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__label__wiki	0.634285	0.634285	Home Cryptocurrency The Deputy Head of SAFE Speaks Up About Expanding Its BlockChain Cross-Border... The Deputy Head of SAFE Speaks Up About Expanding Its BlockChain Cross-Border Financing Pilot Platform The report had been given the nod by a senior official of the country’s foreign exchange regulator on this Tuesday. The present director of SAFE is Pan Gongsheng. Recent, the deputy head of SAFE, Lu Lei came forward and gave his remarks at a forum held in Beijing. Blockchain emerged out as the talk of the town recently, from the last few months when the Chinese President Xi Jinping came forward. According to news, China is ready to expand its blockchain cross-border financing pilot platform. The report had been given the nod by a senior official of the country’s foreign exchange regulator on this Tuesday. This platform dispenses companies involved in cross border payments with accounts receivable financing services for exports and information verification services. It initially started in 9 provinces and cities. However, with its increasing popularity, it now has spread to 19 areas and towns. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is an administrative agency in China whose primary work is to look after drafting ordinance and regulations which facilitate foreign exchange market activities and state foreign exchange reserves. The present director of SAFE is Pan Gongsheng. Recent, the deputy head of SAFE, Lu Lei came forward and gave his remarks at a forum held in Beijing. He said that the regulator was beneficial in many ways. It would strengthen not only the integration of fintech and the foreign exchange market but also maintain a grip on supervising technology development. Source: finance.yahoo.com Simultaneously, he also stated that the government would accelerate the prospective study on foreign exchange reforms to deal with cryptocurrency and traverse the fabrication of the foreign exchange regulation and technology system under new situations. The platform’s foundation laid in March covering nine provinces and cities, but as the platform kept gaining popularity, it later on expanded in November to 19 regions and states. The figures have stated by the Global Times, a newspaper which is published by the official People’s Daily. A study regarding the application of blockchain and artificial intelligence also conducted to gain a full perspective of the platform, and particular focus laid on specific criteria like risk management and further liberalisation of its capital markets. Blockchain emerged out as the talk of the town recently, from the last few months when the Chinese President Xi Jinping came forward and put out his opinion that China should hasten the development of blockchain technology. It considered being a digital ledger that forms the pivot of many cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. His remarks sparked a rush into the shares of firms engaged in blockchain or digital currency-related businesses. Previous articleJeffrey Tucker Speaks Up On XRP And Its Benefits Next articleAlterbank Introduces Digital Bank Which Enables Clients To Access Cryptocurrency Through Visa http://www.thecoinrepublic.com IMF Exploring on Digital Currency JP Morgan Chase executives hint at their approval of stablecoin regulation Soaring Cryptocurrency Volume Trading	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800025
__label__cc	0.651285	0.348715	Data analysis shows major world news is increasingly delivered and consumed through push notifications By Laurie Fullerton-14 November 2016 15:47pm Mobile growth company Urban Airship announced that in the 24 hours surrounding Election Day it delivered 2.5bn push notifications—its highest daily volume ever. While Urban Airship powers more than 45,000 apps across every industry vertical, subsequent data analysis shows that more than 400 media apps were responsible for 60% of this record volume, sending 1.5bn push notifications in a single day as election results were tracked and reported. The US presidential election is not the first time media apps contributed to new daily records in push notification volumes—results of the EU Referendum vote, commonly referred to as Brexit, saw media apps send more than 530m push notifications in a single day. In the past year, average notification opt-in rates for media apps have also increased from 41% to 43%, demonstrating growing if not consistent consumer receptivity. Urban Airship’s notification volume now exceeds more than one billion per day on average. The company anticipates these massive volume gains will grow exponentially. “News notifications hold a special place in our heart as there’s no clearer demonstration of how critical speed and reliability are as news even minutes old is old news and immediately recognized as such by hundreds of millions of people,” said Brett Caine, president and CEO, Urban Airship. “As more businesses harness mobile to re-imagine marketing as real-time customer service, our unparalleled ability to spark in-the-moment experiences at exactly the right time is a tremendous and unmatched advantage.” “We spend a lot of time at breaking news thinking about the speed, relevancy and accuracy of news in the mobile age,” said Cory Bergman, co-founder and GM, breaking news (an NBC News Company). “From our team to our technology, we take great pride in being first to alert readers of news that’s important to them by both topic and proximity, and Urban Airship is a trusted partner in helping us deliver on that promise.” This article is about: World, Urban Airship, Marketing, Digital, B2B, Brand	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800027
__label__wiki	0.950601	0.950601	Westhill softball blasts Bristol Central News // Stamford June 8, 2010 Updated: June 17, 2016 5:35 p.m. By JOE RYAN Times Correspondent STAMFORD -- Westhill softball coach Tom Pia was concerned after his team's victory over Norwalk that maybe the Vikings were not focused but they removed those fears on Saturday, June 5 with an 11-0 win over Bristol Central at Allyson Rioux Field. Pia had been upset with his team even though the Vikings won 8-2 on Thursday, June 3 but he told them to play hard and be aggressive on the base paths in his pregame talk before their game with the Rams. They responded with 10 hits and their base running led to five errors by Bristol Central. Westhill, the No. 2 seed in the Class LL division will face third-ranked Southington on Tuesday, June 8 at DeLuca Field in Stratford. "They went from playing as bad as we can to playing terrific all in one game. They were aggressive on the basepaths and they did all the little things that they had to do," said Pia. "They bunted the ball, they even bunted the ball with two strikes. We are fortunate to have a couple of good pitchers on our team so they are facing live pitching in practice every day and it showed today." Westhill junior Eileen Tublin and sophomore Cassandra Kish led the offense with three hits each and both scored twice. Kish keyed a three-run outburst in the fourth by doubling in two runs while Tublin drove in three runs with a bases-clearing triple during a four-run sixth inning. Vikings pitcher Jen Joseph was brilliant again in her last varsity start on Westhill's home field. Pia paid tribute to his pitcher, who he said gives his team a great chance to win every time out. "She just hit her spots today. She was excellent," said Pia. "If we hit like we did today we can hang with anybody and we can hang with anybody usually because Jen has had the type of year that people just dream of." Joseph allowed only four hits and a walk while striking out seven. Joseph allowed two hits in the first inning and then retired 12 of the next 13 batters before allowing a one-out triple to Jodi DiSanto in the fifth. DiSanto was out at the plate trying to score on a shallow pop-up and Joseph settled down from there, allowing only a single in the sixth for her 16th shutout on the year. She came into the game with a bruised leg but said it didn't bother her at all. The senior ace said the two hits in the first were hit well and then she just found her rhythm. "I was fine, I actually forgot about it," said Joseph. "I just got in a groove after the first inning. That is a very good team over there and we now will play a very good Southington team and we will have to step it up even more." The Vikings got all the runs they would need in the bottom of the second. Kish and Joseph singled then Ali Souza laid down a squeeze bunt which plated Kish. An errant throw on the play went all the way down the left field line, allowing Joseph and Souza to score for a 3-0 lead. Tublin followed with a single and scored when Julianne Vincent's base hit was misplayed to push the lead to 4-0. Bristol Central coach Phil Pirog said his team made too many mistakes while Westhill played perfect defense behind a dominant pitcher. He said that if they could have scratched across a run in the first inning, maybe it would have been a different story. "We didn't cash in and then we made the defensive mistakes against the bunt and it cost us," said Pirog. "It's something that we have been very good at all year long but No. 1, they are a very good team and when you are playing a very good team you can't give them extra outs. We gave them extra outs and they took advantage of it." Vincent said that going undefeated at home was not a goal for the team but as the season went along, the team wanted to keep the streak going. She said the whole team responded after a less than acceptable performance against Norwalk. "We all weren't pleased with our performance the other day and it wasn't just one person it was the whole team," said Vincent. "We just were not ourselves and we all picked it up today and it showed. We came out stronger and we knew what we had to do and we did it." For Joseph and Vincent, it was their last game as Vikings on Allyson Rioux Field and while neither said it was a central thought in their minds, both said they would miss playing there and plan on coming back to make sure their teammates keep the tradition going. "I never thought about it but we love this field and it's where we call home," said Joseph. Well, it was their last time at their home and their talent is what has given them the advantage on the field.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800030
__label__cc	0.726112	0.273888	Ghost TIP Waverly Hills On July 27 & 28, 2014 the TIP team did its very first investigation at the infamous Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky. Estimates vary that between 10 and 60 thousand people died at Waverly during the TB outbreak in the early 1900’s. The smaller figure is most likely. Waverly is said to be haunted by numerous apparitions and shadow people as well as the “creeper”, a shadow person that walks on all fours like a spider. There are numerous stories about Waverly such as a nurse hanging herself from the door jamb of room 502 and a hobo falling down an elevator shaft with his dog. The “death tunnel” is a long concrete shut where bodies were supposedly wheeled down to vehicles so the other patients could not see them. Five TIPsters led the investigation joined by 5 of our friends. Waverly is a ghost hunting Mecca and a genuinely creepy place. While team members with experience at Waverly began to set up the equipment the newbies took the initial tour and learned the new hot spots. When they returned they helped finish with our set up. We split into three teams and began our investigation. We tried to put a floor between each team so we did not have to deal with noise pollution. The first floor team started in the morgue and used K-2’s and recorders. The lead investigator crawled into the body tray in the morgue to see if he could generate a personal experience. Unfortunately he did not experience anything. The lead investigator from the next group also crawled into the morgue tray but did not experience anything. The team moved to the lobby area and then walked down to the “death tunnel”. To their astonishment the team discovered there was someone in the death tunnel moving towards them. While the team hoped it was an apparition it turned out to be a possibly intoxicated teenager. The investigators returned to their base while the Waverly staff swept the building looking for the intruder. The person was not seen again and does not show up on any DVR footage. When the team investigated the death tunnel they found a heavy duty extension cord coming through one of the ceiling vents. The person apparently had climbed down, and probably up, the cord. Unfortunately the intruder cost our team a good 90 minutes of investigation time. Waverly was quiet that night. One team of investigators heard running footsteps on the fourth floor and a growl as well. Both noises were captured on the teams’ recorders. The other teams did not catch anything substantial. However, Waverly is always a fun place to investigation Professional Office in a Strip Mall Farrar Elementary School 2014	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800032
__label__wiki	0.841002	0.841002	Coachella – What’s in store for Weekend 2 If you missed the stream last week, now’s your second chance to right your wrongs. Week One brought with it a plethora of guest appearances, left of centre covers and euphoric moments. If you’re there on weekend two like us, you have the rare benefit of hindsight. For those who are streaming, you also get to decide who’s worthy of taking up your weekend mornings on YouTube. Big Boi and Andre 3000 had mixed responses last weekend. While their career-spanning set was jam packed with classic Outkast, 3000 seemed to lose interest about halfway through, culminating in a performance of Hey Ya with his back turned on the crowd. Here’s hoping he gets his shit together come weekend two and matches the faultless energy of Big Boi. The Man of the moment, Pharrell, put on a star-studded event being joined by the likes of Gwen Stefani, Diplo and Snoop Dogg. While his voice let up, the energy level never dropped as he rolled out hit after hit to a crowd unphased by the dust storm. As his voice drew its final note, he announced that next week he’d be back bigger and better. Well then Pharell, over to you… Haim are the quintessential LA band and so Coachella is the perfect festival for them. There’s really no more to say apart from the fact their debut album is so damn accessible it’s almost impossible for anyone to deny the ear candy coming right at you. On weekend one, Este told the crowd she wanted to hear the sound of ass claps- what more could you want in the Californian desert. It’s a surreal experience watching Girl Talk in your bedroom at 4pm on a Friday afternoon with an uncontrollable feeling to dance. Gills is one of the only acts of the weekend who’s energy translated through the YouTube stream. If you’re in the mood for a booty shake, Greg Gills is the most consistent of performer. It’s unlikely he’ll let you down. At only 21, Chance is probably the biggest new name in rap music. His Coachella set was jam packed with tracks off his fantastic mixtape, Acid Tapes; perfect for a mid-afternoon grind. Last week he brought on Justin Bieber- luck or misfortune, you be the judge. The Sunday headliner is always bound to be a classic but, wow, do they put on a sound. The added disco flavours of Reflektor sit nicely alongside the other three records. Also Blondie came out last week for a cover of Heart of Glass. I wonder if they can top his next week. We’re hoping an album is close to being finished but for the time being we’re content with the fact that Solange was the queen of the desert last weekend. She brought on Beyonce at the end of her set for a dance-off but the moment belonged to the quirky sister. She had the crowd in a flurry of movement, particularly with her flagship song, Losing You. The Canadian funksters had us dancing in front of YouTube on Friday night. They deliver such a high energy set and with new tracks from their forthcoming album, White Woman, to show-off they really took height. Jealous (I Ain’t With It) was a particular stand-out working the crowd into a well-deserved sweat. features / Uncategorized Weekend Windback 12/13 April Adelaide-born beats wizkid Motez delivers this week’s Weekend Windback with his fresh remix of Madison Avenue’s “Don’t Call Me Baby”. Celebrating 21 years of local label Vicious Recordings, this all Australian re-rub stays true to the catchy mood of the original millennium hit, but adds his own signature bass line and slick modern synth to keep you up and moving. This ingenious house innovation adds to an impressive list of singles from this bass, fast-rising producer. Cementing himself in the 2014 Aus music calendar, Motez is supporting Disclosure in their Melbourne tour leg this May, and set to release a new EP in April through Sweat it Out. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/tonicollision/dont-call-me-baby-motez-remix[/soundcloud] tUnE-yArDs- Wait For A Minute tUnE-yArDs has a penchant for taking a trend and turning it on its head. And that’s exactly what she’s done on, Wait for a Minute, the latest track from her forthcoming album Nikki Nack. She’s undoubtedly heading down the lane of RnB but she’s swung a left, crashed through a fence and found herself at an anarchy-stricken kids party. It may sound messy, but it’s a beautiful thing. It’s smooth and effortless but at the same time it chops and changes whenever it pleases. tUnE-yArDs may have traded James Brown soul (Bizness) for How To Dress Well-flavoured RnB, but it still sounds undeniably like Merrill Garbus on her A game. 5 things I learnt from the St Lucia concert St Lucia and his crew make for a colourful bunch. Jean-Philip Grobler (AKA St Lucia), along with Nick Brown, Ross Clark, Nicky Paula and Patricia Beranek have been tearing up the airwaves with various songs from their indie-pop album When The Night. Naturally they arrived on stage to an excited room ready to dance to the highly moveable South African flavours. And taste them we did. Apart from sore feet, here’s what I took from the concert: 1. Choir classes pay off Starting off the night off with radio-favourite The Night Comes Again, Jean-Philip’s choir-boy background really shined through; his vocal capabilities exuded a quality only years of dedicated practice could do. 2. St Lucia can smash a cover Jean-Philip and his backing band surprised everyone by performing a boppy rendition of Chaka Khan’s ’83 hit ‘Ain’t Nobody’. It’s hard to believe that this ’80s hit could become any more balmy but St Lucia and his band worked the crowd into a hot sweat. 3. There is such a thing as too much wind machine. Lucky his bouffant ‘do could handle the gale force. 4. He likes it loud (his clothing, that is). Keep updated on his appealing apparel that would make even Solange Forest Green with envy on his Twitter account. Debuting this @Soullandcph shirt in Australia in a few days! Can't wait to be back, it's been WAY too long. pic.twitter.com/Ek9s5Hv8kq — St. Lucia (@stlucia) March 30, 2014 When is someone at @mastbrothers going wake up and start making shirts with the same prints as their wrappers? pic.twitter.com/S1r4jgspYd The new @Fluevog ' so debuted in Vancouver pic.twitter.com/Ahqbp9EMgk — St. Lucia (@stlucia) February 4, 2014 5. The energy translated from album to dancefloor Despite the set occasionally lulling into a few too many la-la-las, by and large it was an energetic, sunshine-driven affair. Towards the end of the night, effortless transitions between songs ensured the dancing pit never quit. Elevate was as euphoric as you’d expect and the glistening island-inspired percussion transformed the room into a Caribbean getaway. The more dance-centric September delivered perfectly constructed climaxes, driving the evening home before we were willing to call it a night. That enthusiasm was (unfortunately?) noticed by a fellow punter who complimented my friend and me on our ‘enthusiasm’ which ‘made her night.’ I, myself, would pass the compliment onto St Lucia but, hey, my pleasure. St Lucia wrapped up his National tour in Melbourne on Tuesday before making his way back to the US. first impressions / reviews Musical Speed Dating 10 April This week, the(in)terns are dating pop. From the euphoria of a Cut Copy dance floor to ear candy from rising pop queen, we’ve cast our fairly invalidated judgement on a new batch of singles. While there’s plenty of love this week, there’s also a few spiteful tongues as alt-country music falls flat and Drake gets a little too sleazy. One tune this week made us all fall in love, with three willing bachelorettes naming it the pick of the week. Cut Copy- In These Arms of Love Hannah: Nothing to see here folks. 2 Bianca: As a self-confessed Cut Copy fan girl (the rest of the(in)terns can confirm this) it pains me to say that this song should have perhaps remained a left-over. Dan Whitford’s usually on-the-beat voice sounds drawly and at times whiney and the guitar riff in the instrumental breaks sound like new school Coldplay (that’s not a compliment). Luckily this gal takes a man with their flaws. 3 Sam: I’m also an avid Cut Copy fan and like Bianca I ain’t giving up. For me, this song is redemption after an album less impressive than those before it. It’s expansive, atmospheric and melancholic. The synths come on thick and fast- just the way I like it. Add glitter bombs for extra effect. 3.5 Lizzie: Errrgh my ears are still ringing. I feel like I am stuck in some weird psychedelic Star Trek episode…that never made it to air. 2 [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/modularpeople/cut-copy-in-these-arms-of-love[/soundcloud] How To Dress Well- Repeat Pleasure Hannah: This song is infectious. With hand-clap percussion and catchy guitar riffs, Krell makes heartbreak sound sweet like only an R&B enthusiast with a killer upper register could. Taking on Mariah with his tingling “Even broken, my heart will go on” is a bold but totally welcomed move. I repeat, Mariah territory is never bad territory. 3.5 Bianca: The clap is infectious. Now let’s talk about the song.. Straight out of the ‘90s, this head-boppin’, toe-tappin’ good time takes me right back to the day with its rhythmic beatine, surface-lying guitar strums and Tom Krell’s soothing falsetto. I’m keeping this pleasure on repeat. 4.5 Sam: Tom Krell has gone from strength to strength. And It Was You was a total jam and Repeat Plesure betters that. It’s straight out of Ashanti’s song book with a fairly flat-lined melody but buttery instrumentation aplenty. I also heard him gush over Ciara with Jacques Greene and ever since then I’ve been a massive fan. 4.5 Sam’s Pick Lizzie: This song belongs in “Give a song a chance”! The first time I listened to it I was not sold. Second time, it really blossomed into a beautiful track. I agree with you Bianca, straight out of the 90’s. And now to listen again, again and again. 4 [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/howtodresswell/repeat-pleasure[/soundcloud] Drake- Days in the East Hannah: The best and worst part about this is the teasing Rihanna sample. More RiRi please. 2.5 Bianca: Too R&B sex playlist for me. Keep this locked away in the after-dark collection. 2.5 Sam: Surely this is a left-over from Nothing Was The Same. It sounds in the same lane as Own It or Furtherst Thing. And I’m ok with that. It’s another understated jam where Drame proves he’s becoming a more effective singer than a rapper. Rihanna and Drake are going out now right? That sample is so kuwaii. 3.5 Lizzie: Hellooooo stripper pole. Not your best Drake. 2 [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/octobersveryown/drake-days-in-the-east[/soundcloud] Rita Ora- I Will Never Let You Down Hannah: It’s reassuring that in the lead up to her second album Rita Ora “will never let you down.” Good one Calvin, you’ve given this pop princess the credibility she deserves. 3 Bianca: Very simple, classic pop song. Neither here nor there for me. I didn’t have high hopes to begin with so fortunately Rita hasn’t let me down. Although in saying that, Calvin is better on his own and needs to ditch the poor man’s Rihanna – there’s no love found in this hopeless place. 2.5 Sam: So this is what talented couples do in their spare time. As far as pop songs go this is an A+. I like how Calvin tones down his synth break but I’m starting to grow tired of him. I feel he’s up for a Guetta style fall from grace as it seems he’s oversaturated the market. This could be his last moment in the sun. Rita on the other hand will surely have yet another hit record on her hands. 3 Lizzie: Calvin and Rita – bangin’ couple in real life but they do not hit it as a music duo. At all. Rita is still too cookie cutter, Aria Top 40 for me and “I Will Never Let You Down” is no different. I really want her to do something risqué with her beautiful voice. 2.5 Chrome Sparks- Goddess Hannah: The title track off Brooklyn producer Jeremy Malvin’s forthcoming EP, Goddess is flawless. Sucking you in with deep synths and an almost Seekae sound, Goddess builds into two climatic crescendos so effortlessly imbued with vocal loops and twinkling galactic samples, you’ll be up, down and back up again before you even notice it. Scared to miss a single moment of this stellar roller coast ride, Goddess is on repeat. 4 Hannah’s Pick Bianca: Love the moodiness to this track and its underlying intergalactic feel. Very Fritz Lang-esque. Hot tip: listen to this song whilst feasting your eyes on this classic on mute. 4 Bianca’s Pick Sam: Such a velvety slice of ear candy. It just ticks all the boxes. A slow, brooding start and a gloriously climatic finish. It’s got so much texture and dynamic to it- impressive for such a young gun. It’s probably not immediate enough for it to really take off but a cult-following is sure to ensue. Count me in. 4.5 Lizzie: This track is beautiful- a pure, layered delight to listen to. If only the “drop” (for lack of a better word) at 4min 35 secs came earlier, thats when I experienced some serious earporn. 4.5 Lizzie’s Pick [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/chrome-sparks/goddess-1[/soundcloud] First Aid Kit- My Silver Lining Hannah: Sure to find itself on The Js high rotation soon, My Silver Lining brings you the midwest straight out of Sweden (wait, what?). With big strings and even bigger harmonies, the latest offering from duo First Aid Kit promises long dusty road trips and hopelessly hopeful mornings spent in forgotten hotel rooms. Bring on Summer. 3 Bianca: Hannah: Summer’s gone and this track should go with it. Adios, Amigos! 2 Sam: The Lions Roar was a standout record for me when it was released. And I like this. It’s confident and assured but I can’t help feeling it’s more of the same. Hopefully the album has a little more variation but this is enough to whet the appetite. 3.5 Lizzie: Did Lana Del Ray go on a Western adventure? Sure sounds like it. I do like the sway this song has, and the violins, banjo and vocals work well together to produce and digestible cowboy track. Yee-haa!! 3.5 St. Vincent- Lithium (Nirvana Cover) Listen Up! is the(in)terns way of giving a song the isolated attention it deserves. It’s the track that says stop what you’re doing and slow dance, grind or head thrash immediately. Our first Listen Up! is from the incomparable Annie Clarke, otherwise known as St. Vincent. April 5th marked 20 years since Kurt Cobain‘s death. In memorandum, St. Vincent took on the ballsy task of covering Nirvana‘s Lithium at a show in Chicago. It’s a far cry from the left-field, brassy pop of her latest self-titled effort, but she slays. The chorus is one that even Courtney Love would be pleased with. It’s everything it should be: angst-driven, angry and anxious. Clarke sticks close to the original, taking the beast on head-first and wins. The recording is low-quality but it adds a certain lo-fi charm. The Most Underrated Releases of 2014 So Far… Every year there is a host of brilliant records that fail to capture the spotlight when they are released. Sometimes it’s simply because they have no established profile othertimes it’s because they release it on the same day as Beyonce surprise releases an album or Miley flies on a giant hotdog. Whatever the reason may be there is some gold that has fallen through the cracks this year. Below are five albums that we deem to be worthy of a first listen or re-listen. Rome Fortune- Beautiful Pimp II Beautiful Pimp II is the follow-up to last year’s Beautiful Pimp mixtape. Calling something a mixtape often suggests that it’s rough or unfinished. Beautiful Pimp II suggests the complete opposite. Produced entirely by CitoOnTheBeat, it’s a cohesive effort that revels in its understated beats and melodic raps. Mixtape standout I Was On One, I Can’t Lie is a chopped and screwed masterpiece while closer So is coated in beautifully warm keys. It’s not what you’d expect from an Atlanta rapper but it’s a refreshing take on the genre that deserves to have people talking about it. Lyla Fox- Mirrors The Sky When your debut record’s a grower, it’s always hard to grab immediate attention. A grower is most-definitely the word you’d attach to singer/songwriter Lyla Fox’s debut record. Fox recorded the album in the English countryside, isolated from reality and it shows. Mirrors In The Sky sounds beautifully detached from the chaos of the city. Instead, it floats along on a melodic cloud, peppered by carefully selected instrumentation and pixie vocals. Let it rest with you a while and Mirrors In The Sky will present itself as a dusky, self-assured record. Dena- Flash Perhaps it will be obvious on first listen of Flash why Dena hasn’t gained the attention she deserves. It’s a hard album to swallow, founded on a mix of left-field hip-hop and pop. Once you get used to it, Flash oozes sass and cool. It sounds youthful, vibrant and modern like a cross between M.I.A and Yelle. Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools is a lesson in minimalism, lifted by Dena’s nonchalant attitude. Elsewhere on the record, she presents Timabland-esque production on Games- the most straight-forward moment on Flash. Yes, it’s odd but it’s a party from start to finish; partly obnoxious but also a heap of fun. Eagulls- Eagulls NME has already gushed over this record, but it’s underrated in the way that it should be amassing a large cult following by now. If you compare it to the mighty public reactions to records from Cloud Nothings or Palma Violets in the past, then this album looks like it’s been criminally ignored. Eagulls is a sea of raucous noise- distorted and tempo-raising. However, it never sounds messy. Behind it all, lead-singer George Mitchell delivers a hearty vocal that injects just enough melody and stature to keep everything in check. That’s further aided by the killer hooks that are delivered on every song. They may be an unambitious alternative band, but there’s some anthems on this debut like the Sonic-Youth sounding Possessed. If you have trouble connecting to Eagulls then watch the band perform live. On stage, Mitchell is an anxious and tense performer that creates an uncomfortable aura that’s also thrilling to watch. </span><span style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">http://open.spotify.com/album/1WXa2R14fPFcP4TvWZASl3</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> 100s- IVRY IVRY may just be the funkiest rap music, this side of the century. With obvious nods to Andre 3000, 100s is a personable and colourful rapper. If the cover doesn’t already make it obvious, IVRY is not your standard rap record. He takes Prince’s infectious funk and lays on top an effortless flow that’s both seductive and arrogant. When I think of IVRY, I think of a dim-light, a circular bed and purple satin sheets. While it may all sound a bit creepy, it’s the sort of seduction that Prince and most recently Miguel have become masters in. If you can handle a line like “this is for bitches that like to get high” (Ten Freaky Hoes) you’re likely to fall in love with IVRY. If not, avoid this. There’s much more where that came from. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/foolsgoldrecs/sets/100s-ivry[/soundcloud] Shura, Young Franco, KLO & Sway Clarke II “I’m new here”, sang Gil Scott-Heron on the title track to his penultimate record. Newbies gives us the chance to introduce those that are just beginning to scratch the surface of the music-world. It’s our chance to introduce them to you and hopefully light the flame to a beautiful and fulfilled musical relationship. Each week, we’ll bring you four up and comers. It’s your job to tell us: unsubstantiated hype or glorious potential. As always, first impressions count. Meet this weeks Newbies below. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/yfrnco/sets/futurefunk-ep[/soundcloud] This 19 year-old producer from Brisbane has been making waves for almost a year but a new EP and a few stellar remixes have moved Young Franco to the tips of many peoples tongue. He dropped his debut EP Futurefunk this year and is joining Alison Wonderland on her mostly sold-out Australian tour of warehouses. His soundcloud reveals an impressive resume including remixes of Broods and Major Lazer and his own nu-disco-inspired, bass-throbbers. Australians are eating up this brand of summery, groove-infused production and he’s likely to have a big year ahead of him. He joins a host of young Australian DJs transforming the national dance music spectrum alongside Wave Racer, LDRU and Motez For fans of: Motez, Todd Terje, Classixx Avoid if: The Flume revolution is driving you towards insanity What’s next: A national tour with Alison Wonderland. Catch dates here. Often all it takes to captivate is one songs and that’s certainly the case for young Brit, Shura. Touch has been out for under a month and it’s already captured the hearts of all/98 per cent of people that met ears with it. It’s also being played on Radio 1- the holy grail of British radio. And how? Purely on the merit of the song. It’s a slinky, soulful pop track that is instantly infectious. The video emulates the theme of intimacy that permeates the song with grace and style. In other words, if you like watching people smooch- hit play. A quick google of Shura lead me to find out that it means ‘consultation’ in Arabic- I’ve racked my brain for how or why that relates to their sound and have turned up nothing. The moral: I need to quit Google. For fans of: How To Dress Well, Blood Orange, SZA Avoid if: you’re not a fan of up close and personal What’s next: Hopefully a second track as buttery as this [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/sway-clarke-ii/idnm[/soundcloud] Still salivating from Miguel’s delicious cover of Bennie and the Jets? Then this Toronto-born, Berlin-based soul-man may be just the remedy. Two tracks down, he’s impressed both times with a Franck-Ocean brand of sporadic R&B. His latest track, Secret Garden, powers along with a hard-hitting piano line in the same vein as Bennie and the Jets. He cites his influences as everything from Peter Gabriel to Deadmau5 to Jay Z and it shows. He sounds like an old-soul operating in the contemporary realm, similar to what Damon Albarn did with Bobby Womack on The Bravest Man In The Universe. His dark reworking of Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools is proof that Sway Clarke’s capabilities are potentially endless. For fans of: Frank Ocean, Miguel, Solange Avoid if: You’re still hurting from Frank Ocean’s Splendour In The Grass cancellation What’s Next: He’s just done and handful of shows with HAIM but there have been no extensive tour announcements yet. Hold tight, I say. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/klomusic/make-me-wonder[/soundcloud] Like Shura, Klo are likely to extend to a mass audience off the back of one song. Make Me Wonder was released last week and it has already amassed close to 20,000 plays on Soundcloud. And rightly so. It’s an impressive debut built from dazed beats and crawling vocals. Make Me Wonder is one of those sleepy growers that charms with every listen, slowly infiltrating. Klo are another notch in the belt of Aussies likely to take over the world. Hopefully the Melbourne duo hurry up and tour their homeland before they run of overseas to please a growing mass of fans. For fans of: SOHN, Tinashe, SAFIA Avoid if: You have chronic fatigue What’s next: Only a week has passed since track one. We’ll have to wait and see. Weekend Wind Back 5/6 April Welcome to Weekend Wind Back, the first of our weekly feature in which we find the best remake of a classic song from the week that was and deliver it right here for listening pleasure. Rounding out this week is Chitown duo, Autograf and their remake of the Marvin Gaye, all American classic, Grapevine. A glitchy rendition laden with steady snaps and heavy on the Nicholas Jaar influence, this remake lets Gaye’s vocals linger, soulfully as ever, over an initially paired back intro before moving full throttle into pure dance territory. More often than not, remakes of such iconic songs have a tendency to lose the integrity of the original beneath thumping bass lines and synth-happy crescendos. Autograf manage to steer clear of this territory in their truly modern rendition of the 1960’s classic. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/autografmusic/marvin[/soundcloud] First Impressions 3 April A round-table review of the week’s singles featuring Sam Smith, EMA and Jamie xx. Method to the madness: Each week we, theinterns, will select the most noteworthy new releases and take them for a spin. Each of us will score the track out of five and choose the best tune for our audio dietary requirements. Let the madness ensue as the tracks pass through the ears of an EDM queen, a nostalgic RnB revivalist, a lover of all things alternative and a 90s fein. Sam Smith- Stay With Me Sam: So simple, yet so effective. His voice is just so good- couple that with the choir and this song takes it to church. This is surely bound to be another hit for him. 4 Lizzie: He’s is bringing back the gospel to the masses which is something new and captivating. His voice is enchanting in the same way John Newman was with his collaboration with Rudimental. Can he carry his own album though? I am excited to see. 3 Hannah: Sam Smith knows when an understatement it is just the right statement. Consistent snare, simple piano, perfect voice. Stay With Me verges on ballad material but with the same restraint and control as Smith’s vocals, pulls back before hitting Mariah territory. Side note, Mariah territory is never bad territory. 3.5 Bianca: A mellow love ballad which treads along at a satisfyingly easy pace. I spent the song waiting for it to reach a gospel-esque peak and was relieved that the extent of its crescendo was maintained to modest church choir levels. The casual tambourine taps and nonchalant piano chords, accompanied by Sam’s ballady vocals, make it a bit too ‘Love Song Dedication’ for my liking but I can see how it could easily stick in the head. Begging for a remix. Over to you, Richard Mercer. 3 HAERTS- Call My Name [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/haertsmusic/call-my-name[/soundcloud] Sam: It’s somewhat surprising that the bombacious All The Days is followed up by this mellow and warm track. For me, it has the vibe of a more tasteful Take My Breath Away, with a powerful chorus that only an 80s inspired track can deliver. 3.5 Lizzie: Oh God i’m bored 2 Hannah: Yawn. 2 Bianca: I’m not bored. I think it’s such a warm track that just has melody oozing out of it. 3.5 Jamie xx- Sleep Sound Sam: Jamie xx kills it everytime. That throbbing base-line takes you to the clubs without even knowing it and those sporadic RnB samples inject just enough melody to keep it pacing along. 4 Hannah: Totally agree with Sam. Jamie XX has an undeniable ability to make 1am turn into 5am very quickly and this mix is no different. The base-line has my body pulsing before I know it and the melodic samples are doing all kinds of dreamy thangs. On repeat. 4.5 Lizzie: When was the last time Jamie XX dropped a solo single? I am so used to just hearing him play long, mesmerizing festival sets. This guy can do no wrong. I could dance, run, chill or sleep to this song and that’s no mean feat. 4.5 Bianca: When Jamie xx was here for Laneway in February he played such an expansive and mesmerizing twilight set. This encapsulates that exact feeling whilst lulling you into another world. 4 Bianca’s Pick SZA Feat. Chance The Rapper- Childs Play [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/topdawgent/sza-feat-chance-the-rapper[/soundcloud] Sam: Just another reason to be excited for Z. Somehow she makes the line “Stuck in Nintendo, you’re the controller” sound sexy. It’s not hugely different for her but the addition of Chance The Rapper is a choice move. 4 Hannah: I love the lazy lull of this song. Totally sensual, totally indulgent, totally appropriate for the hazy hours of a sunday morning. Babies will be made to the sound of SZA and Chance wondering how we used to was. 4.5 Hannah’s Pick Lizzie: The female vocals on this track are so seductive. I just melt into this song, but just as I thought I was going to nod off (in a good way!) Chance comes in, creating a strong a closing harmony. 4.5 Lizzie’s Pick Bianca: Eh. It just plods along for me. I’m not overly excited. 2 EMA- 3Jane Sam: Nothing that’s surfaced off The Future’s Void has excited me quite as much as this. EMA has such a creeping power to her voice when backed by a clean-cut melody. The ever so subtle climax at the end is pretty special. 4.5 Sam’s Pick Hannah: Look I understand EMA is going somewhere with this but I’m just not going there with her. It’s a solo race to this climactic finish. 3 Lizzie: You’ve gotta be in the right mood for this song. I was not. I spent most of the song contemplating my future and what not. But hey, I see potential in her voice and general “don’t give a fuck”. Maybe i’ll try again later. 3 Bianca: I lost interest and started paying more attention to clicking my pen. That was fun. 2 Velociraptor- Ramona [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/velociraptorband/ramona[/soundcloud] Sam: I feel like Ramona is a guilty pleasure because the melody just melts into your ears so easily. It’s a sound that’s been flogged a lot on Triple J recently but this is one of the more enjoyable tunes I’ve heard out of a J’s band for a while. 3 Hannah: Pure Guitar Hero material – fun to master, less fun to listen to. Sorry J sound. 3 Lizzie: Look. I didn’t hate, but I didn’t love it. Its got the foundations for a great boppy, just-out-of-your-best-mate’s-garage song, great for the young Triple J teeny-boppers. But I can’t help feel like this came from the soundtrack for “Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.” 3 Bianca: I’m enjoying this. It’s classic indie-rock done with energy and fun. Now my problem is getting it out of my head. 3.5	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800033
__label__wiki	0.659351	0.659351	The TRADE > News > People Moves > Societe Generale appoints UK global markets head People Moves, Sell-Side April 5, 2019 12:23 PM GMT Societe Generale appoints UK global markets head Antoine Broquereau will lead trading activity for Societe Generale in the UK as the bank continues with plans to cut costs across the business globally. By Hayley McDowell French investment bank Societe Generale has named its new head of global markets for the UK, months after confirming plans to drastically cut costs across the business globally. Societe Generale confirmed in a statement that Antoine Broquereau has taken on the role and is now responsible for leading all trading activities across asset classes in the UK. Broquereau will retain his current position as global head of engineering of fixed income and currencies within the global markets business, and implement the bank’s markets strategy reporting to Sadia Ricke, UK chief country officer and Jean-Francois Gregoire, head of global markets. “Antoine’s extensive experience within market activities will be key to further enhance our client focused model, delivering suitable and innovative market solutions and services to best service our clients’ needs in this fast-moving environment,” Ricke commented. Jean-Francois Gregoire was appointed head of global markets in February, after Societe Generale announced plans to cut costs across the business by €500 million in 2020 following a review of its fixed income and foreign exchange franchises. Societe Generale reported an 8.3% drop in revenues across its global markets and investor services business in 2018 compared to the year prior. Fixed income, currencies and commodities suffered a 16.8% decrease for the full year compared to 2017, with fourth quarter revenues down a significant 28.8% year-on-year. At the same time, equities and prime services dipped 4.4% in 2018, and a stronger performance in prime services failed to offset a fall in derivatives revenues. “In a more uncertain economic environment, we will continue to work on our operating efficiency with an additional plan to reduce costs in Global Banking & Investor Solutions and we are further prioritising cost control,” Fréderic Oudéa, Societe Generale Group CEO, said at the time. “All these measures and the Group’s transformation will enable us to improve our operational profile and pursue the improvement in the structural profitability of our businesses.” Tagged: Societe Generale « JP Morgan clears first repo under new DTCC sponsor programme	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800034
__label__wiki	0.706328	0.706328	The jacket: Chanel's eternal icon Virginie Viard turns to Chanel's ABC for inspiration by Jessica Bumpus Karl Lagerfeld once said: “There are some things that never go out of fashion, jeans, a white shirt and a Chanel jacket.” And, when one thinks of Chanel, if it’s not the quilted bags, the little tweed suiting or the No.5 fragrance, it’s the interior of 31 rue Cambon, the couturier’s famous maison: of mirrors and a winding staircase, an image as iconic as the fashions of Mademoiselle herself. “Because it’s such a welcoming space,” confides Chanel creative director, Virginie Viard, who was appointed to the role following the passing of Karl Lagerfeld in 2019 (she had been his right hand prior to that). “I love the huge sofa in beige suede. Karl liked to surround himself with deep divans too. In fact, Gabrielle’s apartment reminds me of Karl’s first apartment that I knew, where one would sit on four-poster beds disguised as sofas.” It was with this dose of nostalgia, the story behind Chanel and its stylistic hallmarks, that Viard went about approaching her latest Métiers d'art offering, the annual collection dedicated to celebrating the specialist workshops and artisans with whom Chanel works (Lemarie, for example, which makes its famed camellias; and Lesage, the embroidery atelier). “They make our creations sublime,” praises Viard. “This is the return to the codes and the very first Metiers d’art show in 2002, which actually took place in the salons, at 31 rue Cambon. That show was very dear to me. So, for this Metiers d’art collection, I wanted it to revolve around Gabrielle’s apartment.” Which is the stuff of legend. Gabrielle herself would watch at the top of the stairs out of sight from her audience to glimpse their reaction as the models descended, Chanel-clad, into the salon. The apartment’s leitmotifs – beige, black, gold and crystal - were transformed into a runway setting designed by the American film director Sofia Coppola for the collection’s unveiling back in December at the Grand Palais in Paris. “We thought about the original shows that were held at 31 rue Cambon, and how great it must have been to see the models walking by so close,” explains Coppola, for whom personally there is a particular “thrill” in the iconic mirrored staircase. “The models smoked cigarettes while listening to Lou Reed. It was more of an attitude than a theme,” recalls Viard. And it’s “attitude”, notably, that is a Chanel characteristic just as much as those quilted bags or fragrance - and one embodied no better than by the Chanel jacket, renowned as it is rendered in tweed; straight in cut and structure; yet simultaneously casual and laidback but elegant in appeal. Innovated by Chanel as a reaction to the constraints of 1950s dressing, it was reinvented countless times over by Lagerfeld when he joined the house in 1983. In 1985, for example, he teamed it with jeans and a striped sporty top for a modern rebirth. “It is integral to the DNA of Chanel,” says Marlene Wetherell of the eponymous New York vintage store (and industry insider favourite), noting its popularity today as both a worn and collected piece. “It didn’t start off as a ‘jacket’ by itself – it was part of a tailleur which had a matching skirt and silk blouse that went underneath. But it was the jacket that stood out. The silhouette is what was important here. The cut, hitting above the hip,” she explains. The front of the jacket is mounted along the straight grain with no bust darts, done so to increase suppleness without losing shape; the same principle of which is applied to the back, separated by a seam down the middle. There is of course the genius brass chain stitched into the hem on the lining to ensure a perfect drop. “This made it sit well on the body,” says Wetherell. “As well as the high cut armhole, again creating a slimming effect. We are speaking of engineering here. She was brilliant at that. As time passed the skirt suit seemed less practical. Jackets remained, they remained because women liked the fit.” It was that easy. “There is a sort of simplicity in going back to Chanel’s ABC. We don’t need to do too much,” says Viard of revisiting these foundational codes. And, self-confessedly, she describes herself as being “a child of Karl and Gabrielle”. She elaborates: “I have completely absorbed the Chanel codes. I saw Karl twist them so much. I have grown up here… I like the idea of a patchwork [of Chanel and Karl’s work]. For me, it [the designs] has to be on the same level as in real life. I always question the context, which has nothing to do with the way we lived decades ago: what would a woman like today? How would she wear it?” In 2020, her proposal comes by way of another Chanel emblem: two-tone as well as the reinterpretation of a tie-dye jacket, inspired by a pink tweed suit originally made by Chanel in 1960 which featured a multi-coloured lining. This time that lining makes for the exterior tweed tones of the design. Meanwhile, short styles of jacket are worn with low-waisted skirts and accessorised with jewelled belts and there is a showstopper of a style that is embroidered with over 23,000 sequins. Wetherell perhaps sums it up best: “In my opinion everyone should own a Chanel jacket.” Annoushka Ducas: her life in seven charms Chanel Connects: Paris brand launches new podcast series Cottagecore: the internet trend goes mainstream Tiffany & Co: pioneering diamond traceability	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800035
__label__wiki	0.675964	0.675964	Instant Opinion Instant Opinion: ‘government confusion aggravates Covid despair’ Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 17 August by The Week Staff Christopher Furlong/WPA Pool/Getty Images The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each. 1. Libby Purves in The Times on the unravelling of Britain’s lockdown Government confusion aggravates Covid despair “The government’s practical mismanagement has been eloquently anatomised in these pages, so lay that aside. Equally dismaying is its failure to convey hope, resolve, strength and a sense of proportion. No wonder mournful voices pointlessly say that they yearn for New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern. Leaders in troubled times — ask any veteran — need to convey intelligence, good faith, consistency and calm. Ours rarely manage one. Early press conferences were OK, with scientists and the promise to ‘put an arm around’ us. Lockdown was too prolonged but had brief mood-raisers with the Queen’s speech and VE Day. But the unlocking is psychologically chaotic. Mr Johnson’s ‘over for Christmas’ speech was unhelpful, especially accompanied by silence or nervous throat-clearing from scientists. His unique selling point is bullish, flag-waving, Olympic-spirit zip wire merriment; that doesn’t work when we can see the wire sagging and him in a helpless dangle. Travel advice was mad: instead of fantasising about air bridges why not say ‘foreign holidays remain risky. You could suddenly get locked down there, or face isolation here. It could get expensive. Your risk.’” 2. Dr Alexis Paton, lecturer at Aston University and chair of the Committee on Ethical Issues in Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians, in The Independent on threats to the health body After Matt Hancock’s snap decision to axe Public Health England, this is everything we could lose “That the government has chosen to axe Public Health England just after announcing a national initiative to fight obesity shows how little it understands the important role that Public Health England plays in maintaining our overall health and wellbeing... Public Health England holds a wealth of information and research on keeping people healthy and safe in their home and work environments, promoting and contributing to safety initiatives in all sectors. These three examples are only the tip of the public health iceberg. In the UK, we have had a tradition of public health that has almost nothing to do with pandemics and everything to do with improving the health of the whole nation for the long term... Public Health England currently has close to 60 targeted programmes in place to improve health and wellbeing across the whole population. Here are just the highlights. Are we willing to lose them so our government can save global face on their poor response to the pandemic? For me, the loss of any of these services is much too high a cost.” 3. John Harris in The Guardian on the death of British community No news, no shared space, no voice – the Tories are creating a cookie-cutter Britain Test and trace: how the system is changing “The fact that whole swathes of basic administration are best handled at the local level is a banal insight that has eluded British governments for decades, and so it has proved again. For all that we are encouraged to think of the pandemic as a national issue, all outbreaks are essentially local – and like extreme weather events, they demand effective on-the-ground action and communication, and the kind of strong institutions that affirm people’s sense of place and solidarity. After a decade of cuts to local services, Covid-19 has cruelly highlighted the importance – and lack – of both. It has crystallised a question that goes beyond matters of politics and government into some of the most basic ways that places function: if the coronavirus has proved that doing things from the grassroots up is so crucial, why are so many aspects of our everyday lives being pushed in the opposite direction?” 4. Tim Stanley in The Daily Telegraph on travelling abroad mid-pandemic We are living with the consequences of other people’s terror “I’m not on a mini-break. This is a mini-breakdown. I hate lockdown Britain and not just for the deaths we are trying to prevent but the paranoia and despair. I thought we cared about mental health? I suspect we were just trying to sound nice. When push came to shove, we told people to get on with being miserable – just as we told them to stuff their jobs and shove their schooling – and the consequence of not being able to imagine a future is utterly devastating. We will be living in this spiritually impoverished state for two years at least, because the moment there is a spike – and there will be a spike – they will shut everything down again. That’s what bureaucrats do and that’s what the public wants, even though a rise in localised outbreaks has not resulted in a rise in hospitalisations. You and I are living with the consequences of other people’s terror, and it’s as frightening as the disease itself. I shall get hate mail just for having the nerve to go abroad. ‘Is this an essential journey?’ a friend asked angrily. I said: ‘Well, it’s not quite the Bahamas, but it’ll do.’” 5. Elizabeth Bruenig in The New York Times on how the US left stands a fighting chance Despite Everything, Bernie Sanders Still Believes “Mr. Sanders cited recent primary victories by some of the most progressive members of the House, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar as examples of left endurance, despite the machinations of powerful, moneyed opponents. There were new primary victories for the left as well: In New York, Jamaal Bowman took out Eliot Engel in a hard-fought race, while Cori Bush pulled off a surprise upset against William Lacy Clay in Missouri. Mr. Sanders pointed out that, down the ballot - sometimes way down the ballot - state and local governments are quietly welcoming new members from the Democratic Socialists of America, a major left organizing group that proudly backed Mr. Sanders. There are a few shoots coming up through the snow, and Mr. Sanders has no intention of giving up on these tender blooms his movement has nurtured.” Instant Opinion: ‘Bigotry entrenched in British society’ Instant Opinion: Government’s ‘pantomime authoritarianism’	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800036
__label__wiki	0.982192	0.982192	Paramount Slate Deal Threatened by Delayed China Acquisition (Exclusive) Regulatory issues have postponed Oriental Times Media’s acquisition of Huahua Media Matt Pressberg \| March 10, 2017 @ 9:29 AM Last Updated: March 10, 2017 @ 12:02 PM Paramount Pictures’ $1 billion slate financing deal with China’s Huahua Media and Shanghai Film Group is in jeopardy after a planned acquisition of Huahua was pushed back due to regulatory issues, TheWrap has learned. Oriental Times Media had agreed to acquire Huahua, which has been a financial and marketing partner on several Paramount films including “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” for 1.1 billion yuan (about $158 million) in November. The China Securities Regulatory Commission released 47 questions about the deal in late December. OTM withdrew its offer on March 9, according to a Chinese report provided to TheWrap. Its stock’s trading on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange has been halted. “The delay or even cancellation of this transaction will most likely prevent Huahua from funding the Paramount slate deal,” an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap. Also Read: Forget Trump - It's Chinese Regulators Who Are Putting Squeeze on China's Hollywood Deals A spokesperson for Huahua could not comment at this time. Paramount did not immediately respond to a request for comment. China’s increasingly strict financial regulations have killed off several planned Hollywood deals, most notably Dalian Wanda Group’s proposed $1 billion acquisition of Dick Clark Productions, as TheWrap exclusively reported last month. Wanda’s Dick Clark takeover fell apart mainly due to issues getting cash out of China, which instituted a directive late last year requiring companies to check with regulators when transferring $5 million or more out of the country. That cash squeeze likely had an adverse effect on the Paramount slate financing deal as well, according to sources. And other regulations designed to stabilize China’s rollercoaster stock markets have also taken a bite out of China’s Hollywood invasion. Chinese copper company Anhui Xinke New Material’s planned $350 million purchase of “The Hurt Locker” production company Voltage Pictures was called off in December in another broken deal where regulatory issues were at least partially blamed. Legendary Pictures CEO left the company after Wanda, which acquired the “Kong: Skull Island” production company for $3.5 billion last January, was unable to fold it into its publicly-traded cinema chain after Shenzhen Stock Exchange regulators cracked down on Legendary’s lack of profits and Byzantine ownership structure. OTM itself had also increasingly run afoul of these tighter regulations, being fined or punished 13 times by the CSRC in the last two years. Also Read: Huahua Media CEO Explains How to Market Movies in China In January, Huahua CEO Kefei Wang told TheWrap participating in individual Paramount films build the foundation for the comprehensive agreement signed with the studio and Shanghai Film Group. He also spoke about the arrangement being part of a larger “cultural change as our China film industry and Hollywood gets closer.” However, an increasingly difficult regulatory regime is threatening to put a halt to these deals, which have been fruitful for studios, many of which has inked a co-production pact with a Chinese partner. The studios get outside capital to mitigate some of their risk and access to China’s film market, which was the world’s fastest growing before flatlining last year in the wake of a disappointing film slate and rollback of online ticketing subsidies. Huahua’s marketing might helped “Age of Extinction” gross $320 million at the Chinese box office, a then-record for a Hollywood movie. 7 China-Backed Mega Deals That Didn't Happen, From Dick Clark to Voltage (Photos) Chinese companies such as Wang Jianlin's Dalian Wanda Group have spent much of the last few years agreeing to acquire American firms (including several major Hollywood players) at eye-popping prices, but getting those deals across the finish line has been easier said than done. Here are a few recent proposed mega-deals that didn't happen as intended: Dalian Wanda Group fails to close purchase of Dick Clark Productions Chinese conglomerate Wanda agreed to pay $1 billion for the Golden Globes producer last year. But the deal is not going to close, TheWrap has learned, as Chinese regulators will not approve both the price paid and the amount of cash that would leave the country. Dick Clark Productions/Wanda Group Wanda is unable to take Legendary Entertainment public, CEO Thomas Tull exits Last January, Wanda agreed to shell out $3.5 billion for "Jurassic World" production company Legendary. But regulators frowned on Legendary's lack of profitability and complex ownership structure when Wanda tried to fold it into its publicly-traded Wanda Cinema Line, which would have given Legendary CEO Thomas Tull a liquidity event. Tull couldn't cash out and left the company last month. Legendary/Wanda Group Anhui Xinke New Materials backs out of deal to acquire Voltage Pictures Chinese copper company Anhui Xinke agreed to diversify its holdings by spending $350 million on "The Hurt Locker" production company, but pulled out of the deal in December after failing to secure the documentation required by increasingly scrutinous Chinese regulators. Wanda's prospective Paramount investment is taken off the table One of former Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's last moves in charge was obtaining an offer from Wanda to acquire 49 percent of Paramount Pictures for as much as $5 billion. But when Dauman lost a power struggle with the Redstone family (which owns the majority of Viacom's stock) and was ousted in August, that deal died too. TheWrap Conglomerate of Chinese buyers fails to seal deal for mobile browser company Opera Software A handful of Chinese entities seeking to purchase the Norwegian software firm canceled their planned acquisition in July after failing to get government approval in a timely manner. Anbang Insurance Group walks away from deal to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts In March, the Chinese insurance giant abandoned a deal to acquire the hotel operator for nearly $14 million in cash citing "market considerations," although insiders placed much of the blame on regulatory issues, particularly one limiting the size of foreign transactions to 15 percent of a company's market cap. Huayi Bros. fails to come to terms on investment in Studio8 In 2014, Chinese media company Huayi Bros. was unable to consummate an investment in former Warner Bros. chief Jeff Robinov's Studio8. Later that year, Fosun, a different Chinese company, backed Studio8, which has co-financed just two films since. Chinese companies have brought a firehose of cash to the U.S. in recent years, but several high-profile deals didn’t come to fruition Dick Clark Productions Says Wanda ‘Failed to Honor Contractual Obligations’ in Dead Deal By Matt Donnelly and Matt Pressberg \| March 10, 2017 @ 6:36 AM Forget Trump – It’s Chinese Regulators Who Are Putting Squeeze on China’s Hollywood Deals By Matt Pressberg \| March 9, 2017 @ 4:09 PM Dick Clark Productions Sale to Dalian Wanda Is Dead (Exclusive) By Matt Pressberg and Matt Donnelly \| February 20, 2017 @ 11:26 AM	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800038
__label__wiki	0.590343	0.590343	Home » Archive » Shared News » Omaha Beach Opening a New Front Omaha Beach Opening a New Front Friday, October 4, 2019 at 11:35 am \| Back to: Shared News, Top News Updated: October 4, 2019 at 6:18 pm Previous Story \| Next Story Omaha Beach \| Coady By Chris McGrath By Summer Tan, out of Fleet Valor. By Allied Flag, out of Joy Of Spring. And by Tactical Cat, out of Shoreline. Just three among several Thoroughbreds who had already borne his name before a son of War Front offered, as the GI Kentucky Derby favorite, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings. In the event, of course, Omaha Beach instead reminded us that destiny seldom obeys our own sense of aptness. His late withdrawal, with an entrapped epiglottis, confirmed its disobligingly random ways. But that is not to say that fate is always inexorable. Otherwise there would have been no point to the bravery of those men wading ashore in 1944. We have to believe that our own efforts can help to determine the course of events. Our efforts, and our skills. And now, after a five-month disappearance, we are about to find out whether one of the most skilled of all contemporary horsemen, Richard Mandella, can ensure that the ultimate fulfilment of Omaha Beach has only been delayed-rather than thwarted altogether. The stakes for his comeback, in the GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship, are certainly high for Spendthrift, who acquired the breeding rights in a Derby favorite, but have been unable to test the value of that investment since. As things stand, Omaha Beach has made five of his seven starts in maiden company; while the two Baffert colts he beat in breaking into the elite of the crop, Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}) in a division of the GII Rebel S. and then Improbable (City Zip) in the GI Arkansas Derby, appeared to moderate their juvenile stature somewhat when fifth and sixth past the post in the Kentucky Derby. That's not the easiest resume to quantify with a stallion fee, even if Country House (Lookin At Lucky) himself was beaten nearly seven lengths into third in the Arkansas Derby. What we do know is that he's going to a farm smart enough to give him every chance, however things go from here. But it's a captivating crossroads, not least because the people around Omaha Beach–with a completely free hand, now that they are no longer obliged to stretch his brilliance over Classic distances–have taken a radically different turn in dropping him back to sprinting. Obviously going shorter rather than longer is fairly standard procedure with any horse ending a lay-off. If he is to move forward Saturday, mentally and physically, Omaha Beach hardly wants to be pushed to any kind of physiological limit. Nonetheless there is already talk of confining his Breeders' Cup options to the GI BC Sprint and the GI BC Dirt Mile, with even a Classic as porous as this one already off the agenda. Possibly it just seems sensible, with such a troubled summer behind him, not even to think about exposing the colt unnecessarily to a more grueling examination. On the other hand, perhaps those closest to him always had it in the back of their minds that his real metier was always going to be speed. Not at first, clearly, because he made his first three juvenile starts over a mile on turf. It certainly makes sense on paper, however. When he burst onto the scene in the spring, the focal point of his pedigree was naturally his grand-dam Take Charge Lady (Dehere), especially after her son Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy) produced Long Range Toddy to win the other division of the Rebel. But her inherent distinction, both on the track and in her second career, should not distract us from a key element in Omaha Beach's pedigree: the fact that both Take Charge Lady and War Front are out of mares by Rubiano, dashing winner of races like the GI Carter S. and GI Vosburgh S. On the face of it, hardly the first name you'd seek 3 × 4 in a Kentucky Derby colt. On the other hand, Rubiano was out of the same mare as Tapit's dam Tap Your Heels, who was by a son of his own sire, Fappiano, in Unbridled. And their dam, in turn, was by the bottomless Classic influence Nijinsky out of a sister to Relaunch. So it was perfectly credible to have Omaha Beach on the Triple Crown trail, not least given the two-turn reinforcements available along his bottom line. Take Charge Lady's son champion Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song) had top-class form at 10 furlongs, for instance. That said, Omaha Beach's full-brother was pointedly confined to sprints during a modest career at Ballydoyle; and their champion half-sister Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway) was never able to explore Classic distances. (Their dam Charming {Seeking The Gold} broke down on only her third start, when odds-on for a stake over a mile.) We should always avoid being too prescriptive with pedigrees, of course, but that would seem especially true here. War Front, for instance, gained a turf reputation simply through opportunity, as one of few Kentucky sires in recent years given meaningful opportunity in Europe. Remember that one of his very first European envoys, Declaration Of War, shared a three-way photo (along with Mucho Macho Man {Macho Uno} and none other than Take Charge Lady's son Will Take Charge) on his dirt debut in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. Whatever else he does, then, Omaha Beach has already helped to correct some lazy misapprehensions about his sire. Like another son of Danzig in Danehill, moreover, War Front has also proved a versatile influence in terms of distance. In the case of Omaha Beach himself, we have some “proof of the pudding” in the way he saw out nine furlongs for his Grade I success. True, both then and in the Rebel he coasted through the race with conspicuous leisure. Nonetheless it would be pretty remarkable if he were able to bounce out and beat a specialist as blisteringly fast as Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby). (Curiously, the opposition also includes Flagstaff {Speightstown}, who bids to settle a family grudge against the colt who wrecked the unbeaten run of his half-brother Game Winner.) As such, it would seem unfair to expect more than some kind of legible signpost to the way ahead. On the face of it, persevering with sprinting at the Breeders' Cup might give him some extra commercial glitz at stud. But those in charge of the whole package–which matches his classy and very flexible genes with an unmistakable aura of class, whatever gilding he can add hereafter–hardly need telling that what works best for Omaha Beach the racehorse will ultimately work best for Omaha Beach the stallion. To that extent, with so much still to learn about his capacities, it would be nice to think that the door might yet be ajar to a 4-year-old campaign. Regardless, you have to wish the horse's connections well. Besides their maddening summer with Omaha Beach, remember the deal that determined his future was never purely about dollars and cents: Rick Porter, his owner, says that he owes his life to B. Wayne Hughes of Spendthrift, whose support of pioneering cancer treatments at Massachusetts General Hospital opened the door to a game-changing clinical trial. An intervention, typical of so many critical moments in life, shared between the determination of mortals, on the one hand, and sheer luck on the other. And there's a combination that was greatly respected, 75 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy. So who knows? Maybe it will turn out that fate, or fortune or whatever else you care to read into Omaha Beach's ability to run fast, has reserved these gentlemen some kind of gratifying denouement, after all. Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts. 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__label__wiki	0.689674	0.689674	Monday \| May 7th, 2007 News: Nonprofit Postal Rates Set To Skyrocket Nonprofits may be faced with a decision to reduce the size of their mailings from flats to letters if substantial postage increases permanently go into effect. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) returned a decision last week on two of three issues it was asked to reconsider by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The PRC agreed with the Postal Service on rate increases for Priority Mail Flat-Rate Box and the Non-machinable Surcharge for First Class. A motion by the Coalition of Catalog Mailers’ (CCM) to reopen the record for Standard Mail Flat rates, the third issue, was denied. Instead, the PRC had set deadlines for opening comments by May 4 and reply comments May 11 on the Standard Mail Flats. New postal rates are scheduled to take effect May 14. "The key there is the deadline for the second round of comments is three days before all these rates go into effect. That certainly suggests that the new rates will go into effect as proposed by PRC and probably will be in effect for a few weeks," said Tony Conway, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers. Typically, it takes several weeks for the PRC to review comments before making a decision, he said. Even if new rates begin May 14, the PRC could modify them in some way a few weeks later, he added. Nonprofits that mail flats could be in for some rate shock, with some increases in Standard Flats as much as 30 to 40 percent under the new rates. "It’s such a steep increase that rate shock impact has some pretty severe impact on flat mailers," Conway said. "Is it too much too soon? That’s what the issue turns on." Oversized flats are costlier for the Postal Service to process. After years of flats benefiting from averaging with the more efficient letter mail in the same class, Conway said, the USPS decided to make the rates better reflect the true cost of handling such mail. Letters make up about 80 percent of the volume in the Standard class, he said. Mailers of flats generally understand the economics of the decision, Conway said, but "it’s a huge hit that came out of the blue" that people didn’t budget or plan for and could disrupt business plans. "It’s a severe impact on the bottom line in one fail swoop." Some mailers of standard flats have decided to change the way they prepare mail, Conway said. What might have been mailed as a flat in the past could be redesigned to be classified as a letter. "It goes into the whole business analysis, and the decision in large part on the marketing appeal of flats." For some, letters do not enjoy nearly as good a response rate as flats. "With rates going up fairly substantially, I think all mailers in the flats arena are taking a real hard look at what we want to do," Conway said, such as changing designs of pieces or moving out of flats into letters. "I know some that are going to smaller pieces, others are probably finding they just can’t do that; a large flat is most effective." In those cases, he said, perhaps they might aim for reducing volume while staying in flats. « Florida County Stops Enforcing Embattled Fundraising Ordinance Board Fundraising »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800057
__label__cc	0.553706	0.446294	This Ability! Actions that Matter IMPACT CONSULTANCY Here’s How GeoHazards Society Is Helping People to Be Prepared for Calamities Milaap September 3, 2016 Let’s admit it – if an earthquake hits us right now, most of us wouldn’t know what to do. GeoHazards Society India wants to change that. It is an organization in Mizoram that is committed to enhancing disaster preparedness of citizens by carrying out capacity building, holding training sessions, and awareness programmes. “In 2008, all Tibetan schools in Dharamshala carried out an evacuation drill in the month of April. This grew to include all Tibetan Schools in Himachal Pradesh, with about 10,000 participants in 2009.This is one of our first and longest running campaigns,” says Hari Kumar proudly, one of the founding members of GeoHazards Society India. April 4th is the anniversary of a massive earthquake that shook Kangra Valley, and resulted in around 22,000 deaths. In the following years, the drill spread out to non-Tibetan schools as well and now over 7 lakh participants partake in it every year. Thanks to GeoHazards India, disaster preparedness is now taken up with utmost seriousness by the residents of Dharamshala as well as the state government. The areas of focus for GeoHazards Society India are primarily schools and hospitals because they are the most sensitive areas in the event of a natural disaster. The states that require the maximum disaster preparedness are the ones in Seismic Zone 4 and 5. “Mizoram falls under Seismic Zone 5,” says Hari Kumar, focusing his attention on the importance of disaster preparedness in the state. Specific to Aizawl, he says that, “The road connecting to the city can turn risky during an earthquake as it can easily trigger landslides, and the bridge connected to the airport may collapse in the event of an earthquake.” The state therefore has poor connectivity with the rest of the country. With a greater length of international borders than state borders, it becomes even more difficult for relief efforts to reach the city. This is the reason the city needs to be self-sufficient in terms of preparedness of earthquakes. GeoHazards Society India has now set up a campaign to teach disaster preparedness to the people of Aizawl. As a pilot project, they have chosen 50 schools at Aizawl. Through this campaign, they aim to reach out to 20,000 students directly and 80,000 people indirectly through the children’s families. GSI will train representatives from each school, who will, in turn, train the teachers and students of their respective schools. They will also conduct mock drills and supply the schools with first aid kits. Founded in 2007, GeoHazards Society India usually raises funds on a project basis from partner organizations and the state government for capability building and training programmes. For this campaign, they have turned to crowdfunding, and are running a campaign on Milaap for raising funds. About the author: Sudhakar is a Milaap Open Fellow in Bangalore. He assesses the impact of Milaap’s crowdfunded campaigns and brings inspiring stories of champions. The Optimist Citizen is India’s First Purely Positive Newspaper (in print). Subscribe to The Optimist Citizen Newspaper starting at just Rs. 350 per year. Help us sustain and spread Positive Journalism! Disaster ManagementGeoHazards Society Milaap Milaap is a crowdfunding website that addresses the many challenges of giving such as difficulty in discovering the right causes, trust deficit and overall donor apathy. They share stories of (pre-qualified) individuals and groups with a network of its trusted community and partners, who either specialize in providing and managing microloans to their local communities, or can connect with the cause to help with a donation Get a Subscription of The Optimist Citizen Newspaper and get happiness delivered at your doorsteps. This 9-year old girl started a library in her slum to educate other slum childre... 12 ways you can help in Kerala Flood Relief RIGHT NOW!... A new Satyagraha has embarked in Bhitiharwa, Bihar to empower rural girls... How a couple is creating employment for mental illness survivors using a cup of ... Gift a beautiful 'Basket of Optimism' or a yearly subscription of The Optimist Citizen to your loved ones. Become a Patron of The Optimist Citizen by sponsoring bulk subscriptions to readers who cannot afford. Copyright © TOC MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, 2020 ; All Rights Reserved. Get a Personal Subscription of The Optimist Citizen SUSBCRIBE NOW Gift your loved ones some good news and positive stories Sponsor subscriptions for those who need How cartoons are changing the landscape of education in rural Bihar Debarati Choudhary November 29, 2017	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800058
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CONFERENCE Angelica on MLK’s Warning of America’s Spiritual Death Nelson on Final Speech from ‘The Great Dictator’ rosemerry on Billionaires Add $1tn to Net Worth during Pandemic as Their Workers Struggle Dr. Surya Nath Prasad on It’s Time to End the Nuclear Era! Jan Oberg on Jan Oberg’s Prime Minister Speech on the Corona Crisis Follow TMS Embed TMS on your website! Toxic Air – The ‘Invisible Killer’ That Stifles 300 Million Children ENVIRONMENT, 14 Nov 2016 Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS On 24 October 2016 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, children pass in front of a flame fed by waste and rubber materials in order to make Kanda, a type of smoked meat, at an abattoir. Photo: UNICEF/Tanya Bindra 1 Nov 2016 – About 300 million children in the world are living in areas with outdoor air so toxic – six or more times higher than international pollution guidelines – that it can cause serious health damage, including harming their brain development. This shocking finding has just been revealed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in a new report — ‘Clear the air for children‘. “Pollutants don’t only harm children’s developing lungs – they can actually cross the blood-brain barrier and permanently damage their developing brains – and, thus, their futures,” UNICEF’s executive director Anthony Lake on Oct 31 said while announcing the report. “Air pollution is a major contributing factor in the deaths of around 600,000 children under five every year – and it threatens the lives and futures of millions more every day,” he added. “No society can afford to ignore air pollution.” These findings come a week ahead of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Marrakesh, Morocco, where UNICEF is calling on world leaders to take urgent action to cut air pollution in their countries. “Nine in ten people breathe air that is not safe. Air pollution is an invisible killer that we may face on a simple walk home or even in our homes – WHO” Using satellite imagery, the report further shows that around two billion children live in areas where outdoor air pollution, caused by factors such as vehicle emissions, heavy use of fossil fuels, dust and burning of waste, exceeds minimum air quality guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO). South Asia has the largest number of children living in these areas, at 620 million, with Africa following with 520 million children, and the East Asia and Pacific region with 450 million children living in areas that exceed guideline limits. Children Breathe Faster, Take in More Air than Adults UNICEF further stressed that children are more susceptible than adults to both indoor and outdoor air pollution as their lungs, brains and immune systems are still developing and their respiratory tracks are more permeable. It added that young children also breathe faster than adults, and take in more air relative to their body weight. In particular, the most disadvantaged, who already tend to have poorer health and inadequate access to health services, are the most vulnerable to the illnesses caused by polluted air. The UNICEF report also examines the impact of indoor pollution, commonly caused by the use of fuels like coal and wood for cooking and heating, which mostly affects children in low-income, rural areas. Around 2 billion children live in areas where outdoor air pollution exceeds international limits. Source: UNICEF “Together, outdoor and indoor air pollution are directly linked to pneumonia and other respiratory diseases that account for almost one in 10 under-five deaths, making air pollution one of the leading dangers to children’s health.” UNICEF further added that it is asking world leaders attending COP 22 to take four urgent steps in their countries to protect children from air pollution, these include: reducing pollution to meet WHO global air quality guidelines; increasing children’s access to health care; minimising children’s exposure to sources of pollution such as by locating sources of pollution such as factories away from schools and playgrounds as well as by use of cleaner cook stoves; and monitoring air pollution. For its part, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Coalition for Climate and Clean Air (CCAC) and the Government of Norway on Oct 20 launched a global awareness campaign on the dangers of air pollution – especially ‘invisible killers’ such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane – for the health of individuals and the planet. Air Pollution Kills Seven Million People a Year Titled BreatheLife: Clean air. A healthy future, the campaign aims to mobilise cities and their inhabitants on issues of health and protecting the planet from the effects of air pollution. ‘BreatheLife’ brings together expertise and partners that can tackle both the climate and health impacts of air pollution. According to WHO, air pollution kills nearly seven million people each year, nearly 12 per cent of deaths worldwide. And it is responsible for 35 per cent of deaths due to lung disease, 27 per cent of deaths from heart disease, 34 per cent of deaths from stroke, and 36 per cent of deaths from lung cancer. “Urban air pollution levels also tend to be higher in many low and middle-income cities and in poor neighbourhoods of high-income cities. This means reductions in pollutants can have particularly large health benefits for lower income groups as well as for children, elderly, and women.” The campaign seeks to cut in half the number of deaths from air pollution by 2030 – the target year for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015. ‘Breathe Life’ highlights the practical policies that cities can implement to improve the air quality through better housing, transport infrastructure, managements of waste and energy systems. It also educates individuals and communities about the measures they can take daily to achieve cleaner air, such as stopping the incineration of waste, development of green spaces and the choice of walking or cycling. “Improved vehicle standards, prioritization of clean public transport, and the adoption of stoves and more efficient alternative fuel for cooking, lighting and heating are also part of the actions put forward by the campaign the goal of saving more lives and protect the environment.” For WHO and its partners, this series of measures to achieve a reduction of pollutants could significantly reduce the number of annual deaths from air pollution. Baher Kamal, Egyptian-born, Spanish national secular journalist. He is founder and publisher of Human Wrongs Watch. Kamal is a pro-peace, non-violence, human rights, harmonious coexistence defender among human beings and with Nature, with more than 43 years of professional experience. 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__label__wiki	0.721442	0.721442	Search travelpress.com Agent Specials Pix of the Trade Travel Law Trends & Research Canadian Travel Press Travel Courier Agents’ Choice Awards Personnel Guide PressToday TravelBlast Agents’ Choice Agents’ Choice 2020 Agents’ Choice Archive Industry Messages Travel Webcasts Travel Agent Exclusive Bob Mowat Ian Stalker Ann Ruppenstein Ted Davis Ashley Rochefort Eric Barber TravelBestJobs Home › Airlines › Transat Clarifies Proposal Situation Transat Clarifies Proposal Situation Posted on January 13, 2021 — No Comments ↓ Citing recent media and analyst reports that state that on Dec. 22, 2020, Pierre Karl Péladeau made a proposal to acquire the shares of Transat A.T. Inc. (“Transat” or the “Corporation”) that would remain open for a period of 24 hours in the event of a rejection of the arrangement with Air Canada by regulatory authorities, Transat is clarifying the situation for shareholders and other stakeholders. Transat says that these reports may mislead some investors into believing that there is an offer from Pierre Karl Péladeau’s investment firm, Gestion MTRHP Inc. (“MTRHP”), at $6.00 per share in the event that the regulatory authorities reject Transat’s arrangement with Air Canada, which is incorrect. Transat therefore sets the record straight as follows: a. contrary to media reports, MTRHP’s current proposal is actually for $5.00 per share (not $6.00). b. the proposal lacks binding, fully committed financing or evidence of sufficient cash on hand for the purpose of making the acquisition. c. the proposal lacks financing to support Transat’s 2021 working capital requirements of approximately $500 million. Jean-Yves Leblanc, president of the special committee of the Board of Directors of Transat, said that: “This offer, without demonstrated committed financing, appears designed to attempt to adversely influence the regulatory approval process by suggesting that an alternative exists, should the regulatory authorities choose to reject the arrangement between Transat and Air Canada. We continue to believe that Air Canada’s proposal continues to be the best option for Transat’s future, especially in the context of the pandemic and its devastating effect on airlines.” Transat also confirmed that the earlier competing proposal referenced in its press release of Dec. 15, 2020 was made by MTRHP, initially at a price of $5.00 per share (thereafter increased to $6.00 per share), but was determined not to be a “superior proposal” under the terms of the arrangement agreement with Air Canada. As reported in our Dec. 15, 2020 press release, consistent with its fiduciary duties, the Board of Directors diligently investigated and considered such proposal and engaged in discussions with MTRHP in order to determine if such acquisition proposal constituted a “superior proposal” as contemplated in the arrangement agreement with Air Canada. However, MTRHP failed to provide the requested evidence of fully committed financing or sufficient cash on hand, as is required for these types of transactions, necessary to complete its proposed acquisition, and to support Transat’s ongoing operations post-transaction. The indication of financial backing from a financial institution submitted by MTRHP did not establish fully committed financing documentation of the type normally provided for these types of transactions and introduced requirements that entailed significant risks concerning the availability of the funds at closing of the proposed acquisition, including requirements for guarantees and assets-backing to support the availability of credit as described in the conditional financing documents provided to Transat. This, among other issues and concerns with MTRHP’s proposal, ultimately led the Board to conclude, after having carefully and thoroughly examined the terms of the MTRHP proposal, including the supplementary information obtained from its investigations of, and discussions with, MTRHP, with the assistance of its legal and financial advisors, that MTRHP’s proposal was not in the best interest of Transat and its stakeholders and not a “superior proposal” under the terms of the arrangement agreement with Air Canada. In order to finalize the said earlier proposal, MTHRP entered in November 2020 into a confidentiality and standstill agreement with Transat and was allowed to complete a legal and financial due diligence investigation of Transat with full access to all of the materials provided to Air Canada in the course of Air Canada’s due diligence investigations relating to the Air Canada Arrangement Agreement. Transat Board Reconfirms its Unanimous Support for the Arrangement with Air Canada Transat’s Board and the special committee of the Board, supported by their financial and legal advisors, reiterate their unanimous recommendation that the arrangement with Air Canada is in the best interests of Transat and its stakeholders and is fair to Transat shareholders, who have approved the Arrangement by 91% of the votes cast at the special meeting held on Dec. 15. 2020. The arrangement also received the final approval of the Superior Court of Québec on December 18, 2020. 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__label__cc	0.688525	0.311475	Published: 2014-2-10 Announcement of The Nihonbashi/Kyobashi "Tokyo Art & Antiques": View, Touch, and Learn in the District of Art and Antiques The Organizing Committee of Tokyo Art & Antiques is pleased to announce that "Nihonbashi / Kyobashi Art and Antiques Festival" will be held for three days – from Thursday, April 24, to Saturday, April 26 – , in and around Tokyo's Nihonbashi and Kyobashi district. The event will involve art dealers, galleries, and department stores, introducing a wide range of art, from antique to contemporary. Related programs will be held to coincide with "Tokyo Art & Antiques." Visitors will be able to enjoy gallery talks, workshops, auctions for beginners, reasonable sales, and more events at galleries, including long-established ones that were frequently visited by people such as Masako Shirasu and Yasunari Kawabata. This event is scheduled in Nihonbashi and Kyobashi – places which are deeply connected with Japan's art history. By providing an opportunity for everyone, regardless of age or nationality, to become better acquainted with Japanese art and antiques, we hope to uphold the tradition of appreciating these works of arts in the future. [Tokyo Art & Antique pamphlet from 2013] http://www.tokyoartantiques.com/pdf/2013_taa_panflet.pdf [Tokyo Art & Antiques: Event Details] Event name: Tokyo Art & Antiques: The Nihonbashi/Kyobashi Art and Antiques Festival Dates: Thursday, April 24, 2014 to Saturday, April 26, 2014: open during gallery hours. Location: The area centered on Nihonbashi/Kyobashi district in the Chuo Ward of Tokyo Number of galleries: 74 galleries and department stores (February 8, 2014) Organizer/Operation: The Organizing Committee of Tokyo Art & Antiques Official website: http://www.tokyoartantiques.com Inquiry: info@tokyoartantiques.com [Examples of events during the festival] Gallery Talk by Tadashi Kawashima on "Arts of the Han Dynasty" Date: Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 from 3 pm onwards Venue: MAYUYAMA & CO., LTD. A Photograph of gallery talk by Tadashi Kawashima from 2013: http://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/43193/img_43193_2.jpg Japanese painting workshop: "Experience Pigment Painting" Date: Saturday, April 26 from 2 pm and 3 pm! Venue: Gallery Awazu Workshop Photograph: [Examples of special exhibitions during the festival] "Hokusai Manga" Date: Thursday, April 24 to Saturday, April 26 Venue: Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd. Download this press release: taa2014press_vol1_en.pdf	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800069
__label__cc	0.736984	0.263016	Pixel 4 vs. Pixel 3 Camera Face-Off: How Much Better Is It? By Philip Michaels 25 October 2019 Here’s how the cameras compare (Image credit: Tom's Guide) Google's Pixel phones place their camera features front and center, and in our Pixel 4 review, we found the new model to be no exception. The latest flagships from Google augment the company's already impressive software-powered photography features with a second rear camera. The result is a device that is among the best camera phones. But is the Pixel 4's camera a big improvement over what Google did with last year's Pixel 3? The Pixel 3 remains on sale, with Google slashing its price to $499 — that's $300 less than the starting price for the Pixel 4. While Google's new phone boasts other improvements — including face unlock, a faster processor and motion gestures— budget-minded smartphone shoppers might consider the Pixel 3 a good option if it's camera can keep pace with the Pixel 4's newer photo features. To find out just how big a difference there is between the cameras on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 3, we used both phones to shoot a series of photos, paying extra attention to some of the new features Google introduced with the Pixel 4. For this face-off, we used a Pixel 4 XL and a Pixel 3 XL, though you can expect the same camera performance from the smaller versions of each respective Pixel. Pixel 4 cameras: What's different Before we dive into the photo comparisons, it's worth looking at just what has changed with the cameras on the Pixel 4. The most noticeable difference appears when you flip the phone over. After years of coming out with single-lens cameras, Google has added a second lens to the back of the Pixel 4 — a 16-MP telephoto lens joins the 12.2-MP main camera. As a result, the Pixel 4 features a 2x optical zoom, while the Pixel 3 relies entirely on Google's AI-powered Super Res Zoom feature to keep details sharp in zoomed-in photos. While the main lens on both the Pixel 3 and Pixel 4 have the same megapixel rating, the apertures are slightly different. The f/1.7 aperture on the Pixel 4 lets in a little more light than the Pixel 3's f/1.8 aperture. Up front, the Pixel 4 loses a lens. There's just a single 8-MP selfie cam on the new Pixels, while the Pixel 3 and 3 XL featured dual 8-MP front cameras. Google didn't stop with hardware changes for the Pixel 4's camera. The Night Sight low-light photography feature introduced with the Pixel 3 has been improved to the point where Google says you can now take pictures of the night sky. Dual exposure controls let you tweak brightness and shadows on the fly, and the Pixel 4's viewfinder shows off what your HDR+ images will look like before you snap a photo. AI-powered white balance uses machine learning to color correct images shot by the Pixel 4, and Portrait promises better background blurs than what you get with the Pixel 3. Dual exposure controls — the sliders on top of the viewfinder — let you adjust for shadows and brightness on the Pixel 4. (Image credit: Tom's Guide) Here's what those changes mean to the photos produced by the Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 3 XL. Night Sight, Pumpkins We have some disagreement in the Tom's Guide office on this Night Sight-aided photo of some white plastic pumpkins my wife and daughter bedazzled the heck out of it. It's a challenging shot to begin, since it's lit entirely by a string of purple and orange lights, with the orange lights located in the back of the photo adding some severe backlighting. I'm not sure the Pixel 3 XL ever overcomes that backlighting with its photo. Some of the details of the decorated pumpkins — particularly the tall one in the middle — remain lost in shadow and the light bulbs look a little blown out to me. The Pixel 4 XL shows off more detail to my eye, and the lighting feels properly subdued. That said, my colleague Adam Ismail argues that the Pixel 3 XL handles the white balance better, while the Pixel 4 XL's shot is too cool for his tastes. Winner: Pixel 4 Breakfast, Indoors At first glance, the shots of my morning cereal look pretty identical between what the Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 4 XL captured. But I think the colors in the Pixel 4 XL's shot are a little more true to life. The blueberries seem bluer and the bowl in the Pixel 4 XL's shot is the same shade of white it is in real life and doesn't sport the blueish hue the Pixel 3 XL added. To compensate for some unforgiving lighting from an overhead fixture, the Pixel 4 XL loses some of the shifting tone of my kitchen table and overly smooths out the grain in the background. But the reflecting glare from the light isn't as harsh as it is in the Pixel 3 XL's shot. Flower, Outdoors The differences between the two cameras are less pronounced when we move outdoors on a bright, sunny morning. There's nothing really separating the shots of me getting up-close and personal with one of my neighbor's roses. The Pixel 3 XL produces a more vibrant shade of yellow, while the Pixel 4 XL's color is probably more accurate. I don't dislike either effort, and if we removed the labels, I couldn't really tell you which camera shot which picture. Winner: Draw Shadows, Halloween Decorations I took this photo of a neighbor's Halloween-themed yard, not because it illustrates much difference between the two phones — everything looks pretty similar, though the shadows seem a little less pronounced on the Pixel 4 XL's effort — but because it gave me the chance to play around with the Pixel 4 XL's dual exposure feature. Tap the Pixel 4 screen, and two sliders appear — one to adjust for shadows and the other to make the photo brighter. You can see the changes applied in the viewfinder before you capture the shot. I tried to use dual exposure to play down the shadows on the lawn even further and call out the decorative tombstones. The shadows are certainly no longer as prominent as they once were in my dual exposure-adjusted shot, and I think the "Rest in Pieces" tombstone is easier to read. I overdid the brightness adjustment, though, causing the house to become too over-exposed, something I didn't notice until I got home and downloaded the photos to my computer. That makes me wonder if dual exposure will be of much use to anyone other than mobile photographers with the keenest of eyes; I'd certainly worry that my tinkering might do more harm than good. Zoom Shot (2x and 8x) We begin to see more of an edge for the Pixel 4 XL when we put its telephoto lens to use. On the campus of the University of California, I zoomed in on Sather Tower, using a 2x zoom on both phones. The Pixel 4 XL's telephoto lens gets me a little closer than the Pixel 3 XL, which is relying entirely on a digital zoom aided by Google's Super Res Zoom feature. That keeps most of the details in focus in the Pixel 3 XL's shot, without the fuzziness you'd see in optical zooms that don't benefit from computational photography. But I do think the surrounding details — the trees, the buildings, the clusters of homecoming balloons — have a sharper edge in the Pixel 4 XL's photo. The Pixel 4 XL really stands out when we zoom in even further, to an 8x zoom on Sather Tower. The Pixel 4 XL has to use Super Res Zoom on this shot, but it's a hybrid zoom aided by the telephoto lens. For that reason, the Pixel 4 XL's image looks much sharper to me. The numbers on the clock stand out a bit more than they do in the Pixel 3 XL's shot, and you can still see the individual bells in the bell tower. The tree branches that remain in the Pixel 4 XL's photo are fuzzier than they were in the 2x zoom, but that's to be expected when you blow past the limits of an optical zoom. If you're the kind of person who likes to zoom in on details, the Pixel 4 XL's superiority is on full display here. I kept Night Sight mode turned on for both cameras, when I headed out to a nearby shoreline to snap some photos of the night sky. On the plus side, it was a clear evening when I took this photo and I could clearly make out some constellations with the naked eye. (I think I have my camera trained on the Cassiopeia constellation, but I welcome any gentle correction from anyone with a better grasp of astronomy and star-gazing.) On the down side, while I went to an unlit area of the shore, I still live in an urban setting with a lot of light pollution, so I'm not sure I'll ever be able to take a photo that shows off the Pixel 4 XL's reported ability to capture the Night Sky unless I head for the woods. Take this Pixel 4 XL shot, which is not one I’d ever share with anyone. You could even make the case that the Pixel 3 XL's shot captures just as much detail. In fact, there are even more white pinpoints where stars should be in the Pixel 3 XL's effort. The difference is in the sky itself. The Pixel 3 XL turns the sky into an inky, smudgy mess with a lot of noise when you zoom in. The Pixel 4 XL depicts the sky in a bluer shade of black that's more consistent throughout the image. I don't care for either shot, but I think the Pixel 4 XL gets the edge here. Portrait Shot Does the Pixel 4 XL handle blurs on portrait shots better than its predecessor? Looking at this portrait of my daughter, I'm not convinced. The photos match each other in terms of color, but I just don't see the promised improvement in separating the subject of my photo from the blurred background. My daughter's hair and its many loose strands complicate matters, and if you zoom in one either photo, you're going to find areas where her hair gets caught up in the bokeh effects. It's particularly noticeable with that tuft of hair just under her ear on the left side of the Pixel 4 XL photo -- it got blurred while the Pixel 3 XL left that part of her hair alone. The Pixel 4 XL also seems to be more aggressive with smoothing out faces, as you see fewer freckles than there are in the Pixel 3 XL shot. I don't think the Pixel 4 XL portrait is bad by any means. But it's not appreciably better than the Pixel 3 XL's. And that's disappointing given the promised changes. Selfie, Portrait Turning to the front camera but keeping portrait mode on, both the Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 4 XL managed to separate me from the orange tree behind me in their respective selfies. Neither my beard nor my hair got caught up in the blur, and both phones could determine where my green shirt ended and the green leaves began. The problem with the Pixel 4 XL's selfie is that my skin looks too smooth and the colors seem overly saturated. The Pixel 3 XL's shot is a better representation of what I actually look like, though it washed out the color of my shirt a little bit. Group Selfie I had my daughter join me in a selfie shot to see if the Pixel 4's single front camera performs differently when you try to squeeze more people into your self portrait. The answer: not really, because the Pixel 4 front camera has a wider field of view than the default setting of the Pixel 3 XL's dual front cameras. The same problem with over-smoothed skin on the Pixel 4 XL's shot remains, though, as the Pixel 3 XL produces a more natural looking photo that better handles the difficult shadows cast by the sun on the morning I took both photos. And it's not as if the Pixel 3 XL isn't capable of capturing more of the background (or more people squeezing into the shot if that's what you prefer). I switched to the wider front lens on Google's older phone and got pretty much the same perspective that the Pixel 4 XL's single front camera produced, right down to the same problematic shadows and less natural skin tones. The bottom line here is that the Pixel 3 XL offers a more flexible front camera that works best when you favor the lens with the more narrow field of view. Overall, the Pixel 4 XL produces the better photos in our face-off. The rear cameras recreate more accurate colors, the telephoto lens expands the phone's photographic capabilities and shots in low-light look more consistent and detailed. I'm not seeing the promised improvements in portrait shots, though, and I think the Pixel 4 XL's front camera is a step back, at least based on the selfies I've snapped so far. Many different features make the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL more compelling buys than their predecessors. But if your primary concern is the camera on your phone, the Pixel 4 represents a step forward from the Pixel 3, though not a huge leap. Best unlocked phones in 2021 Super Bowl 2021 live streams: How to watch Super Bowl LV without cable Young Rock trailer, release date, cast and everything we know about The Rock's new show	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800071
__label__cc	0.57866	0.42134	Équipe UNICEF Le sport et le jeu sont importants à l’UNICEF car ils jouent un rôle capital pour la santé, le bonheur et le bien-être des enfants et des jeunes. Protection et inclusion sociale de l’enfant Adolescence et développement Protection de l’enfant Les enfants handicapés Mettre fin à la violence envers les enfants #ENDviolence Le sport au service du développement Survie de l’enfant Une promesse renouvelée Eau, assainissement et hygiène Éducation de base et égalité des sexes Égalité d'accès à l’éducation Éducation dans les situations d’urgences Retour à la normale grâce à l’éducation Écoles « amies des enfants » Urgences et action humanitaire L’UNICEF dans les situations d’urgence Approvisionnements et logistique Développement du jeune enfant pendant les situations d’urgence Communication pour le développement Évaluation et analyse Égalité des sexes Approche de la programmation fondée sur les droits de l'homme Le Centre de recherches UNICEF Innocenti Analyse de politiques et partenariats pour les droits des enfants Politiques sociales et économiques Plan stratégique de l'UNICEF 2014-2017 Transparence et responsabilité OÙ NOUS AGISSONS Innover pour les enfants L'innovation à l'UNICEF met l'accent sur l'amélioration de la vie des enfants et leurs familles. Asie orientale et Pacifique Afrique de l'Est et Afrique australe Pays industrialisés Moyent-Orient et Afrique du Nord Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre Crise en Syrie Alors que la crise syrienne entame sa troisième année, le monde ne doit pas oublier les réalités humaines en jeu. Au rythme de réduction actuel, il faudra plus de 100 ans à l’Afrique de l'Ouest et centrale pour mettre fin au mariage des enfants Henrietta Fore est la nouvelle Directrice générale de l’UNICEF Près de 386 000 enfants naîtront dans le monde le 1er janvier 2018, selon l’UNICEF Les familles au Yémen ne peuvent faire face à un autre jour de guerre, encore moins à 1000 autres Les attaques contre les enfants prennent des proportions alarmantes dans les conflits du monde entier – UNICEF L’UNICEF salue la nomination de sa prochaine Directrice générale En 2018, permettons à chaque enfant de migrer en toute sécurité – UNICEF UNICEF : Mieux protéger les enfants dans un monde numérique tout en améliorant l'accès à Internet des plus défavorisés Voir tous les communiqués Vidéos et photos de qualité radiodiffusion pour les journalistes Données sur les enfants Énoncé de mission de l’UNICEF Biographies et photos Recevez les communiqués de presse UNICEF Plans, politiques et questions d’actualité Plan stratégique de l’UNICEF pour la période 2014-2017 Nous construisons un nouveau UNICEF.org et sommes en période de transition. Merci pour votre patience – N’hésitez pas à nous rendre visite pour voir les changements mis en place. Base de données d'évaluation Rapports par pays Rapports par régions Rapports par thème Rapports par date 2000 TACRO: Supporting the Change of National Frameworks to Meet the Demands of the CRC: The Role of UNICEF: A Study of UNICEF Programming with a Rights-Based Approach - The Case of Brazil, Costa Rica and Venezuela Author: Lewin, E. In its Mission Statement in 1996, UNICEF declared that its work be guided by the standards and principles established by the Convention and mandated the organization to advocate for the protection of children's rights and strive to establish them as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior. In 1998, UNICEF explicitly mandated its country offices to take a human rights-based approach to programming. By the mid-1990s, the Convention had become the conceptual framework for a new way of defining social policies in Latin America. Within UNICEF, Latin America, and perhaps Brazil in particular, has played a leading role in this process. As the experience in this new approach to programming had not yet been systematically assessed and documented, TACRO, in consultation with Headquarters, decided to engage an international consultant to undertake a study in the first quarter of 2000. Purpose / Objective The overall objective of the study is to further advance the understanding of the processes of change and the role UNICEF can play in countries where the Convention is being used as a programming framework. The specific objectives of the study are: - to examine the changes that have taken place in terms of legislation and social policies in the three countries since the adoption of the Convention - to understand the processes through which these changes have occurred - to document the changes that have followed legislative reform in terms of public budgets, institutional capacity building, training of personnel and public education - to assess the role that UNICEF at the HQ, regional and country levels has played in bringing about these changes - to share the lessons learned with other countries, especially in the LAC Region The study is based on a review of extensive documentation made available by TACRO, UNICEF country offices and national governments, institutions and NGOs, visits to the three countries, and numerous interviews with national counterparts and allies, as well as with UNICEF staff. Three countries were selected by TACRO on the grounds that the transition to a rights approach was well under way and could show tangible results. They were Brazil, Costa Rica and Venezuela. Besides having valuable experiences to share, there is an advantage that the three countries differ significantly in terms of territorial size, population, history, political, economic, social and cultural development and the roles of the State and civil society. Key Findings and Conclusions With Regard to Program Approaches Using the events of the program cycle for advocacy--Opening up the main events of the program cycle to counterparts and allies has proven an effective strategy to turn this originally internal UNICEF procedure into a broader learning process. This helps create ownership, responsibility and commitment among national partners. Such an approach also promotes partnership, transparency and accountability. Using the official language of the country -rather than English - for documentation and reports will make the material much more accessible and useful for national partners. Placing sensitive issues on the political agenda-- UNICEF is sometimes the only actor on the national scene that is in a position to place sensitive issues on the political agenda, and to build broad consensus and commitment. It is important that UNICEF make use of such opportunities whenever the moment is considered right. In fact, it is a moral obligation of UNICEF. Examples of such issues are: the sexual exploitation of children (governments may not wish to disturb the important tourist business); the eradication of child labor (this may meet with resistance from politically-influential sectors that depend on cheap child labor); and fair treatment of juveniles in conflict with the law (important segments of society may request tough treatment of "delinquents"). Horizontal cooperation-- It has proven an effective strategy to invite leading actors from one country to visit and exchange experience with professionals in other countries in the region to discover first-hand solutions that have been successful there. Need to focus on adolescents-- While Brazil and Venezuela have active and well-organized children's movements, there are no significant youth movements in any of the three countries. Moreover, the debate on adolescents and areas of interest to this age group is virtually non-existent. More attention needs to be paid to this crucial age group. Rights in service-- Child rights implies not only right of children and adolescents to services, but also that they be treated with respect "in service", i.e. when they are at school, in the community or meet the justice system. There are great deficiencies in this respect due to an authoritarian style of leadership and a degrading treatment of young people by adults. Therefore, leaders and staff of institutions working with children and adolescents need to be trained and have opportunities to discuss the new style of work characterized by dialogue and respect for the individual. Limiting the legal jargon in UNICEF's vocabulary-- The excessive use of legal vocabulary when discussing the rights focus tends to create resistance among people with a non-legal background within and outside UNICEF. Effort should be made to explain the child rights focus with words that are familiar to professionals trained in the social sciences and to non-academic personnel. With Regard to Interventions at the Local Level: Decentralization to the municipal level-- It is in the community that children and adolescents should be attended to, because that is where they spend their lives. Decentralize decision-making and the development of community services that have been promoted by UNICEF for years. Since these concepts are now increasingly recognized and promoted by public authorities, it is an opportune moment for UNICEF to make continued efforts in this area. Just as at the national level, an intersectoral approach must be applied at the local level with full integration among all actors and programs. Decentralization and the creation of local systems imply a profound cultural change in most parts of Latin America where centralized systems of government have been the rule. Therefore, it will take time and patience to make them work. Pilot projects--Local projects must have an institutional base, if they are to survive. If they subsist only with support of UNICEF, they are not replicable and sustainable. (This is an old truth, but needs to be repeated because there are still some examples of the latter kind.) The justification for UNICEF to support pilot projects is that of developing, testing and validating new models of intervention. These pilot projects are often successful - the challenge is to have them accepted as a model for expansion to larger areas, or even reproduced nationwide -and to have them work well without the intensive support usually granted to pilot projects. Local Protection Systems--The local level is the most important part of a national system of protection, because this is where children and adolescents spend their lives and, consequently, where they need to be protected. Strengthening the role and responsibility of the municipalities in terms of social policies and encouraging the involvement of civil society in providing services and exercising social audit will enhance the protection of child rights.Child Rights Councils and Guardianship Councils have the best chance of success in municipalities where there is a progressive political party in power, a mayor who has understood the advantages of working with local councils and where civil society is well organized. Demonstrating the effectiveness of the councils is the most powerful tool of persuasion to other communities to set up such councils. Linkages between the local level and national policies--Local projects serve the purpose of demonstrating innovative approaches and solutions to problems that exist on a national scale. For UNICEF, it is important to work at the two levels and to promote the linkages between local projects and national policies. With Regard to the Relations with the Private Sector: Mobilizing the private sector--It is abundantly clear that without development and peace, trade and investment cannot occur and business will not grow. In today's globalized world, economic power and social responsibility cannot be separated. With these statements, the Secretary-General proposed the Global Compact between the UN and the world business community in 1999. The Compact asks the international business community to advocate for a stronger UN. It asks individual businesses to protect human rights within their sphere of influence, support the abolition of child labor and to take other such steps that also make good business sense.UNICEF has the most extensive corporate involvement of any UN agency (37 countries). It is only natural that the organization so far has looked for partners in business mainly in industrialized countries. However, it may not necessarily be so. The experience in Brazil shows that it is possible to make strategic alliances with the private sector also in developing economies. It may be just because corporations and businesses in these countries live so close to the problems of children and youth and are affected by them, that they are prepared to commit themselves to social causes. A case in point is the Abrinq Foundation in Brazil. Resource mobilization for the promotion of child rights--Influencing public policies is not as saleable as direct action, for example, traditional health and education programs. UNICEF has lost a market of direct contributions to NGOs that still carry out work of a more traditional kind. It is, therefore, important that UNICEF now develops the concepts, find the arguments and develop modalities to persuade the public to support its new program approach. With Regard to the Media and the Distribution of Information: Public media--Making alliances with the public media is crucial for UNICEF because they can be very positive and powerful tools for social mobilization. ANDI, Brazil, is a good example of a fruitful relationship. Distribution of publications--It may be particularly effective to distribute reports and publications to areas outside the big cities. In rural areas and towns where the supply of information is limited, publications tend to be read more widely, and have greater impact than in the big cities with its information overflow. With Regard to UNICEF's Management System: The strategic planning system--For long term, process-oriented programs, UNICEF's strategic planning system may not be the most appropriate. The structure is too rigid for such programs where it is often not possible to establish time frames or define expected results ahead of time. Rather than a blueprint, the strategy is plan as you go and seize opportunities as they arise. Sometimes, the process comes to a halt and UNICEF has to wait. At other times, the process picks up and substantial input of funds and human resources are required with short notice. Another problem is that while the UNICEF planning system is devised on a one-year basis, these processes often stretch over several years and do not always show results in just a year's time. If the country offices are required to show results for such short time spans, there is a risk that they will hesitate to use a process-oriented approach and return to traditional program support. Emergency assistance as a lever for structural change--An emergency program may provide unique opportunities to change obsolete structures in society and to create new and more equitable models of development. This is a window of opportunity that should not be missed. Venezuela, after the emergency situation caused by the inundation in December 1999, is a case in point. The problem is that in order to mobilize emergency from the international donor community at an early stage, UNICEF offices have to define what goods or services are needed. The support received in due course will then be tied to the delivery of the defined specific goods and services while, by this time, the priority needs may have shifted. It would be a great advantage if donors would agree to give general contributions, trusting the ability of the local UNICEF office to determine how to best use the funds. This way, emergency programs could be used as a lever for structural change. With Regard to the Capacity of the Country Offices: Capacity for analysis and reflection-- The transition to the new approach requires an enhanced ability to analyze and develop new concepts, and to adapt them to the political, economic, social and cultural reality of the country. The staff needs to have theoretical knowledge and practical ability and to combine the two. Documenting, systematizing and analyzing experiences, developing theoretical frameworks, constructing innovative models and unconventional solutions are all important parts of the work of the UNICEF staff. Time and space must be allowed for exercises that will promote learning at all levels of the organization. In the years ahead the construction of citizenship for children inspired by the principles of the Convention is the fundamental objective of UNICEF and constitutes the basic framework within which the organization operates. Recommendations are made along the following lines: - Ensure national commitment to the Convention - Support progressive social policies - Create awareness of rights and how to demand them - Adapt the supply of services to the demand - The empowerment of adolescents and children - Strengthening the decentralization process - Strengthening the system of rights guarantees - Monitoring of child and adolescent rights - Monitoring and evaluation; the need to identify new indicators - Explain the rights approach to the donor community - A longer-term guiding vision Full report in PDF PDF files require Acrobat Reader. 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__label__wiki	0.815235	0.815235	6177 votes and 159 Reviews \| Write a Review DVD: May 24, 2005 Netflix: January 1, 2021 2h 50m \| Drama The story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s through the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircrafts he designed and created. It also follows his descent into madness as his compulsiveness for cleanliness gives way to frequent outbursts and ticks. He turns away those closest to him, confining himself and emerging only when absolutely necessary. Canadian Connection: Partly filmed in Montreal, Quebec. Director: Martin Scorsese Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Producer(s): Charles Evans, Graham King, Michael Mann, Sandy Climan Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Danny Huston, Ian Holm Writer(s): John Logan Official Site: www.aviatormovie.com Trailers & Videos (6) THE AVIATOR Trailer LEONARDO DICAPRIO - THE AVIATOR - Interview KATE BECKINSALE - THE AVIATOR - Interview JOHN C. REILLY - THE AVIATOR - Interview Featured Cast Related News See All Leonardo DiCaprio's romances killed by career Leonardo DiCaprio, 38, admitted to Esquire Magazine that his love life is often...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800078
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Add E-book to Cart Media Copy Perfect for Canadiens fans who think they already know everything Whether you're a lifetime fan from the days of Scotty Bowman or a new supporter of Michel Therrien, these are the 100 things all Montreal Canadiens fans need to know and do in their lifetime. Author Pat Hickey has collected every essential piece of Canadiens knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranked them, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom. From trivia on legendary players such as Guy Lafleur, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Maurice Richard, and Jean Beliveau or famous comedic references to the Canadiens made in movies and television, to knowing the best places to catch a game, 100 Things Canadiens Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Canadiens. Pat Hickey has chronicled the Montreal Canadiens' exploits over the past 22 years for the Montreal Gazette. He lives in Foster, Quebec. See Author 100 Things Red Sox Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Nick Cafardo Published Apr 2008 With 100-plus years of Red Sox history, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Boston fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature calls. This guide to all things Red Sox covers the tradition of singing Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" at the stadium, the history of the Yawkey family, Wally the Green Monster, and the myth that lefties can't pitch at Fenway Park. 100 Things Knicks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Alan Hahn Published Oct 2012 Initiating new fans into the world of Knicks lore or reminding die-hard supporters why this New York NBA team is always their number one, this entertaining resource distills 66 years of team history into the top 100 things to know and do—encouraging Knicks fans to live each day like it’s a playoff run. Most Knicks fans have experienced a game in Madison Square Garden, have seen highlights of a young Patrick Ewing, or have heard the story behind the franchise’s last championship in 1973; but the next level of fan commitment means knowing the history and meaning of Knickerbockers, and which other team—along with the Knicks—from the original National Basketball Association is still located in its original city. Such details are offered in this book, the ultimate handbook to knowing and loving the New York Knicks. The compilation breaks down all of the stats, important dates, prominent players, player nicknames, team achievements, and a list of must-do activities, and then ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist that all fans will appreciate. 100 Things Bruins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Matt Kalman Published Aug 2011 With traditions, records, and Bruins lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Boston fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Bruins covers the year the team switched their colors and the player that holds the team record for 10 penalties. 100 Things Flyers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Adam Kimelman With traditions, records, and Flyers lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Philadelphia fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Flyers covers the NHL record for most points by a player in his first game, the Blackshirt Plague, and the Broad Street Bullies. 100 Things Wildcats Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Ryan Clark, By Joe Cox, Foreword by Dan Issel The University of Kentucky men's basketball program is the winningest in the history of the sport, and this lively guide explores those victories along with the personalities, events, and facts that any and every Wildcats fan should know. Influential players from more than a century of success are highlighted, including Louie Dampier, Jamal Mashburn, John Wall, Anthony Davis, and Karl-Anthony Towns. The team's colorful coaches are also profiled. Covering important dates, behind-the-scenes tales, memorable moments, and must-do activities, this is the ultimate resource guide for all Kentucky faithful. 100 Things Bulls Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Kent McDill The premier reference for making Chicago Bulls fandom a lifestyle instead of just a sports preference, this collection of essential team knowledge and Bulls-related activities distills the past 50 years of NBA basketball into a fun checklist that will appeal to fans of any age. It’s one thing to have been to the United Center and rooted for Derrick Rose, to relish highlights of a young Michael Jordan, or even to know that all six championship teams were led by Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Coach Phil Jackson. But it is a whole other level of fan commitment to know who Benny the Bull is named after, which player once grabbed 37 rebounds in a single game, and how the Bulls missed out on Magic Johnson in the draft. These facts and trivia—as well as important dates, player nicknames, key jersey numbers through history, and even the best places to eat before or after a game—are included in this resource that will enlighten new fans and initiate them into proper Bulls fandom, or remind die-hard fans why theirs is the team to follow year after year. 100 Things Bulldogs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Jon Nelson With pep talks, records, and Bulldogs lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Georgia fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Bulldogs covers the body of water underneath Sanford Stadium, the number of times Herschel Walker was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and the Five Commitments and what they signified. 100 Things Utes Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Patrick Sheltra Published Sep 2011 With traditions, records, and Utes lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Utah fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Utes covers the incredible 2009 Sugar Bowl win against Alabama, Utah's remarkable entry into the Pac-10, and hiking up to Block U. 100 Things Yellow Jackets Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Adam Van Brimmer With pep talks, records, and Yellow Jackets lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Georgia Tech fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Yellow Jackets covers the team's improbable run to the 1990 national championships, the tradition of "stealing the T," and the famous "Budweiser Bob" between-quarters song and dance. 100 Things NASCAR Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Mike Hembree Published Jan 2012 Detailing 65 years of NASCAR history, this lively book explores the personalities, events, and facts every stock car racing fan should know. Important nicknames, dates, and acheivements round out this fan handbook. This guide to all things NASCAR also includes a list of must-do NASCAR-related activities, such as making a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Dale Earnhardt, exploring the hidden gems of major racing venues, and visiting lesser-known museums devoted to the sport. 100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Bill Baer Compiling 130 years of the Phillies, this handbook offers dedicated information to fans of Philadelphia's favorite baseball team. Topics covered include personalities, events, and facts that every fan should know without hesitation, such as important dates, player nicknames, and memorable moments. This guide to all things Phillies also includes a list of must-do Phillies-related activities, which include visiting the birthplace of Grover Clevelend Alexander, finding the best Phillies bars in the City of Brotherly Love, and searching for the remnants of the Baker Bowl. 100 Things Bears Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Kent McDill, Foreword by Jeff Joniak Revealing the most critical moments and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams that are part of the storied history that is Bears football, this book has pep talks, records, and Bears lore scattered throughout the pages. The Bears’ longtime rivalry with the Green Bay Packers, little-known facts about many of the Bears’ record 27 Hall of Famers, and profiles of unforgettable Bears personalities such as Ditka, Payton, Jim McMahon, Brian Urlacher, Jay Cutler, and others are all included. Die-hard fans who know all the words to the “Super Bowl Shuffle” and new supporters alike will find everything Bears boosters should know, see, and do in their lifetime. Published Nov 2012 100 Things Steelers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Matt Loede With traditions, records, and Steelers lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Pittsburgh fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Steelers covers the Immaculate Reception, the origin of the franchise's logo, the team's first game in 1933, Iron City Beer, and Super Bowl XLIII. 100 Things Seahawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › With trivia, records, and Seahawks lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Seattle fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Seahawks covers tailgating at Qwest Field and must-do activities in and out of Seattle. 100 Things Giants Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Bill Chastain Published Mar 2011 With 128 years of Giants history in baseball, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every San Francisco fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature calls. This guide to all things San Francisco Giants covers Willie May's basket catch, the year the Giants finished the season with a .319 team average, and the 1963 Marichal-Spahn matchup. 100 Things Notre Dame Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By John Heisler With traditions, records, and Fighting Irish lore,Â this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events,Â and facts every Notre Dame fan should know. It contains crucial informationÂ such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Notre Dame covers the game day walk from the Basilica to the Stadium, Joe Montana's legendary comeback performance in the 1979 Cotton Bowl, and the history of the green jersey tradition. By Dave Buscema With traditions, records, and New York football history, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Giants fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things New York Giants covers the transition of leadership through the Mara family, league championships, the first NFL title game, and the move to the Meadowlands. 100 Things Patriots Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Donald Hubbard With pep talks, records, and Patriots lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every New England fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Patriots covers the team's improbable run to Super Bowl XX, the origins of the Pat Patriot mascot, and the best Pats bar in the Boston area. 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Jon Weisman With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Dodgers fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Dodgers covers the team's history in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, the incredible legacy of Jackie Robinson, memories from Ebbets Field, Dodger Adult Baseball Camp, and why fans think the Dodgers invented the high-five. 100 Things Lakers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Steve Springer, Foreword by Bill Sharman This is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Los Angeles Lakers. Most fans have taken in a game or two at the Staples Center, have seen highlights of a young Magic Johnson, and remember the epic battles with the Celtics in the 1980s. But only real fans know how the Lakers acquired Hot Rod Hundley, which hobby fascinated both Chick Hearn and Elgin Baylor, or the best place to grab a bite in Los Angeles before the game. Every essential piece of Lakers knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, is ranked from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for those on their way to Laker fan superstardom. Published Feb 2012 100 Things Michigan Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Angelique Chengelis, Foreword by Lloyd Carr With traditions, records, and Wolverines lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Michigan fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Michigan covers the story behind the Wolverine's winged helmets, the history of the team's colors, the 1997 undefeated and national championship season, and how to properly tailgate in Ann Arbor. This revised edition includes Brady Hoke's first season as head coach in Ann Arbor, featuring quarterback Denard Robinson, and the Wolverines' 2012 Sugar Bowl triumph. 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Christopher Walsh The Crimson Tide is one of the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history—since its inception in 1892, the program has claimed 14 National Championship titles, all of which are explored in this essential guide, along with the personalities, events, and facts that any and every Tide fan should know. The book zeros in on critical moments, such as when running back Mark Ingram became the first Alabama player to win the Heisman Trophy in 2009, despite the team being led to six championships from 1958 to 1982 by the celebrated coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, as well as key figures from the college's history that include coaches Gene Stallings and Nick Saban and players Joe Namath, Ozzie Newsome, and Derrick Thomas. More than a century of team history is distilled to highlight the absolute best and most compelling moments, identifying in an informative and lively way the personalities, events, and facts that have all come together to make Crimson Tide the powerhouse that it is. This updated version includes highlights from the 2009 and 2011 championship seasons and features key players from the past four years. 100 Things Auburn Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Evan Woodbery Drawing insight from many former players, coaches, and others directly tied to the storied and revered football program of Auburn University, this resource for fans places firsthand accounts alongside essential team history for a one-of-a-kind guide to Tigers football. With more than a century of history, two National Championship victories, and three Heisman Trophy winners distilled into the greatest highlights, the book serves as the ultimate compendium of everything that is special about the football program and includes the stories and memories of everyone from Ralph “Shug” Jordan and Pat Dye to Bo Jackson and Tracy Rocker. Taking Tigers fandom outside of Jordan-Hare stadium and into everyday life, the book also includes beloved landmarks and top hangouts on the Auburn campus and in the Montgomery area. Updated to include the 2011 season, this revised edition includes Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton and the 2010 National Championship team coached by Gene Chizik. 100 Things Sabres Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Sal Maiorana Covering the entire 30 year history of the Sabres, author Sal Maiorana has collected every essential piece of Sabres knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100. Most Sabres fans have taken in a game or two at the First Niagara Center, have seen highlights of a young Pat Lafontaine, and are aware that the Blizzard of 1977 caused the team’s first weather-related cancelation. But only real fans know who scored the first goal in franchise history, can name every member of the Sabres Hall of Fame, or can tell you the best place to grab a bite in Buffalo before the game. 100 Things Sabres Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the definitive resource guide for both seasoned and new fans of the Buffalo Sabres. 100 Things Broncos Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Brian Howell Pulling from 42 years of Broncos history, this directory offers dedicated information to fans of Denver’s beloved team. Thanks to the arrival of Peyton Manning, the Broncos are definitely more visible than ever, but it is the real fans that know who scored the first touchdown in franchise history, can name all the members of the team’s Ring of Fame, and can even share where to grab a bite in Denver before the game. It is the ultimate resource guide that contains every essential piece of Broncos knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities. All these gems are presented in an easy-to-follow checklist that is ranked from 1 to 100, making it a must-have for any Broncos fan, new or old. 100 Things Falcons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Ray Glier, By Knox Bardeen From their humble start in the NFL as an expansion team to their current journey toward becoming one of the hottest teams in the NFL, this handbook spotlights the most compelling and truly great moments in the 46 years of the Atlanta Falcons. Scattered throughout the pages are pep talks, records, and Falcons lore, including the origins of the famous Freddie Falcon mascot, the best place to grab a meal before or after a game, and which famous quarterback the Falcons drafted in 1991 and quietly traded a year later. Some the most critical moments and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams that are part of the storied history that is Falcons football are also shared. Fans who bleed red, black, and silver will particularly enjoy reading about some of the more colorful and unique personalities such as Deion Sanders, Jamal Anderson, Eric Dickerson, Dan Reeves, and Michael Vick. Whether a die-hard from the Norm Van Brocklin era or a new supporter of Mike Smith and Matt Ryan, any fan will value this collection of all of the things Atlanta fans should actually see and do in their lifetime. 100 Things Hoosiers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Stan Sutton This guide to all things Hoosiers tells the history of Indiana University basketball across several decades and covers anything and everything a fan should know. It takes years of Hoosiers history and distills it to the absolute best and most compelling, identifying the personalities, events, and facts that every living and breathing fan should know without hesitation. Numbers, nicknames, memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature plays all highlight the list of 100. Stan Sutton, a longtime IU beat writer, has assembled all the information and achievements that are sure to educate and entertain new and old fans alike. In its century-plus of college basketball, Indiana University has established a winning tradition that includes five NCAA championships and 20 Big Ten conference championships, all of which is celebrated in this entertaining resource. 100 Things Bills Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Jeff Miller, Foreword by Marv Levy Filled with details on the rich history of the Buffalo Bills, this lively, detailed book explores the most critical moments and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams that are part of the storied history that is Bills football. This guide to all things Buffalo Bills covers the franchise's historic four consecutive AFC championships, the origins of the famous Billy Buffalo mascot, and the best place to grab a meal or drink before or after a game. Scattered throughout the pages are pep talks, records, and Bills lore, ensuring that readers are certain in their knowledge of the most important facts about the team, the traditions, and what being a Bills fan is all about. The team that ranks third in the National Football League with eight NFL titles and 15 players in the NFL Hall of Fame is featured in this one-of-a-kind handbook for fans. Essential information on the New York Giants is compiled in a direct and accessible format, including pep talks, statistics, critical moments, and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams. Answers to questions such as Why was Ahmad Bradshaw trying not to score a touchdown at the end of Super Bowl XLIX? What were the Giants thinking when Tom Brady laughed at Plaxico Burress' prediction before Super Bowl XLII? and Why did Bill Parcells quit his dream job as a Giants assistant coach to become a realtor in 1979? are also included. Fans that bleed blue, red, white, and gray will enjoy reading about some of the more colorful and unique personalities that include Eli Manning, Mario Manningham, Jeff Hostetler, Joe Morris, Jeremy Shockey, and Brad Van Pelt. This updated edition includes entries about the Giants' surprising 2011 championship season and their Super Bowl XLIX triumph over the Patriots. 100 Things Lions Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Paula Pasche Whether it’s for a die-hard booster from the days of Dick Lane or a new supporter of Matthew Stafford, the top facts and activities concerning the Detroit Lions that all fans need to know and do in their lifetime can be found here. Culled by an area journalist of team history from eight decades, the book collects every essential piece of Lions knowledge and trivia, including must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100. Topics cover everything from who scored the first touchdown in franchise history to the members of the Lions Hall of Fame, and even includes the best place to grab a bite in Detroit before the game. This is a treasury of information that true fans might know about their beloved Lions but will love to reminisce over and a guide that will help new fans get up to snuff. 100 Things Rangers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Rusty Burson Being a Rangers fan is about more than watching the team win the big game, and this book helps fans get the most out of it. Taking 40 years of Rangers history, the book distills it to the absolute best and most compelling moments, identifying the personalities, events, and facts every Rangers fan should know without hesitation. Numbers with huge import, such as 8, 34, and 1972; nicknames such as Pudge, Juan Gone, and Ryan Express; plus memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature calls all highlight the list. Experiences are another important part of the fabric of being a fan, so the book also includes things Rangers fans should actually see and do before they join Billy Martin and others at the Pearly Gates. From having a brew at the best Rangers bars in Texas to discovering the boyhood home of Nolan Ryan and finding the best food at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, this book contains numerous tips and suggestions for enjoying all aspects of Rangers fandom. By Jon Weisman, Foreword by Peter O'Malley With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Dodgers fan should know. This guide to all things Dodgers covers the team’s history in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, the incredible legacy of Jackie Robinson, memories from Ebbets Field, Dodger Adult Baseball Camp, and why fans think the Dodgers invented the high-five. This revised and updated edition also features new entries on the team’s ownership change; manager Don Mattingly; and young stars Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, and Clayton Kershaw. Lifelong Dodgers fan and author Jon Weisman has collected every essential piece of Dodgers knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans of all ages. 100 Things Tigers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Terry Foster, Foreword by Willie Horton One of the most storied and fascinating histories in all of Major League Baseball, the Detroit Tigers—an American League charter franchise in 1901—have survived some of the most intense highs and lows of any team in professional sports, and this lively and detailed book explores it all. This guide to all things Tigers covers the 1984 World Series championship and the riots it sparked; controversial “Georgia Peach” Ty Cobb; and crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature calls. This fully updated edition, which includes details on the Tigers’ exciting 2011 playoff run and Miguel Cabrera’s historic season as well as the Tigers’ acquisition of Prince Fielder, guides fans on numerous of activities to help them celebrate their team in new and deeper ways. 100 Things Angels Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Joe Haakenson, Foreword by Tim Salmon Inspired by and written for the devout Angels fan, this lively and detailed book explores important facts and figures from the baseball team's storied history. Decades of tradition, victories and defeats, name revisions, and Hall of Fame inductions are distilled into an entertaining list that journeys from one to 100 into what makes a true fan of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. From the essentials, such as the Nolan Ryan era, to the lesser-known tidbits, including the team's origin and what started the Rally Monkey, this book is the ultimate resource to Angels knowledge and trivia and even suggests the best places to eat and drink before a game. 100 Things Reds Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Joel Luckhaupt In this ultimate resource guide for true fans of baseball’s first professional team, author Joel Luckhaupt has collected every essential piece of Cincinnati Reds trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranked them from one to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans to complete in their lifetime. Most Reds fans have taken in a game or two at the Great American Ball Park, have seen highlights of the Big Red Machine, and remember the team’s surprising triumph in the 1990 World Series. But only real fans know which 15-year-old took the mound for the Reds in 1944, can name the pitcher who gave up Pete Rose’s 4,192nd hit, or remember how many dogs owner Marge Schott owned. 100 Things Reds Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the perfect book for any fan of Reds baseball, whether a die-hard booster from the days of Ted Kluszewski or a new supporter of Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, and Aroldis Chapman. By Ryan Clark, By Joe Cox The University of Kentucky mens basketball program is the winningest in the history of the sport, and this book explores those wins along with the personalities, events, and facts that any and every Wildcats fan should know. Wildcats stars from more than a century of success are highlighted, including Louie Dampier, Pat Riley, Sam Bowie, Jamal Mashburn, Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty, Travis Ford, and Brandon Knight. The teams colorful coaches are also profiled, including championship winners Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, and Tubby Smith. It takes years of franchise history and highlights the absolute best and most compelling moments, identifying the personalities, events, and facts that have all come together to make Kentucky the powerhouse that it is. Wildcats fans will read about all of this and more, including some of the long-standing traditions that surround this storied club and the necessary mainstays to participate in, making this something that any Wildcats fan will enjoy. 100 Things Beatles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die › By Gillian G. Gaar Published Jun 2013 Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base over half a century that is as significant and devoted as those of the Beatles, and this entertaining guide to all things Fab Four rewards those fans with everything they need to know about the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures that every Beatles fan should undertake, it ranks each item from one to 100. Fans of any generation will appreciate the songs, albums, places, personalities, and events that are relived and revealed from five decades of Beatles lore. Past and present league partners include: Contact Triumph Books © Copyright 2021 Triumph Books. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800081
__label__wiki	0.791205	0.791205	Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11: Should you go iOS or Android? Max Parker Contact via Twitter \| June 11, 2020 4:09 pm BST Samsung’s latest flagship phone series includes the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and the S20 Ultra. The S20 is the most affordable, but how does it stand up to Apple’s cheapest new iPhone? Both the Samsung Galaxy S20 and the iPhone 11 will likely be two of the most popular and best-selling phones of the year. Deciding which one is for you could be tricky considering all the differences between them, so we’re here to lay everything out. Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 – At a glance The Samsung Galaxy S20 and the iPhone 11 are the most affordable new flagships from their respective brands The Samsung Galaxy S20 has a 6.2-inch AMOLED display. The iPhone 11 has a 6.1-inch LCD display. The Samsung Galaxy S20 is powered by the Exynos 990 7nm 64-bit octa-core processor, while the iPhone 11 is powered by Apple’s A13 chipset, a 7nm 64-bit hexa-core processor. The Samsung Galaxy S20 has three rear cameras (an ultra wide, wide-angle and a telephoto), while the iPhone 11 has two (an ultra wide and a wide-angle). The Samsung Galaxy S20 supports 5G, while the iPhone 11 doesn’t. Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 – Specs and Camera The iPhone 11 is powered by Apple’s A13 Bionic chipset, a 7nm 64-bit hexa-core processor, while the Galaxy S20 is fitted with the Exynos 990 7nm 64-bit octa-core processor (in the US it uses Qualcomm’s 865 chip). As far as memory is concerned, the Galaxy S20 comes in 8GB and 12GB RAM options, while the iPhone 11 just has 4GB RAM. iPhones have long packed less RAM than their Android counterparts, and remain just as smooth when it comes to multitasking. Despite that, Apple trumps Samsung for built-in storage. The Galaxy S20 comes with 128GB storage, while the iPhone 11 has 64GB, 128GB and 256GB models. That said, the S20 is expandable with a MicroSD slot that’s compatible with up to 1TB of additional data. Of course, this comes at an additional cost, but adds a degree of flexibility for avid videographers and users who like to download and watch movies on-the-go. The Samsung Galaxy S20 features a triple rear camera, while the iPhone 11 only has a double. The iPhone 11’s camera includes a wide angle (12MP, F1.8, OIS) and an ultra wide sensor (12MP, F 2.4); while the S20 is has a wide angle sensor (12MP, F1.8, OIS), an ultra-wide sensor (12MP, F2.2) and the added perk of a telephoto lens (64MP, F2.0, OIS). All the cameras on these phones are great, and they’re easily some of the best camera phones on the market. Snaps from the S20 tend to have richer colours, while the iPhone’s pictures have more of a natural finish. Of course, having that extra zoom lens does give the S20 more versatility. They’re also two of the best phones you can buy right now for video. The iPhone 11 shoots well stabilised footage with lovely colours, while the S20 ups the resolution to 8K and gives you a bit more control. The front cameras are similar in terms of specs, with Apple packing a few more megapixels into its sensor. The S20 comes with a 10MP, F2.2 selfie camera, while the iPhone 11 has a 12MP, F2.2 TrueDepth camera. Samsung was already ahead of Apple with 5G when it released the Galaxy S10 5G last year. Apple failed to follow up with a 5G iPhone 11 while Samsung has continued on this path. The S20 comes in both 5G and regular 4G versions, with a £100 price hike to get access to next-gen speeds. Related: Best smartphones Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 – Battery life and charging The Galaxy S20 is packed with a 4000mAh battery and supports fast-charging up to 25W. In our time with the phone, we consistently managed to jump from 0 to 100% in an hour, which is very impressive. Overall battery life isn’t as impressive, and you’ll have to manage your usage to comfortably make it through the day. A lot of that battery drainage comes from the S20’s excellent 120Hz OLED screen. On the other hand the iPhone 11 offers better endurance, although that’s to be expected with a display that isn’t as exciting. The iPhone 11 can juice up to 50% capacity in 30 minutes with an 18W or above charger – though you’ll need to buy this separately, and the included 5w charger is far slower. Both phones also support wireless charging, so they’re equally great options if you’re ready to ditch cables for good. Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 – Look and feel The Samsung Galaxy S20’s display is ever so slightly bigger than the iPhone 11 at 6.2-inches to the iPhone’s 6.1-inches. Even with the bigger screen, the Galaxy S20 is slender and lighter than its rival. When it comes to screen quality, the Samsung Galaxy S20 is the clear winner. Not only does the S20 use a superior OLED panel (compared to the iPhone 11’s LCD), but it has a higher resolution, HDR10+ support, and a fast 120Hz refresh rate. This means the S20’s display refreshes twice as much as the iPhone and is all the smoother for it. If you want to take advantage of the S20’s standout 120Hz refresh rate, you’ll need to turn your display down to regular old FHD to avoid putting too much strain on the battery. The iPhone 11 uses Apple’s TrueDepth camera to secure your phone with Face ID, while Samsung has included a fingerprint sensor hidden beneath the display, as well as facial recognition, to lock its latest flagship. Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 – How much do they cost? To just about everyone’s surprise, Apple has released the more affordable phone here. You can pick up a 64GB iPhone 11 for just £729 – £70 less than the cheapest Galaxy S20. Of course this includes less storage than the S20, but the 128GB iPhone 11 is also less pricey than Samsung’s 128GB equivalent at £779 to the S20’s £799. If you want a 256GB handset, you can pick up an iPhone 11 for £879. If your priority is 5G, the 5G S20 is priced at £889 with additional storage possible with an SD card. Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 – Verdict These are two great phones that boast very impressive performance, cameras and other features. They’re also the more affordable entries in each brand’s respective series. There are pricier, higher-specced options available, but we’d say these are the best picks. The choice really comes down to what you want most in a phone: the Galaxy S20 wins in terms of display and 5G, however we prefer the software and camera on the iPhone 11. And let’s not get into the whole Android v iOS debate. We’ll be here for ages… Max Parker Contact via Twitter Contact via Instagram Deputy and mobile editor Max Parker is the Deputy Editor for Trusted Reviews and Recombu. He also directly manages Trusted Reviews’ mobile, wearables and tablet sections. Max joined Trusted Reviews as a features writer in 201…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800084
__label__wiki	0.80535	0.80535	JUNIOR BOYS, CIRCLESQUARE, ... MUSIC VIDEO? Saturday, Oct. 17 From the general run of their press, you'd think you'd need to get your geek on for a Junior Boys show. The Canadian band is known for exploring the outer fringes of the dance music galaxy, where your passport needs to be stamped with the likes of The Postal Service, The Pulsars, The Blue Nile and distant ancestors in German math rock and '70s Bronx DJs. But Saturday night at Plush, it was all about relentless power and dynamics. The crowd of about 200 seemed to have been building toward catharsis through the first two sets, and then whatever intellectual impulses the Junior Boys had brought to their music were lost in the visceral impetus of the beats. The audience churned almost non-stop until the last notes of the encore. It's their intellectual approach, though, that makes the Junior Boys soar so far above the earthbound thump of hip hop and the mechanical grind of disco. Their music unfolded in layers of textures and shifting, interweaving polyrhythms and syncopations. Matt Didemus' synth was, of all things, earnest, in a way that subverted the fundamental alienation of an otherwise almost universally mechanical genre, and Jeremy Greenspan's boy-next-door voice delivered the band's essentially pop melodies around lyrics snatched from real life, organic and engaging. Much of the set came from the band's April, 2009 release Begone Dull Care (Caprice en Couleurs), an album inspired by the brilliant, but obscure, 1949 short film of that name, in which Canadian illustrators Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart animated jazz music by Oscar Peterson. But it was the set closer—"In the Morning" from the band's 2006 So This Is Goodbye—that clinched the crowd's encore request. Second opener Circlesquare actually did play to the geeks. Their set was as arch, fey and arty as the Junior Boys' was relatively down-to-earth. Self-consciously curated images on two video screens perfectly emphasized dramatic highlights in the music, and every other detail of the performance seemed meticulously attended to, as well, from the width of Jeremy Shaw's suspenders to the complex blend of live drumming and canned beats. Both these bands benefit greatly from live drumming and looping, but the first opener, Tucson's small-yet-mighty ... music video? continues to earn a sizable local fan base with inspired electronics and personality alone.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800085
__label__cc	0.663649	0.336351	Film Composers for hire in Melbourne, AU Hand picked quality film composers! Twine will find you the perfect film composer for your job. No time wasters, only hand picked film composers Search for Film Composers Antoine Bellavance Melbourne, Australia Antoine Bellavance, a Composer/Musician/Songwriter. Antoine plays a wide range of instruments majoring in Piano. Contact: _Email not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signin_ BIO: Antoine Bellavance was born in Montreal Canada, he then moved to Melbourne, Australia where he currently resides. In early 2012, Antoine was involved with the soundtrack of a short film where he played Trombone that featured in the 2012 Sundance Short Film Festival with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. On the 9th of June to the 21st of July , Antoine participated in a Composition Workshop in the Digital Learning Hub at the Arts Centre, his composition along with a short film he produced has been played at the official re-opening of Hamer Hall. In January and February 2013, Antoine Bellavance was the conductor for the Oceania Performance Team (OPT) choir. The OPT consisted of 40 members; they rehearsed and then performed in front of World leaders during the World Summit 2013 in South Korea. Film Composers > AU > Melbourne We have over 390,000 creative freelancers! Twine will help you find the perfect Film Composer for your project. Film Composer, Composer, Music Composer Ayda Akbal Music Composer, Musician, Songwriter, Music Producer, Film Composer Ayda Akbal is an emerging composer and arranger, who is passionate about exploring human emotion, perception and culture in her music. Her works have been performed by the Australian Youth Orchestra, Queensland Youth Orchestras, St Leonard’s College School of Music, Professional Big Bands and others. She was the winner of the Artology Fanfare Competition in Sydney (2017) and Queensland (2020), placed first and runners up in the Australian Music Foundation’s Annual Songwriting Challenge (2017 and 2019) and was awarded Best Massed Choir Conductor at St Leonard’s College’s Annual House Music Competition (2019). She has collaborated with and been mentored by established Australian musicians such as Elizabeth Drake, Harriett Allcroft, Johannes Luebbers and Toshi Clinch. Ayda is based in Melbourne, Australia and is studying a Bachelor of Music, specialising in Composition and Music Technology and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology, at Monash University. She is currently working on various projects, including composing the soundtrack for the upcoming audiobook, Brayden’s Tale, produced in the US. Her work is presently focused on the development of her creative voice and vision and learning how to interweave her own culture into her sound. Read more about her qualifications on her website _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signin_ Louis Stevens Film Composer, Composer, Arranger Louis Stevens is a Melbourne based media and concert composer. His music is concerned with the complex connections between people and society incorporating a post-minimalist style that emphasises texture and colour. For more info and showreel go to: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signin_ NickTheGreat Audio Engineer, Film Composer, Music Composer, Music Producer, Post-Production If you need any type of music for your projects, I'm the man, I'm the great, I'm NickTheGreat. I'll be your music genie and do anything music related to your project 😉😉 from film scoring, to jingles, to commercials, to kids programs, to mixing and master to anything big or small, cool or dumb, normal or weird! ANYTHING! Contact me for more details and for a specific price quote and time scale for your project you desire... danmcpherson Composer, Film Composer, Music Composer Thomas Fernando Film Composer, Composer, Music Producer Ready to meet quality Film Composers? Your journey starts here. Browse our film composers, find out how Twine works, or learn more about what's involved in hiring film composers. Hire a top quality film composer Follow these 3 easy steps to start working with top quality film composers. 3.Twine will find the best film composers The Twine team has put together articles on everything you need to know to hire top quality film composers. How to plan your film composer job We've got more than Film Composers in Melbourne, AU Music ProducerMusicianGraphic DesignerDJIllustratorVocalistComposerMusic ComposerDesignerAnimatorSongwriterAudio MixerWeb DesignerActorAudio EngineerGuitaristMotion Graphic DesignerLogo DesignerSingerSound Engineer Latest Film Composers posts from the blog: Bring your project to life today by hiring a Film Composer	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800086
__label__cc	0.532247	0.467753	USA Sportsbooks BetOnline Casino MyBookie Casino USA Poker Bovada Poker Sports Previews & Picks Soccer: USA vs Jamaica Gold Cup Semifinal Preview & Predictions July 22, 2015 by Marilee Gallagher With a 6-0 rout against Cuba in the quarterfinals, the USMNT finds itself in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal for the 12th time in 13 tournaments today (6pm ET, Wednesday). They will be facing Jamaica, who edged out Haiti with a 1-0 win, a team that hasn’t been in the semis since 1998. While the USA are favorites to reach their sixth straight Gold Cup Final, they would be wise not to overlook their opponent as Jamaica is a physical and strong team with great speed and the ability to move the ball down the field. Both countries have impressive teams and both are ready to shine at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, with a spot in the championship game, to be played against the winner of the Mexico-Panama semifinal, on the line. Surprises in Group Play For the US, the surprise was not that they won the group nor that they emerged without a loss, but that in the eyes of their head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, they really didn’t play well. Overall that argument is not invalid. The USMNT entered the Gold Cup on a bit of a run, having shut out Guatemala in the final pre-Cup friendly and having gotten a rare win against Germany just a month prior. With Mexico in flux, USA entered as championship favorites. Getting through group play didn’t prove to be particularly challenging, but it was how the USA played that gave Klinsmann pause. The team lacked that same intensity and that same ease of offense that they had prior to the Cup. But given that the USMNT is the best team in CONCACAF right now, these inconsistencies weren’t insurmountable. The US swept through group play, with two one-goal victories and a surprising draw against Panama. Klinsmann was unhappy with how his team worked, noting that improvement was necessary if USA hoped to advance. And improve they did. The USMNT defeated Cuba 6-0 in the quarterfinals, marking the largest defeat by the US men in Gold Cup history. The same team that blanked Guatemala 4-0 before the start of the tournament and who defeated Mexico 2-0 in April had returned. Defensively, they forced Cuba into their pace of play and didn’t allow them to get anything going. Cuba had just one shot on goal the entire game. Offensively, Clint Dempsey (pictured) continued his Gold Cup brilliance, notching his fourth, fifth and sixth goals of the tournament. For Jamaica, the surprise came in the fact that they overcame World Cup quarter-finalist and 41st ranked team in the world according to the FIFA Table, Costa Rica, to win Group B. The Costa Ricans, who many believed pre-tournament could challenge the USA for the title, opened the Gold Cup with a group play game against Jamaica. The teams played to a 2-2 draw, which was a good result for Jamaica, who hadn’t been expected to win or even secure a single point in a tie. Jamaica then went on to blank Canada and El Salvador by 1-0 scores to advance to their matchup with the Gold Cup’s Cinderella story, Haiti. Flashes like this from Jamaica have not been uncommon as most recently, in their final Gold Cup tune-up, they played Mexico to a 2-2 draw. However, prior to that, they failed to notch a single win in a 0-3 performance at Copa America. USA vs Jamaica Preview’s Betting Picks Predictions Just like pre-tournament, the USA enters this final four as the short odds favorite (4/6) to win the whole thing outright. Mexico, who has been playing much better as of late, is second-favorite at 6/4. Panama, who plays Mexico is at 12/1 and Jamaica is the outsider at 18/1. The US is clicking right now and they’ve really picked up their level of play. They should be headed for a collision with Mexico in the finals, as these two teams really have been the best of the CONCACAF for quite some time. As for the USA’s clash with Jamaica, just a few things to consider: Clint Dempsey. He’s a goal scorer and he’s on fire. Jamaica has yet to face anyone with the kind of explosiveness and intelligence on the pitch as the US veteran. He’ll be one to watch out for as he’s already notched a Gold Cup-leading six goals in just four games. He’s failed to score in just one game this entire tournament. Home sweet home. Just like the rest of their Gold Cup games, the US has the benefit of being the host to their semifinal against Jamaica. The USMNT return to Atlanta for the first time since 1977 and will be looking to defend a 25-match unbeaten streak on friendly soil. 13–1-8. It’s been a pretty uneven rivalry between the two countries as Jamaica has only bested the USA once in the 22 meetings. They have played to eight draws however and have been close to getting more than just that one win on several occasions including the team’s last meeting in 2013. That was won by the US by a goal as late as the 92nd minute, in a game played in Kingston, Jamaica. Although USA is a short price for the straight up win, I think that is the play here and they can be bet at best odds of -209 with 5Dimes Sportsbook on the moneyline. However I wouldn’t put anyone off being a little bit more optimistic and taking USA -1 goal on the spread @ best odds of -120, also with 5Dimes. Marilee Gallagher Marilee writes on NFL, MLB & tennis for USA Betting. Another area of her sporting journalistic expertise is pro wrestling. A native of Philadelphia and a big Eagles fan, she has been a sports writer for many major websites including Bleacher Report and Rant Sports. She started her journalistic career early, as sports editor for her college newspaper. 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__label__wiki	0.868093	0.868093	Please donate to GENYOUth’s COVID-19 Emergency School Meal Delivery Fund. Dairy Nutrition Dairy Nutrition Overview Dairy Facts Dairy Products Overview Trainer To The Stars Sees Dairy As Key To Fitness Dairy Community Celebrates 2020 Sustainability Awards Winners Dairy in the Community Dairy in the Community Overview Youth Wellness Nourishing The Kids Who Need It The Most Recipes Overview Appetizer/Snack Chocolate-Chocolate Trifle News & Articles Overview Dairy Dictionary Ask A Dairy Farmer: What Are You Doing For The Environment? Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Overview Sustainability Alliance Stewardship Commitment National Dairy Council National Dairy Council Overview Local Dairy Councils Dairy Nourishes Network Dairy Management Inc. Dairy Management Inc. Overview Sustainability Is More Than a Buzzword for This Vermont Dairy Heather Foster-Provencher has a very concise way of describing her job. “I sell cow manure,” she says. Don’t be fooled by her succinctness. Selling cow manure is big business for her family’s Vermont dairy farm. And, as she and her father, Bob Foster, can attest, what’s good for their business is good for the planet and good for the dairy industry. The dairy, Foster Brothers Farms in Middlebury, not only finds a sustainable purpose for the manure produced by its 600-plus cows, it also is a landing spot for digested manure from neighboring dairies and a chicken farm. The farm even collects 80 to 100 tractor trailer loads of manure from an annual horse show and accepts food waste from grocery retailers. All of it is fed into three methane digesters located within a 20-mile radius of the dairy that create a clean-burning methane gas that powers those farms. Leftover power is sold to a utility. The digesters produce a valuable byproduct that the Fosters purchase and use as ingredients in their company, Vermont Natural Ag Products Inc. (VNAP). The company produces compost, mulch and top soil that is popular with gardeners and landscapers. “We’ve grown this business by word of mouth,” Foster says. “We made a number of mistakes along the way, but we hopefully have learned from them and continue to provide a high-quality product for customers.” The business sells about 750,000 bags annually of its signature “Moo” line that is approved for organic use (product motto: “We Doo Moo”). This and other products are available at mom-and-pop gardening centers throughout New England and New York and they also sell it in bulk. Sustainability is a buzzword among consumers who seek reasons to feel good about the products they purchase. The Fosters say they and many other U.S. dairy farmers were sustainable long before it became a thing. “We were raised to think about the environment and how it affected those around you,” Foster-Provencher said. “My father always talked about how important it was that we were being sustainable and helping future generations by trying to make the world a better place to live in. “I didn’t really have an awareness that what we were doing was something different until I left the farm,” she added. “We’ve been doing things to protect the environment for a long time,” Foster said. “Most agriculturists aren’t out waving the flag about what they are doing. We’re getting the job done and there is a lot of satisfaction knowing you are providing the consumer with things they can use, whether it’s milk, cheese, compost or other products. I’m glad there is an interest in sustainability. We need to seize the opportunity to share what we are doing.” Photos courtesy of Cabot Creamery Co-op Get Connected to America's Dairy Farmers How Cow Manure Helps Grow a Family Business Article Slideshow Introducing Children to Cows: You Can Do It Too! Article Infographic Honor the Harvest: From Farm to Table and Back Again Looking for Farmer Resources? Farmer Overview Farmer Resources & Checkoff Results Farmer Blog & Checkoff News Farmer Relations Team Local Checkoff For Media Overview © 2021 Dairy Management Inc. Cookies are always better with a glass of milk. We use cookies on this site to enhance your experience. By navigating this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800094
__label__wiki	0.91394	0.91394	•October 28, 2014 •Vallarta Daily News •Mexico News Mexico City is Rapidly Running out of Gravesites Edgardo Galvan watched as two gravediggers shoveled muddy soil from his father’s grave until they reached a set of bones mixed with wood chips, the remnants of the coffin he was buried in seven years earlier. The gravediggers placed the bones in a black plastic bag and handed them to Galvan, who planned to cremate them and put the ashes in a small crypt the family bought in a church. “I’ve had to go through two difficult moments, first burying him and now unburying him,” the 42-year-old carpenter said as he stood in the San Isidro cemetery in the Mexico City borough of Azcapotzalco. Mexico’s capital is rapidly running out of gravesites and many residents of this growing metropolis of 9 million people have to exhume the remains of their loved ones once the burial rights expire to make room for new bodies. Officials say there is no public land available for new cemeteries. The lack of cemetery space has prompted the city’s legislative assembly to propose a law that would reduce the time a body can remain in a grave and encourage people to cremate the bodies of their love ones, a move that critics say will threaten Mexico’s long and rich traditions surrounding burying and celebrating the dead. Assemblywoman Polimnia Sierra, who proposed the law, said the city’s 119 cemeteries only have 71,000 gravesites available and that each year about 30,000 people die in the capital. “In less than three years (the cemeteries) will be completely filled,” said Sierra in defense of the law which was passed by the assembly this summer but sent back by Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera who wanted changes to its language. A vote on the revised law is expected soon. It would require that the city government educate people about cremation as an option and build more crematoriums — there are currently just two public crematoriums. It would also lower the maximum gravesite tenure from 21 years to 15 years, as long as cemetery rights are paid. Complicating matters is that the regulations aren’t applied consistently, with borough officials administering and sometimes setting their own grave time limits in the cemeteries in their areas. Sierra said there have been cases of cemeteries exhuming graves to bury someone else in as little as one year. Once exhumed, families commonly put the remains in above-ground niches offered by the cemetery, cremate them, bury them in a different cemetery or if no one claims the remains, they are re-buried at the same grave but underneath the coffin and tombstone of the new body. While other countries around the world reuse graves, it is a sensitive issue in Mexico where celebrating the dead is still a living part of the culture. The law has become a tug-of-war between government officials in the center of this sprawling metropolis, which is increasingly growing vertically, and residents of its outer, more rural boroughs who preserve pre-Columbian traditions. The law’s opponents say above-ground mausoleums and crypts don’t allow for the traditional Day of the Dead celebrations on Nov. 1 and 2, when Mexicans honor the dead by building elaborate altars on their tombstones, laden with candles, flowers, colorful sugar skulls and the favorite food and drink of the departed. Entire families gather in cemeteries brightened by flickering candles to pray and share memories of their loved ones, whose photos sit on the graves. Jesus Guzman, a member of the Autonomous Union of Native Towns and Neighborhoods of the Federal District, said many indigenous Mexicans prefer burial and are reluctant to accept cremation. “Their worldview is not the same as ours,” said Guzman of city officials backing the law. “Can you imagine that with the stroke of a pen they can erase All Saints Day and the Day of the Dead? They have no idea what they are doing.” In June, his group blocked a major avenue to protest the law. In Mexico City’s outer boroughs it’s still common to see a nightlong wake being held on the patio of a home, then mourners carrying the coffin on their shoulders through traffic-clogged streets toward the cemetery. The processions are often accompanied by brass bands or mariachis. “What really bothers us is that they don’t respect our loved ones. They come a year or two after we bury them, take them out of the grave and bury whoever is next,” said Jose Jimenez, who helps administer the San Francisco cemetery in the borough of Magdalena Contreras. “We won’t allow them to take away our resources, our cemetery.” At the Azcapotzalco cemetery where Galvan’s father was buried, 63,000 older gravesites are sold in perpetuity — burial time limits were established in 1984. Another 22,000 have limited tenure. Some graves have fresh flowers, but many others are overgrown with weeds. Records are kept in old ledgers, some barely legible, and officials say it’s unclear how many graves have been abandoned. Like many Mexicans, Galvan says mausoleums and crypts still seem like a foreign option to him. His family has bought a crypt in a church in Mexico City’s Tlatelolco neighborhood. Galvan said his mother wants her ashes, her husband’s ashes, and two of her children’s ashes, including his, to be in the same crypt. “I told her that’s fine, my ashes can be in that crypt but first I want to be buried, I want to be in the ground for at least a year,” he said. SUPPORT ACCESS TO FREE NEWS You can help keep news FREE by sharing this story on Social Media, subscribing to our daily newsletter, or Support us with a donation! It's that easy to help small publishers like PVDN! All Saints DayMexicoMexico CityProtest Vallarta Daily Puerto Vallarta Events Coronavirus in Mexico Puerto Vallarta Real Estate Is Puerto Vallarta Safe? Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico border win UK design prize Jalisco reaches a new record of confirmed cases of COVID-19 Puerto Vallarta News Mexico News Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide Puerto Vallarta Rentals Oaxaca Living & Travel COPYRIGHT 2020 PVDN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED \| TERMS OF USE \| PRIVACY POLICY \| Website by ¡Gotcha! 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__label__cc	0.690542	0.309458	Dara Parker: Moving From Charity to Justice Earlier this year, Vancouver Foundation embarked on a project called BetaPhil to explore how we could deepen impact and strengthen equity within systems change grantmaking. We’ve made a commitment to our community that we’ll provide updates, insights, and learnings as the project unfolds. In August... Kevin McCort Appointed to Canada's Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector Our President and CEO, Kevin McCort has been appointed to Canada’s Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS), which was announced on Friday, August 23 by the Minister of National Revenue. The ACCS is a significant development for the charitable sector in Canada. It’s an opportunity for the... Vancouver Foundation Stepped Out in New Ways in 2018 In our 75th year, we challenged ourselves to walk the talk and engage with community in new ways. We launched On the Table BC, inviting people to get together and share a meal and talk about what matters most to them. We also launched our new LEVEL youth initiative to engage with Indigenous and... How One Charity Shifted its Thinking and Created a Perpetual Source of Funding Vancouver Foundation manages 700 endowment funds for 500 charities across Canada. We are honoured to support these charities with their long-term success. I recently sat down with Dee Dee Sung, Board Chair of Saint James Music Academy in Vancouver to learn about how their organization is... Potential Canada Post Service Disruption As service to Vancouver Foundation fund advisors and grantees remains our top priority, we are monitoring the situation closely. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us . To obtain more information about the potential Canada Post service disruption and to view their latest news,... 2017 was another successful year at Vancouver Foundation. And that’s because we’re inspired by you... Our donors who provide crucial support to charities, the charities that explore projects addressing the root causes of complex social issues, and the community volunteers who have guided Vancouver... Reflections and New Directions In early December, the Vancouver Foundation Board held its last meeting of 2017. As with many events nearing year-end, the timing offered opportunity for reflection. Our guest speaker that day – Vu Le, Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps – reminded us that diversity, inclusion, and equity is... Canada’s 150th In 2017 Canada marks the 150th anniversary of confederation – an historic moment with the power to bring people and places together as we dream big about what our communities and our country could be. It’s a chance to encourage all Canadians to contribute to their communities to foster a greater... An open letter on the value of diversity in our communities Vancouver Foundation CEO Kevin McCort As the world seemed to change overnight – becoming smaller, more exclusionary, less generous in word and deed – I couldn’t help but reflect on Vancouver Foundation’s vision of “healthy, vibrant, and livable communities.” Can a community be livable, but not... Create your own fund 1. CONSIDER YOUR CHARITABLE INTERESTS What are you passionate about? Arts and culture? Helping children? Medical research? When you establish a Donor Advised Fund at Vancouver Foundation, you will have the flexibility to support the charities and causes you care about most. 2. ESTABLISH YOUR FUND... Vancouver Foundation Magazine Fall 2016 We are pleased to release the Fall 2016 edition of the Vancouver Foundation Magazine, The Nature of Belonging. Vancouver Foundation Magazine brings you stories of modern philanthropy. It features the people and organizations that are making a difference in communities across British Columbia. We... Vancouver Foundation’s CFO Wins Award We are thrilled to announce that Vancouver Foundation’s Vice-President Finance & Operations, William Hallett, has just been named a winner of Business in Vancouver’s 2016 BC CFO Awards which recognizes excellence in his field. Since joining Vancouver Foundation in 2012, Bill has overseen a... Investment Overview Presentation Vancouver Foundation hosted an Investment Overview Presentation to personally connect with our charitable agency fund holders and to highlight the investment performance of their endowment funds. These charitable agencies have set up their own endowment funds as a way to ensure a consistent stream... Lasting relationships and fresh ideas bring us inspiration for the year ahead One of the most rewarding experiences working at Vancouver Foundation is exploring the connections and relationships that tie us together as a community. Our Annual Reports , which we have recently licensed CC-BY 4.0 and published on our website, often reveal delightful insights into the... We are pleased to release the Fall 2015 edition of the Vancouver Foundation Magazine, Finding Inspiration in Generosity . Vancouver Foundation Magazine brings you stories of modern philanthropy. It features the people and organizations that are making a difference in communities across British... Vancouver Foundation is saddened by the loss of Jann Bailey, our friend and Arts community champion. Image credit: Kamloops Art Gallery Facebook Page Jann Bailey was a valued member of Vancouver Foundation’s Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, from 2012 up until her death in October of this year. She was a passionate advocate of our work, as well as the many extraordinary projects and creative... More highlights from the year 2014 19th Birthday Exhibit Youth who were formerly in government care currently comprise 40% of homeless youth in British Columbia. Many of these young adults transitioning out of care face challenges such as finding a job and permanent homes. Developed by youth through the Youth Homelessness Initiative... Highlights from the year 2014 Community Foundations of BC Gathering In November, Vancouver Foundation was proud to host the Community Foundations of BC Gathering, a three day workshop designed to inspire learning, develop shared knowledge and further collaboration amongst BC’s 53 community foundations. The gathering featured... 2014 By the Numbers Screen Shot 2015-09-25 at 4.15.51 PM.png To meet the people behind the numbers, please read our 2014 Year In Review We are pleased to release the 2014 Year-In-Review. Inside the report you’ll get an overview of initiatives we undertook this past year as well as discover the impact that donors have made in our community. Thank you for continuing to place your trust in Vancouver Foundation. Together we are... Reaching $1 Billion $1 billion. That’s the staggering amount of money Vancouver Foundation has granted to worthy projects since its inception in 1943. It’s an impressive milestone, but the Foundation doesn’t take all of the credit and it certainly doesn’t see it as the finish line – far from it. Achieving this... Share Giving Tuesday with us on December 2nd UPDATE: Vancouver Foundation thanks the Vancouver Mayor's Office and Mayor Gregor Robertson for officially proclaiming December 2nd, Giving Tuesday in Vancouver. Giving Tuesday is a new Canadian movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Cyber Monday. The “opening day of the... Denise Baker interviews Kevin McCort for The Leaders Corner Kevin McCort grew up on a farm in Ontario, with no conscious career goal except not to be a farmer. Little did he know that his eventual career choices would make him a potential kidnap target, see him caught in cross fire in a war zone and experience being charged by a large hippo (not all on the... Ideas we support: The Stretch Tax Credit for Charitable Giving More than half of Canadian donors say they would increase their giving if there were better tax incentives. The Stretch Tax Credit is an innovative proposal that would give British Columbians the incentive to give more and would encourage them to think more strategically about their life-long... 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__label__cc	0.712492	0.287508	Van Eperen’s Favorite Podcasts byVan Eperen Marketing Team inSocial Media When podcasts first landed on the scene, they seemed like a passing fad. Thanks to the early iPods, the idea of audio blogging – which had existed since the 80s – really took hold in 2004. Now, here we are 14 years later, and 42 million Americans are listening to podcasts weekly. Just in the past few weeks, Apple’s iTunes store confirmed that there are more than 550,000 podcast shows, 91% of which are active. The hundreds of thousands of shows in more than 100 languages, span topics from health and fitness, news, politics and sports to story-telling, crime, history lessons and foreign language refreshers. We polled the Van Eperen office to see what our staff is listening to and why. Here’s what they had to say: Laura Van Eperen I like Ted Radio Hour from NPR given the vast variety of speakers and their areas expertise/subject matter covered. There is a new speaker each week to captivate the auditory senses, which is high on how I like to learn. I am constantly looking for new podcasts and sampling the latest, so selecting just a few is not easy! Lately I’ve been hooked on The Daily, an incredible podcast by The New York Times hosted by Michael Barbaro. It’s what journalism sounds like (feel free to use that as your tagline, NYT!). For about 10 years my “secret” way to know what’s up in digital and social media is the FIR Podcast Network and its flagship podcast, “For Immediate Release” with host Shel Holtz. I also regularly listen to a podcast on the FIR Network that explores PR and its intersection with business and technology called “Inside PR,” hosted by Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley. My secret is out! Hillarie Turner – Young House Love This podcast is for all things home décor, home improvements and the occasional good book recommendation with new episodes every Monday. The DIY couple hosting the show also have a couple NYT best sellers under their belt, so heed their advice and warnings about renovations! Emily McDermott – Freakonomics Freakonomics Radio is my fav. It’s based off of the 2005 book Freakonomics and hosted by one of the authors, Stephen Dubner. The podcast discusses different socioeconomic issues and “discovers the hidden side of everything” in an interview format led by Dubner. It’s a really thought-provoking podcast that explores everyday life and the depth of human nature while using the tools of economics to explore real-world behavior. Brooke Whitson – Skimm’d From the Couch and Goop Yourself theSkimm’s weekly podcast invites female leaders to sit down for a chat and share their successes and failures with zero sugarcoating over the details in their stories. Favorite episode so far – Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie discussing the multiple paths to success in a competitive industry. Goop Yourself is just for laughs. It’s a twice weekly podcast by Bryan Rucker and Aggie Hewitt reviewing the newsletters and podcasts from Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle company, Goop. Everything is fair game for criticism in this snarky podcast, so energy monsters beware. Claire Howachyn – Congratulations! By Chris Delia This comedy podcast dwells in the mind of comedian Chris Delia. Take a listen for his hilarious take on current events and trending topics. Zach Deshaies – Dirty John and Serial Dirty John is a true story of deception and survival, hosted by Christopher Goffard from the L.A. Times. Fairly new to podcast world, it has only 8 episodes but tens of thousands of subscribers! Each time I tuned in, I didn’t know what to expect next. The story was largely unpredictable and just adds to the quality podcast it was. Serial – the investigative journalism podcast – was ranked number one in iTunes for weeks before and after releasing its first episode. It really keeps you thinking and trying to connect the little bit of dots there are to connect. The ending lacks closure, however it leaves the innocence of the main character up to interpretation. It is a great discussion piece with colleagues or friends. Serial has won several awards including the Peabody Award. Bryce Geiling – Hardcore History This educational podcast is great at storytelling and setting the scenes of times long past. Storyteller and analyst Dan Carlin is anything but boring. Maggie Baird – Ted Talks Daily The beauty of this podcast is that you can pick and choose which educational topics, of which there are endless, interest you. Now learning something new every day is not only possible, but it’s convenient! We don’t just enjoy podcasts, we offer podcast strategy, planning and hosting at Van Eperen. If you want to learn more about podcasts or are ready to start your own, let us know! SHIFTING INTO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: It’s One Thing To Be Nimble, It’s Another To Be Authentic. Branding Digital Communications Social Media How Agencies Can Authentically Market and Communicate with Black Audiences Branding Creative Services Diversity Marketing Communications Public Relations Social Media The (Re)Rise of the Influencer Social Media Branding Digital Communications Marketing Communications Read next: Another Win for Montgomery County	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800100
__label__cc	0.728288	0.271712	Philosophy in Schools VCE Philosophy Events Ethical Capability The Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools (VAPS) aims to promote the study of philosophy at secondary level, including at VCE level, and to support teachers to cultivate critical, reflective, and creative thought and reasoning in the classroom. VAPS has a proud history of developing and coordinating engaging and rigorous events for secondary students and teachers of philosophy each year, including two very popular forums for VCE Philosophy each year. These forums are supported by tertiary academics and experts in VCE Philosophy. VAPS encourages collaboration on best practice teaching through community networks coordinated by experienced teachers of philosophy. And, expert facilitators offer professional development and training for teachers who wish to encourage a spirit of rational inquiry and wonder in their classrooms through ‘communities of inquiry’. VAPS continues to develop suitable classroom materials for use in the Victorian Curriculum and VCE, and has long advised on and advocated for the development of philosophy in the curriculum in Victoria.” VAPS promotes critical and creative thinking among young people. Supporting teachers in fostering the intellectual and social skills that enable students to think philosophically. Our Philosophy in Public Spaces Events are run throughout each calendar school year. Becoming a member grants access to the members’ resources and discounted access to events. educationofficer@vaps.vic.edu.au The Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools is a registered not-for-profit. ABN: 77 896 901 691 Incorporation number: A 0028182W Website by Pixeld	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800101
__label__cc	0.734805	0.265195	Proudly Serving Vermilion And Area Since 2004 Reporter Angela Mouly MACK Clothing – Now Open MACK (Modern Aged Clothing for Kids) opened for business in the Craig’s Cornerstone building at 5003-50th Avenue in Vermilion on August 7. The steady stream of customers throughout the day were eager to check out the new option for children’s clothing and accessories. The store offers a large selection of clothing brands as well as seasonal, swimwear, pajamas, footwear and accessories targeted for ages 0 - 16. Owner, Paige Jaremco said, “I went to college to work with children and have always loved it. It is so fun to dress children! For instance, with some of the brands I’m bringing in, there will be opportunities for adults to match their children, with other businesses in town carrying the adult sizes. My dad worked at Craig’s for 56 years, so it is sentimental to be here.” Paige said that her hope is that along with the other Craig’s Cornerstone businesses that if everyone can get everything they need here, that there will be no need to go outside Vermilion and the community can continue to progress with keeping it local. Paige committed to the idea of owning a children’s clothing store in January and began buying product in March. She noted that MACK name originated from the initials of her four children; Mya, Autumn, Carter, and Kira. “I’ve lived in Vermilion all of my life, and I’m excited to serve the community. I’m thankful for the support so far, and look forward to seeing everyone,” said Jaremco. MACK Clothing is in a temporary location as renovations for the east portion of the building (the old menswear side of the original Craig’s building) are expected to be complete in January or February. Overall customers enjoyed browsing what the store had to offer and visited over coffee provided by the Red Brick and celebrating with cupcakes. #MACK #modernagedclothingforkids #CraigsCornerstone #newbusiness Western Institute Of Emergency Education Purchases New Ambulance Simulators Moses Community Christmas Dinner Vermilion & District Housing Foundation Receives Donation Your only local independent newspaper. Proudly serving Vermilion and area since 2004. 5006-50 Ave., Vermilion, AB T9X 1A2 vermilionvoice@gmail.com Home News Sports Lifestyle Community About Us Contact Us © Copyright 2017 Vermilion Voice	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800104
__label__cc	0.517848	0.482152	Facebook Has Completely Failed to Stop Trump Spreading Election Misinformation The president's election misinformation posts are now among the most popular on the entire platform. by David Gilbert November 17, 2020, 1:17pm President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it. Thirteen months ago, Facebook announced its big plans to combat election misinformation. In an October 2019 post, Facebook’s top executives confidently laid out the myriad ways the platform was going to prevent a repeat of what happened in 2016, when Russian government agents infiltrated the platform to sow confusion and chaos. No, this time around it was going to be different. Facebook was going to be more transparent, limit the spread of misinformation before it went viral, and ensure no foreign government could interfere in the outcome of the 2020 election. But reading that blog post now, two weeks after the election, it is clear the company failed to adequately account for one major factor: President Donald Trump, whose posts are now among the most popular on the entire platform. At pretty much every turn, Facebook has failed to stop or even limit the ability of the president to spread baseless conspiracy theories and misinformation about the election results, and the measures Facebook did put in place had little to no impact on Trump’s ability to stoke fear and anger among Americans who believe the election was stolen. Facebook’s own internal data shows that the labels the company placed on Trump’s posts failed to have any meaningful effect on their ability to be shared, according to internal discussions leaked to BuzzFeed News. ”We have evidence that applying these [labels] to posts decreases their reshares by ~8%,” a data scientist posted on Facebook’s internal social network, known as Workplace. “However, given that Trump has SO many shares on any given post, the decrease is not going to change shares by orders of magnitude.” Unlike Twitter, which has labeled Trump’s posts as inaccurate and removed the ability for them to be retweeted, liked, or commented on, Facebook has simply placed an informational label on posts from the president and all other candidates. The label does not indicate that what Trump has been saying is false and it doesn’t stop users from sharing it. The result is that Trump’s posts — which in recent days have included a conspiracy theory about voting machines that came directly from the QAnon community — have become some of the most popular posts on all of Facebook. According to disinformation researcher Natalie Martinez, who has been tracking Trump’s messages on Facebook since election day, Trump's page holds the largest share of the top 2,000 posts on the platform since election day, and by far the largest share of total interactions earned on top posts. Martinez points out that more than two thirds (67 out of 97) of the top posts from Trump contain election-related misinformation with many of the posts now being labeled as misinformation. Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone responded by saying the posts Martinez highlighted were labeled: But Martinez pointed out that she was referring specifically to misinformation labeling that Facebook has used on other content and which hides the content of a post from users unless they click through to view it. “I would call Facebook's strategy for combatting post-election misinformation a colossal failure if the sheer stupidity of that strategy did not clearly suggest they had no intention of succeeding in the first place,” Martinez tweeted Monday. But how could Facebook have ever predicted that Trump would react in such a childish and dangerous manner to losing an election? Well, it could have listened to its own employees. In June, after Trump’s incendiary “when the looting starts the shooting starts” post about the Black Lives Matter protests, a group of employees from Facebook’s Civic Integrity Group approached management, according to sources speaking to the technology-focused news site, the Information. They wanted CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his team to implement a new strategy that would impose much stricter penalties on politicians and other public figures who breached the company’s policies. Among the proposed sanctions was to limit the ability of the message to go viral by removing the ability to share or comment on the posts. After considering the proposals for a couple of weeks, Zuckerberg decided to veto the suggestion, opting instead for the softer approach we have seen rolled out in recent weeks. And we all know how well that’s working out. Tagged:Donald Trumpelection resultsmisinformationDisinformationMark ZuckebergDisinfo Dispatch	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800110
__label__wiki	0.535687	0.535687	There’s Always a New Coming-of-Age Drama, but ‘Closet Monster’ Is Great, We Swear by Chuck Wilson In the superb coming-of-age drama of Closet Monster, the thoughts of high school senior Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) are never far from Buffy (voiced by Isabella Rossellini), the hamster he’s had since his traumatic boyhood. Oscar’s mother (Joanne Kelly) walked out when he was nine, and soon after, he witnessed a gay teen being sexually assaulted. Ever since, whenever his distracted father (Aaron Abrams) isn’t around, Oscar talks to Buffy, and she talks back like a “spirit animal” for a lonely kid. The boy has a rich fantasy life, but writer-director Stephen Dunn, filming his feature debut in his Newfoundland hometown, makes sure his protagonist’s “visions” are always a precise expression of his inner tumult. After receiving a college rejection letter, Oscar runs into his room, where every poster, book, or scribbled note screams the one word that shouted to Oscar from that letter: unfortunately. Oscar is gay and has a crush on a co-worker (Aliocha Schneider), and though their inevitable moment of truth (is he, or isn’t he?) is memorable, Dunn has a darker, more intense reckoning in mind for Oscar. Related to the sex crime he witnessed as a boy, Oscar’s meltdown moment is thematically daring and a little bit nuts — and it wouldn’t work at all if the filmmaker hadn’t lucked into an actor as gifted as Jessup. Now twenty-two, the Canadian-born performer was brilliant on ABC’s American Crime last year, and now, with the U.S. release of the earlier-filmed Closet Monster, it’s clear we’re witnessing the emergence of a major talent, one who can makes us believe in talking hamsters and first kisses that disappoint — and transform — all at once. Closet Monster Distributed by Strand Releasing Directed by Stephen Dunn Opens September 23, IFC Center This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on September 21, 2016 More:Film and TVFilm ReviewsIFC Center	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800111
__label__cc	0.551174	0.448826	Prince Charming’s Christmas Cracker – Visit Hull Search experiences by section All What's On Things To Do Stay Dine & Drink Discover Venues Search What's On experiences by date Prince Charming’s Christmas Cracker HULL TRUCK THEATRE, Hull Truck Theatre, 50 Ferensway, Hull, HU2 8LB 16 Dec 2020 - 3 Jan 2021 A festive fairy-tale adventure sprinkled with surprises, sparkle and a hint of magic. This year, Prince Charming is once more throwing open the palace gates and invites you to attend his annual Christmas ball, the eagerly anticipated ‘Christmas Cracker’. The hottest ticket in town, it is a ‘do’ like you’ve never been to before, and the Prince certainly knows how to party! From festive music to Karaoke, unexpected guests and lashings of humour, the Christmas Cracker has it all. But this year, everyone, especially Cinderella, is in for a big surprise! There is more to this Christmas Cracker than originally meets the eye. Will Cinderella be the belle of the ball? And will Prince Charming and Cinderella finally get their fairy-tale ending? Join us to find out if they live happily ever after. Dress Code: Party Frocks and Christmas Sparkle. Carriages at Midnight. Recommended Age: 5+ and their families. HULL TRUCK THEATRE, 50 Ferensway, HU2 8LB boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk http://www.hulltruck.co.uk A pioneering theatre with a unique Northern Voice, locally rooted, global in outlook, inspiring artists, audiences and communities to reach their greatest potential. We produce and present inspiring theatre that reflects the diversity of a modern Britain. We provide the resources, space and support to grow people and ideas, are an ambassador for our city, a flagship for our region and a welcoming home for our communities. Through our work with schools and local communities we engage with thousands of young people, disabled groups and adults, offering opportunities to participate in the arts, whether as the first step into a career, a way to build confidence and meet new people, or as part of a rounded education. During our Year of Exceptional Drama as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 we welcomed a record number of 108,000 audience members at our home in Hull and on tour around the UK. We were thrilled to work with a wide range of internationally renowned artists and companies to stage 13 home-produced plays, including 7 new commissions. We have announced our ambitious equality and diversity plans as part of our commitment to opening up access to all aspects of the theatre. The animation below details how and why we will be ensuring our doors are well and truly flung open to all. It was developed by the theatre’s Inclusion Action Group. Blue-Badge Parking 10am - 5.30pm (or 30 mins prior to show time) Closed (or from 1 hour prior to show time) View all Local Tips Vittles – FREE local delivery on orders over £20 Mon-Sun 12:00am-12:00am Atom Brewery – FREE delivery on orders over £35 Mon-Sun 12:00pm-12:00am Doner Summer – Vegan street food to order for click & collect Mon-Sun 12:00pm-9:00pm Crafted – Order your favourite meal for delivery or pick-up! Mon-Sun 3:00pm-10:00pm Tapasya Marina – 15% off takeaway orders over £50 Mon-Sat 5:00pm-9:00pm Level – FREE milkshake when you spend £30 on food delivery Mon-Thu & Sun 3:00pm-9:00pm OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE Why not add your event to our page, fill out our simple form and get your name in lights. ©2021 Visit Hull - Hull City Council – All Rights Reserved 3rd Floor Earle House, Colonial Street, Hull, HU2 8JN	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800113
__label__wiki	0.929761	0.929761	Rally champ on track for Coffs Sladevale fire Tyler Aspinall gears up for New Year's Eve Rodeo The Project pokes fun at Ten Ute crashes into front yard of Warwick home Coffs Rally Australia ad 1st Aug 2011 10:28 AM WHEN world champion rally driver Sebastien Loeb hits the Coffs Coast next month, he will be in form and within reach of an eighth straight title. The Frenchman tightened his grip on a this year's Word Rally Championship by winning the Neste Oil Rally Finland at the weekend with a performance that he described as “maybe the best of my career”. Driving a Citroen DS3 WRC for the factory Citroen Total team, Loeb battled throughout to overcome the disadvantage of running first on the road and having to sweep the gravel surface for his rivals in the eighth round of the WRC. He won by 8.1 seconds from Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala of the Ford Abu Team, with Citroen teammate Sebastien Ogier a further 4.7 sec adrift after contesting 22 Special Stages. “It feels very good,” Loeb said after his fourth win of the season. “For sure it was a very difficult race with the other drivers dropping behind me to make me clean the road. But finally we won and in the end it was a big relief and maybe the best win of my career.” Undoubtedly Loeb's 66th career win, scored alongside co-driver Daniel Elena in the country regarded as the home of forest rallying, was one of his most prestigious. He became the first non-Nordic driver to win twice in the 60-year history of the high-speed event known formerly as the Rally of 1000 Lakes and unofficially as the “gravel grand prix”. Teams now head for the all-bitumen ADAC Rallye Deutschland where Loeb, having won the past eight events, stands a good chance of moving closer to surpassing Formula 1's Michael Schumacher as the driver with the most world championships on four wheels. And just three weeks after that the WRC's epic motorsport adventure will land on the Coffs Coast for Rally Australia, with Loeb looking to make amends for losing the 2009 event over a mechanical infringement. Rally Australia will start in the centre of Coffs Harbour at 4.30pm on Thursday, September 8, with a rally car show and driver appearances. Entrants in the WRC competition and two companion events – the Coffs Coast Forest Rally and Coffs Coast Classic Rally – will cover up to 369km on Special Stages in the Nambucca, Bellingen, Coffs Harbour and Clarence Valley local government areas. Coast revs up as rally fever peaks Countdown is on to Rally Australia Aussie WRC a challenge for locals Entries are now open for WRC Rally updates for the public Coffs businesses revved up Rally Australia on track Rally tickets on sale Race on to get rally tickets Local fans can't wait for Rally Revving up Rally to enjoy perfect backdrop Molly on a rally mission Russian towards the Coffs Coast WRC battle looms All the world's best are crashing Tweed and Coffs vie for Rally coffs world rally championship 2011 coffs harbour coffs world rally championship 2011 sebastien loeb	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800114
__label__wiki	0.969656	0.969656	Syria, Israel exchange fire amid regional tension, 1 killed DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said an Israeli attack against a military post in the country’s south on Monday killed a soldier and injured another. Israel, in a rare statement acknowledging firing into Syria, said it was responding to an anti-aircraft fire from Syria against one of its combat planes. The back-to-back statements come amid heightened regional tension over Iran’s role in Syria and other parts of the Middle East. They also follow a number of reported Israeli strikes on Syria in the past ten days, according to state run media. Israel does not usually comment on reports concerning its strikes in neighboring Syria, though it has recently acknowledged striking Iranian targets there. Syrian state TV al-Ikhbariya quoted a military official saying that the Israeli attack came shortly after 2100 local time (1800GMT) and targeted a military outpost east of Khan Arnabeh, a town in Quneitra on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. An earlier statement on state media said one military vehicle was also damaged when a rocket landed in Tal al-Shaar in Quneitra. Israel said it was responding after an anti-aircraft fire from Syria targeted one of its combat planes in Israeli airspace. A statement from the Israeli army said that earlier Monday a Syrian anti-aircraft system fired at one of its aircraft “as it was carrying out a routine flight in Israel. The projectile landed in Syrian territory. In response, we targeted the Syrian launcher that was responsible for firing it.” The Israeli military “sees any threat against its aircraft with great severity and takes measures to defend them.” Israel’s prime minister said in statement shortly afterward that the Syrian army “tried to harm an Israeli plane, it didn’t succeed.” “Our policy is clear — we are not prepared to tolerate any aggression against us, we will retaliate against it forcefully and decisively,” the statement said. Syrian media had reported earlier this month two incidents in which Israeli strikes hit inside southern Syria. El PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, El Paso nonprofits struggled to assist, house, feed and eventually send asylum seekers to destinations inside the United States. Local nonprofits in late 2018 were serving up to 1,000 migrants per day. Shelters were full and on Christmas Eve, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dropped off hundreds of asylum seekers at the El Paso Greyhound bus station.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800115
__label__wiki	0.560207	0.560207	Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer Full PC Game Download Games, Role-playing (RPG) Go to the download link and use it to download Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer on the computer right now. Being a highly praised Role-playing (RPG), Indie category game, it got more active players than other games in the same category. It grabbed the attention of thousands of PC gaming fans since Nov 02, 2015, the day it was launched. Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer Summary Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer is an open-world sci-fi hack’n’slash. Your aim is to explore the inexhaustible amounts of destructible asteroid fields, spacestations and unknown planets of the universe. And maybe, one day you’ll probably find out about one of the most unsolved mystery of our universe… the pixxelfrazzer. Game Title: Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Indie Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows) Game Modes: Single player, Multiplayer Franchise: Not Known Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer Overview Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer is a new game, its graphics quality, gameplay features, and in-game rewards are way better than other top-rated games. All the active users claim that it offers the best gameplay in comparison to other Role-playing (RPG), Indie based games. It works in Single player, Multiplayer mode and you get awesome gameplay in both modes. Play this Action themed game now because it will be quite entertaining and challenging to finish. Players accept that the game has been improved a lot since it was last updated on Nov 20, 2019. It was not easy to develop and include those innovative features in such a short span, but the developers did it and launched this game on Nov 02, 2015. 335 players gave the best compliments to this game with top-ratings on the Game Stores. This game features some of the toughest challenges in Third-Person mode, which make it more entertaining. Being a top-quality Windows PC game, it succeeded in gaining positive response from 0 number of users. 0 users offered 4+ star reviews to this wonderfully crafted PC game. Offering a thrilling and action-packed gameplay, this M-rated game will ensure you don’t feel bored at home. Download Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer PC Click the button below to Download "Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer Game" for PC. Rating Count: 0 ratings Total Ratings: by 0 users This Windows PC game is dominating the entire category in terms of total ratings because it got 70.00 out of 100 ratings! Being a flawlessly developed game, it supports all the popular gaming platforms such as PC (Microsoft Windows). Be one of 1685 number of followers of this game on social media platforms to share your thoughts about its performance. The current average ratings of this PC game are 91.60 out of 100, which may soon increase with upcoming updates. If you Enjoyed Downloading Space – The Return Of The Pixxelfrazzer for PC, then don't forget to share your feedback below.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800116
__label__wiki	0.656523	0.656523	Edelson Institute Real Wealth Report E-Wave Trader Gold Mining Millionaire About Wealth Wave About Sean Brodrick Cycle Charts Wealth Wave The Future Looks Bright for Renewables by Sean Brodrick \| November 19, 2020 If you’re wondering what to invest in for 2021, I have an idea for you: Renewable Energy. Solar and wind are in a massive megatrend, and it’s going to power up profits for investors. Here’s a fun fact: Two-thirds of the new power generation added in the world last year was solar and wind — a total of 119 gigawatts (GW). That’s according to a report from BloombergNEF. The report adds that renewables, including hydro, accounted for 27% of total power produced last year, up from 20% in 2010. And the International Energy Agency (IEA) has its own good news. The IEA says global renewable power generation — excluding hydro — has increased five-fold since 2010. Looking ahead, nearly 90% of new electricity generation installed this year will be renewable, with just 10% powered by gas and coal. If this trend continues, renewable energy will become the world’s largest power source by 2025, displacing coal, which has dominated for the past 50 years. What about natural gas? Installations of new natural gas plants fell to a 10-year low. How about the United States? Well, the U.S. solar market hit a record in the first quarter of this year, installing 3.6 GW. That’s according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. In fact, thanks to utility-scale solar, the American solar market is projected to grow 33% this year, after record installations last year. And the Energy Information Administration predicts that solar and wind energy will be the “fastest-growing source of electricity generation in 2020.” The EIA projects the installation of 23.2 GW of new wind capacity and 12.6 GW of utility-scale solar capacity. And worldwide, wind power generation is forecast to increase by 80% in the next five years. The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on solar and wind installations. It’s slowing them down, but not stopping them. Solar installations in the first quarter represented 40% of all power sector additions that quarter, according to SEIA, but construction delays and reduced demand should drop installations in the rest of the year. Still, now that we have vaccines in the works, it’s likely the solar train will get back on track. Will There Be a Biden Boost? President-elect Joe Biden has laid out a plan for big investments in green energy. While he can accomplish some things on his own, a big chunk of his plan will depend on whether the Democrats are able to win two Senate run-off elections in Georgia. So, a lot of what Biden could do for the renewable energy industry is up in the air until those races are decided in December. Anyway, here is a summary of the top five things Biden would like to do, taken from materials he’s published previously … 1. Spending $400 billion over the next 10 years on advancing renewable energy, along with launching a new agency dedicated to climate technology research. 2. Set methane and pollution limits on coal and gas plants. 3. Deploy new clean energy technology to drastically limit emissions in the agricultural sector. Joe Biden is looking to reduce the U.S. carbon footprint reduction by 50% before 2035. 4. Renew the Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), which started at 30%, but drops to 26% this year, 22% in 2021 and zero in 2022. This tax credit has seen an average increase in installations of 54% since it began. 5. Boost renewable energy production fivefold in the next decade. That will take it from roughly 100 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity today to around 350 GW by 2025 and 500 GW by 2030. A Global Megatrend What if the Democrats lose those run-off elections — they must win both to stop the Republicans from having a Senate majority — and Biden’s green dreams are choked off? Well, then the rest of the world will move on without us, because renewables are a global megatrend. Here’s a chart from Fatih Birol, Executive Director at the IEA. It shows renewable energy installations by country and region, including those already planned through 2021. You can see that the biggest installer of green energy is China. The U.S. is running about even with Europe … for now, anyway. So, how can you play this? You can find individual stocks, and do the hard work of researching them. Or, you can buy exchange-traded funds that hold baskets of stocks. Two ideas would be the Invesco Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN, Rated B) and the First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (NYSE: FAN, Rated B-). The future is bright for renewables. You should get a piece of this action. China’s Expanding Empire by Sean Brodrick \| January 19, 2021 After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, historians began talking about “the end of history.” International conflict would diminish as more nations embraced democracy ... Read more The World’s Savviest Investors Are Moving to Gold by Sean Brodrick And, they’re moving at a rapid pace … Read more The Robots Are Coming Robots have been replacing manufacturing jobs because of their long-term cost savings, and you can bet they’re here to stay. I’ve talked about the rise of robots megatrend before ... and ... Read more Subscribe to receive my weekly market insights, analysis and special offers. Subscribe to Sean’s Youtube Channel! 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__label__wiki	0.689452	0.689452	High Blood Pressure Home Find a Cardiologist WebMDRx Savings Card Hypertension / High Blood Pressure Guide Overview & Facts Symptoms & Types Diagnosis & Tests Living & Managing Related to High Blood Pressure Dental Care and Hypertension Nutrition for Hypertension More Related Topics 5 Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health By Jeanie Lerche Davis From the WebMD Archives A pet is certainly a great friend. After a difficult day, pet owners quite literally feel the love. In fact, for nearly 25 years, research has shown that living with pets provides certain health benefits. Pets help lower blood pressure and lessen anxiety. They boost our immunity. They can even help you get dates. Allergy Fighters "The old thinking was that if your family had a pet, the children were more likely to become allergic to the pet. And if you came from an allergy-prone family, pets should be avoided," says researcher James E. Gern, MD, a pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. However, a growing number of studies have suggested that kids growing up in a home with "furred animals" -- whether it's a pet cat or dog, or on a farm and exposed to large animals -- will have less risk of allergies and asthma, he tells WebMD. In his recent study, Gern analyzed the blood of babies immediately after birth and one year later. He was looking for evidence of an allergic reaction, immunity changes, and for reactions to bacteria in the environment. If a dog lived in the home, infants were less likely to show evidence of pet allergies -- 19% vs. 33%. They also were less likely to have eczema, a common allergy skin condition that causes red patches and itching. In addition, they had higher levels of some immune system chemicals -- a sign of stronger immune system activation. "Dogs are dirty animals, and this suggests that babies who have greater exposure to dirt and allergens have a stronger immune system," Gern says. Date Magnets Dogs are great for making love connections. Forget Internet matchmaking -- a dog is a natural conversation starter. This especially helps ease people out of social isolation or shyness, Nadine Kaslow, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University in Atlanta, tells WebMD. "People ask about breed, they watch the dog's tricks," Kaslow says. "Sometimes the conversation stays at the 'dog level,' sometimes it becomes a real social interchange." Dogs for the Aged "Studies have shown that Alzheimer's patients have fewer anxious outbursts if there is an animal in the home," says Lynette Hart, PhD, associate professor at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. "Their caregivers also feel less burdened when there is a pet, particularly if it is a cat, which generally requires less care than a dog," says Hart. Walking a dog or just caring for a pet -- for elderly people who are able -- can provide exercise and companionship. One insurance company, Midland Life Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, asks clients over age 75 if they have a pet as part of their medical screening -- which often helps tip the scales in their favor. Good for Mind and Soul Pet owners with AIDS are far less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets. "The benefit is especially pronounced when people are strongly attached to their pets," says researcher Judith Siegel, PhD. In one study, stockbrokers with high blood pressure who adopted a cat or dog had lower blood pressure readings in stressful situations than did people without pets. People in stress mode get into a "state of dis-ease," in which harmful chemicals like cortisol and norepinephrine can negatively affect the immune system, says Blair Justice, PhD, a psychology professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health and author of Who Gets Sick: How Beliefs, Moods, and Thoughts Affect Your Health. Studies show a link between these chemicals and plaque buildup in arteries, the red flag for heart disease, says Justice. Like any enjoyable activity, playing with a dog can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine -- nerve transmitters that are known to have pleasurable and calming properties, he tells WebMD. "People take drugs like heroin and cocaine to raise serotonin and dopamine, but the healthy way to do it is to pet your dog, or hug your spouse, watch sunsets, or get around something beautiful in nature," says Justice, who recently hiked the Colorado Rockies with his wife and two dogs. Good for the Heart Heart attack patients who have pets survive longer than those without, according to several studies. Male pet owners have less sign of heart disease -- lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels -- than non-owners, researchers say. WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD SOURCES: Gern, J. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 2004; vol 113: pp 307-314. WebMD Feature: "Pet Doctor." WebMD Feature: "Everyday Playtime for Adults." Nadine Kaslow, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Emory University, Atlanta. Lynette Hart, PhD, associate professor, University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Blair Justice, PhD, psychology professor, University of Texas School of Public Health; author, Who Gets Sick: How Beliefs, Moods, and Thoughts Affect Your Health. © 2004 WebMD, Inc. All rights Reserved. Men: Is Hypertension Harming Your Sex Life? Is a Plant-Based Diet Good for Your Heart? Are You at Risk for Prehypertension? 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__label__wiki	0.920425	0.920425	Hetty Feather Home > Birmingham > Circus \| Family \| Kids \| Theatre \| Theatre Reviews by dpm (subscribe) dpm is a Birmingham-based freelancer with experience of arts and lifestyle features. Event: 08/03/2016 - 12/03/2016 Drama, music, humour and circus skills bring tale to life One of author Jacqueline Wilson's most popular characters comes to life in this family show bringing together dance, music, drama and circus skills. Performed at Birmingham Repertory Theatre until March 12, Hetty Feather is a heart-warmer. Set in Victorian England, it tells the story of a baby handed over to the Foundling Hospital. With no family, no name and no independent means of survival, the infant's life is planned out for her. Renamed Hetty Feather, she will be brought up to be grateful, to be obedient and to take up a position as a servant. But Hetty proves to be much more headstrong than those running the Foundling Hospital had planned for. Desperate to make her way in the world, Hetty sets her heart on a life in the circus and believes the wondrous Madame Adeline, trapeze artist and horse rider, to be her real mother. Phoebe Thomas as Hetty Feather A cast of six actors and two musicians bring the story to life in this production which gained Olivier Award nominations during its West End run. Between them they cover a vast array of characters from fellow foundlings to strict staff and from circus performers to kind-hearted foster mums. In the centre of it all, Phoebe Thomas is totally engaging as Hetty. From her opening scenes as she swings on the trapeze and brings the audience into her confidence it's impossible not to be rooting for this feisty youngster who is determined to fight despite all the odds being stacked against her. Adapted for the stage by Emma Reeves and directed by Sally Cookson, the production moves at a rapid pace with an imaginative use of circus skills which sees a number of characters taking to the skies. Designed by Katie Sykes, the setting is simple but effective, recreating a country cottage, the inside of the Hospital, the streets of London and the Big Top. Hetty Feather cast It would be hard not to like this production. It may be aimed at youngsters but its indomitable message that love and hope win through even the darkest of situations will also strike a chord with many adults. subscribe to dpm's articles Why? A powerful tale of love and hope When: Until March 12 Website: birmingham-rep.co.uk Where: Birmingham Repertory Theatre Circus (subscribe) Family (subscribe) Kids (subscribe) Theatre (subscribe) Theatre Reviews (subscribe) March (subscribe) More articles by dpm Birmingham Pro Class Offers Free Online Dance Classes Triple Bill of Beethoven - Review CBSO The Organ Symphony at Symphony Hall Sampad South Asian Arts at Two Festivals What's on at Birmingham Rep - Autumn & Winter 2016 Pictures at an Exhibition @ Birmingham Symphony Hall View all articles by dpm BookBub for Book Lovers (Everywhere) Secret Swimming Hole - Barrel in the Upper Barron (Far North Queensland) Explore Kuitpo (Adelaide) Kids in the Kitchen - Event Cancelled (Sydney)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800121
__label__wiki	0.801861	0.801861	Suzanne Smith, Thompson’s attorney, said her client never intended to willfully or intentionally commit any act that the court found contemptuous. Thompson, she said, was “in trial mode.” She misunderstood the situation and what the judge wanted her to do. Next, Thompson reiterated that she was not acting intentionally or willfully against the court. “The court regarded some of my conduct as being disrespectful to the court,” Thompson said. “That was not my intention.” MORE:York County juror who went AWOL must perform 50 hours of community service In 2018, Thompson made national news when former York County President Commissioner Steve Chronister twice called 911 on her and four other black women for golfing too slowly at Grandview Golf Club in Dover Township. She recently ran for York County judge but lost to Matt Menges. Contact Dylan Segelbaum at 717-771-2102. Check out these stories about the criminal justice system in York County, which might also be of interest: Some Pa. mental health patients end up with felonies instead of care Why thousands lose their license in Pa. without a DUI He received felony charges for missing payments on a rented laptop. A deputy sheriff came to inventory their property — over a trash bill People steal $100,000 or more in York County and avoid prison.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800122
__label__wiki	0.986261	0.986261	News Sports YD-Preps Crime Watch Photos / Videos Opinion Obituaries E-Edition Legals York Twp. fire lieutenant charged, removed from duty for crash dust-up Liz Evans Scolforo A York Township volunteer fire lieutenant accused of pushing a state trooper at the scene of an Interstate 83 crash is being criminally charged and has been relieved of his duties. Michael T. Naylor, 49, of Park Avenue in Glen Rock, has not yet been arraigned on third-degree misdemeanor charges of obstructing emergency services and disorderly conduct, according to court records. Those records indicate he is awaiting scheduling of a preliminary hearing, meaning he will be arraigned on charges immediately prior to the proceeding, which also is known as a probable-cause hearing. Naylor could not be reached for comment on Thursday, Nov. 7, and it's unclear if he has retained an attorney. He was a dedicated firefighter for York Township's Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1, company president Wendy Tracey said, but he admitted to shoving a state trooper. "His intentions were good," she said. "Mike was very concerned about patient care, but in the end, the police weren't doing anything they shouldn't have been doing. "Whenever you touch a law-enforcement officer, it's not right — no matter who started it," Tracey told The York Dispatch, adding that letting Naylor go "was a very hard decision." The allegations: State police said troopers were sent to the scene of an alleged DUI crash on I-83 southbound near the Queen Street exit (Exit 16) about 7:50 p.m. Sept. 29. Inside the crashed vehicle was a man in the driver's seat who police said was overdosing on opioids and needed to be given Narcan, police said, which reverses the effects of opioids. He was unconscious and his stomach was convulsing, police said. There were two children in the vehicle as well, police said. Trooper Mitchell Penrose broke a passenger-side window and started yelling at the driver to wake up, to little avail, documents indicate. Penrose then began cutting the deployed driver-side airbag to get to the driver while a second trooper waited to administer the Narcan, police said. That's when Naylor and other York Township fire/rescue workers arrived. Naylor told the troopers, "Guys, quit breaking glass until we figure out what's going on," and, "That's our job. You don't have to do that," documents allege. Penrose told the firefighters he was trying to get the driver out of the vehicle and that fire crews could leave the scene, according to police. When Naylor told troopers they should cover the man's face because of breaking glass, the troopers explained the man was high, prompting Naylor to reply he didn't care if the man was high or not, documents state. 'Go right ahead': Penrose ordered Naylor to leave the scene or he would be arrested, prompting Naylor to say, "Go right ahead" and "You better call your supervisor," charging documents allege. Penrose started escorting Naylor from the crash scene, which is when Naylor allegedly turned around and pushed Penrose with both hands, police allege. The trooper responded by taking Naylor to the ground and handcuffing him, according to charging documents. Penrose later told investigators he initially thought the driver was dead, then saw the stomach convulsions, lack of pigment and open mouth, and believed the driver was overdosing and needed to be revived, documents state. A second trooper at the scene, Trooper Aaron Patschke — the one who was holding the Narcan in preparation of reviving the driver — said he had to turn his attention to backing up Penrose when the physical altercation happened. When Patschke returned to the vehicle, an ambulance worker had already moved in and was able to administer Narcan and revive the driver, police said. A witness to the incident told troopers both children were able to get out of the vehicle themselves and that it appeared to him that troopers were trying to help the driver to the best of their ability, documents state Rescue crews 'shocked': Tracey said other York Township fire/rescue personnel on scene were shocked by the encounter. "We don't see our co-workers in handcuffs every day," she said. "I got there after the fact and everyone seemed to be shaking hands and OK. But it did become a media issue. ... Goodwill started our own investigation." Naylor was placed on administrative leave Oct. 1, pending the outcome of the fire and police investigations, according to Tracey. "On Oct. 30, when I heard charges were going to be filed, we relieved him of his duty," she said. She said she was taken aback by the allegations in Naylor's charging documents and said she initially was told by a couple of people at the scene that Naylor was shoved first by Penrose. At this point, neither Tracey nor state police are saying that Penrose shoved Naylor first. Tracey said troopers had no duty to yield to fire or EMS personnel at the scene because a crime had occurred. Valued volunteer: "He was a dedicated firefighter volunteer" with Goodwill No. 1 for about three years, according to Tracey. "He'd often rearrange his schedule so he could ... man the station during short-staffing times," she said. "This never happened before with him." Naylor is a retired paramedic, according to Tracey. She said Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 has "a very good relationship" with police. — Reach senior crime reporter Liz Evans Scolforo at levans@yorkdispatch.com or on Twitter at @LizScolforoYD.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800123
__label__wiki	0.78281	0.78281	Wings Herald Air Terrorism Air France Boeing 777 made an emergency landing in Paraguay after fuel leak Air France Boeing 777 made an emergency landing at the airport in Paraguay after fuel leak. The airplane with 300 people on board was en route from Buenos Aires to Paris, but at 19.30 local time made an emergency landing at the airport “Silvio Pettirossi” in Asuncion due to a sharp smell in the cabin. the aircraft succeeded to land safely without any reported injuries. the airplane reached the terminal, where all the passengers were disembarked and transferred to another flight to Paris. “We took all necessary measures in case of an emergency, we sent volunteer firefighters to avoid any incidents, also ambulances were on duty”, said the National Civil Aviation Administration (Dinac). The investigation for the root cause of the accident was initiated. It was found that aircraft suffered fuel leak, which caused the smell in the cabin. Also there was immediate danger for the passengers if the pilots did not followed strictly the safety procedures and diverted to Paraguay. Fortunately there were no injured people and no reported damages. Boeing 777 is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliners developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world’s largest twinjet and has a typical seating capacity of 314 to 396 passengers, with a range of 5,240 to 8,555 nautical miles (9,704 to 15,844 km). Posted by Svilen Petrov Svilen Petrov is 33-year-old man from Varna, Bulgaria. He is working as co-Editor and journalist at Wings Herald, writing about aviation accidents. Svilen has experience in content writing and his latest passion is aviation. Air Astana launched the new low-cost airline FlyArystan Closing the Airbus A380 program might be expensive for German taxpayers Sukhoi Civil Aircraft will supply Kom Airlines with six aircraft SSJ 100 Newer PostBritish Airways started testing biometric boarding at the airport in Los Angeles Older PostQatar Airways interested in acquiring stake in Aeroflot Wings Herald Team Viliyana Filipova Silvia Slavkova Svilen Petrov Christopher Clemente Johnny Cheng Emmanuel Kinara Copyright 2016-2017 Wings Herald Contacts \| Advertise	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800130
__label__wiki	0.977129	0.977129	Global Summit Dubai WION World Order WION Global Summit WION Mission Smart Cities Thousands gather ahead of rare Japan imperial parade Tokyo, Japan Published: Nov 10, 2019, 11.06 AM(IST) People wave Japanese national flags as they wait for the royal parade for Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in Tokyo. Photograph:( AFP ) The motorcade scheduled for later in the afternoon is one of the final public events associated with Naruhito's assumption of the throne following his father Akihito's abdication earlier this year. Thousands of people gathered in Tokyo on Sunday ahead of a rare open-top car parade featuring newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, with heavy security in place for the event. The royal couple will be driven around 4.6 kilometres (2.9 miles) through central Tokyo, with tens of thousands expected to line the route. The couple's first parade since their marriage in 1993 was originally scheduled for October 22 as part of a series of events marking the official proclamation of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement. But the government rescheduled the parade after nearly 80 people were killed in Typhoon Hagibis, which slammed into Japan in mid-October, causing widespread damage. Hours before the scheduled 3 pm (0600 GMT) start of the parade, long queues formed at dozens of security checkpoints, with eager spectators waiting to secure seats to watch the motorcade, which will feature some 50 vehicles in total. "I'm looking forward to see the dress Empress Masako will wear," Hiroko Kikuta, in her 60s, told AFP. "This will be my last chance to see an imperial parade," added Yukari Oshita, also in her 60s, as she waited near the Imperial Palace. "The Emperor is a few years younger than me but belongs to the same generation," she said. "And Empress Masako is someone who can be a role model for modern women with full-time jobs," she said. Born into a diplomatic family and educated at Harvard, Masako left behind a promising diplomatic career to marry into the royal family. She has struggled to adjust to cloistered royal life, suffering an adjustment disorder that led to a scaling back of her public appearances. But she has appeared confident during the events marking Naruhito's enthronement. She won plaudits for her assured performance when US President Donald Trump became the first foreign leader to meet the new emperor, winning praise in particular for her ability to converse in fluent English. Naruhito, 59, officially succeeded his father in May, but a series of ceremonies and rites celebrating his enthronement are being held last month, this month and later this year. The official enthronement ceremony was held last month. The parade comes a day after a national festival to celebrate the enthronement with dancers and pop stars offering performances. Joe Biden gives tearful goodbye to Delaware while honouring late son Beau In farewell address, Trump touts new beginning for 'Make America Great Again' US crosses 400,000 COVID-19 fatalities as Biden pays tribute to victims Joe Biden grieves America's COVID-19 victims on eve of inauguration Read in App	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800132
__label__cc	0.723225	0.276775	Happy Ostara! On today's blog, I welcome a poet and novelist of dark fiction, a cat lover, and a fellow Stevie Nicks fanatic. Clearly, she has good taste. Please welcome SARA TANTLINGER! WH: Hi, Sara! Please give us a brief introduction of your fabulous self: Hello and thank you so much for having me! My name is Sara Tantlinger and I write horror. While I mostly write dark, speculative poetry, I’ve been exploring more prose lately, which has been a blast. I live about an hour outside of Pittsburgh in the middle of the woods, a great location to inspire spooky stories. When I’m not writing, I’m usually teaching college courses, editing, reading, drinking coffee, or finding new places to explore. WH: Thanks for being here! What are the themes that connect the poetry in each of your collections, Love for Slaughter and The Devil’s Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmes? The themes are pretty different in each, but I’d say they are connected by a sense of discovering how much darkness a person can hold. In Love for Slaughter, that darkness stems from a sense of all-consuming love and passion – how something as beautiful as love can turn out to be deadly and corrupt. For The Devil’s Dreamland, the darkness is more societal and reflected in the actions of serial killer H.H. Holmes. He was a man of many schemes, cons, and of course, murders. His evil is horrifying, yet his inner darkness was derived from a radically driven ambition, and many of us can relate to ambition; so, the horror really stems from the reality of what ambition can drive a person to do to other human beings. WH: Did any personal experiences contribute to the poems found in these collections? How much of what you write stems from life experience and how much is simply fictional? Some personal experiences definitely inspired a few ideas in Love for Slaughter, but a lot of it also came from literary influences like Wuthering Heights. For the collection inspired by H.H. Holmes, it was all entirely research-based with my own fictional twists added to them. I think for writing in general, it’s really difficult to completely escape yourself. Our individual backgrounds, experiences, cultures and more always affect our writing styles, so more likely than not experience from real life will end up on the page, but it may not be in a way you expect. WH: I'm a big fan of Wuthering Heights, and you're right--the collection of an author's works tells their own personal journey, doesn't it? Do you have any writing rituals to get the creative juices flowing? I love making playlists while I brainstorm. It’s a fun challenge to find songs to fit the theme of whatever I’m writing. However, I can only do this when brainstorming and plotting. When I’m writing the first draft and revisions, I have to have silence. Otherwise, I find just going for a walk or a sunny drive helps the ideas take form in my brain. WH: I'm so happy to hear this! For so long, I've thought myself to be the only person who needed silence while writing! Do you have any plans to write/publish any horror novels? How would your poetry-writing experience affect your fiction-writing skills? Yes! My thesis novel from graduate school is done and with someone right now, which is all I can really say about it, but it’s a horror/dark fantasy novel that hopefully I can talk about more later! I’m also currently working on a historical horror novel inspired by the “Mad Queen” of Madagascar – Ranavalona I. Poetry has been incredibly helpful for writing prose. It teaches you how to be concise, how to evoke sensory descriptions in powerful ways, and how to make prose sound interesting and poetic without making it “purple prose.” It can also be a great tool for getting ideas floating when you’re not quite ready to dive into the first chapter or something like that. I love writing poems from character or setting viewpoints to get ideas going. WH: I would definitely sign up to a workshop on using poetry to strengthen prose skills if you ever gave one. Who are some of your literary inspirations? So many! I’m a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe, of course. William Blake has been another monumental inspiration for me – his work really pushed boundaries and explored genre-bending in new ways. Kate Chopin is another all-time favorite; The Awakening is a story I come back to time and time again when I need some perspective in my life. WH: How have you changed as a person from your early life until now? I think I’ve definitely grown more confident over the years with my writing and just trying to get myself out there. It can be incredibly difficult some days. I’m an introvert, but I love socializing with other writers, especially in the horror community; so, comparing where I’m at now to how quiet I was during earlier school years both socially and confidence-wise, I think I’m finally starting to become a person I always knew I was meant to be, which has been an exciting process! WH: I empathize completely. I think most writers would. What is something few people know about you? Any secret talents? I’m a really competitive gamer. My sister and I always played everything from Mortal Kombat to Mario Kart to board games like Monopoly and Scattergories,so we really enjoyed challenging each other (and still do) but it’s definitely made me really competitive any time I get the chance to kick someone’s butt, especially with Mortal Kombat :-) I also love mixology and am working on my own drink recipes inspired by my poetry! WH: How cool! Speaking of which... How do you like your coffee? Do you have a favorite meal? What’s your favorite dessert? (I love asking people about their food choices. Says so much about personality!) I love a good iced coffee with a shot of flavor – any flavor will do! I don’t really have a favorite meal, but going to the beach and getting fresh seafood is one of my favorite things in the world when I get the chance to go. Crab legs are the best! As for dessert, I do enjoy a yummy slice of cheesecake. WH: Wonder what you would grab at the seafood markets here in Miami and the Keys. So, what is the witchiest thing about you, Sara (we’re all a little witchy)? Definitely my cat – he’s my little familiar and follows me wherever I go. I’d also have to say my nearly all-black closet and my obsession with Stevie Nicks (my witchy queen – she’s amazing and so inspiring!). WH: Stevie Nicks is my spirit animal. I don't know how my husband doesn't get sick of me playing her music over and over again. What is the most awesome thing happening in your life right now that you’d like to share with us? What’s next for you? We can’t wait to see what you have coming up! My debut novella will be out this July! I am so excited to share a longer prose work with everyone. It will be published with Unnerving, who I love! It’s titled To Be Devoured and is a dark, psychological horror tale about a woman (Andi) who becomes infatuated with vultures – her desire to understand their taste for carrion sends her life spiraling down a path from which she can never return the same. Her girlfriend and her neighbor try to help, but will Andi’s obsession prove to be too much? Wow, great title! Can't wait to get it. Sara, thank you so much for being with me here today. I hope to meet you at StokerCon in a few weeks, so we can talk Stevie Nicks and horror over a slice of cheesecake! To follow Sara Tantlinger, visit the following links: * Website: saratantlinger.com * Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Sara-Tantlinger/e/B06X6GBXZB * Latest release: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KQMCR3Z * Twitter: sarajane524 * Instagram: inkychaotics Sara Tantlinger resides outside of Pittsburgh on a hill in the woods. Her dark poetry collections Love for Slaughterand The Devil’s Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmesare published with StrangeHouse books. She is a poetry editor for the Oddville Press, a graduate of Seton Hill’s MFA program, a member of the SFPA, and an active member of the HWA. She embraces all things strange and can be found lurking in graveyards or on Twitter @SaraJane524 and at saratantlinger.com. Sara’s poetry, flash fiction, and short stories can be found in several magazines and anthologies, including the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. II and V, the Horror Zine, Unnerving, Abyss & Apex, the 2018 Rhysling Anthology, 100 Word Horrors, and the Sunlight Press. Currently, Sara is editing Not All Monsters, an anthology that will be comprised entirely of women who write speculative fiction. The anthology is set for a 2020 release with StrangeHouse Books. Getting to Know Horror Author, MARC L. ABBOTT	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800133
__label__cc	0.545334	0.454666	How to Level Up Your Plank 'The Pandemic Isolated Me from My Queer Family' This 5-Move Mood-Boosting Workout is Properly Good Overthinker? 6 Points To Consider, to Reduce Worry 5 Ways Feeling Lonely Can Impact You Physically Plus, how best to get to the root of the problem By Lauren Brown Hind BouqartachaGetty Images In this bizarre, uncertain period – full of, perhaps, incessant digital connection (hello, endless 'Teams' meetings) and very few IRL hangs, feelings of loneliness are spiking. Here at Women's Health, we know this first hand. After polling over 2,000 of you – our readers, listeners and followers – we found that 79% of you feel more lonely now than you did before the pandemic. For single people, this number rises to 87%. It's thanks to this scary data that we are launching a new campaign: 'The Loneliness Remedy.' This hinges on a simple concept, rooted in the latest research on the significance of social connection: that much as you prep healthy food, plan your at-home workouts and take time out for self-care, working on your 'social nutrition' – cultivating meaningful connections and caring for others, to avoid the problem of loneliness – is key to your health. Our advice? That just as you strive to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, you aim for five socially nutritious interactions every day, too. (You can read up on how to get your other five a day, here.) The coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns part one and two have made all of our world’s smaller, connections more scarce and have reduced many of our most nourishing relationships to a tinny voice emanating from an iPhone speaker. Unsurprisingly, loneliness has soared as a result. According to a Women's Health survey carried out on you, our readers, 79% feel more lonely now than you did before the pandemic. For single people, this number rises to 87%. Not being able to maintain social connections in the usual, face-to-face way has for many people strained those essential ties, while for others loneliness is deeper rooted and has in contrast been a feature of life for a much longer time. According to the Office for National Statistics, from 3 April to 3 May 2020, around 2.6 million people across the UK were 'chronically lonely', having reported that they felt lonely 'often or always'. During the same period, around 7.4 million people reported that their well-being had been affected through feeling lonely in the past seven days, a group referred to by the ONS as 'lockdown lonely'. Working-age adults living alone were more likely to report loneliness both 'often or always' and over the past seven days than the average adult; this was also the case for those in 'bad' or 'very bad' health, in rented accommodation, or who were either single, divorced, separated or widowed. Again, according to the ONS, women report feeling lonely 'often or always', 'some of the time' or 'occasionally' more often than men, and are less likely to say they 'never' felt lonely. Loneliness is most often seen as a psychological rather than a physical affliction. As Dr Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist and co-founder of My Online Therapy explains, those dealing with it: 'may feel like they can’t connect to their loved ones on a deeper, more intimate level. They may feel like their family only knows them on a surface-level and that they don’t know the real them. Although they might have plenty of acquaintances, they might not feel they have best friends who "get them".' But as the Campaign to End Loneliness points out, the sensation is a more complex problem than simply an emotional experience. It’s a physical one, too, with social isolation harmful to our physical as well as our mental health. Paying attention to the physical impacts as well as the mental impacts - acknowledging that these are not quite as distinct from each other as that - can help ease loneliness. Below we’ve outlined some of loneliness’s physical manifestations to be aware of. 1. Sleeping too much or too little The low mood that comes with feeling lonely can disrupt one’s normal sleeping patterns and lead to the development of poor health behaviours which then exacerbate low mood. This can then turn into a cycle of poor physical and mental health. 'I think it’s always a surprise to people that loneliness impacts the quality of sleep so much,' Professor Pamela Qualter, a leading UK loneliness in children and adolescents at the University of Manchester, explains. 'But given that we need good sleep for physical development and also to engage with work, the implications of loneliness are important to consider. Helping people manage the emotions that accompany loneliness enables people to make better health choices, but providing people with information about loneliness empowers them, and hopefully, enables them to re-connect with others.' She adds that often people seek to self-medicate, “trying to manage the negative emotions that come with loneliness (sadness, anger) through comfort eating or drinking alcohol”, but warns that doing so only propagates a negative pattern of behaviour that can further isolate an individual. 2. Cardiovascular problems Researchers have argued that loneliness is linked to cardiovascular disease because of the increased cortisol - a stress hormone - that accompanies loneliness. This is because, Professor Qualter explains, 'cortisol causes wear and tear of the cardiovascular system, so if it is experienced for a long time the effects can be very damaging.' Research by the University of York found that loneliness and social isolation are linked to a 29% increased risk of a heart attack or angina and a 32% heightened risk of having a stroke, with the association comparable to the effects of anxiety and job stress. According to Harvard research, loneliness poses the same risk as smoking for heart disease. 3. Hypertension Hypertension - or high blood pressure - can also be a result of loneliness, researchhas found. It found that the effect of loneliness accumulates to produce greater increases in systolic blood pressure (a measure of the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats) over a 4-year period than are observed in less lonely individuals. Greater loneliness means greater pressure on the cardiovascular system which can lead to problems later down the line. 4. Immune system problems Loneliness can lead to long-term 'fight-or-flight' stress signalling, according to a study by the University of California, which negatively affects immune system functioning. The research found that in lonely people there was an increased expression of genes involved in inflammation and a decreased expression of genes involved in antiviral responses. Lisa Jaremka, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Behavioural Medicine Research at Ohio State University and lead author of another paper on 'Loneliness and Immune Dysregulation' says: 'One reason this type of research is important is to understand how loneliness and relationships broadly affect health. 'The more we understand about the process, the more potential there is to counter those negative effects – to perhaps intervene. If we don't know the physiological processes, what are we going to do to change them?' She adds that loneliness has been thought of in many ways as a chronic stressor – a socially painful situation that can last for a long time. 'We saw consistency in the sense that more lonely people in both studies had more inflammation than less lonely people [and] it's also important to remember the flip side, which is that people who feel very socially connected are experiencing more positive outcomes.' 5. Cognitive decline Scientific research has found that loneliness can impact cognitive function – and has even been linked to dementia. One such study by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid, Spain concluded that: 'Both loneliness and social isolation are associated with decreased cognitive function [such as delayed recall and verbal fluency] over a three year follow-up period' and that 'the development of interventions that include the enhancement of social participation and the maintenance of emotionally supportive relationships might contribute to cognitive decline prevention and risk reduction.' For Professor Qualter, talking more openly about loneliness will help to remove some of the stigma around it and, hopefully, encourage more people to seek help and support when they are in need. Do You Ever Feel Lonely? This Might Help This Is How Covid-19 Has Affected Mental Health 7 Tips for Dealing With Job Loss Worry 'Loneliness is a subjective experience,' she says. 'Remember that saying "lonely in a crowd"? Often people are surrounded by others and do not look to be suffering. Sometimes it’s just not possible for others to know when others are lonely. And because of the stigma still associated with loneliness, people do not talk about it. Taking a moment to stop and evaluate why we’re feeling how we’re feeling can also illuminate a path out of the woods. 'I think it’s hard for individuals to know why they are feeling sad and angry,' she explains, 'and they may not put it down to loneliness. That’s why it is so important that we take time to re-evaluate our social relationships and work out whether the uncomfortable, negative emotions we are feeling come from loneliness: if they do, it is about finding ways to manage that and re-connect.' How to get your 'five socially nutritious interactions' a day To counter all of this, and to help you to increase the connection in your life, WH wants you to get to know your 'social biome' – a concept at the core of The Loneliness Remedy. Jeffrey Hall, Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas, coined the phrase and believes it to be a useful metaphor for how we imagine the medley of social interactions we get throughout a day. Think of it like your gut microbiome: a living, ever-evolving thing that responds to what you feed it and has seismic implications for how you feel. So, just like you know to keep your gut microbes healthy by aiming to eat 30+ plant foods per week and showing them extra love by adding in fermented foods, your social biome deserves similar TLC. Our suggestion, that Professor Hall supports? That you aim for five socially nutritious interactions a day: the same number as the amount of fruit and veg that the NHS recommends you get in. Practically, this means taking a more analytical approach to your social life and dedicating time to engaging in the sorts of meaningful interactions that will truly enrich you. To determine how socially nourishing an interaction will be, Professor Hall wants you to think about the following... ‘The interactions that will sustain you the most will be from the people you are closest to,’ he explains. ‘I call this your “first 15”. Take the time to identify who those people are, then actively allocate time to nurture your emotional connection with them.’ This is extra important during a stressful time, when you want to make sure that you’re spending your limited reserves of social energy efficiently; on interactions that you know will truly nourish you. ‘There are four kinds of conversations that are particularly valuable for your social health. They are: meaningful (talking about the big stuff or stuff that matters to you), catching up, joking around and expressing concern or affection,’ Professor Hall explains. Someone with a healthy social biome will have a balance of these sorts of interactions every week. ‘The gold standard is always meeting face to face, followed by a phone call,’ says Professor Hall. Video isn’t actually all that fulfilling. ‘Because you expend more energy in setting it up and keeping it going, it isn’t as easy as calling someone for a chat.’ Next on the list comes texting and instant messaging and then, bottom rung, is going on social media. Prioritise hearty social meals over junk snacks ‘Even though going on social media allows you to consume lots of information about people it doesn’t provide the depth of connection that people need to feel really socially nourished. And research shows that when we have that motivation to interact decreased, then we’re less likely to turn to the more in-depth conversation because we’ve already used up all our energy scrolling through our social feeds for an hour.’ Plan your social life like your meals and workouts ‘More than ever, we have to build intentional social routines, like you do around work, exercising and what you eat. That includes fostering our closest relationships through routine and generally we don’t do that. Diarise catch ups with your closest relationships so there’s a solid foundation of connection. And then when you feel that pang of loneliness, treat it as what it is: a cue to connect.’ More From The Loneliness Remedy 8 Things to Do, If You Feel Lonely Today ‘As a New Mum During COVID, Loneliness Hit, Hard’ 7 Expert Therapist Tips on Spending Christmas Solo 7 Ways of Working Through Festive Loneliness Lonely? Here’s How to Get Your Social ‘5 a Day’ A Therapist Answers Your Loneliness Questions How Gemma Atkinson Handles Gorka Working Away 79% of People Feel Lonelier, What to do About it Feeling Lonely? Here’s How WH Can Help The Loneliness Remedy 5 healthy snacks you can make at home Editor's Blog: Physical Ed #5 - Fitness Monogamy Shop! Feel Good Buys From £5 5 reasons you feel tired all the time in winter 5 Bits Of News On The Genuine Health Impacts Of Pokemon Go Physical Ed: 5 New Superfoods You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800136
__label__wiki	0.530988	0.530988	Workplace Fairness Your Workplace Rights Protect Your Rights About WF Two Worlds: Waiters Who Starve, And Those Who Don’t Arabic Bulgarian Catalan Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Daw Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese decrease text sizeincrease text size Posted on June 19, 2012 June 19, 2012 by Jonathan Tasini Two sides of the planet. Two different systems. Two different realities for workers–and, therein, lies the lesson: economies are about power, and values. Over in the U.S., if you are a waiter in the food industry, you are screwed, as Mark Bittman outlined in his column a few days ago, on the backs of a searing indictment called “The Hands That Feed Us”. Bittman writes: Help wanted: Salary: $19,000 (some may be withheld or stolen). No health insurance, paid sick days or paid vacation. Opportunity for advancement: nearly nil. This job, or something much like it, is held by nearly 20 million people, 10 million of whom work in restaurants. They are the workers employed in producing, processing and delivering our food, who have been portrayed in vivid and often dispiriting detail in a new report called The Hands That Feed Us. Written by the Food Chain Workers Alliance, the report surveyed nearly 700 workers employed in five major sectors: production, processing, distribution, retail and service. The upshot: Our food comes at great expense to the workers who provide it. “The biggest workforce in America can’t put food on the table except when they go to work,” says Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-U).[emphasis added] All this comes because of the pathetic “special minimum wage”–$2.13 an hour–paid to restaurant workers: Take that $2.13 figure, the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. Legally, tips should cover the difference between that and the federal minimum wage, now a whopping $7.25. If they don’t, employers are obligated to make up the difference. But that doesn’t always happen, leaving millions of servers — 70 percent of whom are women — taking home far less than the minimum wage. Which brings us to the happily almost-forgotten Herman Cain. What’s called the “tipped minimum wage” — that $2.13 — once increased in proportion to the regular minimum wage. But in 1996, the year Cain took over as head of the National Restaurant Association (NRA), he struck a deal with President Bill Clinton and his fellow Democrats. In exchange for an increase in the regular minimum wage, the tipped minimum wage was de-coupled. The result: despite regular increases in the regular minimum wage, the tipped minimum wage hasn’t changed since 1991. Other disheartening facts: Around one in eight jobs in the food industry provides a wage greater than 150 percent of the regional poverty level. More than three-quarters of the workers surveyed don’t receive health insurance from their employers. (Fifty-eight percent don’t have it at all; national health care, anyone?) More than half have worked while sick or suffered injuries or health problems on the job, and more than a third reported some form of wage theft in the previous week. Not year: week. And, as a reminder, even the $7.25-an-hour minimum wage, as I’ve pointed out for a number of years , is far below what it should be. It should be at least $20-an-hour, if you take into account how much productivity has risen over the past 30 years. But, now, let’s take a trip half a planet away–to Australia where I have the pleasure of hanging my hat for a bit. The national minimum wage will go up to about $16-an-hour on July 1st. Waiters make that–and usually as much as $20-an-hour. Oh, and don’t forget they also are covered by the national health care plan (called “Medicare” here). And, so, my Aussie friends are usually mildly annoyed when I add a tip to everything I eat–including coffee. It’s not that Aussies don’t tip–they do. But, it’s seen as an extra, a little more for particularly good service or when it seems appropriate. But, no one tipping a waiter here thinks that, in doing so, they are making a difference between a waiter making the rent or going broke. It’s not that waiters are rich. It is simply that they can do their job and earn a fair wage. That’s the difference: exploitation U.S.-style versus a fair wage Aussie-style. That is about basic values, morality and, ultimately, power. This post originally appeared in Working Life on June 18, 2012. Reprinted with permission. About the Author: Jonathan Tasini is the executive director of Labor Research Association. Tasini ran for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in New York. For the past 25 years, Jonathan has been a union leader and organizer, a social activist, and a commentator and writer on work, labor and the economy. From 1990 to April 2003, he served as president of the National Writers Union (United Auto Workers Local 1981). He was the lead plaintiff in Tasini vs. The New York Times, the landmark electronic rights case that took on the corporate media’s assault on the rights of thousands of freelance authors. 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__label__wiki	0.75608	0.75608	WyoFile Indepth News about Wyoming People, Places & Policy. Wyoming news. Drake’s Take Madden’s Measure Studio Wyoming Review Budget cuts threaten academy, jobs in already reeling Guernsey Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Deputy Director David Salazar stands between rows of barracks at the national guard base in Guernsey in December, 2020. One building on the base is used today by the academy, which Gov. Mark Gordon wants to defund. (Andrew Graham/WyoFile) January 5, 2021 by Andrew Graham Leave a Comment Staff at the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy in Guernsey spent part of Dec. 17 counting camouflage pants. The military reform program for high school students, funded in part by the state but mostly by the U.S. Department of Defense, was inventorying equipment in case it soon needed to be sold, according to WCCA Deputy Director David Salazar. Ellen Long helped with the count. She’d recently returned to work for the program, drawn, she said, by a connection with students who need someone to “set them on the right track.” Long had once needed the same, she said, and her work at the school was compelling enough for her to move from her native Florida back to Guernsey. Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy students share a meal in a photograph posted to the school’s Facebook page on February 14, 2020. (WCCA Facebook page) How much longer she and 40 other employees at the small academy — which adjoins the Army National Guard base in Guernsey — will have work is another question. In November, Gov. Mark Gordon proposed terminating the program’s funding to save the state about $1.5 million a year among hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts statewide. Officials at the academy had just a few hours warning that the governor’s budget proposal would eliminate their program before Gordon publicized the document, Salazar told WyoFile. WCCA has its skeptics, but advocates say the program’s impact on the lives of employees in Platte and Goshen counties, as well as its past and future students, is outsized. And no one disputes that the loss of 41 stable jobs would be a gut punch to Guernsey, a high plains town of around 1,200 that’s already reeling from the closure of another key employer — a BNSF Railway machine shop In December, following a wave of supportive testimony, the Joint Appropriations Committee rejected Gordon’s recommendation, and instead proposed a 20% cut — around $600,000 — to the school’s biennial budget. But a final state budget is likely months of closed-door wheeling and dealing from being completed. The program and its community’s fate will remain undecided until then. As the governor and the Legislature continue to prioritize cuts over new revenue sources as they try to balance a yawning budget deficit, the fight over the WCCA is illustrative of the difficult choices, and real human impacts, ahead. When she entered WCCA at age 17, Gertrude Moss was so shy that staff recall her hardly speaking at all. Five-and-a-half months later, Moss sang the national anthem at her cohort’s graduation ceremony. Moss, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe who lives in Hudson, is now completing her high school diploma at age 20. She credits the Cowboy Challenge Academy for boosting her confidence at a difficult point in her life, exemplified by the moment a commanding officer asked her to sing the anthem and she overcame her nerves and shyness to do so. “It was one of the best things I ever did,” she said of that performance. Through a trip to a job fair in Casper, the academy sparked Moss’s interest in phlebotomy, a career she hopes to pursue after securing her diploma, she said. She still wakes up early because of the military discipline acquired in the program. Moss’s time at the school did not count toward her high school diploma, a fact that has caused friction with public school districts. The academy became an accredited school in 2018, however. In the 2017-18 school year it graduated around 120 students over two semesters of small classes, mixed with physical training, volunteer work and disciplined communal living. The school aims to graduate up to 200 students a year, Salazar said. Ellen Long sorts through camouflage pants and other uniform items at the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy in Guernsey on Dec. 17, 2020. (Andrew Graham/WyoFile) The program’s supporters and staff describe it as a home for students struggling with traditional high school who are in danger of going further off track. Some graduates worry the cut will mean one fewer option for Wyoming children facing adverse living situations or struggling to succeed at school. “If I was able to benefit from that kind of thing, then I imagine it would benefit a lot of kids,” Andrew Ross, a small business owner in Casper who completed the program in 2010, said. “It was definitely a stepping stone to where I am today.” Gordon described the funding cut as one of the few he could make in public education — though run by the Wyoming Military Department, the academy is funded from the same pot that supports K-12 public schools. Some people familiar with the proposed cut said its orphaned nature — not core to a military mission, nor housed under the Wyoming Department of Education — made it an easy target for cuts. Lawmakers and school officials point out that the academy can change outcomes for high school students. “These kids are at a crossroads in their lives where they’re going to be contributing members of a society, or a burden on our state infrastructure,” Sen. Brian Boner (R-Douglas) said in his defense of the program. The school targets students 16-18 years old, according to budget documents. Those students are often individuals who are struggling in school and may come from economically disadvantaged homes or homes where one or both parents are often absent, Salazar said. The school does not accept students who have been charged with felonies, he said, but instead students who might be headed down that road. Judges are known to use enrollment in the school as a form of informal probation, he said. WCCA students wear masks and stand in formation in a photograph posted to the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy’s Facebook page on Sept. 15, 2020. (WCCA Facebook page) Students who require intensive treatment for psychological or substance abuse reasons often don’t make it through the program, Salazar said, because the school does not have the resources to deal with them. It is, instead, a place for students on the edge, who with a little discipline and the positive example of peers and staff, can avoid worse outcomes that are also more expensive for the state, Salazar said. Support for the program is not universal, even among Wyoming’s public education advocates. Some public school officials and lawmakers argue it takes resources from the broader education system and uses them in part on out-of-state students — around a quarter of the program’s graduates are from other states. WCCA prioritizes Wyoming students, however. Some even wonder why the small school has become the subject of a budget dispute at all. In a newspaper column, Wyoming Women’s Action Network founder Jen Simon suggested the attempt to save the program was further evidence of a gender bias in the Legislature. The all-male legislative committee is supportive of a school with military credentials, even as it didn’t bat an eye at steep cuts to other programs with similar aims, she wrote. JAC’s vote came in the first round of budget drafting, and there is a long road and many votes to go before the school’s fate will be decided. Added to the precariousness is the fact that the Legislature has yet to announce when it will convene to consider Gordon’s budget proposal. The uncertainty is hitting home in Guernsey. Staff worry about the town, as well as their students. Gordon’s announcement came seven months after BNSF Railway announced it would pull 87 jobs out of the town by closing a mechanical shop that served coal lines. The railroad was the town’s longstanding economic engine. Behind it comes the military facilities, WCCA included. Many of those railroad employees continue to live in the town and commute long distances to work at other BNSF hubs. Locals aren’t sure how long such arrangements will last. “I was really scared when they lost the railroad but then this came up and it was like, ‘what does this town have?’” Corrin Nogle, a social studies teacher and the school’s lead instructor, said. Her husband is a railroad worker, and when the company made its layoffs he took new work in Minnesota. For now, they are living apart. Nogle has lived in the area since 2001, and her husband had been there since the 1990s. “We fully intended to live here the rest of our lives and retire here,” she said. Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy’s lead instructor Corrin Nogle stands for a photograph at the entrance to the school’s building on Dec. 17, 2020. (Andrew Graham/WyoFile) Now, they are waiting to see what happens to the school. Her husband wants to stay on a line that moves freight, not coal, she said. The railroad layoffs in Guernsey were driven by slowed coal traffic out of the Powder River Basin, and a freight line now seems a safer bet. As a public school teacher in a state where politicians have been cutting budgets and arguing over education funding for almost half a decade, it is not lost on Nogle that both the loss of her husband’s job and the threat to hers originate from the same thing — a struggling fossil fuel industry. Her understanding of the problem does not make it any easier to see years of work — Nogle has taught at WCCA since 2014 — threatened by a line in a budget document thousands of pages long. “As a teacher you hate to see it come down to money instead of the kids,” Nogle said. “We see what we do with these kids … and it’s $1 million a year. We do way more than $1 million a year worth of work.” The program costs the state a little less than $1.5 million a year, according to budget documents. However, that amount is only around 25% of the program’s budget. The other 75% comes from the federal government, meaning each dollar Wyoming invests brings in around $3 from the feds. Support independent reporting — donate to WyoFile today. Some officials and school employees suggested the politically unpopular cut was designed to spur lawmakers to consider new revenue sources. The governor’s office has pushed back against oft-made suggestions by lawmakers and others that budget decisions are politically motivated. Those pushbacks, or Gordon’s description of himself as “most reluctant” to eliminate the WCCA, don’t appear to soften officials in Guernsey. “I’m thinking there could be other cuts in the state if our fair governor thinks he has to make those cuts right now,” Guernsey Mayor Nick Paustian said. WCCA’s students are part of the fabric of life in Guernsey. Community service is a part of the program. Students build tree and plant boxes around town, clean up the streets and the city park and hang Christmas lights in winter. They help out at dinner events at the local Veterans of Foreign War’s post and participate in “wheelchair dances” at a home for the elderly, according to school staff. An empty BNSF Railway coal train leaves Guernsey and heads north in May, 2020. Coal shipments coming down from the Powder River Basin were a key part of this rural town’s economy and a source of good paying, union jobs. (Andrew Graham/WyoFile) If budget cuts feel acute in Guernsey, it won’t be the last town to face that pinch, House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Albert Sommers (R-Pinedale) said. “Do we want to retract so much in this state that we’re willing to dry up small-town Wyoming?” he asked. Sommers, who as a JAC member voted against the governor’s WCCA proposal, compared it to broader proposed cuts to public education that could impact teacher and staff salaries — among some small towns’ best jobs. Governors and lawmakers have been shrinking the state’s budget since 2016, but the scale of 2020’s dire economic impacts means cuts are beginning to land, Sommers and others said. “This will become personal,” Brian Farmer, the executive director of the Wyoming School Board Association, said. “You will know someone who has lost a job because of cuts or you will feel an impact in the services you receive because of cuts.” Many programs on the chopping block While lawmakers protected the academy for now with their December vote, they didn’t act on Gordon’s proposed cuts to programs with similar aims, like residential treatment centers and other services to help children with complex behavioral-health and emotional needs. Lawmakers also did not tinker for now with a cut to early childhood education and behavioral intervention programs run by the Wyoming Department of Health. Those programs all aim to provide the same outcomes as the WCCA, Simon, the advocate for healthcare and women’s issues with the Wyoming Women’s Action Network, said, and there’s research to prove it, she said. “There’s all this evidence that supports exactly the things we want as a state; better economic outcomes, more people in the workforce, higher grad rates, lower incarceration rates … all of those are things that JAC brought up [with the WCCA], and all of those are things that early childhood education delivers.” The WCCA has not studied the return on the investments in its program, according to budget documents. The school is in the process now of surveying graduates, Salazar said. Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy students visit the Wyoming State Capitol during the 2020 Legislative session. The trips, which usually feature lawmakers cheering the students and coming out to greet those from their home communities, make students feel like “rock stars,” WCCA social studies teacher Corrin Nogle said. (WCCA Facebook page) The WCCA lists a majority female staff on its website. Its male-to-female student ratio is about 80-20, according to Salazar. But it has a masculine name and a military connection, Simon said, which appeals to a male-dominated legislature. More than that, it’s an easier program to love than one buried in the budget of the DOH or Wyoming Department of Family Services. “Cowboy Challenge is visible, it’s understandable, it has a great name,” she said. “People can understand why it exists, who it helps and what it does. That sort of visibility works in its favor.” Deeper than ROI Nogle and Salazar are confident their program provides a good return on the state’s annual investment. But in recounting successes, they focus on students more than dollar figures. They remember individuals who lost weight and gained confidence under their watch, students who came in high on drugs and graduated as “top cadets.” Whether because of a lack of distractions, the security of three meals a day, the physical activity, the small class sizes or all of the above, growth happens in the drab building among the drab line of barracks, they say. “They have to decide who they are, what they want to stand for and where they want to go with their lives,” Nogle said. They recall the jobs students took after leaving. One graduate from Sheridan detoured to Guernsey on his way home from a Denver job interview, Salazar recalled. He’d nailed the interview and been hired on the spot. “He just wanted to let us know,” Salazar said. “They associate this building with security and success.” Loss such association is one more intangible impact of the proposed cut that worries Nogle. 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__label__wiki	0.748073	0.748073	What It's Like To Apply To College In The Pandemic St. Louis Public Radio \| By Ryan Delaney AILSA CHANG, HOST: It's the time of year when high schoolers who are applying to college try to stand out - maybe as captain of a school sports team or earning a high SAT score or volunteering. But seniors this year are without all the normal extracurriculars to highlight. St. Louis Public Radio's Ryan Delaney reports on the unique challenge of pandemic college applications. RYAN DELANEY, BYLINE: Aldo Estrada is a senior at McCluer High School outside of St. Louis, and he's taking a tour of UCLA but not in person. This is not the year for the college road trip. So he's resorting to this. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: You can click on the front-facing arrow to start walking around our campus. You can jump to the next stop by clicking on the next stop button. ALDO ESTRADA: It's basically just looking at pictures. I don't know. It's not the same thing. I would much rather be in California looking at dorms and stuff. DELANEY: But the pandemic also has Estrada wanting to stay closer to family. ESTRADA: Because I started to realize if stuff like this were to actually happen again, like, I wouldn't have the quickest way to get home and stuff. DELANEY: As students reconsider where to apply, they're also having to change what they highlight on their applications. Testing dates for standardized exams - the ACT and SAT - were repeatedly canceled in the spring and summer. Senior Chris Campos wanted to boost his score from junior year to have a better shot at getting into the University of Miami. CHRIS CAMPOS: And it was difficult because they kept canceling the ACT, so I had to keep re-signing up. And it just kept getting canceled and canceled. DELANEY: Luckily for him, more colleges are making standardized tests optional on their applications and instead putting more emphasis on students' grades. But that's a problem this year, too. Jamie Moynihan from the college counseling firm AcceptU says more schools were pass-fail this year. JAMIE MOYNIHAN: And so there was this kind of big hole in the review process for colleges where we don't see your junior year, second semester, and we don't have standardized testing. And so it creates a lot of hurdles. DELANEY: In normal times, extracurriculars can make up for academics. But this year, some schools canceled fall sports and put after-school activities on hold. Lotus MacDonald plans to attend Truman State University, where her mom went. She was going to highlight being a part of her school's spirit squad on her application. LOTUS MACDONALD: But not having that this year really made me re-evaluate what I would talk about. DELANEY: She decided to focus instead on how she got involved in anti-racism activism at her school. Use of the Common Application by first-generation students also dropped this fall - so have financial aid paperwork filings. Both are signs that fewer low-income students are considering college. Many high school seniors are struggling to stay motivated for classwork. College adviser Nikki DeLeo is with College Bound, which works with low-income and first-generation students. NIKKI DELEO: Normally, what we do is we sit down with students. We walk through the Common App. We walk through different, like, schools' websites and even, like, help them physically do a FAFSA. We're doing all of that over the phone and video screen. And so that's really hard. DELANEY: But while colleges are being flexible for seniors around tests and activities, DeLeo advises applicants to steer clear of writing about the pandemic. DELEO: Every teenager wants to write about COVID (laughter) so - and, like, just encouraging them to, like, try to think about other things that have happened in their life and write about those things. DELANEY: Education strategist Michael Horn says the big dip in enrollment at campuses this fall could work to some students' advantage. MICHAEL HORN: They are much more in the position of being able to choose the college because a lot of these colleges are desperate for them to show up and pay. DELANEY: For most applicants, the application deadline is January 1. For NPR News, I'm Ryan Delaney. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. Ryan Delaney Ryan is a reporter on the education desk at St. Louis Public Radio, covering both higher education and the many school districts in the St. Louis region. He has previously reported for public radio stations WFYI in Indianapolis and WRVO in upstate New York. He began his journalism career working part time for WAER while attending Syracuse University. He's won multiple reporting awards and his work, which has aired on NPR, The Takeaway and WGBH's Innovation Hub. Having grown up in Burlington, Vt., he often spends time being in the woods hiking, camping, and skiing.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800148
__label__cc	0.509502	0.490498	Rise When the Rooster Crows Rise When The Rooster Crows - 12/6/20 WYSO Music On Demand provides your favorite locally-produced radio shows to stream for two weeks after they air! Listen to this episode of Rise When The Rooster Crows, hosted by Jennifer Berman: Listen • 1:59:59 For a detailed playlist, visit the show's program page or our playlist search page. Listen to Jennifer every Sunday morning from 6-8 AM on Rise When The Rooster Crows. Rise When the Rooster CrowsMusicWYSO Music On Demand Jennifer Berman Jennifer Berman was one of the earlier Roosters, playing music in WYSO's wee hours from 1979-1985, when she was a student at Antioch College. She worked at Flying Fish Records in Chicago as a teen (and later after college) where she came into contact with all sorts of musicians and musical forms and that musical diversity has shaped her tastes to this day. See stories by Jennifer Berman Rise When The Rooster Crows - 1/17/21 Rise When The Rooster Crows - 1/3/21 Rise When The Rooster Crows - 12/27/20	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800149
__label__cc	0.664157	0.335843	Home > About us > Who are we? > YBA Staff Team THE YBA Team comprises: Regional Minister Team Leader Graham Ensor who oversees the work of the Association and is responsible for collaborating with YBA colleagues to identify vision, direction and appropriate strategy that encourages the ‘growth of healthy churches’ throughout the Association. Graham's responsibilities also include pastoral support of ministers/churches in Bradford and the Craven area, overseeing safeguarding procedures and Home Mission, as well as representing the Association at national level. Regional Minister Mary Taylor who shares the responsibility for Association life alongside Graham and Clive, bringing specific skills in mediation, justice and embodying very strong interpersonal skills used to proactively develop and support existing and new networks in the Association. Mary's responsibilities also include pastoral support of ministers/churches in the Eastern area, Halifax and Calder Valley and Leeds, overseeing and supporting the Ministry Group, developing the Yorkshire Justice Hub and working with the Blackley Centre for peace and dialogue, as well as representing the Association at national level, particularly in matters of justice. Regional Minister Clive Burnard who has specific responsibility for transitional/transformational mission; seeking to support and encourage all of us in new patterns of being church and making connections with our wider communities, as together we seek to ‘grow healthy churches in Yorkshire’. His responsibilities include pastoral support of ministers/churches in Huddersfield and South Yorkshire. Clive also helps us think through what it means to do things differently as we seek to communicate the good news of Jesus to a rapidly changing culture. Trust Officer Ann Chesworth who supports and assists churches in legal, governance and property matters. Ann's role includes signposting and directing people to appropriate contacts for support; but also being the first point of contact for churches on Trust issues. Ann works alongside the Baptist Union Corporation in supporting YBA churches and facilitates work through the YBA Trust Group. She is also minister at Harrogate Baptist Church. Mission Enabler Kez Robinson who was appointed to support and encourage Home Mission churches in their mission and community outreach. An integral part of Kez's role is teaching on the regional Mission Shaped Ministry (MSM) course, thereafter encouraging YBA churches to engage with the programme. Kez's responsibilities also include facilitating and chairing the grants group, helping support missional activity in churches and facilitating support for small churches. She is also minister at Wakefield Baptist Church. Discipleship Enabler Peter Dunn, who networks churches together who want to experiment with Disciple Making Movement principles. He oversees Biglife Bradford and connects people together who are passionate to church plant by adopting Biglife Ministries values. Children, Youth and Families Enabler Jodie Thorpe, who offers support and training to our churches as they seek to develop work with children, youth and families. Jodie serves on the National Baptists Together Children, Youth and Families Round Table. Jodie is passionate that people of all ages should have opportunities to explore spirituality, for families to worship together and that children and young people are valued and belong in our local churches. Administration Team is the engine room of the YBA and offers support to the regional team while also being the first point of contact for churches when they connect with the YBA. The admin team comprises: Association Administrator Debbie Gamble - provides PA/admin support to the Association; supports and facilitates our Executive and working groups; is first point of contact for Data Protection and Safeguarding matters; and generally keeps the admin wheels turning! Finance Officer Adrian Howe - deals with all administrative finance matters. He works closely with our Treasurer; supports the work of the Finance Group; and administers custodian funds for member churches. Admin Assistant Julie "Joolz" Walker - works closely with the Association Administrator to provide effective admin support to the whole team; leads, develops and implements our communications and social media strategy; and does anything else that might be asked of her (provided you ask politely!). Page last updated: 6th May 2020 1:41 PM	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800154
__label__wiki	0.896439	0.896439	UNIVERISTY of WISCONSIN-MADISON Syllabus Library Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Life in Madison, WI Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards Community & Diversity F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry L. F. Dahl Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists L. F. Dahl Willard Gibbs Medal, American Chemical Society, Chicago Section L. F. Dahl Hans B. Jonassen Lectureship, Tulane University L. F. Dahl Gordon Stone Lectureship, Bristol University L. F. Dahl Frontiers in Chemistry Lectureship, Texas A&M University L. F. Dahl Amoco Distinguished Lecturer, Indiana University L. F. Dahl Lecturer, Robert A. Welch Foundation Conference on Nanochemistry L. F. Dahl Fred Basolo Lectureship and Medal, Northwestern University L. F. Dahl Hilldale Award in the Physical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison L. F. Dahl Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences L. F. Dahl Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Louisville L. F. Dahl Appointed Hilldale Chair Professor, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents L. F. Dahl Alumnus Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville L. F. Dahl J.C. Bailar, Jr. Lectureship and Medal, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign L. F. Dahl Paolo Chini Lectureship, Italian Society of Chemistry L. F. Dahl H. Willard Davis Lectureship, University of South Carolina L. F. Dahl Member, National Academy of Sciences L. F. Dahl P.C. Reilly Lectureship, University of Notre Dame L. F. Dahl Sir Ronald Nyholm Lectureship and Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry L. F. Dahl Senior U.S. Scientist Humboldt Award, Alexander von-Humboldt-Stiftung L. F. Dahl Distinguished Alumnus, College of Letters and Science, University of Louisville L. F. Dahl Brotherton Research Professorship, University of Leeds L. F. Dahl Appointed Kentucky Colonel by Governor of Kentucky L. F. Dahl Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science L. F. Dahl UW-Chair Professorship (Named after the late Robert E. Rundle, in recognition of former thesis advisor at Iowa State University) L. F. Dahl Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences L. F. Dahl American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry L. F. Dahl H.L. Ritter Memorial Lecurer, Miami University L. F. Dahl Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania L. F. Dahl Guggenheim Fellow L. F. Dahl Distinguished Alumni Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Louisville L. F. Dahl Recipient of Walter Hielber (70th Birthday Retirement) Lecturership, Technischen Universitate M"nchen, L. F. Dahl Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation L. F. Dahl Kazuo Nakamoto Distinguished Lectureship, Marquette University L. F. Dahl Employment at Chemistry Feedback, questions or accessibility issues: connect@chem.wisc.edu. This site was built using the Drupal UW Theme \| Privacy Notice \| © 2020 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Email: connect@chem.wisc.edu	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800158
__label__cc	0.524763	0.475237	Singer Holly transforms into a musical advent calendar to raise money this Christmas Ready for a month of music… Holly Bilton 28 Nov 2018 @ 9.04 am YorkMix \| Charity A York singer is gearing up to launch her very own musical advent calendar. Popular musician Holly Taymar will launch her fundraising ‘Jukebox Challenge’ on Saturday (December 1). The idea is simple Between December 1 and 25, Holly performs a different well-known song each day at the request of friends and family In exchange for a charity donation, Holly will record and upload her version of the requested song to her YouTube channel Requesters are free to choose any song they’d like to hear – and they can also dedicate their song to a loved one if they wish Raised £1,500 so far Holly is a singer and guitarist from South Bank who also performs with husband Chris Bilton in duo The Bronze. She came up with the idea of the Jukebox Challenge in 2016, to give her a focus after her brother died. The challenge was so successful that she decided to make it an annual event. To date, she has learnt 51 new songs and raised over £1,500 in donations for mental health charity York Mind. Winter can be a hard time for lots of us, and I knew that I would need something to keep my mind occupied the first Christmas after I lost my brother. This Jukebox Challenge combines all of my different passions – challenging myself to learn new songs, having a laugh and fundraising for a cause I really care about. In the past she has performed acoustic versions of songs including Meat Loaf’s Bat Outta Hell and the Pussycat Dolls’ Don’t Cha, but the requests are always full of surprises. While all of the request slots have been taken for 2018, Holly’s encouraging more people to join her and support her Jukebox Challenge online. All videos are made available for the public to view. A new song will be uploaded each day between 1st – 25th December 1 and 25, and will remain online from then on. To make a donation towards Holly’s fundraising, find her JustGiving page here York Mind supports around 2,000 people in York every year, and needs to constantly raise funds to support individuals to continue their lives with a variety of mental health conditions Related YorkMix stories ‘We need to build wellbeing networks to boost the mental health of young and old’ York charity using creative technology to help reduce stress and anxiety Work begins on York’s new mental health hospital	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800161
__label__wiki	0.732329	0.732329	York motorcyclist dies in crash with tractor Hawsker Lane, near the village of Hawsker. Photograph © Google Street View 21 Aug 2019 @ 11.03 am YorkMix \| News A York motorcyclist has died in a crash with a tractor near Whitby. The accident happened on Hawsker Lane on Tuesday (20 August) at around 5pm. A black Yamaha motorcycle was travelling with a group of motorcyclists from the direction of Whitby Abbey towards the village of Hawsker. The bike was involved in a collision with a blue tractor which was travelling in the same direction. Sadly, the rider of the motorbike, a 54-year-old man from York, was pronounced dead at the scene. His family have been informed. The driver of the tractor, a 25-year-old man from the Whitby area, was uninjured. The road remained closed until 11.40pm to allow for a detailed examination of the scene. Officers are appealing for anyone who saw the collision, or saw any of the vehicles beforehand, or has any dash-cam footage to get in touch. Anyone who witnessed the collision or the events surrounding it is urged to contact North Yorkshire Police. How to help the police Call North Yorkshire Police on 101 Contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via the website Email Mark Patterson or Jamie Lord here Quote reference number 12190153789 The sandbags are back: York builds flood barriers as Storm Christoph rolls in	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800162
__label__wiki	0.835283	0.835283	HomePolitics Credit: Griolin [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Lord Buckethead to Return to Politics? By Tom Ford on April 21, 2019 Politics Lord Buckethead has contacted Earth via Twitter to announce his intention to return to British politics to restore some much-needed sanity to the country, Number 10 has confirmed. He famously ran against Theresa May in the 2017 General Election, providing some of the best photos in British politics since that photo of Ed Miliband with the bacon sandwich. The intergalactic overlord, tuna sandwich in hand, said in a video recording that he decided to do so after seeing Nigel Farage’s own return to politics with his newly found Brexit party. He was simultaneously in awe and annoyed by the total lack of Farage’s self-awareness of attempting to infiltrate and undermine the undemocratic EU … after being democratically voted into the EU. Frustrated by Brexit, he is, in fact, considering running against Farage in the upcoming EU Parliament Election (no, seriously, he is, I’m not making this part up), after supporters set up a GoFundMe page to fund a possible campaign, writing: ‘Just think. Brexit could be over. Nigel Farage could be vanquished.’ He is in fact so popular that he ‘must contrive a plot to defeat Farage & gang without taking away huge numbers of votes from Remainers. How odd’, he wrote on his Twitter page. BREAKING NEWS: Since so many have begged me to run against Nigel Farage in the EU Parliament Election on 23 May, a clever Earthling set up this link for you to fund the cost of the pricey deposit. Will I agree to run if the goal is met? MY ANSWER: YES! https://t.co/dEksIF278U pic.twitter.com/Lq19e2SNk2 — Lord Buckethead™ (@LordBuckethead) April 19, 2019 The news has come as a relief to many. The Brexit extension to 31st October has left many frustrated by the already lengthy process, and dreading the number of awful Brexit costumes that will surely be seen on Halloween this year. Meanwhile, a woman called Annunziata Rees-Mogg (yes, that Rees-Mogg) is claiming to represent the common working men and women of the country on Brexit, a great insult to all the Darrens’ and Staceys’ out there, who are rallying behind “His Bucketness” (his term, not mine). You may recall the simpler times of 2017, which Lord Buckethead promises to bring back, when Tim Farron was upstaged by a giant fish finger and the worst way Theresa May could mess up in politics was by saying the words ‘fields’ and ‘wheat’ in a poorly thought-out sentence. The caped crusader contacted us via MySpace to give us some of his plans on how to make British politics alright again: One motion, one vote. Except for referendums, of course. John Bercow shall remain as Speaker of the House for life. Ban The Daily Mail. Ban Brexit. Ban kormas. Too spicy. He is expected to arrive somewhere in the country on Thursday but said he would be avoiding London, given that there is no way he will be paying the ultra-low emission zone charge for his spaceship. Tags: BrexitEUlord bucketheadNigel FaragePoliticssatireTheresa MayTim Farron Pause Editor; enjoy writing for Politics and International when it's time to be more serious. At Long Last, the Tampon Tax Has Been Abolished in the UK All the Prime Minister’s Friends: Problems with the House of Lords Putin isn’t going anywhere	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800166
__label__cc	0.616115	0.383885	İletişim Fakültesi / Faculty of Communication By Issue DateBy AuthorsBy TitlesBy SubjectsBy TypesBy LanguagesBy DepartmentsBy PublishersBy KHAS AuthorsBy Access Types Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Bölümü / Visual Communication Department [20] Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Bölümüne ait koleksiyonunu listeler. Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım / Public Relations and Information [37] Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım Bölümüne ait koleksiyonunu listeler. Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema / Radio, Television and Cinema [21] Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Bölümüne ait koleksiyonunu listeler. Reklamcılık / Advertising [12] Reklamcılık Bölümüne ait koleksiyonunu listeler. Yeni Medya / New Media [28] Yeni Medya Bölümüne ait koleksiyonunu listeler. KURDISH CINEMA AS A TRANSNATIONAL DISCOURSE GENRE: CINEMATIC VISIBILITY, CULTURAL RESILIENCE, AND POLITICAL AGENCY Authors:Koçer, Suncem Publisher and Date:(Cambrıdge Univ Press, 2014) Within the last few years, "Kurdish cinema" has emerged as a unique discursive subject in Turkey. Subsequent to and in line with efforts to unify Kurdish cultural production in diaspora, Kurdish intellectuals have endeavored to define and frame the substance of Kurdish cinema as an orienting framework for the production and reception of films by and about Kurds. In this article, my argument is threefold. First, Kurdish cinema has emerged as a national cinema in transnational space. Second, like ... Into the Body of Another: Strange Couplings and Unnatural Alliances of Harlequin Coat Authors:Baykan, Burcu Publisher and Date:(Palgrave, 2015) Foreign Correspondents in Turkey Between the Home and Host Agendas Authors:Yanardağoğlu, Eylem; Tılıç, L. Doğan Publisher and Date:(Routledge, 2015) Cybernetic narrative Modes of circularity, feedback and perception in new media artworks Authors:Selen, Eser Publisher and Date:(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2015) Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how second-order cybernetics (von Foerster, 2002) functions in new media artworks, specifically through information, system and user. While formulating the relationship between new media artworks and the discourses surrounding cybernetics the paper analyzes Popp's (2006) Bit. Fall, Wojtowicz's (2007) Elsewhere News and Zeren Goktan's (2013) The Counter, as exemplars of alternative methods of narration. This study further argues that these new media ... Turkey in Europe, Europe in Turkey: History, Elites, and the Media Authors:Soysal, Levent; Özçürümez, Saime; Diner, Çağla Branding Cities in the Age of Social Media: A Comparative Assessment of Local Government Performance Authors:Sevin, Efe Publisher and Date:(Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2016) This chapter is a comparative study of how three local governments-Cape Town (South Africa), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA), and Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, USA)-use social media platforms in their city branding attempts. Theoretical arguments in the fields of corporate and city branding point out the potential of these new communication platforms to change how brand-related content is created and shared with target audiences. However, the practice is understudied. The study first explains the ... Vacillation in Turkey's Popular Global TV Exports: Toward a More Complex Understanding of Distribution Authors:Alankuş, Sevda; Yanardağoğlu, Eylem Publisher and Date:(USC Annenberg Press, 2016) Audience demand for Turkey's TV series has increased their strength in the regional market and beyond. By mid-2014 more than 70 Turkish TV dramas reached audiences in 75 countries. Some experts have characterized this as neo-Ottoman cool, referring to Turkey's growing "soft power" role in successfully combining Islam with democracy. However, survey data from 16 Arab countries, previous audience studies, and our in-depth interviews with Istanbul-based producers and distributors refute this. Neo-Ottoman ... Deepening Polarization in Turkish Society: The Impact of Political Actors on Public Opinion Authors:Hawks, Banu Baybars Publisher and Date:(Int Business Information Management ASSOC-IBIMA, 2017) Recent research shows that polarization trends are on the rise in Turkey (Konda 2010; BILGESAM 2014: Erdogan 2016: Kadir Has University Turkey Research Center 2017). There are different patterns of polarization in Turkish social and political structure, while its consequences reveal themselves in the political rhetoric, media discourse and voting behavior. There is not much research done in social sciences with regard to the research of polarization and its underlying factors in Turkey. To be able ... "Life is a state of mind' - on fiction, society and Trump Authors:Diken, Bülent; Laustsen, Carsten Bagge Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals, 2017) The article undertakes an allegorical double reading of Being There and Trump as instances of what we call socio-fiction. Crucially in this respect, reality and fiction are not two opposed realms. The two realms always interact in subtle ways, which is why cinema can be a resource for diagnostic social analysis. We first articulate a general commentary on the relationship between cinema and society, introducing the concept of socio-fiction'. Secondly, we analyse Peter Sellers' Being There, an ... "I am here': women workers' experiences at the former Cibali Tekel Tobacco and Cigarette Factory in Istanbul Authors:Selen, Eser; O'Neil, Mary Lou This study presents oral history research which investigated the experiences of surviving women workers from the former Cibali Tekel Tobacco and Cigarette Factory in Istanbul, Turkey. For most of its history, the factory was home to thousands of workers, many of who were women and, at times, outnumbered men two to one. While the site is now known for the university that it houses, photographs and archival records from the early twentieth century reveal the centrality of women in the process and ... Understanding the Images of Alan Kurdi With "Small Data": A Qualitative, Comparative Analysis of Tweets About Refugees in Turkey and Flanders (Belgium) Authors:Bozdağ, Çiğdem; Smets, Kevin One of the peak moments of the debate on the European refugee crisis was caused by the circulation of images of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Aegean Sea on September 2, 2015. The images triggered worldwide reactions from politicians, nongovernmental organizations, and citizens. This article analyzes these reactions through a qualitative study of 961 tweets from Turkey and Flanders (Belgium), contextualizing them into the framing and representation of refugees before ... The despotic imperative: From Hiero to the circle Authors:Diken, Bülent Publisher and Date:(Duke University Press, 2019) The article thematizes the actuality of despotism through a double reading of Xenophon’s Hiero and Dave Eggers’s Circle. A key text on despotism, Hiero is interesting to reconsider in a contemporary context because of its explicit focus on the economic element in the nexus of despotism, economy, and voluntary servitude. Discussing this nexus in an ancient context, the article turns to The Circle, a dystopic novel from 2013, which elaborates on how the attempt at creating a transparent society ... Who is responsible? The impact of emotional personalization on explaining the origins of social problems Authors:Kim, Minchul; Hale, Brent J.; Grabe, Maria Elizabeth; Baş, Özen Personalization refers to the journalistic practice of including emotional case studies of ordinary people in news stories, increasing vividness and emotional charge of news and eliciting identification and empathy in news consumers. Previous research suggests that personalization of news stories increases collectivistic (compared with individualistic) causal attributions by the news audience. In response, an experiment was conducted with a week time delay between stimuli presentation and open-ended ... How to study ethnic food: Senses, power, and intercultural studies Authors:Karaosmanoğlu, Defne Publisher and Date:(BioMed Central Ltd., 2020) This article gives a broad review of the literature focusing on food, senses, and intercultural relations. Integrating cultural studies literature and concepts into ethnic food studies, it tries to understand the ways in which ethnic food becomes an agent of social change and helps to build, promote, and improve intercultural relations. More specifically, this article tries to explore the ways in which ethnic food could be used as a pedagogical tool in intercultural relations. The following questions ... Wallace Stevens's Poetics of the Other Authors:Eken, Bülent Publisher and Date:(Walter De Gruyter Gmbh, 2017) This article reveals a central yet hitherto unsuspected meditation in Wallace Stevens on the problem of the other person in relation to the concept of the other construed by Gilles Deleuze as the "expression of a possible world" (1990: 308). It demonstrates that, seen from this perspective, the figure of subjectivity appears to be a rhetorical means in the service of a poetics centered on the other. In readings of Stevens, it traces the way in which he thinks through the question of the other and ... Public Opinion in Turkey: Social and Political Implications of Recent Trends Authors:Baybars Hawks, Banu This study reveals what the public thinks about current issues in Turkey, and whether the recent trends have any reflections on social, political, and cultural structure of the country. The data collected with this research provide important insights into public's opinion regarding current and potential issues in Turkey, and also guide policymakers in shaping the public policies. The outputs of this study may also encourage scholars and researchers from different fields and backgrounds to study ... Digital Citizenship from Below: Turkish State versus Youtube Authors:Baybars Hawks, Banu; Akser, Murat This study aims to give a historically situated analysis of the YouTube ban as seen by Turkish internet users during the first YouTube ban period between 2007-10. The content is used from online Turkish anonymous user platform, eksi sozluk, (sour dictionary). The aim is to test whether there is a civil society response to the ban which political elites and ordinary citizens contest the necessity of access to global social media networks. The main focus of this research paper is the kinds of discourse ... BLENDING SCIENCE AND ART: AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Authors:Balkır, Nur; Saher, Konca; Mıhçı, Gürkan Publisher and Date:(Iated-Int Assoc Technology Education & Development, 2019) rt and design education enable students to find creative and logical solutions to various design problems. The use of materials, constructive analysis, craftmanship, and originality are some key criteria in the process. Size and dimensionality, the proportion analysis, expression integrity, substantiality, and presentability can vary depending on the project and the context. As one of the methods used to provide targeted experience and learning in art and design education, interdisciplinary work ... Bottom-up nationalism and discrimination on social media: An analysis of the citizenship debate about refugees in Turkey Authors:Bozdağ, Çiğdem This study analyzes social media representations of refugees in Turkey and discusses their role in shaping public opinion. The influx of millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey has created heated debates about their presence and future in the country. One of these debates was triggered by President Erdogan's statement that Turkey would issue citizenship rights to Syrians in July 2016. Due to a lack of critical voices about refugee issues in Turkey's mass media sphere, social media has become a key ... 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__label__wiki	0.619947	0.619947	Subject: Cajun Mardi Gras songs - footnotes 1See, for example, Ancelet 1989; Lindahl 1996a, 1996b; Lindahl and Ware 1998; Sexton 1996, 1999, 2001; Spitzer 1986, 1996; Ware 1994. Far more Cajun Mardi Gras song texts have been collected than Creole Mardi Gras song texts. This unequal distribution is unlikely to change given that there are very few remaining Creole Mardi Gras groups. This analysis attempts to consider the song texts of both groups, although this dispaiity results in a heavier emphasis on Cajun song texts. 2The research for this article induded field research in Grand Marais and Tee Mamou, Louisiana, and Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. Comparative archival data was located in the Laval University Foildore Archives, The University of Moncton; Center for Acadian Studies, The University of Maine, Fort Kent, Center for Acadian Studies; and the Brest University, Center for Breton studies. We are grateful to Jean-Pierre Michelin, Brenda Ornstein, Fanch Postic, and Ellen Badone for their assistance in locating various song texts. Spedal thanks are extended to C. Ray Brassieur for sharing his unpublished data on Guignolee songs and his insightful comments on Mardi Gras songs. 3There does not appear to be mention of begging quests in association with continental French Chandeleur celebrations. Arsenault (1982) suggests that a begging quest was linked to La Chandeleur after its diffusion to the Canadian Maritimes. 4Cross-cultural parallels to French begging quests include German Fastnacht and Christmas season mumming in the British Isles. 5Guignolee does not appear to have been present in the Canadian Maritimes prior to the late 20th century when it was introduced to some communities as a means of raising funds for civic organizations (Desdouits 1987; Ronald Leblanc, personal communication, 9 May 1995). 6The Creole has historically been linked to the Francophone descendants of colonial era Louisiana inhabitants both black and white. In contemporary southwest Louisiana, the ethnic label Creole is most commonly linked to the Afro-French. However, in the New Orleans area, "ownership" of the label is a matter of debate between Blacks and Whites. 7The Mardi Gras run was traditionally a male endeavor, although some childrens' groups could be found. In the last few decades, various communities have organized female runs as well as children's runs. 8Gumbo is a souplike dish served over rice. Its ingredients and preparation style represent a blending of African, European, and Native American practices. 9It is interesting to note that Louisiana Mardi Gras visits occurred outdoors, so the groups sought only access to the host's yard where activities like singing, dancing, the chicken chase, etc. took place. In Europe, Canada, and the upper Midwest, begging quest groups sought entrance to the host's house. The regional inside/outside dichotomy is probably due to Louisiana's mild climate which permitted considerable outdoor activities. 10Tee Mamou is the locally accepted spelling of `tite which is derived from the French term petite. It refers to the narrow southern end of Mamou Prairie and is not to be confused with the town of Mamou (often called Grand Mamou) located at the broad northern end of Mamou Prairie. 11For example, Oster and Reed (1960) and Post (1936) discuss a character called the Paillease whose disguise suggests a scarecrow. 12Post reported that various lines of this song involved repitition; however, he was not specific as to the number of times each line was repeated. 13There is a separate Tee Mamou women's run that was created in the early 1970s. It has the same capitaine and overall organization minus the negre and negresse. The only change in the song text is that the eldest son rather than the eldest daughter is requested. 14See for example, Leblanc 1977. 15The authors are grateful to Marc David for providing the text of this song. 16The area around Grand Mamou once supported numerous Mardi Gras groups, however, at the time of the Oster and Reed artide the Grand Mamou run was the dominant run in the area. Although the song texts collected by Oster and Reed are linked to Mamou, the texts (or variants of them) may have originally belonged to other communities.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800187
__label__wiki	0.702366	0.702366	Q: Telecommunications companies and blocking access to Internet sites ( Answered, 0 Comments ) Subject: Telecommunications companies and blocking access to Internet sites Category: Computers > Internet Asked by: pbryan-ga Are telecommunications companies in Canada, governed by the CRTC, allowed to block access to Internet sites? Subject: Re: Telecommunications companies and blocking access to Internet sites Hello, pbryan-ga! There is a lot of discussion about this matter right now, particularly on blogs! According to the Canadian Telecommunications Act, an ISP cannot block particular sites without permission from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. It appears that seeking permission is not always the case, and this has prompted some discussion about how the Act actually applies! From Telecommunications Act - Statutes of Canada, Chapter 38 Content of messages 36. "Except where the Commission approves otherwise, a Canadian carrier shall not control the content or influence the meaning or purpose of telecommunications carried by it for the public." http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/canada/telecom.html When Telus blocked access to a labor union website in July of 2005, it caused quite an uproar. "On July 25, 2005, Canadian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Telus blocked subscribers' access to a Web site set up by an employee labor union intended to publicize the union's views about its dispute with Telus. In addition, the OpenNet Initiative's (ONI) research shows that Telus's decision to block traffic to the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the site caused collateral filtering of at least 766 additional, unrelated Web sites. Telus restored access to the IP address hosting the sites on July 28, 2005, while appearing to maintain an option to block any sites it chooses. "Telus's blocking of the Voices for Change site generated considerable criticism of the company's actions. (5) According to Telus spokespeople, the ISP was justified in blocking the site because it contained confidential "proprietary information" about Telus, encouraged people to tie up call centre phone lines, and endangered non-union staff by posting pictures of them crossing picket lines. Telus claims that under contractual agreements with its customers, it has the right to block access to certain sites, such as those containing child pornography. This poses questions as to whether the Canadian Telecommunications Act has been followed to the letter." See "Telus Blocks Consumer Access to Labour Union Web Site and Filters an Additional 766 Unrelated Sites." August 2, 2005 http://www.opennetinitiative.net/bulletins/010/ Further opinion about this event can be seen on Michael Geist's blog: "Given the importance of the neutrality principle, it came as a shock to learn last week that Telus, Canada?s second largest telecommunications company, was actively blocking access to Voices for Change, a website supporting the Telecommunications Workers Union. Telus has been embroiled in a contentious labour dispute with the union, yet its decision to unilaterally block subscriber access to the site was unprecedented." "The Canadian Telecommunications Act may also be relevant to this situation, though the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission?s 1999 New Media decision to take a hand-off approach to the Internet may diminish its applicability." "Section 27(2) forbids unjust discrimination in the provision of a telecommunication service. This section is primarily applicable to competing services, though the blocked website may well fit within the definition." "Moreover, Section 36 of the Act provides that a "Canadian carrier shall not control the content or influence the meaning or purpose of telecommunications carried by it for the public." The CRTC has sought to limit the applicability of this provision to retail end-user Internet services, yet it is clear that the Telus action extended well beyond its own retail customers." "Canadian ISPs have been supported for many years by a self-regulatory environment premised on network neutrality and non-discrimination of the traffic on their systems. In light of last week?s events, they may soon find the federal government stepping in to back this principle with the force of law." Read "Telus Breaks Net Providers Cardinal Rule." http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=919. * Follow the links below this article to related content about this matter! Also see "TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY REVIEW SUBMISSION." Professor Michael Geist. Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law http://www.telecomreview.ca/epic/internet/intprp-gecrt.nsf/vwapj/Geist_Michael.pdf/$FILE/Geist_Michael.pdf Recently, the CRTC took some action on this issue: From "CRTC denies request to ask ISPs to block hate sites." August 25, 2006 http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/08/25/crtc-ruling.html "Canada's broadcast regulator will not ask internet providers to voluntarily block two U.S.-based websites accused of promoting hate. An Ottawa lawyer has asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to block access in Canada to the two "The CRTC said Friday it would be inappropriate to grant an interim order allowing ISPs to block the sites without first allowing comment from the companies and the public." "The CRTC can order internet service providers to temporarily block access of Canadian internet users to specific websites, but must first ask them to do so voluntarily." "The ISPs themselves are not allowed to block access to any site - even ones that promote hatred - without the CRTC's permission. Internet law expert Michael Geist says the case raises interesting questions and possible precedents. "If the CRTC does issue such an order, will it face a regular stream of similar requests? Can the sites be blocked without also blocking dozens or hundreds of additional sites hosted at the same IP address?" wrote Geist on his blog." I hope this information helps to answer your question! Canadian Telecommunications Act CRTC telecommunications companies block access to internet	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800192
__label__cc	0.579691	0.420309	Assassination Vacation Book Reviews Good Reads Diane Plumley I thought the weird road-trips my husband and I went on were the end all be all of strange vacations. But Sarah Vowell unquestionably wins the dubious nonexistent prize as–Best Ghoulish, Yet Fascinating, Entertaining, and Educational Vacation. I finally finished reading her part political, part historical, part macabre, part travelogue, part opinion, part essay, part humor, book-Assassination Vacation. Catchy title, right? Succinct and exact, for the book chronicles her wanderings from one presidential death site to another. Three, in all, with the more recent, John Fitzgerald Kennedy left as an aside in the last pages where she recounts the eerie correlations between Lincoln and Kennedy’s doomsdays. She takes the reader on various junkets in Washington DC pouncing upon every plaque recalling obscure historical events at long gone sites, all in relation to either Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley’s assassinations. Considering many have no idea that we had presidents with the name Garfield and McKinley, the fact that there are various and sundry commemorative pieces throughout the country is fascinating, at least to me. Because I feel as if I have a twin in Ms. Vowell, or daughter, considering she’s incredibly young to be a well known essayist and guest on Jon Stewart, which is where I heard of the book and the author to begin with. Some of the spots she’s traveled to are also places I’ve made a point of visiting. The cemetery in Baltimore where within lies the body of John Wilkes Booth, notorious actor and presidential killer was a must see. Unfortunately for me, the cemetery, located in the worst poverty stricken area I’ve encountered since the late 1970s Bronx NY, or speeding through Camden NJ a couple of days ago–had just closed the second we finally found our way to the entrance after circling a few times. A big disappointment, because besides Booth, there were many other fascinating corpses within, none of which I remember now. Still, we share staring at Poe’s last resting place, except that too was closed–or rather, under renovation–although how you renovate a gravesite is beyond me–I had to press my face between the hard black fence posts, just to catch a glimpse of, who knows? I couldn’t tell. Just last summer we trekked to the opulent monstrosity built for the rather tepid president, James Garfield after his passing–due mostly to incompetent medical care. After having been shot, several idiotic doctors decided they needed to locate the bullet within his flesh, and poked and prodded with dirty fingers until they made quite sure they’d cause a severe enough infection to do him in. He lingered down the Jersey Shore, another spot I’ve been to, with no knowledge that a president expired feet from the beach. Garfield’s monument is so over the top, it’s hard to comprehend what they were thinking when it was built. He hardly made an impact as president, yet here was a grand monument, because? He was murdered. Period. Inside are murals depicting the location he was wounded, the railway station in D. C., with his assassin clearly identifiable. Charles J. Guiteau used the defense of malpractice arguing he didn’t kill the president, the doctor’s did, he merely pulled the trigger. I was obsessed with presidential tidbits as a kid. One of my favorite pastimes was reading and re-reading the World Book Encyclopedia volumes, each one highlighting a president and his accomplishments. I had memorized the presidents in order, and can still recite them up to around Van Buren, then I get lost until I hit Buchanan and go south again after Grant. So Garfield falls somewhere within that murky area before I find my way again beginning with McKinley, then it’s smooth sailing all the way to Obama–I can even recite them backwards, which I do every so often aware that this is one of the test marks for Alzheimer’s. Reading the World Book’s bio of Garfield my knowledge of his assassin consisted of his being ‘a disappointed office seeker’. As a child, I had no idea what an office seeker was, and a ‘disappointed’ one didn’t add to my understanding. What I gathered was, a pissed off guy shot the president, and really, aren’t they all? Otherwise, I would think they’d pursue other avenues in life. According to Ms. Vowell and her extensive research, Guiteau was much more than disappointed, he was down right nuts. But– a very cheerful crazy person. Upbeat, optimistic, his goal was to rid the Republican party of Garfield, and return to power what were called Stalwarts, the cronies of corrupt political boss, Roscoe Conkling whose iron grip on the New York Custom House was countermanded by Garfield. With great humor Ms. Vowell relates her excursions, but every visit has it’s serious points, and philosophical ones. When ruminating about McKinley’s rule and his preemptive strike against Spain in Cuba, and the arrogance the country cloaked itself in after The Spanish American War, she sees history repeating itself at the point in time she wrote the book. George W. Bush had just pushed us into Iraq with creepily similar sound bites to McKinley’s reasonings as to why we needed to crush a foreign nation. She unflinchingly points out the hypocrisy our country was built upon, the slaughtering of native Americans, to gain control of the land, and our disregard for the people we were ‘freeing’ from Spanish rule after the war was won, by supporting and propping up dictators and despots in Cuba until Castro put an end to it. She relates how McKinley’s policies and our armed troops slaughtered countless Philippine natives in the guise of creating a safe well governed country, because those N words couldn’t govern themselves. And yet, her love of country, her appreciation for the struggles, good and bad, this country has endured, is evident throughout. She’s patriotic in the best possible sense–she sees the country, warts and all, and doesn’t flinch from the truth, as so many others do while swathed in the flag. And she unearths humor throughout it all. She has her 3 year old Addams family nephew tagging along on these trips, who loves the ‘Halloween parks’ which are known as cemeteries to the rest of us, and who when gazing upon the caskets of Garfield and wife, complains there are no skeletons in view. My take on that area was the fact the rest rooms were located within inches of their bodies. It was, how do I put it? Unseemly, some how. With all the pomp of stained glass windows and huge marble likeness above, having the latrines so close to the martyred man was not only funny, it was sort of sad. One of the best aspects of Vowell’s research and travels are the obscure people and places we are introduced to. Obscure, only if you’ve no historical reference to begin with, because during the eras of these presidents, the players within were as powerful and obnoxiously visible as Karl Rove or Rupert Murdock are now. And those two men will be as unknown and un cared about when they are dust too, which is a consolation as one watches the devastation left in their wake. Vowell’s trips are rife with interesting factoids, but more importantly, these disparate pieces are strung together so skillfully that the reader comes away from the book not only entertained, but gifted with a much greater insight into this country, it’s leaders, and countrymen. Tags: assassination vacation author Good Reads james garfield Lincoln mckinley presidential assassinations Reading sarah vowell Owen Meredith and Collecting Lucile Mystic River–Best 100 Mysteries Of All Time Book Censorship Explored Through A Bette Davis... Books & Mags Dastardly Deeds Buying an ebook Best 100 Mystery Books of All Time Book Reviews The Dead Ringer–Best 100 Mysteries of All...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800199
__label__wiki	0.902229	0.902229	Duluth-Superior Dukes Postseason Recap The Dukes first opponent was the Cream City Pirates. The Dukes got off to a fast start in Game 1 scoring 5 runs in the first three innings. Alex Rodriguez had a 2-run homer in the first to keep the home town crowd quiet for the rest of the game. Five pitchers combined to beat the Pirates with Nathan finishing the job and a 5-2 victory and Duluth-Superior taking a 1 game to none lead. Game 2 the Cream City Pirates dominated all game and whipped the Dukes 7-0. Shane Victorino was the star of the game as he went 3-4 and scoring 2 runs and knocking in one. Four Pirate pitchers combined for the shutout and Cream City and Duluth-Superior are tied at 1 game apiece. With the series ties 1-1, the Dukes were feeling pretty good playing the next three at home. Game 3 saw the Dukes start right away scoring 3 runs in the first. Alex Rodriguez went 3-5 and was one of three Dukes to drive in two runs. The others were Justin Morneau and Albert Pujols. Chris Young pitched a gem going 6 innings while only giving up one earned run. The big three Rodriguez, Morneau and Pujols each homered in the game. The Dukes won 6-5. Game 4 went to the Dukes to take a commanding 3 games to one lead in the series. Pirate pitcher Jeff Francis gave up seven walks in 3 and 2/3 innings pitched. Offensively, Michael Cuddyer came through with a bases clearing triple. Game 5 saw a low scoring 3-2 11 inning Pirate win, each starting pitcher went 7 2/3 innings. Dukes pitcher Eric Bedard struck out 11 batters while walking only one. Alex Rodriguez hit his 3rd homerun of the series. B.J. Upton was the difference as he hit a game winning homer in the top of the 11th, his second of the series. Game 6 in Cream City was another nail biter. The pitching matchup pitted Javier Vazquez and Rich Hill. Vazquez pitched in to the 8th on a two-hitter and striking out nine Cream City Batters. Rich Hill walked seven batters and was tagged with the loss. The Dukes went on to win game 6 and the series with a 2-1 score. Millar homered for the Dukes. The Dukes were on to meet up with the San Jose Scorpions. The Dukes were on the road again for games 1 and 2. Game 1 matched Eric Bedard and Barry Zito. Bedard pitched 6 strong innings striking out five batters. Bedard would be the winning pitcher as the Dukes outscored the Scorpions 4-2. Offensively the Dukes got big hits from Albert Pujols (2-4) knocking in three of the four runs scored. Scorpions’ Jimmy Rollins went 3-3 and two runs scored. In game 2, Javier Vazquez kept his strong postseason going, getting seven strikeouts and allowing only one earned run. Joe Blanton also pitched well for San Jose going six innings. The winning run was scored in the 7th inning as Rafael Furcal doubled and stole third. With Furcal on third, Juan Pierre delivered the game winning RBI single. The Dukes won game 2 by a score of 3-2 and had a commanding 2 games to none lead in the series with the series coming to Duluth-Superior for the next three games…..How could we lose? Game 3 saw the start of the Dukes bats go silent as the Dukes would only score 11 runs in the last four games. The Scorpions won game 3 by a score of 9-2. San Jose’s big hitter was Ryan Doumit hitting two homeruns, going 3-5 with 7 RBI. Others hitting homeruns were Willie Harris and Nate McLouth. Game 4 was a little closer but same result, San Jose wins outscoring Duluth-Superior 4-3 in 10 innings. Travis Hafner hit his first homerun of the series. In the top of the 10th, Carlos Pena walked, Hafner doubled him to third. Jimmy Rollins was intentionally walked to load up the bases. Josh Hamilton the singled in the eventual game winner. With the series now tied at two, the Dukes were feeling pretty down. Game 5 was a laugher and the San Jose bats really woke up torturing the Dukes inning after inning totaling 15 runs on 12 hits. Dukes pitchers allowed 8 walks and four hit batters. Joe Blanton went the distance for the Scorpions allowing only five hits while striking out six batters. Mark Ellis had a grand slam homerun to start off the slug fest. Game six capped off San Jose’s four game streak and end the series. San Jose won 5-3. The key at-bat was Josh Hamilton’s double in the fourth innings plating two runners. Winning pitcher Brandon Webb won his fourth game of the postseason. Webb finished the series with a 2.19 ERA. Some notable Dukes stats: Team Batting Average: .213 Homeruns (12 games): 10 Opp. Homeruns: 14 Stolen Bases: 14 Dukes batters hitting above .250: ONE-Alex Rodriguez Dukes batters K’s: 78 Dukes pitchers K’s: 113 Posted by Other Side at 9:26 AM San Jose = Cinderella? Dukes' Dominance	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800200
__label__cc	0.664213	0.335787	mdart April 11, 2019 Catch the Keys Productions presents a new immersive musical created by Beth Dart, Megan Dart & Lindsey Walker Magna and her mother have never seen eye-to-eye. Spirited Magna rebels against her mother’s strict rules and staunch dedication to decorum. When Magna’s mother suddenly passes away, Magna is tasked with sorting through her mother’s memories, a woman Magna soon realizes she hardly understands at all: a secret life stuffed between cracked pages of cookbooks, locked inside trinkety music boxes, filed away amid stacks of dusty photos, scribbled inside the pages of a dogeared journal. “I try to recreate the places I think I’m from everywhere I go,” reads the first line of Magna’s mother’s journal. As Magna uncovers her mother’s many hidden truths, Magna unearths secrets in her own life, and finds an undeniable connection to generations of strong-willed women who came before her. In an intimate sharing of story and song, VAULT tells harrowing true tales of women who helped shape our communities as we know them, and who are preparing for a future we may not recognize tomorrow.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800204
__label__wiki	0.776276	0.776276	Articles Posted in the " Highlights " Category My five favourite films By John Underwood on March 28, 2014 1 comment A long time ago, when Best For Film Towers was as busy as it was happy, we had a blog series called Best For Film’s Favourite Flicks. It wasn’t regular, or concise, or tightly argued – Best For Film was never any of those things – but it was individual, it was witty and it showed off our brilliant writers to perfection. It’s still my favourite column onsite, because it offers the most insight into the motley crew of interns, freelancers, chancers and MA dropouts who have written for the site over the past four years. Anderson supercut reveals Wes’ dedication to symmetry Featuring our favourite dotted line since that ellipsis in Trainspotting. Top 10 sexy Disney animals By Vincent Kenny on February 20, 2014 1 comment Continuing Best For Film’s series of slightly mucky blogs in the run-up to Nymphomaniac‘s release tomorrow, our resident pervert Vincent has rolled up his sleeves and charged fist-first into the unexpectedly lavish castle of erotic inspiration (well, unexpected to everyone but Vincent) that is the Disney canon. Ever wanted to witness a grown man confess to fancying a fox? You’ve come to the right place. Top 10 films that ruined sex forever By Vincent Kenny on February 18, 2014 2 comments Sex is awful isn’t it? Sweaty rutting that fails to stimulate a beneficial experience greater than the nerves, the physical exertion or the time you could have spent playing Final Fantasy XIV. Hello ladies, why yes I am single. Like most crippling personality defects, revulsion of sex probably stems from cinema. The great sex scenes are bad enough, creating a standard for physical beauty, ambient lighting and stamina that a mortal male could never hope to achieve, but it’s the terrible sex scenes that have really burrowed deep into your psyche. Top 10 films that should never have made it onscreen Hollywood is big business. With more and more films now scraping, or downright flying, past the billion-dollar mark in box office receipts, it’s understandable that studios are going to pump cash into projects they think will net them a profit. Quite often, however, they appear to have absolutely no idea that a film is going to bomb. Here are a few examples of when studios should have absolutely known beforehand that a project was doomed. Happy bloody Valentine’s – our favourite V-day horrors By Liam Rafferty on February 12, 2014 0 comment This Valentine’s Day, forget about booking a table at Dorsia. If Patrick Bateman can’t get a reservation, then neither can you. Instead, lure your other half into a dark room, force feed them popcorn and sit on separate sides of the couch while making your way through these gruesomely romantic films. I Am Not Famous Anymore – the perils of the public breakdown Gossip columnists and film writers alike are rejoicing in the endless snarky articles to be wrung out of what seems to be Shia LaBeouf’s prolonged and very public breakdown. But – regardless of whether or not he really is ill – what does this say about our attitude to mental health in the public eye? There aren’t many jokes in this one. Top 5 Princess Bride quotes for the office By Carl Anka on February 07, 2014 0 comment Navigate office life that much smoother with our guide to The Princess Bride’s best pithy put downs and responses; just make sure you don’t accuse your boss of being the six-fingered man who slaughtered your father unless you’re ABSOLUTELY sure it’s true. The Legend of Hercules’ new trailer is the worst thing ever The Legend of Hercules, which is described as being “from the makers of Olympus Has Fallen” despite sharing neither director, writers nor producers with Antoine Fuqua’s latest carcrash, is heading for the UK after receiving a critical and commercial drubbing in the home of the awful action movie. On the basis of the new trailer, here’s why you mustn’t see it. Top 5 places we’d rather stay than Sochi The world’s press has descended upon Sochi, home of this year’s Winter Olympics, to discover that you really shouldn’t let former KGB agents with latent sexuality issues to design an international sports centre. Twitter is rife with stories of missing floors, broken doors and filthy water in the official press hotels; although we obviously have zero interest in sports journalism, here are some Hollywood hostelries that, on balance, we’d rather frequent.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800205
__label__cc	0.712594	0.287406	Real Life Diagnostics: Will This Opening Draw in the Reader? Critique By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Real Life Diagnostics is a weekly column that studies a snippet of a work in progress for specific issues. Readers are encouraged to send in work with questions, and I diagnose it on the blog. It’s part critique, part example, and designed to help the submitter as well as anyone else having a similar problem. If you're interested in submitting to Real Life Diagnostics, please check out these guidelines. Submissions currently in the queue: Six Please Note: As of today, RLD slots are booked through January 25. The Sunday diagnostics will shorten that some when my schedule permits, but I wanted everyone to be aware of the submission to posting delay. This week’s question: Will I draw in the reader with this opening? Market/Genre: Historical Fiction On to the diagnosis… Original text: Henry de Grey tightened his grip on the pommel of his sword. The young knight’s gaze caught on the masts of boats anchored at Southampton’s docks and the throng of soldiers wending their way through the streets. Henry straightened in the saddle, thoughts focused on crossing the sea and joining King Richard’s army at Tours. Sombre, his destrier, pawed the ground. He stroked the dark bay’s neck, calming both man and beast, and nudged him along. His heart told him he’d made the right decision. He quieted the noise of his father’s misgivings. What good was it to get your spurs and not answer the King’s call? And what better service than to take the Cross, to free Jerusalem from the infidels. Henry’s fingers strayed to the crucifix hanging round his neck. This path You have laid out for me. Though he’d left Lincolnshire more than a week earlier, his journey to the Holy Land began here. Scents wafting from a bakeshop collided with the smells of stall after stall of fresh and salted fish. An argument at one cart drew stares. A fishwife with mussed gray hair haggled over prices with a round-bellied customer. She waved a huge gutting knife at him, spurring Henry’s sixteen-year-old servant Roger to draw up beside him. Henry tipped his head. “I’d place my silver on the old woman with the blade.” The man cursed, waving his arms, but she crossed her own, that knife aimed conspicuously at his throat. Applause erupted across the road. Roger turned toward the noise. Four full-bosomed women crowded an upstairs window, cheering the fishwife and gesturing suggestively to men on the street. My Thoughts in Purple: [Henry de Grey tightened his grip on the pommel of his sword.] This suggests he feels he might need it (which is good), yet there's no actual threat after this, so it's a bit misleading. Why does he tighten his grip? [The young knight’s gaze caught on the masts of boats anchored at Southampton’s docks and the throng of soldiers wending their way through the streets.] He's looking at things up in the air and on the ground, so it feels a little off Henry straightened in the saddle, thoughts focused on crossing the sea and joining King Richard’s army at Tours. Sombre, his destrier, pawed the ground. He stroked the dark bay’s neck, calming both man and beast, and nudged him along. This first paragraph feels unfocused, so I'm not sure what the important part of this is. There's nothing to hook readers, but more of a list of statements. [His heart told him he’d made the right decision. ] This has hooking potential, as it suggests some inner conflict. His heart says yes, but does that mean his brain says no? [He quieted the noise of his father’s misgivings.] Another good spot for potential conflict. Is he going against Dad's wishes? How does he feel about that? [What good was it to get your spurs and not answer the King’s call?] I don't understand what this means. Is "get your spurs" a knight thing? Whose thought was this, his or Dad's? [And what better service than to take the Cross, to free Jerusalem from the infidels.] Now I see a direction for the story. Henry is about to go on the Crusades and isn't sure about it Henry’s fingers strayed to the crucifix hanging round his neck. This path You have laid out for me. Though he’d left Lincolnshire more than a week earlier, his journey to the Holy Land began here. How? This is a good spot for some internalization to know how he feels about all of this. I'm getting hints, but not enough for me to understand the conflict. [Scents wafting from a bakeshop collided with the smells of stall after stall of fresh and salted fish. An argument at one cart drew stares. A fishwife with mussed gray hair haggled over prices with a round-bellied customer. She waved a huge gutting knife at him, spurring Henry’s sixteen-year-old servant Roger to draw up beside him. Henry tipped his head. “I’d place my silver on the old woman with the blade.”] I like Roger, but I'm unsure what this has to do with the story. It feels a little stuck in The man cursed, waving his arms, [but she crossed her own, that knife aimed conspicuously at his throat] How can she aim a knife at him with her arms crossed?. [Applause erupted across the road. Roger turned toward the noise. Four full-bosomed women crowded an upstairs window, cheering the fishwife and gesturing suggestively to men on the street.] Same thing here. I like the sense of the street and its people, but the details feel random The potential is there, but it feels a little unfocused to me so far. I like the idea of a conflicted knight heading off on the Crusades, unsure if what he's doing is right or not (If that is indeed the case here. I'm guessing based on a few clues). But Henry isn't doing anything in this opening and doesn't seem to have an immediate goal. There's the potential for trouble with the fishmonger--will Henry risk missing his ship to intervene in a fight?--but that never turns into anything. What does Henry want in this scene? What's driving the plot as the story opens? He's about to board a ship and head off to war, but what specifically is he doing here? That would help hook readers because they'd have something to wonder and worry about right away. Maybe it's as simple as "will Henry make his ship?" and there are obstacles in his way that might prevent that. If combined with his uncertainty about whether or not leaving is a good idea, and any issues with his father, that could also offer a "if he misses the ship, is that a bad thing?" question as well. (More on where to start the story here) I'd suggest tightening the narrative focus to show what matters most and what the reader ought to be worrying about. The opening paragraph is a good example here. Let's break this down to individual sentences and look at what they're doing: Henry de Grey tightened his grip on the pommel of his sword. The young knight’s gaze caught on the masts of boats anchored at Southampton’s docks and the throng of soldiers wending their way through the streets. Henry straightened in the saddle, thoughts focused on crossing the sea and joining King Richard’s army at Tours. Sombre, his destrier, pawed the ground. He stroked the dark bay’s neck, calming both man and beast, and nudged him along. The only sentences here that build off each other are the last two, where the horse paws the ground and he pats it to calm him. The other sentences have no connection to each other, so they aren't directing the story yet. You could rearrange them and it wouldn't change anything. (More on narrative focus here) But there's potential for more in every one. Let's look again: Henry de Grey tightened his grip on the pommel of his sword. Tightening your grip on a sword indicates you think you might need it or you want it. That suggests fear or apprehension or even a threat. Does he see an actual threat that he feels he might have to defend himself from? What makes him tighten his grip? What's worrying him? This is an interesting detail that hints of impending trouble, and that certainly is a possible hook to draw readers in. But only if you go somewhere with it. The young knight’s gaze caught on the masts of boats anchored at Southampton’s docks and the throng of soldiers wending their way through the streets. Masts on a ship are not going to make someone grab his sword, so immediately the tension from the opening sentence is gone. But what about the masts and soldiers catches his gaze? I know from later paragraphs he's uncertain about his journey, so is this a moment where he's reconsidering? Is that why he's looking at the ships and men? There's good potential to delve deeper into the inner conflict here. Henry straightened in the saddle, thoughts focused on crossing the sea and joining King Richard’s army at Tours. Once I know about his uncertainty, I can see a link between these two sentences (but it's not there on a first read). He sees the ships, and he thinks about what he's about to do. Another good spot to expand on his feelings and show the conflict of this scene. Readers want to know what the problem is, so show them what conflict Henry is facing at this moment. Sombre, his destrier, pawed the ground. A nice undertone of his own mood. Nervousness, agitation. The horse is a good external symbol of his internal turmoil. He stroked the dark bay’s neck, calming both man and beast, and nudged him along. Why does the stroke calm him? I like that is does, and it shows he's nervous about this journey, but why does he calm down? Has he reached a decision? Remembered something? Given himself a pep talk? The next paragraph mentions his heart saying he made the right decision, so it's a good lead in to his emotional state and the conflict he's facing. (More on conflict here) I'd suggest pinpointing the conflict in this scene and fleshing out the details to show that conflict and let Henry drive the plot toward a goal. Right now, this scene is "a guy rides through a street and looks at a ship" and that doesn't offer readers anything to sink their teeth into. But an uncertain knight embarking on a Crusade has more potential. Add something external Henry wants and has to overcome to that, and you'll have a solid opening with all the conflict and emotion to draw readers in. I think you have it here, it's just under the surface right now. Try looking at the world through Henry's eyes and see this scene through his perspective. How does he feel about his life and what he's doing right now? What significance does the fishmonger hold that he focuses on her? Or the prostitutes at the end? Or even Roger? This is a major moment for Henry (I assume), so let readers see that. Let them anticipate and fear the same things Henry does, so they'll want to know what will happen. Thanks to our brave volunteer for submitting this for me to play with. I hope they–and others–find it helpful. I don’t do a full critique on these, (just as it pertains to the questions) and I encourage you to comment and make suggestions of your own. Just remember that these pieces are works in progress, not polished drafts, so be nice and offer constructive feedback. Labels: real life diagnostics, RLD beginnings, RLD hooks, RLD openings Harry Sarkisian 12/14/2013 11:26 AM I liked the details, the fidgeting and the calming of ones self while patting a hoarse. I had a grounded sense of purpose after rereading and finally why he may have been so wound up. If the details are to be left in then have their affect be felt by the character and communicated to the reader. His traveling to the ship could be either an ascension to higher purpose or decent into hell. From what I can see this is really close to working well hook wise if I start liking this Knight right off. The fight, big boobs and fish smells got my attention and I was wondering if he thought they were the same old sots or perhaps something he will sorely miss in the coming years? If you have not finished your novel then keep going, this will sort out later please don’t get stuck making this perfect. Good stuff write on man! Carol Baldwin 12/14/2013 2:54 PM Great critique and writing sample. sarah 12/14/2013 3:23 PM I read this as an introduction to the character and situation of Henry. I personally didn't need any other goal or driving force - but that's just the kind of reader I am. It reminded me of the start of classic The Riddlemaster of Hed, which is a gentle scene-setter (although the initial phrase sums up the heart of the story.) Scene-setters can be great at engaging our hearts and then our minds will follow. My advice would be the same as Harry's - deepen Henry's character, perhaps with more musing, so we will attach ourselves to him. Already I like him as it is. On the level of the nitty-gritty, I don't think you need all the identifiers - "the young knight", "his destrier". Trust your readers will absorb that information through the descriptions you give. Keep writing! :-) Char Newcomb 12/15/2013 5:04 PM Janice, Thanks so much for your insights. You've given me plenty to think about. BTW, the granting of spurs - which one of my critique partners thought sounded right out of a Western - is referenced as a part of knighting ceremonies. The earliest ones consisted of girding of the sword belt; later customs included the accolade, the all-night vigil, and bestowal of spurs or other gifts. These customs may have become more common in the 13th or 14th centuries, so I'm stretching the history a bit, but so far, beta readers familiar with the 12th century haven't dinged me on it! Harry, Carol & Sarah - I appreciate your comments. I'm revising the 1st draft of this manuscript now and hope to begin revisions 'round 2' by mid-January. Janice Hardy 12/16/2013 7:21 AM Most welcome, glad they were helpful. I had a feeling the spur thing was a knight detail. I think it was the combination of the detail and not knowing whose thought it was that made it confusing. The detail itself is probably a good one for the historical aspect.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800210
__label__wiki	0.586255	0.586255	Browse: Popteen Blog » Traditional Chinese Culture»Chinese Culture: Rich and Unique Traditions Chinese Culture: Rich and Unique Traditions By Culture Shock on 29 January 2010 Chinese culture, unique and rich, is one of the oldest cultures of the world. The Chinese traditions and culture vary between the different towns, and provinces. A topic on Chinese traditions and culture would be incomplete without mentioning their food, clothes, education and architecture and transport. The historians claim that Chinese culture was very civilized and they had some unique and wonderful traditions. Chinese food is known for its aroma, color and flavor. The Chinese food, culture and traditions can be traced back to the 16th century B.C. Yi Yin, a scholar who lived during the Shang Dynasty was of the opinion that food should include flavors such as sweet, sour, bitter, piquant and salty. The reason is, the five major organs of the human body – heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, require nutritional diet. He formulated the theory of harmonization of food, which stresses on good nutritional diet to maintain good health. The traditional belief that food and medicine share the same origin is a part of Chinese tradition. This could be the reason that Chinese use scallions, garlic, dried lily buds, fresh ginger root, bamboo shoots and tree fungus in their cooking. The Chinese believe that these herbal plants have properties that prevent as well as cure various illnesses. The dining rules are a part of theChinese tradition and culture. There are rules like how many people should be seated on a table and how the main courses are to be served. As a part of the Chinese culture, you have to sit down to have a meal. There are also rules like who should be seated first among old and young and also among men and women. Chinese Traditional Clothes Traditional clothing is a part of the Chinese culture. There are evidences that show that a Chinese culture, Shantingtung, which flourished 18,000 years ago, used sewing needles made of bones. There are also evidences that prove the existence of the concept of sewing and ornamentation in the early Chinese culture. However, importance of designing the clothes was recognized during the era of the Yellow Emperor and also during the reign of the Emperors Yao and Shaun. It was during the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC, that refined and sophisticated clothes were worn. The evidences show that silk was woven during this period. The Pien-fu, the Ch’ang-p’ao and the Shen-i are the three types of Chinese traditional clothing. Pien-fu is a two-piece costume, which includes a tunic-like top that reaches the knee and an ankle-length skirt. The Ch’ang-p’ao is a long robe while the Shen-I is a combination of pien-fu and Ch’ang-p’ao. It is a tunic and a skirt sewn together to form a long robe. All the traditional Chinese garments have minimum stitches. Embroidered edgings, draped silks, decorative bands and embellishments on shoulders and wide sashes are used as ornamentation. As a part of the Chinese culture all traditional Chinese clothes are dark in color. Dark colors are preferred to the light ones. The common people for everyday-use, prefer light colors. The traditional Chinese architecture being a part of Chinese culture, is based on the principles of balance and symmetry. The Chinese architecture joins rectangular shapes of varying sizes to form a building. The traditional Chinese architecture uses wood as a the basic building material. Wood means life and the Chinese culture gives more importance to sustenance of life in various forms. The traditional rectangular Chinese houses are divided into several rooms, using wooden pillars and beams. The interior spaces of these houses exhibit the ethical and social values of Chinese culture. Traditional Chinese Transportation The historians and archaeologists state that Chinese culture had not invented any means of transportation. They also state that no form of chariots existed prior to 1200 B.C. The historians believe that chariots were used only during the Bronze Age. Traditional Chinese Literature The Chinese literature exhibits the understanding of the intellectuals of ancient China. The traditional Chinese literature proves that Chinese culture was one of the civilized cultures in the world. The books that narrate the culture and traditions of ancient China show that Chinese were well-versed in astrology, astronomy, poetry, constellations, calendar and so on. Zhou Dynasty was the Golden Period in Chinese literature and this dynasty is marked as the milestone of Chinese culture and tradition. Chinese traditions and culture vary from one Chinese province to another. The large part of Chinese traditions and culture depend on spirituality. The belief in life after death and reincarnation were the part of Chinese tradition and culture. 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__label__wiki	0.733794	0.733794	DiMaria Mongolia Day 3 (men's freestyle)...draw & discussion DiMaria replied to maligned's topic in International Wrestling Or Boris Novachkov? Cletus_Tucker reacted to a post in a topic: (PA, CA, NJ, OH) Will they ever have a female state qualifier or champion? April 23, 2016 (PA, CA, NJ, OH) Will they ever have a female state qualifier or champion? DiMaria replied to fanta's topic in High School Wrestling All-CIF cares about is making revenue and that's the reason sections like Oakland and San Francisco get a direct ticket to the state tournament. The Los Angeles City Section is improving a lot. At the moment, they have 32 schools that offer wrestling. In fact, in 2014 and 2015 they were allowed to take two wrestlers per weight class due to their great accomplishments in the state tournament. California's first female state qualifier was Tina Nguyen of Oakland High in 1999. However, she did qualify out of a weak section that only has four wrestling teams (Oakland Section). In fact, the year that she qualify to state, there was no other 106-pound wrestlers and that's the reason she was allowed to filled the vacant spot and represent the section. The following year the Oakland Section didn't have a 106-pound wrestler to send to the state tournament. CIF-State Brackets - http://thecaliforniawrestler.com/cif-state-brackets/ Chance Marsteller quitting the sport of wrestling? DiMaria posted a topic in College Wrestling https://twitter.com/c_marsteller_57/status/686873267437568000 The 39th Annual Doc Buchanan Preview DiMaria posted a topic in High School Wrestling http://thecaliforniawrestler.com/the-39th-annual-doc-buchanan-preview/ LkwdSteve reacted to a post in a topic: SPG defeats BLAIR !!! January 3, 2016 SPG defeats BLAIR !!! DiMaria replied to cornercoach's topic in High School Wrestling Next weekend should be fun at the Doc Buchanan tournament with Bergen Catholic (NJ), Buchanan, Clovis, San Marino, Bakersfield, Selma, Gilroy and Calvary Chapel. Poway High wont be in attendance. Ali Nasar DiMaria replied to gobraves101905's topic in College Wrestling I know Ali real well as his team wrestled in the same league as my high school. He is a quite it individual, but a great person once you get to know him. Here's a match of him as a sophomore when he won the Los Angeles City Section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qx6ITVU-Q0 Bloate reacted to a post in a topic: Inside The Mind Of Eric Guerrero August 19, 2015 Inside The Mind Of Eric Guerrero http://www.associatedwrestlingpress.com/news_article/show/545260?referrer_id=1024552 2td3nf reacted to a post in a topic: Aspirations of Being an Olympian Drives Anthony Valencia to Compete in the U.S. Open May 14, 2015 GoNotQuietly reacted to a post in a topic: Aspirations of Being an Olympian Drives Anthony Valencia to Compete in the U.S. Open May 14, 2015 Aspirations of Being an Olympian Drives Anthony Valencia to Compete in the U.S. Open DiMaria replied to DiMaria's topic in International Wrestling Los Angeles, CA â€“ Standing at almost six feet and weighing in between 160-170 pounds (depending on the weight he lost during the intensive workout with his personal coaches Juan Archuleta, J.D. Hawkins, Eddie Aguirre and his coach since his youth days, his father, Ruben Valencia), Anthony is not your typical teenager. As easily as being a dominant wrestler in the state of California and in the country, Anthony also excels in the classroom. Each evening after coming home from wrestling practice and eating dinner with his family, Anthony makes sure he gets his school work done. â€œWrestling is a sport that I eat, breathe and think about 24/7â€ Said Anthony â€œNothing brings more satisfaction to me than to witness the fruits of my labor become a reality. But as much as I love wrestling, I recognize that if I donâ€™t have the grades, I wonâ€™t be allowed to compete and wrestle.â€ After completing two undefeated seasons as a junior and senior and winning three CIF California state titles, the St. John Bosco senior is ready to contemplate the next stride in his wrestling careerâ€¦ to challenge for a spot on the 2016 U.S. Olympic team and wrestle in Rio. Scholastic Career Zahid and Anthony as youth wrestlers Since his freshman season, the heart and soul of the St. John Bosco wrestling program has been Anthony and his younger brother, Zahid. Their illustrious wrestling careers include each winning three CIF California state titles, four Doc Buchanan tournament titles, and earning titles at the prestigious Walsh Ironman Tournament in Ohio for a total six times between the two; Anthony won the event twice, while Zahid made history this past season by becoming the second wrestler in the 20 year history of the event to win it four times. Two-time NCAA champion and U.S. Open Champion, David Taylor was the first to achieve this feat. Winning a California state title is not an easy task to accomplish. The California state tournament with only one division and well over 800 schools is considered the nationâ€™s most demanding state to win. Numerous wrestlers who went on to have outstanding college and international careers never earned a prestigious California state title. Both of the Valencia brotherâ€™s only outright loss to a California wrestler happened during their sophomore season. Zahid lost to Sean Williams, who is currently wrestling at the University of Oklahoma, 3-2 in the state semifinals in 2013; Zahid and Sean met once during the regular season where Zahid pinned Williams in the finals of the Battle for the Belt tournament. The same year Anthony lost in the finals of the state tournament to his future Arizona State teammate, Chris Pagdilao of Santiago High School, 5-3. But now, their high school wrestling days are over and both brothers are concentrating on the future as collegiate wrestling awaits them. Both have signed to wrestler for Coach Zeke Jones and assistant coaches Chris Pendleton, Lee Pritts and Jordan Oliver at Arizona State. Anthony is scheduled to wrestle in the 174-pound weight category and Zahid at 184 lbs. â€œWeâ€™re most likely giving way to redshirt at ASU. Going in right away is probably not the brightest thing to do right now. My goal, as well as Zahidâ€™s, would be to aid the team in the future by winning a PAC-12 title and make ASU a powerhouse in college wrestling once again.â€ Arizona State Head Coach Zeke Jones was a great wrestler with abundant wrestling moves that helped him acquire a silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona games at 52 kilograms. Other accolades by Jones was being a 6-time National Freestyle Champion, 4-time World Cup Champion, Pan American Games Champion, 3-time Collegiate All-American, and receiving the â€œWorldâ€™s Most Technical Wrestler Awardâ€ awarded by FILA in the 1991 World Championships in Verna, Bulgaria. International Career Anthony Competing in the U.S. Open Anthony recalls how as a youth wrestler he was asked by his father (Ruben Valencia) what was one of his goals for the futureâ€¦Anthony told his dad that his dream was to become an Olympian champion and represent the United States. â€œThe dream of representing my country in the Olympics has been a goal of mine since I was small. Itâ€™s a dream of mine that I hope to achieve in the future.â€ Last year, Anthony, competed in the FILA Junior Division and defeated 2015 NCAA D-1 National Champion and fellow Californian, Isaiah Martinez. However, this year he was shooting for something much bigger, something that only six other high school wrestlers have achievedâ€¦ to place in the U.S. Senior Open. High School wrestlers that have placed in the U.S. Open Senior division include Logan Steiber(Ohio.), Chris Fleeger (Pa.), Cary Kolat (Pa.), Joe Russell (Ore.), Nate Carr (Pa.) and fellow Californian, Dave Schultz. â€œThe reason I decided to bypass the FILA Junior tournament and enter the senior division of the U.S. Open was to ascertain myself where I stand with the top guys in the country in the senior level.â€ The decision was a wise one as Anthony finished third in the 74-kilogram weight class. Along the way, he defeated 4-time college All-American and two-time finalist, Tyler Caldwell of the Sunkist Wrestling Club, 10-0 in the third-place bout. His lone defeat of the tournament came in the hands of the eventual runner-up, Andrew Howe of the New York Athletic Club in the semifinals. At one point during the match, Anthony was up 4-0 on Howe after obtaining two take-downs via a misdirection shot and his famous double leg take down. â€œIt feels great to take 3rd in the U.S. Open, but in reality, I am not satisfied 100% with myself. I came to Vegas expecting to win my weight class.â€ Prior international events for Anthony included winning gold in the junior division of the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, placing 9th at the Junior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, and winning the Bronze medal at the Copa Do Brazil tournament in 2014. Now that Anthony has officially qualified for the 2015 U.S. World Team Trials which will be held June 12-14 in the Coliseum at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, he will need to be mentally prepared to challenge for the title. â€œMy mentality going into the World Team Trials in Wisconsin, will be fully committing myself to training for it; I now recognize what mistakes I need to work on. I will keep my faith in God strong and follow his path and if itâ€™s his plan for me to win the tournament, then Iâ€™ll definitely get myself ready to compete at the World Championships in Vegas and get myself a world gold medal in Brazil.â€ Anthony and his mother Mercedes The U.S. World Team Trials will determine the entire menâ€™s Freestyle World Team, as well as establish the final four weight classes for the womenâ€™s Freestyle World Team. In effect, the event will finalize both the menâ€™s and womenâ€™s freestyle teams for the 2015 Senior World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 7-12. â€œOne day, God willing, I hope to participate in Mix Martial Arts,â€ Said Anthony â€œIâ€™ve been practicing other types of combat sports since I was 10 years old and I love it. Itâ€™s been a dream of mine to get in the octagon and go full blast fighting. I hope on getting more training done for MMA during open dates and begin fighting right after I win the Gold medal in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. At this instant in time, Due to the lack of opportunities for wrestlers after their collegiate and international careers, most wrestlers are trying their luck in MMA and signing contracts with companies like Bellator, One Championship, UFC, and World Series of Fighting to help them financially. Donâ€™t be surprised to see Anthony winning world titles inside the octagon in the future. Thank you, Gantry. And yes, you're right. The event was a Junior event. DiMaria posted a topic in International Wrestling http://thecaliforniawrestler.com/aspirations-of-being-an-olympian-drives-anthony-valencia-to-compete-in-the-u-s-open/ Does California produce the most talented wrestlers? DiMaria replied to tightwaist's topic in College Wrestling I don't believe Joey Davis was part of the Monster Garage. Many other California wrestling studs have gone and wrestled with the Monster Garages kids but are not part of the club. Cade Olivas Wins Gold at the Junior Pan American Championship Games http://thecaliforniawrestler.com/cade-olivas-wins-the-gold-medal-at-the-junior-pan-american-championship-games/ The Palomino Family: 40 Years of wrestling tradition in the Golden State http://thecaliforniawrestler.com/the-palomino-family-40-years-of-wrestling-tradition-in-the-golden-state/ Inside The Mind of Alex Cisneros DiMaria replied to DiMaria's topic in College Wrestling BraunMann, I thought of asking him that question, only I opted not to at the last minute. Alex is a great kid with a great vision and I hope nothing but the best for him in his future endeavors. -Pablo	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800217
__label__cc	0.54581	0.45419	Excerpt Reveal Prom Queen by Katee Robert Katee Robert's PROM QUEEN, one of the five books in the upcoming BAD BOY HOMECOMING series, releases June 27th, but we couldn't wait to share an excerpt! Get a sneak peek below and preorder your copy today! About PROM QUEEN A high school reunion is about to get down and dirty and a whole lot more complicated in this new erotic romance from NYT Bestselling Author Katee Robert. Jake Davis had it all in high school—a scholarship to his college of choice, a promising football career, and the gorgeous prom queen for a girlfriend. And then he lost it all when he was injured right after graduation. Ten years later, he’s mostly made his peace with that, and now runs a company that provides women with dates for special events. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the ex who left him in the dust needs a fake boyfriend for their high school reunion… Jessica Jackson used to be the mean girl to end all mean girls. But life didn’t turn out like she’d thought it would, and now she’s twenty-eight, single, and works as an insurance agent to A-listers instead of being the A-lister like she’d always dreamed. She can’t go back to her home town and admit just how thoroughly she’s failed, so she lets her friends set her up with a fake date for the reunion. The second Jessica realizes that her fake date is Jake, she tries to call the whole thing off. The problem is the chemistry between them is even hotter now than it was when they were teenagers. Against her better judgment she lets herself get drawn into Jake’s arms again—and into his bed. But time doesn’t heal all wounds—sometimes, it actually makes them worse—and if Jessica and Jake can’t learn to forgive each other, their second chance might not last the weekend. Add PROM QUEEN to your Goodreads list here! Find out more about the BAD BOY HOMECOMING series on the website here! PROM QUEEN releases June 27th, 2017 - preorder your copy now! ✦Amazon http://amzn.to/2ngitYY ✦iBooks http://apple.co/2ovAPGg ✦Barnes & Noble http://bit.ly/2nJk8dh ✦Kobo http://bit.ly/2oe1kk8 Read an Excerpt from PROM QUEEN It took less time than she would have expected to give a short medical history, and then they were being led back to a dimly lit room with two massage beds sitting side by side and soft music playing in the background. After getting assurances that they didn’t have preferences about the gender of their masseuse, the woman—Sarah—left, closing the door softly behind her. It was only then that Jessica realized the problem. “I’m not stripping in front of you.” Jake shot her a look. “I’ve seen every inch of you.” “It’s different when we’re having sex.” He had been so distracted by the whole having sex thing, he hadn’t been likely to look at her imperfections. They might have been few when she was a teenager, but they were legion now. Five years ago, she’d given up on perfection. Being skinny and perfectly put together every second of every day hadn’t saved her from being fired. It hadn’t stopped her jerk boyfriend from dumping her at dinner in front of an entire crowd of people. And it hadn’t made a damn bit of difference when she couldn’t make rent and was evicted. So she stopped it a little bit at a time. Going brunette was the hardest—and biggest step—but after that it was as if she’d flipped a switch in her head. She’d leave the house without makeup, or eat a second slice of pizza. Despite her mama’s dire warnings, the world didn’t end. She still worked out, but she did it because it made her happy and decreased her stress, not because she wanted to be a size four. And she ate now—mostly healthy, sure, but she’d stopped denying herself little indulgences. Between those two things and the fact she was staring thirty in the face, her body was a lot softer than it used to be. Her stomach was soft instead of taut, and… What am I doing? Sometime in the last five seconds, her internal voice had turned into her mama’s. She pressed her hands to either side of her head. Stop it right this instant. Jessica straightened and dropped her arms. Jake looked like he was going to ask her what the hell was going on, but she didn’t give him the chance. She yanked her zipper down nearly hard enough to rip the fabric. It wasn’t a smooth move to shimmy out of the dress, but she managed. She didn’t meet his gaze as she dipped her thumbs into her Spanx, silently daring him to say a single freaking word. And then she was naked and there was nowhere left to look. Jake stared at her body like he was in a desert and had just set eyes on an oasis. He took a step toward her, but she moved to put the table between them. “Massage.” “Screw the massage.” A knock on the door interrupted them. “Just a minute,” Jake’s voice was so rough, his words were nearly indecipherable. Warmth flowed through her at the realization that she was causing this reaction. She wasn’t nearly as aloof as she wanted to be, because she stared as he pulled his shirt over his head and stripped out of his jeans. Jake was… Jake was magnificent. He’d always had a great body, but the body she’d known so well was the body of a boy. This Jake was a man, through and through. His muscles roped along his frame, no tan lines to be seen. The only break in the color were the scars on his shoulder and arm. A smattering of dark hair created a triangle designed to draw her gaze south, ever south, to where his cock was standing at attention. She pressed her thighs together, but there was no hiding her reaction any more than he could hide his. Her breasts felt larger and her nipples pebbled under his gaze. “Jake—” “Massage.” He pointed at her table and then waited for her to obey before he carefully laid face down on the other. “This was the worst fucking idea I’ve ever had.” Jessica was inclined to agree. All of her earlier pep talks about keeping her hands off him went up in smoke. They should have just rented a hotel room far enough out of town that no one would care that they didn’t stay the night. They could have lost themselves in each other’s bodies for hours. Find out more about the other four books in the BAD BOY HOMECOMING series on the website here! ✦ DROPOUT by Carrie Ann Ryan ✦ TROUBLE by Avery Flynn ✦ HONOR by Kennedy Layne ✦ ROCK STAR by Stacey Kennedy About Katee Robert New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it 'a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension." When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Website \| Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| Goodreads	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800218
__label__cc	0.655063	0.344937	EPF Chapters & Peace Partners National Executive Council Anti-War/Conscientious Objectors Death Penalty Abolition Action Group Gender Violence Prevention Gun Violence Prevention Action Group What About Guns? Pray, Study & Act Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Palestine Israel Network Welcoming the Stranger General Convention EPF Email Archives Happy New Year, and Merry Christmas, from EPF’s Executive Director! At the dawn of this brand new year, I am looking out from my very familiar desk through a very familiar window, knowing that soon, all of this familiar will be left behind. It seems odd to be starting a new adventure from my same-old, same-old spot, but it is comforting, nevertheless. Nearly thirty years of law practice is almost wound down, and my law partners have graciously agreed to let me have this space to launch into my new work for the near term. So, I write this first blog from the safety of my ivory tower. What I see through the mist out my office window is a giant wooden black box around the base of a Confederate memorial which sits in Linn Park, downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Former Birmingham Mayor William Bell had the twenty foot obstruction (ply-wooden drape) erected around the memorial in challenge to Alabama’s Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, which was passed to preserve all monuments 40 years or older from relocation, removal, alteration, renaming or “other disturbance.” For context, this law was passed when confederate memorials began being dismantled, destroyed and moved into museums following the racially charged events of that summer in Charleston. Of course, there is a legal challenge to the presence of the box making its way through the courts, but I mention this here for you to get some idea of what the world looks like from my perspective. A peace ambassador from Birmingham, Alabama, predictably, has seen a lot that might inform her world view. Today’s posting is to share my best intentions for what my work as your ED will look like in this “Year of Action” for EPF’s 80th year. Immediate plans: I have spent much of this week with the very capable Shannon Berndt (EPF Member Services Coordinator) here at my law offices in getting trained on the administrative chores of the ED job. Shannon has graciously agreed to be available to me on an ongoing and virtual way for a few more weeks while I get the hang of things. Fr. Bob Davidson, who has been doing the work of the Executive Director since Rev. Allison Sandlin Liles left to accept her call to parish ministry, joined us this week with the details of the expectations of the NEC for the remainder of my duties. Following this orientation, after a send-off tomorrow from my home parish, St. Andrew’s-Birmingham -- which will include a house blessing for the Leisure Travel Van that my husband, Steven, and I will be living in and working from as we travel the country -- we will start driving west. Pray for our safe travels, please, and watch social media for a chance to meet us when we are in your neighborhood. Ongoing plans: I’ll begin to blog regularly, and plot a course across the county for visiting with congregations and making meaningful connections. I’ll be listening closely to find out what resources our members and chapters need from us. I will appear where the NEC directs, including being in Chicago in March for a Palestine Israel Network retreat, in Colorado in April from the Columbine commemoration, in Arkansas this summer for an abolition of the death penalty event, in Palestine this October, and then in New England in the fall for our 80th anniversary celebration, among much else. I’m excited about all of these activities, and can’t wait to start meeting our members and making new connections. If you would like to make an opportunity to spend some time with me while I am near your hometown or parish, please contact me at epf@epfnational.org. On a personal note, I’ll be in Nashville in early May for my son’s graduation from Vanderbilt, and will make time for visiting in the middle Tennessee area while I am there. I’ll also be writing about some of the events unique to Birmingham, including the recent Thanksgiving day shooting of E. J. Bradford by Hoover police, and the aftermath and demonstrations following that tragedy, including renewed efforts at nonviolence and direct action training that I have participated in. My hometown almost always has something provocative happening relevant to my work! After I interviewed for this position back in November, I was given a copy of the history of EPF: “The Voice of Conscience: A Loud and Unusual Noise? The Episcopal Peace Fellowship 1939-1989” by Nathaniel W. Pierce and Paul L. Ward. I was stopped in my tracks when I read this paragraph, relating to the calling of the inaugural executive director of EPF in 1965: “But first, in the EPF Newsletter for later Trinity 1965, Sayre appealed to members for help in finding a capable person to travel, organize EPF cells and interpret across the country the relevance of the Christian Gospel in terms of nonviolence and reconciliation… He would have to … have enough sense of organization to follow through on hopeful openings and not waste time repeatedly knocking on doors that have been shut and barred against him… In militarized America, peacemaking is a ‘mission field’ and the EPF secretary will have to have the missionary’s spirit of dedication, zeal and patience.” The Voice of Conscience, page 30. Remarkable! Without knowing this particular piece of EPF’s history, I had pitched myself as a possible candidate for Executive Director by telling the NEC that it would be my intention to travel around the country, visiting with parishes and youth groups, and appearing at diocesan events, recruiting new members and re-establishing ties between EPF and her longstanding peace disciples and allies. I explained that in order to be effective doing these things, I would need the NEC’s help identifying “our tribe,” meaning finding the persons and places within the ECUSA where our message was likely to resonate. My plan would be to develop relationships, then empower our “boots on the ground” witnesses with the resources they need to “wage peace” during these most divisive times in our country, and then help create resources as needs manifest themselves and new issues arise. Who knew that I was not creating a new vision of the ED role -- rather returning us to our well-established roots -- with my imagination of what needed to be done. I think I can fairly be described as a missionary for peace. Until next time, power to the peaceful! 2045 West Grand Ave, Suite B #40058, Chicago, IL 60612-1577 © 2020 EPF National. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800223
__label__wiki	0.696981	0.696981	From FDNAPI Wiki Revision as of 09:32, 8 July 2014 by Admin (Talk \| contribs) The US federal DNA database (CODIS) was established in 1998. It is the largest in the world. The 2008 Interpol survey reported that 245,171 crime scene DNA profiles and 6,454,770 individuals' profiles, plus 519 missing persons' DNA profiles and 2,283 unknown/deceased DNA profiles were held in the US at the time of the survey. Since then the size of the database has doubled. According to FBI statistics, the National DNA Index (NDIS) contained over 10,692,400 offender profiles, 1,711,100 arrestee profiles and 527,400 forensic profiles as of November 2013. The federal database includes DNA profiles submitted under laws which vary state by state. The Justice for All Act, 2004, expanded the national database by allowing the retention of DNA profiles from anyone charged with a felony offence. The Violence Against Women Act, 2005, allows DNA profiles to be uploaded on arrest, rather than on charge. By end 2013, 28 US states had changed their laws to allow collection of DNA prior to conviction for a range of offences (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin). Of these 28 states, 10 require collection and/or analysis to occur only after changing, arraignment, indictment, or judicial determination of probable cause. In March 2013, the Supreme Court made a 5-4 decision upholding Maryland's DNA testing law (which collects DNA on charge for some felonies and requires automatic expungement of innocent people's DNA profiles). However, laws in other states (which are broader in some cases, such as California, which collects on arrest for all felonies and has no automatic expungement process) are still subject to ongoing legal challenges. In most states, DNA profiles taken from arrested persons are not automatically removed if the person is innocent, although the individual can request removal. Automatic expungement processes exist in 7 of the 28 states which collect DNA prior to conviction. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Haskell v. Harris (20th March 2014) Allows California's arrestee DNA testing law to continue but also grants leave to seek to narrow its application. US Department of Justice Office of Inspector General: Combined DNA Index System External Reports Press Release: U.S. Departments of Justice and Commerce Name Experts to First-ever National Commission on Forensic Science (10th January 2014) National Institute of Justice: Making Sense of DNA Backlogs, 2012 - Myths vs. Reality (December 2013) The Urban Institute: Collecting DNA at Arrest: Policies, Practices, and Implications (3rd June 2013) Forensic DNA Consulting Blog FBI: Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) FBI: CODIS - Expungement Policy FBI: Legislation Affecting the Federal DNA Database Unit GAO: DOJ Could Improve Decision - Making Documentation and Better Assess Results of DNA Backlog Reduction Program Funds (July 2013) ACLU: Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Genetic Privacy (3rd June 2013) US Supreme Court: Maryland v. King (3rd June 2013) Mandara (2013) Compulsory collection and retention of DNA upon arrest: Fourth Amendment Implications (1st May 2013) US Supreme Court brief by Council for Responsible Genetics (February 2013) Congressional Research Service: DNA Testing in Criminal Justice: Background, Current Law, Grants, and Issues (6th December 2012) Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) Hares DR (2012): Overview of the FBI's CODIS Program Kreikemeier MA (2012) Touch DNA: A National Survey of Submission Policies and Laboratory Procedures Electronic Frontier Foundation: DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do (14th May 2012) DNA Resource: United States State by state laws, on the DNAResource website, run by Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs and sponsored by DNA testing company Life Technologies. National Institute of Justice: Making Sense of DNA Backlogs, 2010 — Myths vs. Reality (February 2011) National Institute of Justice: DNA Backlog Reduction Program JASON: The USD100 genome: implications for the DoD (December 2010) US Department of Justice: Combined DNA Index System Operational and Laboratory Vulnerabilities (May 2006) Violence against Women Act 2005 Justice for All Act 2004 DNA Identification Act 1994 Washington Post: Ohio leads the way on breaking through the rape kit backlog (6th July 2014) The Times News: Match Game(5th July 2014) CBS: CONNECTS AGAINST CRIME: DNA Database Expansion (3rd July 2014) Fox 8: Greensboro police eye DNA evidence for burglaries, car break-ins (23rd June 2014) BayNet.com Maryland's DNA database records 3,500th hit (20th June 2014) Politiker NJ: SACCO-SARLO BILL TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY BY EXPANDING DNA DATABASE APPROVED BY LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (19th June 2014) Providence Journal: Over-sampling DNA (1st June 2014) CBS5AZ: New DNA testing machine to help 'rapidly' catch suspects (14th May 2014) PilotOnline: Expanding DNA database used to solve lesser crimes (9th May 2014) Sheboygan Press: Wisconsin turns to controversial familial DNA testing to solve old murders, rapes(8th May 2014) Cape Cod Times: DNA deal reached in Christa Worthington murder case (6th May 2014) NextGov: It's Hard to Say If This Baltimore Crime Lab Whittled Down Its DNA Sample Backlog (5th May 2014) Fox 5 San Diego: DNA database boosting convictions and jail time for repeat offenders (30th April 2014) Daily Mail: Serial rapists walk free in Detroit as up to 9,000 rape kits remain untested 5 YEARS after being discovered abandoned in a police warehouse (21st April 2014) USA Today: Detroit rape kit testing backlog lingers (21st April 2014) Detroit Free Press: As Detroit rape kits sit untested, justice for victims is denied (21st April 2014) New York Post: DNA swab kits to help MTA bus drivers bust spitters (20th April 2014) Rape kit testing in Louisiana (7th April 2014) Pacific Standard: Do You Own Your Identity Online? (4th April 2014) Newark Patch: Congressman Asks FBI to Reduce Backlog of Untested Rape Kits (3rd April 2014) The Midweek Wire: The science of safety (2nd April 2014) Al.com: DNA testing could become part of security clearance procedure for federal workers (1st April 2013) KTVB: New law limits DNA collection in Idaho (1st April 2014) Navy Times: Hagel orders overhaul of remains recovery mission (31st March 2014) Genomics Law Report: Judicial and Legislative Reactions in California to Maryland v. King, 133 S. Ct. 158 (2013) (31st March 2013) East Bay Express: Mike Honda Asks House Committee to Remove Barriers for Reducing Rape Kit Backlog (26th March 2014) WBNS-10TV: 3,000 DNA Test Results To Be Reviewed At Columbus Crime Lab (26th March 2014) Stanford Law School Blog: Breaking News - Ninth Circuit En Banc Opinion “Affirms” Haskell v. Harris (21st March 2014) Wall Street Journal: California DNA Collection Law Upheld by Court (21st March 2014) Court keeps DNA law, but suit still alive (20th March 2014) The Alpenhorn News: San Bernardino County’s DNA backlog (18th March 2014) Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Assembly should join Senate to adjust DNA collection law (13th March 2014) Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Senate quickly makes unexpected changes to DNA-collection law (11th March 2014) CBS Pittsburgh: Firm To Help Police Analyze DNA Found In East Liberty Double Murder (11th March 2014) Sioux City Journal: Law enforcement sees new Iowa DNA law as crime-fighting tool (11th March 2014) LSJ: Cases illustrate possible pitfalls of untested kits (10th March 2014) Mother Board: Genetic Profiling and Predictive Policing Are Taking Us to the Pre-Crime Future (6th March 2014) AP: Oklahoma House rejects bill to expand DNA database (5th March 2014) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Allegheny County crime lab vying to use more advanced DNA database (28th February 2014) Associated Press: Committee Narrows "Katie's Law" DNA Testing Bill (19th February 2014) SFGate: Rape kit testing backlog undermines justice for victims (17th February 2014) The Parthenon: MU Forensic Science Center collects DNA of criminals across the country (17th February 2014) MotherBoard: Why Criminal DNA Records Should Be Public (3rd February 2014) Omaha.com: Iowa law means more must give DNA samples (3rd February 2014) USA Today: Pentagon, scientists closing in on rapid DNA technology (27th January 2014) The Florida Times-Union: Federal grant could fund DNA database that could solve cold cases, free wrongly convicted (27th January 2014) Sioux City Journal: Genes and crime scenes (25th January 2014) UPI: 166 errors found in national DNA database (25th January 2014) New York Times: F.B.I. Audit of Database That Indexes DNA Finds Errors in Profiles (24th January 2014) Problem with DNA robot led to Denver police DNA mix-up (10th January 2014 DNA evidence in Grim Sleeper case was taken legally, judge rules (7th January 2014) DNA Registry Would Help Solve Crimes in Pennsylviania, Police, Prosecutors Say (6th January 2014) The Verge: Is DNA analysis stuck in the past? (2nd January 2014) The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Police Agencies Have Stockpiles of Unprocessed Rape Kits (1st January 2014) A look at why it took 6 years for ‘Jane Doe 2’ to be identified (28th December 2013) SurfKY.com: Department of Corrections Issues Comprehensive Action Plan to Improve Felon DNA Collection (11th December 2013) Winston-Salem Journal: Computers work overtime in crime lab (26th December 2013) Miami OK.com: Should Oklahoma Collect DNA from Arrestees? (20th December 2013) In the dark no longer: Butte County streamlines DNA-testing process in cases of sexual violence (5th December 2013) The Ledger: Forensic DNA Use Has Exploded as Agencies Use It Even in Everyday Crimes (2nd December 2013) Homeland Security News Wire: Pentagon maintains a DNA database with 80,000 DNA profiles (15th December 2013) San Jose Mercury News: California's DNA Collection Law in Key Legal Test (9th December 2013) U-T San Diego: DNA sample concerns spur new police system (3rd December 2013) Washington Examiner: New questions raised about mandatory DNA swabbing by police (20th November 2013) Augusta Chronicle: Senator says bill will boost DNA hits (11th November 2013) Daily Gazette: Public debates the DNA issue - and so do I (19th October 2013) Iowa Public Radio: DA's Office Asks For DNA In Exchange For Dropped Charges (9th October 2013) Democratic Underground: More DNA Samples, More Debate (23rd September 2013) New York Times: Double Take (16th September 2013) Times Union: DNA test put on trial (16th September 2013) Genomics Law Report: Ninth Circuit Orders Rehearing of Haskell v. Harris (19th August 2013) Texas Tribune: Some Worry Over a Law to Increase DNA Testing (17th August 2013) Slate: Why DNA Testing Failed to Link the In Cold Blood Killers to a Gruesome Murder in Florida (14th August 2013) e! Science News: Forensic familial search methods carry risk of certain false matches (14th August 2013) There is a video abstract and general public explanation video available for this research Fierce Government: Justice Department lacks information on DNA backlog, report says (12th August 2013) ForensicPsychologistBlogspot: New analyses undermine perception of DNA infallibility (2nd August 2013) RT: Clerk who helped inmate exonerate himself with DNA evidence fired (1st August 2013) New York Times: High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics (24th July 2013) Boston Globe: Family of confessed Boston Strangler angry over DNA sample (11th July 2013) CBS: SF Bay Area: South Bay Paramedics Likely Brought Innocent Man's DNA To Murder Scene (28th June 2013) SFGate: How innocent man's DNA was found at killing scene (26th June 2013) New York Times: Police Agencies Are Assembling Records of DNA (12th June 2013) Chemical and Engineering News: DNA Ruling Raises Science Concerns (10th June 2013) Bloomberg: Routine DNA Testing After Arrest Upheld by Top U.S. Court (3rd June 2013) Bloomberg: Court's DNA Ruling Brings U.S. a Step Closer to 'Gattaca' (3rd June 2013) New York Daily News: Pioneer in DNA testing quits Medical Examiner's Office over lab violations (16th May 2013) Scientific American: The Government wants your DNA (March 2013) Detroit News: Justices mixed on DNA database (27th February 2013) Genetic Engineering News: DNA Collection v. DNA Privacy (27th February 2013) WFPL News: Supreme Court Considers If Warrantless DNA Swab Violates Constitution (26th February 2013) Fierce Government: Justice proposes forensic science governing body (25th February 2013) McAlester News: Why collecting DNA from people who are arrested won't solve more crimes (16th February 2013) New York Times: Mishandling of DNA Evidence Is Found in Over 50 Cases at Crime Lab (31st January 2013) New York Times: New York Examines Over 800 Rape Cases for Possible Mishandling of Evidence (10th January 2013) Right Side News: Rapid DNA: Coming Soon to a Police Department or Immigration Office Near You (7th January 2013) Baltimore Sun: Supreme Court will review Md. DNA law (9th November 2012) Wired: Supreme Court Weighing Genetic Privacy (8th November 2012) The NorthWestern: Expanded DNA collection draws fire (22nd October 2012) PostCresent.com (Wisconsin): Expanded DNA collection draws fire (21st October 2012) Government Technology: Will Private DNA Services Replace State Crime Labs? (11th October 2012) Reuters: Citing privacy concerns, U.S. panel urges end to secret DNA testing (11th October 2012) VV Daily Press: No DNA samples without a conviction (2nd October 2012) Huffington Post: Why Are the Freemasons Collecting Our Children's DNA? (26th September 2012) PC Advisor: FBI eager to embrace mobile 'Rapid DNA' testing (18th September 2012) New York Times: DNA Match Tying Protest to 2004 Killing Is Doubted (11th July 2012) RT: Kids' DNA collection? Possible with Homeland Security (20th May 2012) Baltimore Sun: Md. high court strikes down DNA collection at arrest (24th April 2012) BBC: FBI's DNA database upgrade plans come under fire (17th October 2011) Officer.com: DNA Mix Up Leads to Rape Case Review in Florida (27th September 2011) The Pottsdown Mercury: Convicted murderer wins court battle for DNA tests of evidence (20th September 2011) Boston Globe: Court says state can't hold DNA (26th August 2011) San Francisco Chronicle: DNA: Law requiring arrestees' samples struck down (5th August 2011) Las Vegas Sun: Man wrongly convicted after a DNA mix-up awarded USD1.5 million (25th July 2011) Huffington Post: Illinois Bill Could Allow State To Collect DNA From Those Presumed Innocent, Marking Nationwide Shift (26th May 2011) Wall Street Journal: Genes draw likenesses of suspects (27th March 2009) Washington Post: Incriminating proof (15th January 2009) FAS Project on Government Secrecy: Joint Intelligence DNA Database Described (18th November 2008) Financial Times: Fears over covert DNA database (17th November 2008) Washington Post: US to expand collection of crime suspects’ DNA (17th April 2008) Detailed analysis The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Combined DNA Index System program (CODIS) enables federal, state and local laboratories to store and compare DNA profiles electronically and thereby link serial crimes to each other and identify suspects by matching DNA from crime scenes to convicted offenders or arrestees (where state legislation allows this). All 50 states and the FBI now collect DNA samples, retain the profiles generated from those samples in the databases, and compare the database entries against DNA profiles of biological evidence. There are obviously differences amongst the states as to collection criteria, sample retention and removal of entries from the databases. It is impossible to give a complete overview of the position in each state in this paper and the aim is merely to briefly summarise the contents of the main pieces of legislation and to highlight trends amongst states. The DNA Identification Act, 1994, allows for DNA identification records to be kept of: (a) Persons convicted of crimes, this will vary from State to State in accordance with the DNA database laws of each State; (b) DNA samples recovered from crime scenes; (c) DNA samples recovered from unidentified human remains; and (d) DNA samples voluntarily contributed from relatives of missing persons. (Refer to See 42 U.S.C.S. §14132(a).). The Justice for All Act, 2004, allows for the retention in the National DNA Index System (NDIS) of DNA profiles from persons who have been charged in an indictment, even if the charges are eventually dropped or not pursued. The Act affects the qualifying offences for entry onto the National DNA database. Previously these were limited to sexual offences and other serious violent crimes, but have been amended to include "any felony". In terms of the Act, DNA profiles may not be uploaded to the NDIS if: (a) The arrestee has not been charged; or (b) DNA samples have been submitted voluntarily for the purposes of elimination from a crime sample. The Violence Against Women Act, 2005, allows for the uploading of an arrestee's DNA profile into the NDIS at the same time that their fingerprints are taken and uploaded onto the national fingerprint database. Previously DNA could not be uploaded until the arrestee was charged or indicted. The Act removes the burden from the State to remove an arrestee sample from the NDIS if the arrestee was later acquitted or if the charges were dismissed. The burden shifts onto the arrestee, who will be required to file a certified copy of a final court order establishing that all indexable charges have been dismissed, resulted in acquittal or that no charges were filed. The Act allows the Federal Government to take and retain DNA samples from Federal arrestees and from non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are detained under Federal authority. The Act gives the Attorney General the authority to issue regulations requiring the collection of such DNA profiles including requiring other Federal agencies to collect these: e.g. immigration agencies. Who must provide a sample:[1] Twelve states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia – now have laws authorizing arrestee sampling. All 50 states require that convicted sex offenders provide a DNA sample, and states are increasingly expanding these policies to include all felons or many serious felony offenders. To date (July 2008), 46 states require that all convicted felons provide a DNA sample to the state’s database. Eleven states to date specify certain misdemeanors among those who must provide a sample. There are 28 states that include DNA from delinquent juveniles in the database, of these there are 12 states that restrict the scope of qualifying offences with regard to juveniles. For example, California provides that qualifying offences are the same for adult convicts and juvenile delinquents, but juvenile arrestees, unlike adults, are excluded from the database. Retention of information and samples:[2] Thirty-eight states contain statutes that detail expungement criteria and procedure. DNA samples and records are expunged upon a change in the disposition of the case in the convict’s favor, provided that the offender has not been convicted of a separate qualifying offence. The state statutes differ, however, in the extent to which the disposition of the case must change before expungement proceedings begin. Some states only require that the defendant’s conviction be reversed, whereas others require that the conviction be reversed and the case dismissed. Of the 38 statutes that detail the expungement procedure, 33 require the offender to initiate the process. Of these 33 it is only Texas that contains a statutory provision requiring the defendant to be advised after his acquittal of his right to expungement. The criteria for retention vary from immediate removal, if a sample is not used, to retention of a sample for at least 35 years, to permanent retention for certain specified offences. In general, the statutes authorize use of DNA and the database for law enforcement purposes, and for purposes of maintaining and improving the database. However, in certain states the creation of population statistical databases, tools which allow for the statistical analysis and interpretation of anonymous DNA profiles collected from convicted offenders, are established. DNA databases in the US typically authorize certain uses of offender’s genetic information and prohibit unauthorized uses and are therefore usually exempted from genetic privacy laws. The DNA statutes of the states also differ with regard to the criminal and civil liabilities provided therein for the misuse of the DNA database. Typically criminal penalties are imposed for: a) tampering with the DNA samples or records; b) improper entry of DNA samples and records into the database; c) improper access to and use of DNA samples and records; and d) improper disclosure of DNA samples and records. Only seven states provide for a private cause of action for individuals aggrieved by the misuse of the database and four states explicitly provide immunity from civil and / or criminal liability for misuse of the database. ↑ See http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cj/dnadatabanks.htm “State Laws on DNA Data Banks Qualifying Offenses, Others Who must provide sample” (July 2008). ↑ See Survey of State DNA Database Statutes (2004) available at www.aslme.org/dna_04/grid/guide.pdf. Retrieved from "http://dnapolicyinitiative.org/wiki/index.php?title=United_States&oldid=290" About FDNAPI Wiki	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800224
__label__cc	0.695173	0.304827	Dougsbookblog My latest novels, Enemy of Rome, fifth in the Gaius Valerius Verrens series, and The Samurai Inheritance (as James Douglas), the fourth Jamie Saintclair thriller, will be published in August And the sun shone too! We celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary with a weekend on the shores of Loch Fyne. It was a last minute booking and the destination was a surprise for my fellow celebratee, who showed her appreciation by christening our room the Ann Frank suite because it was in the attic and rather sparsely furnished. Fortunately the superb food, magnificent views and cheerful and attentive staff at The Creggans Inn made up for any shortcomings in the accommodation, my bacon was saved and we had a wonderful time. Creggans is just north of Strachur on the Cowal peninsula, which is one of Scotland's hidden gems, with a scenic grandeur that can hold its own in any company. On the Sunday we took a drive down towards Dunoon, with a vague notion of visiting a botanical garden on the way. It turned out to be a great decision because the road was full of awe-inspiring vistas and we ended up spending hours at Benmore, which is linked with the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh and is less garden than 120 acres of exotic flower and wildlife filled forest full of exotic trees and plants scattered across an Argyll mountainside. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. The inn was once run by another enigmatic British hero of the Second World War. Scottish aristocrat Sir Fitzroy MacLean served as a diplomat in the 1930s and witnessed Stalin's purges during his time at the embassy in Moscow. When war broke out he resigned his position and joined the Cameron Highlanders as a private. By 1941, he'd been commissioned and a year later he was dashing about Libya with the desert pirates of the SAS with a direct line to Winston Churchill. In 1943 Churchill sent Maclean to Yugoslavia to liaise with partisan forces there. His instructions 'were to find out who was killing the most Germans and suggest means by which they could kill even more'. Controversially, he decided that Communist forces led by the then little known Tito were a more effective fighting unit than the Royalists, and against great opposition he persuaded Churchill to arm them. A welcoming honour guard of giant redwoods A view out over the gardens to the east Exotic plants and deep colours at every turn Alison enjoys the view from the Benmore lookout point towards Holy Loch The gardens have a restored fernery Oh and the sun shone. There's a novelty to be savoured in a Scottish June! Posted by Doug at 08:36 2 comments: My name is Doug Jackson, I live in Scotland. I've been a journalist forever and a wannabe writer for longer. My first book was published in July 2008 and I thought it might be interesting to all the other budding novelists out there to share my experiences as I counted down to the book launch and I've followed it up since then. I've just published my sixth and seventh books and I have a new contract to write another five. I suppose I can call myself a writer now? Doug Jackson author on Facebook sign up to become a fan Hero of Rome	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800225
__label__cc	0.675272	0.324728	CJ Freshway to supply food ingredients to Love & Good Deed, the No. 1 consigned institutional food service for sanatoriums ▲ CJ Freshway CEO Moon Jong-seok (on the right) and Love & Good Deed CEO Lee Kang-min are posing for a photo after signing the ‘Agreement on the Joint Project for Care Food’ on the 20th at the CJ Freshway headquarters located in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. Contributing to improved quality of senior life by developing silver foods using the Central Kitchen CJ Freshway (CEO Moon Jong-seok) has partnered with Love & Good Deed (CEO Lee Kang-min), a specialized senior-friendly food manufacturer and distributor, for the development of the silver industry. The two companies announced on the 21st that they have signed the ‘Agreement on the Joint Project for Care Food’ on the 20th at the CJ Freshway headquarters located in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul with the attendance of the major executives. With this agreement, CJ Freshway will be supplying food ingredients to over 500 sanatoriums and welfare facilities for senior citizens at which meals are provided by Love & Good Deed. In addition, CJ Freshway will be applying side dishes and meal kits produced at its Central Kitchen (centralized cooking system), which went into full operation last June, to the dishes and packed meals for senior citizens provided by Love & Good Deed. The two companies decided to also cooperate in senior-friendly menu research, product planning, development, production, distribution, and marketing activities related to food services for active seniors with strong demands for a healthy diet, in addition to providing food delivery services for senior citizens in need of care. Love & Good Deed, Korea’s No. 1 consigned institutional food service for sanatoriums, has its own senior-friendly food research institute to develop porridges and boneless samgyetang for those with poor masticatory functions, dysphagia, and/or indigestion. It is the only company in Korea with a patent related to food service for senior citizens. In particular, it was the first social enterprise to attract investment from POSCO Technology Investment and Wadiz Ventures. Last year, the company acquired technology through a technology transfer with Japan’s No. 1 packaged food company for senior citizens and is now running a franchise business delivering packaged meals to senior citizens. “With this agreement, we expect to remarkably improve both product quality and service in the senior food market,” said Love & Good Deed CEO Lee Kang-min. “By producing senior-friendly foods with improved taste and nutrition, and providing services, we will do our best to fulfill the value of public service, thus improving the quality of life for senior citizens.” “In addition to the exclusive food material brand for senior citizens ‘Healthy Nuri’, CJ Freshway is securing competencies in the development of new recipes for care food,” said Bae Soo-young, the head of CJ Freshway Food Service Division. “We’re going to offer customized senior-friendly foods using our cumulative menu development competencies and Icheon Central Kitchen where we can produce multiple products in small quantities.” #sanatoriums ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ has captured Asia-South America-Oceania-Africa via global streaming! CJ CheilJedang to be the only company in the world to produce the 9 essential amino acids using an eco-friendly method CJ Olive Young lands on Shopee, the biggest online shopping platform in Southeast Asia #CJOliveYoung TVING joins hands with JTBC to expand its business in full swing Signaling the arrival of a game-changing OTT service with maximum synergy created by two entertainment giants #CJENM#TVING CJ Olive Young donates 1,000 pink boxes as a heartwarming year-end gift to teenage girls from low-income families [Culture Dream Keeper] Kim Seo-ryong, a master craftsman of suits in Korea, becomes a mentor to teens #CJ#CSV ▶Movie	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800226
__label__wiki	0.546278	0.546278	The art of brevity Alonso, Ricardo and Rantakari, Heikki (2014) The art of brevity. USC Marshall School of Business Research Paper Series. University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, CA, USA. We analyze a class of sender-receiver games with quadratic payoffs, which includes the communication games in Alonso, Dessein and Matouschek (2008) and Rantakari (2008) as special cases, for which the receiver's maximum expected payoff when players have access to arbitrary, mediated communication protocols is attained in one-round of face-to-face, unmediated cheap talk. This result is based on the existence for these games of a communication equilibrium with an infinite number of partitions of the state space. We provide explicit expressions for the maximum expected payoff of the receiver, and illustrate its use by deriving new comparative statics of the quality of optimal communication. For instance, a shift in the underlying uncertainty that reduces expected conflict can worsen the quality of communication. http://www.marshall.usc.edu/ © 2014 The Authors, USC Marshall School of Business H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications Q Science > QA Mathematics C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C72 - Noncooperative Games D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D70 - General D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief Departments > Management Research centres and groups > Managerial Economics and Strategy Group	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800228
__label__cc	0.604581	0.395419	Tag: Bret Easton Ellis Episode 244 – Nicholas Delbanco http://traffic.libsyn.com/virtualmemories/Episode_244_-_Nicholas_Delbanco.mp3 Episode 188 – Hayley Campbell Virtual Memories Show #188: Hayley Campbell http://traffic.libsyn.com/virtualmemories/Episode_188_-_Hayley_Campbell.mp3 “I love finding people who are obsessed with things. People who devote their lives to things are my obsession.” Writer and Twitter provocateur Hayley Campbell joins the show for a conversation about her inability to describe her job (don’t call her a “content provider”). We talk about growing up in comics royalty (her dad is the great cartoonist Eddie Campbell), Alan Moore’s magic tricks, nearly losing a comic-shop job because of her lack of a college degree, the celebrity retweet she’s proudest of, and having an accidental career path, no fixed home, and a traumatic brain injury that gooses with her memory (and whether those three things are somehow connected). Also, we get into how she recently embarrassed Jonathan Safran Foer, and more! Give it a listen! And go buy her first book, The Art of Neil Gaiman (Ilex/Harper). And for God’s sake, go follow her on Twitter! “I think I’m more of a loser in real life than I am on the internet.” We also get into her obsession with obsessives, becoming the oldest person at her BuzzFeed office in her early 30s, the insanely creepy Moebius comic she read as a kid, the glories of Australian dentistry, digging through old girlie magazines to research her book on Neil Gaiman, and why she loves writing about boxing. We also compare notes on doing interviews with people whose work you love. Now go listen to the show! “Dad won’t join Twitter because he’s afraid I’ll have more followers than him, and he’ll be ‘Hayley Campbell’s dad.'” John Clute Ron Rosenbaum (2013) David Jaher Rupert Thomson (2015) Hayley Campbell writes for a bunch of places but then who doesn’t. She’s written a book about Neil Gaiman (The Art of Neil Gaiman , Ilex/HarperCollins) and if her face looks familiar it’s probably because she sold you comics once. Find her stuff on BuzzFeed, New Statesman, VICE, McSweeney’s, the Guardian, The Debrief, The Comics Journal, The Rumpus, Channel 4 News, Front, Planet Notion and Boing Boing. Credits: This episode’s music is Nothing’s Gonna Bring Me Down by David Baerwald, used with permission of the artist. The conversation was recorded at a pal’s apartment in NYC on a pair of Blue enCORE 200 Microphones feeding into a Zoom H5 digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone feeding into a Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2×2 USB Recording Interface . Photos of Ms. Campbell by me. What It Is: 6/14/10 What I’m reading: Less Than Zero . I never read it before, but there was a neat interview with Bret Easton Ellis in Fantastic Man a year or two ago, and I thought it’d be interesting to read this one and then the 25-years-later sequel that’s coming out next week, Imperial Bedrooms . What I’m listening to: The Singular Adventures of the Style Council , The Things We Do , Green , and Meet Danny Wilson What I’m watching: I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale. Because when you only made 5 movies before your death, and the weakest one was The Conversation, you deserve a documentary. The other four? Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter, and the first two Godfather movies. Wonderful documentary, albeit too brief at 40 minutes. Bizarrely, Israel Horowitz looked younger than just about every other interview subject, esp. Al Pacino, who seems to be heading toward the Phil Spector level of odd looks. Also, we watched the deleted scenes from In The Loop, after I stumbled across this totally NSFW montage of great Malcolm Tucker moments from the movie: Most of the deleted scenes warranted cutting, but there are one or two that would’ve made the movie even more awesome. I admit that Jamie “The Crossest Man In Scotland” McDonald’s great monologue about There Will Be Blood is tremendous, but it would’ve just eaten up too much screentime. What I’m drinking: North Shore #6 & Q-Tonic What Rufus & Otis are up to: Handling a couple of days without their dad while I was at a press event in Chicago (and Madison, with a stop in Milwaukee on the way home). Also, Otis demonstrated his complete disregard for my authority when I took him to a kiddie-park and threw a squeaky tennis-ball about 50 feet away. He chased it down, caught it on a bounce, and proceeded to run all over the park, squeaking and leaping. Not once did he listen to me when I called his name. Eventually, he settled down and chomped on the ball while Rufus & I watched. A day later, he and Rufus did a bang-up job as ambassadogs at our local farmers’ market. Where I’m going: Nowhere! I mean it! What I’m happy about: That I stayed in the same hotel in Chicago as Common and Kanye West last week. Also, that my room had a Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin stereo. The sound quality was awfully good, so I plugged in my iPod and listened to some good music while I was working/showering/ironing/otherwise-ing. Here are a couple of pix from the trip (non-hip-hop). What I’m sad about: That Zeppelin speaker is $600. What I’m worried about: As ever, getting the Top Companies issue done in time. What I’m pondering: Why Less Than Zero was a success. I’m about halfway through, and it’s a remarkably flat piece of writing. I mean, I get that that’s the point, that 18-year-old rich kids in L.A. led flat lives in the 1980s, and I enjoy some of the time-capsule aspects of it, but it’s simply not a very interesting narrative and the prose itself is artless. Maybe it gets better in the second half. Or maybe our literary standards were just as shitty 25 years ago as they are now. Maybe I’ll find out when I read that sequel.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800231
__label__wiki	0.766892	0.766892	Daily Nutmeg Food. Arts. People. Events. New Haven. Arts & Entertainment, Travel Dec 09, 2020 Outside Tracks L ong ago, the New Haven colony had outposts down the coast, as far away as what we now call Philadelphia. Today, New Haven’s diaspora goes in all directions, including to the north and slightly west, specifically North Adams, MA, where Andrea Belair and Wesley Nelson run Belltower Records. The married couple opened the small, lysergic record shop in an old mill building nestled in the Berkshires, about two and a half hours from here. For Nelson and Belair, the journey there began in 2018, when, after years of performing around New Haven in bands such as Estrogen Highs and Procedure Club, they decided it was time for a change. Spurred in part by a new job opportunity for Belair and a desire to be closer to family, they headed north, first to Williamstown, MA, where they cut their teeth at retailing records before heading to North Adams. Belltower’s loud orange walls stand out from the neutral, institutional walls in the common areas of the renovated mill building, counting among its stacks everything from a formidable homegrown, Western Massachusetts psychedelic selection to world music records from labels like “Awesome Tapes from Africa.” Attracting a combination of casuals and collectors as well as a steady stream of Mass MoCA visitors—the famous museum is just a cool five minutes away by car—Belltower offers a weird, experimental shape in a square space, the kind of thing that feels like it’d be right at home in the Elm City. As it happens, they say the decreased cost of living in a more rural area is what makes their record shop possible. “For a very brief moment we thought we could move it down to New Haven,” Belair says, adding that she and Nelson scouted properties on State Street and on Amity Road in Woodbridge. “But it was too expensive.” Having more access to nature has been a boon as well. “I’m from Western Mass. I like forests and mountains and that kind of thing, so I missed that [in New Haven].” Living in the Berkshires has meant forests and mountains in spades, including Mount Greylock, Massachusetts’s highest peak. Naturally, some things have been lost in the balance. “I miss bodegas,” says Nelson, musing on the denser activity and greater walkability of New Haven. Similarly, Belair is nostalgic for East Rock and being able to walk both to work and to shows, especially at Cafe Nine. “I miss being able to go to coffee shops without jumping in the car and driving for an hour, but of course I’d miss that during COVID-19.” Nelson has felt the loss of New Haven’s creative community as well. “A lot of friends I’ve been playing music with since we were kids [are] still there.” They haven’t entirely left New Haven behind. A few copies of The Bridge & Tunnel Crowd, an independent zine based in New Haven, stood near the register during my visit. New Havener Adam Malec, also formerly of Procedure Club, happened to be visiting the shop as well. Belair and Nelson have in turn visited the Elm City a few times since moving away, with the last trip in June. “I was wanting to visit [New Haven] more regularly, but with COVID-19…” Nelson says, trailing off in the way so many of us have in the past nine months. Back at Belltower, blue incandescent bulbs are strung across the ceiling, presiding over tapes and albums as local independent music plays in the background. The business has a nice home in the mill building, known as Norad Mill, a brand new multi-retail space built on 19th-century bones. “We heard good things about the landlord, and the price was right for us,” Belair says. Compared to Toonerville Trolley, the long-established store they’d bought during their stopover in Williamstown, the space provided an opportunity for a “fresh start,” as Nelson puts it. On Instagram, he and Belair post near-daily pictures of new arrivals to the shop, from the appropriately spacey Spacemen 3 to a haul of nine boldly titled blues records arranged into a grid of black and white. The couple say social media has helped bring in more serious record collectors, traveling from New York and beyond to flip their North Adams stacks. Hosting intimate live shows as well—at least before COVID put a hopefully temporary stop to it—Belair and Nelson have built Belltower into a sort of camp guiding like-minded people in from the wild frontier of the Berkshires. If you find yourself forging northward in search of a new frontier, Belltower is an outpost worth seeking, where you might even find a few of the comforts of home. Belltower Records Norad Mill – 60 Roberts Dr, Ste 301, North Adams, MA (map) Wed 11am-5pm, Thurs-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-4pm (413) 398-5569 \| belltowerrex@gmail.com www.belltowerrex.com Written by Allison Hadley. Images provided courtesy of Belltower Records. Tags: Adam Malec, Andrea Belair, Belltower Records, Estrogen Highs, feature, Mass MoCA, Massachusetts, music, New Haven, North Adams, Procedure Club, record shops, record stores, Toonerville Trolley, travel, Wesley Nelson Air Waves Space-Time Continuum About Allison Hadley View all posts by Allison Hadley	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800236
__label__wiki	0.893636	0.893636	Drugs Today A \| B \| C \|D \|E \| F \| G \|H \|I \| J \| K \| L \| M \|N \|O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \|U \|V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z \|0-9 \| Geographic patterns of genetic variation in brushtail possums trichosurus vulpecula and implications for pest control 1 School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, P.O. Box 600, Wellington. Present address: Science Directorate, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 10420, Wellington. 2 Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 31-011, Christchurch. Present address: Advocacy and Extension Directorate, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 10420, Wellington. GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF GENETIC VARIATION INBRUSHTAIL POSSUMS TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA ANDIMPLICATIONS FOR PEST CONTROL Summary: Two morphological types of brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) were introduced to New Zealand: smaller, grey possums from mainland southeastern Australia, and larger, black possums from Tasmania. Analysis of patterns of allozyme variation and allele frequencies of present-day possum populations in New Zealand and southeastern Australia indicates that populations comprised predominantly of black possums remain genetically similar to possums in Tasmania, whereas predominantly grey populations are genetically closer to Victorian and New South Wales possums. The distribution of possums in New Zealand can be accounted for at least partly by selection of stock types with respect to climate. Genetic differences between populations may have important implications for the control of possums, because Tasmanian possums have a greater resistance than mainland southeastern Australian possums to 1080 poison (sodium monotluoroacetate), which is commonly used to control possums in New Zealand. Keywords: Genetic variation; allozyme electrophoresis; brushtail possum; Trichosurus vulpecula; introduced species; pest control; selection. IntroductionStudies of the genetics of introduced species are often population had an overall observed heterozygosity of limited by lack of an historical context in which to 0.029 and was fixed for the common allele at three interpret patterns of genetic change, because the loci which were variable in populations from New origins, genetics, and history of introduced stock are South Wales and Victoria. A Victorian population had seldom known. The introduction of the brushtail a heterozygosity of 0.040 and was fixed at two loci possum (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr: Marsupialia) to variable in Tasmania and New South Wales, whereas New Zealand, on the other hand, has been relatively a New South Wales population had a heterozygosity well documented, as has its morphology, distribution, of 0.048 (Triggs, 1987). Thus the level of genetic and ecology (Morgan and Sinclair, 1983). These (allozymic) variation in New Zealand populations factors provide reference points for evaluating should depend on the degree of mixing of these patterns of genetic variation, gene frequencies, and Australian stocks, as well as on any changes that have More than 200 possums were imported to New According to historical records (Pracy, 1962), Zealand from Australia between 1837 and 1924 in order to establish a fur industry (Pracy, 1962). (Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula) were small and grey, Although the possum is commercially important for whereas the Tasmanian stock (Trichosurus vulpecula its fur in New Zealand (Pracy, 1981), it is also a fuliginosa), although probably polymorphic for colour major pest. Possums cause damage to native and (Kean, 1971), was larger and black. In New Zealand, exotic forests (Bathgate, 1973), erosion control possums can be classified as either 'black' or 'grey', plantings (Jolly and Spurr, 1981), crops (Spurr and although a range of shades occurs from black through Jolly, 1981), pasture (Gilmore, 1965), orchards (Anon, brown, red-brown, and grey-brown to silver-grey. 1968), and nectar sources (Anon, 1973), as well as Mixed populations, having both grey and black being a reservoir for bovine tuberculosis (Ekdahl, individuals, occur in many parts of New Zealand, but Smith and Money,. 1970). The significance of the the distribution of coat colours is not even in different possum as a competitor of native birds has also been a parts of the country (Wodzicki, 1950; Kean, 1971). cause for concern (Leathwick, Hay and Fitzgerald, Some areas, such as Westland, have almost all black 1983; Fitzgerald, 1984; Wardle, 1984). possums, whereas other areas, such as Northland, have only grey possums. Body size also varies between from Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania areas (Yom Tov, Green and Coleman, 1986; our (Pracy, 1962). These Australian populations differ in both the amount of heterozygosity and in the number This mosaic of coat colours and body size may be of variable loci (Triggs, 1987). A Tasmanian the result of a) a non-random pattern of introduction New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12:New Zealand Ecological Society NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL. 12, 1989 coupled with a subsequent lack of natural dispersal predominantly grey New Zealand populations are over long distances, b) a haphazard pattern of most similar to those of mainland Australian liberations followed by selection, c) random chance, populations. A non-random distribution of Australian or d) most likely, a combination of processes. There is stocks in New Zealand may have implications for pest some evidence that predominantly one colour morph control, as Tasmanian possums are more resistant to was liberated in certain areas. Most possums liberated 1080 poison at low temperatures than mainland in Westland, for example, were black (Pracy, 1962). Australian (New South Wales) possums (McIlroy, However, liberation records reveal that both black and 1983). The analysis is complicated by any genetic grey possums were introduced to most areas of New changes that have accompanied the colonization of Zealand (Pracy, 1962), suggesting that the pattern of New Zealand by small founder populations (Triggs, distribution of possums in New Zealand has resulted 1987) and by the untestable assumption that the Australian populations that we sampled accurately The main aim of our study was to use allozyme estimate the allele frequencies of possums originally electrophoresis to determine whether the non-random distribution of colour morphs in New Zealand isaccompanied by an associated pattern of allelic distribution which can be related to the different Samples of liver, muscle, and blood were collected Australian stocks. If coat colour does reflect the from possums in four locations in southeastern origins of New Zealand populations with respect to Australia and 10 locations on New Zealand's North, Tasmanian and mainland Australian stocks, then two South and Stewart Islands (Table 1). The sample from predictions' can be made: (1) that the amount of South Australia was collected for use as an outgroup, variation (heterozygosity and polymorphism) in each because possums are not known to have been exported New Zealand population depends on the proportions to New Zealand from South Australia. Specimens of the two colour morphs in the population (in were frozen on dry ice or in liquid nitrogen in the particular, predominantly black populations should field and stored in an ultra-cold (-80°C) freezer for have a lower level of variation than grey populations the duration of the study. For electrophoretic analysis and mixed-colour populations a higher level of small sub-samples of tissues were macerated in an variation than non-mixed populations); (2) that allelic equal volume of distilled water, then centrifuged at frequencies in predominantly black New Zealand 2000 rpm for 5 minutes. The resulting supernatant populations are most similar to those of Tasmanian fractions were subjected to starch-gel electrophoresis, populations, whereas allele frequencies in Table 1: Sampling locations, sample sizes, and meteorological data (mean annual rainfall MAR and mean annual temperatureMA T). Meteorological data are from New Zealand Meteorological Service Misc. Publ. 177 (1981) or the Tasmanian YearBook (1985).Sample collected by Ecology Division, DSIR. Australia TRIGGS and GREEN: GENETIC VARIATION IN POSSUMS using gels made of 14% Electrostarch (Madison, Wisconsin, lot no. 392) and modifications of the methods of Selander et al. (1971), Harris and A total of 25 enzymes and 7 general proteins Hopkinson (1976), and Allendorf et al. (1977), as (including haemoglobin), encoding 45 loci, was described in Triggs (1987). The recommendations of resolved: aconitase (Acon 1-2, E.C. no. 3.1.3.2), Murphy and Crabtree (1985) were followed in adenylate kinase (Ak, 2.7.4.3), B-galactosidase (B-Gal, labelling enzymes, genetic loci, and alleles. 3.2.1.23), creatine kinase (Ck, 2.7.3.2), diaphorase For each population, the level of genetic variation (Dia, 1.6.2.2), erythrocyte acid phosphatase (Eap, was assessed by degree of polymorphism (P) and 3.1.3.2), esterase (list 1-6, 3.1.1.1), general proteins observed heterozygosity (H). Genetic differentiation (Gp 1-6), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Gd, between populations was estimated using Nei's (1978) 1.1.1.49), glucose phosphate isomerase (Gpi, 5.3.1.9), unbiased genetic distance (D); populations were then clustered using the UPGMA algorithm (Sneath and dehydrogenase (Glud, 1.4.1.3), glutamate oxaloacetate Sokal, 1973). All data were analysed using the transaminase (Got 1-2, 2.6.1.1), glycerol-3-phosphate BIOSYS-l programme (Swofford and Selander, 1981). dehydrogenase (Gpd, 1.1.1.8), haemoglobin (Hb), Correlation coefficients, r, were used to determine isocitrate dehydrogenase (Icd 1-2, 1.1.1.42), lactate the relationships between allele frequency at each dehydrogenase (Ldh 1-2, 1.1.1.27), malate locus (Table 2), coat colour (given by "% black" - dehydrogenase (Mdh 1-2, 1.1.1.37), malic enzyme the percentage of black possums in a population; (Me, 1.1.1.40), mannose phosphate isomerase (Mpi, Table 3), mean adult body length and weight in each population (Table 3), latitude (Table 1), and climate phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (Pgd, 1.1.1.44), (mean annual rainfall and mean annual temperature; phosphoglucomutase (Pgm 1-2, 2.7.5.3), purine Table 2: Allele frequencies at polymorphic loci, % polymorphic loci (P), and observed heterozygosity (H) in southeasternAustralian and New Zealand populations of Trichosurus vulpecula. (Populations numbered as in Table 1.) N = sample size. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL. 12, 1989 Table 3: Morphological characteristics of New Zealandpopulations of brush tail possum. Equal numbers of adult Mean estimates of allozyme variation in New females and adult males were sampled. Zealand (P = 0.155, H = 0.041) were slightly, but not significantly, greater than those of the Australian stock populations (P = 0.141, H = 0.039; Table 4). Comparisons of polymorphism and heterozygosityamong Australian and New Zealand populations (Table 4) suggest that the amount of variation in New Zealand depends to some extent on the proportion of each colour morph in the population. New Zealand populations with more than 50% black individuals had a significantly lower level of variation than predominantly grey populations (t = 2.37, p < 0.05 for P; t = 3.4, p < 0.01 for H), in parallel with the lower level of variation in Tasmanian compared to mainland Australian populations (Table 4). Mixed nucleoside phosphorylase (Np, 2.4.2.1), sorbitol colour populations in New Zealand had a higher level dehydrogenase (Sordh, 1.1.1.14), superoxide dismutase of variation than non-mixed populations, as expected (Sod 1-2, 1.15.1.1), and unidentified dehydrogenase from the mixing of stocks fixed for different loci, although the difference in variation was not significant Allozyme variation in New Zealand populations between mixed and non-mixed populations (t = 2.07, No alleles were detected in New Zealand that were not P = 0.07 for P; t = 1.30, p = 0.2 for H). The found in at least one Australian population (Table 2). difference in variation between mixed New Zealand TRIGGS and GREEN: GENETIC VARIATION IN POSSUMS Table 4: Mean and standard deviation of polymorphism (P) and heterozygosity (H) for brush tail possum populations ofsimilar geographic origin or coat colour, and for Australian stocks (.excludes Adelaide sample). New Zealand mixed colour (32-66% black possums) New Zealand non-mixed (0-2%, 73-100% black possums) New Zealand black (53-100% black possums) and Australian stock populations was not significant Genetic relationships among New Zealand and (t = 1.31, p = 0.2 for P; t = 0.4, p = 0.5 for H) Two main clusters of populations were identified by The level of variation was not entirely consistent phenetic clustering, based on Nei's D (Fig. 1). New among New Zealand populations with similar Zealand populations with a high proportion of grey proportions of each colour morpho For example, possums (0-53% black) and grey Australian Waipoua 0% black) had a 50% greater heterozygosity populations were closely associated, as were than Wanganui (2% black), presumably as a result of predominantly black New Zealand populations genetic drift in small founder populations. Changes in (61-100% black) and the Tasmanian population. The levels of variation associated with colonization are inclusion of New South Wales in the former cluster may be due to either the small genetic distance Figure 1: UPGMA phenogram of genetic relationships among southeastern Australian and New Zealand populations ofbrushtail possum. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL. 12, 1989 colour and mean daily temperature (r = -0.77, confirmation that some possums were imported from p< 0.01), but not with latitude (r = 0.48, p > 0.05). New South Wales. The Me-1(c) allele found in many Several significant correlations were also found New Zealand populations was also found in 'possums between allele frequencies, coat colour, latitude and from New South Wales but not in the sample from climate in New Zealand. A total of 56 correlations Victoria, although it is also possible that this allele was calculated. With a 5% chance of a type II error, was present at low frequency in Victoria. However, only 2.8 significant correlations were expected by the greater genetic similarity of New Zealand grey chance, but 7 were observed. Colour (% black) was populations to Victoria (Fig. 1) and the presence in significantly (p < 0.05) correlated with allele New Zealand of several alleles not found in the New frequency for Est-1(a), Est-1(b), Icd-2(a), Icd-2(c), South Wales sample [Est-1(c), Idh-2(c) and Me-1(b)] and Pgd-1(a). Mean annual temperature was suggest the predominance of Victorian stock in New significantly correlated with Pgd-1(a) (p < 0.05) and associated with Est-1(b), Est-5(a) and Got-1(a) (p < 0.10). Latitude was correlated with Pgd-1(a) resemble those from New Zealand. This result was (p < 0.05). No significant correlations were found expected, because no possums were imported to New between allele frequency and rainfall. Colour and Zealand from South Australia. One population, allele frequency appear to be the most closely Wanganui, did not fall into either cluster, possibly due associated; selection of one or both may be linked to to genetic drift, if the Wanganui population had a temperature. No significant correlation (r = 0.012, P > 0.05) was found between overall heterozygosity Although the genetic distances involved are very and latitude, in contrast to the result for Australia small (the 'black/grey' separation occurs at D = 0.008), our analysis suggests that the origins of New Body length and weight were also correlated with Zealand populations are still reflected in their allele coat colour in our study populations (r = 0.68 and frequencies and may be roughly estimated by coat r = 0.64 respectively; p < 0.05). Yom Tov (1984) and colour. The relationship between coat colour in New Yom Tov et al. (1986), in an extensive morphological Zealand populations and position within the genetic survey of possums in New Zealand, found significant cluster is by no means perfect. Presumably random negative correlations between many skull and body genetic drift in the relatively small founder length measurements and mean annual temperature. populations has led to changes in gene frequency in However, they did not consider coat colour, and our many populations. However, the general pattern that reanalysis of data on body and skull measurements in emerges, grouping predominantly black populations Yom Tov (1984) with respect to coat colour produced with the Tasmanian sample and grey with mainland better correlations between body size and % black Australia, is unlikely to have arisen by chance (that is, than between body size and mean annual temperature by random drift). The implication is that either for all characters except distance between bullae interbreeding of stock types for 150 years has been insufficient to establish a panmictic unit, or that Table 5: Correlations (r) between body and skull selection has acted differentially on stock types to measurements, coat colour (% Black), and mean annual produce genetic structuring of allozymes and colour temperature (MA T). Body and skull measurements and correlation coefficients of measurements vs MAT are from Selection as an explanation for the mosaic of Yom Tov (/984). % Black (the proportion of black possums colour morph distribution in New Zealand is in a population) values are from our data. Significance levels supported by evidence of correlations between coat of r: .p < 0.05, .p < 0.001. colour (% black possums in a population), allelefrequencies, body size and weight, and climatic variables. A significant correlation (r = 0.642, p < 0.01) exists between coat colour and rainfall in New Zealand (R.E. Brockie, pers. comm.). Data from our 10 mainland New Zealand study areas showed a similar, although non-significant, correlation between colour (% black) and rainfall (r = 0.58, P < 0.10). A significant correlation in our data was found between TRIGGS and GREEN: GENETIC VARIATION IN POSSUMS sparrows in North America (Johnson and Selander, The introduction of possums from at least two regions 1964). In all cases, these associations have developed of Australia, followed by hundreds of largely very rapidly, within a few hundred years, suggesting undocumented liberations of New Zealand-bred stock, that selection for local adaptation may be very strong, has produced a complex pattern of genetic even in small populations in which random forces are relationships in New Zealand possums, upon which selective and random genetic changes have been Our results have important implications for the control of possums in New Zealand. Currently, large- Our results generally conform to the prediction scale control of possum numbers is by aerially-sown that if coat colour of New Zealand populations cereal baits or carrots with 1080 (sodium indicates origin, then (1) the level of genetic variation monofluoroacetate) poison. One serious concern is the in New Zealand populations should be related to the dosage level of 1080 required to kill a possum. Bell proportion of each colour morph in a population, and (1972), Rammell and Fleming (1978), and McIlroy (2) allele frequencies of New Zealand populations with (1983) experimentally determined an LD of about 0.8 different proportions of each coat colour should mg 1080 kg-1 body weight for possums. In contrast, reflect allele frequencies of the Australian stock types. the New Zealand Forest Service found an LD of Thus, mainland Australian and Tasmanian stocks are 1.3-2.1 mg kg-1 (Anon, 1978), requiring a toxic not distributed at random in New Zealand. Black and loading of 0.15% w/w on baits of mean weight of 4 grey populations also differ in average body size (Yom g. The higher dose not only adds to the cost of Tov et al., 1987; our study), as they do in Australia poisoning operations and the risk to non-target species, but also leads to a high aversion rate as some Selection with respect to climate appears to be an possums can detect and reject 1080 at concentrations important determinant of the distribution of possum of 0.1 % w/w or more (Morgan, 1982). At present, types in New Zealand, although deliberate flavours such as cinnamon are used as masks to introductions of possums of different stocks to disguise the poison (Morgan, Batcheler and Peters, suitable habitats probably also played a part in 1986), and baits are loaded either at 0.08% w/w or determining present distributions. In New Zealand, 0.15% w/w (D.R. Morgan, pers. comm.) as a result cold, wet areas tend to harbour large, black possums of the ambiguous data published on the possum's most similar to the Tasmanian type, whereas warm, sensitivity to 1080 poison. The cause of differences in dry areas harbour small, grey, mainland Australian- LD between laboratories is still not clear, although type possums. Areas of intermediate climate have variation in the techniques for handling 'and mixed populations. The significant correlations acclimatising possums were probably partly between temperature and allele frequency, colour and responsible (Anon, 1979). McIlroy (1983) found body size of possums in New Zealand suggest that neither acclimatisation nor stress had any effect on the these were either directly selected for or acted as LD but he did find significant differences between markers for other characteristics selected as possums possums from different regions of southeastern colonized New Zealand. The correlation between Australia. At low temperature (10°C) Tasmanian colour and rainfall has been found even within a possums were more resistant to 1080 than mainland single valley with a steep rainfall gradient (R.E. (New South Wales) possums. The LD,. for Tasmanian Brockie, pers. comm.), emphasizing the strength of possums was 0.92 mg kg-1, while New South Wales selection. An association between coat colour and possums had an LD of 0.42 mg kg-1, (McIlroy, rainfall has also been documented in Tasmania 1983). Decreased sensitivity to 1080 at low (Guiler, 1953), black possums being more common in temperatures has also been found in racoons (Eastland areas of high rainfall. A physiological basis for and Beasom, 1986). Much higher tolerances to 1080 different climatic tolerances is suggested by the occur in brushtail possums and other mammals in differences in water metabolism between black and Western Australia, where high levels of fluoroacetates grey morphs (Williams and Turnbull, 1983). occur naturally in some plants (King, Oliver and Other studies of introduced species have also documented associations between colour or size and The possums used in the original New Zealand climate. These studies include house sparrows (Baker, Forest Service trials (Anon, 1978) were from an area 1980), mynas (Baker and Moeed, 1979), and stoats of predominantly black possums, and were therefore (King and Moody, 1982) in New Zealand, and house likely to be of the Tasmanian type, whereas the NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL. 12,1989 possums used in the Ministry of Agriculture and P.E. Cowan, C.H. Daugherty, P.J. Moors, R.M. Fisheries trials (Bell, 1972) were from an area of grey Sadleir, P.J. Smith, and D.R. Towns for their advice possums and were therefore likely to be of the mainland Australian type. A higher tolerance wouldtherefore be expected in the New Zealand Forest Service results. However, a reciprocal exchange ofpossums between the two testing laboratories still Allendorf, F.W.; Mitchell, N.; Ryman, N.; Stahl, G. resulted in different LD estimates (Anon, 1979), 1977. 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__label__wiki	0.640758	0.640758	Change and fear in America. Not everyone is thrilled that America is trying to embrace her diverse makeup, and that she is finally trying to recognize the diverse cultures that contributed to making this country what it is. The latest controversy (shouldn't even have been one) over placing a woman of color on the twenty dollar bill, is a perfect example of that. Predictably, the person most likely to win the republican nomination is against it, and the leader for the democratic nomination thinks that it is a wonderful thing. "Donald Trump’s take on the decision to put Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill as “pure political correctness” is symbolic of a style of politics he’s displayed throughout this campaign: at times wary of changes to long-standing American customs and institutions and showing a willingness to take controversial stands on issues that affect women and minorities. “I think Harriet Tubman is fantastic,” Trump said in an interview on NBC’s Today Show on Thursday. “I would love to — I would love to leave Andrew Jackson and see if we can maybe come up with another denomination. Maybe we do the $2 bill or we do another bill.” His remarks illustrate the divide between the political approach of Trump and the man he could succeed, Barack Obama. The decision by the Obama administration to honor Tubman was a celebration of a historic figure admired by Americans of all political beliefs. But it was also a clear political act. “This whole thing is symbolic politics,” said Andra Gillespie, an associate professor of political science at Emory University. “Putting women on currency is not going to change the gender pay gap and not going to change the fact that the pay gap is worse for black women and women of color.” Obama and his administration have put the inclusion and promotion of women, people who are gay and transgender, African-Americans, and Latinos at the center of their political agenda, seeking to make up for past discrimination and promote diversity of gender, race and sexual identity whenever possible. Obama has appointed the first Latino Supreme Court justice, first two black U.S. attorney generals, the first openly transgender White House staffer making his administration one of the most demographically diverse in history. Replacing Andrew Jackson — who forced tens of thousands of Native Americans to relocate from the South to Oklahoma in what is known as the “Trail of Tears”— with Tubman was a natural step for Obama’s team. “The decision to put Tubman on the twenty is a powerful sign of Americans’ changing relationship with their own history. At the same time, it’s also the gesture of liberals who have been fairly impotent lately in their efforts to correct the deep socioeconomic sources of racial inequality,” said Molly Worthen, a history professor at the University of North Carolina who has written extensively about how views of identity shape each party. The decision split conservatives along predictable lines. a central theme of his presidential campaign and last year created a task force to deal with tensions between minorities in his state and the police, applauded the honoring of Tubman. In contrast, Ben Carson, several Fox News personalities and Trump said that the decision was the latest example of an administration bent on what conservatives cast as “politically correct” moves. They praised Jackson, who was one of the key figures in the founding of what is the modern Democratic Party. While Trump complimented Tubman, he said he didn’t agree with replacing Jackson on the denomination. He added, “I don’t like seeing it. Yes, I think it’s pure political correctness. Been on the bill [Jackson] for many, many years. And, you know, really represented somebody that really was very important to this country. I would love to see another denomination, and that could take place. I think — I think it would be more appropriate.” Trump has made comments suggesting that the Mexican government is intentionally sending criminals across the border, Muslims should be barred from entering the United States and that the U.S. needs to build a large border wall to keep out Mexican immigrants. The comments about the replacement of Tubman with Jackson, like those other controversial Trump stances, have clear racial implications, Gillespie said. The issue also highlights that the real estate mogul has campaigned as something of a traditionalist, willing to defend people and customs that other Americans want to alter radically. “Donald Trump knows that when he makes certain types of comments that he is going to tap into certain types of resentment in the American economy… jobs disappearing and a certain trepidation about the country changing demographically,” Gillespie said. “Those are sentiments he’s tapped into to cultivate his base of support in this primary season.” Trump complained of the push by the NFL to make changes to the rules that might reduce concussions, telling a crowd in January, “football has become soft like our country has become soft.”Early this month, campaigning in Pennsylvania, Trump called for the return of a statute honoring the late Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who was fired by the university amid allegations he had covered up allegations against assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who molested young boys while he worked at the university. Trump has repeatedly praised police officers and suggested that the Black Lives Matter movement is overly critical of them. And throughout his run, Trump has argued he will not conform to “political correctness,” which to the real estate mogul seems to link issues from football to Tubman. “The real rise of the phrase [political correctness] can be traced to the early 1990’s, when people started to use it to critique or just lament the policing of ideas that are out of step with the hegemony of liberalism in American society, post civil rights and post women’s liberation. In doing so they also effectively signaled themselves as ‘free thinking,” said Carole Bell, a professor of communication at Northeastern University in Boston. But in case of some conservatives backing Trump, Bell argued, “it’s an expression of the racial resentment that political scientists have long known were animating much of our political discourse around identity. But it’s masked as a concern for free speech.” Greta Van Susteren, a Fox News host, said this week the Obama administration was in effect the offender, not conservatives, arguing the Obama administration, in replacing Jackson with Tubman instead of leaving his face in place and putting her on another bill, was “gratuitously stirring up the nation.” On gay rights, Trump has been more open to following the liberal drift in American culture. He has not railed against same-sex marriage, as other Republicans have, and said in the “Today” interview that North Carolina should have not passed a law regulating which bathrooms transgender Americans use. Obama, in contrast, has suggested that if he had a son, he would be reluctant see him play football, and has defended Black Lives Matter activists. Hillary Clinton, in a tweet, wrote, “A woman, a leader, and a freedom fighter. I can’t think of a better choice for the $20 bill than Harriet Tubman.” Politically, Trump’s remarks suggest he will continue to appeal to voters, particularly whites, who feel left out of Obama’s vision of America, Gillespie said adding that he will have to pivot for the general election. Trump’s approach may be resonating. A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 46 percent of Republicans said the country’s increased diversity makes the U.S. a “better place,” compared to 13 percent said who that diversity makes it a “worse place,” and 39 percent who said “no difference.” The majority of Americans (59 percent) indicated “better place.” In the poll, Trump supporters, compared to those backing the other four presidential candidates, were the least likely to say “better” (39 percent) and most likely to say “worse” (17 percent). Ultimately, the rhetoric over placing Tubman on the $20 is about a different kind of political currency, one of identity, political experts say. “That’s going to symbolize for them a kind of change they are not necessarily comfortable with,” Gillespie said. " [Source] They are not comfortable with it, and thus we get phrases like "Make America great again." To them, recognizing the contributions of other people besides white men to our country's history is weakening the fabric of something great. Of course we know now that it will not, and that they, of course, will know in time, that nothing could be further from the truth. I will bet you five Tubmans on that. Labels: “Trail of Tears, Andra Gillespie, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Greta Van Susteren., Harriet Tubman Fuck white people. Fuck the white race. It would have been great if Ms. Tubman knew what was in store for her. Political correctness is just a bullshit label made up by assholes who are bothered by the concept of manners. Manners are not optional fripperies about salad forks, they are a tool to be employed in keeping the homicide rate down as the population density goes up. And Jackson was dead set against the idea of paper money, so maybe he wouldn't mind being taken off. But they're not taking him off, they're just moving him to the back. Which is maybe semi-symbolic? "Anonymous Anonymous said... Fuck white people. Fuck the white race." DIGITALBLACKFACEALERTDIGITALBLACKFACEALERTDIGITALBLACKFACEALERTDIGITALBLACKFACEALERT CODE 8 Violation. Posting hysterical racist bullshit in a lame attempt to portray this blog as overtly racist. *This is an automatically generated digital blackface alert triggered when a white man attempts to pass himself off as a brother (or indeed, sister). Like Field-Negro, you too can install this award-winning software on your blog for a knock down price of just $99 per month.* [Please read the Terms and Conditions, payment in cash (small denominations, no sequential numbers), NO REFUNDS.] PC,good call on the DBA.:) The SBPDL crowd and others have been trying for a long time to sabotage TFN. Over 7 million hits later we are still here. :) anotherbozo said... Yeah, the reactionary kickback was sickening. Anyone read Patrick Buchanan's defense of Jackson on Yahoo's home page? http://cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/dishonoring-general-jackson He uses the other-presidents-did-it-too argument. So Jackson ordered the genocidal march of Cherokee from Tennessee to Florida. Truman bombed Hiroshima! Yeah, that's why I never use my Truman money. The bummer is that Jackson is going to be on the BACK of Tubman's $20. Unless we can get up a big movement against that! The only gripe--if that--should be that "they" often try to make up for systemic exclusion of women and African-Americans in some quarters is by installing one token that is both black and female--one token being fewer, i.e. more bearable, than two. But Tubman was such a saintly hero that I don't think that's a problem. Did you guys catch the CNN special about the kkk with Kamu Bell? Not as good as I thought it would be but still entertaining. I thought we would get more insight into the minds of racists but they pretty much all seem the same. Based on the historical expediency of our government, by the time the treasury actually has Ms. Tubman's face on a $20 bill we will likely no longer be using paper money. The Ministry of Truth said... "Did you guys catch the CNN special about the kkk with Kamu Bell? Not as good as I thought it would be but still entertaining. I thought we would get more insight into the minds of racists but they pretty much all seem the same." If you want to have a good laugh, watch "Blood in the Face." This is a documentary filmed years ago at one of those racist hoedowns out on a farm somewhere -- a sort of a convention for white supremacists from different organizations. The people who have made hatred into an entire lifestyle are a sad, sorry, dysfunctional bunch. Wow, Kasich and Cruz are forming an alliance to take down Trump. They say Trump would set back the Gop a generation. Hell, if either of them is elected they'll set the country back a generation. As intereting as that sounds MoT Imma take a pass. We have enough toothless inbreds right here who think they're god's greatest creation to keep me amused. But thanks for the heads up. Pilot X, the losing Republican candidates can try to "take down Trump", but their strategy won't work. It is amazing the entire GOP establishment has turned against Trump and yet he keeps winning elections and growing more popular. I think he will win the general election, too. Not because he is a good politician, but because the pendulum has swing too far left and most Americans aren't comfortable with the extreme progressive environment in current society. Will Trump be conservative leader? Hell no. He is well known to be NY Liberal, just not a politically correct liberal. Hillary is the true conservative compared to Trump. Even the Koch brothers are considering backing Hillary instead of Trump. "In contrast, Ben Carson, several Fox News personalities and Trump said that the decision was the latest example of an administration bent on what conservatives cast as 'politically correct' moves. They praised Jackson, who was one of the key figures in the founding of what is the modern Democratic Party." Ironic, right? It's mainly conservatives who find something to like in Jackson, even though he was effectively the founder of the Democratic Party. Of course, the two parties, at their inception, didn't fall into categories that we'd recognize today as liberal or conservative. The 19th century Democrats were an agrarian party, while the Republicans were an industrialist party. But to the extent that you can identify issues or attitudes from those times that still have some kind of relevance today, Jackson and his followers mainly stood for a mindset that is only favored by Republicans today: a somewhat paranoid belief that they were being "oppressed" by the central government, and a determination to pointlessly trash government programs that happened to be highly useful in serving the common good. Aside from the determination of the Jacksonians to expand the practice of voting from only wealthy white males to all white males -- the first in a succession of expansions of democracy -- you won't find too many modern-day Democrats excitedly leaping to praise the accomplishments of the Jackson administration. Anyway, it's clear that only some of the GOP objections to Jackson's removal have anything to do with honest appreciation of Jackson's legacy. A lot of it, inevitably, is racist freakout, which is what Republicans do best these days. I disagree that the pendulum has swung too far to the left but SOME Americans think so. The majority of Americans are ok with gay marriage as an example but there are SOME (usually religious folk) who disagree the strongest. I also disagree that The Donald has a chance to win because most Americans don't trust him to occupy the WH. Think about what you wrote "Even the Koch brothers are considering backing Hill-dog" now that right there should tell you how unpopular The Donald is. He also can't overcome the gender gap, the Dems haven't even started their ads showing the sexist filth that came out of his mouth. Andrew Jackson was a shit president anyway. Today in bad PR for the Po-Po: "Reacting to the news [of a civil settlement for the family of Tamir Rice], the head of Cleveland’s Police Patrolman’s Association association Steve Loomis called on Rice’s family to use part of the settlement to educate children on gun safety. The bright orange safety tip on Rice’s toy gun was reportedly removed when he took it to the park days before Thanksgiving in 2014. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, 'Loomis has used Tamir’s shooting to show that police often cannot tell the difference between real and replica firearms.'” Is the Cleveland police union trying to troll Rice's family? Or are they simply that clueless? You decide. James Bold said... "Is the Cleveland police union trying to troll Rice's family? Or are they simply that clueless?" You'd think that a simple "If you don't want to be treated like you're waving around a real gun, don't wave around something that looks like a real gun" would be simple enough to understand. Absolutely straightforward. Something you'd never object to if it was White people on the receiving end of the message. Do you really think the po-po should only hire psychics? Or is it more "don't EVER shoot Blacks unless they've shot at you first"? Maybe without the "unless"? "Thinking" overstates things, I'm sure. In your case, it's pure tribal hatred of White people and everything associated with them, including law and order. Your refusal to accept or even understand the social compact that underlies civilization, and your undermining it at ever turn, is why White America is tired of you. How that exhaustion works out is going to be quite the show. More popcorn, please. James the Bitch is a sick fuck said... Your refusal to accept or even understand the social compact that underlies civilization, and your undermining it at ever turn, is why White America is tired of you. How that exhaustion works out is going to be quite the show. More popcorn, please. You mean the social compact that allows mothers to trade sex with their newborn children for drugs? How about you keep your baby raping society you sick fuck. You talk tribal hatred but you come here every fucking day railing about niggers. Are you fucking kidding me? I know toothless white trash racists are stupid but are you really this dense James? I know, rhetorical questions are probably way too advanced for your dumb ass. I guess we can attribute your mental deficiencies to inbreeding. Irony is lost on racist idiots. "In your case, it's pure tribal hatred of White people and everything associated with them, including law and order. " But isn't TMOT white? Law and Order my ass said... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3370481/Man-jailed-raping-six-month-old-baby-posting-images-online.html Is this more of your social compact James? Tell you what sicko, you can keep it. This is why Black America is tired of you. How that exhaustion works out is going to be quite the show. More popcorn please. James Is a Bitch said... How that exhaustion works out is going to be quite the show. Yeah yeah yeah blah blah blah we're sooooooooooo scared James. Jesus, you white supremacists are all so bad but all you do is talk. Blah blah fucking blah. How about you cowards stop raping babies and start the race war already. Wtf are you waiting for? Stop posting dumb shit and get the party started or are you fucks all talk? Let's guess what the answer to that question is. Yawn. eToro is the ultimate forex broker for novice and full-time traders. Open thread Friday. Wall- to- wall. I do not wish I was in Dixie. Not now. Hillary vs. Donald. It's never too late to have "the talk". A trump break. "Don't mess with Texas." "Empire state of mind." "Hot sauce Hillary" and the politics of pandering. Field Negro 101. Not exactly Uncle Tom. Donald Trump and the alternative right. Open thread. Negro PSA: Trump rally in progress, appraoch with ... A kinder, gentler war on drugs. Politics and America's "race problem". Things I learned this week. The education of Wendy Bell. Studying black people. Cruz control, and Princeton backs a segregationist. Voting rights, and secret money trails. Fill me in.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800248
__label__cc	0.619763	0.380237	WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES SHARES ADDITIONAL BUSINESS UPDATES RELATED TO COVID-19 By: Winnebago Industries, Inc. via GlobeNewswire News Releases April 03, 2020 at 09:00 AM EDT FOREST CITY, Iowa, April 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO) today announced additional actions and support activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, we are prioritizing the health and safety of our employees and other stakeholders, while taking additional steps to maintain the Company’s financial flexibility,” said Winnebago Industries President and CEO Michael Happe. “Following the previously announced temporary suspension of production within our organization, we are implementing additional cost saving measures including reductions to the compensation of the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Directors. The underlying fundamentals of our business are strong, the Company has a healthy balance sheet and liquidity, and these proactive measures will help us manage through this crisis while continuing to support our dealer partners and consumers. We remain disciplined in our approach to financial management and confident that we are taking the right actions to emerge from this crisis even stronger than before.” Cost Containment and Financial Management Update As previously announced, on March 23, 2020, the Company announced the temporary suspension of most production activities at its Winnebago, Grand Design RV, Newmar, and Chris-Craft facilities. As market demand continues to shift due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Winnebago Industries is making the following temporary compensation adjustments for its Board of Directors and Executive Leadership team: CEO Michael Happe will reduce his salary by 25% for the remainder of Fiscal 2020 as well as forgo his entire Fiscal 2020 financial based annual incentive. The Winnebago Industries Board of Directors will reduce their cash compensation by 25% for the remainder of Fiscal 2020. The Executive Leadership Team’s cash compensation will be materially reduced for the remainder of fiscal 2020. The Company will continue to carefully review executive and director compensation, as well as other salaried personnel costs, to identify other potential cost saving opportunities. Additional cost containment and financial management measures the Company is taking include: Delaying certain capital expenses and reducing or eliminating non-critical business expenses. Implementing temporary hiring freezes in all locations for non-critical salaried positions. Postponing merit increases for salaried employees until the end of the fiscal year. Continually engaging with our strategic banking partners regarding appropriate options relative to future financial liquidity. Engaging proactively with dealers and suppliers to better understand market conditions and consumer sentiment. Communicating with inventory finance entities on their support of the dealer community. Maintaining Financial Flexibility Winnebago Industries is operating from a strong liquidity and financial position, with $123 million of cash available on its balance sheet at the end of the Company’s second quarter Fiscal 2020. The Company also has access to a $193 million ABL credit facility. Additionally, the Company has no significant debt maturities until November of 2023, and as of our most recent quarter end the company was well within our term loan covenant which requires a leverage ratio (net secured debt to TTM EBITDA) under 3.25. As the health crisis has evolved, Winnebago Industries has focused its efforts on determining how it can best use the Company’s resources to provide support in overall relief efforts, especially in its local communities. To date, Winnebago Industries is producing medical masks and face shield parts and donating vital PPE materials. Furthermore, The Winnebago Industries Foundation provided timely funding to support COVID-19 response and recovery across its communities in Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Florida and Oregon, to address immediate needs such as hunger and childcare for healthcare workers and to plan for longer term impacts. The Company remains engaged with community stakeholders and supports employee-initiated volunteer efforts. “I want to recognize the hard work, flexibility and steadfast commitment our employees have shown to make these vital community support activities a reality. I have never been prouder to lead our team as we all come together to help one another in these challenging times,” concluded Happe. About Winnebago Industries Winnebago Industries, Inc. is a leading U.S. manufacturer of recreation vehicles under the Winnebago, Grand Design, Newmar and Chris-Craft brands, which are used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The Company builds quality motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheel products and boats. Winnebago Industries has multiple facilities in Iowa, Indiana, Oregon, Minnesota and Florida. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and traded under the symbol WGO. For access to Winnebago Industries' investor relations material or to add your name to an automatic email list for Company news releases, visit http://investor.wgo.net. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about the anticipated duration of the suspension of the Company’s operations. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including, but not limited to developments regarding the coronavirus situation and its impact on the Company’s employees, communities and other stakeholders. Additional information concerning certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from that projected or suggested is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") over the last 12 months, copies of which are available from the SEC or from the Company upon request. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements contained in this release or to reflect any changes in the Company's expectations after the date of this release or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based, except as required by law. Contact: Steve Stuber - Investor Relations - 952-828-8461 - srstuber@wgo.net Media Contact: Sam Jefson - Public Relations Specialist - 641-585-6803 - sjefson@wgo.net Winnebago Industries	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800251
__label__cc	0.550137	0.449863	Alice in Wonderland Tour in Oxford - Global Traveler. Wonderland is an enchanting musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, with a huge heart, a medley of magic and a whole lot of wonder. Here a timely and touching story of love in all its forms, it's an adventurous exploration of who we are, who we want to be and the power of everyday magic in our lives.TOUR DATES13 FEBRUARY - 18. The most incredible thing about the John Lewis store in Oxford is its rather subtle Alice in Wonderland theme, a nod to Oxford’s beloved literary history. All around the beautiful interior of the store are hidden secrets of Alice and her time in Wonderland. The main seating area on the ground floor presents an open book, adorned with towering roses telling the story of Alice within printed. New Disney film Alice in Wonderland set to boost Oxford's. The summer course is a one-week course and part of The Oxford Experience, a residential summer programme aimed at non-specialists. During this course, the participants will discuss the real people and places behind the “Alice in Wonderland” story, look in detail at some of the many facets of this famous tale, and see how this work of imagination has been interpreted and reimagined over.Take a tumble down the rabbit hole into the intoxicating lair of The Mad Hatter, an Alice-in-Wonderland inspired speakeasy located in vibrant East Oxford. This Mad Mixology Masterclass is the perfect experience for anyone with a penchant for the curious, eccentric and downright bizarre.Mark Davies, author of Alice in Waterland: Lewis Carroll and the River Thames in Oxford and Alice’s Oxford on Foot, is the only Oxford guide endorsed by the Lewis Carroll Society. These tours are offered for GROUPS (normal maximum 20 people, priced as below). For smaller family groups of up to five adults, reduced rates may be possible. The. Fans of fantasy books won’t want to miss this 1.5-hour tour of Christ Church College, the setting and inspiration behind novels such as Alice and Wonderland and Harry Potter. By booking your ticket in advance, you’ll avoid the long lines outside of the prestigious Oxford University building, home to the Bodleian Library and adjoining Divinity School. Visit recognizable filming sites and.The Oxford Experience is a residential summer programme providing one-week courses in a variety of subjects aimed at non-specialists.It offers a choice of seminars each week over a period of six weeks. Alice in Wonderland is forever connected with Christ Church College. Lewis Carroll was a mathematics lecturer; Alice Liddell was the daughter of the Dean. Alice in Typhoidland explores the past and present of typhoid. A killer of paupers, princes, and presidents, typhoid was an invisible threat in Victorian England and remains dangerous in many areas today. Join Alice Liddell (Alice in Wonderland) on a murky tour of Oxford’s underside: learn how doctors and engineers controlled typhoid to stop the disease from spreading in Alice’s city, and. As such, some of the best Alice in Wonderland locations in the city include Alice’s Shop (where the real-life Alice Liddell once purchased sweets), the Museum of Natural History (a must-visit for any history fan), and a wander along the River Thames. After all, it was on a boat ride along the water where Caroll (real name Dodgson) first conjured up images of imaginary Alice. The Alice's Shop in Oxford is the authentic Alice in Wonderland Shop because it is part of the original story. Situated across the road from Alice's childhood home, the Oxford University college of Christ Church, Alice's Shop was Alice's sweet shop 150 years ago. Lewis Carroll wrote the shop into the Alice adventures in Through the Looking-Glass and the illustrator, Sir John Tenniel, sketched. To mark 150 years since the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Oxford River Cruises announces the launch of a special themed Alice cruise In the 150th anniversary year of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Oxford River Cruises has announced the launch of a genuinely unique Oxford Alice experience: a specially themed Alice cruise. The symptoms that are considered characteristic of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) are quite diverse and constitute distortions of regular sense perception (i.e., distortions of visual, somaesthetic, temporal, and self-perception). Although these symptoms are often of short duration, especially in children, extended episodes can occur. Many cases are benign and self-limiting, but symptoms. I trained as a Green badge guide in Oxford and I love discovering its secrets and sharing them with the groups I guide. As well as the general tour I offer specialist tours including Inspector Morse, Film sites, Harry Potter, Gargoyles and Grotesques, Literary Oxford, Downton Abbey and Bampton, and of course Alice in Wonderland. Book your tickets online for Alice’s Shop, Oxford: See 166 reviews, articles, and 50 photos of Alice’s Shop, ranked No.6 on Tripadvisor among 66 attractions in Oxford. The tea includes a selection of finger sandwiches, cakes and tarts, carefully crafted to reflect our unique associations with Alice in Wonderland. Tea will be served at 3pm with up to 30 guests and includes a talk on the author and his extraordinary stories. There is also an optional pre-tea behind-the-scenes tour of Christ Church (commencing at 1345hrs), which will include an explanation of. The city of Oxford and Christ Church were inspirations behind Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Like the story of a curious girl named Alice who followed a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole into. The character of Alice in Wonderland was born in the city of dreaming spires and as such there are many Alice in Wonderland locations to be found in Oxford. Here’s my Alice in Wonderland tour of Oxford where I separate fact from fiction! (This post was updated in May 2019 to include even more Alice in Wonderland related activities!). Our guided tours allow visitors greater insight into the College's history, its architecture, student life, scenes associated with the world of Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter. The tour is led by one of our experienced Christ Church custodians and lasts approximately one hour. 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Come and have a cream tea and experience the best coffee in Oxford as you visit the city and enjoy its amazing History. Excellent food and service. I had salmon pasta, which was one of the specials for the day and was delicious. Good ambience and a lovely setting. Handy for a stroll round Christ Church meadow. Oxford's tourism authority is hoping that the film will reignite interest in the the city where Lewis Carroll's orginal books, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Alice through the.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800253
__label__cc	0.642137	0.357863	CMX Systems provides support for Cortex-M3 Processors Boston, MA - September 18, 2007– CMX Systems offers two "lean and mean" RTOSes, a TCP/IP stack, and multiple flash file systems for the Cortex-M3 processor including Luminary Micro's Stellaris and STMicroelectronic's STM32 processor families. The CMX-Tiny+ real time multi-tasking operating system is a very "lean and mean" kernel for those processors that have a small amount of RAM embedded on the processor's silicon (minimum of 512 bytes and higher.) This unique RTOS, based on a scaled down version of the popular CMX-RTX, retains most of the power of CMX-RTX as well as the more frequently used functions. ROM requirements are approximately 1K minimum to 3K maximum. CMX-RTX is a truly preemptive, multi-tasking RTOS supporting a wide variety of 8-, 16-, 32-bit microcomputers, microprocessors, and DSP's. CMX-RTX offers the smallest footprint, the fastest context switching times, and the lowest interrupt latency times available on the market today. RTOS functionality provided in CMX-RTX includes: task management, message management, queue management, system management, event management, memory management, resource management, semaphore management and timer management. CMXKAware provides kernel aware debugging. CMX-MicroNet is a TCP/IP stack specially crafted to work with virtually all processors and features an extremely small ROM requirement ranging from 5K to 24K (depending on configuration and processor) and very minimal RAM requirements of about 500 bytes plus buffers for packets. The base CMX-MicroNet software package currently includes UDP, TCP, IP, Modem, SLIP, ICMP Echo, IGMP, and Virtual File system. Current Add-On Options available are: HTTP Web Server, DNS Client, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, DHCP Client, TFTP Client, Fragmentation, SNTP, POP3, PPP, CHAP, Ethernet (ARP, BOOTP) and Wireless Ethernet. The CMX-MicroNet stack can work with or without an RTOS. CMX-TCP/IP is a full-featured, 100% RFC compliant, TCP/IP stack targeted at 16- and 32-bit processors. CMX-TCP/IP provides virtually all of the protocols, link layers, interfaces, and device drivers that are required for most networking connectivity applications. The basic CMX-TCP/IP stack provides: UDP, TCP, IP, ICMP, IGMP, DNS, ARP, SLIP, Ethernet, an RTOS porting layer, a Standard BSD socket interface and a High Performance Socket Interface. Add on options include: DHCP, IMAP4, FTP, NAT, POP3, PPP, PPPoE, SMTP, SNMP, Telnet Server, TFTP/BOOTP, Web Client ,Web Server and Wireless Ethernet. The CMX-TCP/IP stack can work with or without an RTOS. CMX-FFS-TINY is a limited resource failsafe file system. CMX-FFS-TINY can be purchased in three configurations: CMX-FFS-TINY-BW (for Small Sector Byte Writeable Flash), CMX-FFS-TINY-DF (for Atmel DataFlash) and CMX-FFS-TINY-ST (for ST Serial Flash for Data). CMX-FFS-THIN is a scalable, reduced footprint file system designed for integration with 8-bit or 16-bit embedded processors with limited resources and includes FAT 12/16/32, Long file names, Media Error handling and the following Drivers: Compact Flash (True IDE and Memory I/O), MMC/SD (SPI S/W or H/W) and RAM. Additional drivers for CMX-FFS-THIN include CMX-FFS-THIN-FTL (Flash Translation Layer for NAND Devices) and CMX-FFS-THIN-DFML (for Atmel DataFlash). All CMX products feature full source code, no royalties, and free technical support and updates with every purchase. CMX-RTX and CMX-MicroNet are available from CMX Systems and its distributors. Contact CMX Systems at 904-880-1840 or email sales@cmx.com. About CMX Systems, Inc.: Since its inception in 1990, CMX Systems has focused on providing its customers with all of the tools needed to program their embedded applications. The company's core business is to develop and support real-time, multitasking operating systems (RTOS), TCP/IP stacks, Flash File Systems, USB stacks and the CANopen stack for a wide variety of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcomputers, microprocessors, and digital signal processors. The company's RTOSes support more than 50 processor families and over 30 C-compiler vendors. CMX also offers the tiny CMX-MicroNet, which is a unique TCP/IP stack that is targeted for 8-, 16-, 32-bit and DSP processors with limited ROM and/or RAM and CMX-TCP/IP, a full-featured TCP/IP stack designed for 16-, 32-bit and DSP processors. CMX additionally offers four different Flash File Systems to best meet the memory management needs of embedded developers. CMX-USB is offered for designers wishing to add USB connectivity to their products. For more information, please visit CMX Systems' website at http://www.cmx.com. All content is subject to change without notice Copyright material 2014© All Rights Reserved. Site and all contents are the sole property of CMX Systems, Inc. No part of this site may be copied or used without the express written permission of the owner. Web Services by Unicorn Web Development, Inc.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800254
__label__cc	0.656572	0.343428	03.23 Agenda TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010, 5:00 P.M. COMMISSION MEMBERS: Commissioners Matt Tuchow (President), Ruth Gravanis (Vice-President), Angelo King, Alan Mok, Jane MarieFrancis Martin, Paul Pelosi Jr., Johanna Wald 1. Call to Order and Roll Call. 2. Adoption of Minutes of the January 26, 2010 Commission Regular Meeting and February 25, 2010 Commission Retreat Special Meeting. (Explanatory Documents: January 26, 2010 and February 25, 2010 Draft Minutes) (Discussion and Action) 3. Public Comments: Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda. 4. Approval of Resolution supporting requests of the Golden Gate Park Preservation Alliance and the Golden Gate Audubon Society to the San Francisco Planning Department’s Major Environmental Analysis Unit to conduct an environmental review for the Beach Chalet Soccer Fields Project at Golden Gate Park. Speaker: Mike Lynes, Conservation Chair, Golden Gate Audubon Society (Presentation time: 5 minutes) (Explanatory Documents: Policy Committee Draft Resolution File 2010-02-COE, Golden Gate Preservation Alliance and Golden Gate Audubon Society Informational Documents and Letters of Support) (Discussion and Action) 5. Landfill Search Update. Sponsor: Commissioner Matt Tuchow, Speakers: David Assmann, Deputy Director (Presentation Time: 5 minutes) and Thomas Owen, Deputy City Attorney (Presentation Time: 5 minutes) (Explanatory Documents: Request for Proposal (RFP) for Landfill Disposal Capacity; Landfill RFP Scoring Reviews; Memo to Commission Landfill Search Chronology; Request for Qualifications) (Informational Report and Discussion) 6. Update on the progress of actions taken by the Board of Supervisors and the Department as a result of the Resolution adopted by the Commission on the issue of Cell Phone Radiation. Sponsor: President Matt Tuchow; Speaker: Debbie Raphael, Toxics Reduction Program Manager (Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (Informational Report and Discussion) 7. Resolution approving the Department of the Environment Integrated Pest Management’s 2010 Reduced Risk Pesticide List. Sponsor: Acting Director David Assmann; Speakers: Chris Gieger, Ph.D., Green Purchasing Program Manager (Presentation Time: 5 minutes) (Explanatory Documents: 2010 Reduced Risk Pesticide List and Draft Resolution File 2010-04-COE) (Discussion and Action) 8. Resolution amending the Commission on the Environment’s Bylaws to change the meeting location of the Operations Committee from the Department of the Environment, 11 Grove Street, to City Hall, Room 421. Speaker: Monica Fish, Commission Secretary (Presentation time: 5 minutes) (Explanatory Document: Draft Resolution File 2010-03-COE) (Discussion and Action) 9. Commission on the Environment Committee Appointments. Speaker: President Matt Tuchow (Discussion and Action) 10. Operations Committee Report. (Information and Discussion) Chair’s Report: Review of the agenda for the April 21, 2010 meeting. 11. Policy Committee Report. (Information and Discussion) Chairs Report: Highlights of the February 22 and March 8, 2010 meetings and review of the agenda for the April 12, 2010 meeting to be held at City Hall, Room 421. 12. Commission Secretary’s Report. (Explanatory Document: Commission Secretary’s Report) (Information and Discussion) · Communications and Correspondence · Update on Pending City Legislation 13. Director’s Report. (Explanatory Document: Director’s Report) Updates on Department of the Environment administrative and programmatic operations relating to Budget Planning, Strategic Planning, Clean Air, Climate Division, Outreach and Education Division, Environmental Justice Division, Zero Waste, Toxics Reduction Program, and the Urban Forestry Division. (Information and Discussion) 14. Announcements. (Information and Discussion) 15. President’s Announcements. (Information and Discussion) 16. New Business/Future Agenda Items. (Information, Discussion and Possible Action) 17. Public Comments: Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda. 18. Adjournment. Monica Fish, Commission Secretary; TEL: (415) 355-3709; FAX: (415) 554-6393 The next Meeting of the Commission on the Environment is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, Room 416. ** Copies of explanatory documents are available at (1) the Commission’s office, 11 Grove Street, San Francisco, California between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., (2) on the Commission’s website https://sites.google.com/a/sfenvironment.org/commission/environment-commission;(3) upon request to the Commission Secretary, at telephone number 415-355-3709, or via e-mail at Monica.Fish@sfgov.org within three business days of a meeting. 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__label__cc	0.700732	0.299268	Dr. Craig The Man & Mission 25 Year ALS Healing Journey & Life Vitae Campaign Advisors Research & Collaborations TV, Film, Print, Media Dr Craig in the News Other Achievements Treatment with the Healers Healing/Training Path Funding & Contributions Advisor & Expert Insight ALS Association (ALSA) ALS Survivor Experiences Derek Swinnard Dr Craig Oster Evelyn R McDonald, MSN, DMin Lee Abramson Rev Dr Evy McDonald Announcements, Events, News Harming Ourselves GMO – Genetically Modified Organisms Alternative & Holistic Psychological Techniques Politics and Regulations Relationships & Emotions Videos, Films, Radio ALS Holistic Approaches BackStage Pass – PBS Benefit Performers Empathic Therapist Award Healing ALS Documentary Film Waves of Healing Radio Dietary Approaches to Reducing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms and Improving Quality of Life The conventional thinking on Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is that it is a progressive disease for which there is no effective treatment and no way to slow the decline or reverse its deadly effects. I disagree. There is considerable scientific evidence that the environment is a major factor in the setting of ALS. There is also evidence that diet matters, that autoimmune processes are at work, and that toxin exposure is a factor. Changing the foods we consume and the choices we make each day can influence all these factors and affect disease progression. I have had remarkable success in my own life, reversing 7 years of steady decline due to progressive MS by changing my diet and physical activity. I have used the same interventions on others with progressive multiple sclerosis or relapsing-remitting MS, successfully reducing the severity of fatigue and improving quality of life. I expect the same principles would likely be beneficial for those with ALS. I have written a book, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, which describes the interventions I have used in our clinical trials and in our clinics. I have thousands of followers on Facebook (Terry Wahls MD) and have had multiple individuals with ALS contact me to tell me that following my diet and lifestyle principles has helped slow, and in some cases, arrest the decline. Why would diet and lifestyle changes make a difference to ALS patients? A lifetime of diet and lifestyle choices and environmental factors interact with an individual’s genes to create the environment that allows ALS to develop. While you cannot change your genes, you can change what you eat and what you do. That alone will change which genes are active and which are silent, and will likely have a major impact on your current symptoms. Here is the scientific rationale behind those observations as well as references that show the prior papers that underlie my conclusion. ALS causes the death of neuron cells that control voluntary muscles. The disease is associated with stiff muscles, muscle atrophy, muscle twitching, steadily declining strength, and worsening disability[1]. Symptoms may start in one limb, with bulbar symptoms (problems speaking or swallowing), or more rarely with breathing problems. Approximately 5 to 10% of ALS cases are directly inherited from parents, with the remaining 90 to 95% considered sporadic[2]. In the sporadic cases there appears to be a complex interaction between environmental exposures and genetic vulnerability that contributes to the development of ALS, the severity of symptoms at initial diagnosis, and speed of decline[2]. The environmental factors that have been shown to increase the risk of developing ALS include previous exposure to heavy metals (mercury and lead), pesticides and other organophosphates, and/or organic solvents and history of electrical shock, traumatic brain injury, and physical injury[3]. Epidemiologic evidence linking viral infections and ALS has not been documented to date[2, 3]. Modifiable risk factors that influence the risk of developing ALS and the speed of decline have been identified. Smoking increases the risk[3], while diets higher in vegetable and fruit intake and omega-3 fatty rich foods[3-5,6] lower the risk of developing ALS and slow the speed of the decline. In addition autoimmune processes have been identified as a potential factor in the development of ALS[7, 8]. There is a case report of an individual who was initially believed to have a motor neuron disease, possibly ALS, whose symptoms, physical findings, and laboratory findings regressed over a 23 month period while following a gluten-free diet[9]. In a subsequent case control study, Gadoth found that a higher percent of individuals with ALS (59.1%) than controls (28.6%) had HLA specific alleles that increase the risk of developing Celiac disease. All controls had no evidence for IgA antibodies to transglutaminase or gliadin (antibodies associated with Celiac disease or gluten sensitivity), while 15.3% of the ALS patients did have elevated auto-antibodies[10], suggesting that gluten sensitivity may be a factor for some individuals with ALS. Other autoimmune diagnoses and processes have been noted in the presence of ALS. Other autoimmune diagnoses that have preceded the diagnosis of ALS include asthma, lupus, celiac disease, myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, Sjögren’s syndrome, and ulcerative colitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus has presented as ALS[11-13]. In previous pilot studies we have utilized a modified Paleolithic diet as part of a multimodal regimen [14, 15] in a single arm, non-randomized study in the setting of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) or as the sole intervention[16] in a randomized wait list control study in the setting of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. In both study types, multiple sclerosis–related fatigue decreased measurably. In addition, I have a social media presence where I advocate for dietary approaches to reducing symptoms and improving quality of life in people with chronic neurological, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune disorders. I have been contacted by persons through social media who have ALS, have adopted the modified Paleolithic diet, and have experienced an improved quality of life when they stay compliant with the modified Paleolithic diet. Based on the favorable experience in the pilot studies in the setting of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and the individual favorable reports in the setting of ALS, I have developed a protocol for a study of the impact of a modified Paleolithic diet and stress-reducing practices in the setting of ALS. The interventions in this study are centered on diet and lifestyle and based on Functional Medicine principles. Functional Medicine addresses the interaction of genetic vulnerability and environmental factors, particularly diet and lifestyle, that contribute to 70 to 90% of the risk of developing chronic disease. The root causes of poor health: toxin body burden, hormone disruption, inadequate digestion and assimilation of nutrients, structural damage, infection, dysbiosis, and microbiome compromise are addressed with the patient using motivational interviewing and patient activation. We will be using the same study diet that I use in my MS research studies and describe in my book, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, The study intervention will utilize motivational interviewing techniques[17, 18], which stress self-determination, to assist participants in identifying and amplifying their internal motivation to adopt the recommended diet and stress-reducing practices. Because the dietary interventions have been associated with reduced MS symptoms (improved energy, reduced pain, and improved mental clarity), we have been remarkably successful at having subjects eliminate the excluded foods from their diet (gluten-containing grains, casein-containing dairy products, and eggs) and add the encouraged foods (green leafy vegetables, sulfur-rich vegetables, and deeply pigmented vegetables and berries, and omega 3–rich foods). People could not sustain such a major change long term if they did not also experience marked reduction in symptoms. See Figure 1. I am currently seeking funding for this study and am optimistic that we can secure full support. If you are interested in supporting the project, please contact Alli Ingman (allison-ingman@uiowa.edu) at the University of Iowa Foundation. For anyone with a neurodegenerative disorder of any type, there is considerable potential benefit from adopting the dietary and lifestyle protocols that we have been using in our study of MS. The good news is that I have written books for the public to teach people why and how to make these changes. If you want to begin implementing the concepts that I use in the MS clinical trials I conduct and am proposing for the ALS trial, pick up a copy of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, and work with your primary care doctor to implement as much of the protocol as you and your family can. I have also written the companion cookbook, The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. In this book I provide guidance on how to easily and affordably implement the protocol (both in terms of money and time). When you order the cookbook, you’ll receive links to free resources to get you started on implementing the program and your journey back to health. Milonas I: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an introduction. J Neurol 1998, 245 Suppl 2:S1-3. Talbott EO, Malek AM, Lacomis D: The epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Handb Clin Neurol 2016, 138:225-238. Wang MD, Little J, Gomes J, Cashman NR, Krewski D: Identification of risk factors associated with onset and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurotoxicology 2016. Okamoto K, Kihira T, Kobashi G, Washio M, Sasaki S, Yokoyama T, Miyake Y, Sakamoto N, Inaba Y, Nagai M: Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japan. Neuroepidemiology 2009, 32(4):251-256. Jin Y, Oh K, Oh SI, Baek H, Kim SH, Park Y: Dietary intake of fruits and beta-carotene is negatively associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk in Koreans: a case-control study. Nutr Neurosci 2014, 17(3):104-108. Fitzgerald KC, O’Reilly EJ, Falcone GJ, McCullough ML, Park Y, Kolonel LN, Ascherio A: Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. JAMA neurology 2014, 71(9):1102-1110. Appel SH, Smith RG, Engelhardt JI, Stefani E: Evidence for autoimmunity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 1994, 124 Suppl:14-19. Appel SH, Smith RG, Engelhardt JI, Stefani E: Evidence for autoimmunity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 1993, 118(2):169-174. Brown KJ, Jewells V, Herfarth H, Castillo M: White matter lesions suggestive of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis attributed to celiac disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2010, 31(5):880-881. Gadoth A, Nefussy B, Bleiberg M, Klein T, Artman I, Drory VE: Transglutaminase 6 Antibodies in the Serum of Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. JAMA neurology 2015, 72(6):676-681. Rao TV, Tharakan JK, Jacob PC: Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neuropathol 2004, 23(3):99-101. Maldonado ME, Williams RC, Jr., Adair JC, Hart BL, Gregg L, Sibbitt WL, Jr.: Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Rheumatol 2002, 29(3):633-635. Turner MR, Goldacre R, Ramagopalan S, Talbot K, Goldacre MJ: Autoimmune disease preceding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an epidemiologic study. Neurology 2013, 81(14):1222-1225. Bisht B, Darling WG, Grossmann RE, Shivapour ET, Lutgendorf SK, Snetselaar LG, Hall MJ, Zimmerman MB, Wahls TL: A multimodal intervention for patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: feasibility and effect on fatigue. J Altern Complement Med 2014, 20(5):347-355. Bisht B, Darling WG, Shivapour ET, Lutgendorf SK, Snetselaar LG, Chenard CA, Wahls TL: Multimodal intervention improves fatigue and quality of life of subjects with progressive multiple sclerosis: a pilot study. Degenerative Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease 2015, 2015(5):19-35. Irish AK EC, Wahls TL, Stenselaar LG, Darling WG: Randomized control trial evaluation of a modified Paleolithic dietary intervention in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a pilot study. Degenerative Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease 2017 2017:18. Coyne N CD: Effectiveness of motivational interviewing to improve chronic condition self-management: what does the research show us? Home healthcare nurse 2014, 32(1):4. Vansteenkiste M1 WG, Resnicow K.: ward systematic integration between self-determination theory and motivational interviewing as examples of top-down and bottom-up intervention development: autonomy or volition as a fundamental theoretical principle. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 2012, March (9). Written by Dr. Terry Wahls Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she teaches internal medicine residents, sees patients in a traumatic brain injury clinic and a therapeutic lifestyle clinic for those with complex chronic disease. In addition she conducts clinical trials testing the efficacy of diet and lifestyle to treat chronic disease. She is also a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and her mitochondria and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine and the paperback, The Wahls Protocol A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles and teaches the public and medical community about the healing power of intensive nutrition. Follow Dr. Wahls on Facebook. Follow her on twitter at @TerryWahls. Dr. Wahls is conducting clinical trials testing the effect of nutrition and lifestyle interventions to treat MS. She is also committed to teaching the public and medical community about the healing power of the Paleo diet and therapeutic lifestyle changes to restore health and vitality to our citizens. To learn more about Dr. Wahl's research, visit her website: www.TerryWahls.com. View all posts by: Dr. Terry Wahls 2 Comments to “Dietary Approaches to Reducing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms and Improving Quality of Life” Kembrya Smith says: Dr. Wahls, Thank you for your awesome testimony and the work you’ve put in to helping change lives. I lived in Cedar Rapids for over sixteen years but am originally from Mississippi. My mother was diagnosed with ALS in the spring of this year and has had some horrible challenges. The doctors haven’t offered much hope either. Is it possible that my mother and I could speak with you to get some clarity on dietary recommendations? She has been trying to stay close to the dietary changes that Dr. Axe recommends for people suffering with ALS. However, the disease is steadily progressing. We’re very desperate for healing. Dr. Craig says: please contact Dr Wahls at her website. 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__label__wiki	0.834659	0.834659	Black Book of the American Left The Series Explained Uncivil Wars Indoctrination U One Party Classroom Reforming Our Universities Radicals – The Book Unholy Alliance Hating Whitey and Other Radical Pursuits The Politics of Bad Faith Radical Son Party of Defeat The Shadow Party Destructive Generation Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win Big Agenda The Art of Political War and Other Radical Pursuits How to Beat the Democrats Dark Agenda Radical Son A Generational Odyssey Hating Whitey Left Illusions: An Intellectual Odyssey Horowitz Memoirs Mortality and Faith A Cracking of the Heart The Life and Work of David Horowitz by Jamie Glazov A Universal Aspiration Introduction to Radicals by David Horowitz All the totalitarian movements of modernity have been inspired by the same fantasy of a world made right and finally brought into harmony with itself. This utopian delusion is not restricted to aspiring commissars or religious fanatics. In one form or another, it is the ideal of every believer in a universal progress, including those who would be dismayed to think of themselves in such destructive company. The desire to make things better is an impulse essential to our humanity. But taken beyond the limits of what is humanly possible, the same hope is transformed into a destructive passion, until it becomes a desire to annihilate whatever stands in the way of the beautiful idea. Nihilism is thus the practical extreme of the radical project. Consequently, the fantasy of a redeemed future has repeatedly led to catastrophic results as progressive radicals pursue their impossible schemes. It is an enduring irony of the human condition that the urgency to make the world “a better place” is also the chief source of the suffering that human beings have inflicted on each other from the beginning of time. The present volume focuses on individuals who are adherents of the progressive faith, a label that has been embraced by Marxists and anarchists, socialists and liberals alike. “Radical” normally connotes a sharp and violent break with the existing order, which would suggest that the careers described in these pages were confined to the fringes of the political culture. Nothing could be further from the truth. Christopher Hitchens was an internationally celebrated journalist and author; Bettina Aptheker is an acclaimed professor at an elite university; and Cornel West is a celebrity academic who has been friends with two Democratic presidents, and is the author of best-selling books praised by arbiters of the literary culture. Saul Alinsky, a prominent figure in the radical Sixties posthumously became the political guide to an entire generation of American progressives, including an occupant of the Oval Office. Radicals have often been described as “liberals in a hurry”—sharing similar goals but with expectations that were high and timetables that were short. These are indeed attributes of the terrorists Kathy Boudin and Susan Rosenberg, whose stories are told in this text. But far from being condemned by liberals who would not themselves think of committing their crimes, they have been treated as spiritual comrades, and embraced as victims of a society whose injustices encouraged them to commit their desperate acts. Liberals of this disposition were once referred to as “fellow travelers,” people who failed to muster the courage of their convictions but nonetheless shared the radical dream of a universal progress and a world that would be socially just. The type of this fellow traveler was dissected in a famous Cold War novel by Lionel Trilling in the character of John Laksell. Men like Laksell, Trilling observed, were not actually for communism, but were convinced that “one was morally compromised, turned toward evil and away from good, if one was against it.” Because Laksell did not oppose the Communists’ vision of a liberated future, he was unable to oppose the war that Communists had declared on the society they actually inhabited. Laksell refused to become an anti-Communist and join the war against totalitarianism, Trilling explained, because “one could not oppose [Communist ideas] with-out being illiberal, even reactionary. One would have to have some-thing better to offer and Laksell had nothing better. He could not even imagine what the better ideas would be.” Laksell therefore became an “anti-anti-Communist,” and took his stand as an opponent of those who opposed the Marxist totalitarian idea. Sixty years later, Trilling’s observations apply to the fellow travelers of radicalism, who are generally referred to as liberals, and who make up the expansive ranks of the progressive cause. They refuse to oppose the fundamental ideas behind the radicals’ assault on free societies because to do so would make them illiberal and reactionary and put them in the camp of the conservative right. The failure of these fellow travelers to oppose radical ideas explains the success radicals have achieved in pushing their cause beyond the social margins. Over the last several decades, the radical critique of American democracy has become the curriculum of American universities, and the culture of its liberal elites—a fact reflected in the otherwise inexplicable career of Professor Cornel West, which is described in the pages that follow. Once a partisan of the progressive cause, I have devoted myself since leaving its ranks to an effort to comprehend it—first to understand what prompts people to believe in world-encompassing and world-transforming myths; and second, to explore the tragic consequences of the attempts to act on them. This was the subject of Radical Son, an auto-biography published in 1997, and of a series of essays and books I have written over the last twenty years, including Destructive Generation, The Politics of Bad Faith, Unholy Alliance, and Left Illusions. I have also written two small volumes, The End of Time and A Point in Time, which explore the way the radical passion is a religious response to our common human fate. The present work is perhaps the last I will write about a subject that has occupied me in one way or another over the course of a lifetime. When all is said and done, what has impressed me most, after all these years, is how little we human beings are able to learn collectively from our experience, how slowly we do learn, and how quickly we forget. The chapters that follow begin with an inquiry into the life and thought of Christopher Hitchens, a writer who had serious second thoughts about some of his radical commitments but was unable to leave the progressive faith. Hitchens’ life and work offer an opportunity to examine the issues that define a radical outlook, and the moral and intellectual incoherence that overtake an intelligent mind whose second thoughts remain incomplete. The second chapter follows the life of an icon of radical feminism, and is a study in the totalitarian quest for a unity of the political and the personal. We are all prisoners of what Hegel called an “unhappy consciousness,” reflecting the division between the world and the self. Radicals seek to overcome this division by creating a new world that will resolve this dilemma. The practical result of this effort is the embrace of a totalitarian politics and the inevitable detachment of the individual from her own reality. The third chapter follows the improbable career of Professor Cornel West, a remarkably shallow intellect whose rise to cultural eminence has been made possible by his personification of progressive clichés. His career is consequently a reflection of a general cultural decline. The fourth chapter focuses on a group of individuals who are best described as “Nechaevists,” after the nineteenth-century Russian terrorist of that name—privileged youth who jettison the opportunities bestowed on them by a generous society to become criminals in the service of a political idea. It is also a tale of the Laksells, perched comfortably on the heights of society and culture, who work assiduously to create sympathy for the perpetrators of indefensible deeds. The fifth chapter diverges from the others as the story of an un-political woman whose coming of age in a political decade encouraged her to pursue the idea of self-liberation to the point of personal disaster. Following decades of drug abuse and descent into chaos, she finally rescued herself from ruin by rejecting her identity as a cultural victim to grasp the specific truth of her life. A final chapter examines the prescriptive advice of Saul Alinsky, mentor to the present generation of post-Communist progressives. It explores the paradox at the heart of the utopian outlook—that its idealism is a nihilism—providing a summary statement of the central theme of this book. Earlier versions of these chapters have appeared as articles in FrontPageMag.com and NationalReviewOnline.com. They have been edited for this volume and in several instances re-written. 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__label__cc	0.601414	0.398586	Book Review - A captivating collection Published:Sunday \| March 14, 2010 \| 12:00 AM Robert Davis' aerial shot of Emancipation Square in Spanish Town, St Catherine. - Contributed photo Title: Jamaica by Air -A Bird's Eye View of Paradise Photographer/author: Robert Davis Executive publisher: Aerial Photography Limited Reviewer: Paul H. Williams There is no doubt that Jamaica is naturally beautiful. Whether by foot, pedal or motor, its diverse, idyllic scenery is everywhere for all to see and embrace. But those who have the opportunity to fly over or hover about this island paradise will tell you the views from above are even more spectacular. Unfortunately, they can only keep the images of the mesmerising sights in their heads, unless they are as daring as ace photographer Robert Davis. "Words can't describe the sensation of hanging out of a helicopter, held in by only a harness and a seatbelt, cruising 500 feet above the magnificent island of Jamaica. Although the wind in my face, sound of the turbine and the magic carpet ride can only be experienced, I have made it my mission to share the breathtaking vistas through every page of this book," Davis writes in his introduction. Yes, every page is worth viewing. For on them are pictures of parts of Jamaica that some of us will never get the chance to see for ourselves. His lenses have captured scenes from the Negril lighthouse in the west to the one at Port Antonio in the east. From the rustic charms to the concrete jungles of St Catherine and the Corporate Area, the 147 pages of glossy photos have images that you will not be tired of looking at. Majestic mountains, the bumpy-looking Cockpit Country, lush tropical forests, gorgeous gorges, caves and sinkholes, blue lagoons and natural pools, sparkling waterfalls, sluggish rivers, pristine wetlands and morasses are juxtaposed with foam-caressed coastlines, jagged cliffs, turquoise sea waters, enchanting islands and cays, sun-drenched beaches and bays. Man-made structures Our man-made structures are also well represented: castles, great houses, colourful cliff-side villas and cottages, quaint dwellings, trendy resorts and well-manicured golf courses, the urban sprawls of St Catherine, Kingston, St Andrew and St James, and superhighways. Even the shacks of Hellshire Beach and the containers at Kingston Wharves look flattering from the air. The shot of St Andrew's Emancipation Park is liberating, and from a distance the waters of Kingston Harbour seem clean. Some of my personal favourites are the spreads across two pages that show the railway tracks that run atop a bridge of arches among the thick vegetation in the Bog Walk gorge, the undeveloped section of Negril's white-sand beaches, the snake-like YS River meandering through flat grasslands, the misty Blue Mountains, kayaking down St Ann's White River, Maiden Cay, the picturesque Port Antonio bay with Navy Island in the foreground, the bridge across the Rio Grande estuary, the St James coastline, the old Spanish Town square and the panoramic view of the Corporate Area. Jamaica by Air - A Bird's Eye View of Paradise is a fantastic work by the management consultant and executive director of a consulting firm. Davis specialises in business planning, marketing and product development. This aviation enthusiast has been pursuing creative photography for the last 14 years. In November 2008, he got the idea to photograph Jamaica from the air while hanging from a helicopter with no doors to obstruct the view below, and to publish a book to share the photos with the world. It took him 14 flights, in a total of eight hours, within a year to get the project done. The book was launched December last year. It is ideal as a gift and coffee-table piece, and for all students of geography. More Art & Leisure Coping personally and professionally as a teacher during COVID-19 Engage in history with National Museum West virtual outreach sessions A Christmas in January Kwame Bennett hopes to be an inspiration to young men Muralists give fresh lease of life to churches What the ‘doctor’ title means for women of colour with doctorates Holy Family Primary and Infant School gets new year cheer - Boston College and Royale Computers and Accessories partner to donate 200 tablets to needy students This week’s Shutterbugs Kim Cook \| Quilt artists create textiles to admire or cosy up with	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800276
__label__cc	0.699392	0.300608	He Said He Would But He Did’t…Didn’t What? November 11, 2015 June 25, 2015 by James Cloughley Of all the words that have been bastardized over the years I believe that ‘transparency’ is the one that has been treated the worst. Any time someone says that they want things to be more transparent or they will work tirelessly to be more transparent my B..L S..T meter goes nuts. I do not trust anyone who talks about how they want more transparency. A quick re-cap: -Mr. Harper always talked about (certainly while campaigning) senate reform being a ‘must’ but never made a move to do anything about it. But then again where would he put all those folks he owed. -Prorouging parliament-twice-ignoring the will of parliament and therefore the citizens of Canada. -Pushing through Bill C-59 and going against the recommendations of the Federal Information Commissioner, Suzanne Legault, to retroactively change the access-to-information law that will, eventually, absolve the RCMP of breaking the law with regards to the abolition of the long gun registry. Like the sly fox he is he had the bill buried amongst the minutiae of an omnibus bill that few really cared about anyway and I’m sure the thinking was that few would notice. -Election impropriety (robo calls) could become a non issue and therefore a much greater threat and concern. Aren’t elections and the electoral process the backbone of our society? Just askin.’ April 1, 2011 \| Posted by Laura in Canadian Politics Ethical and Transparent Politics? Secrecy and control have been the name of the game One of the most important issues in Canada is healthcare, yet I struggle to remember any meaningful discussion had about that portfolio in the last 5 years. Transparent politics under Harper has meant discussion of issues on his terms, and his terms only. Muzzling the Press Harper restricted media access to parliament and the government in unprecedented ways- again this from someone who pledged to increase transparency. He declared he would no longer take questions from journalists, refused to allow the media to participate in ‘scrums’ after cabinet meetings- a time when journalists ask candid questions of politicians (questions said politicians have not been able to rehearse and censor). It’s clear that Harper’s main priority in office has been control, and muzzling the media has been a major part of that. Recall that a major policy platform of Harper’s previous campaigns was senate reform, such that senators would no longer be appointed for political favoritism, but would rather be elected. Doesn’t ring a bell? Harper apparently forgot all about it too, immediately after taking office. Here’s a quote from Harper, addressing the senate. On senate reform. “As everyone in this room knows, it has become a right of passage for aspiring leaders and prime ministers to promise Senate reform – on their way to the top. The promises are usually made in Western Canada. And these statements of intent are usually warmly received by party activists, editorial writers and ordinary people. But once they are elected, Senate reform quickly falls to the bottom of the Government’s agenda. Nothing ever gets done. And the status quo goes on.” Senate reform didn’t happen. The conservatives appointed a record 32 senators, all of them Tory backers there to ensure Harper’s bills were passed, and to squash those he doesn’t support. Environmental concerns are consistently discussed as important to Canadians, yet the Harper government did absolutely nothing about it during his 5 years in power. National Post (Andrew Coyne) – A telling 24 hours in Stephen Harper’s world (A damning piece by a columnist who is not known to be anti-Harper.) If one were to draw up an indictment of this government’s approach to politics and the public purpose, one might mention its wholesale contempt for Parliament, its disdain for the Charter of Rights and the courts’ role in upholding it, its penchant for secrecy, its chronic deceitfulness, its deepening ethical problems, its insistence on taking, at all times, the lowest, crudest path to its ends, its relentless politicization of everything. Toronto Star (Editorial) – The high price of speaking out in Ottawa Forthright government watchdogs have a way of disappearing in Ottawa. They are quietly replaced. Their mandates are terminated or not renewed. They are suddenly found to be unqualified. Seven government watchdogs and three senior bureaucrats have been stifled or impugned since the Conservatives took office. What did Mr. Harper not do that he said he would do. . . he hasn’t done a thing to create a greater transparency in what is supposed to be a democratic institution. I think this word has lost it’s credibility now. I guess you get what you elect. Anyways, that’s how I see it–all the best–Jim Let me know what you think-pro/con by contacting me at jim.lifechoice@gmail.com or through my web page: jimcloughley.com Categories Rants/Strong Commentary Tags autocracy, transparency, truth in politics Leave a comment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800277
__label__cc	0.503545	0.496455	Where the crawdads sing The work Where the crawdads sing represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books. The Resource Where the crawdads sing Owens, Delia Bildungsromans FICTION / Contemporary Women North Carolina -- Fiction Solitude -- Fiction "Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. But while she could have lived in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world--until the unthinkable happens. In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens's debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps"-- PS3615.W447 Context of Where the crawdads sing Where the crawdads sing, Delia Owens <div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.nevinslibrary.org/resource/PyAeK_AQd4M/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.nevinslibrary.org/resource/PyAeK_AQd4M/">Where the crawdads sing</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.nevinslibrary.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.nevinslibrary.org/">Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen)</a></span></span></span></span></div> Data Citation of the Work Where the crawdads sing	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800281
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__label__wiki	0.505705	0.505705	Posts Tagged ‘Antiques Wanted’ 71 Candles, the Anthony Awards & a Big Thrill Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 If you are attending Bouchercon this year, you probably have already received your ballot for the Anthony Awards nominations. This is your reminder that Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Battle for Chicago by Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz is eligible in the non-fiction category. Your votes would be much appreciated, as it’s an opportunity for us to strike back at the Edgar snub. Other things of mine you might wish to consider are Killing Town by Spillane & Collins and Antiques Wanted by Barbara Allan in Best Novel. Also eligible are the two graphic novels, Mike Hammer: The Night I Died and Quarry’s War in Best Paperback Original; and “The Big Run” by Spillane and Collins in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine; and “The Punk” by Spillane and Collins in Mystery Tribune are eligible in Best Short Story. Only Bouchercon attendees can vote, and the ballot that will emerge from these early nominations will be distributed at the convention itself in Dallas, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3. Deadline for returning the ballot (which you can do via e-mail) is Tuesday, April 30. Yes, as I write this on March 3, 2019, I have turned seventy-one years old. Considering where I was three years ago – just getting out of the hospital after open-heart surgery and a stroke – I am pleased to be that. I am pleased to be anything. But I think about the difficulties Harlan Ellison had staying an angry young man after fifty, and realize my boy wonder days are over. My beautiful wife Barb (my only wife – that kind of sounds like I also have a plain wife and a homely wife stashed away somewhere) showed me a wonderful time today, despite the freezing cold weather. We spent the day in the Quad Cities, having breakfast at the Machine Shed (the best breakfast around), shopped at Barnes & Noble and BAM!, saw a very good black comedy/horror movie (Greta), and had my annual lobster dinner (at Red Lobster). The evening was spent watching episodes of the classic UK crime show The Sweeney, taking time out to watch myself and A. Brad Schwartz on Backstory with Larry Potash on WGN-TV. It was pretty good. Brad and I come off well, although I am not thrilled that we were left out of a segment about the Eliot Ness scrapbooks at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland. I mean, I discovered those scrapbooks and their value and pointed them out to Case Western, decades ago, and to Larry Potash, a few months ago. On the other hand, there was footage of Brad shooting a machine gun. He is clearly having too much fun doing so, which is a joy to see. Oddly, I’ve been on national TV several times lately. Muscatine and I are featured on Fireball Run, a gumball rally type show whose premise I do not understand – I was interviewed at the Musser Museum and displayed (brought from home) original Chester Gould art and Mickey Spillane manuscript pages, among other precious artifacts. [The series is available on Amazon Prime Video at this link; Season 11, Episode 12: “Max and Me” –Nate] I was also interviewed for a full half hour show on Fox Nation streaming service. Below is the preview of the episode, but be forewarned that the suggestion – at times the statement – that the episode is based on the Collins/Schwartz book is not the case. And Fox has been so informed, and corrections have been made, but not everywhere. It’s an interview about the book, interspersed with vintage footage and, oddly, a photo identified as Ness and used throughout the episode that isn’t Ness at all. Such are the vicissitudes of media coverage when you’re out promoting a book or film. Among the best birthday gifts I received this year was an unintentional one – The Big Thrill e-magazine from the International Thriller Writers put me on their cover and have given me (thanks to writer Alex Segura) a fantastic review of The Girl Most Likely and an article about me drawing upon an interview I gave Alex. The pic shows me in front of the actual St. Valentine’s Day Massacre wall, as preserved at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. And this review/article is required reading. Tags: Antiques Wanted, Barbara Allan, Interviews, Killing Town, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Quarry, Quarry's War, Reviews, Scarface and the Untouchable, Spillane, The Girl Most Likely, The Night I Died, Trash 'n' Treasures Scarface and the Untouchable – At Large! Chicago Signings Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 Yes, at long last Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago by A. Brad Schwartz and myself is hitting the bookstores the very day this update first appears. Brad and I (and Barb) will be appearing at two major Chicago bookstores and another at the bookstore in Dick Tracy’s hometown – Woodstock, Illinois, starting with the latter. Saturday August 18: Read Between the Lynes (Website) From 4PM till…? 111 E. Van Buren St Woodstock, IL 60098 (Map) Sunday August 19: Centuries & Sleuths (Website) 2:00PM till…? 19 Madison St Forest Park, IL 60130 (Map) Monday August 20: Anderson’s Bookshop (Website) 7 PM till…? 123 W Jefferson Ave Naperville, IL 60540 (Map) This mini-tour will be the only joint event by Brad and me in support of the book during its opening weeks. Brad heads back to Princeton in his unending crusade to diminish me by making me call him “Dr. Schwartz” (who, let’s face it, sounds like a dermatologist). We’ll be doing some solo events thereafter, and if the media wises up and books us on a national TV show, we’ll likely do that together. We are also set to appear on the WGN Morning News on Monday morning, but exactly when I can’t say (we arrive at 8:30 AM). We’ll also be doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on r/books this Thursday at 1PM EST. Keep an eye on my facebook page for a link. The Centuries and Sleuths signing will include Barb, as “Barbara Allan”-bylined novels (Antiques Wanted in particular) will be available. This is the first joint signing Barb and I have done in some time. Centuries and Sleuths is where Brad and I first met, when he came to a signing after seeing “Untouchable Life” live in Des Moines. By the way, work progresses on the Blu-ray of the film version. You can order it here. In the meantime, come and see us (Mike Doran – I’m talking to you) (but no questions requiring a photographic memory of the entire run of TV Guide to answer). Digital Audiobook: The reviews thus far have been stellar, including the Chicago Tribune, where Rick Koganwhere Rick Kogan – a well-known writer and TV personality in Chicago – loved the book but hated my introduction. Why? Because I (with Brad’s help) singled out the authors (and one screenwriter) whose offenses had much to do with us feeling another book about Capone and Ness needed writing. We were very specific about what we were correcting, but Mr. Kogan found my intro “unseemly.” Here’s what he wrote, along with links to other favorable reviews (the Kogan link is mid-page). Now, just for fun, read what I wrote that offended Mr. Kogan, available thanks to the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine blog. Others reviewing the book in the days just ahead of publication include USA Today, which makes us one of the top books of the week that they recommend. (Omarosa’s Trump memoir gets the top spot, though.) Here’s a really nice review courtesy of Mystery People. This one isn’t a review, but uses our book as a sort of tour guide to track Capone’s real-life hangouts. Now in non-Scarface and the Untouchable news, here’s another San Diego Comic Con interview with me, on the new Mike Hammer serialized graphic novel from Hard Case Crime. It’s one of the better interviews, I think. Finally, Gaping Blackbird continues to review the early Quarry novels, and very intelligently. Tags: An Untouchable Life, Antiques Wanted, Appearances, Articles, Barbara Allan, Comic-Con, Comic-Con 2018, Interviews, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Mike Hammer Comic, New Releases, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Reviews, Scarface and the Untouchable, Signings, Spillane, Trash 'n' Treasures The Most Beautiful Woman in Puppetland If you’ve always wanted to read something sentimental and sappy from a hardboiled noir mystery writer, this is your lucky day. Barb and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on June 1. You can check out the “before” and “after” photos above to see how much damage the years have done to me, and how Barb only gets lovelier as time lightly touches her. I am reminded of my great grandparents and their Golden Anniversary celebration – dim and yet vivid in my memory. My great grandmother Rushing appeared to have stepped out of Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” while my great grandfather was more Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster – she was staid and long-suffering, and he was a twinkle-in-the-eye reprobate. The entire Rushing clan was gathered at their home for a big and elaborate celebration, with more food than lunch on the Road to Perdition set. At the after-dinner round of toasting, my great grandmother announced that she was divorcing my great grandfather and that he was to gather his things and leave at once. The suffering had gone on long enough, and now that she’d had her celebration for putting in her time, the old boy was sent literally packing. He died a few years later, hit by a car as he crossed the street heading to a liquor store from the hospital where he was drying out. I am happy to report Barb has not sent me packing, although some might say she would have the right, even if I’m not a hard-drinking reprobate. I am difficult and self-centered and a classic only child, spoiled by doting parents. She was one of seven (all girls save one), and her mother was bi-polar (not yet the diagnosis) who could make things miserable for her. That had a lot to do why we married so young – I was twenty and she was nineteen. Her home situation was one I wanted to rescue her from, plus we were – and are – very much in love. We’ve known each other since childhood. The story goes that we once shared a playpen while our mothers visited, but neither of us remember that. Sometimes we’re described as childhood sweethearts, which is sort of accurate. In the fifth grade, when I first noticed her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe, as I approached an age where such a resemblance was meaningful, she was my girl friend. By the sixth grade we had both moved on. We were friends in junior high. Barb was an excellent trumpet player and I was a trumpet player, too (note the absence of an adjective before the second “trumpet,” which is what I was – second trumpet). Yes, I was second chair and she was first, and she once humiliated me (quite without malice) when I “challenged” her for her chair. Look, I knew she would wipe the floor with me, but the band director expected it of us all to go after the next chair. Somehow she did not laugh when the band director said to me, “Well, Allan, let’s stop it right there – I lost you on the second page….” In high school, we went our separate ways – she to band, me to chorus (you had to choose). Our relationship was limited to smiles and nods in the school hallway. She was going with an older boy, a senior. I was going with nobody, not for want of trying. At my first junior-senior prom, my date ditched me. Funny story – I took the same girl to the next prom, and we laughed about winding up together again, though she (like Barb) was going with an older (college) boy. Prom night 1966, the class had a riverboat ride after the dance – the XL’s with my pal Joe McClean played dances at both the prom and on the riverboat. My band the Daybreakers had their first gig at the after-prom party following the riverboat ride. But, like Vivian in the Antiques books, I digress. Back to the riverboat…. My date somewhere dancing with somebody else, I found Barb leaning against the railing, alone, looking out at the Mississippi gliding by in the moonlight. I think it was misting a little. I joined her and we spoke for maybe five minutes. I don’t remember anything about the conversation, but I do know she was melancholy – I believe she had broken up with her now-college-age boy friend, or anyway her mother had broken them up. We had a very nice conversation, though, and connected, and I do remember wishing she was my date (no offense meant to my actual date, who had ditched me the year before, remember). We connected, briefly, but connected. We both wound up at Muscatine Community College. Barb’s grandparents had offered their grandchildren funding for two years at MCC, and Barb took them up on it, as did her year-older sister, Ann (very pretty, the Veronica to Barb’s Betty). I had been offered a few football scholarships and a creative writing one at Iowa Wesleyan, where I had won a high school writing competition with a piece about how it felt for us at high school on the day Kennedy was shot. But I turned those down to go to MCC, because I was having a good time with the Daybreakers and wanted to keep the band going. Meanwhile, a lot of our mutual friends – almost all of them – had gone to college elsewhere. Barb and I were, of our extended crowd, about it. So maybe it was natural we wound up together. Our first date was not a rousing success – it was part of a chorus outing at Wild Cat Den, and Barb has always loved the Great Out of Doors, and I haven’t (and don’t). I remember sitting on a rock high above a beautiful expanse of green with the first browns of fall, saying, “You know what the first thing was that the pioneers did, when they came west?” “No,” she said. “They built a cabin and got the hell inside.” I have always known how to charm beautiful women. Somehow I got a second date with her. I’m sure I was trying to impress her, babbling about writing and music, but she has reported the moment she fell in love with me as when – in the midst of some self-important discourse – I accidentally stuck my fingers in my water glass at Bishop’s Cafeteria in Davenport, Iowa. We quickly became that arm-in-arm couple in the school hallway who made everybody else sick. We went out on weekends and frequently were together in the evening. We cut class and went to the nearby Quad Cities to have meals and shop (this is something we still do, although it’s work we escape from, not class). Barb’s mother, who called me a “juvenile delinquent,” did her best to break us up. She dragged Barb off to Arizona when a younger sister needed a change of clime for medical reasons, and this seemed in part calculated to put an end to the Barb-and-Al thing. The trip was truncated, only a few months long (despite Barb having transferred to a Tucson college), and we got serious. Really serious. I don’t recall, exactly, asking her to marry me. I think we both sort of knew we had to get her out of that house. My parents were very supportive but a little suffocating, as the parents of only children often are, but overall they were great. Barb’s grandparents were great, too, letting us live in their home for the first months of our marriage while they stayed in a summer cottage. I commuted to Iowa City and the University of Iowa while Barb supported us by working at the First National Bank. She was a stellar performer there and rose to an officer’s position. When I landed the Dick Tracy strip in late ‘77, she left the job – she got a retirement party at age 28! – and went back to school…Iowa Wesleyan, where I had almost gone, though she took most of the classes through MCC. Then Nathan Collins came along in 1982. To talk about how Barb has grown and blossomed – in ways I never have – would take a book, not a blog entry. It’s too bad the current generation has made “amazing” and “awesome” meaningless, because Barb is both those things. I truly believe if her husband had been a brain surgeon, she would have picked that up. Though she had no strong interest in writing fiction, or even reading it, she displayed a strong story sense from the start. We always went to a lot of movies, and her analysis of them – their strengths, their weaknesses – was always spot on. She has been, from the start, my editor. I used to work nights, and would always have a chapter waiting for her in the morning. She continues to be the reader whose reaction is both first and foremost. Back in the Ms. Tree comic book days, when Terry Beatty and I were doing the “Mike Mist” minute mysteries as a filler, I asked her to do rough drafts for me. She did. Then when Terry needed a break from drawing the strip, I asked her to try writing a Mist mystery in prose format. She did. I remember exactly what I said to her, after reading it. “This is good,” I said. “A little too goddamn good.” The thing is, she’s not a natural. She has to work at it, which she does – hard and diligently. She brings her considerable smarts and her willingness to work to a craft that many say they want to master, but don’t, or can’t. Soon she began doing short stories for anthologies edited by the late, so great Marty Greenberg. Her work was so strong, and well-received, that I encouraged her to try novel writing. We did that together, with Regeneration and Bombshell. Then, at editor Micheala Hamilton’s urging, we tried a proposal for a cozy mystery series. That neither of us read cozies did not stop us. We’ve done thirteen Antiques novels, which makes fifteen novels. Three times the number Dashiell Hammett published, and more than that piker Raymond Chandler ever managed. Along the fifty year way, this beautiful, brilliant woman has put up with an egocentric lout with whom you may be familiar. She runs the household, and the business, and the cozy mystery series she co-writes with me is one of the most successful things I’ve ever been associated with. Our union has also produced an incredibly gifted son, who also married a fantastic woman, resulting in the cutest, smartest grandson (Sam) in the history of man. No brag, just fact. Who can blame me for loving Barb even more today than when I was a fresh-faced punk and she was the most beautiful woman in Puppetland (as Pee Wee Herman described Miss Yvonne)? For those out there who hate me – and I can hear you sneering – this is what you should hate me for most: the luck, the fantastic crazy luck, that has given me fifty-two years (thus far) with this awesome, amazing woman. I love you, baby. Speaking of the Antiques series, here’s a lovely review of Antiques Wanted. Tags: Antiques Wanted, Barbara Allan, Trash 'n' Treasures Our Audie Murphy Film Festival Killing Town, the “lost” first Mike Hammer novel, is now available on audio read by the great Dan John Miller. Read about it here. If you support this audio (and the previous Journalstone Mike Hammer release, The Will to Kill), more will follow! I am writing this week’s update on Memorial Day Weekend. It seems like a good time to say a few things about Audie Murphy. First, let me share with you a part of my prep for writing the Caleb York novels for Kensington (under the Spillane & Collins byline) – essentially, how I get into the mood. I am about to start the new Caleb, Last Stage to Hell Junction. Whenever I do a York novel, Barb and I have an appropriate western film festival, watching an “oater” each evening. For the first novel, The Legend of Caleb York (from Mickey’s screenplay, which started it all), we watched John Wayne westerns, as Mickey had written the screenplay for Wayne’s Batjac productions, though it had never been produced. My favorites, predictably, are The Searchers, Red River and Rio Bravo. For The Big Showdown, we watched Randolph Scott, including all of his outstanding Budd Boetticher-directed westerns. For The Bloody Spur, our nightly western was a Joel McRae. And I have been gathering Audie Murphy’s westerns (and his other films) for several years now, with an eye on the festival Barb and I are beginning now. Audie Murphy, of course, is celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II. He received every military combat award, including the Medal of Honor, having – at age 19 – held off by himself an entire company of German soldiers for an hour, then (while wounded) leading a successful counterattack. Murphy was a Texas boy from sharecropper stock who learned his skills with a rifle by putting food on the table for his six brothers and four sisters, after their father left their mother, who died when Audie was a teen. Murphy lied about his age to get into the U.S. Army, not long after Pearl Harbor (the Marines and Navy having turned him down). After the war, making the cover of LIFE Magazine for his courageous service, he was taken under the wing of the great James Cagney. From the late forties until his tragic young death in 1971, Murphy was a movie star. Aside from a few A-pictures (like The Red Badge of Courage and The Unforgiven, both directed by John Huston), and several contemporary offerings, Murphy specialized in westerns, as well as a western TV series, Whispering Smith. But his biggest success was starring as himself (a role he reluctantly accepted) in the film version of his autobiographical war account, To Hell and Back. He was a skilled horseman and a successful songwriter, his work recorded by such stars as Dean Martin, Harry Nillson, Eddy Arnold and Jimmy Dean, among many others. And, not surprisingly, he suffered from what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He slept with a .45 automatic under his pillow. Stopped for speeding, Murphy pulled over and, when the officer noticed the .45 on the seat next to the easily recognizable Audie, the cop smiled and said he was a big fan and wanted an autograph. Murphy provided it. Accosted by a gangster at a horserace, Murphy stared him down and said, “I killed sixty of you bums in Sicily – one more won’t make a difference.” The thug moved on. Many a brawny challenger who figured he’d pick a fight with Murphy was quickly and brutally dispatched by the five-foot-five war hero turned movie star. Or so go the stories. More easily verified is Murphy’s refusal to do ads for cigarettes or liquor, not wanting to set a bad example for young people. He died in a small plane crash. My character, Quarry, was in part inspired by Murphy. David Morell told me Rambo had the same source. And Robert Stack said his Ness portrayl was inspired by Murphy. Around Memorial Day, and all year frankly, Audie’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery is among the most visited. He is probably remembered more for his incredible valor as a teenaged war hero than for his movie career, and while that’s understandable, I’m here to tell you he was a fine actor. In his day – and still today – his ability to star in a film is perceived as a sort of “talking dog” thing – the dog doesn’t haven’t to say anything impressive to qualify for that distinction. My feeling is the studios (chiefly Universal) often felt they had to pair Murphy with a strong character actor – Walter Matthau, Dean Jagger, Barry Sullivan – to carry him. But anyone at all savvy about film and film-acting can look at Murphy in almost any of his pictures and see how his instinctive, charismatic under-playing seems modern and real while many of the actors around him appear to be shouting and hamming it up. He is present in every scene, quietly reacting, watching, then delivering lines naturally and effectively. And in scenes of violence, just who this baby-faced boy/man is always comes to the fore. He’s a killer. Real deal. Not a murderer, but a soldier who unflinchingly does what he has to. But he’s not one note: he can be boyish, he can be scary, he can be romantic, he can be funny, he can be tough as hell – as much as I like Randolph Scott (and that’s a lot), Murphy has far more colors to his palette. We’ve been watching him for a week or so now, and not all of the movies are good – toward the mid-1960s (particularly when he’s not working at Universal), his films are programmers, bottom-bill fodder for drive-ins. But he made some fine westerns, too, and worked with such great genre directors as Don Siegel, Budd Boetticher and Jack Arnold. My favorite, the latter director’s work, is No Name on the Bullet. Murphy is an assassin who comes to a small western town, quietly checks in at the hotel and minds his own business – only his business is killing someone while he’s in town…but who. Everyone in the community seems to have a secret worth killing for. It’s a very Quarry-like role. The quiet killer side of him is in evidence – the film is thoughtful, a sort of High Noon turned inside out, and Murphy is great. Just great. In collecting Murphy’s films, I’ve had to order DVDs and Blu-rays from all over the world. A few are available here (including No Name on the Bullet), and there’s a nice boxed set from Turner Classic Movies – check it out. Oddly, Murphy is considered a major star in Germany. Think about that – our decorated hero is revered by the losers, and patronized and even ignored by the winners. This is much odder than Jerry Lewis being lionized in France (though the French are right about Lewis, and they like Murphy, too, for that matter). Salute this Texas sharecropper’s son, while Memorial Day is still in the air, won’t you? For his service to his country, by all means. But track down some of his movies. He was a real movie star, and – unlikely as it seems – a fine actor. The forthcoming Scarface and the Untouchable is one of the ten summer books Chicago Magazine recommends. Here’s a fine review of Killing Town. Check out this advance look at the first issue of the Hammer four-issue comic book mini-series. The Quarry TV series gets some love here. Finally, here is a wonderful review of Antiques Wanted by a reviewer who really gets what Barb and I are up to. 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__label__wiki	0.816555	0.816555	The Mayor of Bath Photographic Competition 12-18 Photographic Competition 19 & Above Photographic Competition 11 & Under The Mayoralty Election of Mayor and Mayoral Duties The Mayoral Title Mayor's Citizen of the Year Young Citizen of the Year The Function of the Mayor Noteworthy Mayors Long Service Award Mayor's Awards The Charter Trustees of the City of Bath Patronage, Honorary Presidencies and Memberships of the Mayor of Bath Mayor of Bath's Relief Fund City Arms Twinning Associations Previous copies of Connections History of Bath 21st Century Bath 20th Century Bath Victorian Bath Georgian Bath Renaissance Bath Medieval Bath Norman Bath Saxon Bath Roman Bath Royal Charters Honorary Guides The City Plate Civic Insignia Civic Regalia In the days when the entertainment of Royalty and distinguished visitors was one of the principal features of civic life, it was customary for them to bring gifts. If the gift was presented to the Mayor personally, they would usually pass on the gift to the City when they left office office. As the Mayor now has only symbolic status, the gifts are automatically passed on to the City, to be looked after by the Charter Trustees. It is also customary for the retiring Mayor to present a gift to the City of Bath. The next few pages show a small selection of articles of the City Plate. Many of these items can be seen in display cases in the Guildhall. The Prince of Wales Cup, Salver and Case In October 1738 the Prince and Princess of Wales were so pleased with their visit to Bath that the Prince cleared the prison of all debtors and presented 1,000 guineas to the General Hospital. The following year, he sent a handsome cup and salver to the Corporation. The 'Gloucester Journal' records that these gifts were brought from London by Beau Nash. The Prince of Wales cup, cover and salver are silver gilt 'Royal Plate' c.1738. Although unmarked, they are almost certainly made by the Huguenot goldsmith Paul de Lamerie. These three pieces were probably orderdd through George Wickes, goldsmith to the Prince of Wales. Épergne The silver épergne was manufactured in 1874 as a table centre piece, composed of three gracefully draped female figures. It stands on a triangular black ebony scroll plinth which displays the City Arms, the Arms of the National Provincial Bank of England and this inscription: 'Presented to J A Quin Esq JP, by some of his Friends upon his retiring from the management of the Branch of the National Provincial Bank 31st December, 1885 after a service of upwards of 50 years' 'Presented to the Mayor and Corporation of the City and County of Bath by Councillor Quin, 1888'. Silver Casket (Peppercorn Box) The casket was presented to the city by the University on the occasion of the lease of 106 acres of land in 1963 to accomodate the accumulation of rent. The University authorities were asked for a token rent of a peppercorn. Every year a dinner was held and a peppercorn was presented. In the box are 33 peppercorns. Bath City Council was abloished in 1996 and the University now pays rent and a peppercorn to Bath & North East Somerset Council. Produced to commemorate 1000 years of Monarchy. A reproduction of a Saxon drinking horn. "1000 years of English Monarchy. Edgar - Elizabeth 11, 973-1973" Made by E.A. Jones, Birmingham 1973-4 Wells Cathedral Chalice This is Number 2 of a special edition made to commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the Cathedral at Wells. The first chalice was presented to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, the second to the Mayor of Bath and the third to the Bishop. Around the stem of the chalice is a frieze of figures, copied from Wells Cathedral. One is slightly taller than the others and represents the Dean at the time: Dean Mitchell. 'Made by order of Dean and Chapter For the Celebration of the Eighth Century of Wells Cathedral in 1982'. Silver Tray A silver rectangular tea tray, engraved with the Arms of the City of Bath and the Insignia of RAF Colerne. "Presented in 1959 to the City of Bath to mark the conferment by the Council on the Royal Air Force, Colerne, of Freedom of Entry into the City." Made by Atkin Brothers of Sheffield 1899-1900. Electroplate salver on three feet. It has an engraved centre and forms part of the silver of the North Somerset Yeoman Cavalry presented to the City on the disbanding in 1969. "North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry. Presented by Mr. J. Clark. Won by Private E. Crisp, Bath Troop, June 2nd, 1874." Wine Flagon Silver wine flagon with a bellied body, embossed with foliage, tiger masks, and male and female figures. Given to the Corporation by Alderman Chaffin in 1908. "Presented to James Chaffin Esq, by the members of the Hanoverian Band and Floral Fete Committee, on his election to the Mayoralty of this City in token of their esteem and in recognition of his valuable and energetic services as a member of their Society since its commencement in the year 1855. 12 December 1878" Bath became a city of trade and prospered from the woollen industry. It was ideally situated as drovers could bring their sheep in from the edge of the Cotswold Hills, the River Avon powered the mills and proximity to the port of Bristol helped the trader "Floreat Bathon" May Bath flourish BA1 5AW © 2021 The Mayor of Bath Email: mayorofbath@bathnes.gov.uk More Contact Details » Website by Bath Web Design	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800302
__label__cc	0.720164	0.279836	Howard’s “Lesbians” The first and one of the most brazen of Howard’s “lesbians” is Queen Nakari in “The Moon of Skulls” (WT Jun-Jul 1930): Nakari halted by the couch, stood looking down upon her captive for a moment, then with an enigmatic smile, bent and shook her. Marylin opened her eyes, sat up, then slipped from her couch and knelt before her savage mistress—an act which caused Kane to curse beneath his breath. The queen laughed and, seating herself upon the couch, motioned the girl to rise, and then put an arm about her waist and drew her upon her lap. Kane watched, puzzled, while Nakari caressed the girl in a lazy, amused manner. This might be affection, but to Kane it seemed more like a sated leopard teasing its victim. There was an air of mockery and studied cruelty about the whole affair. "You are very soft and pretty, Mara," Nakari murmured lazily, "much prettier than the other girls who serve me.[“] (SK 129) Later on in the story, Nakari claims: “[...] she shall be punished as I have punished her before—hung up by her wrists, naked, and whipped until she swoons!” (SK 137) Marilyn later confirms: “And in spite of my pleas she took me across her knees and whipped me until I swooned.” (SK 165) In “The Slithering Shadow” (WT Sep 1933, also published as “Xuthal of the Dust”) the Stygian Thalis who has lived in the decadent city of Xuthal and is attracted to Conan, dishes out punishment to her prospective rival Natala: Seizing her by the hair, Thalis dragged her down the corridor a short distance, to the edge of the circle of light. A metal ring showed in the wall, above the level of a man’s head. From it depended a silken cord. As in a nightmare Natala felt her tunic being stripped from her, and the next instant Thalis had jerked up her wrists and bound them to the ring, where she hung, naked as the day she was born, her feet barely touching the floor. Twisting her head, Natala saw Thalis unhook a jewel-handled whip from where it hung on the wall, near the ring. The lashes consisted of seven round silk ords, harder yet more pliant than leather things. With a hiss of vindictive gratification, Thalis drew back her arm, and Natala shrieked as the cords curled across her loins. The tortured girl writhed, twisted and tore agonizedly at the thongs which imprisoned her wrists. She had forgotten the lurking menace her cries might summon, and so apparently had Thalis. Every stroke evoked screams of anguish. The whippings Natala had received in the Shemite slave-markets paled to insignificance before this. She had never guessed the punishing power of hard-woven silk cords. Their caress was more exquisitely painful than any birch twigs or leather thongs. (COC 237) This scene was depicted on the cover by Brundage, lovingly described by one critic: [...] a bound woman leans back away from her captor, the retreating body language serving only to emphasize her pointed, bare breasts and her naked legs. Her captor, another woman, wears a kind of skirt, but her torso is almost entirely naked as well. And she holds a whip, which she clearly intends to use on the other woman. (Elliot 57) Margaret Brundage recalled in a 1973 interview: We had one issue that sold out! It was the story of a very vicious female, getting a-hold of the heroine and tying her up and beating her. Well, the public apparently thought it was flagellation, and the entire issue sold out. They could have used a couple thousand extra. [...] Having read the story, the thought of flagellation never entered my head. I don’t think it had theirs, either. But it turned out that way. (Korshack & Spurlock 29) It is worth noting that “The Slithering Shadow” with Brundage’s cover appeared in the September 1933 Weird Tales. One month later would see the debut of Dime Mystery, the first of the “weird menace” or “shudder pulps” which would focus largely on torture, sadism, Grand Guignol-style grue and contes cruels, where stories of women, nude or near-nude, being threatened would be much more common. While there are many proto-weird menace stories in the pulps, “The Slithering Shadow” may have been a marker that there was an audience for this new pulp genre. Also in 1933, Howard wrote “The Vale of Lost Women,” although it was never published during Howard’s lifetime. (COC 451) The beginning of the story includes an unnamed female character whose actions toward the slave Livia are at best ambiguous: Posted by Todd B. Vick at 9:27 AM No comments: Labels: Bobby Derie, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Cimmerian, Cross Plains Texas, Lesbianism, Robert E. Howard, Weird Tales In another alteration of the basic captivity theme, Marylin is held not by a dark-skinned man, but by a dark-skinned woman. The sexual threat is not eliminated, however, as Howard implies a sadistic lesbian relationship, something of a recurring theme in his work. (Trout 75) Cross Plains, Texas In 1926 Cross Plains, Texas was in an oil boom, and Robert E. Howard was working odd jobs, seven nights a week, with little time to write. His letters to his friend Tevis Clyde Smith are filled with verse, and on occasion, sex. Growing up mainly in a small Texas town, their sexual education would not have been in any way formal. They picked things up through conversation, practical experience, and in many cases reading. These exchanges would have a formative influence on how Howard understood female homosexuality, and how that conception featured in his fiction. Over time, this would form the recurring theme noted by Trout. Sapphism & Psychology According to George Sylvester Viereck; “Love in its spiritual aspect he (Swinburne) knows not. His amorous fancy feeds upon the esoteric, things ‘monstrous and fruitless’. The ordinary relation between sexes engages him only when it is sadistic.” And again, quoting Viereck; “Modern science has divested perversion of its evil glamor. Freud has taught us that perversity is an essential phase in the evolution of childhood…occurring at all times in a fairly constant percentage of human beings. Swinburne adds a new complexity. He does not turn toward his own sex. His passion goes out to woman, but he loves woman, not with the passion of a man for a maid, but with the hectic craving of Lesbian woman for her own sex.” —Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, 23 Jun 1926, CL1.106 Howard quotes from Viereck’s introduction to Algernon Charles Swineburne’s Poems and Ballads, published as Little Blue Book #791. It is the first mention in his letters of lesbians, and part of his earliest discussion of homosexuality and bisexuality in general. In the same letter, Howard relates to Smith: Thus it would seem that a pervert is a man or woman who gets little or no pleasure out of intercourse, but must seek some other method to stimulate the senses or the imagination. Opium smokers revel in sexual debauches which are purely imaginary but from which they doubtless obtain more pleasure than from actual deeds. The smoking of opium does not produce the effect of seeming intercourse, but vague thoughts, fantasies, float through the being dimly arousing all the hidden lust. A pervert may be born that way, or may be a worn-out libertine who has lost his ordinary lust through indulgence. They are usually more or less bisexual, naturally. That is my theory and much of it is probably erroneous. Perversion is a mark of decadence. It flourishes in all fading nations. Men’s virility dwindle and fade; they feel the need of sexual desire, which has always been taught as necessary, but they lack the basic lust. So they turn to more obscene ways. (CL1.104) Homosexuality began to come to academic attention in the 19th century, with works like Kraft-Ebbing’s Psychopathia Sexualis (1896), Havelock Ellis’ Sexual Inversion (1897), Alfred Eulenberg’s Algolagnia: The Psychology, Neurology and Physiology of Sadistic Love and Masochism (trans. 1934) and psychosexual studies continued in the 20th century by psychologists such as Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. Howard’s views in his 1926 letter characterize “perversion” as a deviation from heterosexual practices. Although this leaves open what exactly counts as “perversion,” it explicitly includes homosexual acts. This would have been the common view of most laymen and professionals during the 1920s, as when Freud wrote: Posted by Todd B. Vick at 9:40 AM 1 comment: Labels: Bobby Derie, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Cimmerian, Cross Plains Texas, Homosexuality, Howard's Fiction, Lesbianism, Robert E. Howard, Weird Tales Conan and Sappho: Robert E. Howard on Lesbians Par...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800309
__label__wiki	0.779355	0.779355	Details for: Antisemitism in the North : History and State of Research / Antisemitism in the North : History and State of Research / Jonathan Adams, Cordelia Heß. Contributor(s): Adams, Jonathan [editor.] \| Heß, Cordelia [editor.]. Material type: BookSeries: Religious Minorities in the North ; 1.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 302 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783110634822.Subject(s): Anti-Semitism without Jews \| Antisemitism Studies \| Antisemitismus \| Judaistik \| Nordic history \| Nordische Geschichte \| HISTORY / JewishOnline resources: Open Access \| Cover Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- 1. Nordic Otherness -- 2. "Untilled Field" or "Barren Terrain"? -- 3. William of Norwich in Iceland -- 4. Iceland -- 5. Beyond Shylock -- 6. Chronicles of a History Foretold -- 7. The Study of Antisemitism in Finland -- 8. A Marginal Phenomenon? -- 9. Norwegian Antisemitism after 1945 -- 10. Antisemitism in Sweden -- 11. Jerusalem in the North Atlantic -- 12. Jews in Greenland -- 13. Antisemitisms in the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Index Title is part of eBook package:EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE DG 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package:EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package:EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019Title is part of eBook package:EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig. Stud., Jewish Stud.2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package:EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2019Summary: Is research on antisemitism even necessary in countries with a relatively small Jewish population? Absolutely, as this volume shows. Compared to other countries, research on antisemitism in the Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) is marginalized at an institutional and staffing level, especially as far as antisemitism beyond German fascism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust is concerned. Furthermore, compared to scholarship on other prejudices and minority groups, issues concerning Jews and anti-Jewish stereotypes remain relatively underresearched in Scandinavia - even though antisemitic stereotypes have been present and flourishing in the North ever since the arrival of Christianity, and long before the arrival of the first Jewish communities.This volume aims to help bring the study of antisemitism to the fore, from the medieval period to the present day. Contributors from all the Nordic countries describe the status of as well as the challenges and desiderata for the study of antisemitism in their respective countries. Open Access https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 unrestricted online access star Is research on antisemitism even necessary in countries with a relatively small Jewish population? Absolutely, as this volume shows. Compared to other countries, research on antisemitism in the Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) is marginalized at an institutional and staffing level, especially as far as antisemitism beyond German fascism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust is concerned. Furthermore, compared to scholarship on other prejudices and minority groups, issues concerning Jews and anti-Jewish stereotypes remain relatively underresearched in Scandinavia - even though antisemitic stereotypes have been present and flourishing in the North ever since the arrival of Christianity, and long before the arrival of the first Jewish communities.This volume aims to help bring the study of antisemitism to the fore, from the medieval period to the present day. Contributors from all the Nordic countries describe the status of as well as the challenges and desiderata for the study of antisemitism in their respective countries. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020) CERL Thesaurus author search Author search in ORCID registry Wikipedia author search ავტორის ძიება ეროვნ. ბიბლიოთეკაში (NPLG) VIVO beta search for author საქპატენტი. გამოგონების ძიება ძიება თსუს ბიბლიოთეკებში	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800310
__label__wiki	0.570089	0.570089	[REMINDER] Catch Deerhoof w/ Big Eyes and Thelma & the Sleaze \| TONIGHT @ Exit/In Music Calendar, Shows October 19, 2017 0 Comments Red Bull have been hosting amazingly well-curated, diverse Sound Select events in Nashville for several years now, teaming up with local artists, promoters, and influencers to bring together phenomenal local and national acts at clubs around town, all for the low price of just $3! For their latest event tonight, Oct. 19 at Exit/In, Sound Select has tapped the fantastic She Shreds Magazine, a publication dedicated to women who play guitar and bass (who also hosted supergroup Bermuda Triangle’s stellar recent live debut), to curate an especially stacked bill of bands full of badass ladies. Heading things up, long-running San Francisco artsy noise punks Deerhoof return with a new LP, Mountain Moves, in tow, with support from New York indie/pop punks Big Eyes, and wild, grungy local favorites Thelma & the Sleaze. All that rock will only cost you $3 with an RSVP, but spaces are still first-come, first-served, so you’ll still need to show up early. Find out all about the must-see lineup below! DEERHOOF In their now 20+ years of existence, California noise punks Deerhoof have seen several lineup changes and a sonic shift from minimalist to more fleshed out and pop-derived punk, but one constant has remained: their bombastic, surrealist, loud, and unparalleled live show. Hailing from San Francisco, the group are known for producing their own music and managing their own career, crafting such modern classics as Reveille and Offend Maggie among their many, many albums, and sharing the stage with the likes of Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Beck, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs throughout decades of touring. Part band and part surrealist piece of performance art, the prolific group have made it to Nashville annually for the last few years, and have already dropped a new release, Mountain Moves, since their last outing, the latest in an extra-prolific several years for an already prolific band. On their latest, Deerhoof manage to capture the experimentation, scope, energy, punk spirit, and, magic of their live show, employing a stable of guest vocalists and funneling proceeds to charitable causes. Give it a spin and get ready to see them in action! Formed by frontwoman Kait Eldridge in 2010 after the fallout of her prior projects, Brooklyn’s Big Eyes have been going strong since 2010, fusing pop punk and fuzzy, driving indie rock to create an incredibly fun and hook laden sound that we can’t get enough of. A one-time member of P.S. Eliot with Kate and Allison Crutchfield (of Waxahatchee, Swearin’, and solo fame), Kait’s lifelong obsession with music and her teen bands primed her for the earnest and energetic attitude that would shape Big Eyes, which she moved to Seattle to focus on after debut album Hard Life in 2011, before ultimately returning to her native New York, not long after sophomore effort Local Celebrity and a string of strong 7″ releases. With last year’s third full-length, Stake My Claim, Eldridge strikes an even more perfect balance with her powder keg of influences, crafting her most edgy, hook-laden, and focused effort to date. A fantastic live force rounded out by a great backing band, Big Eyes bring a great dynamic to this bill, and are sure to be a blast in person. THELMA AND THE SLEAZE We’ve been raving about the wacky, trashy antics and immensely fun and kickass live performance of local grungy, alt rock outfit Thelma and the Sleaze for years, so anytime they headline a show, whether it’s somewhere you never expected to see a band like a McDonald’s or laundromat, or somewhere more conventional like Exit/In, we’ll always recommend them. Two years in the making, the band finally released their debut album, Somebody’s Doin Somethin, earlier this year, following a couple of killer EPs, hundreds of tour dates, lineup changes (frontwoman Lauren Gilbert remains the constant), near-breakups, and even a recent award-winning documentary chronicling a month-long intracity tour. If you’ve never seen Thelma in action, shame on you, but this is a perfect opportunity, and a stellar choice to open what is a great show from top to bottom. Don’t be late! Deerhoof, Big Eyes, and Thelma & the Sleaze will perform tonight, Oct. 19 at Exit/In. The show is 18+, begins at 9 p.m. (doors at 8 p.m.), and tickets are available at the door for $3 with RSVP or $10 without. Deer Tick w/ Steelism & Adia Victoria \| Mercy Lounge \| Tonight Music Calendar May 8, 2014 0 Comments [Preview 3 of 4] 4th Annual Christmas Caroling Party \| Dec. 19 @ The Stone Fox Music Calendar, No Country Presents December 17, 2015 0 Comments	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800317
__label__cc	0.54133	0.45867	The Centenary of the Genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turks Creative Minds of the World, Unite Against Genocide – Fight Genocide by Being Creative – by Professor Hovhanness I. Pilikian Editorial Warning: Professor Pilikian is engaged in writing a series for Nor Khosq, a most radical socio-political analysis of the attempted Genocide on the Armenians in 1915. You will not find here the tired old stereotypes of “the Turks killed us” kind… but ideas that may shock you out of your wits and force you to re-think and grasp the complexities of the modern world anew. As such, it may yet become the most original intellectual contribution to the centenary. It was a monumental miracle, and a massive slap in the face of the Turkish genociders; my own parents, Israel Pilikian & Tefarik Der-Arsenian (with the rarest of Armenian names), as children survived the horrendous insufferable evil of all time. All the survivors were indeed Saints – because they were totally innocent of any crime. Thank God someone of the Armenian Orthodox Church had the brilliant idea of sanctifying them (as they do it in the Catholic Church), declaring them Saints ceremoniously and ritually. The genocide of us, Armenians, symbolically was literally Christ’s Crucifixion all over again, Christ the most innocent person on Earth was sacrificed, being One, but being all, as a whole innocent nation-people. Genocide is not only a single huge act perpetrated against a nation – that it is; but there are also ‘little’ genocidal acts, no less evil, against minorities and insignificant numbers of people going on all the time in ordinary societies everywhere. There can be no hierarchy of Evil, by definition. The socio-economic system of Capitalism itself is destroying lives through global mass-poverty, the whole planet through pollution, deforestation (for multi-national logging-companies), but also individually, in Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Portugal, through Banking crises; I myself had a high-status cheque-book account in one of the biggest banks in Britain, with £1,000 pounds Overdraft facility (I could borrow that amount of money instantly for any reason), and I just discovered that today the bank has charged me that amount of money even though my account is in credit, meaning I have paid all my past debts to the Bank – but they are still charging me backwards illegally. Should I go to Court to claim back their genocidal robbery? How can I, when the whole British Judicial system is corrupt like rotten eggs – they drove the Russian oligarch Berezovsky to suicide, and they chased Mr. Fayed, owner of the Harrods, father of Dodi, the late Princess Diana’s lover, and one of the greatest benefactors of the British economy … out of Britain, never to return! I appeal to all the creative minds of the globe – On this centenary year of the genocide of the Armenians in 1915 by the Young Turk regime of the Ottoman Empire, CREATIVE ARTISTS & SCIENTISTS, UNITE. I shall offer a humble Song (at the end). There is no hope of genocidally corrupt politicians, interested only in stuffing their bank accounts with dollars and Euros, skinning alive their constituents, with rip-off prices – last year a pizza in London cost £9 pounds (already nine hundred % more than it should cost at £1), and you could buy one, and get one free. Today, at the mercy of capitalist globalization (caution; the word is a specific technical economic term meaning ‘the spread of the capitalist economic system throughout the world’, not as most ‘experts’ misunderstand it as an adjective for the global spread of something, anything!) the same pizza-make (without any improvements on content) costs £32 pounds (and not even one free). There are vast numbers of the poor in Britain – those who are forced by the ruthless British government to degrade themselves, by proving their poverty bureaucratically with shameful starvation documents, are given no more than … tinned foods – mostly baked beans, from food-banks. The poor are thus moreover abused by the British government coinage of the “Bank” in the “Food-bank”, as a free marketing trick, to delude the recipients with the fond idea that their food comes from a … Bank, which are endlessly proven to be run by New York and City of London bank-robbers! British students that long for University Education are forced into the genocidal slavery of Bank-debt – ready fodder for the mafia-capitalist economy that thrives on robbing people of their savings. In the last five years of the banking crisis, when the British State Bank reduced interest rates for a disgraceful joke to a laughable 0.01% on Savings, it permitted the banks to steal by raking in £200 (not million, but) billion pounds of people’s money! The rich pay no penny tax, while the part-time lumpen-proletariat, immigrant cheap-labour slaves are drained of their taxes at source, before even seeing a penny of their genocidal minimal wage at £6.50 an hour, less than a bloody pizza. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Leader of the Liberal Party, was guilty of impoverishing millions of students and their parents, by introducing University student fees, when he had promised on his electoral leaflets that he would never contemplate such a genocidal act, and immediately after an official gay marriage fantasy with David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative party on the lawns of 10 Downing street back gardens, perpetrated the tuition-fee horror, creating a whole new generation of part-time student-prostitution. Mr. Clegg’s own wife “earns a huge salary with a law firm that helps the rich avoid tax. His dad is chairman of a bank with ties to a tax haven. No wonder Clegg has gone quiet on tax dodging” (these are still only the large type-face headlines of a two page article in the Daily Mail, February 28, 2015, pp. 26-7). The left-overs of the proletariat Mrs Thatcher, an English white woman Prime Minister who, it turns out (only nowadays, after several decades of official cover-ups) had surrounded herself with government-approved paedophiles, a bosom friend with a notorious clown with the looks of a blonde BBC devil called Jimmy Saville (Google the ugly rapist), Saville we know now, too late – the devil is dead, thank god – although his BBC bosses and everybody else in the entertainment world knew it all along that he had abused more than 400 children… The task of investigating the child-rapists from the time of Mrs Thatcher (who was given a State-funeral last year) and of course can no more be blamed for the massive “scale of the task facing detectives, consuming a huge amount of resources” trying to investigate the evil genocidal perverts (an article in the Daily Mail March 9, 2015, p.21) headlined, “1,000 quizzed already in sex abuse inquires, Detectives raid homes of Leon Brittan (Mrs. Thatcher minister, Britain’s Representative at the council of Europe for over two decades – Prof HIP) and ex-head of the Army … the overarching Met[ropolitan Police] inquiry … was triggered in 2012 when MP Tom Watson called for police to look again at allegations of a ‘powerful paedophile network linked to Parliament and No. 10”. Commonly known as Mrs. T, who genocided the British Trade-Union movement, following an agenda of wiping it out of British history – what the Young Turk genociders had attempted to do to the Armenian people, wipe them out of history – was given the details of Liberal MP Cyril Smith’s child-rapist’s genocidal “crimes in 1988, in a secret briefing. Last night, Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk, who exposed Smith last year said: ‘Margaret Thatcher turned a blind eye to known paedophiles’” (Daily Mail, as above). Children are the future mankind; paedophile rape and murder of them is genocidal without the whiff of a doubt. House and shop Rents in Britain have sky rocketed. Everything in Britain, the creator of the Industrial Revolution (aka Capitalism), and now Mafia-capitalism, costs 300 times more than its true worth. Public transport is a rip-off – underground and over-ground trains and privatized bus companies are sucking the life-blood of the working poor; The young generation (my children!) cannot leave parental home because they cannot make ends meet – We, parents ourselves cannot make ends meet, further impoverished trying to help the children. Because of the sudden introduction of University fees, the accommodation rents, and food prices in University towns have shot up a hundred fold – it is no more possible for students from poorer background to survive in say Cambridge, which has turned into a millionaire’s garbage dump for their drug-infused children, who can’t even speak proper English, and yet get into the University … While many highly qualified British students are rejected, don’t even get a look in. And this was engineered not by a sick Conservative government – Mrs Thatcher’s “the nasty party” in the immortal words of Mrs Theresa May, now a Conservative Home Secretary – but by the pseudo-Socialist New Labour invented by Prime Minister Tony Blair who sold his soul to President George Bush, the most genocidal of US presidents; There is a new book just out – Blair Inc: The Man Behind the Mask, by Francis Beckett, David Hencke and Nick Kochan, published by John Blake Publishing, London, 2015 – it unravels all the foul deeds of the Butcher of Iraq (and thank God for our democracy that such books can still be published). While throwing the British people to the mafia-capitalist dogs, Blair was and is engaged just for millions of dollars – kissing the most despicable tyrants on this planet, Libya’s forgotten Colonel Gaddafi (now hopefully burning in Hell’s eternal fires). The Book was serialized in the Daily Mail, and here is a long headline in huge type-face of one of them; “The despot who bought Blair for £16 million (and Cherie – his wife – for £320k). It’s a deal that shames Britain. How our ex-PM sold himself to a ‘virtual gangster’ linked to torture, money laundering, bribery and murder” – named President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. Blair’s mate, Gordon Brown, who followed him as PM, frequently bragged about being the son of a Scottish Socialist-Christian preacher, but as Blair’s decade-long Finance Minister converted Britain’s homes into a free market commodity, to be gobbled up by the Russian and Indian oligarchs. Mr Brown re-capitalized the British bankrupt banks to the tune of 250 billion pounds from the blood-stained taxes of the poor – instead of giving the poor of Britain a million pounds per family, what a noble Arab Sheik in the Gulf had given a few years ago to his country’s population! It would still have been cheaper for Britain, costing hardly £25 billion, instead of the 250 billion robberies to save the Capitalist system. And he did – the Scottish Socialist preacher’s son did save the most genocidal socio-economic system in History. To this day, no British bank-robber is court-martialled while Big Business is officially permitted to avoid taxes. And here is a most genocidal statistics from the European Commission (from a BBC 4 Storyville Documentary titled The Great European Disaster Movie) – “Estimated Tax Evasion (by the wealthy, the multi-national companies, corrupt tax-exiles banking off-shore – Prof HIP) amounts to 1 trillion Euros per year”. If an immigrant is caught moonlighting, because underpaid, working for cash in hand, the British tax-man gets him imprisoned … with wife and children if need be, and then deport them after release from prison! All the above are all genocides perpetrated daily on totally innocent masses, raped daily in a thousand and one ways. Our lives in the civilized West is everyday genocided by the stinking rot at the heart of a money-mad economic system converting poor people into alcoholics, drug-addicts, and prostitutes (who are frankly the only professionals left in Mafia-capitalism doing honest business). I hereby offer the Musicians of the world – composers and music makers – Rockers and Pop stars; FREE of ALL copyright, and for no money, the following lyrics from my pen, to anyone who would be inspired to create a deeply felt song of a genocide, the massacre of my people, the Armenians, that opened the gates of Hell in the 20th c., the most genocidal yet in human history, with not one but two humungous wars fought all over the world, followed by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, then the Korean war, and Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and even now this very minute in Syria, innocent people being killed for absolutely no reason except to steal the petrol of Iraq by Halliburton, not to return the Golan Heights that belong to Syria … to protect the new cocaine routes opened recently through Ukraine … and all for Money–greed, the poisoned blood circulating in the hardened veins of the genocidal capitalist system. Anglo-American mafia-capitalism is destroying the world every day, every hour of every day, and every minute and second of every hour … by car industry pollution, unnecessary expansion of airports and aviation industry, man-made generation of Carbon Dioxide – six billion tonnes every year off-loaded onto our stratosphere. The capitalist world is sleep-walking into self-destruction – if it will not happen tomorrow, it is no consolation, if you care about your grandchildren surviving into the next century… Here then is a protest song against genocide, with simple lyrics (Song-lyrics must not seek great complex poems distracting the music which must be of paramount importance) – every word here is true and tearful, to be composed as a sweet sad song about what my parents – the Armenians – suffered a hundred years ago, still being genocided by denials and endless lies, never mind by the Turkish state, but the 3 great denialist governments – of America, Britain, and Israel – the latter even more wounding to Armenians, and unbearably hurtful, by a people that suffered the Nazi inhumanity aplenty. Shame and eternal damnation on those three most powerful states of the planet! Israel’s Story Israel is my Armenian name My baby-brother, a genius, Three years old, would ask Ancient questions; “Who is me?” “Why People kill each other?” “Where is god? Can I see him?” (Refrain) Then I was ten In Nineteen fifteen On our death-march In the deserts of Syria My baby brother starved And died of thirst With my father Ohanes Whipped by Turkish gendarmes We’re not allowed to dig a grave In Nineteen fifteen} I, Israel then found a rock to cover My baby brother’s breathless body To shoo away the wild dogs And the dark gray wolves Said my father Ohanes The Zionists brag that the Holocaust of the Jews was a unique event, and nothing like it has or could ever happen – a totally crazy idea. The horror of the shoah (= catastrophe, in Hebrew) lies in the fact that there is nothing unique about it (and we Armenians, have used precisely the same epithet (agheht) in our protest-literature from the days of the Sultan Hamit massacres of the Armenians in 1890’s. Armenian racist nationalists, copying the Jewish Zionists (while hating them – there is unfortunately a strong current of anti-Semitism among some ignorant and crazy Armenians), claim the same for the Young Turk genocide of the Armenians, that it is unique and all that Zionist nonsense! The horror of genocides, call it what you like, whether agheht, holocaust, shoah, nakba (in Arabic), the satanic horror of it is that it has happened all the time, to many nations, always starting civil-wars, and ending with total wars, maiming and genociding millions … Unfortunately, because of the Zionist racist foolishness, different nationalities, especially the Armenians (and other victim peoples) get distracted by the childish game of genocide-competition similar to the playground argument that ‘my crayon is bigger and better than yours, my mummy bought it at Harrods, yours is from the Tower Hamlets (Region of South London where poor immigrants live …) The insufferable Sci-Fi vampire horror of the genocides lies in the absolute fact that it happens daily in our lives, it is seared by now on the human socio-political psyche, as we survive the blood-sucking horrors of the Capitalist system – it is its motor mechanism, its fuel of the internal combustion, the “free markets” (my foot! Every bit of them is manipulated by evil bankers and insurance fraudsters), based on warmongering and the military-industrial complex of the world’s three most powerful arms-producing countries (mentioned above), which are also the denialists, of the Genocide of the Armenians. Armament producers do not make milk-chocolate bars … they kill, and are made to kill, genociding the innocent masses, to fatten up the bank accounts of the mafia-swine, among them the mafia-rulers of the Armenian republic. Խասկալի բլուրի կողքին կառուցուած փայտաշէն ընտանեկան ապարանքի մը «ոդիսականն» է’… Զարմանալի, բայց իրաւ, Փիլիկեան տոհմն ալ Անի ական արմատներ ունեցած են: Ուրեմն բաժնեկից այդ Անի-Ակն-Իզմիտ/Խասկալ մինչեւ Եղեռն «ոդիսական» ին… – պրոֆ. Խաչատուր Փիլիկեան spodelime.com ԴԱՇՆԱԿՑԱԿԱՆ ՊԱՏԳԱՄԱՎՈՐ. «ԱՆԹԻԼԻԱՍԻ ՀՈԳԵՎՈՐԱԿԱՆՆԵՐԸ ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԵՆ, ԻՍԿ ԷՋՄԻԱԾՆԻՆԸ` ԱՊԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ» Սարգիս Սերովբեանը ոչ ևս է Ein Gedanke zu „The Centenary of the Genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turks“ Armen Baghdoyan sagt: 31/03/2015 um 03:31 Uhr I like the angle the author has opened to broaden the scope of genocide to modern occurrences. MSM and some writers are fond of using the modern mantra of “terrorism” to describe mass slaughters as economic terrorism, IMF terrorism (Greece), EU terrorism, immigration terrorism, political terrorism (against Iran) sanctions terrorism (against Russia). Military terrorism as in all over the third world by the unrepentant butchers of generations of poor working people.Wrap it all up in imperialist and capitalist terrorism and you get the gist of the brilliant idea prof. Pilikian has struck to elaborate the infinite facets of modern terrorism/genocide.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800318
__label__wiki	0.700052	0.700052	Harmony Trail Extends North to Bradford Woods Harmony Trail Extends North to Bradford Woodshttp://ns2.rachelcarsontrails.org/about/newsletters/202011/harmony-trail-extends-north-to-bradford-woodshttp://ns2.rachelcarsontrails.org/@@site-logo/RCTClogo.svg The Conservancy has taken some initial steps toward the long term vision of blazing a hiking trail from Route 910 in Pine Township to McConnells Mills State Park and the North Country Trail. The first successes are a result of the outreach work of the Conservancy’s Harmony Trail committee and partnerships with the municipalities promoting the Commodore Perry Trail Network. A new sidewalk along Brennan Road is scheduled to be constructed over the winter. Not everyone will see this as the start of a path to Slippery Rock Creek…but for members of the Conservancy and hikers of western Pennsylvania it will be seen a crucial baby step toward closing the largest gap of the Rachel Carson Loop. The Harmony Trail grows as we stitch together the remnants of the former Harmony Short-Line railway right-of-way with walkways of new commercial and residential developments, long term municipal trail plans, and innovative trail blazing partnerships facilitated by the Conservancy. This first extension is an example. The trail will cross Route 910 (thanks to Pine Township) and use the walkways of the new Wexford Station Development until it reaches Brennan Road in Pine Township. A little north, the Harmony right-of-way is owned by Penn Power. At this point the Bradford Woods Conservancy has agreed to partner with us to blaze the trail beneath the power lines and into and through the tree-lined and traffic-calmed neighborhood. Forest Road in Bradford Woods Borough is already enjoyed by walkers in all seasons. The two non-profit conservancies will work on a complementary and subtle blazing and signage system that both highlights the role that the Harmony Short-Line played in the Borough’s founding and recognizes the role the Harmony Trail will play in the community’s future quality. The vision of extending a walking route toward the North Country Trail will require a series of sections, each with its own character, challenges and opportunities, to link through Marshall, Cranberry, and Jackson Townships; Zelienople and Harmony Boroughs; and Beaver and Lawrence Counties. Over the winter the Many Trails, One Community page of our website will be updated with descriptions of the different sections and status of efforts to stitch the vision together. The next update will feature the work of volunteers growing and maintaining the Connoquenessing Valley Heritage Trail system around Zelienople and Harmony.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800321
__label__wiki	0.587303	0.587303	RPW Column: Jenna Shotz’s Living Every Moment To It’s Fullest In A “Big” Way September 8, 2020 News Director Exclusive: Dylan Friebel RPW Column By: DYLAN FRIEBEL / RPW – MECHANICSBURG, PA – Jenna Shotz was involved in a nasty car crash on the way to race a 600cc micro sprint in a passenger car in 2018. Since that moment, she’s not taken any moment for granted and has ventured into what she calls ‘Big Car Racing.’ with a 305 sprint car in 2020. Despite it being her rookie year moving up from racing smaller cars around the PA/NJ area it’s been a fun year. “It’s been a fun year.” Shotz Said. “It’s been a learning process. It’s tough going from being a top 10 car everywhere in a micro because we had a good car to struggling with the 305. I have my heart so deep into it it’s tough to struggle.” While she has been all over the Northeast Corridor this year, there’s always one place in a racer’s mind that sticks out and Jenna sure has that. “Bridgeport (Speedway) no questions asked.” She said. “They have done such a great job there and done a lot. First time there was smooth, the second time the weather was against them all week with rain and it was rough. The layout there is awesome and you can really get your right rear hooked up to the wall. I Love the speed there.” Despite the struggles, it’s always about learning and if you learn it’s a success in Jenna’s book this year. “I think it has been a success already.” She said. “We have spent a bit more than i wanted and struggled more then anyone had hoped to. We learned a lot and I have learned a lot about winged racing which I did not know a lot about before this. I learned a lot about driver feedback as well. My brother and I for the first full year in a while and that’s pretty cool. Despite the accident that changed the course of her life, Shotz is not afraid to strap into a race car. “I knew the moment I strapped back into a race car that it would all come back.” She said. “I was never scared or uncomfortable and I never questioned if I could do it or not. The fact that i am just happy to be here is not lost on me.” For her first full season back it has been a jump from the 600cc micro sprints to the 305 sprint but each time Jenna learns and learned the most important lesson of all back in 2018, don’t take any day for granted. Previous Post:Game, Set, Match For Billy Van Pelt; Wins Woodhull Feature & Nails Down Record 22nd Championship Next Post:Another Port Royal Checkered Flag For Anthony Macri; Takes 69th Annual Labor Day Classic	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800328
__label__wiki	0.523944	0.523944	Pii: s0010-7824(02)00314- Attitudes and experiences with levonorgestrel 100 ␮g/ethinyl estradiol 20 ␮g among women during a 3-month trial Yolanda H. Wimberlya, Sian Cottona, Abbey M. Wanchicka, Paul A. Succopb, aDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA bDepartment of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA cDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA Received 10 November 2001; received in revised form 29 January 2002; accepted 5 March 2002 Abstract To describe attitudes and experiences with a low-dose oral contraceptive pill (Alesse) over 3 months, women aged 18 years and older (n ϭ 218) were enrolled from 16 locations to evaluate their experiences with Alesse. The questionnaire assessed demographic and personalcharacteristics, attitudes and experiences, and satisfaction. The participants had a mean age of 26.7 years and most were single, Caucasian,had completed high school, had a regular sexual partner, and had previously used OCs. Sixty percent of participants could discuss pill useeasily with their mothers, 92% with friends, and 96% with partners; 45% of the women were unsure about their mother’s previous OC use. Of the 11 side effects assessed, the most frequently anticipated side effect was weight gain. There was a significant relationship betweenanticipated and reported side effects for weight and mood changes; however, there remained a number of women for whom these differed. Most (90%) were satisfied with Alesse. Even when beginning on 20 ␮g pills, some women may still anticipate side effects such as weightgain typically associated with higher doses of estrogen. Healthcare providers should assess women’s attitudes and anticipated experienceswith OCs and counsel accordingly. 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Oral contraceptive pills; Contraception; Satisfaction; Women’s health; Side effects; Weight gain; Levonorgestrel 1. Introduction 2. Describe anticipated and reported side effects with 100 ␮g LNG and 20 ␮g EE (Alesse) at 3 months in The present study assessed attitudes and experiences of adult women, aged 18 years and over, participating in a 3. Describe women’s satisfaction with 100 ␮g LNG and multisite 3-month clinical trial of a low dose OC with 100 20 ␮g EE OC (Alesse) and determine if previous OC ␮g levonorgestrel (LNG) and 20 ␮g EE (Alesse). This use, having a steady partner, and reported side effects formulation contains the lowest doses of LNG and EE available in a monophasic OC and was designed to maintainoptimal contraceptive efficacy of 99% with appropriate us-age and decrease side effects, while providing noncontra-ceptive benefits (i.e., increased cycle regularity, lighter 2. Materials and methods flow). The specific aims of the current study were to: Two-hundred-eighteen women recruited from their phy- 1. Describe knowledge of the participants’ mothers’ OC sicians’ offices were enrolled from 16 locations (Philadel- use, ease with discussing OC use, and partner support phia, PA; New Brunswick, NJ; Chicago, IL (2 sites); Char- lotte, NC; Albuquerque, NM; Miami Lakes, FL; London,Ontario; Galveston, TX; Tucson, AZ; Seattle, WA; Am-arillo, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Montreal, Quebec; Houston, * Corresponding author. Tel.: ϩ1-409-772-1594; fax: ϩ1-409-747- TX; and Pittsburgh, PA) to participate in an outpatient, open E-mail address: susan.rosenthal@utmb.edu (S.L. Rosenthal). label, multicenter study. Each site had Institutional Review 0010-7824/02/$ – see front matter 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 0 1 0 - 7 8 2 4 ( 0 2 ) 0 0 3 1 4 - 1 Y.H. Wimberly et al. / Contraception 65 (2002) 403– 406 Board approval, and informed consent was obtained from Each site recruited healthy, premenopausal female sub- jects 18 years of age and older, and who were determined to be appropriate to receive an OC by their physician. Exclu- sion criteria included: contraindications to OC use, over 35 years of age, cigarette smoker, breast feeding, postpartum less than 3 months, use of OC or Norplant system within the last 3 months, less than 6 months from last injection of Depo-Provera, use of investigational drug within past 60 days, use of rifampin, anticonvulsants, or griseofulvin dur- ing past 3 months, or using OC exclusively for cycle con- At the baseline visit, each participant had height and weight recorded and was instructed to complete the initial questionnaire. Upon establishing the presence of inclusion criteria and the absence of exclusion criteria, the participant was given pill-taking instructions and informed to begin Cycle 1 with her next menstrual bleed. The participant was instructed to record her pill-taking, adverse events, and concomitant medications in her subject diary card. At the end of Cycle 3, the same procedure was followed and a 3-month questionnaire was completed. The baseline questionnaire was divided into three sec- tions that inquired about general demographic and personal characteristics, attitudes of significant others, and side ef-fects. The participants were asked whether they anticipatedexperiencing “less,” “same,” or “more” of any of the fol- used to compare previous OC use, steady current partner, lowing side effects: length of period, menstrual flow, men- strual spotting or bleeding, sexual desire, body weight,upset stomach/nausea, vomiting, acne, headaches, breast 3. Results tenderness, and mood changes. The 3-month questionnaireasked the participants to report side effects experienced and satisfaction. For purposes of analysis, anticipating or report-ing “less” symptoms was collapsed with anticipating or The demographic characteristics of the 218 participants reporting the “same” degree of symptoms, and then was are listed in Table 1. The mean age was 26.7 years. The compared to “more” symptoms. The one exception was majority of participants were single, Caucasian, had com- “sexual desire,” for which “less” was compared to a col- pleted high school, had a regular sexual partner, and had lapsed category of “more” or the “same.” The Statistical Analysis System (SAS) [1] was used to Of the 218 participants, 169 (78%) completed the perform statistical analyses. Descriptive statistics were used 3-month visit. Reasons for noncompletion by the 49 women to describe the participants. Differences in demographic and were: 6 for medical reasons, 3 for accidental pregnancies, 3 personal characteristics between completers and noncompl- for personal reasons, 27 failed to return for follow-up, and eters were analyzed using contingency tables and analysis 10 had no 3-month data collected by their site investigator. of variance procedures. Descriptive statistics were per- Demographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, marital formed to describe their perceptions of the attitudes of status, education, and previous OC use) were compared significant others and their reported side effects and satis- between completers and noncompleters (see Table 1). Be- faction. Those side effects for which more than 80% of cause of the small sample size, race/ethnicity was collapsed individuals anticipated fewer or no side effects (for sexual into White versus non-White. No significant differences desire—increase or no change) were not included in anal- were found for any of the comparisons. yses as there was not sufficient variance to evaluate rela-tionships. To evaluate the relationship between anticipated 3.2. Knowledge of mothers’ OC use, ease with and reported side effects, percent agreement and a Kappa discussions of use, and partner support for OC use statistic were used. The Landis and Koch [2] criteria fordetermining the level of agreement (“excellent,” “good,” With regards to knowledge of their mothers’ OC use, 98 and “marginal”) was used. A contingency table analysis was (45%) women were unsure, 67 (31%) reported that their Y.H. Wimberly et al. / Contraception 65 (2002) 403– 406 Number (%) of participants’ anticipated and reported side effects (n ϭ 169) Percent agreement/Kappa for each side effect a One subject did not answer the question. a Significant, 95% confidence interval does not include zero. mothers had used OCs, and 53 (24%) reported that theirmothers had not used OCs. The participants were asked if they could easily discuss their feelings about pill use withparents, friends, and partners. Among completers and non- One-hundred (60%) participants were very satisfied, 52 completers (N ϭ 218), the following percent of participants (31%) were somewhat satisfied, and 16 (9%) were not at all answered positively: 60% with parents (119/199); 92% with satisfied with Alesse. In addition, 156 (93%) of those who friends (201/218); and 96% with partners (181/189). When were very or somewhat satisfied were likely to recommend asked about partners’ attitudes toward OC use, 90% (165/ Alesse to a friend. For those women who had previously 183) stated that their partner agreed with their OC use, 1% used OCs (n ϭ 123), 105 (85%) liked Alesse more than or (2/183) reported partners disagreed, and 9% (16/183) were not sure of their partners’ attitudes. The women who were “very satisfied” and “somewhat 3.3. Anticipated and reported side effects satisfied” at 3 months were then collapsed into one groupand compared with those who were “not at all” satisfied. The anticipated and side effects reported by the 168 There was no significant relationship between satisfaction participants who completed the questions on side effects are with Alesse and having used OCs previously or having a listed in Table 2. One participant did not complete the regular partner. Satisfaction was compared between less/ symptom questions at either baseline or at 3 months. Of the same and more side effects for the five side effects (men- 11 side effects, menstrual spotting or bleeding, body weight, strual spotting or bleeding, body weight, upset stomach/ upset stomach/nausea, breast tenderness, and mood changes nausea, breast tenderness, and mood changes) for which met the criteria of having more than 20% or more of par- more than 20% of the participants reported side effects (see ticipants anticipating an increase. The percent agreement Table 4). The only significant relationship was that fewer and Kappa statistic for each of these five side effects are participants were satisfied who reported upset stomach/nau- presented in Table 3. These results indicate that the percent sea than anticipated experiencing upset stomach/nausea. agreement ranges from 60% to 92%. The Kappa statistic,which controls for chance agreement, only indicated “mar-ginal” (Ͻ0.40) agreement for each of the side effects. How- ever, the Kappa for body weight and mood changes was Number (%) of participants who reported either less/same or more side significant (i.e., the 95% confidence interval does not in- clude zero). This indicates that there was agreement be- tween anticipated and reported body weight and mood changes; that is, more participants had anticipated and re- ported the same thing than would be expected by chance. Two participants declined to be weighed. Fifty-eight (35%) participants actually gained weight as defined by two or more pounds (mean ϭ 6.16 lbs, range 2 to 16) and 37 (22%) lost weight (mean ϭ 4.78 lbs, range 2 to 14 lbs). Y.H. Wimberly et al. / Contraception 65 (2002) 403– 406 4. Discussion this visit or during previous OC experiences). However,because all women starting on OCs should receive counsel- Oral contraceptive pills are a primary method women use ing, this might mirror the real world of OC use. Another to prevent pregnancy [3], yet OC use remains fraught with limitation is the inability to discern if attitudes and experi- misconceptions. This study examined the experiences of ences with OC use vary by race/ethnicity because of the women taking a low dose OC with 100 ␮g LNG and 20 ␮g small numbers of Hispanic and African-American women EE (Alesse) in a multisite study and found that, in general, the women were satisfied with Alesse. Despite these limitations, the result of this multisite study Being prepared for the physical changes associated with showed that women are satisfied with a low dose pill such OC use, particularly those that may be transient, may lead to as Alesse (20 ␮g). Some women may still anticipate side greater OC satisfaction. Also, reduction of side effects is effects typically associated with higher doses of estrogen, important to women to increase both adherence and satis- and there is little agreement between anticipated side effects faction. However, as evidenced by the results of this study, and reported side effects at 3 months. Future studies should the nature of these relationships is unclear. This is likely examine the impact of counseling focused on women’s because of the fact that individual women’s tolerance for anticipated and reported experiences to determine if this side effects varies, there are different levels of motivation impacts continued use and satisfaction with their OC. for OC use, and the meaning of satisfaction with contracep-tion is not well defined and differs among women. Largetrials are needed to have sufficient sample size to investigate Acknowledgments the subtleties of all of these relationships. This is especiallytrue given the small number of women who anticipate and The authors would like to acknowledge the support of experience side effects on the low dose formulations. Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Deborah Stewart, and Jen- Weight is a salient issue for most American women. Two nifer Fende for their data collection and management sup- randomized placebo-controlled trials comparing a 20 ␮g pill port, Linda Potter, Ph.D. for her helpful editorial comments and placebo demonstrated similar changes in mean body and the site investigators: Gloria Bachmann, M.D., Kurt weight from baseline between participants in each group Barnhart, M.D., Eric Bieber, M.D., Abbey Berenson, M.D., with a mean change in weight less than 1 kg for both groups Mitchell Creinin, M.D., Richard Derman, M.D., Frank Har- [4]. Despite these findings, women remain concerned about rison, M.D., M. Wayne Heine, M.D., John C. Jennings, weight gain (e.g., 42% in this sample) before starting on M.D., Mark Martens, M.D., Carlos Medina, M.D., Leslie OCs. Most of the women in our study (43%) experienced no Miller, M.D., Michelle Miller, M.D., Alfred Poindexter III, change in body weight, and women both lost (22%) and M.D., Elizabeth Smith, M.D., and Daniel Wiener, M.D. gained weight (35%). This study was not designed to eval-uate weight change as a result of OC use, in that diet was not References monitored, other reasons for losing or gaining weight werenot assessed, and there was no comparison group. However, [1] SAS Institute. SAS/STAT User’s Guide. Cary NC: SAS Institute, these results support others’ findings [5] about the impor- tance of addressing the weight concerns of some OC users, [2] Landis JR, Koch GG. An application of hierarchical kappa-type since 97 (58%) women in this study anticipated and/or statistics in the assessment of majority agreement among multiple experienced body weight gain during the 3 months. observers. Biometrics 1977;33:366 –74. [3] Rosenberg MJ, Meyers A, Roy V. Efficacy, cycle control, and side These women were comfortable discussing pill use with effects of low-, and lower-dose oral contraceptives: a randomized trial friends and partners, but they knew very little about their of 20 ␮g and 35 ␮g estrogen preparations. Contraception 2000;60: mothers’ own personal experiences with OC use. Adoles- cent girls’ choice of contraception has been found to be [4] Coney P, Washenik K, Langley R, DiGiovanna J, Harrison D. Weight influenced by their mothers’ attitudes [6], but mothers may change and adverse event incidence with a low dose oral contracep-tive: two randomized placebo-controlled trials. Contraception 2001; not share their personal OC history. There are several limitations worth noting. First, the lack [5] Risser WL, Gefter LR, Barratt MS, Risser JMH. Weight change in of difference in demographic characteristics between com- adolescents who used hormonal contraception. J Adolesc Health pleters and noncompleters may be because of the fact that the study noncompleters may not have discontinued their [6] Cromer BA, Smith D, Blair JM, Dwyer J, Brown RT. A prospective study of adolescents who choose among Levonorgestrel implant OCs. Second, the participants’ description of their antici- (Norplant), medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera), or the pated side effects may have been influenced by counseling combined oral contraceptive pill as contraception. Pediatrics 1994; they received before completing the questionnaire (either at Source: http://www.mwrif.orgwww.mwrif.org/media/assets/CFPR_alesseacceptability_Study.pdf Management of post polio syndrome General Issues - a. Healthy behaviors – diet, weight, smoking, exercise. b. Routine health maintenance medications – cancer, cardiovascular etc. c. Specific areas - thyroid disease, depression, cholesterol, sleep apnea d. Chronic disease management, - diabetes, heart disease etc. e. 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__label__cc	0.714023	0.285977	HOT NEW BDSM RELEASE - SUBMISSION BECOMES HER! MISTLETOE EVERYWHERE, Regency Christmas comedy New Release - SPEED DATING IN THE COLD NEW RELEASE - SANTA'S WAYWARD ELF! Anniversary Post: Small town romance, big town sus... Veteran's Day Excerpt from Moonlight and Illusions 'Voices in the Dark': romantic excerpt set in Venice Anniversary Post: A cross-country scavenger hunt The Promise up for Book of the Year! New Release: Narcissist Seeks Narcissist, a lesbia... Caveat Emptor 5: Forgotten Lover by Zenobia Renquist 12:00 AM \| Labels: BDSM, bondage, Ellora's Cave, new release, Paige Tyler, spanking, Submission Becomes Her I have a new release out with Ellora's Cave called SUBMISSION BECOMES HER and it's hot, hot, hot! It's also my first romance that focuses primarily on the BDSM aspects of a relationship. . You're thinking, what the heck is she talking about, right? Because you know I always put a little sexy spanking and bongage in my books. At least whenever the h/h will go for it! But this is the first book that's all about the hero dominating his very willing and submissive lover in the bedroom. Of course, there is still the overarching true-love romance, but in this case, I really tried to delve into exactly what the heroine is experiencing in her head during the BDSM scenes. I wasn't sure how this approach would work for me - I usually write in a style that most would call "BDSM-Light." But I ended up having a really good time with this story, as I hope you will. Trust me - it's hot, it's sexy and it's romantic! She wants to be dominated by a man and he's going to help her live out her every fantasy! Josie Roberts has a secret fantasy. She wants to be dominated, to feel owned by a man in the bedroom while being his complete equal outside of it. Finding that man has been difficult, however. But then she meets “Sir Dom” in an online BDSM chat room. After weeks of cyberspanking, Josie and her online Dom are both ready for the real thing, so they decide to finally meet in person. When Josie arrives at the restaurant, she’s stunned to discover “Sir Dom” is none other than her ex-boyfriend Gavin Elliot. She can’t believe it. He might be gorgeous, but when it came to sex, he was about as vanilla as a man could get. Or so she’d always thought. It turns out Gavin had kept his dream of dominating a woman in the bedroom a secret, too. And now, he’s going to live out every fantasy he’s ever had by tying her up and spanking her until she begs for more. Without a word, he snaked his hand in her hair and with a firm, but gentle tug, tilted her head back. The show of dominance made her go gooey inside and she gripped the front of his shirt for support as he claimed her mouth in a scorching kiss. “Tonight, and for every night after, you’re going to be my submissive when we’re in this room, and I will be your master,” he rasped. “Is that understood?” “Yes,” she panted. “Say it,” he demanded. “Tonight, and for every night after, I will be your submissive when we’re in this room,” she promised. “And you will be my master.” The words were a vow, and as she said them, Josie knew they tied her to Gavin as completely as if they were married. Taking her hand, he picked up one of the leather cuffs from the bed and slipped it over her wrist, tightening it so that it fit snuggly. Then he did the same with her other wrist. Her heart was beating so loudly she was sure he must be able to hear it, but he made no comment as he led her over to the foot of the bed. Turning her to face it, he put his hand on her back and bent her over the bed. She wondered if he was going to cuff her hands behind her back with the sturdy- looking hooks that were attached to the leather. The image sent a quiver through her. But he instructed her to put her hands above her head. She started to ask why, but remembered the vow she’d made and caught herself. She rested her cheek on the coverlet and obediently placed her arms out in front of her on the bed. Gavin took her right wrist and slid her arm closer to the edge of the bed. A moment later, she heard a click as he attached something to the leather cuff. Or rather, attached the cuff to something on the bed. She automatically gave her wrist a tug, but it wouldn’t give. That was when she saw the strap hanging over the side of the bed. It was some kind of restraint system, she realized as Gavin secured her other wrist to the opposite side of the bed. She gave that one a tug, too, but it was just as tightly bound as the other. “Spread your legs,” he said softly. Josie was so busy thinking about the restraints on her wrist, she didn’t realize Gavin had come around the bed to stand in back of her. Afraid he would think she’d forgotten her place already, she quickly spread her legs. It was only after she did that she realized just how vulnerable she was in that position, and as Gavin fit the leather cuffs around her ankles, she had to fight the urge to close her legs. She expected him to secure them to the bed the same way he’d done with her wrists, but instead, she felt him attach something to the inside of the cuff around her right ankle. When he did the same to the cuff on the left one, she realized it was some kind of bar designed to keep her legs spread. If she’d thought she felt vulnerable before, that was nothing compared to how helpless and exposed she felt now. It had her so wet, she was practically gushing. She sensed Gavin straighten up behind her. She automatically tensed, waiting for him to reach for either the paddle or the leather strap—both of which were still on the bed and in view. But he only ran his hand over the curve of her ass. Then gave it a firm squeeze. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSq8cBkCiwc Buy it at Ellora's Cave! http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9765-submission-becomes-her.aspx "Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!" http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com Posted by Paige Tyler 11:45 AM \| Labels: historical romance, Linda Banche, MISTLETOE EVERYWHERE, Regency Christmas comedy, Regency romance, Romance BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL! On Nov. 25, all digital titles, including mine, are 30% off at The Wild Rose Press with code e8f302ffef My books are here: http://www.thewildrosepress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=486&zenid=0d68ca936816c62b5fd785020706d3f1 A man who sees mistletoe everywhere is mad--or in love. Charles sees mistletoe. Not surprising, since he's spending Christmas at Mistletoe Manor. But why does no one else see it? And why does it always appear above Penelope, the despised lady who jilted him after their last meeting? Penelope wants nothing to do with the faithless Charles, the man who cried off after she accepted his marriage proposal. But he still stirs her heart--and he stares at her all the time. Or rather, he stares at the empty ceiling over her head…What does he see? According to folklore, mistletoe is the plant of peace. Can Penelope and Charles, so full of hurt and anger, heed the mistletoe's message and make peace? After Charles had heaped his plate with more food than he wanted, he took one of the empty chairs at the table bottom, as far from Penelope as possible. His tensed muscles eased as he joked with his friends. Smythe made a comment and Charles turned to answer. He caught sight of Penelope…and a monstrous bunch of mistletoe above her. "Gordon? What is it?" Smythe swiveled in the direction Charles was staring. He looked up and down, and from one side to the other. "I say, with your mouth hanging open like that, you must see something spectacular, but damned if I know what it is." With an audible click, Charles clamped his jaw shut. "I thought I saw…" He forced his gaze back to his companion. "Nothing. I imagined I saw mistletoe." Smythe's eyebrows rose. "Mistletoe?" "Yes. The house is named 'Mistletoe Manor', so the place is filled with mistletoe decorations. Pictures, wall hangings, ceiling trim, whatnot." "Indeed." Smythe's eyebrows rose higher. "That 'mistletoe' you saw is over that Miss Lawrence. Lovely little filly." His lips curved into a knowing grin. "My jaw dropped the first time I saw her, too." Charles stiffened. "I was not looking at Miss Lawrence. I believed I saw mistletoe over her." "'Mistletoe'." Symthe's grin widened. "Of course." And I hope you got what you wanted for Christmas, too! All REVIEWS are here: http://lindabanche.blogspot.com/2010/12/mistletoe-everywhere-reviews.html The Wild Rose Press: http://www.thewildrosepress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=176_138&products_id=4295 All Romance Ebooks: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-mistletoeeverywhere-484008-160.html Barnes and Noble:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mistletoe-everywhere-linda-banche/1029164492?ean=2940043343673&itm=1&usri=mistletoe%2beverywhere http://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Everywhere-Christmas-ebook/dp/B004AHKBQW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=books&qid=1309011079&sr=1-1 Welcome to My World of Historical Hilarity! I'm Linda Banche, and I write witty, sweet/sensual Regency romances with nary a rake or royal in sight. Most contain humor, some fantasy, and occasionally a little paranormal. But comedy is my love, and I've created my own wacky blend of humor and Regency with stories that can elicit reactions from a gentle smile to a belly laugh. Like many other romance authors, I read romances for years before I wrote my own. Once I tried, I quickly discovered how difficult writing is. Did I stop? No, I'm persistent--that's French for "too stupid to quit". I'm a two-time EPICON finalist, I live in New England and like aerobics and ducks. So, laugh along with me on a voyage back to the Regency era. Me and my ducks. Quack. I have four Regency novellas, all from The Wild Rose Press. LADY OF THE STARS (time travel, finalist in Science Fiction Romance in the 2010 EPIC eBook Contest), PUMPKINNAPPER (finalist in the 2011 EPIC Contest in the Historical Romance category. I'm two for two now. I've entered the EPIC contest twice, and I've finaled twice.), MISTLETOE EVERYWHERE, and my latest, GIFTS GONE ASTRAY. Thank you all, Linda Banche http://www.lindabanche.com/ Posted by Linda Banche 6:55 AM \| Labels: new release, sweet romance I hunch up and hug my arms. Still freezing. Whoever said Anchorage, Alaska, gets more sunshine than Seattle ought to get shot. Or forced to move here permanently, with no vacation rights in warmer parts of the world such as Hawaii, the Sahara Desert or even... yeah, even Seattle. Here I am, Sarah Hadfield, age 28, born and bred in the rain of Seattle, exposed to the icy whips of the Arctic winds. A whim? A hunch? Following a dream? Wikipedia puts Anchorage’s temperatures between 5F in the winter up to toasty seventy-eight degrees in summer, but if this is five degrees, I’m Gossip Girl. “Allow me.” Woollen bliss wraps around my shoulders. It smells of fresh pinewood chippings. “Thanks,” I mumble into the lining. “Where are you heading?” A cursory civility on my part, for no matter where this stranger was going with his wonderfully warm jacket, he’s now coming to the museum with me. At least his jacket is. He must have read my mind. “I’ll just follow you.” OK, this is going to be awkward. Maybe. People accuse me of acting first and thinking later. Best to get it over and done with. “I’m on my way to the museum.” No need to say which museum, Anchorage has only the one. Moving my lips gives me the illusion of exercise-induced warmth, so I plough on. May as well get it out in the open. “They have a speed dating evening in their café.” “In the Muse? Cosy.” Oh, I hope so. The longer I stay in the jacket’s embrace, the more I loathe the idea of ever being cold again. (excerpt from Speed Dating In The Cold) Posted by Yvonne Eve Walus 12:00 AM \| Labels: Christmas Romance, Erotic Romance, new release, Paige Tyler, Santa's Wayward Elf, Whiskey Creek Press Torrid I love writing holiday romances, especially Christmas-themed ones, but when my hubby (who is also my writing partner!) suggested we write a story about one of Santa's Elves, I was like, "You're kidding, right?" Silly of me, actually. I mean, we pulled off a zombie romance in DEAD SEXY, which turned out to be an EPIC Award Finalist, by the way. Hubby still had to do some convincing, but he did it, and as we outlined the story, I completely fell in love with the heroine Sosie, a guileless elf who doesn't fit in up at the North Pole and ends up stranded in NYC on Christmas Eve where she meets and falls head over heels for a hunky cop. I think you'll fall in love with her, too! Being one of Santa’s elves isn’t all sugar plums and candy canes. At least not for Sosie. Taller than the other elves, she’s always had a problem fitting in at the North Pole, so when the transport sled she’s on breaks down in New York City on Christmas Eve, she can’t resist slipping away to explore the world of the “big people.” While she’s having fun, the transport sled takes off, leaving the naïve elf stranded. Fortunately, handsome police detective Derek Clayton comes to her rescue, offering to let her stay at his apartment. Having heard horror stories about the big people, Sosie is both surprised and relieved to meet such a kind, sweet man. Not to mention one so gorgeous and well-built. Even though Sosie expects the North Pole to send out a search party any day, she finds herself falling for Derek. She desperately wants to tell him she’s an elf, but knows he’ll never believe her. When the lies and omissions start to pile up, Derek can draw only one conclusion—Sosie is working for the mob boss he’s been after for years. Just when things seem like they can’t get any worse, the chief of elfin security shows up to drag Sosie back to the North Pole. How is a runaway elf supposed to overcome a determined security elf, dangerous mobsters and a suspicious boyfriend all while keeping her pointed ears a secret? By the time the party wound down a few hours later, Sosie was more aroused from her fantasies than she’d ever been in her life. She was an elf in lust and nothing was going stop her from getting Derek into bed with her tonight. She didn’t care how much of a gentleman he was, there was no way he was sleeping on the couch again. In fact, if she had her way, he wasn’t going to be sleeping at all. After they got back up to his apartment, however, her confidence faltered. But then she thought of the frustrated night she would assuredly have ahead of her if she didn’t proposition Derek, and how much she would regret it when she left. Taking a deep breath, she turned to face him. “I had a great time at the party. It was very nice of you to invite me.” He grinned. “I’m glad you came. I had a good time, too.” Sosie nibbled on her lower lip. Okay, it was now or not at all. Time to be a bold elf. She looked up at him. “You know, I feel awful about putting you out of your bed again. I was thinking maybe you might want to sleep with me tonight.” He studied her in silence, his dark eyes unreadable. Sosie held her breath as she waited for him to say something. What if Tracee and Linda had been wrong? What if Derek wasn’t as “into her” as they’d thought? “If I share the bed with you, Sosie,” he said softly, “sleeping is the last thing either of us will be doing.” She gave him what she hoped was a flirtatious look. “Good. Then the mistletoe won’t go to waste.” His mouth curved into a grin at the tiny sprig of greenery dangling from her fingers. “Mistletoe, huh?” “I thought I could put it wherever I want you to kiss me.” He chuckled. “Honey, you don’t need mistletoe for that. I’ve spent the past two hours fantasizing about kissing every inch of you.” Her pulse skipped a beat. “You have?” “Uh-huh.” Cupping her face in his hand, he bent his head to cover her mouth with his. This time, there was no hesitancy in the kiss. This time, his mouth moved over hers with an urgency that left her breathless, and she had to cling to his shoulders to keep from melting as his tongue plunged into her mouth to take possession of hers. It was as if he couldn’t seem to get enough of her. The desire was mutual. She couldn’t get enough of him, either. With a groan, Derek swung her up in his arms and strode toward the bedroom. She’d never had a guy do something so romantic before—mainly because she was always taller than the elf guys she’d slept with—but she decided it was very hot. Once beside the bed, Derek set her on the floor, letting her slide slowly and deliciously down his body. Arms still looped around his neck, she pulled him down for another kiss. This time, she was the aggressor, her tongue seeking his and exploring every inch of his tasty mouth. Derek groaned and ran his hands down her back to firmly cup her ass through the tight jeans she wore. She murmured her appreciation against his mouth as he pulled her more tightly against him. His erection strained against his jeans, pressing into her tummy. Mmm. Well, that answered the question as to whether he was well built everywhere. It felt as if he had a huge candy cane hidden in there. Suddenly impatient to see how well built, Sosie ran her hands down his chest to the bottom of his shirt and urgently pushed it up. Derek must have thought she needed some help because he reached back and pulled it over his head to toss it on the floor. She’d thought getting a glimpse of him without a shirt last night had been a treat, but seeing all that sculpted muscle up close was even better. Figgy, he was gorgeous. 5 Hearts from Sizzling Hot Books! "Sosie is an elf that has never really fit in at the North Pole, so she decides to try the South Pole. But, when the sled she is on has trouble, she is enchanted by the city lights, the BP world (Big People) and wanders away. Needless to say, the sled takes off without her and she is stranded in the city. Sosie is a charming character. She knows only what has been shown on the local North Pole news about the big world and so while a little bit knowledgeable, her innocence and naivety are absolutely charming and funny. Derek is a detective with the NYPD and when he finds Sosie, he can’t just let her venture about on her own. Taking her home may have been the best decision he’s ever made or it may turn out to be the worst when things start to fall apart. Derek is definitely an alpha male, but a gentleman with a heart of gold who likes to help women in trouble. I have to admit that I read Santa’s Wayward Elf in one sitting - I couldn’t walk away from Sosie. This is one of the most unique, sweet and yet still sensual holiday stories I have read in a long time. There wasn’t a slow point to be found in Santa’s Wayward Elf as Paige Tyler weaves for us remarkable characters within a fairytale life that really embraces the Christmas spirit and spreads it to everyone that touches the pages!" http://youtu.be/oEz-Rlqp0G4 Buy it at Whiskey Creek Press Torrid! http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/torrid/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=622&zenid=bfe7e3fcc71ed5a58a86c82d95c01468 http://www.pigetylertheauthor.com Anniversary Post: Small town romance, big town suspense 7:49 PM \| Labels: J L Wilson, small town mystery This is the third anniversary of the printing of my Hometown Mystery. What happens when an FBI agent tries to go 'undercover' in a small town? Yep. You guessed it. Everybody knows who he is ... including the woman he's tracking... Setup: undercover FBI agent Nick Baxter has been sent to New Providence, Iowa to investigate recent widow Shannon Delgardie. Shannon's husband was suspected of treason. What Nick doesn't know is that Shannon (and just about everybody else in town) knows who he is because Shannon's father was in the CIA and she has 'contacts' who have helped her research Nick. “How many people know about this?” Shannon went very still then wiggled, trying to get out of his arm. Nick held her firmly. “Shannon?” “I told Judi and Evie some of it. Not the details but they were there when I got one of the death threats. They told Richard and Chris. And my Mom knows.” Shannon hurried on when she saw Nick’s outraged look. “I can never keep anything from her. So I suppose Aunt Joan knows. Uncle Matt might know and probably cousin Terry. Maybe. Terry doesn’t get along very well with Joan, so maybe she doesn’t know yet.” Nick looked at her, open-mouthed. “In other words, most of the town knows you’re in trouble?” “Oh, sort of,” Shannon mumbled. “When I bought the gun, I sort of mentioned I’d been mugged and I was worried. I mentioned it to Nancy Jensen’s husband, Bubby, he’s the one who sold me the gun.” Nick leaned his head back on the swing. “Shannon, are you telling me all of these people know and no one suggested you contact the FBI or the police and turn it all over to them?” “They all did,” she assured him. “But I wasn’t sure who to trust. I suppose it was inevitable somebody would let the cat out of the bag. I’m going to beat Richard up for this.” She struggled in his arms and once again, Nick pinned her to him. “You’re bullying me.” He looked down at her and smiled. “I like having you here. You’re not going to beat up Richard. I’m going to thank him, personally.” He kissed her. “Shannon, you can trust me,” he whispered after he released her lips. She leaned into him. “I want to. I’ve been scared for so long.” Nick hugged her, hearing the exhaustion in her voice. “What did you plan to do?” “Once the code is broken, I’d know who I could trust and who I couldn’t trust. Then I’d decide who to give the files to.” “What do you think is in the files?” Shannon sighed and that sound raced all the way down to his toes. His body stirred in response. “I think it’s gaming software.” “Hunh?” He was distracted by her effect on him. The words didn’t soak in at first. “Gaming software. You know, a revolutionary new program.” Shannon saw Nick shaking his head. “What then?” “Espionage.” “Oh, no. John didn’t have access to anything.” But her voice faded as she considered his words. “Chip design. John had access to chip designs because the programs he was working on would take advantage of the new chip designs. And of course there was the D.O.D. stuff.” “D.O.D.?” “John had Department of Defense clearance. The gaming software he was working on is often used with a few changes for war simulations. That’s got to be it.” She frowned in concentration. “It can’t just be that, though. Chip designs are always leaking around the Valley.” She saw Nick’s blank look. “Silicon Valley.” “How far away are your friends from hacking the encryption?” He inched one hand under her blouse and smoothed the skin of her back. Nick began to nibble the side of her neck, putting small kisses along the edge of her jaw. “Close,” she sighed, angling her head so he had better access. “Very close.” “Hmm.” He shouldn’t be doing this. He should be focusing on the problem, focusing on the encrypted files. Right now Nick was more focused on getting her blouse unbuttoned. “I was afraid whoever was sending me the messages might know you were FBI,” Shannon said breathlessly. “That’s why I pretended not to know. Because if it looked like I called in the FBI, then I’d be in danger and so would Mom.” Nick paused in the act of unhooking her bra. “You’re right.” He pushed her bra out of the way and closed his fingers around her breast. He felt the firmness of her nipple. “If someone is keeping an eye on you, then they might be watching us right now.” She struggled briefly in his arms and he smiled at her. “So let’s give ‘em a show.” Posted by J L In honor of Veteran's Day today, I would like to share with you an excerpt from a scene in MOONLIGHT AND ILLUSIONS, my latest paranormal. The hero, STEPHEN ELLIOTT, is an immortal magician, born in the 1800s and now in the middle of WW II. Leyte, Philippine Islands Someone had once said, “Be careful what you wish for.” Stephen had wanted to make himself useful in this crazy twentieth century, since it didn’t look as though he would be leaving it any time soon. Now he found himself in a living nightmare. He pulled his gun closer and checked to make sure no mud had gotten into the mechanism. His M-1 semiautomatic was an amazing piece of technology, far more advanced than the front-end loading rifle he had used as a boy. He could kill many men in a short amount of time; and he did. A shell screamed overhead. Someone in the trench sobbed and another prayed. He couldn’t blame them. The young men under his command were barely old enough to shave, let alone die in a muddy hole in Leyte. The swarming chaos and noise of men and vehicles moving in every direction was incredible. Stephen, along with thousands of other American soldiers in the Sixth Army, had landed here, and now they were attempting to reclaim the Philippine Islands from the Japanese. Machine guns rattled. The drone of air support came from overhead, and in minutes bombs dropped and palm trees exploded in fireballs, along with the enemy’s ammunition depot some distance away. “Keep your eyes open, boys, they’re flushing them out. Get ready when they come our way!” he yelled. “Lieutenant!” Stephen swiveled to see a soldier in green fatigues like his, making his way toward him, radio in hand. “What is it, Jones?” “The captain says the enemy is moving up to the mountains. He wants you to take a group to clear out any stragglers.” Jones passed the radio to Stephen, who listened to his commander’s orders. “Yes, sir. I’m on my way.” A few minutes later, he and his men, rifles in hand, crawled out of the trench, heading cautiously toward the flaming supply depot. The U.S. planes had done a fairly thorough job bombing and strafing the area, so he didn’t expect too much resistance. Stephen scanned the area continuously as they progressed. Flames consumed crates and smoke belched from a smoldering vehicle, now unidentifiable. His eyes stung as the stench of burning wood, rubber, gasoline, and human bodies reached them. Gunfire rang out, and Roberts let out a yelp and went down. Neely went to his aid immediately as they all scrambled for cover. “Sniper!” someone yelled. The pop-pop-pop of sporadic shooting continued. They were pinned down. “How’s Roberts?” Stephen yelled. “He needs a doc, sir,” Neely called back. “Smith and Neely, get Roberts back for help. The rest are coming with me. You three go around to the right,” he pointed to three of his young charges. “The other three go to the left. Brown, you and I are going straight in. The sniper is behind the stack of pipes. Everyone fire at him, but keep spread out.” Through a haze of smoke they advanced slowly. The sniper answered their gun fire. They had to take out the man before he killed again. Stephen glanced at Sammy Brown. The soldier was intently focusing his shots on the unseen gunman and didn’t glance back. He decided to risk a bold action. Shifting his rifle to his left hand, Stephen extended his right arm and concentrated. Under his uniform, a spot on his chest grew warm. The Companion Spirit’s energy pulsed through his body. From his fingertips greenish light flew out, barely visible in the smoky haze. As the energy struck them, the metal pipes sheltering the sniper rattled. Suddenly the top one rolled off. Moments later the entire pile came tumbling down in a loud clatter of metal on metal. With satisfaction he saw the startled expression on the Japanese soldier’s face. But the feeling was short-lived. Searing pain tore his leg out from under him then slammed into his belly and hand before he could shoot. He collapsed forward clutching his stomach and watching while his men took care of the problem as expected. There was one less enemy soldier. I hope you enjoyed this excerpt. For more information go to http://www.dianewylie.com. You can also take a look inside the book at Amazon. Links to buy MOONLIGHT AND ILLUSIONS: http://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-and-Illusions-ebook/dp/B005WZZRBK/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2 http://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-Illusions-Diane-Wylie/dp/0983419876/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 B&Nook and print http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Moonlight-and-Illusions/Diane-Wylie/e/9780983419877 Vinspire Publishing http://www.vinspirepublishing.com/book_pages/moonlightandillusions.html Thanks and Happy Veteran's Day! ~Diane Wylie Posted by Diane M. Wylie 5:56 AM \| Labels: Italy, Lindsay Townsend, romantic suspense, Voices in the Dark To celebrate the re-issue of my romantic suspense, 'Voices in the Dark,' here is a romantic excerpt where the hero Roberto and heroine Julia go to Venice. Excerpt. Venice. Neither Julia nor Roberto had ever been to the floating city. Free of memories and ghosts, deserted by tourists in a day of freezing fog, Venice was theirs. Leaning out on the Rialto bridge, Julia spoke their united thought. 'Glad we came.' Time, their constant harrier, glided like the mist gilded streams under their feet as they regarded each other. They kissed on the bridge, the silver fog rising from the water hiding them and the city in a secret embrace. 'I wish we could stay,' said Roberto, when they surfaced a little from the kiss. Julia turned a dreamy open face sidelong and ran her eyes over him. She wanted this rippling quiet, this day of misted sun glinting on the tops of suspended marble palaces, to go on for ever. No more struggle for success no more troubles. No more Scarpia. 'I can't get used to you without that plaster cast,' she murmured, obliterating the world as she pressed her cheek against his chest. 'I like the suit.' Dark grey, classically cut, worn with eye-grabbing panache, the suit had been a revelation. She already had designs for borrowing the waistcoat. She hugged him tight. ‘You look great.' 'And you are truly gorgeous.' Roberto stroked a hand down her back. 'Why do you hide those legs?' His hand, and even more his eyes were doing things to her. 'Shall we?' he said. 'Yes.' They took a gondola. Paying the gondolier not to sing, they settled against the heart-shaped backrest, Roberto giving Julia his cushion. Whilst he chatted to the gondolier about the latest football scores, Julia trailed her fingers through mist to cold, silken, softly grey-green waters. Both were too aware of each other to need more than the lightest touch of their bodies, side by side as they floated on the cradle of Venice's canals. Venice in a shimmering winter mist was as one of its more extravagant glass creations, cloudy and baroque at the base, its marble statues and wrought-iron house-grills looming through the mist like porcelain flowers stuck on Venetian chandeliers. Then halfway up the narrow buildings - just over the top of Roberto's brown spiky curls, Julia calculated - the mist thinned and sunshine dusted each white campanile. ‘We're here,' Roberto said softly. The gondola swayed against a painted landing post; a doorstep floated inches above the water. This was his surprise to her: a home, not a hotel, their own private place. He had booked it, along with a few extras, at Florence airport before they made their flight. He opened the front door. The gondolier, paid and tipped, was gossiping into his portable phone about having met Roberto Padovano. ' . . . and you know he's really normal . . . great bloke . . . asked about the big match, you know, Roma versus Inter-Milan . . .' Someone in the Romanesque palace opposite shook their shoes out of the balcony window. Hidden by a curve of buildings, muted by fog, two waterbuses honked as they passed on the Grand Canal. Julia rose circumspectly to her feet. The last thing she wanted to do was spoil the moment, shatter the delicious tension by an ungainly lurch off the boat. In jeans and trainers she would not have thought twice, but high heels and a fitted coat were a different matter. Roberto did not offer his hand but merely plucked her from the gondola, swinging her lightly off her feet into his arms. They entered the Venetian house that way, Roberto crossing the threshold carrying Julia. Closing the door on the grinning gondolier, he continued an unhurried advance to the bedroom. 'Didn't I see a piano as we whisked through the living-room?' asked Julia. 'And a log fire and a Christmas hamper?' 'You did,' answered Roberto, unbuttoning her coat, ‘This was once a composer's house. Now it's a luxury holiday home.' Slowly, he unfastened her shoes. Julia closed her eyes as his strong fingers brushed her ankles. ‘Which composer?' she asked softly, as her high heels went skating across the mosaic floor to the big sunlit window. 'A German. He wrote many beautiful hymns - but then German is a spiritual language.' Spirit was not what Roberto was feeling at that moment. He swept her out of her coat onto the gold satin sheets. Julia helped him to shrug off his jacket and loosen his tie. 'What kind of language is English?' she asked, her nimble fingers undoing his waistcoat as his hands deftly slid into her dress, dispatching the fastenings. Her fingers brushed warm flesh as his thumbs circled the engorged nipples of her breasts. 'Definitely pastoral.' Roberto's hands slipped gently between her thighs. 'Country matters.' As she gasped he kissed her. Off came the rest of the clothes, in silent, feverish haste. The pleasure of seeing each other naked was to be fully enjoyed in a later, less urgent moment; now it was contact, the mutual desire for possession. They burned in each other's arms. ‘What about French?' Julia murmured several long moments later, fingers teasing an intimate caress. He was so firm, so good to touch; she wanted all of him. 'Intellectual.' Her hand guided. Her body enfolded. It was better than anything he had known before. Sweating, rigid in delight, Roberto forced himself to be slow. Julia felt him moving deep inside her. The virtues of Spanish and Italian must keep. She kissed his throat. His arms tightened around her. The spikes of pleasure intensified as his hips ground against hers. She writhed beneath him. As he came he shouted her name. As she came she kissed him on the mouth. For both, it had been worth the wait. Smashwords and Kindle 2011 Amazon Kindle (US) Amazon Kindle (UK) Reviews from the original UK print edition:Birmingham Sunday Mercury: Lindsay Townsend's mixture of arias and skullduggery turns into a highly readable thriller. Yorkshire Post: Confident debut. Grimsby Evening Telegraph: She obviously has a passion for writing. This is a book you will not be able to put down. http://www.lindsaytownsend.net/ http://www.twitter.com/lindsayromantic Posted by Lindsay Townsend 6:26 PM \| Labels: J L Wilson, romantic mysteries This is the 1st anniversary of the print (and digital) release of my 18th book, which features a book store owner, an ex-cop, and a cross-country scavenger hunt with romance novels as the clues! Setup: Odetta and Jack are on a cross-country trip together, trying to solve a mystery left to Jack by his ex-wife, Sandy. “I lost track of her. She was, well,...Sandy was sort of, um...” I leaned on the big book bag serving as a dividing line between us on the front seat. “She was sort of what?” I propped my chin on my hand and stared at him. Jack cleared his throat and his blush rose again. He looked at me out of the corner of his eye and I shot him another bright, innocent look. “She was getting into kinky things when we broke up,” he said, his words tripping over each other in his haste. “Ooh,” I breathed. “Kinky things. What a woman. Like what?” I almost laughed at the sight of his blushing face. “You can tell me. S&M? Bondage? Domination? Whips? Silk scarves? Mutual masturbation? Leather? Sex toys? Farm animals? Sex in public? Multiple simultaneous partners?” “Holy shit, Odetta! How do you know so much about it?” He glanced at me, his face flaming with color. “I read a lot.” I smiled blithely. “And, in my youth, I was...experimental.” He almost choked. “Gees, I don’t believe I’m talking to you about this! I just met you. I shouldn’t be talking about this stuff with you!” “Heavens, Jack, it’s just sex,” I said in a no-nonsense voice. “Everybody does it. Or, rather, everybody who’s lucky does it. So what was it? Maybe it has something to do with what she said in the note.” I smiled guilelessly and fluttered my lashes at him. He blew out an exasperated sigh. “Man, I don’t believe this.” His fingers opened and closed on the wheel. “Bondage. She liked to be tied up. And she liked some...pain.” He shook his head. “I didn’t understand it. I thought she was kidding, but she really did like it that way. When I found her and Sam, she was tied up and he was—” “Okay, okay,” I interrupted. “Let’s just say she didn’t communicate clearly to you what you could do to please her.” “She didn’t train you, as it were. If a woman wants special things, she has to train a man how to do them for her. And vice versa, of course. I mean, we’re not mind readers, are we? If a man wants something special, he’s got to either speak up or show me, right?” Jack hinged his jaw back up and stared at the pavement in front of us. “Uh-hunh.” 12:26 PM \| Over at Deep in the Heart Romance! Voting ends Dec 31st. Shannon Hayes' husband David was killed in Iraq nearly a year ago,and now she must face her first holiday season without him. With a toddler in tow, she travels to the Vermont farm where the rest of the family has gathered for the holidays. There she comes face to face with the man who was with him when he died, and her destiny, his older brother Ryan. For the first time in years, Ryan returns home to keep a promise he made to David—to take care of Shannon and their daughter. It's a pledge Ryan is reluctant to keep because he's been secretly in love with Shannon since first setting eyes on her. Their attraction to each other is instant, intense and soon the promise isn't the only thing between them. Excerpt - Just as she stepped off the bottom step, she heard a noise at the front door. She hesitated, unsure what to do. Who could be visiting at this hour? Just when she expected to hear a knock, she heard something else instead. A key was being inserted into the lock, and right before her startled eyes, she watched the knob turn and the door open. Her gaze landed on a pair of army boots and slowly traveled upward, taking in the muscular body in military fatigues. Her mouth dropped open in shock. Ohmygod! Ryan had come home! He appeared just as startled as she was. Halting in the threshold as their eyes meet, his rugged expression carved in granite. Only his eyes, those piercing blue orbs, showed any sign of life, if you could call it that. Shannon had a feeling that Ryan Hayes didn't reveal any emotions that weren't hardened by years of combat. For a moment, she thought he wasn't going to speak and half expected him to back out and leave. "Do you mind if I come in?" His deep voice was just as Shannon remembered. "It's damn cold out here." For the first time she realized she was blocking his way. Swallowing, she stepped back enough for him to enter and close the door behind him. He dropped a large army bag on the floor by his feet, and shook off the snow onto the floor mat. All the while keeping his eyes trained on Shannon, as though she were the enemy. She took a nervous step further into the foyer, directly into the soft glow of the lamp that had been left on in the living room. Ryan looked just like he did the last time she saw him. Big and tall, cloaked in that attitude of quiet strength he seemed to possess. His black hair cut in military fashion and suited his strong, square boned face. Though sporting a tiny scar over his left eyebrow and another, bigger one halfway down his left cheek he was still a handsome man. He eluded danger in practically every move he made, every glance. His eyes dropped, running over Shannon rapidly, making her painfully aware of her disheveled state. She refused to reach up and smooth her hair back, knowing that it would do no good. The tiniest quirk on his full, sensuous mouth revealed he found her condition amusing. Quickly, his lips thinned almost menacingly when his gaze narrowed on her breasts. It was then that Shannon reached up and pulled her ruined blouse together where the buttons had come off. She finally found her voice. "Welcome home, Ryan." "Where is everyone?" His tone seemed hard, gruff, more commanding than inquiring. He slipped off his jacket and hung it on a peg on the back of the door, and then bent to slip off his boots. "Mom went to bed with a headache. Sheila must be putting the kids to bed. The rest won't get here until tomorrow night." Shannon couldn't help but notice the quick glance he shot her way when she called his mother mom. She watched quietly as he set his boots against the wall and stood, towering over her again. "It's just as well. I'm tired as hell and want to turn in early myself. But first, I want to find something to eat. I'm starved." Closing the distance between them, Ryan halted when he reached Shannon. "Is that okay?" Shannon felt a telltale heat rush up to her cheeks when she realized she was watching Ryan's mouth form the words. What the heck was wrong with her? Jet lag, that's what. She gave her head a little shake. She must be more tired than she thought. As his words became clear, it dawned on her that she was once again blocking his way. "Oh! I'm, ah sorry." Instead of moving to let him pass, she turned and began to walk in the direction of the kitchen. "I'll be glad to fix you something to eat." "Thanks, but that won't be necessary." He was right on her heels. "That's okay." Shannon pushed the kitchen door open and flipped on the light switch on the wall next to it. "Sheila put a plate for me in the oven and if I know her, she left enough for two. I don't mind sharing." Not waiting for Ryan to acknowledge her, Shannon took the potholders from the counter by the stove, opened the oven door and retrieved the plate. "Just as I thought." She turned and showed him the full plate of corn beef hash. But the expression on Ryan's face almost made her drop it. Sweat had broken out on his forehead and he'd turned pale, his lips were thin as a muscle twitched in his jaw that had hardened in an effort to hold back that he was in obvious pain. Intense pain. He was clutching the island counter in the middle of the kitchen as if it alone was holding him upright. "Ryan!" Shannon set the plate down and rushed to his side. "What is it? What's wrong?" He held a hand up in a silent warning for her to back off. She stopped immediately and waited for another sign from him, afraid he was having some kind of attack. After a few more seconds, he sucked in several deep breaths and released them slowly. It was clear by his expression that he hated showing her even that one small weakness. It was very clear that he didn't intend talking about it. Shannon knew the moment the pain left his body when his expression relaxed. "You said something about sharing your dinner?" He pulled out one of the barstools from around the island and sank down onto it. Shannon hesitated for a moment, fighting the urge to question him. Something was terribly wrong, she just knew it, but she didn't know Ryan well enough to feel she had the right to ask him anything personal. The look in his cold eyes warned her she'd be shot down before she managed to speak the first word. Forcing a smile she was far from feeling, she turned to get a second plate. "I'll thank you not to mention what just occurred to my family," Ryan surprised her by saying while her back was turned to him. "If that's what you want," Shannon responded, opening a cupboard door. She glanced with surprise at where the plates were usually stacked. Glasses had replaced them. Marsha had obviously done some rearranging since the last time Shannon had been there. She opened up several other doors before finding the plates, stacked on the second shelf. Standing on tip toe she strained to reach them. "Here, let me help you." "Oh!" Feeling Ryan brush up against her, Shannon spun around before she could think. Suddenly, it wasn't her backside feeling his hardened muscles. Since he was in the process of reaching over her head for a plate, they were now flush against each other. Her breasts flattened against his hard chest, the lower halves of their bodies were shockingly aligned, and their thighs were touching. Mouths within inches of each other, their breath mingled. It was crazy but Shannon was sure she felt their hearts beating in rhythm. She began to tingle everywhere and held her breath. Their gazes met and held and Ryan became motionless, his arm still above her head reaching for the plate. It struck Shannon that she was seeing the dangerous side of him, the soldier sizing up the situation and preparing for action. Only in this case, what would that be? She refused to let her mind go there. Posted by Tory Richards New Release: Narcissist Seeks Narcissist, a lesbian erotic comedy 11:40 PM \| Labels: comedy, comedy romance, cougar, lesbian, lesbian erotic romance, romantic comedy, rubenesque This summer, I realized I didn't have many lesbian books on the market, so I wrote a new one. I was in a good mood at the time, so I wrote a comedy. It's silly, I should warn you, and a little over-the-top, but great fun: Narcissist Seeks Narcissist By: Giselle Renarde Published By: New Dawning Bookfair ISBN # 9781466028388 Szuszu the former model has survived on women and scotch since she was just a teenager. All these years, she's had her best friend Babette by her side, but now that Babette is married and setting off on a world tour, Szuszu feels utterly abandoned. As a pre-departure joke, Babette writes up a silly and snide little personal ad, which narcissistic Szuszu posts in hopes of attracting a woman who looks just like she did when she was young. Naomi thinks Szuszu's post is hilarious -- what a great sense of humor! She can hardly believe the centrefold she stole from her dad's collection way back in the day is looking for love. It's not like her to answer a personal ad, but for the infamous Szuszu she'll make an exception. She thinks Szuszu looks fantastic, and Szuszu (who refuses to wear her glasses) thinks Naomi looks just like her. What could ensue but sex, love, and a whole lot of comedy? "What's that you're scribbling, darling? It's about me, isn't it?" Szuszu reached across the table, nearly knocking over her backup scotch and soda. "Hand it over, Babs. Let's have a look." Babette pressed the cocktail napkin flush to her chest, setting down her slim gold pen. "It's nothing, Szusz. Just my shopping list." She shook her head, eyes wide, guilty as sin. "Just my groceries." "Shopping!" Szuszu cackled, knocked back the scotch in her hand, then slammed the glass down on the table. "Darling, you haven't done the shopping since you shacked up with that dairy cow you call a wife. You don't need to shop -- just bend the old hausfrau over a bucket and you've got your milk for free." "Leave Matilda out of this." Babette shoved the cocktail napkin in her jacket pocket. "Ah!" Gazing across the table through the amplifying lens of an empty scotch glass, Szuszu pointed to Babette's chest. "There! I see what you've written. It's all smeared across your tits, darling." Squinting, she tried to make out the loopy handwriting smudged on Babette's skin. "noitaroda… lautum… rof… What is that, darling, Latin? Or have you had a stroke?" Babette glanced down at the writing on her chest, wetting another serviette with Szuszu's next scotch and rubbing it over the pen marks. "It's backwards, darling. It's an imprint, you know." After setting the wet serviette down on the table, she pulled the dry one from her pocket. "Fine, then. Fine, if you're so curious. Here it is. That's what I wrote." Squinting at the flimsy square of paper, Szuszu held it up close and then away from herself, but the words still wouldn't come into focus. "I think you need to get yourself a good pair of specs, Szusz." Szuszu's eyes twitched at the blasphemy. "Nobody wears glasses, darling, except librarians and Elton John. I was a model, you know." "Yes, I know, Szusz. Everybody knows." Babette rolled her eyes like a teenager. "You do realize you've gone up to every person in this bloody lounge to tell themI was a model?" "Well, I was on the cover of all the magazines in my day." "In your day, right, you were. Headlines read: War is over. Szuszu greets sailors at port." An overwhelming desire came over Szuszu to kick her dearest friend in the shins, but when she let loose, her snakeskin boot met the cylinder of metal holding up the table. "Oh, for Christ sake," she moaned, rubbing her toe. "If I wasn't legless, I bet that would smart." Defeated, she handed the napkin back across the table. "Here, read this for me, Babs. I can't see straight." "Can't even think straight," Babette mumbled. "All right then, you want to know what I wrote while you were babbling on about your glory days? I wrote up a personal ad, darling: Narcissist seeks narcissist for mutual adoration. Turn-ons include mirrors, soup spoons, darkened windows, and other reflective surfaces. Must enjoy photo albums, the sound of her own voice, and endlessly reliving days of cover girl glory. Doppelgangers will receive preferential treatment--see attached photo. Looks trump substance. Models preferred. Serious enquiries only." When Babette had finished reading from the serviette, Szuszu offered weak applause. "So you're going to dump the dairy cow after all these years. Good show, darling. It's about time." Babette's ears turned bright red and she shook her head. "I am not dumping anybody. This ad isn't for me--it's for you. You're the narcissist, darling. You're the one unlucky in love." "Luck has nothing to do with it, Babs." Szuszu polished off the last of her scotch and held up her glass for more. "I'm not like you, darling. I don't buy into your little cult of Noah's Ark, everyone in neat little pairings." "It's hardly Noah's Ark if it's full of lesbians," Babette muttered. Narcissist Seeks Narcissist is Available Now from: New Dawning International Bookfair All Romance Ebooks Canada just got hotter! http://donutsdesires.blogspot.com http://www.wix.com/gisellerenarde/erotica http://twitter.com/GiselleRenarde Posted by Giselle Renarde 5:41 PM \| Labels: Changeling Press, interracial, Paranormal erotic romance, Zenobia Renquist Caveat Emptor 5: Forgotten Lover by Zenobia Renquist Changeling Press eBook ISBN: 978-1-60521-681-2 Genre: Erotic, Paranormal/Fantasy, Vampire, Interracial, Magic Can she bring herself to resume loving a man who is supposed to be her enemy? Captured by mages, Medusa is more upset at her own weakness than the mages' idea of torture. Once free of them, she plans to slaughter them all. Except, there is one mage who awakens long buried memories of desire from a past best left forgotten. She knows this man to the depths of her soul, but she and Darius are on opposite sides of a war that has raged for centuries. It's more than her heart at stake if she gives in to her desires. Buy Now: http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1708 Read Excerpt: http://www.changelingpress.com/content.php?utype=note&uid=5335 Lord Arundel reached for her. She thought he would touch her hair. He and the others had seemed enamored of it and the mythology of her namesake. She jumped with a startled squeak when he cupped one of her breasts instead. She looked at him in question. “My lord?” “You, on the other hand, are very beautiful, Medusa. I would not mind taking what Adelaide offered from you instead.” He stood. Medusa shook her head at him. “I am not… I could not possibly… Miss Adelaide will want me to return with your answer.” She looked at the door quickly, wondering if she could run to it in time should Lord Arundel attack her. “That little twit will wait with bated breath until the end of time so long as she thinks she will gain what she wants. So let her wait.” He flicked his free hand at her. All of Medusa’s clothes flew from her body. They landed in a neat, folded pile near the door. She couldn’t understand what had just happened. How had he done that with only a gesture? Her questions would go unanswered, as she had other things to worry about. Lord Arundel bore down on her, herding her toward the bed. She sat against its softness, staring up at him. He said, “There’s no need to be frightened. I plan to make you feel very good, Medusa. I have wanted to touch you since first laying eyes on you earlier this day. It is my luck that Adelaide was foolish enough to send you to me with a late night message.” He smoothed his hand up her leg. Medusa didn’t know what to do. If she denied him, Lord Arundel might accuse her of trying to seduce him. That would make Miss Adelaide angry, and the woman might force Medusa to leave. Medusa had no other place to go. She sat still as he touched her stomach and her breasts. Fine shivers shook her body. Lord Arundel said in a soft, soothing voice, “There’s no reason to be afraid, Medusa. I will not hurt you. Just the opposite.” He dropped to his knees before her and smiled up at her. “Open your legs. I’ll show you what I mean.” She hesitated for only a second before doing as he bade. “Wider.” She opened her legs more. Embarrassment made her whole body flush as Lord Arundel stared at her pussy. What did he plan to do? He drew his fingers over the insides of her thighs. “A little more.” She nodded. She had to brace her hands on the bed and scoot to the edge so she could open her legs as wide as they could go. Lord Arundel leaned in close to her. She could feel his breath on her intimate flesh. She wanted to close her legs. “Have you ever felt a man’s touch, Medusa?” “Yes, my lord.” “Oh? Who?” “Achilles. He’s a stable hand. We… once, out of curiosity, we embraced.” Lord Arundel rested his chin on her thigh. “Did you enjoy it?” She shook her head. “No, my lord.” The encounter had hurt. She couldn’t understand why the books had described such an act as pleasurable. It had been fumbling and awkward and messy. When Achilles would have engaged her again, she refused him flatly. They hadn’t spoken more than was necessary since. Lord Arundel chuckled, sending his warm breath over her skin. “This Achilles did not know what he was about if he could not satisfy you. But I am not upset by his misstep. It means the pleasure of hearing your first cries of orgasm will be mine alone.” He spread her pussy lips wide and then ducked his head. Zenobia Renquist Discover Different and Unique Romance http://zenobiarenquist.com Caveat Emptor Series - Follow three couples as they struggle with love during a vampire-mage war. Posted by D. Renee Bagby	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800338
__label__wiki	0.764789	0.764789	BBC FA Cup Final Promo Judge Rinder ITV Promo Salford Choral Society Email Dave if you do not know how to login. dave@salfordsymphony.org The content of this web site does not necessarily reflect the views of the Salford Symphony Orchestra committee members, members of the Orchestra or anybody associated with the orchestra. Orchestra Member's Representative: John Eaton John is principal cello. He joined Salford Symphony Orchestra in 1980 but has also played with many other groups, including Prestwich Concert Orchestra, several string/piano quartets/quintets, swing band, jazz band, rock group and a renaissance/early music group. He has been playing piano since the age of 4 and took up the cello as a “late learner”, as a result of attending his children’s Suzuki violin lessons. He also plays guitar, recorder, clarinet and tuba (but not at the same time). John used to work for ICL but has now retired to concentrate on leisure. Copyright © Salford Symphony 2020. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800352
__label__cc	0.541184	0.458816	SAXSWAXS Beamline publications beam time prep beam time request Molecular Foundry Acess post beam time How to get to ALS 1 cyclotron rd., berkeley, ca 94720 1. Airports nearby San Francisco International Airport (SFO) http://www.flysfo.com/ (26 miles away from LBNL) Oakland International Airport http://www.oaklandairport.com/ 2. From the airports to ALS 2a. Taxi (or UBER, LYFT, etc) from SFO to Berkeley, ~ $50 2b. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) - (schedule on phone apps - e.g. Easy BART) # SFO - Downtown Berkeley station (~ 1 hour, ~$10 one way) http://www.bart.gov/schedules/bystation take YELLOW line towards Pittsburg / Bay Point; transfer at 19th St. Oakland ORANGE line towards Richmond (timed transfer) Get off at Downtown Berkeley Station # Oakland International Airport to Downtown Berkeley Station (40 min) towards Coliseum; transfer at Coliseum station, take the Richmond train 3. Downtown Berkeley BART station to/from ALS (2.4 miles) Berkeley Lab Shuttle (scheduled can be checked on phone apps such as xtBus (nextBus). http://www2.lbl.gov/Workplace/Facilities/Support/Busses/all_routes.html [available on weekdays only] Take Blue uphill to ALS (building 6). bus station near Downtown Berkeley BART station 4. Parking at ALS https://www-als.lbl.gov/index.php/visitors/parking.html Finding a parking space at Berkeley Lab can be very difficult. Users are strongly encouraged to use the Berkeley Lab shuttles whenever possible (see Directions, Maps). Parking at Berkeley Lab and the ALS is by permit only. Signs in each parking lot designate the types of permit required for that area. Cars parked in no-parking areas or reserved spaces without appropriate permits may be cited or towed. A one-day permit must be obtained at the Berkeley Lab Main Gate (Blackberry Gate). Longer term parking permits are issued by the Berkeley Lab Site Access Office (Building 65A, by the bus stop after the main gate), to eligible ALS users after their registration is completed. 5. Berkeley Lab map http://www2.lbl.gov/Workplace/lab-site-map.html 1. Berkeley Lab Guest House http://www.berkeleylabguesthouse.org/ within walking distance from ALS. Book ASAP if needed. Your use of this site is subject to our security and privacy policies. A U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory Operated by the University of California	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800355
__label__cc	0.747975	0.252025	St David Childwall St David’s is an active parish church that seeks to offer a warm, welcoming, and safe environment, where all are valued and nurtured in faith and life. Messy Rocket Church The gift of Dominion 1st March 2019 by admin Doesn’t time fly when you are having fun? It’s usually the case that stuff we have been looking forward to such as a day off or a holiday can take a long time to get here and then when it does eventually arrive it seems to be gone in a flash. For me the season of Christmas is a bit like that. I have said before that it is my favourite of all of the seasons of the year and this last one, like those before it, seemed to take forever to get here and then just a couple of weeks ago at Candlemass there it was gone again for another year. Such is life I suppose and we should live in the present without worrying too much about what we have left behind or indeed what lies ahead; In fact Jesus tells us in the gospel according to Matthew “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough cares of its own” Difficult though isn’t it? Living in the present always will to a large extent be conditioned by what has gone before and living in the here and now can indeed affect the future; for instance unless we as a race begin to heed the warning signs and begin to take seriously our responsibility to look after God’s creation; which includes all living things, all that we see around us, then the world will not be fit for purpose for future generations, it really is as stark as that. The scriptures are full of messages about human beings having dominion over God’s creation and if we ignore this responsibility then we do so foolishly and dangerously. We cannot help but notice that environmentalists are being quite vocal about the damage we humans are doing to the planet we inhabit and quite rightly so. Programs such as The Blue Planet have drawn our attention to both the beauty of creation and the reckless way that humanity abuses it. But we don’t just need to listen to David Attenborough showing us pictures of far flung exotic places: I was sat waiting to enter a roundabout to join a motorway just the other day and felt sickened at the refuse that had clearly been thrown out of car windows and left to pollute the environment… our environment! Collectively we humans can do much to challenge and change the mindset of those who think it ok to abuse this world that we inhabit and we must do so to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation for the benefit of us, for future generations and for the life of this amazing planet that we call home. Time does indeed pass very quickly: we have just said goodbye to Christmas once again and are looking Lent in the eyes: Please don’t forget our Ash Wednesday Service 7:30pm on 6th March by the way, and of Course Lent is about taking stuff on rather than giving stuff up. Can I make a suggestion for Lent please? Can I encourage you to think about what you can do to help the environment: It needn’t be about big grand gestures or self-sacrifice but rather about how we dispose of things, how we re-cycle. How we challenge over packaging, how we educate those who don’t give any thought to the harm they are doing when dropping their litter. God gave us dominion over His creation; we need to take that seriously for the sake of the future of our planet: Let’s be happy stewards of the planet we inhabit! Rev Peter The Vicar (This article was originally published as part of St David’s Messenger March 2019) Filed Under: Messenger Recent Messenger Article Update: Tuesday 5 January 2021 Suspension of Public Worship Services Unfortunately, because of the … [Read More...] Messenger Archive The Messenger – January 2020 Time for Reflection Sign up to receive updates by email updates. Hear what's new and what's happening at St David's Childwall: We take your security very seriously. Your name and email address will not be shared with anyone. Follow @stdavids St David’s Church Childwall L16 1JA vestry@StDavidChildwall.org.uk Vestry Hour Bookings for Weddings and Baptisms will be taken between 12pm – 1pm each Sunday after the main morning service at 10:30am; you are very welcome to come along to both. St David’s Church Childwall takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the national Church of England’s robust procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding. If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues on a safeguarding matter then you can find useful contact information at www.liverpool.anglican.org/safeguarding Copyright © 2021 St David Childwall • All rights reserved. • Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800359
__label__wiki	0.638449	0.638449	Chest-beating at the Palace EDITORIAL 05/31/2010 Chest-beating at the Palace The economy is booming and there is no other person to credit it to other than Gloria and her policies focused on the economy. This is of course another Palace line and such a predictable line that most Filipinos saw coming the moment the National Statistics Office announced a 7.3 percent growth rate in the first quarter. The growth push is as predictable as the Palace mouthpieces of Gloria, however. Money funneled into the economy by politicians itching for a government seat and recover what they had spent and maybe even earn a rich profit in the process, was the main source of the gross domestic product (GDP) expansion during the period. It was practically all election money and the ever reliable remittances from Filipinos working abroad that were responsible for what the Palace has been trumpeting as Gloria’s crowning glory prior to her stepping down on June 30. Manufacturing temporarily rose out of a slump as a result of the election campaign period where the many paraphernalia that defaced the city for nearly a year were churned out by factories. Services, mainly fastfood businesses, also benefited from the election windfall. UP School of Economics professor Benjamin Diokno also cited the government’s rush to complete the so-called State of the Nation Address projects, which are major infrastructure projects which Gloria had listed in her 2006 Sona to support her Strong Republic thrust, as another source of growth. For the nine years under Gloria, the economy had undergone a roller-coaster ride but as Gloria would say, it never went into a contraction. Of course, there were times when suspicions arose that some tweaking was being done with the statistics when growth would show a growth of less than one percent to avoid a technical recession. For now the most stable source of economic output is the money being sent home by Filipino diaspora, which if seen in a different light, is labor resources sapped out of the economy. The Palace has been bragging about Gloria’s policies centered on the economy that has been responsible for the strong growth in the quarter but the challenge would be for anybody in Gloria’s stable to name at least two defining policies of the supposed Glorianomics..... MORE Fraud marks the spot Piracy stifling Asian software industry, say experts Questions, questions, questions! An Aquinorroyo II HE SAYS SHE SAYS Midyear blues Fraud marks the spot FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivar... Piracy stifling Asian software industry, say exper... Questions, questions, questions! C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.... An Aquinorroyo II DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel ... Cross your fingers HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 05/31/2010 Midyear blues SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 05/31/2010 Impound PCOS machines, flash cards — poll observer... JPE to ensure proclamation of winners by June 15 ... Chinese envoy confident of Northrail’s second life... Erap-Binay camps welcome military, police votes 0... NPA ambushes gov’t troops; 5 soldiers go ‘MIA’ 05... Senate sessions resume today, but legislative work... The Biden doctrine is still taking shape - For all the talk of reversing Trump's legacy, there may be signs of foreign policy continuity.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1800360

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