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__label__wiki	0.649158	0.649158	TSA Agent Poses As Cop To Harass Woman Incident highlights concerns about federal agency becoming domestic security force A TSA agent in Connecticut was charged with harassment after he posed as a cop by flashing his badge at a woman in an attempt to intimidate her into driving faster, an incident that highlights concerns about the TSA becoming a domestic security force. The woman called police after off-duty TSA worker Donald Eichler, 63, began aggressively tailing her vehicle before flashing his TSA badge at her at around 9:30am yesterday in South Windsor. “He told police he was upset that the woman was driving slightly below the speed limit on Sullivan Avenue, honked his horn a few times and showed her his TSA badge to try to get her to speed up, according to a release from police,” reports NBC Conneticut. The woman said she felt scared and intimidated by Eichler’s behavior, who was subsequently arrested and charged with driving a vehicle to harass or intimidate. His case is set to be heard on August 8 at Manchester Superior Court. Considered in isolation, the incident appears to be little more than a petty power trip, but when you factor in the documented epidemic of harassment, criminality and abuse that TSA agents have been caught engaging in both on the job and off-duty, it’s not surprising that the rollout of an army of TSA agents to provide “security” at every level of American society, from train stations to bus terminals, from highways to high school proms, is stoking concerns that the federal agency is set to become the de facto “civilian national security force” that Barack Obama promised in his pre-election speech. As we have documented, TSA grope downs and body scans are now being rolled out ubiquitously as part of the VIPR (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response) takeover of the country. The TSA has also announced its intention to expand the VIPR program to include roadside inspections of commercial vehicles, setting up a network of internal checkpoints and rolling out security procedures already active in airports, bus terminals and subway stations to roads and highways across the United States. These internal checkpoints, run by Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and the TSA, involve trucks being scanned with backscatter x-ray devices in the name of “safety” and “counter terrorism”. Last month, the agency conducted a “security exercise” that covered 5,000 miles and three states, illustrating how the TSA is establishing a broad mandate setting itself up as a domestic security force. The fact that TSA agents like Donald Eichler think they are part of a federal law enforcement arm that can intimidate Americans into obedience even when they’re off-duty, like some kind of Gestapo storm trooper, is a damning indictment of the training that the federal agency is giving its employees, and a shocking warning of what kind of individuals are being hired by the TSA to staff their federal security takeover of America. Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line3
__label__wiki	0.690576	0.690576	Trekking on the Amalfi Coast: Punta Campanella 2 By Amalfi Coasting Place of departure: piazza Santa Croce, Termini Place of arrival: piazza Santa Croce, Termini Walking time: about 2 hours Distance: about 2.5 miles Degree of difficulty: easy The itinerary starts at Piazza Santa Croce, in Termini, a small town between Sorrento and Positano, at the edge of the Amalfi Coast. Take via Campanella and, after about 100 yards continue along via del Monte, taking a path (indicated as CAI 374 on the map) that, crossing the paved road, leads to the top of Mount San Costanzo. From the top of the mountain (about 1.500 feet) you can see the entire landscape, which includes the Gulf of Naples and Salerno, the islets of Li Galli and that of Vetara. Cross the top passing through a pine forest. At this point, on the left, is the Bay of Jeranto. From the top you can clearly see the well-preserved tower of Mont’Alto and Capri, set picturesquely as if times has stood still. Continuing the journey through an area called Pezzalonga, after about 40 minutes, you reach the tower of Punta Campanella (fourteenth century), built on the site of an ancient temple dedicated to Athena-Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, also patron of craftsmen. Near the tower, steps lead to the cave of the Sirens, a grotto in which the reverberation of the waves of the sea, along with suffused reflections that filter through three adjacent openings, adds to the mystical aura of the area. Along this path to the sea, carved on the rock wall, is an ancient inscription in the Oscan language dating back to the second century BC. Discovered in 1985, it mentions the names of three Meddices Minervii (Magistrates of Minerva) that ordered the construction work of the harbor of the ancient temple of Minerva. The legend says that the temple was dedicated to the sirens, as they waited in those waters for the passage of ships. Strong currents and high waves do hit the area of Punta Campanella even in the summer, and caused a number of shipwrecks. It is perhaps for this reason that the legend identifies this part of the sea as a meeting point for Sirens, waiting for sailors who had fallen overboard. Over the centuries the temples, watch towers and villas have dotted the promontory. Near the tower there is an ancient staircase that leads to the cave of the Sirens. It takes about an hour, along the ancient via Minerva (still partially paved with large Roman stones), to return to piazza Santa Croce. Amalfi Coasting is a “pet project” of a community organization started in the town of Praiano in 2013. We developed this web site as a tool to invite people from all over the world to get to know our town, discover its "secrets" and embrace it not just as a great tourist destination but also as a community, with its people, its traditions and all of its offerings. Walk to where the sirens met their seamen Trekking on the Amalfi Coast: Between Ravello and Amalfi A beautiful path connects the two towns through woods and along streams that used to power ancient paper mills Hiking High Above the Sea Along the Path of the Gods The Sentiero degli Dei, the indisputable highlight of walking in the Amalfi Coast Day Trips from Praiano Our suggestions on where to go nearby On the Beaten Path Villa Oplontis Amalfi Coast Region Neapolitan Islands Capua: Coliseum Certosa of Padula Cilento National Park	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line8
__label__wiki	0.606282	0.606282	Gossips & News Drama Trailers Bollywood Stars Addicted to Drugs By Safyan · July 18, 2017 · No comments Celebrities, Gossips & News · Tagged: Bollywood, Bollywood celebraties, Bollywood stars Mumbai, the Bollywood and the drug addiction cannot be taken apart from each other. The drug addiction is such a thing, if a man addicts to it then it will become very difficult for him to leave it. This is the negative aspect of the Bollywood film industry, which is filled with the glamour and colors. Almost every second actor of Bollywood film industry is addicted to the drugs. The drug has destroyed the lives and career of many Bollywood actors. The chocolate hero of the Bollywood film industry, Ranbir Kapoor exposed in 2011 that he started the use of drugs in his school days and he became so much addicted to the drugs that he used drugs to give a good shot during the shooting for the movie ‘Rock star’. However, he did his strenuous effort and he gave up drugs successfully. The leading actor of Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt was addicted to the drugs in his early age. He was addicted to the drugs and he also kept the illegal weapons with him. He revealed in an interview to media that he increase the smoking after the death of his mother in 1981. When his first movie, ‘Rockie’ was released in 1981, his age was only 22 years. He was sent to jail for 5 months in 1982 in the drugs case. He kept going into the jail and now he has been released from the jail for the punishment of 5 years for keeping the illegal weapon. Davia Bharti Davia Bharti got tremendous popularity by his movie, ‘Deewana’, which was released in 1992 and she was addicted to the drug in her early age. She was also killed due to excessive use of the drugs. The close friend and designer of Davia told during an interview that she drank, when she was died. She was dropped from the balcony of her house due to intoxication. Feroze Khan is the leading actor of the past and his son, Fardeen Khan was arrested on 5 May 2001 by the Anti Narcotics Control Bureau for keeping the cocaine and they detained him for five days. Although he was released on bail, yet this incident proved a blotch on his career and personality. In the begging of his career, he failed to get successful in the Bollywood and now he left the film industry due to obesity. The leading actress of the Bollywood film industry, Meena Kumari got tremendous popularity from her movie, ‘Pakeeza’ and she was also addicted to the drugs. She got separated from her husband, Kamal Amrohi and she started use of the drugs. She was so addicted to the drugs that she could not give a shot without drugs. Dharmander Dharmander started his career in Bollywood from his first movie, ‘Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’ in 1960 and he got tremendous popularity during his career. His career was in danger and very few movies were offered to him. He gave the promotional interview of the movie, ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana 2’ in 2012 and said that he has been using the drugs since the age of 15 years and drinking contributed in the failure of his career. ← Varun Dhawan Soon Going to Engaged With Girlfriend Short Article Shows the Undeniable Truth about Audio and How It Can Affect You → Imran Abbas Wallpapers March 21, 2014 · 3 Comments Danish Taimoor Pictures Sana Javed Beautiful Pics Beautiful Ileana D’cruz Pictures Shehryar Munawar Pics March 21, 2014 · 1 Comment Federal improvement in payday lending limitations won’t undermine Ohio law Pay day loans have now been an interest of conversation among many individuals. Trying to find Your Very Best Replacement For Pay Day Loans? Have you any idea do you know the payday that is main needs? New loan that is payday could save your self the industry. Or allow it to be more lucrative. aamir khan Actor actress Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Aishwariya Rai Akshay Kumar alia bhatt Ali Zafar Amitabh Bachchan anushka sharma Bajirao Mastani bajrangi bhaijaan Bollywood Bollywood actress Bollywood Film Industry celebrities Deepika Padukone Dilwale fawad khan featured film hrithik roshan Jacqueline Fernandez Kangana Ranaut Karan Johar kareena kapoor Katrina Kaif Mahira Khan movie Movies Mumbai Pakistan Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Priyanka Chopra Ranbir Kapoor Ranveer Singh Saif Ali Khan salman khan Shahid Kapoor Shahrukh Khan shah rukh khan Sonam Kapoor SRK sunny leone Varun Dhawan © 2020 Celebrity News \| Live TV LiveTV.pk for Live TV Channel Streams, Sports Highlights, Celebrity Profiles, Pics, Videos, Bollywood Trailers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line11
__label__cc	0.615747	0.384253	Archives - December 2015 Merissa Alink: Our Special Book Tradition Posted by emily Holiday Author Blogs 2015 Blogger Merissa Alink is deeply committed to “making the most of what you have.” She shares that philosophy through her writing on her wildly popular blog, “Little House Living,” which is now available as a motivational homemaking book, also and aptly called LITTLE HOUSE LIVING. Merissa is known for her no-frills practicality and DIY charm, so it comes as no surprise that she applies the same straightforward wisdom to her holiday traditions. Here, she shares her gifting formula for guaranteed success and joy to all --- including the gift givers. Charles Belfoure’s Essential and Surprising Holiday Reading List An architect by profession, Charles Belfoure is also the author of the nationally bestselling THE PARIS ARCHITECT, as well as several architectural histories. In his second novel, HOUSE OF THIEVES, an esteemed architect is blackmailed into a life of crime --- and finds it more thrilling than he’d imagined. Lucky for readers, Belfoure has turned to a life of writing instead, and here, with his singular wry wit, he reveals his essential holiday reading list. No saccharine sentiment here...just plenty of irreverent entertainment for the whole family! Mary Kubica on the Magic of Holiday Reading Mary Kubica is the New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD GIRL and, more recently, PRETTY BABY, both nailbiters about the things that hold families together…and the things that tear them apart. Fortunately, in her real life, it seems that she’s more familiar with the former, particularly when it comes to beloved holiday traditions. Here, she talks about the magic of reading with her kids (and watching them read), always, but especially during this enchanted time of year. Paula McLain: Christmas Held Still Paula McLain, the bestselling author of THE PARIS WIFE and CIRCLING THE SUN, knows a thing or two about riveting historical fiction. So at first glance, it’s a bit surprising that her favorite holiday tale is an old-fashioned poem by Clement Clarke Moore. Upon closer examination, though, the outdated ode lends itself beautifully to a unique family tradition --- and sometimes nothing is lovelier during the holidays than the rituals of memory-making. Robert Daniels: The Promise Robert Daniels is a clinical psychologist whose debut novel, ONCE SHADOWS FALL, releases on December 8th. His gripping new thriller is about Atlanta PD Detective Beth Sturgis, who teams up with reclusive former FBI agent Jack Kale in order to track a dangerous serial killer. Robert almost didn’t finish the manuscript, until, on the anniversary of his wife’s death, a miraculous accident reminded him of a promise he’d made to her. His book is a reminder of her faith in him, and of the strange and beautiful ways lost loved ones can still have an impact on our lives. Ruth Ware on Her Favorite Christmas Book --- and How it Came Back into Her Life London-based author Ruth Ware’s debut novel, IN A DARK, DARK WOOD, is about a bachelorette party weekend gone horribly, horribly awry. Considering her own book is a fast-paced thriller, it’s surprising to learn that her favorite Christmas story is rather plotless and idyllic. Here, she talks about LUCY AND TOM’S CHRISTMAS, the picture book she loved so much, and the miraculous coincidence that brought it back into her life. C. W. Gortner: A Spanish Christmas As a former fashion executive, C. W. Gortner has a unique talent for bringing a certain panache to his bestselling historical fiction. His upcoming book, THE VATICAN PRINCESS --- which releases on February 9th --- is set in Renaissance Italy and tells the story of the much-vilified Lucrezia Borgia, beloved daughter of the pope, who was at the center of her glamorous, predatory family’s ambitions. Here, C. W. tells a tale set in more recent history --- of the Christmases of his boyhood in southern Spain, of his family’s beautiful traditions, and of the delightful way his father always made sure his son received the gift he wanted. Stefanie Pintoff: A Time to Read Edgar Award-winning thriller author Stefanie Pintoff knows how to keep readers on the edge of their seats. HOSTAGE TAKER is the first in her electrifying new series about whip-smart FBI agent Eve Rossi, and is set at St. Patrick’s Cathedral within 24 hours of the famed Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting that takes place across the street (tonight!). In her Holiday Author Blog, Stefanie recalls the holiday season not long ago --- Y2K, and thrilling in its own right --- when she was introduced to the books that would inspire her to write thrillers…and learned to appreciate the luxury of time to read. Elisabeth Egan on the Staying Power of the Season’s Most Underrated Gift We’re psyched to kick off this year’s Holiday Author Blog series with Elisabeth Egan, the books editor at Glamour whose debut novel released earlier this year to rave reviews. A WINDOW OPENS is about the real-life stresses of balancing a career with motherhood --- an act that becomes ever more precarious around the holidays. Fortunately, Elisabeth has a few tricks up her sleeve, including buying gifts that are easy to wrap. 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__label__cc	0.503962	0.496038	Bookreporter.com Newsletter September 12, 2014 Quick Links to Features on Bookreporter.com Reviews, Features, Bookreporter.com Bets On, Word of Mouth Coming Soon, New in Paperback, On Sale This Week Books on Screen, Contests, Search Temps are Chilling, and Reading is Heating Up I am a huge fan of Jonathan Tropper, and I am looking forward to the adaptation of THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU hitting theaters next Friday (I saw a preview of it at BEA, and it was such fun). Somewhere in my house is a copy, but since the fiction section of the Fitzgerald Family Library needs a cleanup, I cannot find the original copy. Of course, I may have loaned it out, and --- the horror of horrors for a booklover --- it was not returned. Thus I bought a new copy so my husband, Tom, could read it. Saturdays for him start with the Times crossword puzzle and Sudoku, which occurs post-golf. Later, as he went to retrieve the book thinking he had left it on the kitchen counter, it was on the deck rail, and we had had a popup thunderstorm…a frog drowner. He brought the wet book inside with a plan to blow it dry if it did not dry on its own. By Sunday it was pronounced readable, and he was lost to conversation as he read on the patio. As I floated in the pool reading, I liked hearing his full guffaws and belly laughs knowing I was not alone in enjoying the humor of this book. He finished it in a day. Now we can plan to see the movie…I always like it when the book has been read first! Speaking of films, all week I have been following the Toronto Film Festival as the film based on STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova starring Julianne Moore debuted there; I just saw the news that Sony Pictures Classics picked it up for distribution here in the U.S. While I have not seen a release date for it yet, they want it for Oscar season release. We will have more about this for you as news becomes available. Why do I like to see books made to film, though for me the books typically are better? Because it gets more people exposed to the author…and to the power of storytelling through books. Hollywood turns to books for material again and again. Why? Because the writing and plots are thought through and developed. In many cases, there already is an audience who has proven a book works, and these days no one likes taking chances. These books have validation going in. Speaking of advance thumbs up, I read two excellent books last week --- Genova’s upcoming INSIDE THE O’BRIENS (April 2015) and Lisa Unger’s CRAZY LOVE YOU (February 2015), but I am going to hold off on telling you more about them (except to note them as future Bookreporter.com Bets On selections) until next week as we have a HUGE lineup of just-released books this week, and I have read MANY of them and want them on your reading lists NOW. In the next few weeks, I am planning to start a new column called "Upcoming Bets On Titles," where I list upcoming books to note. We know many booksellers, librarians and book group readers read this site --- as well as you “über-readers” who start the buzz early! And with that note…this week’s stellar lineup. Ian McEwan, who many of you know for his bestseller, ATONEMENT, has released a new book, THE CHILDREN ACT. I see it as a bestseller for so many reasons. It follows High Court judge Fiona Maye as she presides over cases in the family court. Renowned for her intelligence and sensitivity, Fiona is facing private sorrows at home as her husband has expressed a desire to have an affair. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: 17-year-old Adam is refusing medical treatment that could save his life. With his religious parents standing behind him, Fiona must decide if the secular court should overrule his faith. But when Fiona visits Adam in the hospital, their encounter sparks powerful new feelings for both of them. McEwan is spot-on in this book, which is why THE CHILDREN ACT is one of my latest Bets On picks. You can read my commentary here. Michael Magras has our review and calls THE CHILDREN ACT “[McEwan's] best work since 2007’s ON CHESIL BEACH... Few authors have McEwan’s gift for unnerving readers with provocative plots. Abducted toddlers, mothers in cement, cancer-plagued teens --- he knows how to strike a nerve. In Fiona, McEwan has created a powerful portrait of a woman in turmoil, over her legal decisions as much as her marriage. And the cool precision of his writing adds to the effect.” My second Bets On pick this week is FIVE DAYS LEFT, Julie Lawson Timmer’s heart-wrenching debut novel. Mara Nichols is a successful lawyer, devoted wife and adoptive mother who has received a life-shattering diagnosis. With her birthday approaching in just five short days, Mara has decided to end her life to spare her family her devastating end. Still, as her birthday gets closer, she begins to realize she is not so sure that she’s ready to die. Meanwhile, her online friend, Scott Coffman, has been fostering an eight-year-old boy while the boy’s mother serves a jail sentence. Now her sentence is nearly up, and Scott must prepare to say goodbye to the boy he has come to love as a son. With the days counting down, Mara and Scott must decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice for the ones they love. You can see more of what I had to say about this here. According to reviewer Terry Miller Shannon, “FIVE DAYS LEFT boasts a unique plot, which is sure to be thought-provoking as readers ponder Mara’s (especially) and Scott’s predicaments. Mara’s disease process feels true-to-life and utterly real, and her unbearable choice undoubtedly will wring readers’ hearts…. I am quite impressed with Julie Lawson Timmer’s debut novel and look forward to reading future books from this promising new literary voice.” Set during the collapse of civilization, STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel tells the story of five people connected by strange twists of fate. Beginning with the on-stage death of Arthur Leander, a famous actor, the novel follows the onset of an epidemic that wipes out nearly 100 percent of the world’s population. Rushing to administer care to Arthur is EMT Jeevan Chaudhary, a man who later barricades himself in a high-rise apartment to escape the outbreak. Fifteen years later, we meet Kirsten Raymonde, a former child actress who played Arthur’s daughter. Kirsten is now an actress with a troupe that moves between the settlements of the post-apocalyptic world performing for scattered groups of survivors. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave. Reviewer Norah Piehl calls STATION ELEVEN “brilliant” and adds, “STATION ELEVEN is about what is worth preserving --- whether artifacts, relationships, memories or culture --- and makes a passionate argument for recognizing the fragility of human civilization and treasuring even something as humble as a snow globe or as ethereal as a symphony or play.” I had the pleasure of interviewing Emily during BookExpo America (BEA) as this is a BEA Buzz book. She did research into a number of things we take for granted, like gasoline to run cars, to see how this would be impacted in a global crisis. It made me think of the cars still running how many years later on "Walking Dead"! For an adventurous and spirited view of the Civil War, try NEVERHOME. Written as a series of diary entries, Laird Hunt’s latest novel introduces readers to Ash Thompson, a soldier who is not at all who he --- or rather, she --- seems. Ash is a woman who has left her husband behind on their family farm to join the cause. As we follow her through bloodshed, hysteria and heartbreak, she takes on the roles of hero, folk legend and traitor to the American cause. Told in a fresh and clear voice, Ash’s journey will pull at your heartstrings as you wonder why her husband could not join the battle. I was lucky enough to also interview Laird at BEA as this too is a BEA Buzz title, and he shared that there were thousands of women disguised as men during the Civil War. This was the last war where such a thing was possible as it’s the final time that physical exams were not done on soldiers. Reviewer Jana Siciliano says of NEVERHOME, “The emotional wallop that it packs, through the simple diary-like telling of the day-to-day struggles of this exceptional young lady, makes Laird Hunt’s latest novel a haunting and lyrical literary set piece… a beautifully and carefully written narrative that gives an air of mystery and intrigue to an otherwise overdone period of history.” There has been lots of chatter that this measures up well against COLD MOUNTAIN, praise I agree it deserves. Also available this week is Maureen Corrigan’s SO WE READ ON: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures, a study of one of the world’s most read books. Written nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, THE GREAT GATSBY is now a revered classic. While many of us have read it, Corrigan argues that we have missed what makes it so unusual and encourages readers to re-experience its greatness. She invites readers into archives, high school classrooms, and even out onto the Long Island Sound to explore the novel's hidden depths, a journey chronicling Gatsby’s rocky path to recognition and its insightful commentaries on the themes of race, class and gender. Stuart Shiffman reviews SO WE READ ON and praises the author for offering “readers wonderful insight into the life of its troubled author and some suggestions as to why readers seem to be 'borne back ceaselessly' into its thrall.... SO WE READ ON enriches THE GREAT GATSBY and those who read it.” I wrote in an earlier newsletter how I got to talk to Maureen about this book. New York-area readers who join us at the Hachette Book Group's Book Club Brunch on October 18th will be able to hear Maureen talk about this book in her own words. Not in a book group? You can still join us. Maybe attending will give you the impetus to start your own group! Our latest Paperback Spotlight title is FALLEN WOMEN, Sandra Dallas’s debut mystery that tells the story of two sisters, both born into one of New York’s wealthiest families in the late 19th century. Beret grows up to be one of the city’s most celebrated socialites, while Lillie becomes estranged, moving to Denver and sinking into obscurity. One day, Beret hears news that her sister is dead, murdered in the brothel in which she had been working. Shocked and confused, Beret leaves the comforts of New York to seek the truth about her sister’s life and death. I read this when it released in hardcover and was reminded what a wonderful storyteller Sandra is. Click here to read more about FALLEN WOMEN and Sandra in our Paperback Spotlight. We’re so excited and honored to share a piece written exclusively for us by retired four-star General Tony Zinni, whose new book, BEFORE THE FIRST SHOTS ARE FIRED: How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield (co-written with Tony Koltz), is now available. In this special feature, he discusses three books spotlighting three of his favorite generals --- George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and George C. Marshall --- that he believes serve as best examples of particular military brilliance. According to the General, “They certainly were not leaders without flaws, but they knew their profession well and delivered victory because they clearly saw the path to victory and made key strategic decisions at critical times.” Click here to read the entire essay. Many thanks to General Zinni for his recommendations! Our Fall Preview feature kicked off this week for a fourth year in a row! On select days this month and next, we will spotlight a different title and offer a 24-hour contest to win five copies of the book. We also will be sending a special newsletter to announce each day's title. You can sign up here to receive the Fall Preview newsletter. If you have problems signing up, please send a note to John@bookreporter.com and he will handle this for you. Next week we'll be giving away THE MATHEMATICIAN’S SHIVA by Stuart Rojstaczer; that giveaway will start Tuesday, September 16th at noon ET. We’re happy to share a blog post from one of our readers, Elizabeth Eckhart, who tells us why the book-to-screen adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander saga currently airing on Starz is doing a great job of "maintaining the integrity of the series," exceeding readers’ and viewers’ expectations alike. Read much more of her musings here. Many thanks to Elizabeth for taking the time to craft such an insightful piece. Our current poll questions about your newspaper reading habits and the national newspapers that you may or may not read will be up for one more week. Click here to cast your votes! Also continuing is our Word of Mouth contest. Let us know by Friday, September 19th at noon ET what books you’ve finished reading, and you’ll be in the running to win the aforementioned THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan, NEVERHOME by Laird Hunt and STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel. What a great troika of reading! Our ReadingGroupGuides.com site receives tons of "Request a Guide" notes on a daily basis, but we've noticed that the absolute most popular book you'd like discussion questions for is Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, THE GOLDFINCH. There is currently no guide available for the 700-plus page-turner, but that doesn't mean we can't come up with our own book group discussion questions. So here is our official call to help create an unofficial guide for THE GOLDFINCH. IF you have read the book, please send us questions you think would spark a lively group discussion --- or, as the case may be, DID spark a lively discussion among the members of your own group. You can submit as many questions as you like, but please make sure to submit discussion questions --- as in questions that would spark lively conversation, NOT questions for the author. The deadline for entries is Friday, October 31st at noon ET. You can enter your question(s) here. We’re looking forward to seeing what YOU would want to discuss. I’d like to point out a special contest on another site in our network, 20SomethingReads.com, that is winding down soon. We have 50 copies of Charlee Fam’s debut novel, LAST TRAIN TO BABYLON, to give away to readers who would like to read the book, which releases on October 28th, and share their comments about it. Winners will be asked to read the book and answer a set of questions about it by Friday, October 17th. The deadline for entries is Thursday, September 18th at noon ET. The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize was announced this week, and you can see the six finalists here. The winner will be announced on October 14th. I love going to author events, and thus I was thrilled to learn that a town near me in New Jersey, Morristown, is holding the Morristown Festival of Books on the evening of September 26th and the day on September 27th. I am looking forward to attending, and if you live in the area and are going to be there, let me know. Ishmael Beah, Dorothea Benton Frank, Caroline Leavitt and Martha Woodruff are among the expected guests. I have heard from a few of you that you will be there, and I am hoping that more of you attend. So nice that there is a book festival this close to home. Full details are here. Tom and I are headed to Cape May today for the afternoon wedding of our friends, Donal and Susan. Then we are spending tonight and tomorrow with our friends Beverley and Don at their new home in Cape May Court House. I'm back home Sunday to relax before the work week commences; the pace has picked up post-Labor Day, and I need time to rest up! The falling temperatures spurred us to order a solar cover for the pool, which has an odd shape. Thus we have two circles on order, which we will overlap. See how geometry comes in handy beyond the classroom? Great audiobook listening this week. Greg and I commuted into the city with Truman Capote’s BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S on the car’s CD player; it’s narrated by Michael C. Hall, who many of you may know as Dexter on the Showtime series of the same name. I confess we were halfway through the first disc before I recognized this. Not sure I ever read the novella. And yes, I want to watch the movie again. Note that Holly’s blondness is referred to again and again in the story; as I am a brunette, it's lovely to see that Audrey Hepburn had the role. Next up, we are in the middle of David Sedaris’s LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS. While my friend Annie has been touting his work to me for years, I have not read him yet. (Note: I always announce that I have not read a book or an author with great guilt.) I had dinner one night with his sister, Amy, and she was fabulous. I have watched her television appearances more than once, but somehow David is a new find for me. He narrates, and Greg and I laughed non-stop, sitting in the garage to grab a few more minutes of listening. We agreed that we did not love the first piece, but from then on, we were completely engaged and consumed with laughter. Driving to the beach today, I re-listened to the first disc with Tom. I was watching his face, looking for his reaction to the jokes we had loved; he did not let me down. It’s seven hours, which means we will have lots more fun listening to brighten the commute next week. Read on…there are lots and lots of great books out there --- and here’s to a great week. Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com) Now in Stores: THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan (Fiction) Two days after her husband of 30 years tells her he plans to have an affair, Fiona Maye, a High Court judge who regrets her childlessness, must decide whether or not to grant a hospital’s emergency request to give a blood transfusion to a 17-year-old boy dying of leukemia. He and his parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses who have refused the treatment on religious grounds. McEwan’s latest novel is a powerful reminder that one’s actions often have unforeseen repercussions. Reviewed by Michael Magras. -Click here to read more about the book. -Click here to read an excerpt. -Click here to see why we're betting you'll love this book. Click here to read a review. Now in Stores: STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel (Post-Apocalyptic Fiction) One snowy night, a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. STATION ELEVEN charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people: the actor, the man who tried to save him, the actor's first wife, his oldest friend, and a young actress with the Traveling Symphony, caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet. Reviewed by Norah Piehl. Now in Stores: FIVE DAYS LEFT by Julie Lawson Timmer FIVE DAYS LEFT by Julie Lawson Timmer (Fiction) The lives of two people will forever change in five days. Minutes, hours and days tick by with ominous urgency. Mara Nichols is determined to control her future after a devastating medical diagnosis, but she faces an impossible decision. Meanwhile, her online friend, Scott Coffman, is helplessly suffering the impending loss of a young foster child he loves. Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon. Now in Stores: NEVERHOME by Laird Hunt NEVERHOME by Laird Hunt (Historical Fiction) She calls herself Ash, but that's not her real name. She is a farmer's faithful wife, but has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. NEVERHOME is a novel that tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed, hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause. Reviewed by Jana Siciliano. New Paperback Spotlight: FALLEN WOMEN by Sandra Dallas FALLEN WOMEN by Sandra Dallas (Historical Mystery) It is the spring of 1885, and wealthy New York socialite Beret Osmundsen has been estranged from her younger sister, Lillie, for a year when she gets word from her aunt and uncle that Lillie has died suddenly in Denver. What they do not tell her is that Lillie had become a prostitute and was brutally murdered in the brothel where she had been living. When Beret discovers the sordid truth of Lillie’s death, she makes her way to Denver, determined to find her sister’s murderer. Detective Mick McCauley may not want her involved in the case, but Beret is determined, and the investigation soon takes her from the dangerous, seedy underworld of Denver’s tenderloin to the highest levels of Denver society. Along the way, Beret not only learns the depths of Lillie’s depravity, but also exposes the sinister side of Gilded Age ambition in the process. -Click here to read a review. -Click here to read Sandra Dallas’s bio. -Click here to visit Sandra Dallas’s official website. -Click here to connect with Sandra Dallas on Facebook. Click here to read more in our Paperback Spotlight. Special Feature: Strategic Moments --- General Tony Zinni Recommends Three Books Highlighting the Military Brilliance of Three Generals We are honored to share with you a wonderful essay written exclusively for us by retired four-star General Tony Zinni, whose new book, BEFORE THE FIRST SHOTS ARE FIRED: How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield (co-written with Tony Koltz), is now available. In this special feature, he discusses three books spotlighting three of his favorite generals --- George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and George C. Marshall --- that he believes serve as best examples of particular military brilliance. According to the General, “They certainly were not leaders without flaws, but they knew their profession well and delivered victory because they clearly saw the path to victory and made key strategic decisions at critical times.” Click here to read General Tony Zinni's "Strategic Moments" feature. Bookreporter.com’s Fall Preview Contests and Feature Fall is known as the biggest season of the year for books. The titles that release during this latter part of the year often become holiday gifts, and many are blockbusters. To celebrate the arrival of fall, we are spotlighting a number of outstanding books that we know people will be talking about in the days and months to come. We will be hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days in September and October, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also will be sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here. Our next prize book will be announced on Tuesday, September 16th at noon ET. This year's featured titles include: THE ASSASSINATION OF MARGARET THATCHER: Stories by Hilary Mantel BRINGING UP BÉBÉ: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman THE CHILDREN ACT by Ian McEwan DIRTY ROWDY THING by Christina Lauren FIVE DAYS LEFT by Julie Lawson Timmer THE HIGH DIVIDE by Lin Enger THE MATHEMATICIAN’S SHIVA by Stuart Rojstaczer NECESSARY LIES by Diane Chamberlain NEVERHOME by Laird Hunt THE REMEDY FOR LOVE by Bill Roorbach ROOMS by Lauren Oliver Click here to read all the contest details and see our featured titles. Now in Stores: FESTIVE IN DEATH by J. D. Robb FESTIVE IN DEATH by J. D. Robb (Mystery) Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn’t count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest. Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who’d been loved and left by the narcissistic gym rat. While Dallas sorts through the list of Ziegler’s enemies, she’s also dealing with her Christmas shopping list --- plus the guest list for her and her billionaire husband’s upcoming holiday bash. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub. Now in Stores: THE MONOGRAM MURDERS by Sophie Hannah THE MONOGRAM MURDERS: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery by Sophie Hannah (Historical Mystery) For the first time ever, the guardians of Agatha Christie’s legacy have approved a brand-new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation: Hercule Poirot. In THE MONOGRAM MURDERS, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London --- a diabolically clever puzzle that will test his brilliant skills while baffling and delighting longtime Christie fans and new generations of readers discovering him for the first time. Reviewed by Ray Palen. Now in Stores: THE KING’S CURSE by Philippa Gregory THE KING’S CURSE by Philippa Gregory (Historical Fiction) Lady Margaret Pole is a woman whose family can claim rights to the English throne --- a fact that the current king wants hidden. Married off to a knight, Margaret becomes accustomed to hiding, not only herself but also her family name. When tragedy strikes and her world crumbles, she pulls herself out of poverty and finds a place back at court. Still, she never forgets those years of tyranny and what it cost her and her family. Reviewed by Amy Gwiazdowski. Now in Stores: SO WE READ ON by Maureen Corrigan SO WE READ ON: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures by Maureen Corrigan (Literary Criticism) Maureen Corrigan, the book critic for NPR's "Fresh Air," points out that, while THE GREAT GATSBY may be one of the most popular novels in America, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power. Offering a fresh perspective on what makes GATSBY so great and utterly unusual, SO WE READ ON takes us into archives, high school classrooms, and even out onto the Long Island Sound to explore the novel's hidden depths. Reviewed by Stuart Shiffman. More Reviews This Week ROBERT B. PARKER’S BLIND SPOT: A Jesse Stone Novel by Reed Farrel Coleman (Mystery) In Paradise, a young woman is found murdered, and her boyfriend --- a son of one of the town’s most prominent families --- is missing and presumed kidnapped. Though seemingly coincidental, there is a connection between a reunion of Jesse Stone’s old Triple-A team in New York City and the crimes back in Paradise. As Jesse, Molly and Suit hunt for the killer and for the missing son, it becomes clear that one of Jesse’s old teammates is intimately involved in the crimes. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub. THE DOG by Joseph O'Neill (Fiction) Distraught by a breakup with his long-term girlfriend, the hero of Joseph O'Neill's latest novel leaves New York to take an unusual job in a strange desert metropolis. In a Dubai at the height of its self-invention as a futuristic Shangri-La, he struggles with his new position as the "family officer" of the capricious and very rich Batros family. And he struggles, even more helplessly, with the "doghouse," a seemingly inescapable condition of culpability in which he feels himself constantly trapped. Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg. LOVELY, DARK, DEEP: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates (Fiction/Short Stories) LOVELY, DARK, DEEP is a collection of 10 mesmerizing stories from Joyce Carol Oates that maps the eerie darkness within us all. Fearful that her husband is “disappearing” from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in “The Disappearing.” “A Book of Martyrs” reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, an unsettling young woman, who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should. Reviewed by L. Whitney Richardson. THE ORGANIZED MIND: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin (Cognitive Psychology) The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more --- and faster --- decisions about our lives than ever before. But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In THE ORGANIZED MIND, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel --- and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces and time. Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott. AN ITALIAN WIFE by Ann Hood (Historical Fiction) AN ITALIAN WIFE begins in turn-of-the-century Italy, when 14-year-old Josephine Rimaldi is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even as her other children go off to war, get married and make their own mistakes. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro. HEROES ARE MY WEAKNESS by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Romance) He’s a reclusive writer whose macabre imagination creates chilling horror novels. She’s a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids’ puppet shows. He knows a dozen ways to kill with his bare hands. She knows a dozen ways to kill with laughs. But she’s not laughing now. When she was a teenager, he terrified her. Now they’re trapped together on a snowy island off the coast of Maine. Is he the villain she remembers, or has he changed? Her head says no. Her heart says yes. It’s going to be a long, hot winter. Reviewed by Donna Smallwood. STRANGE SHORES: An Inspector Erlendur Novel by Arnaldur Indridason (Mystery) A young woman who has disappeared has left in her wake a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for the missing woman but also for his long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snowstorm when they were children has colored his entire life. Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets. But as Erlendur uncovers a story about the limits of human endurance, he realizes that many people would prefer their crimes to stay buried. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub. PRINCE HARRY: Brother, Soldier, Son by Penny Junor (Biography) Prince Harry, one of the most popular members of the British royal family, has had a colorful life. After losing his mother at 12 years old, he spent his teenage years making questionable choices under intense international media scrutiny. As he's grown, he has distinguished himself through military service, flying helicopters for the RAF. As he reaches his 30th birthday, Prince Harry is proving himself a prince of the people. Reviewed by Carole Turner. INTERNATIONAL NIGHT: A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World by Mark Kurlansky and Talia Kurlanksy (Memoir) Once a week in the Kurlansky home, Mark spins a globe and wherever his daughter's finger lands becomes the theme of that Friday night's dinner. Their tradition of International Night has afforded Mark an opportunity to share with Talia the recipes, stories and insights he has collected over more than 30 years of traveling the world writing about food, culture and history, and his charming pen-and-ink drawings, which appear throughout the book. Reviewed by Pauline Finch. Our Latest Poll: Your Newspaper Reading Habits Which of the following best describes your newspaper reading habits? I only read print newspapers. I only read digital newspapers. I read both print and digital newspapers. I do not read newspapers. Which of the following national newspapers do you read? Please check as many as apply. 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__label__cc	0.71339	0.28661	Showcase - page 2 Just around the corner: Sophomores work on their DAP projects Published on May 12, 2018 in Live Projects/Showcase by Lucy Stagg Every year at ARS, the sophomore class has a two month long project for their pathway classes: Biomedical, Engineering, and Media Technology. This project qualifies students for the Distinguished Diploma Plan (DAP). Scoring an 80 or above on the Cornerstone project is also how Ann Richards’ letterman jackets are earned. Here is what some… Pursue Your Passion: 9th Graders Begin Their End-of-the-Year Projects As the Class of 2022 approaches the end of their first high school year, they are given a chance to Into The Review: The Latest Spider-Man Movie Breaks Tradition After watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, released early December in 2018, I would easily name it one of the best Juniors in Jackets : Juniors explaining their lettermans Every year, the juniors who get an 80 or above on their Cornerstone project, a college level project, get their Rising up from under: Cities destroyed by Hurricane Harvey recover Published on May 7, 2018 in Beyond Our Walls/Local News/News/Showcase/Travel by Alyssa Cerda After Hurricane Harvey hit on August 17, 2017, and lasted until the beginning of September, a number of Texas cities have been ruined. The impact of the cyclone destroyed homes, outdoor areas, and local businesses. Some of the most affected areas include Houston, Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, and Rockport, all in different ways. We were… So long, Class of 2018!: Interactive college map, infographics, and more Crazy Climate: AISD Bad Weather makeup days After three snow days and a late start on the week of January 15, the majority of students were ecstatic, Keep Austin Free: Things to do around Austin for no cost Looking for things to spend your time doing in Austin? Well, here are 12 free activities you can do with Freshen up on film: Use Spring Break to catch up on flicks Published on April 16, 2018 in Entertainment/Showcase by Gus Flores Photo courtesy of Creative Commons. Exceptional romances with soundtracks to match Director Baz Luhrmann is a master at over-the-top romances accompanied by modern pop songs that will surely keep you singing and swooning. Some of our favorite Luhrmann movies are Strictly Ballroom (1993), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge! (2001). Submarine (2010), Amelie (2001),… Representation in Animation: What Frozen means to the sister of a kid with disabilities I didn’t realize just how special my life was until I saw it on the big screen. When the Disney Fresh films: Reviews for award nominated movies THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: Gus Flores-Rascon, Beyond Our Walls Editor Writer and director of In Burgess and Seven Psychopaths Moving forward: what to look for in entertainment this spring With spring brings the many, many dates for upcoming movies, TV, and music. This spring is the season of comebacks, Bienvenidos: Spanish students host the first annual Latin American Cultural fair Published on April 4, 2018 in ARS News/Showcase by Frida Parra In the hallway next to the cafeteria, booths were set up with colorful decorations and bold flags. Spanish classes made “La Feria Cultural,” a Latin American culture fair, which represented México, Honduras, Cuba, Argentina, Guatemala, and Colombia. The fair opened March 7th after school and closed on Friday the 9th. Classes split into groups, researching… Staff Sisterhood: A reflection of the community in the staff Ms. Dicuffa walks the few steps into Ms. Rutz room with a blue frosted cupcake in hand “You eat the The Down Low: A One on One with an Online Sensation One hot summer morning at band camp, the Ann Richards High School Band Director, Stephen Howard, was leading his students Superior snacks: Looking into what students eat during class Published on March 27, 2018 in ARS News/Editorials/Entertainment/Health/Lifestyle/Our Voices/Showcase by Daniel Armendariz Students eat a lot during class. Eating can help pass some time or help you focus better. It is proven that blueberries, vegetables, and nuts can help improve concentration. For students, it’s common to snack in class just to get through the period, especially one of their least favorite classes. Snacking can range from just… Looking for a snack: Simple summer recipes you can’t beet Summer is a time for fun in the sun with friends and family. When you find yourself hungry, anxious for Acting Up: These young women have used their careers to impact the media community Published on March 24, 2018 in Beyond Our Walls/Features/Our Voices/Showcase by Eleanor Jeansonne In honor of women’s history month, here are some young women who use the platform of social media to advocate for inclusivity, feminism, equality, and diversity. Through their work of incorporating activism into their acting, the following girls have continued to stand out above other celebrities in their field. Yara Shahidi: Best known for her… The era of youth involvement is still flourishing, despite the decrease of coverage in the media. Events such as March Richards Recap: MJ Hegar speaks to study body Published on March 23, 2018 in ARS News/News/Showcase/Video by Emily Ownby (Left to right) Kaia Newton (9), Eleanor Jeansonne (10), Principal Kris Waugh, MJ Hegar, and Ximena Sifuentes-Chavez (10). Newton, Jeansonne, and Sifuentes-Chavez lead an interview with Hegar on here experience in the military, the book writing process, and congressional campaign. Mary Jennings Hegar is an Air Force Veteran, author, mother, and Democratic Candidate for Congressional District… Congressman awards Naval Academy nomination to ARS senior Congressman Roger Williams visited Ann Richards this morning to award senior Sofia Hruby a Naval Academy nomination. This letter of School fever: Ms. Dunavant makes the switch from middle school to high school Published on March 21, 2018 in 10 yeARS in the Making/ARS News/Features/News/Showcase by Eleanor Jeansonne This year at Ann Richards brought many new faces to the community, including Ms. Haley Dunavant. Ms. Dunavant is a “passion-driven” teacher who has taught seventh grade science for four years. She moved to Austin this year from Memphis, Tennessee, and this semester is her first time teaching grades higher than 7th. Recently, Dunavant stepped… NJHS Retreat: A Weekend of Fun and Friends Ms. Shawn Mauser and Ms. Cristina Rutz check the roster before departing from Ann Richards. The NJHS retreat is a Through The Atmosphere: Exploring the Theories of the Universe A man by the name Albert Einstein loads a tram-car on the way home from work. The scientist sits in The doctor’s out: Administration bans classic shoe Lily Yepez (12) in Doc Martens. Photo by Gus Flores-Rascon. In a romanticized version of our school, grey socks and Long-term goals: Middle school soccer team continues to grow Published on March 11, 2018 in ARS News/Showcase/Soccer/Sports by Georgia Moore For the past few weeks, it’s not unlikely that members Ann Richards Middle School soccer team will be taking hold of the mic during the celebration section all-school morning assembly. Over the course of the season, the announcement of wins, losses, and “shout-outs” to star players has been a weekly tradition for the team. The… The end is near: School clubs and sports are coming to a close “It’s the end of the world as we know it!” Popular band R.E.M. said it best. The 2018-19 school year Kicked to the curb: Fans threaten to boycott 2018 FIFA world cup After many years of criticism on Fifa’s corruption and many reports on the destruction of host country’s economy the festivities The family that plays together: Sister soccer legacy takes place at Ann Richards Balancing athletics and academics is an obstacle faced by countless high school students, but the Hruby sisters have got it How to Prepare for College: for Smarties Published on March 9, 2018 in Advice/Our Voices/Showcase by Alejandra Wait As a senior, I realized that there are aspects of applying to college that you do not hear from advisors or parents, or you hear it but it is not emphasized or paid attention to. These are things that only a senior in March, or a current college student, might tell you. I hope reading… Changes and Challenges: Adjustments Faced by Students and Staff in the New School Year It’s a new year at Ann Richards, and students and staff are just beginning to settle into the rhythm Education Expansion: Khan Academy Furthers Learning Outside of the Classroom Since its release in 2007, Khan Academy has become a technological education superpower. Students all over the world use it, Freshmen College Prep: A Look Into Some of the Freshmen Class’ Scholars Turning their focus to the future, the freshmen class of 2022 are already preparing for their college career. Don’t be Women’s History Month: Celebrating the fight for equality since 1994 Published on March 7, 2018 in Beyond Our Walls/News/Showcase by Emily Ownby Suffragettes on the picket line in front of the White House in 1917. Suffragettes fought for the equal right to vote between men and women. Photo provided by Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. President Ronald Reagan authorized the proclamation of the observance of “National Women’s Week” starting March 7, 1981. However, that week… March Matters: Shedding Light on remarkable affairs that occur this month March is filled with lots of fun springtime events, along with some more serious celebrations that often don’t get commemorated. In the Driver’s Seat: Women of Saudi Arabia granted right to drive On September 26th, 2017, King Salman of Saudi Arabia lifted the country’s restrictions on women driving. The ban was lifted You’ve been served: O’Reilly fired from Fox following sexual harassment lawsuits Photo of Bill O’Reilly during an interview by MyNewsLA Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly was fired after being accused of Free SXSW: How to enjoy SXSW without spending money Published on March 5, 2018 in Entertainment/Showcase by Lucy Stagg If you are looking for something to do with friends over spring break, then try checking out South by Southwest (SXSW), a city-wide festival for art, music, movies, and more. Even if you don’t have a badge for SXSW, there are many ways for you to still participate and make use of this week long… ACL 2019 Lineup Playlist https://open.spotify.com/user/ars_press/playlist/1uutgRRw6zHj2sFSHUzbv6?si=Xfz5WxV-TkOS0dKgtoYv-Q As of April 30 the annual Austin City Limits lineup was released to the public. Headliners include Childish Only He Can Ease Our Minds: Why Ben Platt’s Sing to Me Instead Isn’t a Temporary Love “You always said that I’d come back to you again ‘Cause everybody needs a friend, it’s true Someone to quiet Seven Free SXSW Shows: A List of SXSW Free Concerts As you get out of that 4th period, hour-and-thirty-minute class for Spring Break, the first thing you think about is	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line14
__label__cc	0.515227	0.484773	And...Livia Lone is back, in ALL THE DEVILS! A search for a pair of serial rapists leads Livia Lone down the darkest and most dangerous trail of her life in a pulse-pounding thriller by New York Times bestselling author Barry Eisler. Ten years ago, the daughter of Homeland Security Investigations agent B. D. Little vanished into thin air. So did seven other girls—the crimes all bearing the same signature characteristics. Now the disappearances have begun again. And Agent Little’s efforts to investigate are being blocked by forces far above his pay grade. Desperate, he turns to Seattle sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, the most obsessive hunter of predators Little knows. Livia will need that obsessiveness, and a lot more. Because the two men Little is pursuing are fearsome. Both Special Forces veterans with a dozen tours in Iraq between them. Both sadists and serial rapists. And one, the congressman scion of the vice president of the United States—a man who will use all the power of the White House to protect his son’s secrets and further his own ambitions. The conspirators have all the assets and all the angles. And every reason to believe they’ll evade justice, as they always have before. They don’t understand that for Livia Lone, justice is only a guideline. Revenge is the rule. Praise for Barry Eisler’s Livia Lone: An Amazon Best Book of 2016 A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2016 Selection “An absolutely first-rate thriller…Emotionally true at each beat.” —New York Times Book Review “An explosive thriller that plunges into the sewer of human smuggling…Filled with raw power, [Livia Lone] may be the darkest thriller of the year.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Readers may be reminded of Stieg Larsson’s beloved Lisbeth Salander when they meet Livia Lone, and will be totally riveted by the story of this woman on a mission to right the wrongs in her past.” —Bookish “You won’t be able to tear yourself away as the story accelerates into a Tarantino-worthy climax and when you’re left gasping in the wake of its gut-wrenching vigilante justice, you’ll belatedly realize you learned a lot about a social travesty that gets far too little attention…Livia Lone is a harrowing tale with a conscience.” —Chicago Review of Books Praise for Barry Eisler’s The Killer Collective: “Impossibly cool.” —Entertainment Weekly “As usual with an Eisler novel, the plot is full of twists, the prose is muscular, and the action unfolds at a torrid pace. The result is another page-turner from one of the better thriller writers since James Grady published Six Days of the Condor in 1974.” —Associated Press “In this crackling-good thriller from bestseller Eisler, Seattle PD sex crimes detective Livia Lone, assassin John Rain, and former Marine sniper Dox form a testy alliance to combat a vile conspiracy involving corrupt and toxic government agencies…The feisty interplay among these killer elites is as irresistible as if one combined the Justice League with the Avengers, swapping out the superhero uniforms for cutting-edge weaponry and scintillating spycraft. By the satisfying conclusion, the world has been scrubbed a bit cleaner of perfidy. This is delightfully brutal fun.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Vicarious pleasure for anyone wanting to see the scum of the world get its due.” —Kirkus Reviews “Riveting…Barry Eisler pulls off an Avengers-like feat…” —The Mercury News “Eisler turns the heat up like never before to deliver a fun, fast-paced thriller that’s tailor-made for fans of nonstop action.” —The Real Book Spy Posted by Barry Eisler at 10:53 AM And...Livia Lone is back, in ALL THE DEVILS! A ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line16
__label__wiki	0.659452	0.659452	Full Video Replay: Premier’s Roundtable [Replay now available] Bernews is pleased tonight to make our very first foray into live video streaming, and will be bringing you the live video and audio from the Premier’s Media Roundtable from its scheduled start time at 8pm. Representatives from the various media entities were invited with the Premier saying “Many of the representatives selected to participate in the panel are among some of my loudest and most vocal critics. I am excited to be in a position to give them have one final opportunity to raise tough, probing and pointed questions before completing my tenure in office.” Video and audio will go live at approximately 8pm, check back then. Update 10:12pm: Replay provided below, approximately 1 hr and 20 mins long 7:55pm: People are getting into place. The Royal Gazette has Tim Smith, the Bermuda Sun has James Whittaker, Bermuda Broadcasting has Gary Moreno, VSB has Bryan Darby, the Workers Voice has Laverne Furbert and we have Larry Burchall. [photo] 8:04pm: Premier has arrived, moderator Sherri Simmons, better known as “Sherri J” , is introducing everyone. Mrs Simmons is explaining the procedures. Mrs Furbert is asking the first question, she asked about the role his family has played. Dr. Brown said his family has been very supportive, and his wife has been “amazing”. He says his larger family is Bermuda, and they have been very supportive. 8:09pm: [Feed be back on shortly] Bryan Darby of VSB asked the Premier about his strong statements on the media. Gary Moreno of ZBM is asking about the statement he made calling Bermudians his extended family, saying many may not feel that way. Dr Brown asked all media if they haven’t had access to him, and asked if anyone hasn’t. Tim Smith of the Royal Gazette said he has been waiting for an interview for quite a while. 8:14pm: Gary Moreno is asking about all the white construction companies getting work, and asked about black business owners. Dr Brown says he thinks that is “one of the most unfair things people can say”. Mr Moreno continues to question, and Dr Brown says it is a misconception that Zane Desilva and Dennis Correria get all the work. 8:18pm: Larry Burchall is asking about declining tourism numbers, and hotel bed count being down, and asks Dr Brown if he feels his time as Tourism Minister has been a success. Dr Brown says he thinks it has been and explained why, mentions the worldwide recession. Dr Brown continues to explain, saying he feels the numbers would have been worse. 8:20pm: Quick apology for our stream, or lack thereof. As we can see our debut into live streaming is not exactly going according to plan, we hope to have it back up soon. 8:26pm: Dr Brown speaking on air vs cruise arrivals, and says a cruise visitor is better than no visitor, which earns the first applause of the night. He earns the second round of applause of the night for saying “he isn’t talking down about cruise passengers, as he is going to be one soon” 8:33pm: Sorry about the glitch, stream is back. Tim Smith has asked why the Premier thinks there has been more attacks on his integrity vs others. 8.39 Dr. Brown earned thunderous applause from the audience for describing himself as “combative” and saying he traditionally fought back against what he considered to be unfair media attacks. 8:46pm: Dr. Brown said he is not to blame for the worldwide economic downturn that occurred during his term [which drew some laughs], and while Bermudians as a whole might not be financially better off than they were when he became Premier, there have been some outstanding economic success stories. And Bermudians, as a whole, feel more culturally empowered than they did under his predecessors. 8:49pm: Mr. Burchall asked why Government did not do some “out-of-the-box” thinking in terms of investmenting in the island’s tourism infrastructure when it could afford to do so? The Premier said even if he’d been aware a recession had been coming, he would never have encouraged Government to invest in private ventures like new hotels. Dr. Brown said Government’s role is to facilitate investment in new hotels, not to provide direct financing. Government must lead the way and stimulate the private sector sometimes ..,” said the Premier. 8:53pm: Tim Smith asked about Dr Brown about his high amount of travel. He says he hasn’t traveled much more than others, just he is not apologetic about it. This draws laughs. He said he holds three portfolios and earns one pay cheque — as Premier, Transport Minister and Tourism Minister he is required to travel overseas to conduct public business. He mentions bringing the new airlines here; Jet Blue and Westjet and this draws very loud applause. 8:58pm: Still on the travel expense subject, Dr Brown says “and we don’t normally stay at the Motel 6 if you don’t mind”. This draws laughter. 8.59pm: ZBM’s Gary Moreno asked how Bermuda has benefitted from accepting the four former Guantanamo Bay Uighur detainees. The Premier said there was no quid pro quo involved in the secretive Uighur deal with the US. He suggested this “humanitarian gesture” may have prevented the Obama Administration from branding Bermuda a “tax haven” saying he “did not know” but the Obama admin seemed to ease off. 9:03pm: Asked by Tim Smith about the Auditor General, the Premier said the Auditor General is supposed to ask hard questions about public finances. But the Auditor General’s remit does not extend into the political realm. 9:07pm: The Premier said Bermuda’s bureaucratic red-tape is to blame for many delays and cost overruns in public projects. But he accepts Government can be more efficient.”Let me tell you, this is aimed directly at the unions, when you want to make something more efficient, that’s where the resistance comes from …” 9:08pm: The moderator says we have 10 mins left. Mrs Furbert asks why he choose to do only one term, and will be accept a knighthood. Dr Brown says he doesn’t think its good to extend when “toxicity levels” are so high. 9:10pm: Bryan Darby asks Dr Brown about returning home to Bermuda and having ‘scores to settle’, and what his scores were. Dr Brown said he said that in 1993, and one score was his party had never won an election. He conceded this wasn’t the best choice of words — that he wanted to balance what he viewed as an imbalanced community. 9:13pm: The moderator says it is almost time, Dr Brown says he will do another 15 mins off camera. Draws applause. Answering a question from Gary Moreno, the Premier said he would be hard-pressed to single out his “greatest” achievement in office. He said posterity would probably consider Lambe Foggo Center, Future Care for seniors and free day care among his most compelling legacies. 9:17pm: The Premier said gaming would re-surface as an issue at some point and Bermudians should be prepared for that. He said the failed bill on gambling was a victim of unfortunate timing — a vote on the PLP leadership was underway at that point. 9:18pm: The “official” portion is over, and audience questions are now being taken. 9:22pm: Dr Brown brings up the infamous “plantation questions”, and says he has been dealing with the press for years. He says when he is asked a question that he feels is reserved for a black leader, he will comment on that. This draws loud applause. 9:27pm: An audience member asks about the $28 million dollars given to cricket and football, and does he think it was well spent as so much of the island’s sports success comes from individual sports. Dr Brown says “the jury is still out.” Says we need to give them some time, says he thinks we should consider adding more national sports, says sailing should be added. 9:39pm: Dr Brown thanks all the journalists for coming. Says he doesn’t feel he is leaving under a cloud. Large applause. Meeting ends. Dr Brown’s Condolences To Crockwell Family Photos: BHCS Free Christmas Turkey Give-Away Dr. Ewart Brown Holds Book Signing In New York Dr Ewart Brown Donates $2,000 To Mirrors Dr Brown: COI Was Contrived To Cast Aspersions Dr Brown: “A Long, Expensive Witch Hunt” #DrEwartBrown #LiveBloggingCoverage Category: All, News, Politics, Videos The night of the roundtable « Breezeblog \| October 12, 2010 Bernews, Will you post the video once the roundtable is over? I don’t need to see it live as long as I can see it afterwards. bernews says: We will yes….but….rather unprofessional to say, it will have that short segment missing where we went off air. We should have about 90% of it though.. And the replay is up… I love you Bernews but the ad pop ups, the video audio and quality is annoying. The crowd laughter and applause is louder than the actual speakers and it’s hard to hear when they start up laughing etc. I think it is great to have the streaming. Bernews is an independent news organizations and the bandwidth isn’t free (hence the ads). I would rather have a few ads and less than perfect microphone positioning than have to put up with only the coverage that the rich ‘establishment’ thinks we should have. I understand that and I agree but it’s a discussion, I’d like to hear what Ewart Brown is saying and when the only thing you hear is the crowd laughing and applauding it’s annoying. I think it’s great too though. Bernews is much ahead of others and always up to date so again I still love bernews. Axion says: Ok…well take Bernews out of the picture and you have no feed. You could’ve always just watched the Royal Gazette live feed which missed half the points of the meeting… Be happy with the super loud claps and annoying ads. I’m deaf too. Deal with it.. Honestly speaking, if anyone has troubles with the ads, best to plan not to visit in future as we will have many more on down the road. All staff went without pay for 6 months, worked completely free to build the site, and we couldn’t continue, how many could work free forever? Only way for Bernews to make money is ads. To stay alive we need to have them. I would rather go ad free myself and have the site look all chic, but I would starve to death if I did so Despite a few technical glitches, you provided terrific coverage of tonight’s meeting. Thank you so much for your efforts! Was as good as being there — and certainly a lot more convenient. Great work Bernews! What a nice alternative. As far as the discussion goes, I only caught the last hour but I have to say, perspective is an amazing thing. Its remarkable how two people can assess one decision and have such strong opposing reactions. That’s not a bad thing at all but I do wish that Bermuda can mature with respect to how we deal with those differences. Rockfish#2 says: It would have been better without a live audience, as Brown was clearly playing to them. eg. the reference to not staying at the Motel 6 (audience hooting and laughing)was meant to avoid answering questions regarding staying at luxurious hotels etc. It was more like a comedy than a serious Q and A session. Unfortunately, we learned nothing but how to evade and spin. ronnie j says: Would have been better if the press didn’t get sucked into Ewarts sad attempt at image massaging. From L Furbert ( really!!! ) to the moderator to the overt personal support in the audience, it was simply a useless exercise.What did we learn????? Streaming aside, it was a non event… Well, I had suspected that watching it would just make me angry, and it would appear I was right. He’s still disrespectful to the press, and by extension anyone who does have serious, valid concerns about his policies, and he’s still skilled at manipulating his image. Good riddance, not soon enough. Why watch it when you know it was simply going to be spin, without substance and more of the same??? Ewart will soon be gone, his legacy not soon forgotten , given the negative residuals, however we need to get on with the business of ensuring that this shocking and destructive period is never repeated.. My only parting shot being not understanding how so many people of colour support this guy when they ( nor the country) have never benefitted from his friends and family policies..This makes the outpouring of support last night so perplexing when he touched on radically charged matters. Ewart only speaks like a radical… He is a capitalist in radical garb. He says ” Right On ” to the brothas/ sistas and Tabon to his chosen contractors… Black people, we’ve been had, hoodwinked by a master… LOL I should have clarified: I didn’t watch/listen, but it’s what I’ve gathered from the various pieces I’ve read about it. As for the rest, I’ll not argue with you there.. Jermaine says: Nice to hear words from his mouth. I love when he puts Royal Gazette in their place. They have for too long been biased spin doctors who support one side of the community. Say what you want he has accomplished a lot. His combative style is not liked by some. But others respect his ability to talk frankly and eloquently and the fact that he stands up to The Royal Gazette and other detractors is only a bonus in my eyes. Whilst he has not been perfect, he has been made hard decisions and lived with the ramifications. I can respect that. d hunte says: While I am no supporter of the RG, they can’t be blamed for questioning the dubious manner in which Ewart has managed yours and my money for the past few years. His so called accomplishments have resulted in our debt rising to levels that are worrying, to say the least. That is not the work of an accomplished business leader. His combative style is self serving and simply camouflage. He ask us black folk to rally behind him to ensure that he is afforded the opportunity to advance our station in life. He harkens back to his days as a black activist to ensure that we put on our dark shades and dashiki’s to defend the black cause. Unfortunately the only interst he has is his own, however, I have to give him serious props for knowing how to manipulate our senses. He knows how gullible we are and he has played us comprehensively. Heck, after leaving us near financial ruin, we are still defending him. Spin and Ewart are kissing cousins and as for talking frankly, wouldn’t you much prefer honesty and transparency? Further, we place way to much emphasis on eloquent speech. It is past time that we had less eloquence and more ethics, less arrogamce and more leadeship, less flash and more substance. Emelita v johnson says: Interesting comments so far. I would like to briefly address the issue of hotel accommodations. It’s the way we have done it BEFORE politics and no doubt after. With regards to nothing being accomplished those ferries my friends took to dockyard on their visit to your island was a mirage. My elderly aunt does not know it yet but, after the Premier leaves, she is going to be billed retroactively for land tax and auto registration. I could go on but why bother. 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__label__wiki	0.832824	0.832824	AutoCAD for the Theatre Feel free to suggest additional terms here. A building with raked seating and an arena used for entertainment purposes. See Roman amphitheatre. The part of the stage that extends past the proscenium and into the auditorium. The area where the audience sits to watch the play. One of a set of small vertical pillars supporting a handrail. A handrail with a supporting series of vertical newel posts and balusters. A horizontal metal pipe hung as part of the fly system. See pipe. A moulding covering the joint between the wall surface and the floor. Also called skirting board. bead, beading A row or column of moulding with a partial-circle or partial-sphere profile. A special panelling that has a semicircular vertical decoration within the recess of the joints. Any space transformed into a theatre space with versatile black masking and flexible stage and seating arrangements. block, blocking Planning the positioning and movement of the actors on the stage. A vertical pipe, which can optionally be equipped with horizontal boom pipes, used to hang lighting instruments. A dark cloth hung above the stage to mask the fly system and especially the electrics (lighting) pipes. It is typically wide and flat. Lower horizontal board of a door. See kick rail. bounce curtain A traveller that is hung on a pipe and flown in and out vertically. Also called guillotine curtain. A set created for a proscenium stage. It is made of three walls that form a room. The fourth wall at the proscenium is imaginary so that the audience is able to see the show. bullnose (bull nose) A rounded architectural protrusion. bullnose step or stair A step or stair that has semicircular ends that protrude past the stringers. bullnose tread A tread with a rounded part that protrudes past the riser. A tool with a sliding set of jaws used to measure objects. See Vernier calipers. carpenter's elevations Drawings that give the construction specifications of the designer's elevations by revealing substructure, composition, cutting information, and a breakdown of the flats. A moulding or covering that frames a door or window. A narrow elevated walkway above the stage or house, which provides access to technical equipment. cavetto A concave moulding with a curvature of up to 90°. centre line (CL) Centre line of the theatre stage. centre line section A cross-sectional side view drawing at the centre line of the theatre. chair railing A horizontal strip of moulding placed at the height of the backs of chairs in order to prevent them from damaging the walls. chimney breast Part of a chimney that juts out into a room in order to accommodate a fireplace. colour frame A frame that holds a coloured gel used as a filter on a lighting instrument. Also called gel frame. colour frame holder An attachment that secures a colour or gel frame to a lighting instrument. Also called gel frame holder. control console A lighting board used to control lighting intensity. Also called lighting control console. All employees of a theatre. See theatre company. compositional elevations Front view drawings that include all relevant dimensions. Also called designer's elevations. connected extended elevations A technical front view drawing that depicts several elevations of the individual walls of the set connected in sequence to form rows. See extended elevations. Drawings that give the construction specifications of the designer's elevations. See carpenter's elevations. A horizontal crowning element at the top of an architectural structure or wall often used as a crown moulding between the top of a wall and the ceiling soffit. cross-hatching Intersecting parallel lines used as shading in a drawing. See hatching. cross rail The middle horizontal structure of a door. See lock rail. A decorative strip of moulding placed at the angle on a wall where it meets the ceiling. Also called cornice. cyclorama (cyc) A large white or off-white drop, often with concave sides, placed upstage, which can be lit to create various effects e.g., sky, time of day or night, feeling of depth etc. An s-shaped curve. cyma recta A moulding with an upright s-shaped or reverse upright s-shaped outline where the concave part extends past the convex. Furthermore, the ends of the curve are horizontal. cyma reversa (ogee) A moulding with a 135° s-shaped or 45° reverse s-shaped outline where the convex part extends past the concave. Furthermore, the ends of the curve are vertical. dado rail A horizontal strip of moulding placed at the height of the backs of chairs. See chair railing. dedicated pipes pipes that are in standardized positions because of their particular function, e.g., most plays use the same positions for lighting and masking. designer's elevations Front view drawings that include all relevant dimensions (e.g., doors, archways, windows, etc.) but may also indicate detail, style, texture, lighting sconces, paintings, and mirrors. Consequently, they are often graphically enhanced. These drawings are often cut out to make small cardboard models. The person responsible for interpreting the script, creating a viable production concept, and directing the actors. disconnected extended elevations A front view technical drawing that depicts several elevations of the individual walls of the set separately in sequence to form rows. See extended elevations. door casing, door moulding A moulding that frames a door. See casing. Architectural term signifying the opening for a door in a wall. Not to be confused with door frame, which is a carpentry term for the structure that supports the opening. double prime symbol (″) The symbol used to represent inches. AutoCAD uses quotation marks instead. downstage (DS) The part of the stage closest to the auditorium. downstage centre (DSC) The central part of the stage closest to the auditorium. downstage left (DSL) The part of the stage closest to the auditorium and to the audience's right. downstage right (DSR) The part of the stage closest to the auditorium and to the audience's left. Person responsible for creating technical drawings. See drapery. Suspended fabric, usually black, used to reveal or conceal, e.g., legs, borders, travellers, curtains etc. See masking. drawing scale A ratio that indicates the relationship of a unit in a drawing to a unit in real space, e.g., ½″ = 1′. dressing (set dressing) Decorative set props and furnishings. A piece of canvas that hangs from a pipe and is often painted with scenery. electrics (LX) A generic term that could be applied to the electrics crew (LX Crew), the electrics department (LX), the rigging of the electrics (LX Rig), or simply the dedicated pipes (LX Pipes, LX Booms, LX Sockets, etc.). electrics pipe (LX pipe) An electrics pipe is used to fly lights. It typically includes load circuits directly within plugging strips to supply power. A technical drawing depicting a single flattened front view of an architectural structure. ellipsoidal, ellipsoidal reflector spotlight (ERS) Spotlight named for the ellipsoidal reflector used to direct the light through two plano-convex lenses. See ellipsoidal. extended elevations A technical front view drawing that depicts several elevations of the individual walls of the set arranged in sequence to form rows. They can be immediately against each other (connected), or separated by a short gap (disconnected). They depict components, attached items, and finishing materials, among other things. A box built to contain a fire. fire curtain A fireproof curtain that can be dropped to separate the audience from a fire. Also called safety curtain. fireplace legs The vertical structures that support the mantelpiece above the fireplace. Also called mantel legs. A framework normally made with wood, and usually covered with a lightweight board (hard covered) or cloth (soft covered), although a variety of other materials may be used, such as scrim. Standard flats are rectangular units and are often used to create scenic walls. TV (studio) flats are usually hard covered and stage (theatre) flats soft covered. See fly system. A simple lighting instrument consisting of a lamp in the centre of a curved metal dome. fly gallery The elevated walkway where the pin rail is located and the counterweight system is operated from. fly loft The open space above the stage that houses the fly system. Also known as the fly tower, this is where the scenery and equipment, masking, and lighting are rigged. fly system A system of ropes, pulleys, and counterweights used to fly (in or out) lighting instruments, draperies, or set elements that are suspended above a stage. fly tower See fly loft. See front of house. A production member responsible for producing realistic ambient everyday sounds to enhance the action on stage. footlights A series of lights mounted on the front edge of the apron and aimed upstage at the actors. A colloquial or alternate vernacular for ground plan, e.g., "the footprint for the set or stage." The imaginary invisible wall of a box set formed at the proscenium arch. See box set. frame and panel construction Method of panelling used in the making of wainscoting, doors, and cabinetry. A panel, often decorated, is held within a frame made up of vertical stiles and horizontal rails. See stiles and rails. Fresnel light A lighting instrument that uses a composite Fresnel lens that is lighter and less bulky than an equivalent standard lens. A drawing that depicts the front view of the set to help the production team visualize what it will look like on stage. Not to be confused with front elevations. front elevations A technical front view drawing that depicts several elevations of the individual walls of the set in sequence to form rows. See extended elevations. front of house (FOH) The auditorium and public access areas of the theatre, e.g., lobby, box office and concession area, washrooms. A sheet of coloured acetate placed over the end of a lighting instrument to create different colours. gel frame A frame that holds a coloured gel used as a filter on a lighting instrument. gel frame holder An attachment that secures a colour or gel frame to a lighting instrument. Also called colour frame holder. German masking Sets of drapes or flats set at 90° to the proscenium to mask the offstage areas. A 15th-century London theatre associated with Shakespeare and his plays. Acronym for "GOes Befor Optics." A flat piece of metal placed at the focal point of a light to create crisp patterns or shapes on the stage. grand curtain An often luxurious and ornate velvet curtain that divides the stage from the audience. Also called main curtain. grand drape See grand curtain. Open-air semicircular theatre built at the foot of a hill. The line depicting ground level on a technical drawing. ground plan A technical drawing that is the fundamental plan of a set and theatre stage as seen from above. guillotine curtain A traveller that is hung on a pipe and flown in and out vertically. So named because it drops like a guillotine. Also called bounce curtain. hanging section view A cross-sectional side view drawing at the centre line of the theatre. Also called centre line section. hanging stile The vertical side structure of a door where hinges are installed to allow the door to pivot or swing. Also called hinge stile. hard masking A black flat used to hide aspects and elements from the audience. See masking. Parallel lines used as shading in a drawing. See cross-hatching. Part of light-frame construction. A horizontal beam that distributes weight to vertical and other support structures. Also called a lintel; see post and lintel. head jamb The top jamb of a door. See jamb. The stone base of a fireplace that usually extends into the room. hinge stile The vertical side structure of a door where hinges are installed to allow the door to pivot or swing. Also called hanging stile. house curtain house left The left side of the auditorium from the audience's view. house right The right side of the auditorium from the audience's view. housing (lighting instrument housing) The main body, which serves to contain and direct the light of a lighting instrument. isometric drawing A method of representing three dimensions in two-dimensional technical drawings such that the lines remain parallel. Because they do not obey the rules of perspective, isometric drawings suffer from visual contradictions as objects may not properly align in space; these limitations have been used for illusions, such as the endless staircase drawn by M.C. Escher. isometric projection A two-dimensional drawing that references three axes used to depict three-dimensional objects. Two of the axes are at 30° angles to the bottom of the page on each side of the vertical 90° axis. Italian masking Sets of drapes or flats set parallel to the proscenium to mask offstage areas at entrance and exit points. Generally, the sidepieces or top pieces of an archway, doorway, or window onto which doors and windows are fixed. joists Horizontal structural members that create a supporting framework for a ceiling or floor. kick rail (door) Lower horizontal board of a door. See bottom rail. A platform linking sets of stairs, or the area of the floor at the top or bottom of a staircase. lauan A thin ⅛″ or ¼″ plywood that is strong, flat, lightweight, and flexible. Ideal for hard flat and door coverage. Also spelled luan. An arrow line in a technical drawing that links a label to an object. Narrow vertical stage drapes (often black velour) rigged and flown in a series of pairs parallel to the proscenium at the sides of the stage to mask the wings. See Italian masking. lighting control console A lighting board used to control lighting intensity. The person who interprets and is responsible for the lighting of a play. Works in conjunction with the director and other members of the production team. lighting pipes A pipe or batten used for lighting. See pipe. lighting plot A top view drawing that specifies how each lighting instrument should be hung, focused, coloured, and connected. See stock plot. lighting section A section view drawing for lighting and masking specifications. light ladder A frame, which resembles a ladder made of metal piping, where the horizontal pipes are used to secure lighting instruments for side lighting. A line set comprises all the rigging elements associated with the rigging of a particular pipe, e.g., the operating line, the pulleys, blocks, and operating levers. lintel A horizontal support beam that distributes weight to vertical structures. See post and lintel. A wiring instrument that transfers electricity to a load, or energy-consuming apparatus. lock rail (door) The middle horizontal structure of a door that is closest to the lock. See cross rail. A complete system of locking components for a door. lock stile The vertical side structure of a door that the lock set is built into. A thin ⅛″ or ¼″ plywood that is strong, flat, lightweight, and flexible. Ideal for hard flat and door coverage. Also spelled lauan. LX pipe An electrics pipe is used to fly lights. It typically includes load circuits directly within plugging strips to supply power. Also called electrics pipe. main curtain An often luxurious and ornate velvet curtain that divides the stage from the audience. Also called grand drape, grand curtain, or house curtain. mantel legs Vertical supports of a mantelpiece or mantel shelf. A stone or wooden ornamental shelf above a fireplace. A scale three-dimensional model of a stage set that includes texture, architectural, and dressing details, as well as scene painting finish and often major furnishing items. See scale model. Drapery or flats used to hide aspects and elements from the audience, e.g., the wings, the fly loft, electrics, backstage personnel, and actors awaiting entrance cues. Masking includes borders, legs, and black drapes. masking flats See masking. An angled surface crafted to match a similarly angled surface to create a joint. mitre line A diagonal line representing a mitre joint. mopboard A board or moulding covering the joint between the wall surface and the floor. Also called skirting board. Strips of architectural material, often shaped with profiles meant to cast decorative shadows for ornamental purposes. A vertical support structure between windows. muntin A small vertical or horizontal mounting bar that hold the small panes that make up a single window. Also called sash bar. Larger and frequently decorative posts placed at the bottom, top, and intermediate positions in a flight of stairs to act as principal supports for the banister of a balustrade. Area of the stage that is not visible to the audience. A moulding with an upright s-shaped or reverse upright s-shaped outline where the concave part extends past the convex. Furthermore, the ends of the curve are horizontal. Also called cyma reversa. Area of the stage that is visible to the audience. A moulding or moulding element consisting of a convex quarter-circle profile. painter's elevations elevations of the set that depict the painting finishes that will be required. panel, panelling See frame and panel construction. To connect a stage circuit to a dimmer circuit. See patch panel. An interconnecting device that allows one to connect any stage circuit to a dimmer. A horizontal metal pipe hung as part of the fly system used to manage suspended elements of the scenery, masking, and lights. Also called batten. pipe legend A label chart that identifies the pipes of a fly system in a theatre. plano-convex lens A lens that is flat on one side and convex on the other. plaster line (PL) Invisible fourth wall in the front of the stage, at the opening of the proscenium. Called plaster because of the ornate frame moulded around the proscenium arch. plug strip A strip that houses electrical outlets where plugs can be connect for power. A vertical upright architectural support. post and lintel A construction method consisting of vertical (posts) and horizontal (lintel) supports. Any functional item that can be used by the actors during the play, e.g., faucet, lamp, etc. prime symbol (′) The symbol used to indicate measures in feet. AutoCAD uses the apostrophe instead. A team made up of the technicians, production manager, stage manager, designers, and director. proscenium In a proscenium theatre, the arched opening that, together with the apron, separates the stage from the auditorium. Formerly the apron itself, as it was placed before (pro) the stage (scenium). proscenium stage A theatre stage designed with a proscenium. Horizontal components of framing structures. See stiles and rails. A protruding panel. rake, raking The incline of the stage that makes it more visible to the audience. The auditorium is inclined in the opposite way to improve the audience's view. recessed panel A panel that is sunken or set back. See frame and panel construction. return, return flat Returns are the flats at the downstage edge of the set walls that "return" into the wings. These are the edges of the imaginary fourth wall turned inside out. reverse carpenter's elevations Carpenter's elevations that show only the framing and flat breakdown as seen from the back of the flat. 1. The vertical face of a stair that supports the tread in conjunction with the stringer. 2. Also a vertically elevated platform in theatre construction. An open-air circular Roman building with raked seating and an arena used for entertainment purposes, such as gladiatorial combats. The concept of modern-day stadiums is based on the amphitheatre. safety curtain A fireproof curtain that can be dropped to separate the audience from a fire. Also called fire curtain. A sash is a window's fixed or movable outer frame. sash bar A small vertical or horizontal mounting bar that holds the small panes that make up a single window. Also called muntin. A window made up of one or more moveable sashes, or panels which can be opened for ventilation. A ratio describing the proportion of a unit of a representation in relation to real units. A three-dimensional representation of an object that is made at a scale that is either larger or smaller than the original object. See maquette. Anything on stage used to represent the setting of the play. scenic rigger Person responsible for safely installing elements to be flown. A flood light. The process of building from raw materials rather than from preassembled parts. A loosely woven gauze textile hung to be opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from behind. It can be white, black, or painted. sectional elevation section line A line depicting the cutting path of a cross-section drawing through a plan drawing. The complete assembly of scenic elements, structures, properties (props), etc. required to stage a theatrical production. Person who works with the director to create the visual staging concept, and once this is done, works with members of a production team to supervise the realization of the concept on stage. set dressing Decorative set props and furnishings. Also called dressing. Shakespearean playhouse An Elizabethan theatre constructed of a wood. See carpenter's elevations side jamb See jamb. sight lines Audience members' viewpoints from the most extreme seats at house left and right as well as the highest and lowest seats. Often represented by lines on a technical drawing. sight points Points representing audience members at the most extreme limits of the seating. They are used to determine appropriate placement of the set elements. A horizontal member at the bottom of a window or door. See skirting board. skirting board A board or moulding covering the joint between the wall surface and the floor. smoke pocket Steel housing that encloses the fire curtain and blocks the passage of smoke during a fire. soft masking Black curtains used to hide aspects of the stage. See masking, drapery. spill light Unwanted light emanating from a lighting instrument. The platform or area where actors perform a play. stage flat See flat. stage hand A person who works backstage in a theatre to facilitate the performance. stage left (SL) The right side of the stage from the audience's view. stage right (SR) The left side of the stage from the audience's view. stiles An upright framing structure. See stiles and rails. stiles and rails Vertical and horizontal components of a framing structure. See frame and panel. Term indicating a reusable item of a standard size, e.g., stock stairs and steps, stock risers, stock flats, stock doors, etc. stock door A reusable door of a common 6′8″, 3′6″ size. stock flat A flat in a common size (4′ × 8′, 2′ × 8′, 4′ × 12′, 2′ × 12′) that is often reused from show to show. stock plot A drawing that defines dedicated pipe positions for lighting instruments and/or basic masking. See lighting plot. stock riser A reusable piece of plywood in a common size (4′ × 8′ or 4′ × 4′) screwed to a vertical frame to support a level or a floor. To disassemble and remove set elements from the stage between acts or at the end of a play. 1. The side of a set of stairs that provides structural support for the treads and risers. 2. A stair unit made with a stringer. stringer board See stringer. Vertical structural member that creates part of a supporting framework for a wall. studio flat A small theatre space with flexible stage and auditorium arrangements. swinging door A single door that opens in both directions. The first border, which can be soft or hard masking. Used in conjunction with the tormentor to adjust the size of the proscenium opening. The person responsible for coordinating all technical aspects of a production, including set production, sound, lighting, and rigging installation. A member of the technical crew. This includes lighting persons, sound persons, props persons, carpenters, and stage hands. All employees of a theatre, including the actors, production team, administration, and front of house staff. theatre flat three step stair unit A stock stair unit made up of three stairs. throw distance The distance between a light and its target. thrust stage A stage that extends into the audience to create greater intimacy with the audience. title block A drafting label that contains key information about the drawing, such as the name of the play, the scale used, the name of the theatre, and the number of drawings. tongue and groove board Boarding where the boards' edges are fitted together tightly by inserting a protrusion of the edge of one board into a corresponding slot in the neighbouring board to create a sequence. The uppermost horizontal board of a door. See stiles and rails. The first leg, which can be soft or hard masking. Used in conjunction with the teaser to adjust the size of the proscenium opening. tormentor pipe See boom. A moving curtain that can open or close from the sides (in "scissors" style) or can fly in or out from above (known as bounce or guillotine style). The horizontal top plank of stair. The height which a pipe or piece of scenery is set to hang above the stage floor. Also used as a verb. The process of adjusting the hanging height of a pipe, instrument, or piece of scenery. TV flat upstage (US) The part of the stage furthest from the auditorium. upstage centre (USC) The middle of the back of the stage from the audience's view. upstage left (USL) The right of the back of the stage from the audience's view. upstage right (USR) The left of the back of the stage from the audience's view. A location or place for an organized event. Tool with a sliding set of jaws used to measure objects whose shape is difficult to measure with other types of instruments. Panelling consisting of tongue and groove boards or decorative panelling that is applied to a wall between the skirting board and the chair rail. Its original purpose was to cover portions of walls that were poorly protected from and subsequently suffered from rising dampness. Offstage left and offstage right areas where actors wait and scenery is kept out of view. © CCDMD, 2011	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line26
__label__wiki	0.980674	0.980674	F1 to reduce winter testing by two days Lando Norris says Winter Testing really helped him as a rookie (GMM) F1 could reduce the amount of pre-season testing to free up capacity for another race. Liberty Media has asked the teams for their agreement to sign a 2020 race deal with Barcelona, which would bring the calendar to an unprecedented 22 grands prix. "I think in principle, yes is the answer," Red Bull boss Christian Horner said. "But it has to be considered in terms of our other activities. Do we need to do as much in-season testing as we currently do? Do we need to do as much pre-season testing?" One proposal is that the pre-season winter test period be reduced from eight to just six days. Lando Norris thinks that will make life for rookies like him difficult in 2020. "In the winter, I had four days and it really helped me," said the McLaren driver. "I think if we reduce testing, it will be more difficult for newcomers to get comfortable."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line27
__label__wiki	0.588039	0.588039	Here are articles from other news sources (mainstream). Please remember that news from these sources always has an agenda. Clicking the links will open a new tab. Please use your critical thinking to get the small bits of truth that are in these articles. Until the media is controlled by more benevolent forces, there is always an agenda against the people. Please disregard any portions of these stories that promote fear or that are trying to divide the peoples of Earth. There will be no invasions or wars. Do not let any falsehoods, or untruths, or contrived false flags get your emotions stirred up. The real extraterrestrials cannot interfere with us, we must have free choice in our lives. The truth has been here for the last 75 years, yet we are only seeing small slivers of it just now. Do not be distracted by these tiny disclosures. One day we might get full disclosure, but we are not there yet. Latest Viral Video Mysterious lights filmed off North Carolina’s Outer Banks: Pentagon Has Secret UFO Video of 2004 Encounter 14 Jan 2020 02:37 News Max The Department of Defense still has a video tagged secret that purportedly shows an encounter between the U.S. military and a UFO. According to Vice, the Navy confirmed the development while responding to a Freedom of Information Act request. The Navy … US Navy, Pentagon confirm the existence of a ‘TOP SECRET’ video of UFO encounter 13 Jan 2020 06:34 Northeast Today NET Bureau The United States Navy on Friday said that Pentagon has a secret ‘classified’ video of an incident relating to an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO). Susan Gough, a Pentagon spokesperson, later said, “The Department of Defense, specifically the US … Pentagon Has 'Secret' Video of UFO Encounter, Navy Says 13 Jan 2020 02:12 Sputnik International Military & Intelligence 03:51 13.01.2020Get short URL The US Navy had previously acknowledged back in September 2019 that the leaked footage taken of pilots having a radar-visual encounter with unidentified flying objects is authentic. While it has … Declassified CIA Files Reveal Encounter With 'Green Circular' UFO Over Soviet Union During Cold War 12 Jan 2020 18:58 Sputnik International Tech 21:50 12.01.2020Get short URL The area where the alleged UFO was spotted nearly five decades ago was apparently used by the USSR to test experimental missiles and laser weapon systems. A recently declassified CIA report sheds light on an alleged UFO … A Closer Look At Alienware's Concept UFO Switch-Like PC Gaming Device - GameSpot 11 Jan 2020 13:49 Google A Closer Look At The Dock Here's a backside view of the UFO docked, and you can see an HDMI cable, a power cable, and what we believe to be a USB-C cable connected to the controller bridge coming out of it (though the specifics are obscured). The back … US Navy admits it has top secret video from infamous 'Tic Tac' UFO encounter 11 Jan 2020 01:03 Mirror The US Navy has admitted it has top secret video and slides from an infamous UFO incident - but it won't release them as they could cause "grave damage" to national security. Researcher Christian Lambright submitted a Freedom of Information … Navy admits it has secret video from infamous USS Nimitz UFO encounter 10 Jan 2020 23:07 Charleston Daily Mail The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence has revealed the existence of a classified, unreleased video relating to the USS Nimitz carrier group's 2004 encounters with a 'Tic Tac'-shaped UFO. The existence of the video was revealed in a … USS Nimitz classifies UFO sighting “secret” 10 Jan 2020 19:05 Proto Thema Author: Thema Newsroom he Navy responded to a researcher’s Freedom of Information request The United States Navy has confirmed there is another video of the USS Nimitz UFO, classified as “secret”, which is yet to be released. Footage of two US Navy pilots … Night security guard claims to have spotted a UFO 10 Jan 2020 14:31 Charleston Daily Mail Night security guard claims to have spotted a UFO after capturing footage of a strange green light slowly rising from a California construction site before pausing then shooting off into the dark Douglas Benefield, 48, was working as a night watchman when … Former Chief of Naval Operations says UFO assessments 'inconclusive' 10 Jan 2020 06:44 Stars and Stripes Former Chief of Naval Operations says UFO assessments 'inconclusive' SARASOTA, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — America's former Chief of Naval Operations stated on Thursday that the unidentified flying objects that appeared to have outperformed … Elon Musk says antenna that connects to Starlink internet will look like a 'round UFO on a stick' 10 Jan 2020 04:02 Charleston Daily Mail SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed new details about the his highly anticipated Starlink venture. The billionaire tweeted that the terminals used to connect to the train of satellites will look like 'a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick'. Musk also … Data: UFO Sightings Nearly Double in 2019 10 Jan 2020 02:52 News Max The number of people reporting they had seen an unidentified flying object nearly doubled last year. The National UFO Reporting Center says it received 5,971 sightings in 2019, up from 3,395 in 2018, according to ABC News. The data shows California led the … Elon Musk says a UFO-on-a-stick will connect you to his internet satellites 09 Jan 2020 18:16 Digital Trends SpaceX launched its third batch of Starlink internet satellites into space earlier this week. The latest mission marks the start of an uptick in such launches that’s expected to see hundreds of Starlink satellites deployed over the coming months, paving … Elon Musk says a device resembling a ‘UFO on a stick’ will connect people to SpaceX’s new Starlink satellite internet service 09 Jan 2020 04:28 I News Cayman By Dave Mosher From Business Insider SpaceX rocketed another 60 internet-providing Starlink satellites at once on Monday night, adding to 120 previously launched to space. The more than 170 working satellites makes the company, founded by tech mogul Elon … CES 2020: Alienware Showcases Concept UFO, 8" Handheld For Gaming 09 Jan 2020 03:11 AnandTech Dell and Alienware have unveiled a new portable gaming machine it is calling Concept UFO. Demonstrated during its Dell Experience press conference at CES 2020, the Alienware Concept UFO is a handheld gaming device which is powered by one of Intel's … UFO sightings in North America jumped to nearly 6,000 in 2019 09 Jan 2020 00:20 KONA iStock(NEW YORK) — There was a rise in the number of North Americans who looked up into the sky in 2019 and found something that didn’t look like a bird or a plane. The National UFO Reporting Center, which tracks calls and messages from people around the U … CES 2020: Dell Alienware Project UFO 08 Jan 2020 23:05 Cnet Dell is showing off a series of prototypes, including flexible screen and dual screen laptops, and this handheld dockable gaming PC. There's a lot we don't know about the concept UFO, and it may never be an actual foresail product. But compared to … Current Alternative News Have you ever seen a UFO? Yes 42 ( 44.21 % ) No 53 ( 55.79 % ) Do you believe in extraterrestrials? 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__label__wiki	0.841158	0.841158	by: Melissa Tagg Carton Quantity Baker Book House Get It Local Today Miranda Woodruff has it all. At least, that's how it looks when she's starring in her homebuilding television show, From the Ground Up. So when her network begins to talk about making cuts, she'll do anything to boost ratings and save her show--even if it means pretending to be married to a man who's definitely not the fiance who ran out on her three years ago. When a handsome reporter starts shadowing Miranda's every move, all his digging into her personal life brings him a little too close to the truth--and to her. Can the girl whose entire identity is wrapped up in her on-screen persona finally find the nerve to set the record straight? And if she does, will the life she's built come crashing down just as she's found a love to last? Sweet, fun, and faith-filled, Melissa Tagg's Made To Last is a story made to delight lovers of romance and behind-the-scenes reality TV. Pull up an armchair and enjoy! Lisa Wingate, National Bestselling Author of Blue Moon Bay, one of Booklist's Top 10 of 2012 Clever plot. Engaging, funny, fresh writing. A winning voice with deeper layers that touch the heart. Melissa Tagg is the whole package. A delight for CBA readers. Rachel Hauck, award-winning and bestselling author of Once Upon a Prince If there is such a thing as a perfect story, Melissa Tagg has written it with this first novel. Laugh-out-loud funny, a delightful premise, hunky heroes, surprising plot twists and poignant, heart-tugging moments, all wound together with beautiful writing. Made to Last is a keeper that will charm its way onto your shelf, and into your heart. Susan May Warren, RITA Award winner and bestselling author of Take a Chance on Me Made to Last is a fun romantic comedy that will have you turning the pages. Melissa Tagg is a fresh voice to watch. Jenny B. Jones, award-winning author of Save the Date and There You'll Find Me Melissa Tagg has written a fun, fast-paced romance. Her first novel will certainly not be her last. Kristin Billerbeck, author of The Scent of Rain A must for fans of romantic comedy! Melissa Tagg's endearing characters charmed me and their story line captured my imagination. Reading Made To Last was like eating a hot fudge brownie sundae with girlfriends. Fun. Delicious. Completely entertaining. Becky Wade, author of My Stubborn Heart and Undeniably Yours With witty dialogue, lovable characters, and an entertaining plot, Melissa Tagg is sure to become a new favorite among fans of Christian romance. Made to Last reminds us all that we are more than the roles we play. At our core, beneath our failures and hang-ups, we are loved and cherished by a faithful God. Katie Ganshert, author of Wildflowers From Winter and Wishing on Willows Readers are going to fall in love with Melissa Tagg's novels! She writes vivid stories filled with true-to-life characters who wrestle with questions about life, faith and romance. Melissa's writing is equal parts laugh out loud humor and moments that touch your heart. I can't wait for others to discover this talented new author! Beth K. Vogt, author of Wish You Were Here and Catch a Falling Star What happens when a harmless lie you didn't intend to tell takes on a life of its own? When you're Miranda Woodruff, star of a home improvement show, you learn how to let go and become who God called you to be because nothing else is left. A great story with life-impacting truth surrounded by romance to make you swoon. Cara Putman, award-winning author of A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island Reading Made to Last, Melissa Tagg's debut novel, was like meeting new friends whom I wanted to continue hanging out with long after the book ended. Melissa's fresh voice and ability to craft a well-written story hooked me with the opening line and held my attention to the very end. Her flawed characters, LOL moments and spiritual truth provided a foundation for a stellar debut novel. I even had to dab my teary eyes a couple of times. Melissa Tagg is an author to watch and one whose books I want to fill my shelves. Lisa Jordan, award-winning author of Lakeside Reunion and Lakeside Family © David’s Gallery Melissa Tagg Melissa Tagg, author of Made to Last and Here to Stay, is a former newspaper reporter, current nonprofit grant writer, and total Iowa girl. When she's not writing, she can be found hanging out with the coolest family ever. She's passionate about... Continue reading about Melissa Tagg Entertaining and light-hearted... Made to Last is a sweet love story that asks poignant and universal questions about truth, faith, and forgiveness. This debut romantic comedy with hidden layers will appeal to fans of Sandra D. Bricker, Trish Perry, and Rachel Hauck. With crisp storytelling and a solid, amusing plot that includes a quirky love triangle, Tagg's debut is an enjoyable read. RT Book Reviews Tagg's tale is humorous and enjoyable with likable characters, a gentle romance, and a very natural and unobtrusive thread of Christianity. Excerpt Download PDF	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line29
__label__wiki	0.922734	0.922734	Hogan issues new smog-fighting rule with "flexibility" for coal plants http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-air-pollution-rule-20150417-story.html News Maryland Hogan praises bipartisan effort at bill signing Gov. Larry Hogan praised the bipartisan efforts during the General Assembly. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun) By Timothy B. Wheeler The Baltimore Sun contact the reporter Gov. Hogan issues new smog-fighting rule that draws fire from environmentalists. Maryland's new governor offers “flexibility” to coal plant operators, backs away from predecessor' Gov. Larry Hogan is reconsidering his predecessor's attempt to make coal-fired power plants install costly new pollution controls, switch to cleaner-burning fuel or shut down. Three months after yanking a clear-air rule issued by Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration, the Republican governor on Friday unveiled his own smog-fighting plan. It retains a requirement that the state's coal plant operators minimize emissions during the upcoming summer smog season, which begins next month. But in a concession to the operator of two power plants, the Maryland Department of the Environment agreed to take another look at what coal-burning facilities would be required to do over the next five years to reduce harmful emissions even more. Environmentalists blasted the plan, calling it a step backward from regulations adopted after more than a year of negotiations with power plant operators. "We are deeply troubled by the governor's use of emergency rulemaking authority to cripple crucial health protections that were already finalized and in place before he ever took office," said Josh Tulkin, director of the Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club. Tulkin accused Hogan of siding with a "polluting energy company headquartered outside of Maryland rather than thousands of his own constituents." George S. "Tad" Aburn, the state's chief air regulator, defended the new regulations, saying the initial clampdown would significantly reduce smog levels right away. And while the rule doesn't spell out what plants must do after that to reduce emissions more in future years, Aburn vowed that whatever was settled on would be of "equal or greater public health protection." A decision on future control measures would be made by early fall, he said. The emergency regulations must be reviewed by a joint legislative committee before it can take effect as early as May 2. The committee, dominated by Democrats, could delay implementation of the rule but not stop it. In the waning days of the O'Malley administration, state regulators had proposed requiring four of the state's older coal plants to begin reducing smog-forming emissions immediately and achieve full compliance by 2020. Environmentalists and public health advocates strongly backed the move, saying that curbing the facilities' nitrogen-oxide emissions would make Baltimore's and Washington's air healthier to breathe. Byproducts of burning coal, nitrogen oxides help form ground-level ozone, an invisible gas commonly called smog when mixed with particulates. When inhaled at high enough levels, ozone can cause burning eyes and throats, coughing and wheezing, asthma attacks and even premature deaths. Raven Power, which has two Baltimore-area plants that fall under the regulations — C.P. Crane in Middle River and H.A. Wagner in Pasadena, had agreed to the O'Malley rule after protracted negotiations. But NRG, which owns two Washington-area plants, opposed the regulation. The New Jersey-based company warned that new pollution controls could cost up to $200 million per facility, and the rule would force it to shut down its plants, laying off hundreds of workers. The outgoing O'Malley administration had gone ahead with the rule despite NRG's objections. But Hogan moved within hours of taking office to block it from taking effect, saying he wanted his staff to review it further. Legislation was introduced in Annapolis to mandate the proposed pollution reductions, but it failed to get out of committee despite an advertising campaign by environmental and health groups. NRG, its employees and labor officials appeared at a hearing to oppose the legislation, saying jobs were at risk. NRG spokesman David Gaier commended Hogan, saying his plan "delivers immediate air quality improvements while protecting Maryland jobs." Its two plants affected by the rule — Chalk Point in Prince George's County and Dickerson in Montgomery County — have about 500 employees, he said. "We look forward to the upcoming stakeholder process that MDE announced to consider options that will provide flexibility necessary to both address environmental issues and maintain hundreds of family-supporting jobs provided by our Maryland generating stations," Gaier said. Company officials had asked regulators to consider a more "flexible" approach to curbing smog-forming pollution, in which plants would have to meet monthly rather than daily emission targets. Aburn said regulators had refused to accept that approach because it would allow for higher emissions on hot summer days when ozone pollution could be at its worst — the very conditions the rule was meant to alleviate. But Aburn said "one of the criticisms we got was we shut the door on new approaches, new technology." He said regulators would give plant operators another chance to propose an alternative, but he said regulators would insist on equivalent or better pollution reductions than O'Malley sought. Maryland's air has gotten dramatically healthier to breathe in recent years, Aburn pointed out, partly because of cooler weather but also because of reduced pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency recently determined that for the past three years, ozone levels in the Baltimore area did not exceed the current limit. But the EPA is moving to lowering that safety threshold, pointing to research showing that many adults and children with respiratory problems still risk illness and even premature death from inhaling currently acceptable levels. In Maryland, those at risk include nearly 159,000 children with asthma, and nearly 400,000 adults. The state's decision to revisit its pollution-control requirements frustrates health advocates, who note that Maryland is already missing a deadline set by the Environmental Protection Agency to clamp down on smog-forming emissions. "We've already been through a 15-month stakeholder process, where all the stakeholders except NRG agreed to regulations," said Tim Whitehouse of the Chesapeake chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. "Maryland needs to modernize its pollution controls on its coal-fired power plants. This is an important health issue the governor needs to address." Tim.wheeler@baltsun.com Copyright © 2015, The Baltimore Sun Donationss can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/ Posted by Max Obuszewski at 8:22 AM Baltimore Activist Alert April 30 – May 1, 2015 Freddie Gray’s Death Reveals a Dark History of 'Ni... Ten Shocking Facts About Baltimore Baltimore Activist Alert - April 27 - 28, 2015 Baltimore Activist Alert - April 29 - May 1, 2015 State of Emergency in Baltimore, and the Beat goes... 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__label__cc	0.540145	0.459855	July 2010! Anime Challenge The now-ended July 2010 challenge! Switch to Normal Layout Switch to Mobile Layout July 2010 Challenge: Make Us Look Bad Find stuff we screwed up. Seriously--you find a mistake anywhere on AAW's newly revised site, you tell us about it, you get an entry. Now, "screwed up" in this context counts as anything wrong--language, content, technical mistakes, and more. This includes, at minimum, all of the following (and no, the examples below don't count): Typos ("5enchi") Grammar errors ("That were wrong.") Spelling mistakes ("teh") Punctuation mistakes ("this is you're car") Factual errors ("Hayao Miyazaki has an evil twin") Invalid HTML5 (Advertising code, such as that from Amazon, does not count) Any other actual mistake, however obvious or arcane--grammar nazis and perfectionist geeks take note (if you can convince us it's a mistake, anything counts) Things that are not screwed up, for purposes of this contest, include: Matters of opinion (no, thinking Popotan sucks is not a mistake) Things looking weird or not working in crappy web browsers (although you're welcome to complain anyway, if you're still using Internet Explorer 5 we're not giving you any prizes) Now, the particularly fun part (for us, because we're trying to crowd-source you here) is that the more screwups you find, the better your chances of winning. In fact, we're giving away three prizes this time around: One prize goes to the person who finds the most mistakes over the period of the contest (so keep looking!), one prize goes to a different person selected at random from everyone else who entered (so even if you only enter once, it's still worth it to try!), and one prize goes to the person who finds the best mistake (the definition of "best" is entirely up to us, and will depend on the entries we get). Of course, if only one person enters, then they get all three prizes. Participation in these things is notoriously low (because we never make mistakes... hah!), so who knows, you might just win yourself three anime DVDs if you're the only person who bothered entering! So, here's how you enter: You notice something wrong, anywhere on AnimeWorld.com. You hop on over to the contact form, select "Contest Entry" as the type of message, and tell us exactly what you found, along with an accurate email address and your name. 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It would make Akemi sad and almost certainly result in some sort of Karmic penalty in your next life. anime by title anime by star rating anime by content anime glossary US anime companies fansite how-to indie anime FIWAJC! Prizes! July 2010! review conventions AAW's Pick of the Week "Crazed and lowbrow, but flat-out hilarious." AAW News Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo / reviewed 2013-03-14 by Chainclaw Spice and Wolf II / reviewed 2012-10-07 by Marc Wedding Peach DX Upotte!! InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel Site Status Update (and secret project introduction) (07/23/2014) Sweet Blue Flowers Manga Finale Notes (08/10/2013) Detroit Metal City Notes (03/06/2013) Questions or comments? Contact us. ©1997-2011 Marc & Akemi Marshall. Page generated Sat Nov 22 10:21:51 2014 Any images are the property of their respective rightsholders, and included for review purposes only under the fair-use clause of US copyright law.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line35
__label__cc	0.744619	0.255381	Euro zone inflation remains low Euro zone inflation remained low at 1% in August, well below the European Central Bank’s target, bolstering market expectations that the bank will further ease monetary policy next month. The European Union’s statistics office said that inflation in the 19 countries sharing the euro was unchanged from the July reading, in line with expectations in a Reuters poll. The rates of price increases in July and August are the lowest since November 2016, well below the ECB’s inflation target of below, but close to, 2% despite years of unprecedented monetary stimulus through rate cuts and trillions of euros of bond purchases. Economists said the latest economic data strengthened the case for further loosening monetary policy. “There is nothing in today’s data releases to change the minds of ECB policy makers meeting the week after next: we still expect them to cut the deposit rate from -0.4% to -0.5% and to provide further strong hints that more QE is on the way,” Capital Economics’ Andrew Kenningham wrote in a note. The ECB’s Governing Council holds its next monetary policy meeting on September 12 and has all but promised a stimulus package, with economic growth faltering amid a global trade war and Germany’s manufacturing sector already in recession. Market expectations are that it will carry out several interest rate cuts in the coming year, along with a fresh round of bond purchases, commonly known as quantitative easing. The ECB’s measures are also set to include a way to compensate commercial banks for the side effects of negative interest rates. Core inflation, which strips out volatile unprocessed food and energy and which the ECB scrutinises in policy decisions, was steady at 1.1% in August. The even narrower measure excluding also alcohol and tobacco prices that many market economists look at was unchanged at 0.9%. Eurostat’s flash estimate for the month does not include a monthly calculation. The low overall level of inflation strengthens the case for a package of ECB measures to support the economy and faster inflation. The ECB’s problem is that inflation has undershot its target since 2013 despite a lengthy economic boom, which saw the creation of over 10 million jobs. Such an expansion should have fuelled inflation already but hidden slack in the labour market, the growing share of services in the economy and the population’s ageing, all kept a lid on price growth. While the bank has argued that inflation would eventually come, it has already exhausted much of its fire power and now faces economic turbulence with a relatively depleted arsenal that could force it to once again to reinvent its policy toolkit. The ECB is also facing the added difficulty that much of the current economic weakness is due to external factors, such as Brexit, a trade war and China’s own slowdown, against which monetary policy is largely ineffective. While the ECB is unlikely to admit that the current troubles are outside its control, economists say that the best it can hope for is to prop up confidence and preserve already favourable financing conditions. Separately, the jobless rate in the euro zone was 7.5% in July, unchanged compared to a month earlier, Eurostat data showed. ← ‘Industry central to Ireland’s climate action targets’ Biggest growth in consumer lending in over 10 years; Central Bank →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line47
__label__wiki	0.992521	0.992521	Fan dies after clashes before game in Brazil Fan dies after violence prior to Botafogo-Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro Botafogo play their home games at the Nilton Santos Stadium. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images A supporter died following violence before Botafogo's meeting with Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Authorities announced that Diego Silva dos Santo, 28, died nearby Botafogo's Nilton Santos Stadium -- also known as the Engenhao -- and the club condemned the violence which preceded the match. "The Municipal Health Secretariat informs that eight men were taken to the Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital as victims of the violence or gunshots in clashes near the Engenhao," the Secretariat said in a statement. "Of these, one died, four were released and three are still being attended to, one of whom is in a serious condition." Luis Fernando Santos, a vice-president at Botafogo, felt the game should not have gone ahead in light of the clashes. He said: "In my opinion, it's a serious risk to the public. External policing is needed, the fans have to be safe when they left the stadium. This situation is impracticable, but it's not Botafogo's decision [to cancel the game]." Flamengo, who won the fixture 2-1 against their local rivals Botafogo, added on Twitter: "We regret the death of the supporter and the happenings at Engenhao. Peace always. Football is happiness."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line54
__label__cc	0.632205	0.367795	Clemson University Planned Giving You can make a powerful difference in our university's future by including Clemson in your estate plans. PLANNED GIVING HOME Learn About Wills Bequest Language Wills Planner Free Estate Planning Guide Monthly eNewsletters You are at: Planned Giving > For Advisors > Article of Month SECURE Act Promotes IRAs to Testamentary Unitrust Plans SECURE Act Encourages Saving for Retirement By a bipartisan vote of 71 to 23 on December 19, 2019, the Senate passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act. The SECURE Act was part of a larger appropriations bill. Both House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) supported the bill. Brady noted, “Our bipartisan legislation makes it easier for main street business to offer retirement plans to their workers by easing administrative burdens, cutting down on unnecessary and often costly paperwork. In this bill, we also offer local businesses the flexibility to tailor retirement plans to best fit the needs of their workers, not to the needs of Washington.” The bill includes many provisions designed to facilitate and enhance savings for retirement. These changes have bipartisan support and are helpful for workers who desire to save for retirement. Traditional IRA Contributions – Individuals over age 70½ with earned income may continue to make contributions each year. Previously, only Roth IRAs could be funded after age 70½. All IRAs may now be funded at any age, provided you have earned income. These traditional IRA contributions may enable seniors to grow retirement accounts during their 70’s and 80’s. Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Age – For individuals who turn 70½ after December 31, 2019, the RMD age of 70½ is increased to age 72. Those who reached age 70½ during 2019 must still start their RMDs under the previous law. The increased age RMD rule will benefit many IRA owners who do not need to withdraw distributions. Because the IRA balances will be larger with one or two years of added growth, RMDs at age 72 and future years will be larger. Many loyal donors may choose to increase their IRA rollover gifts after age 72. Part Time Workers – Those individuals who work at least 500 hours per year for three years will be able to participate in qualified retirement plans. Retirement Plan Annuities – The rules are generally expanded to permit more qualified retirement plans to offer annuity payout options. Section 204 of the Act generally limits the liability of employers who offer annuity options in their retirement plans. This employer protection is likely to increase the number of annuity options in many larger retirement plans. Retirement Benefit Disclosure – Retirement plan administrators are now required to offer an expanded disclosure of future retirement benefits to participants. These disclosures are intended to help employees better understand the benefits of maximizing their contributions to the retirement plans. Stretch Distribution Reduced – Inherited IRAs for nonspouse beneficiaries will no longer be distributed over life expectancy, but IRA and other qualified plans of decedents must be paid out over a maximum term of ten years. There are exceptions for recipients with disabilities, minors and individuals who are within ten years of the age of the IRA owner. IRA Rollover Limit Potentially Reduced – If an individual makes contributions to a traditional IRA after age 70½, the $100,000 per year qualified charitable distribution (QCD) limit is reduced by the amount of IRA contributions after that age. The IRA contribution amount is cumulative and specific calculations will eventually be published in IRS Regulations. QCD gifts in excess of post age 70½ traditional IRA cumulative contributions will be included in income and deductible if the individual itemizes deductions. It is probable that most donors either will not have earned income after age 70½, will have total income over the IRA phaseout limits (and may not fund an IRA) or may choose to make Roth IRA contributions. Provisions of the SECURE Act generally take effect on January 1, 2020. While the age for RMDs from IRAs increases to 72, the qualified charitable distribution (QCD) age remains at 70½. IRA owners over age 70½ may transfer up to $100,000 each year to qualified charities. This transfer may fulfill part or all of an RMD. Dramatic Increase in IRA Transfers to Testamentary Unitrusts The SECURE Act reduces future taxes for IRA owners by increasing the age for required minimum distributions from 70½ to 72. However, to pay for the cost of this tax reduction, the taxes paid by future nonspouse IRA beneficiaries (typically children) will increase. Married couples usually designate the survivor as the beneficiary of their IRA or other qualified plan. The survivor may roll over the plan into his or her IRA. However, when a single person or surviving spouse passes away, the IRA is transferred to one or more nonspouse designated beneficiaries. If there is a charitable beneficiary, that portion of the IRA is normally distributed in full to the nonprofit. However, distributions to children, nephews, nieces and other family members may be made over a term of years. For individuals who passed away in 2019, an IRA beneficiary was able to “stretch” the IRA payout over his or her life expectancy. Assume mother Mary owns a traditional IRA and passed away in 2019 at age 90. She designated daughter Susan (age 60) as her IRA beneficiary and Susan could take distributions over her life expectancy. For a child age 60, the potential distribution period was between age 60 and age 87. By “stretching” the traditional IRA payout, Susan reduced her income tax and benefitted from tax-free growth for many years. Yet, even more tax deferral and growth was possible. A grandchild designated beneficiary may have stretched the tax-free growth and IRA payouts over 60 or 70 years. However, if Mary passed away in 2020, Susan must take all distributions within ten years. She can wait and take the full payout in the tenth year, but that will greatly increase the tax rate paid on the IRA. Most children will choose to take partial payouts each year for the ten years. With a ten-year payout, the income taxes paid by Susan will be substantially higher than the prior “stretch” plan. What plan could replace the 2019 “stretch” IRA distribution? Could a plan combine the tax-saving benefits of a "stretch" IRA with a term-of-years or life payout to children or other heirs? Could this plan also have the tax-free growth benefit of a stretch IRA? While it sounds too good to be true, the IRA to testamentary unitrust plan includes all of these benefits. A single person or surviving spouse may create an unfunded lifetime unitrust or testamentary unitrust in a will or living trust. The IRA beneficiary designation is to the trustee of that unitrust. When the IRA owner passes away, the unitrust is funded with the traditional IRA. Because the unitrust is tax-exempt, there is a bypass of the income tax on the traditional IRA and any future growth. Parents Desire to Protect “Creative Spender” Children Some couples have three, four or more children. If one of the children is a “creative spender,” a parent may set up a trust. Without the protection of a trust, this child may take the full IRA payout, send a huge tax payment to the IRS and quickly exhaust the balance in creative and unexpected ways. To protect these children, many parents have created “conduit” trusts to pay only the RMDs to them. Unfortunately, the SECURE Act eliminates RMDs for most children (there are exceptions for a disabled or chronically ill child). With some conduit trusts, under the SECURE Act there is no RMD and no payout to the child for ten years. At that time, the full payout is made and the child will face a huge income tax bill. Jamie Hopkins is a financial expert with Carson Wealth, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. He explains the conduit IRA trust problem and notes, “That is a complete disaster from a planning perspective. We just subjected most of that IRA money to the highest tax margin possible and locked up access to it.” Because many parents have a “creative” child, but desire to treat all children equally, transferring the IRA to a testamentary unitrust is prudent planning. The unitrust for a term of 20 years or the life of the child benefits the recipient through tax-free growth in the trust and larger total payouts over the trust duration. This unitrust has many excellent tax benefits, especially when compared with the SECURE Act mandatory payout over ten years. While the testamentary unitrust has better tax benefits than the ten-year mandatory payout, the primary reason most parents select a unitrust is to provide children with a steady payout stream for 20 years or life. The protection benefit will be primary, even though there are excellent tax benefits with a testamentary unitrust funded with an IRA or other qualified retirement plan. IRA to a Unitrust for Children A unitrust pays 5% or more for a life, lives or a term of 20 years. There are two basic options for transferring an IRA to a unitrust for children or other family members. One option is to transfer the IRA to a term of years trust for the children. The second option is to transfer the IRA to a trust that will pay each child for his or her lifetime. With the increased estate exemptions and the charitable deduction from the unitrust, it is usually possible to create a unitrust in conjunction with a zero estate tax plan. This plan is well suited to both the inheritance and tax reduction goals of most IRA owners. To use this plan, the IRA owner may create a unitrust during life for one life plus a term of years or a unitrust for his or her life and the lives of the children. The designated beneficiary of the IRA is the trustee of the unitrust. When the owner passes away, the unitrust is then funded. While the unitrust may be a testamentary trust in either a will or a living trust, it is much easier to create the lifetime trust for one life plus a term of years and then change the IRA beneficiary designation to the trustee of that trust. The living unitrust may be unfunded in some states (California and others) or it may require nominal funding but no administration. Check the applicable state law for funding requirements. Give It Twice Trust A popular option is a "Give It Twice" trust. This trust is commonly funded with an IRA or other taxable retirement plan and is used with a zero estate tax plan. In this plan, a substantial portion of the estate of the surviving spouse is transferred outright to children. The IRA is the balance of the estate. It is transferred at death of surviving spouse to a term of years unitrust. Since the unitrust is tax exempt, no income tax is paid when the IRA is distributed to the trust. The full IRA value is invested and pays 5% income to children for a term of 20 years. The 5% income is taxable, but over 20 years approximately equals the initial IRA balance. At the end of the term of years, the trust is distributed to charity. Therefore, this is a "Give It Twice" unitrust. It transfers the value once to family over the selected term of years and then distributes the value a second time to charity. The "Give It Twice" unitrust not only saves taxes, but also effectively fulfills the family distribution goals. If a family has three or four children, it is very possible that one child is not as financially capable or responsible as the others. Yet, parents desire to transfer assets equally to children in the proper belief that equality is more likely to lead to peace in the family. While the initial distribution of estate principal may indeed result in expenditure by the less responsible children, they have a second opportunity to acquire financial skills by receiving income for a term of years from the trust. Thus, parents are able to treat all children equally and still provide them with additional opportunities to acquire financial management skills. Anna Perez Funds a Testamentary Term Unitrust Sam and Anna Perez raised four children. Sam passed away last year and Anna rolled over Sam's IRA into her own IRA. She now has an estate of $1.6 million. $800,000 is in her IRA and the estate balance is in her home, CDs and mutual funds. Anna signs a one-life plus term of 20 years unitrust. She and Sam have always supported a local charity, and Anna would like to benefit her four children and the charity. She changes the beneficiary designation of the IRA to the trustee of the unitrust. When Anna passes away, the $800,000 IRA is transferred to the 5% payout unitrust, saving all of the income tax on the IRA. It is invested for a term of 20 years and pays out over $800,000 to the children during that time. After the 20 years, approximately $1 million will be distributed to Anna's favorite charity. Each of the four children will receive $200,000 from the balance of the estate. Over a period of 20 years, each child will also receive $200,000 of income. Anna especially likes the way the plan is balanced. Each child receives principal when she passes away and then income for a term of years. Anna believes that this is a desirable plan for the children and a $1 million future gift from the trust remainder will help her favorite charity. Mary Smith Has a Creative Child Mary Smith has three children and an estate of $1.8 million. She has an IRA that has grown to $1 million, and other property valued at $800,000. Mary would like to provide some principal to her children and then income for their lifetimes. However, one of her three children has a long history of poor money management. Mary wants to treat her three children equally, but believes that this child will benefit from the protection of lifetime income. Mary creates a four life unfunded 5% unitrust. The trust names her for one life (but there is no funding during her lifetime) and then pays for life to each of her children. The charitable remainder is over 10%, so the trust is a qualified charitable remainder unitrust. She changes the beneficiary of her IRA to: John Jones of Hometown, State, as Trustee of the Mary Smith Unitrust dated July 4, 2020, for the Benefit of Mary Smith and Her Children. When she passes away, the $1 million IRA is distributed to the trustee of the unitrust for the lifetimes of her three children. The children receive the balance of the estate outright, with each child receiving over $250,000 (after costs). Each of the three children then receives one-third of the unitrust income. Over the lives of the children, the $1 million unitrust will pay out over $2 million of income. Each child will receive total income of about $750,000 during his or her lifetime. After all three children have passed away, approximately $1.6 million will be available for charity. Document Options to Transfer IRAs to Unitrusts With the future growth of IRAs and other retirement plans, there will be a dramatic increase in the number of individuals who choose to bequeath IRAs to charity or to testamentary unitrusts. Some of these persons will transfer an IRA to a unitrust for the life of a spouse or to a spouse and then to children. Other parents will transfer an IRA to a unitrust to benefit children for a term of years or for their lifetime. What are options to create effective documents for a “Give It Twice” unitrust? In order to create a legal transfer of an IRA, 403(b), 401(k) or other retirement plan to a charity or charitable trust, certain legal procedures must be followed. IRA Beneficiary Designation IRAs and pension plans are transferred through a beneficiary designation. With the fairly rare exception of an IRA transferred to an estate, the IRA is not governed by the will of the IRA owner. Thus, it is very important that the IRA beneficiary designation be completed correctly. IRA custodians provide beneficiary designation forms to select a primary and contingent designated beneficiary. In most cases, the IRA owner should enter the selected person as designated beneficiary on the form and should also enter the name of a contingent beneficiary. For many persons with charitable inclinations, it could be desirable to select a charity as the contingent beneficiary. For example, an IRA owner could select a spouse or child as designated beneficiary and a favorite charity as contingent beneficiary. Favorite charity should be designated by legal name, city and state. Depending upon the income and estate tax rules in effect at the time the person passes away, the designated beneficiary may determine that there would be substantial tax savings by "disclaiming" and allowing the distribution to be made to the contingent charitable recipient. If an IRA owner decides to benefit a spouse, children or other persons through a testamentary unitrust, he or she must decide how to achieve the desired results. It is not acceptable to merely write a request on the beneficiary form, asking your executor to create a unitrust. The Internal Revenue Service has disallowed charitable estate deductions for such requests, since the unitrust must exist as of date of death of the decedent. Therefore, it is necessary to create an actual trust document, and then to designate the trustee of the trust as the beneficiary of the IRA. For example, a person could create a trust for himself and his spouse and then update on the beneficiary designation section with the following sentence, "To ABC Bank as trustee of the charitable remainder trust dated July 4, 2020, for the initial benefit of Mr. and Mrs. IRA owner." There are three principal ways to draft the unitrust document. The options include a funded charitable remainder unitrust with an addition at the death of the IRA owner, an unfunded unitrust and a revocable trust or will with the required language. Funded Unitrust One of the favorable benefits of charitable remainder unitrusts is that an addition can be made during life or at death. In order to do so, there must be a provision in the trust instrument that allows contributions from an estate and requires the contribution to be effective as of the date of death, even though payments may not be made until after full trust funding. A married couple could create and fund a two life unitrust during life. If one spouse were to pass away first, that spouse's IRA could be added to the unitrust for the benefit of the survivor. The IRA beneficiary form would merely designate the trustee as recipient under provisions of the charitable remainder unitrust. After payment of the unitrust amounts to the surviving spouse, the remainder is distributed to favorite charities. A parent or couple with children could create a trust for one life plus a term of years or two lives plus a term of years. A one or two life plus term trust is permissible if all recipients are named and living when the trust is created and there is a termination provision that requires the trust to terminate if all named beneficiaries pass away prior to the expiration of the term of years. For example, a unitrust for a married couple with three children is in effect a trust for the lesser of the five lives or the period of two lives plus 20 years. Note that if children are named as beneficiaries, the Sec. 2056(b)(8) marital deduction will not apply. With community property or joint tenancy assets, one-half of the remaining income interest is included in each taxable estate. However, if one spouse contributes separate property to the trust, under the consideration-furnished rules, the income interest will be included in his or her estate. With a one or two life plus term of years trust, the parent or couple may receive unitrust income distributions during life. For a married couple, the survivor will receive the required IRA distributions from his or her plan, plus the income payouts from the unitrust. After both parents pass away, the IRA designated beneficiary for the surviving spouse is the trustee of the unitrust. This trustee will then receive the IRA distribution, add the IRA proceeds to the unitrust and make payments to children for the term of years. When the IRA is transferred to the trust, the IRA is terminated and the trust receives the distribution from the IRA. In most cases, a traditional IRA or other qualified retirement plan represents 100% untaxed ordinary income and the entire IRA distribution will be allocated to ordinary income. Thus, unitrust payouts to children will be ordinary income. However, because the unitrust is tax exempt, the trustee may invest full value of the IRA in order to maximize the new income. With a funded unitrust, an addition may also be made from a profit sharing, retirement or 401(k) account. However, in these cases a spouse must sign a consent form for the beneficiary designation. As a practical matter, since spouses may either live in or move to a community property state, it is good practice for both spouses to sign consents to the plan to create a charitable trust that will later receive IRA or other deferred compensation distributions. Creating a funded unitrust will require normal trust administration and accounting services. The trustee must invest and manage the trust corpus, track the four-tier trust accounting, make the correct payments to the income recipients and file the annual IRS Form 5227. Unfunded Unitrust Some individuals desire to create a plan for transfer of an IRA to a charitable remainder trust, but do not want to fund and administer the trust during life. For the individual who does not wish to operate the trust during life but would prefer that the unitrust is available to receive the distribution from an IRA, an unfunded unitrust may be created. Under the laws of most states, it is permissible to create a trust with nominal or no funding. The IRA owner may sign an unfunded trust and designate the trustee as the IRA beneficiary. In a few states, applicable trust law may require funding of $10 or $20. In those states, the typical practice is to create and sign a trust document and staple a $10 or $20 bill to the trust instrument. This unfunded trust is valid under state law, but does not require administration under federal statutes until it is funded at the death of the IRA owner. Since no investment or activity is required, Treasury has not objected to this practice. An unfunded unitrust may be a two life unitrust or could be a one or two life plus term of years trust. The trust should be created prior to signing the beneficiary designation form and filing it with the IRA custodian. For a surviving spouse, the one life plus term of years unfunded unitrust is frequently selected. Revocable Trust or Will The final option for documentation is to include a trust document in a revocable trust or a will. The trust will generally be a one life trust for a surviving spouse, a term of years trust for children or a one life trust for a child. It should be clearly identified within the revocable trust or will as a separate charitable remainder unitrust effective only at the death of the testator. It should have a specific number or article designation. After the living trust or will document has been created by the testator, it is then possible to designate that testamentary trust as the beneficiary of the IRA. The beneficiary designation could be similar to the following: "To ABC Bank as trustee of the charitable remainder unitrust for child A, identified as 'Article H' in the Mary Jones Living Trust dated July 4, 2001." The designation for a will could use comparable language. The IRA limits on distributions under the SECURE Act greatly reduce the "stretch" plans for beneficiaries. The potential conduit trust disaster and the desire of parents to protect “creative spender” children require a positive solution. Transfer of an IRA or retirement plan to a testamentary unitrust combines tax-free growth, maximum income, protection of the trust principal and a future generous gift to charity. For thousands of parents and individuals who desire to protect and help other family members, the retirement plan to testamentary unitrust solution has enormous benefits for family and charity. IRS Appraiser Qualifications New Decade Nonprofit Trends Substantiation Requirements for Charitable Contributions, Part V Substantiation Requirements for Charitable Contributions, Part IV Resources for Professional Advisors © Copyright 2020 Crescendo Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This site is informational and educational in nature. It is not offering professional tax, legal, or accounting advice. For specific advice about the effect of any planning concept on your tax or financial situation or with your estate, please consult a qualified professional advisor.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line58
__label__cc	0.730665	0.269335	Gloriously un-PC: Chris Lilley’s Swiftian, scabrous, gleefully misanthropic Lunatics reviewed Chris Lilley as Quentin, the real-estate agent with an improbably huge arse who dreams of becoming a famous DJ ‘Unfunny, boring and utterly unrelenting,’ says the Guardian’s one-star review of Chris Lilley’s new sketch series Lunatics (Netflix). And if that’s not incentive enough, our woke critical chum goes on to declare the series ‘problematic’. That’s a weaselly way of saying ‘this triggered all my snowflake sensitivities’ but in such a way as to make it sound like a loftily objective judgment. In truth, Lunatics is only problematic if a) you have no sense of humour and b) you’d prefer all comedy to be politically correct, inoffensive and utterly devoid of satirical edge. Read the rest in the Spectator. Posted on May 11, 2019 May 14, 2019 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags Chris Lilley, NetFlix, TVLeave a comment on Gloriously un-PC: Chris Lilley’s Swiftian, scabrous, gleefully misanthropic Lunatics reviewed If you liked Triumph of the Will, you’ll love Our Planet Plus: was Fleabag really profound and true? Or sententious, hormonal, millennial drivel? Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’ If you liked Triumph of the Will, you’ll love this latest masterpiece of the genre: Our Planet. The Netflix nature series exploits the prestige, popularity and swansinging poignancy of Sir David Attenborough to promote an environmental message so relentlessly dishonest and alarmist it might have been scripted by the WWF. ‘Walruses committing suicide because of global warming.’ That was the nonsense from episode two repeated uncritically by all the newspapers, none of which seems to have been much interested in questioning the veracity of the claim. You’ll never guess what it was that really drove those walruses over the edge of the cliff… Ironically, the likely culprits were polar bears — that supposedly threatened species whose population has grown exponentially in the past 50 years to the point where they are now beginning to become something of a pest. Posted on April 11, 2019 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags BBC, NetFlix, TVLeave a comment on If you liked Triumph of the Will, you’ll love Our Planet Why Gomorrah could never have been made by the BBC Plus: I really hope Netflix’s Sex Education is not the future of TV. Ruthless, uncompromising integrity: Sky’s Gomorrah Boy often likes to rebuke me for having impossibly high standards when it comes to TV. ‘Why can’t you just enjoy it?’ he says. This is disappointing. One reason I ruined myself to give him an expensive education is so I wouldn’t have to share my viewing couch with a drooling moron happy to gawp at any old crap. Worse, whenever I try to draw his attention to stuff I consider to be extra specially worth watching — Fauda, Babylon Berlin, etc. — he rejects it because it has been tainted by my recommendation. So the next brilliant thing he won’t get to see is Gomorrah (Sky). This relentlessly dour and violent series about the Camorra mob in Naples is now filming its fourth season, but because I’ve come to it late I’m still only on the first. What I so love about it — essentially my criterion for all great art — is the ruthless, uncompromising integrity of its vision. Posted on February 1, 2019 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags Gomorrah, NetFlixLeave a comment on Why Gomorrah could never have been made by the BBC The Sinner caters to the insatiable appetite teenage girls have for the sordid and sick Jessica Biel as Cora Tannetti. [Photo: BBC / Iron Ocean / Universal Cable Productions LLC] Don’t watch The Sinner (originally on Netflix; now on BBC4) because, despite your better judgment, you’ll only get addicted after its irresistibly grabby opening. A pretty if slightly distraite mother called Cora Tannetti — Jessica Biel — is on a lakeside beach with her bearded beta cuck husband and their little boy, surrounded by other relaxed groups of weekend picnickers. Suddenly, she takes huge exception to a hunky male sitting nearby and derangedly stabs him to death with a fruit knife. Why? That’s why it’s being sold as a new genre — the ‘whydunit’ — because obviously we know whodunit already. With seven more episodes to go, it’s probably safe to assume that the answer is much more complicated — but not nearly as plausible — as the one I gave to the Fawn at the end of episode one. ‘I know exactly why she did it,’ I said. ‘Why?’ said the Fawn. ‘Because she’s a woman…’ I said. Posted on December 8, 2018 December 10, 2018 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags BBC, Jessica Biel, NetFlix, The SinnerLeave a comment on The Sinner caters to the insatiable appetite teenage girls have for the sordid and sick Thanks to Making a Murderer, Wisconsin’s bovine incompetence has been exposed Making a Murderer 2’s mesmerising dea ex machina Kathleen Zellner How long do the state authorities think they can get away with it? I wonder if Wisconsin has any idea what an international embarrassment it has become? By rights it ought to be an unexceptionable place, little more than the quirky answer to the occasional trivia question: ‘Where is the Badger State?’; ‘Whose state governor shares a name with the singer of “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)?”’; ‘Which US state makes more Swiss cheese than Switzerland?’ Sadly for this unassuming Great Lakes state — pop. six million — it has instead become an exemplar of the kind of official corruption, mendacity, hypocrisy, bovine incompetence and rampant injustice less often associated with the leader of the free world and the beacon of democracy than with Islamofascist republics, equatorial African kleptocracies and other third-world hellholes. This is all thanks to the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, which holds the state’s apparatus responsible for one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in recent history. Posted on November 12, 2018 November 13, 2018 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags Making a Murderer, NetFlix, TVLeave a comment on Thanks to Making a Murderer, Wisconsin’s bovine incompetence has been exposed More gripping than any scripted thriller: November 13 – Attack on Paris reviewed What kept you watching was the desperate hope that a whole group would get away unharmed. Too often they didn’t Eagles of Death Metal performing at the Bataclan theatre in 2015 a few moments before the attack by Islamic terrorists. Photo: AFP / Marion Ruszniewski / Getty Images There were 1,500 punters in the audience when Eagles of Death Metal played their fatal gig at the Bataclan theatre in Paris in November 2015. By midnight, every one of those fans would either be dead, bereaved, in hospital with gunshot wounds or so traumatised that the horror would haunt the rest of their lives. But obviously none of them knew this when they woke up on that sunny autumn morning (though it was a Friday 13th). One remembers that his first thought that day was to make sure he wore some nice trousers. Another recalls being puzzled when his father — ‘a typical Chilean dad’ — embraced him, asked him anxiously where he was going that night (‘I’m 23!’) and then said what now sounds eerily prophetic: ‘No one can steal your soul.’ The son replied: ‘I’ll be careful.’ Posted on June 21, 2018 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags Bataclan, Islamic terrorists, NetFlix, TVLeave a comment on More gripping than any scripted thriller: November 13 – Attack on Paris reviewed Why is this Israeli drama such a hit with Palestinians? Because it tells the truth Unlike most American drama series, Fauda isn’t there to make friends. Fauda (image: Netflix) ‘The rule in our household is: if a TV series hasn’t got subtitles, it’s not worth watching,’ a friend told me the other day. Once this approach would have been both extremely limiting and insufferably pompous. In the era of Netflix and Amazon Prime, though, it makes a lot of sense. There’s something about English-speaking TV — especially if it’s made in the US — that tends towards disappointment. Obviously there have been exceptions: The Sopranos; Band of Brothers; Breaking Bad; Game of Thrones. But too often, what’s missing is that shard of ice in the creative heart that drama needs if it’s to be truly exceptional. American drama is a slobbering puppy dog. No matter how dark or weird its subject matter, there’s invariably a fatal moment where it suddenly rolls over onto its back and begs you to tickle its tummy. Its urge to show you how secretly lovable it is is more powerful than its desire to be great art. Posted on June 8, 2018 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags amazon prime, Fauda, NetFlixLeave a comment on Why is this Israeli drama such a hit with Palestinians? Because it tells the truth Wild Wild Country Makes Me Want to Set Up My Own Cult Wild Wild Country (image: Netflix) Plus: the latest variant on one of my favourite reality TV genres: unteachables go to brat camp. I have decided to set up a cult, which you are all welcome to join, especially those of you who are young and very attractive or stupendously rich. The former will get exclusive membership of my JiggyJiggy Fun Club™, while the latter will be essential in financing all the cool shit I need on my 500-square-mile estate, viz: hunt stables and kennels, helipad, private games room with huge comfy chair, water slides, grouse moor, airstrip, barracks for my cuirassiers, volcano with battery of rockets inside, and so on. What gave me the idea was this new Netflix documentary series everyone is talking about called Wild Wild Country. It tells the story of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the bearded guru who in the early 1980s decamped from India with his thousands of followers to set up a utopian colony on a remote and beautiful ranch in the wilds of Oregon. If you didn’t know it was all going to go horribly wrong, you might find the early episodes ever so slightly dull. Posted on April 12, 2018 April 17, 2018 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, cult, NetFlix, Wild Wild CountryLeave a comment on Wild Wild Country Makes Me Want to Set Up My Own Cult Once You Get Over Its Political Correctness, Netflix’s Godless Is a Cracker Godless (image: Netflix) Ignore the PC nonsense – this telly Western is well acted, gritty, dusty, uber-violent and clandestinely old-fashioned. Boy came to me the other night in a state of dismay. ‘Dad, I just turned on Match of the Day to watch England vs Kazakhstan and guess what: they never mentioned this, but it’s the women’s game.’ What bothered him was not so much being forced to watch a slower, less athletic, duller version of real football — though obviously that too — as that the BBC was being so utterly disingenuous about it. This policy of pretending there’s absolutely no difference between men’s and women’s international sporting fixtures has, I know, been operational for some time. But for those of us living outside the PC metropolitan bubble — i.e. most of the BBC’s actual audience — it still feels insulting, hectoring and dishonest. But you can’t escape it. Even really good drama series that you might actually want to watch have been infected. The new Netflix cowboy drama Godless, for example. Posted on December 7, 2017 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags Godless, NetFlix, TV, westernsLeave a comment on Once You Get Over Its Political Correctness, Netflix’s Godless Is a Cracker Despite Being Anti-English, Republican Propaganda, Gunpowder Is Absolutely Gripping What upset James Delingpole far more this week was the miscarriage of justice in Netflix’s The Confession Tapes. Gunpowder’s Robert Catesby (Kit Harington), Thomas Winter (Edward Holcroft) and Faulkes (Tom Cullen) The opening of Gunpowder (BBC1, Saturdays) was just about the most knuckle-gnawingly tense ten minutes I’ve ever seen on TV. It’s 1603 and James I is on the throne. At the Warwickshire great house of Baddesley Clinton, a group of aristocratic Catholics, including Robert Catesby (Kit Harington) and Anne Vaux (Liv Tyler), are celebrating Mass illicitly when a party of armed men begins hammering at the door. Quickly, the various guerrilla priests — a senior Jesuit Henry Garnet and two young acolytes — are bundled into hiding, two in a priest hole set behind some panelling, one in a chest. The search party enters, led by an implacable witchfinder-general type who pursues his task with sadistic relish and grim efficiency. As the priests cower, their terror palpable, the search party sets about measuring the house within and without to see if there is any discrepancy in the dimensions. Posted on October 26, 2017 October 26, 2017 Author JamesCategories SpectatorTags BBC, Catholics, gunpowder, NetFlixLeave a comment on Despite Being Anti-English, Republican Propaganda, Gunpowder Is Absolutely Gripping	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.656958	0.656958	SO SAD: £250,000-a-week Star Man To EXIT Stamford Bridge Amid Poor Performance, Chelsea Already In Search Of Replacement Jose MourinhoNews By festus Last updated Aug 18, 2019 In what would seem as a shock move for fans of Chelsea football club, reports have emerged that Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich and his board members consisting of club president Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia, Eugene Tenenbaum and club sporting director Michael Emenalo are to hold an emergency meeting today, to decide on Mourinho’s fate as the club manager. Mourinho, who is a renowned football manager around the globe, had failed to live up to expectation this season. His team dip in form is a shock to both Chelsea fans and even rival fans. Chelsea had their 9th defeat against Leicester City on Monday night and as a result, they are currently just a point above relegation zone. Speaking after the defeat against Leicester City, Mourinho insisted that he felt betrayed by his team performances and that he see a different approach to his team play, contrary to his instruction. “We conceded two goals that were unacceptable. Said Moirinho “One of my best qualities is to read the game for my players and I feel like my work was betrayed.” “All last season I did phenomenal work and brought them to a level that is not their level and more than they really are,” he continued. “When some of your players don’t hit the levels they are capable of it is hard to see. This season we are doing so bad for some reason, not all of them. “To turn things around, I know only one way — working at the top level. Day by day in training I have no complaints with them. But is it frustrating to see what they are doing in training and what they do in matches? Clearly yes.” The tactician has been no doubt Chelsea most successful coach, but his time at Stamford Bridge could come to an end today or over the weekend should he lose to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. However, Daily Star claims that Abramovich could be forced to fork out £40m to pay off Mourinho as Chelsea will have to buy out his four-year, £250,000-a-week deal, if they vote against him continuing today. Done Deal: Everton Star To Become Chelsea’s First January Signing, Terms Already Agreed On (Not John Stones) UNBELIEVABLE: “He Can Leave If He Wants To” Angry Club Boss Speaks Out Amid Interest Of SENSATIONAL Star-To Switch Club In January	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line76
__label__wiki	0.933773	0.933773	This Week In Gluttony Watch this Dallas bartender turn up the heat on a cocktail classic Downtown Buzz Most interesting coffee shop revs up historic downtown Dallas building Look for espresso and a whole lot more when Motopia Cafe opens in downtown Dallas. iStock One of the coolest redos in Dallas has to be the Butler Brothers Building, the tan building across from Dallas City Hall. It's being transformed by developer Mike Sarimsakci into a residential building and hotel, and the end is near. Units are being offered for rent. Part of the sweet package will be the opening of Motopia Cafe, a unique, Euro-style business that combines motorcycles with coffee house and lounge. This is actually a reopening. Motopia was once located in a storefront off US 75 near Fitzhugh, where it combined a coffee house, restaurant, lounge with fireplace, and business center with a motorcycle detail and repair shop. Motopia was originally founded in 2008 by entrepreneur, SMU professor, and Renaissance man Rene Larrave as as a hangout for motorcycle aficionados. It closed in 2014 to make way for a mid-rise apartment building. But its one-of-a-kind formula will be re-created at the Butler Building, Larrave says. "It's going to be basically the same concept, with a restaurant that is open to the public, and a club for motorcycle enthusiasts," he says. The new location will open on the ground floor of the Butler building and will be a similar combination concept with coffee house, restaurant, bar, patio, and meeting rooms for small and large events. It will also have a motorcycle repair facility, a parts and trip counter, and plenty of parking for cars and motorcycles. The restaurant will service all-day dining needs, with eggs, pancakes, migas, soups, salads, and sandwiches. "It'll be in the style of an American bistro, with casual food, but very good food," Larrave says. The concept will open in phases, with the restaurant debuting sometime in December, and the motorcycle facility in early 2017. “There’s a Motopia Club, as well, where you get to participate in trips, go to the track, buy parts, there’s a lot of benefits,” Larrave says. “The other part is the garage, with the motorcycle repair facility. "I think it will be valuable for those who live in and around downtown. You have the Ducati shop on Industrial Boulevard and Vespa Dallas on Greenville, but otherwise you have to go all the way to Plano." Sarimsakci, who is also a motorcycle rider, will be involved in the hands-on day-to-day of the cafe, while Larrave will serve as a kind of evangelist. "I said to Mike, 'We need a ramp from the street to the courtyard, so that riders can drive right up,' and there's already one under construction," Larrave says.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line85
__label__wiki	0.770102	0.770102	The real implications of OHS negligence: human lives, business contracts and hefty fines Too many businesses are failing workers and their families by compromising lives, with 187 workplace deaths nationally in 2017, according to Safe Work Australia data analysed by the Australian Accident Helpline. And 2018 is not looking better according to Safe Work Australia who said: “there has been no dramatic improvement in the last 10-years,”. This is despite the rates of serious workers’ compensation claims decreasing by 30 per cent over the last decade, in line with the older demographic of the industry. “Younger workers recorded the highest serious claim frequency rates,” according to a Safe Work Australia representative. Australian Accident Helpline managing director, Liam Millner said the incidents highlighted often avoidable deaths and injuries resulting from OHS complacency by businesses whose reputations and business relationships were damaged as a result. “Research has shown that companies tarnished with health and safety breaches that lead to death or serious injury of people within their area of responsibility suffer the consequence of failing to secure future contracts,” Mr Millner said. Examples of the human and financial cost: The biggest fine handed out in 2018 was $500,000 to a concrete pumping business for the tragic death of a worker struck by tubing weighing two tonnes. In May 2018, a Shepparton fruit packaging company was fined $150,000 after a backpacker was scalped when her hair was caught in a conveyer belt drive shaft. The woman suffered “horrific injuries” and the court established that she had been expected to clean a conveyer belt while it was operating. “The time or cost saved by not powering down is never worth the horrific injuries that could occur,” SafeWork is quoted as saying. A tragic accident happened in Queensland in early 2018 when a six-year-old suffered leg and skull fractures plus bleeding on the brain after being hit by a golf buggy. A Sydney-based building contractor pleaded guilty for failing to protect workers following an incident which cost the life of an unsupervised carpentry apprentice who fell while building a walkway platform. The building contractor was fined $405,000. A Melbourne concreting contractor was fined $350,000 in March for safety oversights that led to the death of a client’s son. The 37-year-old man drove the skid steer to level a nature strip and was found dead in the operator’s seat with the safety bar not in position and the bucket raised. Broadly, in construction, falls from heights continue to recur as a common cause of death or injury while in Victoria the number of farm-related fatalities in the year to August 2018 totalled seven out of 13 workplace deaths, an average of one per month. The good news: action being taken to mitigate risks State governments are taking action to raise awareness and educate business owners on OHS obligations, through initiatives such as the week-long forklift safety blitz, the announcement of a new plan to reduce deaths and accidents in the NSW construction industry, and July’s Farm Safety Week. But the onus is on business owners to take responsibility for controlling risks and providing a safe working place for workers and visitors. It’s now more important than ever to understand OHS legislation and implement better procedures, such as encouraging safety hazard reporting to prevent human harm and business impact. workers compensation / What to do if an employee is injured at work: employer’s guide Unsafe businesses will pay more for workers compensation in 2018 ‹ A look at the most dangerous industries of 2016-17. Agriculture the worst. › Big wave surfing: how smart choices, training and staying calm impacts safety and survival Changes coming to quad bike laws to improve safety Four quad bike deaths in three weeks during February and March 2017 Young workers 21 per cent more likely to be hospitalised: Safety Guide Young workers – classified as 15-24 year-olds – face the Choosing safety glasses vs goggles vs face shields Australians suffer around 50 000 eye injuries every year even though many Tragic Death Could Have Been Prevented With a Paper Dust Mask A paper mask worth few cents would have prevented the tragic death of Musculoskeletal injuries at work: most common and costly Musculoskeletal injuries or ‘body stressing’ in workers is the most How to safely work with silica dust. Laws to be reviewed Workers who have cut engineered stone are being urged by to seek a health Safety Alert: Electrical Safety in Mining The mining industry is notoriously hazardous. From around the globe, Fostering mental health in construction with MATES A program assisting construction workers in recognising and addressing Managers Contributing to Poor Diets among Construction Tradies Managers have a significant influence over construction workers’ diets, PPE Failure – Could You Be at Risk? Earlier this month a Queensland man was flown to the Royal Brisbane	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line88
__label__wiki	0.77153	0.77153	Kentucky Power Workers Helping In Northeast {Hazard/Pikeville/Ashland, Kentucky}...Kentucky Power workers from Hazard, Pikeville, and Ashland left from Paintsville Monday afternoon headed to Hartford, Connecticut after a rare October snowstorm left more than two million people in the northeast without power. Forty-eight Kentuckians will be in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut working to repair downed lines. They are returning the favor to the power crews who helped repair lines in eastern Kentucky during the snow storm the week of Christmas in 2009. Kentucky Power crews estimate it will take at least one week to restore power to everyone. Forty-two tree trimmers from our region are also going to help. Posted by Homer Owens at 11:54 PM Accident Kills Martin County Man {Inez, Kentucky}...Kevin Baker of Inez, formerly of Paintsville, was killed in a car crash on Route 645 in Inez in Martin County Sunday. Police say Baker was ejected from his car after it went off the road near Save-a-lot and flipped several times before stopping 300 feet from the road. Kentucky State Police Academy Graduates 60 New Troopers (Pikeville, Ky) - This past weekend, 60 new troopers graduated from the Kentucky State Police Academy in Frankfort, which brings the agency's total strength to 914 troopers. The new troopers started a 23-week training cycle on May 22nd which consisted of constant mental and physical challenges. Eleven of the 60 graduating troopers were assigned to Post 9 in Pikeville, which covers Pike, Floyd, Martin, Magoffin and Johnson Counties. The Post 9 Commander, Captain Todd Kidd, says the new troopers are definitely needed. "These eleven troopers are a huge addition to our manpower. We could get 50 more troopers and it wouldn't be too many," said Kidd. The new troopers, who report for their first day of work Wednesday, will be supervised by a training officer for 6-8 weeks. KSP is currently recruiting for a new cadet class to begin in the fall of 2012. For more information, visit www.kentuckystatepolice.org. The new troopers assigned to Post 9 are : Heath L. Ayres of Lancaster, Ky Joshua B. Cox of Corbin, Ky Jeremy H. Giles of Columbia, Ky Nicholas T. Hale of Columbia, Ky Craig T. Hulsey of Elizabethtown, Ky Timothy S. Hurtt of Richmond, Ky Christopher D. Marcum of Lexington, Ky Stephen B. Mirus of Morehead, Ky Zachariah T. Pennington of Richmond, Ky Clifton T. Royal of Berea, Ky Bradley K. Watson of Flemingsburg, Ky Posted by Shannon Deskins at 11:34 AM Government Seeks Property Forfieture {Pikeville, Kentucky}...The government is seeking forfieture of property owned by Michael Randall Crager, a Floyd County man indicted this week in United States District Court in Pikeville on a charge of knowingly and intentionally growing 100 or more marijuana plants. As part of the indictment, the grand jury also made a forfieture allegation which states that the property used to grow the marijuana, 20 acres located in Hueysville, be forfeited to the federal government. If convicted, Crager could face more than 40 years in prison, a $5 million fine, and three years of supervised release. Posted by Homer Owens at 9:57 PM Floyd County Business Owner Robbed {Minnie, Kentucky}...Thursday night, Brenda Hicks, who has owned the restaurant Brenda's Place in Minnie for 20 years, was getting out of her car at her home when she says a man confronted her with a gun and demanded her purse and car keys. The man then left the scene in her car. Police are looking for a male suspect around 5'8". He has a slender build and was wearing camouflage and a green ski mask. Magoffin County Post Office Closed {Royalton, Kentucky}...The Royalton Post Office in Magoffin County is closed. U.S. Post Office officials issued an emergency suspension on the building, ordering it closed immediately after mold was found inside it, making it unsafe for the workers or people in the community. All of its operations are now being handled in Salyersville. U. S. Postal officials say a flood a few years ago caused mold to start growing inside the building. U.S. Postal officials say people can buy stamps or handle other business through their mail carriers instead of driving to Salyersville, and anyone who had a P.O. box in Royalton can get one in Salyersville. The postmaster retired and other workers were moved to the Salyersville Post Office. Salyersville Requesting Audit {Salyersville, Kentucky}...The Salyersville City Council is asking State Auditor Crit Luallen's office to investigate the water company's records. Mayor James "Pete" Shepherd says the water treatment plant owes $165,000 in overdue bills. Shepherd says the city council tried to go through the books to find the problems but they could not find some records. The city council approved paying the state for the independent audit. Jenkins Independent Hazing Charges Dismissed {Jenkins, Kentucky}...Charges against the Jenkins Independent School District, their superintendent and football coach Larry Maggard have been dismissed. They were all charged with failing to report an alleged hazing incident last fall. Judge Prator ruled that Jenkins Independent School District is an entity and not a person, and, according to the law, you have to be a person to commit the alleged crimes and the recent Kentucky Supreme Court decision involving this statute limits the reporting requirement to abuse from a parent, guardian or other person exercising custodial control and does not apply to a child abusing another child. Jenkins Independent School District's attorney Jonathan Hall says the Court's analysis was correct and dismissal of this matter was proper and consistent with well established Kentucky law. Howard Keith Hall, Pike County Attorney and prosecutor in the case, says he does not agree with the ruling, and he is hoping the Supreme Court will take another look at this law due to the fact that the facts of this case are totally different. Hall says he will decide in the next few days if he will appeal the decision to the Letcher County Circuit Court. Pike County Detention Center Inmate Escapes {Pikeville, Kentucky}...On Wednesday, KSP Post 9 in Pikeville was notified by the Pike County Detention Center that an inmate had escaped. Kentucky State Police are searching for 26 year old Nacoma Harmon, of Pikeville, who walked away Wednesday while on work release. Police say Harmon was last seen around 1:30 P.M. jumping into a blue four door Oldsmobile between the Hall of Justice and courthouse in downtown Pikeville. He was wearing a green jumpsuit. Notice Filed Against Johnson County Mine {Paintsville, Kentucky}...The Sierra Club and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth say they have filed a legal 60-day notice of intent to sue Laurel Mountain Resources, the operator of the Bear Hollow surface mine, accusing the company of discharging selenium without a permit, polluting waters in Johnson County. The groups, which filed the notice in federal court in London, say selenium is harmful to aquatic life and at high levels can harm humans. The notice gives Laurel Mountain a two-month window to address problems before a suit is filed. MSHA Cites Letcher And Harlan County Mines {Harlan/Whitesburg, Kentucky}...MSHA announced Wednesday that, during September's special impact inspections at 18 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines, federal inspectors issued 374 citations and orders. The Mine Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday the coal mines were issued 292 citations, 28 orders and one safeguard. Three Kentucky mines were on the list, including two in Harlan County and one in Letcher County. Inspectors targeted D&C Mining Corp. in Harlan County, seizing phone lines to prevent workers from learning of their arrival. That inspection resulted in 19 orders and citations, 16 of which were designated significant and substantial violations. An imminent danger order was issued when the inspection team found a cigarette lighter near the continuous mining machine. It was the second time since February that smoking articles were found underground at the mine. MSHA also issued two withdrawal orders after finding inadequate roof and rib supports and inadequate rock dusting in the mine. Tombstones Stolen From Knox County Cemetery {Kentucky}...The Knox County Sheriff's Department is investigating after six tombstones, dating back to the late 1800s, were stolen from the Hawn Cemetery this past weekend. Family members say whoever is behind the theft could not have done it alone because the tombstones weigh more than one hundred pounds each. Floyd County Man Pleads Not Guilty {Kentucky}...James Slone, 33, of Melvin, was arrested earlier this month after being indicted by a Floyd County Grand Jury on two counts of murder. During a hearing Tuesday in Floyd County Circuit Court, Slone entered a not guilty plea, and the judge set a January 12th per-trial date. Slone's bond remained at $1 million. Investigators say, in June, Slone was driving east on Ky. 122 when he crossed the center line, colliding with a truck driven by Jeffrey Hamilton, 36, of McDowell. Hamilton and 43 year old Karen Mitchell of Hi Hat, a passenger in Slone's vehicle, both died at the scene. Besides the two counts of murder, Slone is charged with four counts of assault and one count of DUI. Slone is being held in the Floyd County Detention Center. KSP Respond To Floyd County Robbery {Kentucky}...Sunday, KSP responded to a robbery at Hamilton Enterprise in the McDowell area of Floyd County. Police say a man entered the business, showed a gun, demanded money and fled on foot. The man is described as 5’5” tall and was wearing a blue or black hooded sweatshirt. If you have information you are asked to contact Kentucky State Police Post 9 Pikeville at (606) 433-7711 or 1-800-222-5555. This incident remains under investigation by KSP Detective Ryan Hamilton. Man Killed In Harlan County Accident {Kentucky}...State police say 22 year old John Kelly was traveling north on U.S. 421 in Harlan County early Monday morning when he left the roadway, over-corrected and overturned, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Transportation Cabinet Seeks Owner For Bridge {Kentucky}...The 82 year old, 450-foot, three-span steel Parker truss bridge over the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Perry County on Ky. 80, is set to be replaced next year. Through a new program, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is willing to give the 1929 bridge, which is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, to a new owner rather than demolish it. H.B. Elkins, public information officer for the Kentucky Department of Highways District 10, says the cabinet would pay for marking the bridge, disassembling it and transporting it to a new site. The new owner would have to pay all other costs, including reassembling and maintaining the bridge. To be eligible for the program, recipients must re-erect the bridge so its original characteristics are retained. Those interested should contact Jeff Allen, environmental coordinator for the Department of Highways District 10, at (606) 666-8841. Written proposals and letters of interest for the bridge will be accepted through December 20th. eWarrants System Expands {Kentucky}...Attorney General Jack Conway has announced the successful implementation of an electronic warrant management system (eWarrants) in the 41ST (Clay, Jackson and Leslie counties) Judicial Circuit. The Attorney General's Office funded implementation of eWarrants in Franklin, Harlan and Letcher counties under a $3.9 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant awarded to the Office of the Attorney General in 2009. This brings to 107 the number of Kentucky counties utilizing eWarrants. Ninety-four of the counties received eWarrants under the Attorney General's ARRA grant. Thousands Show Support For Coal {Kentucky}...Thousands of people gathered Saturday at the Stop the War on Coal Rally held at the Knott County Sportsplex. U.S. Senator Rand Paul said he believes coal is one of our great natural resources, and we ought to be proud of having coal in Kentucky and all of the jobs it provides. Todd P'Pool, who is running for Kentucky Attorney General, told the crowd that, for four generations, Kentucky coal put food on his family's table. Country music singer Stella Parton, who has an album titled American Coal, said the only way she knows to fight back as an American and Appalachian child is to use her music to get the message out. Pulaski County Man Killed {Kentucky}...Police in Pulaski County say 48 year old Roger Burdine was cutting down a tree Friday afternoon on Cotton Gin Cemetery Road when it fell on him, killing him instantly. The coroner says Burdine, of Burdine Logging Company, was performing the work with his brother when the accident happened. Prestonsburg Couple Arraigned {Kentucky}...Shawn and Amber Cordle of Prestonsburg were arraigned Thursday in Floyd Circuit Court after being indicted on five counts of first-degree criminal abuse, a class C felony, five counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, a class A misdemeanor, and two counts of unlawful imprisonment, a class D felony. Prestonsburg Police say five children were found in the home where human and animal feces was on the floors and walls. Officers say three of the children were downstairs, while two “special-needs children” were locked in an upstairs room, lying in a bed soaked in urine and feces. Police say prescription medication was also scattered throughout the house in reach of the children. A pretrial hearing is set for January 13th. Knott County Fiscal Court Corrected Problems {Kentucky}...Ezalee Pigman filed a complaint with Attorney General Jack Conway's office after a special called fiscal court meeting in Knott County on September 21st. Pigman says written notice of the meeting was not sent to the members of the fiscal court, and the court continued to discuss public business after the meeting adjourned. Pigman claimed the meetings were improper, and Conway agreed, saying it was an "inadvertent" violation of the Open Meetings Act, and it "violated the public good." Knott County Judge Executive Randy Thompson said, "We try every was possible to comply with every rule, law and regulation. On occasions, we are small staffed and we screw up, and this time we did." Thompson says they have corrected the problems. Everything from the illegal meeting was voided and another meeting was held with the proper notification. Alleged Drug Dealers Arrested In Johnson County After a ten month undercover drug investigation, Operation UNITE, Kentucky State Police, the Sheriff's Department, and Paintsville Police had warrants for 28 alleged drug dealers in Johnson County. Friday morning, police arrested 17 of them and charged them with drug trafficking. Investigators say most of the people charged sold Oxycodone or Hydrocodone. Those arrested are: Robert Page, age 56, charged with two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Billie Page, age 48, charged with two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Robbie Page, 29, charged with one count of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Mile Eldridge, age 38, of Pine Street, Paintsville, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Michael Green, 24, of 6th Street, Paintsville, one count each first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Melissa Rife, age 44, of KY 40, Oil Springs, two counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. James Smith, age 45, of KY 40-West, one count each of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Ollie Whitt, age 27, of KY 40, Oil Springs, one count first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. Larry Williams, age 44, of KY 302, Van Lear, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and persistent felony offender. Rosa Sexton, no age available Josh Haney, no age available Jenny McKenzie, no age available Jessica Obrian, no age available Kristian Mollett, no age available Alicha Meek, no age available Virginia Thompson, no age available Samantha Baldridge, no age available Laurel County Sex Offender Paroled {Kentucky}...Anthony L. Carroll, 53, a Laurel County sex offender was paroled from prison earlier this month after serving less than 13 years of a 100-year sentence. Carroll was eligible for parole under the law that was in place when he committed the crimes in the early 1990s, but Commonwealth's Attorney Jackie Steele, the felony prosecutor for Laurel and Knox counties whose office opposed the parole, says a jury essentially said Carroll should spend the rest of his life in prison, and the state Parole Board didn't have to let him out of prison. Verman Winburn, chairman of the board, says the board took into consideration the fact that he has made changes in his life and taken responsibility for his crimes. Winburn said Carroll had completed sex-offender treatment and will receive aftercare treatment, and will be supervised for the rest of his life. Former Golden Years Employees Seek Pay {Kentucky}...Former employees of the Golden Years Rest Home in Letcher County say they haven't been paid for the final weeks they worked before the home was shut down. They say they worked 20 days for nothing. Workers say they were told either the state was going to pay them or when the building was sold they would get paid. Officials with Attorney General Jack Conway's office say they have no role in this moving forward, and that the receiver Linda Bell was acting on behalf of Golden Year's Inc. and under the court's guidance. They say Golden Years has no money, only assets. Ferus Corp. Officially Opens Outside Of Jenkins {Kentucky}...Ferus Corp. has officially opened in the Gateway Industrial Park, just outside of Jenkins. The plant has created 33 jobs so far and officials with Ferus say they expect that number to grow. The plant takes the air we breathe and cools and compresses it to make liquid nitrogen, which is used in gas wells. Ferus is capable of producing 300 tons of liquid nitrogen per day which is stored in large units at the plant. Joe Ladouceur, Vice President for External Affairs, says they looked at several different locations to build on, but decided Jenkins would be ideal for the company to produce liquid nitrogen and deliver it to its customers. Pike County Detention Center Drug Smuggling {Kentucky}...Thirty-five year old Shellie Duncan of Island Creek, who was already facing theft charges, is now also facing charges of promoting contraband. Officers say she had dozens of prescription pills on her when she attempted to smuggle them into the Pike County Detention Center. Jailer Rodney Scott says it's a growing problem as more and more people are trying to smuggle drugs into the jail. Sheriff deputies say they are also catching more and more people trying to bring in drugs to the Hall of Justice. Pikeville Medical Center Voted 5th Best Place to Work in the Nation (Pikeville, Ky) - Modern Healthcare, the industry's most respected business publication, has announced the individual rankings of its annual "Best Places to Work" list. In early September, the organization notified Pikeville Medical Center that for the third year in a row, PMC was on the top 100 list. However, at a banquet Tuesday night in Chicago, PMC officials learned the hospital ranked number 5 nationally, and 1st in Kentucky in the large organization category. Last year, PMC was number 7 nationally. Chief Operating Officer, Juanita Deskins was thrilled when Pikeville Medical Center's name was called. "This award is a reflection of the quality of people who work at Pikeville Medical Center, and is an incredible statement from our employees. I honestly think we have the best staff in the entire country. This is exactly why PMC has been named "National Hospital of the Year" for the past two years," said Deskins. To determine the Best Places to Work in Healthcare, information was collected from both the organizations themselves and the employees. Posted by Shannon Deskins at 2:59 PM Competency Exams Ordered In Pike County Murder {Kentucky}...Cynthia Ryan and Shannon Turner, two of the four Pike County suspects accused of killing 65 year old Millard Thornhill of Hatfield and then setting his home on fire in May, will undergo mental competency exams to see if they are competent for trial. Jeffrey Lowe and Randy Thomas are also charged in the case. Their trial is scheduled for February. Posted by Homer Owens at 12:00 AM Knox, Perry, Pulaski Among Persistently Low-Achieving Schools {Kentucky}...The Kentucky Department of Education has identified an additional 19 Kentucky public schools as persistently low-achieving, including Knox Central, Perry County High School and Pulaski County High. The schools will be eligible for federal School Improvement Grant funding for the 2012-13 school year and will receive assistance to improve student achievement. The new list brings the state to a total of 41 schools that have been identified as low-achieving since the state began the list in 2010. Pike County Man Sentenced {Kentucky}...A Pike County judge has sentenced 28 year old Kenny Scott to 15 years in prison after police say he fatally shot 48 year old Dwight Vincent Kelly. Scott was originally charged with murder, but he accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Last September, Dwight Kelly was found dead in his home from a gunshot wound to the head. Scott received credit for the year he's already served in jail. Letcher County Fundraising {Kentucky}...Maxine Bates Quillen of Isom, fundraising chair of the Letcher County Historical Society, is trying to raise $84,000 to have a bronze statue made of her great uncle Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, who was born in Kona in 1837. Bates, who was seven feet, nine inches tall and weighed more than 500 pounds, joined the circus in 1864 and met Anna H. Swan, of Nova Scotia, who was seven feet, 11 inches tall. Queen Victoria paid for their London wedding on June 18, 1871 and gave Bates a gold watch and his wife a diamond ring. The Letcher County Tourism Commission obtained a $10,000 grant from Berea College's Brushy Fork Institute to complete a study on how much it would cost to have a bronze statue made of Bates and build a welcome and history center on the Whitesburg bypass. Part of the grant funded the creation of a papier mache statue of Martin Bates holding his pocket watch by an art class taught by Doug Adams at Letcher County Central High School. The piece is located in the front window of the Harry M. Caudill Memorial Library on Main Street in Whitesburg. The couple still holds the record for tallest couple in the Guinness Book of World Records. Anna Bates also holds a world record for giving birth to a boy weighing 23 pounds, 12 ounces and being 30 inches long at her home in Seville, Ohio on January 19, 1879. The baby died 11 hours later. Reward For Missing Knott County Man Increased {Kentucky}...The wife of 51 year old Richard Strong, a Knott County man missing since February, has increased her reward from $5,000 to $10,000 hoping someone will come forward with information about his disappearance. According to his wife, he called her the night of February 18th to say he’d be home around 10:30 that night, but he never came home. She says he was waiting for money from a guy he’d sold a truck to. If you have information on the disappearance of Richard Strong, you are asked to contact state police at 606-435-6069. New Whitley County Attorney Appointed {Kentucky}...Whitley County Judge/Executive Pat White has appointed Don Moses as Whitley County attorney, filling the vacancy created by the recent appointment of Paul Winchester to 34th Circuit Court Judge. Moses has been an attorney for 39 years and has served as assistant attorney for Whitley County. Floyd County Man Accepts Plea Deal {Kentucky}...A Floyd County man has accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to murder, robbery, assault, and tampering with physical evidence in exchange for a 23 year sentence. Police say, in May, Benjamin Meek fatally beat Brian Jacob Gayheart and then threw him into the Big Sandy River in Prestonsburg. His body was found weeks later in Boyd county. Meek will be sentenced on November 22nd. Former KY Governor Joins Democratic Tour {Kentucky}...With less than a month until the November election, democratic candidates are on a statewide bus tour. Former Governor Paul Patton joined Secretary of State Nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes, State Auditor nominee Adam Edelen, Agriculture Commissioner nominee Robert "Bob" Farmerand First Lady Jane Beshear as the Democratic campaign tour bus made a stop in Hazard Monday. Prestonsburg Mother Arrested In Ohio {Kentucky}...Prestonsburg Police say 30 year old Rachel Ousley, a mother wanted in a severe child abuse case in Floyd County, was arrested near Akron, Ohio Friday. Prestonsburg Police say, in January, her seven week old baby had severe head trauma and broken legs. After Ousley was arrested, police say she bonded out of jail and then disappeared after she was indicted. The baby's father, 35 year old Gary Hensley, was also indicted in the case and arrested earlier this year. Floyd County Couple Admits To Robberies {Kentucky}...Police in Floyd County say Joshua and Velma Blanton have admitted they robbed the Prestonsburg Tiger Mart and convenience stores in Minnie and Grethel on July 13th and 14th for drug money. Investigators say Joshua Blanton robbed the stores and his wife, Velma Blanton, drove the getaway car. Joshua Blanton, who was arrested in July, was recently indicted on robbery charges. Velma Blanton was recently indicted on complicity charges and arrested on Friday. Officials say the couple had no criminal history before the three robberies. Police Searching For Indicted Perry County Man {Kentucky}...Ronald Clark Junior, a Perry County man accused of shooting his father, Ronald Clark Senior, in September has been indicted. A Perry County grand jury indicted Clark Junior for assault, two counts of wanton endangerment and criminal mischief after police say he shot his father at Clark's Liquor Store in the Avawam community. Police are still searching for Ronald Clark Junior. Police Search For Harlan County Escapee {Kentucky}...State police were searching Monday night for 28 year old Joshua R. Holden, a man who escaped from their custody after trying to start fights in the East Brook area of Harlan County. Police say Holden was under the influence of illegal drugs and trying to fight with residents when they were called at 2:32 A.M. Monday morning. Holden was only in custody for a short time before he escaped. He was last seen in the East Brook and Black Joe areas. He is five-foot-eleven and 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. State police say charges are pending. Anyone with information should call state police at (606)573-3131. Thunder Ridge To Cut Live Betting Dates {Kentucky}...Last Tuesday, the race dates committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved racetrack requests from Thunder Ridge Raceway in Prestonsburg to cut its live betting during the 2012 season by three days, down from 24 to 21. The decision comes after live betting at the Floyd County harness racetrack was less frequent in 2010. Track general manager Anita Ratliff says money was the reason for the request to cut the dates. Ratliff says the track lost thousands of dollars on the extra days this year and some days the total money wagered on live racing was only $18 for the day. The proposed calendar has Thunder Ridge hosting harness racing April 12th-May 26th, 21 dates in all. The pending schedule is very similar to the 2010 slate. The full racing commission will take up the race dates at a meeting on October 24th. During the race dates committee meeting, the state’s five Thoroughbred tracks asked for 210 days of racing. Three Standardbred tracks, Thunder Ridge, Players Bluegrass Downs and The Red Mile, asked for 65 days. Lawmakers To Visit Eastern Kentucky Kentucky Representative Hal Rogers and Senator Rand Paul will be in eastern Kentucky this week, when the Southeast Kentucky Chamber hosts two events in Pike County. U.S. Representative Hal Rogers will be in Pikeville Wednesday for a reception and session at the University of Pikeville. The reception will be held from 2 to 4 P.M. at Booth Auditorium and is free to the public. The second event will be a membership luncheon on Friday, that will feature U.S Senator Rand Paul as the keynote speaker. The luncheon will be at the Hampton Inn in Pikeville, and will offer a full lunch buffet. This event will be sponsored by Coal Operators and Associates, East Kentucky Independent Oil and Gas Associates and the Pike County government. Tickets are $15 for members of the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and $25 for future members and community members. Paul is also expected to be the featured guest speaker at a “Stop the War on Coal” rally the following day, at the Knott County Sportsplex, near Hindman. Brad Hall, Chamber president and CEO, says, “This is a tremendous opportunity for our community to have a direct connection with the very people who are making decisions every day in Washington that affect our region.” Rogers, who has been serving Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District since 1981, is currently in his 16th term and is the longest serving Kentucky Republican ever elected to federal office. Rogers currently serves as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Paul is a freshman Senator from Bowling Green, where he has owned his own ophthalmology practice and performed eye surgery for 18 years. Paul is credited as being a cofounder of the Tea Party caucus and has recently played the part of chief obstructionist in Washington, blocking legislation for pipeline safety, and benefits for elderly and disabled refugees. For information please call the Southeast Kentucky Chamber at (606) 432-5504 or (877) 738-4400, or visit www.sekchamber.com. Johnson County Jury Awards Estate Of Big Sandy Inmate {Kentucky}...After a week’s worth of testimony, a Johnson County jury has awarded over $1,700,000 to the estate of 43 year old Sherry McFaddin, who died March 27, 2009, while incarcerated at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center. Administrators of her estate claimed, in a suit brought against the jail, its employees, and Dr. Sarah Belhasen, that McFaddin’s death was the result of medical negligence. McFadden died at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville, suffering from pneumonia like symptoms. Paintsville attorney Chris Bowlin, who represented the McFaddin estate, said the Regional Jail had been dropped as a defendant and that Dr. Belhasen, the jails's nurse, and other jail employees were responsible for McFaddin's death. McFadden had been in jail since March 3, 2009 charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, non-payment of fines and promoting contraband. This is the largest monetary award ever granted in Johnson County courts. Pulaski County Man Indicted {Kentucky}...A Pulaski County Grand Jury has indicted 83 year old Raymond Faehr on charges of assault and cultivating marijuana. Police say that, on August 25th, Faehr shot Matthew Anderson when he caught him allegedly stealing pot plants from behind his house. State Representative Recovering In Atlanta {Kentucky}...State Representative Dewayne Bunch, who was injured six months ago during an incident at Whitley County High School, where he is a teacher, has had surgery to remove an infection from his brain and is still recovering in Atlanta, Georgia. Bunch, who was trying to break up a fight between two students, was hit during the fight and suffered a head injury when he fell to the floor. Mingo County Accident Kills Pike County Man {Kentucky}...Police say a Mingo County man killed a passenger and injured another after wrecking along U.S. 119 while under the influence of alcohol. Police say Joshua Bly Miller, 25, of Williamson, crashed along Corridor G near Borderland about 5:00 A.M. Thursday morning. Twenty-one year old Adam York of Belfry died from his injuries, and 21 year old Zachary Smith, also of Belfry, was flown to St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington with serious injuries. Miller and a fourth passenger were not seriously injured. Miller has been charged with DUI causing death. KSP Investigating Deadly Pike County Fire {Kentucky}...Kentucky State Police are continuing to investigate after Charlotte Scott and Kenny Hamilton both died as a result of a fire at a trailer in Justice Bottom in the Phelps community of Pike County. Scott and Hamilton were found unresponsive in the home when the Phelps Fire Department and KSP units arrived on scene. Charlotte Scott was pronounced dead at the scene by Pike County Deputy Coroner Ernie Casebolt. Kenny Hamilton was taken to Pikeville Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Letcher County Mine Issued Violator Notice {Kentucky}...Thursday, the Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a repeat violator notice to Vision Coal's Mine No. 2 in Letcher County for failing to report injuries or underreporting lost work time. The designation allows MSHA to shut down and evacuate any section of a mine when a serious violation is found. The agency says audits found that 19 out of 39 mines either failed to report injuries or underreported lost time from reported injuries. Four of the 19 met the criteria for the repeat violator designation, but the Letcher County mine was the only of the four that wasn't already on the list. Floyd County Man Appears In Court {Kentucky}...Thursday, Malen Mitchell Jr. of Floyd County entered a not guilty plea to DUI murder and fleeing the scene. Prosecutors say Mitchell was impaired in July when he crossed a center line, killing 22 year old Tiffany Adams, the mother of four. Mitchell will be back in court in January. Breathitt County Man Sentenced For Stealing Ambulance {Kentucky}...Shane Hale, a Breathitt County man arrested in March after he stole an ambulance at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital and drove it to Breathitt County, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. Police said Hale was "highly intoxicated" at the time. Letcher County Deputies Investigating Phone Scam {Kentucky}...The Letcher County Sheriff's office is investigating after receiving reports of a phone scam in which a caller says they have won money and-or a vehicle. The caller, identifying himself as Jimmy Jones, requests that the winner send in money for shipping and handling to a Barbara Gayle via Western Union or money order. Police say you should always be aware of suspicious calls, report them to police and never give personal information to the callers. Floyd County Daycare Shut Down {Kentucky}...The State Inspector General has closed the Dinosaur Playland Daycare in Prestonsburg as an investigation continues into the death of two year old Watson Adkins, who died on September 30th from alleged child abuse. The emergency license suspension from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services states daycare workers noticed injuries to the toddler and his siblings days before Watson's death but did not report suspicious injuries to authorities. The emergency suspension order states that, on September 26th, workers found an injury on the back of the toddler's head and it appeared sutures were removed. Two separate staff members allegedly asked the guardian about the injury and got different answers. The report claims the staff also noticed red scabs on the four year old sibling and did not report it. Officials say, on September 28th, the daycare staff noticed bruising under the chin on the five year old sibling. The report says the child told workers, "my uncle hurts me" and begged the staff member to go home with her. Director Alice Karen Martin says the toddler was only at the daycare for two days, and workers did give the information to authorities during the death investigation, and daycare workers did nothing wrong. Jason and Gladys Dickerson are now in jail, charged with criminal abuse. Workers at the daycare have 20 days to appeal the suspension. Golden Years Former Administrator Pleads Guilty {Kentucky}...James Tackett, the former administrator at the Golden Years Rest Home in Jenkins in Letcher County, has pleaded guilty to 19 counts of theft of government funds. Tackett was accused of taking more than $90,000 in government funds from the home. Accused London Killer Seeks Change Of Venue {Kentucky}...An attorney for Lisa Gilliam, the London woman accused of killing her well-known attorney husband, Larry Gilliam, filed a motion last week requesting a change of venue for her trial, along with a motion to reduce Gilliam’s bond. The motion states the trial should be moved to another county due to the publicity of the case and the fact that Larry Gilliam was well-known throughout the community. Larry Gilliam was found dead in his office of a single gunshot wound to the chest, and police say he and his wife Lisa were the only two people in the office at the time of the shooting. Lisa Gilliam entered a not-guilty plea before special judge Robert McGinnis on September 1st. A trial is scheduled for March 2012. Beshear, Williams And Galbraith Debate {Kentucky}...Less than a month before the November 8th general election, Republican David Williams, Independent Gatewood Galbraith and Democrat Governor Steve Beshear sparred over jobs, the economy and gambling during a fast-paced, hourlong debate at Eastern Kentucky University's Center for the Arts in Richmond. During opening remarks, Galbraith looked at Beshear, then turned to Williams and said, "I told you it was him." The debate was sponsored by the Kentucky Broadcasters Association and Kentucky League of Women Voters. Beshear frequently touted his tax incentive plan to create jobs and said twice during the debate that Williams' father-in-law, businessman Terry Stephens of Russell County, has received $1 million in tax incentives for his pipe and steel company to create 25 jobs. After the debate, Williams said the state approached Stephens about the incentives and Stephens never asked for or received money from the state. Williams referred to Beshear as a cheap-shot artist. Throughout the debate, Beshear said his top priority was creating jobs, and he defended his handling of the state's economy during the difficult financial times of the past three years. Williams said the state needed to replace the corporate and personal income tax with a consumption tax that would make Kentucky "the best place in America to keep and retain jobs." Galbraith touted his plan to give every high school graduate a $5,000 voucher for higher education. He said that would help create jobs and improve education. Williams was the only candidate who opposed the expansion of gambling in Kentucky. Man Indicted In Fatal Floyd County Accident {Kentucky}...Kentucky State Police arrested 33 year old James Slone of Melvin Tuesday after he was indicted by a Floyd County Grand Jury on two counts of murder in connection with a fatal traffic accident in Floyd County. Investigators say Slone was driving east on Ky. 122 in the Printer community on June 1st when his vehicle crossed the center line, colliding with a truck driven by 36 year old Jeffrey Hamilton of McDowell. Hamilton and 43 year old Karen Mitchell of Hi Hat died at the scene. Besides the two counts of murder, Slone is charged with four counts of assault and one count of DUI. Marijuana Found In Bell County Home {Kentucky}...Bell County Sheriff’s Deputies made a controlled buy of marijuana Monday at a home on Faye Miracle Road, where they confiscated nearly ten pounds of marijuana. Deputies arrested Jeremy Traxler, 37, and Mary Traxler, 35, on charges of trafficking in marijuana and cultivating marijuana. Operation UNITE Kicking Off New Campaign to Fight Meth (Pikeville, Ky) - With the number of methamphetamine incidents at an all time high in Kentucky, Operation UNITE is kicking off a new campaign to fight the meth epidemic. "One Step Misery : Kentucky Meth Epidemic" is a campaign spearheaded by Operation UNITE, Kentucky High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Kentucky State Police and the Kentucky Narcotics Officers Association. Knowing that pseudoephedrine is the only ingredient that cannot be substituted in the manufacturing process, UNITE is wanting to require a prescription for any product that contains it. Dan Smoot, Deputy Director of Operation UNITE, explains that there are only 15 products that contain pseudoephedrine and 137 products that are just as effective, but do not contain it. In the two states that now require a prescription for pseudoephedrine, Oregon and Mississippi, there has been no public outcry. And, in both states, the number of meth lab incidents has decreased by 96% and 80%, respectively. Kentucky is currently fourth in the nation when it comes to meth production. And, here is something else to think about. Emergency medical responders are very vulnerable to the toxic chemicals. In fact, if a meth-exposed person is placed into an ambulance, the crew AND the ambulance must be removed from service for several hours so they can be decontaminated. If multiple calls are received at the same time, this coule delay response time for law abiding citizens...especially in rural areas where there are fewer ambulances. Pikeville City Commissioners Approve Restaurant Tax Hike {Kentucky}...Monday night, Pikeville city commissioners voted unanimously, 4-0, to raise the restaurant tax from 1.5 percent to 2 percent. Pikeville City Manager Donovan Blackburn says the tax collected on the sale of all food and beverages in city limits will help pay for the construction of the new Jenny Wiley Theater building in downtown Pikeville, as well as some other recreational, convention and tourism activities. Abramson Visits Floyd And Martin Counties {Kentucky}...Monday, Democrat Lieutenant Governor candidate Jerry Abramson visited parts of Floyd and Martin Counties to campaign for Governor Steve Beshear's re-election. Abramson walked the streets of Prestonsburg and talked to people, visited a barber shop, and met county officials at Billy Ray's Restaurant, discussing issues ranging from education and coal to the drug problem. The former mayor of Louisville pointed to Governor Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway's lawsuit against the EPA regarding mining permits. Abramson says he will keep meeting with voters until election day. Inez Man Dies After Work-Related Injury {Kentucky}...Bradley Stafford, 20, from Inez, died Friday morning, two weeks after being injured while working for a company that was weed eating the right-of-way on US 460. Stafford was in the back of a pickup truck with some other employees, and the driver says, when the truck started moving, the clutch "jumped" causing Stafford to fall out and hit his head on the highway. Stafford was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington where he died. Knox County Residents Sue Coal Company {Kentucky}...More than 70 people in Knox County have filed a lawsuit against Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, claiming the coal company's improper surface-mining practices caused or worsened flooding that killed a man and destroyed or damaged numerous homes in Knox County on June 20th. The lawsuit alleges the company did not properly reclaim its mine and failed to keep drainage ponds cleaned out, which reduced their holding capacity and allowed excess water to rush off the site during heavy rainfall. Early morning flooding in Kayjay washed the home of Joe and Shirley Senters off its foundation and carried it across a road several hundred feet from its original foundation. Fifty-five year old Donnie Joe Pate, died after the swift water swept him from a mobile home where he lived with his mother, Wilma Ruth Pate Hamilton, who was 79 at the time. The lawsuit claims Nally & Hamilton's negligence and reckless conduct caused Pate's death. Pikeville Medical Center Expanding Services {Kentucky}...Pikeville Medical Center is positioned to be one of the only hospitals in the world to have two of the fastest and most accurate CT scanners on one campus. Pikeville Medical Center has installed an Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system in the Emergency Department and will be completing this project by adding the second system in the Imaging Department. Walter May, President and CEO of Pikeville Medical Center, says, “We are fortunate to have the only dynamic volume CT system in the world, the Aquilion ONE. It offers faster, more accurate diagnosis, better patient outcomes and ultimately lower health care costs.” Along with the addition of two advanced CT systems, Pikeville Medical Center is also adding a new 1.5T MRI system to the existing outpatient diagnostic center as well as expanding services in the Cardiac Catheterization department. Whitley County Man Fatally Shoots Himself {Kentucky}...Kentucky State Police in Whitley County say 87 year old Harold Pennington died at his home Sunday morning after he had been cleaning a .357 revolver and it accidentally discharged. Kentucky State Police in London say Pennington died from a single gunshot to the torso. No foul play is suspected and no autopsy will be performed. Investigation Leads Police To Clay County Home {Kentucky}...The New York State Police and Kentucky State Police have teamed up in an investigation of a financial scam involving online dating sites that led to the discovery of electronics, clothing, jewelry and other goods Friday at a home on Sextons Creek in Clay County. After receiving a call from New York State Police, KSP Trooper Nick Metcalf went to the home allegedly receiving the fraudulently obtained goods and discovered they were being reshipped from there to Africa. Police say the person behind the scam apparently poses online as a military service member stationed overseas. Criminal charges will depend on the outcome of the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 1-800-222-5555 or 1-606-878-6622. FEMA Grant To Buy Pike County Homes {Kentucky}...Pike County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a $2.5 million grant to Kentucky to buy 26 homes in the Raccoon Creek area after two floods struck the area in recent years. Homes in the area were most recently hit by flooding in May 2009. Rutherford says FEMA inspected the structures and determined the cost of repairing the homes to be greater than 50 percent of the market value. The grant comes from one of two applications from Pike County. The other application, which is for the 2010 flood, is still under review. Mining Fatality In Letcher County {Kentucky}...State mining officials are investigating a mining fatality in Letcher County that killed 23 year old Richard Coots Jr. around 2:00 A.M. Friday while he was repairing a conveyor chain that had broken. Officials say Coots crawled under a mobile bridge that fell, pinning him underneath. Coots was an electrician/repairman who worked for Owlco Energy LLC. Eastern Kentucky Circuit Judge Appointed {Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear's office has announced that Paul K. Winchester of Corbin will be judge for the 34th Judicial Circuit serving McCreary and Whitley counties. He will fill the vacancy left in June by the death of Judge Paul Braden. Winchester has been assistant commonwealth's attorney and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky and law degree from Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. Knott County Horse Trail Ride Attracts Thousands {Kentucky}...The Knott County Horse Trail Ride has grown every year since it started. The ride officially starts Friday, but hundreds of people are already out on the horse trails. Horse trailers have been pouring in to Knott County since Sunday, and Knott County Judge Executive Randy Thompson says thousands of people come from all over. Friday, country music singer Joe Diffie will be performing at the trail ride, followed by Paul Bogart on Saturday and Ricochet on Sunday. Knott County Cuts {Kentucky}...At a special called fiscal court meeting Thursday, the Knott County treasurer explained there is no money to pay county employees. A resolution was passed to finish laying off all people in the county that do not hold positions mandated by the state. Knott County Judge Executive Randy Thompson says the last two departments to be cut are the senior citizens and the road department. There was also a reading of the occupational tax that Thompson says could help the county's financial situation. He says a vote will be held at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Man Surrenders To Johnson County Deputies {Kentucky}...Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price says, Thursday, Kie Castle turned himself in to Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, saying he was tired of running. Castle had been on the run since October 3rd when police say he assaulted Elvie Daniels and held her against her will at a home on Route 581 in Tutor Key. Castle called the sheriff after Price left several messages on his cell phone. Castle is charged with escape third degree, fleeing or evading the police second degree, on foot, and assault. Finley Coal Miners' Memorial To Be Unveiled {Kentucky}...A memorial will be unveiled Saturday in remembrance of 38 miners who died and one that survived a mine explosion on December 30th, 1970 when a blast ripped through two shafts of the Finley Coal Company's Mine on Hurricane Creek in Leslie County. State Representative Tim Couch, the son of survivor A. T. Collins, designed the new memorial. The Hurricane Creek Mine site is now a state historic site with a monument in memory of those killed. Groundbreaking For New Virgie School {Kentucky}...A groundbreaking ceremony took place Wednesday for a twenty five million dollar project which will consolidate George S. Johnson Elementary, Robinson Creek Elementary, and Virgie Middle School. The new Virgie School will house head start through eighth grade and be a new home for nearly nine hundred students. State Representative Leslie Combs says a new facility for learning is a dream come true. Officials believe features like a state of the art library, smart boards, and a brand new gym will better the school system and their students. The new school, which will be located next to Shelby Valley High School, is expected to be completed by December 2012. Hazard Police Investigating Counterfeit Bills {Kentucky}...Hazard Police are investigating after receiving a call this week about a counterfeit bill being passed at a local business. Hazard Police Captain Jason Duff says it happens several times a week. Duff says the bills they have seen have been of poor quality, with incorrect colors, weight, length and width. To use a fake bill is considered theft by deception, but manufacturing false currency is a felony. Telephone Scam In Knox County {Kentucky}...Kentucky State Police are warning residents in Knox County about a telephone scam. In an effort to obtain personal information or money orders, the caller identifies himself as "Mr. Clark" and claims to be a representative of a sweepstakes, such as Publisher’s Clearing House, and promises gifts and prizes in exchange for payment or payment information. State Police detective Jason York of the Harlan post, who has been working the case, learned that the company is based in Kingston, Jamaica. Police are again urging residents to never give personal information such as checking account or credit card numbers over the phone. If you have any information regarding this scam or others, call Kentucky State Police toll-free at 800-222-5555. Williams Visits Eastern Kentucky {Kentucky}...Gubernatorial candidate and current Senate President David Williams visited several cities in eastern Kentucky Wednesday debuting his new jobs and economy agenda which he says will create and maintain jobs in Kentucky. Williams says he wants to reform personal and corporate income taxes to entice businesses into the state. Williams' plan includes a strong stand on coal and broadband access in rural areas. Polls show incumbent Steve Beshear with a nearly 30 point lead, but Williams says five weeks is forever in a political race, especially when there is a considerable lack of interest, and the race is not over yet. Controversy At Whitley County Detention Center {Kentucky}...Saturday night, Whitley County Sheriff's Deputy Cody Harrell took Johnny Satterfield to the Whitley County Detention Center on public intoxication charges, but Deputy Jailer Donald McElroy refused to accept the prisoner because he needed medical attention. Deputy Harrell was told he could not leave the jail without Satterfield in the car. Video shows Deputy Harrell putting Satterfield into his car then leaving through the sally port. But, the deputy lets Satterfield out. Satterfield said he walked into the jail parking lot and down the hill, finally ending up at a church where he got help. Jailers looked for him but could not find him. Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell says Deputy Cody Harrell was doing what he was told to do by his immediate supervisor. Hours later deputies came back with a criminal summons charging the deputy jailer with unlawful imprisonment for holding the deputy inside the sally port. Deputy Cody Harrell is the son of Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell. Floyd County Toddler's Death Waived To Grand Jury {Kentucky}...The case for Gladys and Jason Dickerson of Prestonsburg, each charged with four counts of criminal abuse, was waived to a grand jury Tuesday during their preliminary hearing in Floyd County District Court. Kentucky State Police arrested Jason and his wife Gladys Saturday night after their two year old nephew, Watson Adkins, was found dead at their home along Town Branch Road in Prestonsburg Thursday evening. Watson’s mother, Rhoda Lewis, says Watson and her other children had been living with her sister Gladys and her husband since March. She was awarded custody in June. The couple remains in the Floyd County Detention Center on $100,000 bond. Judge Danny P. Caudill placed several restrictions on the couple and personally requested they be monitored with GPS monitoring if they meet the set bond. The Dickersons requested separate attorneys. Town Hall Forum In Prestonsburg (Prestonsburg) A Town Hall Forum was held Tuesday on the campus of Big Sandy Community and Techinal College in Prestonsburg. The featured speakers were Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo, and Senator Robert Stivers, Senate Majority Floor Leader. The two discussed the area economy and the workings of the Kentucky General Assembly. The General Assembly convenes on January 3, 2012. Because it is an even numbered year, this will begin a sixty-day session. Stivers and Stumbo answered questions posed by East Kentucky Broadcasting News Director Homer Owens, followed by questions generated by the audience. Traffic Signal Work (Pikeville) Work on the traffic signals at the Buckley's Creek and US23 intersection will be ongoing for three weeks. However, traffic flow on US23 will not be affected during the hours of 6a-6:30p. Work will only be done after 6:30p. Johnson County Deputies Respond To Assault {Kentucky}...Sunday night, Johnson County Sheriff's Deputy Tim Clark, along with other deputies, went to a home on Route 581 in the Tutor Key area where a woman told him she had been assaulted while being held against her will. Deputy Clark says he was attempting to explain to Kie Castle, who appeared to be intoxicated, that he was going to jail when he fled out the door and into the hills. Pike County Man Leads Police On Chase {Kentucky}...Police say 35 year old Michael Bartley of Elkhorn City was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center on fleeing and evading and resisting arrest charges after he robbed a Westwood Pharmacy in Buchanan County, Virginia and then led police on a chase through Virginia and Kentucky. Investigators say Bartley rammed a Buchanan County Deputy's cruiser, when the officer attempted to stop him, then continued down Rt. 604 in Virginia where deputies fired shots, hitting a tire. The chase then crossed into Kentucky on US-460 in Pike County where Bartley abandoned his car in Mouthcard and started running. Kentucky State Police later found and arrested Bartley at Motley Fork of Feds Creek. Bartley faces robbery charges in Virginia. Floyd County Couple Arrested {Kentucky}...Police responded to a call of a non-responsive two year old in Floyd County Thursday evening. Kentucky State Police arrested 30 year old Jason Dickerson and his wife, 26 year old Gladys Dickerson, Saturday in Elliott County after the couple's two year old nephew, Watson Adkins, was found dead at their home along Town Branch Road in Prestonsburg. Watson’s mother Rhoda Adkins-Lewis says Watson and her two other children had been living with her sister Gladys and her husband since March. She was awarded custody in June. Telephone Wire Theft (Letcher County) Kentucky State Police Detectives arrested two individuals in the Blackey community of Letcher County. Detectives were in Blackey conducting an investigation related to recent telephone wire thefts, when they encountered these subjects. Cecil J. Slone, 31, and Wade Engle, 46, both of Blackey, were charged with one count each of complicity to commit theft by unlawful taking over $500.00. Both were lodged in the Letcher County Jail. Detectives Joel Abner and Bill Pollard, of Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard, are continuing this investigation. Posted by Homer Owens at 6:03 AM Fire Fatality (Perry County) An early morning structure fire on Saturday claimed a life in Perry County.The fire, which was reported at 4:45 A.M., resulted in a home at 6268 Kentucky Highway 451 in the Busy community of Perry County being destroyed. The Avawam Fire Department responded, and, while fighting the fire, located human remains inside the residence. Detective Clayton Stamper along with a Deputy State Fire Marshall responded to the scene. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. No Foul play is suspected at this time. The body has been sent to the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort for an autopsy, and the incident remains under investigation Golden Years Rest Home Shuts Down {Kentucky}...Golden Years Rest Home in Jenkins, which has been cited for numerous health and safety violations regarding its care of residents, began shutting down Friday. Troubles at Golden Years include felony charges against former administrators James Tackett and Jonah Tackett, the death of Larry Bruce Huff, 64, who had schizophrenia and a history of alcoholism, who walked away from Golden Years and later froze to death in 2007, and several state health violations. Former administrator James Tackett faces federal and state charges for allegedly taking more than $500,000 from money intended for the residents who lived at Golden Years. He has pleaded not guilty. His state trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Letcher Circuit Court. James Tackett has asked the Kentucky Court of Appeals twice to halt proceedings to liquidate and dissolve the corporation that formerly operated the home. Those actions are pending. Former administrator Jonah Tackett was charged in July with two counts of bribing a witness and other felonies. The home's 27 residents, many of whom had mental illness, were being moved to new homes Friday under the guidance of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. At the request of Attorney General Jack Conway's office, Letcher Circuit Judge Sam Wright granted an emergency protection order against Golden Years in June. Linda Bell was appointed receiver and took over day-to-day operations at the home as a volunteer. Bell told Wright in August that the home's debts exceeded its revenue and that the building was in disrepair. Deputy Attorney General Patrick Hughes said Friday that an agreement could not be reached for a new owner to take over the home. 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__label__cc	0.734388	0.265612	crypt(C) crypt -- encode/decode crypt [ password ] crypt [ -k ] The crypt command reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output. The password is a key that selects a particular transformation. If no argument is given, crypt demands a key from the terminal and turns off printing to the screen while the key is being typed in. If the -k option is used, crypt will use the key assigned to the environment variable CrYpTkEy. The crypt command encrypts and decrypts with the same key: see ``Examples'' section below. Files encrypted by crypt are compatible with those treated by the editors ed(C), ex(C), and vi(C) in encryption mode. The security of encrypted files depends on three factors: the fundamental method must be hard to solve; direct search of the key space must be infeasible; ``sneak paths'' by which keys or clear text can become visible must be minimized. The crypt command implements a one-rotor machine designed along the lines of the German Enigma, but with a 256-element rotor. Methods of attack on such machines are known, but not widely; moreover the amount of work required is likely to be large. The transformation of a key into the internal settings of the machine is deliberately designed to be expensive, that is, to take a substantial fraction of a second to compute. However, if keys are restricted to (say) three lower-case letters, then encrypted files can be read by expending only a substantial fraction of five minutes of machine time. If the key is an argument to the crypt command, it is potentially visible to users executing ps(C) or a derivative. To minimize this possibility, crypt takes care to destroy any record of the key immediately upon entry. The choice of keys and key security are the most vulnerable aspect of crypt. The following example encrypts the file top_secret using the key password; creating an encrypted file gibberish: crypt password < top_secret > gibberish When the file gibberish is unencrypted, crypt demands the key (password) from the user if it is not given on the command line. The output may be written to the terminal: crypt < gibberish to the printer: crypt < gibberish \| lp or to a file: crypt < gibberish > confidential You can use crypt as the basis of a password mechanism by testing whether the unencrypted file (confidential) and the original file (top_secret) are the same: cmp -s top_secret confidential if [ $? = 0 ] echo "Password verified - Welcome" echo "Password incorrect!" If two or more files encrypted with the same key are concatenated and an attempt is made to decrypt the result, only the contents of the first of the original files will be decrypted correctly. Distribution of the crypt libraries and utilities is regulated by the U.S. Government and they are not available to sites outside the United States (including territories) and Canada. Because we cannot control the destination of the software, these utilities are not included in the standard product. If your site is within the U.S., its territories, or Canada, you can obtain the crypt software through your product distributor or reseller. /dev/tty for typed key ed(C), ex(C), makekey(ADM), ps(C), stty(C), vi(C)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line99
__label__wiki	0.705711	0.705711	Board index ‹ Kelley Rink Recruits doing well "The opinions expressed on this board are property of the poster and do not reflect the opinion of EagleOutsider, Boston College or Boston College Athletics" by SeaCaptim on Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:19 pm BC recruit Brendan Silk got his 3rd goal for USNDT under 18 team vs UMaine tonight. He was skating on a line with another BC recruit-Frankie Vatrano, who is lighting it up. Evan Richardson, the recruit from western Canada is supposed to be a special player and he could land at BC either next season or 2013, depending on circumstances. SeaCaptim Carney Hall Re: Recruits doing well by SeaCaptim on Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:22 pm Marc Biega (D) is still out there and BC needs a defenseman. by wolverineneshl on Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:25 pm Does HU have the inside track since his siblings went there? wolverineneshl McGuinn Hall I would think he would have been Harvard bound many months ago...perhaps Harvard's shaky program is steering him in another direction. Rumblings that Casey Fitzgerald-Defenseman and brother of BC commit-Ryan Fitzgerald, has committed to BC. CF is only a frosh at Malden Catholic, so 2015 is the projected arrival date. by shockdoct on Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:44 pm SeaCaptim wrote: Rumblings that Casey Fitzgerald-Defenseman and brother of BC commit-Ryan Fitzgerald, has committed to BC. CF is only a frosh at Malden Catholic, so 2015 is the projected arrival date. York alluded to being very excited about the elder Fitzgerald this past summer. shockdoct Cushing Hall by RedBaron67 on Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:24 am SeaCaptim wrote: Marc Biega (D) is still out there and BC needs a defenseman. wolverineneshl wrote: Does HU have the inside track since his siblings went there? SeaCaptim wrote: I would think he would have been Harvard bound many months ago...perhaps Harvard's shaky program is steering him in another direction. Is there room for Biega? BC already has 3 defensemen committed for 2012 and 2 more for 2013. Also, Biega was picked in the Quebec Major Junior draft and might be looking in that direction. RedBaron67 by claver2010 on Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:18 pm RedBaron67 wrote: For 2012, Lose Cross & Shea. We have to assume Dumoulin is gone so we'll be losing 3 and adding 3. I can't believe Wey is going to leave after yet another injury filled season so he'll wait till senior year but you never know. For 2013, Lose Wey & Alber add 2. If possible would love to add another Dman. Depth is a huge issue as clearly York doesn't trust Begert right now. Bush, George H W Cosby, Bill Disick, Scott Flair, Ric Griffin, Kathy Khamenei, Ali McCain, John Soros, George claver2010 Gasson Hall by SeaCaptim on Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:56 pm York should be able to find a Defenseman who can play. Assuming BC does not have a full scholarship available right away, we still can bring in a quality kid on a 2 or 3 year offer. Often times the recruit is told (with verifiable history) that he will get a 2 or 3 year scholly guaranteed, and a chance for an additional year, if another BC player turns Pro early. by claver2010 on Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:28 pm Midterm Ranks for North American skaters was released today, after a quick look through saw 2 for BC next year (I might have missed some just breezed through it). 29. Matheson 206. Silk http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=76670&navid=DL\|NHL\|home by bignick33 on Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:29 pm claver2010 wrote: Midterm Ranks for North American skaters was released today, after a quick look through saw 2 for BC next year (I might have missed some just breezed through it). Matheson is slipping a bit based on his season so far in the USHL. I drink whiskey instead of water. bignick33 Fulton Hall by SeaCaptim on Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:42 pm That is a perfect spot for Matheson, as we do not want him going in the top 10 of the 1st round. This way, he most likely ends up at BC, and not in the NHL minors next season. Matheson is doing fine from everything I read. He is young and developing and will have a great opportunity to develop further at BC. He appears to be offensive minded and we could use that. by bignick33 on Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:25 pm SeaCaptim wrote: That is a perfect spot for Matheson, as we do not want him going in the top 10 of the 1st round. This way, he most likely ends up at BC, and not in the NHL minors next season. Matheson is doing fine from everything I read. He is young and developing and will have a great opportunity to develop further at BC. He appears to be offensive minded and we could use that. He won't be anywhere close to 10. by claver2010 on Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:41 pm York talking on http://www.thepipelineshow.com/ a Canadian show, about Matheson not concerned about the issue of showing up with rights traded. Family values education. Thoughts on the departed to CHL Shea: still follows as players as best as he can (hasn't checked in a month) adjustment period etc by bignick33 on Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:00 pm MM has been playing better recently in Dubuque, and it no longer looks like he's at risk of falling out of the first round. by claver2010 on Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:24 pm bignick33 wrote: MM has been playing better recently in Dubuque, and it no longer looks like he's at risk of falling out of the first round. Granted you can never know for sure but what's your guess on the number of years he stays at BC? claver2010 wrote: I don't think I could make an educated guess. Too many variables. by claver2010 on Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:44 am From NEHJ: BC-bound Vatrano on verge By Bill Keefe Everybody has to start somewhere. For Frankie Vatrano, that meant strapping on the street hockey goalie pads as a 5-year-old and letting his brothers — 12 and 8 years older — “ripping them at me with no mercy.” Vatrano has come a long way from providing entertainment for his brothers in their East Longmeadow, Mass., driveway. A center on the U.S. Under-18 National Team with a scholarship waiting next year at Boston College, Vatrano’s ability also has him in the mix at the highest level of the game. Last month, he was ranked 118th among North American skaters for June’s draft by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau. “It’s always in the back of your head,” Vatrano said of the draft. “I try not to think about it and play the best I can. Before a game, you look up and there are tons of scouts there. No one on the team gets too worried about it. You try to take it one game at a time.” Vatrano did admit that it’s “very exciting knowing everything you worked for is right around the corner.” Being around his older brothers immersed Vatrano in the game. Sammy, the oldest of the three, played at Babson and Greg played at AIC, graduating last spring. Vatrano would go to their games and, when Greg was playing for the New England Junior Falcons, there was an extra draw because his cousin, current Boston College senior Barry Almeida (Springfield, Mass.), also was on the team. From an early age, Frankie Vatrano and his parents put their time in on the road driving the hour-and-a-half to Marlboro, Mass., to play for the Minuteman Flames and then for the Boston Junior Bruins Empire League team. As one of the youngest Empire League players at age 14, Vatrano posted 38-38-76 numbers to help the Bruins to a playoff crown. Last year, he made the jump to the U.S. National Team Development Program and did not miss a beat. His 19 goals and 30 points both ranked second on the team. He led the club in game-winning goals with seven and tied for the lead with four power-play goals. Through 37 games this season, Vatrano was tied for second on the team with 10 goals and tied for fourth with 20 points. “He has an NHL-level shot,” said Danton Cole, who has coached Vatrano for both seasons with the NTDP. “He can really hum a puck.” But Vatrano is more than a one-dimensional player and works on his overall game. “This year, I’m getting more physical, getting into the corners and it helps my play a lot,” Vatrano said. “Sometimes you’re not on your best game and you have to find other ways to contribute. There are always things you can get better at, the defensive game, moving laterally.” Vatrano is thick at 5-foot-10 and 215 pounds. Just don’t take ‘thick’ to be a code word for slow or out of shape. On his Twitter account, Vatrano lays claim to being the “fastest 5-10 215 human.” He adds, “I’m comfortable where I am. If I lost five pounds, I would not be the same player.” Said Cole, “He works his tail off in the weight room and on the ice. He is one of our strongest players. He is very efficient in his skating. He tracks the puck offensively and defensively as well as anyone here. If there’s a race for the puck, he usually wins it.” Vatrano recently got the chance to showcase his skills for family, friends and probably a BC representative when the Under-18s came to Boston for a pair of games Jan. 7 and 8. Vatrano had a goal in a 7-4 win at Northeastern followed by an assist in a 3-3 tie with Boston University. Next year, the games with BU will take on added significance, not only because of the BC-BU history, but also because his roommate of the past two years, Matt Grzelcyk (Charlestown, Mass.), will be wearing scarlet and white. “We joke around a little bit,” Vatrano said of the future rivalry. “It will be a lot of fun playing against him after living with him for two years, but it will be weird at the same time.” It is those friendships as well as the experience of representing your country in international tournaments that Vatrano said he will relish the most from his time with the NTDP. So far, he has won three international competitions with two more opportunities: the Five Nations Tournament in Finland Feb. 7-13 and the World Under-18 Championships in the Czech Republic in April. From doing anything just to play in the driveway to a Division 1 scholarship, a world championship opportunity and the subject of NHL scouts. Tag-along brothers everywhere, take notice. http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/juniors/2011-12/From_NEHJ-_BC-bound_Vatrano_on_verge by bignick33 on Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:25 pm MATHESON NAMED USHL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK Blue-liner contributed two goals and an assist as Fighting Saints took four of six points. DUBUQUE, Iowa – One member of the Fighting Saints secured some league-wide recognition after the team grabbed four of six points this past weekend. Mike Matheson was named USHL Defensive Player of the Week after collecting three points, including two goals and an assist, over three games for the Fighting Saints. The defenseman scored a goal and dished out an assist in Thursday’s 4-1 win over Team USA. He also equaled a season high when he finished the contest with a plus-three rating. Matheson completed the weekend scoring his ninth goal of the season just sixteen seconds into Saturday’s loss to Waterloo. He also helped the Saints successfully deny 12-of-13 opponent power play chances during the three-game stretch. The 18-year-old from Pointe-Claire, Quebec has put up 22 points, nine goals and thirteen assists, in 45 games during his first USHL season. A top prospect for the 2012 NHL Draft who is committed to play NCAA hockey at Boston College, Matheson is tied for third among all League defensemen with nine goals. http://www.dubuquefightingsaints.com/sl ... hp?sid=397 by claver2010 on Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:27 am Central Scouting had their final rankings for North American skaters, here are BC's recruits Michael Matheson #30 6'2" 175 D Chris Calnan #69 6'2" 188 RW Frank Vatrano #88 5'10" 218 C Travis Jeke # 184 6'4" 205 D (BC has really gravitated towards these large defensemen) by claver2010 on Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:35 pm BC added another for 2013, F Adam Gilmour of Nobles. 6-2, 193 & 101 on NHL Draft Rankings by flyingelvii on Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:03 am Is the draft rating overall or North America? I know Central Scouting breaks up the two but not sure about the other scouting services. flyingelvii Higgins Hall by claver2010 on Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:26 am flyingelvii wrote: Is the draft rating overall or North America? I know Central Scouting breaks up the two but not sure about the other scouting services. North America, sorry should've specified. by claver2010 on Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:16 am Recruit Austin Cangelosi in the news for a highlight reel goal: http://ushl.com/news.php?news_id=907 Forgive me if the youtube doesn't work, it's blocked at work but trying to embed nonetheless [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/ISftuDMmWWI[/youtube] by RedBaron67 on Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:02 pm claver2010 wrote: Recruit Austin Cangelosi in the news for a highlight reel goal: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/ISftuDMmWWI[/youtube] That really was quite a spectacular goal -- first a chip shot over 2 defensemen, then another chip shot over the goalie, in OT of a 0-0 game, for the first playoff win in the team's history. Cangelosi had 29 goals and 30 assists in 53 games this season -- another Gaudreau in the making? It makes me wonder: did NHL Central Scouting overlook Cangelosi, or is he slightly too young for this year's draft? by claver2010 on Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:26 pm Yeah since he's a USHL kid, I'll defer to BigNick on that one. I found out: 18 years old by September 15 is the NHL draft cutoff, so Cangelosi at August 27 narrowly qualifies. I'm pretty surprised that NHL Central Scouting passed him over. by SeaCaptim on Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:14 pm Cangleosi is only 5' 6" 160 pounds and the NHL does not place a premium on small fast kids. If you watch the NHL games, the trend is bigger than ever...the Rangers look like they have about 6 guys at 6' 5" plus. by bignick33 on Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:55 pm I think he projects to be a really good college player...the next little BC forward. He might or might not be drafted, but for such a small kid, that's immaterial as far as his college upside. Remember Gaudreau was only a 4th rounder and Gerbe was a 5th (!) rounder. by wolverineneshl on Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:55 pm Anybody know anything about Peter McMullen? He's suppose to come in the fall but would like to know any info on him. Return to Kelley Rink Jump to: Select a forum ------------------ Alumni Stadium Conte Forum Kelley Rink Shea Field	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line105
__label__wiki	0.945218	0.945218	Six Cameroon villagers massacred by Boko Haram: Defence Ministry Reuters , Thursday 13 Aug 2015 Boko Haram kills six, abducts 50 in Cameroon: Soldier At least 14 dead in north Cameroon attack: Security sources North Cameroon bans full Islamic veil after suicide attacks: Governor Cameroon army kills 86 Boko Haram militants Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers, who killed 12 of the Islamist fighters, a defence ministry spokesman said on Thursday. The raid was launched during the night from Wednesday to Thursday on the village of Blamé in Cameroon's Far North region, where the Nigerian Islamists have stepped up attacks in recent months. "Six villagers had their throats slit. Twelve Boko Haram members were killed. The Cameroonian army drove back the attackers. A Cameroonian soldier wounded yesterday has just died," said Colonel Didier Badjeck. Cameroon has deployed thousands of soldiers in its northern border areas as part of a military operation aimed at curbing the spillover of violence from Boko Haram's strongholds in northeast Nigeria. However cross-border attacks by Islamist gunmen have become an almost daily occurrence. At least eight people were killed and about 100 kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram fighters in another Far North village last week. Dozens of people were killed in a series of suicide bombings in the town of Maroua last month. Cameroon is a member of a joint military force with Chad, Niger and Nigeria that is fighting to stamp out Boko Haram's six-year-old insurgency. Younde Blamé	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line108
__label__wiki	0.944049	0.944049	Iran vows to continue missile work, dismisses EU powers' UN letter Reuters , Thursday 5 Dec 2019 Iran on Thursday rejected pressure to shelve its ballistic missile programme after a European letter to the U.N. Security Council accused Tehran of developing missiles capable of delivering nuclear bombs. The British, German and French ambassadors to the Council, in a letter circulated on Wednesday, called on U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to tell the body in his next report that Iran’s missile programme was “inconsistent” with a U.N. resolution underpinning the 2015 nuclear deal reached between Iran and six world powers. Iran responded defiantly, saying it was determined to proceed with its missile programme, which it has repeatedly described as defensive in purpose and nothing to do with its nuclear activity. "Iran is determined to resolutely continue its activities related to ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles," Iranian U.N. envoy Majid Takhte Ravanchi said in a letter to Guterres. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the European powers' intervention. "Latest E3 letter to UNSG on missiles is a desperate falsehood to cover up their miserable incompetence in fulfilling bare minimum of their own #JCPOA obligations," Zarif tweeted, referring to the nuclear deal by its formal acronym. He urged Britain, France and Germany not to bow to "U.S. bullying". The letter surfaced at a time of heightened friction between Iran and the West. Tehran is rolling back its commitments under the deal step by step in response to Washington’s withdrawal from the pact last year and reimposition of sanctions on the Islamic Republic that has crippled its economy. A 2015 U.N. resolution "called upon" Iran to refrain for up to eight years from work on ballistic missiles that could be capable of delivering nuclear warheads. Some states - including Russia, which with four other world powers wields a veto on the Security Council - argue that the language does not make it obligatory. France said on Thursday that Iran's ballistic missile activities did not conform with the Security Council resolution and called on Tehran to respect all of its obligations under that resolution. The Security Council is due to meet later this month on the state of compliance with the resolution underpinning the nuclear deal, and the European letter "will add to that discussion," a senior European diplomat told Reuters. Britain, France and Germany have sought to salvage the nuclear pact, under which Iran undertook to curtail its disputed uranium enrichment programme in return for relief from sanctions. But Tehran says European powers have failed to shield Iran's economy from U.S. sanctions. The United States and its allies in the Middle East view Iran's missile programme as a Middle East security threat.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line110
__label__cc	0.735644	0.264356	The CareVoice raises $10 million to develop better tech for insurance providers in Asia The CareVoice, a Shanghai-based health insurance software startup with ambitions to expand throughout Asia, announced today that it has raised about $10 million in Series A funding. The investment was led by LUN Partners Group and an undisclosed global investment manager that specializes in financial services, with participation from DNA Capital and returning investors SOSV and Artesian Capital. It will be used on research and development and to grow The CareVoice’s business in Hong Kong, which it entered last year. After that, the company plans to expand into other markets in Asia. Founded in 2014, The CareVoice started as an app that let patients leave reviews about medical providers before focusing on software like its flagship product, an SaaS solution that makes healthcare and insurance products more accessible to customers on mobile, with the goal of increasing sales and retention. There are several other startups in China focused on simplifying the process of buying health insurance, like Instony, Datebao, eBaoTech and Bowtie, but a representative for The CareVoice says it focuses less on sales tools and is instead building an end-to-end platform for insurers that can integrate with their existing solutions. The startup is currently used by 15 insurance providers in China and Hong Kong, including Ping An and AXA. While The CareVoice’s focus has been on improving the enrollment process, customer experience and how claims are processed, it is currently developing 10 new insurance products with health insurance partners, essentially rebranding traditional insurance policies and making them easier to access. The CareVoice also recently released a platform for insurers called CareVoiceOS, designed to enable insurers to create more customized plans and connect to other online healthcare services, and launched a new unit called StartupCare that allows startups to give founders and employees health benefits. This post was originally posted at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techcrunch/fundings-exits/~3/JAYLHUDKCRM/. As FTC cracks down, data ethics is now a strategic business weapon Lidar startup Ouster raises $60 million in production run-up 10 Immigration Tips for Love-Struck Tech Workers Demodesk scores $2.3M seed for sales-focused online meetings AT&T misses on revenue for Q4 2018 Pendo scores $100M Series E investment on $1 billion valuation Futures Movers: Middle East tensions boost oil prices to multimonth peak; Brent touches $70 a barrel Key Words: Man who called Dow 20,000 says one of the biggest stock-market dangers in 2020 is ‘people could be throwing risk to the wind’ Labor Dispute Stalls Redevelopment of Concord Naval Weapons Station NewsWatch: U.S.-Iran tensions will spark increased volatility — here’s how to play stocks, fund manager says Two Small Earthquakes Shake Near Gilroy: USGS	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line116
__label__cc	0.540516	0.459484	October 26th–28th 2017 \| University of London \| Senate House Towards Ontology of Quantum Mechanics and the Conscious Agent David Bohm Centennial Symposium EmQM 2015 \| 2013 \| 2011 4th International Symposium about Quantum Mechanics based on a »Deeper Level Theory« Download Poster (Low - 0.8 MB) Download Poster (Normal - 1.6 MB) Download Poster (High - 4.2 MB) Back to namelist Jan Walleczek Phenoscience Laboratories, Berlin, DE Nonlocality or Local Retrocausality? – The Non-signalling Theorem in Ontological Quantum Mechanics How to interpret the non-signalling theorem in time-symmetric quantum ontologies, including those that posit retrocausal influences from the future? To answer that question, I will first explain how the non-signalling theorem is to be interpreted in strictly nonlocal quantum ontologies, including in de Broglie-Bohm (dBB) theory. The non-signalling theorem is thought to ensure the compatibility of quantum theory with special relativity by preventing the possibility of causal paradox. Crucially, for ontological quantum mechanics, any thorough analysis of the non-signalling constraint needs to distinguish between these three concepts: (1) causality and causal influence, (2) information and information transfer, and (3) signalling and message communication (see Walleczek and Grössing, 2016). Unfortunately, the standard literature on quantum foundations often conflates these concepts leading to false conclusions about the impossibility of dBB-theory and of quantum-causal ontologies in general. For example, the standard (axiomatic) interpretation of the non-signalling theorem is wholly incompatible with dBB-theory (e.g., Walleczek and Grössing, 2014, 2016). That is, the AXIOMATIC position on non-signalling denies the existence of any (local or nonlocal) causal influences, i.e., an axiomatic non-signalling theorem represents a general “NO-INFLUENCE” theorem (Walleczek and Grössing, 2014). Therefore, an EFFECTIVE non-signalling theorem must be adopted in the context of ontological quantum theories, including for dBB-theory. Importantly, EFFECTIVE non-signalling denies only the superluminal transmission of Shannon signals, while – at the same time – enables the transmission of non-Shannon signals between spacelike-separated locations in EPR-type experiments. For the definition of SHANNON SIGNALLING see Walleczek and Grössing (2016). Furthermore, when assuming the FREE CHOICE of the experimenter agent, an axiomatic non-signalling theorem has often been employed in orthodox quantum interpretations as an argument against the possibility of determinism and realism in quantum mechanics, including dBB-theory. However, I have recently shown that this often-repeated argument is logically incoherent due to the fallacy of circular reasoning which is captured in the notion of SUPER-INDETERMINISM (see Walleczek, 2016). Finally, is there any advantage of the (local) RETROCAUSAL interpretation over the strictly NONLOCAL interpretation in view of the compatibility issue between quantum and relativity theories? This presentation will apply insights from the prior analysis of the EFFECTIVE non-signalling theorem to recent proposals of retrocausal quantum ontologies, for which must be prohibited the possibility of RETRO-SIGNALLING (i.e., of message transfers from the future to the past) in order to prevent causal paradox. Walleczek, J. and Grössing, G. (2016) Nonlocal Quantum Information Transfer Without Superluminal Signalling and Communication. Found. Phys. 46, 1208–1228. Walleczek, J. and Grössing, G. (2014) The Non-signalling Theorem in Generalizations of Bell’s Theorem. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 504, 012001. Walleczek, J. (2016) The Super-indeterminism in Orthodox Quantum Mechanics Does Not Implicate the Reality of Experimenter Free Will. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 701, 012005. Funded in part by the Fetzer Franklin Fund of the John E. Fetzer Memorial Trust. © 2017 Fetzer Franklin Fund \| Contact & Imprint \| Privacy Policy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line121
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Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Japan icon Nakamura ready to take on Spain AFP - Friday, August 28 MADRID (AFP) - - Barcelona may have signed Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer but neighbours Espanyol pulled off a transfer coup of their own with the capture of Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura from Celtic on a free transfer. ADVERTISEMENT It has been hailed as the most exciting Espanyol signing since 1964 when Argentine great Alfredo di Stefano arrived at the club at the tail-end of a glittering career with Real Madrid. An estimated 7,000 fans and 300 journalists turned up for the presentation of Japan icon Nakamura who has become a leading Japanese football export after playing in Italy, Scotland and now Spain. "My first intention when my Celtic contract was up was to return to Japan," Nakamura said in local Barcelona newspaper 'Sport'. "I had a lot of offers and I turned them down as playing in Spain was one of my dreams and something that I couldn't pass up." Not many Asian footballers have come to Spain but Nakamura is well-travelled having left his homeland in 2002 to join Reggina before heading to Celtic where he won three league titles in four seasons. "I am used to adapting to different cultures and I will do everything to fit in here," revealed Nakamura. "The culture is different to Japan but not as much as in Scotland and Italy. "The fans are different in every country. I have played in Scotland and Italy but I have never seen fans like here at Espanyol." Nakamura, 31, is a free-kick expert - famously scoring a spectacular free-kick against Manchester United in Celtic's 1-0 Champions League group win back in 2006 - and hopes to show the Espanyol fans what he can do with his left foot. "There is a lot of competition when it comes to taking free-kicks," said Nakamura. "At the moment there are no left-footed free-kick takers and if it comes up I hope I can take one. "However, my first priority to integrate with my team-mates, train hard and make sure I am a regular in the first team." With the 2010 World Cup around the corner, Nakamura, capped 87 times by his country, needs to be playing regularly although the midfielder insists it is too early to start thinking about the showpiece in South Africa. "I am not thinking about the World Cup at the moment," declared the ex-Celtic man. "I just want to play my best football for Espanyol and I know that if I don't play well here the coach won't use me." Nakamura has been handed the number 7 shirt and played his first game for the club in a 3-0 pre-season friendly win over Liverpool that inaugurated Espanyol's new Cornella El Prat stadium. Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino lauded Nakamura for his attitude and said he had high hopes for the upcoming season. "We hope he can fulfill the expectations we have of him," said Pochettino. "He is a great footballer and has shown that throughout his career." It is a lucrative deal for Espanyol whose profile in Japan has been elevated significantly but for Nakamura the media attention is nothing new. "I am used to speaking with the Japanese journalists and I have no problem with them as everyone has their job to do," he explained. "I am 31 years old and consider myself a normal person. I am family man and like to live a quiet life. "I will live on the outskirts of the city because if not I will have a load of cameras outside my front door every day." 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__label__cc	0.670888	0.329112	Home : COMPANY PROFILE PREPAC was founded in 1982 as a personal company and directly took action in packaging of agricultural and industrial products. In 1999, was transformed in a S.A., and expanded its activities to cover a wide range of packaging machines and consumables that resulted the inevitable increase in manpower, material resources and expertise. Since 2002 a branch office operates in Thessaloniki, which decisively improved our customer service in the wider region of Northern Greece. The PREPAC S.A. provides full technical support throughout Greece. In 2002 MACPAC S.A was founded, a subsidiary company of PREPAC S.A. which made its first steps in the industrial area, by producing disposable expanded polystyrene cups. With this investment, PREPAC acquires a dynamic nationwide presence in the HORECA market (Hotel - Restaurants - Catering). In 2005 MACPAC S.A. was relocated to a new privately owned factory where a sophisticated production unit for lids and polystyrene sheets was installed. In March 2007, after only five years from its foundation, MACPAC S.A. becomes the first company in Greece to install production lines for cups and lids made by polyester PET. With this new investment MACPAC S.A. is now recognized as a significant force in European level and also Greek market is enriched with high-quality products according to the quality standards required from Internationally established catering brands. In the end of 2007 the PREPAC S.A. made an important step in its history, by going to relocate to a new private-owned office and warehouse area space of 3000m2 in the Industrial Park of Magoula. With this investment PREPAC S.A. becomes a dominant force in the field of packaging materials and machines, with greater potentials for customer service. OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY PREPAC is separated into six product groups. The philosophy of the company is to provide customers a complete range of packaging machinery and materials. Each product group has a specialized team of executives who offer to customers and to the market a unique source of knowledge and experience. Equipment and materials for industrial packaging and special systems for the food industry such as machinery and shrinkage materials, vacuum / modified atmosphere, coating film, pallet film, hoops, adhesive packaging tapes, etc. Logistics and machinery for packing plants that export fruits and vegetables Product Group C Packaging of fruits and vegetables in supermarkets and packing plants that serve the local market Product Group D Full range of products for HORECA industry (hotels – restaurants-catering) and also bakeries and pastries. Packaging materials for meat-fish-poultry processing plants. Product Group E Sales for third parties: (a) Large facilities of machinery, (b) Packaging materials at great value and volume (commodities) Product Group F Special products for use in farms	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line124
__label__cc	0.676305	0.323695	Encina High School Alumni Alumni Challenge Alumni baseball 2009 Alumni soccer 2009 Bio information form Care of form Alumni challenge pledge Vietnam Memorial Encina Stars Reunion guide Classmate Classifieds Encina Today Encina store Encina Updates 13th Annual Encina Alumni Challenge [ Pledges ][Game Photos]{Rollin Coxe 64 photos][ Alumni challenge pledge form ][Videos][Testimonials][Webcast][Wineland talk][Debbie Skalisky photos] Score: Alumni 60, Varsity 53 Date: Friday, April 26, 2013 This year we raised over $44,000 for Encina! Alumni and varsity teams Front row: #0 Kimani Randolph, #15 Dajon Green, #3 Kevin Largo, #1 Aaron Johnson, #24 Tyvone Hunt Back row: #12 Davawn Finney-Lomax, #10 Elias Orellana, #11 Vadim Golovey, #5 Da'Quan Bryant, #2 Nate Jefferson, #4 Datwon Bryant, #13 Ricky Gregor Head coach: Freddie Bryant, Assistant coach: DeWayne Norris Alumni team Tony Smith '83, Andrey Koryaka '07, Daren Malone '06, Stephen Beasley '02, Jace Buenaflor '94, Bob Goosmann '74, Philip Johnson '06, Erickson Aquino '95 Message from Steve Dear fellow Encina Alumni, What a great night! Alumni from Encina's first class of 1961 to last year's graduating class attended this year's Challenge to celebrate our alma mater. The Class of 1963 thoughtfully planned their 50th reunion to coincide with the Challenge so their class was well represented this year. We were honored to induct Nobel Laureate, Dr. David J. Wineland ('61) to Encina's Hall of Fame. Thank you to all of Encina's staff and students, along with alumni, who worked so hard to make this a successful event. Feel proud that what we do together, does make a difference! Alumni have once again shown their school spirit by pledging more than $43,000 which supports a multitude of programs for all of Encina's students. Thank you for your generosity! Steve Palmer Encina High School Booster Club Treasurer Message from Bob Another great event and game! The Varsity went undefeated in league play this year, so I knew I had to put together a stellar Alumni squad. The solution was to recruit some outstanding former Varsity players from the 2000s, and they did not disappoint. We took it to the young whippersnappers, and were definitely inspired by the amazing enthusiasm of the large alumni crowd. The only downside was a personal one--being 20 to 40 years older than all but one player on either side, I felt a bit like a turtle stuck in quicksand. :-( We have now raised more than half a million dollars for Encina over the past 13 years. Thanks to everyone who donated this year and in past years--your generosity is truly amazing. Bob Goosmann '74 Alumni Challenge BBQ and Game BBQ Dinner, 5:30 - 7:15 pm As always, a delicious free BBQ dinner will be served in Encina's cafeteria prior to the basketball game. Award-winning Texas West BBQ will serve chicken, ribs, salad and side dishes, drinks and dessert. Join us to share memories and favorite stories, meet old friends and make new ones! In addition, student body leaders will be on-hand to give campus tours. Encina Hall of Fame Ceremony - Nobel Prize Laureate David Wineland We're VERY excited to announce the 2013 Encina Hall of Fame inductee, Dr. David J. Wineland. Dave Wineland ('61) was recently awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, winning with his colleague Serge Haroche of France. Dr. Wineland and Dr. Haroche were awarded "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems." We're very pleased that Dr. Wineland will attend the Alumni Challenge dinner and game. He will be inducted at half-time. Dr. David J. Wineland, Encina Class of 1961 Class of 1963 Golden Graduates Join us to celebrate Encina's Class of 1963--with special remembrances, Class of 63 alumni, faculty, Class of 1963 memorabilia, special "50 Years" Birthday Cake and more! Alumni Challenge Basketball Game, 7:30 - 9:00 pm Dinner will be followed by the always-exciting basketball game between an Encina Alumni team and the current Boys Varsity team, which was undefeated in league play this season. This extremely competitive series currently stands at six wins each. Our professional announcer, Peter Boam (Class of '63) will call the game and be Master of Ceremonies for the event. All Proceeds Help Encina and the Students The Alumni Challenge is one of the most successful high school fundraisers in Sacramento history. Last year we raised nearly $40,000, and our goal this year is to top $45,000! This year we'll break $500,000 in total funds raised by alumni for our school!! THANK YOU! Even if you cannot attend the event, please consider a donation on behalf of your graduating class. Your donation helps fund equipment and tournament fees for sports, academic programs, field trips, scholarships, college campus tours, and much more at Encina. Here are some of the many things funded through the generosity of our donations JUST in the last 12 months: Football uniforms, programmable microcontroller-based robots for physics, basketball tournament fees, tools and glazes for ceramics, soccer uniforms (championship teams can be hard on uniforms <g>), girls basketball uniforms and shooting shirts, girls softball uniforms, volleyball equipment, new wrestling mats (Encina can now host tournaments for the first time in MANY years), calculators for math classes, college scholarships, cooking club, health occupation students to HOSA state conference, Encina Safe All Nite Grad, and MORE. Almost ALL of these programs and projects get no funding from the school district or other sources, but make a big impact on campus and students' lives. We have made, and continue to make, a positive impact on Encina! We look forward to seeing everyone at this year's Alumni Challenge! Steve Palmer Bob Goosmann Harlan Lau Class of '74 Class of '74 Class of '73 Alumni roster Bob Goosmann '74: captain Tony Smith '83 Jace Buenaflor '94 Erickson Aquino '95 Stephen Beasley '02 Philip Johnson '06 Daren Malone '06 Andrey Koryaka '07 Videographer: Robert Bataille and crew Webcast: Kerry Shearer 72 M.C.: Peter Boam 63 Photographer: Rollin Coxe 64 National anthem: What is the Alumni Challenge? Here's an excerpt from the Encina "Bulldog Barks" parent newsletter describing the Alumni Challenge: "If you have not yet attended an Alumni Challenge, you are in for a REAL treat. "What is an Alumni Challenge?" you might ask. It is a basketball game, where the current Encina varsity basketball team plays a full basketball game against the alumni from the class of 1961 (Encina had its first graduating class that year) to alumni as current as five years ago. This extremely competitive series has the Varsity Team with six wins to the Alumni Team's five, so the Alumni Team will be extra motivated to bring home a victory this year. So, this is an event you don't want to miss. The evening starts off with a free dinner at 5:30 p.m., and admission to the game is free as well. The game starts at 7:30, and there is a rousing half time event scheduled. Why would the alumni put themselves in such a position? This is a fund raiser they started to help the Encina Booster Club raise funds to support ALL the students and programs here at Encina High School. Over the years, the funds raised have supported our sports, reading, visual and performing arts, Encina Broadcast System (EBS), tutorials, just to name a few. The fund raising component to the Alumni Challenge is the donations received through alumni class pledges. An example is an alumni will pledge dollars per point, or per three point baskets, or per the number of points a specific player makes, or perhaps a flat donation. Current students and families can pledge as well, as a way of cheering on the current varsity team. This game is a very entertaining event and gives our students and families a chance to meet past Encina students. It has become a rivalry between the Apaches/Bulldogs (Encina changed its mascot to the Bulldogs in 1991) and the Bulldogs. Please come out, have dinner and enjoy a GREAT family fun night." Who is eligible to play? "CALL FOR PLAYERS: any alumni who graduated at least 5 years ago or earlier and played basketball for Encina is eligible to play on the Alumni team. Preference will be given first to those who have not played in a previous Alumni Challenge. All players must be available for Saturday practice (at Encina) during the weeks leading up to the event. They must also be in reasonable condition--the game is very competitive and we are competing against players half (and in some cases one-third) our age. If you are interested in playing, contact Bob Goosmann at magusbob@hotmail.com." I understand we have some fairly recent grads who are interested in playing this year. If you are in contact with your basketball playing classmates, please let them know about the alumni challenge and encourage them to play. Several years ago the high scorer for the alumni team was Norm Siefkin from the class of 1963! Every year we receive inquiries from female alumni who would like to play. Unfortunately, the alumni team is not co-ed. In order to field a women's team, we need someone like Bob to captain/coach/organize a women's team. What are we raising money for? Encina gets money for the traditional "core" classes such as math and reading . We (alumni) are providing assistance for many of the extracurricular programs, elective classes, clubs and other programs that help to enrich students' experience at Encina. The money goes to the Encina Booster Club, who allocates the funds based on requests from students and faculty. While much of the money is allocated to sports as you would expect from a booster club, a lot of the money also goes to non-sports programs. Here are some testimonials from recipients of the alumni challenge pledges. Here are some of the projects funded by the Encina Booster club in the past year from Alumni Challenge monies: Viet Nam Memorial All Sports (uniforms, tournament fees, bleachers, transportation, stipends, supplies, etc.). Business Academy End of the Year Luncheon for Seniors CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam) tutoring and incentives Wish Lists for staff (this is open to ALL staff to submit items that are not covered by district nor department funds). Some of the items purchased were box converter for VHS to DVD, supplies for counseling for welcome bags for new students, Alumni Challenge expenses Undergraduate Awards Program Business Academy Mentor Meeting supplies Friendship Day (Mix It Up) supplies (4 times per year) STAR testing incentives AVID T-Shirts CSF Fieldtrip to UOP Controllers for Interactive Education Spanish games (verb conjugation, etc.) Computer programs, guides and graphics for journalism, French and English Prizes for Open Enrollment Parent Night Gift cards for a drawing for Take Your Parent to School Day Special Ed Students field trip to San Francisco Incentives for PBS (Positive Behavior Systems) Here is a list of some of the programs funded in the past: New Student Welcome Program through Counselors Encina Art Gallery (Art Opening Receptions) Performing Arts (Students attending local plays) Freshman Feast (a Freshman event with Senior peers/guides) Encina Broadcasting System (EBS) (equipment and supplies) Girl's Soccer Girl's Softball Girl's Volleyball Basketball Tournaments Sports Banquets Every 15 minutes (drug/alcohol intervention) Alumni Challenge event The encinahighschool.com Website SAP (Student Assistance Program) Student to Ashland to participate in Shakespeare Festival Backboard replacement Drama department (students) trip to Ashland FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT Several alumni have asked whether there is any financial oversight for all the money donated to the Encina Booster Club. Whether there is anything which prevents the funds from being misused or even embezzled. Steve Palmer 74 realized very early on, that the Encina Booster Club lacked such oversight and worked with Encina to implement sound financial practices. Here is Steve's description... "I am happy to talk about Encina's Booster Club financial oversight. I sat on the Booster Club as "Auditor" for several years and have been Treasurer for the last three years and was re-elected for the 2011-12 school year. I attend most monthly meetings which are held at 5:30 pm on the second Tuesday of each month except July and August. Funds that are collected by the Booster Club are deposited into a Bank of America account. Heddy Crowder, Encina's Community Liaison, records how much is received from whom (photocopies incoming checks, snackbar sales records, etc). She emails Harlan and me with Alumni donor name, date of receipt and amount. While Harlan does not usually see snackbar, t-shirt sales and such, I do. The majority of our funding is from Alumni Challenge pledges. As treasurer, I reconcile each month's bank statement with our Quickbooks records and provide a detailed transaction journal, spending vs budget and balance sheet at each monthly meeting. Treasurer's records are reviewed at each meeting at which time we also make disbursements for approved expenses. All personal who handle money are bonded. Each year, Principal (Dan Kenley) , Booster Club President (Angie Kerr), Encina Community Liaison (Heddy Crowder) and I build a proposed budget to be approved (with modification/changes) by the membership. We allocate funds to Encina programs based on department need with about 50% going to sports and 50% going to academic programs, scholarships, Alumni Challenge expenses, and such. Each semester we ask staff to submit requests for program and project funding. We fund those that are believed to provide the greatest positive impact to Encina students. We hold about 15% in reserve from one year to the next and for "emergency" requests. For example, this year Encina fielded a Girls' Softball team for the first time in many years! The Booster Club (because of Alumni generosity) was able to purchase uniforms and equipment. Please let me know if you'd like more detail or additional information. Alumni, thank you for supporting Encina's students and future alumni! Encina '74" How do I pledge? Send your check to: Encina High School Booster Club Encina High School Attention: Heddy Crowder 1400 Bell Street Sacramento,CA 95825 (please note your class year and whether you want pledge to be anonymous) Or pay using PayPal or credit card: http://encinahighschool.com/homecoming/pledge_okay.htm Is my contribution tax deductible? Yes, your contribution is tax deductible. Please take advantage of your company's matching funds program if you have one to double your contribution as I do. Encina will send you a tax letter. How effective is the Alumni Challenge? In the past twelve years the alumni challenge has raised over $497,000 for Encina! 2012: $40,000 While this is due in no small part to the generosity of alumni benefactor Paul Bonderson 70, last year we had tremendous participation with almost 400 individual alumni pledges. These pledges ranged from a few dollars to thousands of dollars. No pledge is too small, nor too large <g>. Alumni Challenge plaque The alumni challenge plaque recognizes the five classes who: 1. pledge the most money 2. have the most pledges Can I pledge anonymously? Certainly. When you write, say your pledge is anonymous. However, please let me attribute your pledge to your class so they receive credit. Why should I contribute? Well, I can't speak for all alumni, but I give because it makes me feel good <g>. I enjoy supporting the next generation of Encina students, the interclass competition, the funny pledges (Tom Clark 70 gave $50 for a 3 pointer I made before the last game), the pride of supporting my classmates, and the feeling that we, as Encina alumni, are doing something special for our school and the community... So do it for the kids! And do it because it makes you feel good... www.encinahighschool.com Copyright © 2009 by Encina High School Alumni website. All Rights Reserved. No copying without permission from webmaster. Would you like to support the Encina alumni website? 1. Donate via the PayPal button at the bottom of the page 2. Click on one of the Google ads at the bottom of the page (Google pays us a small commission for each click) Would you like to hear about class reunions, alumni events and all things Encina? Subscribe to the Encina Update enewsletter and/or your class mailing list using the Comment form. Fill out your contact information, and indicate which mailing list you are interested in. The Encina alumni contact information is never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, marketed, exchanged, bartered, distributed, or disclosed in any other way. We don't like to receive junk mail, and know you don't either.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line125
__label__cc	0.740811	0.259189	Sat. Nov. 26, 2005 Confused Fighting J1 J1 soccer league had only 2 matches. The JEF win against GAMBA, which was the top of the league, and the other higher ranking teams drew, thanks to these, JEF still has a chance of becoming the top of the league before the final match. 5 teams have the chance and JEF is 5th of 5 teams. If the higher 4 teams lose or fraw and JEF wins, JEF wins the league. The other way around the chance is almost nothing. Yeah, you can say it's impossible. What I can do is only cheering JEF with beleaving our JEF will win the last match and J1 league! Fri. Nov. 25, 2005 cvs error ... is not a branch Because unknown error occured I'd like to write about it. cvs commit: sticky tag `1.5' for file `index.xml' is not a branch I researched about this error and remembered that I modified this file from revision 1.4. It was warning that you didn't modify the latest version. Then I confirmed the differences, saved the file and I got and override it by doing: cvs -A -C index.xml After that I did well by commit :-) Thu. Nov. 24, 2005 I'm tring ssi on pos.to net. I detected that the ssi cannot have arguments on pos.to net. Plus symbolic-link is not available. I haven't known it! SSI is 'no-support' on pos.to net as I know, so they aren't wrong but I'd like to know the specification in advance...;-( Sun. Nov. 13, 2005 google対策 When you search with "Blue Fountain Home Page" on Google, my page has been the top but it was unreadable. The reason seemed to be <meta type="text/html" charset="UTF-8" /> (wrong) which I got from the net. I'd like to say "where was that from?". I don't research the specification yet, but it was fixed by changing it into At last I confirmed it on Google that the unreable character was fixed 10 days after. By the way, I don't know why but the reason might be that the new page was rebuilt with SEO and it might be only now, but one of my pages has been the TOP on the Google by searching with "How to make games (whose Japanese)". The posting has increased. It's great:-) However it's tough to answer every questions:-p Sun. Nov. 6, 2005 Chanpionship! This is the first title we've been eager since J league began, JEF UNITED Ichihara Chiba! This is the game to decide the chanpionship for a long while. In order to watch the final round of Nabisuko Cup I went to National Studium with Awawa. The ticket I got was unreserved seat and people was full in the studium, so we had to stand to watch. I was surprised so much because I've never met like this as for the JEF's game...;-( Anyway, this is the first title since I began to support Frukawa Denko which was the previous incarnation of JEF. I cried. Awawa also cried before JEF won. Because of that I couldn't watch the game at all at the moment JEF became the cup winners ;-( For the coach Osim, all of the players, the staffs and the supporters, Congratulation and thank you!!!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line128
__label__wiki	0.70481	0.70481	you be the ref... By Plasmodium, April 16, 2019 in College Wrestling Cooch1 114 On 4/23/2019 at 1:55 PM, TripNSweep said: I went back and watched it very slowly. Here's what I saw. at 2:07 the referee is in full view of the alleged oil check. He is in perfect position to see it if it happened or not. At 2:08 the referee is still in the same position and the wrestler in red has stepped up to circle on his left leg. Still no indication anything is wrong. At 2:09 the wrestler in red has his butt up to circle or defend. At this angle it looks like it would be pretty much impossible to check the oil because of the way the Exeter wrestler's hand is angled/positioned. The referee is also no longer looking at it, but has changed his view by moving his head. It's subtle but there. 2:10, the referee is now fully in front of both wrestlers. The wrestler in red his butt has come down but is still defending. No indication from him anything improper has occurred. The referee is no longer in position to see what the Exeter wrestler's hand is doing. The hand position doesn't appear to have changed. 2:11, the wrestlers have changed position that the hand slips out a little more but the referee is now in full view as the hand is more on the right butt cheek than before. Now he makes the misconduct call, despite being in full view of the hold the Exeter wrestler had for close to 3 seconds. My opinion is, he saw a reason to disqualify that kid and did it. There is no way he could have missed that call being in position for 3 seconds, without the wrestler in red indicating something was wrong, and then waiting almost another full 2 seconds to make that call, being out of position for the intervening seconds and not being able to clearly see anything. Also the wrestler in red's shorts don't bunch up the way shorts like that would if they were being depressed inward like the ref claims the Exeter wrestler did. Agree! The ref was looking for a way out for his boy. Emotionally involved. The other kid never showed any sign of being violated. Exeter misplaced his hand innocently. I've seen worse with crotch lifts and not a word from any ref concerning the poor guys testicles. Plasmodium 1,208 His opponent had to pull his drawers out of his arse. I'd call that a sign. HurricaneWrestling2 reacted to this HurricaneWrestling2 412 I think the Exeter kid might have gotten away with the "butt drag" until he told the ref that his opponent was about a half-quart low. Potentially dangerous would have been better and made more sense. Unfortunately moves involving private parts of the anatomy seem to conjure up "dirty" thoughts/hangups. The fact that we can only refer to this situation as an oil check rather than potentially dangerous tells me a shameful hangup was part of the refs decision. As I said, a crotch lift is the equal and no one says anything. 20 hours ago, Cooch1 said: Clasped hands between the legs is nothing like penetration. On 4/27/2019 at 8:23 PM, Plasmodium said: There was no penetration. . Close, but no (ahem) cigar. John Coctostan and dtry222 reacted to this Crotch lift sounds bad, but I’d say it’s rare the crotch actually gets grabbed. 13 hours ago, 1032004 said: That would be correct for freestyle.. However a friend of mine taught me how to "stack up" an opponent while riding. Grab the inside wrist, pull it in tight to the opponent's gut; then with the other arm go through the crotch, lift up and stack to the shoulders. The pressure on the balls is convincing. Holtfan 35 On 4/30/2019 at 2:57 AM, Cooch1 said: In our area, that is affectionately known as the "Ball and Chain" And I agree with where the "pressure" is applied. "Applying pressure" with an arm is a lot different than sticking fingers in someone's behind IMO. Correct. The former is painful and the latter is a quite a surprise! 45 minutes ago, Cooch1 said: Out of curiosity, would you coach someone to directly apply pressure to someones testicles? What reaction would you expect to get out of a parent if they saw someone coaching their son or daughter to do that? 35 minutes ago, Plasmodium said: Only in the process of the legal application of a hold where as a side effect the testicles may be momentarily involved, as with a switch, single leg lift, cross body ride, crotch lift. I wouldn't say ' make sure you bust his nuts when you do this move.' Otherwise I'd expect to be reported to the administration. 9 hours ago, Cooch1 said: Maybe you should be reported anyway? The last thing I think about when putting a leg in, grabbing a single, or hitting a switch is touching another person's gonads. 15 hours ago, AHamilton said: I don't think about it either. It's just one of those things. It's called coincidence, like a head butt or finger in the eye. Actually, aside from the embarrasment/ humiliation, the oil change is the least dangerous situation. But if it's the first thing you think about.... you have issues. I don't think about it either. It's just one of those things. It's called coincidence, like a head butt or finger in the eye. Actually, aside from the embarrasment/ humiliation, the oil change is the least dangerous situation. But if it's the first thing you think about.... you have issues. Oil change?! I don't even want to know. On 5/3/2019 at 9:27 AM, Plasmodium said: Agreed. An oil check is bad enough, but a complete oil change takes things to a whole other level. If we're going there, we need a rule change to require synthetic oil (gotta minimize the number of changes needed). The pressure on the balls is convincing. 18 minutes ago, HurricaneWrestling2 said: A few years ago I went to the doctor for a checkup. He told me that since I was over 40 (I was nearly 50, in fact) he was going to do check my prostate. Needless to say I objected by saying "That's ridiculous. How can you tell anything with those little fingers? How far up can you check with them". He snapped the gloves on and replied "They may not be long, but they are going all the way in".	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line130
__label__cc	0.523313	0.476687	Art Deco crush Deco idea Walls & Floors Decors and colors in Wes Anderson’s movies With his last movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson not only confirms that he’s a brilliant director but also reveals that he could have been a great interior designer! Colors, furniture, lights, disposition, all reveals that décor is important for esthetic reasons but also has a meaning of its own. Explosive colors Mixing bright red and purple is a bold choice, yet it is the main color theme of the Grand Budapest hotel. From the elevator walls to the lobby rugs through staff uniforms, red and purple are the sign that you belong to this special hotel. The two main characters are indeed proudly wearing these colors, even outside of the hotel. Not really well-known for being the best match, these two colors have first been associated by Yves Saint-Laurent, inspired by the mix and match of colors in Morocco. Maybe India (let’s remember Darjeeling Limited) was Wes Anderson’s inspiration for this masterful association of colors. (with a touch of orange, like Yves Saint-Laurent in his time) Orange and green are two colors which echo themselves quite brutally as well. He uses these two colors, which were very fashionable during the Sixties, to show that time has changed. But the dull tones used (also in contrast with the bright red and purple of the 30’s) let show that the hotel is not what it used to be anymore. Light pink, blue and green These colors are often associated with a female world; linked to the young baker in the Grand Budapest Hotel, similar colors are present in the bathroom of Tenenbaums’ daughter in the Royal Tenenbaums. Wes Anderson uses a lot of other bright colors, and plays with strong and explosive combinations. He often associates so-called ‘complementary colors’, well-known among artists and physicists for their capacity to enhance one another. Yellow and Blue Yellow and Purple The way Wes Anderson uses colors is not only visually strong but it also gives a fresh look to interiorsthat are either too classical or a bit old-fashioned. Like all good interior designer, Wes Anderson knows how to use light and lights to create a specific atmosphere. A perfect symetry Wes Anderson’s shots are often perfectly symmetrical, as this video demonstrates. Symmetry reinforce the beauty of a scene while giving an impression of order and completeness. Characters and Decors Last but not least, if colors and decors are that thoroughly chosen by the director, it’s because they do not only serve an esthetic goal, they also reflect the characters who live in them and thus serve to introduce these characters and to understand them better. In the Royal Tenenbaums, characters are introduced through their bedrooms. In the Grand Budapest Hotel, the main character keeps wearing the old colors of the hotel even though the décor has changed, to signify that he, hasn’t changed. (zebra wallpaper available at Salamandre) Lessons to be learned? Don’t be afraid to DARE vivid colors and to furnish your home as YOU wish, remember, your home reveals a bit of who you are! J link to the video of the making-ofof the Hotel Décor. A Dynamic Sculpture Pots and Plants for an Interior Garden Wall Painting & Optical Effects READ A Dynamic Sculpture ← Books, Storage and Decoration → A desk in the closet	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line139
__label__cc	0.569769	0.430231	Matthias Doepke: Research [Home] [Curriculum Vitae] [Research] [Teaching] Employment Protection, Investment in Job-Specific Skills, and Inequality Trends in the United States and Europe, with Ruben Gaetani (July 2018). Trends in Work and Leisure: It’s a Family Affair, with Titan Alon and Sena Coskun (October 2017). Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy, with Martin Schneider and Veronika Selezneva (September 2015). Colonies, with Andrea Eisfeldt (January 2007). Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids, with Fabrizio Zilibotti (February 2019). Handbook Chapters Families in Macroeconomics, with Michèle Tertilt. Chapter 23 in Handbook of Macroeconomics, Vol. 2, December 2016. Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth, with Fabrizio Zilibotti. Chapter 1 in Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, December 2013. Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development? With Michèle Tertilt. Journal of Economic Growth, December 2019. Bargaining over Babies: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications, with Fabian Kindermann. American Economic Review, September 2019. The Economics of Parenting, with Giuseppe Sorrenti and Fabrizio Zilibotti. Annual Review of Economics, August 2019. Women's Empowerment, the Gender Gap in Desired Fertility, and Fertility Outcomes in Developing Countries, with Michèle Tertilt. AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2018. Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy, with David de le Croix and Joel Mokyr. Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2018. Money as a Unit of Account, with Martin Schneider. Econometrica, September 2017. Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission, with Fabrizio Zilibotti. Econometrica, September 2017. The Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis, with Moshe Hazan and Yishay Maoz. Review of Economic Studies, July 2015. Gary Becker on the Quantity and Quality of Children, Journal of Demographic Economics, March 2015. Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, November 2013. The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights, with Michèle Tertilt and Alessandra Voena. Annual Review of Economics, July 2012. Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem? With Fabrizio Zilibotti. Journal of Economic Growth, March 2010. Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men?, with Michèle Tertilt. Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2009. International Labor Standards and the Political Economy of Child Labor Regulation, with Fabrizio Zilibotti. Journal of the European Economic Association, April-May 2009. To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy, with David de la Croix. Review of Economic Studies, April 2009. Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism, with Fabrizio Zilibotti. Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2008. Humankapital, politischer Wandel und langfristige Wirtschaftsentwickung, plenary talk at the annual meeting of Verein für Socialpolitik 2007, published in Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, May 2008. Inflation and the Redistribution of Nominal Wealth, with Martin Schneider. Journal of Political Economy, December 2006. Aggregate Implications of Wealth Redistribution: The Case of Inflation, with Martin Schneider. Journal of the European Economic Association, April-May 2006. Dynamic Mechanism Design with Hidden Income and Hidden Actions, with Robert Townsend. Journal of Economic Theory, January 2006. The Macroeconomics of Child Labor Regulation, with Fabrizio Zilibotti. American Economic Review, December 2005. Child Mortality and Fertility Decline: Does the Barro-Becker Model Fit the Facts? Journal of Population Economics, June 2005. Social Class and the Spirit of Capitalism, with Fabrizio Zilibotti. Journal of the European Economic Association, April-May 2005. Show Me the Money: Retained Earnings and the Real Effects of Monetary Shocks. Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 1/2005. Accounting for Fertility Decline During the Transition to Growth. Journal of Economic Growth, September 2004. Public versus Private Education when Differential Fertility Matters, with David de la Croix. Journal of Development Economics, April 2004. Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters, with David de la Croix. American Economic Review, September 2003. Contributions to Edited Volumes Intrahousehold Decision Making and Fertility, with Fabian Kindermann. Demographic Change and Long-Run Development, edited by Matteo Cervellati and Uwe Sunde, MIT Press, 2017. Growth Takeoffs, entry prepared for New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, May 2008. Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective, with Dirk Krueger, published in Frontiers in Family Economics, edited by Peter Rupert, Emerald Press, 2008. Other Writing (selected) Comment les inégalités économiques ont donné naissance à l’hyper-parentalité, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, May 2019 (Regards Economiques). Should We Celebrate Mother's Day Every Week?, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, May 2019 (published in Princeton University Press Blog). Why are Parents so Scared about College? The Economics Behind the College Admissions Scandal, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, March 2019 (Psychology Today) The parent trap, with Fabrizio Zilibotti (Washington Post, 2/22/2019). Introducing Love, Money, and Parenting, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, February 2019 (Psychology Today) The parenting gap, with Fabrizio Zilibotti (RSA Journal, 9/10/2018) The Economics of Motherhood, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, May 2018 (published in Princeton University Press Blog). Women's Empowerment and Development: The Family Connection, with Michèle Tertilt, October 2017 (published in VoxDev). Apprenticeship and the Rise of Europe, with David de la Croix and Joel Mokyr, March 2017 (published in Vox). Why European Women are Saying No to Having (More) Babies, with Fabian Kindermann, May 2016 (published in Vox). Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parents: The Economics of Parenting Style, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, October 2014 (published in Vox). Child Labor: Is International Activism the Solution or the Problem?, with Fabrizio Zilibotti, October 2009 (published in Vox). Europe's Fertility Crisis: Lessons From the Post-War Baby Boom, with Moshe Hazan and Yishay Maoz, September 2008 (published in Vox). Women's Rights: What's in It for Men?, with Michèle Tertilt, May 2008 (published in Vox). Politics and the Structure of Eduation Funding, with David de la Croix, September 2007 (published in Vox). The Research Agenda: Matthias Doepke on the Transition from Stagnation to Growth, April 2007 (published in EconomicDynamics Newsletter). Employment Protection, Investment in Job-Specific Skills, and Inequality Trends in the United States and Europe With Ruben Gaetani Abstract: Since the 1980s, the United States has experienced a sharp rise in the college wage premium. In contrast, in a number of European economies such as Germany and Italy the return to education stayed roughly the same. In this paper, we argue that differences in employment protection can account for a substantial part of these diverging trends. In our model, firms and workers can invest in relationship-specific capital: firms can create jobs that are complementary to experienced workers with long tenure, and workers can make corresponding investments in firm-specific skills. The incentives to undertake such investments are stronger when employment protection creates an common expectation of long-lasting firm-worker matches. Firms and workers also invest in relationship-specific capital in a calm economic environment where match-specific shocks are small. The diverging inequality patterns between the United States and Europe emerge from different levels of employment protection combined with an increase in "turbulence" (Ljungqvist and Sargent 1998) in the economy starting in the 1980s. Keywords: Skill Premium, Employment Protection, Job-Specific Skills The paper (July 2018): [ PDF ] Presentation slides: Trends in Work and Leisure: It’s a Family Affair With Titan Alon and Sena Coskun Abstract: In recent decades, the correlation between U.S. men's wages and hours worked has reversed: low-wage men used to work the longest hours, whereas today it is men with the highest wages who work the most. This changing correlation accounts for roughly 30 percent of the rise in the variance of male earnings between 1975 and 2015. In this paper, we rationalize these trends in a model of joint household labor supply. Our quantitative model generates similar changes to what is observed in the data as a reaction to shifts in women’s education and labor supply, the gender gap, and assortative mating. Our model is consistent with the observations that the changing wage-hours correlation among men is driven by married men, and that there is little change in the wage-hours correlation among employed women and at the household level. The results suggest that taking into account joint household decision making is essential for understanding the dynamics of labor supply. Keywords: Labor Supply, Leisure, Assortative Mating, Female Labor Force Participation, Household Decision Making [ Draft available soon ] Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy With Martin Schneider and Veronika Selezneva Abstract: This paper quantitatively assesses distributional effects of monetary policy. We use a life cycle model with housing to compute the response of the U.S. household sector to an increase in the Federal Reserve's inflation target. We find than an increase in nominal interest rates generated by higher expected inflation has sizeable and heterogeneous welfare effects. Moreover, the responses of winners and losers do not cancel out; instead the policy announcement has persistent effects on aggregate consumption and house prices that propagate through the distribution of wealth. Keywords: Inflation, Redistribution, Monetary Policy, Housing. A discussion of the paper on nytimes.com by Binyamin Appelbaum: Ben Bernanke Says Fed Can't Get Caught Up in Inequality Debate. Mentions and discussions of the paper at other places: washingtonpost.com, aljazeera.com, bloomberg.com, wsj.com, hellenicshippingnews.com, indiatimes.com, NZZ, FAZ, CSPAN. The paper partly supersedes an earlier paper entitled "Inflation as a Redistribution Shock: Effects on Aggregates and Welfare" (with Martin Schneider, May 2006), which is available here: [ PostScript \| PDF ] With Andrea Eisfeldt Abstract: In many developing countries, the institutional framework governing economic life has its roots in the colonial period, when the interests of European settlers clashed with those of the native population or imported slaves. We examine the economic implications of this conflict in a framework where institutions are represented by the number of people with property-rights protection, i.e., "gun owners." In the model, gun owners can protect their own property, they can exploit others who do not own guns, and they may decide to extend property rights by handing out guns to previously unarmed people. The theory generates a "reversal of fortune" between colonies with many and few oppressed: income per capita is initially highest in colonies with many oppressed that can be exploited by gun owners, but later on excessive concentration of economic power becomes a hindrance for development. Keywords: Colonization, Property Rights, Slavery, Development. The paper (January 2007): Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development? With Michèle Tertilt Journal of Economic Growth, 24(4), 309–343, December 2019. Abstract: Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to fathers) increases expenditures on children. Does this imply that targeting transfers to women promotes economic development? Not necessarily. We consider a noncooperative model of the household where a gender wage gap leads to endogenous household specialization. As a result, women indeed spend more on children and invest more in human capital. Yet, depending on the nature of the production function, targeting transfers to women may be beneficial or harmful to growth. Transfers to women are more likely to be beneficial when human capital, rather than physical capital or land, is the most important factor of production. We provide empirical evidence supportive of our mechanism: In Mexican PROGRESA data, transfers to women lead to an increase in spending on children, but a decline in the savings rate. Keywords: Gender Equality, Development, Marital Bargaining. The article: [ PDF ] Working paper version (July 2019): Codes and data: [ zip file ] Earlier version with additional models (April 2011): A non-technical summary: Women's Empowerment and Development: The Family Connection (Published in VoxDev). A video of Michèle discussing the paper on VoxDev. Bargaining over Babies: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications With Fabian Kindermann American Economic Review, 109(9), 3264-3306, September 2019. Abstract: It takes a woman and a man to make a baby. This fact suggests that for a birth to take place, the parents should first agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are likely to arrive only if both parents desire one. In addition, there are many couples who disagree on having babies, and in low-fertility countries women are much more likely than men to be opposed to having another child. We account for this evidence with a quantitative model of household bargaining in which the distribution of the burden of child care between mothers and fathers is a key determinant of fertility. The model implies that fertility is highly responsive to targeted policies that lower the child care burden specifically for mothers. Keywords: Fertility, Bargaining, Child Care. [ PDF ] Working paper version (November 2018): Online appendix: Why European Women are Saying No to Having (More) Babies (Published on Vox). A non-technical summary in Czech: Proč ženy v Evropě nechtějí mít více dětí?. A non-technical summary in German: Kinder sind Verhandlungssache (Published on Ökonomenstimme). Interview with HCEO that includes a discussion of the paper: Matthias Doepke on Why He Studies Family Economics. An article in Diário de Notícia by Fernanda Cancio discussing the paper: Feminismo é bom para a natalidade. Other discussions of the paper: Quartz, Co.exist, Marginal Revolution, AEIdeas, HCEO, Observador, Sempre Familia, The Age, euro2day, obserwator finansowy, Sydney Morning Herald. The Economics of Parenting With Giuseppe Sorrenti and Fabrizio Zilibotti Annual Review of Economics, 11, 55–84, August 2019. Abstract: Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices people make throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists have used the toolset of their discipline to understand what parents do and how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly leveraged findings and concepts from related disciplines that also deal with parent-child interactions. For example, economists have developed models to understand the choice between various parenting styles that were first explored in the developmental psychology literature, and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and noncognitive skills in response to parental and other inputs. In this paper, we survey the economic literature on parenting and point out promising directions for future research. Keywords: Parenting, Parenting Style, Skill Acquisition, Peer Effects, Altruism, Paternalism. [ PDF ] Working paper version (February 2019): Women's Empowerment, the Gender Gap in Desired Fertility, and Fertility Outcomes in Developing Countries AEA Papers and Proceedings, 108, 358–362, May 2018. Abstract: We document evidence on preferences for childbearing in developing countries. Across countries, men usually desire larger families than women do. Within countries, we find wide dispersion in spouses' desired fertility: there are many couples whose ideal family size differs by five children or more. This disagreement between spouses suggests that the extent to which women are empowered should matter for fertility choices. We point to evidence at both the macro and micro levels that this is indeed the case. We conclude that taking account of household bargaining and women’s empowerment in analyses of fertility is an important challenge for research. Keywords: Women's Empowerment, desired fertility, marital bargaining. [ PDF ] Working paper version (January 2018): Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy With David de la Croix and Joel Mokyr Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(1), 1–70, February 2018. Lead article. Abstract: In the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe gradually pulled ahead of other world regions in terms of technological creativity, population growth, and income per capita. We argue that superior institutions for the creation and dissemination of productive knowledge help explain the European advantage. We build a model of technological progress in a pre-industrial economy that emphasizes the person-to-person transmission of tacit knowledge. The young learn as apprentices from the old. Institutions such as the family, the clan, the guild, and the market organize who learns from whom. We argue that medieval European institutions such as guilds, and specific features such as journeymanship, can explain the rise of Europe relative to regions that relied on the transmission of knowledge within closed kinship systems (extended families or clans). Keywords: Apprenticeship, Guilds, Dissemination of Knowledge. [ PDF ] Working paper version (March 2017): Apprenticeship and the Rise of Europe (Published in Vox). Discussions of this paper: NZZ (Link), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, naked capitalism, Northwest Citizen. YouTube Video (in German) of interview discussion of this paper. Money as a Unit of Account With Martin Schneider Econometrica, 85(5), 1537–1574, September 2017. Abstract: We develop a theory that rationalizes the use of a dominant unit of account in an economy. Agents enter into non-contingent contracts with a variety of business partners. Trade unfolds sequentially in credit chains and is subject to random matching. By using a dominant unit of account, agents can lower their exposure to relative price risk, avoid costly default, and create more total surplus. We discuss conditions under which it is optimal to adopt circulating government paper as the dominant unit of account, and the optimal choice of "currency areas" when there is variation in the intensity of trade within and across regions. Keywords: Unit of Account, Credit Chains, Balance Sheet Risk, Currency Areas [ PDF ] Working paper version (May 2017): Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission With Fabrizio Zilibotti Econometrica, 85(5), 1331–1371, September 2017. Lead article. Abstract: We develop a theory of parent-child relations that rationalizes the choice between alternative parenting styles (as set out in Baumrind 1967). Parents maximize an objective function that combines Beckerian altruism and paternalism towards children. They can affect their children's choices via two channels: either by influencing children's preferences or by imposing direct restrictions on their choice sets. Different parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) emerge as equilibrium outcomes, and are affected both by parental preferences and by the socioeconomic environment. Parenting style, in turn, feeds back into the children's welfare and economic success. The theory is consistent with the decline of authoritarian parenting observed in industrialized countries, and with the greater prevalence of more permissive parenting in countries characterized by low inequality. Keywords: Parenting Style, Intergenerational Preference Transmission, Paternalism, Occupational Choice. Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parents: The Economics of Parenting Style (Published in Vox). A discussion of the paper on nytimes.com by Anand Giridharadas: Unequal Societies Give an Incentive for Pushy Parenting. An opinion piece by Pamela Druckerman on nytimes.com that cites the paper: A Cure for Hyper-Parenting. A discussion in Chicago Magazine by Whet Moser: Why Are Helicopter Parents So Intense? Maybe They're Scared. Fabrizio Zilibotti's honorary speech on 'Parenting with Style' at the XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development in Moscow, April 15, 2015: Parenting Styles and Economics. A podcast with Fabrizio Zilibotti discussing the paper: The Macro and Micro of Parenting. A discussion in Les Echos by Jean-Marc Vittori: L'économie, les mamans tigres et les parents hélicoptères. A discussion on Slate (French site) by Alphonse Corone: Plus vous vivez dans une société inégalitaire, moins vos parents vous laissent développer votre imagination, et inversement (sauf en France). A discussion in La Repubblica by Rosaria Amato: Cosa rende i genitori severi o permissivi? La risposta degli economisti. A discussion in Dagens Næringsliv by Eva Grinde: Like, rike og uoppdragne. A podcast on Radio France by Charlie Dupiot: L'enfant optimiste. Mentions and discussions of the paper at other places: Washington Post, NZZ am Sonntag, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, El Mundo, Aftenposten, Yale News, Calcalist, metafilter.com, Greg Mankiw's Blog, nuzzel.com, econoGIST, smartweek.it, The Telegraph, World Economic Forum, Quartz I, Quartz II, Nada es Gratis, Cafe, Iconomix, Observador, El Confidential, Hoje em Dia, Marginal Revolution. YouTube Video of presentation of this paper at the Barcelona GSE Summer Forum. Intrahousehold Decision Making and Fertility Published in Demographic Change and Long-Run Development, edited by Matteo Cervellati and Uwe Sunde, MIT Press, 2017. Abstract: The economic theory of fertility choice builds predominantly on the unitary model of the household, in which there is a single household utility function and potential intra-household disagreement is abstracted from. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that many (potential) mothers and fathers disagree on whether to have children, on how many children to have, and on when to have them. In this paper, we review existing work that brings models of intrahousehold conflict and bargaining to bear on fertility choice, and we point out promising future directions for this line of research. Keywords: Fertility, Bargaining, Child Care, Limited Commitment. Working paper version (December 2014): Families in Macroeconomics Handbook of Macroeconomics, Vol. 2, 1789-1891, December 2016. Abstract: Much of macroeconomics is concerned with the allocation of physical capital, human capital, and labor over time and across people. The decisions on savings, education, and labor supply that generate these variables are made within families. Yet the family (and decision-making in families) is typically ignored in macroeconomic models. In this chapter, we argue that family economics should be an integral part of macroeconomics, and that accounting for the family leads to new answers to classic macro questions. Our discussion is organized around three themes. We start by focusing on short and medium run fluctuations, and argue that changes in family structure in recent decades have important repercussions for the determination of aggregate labor supply and savings. Next, we turn to economic growth, and describe how accounting for families is central for understanding differences between rich and poor countries and for the determinants of long-run development. We conclude with an analysis of the role of the family as a driver of political and institutional change. Keywords: Macroeconomics, Families, Households, Bargaining, Fertility, Labor Supply. Working paper version (March 2016): The Baby Boom and World War II: A Macroeconomic Analysis With Moshe Hazan and Yishay Maoz Review of Economic Studies, 82(3), 1031-1073, July 2015. Abstract: We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply during World War II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor-force participation decisions. We use the model to assess the impact of the war on female labor supply and fertility in the decades following the war. For the war generation of women, the high demand for female labor brought about by mobilization leads to an increase in labor supply that persists after the war. As a result, younger women who turn adult in the 1950s face increased labor-market competition, which impels them to exit the labor market and start having children earlier. The effect is amplified by the rise in taxes necessary to pay down wartime government debt. In our calibrated model, the war generates a substantial baby boom followed by a baby bust. Keywords: Fertility, Female Labor-Market Participation, Baby Boom, World War II. Online appendix (February 2015): A non-technical summary with a discussion of policy implications: Europe's Fertility Crisis: Lessons From the Post-War Baby Boom (published in Vox). A summary of the paper on the LSE USAPP blog: How Rosie the Riveter led to the 1950s' Baby Boom. Gary Becker on the Quantity and Quality of Children Journal of Demographic Economics, 81(1), 59-66, March 2015. Abstract: This paper reviews Gary Becker's contributions to the economic analysis of fertility, from his 1960 paper introducing the quantity-quality tradeoff to later work linking the economics of fertility to the theory of economic growth. Keywords: Gary Becker, Fertility, Quantity-Quality Model, Demographic Transition. Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, 1-48, December 2013. Abstract: We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship hinges on risk tolerance and patience. Parents expecting their children to become entrepreneurs have an incentive to instill these two values in their children. Cultural transmission is Beckerian, i.e., parents are driven by the desire to maximize their children's happiness. We also consider, in an extension, a paternalistic motive for preference transmission. The growth rate of the economy depends on the fraction of the population choosing an entrepreneurial career. How many entrepreneurs there are in a society hinges, in turn, on parental investments in children's patience and risk tolerance. There can be multiple balanced-growth paths, where in faster-growing countries more people exhibit an ``entrepreneurial spirit." We discuss applications of models of endogenous preferences to the analysis of socio-economic transformations, such as the British Industrial Revolution. We also discuss empirical studies documenting the importance of culture and preference heterogeneity for economic growth. Keywords: Culture, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Economic Growth, Endogenous Preferences, Intergenerational Preference Transmission. [ PDF ] Working paper version (June 2013): Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 12(4), 375-391, November 2013. Abstract: Child labor is often condemned as a form of exploitation. I explore how the notion of exploitation, as used in everyday language, can be made precise in economic models of child labor. Exploitation is defined relative to a specific social welfare function. I first show that under the standard dynastic social welfare function, which is commonly applied to intergenerational models, child labor is never exploitative. In contrast, under an inclusive welfare function, which places additional weight on the welfare of children, child labor is always exploitative. Neither welfare function captures the more gradual distinctions that common usage of the term exploitation allows. I resolve this conflict by introducing a welfare function with minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards the child. I argue that this welfare function best captures the conventional concept of exploitation and has useful properties for informing political choices regarding child labor. Keywords: Child Labor, Exploitation, Social Welfare Function, Altruism. The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights With Michèle Tertilt and Alessandra Voena Annual Review of Economics, 4, 339-372, July 2012. Abstract: Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took off. Is development the cause of expanding women's rights, or conversely, do women's rights facilitate development? We argue that there is truth to both hypotheses. The literature on the economic consequences of women's rights documents that more rights for women lead to more spending on health and children, which should benefit development. The political-economy literature on the evolution of women's rights finds that technological change increased the costs of patriarchy for men, and thus contributed to expanding women's rights. Combining these perspectives, we discuss the theory of Doepke and Tertilt (2009), where an increase in the return to human capital induces men to vote for women's rights, which in turn promotes growth in human capital and income per capita. Keywords: Women's Rights, Political Economy, Development. [ PDF \| Link ] Working paper version (December 2011): Discussion of this paper on the Economic Logic blog. An article in Diario Financiero by Rocío Vargas discussing the article: La influencia de los derechos de las mujeres sobra la economia y la politica. Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem? Journal of Economic Growth, 15(1), 1-31, March 2010. Lead article. Abstract: In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce the incidence of child labor in developing countries and thereby improve children's welfare. In this paper, we examine the effects of such policies from a political-economy perspective. We show that these types of international action on child labor tend to lower domestic political support within developing countries for banning child labor. Hence, international labor standards and product boycotts may delay the ultimate eradication of child labor. Keywords: Child Labor, Political Economy, International Labor Standards, Trade Sanctions. An opinion piece based on this research in Room for Debate on nytimes.com: Western Pressure Reduces Crucial Local Action to End Child Labor. Child Labor: Is International Activism the Solution or the Problem? (Published in Vox). An editorial based on the paper (in German): Warum internationale Boykotte gegen Kinderarbeit die Lage eher verschlimmern als verbessern (Published in GEO, July 2010). Discussions of this paper on various blogs: Freakonomics, Economic Logic, Pixelökonom, EconoSpeak. An article about this paper in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (in German): Kauft T-Shirts aus Kinderhand. Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(4), 1541-1591, November 2009. Abstract: The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that they took place long before women gained the right to vote, these changes amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men's incentives for sharing power with women. In our model, women's legal rights set the marital bargaining power of husbands and wives. We show that men face a tradeoff between the rights they want for their own wives (namely none) and the rights of other women in the economy. Men prefer other men's wives to have rights because men care about their own daughters and because an expansion of women's rights increases educational investments in children. We show that men may agree to relinquish some of their power once technological change increases the importance of human capital. We corroborate our argument with historical evidence on the expansion of women's rights in England and the United States. Keywords: Women's Rights, Political Economy, Human Capital, Return to Education. [ PDF ] Working paper version with mathematical appendix (December 2008): Women's Rights: What's in It for Men? (published in Vox). An interview discussing the paper: The Emergence of Women's Rights and Gender Equality. International Labor Standards and the Political Economy of Child Labor Regulation Journal of the European Economic Association, 7(2-3), 508-518, April-May 2009. Abstract: Child labor is a persistent phenomenon in many developing countries. In recent years, support has been growing among rich-country governments and consumer groups for the use of trade policies, such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards, to reduce child labor in poor countries. In this paper, we discuss research on the long-run implications of such policies. In particular, we demonstrate that such measures may have the unintended side effect of lowering domestic support for banning child labor within developing countries, and thus may contribute to the persistence of the child-labor problem. [ PDF ] Working paper version (September 2008): To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy With David de la Croix Review of Economic Studies, 76(2), 597-628, April 2009. Abstract: How is the quality of public education affected by the presence of private schools for the rich? Theory and evidence suggest that the link depends crucially on the political system. We develop a theory that integrates private education and fertility decisions with voting on public schooling expenditures. We find that the presence of a large private education sector benefits public schools in a broad-based democracy where politicians are responsive to low-income families, but crowds out public-education spending in a society that is politically dominated by the rich. The main predictions of the theory are consistent with state-level and micro data from the United States as well as cross-country evidence from the PISA study. Keywords: Public Education, Private Education, Probabilistic Voting, Democracy. A non-technical summary: Politics and the Structure of Eduation Funding (published in Vox). The same in French: Financement privé de l'éducation, inégalités et démocratie. Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(2), 747-793, May 2008. Abstract: The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values between a hard-working and thrifty middle class and an upper class imbued with disdain for work. We propose an economic theory of preference formation in which both the divergence of attitudes across social classes and the ensuing reversal of economic fortunes are equilibrium outcomes. In our theory, parents shape their children's preferences in response to economic incentives. If financial markets are imperfect, this results in the stratification of society along occupational lines. Middle-class families in occupations that require effort, skill, and experience develop patience and work ethic, whereas upper-class families relying on rental income cultivate a refined taste for leisure. These class-specific attitudes, which are rooted in the nature of pre-industrial professions, become key determinants of success once industrialization transforms the economic landscape. Keywords: Endogenous Preferences, Social Classes, Stratification, Industrial Revolution. [ PDF ] Working paper version with mathematical appendix (September 2007): Humankapital, politischer Wandel und langfristige Wirtschaftsentwickung Plenary talk at the annual meeting of Verein für Socialpolitik 2007, published in Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 9(3), 73-89, May 2008. Abstract: Seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre hat die neue Wachstumstheorie verstärkt Aufmerksamkeit auf Humankapital als eine Quelle des Wirtschaftswachstums gelenkt. Neuere empirische Ergebnisse weisen allerdings darauf hin, dass Bildungsinvestitionen nur geringe soziale Externalitäten erzeugen und dass der direkte Beitrag des Humankapitals zum Wirtschaftswachstum relativ gering ist. In dieser Arbeit wird der Beitrag des Humankapitals zur Wirtschaftsentwicklung im Rahmen der langfristigen Wachstumstheorie dargestellt, deren Gegenstand ist, den Übergang von Ländern von vor-industrieller Stagnation zu stetigem Wirtschaftswachstum zu erklären. Hier erweist sich, dass Humankapital nicht nur direkte Produktivitätseffekte erzeugt, sondern auch als Auslöser verschiedener entwicklungsfördernder politischer Reformen dienen kann. Growth Takeoffs Entry prepared for New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract: Following a phase of near-constant living standards lasting from Stone Age until the onset of the Industrial Revolution, a large number of countries have experienced growth takeoffs, in which stagnation gives way to sustained economic growth. What causes some countries to enter a growth takeoff, while others remain poor? We discuss three mechanisms that can trigger a growth takeoff in a country previously captured in a poverty trap: fertility decline, structural change, and accelerating technological progress. Keywords: Industrial Revolution, Demographic Transition, Structural Change. Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective With Dirk Krueger Published in Frontiers in Family Economics, edited by Peter Rupert, Emerald Press, 2008. Abstract: In this paper we investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions for economic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire equilibrium may be inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the imposition of a child-labor ban. Given this finding, we investigate the potential political-economic reasons behind the emergence and persistence of child-labor legislation. Our investigation is based on a structural dynamic general equilibrium model that provides a coherent and uniform framework for our analysis. Keywords: Child Labor, Welfare, Efficiency, Political Economics. Working paper version (October 2006): The Research Agenda: Matthias Doepke on the Transition from Stagnation to Growth The EconomicDynamics Newsletter, 87(2), April 2007. An overview of my research on economic growth. [ HTML \| PDF ] Inflation and the Redistribution of Nominal Wealth Journal of Political Economy, 114(6), 1069-1097, December 2006. Abstract: This study quantitatively assesses the effects of inflation through changes in the value of nominal assets. It documents nominal asset positions in the United States across sectors and groups of households and estimates the wealth redistribution caused by a moderate inflation episode. The main losers from inflation are rich, old households, the major bondholders in the economy. The main winners are young, middle-class households with fixed-rate mortgage debt. Besides transferring resources from the old to the young, inflation is a boon for the government and a tax on foreigners. Lately, the amount of U.S. nominal assets held by foreigners has grown dramatically, increasing the potential for a large inflation-induced wealth transfer from foreigners to domestic households. Keywords: Inflation, Redistribution. [ PDF ] Working paper version (August 2006): Technical appendix: A discussion of the paper in Region Focus. Aggregate Implications of Wealth Redistribution: The Case of Inflation Abstract: This paper shows that a zero-sum redistribution of wealth within a country can have persistent aggregate effects. Motivated by the case of an unanticipated inflation episode, we consider redistribution shocks that shift resources from old to young households. Aggregate effects arise because there are asymmetries in the reaction of winners and losers to changes in wealth. We focus on two sources of asymmetries: differences in the average age of winners and losers, and differences in their labor force status. Keywords: Redistribution, Aggregate Effects. [ PDF ] Working paper version (October 2005): Dynamic Mechanism Design with Hidden Income and Hidden Actions With Robert M. Townsend Journal of Economic Theory 126(1), 235-285, January 2006. Abstract: We develop general recursive methods to solve for optimal contracts in dynamic principal-agent environments with hidden states and hidden actions. In our baseline model, the principal observes nothing other than transfers. Nevertheless, optimal incentive-constrained insurance can be attained. Starting from a general mechanism with arbitrary communication, randomization, full history dependence, and without restrictions on preferences or technology, we show how the optimal contract can be efficiently implemented as a recursive direct mechanism. Our methods generalize to environments with multiple actions and additional states, some of which may be observable. The key to implementing these extensions is to introduce multiple layers of off-path utility bounds. Keywords: Mechanism Design, Partial Insurance, Dynamic Contracts. Earlier versions with additional proofs and numerical results: April 2003: [ PostScript \| PDF, Appendix: PostScript \| PDF ] April 2002: [ PostScript \| PDF ] August 2001: [ PostScript \| PDF ] The Macroeconomics of Child Labor Regulation American Economic Review 95(5), 1492-1524, December 2005. Abstract: We develop a positive theory of the adoption of child labor laws. Workers who compete with children in the labor market support the introduction of a child labor ban, unless their own working children provide a large fraction of family income. Fertility decisions lock agents into specific political preferences, and multiple steady states can arise. The introduction of child labor laws can be triggered by skill-biased technological change that induces parents to choose smaller families. The theory can account for the observation that in Britain regulations were first introduced after a period of rising wage inequality, and coincided with rapid fertility decline. Keywords: Child Labor, Voting, Fertility, Inequality. An earlier version of this paper circulated under the title: "Voting with your Children: A Positive Analysis of Child-Labor Laws." Read an article in The Region about this paper: Why Johnny Can't Work A static version of the model that illustrates the main ideas in a simplified framework (useful for teaching purposes). Child Mortality and Fertility Decline: Does the Barro-Becker Model Fit the Facts? Journal of Population Economics 18(2), 337-366, June 2005. Abstract: I compare the predictions of three variants of the altruistic parent model of Barro and Becker for the relationship between child mortality and fertility. In the baseline model fertility choice is continuous, and there is no uncertainty over the number of surviving children. The baseline model is contrasted to an extension with discrete fertility choice and stochastic mortality and a setup with sequential fertility choice. The quantitative predictions of the models are remarkably similar. While in each model the total fertility rate falls as child mortality declines, the number of surviving children increases. The results suggest that factors other than declining infant and child mortality are responsible for the large decline in net reproduction rates observed in industrialized countries over the last century. Keywords: Fertility, Infant Mortality, Child Mortality, Demographic Transition. [ PDF ] Working paper version (April 2004): Social Class and the Spirit of Capitalism Journal of the European Economic Association 3(2-3), 516-524, April-May 2005. Abstract: The British Industrial Revolution was a time of major socio-economic transformations. We review a number of recent economic theories which analyze the transition from a preindustrial world characterized by high fertility, stationary standards of living, and rigid social hierarchies to modern capitalism. One of the key social transformations that accompanied the Industrial Revolution was the economic decline of the aristocracy. Standard theories of wealth inequality cannot explain why the aristocrats, in spite of their superior wealth and education, failed to be the main protagonists and beneficiaries of industrialization. We discuss recent research based on a model of endogenous preferences that is consistent with the demise of aristocracy. Keywords: Endogenous Preferences, Industrial Revolution, Social Class. Show Me the Money: Retained Earnings and the Real Effects of Monetary Shocks Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 71(1), 5-34, 2005. Abstract: The empirical literature on monetary policy shocks documents that contractionary shocks are followed by a persistent rise in interest rates and a persistent fall in output. Standard monetary business cycle models can account for the initial effects of monetary shocks, but have difficulty generating persistence. In this paper, I examine whether frictions that affect the asset allocation decisions of households can lead to persistent effects. In the model economy, households hold two assets, one used for transactions (the checking account) and one used for investment (the savings account). There is a small transaction cost for moving funds between the accounts. Another key feature of the economy is that the business sector accumulates retained earnings and credits profits to the consumers only with a delay. I show that in this environment monetary shocks have persistent effects even when the adjustment cost is very small. Keywords: Monetary Shocks, Retained Earnings, Persistence, Business Cycles, Flow of Funds. Accounting for Fertility Decline During the Transition to Growth Journal of Economic Growth 9(3), 347-383, September 2004. Abstract: In every developed country, the economic transition from pre-industrial stagnation to modern growth was accompanied by a demographic transition from high to low fertility. Even though the overall pattern is repeated, there are large cross-country variations in the timing and speed of the demographic transition. What accounts for falling fertility during the transition to growth? To answer this question, this paper develops a unified growth model which delivers a transition from stagnation to growth, accompanied by declining fertility. The model is used to determine whether government policies that affect the opportunity cost of education can account for cross-country variations in fertility decline. Among the policies considered, education subsidies have only minor effects, while accounting for child-labor regulations is crucial. Apart from influencing fertility, the policies also have large effects on the evolution of the income distribution in the course of development. Keywords: Growth, Fertility, Demographic Transition, Education, Child Labor, Income Distribution. An earlier, more detailed version under the title "Growth and Fertility in the Long Run" is also available (May 2000): Public versus Private Education when Differential Fertility Matters Journal of Development Economics 73(2), 607-629, April 2004. Abstract: We assess the merits of different education systems in a framework that accounts for the joint decision problem of parents regarding fertility and education. Specifically, we compare the implications of a public and a private schooling regime for economic growth and inequality. We find that private schooling leads to higher growth when there is little inequality in human capital endowments across families. In contrast, when inequality is high, public education yields higher growth by reducing fertility differentials. In addition, public schooling leads to income convergence, while private schooling can result in ever increasing inequality. Our analysis highlights the importance of accounting for endogenous fertility differentials when analyzing educational policies. Keywords: Growth, Inequality, Fertility, Public Education, Private Education. Inequality and Growth: Why Differential Fertility Matters American Economic Review 93(4), 1091-1113, September 2003. Abstract: We develop a new theoretical link between inequality and growth. In our model, fertility and education decisions are interdependent. Poor parents decide to have many children and invest little in education. A mean-preserving spread in the income distribution increases the fertility differential between the rich and the poor, which implies that more weight gets placed on families who provide little education. Consequently, an increase in inequality lowers average education and, therefore, growth. We find that this fertility-differential effect accounts for most of the empirical relationship between inequality and growth. Keywords: Growth, Inequality, Differential Fertility, Human Capital, Education. Research papers presented on this page are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants No. SES-0217051, SES-0519265, SES-0820409, and SES-1260961.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line142
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Integration by Parts Integration by Parts Examples Integration by Parts with a definite integral Going in Circles Tricks of the Trade Integrals of Trig Functions Antiderivatives of Basic Trigonometric Functions Product of Sines and Cosines (mixed even and odd powers or only odd powers) Product of Sines and Cosines (only even powers). Review your integration by parts skills. Integration can be used to find areas, volumes, central points and many useful things. The RTiPanel App allows remote control and monitoring from virtually anywhere. In this section we will be looking at Integration by Parts. 2) For the. The WBS is the starting point for program success. All online services at this site are absolutely free of charge, and the solution is output in a simple and understandable form. Integrals with Trigonometric Functions Z sinaxdx= 1 a cosax (63) Z sin2 axdx= x 2 sin2ax 4a (64) Z sinn axdx= 1 a cosax 2F 1 1 2; 1 n 2; 3 2;cos2 ax (65) Z sin3 axdx= 3cosax 4a + cos3ax 12a (66) Z cosaxdx=. The resulting ocean-tide model, plus the dominant elastic body tide, leaves a small residual in observed length-of-day caused by mantle anelasticity. Integration runtime (IR) is the compute infrastructure Data Factory uses to provide data integration capabilities across network environments. Call 833-933-0117 for more information. Questions on integration by parts with brief solutions. We begin with the following as is described by the Wikipedia article ∫ (()) ′ = ∫ () (). Integration Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) Page-1. Plugging the (black) hole in the laws of physics Black holes are easily one of the biggest mysteries the universe has to offer. 14 Differentiation (Slope) and Integration (Area) in Polar. 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The first part is the development of a plan to achieve a means to converge the three related standards: the CPT, the ICD 9, and the ACRAC. Use the following table for integration by parts using the DI-agonal method: The Sum Rule. Denham) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on _____ A BILL To amend the immigration laws and provide for border security, and for other purposes. with , , and in general being complex numbers and the path of integration from to known as a contour. It was succeeded by very large-scale integration (VLSI) and ultra. Using Maple to illustrate the method of Integration by Parts. Know the de nition of an improper integral and how to evaluate it in terms of limits. 1 Integration by Parts 283 7. In fact the integration symbol derrivesfrom an elongated letter S, first used by Leibniz, to stand for Summa meaning sum in Latin. I'm 13, about to turn 14 in a few months. If xmin, xmax, or any entry of the waypoints vector is complex, then the integration is performed over a sequence of straight line paths in the complex plane. And how useful this can be in our seemingly endless quest to solve D. 01 Single Variable Calculus, Fall 2005 Prof. Functionalism addresses the society as a whole in terms of function of its constituent elements such as norms, customs,. Using ordinary calculus techniques to evaluate , for example, required a lengthy integration by parts procedure (Example 6. and for definite integrals as. 219 to binary. Oct 31, 2019 · Because of the cost savings of aftermarket parts, they are used by insurance companies and body shops when repairing vehicles after accidents. PROJECT SMART is the project management resource that helps managers at all levels improve their performance. Common Integrals Indefinite Integral Method of substitution ∫ ∫f g x g x dx f u du( ( )) ( ) ( )′ = Integration by parts. The fact that integration can be used to find the area under a graph comes from the idea of splitting the graph into small 'rectangles' and adding up their areas. Integration by Parts Math 121 Calculus II D Joyce, Spring 2013 This is just a short note on the method used in integration called integration by parts. It was succeeded by very large-scale integration (VLSI) and ultra. with a and b called the limits of integration, is equal to g ( b) − g ( a ), where Dg ( x) = f ( x ). We use many kinds of construction project management technology to provide you with time-saving peace of mind through every step of the process. Limits involving exponentials and logarithms86 8. THE BEST THANK YOU: https:. In fact the integration symbol derrivesfrom an elongated letter S, first used by Leibniz, to stand for Summa meaning sum in Latin. Take a look at the new 2020 BMW Z4, Convertible, For Sale in Fort Lauderdale, FL. You can simply help by rating individual sections of the book that you feel were. Also, for trigonometric products, check out integration of product of sinusoidal functions. Enter the function to Integrate: With Respect to: Evaluate the Integral: Computing Get this widget. Limited definition, confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources. (This might seem strange because often people find the chain rule for differentiation harder to get a grip on than the product rule). This includes integration by substitution, integration by parts, trigonometric substitution and integration by partial fractions. Grassley, Mr. Type in any integral to get the solution, free steps and graph. This site features information about discrete event system modeling and simulation. Bennet, Mr. Shortest distance of a point to a line. Along with integration by substitution, integration by parts, and the fundamental theorem of calculus. Calculation of Limits (17 minutes, SV3 » 49 MB, H. com/WebObjects/Core. Last question in this section is how to calculate definite integrals with the help of integration by parts. The topic describes integration patterns, integration scenarios, and integration solutions and best practices. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. A two-argument form giving is also implemented as Erf[z0, z1]. Saleem Watson, who received his doctorate degree under Stewart’s instruction, and Daniel Clegg, a former colleague of Stewart’s, will author the revised series, which has been used by more than 8 million students over the last fifteen years. The Calculus A-Level Maths Revision section of Revision Maths covers: Differentiation From First Principles, Differentiation, Tangents and Normals, Uses of Differentiation, The Second Derivative, Integration, Area Under a Curve Exponentials and Logarithms, The Trapezium Rule, Volumes of Revolution, The Product and Quotient Rules, The Chain Rule,. You can find beautiful themes for just about any sector, service integrations, payment providers, shipping methods, social media, marketing, accounting, reporting, sales as well as language packs. Therefore, one may wonder what to do in this case. If an input is given then it can easily show the result for the given number. My understanding of integration-by-parts is a little shaky. Example problem: Find the area between the curves y = x and y = x 2. There are two related but different operations you have to do for integration by parts when it's between limits: finding an antiderivative for one of the functions (and the derivative of the other, but that's not where your problem lies), and finding the value of the integral between the limits, which we normally (but not necessarily) do by finding a continuous antiderivative and plugging in. The Attempt at a Solution I believe that I must first solve the definite integral, and then take this result and use L'hospital's rule in order to solve the equation. Manuals and FAQs are still available and the Platinum App is still available in the app stores if you're looking to operate these systems via your personal mobile devices. When you have a simple function that you can't rewrite, the classic trick is to use integration by parts. Video Lectures for Single-variable Calculus To view these lectures, you need to have Apple's QuickTime player (7. Alternate viewpoint: 2D Monte Carlo integration of f(x, y) = 1 if x 2 + y 2 ≤ 1. Topic: Calculus, Multivariable Calculus. In this section,. Compute Multiple Integrals. This reverse process is known as anti-differentiation, or finding the primitive function, or finding an indefinite integral. This approximate area is called Riemann sum. However, using integration by parts on the integral has lead me nowhere. But the limits have not yet been put in terms of u, and this must be. What we're going to do in this video is review the product rule that you probably learned a while ago. When x = 1, u = 3 and when x = 2, u = 6, you find that. Be familiar with common applications of integration: nding the area between curves;. Free Calculus worksheets created with Infinite Calculus. Integration. ©A w2k0 V1u3R aKFu ktFaN tS Lo2fnt VwIaMrKe I 8LfL DC3. The integration by parts formula will convert this integral, which you can't do directly, into a simple product minus an integral you'll know how to do. In this section we will be looking at Integration by Parts. Part B determines management status via an indicator-based harvest control rule. Early Childhood Home Visiting. Applications of Integration: Volumes Part I Sunday December 01, 2019. In this video for class 12 Maths for CBSE Integration ( Indefinite integral ), basic concepts has been explained. Use Integration by parts to find the Laplace transform, using the limit definition. When the integral is a product of functions, the integration by parts formula moves the product out of the equation so the integral can be solved more easily. 1 Differentiation and Integration Formulas G1 Use differentiation and integration tables to supplement differentiation and integration techniques. Reduction Formulas (Sine and Cosine) By repeated use of the reduction formulas we can integrate any even power of tan x or cot x. org are unblocked. Derivation of Integration by Parts formula (uses dynamic html). In most cases, the limits of integration will be clear, especially if you're using a TI-calculator with an Intersection feature (just find the intersections of the two graphs). This has the eﬀect of changing the variable and the integrand. Supercharge your React Native development with Shoutem. If Maple cannot find a closed form expression for the integral (or the floating-point value for definite integrals with float limits), the function call is returned. Now if you look at this formula right over here. Alternatively, the settings window offers Data Series Operations, where Integration can be selected for the time domain. Calculus: Learn Calculus with examples, lessons, worked solutions and videos, Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Sequences and Series, Parametric Curves and Polar Coordinates, Multivariable Calculus, and Differential, AP Calculus AB and BC Past Papers and Solutions, Multiple choice, Free response, Calculus Calculator. the `x`-axis and the limits of `x = 0` and `x = 3` is. The key idea, which is used to prove the more general observation that rational functions can be repeatedly integrated within elementarily expressible functions, is the following corollary of integration by parts, obtained by taking 1 as the part to integrate in the left side outer integration:. Finding area is a useful application, but not the purpose of multiplication. Finding the Area with Integration Finding the area of space from the curve of a function to an axis on the Cartesian plane is a fundamental component in calculus. Integrals Involving the Inverse Trig Functions. Test drive this 2019 BMW X5 today. We conclude that. When there are limits, and we need to use U-Substitution, there are a few things we need to keep in mind:. Angle between two lines. The easiest way to accomplish the task is through drawing a picture of the region $\dlr$. Using Maple to illustrate the method of Integration by Parts. The Method of Integration by Parts 23 indefinite integral problems are solved with the integration by parts method. mooshupork34 Junior Member. But since you arrived at this sincerely by your own efforts hats off to you! +1 for your question. Jan 01, 2008 · Biomedical engineers have played a central role in the design, integration and evaluation of the cochlear implant system, but the overall success is a result of collaborative work with physiologists, psychologists, physicians, educators, and entrepreneurs. in other words, he could, theoretically, do it as a definite integral with the right limits but not as an indefinite integral. Undergraduate Notes on Convolution and Integration by Parts Moussa Souare, Member, IEEE, Vira Chankong, and Christos Papachristou, Fellows, IEEE Electrical/Computer Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Abstract---The evaluation of convolution can be cumbersome and unpleasant for most students. We prove it by starting by integration by parts. In this section we will formally define the definite integral, give many of its properties and discuss a couple of interpretations of the definite integral. Subpart 2—Special Programs and Projects to Improve Educational Opportunities for Indian Children Sec. If xmin, xmax, or any entry of the waypoints vector is complex, then the integration is performed over a sequence of straight line paths in the complex plane. We'll use Leibniz' notation. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations. In fact the integration symbol derrivesfrom an elongated letter S, first used by Leibniz, to stand for Summa meaning sum in Latin. Thank you if you can help :). Supercharge your React Native development with Shoutem. And sometimes we have to divide up the integral if the functions cross over each other in the integration interval. Integration by parts includes integration of two functions which are in multiples. Ricart Ford sells vehicles in Groveport near Columbus and Lancaster. Integration of Tabular Data This type of numerical integration is largely reserved for experimental data. Review Integration by Parts The method of integration by parts may be used to easily integrate products of functions. The definition of a definite integral: ∫ requires the interval [,] be finite. For more information about this vehicle or any other that we have, give us a call at (954) 756-7998 or stop by our Fort Lauderdale location. In other words, if the inner differential is $dy$ then the limits on the inner integral must be $y$ limits of integration and if the outer differential is $dy$ then the limits on the outer integral must be $y$ limits of integration. Nov 11, 2010 · Integration by parts twice - with solving. The hyperbolic functions are defined in terms of the exponential functions: $\sinh x = \large\frac{{{e^x} – {e^{ – x}}}}{2} ormalsize$ \(\cosh x = \large\frac. There are two related but different operations you have to do for integration by parts when it's between limits: finding an antiderivative for one of the functions (and the derivative of the other, but that's not where your problem lies), and finding the value of the integral between the limits, which we normally (but not necessarily) do by finding a continuous antiderivative and plugging in. \| Physics Forums. Thus, the definite integral is solved simply, quickly and efficiently. Jun 02, 2014 · Where we just had to drop them in a folder before, we now have to tag and classify the document. Exercises94 5. For example, so that we can now say that a partial fractions decomposition for is. Can you find your fundamental truth using Slader as a completely free Stewart Calculus solutions manual? YES! Now is the time to redefine your true self using Slader's free Stewart Calculus answers. f(t) = t2sin(at) Question Use Integration by parts to find the Laplace transform, using the limit definition. Integration by Parts (working with limits) : ExamSolutions Maths Revision - youtube Video. It consists of rational functions and we know well how these behave at infinity. Double Integrals – Changing Order of Integration. Limits of Integration NOT Given. Note that we may need to find out where the two curves intersect (and where they intersect the $x$-axis) to get the limits of integration. Even apparently conservative and usefull functions remain outside the scope of Alexandria if they cannot be implemented portably. NET, APIM, Azure Functions, etc…. This method is used to find the integrals by reducing them into standard forms. parts, trigonometric integrals, partial fractions, approximate integration, and using tables of integrals. Urban planning. Integration is the reverse operation of derivation. Please contribute wherever you feel the need. Properties of the Integral97 7. Step 1: Graph the equations. The fact that integration can be used to find the area under a graph comes from the idea of splitting the graph into small 'rectangles' and adding up their areas. Now that we've changed the limits of integration, we're done with the substitution. Aug 12, 2011 · The limit value of this ratio, as ∆x tends to zero, lim ∆x→0 (f(x)/∆x) is called the first derivative of the function f(x), with respect to x; in other words, the instantaneous change of f(x) at a given point x. 1 Areas and Volumes by Slices 8. u-Substitution — Changing Variables in Integrals. This description is too narrow: it's like saying multiplication exists to find the area of rectangles. examsolutions. The first attempt at determining the tangent to a curve that resembled the modern method of the Calculus came from Gilles. 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Volumes of Solids of Revolution You can also use the definite integral to find the volume of a solid that is obtained by revolving a plane region about a horizontal or vertical line that does not pass through the plane. THE BEST THANK YOU: https:. ® By accessing Waze through SYNC 3 AppLink, you can collaborate with other users, outsmarting traffic by sharing information to get the best routes, and receive real-time alerts about accidents, road hazards and traffic jams. Another integration technique to consider in evaluating indefinite integrals that do not fit the basic formulas is integration by parts. 3, Improper Integrals: In nite Limits of Integration Homework: 8. Companies pursue backward integration when it is expected to. Alternatively, the settings window offers Data Series Operations, where Integration can be selected for the time domain. (c) We evaluate this integral using the substitution w = x 2. Integration by Parts Integration by parts provides a way to change the integrand directly, and like the exploration of inverse functions, it is a geometric statement. 2 SATA SSD cache via M2D18 adapter. The ecommerce web site design program is developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be, and should be, done differently. And how useful this can be in our seemingly endless quest to solve D. Evaluate the following integrals as improper integrals. We provide an important knowledge base for those involved in managing projects of all kinds. Practice finding definite integrals using the method of integration by parts. Find the best prices at Ricart Ford. (It is a "weak" version in that it does not prove that the quotient is differentiable, but only says what its derivative is if it is differentiable. What we're going to do in this video is review the product rule that you probably learned a while ago. Understanding those theorems, formulas, tricks, properties, evaluate an integral etc. The Pritzker Prize–winner is perhaps best known for his work with cardboard tubes, using them to quickly and inventively shelter victims of disasters. Undergraduate Notes on Convolution and Integration by Parts Moussa Souare, Member, IEEE, Vira Chankong, and Christos Papachristou, Fellows, IEEE Electrical/Computer Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Abstract---The evaluation of convolution can be cumbersome and unpleasant for most students. Integration by parts. This website and its content is subject to our Terms and Conditions. Integration by parts mc-TY-parts-2009-1 A special rule, integrationbyparts, is available for integrating products of two functions. Box - Content Management, Workflow, and Collaboration. Type in any integral to get the solution, steps and graph. Call (305) 654-3900 for more information. And how useful this can be in our seemingly endless quest to solve D. In this lesson, you'll learn about the different types of integration problems you may encounter. Integration is the reverse operation of derivation. 3 Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws. In this video for class 12 Maths for CBSE Integration ( Indefinite integral ), basic concepts has been explained. Integrals are often described as finding the area under a curve. The famous ILATE rule is followed in integration by parts to ease the calculation. In inline math mode the integral/sum/product lower and upper limits are placed right of integral symbol. 5 Masses and. org Integration Formulas 1. Approach Risk: Resources are focused on the transaction and not integration and its associated costs. Build your own widget. Formula 16. Practice Problems: Integration by Parts (Solutions) Written by Victoria Kala [email protected] The famous ILATE rule is followed in integration by parts to ease the calculation. plug those in to get. Questions on integration by parts with brief solutions. one of our first thoughts ought to be to consider using integration by parts with =. Key insight: Integrals help us combine numbers when. org are unblocked. THE BEST THANK YOU: https:. We change the limit of integration when we change the variables of an integration. From here, we can use the FTC to integrate. It can be used to find an area bounded, in part, by a curve Areas DEFINITE INTEGRATION AND AREAS Definite integration results in a value. Integration by parts. Try free for 15 days. The Integrated Master Plan (IMP) tells us how the…. Topic: Calculus, Multivariable Calculus. the limits of integration can be converted from x values to their corresponding u values. View the index which contains links to tutorials and worked solutions to past exam papers. (1) Evaluate (x?2)?2 dx. Note that when the substitution method is used to evaluate definite integrals, it is not necessary to go back to the original variable if the limits of integration are converted to the new variable. 5 Improper Integrals (PDF - 1. A result from calculus known as L’Hospital’s rule allows us to calculate the limit limb → ∞ - be - b = 0. Integrals: Advanced Integration By Parts. Here we present the other method, based on the product rule. THE BEST THANK YOU: https:. Along with integration by substitution, integration by parts, and the fundamental theorem of calculus. Take a look at the 2018 Subaru Outback backed by Subaru’s VIN: 4S4BSANC3J3227724. May 10, 2012 · It's bad writing. Box - Content Management, Workflow, and Collaboration. org are unblocked. The Integration by Parts Calculator an online tool which shows Integration by Parts for the given input. THE METHOD OF INTEGRATION BY PARTIAL FRACTIONS All of the following problems use the method of integration by partial fractions. business economy. We now use the limits of integration just as above and need to calculate: limb → ∞ - be - b -e - b -0e 0 + e 0. Bentley Systems is the leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, including public works, utilities, industrial plants, and digital cities. The web is rife with stories of customers seeking simple repairs from Apple, only to be told that expensive sprawling assemblies must be swapped out under. Erf is implemented in the Wolfram Language as Erf[z]. VIN: WA1VAAGE6KB021379. I wanted to better ensure we were using data correctly to become more agile, efficient, and customer-oriented. 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A better definition might be, "the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc. That is, we start with a given function, f(x) say, and. The purpose of a merger and integration clause is to prevent the parties to a contract from later claiming that the contract does not reflect their entire understanding, was changed by a subsequent oral agreement, or is not consistent with their prior agreements:. Used 2019 BMW X5 xDrive40i SAV for sale at Ed Napleton Acura in Elmhurst, IL, 60126. \) Because of the presence of the term depending on $x$ on the right-hand side, this is not clearly a Fourier series expansion of the integral of \(g\left( x \right). The de nite integral as a function of its integration bounds98 8. Polycom is the leader in video, voice, and content solutions. The Best Place to Trade Truck and Car Parts. (4) How do these approaches to problems relate to corresponding approaches in other parts of AI (natural language, robotics, etc. Oct 31, 2019 · Because of the cost savings of aftermarket parts, they are used by insurance companies and body shops when repairing vehicles after accidents. 7 Worksheet by Kuta Software LLC. We’ll use integration by parts for the first integral and the substitution for the second integral. The area described is an irregular area which has no pat formula in geometry. The Method of Integration by Parts 23 indefinite integral problems are solved with the integration by parts method. Implicit multiplication (5x = 5*x) is supported. Integration is the reverse operation of derivation. Exponential growth and decay86 9. Can be used with clients in a variety of positions from prone to standing. For example: Notice that in each case, you can recognize the product of functions because the variable x appears more than once in the function. Rate limits also apply to the rtm. $$ As with substitution, we do not have to rely on insight or cleverness to discover such antiderivatives; there is a technique that will often help to uncover the product rule. The formula for integration by parts is also given. There’s no telling where the limits lie in A. Thus, the definite integral is solved simply, quickly and efficiently. I wanted to better ensure we were using data correctly to become more agile, efficient, and customer-oriented. The most common "sine integral" is defined as Si(z)=int_0^z(sint)/tdt (1) Si(z) is the function implemented in the Wolfram Language as the function SinIntegral[z]. Integration by Parts : Let #u = "erf"(x)# and #dv = dt#. I was hoping somebody could point me in the correct direction. The Relation Between Integration and Differentiation - Part 2 5. Integration by parts definition, a method of evaluating an integral by use of the formula, ∫udv = uv − ∫vdu. net/ for the index, playlists and more maths videos on integration by parts and other maths topics. Warner, Mr. At Novotel, we grow faster Feel fully responsible, be autonomous, adaptable, professional, have a love of adventure and a desire to stretch your limits: that’s the Novotel spirit. Polycom is the leader in video, voice, and content solutions. That is summation of f (xi) Δxi over limits -3 and 2. Integration of Exponential Functions. Integration by Parts; 8. Aug 12, 2011 · The limit value of this ratio, as ∆x tends to zero, lim ∆x→0 (f(x)/∆x) is called the first derivative of the function f(x), with respect to x; in other words, the instantaneous change of f(x) at a given point x. AddThis share buttons, targeting tools and content recommendations help you get more likes, shares and followers and keep them coming back. Theoretically, if an integral is too "difficult" to do, applying the method of integration by parts will transform this integral (left-hand side of equation) into the difference of the product of two functions and a new ``easier" integral (right-hand side of equation). We are proud to announce the author team who will continue the best-selling James Stewart Calculus franchise. Integration by Substitution for indefinite integrals and definite integral with examples and solutions. The wide variety of approaches and ideologies aimed at achieving this goal are proof of this fact. The resulting ocean-tide model, plus the dominant elastic body tide, leaves a small residual in observed length-of-day caused by mantle anelasticity. If you use a substitution to do the integration, be sure to change the limit of integration to the correct ones for the new variable. 2 The Limit of a Function. The integration theorem states that. Alternate viewpoint: 2D Monte Carlo integration of f(x, y) = 1 if x 2 + y 2 ≤ 1. Alexandria does not and will not include anaphoric constructs, loop-like binding macros, etc. Here are two examples: Because this improper. Use integration by parts to evaluate the integral ∫ ⁡ (). WHEN to use TRIG SUB: If you have an integral with a radical expression in it, and you know you cannot integrate using: a Table of Integrals integration rule, or using U-Substitution, or using the Power Rule, or using other integration techniques like Integration by Parts or Partial Fractions, then it is a good idea to try trig substitution. Printable in convenient PDF format. The formula for integration by parts is:. 3 Area of a Surface of Revolution 8. The other factor is taken to be dv dx (on the right-hand-side only v appears – i. One bottleneck is the difficulties for the sub-suppliers of gears and other parts to meet the demand. Calculation of small addition problems is an easy task which we can do manually or by using calculators as well. This is an area where we learn a lot from experience. Integration techniques/Trigonometric Substitution The idea behind the trigonometric substitution is quite simple: to replace expressions involving square roots with expressions that involve standard trigonometric functions, but no square roots. At the same time, the integral itself must be integrated with respect to another dummy variable.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line174
__label__cc	0.568634	0.431366	Altan : Sunday Martin Simpson : Sunday Urban Folk Quartet : Saturday Jim Moray and Tom Moore : Saturday Kadialy Kouyate : Saturday The North Sea Suite : Friday Martin Stephenson : Sunday Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne : Saturday, Sunday Welcome to Hartlepool Folk Festival 2020!! Early Bird Tickets are now on sale – but get in quick, as they won’t be around for long! Enjoy a fabulous weekend full of dance, stories, heritage, beautiful views of the North Sea coast, and of course one of the best folk festival lineups of the year. Visit http://hartlepoolfolkfest.co.uk/tickets/ We’re in the planning stages of an album of the songs, music and words from Your Affectionate Son, which will be recorded in the spring! Featuring the original cast, it will be a lovely keepsake from the show, and an equally beautiful piece of stand-alone work. Two years ago, a parcel was discovered in an old suitcase during a house clearance in Hartlepool. In it were letters home from Illingworth George Gower, a local lad who had fought in the Great War. Though deceptively simple and sometimes even mundane, they slowly revealed the powerful reality and the devastating effects of the war on both the young men who fought and the families they left behind. A year later, Hartlepool Borough Council acquired the war effects of the Jones brothers: Theo Jones is commemorated as the first soldier of the First World War to be killed on British soil, during the German bombardment of Hartlepool in 1914 – but it wasn’t previously known that his mother also lost both of her younger sons to the war in France. Your Affectionate Son was a new show commissioned for Hartlepool Folk Festival 2019, based on the stories of these young men. Featuring songs by Robb Johnson, spoken word by John Hegley, accompaniment by Durham Miners’ Association Brass Band, contributions from Eliza Carthy, Jackie Oates, Luke Daniels, The Wilsons, Damien Barber and Jack Worth, and arrangements by Jonny Mohun, Your Affectionate Son was produced to commemorate the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles with music, song, dance, and the real voices of the men who fought in the War to End All Wars. Following a hugely enthusiastic reception, and many requests during the festival and since, we have decided to produce an album of the show. It will feature the original cast, all of the songs and arrangements, and lots of accompanying material in a beautifully-produced CD package. It will also be available as a digital download. Support the project and pre-order your copy here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/your-affectionate-son-album/x/15418320#/ Robb Johnson & John Hegley Damien Barber & Mike Wilson The Wilsons and Durham Miners Association Brass Band Jackie Oates Robb Johnson and Durham Miners’ Association Brass Band Jack Worth Altan Martin Simpson Urban Folk Quartet Jim Moray and Tom Moore The North Sea Suite Martin Stephenson Rattle on the Stovepipe Tom Moore and Archie Churchill-Moss Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Kadialy Kouyate Sara Grey & Kieron Means Sam Baxter	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line177
__label__cc	0.52374	0.47626	Krishna Key : Ashwin Sanghi January 17, 2013 \| by Bhavya It is fascinating to think of Krishna as someone from history, rather than as a mythological character. Various theories of the actual existence of the lost city of Dwaraka, of the Brahmastra being the metaphor for a nuclear blast are all very intriguing. Sanghiâ€™s use of Sanskrit, the various shlokas from the Vedas and Upanishads, the theory of Big Bang, the similarity in the Shiv Ling and the nuke reactors, make for a very curiosity generating read. The similarities Ashwin Sanghiâ€™s Krishna Key holds to Dan Brownâ€™s The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons are too many to ignore. Ã¼Â A central character who is an academician, Ã¼Â An ancient secret rooted in history & mythology, Ã¼Â Death of friends/eminent personalities in the same/related field, Ã¼Â A female â€˜sidekickâ€™ Ã¼Â Religious symbolism, ancient codes and puzzles that need to be solved, Ã¼Â A psychopathic killer, Ã¼Â Twist ending, on who the villain is. Belonging to a family of devout Hindus, I was all the drawn to the title of this book, claiming to be some sort of a key to Krishna. But something happens to the author and he misses the mark of awesomeness (Set so very high by Da Vinci Code) by a few notches. Somehow I found myself not connecting to any of the characters emotionally and not missing a heart beat when the twists and turns in the plot were revealed. The Krishna Key focuses (too much) on history and the explanations according to mythology that the core narrative is lost in between, and Sanghi fails to come up with a masterpiece. The convincing powers of the author are certainly questionable; as none of his characters make that indelible mark on the readersâ€™ psyche that connects the reader to one of the characters in the plot. Neither is Sanghi able to answer logic in terms of why the killer had become a killer, nor is he able to justify the twists and turns in the love life of his central man, Ravi Saini. A book dealing with history and mythology could have done without the bit of romance, in my view.Â Overall, a very readable book, but not definitely one to cherish. Previous Did I get the Message?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line190
__label__cc	0.630589	0.369411	You are here: Home / Blog / Jasra Inc About Jasra Inc Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Jasra Inc contributed a whooping 2109 entries. Entries by Jasra Inc 21 Jan 2020 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized By Romain Dillet French startup Qonto has raised a $115 million Series C funding round led by Tencent and DST Global. Today’s news comes a few days after another French fintech startup Lydia raised some money from Tencent. Existing investors Valar and Alven are also participating in today’s funding round. TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus and […] By Jake Bright The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the next three years. The Boston based accelerator provides mentorship and non-equity funding to early-stage tech ventures focused on driving financial inclusion in […] By Lucas Matney Hey everyone, welcome back to Week in Review where I dive deep into a bit of news from the week or just share some thoughts and go over some of the more interesting stories of the week. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get this in your inbox […] By Connie Loizos During this week’s Democratic debate, there was a lot of talk, unsurprisingly, about ensuring the future of this country’s children and grandchildren. Climate change was of particular interest to billionaire Tom Steyer, who said repeatedly that addressing it would be his top priority were he elected U.S. president. As it happens, earlier […] By Manish Singh Xiaomi said today it is spinning off POCO, a sub-brand it created in 2018, as a standalone brand that will now run independently of the Chinese electronics giant and make its own market strategy. Manu Kumar Jain, VP of Xiaomi, said Poco has grown into its own identity in a short span […] Crowdfunded hardware startups are breathing fresh life into music making By Brian Heater I love music. Seriously, it’s one of the few things that brings solace in this cold, lonely world. Want to go deep on Joni Mitchell, William Onyeabor or Pablo Casals? I’m game. Yes, I worked at multiple record stores years before TechCrunch. Yes, I will always be that guy. What I will […] Insurify raises $23M Series A to add new coverage varietals, boost its marketing efforts By Alex Wilhelm The venture-backed insurance world is more than the Lemonades and MetroMiles of the world. There’s more room in the industry for startups to shake things up. One such company, Cambridge-based Insurify, is out today with a new venture round that greatly expands its capital base. The startup, which had accepted just $6.6 […] Comcast launches SportsTech startup accelerator with NASCAR and others By Jake Bright Comcast NBCUniversal believes its can access startup innovation while supporting future Olympic gold-medalists. The American mass media company launched its new SportsTech accelerator today, based in part, on that impetus. TechCrunch attended a briefing with Comcast execs at 30 Rock NYC to learn more about the initiative. The SportsTech accelerator is a […] Startups Weekly: In a crowded field of unicorns, ClassPass becomes another unicorn By Henry Pickavet I hope you’ve all had a good week. Normally I’m behind the scenes (where I’m most comfortable), but I’ll be managing the Startups Weekly newsletter until I assign it to someone else. More on that in a few weeks. Want it in your inbox? Sign up here for this and other great […] After delays, noise-adapting NuraLoop earbuds are coming soon and sound great By Brian Heater A few buffet mistakes aside, NuraLoop were the biggest disappointment of my 2019 CES. When the headphones showed up at the show as dummy units, it hurt my heart a little. The original Nuraphones made an appearance on my 2017 best of the year list, and the idea of a portable version […] Why Choose Jasra?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line193
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__label__wiki	0.530034	0.530034	KarmaMole America American Imperialism army Art Censorship Christianity Cinema Culture Data egypt Elections Europe George Bush Globalization heaven hell Hezbollah History Human Rights Information Iran Iraq Islam jan25 july8 justice Law Media military Moral Fiction Morality Music Muslim Brotherhood Nuclear Weapons Palestine Religion revolution scaf sisi tahrir Terrorism Torture United Nations War Zionism Time for me to totally eat my words. When I was certain that Iran hadn't downed the plane, I was assuming some BASIC level of competence. Jeezus. #IranPlaneCrash #UkrainianPlaneCrash About a week ago from Omar Kamel's Twitter via Twitter Web App Exactly. twitter.com/johnpilger/sta… About a week ago from Omar Kamel's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone And it cannot be taken as a joke when he himself has been accused of sexual harassment by two credible women. twitter.com/sherryamin13/s… About 2 weeks ago from Omar Kamel's Twitter via Tweetbot for iΟS This looks absolutely fantastic! youtu.be/X2m-08cOAbc #FreeGuy About a month ago from Omar Kamel's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone There’s a video featuring Sacha Baron Cohen that I’ve seen being shared quite frequently, even by Arab and Egyptian friends. In it, he makes a few good, easy to score, points against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, but then, of course, he reverts to Zionist form.. About 2 months ago from Omar Kamel's Twitter via Twitter Web App Follow @omarkamel © 2020 KarmaMole. Free Speech, Cartoons, and Terrorism… Americans, like citizens from other countries that have ‘absolute’ freedom of speech, do not quite understand that in France, things aren’t quite the same way. For example, in France, Roger Garaudy, a historian was sentenced to jail after he wrote a book. He was accused of ‘holocaust denial’ for his book “The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics”. Now I’ve read his book, and I can tell you this, he relied massively on Jewish sources, so much so that it felt to me like he had not so much written the book as ‘edited’ it. Previous to this book, Garaudy had written a book about Islamic Fundamentalism, and then about Christian Fundamentalism, in both cases, there was no state-sponsored backlash, no legal repercussions. It was when he wrote about Zionism that the hammer came down. Suddenly his ‘freedom of speech’ was seen as ‘holocaust denial’, and he was on trial, and then he was sentenced to jail. So when Americans, or anybody else who’s used to thinking of ‘free speech’ as absolute consider what happened with Charlie Hebdo, they often don’t see the full picture. France, in short, does NOT have absolute freedom of speech, yet clearly, it allowed racist anti-Islamic cartoons that can very well be considered ‘hate speech’ – and yet – did not allow Garaudy his book, and sentenced him to jail for it. Non-Muslims, and in this case, I refer particularly to Christians and Jews, usually also miss a particular nuance when it comes to this whole ‘free speech’ issue as it relates to insulting Islam’s Mohamed. The usual response from them to Muslims is somewhat along the lines of “What’s your problem? We have freedom of speech! We insult Mohamed and you can insult Jesus or Moses!” as though that resolves the issue, but it does not… Islam, by definition, reveres Jesus and Moses, it acknowledges them as prophets of God, equal to Mohamed, and therefore any ‘good’ Muslims would never allow themselves to insult either one of them. So, therefore, when you offer them the ‘license’ to insult your prophets as you insult theirs, their hands are tied, they CANNOT take you up on your offer, because even though their prophet is not yours, your prophets are theirs. It’s simply not a tit for tat situation, and it’s naive or disingenuous to treat it as such. So yes, in allowing Charlie Hebdo to publish racist cartoons while Roger Garaudy was jailed for a book, France can certainly be seen as hypocritical when it comes to freedom of expression. Free speech? Not quite. NONE of which excuses the murder of cartoonists, whether or not they were racist assholes. The point, quite simply – is that there’s more nuance to the issue than you might first consider. As for the murderers, my position is clear: I am not a fan of any religion, and I much prefer mythology to religion, or to be more exact; I consider them all mythologies and have favorites. In any case, my bigger problem at this moment isn’t religion but the idiots that think they’re religious when they’re nothing but bloodthirsty cretins with what must be mosquito-sized penises who think that killing people will enlarge their cocks and give them access to a few dozen virgins. Had that ISIS wannabe fuckface in France read the Quran that he supposedly values so much, he would’ve found that it very clearly says how you’re supposed to react to people who mock your prophet or your religion, and it is this; you’re told not to sit with them. Yeah. That’s it. No big drama, no blood, no murder. You’re simply not supposed to ‘hang’. It says nothing about hunting them down to their offices and murdering the fuck out of 12 of them because you didn’t like their jokes, regardless of whether or not their humor might be in bad taste. It simply tells you, and I cannot repeat this sufficiently; NOT TO HANG OUT WITH THEM. So basically, if he were half the Muslim he claims to be, he should either have left them the fuck alone, or immigrated from France. God (whichever one you may delude yourself into believing in) save us from religion, but more so, save us from idiots. The terrorists, in short, are not Muslims, but criminals and their crime is no more “Islamic Terrorism” than the average school shooting in the USA can be referred to as “Christian Terrorism”, and finally, it is sad to see how many racists come screaming out of their closets when a murderer who commits a crime happens to be a Muslim, or happens to cloak his crime in Islamic garb – You must condemn both; the idiot who thinks he’s murdering in the name of religion, and the racists who exploit his crime. charlie expression france free freedom garaudy hebdo Islam Murder speech Terrorism Too many fucking idiots – starting with you. Well argued. Well argued. Leave a Reply to karmamole Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line208
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__label__cc	0.702559	0.297441	Kate Stradling A Girl and her Scribbles Average Everygirl Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Oliver Invictus \| Official Reveal and Pre-Order If you read between the lines of my last post, this one will come as no surprise. I’m pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Book 3 of the Annals of Altair: Oliver Invictus arrives on September 18, 2019. You can pre-order the ebook HERE. Hooray! Summary: Oliver Invictus Dead at Fifteen Oliver Dunn’s life is officially over. Pulled from his bed in the black of night, he’s headed for the Prometheus Institute’s mysterious shadow campus, where anomalies like him vanish forever. But no sooner does he leave Prom-F than the school descends into chaos. The student body revolts, classmates make a break for freedom, and one silent, powerful projector among them corrals the adults into a hive-minded collective of slaves. Yanked back from his impending doom, Oliver’s mere presence restores order. The Prometheus heads demand that he ferret out the rogue projector, but he’d rather die than cooperate. His life is already over. They can’t threaten him with any fate worse than his own. But they can threaten the one person in the world he actually cares about: his former handler, Emily Brent. If you haven’t read the first two books of this series, that summary might raise a lot of questions. If it’s been a while since you read them, ditto. Because I’m a giver, I’ll go ahead and post links for those two books as well: Book 1: A Boy Called Hawk Book 2: A Rumor of Real Irish Tea That’s it for the announcement part of this post. A new book! Go forth and pre-order! Or, if you’re game, stick around and read on. I always considered the Annals of Altair complete at 2 books. This is apparent in their structure, which is pinned to the US Constitution. A Boy Called Hawk uses the main body for its chapter numbering (Preamble, Articles, and Sections) and A Rumor of Real Irish Tea uses the amendments (27 in all). My younger self thought it was funny to have the Constitution as a meaningless frame for a hypothetical future in which that document itself had become meaningless. Actually, my current self thinks it’s funny too. A third book was not on my radar. What was I supposed to pin it to, the tax code? Still, I had family members that asked for more, and I knew that more happened beyond the scope of those first two books. Besides, if the original structure was meaningless, and meaninglessness was the point, then abandoning it for a meaningless chapter-numbering system would be fine. Confident in that reassurance and the knowledge that I don’t have to publish everything I write, I tackled a third book for NaNoWriMo. Back in 2015. (Seriously did not realize it was that long ago, but the timeline checks out. Tsk tsk, Kate.) The story stalled at the third act, as my stories chronically do. I played with it a bit over the years, but it was definitely a back-burner project. Well, I’ll tell you. This series gets the least amount of traffic among my literary canon. Not a surprise. It’s dystopia lite instead of the gossamer fantasy that is my usual fare, so it’s easily skipped. It was also more like a personal art project than a commercial endeavor. Hence, for a while, I saw it as my weakest link. We don’t draw attention to the weakest link. But I truly love the story and its cast of characters—on both sides of the conflict. My initial vision to spin a yarn about four kids escaping an oppressive government morphed into a tale about the rotten little antihero tasked with bringing them back. By the end of the second book it was clear that Oliver and Emily were more the main characters than Hawk, Hummer, Honey, and Happy. I’ve always known what became of them afterward, and part of me always wanted to write it. However, it seemed self-indulgent to work on a book that strayed so far from my perceived fantasy brand, and that few people—if any—actually wanted to read. So what changed? For my birthday last year, I sat down and conducted an inventory of my writing: unpublished projects, planned-but-unwritten projects, and works-in-progress. The list was kind of a slap in the head: I had 20 books in some form of development, not including my notebook of story kernels, and not including the six published books I still needed to switch over to my imprint. The creative pile-up weighed me down. When you have too much debt, you get rid of the smallest one first. Thus, Oliver Invictus, 75% complete, moved up in the work queue. (As a side note, the idea for Soot and Slipper hadn’t even occurred yet. I’m not great at managing my plot bunnies.) The final impetus to complete the draft came from a comment on my blog last April. It’s one thing for people you know to ask for more of your work—there’s always a voice at the back of the head saying they’re only being polite, or that it’s their way of expressing a compliment. It’s quite another for a stranger to speak up. That’s a call to action. And, as it happens, answering that particular call was within my ability. So. Long story short (too late) I estimate that roughly twenty people outside my own family might actively want this book. I hope more than that will read and enjoy it, but if its total market saturation is only those twenty, I still consider it time and effort well invested. Mostly because I want this book. Whether Oliver Invictus has a large audience or a small one, I’m excited for its readers to experience the next leg of this upside-down world. And why September 18th? It’s Oliver’s birthday. It seemed a fitting day to bring his story to light. Look at these covers, you guys! They look like they belong together! +1 Branding skills for me! Posted on August 30, 2019 by kstradling — 18 Responses ↓ TAGS: Annals of Altair, book covers, dystopia lite, Oliver Invictus, writing \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Soot and Slipper \| Cover Reveal and Pre-Order! Hey, remember how I was writing a sequel for Namesake? I wrote a Cinderella adaptation instead. It’s based on Charles Perrault’s version of the fairy tale, I’ve called it Soot and Slipper, and it releases April 1st. Because April Fools! It’s the wrong story! (But in all seriousness I’m still working on the other one, just slower than anticipated.) Anyhoo, because this is only a novella (~35K words), the writing and publishing processes have seemed more like a whirlwind than usual. Today, I’m pleased as Punch to bring you the summary and cover reveal. Soot and Slipper: A Summary Eugenie lives in isolation on her father’s estate, with only her elegant stepmother and two stepsisters for company. When the crown of Jacondria announces a series of royal masquerades, she yearns to go. However, her stepsisters’ fortunes hinge on them finding wealthy husbands, and Eugenie doesn’t want to interfere with their odds. Enter a mischievous fairy who has other plans. A scant few hours of light-hearted revelry seems harmless enough. By the fairy’s own rules, Eugenie can’t stay the whole night, and with everyone in costume, her stepfamily will never know she was there. Really, how much trouble can result from attending a masquerade or two? And now for the eye candy… Isn’t it pretty?! I have a soft spot for the pale pink/dark gray color combo anyway, and this just exploits that to its fullest. Want a preview of the first chapter? You can read it over on novelthree.com. More importantly, do you want the ebook added to your Kindle library on release day? It’s up for pre-order on Amazon. Rejoice and wonder, my dear friends! (Yes, this is the first time I’ve done a pre-order. And yes, that’s why it’s only a week in advance.) There will be a print version as well, hopefully around the same time. I’m waiting for a physical proof in the mail, and if everything checks out, I’ll give it the thumbs up when the month turns. Happy Spring, everyone! Posted on March 23, 2019 by kstradling — 9 Responses ↓ TAGS: book covers, Soot and Slipper \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Novella Release: Brine and Bone So. My novella, Brine and Bone, is now available on Amazon. Here are the links: print and eBook. I hit “publish” at 12:01 a.m. yesterday and then went to bed. They say it can take 72 hours for the pages to appear in Amazon’s marketplace, but they were up by 8:00 a.m. However, the product image was missing, and I liked the cover enough that I wanted it there before I shared any links. By the time it showed up, I had moved on to other things. Which is why this announcement comes a day late. (For shame, I know. I’ll go sit in the corner and think about my actions.) A Novella Conundrum Every time I release one of my monsters into the wild, I fight a raging temptation to make excuses for it. Usually I resist. Today, I will cave on two points: It’s only a novella. (Picture Patsy from Monty Python and the Holy Grail muttering that line.) The novella is a lovely medium, but it’s small and requires narrative constraint, by design. I’m playing in someone else’s sandbox. The story is pinned pretty closely to the Andersen fairy tale. Of course I interpret it through my own lens, but I also tried to honor that original source. (In other words, if you only know the Disney retelling, don’t @ me with complaints, lol.) As a side note, Amazon’s spellcheck tool apparently dislikes words that rhyme with “bitter.” It flagged me for the variants of “chitter,” “flitter,” and “jitter” that occur within this book. I had a brief existential crisis before confirming that these were, in fact, real words. And then I had a brief introspection on why my narrative might have gravitated so often toward *itter words. (Pretty sure variants of “glitter” and “litter” are somewhere in this book as well.) The jury’s still out. I will strive not to fall into a phonetic rut on future projects, though. And that is all. Go forth, my beauties! Posted on January 19, 2018 by kstradling — 6 Responses ↓ TAGS: Brine and Bone, publishing \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Summary and Cover Reveal: Brine and Bone Merry Christmas, everyone! ‘Tis the season for a cover reveal! Yes, miracle of all miracles, I have a cover and summary for my Little Mermaid novella, Brine and Bone. Without further ado… TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Magdalena of Ondile adores the crown prince of Corenden, but she’d sooner die than admit it. Ejected from the royal court, she spends her days at a sage’s seminary, where her sparkling memories and destructive empathy magic prey upon her. Until the ocean rips her charming prince into its depths. When Magdalena discovers him washed ashore, her rescue-by-happenstance draws her back to the glittering palace and its stifling rules. But Prince Finnian’s miraculous return attracts more than the nobility of the court. The eerie creature that spared his life would gladly reclaim it, even if staking that claim requires a sacrifice of flesh and endless torment. Cover Reveal: Not sure why, but the .jpg looks a lot more blue-saturated here than in its preview file. There are some lovely silvery shades in the water ripples, but you cannot see them. Oh well. I told the Library of Congress that I was publishing in January 2018. They say to request LCCNs early, and I feel pressured not to let them know that they are the last item on my list of Publishing Things To Do. So even though they’ve always responded within 1-2 days, I push my deadlines back a month or more when communicating with them. (Contacting the LOC designates true commitment. I like to keep open my option to abandon ship as long as I possibly can. But at least I have a deadline now, haha.) It’ll probably be later in the month, because I still need to get my proof of the paperback and I refuse to pay for expedited shipping. I am toying with setting up a pre-order for the eBook, but as I’ve never done that before, it’s a toss-up whether I’ll follow through. (Wishy-washy nature, thy name is Kate.) Anyway, because this is a novella (roughly ~35K words), the eBook price will be $0.99. The paperback will probably be $7.99, and I think I can do a match-book to make the eBook free with purchase, for anyone who might want both. (I know. Promises, promises.) Long story short, I’m ready to have this thing off my projects list so I can move on to other more important items. In the meantime, if you want to read excerpts, they are here and here. And a Happy New Year to all! Posted on December 25, 2017 by kstradling — 2 Responses ↓ TAGS: book covers, Brine and Bone, publishing \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink And Suddenly, a Book Release: Namesake I know I’m supposed to do something grandiose for a book release, but my anxiety is already through the roof. So, I’ve pulled the trigger and I’m moving on. Namesake is now available on Amazon.com. This is your courtesy notice, haha. The Book Release Saga: What Took So Long? One of the many issues that I battled last year involved determining where my writing was going and whether it was time to throw in the towel and move on. I love to write, but I’m not a responsible author. (See the above casual book release for a reference point to that statement.) The publishing world is flooded with hard-working people who seem to have clear goals and ambitions. I.e., the exact opposite of me. It’s easy, on reading their experiences or advice, to feel like I have no clue what I’m doing, that I’m only pretending, that I don’t belong in this industry, that I’m doing everything wrong, and that everything is futile anyway. And when that happens, my anxiety disorder flares and claws its way up my throat from my stomach, and I unplug from life for a couple of days. NBD. In late April, I went to lunch with a dear friend, Tamara Passey, who graciously discussed her first-hand experience as an indie author. During our conversation, she asked me what my goals were. And I confessed that I didn’t have any, other than to write really, ridiculously well. (I’m working on it, guys. I totally am.) Among other encouragements, Tamara gave me permission to make temporal goals. And she provided me with the framework for how to set up an imprint. And that’s what took so long. Eulalia Skye Press You might notice, going forward, this handy little sigil in or on my books. I may or may not start switching titles over. I may or may not open those titles up for wider distribution. I may or may not commit to half a dozen things, but here’s what I have done: I registered an imprint. It took me about a month and a ton of brainstorming to settle on a name. I love that it is oddly quirky and that it plays with fantasy elements while still having a sense of grounded-ness to it. Somehow, random as “Eulalia Skye” is, it fits my writing. I bought a block of ISBNs. This commits me to this industry for a few years yet, mostly because it wasn’t a block of 10. With seven books out, I’d blow through those without batting an eyelash. (Yes, I have 100 ISBNs. I’ve used 2 so far for Namesake. Only 98 more to go. Breathe, Kate.) I registered with the Library of Congress. Namesake has an LCCN. It’s listed on the print-edition copyright page and everything. There have been a million other tiny processes and procedures. Each has been a personal battle, because in many ways I feel like I’m stepping down a path blindfolded. But I’m doing what I can to move forward. One… terrifying… step… at a time. And, theoretically, the next book shouldn’t take nearly as long on the publishing side. (Theoretically. Ha.) Last Hurrah If you’ve read this far, thank you. I have been blessed by so many who have given encouragement when they didn’t even realize I needed it. (And many of whom may not have known they were giving it.) You guys are awesome and inspirational. When I grow up, I wanna be like you. Posted on August 7, 2017 by kstradling — 19 Responses ↓ TAGS: Namesake, publishing, reading recommendations \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Cover Reveal and Summary: Namesake At long last, a cover reveal! But first! Good things come to those who wait, but better things come to those who work. I have spent the past few months in what I affectionately call “cover hell.” Consequently, I’ve avoided places like the internet in general and my own website in particular where I might have to account to others for my dealings. I here apologize. It is a character flaw that I’m likely to embrace to my grave. And now, to the eye candy! Summary: Namesake by Kate Stradling “Who needs magic in an age of electricity? I can flip the switch on the wall with the best of them.” Anjeni Sigourna bears the name of a legendary goddess, but her resemblance to that honored figure ends there. Eighteen and jaded, she has cultivated sarcasm instead of the elusive magic everyone expects her to possess. Such mystic power lacks purpose in her modern world. But when an adverse encounter with the Eternity Gate lands her in an alien realm, magic marks the boundary between life and certain death. Anjeni alone holds the keys to saving an ancient people from a savage enemy. Her bitterness notwithstanding, now she must create a legend instead of living in its shadow. Best of Intentions “Cover hell” consisted of a multitude of ideas with middling-to-poor execution. None of them made it past the drafting stage until I stumbled on this one, and then it went through four different builds (including a first, quick run in PSE where the program shut down when I tried to print, and I hadn’t saved so I lost everything, hahaha). A last-minute rework on that epic fireball sealed the deal this afternoon. I am in love. (For now.) Namesake is schedule for release in August, providing everything goes well. And by that, I mean my files are uploaded and under review. If the physical proof looks good, I’ll hit “Approve” and let you all know. In the meantime, you can read excerpts from the book over on my critique group’s site, Novel Three: here and here. Posted on July 20, 2017 by kstradling — 6 Responses ↓ TAGS: book covers, deadlines, Namesake, publishing \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Deadlines Are My Mortal Enemy Happy June, everybody! Here’s a new book for you to read! Click here for the Kindle version! The print version should show up in a day or two. It has at least 2 typos, found 10 minutes after I clicked the “publish” button. I’m sorry. They never emerged in multiple layers of proofreads, of course, and I’m too done with this hoop-jumping project to correct them now. (They’re corrected in the Kindle version, though, because that was easy to do. So that’s the version I’m going to pimp, hahaha.) I know, I know. I’m supposed to set up pre-orders and hype a cover reveal and join a blog tour, and half a dozen other marketing strategies. Sorry I’m such a cynic. The honest truth is that I don’t really respond to those efforts from others, so I’d feel like a raging hypocrite implementing them myself. Maybe sometime down the road I’ll ease into that sort of thing. Until then, it’s just me running outside, banging pot lids for five minutes, and then going back in to mind my own business. (That was an analogy. I only really bang pot lids on pre-1995 New Year’s Eves.) Full disclosure: I have been in a love-hate relationship with this novel ever since its first wisps of inspiration germinated in my brain. I know I’m supposed to tout it like it’s the greatest literary event since Pride & Prejudice hit the shelves in 1813, and my candor here is a complete marketing taboo, but such it is. I do love it, warts and all. It’s a fun story, a fun setting, and a fun cast of characters. I’m not really sure if it’s too far in my comfort zone or too far outside of it. I haven’t ever read another book like it, so that’s probably what’s making me nervous. But I truly, truly hope you enjoy it! A few words on the cover: 1. Imma be honest. It offends my minimalist sensibilities. I like clean and simple, and I waffled over this cover forever because of that. However, 2. It’s inspired by the Franks Casket, which I adore. In that respect, it really does reflect some minimalist principles (have you seen how crammed those panels are with people?), which makes me like it better. As an aside, if you want to transliterate an English text into the runic alphabet, futhorc.com has provided a lovely little tool. You’ll need Junicode (the modern linguist’s dearest friend) to use the runes in any projects, but that’s just a matter of downloading a free font, for which they provide a link. And Junicode is awesome in its own right. Everyone should have it installed. (I’ve had it for about a decade. #humblebrag) 3. Blue is probably my favorite color. So that makes me happy. 4. In general, I strongly dislike faces on book covers, especially stock photo faces. With few exceptions, the models never look like the characters in my head, and the cover becomes a disappointing distraction instead of a reason to read the book. There are exceptions! But they belong to other authors. With my visual brain and high expectations, there is no possible way I could ever match my characters to a representative photo, which is why I take the illustration route. Not that I owe anyone an explanation, but I’m just putting the information out there. Transparency, you know. Also, go to a stock photo site and search for “Viking girl” or “Viking woman.” Yeah. Haha. You’ll find about 12-15 kinds of ridiculousness, and much of it scantily clad, as though it’s not routinely -112° in that part of the world. That’s all the procedural matters for now, I think. Happy Reading, you beautiful people! Posted on June 23, 2015 by kstradling — 8 Responses ↓ TAGS: deadlines, publishing, The Legendary Inge, writing \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Sneak Peek: The Legendary Inge Dirt and blood filled his senses, gritty and glorious. The heady reek of his midnight kills always exulted his spirits, confirmed that he was terrible, invincible. He thrived on shadow and darkness and the destruction he could wreak under their cover. Tonight was no different. He had infiltrated the same hall, had slaughtered his nighttime meal, and now he picked its flesh from within its armored shell as its fellows scrambled away in fear. The creatures were so pitifully weak. His razor-sharp claws made short work of the ones that tried to fight back. He would eat his fill, gorging on their flesh until his belly swelled, and then lope away into the night, back to the darkling warmth of his nest, there to sleep away the long day to come. Another sinewy lump slid down his gullet. Shouts rang from the hall’s entrance and the fire of torches followed. The light pierced his eyes. He raised one scaly arm to block it from sight, only to meet the heavy blow of a double-edged sword. Pesky creatures, to think that they could harm him. Lightning-quick his claws lashed out at the attacker, but they met not the armored shell nor the muscled flesh it guarded. Power flared and forced them back. He feared neither blade nor spell. He was immune to magic and metal both, had been endowed with those immunities by his creator. The one who wielded them both would be a troublesome pest, however. His meal forgotten, he sought to silence that newcomer. It was lithe, even for his swift movements. The blade caught his skin and glanced off again two, three, four times. Magic filled the room and the other creatures, emboldened, started forward with weapons of their own. His claws could not strike. Spells and that double-edged sword both moved to defend almost before he could attack. Torches flashed before him, waved with menacing cries as their bearers backed him into a corner. There would be no more feasting tonight, not with such resistance as this. He leapt bodily over the pathetic cluster, felt the sword glance off his hide yet again, and escaped through the same window he had entered. Wrath coursed through him at the disruption, and his stomach gurgled its protest, unsated. Behind him, the creatures vaulted from the window and followed him into the waning night. No one had ever given him chase before. He made his way slow enough not to lose them, could hear them behind him even now, the fools. If he lured them far enough into the forest, he could secure the rest of his meal. The hunted was truly the hunter. Dawn was near, with its cursed, piercing sunlight—nearer than he had thought—but his cave was not too far distant. There he could take refuge. It would make the perfect trap for the meal that pursued him. Even as he bounded on that course, though, a tantalizing smell drifted across his path. He skidded to a halt and breathed the aroma deeply. It was young, fresh and tender, a smell that made his mouth water. Accustomed to sinewy meals, he treasured those rare, supple morsels of youthful flesh. His heart lurched with anticipation and his legs instantly carried him in pursuit of that smell. It was not far away, the young one. He crashed through the woods into a clearing and paused to take stock. Gleefully he surveyed the youth, saw the horror flash across its hairless face, felt a twist of gluttony in his gut at the rare treat of which he would partake. The pursuers shouted in the forest behind him, but he had more than enough time to kill this prey and carry it away with him to his nesting place. The youth saw its death in his eyes. It swung the sword in its hand into a defensive position, body taut with terror. With a leering grin he lunged. He feared no blades; the metal would glance off his skin, ineffective. As his claws extended to capture his delectable treat, the sword shot forward. It connected with the spot directly between his eyes, and he did not flinch. There was a sickening crunch of bone, and agonizing pain. Surprise coursed through him in that fleeting instant before death. Alas, the blade was not metal. It was wood, to which he was not immune. Posted on May 12, 2015 by kstradling — 2 Responses ↓ TAGS: Beowulf, Preview, publishing, The Legendary Inge, writing \| FILED UNDER: Books \| Permalink Discipline in the Year of Hindsight Swift September, Waning Year Project Updates and Other Ramblings Music and the Written Word Linguistics for Writers Literary Influences © 2020 Kate Stradling powered by WordPress	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line211
__label__wiki	0.798783	0.798783	Musings: Reprieves The sky was full of clouds, aside from a few puka where stars shone through, and in the east, Venus and Jupiter — drawing apart — gleamed briefly before they, too, were lost behind the same fleecy force that had claimed the interior mountains. As I'm busy looking, I often wonder about the world as experienced by Koko, whose nose is so often buried in the grass or captivated by some intriguing scent along the way. And then her small body insists upon stopping — always where the pigs cross the road and yards inhabited by other dogs — until I exert my greater will and we continue. She collects information through the realm of smell, while I rely upon other sources, such as the court house wireless, which yesterday revealed — and The Garden Island this morning confirmed — that charged were dismissed against Randy Wolfshagen, one of the surfers arrested in the Superferry protests last August. The article notes that Randy and his attorney were ready for trial on March 25, but charged the case was defective, and the prosecutor agreed. What it didn’t say is the case was defective because the Coast Guard allegedly picked up Randy in the water and then brought him to shore and told the cops to arrest him, which they dutifully did. Problem is, the cops had no idea what he’d done, so they couldn’t write up a report, and the Coast Guard never wrote one, either. “So much for the ‘Unified Command,’” chortled the source who gave me the news. “Yep, the wheels of justice fell off the cart and bounced in my favor,” said Randy, who is planning a party for himself and the “other convicts.” Still haven’t heard if all the surfers have gotten their boards back or what happened to the four kids who were also busted protesting what has turned out to be a failed endeavor. Meanwhile, the Advertiser is reporting that Hawaii kids are seriously down. It quotes Marya Grambs, executive director of Mental Health America of Hawaii, as saying: "We have among the highest rates in the nation of teenagers who are planning suicide, attempting suicide or are thinking seriously about suicide. Girls are the highest," she said. " Do you spose that’s because of all the rapid changes they’re seeing in the Islands, the losses that occur daily, the grief and stress they see in their own parents who are struggling to survive amid the glitz that is the new Hawaii style while also mourning what was? Grambs seems to think so. The high cost of living in Hawai'i also could be a factor, Grambs said. "We have an awful lot of two-parent families that are working more than one job," she said. "They're less available to their children." Young people who see their parents working so hard could also be depressed over their limited options to prosper in the Islands, Grambs added. "That," she said, "is definitely a possibility." In reviewing the comments posted on the story, I liked the one left by “Bailey,” from Oahu: Great success for the "system"! Like they say, "It takes a pillage". What a system it is. And then you’ve got denial, as expressed by “Ohaiboy:” why would a child living in hawaii be depressed? for $1 a child can ride the bus to anywhere on the island and hang out at the beach. or the mall. or a friends house. as i taught soldiers in the army: suck it up and drive on! Yes, drive on. Unless you’re stuck in traffic. Anyway, while we were busy worrying about developers, Superferries, time shares and invasive species, it seems that a far more serious threat was lurking, according to “Jayne and Morgan’s newsletter,” as distributed by Richard’s Diamond always informative “Museletter”: Many of you knew... some of you guessed... and others will not be surprised that... according to my Trusted & Valued Sources... our Precious Islands had been “scheduled” (of their own accord) to return to the sea for Purification much like Atlantis & Lemuria. I am pleased beyond measure to report that in recent months, due to the great outpouring of LOVE from those who live here, as well as those who where brought in for their specific energetic contributions...there has been a complete reversal of this outcome. OK, so like Randy, we've been given a reprieve. But everybody better quit screwing up or we’re sunk. Literally. Finally, mahalo to all those who sent me wishes for a Happy Birthday. That must be why I had such a lovely day. Musings: Aloha, Superferry and Mainland Mentality No Come Kauai Musings: Sketchy Business Musings: Conscious Politics Musings:Making Like an Environmentalist Musings: Real World Musings: Go Figger Musings: Not the Information Age Musings: Blown Off Musings: No Respect Musings: Hearts Sighing Musings: For Love of Haloa Musings: Masking the Stink Musings: Short Memories Musings: That Sick Feeling Musings: Strange World Musings: Trying to be Heard Musings: Comedy of Errors Musings: Questions Without Answers Superferry Still Stuck Part 3 Musings: Remembering Our Place Superferry Audit Delayed Musings: Other Points of View Musings: My Day, My Way Musings: In Defense of Wildness Musings: Wake Up Musings: Never Give Up Musings: All Maxed Out Musings: Super Saturday	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line212
__label__wiki	0.563868	0.563868	Speaking, Workshops and Events Respectful Parenting Cosleeping Nappyfree Shampoo Free Yurt Life Why we changed our names It was our first argument, sitting in my little yellow Toyota Starlett. I can remember it vividly. We were outside my university, we had happened upon the topic unexpectedly and I was already late for class. I always had to park on a hill facing down as the engine of my beloved piece-of-crap would only fire with a push-start and as I stared glumly out the window I imagined rolling it out of the space without Tim around to egg it on. The engine really responded to a bit of verbal encouragement. (It was a well rubbish car – once I left it parked in the middle of the city while I went out for dinner. I came back to find I’d left the door unlocked. And wide open. And with the keys in the ignition. It was so rubbish it couldn’t even get pinched.) We’d only known each other for five months but we were already engaged and planning a shotgun wedding. We barely knew each other; it shouldn’t have been a shock that we didn’t know where each other stood on hugely important matters like whether I’d take his name. I rushed off to class with firey words pinging around my head. There was no WAY I was giving up my name and taking another! But Tim had made it clear he could never marry someone who didn’t. It was an agonising few days. We’d thrown everything to the wind, committing to spend our lives with each other forever. It was a wild and delirious kind of love but we were now stuck on this most mundane detail. But for us, it was a big thing. I was new to ideas of feminism – that not only are women still not equal in all things and that must be fought for, but that there were some serious structural and systemic reasons for this inequality- and it was clear to me that women taking their husband’s name was not a liberated thing to do. Would the suffragettes change their name? Hell no. So I wasn’t going to let these historical heroes of mine down. Tim is from a pretty traditional background, and already people who knew me had warned him about my, er, ah, robustness. He was worried that people would think I wore the trousers, that he was subject to my whims when many in his Christian circle were adamant it should be the other way round. (counts to ten Don’t even get me started on how wrong religious teaching on female subjugation can be!) We talked for hours over several evenings and spent each day wondering how we’d reconcile our views. It was with an enormous sense of relief that a few evenings after our initial barney Tim told me that he now understood my position and agreed that it was unfair that women give up their names and unjust that this was the general expectation. I was elated! WHAT A GUY! It still took hours to work out what to do. We worried about having two different names- what would we do with our kids? We worried about double barreling- when would it stop? (Would our GreatGreat Grandkids be called Aitken-Read-Smith-Jones-Langley?) Could Tim just take Read? (No.) Could we mesh them? (Hey, Readken doesn’t sound too crackerjacks!) Or maybe just take the name of someone we admire, like Thatcher? (HAHAHA JOKES!!!!) In the end we felt that boshing them together and BOTH taking it was the only way to respond.: AitkenRead it was! A few peculiar things happened that first year of marriage. Tim’s school (he was a teacher) originally tried to tell him he couldn’t change his name and it took some serious persistence to make it happen, which really confirmed just how sexist the world of names can be. We also have different versions on our passport as the NZ one didn’t accept AitkenRead- they insisted on a dash in the middle. 7 years later and many a A-I-T-K-E-N-R-E-A-D conversation later and it just seems utterly natural. I still get a strange sense of pride when I discuss our name. It is simplistic but I am stoked that people must know how strongly I stand for gender equality and I love that my husband shrugged off convention and opinion to embrace something that was right for us. I looked like quite a normal bride, but my mum did walk me down the aisle 🙂 A recent Facebook report suggests that a third of young women are keeping their name. Although I know that women who take their husband’s name can be feminist too, I reckon this is a BRILLIANT thing for equality. I am surprised at how little the name-changing tradition is challenged in my generation. I literally know ONE person who has kept their name and NONE who went for a shared new name with their husband. It’s interesting as the majority of my friends and family are ALL strong women and feministy men. Loads of people think the married name thing is trivial. Sure, equal pay, rape and the rights of women in developing countries probably should take precedence but I’m not one to think that issues need prioritising all the time. It’s not like we can to tick them off before we move onto the next one – it’s all tangled up. Names are important and symbolic. Most women have their father’s and will take another man’s name upon marriage. What is this apart from a nod to barbaric historical bonds where a women was the only ever the property of a man? Is it possible that by continuing the tradition we are honouring that oppressive practice? A few months ago I asked Twitter why strong, feminist women change their name. About 30 women responded. Around a third said they were young at the time and would do differently now, a third said they couldn’t see a good enough reason not to and a third had deeply personal reasons for doing so. I’m going gently here, because so many of the women I admire and love have taken their husband’s name, and it is clearly (as my Twitter survey, a most scientific measure backs up) an intimate decision that chiefly concerns the bewedded, loved up pair. But I don’t think it ONLY concerns them. I wonder if there are wider implications. Might it be a leettle bit like walking into the office block of a chocolate company and the door being made out of licorice? (croons “Chocolate’s always on my mind… it is always on my mind”) The company SAY they love chocolate but, even though it might not matter that much, their facade gives another impression? Society says “Women are equal! We expect to be treated as such!” but a peep at our envelopes and online accounts show something different. When it requires breaking from tradition perhaps women feel less confident about their equal status? I think the Facebook research (nearly as scientific as my Twitter study) shows that at least this is s a question being asked. People are discussing it, yeah, most still going with tradition, but that conversation is happening. People will have great and wise reasons for going with their husband’s name and so of course, that is PERFECT, but reasons ARE needed. Rather than just walking down the aisle with the status quo. Finally, I reckon men could get more involved here. I want to see more of the progressive, liberal Kingdom of Bloke NOT expecting to bestow their name upon women. Imagine if men had to add in their reasoning (much like I do, sticking up for our name-crash upon questioning) for why they both have his name. “Well, I know it’s Old Skool but neither of us fancied being Scrumbledingers…” What do you reckon? Does it matter? What did you do? PS Don’t miss a thing! 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__label__wiki	0.586244	0.586244	Roberto Malinow Lab Personnel Research Info The major thrust of our research is directed towards an understanding of how the brain forms and stores memories. We examine how neuronal activity controls the strength of communication between neurons, at sites called synapses. Such synaptic plasticity is thought to underlie the formation and storage of memories. Synapses are key sites affected by diseases of cognition. A large part of our basic research program is tailored towards gaining a detailed understanding of synaptic plasticity to help elucidate root causes of age-related dementias like Alzheimer's disease. Such an understanding will eventually help inform treatments that prevent or mitigate brain diseases. Our research team utilizes a combination of techniques including electrophysiology, two-photon laser scanning microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), chromophore-assisted laser inactivation (CALI), optogenetics, transgenic manipulations, and a multitude of other imaging and molecular biochemistry procedures (basically whatever it takes!) to examine the function and plasticity of synapses. We employ these techniques in various cellular and animal models to assess normal neural network functions and disease-states. Neural Correlates of Memory One of our primary research endeavors over the past decade has been dedicated towards charactarizing the biology of postsynaptic receptors, and factors that influence their accumulation in dendritic spines. We've added several important contributions to the understanding of how synaptic receptor-levels change during signals that evoke long-term depression (LTD) or potentiation (LTP). Recently, we have sought direct links between LTP/LTD and adaptive behaviors. Understanding Brain Disease Our laboratory has expanded its focus to include brain-disease related studies, including dementia, schizophrenia, and depression. In a series of studies we've examined the effects of A-beta on synapses. Aβ peptide, a preteolytic product of APP, is thought to be central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease; however, the functional relationship of APP and A-beta to neuronal conductance is mostly unexplored territory. Our laboratory has recently shown that neuronal activity modulates the formation and secretion of Aβ peptides from neurons. In turn, Aβ depresses synaptic transmission. Synaptic depression from excessive Aβ could contribute to cognitive decline during early Alzheimer's disease. In addition, activity-dependent modulation of Aβ production may normally participate in a negative feedback that could keep neuronal hyperactivity in check. Disruption of this feedback system could contribute to disease progression in Alzheimer's disease. These studies shed new light on the role of Aβ in normal and diseased states, and may lead to new treatments of Alzheimer's disease. In a project related to depressive disorders, we have found that a group of excitatory synapses in the lateral habenula are dramatically potentiated in rodent models of depression. The lateral habenula was shown to encode ‘disappointment’ signals in monkey studies. Thus, negative rewards are likely heightened while positive rewards are diminished. We seek to understand the nature of synaptic potentiation in this circuit and its relationship to mood disorders, and plan to utilize our arsenal of techniques to test if these hyperactive synapses are responsible for behavioral depression. A large portion of our research remains dedicated towards charactarizing fundamental neural phenomena. Several years ago we established AMPA receptor trafficking as a major component of synaptic potentiation in hippocampal slice LTP. By applying similar concepts and reagents we found that synaptic modification during fear conditioning was distributed among many neurons in the amygdala. Surprisingly, preventing plasticity in 10-20% of these neurons was sufficient to degrade significantly learning. These finding have implications regarding the nature of circuits that underlie memory. Taking this a step further, we are using computational methods to simulate neural dynamics in virtual 3D models of neurons and neural networks . CNCB Neuro Department Bio Department © ucsd \| disclaimer \| web dev	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line226
__label__cc	0.671601	0.328399	Fridays in October Part 9 This is the Friday I have been looking forward to revisiting the most. Why Becky, why would you look forward to such an abomination? Great question. Thank you for asking. I am attracted to the unattractive. I love this movie because everyone hates it. It’s not that I’m trying to be different or rebellious, but I frankly find the ninth entry to be quite the enjoyable movie experience despite the anger it stirs up in Friday fans. I’ve decided to give this film some love in place of the hatin’! Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday In an effort to keep this organized, I’m just going to create little subheadings for everything. It’s a lot easier than you know…planning or outlining ahead of time. I’m just gonna’ write as I go, just like the screenwriters did for this movie. A Yarn from Film School: Firstly, I’m going to begin this by stating a personal connection I have to this movie. One of my cinematography professors from film school was the Director of Photography for Jason Goes to Hell. Oh how I considered asking him questions about this movie numerous times. You see, he wasn’t the friendliest of professors. In fact, he made it quite clear that undergraduates were not as talented (or worth his time) as graduate students in the program. Ostentatious, confrontational, demanding, and stubborn he was, but every now and he may have shared a pearl of wisdom. He acted like cinematography was the science of gods and he insisted on putting “ASC” (American Society of Cinematographers) after his name on every single document, including power points and tests. Whenever he challenged me about something, I felt like asking, “So how did Jason Goes to Hell work out for you?” I never did though, but then again, he was never as mean to me as he was to the other students that he made cry and quit cinematography forever. Anyway, the cinematography in Jason Goes to Hell isn’t good and I’m sure he knows it. It's Jason's turn to make the "Oh shit" face. The Insane Plot: So everyone’s all pissed off about Jason’s evil spirit (or whatever) jumping from body to body. Yeah, this movie doesn’t have a lot of the hockey-mask wearing villain, all because some coroner decides to eat his pulsating heart. Why? Who Cares? Cool. Like I said before about Part V, it really doesn’t bother me that Jason is missing from a Friday the 13th film. It’s the 90’s...horror is dying…they gotta’ pull out something new, right? It wasn’t time for his space adventure and he already went to the hoods of New York. I have no problem with a completely crazy, nonsensical plot. They’ve done it before and damnit, they’ve done it again—only this time its way more crazy! It’s a bold choice to completely gib Jason within the first ten minutes and then continue to his autopsy, which reminds me of Saw IV’s autopsy. Yes, he’s dead, he’s really really dead! Get over it. Oh wait…never mind. He’s only kind of dead. We kid, we kid. Nope. This didn't happen. What Sucks? Now, I’m not going to sugarcoat this write-up. This movie has lots of suckage. Almost all technical elements are disappointing, ranging from epic failures to sorta-kinda working. Even Harry Manfredini’s score is not selling it. It’s way too dramatic and cued at some of the worst times. And of course, the writing is ridiculous, to be polite about it. Things just don’t make a whole lot of sense and it’s completely out of fashion with the rest of the films. Lastly, life does suck without Jason Voorhees. I do miss him, despite my appreciation for an attempt to explore new territory. STFU, I like this movie. What is there to LOVE? Plenty! I have three letters for you: KNB. They deliver on some awesome gore and demon(?) EFX. My personal favorite is a camper who gets a metal post shoved through her chest and then split in half. Go HERE to see it. Beware there is nudity and extreme violence, which is why I am not posting a picture. In addition to the wonderful blood and guts, we get an all out LAWLFest. If there were a Becky laughtrack for this movie, it would never be silent. I just giggle and guffaw my way through this entry. From the quirky diner owner to the ordinary-people-turned-badasses, there’s a good share of campy dialogue and off-the-wall moments to keep you happy. I even like the minor plot point that the FBI is now after Jason. After all, it makes sense. With well over 100 kills to his name, I’m pretty sure the federal government would be sending in aerial support to take him out. Despite being sad to see Jason disappear from the screen for a while, I’m actually quite fond of watching him explode before a hail of machine gunfire. KNB saves an otherwise disastrous day. Badasses: Duke—He breaks fingers instead of getting paid off. He knows the secrets of dispatching Jason and isn’t afraid to confront him. Steven—Although he wears glasses and a letterman’s jacket, which are normally signs of death in a Friday the 13th film, this guy pulls out the stops. He jumps over his arms when handcuffed behind the back, smacks around some cops, gets his fingers broken by Duke to obtain information, and faces Jason off in hand-to-hand combat. Vicki—This is one BAMF of a waitress. She whips out a double-barreled shotgun and blasts the Jason-possessed dude. Out of bullets? That doesn’t stop her. She grabs the BBQ skewer and goes to town. It’s too bad she’s not in this movie more. Homages , Cameos, and Connections Galore: Evil Dead II – The same Necromonican from the film appears in the Voorhees house. John Landis—A character named Sheriff Landis, coincidence? I think not. From Dusk Till Dawn – Jason’s heart was later used for the “Monkey Man.” Cunningham County –On the police uniform. Uhhh, self-homage? The Birds – The same jungle gym is used at the end of the film. Creepshow – “The Crate” can be found in the Voorhees basement. Kane Hodder – Security Guard, who calls out Jason. Nightmare on Elm Street—Do I really need to explain the amazing ending? Halloween—Someone mentions the “Myers house.” Why Jason, you're just glowing! Is there someone special? Best Quotes: Coroner’s Assistant: “Yes, that’s a probe.” And then he is killed with it. Security Guard (Kane Hodder): “He was nothing but a big ol’ pussy anyway.” Referring to Jason. Bad Call. Duke: “She’s only your girl cause she hasn’t had a taste of the duke yet.” Steven: “Planning on smoking a little dope, having a little premarital sex, and getting slaughtered?” At the Camp Crystal Lake Campers. You know you want to give this film another chance. Come on, you can do it. Just forget that you're watching a Friday the 13th and there's some prerequisite to see Jason, because it really is a fun, silly, crazy, campy movie. Posted by B-Movie Becky at 11:24 AM Labels: Fridays in October, The Fan Ryan October 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM I feel like the main problem with this movie (besides the magic knife) is that the title lies. You think you are being set up for some awesome (or awesomely cheesy) Jason vs. Satan action, but it just never delivers. I do think that the opening sequence is fantastic though. The Frog Queen October 30, 2009 at 3:35 PM You know, I think you just convinced me to watch this again...not going to say I am not going to fast forward through the parts that make me cringe :) But it is worth a shot...it is a Jason movie after all :) Wings October 30, 2009 at 7:59 PM I do like parts of it. Heck, I think I may love some parts of it. But then other parts just make me go all "Whhhhaaaaa???" Patrick October 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM This is probably my least favorite of the series. That said, the beginning tricking and massacaring of Jason is awesome and the complete craziness of the plot which tries to explain why Jason is so fricking hard to stop is interesting. It belongs next to Freddy's Dead and Halloween 6 as they try to explain the same thing. (Which argubably really doesn't need explaning) J. Astro October 30, 2009 at 9:16 PM I've given this film multiple chances. The HALLOWEEN fans who hate 'Season of the Witch' because it's not Michael, I can't understand, because III is a tight film anyway. And at least they left Michael out of it altogether, and didn't pull some gaudy, nonsensical "half-assed Jason" bullshit like this one does. But anyone who hates this FRIDAY, I'm totally sympathetic to. I actually like some of the kills in this flick, but can never get over the shitty way Jason is "explained". Booo to this film. BOOOOO!!! (that said, I still own it, as part of the requisite collection) ;) But Happy Halloween to you, Becky. I ain't mad atcha. Jenn October 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM If I ever open my own restaurant, you know what's gonna be on the menu? A Vorhees burger with a side of Jason fingers. Hell yeah! Happy Halloween, girlfriend! The Man With No Name November 1, 2009 at 10:57 AM Good to see it had alot of camp but.. still not that much of a jason movie... was not a fan sorry. Happy Halloween Friends and Readers! CAPS: Hellraiser III (1992) The Fourth Kind (2009): Hollywood Tries Too Hard Screamfest 09! Beware of the man who takes out the trash! Ginger Snaps (2000): An Overdue Look Horror Bloggers Get Scared Michael Myers tried to kill me the other day... What are you going to be for Halloween? Spoof Horror Artwork Thank You Atomic Fox! Steven Seagal, Dragonforce, and George Michael? The Distribution History of Paranormal Zombieland (2009): Isn’t the Apocalypse Fun? The Paramount Cut of Paranormal Activity: What's D... Demons Invade L.A.! Paranormal Activity Goes Nationwide! Woot! The Convent (2000): Hellzzzz yeah! 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__label__cc	0.706973	0.293027	HTMLGIANT the internet literature magazine blog of the future < The 248 Best Movies of 2011 Three ways to get a free poetry MFA > Everything Beyond Thought: Tantra Bensko and the Annihilation of Illusion Posted by Janice Lee @ 12:00 pm on January 30th, 2012 Lucid Membrane by Tantra Bensko Night Publishing, 2011 180 pages / $24.99 Buy from Amazon The Cabinet of What You Don’t See ISMs Press, 2011 40 pages / $5.00 Buy from ISMs Press “Awake from dream, the truth is known: —awake from waking, the Truth is—The Unknown.” – Aleister Crowley, The Book of Lies In the delicate balance of dream and reality lies the annihilation of illusion. Tantra Bensko’s sensual unveiling relates to the intelligence of crystals. She is adept at the unknown: dreams, twilight language where thought relates to the imaginal, emblematic of the seer’s paranoid awareness and lucid view. The lucid aesthetic is kaleidoscopic and freewheeling in its engagement with metaphysical realities that extend far beyond the realm of fiction and delve into the heart of energy, and the imagination itself. Cosmic and personal, the molecular weight of the hermetic text manifests itself through capricious and fanciful dreams through Bensko’s steady and remarkable vision. These stories are inextricably tied to alternate dimensions and mental travel, skirting at the edges of the astral plane, and Bensko desires the astral form here—in life, so that great fruits may come. Bensko writes, “I wish the people I’m living with, on my own invisible frequency, could understand that I am weaving myself through their cells, through their dreams, their breath, their love.” It is with sweetness and an alien lucidity that these stories exist. Like the labyrinthine explorations of Borges—echoes from the invisible drift into the unaware oceans with mysterious interpretations of shape and tone, stained with colored language. In Bensko’s stories ethereal waves skim over the astral surface between the world’s heart and all that bleeds. Emanations of some imperceptible astral dust covers all things, in the shimmering shadows of formless force – giving it shape, with lucidity and spirit. Like shadows – like a mirror – space, sound and color interact and create a dynamic that denies any nostalgia for conventional structures through a manifestation of the unseen. “Reality is an orgasm of flesh curled into itself beyond measure, smaller, smaller, smaller. Down, down, down. Into the curled fashionarium of beliefs, concepts, explosions of meaning that all point towards each other and laugh, moan, shake. Don’t be afraid to take up the cause of only one of them, as long as you feel it pulsing against its neighbor, caressing the illusion next to it, weeping its tears of shuddering overwhelming something, hard to say what exactly. Be alone, lonely, so intensely afraid of never touching another, and call to me in pain and I will say: go away.” The stories of Lucid Membrane dazzle with a sense of renewal, rebirth and rejuvenation. These stories deal with sensation and perception, with color, form and elements. Indeed, the book is even structurally unique in that it offers colored text – red, yellow, and blue – creating an alternate narrative, a deeply poetic hermetic text coded within the book’s meat. This makes for fascinating reading – these layers upon layers have the cumulative effect of an occult text gathered by a frequency that annihilates the inessential through the ascension of spirit. Bensko’s ephemeral vision relates to modes of reality and ways of seeing radically different from “the accepted format of a continuous human.” Her metaphysical flow deals with integration and expansion, contraction of the inessential, and the dissolution of that which is known. The stories recall “everything beyond thought,” and an adjustment of the known order. Her reality is mediated by paranoid awareness, spiritual awakening and the fantastic, creating “music, forbidden and elegant” through her lucid vision. Bensko stands apart from the myopic veneer of unimaginative thinking, and introduces deep metaphysical longing into her fantastic stories: “I hope you can align all the levels of yourself, from your subconscious below, all the way up above your head to the most divine self. And I hope you spread out to include your aura, one level after another, out to the farthest edges, in which you know there are no edges.” There is a rare speculative quality to The Cabinet of What You Don’t See that is incredibly fertile. Bensko blends paranoia with ways of seeing, modes of reality that enact her forbidden music, and her knowledge of “the invisible layers of vision.” There is a deep engagement with extraterrestrials and cryptic energy forms that “pull her imagination into them, use it to mix with the memories of those they steal away for some time outside of time, in a realm outside this realm.” Most fiction that deals explicitly in extraterrestrial life does so in familiar alien invasion scenarios, or as space opera. Bensko does neither, and her work owes more to the speculative paranoia of David Icke and other fringe thinkers, such as Whitley Strieber and Jim Marrs. Bensko boldly engages with the idea that the ‘global elite’ are in fact shape shifting inter-dimensional Reptilians that interfere with our emotions and siphon our energy. She wonders, “how they get into dreams, how they influence relationships, how they eat fear, how they run the government, how they possess people who have more of their hybrid blood, how they say they supposedly modified the human population to begin with.” Bensko fearlessly delves deeply into paranoia and the speculative nature of the supernatural in ways that totally thrilled me. “We remember the screen memory stories imposed on us in our astralness. The grey and Draco and Reptilians, the military, the hybrid families, the illusions, the secret societies, the corporations, the mind control programs that compartmentalize our minds. They secretly manipulate our love and make it end, swoop down like owls and eat our pain. They make us desperate for the love they destroy. They come into our dreams.” Bensko’s brave and penetrating words call to mind the ‘inorganic beings’ of Carlos Castaneda’s later books, and David Bowie’s frantic cameo in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, where he cryptically likens reality to a dream state in a deranged yet impassioned rant about how immaterial entities are controlling and devouring us at an energetic level. These multi-dimensional predators come from outside the space-time continuum in search of sustenance. The sustenance is us. Our love, our pain. Bensko uses the limitless power of the imagination and the warmth of her singular vision to break free – to lucidly go higher and higher. Chris Moran is the author of Poison Vapors (Solar Luxuriance, 2011). He lives in Columbus, Ohio and blogs at http://subtlefields.blogspot.com/ Tags: chris moran, Lucid Membrane, tantra bensko, The Cabinet of What You Don’t See </HTMLGIANT>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line230
__label__wiki	0.90193	0.90193	爱上海,上海419论坛,上海龙凤419 – Powered by Karis Donavan! Powell, McLeod, VCB win in Atlanta Competing for the first time since he failed to finish at a meet in Hungary in early July, national 110m hurdles champion Omar McLeod clocked 13.28 (-0.1) to win ahead of fellow Jamaican Andrew Riley, 13.39, and American Ronnie Ash, 13.46. Campbell-Brown was busy, winning the women’s 200m in 22.82 (-0.1) ahead of the United States’ Charonda Williams, 23.25, and Semoy Hackett, 23.37, from Trinidad and Tobago. Earlier, Campbell-Brown was also fastest in the 100m, winning in 11.22 (-0.1), with Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle Lee- Ahye, 11.29, crossing the line in second place and another Jamaican, Simone Facey, 11.30, finishing third. Shevon Stoddart, 56.40, and Samantha Elliott, 56.49, were second and third, respectively behind Leah Nugent (USA), who clocked 55.63 to win the women’s 400m hurdles. Natoya Goule, 2:02.16, was third in the women’s 800m, which was won by American Maggie Vessey, 2:00.30, ahead of Canada’s Melissa Bishop, 2:00.43. Competing at the Dutch Championships, Olympic and World Championships medallist Warren Weir was second in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.68, running behind Liemarvin Bonevacia, 20.62, with Solomon Bockarie, 20.81, finishing third. Mcleod comes back Jamaicans Asafa Powell, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Omar McLeod were among the winners at Saturday evening’s American Track League meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, while Warren Weir was second, competing in The Netherlands. Powell stopped the clock at 10.01 seconds (+0.1 metres per second wind) to win ahead of St Kitts and Nevis’ Jason Rodgers, 10.23, with American Walter Dix taking third place in 10.25. It was Powell’s first clocking over 10.00 seconds since the semi-finals of the National Senior championships in late June and his 12th win in 13 starts this season. Powell is not expected to compete again until this month’s World Championships in Beijing, China (August 22-30), where he will be looking to improve on his two bronze medals won at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships. read more ‘Shelly’ keen to provide helping hand – to assist Namibian sprinters Schedule for Jamaicans ZURICH: SHELLY-ANN Fraser-Pryce says being able to inspire others is what will keep her motivated in the run-up to the Olympic Games in Rio next year. Having won everything there is to win on multiple occasions, the diminutive sprinter would be forgiven for feeling like she has done all there is to do in the sport. However, the 28 year-old told The Gleaner that remembering where she comes from and being able to inspire others from her community is what keeps her going. “I get to inspire so many young girls and boys. I get to inspire the community where I am from and I get to do a million things that I can only do because of where I am and what I have done. “Those are the things that keep me motivated. To be able to help and give back; to be able to show the girls in my community that no matter where you are from, what matters is what you believe in and how hard you work for it. To be able to show them that you should always have faith in what you want to do.” Having achieved all of the goals set for this year, Fraser-Pryce is looking forward to taking her first-ever vacation as an athlete by heading to Africa. Rather than stepping away from athletics totally, however, the Olympian will be assisting Namibian sprinters in their quest to emulate the feats of the Jamaicans. “Two years ago, we started a programme with Namibian athletes who came to Jamaica as part of an exchange programme. “So I had always said to them that one day I would come and visit where they are from. You can really get them to try anything in Jamaica, and I really want to go and see where they are from and take in their culture.” She added: “There are two ladies with us training and things are a bit different for them. Our programme is very different from what they are used to in Namibia. So now they have been a part of our camp they see the things that we go through, especially when it comes to our facilities. It’s not the greatest, but it works for us. “I am hoping that after two years with us they will be able to send one of their sprinters to an Olympic Games, and who knows, maybe this will spark some great things for Namibians moving forward.” – J.C. 10:55 a.m: Men’s discus Jason Morgan 12:10 p.m: Women’s 100m B race Kerron Stewart, Elaine Thompson, Sherone Simpson 1:05 p.m: Women’s 400m hurdles Kaliese Spencer, Janieve Russell 1:29 p.m: Women’s 100m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison 1:56 p.m: Men’s 200m Nickel Ashmeade, Rasheed Dwyer 2:36 p.m: Men’s 400m hurdles Annsert White 2:55 p.m: Women’s 4x100m read more Thompson, Richards eager to improve after Brussels efforts BRUSSELS, Belgium:Not even the motivated pair of Elaine Thompson and Allyson Felix could stop the bustling locomotive that is Dafne Schippers from running away with their high-profile 200m clash – not yesterday, not in front of a pro-Schippers crowd.Still, the fast-rising Jamaican, fresh from her silver medal won at the recent IAAF World Championships in Beijing, left the series -closing AG Memorial Van Damme IAAF Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium, as encouraged as ever and eager to start working again towards a season that promises more for the MVP charge, with the Olympic Games ever nearer on the horizon.Schippers, the world champion, showed that her Beijing gold medal was no fluke – and perhaps made it clear that Felix or not, nothing was going to stop her in China – producing a frightening burst in the last 50m to frankly overpower the others, stopping the clock at 22.12 in still wind.Felix, who was consoled by the glistening Diamond Race trophy and the accompanying US$40,000, was second in 22.22, with Thompson crossing the line in 22.26. Sherone Simpson was sixth in 23.12.”I’m not disappointed. I was looking forward to competing with these ladies,” said Thompson. “I knew it would be a challenge, and it will only push and motivate me to work harder.”Gatlin’s Diamond streakSpeaking of working hard, American Justin Gatlin – the Diamond winner – was made to dig deep for his win in the 100m as he protected his unbeaten run on the circuit, which dates back to 2014 with a laboured 9.98 win. Femi Ogunode (Qatar), who also came in at 9.98, was second, with Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut, 9.99, closing out an almost inseparable top three.It was a bad day for Jamaican pair Nesta Carter, who looked for an early advantage and was ejected after a false start, and Asafa Powell, who finished fifth in 10.04.In the men’s shot put, World Championships bronze medallist O’Dayne Richards registered a 21.37m mark for second place, but his real target was 22m, leaving the ever-improving Jamaican slightly disappointed.The event was won by New Zealand’s Tom Walsh, 21.39, with Diamond Race winner and world champion American Joe Kovacs (21.35) finishing third.Richards, who fouled on his last three attempts says, he will be going all out to meet his target at his last meet for the season in Berlin on Sunday.”I have to give God thanks even when I lose. I have to learn that is part of the sport. Assessment-wise, I wanted to hit 22m today. I have one more chance. I kept missing the shot, not applying all the force on the shot, so it kept slipping and didn’t go as far as I wanted it to go, but (it is) my best performance outside of a championships, so I’m happy for that,” Richards told The Gleaner after his event.Kimberly Williams got off to a good start but slipped to fourth in the women’s triple jump, taking advantage of world champion Caterine Ibarg¸en’s (Colombia) slow start, with her second effort 14.22m keeping her in the top two for much of the competition.The Jamaican would eventually improve to 14.28m, but by then, she was already out of the top three, with Ibarg¸en taking her third straight win in Brussels and ensuring she won all but one of the six Diamond League competitions with a 14.60m mark. World Champs silver medallist Hanna Knyazheva-Minenko (Israel), 14.42m, was second, with Russian Ekaterina Koneva, 14.37m finishing third.Stephenie-Ann McPherson, 51.00, was third in the women’s 400m behind winner Shaunae Miller (Bahamas), 50.48, and Diamond Race winner Francena McCorory, 50.59. Christine Day, 51.96, was sixth, with Novlene Williams-Mills, 52.04 finishing seventh.In the male equivalent, national record holder Rusheen McDonald seems to still be suffering from his 43.93 run in Beijing, finishing ninth here in 47.89, while Peter Matthews took third place in 45.74. The event was won by Renny Quow (T&T), 45.29, ahead of Belgian Kevin BorlÈe, 45.43.Rasheed Dwyer, 20.27, was third in the 200m, with Antiguan Miguel Francis, 20.22, finishing second to the winner, Qatar’s Femi Ogunode, who clocked a personal best and area record 19.97. Nickel Ashmeade was fifth in 20.59. read more McCarthy slams big hundred in trial match Top-order batsman AndrÈ McCarthy, highlighted the opening day of the fifth and penultimate Jamaica Scorpions regional four-day trial match between John Campbell XI and Paul Palmer XI at Sabina Park yesterday.The 28-year-old, who had a lukewarm season last year and was in and out of the team, hit an unbeaten 159 as John Campbell XI, sent to bat, closed on a healthy first innings total 346 for nine.McCarthy, a former West Indies Under-19 representative, stroked 13 fours and five sixes during his knock, which has so far accounted for 203 balls.Wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh Jr, who made an unbeaten 54 in the previous trial match, almost scored a century as he provided strong support with 96.Part-time off-spinner Tamar Lambert took two for 19; left-arm spinner Coi Thompson, two for 44; Rovman Powell, two for 50; and leg-spinner Damion Jacobs, two for 104, led the way with wickets.”I know I needed a good score after getting starts in the other games and today it came off. 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But others require a bit more strain on the memory, such as Penn State’s Larry Johnson, who had two outstanding seasons after he emerged from behind Priest Holmes on the Kansas City Chiefs’ depth chart.More relevant, though, are the players who not only didn’t come up playing against SEC speed, but were outside the Power Five altogether. LaDainian Tomlinson, Chris Johnson, Michael Turner, Alfred Morris, Doug Martin, LeSean McCoy and a cavalcade of high-performing backs have combined for 187 player seasons with at least 100 carries since 2001. (This includes players such as Clinton Portis and Willis McGahee, who played for Miami before it joined the ACC in 2004.)1Likewise, McCoy played for Pitt before it joined the ACC and Tomlinson played for TCU before it joined the Big 12. And today’s top backs also include Jay Ajayi out of Boise State and David Johnson out of Northern Iowa.Not that any of this falls on the head of Fournette, whom everyone is taking a little too seriously. The SEC does put a lot of players in the league, and in positions to contribute for their teams. But if Fournette runs over the NFL the same way he did those SEC run defenses, he’ll be the first to do so in quite a while. When Jacksonville Jaguars rookie running back Leonard Fournette said the jump to the NFL was “really easy” after his time playing in the much-hyped SEC for LSU, a lot of observers raised an eyebrow. Things certainly haven’t always looked easy for SEC backs drafted in the first round.Todd Gurley, who was taken 10th overall out of Georgia in 2015, had an outstanding rookie season but struggled badly as a sophomore. Alabama’s Trent Richardson was out of the league in just four seasons after the Browns used the third overall pick on him in 2012. Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno had one 1,000-yard season among the six he lasted in the NFL after going 12th in 2009.The most productive highly drafted SEC backs around these days are likely Mark Ingram and Darren McFadden — neither of whom has ever looked like the star he was in college.Still, while the SEC hasn’t had the standouts of the Big 12 (Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma) or even the Big Ten (Le’Veon Bell, Michigan State), it has put a lot of backs in the league. Since 2001, there have been 97 player seasons in which a player from the SEC has had at least 100 rush attempts in a season, according to ESPN Stats & Information, compared to only 58 for the Big Ten, 43 for the Big 12, 68 for the Pac 10/12 and 38 for the ACC. This complicates the SEC’s reputation for turning out relative busts at the running back position a bit, since its players have at least shown the capacity to earn carries in the league.Here’s a chart showing each individual player season for SEC backs drafted since 2001: read more 7:13 am admin 419爱上海, 419论坛, 上海后花园论坛, 上海外卖私人工作室, 上海水磨会所论坛, 上海龙凤网shlf88, 爱上海1314 龙凤, 爱上海419, 爱上海419龙凤后花园, 龙凤论坛信息网 Shaqiri reveals details of Klopp chat during victory of United Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri has revealed that manager Jurgen Klopp asked him to be directly involved in the game prior to his introduction against Manchester United.The Swiss international came off the bench to devastating effect, scoring twice as the Reds defeated arch rivals United 3-1 on Sunday.When asked what Klopp had said to him on the sideline to get such a response from him, Shaqiri said, according to Mirror Football:“He said to me he wanted me to be in the game directly. I tried to be direct in the game and you can see also I prepared myself very [well].”“I watched the game from outside also, so you can see the spaces and there were a lot of spaces between the lines.” Report: Origi cause Klopp injury concerns George Patchias – September 14, 2019 Divock Origi injury in today’s game against Newcastle is a cause for concern for Jurgen Klopp.Perhaps with one eye on Tuesday’s trip to Italy…“I am very good between the lines and try to stay there and pick the ball up to have an impact and stay in the game. In the end I scored two goals and we won the game, that’s a perfect day for us.”Shaqiri also revealed he forced himself to stay positive after he was named on the bench for Sunday’s game.“Obviously I’d be lying if I said you are not disappointed when you are on the bench – every player is disappointed when he’s on the bench,” he explained.“But I always stay positive and try to help the team when I come on and you saw today when I came on I tried to help the team and to have an impact.” read more 上海同城对对碰龙凤, 上海最近鸡店都关门了?, 上海楼凤, 上海水磨会所论坛, 上海龙凤419网友约会, 夜上海论坛, 大上海国际娱乐, 爱上海同城 aish, 爱北京北京验证发帖区, 贵族宝贝mm自荐 The Diocesan Revival by the Catholic Diocese of San Diego KUSI Newsroom, Updated: 12:53 PM KUSI Newsroom The Diocesan Revival by the Catholic Diocese of San Diego 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload \| stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize\|\|TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsBeginning on Tuesday a 3-night Diocesan Revival will shares Blacks’ Catholic faith with the greater community.Organizers say there’s gospel music and old-style preaching, plus lots of interaction with the faithful in the pews.The featured preacher this year is Fr. Tony Ricard, an entertaining priest from New Orleans, who also happens to be the chaplain for the Saints.The Revival is open for everyone its messages are upbeat and of hope plus it’s free.This year’s Revival Jan. 28, 29 and 30 at Good Shepherd parish at 7 p.m. Posted: January 29, 2019 January 29, 2019 Categories: Good Morning San Diego, Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter read more 上海419精品, 上海千花网, 上海市休闲会所, 上海水磨会所论坛, 上海龙凤shlf77, 上海龙凤网, 上海龙凤网shlf88, 娱乐地图, 郑州夜生活第一论坛, 阿拉爱上海aishedes RealTime Advertising Bidding Offers Publisher Control In another plus for publishers, the real-time bidding atmosphere motivates marketplace competition. “It’s a new model that’s really changing the market,” says Casale. “It’s interesting to see how it’s unfolding.”For its own monetization, Casale keeps a small portion of each advertising transaction. Tech company Casale Media designed real time bidding (RTB) platform CasaleX after several clients expressed interest in the burgeoning model. Andrew Casale, VP of strategy, says the draw of real time bidding lies in publisher control. “There are two extreme models of real time bidding for publishers,” says Casale. “The first is when a publisher has all their inventory in a private exchange, so a human interaction is necessary for a sale to take place.” Another option is for publishers to place online space not sold during more traditional sales efforts on the virtual block.Casale client GateHouse Media, a local newspaper network, sells the majority of its ad space through the RTB platform. Casale says that valuable space, like homepages, are landing top dollar through the live bidding process. Through the RTB system, Casale vets agencies and clients that are able to bid on publisher inventory. The system also allows inappropriate campaign content groups to be blocked, as well as real-time reporting of available inventory through the user interface (pictured). As publishers attempt to make online advertising a profitable and engaging business model, real time bidding on Web inventory by prospective clients is becoming more prevalent. Conde Nast launched a private Web ad exchange with AdMeld for select clients in late 2011, and now smaller publishers are getting in the game. read more 上海419, 上海419会所公司模特, 上海后花园阿拉爱上海, 上海妹子品茶微信群, 上海最新油压2018, 上海水磨会所论坛, 上海水磨是不是都没了, 爱上海419龙凤后花园, 静安秘舍全套 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 13 Wilmington Students Named To Deans List At Roger Williams University BRISTOL, RI — Select students have been named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I, including the following Wilmington students:Emily BartnickiAndrew DawsonSamantha L’esperanceJared McGowanErica MeierKatelyn OtisAmber PeachSamantha PitziEvan RaffiMeghan RodenhiserJamie SpinazolaMegan StoneAshley WarrenFull-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester.About Roger Williams UniversityWith campuses on the coast of Bristol and in the heart of Providence, R.I., Roger Williams University is a forward-thinking private university committed to strengthening society through engaged teaching and learning. At RWU, small classes, direct access to faculty and guaranteed opportunity for real-world projects ensure that its nearly 4,000 undergraduates – along with hundreds of law students, graduate students and adult learners – graduate with the ability to think critically along with the practical skills that today’s employers demand. Roger Williams is leading the way in American higher education, confronting the most pressing issues facing students and families – increasing costs, rising debt and job readiness.(NOTE: The above announcement is from Roger Williams University via Merit.)Like Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedSTUDENT SPOTLIGHT: 11 Wilmington Students Named To Dean’s List At Roger Williams UniversityIn “Education”STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: 12 Wilmington Students Named To Dean’s List At Roger Williams UniversityIn “Education”12 Wilmington Students Named To Dean’s List At Roger Williams UniversityIn “Education” read more 419狼族上海, 上海419龙凤论坛 localhost, 上海丝袜会所24小时, 上海桑拿论坛, 上海水磨会所论坛, 千花网, 夜上海, 新上海龙凤sf1314, 爱上海1314 龙凤, 静安秘舍全套 Trump plans to release classified JFK documents This file photo taken on 26 September, 2013 shows various historical newspapers after the assassination of former US President John F Kennedy on display during an exhibit at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Photo: AFPUS President Donald Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time.The November 22, 1963 assassination — an epochal event in modern US history — has spawned multiple theories challenging the official version that Kennedy was killed a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald.So the release of all the secret documents has been eagerly anticipated by historians and conspiracy theorists alike.Trump’s announcement followed reports that not all the files would be released, possibly to protect still relevant intelligence sources and methods.But Trump appears to have decided otherwise.”Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened,” he said in the tweet.The files are due to be opened in their entirety Thursday nearly 54 years after Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas — unless the US president decides otherwise.Millions of classified Kennedy files have been made public under a 1992 law passed in response to a surge in public demand for disclosure in the wake of Oliver Stone’s conspiracy-heavy movie on the assassination.But the law placed a 25-year hold on a small percentage of the files that expires October 26.Some reports put the number withheld at 3,100. Tens of thousands of files that had been released with portions blacked out are also set to be fully declassified.- Traumatic turning point -Kennedy was only the fourth US president to be cut down by an assassin’s bullets, and his death at age 46 proved a traumatic turning point as the United States headed into a period of turbulence over civil rights and the Vietnam War.The shocking images of Jacqueline Kennedy cradling her mortally wounded husband in the back of an open presidential limousine froze the moment in the public consciousness.A ten-month investigation led by Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren concluded that Oswald, a former Marine who had lived in the Soviet Union, acted alone when he fired on Kennedy’s motorcade, hitting the president with two shots, one through the upper back and the other in the head.Oswald, arrested two hours later after murdering a Dallas police officer, was shot to death two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby as he was being transferred from the city jail.The Warren commission’s finding was challenged in 1979 by a special House investigative committee that concluded Kennedy was “probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy” and there were likely two shooters.- Trump’s conspiracy theory -A welter of conspiracy theories have arisen over the years, variously blaming Fidel Castro, the Mafia, the KGB, Lyndon Johnson and the CIA.Oliver Stone’s controversial 1991 movie “JFK” managed to implicate Johnson, the Mafia and the CIA.Trump himself tapped into the public fascination with the case during last year’s presidential campaign, bizarrely linking Republican rival Senator Ted Cruz’s father to the Kennedy assassination.”His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being — you know, shot,” Trump said in a May 2016 telephone interview with Fox News.”I mean, what was he doing — what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?” Trump continued. “It’s horrible.”Cruz called the accusation “nuts.””Yes, my dad killed JFK, he is secretly Elvis, and Jimmy Hoffa is buried in his backyard,” he said sarcastically, speaking to reporters at a campaign event in Indiana.Democratic congressman Adam Schiff recalled that history Saturday, retweeting Trump’s announcement and asking “does this mean Ted Cruz’s father will be exposed?” read more 10:44 am admin 419SH龙凤, 上海虹口水磨论坛, 上海419论坛香草社区, 上海千花网新人自荐, 上海后花园千花, 上海新419, 上海水磨会所论坛, 上海水磨是不是都关门了, 上海洗浴哪家好, 夜上海论坛, 娱乐地图上海, 爱上海419千花网 Uttarkhan family could have been murdered File photo: Jahanara Begum Mukta, her husband Iqbal Hossain, their son Kazi Muhib Hassan and daughter Taspia Sultana.Three members of a family found dead inside a flat in the city’s Uttarkhan area could have been murdered.Forensic physicians at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital said this on Monday after conducting autopsies on their decomposed bodies.The woman and her daughter were strangled to death while the son was found with a slit throat, said DMCH forensic department chief Sohel Mahmud.”The woman and her daughter died first while the son succumbed to his injuries later. His body was severely bruised,” he told Prothom Alo.Police recovered the bodies of Jahanara Begum Mukta, 45, her son Kazi Muhib Hassan, 28, and daughter Taspia Sultana, 22, from their one-storey building at Moinertek in Uttarkhan on Sunday with separate notes next to the bodies.Officer-in-charge of Uttarkhan police station, Helal Uddin, confirmed recovering a suicide note next to Muhib’s body that read, “Nobody is responsible for our deaths. We did it due to negligence of our relatives.”Another note read, “Let our property be donated to charitable organisations.”However, additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Uttara zone, Hafizur Rahman, said it was not clear to them whether it was an incident of suicide or murder.According to the relatives of the victims and neighbours, the family started living in the Uttarkhan rented house from 7 May (first Ramadan). They came here from Bhairab’s Jagannathpur to build their house in a land in Fakirertek bought by Jahanara’s father.Shihabul Islam, Jahanara’s brother-in-law, told Prothom Alo, “The family had no enmity with others. The only problem they had was Muhib’s unemployment and mentally challenged Taspia.”According to the family’s relatives, Jahanara’s husband, Iqbal Hossain, was a manager of an organisation. He died in 2016 following a cardiac arrest.After his death, Jahanara started living in a rented house in the Dhaka Cantonment area with her son and daughter. The family shifted to a rented house in Bhairab two months ago. From there, they moved to Uttarkhan on 5 May.Muhib tried to build a house in his father’s land in Bhairab but could not do so as their ancestral properties were not allotted, said Sarwar Malik, landlord of the Bhairab house where they had stayed for a short period of time. read more 上海千花网新人自荐, 上海后龙凤论坛 localhost, 上海夜网, 上海桑拿信息网, 上海水磨会所论坛, 上海贵族宝贝花千坊419, 南京夜生活, 南京夜网, 杭州狼族419龙凤, 爱上海, 爱上海同城龙凤, 龙凤论坛信息网 © 2020 - Built using the columnist theme	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line231
__label__cc	0.684761	0.315239	Journal regulations About subscription Online issues of journals Online issues of journals: - in Russian 1. New issue of Journal is out: № 12 (December) 2019 2. Attention! Appeal to the authors. More 3. Tamara V. Leshkevich (1947—2016) More 4. The Grand Meeting: the 125th Anniversary of the Meterological Bulletin/Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya. More A. A. Polyukhov, N. E. Chubarova, D. V. Blinov, T. A. Tarasova, A. P. Makshtas, and H. Muskatel Radiation Effects of Different Types of Aerosol in Eurasia According to Observations and Model Calculations A. S. Eremenko and V. A. Kachur Calculation of Pressure Drop in Tropical Cyclones Using Satellite Data A. R. Yakovlev and S. P. Smyshlyaev Numerical Simulation of World Ocean Effects on Temperature and Ozone in the Lower and Middle Atmosphere N. V. Zhurbas Estimation of Flow Rate and Thermohaline Characteristics of Atlantic Water in the Eurasian Basin V. G. Kalinin and V. V. Chichagov Changes in River Ice Formation Dates and Tests for Assessing Their Statistical Significance E. V. Gurevich and M. L. Markov Characteristics of Minimum River Runoff in the Kuban River Basin Kh. B. Kuular Estimation of Land Surface Temperature for the Western Tannu-Ola Range in the Tyva Republic V. V. Efimov and O. I. Komarovskaya Mountain Effects on Climate on the Southern G. V. Surkova and A. A. Lebedeva Modern Regime of Air Temperature in the Range of about 0°C in the European Part of Russia O. V. Nosyreva, N. K. Barashkova, and L. I. Kizhner Determination of Heating Season Length V. N. Pryamitsyn Evolution of Departmental Affiliation of the Russian Hydrometeorological Service REVIEWS AND CONSULTATIONS E. S. Dmitrevskaya, T. A. Krasil’nikova, and O. A. Markova Environmental Pollution and Radiation Situation on the Russian Federation Territory in June 2019 L. N. Parshina Weather on the Russian Federation Territory in June 2019 T. V. Berezhnaya, A. D. Golubev, and L. N. Parshina Anomalous Hydrometeorological Phenomena on the Russian Federation Territory in June 2019 N. S. Ivanova, G. M. Kruchenitskii, I. N. Kuznetsova, V. A. Lapchenko, and Shirotov Ozone Content over the Russian Federation in the Second Quarter of 2019 A. N. Chilingarov (to the 80th Birthday) 150 Years to Yalta Hydrometeorological Station Phone.: +7(499)252-30-67, +7(499)252-36-94 — editorial board +7(499)795-20-53 — articles' references Fax: +7(499)252-66-10	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line240
__label__wiki	0.673257	0.673257	More info on 1976–77 QMJHL season 1976–77 QMJHL season: Misc An Ice Hockey Wiki article. The 1976–77 QMJHL season was the 8th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The leagues renamed its division in honour of Robert Lebel and Frank Dilio, two lifetime contributors to ice hockey in Quebec. The East Division became the "Dilio Division" and the West Division became the "Lebel Division." Ten teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Québec Remparts finished first overall in the regular season to capture the Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Sherbrooke Castors won the President's Cup defeating the Québec Remparts in the finals. 1 Team changes 2 Final standings 3 Scoring leaders 4 Playoffs 5 All-star teams 6 Trophies and awards Team changes The Hull Festivals are renamed the Hull Olympiques. Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Dilio Division Québec Remparts 72 41 21 10 92 380 287 Chicoutimi Saguenéens 72 42 24 6 90 393 357 Trois-Rivières Draveurs 72 38 24 10 86 443 350 Shawinigan Dynamos 72 18 42 12 48 265 357 Sorel Éperviers 72 19 48 5 43 319 448 Lebel Division Sherbrooke Castors 72 40 23 9 89 392 311 Cornwall Royals 72 38 24 10 86 345 281 Laval National 72 26 35 11 63 325 363 Montreal Juniors 72 27 37 8 62 310 368 Hull Olympiques 72 26 37 9 61 283 333 complete list of standings. Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes Jean Savard Québec Remparts 72 84 96 180 110 Sylvain Locas Chicoutimi Saguenéens 72 59 98 157 101 Norm Dupont Montreal Juniors 71 70 83 153 52 Richard Dalpe Trois-Rivières Draveurs 72 58 93 151 32 Eddy Godin Québec Remparts 72 62 83 145 83 Jere Gillis Sherbrooke Castors 72 55 85 140 80 Kevin Reeves Montreal Juniors 72 48 87 135 16 Lucien DeBlois Sorel Éperviers 72 56 78 134 131 Yves Richer Trois-Rivières Draveurs 72 45 89 134 38 Roland Cloutier Trois-Rivières Draveurs 72 63 68 131 43 complete scoring statistics Ron Carter was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 30 points (12 goals, 18 assists). Québec Remparts defeated Hull Olympiques 8 points to 0. Montreal Juniors defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 9 points to 7. Sherbrooke Castors defeated Laval National 8 points to 6. Cornwall Royals defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 8 points to 4. Québec Remparts defeated Montreal Juniors 9 points to 1. Sherbrooke Castors defeated Cornwall Royals 9 points to 3. Sherbrooke Castors defeated Québec Remparts 8 points to 2. Goalkeeper - Tim Bernhardt, Cornwall Royals Left defence - Robert Picard, Montreal Juniors Right defence - Graeme Nicolson, Cornwall Royals Left winger - Jere Gillis, Sherbrooke Castors Centreman - Jean Savard, Québec Remparts Right winger - Lucien Deblois, Sorel Éperviers Coach - Yvan Gingras, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Second team Goalkeeper - Jean Belisle, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Left defence - Alain Myette, Shawinigan Dynamos Right defence - Mario Marois, Québec Remparts Left winger - Normand Dupont, Montreal Juniors Centreman - Sylvain Locas, Chicoutimi Saguenéens Right winger - Mike Bossy, Laval National Coach - Michel Bergeron, Trois-Rivières Draveurs List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars. President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Sherbrooke Castors Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Québec Remparts Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Lucien Deblois, Sorel Éperviers Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Jean Savard, Québec Remparts Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Tim Bernhardt, Cornwall Royals Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Robert Picard, Montreal Juniors Michel Bergeron Trophy - Rookie of the Year, Rick Vaive, Sherbrooke Castors Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Mike Bossy, Laval National Juniors Official QMJHL Website www.hockeydb.com/ 1975–76 QMJHL season QMJHL seasons Succeeded by 1977–78 QMJHL season This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 1976–77 QMJHL season. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. Categories: 1977 in hockey \| Quebec Major Junior Hockey League seasons This article uses material from the "1976–77 QMJHL season" article on the Ice Hockey wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line243
__label__cc	0.548445	0.451555	Adele Set - Fire To The Rain Tracey Chapman – Fast Car Ben E. King - Stand By Me Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire Carly Simon – You’re So Vain Amy Winehouse – Valerie Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis – I Told You So Dixie Chicks - Landslide Dolly Parton - Jolene Ed Sheeran - Lego House Lumineers – Oh Hey Alex Clare – Too Close Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Jason Mraz - I'm Yours Justin Bieber - Love Yourself Ed Sheeran – I See Fire Taylor Swift - Red Blackstreet - No Diggity Katy Perry - The One That Got Away Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong Little Big Town - Girl Crush Lorde - Royals Nashville- A Life That's Good Nick Jonas - Jealous Nickelback - Rockstar Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger Paolo Nutini - New Shoes Rihanna- Stay Rixton - Me And My Broken Heart Sam Smith - Like I Can Shawn Mendes - Stitches Sia - Titanium The Beatles - In My Life Train - Soul Sister Paolo Nutini - Candy Abi Phillips - Acoustic Artiste Abi’s musical background reaches back into her early teens where she would perform in her parent’s band. Since those days her love for music has grown insatiably and she is the proud owner of a large repertoire of songs that span across various genres including folk, country, pop and many sub-genres in between. Abi’s first significant break came after writing a song for Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks titled 'Missing You', which was written after being inspired by a lead characters storyline and later submitted, after which the song was used on the show. Following strong response to the song, executives from Hollyoaks arranged a meeting and subsequently Abi to audition for the part of Liberty – a musical character the show had been developing for some time. Abi has gained substantial experience through performing at some of the UK’s most prestigious events, large and small, including The Pride of Birmingham Awards, Paradise Wildlife Park, Children in Need and Kensington Roof Gardens to name just a few. More locally, Abi perform at cocktail bars, restaurants and eateries, bar openings and private functions/parties. Abi’s act can be tailored to your requirements. She has experience in solo acoustic performances, acoustic duets or as part of a larger set up as a 4, 5 or 6 piece band if that is what your particular event requires. Set lists can be provided however these are usually tailored to each event to ensure the best possible reaction from your guests.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line244
__label__wiki	0.539208	0.539208	Arts & Entertainment, People October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 NOT SO FAST: Bill Curran by Emme Duncan Written By: Emme Duncan A quick chat with Nantucket Film Festival Producer, Bill Curran. N MAGAZINE: How long have you been with the Nantucket Film Festival? CURRAN: I’ve been working at NFF for six years, the 2016 edition (June 22-27) will be my seventh. I moved to New York City straight out of college to work in television production as a production assistant. A valuable experience, but certainly not what I wanted to be doing! After a few years I found myself unemployed. On a whim I applied for a programming internship at the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF). It was unpaid, but I thought, this sounds right up my alley. I got the internship, started, and within minutes knew this was the kind of work I’d always wanted to do. So I buckled down, counted my pennies, did good work, and eventually got hired to run HIFF’s office during my first film festival. That experience led to an interview with NFF, which led to my first NFF working as a coordinator. I’m now the Festival Producer, three years and counting. N MAGAZINE: What was your favorite film (or films) from last year’s 20th anniversary Nantucket Film Festival? CURRAN: Impossible question, the first of two. But if you’re going to twist my arm, I’ll say The Wolfpack. It bowled me over when I first saw it at Sundance: by turns perplexing, heartbreaking, funny, and life-affirming. It goes beyond its stranger-than-fiction circumstances, and never condescends these kids. I could go on and on about this film. I’d also single out Queen of Earth, Inside Out, The End of the Tour, and Best of Enemies. N MAGAZINE: What are your top three favorite films of all time? CURRAN: Impossible question, number two. I cherish so many films and filmmakers. Today, I’ll say The Searchers, Blow Out, and Yi Yi. And anything by Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, and Jean Renoir. N MAGAZINE: NFF has partnered with The Dreamland to put together year-round programming here on island: NFF Now. Tell us a little about how this program came about and why it’s so important. CURRAN: When Mystelle Brabbee took over as Executive Director, one of the first initiatives we talked about was off-season programming on the island. We knew that Melissa Murphy, Executive Director at the Dreamland, was also very eager to expand their film offerings. With the Dreamland’s successful (re-)launch in June 2012, we knew pretty quickly that we would make excellent partners. It just made sense. We both care about bringing new and interesting films to the island. While there are sometimes great films coming out in wide release each week, we all agreed that independent cinema should thrive on Nantucket, and not just during the week of NFF. We also understood that, practically speaking, some islanders can’t make it to dozens of screenings during NFF. This was another way to see the kinds of films we love and curate, outside of the film festival. So we started small in early 2014, with great little documentaries like Oma & Bella. And in response to the success of these first few screenings, we’re now programming eight NFF Now films a year! N MAGAZINE: What is the selection process for the films you choose to screen with NFF Now? CURRAN: As I mentioned, we started with documentaries, but we’ve since widen the net to include American independent films like Cake and While We’re Young, and foreign titles like Force Majeure. Our film program director, Basil Tsiokos, spearheads and leads the selection process. Between Basil, Mystelle, and myself, we have a pretty good sense of what’s being released in select theaters before NFF, and what films we saw and loved at other major film festivals after NFF. We compile our lists. Sometimes the choice is clear, like Cake: the screenplay won our Showtime Screenplay Competition in 2013, so naturally we felt it was important for Nantucket to get a chance to see it in theaters. It mostly comes down to timing. We have a good sense of what our audience responds to, so we all discuss, bounce our ideas off Melissa, and go from there. N MAGAZINE: The upcoming NFF Now screening (Sunday, October 11th at 1 P.M. at the Dreamland) is a collection of short animated films geared towards children. Can you give us a couple highlights from the group? CURRAN: Family-friendly offerings are really important to us at NFF. We’ve had great fun with our Kids’ Shorts offerings at the film festival over the years. Re-screening this program during Arts Festival has now become an annual tradition. This year’s group of short films are all animated and all delightful. They vary in size and shape, from the hand-drawn beauty of The Mitten to the fantastic CGI imagery in The Alchemist’s Letter. Many are very charming, like The Present and the Oscar-nominated Me and My Moulton. It’s a great program, selected by our Associate Programmer, Sarah Salovaara. N MAGAZINE: While this upcoming screening is marketed for children, what makes this group of films fun for adults as well? CURRAN: I think adults will appreciate the whimsy and the intelligence on display in many of these films. Some feature stunning animation like Seventh Heaven and some deliver a great film in a short, sweet, and unforgettable little package, like The Present. This program made many kids smile and laugh at NFF, and, hey, who doesn’t love that? N MAGAZINE: What are the dates for future NFF Now screenings? And can you give us any info on what those featured films might be? CURRAN: We’re still working on our November selection, but the screening will take place on Thursday, November 19. We take a break for the holidays and are back with NFF Now on January 21. Mark your calendars! N MAGAZINE: Any exciting things already in the works for the 21st annual NFF next summer that our readers can look forward to? CURRAN: It’s too early to spoil any surprises! But suffice it to say, we’re already very much at work on next year’s NFF. In fact, we just opened up submission to the Film Festival (features and shorts), as well as submissions for our Screenplay Competitions. Entertainment, Film, Nantucket Film Festival Emme Duncan More from Emme Duncan TOP TAKEAWAYS FROM #TNP7 Understanding understanding. That was the theme of last weekend’s 7th annual Nantucket... NOT SO FAST: Marcus Foley + Alana Cullen MORNING MIKA PREPPING FOR SUMMER	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line246
__label__cc	0.667744	0.332256	Nastasya Parker Author of contemporary fiction Twitter @NastasyaParker Tag: New Hampshire Satisfaction: Friend or Foe? This Week’s Bit of String: A plugless bath and cellophaned TVs ‘We only bought this place a month ago, so we’re just starting renovations,’ the inn owner tells us, through an American accent so thick it sounds as if she’s chewing something. The three-storey building smells of paint and the rooms we’ve booked have nothing apart from mismatched beds and dressers and a sole, tiny framed picture of the inn on the wall. She points out the smart TV, and the whisper-thin curtain around the claw-foot bathtub with shower fixture. After we’ve wandered up the sparse street to the general store for a dinner of grinders, and eaten whoopie pies over a travel-sized game of Trouble, we unwrap the telly’s protective plastic to find there’s no antenna or cable so we can’t watch anything but YouTube. We can’t use the bathtub because there’s no plug or drain cover, anywhere. The White Mountains But we are on an adventure; we’ve just driven through New Hampshire’s White Mountains in a thunderstorm, watching lightning pounce from black clouds, attempting to pierce a slope’s heavy leafy coat. We’ve been wondering as we travel: What were these bedrooms used for before last month? Who forged the paths through these mountains and started it all? As my husband pondered, ‘Did they think the rest of New Hampshire was too crowded?’ As a species we require a certain amount of dissatisfaction to spur us on. As writers we need to be perpetually on our toes, slow to satisfaction with what we create. Perhaps it’s a gift to get no satisfaction. What sort of goal is satisfaction, anyway? ‘A Toast to the Groom…’ We’re visiting slightly off-season time because my brother got married at the weekend. We’ve partied and I’ve delivered one of the most important things I have ever written: a wedding toast. It was a huge honour. But how do you make a wish for two people that will apply to the rest of their hopefully very long lives? ‘To marry would be an awfully big adventure…’ In Hamilton, a wedding toast song wishes that the couple may always be satisfied. But I’m not sure about that. It seems simultaneously a low bar and an unrealistically high one. Maybe I’m scarred by the term satisfactory, which thanks to OFSTED school inspection standards sinks year by year from a backhanded compliment to an ever closer neighbour of ‘Needs Improvement.’ Recent Education Ministers clearly haven’t noticed the Latin root of the word. Satis means enough, a fact which Dickens trolled in Great Expectations when he named Miss Havisham’s home Satis House. While blessed with enough materially speaking, Miss Havisham suffered a severe deficiency in her love life. After all, while dissatisfaction sometimes motivates us to seek something better, at other times it slithers into hopelessness, enticing us to curl up and let the cobwebs take over. Staying Hungry Sated means an appetite has been filled. It’s supposed to be a good thing, but I associate it with the stupor following midday Sunday roasts. The sun might shine outside, my child would run around wanting to play, and everyone would just slump in front of a Formula One race. Sated but deeply unsatisfied at spending a day thus, I often ended up walking a long, three-mile circuit with my son instead. This is Ramadan, when Muslims fast during the daytime hours. Other religions use fasting too. When we willingly deprive our bodies, it can help direct our souls and minds to seek deeper fulfillment. (Willingness is key; Maslow was on to something with his Hierarchy of Needs. If physical needs are completely disregarded, one can’t truly develop other aspects of his or her being). A prick of hunger, a germ of dissatisfaction, may motivate us to improve, seek, experiment. How often do we feel moved to create a great work out of contentment? It’s usually need that drives us. Writing While Hungry A big world to explore. In my latest Twitter poll, I asked writers if they’re ever truly satisfied with their work. Forty-one percent responded with Never, twenty-six percent said Not quite, and twenty-nine percent ticked the box for It’ll do. Only four percent—I think that’s just one person—chose the option Sure, why wouldn’t I be? I’m currently pushing on through edits on a novel. There are parts I’m not sure I’ll ever be satisfied with. But instead of discouraging me, it usually thrills me to know it’ll get better. Ideas will keep popping up, characters will continue to speak, to scratch their heads and change their minds and pivot in their paths. It would be anticlimactic to write a perfect first draft. Where’s the adventure and rewarding effort in that? There’s a line I love in Browning’s poem Andrea del Sarto, about a Renaissance artist who laments his work as being soulless despite its unblemished form. ‘Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?’ I think relationships are similar. Being satisfied by someone is great. But we don’t always have to be satisfied with them. We’re allowed to want more, to explore our partner further, to grab their hand and haul them out to explore with us. I paraphrased a line from my novel The Wrong Ten Seconds in my wedding toast: ‘May your love be at once a shelter and a quest, a safe place from which to journey forth and discover more great things.’ We need hope in our lives, and choice, and inspiration. If they’re around, I’ll take adventure over satisfaction; stormy mountains over baths with drain covers. How about you? 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__label__wiki	0.883733	0.883733	Sony launches crowdfunding platform for its own new products June 30, 2015 Robert The Verge See the original posting on The Verge Sony has launched a new crowdfunding platform designed to find and finance projects developed by Sony employees. The platform, called First Flight, is part of an effort by the Japanese company to promote new business ideas as it tries to drive itself back to profitability. In addition to crowdfunding new projects, First Flight will also let backers directly buy and pre-order new devices developed by Sony workers. Planting The Seed: Silicon Valley, Mind Control And Finding Order In Chaos June 30, 2015 Robert TechCrunch See the original posting on TechCrunch “The seed that we planted in this man’s mind may change everything.” – Dom Cobb (Inception). While this quote reads to most with only a Leonardo DiCaprio-style swagger, it is rapidly becoming the prophecy of many innovators. From Silicon Alley to Silicon Valley, investors are captivated by startups leveraging research in cognitive science to affect user behavior. Read More Apple Music Hits The Right Note On International Availability And Pricing It’s still early days for Apple Music, the newly launched streaming service, as the world chews over its user interface, initial service issues, that Beats 1 radio station and other unexpected factors. But two areas where the U.S. company has hit the right notes are international availability and pricing. Read More Mark Zuckerberg says we’ll be able to send emotions to each other soon Mark Zuckerberg believes that one day we’ll be able to directly share emotions, thoughts, and sensory feedback with each other, just as we currently share text, photos, and videos through social networks. “You’ll be able to think of something and your friends will immediately be able to experience it too,” the Facebook CEO said, his comments coming as part of a lengthy question-and-answer session hosted on the wall of his own Facebook profile. In addition to telepathy, Zuckerberg addressed a wide range of topics during the session, including Facebook’s AI research efforts, the social network’s real name policy, and the inspiration for poking. 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Watch Kendrick Lamar’s bold, cinematic video for ‘Alright’ Kendrick Lamar’s magnum opus To Pimp a Butterfly didn’t have many obvious single candidates, but the smooth, soulful Pharrell production “Alright” was one of them. It now has an ambitious music video to match that candidacy, one directed by Colin Tilley and The Little Homies. (Tilley is a veteran music video director, one who has done fine work for Nicki Minaj and Kelly Rowland.) It’s consistent with the righteous anger and fear that defined its parent album. There’s no shortage of striking imagery throughout “Alright”: graphic police brutality, the Los Angeles skyline cast in soft, smoggy light, and Kendrick floating through the city’s streets with fire in his eyes. There’s a piece of new music, too, which you can hear from 2:03… Listen to everything Zane Lowe said during the first hour of Beats 1 IS THERE AN ARTIST OUT THERE THAT MORE PERFECTLY EMBODIES THE FREEWHEELING NATURE OF CREATIVITY THAN BECK? 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Read More Tonight, Jupiter and Venus meet in a summer sky June 30, 2015 Robert LA Times Science See the original posting on LA Times Science It’s been a slow summer dance as Venus and Jupiter have sidled up to one another over the month of June, but tonight is the night of the big rendezvous: Conjunction, when the two planets will appear close enough in the night sky to kiss.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line252
__label__wiki	0.933447	0.933447	Londonderry integrated primary school earmarked for closure April 10, 2019 Comment(0) Image copyright Google Image caption The school has a capacity for 74 pupils Plans have been drawn up to close one of Londonderry’s two integrated primary schools. The Education Authority (EA) proposal recommends the closure of Groarty Integrated Primary School, which it said is no longer sustainable. The school has an enrolment of 32 pupils. A consultation will be carried out before a final decision is made. The EA has recommended the school should close in 2020. The school, which opened in 1856, became integrated primary in 2006 and is the only one of its type in Derry’s cityside. Principal Tina Keys said the school “has met the needs of all communities over the past 150 years”. “Since last week a proposal for closure of our school has been issued,” she added. “The school community are saddened to hear that integrated provision in the cityside is under threat. “Our priority, as always is to continue to meet the needs of the children and we hope that the community can support us in this.” ‘My son loves it’ Ms Keys said she planned to meet Derek Baker, the permanent secretary of the Department of Education, and would do “as much as we can to keep our school open”. Speaking to BBC Radio Foyle, Catherine Doran, whose son – who has autism – attends the school, said she was disappointed. “My son runs in the door in the morning, he loves it,” she added. “He has special educational needs and he would be lost at a mainstream school. “It’s the only school where I walked in and thought: ‘This is where I want him to be.'” The school’s parents’ committee plans to challenge the proposed closure. The EA’s consultation document recommends that “Groarty Controlled Integrated Primary School discontinues with effect from 31 August 2020”. It states that the school, which has a capacity for 74 pupils, has “experienced low enrolment numbers over the past 10 years”. “The enrolment statistics show that while the school has remained steady for the last few years, the school still presents with sustainability concerns,” it adds. Alternatives to closure, including a campus share with a nearby gaelscoil, have been ruled out, said the EA. The consultation closes on 13 June. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47871632 ‘Schools should have consistent policy on phones’ Image copyright Children’s Commissioner’s OfficeImage caption Anne Longfield urges schools to be bold about phone use Pupils in schools where smartphones are banned like being free of the associated pressures, says England’s Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield. Ms Longfield said schools across England should have a consistent approach to the use of mobile phones. She told […] Reality Check: Are exam changes affecting what students study? In recent years, there has been a clear shift away from the arts, modern languages and a handful of social sciences at both GCSEs and A-levels. Since 2013, the number of A-level entries in arts subjects, which include drama, music and art, in England has fallen by 14,000, almost 15%. Similarly, there has been an […] Image copyright Getty Images The first schools and colleges to teach new technical qualifications called T-levels have been announced. From 2020, they will offer teenagers in England courses in construction, digital, and education and childcare. Each course will include a three-month work placement and are intended as vocational alternatives to A-levels. Prime Minister Theresa May […] Anak Krakatau: Collapsed volcano’s tsunami simulated Wales promotes council tax discounts for mentally impaired MP Chris Davies unseated after petition triggers by-election June 21, 2019 Mark Field suspended as minister after grabbing activist June 21, 2019 ‘Living drug’ offers hope to terminal blood cancer patients June 21, 2019 Chennai water: How India’s sixth biggest city is coping with shortages June 20, 2019 UK winner claims £123m EuroMillions prize June 20, 2019 BBC to review vetting process after criticism of Tory leadership debate June 20, 2019 2018 newsheadlines.today	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line253
__label__wiki	0.626569	0.626569	Boladei Igali: Remembering Mama Goldcoast Dickson – An Ode To The Idyllic African Mother By: Boladei Igali, Phd The dates Thursday 6th to Sunday 8th of December 2018, would be remembered as very special on the calendar of times as men and women from far and wide join the Dickson family of Toru-Orua in Bayelsa State to bid farewell and perform the last rites of passage in honour of their matriarch, Madam Goldcoast Dickson. Known more fondly as Mama Gogo by her close friends and family, she yielded to the cold hands of death on that dim and dreary morning of Wednesday, 8th August 2018, in far way Houston, Texas, United States of America. It was after barely seven months of any visible and serious illness. But then she succumbed gallantly and courageously to the hands of Lung Cancer at the age of 72 years. Unlike her son, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson and his siblings who come from Toru-Orua in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Mama Goldcoast’s nativity was actually on the other side of the Forcados River in the town of Angiama in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State. She was born in 1946 into the relatively comfortable family of a cheery-hearted sailor, Oruama Nipe, known more by the sobriquet- Captain Nipe. The two communities, Toru-Orua and Angiama and several others now divided in two states, lie peacefully on the banks of the Forcados which is a major distributary of the River Niger. The Forcados meanders for 198 kilometres and washes into the Bight of Benin on the Atlantic Ocean. In his typical luxuriant use of water imageries for his works, ace Writer and Poet, Prof JP Clark, similar to Wole Soyinka’s depictions of the hills and rocks of Abeokuta, brings out the rich interplay of humanity, culture and mystical sanctity of the Forcados River. Today, one of Nigeria’s most priced crude oil facilities, the Forcados Oil Terminal, has brought new visibility to the river. But for centuries, the people of Ijaw ethnic nationality, to which the two communities and their neighbours including Urhobos and Isokos intermingled, intermarried and crossbred among themselves and raised worthy heirs like the happy and bouncing baby girl, Goldcoast. Like many others of her time and perhaps even today, life goes on totally oblivious of the political delineations. Interestingly, at the time when Mama Goldcoast was born, both banks of the River Forcados were part of the Western Region although the rest of their ethnic kith and kin, all hitherto of the Oil Rivers Protectorate which was created in 1884 and later Niger Coast Protectorate in 1893 remained in the Eastern Region. It was later as a result of delineations and counter boundary adjustments that the Forcados River became a convenient natural division of what was Rivers State from Mid-West and Bendel States and finally Delta State from Bayelsa State. The life of Mama Gogo is interesting and astounding from many sides. Primarily, she epitomized the very essence of motherhood. It remains a great mystery for reasons which only God Himself is the interpreter why the daunting task of regenerating humanity and the grace of ensuring that humankind is protected was left with our women folk. There is absolutely nothing more worthy and sacrificial than the fact that God entrusts the future of all of humanity on our mothers bearing the bitter-sweet burden of the period of neonatal and maternal formation. And then on, raising and nurturing the infants, ensuring their proper growth and preparing them for effective and productive lives. Our mothers protect all of humanity to ensure that life is more meaningful beyond birth and ensure that the fruit of their wombs are able to lead purposeful and meaningful existence and in dignity. The joy of most mothers unarguably is to ensure that their offsprings live more fulfilled and impactful lives than them. But beyond that, many mothers have to carry out these awesome expectations in special cultural melee in which they find themselves. For Mama Goldcoast, she typified the hopes and aspirations of most young women from the Niger Delta: growing up in the swamps, in the creeks and rivulets, fishing and practicing peasant farming. She also like other girls of her time had to pursue only basic western education which was often truncated, prematurely. These were in circumstances in which female children were not the most favoured for such upliftment even by the most loving fathers. Girls who were able to get any level of learning were few in numbers. Sadly, Girls Child Education continues to lag behind in many parts of the world including Nigeria . The experience of Pakistani child crusader, Malala Yousafzai and the Chibok Girls are poignant reminders of the plight of many girls whose inner quest for knowledge are often eclipsed quite subtlety or overtly by all forms of barriers. Typical of the experience in a common African rural setting, the young Goldcoast was soon to lose her sailor father at a young age below seven. This is not surprising because, as it was, the bare circumstances of existence made life expectancy in Africa very low. Even today, life expectancy in a place like Nigeria is 54.7 for men and 55 years for women but in say Sweden, as it is in most developed countries, it is well over 80 years and 84 years respectively. The 1950s when she was growing up were particularly endemic with various global diseases such as contagion, swine disease, yellow fever, small pox and malaria around the world. Indeed, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) called this era, “the era of mass diseases”. This was mostly as a result of the after effect of the Second World War which ended in 1945 and the simple easy flow of diseases across national boundaries. This was also to occur with the case of Cholera, a waterborne disease, in the late 1960s and early 1970s which decimated the communities of the Niger Delta. Following the death of her father, like many children with such tragedy, she moved on to live with relations and had to combine rather tenuously, the life of growing to make her mark in the bigger competitive setting of extended family. Many young women around us are going through not too different undulating circumstances of life, subjecting them to vagaries that only God could provide answers. But few come out with results that are often more hopeful than at the times when they started. Mama Gogo stood out for her diligence, strength of character, hard work and faith. In this same plot of life, she soon found herself married out as a tender young woman to a renowned and wealthy leader of his people, Chief Dickson Nanaye, who had gained fame from across the area. Chief Dickson was a strong man, a wrestler of great fame, a wealthy trader and a traditional ruler. He was a man of ebullient physical endowment, respect and was obviously the delight of all the women. The famous writer, Cyprian Ekwensi, puts it succinctly in his book the Passport of Mallam Illia when he said “… days when men were men and the hearts of women were won by men who deserve them”. It was not surprising that by the time Goldcoast came into the family, he was already a renowned polygamist. His fecundity was equally lavish. The young woman therefore had to take her cue and grew up both as a wife and almost as a daughter with this powerful and adoring spouse. Though her husband was successful in his own right, each woman in such circumstance sought for herself an activity of worth. In this, the youngest wife, Mama Gogo stood out as her gift of entrepreneurship and enterprise endeared her to her husband who supported her quite quickly to stamp her imprimatur as a thrift and resourceful trader selling fish, petroleum products and native liquor in all the popular markets at the time. Relatedly, each diligent wife in such places was not to sit and wait for their husband but take care of their children more directly. Even for a man like Dickson Nanaye who himself acquired education quite early, each wife was to work hard and ensure that her children did not lag behind. When moments came and her star son, the young lanky Henry Seriake, whose physical mien replicate his paternity, was to go to post primary school, but could have had to wait on the queue for his bigger siblings to take the precedence, Mama Goldcoast was well able and prepared to support. She ensured that he proceeded unhindered. This saw him and his other siblings always ahead on matters of education in the nuclear family of a few dozens. Many in the local environment recall the lonely nights and days when she had to risk her life paddling a dugout canoe single-handedly to pursue her trading ventures in other communities to support her husband, but more ensure that her children had a good life and acquired education. Today her story is not amiss. Far and wide, we see African mothers, under rain and sunshine, sometimes running in between moving vehicles, sometimes with an advanced pregnancy or a baby on their backs, hawking whatever they can, just for the common good of family. Others work tireless on the farms or sell in markets for long hours or just roast plantain, corn or yam by the roadside or put their lives on the line in other unusual and unimaginable forms; just for their families. Many have asked where Madan Goldcoast Dickson, like a lot of these women, get their strength from? Hers was simple – faith. Faith defined by unyielding bended knees. Knees that go before the presence of God, unstoppably to demand succour, demand mercy, demand breakthrough and demand the abiding help of God. Another nugget which those who knew Mama Dickson well and eulogize her life speak about is her strength of character in remaining strong in the midst of life’s tides and tumbles. So she raised all her children by making them know that what mattered at the end of the day is God and character. Till she left to receive medical treatment outside the shores of Nigeria, all who were around the Government House, Yenagoa, will attest that she was most times the first to arrive for morning devotion or for any of the regular Christian activities which have become part of the rituals of her son, Henry Seriake Dickson, as Governor of the State. More than that, most times her relationship with her son whom she had at the young age of barely 20 years was as that of a sister, a friend and a confidante. Occasionally, she would give him the very archetypical Ijaw greeting by calling him with the praise titles “Kule” of the heroic past of his forebears. Indeed the heroism of the Dickson family and the Orua people had been well shared with the whole world by Prof JP Clark in his epical work, Ozidi which hit global literally headlines in the 1960s. But for this proud mother, her interface with her son always ended with the Ijaw word “agbalaworimi” literally meaning “I have you on my back”. In Ijaw world view, this is the highest assurance which a mother or senior female can give to her child or younger person, which as it were means, “I am bearing you tightly to myself.” Or put differently, it is much like the mother hen standing in the gap and providing cover for her brood with her full wings and with all her God given strength. The mystery of man’s rites of passage from the pre-life moments of conception, the rites of birth and growth, the rites of adolescence and parentage up to the last rites of death and funeral are indispensable. We must pass through them. Of all these, the most inscrutable are the stages before life on earth and what happens in the afterlife. Most religious schools including traditional knowledge believe in some form of predestination at the pre-life stage. In Ijaw world view, there is the concept of “biboye”, – what is asked denoting as it were, that we tend to choose or agree with our creator on how our lives on earth would be lived through. This seems to give some solace as we go through the vicissitudes of life hopeful that whatever roads we have to take are part of a supernatural plan of which we are in a way, party to and would end well. The rest of the matrix squares up as we see the hereafter determined essentially by our choices and actions here. Madam Goldcoast Dickson lived illustriously and carried her cross, by herself, with candour. As is the way of men, she’s gone to what St Augustine called the “City of God” to lay her cross down at the feet of the Master. Death they say comes with a sting, a sting because of the pain which we will eventually bare from the physical loss of our loved ones, whom we piteously must inter to mother earth. It was the Apostle Paul, one of the greatest Christian scholars, jurist and theologian who narrated God’s word audaciously that, “Oh death where is thy sting?” He concluded rhetorically that that pang of death no longer exists. Yes, it no longer exists where life has become laced with virtue, honour and praiseworthiness. From humble beginnings, most African mothers under some of the incredulously complicated, inexplicable and difficult circumstances continue to raise their offspring believing, like Mama Gogo did, that their hope and hard work will be rewarded by God Himself. No wonder, her son, Seriake, whose has assumed the “kule” of ofirima pepe” – The great White Shark is not only one of Nigeria’s most outstanding politicians of our times but turned Bayelsa to the epicentre of development and progress, nationwide. The world now gathers in Bayelsa and Delta States to honour an African woman, an emblem, a symbol and a pride of the beauty of motherhood and virtue. But in hearts of all other toiling and caring African mothers, from Cairo to Cape Coast, from Potiskum to Port-Harcourt, let hope and faith resonate aglow. Adieu Mama Gogo. May you now find true rest and peace with your God even as we celebrate your amazing life. Dr. Igali is a Diplomat, Administrator and award winning Author Related Topics:Boladei IgaliDelta StateMadam Goldcoast Dickson Abigail Anaba: The Quality of Teachers Vs Quantity of Teachers In Oyo State Being Able To Leave Your Country Is An Indispensable Professional Necessity – The Discriminatory Visa Regulations “I Want A Man Around” – Tales of an Emerging Community of Nigerian Women Escaping Abusive Relationships PDP Members Dump Party for APC In Dramatic Fashion Former Governor James Ibori Appeals 2012 Fraud Conviction	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line254
__label__cc	0.731399	0.268601	[PC] Test the track! 3bishi Registered on: May 2017 [PC] Test the track! May 23, 2017 5:46:55 GMT Post by 3bishi on May 23, 2017 5:46:55 GMT May 23, 2017 4:27:09 GMT fakefurball said: Can u share the link？ River of Mirrors has the link in it, but here it is outside of the html text rsg.ms/28ff9bb I should be more careful and read the whole thread before replying. First of all,like u said it's really the umpiest area around mirrors lake lol.I guess u didnt want to make it a proper race because some of the stunt tracks are not connected to the roads,but if u improve it in some ways it can be a nice track for everybody to relax after finishing a long traditional playlist. The first problem I want to talk about is that you should add a wall or something at the second checkpoint because u have blocked the inside but there is no obvious indication of this left turn outside,besides,the checkpoint can be better if u place it in front of the "STOP' on the ground. The second issue is that the elevated stunt track isnt connected to the river bed properly,when u drive on the stunt track there must be a surprisingly jump before u go down to the river bed and this can cause serious accident when put into playlist. The third problem is the stunt tubes u used in corners,though it can prevent players from cutting corners,but the placement is not like what other NoDo experienced creators,it's hard to describe,u can learn this from other creators tracks like OvivoJR's. The last thing I want to say is that though there're some issues in this track,but the driving experience can be a lot better if u change it into a track without all of the problems I've mentioned.And things about eye-pleasing,I dont think it really matters because when players are racing in a playlist,they focus more on the 'driving experience' not something just about beuaty or the art of placement.It's really really a subjective thing,what im doing in creation is to save props and use them for improving the route or something not about eye-pleasing.But if u want to make it a proper racing track,u should make your track nice looking. And anybody wants to test my Progen T20 Grand Prix? rsg.ms/47b63e3 fakefurball Registered on: February 2017 Steam: nb_ff Social Club: fakefurbal Discord: nb_ff#6125 [PC] Test the track! May 23, 2017 13:42:39 GMT Post by fakefurball on May 23, 2017 13:42:39 GMT Thanks 3bishi I went through and made some changes to the stunt track pieces. I've also changed/removed some of the tube apexes. I'll happily look at your track when I get back home today. R* SC: FakeFurball [PC] Test the track! May 24, 2017 0:33:05 GMT via mobile May 23, 2017 13:42:39 GMT fakefurball said: Dude the link I've shared before in the comment is a bumpy track,lol,so can u test this track? rsg.ms/7dc1164 Progen T20 Blaine County! ps1lencer Registered on: June 2017 [PC] Test the track! Jun 19, 2017 18:14:17 GMT Post by ps1lencer on Jun 19, 2017 18:14:17 GMT May 24, 2017 0:33:05 GMT 3bishi said: Hello, I'm super new to the community. I've played the track above and found out it is a decent one in my view. I am not a racing or creator expert but I will try to give a review.The majority of props are very well-placed. However, there are a few things that make me curious. First of all, why am I seeing the title and the description in Chinese on the web? Also, there is one prop(a wall ride) that's in color black&yellow instead of the theme color of the track, did you do that on purpose? And finally, I'm kinda confused by this group of props right here. And here is my track I want people to give it a try, Fort Zancudo Rallye. It's a rally-cross track, very short one. Please give me feedbacks on my creation. This track is only my third creation so far, the first twos are my kinda trial and error. I am so inspired by the track showcases series that I want to learn creating a track myself. I know I still have many things to learn. Last Edit: Jun 19, 2017 18:16:07 GMT by ps1lencer Amaranthinia Registered on: July 2017 [PC] Test the track! Jul 17, 2017 5:04:16 GMT Post by Amaranthinia on Jul 17, 2017 5:04:16 GMT Critique for Fort Zancudo Rallye 0.66 [http://bit.ly/2utLaJ4] Starting off with the alternate routes, I really like this grass path. I think it flows really nicely. I also really like the prop usage around the corners! It makes it look much nicer than it would plain. I love how the track is all enclosed in a small area! It feels focused on the location rather than a big sprawl all over the map. Things to fix: First things first, I may be wrong, but I believe "Rallye" should be "Rally". I'd like to see all the hills to be smoother. Whatever prop you use to go up and down should be replaced with custom slopes using the override position and slope functions. I'm not really familiar with the GTA content creator, but you should look to the Halo Forge track creating community to see how to create better hills. Here's a quick link to a tutorial I found on the subject>>>> bit.ly/2v8xAIU On the road fork where the tracks split, I'd like to see a triangle divider to even more clearly emphasize the two options. I'd also like to see some more barriers along both sides of the road, like in the lead up to the split. Link to my track: socialclub.rockstargames.com/member/Amaranthinia/games/gtav/jobs/job/Oj4UhGSp4kCdbySABq7W5g?platformId=8 About the track: Location: Vinewood Hills Length: 7.44 Miles This track is a skill tester and training circuit I use to try and get better at my racing composure, lines, and cornering. It takes about 8 minutes to complete. I have yet to get a clean lap, so I'm hoping this community can get one. My best is about 7:40. [PC] Test the track! Aug 19, 2017 7:25:27 GMT Post by ps1lencer on Aug 19, 2017 7:25:27 GMT My thought on Amaranthinia's Vinewood Hills Grand Prix First of all, I've to say thank you for taking your time reviewing my track. It's my very first creation in the Creator, so there are still many things to learn and improve myself. And here's my opinion on the Vinewood Hills GP; It absolutely is a skill-tesing track, however it feels too long to be that kind of track for me. If I want to improve my driving skill by spending many laps on a single track over and over again, I'd prefer a shorter track so that I could remember what to do the next lap. Also, most part of the route is extremely tight and narrow that you can't really race with other people on this track. I am not a fan of a circuit around Vinewood Hills in the first place, since there are so many things along side of the road that can be hitted and stop you dead. Still, I can see that you put your thought on choosing each technical corners in the track Now, let's talk about things I think needed to have some fixes. 1) Checkpoint issues; - 1.1) Some CPs are so close that it feels unnecessary, for example CP3 - CP4 (not counting Start/Finish CP as CP1). However, most of the cases are that they are too far apart. The biggest issue I found is CP21 and CP22. It is very confusing, so confusing that the game itself warned me for being on the wrong way while I followed the right route you are intended people to do. 2) Props usage issues; - 2.1) I think the first section of the track, city section where you sink down some stunt tracks, needs more barriers of some kind, if you really want people not to go wider than your racing line. - 2.2) The use of direction-indicating tire wall signs. In some corners, the signs indicate completely opposite direction to the CPs. The most gigantic example is CP49, in this case people will see the signs first rather than the CP itself. If they are not paying attention to the mini map, it might cause a problem. - 2.3) Stunt raised track creation; they are quite rough and bumpy. When driving slightly upwards to the end of the raised track , it's kinda difficult to know exactly which direction you have to go. If you fall down, there is almost no chance to get back on. Barriers of some kind are needed to prevent people falling off or adding a CP in the middle of the raised track so that people could respawn. I'd prefer using wider stunt track props here as well. That's all the improvement I think should be done to the track. Due to the track being quite long, I am not able to make a full coverage review. My apology. Here is my another track I want people to try it out: Land Act Campione. It is a quite short trophy truck track around Land Act reservior. If you found any issues racing on the track, feel free to speak it out here. For people who doesn't want to make a review, you can just play it and vote like/dislike at the end of the race as a feedback. Thank you! rsg.ms/3be6520 Last Edit: Sept 12, 2017 12:42:07 GMT by ps1lencer anysparx Up For Racing Social Club: anysparx Discord: 5n0#2688 [PC] Test the track! Apr 17, 2018 0:30:44 GMT Post by anysparx on Apr 17, 2018 0:30:44 GMT I don't agree on "You suck at making tracks" as an option but most liky nobody will be so savege to use it. This is better then the rating option we should bring the review track on discord if possible (I'm a scrub i don't like the forum). l0wb4tt3ry Registered on: March 2017 Steam: L0WB4TTERY Social Club: L0WB4TT3RY [PC] Test the track! Apr 20, 2018 20:56:37 GMT Post by l0wb4tt3ry on Apr 20, 2018 20:56:37 GMT Thoughts on Land Act Campione Positives' Nice track with some challenging corners. All CPs' are well spaced and had no issues missing any. I'm not a fan of the hay bale corner props as I seemed to have an issue getting stuck on them a few times. If you're aiming to have a more serious track, the rock prop you put in doesn't work. While I can appreciate you default it to non-contact, there isn't a lot of space for overtaking when contact is enabled. I admit this is a problem of the location and as such isn't something you could easily fix. My own track La Mesa Grand Prix I'm still fairly new to the whole Creator, but I'm open to any criticisms you may have of the track. I'm aiming for a more serious type track, it is fairly fast paced with my best lap being around 2:43. Thanks! My greatest track to date: La Mesa Grand Prix May or may not also be my only proper track lukebrizoux Registered on: April 2018 Steam: Luke Brizoux Social Club: LukeBrizoux Discord: LUKE BRIZOUX#8972 Post by lukebrizoux on Apr 21, 2018 13:35:53 GMT Thoughts on La Mesa Grand Prix: The track is fast paced and I had an enjoyable time driving around it, the props were thematically consistent and I think its nice that you can see other parts of the track. Improvements I would look for: The entrance to the pit lane I found somewhat confusing as I wasn't sure which way was the correct way and which entered the pit so making it more obvious would be nice. I also think altering the props on the outside of the corners would be nice as there were a few locations where I would imagine it would be faster to wallride rather than brake and take the corner properly. Bare in mind all of this was done in a lobby by myself if you would like to have another person to race the track with let me know. I agree with you on the pit lane entrance, but wasn't sure how best to fix it. I've added a wall now to divide it off sooner which will hopefully that will help. What do you think of the exit to the pit lane? I'm not sure if it is too tight but if it is made wider I think it would cut into the main track too much. I've tried to fix the wall-ride-able corners that I noticed, but if you spot any other please point them out! If you think having an extra person to race with would help to find more issues, then by all means! Thanks again! inspector13 Steam: Knuckledragger13 Social Club: Inspector13 Discord: Inspector13#5929 Post by inspector13 on May 14, 2018 21:05:07 GMT I'm pretty new to creating races (I've made two) and would love some feed back from the community on my track. It's a Transform GFred race with custom vehicles (if you have the vehicles you transform into it will use your custom vehicle). I added the La Mesa Grand Prix so I can play it next time I log in. rsg.ms/cda6293 [PC] Test the track! Feb 19, 2019 5:52:19 GMT Post by fakefurball on Feb 19, 2019 5:52:19 GMT Apr 20, 2018 20:56:37 GMT l0wb4tt3ry said: Thoughts on La Mesa Grand Prix Decently fun, especially if you enjoy going fast. While a common area for these style of races, there is a reason it's popular. The routing is interesting, and while it could use some improvement, I think the general direction of the track is enjoyable Although maybe a positive - it seems that most of the challenge comes from how well one is able to deal with high-speed bumps and hairpins, and there are few turns that fall between those extremes. This is an issue with the area, although you may be able to install chicanes to slow racers before hairpins? There are a few track extensions which are rough - the sharp transitions are likely to throw racers off the track completely, and if you're not prepared could end with your car upside down. A few prop choices should be re-thought - some lamposts and concrete barriers would be better served with a single track piece stuck into the ground acting as a wall. Consider also narrowing the track in some places, as that could slow racers down before tricky sections. Consider doing a pass over the checkpoint placement - I find that in a few areas I don't immediately know where to go. An imgur album with photos showing areas that could use improvement I have not had a chance to review the TransFRED race yet, and will try to get to it this week. My new race is called Observatory Loop, a difficult, technical race with a few tricky areas - specific feedback I'm looking for is on the fast section just before the second pass through the tunnel - do you think it should be slower through there? I find it's fun, but the off-camber turn and bumps in the natural road make it tough to get just right. The final turn (the start/finish line) is also a sore spot, but if ya'll think it's fine then it is what it is; I can't tell if it's faster to jump off the wall or not, and I'm not sure whether or not I should keep it. It's meant to be a 'fun' race, so I'm not overly concerned with lamp-posts and falling off, but I might be in the minority on that. I'd recommend giving it a few passes with a few different vehicles if possible, as a few of the turns seemingly change their difficulty based on the vehicle.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line258
__label__cc	0.663162	0.336838	Open Access Week Banner October 8, 2010 at 10am to October 31, 2010 at 7pm – University Library Open Access Week Banner - University Library Organized by Lorre Smith \| Type: exhibit Open Access Week - Library Exhibits October 11, 2010 at 10am to October 29, 2010 at 7pm – University at Albany, Albany, New York University Library and Science Library exhibits will help raise awareness of Open Access Week and fundamental information regarding open acess to scholarly research. Organized by Lorre Smith \| Type: exhibit OA Mandate Adoption Challenge for Institutions and Funders October 15, 2010 at 6pm to October 25, 2010 at 7pm – Global OA Mandate Adoption Challenge for Institutions and Funders University of Southampton/EPrints is launching a week-long Open Access Mandate Adoption Challenge for OA Week. On October 18, the first da… Organized by Stevan Harnad \| Type: oa mandate sweepstakes Open Access: Learn, Share and Build on October 17, 2010 from 4pm to 6pm – Library of Alexandria The objective of open access week in Egypt is to create awareness and promote understanding and adoption of the open access movement. A series of activities and lectures Organized by Mandy A. Taha Organized by Mandy Taha \| Type: presentation The Mandated Open Access Impact Advantage October 17, 2010 at 6pm to October 18, 2010 at 7pm – Global Results to appear in PLoS ONE: HERE (n.b. embargoed [inaccessible] till 5pmEST, Oct 18) Preview preprint today: HERE Gargouri, Y., Hajjem, C., Lariviere, V., Gingras, Y., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Har… Organized by Stevan Harnad \| Type: mandated oa advantage Open Access Week @ The University of Western Ontario October 17, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm – The University of Western Ontario, London, ON Western Libraries will host a panel discussion about digital scholarship on Oct. 19th. Two speakers will discuss how they use technologies to open up communication and facilitate collaborations among… Organized by Adrian K. Ho \| Type: oa, week, events	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line275
__label__wiki	0.555793	0.555793	As Montesquieu might say, “Huh?” The Darwin Affair The WSJ's Tom Nolan did a Best Mystery Books of 2019 compilation in mid-December, and I pushed the books therein onto my get-at-library list. This is the first, so far so good. It's set in 1860s London, and the hero is Charles Field, an Inspector on the local police force. Field was an actual person, and Charles Dickens based the character of Inspector Bucket in Bleak House on him. In this book's universe, this causes a certain amount of consternation for Field, as everyone refers to him as "Mr. Bucket". Things are set in motion by an apparent assassination attempt on Queen Victoria. Or was it aimed at Prince Albert instead? Participants wind up dead, making investigation inconvenient. And their left ears have been sliced off! Ew! As it quickly develops, the attempt was part of a massive conspiracy set to deny Charles Darwin the knighthood he so richly deserved. At the top level are fictionalized actual people: Samuel Wilberforce, Sir Richard Owen, and Robert Fitzroy, who captained the Beagle decades earlier. But they've chosen a psycho, Decimus Cobb, to carry out the plot—he's the ear-slicing one. The psycho is nevertheless brilliant and talented, and he assembles a gang to assist his evil deeds, over which he rules by terror and intimidation. Field gets onto him soon enough, but Cobb always seems to stay a couple steps ahead. Amusingly, Field is one of those loose-cannon, plays-by-his-own-rules detectives, always running afoul of his superiors. And a brief interaction with Karl Marx, he mouths off enough to the boss to lose his job. (For a while.) It's great fun. My comments while reading enticed Mrs. Salad, so we renewed the book so she can read it. The Guilty Dead I started this series on a recommendation from my sister, and it's been OK. She mainly liked the Minnesota-based locale. But this one … eh. Not so much Minnesota (could have been in Anytown, Anystate), and it is a slog at 336 pages (according to the Amazon). It maybe should have been half that. The dedicated detectives of the Minneapolis PD are out to solve a couple murders, one of a rich guy, the other of a paparazzi sent to cover him. The prime suspect is a ne'er-do-well drug dealer. Who we've seen, in a prologue, intentionally overdose the rich guy's wastrel son. The motives behind all this are hidden in the remote past, it turns out. But wait, there's more: the FBI has gotten wind of a terrorist plot against an unknown Minneapolis target. One of the desperate agents asks a favor from the Monkeewrench group to hack into the underground to find out what they can. It turns out there are disturbing connections! Gripe: 48% of the way through, the detectives are in a slovenly trailer, where they observe … curling posters of biker babes suggestively straddling Harleys in bikinis … How do you put a bikini on a Harley, anyhow? Oh yeah, there's a pregnancy subplot, and of course the baby comes at the most inconvenient time. In case you haven't already seen it, this Andrew Bosworth memo reproduced in the New York Times is a refreshing antidote to the misinformation being peddled about Facebook's role in the 2016 election. Bosworth was in charge of Facebook ads at that time. RTWT, but here's some bracing truth: So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes, but not for the reasons anyone thinks. He didn’t get elected because of Russia or misinformation or Cambridge Analytica. He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I’ve ever seen from any advertiser. Period. To be clear, I’m no fan of Trump. I donated the max to Hillary. After his election I wrote a post about Trump supporters that I’m told caused colleagues who had supported him to feel unsafe around me (I regret that post and deleted shortly after). But [Trump campaign manager Brad] Parscale and Trump just did unbelievable work. They weren’t running misinformation or hoaxes. They weren’t microtargeting or saying different things to different people. They just used the tools we had to show the right creative to each person. The use of custom audiences, video, ecommerce, and fresh creative remains the high water mark of digital ad campaigns in my opinion. Also good debunkery about Cambridge Analytica and Russkie-linked agitators. Jonah Goldberg notes: Trump almost certainly doesn't have an Iran policy. President Trump often talks about leaving the Middle East, getting out of “endless wars” and spending our resources here at home under a policy of “America First.” So it was quite a moment when, on Sunday night, he threatened to impose “very big sanctions” on Iraq if the Iraqi parliament follows through on its nonbinding resolution to oust American forces from its soil. “We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before, ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame.” If you’re trying to follow along from home, this is a perfectly understandable moment to say, “Wait, what? Isn’t that a complete flip?” Well, sort of. But a "flip" implies that there was something coherent and concrete to flip from. Instead, we are (for better or worse) looking at a whim-based foreign policy. Another response to Tyler's "State Capacity Libertarianism", this one from Richard M. Ebeling. Who is: Not Losing Sight of the Classical Liberal Ideal. [Tyler] expressed part of this argument in an earlier essay on “The Paradox of Libertarianism” before the financial crisis of 2008-2009, in which he said: “The bottom line is this: human beings have deeply rooted impulses to take newly acquired wealth and spend some of it on more government and especially on transfer payments. Let’s deal with that.” Furthermore, “The more wealth we have, the more government we can afford.” He concludes that this is a “package deal.” The more wealth a market-based economy produces, the more government people will want in terms of social welfare programs. That’s just the way it is, Professor Cowen asserts. Live with it and give up the classical liberal and libertarian idea of prosperity and a highly limited government. With prosperity will come bigger government, he asserts. The “inevitability” implied in this is, in fact, nothing of the sort. It could be just as reasonably argued that as the members of the society grow in wealth and improved standards of living, they will need and desire less government dependency and support. Rising standards of living enable more people to financially support themselves, as well as providing the means for those gaining in material comfort and ease to have the monetary means to demonstrate more willingness and generosity to assist some who may still be less well off than themselves through avenues of private charity and philanthropy; plus, having the greater leisure time to participate in such endeavors through the institutions of civil society Ebeling's essay is long and thoughtful. Again my standard comment: we wouldn't need to worry so much about what kind of libertarianism will work, when a large swath of the public is so opposed to any sort of libertarianism. Katherine Timpf is a vaper. I am not. But I'm in total agreement with her article at National Review: FDA’s Vape Ban Is What Happens When People Legislate What They Don’t Understand. First of all, the narrative that we are in the midst of an epidemic of young kids getting addicted to vaping is patently false. Although many of them may have tried it, Julie Gunlock’s analysis of CDC data finds that only approximately 5.7 percent of teenagers — including 18- and 19-year-old adults — are actually addicted. Another misconception is that vaping nicotine is deadly, and perhaps even worse than smoking. This also couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, experts agree that it is, at least for adults, much safer than smoking traditional combustible cigarettes. A Public Health England study, for example, estimated that it was 95 percent safer. I don't recommend you get the habit. But as habits go, vaping is pretty innocuous. If you're tired of the vaping panic, the good folks at Issues & Insights have a take on another panic: Climate Hysteria Is A Backdoor For Imposing Personal Interests On The Public. “Shout out if you want to destroy fossil fuel capitalists,” a woman described as an “environmental strategist” told the crowd gathered last week at Fire Drill Friday, a Capitol Hill climate protest held each week. “We will demand reparations for the harm that they caused,” she tweeted. “Together we will redistribute trillions of dollars to fund a #GreenNewDeal.” According to Townhall, the woman – who was given a microphone and stage clearly to stir up emotions, and has common ground with Joe “Put Fossil Fuel Executives In Jail” Biden – also said “let me hear your vigor for ending racism while you do it” and “we need to make them pay today.” So again we find evidence that the goal isn’t to stop Earth from overheating, but to fulfill a left-wing wish list. The I&I editorialist recalls Eric Hoffer's quote: “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” And notes we've made it to the final stage in this case.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line287
__label__wiki	0.73489	0.73489	Download 50 Timeless Scientists by K Krishna Murty PDF April 12, 2017 admin Teacher Resources By K Krishna Murty The following we have now scientists who neglected Nobel Prize and people whom Nobel neglected. A Nobel Prize offered to Pauling was once branded as an insult! yet he's the one one to obtain unshared Nobels. Bardeen back to Swedish king for an additional Nobel as though to meet prior promise. sarcastically an Agricultural Scientist got a Nobel Peace Prize. certain! what's peace with no meals? An anguished Barbara Mc Clintock refused to put up her papers, yet Nobel committee found her. Then we have now scientists who obtained awards in felony cells, scientists who made discoveries within the legal cells. Tesla used to be thrown out of his labs, cheated by way of one other nice guy yet his alternating present runs our houses now. Carlson went from pillar to put up together with his photocopy laptop and it really is now the Xerox. 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He was awarded the Niels Bohr International Medal for contributions to the peaceful use of atomic energy in 1979 and in 1982. He also received the National Medal of Science, presented by then President Ronald Reagan. In 2000, the Russian Academy of Science awarded him the Lomonosov Medal. Pyf Production Book Archive > Teacher Resources > Download 50 Timeless Scientists by K Krishna Murty PDF	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line289
__label__wiki	0.789595	0.789595	scandal-stained wretches Apr. 13, 2012 News Corp. Paper Sued for E-mail Hacking Photo: Jason DeCrow/AP2007 Mark Lewis, the lawyer threatening to bring phone-hacking lawsuits stateside, has also brought a claim against Rupert Murdoch’s Times of London for illegally accessing the e-mail account of a formerly anonymous police blogger. “I sorely regret the intrusion,” a Times editor told the government’s Leveson inquiry earlier this year, although the paper previously denied the charges. Luckily, the company is getting pretty good at settlements.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line292
__label__cc	0.627551	0.372449	Outback Gallery Jrdn's 3x9 Gustav's Pinion Features and Cost Gustav's Outback 650b/700c, Pinion The best of both worlds: off road touring with big 27.5" x 2.35" tires, or road touring with 700 x 40c. Pinion, couplers, rack set, generator and USB charger. This bike has some of the best bike tech available today, and it will be very low maintenance for a lot of miles to come. Christopher Igleheart christopher@iglebike.com www.iglebike.com The bicycle has been a constant in my life since I rode my first bike out of the driveway in rural New England when I was 7. As I grew, so did the feelings of independence, autonomy and the joy of being on two wheels. For many years I ran my own bike shop in Portland, ME, restoring used bikes and repairs, new bikes, Fujis, Peugeots, Raleighs and... cross country skis. I discovered mountain biking back in 1979 and the thrill hasn’t stopped. That led to Fat City Cycles in Somerville, MA where I learned to weld and build Fat Chance Mountain Bikes. I went out on my own with the Igleheart brand in 1990 making cross bikes, commuter bikes, tandems and mountain bikes out of my shop north of Boston. For years the mountains of New England delighted and challenged me and my bicycle. But the siren call of Oregon beckoned loudly and in July of 2012, I answered. Many forks, frames, friends, races, trail miles logged and a continental crossing later, I’m still finding joy building bikes on Page Street in Portland, OR. Cross bikes, commuter bikes, tandems and mountain bikes. Some things never change, they just get better and better. Joseph Ahearne info@ahearnecycles.com www.ahearnecycles.com My first experience with a bike was when I was about 2 years old. My mother stuck me in a kid’s seat on the back of her yellow Schwinn Le Tour and took me around town. I punched her in the kidneys repeatedly with my little fists and yelled, “I can’t see!” I really wanted to know where we were going. When I turned four I got my first bike. No training wheels, I had to stand on a chair to get on the bike, and marked my progress in the number sidewalk seams I could cross before crashing. Since then I’ve always had at least one bike in my life. I’ve traveled pretty extensively both on and off of a bike, and made Portland my home back in 1995. It’s been quite a ride seeing this town grow into the bike city it is today. I first started building bikes and racks in 2002, and moved my shop to Page Street in about 2006. Most of my focus for the past several years has been on making the best touring and commuting bikes I can. Bike touring gets its own special class of bicycles, and has the most potential for customization. Where I’m going, what sort of roads (or lack of them) will I find, how to best carry gear, and what gear to carry — all these things factor into the design. Igleheart’s been my shop mate for a few years, and we’re always sharing ideas, sharing lunch, trying to find the right music on the stereo. Our favorite radio program is called No Commercial Potential. We ask each other for advice on how to go about certain processes in bike builds. We laugh a lot. He makes some cool things, I make some cool things. We figured that if we got together we could probably blow some minds with extreme coolness, or at least make some people smile while they ride bikes we’ve built for them. If you’re smiling and we’re smiling, we’ve done our job pretty well. I’ve said it before, and I still believe it: Life is too short to ride mediocre bicycles. pagestreetcycles@gmail.com © Page Street Cycles \| Portland, Oregon Site and Page Street Cycles logo created by: Brian Behrens	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line298
__label__wiki	0.776658	0.776658	USPP Home Page Archive Past Directors of Undergraduate Research Projecting the Winner of the 2020 Presidential Election Comparative GOP Profiles Other Contenders 2016 Nominating Conventions Past Presidential Elections 9/11 Terrorist Leaders Media Tipsheet 2020 Election — USPP Media Tipsheet Trump Administration — 2017-20 Media Tipsheet The Personality Profile of U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke A preliminary psychological analysis of U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke by Jada Gilbert, Grace Ekstrom, Nicole Praska, Jack Her, Meghan Ortizcazarin, and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Rep. O’Rourke’s primary personality patterns are Outgoing/congenial and Dauntless/adventurous, complemented by secondary Accommodating/cooperative and Ambitious/confident features. In summary, O’Rourke may be characterized as an adventurous extravert. Presidential Electability Index range: 11-23 The Personality Profile of Former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke The poster presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke — a contender for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election — from the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon. Information concerning O’Rourke was collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with DSM–III–R, DSM–IV, and DSM–5. The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. O’Rourke’s primary personality patterns were found to be Outgoing/congenial and Dauntless/adventurous, complemented by secondary Accommodating/cooperative and Ambitious/confident features. In essence, O’Rourke may be characterized as an adventurous extravert. Following personologist Theodore Millon (1996, pp. 243–244), this particular personality composite may be described as follows: They make a good first impression and seem sociable and sincere, exhibiting such spontaneity and charm that others quickly lower their defenses. The combination of extraversion and adventurousness, however, renders this personality composite more persuasive than the basic outgoing pattern, and for ends beyond simple attention and approval. For some variants of the adventurous extravert composite pattern, outgoing traits serve simply as a convenient method of making contacts and opening doors, but overlay characteristics fundamental to the dauntless pattern, including a willingness to push the limits of social conventions and to take personal risks. Provisionally, O’Rourke’s overall profile suggests that this particular subtype provides the right fit for O’Rourke. Other variants of the adventurous extravert composite pattern combine outgoing and more pronounced dauntless characteristics. These individuals synergize the extravert’s adaptive social skills, charm, and ability to read the motives and desires of others with more calculating, less sincere interpersonal maneuvers designed to advance their personal agenda. Given his secondary accommodating features, this particular subtype appears less likely to be the correct fit for O’Rourke. Jada Gilbert, Jack Her, and Grace Ekstrom present their poster (with Nicole Praska and Meghan Ortizcazarin), “The Personality Profile of 2020 U.S. Presidential Contender Beto O’Rourke,” at Scholarship Day, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, April 25, 2019. Related interest: Formal announcement of candidacy Beto O’Rourke enters the 2020 presidential campaign (Matt Flegenheimer and Jonathan Martin, New York Times, March 14, 2019) — Beto O’Rourke, the 46-year-old former Texas congressman whose near-miss Senate run last year propelled him to Democratic stardom, announced on Thursday that he was running for president, betting that a broad message of national unity and generational change will lift him above a slate of committed progressives offering big-ticket policy ideas. … I am running to serve you as the next president. The challenges we face are the greatest in living memory. No one person can meet them on their own. Only this country can do that, and only if we build a movement that includes all of us. Say you’re in: https://t.co/EKLdkVET2u pic.twitter.com/lainXyvG2n — Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) March 14, 2019 Vanity Fair cover story on Beto O’Rourke Beto for America Launch Rally \| El Paso Rep. Beto O’Rourke takes the stage at about 34:20 Beto O’Rourke Drops Out of the Presidential Race (Alexander Burns, New York Times, Nov. 1, 2019) — Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas announced on Friday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, ending a campaign in which he struggled for months to recapture the energy of his insurgent 2018 Senate candidacy on a national stage full of other big personalities and liberal champions. … He is not expected to run for any other office in 2020, despite persistent efforts by party leaders and political donors to coax him into another bid for the Senate. … He effectively unveiled his run for the White House in a cover story for Vanity Fair in which he declared he was “just born to be in it.” He later described the cover, along with his choice of words, as a mistake. … Psychological Profiles of 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Democratic Candidates (April 25, 2019) Photo composite: The New York Times Which Democratic Presidential Candidate Is Most ‘Electable’? (May 6, 2019) Joe Biden (Monmouth NH net favorability: +65) Presidential Electability Index Range: 16-29 (22.5 ±6.5) / Revised Dec. 2019: 22-33 (27.5 ±5.5) Kamala Harris (Monmouth NH net favorability: +50) Range: 13-27 (20 ±7) Bernie Sanders (Monmouth NH net favorability: +54) Range: 16-23 (19.5 ±3.5) Amy Klobuchar (Monmouth NH net favorability: +33) Beto O’Rourke (Monmouth NH net favorability: +29) Projecting the Winner of the 2020 Presidential Election: The Personal Electability Index (July 8, 2019) Range: 65-77 (71 ±6); dysfunctionality adjusted 45 Range: 6-8 (7 ±1) View other candidates’ profilesJoe BidenPete ButtigiegKamala HarrisAmy KlobucharBeto O’RourkeBernie SandersDonald TrumpElizabeth Warren Projecting the Winner of the 2020 Presidential Election: The Personal Electability Index CSB/SJU Professor Predicts Trump Would Beat Clinton Trump Driven by Narcissistic Dreams of Glory Putin Should Prepare Himself for Clinton ‘Monster’? The Darker Side of Hillary Clinton’s Character Comparing Clinton and Obama, Head-to-Head The Character of Hillary Rodham Clinton Some Character Traits Will Help Hillary in Her Race for U.S. Senate, Others May Hinder Donald Trump Will Be G.O.P. Nominee, Students’ Mock Convention Says Clinton on Ballot Tests Voter Views on Gender Why Donald Trump Beats Jeb Bush: The Personal Electability Index Follow Aubrey Immelman Click here to visit the former USPP website (1999-2008) Click here to visit Digital Commons research archive Click here to visit ResearchGate archive USPP Archives Copyright © 2016 by Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line304
__label__cc	0.542193	0.457807	An Update on Puerto Rico's Political Status - Resident Commissioner Pedro R. Pierluisi delivered remarks about Puerto Rico's political status in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 24, 2013 Resident Commissioner Pedro R. Pierluisi delivered remarks about Puerto Rico's political status in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 24, 2013. Congressman Pedro R. Pierluisi Five-Minute Floor Statement as Prepared for Delivery An Update on Puerto Rico’s Political Status Mr. Speaker: As we approach the birthday of the late Dr. José Celso Barbosa, the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, I rise to update my colleagues on the progress that has been made to resolve the territory’s political status. Last November, Puerto Rico held a referendum. As I described in a floor speech the following week, the results show that a majority of the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico do not support the current territory status, a supermajority favor statehood among the three alternative options, and more voters want statehood than any other option, including the current status. These results are now part of the historical record, and they cannot be dismissed or diminished by those who find them inconvenient. Now that American citizens living in an American territory have informed their national government, in a free and fair vote, that they do not consent to a political status that deprives them of the most basic democratic rights, it is incumbent upon the federal government to take appropriate action in response. For the President and Congress to do otherwise would be to contravene the principles that have made this country a light to the world. Today, I can report that positive steps have been taken—despite the fierce opposition of one party in Puerto Rico, which seeks to preserve the status quo despite its rejection by voters and the overwhelming evidence that it has crushed the island’s political, economic and social advancement. In April, the Administration requested an appropriation of $2.5 million dollars, which would be provided to the Puerto Rico Elections Commission to conduct the first federally funded status vote in the territory’s history, with the specific purpose of “resolving” the issue. The Administration’s action was favorably received by Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle who rarely find common ground. Earlier this month, thanks to the leadership of Congressmen Wolf, Fattah and Serrano, that funding was approved by the Appropriations Committee—confirming that the effort to secure fair treatment for Puerto Rico is not, and should never become, a partisan issue. The Committee’s report endorses the conditions proposed by the Administration, stating that federal funding will not be obligated until DOJ has certified that the ballot and voter education materials are compatible with U.S. laws and policies, thereby ensuring that the vote will be among one or more status options that can actually be implemented and that would settle the issue. I will continue to fight for the approval of this appropriation by the full House and for its retention in any conference negotiation with the Senate. There is additional progress to report on another front in this struggle. In May, I introduced standalone legislation that proceeds from the indisputable premise that statehood obtained more votes than any other option in the November referendum. The bill outlines the rights and responsibilities of statehood, and asks voters in Puerto Rico whether they accept those terms. If a majority says yes, the bill provides for the President to submit legislation to admit Puerto Rico as a State after a transition period. Two months after its introduction, this bill already enjoys support from 100 Members of Congress from both parties and every region of the country, despite the predictable opposition of the status quo party in Puerto Rico and its allies in Congress. I always find it ironic when some of my colleagues from the states—who, along with their constituents, enjoy all the benefits of statehood—seek to prevent my constituents from exercising those same rights and responsibilities. I have concluded that these forces cannot be reasoned with; they must simply be defeated. And they will be. Next week, I will appear as a witness at a Senate hearing on the November referendum and the federal response to that vote. Just as I told a United Nations committee last month, I will testify that I have faith that the federal government will fulfill its obligation to facilitate Puerto Rico’s transition to a democratic and dignified status, but that deeds—not words—are required. Much work remains to be done. And like any civil rights struggle, it will not be easy. But, through our sound and steady action, we are closer than ever to finally realizing Dr. Barbosa’s dream of equality for the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico. » Pierluisi Introduces Jones Act Reform Legislation for Puerto Rico 25/07/13 13:44 from Res. Comm. Pedro Pierluisi - Representing the At Large District of PUERTO RICO Washington, DC—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi today introduced the Puerto Rico Interstate Commerce Improvement Act of 2013, which would amend Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act, in or... » Five-Minute Floor Speech on Puerto Rico's Political Status Vie the speech here: Five-Minute Floor Speech on Puerto Rico's Political Status » An Update on Puerto Rico's Political Status 24/07/13 15:40 from Uploads by Pierluisi in Congress An Update on Puerto Rico's Political StatusResident Commissioner Pedro R. Pierluisi delivered remarks about Puerto Rico's political status in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 24, 2013.From:PierluisiCongressViews:29... » Pierluisi Describes Progress Made in the Fight for Statehood for Puerto Rico Washington, DC—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi returned to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning to update his colleagues on the progress that has been made in the effort to resolve Puerto Rico’s poli... » Pierluisi: “Steps Have Been Taken” Towards Democratic Rights for ... 24/07/13 13:16 from congressman pedro r. pierluisi - Google Blog Search Congressman Pedro R. Pierluisi delivered the following remarks on the floor of the United States House of Representatives this morning: As we approach the birthday of the late Dr. José Celso Barbosa, the father of the ... » House Appropriations Committee Directs White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to Prepare and Publish Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Washington, DC—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, together with Congressman José Serrano (D-NY), has achieved the inclusion of language in the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act that woul... Posted by Michael Novakhov (Mike Nova) at 7/26/2013 07:57:00 AM 1 comment: Links to this post News Review - 7.26.13 Bill Clinton en Fortaleza El presidente Bill Clinton visitó La Fortaleza durante su viaje a Puerto Rico el 16 de julio de 2013 » 7 Tense Historical Events For Latinos (SLIDESHOW) - Huffington Post 26/07/13 03:14 from alejandro garcia padilla - Google News Human Events7 Tense Historical Events For Latinos (SLIDESHOW)Huffington PostPuerto Rican voters not only didn't support statehood, they narrowly voted to oust one of the biggest proponents of statehood from the governorship. With Alejan... » Puerto Rico anunció ley que favorecerá a dominicanos indocumentados - El Nacional.com 25/07/13 20:34 from alejandro garcia padilla efe - Google News El Nacional.comPuerto Rico anunció ley que favorecerá a dominicanos indocumentadosEl Nacional.comEl gobernador de Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, anunció hoy que en los próximos días los dominicanos indocumentados residentes en esa i... » Mensaje del gobernador Alejandro García Padilla 25/07/13 17:17 from La Fortaleza 61 ANIVERSARIO DE LA CONSTITUCION DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICOPlaza Pública de Luquillo25 de julio de 2013Compatriotas:Mi agradecimiento inicial a todos los puertorriqueños y puertorriqueñas, respetuosos y conscientes de la ... » What's stopping Puerto Rican statehood? - Human Events Human EventsWhat's stopping Puerto Rican statehood?Human EventsThe New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States as the 51st state, recently filed a lawsuit a... » Puerto Rico's Status Debate Continues As Island Marks 61 Years As A ... - Huffington Post Puerto Rico's Status Debate Continues As Island Marks 61 Years As A ...Huffington PostThe Popular Democratic Party, commonly referred to as PPD by Puerto Ricans due to its acronym in Spanish, is the party in power, with current Gov. 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Alejandro Garcia Padilla at t... » Bristol-Myers breaks ground on $200M Humacao expansion - News is my Business Bristol-Myers breaks ground on $200M Humacao expansionNews is my BusinessAlejandro García-Padilla was on hand for Friday's announcement and touted the pharmaceutical's commitment to Puerto Rico. “Manufacturing is part of our economi... » Prohibidos los bonos de productividad en el Ejecutivo 24 de julio de 2013 – San Juan – El gobernador Alejandro García Padilla convirtió en ley el Proyecto del Senado 557 que tendrá como efecto prohibir la otorgación de bonos de productividad a las agencias, corporaciones y entidades públicas.... » Brand Puerto Rico aims to strengthen the island's image - GlobalPost Brand Puerto Rico aims to strengthen the island's imageGlobalPostSan Juan, Jul 23 (EFE).- Puerto Rico Gov. 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__label__cc	0.629693	0.370307	RIA Novosti website group: en.rian.ru Trial & Litigation Law & Legislation Corruption & Bribery US officials worry about road safety with new marijuana laws Battle burning over legalizing marijuana in 3 US states Tags: Drugs, Legislation, U.S. WASHINGTON, November 16 - RAPSI. Recreational use of marijuana will soon be legal in the US states of Colorado and Washington, which has sparked debate over how to police the new laws as officials worry that more impaired drivers will be on the road. “Marijuana is new, so it’s going to take some time to figure out how the courts and prosecutors are going to handle it,” said Washington State Patrol spokesman Dan Coon, the Associated Press reported. The laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington were passed by voters last week, and will allow adults over the age of 21 in both states to buy or possess marijuana legally for recreational use. Officials are concerned about road safety because more people could be driving while under the influence of marijuana, but Coon said “the key is impairment: We will arrest drivers who drive impaired, whether it be drugs or alcohol.” The law passed in Washington does change driving under the influence (DUI) provisions by establishing a new blood-test for marijuana if impaired drivers are pulled over by police, but Colorado’s measure did not make any changes to its DUI laws. Driving while under the influence of drugs has always been illegal, but setting a benchmark for marijuana that can be compared to blood-alcohol limits has generated intense disagreement, the AP reported. “There is not yet a consensus about the standard rate for THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) impairment,” said Betty Aldworth, advocacy director for Colorado’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, referring to the chemical found in marijuana. Currently, most drugged driving convictions are made based on police officers’ observations and then followed later by a blood test. There is not an easy way for officials to determine if someone is impaired by marijuana like the breath tests that are available for alcohol. In Washington State, Coon explained that under the new law, officers will still have to see signs of compromised driving before pulling someone over, but that the driver’s blood would be drawn by a medical professional to test for marijuana use. If more than five nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood is found in a driver’s body, then that person would be convicted of DUI. Some critics of the measure worry that setting these limits would make individuals who use marijuana for medicinal reasons fail the test even if they were not impaired. Jon Fox, a DUI attorney in Washington State, said he is interested in challenging the state’s new guidelines as unconstitutional, since it hasn’t been scientifically proven how much marijuana would need to be in a person’s system to impair driving, the AP reported. Colorado has not established any guidelines for driving standards and lawmakers are preparing to tackle the issue when they convene next year. Share thisE-mail this articlesubmit newsAdd to blogrss feed To link to this material, copy the code to your blog. Publishing code: 10:25 16/11/2012 Recreational use of marijuana will soon be legal in the US states of Colorado and Washington, which has sparked debate over how to police the new laws as officials worry that more impaired drivers will be on the road. Forward news story Code in the picture Thank you! 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__label__wiki	0.51652	0.51652	Cow Beh Cow Bu Singapore in Brief Kopi Politics Chio Watch Funny Lah RedWire Times Singapore CareShield Life: Government has Failed to Justify Billions in Premiums Collected to Date By Redwire Singapore ELSON: 11 years, S$3.3 billion collected, and S$133 million paid out – that’s ElderShield for you. Launched in 2007, you’ve to wonder what has been done with the S$3.2 billion that’s left in the kitty – has it been put aside and invested exclusively for the purpose of healthcare? We don’t know – the Health Ministry has been very quiet on this despite 11 years passing. Well, Eldershield has now become CareShield Life, and it has been made compulsory that Singaporeans pay premiums from the age of 30 to 67 years old, starting from 2020, with the premiums increasing every year. You can read the details from state media here, and here, and here, about how the government plans to take more of your money for a disability scheme that has yet to be justified. But, the Health Ministry has failed to justify the benefits of ElderShield for the average Singaporean, and it looks like Careshield Life is going to put an additional undue burden on all of us. Many questions which remain unanswered: (1) What’s the ratio of premiums to claims? How is it that in 2017, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong reported that S$2.6 billion has been collected since the launch of ElderShield, with S$100 million being paid out, and still this scheme must be expanded? (2) Didn’t the government say that the pending increase in GST is aimed at increasing public funds for spending on healthcare? And still, we have to pay higher taxes, and an additional S$200+ every year for a disability plan that we might not use? Double-dipping then, by the gahmen? (3) A “social-inclusive” health insurance in which every Singaporean has to pay, but women must pay 23 percent more than men – huh? Yeah, Singaporean women live longer on average, but isn’t the whole premise of insurance about paying premiums from a diversified and large risk pool? If not, then shouldn’t Singaporeans be allowed to decide whether or not they want to participate in this scheme? (4) Transitional subsidies for the first 5 years of implementation – then what’s going to happen to the next generation of 30-year-olds, and the generations after them? A rose by any other name will still smell the same, and have the same thorns. The Health Ministry must justify with concrete data why CaresShield Life is necessary for Singaporeans. Related Items:careshield, cost of living, eldershield, featured, health, insurance, money, singapore GE INSIDER: Workers’ Party Woos Former Presidential Candidate Nominee’s Daughter Electricity Prices Up Despite Main Electricity Source, Natural Gas, Falling in Price Singaporean Housewife Falls Victim to Toilet Pervert at JB Paradigm Mall Mahathir to Scrap “Unnecessary” KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail Project Happy Vesak Day! Across the Causeway Northpoint City Escalator Mishap: Elderly Shoppers Sent to Hospital for Head Injuries Four elderly shoppers were injured on Sunday (22 Dec) when the escalator they were... Singapore’s main source of electricity is natural gas, according to the Energy Market Authority.... Happy New Year to all our buddies! Our team resolution for 2020 is “write... She was planning to watch a movie with her family, but inadvertently gave a... NUH and CGH Accused of Grossly Overcharging Patients National University Hospital and Changi General Hospital have been accused of grossly overcharging patients.... Better to drink to forget, than forget to drink --Rudolph the Red-Faced Reindeer The Workers’ Party is wooing the daughter of former presidential candidate nominee, Farid Khan,... singapore featured crime society politics transport sex foreigners jobs pap money housing cost of living lee hsien loong reckless drivers worker's party smrt education health lee kuan yew elderly hdb general election taxis mrt trains food children cpf police sdp taxi drivers malaysia relationships youth national service parenting scam marriage presidency Copyright © 2015 Flex Mag Theme. Theme by MVP Themes, powered by Wordpress.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line318
__label__cc	0.653592	0.346408	Best Wishes For A Happy And Healthy New Year From Roosevelt Island - Goodbye 2011, Welcome 2012 Best Wishes to all for a Happy And Healthy New Year in 2012. You Tube Video of Bottle Band Auld Lang Syne Performance There's no better way to party out the past year then with a traditional last song from Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes together with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band . We're havin' a party Everybody's swinging Dancing to the music So listen, Mr. DJ Keep those records playing 'Cause I'm having such a good time Dancing with my baby You Tube Video of Southside Johnny and Bruce Springsteen Having a Party in 1978 - Lyrics are by Sam Cooke. Here's the year 2011 in review via Google and the Best and Worst of Everything 2011 from Fast Company. Posted by ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 4:56:00 PM 385 comments Labels: Happy New Year , New Year , new years eve Last Day To Pick Up Your Photo From Roosevelt Island Tree Lighting Ceremony - At RIOC HQ Until 4:30 and Public Safety Office Until 8 PM Picture With Santa at 2011 Roosevelt Island Tree Lighting Ceremony Received this message from Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC): Photos from the Tree Lighting Ceremony are still available for pick up until Friday December 30, 2011 at 591 Main Street from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. & at Public Safety (550 Main Street) from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Waiting For 2011 Roosevelt Island Tree Lighting Ceremony To Begin Labels: Holiday Tree Lighting , Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Community Planning Board 8 Applications Available From Borough President Scott Stringer's Office - Roosevelt Island Residents Encouraged To Apply Logo Image From Community Planning Board 8 Received this message from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office seeking Roosevelt Island residents interested in being considered as candidates to join Community Planning Board 8 (CPB 8). From Borough President Stringer's office: The Manhattan Borough President’s office is currently accepting applications to join your local Community Board (CB). Serving on a Community Board is a great opportunity to shape your neighborhood, improve service delivery, and be at the forefront of community based planning. More information about CBs and a copy of the 2012 application can be found here (http://mbpo.org/free_details.asp?id=64). New applications are due by January 13th, 2012. Prior to applying, it is recommended that you attend an information session to learn more about the process and applying. The next two sessions are taking place on Wednesday, January 4th from 6:30 – 8:00pm and Thursday, January 5th from 6:30 – 8:00pm at One Centre Street, 19th Floor. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kristen Ellis at Borough President Scott Stringer’s office at 212-669-7877 or kellis@manhattanbp.org Newly elected CPB 8 Chair Nick Viest discusses how he got involved and what the Community Board does. More information available from CPB 8 interview program CPB 8 Speaks. Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) President Matt Katz is interviewed by CPB 8 Speaks here. Also interviewed by CPB 8 Speaks are Roosevelt Island residents and CPB 8 members Ellen Polivy and Sharon Pope. Labels: CB 8 Speaks , Community Board 8 , Stringer Stanford Answers Questions On Withdrawal Of Roosevelt Island NYC Applied Sciences and Engineering School Proposal - Number Of Students, Faculty, Building Size, Construction Timeline Similar To Cornell Says Stanford But NYC Introduced Additional Unacceptable Requirements After Bid Was Submitted - Was Stanford's Silicon Valley Location An Inherent Conflict? Stanford University News reports on: Frequently asked questions regarding Stanford's withdrawal of the NYC campus proposal What led to Stanford's withdrawal of its New York City proposal? From the beginning, Stanford expressed an interest in the project with the clear understanding that it had to benefit both Stanford and New York City. After submitting our proposal at the end of October, conversations with the city began in late November, responding to questions from the city that sought to clarify some specifics in our proposal. In early December, a group led by President Hennessy, and including The City College of New York (CCNY) President Lisa Coico, Stanford faculty members and other campus officials, went in person to New York to meet with staff from the city's economic development corporation, which issued the request for proposal (RFP). For the next two weeks, a smaller Stanford team continued with more intensive negotiations with the NYCEDC (the New York City agency in charge of the process) that focused on many issues, including the legal agreements that would need to be reached between the campus and the city. During the negotiation process the city introduced additional requirements that increased the risks and costs for Stanford and decreased the potential benefit. We were very much hoping for a successful outcome, but it became apparent that there were areas where the city and university were not going to agree. Beyond the academic part of the proposal, the project involved numerous land use, real estate, zoning, construction timetables with significant penalties, and other details. In a project of this nature, involving a significant investment by both the city and a much larger investment by the university, both sides need to be willing to accept a certain level of risk. Ultimately, we decided we could not accept the level of risk that the city wanted us to accept. How was the final decision made? The trustees were briefed on the status of the negotiations and indicated that they were not comfortable with the city's requests and asked us to continue negotiating. Negotiations continued for several more days, and we concluded that we could not reach an agreement with the city that would assure that a Stanford campus in NYC could be successful. A final decision was made after President Hennessy spoke to Deputy Mayor Bob Steel and Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the morning of Dec. 16. If we had concerns about the city's requests, why did Stanford not withdraw sooner? Why did Stanford let it go so far? We put forward a very serious proposal and we were hopeful up until the last moment that we might be able to reach agreement with the city. Some critical new matters were introduced in the process of the negotiations that were not included in the RFP and not known to us before the StanfordNYC bid was submitted at the end of October. We withdrew when we felt that we could not have a partnership with the city of New York that would make this project successful. Did Stanford withdraw because it believed that Cornell was going to win or because Cornell had received a $350 million gift for the New York campus? Neither. Stanford’s withdrawal was the result of our own negotiations and had nothing to do with Cornell’s bid. Prior to our decision, there was no suggestion on the city’s part that Stanford’s bid was not the front-runner in the competition. In fact, all evidence available to us indicated the contrary. In addition, Stanford did not know about Cornell’s $350 million gift until it was announced five hours after our withdrawal. Though these were not factors in our decision, we sincerely congratulate Cornell on their successful proposal and their inspirational gift. Was the Cornell/Technion proposal really "bigger and bolder" than Stanford's, as the city claimed? We haven't been able to see their proposal in its entirety. What was revealed publicly before the submission and at their press conference sounded very similar in size and scope to the Stanford proposal, in terms of numbers of faculty, students, building size and square footage. Our construction timelines were also similar. Both projects proposed constructing environmentally sustainable campuses on Roosevelt Island. We had different approaches to community benefits, such as their planned work with K-12 schools and our intention to work with City College of New York. And we had different approaches to creating benefits for start-up corporations, with Stanford proposing incubator space and Cornell proposing grants as incentives for young companies to remain in NYC. How much money did Stanford spend on the proposal? In preparing the proposal, responding to questions and through the negotiations, the university spent about $3 million on the proposal, primarily for outside consultants and architects. This was required for the due diligence to fully respond to an extensive RFP for a project that ultimately could have cost $2.5 billion over several decades. Building a project of this magnitude in New York City is complex, and we required outside expertise to help us understand the city's requirements. The NYC RFP required all competing institutions to turn in completed plans, including architectural renderings, as well as numerous legal documents that required the assistance of New York land use and real estate attorneys and experts, as well as labor experts. But much of our proposal was also developed in-house, with considerable input on the academic program coming from our faculty. They had tremendous, creative research program ideas that we were excited to implement in New York. Why did Stanford suggest this in the first place, and was it worth it to the university to pursue this opportunity? We believe that the opportunity presented by the NYC initiative could have been transformative for both Stanford and New York City. It presented Stanford with an opportunity to extend our expertise in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship to another part of the country, where we were confident we could generate economic growth and help create another technology hub within the United States. We believe Stanford has made a significant contribution to the U.S. and world economies and this would have allowed us to continue our record of knowledge transfer and job generation. There were also benefits for our California campus. New York provided us a domestic location where we could increase the number of students served by Stanford without further impacting the home campus. It also offered opportunities to recruit stellar faculty who want to remain on the East Coast and new research opportunities in industries that are New York City's strengths, such as finance, arts and media, and urban studies. Yes, it was worth the effort. We received tremendously positive visibility over the course of almost a year throughout the East Coast. It was gratifying to see the welcome that we received in NYC, not just by the tech industry, but also by the public. There was genuine excitement at the potential for Stanford in New York. The people of New York now have an increased appreciation of the excellence of Stanford, both academically and in terms of our contributions to technology and our ability to generate job growth. Here in California, our participation in this NYC effort was in keeping with our reputation for exploring bold ideas. As is well known in Silicon Valley, not all great ideas work out, but that does not mean it is a mistake to pursue them. Stanford engaged in this selection process because of the project’s great promise, and withdrew when it became apparent to us that this would not be an achievable undertaking for the university. What happens next? Will Stanford look for other opportunities like NYC? Great universities need to find ways to continue to challenge themselves, and to reach new levels in the discovery and dissemination of knowledge. We will absolutely continue to look for those opportunities, whether it is through expanding our distance-learning capabilities from California or seeking new partners who can help us advance and innovate. You don't make progress by standing still, and the saying nothing ventured, nothing gained is most apt. Jane and Leland Stanford founded the university on these bold principles, and we will continue that tradition. Now that Stanford has achieved higher visibility in NYC, will it conduct more activities there? Our partnership with the City College of New York will absolutely continue. While we won't be co-locating there, we will be moving forward with our joint development of an undergraduate curriculum in entrepreneurship. We are exploring some other ideas as well to continue our engagement, both with CCNY and the NYC tech community. We also appreciated all the enthusiasm of the alumni in the New York area and those who were supportive of this effort, and we are considering what type of presence Stanford may have in New York in the future. Will Stanford share its NYC proposal? We are very proud of the proposal we put forward and will be share it with interested parties both on and off campus. Copies of the proposal will be made available for review at the Green Library. Wired reports: ... Cornell and Technion beat — or at least outlasted — Stanford University, the school whose marriage of high-tech smarts and entrepreneurial verve in Silicon Valley Bloomberg wanted to reinvent in New York. Stanford unexpectedly withdrew its bid shortly before the results were announced. “Stanford was inherently conflicted from day one,” Kim told Wired. After all, Mayor Bloomberg didn’t propose that New York would match or follow Silicon Valley or Boston-Cambridge as high-tech hubs. He proposed to make New York City the best in the world. “If you want to be number one, Silicon Valley has to be number two,” Kim says. It was harder for Stanford to commit itself and its resources to that vision than Cornell or many of the other bidders. Not without causing serious agita back home in Palo Alto.... and the NY Times adds that Cornell's: ... leaders believed that their plan needed to be clearly better than Stanford’s to win — that if things were roughly equal, Stanford would prevail. The city asked for at least 250,000 square feet in the first phase, and a million over 25 years. Cornell-Technion proposed 400,000 and 2.1 million, with space for 2,500 students and 280 professors. Others said classes would start in September 2013; Cornell-Technion promised September 2012. The plan was tailored to New York, focusing on technology for fields in which the city is a leader, like medicine, urban planning, finance and advertising. The schools stressed Cornell’s strong alumni presence in New York, especially its burgeoning technology sector. They were also determined to be the most agreeable: When the city asked bidders to “mark up” drafts of legal agreements, signaling their objections, Mr. Steel recalled, the edits from Cornell and Technion “were much lighter than those from other institutions.”.... Here's video of the press conference announcing Cornell's selection to build the NYC Applied Sciences and Engineering School on Roosevelt Island and my interview with Stanford President John Hennessey during one of his visits to Roosevelt Island last October. You Tube Video of Stanford President's Visit To Roosevelt Island Labels: Cornell , proposed engineering school , Stanford University New RIOC Policy Allows Open Baby Strollers On The Roosevelt Island Red Bus At The Discretion Of Driver - How Is That Working Out? Image of Unfolded Stroller On Red Bus During Rush Hour Earlier This Month In response to requests from the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA), the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) changed its policy recently regarding allowing open baby strollers on the Red Bus during all hours at the discretion of the bus operator. Here's the new policy from RIOC Revised Bus Policy Hand baggage, instrument cases, bundles and parcels may be carried onto RIOC buses by customers provided that these articles can be carried on without inconveniencing other customers and/or the driver and does not obstruct the bus aisle or doors. Persons with unfolded strollers and/or shopping carts are not permitted to board RIOC buses unless the driver, at his or her sole discretion, determines that it will not cause an inconvenience or safety hazard to other customers or the driver. Orthopedic (wheelchair type) strollers for children with disabilities are permitted on buses just as wheelchairs are and must be secured in the wheelchair area. Bus operators must check strollers carefully to ensure that children with disabilities are not denied accessible service. Updated signage has been posted on buses stating: "Strollers and Shopping Carts must be folded upon operator’s request". The policy has been in place for about a month now. How has it been working out for you? This excerpt from a comment by an Octagon mother describes the problem for parents under previous policy of not allowing unfolded strollers on the Red Bus during Rush Hour: Manhattan Park or the Octagon are great places to live if you have children...BUT for the whole Red Bus issue. Let me tell you how fun it is to be 4 weeks post-unintended Cesarean birth, pushing your stroller home from the F train. A lovely, 20 minute walk in the bitter cold and pouring down rain, pushing the stroller with one hand and holding your umbrella with another, all while worrying that you are doing irrevocable damage to your uterus. The alternative is sitting in the F train station, waiting until the rain stops (which could take hours) or waiting until rush hour ends five hours later. (And even then, people will give you dirty looks if you try to squeeze on the bus on a post 8 pm bus.) Sometimes a mom just wants to get home before her baby wakes up, so she can avoid sitting in the F train station nursing for a solid hour, you know? If you take your sleeping newborn out, lay her on the dirty, wet ground while you fold your stroller, you still have to somehow carry everything on to the bus, and maybe, just maybe someone will give you a seat. There's about a 50/50 chance on that. Since I was told to not carry anything heavier than my child for the first 8 weeks, getting around was impossible. I could basically carry her or the diaper bag, but not both. So a stroller was necessary. It seems to be the longtime residents who live in the middle of the island who are the most stroller unfriendly. I also don't understand how enormous shopping carts (which don't have brakes) can go on the bus, but small children safely strapped into their strollers can't? I folded my teeny tiny umbrella stroller when I got on to a bus one afternoon several months ago. My daughter was about 18 months old at the time, and just didn't understand that she needed to stay seated on the moving bus. I was balancing the stroller between my knees while I held her on my lap. (And apart from that, I was relatively unencumbered...only had a small tote bag with me, which is not the case most of the time we moms go out.) Well, my daughter started throwing a fit because she couldn't get down. I managed to keep her safely on my lap, but she kicked the stroller hard enough that it fell across the aisle and hit a poor man standing there. I was mortified. And I only had one child to handle. What if I'd also had a four year old with me that wanted to stand up on the seat at the same time? What if I were already pregnant with a second child and having some health issues and walking the 20 minutes was difficult or not advised by my doctor?... Another reader has a different view: I agree with you that it would be awesome to have an unfolded stroller on the bus at any time when you need it (but I still wouldn't advocate for it). The problem is, that it can become a problem. Just like the elevators... everybody's got the right to take it and you see what's happening there. Plan your day in a way that the bus and its rules fit in there. Doctor's appointment? Make one at a time where you know you can take the bus. Reschedule if the weather doesn't allow it. Just saying that for most situations there is a plan B. It may not the most convenient one but it will work out just fine. More on Red Bus baby stroller issue from previous posts. Labels: Baby Strollers , Red Bus Roosevelt Island Holiday Lights - Can We Do Better Next Year? Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas. One of the best things about the Holiday season are the brightly colored outdoor lights displayed on streets in neighborhoods all over the City. For an over the top example of a neighborhood Holiday Lights Display, take a trip to Dyker Heights Brooklyn. Here's what it is like. You Tube Video of Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Unfortunately, Roosevelt Island has a rather limited Holiday Lights display centered around trees surrounding the Blackwell House area and on some Main Street light poles in Northtown and the Riverwalk Commons. Can Roosevelt Island do a better job at displaying Holiday Lights next year? Julia Palermo of the Roosevelt Island Chamber of Commerce spoke at the December Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) meeting seeking a $275 donation from RIRA for one of the Holiday Light displays that are placed by the Chamber on Main Street Light Poles. Ms. Palermo explained that the Chamber of Commerce currently lights 17 of the 25 Main Street Northtown poles and hopes to have light displays on all 25 in the future. An annual discussion topic when RIRA discusses the Holiday Lights donation is whether the lights should be purchased or continue the current practice of renting the lights? The cost to purchase is approximately $500 per pole while the rental fee is $275. Ms. Palermo and several RIRA members who researched this question report that renting is a better option because of storage, maintenance, service and theft issues. Ms. Palermo said that donations for the Holiday Lights come from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) ($1100), building management companies (RY Management of Island House and Westview) as well as individual residents. I am not sure if Rivercross or Roosevelt Landings makes a donation. One RIRA member from the Octagon asked if the Holiday Lights could be spread out across Roosevelt Island to include the Octagon Building. Ms. Palermo replied that the Octagon management has never donated to the Roosevelt Island Holiday Lights but that she hopes to light up the entire Island. Here's Ms. Palermo's presentation including questions and comments from RIRA members. You Tube Video of Roosevelt Island Holiday Lights Discussion RIRA voted to donate $275 for one Holiday Lights on one pole. Labels: christmas lights , Dyker Heights Con Man Reported On Roosevelt Island According To Public Safety Report - No Info Yet If Scam Was A House Of Games You Tube Video of House Of Cards Con Explanation Scene According to the 12/23 -24 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Public Safety Report: Scheme To Defraud- Anon female reports con man. Searched with negative results. I asked both RIOC's Public Safety Department Chief and Press Spokesperson yesterday: Please provide additional details as the nature of the scheme to defraud, where it occurred, any similar incidents and any other relevant details. Have not received response yet. An elaborate scam is the subject of House of Games. It is a very enjoyable movie (an excerpt shown in the video above) about the con game with Joe Mantegna, Lindsey Crouse and Ricky Jay. Here's a montage of more Con Men movies. You Tube Video Montage Of Con Men Movies Also, it's almost January and the November Monthly Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department Blotter is not available to the public yet. The last available Public Safety Monthly Blotter is for October. Labels: con man , Crime , Public Safety RIOC Operations Committee Meeting Tomorrow To Discuss Roosevelt Island Good Shepherd Roof Repair, Will Material Be Original Slate, Fake Slate Or Asphalt - Cost Versus Landmark Preservation Priorities At Issue You Tube Video Of Good Shepherd Community Center Roof According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC): PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of the Operations Advisory Committee of the RIOC Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at the RIOC administrative office, 591 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, New York. The Committee will meet to discuss the Good Shepherd Community Center Roof Repair Project. The subject of replacing the landmarked Good Sheperd Community Center Roof was discussed during the November 28 RIOC Operations Committee meeting. As reported in this previous post: ... Also discussed was the replacement of the Good Shepherd roof - whether the roof will be a slate roof as was it's original condition or some other less expensive material such as fake slate or asphalt.... Although repairing the roof with the original slate material was approved at a prior RIOC Board meeting, some RIOC directors are becoming increasingly concerned with the higher initial cost of the slate and may wish to use a less expensive material to repair the roof. Here's the discussion at the November 28 RIOC Operations Committee meeting. You Tube Video Of Good Shepherd Roof Repair Discussion at November RIOC Operations Committee Meeting Audio web cast of the Operations Committee meeting is available here. Labels: Good Shepherd Community Center , Good Shepherd Roof Repair , RIOC Operations Committee Authorized Parking For Some Vehicles At Temporary Southtown Lot But Not For Residents - Why Not Turn Space Green and Add Additional Commons Area? Image of Authorized Vehicle Parking Sign Outside Temporary Southtown Lot What makes a vehicle "authorized" for parking in certain Roosevelt Island locations such as the Southtown "temporary" lot opposite the Riverwalk Bar & Grill? Aerial View of Temporary Southtown Lot (on right) Next To NYPD K9 Training Area (on left) Last week, I sent the following inquiry to Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Vice President of Operations Fernando Martinez and Public Safety Director Keith Guerra: I am doing a story on who is allowed to use the Authorized Parking lot opposite 425 Main Street. My understanding was that parking was supposed to be for Tram personnel. However, I have had reports from residents that some who are not Tram personnel are using that lot. For instance, I just saw Gina from the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI) park in that lot a few minutes ago. It is not the first time I have seen her park there when there were plenty of parking spaces available on the street. Is a representative from FERI considered an authorized user of the parking lot? If so, why should Roosevelt Island residents be prohibited from using that space. Also noticed that some spaces on West Channel Road across from Starbucks have been turned into commercial parking areas. Why was that? Image Of Commercial Parking Spaces On West Road Opposite Starbucks RIOC's Press Spokesperson replied: Tram employees, PSD, and NYPD are authorized to use the lot. Gina and Sally have also been authorized to park in the lot given the size of the project they are overseeing, their need to be on the Island to both manage and further the project, and because of the impact the project will have on the Island. RIOC is aware that there has been unauthorized parking in the lot and has stepped up enforcement in response. Gina and Sally refer to the FERI representatives. With spring approaching in a few months, some, including myself would like to see that area of Southtown cleaned up and made into a green space continuing the Riverwalk Commons area instead of being used as a parking lot. Labels: Parking , Southtown Lot Best Wishes For A Happy And Healthy New Year From ... Last Day To Pick Up Your Photo From Roosevelt Isla... Community Planning Board 8 Applications Available ... Stanford Answers Questions On Withdrawal Of Roosev... New RIOC Policy Allows Open Baby Strollers On The ... Roosevelt Island Holiday Lights - Can We Do Better... 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__label__wiki	0.57308	0.57308	EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – ROB JARVIS & THE MERCURY SONS Adam Keys 16th February 2017 EXCLUSIVE FEATURES0 Comments 0 Last week, a brand new track landed in the RUSHONROCK mailbox, a track that made us sit up and pay attention. Filled with big sounds and Scott Wieland style vocals, it rang of the unfinished business of Velvet Revolver. Just To Make You Happy demanded your undivided attention, and it got it from a number of outlets across the country, including RUSHONROCK. We wanted to learn more about the unknown quantity that are Rob Jarvis & The Mercury Sons, so co-editor Adam Keys sat down with Rob Jarvis himself for a quick chat. RUSHONROCK – Hi Rob, thanks for joining us. Things are starting to get exciting for you. Tell us a bit about your sound. Rob Jarvis – You’re quite welcome! thanks for having us. Yeah it’s really exciting, awesome to see everyone’s hard work, leading up to this point paying off. The reception and support has been stunning. We play dirty alt rock our way; like all new music it’s a combination of influence from favourite bands and artists, with whatever the Rob Jarvis and The Mercury Sons, secret ingredient is. Amongst my all-time favorite acts are Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, through to modern rock bands like Biffy Clyro and Foo fighters, and further afield to the likes of Jeff Buckley; also have huge appreciation for blues and older rock n roll too. In a previous interview I was asked to describe what we do in three words.. I came up with refined melodic dirt and personally think that describes it fairly well. RUSHONROCK – You’ve just released your debut single Just To Make You Happy, which has been championed by RUSHONROCK along with a number of other outlets. Tell us a bit about this one. RJ – Thanks for that by the way! We really do appreciate how outlets such as yourselves have taken to us. Just to Make You Happy. is big groovy, dirty riff track, opening up into a big wide harmonised chorus sound. Pulse led tracks and big vocal harmonies, are certainly a key part of the Rob Jarvis and The Mercury Sons style, simply because I like how it makes me feel, when I hear them. Nick Jennison (Lead Guitar) and I will then find a space somewhere, get into some arrangement and he adds what we like to call, ‘guitar sparkle,’ which really is the best term for it. Drummer, Adam Forster picks up the groove and we’re away. Rob Jones (bass) being the newest member hasn’t been featured on a record as yet, he has clearly just understood what it is we were trying to do and his playing on the live arrangements of newer tracks, makes that very obvious. RUSHONROCK – Biffy Clyro, Stone Temple Pilots and Alice In Chains are all listed as key influences. What can you tell us about this, and the music you’re trying to make? RJ – I’ve just always wanted to make dynamic rock music, loads of groove and pulse, light shade.. Write what ever feels inspired on any given day and not be worried about making a particular sound, the end product will always sound like us. One of the common threads between the bands you’ve mentioned and bands I cited earlier is that they all have a really noticeable sonic trademark, everything they do, sounds like them, respectively; but its very obvious that none of them just keep trying to rewrite the same track over, they all do hard, soft, melody driven, acoustic, ballads, big rock and stick it on an album. I keep going back too a quote that Nick Jennison (Lead Guitar) told me he’d heard somewhere. Unfortunately I’m not sure of the source of the quote, but it was about writing to, ‘your true north.’ What I draw from that, is although new music will always be a product of the writers influences, you should never try to sound like something else and to be uncompromising when it comes to the finished song, make sure the original vision is maintained. As we put more music out, I think it’ll show that we aren’t afraid to just write what we feel like at the time and go with it. There are some very major musical influences but I don’t feel we are constricted by them. We do big riff rock tracks, melody driven ballad style stuff, even stripped back material. I suppose the point is we like to just be who we are and really enjoying making music that way… RUSHONROCK – You recently sold out Newcastle’s Think Tank. How was the experience? RJ – Newcastle is somewhat of a spiritual, music home for me, as well as geographical one for around 6 years. So going back to play our debut show only seemed natural. Plus it’s where Nick, Adam (drums) and I all met, playing in different bands at the time. The show itself was great, was a long time coming and our first chance to let loose. The gigs are the reward, only complaint was that it was over far too quickly. The crowd turnout was also amazing. Main support act, Elessar UK travelled up all the way from Gloucester and nailed it, they’ve got some really catchy tracks, and Newcastle super emo acoustic man Nic Wood (also starting a new band), opened the night. Should check both acts out! Being the debut we went out out after to celebrate, we were joined by the majority of those at the show. Was a brilliant night and a perfect reflection of what I know to be true about the Newcastle music scene, great bands, great crowd, great venue and a great laugh. RUSHONROCK – We’ve heard the first single, but we want to know – Have you got any album plans in place, and what can you tell us about it? RJ – There is no official plan to release a full length album at this stage but it is certainly something circulating around my mind. There is music ready to go, stuff we’re massively proud of and cannot wait to get out, just taking our time to make sure it’s all ready for release. RUSHONROCK – When can we expect this to land? RJ – Although there is no specific date set, for a single or EP just yet, you can definitely expect new material and content across 2017. We promise we aren’t resting up, very much still hard at work. RUSHONROCK – You told us on Twitter you’d be back in the North East (hopefully) in the not too distant future. When can the rest of the UK expect to see you live? RJ – Funny you should ask as I literally just this second got a return email from a venue manager. I’m talking to venues country wide at the moment, concentrating on getting our next lot of dates nailed in as soon as possible. It looks very much like we’ll making our next appearance in London. 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__label__cc	0.554895	0.445105	GitHub Again Hit by a new DDoS attack August 27, 2015 By Pierluigi Paganini GitHubhit by another major DDoS attack to because Chinese developers have been forced by police to remove projects of tools to circumvent “Great Firewall.” The software collaboration site GitHub was hit by another DDoS on Tuesday morning that made the website unavailable to many users for several hours. The GitHub platform already suffered a major DDoS attack in March, in that case the attacker exploited the redirection of users who were connecting to many other websites on the Internet. The attackers injected malicious JavaScript code into the pages of those websites that was responsible for the hijacking of their visitors to Github. Visitors who tried to access several websites in Internet used has DDoS gunner, noticed that those websites was serving advertisements and tracking code from Chinese Baidu, the code used by attackers instructs browsers of visitors to those websites to connect GitHub.com every two seconds. The technique allowed the attackers to generate “an extremely large amount of traffic,” according to researcher Anthr@x from Insight-labs. The DDoS variant run in March was conducted to hit two popular Github projects, the GreatFire and CN-NYTimes, that are two anti-censorship tools used to avoid censorship operated by China and circumvent The Great Firewall Of China. This time the DDoS attack seems to be the consequence of the decision of the platform to remove software capable of bypassing the Chinese censorship. On August 22, an open source project called ShadowSocks was removed from GitHub, the author explained that the police contacted him and asked him to stop working on the software and to remove it from GitHub. Shadowsocks is a secure SOCKS5 proxy plug-in protocol for Internet users, it is used to circumvent the Chinese Great Firewall. According to the GreatFire.org organization, another repository was recently removed from GitHub, GoAgent, another tool used to Chinese censorship. “GoAgent’s Github repo is also removed today (Aug 25, 2015). GoAgent was the most popular circumvention tool in China. It relied on Google App Engine to tunnel traffic across GFW. It was hosted on Google Code(link is external) and later moved to Github. The author phuslu deleted the repo without explanation but changed his account description to be “Everything that has a beginning has an end”.” states the GreatFire.org organization. (Security Affairs – GitHub, DDoS) CensorshipDDoSGitHubHackingThe Great Firewall PayPal critical Flaw allows to steal all your funds Ashley Madison, who hacked it? The Krebs's opinion The expert Ebrahim Hegazy discovered a critical Stored XSS Vulnerability Paypal Critical Vulnerability to steal Users Credit...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line330
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__label__cc	0.622528	0.377472	Post to this Thread - Printer Friendly - Home Page: [1] [2] Electric guitar as a solo instrument GUEST,21st Century Primitive 03 Dec 18 - 12:47 PM Bonzo3legs 02 Dec 18 - 08:56 AM GUEST 02 Dec 18 - 08:15 AM Will Fly 01 Dec 18 - 08:50 AM punkfolkrocker 01 Dec 18 - 08:36 AM Mooh 01 Dec 18 - 07:39 AM Big Al Whittle 01 Dec 18 - 07:24 AM GUEST,Musikverlag Mittelgebirge 01 Dec 18 - 06:39 AM Uncle Phil 30 Nov 18 - 10:39 AM Will Fly 30 Nov 18 - 04:16 AM John P 29 Nov 18 - 05:36 PM punkfolkrocker 28 Nov 18 - 12:20 PM GUEST,RA 28 Nov 18 - 11:57 AM RTim 28 Nov 18 - 11:03 AM punkfolkrocker 28 Nov 18 - 11:02 AM Mooh 28 Nov 18 - 10:49 AM Backwoodsman 28 Nov 18 - 09:40 AM Big Al Whittle 28 Nov 18 - 05:59 AM GUEST,RRS 27 Nov 18 - 05:20 PM Backwoodsman 27 Nov 18 - 04:18 PM Bee-dubya-ell 27 Nov 18 - 03:57 PM GUEST,Rigby 27 Nov 18 - 03:41 PM Cappuccino 27 Nov 18 - 02:48 PM Big Al Whittle 27 Nov 18 - 01:53 PM Bee-dubya-ell 27 Nov 18 - 10:38 AM Jack Campin 27 Nov 18 - 10:16 AM Dave the Gnome 27 Nov 18 - 10:16 AM GUEST,henryp 27 Nov 18 - 09:14 AM GUEST,Mark Bluemel 27 Nov 18 - 07:06 AM C-flat 27 Nov 18 - 05:19 AM Subject: RE: Electric guitar as a solo instrument From: GUEST,21st Century Primitive Check out Marisa Anderson. This album of traditional tunes played solo on electric guitar is wonderful. From: Bonzo3legs I appreciate your appreciation! Bonzo 3 legs. Oh wow, you must be a really great player to be INFINITELY BETTER than all those other players with their primitive acoustic instruments, and so modest ... what a gift to have you there. how strange your visit was not appreciated. I remember my wife and I doing a spot at "Sutton Acoustic" club back in the 1990s. I didn't have an accoustic guitar at the time, and used my Les Paul Junior through a small amp. The fact that my folk style was infinitely better than all of the other players seemed to annoy the MC who responded with very bitchy comments!!! From: Will Fly It gets forgotten that people will make music on whatever comes to hand, and that music is never stuck in time. I remember, as a student, some chap bringing a Fender Strat to the class (this was 1963) for us to see. I'd never held one before, and it was like magic to me. Some silly snob among the female students said, "Oh, that's not a REAL instrument", before turning away with a moue of dissatisfaction on her face - a remark which we treated with the same contempt she had shown for the Strat! A great example of musicians taking advantage of new technology is the glass harmonica, invented and improved in the 18th century - with works written for it by Mozart, Beethoven and hundreds of others. People also forget that there are no rules in music. Play what you want, how you want, is all that matters. Whether what you play is a success or whether it's liked or not is, in the end, no matter. As my Irish great-grannie used to say, "Have what you will - and pay for it." From: punkfolkrocker Positive progress...??? when I first started at mudcat about 15 years ago, the open snobbery and hostility towards anything music related depending on that new fangled electricity, was far worse than at present times... I guess a combination of slowly improving mudcat cultural enlightenment. and inescapable mortality of the older orthadox acoustic zealots... From: Mooh A few of my acoustic guitars are equipped with Fishman Rare Earth soundhole pickups. They're relatively unobtrusive and serve to allow a tone that's different from the pure acoustic tone for soloing and other effects. In a pinch they'll do for general amplification but are no match for a good condenser mic. Plugged into an amp however, they work great for solos and effects. From: Big Al Whittle He had a nice pale blue fender at one time. From: GUEST,Musikverlag Mittelgebirge Speaking of electric guitar in folk music, Martin Carthy played (uncredited) Fender Telecaster on his 1979 version of "Lovely Joan". It comes in very subtly somewhere in the middle of the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAkJgMZjQDk I've got a guitar like that Bill Howard made me, The important thing is to remember you need nickel strings. Bronze strings won't work with a magnetic pick up. Not at the kind of volume that's usable. From: Uncle Phil I tried part of that experiment years ago. My first attempt at amplifying an acoustic was an “across the soundhole” pickup. I wasn’t happy with the sound on my guitar and tried the pickup every other guitar I could get my hands on. To me it sounded pretty much the same on every guitar I tried. I think there's a subtle difference between the amplification produced by an active transducer and by an all-electric pickup. I have an i-Beam fitted to a Martin XC1T. It sounds very nice but quite different from the 1960s DeArmond pickup on my Chisholm hollow-body. The DeArmond - fitted across the sound hole - is outputting the sound of the amplified strings, whereas the iBeam - fitted under the bridge - is outputting more of the overall acoustic sound of the guitar. I suspect that, were I to reverse the fittings, the hollow-body would probably sound quite thin and weedy; the DeArmond would make both guitars sound more or less the same. Just a guess, of course, because I've never tried the experiment. I play both acoustic and electric guitars, often on the same night. To my mind, they are different instruments. An electric, with near endless sustain, 22 accessible frets and lots of tone controls, sounds and plays differently than an acoustic. An electric is not the same thing as an acoustic that can be played really, really loud. I don’t know about where you play, but around here amplification is required to play an acoustic on stage and the choice of pickup is a frequent topic for debate. I have Baggs IBbeams in both of the acoustics that I play out and I like the way they sound. From: John P I play with a fiddle player who is great at playing harmony, and loves it. When I play acoustic, there isn't enough sustain to carry the melody so she can harmonize. The electric also is easier to make individual notes stand out when playing melody and chords at the same time. If traditional music evolves, electric guitars are traditional instruments. "Do you want to be seen playing folk music on a Les Paul..." I've just been sat in the throne room listening to old Les Paul tracks... hmmm... wonder what guitar he played...??? Let's not forget the Les Paul was originally developed as a solid body feedback resistant deluxe guitar intended for sophisticated tasteful jazz cabaret showbiz melodic players... Not really that different in essence from the far more fancy and expensive acoustic guitars that get shown off in folkie circles... Now what if Gibson had exported more Les Pauls to The UK during the 1950s folk boom and signed endorsement deals with emerging star folk guitarists...??? maybe in an alternative universe...????? From: GUEST,RA Loren Mazzacane Connors does some beauitful solo electric guitar work. From: RTim One of the best is Arty McGlynn and a favorite track is this below.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeVFTGzZQgQ Tim Radford One of the great things about electric guitars is just how interactive the tone and vol controls are with vintage style treble boosters, fuzz, and valve amps... Sadly, too many guitarists are completely ignorant of this 'old school' tonal shaping technique, as they misguidedly keep their guitar knobs permanently on 10. Some even boast that they never use their tone knobs, because they "suck tone"... I have a couple of [what should have been] very good guitars that do not have tone controls, because the manufacturers pandered to this stupid fad. One day I might get round to having tone knobs fitted.. Once in a while I've jammed (as opposed to performed) with a solid body electric to accompany my voice. For me it comes down to volume level relative to my voice (and other instruments), and tone. I prefer a clean signal with perhaps a touch of chorus and/or reverb, just enough to fatten the tone a bit without obvious modulation in order to emulate an acoustic in the room. It's handy to be able to goose the volume a bit for solos too. I've got K&Ks in my Lowden, two Martins, and a Fylde mandolin. Alan Marshall fitted one, I fitted another, the third was fitted by Vintage Guitats in Norwich, and the mandolin pickup was fitted by John Le Voi. All four sound excellent, but they go through a Source-Audio Programmable EQ and an Orchid Muting DI. Straight into a PA they have a tendency to sound bass-heavy and thuddy, but using the EQ and DI they're very good indeed. And no batteries in the instrument! Absolutely, Al - any additions or alterations to instruments need a good practitioner. Luckily, Ian Chisholm, the luthier who made my 0 model Chisholm guitar, tenor guitar and mandolin, also fitted the K&K pickups. He did a good job. Chris's brother, Mark Newman, now lives in France. I remember seeing him play for the first time in Leicester, at a blues/folk club at the old Victoria Hotel in Granby Street. His playing really got me enthused - this was 1964... The thing about the k and k. Its not foolproof. About ten years Faith guitars got a new designer and you could pick up the old models for little or nowt. I bought five Jupiter models from Becketts of Southampton, which were destined for the skip. I gave one to Sunjay and sold one to Tony of No Fixed Abode. At that time I was playing a Jupiter fitted with a K and K. And people were very positive about the sound. I remember I did a gig with Chris Newman's brother at Faldingworth , and a hundred and fifty quid Jupiter with the K and K westerner fitted took all the plaudits. However that K and K had been fitted by Alan Marshall, the luthier behind Northworthy guitars at Carsington. Against my advice, Sunjay chose the glossy model Jupiter which looked great, but which Alan had delegated one of the guys in his workshop to fit, and it sounded no great shakes. In the end I heard Sunjay swapped it for some studio time. Moral of the story - it takes expertise to place those little transducer microphone things and get the best results. I don't take amps into an acoustic session. As it happens I run two sessions, and they're strictly acoustic. On the other hand, I've played at open mics and not plugged in - just played acoustically with a mic in front of the guitar. When playing at large venues, however - and I exclude sessions and normal-sized folk clubs here - then some sort of amplification is necessary just to be heard. Well I see you're all lining up spoiling for a big argument even though the only person on this thread who has had anything bad to say about electric players was the OP, though he does not expand on what he doesn't like, and bizarrely seems to use it as a reason to justify playing electric himself. It is very easy for me to "justify my stubborn prejudice" against electric guitars in an acoustic session. It is simply this: that in my experience, players of electric instruments are simply unable to resist the temptation to TURN IT UP and play over everyone else all the time. LOUD LOUD LOUD. No matter whether they walk into a session carrying an amp, or whether they think they are being subtle by having some sort of mini box strapped to their acoustic. I can't say whether all electric players have damaged their hearing through overexposure to loud music, or whether it's old age, or whether they just think that they're little bit better than the rest of us. I am not pleased to see them when they show up. Thankfully it does not happen that often. On the other hand, go to any open mic night and 90-95% of the guitars will use pickups, no matter what the instrument itself looks like or how it is played. In that context, who cares. I'm not generally a fan of piezo pickups either, but was immediately struck by the absolutely natural sound of the K&K pickups when I heard Chris Newman playing at the Hawth in Crawley. I asked him what was in the guitar and heard about the K&K for the first time. Basically, three oval discs - a bit like Honesty leaves - each of which is glued to the inside of the face, under the bridge, so as to pick up the sound of two strings. All connected by thin cables and joining into one master cable which runs to the jack socket. No volume or tone controls in the basic model - they have to be controlled by an acoustic amp like a Roland. As I said earlier, a good natural sound but loud. For putting through PA systems, there's also a K&K pre-amp which clips to the belt. I was so impressed, I had one fitted to my mandolin and another to my tenor guitar. Just to further annoy the old anti-electric 'Judas' brigade... I also own electric autoharps, electic banjos, electric mandos, electric sitars... all with understring magnetic pickups.. none of those shrill piezo eardrum graters... "Acoustic guitarists who are still hostile to electrics, are the ones who need to justify their stubborn prejudice and sense of superiority." I love them all, my acoustics and my (now just one) electric. Always have, always will. I like banjos too. I restrict my hostility, stubborn prejudice, and sense of superiority, to ukuleles. ;-) :-) From: punkfolkrocker - PM Al - for me it's a non issue... Acoustic guitarists who are still hostile to electrics, are the ones who need to justify their stubborn prejudice and sense of superiority. Another 'echo'. From: GUEST,RRS There is a third option, like my Yamaha AEX 500 hybrid, piezo in the bridge ( same as in the APX ac/electrics ) & mini-humbucker neck pickup: onboard eq for the piezo + a blend switch allow full acoustic or electric sounds, or any mix of the two - with its wound 3rd, it's been my trusty gig workhorse for 20 years, does everything from folk/blues to jazz very effectively. LOL! Nice response, BWL! :-) :-) From: Bee-dubya-ell Yes, Backwoodsman, that was an echo. It's what happens when you decide to eat lunch before posting something and then forget to refresh to see if someone else has already said it for you. From: GUEST,Rigby Nice to see Richard Dawson mentioned on this forum. Not easy listening but very rewarding! I ran a songwriters' night for several years, and occasionally people would turn up and play electric guitar rather than the usual acoustic. It rarely worked well for more than a song or two, I suspect because they were usually just doing whatever they did in their band but sans drums and bass, and it wasn't interesting on its own. Was that an echo? You can get electric string sets with wound third strings. Hard rockers don't generally use them, but lots of jazz players do. I use them on my Yamaha ES-335 copy. When I was playing in electric bands, up to about 2004, I always used sets with a wound 3rd on my Strat, and prior to that my Gretsch and my Tele. I was playing mostly chords and, for that purpose, a wound 3rd plays in tune better than a plain string. There are electric sets available with a wound 3rd - e.g. D'Addario 110W 10-46. I have a set with a wound 3rd on my Strat at the moment. From: Cappuccino Something else has just occurred to me - I've never tried this. On an acoustic guitar, you have a wound third string, and on an electric you have an unwound third. I have often briefly thought about stringing my Epi with a set of acoustic strings to see what it sounded like; but I haven't tried it yet. I recall John Williams with Sky being interviewed and he was asked what the difference was between electric and acoustic guitar, and his answer to me seemed very clever and profound. He said, acoustic guitar is about how the note decays and dies. Which I suppose is why we try to have open strings, whenever we can. Whereas electric guitar, he thought, was about how the notes sustained. As I recall, Andres Segovia called the electric guitar 'an abomination'. But then he could play a bit! And the classical player John Williams had no problem with using a Les Paul in Sky. At my level, I too play an Epiphone (the 339, smaller-body semi-acoustic) and I find it is quite remarkably good for fingerpicking. Beats my Fender Strat hands down for that, so I say 'go for it!' I always found the difference between acoustic and electric guitars to be similar to the first time you try and drive a car... at first, it's not clear who's in control or who's controlling the power. Then when you realise it will do what you tell it to, you're off! Will Fly has got it all correct. Go on, do it! - Cap ..and arguably the more emotionally expressive instrument... Electric guitars and associated technology are simply far more sonically versatile than acoustic guitars... To be honest, there wasn't any great idealism involved. The amp came first. I was in a music shop and I noticed how light the fender GT100 was. One of the amps it could sound like was a Fender Twin reverb, which I'd always quite liked. Its not an acoustic amp but its more than acceptable. Then I had a go with the effects and the onboard effects were as good as the boss effects unit I had been taking round - so I thought, well that's one less thing to carry around., I've found about six sounds so far that work with the 335. As Dave the Gnome says - you need restraint and extra care with an electric guitar to optimise the extra clarity and sustain the electric guitar naturally gives you. I've seen electric guitars used a lot in folk music over the years - often with great expertise. The Bully Wee Band, The Home Service, and Lightning Hopkins are deserving of honourable mentions. However, I've always thought that after Jimi Hendrix - the electric guitar has possibilities other than being played like a loud acoustic guitar - there is a palette of sounds there for us to draw on. Has anyone else had similar thoughts? A few years ago, I came across the guitar playing of Richard Fontenot from Louisiana, who played traditional Cajun tunes on an electric guitar with loads of reverb on it. I was so struck by the sound, I had a crack at one of the tracks: "Allons a Lafayette". The guitar is a slimline, hollow-body made to my specs by luthier Ian Chisholm. I'd come across a DeArmond acoustic guitar pickup I played in the 1960s and 1970s and stuffed in a drawer many years ago. I had the guitar built around the pickup! The amp used in the recording is a Roland Cube - with loads of reverb... Will Fly: "Allons a Lafayette" (after Richard Fontenot) With the modeling amps and other electronic gizmos available today, I don't think it makes much difference, sound-wise, whether one plays an acoustic or electric guitar on stage. A Martin D-28 can be made to sound like a Les Paul, and vice versa. The only real consideration is aesthetic. Do you want to be seen playing folk music on a Les Paul or hard rock on a D-28? Personally, I don't, though I've certainly seen other people do both quite well. From: Jack Campin I much prefer an electric guitar as a folk instrument. Stretch Dawrson in Edinburgh could play rapper morris tunes on one - try that with an acoustic! The only time we ever had an issue with someone at our folk club was when they brought an electric guitar, cranked it up to 11 and proceeded to play it out of tune and very badly! Not that you would do that, Al :-) From: GUEST,henryp Chris Wood has made the long journey from Quebec fiddle tunes to his own songs accompanied by melancholic 1964 Epiphone guitar. From: GUEST,Mark Bluemel Following punkfolkrocker's comment about John Martyn, can I refer people to about 2:41 in this ? .. and John Martyn's tape echo/delay... As always.. it's down to if an individual guitarist has imagination or is a dullard... I think in terms of minimalist drone - harmonium and hurdy gurdy, and that's how I'm inclined to play guitar.... 3 cheers for John Renburn and his fuzz box..... From: C-flat I suppose this goes back to the old question of "what is folk music?" and, in addition, what is a "folk club"? There are some clubs that embrace folk music as "music of the folk" and others that believe it should be exclusively traditional in content. Performers like Richard Dawson will seriously challenge most peoples perception of what "folk" music is. Hammering on acoustic and electric guitars in equal measure and even bordering on "prog-rock" at times, but always true to the tenets of "folk" music in his story telling. There are plenty of other examples of artists occupying prime slots in the "folk" scene who see the solid body guitar as just another instrument. After all, there's plenty of different ways to play a solid body guitar without using an overdrive pedal. Go for it Big Al! 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__label__wiki	0.965182	0.965182	Greece to vote in September snap elections August 20, 2015 Kevin Lees Leave a comment Ballot-worn and crisis-weary Greeks will go to the polls for the third time in nine months in what amounts to a fresh referendum on the country’s third European bailout. Facing a growing insurgency in his own government as he implements the terms of a new European Union-backed bailout of up to €96 billion, prime minister Alexis Tsipras will dissolve the Hellenic Parliament and call early elections for September 20 — in an autumn where Turkey, just across the Aegean Sea, is also likely to hold snap elections after the apparent failure of coalition talks. There’s already been a disproportionately large amount of ink spilled on poor Greece in 2015. With the first disbursement of the country’s third bailout accomplished, though, there’s probably no better time for Tsipras to go to the electorate. The early expectation is that Tsipras will survive the elections and govern with a more stable and likely centrist majority. But if you’ve learned anything about Greek politics this year, it’s that you should expect the unexpected twists and turns of a country that’s struggling culturally, economically and politically to exit crisis mode. RELATED: Both Greece and Turkey could be headed for autumn snap elections From anti-austerity crusade in January to a third bailout in July Tsipras (pictured above), the leader of SYRIZA (Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς, the Coalition of the Radical Left), won election in January on a pledge to reduce the terms of Greece’s memorandum and provide relief from the effects of a half-decade of austerity imposed on Greece’s fiscal policy — all without endangering Greek membership in the eurozone. After months of talks, headed by his outspoken one-time finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, it became clear that Greece did not have the political leverage that Tsipras hoped would force a more lenient deal for his country. By the end of June, it was clear that the eurozone’s finance ministers had no appetite for extending Greece’s second bailout program without additional concessions to cut Greece’s still-bloated public sector and to reform its economy. Tsipras then hastily called a referendum for July 5, campaigning against the latest deal on offer by the Europeans, and the ‘no’ campaign (‘oxi‘) won a stronger-than-expected victory, despite closing Greece’s banks and imposing capital controls that restricted daily ATM withdrawals, at their nadir, to just €60. Despite the referendum, Tsipras returned to the negotiating table and ultimately accepted a proposal for the third bailout — with terms even tougher than those rejected in the July 5 referendum. Tsipras, who dismissed Varoufakis as his finance minister hours after the referendum, argued that Greece had to choose between two tough choices — austerity tied to yet another bailout program or the insolvency and financial chaos that would result from a disorderly exit from the eurozone. Tsipras essentially admitted at the time that he had no ‘plan B,’ and that his country lacked the foreign reserves to establish a new currency in the event of ‘Grexit.’ Leftist rebels increasingly split from SYRIZA over bailout SYRIZA, until recently a loose coalition of leftists ranging from mildly anti-austerity centrists to former communists, almost immediately split over whether to accept the third bailout, in spite of the chaotic alternative. In particular, Varoufakis and then-energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, the leader of Left Platform (Αριστερή Πλάτφορμα), have been vocal critics of the deal, and parliamentary speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou attacked it vociferously in several key votes. For the past month, however, Tsipras has pushed through the terms of the third bailout with dwindling support from his own party, and opposition MPs have kept his government and the bailout afloat. SYRIZA controls 149 of 300 seats in the parliament, and its junior governing partner, the nationalist right-wing and anti-austerity Independent Greeks (ANEL, Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες), control just 13 more seats. But by last week, support from within Tsipras’s coalition dropped to below 120. Ultimately, Tsipras wants to call snap elections because he can’t function indefinitely with a government that refuses to deliver him a majority. By calling a fresh vote, Tsipras hopes to win a mandate for his new approach and for the new bailout program, though even Tsipras himself has grumbled that its terms will continue to retard Greek GDP growth and employment, keeping Greece stuck in its six-year economic depression. There are no reliable August polls, but surveys from the summer show that SYRIZA, under Tsipras’s leadership, still commands a massive majority of around 40% compared to just 20% for the center-right opposition, New Democracy (ND, Νέα Δημοκρατία). But we have no polls that show what might happen if, as seems likely, Left Platform splits formally from SYRIZA. This is a crucial question because the party that wins the most votes in an election also wins a ‘bonus’ of 50 MPs. So if Left Platform steals a significant share of SYRIZA’s voters, another third party — most likely New Democracy — could win the election with a much smaller share of the vote. Tsipras is a wily campaigner, though, and he should benefit from the fact that for the first six months of his premiership, he engaged in substantial brinksmanship in pursuit of a better deal for Greece. He failed. So the challenge for Varoufakis and Left Platform will be to describe how they would otherwise succeed — and how a eurozone exit would make life easier for Greece’s poor and its shrinking middle class. After all, Varoufakis and Lafazanis were key players in Tspiras’s government until July. At some point, voters will realize that the SYRIZA rebels have little more to offer than Greece’s Communist Party (KKE, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας), which won only 5.5% in the January election. Tspiras, having followed Varoufakis’s advice, brought his country to the edge of Grexit. Tsipras will argue that Left Platform and the Greek Communists offer no solution that will keep Greece in the eurozone, and he’ll have the political scars of the last six months to prove it. The state of Greece’s center-right and center-left opposition Ultimately, however, Tsipras’s greatest threat may come from the right, which encompasses not just the traditional Greek right, but the center and the center-left as well. They will argue that Tsipras’s hardball negotiation tactics not only failed, but needlessly disrupted a nascent economic recovery and led to the flight of billions of deposits from Greek banks. And that’s not incorrect. But Tsipras will argue that, unlike his predecessors, conservative Antonis Samaras and leftist George Papandreou, he fought for Greek sovereignty in the face of the eurozone’s unelected officials and tried to reintroduce the democratic voice of the Greek people into the debate over Greece’s economic future. Moreover, by calling snap elections so soon, Tsipras also hopes he can win a mandate before even more economic pain befalls voters from the additional pension cuts and an increase in Greece’s VAT required under the new bailout. With former prime minister Antonis Samaras’s resignation after the July referendum, New Democracy has removed one of the most toxic figures in Greek politics from its leadership. But its acting leader, Vangelis Meimarakis, in office for six weeks, hardly seems prepared for the sudden challenge of unseating Tsipras. Nor does Fofi Gennimata, the leader of Greece’s once-dominant center-left party, PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement — Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα). She’s held the PASOK leadership only since June 14. Tsipras’s most credible opponent will be centrist Stavros Theodorakis, a former television reporter and commentator who founded To Potami (Το Ποτάμι, which means ‘The River’), a centrist, pro-European party, in February 2014. Theodorakis (pictured above) harshly condemned Tsipras’s decision to call a referendum over extending Greece’s bailout, but he has nevertheless supported Tsipras’s efforts to enact Greece’s new bailout since mid-July. As a more pragmatic and centrist ‘Tsipras 2.0’ is emerging, the distance between him and Theodorakis is shrinking. If Tsipras wins, that means he will look towards To Potami as a coalition partner in his next government; until then, however, he will be fighting with Theodorakis over the same pool of centrist and center-left voters. Though the Independent Greeks have backed Tsipras throughout the ups and downs of the last seven months, it’s not clear how such an anti-austerity party will hold onto its support after having embraced a new bailout memorandum. Its leader, defense minister Panos Kammenos, could face an uphill battle in selling the bailout deal. If ANEL collapses, however, it could be to the gain of Golden Dawn (Χρυσή Αυγή), a eurosceptic, anti-bailout, anti-immigrant and neo-fascist group that vies with To Potami for third place in the polls, typically with between 5% and 8% support. 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__label__cc	0.605499	0.394501	Amgen and the Engulfing Pattern by Sharon Yamanaka Sometimes there's a lot more going into a candlestick pattern than just the formation. Security: AMGN Position: Buy Amgen (AMGN) just formed a very bullish engulfing pattern, starting on Friday December14, 2001 and finishing on the16th. The engulfing pattern consists of two candlesticks, the second candle body "engulfing" the first, the open and closing prices being higher and lower than the previous day's. The shadows (day's high and lows) are not relevant to this formation. The engulfing pattern tends to form at peaks in trending stocks, signal a reversal, and has an over 50%, or better-than-a-coin-flip accuracy, overall. For that reason, they are worth investigating when they occur. In the case of Amgen, rumors that they would merge with Immunex began. Initial reaction to the possible merger was that Amgen would pay a large sum of cash, reducing stock holders' dividends and company earnings. The stock price dropped accordingly. Once the announcement was made that Amgen would acquire Immunex, the stock formed the second half of the engulfing pattern, shooting up $5 in one day. This seemed to be because Amgen didn't pay as much as was expected, and the merger was looked upon as a positive move for both companies. Amgen is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures the drugs Epogen, Neupogen, Infergen and Temgen, used to treat renal failure, myelosuppressive chemotheray, and hepatits C patients, respectively. They also produce Temgen used in stem cell transplantation. Immunex has just produced the drug Embrel, used for treating rheumatoid arthritis. Figure 1: Six-month chart of AMGN. The top chart shows the average true range; the middle, the daily prices with the recently formed engulfing pattern, and support and resistance lines; the lower two charts are the overbought/oversold indicator MACD and the on-balance volume. Graphic provided by: StockCharts.com. Returning to the technicals, because the engulfing pattern signals a reversal, it needs to be found in a trending stock. For the bullish engulfing pattern, AMGN should be trending downward. Looking at the average true range (ATR) in the top of Figure 1, you can see that the stock is in the upper section of its range, signaling a trend. Further evidence of a reversal is the support line at 55. The second candlestick of the engulfing pattern just touched this line before going upward. The moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) histogram (although not the moving averages) suggests the stock is oversold, possibly a good time to buy. Finally, concluding that the engulfing pattern is signaling a reversal, a resistance line around 68 and the company's own projections, recently amended from 88 to 72 for the upcoming year, give a target price of 70. How soon will that be? The last movement upward for AMGN took one month to go from 55 to 68, and the time before two months to rise from a July low of 50 to high of 66. I would look for a one to two month rise in the stock, depending on the performance of the market at large. The biotechnology sector as a whole seems to be outperforming the larger indexes and has been positive in recent months. Sharon Yamanaka Title: Staff writer Company: Technical Analysis, Inc. Website: www.traders.com E-mail address: syamanaka@traders.com Traders' Resource Links Charting the Stock Market: The Wyckoff Method -- Books Working-Money.com -- Online Trading Services Traders.com Advantage -- Online Trading Services Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities -- Publications and Newsletters Working Money, at Working-Money.com -- Publications and Newsletters Traders.com Advantage -- Publications and Newsletters Professional Traders Starter Kit -- Software	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line356
__label__cc	0.51163	0.48837	What The Flight on a flight on an airport We use as our partners cookies on our websites. Cookies are used to customize What The Flight content and ensure a better experience, both faster and more secure. By using our services, you agree with our cookie policy. Airlines / Delta Air Lines / Flight from Minneapolis to Amsterdam / Review from HappyFlight A nice flight, but not completely adequate for those who need to follow a gluten-free diet Review of HappyFlight about the flight Delta Air Lines between Minneapolis and Amsterdam on 29/10/2014 in Business HappyFlight DL / DAL MSP / AMS Note: This review is about an experience that happened more than 3 years ago. After a good first flight with Delta, we arrived at the Minneapolis airport. To recap, for the whole flight I paid 16 € and used 65,000 miles. It wasn't necessary to check the bags, since this was only a stopover and therefore they would be transferred automatically. Airport: huge, like most American airports. There are dozens of shops, restaurants... The lounge: since I was traveling in Business Class, I got to enjoy the Delta Sky Club lounge. It is quite large and comfortable. The restrooms are relatively clean. The problem was with the food, I have to eat gluten-free and there was nothing except carrots and popcorn. So I managed to find suitable cookies outside the lounge. I came back to the Delta Sky Club and the reaction was... "- Food from outside cannot be consumed in the lounge. - I am gluten intolerant and there is nothing available in the lounge. - No, this is not allowed. You have to leave the lounge to eat. - Very well, I'll eat later. - I will keep the products at the reception desk. - No, I'll put them in my bags." And then I was given a pretty nasty look suggesting that I would sneakily eat them and that I am a "bad person" who does not respect the rules. I contacted the airline's customer service, who told me that all drinks and food from outside the lounge are strictly prohibited. And when I suggested that they at least offer gluten-free cupcakes or other items, no further response was given. Boarding: boarding was delayed due to the late arrival of the aircraft, but we were kept informed. We entered the plane after a 20-minute delay. The welcome was warm enough. They served us a welcome drink (champagne, orange juice, beer, and water) and gave us a small bag of peanuts. Orders for the meal were taken before departure. Like in the first flight, the announcements were too long and the voice was not pleasant. I am all for the use of pre-recorded announcements. The seat: on this respect, there is not much to complain about. It was large and comfortable. It reclined to 180 degrees. It was very easy to use. In-flight entertainment: great! A wide selection of movies (many in French), TV shows, games... The headphones were nice, although there was a soft buzzing sound that was a bit annoying. Takeoff: the safety instructions were shown on the screens. The inspection of the cabin was done too quickly. The meal: it was served right after takeoff. I had ordered a gluten-free meal. The starter was the same as on the other meals. It was simple, but very good. The meal trays were then distributed, but they gave me a normal one (with gluten). Upon request, they replaced my tray with a suitable one. It came with a salad, which was good. They also offered me bread, which was not gluten-free (luckily, I asked for confirmation). Afterwards, they brought me the dish, which was good. The chief purser offered me a soup. I foolishly trusted him and therefore did not ask for confirmation of whether it was gluten-free. For dessert, I was served a fruit salad and ice cream (again, gluten?). = After the meal, I soon had some problems related to the ingestion of gluten (from the soup or the ice cream?). The rest of the flight: throughout the rest of the flight, no crew member passed by the cabin to ask if we wanted a drink or anything else. Breakfast: big disappointment. The omelette was really bad. A non-toasted gluten-free bagel is not really edible (ditto for the gluten-free bread, it is very thick). Safety: I was really surprised by the lack of seriousness on this respect. During the flight, the seat belt lights were on, but no announcement was ever made and there was no visual inspection by the crew members. Passengers got up during turbulence and the crew did not react. Checks before takeoff and landing were botched. And there were lots of other things that were not satisfactory. The crew (service): pleasant and smiling, especially the chief purser. The luggage arrived without any problems. Conclusion: I had a great flight, but safety should really be improved. The same goes for the consideration of food allergies. The rating may seem harsh, but we must not forget that travelers have paid a lot of money for a service that is not flawless. Value (price + quality) Check-in and boarding Management of luggage Your opinion of security Flight pictures All the pictures (24) » By HappyFlight, about Delta Air Lines, on 3 November 2014 , close to Strasbourg, Alsace, France This review has been read 150 times This review is also available in French. Are you a representative of Delta Air Lines and would like to reply to this review or be notified by email when reviews are published about your airline company? Please contact us! One comment RSS Comments Lusaka83 replied Translate Je n'ai pas pensé prendre une photo mais oui le plat principal du riz, en dessert une salade de fruits, en entrée je ne me souviens plus mais très maigre et pas fameux pour une business en tout cas La prochaine fois, je penserai prendre une photo et les étiquettes what the flight by Lusaka83, on 6 January 2015 0 positiv votes 0 negativ votes What do you think about HappyFlight review?* Read Delta Air Lines reviews Compare prices and quality Flight type Round-trip One way Children from 2 to 11 years old* Infants from 0 to 2 year old (1 per adult)* Search my ticket © What The Flight 2011-2020 - 11:13:51 Contact - Terms of use - Publisher - Cookie Download the application for free on App Store or Google Play All product names, trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line360
__label__cc	0.615701	0.384299	Dino Djulbic Central Defender, Perth Glory Dino Djulbic, born February 16, 1983, is a 36-year old football player from Australia who currently plays for Perth Glory, a club in the Australian A-League competition. Djulbic is 193 cm tall and plays as a Central Defender, wearing number 6 for Perth. More Information at Wikipedia » Club History: (2007-08 until 2008-09) (2017-18 from Rnd 14 until Rnd 16) News and Updates: Ankle (indefinite) Follow @DinoDjulbic Glory's purple patch continues (26/03/2016) Djulbic rescues a point for Glory (28/02/2015) Nine-man Sydney see off ten-man Glory (07/02/2015) 2014-15 PER Player of the Season Season-by-Season Statistics: Goals (Finals) Total Goals 2007-08 18 18 1,574 0 0 0 3 1 4 2008-09 9 8 629 0 0 0 4 1 5 2015-16 10 4 524 0 0 0 1 1 2 2017-18 11 10 915 0 0 0 2 0 2 Total: 161 145 13,183 7 1 8 28 5 33 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Goal/Card/App Sunday October 13, 2019 1 Brisbane Roar (H) D 1 - 1 10 mins » Sunday October 27, 2019 3 Wellington Phoenix (A) W 2 - 1 2 mins » Saturday November 23, 2019 7 Sydney FC (H) L 1 - 3 90 mins » Saturday November 23, 2019 7 Sydney FC (H) 58' » Club Statistics: Adelaide United 19 7 6 6 0 2 0 2 Brisbane Roar 14 3 7 4 3 2 0 2 Central Coast Mariners 20 8 6 6 2 3 0 3 Gold Coast United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melbourne Victory 18 9 4 5 1 3 0 3 Melbourne City 15 7 7 1 0 2 1 3 New Zealand Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newcastle Jets 19 13 3 3 0 3 1 4 North Queensland Fury 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 Perth Glory 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sydney FC 20 4 3 13 0 5 2 7 Wellington Phoenix 20 10 3 7 0 4 1 5 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 5 3 1 1 2 0 2 Total: 161 71 43 47 8 28 5 33 * These statistics exclude Pre-season results Stadium Statistics: Goals per game Central Coast Stadium 10 2 0.2 HBF Park 64 2 0.031 Suncorp Stadium 7 2 0.286 CBus Super Stadium 20 1 0.05 Dairy Farmers Stadium 2 1 0.5 Goal (Time Scored) Statistics: 1-15 mins 16-30 mins 31-45 mins 46-60 mins 61-75 mins 76-90+ mins CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License © 2005-2018 Hamson Design Group.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line361
__label__wiki	0.617337	0.617337	Tag Archives: haha Backwoods Gallery Launches Annual Fundraiser Activism, Big Balls, Collaborations, Shows & Events, Street Art Backwoods Gallery, Fintan Magee, Georgia Hill, haha, Melbourne, Minna Leunig, Reka, roa, roland henry, SHOHEI OTOMO, support local, TwoOne Backwoods Gallery is an independently run commercial gallery that began as an Artist Run Initiative in 2010. From humble beginnings as a platform for its artist owners to exhibit artwork of their own, Backwoods has grown to become world recognised, working with the likes of MONA and The Japan Foundation. As a small commercial gallery, they do not receive funding from government arts grants, nor do they have the support from another commercial business. In most cases galleries rely on one or the other for funding due to the volatile nature of the industry. Backwoods’ unique situation means the gallery relies on sales from exhibitions to rent the space, run projects, workshops, produce exhibitions, pay wages and more. The reality of hands-on collaboration with their artists and community has helped them forge strong and long-lasting relationships all the artists with whom they work, all of which they consider to be good friends, as well as their community of friends and collectors. Backwoods Gallery only exhibits artists they really believe in, have relationships with, and who are a part of their community, such as Minna Leunig, Shohei Otomo, Reka, Twoone, Roa, Fintan Magee, Georgia Hill and more. They are dedicated to working, developing and growing with the artists they represent to ensure long-lasting, professional relationships. Due to rising overheads, the gallery requires significant financial assistance to run smoothly. To meet these ongoing challenges they have planned an annual fundraiser which aims to take the pressure off day-to-day operations to allow them to continue to produce great exhibitions. The online fundraiser auction will feature significant artworks from artists they’ve worked with closely over the past 9 years. The artworks will be hung in a special weekend exhibition at the gallery, with all funds raised going to help pay overheads for the space. The exhibition will run from the 24th to the 26th May, and will be a silently auctioned online, open to all collectors and guests both locally and internationally. Backwoods Gallery first annual fundraiser auction Opening Night: Friday May 24th from 6-10pm. Auction link: https://www.32auctions.com/backwoodsgallery1 Auction begins: Friday May 24th, 6pm AEST Auction Closes: Sunday May 26th, 6pm AEST Auction open Friday 24th, 6pm AEST – Sunday 26th, 6pm AEST Crowdfunding launch for ‘Happyland’ Charity, Collaborations, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine Adnate, Buff Diss, Damo, E.L.K, Ghostpatrol, haha, Happyland, Kaff-Eine, Lister, LUCY LUCY, Makatron, Melbourne, MERDA, Miso, Penny Byrne, Rone, Swoon, Vexta, Will Coles Melbourne artist Kaff-eine and her cheeseagle team are creating an onsite art installation as much-needed shelter with two slum communities in Manila, Philippines. A crowdfunding campaign to support the Happyland project launches with a group exhibition of leading street artists on 1 April. Kaff-eine, whose artwork is found on the street, in private homes and in galleries, is reuniting with the Baseco and Happyland dumpsite communities and working with an international team to create ‘art tarpaulins’, which feature portraits of community personalities, and which will be used as much-needed shelter. ‘The collaborators who worked with me for my last project, Phoenix, made it clear that suitable housing is really important to them. I have so much admiration for the colourful, proud and resilient personalities in the communities; why not combine both?’, says Kaff-eine. Photo: Kaff-eine ‘Your Kid Can’t Do This’ – aMBUSH Gallery Picture of the day, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art ambush gallery, Blek Le Rat, E.L.K, haha, Hugo Kaagman, Luke Cornish, Vexta, Your Kid Can't Do this Returning for the first time since 2010, international stencil art exhibition ‘Your Kid Can’t Do This’ launches at aMBUSH Gallery, Central Park, Sydney on Friday 26 June from 6-9pm. The group exhibition is curated by Luke Cornish, aka E.L.K, who became the first street-based artist to be selected for inclusion in the prestigious Archibald Prize in 2012, and currently holds the record for creating the highest selling piece of street art in Australia. YKCDT is the ultimate showcase of contemporary talent within the field of stencil artistry, featuring over 50 artists from 16 countries, including the Godfather of modern stencil art Blek Le Rat (France), Australian stencil art royalty Haha and Vexta, and Hugo Kaagman (Amsterdam), who is heralded as the ‘original pioneer of stencil art’. YKCDT also platforms the work of every winner of the Australian Stencil Art Prize from 2009-2014, leading stencillers from across Europe and America, and an assortment of emerging artists whose quieter reputations belie their exceptional talent. E.L.K says, “Modern stencil art exploded on to the scene in Australia in the early 2000s, around the time of the American invasion of Iraq. Hundreds of artists with a message hit the streets and lane ways, using the quickest means of delivering that message: stencil. In the decade that has followed, the boom of street stencils scene has slowed down, but the evolution of the medium continues to progress to a near hyper-realistic aesthetic. The 2015 installment of YKCDT is set to be Australia’s most outstanding display of stencil art yet.” The Paterson Project Collaborations, Graffiti, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine 23rd Key, 6SETA, ABET, Adnate, Amac, ARMED, AWES, Bailer, BURG, BUTTONS, CHEHEHE, CHOQ, CREATURE CREATURE, CRISIS, CRUEL, DEM189, DEST, DONOVAN CHRISTIE, DOSE, Duel, DUKE STYLE, DVATE, ears, EEVIEN TAN, Eleven, ELLIOT CLAYFIELD, ENDS, FACTER, FENOM, FLETCH CUTS, frame, GHETTO, GOODIE, Grizzle, GUS, haha, hancock, HEESCO, IME, INPAC, Itch, JAMES MCCULLOUGH, JORZ, JOSH SMITH, Ken Taylor, KEO, KITTY RITZ, LACHY HAMILTON, LEBOUEF, LING, Losop, LUCY LUCY, Makatron, Marian Machismo, MARINE, mayo, Mike Watt, MIT, monk, MORDES, Mysterious Al, NASTE, NICOLE TATTERSALL, OHNOES, ORDER, Otis Chamberlain, PHOENIX, PIGEON BOY, Pilfer, PLEA, POISE, PORNO, PRESTO, PUTOS, RAD, RASHE, REPEAT, RESUME, REWS, Rone, ROOK REM, RUS KIDD, sabeth, Sam Yong, scale, SEAR, SENEKT, SHEM, SHIME, Sirum, SKUBZ, slicer, SMICK, Steve Cross, STOPEM, Swerfk, TANEA, TIM ROLLINTOGGLES, TREM, UNWELL BUNNY, Will Coles, Wonderlust The Paterson Project will be one of Melbourne’s most exciting and important street art events in 2015. Elite talent from all over Australia will be painting together under one roof to raise money for The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Housed inside the ‘jewel of Smith Street’, the Patersons building’s top three floors will be transformed into one giant canvas for more than 100 artists. The Paterson is a heritage building that is to be demolished soon and redesigned as apartments. The history of the building spans over a century, and for the past forty years has remained a home to artists and musicians. The project comprises of the top street artists, graffiti artists and stencil artists from around Australia. The event seeking to build a positive profile by giving back to the community, raising $20,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation through the auction of art created as part of The Paterson Project. In one week, up to 100 Artists will create vast collaborative murals and site specific installations over all three floors of the heritage listed Paterson Building. This type of inspiring event has no precedence; never before has so many top street artists gathered and collaborated to give back to the community. http://www.thepatersonproject.com/ @thepatersonproject Children of the Iron Snake Artist Profile, Featured artists, Graffiti, Street Art, Uncategorized, Video, VNA Magazine Adnate, Adrian Doyle, Aeon, Aim, alex macbeth, Alison Young, Amac, Ann Marie Brennan, Ash Keating. 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__label__wiki	0.629258	0.629258	Review: Midnight My Love Directed by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Starring Petchtai Wongkamlao, Woranut Wongsawan Released in Thailand cinemas on May 12, 2005 Petchtai Wongkamlao is Thailand's answer to Takeshi Kitano. He's a comedian, better known as Mom Jok Mok. He's an actor, with many roles to his credit, mainly in action comedies (including his role as Dirty Balls or George in Ong-Bak). And he's a director, with 2003's action-comedy Bodyguard under his belt and another project, Hello Yasothon on the way. He's also an author, with a book out. In Midnight, My Love, he does his best Beat Takeshi impression, portraying a lonely taxi driver with a moon face and impassive expressions. Sombat works the night shift. Driving long after everyone has gone to bed, he has the streets to himself. He eats alone -- always the same food, at the same shop. And he lives alone. His only friend is one AM radio station that plays the "golden oldies" and old-time soap operas that he favors. He even visits a ballroom where the old music is played -- alone -- and contents himself to sipping a Coke while listening to the tunes and watching everyone else dance. He barely exists. At the taxi garage, a co-worker washing the car next to his doesn't notice that he has thoroughly soaked Sombat with his hose. In a busy lobby, people just storm on through, bumping into Sombat as if he wasn't there. But in his cab, he lays down the law. When a guy (the same actor who was the incessant licker in Citizen Dog) gets in and starts picking his nose, flicking snot everywhere, putting his feet on the seat and is yakking loudly on his cellphone, interrupting the radio drama, Sombat pulls over and tells the guy to get out, thus a losing a fare. His other co-workers give him grief. Customers don't like the old music. Are golden oldies going to pay his fares? He should listen to FM radio (to say nothing of the CD player many taxis are sporting these days). AM is dead. And he should get a cellphone. While waiting for fares one night at a big Bangkok massage parlor, a group of massage girls get in after work and have Sombat change the station. One of the girls in his backseat is different, though. While the others are flirty and noisy, this one is sitting there quiet and withdrawn. Another night, she gets in his cab alone. She likes the old music and she likes Sombat and she asks him to eat with her. He takes her to his standby joint, where he eats the same thing nightly. "I like this shop," he explains. "Another shop might not be so good." Eventually Sombat becomes Noal's driver every night, and Sombat starts to come out of his shell. He recognizes that he and the girl have a lot alike, even though he is a humble cabbie and she is tall and beautiful. One of the things he does is write letters to the host of the Golden Oldies program, hoping that someday his letters will be read on air. In one of his letters, he notes that he takes people to their destinations, but he must keep going because he hasn't reached where he is going. And Noal, a massage parlor girl, is the same, taking men to their destinations, but never to where she needs to be going. And there is more to Sombat than the straightlaced, quiet cabbie. He has a dark past that catches up with him and strains his relationship with Noan, because there's unforeseen circumstances that make it impossible for him to be there at the end of the night when she finishes work. The best part of Midnight, My Love, is the connections to the old radio dramas. The old soap operas are used as fantasy interludes, with Sombat and Noan becoming the characters in a old movie that is synched up with the old-time radio play. The images during these 1960s-style vignettes are stretched unanamorphically, with scratches, replicating an old film, with the acting coming off very melodramatically. Reminiscent of the Mit-Petchara era of Thai film, it's style that was experimented with in I-San Special and The Adventure of Iron Pussy. Here, it's gone mainstream and the effect is pretty cool. The melodrama and sadness intrude on the present-day action and things get going pretty grim, and for a bit, downright twisted, so strange in fact, it feels like a different movie. But Mom Jok Mok gives a winning performance, and Woranut, a television actress in her first film role, shows some restraint, portraying her character with dignity, in spite of the thankless job she's doing, working as one of the girls in the fishbowl at a soapy parlor, just to send money home to her ungrateful family. There is also some great photography of present-day Bangkok, as seen from the seat of a taxi, passing by many recognizable intersections and landmarks. This isn't all from Mom. He's in Cannes right now, helping promote the Ong-Bak followup, Tom Yum Goong. And there's Hello Yasothon. According to ThaiCinema, it's a rural love story set in 1967. I also understand it's a throwback to the musical "look thung" films of that era. What little exists of them today have proven to be fun, so I'll be checking that out as well. Interview with director, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, The Nation. 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__label__cc	0.714356	0.285644	Wild Boars Blamed for Upstate Horse Attacks Close-up of the tusk from the wild boar shot in the upstate horse pasture. An investigation by the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division into a rash of mysterious horse injuries in the Upstate concludes that wild boars are to blame. An upstate man shot and killed a large boar in a horse pasture on December 12, which seems to offer a common-sense conclusion that at least one wild boar was acting aggressively. The story of the horse injuries unfolded in Spartanburg County, requiring three horses to be euthanized due to injury. Since wild hogs are already present in every county of the state, horse owners are watching this development closely since feral hog numbers have the potential to increase over time. The boar that was killed is estimated to be 500-pounds with three-inch tusks. If you aren’t a hunter, you might not hear the tales year after year of very large wild boars being killed with greater frequency. Some of these wild boars possess the stealth to avoid detection long enough to grow to maturity, and they are most likely nocturnal. A good defense for horse owners is to have a stout fence around their pasture since large boars are not likely to jump a fence or to dig under it. While it’s likely that the aggressive tactics of the upstate wild boar documented by SLED are rare, wild pigs, in general, will likely remain on the landscape. A book I picked up in 2011 called the Year of the Pig documented feral hogs across the Southeast. In the book’s forward, Steven Ditchkoff writes that Hernando de Soto brought the first pigs to North America in 1539. They were already known as a species of survivors, and the explorers relied on the fact that a source of pork meat would be readily available upon return visits. Utilizing their short gestation period, a sow pig can have three litters in 14-months under normal conditions. Hunters are unable to keep up with the boom in feral hog numbers, and modern trapping techniques seem to offer the best prescription. In Year of the Pig, Mark Bailey writes that the feral hog, or Sus scrofa, is not a game species to be managed for sustained harvest. “Feral pigs are an invasive, exotic, and ecological nightmare and are a scourge on the southern landscape straight out of Pandora’s box,” said Bailey. “The answer to solving the wild hog dilemma lies in concerted efforts of public education, landowner incentives and persistent management programs on a landscape scale.” Total eradication of feral hogs is likely to be an unattainable goal, but it’s worth a try. Veteran hunters can tell over time that things change in the landscape, and that game populations can increase or dwindle in continuous cycles. The proliferation of coyotes is something that changed big game populations of white-tailed deer. Studies are underway at places like the Savannah River Site for scientific evidence, but common sense conclusions on this subject are nearly unanimous. For example, just a couple of decades ago, if a deer was wounded during a late evening still hunt and it escaped into the darkness of the woodlands without a trace, a savvy hunter would return at first light in hopes of retrieving the venison if the overnight temperatures were cool enough. If a deer is left overnight in the woods today, there is a good chance what the hunter will recover in the a.m. is a carcass mauled by coyotes. Another fact that hunters take with them in the forest is that feral hogs and packs of coyotes could be a real threat to someone. Everyone should be safely armed with cell phones, flashlights, and guns but they still need to be mindful of wildlife. Alligators are present in some habitats and they have long presented hunters with a similar threat of being mindful of their steps. For example, walking through the hardwood bottomlands of the Savannah River swamp, I once encountered a mature alligator in a pothole of water right where I was scouting. My instincts told me that I could find a better location to set up for an evening still hunt for deer, requiring me to exit the same area after dark. “In South Carolina, there is no closed hunting season for wild hogs on private lands with a valid hunting license during daylight hours,” said DNR biologist Mark Carroll. “Hogs can be hunted at night on a registered property using any legal firearm, including the use of bait, electronic calls, artificial lights and night vision. The property must be registered online at the SCDNR website.” Even when hunters can remove wild hogs, they leave behind a damaged landscape due to their rooting, wallows and rubs. Jeff Dennis is a Lowcountry native. Read his blog at LowcountryOutdoors.com Jeff Dennis Jeff Dennis, Contributor (385 Posts) Jeff Dennis is a Lowcountry native. Read his blog at www.LowcountryOutdoors.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line373
__label__cc	0.502371	0.497629	Databases msdb OriginOfSpecies ( stats) orderby ordinal page 105 475 rows, page 105 of 119 (4/p) 1 50 60 70 80 90 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 119 select * from OriginOfSpecies order by ordinal limit 416, 4 (Page 105: Row) 14 - Recapitulation and Conclusion 14-02 - Recapitulation of the general and special circumstances in its favour 80 But on the view of each species constantly trying to increase in number, with natural selection always ready to adapt the slowly varying descendants of each to any unoccupied or ill-occupied place in nature, these facts cease to be strange, or perhaps might even have been anticipated. As natural selection acts by competition, it adapts the inhabitants of each country only in relation to the degree of perfection of their associates; so that we need feel no surprise at the inhabitants of any one country, although on the ordinary view supposed to have been specially created and adapted for that country, being beaten and supplanted by the naturalised productions from another land. Nor ought we to marvel if all the contrivances in nature be not, as far as we can judge, absolutely perfect; and if some of them be abhorrent to our ideas of fitness. We need not marvel at the sting of the bee causing the bee's own death; at drones being produced in such vast numbers for one single act, and being then slaughtered by their sterile sisters; at the astonishing waste of pollen by our fir-trees; at the instinctive hatred of the queen bee for her own fertile daughters; at ichneumonidae feeding within the live bodies of caterpillars; and at other such cases. Ichneumon Wasp 13 - Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Or 13-03 - Rules and difficulties in classification, explained on the theory of descent with modification 80 If certain characters are always found correlated with others, though no apparent bond of connexion can be discovered between them, especial value is set on them. As in most groups of animals, important organs, such as those for propelling the blood, or for aerating it, or those for propagating the race, are found nearly uniform, they are considered as highly serviceable in classification; but in some groups of animals all these, the most important vital organs, are found to offer characters of quite subordinate value. We can see why characters derived from the embryo should be of equal importance with those derived from the adult, for our classifications of course include all ages of each species. But it is by no means obvious, on the ordinary view, why the structure of the embryo should be more important for this purpose than that of the adult, which alone plays its full part in the economy of nature. Yet it has been strongly urged by those great naturalists, Milne Edwards and Agassiz, that embryonic characters are the most important of any in the classification of animals; and this doctrine has very generally been admitted as true. Henri Milne Edwards Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz 14 - Recapitulation and Conclusion 14-03 - Causes of the general belief in the immutability of species 80 The fact, as we have seen, that all past and present organic beings constitute one grand natural system, with group subordinate to group, and with extinct groups often falling in between recent groups, is intelligible on the theory of natural selection with its contingencies of extinction and divergence of character. On these same principles we see how it is, that the mutual affinities of the species and genera within each class are so complex and circuitous. We see why certain characters are far more serviceable than others for classification; -- why adaptive characters, though of paramount importance to the being, are of hardly any importance in classification; why characters derived from rudimentary parts, though of no service to the being, are often of high classificatory value; and why embryological characters are the most valuable of all. The real affinities of all organic beings are due to inheritance or community of descent. The natural system is a genealogical arrangement, in which we have to discover the lines of descent by the most permanent characters, however slight their vital importance may be. The framework of bones being the same in the hand of a man, wing of a bat, fin of the porpoise, and leg of the horse, -- the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, -- and innumerable other such facts, at once explain themselves on the theory of descent with slow and slight successive modifications. 04 - Natural Selection 04-06 - On the generality of Intercross Between Individuals of the Same Species 90 When our plant, by the above process long continued, had been rendered highly attractive to insects, they would, unintentionally on their part, regularly carry pollen from flower to flower; and that they do this effectually, I could easily show by many striking facts. I will give only one, as likewise illustrating one step in the separation of the sexes of plants. Some holly-trees bear only male flowers, which have four stamens producing a rather small quantity of pollen, and a rudimentary pistil; other holly-trees bear only female flowers; these have a full-sized pistil, and four stamens with shrivelled anthers, in which not a grain of pollen can be detected. Having found a female tree exactly sixty yards from a male tree, I put the stigmas of twenty flowers, taken from different branches, under the microscope, and on all, without exception, there were a few pollen grains, and on some a profusion. As the wind had set for several days from the female to the male tree, the pollen could not thus have been carried. The weather had been cold and boisterous, and therefore not favourable to bees, nevertheless every female flower which I examined had been effectually fertilised by the bees, which had flown from tree to tree in search of nectar. But to return to our imaginary case: as soon as the plant had been rendered so highly attractive to insects that pollen was regularly carried from flower to flower, another process might commence. No naturalist doubts the advantage of what has been called the "physiological division of labour"; hence we may believe that it would be advantageous to a plant to produce stamens alone in one flower or on one whole plant, and pistils alone in another flower or on another plant. In plants under culture and placed under new conditions of life, sometimes the male organs and sometimes the female organs become more or less impotent; now if we suppose this to occur in ever so slight a degree under nature, then, as pollen is already carried regularly from flower to flower, and as a more complete separation of the sexes of our plant would be advantageous on the principle of the division of labour, individuals with this tendency more and more increased, would be continually favoured or selected, until at last a complete separation of the sexes might be effected. It would take up too much space to show the various steps, through dimorphism and other means, by which the separation of the sexes in plants of various kinds is apparently now in progress; but I may add that some of the species of holly in North America, are, according to Asa Gray, in an exactly intermediate condition, or, as he expresses it, are more or less dioeciously polygamous. 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__label__wiki	0.812481	0.812481	IPS and Andrew Levine are sexist and stupid Andrew Levine is with IPS and that explains his hatred of women and sexism. In his latest garbage at Counterpunch, "The Specter of Another Clinton Presidency," he can't hide his sexist ways: But ridicule can’t hurt. In the 2008 primary season, I dreamed of Gennifer Flowers — Monica Lewinsky Democratic Clubs springing up across the land. But it was probably too late for that even then; and, in any case, a more decorous strategy would be more apt for rallying high-minded Democratic voters. This is the level of 'thought' for a "senior scholar" at the Institute for Policy Studies? I'm sorry, how is this policy related or even relevant. The disgraced liar Flowers disappeared from the media after she began her insane rants in August of 1999. As Bob Somerby observed: On August 2, Flowers turned up on the inventive show Hardball to discuss Talk magazine's Hillary profile. By the time her half-hour visit was through, she had accused President Clinton of involvement in murder, and she had insisted that someone from Clinton's White House staff calls around to get her show biz gigs cancelled. Host Chris Matthews challenged her, at least three times, to provide evidence supporting her murder allegations. For an idea of how well the conversation went overall, here's how things went when Matthews asked who had called to get her show biz gigs cancelled: MATTHEWS: Who made that call?FLOWERS: And I want to make one other point, Chris— MATTHEWS: Bruce Lindsey? Who made the call? FLOWERS: I want to make— MATTHEWS: I have no idea. Who was it? Somebody close to the president? FLOWERS: Yes, it was. MATTHEWS: Who? FLOWERS: I want to make a point about the Clinton body count. MATTHEWS: Sure... Moments later, the brainstorming continued: MATTHEWS: Well, who, I have no idea who called from the president's office? Who called from the president's office? I can list all the people who worked for him—Podesta, I can list George Stephanopoulos, I can list everybody who works in the White House. Name a name. I have no idea who it was. You say somebody called from Bill Clinton-land to kill your gigs out in Vegas. Who called on the president's behalf?FLOWERS: Yes, they certainly did. FLOWERS: They certainly did. You know, I don't have that name in front of me. But I'd be happy to call your producer back and give him the name. MATTHEWS: I'd love to get the name. The "who's-on-first" quality of these exchanges also suffused the murder discussions. Despite her repeated assertions that Clinton was involved in murders, she was able to cite no evidence of same, and claimed not to know that Jerry Falwell had repudiated his role in the "Clinton Chronicles" tapes. Matthews explicitly said on the air that he dissociated himself from Flowers' comments. By any rational standard, the performance was an embarrassment and a disaster. And because it was, Flowers soon turned up on Hannity & Colmes,booked for the entire hour. Far from tiptoeing around Flowers' murder accusations, she was quickly invited to rehearse them again. For IPS to have a 'scholar' who treat Gennifer Flowers as someone the public needs says a great deal about IPS and its complete lack of standards. That IPS has a 'scholar' who thinks you critique a politician based upon her husband's affairs says even more. IPS hired made him a 'scholar' after his long history of sexism. For one example, we'll drop back to 2007: In fact, I’m puzzled that they, or anyone else, think that Hillary’s position, whatever it might have been, in Bill’s bedroom counts as “experience” (of the relevant kind). Notice he never apologized for that or any other sexist remarks and IPS didn't expect him to. "Ideas into Peace and Justice" (their slogan) apparently embraces sexism. Surprisingly, while blaming Hillary for Bill's infidelities, he never blames John Edwards or himself (he supported Edwards) for John's infidelities -- demonstrating that the greatest of all hypocrites is the sexist. Louis Proyect and I will never see eye-to-eye on film, but I have noted him positively with regards to politics. He called Levine out in 2011: While saying all sorts of churlish things about Obama, Levine reveals his true orientation in the first and last paragraphs: Barack Obama will likely be the lesser evil in the 2012 election. That may be a reason to vote for him then; perhaps even a compelling reason in some circumstances. But it is not a reason to support him now. Of course, saying No is no substitute for building a real alternative; but at this point, with an election looming, it is a quick and dirty way to launch a credible threat that just might make the lesser evil less evil. This is why now is emphatically not the time to come to the aid of the Democratic Party. Perhaps in a year and half, for the few minutes we spend in the voting booth, lesser evil logic will be less illogical than it now is. But that will be then; this is now. This is exactly the kind of sophistry would expect from “a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies.” The IPS is a liberal think-tank that was launched in 1963 by Richard Barnet and Marcus Raskin, two disillusioned JFK appointees. Like the Nation Magazine that receives funding from the same wealthy liberals, the IPS tries to straddle the fence between challenging and reinforcing the system. Nothing captures this paradox better than the support that the IPS and the Nation Magazine gave to Barack Obama in 2008, a candidate they hoped would have the same kind of relationship to the liberal left that Bush had to the Christian fundamentalists and incipient tea party formations that helped get him elected. I supported Hillary's 2008 run. I may or may not support her if she runs again. 2016 is a long way off and I am much more worried about The Drone War, the illegal spying and other things. If I do not support Hillary, it will be for something like Benghazi as opposed to something her husband did or did not do. Friday, August 23, 2013. Chaos and violence continue, Nouri concludes oil deals with India (and gets mocked on Facebook), the protesters reach the eight month mark and vow they will not be run off, Kevin Gosztola puts the Chelsea Manning coverage in perspective, rumors of Nouri asking the US to take over a base in Iraq continue, and more. Wednesday, Iraq War veteran and whistle-blower Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison by Colonel Denise Lind who presided over the government's witch hunt of Manning. Monday April 5, 2010, WikiLeaks released military video of a July 12, 2007 assault in Iraq. 12 people were killed in the assault including two Reuters journalists Namie Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. Monday June 7, 2010, the US military announced that they had arrested Bradley Manning and he stood accused of being the leaker of the video. Leila Fadel (Washington Post) reported in August 2010 that Manning had been charged -- "two charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The first encompasses four counts of violating Army regulations by transferring classified information to his personal computer between November and May and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system. The second comprises eight counts of violating federal laws governing the handling of classified information." In March, 2011, David S. Cloud (Los Angeles Times) reported that the military has added 22 additional counts to the charges including one that could be seen as "aiding the enemy" which could result in the death penalty if convicted. The Article 32 hearing took place in December. At the start of this year, there was an Article 32 hearing and, February 3, 2012, it was announced that the government would be moving forward with a court-martial. Bradley had yet to enter a plea at that point. The court-martial was supposed to begin before the November 2012 election but it was postponed until after the election so that Barack wouldn't have to run on a record of his actual actions. Independent.ie noted, "A court martial is set to be held in June at Ford Meade in Maryland, with supporters treating him as a hero, but opponents describing him as a traitor." February 28th, Bradley admitted he leaked to WikiLeaks. And why. Tuesday, July 30th, Bradley was declared guilty of all but two counts by Colonel Lind. Yesterday, Manning issued a statement through NBC's Today show thanking supporters and declaring, " I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back." These developments and more were addressed today in the first segment on KPFA's The Morning Mix which, Fridays from 8 to 9 in the morning, is Project Censored's radio program. (The program is briefly archived at KPFA but it is also archived permanently at this Project Censored radio page.) The guest was Firedoglake's Kevin Gosztola. Excerpt. Mickey Huff: Can you comment a little more on the disturbing trend that you see and what you think this case may mean for-for journalism. And if you want, tag on what happened this week to David Miranda with Glenn Greenwald and what's going on at the Guardian and the Independent. Kevin Gosztola: The general point that I'll make that I think addresses just everything that you just said there is this incredible thing going on in the culture of US media, it seems. And people who are being targeted by the Obama administration and work in media actually have realized and brought forth this-this disconnect, this thing that really needs to be addressed which is to say that we've got journalists who are publishing leaks and benefiting from these stories and this is like a life force, this is like a life blood. They're getting hits from the internet, they're getting spread farther and father and wider. You're probably newspapers because you can sell newspapers and you can run front page headlines from these sensational scoops about the NSA or you even had WikiLeaks publishing those stories. You're probably able to sell newspapers off of that, maybe even win awards. But yet your newspaper is vigorously championing the Obama administration's crackdown on individuals who are giving you this information. You think Bradley Manning deserves justice in the courtroom and that his sentence is 'reasonable.' And we don't know why because they don't take a stand on that, they don't really define it. They sometimes say what they don't want to happen to people but they'll let the Obama administration go and they'll let the military go and have their way with Manning. And then, in the case of [NSA whistle-blower] Ed Snowden it's, you know, 'Bring him back from Russia, he shouldn't have fled' and entertaining anything the Obama administration might have to say about him being abroad. And in terms of news abuse, I think of how James Risen is being forced to testify against his source and is willing to go to jail [to protect his source]. And then you have this ruling come down and there was no coverage at all in the media really outside of the New York Times being the most major because it is their reporter [Risen] who is being targeted. And you have some alternative and independent press giving it attention. But it didn't enter into regular cable or evening news programs that Americans around the country watch. And then you have David Miranda abroad, being detained and searched for information and the Obama administration -- Mickey Huff: Being detained under a terrorism law. Right. And [the Obama administration] pretending, pretending like they don't want this or they weren't involved in this happening and this is just an escalation. You see an escalation on the war on journalists being waged as a war on leaks, being waged as a war that goes after whistle-blowers. And I think -- I thought that the press was going to wake up when the Associated Press had its records seized by the Justice Department and we were talking about that and when we knew that [Fox News reporter] James Rosen was being labeled an aider, abettor and co-conspirator of a leak from former State Dept employee Stephen Jin-Woo Kim. And you didn't see that happen. I thought it would be a good backdrop going into the Bradley Manning trial -- now Chelsea Manning -- and I thought that that might get organizations to take a second look at everything that had happened [. . .]. But it didn't really happen. And that particularly with the sentencing phase which is one point I want to make here. The sentencing phase of the trial. When you actually have damage and/or harm evidence that is supposed to be brought forward and the news networks should be -- every day -- going back and saying, "This is what was presented. This is what United States government officials said two or three years ago. This is how we can see if they were being truthful or they were being hyperbolic and lying." But that didn't happen. And there was no interest in getting actual information out there to people on whether the government was proving that Manning's leaks had been causing damage or harm. What kind of media do we have in the United States? A War Whore media -- as NPR demonstrates but Ava and I'll cover that Sunday at Third. Media Lens Tweets this media critique: Media Lens ‏@medialens 17h It was a 'given' for Guardian Iraq had WMD. Now: 'Nor is there much doubt about who committed the [Syrian] atrocity' http://tinyurl.com/jvz33m8 Still on the media, this is outside our scope for this dicussion, but I'll note that Kim Petersen has a critique of The Real News Network at Dissident Voice and Aura Bogado (The Nation) calls out the Whiteness of Orange is the New Black (joining Yasmin Nair's "White Chick Behind Bars: Netflix's Orange is the New Black gets an 'A' on queer issues, a 'C' on race and an 'F' on class" (In These Times) and Matthew Wollin (Pop Matters), as well as Ava and my "Media: Orange is still orange"). Auro Bogado posted a column yesterday evening entitled "An Open Letter: How I Failed Chelsea Manning:" Your statement hardly comes as a surprise. You had already made perfectly clear that you believed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dehumanized people, and that that dehumanization made it easier to kill innocent people with impunity. And yet, I didn’t really listen. I skimmed articles, skimmed analysis, but never made the decision to support you like I should have. I’m sorry, Chelsea. I’m sorry, at the very least, that I wasn’t a better listener. I understand now that you wanted to make the world better for women of color like me. Now it’s up to me to make the world a better place for women like you. Aura is to be applauded for her attempt but after her Twitter insensitivity that she recently apologized for, she probably shouldn't attempt to mind read or speak for White women -- a group she clearly has serious issues with. More to the point, it's a damn shame that she only feels bad because Chelsea has spoken about women. Aura should have been outraged about counter-insurgency -- which Bradley exposed, which he spoke of in his February statement to the military body and which witnesses during sentencing noted. I like Aura but her being touched that Chelsea Manning spoke of women doesn't change the fact that Chelsea spoke out against counter-insurgency and hoped her leaks would start a national discussion on counter-insurgency -- a discussion Aura never chose to take part in. She should apologize for that and she's not the only one who needs to (see Monday's "Those up for self-examination . . ."). But she Tweeted Chelsea Manning's statement yesterday and seems to have missed large points in her open apology: Aura Bogado ‏@aurabogado 22 Aug We inexplicably turned a blind eye to torture and executions by the Iraqi government. #ChelseaTweets We held individuals at Guantanamo for years without due process. #ChelseaTweets Patriotism is often the cry extolled when morally questionable acts are advocated by those in power. #ChelseaTweets In our zeal to kill the enemy, we internally debated the definition of torture. #ChelseaTweets we elected to hide behind the veil of nat'l security and classified information in order to avoid any public accountability #ChelseaTweets Whenever we killed innocent civilians, instead of accepting responsibility for our conduct, #ChelseaTweets When we engaged those that we perceived were the enemy, we sometimes killed innocent civilians. #ChelseaTweets We consciously elected to devalue human life both in Iraq and Afghanistan. #ChelseaTweets It was at this time I realized in our efforts to meet this risk posed to us by the enemy, we have forgotten our humanity. #ChelseaTweets I started to question the morality of what we were doing. #ChelseaTweets It was not until I was in Iraq and reading secret military reports on a daily basis that #ChelseaTweets I initially agreed with these methods and chose to volunteer to help defend my country. #ChelseaTweets and due fact we've had to alter our methods of combating the risks posed to us and our way of life. #ChelseaTweets We've been at war with an enemy that chooses not to meet us on any traditional battlefield, #ChelseaTweets Since the tragic events of 9/11, our country has been at war. #ChelseaTweets The decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and the world that we live in. #ChelseaTweets Tweeting Chelsea Manning's entire brilliant stement yesterday, 140 characters or less at a time. #ChelseaTweets I like Aura and we've applauded her here many times but crap like this needs to stop: @marclamonthill I'll take your word that that's true--but even still, it's bothersome that those stories are authenticated by a white voice. I know the topic she's speaking of; however, important stories being authenticated is good and skin color doesn't need to enter into it. I'm not calling for Aura to be fired from The Nation (if I wanted that, I'd give them a large donation the way everyone does to get someone fired) but I do think she needs to take a strong look at what she's putting out there. Equally true, when she has a valid complaint against any person, she needs to make it. But a valid complaint is about a specific person or persons, it's not about a race. When we engage in attacks on groups of people based on race, we cheapen the conversation and create or perpetuate the never-ending concept of "The Other." Aura is and has been an important voice but Tweets like that are not enlarging her base, they're restricting any valid points she may have (and I think she has many) to a small echo chamber. She has a problem and needs to address it. For those who missed her Twitter apology: I apologize to everyone who read this tweet https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/368529568014942208 …. I was wrong to send it. However... (cont.) I apologize to @jbouie for sending this tweet: https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/368529568014942208 … I recognize that I, too, stooped down and made it personal. Hide tweet Aura Bogado @aurabogado Even more anti-climatic moment of #solidarityisforwhitewomen: when a black man with a white girlfriend attacks you when you use the hashtag. The "White girlfriend" had nothing to do with the exchange Aura had with the man but Aura chose to attack the woman (and many of her followers called her out for it). She did so because she sees White women as "The Other." Again, she needs to address this. Her attacks are not playing well and are making real journalists question her judgment and sanity. I had turned several TV producers onto her, insisting she would make a great guest. Two of them saw her Tweets and called to let me know they have no interest in Hate Speech TV. Aura, you're harming yourself. And you're also missing Chelsea Manning's point about counter-insurgency which is hugely surprising for someone who supports Native rights. Counter-insurgency is colonization. That's why we called out Buffy St. Marie's idiotic remarks about and support for Barack and counter-insurgency supporter Samantha Power. It is lies, trickery and deceit used in an attempt to isolate those native people who stand up to imperialism from the rest of the native population. It encourages violence against those who stand up and it usually includes the invading force also practicing violence on the native population. It's been used over and over. During Vietnam, we (the left) called it out. The US government's spread a lot of money around to various academic institutions -- including the Carr Center -- to buy silence in the 00's on the subject of counter-insurgency. Today protests continued in Iraq. Iraqi Spring MC notes protests took place in Baquba, Tikrit, Baji, Mosul, Falluja, Baghdad's Adhamiya, Samarra, Rawah, Jalawah, and Ramadi. This wave of protests has been going on since December 21st. and this week marked eight months of continued protests. This is the 8th month of continued protests. As part of the Pride and Dignity campaign, protesters participated in a blood drive for the victims of bombings in Iraq. In Ameria, a preacher spoke to those assembled and stated that it is not enough for Nouri al-Maliki to say he recognizes the crimes committed against the people, he must release the innocent. National Iraqi News Agency reports: Preacher of the unified Friday prayer in Samarra, Sheikh Khaled Hatem al-Samarrai called on Iraqis to end silence towards what is happening in Iraq that took a long time without getting an answer from the Government of unfair and kill of Sunni component without mercy under the name of /revenge of the martyrs / in a Baghdad belt areas specially. Sheikh Khaled Hatem al-Samarrai decried the targeting of Sunnis. Where is the United Nations? They have yet to decry this. Not only that but UN Secretary-General has yet appoint someone to be his Special Representative to Iraq. (Martin Kobler's gone and "acting" Special Representative is not the same -- the current acting official is doing a strong job but does not have the authority he would have if he was named the Special Representative by Ban Ki-moon.) NINA also reports: Preacher Sheikh Hussein al-Dulaimi said in his Friday sermon in Ramadi sit-in Square: " The security forces in Baghdad belt deliberately violating human rights, even these forces confiscate illegally livestock of citizens and practice torture,kill or arrest them, wondering if such a practices are security measures?. NINA notes that thousands turned out in Ramadi and Falluja: Sheikh Mohammed Fayyad, one of the organizers of Anbar sit-ins ,said to NINA reporter : "The citizens participated in the prayers that held in the courtyard northern Ramadi and eastern Fallujah cities , stressing that the goal of this trickle is to send one again a message to the governing in Baghdad that our demonstrations are peaceful and backed by citizens deep conviction. Al Mada reports that protests took place in multiple provinces and a Samarra preacher called on Nouri to empty the prisons of the innocents and also decried the international silence (from the UN and the Arab League) while pointing out that the government is deliberating violating the rights of peaceful assembly in Baghdad. Tuesday, Human Rights Watch issued another in their ongoing reports about the assault on basic freedoms and protesters in Iraq: Baghdad’s new governor, Ali al-Tamimi, should immediately declare that he will support Iraqis’ right to exercise free assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. He should revoke regulations that allow police to prevent peaceful protest. On August 2, 2013, security forces invoked the regulations, which breach safeguards contained in Iraq’s constitution, to detain 13 people who attempted to protest against corruption and Iraq’s continuing slide into violence. Al-Tamimi became governor of Baghdad a month ago. Soldiers detained three protesters, held them for 36 hours and then released them. The police arrested 10 more as they gathered in a central Baghdad square, then charged them with “disobeying police orders,” a criminal offense based on the 2011 regulations, because they had failed to obtain official permission to demonstrate. On August 4, al-Rusafa criminal court threw out the charges, declaring them “fabricated.” “These latest arrests show just how far Iraqi authorities will go to prevent peaceful protests despite the major problems engulfing the country,” said Joe Stork, acting Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “The new governor should start fresh, revoking these unfair regulations to show that he supports the right of people to express their grievances peacefully. It would go a long way to restoring trust in the government.” The regulations effectively give authorities unfettered power to determine who may hold a demonstration. Human Rights Watch spoke separately to five of the 13 detained protesters, all of whom said that federal police and soldiers arrested them when they and others tried to gather in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square at around 7 a.m. on August 2. The soldiers detained Ahmed Suhail, his cousin Hussein Abbas, and a third man, took them to the headquarters of the 11th division, and held them there until their release late the following day. By then, the men’s families had “started to ask powerful people to intervene,” Suhail told Human Rights Watch. Police arrested the other 10 after initially warning demonstrators who were making their way to the square that “the army will arrest you and maybe hurt you” and then telling them that they could not enter the square because they did not have an official permit to demonstrate. A federal police general offered to help the demonstrators get a permit, but instead took four protesters who agreed to accompany him to seek the permit to Bab al-Muatham police station, where police arrested them. Police then brought in six others they had arrested, including two news cameramen who had been among the demonstrators. Three of these six told Human Rights Watch that soldiers from the army’s 11th division assaulted them before police arrested them. One said soldiers forced them to the ground, beating two of them, after first tying an Iraqi flag around his head to prevent him from seeing. The soldier “beat and kicked us, and called us ‘traitors,’’’ he told Human Rights Watch, and “asked us, ‘Who paid you to come demonstrate?’” Al Mada added that the Samarra preacher noted the eagerness with which the government now attacks the Iraqi people and notes Nouri didn't feel such a need when the American occupier was present in large numbers in Iraq. Sheikh Mohammed al-Jumaili noted that the Parliament passes laws to protect the animals but seems unconcerned about the protesters' safety. He noted that violence and militias will not force the protesters to retreat. And why would it? After eight months of threats, arrests, gunshots and more, they haven't stopped protesting. They've seen leaders assassinated and that hasn't led them to retreat. Even the Tuesday, April 23rd massacre of the sit-in in Hawija by Nouri's federal forces didn't stop them. Alsumaria noted Kirkuk's Department of Health (Hawija is in Kirkuk) announced 50 activists have died and 110 were injured in the assault. UNICEF informed the world that 8 of the dead were children and twelve more children were left injured. When they started, eight months ago, many in the (international) press felt it would last a month or two. Then they assumed the brutal summer or Ramadan would stop the protests. Nope and nope. The Iraqi spirit is alive and well in the protesters. They do not give up. Al Mada, Iraqi Spring MC and NINA are among the very few covering today's protests. No Western media could be bothered, not even to Tweet. You'd think on the eight month anniversary, they'd manage to at least take a moment to note the protests. Yesterday, All Iraq News noted Nouri al-Maliki had arrived in India. Today, they shared the statement Nouri's office issued: The statement assured that “During the visit, Prime Minister Maliki will call on President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari.” “He will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who will also host an official banquet in honour of the visiting Iraqi leader on August 23,” the statement continued. “His other engagements would include meetings with the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid,” the statement concluded. AFP's Prashant Rao Tweets: Prashant Rao ‏@prashantrao 8h Iraqi Facebook page makes fun of PM Maliki on India trip, dubbing him 'Nuri Kapoor', Photoshopping him with dancers: http://on.fb.me/17QprWU Dr. Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister of India. His office Tweeted: Dr Manmohan Singh ‏@PMOIndia 10h PHOTO: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq and Prime Minister Singh at Hyderabad House after the bilateral talks pic.twitter.com/uPonJxczCe "Relations between India and Iraq rest on a strong foundation." - Full text of PM's statement - http://pmindia.gov.in/speech-details.php?nodeid=1339 … The spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs is Syed Akbaruddin who Tweeted: Syed Akbaruddin ‏@AkbarMEA 10h Iraq offers 3 oil blocks in Middle Furat Oil Field - Kifil, West Kifil, & Merjan- on nomination basis to Indian public sector oil companies #Iraq prequalifes Indian companies such as ONGC Videsh Limited, MRPL and Reliance for participation in the Nasiriya Project Bid Round Al Rafidayn reported yesterday that Nouri had stated he expected to complete deals on crude oil while in India. On diplomacy, Al Rafidayn notes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the Deputy Secretary at Iraq's Embassy in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) has been fired due to remarks which were judged to be offensive to Sunnis. Staying with Tweets but moving to events in Iraq, CNN's Arwa Damon offers: Arwa Damon ‏@arwaCNN 4h at least 28 killed & 36 wounded when suicide bombers blew himself up in a crowded park in #baghdad, most of dead women & children. #iraq Kareem Raheem, Raheem Salman, Sylvia Westhall, Sonya Hepinstall and Ken Wills (Reuters) quote police officer Ahmed Jassim stating, "There was a crowd of people, and the suicide bomber detonated himself right inside it. Most of the people were killed or injured by ball bearings from the device." Sinan Salaheddin (AP) adds, "Later in the night, gunmen in Baghdad's northern Azamiyah neighbourhood killed four men walking down a street, an army officer and a medical official said. The motive behind the shooting wasn't immediately clear." AFP observes, "Friday's violence struck across the country -- in Baghdad and to its north and south -- with gun and bomb attacks hitting both Shiite and Sunni areas." National Iraqi News Agency reports a Tikrit home invasion left a husband and wife dead and two more relatives injured, and a Falluja roadside bombing claimed 1 life and left another person injured. All Iraq News adds a southern Baghdad bombing claimed 1 life and left four people injured, a northern Iraq bombing claimed 1 life and left five people injured, a western Baghdad bombing claimed 2 lives and left five people injured, and a woman whose profession was tailor was killed in a Mosul home invasion. Alsumaria notes 1 male corpse was discovered in Zaidan village (blindfolded and strangled), a Mosul car bombing has left two Iraqi soldiers injured, and a bombing near a Baquba mosque claimed 4 lives and left thirteen injured. "Meanwhile," Xinhua observes, "a bomb planted in the house of a soldier in northern Mosul detonated in the evening, wounding the soldier's wife and two of his sons, the source said, adding that the soldier himself escaped unharmed as he was not at home during the attack." Through yesterday, Iraq Body Count counts 567 violent deaths so far this month. Back to diplomacy, NINA reports US Ambassador to Iraq Robert Beecroft met yesterday with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq: A statement issued on Thursday, Aug. 22, by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office said that in the meeting the two discussed the relations between Baghdad and Washington and means to develop them for the interest of both, Iraq and American people. They stressed on the situation in Iraq and Mutlaq's initiative that calls for making political, economic and social reforms as well as a comprehensive review of the security issue. It added that both sides discussed the importance of the Strategic Frame Agreement concluded between Iraqi and American governments; they also touched on the situation in the area, including dangerous developments a number of countries are witnessing, mainly Egypt and Syria. The US Embassy in Baghdad released the following yesterday: The U.S., Iraqi Ministry of Trade and Federation of Chambers of Commerce Partner to Improve Business Registration On Thursday August 22, the Ministry of Trade (‘Ministry’) in cooperation with the Federation of Chambers of Commerce (‘Federation’) launched Iraq’s first “One Stop Shop” for company registration. The Ministry of Trade was represented at the event by Deputy Minister Waleed Habeeb Al-Mosawy; the Federation was represented by Secretary General Abdulhuessein Almubaraka. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports the Ministry and the Federation through ‘ISRAR’ (“Iraqi Solutions for Regulatory and Administrative Reform”), a component of the USAID-Tarabot Administrative Reform Project. In his remarks, the USAID Mission Director, Mr. Thomas H. Staal, congratulated the Government of Iraq, noting that the One Stop Shop is a model for further reform to ease the cost, time and difficulty of doing business in Iraq. “We are very pleased to be part of this important launch today. USAID has been working hard with its Iraqi partners to improve the business environment. This launch is part of this effort,” Mr. Staal stated. The new One Stop Shop will allow businesspersons to reserve a company name at the same location where they file for company registration. Before the One Stop Shop, this action required three separate visits to different offices. In addition, an online database was recently launched (http://iraq-trade-names.com) that allows businesspersons to verify immediately if a trade name is already in use. Iraqi businesses will save money and time with the new One Stop Shop and other reforms supported through ISRAR and USAID’s Tarabot project. This in turn will help accelerate the generation of new jobs and economic opportunities for people throughout Iraq. USAID-Tarabot works with the Government of Iraq as outlined in the Strategic Framework Agreement to help it strengthen public management institutions and improve delivery of services to its citizens. When I note State Dept press releases, I've usually gotten a heads up from one friend or more at the State Dept. If anything of interest on Iraq comes up at the White House, I will get calls and e-mails from White House friends. I've noted this before but am putting it in now because I have the least friends in the Pentagon. I've got three friends there and if they don't give me a heads up, I'll miss it. I say that because the US military mission in Iraq posted, in April of this year, a report on the provincial voting in 12 of Iraq's 18 provinces. A friend, the same one who alerted me to a DoD video on PTSD which we covered, wanted to know why "since you harp on the fact that we're still in Iraq over and over," I hadn't noted that the US military had written, in April, about the April elections? Because I didn't know. But I'm happy to note it now. Especially since it gives me another chance to "harp" on the fact that the US military is still in Iraq. For nearly a year, US news outlets have ignored Tim Arango's September 25th New York Times report which noted, "Iraq and the United States are negotiating an agreement that could result in the return of small units of American soldiers to Iraq on training missions. At the request of the Iraqi government, according to [US] General [Robert L.] Caslen, a unit of Army Special Operations soldiers was recently deployed to Iraq to advise on counterterrorism and help with intelligence." Caslen has now moved onto to West Point, to be its superintendent. But the unit of Army Special Operations soldiers remain in Iraq. And that agreement Tim Arango reported was being negotiated, the one "that could result in the return of small units of American soldiers to Iraq on training missions"? December 6, 2012, the Memorandum of Understanding For Defense Cooperation Between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Iraq and the Department Defense of the United States of America was signed. This is the military agreement. My Pentagon friend who feels I "harp" on this states that the Pentagon interprets the "D" clause of the third part of Section Four of the MoU as a way to pull out US troops if they face legal charges but that a stronger immunity clause is currently being negotiated -- if it is successfully negotiated, it will likely be announced next month when Nouri is supposed to visit DC. Al Rafidayn, citing Iraqi government sources, reported Wednesday that Nouri was to officially request that the US military take over a military base in Iraq and that this has already been informally agreed to by the US government. Citing different sources, the Iraq Times also reported on the rumored base request Wednesday. We covered the MoU in the December 10th and December 11th snapshots, but let's note a few things from it again. Section Two notes "counterterrorism cooperation" and "joint exercises." Direct quote: "Host and facilitate participation in defense-related theoretical and practical training courses, seminars, conferences, roundtable discussions, and symposiums and lead engagement through other combined military training and education, combined military exercises, and exchanges of information related to those activties". Yesterday, Congressional Research Services issued the latest [PDF format warning] "Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights" by Kenneth Katzman. From that report: On August 19, 2012, en route to a visit to Iraq, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said that “I think [Iraqi leaders] recognize their capabilities may require yet more additional development and I think they’re reaching out to us to see if we can help them with that.” 45 Aside from accelerated delivery of U.S. arms to be sold, 46 Iraq reportedly has expressed interest in expanded U.S. training of the ISF and joint exercises. After the Dempsey visit, reflecting the Iraqi decision to reengage intensively with the United States on security, it was reported that, at the request of Iraq, a unit of Army Special Operations forces had deployed to Iraq to advise on counterterrorism and help with intelligence, presumably against AQ-I. 47 (These forces presumably are operating under a limited SOFA or related understanding crafted for this purpose.) Other reports suggest that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) paramilitary forces have, as of late 2012, largely taken over some of the DOD mission of helping Iraqi counter-terrorism forces (Counter-Terrorism Service, CTS) against AQ-I in western Iraq. 48 Part of the reported CIA mission is to also work against the AQ-I affiliate in Syria, the Al Nusrah Front, discussed above. Reflecting an acceleration of the Iraqi move to reengage militarily with the United States, during December 5-6, 2012, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Miller and acting Under Secretary of State for International Security Rose Gottemoeller visited Iraq and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed with acting Defense Minister Sadoun Dulaymi. The five year MOU provides for: • high level U.S.-Iraq military exchanges • professional military education cooperation • counter-terrorism cooperation • the development of defense intelligence capabilities • joint exercises The MOU appeared to address many of the issues that have hampered OSC-I from performing the its mission to its full potential. The MOU also reflects some of the more recent ideas put forward, such as joint exercises. The concept of enhanced U.S.-Iraq cooperation gained further consideration in mid-2013 as the United States sought to prevent the violence in Syria from affecting neighboring states, including Iraq. In late June 2013, General Dempsey said that the United States is looking for ways to improve the military capabilities of Iraq and Lebanon, two countries extensively affected by the Syria conflict. According to Gen. Dempsey, enhanced assistance could involve dispatching training teams and accelerating sales of weapons and equipment. During his August 2013 visit to Washington D.C, conducted primarily to attend meetings of the U.S.-Iraq Political and Diplomatic Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), Foreign Minister Zebari indicated that Iraq 45 wants to expand security cooperation with the United States to enhance ISF capability. His visit came several weeks after the July 21, 2013 Abu Ghraib prison break, discussed above, that caused many experts to say that the lapsing of U.S.-Iraq security cooperation had caused ISF proficiency to deteriorate. Some experts believe the U.S. departure and lapsing of security programs has caused the ISF to lose focus on counter-insurgency strategy, for example. From Wednesday's snapshot: Wael Grace (Al Mada) reported yesterday that more and more Iraqis are refusing to provide the government forces with information about insurgents, rebels or 'terroists.' All Iraq News notes National Alliance MP Susan al-Saad has declared Nouri's failure to provide security, security companies should be hired to provide security. Wael Grace (Al Mada) notes today that Iraq is unable to secure its airspace or to protect Bahgdad International Airport. (On the first, Elisabeth Bumiller reported many years ago for the New York Times that it would be 2014 at the earliest when Iraq could secure its own airspace.) Kitabat notes that there are some who argue Nouri has intentionally allowed the security to worsen to allow more US troops to return to Iraq as part of the security agreement that Iraq has with the US. The Iraq Times reports that Iraqi officials are speaking privately of a new US military base in Iraq which will be used to launch attacks on al Qaeda in Iraq or perceived members of al Qaeda in Iraq. Moving over to the United States and, specifically, to Alaska where a Senate committee field hearing will take place Monday morning: FIELD HEARING NOTICE There will be a meeting of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs at the Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage, Alaska on Monday, August 26, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a field hearing titled “The State of Veterans Services in Alaska”. Heather L Vachon Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs SR-412 Russell Senate Office Building Field hearings are open to the public. Veterans, their families and their supporters are encouraged to attend as are people interested in the workings of Senate committees. Turning to US political prisoner Lynne Stewart, banished to a prison for the 'crime' of issuing a press release on her client to Reuters. Law and Disorder Radio, an hour long program that airs Monday mornings at 9:00 a.m. EST on WBAI and around the country throughout the week, hosted by attorneys Heidi Boghosian, Michael S. Smith and Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights) this week provided an update on Lynne. Michael Smith explained that "New York City federal Judge [John] Koeltl stated he couldn't consider Lynne Stewart's request for compassionate release because, by law, it needs to come from the Bureau of Prisons. Judge Koeltl also pointed out that the Bureau of Prisons didn't properly consider Lynne's medical evidence by saying that her condition was improving. Meanwhile Lynne's doctors have given her a prognosis of 24 to 18 months to live. At her website, her husband Ralph Poynter requests: Please join Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Dick Gregory, Alice Walker, Cornel West and thousands of others who are calling for Lynne’s immediate Compassionate Release! Lynne Stewart has been in jail for almost 4 years for what should have been a minor violation. Her real crime? She defended a Muslim cleric on trial back in 1995 for terrorism – which she did at the request of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. After 9/11, Pres. Bush wanted to make an example of Lynne. READ about Lynne’s case on this website. If you have questions, call Lynne’s husband RALPH POYNTER at (917) 853-9759. Then… ~ MAKE 3 CALLS for COMPASSION ~ President Obama (202) 456-1111 Attorney General Holder (202) 353-1555 Director of Bureau of Prisons Samuels (202) 307-3250/3062 ~ SIGN THE PETITION ~ see the side bar. Sign either petition. ~ JOIN THE VIGIL ~ Meet Lynne’s husband, RALPH POYNTER in front of THE WHITE HOUSE! ~ CALL Ralph @ (917) 853-9759 “Thank you!” – Ralph Poynter On this week's Law and Disorder Radio, the hosts spoke with Lynne's attorney Jill Shellow-Levine. Excerpt. Jill Shellow-Levine: Cancer is a terrible thing. Michael Smith: Particularly when you're trying to cope with it in prison. Jill Shellow-Levine: Particularly when you are trying to cope with it in prison. Heidi Boghosian: Jill, is the reluctance on the Bureau of Prisons part purely political to send another message of this anti-terrorism climate, to be fearful of speaking out in ways that Lynne did? Jill Shellow-Levine: I don't know the answer to that. I can say this, that if the Bureau of Prisons denies her second request, she's asked for reconsideration in light of her new prognosis, from the Bureau of Prisons' own doctors. When they turned her down in the first time in June, they said she wasn't sick enough. If they turn her down now, when she clearly -- when their doctors say she's sick enough, than that becomes a very good question. And I hope that Judge [John] Koeltl will order discovery so that we can find out the answer. Heidi Boghosian: We'll keep our fingers crossed and send our warmest wishes -- and many letters -- on behalf of Lynne FYI, Heidi has a new book Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance. We discussed it at Third Sunday in "Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance." all iraq news iraqi spring mc al mada prashant rao tim arango law and disorder radio michael s. smith heidi boghosian michael ratner arwa damon sinan salaheddin raheem salman sylvia westall kareem raheem Shut up Starita Smith The idiot DC Blogger at Corrente and the lies she ... Another distraction	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line380
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The duty to inform includes a duty to provide information related to the risk of violence from persons who have a history of violent behaviour and whom workers are likely to encounter in the course of their work. This information must be provided to workers prior to their exposure to the risk. The employer must also instruct workers on how to recognize the potential for violence the procedures, policies, and work environment arrangements which have been developed the appropriate responses to incidents of violence, including how to obtain assistance the procedures for reporting, investigating, and documenting incidents of violence Members are often told that they cannot be informed about a student’s violent history as it would violate the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP), the School Act, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This is not correct. Members are entitled to know the nature and the extent of any risk of violence to which they are exposed. The Acts and OH&SR work in concert with the other legislation or parallel to it. Section 25 of FOIPOP provides that whether or not a request for access has been made, the school board must, without delay, disclose to the public, to an affected group of people, or to an applicant, information about a risk of significant harm to the environment or to the health and safety of the public or a group of people or when disclosure is for any other reason clearly in the public interest. Note that prior to releasing the information, the school board, if practicable, must notify the party to whom the information pertains and the Privacy Commissioner. Anyone who receives information under this section is bound by the same privacy laws. Additionally, Section 22(4) states that a disclosure of personal information is not an unreasonable invasion of a third person’s privacy if there are compelling circumstances affecting anyone’s health and safety. Privacy provisions under the School Act are superseded by the provisions of FOIPOP. Section 125 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act allows the disclosure of information in court records and police records if the disclosure is necessary to ensure the safety of staff, students or other persons. Such information must be kept separate from other records of the student, must not be accessible to any person for whom the disclosure is not necessary, and must be destroyed when it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it is disclosed. There is no barrier to providing members with information that a particular student poses a safety risk. In fact, there is a duty for a school board with information about a student who poses a risk of violence to members to disclose the identity of the student, as well as the nature and extent of the risk of violence. Members who are being denied information should involve a WorkSafeBC officer or file and application under FOIPOP for the information after seeking the advice of the local. Compensation if injured? If you suffer an occupational injury, report it immediately to your supervisor, usually the vice-principal in charge of health and safety, by completing a WorkSafeBC Form 6A: “WORKER’S REPORT OF INJURY OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE TO EMPLOYER”. The injury should also be reported to the site-based Occupational First Aid Attendant prior to leaving the workplace. The first aid book should be completed by the First attendant as per OH&S regulation 3.19. If an initial injury is not immediately reported to WorkSafeBC, the employee will lose entitlement to WCB coverage. The forms are available at the school or can be downloaded here. On both pages of the Form 6A write the following: “The worker requests a copy of the employer’s report be sent to the Workers’ Compensation Board.” This note is necessary because many school boards, including the VSB, do not forward accident reports unless the employee takes time off work as a result of the accident. You should also make a copy of the Form 6A and forward it to the VSTA office and keep a copy for yourself. If the VSTA is not aware of the injury report, we cannot effectively advocate on your behalf if that becomes necessary. In addition, you must also complete the WorkSafeBC Form 6: APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION AND REPORT OF INJURY OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE”. Form 6 can be completed online through Teleclaim (see below). WorkSafeBC – Teleclaim 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday 1 888 WORKERS, 1 888 967 5377 or #5377 Telus (Rogers & Bell Mobility) WorkSafeBC has a new claim process (Teleclaim) designed to improve service for workers and employers. The Federation is advising members to use the service, if possible. The service is now available in all areas of the province. The Teleclaim process is designed to replace Form 6, which is a worker’s application for compensation when a worker is injured and requires time off work beyond the date of injury. Use of the Teleclaim system is designed to expedite “action requests.” This cuts the amount of time considerably compared to receiving the form and mailing it back using regular mail. The telephone interview takes up to an hour and the office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In many instances, if you are home from work, you would have the opportunity to take that hour to make the report. In other situations, such as hospitalization, it would not be possible. Use of Teleclaim to report an injury does not replace the Form 6A: ”WORKER’S REPORT OF INJURY OR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE TO EMPLOYER.” A teacher is still obliged to complete this form and give it to an employer representative. This form is available online at WorkSafeBC.com. You must complete Form 6 and 6A. Use of the Teleclaim system avoids claim suppression on the part of employers. Some employers still allow a Form 6A report to sit on the side of a desk and not deal with it. Law states that an employer must submit a Form 7 “EMPLOYERS REPORT OF INJURY TO WCB” within 72 hours. In the event that this does not happen, the Teleclaim process alerts WorkSafeBC to the incident immediately. For a graphic description of how WCB claims are filed for BCTF members, click here. REMEDY 2017-2018 Remedy Claim Form [PDF] VTF & VSTA General Meetings WLC/B Meeting VSTA Teachers of Colour Ad Hoc Committee Please ensure that the VSTA has your correct home address, phone number, non-employer email address and if you have changed schools since last year. Click here to update contact information. 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__label__cc	0.682402	0.317598	亳州万达嘉华酒店 Wanda Realm Bozhou Embraer bullish on potential in China's regional aviation market Brazilian conglomerate Embraer SA, a commercial aircraft manufacturer, said it is bullish on prospects in China's rapidly growing low-cost and regional aviation market, triggered by an increasing air travel demand from smaller Chinese cities. The company, which makes commercial aircraft with a capacity of 150 seats, plans to introduce its latest single-aisle E195-E2 jets, the biggest ever built by Embraer, to the China market. The company said it is an ideal aircraft for growing regional business and complementing existing trunk line fleets, and is suitable for point-to-point flights among second-tier and third-and fourth-tier cities. "With continuously rising local demand from second-and third-tier cities, China has introduced a series of favorable policies to support the development of regional aviation. This will create great market potential for aircraft with up to 150 seats. We are proud to keep pace with the growing industry," said Guan Dongyuan, senior vice-president of Embraer and president of Embraer China. Last year, civil aviation passenger traffic reached 610 million, and it continued to grow at a double-digit rate, adding 10.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Among the total passenger traffic, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have witnessed the largest passenger flows, but the growth rate in those mature and saturated markets had been relatively slower when compared to smaller cities. Currently, Embraer accounts for nearly 70 percent of the market share of regional aircraft in the 70 to 150 seat segment in China. Eight airlines, including China Southern Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Colorful Guizhou Airlines and Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, operate 105 Embraer commercial aircraft in China and Mongolia. Bombardier Inc of Canada, China's home-built ARJ 21 and Russia's Sukhoi take the rest of the market. In April, the E195-E2 model received certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency, the US Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency, and it is waiting to get certified by the Chinese authority. Embraer, the third-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing Co and Airbus SE, is now in discussions with domestic carriers about the potential purchase of its latest aircraft model. China has the largest number of plateau airports globally, and they are mainly located in western China, such as the Tibet autonomous region, as well as Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. "Those plateau airports require aircraft with good highland performances and a reasonable seat layout, to meet the demand of areas with high altitude and lower customer flows. The E195-E2 model would be a jet that is ideal for those areas," said Guo Qing, vice-president of sales and marketing at Embraer China. "Airlines may choose to configure the cabin in two classes with 120 seats or a single class with up to 146 seats. It has significantly lower costs per trip, which will enable carriers, especially budget airlines, to extend additional secondary markets," he said. Li Guijin, a professor at the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China, said China is a huge market with rich opportunities for the growth of regional aviation, and it is developing a model with its own unique characteristics. In the early stage, government subsidies and supportive policies play important roles. "The central and western parts of China serve as the best market for regional aviation. There should be more types of aircraft that are suitable to fly in highland regions, to help advance the air transport connectivity of the region," he said. "Besides, there is remarkable capacity for the development of smaller airlines. For instance, Beijing Daxing International Airport, which is set to start commercial operations in late September, could provide a chance for smaller airlines in the surrounding regions to grow, such as Hebei Airlines," he said. Prev： U.S.-China trade war hurts Accor but it won’t deter Asia expansion Next： HOTELS 325: Jin Jiang becomes global No. 2 hotel group, OYO ranks 8th Wanda Realm Bozhou traffic info Area：qiaochengqu Address：Anhui · Bo_zhou · qiaochengqu - Wanda Plaza, No.1088 Xiyi Avenue Bozhou China Wanda Realm Bozhou reserve：400 862 8088 (CouponCode:74617) (Busy or no answer, online booking please!) Address： Wanda Plaza, No.1088 Xiyi Avenue Bozhou China 亳州万达嘉华酒店 ◎ Wanda Realm Bozhou	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line386
__label__wiki	0.529437	0.529437	Historical and political Sciences L.V. Burykina Formation of civil settlements in the Northwest Caucasus in the 1840s – 1850s In the paper the features of formation of civil settle-ments in the Northwest Caucasus in the 1840s – 1850s and a policy of the Russian government concerning persons not belonging to army are analyzed. burikina2006_1.pdf (121 Kb) N.B. Akoeva Daily life of Novodonetskaya village The material is presented on settling down Novodonetskaya village of the Kuban Cossack army and on the development of economic and public life of Cossacks in the 19th century. akoeva2006_1.pdf (195 Kb) F.H. Shebzukhova A problem of peasants in internal policy of the tsarist government in the 1880s-1890s: arrangement of a tax system The paper investigates the Russian legislation on ar-rangement of a tax system. In this connection measures of the government are analyzed on transfer of peasants into a system of the obligatory ransom, decreasing redemption payments and poll-tax cancellation. shebzuhova2006_1.pdf (142 Kb) A.V. Sopov Historical predecessors of cossacks, setting up and development of the Cossacks This study is devoted to formation of the Cossacks. The Cossacks are considered as the complex phenomenon having qualities of a cultural - historical community, ethnos and service class formed by the state for its own purposes and for administrative-territorial formation of a social community of peoples and estates living on the Cossack grounds. Also an attempt is undertaken to classify various groups of the Cossacks on the basis of known sources. sopov2006_1.pdf (234 Kb) L.D. Fedoseeva Cultural life of the Black Sea cossacks in the beginning of the 19th century The paper describes setting up of an original culture of the Kuban Cossacks which has incorporated traditions of material and spiritual life of the peoples populating this territory. This has found the reflection in formation of an education system, educational institutions and literature. fedoseeva2006_1.pdf (138 Kb) M.A. Mamedova Activity of the Adygheya militia in struggle with criminality and in protection of a social order in the 1920s Setting up of the Soviet militia occurred in difficult conditions of sharp class struggle, destruction of old and consolidation of new public and political system. The primary goal of militia in this period was protection of a social order and struggle against criminality. The paper describes various organizational forms of participation of militia in implementation of this task. mamedova2006_1.pdf (152 Kb) E.M. Malysheva The NKVD-NKGB bodies in the political system of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 The paper investigates the place and a role of the NKVD-NKGB bodies in the political system of the USSR during the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. They carried out protection and strengthening of objects of the industry and agriculture in cities and villages, struggle against such crimes as espionage, diversion, wrecking and sabotage. The activity of the NKVD-NKGB bodies was directed both against an agency of German investigation, other foreign special services and against hostile elements inside the country. malysheva2006_1.pdf (214 Kb) L.R. Khut On the so-called “intermediate zones” in period schemes of the world history The paper is devoted to methodological elucidation of “intermediate zones” or transition periods from one stage of historical development to another in the period schemes of the world history. Special attention is given to “early New time”, namely to a transition period from a traditional to industrial society. hut2006_1.pdf (144 Kb) Sociological and Cultural Studies R.I. Lozovskaya The contents of cultural education of the future teacher-musician The paper is devoted to perfecting the contents of the higher musical-pedagogical education. The author gives the characteristic of the cultural type of education and discloses its opportunities in training the teacher- musician. Special attention is given to cultural aspect in teaching musical - pedagogical disciplines. lozovskaya2006_1.pdf (155 Kb) M.A. Shorov The territorial organization of Islam infrastructure in the South of Russia The paper discusses acute problems of regionalization and ethnization taking place in Muslim communities in the South of Russia, as well as qualitative changes in the confessional infrastructure occurring against this background. shorov2006_1.pdf (139 Kb) A.A. Muzalev, M.A. Shorov Christianity in Adygheya: a history and the present In their work the authors consider a penetration and spread of Christianity among the Adyghes and the basic stages of Orthodoxy setting up in Adygheya. The present confessional situation in the territory of republic is described. muzalev2006_1.pdf (156 Kb) Philological Sciences: Linguistics R.Y. Namitokova Scientific directions of the Russian Language Department and the role of KTSIROSK in their realization In the paper the author presents a review of the basic directions of scientific activity of the Russian Language Department at the Philological Faculty for the past years. The results of research work of teachers, post-graduate students and students participating in the development of actual problems of learning Russian and regional onomastics of the Northern Caucasus are given. namitokova2006_1.pdf (210 Kb) R.Y. Namitokova, N.I. Tereshchenko, I.A. Neflyasheva The language of modern city (presentation of the program of social-dialect practice of students of the second course, specialization: philological provision of journalism and document-keeping) The modern city speech shows new tendencies in the life of our society connected with strengthening of the personal basis, with dynamism, spontaneity of dialogue, easing of official relations, aspiration to a language game and to variation and with liberalization of the language. Studying alive speech is actual for development of a linguistic outlook of students - the future journalists and document-keepers. namitokova2_2006_1.pdf (183 Kb) I.V. Arkhipova Interaction of sense and the form in constructions with syntactic application Of great importance in understanding and perception of the statement and the text is their formal - grammatic expression and syntactic features. Change of initial sense of a phrase is influenced frequently with its syntactic valency, compatibility with other words and phrases. This list can be added with asymmetry between sense and the form, influence of the form on sense of the statement, as well as with orientation of the author of speech to a language game. Specificity of the person of the recipient, a level of his intelligence and language intuition are important as well. arhipova2006_1.pdf (187 Kb) Z.K. Bedanokova The advertising text as a reflection of active processes in lexical system of the Russian language The paper is devoted to some lexical features of the advertising text, reflecting active processes in the modern system of the Russian language. These processes are connected with activation of slangy and colloquial lexicon in the language of MASS-MEDIA and advertising, with expansion and narrowing of value of units owing to determinologization and precedentness. Problems of adoption of another language lexicon and its adaptation in the Russian advertising text are considered. bedanokova2006_1.pdf (207 Kb) A.P. Tikhonova Connection of spatial and temporal meanings (as shown by a material from the Adyghe, Russian and English languages) A study of the ways and means of expression of spatial-temporal relations in a context of modern concepts allows one to profoundly investigate the features of a national language picture of the world in comparable languages and reveal their similarities and distinction. In the paper the author proceeds from the assumption that natural languages represent the culture codes differently reflecting and structurizing the world around. tihonova2006_1.pdf (202 Kb) T.A. Ostrovskaya A dichotomy of aggression vs tolerance in the Russian and English communicative behaviour The paper discusses the psycholinguistic aspects of aggressive communicative behaviour in the Russian and English-speaking linguocultural communities, as well as the tolerant behaviour as antipode of aggression. Examples are given of political correctness as a variant of tolerant behaviour and a display of the double standard. ostrovskaya2006_1.pdf (223 Kb) T.D. Achkasova Specific features of language structurization of space The author examines specific features of a view of the person about the world in realities of space that is a reflection of cumulative sensual experience. achkasova2006_1.pdf (138 Kb) L.S. Makarova Translational modelling of art discourse In the paper the author considers a reconstruction in translation of specific features of informal conversation of literature characters by means of translational actualization of certain discourse markers in the text of translation. makarova2006_1.pdf (249 Kb) I.A. Chitao On techniques of teaching pupils of senior classes to make a dialogue The paper is devoted to a system of teaching pupils of senior classes to make a dialogue. Specific features of dialogical speech are as follows: a) a unit of dialogical speech is the so-called dialogical unity (microdialogue); b) ellipses and dispositions are peculiar for remarks of dialogical speech; c) dialogical speech is not only questions and answers; d) dialogical speech is rich in colloquial formulas and a cliche. The paper contains the characteristic of deductive and inductive methods of teaching pupils to make a dialogue, as well as basic exercises teaching to support conversation. chitao2006_1.pdf (238 Kb) Economic Sciences and Problems of Financing A.A. Kerashev Preconditions and target orientation of creation of a macroregional economic complex basing on the federal district of the Russian Federation The paper discusses preconditions and target orientation of creation of a macroregional economic complex basing on the federal district of the Russian Federation. In economy of modern Russia the macroregional economic complexes develop within the framework of realization of the specific political program of the federal authority, i.e. on the basis of the federal districts which were created in 2000 and which have administratively united neighbouring regions - subjects of the Russian Federation. Economic preconditions of creation of these complexes on the basis of integration of elements of political-administrative structure of the Russian Federation are multitargeted. They are connected both with the processes of globalization and localization of economic relations and with specific features of market transformations in economy of Russia. kerashev2006_1.pdf (179 Kb) A.S. Khuazheva Basic aspects of steady development of regional economy The basic aspects of steady development of regional economy are considered using the Adygheya Republic and its agriculture as an example. Factors influencing the meso-and macroeconomic stability of economy are presented. huajeva2006_1.pdf (144 Kb) V.G. Piteev Marketing of the new goods as an element of strategic management Marketing of the new goods is created first of all taking into account requirements of the target market and therefore is a basic element of strategic management. piteev2006_1.pdf (149 Kb) N.I. Pshikanokova, F.R. Azashikova Regional features of modelling of the economy development strategy in the post-crisis period Theoretical foundations of regional economy are considered on the basis of a subject of the Russian Federation with its basic social and economic indices. The material can be used by post-graduate students and by the teachers engaged in regional problems. pshikanokova2006_1.pdf (154 Kb) S.K. Chinazirova Modern strategy of the development of manufacturing In modern conditions the strategy of development of manufacturing should include four interconnected programs: increase in flexibility of manufacturing, synchronization of industrial activity and management of material streams and improvement of the quality of work. Such an approach to the development of a manufacturing system is intended to the consumer. The purposes of this strategy can be formulated as five basic requirements to the organization of manufacturing systems: unification of efforts of workers in achievement of the purposes of development of the enterprise; strengthening of response to changing tendencies of development of the market; manufacturing of production having a guarantee of demand, expansion of opportunities of releasing various kinds of production; the output meeting the requirements of a specific consumer and organization of its post-sale service. chinazirova2006_1.pdf (186 Kb) S.H. Yunaev Improvement of the mechanisms of state regulation in the agrarian and industrial complex The paper defines the importance and priority of state regulation in the agricultural sector of the agrarian and industrial complex. Attention is accented to priority directions of its support by the state programs and measures. junaev2006_1.pdf (194 Kb) A.A. Mokrushin Integrated structures and their role in strategic development of organization The paper is devoted to a problem of efficiency of functioning of the integrated structures existing in the modern Russian agrarian and industrial complex as one of directions of the strategic development of organization. Methodical approaches to the organization of exchange-distributive relations between participants of the integrated structure are considered. mokrushin2006_1.pdf (152 Kb) A.A. Kerashev, V.V. Teshev A macroregional economic complex and its specific distinctions The paper discusses the idea of such a new integration formation as the macroregional economic complex, as well as an establishment of specific differences and features of its formation. kerashev2_2006_1.pdf (175 Kb) E.R. Pryadchenko Problems of administering a student's contingent at higher school The paper discusses some problems of internal administering the education process at higher school in view of specificity of a speciality “Administering the Personnel” using experience in working of a student's problematic group. pryadchenko2006_1.pdf (132 Kb) I.M. Napso Modelling of social-economic systems In the paper the author regards specific features of modelling of social and economic processes, analyzes advantages and defects of the standard approaches and considers factors promoting effective modelling of the processes. Modern tendencies and program complexes used for the analysis and modelling of social and economic processes are described. napso2006_1.pdf (205 Kb) E.K. Byuller Work quota setting as the factor of effective strategic intracorporation planning In the market conditions requirements to a level of the organization and work quota setting essentially increase. When the profit becomes the basic generalizing parameter showing the result of activity of the enterprise, value of all kinds of norms and specifications, first of all of labour, grows. bjuller2006_1.pdf (153 Kb) M.G. Bolokova, R.T. Chetav Economic-mathematical modelling of the mechanism of re-structuring of agricultural branch through an estimation of its resource potential The economic-mathematical model was made for realization of the methodical approach to re-structuring manufacture. Its realization will allow one to reveal the optimum industrial structure of an agricultural enterprise in order to maximize the profit from manufacture of the most favourable set of a commodity output using available resources (without investments). Restrictions concerning guaranteed manufacture of separate kinds of production are introduced in the model. Their bottom level has been determined by the concluded contracts, by a crop rotation, by intrafarm needs etc. bolokova2006_1.pdf (211 Kb) M.Y. Aliberdov Interdependence between the principles and contents of the elements of strategic and innovational management The paper describes the genesis of innovational and strategic management simultaneously comparing the essence and contents of each of the cited terms. It is possible to observe a close interrelation of strategic and innovational processes in the dynamics of their evolutionary development. aliberdov2006_1.pdf (150 Kb) Sciences of Law A.I. Trakhov, D.S. Ablezov The problems of perfection of antinarcotic legislation in the Russian Federation The paper discusses the problems of perfection of antinarcotic legislation in the Russian Federation. trahov2006_1.pdf (171 Kb) S.K. Tseeva On the formation of civil-law culture in students - the future lawyers The paper contains the analysis of the formation of civil-law culture in students of the Faculty of Law, as well as the results of diagnostics of civil-law culture. ceeva2006_1.pdf (190 Kb) B.N. Khachak Differentiation of the criminal liability by gender: historical aspect The analysis of criminally legal standards reveals groundlessness, discrepancy of the gender approach of the legislator to their designing. Taking into account gender expert examinations and the just priorities of social differentiation of men and women it is observed that the legislator does not conform to the rules. hachak2006_1.pdf (209 Kb) Political Sciences and Social Movements T.M. Polyakova Realization of the principles of a lawful state in modern Russia The lawful state, conditions of realization of the principles of legal statehood are directly connected with guarantees of rights and freedoms of the person and the citizen, the mutual responsibility of the state and the citizen, high authority of the law. The process of formation of a uniform legal field is an urge problem and the major factor of development of federal relations in Russia. We need the political-legal doctrine with precisely determined principles, priorities, the purpose of the state construction and efforts of elites on activation of social-political potential for achievement of the purposes of reforming and on the coordination of interests of a society and the state. There is a need in harmonious system of views, i.e. a conception for the decision of problems of effective constitutional-legal regulation in the modern period which still lags behind requirements of practice. polyakova2006_1.pdf (215 Kb) A.S. Buzarov On a nature and a role of multiparty membership in the Russian post-Soviet space: a party, a society, authority and democracy (1990–2000) An attempt is undertaken to comprehend a role and a place of multiparty membership in the Russian post-Soviet transit, to show relations of authority, a society and the state to parties, to analyze new steps of democratization in the state construction and to reveal attitudes to new transformations in the state going by a way of democratic transformation in the post-Soviet period. buzarov2006_1.pdf (176 Kb) Z.A. Zhade Ethnonational geopolitical identity: setting a problem Intensive sociopolitical and economic transformations in the country have caused a new ethnopolitical and social - psychological reality. The ethnopolitical statuses of ethnic groups in the republics of Russia have changed. Nowadays the following processes takes place: search for new identification in representatives of title ethnoses, increase of ethnic migrations, the formation of general identity and a change of valuable structure of the ethnonational geopolitical identity. jade2006_1.pdf (202 Kb) H.I. Tuguz Polemology and ethnopolitical science: sciences about war and peace The paper is devoted to consideration of basic problems of Polemology, the science about war, basing on works of ancient and modern polemologists who try to explain the reasons and necessity of wars for the settlement of inrastate and interstate conflicts and contradictions produced by various interests and requirements of people. Axiological analysis of this military policy is carried out by Ethnopolitical Science and Irenology that act some kind of the methodological basis of the theory and practice of war and peace. This connects these sciences working in one universal field, but doing different functions, though in one team. This paper is intended for the author's special course “Ethnopolitical Science” working for some decades. tuguz2006_1.pdf (281 Kb) N.S. Cheuchev National diplomacy as a means of the settlement of social conflicts. The purposes and objectives of the Centre The basic purpose of this paper is the violent settlement of social conflicts, generalization of experience of peoples of the Northern Caucasus in the prevention of interethnic disputes. cheuchev2006_1.pdf (174 Kb) R.K. Bzasezheva Adyghe Khase in the 21st century: a strategic choice An attempt is undertaken to analyze the conceptual foundations of a social movement Adyghe Khase of Adygheya Republic in conditions of globalization. bzasejeva2006_1.pdf (171 Kb) Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences and Problems of Training the Pedagogical Staff K.I. Buzarov An integrative orientation in activities of Scientific School “Acute problems of national school in the Northern Caucasus” in a retrospective show and its future tasks In the paper the author presents the analytical material on an integrative orientation in activities of Scientific School “Acute problems of national school in the Northern Caucasus” in a retrospective show and determines its future tasks. buzarov2_2006_1.pdf (196 Kb) K.B. Semenov Braking methods in traditions and customs of the Karachaev people The paper is devoted to research of educational potential of interdictions as one of the effective means of the formation of a moral-complete person. Interdictions in national pedagogy of the Karachaevs are characterized as an ethnic-pedagogic value. Interdictions regulated the rules of behaviour, contained requirements to show judiciousness, persistence, resoluteness in actions, not speaking about themselves without special necessity, to hold the given word etc. semenov2006_1.pdf (192 Kb) A.S. Koichueva On new approaches to the formation of social-significant valuable orientations of the person The paper discusses the innovational approach to designing a pedagogical technology of the formation of social-significant valuable orientations. kojchueva2006_1.pdf (162 Kb) B.K. Dzhabatyrova Setting up and developing of a system of gymnasia education in the Caucasus and its influence on the ethnic-cultural medium The paper discusses some aspects of setting up and developing of a system of secondary education in the Caucasus in the 19th century. Experience of educational institutions of the Caucasus in the decision of ethnic-cultural problems and their influence on the ethnic-cultural medium are examined. djabatyrova2006_1.pdf (151 Kb) L.N. Kubashicheva Psychotherapeutic aspects of education in national pedagogy of the Adyghes In the paper the author presents a new direction of psychoanalytical approach to researches of education aspects in national pedagogy of the Adyghes. kubashicheva2006_1.pdf (146 Kb) Z.K. Meretukova Problematic training as means of realization of the unity of didactics and dialectics The paper is devoted to one of the actual theoretical-methodological problems of a pedagogical science, namely to elucidation of the unity of didactics and dialectics. The problematic training and its psychological- pedagogical potential are considered as means of realization of such unity. Since the essence of problematic training is covered in detail in the psychological -pedagogical literature, in this study only those aspects of problematic training and those features are examined which demand philosophical elucidation. Besides, the author offers the general technology of application of an in part - search method (a method of heuristic conversation) as one of the methods of problematic training. meretukova2006_1.pdf (208 Kb) M.R. Kudaev, M.B. Bogus, M.K. Kyatova A system of educational and cognitive tasks in studying the humanities In the paper the authors substantiate the urgency of improving teaching the humanities. In this connection the essence of educational and cognitive tasks is disclosed and theoretical foundations of their development are analyzed. kudaev2006_1.pdf (179 Kb) N.V. Kovaleva Subjective identity as the integrated characteristic of the person In the paper the author discloses the concept of subjective identity, defines situations in which it is displayed most intensively. Three clue characteristics are presented, allowing the given category to be considered as the integrated characteristic of the person. They are connected among themselves and make steady algorithm, the structure of behaviour of the person enabling him to carry out self-control of internal, mental, and external, subject activity. This structure can be one of the basic indicators in diagnostics and the analysis of subjective identity. kovaleva2006_1.pdf (166 Kb) M.H. Shkhapatseva Communications in a mirror of psycholinguistics The paper discusses a psycholinguistic aspect of the communications. In this clue the following questions are considered: psycholinguistics as a special direction in a science, the basic aspects and acute problems of psycholinguistic researches, a correlation of psycholinguistics and psychology, ethnopsychology, cognitive psychology and linguistics, sociolinguistics, questions of the language and speech person, psycholinguistic foundations, types and conditions of the adequate communications. shhapavceva2006_1.pdf (187 Kb) L.V. Krasnova Psychosocial functions of shyness As emotions are the product of evolutional-biological inheritance, every emotion plays a certain role in phylogenies of humankind. Biological and psychosocial functions of shyness mostly coincide: it makes a person sensitive to feelings and estimation of other persons, increases permeability of “I borders”, strengthens self-criticism. Protective mechanisms of denial, suppression and self-esteem are used to overcome shyness. krasnova2006_1.pdf (160 Kb) S.Y. Kobleva The consideration of age psychological features of senior pupils The paper considers the age psychological features of senior pupils while teaching them a foreign language. A modern senior pupil is a product of contemporary life, he is complicated, interesting and inconsistent. kobleva2006_1.pdf (144 Kb) Literature and Literary Critisizm U.M. Panesh A study of a history of the literature today: the traditional trends, new tendencies, basic concepts The literary process at the present stage is characterized by destruction of the settled ideological values, by loss of habitual aesthetic reference-points and, as a consequence, by world outlook vacuum. These new tendencies in the Russian literature are connected not only with sociohistorical changes in life of Russia, but also with fundamental features of the formation of culture in the 20th century. We mean crisis of a historicism in thinking, audit of a traditional deterministic conception, blossoming of modernist and postmodernist directions in art. Activation of new, formalistic approaches inclusive, has become the inevitable and in many respects productive phenomenon. It, on the one hand, has enriched the art - aesthetic process and has helped one to objectively reconsider a history and the theory of the literary process. Absolutization of a principle of fragmentariness has resulted at the same time in attempts of ignoring of traditional fundamental approaches and basic positions. While studying the literary process, for example, it is difficult to do without national ground and temporal, historical-public features that generated it. At the same time the system analysis does not contradict perception of a literary work as the unique phenomenon reflecting phenomenal creative ability of a separate artist. panesh2006_1.pdf (190 Kb) K.N. Paranuk Mythological poetics and structure of the text in the Adyghe modern novel (Y. Chuyako, N. Kuek, D. Koshubaev) In the paper the author considers novels of the Adyghe writers Y.Chuyako, N.Kuek, D.Koshubaev. Their creativity is full with mythological poetics. The author studies the role of mythological poetics as the means of the semantic and structural organization of the text, reveals structural invariants: a system of leitmotifs, binary oppositions, images-symbols, various repetitions, features of chronotop which in aggregate create a complete structure of works. paranuk2006_1.pdf (229 Kb) T.M. Stepanova, M.A. Alentieva On a mythological component of folklore and literature A mythological dominant of folklore in the totally atheistic Soviet period was not welcomed. However it was impossible to remove this phenomenon from spiritual, cultural and art spheres. Therefore, undoubtedly, it existed in officially admitted Soviet literature at a level of art archetypes, frequently “assimilating” and being levelled by other forms of folklorism. stepanova2006_1.pdf (173 Kb) F.B. Beshukova Interrelation between philosophical and literary-critical methodologies in analysis of the cultural – aesthetic phenomena The purpose of the paper is a definition of the contents of concept “methodology” (the process of the origin of the given basic principle of any scientific research, its development in philosophy and in literary criticism and the further interpretation in a modern science). beshukova2006_1.pdf (177 Kb) I.N. Khatkova Landscape as a structure-forming basis of a narrative in works of Sultan Khan-Girey In the paper the author investigates the originality of a landscape in works of Sultan Khan – Girey, the Adyghe writer - educator of the 19th century. Pictures of a nature create picturesque conditions, become a reflection of the author's idea and the emotional implication of work; they emphasize intensity of action and its symbolical expressiveness, as well as are used as the means of the psychological characteristic of heroes. hatkova2006_1.pdf (172 Kb) Problems of Computer Science and Computer Facilities M.Z. Kremenko On informatization of a society in the 21st century Informatization of a society is a universal introduction of measures directed to maintenance of full and duly use of trustworthy information. It depends on a degree of development of new information technologies. Information technologies as the process using a set of means and methods of processing and transfer of the initial information to obtain information of new quality on a state of the object, process or the phenomenon. Components of information technologies are program training, interactive training, expert systems, the hypertext and multimedia, imitating modeling and demonstrations. kremenko2006_1.pdf (205 Kb) L.L. Kuchmezova Application of the typical software in Laboratory researches in the educational process Examples are given of the application of the software in laboratory researches of the first course in discipline “Computer sciences”, speciality “Mathematics” at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences. kuchmezova2006_1.pdf (187 Kb) V.E. Korzhakov, E.V. Lutsenko Intellectualization as a general direction of development of information technologies The paper describes the origin of computers and consecutive intellectualization of information technologies as natural and inevitable development of technology. lucenko2006_1.pdf (190 Kb) M.A. Kodzheshau The effect of new information technologies on increase of the management efficiency by quality of education In the paper the author discloses some problems of an estimation and quality management of education and basic differences of educational process from industrial. Opportunities of introducing new information technologies in the field of quality management of education are defined. kodjeshau2006_1.pdf (166 Kb) V.S. Tlyusten On one approach to the automated creation of dictionaries of statistically significant lexicon of natural languages In the work the formalistic approach is offered to modelling of the selection of statistically significant lexicon of natural languages from representative textual bases of these languages. The factors influencing the efficiency of such approach are discussed and a number of problems which could be solved on its basis are formulated. Applicability of a method to the decision of some of the specified problems for the Adyghe language is established. tljusten2006_1.pdf (204 Kb) S.A. Achmiz The tendencies of using the modern computer technologies in studying economic disciplines In the paper the author presents and substantiates some aspects of necessity of using the modern computer technologies in training the future economists. Tendencies of the development of this field of knowledge at the present stage are given. Conclusions are made as to what knowledge and skills the competent economist - expert should have. achmiz2006_1.pdf (124 Kb) K.K. Khutyz, E.A. Shebzukhova History of the bison in the Northern Caucasus The history of the bison is examined since findings in the Dakhovskaya cave parking of the primitive person till now. All accessible literature on a history of fauna formation in the Northern Caucasus is cited. Biological features of the mountain bison, its natural habitat and number are given. hutyz2006_1.pdf (201 Kb) D.A. Kuasheva, O.A. Panesh, N.N. Tolstikova A 25th anniversary of the Adyghe State University Arboretum The brief history of setting up of the Arboretum in the territory of the University agricultural and biological station is given. Now the Arboretum occupies near 3 hectares. In this area there are 12 collection sites in which plants are placed by a geographical principle. New nurseries are incorporated. Research, educational and ecological work is conducted the Arboretum. As a result of introduction tests promising species have been revealed. They are recommended for a wide use in gardening settlements of Adygheya. Search for plants - introducers among natural species and cultigenous forms proceeds with the purpose of expansion of foundation collections of relic, rare and disappearing herbs. kuasheva2006_1.pdf (177 Kb) T.G. Tuova Specific features of toponymic research of the Northwest Caucasus Toponymic researches are of great importance for a geographical science. Toponyms are its geographical nomenclature. The classification and systematization of toponyms of the Northwest Caucasus require special researches because of its weak working out. Also toponyms are very important for a history of language study, they are the archaeological data for a science concerning a history of the development of the territory. Systematization of toponymic researches of the Northwest Caucasus will make it possible to generalize all these researches for distinguishing the basic toponymic layers in this territory of the Caucasus. The paper describes initial researches of hydronyms of the Northwest Caucasus. tuova2006_1.pdf (145 Kb) I.G. Volkodav Geologic and economic division of Adygheya into districts The division of Adygheya into districts was made based on data on geological and mineral-resource variety of its territory and near-latitudinal zone distribution of geological and mineral genous complexes. volkodav2006_1.pdf (126 Kb) R.D. Khunagov, T.P. Varshanina Multi-purpose National Geoinformation system of the Adygheya Republic The geoinformation platform of the Territorial database of the Adygheya Republic is developed in the form of the information server integrating the distributed bases of the branch data on a uniform basis of the base topographical and thematic data. GIS provides an effective interaction between the data of thematic blocks, a complex combined analysis and work of users with the data in conditions of the differentiated access. hunagov2006_1.pdf (344 Kb) T.P. Varshanina Ecologic-natural soil segmentation of the Adygheya Republic on the basis of geoinformation technologies Ecologic-natural soil segmentation of the territory of Adygheya Republic was made by means of GIS technologies. Forty-five ecologic natural soil areas have been distinguished. Soil-forming parameters were determined based on hierarchy of objects of soil segmentation. The revealed areas are a basis for soil - resource segmentation and for definition of the relationship of anthropogenic soil degradation with conditions of soil formation. varshanina2006_1.pdf (178 Kb) A.R. Tuguz, V.A. Babich, L.A. Skrebneva, S.I. Chitao Comparative analysis of normative parameters of the immune status of the population of Russia and Adygheya Republic For the first time immune-epidemiological researches have been carried out in the Adygheya Republic. As a result, normative parameters of the immune status of a healthy contingent of the population in the Adygheya Republic were defined and compared with similar parameters of adjacent territories of Krasnodar and Krasnodar area. skrebneva2006_1.pdf (182 Kb) N.N. Khasanova Adaptive opportunities of pupils of forms 1 and 2 in conditions of the 12-year training experimental program The effect of the 12-year training experimental program on the adaptive opportunities of pupils of forms 1 and 2 was studied using the parameters of intellectual capacity to work in the dynamics of educational day and year. It has been established that perfection of structure and the contents of the general and physical education of the traditional system in frameworks of 12-year training allow pupils to keep high adaptive opportunities, to lower pressure of CNS and to keep good intellectual capacity to work. The conclusion is made that the experimental program of the 12-year training compared to the 11-year training is physiologically more favorable for pupils of forms 1and 2. hasanova2006_1.pdf (187 Kb) Biomechanics and Sport A.M. Doronin On perfection of biomechanical structure of special exercises in sports The paper presents data in substantiation of an exercise device developed by the author to increase efficiency of interaction of a sportsman with a support in movements of the jump character. doronin2006_1.pdf (264 Kb) A.R. Mamiy A display of speed-strength abilities at various modes of muscle contraction of the lower extremities The paper discusses a display of speed-strength abilities of the muscles of the lower extremities at isometric, concentric and eccentric modes of contraction. Results of this study show that the greatest speed of achievement of the maximum strength takes place at the eccentric mode. mamij2006_1.pdf (159 Kb) O.B. Nemtsev Specific features of management of the maximum fast precise movements with various amplitudes The reasons of increase in maximum fast precise movement accuracy with increasing amplitude are considered. nemcev2006_1.pdf (181 Kb) M.D. Ashibokov The criteria for an estimation of technical-tactical readiness of volleyball teams The criteria for an estimation of technical-tactical readiness of volleyball teams were worked out basing on quantitative and qualitative indicators in order to choose the minimum enabling one to estimate the decisive, key moments of the game, which are related directly to operations with a ball: serving, reception of serving, transmissions, hitting, blocking. Calculations were based on the results of shorthanding the matches of teams of various levels of readiness; drawing up the formulas, allowing one to count up the quantity of the executed elements and their efficiency, and further, to reveal distinction between quantitative and qualitаtive indicators of technical-tactical readiness of volleyball teams. ashibokov2006_1.pdf (193 Kb) V.A. Slanko Variable modes of resistance in physical preparation of schoolboys of elder age Results of researches show that a new way of increase in a level of physical readiness of schoolboys of elder age is an introduction of the device with variable modes of resistance at performance of bending of hands in a stop. slanko2006_1.pdf (224 Kb)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line387
__label__cc	0.74794	0.25206	General Problems of Pedagogy E.A. Abadze, V.A. Trusov Conceptual model of pedagogical projection for the open program of the course: the project «The Electronic Curriculum» The paper describes the system - dynamic approach to pedagogical designing for the infrastructure of the curriculum of the higher school discipline, which is based on use of Web-technologies and formal dynamic models of educational process control. The author presents the concept and attributes of an openness of the curriculum. On the basis of the Russian legislation the model of a system controlling quality of higher education is formulated. abadze2008_4.pdf (258 Kb) G.M. Anokhina The mechanism of learning in personality-oriented technology science education The book shows the Situation and search engine training, organized by a teacher as a learning process, based on simulations of personal development indeed training, but prepodnesennyh in the form of life situations, the meaning of learning for pupils and thus incorporating it into an independent, requiring strong-willed efforts searching for information for assignments . The mechanism demonstrates the evolution of situations of personal development in a situation of self-identity of the student. anokhina_g_2008_4.pdf (68 Kb) Z.R. Anchokova Formation of aesthetic culture of the future teacher in general educational system of the state university using an example of the National Philology and Culture Faculty of Adyghe State University The paper discloses opportunities of forming aesthetic culture in students on the basis of a national - regional component. The author examines concepts «aesthetic education» and «aesthetic culture» and opportunities of forming aesthetic culture, as well as offers results of the questioning and testing used for revealing an initial level of aesthetic culture in students of the National Philology and Culture Faculty. anchokova2008_4.pdf (76 Kb) F.N. Apish Specific features of motivational projection in education of adult trainees The paper is devoted to increasing motivation of self-development of adult trainees. The problem of education during the whole life at the present stage of development of a society becomes more important both for a society as a whole and for the person. Therefore in the paper an attempt is undertaken to prove expediency of use of motivational projection in education of adults in a system of continuous education. apish2008_4.pdf (84 Kb) N.O. Baranukova The creative self-development activities as the person-forming aspect The paper discusses the creative self-development activities directed to formation of the person of pupils at the professional Lyceum. The author presents means of training creative self-development and results of forming experiment. baranukova2008_4.pdf (62 Kb) T.L. Baryshova Features of designing the educational environment as space of professional - personal development of students at higher school The purpose and result of training at higher school is formation of the competent professional prepared for inclusion in production and realization of vital functions. For this it is necessary to design the adequate information-educational environment in a higher educational institution. Its intrinsic characteristics are reflected with a set of components: principles according to which environment is created, model of the expert preparation, features of selection and structurization of the contents of education, methods and forms of its development. baryshova2008_4.pdf (44 Kb) M.B. Bogus Influence of bilingualism on intellectual development of the trainee’s person The paper discloses positions of scientists of our country and foreign scientists concerning influence of bilingualism on intellectual development of the trainee’s person. An analysis is made of works of scientists about influence of bilingualism on intellectual development of the person related to the «negative», «neutral» and «positive» periods. It is inferred that bilingualism influences positively intellectual development of the trainees if educational process is organized in view of specific features of bilingual children. bogus2008_4.pdf (69 Kb) E.V. Demkina The social-cultural educational environment of higher school as a condition of professional forming the person of the future expert The present-day Russian reality, showing special requirements to social-cultural personal development of mankind, causes necessity of revision of system of vocational training of the future experts where the major condition is the educational environment of higher school. Specificity of a professional orientation on educational activity at higher school is that its purpose is specific professional education a little bit limited to professional tasks and to opportunities of teaching and educational process at higher school rather than the general education of the student. The author examines the process of education as a specially organized way of life of the student, with clearly designated purposes as necessary and obligatory part of vocational training of the future expert. demkina2008_4.pdf (78 Kb) Z.B. Ishembitova Foundations of vocational training the future teacher in conditions of a university complex One of the main tasks of educational institutions is providing quality of education. The author of the paper analyzes changes in the contents of vocational training the modern expert that assume development of professional self-determination and self-development of the person, as well as mastering by him the certain level of professional and personal competences. The purpose of research is to consider features of vocational training the future teachers in conditions of integration of education in a university complex. The author makes an attempt to disclose essence of vocational training on the basis of system, personal-focused, competent, process and marketing approaches; and to show features of vocational training the future teachers in conditions of integration of education in a university complex. As a result the complex of the conditions, methods and means providing continuity of various stages of professional formation of the future teachers was developed. The structurally functional model of vocational training the future teachers in conditions of integration of education in a university complex was designed. ishembitova2008_4.pdf (53 Kb) S.V. Kostylev Formation of moral - patriotic values in cadets at military schools in a multi-ethnic region (setting up a problem) The urgency of a problem of formation of moral - patriotic values in cadets at military schools is proved. The author defines the purpose, object, a subject, a hypothesis, tasks, methods and theoretical and methodological base of research. The problems of perfection of educational practice and search for optimum ways of formation of morals and patriotism are discussed. kostylev2008_4.pdf (64 Kb) E.V. Mandzhieva Suggestive control in a system of pedagogical activity of the teacher Psychological-pedagogical research was carried out at Idzhilskaya high school of the Kalmykia Republic and at Elista high school No. 4. The purpose of research was studying a degree of suggestibility of children for the further adequate choice of forms and methods of influence. The analysis of results of experiment has shown that use of suggestive control at school makes it possible to better study persons of separate pupils and to create an atmosphere of goodwill. mandzhieva2008_4.pdf (66 Kb) I.G. Megrikyan The analysis of mathematical education of students of humanitarian specialities In the paper, an analysis is made of mathematical preparation of students of humanitarian specialities. The author discloses ways of its perfection in line with modern educational technologies. megrikyan2008_4.pdf (53 Kb) A.C. Mutirova The snccession of the formationof students’ professional purposefulness The summary: This article deals with the problem of the succession of students’ professional orientation. The research work is done at Kalmyk State University. The above mentioned problem is very actual nowdays in the content, principles and functions of the professional orientation at today ’s multileveled higher educational establishments. mutirova2008_4.pdf (93 Kb) O.E. Permyakov Methodological bases of creating of hierarchical classificftion model of social-professional competence of the student The evolutionary stage of transition of system education to paradigm competence produce problems of searching of methodological approaches to modeling requirements to results of students education. The hierarchical model of social - professional competence of the graduate of college or university developed with positions of psychology, the system analysis and the competence approach, can be used as a methodological basis for creating models of planned individual educational achievements of students in a context of definition of requirements to results of education. permyakov2008_4.pdf (247 Kb) M.V. Romankova, S.N. Begidova Improvement of quality of cognitive processes in students at the initial stage of vocational training the future engineers The paper is devoted to improvement of quality of training the engineering staff. The factors lowering efficiency of quality of training first-year students are revealed. The authors show negative influence of an interference of school stereotypes of educational work on mastering new methods of cognitive activity by students. The experimental data are provided to describe readiness of students to effective learning the higher school program. Ways of improvement of quality of cognitive processes in students are offered. romankova2008_4.pdf (81 Kb) L.F. Selmidis A set of pedagogical objectives as a component of the person’s pedagogical orientation of the future social teacher In the paper, the author discloses the contents of the essence of a pedagogical orientation from positions of various authors, examines a set of pedagogical objectives and components in structure of the person of the future social teacher, and determines levels of empathy and readiness for self-development. The data of ascertaining experiment on formation of a set of pedagogical objectives in students, the future social teachers are given as an illustration. selmidis2008_4.pdf (61 Kb) A.S. Semenova On woman bringing up in traditional pedagogical culture of peoples of North-West Caucasus The paper is devoted to studying experience in woman bringing up in traditional pedagogical culture of peoples of Northwest Caucasus. The author studies and analyses the contents, means and methods of woman bringing up and defines its significance for modernization of modern education and bringing up at the Russian school. Great assistance in realization of modern sociocultural purposes and tasks of woman bringing up at national school and family can be rendered by traditions of woman bringing up which are not only the important historical property of peoples, but also one of the means of preservation of ethnic originality and a reserve of updating the bringing up and educational technologies. semenova2008_4.pdf (69 Kb) P.A. Sergeeva Folk-song folklore in art education as the factor of formation in pupils of the emotional - axiological attitude to the world The paper discusses opportunities of transforming the culturalogical concept of the contents of education into a technique of musical education and, in particular, into a process of training choral singing of folk songs. Basing on this the contents of art education is specified. Approaches of various authors to formation in pupils of the emotional - axiological attitude to the world are disclosed. The author reveals and formulates the bringing up potential of folk-song folklore and offers the model of formation of the emotional - axiological attitude of pupils to the world. sergeeva2008_4.pdf (66 Kb) E.R. Slonevskaya Civil-patriotic education of students in educational space of higher school The paper discusses priority directions and pedagogical conditions of activity in civil-patriotic education of students. The author discloses factors influencing formation of civilization of students, as well as principles of the organization of educational process in multi-cultural educational space of higher school. slonevskaya2008_4.pdf (56 Kb) A.B. Khuranov On the development of educational standards of new generation The paper discusses the development of educational standards of the third generation according to principles of the Bologna declaration. The author gives the review of the normative documentation on the development of standards of new generation and discloses the basic approaches to the formation of the provisional list of directions of preparation of the higher vocational training and the list of specialities to be realized in the multilevel system. The paper describes the main principles of formation of directions of training and prospects of development of standards of the higher vocational training. khuranov2008_4.pdf (56 Kb) K.D. Chermit, E.I. Sharova Organization of studies and research activity of foreign entrants The paper examines the problem of perfection of pre-university training foreign entrants on the basis of inclusion in it of studies and research activity. As a result it will be possible to provide effective development of academic-cognitive and creative activity, to increase quality of preparation of entrants and to optimize the process of their adaptation to new pedagogical system and to socio-cultural environment. chermit2008_4.pdf (70 Kb) L.V. Chesnokova Theoretical aspects of cognitive activity of primary school pupils The paper discusses the development of cognitive activity of primary school pupils by means of integration of subjects on the content basis, as well as the results of experiment on realization of its model. chesnokova2008_4.pdf (77 Kb) Special Methods and Teaching Technologies V.S. Anokhina Speech aspects of the family conflict The paper is devoted to research of speech specificity of disputatious communication in small social group (family). The author examines the occasions conducting to the beginning of the family conflict, speech aggression as the form of speech behaviour and speech means of expression of disputatious dialogue. It is inferred that revealing speech features and forms of display of disputed behaviour in family expands an opportunity of searching for ways of harmonization of communication in family. anokhina_v_2008_4.pdf (81 Kb) Z.U. Blyagoz, N.I. Kesebezheva Basic methods and technologies of teaching Russian-speaking pupils to a pronunciation of sounds-phonemes and combinations of the Adyghian language The paper acquaints the reader with the basic methods and technologies of teaching pupils to a pronunciation of sounds - phonemes and their combinations. The authors recommend how to use these methods during learning the Adyghian language by Russian-speaking pupils. It is marked that one of the primary goals of teaching the Adyghian pronunciation is development of skills of hearing, distinction, correct perception and reproduction of sounds by ear. blyagoz2008_4.pdf (66 Kb) L.V. Gazaeva The text as a basis of teaching pedagogical higher school students to a word combination and to a simple sentence under conditions of bilingualism The paper examines specific features of teaching at pedagogical higher school to a word combination and to a simple sentence on the text basis under conditions of bilingualism. gazaeva2008_4.pdf (75 Kb) A.A. Dadova Teaching children of senior pre-school age to Russian coherent speech under conditions of national Russian bilingualism The paper discloses some questions of the concept «billingual education». Typical components of process of teaching pre-school children to Russian are considered. Skills playing the basic role during training are specified. It has been revealed that two directions can be distinguished in the work on development of oral coherent speech in children of the senior pre-school age in billingual groups: teaching children to language as to the complex system consisting of independent components (phonetics, lexicon, etc.) and the work on coherent speech. dadova2008_4.pdf (47 Kb) S.P. Grushevskiy, N.Y. Dobrovolskaya, Y.V. Koltsov Organization of educational process on the basis of neuronetwork computer training system Application of new information technologies, in particular use of computer training systems including artificial neuronetworks makes it possible to individualize the process of education and to construct a trajectory of teaching unique for each pupil. The paper offers a scheme of the organization of process of education with application of neuronetwork computer training system and gives a description of functioning of this system. The core of this training system influencing a construction of a trajectory of training is the person-focused model of the trainee. Introduction in structure of computer training system of a model of the trainee which includes personal and professional qualities of the pupil, as well as neuronetworks classifying the trainees and defining the next stage of the trajectory of training, allow the teacher to individualize and differentiate the process of training. grushevskiy2008_4.pdf (82 Kb) T.A. Zorina The basic directions of speech development in primary school pupils during study of a noun and an adjective The paper is devoted to consideration of the basic directions of speech development of primary school pupils during the interrelated studying a noun and an adjective. Special attention is paid to kinds of speech, stage-by-stage development of speech in initial classes and to necessity of comprehension by pupils of dependence of an adjective upon a noun in development of communicative skills of junior pupils. Special attention is paid to kinds of exercises on the development of speech. zorina2008_4.pdf (65 Kb) N.I. Kesebezheva Typical mistakes in a pronunciation of vowels and diphthongs of the Adyghian language in speech of Russian-speaking pupils of initial classes The paper is devoted to an acute problem of studying the Adyghian language by Russian-speaking pupils of initial classes, namely to the difficulties in a pronunciation of vowels and diphthongs and to the reasons of their emergence. For this purpose the author investigates phonetic features of compared languages and reveals their similarities and distinction. Typical mistakes in a pronunciation of vowels and diphthongs of the Adyghian language by Russian pupils are related to phonetic features and articulation-acoustic attributes of nonnative language. kesebezheva2008_4.pdf (69 Kb) A.A. Rubaeva Functional orientation of studying the predicative basis of the sentence at school The paper is devoted to functional orientation of studying the predicative basis of the sentence at school. Attention is focused on the active character of teaching and on work with the text. rubaeva2008_4.pdf (63 Kb) O.N. Khovanskaya Interrogative nonsegmented sentences in speech of pupils of a primary school In the paper, on the basis of the quantitative - qualitative analysis, the author reveals specificity of functioning of interrogative nonsegmented sentences in speech of primary school pupils and compares it with their functioning in speech of adult native speakers. It has been established that in speech of primary school children interrogative nonsegmented sentences are basically used to inquire the new information while in speech of adults they are used to confirm the new information. This is rather essential for the effective organization of work on development of speech of pupils of a primary school. khovanskaya2008_4.pdf (106 Kb) L.V. Shelekhova Statistical verification of simple hypotheses in pedagogical researches The paper provides statistical verification of simple hypotheses as procedure of the proved comparison of the stated hypothesis with the available sample implemented by means of this or that statistical criterion. The author gives classification of objectives of pedagogical research and nonparametric methods of their solution. It has been established that a statistical hypothesis: (а) appears simultaneously with the main idea of research and is defined by it; (b) emerges on the basis of known knowledge, but leaves for their limits; (c) allows systematization of assumptions of the researcher and their presentation in a precise and compressed style; (d) allows connection of known with new knowledge which is demanding a substantiation; (e) is checked experimentally and in practice. shelekhova1_2008_4.pdf (94 Kb) Heuristic inversion as a way of the organization of creative cogitative activity of students to solve subject tasks The paper substantiates necessity of development in students of inversion thinking. The inversion method is examined for solution of subject tasks as one of the heuristic methods of the creative activity directed to: (1) search for non-standard ways of the solution of a subject task; (2) reducing of an initial subject task by rephrasing its text to an auxiliary task the solution of which is more accessible and allows coming back to the successful and conscious search for the solution of an initial subject task; (3) creation of new subject tasks by change of a sequence of elements, relations or their replacement down to opposite. Problems of General Psychology S.A. Bobinkin Psychological aspects of administrative activity of linear managers in social - professional conditions Questions of optimization of administrative activity of linear managers are examined taking into account socially - psychological abilities to administrative activity. In this connection the author's methodical toolkit of an estimation and selection of linear managers capable to disclose the administrative potential in certain socially professional conditions is formulated and approved. bobinkin2008_4.pdf (90 Kb) R.I. Stetsishin The person’s orientation and firmness to life: a psychological research The paper examines dinomenology of firmness to life in interrelationship with an orientation of the person. Using an example of professional genesis of the person of the doctor - clinical physician the author has shown that the most significant personal component of firmness to life is «Contro». In a group of a therapeutic structure the orientation to solve a task cooperates closely with a high parameter of firmness to life, with its component «Control». The orientation to himself in this group has a positive correlation with a scale of «Acceptance of risk». In a group of a surgical structure two kinds of an orientation are prevailing: to a task and to interaction. An orientation to a task has close correlation with scales «Acceptance of risk» and «Control». stetsishin2008_4.pdf (77 Kb) E.V. Kharitonova Psychology of professional demand for a person at the late stages of ontogenesis The paper examines psychological problems of nondemand for a person at the late stages of ontogenesis. The author substantiates the concept «a demand for a person» as a multilevel and dynamic system of subjective relations of the person to himself as to «A significant person for others». A professional demand is regarded as the precondition to achieving by the person of social adaptation and subjectness. kharitonova2008_4.pdf (76 Kb) G.Y. Fomenko, E.R. Kuasheva Contradictions of the axiological self-definition of employees on a patrol-sentry duty The paper is devoted to a more precise definition of specificity of extreme modus of life in terms of the axiological-semantic positioning of the person. The object of research is the axiological self-definition of employees on a patrol-sentry duty. The subject of research is contradictions of the axiological self-definition of employees on a patrol-sentry duty. During researches the authors revealed the contradictions caused by features of a configuration of the axiological preferences at a level of normative ideals and individual priorities of employees on a patrol-sentry duty. It has been established that in the given professional group the aspiration to a self-eminence in a combination with the motivational purpose in safety is in the foreground at a level of normative ideals and preferences. At the same time the need for a self-eminence is not counterbalanced by socially - stabilizing types of values. fomenko2008_4.pdf (127 Kb) T.A. Tsergoy Influence of conditions of a professional choice on the formation of a syndrome of emotional burning out in teachers of a system of vocational technical education The paper gives the characteristic of a syndrome of emotional burning out (SEB) as a condition of professional disadaptation of the person. The author presents the results of research of influence of conditions of a choice of work on formation of SEB in teachers of a system of high vocational technical education. tsergoy2008_4.pdf (62 Kb) B.A. Yasko Stereotypes of ethnic behaviour as the factor of socio-cultural space of the North Caucasian region The paper examines modern interpretations of concepts: «stereotypes of ethnic behaviour»; «ethnic stereotypes»; «axiological ideas»; «interethnic tolerance»; «xenophobia». The author substantiates the interrelation of a phenomenon of «double moral» and the market economy basing on relations of a competition, influencing perniciously mental health and development of the person. It is marked that in realities of a market society axiological ideas of individual and group subjects undergo specific transformation. Moreover, not only the values formed in person-genesis and profession-genesis of the person in process of accumulation and semantic processing of life experience but also universal, mental, national-ethnic values go through radical changes. Using an example of research of the dynamics of tolerant sets in participants of club teams the author shows a positive resource of joint creative activity in overcoming «conflicting realities» of interpersonal dialogue of representatives of various national - ethnic groups, stereotypes of ethnic behaviour being preserved and mutually accepted. yasko2008_4.pdf (72 Kb) Educational Space of Physical Culture and Sport S.K. Bagadirova The dynamics of strong-willed mechanisms of self-control of athletes — judoists during developing trainings The work discusses results of the theoretical analysis of different approaches to understanding structure and general characteristics of will, as well as empirical studying and development of strong-willed qualities of athletes — judoists. The male team of judoists from the Institute of Physical Culture and Judo of the Adyghe State University serves as an empirical base of research. bagadirova2008_4.pdf (67 Kb) O.Y. Davydov Influence of lessons of athletic gymnastics on parameters of students intellectual efficiency A tendency to lowering of movement activities and to increasing psycho-emotional intensity is observed during study of modern student's youth. The purpose of research is to develop and scientifically prove a system of complex adaptation of fourth-year students to physical and intellectual loadings at a higher technical institution. The object of research is the process of sports - focused physical training of students at a technical institution. The subject of research includes parameters of intellectual efficiency of students during examinations. Lessons of athletic gymnastics allow the teacher to considerably speed up the process of adaptation of the former schoolboy to new social - pedagogical and psychological changes in higher school life and to reduce negative influence of intellectual and physical loadings on an organism of students. davydov2008_4.pdf (107 Kb) A.N. Zagitov Planning training lessons of the Greek-Roman struggle at comprehensive school of a health improving orientation Existing programs on physical training of pupils are not oriented to purposeful use of health-forming technologies. There are no well-reasoned scientific materials on wide application of various kinds of martial arts as health-forming technologies in conditions of educational and training lessons for children and teenagers. The purpose of research is to increase efficiency of educational and training lessons of pupils on the basis of use of health-forming technologies of the Greek-Roman struggle. The author investigates the process of physical training of pupils and offers innovational planning educational and training lessons of pupils using the Greek-Roman struggle. It has been established that motivated lessons of the Greek-Roman struggle for preservation of pupils’ own health raise a level of the conscious attitude to educational and training lessons. This in its turn influences positively the process of planning physical and technical-tactical readiness of pupils. zagitov2008_4.pdf (108 Kb) R.O. Naumov Specific features of technical readiness of young 6- to 8-year-old tennis players The paper is devoted to the estimation and analysis of specific features of technical readiness of young 6- to 8-year-old tennis players in groups of initial preparation at Children and Youth Sports School in order to minimize criteria for the entrance control and determinancy by factors of development of physical qualities. naumov2008_4.pdf (41 Kb) A.D. Solomko Adaptive physical training as a method of correction of aggressive behaviour of autistic children The paper examines the aggressive behaviour of autistic children. The author presents the results of the forming experiment directed to correction of aggressive behaviour of the autistic child by means of adaptive physical training. solomko2008_4.pdf (75 Kb) V.B. Uruymagov Factor structure of speed-force training highly skilled Greek-Roman style wrestlers The important direction of scientific researches is revealing laws in interrelation of training loadings and condition of nervous - muscular system of athletes. The approaches providing this way of research include revealing the factors determining a level of special speed-force training high qualification wrestlers. The purpose of research is to reveal factors of speed-force training in view of modern requirements to competitive activity of high qualification Greek-Roman style wrestlers. The object of research is the process of sports preparation of highly skilled wrestlers. The subject of research is structure of special speed-force training highly skilled wrestlers of the Greek-Roman style during a year cycle. It is inferred that the factor structure of display of speed-force abilities has close connection with qualification of wrestlers. uruymagov2008_4.pdf (93 Kb) S.A. Khazova The competence approach to professional physical training – health-improving education The paper discloses the concept of professional competence. The author offers the structure and contents of professional competence of the expert in physical training and sports, gives general characteristics of the competence approach to vocational training and defines their connection with the contents of professional competence of experts in physical training and sports. Suppositions of the competence approach are extrapolated to a sphere of professional physical training - sports education. khazova2008_4.pdf (63 Kb)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line388
__label__wiki	0.523421	0.523421	Cared Quotes Reading and share top 1715 famous quotes and sayings about Cared by famous authors and people. Top Famous Quotes / Cared Quotes Top Cared Quotes Browse top 1715 famous quotes and sayings about Cared by most favorite authors. Favorite Cared Quotes 1. "After I lie there for a while, I realize that Dad isn't every going to do anything but be there to drive us home from the airport. And cook. And if I want something bigger to change, it's up to me. I'm scared shitless, yes. I'm doubtful, yes. But I'm angry. Angry that I am doing this because Dad can't. But then I sniff breakfast, and I know that Dad is doing what he can." Author: A.S. King 2. "If you're always scared of dying," Obispo had said, "you'll surely die. Fear's a poison; and not such a slow poison either." Author: Aldous Huxley 3. "But you never knew where the bombs would fall in the dark, so night bombing was even more frightening than daylight bombing. Let's just say, it scared the living daylights out of us!" Author: Alfred Nestor 4. "Fortunately, it turns out that being scared of yourself is a somewhat effective motivational technique." Author: Allie Brosh 5. "To be scared out of your wits is to be at your wits' end." Author: Anyaele Sam Chiyson 6. "And Jazz snapped.He didn't snap the way a normal person might snap. A normal person would fling his arms around and stomp his feet and rant at the top of his lungs, bellowing to the sky. There might be tears, from a normal person.Jazz went quiet. He darted out one hand and grabbed the wrist of the paramedic who had been trying to cuff him and pulled the man close, holding his gaze.In a moment, he channeled every last drop of (his father)."Who am I? I'll tell you. I'm the local psychopath, and if you don't save my best friend's life, I will hunt down everyone you've ever cared about in your life and make you watch while I do things to them that will have you begging me to kill them. That's who I am." Author: Barry Lyga 7. "She takes out a piece of paper that looks like the list I gave her months ago. Smiling her Hayley smile, she puts it in my hand. "These are my reasons.""You made me a list?"She nods, smile still glued on her face."Gosh darn it, Brody. I love the heck out of you. You should know why too." (...)There's one thing on the list. And its in big letters, and I bark out my laughter. You're good in the sack."You dork." I toss the paper over my shoulder, and she laughs against my lips. "Thought that would be the only one you cared about."I shake my head, wiggling my nose against hers. I still amazes me that she's my girl." Author: Becca Ann 8. "Are you scared?" He taunted, an amused smirk lifting the corner of his mouth.I raised my chin a fraction. "No. I…just…I haven't ridden a horse before."He leaned forward and patted the horse's neck. "Prism is gentle. You have my word."I wasn't worried about the horse. "And you?"Ry shrugged, his facial expression remained shuttered. "I'd never make that a personal promise, but I will get you to a phone." Author: Beth Mikell 9. "I really never cared about any occupation or stream. I just wanted to be an eminent personality." Author: Bharat Budhani 10. "Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation." Author: Billy West 11. "You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me." Author: Bob Marley 12. "We're all a little scared sometimes, Rory. If that's what really bothering you them just remember that, okay?" Author: Candace Knoebel 13. "They enveloped each other within the folds of their thoughts, holding each other with an intimacy no physical embrace could replicate, allowing their identities to merge once again. Their greatest comfort was a simple one: they were no longer alone. To know that you were with the one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you even in the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most precious relationship a person could have, and they both cherished it." Author: Christopher Paolini 14. "Who cared that he couldn't spell? She was a good-enough speller for both of them. With luck, their children would take after her." Author: Delia Ephron 15. "Only once did I perceive a human being, and that was at the intersection of our crossroad with the wide, white turnpike which cuts each cultivated district longitudinally at its exact center. The fellow must have been sleeping beside the road, for, as I came abreast of him, he raised upon one elbow and after a single glance at the approaching caravan leaped shrieking to his feet and fled madly down the road, scaling a nearby wall with the agility of a scared cat. The Tharks paid him not the slightest attention; they were not out upon the warpath, and the only sign that I had that they had seen him was a quickening of the pace of the caravan as we hastened toward the bordering desert which marked our entrance into the realm of Tal Hajus." Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs 16. "My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to it that I never got self-satisfied, that I worked hard to get the most out of what I had." Author: George Brett 17. "But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why." Author: Ginnifer Goodwin 18. "Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but are scared of how it might sound or appear to the other." Author: Gloria D. Gonsalves 19. "Wasnt it more important to be loyal to what was right or to those people you knew and cared about? What was the good of killing people or being hateful to them because someone you didn't know was doing something hateful to someone ekse you didn't know?" Author: Janet Lunn 20. "He could afford to do things right this time around, and he didn't intend to settle for anything less. Colby knew hewasn't doing it for the baby, who wouldn't know the difference between a shiny new crib and a cardboard box. He wasdoing it for Diana. He wanted her to take pleasure in everything that had to do with the baby. She was a woman whoappreciated nice things, and he was determined that she would be surrounded by them while she cared for their child.Colby finished adjusting the position of the crib and took one last look around the room. All was in order.This time he was ready.And so was Diana, he had decided" Author: Jayne Ann Krentz 21. "Sister, why do you do that?""Do what?""Cage the animals at night?""Well..." She looked up and out through the barred window before answering me."We don't want to, Jennings, but we have to. You see, the animals that are given to us we have to take care of. If we didn't cage them up in one place, we might lose them, they might get hurt or damaged. It's not the best thing, but it's the only way we have to take care of them.""But if somebody loved one them," I asked, "wouldn't it be a good idea to let them have one? To keep, I mean?""Yes, it would be. But not everyone would love them and take care of them as you would. I wish I could give them all away tomorrow." She looked at me. There were tears in her eyes. "But I can't. My heart would break if I saw just one of those animals lying by the wayside uncared for, unloved. No, Jennings. It's better if we keep them together." Author: Jennings Michael Burch 22. "But all this was beside the point. What scared Amy was the mere fact of what looked inescapably like recreational malevolence. The poem had been written by an adult, not some teen with an unfinished brain. Whoever wrote the line bootlicker, sycophant, toady intended damage, understood how Carla would feel, how anybody would feel, being called such names. The line was playful, offhand, the poem itself a smug, imperious cat stretch. The writer was having fun. Amy had been comfortable in the same room with someone whose idea of fun this was." Author: Jincy Willett 23. "I'm so scared of commitment that I even hate stickers. I mean, once they're stuck, that's it. No going back now. Stupid stickers." Author: Kaine Andrews 24. "Once there was a princess who was very beautiful. She shone bright as the stars on a moonless night. But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? None. No difference."Why did it make no difference?" asked Abilene.Because," said Pellegrina, "She was a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her." Author: Kate DiCamillo 25. "I knew why I was there and I didn't. I was scared and I wasn't. I didn't feel right and I did. I didn't know what to do but I still knew what I had to do. I wasn't me. Yet I was." Author: Kristen Ashley 26. "She buried her face in his hsoulder. And while the truth still scared her, being in his arms made her feel like the sea finding it's shore, like a traveler returning after a long, hard, distant trip -finally returning home." Author: Lauren Kate 27. "Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared." Author: Laurie Halse Anderson 28. "Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If you do that, then being inspired by your contemporaries or people from the past is really great." Author: Lawrence Bender 29. "Are you scared?" he said into my hair."Yeah.""What scares you?"I kept my eyes on the ceiling."That this is too good. That it won't last. That you'll leave." Author: Leah Raeder 30. "Milla was always aware, on the dimmest edge of her consciousness that Diaz constantly watched her.She also knew that he was a man who never gave up, who never lost sight of his goal. Exactly what his goal was wasn't always clear to her, but she had no doubt he was perfectly clear in his own mind what he wanted.He wanted her. She knew it, and yet she couldn't imagine how they could ever be together again. The rift between them, to her, was final and absolute. He'd betrayed her in the most wounding way possible, and forgiveness evidently wasn't her strong suit. She had found that grudges weren't heavy at all; she could carry them for a very long time.Diaz wasn't taking care of her out of the goodness of his heart. He was taking care of her the way a wolf cared for its wounded mate." Author: Linda Howard 31. "Oh, poor baby," she said, mimicking his drawl."Whew. You're back. There was this other Susie here a minute ago, and she was really nice to me. She scared the shit out of me."She laughed. "They locked her back up in the loony bin.""Good, because there's only one Susie for me—the one who calls me on my crap and doesn't let me get away with jack shit. That's the Susie I need. That's the Susie I've missed coming home to over the last year." He kissed her. "And that's the Susie who's going to leave a gaping hole in my heart and my life if she doesn't give me another chance." Author: Marie Force 32. "Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior managers scared of? Part of becoming a credible strategic thinker is learning effective approaches to selling ideas for your situation. You'll know that you're getting better at selling (or pitching) strategy when managers start coming to you when there is strategic thinking to be done." Author: Max McKeown 33. "Do I get paid, too?''Yes,' he said without hesitation. This scared me, because Crawley gave money like bulls gave milk: not at all, and you get gored for asking. If he had already decided this was a paying job, it must be horrible beyond words." Author: Neal Shusterman 34. "Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare." Author: Neil Gaiman 35. "I saw 'Paranormal Activity' on Halloween with all my friends. It scared me, but it was so much fun." Author: Nicola Peltz 36. "I felt like they only cared about what I could do for them, not what they could do for me." Author: Norma McCorvey 37. "Yeah, but the satyrs you have are working super hard," I said. "I think they're scared of you." Grover blushed. "That's silly. I'm not scary." "You're a lord of the Wild, dude. The chosen one of Pan. A member of the Council of—" "Stop it!" Grover protested. "You're as bad as Juniper. I think she wants me to run for president next." He" 38. "I'm just like you. I'm scared and I'm angry and I'm confused and I don't know what the hell I'm going to do, but I do know you can't have it both ways. You can't say you're a human in one breath and a cockroach in the next." Author: Rick Yancey 39. "For no reason that she could discern, she put down the novel and picked up her cell phone. She was lonely, yes, but had been so for as long as she cared to remember, and nothing seemed to be pressing that particular bruise, one of many, at the moment. Her loneliness was at a comfortable echelon: not growing like a tree, nor multiplying as a moss, but just simply there. A permanent, weathered embedded rock. A boulder in the wheat field. A bullet inside of a body, too dangerous to remove, around which tissue grows." Author: Ron Parsons 40. "I think in the end, you would have stayed with me, out of obligation...or maybe comfort. Maybe I was safe to you, and you needed to feel that. I know how scared you get of the unknown. To you...I must be kind of a security blanket. Do you see now, how that doesn't work for me? I don't want to be there, simply because the idea of me being gone is too...scary. I want to be someone's everything. I want fire and passion, and love that's returned, equally. I want to be someone's heart... Even if it means breaking my own." Author: S.C. Stephens 41. "Scared by the noise, Millie looked down at her brothers. Then she held out both arms and Tom's stomach turned cold. She was going to jump to him, like she did from the back of the sofa. She was going to jump, confident that he'd catch her, like he always did." Author: S.J. Bolton 42. "I couldn't breathe. I wanted him to keep touching me; I wanted to feel his whole body against mine again. But Rylan was here. Rylan was listening. Rylan, who had cared for me all along."Thank you," I said, my voice unsteady, and somehow I made myself move and turn away from his touch to stare at the tent again, my heart hammering. Rylan's back was still turned to me, but I could see how stiff he was, as if every muscle in his body was clenched."I hope you are able to rest well Alex," Damien said."You too," I said, making myself close my eyes, to pretend I was going to sleep. But inside, I thought, Rest well? Is he serious?It was going to be a long night." Author: Sara B. Larson 43. "But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was doing in the reader's heart?" Author: Stephen King 44. "The irresponsible mother helped explain bella's maturity. She'd had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. That's why she didn't like being cared for- she felt it was her job." Author: Stephenie Meyer 45. "I remember Detroit feeling really unsafe, feeling scared a lot. Our house was broken into, our car was stolen, we had to get a watchdog, we would get beat up in the street, I had my bike stolen. There was just a lot of real anarchy on the streets and sidewalks." Author: Sufjan Stevens 46. "People you knew when you were teenagers, the ones who saw your stupidest haircut and the most embarrassing things you've done in your life, and they still cared about you after all that: they're not replaceable, you know?" Author: Tana French 47. "And they will pause just for an instant, and give a sigh to me, and think, "Poor girl!" believing they do great justice to my memory by this. But they will never, never realize that it was my single opportunity of existence, as well as of doing my duty, which they are regarding; they will not feel that what to them is but a thought, easily held in those two words of pity, "Poor girl!" was a whole life to me, as full of hours, minutes, and peculiar minutes, of hopes and dreads, smiles, whisperings, tears, as theirs: that it was my world, what is to them their world, and that in that life of mine, however much I cared for them, only as the thought I seem to them to be. Nobody can enter into another's nature truly, that's what is so grievous." Author: Thomas Hardy 48. "People tend the take everything too seriously. Especially themselves. Yep. And that's probably what makes 'em scared and hurt so much of the time. Life is too serious to take that seriously." Author: Tom Robbins 49. "They hooted and laughed all the way back to the car, teasing Milkman, egging him on to tell more about how scared he was. And he told them. Laughing too, hard, loud, and long. Really laughing, and he found himself exhilarated by simply walking the earth. Walking it like he belonged on it; like his legs were stalks, tree trunks, a part of his body that extended down down down into the rock and soil, and were comfortable there--on the earth and on the place where he walked. And he did not limp." Author: Toni Morrison 50. "When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book that would depress me even more." Author: Vinny Guadagnino Cared Quotes Pictures Previous Quotes: Quotes About Gollum Next Quotes: Quotes About Getting Motivated She hates me and you hate me, but you all love Harry. Nobody loves me." 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__label__wiki	0.678507	0.678507	The San Francisco 49ers report for training camp on July 25th, at which point position competitions will work their way into focus. Training camp also means we finally get to see the youngest and newest members of the 49ers get into pads and engage in some real contact with the team for the first time. As training camp approaches, we thought it would be fun to take a look at each of the 49ers notable rookies, and consider the best and worst case scenarios for them this season. We are looking at draft picks and a handful of UDFAs. Additionally, by best and worst case scenario, I’m thinking realistic best and worst. Sure, they could become All Pros as rookies or could end up getting cut by the end of training camp. But let’s consider realistically what would be the best and the worst for each. The next stop brings us to the 49ers’ third-round pick, Southern Mississippi’s CB Tarvarius Moore. The former collegiate safety will be transitioning into a new role in the NFL, thanks to his 6-foot-2, 193-pound frame. The 49ers’ third-round selection possesses a unique combination of speed (4.32-second 40-yard dash), size and explosiveness on the field. His 104 tackles, 10 passes defensed and five interceptions in two seasons at Southern Miss. validate that claim. While it’ll take time for Moore to figure out the nuances of the cornerback position, the sky is truly the limit for this 21-year old. Best case scenario for 2018 The 49ers have found their starting outside cornerback of the future to pair with CB Ahkello Witherspoon. There’s no guarantee that CB Richard Sherman — who’s slated as a starter headed into training camp — will return to pristine form. Outside of OT Mike McGlinchey, most in the media are extremely high on Moore’s upside for 2018. The ex-Southern Miss defensive back should carve out a role for on defense with a lot of three wide receiver sets being used in today’s game. Before the end of the season, Moore should be the starting corner opposite to Witherspoon. Worst case scenario for 2018 The transition from safety to cornerback can be challenging, especially against NFL-level talent. Moore struggles to mold into a press-cover defender during his rookie season and slides into a backup role behind Sherman, Witherspoon, CB K’Waun Williams and DB Jimmie Ward. Moore’s a near-lock to make the roster, no matter what his performance looks like during training camp, due to where he was drafted. But the 49ers do not get a strong contributor right off the bat, instead they’ll have to wait a season or two for Moore to make a real impact on defense. More in San Francisco 49ers 49ers news: Jed York’s endurance with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch rewarded with Tremendous... 49ers want to don white throwback uniforms at Super Bowl Niners Country Former NFL participant... Super Bowl LIV Matchup: Kansas Town Chiefs Vs. SF 49ers NPR Kansas Town Chiefs will... San Francisco 49ers get NFC Championship more than Green Bay Packers Fox Information Packers vs.... 2018 San Francisco 49ers training camp preview: Running backs 2018 San Francisco 49ers training camp preview: Quarterbacks	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line393
__label__cc	0.562096	0.437904	C Elequemedo Baltería #28 Mexico City Gila Monsters CUB Age: 28 \| Bats: S \| Throws: R \| Morale: Great BNN Index \| CUB \| SCORES \| STANDINGS \| STATS \| TEAMS \| PLAYERS \| TRANSACTIONS \| HISTORY C ELEQUEMEDO BALTERÍA #28 - AGE: 28 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT 11 35 8 1 0 0 1 3 4 .229 .289 .257 0 -0.3 BATTING RATINGS (OSA) Pot. Vs Left Vs Right Contact 4 4 4 4 Gap 5 6 5 5 Power 1 1 1 1 Eye 3 4 3 3 Avoid K's 7 7 6 7 FIELDING RATINGS Range: - 1 1 Errors: - 4 3 Arm: 9 6 6 Turn DP: - 1 - Ability: 6 - - POSITION RATINGS Pitcher: - Shortstop: - Catcher: 8 Left Field: - 1st Base: - Center Field: - 2nd Base: - Right Field: - 3rd Base: - RUN/BUNT Running Speed: 1 Stealing Ability: 2 Baserunning Inst.: 2 Sacrifice Bunt: 5 Bunt for Hit: 1 GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES 08/05/2060 RIZ Loss, 8-12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 07/30/2060 @ TOR Win, 3-0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07/25/2060 @ XIA Win, 5-1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 07/18/2060 RIZ Win, 5-4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 07/14/2060 VAL Win, 5-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07/09/2060 @ TIJ Win, 8-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 07/04/2060 TOR Win, 6-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 07/01/2060 BAR Win, 4-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 06/25/2060 @ RIZ Loss, 1-8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 He is a man among boys in terms of leadership. Personality Class: Captain High: Leader, Work Ethic Born in: La Romana, LA Nationality: Dominican Local Popularity: Insignificant National Pop.: Unknown Contract: Major League Contract Signed Through: 2060 Season Major Service: 2 Years, 1 Day Service This Yr: 49 Days 40-Man Service: 2 Years, 98 Days Pro Service: 6 Years Arbitration Eligibility: Not yet, but possibly eligible after this season Option Years: 1 option year left Contract Extension: - Drafted: 2054, 3rd Pick in Round 4 CUBA BASEBALL LEAGUE 2060 BATTING STATS WOBA Overall 11 35 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 .229 .289 .257 .547 .216 .029 26 EBH RC/27 Overall 10 38 0 2 0 7 0 0 9 1 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.77 -0.3 Versus Left 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Versus Right 27 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 .222 .300 .259 .559 This Week 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 Last Week 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 June 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 July 23 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 .174 .269 .174 .443 August 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 Spring Training 36 5 1 0 0 3 2 2 8 1 0 0 .139 .179 .167 .346 Last Year 50 10 3 0 0 3 2 3 12 0 0 1 .200 .259 .260 .519 2 Years Ago 50 15 3 0 2 8 9 7 8 1 1 4 .300 .419 .480 .899 Career 135 33 7 0 2 12 11 13 24 1 1 5 .244 .331 .341 .672 Home 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 .250 .318 .300 .618 Road 15 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .250 .200 .450 Grass 28 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 .250 .300 .286 .586 Turf 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 Night 35 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 .229 .289 .257 .547 As Starter 35 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 .229 .289 .257 .547 As Reliever / Substitution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Close/Late 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Inning 1-3 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 .273 0 Outs 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 2 Outs 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .143 .400 .143 .543 Scoring Position 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .455 .250 .705 Bases Empty 18 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .278 .500 Runner on 1st 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 Runner on 2nd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 Runner on 1st & 2nd 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 Runner on 1st & 3rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 Bases Loaded 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Two Strikes 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 First Pitch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 Count 0-1 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 Count 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Count 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 Full Count 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Behind in Count 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538 Ahead in Count 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 Batting 8th 35 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 .229 .289 .257 .547 Low Leverage 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .150 .190 .200 .390 Medium Leverage 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664 High Leverage 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 CUB PRIMARY AFFILIATION 2060 BATTING STATS Overall 10 42 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 0 0 0.0 3.4 3.04 -0.1 May 25 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 .200 .231 .240 .471 June 12 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 .333 .375 .333 .708 2 Years Ago 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Career 38 9 1 0 0 6 0 3 7 3 0 0 .237 .273 .263 .536 Day 18 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 .278 .318 .278 .596 CAREER BATTING STATS Year/Team/League OPS+ 2058 Mexico City - CUB 26 16 50 15 3 0 2 8 9 7 4 1 8 0 0 .300 .419 .480 .899 147 128 0.6 2059 Mexico City - CUB 27 20 50 10 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 12 0 0 .200 .259 .260 .519 37 42 -0.2 2060 Mexico City - CUB 28 11 35 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 .229 .289 .257 .547 47 26 -0.3 Total CUB CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS 2054 Total - 22 41 184 51 9 0 3 23 39 12 7 3 18 2 1 .277 .340 .375 .715 100 100 0.0 2054 Gomez Palacio - A 22 58 188 51 12 0 1 20 13 14 5 3 36 0 0 .271 .333 .351 .684 120 116 0.0 2055 Ciudad Valles - AA 23 77 259 53 18 1 3 22 24 15 12 3 66 0 0 .205 .277 .317 .593 74 72 0.0 2056 Ciudad Valles - AA 24 45 157 36 6 0 3 13 16 18 3 0 35 0 0 .229 .320 .325 .645 89 90 0.0 2058 Ciudad Valles - AA 26 10 35 13 1 0 1 5 4 3 0 1 5 0 0 .371 .410 .486 .896 156 156 0.0 2058 Chetumal - AAA 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -131 0.0 2060 Chetumal - AAA 28 12 37 9 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 7 0 0 .243 .286 .270 .556 61 57 0.0 Total CUBPA Total CUBSA Total KORSA Total VENSA Total VENTA Total CANSA CAREER FIELDING STATS RTO% 2058 Mexico City - MLB C 15 15 114 8 2 124 2 .984 131.0 8.38 -0.5 .681 2 13 3 23.1 2058 Mexico City - MLB 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.1 1.121 2059 Mexico City - MLB C 18 14 113 13 0 126 0 1.000 126.2 8.95 +0.9 1.035 0 16 6 37.5 2060 Mexico City - MLB C 11 10 91 1 2 93 1 .989 89.0 9.30 -0.4 .000 3 6 0 0.0 2060 Chetumal - AAA C 12 10 100 5 0 106 1 .991 96.0 9.84 -0.7 .000 1 9 1 11.1 03/13/2054 Drafted in the 2054 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 3, 27th overall pick) by the Mexico City Gila Monsters. 07/09/2054 Injured (Oblique strain), out for 5 days. 01/01/2055 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 1 (2); Eye: 3 (4). 06/27/2055 Injured (Bruised finger), day-to-day for 2 days. 10/19/2058 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $350,000 through automatic renewal. 02/25/2059 Injured (Hand contusion, bruised thumb), out for 5 days. 04/20/2059 Injured (Sprained knee), out for 6 weeks. 08/17/2059 Injured (Viral infection), day-to-day for 4 days. 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__label__cc	0.702777	0.297223	WWW.1879ZULUWAR.COM :: GENERAL DISCUSSION AREA Share 259 Private Jenkins Location : Down South. Subject: 259 Private Jenkins Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:02 pm While looking for some information on Rainforth, I can across a 259 Private David Jenkins who served in Rainforth’s company of the 1/24th, which was based at Helpmekaar. Quite a distance away from Isandlwana. Its suggested that the actual location of Jenkins cannot be substantiated. Did he survive Isandlwana? This Letter suggests he did. Subject: Pvt Jenkins Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:32 pm Hi littlehand . The only D. Jenkins I found in the Medal Roll is D. Jenkins 295 . The roll says he may have recieved 2 clasps 77-78 and 79 which is extremely rare ! . In England's sons by Julian Whybra a very detailed book on those who were at Isandlwana and R.Drift , goes on to say ..... 25B / 295 Pte . David Jenkins . In a letter home ( In Welch ) dated 28th Jan 79 published in ' The Merthyr Express ' 22nd March 79 and in Welch in ' Y Gwladgarwr ' 28th March 79 this 1 / 24th G coy Soldier claimed that he was '' One of the ten that escaped out of the 5 Coy's '' from Isandlwana . There is no evidence to support this - G Coy was stationed at Helpmekaar at the time though Jenkin's himself was at R.Drift ( see page 70 fn.3 ) and thus the above survivor's claim may refer to the 1/ 24th men at the drift . . Hope this helps . cheers 90th. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:53 pm This is the only Jenkins at RD Jenkins, James. Private. 25B/841, killed in action 22 January 1879 Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:08 am Why would he write a letter to his parents, suggesting he took part in the Battle of Isandlwana. When he was at Rorkes Drift. Bit confused. he writes "Dear Father, please go personally or write a letter to Isaac Lewis and tell him that his son-in-law, Sgt. Chambers is killed. His son Thomas is alive but still in hospital with fever. He had a narrow escape. He crept on his hands and knees and came from the hospital to the fort through all the firing Please give my love to all and write soon" The only hospital that i know of was at Rorke's Drift. However there was a Sgt.-I. Msktry Chambers, G. 1011 Killed In Action at Isandlwana. Subject: Pvt Jenkins Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:26 am Hi Ctsg. 25 /B 841 . J. Jenkins was indeed KIA ( Assegaied ) R.D . ACCORDING to Julian Whybra this from England's Sons . David Jenkins is more than likely also at R.D . Here are some details ........... 25 B / 295 . Pvt . David Jenkin's Letter home ( see page 30 ) Indicates a possible presence at R.D. , however , '' The Times '' ( October 79 ) on his return home , RECORDS HIS PRESENCE THERE , HE WAS in possession of a Rorkes Drift Ladies ' Testimonial Fund Bible ( Inscribed on the Flyleaf ) , AND HE IS ALSO RECORDED IN THE 1 /24TH record of services as having been PRESENT the Drift . Serg Wilson , Pvt's Payton , Desmond , 25B / 295 DAVID JENKINS and Roy 1 / 24th HAD BEEN SENT TO THE REAR WITH PRISONERS according to a letter written by COL SGT Wm Edwards KIA Isandlwana . The bible , Record and Letter are all in the RRW Museum . En-route back to the Column Roy was admitted to Hospital at R.D . Thus David Jenkins WAS NOT WITH G Coy on the 22nd Jan . His inclusion among the defenders SOLVES the riddle of ' Others ' having seen ' Jenkins ' both in the Hospital and on the wall ( Confusing this man with 25B/ 841 Pvt. Jas . Jenkins , KIA , R.D ) . So as you can see there are two Jenkins in the updated paperwork at R.D .Hope this has been some help . cheers 90th PS. You didnt get the bible unless you were at R.D . old historian2 Location : East London Just one question. The letter in-question, was it written by the Jenkins that is in the Grave section posted by John yesterday. Location : KENT "The letter mentions the deaths of Sergeant Instructor of Musketry George Chambers who married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Lewis of Brecon, in January 1877 and her brother Gunner Thomas Lewis of Royal Artillery, who was involved in the fighting at Rorke’s Drift which took place some 12 hours after the disaster at Isandlwana. George Chambers’s name is remembered to this day on his father-in-law’s headstone in Brecon Cemetery and in the Regimental Museum where a coalport mug given to George and Elizabeth as a wedding present is on display. David Jenkin’s letter suggests that he was one of the fortunate survivors of Isandlwana. However, only 10 men out of nearly 600 men of the regiment escaped and their handwritten accounts prepared, but not used, in the subsequent Court of Enquiry, are held in the regimental archives. There is no report from 295 Pte. David Jenkins of Defynnog. Furthermore, we know that David Jenkins was in G (Rainforth’s) Company 1/24th which was held in reserve at stores depot at Helpmekaar, some 20 miles from Isandlwana. The actual whereabouts of David Jenkins during the period on 22/23 January 1879 was not clear. After 127 years, Mrs Gittoes was able to solve the mystery with tangible evidence – a Rorke’s Drift Testimonial Bible presented to each of the gallant defenders by the ladies of Durban. The name of the soldier is inscribed in the flyleaf of each bible. This bible containing David Jenkins’s name was identical to others held by the Regimental Museum; there was no doubt over its authenticity. We knew of the possibility of two soldiers named “Jenkins” from 1/24th being at Rorke’s Drift and the various rolls were not able to shed light on the matter. A soldier named 841 Pte. James Jenkins was a patient at Rorke’s Drift but had been killed by the Zulus as they plundered through the hospital building and his name appears on the memorial at Rorke’s Drift; Colour Sergeant Bourne, the redoubtable senior NCO, at Rorke’s Drift, mentions 1083 Pte. M Jenkins but he was killed at Isandlwana. This prompted a search through the Regimental Archives and we were able to find a reference to Pte. David Jenkins 1/24th being at Rorke’s Drift in the handwritten ledger containing the records of the 1st Battalion. So with some confidence, we were able to add David Jenkins’s name to the roll of Rorke’s Drift defenders. Interestingly, in his letter David had quite naturally concentrated on telling his family of his lucky survival from Isandlwana when many local men had been killed – Rorke’s Drift on the other hand was not yet news as the announcement of the award of Victoria Crosses to the eleven defenders was published much later" Martin Everett Curator of The Royal Regiment of Wales Museum, The Watton, Brecon. Write's Source: Hanes News Letter. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:07 pm "Interestingly, in his letter David had quite naturally concentrated on telling his family of his lucky survival from Isandlwana when many local men had been killed" "Quite naturally concentrated" No he was telling tales. That's all there is to it. ll seems a bit odd to me. tasker224 Location : North London I am no expert, but apparently, far too large of a number of old soldiers claimed to have charged with the Light Brigade, attended the reunions etc. Recently, on a flight home from the States, the wife told me that she was unfortunate enough to get seated next to some idiot who insisted on telling her that he had been in the SAS and had to suffer hours of his claimed stories and deeds as she tried to focus on her book on the flight home. Have to go by the official rolls and evidence that we have I would suggest, until something more concrete comes to light. Open minded, it would be lovely to discover some new RD defenders, but at the moment, would have to go with Old Historian on this one. He probably got a hero's welcome back home anyway. Just for being at the Battle Of Rorkes Drift. Chard1879 Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:32 pm The Forgotten Man This may not be the story of a hero but it is certainly a story of great courage, fortitude and survival in the face of what must have seemed like insurmountable odds. David Jenkins was a private in the British Army during the Zulu Wars. Ordered to look after prisoners at a small mission outpost, known as Rorke's Drift, he was left behind by his regiment who marched into Zulu territory and made camp in the shadow of a strangely shaped rock outcrop called Isandlwana. There, on the morning of 22nd January, 1879, David's fellow men were surprised and massacred by the massed Zulu army. Only a handful of soldiers are said to have survived. Even two officers who rode off with the regimental colours were run down by Zulu warriors and killed. David wrote home to reassure his family that he had survived that appalling day and his letter was published in 'The Merthyr Express' of Saturday 22nd March 1879 : Just a few lines to let you know that I am one of the ten that escaped out of five companies. The remainder were cut to pieces, - in fact cut in bits - with those savages. About 15,000 of them came on the camp when the column was out. All in the camp were killed - 495 of our regiment and about 300 of different corps. Oh I never saw such a sight. Please pray to God to continue to save my life. There are only 240 men remaining in our regiment. So no more. I shall write again soon if alive. Dear Father, please go personally or write a letter to Isaac Lewis and tell him that his son-in-law, Sgt. Chambers is killed.His son Thomas is alive but still in hospital with fever. He had a narrow escape. He crept on his hands and knees and came from the hospital to the fort through all the firing .Please give my love to all and write soon. Your affectionate son. P.S. I think we will go down to the colony to get refitted, as we have lost everything. On the afternoon of 22nd January, the mission and hospital at Rorke's Drift was surrounded by over 4000 Zulu warriors. They attacked the besieged soldiers with almost incessant ferocity over a period of fourteen hours. Miraculously, the redcoats managed to repel wave after wave of their attackers who, stunned by their horrific losses, gradually withdrew. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded for this famous conflict but, like many of the ranks, David Jenkins received only a standard Zulu Wars medal. His name was omitted from the official roll of honour and he remained unrecognised even by his own regimental museum as a defender of Rorke's Drift possibly because he had been a member of a different division of the Regiment to the other soldiers at the mission. Although he was introduced to King Edward VII on his royal visit to Swansea in 1904 and despite overwhelming evidence of his presence at Rorke's Drift , he became the forgotten man, forgotten by history and historians. Forgotten, that is, until five years ago when one of David's descendants discovered a Bible which had been awarded only to those who had survived that bloody day and conclusive proof of his claim to be a Rorke's Drift Hero. David Jenkins died in 1912 and is buried in Cwmgelli Cemetery, Treboeth.... But his memory now lives on with his own special display in a cabinet at the South Wales Borderers' Museum in Brecon. 'If you would like to speculate on what David looked like at the battle, he was one of a handful of soldiers in 1879 to be asked to act as models for Lady Butler's famous painting The Defence of Rorke's Drift. Her depiction of the battle, a favourite of Queen Victoria's, now hangs in St. James' Palace in London. The above information was kindly provided by Geoff Rees, Great Grandson of David Jenkins. Source: Tanner-Arms We have all this information, but not really an answer to why he made the letter sound at though he had survived Isandlwana. Martin Everett Curator of The Royal Regiment of Wales Museum say's "David had quite naturally concentrated on telling his family of his lucky survival from Isandlwana when many local men had been killed – Rorke’s Drift on the other hand was not yet news as the announcement of the award of Victoria Crosses to the eleven defenders was published much later" Ok. I don't quite go with this, but if that was the case surly when the news of Rorkes Drift did surface much later, the question should have be asked how could Jenkins have been at Isandlwana & Rorkes Drift. And how did he know Sgt. Chambers had been killed. It would be interesting to know when this letter was actually sent and received by his parents. It was published on the 26th March 1879. Why would he not write about being at the Battle of Rorkes Drift? 139 Soldiers against thousands of Zulu’s Much better story than surviving Isandlwana. And Mr Everett states: So with some confidence, we were able to add David Jenkins’s name to the roll of Rorke’s Drift defenders. Not total Confidence. And this letter that was sent from someone claiming to be at Isandlwana. Posted By CTSG Sat Oct 31, 2009 1415 Thomas Thomas of Ystalyfera to his Uncle and Aunt. "I am very sorry to tell you that we see very hard times of it out here now. We are on the march all the time and we have not seen a bit of bread this last two months, only biscuits all the time and we are often on the road for two or three days at a stretch, that we don't get coffee or tea, only dry biscuit; it is an awful place for water. Another thing, we have to write with powder and water and I had to pay fourpence for this sheet of paper and envelope... We had a very hard fight for about three hours at a place called Isandhlwana. The Zulus attacked our camp and as soon as we saw them coming, we struck the tents and formed square around the ammunition, and we kept them back for three hours. The General was not with us at the time; he was out somewhere and the colonel that was in command of us (as soon as he saw the Zulus retiring) ordered us to advance after them. We went about 300 yards and they were so many that they came in our rear and took the camp and everything that belonged to us; they came about us so thick that we could not handle our guns and then we knocked them down with the butt of the gun; the Zulus killed about 1841 of our fellows altogether but we ourselves killed some of the volunteers because they were running away and the colonel in command shot himself because he knew he had done wrong. He should not have put us to advance after them and leave the ammunition. However, we killed about 6000 that day. David Davies has been killed.... Thomas' statement that 'the colonel in command shot himself ' (referring probably to Durnford but possibly to Pulleine) is hard to credit; at the same time it is difficult to understand why he should have made such a statement had he not believed that such was the case." Posted By 1879Graves Sun Nov 01, 2009 This article appeared in the North Wales Express, 18 April 1879. (Another newspaper artical) 1415 Thomas Thomas is listed on the Medal Roll for the 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment. Posted By Mr G Sun Nov 01, 2009 This from Mr Julian Whybra.Posted on the RDVC. Author of “ England's Sons” "Thomas was not at Isandhlwana and his letter cannot be relied upon in any of its comments. To quote from my England's Sons: 2-24/1415 Pte. Thomas Thomas This 2/24th soldier came from Ystalyfera in Wales. A letter home to his uncle and aunt from Rorke’s Drift, dated 19th February 1879, is extant in both Welsh and English versions. They were published in Y Gwladgarwr, 18th March 1879; Y Genedl Gymreig, 24th April 1879; and in the North Wales Express, 18th April 1879. From the ambiguity of the content it could be interpreted that the writer participated in the battle of Isandhlwana and it has appeared in print as a letter from a bona fide survivor. In reality, Thomas was out with his battalion as a member of Chelmsford’s reconnaissance on the 22nd January. Thomas is either deliberately not telling the truth or, to be generous, his writing in the first person plural has been taken literally when what he actually intended to convey was the third person plural." The High-lighted part at the bottom, Should be conveyed to Jenkins. Bear with me on this. "Dear Father, please go personally or write a letter to Isaac Lewis and tell him that his son-in-law, Sgt. Chambers is killed.His son Thomas is alive but still in hospital with fever". Rorkes Drift Roll of Honour Lewis, Thomas. Bombardier. 458 (Happy with this) This puts Jenkins at R.D Killed at Isandlwana (Northeast medals) Jenkins, Jas. 841 Is it normal for two soldiers to have the same army number. Just been confirmed by a reliable source, Jenkins letter was dated the 28th January 1879. So five days after the event. Littlehand. Your Jenkins KIA Isandlwana was also in the 1st Battalion 24th Regiment. Strange how the two Jenkins that were KIA. one at R.D and the other Isandlwana had the same Initials & Number. P.S I cannot find any mentioned of Jenkins by other defenders..The Roll of honour on this forum only shows the Jenkins that was KIA. Be it at R.D or Isandlwana. Have we missed him off. Or was he not mentioned on Chards roll. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:00 am Trying hard to follow this 90th "His inclusion among the defenders SOLVES the riddle of ' Others ' having seen ' Jenkins ' both in the Hospital and on the wall ( Confusing this man with 25B/ 841 Pvt. Jas . Jenkins , KIA , R.D )" Littlehand. So where was he KIlled R.D or Isandlwana. I haven't been up this late for ages !!!! Subject: Pvt. Jenkins Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:43 am Hi John . It's difficult to put into words , please read my 1st Post slowly and it should make sense . There are two ( 2 ) '' Jenkins '' at R.D . Pvt . Jas Jenkins 841 1 / 24 th KIA R.Drift . Medal with 1879 Clasp . Pvt. D. Jenkins 295 1 / 24th Survived . Medal with clasp 77-78-79 . ( this man may have recieved two clasps viz 1877- 8 and 1879 . ) These stats are from the Medal Roll . In all there are 5 '' Jenkins '' in the 1 / 24th , 2 were KIA Isandlwana , Pvt. W. Jenkins 1083 . Medal 79 clasp Pvt . W. Jenkins 1767. Medal 79 clasp. Another '' Jenkins '' this time 2 / 24th Pvt . W. Jenkins 1135 2 / 24th KIA Isandlwana Medal 77--8 - 9 Clasp . As you can see .......... Confusing isnt it Dutchy ! So we have 3 '' W '' Jenkins KIA Isandwana . Subject: Pvt Jenkins Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:55 am I think the Northeast medal site hasnt updated its tables for those KIA at Isandlwana , because 841 Jenkins was certainly Killed at R. Drift . I think the Northeast medal site hasnt updated its tables I will e-mail the Northeast website and ask the question. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:33 pm If the original letter was writen in Welsh, perhaps a crucial word has been mistranslated and the meaning misinterpreted. The letter translation reads "escaped" Isandhlwana out of 5 companies. Martin Everett says "survived". I am not sure that this honourable soldier is in fact claiming to have escaped the Battle, but has survived - unlike the rest of his company. (A little like the vicar who disembarked in Ireland, missed the boat and escaped the rest of the Titanic's fateful voyage; this guy did not claim to have survived the sinking). 90th Serg Wilson , Pvt's Payton , Desmond , 25B / 295 DAVID JENKINSand Roy 1 / 24th HAD BEEN SENT TO THE REAR WITH PRISONERS Smith -Dorrent makes reference to Zulu's being hung at R..D. Could this have been the prisoners in question, If yes why did Jenkins go to Isandlwana after leaving them at R.D. I am not sure that this honourable soldier is in fact claiming to have escaped the Battle, but has survived But surly the letter clearly indicates Isandlwana. We should put it down to Jenkins trying to impress the folks back home. So basically he has been included as a Rorkes Drift defender based on his name being in a Bible. And yet on the original roll call he was missed off. Is a list of names available of those who served in G Company that fought at Isandlwana. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:02 pm If Jenkins wasn't on the original roll call, how and who decided to put him on there many years later. I have spent all night looking at various Rorkes Drift Roll Calls. And the only Jenkins I can find is (Jenkins, James. Private. 25B/841, killed in action 22 January 1879) So i don't see how he can be known as one of the Rorkes Drift defenders. Old H. If Jenkins wasn't on the original roll call, how and who decided to put him on there many years later. Good Question. Maybe some people feel happy that the Bible is enought to say he was, but then there are some who think otherwise. That may asnwer why he has not been added to the offical Roll Call.... Snap!!! Littlehand. I to have been looking at various Roll Calls. Came across this on our own forum it the welcome section. Click on link. Then click on Roll Call. Jenkins, David. Private 25B/295 This is the only roll call that shows both Jenkins. Admin I believe you know Kris Wheatley, any chance you could drop her an e-mail, she might be able to cast some light on the matter. Nice one Chard. Lets hope we can put this to bed. Subject: 259 David Jenkins Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:40 pm It wasnt merely a case of David Jenkins name in a bible , it was the fact he was GIVEN THE BIBLE with his name inscribed on the flyleaf . To recieve the bible you had to have taken part in the R.D defence , you werent just given one , that is one of the reasons he is now on the 24th Regt's records as having been there . . In regard to the prisoners being hung at R.D I dont know who was in control of that , but that happened as far as I'm aware after Isandlwana and R.D . I think the prisoners Jenkins and the others had control of were taken to Helpmekaar or some other encampment back from R.D . Before the battles took place . Seeing as the original letter was in Welsch maybe something was lost in translation . He may only be referring to how lucky he was to have survived by not being there in the first place ,He didnt speak of how he managed to get away and the mention of the hospital seems to point to R.D . I certainly dont think he went back to Isandlwana after dealing with the prisoners as he more than likely wouldnt have survived . cheers 90th . 90th But their doe's not seemed to be any mentioned of prisoners under escort anywhere apart from the letter you mention. And its not been established if they were Zulu Or British or colonial soldiers. With all the research that has been carried out on the Anglo Zulu War surly someone somewhere would have picked up on military documents that a prisoners under escort where sent back to the rear for whatever purpose. With that in mind Chard1879 makes reference to Smith -Dorrent and Zulu’s hung at R.D. I can find no mentioned of this by any of the defenders. Again this would have been recorded albeit out of revenge for those killed at Isandlwana. Subject: Pvt Jenkins Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:24 am Hi oldh. There is a mention of zulus being hung after the battle but cant tell you where I read it , I'm pressed for time at the moment I think its in '' Rorkes Drift By Those Who Where There '' I will check once I have time later today . Subject: 259 David Jenkins Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:28 am If I remember rightly I have posted the info before dealing with the hangings at R.D . But it was a while ago !!. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:49 pm I think the evidence - a bible with his name in it - for D.Jenkins being a RD defender is flimsy, to be polite. I'd go with the original roll calls. For me at least, debate over. In addition as chard points out, "And Mr Everett states: So with some confidence, we were able to add David Jenkins’s name to the roll of Rorke’s Drift defenders. Not total Confidence." Martin Everett also mentions "we knew of the POSSIBILITY of there being two Jenkins' at RD" - this does not mean that there WERE. The source of the possibility was not stated. I would suggest the source of the possibilty came fron the fact there was a letter, in Welsh, published many years ago................ Debate over and out. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:09 am I have sent an e-mail. Will post reply when I have one. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:36 pm Not total Confidence . Let's hope Admin receives an e-mail. Might get a reasonable answer to how this came about. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:53 am As anyone got a photo of one of these bibles. I have never heard of these until this topic was posted. 24th. I have look for one of theses Bibles, but no luck. Possibly in a museum somewhere. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:31 pm Chard's 2nd extended report, c. 1880: "...while I was intently watching to get a fair shot at a Zulu who appeared to be firing rather well, Private Jenkins 24th, saying 'look out, Sir,' gave my head a duck down just as a bullet whizzed over it. He had noticed a Zulu who was quite near in another direction taking deliberate aim at me. For all the man could have known, the shot might have been directed at himself..." Reynolds account c. 1879: "...the only men killed in the hospital were three, excluding the Kafir, [sic], under treatment for a compound fracture of the femur. Their names were Sergeant Maxfield, Private Jenkins, both unable to assist in their escape (being debilitated by fever), and Private Adams, who was well able to move about but could not be persuaded to leave his temporary refure in a small room, and face the danger of an attempt at escape to the laager..." Well that confirms there were two Jenkins present at Rorkes Drift. The one with fever certainly would not have warned Chard... Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:16 pm Extensive research has been carried on Pte: Jenkins, which shows 259 Private Jenkins as being present at the Battle of Rorkes Drift. Hopefully this information will be available in the not so distant future. Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:19 pm Pitts bible flyleaf I got courtesy of SWB Museum, and the bible cover is shown on page 139 of Ian Knight's excellent book 'Nothing remains but to fight' So how many Jenkins appear on Chard's RD roll. Could he have forgotten to include 259 Jenkins? Thanks for posting the photo of the Bible, starting to make sense now. The signature page is built in. I suppose all we can do, it wait for the research to be published. Its a pity the bible wasn't issued to all the defenders, and to those that didn't make it, would have be a nice jester to the familey. Thanks for posting the photo Admin. DundeeBoer Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:39 am Sorry I’m getting to the discussion late but here is the Bible in question. The picture is "all rights reserved" so I didn't post it but here is the link. Regards, Jeff I may be wrong but I'm fairly certain the bible was issued to all the defenders of R.D who were lucky enough to have survived . I dont think those who were killed had one issued to either themselves or their families . This was the main reason or one of them why 259 Jenkins was added to the list of defenders . As I posted earlier he arrived back in the U.K with his so called bible with him . It does seem Chard neglected to put him on his roll , this could have been done for many reasons . Chard was an Engineer and looking at 1879 he certainly wouldnt have a close association with those not under his immediate command . This also explains the sightings of Jenkins in the hospital and Jenkins on the wall . As we all know now there were two of them , one survived and one didnt . Hi tasker 224. I know its been sorted but in regard to '' Go with the original Roll's '' . Bear in mind that Bourne's roll wasnt created till 50 yrs after the event , so mistakes are bound to have been made . I very much look 4wd to seeing the evidence of this "extensive research" when it is made available - we all know ommissions and mistakes were and still are made - perhaps he was there at RD after all. Let's hope the research is more substantial than a bible given by a well meaning bunch of ladies. (How would they have known that 259 had been there when Chard didn't?) Why is so much weight put on the existence of this bible - we all know mistakes are made. I look 4wd to reading some real evidence, but at the moment...........I have yet to be convinced! I'm with tasker on this one.... ...........I have yet to be convinced! Subject: Re: 259 Private Jenkins WWW.1879ZULUWAR.COM :: GENERAL DISCUSSION AREA	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0106.json.gz/line416
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