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__label__wiki	0.749726	0.749726	Lea Lea Loa Fun, Funnest & Funniest The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 – Release Date, Cast, and News A dystopian show which focuses on the reproductive rights of women is becoming more relevant with each passing year. Of course, this means that the fourth season of The Handmaid’s Tale is just around the corner. The show has been adapted from Margaret Atwood’s novel and has an Emmy nomination to its name. With the advent of the Coronavirus, production was halted in March 2020. However, Deadline reported that it has since resumed. Season 4 will have a 10-episode installment instead of the usual 13. Bruce Miller, the show’s creator, stated that the decision to cut down on the number of episodes occurred because of creative reasons. At the end of season 3, Elizabeth Moss June was fighting for her life as she tried to send children from Gilead to the haven in Canada. In this article, we will look into what the next season will revolve around. The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 – The Trailer You’ll be happy to know that the first footage for season 4 has already been released. It came in June and promised the coming of a war between the government and those who want to overthrow it. In the teaser, June states that they all deserve better and change never comes easy. She also emphasizes how the war is never going to win itself. Commander Joseph Lawrence played by Bradley Whitford quoted in the teaser that the next few weeks would determine the future of this country. In an interview with The Holiday Reporter, Miller stated there would be severe consequences for June in the upcoming season. The children are under the authority of the Gilead and they have parents. They are being flown out of the country. And because of this, Gilead will be ready to wage war. The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3 – How Things Ended June badly wanted to locate her daughter and care for her. It was because of this reason that she decided to send a bunch of children to seek refuge in Canada. However, in the process, she killed Commander Winslow and was shot herself. The other handmaids came to rescue her and bring her back to Gilead. Meanwhile, Alexis Bledel’s former handmaid Emily reached Canada with Nichole, June’s new daughter. She is still traumatized by what happened at Gilead and even reuniting with her wife and son does not help her much. For Serena Joy played by Yvonne Strahovski, things are no better. She faced setbacks at the end of the season. She convinced her husband, Fred played by Joseph Fiennes, to leave for Canada where she knew he would be arrested for war crimes. However, she was the one who got arrested. She also discovered that Nichole’s father is not Fred but Nick, was June’s lover. Bruce Miller has also stated that there might be an unhappy ending for the heroine, June. He told TV Guide that “the people of Toronto are showing what lies ahead for June if she ever does have the opportunity to escape. However, it was not going to be a smooth road for June that was for certain.” Folks, we might have to shed some tears for our favorite heroine. So you need to be prepared. Moss will Direct One Episode of Season 4 There is not much we know about season 4 at this point. However, we do know that Moss will direct one episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. It will probably be the third episode, a part of which had already been shot before things shut down. She is thrilled to be given this opportunity and according to The Hollywood Reporter, it is not something that she will take lightly. So, folks, let’s see what she has planned for us. The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 – A new cast member Existing members have already planned to return for season 4. These include Moss, Bledel, Minghella, Moira, Whitford, Strahovski, and Aunt Lydia. Sam Jaeger who has played the role of Mark Tuello, an American representative will become a series regular. Mckenna Grace from The Haunting of Hill House has also joined the cast. According to Deadline, she will play the role of Mrs. Keyes who is the much-younger wife of the Commander. She is said to have a dominant personality and will rule the farm and her household with confidence. She also can remain calm even when everything else around her is going up in flames. She would be an interesting character on the show. The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 Will Be Out in 2021 Like so many other shows, The Handmaid’s Tale has also been affected by COVID 19. Season 4 was supposed to premiere in fall 2020. However, since production was shut down, Season 4 had to readjust its schedule. In her interview with Collider, Moss stated that “human life was not worth a show”. Since the danger of the Coronavirus was at large, and everyone had a family to go back to, they had to postpone the production. According to Deadline, the filming for season 4 started somewhere in September. So, it’s 2021 for now, folks. Season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale Would Not be the Last Yes, you read that right! Though the show has been delayed, there will also be more of The Handmaid’s Tale to look forward to. The show can even have a spin-off based on Atwood’s book The Testament which came out in 2019. Executive Producer Warren Littlefield told TV Guide that “they don’t see an ending to season 4 as yet.” He also stated that there was no definitive out for the show. He also has in mind the demands of the audience. Littlefield reported that he did not want to leave the audience hanging, which is why they might shift to the filming The Testament. We’ve told you everything we knew about the fourth season. It sounds a bit tragic, but that is what the show is about! Anyhow, if you are preparing yourself to watch the show, we suggest you binge-watch the earlier seasons to refresh your memory. You never know what detail you might have missed! Will There Be a Season 2 of The Queen’s Gambit? Will There Be A Season 2 Of Emily In Paris? Bridgerton Season 2 – Release Date, Cast & News Will There Be a Season 16 of Supernatural? Rick and Morty Season 5- Release Date, Cast, and News Will There Be a Season 9 of Homeland? Categories TV Series Will There Be a Season 17 of Bleach? How Tall is Ariana Grande? How Tall is Anna (Frozen)? How tall is Olaf (Frozen)? Here is the Full Story	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line559
__label__wiki	0.762804	0.762804	Good Society Left Foot Forward Leanne Wood: Wales’ problems can’t be explained away by austerity Leanne Wood Poverty levels are static in Britain as a whole - while rising in Wales. Leanne Wood explores why. While a new report on fairness in Wales highlights some steps in the right direction, there is one very clear and sobering message: Wales is unequal, and our inequalities are growing. The figures are stark. The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s has just published ‘Is Wales Fairer? 2018’ – a comprehensive review of how Wales is performing on equality and human rights. It looks at a wide range, including education, work, living standards, health, justice and security and participation in society. It provides a comprehensive picture of people’s life chances in Wales today. More than 1 in 5 people in Wales (23% of the population) currently live in poverty, the highest level of all UK nations. 28% of children in Wales are already growing up in poverty – and the situation is not set to improve. By 2021-22, it is estimated that 27% of the Welsh population will be living in poverty, and that 39% of children will live in poverty. A 2015 report found that the Welsh Government had neither a specific strategy to tackle poverty nor did it have a basic definition of poverty. Poverty levels are growing in Wales, while “in Britain overall, poverty rates have not changed significantly since 2010/11” – which says that our problems in Wales cannot be explained away by austerity. Back to the ’80s? In some parts of Wales and former industrial areas in particular, our pre-existing poverty has been made worse by austerity and welfare reform. During the 1980s, when the coal-mining industry was killed in many communities, people were put on sickness benefits so they didn’t show up in the unemployment statistics. Now, benefit reform and loss of local amenities is seeing further general decline and greater deprivation. More people in Wales rely on welfare than in England and Scotland. As zero hours contracts, welfare reform, insufficient and expensive childcare and the lack of a real wage pull more people into poverty – particularly impacting women, disabled people and ethnic minorities – we see a growing number of adults and children with poorer health outcomes and lower life expectancies. Cuts have meant that support for people with ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) has diminished, resulting in more people presenting with mental health problems and addictions. And the number of people waiting for mental health treatment has doubled in the past six years and we have seen a huge growth in street homelessness. The cutting of the Welsh independent living grant, which allows severely disabled people to continue to live independently, will also further entrench inequality for disabled people. The Welsh Government plans to scrap the grant next year, transferring the responsibilities over to Local Authorities – who will simply not be able to provide the equivalent level of financial support due to the Welsh Governments cuts to local government. We have Wales-specific problems which require Wales-specific solutions. The first hurdle is to get our government to acknowledge this problem. We have seen an increase in domestic abuse, sexual violence and rape offences reported and recorded and yet a continued inadequate funding for support services for survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse. 75% of hate crimes reported and recorded in Wales in 2016/17 were motivated by race or religion. Black pupils have lower attainment than White British pupils during early years education and ethnic minority groups are under-represented in public appointments and the judiciary. Only 1% of court and tribunal judges here are from an ethnic minority. Poverty in Wales is deepening. It doesn’t have to be like this. Tackling poverty and class inequalities should play a key role in promoting equality and human rights. For a start, Plaid Cymru wants to see the devolution of welfare administration. Welfare reforms could then be applied differently in Wales – for example, paying Universal Credit fortnightly instead of weekly and ensuring rent goes directly to the landlord. We would reinstate Welsh Independent living grant to ensure disabled people can live with dignity and independence and ensure local government is adequately funded and able to provide for essential services. We want to end the appalling rule where women have to prove they have been raped to get state support for a third child. Wales is also, of course, structurally at a disadvantage. In the UK there is no geographical redistribution of wealth that we saw from the EU, and despite the natural resources that come from Wales, we are among the poorest regions in Europe. Brexit will only make this worse. Future regional policy must include an element of wealth redistribution and compensation – so that we can begin to create the conditions for standing on our own two feet as a country. Poverty and social inequality are part of the same phenomenon. With the growth of the far right and international political movements seeking to roll back even our basic human rights protections, Wales could become a beacon and an example to the world of what an independent fair, prosperous and equal state could look like. That is the vision Plaid Cymru will fight for. Poverty is a political choice: Wales will choose a different path. Leanne Wood is former leader of Plaid Cymru, and Welsh Assembly Member for the Rhondda. Read ‘Is Wales Fair?’ here. Leanne Wood: Homelessness in Wales is a national emergency. Plaid Cymru: “No immediate prospect” of independent Wales re-joining the EU Plaid Cymru leader: Westminster has abandoned Wales when it comes to tackling child poverty ‘First ever’ Welsh independence march held in Cardiff	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line560
__label__wiki	0.598889	0.598889	Today in History 12/28 (Westminster Abbey) December 28, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ (1065) Westminster Abbey is consecrated in London King Edward the Confessor is near death and unable to attend the consecration ceremony of the church he commissioned as a burial place and to atone to the pope for a broken vow. Edward will die eight days later. The abbey will be completed in 1090 but rebuilt in the Gothic style by Henry III. Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom’s most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. The building itself was a Benedictine monastic church until the monastery was dissolved in 1539. Between 1540 and 1556, the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, the building is no longer an abbey or a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England “Royal Peculiar”—a church responsible directly to the sovereign. Address: 20 Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3PA Construction completed: 960 AD Height: 225 feet (Architectural) Denomination: Church of England Architects: Christopher Wren · Nicholas Hawksmoor · Henry Yevele · John of Gloucester · Robert of Beverley · Henry of Reyns North entrance of Westminster Abbey wiki/Westminster_Abbey 4.16.n18 (1065) Westminster Abbey is consecrated in London. Also on this day, 1846 \| Iowa becomes the 29th US state President James K. Polk signs a law making an area that was part of the Louisiana Purchase the 29th state. Iowa, named for a Native American tribe, joins the nation as a slave-free state and will support the Union in the Civil War. 1895 \| Audience pays admission to see a movie At the Grand Cafe in Paris, brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière charge admission to see short films they made about ordinary French life. It marks the first time an audience has paid money to see a movie. The films are shown on a hand-cranked camera-projector the brothers invented: the Cinematographe. 1958 \| ‘Greatest’ football game as Baltimore Colts win ‘Greatest Game Ever Played’ The 1958 National Football Championship Game between the Colts and the New York Giants is the first playoff game in NFL history to go into sudden-death overtime. The Colts win 23-17 in Yankee Stadium and the matchup will become known as the ‘Greatest Game Ever Played.’ (1846) Iowa becomes the 29th US state Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River on the west. Surrounding states include Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. Population: 3.13 million (2016) Area: 56,272 sq miles (145,743 km²) Colleges and universities: Iowa State University · University of Iowa · University of Northern Iowa · Drake University · Grinnell College Capital: Des Moines Governor: Kim Reynolds Senators: Joni Ernst · Chuck Grassley Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted wiki/Iowa 4.8.d17 Posted in: History Tagged: 1065, 1846, 1895, 1958, Auguste Lumière, Baltimore Colts, Grand Cafe, history, Iowa, James K Polk, King Edward the Confessor, London, Louis Lumière, New York Giants, NFL, NFL Championship Game, Paris, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Westminster Abbey Daily Pic 08/10/18 (Smithsonian Institution) August 10, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ Assembling the Smithsonian Today’s photo–taken in 1953–depicts the dedication required to keep the Smithsonian Institution going and growing. This national treasure is made up of 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoo, as well as several research facilities. Admission to all Smithsonian museums in Washington is free, so that anyone can visit to learn about the US, and the world beyond it. It was this day in 1846 that President James K. Polk signed the legislation establishing the Smithsonian. Getting there took some doing, as Englishman James Smithson had donated the funds for an educational institution to the US in his will 20 years earlier. After the deaths of Smithson and his last surviving relative, Congress inherited 104,960 gold sovereigns as start-up money for the museum that would later bear Smithson’s name. 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__label__cc	0.70722	0.29278	nextTalk Seven years ago, my daughter asked a highly sexualized question. I didn’t know this “thing” existed until I was a nineteen-year-old college student. She was NINE! Eventually I discovered another fourth grader had watched a sexually graphic video at home and then shared the details the details with a group of kids. No screens were present, but my child had clearly been exposed to pornography. My daughter’s question turned my world upside down and opened my eyes to the far-reaching impact of the digital world. My girl, who didn’t even have her own phone at the time, was learning about adult issues way too soon, and I was clueless, completely unaware of what she was being exposed to. Her question was a wake-up call for me. That’s when my crazy cyberparenting journey began. In sheer desperation, I started a moms’ group in my Texas community. I was hoping someone would tell me I was overreacting. The opposite happened. Other parents started sharing their own scary stories with me. I realized I wasn’t alone. That group expanded at a blistering speed. We also started an online group that rapidly grew with thousands of moms from all over the world. I was then asked to speak on TV and radio. We quickly realized that we needed to make our resources available to everyone (not just moms). So in 2016, we formed nextTalk, a 501(c)(3) organization in the state of Texas. The founding families in our nonprofit had kids from two to twenty years of age in private and public schools, as well as homeschool. Different educational settings work for different families, but we saw the same problems in all three environments because the online world is everywhere. In February 2017, I published my first book, TALK: A Practical Approach to Cyberparenting and Open Communication. Then in May of that year, nextTalk launched a radio program on a local station in San Antonio and recorded a new show every week. We started out with just a few hundred listeners, and in just three years, our podcast audience expanded to tens of thousands in sixty countries. It has been incredible to watch God grow our organization! In 2018, we produced a nine-week video study. Each thirty-minute video features moms, dads, and kids and includes discussion questions. To date, our videos have been viewed in thirty-seven states and twenty countries. In 2019, TALK won first place in the Family/Parenting category of the Illumination Book Awards. Since then, I’ve shared my story with thousands of people as I’ve traveled across Texas, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. Only God! I love meeting families and spending one-on-one time with parents at our nextTalk events. I’ve learned so much from them, and their stories have deeply impacted my passion to keep kids safe online. In 2020, I wrote my most recent book, Keeping Kids Safe in a Digital World. We’re in uncharted territory. The accelerated growth of technology has changed the entire landscape of parenting. A shift has taken place that we must recognize. What our children are encountering digitally raises complicated questions at earlier ages, and many of us (me! me! me!) feel inadequate to address them. So, what do we do? My gut reaction was to bubble wrap my child, but that created rebellion. It was also a false sense of security. I could take away all online access at home, but when she left the house other kids could still tell her what they saw online. I couldn’t control it. So, we finally faced the reality. Instead of saying “no” to all technology, we made a conscious decision to teach ourselves how to effectively parent it. I discovered cyberparenting isn’t only about rules and restrictions; it’s also about relationship. The solution is—open communication. It sounds simple, but the process of achieving it is complicated and time consuming. We actually have to create a new culture of conversation in our homes. No topic can be off-limits. We are in this together. Learning together. I’m not an expert. I’m a mom in the trenches with you, day after day. I’m speaking and writing in real time. You are not alone. You are not the only one struggling. Do you have a similar lightbulb moment when you recognized that our screen-crazed world has changed parenting? I’d love to hear your story. Mandy Majors grew up in a small Indiana town and graduated from Indiana University with a BA in political science and criminal justice. She’s been happily married to her best friend, Matt, for twenty-one years, and together they’re raising two teens in a quaint little Texas community. Mandy is the author of the award-winning book, TALK, and Keeping Kids Safe in Digital World, co-host of nextTalk podcast, speaker and founder of nextTalk, a nonprofit organization passionate about creating a culture of honest conversation in homes, churches and schools to keep kids safe in a digital world. Mandy’s time is split between researching, team building, speaking, writing and talking to her family about everything. And she’s completely addicted to Diet Coke. “Our computers make us abusive in the name of brave.” @LisaRWhittle 56 minutes ago "What we're willing to talk about today will affect tomorrow." "We can't create meaningful conversation unless we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 days ago Follow @mandymajors Talking to Kids about Suicide A Threesome in an App Rated 9+. What? Mom Confession: My Kid’s Attitude is My Fault Blue Whale Challenge: Online Game Leading to Suicide? Talking to Kids about Livestream Violence Let’s Talk about Roblox Book is now available! Moms, You Need a Mom Squad! Am I Raising Judgmental Kids? A Man Who Walked by Faith Copyright © 2020 — Mandy Majors. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line565
__label__wiki	0.684059	0.684059	What We’re Fighting For By Andy Snyder \| May 14, 2020 We tuned in to a live meeting with one of our state senators last night. He’s a good man. He spent 30 years fighting for the nation as a soldier. He’s been to battle. He’s helped liberate nations. And he’s lived his life according to a strong set of values. But now he’s fighting a different war. And this time he doesn’t have the luxury of bullets and bombs. He has words and an ever-twisted set of laws. It’s a fierce battle. The enemy isn’t outnumbered. And it’s not outgunned. It has equal access to the same elements of destruction. That’s the thing with a country like ours. It was designed for a fight. As our senator friend battles the governor over the notion of allowing businesses to reopen, he’s got quite an arsenal pointed at him. But it wasn’t until the end of the meeting that he made it clear why he’s willing to fight. He concluded the conversation with some strong words uttered by Ronald Reagan back in March of 1961. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction,” the future president said. “We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” It’s a critical theme these days. Yes, we’ve lost freedom in truckloads over the last two months. But the news is not all bad. The topics of freedom, liberty and their true definitions haven’t been so widely discussed in at least a generation. Our forefathers set us up for a fight. And we’ve got it. When it comes to the notions Reagan mentions above, that’s a good thing. It’s awakened many complacent Americans. But there’s something almost all of them are missing. This latest battle may be with an oppressive government… but the war is with an even larger foe. To get where we need to go, it’s vital we know what we’re fighting for… and why. It’s something we’ve mused about before – the subtle but critical differences between “freedom” and “liberty.” Our culture tends to think the two terms are interchangeable. They are not. Understanding them will change the way you think… live… and, hopefully, spend your money. Freedom is a word of German origin that simply means the ability to make decisions or perform actions without external control. But liberty, with its French roots, means freedom that has been granted by some sort of external element, typically our society or government. Boiled down… freedom is something we are born with. Liberty is something we must fight for. That’s a critical idea. Liberty must be granted by an external force. Here’s why it’s vital to know the slight but powerful nuances of each word… especially these days. America’s Founding Fathers believed freedom was a God-given right. We all know that. But few folks know that they left it up to the government to grant its citizens the liberties to take advantage of that right. All we have to do is read this morning’s headlines to realize that, yes, these infallible icons of American historic lore… got it wrong. No government will ever grant true liberty on its own. To think one will is preposterous. After all, we hang our hat in the country with the strongest limits on the power of the government anywhere on the globe… and yet millions of Americans are out of work today – by rule of law. It proves that this grand national experiment is still in formation. An Oasis in the Desert We’ll look to Reagan again for some color… “If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to,” he said in 1964. “This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man’s relation to man.” Again, we’re at war. We pray it never comes to bullets and cannons… but there’s no doubt freedom is on the line. That’s why we continue to turn to the most reliable liberator in all of history… Nothing has liberated more people than wealth. By its definition, no government can do what money has done. By the very nature of our being, we all have the freedom to travel where we want and do what we want. We simply don’t have the liberty to do it, especially right now. But it’s not just our government holding us back. Our wealth plays a huge role. Millions of Americans are out of work. They’re missing rent checks. They’re spending hours in miles-long lines for free food. And they’re desperately waiting for a check from Uncle Sam. Few times in American history has the value of financial freedom been so important. But it’s not the wealthy versus the poor. That’s the way the storytellers want to put it. No, it’s the independent versus the dependent. Wealth is the great divider these days. For the folks who were prepared (or, more aptly, who had the luxury of preparing), the last few months have been a painful disturbance. But for the unprepared, a lack of wealth has led to utter destruction. The government-induced shutdown was the catalyst… but it was a lack of financial freedom that really did the cutting. Don’t get us wrong. Reagan was right. And our friend in the senate is fighting a good fight. But we’d argue this war won’t be won even if the government suddenly steps out of the way. That will certainly help. But this war will be won only when Americans realize the only way to true freedom is to liberate it with wealth. The government won’t ever do that for us. Only we can. That’s what we must tell our children and grandchildren. To get there, we must think differently. And we must have a very real commitment to building wealth. You already have freedom. You were born with it. Now you – and only you – must liberate it. Like what you’re reading? Let us know here.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line566
__label__wiki	0.650979	0.650979	New biomarker candidate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease causing a rapid loss of motor function, which usually results in a serious condition with early death within a few years. So far, early and precise diagnosis of the disease has been difficult. Stephen Hawking was one of the most prominent patients. In summer 2014, the disease gained media attention through a large-scale fundraising campaign, the so-called Ice Bucket Challenge. To date, one of the most important challenges in ALS diagnostics is to exclude other mimicking diseases and to reliably verify an exact diagnosis. In ALS, the TDP-43 protein in particular plays a pivotal role. It forms small inclusions in nerve cells. TDP-43 inclusions appear to have a crucial pathomechanistic significance and are the neuropathological markers in sporadic and many genetic ALS cases. They have been detected in numerous brain autopsies of ALS patients. In this study, the Bochum researchers and their colleagues showed that pathologically misfolded forms of the protein also occur in solution in the nerve fluid and can be specifically analyzed there. Dr. Rene Günther, one of the lead authors of the study and head of the research group and specialist outpatient clinic for motor neuron diseases at the Department of Neurology of the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital at the Technical University of Dresden, explains: "Biomarker research plays a crucial role in improving early detection and securing the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In addition, biomarkers are a basis for successful drug testing and therapy development in this dramatically progressing and difficult to treat disease. So far, only disease-unspecific biomarkers are available. In our pilot study, we successfully identified conformational changes of TDP-43 proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for the first time using this innovative method." Pilot study shows potential The team led by Lars Tönges and Klaus Gerwert succeeded in securing a diagnosis of the disease based on the altered structure of the protein TDP-43. In the process, the researchers showed that the proteins fold from predominantly disordered and helical structures to so-called ß-sheets. These shapes promote damage assemblies and deposits of the protein in nerve cells. In the analysis, 36 ALS patients were distinguished from 30 Parkinson's patients by means of the TDP-43 signal with a sensitivity of 89 percent and a specificity of 77 percent. In addition, a control group with neurologically inconspicuous patients was differentiated with a sensitivity of 89 percent and a specificity of 83 percent. By analyzing TDP-43, the researchers were thus able to exclude other diseases that affect motor function, such as Parkinson's disease. These results will be verified and validated in a larger study. Klaus Gerwert's immuno-infrared sensor has already been used in earlier studies to detect pathologically altered proteins in the blood of patients with Alzheimer's disease before symptoms occur. In this case, the technology has been optimized and refined for use in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with ALS. This shows that the potential of the method for other neurological diseases should also be explored. In close collaboration with Professor Ralf Gold, director of the Department of Neurology at St. Josef-Hospital Bochum and Head of Research at the Prodi Department of Experimental Medicine, further projects are currently being undertaken to gain a better understanding of neurological disease processes. Léon Beyer, one of the lead authors of the study and Ph.D. student at the Prodi Biospectroscopy Department, says: "This achievement may provide new insight into the mechanisms of the disease. Compared to other methods that reflect concentrations of certain proteins, our infrared sensor technology gives insights into molecular events and may therefore become a crucial tool in the future for diagnosing and for developing clinical therapies. First and foremost, however, it will contribute greatly to a more precise understanding of diseases." In the future, the results of validation studies should provide information on whether the pathologically modified TDP-43 proteins can be used in clinical applications to facilitate earlier and more precise diagnoses and to gain new molecular insights. Biomarker indicating neurodegeneration identified in the eye More information: Léon Beyer et al. TDP‐43 as structure‐based biomarker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (2020). DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51256 Provided by Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum Citation: New biomarker candidate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2020, December 9) retrieved 16 January 2021 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-biomarker-candidate-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis.html Early-stage detection of Alzheimer's in the blood Diagnosing Parkinson's disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection Researchers unravel protein mystery of three brain diseases Scientists discover way of developing test for Parkinson's disease diagnosis Artificial intelligence classifies colorectal cancer using infrared imaging	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line568
__label__wiki	0.878067	0.878067	Royals release Joe Saunders By Aaron GleemanJul 31, 2014, 11:50 AM EDT Joe Saunders has been released from Triple-A by the Royals, who’re the fourth organization to cut bait on the veteran left-hander this season. Saunders allowed 17 runs in 18.2 innings after signing a minor-league deal with the Royals three weeks ago and overall this season he has a 5.18 ERA in the minors and a 6.13 ERA in the majors. Saunders has said previously that he’s only interested in starting, but at this point he’s presumably running out of teams willing to give him that opportunity and, as a 33-year-old with extreme platoon splits for his entire career, switching to the bullpen could get him back to the majors much more easily. Editor’s Note: Hardball Talk’s partner FanDuel is hosting a one-day $25,000 Fantasy Baseball league for Thursday night’s MLB games. It’s $25 to join and first prize is $5,000. Starts at 7:05pm ET on Thursday. Here’s the FanDuel link. Follow @AaronGleeman	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line582
__label__cc	0.683921	0.316079	Posted inAndroid, iOS, Multimedia, Multimedia Bamboom wants to bring live, broadcast TV to your phone, tablet, PC by Brad Linder May 29, 2011 May 30, 2011 Bamboom is the latest company that’s promising to deliver live, over-the-air broadcasts to your computer, smartphone, or tablet for a fee. But unlike companies such as FilmOn which are simply capturing live broadcasts from local TV stations and re-broadcasting them en masse over the internet and risking major lawsuits along the way, Bamboom thinks its service is completely legal. That’s because Bamboom will assign each customer their own antenna. In theory, it’s offering the same experience you would get if you went out and bought an antenna and stuck it on top of your TV or your rooftop. The difference is that a Bamboom antenna is stored at the company’s headquarters and packed tightly with thousands of other antennas. Bamboom then hooks up your antenna to the internet, allowing you to stream live broadcasts to a PC or mobile device. You won’t get cable programs this way. But Bamboom could eventually offer a DVR service, allowing you to record shows for later viewing. The company is also bundling Netflix service so that you can fire up the Bamboom app and either watch live TV or view thousands of movies or TV programs available from Netflix. The app will also include social features, letting you chat with other users while you’re watching live television. There’s no word on how much service will cost yet, but All Things D reports that basic service might be free while Bamboom could charge for premium features such as DVR access or Netlflix. It’s interesting to see how companies are skirting existing laws by essentially replicating your home media setup on remote servers. Can’t rebroadcast TV over the internet? Fine, we’ll just set up remote TV tuners and antennas. Can’t host master copies of millions of songs online and allow customers to stream tracks they’ve already ripped from CDs over the web? Fine, we’ll offer customers the chance to upload their entire collections to the web. The silly thing is this is clearly a huge waste of resources. Companies such as Amazon, Google, and mSpot which offer cloud-based music lockers are dedicating huge amounts of storage space for files that could just as easily be hosted once. And there’s really no physical reason that a company such as Bamboom should need hundreds of thousands of antennas when the company really could offer the same service using far fewer resources. It’s just the legal requirements that are leading to these acrobatics… even though for end users the service would be pretty much the same either way. Tagged: tv, video 2 replies on “Bamboom wants to bring live, broadcast TV to your phone, tablet, PC” MyPost says: I would like to point out 1 minor “flaw” with your reasoning…When you say “Companies such as Amazon, Google, and mSpot which offer cloud-based music lockers are dedicating huge amounts of storage space for files that could just as easily be hosted once.” In these cases, at least with a moderately competent admin, which I’m assuming Amazon, Google, etc will have, they will be using deduplication in their storage farm. For example, take Amazon’s recent sale of the Lady Gaga album. They sold an estimated 1 million copies, and the album is approximately 120MB. However, they are not dedicating 120 million MB (120TB, if my math is right) to store these files for everyone. Their storage farm will see duplicate data and only store 1 copy, while maintaining pointers to this data from each user’s account. So, realistically, they are only storing 120MB + whatever minimal space requirements to maintain links from each person’s accounts to this data. This isn’t done on a file-level, though. It’s done by blocks of data. So, theoretically, your Word file could get “mashed” up with someone else’s MP3 file, and yet again someone else’s kitty porn. If there is a block of data that is similar across each of these files, it’ll only get stored once, with a pointer to that block. For a little more info, see: http://www.datadomain.com/resources/faq.html Brad Linder says: That’s true for files that Amazon is selling… but not for files that users are uploading from their own hard drives. What I’m talking about is the Amazon Cloud Drive service which allows users to upload their own music collections. Amazon hasn’t negotiated rights to stream master copies of these files from the record labels, the company is basically going with a storage locker model where they’re simply providing a dedicated space for users to store their own files online and stream them.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line584
__label__wiki	0.91455	0.91455	Montreal paramedics told to suspend resuscitation on some patients for months due to COVID-19 risks Published Monday, November 23, 2020 9:22PM EST Last Updated Tuesday, November 24, 2020 4:41PM EST MONTREAL -- For five months this year, Montreal paramedics were told to suspend resuscitation efforts on patients whose hearts had stopped, since it was seen as too risky at a time when COVID-19 wasn't well understood. “During the summer and spring we just modified our protocol to protect the paramedic, to protect the health system, to protect the people—all people—because we didn’t know… how to protect ourselves, how contagious it was,” said Pierre-Patrick Dupont, the director of care at the Urgences-Santé paramedic service, which serves Montreal and Laval. The decision was made in conjunction with Quebec’s health ministry and its college of physicians, he said in an interview with CTV News. The move was first reported by Le Devoir newspaper. During those five months, starting in early April, some patients who were in the midst of a certain kind of serious heart stoppage weren’t given CPR or a defibrillator while enroute to the hospital. Paramedics would start their work the same as usual, but when people “flatlined,” the paramedics would stop their attempts to revive them, Dupont explained. “We [would] go see the people in cardiac arrest, we [would] just start the protocol, and when we see the flatline, that’s where we stop the protocol,” he said. Normally, he said, “we go and do CPR until we go to the hospital.” There are different types of heart attacks, and stages in heart attacks, each with their own prospects for survival. "Cardiac arrest" refers to the moment where a person's heart suddenly stops beating. It can be caused by a heart attack that has created circulation problems, or by other, more sudden, causes. These were the patients -- suffering what's very often a fatal event -- who were affected by the policy change. An exception was made for pregnant women, children, and people suffering from hypothermia. Shortly after COVID-19 arrived in Quebec, Urgences-Santé and those advising it looked at data around people who suffered cardiac arrests “in the street” or at home, Dupont said. They concluded that the chance you’ll survive a cardiac arrest after flatlining is only 1 to 2 per cent. It’s unlikely that using a defibrillator or CPR will revive the person at that point, and if it does, and even if they are taken to the hospital, only that small fraction of people will recover fully. A group of experts, doctors and paramedics, made the protocol, which is comparable to those in other countries, the health ministry said. The protocol was approved by the table of regional medical directors and by the College of Physicians. The protocol has since returned to the way it was before the pandemic. Still, for people who lost family members in the last few months to cardiac arrests, the news may be hard to hear. For patients’ rights advocate Paul Brunet, it’s another sign that Quebec wasn’t well prepared. “If it was my mother, if it was their mother, how would they treat the situation?” he said. “Again, we were not ready in the first place… so elders and patients are suffering because of ill-preparedness.” Urgences-Santé says it’s been able to go back to the old protocol because it has better equipment, the training on how to use it, and because a lot more is now known about COVID-19 and how it spreads. Dupont said that it was crucial for Urgences-Santé to protect its staff during the early months of the pandemic, not just for their own sake but in order to keep them on the job. “Right now we know more about this disease, we know more how to protect [against it] and we always have all the protection we need,” said Dupont, “but it’s not the same thing in the second wave as the first wave.” The order was also meant to prevent overloaded ICUs. Dupont said that people shouldn’t take the news to mean that “we did nothing in the first wave” to help people whose hearts had stopped, “but we just adjusted and worked differently with a different protocol.” Urgences-Sante doesn't know how many patients could have been impacted by the order because they don't keep track of deaths of those transported to the hospital. The Ministry of Health did not respond to a request for comment.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line585
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Faux Wood, Faux Gold 23rd Birthday + Custom Name Sticker This simple birthday sticker design features a message like "ANameHere’s 23rd Birthday!", with the "23rd" having a faux/imitation gold-inspired color appearance, on a faux wood look pattern background. The name can be personalized. Stickers like these could perhaps be a gift for somebody who is celebrating their twenty third birthday, or they could perhaps be used as decorations at a birthday party. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 23rd Birthday + Custom Name Button This simple square button design features a message like "FirstName’s 23rd Birthday!", with the "23rd" having a faux/imitation gold-like coloring look, on a faux/imitation wood pattern background. The name can be personalized. Buttons like these could perhaps be worn by guests at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty third birthday, where the party is being held in a large area with lots of other people present (such as a city park or a theme park). Faux Wood, Faux Gold 23rd Birthday + Custom Name Paper Placemat This simple, customized birthday party placemat design features a message like "Alexander’s 23rd Birthday Party!", with the name being customizable, and with the "23rd" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood look background. It could be used at a party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty third birthday. This simple, personalized, birthday-themed paper cup design features a customizable message like "Jessica’s 25th Birthday!", where the name can be changed, and with the "25th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood appearance background. Paper cups like these could perhaps be used for drinks at a party being held to celebrate somebody’s twenty fifth birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Alexander’s 25th Birthday!", with the "25th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty fifth birthday. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 25th Birthday Celebration Invitation This birthday party invitation design features a message like "Samantha’s 25th Birthday Celebration!", where the name can be customized, and where the number "25th" has a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood appearance background. The event details on the back can be personalized. It could be used to invite people to somebody’s twenty fifth birthday celebration or birthday party. This simple birthday sticker design features a message like "YourName’s 26th Birthday!", with the "26th" having a faux/imitation gold-inspired color appearance, on a faux wood look pattern background. The name can be personalized. Stickers like these could perhaps be a gift for somebody who is celebrating their twenty sixth birthday, or they could perhaps be used as decorations at a birthday party. This simple square button design features a message like "First-Name’s 26th Birthday!", with the "26th" having a faux/imitation gold-like coloring look, on a faux/imitation wood pattern background. The name can be customized. Buttons like these could perhaps be worn by guests at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty sixth birthday, where the party is being held in a large area with lots of other people present (such as a city park or a theme park). This simple, personalized birthday party placemat design features a message like "Georgiana’s 26th Birthday Party!", with the name being customizable, and with the "26th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood appearance background. It could be used at a party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty sixth birthday. This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY, Samantha!", where the name can be customized, and where the number "26th" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood look background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s twenty sixth birthday. This simple square button design features a message like "FirstName’s 29th Birthday!", with the "29th" having a faux/imitation gold-like coloring look, on a faux/imitation wood pattern background. The name can be personalized. Buttons like these could perhaps be worn by guests at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty ninth birthday, where the party is being held in a large area with lots of other people present (such as a city park or a theme park). This simple, customized birthday party placemat design features a message like "Jessica’s 29th Birthday Party!", with the name being customizable, and with the "29th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood appearance background. It could be used at a party for somebody who is celebrating their twenty ninth birthday. This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY, Jean-Paul!", where the name can be customized, and where the number "29th" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood appearance background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s twenty ninth birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Francisco’s 30th Birthday!", with the "30th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their thirtieth birthday. This simple, custom birthday party placemat design features a message like "Jessica’s 30th Birthday Party!", with the name being customizable, and with the "30th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood look background. It could be used at a party for somebody who is celebrating their thirtieth birthday. This birthday party invitation design features a message like "Michelle’s 30th Birthday Celebration!", where the name can be personalized, and where the number "30th" has a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood appearance background. The event details on the back can be customized. It could be used to invite people to somebody’s thirtieth birthday celebration or birthday party. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 31st Birthday + Custom Name Sticker This simple birthday sticker design features a message like "ANameHere’s 31st Birthday!", with the "31st" having a faux/imitation gold-inspired color appearance, on a faux wood look pattern background. The name can be personalized. Stickers like these could perhaps be a gift for somebody who is celebrating their thirty first birthday, or they could perhaps be used as decorations at a birthday party. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 32nd Birthday + Custom Name Sticker This simple birthday sticker design features a message like "FirstName’s 32nd Birthday!", with the "32nd" having a faux/imitation gold-inspired color appearance, on a faux wood look pattern background. The name can be personalized. Stickers like these could perhaps be a gift for somebody who is celebrating their thirty second birthday, or they could perhaps be used as decorations at a birthday party. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 32nd Birthday + Custom Name Gift Tags This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 32nd BIRTHDAY, Alexander!", where the name can be customized, and where the number "32nd" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood look background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s thirty second birthday. This simple birthday sticker design features a message like "FirstName’s 33rd Birthday!", with the "33rd" having a faux/imitation gold-inspired color appearance, on a faux wood look pattern background. The name can be customized. Stickers like these could perhaps be a gift for somebody who is celebrating their thirty third birthday, or they could perhaps be used as decorations at a birthday party. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 33rd Birthday + Custom Name Napkin This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Jessica’s 33rd Birthday!", with the "33rd" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be customized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their thirty third birthday. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 33rd Birthday + Custom Name Gift Tags This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 33rd BIRTHDAY, Jessica!", where the name can be personalized, and where the number "33rd" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood appearance background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s thirty third birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Jessica’s 34th Birthday!", with the "34th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their thirty fourth birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Georgiana’s 35th Birthday!", with the "35th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their thirty fifth birthday. This simple puzzle design features the message "Happy 35th Birthday", with the "35th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a personalized name, and a faux wood appearance background. It could be given to somebody who is celebrating their thirty fifth birthday. This simple, custom birthday party placemat design features a message like "Michael’s 36th Birthday Party!", with the name being customizable, and with the "36th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood appearance background. It could be used at a party for somebody who is celebrating their thirty sixth birthday. This simple, customizable birthday party placemat design features a message like "Samantha’s 38th Birthday Party!", with the name being customizable, and with the "38th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a faux wood look background. It could be used at a party for somebody who is celebrating their thirty eighth birthday. This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 38th BIRTHDAY, Jessica!", where the name can be customized, and where the number "38th" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood appearance background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s thirty eighth birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Andrew’s 40th Birthday!", with the "40th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their fortieth birthday. This simple puzzle design features the message "Happy 40th Birthday", with the "40th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a personalized name, and a faux wood appearance background. It could be given to somebody who is celebrating their fortieth birthday. Faux Wood, Faux Gold 42nd Birthday + Custom Name Napkin This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Francisco’s 42nd Birthday!", with the "42nd" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their forty second birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Francisco’s 43rd Birthday!", with the "43rd" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their forty third birthday. This simple square button design features a message like "FirstName’s 43rd Birthday!", with the "43rd" having a faux/imitation gold-like coloring look, on a faux/imitation wood pattern background. The name can be personalized. Buttons like these could perhaps be worn by guests at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their forty third birthday, where the party is being held in a large area with lots of other people present (such as a city park or a theme park). This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 43rd BIRTHDAY, Georgiana!", where the name can be personalized, and where the number "43rd" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood look background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s forty third birthday. This simple, customized, birthday-themed postcard design features a customizable message like "Georgiana’s 45th Birthday!" on the front, where the name can be changed, and with the "45th" having a faux gold-like appearance. The front also features a faux wood look background. The back features a custom message, and a personalized recipient address. The message and/or the recipient address can be left blank if they are to be filled out by hand. It could be sent as a greeting to somebody who is celebrating their forty fifth birthday, or perhaps postcards like these could be used as invitations when inviting guests to a party being held to celebrate somebody’s forty fifth birthday. This simple, personalized birthday postcard design features the message "HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY", with the "45th" having a faux gold-like appearance. The front also features a personalized name, and a faux wood look background. The back features a custom birthday message, along with the customizable address of the birthday postcard recipient. It could be given to somebody who is celebrating their forty fifth birthday. This simple birthday card design features the message "Happy 45th Birthday", with the "45th" having a faux gold-like appearance. It also features a custom name, and a faux wood appearance background. It could be given to somebody who is celebrating their forty fifth birthday. This simple square button design features a message like "First-Name’s 45th Birthday!", with the "45th" having a faux/imitation gold-like coloring look, on a faux/imitation wood pattern background. The name can be personalized. Buttons like these could perhaps be worn by guests at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their forty fifth birthday, where the party is being held in a large area with lots of other people present (such as a city park or a theme park). This birthday gift tag design features a message like "HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY, Betty-Lou!", where the name can be customized, and where the number "45th" has a faux/imitation gold-like appearance. It also features a rustic faux wood appearance background. The back features a "From:" line. Birthday gift tags like these could perhaps be used on gifts being given for somebody’s forty fifth birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Samantha’s 46th Birthday!", with the "46th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be personalized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their forty sixth birthday. This simple paper napkin design features a message like "Caroline’s 47th Birthday!", with the "47th" having a faux gold-like appearance, on a faux wood appearance background. The name can be customized. It could be used at a birthday party for somebody who is celebrating their forty seventh birthday. More Products: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line590
__label__wiki	0.75463	0.75463	Tag Archives: Hilton Off-broadway 1989 Book: Stuart Ross Music & Lyrics: Various Artists Once upon a time, say like in 1963, there were four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie) who discovered that they shared a love for music and singing. They rehearse in the basement of Smudge’s family’s plumbing supply company, dreaming of becoming the next big close-harmony group like The Hi-Lo’s or The Four Freshmen. The call themselves Forever Plaid. On their way to their first big gig – at the Airport Hilton Cocktail Bar, on February 9, 1964 – their cherry red ’54 Mercury collide with a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles’ American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The girls were fine. But the boys and their dreams of making it big and recording an album ends (symbolically, and even literally) in death. The boys linger in limbo until the conjunction of various “astro-technical” phenomena allows them to return to Earth and perform their final concert. Forever Plaid is that final concert. See the boys singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and charmingly executing choreography with overzealous precision. Will they overcome asthma, ulcers, nerves, bloody noses and forgotten lyrics? Will they give the audience the best show ever? Will they find the perfect chord? Forever Plaid is an affectionate musical homage to the close-harmony ”guy groups” that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s. This show is, as I mentioned above, just the boys final concert and they tell us their backstory between the songs. It’s a very funny show, filled with hits from the 1950s and the early 60s. Not deep. Not dark. No big sets. Just 4 guys, a pianist and a base player. Terrific singing – and loads of energy. And it doesn’t get boring. I even got a little moved towards the end. You can find a filmed version of the show on Youtube. It was a huge hit Off-Broadway in the early 90s. It ran for over 4 years. And it gets revived ever so often. The show even got a sequel in 2001 called Plaid Tidings, a holiday version with modified story and songs. There was a Swedish production of the show in 2000. It played in an old famous dance palace in Stockholm called Nalen. On The Tonight Show 1992 The Four Freshmen The Hi-Lo’s singing with Rosemary Clooney Beatles at The Ed Sullivan Show Etiketter:1989, 80-tal, Anders Butta Börjesson, close-harmony, Hilton, Jakob Stadell, Joachim Bergström, Jukebox musical, Martin Stenmarck, Musical revue, Nalen, off-Broadway, Rosemary Clooney, Spotify-bar, Stockholm, Stuart Ross, the Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Four Freshmen, The Hi-Lo's, The Tonight Show, vocal groups Kategorier Jukebox musical, Off-Broadway, Revue	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line591
__label__cc	0.576626	0.423374	Walkinshaw Advisory Coronavirus Response in Fairfax County Fairfax County Health Department Announces Two New “Presumptive Positive” Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 The Fairfax County Health Department is reporting two additional presumptive positive cases for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Information about the additional cases: The first case is an individual in her 40s who was in close contact with a positive COVID-19 case linked to Christ Church in Georgetown. The individual developed respiratory symptoms on March 3 and sought medical care on March 11 but was not hospitalized. Specimens were collected and sent to the Virginia state laboratory for testing. The individual is currently doing well and is isolated at home. The second case is an individual in his 60s who had contact with a positive COVID-19 case reported by Department of Defense. The individual developed respiratory symptoms on March 5 and was hospitalized on March 11. Specimens were collected and sent to the Virginia state laboratory for testing. The individual is currently hospitalized. The Health Department is working closely with the Virginia Department of Health and local health care providers to identify additional people who came in close contact with these individuals in order to decrease the spread of the illness. Those identified as close contacts will be self-quarantined and actively monitored for fever and respiratory symptoms. If they start experiencing symptoms, they will immediately undergo testing. The total number of cases in the Fairfax Health District is now 6. These cases include 4 cases already reported - two in Fairfax County and two in the City of Fairfax. The results are considered presumptive, pending confirmation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has not yet occurred for any of the cases. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can cause mild to more severe respiratory illness. Symptoms include fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. Symptoms appear within 14 days of being exposed to an infectious person. COVID-19 spreads primarily through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The Health Department recommends that the public do the following to protect themselves and others from respiratory illnesses : Individuals at increased risk for severe illness, including pregnant women, older adults and persons of any age with underlying health conditions should avoid non-essential travel, public gatherings, or places where large groups of people congregate, such as ticketed events (such as theaters, concert halls, and sporting events). Abstain from all cruise ship travel, as suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Avoid travel to all areas where there are outbreaks of COVID-19. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer only if soap and water are not available. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing. If you are mildly sick with a fever, stay home until you have been fever-free for 24 hours, except to get medical care. Those with high risk factors and who have fever or new or worsening cough, should consider contacting their providers earlier when they are sick. Call ahead to let them know of your symptoms. Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about COVID-19. If you’re struggling with mental health issues during this stressful time, please visit the resources below for help. Community Services Board Mental Health Non-Emergency Community Services Board Mental Health Emergency Services 703-573-5679 or visit 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive. The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, in partnership with PRS CrisisLink, offers a suicide prevention text line in Fairfax. Anyone can text "CONNECT" to 855-11 and a PRS CrisisLink volunteer will respond within minutes. You can also call 703-527-4077, any time 24/7. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis hotline by texting 741741 Contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. Veteran's Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) FCPS Schools Closed through April 10 In support of the governor’s announcement today, and in response to the ongoing concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in our region, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) will close schools through April 10. The operating status of SACC has not been determined at this time. The staff development day scheduled for Monday, March 16, is postponed. School offices and central offices will be open on Monday, March 16. FCPS schools will be open Monday, March 16, for students and staff to access their belongings as well as providing laptops or other digital devices for students in grades 3-8 who do not have access at home. Emergency Meals For Students As we confront school closures and disruption to our daily lives, Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to providing information to assist families that rely on free and reduced priced school meals. FCPS will be providing emergency meals at no cost for students at five sites. Meals were served at these sites today, March 13, with plans to expand to additional schools next week. We are coordinating with community partners to ensure the locations and timing of food centers and pantries are being communicated with FCPS families. Breakfast will be available from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and lunch will be available from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the following locations: Bailey’s Elementary School, 6111 Knollwood Drive, Falls Church Hutchison Elementary School, 13209 Parcher Avenue, Herndon Hybla Valley Elementary School, 3415 Lockheed Boulevard, Alexandria London Towne Elementary School, 6100 Stone Road, Centreville Burke School, 9645 Burke Lake Road, Burke School-age students are welcome to come to any of the five sites to pick up a meal during these time periods. All meals are available at no cost to children 18 years and under. Adult lunches are available for purchase for $2. Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services provides access and referrals to both government and community based resources for Fairfax County residents in need. If you are facing difficulties - including food, shelter, employment, financial assistance, healthcare and more other needs, please call (703) 222-0880 for assistance. Click here to learn about additional food resources in every part of Fairfax County. Food for Others Food for Others has three food distribution programs and sites all around the neighborhood. Bring a picture ID with a current address. Click here to view neighborhood sites. Other places you can go for food * Columbia Baptist 3245 Glen Carlyn Road 9:30am – 12:00noon 4th Saturday of the month St. Stephens UMC 9203 Braddock Road Burke, VA 22015 7:30am – 9:00am Abiding Presence Lutheran Church 6304 Lee Chapel Road *Please call the organization beforehand in case procedures have changed. For help with rent, utilities, housing services, clothing, jobs, health services, and other needs, please contact the following services: Emergency Information and Referral Services From anywhere in Northern Virginia, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, dial 2-1-1 Aunt Bertha – Connecting People and Programs: On this website you will be connected with social service programs and organizations based on your zip code. Click here to visit. County Services: Fairfax County Coordinated Services Planning Open Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 4:30 pm This is a rapidly changing situation, and information is being shared as it becomes available. Learn more about COVID-19 on the county’s website. Call (703) 267-3511 with questions. The call center is open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. EagleBank Arena Closing In accordance with George Mason University’s recent announcements and out of an abundance of caution due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) spread in our region, George Mason University and Monumental Sports & Entertainment have decided to close EagleBank Arena to the public through April 3, 2020. Síntomas de Coronavirus Please follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line593
__label__wiki	0.63357	0.63357	Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish Dean, MYRA School of Business Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish is the Dean and Chairman of the Governing Board at MYRA School of Business and is a visionary leader who has helped the school define its process, vision, and developmental plans. Dr. Ambarish completed his Bachelors in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Mysore, has an Engineering Degree from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc), holds a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM A), and is a Ph.D. in Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU). Dr. Ambarish has had an expansive academic career with premier global universities including NYU, McGill, University of Wisconsin, and Georgetown University; before starting his career in finance and global securities markets. His experience spans roles at multiple global organizations including ION (CFO), Citibank (VP – Global Markets), and World Bank (Principal Financial Officer). He has been an advisor for many global large institutional investors including pension funds, treasuries, and central banks on investment and risk management strategies. He founded and managed the Vasishta Fund – an FII fund to invest in Indian public markets. Before joining MSB, Dr. Ambarish was an independent financial service professional and was the MD of RA and sons – a PE and VC firm in Singapore. He is currently on the advisory board of OAKS Asset Management – a firm investing in both private and public markets in India, is a non-executive Chairman of AppPoint Software Solutions – a privately held technology company, and is a Director on the Board of Xpheno – a staffing start-up.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line595
__label__cc	0.547517	0.452483	Home > Blog > How Do I Know if God Wants Me to Plant a Church? How Do I Know if God Wants Me to Plant a Church? By Ed Stetzer “How do I know the Lord wants me to go here?” is a common question I get from young church planters trying to decide about a planting a church. The answer to that question is of utmost importance. A Church Planter is Called to a People and a Place People have different opinions on this, but I’m going to give you mine. I don’t think a church planter should go plant a church until you’re called to a specific place and people. This is a little tricky because I actually don’t think people are generically called to church planting. I think they’re called to plant a church among a certain people or a place. You can’t build your entire view of something on your personal experience, but I will share my calling as an illustration. Even though I got turned down by my denominational missions agency to be a church planter (I was, after all, 20 and had no training), God still spoke to our hearts. I was up in Buffalo, New York and Donna was at home. I returned and told her when I was at Prospect Avenue and Seventh Street in Buffalo I discerned that the Lord wanted me to plant a church there. Donna said she was praying and that God told her the same thing. We knew at that point we were supposed to go. It was significant, but that’s only happened to me once. I’ve planted six churches and the level of clarity was not as evident. But, there was always a sense of call. Confirmation though Compassion Confirmation came to me in every place when I knew that I could do nothing else except plant the church among the people of a certain place. I could not do anything else or do it anywhere else. I lived in my current neighborhood for four years before setting out to plant a church. I was reaching some neighbors and inviting them to church, while serving as an interim pastor at various churches. But then God put a burden in my heart that I needed to plant a church for these people and for their friends. All of the places I planted had one thing in common. I had a spiritual burden that involved a specific people—from the urban poor in Buffalo to my neighbors in Sumner County, TN decades later. Church planting and missionary work is a unique role that requires a unique and clearly discerned calling. The Apostle Paul consistently spoke of the burden he had for different people in different places. A church planter must fall in love with the place and fall in love with the people. When I fell in love with my wife, I wanted to know everything about her and spend as much time as I could with her. I did things with her that I would not normally do. I learned new things about her interests. I did this fervently because I was in love with her. The same thing is true about a people and a place where you are going to plant a church. You must fall in love with its interests. You need to learn more about the place than anybody else does because you’re falling in love with the place and you’re falling in love with the people. Pray and Fast for Discernment Pray and fast until God makes your calling clear to you. Wrestle with the Lord until it is irrefutable. I don’t want a general calling to plant a church. I want a clear burden for a specific people. I cannot plant a church until my heart breaks for the people where God has called me to plant a church. Don’t start a church without this calling. At the end of the day, I want a type of Macedonian call. Paul had one when he saw a man from Macedonia calling to him, “Come over and help us” (Acts 16:9). I’m not saying you need a vision in a dream—and I’ve never had one like that. However, I’ve never planted a church, and I wouldn’t plant a church, unless I had a clear vision for a place and a people that I knew in my heart God was calling me to “come over and help” a certain people in a certain place. Ed Stetzer (@edstetzer), is a professor and dean at Wheaton College who also serves as Executive Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, has earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates, and has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is regional director for Lausanne North America and publishes research through Mission Group. Stetzer is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach Magazine, and is frequently cited in, interviewed by, and writes for news outlets such as USAToday and CNN. He is the founding editor of The Gospel Project, a curriculum used by more than 1.7 million individuals each week for bible study. His national radio show, Ed Stetzer Live, airs Saturdays across the country. He serves as teaching pastor at Highpoint Church in Chicago and has been the interim teaching pastor at Moody Church in downtown Chicago.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line600
__label__wiki	0.741099	0.741099	Apocalypse Soon_wordmark_blackApocalypse Soon_wordmark_black Apocalypse Soon Homepage Life in a Warming World Apocalypse Soon_wordmark_blackApocalypse Soon_wordmark_blackApocalypse Soon_wordmark_black Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò/ April 3, 2020 Corporations Are Salivating Over the Coronavirus Pandemic Pay attention to the rules and regulations being changed right now, and whom they benefit. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) While many Americans worry about how much longer they can pay rent and avoid contracting Covid-19, corporations are within striking distance of controlling our basic political institutions. The recent congressional stimulus package has been criticized as a sweetheart deal that will only make the rich richer, giving the airline industry a cool $60 billion while individual Americans facing job loss, eviction, and illness get at most $1,200 apiece. But beyond resource allocations, there are many other ways corporations could benefit from the current coronavirus pandemic. Throughout history, companies have grown powerful not just through pure profit but also through social control. And already there are signs of that in the present moment, the coronavirus being used to curb environmentalism and other forms of behavior inconvenient for corporate interests. The very land on which Congress now sits was first colonized by the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company chartered by King James I and his fellow shareholders. From London, these investors directed the colonists’ violent theft of the land from the Piscataway and Nacostine peoples. On their land, the colonists built plantations, fortified them, and brought in enslaved Africans and indentured Europeans to produce tobacco for the emerging world market and to defend the territory militarily. The world of business continued to set the terms of politics well after the United States won independence from the British Empire. Slavery, claimed Southern planter elites, was the “greatest material interest of the world.” Securing this valuable system of production required securing the entire global racial order of social domination it was premised upon. It required control of personal conduct, so plantation owners devised management strategies, occupied key positions in Congress and the military, and pushed U.S. foreign policy in a pro-slavery direction that included imperial invasions and annexations that they hoped would expand and protect slavery in the Western hemisphere. Back then, the connection between violent social control and profit was unmistakable. The current moment may feel very different, but as recent events have made clear, we’re not as far removed from the power dynamics of centuries past as many people like to assume. Modern corporations know that their survival depends not just on supply and demand but also on broad control over the institutions and practices that organize our lives. The greatest business success stories of the past few decades have involved changing people’s behavior. Amazon’s profits, for instance, calculated in a standard way—revenues minus expenses in a given quarter—are healthy but unremarkable. What is remarkable about Amazon is its sheer size and scope. Amazon is now a marketplace for retailers, a shipping company, a lender, a grocery store, a cloud computing provider, and a film studio. Its success has depended in part on spreading into as many facets of economic life as it can, and immediately reinvesting the revenue it gains from underselling its competitors into innovations that will widen its reach but are too new to be heavily taxed. It’s working: Amazon alone accounted for 45 percent of all e-commerce sales last year, and more than half of American households are Prime subscribers. It is no wonder that this behemoth was able to make an entire nation of local governments kneel and beg when it was trying to decide where to put its headquarters. Meanwhile, the company exerts tremendous control over both its sellers and its workers, witholding payment to sellers that fail to abide by its rules, allegedly threatening and retaliating viciously against workers who organize against its policies, and mounting aggressive anti-union campaigns in its workplaces. Thursday, Vice reported on a leaked memo from the company laying out its plan to smear a union organizer in one of its warehouses by saying he had violated social distancing orders during the epidemic. The coronavirus crisis may result in stronger corporate influence on basic political and social institutions. Already, corporations have played an outsize role in crafting the Trump administration’s pandemic response. The White House’s press briefings are full of executives from companies like Walmart and underwear manufacturer Jockey International, who often get even more speaking time than the medical professionals on the White House virus task force. On March 18, the Plastic Industry Association requested that the federal Department of Health and Human Services issue a national pronouncement discouraging the use of reusable grocery bags in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. They insinuated that reusable grocery bags are a health risk, despite the questionable grounds for the claim (the risk appears to vanish if the bags are washed) and further evidence that suggests that single-use plastics might be quite dangerous themselves: “SARS-CoV-2 was more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on copper and cardboard, and viable virus was detected up to 72 hours after application to these surfaces,” a group of epidemiologists wrote in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine a day prior to the plastic lobby’s request. Nevertheless, governors of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts have prohibited or discouraged people from using reusable grocery bags. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a sweeping declaration allowing power plants and factories to decide for themselves whether they are meeting environmental regulations—in effect, a direct transfer of the responsibility of environmental stewardship from the government’s regulatory office to the businesses themselves. This move has been sharply criticized by scientists, who argue that the rollback will encourage yet more pollution of communities of color whose environmental justice concerns are routinely ignored. The fossil fuel industry is likely to benefit financially from the emergency coronavirus legislation despite its role in causing and distorting the ongoing climate crisis, which available evidence suggests will make future pandemics more likely and costly and hurt communities of color worst. Meanwhile, state legislatures in Kentucky, South Dakota, and West Virginia have quietly criminalized protests against pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure. They joined five states that have already passed legislation strongly resembling a model drafted by the conservative American Legislative Executive Council, which in turn is partly funded by the Koch Industries. Fossil fuel companies like Exxon and BP have only exited ALEC in the past few years as ALEC’s notorious climate change denial became a liability. The structure of the stimulus legislation suggests that there are further gains for corporations on the way. It grants Stephen Mnuchin, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, unprecedented discretionary power over $500 billion of taxpayer money. Mnuchin spent much of his career ruthlessly foreclosing the homes of working-class people of color in California and is empowered to decide which businesses get loans or cash grants and what companies have to give up in exchange (in one case, giving the government an equity stake in the assisted company). Corporate lobbyists have already spent weeks trying to influence the legislation and aren’t likely to stop now that it has passed. The legislation provides for several layers of government oversight of Mnuchin’s choices, but the president has a less than inspiring record of complying with lawful requests for information and has already signaled his intention to bypass at least one of the stimulus’s oversight provisions. As with the stimulus package in 2008, many commentators in the past week have expressed shock and outrage that the government seems to be bailing out corporations and industries more than people. At a time of striking economic inequality, not to mention decades-long corporate accumulation of power over education, media, and even basic government services, we should likewise be attuned to the way rules and regulations—not just cash—are being shifted in large companies’ favor. The consistency of this preferential treatment should give the lie to one of the most common myths in times of massive corporate bailouts: A rising tide allegedly lifting all boats is little comfort to the many Americans who’ve been effectively thrown overboard. Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò is an assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. Apocalypse Soon, Climate Change, Corporations, Politics, Recycling, Coronavirus, Pipeline, Protests	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line601
__label__wiki	0.939344	0.939344	Nicole Scherzinger Artist of the Year Frank Aguilar of HBS dies at 80 “Her contributions to the performing arts, as well as her support for breast cancer research and initiatives for adults and children with special needs, are commendable and set an excellent example for our students,” said S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation. ‘X-Factor’ judge will be honored by Harvard Foundation Date February 21, 2013 May 8, 2019 The talented independent recording artist, television personality, and philanthropist Nicole Scherzinger has been named the Harvard Foundation’s 2013 Artist of the Year. The former lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, now a talent judge on television’s “The X-Factor,” will be awarded the foundation’s most prestigious medal at its annual award ceremony on Saturday, before an audience of 1,200 students during the Cultural Rhythms festival. “The students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation are delighted to present the distinguished musical artist Nicole Scherzinger with the 2013 Artist of the Year award at Harvard University,” said S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation. “Her contributions to the performing arts, as well as her support for breast cancer research and initiatives for adults and children with special needs, are commendable and set an excellent example for our students.” Scherzinger has collaborated with other notable recording artists such as RedOne, Enrique Iglesias, and Sting, in addition to her recent work with Andrew Lloyd Webber on “The Phantom of the Opera.” In addition to her music career, Scherzinger has served as a judge during various seasons of the popular television show “The X-Factor” in both the U.S. and U.K. Known for her voice and dancing skills, Rolling Stone magazine ranked her ninth in its list of best dancing musicians. Further demonstrating her dancing skills, she won the 10th season as a celebrity contestant on “Dancing With the Stars” with her partner, Derek Hough. A champion for women and those with special needs, Scherzinger’s music and philanthropic work make her a true inspiration. “Harvard is pleased to recognize Nicole Scherzinger for her extraordinary contributions to the performing arts by awarding her the Harvard Foundation’s Artist of the Year medal,” said Professor Donald Pfister. “Her fine example as a performing artist who is concerned for the welfare and needs of others is a source of inspiration to our students, and all who welcome her to the University.” The Harvard Foundation, Harvard’s center for intercultural arts and sciences initiatives, honors the nation’s most acclaimed artists and scientists each year. Its Artist of the Year award is a specially designed medal authorized by the president of the University, the dean of Harvard College, and the director of the Harvard Foundation. Previous awards have been presented to performing artists including Shakira, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Andy Garcia, Will Smith, Matt Damon, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Denzel Washington, Salma Hayek, Wyclef Jean, and Herbie Hancock, to name a few. More information on Cultural Rhythms. “For more than 30 years, Frank helped countless students and practitioners understand the complex responsibilities facing business leaders through his exemplary teaching and well-regarded books on general management issues. Beyond that, he was a wonderfully considerate person who treated everyone with kindness and respect," said Stephen A. Greyser, the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration Emeritus.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line602
__label__wiki	0.932966	0.932966	The story of a museum and of America Persistence, courage take the dais Henry Louis Gates Jr. (left) and Lonnie G. Bunch III discussed the history and legacy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer Founding director Bunch recounts the creation of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture By Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent Date October 24, 2019 October 24, 2019 The story of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is one of persistence, courage, and hope. In other words, as the museum’s founding director, Lonnie G. Bunch III, explained to a capacity crowd Wednesday evening at the Geological Lecture Hall, it is the story of America. “This is understanding America through an African American lens,” said Bunch, a 2019 W.E.B. Du Bois medal recipient. It is also a much more inclusive and complete vision of our nation’s story than had previously been presented at the other Smithsonian museums, like the National Museum of American History. “Part of changing the narrative is embracing much more of African American history,” he said. In conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Bunch, who this year became the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian, talked about the 90-year history of the project as well as his own role. The story is detailed in his new book, “A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.” The incredibly popular museum, which has drawn more than 4 million visitors a year since its Sept. 24, 2016, opening, “has become a pilgrimage for generations to understand not only their own history but how history shaped prior generations,” said Bunch. Exploring that history, no matter how painful, is important, he said, noting that addressing topics such as lynching are crucial. The museum’s straightforward, nonjudgmental approach, he said, allows “people to be comfortable to be able to explore things that are often uncomfortable.” Before broaching the creation of the museum, the academics — old friends — discussed their personal journeys. Prompted by Gates, Bunch recalled the racist assumptions of his primarily white, New Jersey high school. “They told me I should work in a print shop; that was the best I could be.” Whenever he pointed out that both his parents worked for area schools, his teachers would assume they were janitors. “That must be nice,” they would say. “It’s a steady job.” They were, in fact, teachers and administrators. From his parents, he said, he learned two principles that carried him into his career as a historian and museum director: “How central education was to your future, and the notion that nothing should stand in your way.” “This is understanding America through an African American lens. Part of changing the narrative is embracing much more of African American history.” — Lonnie G. Bunch III These became his tenets when he left the Chicago Historical Society, where he had been president, for the NMAAHC in 2005. Considering that he had only one employee, no funding, no collection, and — at first — no key for his office, the realization of the museum was far from a given. There wasn’t even a site yet, even though the museum had been established by an act of Congress in 2003. Bunch’s first fight was to get what would become its eventual location — the last major spot on the National Mall — but other options, farther away, were also being considered by Congress, which had the final say. While waiting for the decision, he prepared two speeches. One, to be given if the museum was denied the Mall site, would announce his resignation. “I cannot be there when you disrespect the African American community,” he planned to say. Fortunately, that speech wasn’t necessary. “Once we got land on the Mall, I knew we would pull it off.” That was only the first challenge. The original design called for a single floor of historical galleries. When that was expanded to three tiered floors, plans for the foundation needed to be changed. “We had to go down 80 feet, and we had water at eight feet,” he recalled. “I thought the project was dead. I’d be known as the man who built the largest swimming pool on the National Mall.” In desperation, he reached out to engineers from the Netherlands, which has long dealt with water-table issues. To his relief, “they found a way to get rid of the water.” Laughing about it with Gates, Bunch remarked, “That was a time I despaired. I really thought it wouldn’t work.” Fund-raising and building the collection itself brought their own stories; the museum now houses nearly 40,000 objects. Pressed, Bunch acknowledged two as his favorites. These include relics of the Portuguese slave ship São José, which include shackles, a visceral evocation of slavery. Du Bois Medal recipients celebrate black excellence and opportunity Light, camera, access Brickson Diamond's mission: To promote African American writers, producers, directors, and executives in the film and television industries Writing black lives In Radcliffe discussion, biographers reflect on their art The other is the coffin of Emmett Till, donated by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, after the 14-year-old lynching victim was disinterred and reburied. Meeting with Mobley not long before her death in 2003, Bunch said she told him that “for 50 years she carried the burden of Emmet Till, and now it was my turn.” At that point, he said, “I realized that the story wasn’t Emmet; it was Mamie. It was the courage of this woman to use the most painful moment of her life to reinvigorate the Civil Rights movement.” Visiting that display, he recalled, became his morning ritual, and it still inspires him in his role overseeing the entire Smithsonian Institution. “There is no way you can tell this story without shining a light on the dark corners.” The livestream will remain on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/harvardmuseumsofscienceandculture A recording of the program will also be available on the HMSC Lecture Videos page approximately three weeks after the lecture. https://hmsc.harvard.edu/lecture-videos Queen Latifah (right) and Robert F. Smith applaud their fellow honorees. Photos by Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line603
__label__cc	0.726464	0.273536	17th annual Festival of Trees Dec. 8 thru 11, 2011 Penn State Ag Arena Festival of Trees 1 More than 100 trees, decorated by a variety of businesses and organizations in the region, were on display on Dec. 10 at the the 17th annual Centre County United Way Festival of Trees. The event includes crafts, entertainment and food and is being held at the Penn State Ag Arena on the University Park campus through Sunday Dec. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m and the public is welcome to attend... Read more › Anastasia Huncik of State College got a boost from her Daddy, Mark, to get a closer look at one of the more than 100 decorated trees at the 17th annual Festival of Trees on Dec. 10. The annual event, held at Penn State's Ag Arena on the University Park campus, is hosted by the Centre County United Way and continues through Dec. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the public is welcome. The Penn State Schreyers Honors College Student Council chose a Dr. Seuss theme for their entry in the 17th annual Centre County United Way Festival of Trees. The event, being held at the Penn State Ag Arena on the University Park campus, runs through Dec. 11 and is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Centre County United Way. Jackson Monk of State College visited with Santa and Mrs. Claus during the 17th annual Festival of Trees at the Snider Agricultural Arena on Penn State's University Park campus on Dec. 10. Hosted by the Centre County United Way, the Festival of Trees includes arts and crafts along with more than 100 decorated trees. The event is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and continues thru... Read more › The Penn State Biobehavioral Health Society chose 'Under the Sea' as the theme for their decorated tree displayed at the 17th annual Festival of Trees held at the Ag Arena on the University Park campus. The event includes more than 100 decorated trees, food and entertainment and is open to the public thru Dec. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m and proceeds benefit the Centre County United Way.... Blake Cooper and his son Max counted the lights on one of more than 100 decorated trees at the 17th annual Centre County United Way Festival of Trees held at the Penn State Ag Arena on Dec. 10. The event includes crafts, food and entertainment and is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Sunday Dec. 11. The 17th annual Festival of Trees, a community event hosted by the Centre County United Way, turns the Penn State Ag Arena on the University Park campus into a winter wonderland with more than 100 decorated trees, arts and crafts, food and entertainment. The 4 day event continues through the weekend and concludes on Sunday Dec. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the public is welcome. Along with more than 100 decorated trees on display, the 17th annual Festival of Trees includes a variety of crafts, food and entertainment. The event is being held at the Penn State Ag Arena on the University Park campus and runs thru Dec. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m and proceeds benefit the Centre County United Way. The 17th annual Festival of Trees, a community event hosted by the Centre County United Way, turned the Penn State Ag Arena on the University Park campus into a winter wonderland with more than 100 decorated trees, arts and crafts, food and entertainment. The event continues through the weekend and concludes on Sunday Dec. 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the public is welcome to view the... Read more › Ag Arena Biobehavioral Health Society Centre County United Way Schreyers Honors College Penn State Centre Stage: Love's Labour's Lost Spend A Summer Day Class Gifts Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2013	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line604
__label__wiki	0.692569	0.692569	Login\|Contact us\|Mailbox NAUSS About NAUSS Supreme Council Presidents NAUSS Supreme Council University PresidentCurrently selected NAUSS Presidents University Location The College of Criminal Justice The College of Criminology The Language Center Hosted Bodies Higher Education and Research Ethics Center Members of the Council of the Administration of HEREC Academic Meetings and Conferences 2019 Center of Excellence for Road Traffic Safety Professional Diploma Programs The Deanship of Admissions and Registration University Courses and Conditions of Acceptance الصفحة الرئيسية >> NAUSS >> About NAUSS >> University President Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) is an Arab organization which is well recognized for its efforts and achievements both regionally and internationally in security sciences. It also has a diplomatic function. NAUSS is the academic body of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers and is located in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The university began its activities in 1980, within the framework of its efforts to achieve the integration of Arab security efforts under the umbrella of the Arab League of States. This was based on an academic methodology that placed the university on a par with prestigious academic institutions and universities. This is in addition to its unique field of security that it strives to achieve in order for Arab societies to live in peace and security. This is based on the fact that security is the main foundation for the protection of developments made in society and successful growth and advancement. I am proud to inform you of the great achievements of the university, which have resulted in preparing and qualifying thousands of personnel from Arab sectors related to security, justice, social affairs, and education. Through its conferences and academic meetings, the university has also trained thousands of Arab and non-Arab personnel. In addition to this, the university has published a large amount of academic literature that has enriched Arabic resources in the field of security. The university is fortunate to have the financial and moral support of the government of Saudi Arabia. It is also fortunate for the support and guidance of His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Honorary President of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of NAUSS and Their Royal Highnesses and Their Excellencies the Arab Interior Ministers. It gives me the greatest pleasure to welcome visitors to this website. I hope you find it useful and gain a good overview of the programs and activities of the university that actualize its mission. President of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Dr. Abdulmajeed bin Abdullah Albanyan Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) is an Arab organization based in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the academic body of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers and provides postgraduate studies, training, academic research and service to local and regional communities in all areas of security. PO Box 6830 Riyadh 11452 E-mail: info@nauss.edu.sa Naif Arab University for Security Sciences All Rights Reserved © 2020.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line609
__label__cc	0.508007	0.491993	Steven Dubois races to short track bronze in Salt Lake City Rosie MacLennan crowned trampoline world champion in St. Petersburg SSC/PVC Dave Holland Short track speed skater Steven Dubois won bronze in the 1500m event on Saturday at the World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dubois of finished the race in 2:13.424, behind the Netherlands’ Sjinkie Knegt (2:13.113) and June Seo Lee of South Korea (2:13.214). Canada’s Alison Desmarais, left, is pushed by teammate Steven Dubois during the mixed gender 2000-metre finals at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Charle Cournoyer landed just off the podium in the 1000m final, completing the race in 1:24.997, behind bronze medallist Ji Won Park of South Korea. On the women’s side, Alyson Charles was also nearly on the podium after a 4th place finish in the 1000m. She had a time of 1:29.113, behind Netherlander Suzanne Schulting (1:28.436). Camille De Serres-Rainville was 5th in the 1500m with a time of 2:23.851. Competition continues through Sunday in Salt Lake City.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line611
__label__wiki	0.606213	0.606213	UNIDROIT The Cross-Border Circulation of Notarial Acts Posted on 15 Nov 2015 8 Dec 2015 by Notarial Services (Sydney) The 121th issue of the Revista Internacional del Notariado has republished a paper originally presented to the 2014 Conference of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries by Dr. Jeffrey A. Talpis, on the topic of the “Cross-Border Circulation of Notarial Acts.” This paper will be of particular interest to notaries practicing in the Australian jurisdiction. The paper has been presented in three major sections, the notarial act in domestic law, the notarial act in private international law, and lastly, the way forward. The first two sections are further broken down into appraisals from the common law and civil law perspectives as well as addressing issues concerning the validity, recognition and enforcement of the notarial act. Dr. Talpis immediately identifies the major problems associated with the circulation of notarial acts across borders and legal jurisdictions, these broadly being [p. 93]: The lack of a uniform definition of the notarial act in either domestic or private international law; Potential conflict of law issues when dealing with the “formal and substantial validity” of the notarial act; The “recognition and effects, including their probative effect and enforceability”; The “status, authority, quality and power of the instrumenting notary”; The risks and effects of the forgery of, and counterfeit or tampering with an existing notarial act; and Costs and delays associated with ensuring that the notarial act is current. Civil Law Countries Dr. Talpis commences by stating that the notarial act is “the most important of the authentic instruments” in the civil law countries. The basis for this is the fact that the notary has a dual character: he is an official who is attributed with the authority of the state to the extent that the notary has the capacity and authority to confer authenticity to documents, and secondly, he is an experienced legal practitioner who advises his clients with respect to the material being notarised. Accordingly, “[t]he notarial act is endowed with the strongest presumption of veracity.” [p. 94] While a notarial act can be challenged in special judicial proceedings, this is very difficult because the threshold to successfully defeat the effects of a notarised documents is exceptionally high. To complicate matters further, the Civil Codes rarely provide a satisfactory definition of what a notarial act is. Be that as it may, attempts have been made to provide definitive frameworks for the notarial act, such the Unibank Case for the purposes of European community law (Unibank A/S v. Fleming G. Christensen C-1260/97 1999 ECR 1-3715). According to the authority of Unibank, a notarial act is authentic if: The document is drawn by a public authority in accordance with the laws of the state in which it was drawn; The document’s authenticity is established by the public notary; This establishing of authenticity relates to the signatures upon the act and the contents of the act; and The act is to be enforceable in its own right, according to the laws of the state in which it was drawn. Dr. Talpis suggests, however, that the decision in Unibank is limited because the authentication of the identity and signatures of parties to a notarised document does not in and of itself constitute a notarial act in most civil law jurisdictions: “[i]t is essentially an authenticated private document.” [Ibid.] He adds however that in some civil law countries the above will positively define a notarial act, so long as the notary further certifies the contents of the document being notarised and attests that the parties have capacity to contract and that the notarisation is not “contrary to public policy.” [Ibid.] Common Law Countries Dr. Talpis commences the section pertaining to the common law jurisdictions by stating that the definition of a notarial act – should there be one in a given state or territory – is founded upon the “activity of the notary” and not the conditions or effects of the notarial act. As an example, Talpis makes reference to Brook’s Notary and the legal position in the United Kingdom, where the definition is give along the following lines: “The act of a notary public, authenticated by his signature and official seal, certifying the due execution in his presence of a deed, contract or other writing or verifying some fact or thing of which the notary has certain knowledge.” [p. 95; Talpis at n. 2 adds that this citation is from the 12th edition of Brook’s Notrary (2002) at p. 65] This is additionally compared to the definition of a notarial act under section 2.1 of the Professional Conduct and Practice Rules (Vic) which states that a notarial act is “any instrument which has validity by virtue only of its preparation, authentication, execution or completion by a notary.” Moreover, under rule 32.20 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Eng.) “[a] notarial act or instrument may be received in evidence without further proof as duly authenticated in accordance with the requirements of law unless the contrary is proved.” [p. 95] Furthermore, under section 2.8 the Model Notarial Act 2010 (US) the notarial act is defined as (Talpis’ words follow): “[A]ny act of authentication or attestation that a notary is empowered to do in accordance with the provisions of the Act. This includes the certification of signatures and identity of signatures, affirmation, and certification of copies, the ‘jurat’ and statements under oath.” [Ibid.] In contrast with the position in civil law countries however, the United States notary is not authorised to offer legal advice under the Model Notarial Act because the US notary is not required to have any legal training. Be that as it may, some common law jurisdictions draw a distinction between the notarial act in the public and private form [for more on this distinction, see Public vs Private Form]. Likewise, pursuant to the draft Model Civil Law Notary Act (US) proposed law reform in the US distinguishes between notarial authentic acts from the authentication of private signature documents. Article 118.10 of the Civil Law Notarial Act (Florida, US) establishes an irrefutable presumption of the veracity and truth of a notarial act’s contents, and this presumption is rebuttable only in appeal proceedings. [Ibid.] Talpis concludes this section by stating that: “The differences in the definition of the notarial act in civil law and in Common Law and even within systems of the same legal tradition are significant obstacles to the international circulation of acts.” [Ibid.] Private International Law: The Notarial Validity and Effects Dr. Talpis suggests that conflicts regarding the effects and validity of a notarial act are resolved by the choice of law rules. Likewise, questions concerning a party’s capacity will be determined according to that party’s lex loci though Talpis does caution that in some jurisdictions this will depend on the nature of the notarial act itself. He writes that: “In general the rule of locus regit actum applies in principal to determine the law applicable to the formal validity of an act, but there are some exceptions, by virtue of codified rules, case law, legal writings or more simply notarial practice.” [p. 96] Validity, Recognition and Enforcement of Common Law Notarial Acts in Civil Law Jurisdictions Authenticated private agreements between parties are considered within civil law jurisdictions to be notarial acts. A question arises however whether a notarial act created in a common law jurisdiction is an authentic act in the eyes of the civil law [p. 97]. Talpis illustrates two different approaches, the first being the obvious option for the common law notarial act to be rejected outright in the civil law jurisdiction: “[i]n other words, equivalence is excluded if the notarial act under the foreign law (lex loci contractus) does not have the same attributes as the notarial act under the law of the jurisdiction where it is produced.” [Ibid.] Alternatively, an “international or cosmopolitan approach” could be adopted by a civil law court or notary, so that notarial acts prepared and executed by common law notaries who are public officers and legal professionals would be considered authentic acts for the purposes of private international law; this would mean that the definition of an authentic act under civil law would be flexible tot the extent that it would accommodate situations where the notarisation in question was drawn overseas, i.e. even where the provisions of the lex fori are not strictly met: “Clearly, it is not the name given to the act that is important. Rather it is the role and function of the person acting as the ‘notary’.” [Ibid.] While Talpis favours the second approach and encourages civil law legal professionals to adopt it, he notes that the first continues to be the dominant position. This is reaffirmed by operation of the Unibank Case as well as the 18 December 2008 Resolution of the European Parliament which effectively excludes notarial acts drafted in England and Wales from the definition of authentic acts under civil law (Ref: 2008/2124 INI) [p. 98]. He concludes this section by stating that: “one should not forget that the absence of uniformity in the substantial conditions of the formation of and effect of notarial acts is also an obstacle to their cross-border circulation.” [Ibid.] Validity, Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Law Notarial Acts in Common Law Jurisdictions The use of civil law notarial acts in common law countries is governed under the locus regit actum principle. One difficulty that Dr. Talpis identifies is the common law requirement that parties to a contract should be advised to obtain independent legal advice so that their consent is informed (n.b. Talpis uses the term “enlightened” at ibid.). Accordingly, in some states of the US, this requirement of informed consent is not recognised by way of the notarial act alone and questions pertaining to the contract’s validity (i.e. whether the parties’ obtained independent legal advice) will be ventilated in judicial proceedings in the ordinary fashion. Talpis claim that “[e]seentially this amounts to a refusal to recognise the institution of the Civil Law notary.” [Ibid.] Be that as it may, a recent decision of the New York Court of Appeal suggested that it is not inconceivable that a common law court will recognise the validity of an arrangement entered into between parties in a civil law jurisdiction before a civil law notary. Van Kipnis vs. Van Kipnis (2008) 900 NE 2d 977 (Court of Appeal of New York) involved a request by a spouse for the redistribution of matrimonial property in divorce proceedings before the common law court, where that requested redistribution was proposed to be effected pursuant to the terms of an agreement entered into between the spouses earlier, before a French notary; there, the common law court agreed to grant the orders sought. [Ibid.] The position is by no means a settled matter of universal common law practice: in Re the Marriage of A.P. and K.P. (Case Number 10-D-482; unreported, Illinois Judicial Circuit Court, St. Claire County, Zina Cruse J., 20 May 2011) the court held that the evidence did not satisfy the requirements that independent legal advice was obtained by the parties or that the necessary financial disclosure was made before the agreement was entered into; the contract was therefore held to be “illegal” on the basis that its recognition under the circumstances would be contrary to public policy. Accordingly, Talpis recommends that civil law notaries may direct that their clients seek independent legal advice in situations where the terms of a notarised document may be ventilated before a common law court, even if such a direction may see to be an “abdication” of the to civil notary’s role. [pp. 98-99] Talpis’ Recommendations By way of conclusion, Dr. Talpis recommends that the cosmopolitan and international approach should be adopted to the definition, characterisation and circulation of notarial acts across borders. He further suggests that this may be codified either through the vehicle of the Hague Convention or UNIDROIT, noting that if an attempt to harmonize the laws in relation to international wills has been achieved, “why not one on notarial acts?” [p. 99 n. 17]. The above is a summary of the original paper, which was presented at the 2014 Conference of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries and republished in the Revista Internacional del Notariado issue 121. For more information in relation to the paper itself, readers are strongly encouraged to obtain a copy of the paper as it was originally published. A Sydney Notary Public can assist in the production of an international will which is intended to be used overseas. For more information, see the practice note on the new (albeit voluntary) regime governing the drafting and execution of international wills in New South Wales. A notary public in Sydney will be able to draft and execute the required notarial certificate which will become part of the foreign will and which will give it legal weight and probative value in the eyes of a foreign court, notarial practice or administrative body. International wills can be drafted in a language that is not English. For more information, see also our section on foreign language documents. In some cases, a Sydney Public Notary may be able to attend the home or office of an individual or business. For more on the local availability of a mobile notary, see the listed information on where our Sydney notaries can conduct their business. Posted in Literature ReviewTagged Application and Use of Notarial Act, Brook's Notary, Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Eng), Common Law vs. Civil Law, Dr. Jeffrey A. Talpis, EU Parliament Resolution 18 Dec. 2008 (2008/2124 INI), lex fori, lex loci contractus, locus regit actum, Model Civil Law Notary Act (US), Model Notarial Act 2010 (US), Notarial Practice, Professional Conduct and Practice Rules (Vic), Re the Marriage of A.P. and K.P. (Case Number 10-D-482 unreported Illinois Judicial Circuit Court), Unibank A/S v. Fleming G. Christensen C-1260/97 1999 ECR 1-3715, UNIDROIT	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line615
__label__wiki	0.723942	0.723942	Vince Gironda's Official Books and Courses In stock THE IRON GURU Vince Gironda wasn’t born with perfect genes. Vince’s “perfect physique” was a result of diligent work ethic, relentless research, and a die-hard passion for the sport of bodybuilding. Gironda was born in 1917 on the 9th of November in Bronx New York. When he was seven years old, Vince moved to California with his family, because his father was contracted to be a stuntman in the original Ben Hur film. Vince grew up in a healthy environment, enjoying gymnastics, horse riding, and all kinds of vigorous sports. He started lifting weights when he turned twenty-two after seeing a picture of John Grimek — an American bodybuilder of the 30s and 40s with nicknames like “The Monarch of Muscledom” and “The Glow.” Inspired byThe Glow…Vince took up weight training at the Hollywood YMCA and eventually became an instructor at the Easton Brothers Fitness Center where he acquired much of his early experience in the field. Then in 1948 — 9 years after lifting his first weight — Vince moved to North Hollywood and opened the now famous Vince’s Gym in Studio City, California. Vince trained world-class athletes, movie stars, and bodybuilding champions When Vince first started bodybuilding there were only two hardcore bodybuilding gyms in the whole of the United States; Sig Klein’s in New York and Jack LaLanne’s in San Francisco. Vince soon became the world's foremost authorities on physical culture — supervising the training and dietary programs of such great champions as Larry Scott, Don Howorth, Bert Elliot, Reg Lewis, Ray Routledge, John Tristam, Dominic Juliano, Gable Boudreaux, Gene Beloff, Hossien Shokuh, Humberto Garcia, Mohamed Makkawy, and many others. Vince has also trained such movie idols as Clint Eastwood, James Gainer, Dale Robertson, Clint Walker, Jim Drury, Clu Gulagher, James Darren, George Hamilton, Mike Henry, Sean Flynn, David Carradine, Larry Parks, John Saxon, Bill Smith, and countless others. Larry Scott – the first Mr. Olympia… trained directly with Vince. Lou Ferrigno – the original Incredible Hulk, former Mr. America, and winner of back-to-back Mr. Universe titles training at Vince’s Gym. Arnold Schwarzenegger – who won the Mr. Universe title at age 20… and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest SEVEN times — posing at Vince’s Gym. Vince became so popular among the fitness world he was nicknamed “The Iron Guru”, by a magazine and photo editor Denie Walter. He became known for his hard attitude, some loved him for it and some hated him just the same. Needless to say, he continued to be a success in the bodybuilding world. It was said he became so successful at changing people’s physiques in such a short space of time, Hollywood would send their actors to Gironda’s gym for a quick transformation. HOW I TRAIN THE MOVIE STARS - BY VINCE GIRONDA Vince’s Secret Formula: Bodybuilding is 80% Nutrition Vince attributed his amazing development to hard training and proper nutrition—especially nutrition. In fact, he said many times that bodybuilding is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. One of the first bodybuilders to realize the importance of proper diet and food supplements, Vince experimented with nearly every form of diet and supplement in existence. His knowledge was so great, he was often consulted by doctors for special dietary procedures. Vince was the father of low-carb dieting, saying that a diet rich in proteins and fats are the best way to reproduce natural testosterone and steroid-like effects without using drugs. He’s also been known to consume three dozen fertile hen-eggs a day, including raw unpasteurized cream. The large amounts of fertile eggs, he claimed, was measured to the anabolic effect that the drug Dianabol would give. 92% Density Milk & Egg Protein Vince’s Unorthodox & Highly-Effective Training Methods Vince believed inbuilding muscle where it counts rather than just by following the basics to gain bulk. Incredibly, Vince redesigned many physiques and even gave experienced bodybuilders a whole new suit of muscles. Bodybuilders, gym owners, and some well-known trainers have frequently scoffed at—or simply ignored—Vince Gironda’s bodybuilding methods. However, for the most part, his harshest critics have neither taken the time to understand his philosophies nor give them an honest evaluation. Vince’s unorthodox training philosophies included: He was also the first person to comment that sit ups did not contribute towards the development of abdominals. His gym didn’t own a squat rack because Vince said it would cause the muscles in the glutes and thighs to overdevelop in relation to the rest of the body. His prescription for leg training would consist of leg extensions, leg curls, sissy squats and hack squats. He claimed the regular bench press activated too much shoulder strength from the front deltoids. To replace this, Vince came up with an exercise called the “neck press” which meant having a much wider grip and lowering the bar down towards the neck instead of the chest. This movement activated more of the chest muscles rather than the shoulders. Over the years, Gironda came up with numerous training techniques that showed proven results in many of his clients. Although he was a controversial character with new ideas, his methods seemed to work — training more bodybuilding champions than anyone in history. Vince’s Personal Competitive History & Career Vince had a successful bout of competitions throughout 1949 all the way to 1962. He placed in the top-three in many of his competitions such as the 1952 AAU Mr. America where he placed 2nd, and his final shown in 1962 Mr. Universe where he also placed 2nd. Vince Gironda wasn’t only a teacher, he was also a world-class competitor. Fitness Writer And Entrepreneur Apart from being a personal trainer, gym owner and renowned guru of fitness, Vince also wrote for fitness magazines and supplement companies. He also created his own mail-order company which included his own training and nutrition manuals. Read some of Vince's other books here Gironda also published a book with the collaboration of another big name in the fitness and magazine world. The book was titled “Unleashing The Wild Physique“. It consisted of Gironda’s wealth of knowledge over his many years of training and coaching others. He then went on to give talks and seminars around the country which quickly sold out. Downfall of Vince’s Gym With the growing popularity of larger gyms that were opening up in the area in the 1990s, Vince’s gym was eventually forced to close down. The modern equipment and larger facilities meant he couldn’t keep up with the growing demand of state-of-the-art equipment and larger gym floors the other gyms offered. Gironda also struggled to keep up with the business when his son Guy became unwell. Looking after Guy took all of Gironda’s energy and led to the closure of his beloved gym. The gym closed in November 1995. Vince Gironda life came to an end Vince Gironda died on October 18, 1997 from heart failure at the age of 79. It is claimed that he died of a broken heart do to family issues and the closing of the beloved Vince's Gym. Vince Gironda’s Legacy Lives On We are hardcore students of Vince Gironda. Through this site, we intend to pass down everything Vince learned about fitness and nutrition… so we can continue to strive towards our biggest dreams of strength and vitality. Nutrition and exercise aren’t the only things we can learn from Gironda. Following his hard-working attitude and strict approach to training, and in life, can make dreams into a reality. No matter how different or controversial people thought he was, he’s shown everyone dreams are obtainable and a better life can be created with the right amount of hard work and patience. The Iron Guru Timeline 1917 – Nov. 9 born in the Bronx, New York 1935 – While in high school Vince set many new records; Shot Put 47 feet 1 inch, Pole Vault 12 feet. Also competed in football and track, ran the high hurdles, relay, cross country. Vince at 18 years old 1938 – Began weight training at the Hollywood YMCA. 1941 – Entered the first physique contest in the state held in the State of California placing 6th. 1942 – Began working in motion pictures. 1946 – Apr. 1 opening of his first gym. 1949 – Placed fourth in the pro. Mr. California contest, also expanded his gym operation into two locations. IronMan 1951 July Muscle Power 1951 May 1952 – Placed second in the professional Mr. America event. Reg Park Journal 1954 May Reg park Journal 1955 July Reg Park Journal 1957 December 1958 – Placed third in the professional Mr. U.S.A. 1960 – Placed second in the sport of his avocation caber tossing at the Scottish Highland Games. 1962 – Placed second in the NABBA Mr. Universe. 1963 – Retired from active physique competition. 1966 – Made a guest appearance at the IFBB Mr. Western America contest. At top shape, he was considered, at fifty years of age to be the most outstanding guest poser. 1960’s – 1990’s – Vince continued to train and exert a potent force on young champions from around the world, and amazed many doctors with his record healing time of a broken leg, due to his superior health and knowledge of nutrition. 1994 – Vince received the first Peary Rader Lifetime Achievement Award by Ironman magazine. 1997 – 20 Oct. Died. VIEW MORE IMAGES OF VINCE GIRONDA	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line617
__label__wiki	0.728022	0.728022	20 Botched Restoration Attempts That Butchered Valuable Artworks Beyond Repair As artworks age they can deteriorate. That’s when the services of conservators are called upon. But the results of repair work are not always an unmitigated success. In fact, sometimes conservation is downright disastrous. Read on for 20 examples of times when art restoration ended in calamity. 20. Kardashian lookalike? Termites perpetrated the first crime against the 19th-century statue of St. Anthony of Padua. The greedy little blighters feasted on the wooden statue, which sits in the main church of Soledad in Colombia. But the second miscreant was the conservator who restored the effigy. The “expert” decided that what St. Anthony needed was a garish paint job. But just how bad was this 2018 makeover? So awful that the Daily Mail newspaper claimed the refurbished artwork was a dead ringer for Kim Kardashian. On the bright side, at least the bill for the work only came to a reported $328. 19. St. George undone A local art teacher, mercifully unnamed in reports, was responsible for this restoration travesty in 2018. A 16th-century statue of St. George, of dragon-slaying fame, was showing its age. The ecclesiastical authorities at the Church of San Miguel de Estella in Spain decided it was time to renovate the crumbling work. The results of the restoration were very far from pleasing. In fact, the church in Navarre was so unhappy with the work that it employed a second set of conservators to undo it. They labored for about 1,000 painstaking hours to return St. George to his original state. 18. Clay head of Jesus Vandals attacked this mid-20th century statue of Mary and the baby Jesus, cruelly decapitating the Messiah in 2016. The good folk of Sainte-Anne-des-Pins Catholic Church in Sudbury, Ontario decided that the missing head had to be replaced. Canadian artist Heather Wise stepped forward to perform the task. Her intentions were no doubt of the best, but her artwork was not. Her clay representation of baby Jesus’ facial features resulted in mockery and disbelief in equal measure. But the happy ending was that the viral response to Wise’s handiwork prompted an anonymous return of the original head. 17. Monkey Christ Time will tell if this restoration disaster turns out to be the worst of the 21st century, but it’s undoubtedly a strong contender. Artist Elías García Martinez created this painting, Ecce Homo in the 1930s for the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Borja. In 2012 one of the Spanish church’s congregation, Cecilia Giménez, decided the work needed a reviving touch-up. The results quickly turned into a global sensation with her work dubbed “Monkey Christ.” However, an unrepentant Giménez has pointed out that she had single-handedly put her previously obscure town firmly on the map. And curious tourists reportedly flocked to the town. 16. From Santa Bárbara to Barbie This 19th-century statue’s home is a chapel in the Brazilian fortress of Fortaleza de Santa Cruz. The pre-restoration photos of Santa Bárbara’s statue show that it did need some TLC. But there was nothing tender in the gaudy splashes of paint that the conservators chose to daub onto the effigy. The guilty parties were the restoration team from Rio de Janeiro’s Museu Histórico do Exército. One commentator, historian Milton Teixeira, told local news site Veja, “They turned Santa Barbara into Barbie!” Few would argue with his verdict. 15. Brightest Buddha In 1995 locals decided that a 1,000-year-old statue of Buddha needed freshening up. The artwork is located near Dunhuang in China’s Gansu Province, one of the Song dynasty marvels of the grottoes of Mogao. The site is recognized as housing some of the world’s finest Buddhist art. Years after the locals executed the gruesome paint-job a tourist guide put an image of the results on social media in 2018. It quickly went viral, and not in a good way. Newspaper China Daily reported that officials were quick to insist that, “No similar repair work was carried out again in recent years.” That’s a relief. 14. SpongeBob SquarePants castle The Ocakli Ada Castle in Sile, Turkey has stood for nearly 2,000 years. But what you see today is nothing like the edifice’s former splendor. In fact, if you owned the castle, you’d likely be calling your lawyer once you’d seen the builder’s handiwork. The new exterior of the structure, finished in 2010, stands out like a sore thumb. It’s fair to say that any sense of history that this ancient monument previously had has been irretrievably obliterated. British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror pointed out that the building bore more than a passing resemblance to SpongeBob SquarePants. 13. Technicolor fresco An exquisite Buddhist wall painting from the Qing dynasty was undeniably showing its age. Indeed, the fresco was in danger of flaking away altogether. So the conservators were called in to the Yunjie Te Temple in China; they set to work in 2013. But the results of the restoration were startling to say the least and generated outrage. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported one enraged social media user as saying, “The renovation beggars belief. What the hell were the people from the cultural relics bureau thinking?” The ensuing brouhaha saw two officials losing their jobs. 12. Mosaics murdered A collection of Roman mosaics from the 2nd to the 6th century A.D. came under the hand of restorers in 2015. The mosaics are held by the Hatay Archaeological Museum in the Turkish city of Antakya. A local artisan, Mehmet Daskapa, visited the museum after the completion of the conservation project. What Daskapa saw appalled him and he went public. He told local paper Antakya Gazetesi, “Valuable pieces from the Roman period have been ruined. They have become caricatures of their former selves.” Judging by the pictures, he wasn’t wrong. 11. “Laugh or cry?” Looking at the “before” image of this botched restoration you’d have to ask, “Why?” Surely to most eyes the natural wood of the 15th-century statue absolutely does not cry out for a thickly applied coat of gaudy paint. But one keen artist thought otherwise. In 2018 María Menéndez, a shopkeeper in the Spanish village of Rañadorio, decided to get out her brushes and brighten up this representation of the Virgin Mary with Saint Anne and the infant Jesus. She also painted two other statues. Luis Saro, an earlier restorer who’d left the statues in plain wood told The Guardian newspaper, “The result is just staggering. You don’t know whether to laugh or cry.” 10. Mystery of the missing male members The Tree of Fertility is an extraordinarily exuberant – and bawdy – fresco from the 13th century. It portrays a generous collection of male appendages hanging from a tree in the manner of fruit. The fresco is painted on La Fonte dell’Abbondanza in Italy’s Tuscany region. Restorers worked on it in 2011 and then faced a serious charge. Critics accused the conservators of removing as many as 25 of the drooping organs from the branches of the tree. The restorers rejected the charge. And if they did remove some of the male members, judging by recent photos, they certainly didn’t snip out all of them. 9. The (not so) Great Wall of China Built in the 14th century, the Great Wall of China is one edifice that genuinely merits the adjective iconic. But some builders showed little respect for the ancient border wall when they came to restore it in 2016. Perhaps no one had mentioned to them that the wall was some seven centuries old. What the builders did, as photographs clearly show, was to simply slap a flat layer of concrete along the top of the structure. This completely obscured all of the ancient detail. Speaking to the The New York Times newspaper park warden Liu Fusheng said, “Even the little kids here know that this repair of the Great Wall was botched.” 8. Overcleaning a Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci painted one of his masterpieces, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne some 500 years ago. But it was in 2011 that the painting was plunged into a conservation controversy. Curators at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France where the painting is held had decided that it was time to clean the work. Some conservators, including two closely associated with the Louvre, expressed deep concern at the chemicals and methods used to accomplish the restoration. Indeed the two experts resigned from the committee which was set up specifically to guide the da Vinci restoration. They felt the priceless work was being overcleaned, a view shared by others. 7. What did the Virgin Mary do to deserve this? In June 2020 a Spanish restorer agreed to work on a copy of a gorgeous painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables. The original canvas, painted circa 1660, is held by the Museo del Prado in Madrid. In particular the conservator, apparently an amateur, tried to re-do the face of the Virgin Mary in the copy. The results of the attempted restoration can only be described as ludicrous. The amateur conservator, actually a furniture restorer, made two preposterous efforts to re-paint the Virgin’s originally radiant face. Judging which of the two efforts is the worst is no easy task. And the unfortunate owner paid $1,350 for the work. 6. Scandal at the Sistine Chapel The Vatican’s Sistine Chapel contains some of Michelangelo’s best work. He painted magnificent frescoes on the ceiling of the chapel between 1508 and 1512. In later years, along with other artists, he worked on different parts of the small chamber, which is just over 130 feet long and slightly more than 40 feet wide. Cleaning the inevitable contamination that adheres to the work is a never-ending task. But restoration work in the 20th century resulted in some collateral damage. In some cases, a figure’s eyes were lost altogether. There were art experts who were less than impressed, strongly opposing the conservation methods. 5. The magnetic penis It was in 2010 that former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi had a marble Roman statue from roughly 175 A.D. placed in front of the prime-ministerial residence. The statues, of Mars and Venus, had been discovered minus their hands. In the case of Mars, his male member was also missing. Berlusconi had the hands added, and most controversially had a penis carved for Mars which was affixed with a magnet. The two statues were reportedly returned to their original state later. What became of the prosthetic male organ is unknown. 4. Fraught façade The desire to preserve buildings from previous eras is strong in many countries, including the U.K. But the results of this impulse are not always entirely pleasing. In fact, the desire to conserve can sometimes result in what can only be called an eyesore. One prime example sits in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. The ornate façade of the 19th-century Cardiff Gas Light and Coke Company’s headquarters was undoubtedly worth preserving. But the Altolusso tower, an enormous pile of concrete directly behind it, is a complete horror in the eyes of many. 3. Ruined or improved? Controversy erupted in Portugal in 2014 when 19th-century sculptures at the Shrine of Our Lady of Prayer were repaired and repainted. Speaking to the Portuguese Resident website, André Remígio said, “This case is very serious. The most basic rules of restoration have been broken.” Remígio also claimed that history had been “deleted.” It’s easy to see that the statues have been given a makeover that some might describe as lurid. However, the work has its defenders. A custodian of the shrine, Brasilia Martins, expressed his satisfaction with the conservation project. Which just goes to show that one man’s ruined artwork is another’s improved one. 2. A vulgar nose job Veronese, an important Renaissance master, painted his Supper at Emmaus in the 1550s and today it sits in the Louvre gallery in Paris. In 2010 the museum authorities decided to restore the painting but the results infuriated some. They concentrated their discontent on a woman portrayed in the right of the picture. The Guardian reported that an initial restoration resulted in what critics had described as “a mutilated nose tip that hovers disconnectedly over an anatomical void.” And detractors also claimed that further work had only made things worse. One commentator characterized the project as an act of “vulgar cosmetic surgery.” 1. Careful with that mask! Perhaps the best-known of the many objects discovered in ancient Egyptian tombs is Tutankhamun’s death mask. Any conservator worth their salt would give an arm and a leg to work with this splendid artifact. But you’d expect them to be very, very careful. But in 2014 one or more of the restorers at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum was clumsy. Somehow, Tutankhamun’s beard broke off. Worse, conservators tried to glue it back on in a ham-fisted effort to cover their tracks. An attempt to remedy this repair reportedly caused still more damage to the 3,300-year-old mask. Thankfully, German expert Christian Eckman managed to make good the damage.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line619
__label__wiki	0.707298	0.707298	281 U.S. 658 - Ann Arbor Co v. United States 281 US 658 Ann Arbor Co v. United States ANN ARBOR R. CO. et al. UNITED STATES et al. No. 7. Reargued Oct. 21, 22, 1929. [Syllabus from pages 658-660 intentionally omitted] Messrs. Herman Phleger, of San Francisco. Cal., and Frederic D. McKenney, of Washington, D. C., for appellants. The Attorney General, and Messrs. Charles E. Hughes, Jr., Sol. Gen., and J. Stanley Payne, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission. [Argument of Counsel from pages 660-662 intentionally omitted] Mr. Justice VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission condemning existing rates for the transportation of deciduous fruits from California to Eastern destinations-chiefly points between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic seaboard. A hearing in the District Court before three judges under section 47, Title 28, U. S. C. (28 USCA § 47) resulted in a decree dismissing the bill; and a direct appeal has brought the case here. The proceeding which resulted in the order was instituted before the Commission December 27, 1926, by the California Growers' and Shippers' Protective League through a complaint assailing the existing rates as unjust and unreasonable under section 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 USCA § 1), unduly and unreasonably preferential under § 3 of that act (49 USCA § 3), and having an unjust and unreasonable basis, and being too high within the meaning of the joint resolution of Congress of January 30, 1925, known as the Hoch-Smith Resolution. The order was made July 20, 1927, and was changed by the Commission in some particulars November 14 of that year. Originally it was to be effective October 10, 1927, but the Commission extended the time to January 10, 1928. The plaintiffs in the suit are the railroad companies which participate in the transportation. In their bill and on this appeal they challenge the validity of the order upon the ground, among others, that the Commission based it upon the joint resolution and a construction thereof which is inadmissible. The Interstate Commerce Act, Title 49, U. S. C. (49 USCA §§ 1, 3 and 15) provides in sections 1, 3 and 15: Section 1, par. (5): 'All charges * * * shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable charge * * * is prohibited and declared to be unlawful. * * ' Section 3, par. (1): 'It shall be unlawful * * to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever.' Section 15, par. (1): 'Whenever, after full hearing, upon a complaint * * * or * * * under an order for investigation and hearing made by the commission on its own initiative, * * * the commission shall be of opinion that any individual or joint rate, fare, or charge whatsoever * * * is or will be unjust or unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or prejudicial * * * the commission is authorized and empowered to determine and prescribe what will be the just and reasonable individual or joint rate, fare, or charge, or rates, fares, or charges, to be thereafter observed in such case. * * *' The joint resolution, c. 120, 43 Stat. 801 (49 USCA § 55) reads: 'That it is hereby declared to be the true policy in rate making to be pursued by the Interstate Commerce Commission in adjusting freight rates, that the conditions which at any given time prevail in our several industries should be considered in so far as it is legally possible to do so, to the end that commodities may freely move. 'That the Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized and directed to make a thorough investigation of the rate structure of common carriers subject to the interstate commerce act, in order to determine to what extent and in what manner existing rates and charges may be unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential, thereby imposing undue burdens, or giving undue advantage as between the various localities and parts of the country, the various classes of traffic, and the various classes and kinds of commodities, and to make, in accordance with law, such changes, adjustments, and redistribution of rates and charges as may be found necessary to correct any defects so found to exist. In making any such change, adjustment, or redistribution the commission shall give due regard, among other factors, to the general and comparative levels in market value of the various classes and kinds of commodities as indicated over a reasonable period of years to a natural and proper development of the country as a whole, and to the maintenance of an adequate system of transportation. In the progress of such investigation the commission shall, from time to time, and as expeditiously as possible, make such decisions and orders as it may find to be necessary or appropriate upon the record then made in order to place the rates upon designated classes of traffic upon a just and reasonable basis with relation to other rates. Such investigation shall be conducted with due regard to other investigations or proceedings affecting rate adjustments which may be pending before the commission. 'In view of the existing depression in agriculture, the commission is hereby directed to effect with the least practicable delay such lawful changes in the rate structure of the country as will promote the freedom of movement by common carriers of the products of agriculture affected by that depression, including livestock, at the lowest possible lawful rates compatible with the maintenance of adequate transportation service: Provided, That no investigation or proceeding resulting from the adoption of this resolution shall be permitted to delay the decision of cases now pending before the commission involving rates on products of agriculture, and that such cases shall be decided in accordance with this resolution.' The original and supplemental opinions of the commission show quite plainly that the commission based the order entirely upon the joint resolution. It is said in the opinions that 'the joint resolution was primarily relied upon' by the complainant; that, while a violation of section 3(1) of the Interstate Commerce Act was alleged in the complaint, 'no great reliance was placed upon that allegation'; that the 'primary issue to be determined' was whether the existing rates were in accord with the resolution; that the resolution effected a change 'in the basic law'; and that this change operated to eliminate a decision made June 25, 1925, in another proceeding between the same parties wherein the Commission found the same rates neither unreasonable nor unduly preferential and sustained them as lawful rates. California Growers' & Shippers' Protective League v. Southern Pacific Co., 100 I. C. C. 79. True, in both the original and supplemental opinions it is said that the existing rates are unreasonable, but the opinions taken as a whole show that this means the rates were deemed unreasonable under the joint resolution when construed as the Commission construed it, and not that they were deemed unreasonable under § 1(5) or § 3(1) of the Interstate Commerce Act. Throughout the opinions it is manifest that the Commission was testing the reasonableness and validity of the rates by considerations not applicable under those sections, but believed by it to have been brought into the problem by the resolution. The joint resolution is the outgrowth of several measures proposed in Congress but not adopted. Some of the measures may have been designed by their proposers to make real changes in existing laws relating to transportation rates. But they are not before us. The measure that is before us is the joint resolution which emerged from the legislative deliberations and proceedings. It is brought here to the end that we may determine its proper construction, which of course is to be done by applying to it the rules applicable to legislation in general. The question presented is whether the resolution changes the substantive provisions of existing laws relating to transportation rates, and particularly whether rates which would be lawful under those laws are made unlawful by it. The resolution is in three paragraphs. The first declares it be to a true policy in rate making that the conditions which at any given time prevail in the several industries 'should be considered' in so far as it is 'legally possible' to do so, to the end that commodities may move freely. This policy is not new. It rate making under existing laws it has been recognized that conditions in a particular industry may and should be considered along with other factors in fixing rates for that industry and in determining their reasonableness; and it also has been recognized that, so far as can be done with due regard for the interests affected, rates should be such as will permit the commodities to which they relate to move freely in the channels of commerce. The second paragraph is devoted chiefly to requiring the Commission to proceed along stated lines for the purpose of securing prompt observance of existing laws, such as sections 1(5) and 3(1) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 USCA §§ 1(5), 3(1), requiring that all rates be just and reasonable, and prohibiting all undue preferences and unjust discriminations, whether relating to shippers, commodities, classes of traffic, or localities. The only substantive provision in the paragraph is one declaring that in the adjustment of rates the factors to be considered shall include (a) the general and comparative levels in marker value of the various classes and kinds of commodities as indicated over a reasonable period of years, (b) a natural and proper development of the country as a whole, and (c) the maintenance of an adequate system of transporation. These matters have all been regarded as factors requiring consideration under existing laws. The prohibition in section 3(1) of the Interstate Commerce Act of any undue preference of one locality over another always has been treated as intended to prevent the use of rates as a means of promoting the artificial development of one locality to the detriment of another. And what is said about the maintenance of an adequate system of transportation is but a reiteration of provisions embodied in existing laws. The third paragraph was construed by the Commission as making a change 'in the basic law,' as placing agricultural products in a 'most favored' class, and as justifying a reduction in the rates on deciduous fruits moving from California to Eastern points, notwithstanding most of the carriers 'have not as yet made the fair return,' for which section 15a of the Interstate Commerce Act as added by Transportation Act § 422, 41 Stat. 488 (49 USCA § 15a) makes provision as a means of securing the maintenance of an adequate transportation system. Indeed, it is apparent from the Commission's opinions that it regarded this paragraph as requiring it to condemn the existing rates as unreasonable and unlawful, although, had they been considered independently of the paragraph, they must have been upheld as reasonable and lawful under the applicable sections, 1(5) and 3(1), of the existing law. We are of opinion that the Commission's construction cannot be supported. The paragraph does not purport to make any change in the existing law, but on the contrary requires that that law be given effect. Nor does it purport to make unlawful any rate which under the existing law is a lawful rate, but on the contrary leaves the validity of the rate to be tested by that law. The paragraph requires only that 'lawful changes' in the rate structure be made; and we find in it no sanction for any other change. Unless the paragraph can be said to give its own definition of a lawful change, reference must be had to section 15, par. (1), 49 USCA § 15(1), of the existing law which shows under what conditions and how a lawful change of rate may be effected by the Commission. The Commission stresses the concluding words in the same sentence with 'lawful changes,' and evidently regards them as qualifying the natural import of the latter and in effect specifying a new and reduced scale to be applied in rate making. The words stressed are, 'at the lowest possible lawful rates compatible with the maintenance of adequate transportation service.' Considering the connection in which these words are brought into the sentence, we think they fall much short of supporting the construction adopted by the Commission. They are more in the nature of a hopeful characterization of an object deemed desirable if, and in so far as, it may be attainable, than of a rule intended to control rate making. See United States v. New York Central R. R. Co., 263 U. S. 603, 44 S. Ct. 212, 68 L. Ed. 470. Of course they should not lightly be disregarded. Neither should they lightly be accepted as overturning positive and unambiguous provisions constituting part of a system of laws reflecting a settled legislative policy, such as the Interstate Commerce Act (49 USCA § 1 et seq.) If they mean no more than that the depressed condition of the industry is to be given such consideration as may be reasonable, considering the nature and cost of the transportation service and the need for maintaining an adequate transportation system, they work no change in the existing law. But, if they mean more, and are intended to require that rates be reduced to some uncertain level below that standard, they give rise to a serious question respecting the constitutional validity of the paragraph of which they are a part. See Northern Pacific R. R. Co. v. North Dakota, 236 U. S. 585, 595, 35 S. Ct. 429, 59 L. Ed. 735, L. R. A. 1917F, 1148, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 1; Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Conley, 236 U. S. 605, 608, 35 S. Ct. 437, 59 L. Ed. 745. By reason of their uncertain meaning, United States v. Barnes, 222 U. S. 513, 520, 32 S. Ct. 117, 56 L. Ed. 291, and of the constitutional question which would be raised if they were taken as the Commission thinks they should be taken, Harriman v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 211 U. S. 407, 422, 29 S. Ct. 115, 53 L. Ed. 253, we think they must be held to work no substantial change in the meaning or operation of sections 1(5), 3(1), and 15, par. (1), of the existing law (49 USCA §§ 1(5), 3(1) and 15(1). Our conclusion is that the order of the Commission was based upon an erroneous construction of the joint resolution, and therefore should have been set aside by the court below. Decree reversed.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line621
__label__wiki	0.514914	0.514914	Madeline Merlo To Drop New Single “It Didn’t” on October 28th admin 26, Oct Multi-CCMA Award nominee and CCMA Rising Star winner Madeline Merlo is set to drop a new single to country radio on October 28th. Produced by Jeff Pardo, and co-written with Pardo and Jason Blaine, “It Didn’t” is an up-tempo post-break-up anthem that has already gained close to half a million digital streams globally. It is […] Madeline Merlo Releases ‘If You Never Broke My Heart (Unplugged) Video admin 29, Sep A video for the acoustic version of Madeline’s song “If You Never Broke My Heart” was released to YouTube last week. The video was directed by Brian K. Vaughan of Lonely Tree Media and shot at Frankum Farms in Kingston Springs, TN. This more intimate and raw version of the tune is also available now on all streaming services. As an artist, […] Sons of Daughters New Single ‘Drinks Well With Others’ Available Now “Drinks Well With Others,” the latest single from 2020 CCMA Award Rising Star nominees, Sons of Daughters (Jimmy Thow and Chrystal Leigh) is available now on all digital platforms and going for adds at country radio. The fun, light-hearted and up-tempo track was produced by Jimmy Thow and co-written with Nashville songwriting heavy-weights Kyle Schlienger (“In Case You Didn’t Know” […] TIM HICKS ANNOUNCES WRECK THIS EP AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS JUNE 26 admin 18, Jun WRECK THIS FEATURES HICKS’ CURRENT TOP 10 SINGLE “NO TRUCK SONG” & THE SUMMERTIME HIT “FLOATIN’” HICKS JOINS THE LINE-UP FOR #CANADAPERFORMS AT THE RBC BLUESFEST DRIVE-IN ON AUGUST 8 Toronto, ON (June 18, 2020) – Four-time JUNO Award nominee and platinum-selling CCMA Award winner Tim Hicksannounced today the release of his highly anticipated new EP Wreck This, available […] Hunter Brothers Drop Highly-Anticipated New Single “Hard Dirt” June 12 Multi award-winning music group, Hunter Brothers begin a new chapter with the release of their next single “Hard Dirt”. The impactful new song is set for release to radio and digital platforms on June 12, 2020. Speaking to parts of the brothers’ roots, “Hard Dirt” serves as a message of hope and signifies our collective ability to […] Madeline Merlo Drops Three New Tracks April 24 admin 29, Apr Merlo to be featured on the season two premiere of NBC’s hit series Songland, airing April 13 on Citytv in Canada April 9, 2020 – Award-winning singer-songwriter Madeline Merlo will release three new songs including, “Kiss Kiss”, “If You Never Broke My Heart”, and “It Didn’t” on April 24, 2020. The tracks will be available across all digital platforms, with the lead single “Kiss Kiss” releasing to Canadian country radio. […] What If We Stay Ain’t Gonna Be Lonely Long Can’t Find Love In A Bar New Tattoo We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and the Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters. Made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation. openroadrecs	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line622
__label__wiki	0.537697	0.537697	A Critical Review Of The Prince Junior, Beijing Foreign Studies University Book Review Counterarguments and Inconsistencies in The Prince ——A Reader-Friendly Review The Prince is a political treatise written by Machiavelli in 1513 when Italy became the center of intense political conflict. Machiavelli composed the pamphlet as a practical guide for ruling and hoped to gain himself an advisory position in the government by dedicating the book to the ruler of Florence. The major theme addressed in the book can be concluded as ends justify means, which gives itself a controversial place in history. The merits of the book, including the separation of politics and ethics for the first time in history and offering a rational, utility-oriented perspective in analyzing politics has been well documented by critics. As far as I agree with the brilliance of the book, I would like to offer some counterarguments concerning how to rule a nation and identify some inconsistencies in the book. Consisting of 26 chapters, the book can be divided into four parts. The first three chapters describe the book’s scope in which Machiavelli states that the book is only concerned with autocratic regimes and defines various types of principalities. The second part, beginning from Chapter IV to Chapter XIV, constitutes the heart of the book. Machiavelli discusses a variety of issues concerning the running of a state including the advantages and disadvantages of various paths to power, how to acquire and hold new states, how to deal with internal insurrection, how to make alliances and how to maintain strong military power. Moving on to the third part, Machiavelli discusses in detail about the qualities of a ruler from Chapter XV to Chapter XXIII. The underlying view guiding the discussion is that noble qualities result in bad government. For rulers, acting in accordance with virtue is detrimental to the state. He should embrace vicious acts for the good of the state, and be adjustable. For example, rulers should be mean concerning money, for it avoids poverty. They should be a mixture of lions and foxes, for lions have strengths and foxes know how to spot traps. Also, they need not to keep their words as situations change. The important thing for rulers is the appearance of virtue instead of true virtue. At the end of the book, Machiavelli puts the discussion in a specific historical context: Italy’s disunity. He analyzes the failure of past rulers and finishes the book with an impassioned belief that only Lorenzo de’Medici can restore Italy’s glory. The book is most celebrated for its groundbreaking separation of politics and ethics, opening the inquiry for a new field called political science. 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__label__cc	0.717181	0.282819	Education/Newsletter/July 2014/Haifa University students write Wikipedia articles for academic credit < Education‎ \| Newsletter‎ \| July 2014 English • ‎français • ‎українська Hana Yariv explaining Wikipedia at the inaugural conference, University of Haifa Humanities faculty, September 2011 Haifa University students write Wikipedia articles for academic credit By Hana Yariv (Wikimedia Israel and Haifa University) In September 2011, Wikimedia Israel and the University of Haifa launched a new project to write Wikipedia articles for academic credit in the university on the subject of humanities. The project started with a faculty conference. Professor Reuben Snir, the dean of the humanities faculty, opened the conference. Professor Snir talked about the positive impression he got from Wikipedia when an editor wrote an article about him. He praised the seriousness and thoroughness of the article. Seven active Wikipedians participated in the conference in order to provide support and show their presence. The project has been active for three years, in twenty courses across five departments: general history, archaeology, Hebrew literature, Middle Eastern history and Israeli and Jewish history. In addition, articles have been written as part of the master's degree program for women and gender studies. As of 10 July 2014, 167 articles were written and approved for the article namespace and another 16 are still in sandboxes. Fifteen additional articles are in the draft namespace, and are still being worked on. Some of the articles reached featured status. Articles were also written outside of the aforementioned courses, by students with previous editing experience who asked their instructors to write articles for academic credit. In the project, I visit a participating course and conduct a two-hour lecture and workshop on the subject of editing Wikipedia. The students come to class after having already registered a user account. The instruction is practical and I demonstrate editing step-by-step on a draft article, and the students practice each step before advancing to the next one. The students are also required to add their name to the project page on Wikipedia. After this, I help them on the site itself, and leave comments about their edits on their respective talk pages. The comments are usually technical—about the editing process itself, such as syntax—but I also provide content peer review if I read passages that require improvement. The approval process for uploading the articles to the main namespace consists of the relevant professor's approval of the content, and my approval of the Wikipedia style. One of the most interesting things in the project is the large amount of Arabic-speaking students, especially women, in the women and gender studies courses. They write articles about major figures in the feminist movement and make breakthroughs in the Arab world. They are able to utilize Arabic-language sources and make the information available to Hebrew speakers too. Dr. Ory Amitay explaining Wikipedia at the inaugural conference, University of Haifa Humanities faculty, September 2011 For the 2013–14 academic year, I initiated a meeting with the dean in order to expand the collaboration to other departments in the faculty. The department heads participated in the meeting, as well as Dr. Ory Amitay and Prof. Guy Bar-Oz, the two project leaders in the university. In the meeting I presented the project in front of all of the participants, with the aim of attracting more collaborations in the following year. I offered each department head to meet with the entire staff of their department and present the project. There were a number of such meeting requests, and a number of departments that showed interest. In order make the process of editing Wikipedia easier for the students, a helpdesk with the option of personal training will be opened in the university library for those who register in advance. I will staff the helpdesk. The goal is to reserve a permanent weekly two-hour slot, with permanent hours and a permanent room. If the demand will be great, I will be able to increase the training hours. I hope that these efforts will bear fruit, and in the next year we will see additional departments writing articles on Wikipedia. It should be noted that the faculty is very proud of this project, and publish it in the university spokesperson's official press releases. One of the students wrote to me after having her article pass the criteria and go to the article namespace. She wrote about SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India, and I thanked her for the interesting article when it passed. Her comment read: “Thank you, Hana. It was an exciting and challenging process for me. I hope to write additional articles in the fields that interests me.” Retrieved from "https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Newsletter/July_2014/Haifa_University_students_write_Wikipedia_articles_for_academic_credit&oldid=75195"	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line627
__label__wiki	0.676343	0.676343	Tag: Charlton Athletic George Lawrence’s Shorts: Swind-off, Charlt-on Posted on October 31, 2020 Categories George Lawrence's ShortsTags Charlton Athletic, FA Cup, Joey Barton, John Lundstram, Pat Hoban, Simon Eastwood, Swindon TownLeave a comment Saturday’s postponed derby against Swindon has created a serious backlog of fixtures. The compressed season means that games are backing up, so we’re unlikely to see the derby rearranged until Christmas when no games are ever played. Christmas Day is looking fairly blank for most people this year, so let’s Rocky IV this sucker and sort this cold war out once and for all. QUEUE: TRAINING MONTAGE. Swindon boss Richie Wellens has named Toby Holland along with coaches Tommy Wright, Noel Hunt and Steve Mildenhall as those who tested positive last week. The club’s physio is also self-isolating because, according to Wellens’ bamboozling medical jargon ‘he looked really bad’. If you’ve been unable to attend your loved one’s funeral or lost your job, you really need to get your priorities right: “The goalkeeper needs someone to warm him up.” wailed Wellens by way of explanation. It was the draw for the first round of the FA Cup on Monday with Grant Holt caressing his balls live on TV in front of Lindsey Hipgrave. A bit like a low rent version of that Peter Crouch thing that they had on in the summer. In these troubled times, the FA Cup offers a reminder of happier times of old. The smell of stale cigars, the stench of cheap aftershave, the whiff of vaguely criminal activity; yes, our home tie against Barry Fry’s Peterborough will come as a soothing balm on our furrowed brow. Charlton had the good grace to turn up to face KRob’s plucky part-timers on, well, Loseday? Twosday? You pick. Despite a spirited opening, Oxford gifted two goals before half-time so everyone could switch off and catch the end of Bake Off. Following the 2-0 defeat, Oxford now have less clean sheets than Trainspotting’s Spud after a big night on the skag. There are lots of reasons to be positive when you’re from Swindon. It’s not that far from Oxford and there’s always the knowledge that death will come to us all eventually. Swindon supporters club chairman and amateur virologist, Peter Norris has been looking on the bright side of his team’s failure to fulfil the derby fixture on Saturday. “If there’s one positive we can take from this though, it’s that – depending on when the game is rearranged for, hopefully the new year – fans may be able to go.” He didn’t elaborate on which new year. Elsewhere, The Sheffield Star has revealed why John Lundstram is set to leave Sheffield United in January. The man whose fantasy football defensive credentials were so over-inflated last season KRob couldn’t actually see him has pushed cosmopolitan sophisticat Čhrįßtøphë Wïlłdē’s patience a little too far. It was the Six Minute Nine Second Fans’ Forum on Radio Oxford with KRob on Thursday. Talk quickly turned to the man who’s been overdoing the hand sanitizer this year, Sensible Simon Eastwood. Is it possible the glovesman might be dropped? Asked one fan, ‘Everyone can be dropped’ said KRob with ice flowing through his veins. No one drops ‘em like KRob, apart from Sensible Simon, of course. Meanwhile the Dundalk Donkey Pat Hoban watched on as his team went down 3-0 to Arsenal in the Europa League. It’s a Halloween spooktacular tomorrow as Oxford face Fleetwood for a trick and a treat. Joey Barton has been talking about the game; ‘There’s no doubt about it, Oxford are a top ten side.’ he said about the team currently 23rd. GLS once went to a Halloween party as Joey Barton; we used to trick people into thinking we’re a reasonable human being by wearing glasses and talking about books, and then treat them to a choke hold to the throat and a punch in the face. Match wrap: Charlton Athletic 2 Oxford United 0 Posted on October 28, 2020 Categories Match wraps 20/21Tags Charlton Athletic, EFL League 12 Comments The Great British Bake Off is a staple in our house. Tuesdays aren’t Tuesdays without someone eagerly mentioning it’s Tuesday. Ergo, Bake Off. And while it’s still a landmark event of our midweek, I’ve come to realise that while it’s definitely on my TV, it’s been months since I’ve actually watched it. I know there’s the contestant we’re expected to marvel at because she knows about Victoria Sponges while wearing a hijab. There’s the camp late-middle aged man finding his metier after years of inner torment. There’s the thirty-something alpha male engineer – and what I wouldn’t do to be that dough being pummelled by those hands. Then there’s the one who may be sleeping with Paul Hollywood and the nice young people – one of each sex – who play the viola and read books and make your kids look even more vile than they already are. The list goes on. But I can’t remember their names, I can’t remember who left the tent or who was star baker. I remember being incredulous that in Japanese week one of the contestants used Indian spices. But, I can’t remember what they had to make, it was just an omnipresent thing that happened. In our house, this is pretty much how it’s been every week for every year it’s been on. I was also watching our latest surrender to Charlton on my laptop, but it would be wrong to think that distraction was the reason I missed the details in Bake Off. The game was hardly an absorbing spectacle, despite playing well and dominating for the opening half-an-hour, all the old favourites played out, defensive and goalkeeping frailties, and we fell without much fight. But, like the Bake-Off, I’ve come to realise although the football is on, I don’t really watch it in this format. Not when it’s stripped back like it has to be now. I’ve never been a great technician, I’ve no idea what a ‘high-press’ is or when ‘the overload is on’ and am even less likely to go looking for it via a live internet feed. Football, to me is about how it makes me feel, and watching on a laptop makes me feel a little underwhelmed. I’m starting to surprise myself about how little I’m interested in football now the spectacle and physical experience has gone. I’m really only interested in my club, and currently that interest stretches little beyond surviving this period so that I can re-engage with the bits I like sometime in the future. As such I realised last night that another defeat doesn’t concern me too much. While avoiding relegation is important, I’m not that interested in promotion in these circumstances. Much like back in July and Wembley, I’d take promotion if it were offered, I wouldn’t weep if it didn’t happen. It would always be tainted; a sanitised version of the real thing. I’m not that bothered that we aren’t competing at that end of the table at the moment, though I recognise that might be different if we were actually winning games. I suspect I’ll continue to log on and dutifully hand over my £10 for away games, but I’m less engrossed with every passing game. The problem is that I’m not normal, I have a higher than average interest in the club, if I’m losing interest, plenty of others will be in a similar position, if not beyond it already. The truth is that the internet is a supplementary connection to the real thing. There’s a generation of fans who might see football as an exclusively passive TV experience, but at our level, the joys of going to a game, living the ups and downs as a great amorphous whole remain as they’ve been for over a century. If you can see your club in real life, then you will. We tolerate the imposition of coronavirus at the moment, but even the most hardy will tire of it eventually; faster if form isn’t good. This disengagement must be evident in the numbers logging into iFollow, unless they’ve hit upon an internet sensation, it still surprises me how passive the EFL, FA and Premier League are about getting fans back into stadiums. It’s perhaps the only facet of everyday life which hasn’t sought out a new normal. Of course, there’s an expense, but simply waiting for the virus to pass is surely not a sustainable option. Not just because of the short term impact, but the long term damage of an increasingly passive and disinterested audience which will be harder to win back when normal service is resumed. We seem to be at a point football as a sport is satisfied with its plan; it’s always been a short termist sport, but the erosion of interest through their inaction, risks not only immediate financial hardships, but also pushing the sport to the margins of our consciousness. If this goes on much longer, the season could start to feel particularly isolating for everyone. The wrap: Oxford United 2 Charlton Athletic 1 Posted on April 20, 2019 Categories Match Wraps 18/19Tags Charlton Athletic, EFL League 1Leave a comment My evolving theory about League 1 this season is that the division mostly consists of fairly average teams, of which we are one. There is a small group of marginally more competent teams who will fight for promotion. But, no one is really capable of competing in the Championship for any length of time. Is it better to know your level or fight to get into a division you’re not equipped to compete in? Our recent run has been slightly tinged with the concern we’ve merely hit a good run of opponents at the right time – Walsall, Bradford, Wycombe and Wimbledon all look like relegation candidates and we played them one after the other, drawing with with one and sneaking past two in the last minute. Charlton offered a different proposition; not only are they in that group of teams looking to go up, there were times in the opening minutes where they blew my theory out of the water. Perhaps they could sustain themselves at a higher level. I thought they were much better than Sunderland or Portsmouth. The fact they were unbeaten in eleven supporting that view. Their penalty was soft, I thought, but may have done us a favour given the chaos later. It made it much harder for the referee to make big decisions on marginal calls without the game descending into a farce that would have been of his making. There was something about the sunshine, the meaninglessness of the game from our perspective, the buoyancy of the Charlton fans and the early goal which gave that foreboding sense that we were going to collapse in the theatre of it all. Then it all turned around. Just when we could have switched off, we resolved to show we weren’t just a makeweights in someone else’s end of season adventure. Curtis Nelson, perhaps playing his penultimate game at the Kassam, had plenty of time to watch the ball drop, but caught his volley perfectly. And then Garbutt slammed home his brilliant second. Garbutt’s resurrection may be the story of our revival. He could easily have crumbled under the criticism of earlier in the season, he’s well paid and is not from round here so he could have just given up. Instead, he’s dragged himself back into the team, changed position and transformed. He’s now the one gee’ing up the crowd and, at Walsall, disappearing into it. Karl Robinson’s role in turning his season around can’t be ignored, either. The second half was entertaining but barking mad – Simon Eastwood was rightly sent off although it was clearly a miscalculation rather than a deliberate attempt to cheat. His one-match ban implies that the FA agree, so it does make you wonder whether red is too harsh a punishment for a momentary mistake. Incidentally, I’m not a fan of a team being allowed to make an immediate substitution when a goalkeeper gets sent off. Clearly it would have disadvantaged us, but I think you should have to wait until the next available stoppage before making any changes. There was half-an-hour to hold out. I remember looking at the clock and realising that Eastwood had only been off the field for six minutes; it felt like hours had passed. They had territory and possession, and won a lot of corners, but we didn’t cave. Eastwood’s dismissal should have signalled the end of our hopes of taking the points, but in reality, we had the better chances. In many ways it was reminiscent of our fabled win at home to Swindon in 2012 when James Constable was sent off. Solly’s sending off was as much about Jamie Mackie’s fall as it was about a dangerous challenge. Perhaps that was more deserving of a yellow, although I thought Lapslie should have been sent off for tripping Jerome Sinclair when he was clean through. It could easily have been a goal from Garbutt, who benefitted from the advantage, with Lapslie then being sent off for the foul. Practically every decision and incident could have gone the other way; it was that good a game. Leaving the game with adrenalin coursing through my veins once again got me thinking; in terms of sheer thrills, spills and drama; is there a team offering better value for money in the country than us right now? Through all the mayhem, though, was a refreshing level of gamesmanship and guile. We would have been overwhelmed with less maturity. It’s something we have frequently lacked in the past. Michael Appleton prided himself on developing players, Pep Clotet on his tactical acumen, Karl Robinson’s thing is winning games at all cost. He’s more a Chris Wilder, with all the baggage that comes with that. It was Robinson who introduced Mackie and Hanson because he knew they’d dig in. He removed Kashi to protect him from a second yellow, god help him if Josh Ruffels’ last minute chance had gone in. For all Robinson’s streams of consciousness when interviewed, he kept his head when all those around him lost theirs. It goes without saying that Jamie Mackie led the charge with a masterful performance of pushing, being pushed and being outraged at being pushed. Cameron Brannagan showed his growing maturity being tidy and combative at the same time. The back-four protected Jack Stevens admirably, with Josh Ruffels and Sam Long both offering outlets when the chance was offered. Not that Stevens was a passenger, his scooped save being as good as anything Simon Eastwood has produced this year, in fact I’m not sure Eastwood would have the athleticism. Every Charlton shot was met with two or three players falling over themselves to block the ball. Total commitment and discipline. With the younger players learning from the older players, what emerges is an increasingly competent and effective unit, one capable of performing against the best in the division. And this is what turns a team from being a League One also-ran into potential play-off or promotion candidates. It’s come too late for this season and large chunks of the squad will disappear over the summer, but if a DNA is emerging and some off-the-field stability can be established, then we can, perhaps look forward to next season with a degree of optimism. Midweek fixture: Eight moments that remind us why we support Oxford United Posted on March 21, 2019 March 21, 2019 Categories UncategorizedTags Alfie Potter, Bradford City, Carlisle, Charlton Athletic, Jamie Cook, Jamie Mackie, Liam Sercombe., Luton Town, Middlesbrough, Nicky Rowe, Peter Leven, Port Vale, Portsmouth, Ryan Ledson, Toni Martinez, Wycombe WanderersLeave a comment Most of the time supporting Oxford United is a miserable experience. Then, every now and then, there’s a moment which reminds you why you do it. Here are eight moments which make it all worthwhile. 2009 Jamie Cook versus Luton The aim for the season is promotion back to the Football League. The division’s other fallen giant, Luton Town, are in town. Over 10,000 turn up for this clash of the titans, we take the lead, then Jamie Cook sells the stadium a dummy and goes for goal. 2012 Peter Leven versus Port Vale A so-so game against a so-so team in a so-so season. Mercurial playmaker Peter Leven breaks down a Port Vale attack in his own half, nudges the ball forward, then looks up. He hasn’t, has he? Yes, I think he has. 2013 Alfie Potter versus Portsmouth Relegated but rejuvenated, Portsmouth sell out the opening game of the season; billed as a celebration of their club’s re-awakening. We’re the stooges for the occasion, there to be sacrificed for the entertainment of the locals. The script says they take the lead which they do, then Alfie Potter tears the script up and throws it in a bin fire. 2014 Nicky Rowe versus Wycombe Wanderers Despite dominating our game against Wycombe at Adams Park, we can’t make the breakthrough. Then, with two minutes to go, Nicky Rowe picks the ball up just outside the box and lets fly with the sweetest strike you’ll ever see. 2016 Liam Sercombe versus Carlisle Despite a season of highlights, with three games to go we need three wins to secure promotion. Hundreds make the journey north for the last game of the season against Carlisle. We take the lead early, but the signature moment of the game, of the season, of the decade, is Liam Sercombe’s marauding second. Absolute limbs. 2017 Toni Martinez versus Middlesborough Limbs (part 2). An enjoyable run in the FA Cup is all set to end as Middlesborough take a two goal lead. It’s all over. Or is it? 2018 Ryan Ledson versus Charlton Nothing seems to be going right; we’ve lost our manager and seem unable to get a new one. We head to Charlton, managed by Karl Robinson, who are threatening the play-offs and lose our only recognised striker to injury. With two minutes to go, we’re 1-2 down. Seconds later, we’re all square and heading for a decent, and important point. That’s never enough for Ryan Ledson. 2019 Jamie Mackie versus Bradford We’re in the 94th minute of a relegation six pointer and Bradford are just about to score the winner to tear our hearts out and potentially send us down. They miss, we take the goal-kick, and seven seconds later, the ball drops for Jamie Mackie for a goal for the ages. Then things get really weird. The wrap – Charlton Athletic 1 Oxford United 1 Posted on October 26, 2018 December 29, 2018 Categories UncategorizedTags Charlton Athletic, EFL League 1Leave a comment Spoiler: I’m not going to talk about Charlton or another decent point or Gavin Whyte’s wonder-strike. Sometimes you just can’t win. The club have announced a one-off limited edition shirt for the 125th anniversary game against Shrewsbury which will retail for £75. Predictably enough, there’s been a bit of a backlash. It’s a numbered orange and black Puma shirt carrying the original Headington United badge. So far so good? No, the shirt is from a standard template which makes it both ‘boring’ and ‘overpriced’, and therefore ‘a rip off’. It’s one of life’s great disappointments to find that almost all football shirts are generic templates being used over and over again. What you think is yours is nothing of the sort. But, if you take a look at Oxford United’s kit history you’ll see there’s not much to work with. If we’d had a replica of the original kit from 125 years ago, it would have been a yellow polo shirt, like you can get from Marks and Spencer and similar to our 2012/13 kit. After that, and for the best part of 30 years, we wore yellow and blue stripes, a style which sent many Oxford fans into apoplexy when it was re-introduced in 2010. The chosen design is a nod to our late-Southern League, early-Football League days. Big Ron Atkinson and all that. What many would consider ‘olden days’, but not ‘ancient history’. For the best part of 20 years we stuck rigidly to this livery with only minor variations. Surprisingly enough we’ve never re-visited it. A plain orange shirt may appear boring, but it does represent an untapped part of our heritage. A shirt doesn’t really mean anything until something significant happens while wearing it. Take the 1986 Milk Cup shirt – another significant design which couldn’t be replicated for the anniversary because it was rebooted in 2015. The yellow is washed out, it has a horizontal shadow stripe; and a sponsor which sounds a bit like a willy. But it was worn on our finest day, and then again in one of our finest seasons, it’s not a nice design, but it is a classic. With no sponsor, another nod to our heritage, what is left is a plain orange shirt with an old badge on it. Exciting? Not when you distill it down like that, but that’s not really the point. The point is the club are trying to make Saturday a meaningful occasion, and something slightly different is part of it. Which brings us to the second point – the cost. £75 is expensive for a t-shirt, no doubt. But, that’s not how pricing works. No club shirt is ever really worth it in the sense of cost versus utility (what you wear it for). You could buy a template of the Puma version for £8 and put a badge on it; in fact, someone has. But, that’s the hollow victory of a smart arse because as much as it looks like it, it’s still not the actual shirt. The shirt, plus the badge, plus the occasion, plus the limited availability gives it a value beyond its cost price. What that value is, is ultimately a bit of a punt but it still has the characteristics to be priced at a premium. Are the club profiting unreasonably from the shirt? If they sell out the whole lot, they’ll make just under £10k. Knock off the cost of the shirts in the first place, the design of the badge and a bunch of tomfoolery around getting it produced, and you’re talking about a profit which pays the salary of a mid-ranking squad player for a month. It’s hardly profiteering. For something to be collectable, it has to has to have ‘significance’, which is ultimately defined by the collector. If you think the shirt is over-priced and boring, then you’re probably not its target market. There are some people who absolutely love this stuff; others who are cold to it. I sit right in the middle. I could browse the Oxford United Kit History website for hours, but I can’t bring myself to spend hundreds on shirts I don’t have. I’m quite attracted by the novelty of a one-off shirt, regardless of its design. My first reaction was that I could take it or leave it, but I’m now thinking that if it’s in stock and I’ve got the money, I might get one. Am I being ripped off? Well, you could argue 40-odd years of watching mediocre football is a bigger rip-off, but that’s not really the point of supporting your club; I still do it, and so do you. Posted on February 7, 2018 Categories UncategorizedTags Charlton Athletic, EFL League 11 Comment In a round about way, I was talking to some friends about mortality on Saturday night. Specifically we were saying how we hope our children find something they can enjoy into adulthood. It’s easy to give up on things you do for no other reason than fun when life’s tedious priorities take over. We pondered whether the couple across the road, deep into their 80s, ever regret the time they’ve wasted on trivialities as they face the reality that every day could conceivably be their last. If we were more aware of our mortality, would we give up the things we love so easily? My sister gave up singing for the best part of 30 years before joining a choir recently. Singing, which she had done at school, was trivial compared to her job, family and bills and so it simply fell off the radar. Someone suggested she might like to join a local group and it turned out that she loved it so much she realised that she’d grossly under-estimated the value of simple enjoyment. Someone once described me as having an ‘impenetrable hobby’; she couldn’t fathom the appeal of following a football team, less so one whose normal state was best described as ‘failure’. She is entirely right on one level; supporting Oxford is an illogical nonsense, a waste of time and I should really focus on more doing more valuable things. On the other, it is the whole point of life itself. Supporting Oxford is a golden thread, not only from childhood to adulthood, but also between different people who have chosen a similar path. We share a particularly esoteric collective consciousness built on layers of experience that means nothing to most, but everything to some. It is not life itself, but it does allow us to have a purpose, of sorts, to cling to. To outsiders, our trip to Charlton was a meaningless Saturday afternoon fixture between two meaningless teams. But, for us there was a significance; this thing we are so invested in didn’t look good; no manager, debutants all over the pitch, three players who had been on the verge of leaving, poor form, one striker replaced by another striker who was replaced by a 18 year-old winger playing his third league game. Everything seemed to be heading in the wrong direction, which was confirmed by going first 0-1 down, and then 1-2 with a minute to go. Then Todd Kane popped up with an equaliser and Ryan Ledson drove home his 94th minute winner, etching himself permanently into our collective memory. Results like Saturday’s are what bind us together. It reminded me of The Miracle of Plainmoor in 2011 when Chris Wilder made eight changes to his starting line-up and recalled Jack Midson from a loan deal days after he implied his time at the club was at an end. The result, a 4-3 away win, was little short of a miracle with Midson scoring a hat-trick. In the last minute Steve MacLean stood on the ball and saluted creating another one of those iconic moments. I’m pleased that Ledson’s had an opportunity to make his mark on the club. Had he left for Preston, history would have judged him differently. As much as fans have warmed to him, until Saturday he didn’t a moment that defined him as an Oxford player, the 94th minute at The Valley gave him just that moment. It seems that the club and Ledson have reached a mutually acceptable understanding of their relative roles and positions. Naturally, the club needs the player or the money, whichever it views as more valuable. Ledson will want to play at the highest level he can and earn as much as possible before he retires. It’s a precarious balance which can easily tip into one where the club are seen as enslaving the player or the player as a mercenary. Having missed out on a move, he could have skulked around until the summer, but it seems, for now, he accepts his role is to play as well as he can. Presumably, barring something hideous, he’ll leave over the summer with our best wishes. It seems to be the case for Simon Eastwood as well, a move to Barnsley would have been ideal for him personally. However, it doesn’t seem to have troubled him that it didn’t happen. If the club can maintain stability when there is lots to destabilise it then it is in a healthier state than it appeared two weeks ago. The contemporary model for a club is to have a robust infrastructure with a first team manager focussing on his specific first team role role. It brings more stability than when you have to transition from one Alex Ferguson all-encompassing style to another. I hadn’t really seen it this way, but perhaps Pep Clotet tried too hard to change the ethos of the club by bringing in his own players and his own style. Team selection on Saturday suggests that Derek Fazackerley was bringing the club back to the core strategy which brought success under Michael Appleton. Personally, I’m not troubled by the speed at which we bring in a new manager given that Fazackerley is around to provide that steadying hand.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line628
__label__wiki	0.662588	0.662588	What Silicon Valley still doesn’t understand about its diversity problem While recent conversations around racial equality in the U.S. have been somewhat of a wake-up call for employers to look inward, tech giants face even more scrutiny for lagging behind others on diversity and inclusion even as they wield more power. Only 1.7% of Facebook’s (FB) technical roles are held […] While recent conversations around racial equality in the U.S. have been somewhat of a wake-up call for employers to look inward, tech giants face even more scrutiny for lagging behind others on diversity and inclusion even as they wield more power. Only 1.7% of Facebook’s (FB) technical roles are held by Black employees, according to its own diversity report. At Google (GOOG, GOOGL), which employs some 119,000 workers, a mere 3.7% are Black. Apple (AAPL) hasn’t published a fresh report since 2018, when it disclosed that 6% of its tech jobs went to Black professionals. So what’s Silicon Valley getting wrong on diversity? “What the tech industry and many large employers have gotten wrong is focusing too much on quarter-to-quarter hiring numbers,” says Michael Ellison, co-founder and CEO of CodePath, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides free support, mentorship, and career coaching for computer science college students throughout the U.S. CodePath founder and CEO Michael Ellison speaks with Yahoo Finance’s On The Move. Instead, Ellison says tech companies need to focus on long-term systemic change that educates a more diverse group of students to enter the tech industry. “When you look at trying to fill the talent pipeline this quarter, this year, you’re ignoring the fact that there are only 7,360 Black computer science graduates in all of 2019 and only 8% of them ended up becoming software engineers. So this means only 588 career-ready Black software developers each year graduating in an industry with 1.4 million software developers,” he explained an interview with Yahoo Finance’s On the Move on Wednesday. “You can’t fill a diversity gap with numbers so small.” ‘A strong equity lens’ While Silicon Valley titans have made significant financial commitments and pledges to diversity, there’s something fundamentally broken about the system at large, according to Ellison, whose nonprofit works with 4,500 students, 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or women. The Silicon Valley operating system is flawed in two key ways — having too much of a myopic approach, in part by recruiting largely from elite schools, and not valuing true equity, according to Ellison. The idea of eliminating inequity is to take into account the circumstances that may have helped or hurt a candidate and try to level the playing field, he explained. “When you talk about diversity but you don’t have a lens of ‘Am I working with first-generation college students?’ ‘Am I looking at low-income populations?’ Guess what? You end up going to the same places you always go to — elite schools, you look at students with lots [on their] resumes,” said Ellison. And if students from more diverse backgrounds do make their way through the door, tech companies often have a hard time retaining them, Ellison explained. “The students who are the first in are the ones who have the connections. The students who are the last ones in and the first ones out in a pandemic like this are the ones from lower income backgrounds,” he said. “So we need to have that strong equity lens and shift our thinking to go beyond numbers and focus more on long-term sustainable community change with employers.” Apple CEO Tim Cook watches from behind at an Apple Store, in New York, as Apple hosted Hour of Code events around the world as part of Computer Science Education Week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) A critical command center Founded in August 2017, CodePath has partnered with 50 different higher education institutions, including Howard University, Jackson State University, Virginia Tech, University of Arizona, City University of New York Queens College, Mount Holyoke College, and University of California San Diego. Especially during a pandemic, with colleges and universities scrambling to put together a fall semester, CodePath has been serving as a critical command center, according to Ellison. “We’re running in-person for credit computer science courses across the country. In the first two weeks of the pandemic, we ended up helping 26 colleges and universities transition to online courses. We’ve been the first layer…for many of our students that are losing access to different support services.” In some ways, CodePath is acting as the hands-on, liberal arts supplement to a CS degree. “Many Black computer science graduates are not prepared for the industry. They’re starting behind. They’re coming from institutions that may not have the support. There’s a nationwide shortage of CS professors. So, they’re already coming in and they need additional support,” said Ellison. A multi-faceted approach This laser focus on getting underrepresented and underserved groups into tech makes a lot of sense. Some of the highest paying and most abundant job opportunities remain in the industry, and that trend has been merely accelerated by the pandemic. A new Glassdoor report found a 13.4% month-over-month increase in technology job openings compared to 2% overall in August. CodePath’s approach of working within the existing higher education system is one way to tackle this structural imbalance. Alternatives to a traditional four-year degree like Lambda School, to Codecademy and General Assembly have also been popular options for those trying to position themselves for a technical career. CodePath’s funders include Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo Finance parent company Verizon (VZ), Walmart (WMT), Wayfair (W), venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Meanwhile, outside of the education, organizations are trying to lay the groundwork for Black communities to thrive in the tech world. Early stage venture capital firm Harlem Capital has the goal to invest in 1,000 diverse founders over the next 20 years. Valence, a new social network for Black professionals, connects newcomers to the workforce with well-established executives whom they may otherwise never have connected with, particularly during a global health crisis. Melody Hahm is Yahoo Finance’s West Coast correspondent, covering entrepreneurship, technology and culture. Follow her on Twitter @melodyhahm. 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__label__wiki	0.814692	0.814692	Maps and Prints Archives and Documents AFRICA (NORTH-EASTERN) – EGYPT, LIBYA, SUDAN and TUNISIA ~ Shop ~ Home / Maps and Prints / Africa / AFRICA (NORTH-EASTERN) – EGYPT, LIBYA, SUDAN and TUNISIA A highly attractive separately issued Ottoman map of North-Eastern Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Sudan), also embracing adjacent parts of the Middle East and Southern Europe. Place and Year Constantinople, [circa 1910]. Colour lithograph, mounted upon japan for preservation, rolled (Good, mounted with a few small holes along former fold vertices, lovely original colours), 46 x 56 cm (18 x 22 inches). This visually pleasing separately issued Ottoman map depicts all North-eastern Africa, plus adjacent areas of the Middle East and Southern Europe. The areas that are technically part of the Ottoman Empire are shaded in pink, although Egypt and Sudan are additionally outlined in yellow (indicating these lands are under de facto British suzerainty) and Tunisia is outlined in purple (indicating that it is a French colony). The boundary between the Ottoman Empire proper and Egypt, demarcated in 1906, is delineated in red. In the Middle East, the line of the Hejaz Railway is shown running from Damascus to Medina (a route finished in 1908). The map labels cities and major transport routes, while verdant lowlands and oases are coloured in green. The large inset in the lower-left corner details Lower Egypt and the Suez Canal. The present map was made around 1910, before the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12), whereupon the Ottomans would lose Libya, their last de facto possession in Africa. Later, Egypt would become a major theatre in World War I; the Ottoman Empire would collapse upon the end of the conflict Politics, Economic Development and Cartography in the Late Ottoman Empire From the mid-19th Century onwards, the Ottoman Empire was labelled in the Western media as the ‘Sick Man of Europe’ and seemed to be in inexorable decline. Indeed, during this period, the empire lost much territory to internal rebellions and wars with its rivals, while foreign powers assumed tremendous control over the country’s economy and political affairs. However, while this is all true, it masks that fact that during the same period the Empire made dramatic advances in economic development, education, science, infrastructure and military training. Istanbul, became one of the world’s great economic centres, fuelled by international trade and foreignfinanced mega-projects. The reign of Abdul Hamid II (1876 – 1909) marked a period of radical social and economic change. Shortly after the sultan assumed power, he approved the Constitution of 1876 that promised to make the Ottoman Empire a constitutional democracy. However, the Empire’s defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-8, which resulted in the loss of territory in the Balkans and the Caucuses, soured the mood. In 1878, Abdul Hamid II rescinded the Constitution and ruled as an autocrat. In 1881, the Ottoman government defaulted on its foreign debt, and much of its public finances and industry were taken over by the Anglo-French Ottoman Public Debt Commission and the Imperial Ottoman. While the quasi-colonial foreign control of the country’s economy was much resented, it nevertheless financed a boom of construction of railways, factories, telegraph lines, roads and educational facilities that allowed the Ottomans to enter the Industrial Revolution. This had a transformative impact in not only upon the nation’s economy but had sweeping social, political and military ramifications. While the Ottoman hierarchy was controlled by a corrupt and bloated elite of largely elderly, hereditary figures, Abdul Hamid II improved the administration of the empire, such that historians have remarked that it “reached a new degree of organizational elaboration and articulation.” The economic development and infrastructure projects sparked an urgent need for advanced cartography. While some fine original Ottoman maps and had been created during the Tanzimat Era (1839-76), it was only during Abdul Hamid II’s time that Ottoman cartography saw its first popular boom. Numerous Ottoman printing houses, both state and privately owned, proliferated throughout the city. Western printers and mapmakers assisted technology transfer that allowed the Ottoman houses to move up the curve to produce printed works of great diversity and technical sophistication, while maintaining the exquisite Ottoman traditions of artistic design and calligraphy. There was also an interface between Turkish military engineers and civilian cartographers (both Turkish and foreign) that resulted in the acquisition and application of original scientific mapping and data to Ottoman cartography. By the 1880s, Istanbul mapmakers were producing a highly diverse and advanced array of topographical and thematic maps of a worldclass calibre, works that often distinguished themselves from Western maps due to their uniquely Ottoman élan; the present map is a marquis example! In July 1908, a coalition of Turkish nationalists, known as the ‘Young Turks’, rose up in rebellion to Abdul Hamid II’s autocratic rule, dramatically truncating his powers, while keeping him on the throne. They resented the sultan’s corrupt, elderly cadre of ministers and the Anglo-French domination of the national economy. In April 1909, Abdul Hamid II’s conservative allies mounted an unsuccessful coup against the ‘Young Turks’. This resulted in sultan’s ouster in favour of his malleable younger brother, Mehmed V Reşâd, who became the figurehead sultan. The Young Turks realigned the empire away from its traditional French and British allies (and pseudo-colonial masters) and sought closer ties with Germany. This resulted in many joint Ottoman-German projects, such as the continued construction of the Bagdadbahn (the Berlin to Baghdad Railway) and the Hejaz Railway (which was to be extended from Medina to Mecca). While the Ottoman Empire collapsed at the end of World War I, the dramatic modernization programmes of the late imperial period gave the new Republic of Turkey (established in 1923) a strong foundation of which to build its future. CHINA, TAIWAN, KOREA and JAPAN: A Map of the Sea Coasts of China from Tonquin to Corea, also of the Islands of Japon. LEOPOLD I. VON HABSBURG: Leopoldus, Roomsch Keyser, Koning van Hongaryen en Bohemen, &c. Eerts Hartogh van Oostenryck etc. STRAITS OF MAGELLAN: Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima. [VENEZUELA] Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae. Antiquariat Daša Pahor GbR Owners: Daša Pahor, Ph.D. & Alexander Johnson, Ph.D. Address:Jakob-Klar-Str. 12, 80796 München Phone:089 27-37-23-52 VAT:VAT-nr.: DE 300219701 Email:antiquariat@pahor.deOpens in your application Terms of Service / AGB Maps and PrintsOpens in a new tab BooksOpens in a new tab Archives and DocumentsOpens in a new tab © Copyright - Daša Pahor Antiquariat 2020	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line630
__label__wiki	0.721534	0.721534	Investing with Smarts and Grace: JR Papel By Brijmohan On Jan 13, 2021 “My dad retired from government service at the age of 60 then studied law. He was able to finish it at 66 years old. Two Doctorate degrees, two Masteral degrees, and — at the age of 60-plus, he still managed to get his Law degree.” Listening to JR Papel talk about his father, one feels the pride in his voice. You can also tell that JR has had very strong role models for his life. JR has gone through ups and downs himself, taken risks, and emerged victoriously. JR Papel has been a shopper and customer marketing manager for Unilever Arabia in the last 10 years. Prior to moving to the Middle East, JR was working for Procter and Gamble. JR is regarded as a leader in the Filipino community in the UAE. JR the “Magbibigas” JR began his career balancing a day job as a young marketing executive with a night and weekend job as a rice seller. The entrepreneurial mindset was there; he knew how to sow the business seeds and let them grow. JR knew the importance of financial responsibility. True to his admiration for this dad — the retiree-turned-lawyer — JR read the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter and be aided to live out the principles he learned. “I started subscribing to stock market investing materials,” JR recalls. “I bought my first house at the age of 20. I entered the stock market at the age of 21.” JR was in Dubai when the 2008 recession happened. When the stock market bounced back in 2009, so did JR. When 2010 rolled in, he was ready to accumulate real estate investment. Pre-selling as peak value JR is the proud owner of three SMDC properties, all acquired at the pre-selling phase. The first was Berkeley Residences. That was followed by Grace Residences, and — his most recent — Charm Residences. His intent from the get-go was to rent the properties out. If one plans on making a real estate investment for passive income opportunities, he suggests doing the same. “At pre-selling, you only need to pay a small amount of money — this can be your savings — continuously pay it for the next couple of years until turnover,” JR says. “Properties usually increase in value by at least 30% to 40%, which instantly gets you net equity.” “Then get a loan,” he continues. “Have it leased, and the rental income of that property pays off the loan. It’s cost-neutral. If you’re just starting out, you can take a government loan or a bank loan to pay off the mortgage.” JR’s best example of this is his unit at Grace Residences in Taguig. While settling a bank loan for the property at P14,000 per month, his monthly rental income is at P15,000 a month. “That paid the loan, and I now have an asset that accumulates (value) over a period of time,” he says. “If you’re young and spend around P200 for coffee every day, that’s P6,000 in a month that you can use to invest in a condo.” “(Property investment) is a sure-shot formula for becoming a millionaire in just a couple of years’ time,” says JR matter-of-factly, speaking from experience. A love for prime locations “In purchasing condos, I primarily consider location,” JR says. “I knew that there was a big demand for living spaces in the Katipunan area, particularly from students. There was a great opportunity because Berkeley Residences was pre-selling then. So I took it up. I wasn’t wrong, until now I am still able to rent it out.” JR kept his eyes peeled for more SMDC properties. He secured a unit at Grace Residences in 2014, targeting office employees in Taguig. In 2017, he acquired a unit at Charm Residences in Cainta, which is lined with malls. JR did research on other real estate companies in the Philippines. When it comes to the bottom line, nothing compares with SMDC, he says. He attributes the property giant’s market strength to its competitive pricing, strategic locations, world-class amenities, and integrated lifestyle. Essential establishments, such as malls, schools, groceries, and hospitals are all within reach. “I position myself into investing in mass-market condos that I can sell to the middle class,” JR says. “Compared to properties of other developers, SMDC properties are easier to market and do not require as much capital.” A landlord with compassion On top of SMDC’s own appeal, real estate in general as a hard asset has a couple of unique, intrinsic qualities. One is a minimal intervention requirement, which works perfectly with JR’s overseas management arrangement. He only has to look after cheque deposits from tenants; other businesses demand daily, hands-on supervision. Another good trait of property investment is its resilience to economic crunches. JR has seen the values of his investments in other asset classes plummet amid the global recession brought about by the pandemic. “My only income-generating investment that generates income in this time of crisis is real estate,” he says. JR’s rental profits have taken a hit but the loss hasn’t been as big. Out of compassion for his student-tenants at Berkeley Residences, he waived one month of rent. He also gave his tenants a 30-day extension for payment. “One month’s rent out of 12 months is about 8% of the annual income. That’s better than nothing, as in other investments,” JR says. SMDC and a world of possibilities Today, JR continues to make financial moves while guiding aspiring entrepreneurs to do business the right and responsible way. JR has initiated programs and activations that engage his company’s shoppers on environmental awareness. This has earned him the reputation as one of the company’s “Ambassadors of Sustainability.” JR Papel, the community leader and environment champion, has no plan to stop investing in SMDC. He is currently analyzing the feasibility of acquiring yet another SMDC property. “One of the things I learned from Rich Dad, Poor Dad is that an asset has to generate income,” JR says. “Take a house, for example. It’s a good investment, but it doesn’t generate income. Rather it’s an expense, given the monthly bills and all that.” “Filipinos love houses and living in houses,” JR continues. “They see it as the only asset they need in their life. A house is not an asset; it’s where you live. But you should find other assets that generate real income.” And when it comes to assets that generate income, it has been SMDC all along for JR. Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. 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__label__cc	0.509924	0.490076	+1 (619) 404-0506 info@oceanbuilders.com SeaPod Land Based Pod Cruise Condos Panama is a business friendly nation that doesn’t have big ideological swings in policy because the vast majority of Panamanians welcome foreign investment. That stability is valuable for businesses looking at Panama, especially when many other countries in the region have been hit by political turmoil. Investors see Panama as a safe haven. Panama has a dollarized economy, the best connectivity in Latin America and since the return of democracy more than 30 years ago, they have had market-friendly governments. It is impressive to see how Panama has been able to transform the Panama Canal from a military asset in the 20th century to an economic force in the 21st. Five Economic Hubs Panama’s economic model has long been based on the hub concept and they have established themselves as the best platform to do business in the Americas. But this government wants to focus on several hubs. The first is logistics. With the Panama Canal and railroad, the second-largest free zone on the entire Atlantic Coast of the Americas, a top-ten Pacific Coast free zone, air cargo connectivity and a dry canal that can get containers from one ocean to the other in 35 minutes – they have the most comprehensive logistics hub in the region. Then you have the air passenger hub, which can move people through 30 airlines with more than 1,300 direct and indirect destinations. The third hub is business and services. Dollarization and political stability allow investors to make long-term plans while their multinational headquarters law provides strong incentives for firms setting up in Panama. More than 150 have already taken advantage of it, including 16 from the UK. People need to realize that when you set up in Panama you are not serving a local market of 4 million people but have great access to all of Latin America and its 700 million consumers. The fourth hub is for value-added manufacturing. Here there is a big opportunity for medicines and technology. Panama has 23 trade agreements in place with the biggest economies in the world. The fifth hub is digital. Along the strip of land that borders the Canal, pass seven of the most important fibre optic cables in the continent. Moreover, the guaranteed neutrality of the Canal protects that data from war or dictatorship, while Panama’s natural advantages make it safe from hurricanes or earthquakes. They have given that data further legal security with a data privacy law that is ranked among the top ten in the world. That’s why Google is now connecting to their digital hub. It has a fibre optic cable that runs from Los Angeles to Santiago and it will now add a branch line that connects it with Panama City. Panama plans to tweak the visa requirements to allow companies in certain sectors to have up to 100% foreign workers. They realize that for technology transfer to happen they need to attract the best international talent. Ocean Builders © 2018-2020 Ocean Builders Submit your e-mail for updates Want to find out the latest updates? Submit your e-mail and we will keep in touch.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line641
__label__cc	0.59379	0.40621	Grant will help combat onion diseaseCDFA's Planting Seeds Blog Grant will help combat onion disease Posted on September 24, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs From Morning Ag Clips For years more than 15 bacterial species have ruined millions of dollars worth of onion crops across the United States. That is bound to change, as a group of 24 researchers from 12 states across the country, including one researcher from South Africa, plan to take on these bugs, armed with more than $8 million over the next four years. The USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative recently announced the award of $4 million to the group in their project entitled, “Stop the rot: Combatting onion bacterial diseases with pathogenomic tools and enhanced management strategies” (Award No. 2019-51181-30013). The project comes with a match of $4.2 million match from onion growers, universities and seed companies all recognizing the severity of bacterial diseases on America’s onion crops. “They all have skin in the game,” said Lindsey du Toit, principal investigator for the project and a professor and extension plant pathologist with the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University. “This is a stakeholder-driven need. It’s not driven by academics in their ivory towers thinking they need money to fund their pet projects.” “For five to six years, I’ve been jotting down notes about key things that could be looked at, in relation to hearing many stories about losses due to bacterial diseases,” du Toit said. “I became increasingly aware of the need to pull together a team to really focus on how we can do a better job, and the importance of the stakeholders being involved in that planning.” The project could help reduce the annual $16 million-plus losses to America’s onion industry through this coordinated, multi-state evaluation “to determine how specific production practices, environmental conditions, and inoculum sources can be managed using practical, economically viable and environmentally-sound strategies to limit losses from bacterial rots,” du Toit said. America’s onion farmers and researchers have yet to fully get a handle on bacterial rots, which can affect an onion at all stages of growth. Typically the only way to eliminate these pathogens is through getting rid of the affected onions. Sometimes an entire load of onions can be affected but not detected until that load has shipped across the country, which can devastate smaller, family-run farms, the backbone of America’s agriculture industry. At present, onion growers do not have highly effective bactericides to rely on to eliminate bacterial diseases. “These diseases are not easy to manage,” du Toit said. “If they were, growers would have figured it out by now. They’re ingenious and pretty creative.” An important aspect of this research will be on the use of cultural practices to manage the problem such as modifying irrigation practices. Part of this project also will be identifying ways of screening for resistance in onion varieties to develop stronger cultivars. “We know from experience that cultural practices can make a big difference at increasing or reducing the risk of these diseases,” du Toit said. “A lot of it comes down to managing irrigation, nitrogen levels, the timing on when you undercut the onions, and how you cure then in the field and manage the soil.” In turn, that may be the most economical tool in this war on bacteria. Researchers had to wage a herculean effort to get this project off the ground. Though they were notified in January that the pre-proposal submitted in December was accepted for submission of a full grant, they weren’t aware of the new reinstatement of a 10-year-old requirement for a 100 percent match in funding, authored under the new Farm Bill. The researchers had just three months to figure out how to come up with at least $4 million in funding to match the federal funding requested in the proposal. Those involved dug deep, and from in kind donations of farming and implement costs as well as professor’s and other staff and student salaries or assistantships, they were able to come up with it, du Toit said. About $2 million of that came from growers alone. “They looked at the value of their projected in-kind contributions to the project, whether it be land, the value of the crop used for trials, and the cost of the farm work done to maintain the trials, and tallied all that up to come up with their matches,” du Toit said. “This is the perfect example of the kind of problem this Specialty Crops Research Initiative program was developed to address.” The Co-Principle Investigators in the project are Bhabesh Dutta, University of Georgia; Christine A. Hoepting, Cornell University; Brian Howard Kvitko, University of Georgia; Mark Uchanski, Colorado State University; and Brenna J. Aegerter, University of California. The Specialty Crops Research Initiative is a part of the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture, and addresses the critical needs of the specialty crops industry by awarding grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems. Link to story in Morning Ag Clips ← #CDFACentennial – Centennial Reflections video series with Lynn Morgan Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt speaks at Germany/California Bioenergy Symposium →	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line643
__label__wiki	0.980847	0.980847	Biography Claudio Bravo by Binor 01 Sep,2017 Claudio Bravo is a Chilean international professional football player who recently plays as a goal keeper for the English club Manchester City. Bravo has an estimated net worth of $7.2million. Bravo is the skipper of his national side and Chile won the 2016 Copa America Cup under his leadership. Claudio Bravo was born on 13 April 1983, in Viluco, Chile and holds the Chilean nationality. He was born to Marcial Bravo and Nora Munoz and has a sibling brother named Cesar Bravo. His father was a truck driver and mother a shopkeeper. His and his father took him to Colo-Colo's youth academy there he was given the nickname Cóndor Chico, after former club goalkeeper Roberto Rojas. Club Career Claudio Bravo made his professional debut in 2002 representing Colo-Colo, however, he couldn't continue the season because of his injury. He played four seasons for the club and later he switched to Real Socided in 2016. He made his league debut on 22 October 2006, against RCD Mallorca. He played there for 6 successive seasons winning 229 caps. He then moved to Barcelona. Bravo joined FC Barcelona on 25 June 2014, with the four-year deal where he played several players like Neymar, Carlos Puyol, Suarez and several other star players. He won many major trophies while at the club including EUFA Champions League in 2015. He signed a four-year deal for English club Manchester City On 25 August 2016. He still plays for the blue Manchester. International Career Bravo too has represented Chile at under-17, under-20, and under-23 levels. He made his professional international debut on 11 July 2004 against Paraguay in the 2004 Copa América. Being the captain of the national side he has won over 122 caps and has won many major trophies. Claudio Bravo is a married man. He married his girlfriend Carla Pardo in 2007 in a civil ceremony and is together since then. The couple is the parents of four children, three daughters and a son named Josefa. The couple married for the second time on June 21, 2013, in a church in the appearance of their parents, friends, relatives and also their 3 children. Their fourth child was born in April 2016 after their second marriage. Bravo and his present wife Pardo met each other when they both were teenagers and attended the same school in his hometown. They have been together since then. Bravo has a tattoo on his left forearm. Net Worth and Endorsements Claudio Bravo has an estimated net worth of $7.2 million while he receives an annual salary of $3 million from his recent club. He received the weekly wage of £80,000 from Manchester City previously but was later increased to £100,000. Bravo earns around $1 million from the brand endorsements. His current market value price is tagged $9 million and highest ever market value price was recorded $15 million on Jul 1, 2015. Bravo is listed number 8 in the list of richest Chilean Athletes following his team mates like Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal. His Signing with the Manchester City fortuned him $13 million. Bravo has three cars in his collection including a lavish Audi worth $1.2 million. He also has a house in Chile bought in 2011 for $1 million. He is also the brand ambassador for Samsung and Liga BBVA in Chile. Football Player Chile National Team FC Barcelona Manchester City F.C Goalkeeper Chilean Chilean National Team Chile Liga BBVA Playerswiki Home Profile News MMA NBA Privacy Policy Advertise with us About Us Terms of Use	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line646
__label__wiki	0.991028	0.991028	FULL LISTING OF HONOREES Inducted: 1996 According to no less an authority than the RIAA, Boyz II Men are the most commercially successful R&B group of all time. They've sold ludicrous numbers of records and been involved in three of the longest-running number-one pop singles in history, and they've done it as a unit of equals. In fact, their four-part harmonies blend so smoothly that most of the general public would be hard pressed to name any of the group's individual members. And that's no reflection on their skill as singers; Boyz II Men were among the first male urban soul artists to adopt the sort of hyper-technical melodic embellishments that were popularized by virtuosic divas like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Their early music was indebted to new jack swing, but the group quickly found their fortè in lush, soulful ballads, where their harmonies could be showcased to greatest effect. Boyz II Men may never duplicate their incredible run of success during the first half of the '90s, but that's a near-impossible task for anyone, even with the broad-based appeal of their clean-cut romantic image. Boyz II Men were formed in 1988 at Philadelphia's High School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Founding members Nathan Morris and Marc Nelson had been singing together for several years, but had trouble keeping a group together simply due to members graduating. Things finally stabilized when they hooked up with Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and bass vocalist Michael McCary; calling themselves Unique Attraction, the quintet performed a well-received Valentine's Day show for their school, and developed a repertoire that leaned heavily on New Edition songs (one of which, "Boys to Men," gave them their name). Their big break came in 1989, when they snuck backstage at a Bell Biv DeVoe concert and wowed group member Michael Bivins (also formerly of New Edition, and a budding music entrepreneur) with an a cappella version of New Edition's "Can You Stand the Rain." Bivins offered them a deal right there, but Nelson would not stick around to be part of it; personality conflicts led to his departure soon after (he later resurfaced as a member of Az Yet). Down to a quartet, Boyz II Men entered the studio to record their debut album, Cooleyhighharmony, for the legendary Motown Records. Backed by the new jack production then in vogue, they dubbed their sound "hip-hop doo wop," though as a vocal-harmony group they were more indebted to R&B of the '60s and '70s. Cooleyhighharmony was released in 1991, and its first single, the uptempo dance track "Motownphilly," rocketed up the charts, going Top Five pop and number one R&B on its way to platinum sales. The a cappella ballad "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," a cover of a song from the film Cooley High, also hit the pop Top Five and topped the R&B charts, and went gold. Meanwhile, the album won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Boyz II Men joined MC Hammer's Too Legit to Quit tour in 1992, but tragedy struck when tour manager Khalil Roundtree was shot and killed in Chicago; the group rededicated "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" to him. The tragedy notwithstanding, Boyz II Men had had an extremely auspicious beginning to their career. Still, nothing could have foreshadowed the group's Midas touch over the next few years. Briefly entering the studio in between concert gigs, Boyz II Men cut a smooth Babyface ballad called "End of the Road" for the soundtrack of the Eddie Murphy film Boomerang. Released as a single, it became not just a blockbuster, but one of the biggest hits in history; it spent 13 weeks at number one on the pop charts, an incredible run that broke the record of 11 weeks Elvis Presley had held ever since 1956 with the double-sided single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog." "End of the Road" won a slew of awards and cemented Boyz II Men's star status beyond any doubt; while crafting their next album during 1993, the group released a couple of placeholders: a Top Five cover of the Five Satins doo wop classic "In the Still of the Nite," from the TV-movie The Jacksons: An American Dream, and the holiday album Christmas Interpretations. (Also that year, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" broke "End of the Road"'s record with 14 weeks at number one.) The post-"End of the Road" buzz helped make Boyz II Men's next album, II, an instant smash when it arrived in 1994, even though it didn't include "End of the Road." Produced by the likes of Babyface and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, rather than Bivins (who wanted to concentrate on developing new artists), II debuted at number one on its way to sales of over 12-million copies. The first single, "I'll Make Love to You" (also penned by Babyface), raced up the charts and wound up tying Houston's short-lived record, with 14 weeks of its own at number one - a staggering feat in itself, made all the more amazing by the fact that the group had already set the record once. Moreover, the follow-up single "On Bended Knee" actually replaced "I'll Make Love to You" at number one for a six-week run of its own; only Elvis and the Beatles had ever replaced themselves at number one. "Thank You" was a relative flop, not quite making the pop Top 20, but "Water Runs Dry" returned them to the Top Five, falling one slot short of number one. Boyz II Men spent much of 1995 touring the U.S. and beyond in support of II, and also opened their own recording studio. They spent some time recording collaborations with other artists: Wanya Morris duetted with Brandy on the hit "Brokenhearted," and the whole group sang on Michael Jackson's "History" and LL Cool J's "Hey Lover." The biggest one, however, was a song done with Mariah Carey called "One Sweet Day." Featuring two of the biggest chart powerhouses in the industry, "One Sweet Day" was virtually a guaranteed blockbuster, and it went on to spend 16 weeks at number one on the pop charts, debuting there in December 1995; it was the third such record-setting single of Boyz II Men's career. Over the group's objections, Motown released a piece of cash-in product titled The Remix Collection in late 1995; in retaliation, Boyz signed a distribution deal with Sony, not Motown, for their new vanity label Stonecreek. It was the beginning of a souring relationship that only worsened upon the release of Boyz II Men's next album, Evolution, in 1997. The record started out strong, debuting at number one and sending "4 Seasons of Loneliness" to the same position on the singles charts; its Top Ten follow-up, "A Song for Mama," gave Boyz II Men their record-setting seventh platinum single. However, Motown was unable to throw its full promotional muscle behind the record (perhaps because of their transition to a new label president), meaning that Evolution didn't have nearly the shelf life of II, selling only two-million copies. It didn't help that critics were less than enthusiastic, questioning the album's title since the music itself was more of the same. The group was also forced to postpone parts of their supporting tour when Wanya Morris developed a benign polyp on his vocal cords. He recovered fully, though, and in early 1999, amid major record-company mergers, the group got their contract transferred from Motown to Universal. For their next album, the group assumed greater control over songwriting and production, handling a greater share of each by themselves. The resulting record, Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya, was released in 2000, and while it received better reviews than Evolution, it continued the group's downward commercial slide, only going gold and producing a smaller-scale hit in "Pass You By." The group subsequently signed with Arista Records. In summer 2002, Boyz II Men kept with their sophisticated approach for the aptly titled release Full Circle. Steve Huey, All Music Guide (allmusic.com)	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line648
__label__wiki	0.622092	0.622092	A long term game-plan for our cities It was in 1889 in the little town of Tenterfield that Henry Parkes had Australia’s best idea: instead of six colonies, why don’t we become one country and solve our problems together? Parkes thought one country could deliver a single defence force and a single railway gauge. Parkes, who became known as the Father of Federation, never lived to see his idea of a shared Commonwealth take form. While he might have imagined the Commonwealth of Australia would form in a little over a decade, he would not have imagined that it would take a further 116 years later to deliver the single railway gauge! The idea of all levels of government working together from the same game-plan is an old one in Australia. As the years have passed, addressing it has become more important than ever. Last Sunday we made a big step in answering it, with the first major City Deal. The Western Sydney City Deal, covering Australia’s fourth largest economy, puts federal, state and local governments on the same plane (pun intended) for planning, economic development, housing, jobs and community infrastructure. At the centre of the plan is the Western Sydney Airport, linked with a new rail line and detailed planning for future growth. The scope of the deal is significant. Instead of a haphazard approach to planning and economic development, we are seeing the three levels of government getting behind a single blueprint and making some substantial investments. The Property Council pioneered the idea of using City Deals in Australia to drive the economies of our cities. While we have welcomed the Launceston and Townsville deals signed to date, this is the first large scale City Deal. While there is always more to do, lots of detail to emerge and a few caveats about how the City Deal is to be implemented, we can be proud of the contribution we have made to seeding this idea across all levels of government. It’s a bright idea, and its time has come. To see all three levels of government put politics aside and work on the long term future of one of our major regions is inspiring. Let’s hope we see more of it in the future.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line654
__label__wiki	0.754761	0.754761	Pulse News Mexico News from Mexico and around the world A Dubious Future for Mexico’s PRI and PRD Political Parties Posted on May 8, 2019 September 9, 2020 by Ricardo CastilloIn Mexico, Opinion, Politics Photo: writersdigest.com By RICARDO CASTILLO Is there anything left for Mexico’s Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to celebrate now that they have been diagnosed as last-stage, end-of-life patients? Maybe not, other than the fact that in their deathbeds they are still desperately clinging to life. The stories of the two parties is extremely different, although their impending demises are similar. On Sunday, May 5, the PRD celebrated its 30th anniversary, while one day earlier, the PRI commemorated its 90th birthday. Both parties are now displaying the same symptoms of decay, despite their difference in age. But in order not to mix you up, let me talk about the political situations of each of these Mexican parties_ O Monday, May 6, a cartoonist at the leftist daily La Jornada published a drawing that may have left a lot of people laughing, but it must have surely rubbed a sore spot in those who still believe in birthday parties. The cartoon shows a coffin flanked by four candles and a text that reads: “Happy 30th Birthday PRD.” Ouch!!! On May 5, 1989, the PRD was born as the great hope of the Mexican left. Most of its militancy came from the rank and file of the old PRI. It was a splinter from the old system, which had by then embraced neoliberalism as its banner ideology, breaking away from the old standby practices of the Mexican Revolution of giving land and freedom to the poverty-stricken lower social classes. The PRD was brought to life by former presidential candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas who – now we know – was robbed of the 1988 election by former President Miguel de la Madrid, who ordered the vote count to be halted and declared the PRI’s Carlos Salinas de Gortari the winner. Among other founding stalwart members still around were current Chamber of Deputies President and party ideologist Porfirio Muñoz Ledo and Mexico’s current president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Of course, these two now belong to the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, and are happily playing undertaker to the PRD. But that was yesteryear. On May 5 at the PRD birthday gathering in Mexico City and in the few states where the party still enjoys registration, it was clear that the overriding philosophy was that either we go under or we stick around as a mere presence of a once-mighty political force. The party’s demise began on 2013, after AMLO lost his second presidential election and decided that it was not him what was the problem with PRD, but a group of leaders within the party who decided not to let him run for a third time after negotiations with then-President Enrique Peña Nieto. AMLO splintered from the PRD and formed his own Morena political movement, taking with him two-thirds of the PRD following. AMLO and Morena went on to win the 2018 presidential election. Another reason for the PRD’s demise was its leaders, who, instead of joining Morena – its ideologically akin to the party – opted to join the conservative – rightwing, if you will – National Action Party (PAN) and its 2018 presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya. In the election, the PRD got just 1.6 million votes, barely enough to survive and be left to live under the shadow of the PAN, which received 22 percent of the total vote. Today, the PRD has very little to show for itself in terms of a government presence: only one standing governor, Silvano Aureoles of Michoacán, 11 deputies and five senators in the National Congress. The PRD also has no party registration in 11 of the 32 Mexican states, and in the rest, it only has 62 state representatives, with one in nine states and none in eight others. It still, however, governs 263 (10 percent) of Mexican municipalities. Also, the PRD is financially broke, and after last year’s disastrous election, it had to lay off 175 of its 193 employees. It owes nearly 285 million pesos in back taxes and nearly 50 million in regular supply debts, including the rental of its headquarters on Calle Benjamin Franklin in Colonia Roma, which may have to vacate soon. PRD interim president Ángel Ávila Romero, however, believes there’s life after death and will continue with the dream of having a leftist Mexico. “It’s going to be hard work, but we admit and recognize that, given the failure of the neoliberal economic programs of the past 30 years, to renew the left is the only option we have left,” he said. The PRI forever? Maybe not At present, the Institutional Revolutionary Party is entering into quicksand terrain, which may mean its total disappearance if things don’t turn around for it soon. To begin with, the PRI has been abandoned by its leader and former president, Enrique Peña Nieto, whose dictatorship led the party into the boondocks it finds itself immersed in at present. After a six-year term of Peña Nieto appointments of now-failed leaders such as former Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Luis Videgaray and ex-presidential candidate José Antonio Meade, neither of whom was a militant (candidate Meade was not even a registered member), the PRI continues to skid into the precipice. Founded in 1929 as a political organization to make room for all the still-warring political groups that fought the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the PRI was fashioned after the one-party systems of Russia’s Communist Party and Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Party. This format served well until 1982, when the PRI began to erode. The rest is history. On May 6, Mexico’s National Political Council held a somewhat raucous meeting to outline how to carry out intramural party elections, something the members of the PRI never knew how to do since they had always performed by appointment rather than democracy. Originally, it was thought the National Electoral Institute (INE) would organize the upcoming Sept. 1 internal election, but the INE budgeted the cost of the primary at 230 million pesos and Peña Nieto not only abandoned the party, but also left it broke. One option for an election was that it would be organized by the party. However, under the leadership of Claudia Ruiz Massieu – former President Salinas’ niece – a primary would not be credible, since most people believe that it would be Salinas who would actually be running the election. And mind you, within the PRI internal circles, the name of Salinas is mud. There are currently four potential candidates for the PRI presidency – provided they can arrange for a national election, which is no piece of cake to organize. They are former Yucatan Governor Ivonne Ortega, former Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz, current Campeche Governor Alejandro Moreno and former National University dean and former Health Secretary José Narro. However, on the night of May 6, all four candidates backed by the now-scant National Political Council appealed to its membership to unite and carry out national elections through “direct consultation” of registered members. This approach may or may not work, but it is the only option for the PRI to stay afloat. The main question for everyone is, does the PRI still boast the 9 million registered members it said it had prior to the 2018 election? So, that’s the general outlook of the PRD and the PRI, which, if they don’t meet the January 2020 INE deadline to file the needed number of members, will not get to run candidates in the 2021 midterms elections to renew 500 federal deputies (representatives) and nearly 3,000 municipal mayors, plus 16 governors. From this pundit’s view of his political crystal ball, the offing looks extremely dubious for both the PRD and PRI, and that may mean byebye for both parties. 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__label__wiki	0.928579	0.928579	Marsupials and humans shared same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago Research published in Nature Genetics by a team of international scientists including the department of zoology at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a process involved in marsupial and human fetal development, which evolved 150 million years ago. "This paper shows that we share a common genetic imprinting mechanism which has been active for about 150 million years despite the differences in reproductive strategies between marsupials and humans," said Professor Geoffrey Shaw of the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, a coauthor on the paper. Professor Marilyn Renfree who lead the University of Melbourne research team says marsupials give birth to very small young that develop mainly within the pouch while humans have more developed young at birth that undergo a large period of growth in the uterus. "Our team provided vital samples and genetic resources from marsupials to enable this study and contributed our world-leading expertise on marsupial biology and genomics to the interpretation of the results," Professor Renfree said. Genomic imprinting is a mechanism that regulates gene expression in the developing fetus and plays a major role in regulating its growth. "We all carry two copies of every gene in our DNA, one inherited from our mother and one from our father. So for each gene we have a 'back-up'. Normally, both copies of the gene are used for development, but in some special cases the gene from either our mother or father is switched off, so we only have one active copy. This phenomenon is known as genomic imprinting," explained Dr Andrew Pask also from the Department of Zoology. "Because there is no back up copy, when errors occur in this process, it results in many human genetic diseases mainly affecting growth and brain function." Pask explains that a key gene regulating fetal growth is the Insulin-like-growth-factor-2 or IGF2 which is an imprinted gene. "We inherit a single working copy of this gene from our fathers, while the copy we inherit from our mothers is switched off. The switch for this gene is controlled by another gene known as H19. The H19 gene is unusual gene that makes a microRNA and not a protein." "MicroRNA genes have been sought in marsupials for years, and now for the first time one has been discovered," Dr Pask said. Pask explains that the microRNA structure is virtually identical to that of mice and humans, but there was no evidence of this gene or a similar microRNA in the more distantly related platypus. The study was a large team effort involving researchers in the UK, from the Babraham Institute, the University of Manchester, the Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, in Australia, from the University of Melbourne, and the USA, from the University of Texas at San Antonio (all part of the Sequence Analysis of Vertebrate Orthologous Imprinted Regions 'SAVOIR' consortium). "Understanding how genetic imprinting evolved is important," said Dr Shaw, "It helps us to determine how the mechanism works and what we can do to avoid the development of a number of human diseases." Scientists identify new genes related to congenital hydrocephalus Citation: Marsupials and humans shared same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago (2008, July 15) retrieved 16 January 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2008-07-marsupials-humans-genetic-imprinting-million.html Study finds 1 in 8 patients with cancer harbor inherited genetic mutations Lion genetics study uncovers major consequences of habitat fragmentation Unraveling the genetic determinants of small vessel vasculitis Breakdown of gene coordination during aging suggests a substantial challenge to longevity Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities X-rays surrounding 'Magnificent 7' may be traces of sought-after particle	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line657
__label__wiki	0.723046	0.723046	Simon Young on Rethinking the Process of Political Reform (HKLJ) "Rethinking the Process of Political Reform in Hong Kong" Simon NM Young Hong Kong Law Journal August 2015, Vol. 25, Part 2, pp 381-388 In a historic vote on 18 June 2015, the Hong Kong government failed to obtain the support of two-third of all 70 Legislative Council (LegCo) members for its proposal on universal suffrage of the chief executive. Had the proposal been passed, the chief executive would have been elected by up to five million eligible voters in 2017. Ironically, all 27 pan-democrat legislators voted against the proposal, as was expected for many months. They objected to the restrictions imposed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) in its 31 August 2014 decision. In their view, the restrictions were incompatible with genuine universal suffrage because they effectively enabled the central government to choose two to three chief executive candidates. In an unexpected blunder, only eight pro-establishment legislators remained in the chamber to vote in favour of the proposal; the other 31 left at the last minute hoping to trigger a delay to buy time for a fellow legislator (Mr Lau Wong-fat), who was stuck in traffic, to arrive and cast his vote. Unfortunately, the plan was not communicated well to those who remained in the chamber. Four days after the reform vote, pan-democratic legislator, Mr Ronny Tong, announced his resignation from both the Civic Party and LegCo in order to start a middle of the road think tank known as “Path of Democracy”. A process of reform, which began in December 2013, ended in great disappointment for everyone. With the reform proposal rejected, the chief executive will continue to be nominated and selected by a 1200-person election committee, at least until 2022, and the earliest possible year for realising full universal suffrage of the legislature will be 2024, if not 2028. Many reasons have been given for why the reform efforts failed, eg the lack of mutual trust between the pan-democrat legislators and the central government, the hard-line approach adopted by the central and Hong Kong governments allowing for no compromise or negotiations, the 79-day Occupy Central protests and perceived interference by foreign governments strengthening Beijing’s resolve to adopt a conservative approach to protect national interests, the uncompromising principled position of the pan-democrat legislators, the central government’s indifference to Hong Kong universal suffrage despite outward appearances to the contrary and so on. Little attention, however, has been paid to how the process of reform may have contributed to the demise of the reform enterprise itself. No public consultation on the process preceded the public consultation on substantive reform proposals in late 2013. Indeed, surprisingly few questioned the process adopted by the government. It is argued here that the nature and significance of the reform exercise deserved a more participatory process than the one adopted, ie one that involved more meaningful contributions from the public at important moments in the process. The quality of a participatory process should not be measured solely by the numbers of meetings held with or submissions received from members of the public. Receiving meaningful contributions at important moments means that the public is consulted initially not only on reform issues but also on draft reform proposals before they are finalised. It also means that the relevant reform bodies should include membership from independent individuals, whether as experts or representatives of the public. The Hong Kong government should also have consulted and secured agreement with legislators on the process of reform before commencing the reform exercise. If the stakeholders agreed at the outset that the process to be followed would be fair and transparent, it would be more likely that they would accept the outcome from that process... Click here to download the article. Labels: HKLJ, political reform, Simon Young, universal suffrage Michael Tilbury Interview on Post-Obligations VII	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line660
__label__wiki	0.633425	0.633425	HomeNoStringsEast Africa Advocates boycott African human rights conference in Egypt 0 May 16, 2019 2:43 pm Repression of LGBT rights defenders marred the recently held session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. From the African Human Rights Media Network Many human rights defenders boycotted the April-May 2019 session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Photo by Steeves Winner) By Steeves Winner The 64th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, was a sad time for the African continent’s human rights body. Logo of the Coalition of African Lesbians Human rights defenders boycotted the session to express their dissatisfaction with the commission’s decision to cancel the observer status it had previously granted to the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL). Many defenders also objected to the homophobia and hostility to human rights that are prevalent in Egypt, which is currently taking its turn as the leader of the African Union. At the ACHPR’s previous session, held in Banjul-Gambia in October 2018, the commission’s independence was thrown into question after it bowed to political pressure by canceling the observer status of CAL. That decision, which had been encouraged by the current head of the African Union, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, shocked human rights defenders. The large community of human rights defenders, especially advocates for LGBTI people, had decided to boycott the April 24-May 14 session of the ACHPR in Egypt unless CAL’s status was reviewed. Some LGBTI rights advocates who decided to attend were stymied when Egypt refused to issue visas to them. Those who did attend encountered Egypt’s repression of both local and foreign human rights defenders. Egyptian police under orders from the government violently removed some human rights defenders from a plane heading toward the Sharm El Sheikh conference. No Egyptian human rights defenders could been seen during the session. Other defenders were denied badges to enter the conference room to share their frustration, as reported by a judge of the African Court of Human Rights who decried such hostile and irregular behavior by the Egyptian state. Overall, the 64th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights was a misfortune for human rights and even more so for defenders of LGBTI people in Africa. Steeves Winner, the author of this article, is an activist for LGBTI rights in Cameroon who writes under a pseudonym. Contact him at steeves.w@yahoo.com. Related articles about the rejection of CAL: African human rights body must set a better example ( November 2018, 76crimes.com) African Union seeks to shackle human rights watchdog (October 2018, 76crimes.com) Earlier articles: Progress toward defending sexual minorities in Africa (June 2017, 76crimes.com) Historic meeting from Africa, Americas: End anti-LGBTI attacks (April 2016, 76crimes.com) Human rights defenders urge respect for LGBTI Africans (May 2015, 76crimes.com) African Commission backs LGBT rights (May 2014, 76crimes.com) African Commission to promote LGBTI interests (November 2014, 76crimes.com) Africa - 76crimes 117 East Africa 193 North Africa 35 NoStrings 206 West Africa 160 Abdel Fatah al-Sisi 1 ACHPR 2 African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 2 African Union 1 CAL 1 Sisi 3 Victory for gay rights in Tunisia U.N. experts to Tunisia: Don’t shut down Shams	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line666
__label__wiki	0.587411	0.587411	Proof That Love And Space Don’t Mix Or Alternately What’s In The Tang These Days? The lovesick, deranged astronaut story just gets more and more fascinating as the details continue to come out (emphasis mine): “Hiding her face from the cameras, astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to Texas on Wednesday, a day after being charged in Florida with trying to murder the woman she believed was her romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot’s affections. …Nowak was charged in Orlando on Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder, attempted kidnapping and three other crimes stemming from what police described as a love triangle involving a fellow astronaut. She was released on bail but ordered to stay away from the other woman and to wear a monitoring device. …Her arrest was a remarkable downfall for a woman whose life seemed to be on a perfect trajectory until a few months ago. Nowak became an astronaut after winning a series of Navy service awards. She had flown on the shuttle Discovery, and was a mother of three children. She said in a September interview with Ladies Home Journal that her husband, Richard, “works in Mission Control, so he’s part of the whole space business, too. And supportive also.” …Police charged Nowak with attempting to murder Colleen Shipman based on weapons and other items found with Nowak or in her car: pepper spray, a BB-gun, a new steel mallet, knife and rubber tubing. …Nowak posted $25,500 bail Tuesday evening, and NASA put her on a 30-day leave and removed her from mission activities. In court Tuesday in Florida, Shipman filed a request for a protective order against Nowak, asking that Nowak be prohibited from going within 500 feet of her. In the handwritten request, she described Nowak as “acquaintance of boyfriend,” but did not identify the man. She said Nowak had stalked her for two months. Nowak and Oefelein (OH’-fuh-line), who both live in the Houston area, had trained together as astronauts, but never flew into space together. Shipman works at Patrick Air Force Base near Kennedy Space Center. Earlier, Nowak was quoted by police as saying she and Oefelein had something “more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship.” Police found a letter in Nowak’s car, however, that “indicated how much Mrs. Nowak loved Mr. Oefelein,” an arrest affidavit said. And Nowak had copies of e-mails between Shipman and Oefelein. …Nowak, accustomed to wearing astronaut diapers during the space shuttle’s launch and return to Earth, wore them on the drive from Houston so she would not have to make bathroom stops as she raced to confront Shipman at the Orlando International Airport, police said. Then, according to police, Nowak donned a wig and trench coat, boarded an airport shuttle bus with Shipman and followed her to her car. Crying, Nowak sprayed a chemical into the car. Shipman drove to a parking lot booth for help.” So, we had a crazy astronaut with a diaper full of pee apparently planning to kidnap a woman who was dating a guy she had a crush on and then, once she got her alone somewhere, she was going to use the steel mallet and knife on her. After that, she was going to — what — bury her alive with only a tube to breath through? Not being a sociopath who plans out horrible things to do to people involving rubber tubing, I’m just taking a best guess there, so maybe I’m missing something. One of the details here that I find fascinating is that the article said that crazy astronaut lady and Oefelein had, “more than a working relationship, but less than a romantic relationship.” Does that mean they hooked up once or that the guy went to lunch with her a couple of times at Chi-Chis? Either way, can you believe they let this nutjob loose on bond? I mean, we’re not just talking about a run of the mill nutjob who thinks that Bush blew up the World Trade Center so he’d have an excuse to invade Afghanistan in order to takeover their profitable rug industry, we’re talking about a “I’m going to stab you over and over again for glancing at the man I love” nutjob. PS: When does Nowak declare that she should be let off because the alcohol made her do it and that won’t be a problem anymore because she’s going to a treatment center? Hey, it worked for Mel Gibson and Gavin Newsom. In fact, it’s almost enough to make me want to start drinking. You know, so in case something like this happens, I’ll be prepared: “Police Officer: You pushed that hippie with the Bush = Hitler sign in front of a bus. What’s wrong with you, man? John Hawkins: Come on, you telling me you’ve never wanted to push a hippie in front of a bus? Police Officer: Are you kidding me? Of course, I did. The first words out of my mouth after I saw you do it was, “Wow, that is the coolest thing I’ve seen all year,” and…wait a second, it’s still illegal, buddy. John Hawkins: Gosh, you’re right. I – I – I guess it was the alcohol that made me do it. I think this is the final event that will push me to get treatment. Police Officer: Oh, so you were drunk when you tried to murder that hippie and you want to get help? Well, that’s an entirely different matter. You’re free to go! John Hawkins: Thank you, officer! I’m heading over to the clinic right now and I promise never to drink half of a beer again for the rest of my life! PS #2: Of course, I’m not endorsing pushing hippies in front of a bus — I was just kidding. I mean, with a police officer right there? Come on, I’m smarter than that ;D	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line667
__label__cc	0.558357	0.441643	Decision Intelligence in 2021: In-Depth guide for businesses Source: PBS The unpredictability of the outcomes in today’s decision models often arises from the inability to capture the uncertainty factors linked to these models’ “behavior” in a business context. By introducing machine learning algorithms to decision-making processes, a new field called “decision intelligence” is emerging to create strong decision models in a wide range of processes. What is decision intelligence? How do intelligent decision models work? Contextualize What are the different types of decision models? Human-based Decisions Machine-based Decisions Hybrid Decisions What are the principles for sustainable decision models? What are the main benefits? How will decision intelligence evolve in the future? What are the example case studies demonstrating modern decision intelligence? Logistics Optimization Discovering Cause-and-Effect Links What are the leading vendors in decision intelligence? Decision intelligence is a trending field that contains a range of decision-making methods to design, model, align, execute, and track decision models and processes. The implementation offers a structure for organizational decision-making and processes with the integration of machine learning algorithms. The main idea is that decisions are based on our perception of how actions lead to outcomes. Here is Wikipedia’s definition of decision intelligence: Decision intelligence is a discipline for analyzing this chain of cause and effect, and decision modeling is a visual language for representing these chains. Decision intelligence is a field that also includes decision management and decision support, as well as methods like descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics. Businesses have complicated adaptive systems. Unsuccessful outcomes often arise from the discrepancies between the sophistication of organizational decision-making practices and the complexity of the situations in which those decisions need to be taken. By following the steps below, intelligent decision models aim to help businesses for profitable decision making. The models start with collecting all relevant information. This data can be historical, transactional, sensory, behavioral, attitudinal, structured, unstructured, transient or persistent, external, or internal to businesses. Any piece of information can help for reconstructing the outcome, informing other impacted mechanisms, or improving processes. With all the collected data, models bring a clear understanding of the situation and construct possible actions. This step includes the generation of alternative actions by considering existing business capabilities. These actions must explain causalities that lead to alternative scenarios because businesses can’t always foresee the complete picture during decision processes. Considering the decision time, the model might run out of options due to the high complexity of the situation. Emerging techniques benefiting game theory methods, sophisticated system modeling, and dynamic agent-based collaboration methods help address the blind spots of the model. The idea is to provide the decision-maker with a range of executable actions that can be implemented quickly. In the end, the decision model chooses and takes a particular action. After execution, this part is also responsible for measuring the impact of the taken action to improve the model. There are three primary levels of decision models: In these decision models, AI systems provide insights and data visualization for humans. However, it is not directly connected to the decision processes, and humans make decisions. AI systems make decisions independently in this type of model. While it can be argued that humans are still at the base of autonomous systems, AI systems can develop behaviors that are not predicted by their programmers (apart from programming errors). Examples of machine-based decisions can be swarm networks and their evolving practices. Both humans and AI systems work together to achieve an outcome. This decision model can make recommendations or even take action for humans. The proportion of the decision-making process handled by either humans or machines can vary widely, but the collaboration of AI systems and humans provides the basis of the outcome. According to Gartner, sustainable decision models must fulfill the following three principles: Every decision should contribute, directly or indirectly, to the outcome. For example, in customer relationships, relevance is often connected with the optimal action that can be taken to obtain, retain, or extend customer relationships. The growing popularity of machine learning techniques brings the tradeoff between using accuracy and explainability. Businesses can prefer using black-box models at the price of understanding how these models work. Decision traceability, intelligibility, and explicit dependencies are vital for business stakeholders, customers, and regulatory approvals. Ensuring the stability of decisions in the light of complex and continuously evolving processes is essential to their reliability. By stability, we refer to the ability to detect harmful biases and security breaches while being able to fail gracefully when encountering uncertain situations. The main benefits include: Making more accurate decisions that provide better outcomes Making faster decisions Eliminating errors like biases Accommodating the benefits of human judgments like intuitions When businesses have reliable data analyses, recommendations, and follow-ups through AI systems, they make better decisions. The reason for integrating AI systems in businesses relies on the growing amount of available data. Gartner indicates that we will have 800% more data by the end of 2020, and 80% of this is unstructured data that consists of images, emails, voice records, etc. While the human force wouldn’t be able to process all this data, decision intelligence is a solution to handle this increase by the help of improving machine learning algorithms. As human intuition in the decision-making process wouldn’t be eliminated, machine learning algorithms will provide valuable insights and support. In the future, decision intelligence might impact businesses in two different ways: With higher computational power, AI systems can support managers to make fast, informed, and accurate decisions by offering the most profitable options. AI agents can make decisions on their own, with the attributes and capabilities of a person running a department. Decision intelligence solutions can be implemented in a wide range of use cases under different industries. Decision intelligence incorporates both human and machine contributions to arrive at optimal decisions. However, it is hard to identify case studies that incorporate this since most case studies are published by software vendors and highlight how software contributes to better real-time decision making. That is why these case studies focus on machines making real-time decisions: Because bulk tankers are specialized in a small set of products, shippers need to contact small logistic providers to handle their transportation needs, and this situation causes higher supplier management costs for the company. By using IBM’s Hybrid Cloud solution, this leading bulk tanker transportation company decided to optimize truck routes in real-time. As a result, it eliminated miles of unnecessary driving and saved millions of dollars. Red Eléctrica de España, the Canary Islands’ electricity company, needs to balance supply and demand for electricity while integrating renewable energy sources like wind and solar power into their production systems. The company decides to use IBM’s Hybrid Cloud solution for electricity demand forecasting and optimize their electricity production. As a result, electricity demand forecasts are done much faster with higher accuracy levels. A banking company with locations in 53 countries needed to upgrade its telecommunication technology. However, it seems highly costly because an action taken in one database has consequences on another one, and the company can’t easily connect these cause-and-effect chain links. With a decision intelligence solution, the company gained an understanding of these chains of events and minimized their costs while upgrading its telecommunication technology. Although most solutions are provided by AI, Business Intelligence, and Cloud Computing vendors, we can present a shortlist of vendors that can provide decision intelligence solutions for your business. Busigence IBM Hybrid Cloud Quantellia Urbint If you have questions on decision intelligence tools, feel free to contact us: Let us find the right vendor for your business How can we do better? Your feedback is valuable. We will do our best to improve our work based on it. Cem Dilmegani Cem founded AIMultiple in 2017. Throughout his career, he served as a tech consultant, tech buyer and tech entrepreneur. He advised enterprises on their technology decisions at McKinsey & Company and Altman Solon for more than a decade. During his secondment, he led the technology strategy of a regional telco while reporting to the CEO. He has also led commercial growth of AI companies that reached from 0 to 7 figure revenues within months. 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__label__cc	0.719427	0.280573	Cameron Todd Willingham, by Ken Light September 5, 2009 in Documentary, Photojournalism \| Tags: Cameron Todd Willingham, Ken Light, New Yorker Cameron Todd Willingham in his cell on death row, in 1994. He insisted upon his innocence in the deaths of his children and refused an offer to plead guilty in return for a life sentence. © Ken Light. Read the The New Yorker‘s article Trial by Fire about Cameron Todd Willingham, which asks, “Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?” Ken Light photographed Willingham fifteen years ago in his death row cell. Willingham was accused of setting his house alight while his three children slept inside, tried for arson and murder, found guilty and sentenced to death. He always professed his innocence. Willingham was executed on February 17th, 2004. Before and since his execution, evidence supporting his conviction has been brought into question. Eye-witness testimonies conflicted and the fire forensics for the case are considered unreliable. Recently, I spoke with Ken Light about his Texas Death Row. The New Yorker only had one photographer to turn to for an image of the incarcerated Willingham. Without Texas Death Row (1994), we would have precious little photographic record of the lives and experiences of Texas’ institutions for the condemned. THIS detail from Trump's incitement speech was always the thing. "At the rally, [...] Trump said he would march to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 11 minutes ago Amerikkka. In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism. 'A Night A… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 11 hours ago RT @steadbureau: Amazing resource, fab portraits. 13 hours ago If you are shocked that Texas executed a person who was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, then join us in Austin at the Texas Capitol on October 24, 2009 for the 10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. http://marchforabolition.org At the 7th Annual March in 2006, the family of Todd Willingham attended and delivered a letter to Governor Perry that said in part: “We are the family of Cameron Todd Willingham. Our names are Eugenia Willingham, Trina Willingham Quinton and Joshua Easley. Todd was an innocent person executed by Texas on February 17, 2004. We have come to Austin today from Ardmore, Oklahoma to stand outside the Texas Governor’s Mansion and attempt to deliver this letter to you in person, because we want to make sure that you know about Todd’s innocence and to urge you to stop executions in Texas and determine why innocent people are being executed in Texas.” “Please ensure that no other family suffers the tragedy of seeing one of their loved ones wrongfully executed. Please enact a moratorium on executions and create a special blue ribbon commission to study the administration of the death penalty in Texas. A moratorium will ensure that no other innocent people are executed while the system is being studied and reforms implemented.” Unbelievable! And we are to believe that no other innocents have been and will yet be killed… yeah… I’m sure everyone on death row is innocent I think many people on death row are guilty. In some cases not for crimes they were sentenced for. I think others are innocent. Please, visit the Innocent Project archives to see the 100s of men who have been released from death row because the evidence in the original trial was false. The Marshall Project Launches with Attitude, Quirks, Stats and a Focus on the Death Penalty \| Prison Photography […] corrections in West Virginia; and Maurice Possley recovered and uncovered the startling facts of Cameron Todd Willingham‘s wrongful conviction and […] Kim Rushing’s Brief Step Back In Time at Parchman Penitentiary, Mississippi \| Prison Photography […] in terms of predictable moments, I cannot help but think of Ken Light’s portrait of Cameron Todd Willingham in Texas from 1994, when I view Rushing’s photo of Kevin Pack […] « Back Soon Prison Health Reporting at Spot.Us »	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line680
__label__cc	0.598389	0.401611	SAT: Important Facts And Information SAT also known as the Scholastic Assessment Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test used widely in the U.S. and many other countries for college admissions. SAT was introduced in 1926. Over the years, the name and scoring has changed from the original Scholastic Aptitude Test to Scholastic Assessment Test and then SAT reasoning test and finally; SAT which has stuck to date. Dragon Images/Shutterstock.com The SAT is owned & published by a private non-profit U.S. organization known as the College Board. The SAT is however developed and administered by the ETS (Educational Testing Service) on behalf of the College Board. The main aim of the SAT is assessing student readiness for college. The current SAT was introduced in 2005. It takes three hours and forty five minutes to finish the current SAT. The cost is $51 in the U.S. and $91 internationally excluding late fees. The SAT score range is 600 to 2400. The score combines results from 3 sections i.e. mathematics, critical reading and writing sections which all have a maximum score of 800 each. It is important to note that SAT doesn’t mirror the high school curriculum. The test also doesn’t measure raw verbal and mathematical abilities. The SAT is simply interested in measuring how well a person takes the test. It is also important to note that the test is compulsory before you can gain admission in most universities in the U.S. SAT function According to The College Board, SAT measures writing skills and literacy needed to succeed in college. The test is simply meant to assess how well SAT takers analyze as well as solve problems. The test usually has a tight time limit to produce variable scores based on speed. As a result, it is possible for brilliant students to get average scores if they are slow test takers. The College Board goes further to state that the test alongside a high school GPA (Grade Point Average) offers a better indication of college success as opposed to using high school grades only. Numerous studies done on the SAT indicate that the score offers a better indication of college success than using high school grades only because of differences in grading, curricula, funding and difficulty among many high schools in the U.S. The differences are due to local control, U.S. federalism as well as the prevalence of distance, private and home schooled students. SAT structure As mentioned above, SAT is made up of 3 main sections, namely critical reading, mathematics and writing. Each of these sections receives a 200-800 score. Each of the 3 main sub-sections is divided into 10 sub-sections. There is also an additional experimental or equating section that can be included in any of the 3 major sections. The experimental or equating section is aimed at normalizing questions for future SAT administrations and doesn’t count when the final score is being calculated. SAT questions vary in difficulty, i.e. from easy, to medium and then hard depending on scores from the test’s experimental sections. Easy questions usually appear at the beginning while hard questions appear towards the end. It is however important to note that this can vary. Lee Wei is an English teacher from Bangkok, Thailand. For information about SAT in Bangkok, visit www.languageexpress.co.th/en/sat/ Business · Education What Commercial Door is Best? What to Consider When Choosing a Career in Healthcare Are You Properly Addressing Your Business Expenses? Does Your Warehouse Fit the Bill? How to Keep Your Sewer Pipes in Good Shape Why The Place Is Crucial When Organising A Conference Composites Are Taking Off Different types of Light Bulbs What To Consider When Renting Office Space Advice On Best Ways To Buy Twitter Followers The Most Amazing Directory Script Themes To The Toast Of Sony: Sony Xperia z6 4 Counterintuitive Tips About How To Care For Your Face Omega Watches: The History Behind Moonwatch Series Saving Energy In Your Business 5 Must-Visit Historic Landmarks Of Birmingham Presenting A Business Or Products To Potential Clients	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line683
__label__cc	0.636375	0.363625	Quotes Of The Day: Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy Vs. Soldier Patrick Murphy “We are really making a difference here in Baghdad. These people haven’t had a sense of justice in such a long time. We’re rebuilding schools and parks, and I am working with the Baghdad judiciary on rebuilding their court system… For those of us who joined the legal profession to make a difference, this sure is the place.” — Captain Patrick Murphy, Widener University School of Law Magazine, Fall 2004. “I served in Baghdad from June of 2003 to January of 2004, walking in my own combat boots, I saw firsthand this administration’s failed policy in Iraq.” — Rep. Patrick Murphy, 2/13/07	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line684
__label__cc	0.537395	0.462605	The... (JYJ EP) List of 6teen episodes The is the only definite article in English, denoting person(s) or thing(s) already mentioned, under discussion, implied, or otherwise presumed familiar to the listener or reader. The is the most commonly used word in the English language, accounting for 7% of all words. "The" can be used with both singular and plural nouns, with nouns of any gender, and with nouns that start with any letter. This is different from many other languages which have different articles for different genders and/or numbers. The is pronounced two ways. In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as /ðə/ (with the voiced dental fricative /ð/ followed by schwa) when followed by a consonant sound. In many dialects, including Received Pronunciation, the pronunciation [ði] is used before words that begin with vowel sounds. The emphatic form of the word is /ðiː/ (like thee). In some Northern England dialects of English, the is pronounced [t̪ə] (with a dental t) or as a glottal stop, usually written in eye dialect as ⟨t⟩; in some dialects it reduces to nothing. This is known as definite article reduction. In dialects that do not have the voiced dental fricative /ð/, the is pronounced with the voiced dental plosive, as in /d̪ə/ or /d̪iː/). This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/The The... is the debut extended play by South Korean boyband JYJ (then using the name Junsu/Jejung/Yuchun), a group formed of three of the five members of TVXQ. It was released in Japanese language under Rhythm Zone, the band's former Japanese label as a part of TVXQ. The release was commercially successful, reaching number one on Oricon's weekly albums chart. The DVD featured rehearsal footage for their Thanksgiving Live in Dome concerts. Individual song charting Prior to the album's release, the Thanksgiving Live in Dome live versions of the four tracks were released as digital downloads. During this release, the songs charted on RIAJ's Digital Track Chart, with "W" ranking at #19, "Itsudatte Kimi ni" at #20, "Get Ready at #66 and "Long Way" at #80. When the studio versions of the songs were released in September as digital downloads, "Itsudatte Kimi ni" peaked at #35 and "W" at #48, however the other two songs or the remixes did not chart. Chart rankings Reported sales and certifications This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/The..._(JYJ_EP) This is an episode list for the Canadian animated television show 6teen. The show premiered on Teletoon November 7, 2004 and ended February 11, 2010. As of February 11, 2010, 91 episodes (plus 2 one-hour special episodes) of 6teen have been aired, 52 of which have been released on DVD. The first 13 episodes of Season One were also released in a DVD box set, 6teen: The Complete First Season, on November 13, 2007; however, the episodes on the DVD are not in the correct order. In the USA, 6teen Season 1 Volume 1, 6teen Dude Of The Living Dead, and 6teen Deck The Mall have been released in 2009. Season 1: 2004–05 This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/List_of_6teen_episodes savethebirdsandthebees.com thepowerofthebodytorepair.com ontheflooroftheexchange.com thepowerofthemind.org thefreedomofthepress.com thelionandtheunicorn.org thepowerofthemind.net journeytothecentreoftheearth.net thefreedomofthepress.org journeytothecentreoftheearth.org thelostarkofthecovenant.com	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line686
__label__wiki	0.878638	0.878638	Days of Our Lives characters (1980s) Henderson may refer to: People, families Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan Ella Henderson, a British Singer Henderson, Buenos Aires, the district capital of Hipolito Yrigoyen Partido Henderson, Western Australia Henderson, New Zealand Henderson (New Zealand electorate), former parliamentary electorate Henderson, California Henderson, Humboldt County, California Henderson, San Mateo County, California Henderson, Tulare County, California Henderson, Colorado Henderson, Georgia Henderson, Illinois Henderson, Indiana Henderson, Iowa Henderson, Kentucky Henderson, Louisiana Henderson, Maryland Henderson, Michigan Henderson, Minnesota Henderson, Nebraska Henderson, New York Henderson, Tennessee Henderson, Texas Henderson, West Virginia This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Henderson A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1, 1980, and the end of 1989. Jessica Blake Fallon Jessica Blake Fallon is a fictional character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives. She was played by Jean Bruce Scott from April 30, 1980. Scott departed from the series on November 9, 1982. In August 2012, it was announced that Scott would return to the show after nearly a thirty-year absence, airing on August 31 till September 6, 2012. The character of Jessica is the daughter of Marie Horton and Alex Marshall, granddaughter of Tom and Alice Horton and mother of recent character, Nick Fallon. Jessica suffers from dissociative identity disorder, one of her alters, Angelica, terrorized her mother while the other one Angel became involved with Jake Kositchek, who would later be known as the Salem Strangler, a serial killer. Angel and Jake ran off to Las Vegas to elope, but Jessica came to and called Alex. Marie and Alex rushed to Vegas and stopped the wedding just in the nick of time. Jessica fell apart and was hospitalized. This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Days_of_Our_Lives_characters_(1980s) Henderson, officially the City of Henderson, is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is the second largest city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with an estimated population of 270,811 in 2013. The city is part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which spans the entire Las Vegas Valley. Henderson occupies the southeastern end of the valley, at an elevation of approximately 1,330 feet (410 m). In 2011, Forbes magazine ranked Henderson as America's second safest city. It has also been named as "One of the Best Cities to Live in America" by Bloomberg Businessweek. In 2014, Henderson was again ranked as one of the Top 10 "Safest Cities in the United States" by the FBI Uniform Crime Report. The township of Henderson first emerged in the 1940s during World War II with the building of the Basic Magnesium Plant. Henderson quickly became a main supplier of magnesium in the United States, which was called the "miracle metal" of World War II. The plant supplied the US War Department with magnesium for incendiary munition casings and airplane engines, frames, and other parts. A quarter of all US wartime magnesium came from the Henderson Plant to strengthen aluminium, using 25% of Hoover Dam's power to separate the metal from its ore by electrolysis. Mayor Jim Gibson's grandfather, Fred D. Gibson, was one of the original engineers sent to Great Britain to learn the secret of creating the "miracle metal" which would eventually help the United States and its allies win the war. This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Henderson,_Nevada ajxc.com hendersonantiques.com ajfeeley.org hendersontrust.com radiohenderson.com ajbaker.net ajmuste.net ajprice.org ajreed.org ajpotter.org minaj.org ajbuckley.org	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line687
__label__wiki	0.949747	0.949747	Nutshell (band) In Your Eyes (2010 film) In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel song) Nutshell were a British Christian musical group, active from the early 1970s up to 1981. The band were originally called 'Jesus Revolution', and the members were Paul Field, Heather Barlow and Pam Thiele (née May). They had changed the name by the time of their first release, In Your Eyes (1976). The following year they released their second LP, Flyaway (1977). After the second LP had been released Barlow and Thiele left the group, and Field began with two new female vocalists, Annie McCaig and Mo McCafferty. They released two further LPs, Begin Again (1978) and Believe it or Not (1979). After the release of Believe it or Not, the band changed its name to Network 3 and released two singles, "Last Train Home" (1980) and "Dangerous Game" (1981), both of which were produced by Cliff Richard and featured his backing vocals. The band broke up after this, and a Best of Nutshell LP was released in 1981. Whilst Barlow and Thiele left the music business, Field built up a successful career as a solo singer, songwriter and producer. McCaig and McCafferty also remained in the music business, providing backing vocals for numerous artists. This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Nutshell_(band) In Your Eyes is a 2010 Filipino romantic drama film produced and released by Viva Films and GMA Films. The film is set to premiere on August 18, 2010. Ciara (Claudine Barretto) is a senior physical therapist who works for a rehabilitation center in the United States. She has devoted her entire life to her younger sister Julia (Anne Curtis) who was left in her care after the untimely demise of their parents. After 8 years of separation, Ciara and Julia reunite when the latter acquires her student visa. Storm (Richard Gutierrez), Julia's boyfriend who earns a living as a freelance photographer, joins Julia despite the lack of a definite plan. In a desperate move for Storm to gain immigrant status, Julia asks Storm to enter into an arranged marriage with Ciara, who is already an American citizen. As Storm struggles to find his place in a foreign land, Julia works hard to chase after her own dream of finishing school, causing the two of them to drift apart. Meanwhile, time spent together led to an unexpected love affair between Ciara and Storm. When Julia learns about this, Ciara decides to break up with Storm and give up her happiness, like she did so many times before. This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/In_Your_Eyes_(2010_film) "In Your Eyes" is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So, with Youssou N'Dour singing some choruses translated into his native Wolof. The track was the main-theme song of the 1989 teen drama film Say Anything... starring Ione Skye and John Cusack. The single was released in North America as the third single from "So" in the U.S., the song achieved strong radio airplay and a constant MTV rotation. It reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks on September, 13 of the same year, it also peaked #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1986. It was not released as a single in the UK. However, Gabriel did release two extended versions of the song as a 12" vinyl single in the US. The first (the Single Mix) ran 6:15. The second (the Special Mix) ran 7:14. In Australia, "In Your Eyes" peaked at #97 in November 1986. The song was the finale of the Secret World Tour and is the final track on the 1994 Secret World Live album, where it is over 11 minutes long and includes the extra lyrics from the Special Mix, in addition to solos by the other singers and players. It was included on the U.S. version of his 2003 compilation Hit, but not on the European or Japanese versions. This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/In_Your_Eyes_(Peter_Gabriel_song) educationinyourownhands.com yourowneducation.com yourleisure.com fusioninyourblood.net inyourpage.com furtheryoursuccess.com pitfallsinyourjourney.org flameinyourmind.com fusioninyourblood.org pitfallsinyour.com pitfallsinyourjourney.net pitfallsinyourjourney.com createyourownskateboard.com workisfollowingyourinterests.com yourtoptunes.com expandyourneuralconnection.com youremploymentinfo.com entertainyourdoctor.com 1xxxxxx.com	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line688
__label__cc	0.687091	0.312909	Discovering the Source of our Fears – Wounds to Wins Series For every emotional wound we hold on to, there is a fear associated with it. Sometimes we don’t realize where our fear stems from until we dig into our past to understand it, and decide not to place blame or make excuses for the broken people we are today. The song “fear is a liar” resonates with me often and usually reminds me I’m allowing fear to dictate my day. Nothing good comes from fear. And it really doesn’t change our circumstances. It changes our response and can lead to deeper consequences the longer we feed it. Anxiety, depression, and even suicide are rooted in fear. The seemingly contrary solution to this is to face our fears in order to get rid of them! Fear is a funny thing — you have to look it in the eye and say, “Go Away, you lying [best metaphor for pile of garbage you can think of]” and really, really mean it!! We can become stagnant in our life, not willing to take risks or steps of faith to pursue our purpose. Or we can give up on life completely. The movie “Joe Verses the Volcano” (starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, 1990 … a classic for sure and before I digress, I’m making a note to add this to my King Family Movie Shelf series). Anyway, the movie takes a somewhat humorous approach to this concept of facing our fears. But there is one line in the movie that has stuck with me for the over twenty-five years since the first time I watched it. Joe is talking to the first of two sisters, Angelica (both played by Meg Ryan) — who is contemplating ending her life in a matter-of-fact way, and he says… “Listen to me. If you have a choice between killing yourself and doing something you’re scared of doing, why not take the leap and do the thing you’re scared of doing?” So many things can die the longer we give in to the spirit of fear. Our physical bodies experience pain or illness. Our relationships become broken. Our ability to achieve our dreams is destroyed. Sometimes it seems easier or “safer” to act on fear instead of faith. But I’ve learned otherwise. And I desire to bring my own life’s testimony of overcoming my fears — an ongoing lifelong process by the way! — into the lives of the characters in my stories in order to bring hope and encouragement to my readers to not give up! There’s another song with a verse that says “I’m no longer a slave to fear. I am a child of God.” My identity in Christ is always a comfort once I recognize my emotions or thoughts are being ruled by fear. Translating this into a realistic and relative fashion for each of my very different female characters is much more challenging that my personal approach — which usually involves blasting my Christian music loud enough that I can’t hear myself singing and until I can feel the peace of God washing over me. For the purpose of fiction, while considering that two of the sisters are not women of faith at the beginning of the story, I’m attempting to take a more practical approach to them facing and recognizing the source of their fears. Fear comes in many forms, but can often be defined by its relation to a death of some sort. As James Scott Bell says, facing that death in an emotional or spiritual sense is where the character begins to experience the change (and victory over fear) required by the end of the story. In every fiction story, the main character must face their fear (potential physical or spiritual death) at some point, or there really isn’t a story. As a writer, I must understand what that fear is and where it comes from in order to properly develop my characters throughout my stories. Fictional Fear Sources For my WIP A Cord of Three each sister’s conflict is rooted in her greatest fear, and each fear is a type of death. A shared fear for them all is that their sisters will see them as failures — or the death of the image of success each desires to portray. Individualized Fears and Sources Ava fears the repeat of her own life as her teen daughter announces an unplanned pregnancy. It’s a 2-part death of sorts. The death of her daughter’s future as a university student, and the death of Ava’s independence and her plans for freedom and feeding her soul once her daughter is off at college. Basically everything she’s been working toward is about to die. She also has a deeper fear related to her history of being sexually violated, but that doesn’t surface until the next book in the series. SOURCE: Being raised by a single mom and knowing how hard it was to raise her own daughter. Rachel fears that her husband will die. This is also a 2-part fear — the physical death of her husband and the potential spiritual death of her sisters never coming to believe in God and receive Jesus as Savior if He allows her husband to die. She is also afraid of being able to provide for herself and her children since she has no work skills or understanding of how to manage their household finances. SOURCE: Again, stems from growing up with a single mom and no father figure. As the mother of four girls, this makes the fear even deeper. She knows how much her girls need their daddy and can’t imagine them growing up without him. Sadie fears she will lose control of her life after becoming a mother. Life as she’s known it is coming to an end (it’s going to die once she gives birth.) Having responsibility for another human terrifies her. It’s the one thing she knows she can’t control. What if she fails? What if her daughter hates her (like she hates her own mother?) What if, even with her husband present, they can’t raise a well-rounded, confident, capable daughter? What if she can’t protect her or keep her safe from harm? SOURCE: Having been responsible for her sisters from a young age (because of growing up with a single mom), she was put in many positions where she felt she failed to protect her sisters — namely the night Ava was date raped. Wounds to Wins Fact Check! This blog post series is meant to explore the real-life experiences my sisters and I had and how I’ve used them to create the fictional characters, their emotional wounds, and how each woman overcomes the wound with a win of some kind. By sharing how the fictional wounds represent our real ones, there is a lot to be interpreted regarding which parts are real and which are make-believe. Overall, the story is “based” on actual events, but it is not an accurate representation of the events of our childhood even if I’ve mirrored certain memories to include depth and layering. For the “truth” record, our actual mother, though young and often ignorant of some of the troubling situations we found ourselves in, did not embrace loose living or expect others to care for us while she had fun. Even if some portions of events, emotions and reactions ring true to the ears of those who experienced these moments along side of us, I’ve used literary license to exaggerate or understate in order to make my story work for fictions’ sake. It’s also important to note that I’ve decided to exclude a father’s involvement in order to focus more on the relationships between the sisters and their relationship with their mother. Though the lack of a father figure factors into the equation, I am not modeling their fictional father after our own. With the exception that we spent most of our teen years living with our mom, he was still a part of our lives on a regular basis. #fear #sourceoffears #emotionalwounds #woundstowins #womensfiction What are you afraid of? Walking through to the other side of fear — in fiction and real life How My Parents’ Divorce Led to Writing a Novel at Age 11 – Wounds to Wins Series 2 thoughts on “Discovering the Source of our Fears – Wounds to Wins Series” Temi Enemigin. says: Fear has pulled many back from taking that one leap that would have changed their lives for good. Recently I found myself wallowing in pangs of fear. It was crazy, as I could no longer hold a picture of the purpose-driven woman I’ve always been. But God came to my rescue. He came through Bethel music’s “No longer a slave” which you mentioned on the post. The words were so powerfully uplifting that I had to write about it here. https://elyonsparadise.com/2018/11/28/split-seas-and-drowned-fears-no-longer-a-slave-paints-a-most-powerful-imagery/ Pingback: Top Ten Wounds I Reveal Through Writing – Author Roanne King	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line689
__label__wiki	0.997638	0.997638	Ingmar Bergman's Cinema (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Ingmar Bergman's Cinema (Criterion Collection) Additional Shipping Charge Applies Thirty-disc set includes "Crisis," "A Ship to India," "Port of Call," "Thirst," "To Joy," "Summer Interlude," "Waiting Women," "Summer with Monika," "Sawdust and Tinsel," "A Lesson in Love," "Dreams," "Smiles of a Summer Night," "The Seventh Seal," "Wild Strawberries," "Brink of Life," "The Magician," "The Virgin Spring," "The Devil’s Eye," "Through a Glass Darkly," "Winter Light," "The Silence," "All These Women," "Persona," "Hour of the Wolf," "Shame," "The Rite," "The Passion of Anna," "Fårö Document," "The Touch," "Cries and Whispers," "Scenes from a Marriage" (television version), "Scenes from a Marriage" (U.S. theatrical version), "The Magic Flute," "The Serpent’s Egg," "Autumn Sonata," "Fårö Document 1979," "From the Life of the Marionettes," "Fanny and Alexander" (theatrical version) (1982), "Fanny and Alexander" (television version) (1983), "After the Rehearsal," and "Saraband." Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: Swedish; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; interviews; documentary shorts; documentaries; behind-the-scenes footage; video essays; theatrical trailers; photo gallery; more. Title: Ingmar Bergman's Cinema (Criterion Collection) Genre: Drama, Foreign-Swedish Starring: Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Erland Josephson, Gunnel Lindblom, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow Director: Ingmar Bergman Number of Discs: 30 Bibi Andersson Harriet Andersson Erland Josephson Gunnel Lindblom Ingrid Thulin	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line697
__label__wiki	0.670646	0.670646	Posted on 8:11am Monday 23rd Jun 2014 Finalists demonstrate a healthy and innovative industry throughout the region Food and drink businesses around the Highlands & Islands and Cairngorms National Park area have finally discovered whether they’ve made it to the next stage of the industry’s most prestigious awards as organisers of the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards (HIFDA) announced the 41 shortlisted finalists today (Monday 26th). Over the past few months, the 14 judges have read their way through dozens of written submissions, sampled a variety of the best of Scottish produce ranging from buffalo, goat and salmon, salad dressings, biscuits and cheese to ice creams, cordials, whiskies and craft beers, and deliberated their conclusions at length until the winning businesses were agreed upon. Shortlisted businesses for the 12 awards come from all corners of the region from Keith to Kiltarlity, from Shetland to Skye, from Forres to Fort William and from Dalwhinnine to Dornoch and Dunoon - a promising sign for the continuing breadth of talent in the industry. This year the judging panel was chaired by Stephen Rankin, director of UK Sales at the Awards’ headline sponsor Gordon & MacPhail. The judges comprised experienced individuals from all sectors of the food and drink industry, including Head Chef Charlie Lockley of the Michelin starred Boath House near Nairn and representatives from industry organisation Scotland Food & Drink and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Chair Stephen Rankin commented: “It was a genuine pleasure to chair the judging panel again. The expertise, integrity and professional approach of the judges was outstanding and the diversity and extremely high quality of submissions was an on-going reminder of the imagination, passion and skill which is prevalent throughout the industry. “I would like to thank the many companies and individuals who entered the Awards and congratulate them on their submissions. As HIFDA grows in stature, more and more companies are keen to gain the recognition an award brings. This obviously makes the judging process more challenging; but it really does signify that being shortlisted for an award is truly a fantastic accolade. “It was fantastic to review such a diverse range of entries from a brilliant blend of well-established companies to youngsters and new businesses just starting out in the industry. The latter group’s bravery and willingness to take on responsibility has to be admired and recognised. “Because of the high level of entries this year, I would like to highlight that top level feedback is available for those who have been unsuccessful in their submission, and I would urge these businesses to take advantage of this unique opportunity. “I’d like to wish good luck to all the shortlisted finalists and I hope to see them all at the Awards Dinner and Ceremony in October.” Charlie Lockley was a first-time member of the judging panel this year. "I was honoured to be asked to be a judge this year." he said. "I didn't really know what to expect or what was expected of me, but I found the process and the experience 'behind closed doors' a real eye-opener and an informative learning curve. "In summary, I can confirm that a judges' job is a pretty tough one - but definitely enjoyable and inspirational! The high number of quality entries lead to a lot of debate amongst the judges before finalists and winners could be decided on. This was particularly the case when it came to sampling the products for the Best Drink and New Product Awards - the variety and quality of the products entered this year shows how creative and knowledgeable the food and drink industry is through the region. "It was a highlight for me to learn about the great work which is going on in the area’s restaurant scene - much of which goes unrecognised. These people, who are are so passionate and enthusiastic about what they are doing, put such extraordinary effort into running excellent restaurants and getting their names out there. I can't wait to go and visit them for myself and to see (and taste) the results of their hard work first-hand." The Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards complement the work of the Highlands and Islands Food & Drink Forum and are supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). They celebrate excellence and achievement in the industry and recognise industry players at the top of their game. Crystal Mackay, HIE’s Development Manager for Food & Drink said: “HIE is extremely pleased to see such a high level and quality of entries received from across the region for the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards. Our fantastic natural larder is a key strength for the region and growing the food and drink sector is a priority for the agency. We welcome and thank all the dedicated companies across the Highlands and Islands and Cairngorms National Park area who entered and we wish all the shortlisted companies the best of luck in the forthcoming awards.” Shortlisted finalists have been announced in 12 categories including Best Drink, Export, Independent Food & Drink Retailer, New Product and Restaurant of the Year. The winners of two additional categories not open for general entry, namely Ambassador of the Year and the Judges’ Award, will be made at the discretion of the judges and revealed at the Awards Ceremony. The winners of all the awards will be announced at the Awards Dinner and Ceremony at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness on Friday, 24th October. The event attracts around 300 representatives from the region’s top food and drink businesses who gather annually to celebrate all that is best in the industry in the Highlands and Islands and Cairngorms National Park area. The evening’s proceedings will be hosted by popular presenter and comedian Fred MacAulay – back by popular demand! Tickets cost £75 +VAT and can be purchased online at www.hifoodanddrink.co.uk.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line700
__label__cc	0.709657	0.290343	Posted on 12:00pm Saturday 16th Feb 2019 Two Scots businesses are in the running to become ‘New Entrant Farm Business of the Year’ in a contest designed to identify people who have overcome barriers in the early part of their farming career. The Banffshire-based Scottish Goat Meat Company and Lynbreck Croft, located in the Cairngorms National Park, will compete for the NEWBIE award for innovative new entrants against The Horned Beef Company, based in the Lake District. All three business have overcome key barriers for new entrants in different ways, according to Simon Gadd of the project’s national steering group, adding that they also all know their markets, have a vision for the future and understand how to take advantage of their location. In being selected as competition finalists, with the chance to win £500 towards the cost of training or an international visit, the Scottish Goat Meat Company was described as providing high-quality, locally reared goat meat direct to customers’ doors. Lynbreck Croft, meanwhile, is a 150-acre mixed habitat croft enterprise in the Cairngorms while The Horned Beef Company farms over 500 acres without using either fertilisers or pesticides. “Each of the shortlisted farms represents a stellar example of how new entrants innovate to deal with the common hurdles of starting a new farm business,” said Dr Lee-Ann Sutherland from the James Hutton Institute, which oversees the award. “They show a unique approach to the daunting tasks of gaining access to land, markets and capital, that most new entrants endure.” The project, which comes under the European Commission-funded NEWBIE scheme is also being run with in eight other European countries. The UK winner will selected farm union representatives from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales and announced in early May.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line701
__label__cc	0.638372	0.361628	‹ People ‹ Current Long-Term Visitors Prasad Tetali Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Prasad Tetali is a Regents Professor in the School of Mathematics and the School of Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Prasad received his PhD from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and was a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs from 1992-94. His research interests lie in discrete mathematics, probability, functional analysis, algorithms and optimization, and he has published more than 110 research articles. Prasad was recognized as a SIAM Fellow (2009) and an AMS Fellow (2012). He was the Editor-in-Chief of the SIAM Discrete Mathematics from 2009-2011. Prasad is a former director of Georgia Tech's Algorithms and Randomness Center Think Tank (ARC) and current director of the interdisciplinary PhD program in Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization. He served as interim chair of the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech from 2015-2016. Program Visits Probability, Geometry, and Computation in High Dimensions, Fall 2020. Visiting Scientist and Workshop Organizer. Bridging Continuous and Discrete Optimization, Fall 2017. Visiting Scientist. Counting Complexity and Phase Transitions, Spring 2016. Visiting Scientist. Algorithmic Spectral Graph Theory, Fall 2014. Visiting Scientist. Real Analysis in Computer Science, Fall 2013. Visiting Scientist.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line704
__label__cc	0.723093	0.276907	December 27, 2020 Comments Off on Where To Start with and More Software Songs For Tranquility Tranquility songs is a genre of songs which contains no violence, hate or battle lyrics. It is a collection of songs created to induce a sensation of tranquility and also consistency in its audiences. The term peace music was initially introduced during the period of the Cold War. In this age, both sides engaged in a large propaganda campaign to make the general public think that their side was the sufferer of aggression. The majority of this songs was played on radio and also TV terminals to produce a recognition about the disputes in areas of war. However, with time, this changed. More people were paying attention to songs that promoted tranquility. Music is so universal that it touches the sensations of everyone. This is why it came to be a prominent technique of sharing messages throughout the Gulf Battle. The objective of songs in conveying messages of battle is to cause emotions that are needed for an individual to feel inspired to work in the direction of a usual goal. Music is extremely powerful. We have all experienced just how powerful music can be when we were younger. The Gulf Battle produced an awareness among Americans who had never been aware of exactly how tranquil songs can affect a person’s feelings and also ideas. Music for tranquility was therefore made prominent. Since then, it has actually come to be an essential part of interaction in between countries in the world. When soldiers are preparing to head to war, they are generally advised of individuals they will certainly meet on the combat zone. Songs for tranquility motivates soldiers to trust in their leaders and also to respect the noncombatant population. Today, we often deal with disputes with various other countries and also companies. Some people use songs as a weapon. A few other make use of songs to construct bridges. Both methods, songs is being made use of to share messages that are suggested to join individuals and recover their injuries. Tranquility music helps us fail to remember war as well as the death of enjoyed ones as well as reminds us to focus on things we can still have in life. One method to see to it that you are listening to the ideal music for tranquility is to select a song that has a message of hope and ideas. Peace tunes that portray bad-mouthing or hostile lyrics do not add to this mission. As a matter of fact, positive and also motivational music for peace can assist us stay on course. This songs ought to likewise have the ability to relax our fears and to strengthen our willpower in whatever scenario we might discover ourselves. Previous Post:Why No One Talks About Anymore Next Post:5 Uses For	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line705
__label__wiki	0.809221	0.809221	By Milton V. Backman Milton V. Backman, Jr., “Joseph Smith and the Restitution of All Things,” in Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, ed. Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993), 89–99. Joseph Smith and the Restitution of All Things Milton V. Backman Milton V. Backman, Jr., was professor emeritus of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University when this was published. Shortly after Joseph Smith submitted portions of the printer’s copy of the manuscript of the Book of Mormon to Egbert B. Grandin for publication, newspapers in Ohio and New York printed a series of articles with an explanation of Mormonism that excluded divine intervention. In addition to stigmatizing Joseph Smith with disparaging names, critics identified him with others who had brought forth unusual religious claims. Included in this list were Mohammed, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Mother Ann Lee, Jemima Wilkinson, and various popes and Quaker leaders. As expressed in an article written by Alexander Campbell and published in the Painesville Telegraph on 8 March 1831, “Every age of the world has produced impostors and delusions.” Noting that history is replete with appearances of false prophets, Campbell said that this “New York imposter” (meaning Joseph Smith) was no different than his predecessors. Although critics charged Joseph Smith with being an ordinary prophet and the religion he founded as a product of his time, his claims and contributions were different from those of other religious leaders (2:1). In a recent study of Protestant primitivism in America entitled Illusions of Innocence, Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen aptly identify significant parallels and radical differences between Mormonism and other restoration movements. In a chapter entitled, “Soaring with the Gods,” these scholars observe that Alexander Campbell, Barton Stone, and many other restorationists sought a recovery of biblical patterns. These reformers held that the New Testament was the only legitimate guide for recovering the truth and insisted that others had failed in such efforts. Restorationists like these did not, however, seek a restoration of God’s power as manifest among the earliest Christians, nor did they long for a restoration of His authority. Like most Protestants, they held that priesthood was conferred not by the laying on of hands by those having authority but was a direct endowment from God to believers. Consequently, they were searching for principles and practices other Protestants had failed to recover (Hughes and Allen 133–34, 170; Humbert 172–73). [1] Although the thrust of most restorationists of the early nineteenth century was to emulate a pattern of belief and worship described in the New Testament, they disagreed on whether this recovery was a process or a possibility. Some leaders taught that the restoration was a continual process of recovery, but faltered as they attempted to define the essentials. Others eventually taught that they had recovered the essentials of the New Testament church (Hughes and Allen 125). In some respects, Joseph Smith’s quest for truth was more in harmony with that of Roger Williams than Alexander Campbell’s. Both Joseph Smith and Roger Williams believed in the disruption and vanishing of the true apostolic church. Both held that churches which they investigated taught correct doctrines and that a recovery without divine intervention was impossible. Both also sought a restoration of authority by heavenly messengers (Hughes and Allen 136–37). As differences among Joseph Smith, Roger Williams, and other restorationists are considered, similarities become less significant. Williams died a seeker; Joseph Smith found and taught the reality of the restoration. Unlike most reformers of his age, Joseph Smith emphasized that the restoration which he directed was more than a recovery of beliefs and sacraments described in the New Testament. It was the “restitution of all things” spoken of by the mouth of all of God’s prophets since the world began (Acts 3:21). Joseph Smith’s unusual explanation of that scriptural reference includes a restoration of all basic doctrines, covenants, ordinances, blessings, authority, and power unfolded and held by all ancient prophets from Adam to Peter, James, and John (Words of Joseph Smith 10, 39, 43–44, 246; hereafter Words). The unusual interpretation by Joseph Smith regarding restitution of all things is compounded by the doctrine of the antiquity of the gospel. The Prophet brought forth many records that contain historical and doctrinal information not found in the Old and New Testaments. For Latter-day Saints, these works not only substantiate many events and beliefs described in the Bible, but they also include narratives and teachings not found in any modem edition of the Old and New Testament. Therefore, the restitution of all things by the Prophet Joseph Smith included principles and practices not clearly enunciated in modern biblical texts. Historical and doctrinal information not found in the Bible is not only located in all of the modern scriptures of the Latter-day Saints, but also in Joseph Smith’s Inspired Revision of the Bible. According to the revelatory writings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, prophets of antiquity, including Adam, Enoch, Isaiah, and Malachi, understood and embraced all basic principles and ordinances of the gospel. The plan of redemption or salvation was prepared from before the foundation of the earth and provided salvation to God’s children in all ages. This gospel included faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, knowledge of the atoning sacrifice of Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, and reception of the Holy Spirit. From the days of Adam through the era of Paul, prophets also taught the reality of a second coming and a millennial reign of the Savior. Moreover, Joseph Smith emphasized that prophets who lived prior to the meridian of time held God’s power and authority, giving them the right to perform ordinances necessary for exaltation (Moses 5:58; 6:59, 64–66; D&C 132). One of the unusual records brought forth by the Prophet Joseph Smith was the Book of Mormon. This work, unlike any other book, declares that it was written by ancient American prophets for a later generation. It also contains an uncommon description of the gospel of Jesus Christ as embraced by early Americans. It teaches that prior to the birth of the Savior, people in America believed in Christ, organized as worshippers of Christ, ordained others by the laying on of hands, and baptized with authority. While they kept the law of Moses, they looked forward with steadfastness to Christ, “until the law [should] be fulfilled” (2 Nephi 25:24; see also Mosiah 18:17–18; Alma 6:1; 9:21; 2 Nephi 6:13; Jacob 4:4–5). As latter-day converts accepted this book as the word of God, they embraced a distinct belief regarding the nature and substance of the restoration. [2] Two studies, one of Mormon converts who gathered to Kirtland and the other of converts in Britain prior to 1852 clearly indicated that most who stated reasons for joining the Restored Church emphasized their belief that Mormonism “conformed to their image of pristine Christianity,” including teachings, power and authority (Grandstaff 26–27; Thorp 62–63). Partly because practices described in the Book of Mormon were generally identified strictly with a post-Messianic church, Alexander Campbell condemned what he regarded as an amalgamation of beliefs and sacred rites from different ages. While he and other critics held that this combination was sheer confusion, Latter-day Saints insisted that this blending was evidence of the reality of a restitution of all things (Hughes and Allen 146–47). In harmony with teachings of Joseph Smith, converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints emphasized in their writings that there was not only a culmination of teachings and ordinances in the dispensation of fulness of times, but there was a restoration of all essential authority. This authority, they taught, had been lost during the disruption of the New Testament Church. Dating this apostasy much earlier than most Christians, Latter-day Saints taught that keys of the priesthood (the right to use the priesthood) were not passed on to others by the ancient apostles. Consequently, the restitution during the Dispensation of Fulness of Times included not only the restoration to Joseph Smith of the priesthood and keys held by New Testament prophets, but also included the restoration of all special authority held by prophets from Adam to Elijah (see D&C 13; 110:11–16; 128:20–21). The order in which authority was restored was also unusual. New Testament prophets restored their keys before Old Testament leaders. Approximately six years after John the Baptist had restored the lesser priesthood and Peter, James, and John the higher priesthood (later called the Melchizedek Priesthood after a leader of the Old Testament), Moses, Elias, and Elijah committed upon Joseph Smith special keys of the priesthood. These keys included those of gathering Israel and of leading the ten tribes back, and of sealing families together and uniting husbands and wives in the temple (D&C 110:11–16; Words 54–55). One early convert to Mormonism, Sidney Rigdon (who during the 1820s had been influenced by the teachings of Alexander Campbell and had been an influential restorationist preacher in Ohio) recognized significant differences between the restoration by Joseph Smith and the claims of Campbell. Some of these differences were identified in a revelation recorded by the Prophet shortly after he met Rigdon. “Behold thou wast sent forth, even as John,” the revelation reads, “to prepare the way before me” (D&C 35:4). Prior to his conversion to the Church, the revelation continued, Rigdon “didst baptize by water unto repentance, but they received not the Holy Ghost” (v 5). After he had received God’s authority, individuals whom he baptized would “receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, even as the apostles of old” (v 6). This revelation further emphasized that “miracles, signs, and wonders” would be manifest among believers (v 8). In a series of articles published in the Messenger and Advocate, Rigdon emphasized these differences and interpreted the biblical prophecy regarding restitution of all things as a restoration of “all spiritual gifts” and “every blessing” enjoyed among men from the beginning. He added that Joseph Smith had not only restored correct beliefs, such as the principle of laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but had also received God’s power and authority. He further testified that this restored power included revelations, visions, healing, prophecy, and speaking in tongues (“Millennium” 117; “Saints” 418; “The Gospel No. III” 37–38). “Let me here observe,” Rigdon explained, “that whatever the gospel was, it now is, and ever will be, that it has not nor will it change: its laws are the same; its ordinances are the same; its institutions are the same; its commands are the same, and its regulations are the same” (“Gospel No. VII” 118). Another uncommon characteristic of the restoration by the Prophet Joseph Smith was its emphasis on witnesses. Unlike other religious leaders, Joseph Smith surrounded himself with an array of witnesses who substantiated many of his religious experiences. In harmony with teachings found in the Latter-day Saint scriptures (the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants), these witnesses verified various phases of the restitution of all things (2 Nephi 27:12–14; Ether 5:3–4; D&C 6:28). As far as we know, whenever the priesthood or its keys were restored to the earth, another witness was present and received the same powers conferred upon Joseph. Oliver Cowdery was in the Kirtland Temple during the restoration of the lesser and higher priesthoods. He was also with Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple and received the keys restored by Moses, Elias, and Elijah (D&C 110:11–16). In his published and unpublished writings, Oliver Cowdery substantiated Joseph Smith’s testimony that John the Baptist did indeed restore the lesser priesthood to Joseph and him by the laying on of hands. Unlike other accounts recorded in Christian history, these two men claimed that during a vision they saw, heard, and felt the hands of a heavenly being upon their heads. While others believed in apostolic succession, sought a restoration through emulation, or claimed inspiration from heaven to go forth and preach, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery proclaimed that they received authority by the laying on of hands from messengers sent by God (Cowdery 15–16; Smith 942). This uncommon law of witnesses was not limited to events in which priesthood power and authority were restored, but it was also applied to the Book of Mormon. Eleven witnesses testified that the Book of Mormon plates existed, three claiming to have been shown the plates by an angel and eight others were shown them by Joseph Smith. When skeptics criticized miraculous events associated with the rise of the Church, missionaries sometimes replied that Joseph Smith was not an ordinary prophet. His testimony does not stand alone. Various witnesses, they added, unlike any others in religious history, verified Joseph Smith’s religious experiences, from the existence of the Book of Mormon plates to the restoration of the priesthood (Orson Pratt 147–72). In the early 1840s, Joseph Smith restored a distinctly modern concept regarding temple laws, ordinances, worship, and blessings, including work for the living and the dead. Temple ordinances, he taught, included endowments and sealings and aided Latter-day Saints in their quest to become one with God. By entering into a new and everlasting covenant of marriage and keeping God’s commandments, he explained, individuals could enter the highest degree in the mansions of heaven and “inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers” and be blessed with “a continuation of the seeds forever and ever” (D&C 132:19). Then, according to his revelatory writings, these individuals shall “be gods . . . because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them” (vv 18–20). No other religious leader or community promised disciples such rewards. For most Latter-day Saints, the unusual blending of the old with the new was not a problem. Most saw no contradiction in baptizing for the dead in modern temples, buildings that, in their view, had roots stemming back to the ancient world. Nor were they concerned that they performed this ordinance in fonts placed on the back of twelve oxen, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. This amalgamation was also depicted in their marital practices, which included relationships and authority of Old Testament prophets performed in modern settings (D&C 132:1, 29–40; Words 328). In 1839 when Parley P. Pratt initially learned the doctrine of celestial marriage from the Prophet Joseph Smith, he gained a new understanding of other principles of the gospel, including man’s relationship to God, characteristics of the godhead, plurality of Gods, and premortal life. He further recognized that there was a harmony in these teachings and, being acquainted with various religious systems, he understood that these concepts were the distinct theological contributions of Joseph Smith. While recalling this sudden expansion of knowledge, Pratt wrote: It was from him that I learned that the wife of my bosom might be secured to me for time and all eternity; and that the refined sympathies and affections which endeared us to each other emanated from the fountain of divine eternal love. It was from him that I learned that we might cultivate these affections, and grow and increase in the same to all eternity; while the result of our endless union would be an offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, or the sands of the sea shore. It was from him that I learned the true dignity and destiny of a son of God, clothed with an eternal priesthood, as the patriarch and sovereign of his countless offspring. It was from him that I learned that the highest dignity of womanhood was, to stand as a queen and priestess to her husband, and to reign for ever and ever as the queen mother of her numerous and still increasing offspring . . . I felt that God was my heavenly Father indeed; that Jesus was my brother, and that the wife of my bosom was an immortal, eternal companion; a kind ministering angel, given to me as a comfort, and a crown of glory for ever and ever. In short, I could now love with the spirit and with the understanding also. Yet, at that time, my dearly beloved brother, Joseph Smith, had barely touched a single key; had merely lifted a comer of the veil and given me a single glance into eternity. (260) Another close associate of the Prophet who recognized his unusual contributions was John Taylor, later to become the third president of the Church. He testified that Joseph Smith inaugurated the Dispensation of Fulness of Times. This is “a dispensation,” he asserted, “in which all the other dispensations are merged or concentrated. It embraces and embodies all other dispensations that have existed upon the earth wherein God communicated himself to the human family” (Journal of Discourses 21:94; hereafter JD). After John the Baptist had restored the Aaronic Priesthood and Peter, James and John the Melchizedek Priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, “Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Elias, and many other leading characters mentioned in the Scriptures, who had operated in the various dispensations, came and conferred upon Joseph the various keys, powers, rights, privileges and immunities which they enjoyed in their times.” President Taylor further emphasized that the knowledge, intelligence, priesthood, powers, and revelations which had been conferred upon various prophets in different ages was “restored to the earth by the ministration and through the medium of those who held the holy Priesthood of God in the different dispensations in which they lived” (JD 23:48–49). Many uncommon aspects of Mormon history cannot be understood without recognizing the belief of Latter-day Saints regarding Joseph Smith’s distinct contributions. While members of the Church experienced greater persecution than adherents of any other Christian church in the young American republic, their faith was the motivating power that enabled them to escape the refiner’s fire and cross and tame a vast desert. This faith is also the dominant force propelling self-supporting missionaries to serve throughout the world. Moreover, it is the power that motivated converts to participate in one of the unusual episodes in world history, the gathering of a religious community. Like a few other groups, Latter-day Saints gathered to seek refuge, to learn doctrines, to be purified, and to prepare for the Second Coming. But unlike these others, they gathered to receive distinct blessings in sacred temples. These and other blessings were restored by the Prophet Joseph Smith during the dispensation when there was a restitution of all things. Backman, Milton V., Jr., compo Writings of Early Latter-day Saints and Their Contemporaries: A Data Base Collection. Infobases, 1992. Campbell, Alexander. “Delusions.” Painesville Telegraph (8 Mar 1831) 2:1. Cowdery, Oliver. “Dear Brother.” Messenger and Advocate (Oct 1834) 1:13–16. Ehat, Andrew F. and Lyndon W. Cook, eds. and comps. The Words of Joseph Smith. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1980. Grandstaff, Mark R. “The Impact of the Mormon Migration on the Community of Kirtland, Ohio, 1830–1839.” Thesis. Brigham Young Univ, 1984. Hughes, Richard T. and C. Leonard Allen. Illusions of Innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630–1875. Chicago: Univ of Chicago, 1988. Humbert, Royal, ed. Compend of Alexander Compbell’s Theology. St. Louis: Bethany, 1961. Journal of Discourses. 26 vols. 1854–86. Pratt, Orson. “Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.” The Essential Orson Pratt. Salt Lake City: Signature, 1991. 147–72. Pratt, Parley P. Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. Ed. Parley P. Pratt, Jr. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985. Rigdon, Sidney. “Millennium No. XIV.” Messenger and Advocate (May 1835) 1:116–18. Rigdon, Sidney. “The Saints and the World.” Messenger and Advocate (Dec 1836) 3:417–23. Rigdon, Sidney. “The Gospel No. III.” Messenger and Advocate (Dec 1834) 1:37–39. Rigdon, Sidney. “Gospel No. VII.” Messenger and Advocate (May 1835) 1:118–20. Smith, Joseph F., Jr. “Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood.” Improvement Era (Oct 1904) 7:938–43. Thorp, Malcolm R. “The Religious Backgrounds of Mormon Converts in Britain, 1837–1852.” Journal of Mormon History (1977) 4:51–65. [1] Sidney Rigdon would have embraced all of the concepts described in this paragraph except the view regarding restoration of God’s power. Based on the writings of many of his followers, Rigdon probably was searching for a return of God’s power (but not of authority). Meanwhile, a number of followers of Rigdon, such as Parley P. Pratt, John Murdock and Edward Partridge claimed to be searching for a restored authority. For example, Parley P. Pratt declared, “Peter proclaimed this gospel, and baptized for remission of sins, and promised the gift of the Holy Ghost, because he was commissioned so to do by a crucified and risen Saviour. But who is Mr. Rigdon? Who is Mr. Campbell? Who commissioned them? . . . These Reformers claimed no new commission by revelation, or vision from the Lord, while they had not the least shadow of claim by succession.” After joining a group organized under Rigdon’s direction, Parley said that he did not claim any authority. However, after joining the Church, Parley was called on a mission and introduced the restored gospel to Sidney Rigdon. “At length,” he added, “Mr. Rigdon and many others became convinced that they had no authority to minister in the ordinances of God; and that they had not been legally baptized and ordained. They, therefore, came forward and were baptized by us, and received the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands” (Pratt 14, 35–36). In addition to possibly believing in the need for a return of God’s power, another major difference between Rigdon and Campbell was Rigdon’s belief in restoring a communal order. [2] Prior to meeting Mormon missionaries, most converts to the Church during the 1830s were seeking a return to New Testament Christianity. After accepting the Book of Mormon as the word of God brought forth by a modern prophet, these converts changed their quest from emulation to a belief in a restoration. They also replaced their desire to locate a church patterned after the New Testament to embracing an uncommon belief regarding the restitution of all things (see Backman’s “Writings of Early Latter-day Saints”). This data base collection contains the writings of more than eighty Latter-day Saints who joined the Church during the 1830s. Selected topics and words or phrases may be searched. A search, for example, of the topics “pre-LDS beliefs” and “conversion” and the words “New Testament” brought forth information from the following journals that indicate that prior to their conversion to Mormonism these individuals were seeking a return of New Testament Christianity: Milo Andrus, Benjamin Brown, Solomon Chamberlain, Levi Hancock, Joseph Holbrook, Orson Hyde, Joel Johnson, John Corrill, Heber C. Kimball, John Murdock, Parley P. Pratt, Joseph Knight, Newel Knight, Thomas B. Marsh, David Pettigrew, Sanford Porter, Ebenezer Robinson, Lucy Mack Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Eliza R. Snow, George A. Smith, Abraham Smoot, Daniel Tyler, Nancy Tracy, and George A. Smith. ‹ 6. Joseph Smith—Translator up 8. Understanding Joseph: A Review of Published Documentary Sources ›	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line708
__label__wiki	0.818143	0.818143	Air Force Secretary Wilson fires back at SDA: Satellites in LEO can’t replace legacy systems by Sandra Erwin — April 9, 2019 Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson speaks April 9, 2019 at the 35th Space Symposium. Credit: Tom Kimmell Wilson challenged the vision for future military space systems put forth by Space Development Agency Director Fred Kennedy COLORADO SPRINGS — U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on April 9 shot back at the Space Development Agency and its director Fred Kennedy, who is laying out a plan to disrupt the military space business by bringing more commercial technology into space systems to speed up innovation in the face of competition from China and Russia. The SDA was created only a month ago and its first project will be to design a constellation of low-cost satellites in low Earth orbit that would leverage commercial spacecraft adapted for military missions. In a keynote speech at the 35th Space Symposium, Wilson challenged that vision, arguing that the military’s current constellations of satellites in higher orbits are “the best in the world” and that shifting to LEO systems would put U.S. forces at risk. Wilson cited a 90-day “Space Strategy Study” recently completed by the Air Force and the intelligence community that concludes that LEO-based systems would be vulnerable during military conflicts and that DoD should not be taking that risk. Kennedy told SpaceNews April 8 that the SDA’s proposal to leverage commercial LEO constellations — and the manufacturing capacity behind them — is aimed at reducing the vulnerability of current U.S. systems. “If I can build spacecraft for a million dollars or less, if I can pull them off the production lines and use them, I can now afford to lose things. I’m not scared anymore. I can put up several hundred satellites and know that maybe 75 percent of them will work and that would be just fine,” he said. Wilson argued that such a plan might work for some scenarios but would be reckless to apply across the board in military space systems. “Different missions will require different solutions,” she said. “One size does not fit all.” The Air Force’s 90-day study was kicked off in late 2018, just as the Pentagon was putting final touches on a plan to stand up the SDA. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has been a strong proponent of the new agency and decided to place it under the authority of Undersecretary of Defense Mike Griffin, who like Kennedy, is a staunch believer that military space acquisitions must change radically and that commercial LEO systems should be leveraged as soon as possible. Wilson said the study will not be publicly released for some time but she provided a few nuggets from the findings, which she said were the result of “thousands of war games and simulations.” “Increasing the number of satellites helps but numbers alone are not enough,” she said. The Air Force already has moved to transition to commercial systems in areas like satellite communications, she said. This would drive all the services toward low-cost multi-band satellite communications terminals, a change that Kennedy also advocates. Wilson said the study found that space missions “that are not well aligned with commercial LEO satellites are better off staying where they are, or making changes to protect themselves.” Kennedy, in contrast, thinks LEO constellations have a role to play in all military missions. The Air Force for the past two years has been studying ways to make systems more resilient and has asked for bigger budgets to support that, Wilson said. She is not against using LEO systems but she warned that “launching hundreds of cheap satellites a year as a substitute to the complex architectures we provide to the warfighter will result in failure on America’s worst day if we rely upon them alone.” 35TH SPACE SYMPOSIUM Military Heather WilsonSpace Development AgencyU.S. Air Force	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line710
__label__wiki	0.89462	0.89462	Wall Street Grills Fleet Operators Over Mega-Constellation Threat by Peter B. de Selding — February 23, 2015 Demonstrating a penchant for staying ahead of a curve that may or may not exist, some Wall Street analysts take it as a given that Google, Facebook, SpaceX, OneWeb and others will raise the billions of dollars of infrastructure costs, clear regulatory hurdles and bring platforms into service before the end of the decade. Credit: SpaceNews graphic PARIS — Wall Street analysts are peppering established satellite fleet operators with questions about how they plan to survive after the likes of Google, SpaceX, Facebook and OneWeb have launched hundreds or thousands of satellites, drones, balloons and other Internet-delivery platforms. Demonstrating a penchant for staying ahead of a curve that may or may not exist, some analysts take it as a given that these companies will raise the billions of dollars of infrastructure costs, clear regulatory hurdles and bring platforms into service before the end of the decade. The three largest commercial satellite fleet operators – SES, Intelsat and Eutelsat – have all told investors they welcome big-name interest in global connectivity but question whether stratospheric balloons or mega-constellations of low-orbiting satellites is economically feasible. Here is the latest response, from Luxembourg- and McLean, Virginia-based Intelsat, during their Feb. 18 investor call: “We’re seeing the interest from these big players that are trying to grow the market,” said Intelsat Deputy Chief Executive Stephen Spengler, who assumes the company’s leadership in April. “There are issues at [low Earth orbit] and inherent inefficiencies to overcome. We think there is a place for [geostationary orbit, where Intelsat’s satellites are located] in these new applications, because only a few require low latency.” Google recently confirmed it has invested $900 million in SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, which is building a satellite-manufacturing plant in Seattle, which company Chief Executive Elon Musk said is for a constellation of several thousand satellites. Google is also pursuing its Project Loon, which would use stratospheric balloons as a substitute for satellites. Google’s SpaceX investment apparently has not slowed Loon. “We’re in commercial discussion with various telecommunications companies about integrating Loon into other networks,” Astrao Teller, the head of Google’s Google X research division, said in a Feb. 16 interview with The New York Times. “Without getting into specifics, I assure you we are looking at very substantial opportunities for Loon – Google-scale opportunities.” Intelsat Chief Executive David McGlade said the Silicon Valley-stimulated global Internet projects appear, for the most part, to be more of a public service than an actual business. “The real point of these constellations is to access the two-plus billion people in the world that either had very limited connectivity or no connectivity,” McGlade said during the company’s investor call. “It allows these providers to hopefully do good things for the world, and maybe make some money along the way. We have the ability to access the developing world and have been doing it for years.” Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said his company’s interest in assuring worldwide Internet connectivity — through drones, satellites, lasers or microwave technologies – should not be viewed as a way to make money. In its Jan. 29 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook told its investors to expect continued spending “in countries and/or projects where we will not have a clear path to monetization, such as the Internet.org initiative to increase global Internet access.” In a Feb. 19 interview with BloombergBusiness, Zuckerberg made clear that while providing free Internet access to everyone in the world ultimately could generate revenue for Facebook, it would take decades and in any event was not the reason for doing it. “We’ll probably lose a bunch of money,” Zuckerberg said. “But there’s this mission belief that connecting the world is really important, and that’s something we want to do.” Zuckerberg said Internet.org starts by offering free access to basic health, financial and other services that require little bandwidth. As people come on line, many will decide to add paying services to their smartphone data plans, providing revenue to international telecommunications operators. “That’s how you make this sustainable,” he said. In a remark that might suggest Zuckerberg is not about to pour billions into Internet delivery infrastructure, he said the biggest problem in connecting the world’s unconnected is not technical. Some 85 percent of those without Internet have locally available Internet service available to them, he said. Affordability of Internet access is a bigger issue, he said, but even that is not the biggest problem. “The majority of people who aren’t connected are actually within range of a network and can afford it, but they don’t know what they would want to use Internet for,” Zuckerberg said in the BloombergBusiness interview. “ Commercial GoogleMegaconstellationsOneWebSatellite TelecomSpaceX	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line711
__label__wiki	0.979353	0.979353	The National debut new song “Turtleneck” during Planned Parenthood benefit show — watch A charging number presumably off the band's much anticipated new album by Michelle Geslani Photo by Killian Young Last night, The National headlined a concert benefitting Planned Parenthood in Washington, DC. During their set, which purposely came on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the indie rockers debuted a brand new song called “Turtleneck”. Presumably taken from their next album, it’s a charging number, and one that seems to represent a departure from The National’s more mellow and melancholy catalog. I guess if the band were to ever get loud and boisterous, now — under the banner of President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence — would be the most appropriate time. (Read: The 50 Most Anticipated Albums of 2017) “Women should be able to make their own decisions about their bodies and health. This is a basic human right, and we’re at the very beginning of a long and tough battle to defend these basic rights,” said frontman Matt Berninger in a statement prior to the event. “A concert in DC, inspiring people to take action, seems like a pretty good way to kick it off.” Check out fan-caught footage below (via BrooklynVegan). Berninger previously described the group’s new album as “weird, math-y, electronic-y”; The National’s last full-length was 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me. Tomorrow, they, along with Sleater-Kinney, are scheduled to perform at a Women’s March on Washington after-party — I imagine Berninger’s anti-Trump song will be part of the setlist. Benefit Show Fan Footage Live Debut Angel Olsen kicks off Our First 100 Days compilation with new song “Fly On Your Wall” — listen Shia LaBeouf protests President Trump with live stream that will run for four years	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line716
__label__cc	0.621149	0.378851	Putting Heart and Soule into Charitable Giving Welcome to the Soule Family Foundation The Soule Family Foundation is a family oriented supporting organization. The foundation holds strong relationships with the charities and organizations that it supports. Our mission is to give to our communities of ourselves and our prosperity in a manner consistent with the legacies of Walter and Charlotte Soule. Our philanthropy will focus on the areas of health and human services, medical research, animal welfare, education and the arts. The Foundation is chartered as a Supporting Organization. We are organized and operated exclusively to support specified charities. The Family members of the Foundation consist of the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren of Walter and Charlotte Soule. During their lifetimes Walter and Charlotte instilled each successive generation with the core values that made them such wonderful people in their lifetimes. Each generation has benefited from the kindness and largess of Walter and Charlotte and has learned to understand the impact they can make in the community. One of the main goals of the foundation is to continue to maintain those core values of giving and improvement throughout the organizations it supports. Thank you for taking the time to visit us. Please take a tour through the site to get a feel for the excitement the Foundation feels as we strive to make a positive impact on each of the organizations we are proud to support. Read about our impact Our mission is to give to our communities of ourselves and our prosperity in a manner consistent with the legacies of Walter and Charlotte Soule. Our philanthropy will focus on the areas of health and human services, medical research, animal welfare, education, and the arts. Soule Family Foundation Stories Make a Wish Colorado – Wishes Came True 2018! Make a Wish Colorado is celebrating 35 years and counting of creating life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses in Colorado. Over the course of the last year, they granted 270 wishes of every kind imaginable. Their wish kids wished for trips that took... Shriners Hospital for Children – Alissa’s Story Alissa Sizemore's life is changed after an accident and she wonders if she'll ever be able to dance again. Shriners Hospital in Salt Lake City answers her question. Shriners Hospitals for Children – Gabe’s Story Gabe Adam's works with the Wheelchair and Seating department to get him the chair that works exactly for his needs as a quadrilateral limb deficient patient. The Soule Family Foundation strongly encourages the solicitation and acceptance of gifts which enable it to fulfill its purposes. Read our Gift Acceptance Policy	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line720
__label__cc	0.570079	0.429921	The Roving Reporter, Jan. 7, 2021 Posted on January 7, 2021 by mlane1950 in Flagler, Local Events, Location, MARCIA LANE, YOUR ROVING REPORTER, Putnam, St. Johns // 0 Comments More than 4,000 people have signed up in Putnam County for coronavirus vaccinations. While the allotment from the sate isn’t anywhere near that number yet, people who have gotten the shots are praising the smoothness of the operation at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. As of this morning about 500 vaccinations have been given. People will have to come back in three weeks for the second shot required to make the vaccination effective. St. Augustine’s Planning and Zoning Board has given the OK for changes to a massive development to go off King Street in the historic downtown. More protests than positive reviews came from the public with density issues a major concern. The development’s tried to get off the ground since 2004 and is surrounded by Riberia Street, King and the San Sebastian River. It’s projected to add an additional 4,200 plus trips a day to the area and includes a hotel, apartments, shops, marina and two parking garages all surrounding San Sebastian Winery. The review now goes to the St. Augustine City Commission. Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has a new director of the jail. Sheriff Gator DeLoach appointed Major Scott Surrency head of corrections following the retirement of former director John Valdes. Surrency, who began his new job Monday, is a 15-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office. Three teachers are finalists for St. Johns County Teacher of the Year. Murray Middle School’s Allison Birbal, Durbin Creek Elementary’s Andrea O’Brien and Creekside High’s Ali Pressel were named Tuesday during special ceremonies at each school. Still to come are the selections for Rookie Teacher of the Year. Drivers along State Road 100 in Flagler County saw lots of smoke and fire in wooded areas Wednesday. The fire was the result of a controlled burn near the Putnam County line. Deputies and Forestry officers were stationed at the burn sites. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported the closing of an alleged drug house in the B-Section of Palm Coast. Undercover operations led to a warrant and search of the residence at 12 Big Bear Lane early Tuesday morning. Michael Tyrone Jackson, 34, who was the focus of the investigation, was found inside the house as well as a variety of drugs including Alprazolam and THC concentrate. Jackson faces several drug-related charges with more possible. He is the Flagler jail on a $5,500 bond. Expansion of a popular restaurant and a RV park are on tonight’s Crescent City Planning and Zoning Board agenda. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Three Bananas at 11 S. Lake St. is seeking expansion outdoors. A concept review request for a RV resort and campground at U.S. 17 and Prospect Street also is on the agenda. Palm Coast Commission has given the go-ahead to a controversial development at Matanzas Golf Course although it took five motions before it passed. Excluded from development is what is known as Tract 3 in the development proposal for what is now called Lakeside Estates. Tract 3 is the area that officials have argued putting up development would block existing residents view of the fairway and would be in violation of their rights. The golf course is no longer in existence. The issue still must go back before the commission for a second and final vote. While most swearing-in ceremonies Monday and Tuesday were held in conventional settings such as commission chambers, newly-elected St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick chose another route. Hardwick, who had the support of outgoing sheriff David Shoar and won easily, took his oath of office at Castillo de San Marcos – at sunrise.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line722
__label__wiki	0.894182	0.894182	Taiwanese drug smugglers lose final death sentence appeal in Indonesia Comments Off on Taiwanese drug smugglers lose final death sentence appeal in Indonesia The Supreme Court of Indonesia on Friday upheld the death sentence against three Taiwanese men who were convicted last year of smuggling drugs into the country. In its ruling, the court said the crime committed by the three defendants would cause great harm to Indonesians, particularly young people. Chen Chia-wei (???), Wang An-kang (???) and Luo Chih-cheng (???), therefore, deserve capital punishment, the court ruled in its second trial of the case. According to the court documents, the three men were arrested at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in 2014 while attempting to smuggle 2 kilograms of amphetamine into the country from Hong Kong. They were sentenced to death by a Jakarta district court last year but the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment in an appeal to the High Court. Prosecutors, however, appealed the High Court ruling and in January the Supreme Court sentenced the defendants to death. The three defendants then filed an extraordinary appeal that was turned down Friday by the Supreme Court. They are the first Taiwanese nationals to be sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling since that country's President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, took office two years ago. Jokowi has taken strict measures to crack down on drug-related crimes, saying that drugs are destructive to young Indonesians and advocating the death penalty for convicted drug dealers. The Indonesian government will show no mercy to anyone convicted of drug crimes, he said. In August, a district court in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta sentenced four other Taiwanese to death for possession of 26 kg of amphetamine but they have since appealed the verdict. Currently, some 30 Taiwanese nationals convicted of drug-related crimes are behind bars in Jakarta and Central Java, according to Indonesian authorities.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line726
__label__cc	0.584912	0.415088	Tag Archives: alfred molina Drama Online to partner with award-winning audio drama company LA Theatre Works Posted by teachingdramamag in Uncategorized and tagged with alfred molina, american shakespeare centre, arden shakespeare, bloomsbury publishing plc, Drama Online, Faber & Faber, hilary swank, la theatre works, mark ruffalo, methuen drama, The Crucible, V&A, victoria and albert museum 19/08/2015 Drama Online, an award-winning study resource originally created by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and Faber and Faber, has announced its partnership with LA Theatre Works. The non-profit organisation features audio content as performed by the likes of Hilary Swank, Alfred Molina and Mark Ruffalo and boasts a worldwide audience through international broadcasters: the BBC, Voice of America and Radio Beijing among them. The partnership comes with the promise that Drama Online users around the world will now have access to audio productions from LA Theatre Works, which features audio versions of 350 classic and contemporary plays, from The Crucible to The Importance of Being Earnest, all available for institutional purchase or subscription through Drama Online. Jenny Ridout, Editorial Director for Drama Online at Bloomsbury, said of the partnership: ‘LA Theatre Works provides an unrivalled collection of audio recordings of key canonical and contemporary works by leading playwrights performed by prominent actors. It adds real depth and dynamism to the resource. We are delighted to be working with such a high quality content partner, especially one that is so focused on educational needs.’ LA Theatre Works cover of bestseller The Crucible ‘This is an exciting new stage of our reach and growth,’ added Susan Albert Loewenberg, Founder and Producing Director of LA Theatre Works, ‘We continue to increase our global accessibility through this partnership. Our mission is to create superb performances of great dramatic literature, and what better place to make these titles available than through Drama Online?’ Already a source of over 1200 play texts from Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare and Faber, 700 images from the Victoria and Albert Museum and American Shakespeare Centre, and a growing list of scholarly works, users of Drama Online will now also benefit from video content, coming later in the year.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line728
__label__wiki	0.707333	0.707333	What's cellular about a cellphone? by Daniel Bliss, The Conversation The CenturyLink building in Minneapolis has a microwave antenna on the top which was used in early wireless phone networks. Credit: Mulad via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Daniel Bliss is a professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State University and the director of the Center for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architecture. In this interview, he explains the ideas behind the original cellular networks and how they evolved over the years into today's 5G (fifth generation) and even 6G (sixth generation) networks. How did wireless phones work before cellular technology? The idea of wireless communications is quite old. Famously, the Marconi system could talk all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. It would have one system, which was the size of a building, talking to another system, which was the size of a building. But in essence, it just made a radio link between the two. Eventually people realized that's a really useful capability. So they put up a radio system, say at a high point in the city, and then everybody—well, those few who had the right kind of radio system—talked to that high point. So if you like, there was only one cell—it wasn't cellular in any sense. But because the amount of data you can send over time is a function of how far away you are, you want to get these things closer together. And so that's the the invention of the cellular system. How are cellular systems different? The farther your phone and the base station are from each other, the harder it is to send a signal across. If you just have one base station and you're too far away from it, it just doesn't work. So you want to have many base stations and talk to the one that's closest to you. If you draw a boundary between those base stations and look down on it on a map, you see these different little cell towers which your phone is supposed to talk to. That's where the technology gets its name. The amazing thing that happened during the development of cellular systems is that it automatically switched which base station the phone talks to as its location changed, such as while driving. It's really remarkable that this system works as well as it does, because it's pretty complicated and you don't even notice. Credit: The Conversation What are the major improvements to cellular networks that have enabled faster data rates? If you go back to the first-generation cellular systems, those were primarily analog systems. It was just a way of converting your voice to an analog signal. The second-generation systems focused on taking your voice, digitizing it and then sending it as a data link to improve stability and security. As an accident, it could also send data across. People found that it's really useful to send a photo or send some other information as well. So they started using the same link to send data, but then complained that it's not fast enough. Subsequent generations of cellular networks allocated increasingly wider bandwidths using different techniques and were powered by a denser network of base stations. We tend to notice the big tall towers. But if you start looking around, particularly in a city, you'll notice these boxes sitting on the sides of buildings all over the place. They are actually cellular base stations that are much lower down. They're intended to reach people within just a kilometer or a half-kilometer. The easiest way to achieve much higher data rates is for your phone to be close to a signal source. The other way is to have antenna systems that are pointing radio waves at your phone, which is one of the things that's happening in 5G. 5G networks are still being rolled out around the country, but work on 6G technologies is already underway. What can we expect from that? Cellular technology gets its name from the diagrams of the networks which are divided into cells. This diagram shows cellular phone towers at corners of each haxagon cell. Credit: Greensburger via Wikimedia Commons We don't really know which technologies that are being developed right now will be used in 6G networks, but I can talk about what I think what's going to happen. 6G networks will allow a much broader set of user types. What do I mean by that? Cellular systems, from the very start, were designed for humans to communicate. So it had certain constraints on what you needed. But now, humans are now a minority of users, because we have so many machines talking to each other too, such as smart appliances, for example. These machines have varying needs. Some want to send lots of data, and some need to send almost no data and maybe send nothing for months at a time. So 6G technologies need to work well for humans as well as a broad range of devices. Another piece of this is that we often think about communication systems as being the only users of the radio frequency spectrum, but it's very much not true. Radars use spectrum too, and pretty soon you won't be able to buy a car that doesn't have a suite of radars on it for safety or autonomous driving. There's also position navigation and timing, which are necessary for, say, cars to know the distance between each other. So with 6G, you'll have these multi-function systems. And then there is a push to go to yet higher frequencies. These frequencies work for only very, very short links. But a lot of our problems are over very short links. You can potentially send really huge amounts of data over short distances. If we can get the prices down, then it can potentially replace your Wi-Fi. We can also expect a refinement of the technologies currently used in 5G—such as improving the pointing of the antenna to your phone, as I mentioned earlier. Enhancing the performance of future 5G cellular networks Provided by The Conversation Citation: What's cellular about a cellphone? (2020, November 20) retrieved 16 January 2021 from https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-cellular-cellphone.html What is all the fuss about 5G? Three wireless technologies that could make 5G even faster Technologies for the sixth generation cellular network New research on gigabit wireless communications Terahertz receiver for 6G wireless communications Qualcomm's Snapdragon 480 SoC to bring 5G to low-cost phones Satellite uses SAR imagery to capture world's sharpest images First digital single-chip millimeter-wave beamformer will exploit 5G capabilities New fiber optic sensors transmit data up to 100 times faster Alphabet harnesses light beams to bring Internet to Africa Intelligent surfaces signal better coverage	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line732
__label__wiki	0.704391	0.704391	Texas Metro News Delivering news you need. Cheryl’s World DMN Stories Cheryl’s World on Blog Talk Radio Democrats Victorious: Ossoff and Warnock Defeat Incumbents January 8, 2021 Texas Metro News In The Spotlight, News 0 Georgia Senate Race Candidates By Ashley Moss Rev. Raphael Warnock made history on January 5th becoming Georgia’s first Black senator. In a closely watched competition, the Morehouse College graduate eked out a victory over incumbent senator Kelly Loeffler in the special election for the U.S. Senate, with nearly 51 percent of the vote. The reverend is the first Georgia Democrat elected to the Senate in 20 years. Warnock and Loeffler, as well as Sen. David Perdue and challenger Jon Ossoff returned to the ring in January after neither candidate reached 50 percent of the vote in the November general election. In that crowded race, Warnock finished with 32.9 percent of the vote and Loeffler had 25.9 percent. Senator-Elect Jon Ossoff/Photo Courtesy of the Georgia Public Broadcasting Warnock serves as senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was co-pastor from 1960 until his assassination in 1968. It was also the location of the funerals of both Dr. King and the late congressman John Lewis. Warnock has never held public office, but in a message to his supporters late Tuesday night the Senator-elect said his victory was an immediate reflection of Georgia voters coming together. “We were told that we couldn’t win this election,” said Rev. Warnock, who presented a message of harmony and unity as he talked about his plans as senator. “But tonight we proved that with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything is possible.” Senator-Elect Reverend Raphael Warnock/Photo Courtesy of Warnock for Congress The Senator-elect will succeed Loeffler, who conceded to Warnock in the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection. Loeffler, who was appointed to the Senate in December 2019 after then-Republican senator Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons, is also co-owner of The Atlanta Dream women’s basketball team, with whom she has frequently been at odds due to her opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement. She garnered 49.4 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s tightly contested race. In the upcoming term, Warnock said his focus will be on the pandemic, saying he’d focus on bringing people together, for the good of the state of Georgia and the country. He also cited beating the pandemic with “science and good old-fashioned common sense,” rebuilding the economy and providing better benefits for essential workers among his priorities. “To everyone out there who is struggling today, whether you voted for me or not, know this: I hear you, I see you, and every day I am in the United States Senate, I will fight for you,” he said. Warnock and Ossoff will assume office later this month after the results of the election are certified. Once he is sworn in, Warnock is also set to become just the 11th African American to serve in the U.S. Senate. With the Warnock and Ossoff wins, the balance of power in Congress will change, giving Democrats control over the Senate and clearing the way for an unobstructed agenda once President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20. Ashley Moss The Astounding Choreography in COLD Will Warm Your Heart My Truth: Congratulations America! Special Fall 2020 Edition Read the Latest Issue of Texas Metro News Dallas City Council Approves Renaming Street in Memory of Botham Jean Texas Launches Interactive Vaccine Providers Locations Map Vaccination Information from the City of Dallas City of Dallas Celebrates 39th Annual MLK Week Virtually Freshman Lawmakers Colin Allred, Van Taylor Ride Bipartisan Message to Reelection	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line737
__label__cc	0.648179	0.351821	Flaxman’s Agamemnon: A Subtle Influence March 26, 2019 November 26, 2019 ~ Joon Yoon John Flaxman is a figure not very often referenced by Symonds in his memoirs or his letters, but someone who seems to have a more hidden connection with Symonds. The one mention of Flaxman in the memoirs mentions him in the context of picture books and how he “drew a great deal from Raphael, Flaxman and Retzch.” At the very least, Flaxman’s illustrations served as one of Symonds’ first introductions to Greek classics. The specific Flaxman book I will be referring to is Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus, of which the content seems fairly self-explanatory. Catalyst Link Here, Photo Taken by the Author The reference from his memoirs, along with a mention in one of his letters about selling a Flaxman book as part of a “list”, is strong evidence that Symonds had these books lying around in his collection and would have been familiar with them. In his memoirs he also mentions his house “well stocked with engravings, photographs, copies of Italian pictures and illustrated works upon Greek sculpture.” (page 118) It wouldn’t have at all been unusual for Symonds to possess his books, between his interest in classical Greek literature and noted proclivity toward collecting artwork. The publishing date of 1795 is also well before Symonds’ time (being born in 1840), making it entirely plausible for Symonds to have owned a copy. While Flaxman as a figure does not appear much in Symonds’ writing, Aeschylus certainly does, making appearances multiple times in his memoirs, his letters, and a few instances in A Problem in Greek Ethics. Considering all these factors, it would be a seemingly gaping hole in his collection if Symonds never owned a version of Flaxman’s illustrations of Aeschylus. “My king, my royal lord, what words can show/ My grief…”, Photo taken by Kyle Bacon The specific play pictured in this image is Agamemnon, a play by Aeschylus which dramatizes the life of the titular Agamemnon, a mythological king of Mycanae. The scene pictured in the photo seems to be Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra, standing over his corpse, after he has been killed according to Cassandra’s prophecy. The quote underlying the illustration seems to be Clytemnestra expressing grief over her husband’s death, though the picture itself seems to tell a different tale, from her facial expression. Perhaps it could be interpreted as indignant rage over her husband’s death, but the play itself also says otherwise. Clytemnestra had a lover, and when Agamemnon dies, she takes over the government with him. The expression on her face in the picture does not seem to match her quote, but also is not particularly congruent with the events of the play that are going on in that moment. In terms of Symonds’ interest in the Agamemnon in particular, he does not reference in much in the writings we have looked at; there is one mention in the letters but nothing particularly earth-shattering. He does reference Aeschylus a fair bit throughout his letters, and a few times in both his memoirs and A Problem in Greek Ethics. But it seems fair to assume, at least for the scholarly affairs of Greek Ethics and his life in general, Aeschylus and the Agamemnon were not particularly massive influences. Which leaves us only with the vague speculations of what a young boy looking at this particular image could have seen when gazing into the confusingly furious eyes of a cheating wife looking at her husband’s body while expressing grief. We can probably assume that Symonds was not aware of the events in the play, but I think there is still something to be said. Perhaps the disconnect between facial expression and quote inspired a sort of curiosity, an inkling in him that something was quite not right with the situation. Essentially, it might have served as a sort of gateway to hint at the depth of the Greek classics, and planted the seed that would sprout into his research into Greek classics years later. It provided a question, that he would later answer through the course of his life through study. Published by Joon Yoon View all posts by Joon Yoon ‹ PreviousSymonds and Sculpture: A Sexual Awakening Next ›One Hell of a Time: Pitture a fresco del Campo Santo di Pisa and a Young Symonds One thought on “Flaxman’s Agamemnon: A Subtle Influence” Pingback: Apollo: From the Page to the Mind of J. A. Symonds – JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS PROJECT	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line740
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__label__wiki	0.936051	0.936051	Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s freedom struggle icon and first black president, continues to be revered around the world. Mandela was a flawed icon. But without him South Africa would be a sadder place Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation. I was one of the thousands who watched Nelson Mandela, the South African liberation struggle hero, leave prison on 11 February 1990, and then mount the podium in front of Cape Town’s City Hall, expressing the hope that the apartheid government would agree to negotiations so that there might no longer be the need for armed struggle against apartheid to continue. He said: Today, the majority of South Africans, black and white, recognise that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our decisive mass action … We have waited too long for our freedom. He appealed to white South Africans to join us in the safety of a new South Africa. The freedom movement is a political home for you, too. I was thrilled but also, underneath that, felt concern about the forces against him. I worried about the violence the apartheid military and its proxies would unleash. I fretted about what I’d seen during my decade of membership of the African National Congress (ANC), the leading liberation movement for which he was jailed: the seeping corruption, elbowing for position, the exile old guard’s insistence on primacy. And, as he left prison hand in hand with his wife, Winnie, I feared the influence of a woman who’d already been convicted of kidnapping, and accused of so much more. As I will show, these concerns were borne out. But, three decades on since his release, it still feels that without Mandela South Africa would be a sadder place. The “Great Man” take on the past so often misses the undercurrents that keep greatness afloat, and yet there are few moments in recent world history where one person made quite such a difference. Mandela’s extraordinary gifts – his integrity and self-discipline, intelligence and intellectual curiosity, depth of perception, strategic vision and tactical nous, and his steely resolve – set him apart. Towards the end of his 27 years in prison, that meant leading in a direction that felt uncomfortable to some, through conducting secret talks with the government. Compromise and bargain Throughout this period he kept Oliver Tambo’s exile leadership of the ANC informed. But there were misgivings about his role. Mandela later went out of his way to allay these fears. The example I recall most vividly (because I had to rush around closing secret offices and bank accounts) came six months after his release when the leadership of “Operation Vula” (the ANC and South African Communist Party’s underground network) were rounded up. FW De Klerk, the last apartheid president, used the arrests to demand that the Communist Party leader Joe Slovo be dropped from the ANC’s negotiating team. But Mandela, who’d once been a party member, dug in. De Klerk backed down, and eventually indemnified the group. The four years of negotiations saw more people killed in political violence – mostly from the state and its proxies, with an estimated 14,000 people dying. Mandela could not prevent this mayhem, but his authority and gravitas kept the negotiations to end apartheid afloat. Authority and momentum seeped from De Klerk into Mandela. How Mandela stayed fit: from his ‘matchbox’ Soweto home to a prison cell Still, he and his team had to make compromises. One was that the apartheid military were mollycoddled because of the danger they presented. Another was that the ANC had to allow Inkatha, the Zulu-nationalist party led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, control of KwaZulu-Natal. In the end, Mandela’s team got more than many expected – a one-person, one-vote election and a progressive constitution with no entrenched rights for racial minorities. Without Mandela none of this would have been certain, or even likely. Mandela’s presidency Mandela’s five years as president were more ambiguous. He helped keep the peace through gestures like appointing De Klerk and Buthelezi to his cabinet, wearing Springbok colours in presenting the rugby World Cup trophy to the victorious South African side in 1995 and securing the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. There were real changes, including houses for the poor and water supplies for three million, with two million connected to the electricity grid. But job-creation programmes were abandoned and the gap between rich and poor remained even if the ranks of the rich became more racially mixed – and crime rates remained disturbingly high. It is sometimes said that the corruption that engulfed the country started during Thabo Mbeki’s presidency (June 1999 to September 2008) and became endemic under Jacob Zuma (May 2009 to February 2018). But the seeds were sown earlier, and Mandela did little to curb its growth within the ANC while leader. He also neglected the HIV/AIDS pandemic while president. When I discussed this with Edwin Cameron, the Constitutional Court judge and HIV/AIDS activist, in an interview published in South Africa’s Sunday Independent in 2001, he shook his head sadly. Of all the leaders of the 20th century who might have had an impact, Mandela was the one who could have done the most – without doubt this was one of the grievous omissions of his presidency… He did 199 things that contributed to our nation’s salvation but the one thing he didn’t do as president was take a lead on AIDS – and it’s not because he wasn’t begged to. We tried in every single way, but he didn’t take it up and it was a tragedy. Mandela’s talent for reading the political runes was not always matched by his ability to read people. Internal political leaders who’d publicly criticised Winnie were sidelined but his patrician’s hope that he could have a benign influence on her evaporated. They separated in 1992 and divorced in 1995. Secure legacy Mandela’s tendency to defer to the exile leadership came at a cost. He appointed several dud former exiles to his cabinet, including the dozy Alfred Nzo as foreign affairs minister and the corrupt Joe Modise as defence minister. He also conceded to pressure from exile leaders to appoint Mbeki rather than Cyril Ramaphosa as deputy president, despite having earlier swapped them as negotiations head, regarding Mbeki as thin-skinned and inflexible, according to his official biographer, Anthony Sampson. Yet Mandela increasingly delegated power to his dauphin, who displayed the paranoia and obduracy he’d feared. Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation, while throwing himself into the HIV/AIDS campaign on learning that his son, Makgatho, was HIV-positive. He described it as a war that had killed more than “all previous wars”. This 18th of July marks what would have been his 102nd birthday. His legacy is secure, the rough edges smoothed – a figure of reconciliation more than a guerrilla leader, a statesman, not a former communist, an icon solidified in sculptor’s stone rather than a magnificent, flawed and complex human being. Gavin Evans, Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line744
__label__wiki	0.855226	0.855226	Fraser Institute, Tobacco Tactics, updated 05 February 2020, accessed 16 January 2021. The Fraser Institute is a free market, libertarian think tank in Canada, with a history of pro-tobacco work and funding. 1 Pro-Tobacco Work In 1999 the Fraser Institute convened two conferences. The first, on “Junk Science, Junk Policy? Managing Risk and Regulation”, promised to focus attention on “the relentless pursuit of a ‘zero risk’ society” and produce a “framework” for “sensible public policies”. The second conference, “Should government butt out? The pros and cons of tobacco regulation,” promised to provide insight into “what public policy should be toward this still-legal product that remains a habitual pleasure for one-third of Canadian adults”. Leading public health advocates condemned both conferences. “The public relations campaign against tobacco regulation now being supported by Canada’s Fraser Institute is a classic example of the tobacco industry’s decades-long effort to confuse the media and the public about the risks of tobacco industry products and second hand smoke” wrote Mary Jane Ashley, a Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Expert Committee of Ontario Minister of Health’s Advisory Panel on the Review of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy; along with Professor Stan Glantz, Professor of Medicine and the University of California and James Repace, Physicist, an expert on second hand smoke. The scientists continued: “What is difficult to comprehend is why the Fraser Institute would put its credibility on the line by becoming allied with the tobacco industry’s latest efforts to either misinform the public or to undermine credible scientific authorities. At best, working hand-in-hand with tobacco manufacturers on conferences about ‘junk science’ and tobacco industry regulation calls into question the ethics and judgement of the Fraser Institute. But getting into bed with the international masters of the use of ‘junk science’ and disinformation to block public health reform is cavalier and irresponsible.” 2 In turn, Patrick Basham argued that the reason why the Fraser Institute was interested in this issue, was because “in my judgement, assessing the regulation of tobacco entails an examination of several important public-policy questions, including freedom of speech and the personal freedom to trade longevity knowingly for pleasure”. 3 Funding from Big Tobacco In January 2000 Sherry Stein from the Fraser Institute wrote to Martin Broughton, the chairman of British American Tobacco. The area of risk regulation has interested the Fraser Institute for some time. However, lacking adequate funds we have only been able to progress slowly. It is our goal to establish, alongside our Social Affairs Centre, a Centre on Risk and Regulation. With support by British American Tobacco with a multi-year grant we will be able to develop a top-notch centre that will become a constant and important participant in the public debate on risk and regulation … We are hopeful that British American Tobacco will elect to support the Institute with an annual contribution of $50,000 to be divided between the Social Affairs Centre and The Centre on Risk and Regulation. 4 BAT was interested enough in the Institute to meet Patrick Basham. In June 2000, the Institute asked again, this time for more money. The Executive Director of the Institute, Michael Walker wrote to Adrian Payne from BAT: Thank you for taking the time to meet with Patrick Basham, Director of the Fraser Institute’s Social Affairs Centre, while he was in London, and with Laura Jones, Director of the Institute’s new Centre for Studies in Risk and Regulation while you were both in Toronto. I would like to share with you what has transpired since then and how we hope to proceed with British American Tobacco’s help. It is our hope that British American Tobacco will contribute $50,000 towards the Institute’s Social Affairs Centre, picking up the multi-year commitment made by Rothman’s International two years ago. As well, we hope that you will contribute an additional $50,000 to the new Centre for Studies in Risk and Regulation. These funds, together with contributions from other organisations, will enable us to move forward with our extensive research agenda designed to educate the public and policy makers about risk issues. It is our belief that this will contribute to more rational decisionmaking in the public policy process. The letter went on to warn that “Agitators for a “zero-risk” society have become increasingly successful in advancing their cause, often basing their case on exaggerated junk science scares”. It ended by saying that: It will interest you to know that we have met with a number of your colleagues in the industry to discuss this proposal and all are on side and have implied that they will support the Centre with comparable contributions. The companies they represent are Imperial Tobacco Company Ltd, JTI Macdonald Corp, and Rothmans Benson & Hedges Inc. We have begun discussions as well with Philip Morris International Inc, and Brown & Williamson Tobacco in the U.S. 5 There is no indication from the tobacco documents as to whether the Institute received the funds requested. On 28 July 2000 Sherry Stein from the Institute wrote to Adrian Payne from BAT, this time praising Patrick Basham’s work in promoting research that argued against regulating the tobacco industry. The letter argued that: Patrick Basham, who you met in London, has done several radio interviews and was delighted and surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response to this study. The focus seems to be that smokers were cutting back and quitting on their own accord and government regulations such as smoking bans in public places, prohibition on tobacco ads, higher tobacco taxes, and warnings on packages had little to do with dropping smoking rates in Canada.6 In September 2000, Sherry Stein wrote to Adrian Payne again: Following up on our earlier discussions, I am enclosing three proposals for consideration by British American Tobacco in support of the new risk centre. Each reinforces the mission of the risk centre, which is to educate citizens, media and policy makers about the science and economics behind risk controversies … Luncheon, to launch the new Centre for Studies in Risk and Regulation, with keynote speaker, ABC News’ John Stossel in Toronto (speaker & publication costs). Expanded distribution of the book Safe Enough? Managing Risk and Regulation to Canadian and U.S libraries, university students, international media, and other specific markets. Publication and distribution of The Cost of Regulation in Canada. 7 In response, BAT was forthcoming with some money contributing 10,000 (unclear if dollars or pounds) “towards the research, writing and international distribution of “Safe Enough? Managing Risk and Regulation” and for 150 copies of the book to be sent to your attention for B.A.T.’s own use”. 8 ↑Fraser Institute Website, accessed December 2011 ↑Canadian Non-Smokers’ Rights Association, Economic Think Tank or Front for the Tobacco Industry? April 1999 ↑Patrick Basham, Public Policy Sources, Preface, The Fraser Institute, #40 ↑Sherry Stein, Letter to Martin Broughton, Chairman British American Tobacco, 28 January 2000 ↑Michael Walker, Letter to Dr. Adrian Payne, International Scientific Affairs Manager, British American Tobacco, 19 June 2000 ↑Sherry Stein, Letter to Dr. Adrian Payne, International Scientific Affairs Manager, British American Tobacco, 28 July 2000 ↑Sherry Stein, Letter to Dr Adrian Payne, International Scientific Affairs Manager, British American Tobacco, 12 September 2000 ↑Sherry Stein, Letter to Dr. Adrian Payne, International Scientific Affairs Manager, British American Tobacco, 7 December 2000	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line746
__label__wiki	0.686684	0.686684	Study of 2020 Protests Shows Difference Between Reality and Perception October 16, 2020 - Kenneth Best - UConn Communications UConn political scientist Brian Waddell says partisan battles about the proper role of government are based on a lack of understanding of what American Government actually does. (Getty Images) Political science professor Jeremy Pressman is co-founder of the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC), which collects publicly available data on political crowds reported in the United States, including marches, protests, strikes, demonstrations, riots, and other actions. The CCC findings have been updated in a series of stories in “The Monkey Cage” blog at The Washington Post, which describes its goal as using the discipline of political science to “make sense of the circus that is politics.” While the summer of 2020 experienced 100 days of violence and destruction in cities, according to the the U.S Department of Homeland Security, the most recent CCC study of 7,305 separate events in May and June suggests that 96.3% of events involved no property damage or police injuries and 97.7% of events had no injuries reported. Pressman spoke with UConn Today about the new report. Your data indicates a different set of facts from that issued by official agencies. What does the information you have found tell us? It tells us that there is often a difference between reality and perception. At different times in the last few months, the protests have been a dominant story in the news and in the political sphere. How politicians and media want to treat the protest isn’t necessarily always what’s happening on the ground. One of the reasons we want to collect the data is to get a grounded sense of what’s going on instead of just a scripted view of what people are being told is happening. You report there was no property damage or injuries in more than 97 to 98% of protests. When these numbers indicating peaceful protest are all so high, that should really tell us something about what’s happening. It is challenging to be writing about protests, which are ultimately about fighting over power in American society at a time when we are in such a polarized political environment. That is part of the reason why it’s so contested. I’m not a media specialist, but I do fall back on ‘if it bleeds, it leads.’ Certain imagery has an appeal in terms of ratings. Compare the visuals of throwing a trash can through a window with 20 people standing on a sidewalk holding signs and just talking. You have previously reported in The Washington Post that activity across the country is more widespread and there are more Black and allied youth playing central roles in these protests. What does this indicate? The geographic scope of this, as we have written about before, is really incredible. The antiracism protests took place in big cities, medium sized cities, small towns, urban areas, suburban areas, and rural areas. It took place in blue states, red states, purple states. This was really a societal phenomenon. Of course there were people who opposed it, but the size and the scope of it was just really quite stunning and important. We’ve seen a little bit of that before for instance, after Parkland, with some of the school walkouts, but this spring and summer was really striking. The other piece of it is the youth role. We’re not formally gathering data that helps us get at this question, but because we’re looking at lots of news reports on who’s leading the different protests, I can at least, anecdotally, note a heavy youth involvement. That’s not surprising because youth have been playing a major leadership role in recent movements on Black lives, gun reform, and climate issues. I don’t think we can understand what’s happened here in the summer of 2020 unless we go back to the death of Trayvon Martin, the Ferguson protests, and the Black Lives Matter movement that’s been growing. I don’t think we can understand what happened in 2020 without understanding also how Black Lives Matter built towards this in terms of organization and ideas. A point made in your most recent article is that public perceptions of protests and policing can have immediate effects on election outcomes and public policy, which in turn affects attitudes toward movements years into the future. Two of the main disciplines that study protests are sociology and political science. Political scientists are particularly interested in the electoral and public policy outcomes that do or don’t follow from protests. I think what the research suggests is that protests can have dramatic effects on public policy, opinion, and elections in a direction sympathetic to that of the protesters, whatever the movement is –whether that’s the Tea Party a decade ago or whether it’s Black Lives Matter in 2020. The research backs that up. We’re going to have an election up and down the ballot in November. It is going to be ripe for a study by political scientists of how the size and scope of protests all across the country are affecting those political outcomes. It pushes back against a certain cynicism that you hear sometimes that protests are just people shouting in the streets and don’t matter. What’s the difference? Well, the research demonstrates that it does make a difference. It energizes people, it brings people into the process. People organize. It gives opportunities for constituents to voice their concerns on their issues to their elected representatives. I think the research results have undermined that more cynical view of protest. You’ve been looking at these movements and marches for a number of years. What are you learning from your studies? The internet and a lot of the social media technology that is available now makes our approach to studying protest possible. We’ve been doing our crowd counting since January 2017, which is a period of major social mobilization – the Women’s Marches, March for Our Lives, Black Lives Matter, March for Science. It has been a period of incredible social upheaval and political protests. That’s the first thing that we’ve observed and really documented for the public and for scholarly use. A second question that remains open – although we’ve been doing it for all of the Trump presidency, we’ve also only been doing this during the Trump presidency. I think it’s going to be interesting when there is a new president, whether that is in January 2021 or January 2025, to compare and start to look at how protest movements look different across different presidential administrations when using this particular method. I think the amount of data that we’ve collected is exciting, now tens of thousands of protests across these years, but I think it will be even more exciting when we’re comparing across different presidential administrations. Also in terms of thinking about what we’ve learned – and I don’t know that this comes through as much in our writing about it – it has also been quite striking to me the wide range of issues on which Americans protest. The example I’ve used in Connecticut is the example of people protesting because of faulty concrete used in their basement foundation. That is not the kind of hot button issue that makes the top of the news nationally and gets people marching on Washington, but that is important to people. I saw a protest recently where people were protesting the proposed construction of new pickle ball courts because they preferred the way the land now was being used. I’m quite struck in looking across thousands and thousands of protests – not just the ones that get all the national attention – the way a protest as a political tool is so ingrained in certain parts of our body politic. People turn to it on issues that might not be the first issue you think of when you think of protests.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line747
__label__wiki	0.856813	0.856813	New Law Forces Dozens on Tennessee’s Sex Offender Registry From Their Homes The legislation also makes it illegal for many ex-offenders to be alone with their own children. Photo illustration by Elizabeth Brown. Photo from Getty Images. Steven Yoder Jun 28, 2019 Last Sunday, Jason broke the news to his 7-year-old daughter: He’d be moving out. When a new Tennessee law goes into effect Monday, he will be barred from living with her. The law, Senate Bill 425, also forbids him from being alone with his daughter, meaning he can’t handle doctor’s appointments or pick her up from school, and he and his wife will need to hire childcare since she works full-time. His daughter cried when she heard but understood, Jason said, and told him she didn’t want her father to go to jail. Seven years ago, a stepdaughter accused Jason of sexual touching, a charge he denies and attributes to discipline that he and his wife imposed. With the prosecutor threatening up to 18 years in prison, Jason says his lawyer advised him to take a plea deal that included probation, rather than risk a trial. Jason, whose name has been changed to protect his wife’s job, says the judge imposed no restrictions on him being around his daughter, and the Tennessee sex offense registry shows that he has no other criminal history. Their predicament is likely to be felt more widely in coming months, as Tennessee implements the new law. It was spurred by Kyle Helton, sheriff of Giles County, which borders Alabama. Alabama legislators pride themselves on making the state inhospitable to people with a sex crime in their past. Among other provisions, the state just enacted a chemical castration law and forbids adults whose offenses involved a victim younger than 12 from living with their own minor children. Helton has said that Alabama’s strict laws against former sex offenders were driving them over the border, and he wanted to put a stop to it. So he talked to his state senator, Joey Hensley, about introducing a bill that would match Alabama’s ban on living with children, according to Hensley. (The Giles County Sheriff’s Department said that Helton was not available to talk before deadline.) Research shows relatively low reoffense rates for people convicted of sexual crimes—12 percent on average, according to a definitive 2014 study. But Helton’s lobbying paid off. Hensley introduced SB 425, which banishes people convicted of an offense involving someone under 12 from their homes if they have a child living there who’s a minor. On May 10, Governor Bill Lee signed it into law. On May 29, the Tennessee Department of Correction sent a letter to 78 people on the state sex offender registry advising them that they would need to pack up by July 1 or face arrest and prosecution. They just ripped our family apart.Anonymous, wife of former sex offender Hensley told The Appeal that it’s an effort to protect children by keeping registrants from other states out of Tennessee. But he acknowledges that it “may make it difficult for some.” Jeff Cherry, a lawyer based in Lebanon, Tennessee, represents five of those affected. One served seven years in prison, has been out for six years without any violations, is active in his church, and has put his life back together, Cherry says. The client also has two children—2 years old and 8 weeks old. He’ll be leaving home for good to live with a fellow church member. In another case, a woman told The Appeal that her husband is a registrant and said the new rule forced them on June 6 to move their 11-year-old son to live with his grandmother. “They just ripped our family apart,” she says. (She had first contacted Tennessee 4 Change, which advocates for reforming sex-offense laws in the state and referred her to this reporter. She promised her husband that she wouldn’t reveal his name to a reporter for fear of vigilante violence and other repercussions.) Cherry says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation already has the ability to impose conditions that restrict ex-offenders from living with their children when there’s specific evidence they could pose a danger. Tennessee and Alabama’s laws are different—they aim to separate whole classes of registrants from their families. No other states appear to have comparable statutes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Sex Offender Enactments Database. A few have passed narrower versions: A law passed this year in Utah creates a presumption that a child removed from home by a child welfare agency shouldn’t be reunified with the family if a parent is on the registry. In 2011, Arkansas passed a law that allows a court to prohibit visitation of a child with a divorced parent who has someone living in their house who is on the registry. A 2012 Oklahoma law forbids registrants from living with a minor but excludes their parent from that rule unless the child was the victim. These laws will create homelessness and transience and enormous financial burdens.Jill Levenson, Barry University At least 30 states and many more localities have rules that ban people on sex-offender registries from living near parks, playgrounds, schools, and other places children congregate. A raft of research shows those restrictions don’t lower sex-crime rates but do force many registrants into homelessness. “In summary, there is no empirical support for the effectiveness of residence restrictions,” notes a manual from the U.S. Department of Justice’ Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. “In fact, a number of negative unintended consequences have been empirically identified, including loss of housing, loss of support systems and financial hardship that may aggravate rather than mitigate offender risk.” One researcher predicts SB 425 will have the same effect. Jill Levenson, co-author of a major study of how residence bans in Florida affect homelessness, told The Appeal by email that restrictions like Tennessee’s “should be applied according to assessments by probation officers and therapists, not by statute.” Protecting children from sexual abuse is “absolutely imperative,” she writes. But “these laws will create homelessness and transience and enormous financial burdens for families forced to support two households.” Asked about research or experts he consulted in drafting his end-of-session bill, Senator Hensley replied that “we didn’t do a lot of research—the House sponsor did more than I did. But we met with several of the sheriffs—especially in Giles County—who asked for this law because they had personally seen children that had been affected by this.” (A call to the bill’s House sponsor, Clay Doggett, wasn’t returned.) Many of those affected by the law most likely committed crimes years that are years old. The first 20 Giles County residents on Tennessee’s sex offender registry had a most recent offense that was on average 16 years old. At a recent meeting with representatives of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the lawyers asked him to move the implementation date forward to July 2020, which Hensley doesn’t oppose. But he can’t do anything until the legislature goes back into session next January, he says. By then affected families will have been split up for six months. In the meantime, attorneys representing three affected parents filed a request for a temporary restraining order in federal court that challenges SB 425’s constitutionality, in part because of its application to people whose offenses occurred before it was passed. At least two federal courts, including the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Tennessee, have ruled that retroactive sex-offense laws violate the Constitution’s ex post facto provision. A lot is at stake for the families. One father, whose offense dates to 1999, is a single parent of a 5-year-old autistic child. Another, who has a spouse who works full-time, home-schools his 16-year-old daughter with a learning disability. Law enforcement told both that they need to be out by Sunday. Barring a legal victory, Jason says his family will follow their usual Sunday night routine this weekend: They’ll have dinner and watch a movie or TV. Then he and his wife will put his daughter to bed, and he’ll leave for good. Update: On June 28, U.S. District Judge William Campbell granted the request for a temporary restraining order until a hearing can be held on July 11 to consider the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction. Prosecutors Giles County Sen. Joey Hensley Senate Bill 425 sex crimes Sex Offender Enactments Database Sex Offender Registry Sheriff Kyle Henton Tennessee Tennessee 4 Change Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers More in Prosecutors Illinois State Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Cash Bail Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Jan 14, 2021 They Took Umbrellas to a Black Lives Matter Protest. The D.A. Hit Them with Gang Charges Meg O'Connor These Cops Lied In Court. But Since The D.A. 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__label__wiki	0.507395	0.507395	BruinsBOS FlamesCGY BOS 3 1 0 4 CGY 3 0 0 3 P. Bergeron (2 PTS, 2 G, 0 A, 3 SOG) M. Backlund (2 PTS, 2 G, 0 A, 3 SOG) Moneyline: BOS -152 CGY +123 TV: NESN Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary NHL arena rankings: Rate your home rink and see how it stacks up Mark Lazerus and Scott Powers Four things we learned about the Flames in the season opener Hailey Salvian Bruins defense moves it, Tuukka Rask saves it: 5 takeaways from an opening win Fluto Shinzawa Flames opening night roster: How much has the team improved? P. Bergeron C 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 15:59 B. Marchand LW 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 3 18:36 C. Coyle C 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 16:38 D. Pastrnak LW 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 16:48 C. McAvoy D 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 23:08 A. Bjork LW 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 15:28 K. Kuhlman RW 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 12:59 B. Carlo D 0 1 -1 2 2 0 1 0 2 21:43 M. Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 17:15 Z. Chara D 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 20:38 T. Krug D 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 19:42 J. Lauzon D 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 17:41 A. Blidh LW 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 10:54 D. Krejci C 0 0 -1 1 2 0 0 1 0 15:52 D. Heinen C 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13:36 C. Wagner RW 0 0 -1 1 1 0 2 0 1 12:25 J. DeBrusk LW 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:21 S. Kuraly C 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:17 J. Halak G 21 3 18 0.857 60:00 M. Backlund C 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 17:22 J. Gaudreau LW 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 20:18 N. Hanifin D 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 24:44 R. Andersson D 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 24:01 T. Rieder C 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 09:33 M. Tkachuk LW 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 2 17:34 E. Lindholm C 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18:39 T. Brodie D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 21:31 M. Stone D 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 18:16 M. Jankowski C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10:47 D. Dube C 0 0 -1 2 1 0 4 0 0 14:57 D. Ryan C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11:37 M. Lucic LW 0 0 -1 1 1 0 4 0 1 16:25 S. Bennett C 0 0 -1 2 0 0 1 0 1 11:58 S. Monahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:31 O. Kylington D 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 15:04 A. Mangiapane LW 0 0 -1 1 0 0 3 1 0 16:16 A. Yelesin D 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:13 C. Talbot G 23 4 19 0.826 59:11 Scoring Plays 1ST PERIOD 1ST 0:20 - Goal: Mikael Backlund, Assists: Rasmus Andersson, Noah Hanifin 0 1 1ST PERIOD 1ST 2:34 - Goal: Mikael Backlund, Assists: Tobias Rieder, Matthew Tkachuk 0 2 1ST PERIOD 1ST 2:58 - Goal: Patrice Bergeron, Assists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy 1 2 1ST PERIOD 1ST 3:23 - Goal: Johnny Gaudreau, Assist: Elias Lindholm 1 3 1ST PERIOD 1ST 6:12 - Goal: Patrice Bergeron, Assists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand 2 3 1ST PERIOD 1ST 12:20 - Goal: Charlie Coyle, Assists: Karson Kuhlman, Anders Bjork 3 3 2ND PERIOD 2ND 0:52 - Goal: Brad Marchand, Assists: Brandon Carlo, Torey Krug 4 3 9 PIM 5 20 HITS 22 11 GIVEAWAYS 10 9 TAKEAWAYS 6 24 FACEOFFS WON 28 Breaking out: The critical adjustment that could unlock the Bruins offense 20 Questions with Chris Cuthbert: On loosened pants, travelling and empty arenas Sean Fitz-Gerald Ten bold (and not so bold) Calgary Flames predictions for 2021 Hailey Salvian and Darren Haynes	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line750
__label__cc	0.726518	0.273482	70s Rock Posted on November 7, 2018 by Shane R. AC/DC, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Aerosmith, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Halen, Cream, Pink Floyd, The Ramones. These are just to name a few of some of the greatest rock bands of all time. These bands revolutionized rock music and defined what the genre’s all about. As you can see from the title, these bands represented a certain era of rock music. An era that started the shift of rock music that became what it is today. I’m talking about a certain decade that produced so many legendary rock classics. We’re gonna be looking into the historical music era of the 1970s. I was first introduced to 70s rock by the band The Doors. Even though they were mostly popular during the late 60s, their music got me hooked to the classics and ever since then I grew more and more into it. After first listening to The Doors I then discovered Alice Cooper and especially Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynrd Skynyrd’s music spread positivity to the world and it really sucks that they wasn’t able to take their music to the next level because of their tragic plane crash in 1977. Even though they’re one of the greatest bands of all time, imagine how bigger they would’ve gotten with the original members. The 70s also saw the rise of unique bands such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Journey, The Ramones, ZZ Top, and many others. These bands brought a new style of rock to the table that inspires so many generations to do the same if not more. This era also features some dominate albums that blew up charts back in the day. You got albums such as Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Deep Purple’s Machine Head, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, The Who: Who’s Next, and tons more. My personal favorite is AC/DC’s Highway to Hell. That album got me into the band mainly because of how unique their style was and the raspy vocals of Bon Scott, which I found to be very cool. Another standout album to me is Black Sabbath’s Paranoid. That album proved that Black Sabbath was here to stay and they were gonna dominate the music industry for decades to come and they sure proved that. In my opinion, the top 3 bands that defined the 1970s rock era are Queen, Eagles, and AC/DC. These 3 bands played a big role in the change of rock music during this era. I know there’s many more bands to choose from for this decade, but that’s my opinion. I would love to know who you guys would choose as the top 3 bands of the 1970s. The 1970s era of rock music defined the true meaning of rock and that is power. Each band from that era had the power to create songs that spoke truths, spread positivity, and most importantly brought nations together. This era can never be duplicated. If you guys have time, turn on a radio or find a playlist that consists of 70s rock music and you’ll be amazed at what you’ll hear. The 1970s rule! Posted in MusicTagged Classic, Music, rock Mudvayne: L.D. 50	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line752
__label__wiki	0.897431	0.897431	Goaltending Controversy Arising Deeper in the Devils Organization By Leo Scaglione Jr. March 31st, 2014 There is another goaltending controversy involving the New Jersey Devils but this time it is happening with the Albany Devils, their top developmental team, of the American Hockey League. Despite being cast as the next goaltender to make the leap to the NHL and having one of the strongest seasons among all net minders in the AHL, Keith Kinkaid has all of a sudden found himself in an unfamiliar spot: on the Albany Devils bench. Back-up goaltender Scott Wedgewood has stolen the show in the Albany crease and has started six of the last eight games for the A-Devils. Keith Kinkaid’s First Rough Stretch of the 2013-14 Season Kinkaid entered March with a record of 20-8-2 with a .917 save%. His final February contest (February 22) was an important battle against the Norfolk Admirals, one of the teams the A-Devils were in a logjam with in the fight for a playoff spot. Entering the game each squad had 62 points and were tied for 7th in the Eastern Conference. Kinkaid stood tall and stopped 25 of 26 shots as the Devils won 4-1. He was also named the game’s first star. It was Kinkaid’s third consecutive win and the fifth consecutive game in which he guaranteed at least one point for Albany in the standings. Instead of Kinkaid starting his third game in three nights, Wedgewood started the following afternoon’s game as the Devils hosted the Utica Comets. Wedgewood backstopped the Devils to a 2-1 victory as he turned aside 15 of 16 shots. It was Wedgewood’s second win in three contests but just his third in a dozen appearances dating back to January 10. The next six games were much of the same in the Albany crease as Kinkaid started five of the six. The only difference is Kinkaid lost four (two in the shootout) of his five starts. In his final start during that stretch of games Kinkaid yielded six goals to the Springfield Falcons on March 14 in a 6-4 Albany loss. This was the most goals allowed in a game by Kinkaid this season and his worst performance dating back to February 13 of last season when he allowed six goals in two periods to the eventual Eastern Conference Champion Syracuse Crunch. Kinkaid’s one victory in five games (as it stands now it is seven games with one victory) was also his worst five-game stretch during the 2013-14 season. Keith Kinkaid’s struggles have paved the way for another goaltending controversy in the Devils organization (John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports). Scott Wedgewood Delivers the Doughnuts; Wins Four Straight With the Devils losing ground in the playoff race, the tide began to turn on March 15. The A-Devils returned to the Times Union Center for the first time since Wedgewood’s 2-1 victory over Utica and Wedgewood was chosen to start once again. Harri Pesonen and Rod Pelley scored for Albany but one goal was all they would need as Wedgewood picked up his second professional hockey shutout (January 10, 3-0 win at. Springfield, 21 saves) as he stopped all 23 shots he faced, including 16 in the final period, in the 2-0 blanking of the Hartford Wolf Pack. Riding the hot hand head coach Rick Kowalsky started Wedgewood in the next day’s game against the Crunch. The Devils went on to defeat Syracuse 3-0 as Wedgewood made 13 saves and earned yet another shutout. Scott Wedgewood led the Albany Devils to a 2-0 victory over the Wolf Pack on March 15, 2014: The goaltending controversy that loomed over the parent club most of the season trickled up to the capital city of New York when the starting goaltender was announced for the final contest of their three-game home stand. Looking to sweep the three games in Albany, Kowalsky elected to start Wedgewood in another important battle for a playoff spot. Facing the East Division-leading Binghamton Senators, Wedgewood’s shutout streak was finally snapped at the 15:54 mark of the second period when Matt Puempel scored to give the Senators a 1-0 lead. Wedgewood’s shutout streak ended at 164:22. That was all that Wedgewood would surrender, however, and a pair of third period goals, one by Mike Sislo and the other by Reid Boucher, gave Albany a much-needed 2-1 victory. In total, Wedgewood stopped 18 of 19 shots in the evening tilt. Scott Wedgewood mans the crease for the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center during an exhibition contest against the New York Islanders on September 19, 2013. Wedgewood started his fourth consecutive game three nights later as the Devils jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before eventually prevailing over the Crunch on the road 6-2. Wedgewood turned aside 22 of 24 shots and won his fourth straight start, a new career high. He has previously won three games in a row twice, both times earlier in the 2013-14 season. His victory was also Albany’s fourth in a row, their longest winning streak since a historic six-game winning streak in early December. The Devils streak was snapped the following day when Kinkaid got his first start in five games. He stopped 19 of 22 shots but Chuck Kobasew’s second of the game 1:22 into overtime gave the host Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins the 3-2 win. Goaltending Controversy: The Albany Edition Wedgewood started two of the last three games for the A-Devils as their March schedule came to a close. Wedgewood started the Friday contest against the Hershey Bears but a third period collapse sent Albany to their second straight loss. The Devils held a 1-0 lead going into the final frame but fell 4-1 to the Bears, who are 9th in the Eastern Conference and end the weekend just a point shy of the final playoff spot currently held by the Admirals. Kinkaid started on home ice against the Worcester Sharks on Saturday but lost for the sixth time in seven starts as the Sharks prevailed in the shootout 4-3. In their last game of the month, however, the shootout was kind to the Devils as they defeated the Senators for the second time in less than two weeks. Wedgewood picked up his seventh win in his last ten starts and fifth win in his last six. He stopped all five shootout attempts by the Senators and Pelley picked up the lone Albany shootout goal in the fifth round as the Devils won 3-2. During actual playing time, Wedgewood made 23 saves on 25 shots. Highlights from the Albany Devils 3-2 victory over Binghamton including Wedgewood’s clutch right pad save in the shootout: Wedgewood has started the bulk of the games over the last month and has been in net for the contests that are four-point affairs in regards to playoff positioning. He was also named the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the week ending on March 16, the week of his back-to-back shutouts. He has overtaken the number one spot on the goaltending depth chart for the Albany Devils as Kinkaid has been engulfed in a month long slump after posting career highs in goals against average, save percentage, and shutouts. Kinkaid also has 21 victories which is tied for the most he had in a single season (2012-13). With Kinkaid struggling and Wedgewood emerging as a star during the most important part of the season, Albany is facing a goalie controversy of their own as the Devils look to make the postseason for the first time since 2010. 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__label__cc	0.561914	0.438086	Monday, Menachem Av 6, 5780 / July 27, 2020 We are now in the Hebrew month of Menachem Av. Wednesday night (July 29) & Thursday (July 30) is the fast of Tisha B’Av - the ninth day of Av. Tisha B'Av we fast and mourn the destruction of the Two Holy Temples in Jerusalem. Our sages say, "When the month of Av enters we minimize in happiness." Thus, during the first nine days of the month, until after Tisha B'Av, we don't celebrate or engage in joyous activities. The First Temple, which was built by King Solomon, stood for 410 years and was destroyed on the 9th of Av, by Nebuchadnetzar, king of Babylon. The Second Temple stood for 420 years and was also destroyed on the 9th of Av, close to 500 years after the destruction of the First Temple. Both Temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av, as a result of the sins of the Jewish people. Yet, our sages draw an important distinction between the sins which caused the destruction of the first Temple and the sins which caused the destruction of the second Temple. Our sages say that the First Temple was destroyed due to the sin of idol worship. The Jewish people strayed from worshipping G-d and turned to worship all kinds of idols. The sin which caused the destruction of the Second Temple was "Sinat Chinam" - "unjust hatred" amongst Jews themselves. Idol worship is one of the gravest sins in the Torah. Indeed, the second commandment of the Ten Commandments is the prohibition against idol worship. The sin of idol worship is so severe that even when one is given the choice of worshipping an idol or being killed, they should die and not worship the idol. Yet, seventy years after the first Temple was destroyed, G-d forgave them and let them return to rebuild the Temple. But the Second Temple, which was destroyed for the sin of hatred amongst Jews, has not yet been rebuilt after two thousand years! This teaches us how great is the sin of strife amongst ourselves and how important is the mitzvah of "Ahavat Yisrael" - Love amongst our people. Thus, during this week of Tisha B'Av, it is customary to enhance our love for each other through acts of kindness and the distribution of extra charity to help the poor and needy. We pray that through "Ahavat Yisrael" and the performance of these mitzvot, we will merit the third Holy Temple - with the coming of Moshiach. May it be speedily in our days. Amen. HAVE A VERY GOOD, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL DAY Please note: Torah Fax will not be published regularly during the next two week	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line755
__label__wiki	0.911062	0.911062	2011 USATF PLOTLINES — Will Anybody Force The 1500 Pace? June 1, 2011 by Sieg Lindstrom The ’07 version of Webb was rewarded for his bold frontrunning. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT) The USATF men’s 1500 should go off as one of the most competitive and unpredictable events on offer at Hayward Field. But if history is any guide, the pace will be predictably “tactical.” Odd if considered in light of the upswinging standard of U.S. running in the event in recent years but more understandable when the realities of racing for place come into play. In the last 30 years, just three USATF finals—Steve Scott’s 3:34.92 in ‘82, Gabe Jennings’ 3:35.90 in ’00 and Alan Webb’s 3:34.82 in his mile American Record year of ’07—have come in at sub-3:36. Webb also left the ’04 OT field more than 15 meters behind with a bold attack just 700 meters into that final, which ended up at 3:36.13. “We should be setting the bar at winning an Olympic gold medal,” says Vin Lananna, coach of ’10’s fastest American, Andrew Wheating. “Good athletes, good advisors, good training partners, and good competitive opportunities will take us to the Olympic and World Championship finals. All of those factors and a little luck will get the Americans on the podium.” For this summer’s metric mile action, Lananna envisions an elevated bar also. “I believe that they will see three Americans in the final and someone on the podium,” he says. “I am very encouraged by our work ethic and optimism. This is a great time for American distance running.” The ’09 Kenyan Trials went to Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop in 3:32.82—at altitude. Is it conceivable we’ll see a similar outcome in Eugene, where four 1500 men with PRs in the 3:32s or faster should be in the final? “At this stage in the game it’s going to be a tactical race,” analyzes Leonel Manzano (see Interview), who has placed 2nd at the meet the last four years. “I mean it always is. Unless there’s a guy who’s willing to sacrifice himself, I really don’t think that it’s going to go out very fast. “It’s a championship race, which is totally different from any other race that there is. Championship races always go out slow. It’s just something that you already know from experience. “Unless something changes, unless there’s a guy—and I’m not going to say it’s going to be me; it could be anybody—that’s willing to go through 1:54–1:55 through the 800 and just try to hold on to the finish… That would change things, but it’s a championship race.” Manzano is right. Championship races, especially championships that are also qualifiers to the World Champs and Olympics, always come with a calculation for every competitor who has a real shot: “How soon can I move and still feel confident I can hold on to finish in the top 3?” Webb’s surge at the ’04 Trials and Jennings’ with 500 to run were rare examples at U.S. Nationals of athletes taking a hard chomp at the apple early. The final in Indianapolis in ’07 presented a different competitive picture from today’s. Webb and Bernard Lagat (running in his first USATF 1500 final) stood out enough from the pack on PRs and competitive record to justify the gamble, “If I forge an honest pace, there are not three others who can beat me.” Even then, Lagat, although he was a two-time Olympic medalist, came up short against Manzano’s 55-flat last lap. He placed 3rd in 3:35.55. His legs weren’t totally fresh. He had won the 5K two nights earlier, and he would win both events two months later at the World Championships. His gamble had worked. Fourth-placer Chris Lukezic trailed in 10m back. Webb’s face told the tale. Smiling, he wept at the same time. Putting yourself out there with 11 fit milers behind you means racing into an emotional minefield, facing a yawning abyss. This year, the formchart says there is too much parity. Who’d roll the dice? While the shortened World Championships qualifying period for ’11 and tightened Daegu A-standard, 3:35.00, have added pressure to run fast and no American had the A-mark at press time, finishers in the USATF top 4 will be given through August 8 to chase the time. Then there are Eugene conditions. The 1500 final will go off at 3:15 in the afternoon. That’s similar scheduling to the finals at the ‘08 Olympic Trials and ‘09 Nationals. For both of those races, particularly ‘09, wind kicked the runners in the teeth each time they hit the backstretch. In the ‘08 competition, after which no standard-chasing was allowed under an edict of the USOC, Jennings, the winning Trials gambler 8 years earlier, pushed early against the wind in pursuit of the mark. Then he faded, to 12th in 3:47.92, as Lagat, Manzano and Lopez Lomong scooped up the team berths with times of 3:40.37, 3:40.90 and 3:41.00. So it was then. So it’s likely to be now. But never say never. [Editorial note with hindsight: The 2011 USATF final did go like that. In spades as Oregon junior Matthew Centrowitz, the NCAA champ, grabbed the win in 3:47.63 in front of Lagat and Manzano and turned pro thereafter.) Sieg Lindstrom is Track & Field News's Managing Editor. He fell in love with the sport as a high school distance runner, and has covered 8 editions of the Olympics and 14 outdoor World Championships. In a feverish effort to brush up his résumé before he was hired, he also attended the ’84 Olympics and ’87 Worlds as a fan. 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__label__wiki	0.544629	0.544629	Keni Harrison Looking For Championships Golds January 2021 by Jeff Hollobaugh She has racked up an impressive 14 Diamond League wins, but Keni Harrison is pointing towards her first major international gold. (MIKE SCOTT) THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER in the 100H is one to count her blessings. Keni Harrison, after four straight No. 1s in the T&FN World Rankings, 2016–19, admits she herself is stunned by it: “It’s just insane to even think that I’m [No.1] because the hurdles, you know, anyone can go out there and take it. I was just blessed that I was able to come with the fourth time to be No. 1.” Harrison, who has always stayed on the humble side of the street, admits that her thankfulness was forged in a large part by her experiences in ’16. Picked as the favorite for the Olympic Trials after her American Record 12.24 at the Prefontaine Classic, the Kentucky alum had an off day and finished 6th. “Sometimes we don’t understand when things don’t go the way we want, but you have to keep your faith in that moment,” she says. “I was so angry with myself. ‘God, why me?’—that type of thing. I threw a pity party for a little bit. “My coach had to tell me, ‘Keni, you need to go and pray and ask God what He wants you to do and what are you going to do from here on out?’” The focus on faith clearly worked out for Harrison. She traveled to Britain for her next meet two weeks later and blistered a World Record 12.20. “I would definitely say it’s my proudest moment,” she says. “Because I got the World Record, but more so that I got back up. To have a defeat two weeks before [after] only having one goal for that year, which was to make the Olympic team. To not accomplish a goal but then forcing yourself to get back up and get back out there. That did a lot for me personally.” At the close of that momentous year, she had no Olympic medal, but took consolation in a WR plaque and the first of her No. 1s. Her next campaign sparkled as well, with a list-leading 12.28 and an undefeated string that lasted until the World Championships, where her 12.74 landed her in 4th. While it was good for another No. 1 ranking, missing the podium burned. She and coach Edrick Floréal, focused on what they saw as the challenge—bringing Harrison’s everyday game to the big meet. As the winner of 14 career Diamond League races explains it, “It’s just not making meets bigger than what they are. If I could run every meet just like it’s a Diamond League meet, it would be easy. The way I go into a Diamond League and the way I go into a championship are two different things sometimes. “That’s something that I’ve learned over the years, I’ve got to tell myself to calm down, you have one goal and that’s to come across the finish line first. Don’t think of the meet itself and everyone around you. Just keep doing what you’re doing. That’s something that I’m learning to do a better job at over the years. “I’m a lot more confident. Just talking to my sports psych and working on going out there and running fast all the time.” It showed in her last full campaign, 2019. Another undefeated streak led to the national title (12.44). In Doha, she finished 2nd to teammate Nia Ali, but she made the podium, finally. “That was huge for myself and my coach,” she says. “That’s something that I know I had the possibility of doing. It’s just that year I finally was able to put my mental game to the test. I’ve been working hard on controlling my nerves and anxiety and just pressing myself. It was a good year for me.” She was ready for another go at the Olympics. Indoors in ’20, she led the world with her 7.80 over the 60s. Outdoors Harrison—along with the rest of the world—had to rethink everything when the pandemic struck. “It was tough,” she admits. “From the beginning, I didn’t want to believe it. Once reality did sink in that this is happening, [I realized] this is bigger than myself. I was going to try to find things to keep me motivated to go to training. Once I found my routine, I think I was able to finally deal with it on better terms.” Floréal’s pro group, unable to use the facilities at the University of Texas, eventually found a high school track that they used for several months. Since September, they’ve been back at their usual haunts, wearing masks in the weightroom and getting COVID testing every week. “We’re just trying to play things the way that it is, just doing what we can to stay safe and get our workouts in.” Obviously, the summer was different than any Harrison had experienced before. “It’s hard going to practice every single day and not knowing where you’re at. When you run in a track meet, you’re able to say, this is where I’m at. But coach Flo found ways for us to stay in shape and be competitive, just competing with my training partners. “I worked a lot this summer on my sprint mechanics. To be a great hurdler, you’ve gotta have great mechanics. That’s something that in the season it’s really hard to focus on because I’m just running the 100 hurdles.” She calls it the “positive side of quarantining—I worked on something that I needed to work on.” The frustrating part was not racing. “Races… you get to see how fast you’re going. You get to see all the hard work you’ve been putting in. So it was tough.” Rather than head to Europe for the late circuit, Floréal and his athletes decided to stay home, a decision that was based on the calendar lineup for the next 5 years, a stretch that—tentatively at least—features a Worlds or Olympics every summer. “We needed to take some time off. It’s going to be intense the next couple of years. I feel like I’m at the peak of my years,” says Harrison, who recently turned 28. “I want to really give my best those next couple of years. It’s going to be taxing on my body. You need to rest and let your body heal up when you have the chance.” As for her long-term plans, Harrison says, “If my body is still going, I definitely want to keep going. I just want to run until my body can’t run fast anymore. I think I’ll know when that time is, but right now I feel better than I ever have. And everything is really starting to click even more than in 2016, just how I approach things mentally and physically. “I’m understanding the hurdles better and better. I’m only getting wiser in the event, if that makes sense. Every year I just become better.” Jeff Hollobaugh is a writer and stat geek who has been associated with T&FN in various capacities since 1987. He is the author of How To Race The Mile. 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__label__cc	0.671413	0.328587	About UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine The Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) is a national leader in clinical care, education, and research. Hospitalists care for inpatients on the general medicine service at UCSF Medical Center, as well as on the Goldman medical service, medical consult service (and at Mission Bay), neurosurgery comanagement service, heme-bmt hospitalist service, advanced heart failure hospitalist service, procedure service, and nighttime medical service. The Medical Service at St. Mary’s Medical Center is our newest clinical service, caring for patients admitted through both the UCSF Medical Center and St. Mary’s Emergency Departments, as well as direct admissions from referring clinics. In addition to their clinical work, the Division of Hospital Medicine focuses on excellence in teaching, research, and quality improvement. The Division has achieved a remarkable number of "firsts" in hospital medicine: Coined the term hospitalist (in a 1996 article by Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman in the New England Journal of Medicine) Published the first peer-reviewed paper on hospitalists' positive impact on clinical care in Annals of Internal Medicine Hosted the first hospital medicine CME course in 1997; the course remains the nation's most popular and is now in its 21st year Edited the field's main textbook, Hospital Medicine Established the nation's first hospital medicine fellowship Established one of the most highly respected inpatient palliative care services in the United States, now the site of a national palliative care leadership center and a division of their own starting July 2018 Edited the major case-based series on End-of-Life care in the United States, Perspectives of Care at the Close of Life, in JAMA Edited the first case-based series on medical errors ("Quality Grand Rounds" in the Annals of Internal Medicine), the popular journal on medical errors, AHRQ WebM&M and the federal medical errors portal, AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet), and wrote the bestselling book on medical errors, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes Helped found the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM); two of the society's first eight presidents (Robert Wachter and Steven Pantilat) are from the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine Launched the first Hospitalist Mini-College in 2008 Launched the first Global Health Hospital Medicine fellowship in 2012 Over the past few years, articles describing the Division have appeared in virtually every major medical publication, along with the New York Times, the LA Times, and the Washington Post. Our faculty have also been featured on CNN and NPR.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line759
__label__wiki	0.971913	0.971913	Spain to demand negative Covid tests from ‘high-risk’ arrivals, including UK Simon Calder Travel check: Spain is the most popular location for British holidaymakers (Simon Calder) The favourite overseas country for British holidaymakers is to demand evidence of a negative Covid test from every arrival from “high-risk” countries, including the UK. Spain is the latest nation to introduce mandatory pre-departure testing for many visitors, starting on 23 November. The Ministry of Health in Madrid has announced that evidence of a negative PCR in the 72 hours prior to arrival will be compulsory for visitors from all countries designated high risk by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Every major nation in Europe, with the exception of Finland and Norway, is currently classified as “red” or high risk. According to the latest ECDC figures, Spain recorded 600 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 citizens over the past two weeks. The UK has a rate of 474, while France has 942 and Finland just 53. Some non-European countries have far lower rates. Singapore and Rwanda each has a rate of 1.4, less than one-300th that of the UK’s rate. The move is in compliance with EU 2020/1475, a recommendation from the European Union which seeks to end disparities between member nations. The test certificate must be the original, written in Spanish or English and may be submitted on paper or in electronic form. British holidaymakers must find private test centres and pay around £150 for the procedure. NHS tests must not be used. Arriving travellers will still be subject to a coronavirus test if they are suspected of carrying Covid-19. The Canary Islands comprise the only part of Spain that is quarantine-free for arrivals to the UK. The health ministry in Madrid said: “Travel agencies, tour operators and air or maritime transport companies and any other agent that markets tickets must inform passengers of the obligation to have a PCR with a negative result in order to travel.” At present English holidaymakers are not allowed to travel abroad. England’s lockdown ends on 2 December. How to get a Covid PCR test for travelling abroad Passengers able to 'fake' negative Covid-19 test results I missed my flight thanks to a delayed coronavirus test When Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes the oath of office at Wednesday's inauguration, the magnitude of her historic election will be marked not only in her remarks but in the details. The Vice President-elect will be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, another historic female first. Harris, according to a source with knowledge, told ABC News that the Vice President-elect was inspired by Justice Sotomayor's background. Premier League players continue to defy protocol against hugging Premier League players again defied the Covid-19 protocol against hugging, just 24 hours after top tier officials pleaded with them to "set a good example". Amid likely Government pressure, Richard Masters, the league's chief executive, is now expected to table a final attempt to persuade clubs to fall in line at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Goalscorers were mobbed, albeit briefly, at Molineux, Elland Road and the London Stadium, prompting West Brom's Sam Allardyce to become the latest manager to quibble with the rule. "We've been told there's no scientific reason for them not to celebrate collectively, but it is more a symbolic thing," said Allardyce, after goals in his side's 3-2 win at Wolves sparked both hugs and high fives. There were further embraces at the full-time whistle, and footage also showed Nuno Espírito Santo's side in a pre-match huddle in the dressing room. There was also a huddle between Leeds players ahead of their 1-0 defeat by Brighton. Players initially held back as Neal Maupay secured the winner, but, after the final whistle, many of them embraced. Michael Antonio also initially celebrated on his own in a back-stroke along the turf after striking the only goal in West Ham's victory against Burnley. However, other team-mates did move in to high five and put their arms around him afterwards at the London Stadium. Sources close to the Premier League said there has been progress compared with celebrations in midweek, when none of the players held back. However, Allardyce, who had previously called on the league to consider a circuit breaker while Covid cases surge, suggested the rule was proving tough to comply with. "It's very difficult to control your emotions," Allardyce said. "They did control themselves a little bit. You can understand why that [embraces between players on the final whistle] happened though." Clubs were formally reminded by the league twice in the last fortnight that "handshakes, high fives and hugs must be avoided" and players should social distance whenever possible on and off the pitch. Nigel Huddleston, the sports minister, waded into the row this week, saying "football authorities must enforce them strictly". In response to criticism, Allardyce is among a number of managers to have taken issue with the Government handling of the pandemic, saying previously that he was "peeved" that players were being called "irresponsible". "We're getting tested two or three times a week," he said. "We have sterilisers, masks and independent monitors at the training ground making sure we don't do this or that." The government is not about to withdraw elite sport’s right to carry on during the lockdown but football has been left in no doubt that it is not a privilege it can take for granted. After previous on-pitch instructions were largely ignored following Project Restart, the league had been forced to toughen its position due to record numbers of infections in recent weeks. Ten days ago the league issued a toughened-up list of protocols calling on teams to show restraint especially when greeting friends on opposing teams. They warned the clubs that they should “avoid unnecessary contact at all times” including “handshakes and hugging” between opposing teams. Other renewed instructions include wearing face masks on the bench, spot checks of dressing rooms and team buses to ensure social distancing measures are being followed. However, after the hugging rule was ignored midweek, on Friday, Masters told the BBC prior to Saturday's kick-offs: "The players get it. They know we're asking them now again to adjust their behaviours on the pitch, in goal celebrations and around the beginning and the end of matches. We're asking them to adapt and understand why you've got to follow the rules and you've got to set a good example." Between Dec 28 and Jan 3, 40 Premier League players and club staff tested positive for coronavirus - more than double the previous weekly high.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line760
__label__wiki	0.895936	0.895936	National curriculum ‘systematically omits' black British history Sally Weale Photograph: Hulton Getty The national curriculum in England “systematically omits the contribution of black British history in favour of a dominant white, Eurocentric curriculum” which fails to reflect the UK’s multi-ethnic society, according to a new report. It accuses the current history curriculum of dissociating Britain from a legacy that has oppressed black people in favour of a “romanticised, filtered legacy that positions Britannia as all-conquering and eternally embracive of ethnic and cultural difference”. It calls for a curriculum that redefines conceptions of Britishness and includes black history “as a body of legitimate knowledge”. It also calls for greater diversity in the history teaching workforce, and concludes: “Teaching Black history not only benefits Black students, but is beneficial to British society as a whole.” The Black Curriculum report, by Dr Jason Arday of Durham University, is part of a growing campaign in education to get black British history embedded in the national curriculum and taught in schools in England year round, rather than just during Black History Month. “Widening the scope of black history study can also help society to unravel and unlearn many of the racial stereotypes (and intergenerational trauma) that linger into the present,” the report concludes. “In broadening the scope for a more inclusive curriculum that encompasses all our histories as British citizens, textbooks must move beyond anecdotal and factually altered accounts of black history within the British context, one that traditionally centres a dominant Eurocentric canon.” Beyond changes to the history curriculum, the report suggests a number of “quick fixes” to make classroom studies more inclusive. It says students in English classes should be provided with more poetry, fiction, and nonfiction texts written by black authors. The works of Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare should be read alongside Langston Hughes, Malorie Blackman, Candice Carty-Williams, Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison. In mathematics and science, teachers should include black scientists and mathematicians in their lessons, as well as the study of maths in sub-Saharan Africa. A Department for Education spokesperson said: “The knowledge-rich curriculum in our schools already offers pupils the opportunity to study significant figures from black and ethnic minority backgrounds and the contributions they have made to the nation, as well as helping them understand our shared history with countries from across the world.” Meanwhile, a retired primary school headteacher is raising money to send copies of 100 Great Black Britons to every school across the UK. The book by Patrick Vernon and Dr Angelina Osborne celebrates the achievements of black people in Britain. Yvonne Davis has already sent copies to 600 schools. She said: “I am motivated for all children to have access to a copy to create cultural esteem, develop a sense of belonging, a dialogue of questions and answers between peers. The life stories portray the racism and prejudice each one has had to face but with resilience and determination they have succeeded.”	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line761
__label__wiki	0.5546	0.5546	Tagged: Maison de l’Aimitie Op-Ed: Trump’s $95 million home sale to Russian deserves scrutiny Trump outside Maison de l’Aimitie, which he sold to a Russian billionaire. Published online April 6, 2017 in The San Diego Union-Tribune by Seth Hettena When the FBI recently revealed that it was investigating the nature of any links between President Trump, his associates and the Russian government, I was reminded of another scandal involving disgraced San Diego County Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham. The story, which began with a report published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, grew into one of the biggest political scandals in county history. In 2006, a federal judge sentenced Cunningham to 100 months in prison for accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors to whom he steered lucrative Pentagon contracts. Duke Cunningham While there are many differences between the two men — Cunningham, unlike Trump, served his country honorably during the Vietnam War and became a highly decorated Navy fighter pilot — there are similarities where their political careers are concerned. Like Trump, Cunningham had a loose tongue that often got him in trouble. Like Trump, he mocked, taunted, bullied and insulted his political opponents. And like Trump, Cunningham was drawn into far-fetched conspiracies. Look in the Congressional Record, and you’ll find Cunningham denouncing President Bill Clinton as a traitor and a KGB dupe because of a visit to Moscow as a college-aged man. At the center of Cunningham’s bribery scandal was a real estate deal. Cunningham sold his home in Del Mar to a defense contractor and campaign contributor named Mitchell Wade, one of the shady “friends” the congressman attracted. Wade paid $1.675 million for the congressman’s home in 2003, an eye-popping figure that attracted attention even in San Diego County’s red-hot housing market. Wade bought the home without ever having set foot in it, and only later found out that it was in sorry shape, darkened by the bars Cunningham installed over every window and skylight to foil Del Mar’s burglars. Wade put the home up for sale a month later, but it languished for a year before he managed to unload it for a $700,000 loss. To prosecutors, it smelled like bribery. And it was. President Trump also sold a home for more than it was worth — except the house itself and the sale price were both much, much bigger. The property was a sprawling, oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida that Trump sold for $95 million after purchasing it four years earlier for $41 million. At the time, it was the most expensive U.S. home sale ever. The buyer of the 6-acre property was a Russian fertilizer magnate named Dmitry Rybolovlev. The sale took place in July 2008, a time when the overheated U.S. real estate market was showing signs of distress and the supply of luxury homes exceeded demand. Rybolovlev overpaid. Five years after the sale, Palm Beach County officials appraised the house at less than $60 million. To be fair, no one has accused Trump or Rybolovlev of bribery, but the similarities between the sale of Cunningham’s property and Trump’s are striking. Not unlike the defense contractor who bought Cunningham’s Del Mar home, the Russian fertilizer king showed little interest in Trump’s mansion before or after he bought it. He never lived in it and is said to have visited it only once. The home was plagued by mold, and, amazingly, a lawyer for Rybolovlev’s ex-wife told the Palm Beach Post he found no evidence that the Russian billionaire had hired anyone to inspect the property before he paid Trump a $50 million premium for it. In 2015, Rybolovlev got permission to demolish the 61,744-square-foot home, and is now selling off the land underneath it. Other coincidences link Rybolovlev and Trump. Reporters have tracked the Russian billionaire’s private plane to cities where Trump was traveling during the 2016 presidential campaign and into his presidency. Both men say they have never met. It could be that the sale of the Palm Beach mansion is an example of Trump’s ballyhooed deal-making skills. And it is also possible that it was something else: that the purchase of the mansion known as Maison de l’Aimitié (House of Friendship) was a covert form of payment from friends unknown in Russia or elsewhere. The major difference between the two transactions is that at the time of the sale of the Palm Beach mansion, Trump was not a public official. But now that he occupies the most powerful office in the world, the FBI, Senate and House intelligence committees who are examining the president’s ties to Russia should learn the lessons of the Cunningham scandal and give the enormous premium paid for Trump’s moldering mansion — purchased sight unseen — the close scrutiny it deserves. Hettena, a former military writer, is a freelance writer based in San Diego. Written by Seth Hettena 1 Comment Posted in Donald Trump, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Russia Tagged with Dmitry Rybolovlev, Maison de l'Aimitie, Palm Beach	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line762
__label__wiki	0.934216	0.934216	Vincentiana Home > Vincentian Heritage Collections > Journals & Publications > Vincentiana > Vol. 42 (1998) > Vol. 42, No. 4-5 The General Secretariat: Correspondence - Councils - Publications of the General Curia Emeric Amyot d'Inville C.M. d'Inville, Emeric Amyot C.M. (1998) "The General Secretariat: Correspondence - Councils - Publications of the General Curia," Vincentiana: Vol. 42 : No. 4 , Article 9. Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentiana/vol42/iss4/9 Catholic Studies Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons All Issues Vol. 56, No. 1 Vol. 55, No. 3 Vol. 55, No. 2 Vol. 55, No. 1 Vol. 54, No. 4 Vol. 54, No. 3 Vol. 54, No. 2 Vol. 54, No. 1 Vol. 53, No. 6 Vol. 53, No. 5 Vol. 53, No. 4 Vol. 53, No. 3 Vol. 53, No. 1-2 Vol. 52, No. 6 Vol. 52, No. 5 Vol. 52, No. 4 Vol. 52, No. 3 Vol. 52, No. 1-2 Vol. 51, No. 6 Vol. 51, No. 5 Vol. 51, No. 4 Vol. 51, No. 3 Vol. 51, No. 1-2 Vol. 50, No. 6 Vol. 50, No. 5 Vol. 50, No. 4 Vol. 50, No. 3 Vol. 50, No. 1-2 Vol. 49, No. 4-6 Vol. 49, No. 3 Vol. 49, No. 2 Vol. 49, No. 1 Vol. 48, No. 6 Vol. 48, No. 4-5 Vol. 48, No. 3 Vol. 48, No. 2 Vol. 48, No. 1 Vol. 47, No. 5-6 Vol. 47, No. 4 Vol. 47, No. 3 Vol. 47, No. 2 Vol. 47, No. 1 Vol. 46, No. 6 Vol. 46, No. 4-5 Vol. 46, No. 3 Vol. 46, No. 2 Vol. 46, No. 1 Vol. 45, No. 6 Vol. 45, No. 4-5 Vol. 45, No. 3 Vol. 45, No. 2 Vol. 45, No. 1 Vol. 44, No. 6 Vol. 44, No. 4-5 Vol. 44, No. 3 Vol. 44, No. 2 Vol. 44, No. 1 Vol. 43, No. 6 Vol. 43, No. 4-5 Vol. 43, No. 3 Vol. 43, No. 2 Vol. 43, No. 1 Vol. 42, No. 6 Vol. 42, No. 4-5 Vol. 42, No. 3 Vol. 42, No. 2 Vol. 42, No. 1 Vol. 41, No. 6 Vol. 41, No. 4-5 Vol. 41, No. 3 Vol. 41, No. 2 Vol. 41, No. 1 Vol. 40, No. 6 Vol. 40, No. 4-5 Vol. 40, No. 3 Vol. 40, No. 2 Vol. 40, No. 1 Vol. 39, No. 7 Vol. 39, No. 6 Vol. 39, No. 4-5 Vol. 39, No. 3 Vol. 39, No. 2 Vol. 39, No. 1 Vol. 38, No. 6 Vol. 38, No. 4-5 Vol. 38, No. 3 Vol. 38, No. 1-2 Vol. 37, No. 6 Vol. 37, No. 4-5 Vol. 37, No. 3 Vol. 37, No. 1-2 Vol. 36, No. 6 Vol. 36, No. 4-5 Vol. 36, No. 3 Vol. 36, No. 1-2 Vol. 35, No. 6 Vol. 35, No. 3 Vol. 35, No. 2 Vol. 35, No. 1 Vol. 34, No. 4-6 Vol. 34, No. 3 Vol. 34, No. 2 Vol. 34, No. 1 Vol. 33, No. 6 Vol. 33, No. 4-5 Vol. 33, No. 3 Vol. 33, No. 2 Vol. 33, No. 1 Vol. 32, No. 6 Vol. 32, No. 5 Vol. 32, No. 4 Vol. 32, No. 3 Vol. 32, No. 2 Vol. 32, No. 1 Vol. 31, No. 4-6 Vol. 31, No. 3 Vol. 31, No. 2 Vol. 31, No. 1 Vol. 30, No. 5-6 Vol. 30, No. 3-4 Vol. 30, No. 2 Vol. 30, No. 1 Vol. 29, No. 6 Vol. 29, No. 4-5 Vol. 29, No. 2-3 Vol. 29, No. 1 Vol. 28, No. 3 Vol. 28, No. 2 Vol. 28, No. 1 Vol. 27, No. 6 Vol. 27, No. 4-5 Vol. 27, No. 3 Vol. 27, No. 2 Vol. 27, No. 1 Vol. 26, No. 5-6 Vol. 26, No. 3-4 Vol. 26, No. 1-2 Vol. 25, No. 5-6 Vol. 25, No. 4 Vol. 25, No. 3 Vol. 25, No. 1-2 Vol. 24, No. 6 Vol. 24, No. 3 Vol. 24, No. 1-2 Vol. 23, No. 6 Vol. 23, No. 4-5 Vol. 23, No. 3 Vol. 23, No. 2 Vol. 23, No. 1 Vol. 22, No. 6 Vol. 22, No. 5 Vol. 22, No. 4 Vol. 22, No. 3 Vol. 22, No. 1-2 Vol. 21, No. 5-6 Vol. 21, No. 4 Vol. 21, No. 3 Vol. 21, No. 1-2 Vol. 20, No. 5-6 Vol. 20, No. 4 Vol. 20, No. 3 Vol. 20, No. 1-2 Vol. 19, No. 6 Vol. 19, No. 5 Vol. 19, No. 4 Vol. 19, No. 3 Vol. 19, No. 1-2 Vol. 18, No. 6 Vol. 18, No. 5 Vol. 18, No. 4 Vol. 18, No. 3 Vol. 18, No. 1-2 Vol. 17, No. 6 Vol. 17, No. 4-5 Vol. 17, No. 3 Vol. 17, No. 1-2 Vol. 16, No. 6 Vol. 16, No. 4-5 Vol. 16, No. 3 Vol. 16, No. 1-2 Vol. 15, No. 6 Vol. 15, No. 4 Vol. 15, No. 3 Vol. 15, No. 1 Vol. 14, No. 5 Vol. 14, No. 4 Vol. 14, No. 3 Vol. 14, No. 2 Vol. 14, No. 1 Vol. 13, No. 5 Vol. 13, No. 3 Vol. 13, No. 2 Vol. 13, No. 1 Vol. 12, No. 6 Vol. 12, No. 5 Vol. 12, No. 4 Vol. 12, No. 3 Vol. 12, No. 2 Vol. 12, No. 1 Vol. 11, No. 6 Vol. 11, No. 5 Vol. 11, No. 4 Vol. 11, No. 3 Vol. 11, No. 2 Vol. 11, No. 1 Vol. 10, No. 6 Vol. 10, No. 5 Vol. 10, No. 3 Vol. 10, No. 2 Vol. 10, No. 1 Vol. 9, No. 6 Vol. 9, No. 5 Vol. 9, No. 4 Vol. 9, No. 3 Vol. 9, No. 2 Vol. 9, No. 1 Vol. 8, No. 5 Vol. 8, No. 4 Vol. 8, No. 3 Vol. 8, No. 2 Vol. 8, No. 1 Vol. 7, No. 2 Vol. 7, No. 1 Vol. 6, No. 3 Vol. 6, No. 2 Vol. 6, No. 1 Vol. 5, No. 6 Vol. 5, No. 5 Vol. 5, No. 4 Vol. 5, No. 3 Vol. 5, No. 2 Vol. 5, No. 1 Vol. 4, No. 6 Vol. 4, No. 5 Vol. 4, No. 4 Vol. 4, No. 3 Vol. 4, No. 2 Vol. 4, No. 1 Vol. 3, No. 7 Vol. 3, No. 6 Vol. 3, No. 5 Vol. 3, No. 4 Vol. 3, No. 3 Vol. 3, No. 2 Vol. 3, No. 1 Vol. 2, No. 4-7 Vol. 2, No. 1-3	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line763
__label__wiki	0.781475	0.781475	HIGH-LEVEL TEAM ARRIVES IN TIMOR TO PREPARE FOR 2007 ELECTIONS 07 Jul 2008 - A high-level international team overseeing the integrity of Timor-Leste's 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections has arrived in Dili this week on its first mission ahead of next year's polls. The Electoral Certification Team members are Reginald Austin (Zimbabwe),... UNPOL steps up its security efforts in Dili 07 Jul 2008 - 9 November 2006, Dili--- United Nations Police has stepped up patrols in Dili's local communities. Dili residents should notice the heightened number of police patrols, as UNPOL puts a significant number of new vehicles into service. "We understand that what is important right... UNMIT Announces Appointment of DeputySpecial Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste 07 Jul 2008 - 15 November 2006, DILI—Eric Tan Huck Gim has been appointed as Deputy Special- Representative for the Secretary General (DSRSG) for Security Sector and Rule of Law for United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). Mr. Tan is a retired Brigadier General from the... UNMIT presses on with preparations for 2007 elections 07 Jul 2008 - 17 November 2006, Dili--- Forty-five United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) arrived in Timor-Leste this week to begin their work supporting the nation with its fast-approaching first post-independence 2007 national elections. Originating from 21 different countries, the electoral... Two killings in Timor-Leste prompt increased UN police activity 07 Jul 2008 - 20 November 2006 – The United Nations is stepping up its police presence in Timor-Leste after two killings in the past 24 hours in Dili, the capital of the small and impoverished South-East Asian nation. UN Police (UNPOL) has opened a murder investigation into last night's... Arrest in murder case shows growing confidence in police 07 Jul 2008 - 29 November 2006, Dili---Following investigations into a homicide that occurred on 19 November in Maubisse District of Ainaro, the National Police of Timor Leste (PNTL) with the assistance of UNPol have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the murder. The three... The UN and the Timorese Government formalise policing arrangements 07 Jul 2008 - 01 December 2006, Dili—In a first ever such arrangement between a sovereign nation and the UN, the Timorese Government and the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today agreed that UNMIT would have prime responsibility for police operations throughout Timor... UNMIT Announces Appointment of UN Police Commissioner 07 Jul 2008 - 6 December 2006, Dili-- A senior police advisor from the Philippines has been designated the Police Commissioner for the United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) Rodolfo Asel Tor joined the mission on December 2. He was previously the Director for Plans with the Philippine... ARREST OF 17 PERSONS IN RELATION TO ATTACK ON POLICE AT BIDAU 07 Jul 2008 - Dili, December 8, 2006 - Seventeen people arrested last Tuesday in relation to an alleged attack on the police post in Bidau have been remanded in custody after appearing in the Dili District Court yesterday. The judge presiding over the first inquiry administered the most... UN electoral volunteers show off their Tetun language skills 07 Jul 2008 - 08 December 2006, Dili--- Following their recent arrival, the first 40 electoral United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) showed off their recently acquired Tetum language skills at a "Tetun Only" performance today. The electoral UNVs arrived in mid November to begin gearing up for the...	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line770
__label__wiki	0.677013	0.677013	A Cold Spring or The Lead-Up to Summer The Middle East in 2011 In June 2009, the streets of Tehran and other cities in Iran began to fill with crowds protesting a clearly rigged election that had returned Mahmud Ahmadinijad to the Presidency. The demonstrations certainly rocked the nation and caught the attention of most of the world. In time, however, they dissipated. The rulers, Ahmadinijad and his sponsor, “Supreme Ruler” Ayatollah Khamanei, seemed to assert their authority and regained control. The “Revolution,” a little over thirty years-old, was not ready to give up, but a warning shot had crossed its bow. Some time in the next decade or so, the current theocratic/autocratic system will be upended, and Iran might settle into a form of secular democracy. Of course, Iran has actually had a limited form of democracy for some time. It had peacefully turned leaders out of office in the past. The uprisings of 2009 represented both a popular refusal to allow the nation to collapse into an unaccountable autocracy, and a determination to challenge the theocratic authority of the Islamic Republic. A major change is underway, but not one that could not be predicted. Indeed, many observers had seen the signs, and had written about them prior to the uprisings. No one, however, saw what has swept the Arab nations from Morocco to Yemen. In December 2010, a fruit stand operator in Tunis killed himself over frustration with the intrusive bureaucracy and corruption of the State. Within weeks, the dictatorial and corrupt President Ben Ali had to flee the nation. In short order, serious and widespread street demonstrations began to appear in Egypt — successfully leading to the resignation of President Mubarak — Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and Libya. Morocco and Jordan also experienced brief expressions of discontent. As of this writing, Bahrain’s revolt seems to have been repressed. The battles continue in Yemen, Syria and Libya. The last bastion of resistance to democratic expression, the Arab Middle East (now often referred to as MENA — Middle East and North Africa), was crumbling. This “Arab Spring” has been both utterly stunning and utterly expected. It is something akin to an elderly patient who has been in long decline, rallies briefly and then suddenly passes away. The end, we all know, is inevitable, and yet we are surprised when it actually happens. Sooner or later, the worldwide trend toward responsive and accountable governments was finally going to reach MENA. Most of us figured that it was going to be later. A day of reckoning has come. As of this writing, fighting continues in Libya, Syria and Yemen. The new political configurations of Egypt and Tunisia have not been drawn. The kings of Morocco and Jordan have begun to implement reforms, and the Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah, in the face of potential unrest, have signed an accord to unify once again as the Palestinian Authority (PA). Who knows what is going to happen in Algeria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Arab Emirates. Something will! MENA is entering a long tunnel — I need to emphasize the word “long” — and when it emerges, it will be a very different region from what it was just last December. Clearly, all this is going to have an impact on the State of Israel, but it will not be terribly profound. The Agony of the Arabs In 2002, a collegium of Arab intellectuals issued a report (the Arab Human Development Report) on the social-cultural state of the Arab world (Morocco to Iraq). It was sharply critical of states uniformly awash in repression and corruption. The study found that, even as state revenues had increased since the 1970s, as a result of oil production, the condition of the populace had deteriorated. The group issued a follow-up in 2009, and found marginal differences. The Arab world was lagging behind every other region of the world in personal freedom, intellectual development, and general well-being. This is the same region that, 700-1200 years ago, easily outdistanced or, at worst, rivaled the rest of the world in cultural, intellectual and technological achievements. What happened? I suppose a book can be written on the subject. Curiously, if it has, I am not aware of it. Gleaning from various other works on Muslim and Arab society, I will venture a few guesses. First, the initial success of Islam necessarily points toward its profound and significant assets. They include two elements of Muslim society that have been mostly suppressed in later years: egalitarianism and openness. Islam is fundamentally egalitarian in the social-economic sense. Muslim society tended to resist the establishment of relatively impermeable classes. There was always upward and downward mobility, and few of the so-called royalty (sultans, caliphs and sheiks) established longstanding dynasties. Further, the Quran, as the foundational sacred literature of Islam, is not a particularly legal document. Muslim practice arose for the most part out of the hadith, the stories of Muhammad, whose actions would then serve as a model of behavior. Later, legal systems — sha’riah — were developed. Sha’riah has historically been mostly fluid and flexible. Moreover, it represented only a component of the exercise of authority in Muslim societies that were far more complex than a simple matter of rule of law. In brief, Muslim society presented few barriers to individual initiative and creativity. Men (yes, Muslim society has been no less sexist than virtually any other system) from modest circumstances and means could aspire to both wealth and authority, and not be held back by the limitations of class. And scholars, writers, poets, artists and architects could pursue many avenues of inquiry and expression without feeling the heavy hand of authority over them. These qualities — egalitarianism and openness — are fundamental elements of Islam today. They have clearly been overwhelmed by other factors that have led to their suppression in Muslim, and particularly Arab, societies. Let me suggest two factors. Muslim society has never been able to achieve the ideals of Islam itself. Muhammad imagined Muslims being drawn into a single ‘ummah, an extended family. As Islam expanded out of the Arabian peninsula, however, tribes and clans continued to maintain a primary allegiance to one another, over and against other tribes, Muslim or not. Society thus was forged out of a complex interaction between these groups, mediated by the principles of Islam. In time, this arrangement valued stability and control over innovation. Further, putting additional stress on the well-being of the society was its geography. Islam reached out most successfully to the east and west, creating a Muslim world from the Iberian peninsula to India. This stretch of land is mostly arid, which has established a certain set of conditions for survival. Muslim society well adapted to its geographic limitations, and even flourished within it. The dramatic change in its fortunes seems to begin with Christian Europe’s development of sea power. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Europe began to outflank and severely contain Muslim lands, ultimately leading to a thorough overrunning and colonization of virtually the entire Muslim world by 1900. Muslims, and particularly Arabs, have been playing catch-up ever since. Islam, as a religious system, played a critical role in the early growth and development of civilization in the Muslim, and, to a great extent, the inability to sustain an egalitarian and open spirit inherent in classic Muslim thought, has led to its near eclipse in the modern world. Compounding the circumstances, influential forces seemed to have learned precisely the wrong lessons from this sad trajectory. Political leaders looked at Europe’s secular social welfare state and sought to impose a regime that repressed Islamic influence. Religious leaders determined that their nations’ failures were as a result of wavering from their Muslim roots, but then sought to recapitulate an anti-modern theocratic society. The result is a replay of the European Middle Ages: secular autocratic rulers, wholly dependent on the support of an army, clashing with tough-minded religious authorities over power and influence, while most of the population languishes in poverty and oppression. Two large and economically strong Muslim powers have broken from this syndrome in recent years. They are Turkey and Indonesia (the most populous Muslim state in the world). Both nations have become democratic societies, in that they are capable of having mostly unrigged elections in which power might be transferred peaceably. Neither nation, however, has come by this current situation smoothly. Indonesia endured two long autocratic regimes. Turkey’s army regularly intervened and deposed leadership. Now, however, they are relatively free societies. I find it worth noting that both are outside the arid zone that characterizes most of the rest of the Muslim world. And now, finally, the Middle Ages are drawing to a close in the Arab world as well. It is worth noting that when political and economic modernity came to Europe, it was accompanied by decades of violence. Wars that had, at least in part, a religious basis, usually pitting Catholic against Protestant, but also Protestant against Protestant, and Catholic against Orthodox, raged through the sixteenth century, all the way up to the end of the twentieth century! Consider how recently an accord has been worked out in Northern Ireland at one end of the continent, and in the Balkan States, at the other. I think that the Arab world has now entered a tunnel which is going to be characterized as much by uncertainty and probably a good deal of violence before there is any discernable progress. At the end of the tunnel, however, is a modern secular democracy. The Middle Ages are drawing to an end. Meanwhile, In the Middle of All This Like the eye of a hurricane, the State of Israel sits mostly undisturbed in the center of all this upheaval. Actually, Israeli society roils with conflicts. A former President has been sent to jail for sexual misconduct; the Foreign Minister is likely to be indicted for embezzlement; the tension among various strata of society — the ultra-Orthodox, non-Orthodox religious women, Israeli Arab citizens, Ethiopian immigrants, among others — is played out daily in the newspapers. All of this, however, is business as usual. Israel has severe socio-economic problems and it has an unprecedented weak and ineffective government. (Its popularity — support of about 38% of the electorate — is dependent upon no strong opposition.) Yet, its difficulties are only on the order of any advanced democratic nation. I have maintained for many years that one of Israel’s most significant strengths within the International community has been its stable democracy — the emphasis on ‘stable.’ What Israel achieved even before it became a state, is now being sought by most the nations in its region. This is a circumstance that cuts both ways for the Jewish State. In due time, Israel will lose its unique standing in MENA. Given the pressures of other factors — trade, oil and other resources and investment possibilities — American governments might find it more in their interest to be even-handed in their relations with Israel and Arab countries. The longstanding privileged position Israel has enjoyed could well be reduced. I should note that democratic normalization in MENA is still a long way off. Revolutions are almost always upending. The unified opposition to the dictator gives way to intense, often violent, infighting. It may be decades before one can talk about Egypt or Tunisia — much less the rest of the Arab nations who populations are not nearly as homogenous — having truly stable democracies. In the other direction, the Israel-Palestine dispute tended to disappear as a serious issue within the countries experiencing their revolutions. All politics is local. Civic engagement in each of the Arab nations puts foreign policy concerns that do not directly impact one’s society firmly on the margins. Saddam Hussein regularly addressed the plight of the Palestinians. How often have Iraqi leaders had anything to say about them since Saddam’s fall? There is a real but very remote chance that Egypt, Jordan and/or Morocco will consider revoking their diplomatic recognition of Israel. For the most part, however, Israel is a bystander. I have written before, and still contend to be the case, that time is on no one’s side. The basic outline of a settlement has already been determined. It was mostly hammered out in the Israel-Egypt border town of Taba in 2001. However many more years the stalemate and conflict persists, the endgame will remain mostly the same. It will just come at increasing Palestinian deprivation and loss, and at increasingly higher costs to Israel. There are two fundamental principles that must be conceded by both sides, and all their supporters. 1. There can never be peace without a fundamental acceptance of Jewish national rights. The principle is less axiomatic as it is pragmatic. Nearly 2600 years ago, the kingdom Israel lost its monarchy and its land, and then transformed itself into a people capable of transcending both. The land, however, remained vitally important. One can only speculate whether the exiled Jews could hold on a generation or two longer if Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonia did not fall to the Persians so quickly. In the first century C.E., the land was lost once more, and this time the people were prepared to continue indefinitely without the land. It was never severed from Jewish identity, but rather relegated to a messianic future. In the late 19th century, however, the circumstances for the Jews, at least in the minds of some, had changed, and the assertion of a Jewish national entity on the historic land of Israel was revived. In 1948, a fifty-year-old task in state building was complete. At that point, and for the 63 years since, a reality has been established for which there is no going back. Jews have determined to be a free people “in Zion and Jerusalem” (as it is expressed in Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem). For the 2600 years since the fall of Solomon’s Temple, Jews were mostly willing to accept an existence constrained by the whims of dominating powers. They negotiated their survival — with greater or lesser success — under Babylonia, Persia, the Greeks and Romans, and then in far-flung communities within Christian and Muslim worlds. That era is irrevocably over. No amount of romanticizing an ecumenical past, or attempting to shoehorn the Jews as being merely a confession of faith, will change the uncompromising reality of the present. Any attempt, particularly on the part of Palestinians, and however liberal, secular and progressive sounding it might be, to deny Israeli Jews fundamental authority over their own lives, is going to be resisted. Too much effort has gone into developing and protecting Jewish sovereignty for it to be negotiated away. Further, there is no reason for the even the most egalitarian and secular Israeli Jew to have any trust that a predominantly Arab entity would actually protect their freedom and rights. The “one-state” solution is not only a fantasy, it is a dangerous fantasy. 2. There can be no security for Israel until there is peace. Israel is a tiny country. Even at its largest, following the 1967 Six-Day War, its total landmass was roughly comparable to that of Jordan or Syria, and a good deal smaller than Egypt, Turkey or Iran. The 1949 Armistice Lines (the so-called Green Line that still tends to delineate the Jewish State and its “occupied territories”) encompass an area about the size of New Jersey, and only larger than Lebanon among its closer neighbors. Much is said about the indefensibility of the pre-1967 borders, but the post-War boundaries, and especially the current functional lines (minus all of the Sinai peninsula and the Gaza Strip) hardly provide that much more security. When it comes to security, size can be overrated. Russia, from the time of the czars through the reign of the Communist lords, constantly sought to push the western border further west. The reason is obvious when one looks at a map of Europe. The continent is shaped mostly like a triangle with its base in the east and its vertex in the west. Thus, the further west Russia (and the Soviet Union) could control, the shorter its border. The USSR nonetheless fell apart in 1989-91. The acquisition of satellite nations running from Poland to Yugoslavia, actually increased instability, and therefore insecurity. The organization Peace Now, founded by Israeli reservists in the late 1970s, had a slogan, Peace is greater than Greater Israel. As with the first principle above, this is no platitude. There are no conceivable border lines that the State of Israel can draw — the Jordan River, Mt. Hermon, all of the Sinai Peninsula — that can give its population a sense of stability and security, if there is not also peace. Let me add a few more principles that strike me as significant. Israel and the Palestinians are essentially alone in the matter of peace and conflict. Isreal-Palestine is on the docket of most Foreign Ministries around the world. Every nation would like to have a hand in solving this chronic foreign policy headache. Rhetoric flies, mostly around Israeli imperialism and Arab terrorism. Resolutions are offered in the U.N., and road maps are drawn up. When push comes to shove, however, no country is going to commit its troops in support or defense of either side. History, I believe, is a sure guide. Armies from Arab nations sought to invade and destroy the Jewish State in 1948. In 1967, they pushed the possibility of invasion past the brink of war. In 1973, Egypt and Syria coordinated an effort that was designed mostly to recapture the territory lost in 1967. That was the last time the standing armies of any Arab nation have participated in a military confrontation with Israel. In 1982, 2006 and 2008, Israel carried out massed military activity in Lebanon and Gaza. In 1988-89, and again in 2001-3, Israeli troops responded to Palestinian uprisings, the intifadas. Only the battle with Hizb’allah militia in 2006 involved armed opponents who were not Palestinian. It is possible to argue that at no time in Israel’s rather bloody history has any external armed force actually come to the aid of the Palestinians. Israel, for its part, has never asked for such military support. Tellingly, it withdrew troops from the Suez Canal in 1957, along with France and the United Kingdom, when it received assurances from Eisenhower that the U.S. would protect Israel’s use of shipping lanes through the Straights of Tiran and into the Red Sea. When, in May 1967, Egyptian President Nasser blockaded that waterway, President Johnson decided to ignore Eisenhower’s promises. Israeli governments since, liberal or conservative, have determined that the most they can expect from even their closest allies is financial and materiel aid; no troops. From the start, as a natural repercussion of the fundamental Zionist attitude of Jewish self-determination, Israel has been prepared to fend for itself. Unfortunately, too many Palestinians harbor a notion that others — fellow Arabs or Muslims — will lay down their lives for their cause. It is a dangerous and self-defeating fantasy. Palestinians will ultimately only succeed in acquiring a viable state for themselves, when they fully accept that they are ultimately on their own. It is not our responsibility to solve the conflict. Most of my posts over the past ten years on the Israel and Middle East have consisted of reasonably informed commentary regarding the political realities of the region. They have been exercises in attempting to frame the conflict, to recognize and articulate social, economic, political and — above all — religious forces that affect the present situation. I have tried to stay away from being prescriptive, at least in the sense of propositions of how the Israeli and U.S. Governments, or the Palestinian Authority should proceed. Oh, I have my ideas, but in the final analysis, I am not the U.S. Secretary of State, or Israel’s or the PA’s Foreign Minister. Ultimately, only Israel and the PA can work out the deal that substantially ends the war that began before 1948. I mean by this, the Israelis and Palestinians (in both Gaza and West Bank) supporting a government who makes the territorial concessions that are necessary. External governments, like the U.S., can help or hinder the process. They can help by voicing their support for the solution whose general outlines have already been established. They can hinder by indulging either (or both) sides into believing that they can or deserve more from the deal than is reasonably possible. Some governments are weak; some strong. Currently neither Israel nor the PA is particularly strong. Indeed, it is quite likely their mutual weakness reinforces each other, prolonging the stalemate. Until the situation improves, the U.S. can only patiently wait, and try not to make the situation worse. And as for us who are not Israelis or high-ranking State Department officials, our task is to transcend the daily news. The Zionist enterprise has already been around for over a century. There is a long future to envision. There have been extraordinary statesmen in Israel’s past, as well as a number of knaves and fools (occasionally the same person at different times.) In 1989, as bombings and counterattacks presaged greater enmity between Israelis and Palestinians, who could imagine Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin shaking hands just a few years later? Our responsibility is not to bemoan the present, but be steadfast in our hopes for the future. An Arab Spring may yet bring on an Israel-Palestine dawn. Every year since 2001, I have written an essay on the Middle East with the expectation that I will take the following year off. Every year has rather brought about significant events that seem to require comment and response. I truly hope and pray that another essay is not required in 2012, unless it is to extol the conclusion of a successful peace.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line771
__label__wiki	0.845563	0.845563	Moto Z2 Play slims down at the expense of battery life Evan Blass@evleaks May 5, 2017 11:09 AM Image Credit: TechnoBuffalo No one has ever accused the Moto Z lineup of being too bulky; in fact, Motorola’s first generation of modular phones are some of the slimmest handsets available. But that isn’t stopping the Lenovo subsidiary from shaving precious thickness off of the Android 7.1.1 Nougat-powered Moto Z2 Play. That reduction in depth, however, will come at a somewhat steep price, according to marketing material reviewed by VentureBeat: a model whose predecessor is renowned for its capacious 3510mAh battery is going to offer a much more conservative 3000mAh pack. That has the effect of reducing maximum listed usage time from 50 hours down to 30 hours. At just a hair under 7 millimeters thick and 165 grams, the original Z Play — the most affordable of the three first-gen Moto Z models — was nonetheless the least slim of the series. With a full millimeter and 20-gram reductions in depth and weight, respectively, the Z2 Play comes closer to — but still doesn’t match — the original Moto Z’s impressive 5.19-millimeter thinness. Almost all of the Z2 Play’s internals are set to see upgrades, albeit somewhat modest ones. For instance, in place of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 system-on-chip running eight cores at 2.0GHz, Z2 Play utilizes a Snapdragon 626 with the same number of cores but a slightly higher, 2.2GHz clock speed. Both SoCs are paired with the same Adreno 506 graphical processing unit. Perhaps the biggest boost will come in the memory and storage departments, where the original Z Play’s 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage capacity will increase to 4GB and 64GB, respectively, in its successor. One component that won’t see much of a change, unsurprisingly, is the Super AMOLED display. Its 5.5-inch diagonal and 1080 x 1920 resolution remain static from year-to-year, most likely because Motorola needed to ensure that all of the MotoMods maintain compatibility with the newer Z-series devices. Finally, while the front-facing 5-megapixel selfie cam on the Z2 Play is largely the same as on the original, Motorola is opting to reduce the resolution of the main camera but increasing its imaging quality. To that end, gone is the 16-megapixel, f/2.0 module, replaced by a 12-megapixel, f/1.7 component featuring dual autofocus pixels. Set to ship in Lunar Gray and Fine Gold (pictured up top), the Moto Z2 Play is one of three handsets in the refreshed Moto Z2 lineup, and among the first in a series of Motorola phones set to be released throughout the rest of the year. Those include the new entry-level Moto C and C Plus, the Moto E4 and E4 Plus, and the aforementioned Moto Z2 and Moto Z2 Force.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line772
__label__wiki	0.924516	0.924516	Theresa Herrera Casarez Drs. Joanne Rao & Mario Sanchez LULAC By Joanne R. Sanchez As a child, growing up in Austin, Theresa Herrera Casarez loved to sing, dance and recite poetry. Later, during WWII, she was able to put her talents to work entertaining soldiers at USO clubs and at nearby Camp Swift. "[For] Cinco de Mayo and Dieciseis de Septiembre fiestas my mother...helped me to learn [Mexican] poesias (poetry)," she said, referring to celebrations in honor of Mexican holidays. "She . . . made sure that I would have a new one for every year. People had no other type of entertainment. We looked forward to putting on the big show." Speaking from the South Austin home where she and her husband, Pete, have lived for nearly 30 years, Casarez told of her family and life in Austin during the Depression. Her parents, Anastacio Herrera, and Zoyla Rivera, both natives of Villa Juarez, Coahuila, Mexico, moved from Bertram, Texas, to Austin when Theresa was 11 months old. To support his wife and seven children during the Depression, Anastacio Herrera took a job in a cannery run by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Here, meat was canned to give out to unemployed people. Casarez recalled that in the Depression years, her mother frequently gave food to people who came to the door. "My mother never, never sent anyone away without giving them the little bit that we had. She was always sewing things and mending . . . [in case] anyone came by the house that needed clothing," Casarez said. Casarez was the youngest of seven children. During the Depression, her older siblings worked to help out the family. The oldest sister was a seamstress for a woman who supplied clothes for Scarborough's Department Store. Another sister sewed clothes at a factory run by the WPA. When he was just 14, her oldest brother got a job for Western Union delivering telegrams from his bicycle. Theresa Casarez' first school was the all-Mexican American "little school on 3rd and Comal" where her siblings had gone. She spent another year at Bickler Elementary School where she and her sisters were taunted for bringing tortillas to eat. From second through sixth grades, she went to Palm Elementary School, where there were few Mexican Americans. "We sort of stuck together," she said of the Mexican American students. "We didn't even think of mixing." Yet, her teachers treated her "just fine." In fact, when she was in the fifth grade, she was the only Mexican American chosen for a lead part in an operetta. At John T. Allan Junior High, she was paid 25 cents an hour by the government to be a student aide. When she went on to Austin High School, she found her Spanish came in handy -- she became a teacher's aide for her Spanish teacher. " . . . I was making big money -- 50 cents an hour," she said. "That really helped me. I could buy my lunch once in a while. . . . I had money to ride the bus." In the early years of World War II, Casarez worked on Saturdays at M. K. Hage, a 5 and 10 cent store on 6th Street. The war affected her job. For instance, because of the importance of metal to the war effort, before she could sell a tube of toothpaste, she had to get the empty tube back since "they were made out of metal." Also, she was required, to "get a name and address" of anyone who bought a bottle of Witch Hazel since some people drank it because of its alcohol content. For 14 hours of work a day, "I got $2 pay. It was a lot of money for me," she said. At age 16, Casarez fostered her love of dancing by joining a dance group that performed at Zaragosa Park throughout the war years. In 1944, Alicia Munguia, a University of Texas student, formed a group of singers and dancers that entertained at various places in the area until 1946. Although the group was made up of mostly UT students, Casarez and her friend, Connie Cantu, were asked to join as dancers. "We used to go to the university . . . to Camp Swift (in Bastrop) or to the U.S.O. to entertain. We did the typical dances, the jarabe tapatio, the zandunga, just about any dance that was typical at that time," she said. "For every different dance we did, we had a different costume." Her costumes were all handmade by her older sister, Frances. Her two brothers served overseas in the war, one in the Pacific Theatre and the other in Europe. Her youngest brother, Raul (Ralph), was in the Air Force and served in the Pacific. It was 1944 when her oldest brother, Abdon (called "Feve"), a father of five, was drafted into the Army. He was in the Normandy invasion and was sent later to the Rhine. Few letters arrived from her brothers, and the family did not know where they were. "Of course, my mother . . . and all the mothers waited for the mail every day," she said. Young Theresa also wrote to a young soldier she had met before the war -- Pete Casarez, who was stationed in Guam. Families with sons in the service displayed a flag with a star for each child in their front window. In some cases, there were sons killed in battle and Casarez remembers how painful it was when the bodies began coming home after the war. Wakes were usually held in the family's home, and military services were conducted at the cemetery. After the war, GI benefits allowed some to get an education. For those who stayed back home, there were fewer opportunities to move up the economic ladder. When she graduated in May 1945, there were only two other Hispanics graduating. Casarez was the only one in her family to graduate. "Graduation helped me to open another door," she said. Shortly afterward, she got her first fulltime job, with the Texas Department of Health as a typist. She worked there from 1945 until January 1948, the month before she married. On February 8, 1948, Theresa Herrera and Pete Casarez were married. The couple lived with his parents for the first four years. Then they built a home on Oltorf Street in South Austin. From 1945 until 1952, Casarez was an active member of the Ladies' League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council #85. At that time, LULAC was working for Mexican Americans to receive an equal education, and it promoted higher education. Casarez remembers appreciatively that LULAC awarded her a scholarship to attend Nixon Clay Business School in Austin (now defunct). In addition, LULAC was working to end segregation in all public places. In 1950, LULAC encouraged Mexican Americans to work at the voting polls; council members asked Casarez to work at the polls at Palm Elementary School. She agreed. "You had to be a high school graduate, so they (LULAC organizers) were limited. . . .There had never been an Hispanic working there (at Palm Elementary) before," she said. They warned her, 'We don't know what you're going to face.'" Casarez recalls that everything went well until around 4 in the afternoon when an incident occurred. "This little lady came in dressed with her little old hat and her little gloves, and she said, 'What is this world coming to? A Mexican American working at the polls!'" she recalled. "I said, 'Yes, Ma'am. I hope many more will follow me.'" Theresa and Pete Casarez raised four children: Pete Jr., Carlos, Herlinda, and Veronica. "We really pushed for them to have a good education," she said. "They got educated to where . . . they have good jobs." Casarez worked as a bookkeeper from 1952 to 1968 at J.P. McFarland Refrigeration, moving to the Internal Revenue Service in 1968. In 1988, she retired from the IRS after 20 years. She was a work leader in the Accounting Division. "I am real proud that when I [retired], I . . . received the highest award that they give to anyone in accounting," she said. She was able to juggle her career and family responsibilities by going to work at 7:30 a.m., so she could get home by 4:00 p.m. "Somehow I was able to keep up," she said. Not only did she "keep up" with her children, she was very active in the Parent Teacher's Association and the band and booster clubs at her children's schools, and she served as the State President of the Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary. Today, Casarez continues to volunteer her time to a variety of charities, including the Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary, Post #1805, and San José Catholic Church. She exhorts future generation to become active. "In order to get ahead, you need to get educated, and you need to be a responsible person," she said. "You need to know that . . .as a citizen you have an obligation to cast your vote."	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line774
__label__wiki	0.885189	0.885189	Wind Advisory issued January 16 at 11:47AM MST until January 16… Beach Hazards Statement issued January 16 at 3:27AM PST until January… Freeze Watch issued January 16 at 2:56AM EST until January 17… Home NEWS BUSINESS NEWS Cannabis Watch: SEC takes enforcement action against IGC for claims made about... Cannabis Watch: SEC takes enforcement action against IGC for claims made about cannabis-based treatment for Alzheimer’s symptoms The Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed a cease-and-desist order against India Globalization Capital and its founder and chief executive for claims made by the company in 2018 regarding what it described as a cannabis-based product aimed at treating symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The enforcement action comes after MarketWatch highlighted the many red flags surrounding IGC’s IGC, +5.35% business and products that led to the stock being temporarily delisted from the NYSE American stock exchange that same year. Read now: The collapse of this cannabis stock offers a valuable lesson to every investor See also: All the potential red flags for investors in IGC, the pot stock that jumped 1,000% in three months The SEC said the enforcement action stems from Potomac, Maryland-based IGC’s announcement on March 26, 2018 that it would have its first cannabis-based product called Hyalolex “on the shelves in April” in Puerto Rico, even though it was nowhere close to being ready for sale at the time. IGC did not respond to an emailed request for comment, while the NYSE Amex exchange said it “cannot comment on specific companies.” IGC, which started in 2005 as a blank-check company looking to acquire or merge with businesses operating in India, had a legacy infrastructure business, before becoming interested in the then-emerging cannabis scene in 2013. “In fact, Hyalolex was “not ‘on the shelves’ at any time in 2018,” the SEC wrote in its enforcement action. “At that time, IGC lacked experience in selling cannabis products, and was not able to meet the significant hurdles that needed to be cleared before sales could begin in such a regulated industry.” Despite that challenge, from April through June 2018, IGC registered securities offerings and issued stock through ‘at-the-market” offerings. In September of 2018, it raised $1 million in a private placement of restricted stock that it said was earmarked to help with the commercialization of the product, said the SEC. The releases were the responsibility of IGC founder and CEO Ram Mukunda, who the SEC has fined for his role in the deception. IGC will pay $175,000 in civil penalties, while Mukunda will pay $35,000. IGC has agreed to retain a qualified independent compliance consultant to review its corporate governance structure and internal policies, and determine whether ” the culture of IGC is supportive of ethical and compliant conduct, including strong, explicit, and visible support and commitment by the Board and senior management,” said the SEC. The consultant will be provided with complete access of key documents, including business principles, Code of Conduct, policies and procedures, social media account logins and passwords, relevant internal training materials and internal communications, said the SEC. A first review is required within 120 days of the issuance of the order, which is dated Dec. 21. Among other promises, Mukunda said in an April 10, 2018 release that Puerto Rico would be followed by sales of the product in states including Maryland, Washington, D.C. and California. By the end of 2018, Mukunda said the company would have its Alzheimer’s product in 10 U.S. states. In reality, the plan was dependent on the agreement of the owner of cannabis dispensaries in Puerto Rico to stock the product, but IGC had never secured written assurances and the owner declined to do so. The company was unable to persuade other dispensaries to stock it. “The fact that the dispensaries were not obligated to purchase or stock Hyalolex further shows it was not reasonable for IGC to state that sales would begin in April,” said the SEC. IGC did not correct the March 26 release, but instead in results filed with the SEC in June of 2018, it said Hyalolex would start being sold in the second half of the year. The company raised about $135,000 from the issuance of equity stock from April through June of 2018. IGC’s website, which was once dominated by its cannabis ambitions, now mostly reflects its legacy infrastructure business. The company’s most recent earnings showed it had revenue of $125,000 in the quarter to end September, down from $1.82 million in the year-earlier period. The company posted a net loss of $1.5 million, wider than the $1.3 million loss posted in the year-earlier period. The site still says the company is planning Phase 1 trials of Hyalolex in Alzheimer’s patients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not respond to a request for comment. IGC shares were up 10% at $1.99 on Monday. Previous articleOutside the Box: Should I refinance my mortgage? Here’s how to decide Next articleVaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong? – The Washington Post Market Snapshot: Biden’s ‘rescue America’ plan is big. How its trillions could help both Wall Street and Main Street Economic Preview: The economy is ailing again and layoffs are rising, but vaccines offer hope for cure The New York Post: Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America Wind Advisory issued January 16 at 11:47AM MST until January 16 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Messi's Supercopa availability about 'risk' – boss Wind Advisory issued January 16 at 11:47AM MST until January 16... NewsWatch: Reflation nation? This time, post-crisis tailwinds favor banks, and the... Key Words: Arnold Schwarzenegger compares the Capitol Hill riots to Nazi...	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line775
__label__cc	0.709114	0.290886	← Chile: Luciano Tortuga has left prison and remains on house arrest Statement from Miguel Balderos – Prison Diary of a Mad Anarchist Arsonist → Switzerland: Communique from Silvia Guerini about her hunger strike Posted on February 14, 2012 by Gabriella Segata Antolini “So the media talked about “ecoterrorists” and not about what is being prepared in the laboratories of IBM: tomorrow’s world. A future that is already here. The artifical will take the place of the natural in a change so deep that will affect our own way of seeing, of feeling, of perceiving the world around us, ourselves, our relationships, the meaning itself of being humans and living beings.” we receive and publish this translation: SWITZERLAND – Communique of Silvia about her hunger strike from 20th to 29th of january 2012 Nanotechnologies are going to be one of the discussion points of the World Economic Forum. This is exemplary of how, along with biotechnologies, they are something more than a simple technological development. They represent a strategical and fundamental choice for the survival of this tecno-industrial system, they are the bricks with which the system will rebuild itself in every sector. “Control the oil and you will control the nations, control the food and you will control the populations” (Kissinger, 1970). Control on basic food supplies, on resources, on rare and raw materials, to hold entire populations in check, but mostly to expand and develop a tecno-industrial system. The project to achieve the strategic aim of control over the global food security started in the USA in the 30’s with the creation of the corporation field of agrobusiness. An empire which financed the “Green Revolution”, the oil and chemical corporations monopolized the field of the patents, of the seeds, they imposed and introduced the gmos in the southern countries. These corporations reorganized themselves as “life science” businesses, at the same time as sterile gmo seeds left their laboratories. From the biotechnological revolution to the nanotechnological one: a continuous thread that interweave every day more, that melts in itself the schemes of converging sciences (biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, information technology, neurosciences) to expand and encompass every aspect of our lives and penetrate in the biological processes of every living being. “The erasure of animistic and organic assumptions about cosmos meant the death of nature: the most influential effect of the scientific revolution. Since nature started to be conceived as a sum of dead and inactive cells, driven by external forces instead of internal ones, the mechanical frame itself could legitimate the manipulation of nature. Furthermore, the mechanistic order, being a conceptual frame, was associated with a system of values based on power, entirely compatible with the orientations of commercial capitalism” (C. Merchant, “The death of nature”). In Bolivia, in a long march in defence of mother Earth the ancestral tribes together with peasants managed to stop the project of the costruction of an highway, which was supposed to tear up the Amazon forest. We cannot perceive the forest as an essential element for life on Earth if we don’t feel part of it. Until we don’t feel to be part of a whole and we don’t realize to be just one of the myriads of animal species, we will continue to be indifferent in front of the slaughter of millions of animals to become objects for experiments or pieces of meat. Until we don’t cross the gaze of an animal through the bars of a laboratory or a farm, being pierced by that gaze in an encounter which is a joining and a feeling inside our soul and body, we will avoid opening that cage, we will continue not to oppose all this. We don’t realize what we are losing, what is disappearing forever, not only biodiversity but also the most intimate significance of every living being and of ourselves. An empathy we are not able to feel anymore, in that process of dehumanization and reification of the living that becomes objects, goods, material to shape and manipulate, sum of organs, cells, genes, atoms… A physical separation, far from our sight, but also an emotional separation. Our eyes fixed on a violent image can run over it as on an advertisement spot, get used to violence and become indifferent, or shocked, but only for the flowing moment of a reaction. A distance that brings not a real awareness on the consequences of this ecocidal system, of the origin of every harmfulness. The gas chambers transformed the killer into the role of a “sanitary official”, to whom it was requested to introduce some “chemical disinfectants”. The killing and corpses “disposal” were defined as a “medical problem”. The most of them never shot and never introduced gas, but were bureaucrats who wrote and prepared projects, they had the ability to exterminate a population while sitting at their desk…. The causal link between their actions and the extermination of which “nobody is directly responsible” is not evident. But every pawn of the whole is fundamental to produce the final result. That’s how nowadays universities, public and private research centers, corporations, everybody makes its own part. I was transferred to the federal prison of Hindelbank in the “high security with psychological support” section, that is in reality a psychiatric section even if not defined as such. The absurd justification for this is the “risk of escape”, the only motivation they can use for putting me in this separated and closer section, in this prison with no walls around but only a fence. Next to this section there is the high security one, built in the 70s for a comrade of the RAF, it is significant that afterward it was trasformed into the section for “dangerous” women with “serious psychiatric problems”… To not express clear political reasons behind a “risk of escape” is to deny the presence of a radical ecologist political prisoner. All this can be resumed by the assumption “they don’t repress you for what you did or did not, but for who you are”. For who we are and what we trasmit with our path of struggle and radical critics. Just as the uproar created around our trial, the huge deployment of security, aimed at hiding what outside of that court we wanted to transmit reading our communique, and the meaning of our trial. So the media talked about “ecoterrorists” and not about what is being prepared in the laboratories of IBM: tomorrow’s world. A future that is already here. The artifical will take the place of the natural in a change so deep that will affect our own way of seeing, of feeling, of perceiving the world around us, ourselves, our relationships, the meaning itself of being humans and living beings. In America, but in a global context, in the name of national security there was the proposal of a new set of laws that plan a special juridical protection for the businesses involved in animal exploitation and in environmental pollution… it is defined as “terroristic organization for animal rights or for environment” any association of “two or more people which supports any political activities aimed at obstructing or preventing any activities which involve animals, or natural resources”. I ‘m taking part in the hunger strike proposed by Marco Camenisch from the 20th to the 29th of january against the World Economic Forum in Davos. Solidarity to Andy, comrade of the Rote Hilfe International, condemned to 17 months by the federal court of Bellinzona in a political trial that wanted to be an intimidation signal for the new generations of comrades. May was the date of the possible release on parole for Marco Camenisch, but it was rejected. In all these years Marco was always active in the movement with many hunger strikes, with his translations and written contributions. He was always by our side, let’s make a strong and big mobilization for him to be liberated in may!! Don’t leave the world, before it’s too late we have to understand the extreme necessity to oppose the advance of biotechnologies and nanotechnologies. “Everything flows, everything moves towards some point, the living beings as well as the rocks and the so called inanimated things such as water. The snow flows, fast and slow, the air flows in majestic inundations that carry minerals and leaves, seeds and spores, streams of music and fragrances; the water flows carrying rocks, the rocks flow from the volcano’s jaws, just as the rivers’ water and the animals regroup and it’s all about flowing, a proceeding of legs, of jumping rumps, of spreading wings, on the soil, in the air, in the sea….. And at the same time the stars run in the space pushed by a never-ending throbbing, like red corpuscles in the blood of Nature” (J. Muir, “My first summer on the Sierra”). Last minute update: I was communicated that I’m going to be transferred in the normal section. Silvia Guerini. This entry was posted in Communiques and tagged Hunger Strike, Marco Camenisch, Silvia Guerini, Switzerland. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line777
__label__wiki	0.776649	0.776649	Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes March 2017 Apr 24, 2017 \| Historic Preservation News, HPC Meeting Minutes Home > Town Government News > Historic Preservation News > Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes March 2017 [ Minutes Archive ] 21 March 2017 \| Approved: 18 April 2017 Members Present: Bob Booher, Wendy Harris, Gail Littlefield and David Stopak, along with Georgette Cole, Town Council Liaison, and Cynthia Werts. Also in attendance was Sandy Klingenberg, Town resident. Approval of Agenda: The agenda was reviewed and approved, as amended. Adoption of Minutes: The draft minutes from the meeting of February 21, 2017, were reviewed with no changes. David made a motion, seconded by Wendy, to approve the minutes, as written. The motion carried unanimously. Review Session: Sandy Klingenberg was present to discuss her building permit application for a dormer enlargement at her residence, 103 Grove Avenue. The proposed project is for an extension of an existing side dormer. Sufficient information was submitted to the HPC for discussion. The home is a contributing structure and the dormer can be viewed from Grove Road. The proposed extension is in line with the existing dormer and retains the original scale of the structure. Bob will prepare a written review accordingly. Expansion of National Register Nomination: The Commission continued an in-depth discussion of expanding and updating the Town’s nomination to the National Register. The HPC has requested that $30,000.00 be put in the new fiscal year’s budget for this purpose and a brief written justification was submitted to the Mayor for review. In response to the Mayor’s comments, which suggests that a correction to the NR nomination be pursued, not an addition, the Commission agrees that more information should be presented to the Mayor and Town Council to justify the need for an update to the nomination. The HPC feels that a correction would not be sufficient enough to give the Town the added protection needed when negotiating future issues as density continues to increase around us. The Mayor and Council need information to understand what is actually involved in the lengthy process of preparing such a document and the importance of hiring a professional consultant with the expertise and training to undertake such a task. The Commission agrees that the idea of having volunteers perform this undertaking is not feasible. A budget work session is scheduled for Monday, March 27th. It was agreed that Bob should attend the meeting to help justify the recommendations presented by the HPC. A two-page letter will be prepared and submitted to the Mayor and Town Council prior to the work session to ensure everyone involved has time to read and better understand how crucial it is to move forward with the NR nomination to help strengthen and protect the Town and it’s borders in the future. Street Signs: Gail reported that the work group (Margot Bohan, Gail Littlefield and Susan Van Nostrand) met to prepare research on available options for wood materials and reflective lettering solutions that could be used for the Town’s street and walkway signs. Their findings were presented to the Mayor and Town Council at the meeting on March 20th. Gail also prepared a draft letter for HPC review with her suggestions on appropriate guidelines to follow in maintaining the historic character of the street signs. The final edited version of this letter, with the proposed recommendations from the HPC, will be sent to the Mayor and Council. Guidelines Work Group: Wendy, Pat and Mimi have met three times so far to discuss updating the Town’s existing design guidelines. Wendy has been preparing research on non-architectural features, including streetscapes and open spaces; Mimi has been researching porches while Pat has been doing the same on fences. The group has begun to investigate how these features are evaluated in design guidelines developed for other historic districts, as well as within the 2009 Master Plan and various sections of our Town’s Code of Ordinances. The group will meet again on Monday, March 27th. Bulletin Material: Wendy reported that she is preparing an article from the Town Archives on Our Woods and Walkways: Are they Historic? Part one of this article will appear in the April bulletin. Council Report: Georgette gave a brief overview of topics discussed at the Town Council meeting held on March 20th. In addition to the Town street signage presentation by Gail Littlefield, Mary Warfield, Town Resident, presented a Dog Park Proposal. After an open discussion, the Mayor assigned Peter Nagrod and the Planning Commission to identify potential sites for this project. The PC has already evaluated the proposal at their August 2016 meeting and concluded this use of Town land is consistent with the Master Plan. PC Meeting Report: The Planning Commission meeting was held on March 1st with HPC member, Mimi Styles, in attendance. There was further discussion on the building permit application for 304 Chestnut Avenue. In addition, the building permit application for a proposed addition for 114 Ridge Road was approved. Peter Nagrod also gave an update from the Border Committee. He reported that the committee has asked for FY 2018 funding for fencing and signs. If the proposed identity fence were installed in the County right-of-way, a permit would need to be obtained from Montgomery County. With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 pm. 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__label__wiki	0.985324	0.985324	ACS wins New Mexico deal, names Mark King CEO By Ethan Butterfield Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won an eight-year, $82.5 million contract from the New Mexico Human Services Department to provide fiscal agent services, the company announced today. Under terms of the contract, ACS of Dallas will operate New Mexico's Medicaid management information system and provide full fiscal agent services. ACS has supported the state's Medicaid system since 1994, the company added. ACS currently supports 20 million Medicaid program recipients and processes nearly 475 million Medicaid health-care claims annually, representing more than $47 billion in provider statements. ACS serves 32 pharmacy benefit programs in 26 states and the District of Columbia with drug expenditures totaling over $14 billion. In related news, ACS announced that former president and chief operating officer Mark King was elected by the company's board to be its new president and chief executive officer. King replaces former CEO Jeff Rich, who is leaving the company to pursue other business ventures. ACS has more than 50,000 employees and $4.3 billion in annual sales. The company ranks No. 51 on Washington Technology's 2005 Top 100 list, which measures federal contracting revenue.	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line780
__label__wiki	0.580342	0.580342	Fifteen parties are listed for grave violations in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s (SG) 2020 annual report on children and armed conflict (CAAC), including the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) for rape and other forms of sexual violence. In December, MONUSCO’s mandate is up for renewal, pursuant to SCR 2502 (2019). The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (SCWG-CAAC) is currently negotiating its conclusions on children and armed conflict in the DRC. See below for targeted recommendations to the Working Group. The Security Council should: Renew MONUSCO’s child protection mandate, preserving the Child Protection Unit’s existing capacity, and ensuring the senior Child Protection Adviser (CPA) continues to have direct access to senior mission leadership and political and operational space to engage with all parties to conflict, including non-State armed groups; maintain distinct budget lines for child protection; Call on all parties to facilitate the safe, timely, and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance to all children and other civilians in need, including by lifting any impediments that could delay, reduce, or prevent the delivery of assistance, without discrimination; Ensure that the critical role of the Child Protection Unit is maintained during MONUSCO’s drawdown, and encourage the use of indicators on child protection, developed with meaningful participation of civil society stakeholders, to inform decision making on future child protection capacity in the Mission. France is the lead country on the DRC. Niger chairs the 1533 Sanctions Committee. In November, the Working Group received the SG’s seventh report (S/2020/1030) on children and armed conflict in the DRC, covering the period from January 2018 to March 2020. During this period, the Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) verified 9,957 grave violations, affecting 8,444 children (6,439 boys, 2,005 girls), including 4,639 children who were recruited before 2018 but separated in the reporting period. New cases of recruitment decreased, continuing a trend noted in the SG’s previous report on the DRC (S/2018/502). Killings and maimings, abductions, and attacks on schools and hospitals also decreased, but sexual violence remained high (763 verified cases). Armed groups were found responsible for 95 percent of all verified violations. However, violations by Government security forces, in particular sexual violence (332) and killing and maiming (90), remain a concern. The Working Group should: Urge all listed parties to immediately cease recruiting and using children, release those within their ranks, and if they have not yet done so, engage with the UN to develop, sign, and implement action plans to end and prevent grave violations; Call on the Government to adhere to directives issued in 2013 by the Minister of Defense and the Agence Nationale de Renseignement (ANR) to immediately hand over children formerly associated with armed groups to civilian child protection actors; Strongly condemn persistently high numbers of rape and sexual violence, urge all parties to take immediate and specific steps to end and prevent rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, including by ensuring perpetrators are held accountable and that survivors have access to comprehensive, gender-sensitive, and age-appropriate response and protection; call on the Government to accelerate efforts to implement its action plan on sexual violence; Urge all parties to immediately end attacks against schools, hospitals, and protected personnel, and to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law (IHRL); call on the Government to swiftly and fully implement its commitments under the Safe Schools Declaration and to ensure that attacks on schools are investigated and that those responsible are duly prosecuted. This information is based on Watchlist’s Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – December 2020. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Watchlist has provided support via its Partnerships Program in order to strengthen local efforts to monitor, report on, and respond to grave violations against children. This support has included timely outreach and trainings for local civil society actors in Eastern DRC. Watchlist currently provides technical support, including mentoring, to one local organization in the DRC. Working through community-based protection committees, Watchlist’s partner monitors and documents child rights violations. They also engage with local authorities to improve access to referral services and to prevent violations. UN Action Year listed: 2003 Action Plans signed: FARDC (the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) – recruitment and use of children and sexual violence against children (October 2012) Delisted in 2017 following compliance with Action Plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children. Action Plan on ending and preventing sexual violence against children under implementation. Sanctions Committee: Sanctions Committee concerning Democratic Republic of Congo (Current Chair: Niger) Secretary-General’s reports on CAAC in DRC: 2018; 2014; 2010; 2008; 2007; 2006 Security Council Working Group conclusions on DRC: 2018; 2014; 2011; 2009; 2007; 2006 UN Mission: MONUSCO Perpetrators listed in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s annual reports on children and armed conflict Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo a Forces armees congolaises (FAC) a Forces armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo (FARDC)~ a a,b,c,e a,b,c,e a,c,d,f a,c a,c a,c a,c a,c a,c a,c c Mouvement national de liberation du Congo (MLC) a a Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD)-Goma a a Local defence forces associated with RCD-Goma a Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD)-National a a Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD)-Kisangani/ML a a Union des patriotes congolais (UPC) (Hema militia) a a Union des patriotes congolais (UPC)-Thomas Lubanga and Florimert Kisembo factions a Parti pour l’unite et la sauvenarge du Congo (PUSIC) (Hema Militias) a a Masunzu’s forces a a Lendu militias a Front nationaliste et integrationaliste (FNI) (Lendu) a a,b a a,e a a,c a,c Front populaire pour la reconciliation de l’Ituri (FPRI) (Ngiti) a Ex-FAR/Interahamwe a a Mai-Mai a a Mai-Mai in the Kivus, Maniema and Katanga a,b Mai-Mai groups in North and South Kivu, Maniema and Katanga who have not integrated into FARDC a a,e Union des patriotes congolais pour la paix (also known as Mai-Mai Lafontaine)* a,d,f a,c a,c a,c a a a a a Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et souverain* a a a a a Mai-Mai Simba* c a,c a,c a,c a,c Mai Mai “Tawimbi” a Forces armes populaires congolaises (FAPC) a a,b Mudundu-40 a a Laurent Nkunda and Jules Mutebutsi, dissident elements of FARDC a,c Non-integrated FARDC elements loyal to rebel leader Laurent Nkunda a,e a,b,c,e Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR)* a,b,c a,e a,b,c,e a a,c a,c a,c,d a,c,d a,c,d a,c,d a,c,d a,c,d,e Force de résistance patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI)/Front Populaire pour la Justice au Congo (FPJC) a,e a,c a,c a,c a,c a,c,d a,c,d a,c,d a,c,d,e Mouvement revolutionnaire congolais (MRC) a,e Congres national pour la defense du peuple (CNDP), formerly led by Laurent Nkunda and now Bosco Ntaganda a,b,d a,c a,c a,c Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) a,b,c,e a,c a,c a,c a,b,c a,b,c a,b,c a,b,c,e a,b,c,e Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) a,c a,c Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) a,d a,b,d a,b,d a,b,d,e Mai-Mai Kata Katanga a a a a Nduma défense du Congo-Rénové/Mai-Mai Cheka a,b a,b a,b a,b Nyatura a a a a Raia Mutomboki a,c a,c Mai-Mai Mazembe a,b a: Parties that recruit and use children b: Parties that kill and maim children c: Parties that commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against children d: Parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals e: Parties that engage in abduction of children f: Parties that deny humanitarian access to children ~ This party has concluded an action plan with the United Nations in line with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005). * This party has been in the annexes for at least five years and is therefore considered a persistent perpetrator. 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__label__wiki	0.784763	0.784763	Westminster Resources Ltd. Appoints New Director Vancouver, B.C. – December 4, 2019 - Westminster Resources Ltd. (TSXV: WMR) (the “Company” or “Westminster”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Fred Tejada, P.Geo. has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Tejada is a professional geologist, registered in British Columbia. He has over 30 years of international mineral industry experience and has a proven track record, working with both major and junior mining and exploration focused organizations. He is currently CEO and a director of European Electric Metals. Mr. Tejada was Country Manager for Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation in the Philippines and previously Vice President for Exploration of Panoro Minerals Ltd. where he directed the resource definition drilling of its two major copper projects in Peru. He had also been previously involved in the exploration of the Trend and the Belcourt Saxon coal projects in Northeast British Columbia. Mr. Tejada is also a director of several junior mining companies based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Company also announces that it has received the resignation of Mr. Daniel Maarsman from the Board of Directors. The Company would like to thank Mr. Maarsman for his valuable service and wish him well in his future endeavours. “Jason Cubitt” Interim President and Chief Executive Officer	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line783
__label__wiki	0.817156	0.817156	Wisconsin Historical Society Government Publications \| Wisconsin Historical Society Federal Depository Library Discard Procedure and Lists FDLP Desktop Gov Doc-L User Guide Wisconsin Historical Society Web Archives (Archive-It) Wisconsin Document Depository Program (including Wisconsin Digital Archives) Guide to Wisconsin State Agencies and their Call Numbers (PDF, 591 KB) Wisconsin Document Depository State Agency Participation Guide (PDF, 265 KB) Historical List of Wisconsin Governors’ State of the State Addresses, 1848-2019 (PDF, 295 KB) Governor Budget Address The Wisconsin Historical Society Library is an official depository for State of Wisconsin government publications and, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a regional depository for United States government publications. It is also holds a large number of Canadian national and provincial documents and official state publications from most U.S. states and territories. Items in the following collections may be requested in-person at the Library's crculation desk or via interlibrary loan. Wisconsin Government Publications Wisconsin County Publications The Society Library, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library, is a regional depository for United States government publications. Particular subject area strengths are labor, foreign relations, census information, legislative branch activities, and civil rights. The Society Library became one of three state-level depositories for Wisconsin state government publications in 1992. The other two state-level depositories in Wisconsin are the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Department of Public Instruction. Of these three, the Society's collection is the most complete. It serves as the permanent collection for all Wisconsin state government publications (except for University of Wisconsin publications, which are held at university libraries). All three state-level depositories participate in the Wisconsin Document Depository Program (WDDP). Wisconsin County and Local Publications The Society Library has a sizable collection of Wisconsin county and municipal government publications. It is particularly strong in publications issued by the City of Madison, the City of Milwaukee, Dane County and Milwaukee County. Other U.S. States and Territories The Society Library has a large collection of government publications from all 50 U.S. states plus territories. For the period through 1819, holdings for virtually every state or territorial government are represented. From 1820 to the early 1930's, the Library, in conjunction with UW-Madison campus libraries, holds a high percentage of government publishing output of state and territories. The Society Library’s collection of Canadian federal government publications dates to 1841. The Society's Library formerly collected blue books, agency reports, legislative journals, statistical abstract, and histories from Canadian provinces and territories. As they are now available electronically, the Library receives very few current Canadian federal or provincial publications, however, the older Canadian publications remain available. To discover if the library owns a particular title, search the library catalog. Because records for many publications will not be found in the library catalog, please contact the Society's Government Publications staff at 608-261-2460 or by email below if you need assistance. Nancy Mulhern (U.S. Federal documents): nancy.mulhern@wisconsinhistory.org Eileen Snyder (Wisconsin documents): eileen.snyder@wisconsinhistory.org State Agency Records Local Government Records Back to State Archives Home Email us at: govarc@wisconsinhistory.org	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line786
__label__wiki	0.549335	0.549335	New Books In The Library! Posted 10:33 am by Carley Gallant & filed under Uncategorised. Here are just a few of the new books that are now in the Woodland Cultural Centre Resource Library! For more information about the library including hours, please click here. Woods, Eric Taylor. A Cultural Sociology of Anglican Mission and the Indian Residential Schools in Canada, (2016). This book is an extensive history of the Anglican Church’s involvement in the Indian residential school system in Canada. However, the purpose of the book seems to be that “allowances should also be made for the representation of the voices of the defenders of the residential schools; those former staff members and retired priests who feel they are now being unfairly represented as the perpetrators of evil. …the inclusion of their voices might better help the process of healing and reconciliation. … The purpose of including those meanings would not have been to merely ensure that ‘two sides’ are being heard in an effort to get an ostensibly full account of the truth, but to enable healing and reconciliation.” Terms like “cultural trauma of the perpetrators” come into play, as well as the meaning of the apologies. Hill, W. Barry. St. Paul’s H.M. Royal Chapel of the Mohawk erected 1785: the Chapel’s Place in Six Nations History 1710-2016, (2016). The history of the Mohawk Chapel is closely tied in with the origins and financing of the Mohawk Institute . This book gives insight into the history of the Six Nations through the stained glass windows and chronology provided. Metcalfe-Chenail, Danielle (editor). In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation, (2016). Included in the book is a conversation between the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair and CBC Host and honorary TRC witness Shelagh Rogers. Murray Sinclair tells the story “When Confederation occurred, the original peoples of this country didn’t oppose it, didn’t fight against it. They were prepared to work with it… They had friendships that were formed, partnerships that were created – economic, military, and otherwise – that allowed them to believe that they could move forward with Canada into the future… Yet Canada chose to betray that loyalty, that partnership, that relationship, by trying through legislation (it was basically war through law) to subjugate them, to assimilate them, to wipe them out as a distinct people… People coming to this country now think that before 1867 there was nothing, but in reality there was this rich, vibrant economy, political system, military system in those years and going back to the beginning of time.” Lux, Maureen K. Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s, (2016). “Separate Beds is the shocking story of Canada’s system of segregated health care… rife with coercion and medical experimentation. Established to keep the Aboriginal tuberculosis population isolated, they became a means of ensuring that other Canadians need not share access to modern hospitals with Aboriginal patients.” “At the Lady Willingdon Hospital on the Six Nations reserve unlicensed physicians created dangerous situations for patients… The long-serving superintendent, Dr. Walter Davis.. stayed thirty-five years until his retirement in 1950… the doctor often advised patients to combine Indigenous and Western medicine… The stability of Davis’s tenure ended abruptly as no less than twenty-nine different physicians served the reserve in the next sixteen years.” Burich, Keith R. The Thomas Indian School and the “Irredeemable” Children of New York, (2016). “The purpose (of Indian boarding schools) was to produce a self-perpetuating subjugation by dividing Indians against themselves, cultivating among them a hatred of themselves as Indians and coercing them to reject their Native identity, culture and heritage. Nowhere were these insidious and malignant effects more visible than at the Thomas Indian School on the Cattaraugus Seneca Reservation in western New York… federal boarding schools were founded on the principles and methods that had been hammered out at missionary schools over the course of more than two centuries… for its first fifty years (the Thomas Indian School) was an orphanage in both name and mission. (The Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children)” “Burich’s book fills a glaring gap in the fields of Indian education and Haudenosaunee history. –Holly Rine, associate professor of history, Le Moyne College.” In Canada orphaned and destitute Indian children were all sent to residential schools until the Sixties Scoop when they were adopted out, primarily to non-Native homes. Stonechild, Blair. The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality, (2016). Blair Stonechild shares his journey through the educational system – from attending residential school to earning a PhD to being a founder of the First Nations University of Canada… He delves into the philosophy of his people’s teachings and laws, describes the significance of ceremonies, and comes to better understand the proper relationship with all created beings. Arts of Engagement: Taking Aesthetic Action in and Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, (2016). This book focuses on the role that music, film, visual art, and Indigenous cultural practices play in and beyond Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Residential Schools. (Book Jacket) Paquette, Jerald E. First Nations education policy in Canada progress or gridlock? (2010) This book clearly articulates an alternative to the current system of First Nations education, which is riddled with problems. Robbertson, Robbie. Testimony: A Memoir, (2016). Robbie Robertson employs his unique storyteller’s voice to weave together the journey that led him to some of the most pivotal events in music history. McCarthy, Theresa. In Divided Unity: Haudenosaunee reclamation at Grand River, (2016). Theresa McCarthy critiques settler colonial narratives of Haudenosaunee decline used to rationalize land theft and political subjugation. In particular, McCarthy illustrates that current efforts to discredit the reclamation continue to draw on the flawed characterizations of Haudenosaunee tradition, factionalism, and “failed” self-government popularized by conventional scholarship about the Iroquois. Countering these narratives of decline and failure, McCarthy argues that the 2006 reclamation ushered in an era of profound intellectual and political resurgence at Six Nations, propelled by the contributions of Haudenosaunee women. Jamieson, Keith. Dr. Oronhyatekha: Security, Justice, and Equality, (2016). Dr. Oronhyatekha (“Burning Sky”), born in the Mohawk nation on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory in 1841, led an extraordinary life, rising to prominence in medicine, sports, politics, fraternalism, and business. He was one of the first Indigenous physicians in Canada, the first to attend Oxford University, a Grand River representative to the Prince of Wales during the 1860 royal tour, a Wimbledon rifle champion, the chairman of the Grand General Indian Council of Ontario, and Grand Templar of the International Order of Good Templars. Tags: Books First Nations Indigenous Library	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line790
__label__wiki	0.777269	0.777269	Priceless Artifacts, Made Affordable Rebecca Rodriguez Poetry's Reckless Daredevils James Stanton Jan, 14 The World's Smallest Elephants The Outlandish Cafes of Tokyo Wojtek, the Bear Hero of WWII Keith Donnelly Jan, 08 The Grammys Have Been Postponed Claire Miles Jan, 06 Best Space Discoveries of 2020 Rebecca Rodriguez Jan, 04 Houses in the Middle of Nowhere The Trendiest Hats To Rock This Season Keith Donnelly Dec, 31 When Mother Nature Is Caught Making A “Mistake” Rebecca Rodriguez Dec, 29 The Familiar Face In Katy Perry's Latest Music Video Any history, nature or science fan has surely spent a great deal of time in museums, staring longingly and passionately into all the unique and rare items that have been collected over the years. Perhaps it’s your dream to have had your own museum with all of these incredible items, but unfortunately, you know that it will never happen unless you maybe one day win the lottery and become a millionaire, that is. However, things are about to change thanks to Mini Museum, which now allows anyone to make their dream come true, millionaire or not. What exactly is this Mini Museum? It’s a collection of highly rare objects, both ancient and modern, that have been put inside of a small book. The collection has been referred to as a journey spanning billions of years across time, space and life. While such a statement might be pushing it, anyone who is adventurous enough might want to try it out before making any judgments. The Mini Museum is the work of Hans Fex, who created this incredible concept while he was just in second grade. After his father returned from a trip to do some research, Fex realized that a portable museum could be revolutionary, one that contains specimens of moon rocks or dinosaur specimens. And now, an entire thirty-three years later, Fex has made his this into a reality, together with his childhood friends. They started out with a Kickstarter campaign, and exceed all of their expectations, raising nearly two million dollars. Five years later, Fex and co. have already released the fourth edition of their epic Mini Museum, which includes ingenious rocks, extraterrestrial amino acids and even a raptor bone as old as 167 million years ago, and much, much more. Each Mini Museum is made by hand for the customer’s individual requests and comes with a certificate proving it’s authenticity, as well as a detailed user guide. People Who Made LeBron James the Person He Is Today LeBron James has been called the King of Basketball. He has reached many milestones in his career and life, but not without support along the way. James is a two-time world champion, two-time Finals Most Valuable Player, a four-time NBA MVP, a nine-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-Star MVP, an NBA scoring champion, and the Rookie of the Year. He is considered to be the greatest player in the game of basketball today. James was a standout athlete for his whole life, showing promise in you Beyonce’s BeyGOOD Charity is Donating Over $500k Everyone's favorite superstar queen Beyoncé is doing good. Through her nonprofit BeyGOOD, Beyoncé continues to provide ways to help those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. BeyGOOD has been at the forefront of providing people with basic needs like food, water, household supplies, COVID testing, and mental health support. They've also been supplying $10K grants to over 250 small businesses. Beyoncé has also directed resources to Houston, including providing more than 500 COVID-19 tests, pa Britain’s Youngest Chef Launched a Cooking Show on BBC He's only 12 years old but has already won the hearts (and stomachs) of hundreds of viewers. Omari McQueen is just 12 years old, but he's already scored his own cooking show on CBBC, a BBC operated channel just for children. The new show is called What’s Cooking Omari? and is a seven-minute weekly segment to be aired every Sunday at 9:30 am for the next ten weeks. The show is aimed to inspire children between the ages of seven and 16 to ditch animal products and get creative with simple plant- Mariah Carey Has Her Own Virtual Cookie Brand Winter is Mariah Carey's season. It's truly the best time of year for the queen of Christmas to thrive. After all, her 26 year old classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has jumped from No. 29 to No. 14, and there's a pretty good chance it'll hit No. 1 for the second December in a row. Now Carey is trying to become an even more essential part of this year's holiday season celebrations by launching her very own line of cookies. Mariah's Cookies was developed in partnership with Virtual These Tokyo Stays Are Traditional But Modern When we think of Japan, our mind quickly jumps to the rich and fascinating Japanese culture which has been around for thousands of years. However, while it is famous for its well-preserved traditions, Japan has also become renowned around the world for its advancements in modern technology. Here are some Tokyo hotels you can stay at which show this unique blend of old and contemporary. © 2018 The Imperfective. All Rights Reserved. TMT Live Preview geoedge-origin-div gesource geparentscriptid getagid bidswitch.net%2Fpreview	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line791
__label__wiki	0.739725	0.739725	Tag Archives: Kristofferson Music, Video Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson & Sunday Morning Coming Down: The Story Behind The Song Video September 22, 2017 Greg Letson 1 Comment “Actually,” Kristofferson told NPR last year, “it was the song that allowed me to quit working for a living.” -40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sept. 26, 2014 Kris Kristofferson wrote this song while living in a run-down tenement in Nashville when he was working as a janitor for Columbia Records – a strange occupation considering he had a master’s degree from Oxford University and risen to the rank of captain in the US Army. But Kristofferson wanted to be a songwriter, so he turned down a professor position at the US Military Academy at West Point and swept floors at Columbia waiting for his break. In the military Kristofferson learned to fly planes and he worked as a commercial helicopter pilot in Nashville, and the story of how he got his demo tape of this song to Cash has become legend: He flew his National Guard helicopter to Cash’s front yard, where he landed and delivered the tape. The story is often skewed to imply that Cash had never met Kristofferson, but they had known each other since 1965. In a 2008 interview with the San Luis Obispo Tribune, Kristofferson explained: “I knew John before then. I’d been his janitor at the recording studio, and I’d pitched him every song I ever wrote, so he knew who I was. But it was still kind of an invasion of privacy that I wouldn’t recommend. To be honest, I don’t think he was there. He had a whole story about me getting out of the helicopter with a tape in one hand and a beer in the other. John had a pretty creative memory but I would never have disputed his version of what happened because he was so responsible for any success I had as a songwriter and performer. He put me on the stage the first time I ever was, during a performance at the Newport Folk Festival.” This song is about a hangover, with Cash singing about “coming down” on a Sunday morning after being “stoned” on Saturday night. Many of Kris Kristofferson’s songs deal with what happens after the fun, and it’s usually not pretty. In this song, our hero puts on his cleanest dirty shirt, drinks a few beers, and heads out to face a lonely day. This song was #1 on the Country charts for two weeks in September 1970. It was Kristofferson’s first Country #1 as a writer. In a 2009 Rolling Stone article about Kris Kristofferson that was written by Ethan Hawke, it explains that Kris made Johnny Cash listen to the song before removing the helicopter. After hearing it Cash said he “liked his songs so much that I would take them off and not let anybody else hear them.” Cash recorded the song live on The Johnny Cash Show, and before the show, ABC censors asked him to change the lyrics, “Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned” to “Wishing, Lord, that I was home.” Cash sang it the way Kristofferson wrote it, and even stressed the word “stoned.” The original version of this song was recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969. At the 2009 BMI Country Awards, where Kristofferson was honored as an icon, he recalled how Stevens took a chance on his tune, when he was still an unknown songwriter. “Nobody had ever put that much money and effort into recording one of my songs,” Kristofferson said. “I remember the first time I heard it – he’s a wonderful singer – I had to leave the publishing house and I just sat on the steps and wept because it was such a beautiful thing.” Stevens added that he was drawn to the song because he felt Kristofferson had a “spark.” “He was very talented, very smart and right on time with his style,” Stevens recalled. “A lot of people since then have copied those songs that he put out so at this point in time it doesn’t seem all that different. It still is of course. There are very few writers who get that spark at the right time.” -from songfacts.com http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3904 Country MusicJohnny CashKristoffersonMusicSunday Morning Coming Down Follow The Incubator & Contribute The Incubator is a free-associative sanctuary of ideas, images and sounds, unified only by beauty, intelligence and an allergy to the commonplace. Guest contributors are welcome, for articles, reviews, interviews & curated online exhibitions. Artists of all media are invited to submit proposals for works to be exhibited/documented on The Incubator. Please send correspondence to: theincubatorfeed@gmail.com ADVERTISE ON THE INCUBATOR Our audience is discovering us and we are growing quickly. Take advantage of our very affordable advertising rates, and help The Incubator grow while getting your message out! Reach out to theincubatorfeed@gmail.com for info! 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__label__wiki	0.803277	0.803277	TempleUnited Nations By UNWATCH— UN Watch condemned UNESCO’s “historical revisionism” after the agency’s 58-member Executive Board adopted an inflammatory and one-sided Palestinian-drafted resolution, submitted by the Islamic states, which erases Jewish and Christian ties to Jerusalem and casts doubt on the connection between Judaism and the ancient city’s Temple Mount and Western Wall. The vote was 24 in favor (including Iran and Sudan), 6 against (including USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands), 26 abstaining, and 2 absent. At the same time, UN Watch said the inflammatory text’s failure to obtain a majority was a moral victory. The amount of countries abstaining increased by seven from the 17 who supported a similar text in April, with France, India, Argentina, Spain, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Guinea and Togo shifting their votes from yes to abstain. The resolution was drafted by the Palestinians but officially submitted by Sudan’s genocidal regime together with human rights abusers Algeria, Egypt, Lebomananon, Morocco, Oman, and Qatar. Notable features of the text: The resolution “decries,” “condemns,” “deplores” and “deprecates” a long list of alleged Israeli infringements of Palestinian rights. The text calls Israel “the Occupying Power.” The text omits any mention of the hundreds of violent Palestinian attacks against Jews in Jerusalem, organized Palestinian attempts to terrorize Jews visiting Jewish holy sites in the city, or incitement to such attacks by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. The decision “strongly condemns” the alleged “escalating Israeli aggression and illegal measures” against “the freedom of worship and Muslims’ access to their Holy Site Al-Aqṣa Mosque/Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif.” The text “firmly deplores” the “continuous storming of Al-Aqṣa Mosque/Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif by Israeli right-wing extremists and uniformed forces,” and calls on Israel to stop “provocative abuses.” The resolution refers to the Temple Mount only with the Islamic and Arabic names of “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif.” The Western Wall is described using scare quotes as “Western Wall Plaza”, to denote disbelief (Arts.16, 18); other Israeli sites are described as the “so called Liba” and “so called Kedem Center.” (Art. 16) The resolution describes the sacred Jewish sites of the Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem and Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs (revered as the burial place of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) as “two Palestinian sites.” The text “deeply regrets” Israel’s refusal to remove these sites from its national heritage list. The resolution removes the April text’s wild conspiracy charge that Israel was “planting Jewish fake graves” (Art. 14 of April 2016 resolution) in Muslim cemeteries. A major story today is the decision of France to abstain. With UNESCO based in Paris, the French government’s strategy has traditionally been to distinguish itself as a leading figure in the Arab-led anti-Israel bloc. In 2011, France aggressively lobbied against the U.S. and Israel for UNESCO to admit “Palestine” as a member, a catastrophic decision that crippled UNESCO’s finances as Washington cut funding. In 2012, French voting was more anti-Israel than even the regimes of Syria, Russia and Venezuela. It would seem, however, that the outrage generated from its April support for such a rabid text prompted French leaders to express regret, influencing today’s policy virage. Vote Breakdown 24 countries voted in favor: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chad, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Vietnam. 6 voted against: USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Lithuania and Estonia. 26 abstained: France, India, Argentina, Spain, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Guinea, Togo, Albania, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Paraguay, South Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovenia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine. 2 were absent: Serbia, Turkmenistan Categories: Temple, United NationsBy The Jerusalem Connection October 15, 2016 Leave a comment Tags: franceTemple Mountunesco Author: The Jerusalem Connection PreviousPrevious post:Hispanic evangelicals emerging as new powerhouse of supportNextNext post:Israel asks Pope to intervene regarding Temple Mount and UNESCO UN adopts $3.2 billion budget over US and Israel objections The United Nations Attempt to Delete Israel’s Ancient History What the U.S. Can Do to Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace Archaeology Proves Israel is the Jewish Homeland From Israel and the Emirates, a lesson in Middle East diplomacy Israel Calls on UN Security Council to Enforce Resolution 1701 and Disarm Hezbollah Sign Up to Receive FREE E-News! info@tjci.org Facebook page opens in new windowTwitter page opens in new windowYouTube page opens in new windowLinkedin page opens in new windowPinterest page opens in new window	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line793
__label__cc	0.605206	0.394794	Introducing Nickolas Wildstar, California’s Next Governor By The Tribune Editorial Team on December 6, 2020 Nickolas Wildstar at the annual Wine & Liberty event hosted by the Alameda County Libertarian Party at Westover Winery in Castro Valley. Nickolas Wildstar arrived on the scene in early 2018 as a Libertarian candidate for California Governor. If he had won that election, he would have been the first Black governor of California. He was new to politics, but despite that, his popularity among the people of California was incredible. In the 2018 election for Governor of California, where the major parties were in a power-focused feeding frenzy, he received over 12,000 votes. Despite being a candidate for a minor party in a tough election, his popularity won out with many voters in California that were tired of the corrupt business as usual in the Golden State. Nickolas dedicated much of his life to improving the lives of California’s youth, to provide them greater opportunity and a better quality of life. His dedication towards social issues and improving life for the people of California has gone beyond what anyone could have expected, and that is what many credit as being his key to placing in the top 5 vote-getters in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Nickolas is very aware of the irregularities and corruption at play in California’s politics, and he has raised his voice many times against these illegal actions. This pushing back against the system has gotten to the point where he found himself arrested simply for his efforts to fight against corruption in the Golden State. He has never betrayed the people’s trust, nor his principles, even at the cost of his own liberty, all in service to the people of California. Nickolas has been loud and clear about his motives: he wants to empower the next generations. As such, he strives to engage young people in the political process. Livability and affordability issues plague the younger generations as they try to gain a foothold in California. As future leaders, he wants to ensure that they are involved in the decisions that will impact the rest of their lives and learn how to create a better world for others. However, he needs support from California’s community to join his team and create a brighter future for the Golden State. He’s calling for volunteers to “Help us restore freedom, prosperity, and safety in California today.” Nickolas Wildstar stands alongside civil rights activist Stevante Clark for a photo at his ‘Stephon’s House Community Center’ in Sacramento. Economic Revolution Living in the greatest single economy in the United States, Nickolas knows the fact that California’s people are getting poorer day by day is atrocious. He believes in cutting red tape for individuals and businesses to help create more job opportunities for everyone. By cutting economic restrictions, we can help reduce the poverty rate, homelessness, the housing crisis, and other livability issues in California while making our state a more prosperous place for all, not just the political class and the privileged few. Nickolas Wildstar is a young and energetic visionary who always has the welfare of the California people at heart. If you are tired of the status quo of inaction and corruption in California, consider voting for Nickolas for Governor. He will work tirelessly to solve everyday Californians’ issues and make the state a better and more affordable place to live without selling out to special interests. Vote Wildstar for Governor! For more information visit Wildstar2022.com Theodore Gercken Host of Third Party News Podcast	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line794
__label__wiki	0.621877	0.621877	A New Look at the Book of Revelation Songs of the Day – Archive My Big Mess O’ Questions and Answers (definitely NOT an FAQ) 1255 – Four Years Down the Rabbit Hole at Domus Legis Naval Analysis I – The Future of the US Navy (Updated to December 5, 2020) Naval Analysis II – U.S. Naval SAMs and Aegis Naval Analysis III – A Brief History of Surface Warfare and Naval Power Projection Aviation Analysis: Air Superiority Since Vietnam and the Road to the Raptor Complain!! Graeme’s Video Emporium The Needlefish Mind the pointy end Song of the Day: Pete Townshend – Pure and Easy An article by graemecoffin There’s a tradition that stretches back into the vaguest depths of antiquity, part myth, part quasi-scientific theory, which postulates a secret musical chord, a divine harmony that expresses in some way the very essence of creation. I’ve spent a little time looking into the origins of this curious yet somehow compelling belief, and it’s hard to pin down, but it seems to go at least as far back as Pythagoras, who is supposed to have stated “there is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres”. You still hear the expression “music of the spheres” sometimes. It’s an echo of the ancient cosmological model that envisioned the seven visible celestial bodies, all of which obviously revolved around the Earth, as being suspended in space on concentric, crystalline, transparent spheres, made of an ethereal fifth element – literally, the “quintessence”. This concept of seven nested spheres is also the origin of the phrase “seventh heaven”, a reference to the highest, and presumably most exalted, layer of the cosmos. Within this conception of the universe, the music of the spheres might be thought of as the essential vibrating frequency of space itself (a notion that eerily presaged the discovery of the omnipresent radio noise identified by modern astronomers as the “cosmic background radiation”, thought to be the faint residue of the Big Bang). If I follow correctly, Pythagoras associated the seven note musical scale with the orbits of the seven celestial bodies, and thought that the relative spacing of the spheres and the spacing of the notes on the scale shared some fundamental relationship; he also saw math and music as intertwined, since in Pythagorean philosophy “all is number”, and Pythagoras understood that the pitch of a note emitted by a vibrating string is inversely proportional to its length, a relationship that can be expressed numerically. If math and music were more or less the same thing, and the ratios between notes and the relative distances of the spheres were likewise two sides of the same coin, it followed that the cosmos was best understood as a giant harmonic instrument, and further that the spacing of the planets, like the ratios of the musical scale, were aspects of a unifying grand design, embodying a musical and mathematical key that could unlock the mysteries of creation. Pythagoras may even have believed that each of the spheres literally emitted its own distinct frequency of audible hum, which combined with the others to form one perfect note. Admittedly, this all gets pretty dense and mystical, but it seems that the Lost Chord is a variant of the Music of the Spheres, the perfect harmonious combination of notes that expresses in musical terms the mathematical perfection of the relative proportions of the spheres overhead, and thereby reveals a vital clue to the origin and purpose of all things. I’ve read that one can find iterations of this mythology spread across cultures as disparate as the Celts and the ancient Hebrews. It seems to have been crystallized in the modern consciousness by a Victorian era composition that was almost universally adored in its time, The Lost Chord, written by Sir Arthur Sullivan, who drew on an 1858 poem by Adelaide Proctor, a popular figure of Victorian literature all but forgotten today. The inspiration to adapt Proctor’s poem to music came to Sullivan, most poignantly, at his brother’s death bed. The words: Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys. I know not what I was playing, Or what I was dreaming then; But I struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen. It flooded the crimson twilight, Like the close of an angel’s psalm, And it lay on my fevered spirit With a touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife; It seemed the harmonious echo From our discordant life. It linked all perplexèd meanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away into silence As if it were loth to cease. I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the organ, And entered into mine. It may be that death’s bright angel Will speak in that chord again, It may be that only in Heav’n I shall hear that grand Amen. More recently, the idea surfaced again in the ponderous Art Rock of the Moody Blues, whose album In Search of the Lost Chord littered many a drug-soaked college dorm room back in the late Sixties, and was alluded to again, with perhaps somewhat greater artistry, by Leonard Cohen in 1984, with his beautiful Hallelujah: Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do ya? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing “Hallelujah” It would seem that Pete Townshend was drawing consciously on the same tradition when he composed Pure and Easy, but not so; it’s supposed to have been something that came over him spontaneously, apparently out of the ether (with an assist, perhaps, from the Eastern mysticism in which he was then immersing himself), while the Who were on tour following the release of Tommy. This is from the relevant Wikipedia entry: “I’ve seen moments in Who gigs where the vibrations were becoming so pure that I thought the whole world was just going to stop, the whole thing was just becoming so unified.” He believed that the vibrations could become so pure that the audience would “dance themselves into oblivion”. Their souls would leave their bodies and they would be in a type of heaven; a permanent state of ecstasy. The only reason this didn’t happen at Who gigs was because there was a knowledge in the listener’s mind that the show would end and everyone would wake up and go to work the next morning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehouse_(rock_opera)#Original_concept This was the germ of an idea for an incredibly ambitious follow-on to Tommy, which Townshend dubbed Lifehouse. As the idea developed, Pete, apparently at this point growing more visionary by the hour, imagined a future dystopia that in many ways anticipated by decades the internet and immersive virtual reality, with the masses laying about in a sort of decadent torpor, from which only a rediscovery of the emotional power of music could rescue them: “The essence of the story-line was a kind a futuristic scene…It’s a fantasy set at a time when rock ’n’ roll didn’t exist. The world was completely collapsing and the only experience that anybody ever had was through test tubes. In a way they lived as if they were in television programmes. Everything was programmed. The enemies were people who gave us entertainment intravenously, and the heroes were savages who’d kept rock ‘n’ roll as a primitive force and had gone to live with it in the woods. The story was about these two sides coming together and having a brief battle.” Under those circumstances, a very old guru figure emerges and says ‘I remember rock music. It was absolutely amazing—it really did something to people.’ He spoke of a kind of nirvana people reached through listening to this type of music. The old man decides that he’s going to try to set it up so that the effect can be experienced eternally. Everybody would be snapped out of their programmed environment through this rock and roll-induced liberated selflessness. The Lifehouse was where the music was played, and where the young people would collect to discover rock music as a powerful catalyst — a religion as it were. Trippy stuff, right? But look where it ends up: There once was a note, pure and easy playing so free like a breath rippling by The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me forever we blend, as forever we die In Townshend’s ultimate version of the story, whether he thought of it that way or not, the Lifehouse would be refuge where the people gathered around their saviour to rediscover the Lost Chord. Nothing less than that. By all accounts Pete drove himself all the way ’round the bend trying to realize an ever-expanding vision that ultimately included setting up shop at London’s Young Vic theatre to film an extended sort of communal rave up, at which something conceptually identical to the Lost Chord – for real – might actually be attained on film. “Then I began to feel, well, why just simulate it?” he said later. “Why not try and make it happen?”. In what sounds like a descent into utter madness, Townshend developed all sorts of oddball schemes to create what amounted to an enormous work of performance art combined with a genuine mass transcendental experience, and wound up not in Nirvana, but in the throes of a nervous breakdown. It might have ended there, but scattered amidst the wreckage were the greatest songs of his career, among them Baba O’Reilly, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Behind Blue Eyes, and Song is Over, all of which emerged finally on the prosaically named Who’s Next, surely one of the greatest albums of the past sixty years. Missing in action, strangely, was the centerpiece, Pure and Easy, except in the form of a few strains which appear as a mournful coda as Song is Over closes out the album. While a recording by the Who emerged eventually, the one to hear, attached above, appeared in 1972 on Pete’s solo album Who Came First. There’s a certain philosophical grandeur to the song, as there is to the seductive idea that there might actually be a hidden design discernible in the physical workings of the cosmos, waiting to be revealed in a perfect sonic frequency that’s always been there, eternal, maybe not merely metaphorical but perfectly real and audible, if only we’d make an effort to listen; but we don’t, preferring to focus the energies of our civilization on perfecting new ways to kill and die, perhaps, Pete suggests, for no better reason than we’re otherwise incurious, lack empathy, and feel chronically bored, most of all by each other’s lives. As the song concludes on the repeated refrain of once was a note – listen, we’re left not just with a sense of the ecstasy of finally hearing it, but of the awful sadness of knowing that nobody else hears it too. This entry was posted in Songs of the Day. 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__label__cc	0.561158	0.438842	Sky Q will make you want to ditch your Sky+ box by Ben Woods — in Media Credit: Sky In November, Sky showed off its next-gen TV service, called Sky Q. At the launch event, we got the chance to get a guided tour around a few of the features the system has on offer, but it was a brief 10-minute affair, during which taking control was a definite no-no. Now, however, we’ve had the chance to spend an hour checking out the service more thoroughly – and yes, a chance to try out that new touch-sensitive controller. What is Sky Q? Sky’s next-gen TV service blends on-demand and traditional programming in a totally new interface and with completely new hardware. There are two ‘main’ boxes to choose between – either the regular Sky Q box or the ‘Silver’ model. The Sky Q ‘Silver’ seems not to have been named for its color. The difference between them comes down to how many channels you want to watch and record at a time, largely. The Silver model has 12 tuners for various things (Picture-In-Picture preview, future proofing, recording, etc.) but the end result is that you can record four shows at once and watch a (different) fifth one. It also supports multiple tablets at once. The regular box will let you record three channels at once, while watching another live and another on one tablet, which is probably enough for most families. There’s one more reason that you’ll probably want to go for the Silver box though – it supports Ultra HD content and the regular one doesn’t. If your TV is 4K/Ultra HD then it’s a no-brainer. The Silver also has more room for recordings, with 2TB versus 1TB. Beyond the main box, there’s a the Sky Q Mini. This is the unit you’ll have in your bedroom, kitchen or wherever else you might want a Sky connection. Unlike Sky’s existing setups, the Mini boxes don’t require a connection to the dish, only an HDMI and power connection. That’s all you actually need for a multi-room setup, but if you also want each of your Sky boxes to act as a Wi-Fi booster for other devices, then you can achieve that by adding the Sky Q Hub. If you’ve got a large house with lots of TVs, this will be particularly attractive. There’s a catch though – you need to be a Sky broadband subscriber to get the best out of the Hub. That’s all the new hardware, but there’s also a new Sky Q app as well for watching on-the-go. The remote is the real hub of the Sky Q system, with most of the navigation coming via the touch-sensitive middle pad where the directional and ‘Ok’ buttons are on the regular controller. There’s now a shortcut button to take you directly to your recordings, as well as a home button that bounces you back to the main Sky menu, with My Q as the default selection. The touchpad lets you either push once to move one item across (or up, or down) at a time or you can just hold it down to freely flow through the channel listings (or anywhere else in the image-heavy, list-based UI). It’s really pretty intuitive, and Sky’s put effort into making sure you get very subtle feedback that guides you along. For example, if you look closely, any selected item has a slight glow (called a ‘glass panel’ design) above it. This starts in the center, and you might not even notice it if you weren’t looking for it, but as soon as you start gently pressing in any direction, that starts to move, giving your brain re-assuring feedback about what your input is resulting in. It also increases in speed the longer you hold down the button. Similarly, if you’re fast-forwarding or rewinding through a program, you can either tap the directional arrows or use a touch gesture and keep it held down to zip through quicker. Sky says that the wider part of your thumb is harder to use precisely, while the top of your thumb is good for precision control. As such, horizontal menus contain larger, image-based lists to scroll through, while vertical ones contain the categories. Smart. What are the best new bits? Sky’s put a lot of effort into making sure everything feels familiar but in reality, everything has been redesigned and it really makes the existing Sky+ HD UI look ancient. Key to the overhaul is a new section called My Q, which is the default view when you hit the home button on the remote. My Q is split into three further sections. ‘Continue’ – this contains anything you’re watching but stopped part-way through. Not only does it take you back to the point where you left off (regardless of device you started or continued on), but if it’s a TV show where there’s another episode available(regardless or not of whether you’ve downloaded it already), as soon as you return to continue when an episode ends, the following episode will be at the top of your queue. Needless to say that’s pretty appealing for binge-watchers. Continue is the only section in My Q that’s shared across devices – so you can pick up and watch your recordings wherever you want, including on a tablet. The other sections – ‘New Series’ and ‘For You’ – are recommendations based on your viewing. You don’t get any control over what shows up here, but there are controls that let you filter out adult shows and kids TV. Each box serves up their own recommendations based on what you watch, and when. If you have a family and kids with a TV in their bedroom, the recommendations will be different from the main TV. Similarly, if you have a family that all shares the one main TV, recommendations in the morning will be different to those at night. Behind the design of the UI is the underlying principle that where and how you find the shows you want to watch doesn’t really matter, just that you do. As part of this, recordings are ordered by most recent first, and when a new episode downloads, the whole series gets jumped to the top of the list. If you’re looking for a specific program, but don’t know when you recorded it, there’s an A-Z strip that you can quickly scroll to find whatever you’re looking for. TV guide, catchup and sections like Sky Movies, Box Sets and Store will be familiar to existing Sky+ HD subscribers, and are functionally pretty much the same with the all-new interface. Sky’s also focused on asking the viewer fewer questions, so when you select to record a show that’s a part of a series, it’ll automatically download any new episodes in the future, tapping the record button once more turns it into a one-off recording. As already mentioned, there are a lot of lists in Sky’s UI and some of them ultimately lead you to the same place (as the idea is that it doesn’t matter how you find the thing you want to watch, it just matters that you do). However, unlike Sky+ HD, the essential navigation has switched from horizontal to vertical. Sky says this is because vertical lists are something we’re trained to read from early childhood and we apply a certain logic structure to them. Therefore, using vertical lists instead of horizontal creates less mental friction in getting around the UI. Browsing a section like ‘Sports’ splits shows into further sub-categories designed to make it easy to find whatever you’re looking for. For example, there’s an ‘On Now’ selection, which shows every sports broadcast on at that particular time across all channels, and any upcoming scheduled shows in the near future. You get the same ‘On Now’ option in the ‘Music’ section too, but more importantly, there’s now a much deeper music catalog. There’s also a new Vevo integration for additional on-demand music content. With a new controller, new My Q hub as home to all your recommendations and part-viewed shows, new app integrations and a flipped UI orientation, it might take you a few minutes to find your way around but it shouldn’t take long and once you do, you probably won’t want to go back. Beyond TV, Sky’s making a play for Q to be the hub of all your home entertainment, so if your best sound system is your TV, then you can play back music from your mobile through that instead. There’s no proprietary faffing here – Q box just appears to your phone or laptop in the same way a Bluetooth speaker would. AirPlay has also been integrated into the boxes. If you use iTunes on your Mac or PC, you get the option to send the same music to other TVs around your house, in addition to any other AirPlay devices you might already have. It’s an unexpected Sonos challenger for your home, and it’s pretty damn impressive. What’s the catch then? Sky still hasn’t said how much it will cost or when installations will begin. It’s a short criticism, but without that information, it’s hard to get an idea of value or how long potential customers will have to wait to get up and running. If money’s no object and you’re a TV addict, then this isn’t a concern for you, but it will be for a lot of people until it’s disclosed. Sky Q is a seriously impressive service to browse around – and there’s a whole lot more to it than covered here, but with just an hour to look, there’s only so much you can see and test. The key in that sentence that it’s a seriously impressive service to browse around, I haven’t lived with it or used it for any extended period of time, so it’s hard to say what the potential niggling problems that arise over time might be at this point. On the surface of it, the new feature set makes it easier than ever to keep up to date with shows you watch regularly. As a subscriber to Sky’s existing service, it’s an update that excites me and definitely one I’d want to consider. It gives you the ability to record more simultaneously, brings in additional on-demand services, serves up customized recommendations, dramatically improves the UI, lets you watch in other rooms without the need for a connection to the dish, potentially boosts you Wi-Fi network and could even end up as an integral part of your multi-room stereo system. Sky’s gone all out to make Q an all-singing, all-dancing media hub for your home, but whether or not I’d end up handing over the cash is a different matter. For families already shelling out for a premium Sky+ HD subscription, Sky Q is probably the update you’ve been waiting for. ➤ Sky Q Read next: EFF wants the NSA to destroy the phone records it collected over 14 years of mass surveillance	cc/2021-04/en_head_0007.json.gz/line797
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