, whistleblower Edward Snowden said in a telecast keynote interview at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. While Snowden admits this sounds odd, he points out that in the context of information security, “trust is considered a vulnerability.” Continue reading → Consumer DataConsumer Data, Edward snowden, future of privacy, WebSummit Web Summit Puts the Arena Rock in Tech: Inside Europe’s Biggest Web Conference November 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 David DanielsLeave a comment by Dianna Dilworth When you think of the Iberian Peninsula and digital conferences, one town comes to mind: Barcelona, home of the Mobile World Congress. But the government of Portugal didn’t get the memo. Lisbon is hosting the Web Summit this week for the first time (it’s previously been held in Dublin) and 53,000 plus people from 166 countries showed up. Droves of Portuguese youth stood in lines wrapped around the FIL arena for hours on Monday night and it wasn’t to see Radiohead or Beach House. They were lined up to hear politicians discuss economic policy and the role that technology will play in the future. The prime minister of Portugal, the president of the United Nations and the mayor of Lisbon were among those that took to the stage to talk about the future role that technology will play in the global economy. (The live stream of the event drew one million viewers, according to conference organizer Paddy Cosgrave, founder/CEO of Web Summit). The consensus on the stage: governments need to commit to creating the framework that opens the way for innovative technologies to succeed in all aspects of society. The Portuguese government is putting their money where their mouth is: Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa revealed a public fund of 200 million Euros designed to attract the best investors to help Portuguese start-ups become more global. But tech innovation is not going to come over night in Europe where there are 28 different digital markets due to differing laws, unlike the US where there is one. Resistance to one true digital market is a problem for startups who can’t afford the cost of legal compliance issues against the big tech players, said José Manuel Barroso, Non-executive Chairman, Goldman Sachs International and former Prime Minister of Portugal and former president of the European Commission, arguing that European governments could do more to help. To inspire European technology entrepreneurs, the conference programmers brought out the tech heavyweights and Hollywood actors. Leaders from Facebook, GE, Tinder, LINE Corporation, Reddit and even Hollywood actor/entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt Director, Founder, hitRECord, took to the stage to talk about digital disruption. Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer opened up the show with the first official keynote on Tuesday morning revealing the social network’s plans for the next 10 years. Facebook’s plans are centered around connectivity (for the 4.1 billion people on the planet that don’t currently have access to the Internet), artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Schroepfer discussed both the challenges and advances of machine learning and why robots are still a long way from being as intelligent as humans. He also showed some pretty impressive advances in virtual reality, like how Oculus and robotics combined are helping people that have lost the ability to walk, reactivate neurons that weren’t damaged so that they can walk again. When it comes to advertising, leaders from the space discussed that while digital has disrupted transmission, storytelling is still at the core of all good messaging. Facebook CMO Gary Briggs said that while fundamentally you still have to get to the core of what the story is, the number of executions you have to build and how fast you have to build these iterations has changed. He also pointed out that today brands have the ability to target to much narrower audiences stressing the importance of knowing who you are talking to. Maurice Levy Chairman & CEO, Publicis Groupe concurred that digital has changed the speed with which advertisers must work, and said that data is changing how advertisers understand their audiences. Still, he stressed that machines could never replace human creativity. Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, spoke about the importance of privacy in an ever more connected world. While he praised the advances of technology (the group used drones and crowd sourcing to help expose human rights violations in Darfur and they have also live streamed living conditions of Syrian refugees to help raise money, he also pointed out the dangers lack of privacy presents – dictators running the show and jailed journalists to name a few. In a debate with Shetty, technologist Robert Scoble (who went glove to glove while outfitted in VR glasses) played devil’s advocate arguing that people will be willing to give up privacy in order to benefit from the bells and whistles that VR has to offer. He says people will be willing to let devices access their LinkedIn page so that you can see who people are on their VR glasses or contacts as you walk by them at a conference or give access to your camera so that you can see guided pathways to the bathrooms with the shortest lines in the baseball stadium and so that your hotdog can be delivered to you. Whether we’ll be wearing VR gear while riding in self-driving cars to our offices that are half staffed with robots, remains to be seen. The startups that filled the massive halls might influence the direction it goes in, or they might not. What is clear is that Lisbon wants a piece of the tech business and they rolled out the red carpet to prove it. From Web Summit check in desks at the airport and billboards plastered throughout the city to parties in the Barrio Alto (whose hills will give any San Franciscan a run for their money) and packed subways and the news radio in the taxis, one thing was clear: everyone in Lisbon was abuzz about Web Summit. “The is not the new Silicon Valley. This is Portugal,” read a billboard outside of the FIL, boasting nationwide broadband 400million Euro for co-investments with business angels and VCs, as well as tax benefits. “We rolled up our sleeves to take businesses global since the 16th century and we’re doing it again.” Adtech, Analytics, Big Data, Email Agencies, Email Marketing, ESP, Events, Madtech, Marketing, Speaking/EventsWeb Summit, WebSummit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1043
__label__cc	0.63748	0.36252	Surely you are kidding... A day after the biggest bankruptcy filing in US history, Bush says it's an "adjustment"! For real? I know the president is supposed to have a calming influence but still calling the biggest bankruptcy in the nation's history an "adjustment" is taking understatement to a new level. In the same day, McCain said these two statements 3 hours apart: "The fundamentals of our economy are strong..." "The fundamentals of our economy are struggling..." (or something to that effect), I guess his advisers don't read the early morning papers. Then he came on The Today Show to claim that by "fundamentals of our economy" he was referring to "American workers". What a load of bull. Even if that were true, how much more must American workers suffer before we get some substantial relief? Before we get health care that's better than going across to Mexico for surgery? Bear Stearns must not be allowed to go under but it's ok for millions of Americans to lose their homes due to the same reckless greed on Wall Street. Fannie and Freddie get govt cheese but it's too good for American workers. Pure bull! Unfortunately, Matt didn't press McCain on why he changed his tone 3 hours after. I am sure those who claim Palin has foreign policy experience because "she lives close to Russia" will find that lame explanation plausible. If Americans elect McCain for a 3rd Bush term...well the statement "you get the govt you deserve" will never be truer. Final words: if you are a republican and you are not rich, you are a fool. It's really that simple! Because you are trading economic relief, tax breaks for the working people, govt handout and freedom of choice (pro-choice) sex-education for teenagers science education that's based on scientific theories (such a simple concept) stupid economic policy that hasn't worked in the past 8 years tax cuts for the rich (yeah if you make $250,000 AGI, you are rich) more spending on false wars like Iraq lack of freedom of choice (pro-life) ineffective abstinence training for teenagers (come on, didn't even work for the VP-nominee's daughter) science education that's based on hocus pocus (aka intelligent design. what a croc). How can we lead the world in technology when our scientific curriculum says the world was created in 7 days? Financial Market Crisis Threatens to Derail Campaigns McCain's new-found disdain for Wall Street McCain still sees the fundamentals of the economy as strong Tomorrow is last day to register for free benefits... Republicans are the better politicians Want 9 month free credit monitoring with no string... Browser Wars:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1049
__label__wiki	0.953758	0.953758	The Council of Atlantic Premiers (CAP) The Council of Maritime Premiers (CMP) New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers' Annual Conference (NEG/ECP) The Council Secretariat Innovation and Economic Progress Population and Immigration Trade and Procurement Regional Agencies Maritime Provinces Harness Racing Commission - MPHRC Atlantic Workforce Partnership Group Honourable Stephen McNeil, ECNS Premier Stephen McNeil attributes his core values and strong commitment to public service to his large, close-knit family. Stephen is the 12th of 17 siblings who were born and raised in Nova Scotia’s beautiful Annapolis Valley. Before becoming involved in politics, Stephen graduated from Nova Scotia Community College and put down roots in Bridgetown, where he owned and operated a small business for 18 years. He was inspired to serve his community by his late mother, Theresa, who was the first female sheriff in Canada. Stephen was elected to the Legislative Assembly to serve the people of Annapolis in 2003. After winning re-election in 2006, he became leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal party in 2007. Stephen served as leader the official opposition for four years before being elected Premier on Oct. 8, 2013. In his election-night speech, Stephen said he was inspired by the families he met while campaigning across the province. “You have told me about your hopes and dreams for a Nova Scotia where your children and grandchildren can prosper. I share that dream,” he said. Stephen lives in the Annapolis Valley with his wife Andrea. They have two grown children, Colleen and Jeffrey. CAP Agreements CAP Reports CMP Agreements CMP Annual Reports NEG/ECP Documents NEG/ECP Resolutions NB / N-B NL / T-N-L NS / N-E PEI / I-P-E Hon. Blaine Higgs Hon. Dwight Ball Hon. Stephen McNeil Hon. Dennis King Hon. François Legault All content © 2019 Council of Atlantic Premiers Home \| Contact Us \| Sitemap Web Design Halifaxby: immediaC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1055
__label__cc	0.54204	0.45796	Snow White from Once Upon a Time October 7, 2013 by Kristina Tags: fairy tale, ginnifer goodwin, heroine, once upon a time In Once Upon a Time, Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) is sweet, noble, and has a heart of gold. Despite what the Evil Queen plots against, her kind heart and true love keep her strong and determined to do what's right. Peasant Top in White Skinny Jeans in Olive Rampage Riding Boots in Brown Long Hooded Velvet Cloak in Green Wooden Bow Set with 3 Arrows Long Dark Brown Wavy Wig Commissions earned · Report broken link Kristina Johnson is a freelance writer based in the Midwest. A self-proclaimed TV junkie, she also enjoys checking out food trucks, road tripping, reading and spending time outside with her pets. Visit Website Kristina Lorraine Broughton Lorraine Broughton is the protagonist of the graphic novel The Coldest City and its 2017 film adaptation Atomic Blonde portrayed by Charlize Theron. She is a secret agent who becomes involved in a global Cold War conspiracy where she gets involved with the CIA, MI6, and KGB all at once. She wears many stylistic outfits over the course of the film, this guide focuses on the costume presented in most promotional material. August 3, 2016 by Tom Judy Hopps in Zootopia In Zootopia, Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) is a rabbit from the small town of Bunnyburrow who moves to the big city to join the police department. Despite being police valedictorian, she is relegated to parking duty by Chief Bogo due to her diminuitive stature. In Red Riding Hood, Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) lives in a village that’s being terrorized by a werewolf. You’d think she’d wear something more low key than a bright red cape. October 24, 2013 by Kristina The Red Queen from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Not to be confused with The Queen of Hearts, The Red Queen is cool, collected, and ruthlessly evil. Together with Jafar, The Red Queen plots to keep Alice from her true love. Jafar from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Jafar, the evil sorcerer from Agrabah, has his own motives in Wonderland. Having taken Alice’s one true love, Cyrus, captive, he is equally as evil as The Red Queen. Time will tell what Jafar’s true motives are. Alice from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Desperately seeking a way to prove her sanity, Alice travels back to Wonderland to find proof of its existence. Unfortunately for Alice, she ends up locked away in a sanitarium until she is saved by friends from Wonderland. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Or subscribe without commenting here.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1057
__label__wiki	0.924839	0.924839	07/24/2019 NBA Division Rankings: The Southwest Division is still the Houston Rockets' to lose It's been a busy offseason for the Southwest Division, but not much has changed up top heading into the season — the Rockets lead the way, with the Spurs, Mavericks and Pelicans fighting for a spot in the playoffs while the Grizzlies continue to rebuild. Southwest Division (NBA Canada Illustrations) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/e9/f2/southwestjpg_tboyqahf3z6i1pv7cnb1inm20.jpg?t=530138620&w=500 After looking at the Atlantic Division and Pacific Division, it's time to shift our attention to the Southwest Division. It's been an active offseason for the division. Both the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans pulled off blockbuster trades, while the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks made moves around the margins that should help them make the playoffs this season. The Memphis Grizzlies are still a couple of years away from returning to the playoffs, but they're built for future success. With that in mind, where does each team in the Southwest Division stand heading into the 2019-20 season? https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/ae/3c/harden-westbrook-071219-ftr-gettyjpg_ha82oopnhv3v1anjfdq8gyl6a.jpg?t=-425994085&w=500 Key Additions: Russell Westbrook, Tyson Chandler Key Losses: Chris Paul, Nene, Kenneth Faried, Iman Shumpert This offseason was much busier for the Rockets than expected. While the prevailing thought was that the Rockets would run it back after seeing Kevin Durant leave the Golden State Warriors for the Brooklyn Nets in free agency, they decided to shake things up by trading Chris Paul to the Thunder for Russell Westbrook. The combination of Westbrook and James Harden gives the Rockets the firepower to finish near the top of the Western Conference again next season. Harden has already proven that he can carry Houston to 50 wins and Westbrook should thrive in head coach Mike D'Antoni's system that's built on pushing the pace and playing in space. The biggest question for the two superstars is whether or not they can get the best out of each other when they are on the court together, something that'll matter more come the playoffs. They are both at their best with the ball in their hands - complicated by the fact that Westbrook is one of the worst high volume 3-point shooters in NBA history - and neither of them are known for their defence. It's a risky trade for the Rockets to make considering they also included two future first-round picks and two pick swaps in the deal, but they now have two of the top-15 players in the league. Harden and the Rockets are banking on talent winning out. MORE: Westbrook's complicated fit with Harden The Rockets didn't do much this offseason outside of trading for Westbrook. Their most notable move in free agency was signing Tyson Chandler to be Clint Capela's backup, ensuring Westbrook and Harden will have a lob threat whenever they're on the floor. With the likes of Capela, Eric Gordon, P.J. Tucker and Austin Rivers all returning, the Rockets should benefit from having more continuity than some of the other teams in the conference, namely the LA Clippers and Lakers. Vegas win projection: 51.5 (No. 4 in the West) 2. San Antonio Spurs https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/1c/fb/demar-derozan_3nztsx2be33o1froarnkb9rpp.png?t=440790570&w=500 Key Additions: DeMarre Carroll, Trey Lyles, Luka Samanic Key Losses: Davis Bertans The biggest signing the Spurs made this offseason didn't work out. After reportedly agreeing two-year, $20 million deal with Marcus Morris, Morris had a change of heart, signing a one-year, $15 million deal with the New York Knicks once the moratorium had ended. The Spurs quickly pivoted, taking a chance on Trey Lyles instead. The No. 12 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Lyles hasn't panned out quite as expected but he's a talented power forward who has the potential to fit in well in Gregg Popovich's system. The other signing the Spurs made this offseason was DeMarre Carroll for three-years, $21 million. Carroll brings perimeter shooting to a Spurs team that attempted the least amount of 3-pointers per game last season and gives them some much-needed depth behind DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay at the forward positions. The Spurs are otherwise bringing back the same team as last season - DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge both have two more years remaining on their contracts, as do Patty Mills and Derrick White, and they re-signed Gay to a two-year, $32 million contract - only they'll be getting Dejounte Murray back after he missed all of 2018-19 with a torn ACL. Murray still has a lot of developing to do on offence but he made history as a sophomore by becoming the youngest player in NBA history to make an All-Defensive Team. With him and White leading the way, the Spurs should rank far higher than 20th in defensive rating next season while DeRozan and Aldridge continue to lead the way offensively. 3. Dallas Mavericks https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/1b/d/kristaps-porzingis-luka-doncic_i9qoxq1yjeob1l4occ8ror9zd.jpg?t=1879894899&w=500 Key Additions: Seth Curry, Delon Wright, Boban Marjanovic Key Losses: None With Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis now under contract for the foreseeable future, the Mavericks used this offseason to focus on surrounding the two rising stars with the talent they need to make a playoff push. The Mavericks didn't make any particularly splashy signings, but the likes of Seth Curry and Delon Wright should put them a step closer to achieving that goal. Curry is an ideal point guard to pair with Doncic in the backcourt, as he's comfortable playing off-ball being a career 43.9 percent 3-point shooter. Wright isn't the shooter that Curry is, but he's do-it-all guard who can take pressure off of Doncic defensively by matching up with the opposing team's best perimeter player. The Mavericks spent the rest of their offseason taking care of players already on their roster, extending Dwight Powell, Maxi Kleber, Devin Harris and Dorian Finney-Smith to team-friendly deals. Powell and Kleber will allow Porzingis to alternate between playing power forward and centre, and the signing of Boban Marjanovic gives them even more size in the frontcourt. If Doncic can build off on winning Rookie of the Year and Porzingis can return to the player he was prior to tearing his ACL, the Mavericks could turn it around sooner rather than later. 4. New Orleans Pelicans https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/30/f/zion_1am1m8j038onr13f0q9zlr3xs3.jpg?t=2022549851&w=500 Key Additions: Lonzo Ball, Derrick Favors, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram, J.J. Redick, Zion Williamson, Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker Key Losses: Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, Elfrid Payton, Stanley Johnson, Solomon Hill No team in the Southwest Division was as active as the Pelicans this offseason. It started with New Orleans trading six-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Lakers, for which they got a massive haul in return. In addition to Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and Brandon Ingram - three young prospects with tremendous upside - the Pelicans acquired three first-round draft picks in the Davis deal, including the No. 4 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The Pelicans traded that pick to the Atlanta Hawks for picks No. 7, 17 and 35, turning them into Jaxson Haynes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Marcos Louzada Silver. Throw in sharpshooter J.J. Redick, who the Pelicans signed to a two-year, $26.5 million contract in free agency, as well as Derrick Favors, a defensive-minded big man who provides some veteran leadership in the frontcourt, and Zion Williamson has arguably a better supporting cast than Davis ever did during his time in New Orleans. MORE: Williamson delivers hope and promise to New Orleans The Pelicans have the talent and depth to compete for a playoff spot for next season, but a lot of it hinges on how quickly Williamson adapts to the NBA. With how competitive the Western Conference is expected to be, they might have a better chance in 2020-21. Vegas win projection: 37.5 wins (No. 10 in the West) 5. Memphis Grizzlies https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/72/ba/ja-morant_jrh8yu778f7j1pw188dpmwivp.jpg?t=2002247403&w=500 Key Additions: Andre Iguodala, Josh Jackson, Tyus Jones, Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke Key Losses: Avery Bradley, Mike Conley, Chandler Parsons, Delon Wright The "Grit and Grind" days in Memphis are officially over. After trading Marc Gasol at last season's trade deadline, the Grizzlies moved on from the final piece from that era when they sent Mike Conley to the Utah Jazz for Grayson Allen, Kyle Korver, Jae Crowder and draft picks. The Grizzlies are now built around point guard Ja Morant and big man Jaren Jackson Jr. Morant was the team's selection with the No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and Jackson is coming off of a rookie season in which he made the All-Rookie First Team despite playing in only 58 games. They're surrounded with a solid group of veterans, from Kyle Anderson and Jonas Valanciunas to Crowder and Miles Plumlee. The next step for the Grizzlies is finding a home for Andre Iguodala, who they acquired this offseason in a trade with the Warriors. The Grizzlies are reportedly looking for draft compensation in return for the three-time NBA champion, ideally a future first-round pick in the hopes of adding another young prospect to their core. Even if they can't get a first-round pick for Iguodala, Morant and Jackson give the Grizzlies an opportunity to go all-in on their rebuild, which has been a long time coming. Vegas win projection: 27.5 (No. 13 in the West)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1060
__label__wiki	0.813479	0.813479	03/17/2019 New York Knicks Mario Hezonja blocks LeBron James' potential game-winner, Knicks sweep season series vs. Lakers A late 11-1 fourth quarter run capped off by a game-saving block by Mario Hezonja on LeBron James helped the Knicks snap their eight-game losing streak. By Yash Matange (Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/89/bf/lebron-james-had-his-potential-game-winner-blocked-on-the-final-possession_1t21jkjkr0elp1857glg1f86jx.png?t=-1931575871&w=500 On March 2, the Lakers dropped a game in Phoenix against the worst team in the Western Conference. Here we are a few weeks later and the shorthanded Lakers squad, led by LeBron James, drop a game at Madison Square Garden against the team with the worst record in the league - the New York Knicks. The young Knicks went on a 11-1 run over the last three minutes of the game to clinch the W, snap their 8-game losing streak and sweep the season series against the Lakers. The team had so many things celebrate, courtesy of Mario Hezonja's game-saving block on LeBron James in the final possession of the game: Mario Hezonja seals the @nyknicks win with the block! #NewYorkForever pic.twitter.com/95QhCibORm - NBA (@NBA) March 17, 2019 New York had all its starters score in double figures, led by point guard Emmanual Mudiay, who finished with 28 points and 8 assists on 8-of-11 shooting from the field. Veteran center DeAndre Jordan had a near triple-double with 15 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists. Hezonja, who clinched the win for the Knicks, had 17 points on 4-of-8 shooting along with 8 rebounds and 2 steals. For the Lakers, LeBron didn't disappoint with 33 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, but it was simply not enough. Los Angeles had seven players in double figures but failed to hold on to lead in the closing minutes of the game, registering its eighth loss in nine games over the past month. Although the Lakers aren't still mathematically eliminated from the Playoffs, this loss drops them nearly nine games off the No. 8 seed in the West with only 12 games left to play. The team wraps up their five-game East road trip in Milwaukee on Tuesday while the Knicks head to Toronto to face the Raptors on Monday.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1061
__label__cc	0.726976	0.273024	Home>Governor>Governor Says No to ‘Two More Hours Of Mayhem’ Senator Scott Wiener (Kevin Sanders For California Globe) Governor Highlight Legislature Governor Says No to ‘Two More Hours Of Mayhem’ Vetoes 4 AM Closing Time for Alcohol at Bars and Restaurants By Sean Brown, October 1, 2018 6:00 am Has our libertine governor transformed into Carry Nation? Senate Bill 905 authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would have allowed nine California cities, including San Francisco, to extend the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants from 2AM to 4AM. In striking down the legislation, Governor Brown said that “Without question, these two extra hours will result in more drinking.” In response to the veto, Senator Wiener said that “California’s one-size-fits-all closing time doesn’t make sense. When it comes to nightlife you can’t compare downtown Los Angeles or San Francisco to small town. We are focusing all of our cities to conform to the same closing time regardless of the varying needs and wants of the local community.” In pressing his bill through the Legislature, the Senator noted that, “social and nightlife venues are an economic driver in many communities, and the State’s food service and entertainment industries generate billions of dollars in consumer spending and employ well over a million Californians. This optional tool for local control over nightlife will increase tax revenue and tourism as well as revitalize business districts. No city would be required to allow alcohol service past 2 a.m. Rather, the bill allows these six cities to opt in: pure local control.” The Senator also drew what he believes is an unequal playing field for these nine cities when compared to international tourist spots saying, “currently our California destination cities are at a disadvantage when competing with cities both nationally and internationally for tourists, conventions, and conferences” which have later alcohol serving times. Echoing these points, the California Music & Culture Association said “SB 905 is a well-balanced solution that provides local control over night-life while helping to grow our travel and tourism industry.” The California Chamber of Commerce, the California Travel Association and the California Restaurant Association backed up that support. California Governor Jerry Brown (Via gov.ca.gov) The Governor wasn’t convinced, noting in his veto message that while “businesses and cities in support of this bill see that as a good source of revenue” the California Highway Patrol “strongly believes that this increased drinking will lead to more drunk driving.” The Alcohol Policy Panel of San Diego County noted that if the bill passed, 76% of the state’s population would be affected. “They will experience increases in alcohol consumption and related problems including violence, emergency room admission, injuries, alcohol-impaired driving, and motor vehicle crashes.” In siding with the opposition, Governor Brown added one final editorial punch to his veto message, stating, “I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem.” Before becoming a writer for the California Globe, Sean served as a Legislative Director in the New York City Council and is an NYU alumnus. Latest posts by Sean Brown (see all) McCarthy Signals That He’d Support Border Barrier Other than Wall - February 6, 2019 DCCC Adds Nunes to Its Early Target List - February 6, 2019 Gavin Newsom Places Ads in Key 2020 States - January 24, 2019 Tagged Bar Closing Time, Governor Jerry Brown, Governor Veto, SB 905, State Senator Scott Wiener Highlight Articles National Governor Legislature Governor Newsom Proposes Statewide No-Kill Animal Shelters $50 million would go to a no-kill grant under new budget Nominations and Commissions by the Governor Government Code requires nominations made by the Governor to the Senate to be in writing Governor Newsom Proposes a State-Run Generic Prescription Drug Label The new budget proposal would lower drug prices but would most likely raise taxes McCarthy Holds Steady: Resolution on Immigrants Passes House Sen. Portantino Goes 1 for 2 on Long-Gun Proposals Editor: Katy Grimes General Manager, Advertising: Kevin Sanders California Globe Book and Film Globe Fine Art Globe Modern Consensus New Jersey Globe © 2020 California Globe	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1064
__label__cc	0.618139	0.381861	Gender Consortium Childrens Consortium Food Security and Livelihood Consortium Eswatini HIV/AIDS Consortium (ESHACO) Media Consortium Human Rights and Governance Consortium IGNITE Engaging tomorrow's leaders today What is ignite? IGNITE is a social media program that targets adolescents and young people through various social media networks including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Our initiative is to create platforms where the youth is empowered to access HIV prevention information and services, and make informed decisions about their lives. IGNITE is part of the Global Fund project, granted through CANGO ,which aims to halt the spread of HIV and reverse its impact on the Swazi society by targeting youth aged 15–24 years who are out of school or in college. The Ignite social media engagement strategy has created platforms where adolescents and young people are continuously empowered to access health services, make informed decisions and increase their participation in HIV prevention programs.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1067
__label__wiki	0.517568	0.517568	Child, Youth and Family Studies CYAF Home Couple & Family Therapy CAPS Individual Counseling Huskers Helping Huskers Pantry+ Undergraduate Program Areas Apply to UNL Resources for Undergraduate Students Waitlists Teachers Scholars Adademy Graduate Program Areas Resources for Graduate Students Assistantship and Fellowship Application Meet Our Grad Students Meet the Faculty and Staff CYAF Help Page Research / Outreach Outreach and Extension Priorities Educare Evaluation Project Extension Programs Labs and Facilities CYAF Education Abroad 2017-2018 Ambassador Scholarship Global Consortium for International Family Studies Richard Bischoff IANR Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Academic Leader Success, Professor 1993, Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapy, Purdue University 1990, M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Auburn University 1988, B.A., Family Relations, Weber State College I am particularly interested in increasing access to high quality mental health care, especially among vulnerable and underserved populations. I am currently involved in projects that designed to do that by marshalling local resources to better meet the mental health care needs of communities and delivering high quality mental health care services through videoconferencing. I have been a faculty member at University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1998. I moved to Nebraska from San Diego, California where I was teaching at the University of San Diego and working as a Marriage and Family Therapist in a primary care medical clinic. It was there that I developed an interest and expertise in collaborative healthcare and Medical Family Therapy. At Nebraska, I have been able to apply collaborative care principles to work in rural medical settings and I’ve been able to do this through the innovative use of videoconferencing as a primary treatment delivery medium. This work has increased access to mental health care for underserved rural residents. This blending of interests and the innovative use of technology has been exciting for me as I see the impact that this work has on rural communities and on students. People who would not have had access to mental health care, now have access to culturally sensitive, state-of-the-art treatment. We appear to be having a positive impact on community members’ perceptions of mental health problems and mental healthcare, in that the negative attributions associated with these appear to be decreasing. My students are having rich experiential learning opportunities working with rural patients and care providers, thereby increasing their appreciation of the care culture in rural communities. They are also having one-of-a-kind opportunities to be trained in the use of videoconferencing and other technologies in delivering mental health care to underserved populations. News articles featuring Dr. Bischoff: Bischoff Wins Boss of the Year Award Bischoff, Springer develop mental health model with global application Bischoff Wins BoHS Emerging Administrator Award Bischoff and Xia speak at international conference Two faculty honored by Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance CYAF profiles faculty research and work with students in series of videos Bischoff named chair of CYAF Honors and Recognition UNOPA Boss of the Year. 2015BoHS Emerging Administrator Award. 2015Nebraska Marriage and Family Therapist of the Year award. 2009Donald R. and Mary Lee Swanson Award for Teaching Excellence. 2006College of Education and Human Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award. 2005 2011 to present, Board of Mental Health Practice for the State of Nebraska, Member.2008-2010, Board of Directors, Member at-large, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.2001 to present, Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.2000 to present, Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Couples and Relationship Therapy.1996 to present, Site Visitor, Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.1995-1998, Behavioral Science Faculty Member, Sharp Healthcare, Metro Family Practice Residency program.1993-1998, Assistant Professor, Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling program, University of San Diego, San Diego, California. Clinical Member, American Association of Marriage and Family TherapyApproved Supervisor, American Association of Marriage and Family TherapyCollaborative Family Healthcare AssociationSite Visitor, Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy EducationEditorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Marital and Family TherapyEditorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Couples and Relationship Therapy Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies 205 Louise Pound Hall cyaf@unl.edu Ruth Staples Child Development Lab 402-472-1675	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1072
__label__wiki	0.799696	0.799696	Home Artists Lyrics New Stuff Popular Search Don't Get Married Leon Rosselson Don't get married girls, you'll sign away your life You may start off as a woman but you'll end up as the wife You could be a vestal virgin, take the veil and be a nun But don't get married girls for marriage isn't fun Oh, it's fine when you're romancing and he plays the lover's part You're the roses in his garden, you're the flame that warms his heart And his love will last forever and he'll promise you the moon But just wait until you're wedded, then he'll sing a different tune You're his tapioca pudding, you're the dumplings in his stew But he'll soon begin to wonder what he ever saw in you Still he takes without complaining all the dishes you provide For you see he's got to have his bit of jam tart on the side So don't get married girls, it's very badly paid You may start off as the mistress but you'll end up as the maid Be a daring deep sea diver, be a polished polyglot But don't get married girls, for marriage is a plot Have you seen him in the morning with a face that looks like death? With dandruff on his pillow and tobacco on his breath And he needs some reassurance with his cup of tea in bed For he's worried by the mortgage and the bald patch on his head And he's sure that your his mother, lays his head upon your breast So you try to boost his ego, iron his shirt and warm his vest Then you get him off to work, the mighty hunter is restored And he leaves you there with nothing but the dreams you can't afford So don't get married girls, men they're all the same They just use you when they need you, you'd do better on the game Be a call girl, be a stripper, be a hostess, be a whore But don't get married girls, for marriage is a bore When he comes home in the evening he can hardly spare a look All he says is "What's for dinner?" After all you're just the cook But when he takes you to a party, well, he eyes you with a frown For you know you've got to look your best, you mustn't let him down And he'll clutch you with that "Look-what-I've-got" twinkle in his eyes Like he's entered for a raffle and he's won you for the prize Ah, but when the party's over you'll be slogging through the sludge Half the time a decoration and the other half a drudge So don't get married, it'll drive you round the bend It's the lane without a turning, it's the end without an end Take a lover every Friday, take up tennis, be a nurse But don't get married girls, for marriage is a curse These lyrics may or may not be copyrighted! No content? Suggest content!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1076
__label__wiki	0.689446	0.689446	Elementary Recap 4/23/17: Season 5 Episode 20 “The Art of Sleights and Deception” Internal Affairs is at the station investigating Marcus because a man complained that he pulled a gun on him the night before while he was off duty. Watson walks in on a woman holding a gun on Sherlock. She pulls the trigger and Sherlock shows Watson that he has the bullet in his mouth. She is angry at him for scaring her but Sherlock was researching the death of a magician, Claude who died while performing that trick. Watson, Marcus and Sherlock search the magician’s house and find a threatening note from another magician named Anibus. Watson researches the man who has made the complaint against Marcus. His story is very convincing. Anibus is another magician who dated Claude. While she was angry at Claude she would never hurt him. She does say he liked to gamble and was known to cheat. Maybe he double crossed the wrong person? Sherlock finds the shop where Claude was gambling illegally. The owner admits he and Claude were working together and Claude was cheating a man named Keating. Keating owed Claude a great deal of money. Watson reviewed the man’s statement against Marcus and she thinks he has been coached. She thinks Chantelle’s ex has something to do with it. Keating says Claude wanted information about Turnleaf books. He wanted him to make copies of all of their ledgers from 1963. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 3/26/17: Season 5 Episode 18 “Dead Man’s Tale” Mar 31, 2017 \| By maximiliano \| 0 Sherlock tells Watson that he believes that Shinwell murdered Jameel but she doesn’t believe it. She needs proof. Sherlock asks her to meet with Jameel’s brother and the police during their interview later in the day. A man purchases a self-storage unit and thinks he hit the jackpot until he opens a cabinet and finds a dead body. The team is called in to investigate. Sherlock thinks the victim, Travis, was a thief who worked for the city and stole the merchandise for people who were recently deceased. They interview the man who worked with Travis and admits that Travis was stealing but he didn’t have any part of it. Travis did call him the day before he disappeared and said he hit the jackpot and he won’t be into work anymore. They decide to check the possessions of the last person who died that Travis was working with. Sherlock believes that a captain’s log was taken for his possessions. Watson sits in on Jameel’s brother’s interview and he says he saw Shinwell walk away from the murder scene. He also saw Shinwell throw the gun away. He went and got the gun. He planned on killing Shinwell at his brother’s funeral but lost his nerve. He was only 10 years old. Then Shinwell was sent to prison and he moved on. However, when Shinwell got out of prison he felt he had to avenge his brother’s death. But he missed when he tried to shot Shinwell. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 3/19/17: Season 5 Episode 17 “The Ballad of Lady Frances” The police overhear a man being shot but can’t find the body. Shinwell and Holmes play chess and box at the same time. Holmes says it will help Shinwell think on his feet. He is called away when he gets a text from the police asking him to meet at the area when the shots were heard. All the police have is the audio of the crime and ask Holmes and Watson for help figuring out what happened. During the crime they hear the victim being asked where Francis is and being shot when he won’t tell where she is. The mayor is the up for re-election and needs to be seen tough on crime. He wants answer on this shooting ASAP. Shinwell is shot at and he thinks it is related to his gang days but Watson is worried. Holmes listens to the tape again and realizes that there were two cars involved in the crime and he thinks the victim was a manual laborer. He is able to figure out the victim’s name. Watson interviews the victim’s wife and she identifies him on the tape. She also tells them her husband was having an affair. Holmes searches the house for clues and is able to find the woman he was having an affair with but her name isn’t Francis. They search her house and realize the victim was stealing from his clients and Francis isn’t a person but rather a rare guitar worth $5 million dollars. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 3/12/17: Season 5 Episode 16 “Fidelity” Holmes is questioned by Agent Gephart and told he needs to stop investigating the Kotite murders, if he doesn’t Gephart will arrest him on trumped up charges. Holmes meets up with Watson and says they have to figure out what Gephart is up to. Kitty returns home to find Watson searching for listening devices in their home. She doesn’t find anything and they discuss Holmes reaction to meeting Archie. Kitty says he basically ignored the baby. Holmes has a theory that all of the dead men were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Watson goes to interview Cy’s widow while Holmes and Kitty meet with Mr. Garber. Mr. Garber thinks their theory the Kotite’s lawyer, Sawyer, didn’t kill himself is crazy and won’t help them. Cy’s widow shares all of Cy’s records from his last few trials. She thinks there might be information about his death. Watson listens to one of the recordings and hears Sawyer rambling about government conspiracies. She thinks this may be the clue they are looking for. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 3/5/17: Season 5 Episode 15 “Wrong Side of the Road” Holmes attends the funeral of his old colleague Cy Durning. While at the cemetery he gets a text that says the death was a murder and to meet in five minutes. Holmes goes and finds his former protégé, Kitty waiting for him. Watson comes home to find Kitty and Holmes. Holmes tells Watson that Kitty thinks they are both in danger. Kitty tells the story of Kotite, a man that Kitty and Holmes helped put in prison several years ago. Kotite was released from prison three weeks ago and three people involved in the case have died in unusual circumstances. Holmes wants Kitty and Watson to go speak to the captain about the case but Watson is worried. When Kitty left three years ago she was involved in a serious incident were a man was hurt and the captain suspected Kitty caused the injuries. Kitty said she wrote the captain a letter right after she left and she thinks everything is now OK between them. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 2/19/17: Season 5 Episode 14 “Rekt in Real Life” Feb 24, 2017 \| By maximiliano \| 0 Shimwell and Watson meet in a coffee house and he is very nervous about being in public. He asks for Watson’s advice because his daughter wants to see him after all these years. Watson tells him it is danger and to be careful. OG Pwnzr is playing a video game on a live webcast. While he is playing someone hits him from behind. Calls start coming into the police station reporting the assault. The problem is no one knows OG’s really name or where he was during the assault. Tom’s meets with his niece and Watson to learn more about the gaming world. She tells him it is a multi-billion dollar industry. OG was an ex-professional, a blogger and an agent looking for new talent. Holmes calls Watson to let her know that he is on the case and has found the crime scene. Unfortunately, OG is dead. Watson and Marcus meet Holmes there and search OG’s cell phone. They use the information to go to a gamer’s house. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 1/29/17: Season 5 Episode 13 “Over a Barrel” Feb 3, 2017 \| By maximiliano \| 0 A man shows up looking for help from Sherlock. Watson tells him that they are in the middle of something, but he can come in. Sherlock is busy in the other room with Mason, who is irritated by the man. The man tells Sherlock that his son Conner was attacked. He wants to find out who did it. After his son was attacked he died a year later of an overdose. Sherlock tells him that he gets an awful lot of cases and can’t take them all. He can’t help him. The next day at the precinct, the man shows up again. Sherlock tells him he can’t be of help once again. Angry, the man leaves and goes to a diner. He walks in and pulls out a gun, taking them all hostage. When the woman behind the counter asks him what he wants he says doesn’t want money, he wants Sherlock and Watsons help or he will start shooting. The captain doesn’t think Sherlock should pay him a visit. He wants him to call first. But Sherlock insists he will be okay. Sherlock goes to the diner with Watson and enters. He threatens to shoot everyone and he won’t let Watson leave either. She has to stay in the diner. READ MORE... Elementary Recap 1/15/17: Season 5 Episode 12 “Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown” Jan 20, 2017 \| By maximiliano \| 0 Watson is trying to get Hill to help her father so he will stop writing books about her and Sherlock. Watson notices that Hill is going on a date. She’s excited for him. She wants all the details. Hill heads to the bar to meet her. She calls to say she needs a rain check. She’s stuck on a case. Hill goes to leave and accidently bumps into a man, knocking his drink out of his hand to the ground. It smashes. The man gets angry and shoves Hill, who offers to buy him a drink. The man explains that he wanted that drink not a new one. Hill says he’s a cop – he doesn’t want any trouble. The man starts swinging. Two men are chasing a clown through the woods. He’s running fast. They fall behind when they catch up they see the clown dead on the ground in a pile of leaves. His body looks settled. There is no way he just died right there, 4 minutes ago? The men are confused, staring at him in disbelief with their flash lights pointed at his clown face. READ MORE... Elementary Winter Premiere Recap 1/8/17: Season 5 Episode 11 “Be My Guest” They seem like a normal couple having a bad day until he tells her not to pout all day and attaches a wire to a collar around her neck. We see Holmes with the captain at an office building. Holmes reads the lips of a man sitting across the room – the same man who attached the girl to a dog collar. He follows him to the elevator and snatches his cell phone without him seeing. Holmes looks through the phone and sees a video sent by the woman. She looks sad and upset, dancing while attached to the collar with the wire. The man comes up from behind Holmes. He wants his phone back. He begins yelling. The captain arrives. Holmes says that he took it by accident. He lets the man go and continues to lie to the captain about what just happened. Holmes arrives to see Watson and Shinwell. He tells him what he saw and wants to go and help the woman. They take off right away. They go through the man’s apartment but find nothing except for a DVD of the movie Mannequin and a bunch of pirated DVDs. Back at police headquarters, Holmes questions the man with the captain. The man – Mr. Decker – isn’t speaking. They tell him they are determined to find the woman. Watson sees that he deleted most of social media and did something to his phone. Watson wants to go see his ex-wife to get more on him. READ MORE... Elementary It Serves You Right to Suffer Review (Season 5 Episode 9) Dec 12, 2016 \| By Daemons Tv \| 0 So, as those of you who read my last review know, originally CBS had planned to wait until next year to air anymore new episodes of Elementary. Fortunately, as a sort of special Christmas present, it looks like well be getting two new more episodes before the years out after all, beginning with tonights It Serves You Right to Suffer. (Guess that title wasnt aimed at us after all!) Perhaps CBS saw the opportunity to cash in on the lack of competition at the moment, or they were simply taking advantage of the fact that they could actually air the show when it was supposed to air, as many of the episodes have aired well after 10pm in many areas, because of football games running late, making the shows schedule a bit unpredictable, to say the least, if you werent watching live. ...Read More... //www.tvequals.com/2016/12/12/elementary-it-serves-you-right-to-suffer-review-season-5-episode-9/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 26 27	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1082
__label__cc	0.726905	0.273095	2020 Charleston Jazz Festival – Jane Monheit + Freddy Cole with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra Opening Act: Monty Alexander Trio Event Time & Tickets 2020 Charleston Jazz Festival – Jane Monheit + Freddy Cole with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra Opening Act: Monty Alexander Trio in Charleston Gaillard Center 95 Calhoun Street 2020 Charleston Jazz Festival – Jane Monheit + Freddy Cole with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra Opening Act: Monty Alexander Trio The evening begins with a performance by the Monty Alexander Trio, followed by the Charleston Jazz Orchestra performing with vocalists Jane Monheit and Freddy Cole. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, Grammy-nominated pianist Monty Alexander is an American classic, touring the world relentlessly with various projects delighting a global audience drawn to his vibrant personality and soulful message. A perennial favorite at Jazz festivals and venues worldwide, his spirited conception covers a repertoire spanning a broad range of jazz and Jamaican musical expressions – the American songbook and the blues, gospel and bebop, calypso and reggae. Blessed with “a voice of phenomenal beauty” (Stephen Holden, New York Times), Jane Monheit has had plenty of milestone moments in establishing herself as one of today’s best and most important vocalist-musicians. The twice Grammy-nominated singer has released 12 solo albums and has collaborated with Michael Bublé, John Pizzarelli, Terence Blanchard, among many others. Her latest release, The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald, pays joyous tribute to the legendary singer, while sharing a definite portrait of herself. The legendary Freddy Cole, a four-time Grammy Nominee (most recently a 2019 Grammy Nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Recording) was born in 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole’s five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike and Nat (twelve years Freddy’s senior) were all musicians taught by their mother. At the young age of 88, Freddy Cole’s career continues to ascend as he has moved into the front ranks of America’s homegrown art form with a style and musical sophistication all his own. Nominated for a 2019 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Recording, masterful vocalist and pianist, Freddy Cole captivates listeners with his elegant presence, subtle phrasing, and intimate singing style. The Charleston Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Lewis, has been performing for audiences in the Lowcountry for over 10 years. The Charleston Jazz Orchestra is comprised of 18 accomplished jazz musicians and is an entertaining and educational example of the rich history of jazz in Charleston. The Charleston Jazz Orchestra offers a six concert subscription series known for its unique, enthusiastically received performances that contribute mightily to the ever-evolving Lowcountry arts scene. Categories: Festivals \| Performing Arts at Gaillard Center Bandstand Charleston 2020 Charleston Jazz Festiv... BoomTown Unite 2020 Marcus Roberts and The Mode... "Lowcountry Dancing with th... Sorry, you missed 2020 Charleston Jazz Festiv... at Gaillard Center. Demand that Gaillard Center gets added to the next tour! You missed 2020 Charleston Jazz Festiv... at Gaillard Center. We're generating custom event recommendations for you based on 2020 Charleston Jazz Festiv... right now!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1085
__label__cc	0.582952	0.417048	Horrorible Review: “Dawn of the Dead (2004)” September 12, 2016 · by M. Lion · in Horrorible Review, Monday with Mildred, Movie Reviews. · As everyone knows, sequels suck. What you really want to avoid is a remake of a classic film, like Dawn of the Dead, in which the creator of the modern zombie film, George Romero, switched from black and white documentary style horror to full color, guns blazing, in your face social message zombie film. It’s a fantastic movie that I always recommend to people. So why would you want to make a new version? If you’re director Zach Snyder (300, Batman vs Superman), it’s because you loved the first one so much and you had a big glass of chutzpah with lunch. Fortunately for us, his version works really well. The 2004 film begins in total suburban normalcy with a nice fade in on a skull that, when the camera pulls back is revealed to be an x-ray in a very busy hospital. They’ve got a weird rash of bite patients, which nurse Ana notes before finally escaping hours after her shift officially ended. At home she and her husband snuggle in bed and ignore the increasingly strident warnings on tv. The next morning the crud hits the rotator in a major way aaaaaaand we’re off. This sounds awfully pedestrian, I know, but even though you know where everything is going it’s scary and gory and sad and frenetic. The screenplay, by George Romero and James Gunn (Slither and Guardians of the Galaxy) will of course be super familiar, but Gunn seems to have calmed down Romero’s latter movie overreaches with the script, and the first five minutes will let you know that you’re watching a solid horror movie crafted by a faithful director who obviously loves the genre and original film. The soundtrack is right on the money, and the Thornhill Square Shopping Centre in Ontario is a nice update to the original. Ana (Sarah Polley) drives through the chaos (at one time under the original Dawn of the Dead helicopter, photoshopped in) and ends up at the mall, of course, with the typically Romero bunch of mis-matched survivors (Ving Rhames, Ty Burrell, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, and Jayne Eastwood). The current mall is bigger, with much better security than in the quaint 70s, and instead of a huge power plant below for zombies to wander around in, we have an enormous parking garage. This is much scarier because there’s a lot more room for the zombies to run around in. Yeah, run. These updated undead sprint faster than I ever managed in my sporting days, so there was no armchair disdain for dufuses who get caught by shamblers. Besides the helicopter, you will have fun spotting other nods to the original movie, like a cameo from Tom Savini, bits of famous dialogue, and a science talking head you want to throttle. The makeup is very good, and the gore well done. The moral was a little muddled, which surprised me a lot the first time I saw it, considering its pedigree. I think it has something to do with family, and a good man putting loved ones ahead of himself, but I’m not sure. I liked the gaming aspect, like trading up weapons from crowbar to axe to gun, though the use of a chainsaw irritates me every time. Where this version absolutely separates itself from its progenitor is the level of violence. The running zombies create opportunities for ferocious sequences of undead madness and mayhem. There is a measure of gratuitous violence, especially the Shoot the Famous Zombie Lookalike sequence that is played for laughs but really isn’t. And there is one young zombie that the filmmakers try to rip your heart out with. Didn’t work for me but YMMV. The DVD on the Director’s Cut has great special features, which you won’t get if you stream. Just sayin’. All in all I highly recommend this zombie film. It’s a fine movie on its own, but being good as the remake of one of the all-time greats makes this feat of filmmaking all the more impressive. Dawn of the Dead (2004) – IMDB Dawn of the Dead (2004) – Wikipedia Dawn of the Dead (2004) – Official Trailer Tags: Dawn of the Dead (2004), George Romero ← Movie Review: “Morgan” Throwback Thursday: “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things” → One response to “Horrorible Review: “Dawn of the Dead (2004)”” Josh Hammond October 3, 2016 at 4:11 pm · · Reply → I’m not a Zack Snyder fan at all, but I really liked this one. Definitely a movie that stuck with me, as I remember being unable to get to sleep that night as I planned my escape strategy (just in case it happened for real, you know). I feel this was before Snyder has settled on his style . . . and could still put together some good visuals/action scenes without trying to make it over-serious.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1090
__label__wiki	0.58851	0.58851	Child Sex Conspiracy The truth about APLE and unsafe convictions in Cambodia FCO unfair treatment FCO Fails to respond – again Multiple standards by UK authorities No response from FCO London UK authorities deny legal process James Ricketson on Multiple standards by UK … simon limorg on UK authorities deny legal… APLE Cambodia CEOP London Child exploitation Cambodia Donor fraud Cambodia FCO London Posted on December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 by cambodiahostage FCO failure On 14th November 2014, a complaint was filed with the FCO London, regarding the British Embassy and FCO failures to act in the unfair, unjust and unsafe conviction of Matt Harland in Cambodia. Following the official complaints procedure detailed in the Crown publication Support for British nationals abroad: A guide the FCO are committed to giving a full reply within 20 working days or an explanation of this failure. The FCO have failed to respond within the specified time. There has been no explanation. Escalation process As the FCO has failed to respond to an official complaint, the second such failure in a month, the original complaint will now be referred to the Foreign Secretary, Mr Philip Hammond MP. To Philip Hammond MP Mr Hammond, Foreign Secretary, once again, I would like to raise the following matter, direct to you, as the FCO Director of Consular Services has, once again failed to respond to my initial complaint. Please note, this is separate from the complaint raised on 1st December 2014. You can find the original complaint under the title, “Unfair, unjust and unsafe” and you may also find it helpful to read the other posts on this site. Complaint to Mr Hammond Mr Hammond, on behalf of Matt Harland, who is still detained in Cambodia, after four years, six months, without a trial by definition or internationally recognised standards, I would ask you to explain; 1 – why has the FCO Director of Consular Services failed to respond? 2 – why has the FCO and the British embassy in Phnom Penh failed to acknowledge that Matt Harland has not received a trial by definition, in Cambodia? 3 – why are consular staff not allowed to discuss this unfair hearing with Matt Harland, not even their own notes (obtained through FOI)? Consular court notes, obtained through FOI 4 – why were consular staff instructed to discontinue court observations after the session detailed in the embassy notes above? 5 – why have the FCO failed in their responsibilities under the Human Rights Act ’98, and the pledges by William Hague, regarding the trial rights of British citizens? 6 – do you agree that FCO staff should follow government policy, guidelines and international law – even in the case of a child sex allegation? 7 – do you agree that somebody who is accused of a child sex crime, where the statements are in doubt, should have the right to a fair trial? 8 – do you agree with the information in the Crown publication, “Support for British nationals abroad”, which details the FCO policies and procedures? 9 – why would the FCO fail to follow these policies and procedures and fail to support Matt Harland in his request for a court trial? 10 – will you respond to the original complaint? 11 – will you, Mr Hammond, support Matt Harland’s right to a fair trial in Cambodia and respect your obligations under the Human Rights Act ’98? Please note that some of the questions above are repeated from the last complaint, as we have yet to receive a response from your office. Matt Harland is not requesting any special treatment, only his right to be heard in a court of law and to be given a fair trial consistent with what the FCO describe as internationally recognised standards I look forward to seeing your response. Tags: Cambodia, FCO complaint, injusticeCategories: FCO London	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1091
__label__wiki	0.800476	0.800476	Tag Archives: stoolie Another Chumph Lackey Agrees to Talk – Gates Squeals Another Chumph insider takes the deal…. Think Gates need to do a bit better than just squealing on Manafort. So I would have to believe this deal includes the dirt on the Chumph traitor. Especially since this comes at a time when additional charges are being filed. Report: Former Trump Adviser Rick Gates Finalizing Plea Deal With Mueller Rick Gates, one of a handful of former advisers to Donald Trump indicted amid the ongoing Russia probe, is reportedly finalizing a plea deal with investigators. Citing sources close to the investigation, CNN reports that Gates has been in talks with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team about a potential plea deal for about a month. During that time, he reportedly provided prosecutors with information, though it’s unclear whether it concerned Trump’s campaign or financial dealings not connected to the White House. The news comes as investigators are reportedly preparing new charges against Gates and his longtime business partner, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Both Manafort and Gates pleaded not guilty to financial crimes in late October. Gates’ potential plea deal is expected to turn the tide of the Russia investigation and put more pressure on Manafort to cooperate. The White House has shrugged off Gates’ negotiations with investigators, however. “If Gates cooperates against Manafort that’s nothing to us,” a White House official was quoted as saying by CNN. Gates would be the third known former Trump aide cooperating in Mueller’s investigation. Former Trump aides George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn have also reportedly made plea deals after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI. Posted by btx3 on February 16, 2018 in Chumph Butt Kicking, Daily Chump Disasters, High Crimes, Second American Revolution, Trump Impeachment Tags: chumph, collusion, confession, gates, Manafort, money laundering, Mueller, Plea Deal, russia, states evidence, stoolie, treason, trump Bannon Agrees to Squeal! Looks like Mueller’s Lining them up to squeal on the Chumph! Steve Bannon hired the same lawyer as Reince Priebus — and that should scare Donald Trump Steve Bannon will reportedly cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. The former White House chief strategist has hired the same attorney — Bill Burck, of the firm Quinn Emanuel — as White House counsel Don McGahn and former chief of staff Reince Priebus in the Russia probe, reported The Daily Beast. That arrangement isn’t unusual, but it could signal bad news for the president as Mueller examines possible efforts to obstruct investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives. Bannon left the White House in August, and he fell out of favor with Trump and the Republican Party after serving as a major source in the Michael Wolff book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Since the falling out last week, Bannon has signaled he’s willing to help Mueller investigate the White House. Bannon could be an incredibly valuable witness for the special counsel, especially if his testimony matches up with McGahn and Priebus — who took the highly unusual step of keeping contemporaneous notes throughout his six months as chief of staff. McGahn received the initial warning Jan. 26 from acting attorney general Sally Yates that national security adviser Mike Flynn may have been “compromised” by Russia. Two days later, Bannon, Priebus and Flynn all took part in a phone call between Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The following day, Trump signed an executive order elevating Bannon to the National Security Council and while downgrading the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence, a move that most observers considered baffling. Bannon was removed in early April from the National Security Council, about six weeks after Flynn was forced out of the administration. His allies said at the time that Bannon had been placed on the principals committee to keep an eye on Flynn, who has since pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents in late January about his conversations a month before with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. “We all knew Flynn had issues,” a senior White House official said at the time. Flynn has agreed to cooperate with Mueller under the terms of his guilty plea signed last month. Bannon could help investigators understand when Trump learned Flynn had lied to the FBI, and what steps he might have taken to cover up the crime to which his close ally later pleaded guilty. The former chief strategist, who was ousted as Breitbart News chief over his feud with Trump, could also potentially tell investigators whether Trump fired FBI director James Comey in hopes of stopping or stalling the Justice Department investigation later taken up by Mueller. Comey has said the president asked for his loyalty and urged him to let go of the Flynn investigation, and Priebus reportedly has notes backing up those accounts. Sean Spicer, who served as White House press secretary until July, also reportedly kept“notebook after notebook” during his time with the Trump campaign and at administration. Officials in previous White House administrations have expressed surprise that either man would keep notes, saying that past investigations have shown that those detailed accounts can serve as potentially damaging evidence. Bannon told Wolff a June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort was “unpatriotic” and even “treasonous,” and Mueller will no doubt ask what he meant by those remarks. Manafort, who served as campaign manager before Bannon joined the Trump team, has been indicted on money laundering and other charges in the Mueller probe. Stool Pigeon… Posted by btx3 on January 11, 2018 in Chumph Butt Kicking, Daily Chump Disasters, High Crimes, Trump Impeachment Tags: bannon, chumph, collusion, Investigation russia, meuller, states evidence, stoolie, testify, trump Wearing a Wire? Possibility of Even More Incriminating Chumph Evidence While the MSM is focused on the Manafort/Stone indictments and arrests – What was going on in the Papadopoulos investigation may be even more damaging to the Chumph. It appears that not only did Papadopoulos turn “State’s Evidence”, but he may have actively participated in assisting the investigation as part of a Plea Deal Here, CNN speculates that the “proactive participation” was the rationale for withholding news of the Guilty Plea entered in July of this year for three months… And that he was wearing a wire. If you remember back to December, when all 11 Intelligence Agencies released a statement that the Chumph was dirty – none of the wiretaps, intercepts , and other intelligence information which led the agencies to that conclusion (no it wasn’t the dossier prepared by the former British spy) has publicly surfaced. The indictments handed out last week also did not include some of the more obvious candidates for orange jumpsuit hood, including Michael Flynn. This suggests there is one hell of a group of charges yet to be released, and that Mueller plans to triangulate the Chumph by first taking down his criminal associates. What the Manafort/Stone indictments suggest, is that Mueller also has the evidence to go after the Chumph for financial and money laundering crimes, As well as to take down a number of other members of the Chumph cabal. What the Papadopoulos take down indicates is that there is a lot more than circumstantial evidence that the Chump colluded with Putin. The worst case scenario for the country is to take down the Chumph and leave the Pence standing. Suggesting Pence won’t be in the group of “unindicted co-conspirators” to use a term from the Watergate days. Posted by btx3 on October 31, 2017 in Chumph Butt Kicking, Daily Chump Disasters, High Crimes, Trump Impeachment Tags: conviction, evidence, indictment, Papadopoulos, states evidence, stoolie, wire, wiretap	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1100
__label__cc	0.702007	0.297993	How to Wipe Partitions to Clean a Hard Drive By David Secor ••• Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images When you are erasing data or deleting a partition on a hard drive, only the file system's record of that data is erased, and the actual data remains until it is overwritten. To remove the data with no chance of recovery, you need a special program that writes over the old data with junk data at least once, though several times is optimal. For partitions on an external drive or an internal drive, except for the main Windows partition, you can use Aoemi Partition Assistant Standard Edition to securely wipe the partition. To wipe the main Windows partition, you will need a self-booting tool, such as Darik's Boot and Nuke. Wiping With AOEMI Partition Assistant Install AOEMI Partition Assistant (link in Resources), which is a freeware partition manager for Windows. Start the program once the installation is complete. Right-click on the partition you would like to wipe and select “Wipe.” Choose the number of times you would like to wipe and fill the partition with junk data, then click “OK.” The more times the data is overwritten, the harder it will be to recover, though each wipe takes a significant amount of time. Click the “Apply” button in the program's toolbar, then click the “Proceed” and “Yes” buttons to start the process. Afterwards, the partition will be deleted, leaving only unallocated space. If you would like to create a new partition in the space so that the partition is recognized by Windows and immediately usable, right-click the partition and select “Create Partition.” Choose the size of the partition and the file system, usually NTFS, then click “OK.” Click the “Apply” icon to create the partition. Reboot afterwards to complete the changes. Wiping With Darik's Boot and Nuke Download the newest version of Darik's Boot and Nuke(link in Resources) which is a free secure-erase program in an ISO disc image format. Insert a blank disc into your CD or DVD burner and browse to your “Downloads” directory using File Explorer. Right-click on the ISO file beginning with “DBAN” and select “Burn Disc Image.” Once complete, reboot the computer with the disc in the drive. Press the “F12” key, or the required key to access your machine's boot menu or boot order settings. Refer to your computer's documentation, if necessary. Choose the option to boot from the CD or DVD drive. Press the “Enter” key to select “Interactive” mode. Using the “J” key to move up and the “K” key to move down, select the partition or drive you would like to wipe and press the “Space” or “Enter” key. Change the number of wipes by pressing the “R” key, typing a new value and pressing “Enter.” Select the write method, if desired, by pressing the “M” key. Press “F10” to wipe the drive. Remove the CD or DVD and shut down the computer when finished. If all partitions have been wiped, the drive is now empty and will require an operating system to be installed before it can start a computer properly. Back up any important data before wiping any partitions. Aoemi: Wipe Data Dariks Boot and Nuke CNET Download: AOEMI Partition Assistant Standard Edition Download Darik's Boot and Nuke: Download David L. Secor is a computer repairman and writer from west Texas. He has been writing informational articles on a wide variety of subjects since approximately 2005. When not writing, he scours the desert for interesting photos, often ending up with nothing but embedded thorns for his efforts. Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1103
__label__wiki	0.81787	0.81787	Almanac Averages & Extremes Almanac Averages and Extremes for February 28 Most Recent Hourly Data Available Another Almanac Search Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Averages and Extremes Category (Period of Record) Average Maximum Temperature Average Minimum Temperature Monthly Frequency of Precipitation Highest Temperature (2014-2019) 16.2 °C 2018 Lowest Temperature (2014-2019) -19.8 °C 2014 Greatest Precipitation (2014-2019) 3.2 mm 2017 Greatest Rainfall (2014-2019) Greatest Snowfall (2014-2019) Most Snow on the Ground (2014-2019) 21.0 cm 2019 Most Recent Daily Data for February 28 Maximum Temperature DefinitionMax Temp Minimum Temperature DefinitionMin Temp Mean Temperature DefinitionMean Temp Total Rain DefinitionTotal Rain Total Snow DefinitionTotal Snow Total Precipitation DefinitionTotal Precip Snow on Ground DefinitionSnow on Grnd Direction of Maximum Gust DefinitionDir of Max Gust Speed of Maximum Gust DefinitionSpd of Max Gust -6.8 -17.3 -12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 21 LegendMM LegendMM 16.2 1.8 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 35 46 9.3 1.5 5.4 3.2 0.0 3.2 <31 14.0 1.7 7.9 LegendTT 0.0 LegendTT 23 72 -4.8 -18.7 -11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 18 <31 B = More than one occurrence and estimated	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1107
__label__wiki	0.812794	0.812794	H1 B Visa Seshasayee Modi US visit it ites indian IT PM Narendra Modi will convey Indian IT cos' role in US to Trump: Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka Sikka said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would convey the contribution made by Indian IT companies towards the US economy during his deliberations with President Donald Trump.PTI \| June 25, 2017, 08:40 IST BENGALURU: Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would convey the contribution made by Indian IT companies towards the US economy during his deliberations with President Donald Trump. "I think we have created a lot of value in the US economy. All the IT industry in general is responsible for massive amount of value creation in US and its economy. I think the Prime Minister, among other things on his agenda, will also convey that. Of course, we are deeply committed to the US economy in various forms," he said on the sidelines of Infosys' 36th annual general meeting here. Sikka was responding to a query if Modi's visit to the US will salvage Indian IT industry to some extent. To another query on the preparedness of the company for GST rollout, Sikka said there are concerns because of the enormity of the project. He, however, exuded confidence that Infosys will be doing its best working on it. "We are really proud of it. Look, in a complex project, things go wrong, absolutely. But, we are doing our best working on it. So, we are really excited, confident and nervous -- all at the same time," he said. Responding to another question, Sikka said he has been doing periodic reviews and working with his team closely. "I have been doing reviews periodically, and I am working with the team very closely. It is a 60,000 transaction per second. It is a completely stack base system. We are really proud of it," he said. On AGM, which is also the last for Infosys Chairman R Seshasayee before his retirement next year, Sikka said it is wonderful to hear both support and concern coming from shareholders. Eulogising Seshasayee for his work in the company, Sikka said he had worked extraordinarily hard for the company. "It was wonderful to hear both support and concern from shareholders. It was Sesha's last AGM. He has worked extraordinarily hard, and I think any time you get an opportunity to share the story with shareholders is always a good thing," he said. Tags : Corporate, H1 B Visa, Vishal Sikka, Seshasayee, Narendra Modi, Modi US visit, it ites, Infosys, indian IT, Donald Trump	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1116
__label__cc	0.643763	0.356237	Tag: C. F. Martin & Co Levin W-30 Levin W-30, Made in Sweden in 1979 Sometimes I feel like a recovering Levin-oholic who keeps falling off the wagon time after time. I promised myself, and my wife to stop buying Levin guitars but just seems to be unable to. I recently found this beautiful and very unique Levin W-30 in Sweden that I couldn’t resist and had to buy. Now I’ve realised that I probably shouldn’t have. I’m running out of wall space for guitars and I could do with the money for other more pressing family related things, apparently guitars is not a high priority in the joint family account. Therefore I’ve decided to put it up for sale. I believe this guitar to be a rare one off, most likely built by one of the Levin builders for himself and outside of the normal production. They stopped making the Levin W-30 in 1975 so that’s the first sign that this is a unique one. The previous owner bought a lot of parts, material and finished guitars when the Levin factory closed down in 1979, actually a an old man called Friis did who had a music shop in the north of Sweden. When he died and closed his shop the previous owner bought parts of his left-over Levin stock and this guitar was one of them. He claims that it was built in 1979, otherwise it wouldn’t have been around when the factory closed, which makes perfect sense. The original Levin W-30 came with block inlays while this has beautiful snowflake inlays in the bound ebony fingerboard instead. The alpine spruce top and the rosewood back and sides are bound with a five layer wood binding which looks really classy. It’s also treated with a thin layer of lacquer instead of the heavy clear coat that the mid 1970’s Levin W-30 came with. That gives a really open and beautiful sound, very Martin like. The guitar is in very good state but has some small marks around the body. The neck is in perfect condition and so is the frets. The spruce top has had a dry crack professionally repaired, these type of cracks are very common on Levin guitars because of the dry winters in Sweden. The guitar is equipped with an under saddle pickup and ready to play with live. This is a unique 40 years old hand built Swedish guitar for a third of what a vintage Martin would cost. Goliath size: Body width: 400 mm, body length: 505 mm, body depth: 95/120 mm Fingerboard width: 43 mm, scale length: 630 mm Spruce top with 5-ply bound wood binding and 4-ply bound three-piece rosewood back. Mahogany neck with adjustable truss rod. Bound ebony fingerboard with snowflake inlays. Bone nut and saddle. Nickel plated individual Levin stamped tuners. Ebony bridge, natural finish and ten year warranty Levin LDR-28H Levin LDR-28H, Made in Japan in 1979 I have a lot of Swedish made Levin guitars but I’ve never actually had a Japanese made on in my hands, until now. After C. F. Martin & Co. purchased Levin in June 1973 they started to import Japan made Sigma guitars for the European market under the Levin brand. There are actually quite a few of these mid 1970’s low end Sigma’s, especially in Sweden, but it’s a lot rarer to see a high end 1979-1982 Sigma made in Japan with Levin on the label. There is a very rare version called Sigma DR-14, which is a DR-41 but with a 3-piece back, that was imported through Levin. When the Levin factory closed down in Sweden in 1979 they had a short run with making Levin guitars in Japan, mainly Martin copies. I have to say that owning a 1982 Sigma DR-41 and now a Levin LDR-28H, they are very similar in build, sound and feel. Even though they are two different models, you can tell they are made in the same factory and both are excellent guitars. Now when I have a fancy pants real Martin to compare them to, my 1999 Martin HD-28LSV, there is something very special about these Japan built Martin guitars. There is a punch in the mid range and a cleanness to them, less woody and more sparkly perhaps. It’s very hard to explain but I really like the sound and I guess that’s why I got in to Japanese built acoustics in the first place. The Levin LDR-28H is in pretty good shape for it’s age. There is an old crack on the lower bought of the top but it’s well glued and doesn’t look too bad. I really like the eye for details on this Martin HD-28 copy, diamond volute, herringbone binding and zig-zag backstrip, just like on my Martin HD-28LSV. The Levin LDR-28H and my Sigma DR-41, most likely made in the same factory in Japan under the supervision of C.F. Martin & Co. Martin HD-28LSV Martin HD-28LSV, Made in USA in 1999 I finally got myself a Martin D-28. Well it’s actually a Martin HD-28LSV which is a HD-28 but with a large soundhole and a vintage vibe, LSV: large soundhole, vintage series. It has an Adirondack spruce top with forward shifted scalloped X braces and solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides, apparently they changed from Adirondack to Sitka spruce in 2000 so this is one of the last ones with a red spruce top. The mahogany neck has a really nice modified V profile, not as fat as I would have hoped for but the chunkiest neck I’ve felt on a modern Martin. It has all the nice vintage trimmings of a HD-28V, fine herringbone binding and zig-zag back strip. It has a bound ebony fretboard without any position markers, just like Tony Rice old 1935 Martin D-28. The Martin Book says: HD-28LSV (1998-2000), based on D-28 #58957 owned by Clarence White and later Tony Rice, 4 15/16″ sound hole, bound finger board with no position markers. It doesn’t have the same pickguard as the legendary #58957 Martin D-28 and the machine heads are closed Kluson style, I believe the original ones would have been open back Waverly’s. Considering the $5,999.00 list price for the now discontinued Martin D-28CW, Clarence White Commemorative Edition, I think I got a decent Tony Rice copy pretty cheap. The sound is very deep, warm and woody but at the same time resonant and very punchy in the midrange. I’ve never played a guitar this fine so I’m still blown away every time I pick it up. It’s such a perfect bluegrass guitar so now I really need to learn some reels and become a bluegrass player. Last night I removed the LR Baggs Anthem SL that was installed, I love ebony bridges with long bone saddles so I really didn’t want to have a piezo strip stuck under it. Now it’s even more resonant and clear sounding. I’ve ordered a new LR Baggs Lyrics that I will install as soon as it arrives so I can take this baby out in public. The unofficial Tony Rice model, the Martin HD-28LSV. Adirondack spruce top, scalloped X bracing, Rosewood back and sides with the large soundhole and a bound ebony fretboard without any position markers. I used to own a Martin SPD-16R that I could never get used to the neck on, too flat and modern profile but it sounded pretty nice. Having said that, there is a huge difference between a Martin and a MARTIN. This Martin HD-28LSV will blow the sock of any standard Martin D-28 and most Martin HD-28. I made a post about my Levin guitars back in 2011 when I started to collect them but it feels like it’s time for an update. Here they are: Levin Model 3 Made in Sweden 1914 Goya F-11 Made in Sweden by Levin in 1963 Rondo Model 29 Made in Sweden by Levin in 1960 Levin LT-14 Made in Sweden 1965 Goya T-16 Made in Sweden by Levin in 1965 Levin LS-16 Made in Sweden in 1963 Levin LS-18 Made in Sweden 1960 Goya T-18 Made in Sweden by Levin 1966 Levin Goya T-23 Made in Sweden 1966 Levin LM-26 Made in Sweden 1959 Goya GG-172 Made in Sweden by Levin 1970 Goya Model 163 Made in Sweden by Levin 1968 Levin Model 174 Made in Sweden 1972 Levin Model 3 Royal made in Sweden 1951 These Levin guitars used to be a part of my collection but I had to sell them to make space for other Levin guitars: Levin Model 32 made in Sweden in 1946 Levin Model 65 parlour guitar Made in Sweden 1942 Levin Model 13 Ambassadör Made in Sweden 1950 Martin SPD-16R Martin SPD-16R, Made in USA 1999 I have this beautiful 1999 Martin SPD-16R for sale. I really like it but the likelihood of me playing on anything that isn’t a Swedish Levin is so slim that it’s not worth keeping such a great guitar. I haven’t opened the case to my beloved Sigma DR-41 for ages either, it’s so hard to put the Levin guitars down. These late 1990’s Martin SPD-16R has quite a following and is getting harder to find so if you are interested send me an email. Update: This guitar is sold now Levin LM-26 Levin LM-26, Made in Sweden in 1959 In the end of March, about 2-3 weeks after I bought the 1963 Levin LM-26, I was offered a 1959 Levin LM-26 that I couldn’t resist, even though I already had one from that year. The seller Ian was quite persistent that I added his guitar, that he had owned since his 14th birthday in 1976, to my Levin collection so I of course complied. The guitar has been used playing anything from jazz, Mississippi blues to Celtic folk and now country, read Ian’s guitar history. Now I have one Levin LM-26 built in 1963 and two from 1959, well they actually both has a body stamped in 1958 but with a 1959 neck, not sure if they did a lot of bodies one year and necks the next. I have some Levin LT-18 that has a Goya serial number stamped inside and a completely different Levin serial number on the head, I guess these things happens at a guitar factory. This 1959 Levin LM-26 seems to be completely original, it even has the cheap looking machine heads that Levin used in the late 1950’s on the LM-series. On my other 1959 Levin LM-26 the machine heads were replaced by open back Grover’s by the second owner back in 1965 and I think I might have to do the same on this one. I like the ones they used on the Levin LS-18 at the time, they are rounder and look more Gibson like, these square ones look like something from an Egmond or a kids guitar. The guitar plays really nicely and sounds great, really full and warm as could be expected of an all solid Swedish built guitar from the late 1950’s. Levin LM-26 / Goya M-26 Spruce top, flame maple back and sides, 4-ply bound top, single-bound back Mahogany bolt-on neck with adjustable truss rod Metal truss rod cover with a star and “1900”, nickel plated tuners Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with centred pearl dot inlay, rosewood bridge Sunburst finish and ten year warranty Marketed by U.K. distributors as Goliath Model 1795 Two weeks ago I got myself another Levin LM-26. My previous one was built in 1958/59 and feels a bit fragile, it is also in a pretty good state for taking out gigging. So this 1963 Levin LM-26 felt perfect to fit a LR Bagg M1A in and take out and enjoy on stage. Guitars are meant to be used and played, even vintage ones, so in a way I would be happy to take any of my Levin’s out of the house. It’s just that some of them feels a bit too well kept for the dangers of having them in bars around drunk people, and myself slightly intoxicated hitting them harder than I should because I play with a loud band and can’t hear myself properly and such, you all know how it is. Anyway, now I have a great backup acoustic for playing live and I was missing something in sunburst to match the Claescaster I put together four years ago. I had to do the normal work to it, reset the neck by sanding down the heel. Fill all the dents and marks on the back of the neck with Nitro lacquer and then sand it smooth. Take the machine heads apart and clean them properly before I greased them up and put them back on. Cut a new bone saddle and then paint both the saddle and nut to match Levin’s original squirrel coloured Galalith parts. Polish frets, clean and oil the fretboard and then a general good clean of the whole guitar. If you want see pictures of any of this than have a look at how I restored the old Levin LM-26. Claes Anderson Band – Standing tall over the ones that have fallen, The Cavern Club, Terrassa 17th March 2017 Martin SWDGT Martin SWDGT, Made in USA 2004 Last weekend I adjusted Sr. Chinarro’s 2004 Martin SWDGT. It’s a really nice guitar and it reminds me a lot of the Martin SPD-16R I got for Christmas. These Martin SWDGT or Sustainable Wood Series are constructed in an ecologically responsible way with alternative woods. It has a really nice coloured sitka spruce top with non-scalloped X-bracing, back, sides and neck are cherry wood and the fretboard is made from katalox. It’s constructed with a simple dovetail neck joint, gold machine heads and a faux tortoise binding all around, just like the Martin SPD-16R, the only difference is that the SWDGT has faux tortoise headplate as well. The Martin SPD-16R has rosewood back and sides and it feels like the cherry wood in the SWDGT is adding more bass, depth and warmth, I really like the sound of it. I’ve always been a big fan of fancy exotic woods, especially Brazilian rosewood, but if you can build guitars this good from woods you can find in your backyard, then perhaps that’s the sustainable way for the future. I have to add that I hate the future and prefer to live in the past with my fancy old exotic woods but we can’t all do that, that wouldn’t be very sustainable. I love the colour of the top, so much nicer than the new made Martin D-18 and D-28. Before Christmas I got myself my first Martin. Like most acoustic guitar players I’ve always dreamt of getting a really old Martin D-28 but since they are so ridiculously expensive I settled for a more modest Martin, a 1999 Martin SPD-16R. I have to say that it’s an amazing guitar for the price, I think these cost between $1500-2000 when they were new in the late 1990’s. One of the problems I have with modern Martin guitars is the Richlite and other weird wood substitutes they use on the Martin 16-series nowadays. I also think that most new Martins look pretty bland and boring, hence why I liked the SPD-16R so much with it’s fancy snowflake inlays and abalone rosette, it even has gold hardware. Unfortunately for me, I’ve realised that I’m not a Martin guy, I feel like I’m cheating on my Levin guitars every time I pick another guitar up so I’ve decided to put this Martin SPD-16R up for sale. 14 fret Dreadnought with spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides. Forward shifted scalloped X bracing. Performance taper, low oval mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard and bridge. Snowflake inlays, abalone rosette and a D-45 style back strip with gold Martin stamped machine heads. Produced in USA between 1996-2001. SPD-16R stands for Special edition, Dreadnought, 16-series in Rosewood. Player Reviews, taken from Dream Guitars: “The SPD-16 series offers a lot of guitar for the money. Solid woods, abalone markers and rosette and gold hardward were all standard. Great tone is standard also. This is a true Martin guitar with the punch and wonderful midrange Martin fans will enjoy.” – Paul Heumiller “This is a great dreadnought for the money. This Special Edition Martin has that vintage look and appears to be a cross between a D-18 and D-28. Pretty darn nice.” – Al Petteway Levin LT-18 Levin LT-18 Made in Sweden in 1963 2016 might have been the worst year ever when it comes to good musicians dying, last out was Leonard Cohen who meant so much for me in my late teens. Having said that, 2016 has also been the most amazing year ever when it comes to me getting my hands on some mighty fine Levin guitars. I’ve been trying to find another Goliath sized Levin for the past 3 years without much luck, except for the lovely 1968 Levin LT-18 that I found a couple of weeks ago. The full sized Levin guitars don’t come up for sale that often, especially not in Sweden or Germany where people seem to keep them until they die. The 1966 Goya T-18 that I bought back in 2013, which started my obsession with the Levin brand, was imported from USA and they seem to be quite rare there too. I have seen a couple on eBay in the UK but the sellers always want £1000 for them which for me as a Swedish collector is way too much. I was raised with this brand, my first guitar was a Levin and even though they might be worth what they deserve in the rest of Europe, the cheaper models can still be found on yard sales in Sweden for close to nothing. We have to remember that Levin had produced 500,000 guitars by 1970, something that C. F. Martin & Co completed in 1990, so there are still quite a few lying around in peoples attics in Sweden. I must have done something right lately because I’ve been very lucky when it comes to guitars, both these Levin LT-18 was actually offered to me, the sellers had seen my blog and contacted me to see if I was interested in buying them and of course I was. You feel a bit honoured too, when someone offers you a guitar because they know you will restore it, take care of it, play it and cherish it for years to come. This 1963 Levin LT-18 has spent it’s life in Ireland and came to me from a guy called Fintan. It has had some repair work done to it, apparently by a luthier in Dublin about 10 years ago. The pickguard was replaced and a new bridge was cut and for some reason screwed down to the top, madness if you ask me. I just adjusted the neck a bit, cleaned it up and it was ready to go. The guitar sounds pretty damn amazing, not as strong in the mid-range as the 1968 Levin LT-18, especially not after I changed the bridge to ebony, but the highs are great with really nice overtones. Levin LT-18 / Goya T-18 Single-bound ebony fingerboard with bass side pearloid block inlay Nickel plated individual Van Gent tuners with metal buttons Ebony bridge, natural finish and ten year warranty Marketed by U.K. distributors as Super Goliath Model 1855	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1120
__label__wiki	0.697025	0.697025	/ Anime My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising One Piece: Stampede Target Starbucks Goes Viral For JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Menu By Evan Valentine - August 9, 2019 11:54 am EDT In the words of Joseph Joestar: OH MY GOOOOD! The Stardust Crusaders were, arguably, the most popular band of Stand Users from the anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Though a good chunk of the cast didn't manage to survive the third season, their memory continues to live on not just in the memories of fans of the Joestar bloodline, but also in various memes and hilarious callbacks to the anime franchise itself. A Starbucks coffee shop, located inside of a Target, has gained some notoriety for using some members of the Stardust Crusaders in their marketing! Twitter User Joshua_Lovemail shared a whiteboard that happened to be ingeniously decorated with the protagonists of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders as they used their stylistic approach to assist in selling some Starbucks drinks: This target Starbucks is....smth else pic.twitter.com/Nyf8ZupPoN — Abby 🥴 @ my week (clown week) (@joshua_lovemail) August 7, 2019 The third season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was one of the most important installments of the franchise overall, not just because of the characters it introduced, or brought back from previous seasons in the case of Joseph Joestar, but also the introduction of the concept of Stands. The ethereal beings have been an essential element to the franchise overall since they were first introduced within these episodes and have continued to be the "attacks of choice" for all the characters in each subsequent story arc. It would be interesting to see where the series would have gone if creator Hirohiko Araki had decided to stick with vampires and Ripples as the primary impetus of the franchise. (Photo: David Production) Jotaro Kujo and his Star Platinum are perhaps the most well known characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure so it's no wonder that this specific Starbucks would want to use this eclectic band of Stand Users for promoting their drinks, even if most passers by may not know what the reference is. Now all they need to do is create a whiteboard that shows off Dio Brando enjoying a latte and we got a stew going! What do you think of this amazing artwork used to promote Starbucks from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure? What would be the favorite drinks of the Stardust Crusaders? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the Stardust Crusaders! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was originally created by Hirohiko Araki for Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 1987. Currently the second longest running series in the magazine with over 100 volumes collected, the series tells the story of the Joestar family, who are each entwined in a destiny battling outrageous foes. The series has been split up into eight parts, with each part following a different generation of the Joestar family. One-Punch Man Cosplayer Perfectly Upgrades Fem Genos Hunter x Hunter Launches New Jewelry Line Ichigo Challenges One Piece in This Slick Bleach Artwork Check Out Some Examples of The Seven Deadly Sins' Worst Animation Ultimate Gohan Sketch Imagines Hero's Dragon Ball Super Comeback Pikachu Gets Super Swole in This Viral Pokemon Bust Attack On Titan Teases Gabi’s Future Significance	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1128
__label__cc	0.54944	0.45056	Online Courses > Development The Essential Windows 10 Training Bundle Explore Microsoft's Newest Operating System & Learn How to Navigate Through It with 7 Hours of Instruction by Learn About the Web Learn About the Web On June 29th, 2015, Microsoft released its new Operating System, Windows 10, to the world. Both familiar and a little challenging, you might need some pointers on how to navigate this OS. This course will give you a comprehensive and even exhaustive look at Windows 10. From the new and improved Start Menu to the virtual assistant Cortana through to the System Settings, it will take you on a step-by-step walkthrough of the entire OS. The course is structured logically so that you can get to the sections of Windows 10 that are most interesting to you. By the end of the series, you will have a really great idea on how to use this new OS. Access 100+ lectures & 7 hours of content 24/7 Get to know Windows 10 & its versions Explore the fundamental settings, from account to security settings Take a look at Windows 10's applications including both familiar & new Go through the functionalities, from backing up to working w/ apps Understand Windows 10 security Meet your personal productivity assistant: Cortana Note: You ideally should have installed a copy of Windows 10 before taking the course. Lane Fries is a Video Expert for The Redmond Cloud website. He's responsible for researching, authoring, and editing all video content. He's also responsible for SEO, HTML, visitor experience, social media marketing, and social media relations, as well as fostering partnerships with other bloggers and advertisers. He's been making Windows 10 videos for a while and is currently working for The Redmond Cloud and you can see a series of videos there. Windows 10 copy The Complete Python Certification Bootcamp Bundle	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1134
__label__wiki	0.703352	0.703352	Kraken adds Tezos staking rewards, XTZ price surges 10 percent US-based crypto exchange Kraken is set to launch token-staking reward services, beginning with Tezos (XTZ), promising 6 percent annual returns. By Jaime Chacon San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken today announced that it will begin offering token staking services that will compensate crypto wallet holders with financial rewards. Tezos will be the first available cryptocurrency token to be staked from Friday, December 13, with a prospective 6% annual return. The exchange will earn a percentage of the block validation rewards. Kraken said its goal is to make staking more accessible in order to encourage more participation in cryptocurrency. The move follows similar strategic decisions from competing crypto exchanges, such as Binance and Coinbase. Last month, Coinbase—the leading US-based exchange—likewise launched staking reward services on its platform, beginning with Tezos. The announcement seemingly caused the price of Tezos to rise by roughly 14 percent—followed by an additional 20 percent the next day. The same pattern appears to be playing out again, as the price of Tezos today is up by more than 10 percent, trading at around $1.58 per coin, fully recovering from yesterday’s losses. By offering token staking on its platform, Kraken users will be able to leverage their proof-of-stake (POS) holdings to validate the Tezos network. Node operators will be compensated with XTZ for processing transactions on the network. There will be no lockup periods and payouts will be scheduled for Monday and Thursday. The tokens must first be placed in the Kraken Spot Wallet for which Kraken assumes responsibility to protect from security threats. To exit a staking position, tokens can be transferred from Staking back to the Spot wallet. Tezos is an open-source, proof-of-stake blockchain that uses the XTZ token to provide secure and robust smart contracts. It has a modular architecture, which, in theory, makes it relatively easy to upgrade the network. The platform has a formal upgrade mechanism process for updating the ledger that allows for the ability to make scalability improvements and design modifications. It also has support for dapps similar to Ethereum. By enabling Tezos staking, Kraken makes it easier for crypto holders to stake XTZ tokens and earn rewards—and it also incentivizes these holders to keep their coins on the exchange. But that has its downsides as well. As Nic Carter, a partner at Castle Island Ventures, explained to Decrypt in a previous interview, this can lead to issues regarding security and centralization for proof-of-stake coins. “Coinbase and other exchanges will come to own a huge fraction of supply for these staked coins,” he said at the time. https://decrypt.co/14400/kraken-adds-tezos-staking-rewards-xtz-price-surges-7-percent	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1137
__label__wiki	0.648326	0.648326	CW39 TV Schedule Watch CW Shows Autos CW39 Houston Morning Dose Deaths of 3 infants at Pennsylvania hospital linked to waterborne bacterial infection Posted 5:12 AM, October 9, 2019, by CNN Wire DANVILLE, Pa. – Officials say a common waterborne bacteria likely caused the deaths of three infants at a neonatal intensive care unit in Pennsylvania. Doctors at the Geisinger Medical Center near Danville said Monday that eight babies in total had been treated for a pseudomonas bacterial infection in the past two months. Seven of them were born before the age of 27 weeks. “Pseudomonas is a very common bacteria,” said Dr. Frank Maffei, chair of pediatrics. “It is present in our environment in many different places, it is often very harmless. However, it can cause disease, and it can cause disease in very fragile patients.” Dr. Mark Shelley, director of infection prevention, said they had not found any evidence of the bacteria on surfaces or elsewhere. Of the five other children sickened by pseudomonas, one is still under treatment and four others have recovered. The hospital announced Monday: “Out of an abundance of caution, we are temporarily diverting mothers likely to deliver prematurely before 32 weeks gestation, and infants born at less than 32 weeks gestation, to other regional institutions in Pennsylvania with appropriate NICU capabilities.” Dr. Maffei said the NICU has been a “cornerstone” of the hospital for the past 25 years, and that they’d never seen anything like the recent infections. Officials said the hospital will continue to investigate the source of the bacteria and work to keep it from happening in the future. “This is our obligation. This is our responsibility. We owe this to our community, to our families, and most importantly, to the children we care for,” Dr. Maffei said. Filed in: Nation/World, News Click/tap to watch live with coverage from our political experts. A Wisconsin woman left the ER to find another hospital after a long wait. Two hours later, she was dead Inside the 26th annual MLK Grande Parade 26th annual MLK Grande Parade aired live on CW39 Houston during special broadcast Rapper The Game accused of impregnating 15-year-old Native American journalist takes issue with Kansas City Chiefs on Twitter Nation/World News Deaths of 3 infants at Pennsylvania hospital linked to preparation of donor breast milk, officials say 7 die from flesh-eating bacteria linked to black tar heroin New virus prompts CDC to screen passengers arriving from Chinese city Don’t kiss the baby: Warning issued to help prevent dangerous illness Indiana hospital tells surgical patients they were possibly exposed to HIV, other diseases Meningitis-related infection kills 5-year-old Spring boy, clinic says 30 people sickened by infection linked to pet store puppies across 13 states Two people just got the plague in China — yes, the Black Death plague The future of maternal health care for black mothers Flu leaves 4-year-old Iowa girl blind • 7700 Westpark Drive Houston, TX 77063 • Copyright © 2020, KIAH	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1141
__label__cc	0.588808	0.411192	SpazioCiclismo CyclingPro.Net The multilanguage cyclingnews website Startlists GP Industria & Artigianato 2018 Definitive Startlist March 4, 2018 11:31 am Continental, Startlist 0 The day after the Strade Bianche this peculiar Italian weekend goes on with the GP Industria e Artigianato 2018. Traditionally held in Tuscany, the GP Industria e Artigianato starts and finishes in Larciano and, thanks to a tricky and demanding course, will test the legs of the top-echelon international riders. … Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 2018 Preview March 3, 2018 6:30 pm Continental, Race Preview 0 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen Johan Museeuw Classic not to be confused with the Dwars door Vlaanderen (which will take place later this month on March 28) is a 1.1 race across the West Flanders region. It starts in Vismijn van Nieuwpoort and will take the peloton over 189.3 kilometres of terrain with passages … Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 2018 Provisional Startlist March 3, 2018 6:11 pm Continental, Startlist 0 All eyes will be on stage one of Paris – Nice tomorrow but there’s also some cobbled action occurring in West Flanders. The 2018 edition of Dwars door West-Vlaanderen will feature two world tour teams: Quickstep Floors and Lotto Soudal. They’ll be arriving with a selection that show some pedigree from … Gp Industria e Artigianato 2018 Preview The show goes on after the Strade Bianche with the GP Industria e Artigianato 2018. Ten of the teams that have put on a show throughout the white gravel race organized by RCS Sport will participate to the second event of the weekend on Tuscan soil. The race that starts … Le Samyn 2018, Gilbert: “Gaudin…you’ve always got to watch out for him.” February 28, 2018 9:16 am Continental, Interview 0 “It was [an] extreme [day of racing], for everyone. It was a difficult race. The cold made it even more difficult [than it could have been].” “My eyes were really burning. They were irritated and inflamed for the whole five hours in the cold and it was only when I … Le Samyn 2018, Terpsta: “It was like an elimination race…every kilometre we were suffering” February 27, 2018 6:14 pm Continental, Interview 0 Niki Terpstra reacts after winning GP Le Samyn for the second time. GP Le Samyn: Quickstep victorious with Terpstra / Gilbert Podium February 27, 2018 4:25 pm Continental, Featured, Race Report 0 Quick-Step Floors delivers at GP Le Samyn 2018. The Belgian outfit was the clear favorite on the start line at the opening race in Wallonia. A star-studded selection was put forward with Niki Terpstra and Philippe Gilbert at the helm. The duo were present in the lead group which formed around … Daily News: Valverde hospitalised – Lappartient up to Giro and Vuelta reduction – Tour des Fjords teams unveiled February 27, 2018 12:30 pm Continental, Featured, Headlines, WorldTour 0 Valverde hospitalised once he came back home from Abu Dhabi Not a memorable homecoming for Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). The Spaniard was awaited in Castellon in order to be awarded of a recognition but he has never shown up himself. As soon as he got off the plane Valverde was forced … Le Samyn 2018 Preview February 27, 2018 9:21 am Continental, Featured, Race Preview 0 Le Samyn (1.1), Tuesday 27 February 2018 Quarégnon > Dour, 200km Infos The GP Le Samyn marks the opening of the cycling season in Wallonie following Het Nieuwsblad in the Flanders region of Belgium. Once a race for the sprinters, the parcours has developed since the event began in 1968 … Le Samyn 2018 Startlist February 27, 2018 9:01 am Continental, Featured, Startlist 0 After the Flanders opening weekend comes the first race in Wallonie, the GP Le Samyn. The line up comprises twenty-one teams of which only three are WorldTour participants. It may be one of the smaller races of the season but Quickstep will come armed to the teeth with an all-star lineup. … Page 6 of 15« First...«45678 » 10...Last » Tour de France 2019, the official route CyclingPro.net is seeking an editor Giro d’Italia 2018, Dennis: “It would be really special to take this jersey into Italy” Giro d’Italia 2018, Viviani: “My big goal is to achieve as many victories as possible” Giro d’Italia 2018, Viviani takes the sprint! LIVE Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 2 Giro d’Italia 2018, Froome: “Not only Dennis and Dumoulin gained time today” Giro d’Italia 2018, Dumoulin: “I’ve opened wider gaps than I expected” Giro d’Italia 2018 GC Favourites Classification Giro d’Italia 2018, Dumoulin is the first pink jersey holder! Follow @cyclingpronet Tweets by cyclingpronet We use cookies to ensure that you receive the best experience while on our website. You can deactivate these cookies, but some website functionality may be impaired. If you continue to use this site, we assume that you agree to theses terms.Ok	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1142
__label__cc	0.639751	0.360249	‘A Method To The Madness’: Historian Doug Wead Describes Trump As A ‘Great Leader’ MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Image Historian Doug Wead described President Donald Trump as a “calculated” and “purposeful” leader in an interview Friday with the Daily Caller News Foundation following the release of his book about the administration. Wead gained exclusive access to Trump, his family and senior staffers for his Nov. 26 book “Inside Trump’s White House: The Real Story Of His Presidency.” He disagreed with other past reports about the president and described Trump as a “great leader” who has spent years detailing what the government is doing. “What I saw that surprised me was how calculated and purposeful the so-called ‘chaos’ was,” Wead told the DCNF. “Trump will blow something up and then he’ll fix it, but if he doesn’t blow it up he can’t fix it. The bigger the blow up, the better the odds of fixing it.” “I saw a method to the madness,” he said. Trump has been keeping up with the government long before he got involved with politics, according to Wead. He described the president’s political decisions using the Sun Tzu quote, “In the midst of chaos comes opportunity.” “He’s been clipping and ripping out papers and newspaper all his life, frustrated with what the government was doing. He saw a lot of these things,” Wead said, based on conversations with Trump and his family. “He was ripping the morning paper and filing things, real nerdy, filing things – ‘Why don’t we do this? Why aren’t we doing that?’ — always believing that eventually someone would emerge and run for president and correct all of this, but it never happened.” Historian Doug Wead’s book launched in November and includes exclusive interviews with Trump, his family and senior staffers. (Photo courtesy of Hachette Book Group) Wead’s thoughts on Trump differ greatly from recent reports questioning the president’s mental fitness for office. An anonymous author published a book Nov. 19 describing Trump as being unable to focus on more than one task at a time. Wead said that his experience with Trump showed him that the president does everything for a reason, even with regards to his tweets. “It’s controversial, but this is wonderful because we’re looking into the heart of our president,” Wead said about Trump’s Twitter comments and noted that future presidents “will always tweet.” He also recalled a conversation with Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and told the DCNF that Kushner believes Americans will miss how Trump leads. (RELATED: Can Trump Win Again In 2020? – And How) “Given time, they’re gonna miss him [Trump]. The people will miss that honesty and that frankness,” Wead said, citing Kushner. Tags : anonymous donald trump jared kushner	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1144
__label__cc	0.742482	0.257518	Ministry of Tourism calls for promotion of Egyptian music concerts in Arab countries - Daily News Egypt Business Ministry of Tourism calls for promotion of Egyptian music concerts in Arab countries Ministry of Tourism calls for promotion of Egyptian music concerts in Arab countries A total of 9.3 million tourists arrived in Egypt in 2015, 600,000 less than in 2014, while tourists from Arab countries represented 17% of the total Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi February 10, 2016 Be the first to comment The Ministry of Tourism has asked tourism companies to organise 12 music concerts in 2016 to their promotional programmes for Arab countries. According to statement by the Ministry of Tourism sent to Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA), tourism companies were asked to promote the concerts in Arab markets to increase the flow of Arab tourists to Egypt by the end of this year. Tourism from Arab countries is very promising, having achieved over 20% growth in Egypt in 2015, said Vice Chairman of Egyptian Tourism Federation Nasser Tork. According to Tork, tourism from Arab countries allowed Cairo hotels to achieve growth and register occupancy rates exceeding 60% in 2015. Greater Cairo has a total hotel occupancy of approximately 30,000, most of which are in downtown and West of the city. Egypt’s tourism income retreated to $6.3bn in 2015 compared to $7.3bn in 2014. According to Tork, Cairo and Alexandria are the most prominent tourism destinations for tourists from Arabs countries. Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou previously told Daily News Egypt that flights were organised to operate to travel from Algeria and Morocco to Egypt, an attempt to increase the travel between the countries. Meanwhile, the tourism programmes targeting Egyptians abroad are ongoing, said Zaazou, adding that the ministry is focusing on increasing hotel occupancy rates. A total of 9.3 million tourists visited Egypt in 2015, 600,000 fewer than 2014. Tourists from Arab countries constituted approximately 17% of the total tourists who visited Egypt in 2015. The Ministry of Tourism is hoping to attract 2.5 million tourists from Arab countries to Egypt in 2016, according to Zaazou. Topics: Arab countries Hisham Zaazou Minister of Tourism promotion The Ministry of Tourism Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi More in Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi Egypt aims to increase oil exports revenues to $8.5bn in FY 2019/20 Misr Travel targets EGP 150m loan from EBRD Recent interest rate cuts save EGP 20-25bn in state budget: Finance Ministry Egypt targets 3.8% growth in oil, condensates production in FY 2019/20 Investments in oil sector reach $10.633bn in FY2020 Nesma Airlines targets 23.6% growth passenger traffic to and from Egypt in 2019: CEO https://dailyfeed.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/02/10/ministry-of-tourism-calls-for-promotion-of-egyptian-music-concerts-in-arab-countries/ ETTA extends deadline for banks’ complaints to Tuesday With fans mesmerised, Maalouf makes a touchdown in Egypt Tourism companies address members to send requests to settle insurance debts before 7 March: Chamber of Tourism Companies, Agencies Egypt pens strategy to develop tourism collaboration with UNWTO: Zaazou Al-Sisi meets with UN World Tourism Secretary-General Egyptian-American investors’ alliance buys 3 hotels for $52m in South Sinai and Red Sea: Tourism sources Tourism income indicators expect to show decline of 18% in 2015: Tourism Minister’s advisor February 10, 2016 Breaking News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1145
__label__wiki	0.606121	0.606121	Even Lindsey Graham couldn’t pull this one off. (With video) Joseph "Murfster35" Murphy / PolitiZoom CNN / YouTube You know, you could almost feel sorry for the guy, if it wasn’t so damn funny, and if he hadn’t brought it all on himself. For a guy who called Trump a “kook.” and a “racist” when he was running for President, and who cut a campaign ad showing himself pureeing his cell phone, and whacking it with a 9 iron after Trump gave the number out, Lindsey Graham has had quite the fall from grace. And a stunning fall it has been. Graham has gone from the man who once sat proudly at the feet of the American hero John McCain, to the one who grovels at the feet of the $1 Store Caligula. Graham had his turn in the barrel today. He stepped up to the microphones, fielded questions, and tried to defend the indefensible, namely Trump’s latest escalation in his racist war against “The Squad.” One reporter even asked Graham to compare Trump’s racist remarks with his lifelong friend John McCain’s epic 2008 take down of an old simpleton who called Obama a “Kenyan,” which led McCain to pull the mic from her hands, and admonish her for her ignorance. Remember, this ia the man who gave a wrenchingly emotional speech in the Senate after McCain’s death, doing everything but hurl himself over the flag draped casket, and wailing “Take me with you John, take me with you!” His candy ass reply to the reporter today? “Well, nobody ever treated John McCain the way that Donald Trump has been treated.” Oh yeah, and The Imperial Grand Wizard of the GOP isn’t a racist either. Just so ya know. But what struck me the most in watching Graham’s disgraceful performance in front of the cameras was his body language. Graham took several questions, and he did it the same way every damn time, with his chin tucked into his chest, and his eyes on the floor. When he answered, he was still talking to the floor, when he looked up, he had a 1,000 yard stare. He’d swing his head from side to side, but he was always looking at your lapel, or the ceiling, or your belt buckle. In short, he looked at you everywhere but in your eye. Lindsey Graham was embarrassed, and he was humiliated. When presented by a reporter with the mantle of the late Senator John McCain, a man of remendous dignity and principles, Graham was reduced to having to defend instead a man with all of the morals of a capo in a third rate crime family. But while that was the task that Graham had set for himself, you could see in his every motion that his heart wasn’t in it. Take a look at the video yourself. And now that Graham was so obvious about it, I’m going to start looking for similar traits in other GOP sycophants when similarly required to step up to the microphones and defend Glorious Bleater’s latest verbal obscenity. I’ve already noticed that Yertl McTurtle has that same vacant stare when he replies to questions about Trump, but now I’m going to look for it in others as well. You signed onto this voyage on the Trumptanic guys, y’all enjoy the cruise now, y’hear? Lindsey Graham gives up the game, tells reporters that "if you're a Somali refugee wearing a MAGA cap, [Trump] doesn't want to send you back … what does that tell me? That it's about the criticism." In other words, Trump tolerates refugees so long as they support him. pic.twitter.com/9x9IOvruLW — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 18, 2019 SOURCEJoseph "Murfster35" Murphy JohnMcCain LindseyGraham TheSquad 5 Comments on "Even Lindsey Graham couldn’t pull this one off. (With video)" Disgraceful liar. Inzane He is so two-faced the corners of his mouth are costantly fighting each other as to.who will speak first. Someone has Kompromat on the douch-bag obviously. samtam Bigly. Lindsey Graham is the face of pure slime.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1147
__label__cc	0.615989	0.384011	5.8 earthquake jolts parts of country An earthquake measuring 5.8 on Richter scale jolted federal capital, central Punjab and upper parts of the country on Thursday. According to details, high intensity quake was felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sialkot, Lahore, Jhang, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh and surroundings. The quake also hit Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, Kohat, Hangu, North Waziristan and other areas of the province. People of the areas where quake was felt rushed out of their houses, shops and other building in panic. However, no causalities or property damages were reported due to quake from anywhere. The epicenter of the quake is stated to be Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan at a depth of 226 kilometers. Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1148
__label__wiki	0.814332	0.814332	Arts, Culture & Books, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Hail in Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral Mubashir Ali Sangal CHITRAL: The Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral organized a one-day inter-School exhibition of Science, Technology, and Art with the saying of fostering scientific minds under the theme ‘UN’s Sustainable Development Goals’ earlier on Sunday. A bill named ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ which was adopted in the United Nation in 2015 aimed to end poverty, increase greenery and ensure the common rights of people by 2030 — the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral (AKHSS) commends this bill as a calendric event. In the pursuit to give an opportunity to students who have the ability in regards to science and arts, alongside to give a rostrum among students of different schools to interact and offer contemplations for making the society, a peaceful place to live. In the interim, the occasion was sorted out at AKHSS Seeenlasht branch, Chitral, where students from four different schools had made their participation. The students alongside science subjects likewise depicted their aptitudes in painting and calligraphy, which remained being praised by the spectators all through the event. It is pertinent to share the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral is one of the schools operated under the Aga Khan Education Service, that runs more than 200 schools around the globe — the Chitral branch school is viewed as the top prestigious school in Chital locale, succeeding annually an average of four: medical, engineering and art students at the prominent national universities, respectively. Further, on its 10th anniversary day in 2017, the AKHSS Chitral was being awarded the ‘Academic Excellence Award’ by the Deputy District Education Officer.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1149
__label__wiki	0.635551	0.635551	Unfettered and Alive, A Memoir by Anne Summers 'I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me.' This is the compelling story of Anne Summers' extraordinary life. Her story has her travelling around the world as she moves from job to job, in newspapers and magazines, advising prime ministers, leading feminist debates, writing memorable and influential books. Anne has not been afraid to walk away from success and to satisfy her constant restlessness by charging down new and risky paths. Whatever position she has held, she has expanded what's possible and helped us see things differently-often at high personal cost. Anne shares revealing stories about the famous and powerful people she has worked with or reported on and is refreshingly frank about her own anxieties and mistakes. She shares a heart-breaking story of family violence and tells of her ultimate reconciliation with the father who had rejected her. Unfettered and Alive is a provocative and inspiring memoir from someone who broke through so many boundaries to show what women can do. 'It's the story of a lot of things - Australian politics, feminism, journalism, international intrigue - but most of all it's the story of an utterly singular woman, who always says "Yes" to life even when it scares her. Her memory for the events, and her frankness about the fear, make this an extraordinary memoir.' - Annabel Crabb 'Exhilarating and what storytelling!' - Quentin Bryce 'The compelling memoir of a magnificent woman.' - David Marr	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1150
__label__cc	0.727075	0.272925	Category Archives: Socialism Manet & Bourgeois Revolt “Manet” (Bourdieu, 2017) synopsis, with my own extended analysis. Emerging from a bourgeois background, Manet was the primary exponent of France’s bourgeois symbolic revolution against the state-sponsored art academy just after the Crimean War peak of Napoleon III’s modernizing empire. Manet had all the cultural capital of his class background and state-sponsored training, and he used it to create more economically-efficient painting techniques and a subject matter that better fit a stronger businessmen’s interior decoration market. Manet’s subject matter tended to to deviate from the imperial-rivalry signfications of classical subject matter that the Salon academy reproduced–particularly in Manet’s cheeky play with the symbolic boundaries of sexuality. A consumer public of “the (bourgeois) people” supported Manet’s rebellion, a symbolic blow for absolutist state-supported antistatism. After all, isn’t antistatist symbology the most radical revolution imaginable, from within the bourgeois interest? As well as flat, contextless scenes of the new urban life, Manet painted a couple scenes from the collapse of that French Empire, including the Execution of Emperor Maximilian (when Mexico defeated Imperial France) and a sketch of the Barricade (the restoration of–the 3rd–French Republic). But in Manet’s communication with his friend Zola, it is clear that Manet regretted the return of democracy, which he perceived as the ascendance of brutes–just as he had treated the French imperial state’s art academy functionally as a contrasting background wall for the display of his work, and morally as a vehicle of conformist oppression. Manet and bourgeois aesthetics flourished in the pure and defiant urban bourgeois interstice that inegalitarian late-absolutist imperialism created. It was clear that Manet’s symbolic revolution, “which interprets nature with a gentle brutality” (Zola) was the product of the final absolutists’ modernization campaigns, and its particular beneficiary, the urban bourgeois world those reforms established in a few European metropoles. The rarified, charming, naughty, ingratiating, and playful way of life that finally found footing and new expression was the product of an imperial, late absolutist–including Napoleon III, Bismarck, the dying Austrian and Ottoman Empires, the continuing Anglo-led repression of Russian and Egyptian development–reaction against and management of democratic Enlightenment, an orchestration to take the Enlightenment’s ideas and implement them, with economic liberalization but without democracy. That island of urban French life, with its luminous, ginger cast of well-dressed bourgeois and naked servants, is what Manet valued. That is the worldly “peace” condition that the romantic antidemocratic bourgeoisie values, because it has created for them a little private topos of sexualized play and bourgeois decisionism, an affirming, “universal” collective experience of transitory symbolic structural subversion, complementing the enabling, institutionalized elite decisionism of (democracy-conditioned) conservativism, and substituting for the painful if also transitory universal decisionism of democratic revolution. Exclusive, ephemeral, nubile, tragic beauty is what romantics aestheticize. The French symbolicists’ and the White Austrian managers’ precious conditions were the epitome of combustible. What built that European modernized-metropole bourgeois world, loved and represented by Manet and other French aesthete beneficiaries of late absolutist-imperialism, also must devolve from Crimean War unto the loss against Mexico and the Franco-Prussian War loss, then onto WWI and WWII, the rolling implosion/explosion of rearguard late absolutism. …Leaving a gilded cherry, a bourgeois world poised to dominate, its expendable ally democracy having been discreetly managed away. The Austrian emigres were court dregs, fueled by the Excellent urban experience, the bourgeois decisionism of that romantic metropole moment within an inegalitarian, rearguard, fast-decaying imperial mobilization, a mobilization that co-opted the ideas of the democratic Enlightenment it repressed, and then imploded in imperial war, before exploding into a thousand pointed shards finally in WWI. The Austrian Whites blamed the socialists for the end, but the Red Vienna socialists came to build in the interwar period, long after the Austrian empire was collapsing and even after the empire died. That is what Atlantic Anglo-America’s capitalists imported upon us: The Austrian courtiers of inegalitarianism’s thievery, brutality, dishonesty, and failure. Bolstering the diffused institutions of slavery and the spatialized institutions of colonial conquest, inegalitarian romanticism fuses with inegalitarian pragmatism in the US. Haven’t romantic bourgeois aesthetics institutionalized pre-1870s imperial absolutism’s urban bourgeois metropole ideal as the ruling mystification of capitalist order in the Anglosphere and Atlantic Europe? The key to romantic-pragmatic inegalitarianism is never giving credit where credit is due. To keep up, and to transform into meritocratic ideology, the instrumentalist Burkean faith that the elite are the only excellence possible in this world, while the vast servant class embodies all of humanity’s faults, we have to pretend that Napoleon III did not repress democracy and co-opt democrats’ ideas, but rather invented the modernizations wholecloth in the mid 19th century–and invented them in his free time on the side, while he stormed Europe and the world to subjugate and expropriate its wealth, for capitalist modernization. Posted in Conservatism & Conservatives, Culture, Egaliberte v the Liberty of the Exception, Enlightenment, Europe, France, Imperial Warfare, Inequality, Internationalism v Cosmopolitanism, Social Democracy, Socialism Trump Republican Support Base: Construction Firm Owners Construction firm owners throughout the US are unified in their appreciation for Trump-led policies like diminished corporate income taxation (down to 21%), the removal of labor protections like the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Act, and federal infrastructure investment. Despite regionalized labor strategies, they are committed to maintaining their solidarity as owners along with their support for Trump Republicanism. The US construction labor market has been developed so that it cannot be sustained without sub-socially-average wages. Thus, construction labor wages and markets are tiered in two different regionalized ways in the US. In deunionized US regions, construction firm owners depend on imported labor from global regions with lower social reproduction costs. 25% of the US’s construction labor are immigrants or migrants. With not only reduced rights, but also the complete absence of state rights protection, these workers are highly vulnerable to wage theft and inhumane working conditions, which class predation is institutionalized and normalized in anti-union regions. Latino workers are at higher risk of on-the-job fatalities than other workers, according to a recent report from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and 67% of Latino workers killed on the job are immigrants. In 2016, 991 construction workers were killed, which was the highest number of any sector. Firmly in real estate capitalist Trump’s political coalition, construction firm owners in unionized construction regions are not directly, negatively impacted by anti-immigration policy. For flexible, cheap labor, construction firm owners in unionized economies, like New York, use high school graduates, women, and veterans in apprenticeship programs. Their second option for obtaining cheap, flexible construction labor is importing construction labor from deunionized US regions, as North Dakota did to build oil fracking infrastructure. The democratic advantages of the union-region approach to below-market cost, flexible construction labor are that there is possibility for below-cost apprentice labor to eventually move into working at social reproduction cost. Depending on to what extent women are transitioning from apprenticeship to full-paid work, apprentice-based cheap labor may or may not eventually de-gender the construction labor market. The economic costs of the union-region apprenticeship system are socialized and spread over time: It requires public subsidy to firm owners for the employment of that cheap, flexible labor market, and it saddles those workers with apprentice backgrounds with lower lifetime earnings, which will suppress their consumption capacity and intergenerational social reproduction relative to workers paid at the socially-average wage. However they are differentially-impacted by anti-immigration policy, they are unified by anti-immigrant, anti-worker, and pro-capitalist policies, and construction firm owners are able to prioritize owner solidarity. Together they are calling for the expansion, to construction firms, of ag owners’ slaver exemptions from labor laws. US policy, rooted in the slaver-region institutions and relations that had to be maintained in the New Deal, exempts ag and domestic workers from state-protected citizenship rights, including civil rights, political rights, social citizenship rights, and human rights. While expanding labor power resources, the New Deal also expanded slavers’ labor institutions across the agriculture-dominated regions, so that Southern Democrats were able to secure some of the slavery-expansion ambitions that the 1861-1865 Civil War foiled. If such an exemption is granted, the current occupation of the US presidency, by real estate capital, may facilitate construction owners to further expand slavers’ labor institutions, shifting more weight in the US to the appropriation base of the capitalist economy. It is for such reasons–opposition to slavery–that at the very least, the liberal-left should learn from all its regrets at repeatedly joining neoliberal intervention coalitions sold on behalf of the marginalized, including education privatization, managerializations and surveillance, and carceral expansion. It is time to become politically literate to the fact that conservatism has an altruistic brand, and it has always been aestheticization and patronage of the marginalized, the exception. And yet, neoliberalization, the conservatization of liberalism, has not been, as it was philosophically marketed, a corrective to the excesses of egalitarianism. It offered us moral “sweeteners” for the marginalized, and diverted us from just egaliberte development. Now here we are, with egaliberte at the vanishing point in the rearview mirror, with conservatism fully at the helm, and attempting to offer an expensive, wasteful, lame sweetener–a border wall–not for the margins, but symbolically for average people and materially, substantively for their construction bosses. This is what elitists call populism. It is time to consider the ways in which a contrasting egaliberte approach can alone humanize and liberate both average people and the exceptionally-dehumanized, at the cost of isolating those among the exceptionally-superhumanized who will not use their entitlements for democratic advancement–a cost which would be a benefit. When I was in political policy, we had to, standard, concoct “sweeteners” to package with (and market) policies that civil society groups would dislike. For Republican coalition members like construction firm owners, that packaging is reversed, as massive social wealth is funneled to them, with bitter (or small annoyance) pills tucked in to maintain the broader coalition. Construction owners in the Trump coalition contemplate the Trump regime’s package of gifts and bitter pills. The chief bitter pill for construction owners is reduced access to migrant labor, but this only immediately impacts construction firm owners in deunionized regions. The US government gave construction firm owners the following gifts, acknowledged in the industry’s online reporting: 1) Reduction of the official corporate income tax rate down to 21%. 2) Making labor more vulnerable: Dismantling labour protection legislation, including the Labor’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Act. 3) Proposal for $200 BN in federal infrastructure spending, with bipartisan support, as post-2007 economic stimulus ends. 4) $1.2 BN in federal funding to states for vo-tech training for the construction industry and to proliferate small business. For construction trade news & analysis, see: https://www.constructiondive.com/deep-dive/ In 2004 the International Court of Justice, citing human rights and humanitarian law, ruled Israel’s settlement barriers through the West Bank to be illegal. In Israel’s online comms, it cites the following as justification for its walls clearing out Palestinians and North African immigrants and establishing Israeli settlements, and its further plans for surrounding the entire territory in a “security fence.” Note that the US plays a primary role in the justification, and Britain, Saudi Arabia, and India are also primary models of–and possibly exponents of–the policy and militarized gating market. “The United States is building a fence to keep out illegal Mexican immigrants. Spain built a fence, with European Union funding, to separate its enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla from Morocco to prevent poor people from sub-Saharan Africa from entering Europe. India constructed a 460-mile barrier in Kashmir to halt infiltrations supported by Pakistan. Saudi Arabia built a 60-mile barrier along an undefined border zone with Yemen to halt arms smuggling of weaponry and announced plans in 2006 to build a 500-mile fence along its border with Iraq. Turkey built a barrier in the southern province of Alexandretta, which was formerly in Syria and is an area that Syria claims as its own. In Cyprus, the UN sponsored a security fence reinforcing the island’s de facto partition. British-built barriers separate Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods in Belfast.” –AICE Jewish Virtual Library Open Borders has been the longtime position of the Chamber of Commerce. But since the rise of the DHS’s E-Verify employer-worker surveillance program at the turn of the 20th century, and subsequently I-9 software programs, and particularly since Trump instituted the Family Separation policy, the Chamber and the Business Roundtable have led a coalition of legal institutes, particularly immigrant-defending legal institutes, and organizations opposing ethnic and racial discrimination, around the fight for the Chamber’s Open Borders interest. They are opposed by those software firms selling HR departments I-9 software, as well as by private prison corporation Southwest Key (Texas nonprofit that repurposes Walmarts into prisons as well as owning charter schools. Its CEO makes $1.5/year.); MVM (Virginia prisoner transport business); Comprehensive Health Services (Florida), Dynamic Services Solutions (Maryland), Exodyne-Dynamic Educational Systems (Phoenix, AZ) suppliers of child imprisonment guard staff. One-fifth of Americans today work in guard labour, according to Bowles and Jayadev. Border Wall Profiteers: Congress set aside $20 million grants for businesses to build border wall prototypes. The companies chosen for the concrete prototypes were Caddell Construction of Montgomery, Ala.; Fisher Sand & Gravel/DBA Fisher Industries of Tempe, Ariz.. (HQ ND); Texas Sterling Construction in Houston; and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction in Philadelphia, Miss. “According to the GAO report, CBP spent only about $5 million directly tied to the construction and testing of the prototypes themselves, including $3 million for the eight contracts awarded to the six companies, including two from Arizona. Customs and Border Protection said the remaining $15 million was used for “planning activities such as environmental and real estate planning,” for the current fiscal year in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, the busiest area along the border, and the top priority to build additional fencing.” –AZ Central. Posted in Capitalism, Citizenship, Class Warfare, Egaliberte v the Liberty of the Exception, Exploitation, Immigration & Migration, Inequality, Infrastructure, Labor, Neoliberalization, New Deal, Primitive Accumulation-Rentier Capitalism-Appropriation-Expropriation, Social Reproduction, Socialism, Taxation & Economic Distribution, Union, US, Work, Working Class Egalitarian Sexuality Bibliography Toward a theory of the macro-social construction of gender: Kristen Ghodsee on better sex under socialism: Ghodsee, K. 2017. Why women have better sex under socialism, and other arguments for economic independence. Henwood, D. 2018. Interview with K. Ghodsee, “Why women have better sex under socialism.” Miller, Jane. 2018. “Want better sex? Try socialism,” review of Ghodsee’s “Why women have better sex under socialism.” Baker, Katie JM. 2013. “Cockblocked by Redistribution: A Pickup Artist in Denmark.” Dissent. Kollontai, Alexandra. 1916. “Preface,” to the research study Society and Motherhood. Posted in Egaliberte v the Liberty of the Exception, Feminism, Scandinavia, Socialism Olaf Palme, 1964, on theory’s role in political and social change “Politics, comrades, it is to want something. Social Democratic politics, it is to want to change because change provides promises of improvement, nourishes the imagination and energy, stimulates dreams and vision. But naturally will must have a focus and a change must have a goal. We socialists are presumptuous enough to want something because the idea is the driving force of will, and we are bold enough to want change because change may make utopias into reality. This is fundamental. Often we encounter the claim that ideologies are dead, that their capacity to pierce reality has decayed in withered phrases that could possibly be used to distort the perception of people, but that have lost their ability to innovate, initiate and stimulate. People rail against ideological superstition with a frenzy that would have blown Don Quixote’s mind and made his windmills leak. To a certain extent, one can go along with this. The grandiose imaginations of the 1800s, their efforts to find a unified formula for explanation and a solution for all social problems have been corrected by an inexorable reality. Yet we are all strongly influenced by those ideologies, and we have much to learn from them. We cannot escape the allure of logic and symmetry, the thought’s stature and the imagination’s power of illumination that we encounter in their bold blueprints. We find an analysis of the social and economic conditions that remains viable to this day. But we no longer believe in any unified theory. We cannot beat the scriptures and find absolute answers, and we experience ourselves not as participants in a destiny-bound process. There is no longer any absolute truth, but at least two or three alternative truths, depending on the values assumed and how we interpret a complex reality. School children in communist states may rattle off quotations from Marx and Lenin with the same studious frenzy that our children recite hymn verses, and American industry associations may divulge writings that with basically the same narrow vision expound private capitalism’s gospel. For us, free debate has funneled into the place of nailed theses. Our fate is constantly asking questions and surely to try again, to doubt authority and distrust authority. Our responsibility is to deepen our knowledge, refuel independently and anchor our ideas in a personal conviction. It is perhaps less grandiose. But that is our freedom and our honor. But the attack on ideologies is driven even further. Sometimes ideology is dismissed with a sigh of relief and deliverance. Finally, they say, we can free ourselves from “the dead hand of the past” and from “the suffocating hand of the future”. Finally, we can proceed to evaluate each issue on its own merits, for the special circumstances existing in each case. We can be practical, realistic, and grounded. “All theory, dear friend, is grey. But the golden tree of actual life springs ever green,” we recite from Goethe’s Faust. Let us toss theory in the waste basket, let us value life. Perhaps that can be hard hitting. I may dare to wreak havoc in response: when you remove the long direction of will provided by a foundation of theory and value engagement, you remove the emotional conviction, leaving cold, raw power and politics, as democracy fades to gray. Without theory, possibly one can make things a little better, but one can never change society. Possibly one can do something else, but one can never make something different. If you go ahead with the nose to the ground, without perspective, and without looking at a future that lasts beyond the next quarter, you can never do harm in society, and you are equally unprepared for the problems that the future offers. The historical experience clearly tells us that the ascendance of the practical man drives ideas out of the political arena, promulgating a vigorous decay of democratic policy.” (To be continued, from P. 6 of “Politik ar att vilja” 1964.) Posted in Confidence, class, Conservatism & Conservatives, Enlightenment, Hegemony, War of, Neoliberalization, Scandinavia, Social Movement & Organization, Social Theory & Philosophy, Socialism, Sweden Distinguishing social democracy Distinguishing social democracy: Under left-liberal (as opposed to soc dem) regimes, organized labor does not participate in mid- to longer-range socio-economic planning. However, left think tanks can contribute mid- to long-range planning analyses. Conversely, there are a variety of ways in which business leaders contribute to public policy formation, because business (public and private, but not cooperative) is regarded by the lib-left govt as the engine of growth. This exclusion of cooperatives from the field of perceived contributors to growth indicates that lib-left govts may also be distinguished from social democratic govts by an assumption that growth is a product of “efficient” social-hierarchy-inflating organizational forms. In lib-left regimes, labor views its role, and the liberal government views labor’s role as (often obstructive) ballast to economic growth initiatives that are seen as the natural concern of business. That’s labor’s negative role. It’s not a leadership role. Labor’s positive role in capitalist democracy thus largely devolves to delivering votes to the left-liberal govt, because although the lib-left does not regard labor as a central social or economic policy resource, as opposed to conservative govts the lib-left govt will not actively try to break organized labor and it may implement those modest proposals of labor that do not impede the business-driven growth planning. Hence, with a range of ruling (capitalist) political perspectives that always preemptively block information from labor (except what little leaks obliquely through the market), we repeatedly sink into crisis cycles–crisis of profit begets > capital deregulation and overmobilization, working class overregulation, demobilization, and dispossession beget > speculative bubbles/primitive accumulation beget > underconsumption crisis begets > further primitive accumulation, repeat. We fixate on the speculative bubbles moment in the midst of all this autistic failure, hoard wealth, and laud ourselves endlessly for being such top-notch managers and philanthropistes. This is why for Rawlsianism to work, socialist politics and the communist horizon must be more highly valued, and even defended– by liberals. As far as I know, this seeming impossibility has only been (temporarily) accomplished in Scandinavia and Minnesota. (While Latin America leftists tried to forge a left-lib coalition from scratch, the US destroyed this effort and enforced conservative rule in Latin America, see Greg Grandin.) In “Right-wing Rawlsianism: A Critique” (forthcoming in Journal of Political Philosophy) Samuel Arnold argues that if liberals agree that agency is the essence of justice, then liberals have to pick which side they are on–because economic democracy fosters more agency than Trickledown provides. Arnold’s is a clever detonation of a bridge from liberalism to conservatism, using some of the bridge-builders’ own ideal theory tools. (Particularly with respect to Rawls’ difference principle: A liberal justice-maximizing directive to choose the political-economic system that maximizes the least-advantaged group’s expectations for an index of primary goods that include income and wealth, but also status (qua capacity for agency in the workplace and self-respect in society).) Upon deriving the optimal realization of liberal justice (agency) in workplace democracy, Arnold concludes (p. 32), Milquetoast liberal egalitarianism is unstable: liberal egalitarianism must move far to the left in order to avoid being jerked far to the right.” We need to keep heaping on the demonstrations that economic democracy fosters more agency than GDP/GNP tumescence. For one example, insofar as political-economic systems can be said to have intentions, how plausible is it that capitalism does not intend to support social pathologies (Arnold, p.29)? Studies of primitive accumulation, the WEB DuBois tradition, socialist feminists, Harvey et al have a lot to say about how capitalism “intends to” (is built and maintained to) and does depend upon and support social pathologies. This approach apprehends the connection between economic (eg. workplace) tyranny and racism, sexism, colonialism, etc., for a powerpunch assertion that inequality is both fundamental to capitalism (even if it is shifted around across some social groups, over time and space) and fatally (from the perspective of justice) undermines agency (power to). …& on the matter of historical-materialism’s putative incapacity to deal with difference (from a postmodern POV), from Arnold (p. 29): Patriarchy, discrimination against the weak or the different, pressure to conform, and countless other social practices that prevent people from realizing their full agential potential: how long can these pathologies withstand the countervailing winds of a social democracy, with its democratic workplaces, its flattened division of labor, its robustly egalitarian public institutions?” Posted in Canada, Conservatism & Conservatives, Enlightenment, Exploitation, Inequality, Labor, Liberalism, Neoliberalization, Political Economics, Politics, Post-autistic economics, Primitive Accumulation-Rentier Capitalism-Appropriation-Expropriation, Pseudo-democracy, Scandinavia, Social Democracy, Socialism, Species being, Tyranny, Union, Work, Working Class Building Alternatives “To my mind, the so-called ‘socialist society’ is not anything immutable. Like all other social formations, it should be conceived in a state of constant flux and change. Its crucial difference from the present order consists naturally in production organized on the basis of common ownership by the nation… To begin this reorganization tomorrow, but performing it gradually, seems to me quite feasible. That our workers are capable of it is borne out by their many producer and consumer cooperatives which, whenever they’re not deliberately ruined by the police, are equally well and far more honestly run than the bourgeois stock companies” Engels, Letter to Otto Von Boenigk (1890). Capital strike is a problem for working class strategy and strength, as Adam Smith, Kalecki & Sweezy keenly observed. It makes sense not just to disrupt or tear down (though certainly that, see Marx, Piven, Domhoff & Zizek), but also to build fortifications around that fundamental vulnerability, as well as to build an answer to conservatives’ play on the fear of loss. See Rudolf Meidner. … Jodi Dean cites Chomsky discussing the importance of working class organize-to-rule strategies, including sit down strikes, co-operative takeovers of languishing industries and economic sectors (think green technology), and a build-up of broad working class-conscicous support for such initiatives: “In one of the suburbs of Boston, about a year ago, a multinational decided to close down a profitable, functioning facility carrying out some high-tech manufacturing. The workforce and the union offered to buy it, take it over, and run it themselves. The multinational decided to close it down instead, probably for reasons of class-consciousness. I don’t think they want things like this to happen. If there had been enough popular support, if there had been something like the Occupy movement that could have gotten involved, they might have succeeded.” Posted in Communism, Historical Materialism, Marx, Social Democracy, Social Enterprise Network, Social Movement & Organization, Socialism, Solidarity Economy & Economic Democracy Posted in May Day, Social Movement & Organization, Socialism	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1160
__label__cc	0.700077	0.299923	Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies and more {block="articles_slide_surface_1"} {block="articles_slide_surface_2"} New topics in Tulpa Boards Do you think the brain ever truly forgets anything? By Miri, August 10, 2018 in Lounge I always thought the brain never truly ''erases'' anything even if it's not useful. Then again, I had doubts because apparently, my brain isn't able to remember useful information when I need it the most. I created this thread because I've just visited a town I SWEAR I've seen in dreams before, everything was just like in my dream. As much as I would like to think my soul/consciousness left my body and visited this town through dreams, I thought that had to have a logical explanation, so I asked my parents whether we've been in that town before and yes, we did when I was 7. It's not the first time this happens, last year I dreamt about being in a zoo and one day I went to that same zoo and everything was just like in the dream, I've never been to that zoo since I was like 6-7. Not only that, but also the fact that memories can be triggered by anything, smells, experiences, someone else's stories, whatever, meaning that the memory is still there even if you can't access it, where else is the brain gonna pull the memory from? What do you think? Miri: original host. 5'5 female, brown hair and green eyes. Mirichu: basically the host, based off Miri. Same description as above. Akai: 5'6 female with red hair, blue eyes and fox ears/tail. Hippos! There are a few people who have odd memory conditions that allow them to remember more than the average person (eidetic memory, savant syndrome, hyperthymesia, etc.) I don't think it's too far fetched to say at least one cause could be a switch that allows for someone to remember more than they should to be turned on via genetics or brain chemistry. A psychologist told Cat that the human mind actually stores all of your memories. I can't say how credible that is, since in science nowadays needing to drink 8 bottles of water is a myth and the marshmallow experiment was misleading. I'm deeply suspicious that it's possible to remember absolutely everything since mistakes in the human body happen and little bits of information can be lost, but I am warm to the idea the mind can store lots of information hat we don't actively remember/think about. I'm Ranger, Gray's/Cat_ShadowGriffin's tulpa, and I love Hippos! I also like forum games and chatting about stuff. My other head-mates have their own account now. Temporary Log \| Chat \| Yay! I didn't know about any of those memory conditions, but that sounds really interesting. Neither I do think the brain remember every single detail, just the general experience e.g, being in the school, going to the grocery store, etc...Though it would be amazing if you could remember everything. Breloomancer No good trouble maker The brain has finite storage, so it is impossible to remember everything, however the maximum capacity for the brain is rediculusly high, and it also has a clever trick where it remembers sort of how something happened, rather than how it actually happened, which takes up less space than it would otherwise. So it is probably possible to remember a lot more than we normally do, but not everything I have a tulpa named Miela (formerly known as Monika) who I love very much. \|How we got here\| \|Share your tulpamancy secrets\| "People put quotes in their signatures, right?" I don't think it is really relevant the brain's storage capacity, chances are we won't reach that limit in our entire individual existence. it also has a clever trick where it remembers sort of how something happened, rather than how it actually happened, which takes up less space than it would otherwise. You mean like the brain filling in the gaps, creating false memories? I mean the brain picking and choosing what is worth storing. For example you probably remember whether or not you had a toothbrush 5 years ago, but you probably don't remember the color of it That's what I was saying, the brain picks up the general idea but not all the details. And there I was, thinking about searching in a lucid dream for the lost conversations I had on Messenger with my friends lol, still worth a try solarchariot It's bigger on the inside The memory thing is tricky, and the authorities on the subject still debate the extent of our memory, even with evidence that it is much more complex and complicated than we acknowledge. Roger Penrose did studies on exposed brains during surgeries, and clearly demonstrated that applying an electrode to an area of the brain not only allowed subjected to remember a past event, but they remembered it in greater detail, and it was as if they were reliving the experience in real time. Not just re-experiencing it, they reported being there. More than one study has demonstrated this. Professor, PhD, MD Stan Grof offers a therapy called holotropic breathwork, and the practitioners believe people have memories that go all the way back to pre-birth. There are people who report memories that go back to birth, though these folks are extremely rare, there are documented cases. It is known that babies exposed to particular voices or music on a regular basis in the womb respond to those voices and music after birth. We are learning from conception day one. For example, mothers who watched a particular soap opera every day, babies suckled more and faster, as measured by scientist, when they heard the theme song. The younger a person is, the fewer the filters that block information. Children exposed to multiple languages at birth and continue to be exposed to multiple languages will speak more languages. Yes, some people are just naturally good at language acquisition and didn't need prior exposure. As your personality grows, so do limitations. If you have a bad math interaction, you may find that a preference to avoid math becomes a block to doing math. There is no physiological reason for differences in math abilities. Every one can learn, and with practice, people improve. We have all kinds of beliefs that limit learning. We also have different learning styles. kinesthetic learners take in and hold information differently than an auditory learner. Most people are visual learners. People can have multiple learning styles. There is solid evidence that memory is record holographically in the brain. One doesn't just store memory in one place. The information for apple is the word, the color, the taste, the smell, the size... it's bits and pieces everywhere in the brain, spread out. That's why if you do get a small brain injury, you don't necessarily loose everything. Do some people, yeah. But then, there are also people that have no apparent brain injuries that get total amnesia. Go figure. You see an apple, and multiple areas light up to identify it. In addition to that, you have a fake apple in your head, a short cut representation to get at that information quicker, so you can identify and sort more efficiently. Your brain makes short cuts. It uses models, metaphors, abstracts, and narrows things down to the simplest equations, because quite frankly, you don't need all the information in reality to make a decision. Your senses take in all the information, your brain has access to all of that, it records all of that, but your personality filters most of it; consider the metaphor of hard drive information and virtual memory. We work in upper virtual memory, subconscious is lower virtual memory that is also accessing recorded information. We take in everything, but what arrives at our conscious operating system is a mere fraction of that information. And this is good. People with perfect memory function less well. You ask them where they were on a date and a time, they remember where they were, what they were wearing, what they were feeling emotionally physically, the temperature, etc, all the sounds and sights and taste, juxtaposed to present feelings and ideas and it overwhelms them. Idiot savants can recall huge chunks of useless data, but they are generally not functional in practical, daily things. Most people remember just enough, and there is solid evidence we don't even remember what we think we remember. Every time you take a memory off the shelf to examine it, you add something, and your remove something. Witnesses at a scene of an accident will report a variety of things, and they're mostly unreliable, except for the certainty, there was an accident. Hypnosis works, and you can recover memories, but it is unreliable, not admissible in court, because sometime people create things on the fly, due to influence or due to a poorly trained hypnotist. Under hypnosis, you can be encouraged to create a fiction. So, if I hypnotize you, and I am trained in this, and get you under and I ask "were you abducted by aliens," your brain will give me exactly what I want to hear. And it can be convincing cause your brain will draw on every movie literature media reference and it will construct something believable. That's in your head, even if you don't really pay attention to ufo stories and hate scifi and never ever watch or read fiction. It's that prevalent in our social lives. More than one person who has had a traumatic event have reported seeing their life flash before their eyes. They're not reporting a summary, they report a full life, in an instant, and they have surprising recall of things they had forgotten, and suddenly reclaimed, they found the information verifiable. It is definitely possible for you to have been somewhere as a child, not actively remember that, and re-encounter it with actual memories, and or intuitive feelings of knowing about a place that is not just de-ja-vu. You could also just have de-ja-vu experience. There are people who had really poor memories who have strokes or accident, and suddenly they remember everything. These people are rare, but they exist. Of course, there are also some people who had strokes and suddenly manifested the ability to play an instrument and or do art where no previous ability ever existed. The brain is complex. We don't know everything. And the thing that is bothering most scientist today is they have not been able to pin down consciousness to an absolute biological function, other than, they're pretty sure most of it is limited to the brain. (There is evidence we think without stomach, our hearts... Memory transplants with hearts, there is evidence for that. People report memories they never had, but other families say, yeah, that was our son... (Doctor Pearsall's book, the heart's code, suggests it's not just heart donations, but all tissue donation, even blood transfusions.) They are determined to do that, but they're just not there yet. There is lots of solid evidence that sometimes people remember things that they could not have possibly known. These things defy logic. Maybe that's why we have people like Carl Jung pushing ideas like the collective unconscious. Another good book that relates and supports these concepts is "The Man Who Tasted Shapes," a book on synesthesia. It references Penrose, it references the holographic nature of the brain... And, this is interesting to me, he is not the only medical doctor who clearly asserts in his book this idea that we assume that we take information in from outside, process it through the brain, and it comes to consciousness, but it may very well be the other way around, IE consciousness takes the information, puts in the brain, and projects out into the world. Isn't that the man who did research about consciousness after death or something? I thought you were talking about memories from past lives or something, but that thing about memories from when you were inside the worm is pretty interesting. Any link to those experiments? There is solid evidence that memory is record holographically in the brain. One doesn't just store memory in one place. The information for apple is the word, the color, the taste, the smell, the size... it's bits and pieces everywhere in the brain, spread out. I thought memories were stored as experiences, that's it, the full thing, not bits of it, but that makes way more sense. Wouldn't that mean when we remember memories, the brain just picks up the data it needs to construct the memory from different parts of the brain? Under hypnosis, you can be encouraged to create a fiction. So, if I hypnotize you, and I am trained in this, and get you under and I ask "were you abducted by aliens," your brain will give me exactly what I want to hear. And it can be convincing cause your brain will draw on every movie literature media reference and it will construct something believable. That's in your head, even if you don't really pay attention to ufo stories and hate scifi and never ever watch or read fiction. It's that prevalent in our social lives. Why does that happen? if the brain knows there weren't any alien abduction, why would it make up a fictional story? why does it need to say what you want to hear? Does their life truly flash through their eyes, or just the general idea, like a summary? I know you said they don't report a summary but I'm having a hard time believing their perception of time dilated long enough to let them experience a lifetime in a matter of minutes. The brain is complex. We don't know everything. And the thing that is bothering most scientist today is they have not been able to pin down consciousness to an absolute biological function, other than, they're pretty sure most of it is limited to the brain. (There is evidence we think without stomach, our hearts... Memory transplants with hearts, there is evidence for that. People report memories they never had, but other families say, yeah, that was our son... (Doctor Pearsall's book, the heart's code, suggests it's not just heart donations, but all tissue donation, even blood transfusions.) They are determined to do that, but they're just not there yet. There is lots of solid evidence that sometimes people remember things that they could not have possibly known. These things defy logic. Maybe that's why we have people like Carl Jung pushing ideas like the collective unconscious. How can they know those memories are real? unless they suddenly gained access to knowledge they never had before, how can you say they're real? they could have been made up by the brain. This is getting near methaphysical territory but it's really interesting and unsettling, back when I was really interested in consciousness existing outside the body, I would read lot of articles about experiments, research and crazy theories about it, and Carl Jung was a name that would be thrown in there very often, got any interesting credible article to read? Z-Byte I think the brain operates on a level similar to a hard-drive, where, even if something is "deleted," when really it's just set to be copied over, the connecting neurons making a new pathway around and through old memories. They'll sit there in that "forgotten" space, and occasionally a passing signal will fire by it and light it up just enough to be visible, which in turn might cast a spotlight on the rest of the memory. It's kinda like fragmented data in drive recovery works, giving a bit of credence to how sleeping is like "defragging" your mind. Every face you see in your dreams, after all, is a face pulled from some memory or another, stranger or otherwise. Memories can be overwritten and changed as well. There was that experiment they did with a bunch of families that went to Disney World, where they brought out photoshopped pictures of them with Bugs Bunny. Most of them remembered meeting Bugs Bunny fondly, despite the fact that Bugs Bunny isn't a Disney character and was never at the park to begin with. Chrysala Personality: ESTJ; Soft-spoken wise counsel, devil's advocate, soothing temperament Body: Western dragon with dark green scales with gold flecks, golden belly scales, sunset-colored eyes Current stage: Personality building Personality: ESFP; Cheerful firecracker, seeks to laugh and entertain, childlike curiosity, boundless energy Body: Fairy with wild red hair, dragonfly wings, deep blue eyes Surface Dark (Default)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1163
__label__wiki	0.845263	0.845263	Television episodes, Articles with Wikipedia content, Once Upon a Time episodes We Are Both "We Are Both" Dean White Once Upon a Time Episodes "Broken" "Lady of the Lake" "We Are Both" is the second episode of the second season of the American ABC fantasy/drama television series Once Upon a Time, and the show's 24th episode overall, which aired on October 7, 2012. It was written by Jane Espenson and directed by Dean White. Opening sequence The tree branches in the forest start moving and extend their lengths. In the Characters' Pasts In the Enchanted Forest, during a horse ride, a young Regina is prevented from running away by her mother Cora via magic. Cora wants to make sure that Regina goes through with the wedding to King Leopold and states that Regina is only nervous about having the power that a queen is given, but Regina tells her mother that she wants to be free. Cora replies by saying that power is freedom. After having a daydream in which she strangles a young Snow White, Regina tells her father Henry about her fear of becoming like Cora. He then explains to her about Cora's past, in which she met a man who gave Cora a book of spells. Later that night, Regina takes the book from under Cora's pillow and summons Rumplestiltskin, the book's owner. Rumplestiltskin reveals that he had known Regina since she was very young and is surprised that she is kind and compassionate, unlike her family trait. When Regina asks him how to deal with Cora, Rumplestiltskin gives her a gift: a looking-glass that acts as a portal to another world. On the day of the wedding, Regina tries to push Cora into the mirror but fails at her first attempt, but with the help of Rumplestiltskin, Regina succeeds in the second try and the glass shatters. Now that she was free of Cora, Regina decides to flee only to have Rumplestiltskin stop her and ask if she liked using magic. When Regina says yes, Rumplestiltskin offers his services to help her learn about magic, on the condition that she will owe him a favor. In Storybrooke At the city limits, the seven dwarves, led by Grumpy/Leroy, congregate at the line of the town's border. They pick straws to see who will be the one to cross it and Sneezy is the unfortunate winner. As the first victim of what happens when residents leave Storybrooke, he loses the memories of his fairytale life and completely becomes his Storybrooke persona, Tom Clark. Meanwhile, as the residents are trying to clean up after the wraith's attack, Geppetto/Marco is putting missing person signs up, hoping to find Pinocchio . Prince Charming/David goes to Regina's house to demand answers about the Mad Hatter/Jefferson's hat and how to get Emma and Snow White/Mary Margaret back, but Regina pretends she doesn't know how and says she is more concerned about Henry. When Charming asks the Blue Fairy/Mother Superior if there is any way that can send them back, she tells him that there is no fairy dust to make it work. At that moment, the dwarves return and explain what happened to Sneezy after he crossed the city limits, causing the displaced characters to panic. Charming tells the citizens to meet back in two hours and he will tell them his plan. Later on, Regina, whose magic is not as powerful as it was, visits Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold for a favor, which is to win back Henry. Although Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold refuses to help Regina regain her full powers, he does give her a book and notes that she has become more like her mother, Cora. Meanwhile, as Charming practices his speech to deliver to Storybrooke, Henry notices the hat and tells him that it belongs to the Mad Hatter/Jefferson. Charming stops by Mr. Gold's shop to ask for help and is given a potion on the condition that he will stay out of Rumplestiltskin/Gold's way. After Charming tells Rumplestiltskin what happens when people cross the city border, he is enraged and smashes some glass in his shop. At the town hall, the residents are surprised to see Regina show up instead of Charming as she unleashes her powers, only to be stopped by Henry, who agrees to go with her. Across town, Charming tries the potion on the hat and finds the Mad Hatter/Jefferson, who tells Charming that he can't help him, not knowing that the fairytale world still exists. As the Mad Hatter flees, Charming chases after him and is stopped by Red Riding Hood/Ruby, who tells him that Regina took Henry and now the citizens are trying to leave Storybrooke. Charming drives in front of everyone seconds before they cross the town's border and tells them that they will lose their memories of their lives and of their loved ones if they cross the border. He also tells them he wants to remain both David and the Prince, and the people should embrace both identities and memories. He then tells the residents that they will find a way to defeat Regina but will have to do it together. The citizens are moved by the speech and return to Storybrooke. Charming then heads to Regina's house with his sword in tow only to have her relinquish Henry to him without struggle. Regina also reveals that, somehow, the fairytale land does still exist. The Mayor contemplates burning the book of spells in her fireplace, but ultimately stashes it away in a safe. At the diner, Henry tells Geppetto where he can find Pinocchio, but Geppetto finds that he has disappeared from his room. Charming tells Henry that he believes Emma and Snow/Mary Margaret are alive, in the fairytale world, and he can feel their presence. In the Fairytale World Hours after waking up from being thrown into the fairy tale land by the wraith, Emma and Snow White/Mary Margaret have been captured by Mulan and Aurora. They are tied and walking behind Mulan, who is on a horse. After reaching their refuge, an isolated island off a desolate beach, Emma and Snow/Mary Margaret attempt to escape, but Mulan flings a bola at Snow/Mary Margaret, knocking her out. Mulan orders the refugees to take them to "the pit." As Emma tries to wake up Snow/Mary Margaret, she hears a voice asking if she can be of any help. The voice belongs to none other than Cora. This episode reveals how Cora got to Wonderland and became the Queen of Hearts. Regina gets her magic back, but decides to not use in order to win back Henry's trust. David has more-or-less become the de-facto leader of the town until things can stabilize. "We Are Both" was written by consulting producer Jane Espenson, while being directed by The Shield veteran Dean White. In an interview with Zap2it, Raphael Sbarge was asked about what viewers can expect from this episode concerning the characters stuck in Storybrooke: "We are now faced with the crisis of consciousness, that is, the curse has ended and now what's to be done?" He also added that "with the awareness that the curse is ended, the fact that the person who has perpetrated the curse does also come front and center. There's some turmoil in Storybrooke for sure and we're seeing some fallout." He also went on to say that "[the creators] are really expanding the canvas of the characters that we know. There's a small army of them coming," says Sbarge. "And in the course of that, those of us who were at the center of the original Storybrooke universe are more on the periphery. It's very similar to what happened on 'Lost,' where things kind of expanded out a bit. We're all there, no one's going anywhere. But there's really an expansion of our family." Near the end of the closing scene, the Dwarfs, minus Sneezy, take their pick axes and walk down to the mines, singing "Heigh-Ho." This scene follows the same scene from the Disney film. This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The article or pieces of the original article was at We Are Both. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Disney Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. Shows: Once Upon a Time • Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Books: Once Upon a Time: Shadow of the Queen • Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale • Once Upon a Time - Behind the Magic • Once Upon a Time: Out of the Past • Once Upon a Time: Red's Untold Tale • Once Upon a Time: Regina Rising • Henry and Violet Special Bonus: Good Morning Storybrooke • Three Who Stayed • Tales From The Underworld: A Knight With Cruella Once Upon a Time: Season One: Emma Swan • Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard • Prince Charming/David Nolan • Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold/Weaver • Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Roni • Belle/Lacey French • Henry Mills • Happy • Sneezy/Tom Clark • Bashful • Doc • Dopey • Sleepy/Walter • Jiminy Cricket/Archie Hopper • Stealthy • Victor Frankenstein/Dr. Whale • Blue Fairy • Widow Lucas/Granny • King George/Albert Spencer • Genie/Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass • Mad Hatter/Jefferson • Prince Henry/The Valet • Knave of Hearts • Sheriff of Nottingham/Keith • Fairy Godmother • Abigail/Kathryn Nolan • Red Riding Hood/The Wolf/Ruby • Huntsman/Sheriff Graham • Baelfire/Neal Cassidy • Pinocchio/August W. Booth • Frederick/Jim • Severe Nurse • Mayor Tomkins • Hansel and Gretel/Nicholas and Ava Zimmer • The Woodcutter/Michael Tillman • Martin • Myrna • Stephen • Donna • Prince James • Blind Witch • Peter • Siren • Pongo • Gaston • The King/Mitchell Herman • King Leopold • King Midas • Zoso • Prince Thomas/Sean Herman • Grace • Daniel Colter • Nova • Briar Rose • Geppetto/Marco • Gus/Billy • Ruth Season Two: Killian Jones/Hook/Rogers • Aurora • Prince Phillip • Mulan • Milah • Maid Marian • Quinn • Anita Lucas • Jack • King Xavier • Anton • William Smee • Greg Mendell • Tamara • The Dragon • Queen Eva • Seer • Lancelot • Robin Hood Season Three: Peter Pan/Malcolm/Pied Piper • Wendy Darling • Ariel • Zelena/The Wicked Witch of the West • Glinda/The Good Witch of the South • The Wizard of Oz/Walsh • Elsa the Snow Queen • Tinker Bell • Blackbeard • Lumière • Ursula the Sea Goddess • Dorothy Gale • The Witch of the East • Rapunzel • Rapunzel's Mother • Rapunzel's Father • Lost Boys • John Darling • Michael Darling • The Shadow • The Sheriff of Hamelin • Nana • Mary Darling • George Darling • Medusa • Prince Eric • Liam Jones Season Four: Anna • Kristoff • Hans • Grand Pabbie • Sven • Ursula the Sea Witch • Marshmallow • Little Bo Peep • The Apprentice • Ingrid/Sarah Fisher • Lily Page • Colette • Oaken • King of Arendelle • Queen Gerda • Cruella De Vil • Poseidon • Duke of Weselton • Hans' Brothers • Chernabog • King Stefan • Isaac/The Author • Madeline • Merlin/The Sorcerer Season Five: Merida • Queen Eleanor • King Fergus • Harris, Hubert, and Hamish • The Witch • Lord MacGuffin • Lord Macintosh • Lord Dingwall • King Arthur • Sir Kay • Guinevere • Charon • Brennan Jones • Hades • Megara • Hercules • Cerberus • The Scarecrow • Toto • Cleo Fox • Auntie Em • Dr. Jekyll • Mr. Hyde • Evil Queen Season Six: The Count of Monte Cristo • Aladdin • Gideon • Jasmine • Red Bird • Captain Nemo • Lady Tremaine • Clorinda • Tisbe • Jacob • Oracle • Royal Guards • The Sultan • Beowulf • Black Fairy • Tiger Lily • Robert • Prince Achmed • Stanum • Cowardly Lion • Lucy Vidrio Season Seven: Rapunzel Tremaine/Victoria Belfrey • Cinderella/Jacinda Vidrio • Tiana/Sabine • Alice/Tilly • Drizella/Ivy Belfrey • Anastasia • Gothel/Eloise Gardener • Eudora • Dr. Facilier/Mr. Samdi • Hansel/Jack/Nick Branson • Marcus Tremaine • Cecelia • Coven of the Eight • Madame Leota • Naveen/Drew • Blind Witch/Hilda • Gretel • Chad • Seraphina • Flora • Isla • Zorro Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Alice • Cyrus • Anastasia/The Red Queen • Percy/The White Rabbit • Jabberwocky • Silvermist • The Sultan/The Old Prisoner • Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum • Mrs. Rabbit • Elizabeth/Lizard • Amara Both series: Will Scarlet/The Knave of Hearts • Cinderella/Ashley Boyd • Robin Hood • Little John • Friar Tuck • Grumpy/Leroy • Cora/The Queen of Hearts • Caterpillar • Maleficent • Jafar • Dr. Lydgate Season One: "Pilot" • "The Thing You Love Most" • "Snow Falls" • "The Price of Gold" • "That Still Small Voice" • "The Shepherd" • "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" • "Desperate Souls" • "True North" • "7:15 A.M." • "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" • "Skin Deep" • "What Happened to Frederick" • "Dreamy" • "Red-Handed" • "Heart of Darkness" • "Hat Trick" • "The Stable Boy" • "The Return" • "The Stranger" • "An Apple Red as Blood" • "A Land Without Magic" Season Two: "Broken" • "We Are Both" • "Lady of the Lake" • "The Crocodile" • "The Doctor" • "Tallahassee" • "Child of the Moon" • "Into the Deep" • "Queen of Hearts" • "The Cricket Game" • "The Outsider" • "In the Name of the Brother" • "Tiny" • "Manhattan" • "The Queen Is Dead" • "The Miller's Daughter" • "Welcome to Storybrooke" • "Selfless, Brave and True" • "Lacey" • "The Evil Queen" • "Second Star to the Right" • "And Straight On 'Til Morning" Season Three: "The Heart of the Truest Believer" • "Lost Girl" • "Quite a Common Fairy" • "Nasty Habits" • "Good Form" • "Ariel" • "Dark Hollow" • "Think Lovely Thoughts" • "Save Henry" • "The New Neverland" • "Going Home" • "New York City Serenade" • "Witch Hunt" • "The Tower" • "Quiet Minds" • "It's Not Easy Being Green" • "The Jolly Roger" • "Bleeding Through" • "A Curious Thing" • "Kansas" • "Snow Drifts" • "There's No Place Like Home" Season Four: "A Tale of Two Sisters" • "White Out" • "Rocky Road" • "The Apprentice" • "Breaking Glass" • "Family Business" • "The Snow Queen" • "Smash the Mirror" • "Fall" • "Shattered Sight" • "Heroes and Villains" • "Darkness on the Edge of Town" • "Unforgiven" • "Enter the Dragon" • "Poor Unfortunate Soul" • "Best Laid Plans" • "Heart of Gold" • "Sympathy for the De Vil" • "Lily" • "Mother" • "Operation Mongoose" Season Five: "The Dark Swan" • "The Price" • "Siege Perilous" • "The Broken Kingdom" • "Dreamcatcher" • "The Bear and the Bow" • "Nimue" • "Birth" • "The Bear King" • "Broken Heart" • "Swan Song" • "Souls of the Departed" • "Labor of Love" • "Devil's Due" • "The Brothers Jones" • "Our Decay" • "Her Handsome Hero" • "Ruby Slippers" • "Sisters" • "Firebird" • "Last Rites" • "Only You" • "An Untold Story" Season Six: "The Savior" • "A Bitter Draught" • "The Other Shoe" • "Strange Case" • "Street Rats" • "Dark Waters" • "Heartless" • "I'll Be Your Mirror" • "Changelings" • "Wish You Were Here" • "Tougher Than the Rest" • "Murder Most Foul • "Ill-Boding Patterns" • "Page 23" • "A Wondrous Place" • "Mother's Little Helper" • "Awake" • "Where Bluebirds Fly" • "The Black Fairy" • "The Song in Your Heart" • "The Final Battle" Season Seven: "Hyperion Heights" • "A Pirate's Life"• "The Garden of Forking Paths" • "Beauty" • "Greenbacks" • "Wake Up Call" • "Eloise Gardener" • "Pretty in Blue" • "One Little Tear" • "The Eighth Witch" • "Secret Garden" • "A Taste of the Heights" • "Knightfall" • "The Girl in the Tower" • "Sisterhood" • "Breadcrumbs" • "Chosen" • "The Guardian" • "Flower Child" • "Is This Henry Mills?" • "Homecoming" • "Leaving Storybrooke" Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: "Down the Rabbit Hole" • "Trust Me" • "Forget Me Not" • "The Serpent" • "Heart of Stone" • "Who's Alice?" • "Bad Blood" • "Home" • "Nothing to Fear" • "Dirty Little Secrets" • "Heart of the Matter" • "To Catch a Thief" • "And They Lived..." Once Upon a Time: Boston, Massachusetts • Dark Palace • Maurice's Castle • Dark Castle/Rumplestiltskin's Castle • Library • King's Castle • Cinderella's Chateau • Dwarves' Cottage • Dwarf Mines • Geppetto's Home • New York City • King Stefan's Castle • The Beanstalk • Giant's Lair • Darling Nursery • Neverland • Big Ben • Skull Rock • Hamelin • Maritime Castle • Rapunzel's Tower • Vault of the Dark One • Land of Oz • Yellow Brick Road • Emerald City • Arendelle • Valley of the Living Rock • Arendelle Castle • Elsa's Ice Palace • Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna • Bald Mountain • Ring of Stones • DunBroch • Witch's Cottage • Castle DunBroch • Underworld • Mount Olympus • Poppy Fields • Auntie's Chicken & Waffles • Cave of Wonders • Pleasure Island • Magical Forest • Seattle • Hyperion Heights • Belle & Gold's House • Facilier's Lair • Gothel's Garden • Tiana's Palace • San Francisco • Memento Mori • Maldonia • Flynn's Barcade • United Realms Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Wonderland Castle • The Mad Hatter's House • White Rabbit's House • Underland • Tulgey Wood Both series: Storybrooke • Maine • Enchanted Forest • Forbidden Fortress • Wonderland • Wonderland Maze • Agrabah • Sherwood Forest • The Sultan's Palace Once Upon a Time: Once Upon a Time (Book) • Red Riding Hood • Maleficent's Staff • Magic Wand • Glass Slipper • Poisoned Apple • Spinning Wheel • Magic Lamp • Dark One's Dagger • Chipped Cup • Jefferson's Hat • Magic Beans • Captain Hook's Hooks • Enchanted Candle • Pixie Dust • Dreamshade • Salad Fork • Pandora's Box • Silver Slippers • Sorcerer Hat • Enchanted Broom • Trident • Enchanted Shell • Heroes and Villains (Book) • Merida's Bow • Magical Rose • Excalibur • Olympian Crystal • Cinderella's Dress • Golden Scarab Beetle • Rapunzel's Frying Pan • Magical Golden Flower • Shrinking Potion • Floating Lanterns • Tarot Cards • Maui's Fish Hook Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Vorpal Blade Both series: Jafar's Snake Staff • Enchanted Hearts • Jafar's Lamp Songs Featured Give a Little Whistle • Heigh-Ho • With a Smile and a Song • Beauty and the Beast • Part of Your World • Fathoms Below • Cruella De Vil • Some Day My Prince Will Come • The Unbirthday Song Original Songs: Powerful Magic • The Queen Sings • Love Doesn't Stand a Chance • Revenge Is Gonna Be Mine • Wicked Always Wins • Charmings vs. Evil Queen • Emma's Theme • A Happy Beginning The Jolly Roger • Magic Carpet • Royal Ship • Cruella's car • Nautilus • Cinderella's Coach Fairies • Unicorns • Dragons • Bridge Trolls • Werewolves • Wraith • Ogres • Mermaids • Kraken • Flying Monkeys • Rock Trolls • Will O' the Wisps • Furies • Munchkins • Tree Nymphs Retrieved from "https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/We_Are_Both?oldid=3759064" Articles with Wikipedia content 2 Elsa	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1171
__label__wiki	0.510705	0.510705	Ashley Madison Hack : What Should’ve Been Done in Web Development Home Web Development It’s been an absolute horror for me to watch the drama unfold after Ashley Madison’s hack. The website that encourages people to cheat on their spouses has been hacked and the data has been dumped into the public domain. It exposed private/intimate lives of lot of people and it could potentially have unimaginable consequences for the people involved. The Toronto based company Avid Dating Life, the parent company of Ashley Madison, is being hit with $578 million class action law suit, that may very well drive it to the doors of bankruptcy. This is the worst nightmare of the software development team, who must be kicking themselves right now. There’s no greater shame for developers than to having their application breached and have it’s data exposed to the world. People developing high profile public applications have one important job : To develop an application that follows the commonly agreed best practices of software development, offer highest level of security, to protect their users data from external threats without sacrificing user experience. The developers of AshleyMadison.com failed spectacularly at this. Not only did they have horrible security practices, which any competent hacker could exploit, they were also making money off of their customers by offering them phony features (like deleting their account from the system, if they paid $19) that simply weren’t implemented. Shady business practices aside, as a developer who specializes in developing security based applications, I’m more interested in the technical aspects of their vulnerabilities. How exactly did the hackers break into the website? What kind of vulnerability did they exploit? Is it the incompetence of the Ashley Madison’s developers or is it the brilliance of the hackers from the Impact Team? What is the motive behind the attack? It turns out, AM has pissed off a bunch of guys who were morally outraged with it’s behavior. It was relatively easy to break into the system and walk away with tera-bytes of data. There were no monitoring systems in place that alerted the admins. The hacking team was there in their systems for weeks ripping off data and nobody noticed. Here’s what they had to say : “For a company that built it’s business based on secrecy, it’s like they didn’t even try”. There were gaping holes in it’s security implementation and their admins committed a cardinal sin of using passwords that are easy to crack using brute force methods. While it might take longer for us to know the full details of how exactly they attacked, the hackers from Impact Team shared some of the details with the Motherboard ( an online magazine ). “We worked hard to make fully undetectable attack, then got in and found nothing to bypass… Nobody was watching. No security. Only thing was segmented network. You could use Pass1234 from the internet to VPN to root on all servers”. WTF, Really? “Pass1234” to VPN to root on all servers??? What exactly were they thinking? Didn’t they know they could have some pissed off customers who could try to attack? What about ‘Two Factor Authentication’? That was a disaster waiting to happen. As the folks at Ashley Madison stare at their inevitable law suites and potential bankruptcy, let’s take a look at some of the things they could’ve done that would’ve prevented this mess. Access to critical systems should never have ‘easy to remember’ passwords. Not even if it’s behind a firewall or in a Virtual Private Network. Always generate a strong password that’s very difficult to memorize. You can always using password managers and SSO applications to remember passwords for you. Always use https (ssl) for web traffic inside and outside the firewall. The access control system should automatically remove access to people who no longer require access (ex., ex employees) Have ‘Two Factor Authentication’ for all critical systems. It could done in a number of ways. Most common way is to have a dongle with OTP (one time password) that expires every 60 seconds. Logging into a network from internet should always ask for second factor authentication. Application should be checked for vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, Session Hijacking, etc., Web applications should enforce HTTP Only and Secure Cookies. Applications need to mitigate XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) and CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) Never expose sensitive data directly over the web. Your public facing website or API should never access the database or other data stores directly. Never store sensitive information in the cookies, memory or HTML storage. While this is not an exhaustive list of things that needs to be addressed, it’s a good starting point. 99% of the attacks could be avoided if the applications follow the above mentioned security practices. A little bit of due diligence from the users will also go a long way in protecting their privacy too. If you are going to be cheating on your spouse online, why use your real name and email? Yoga \| Isn’t That Just Stretching? Windows 8.1 Activator Free Download (Working Tool) How to Cure A Hangover Headache How To Reject/Accept All Friend Requests Facebook At Once	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1172
__label__wiki	0.570926	0.570926	Diversified Royalty Corp. About DIV Royalty Partners Mr. Mikes Mr. Lube Financials & SEDAR Filings Diversified Royalty Corp. Announces Election of Directors For Immediate Release – not for distribution to US news wire services or for US dissemination. Vancouver, BC, June 25, 2018 – Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSX: DIV and DIV.DB) (the “Corporation” or “DIV”) is pleased to announce that at its annual meeting of shareholders held on June 25, 2018 (the “Meeting”), all directors nominated as listed in DIV’s information circular dated May 10, 2018 were elected for the ensuing year. As a ballot was not required, the number of votes disclosed in the below table reflects only the proxies received by management of DIV in advance of the Meeting: Votes For Withhold Votes Director Number Percentage Number Percentage Lawrence Haber 22,945,210 71.47% 9,158,313 28.53% Johnny Ciampi 31,440,807 97.94% 662,716 2.06% Paula Rogers 32,008,692 99.70% 94,831 0.30% Anita Anand 31,969,568 99.58% 133,955 0.42% Garry Herdler 31,962,435 99.56% 141,088 0.44% Lorraine McLachlan 31,973,005 99.59% 130,518 0.41% DIV has also filed a report of voting results of all resolutions voted on at the Meeting on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. About Diversified Royalty Corp. DIV is a multi-royalty corporation, engaged in the business of acquiring top-line royalties from well-managed multi-location businesses and franchisors in North America. DIV’s objective is to acquire predictable, growing royalty streams from a diverse group of multi-location businesses and franchisors. DIV currently owns the Sutton, Mr. Lube and AIR MILES® trademarks in Canada. Sutton is among the leading residential real estate brokerage franchisor businesses in Canada with over 200 offices across Canada. Mr. Lube is the leading quick lube service business in Canada with 174 locations across Canada and over $225 million of annual system sales. AIR MILES® is Canada’s largest coalition loyalty program with over 200 leading brand-name sponsors; approximately two-thirds of Canadian households actively participate in the AIR MILES® Program. DIV expects to increase cash flow per share by making accretive royalty purchases and through the growth of purchased royalties. DIV expects to pay a predictable and stable dividend to shareholders and increase the dividend as cash flow per share increases allow. Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The use of any of the words “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “will”, ”project”, “should”, “believe”, “confident”, “plan” and “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Specifically, forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements made in relation to: DIV’s corporate objectives; and DIV’s expectation that it will pay a predictable and stable dividend to shareholders and increase the dividend as cash flow per share increases allow. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events, performance, or achievements of DIV to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in such forward-looking statements. DIV believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In particular there can be no assurance that: DIV will be able to achieve any of its corporate objectives; or DIV will make monthly dividend payments to the holders of its common shares. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements included in this news release are not guarantees of future performance, and such forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied upon. More information about the risks and uncertainties affecting DIV’s business and the businesses of its royalty partners can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of its Annual Information Form dated March 28, 2018, which is available under DIV’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. In formulating the forward-looking statements contained herein, management has assumed that business and economic conditions affecting DIV and its royalty partners will continue substantially in the ordinary course, including without limitation with respect to general industry conditions, general levels of economic activity and regulations. These assumptions, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect. All of the forward-looking statements made in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements and other cautionary statements or factors contained herein, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, DIV. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and DIV assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise such information to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required by applicable law. THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR THE ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE. Additional information relating to the Corporation and other public filings, is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Sean Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Gutmanis, Chief Financial Officer and VP Acquisitions Home \| SiteMap \| Contact Us \| Legal \| Privacy 902 - 510 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1173
__label__wiki	0.584542	0.584542	You are here: Home » Scholarship Years » 2013 Scholarship Award Events 2013 Scholarship Award Events The 2013 Award Events—AGM, The Insiders View and the Award Dinner—were held at The Hotel Windsor Melbourne on May 27 with almost 60 people attending, including the Scholarship Board, Patron John McFarlane, the three finalists, and Alumni, partners and guests. Stephen Williams (MBA 1993) reported on his first full year as President and progress against the three priorities laid out in his speech in May 2012: To get funding independence and deductible tax status for donations (DGR) Build the Scholarship and Cranfield brand Alumni engagement, especially in New South Wales On items 2 & 3 Stephen reported substantial progress – greatly renewed activity levels for the NSW alumni in particular, and successful brand building activities through the President’s Lunches held in Melbourne & Sydney in Feb 2013. For item 1 and the topic of Deductible tax status for donations (DGR), the news was more challenging. Despite face-to-face meetings with Treasury to persuade them of the merits of our cause, it has been made clear that, given the current fiscal environment, our chances of obtaining DGR status are remote and any renewed efforts are only likely to succeed should there be a major change in policy i.e. a change in government. Whilst the level of donations from Alumni is steadily increasing, we are not yet fully self-sustaining. Therefore fundraising options and approaches without the “tail wind” of tax deductability will be a major focus for 2013-4. Further details can found in the Fifth AGM minutes and 2012 Annual Report . Stephen thanked retiring Secretary Alpa Parekh (MBA 1999) and QLD Board Member Alex Livingstone (MBA 1989) and welcomed incoming board members Mariee Durkin-Beech (Secretary), Todd Myers (2010 Scholar) as QLD Board Member and Anna Baggoley (2011 Scholar) who, newly based in London will be able to act as our link person to Cranfield. Stephen also thanked John McFarlane (MBA 1975), Patron of the Scholarship Foundation without whose support we would never have got off the ground all those years ago. The Sixth AGM will be held in Sydney at The Langham Hotel, The Rocks in May 2014 (on Monday – final date TBC) The Insider’s View – “Dealing in drugs – following the money trail in Australia’s $10billion drug trade” Simon Bunde (MSc-L 1992), General Manager, Group Operations & Strategy at Symbion provided a briefing to the Alumni and guests on a vital, but rarely explored aspect of Australia’s health industry – the complexities of dealing in drugs. How is it possible to provide the logistics capability which can supply batch sizes of many items, down to single items, all around Australia, on an overnight basis, for unpredictable demand, which walks into a pharmacy with a doctor’s script? Simon unravelled the intricacies and challenges associated with the distribution of Ethical and Over-The-Counter medicines to retail pharmacies and hospitals across Australia. Following the money trail, he looked at how government funding resolves market failure whilst, at the same time, maintaining a competitive market place in Australia. Simon outlined how technology and automation changes to the drug supply chain can contribute to getting customers “hooked”. Simon graduated from Cranfield with a Masters degree in Logistics and Distribution in 1992 and, since 2004, has held the position of General Manager Group Operations & Strategy at Symbion. As one of Australia’s largest pharmaceutical wholesalers, Symbion employs a workforce over 1000 and has sales in excess of A$3.5 billion annually. The challenge of servicing some 1,500 to 2,000 retail pharmacies and hospitals on a daily basis with their Ethical and Over-The-Counter supplies is facilitated by Symbion’s extensive distribution network. For this session, Simon drew upon his extensive experience in logistics and a very deadpan sense of humor. As one attendee said “This talk was so good you should run it again.” So we plan to repeat it later in the year for those alumni who were unable to attend. Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation Following the Insider’s View, the group then moved into The Grand Ballroom of The Hotel Windsor for pre-dinner drinks and canapés. We managed to collect new faces for the gathering (by virtue of our LinkedIn campaign to find and connect to Alumni) and welcomed the old ones – some of whom hadn’t been seen at an event for quite a few years. The room provided a gorgeous backdrop for the evening. The Windsor Hotel is part of Melbourne’s history and will make a good future “home” for the Melbourne award dinners. Anna Baggoley (2011 Scholar) was able to delay her departure to the UK so as to attend the dinner. In keeping with our new tradition – that Scholars act as Master of Ceremonies for the dinner each year, Anna welcomed the John and his partner Annie, the Alumni, guests, this year’s finalists and then spoke about the enormous effect that winning the Scholarship in 2011 and her year at Cranfield has had on her career and outlook. Again, following traditions established in previous years, the first seat move mixed up the tables. As per usual, with a group of highly educated and highly intelligent people, the first seat move created chaos and the second one repeated it. Thence on to the presentation of awards. Anna invited John McFarlane to present the awards for 2013 to: Daniel George, a research economist with Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, was announced as winner of the Seventh Cranfield Australian Alumni Scholarship, 2013. Grace Lai, Neuro-Surgical Assistant with the Royal Melbourne Hospital (aka- brain surgeon!) and Kevin Ha, Associate Director, Commonwealth Bank of Australia were both awarded Outstanding Candidate Awards by the School of Management. Each recipient gave a short acceptance speech, which allowed the alumni and guests to see for themselves just how impressive this year’s finalists were (and reminded all involved that seeing such high quality finalists is the reward for all the hard work of running the Scholarship). John McFarlane then gave his annual speech. Again, as per tradition, his advice to the new MBA students was to treat the course “like a job” and work “sensible hours 9 till 6 and not on the weekends.” Every year this advice raises wry smiles on the face of the Alumni who have survived the Cranfield Experience. John then went on to talk about the importance of approaching thinking with structure – “If you do that I guarantee that you will easily be amongst the top students on the course”. Sage advice indeed. No doubt, when these students return in 2014, they will report on whether they paid any attention… Each year, at the dinner, we play a video message from previous year’s winner & finalists. Each year the challenge is to be bigger and better and David, Ash and Ben did not disappoint. Finally, Stephen Williams, President of the Foundation gave a short speech of thanks. The McFarlane Dollar was awarded 2013 to Phil Reid for his excellent efforts in reinvigorating the NSW Alumni activities and expanding the reach of the alumni community in Australia through LinkedIn. Graham Baws was awarded the President’s Award for his behind the scenes work as Treasurer, something that entails many hours of dedicated effort and is a responsibility often noticed only when it fails to be done well. And there ended a great evening. The next Award Dinner will be held in Sydney at The Langham Hotel in May 2014. 2013 Award event photos 2017 Winner and Finalists for the Eleventh Scholarship 2016 Winner & Finalists for the Tenth Scholarship 2015 Winner & Finalists for the Ninth Scholarship 2014 Winner and Finalists for the Eighth Scholarship 2013 Winner and finalists for the Seventh Scholarship 2012 Scholarship winner and finalists 2011 Award Event Gallery 2007 Winner and Finalists	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0047.json.gz/line1191

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