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Error code:   DatasetGenerationError
Exception:    ArrowInvalid
Message:      JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 52
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
                  df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
                  return json_reader.read()
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
                  obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
                  obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
                  self._parse()
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
                  ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
              ValueError: Trailing data
              
              During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
                  for _, table in generator:
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
                  raise e
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
                  pa_table = paj.read_json(
                File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
                File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
                File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
              pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 52
              
              The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
                  parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
                  builder.download_and_prepare(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
                  self._download_and_prepare(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
                  self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
                  for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
                  raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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__label__cc	0.630052	0.369948	Symbol: Rn Atomic Mass: 222 u The History of Radon The man who is credited for the discovery of radon is Friedrich Ernst Dorn, He was a German chemist during the 1900’s. and he discovered it in the year 1923 at first he named it radium, then about eight years after that there were two scientist that William Ramsay and Robert Why law Gray and they changed the name to radon. there isn’t a lot of history behind this element but what we know is still a lot of information that can help us understand what it does and how this gas is made. What it is used for? Radon can’t be used for a lot considering that it is a radioactive gas and it is very deadly. It used to be used as treatment to heal tumors and other sicknesses and diseases. it would be pumped through a tube into the area that needed treatment and then it would destroy the tumor and save a persons live. Now we use much saver treatments for cases like this because radon was not the safest of all the treatments. Even tho radon was used to treat tumors, if you are exposed to it for a long period of time it will cause lung cancer. It’s not very likely to get lung cancer from radon but it is possible of you are exposes for long enough. There were not as many ways to treat tumors but these days there are a lot more options for this and they are much saver. This doesn’t mean that these treatment aren’t without side affects it but they do have a lot less chance of that happening. This is why radon isn’t used for cures or treatments anymore because we have found much better and more reliable ways to treat all of these sicknesses. How reactive is radon? Radon does not react to many other elements or to air or water, the list goes on and on. It is actually a very stable gas it is the densest out of all the gasses as well. The only thing that radon has a reaction with is halogens. Radon will react with fluorine and There isn’t a real formula for this compound but we write it out as RnF2, this is all that radon will react to that we know of so far, Hopefully someone will find something else that radon reacts with so that we can learn more about this element and how it works. The abundance of Radon Radon is always being produced because it is created by decay from radium, thorium and uranium. this means that there is not a lot of it around, where there is a lot of radium, thorium and uranium and it is always being produces. Radon is never not being produced because it is made by the breakdown and decay of radium, thorium and uranium, so unless those element were to just go away and not exist anymore (which is not going to happen because the earth will always be making theses elements) radon will always be around on in the air and in the ground. What it is/where it is found and interesting facts. Radon is a very deadly gas it is mostly found underground. Radon is found under houses, and buildings mostly it is just found seeping up from the ground and thats why it is found in basements and in sellers. or crawlspaces, it is made form natural decay and breakdown of uranium There are some states that have a lot higher levels of radon then other states. In some of these states that have higher levels of radon when houses and buildings are built there have to be a radon install a radon monitor and ventilation system so that the building wont fill with the gas.Radon is also one of the most radioactive gases and it is the densest of all the gases Most hot-springs it is a very radioactive gas. There are a couple of characteristic that make it hard to tell if there is radon in your house because radon has no color,shape,or smell. Radon is mostly found in enclosed places such as houses and buildings and thats why in some places people have to get radon vents put in their house or in a building. Atomic number, Atomic mass, and symbol of radon Atomic number - 86 Atomic mass - 222 u Symbol - Rn Characteristics of Radon -It is colorless. -it is odorless. ` -It is the densest of all the gasses. - Staff, By Live Science. "Facts About Radon." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 27 Oct. 2015 - "Radon.” Theodore W.Gray - Nick Mann - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers - 2009 - ”Radon and Cancer What Is Radon?" America Cancer Society. N.p., n.d. Web. - "Radon: Reactions of Elements." Radon»reactions of Elements [WebElements Periodic Table]. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line1
__label__cc	0.610256	0.389744	Home Page > Collections and Research > VIEW-2603 \| Interior Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1893 (?) VIEW-2603 \| Interior Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1893 (?) Interior Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1893 (?) Probably 1893, 19th century Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd. VIEW-2603 Keywords: Architecture (8646) , building (531) , Photograph (77678) A gift from the philanthropist Peter Redpath, President of Redpath Sugar, enabled John William Dawson, then Principal of McGill University to see one of his dreams come true: the university would finally get its natural history museum. The Redpath Museum opened its doors in 1882. This is the first building in Canada constructed specifically for the purpose of housing a museum. The Redpath Museum would conserve and exhibit the collections of the Principal, who was also a renowned naturalist. Dawson would serve as director of the museum for the 10 years from 1882 to 1892.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line5
__label__cc	0.684012	0.315988	RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877. Scrofula and in-breeding. Agricultural Gazette (2 April): 324-5. REVISION HISTORY: Scanned, OCRed, corrected and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2007. RN1 [page] 324 SCROFULA AND IN-BREEDING. To the EDITOR OF THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.1 DEAR SIR,—You ask my opinion as to whether the employment of a bull supposed to be scrofulous is consistent with the ultimate interest of the breeder. As a general rule I should defer to the judgment of any one who had experience on such a point, supposing that he was not biassed by interest or prejudice. But in this particular instance we have such good evidence of the inheritance of constitutional diseases, such as scrofula, consumption, &c., that it seems to me very rash to breed from an animal thus tainted. In all probability a large majority of the offspring from a scrofulous bull, paired with a perfectly sound cow, would be to all appearance sound, but it can hardly be doubted that the evil would be latent in many of them, and ready to break out in subsequent generations. I will venture to add a few remarks on the general question of close interbreeding. Sexual reproduction is so essentially the same in plants and animals, that I think we may fairly apply conclusions drawn from the one kingdom to the other. From a long series of experiments on plants, given in my book On the Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation, the conclusion seems clear that there is no mysterious evil in the mere fact of the nearest relations breeding together; but that evil follows (independently of inherited disease or weakness) from the circumstance of near relations generally possessing a closely similar constitution. However little we may be able to explain the cause, the facts detailed by me show that the male and female sexual elements must be differentiated to a certain degree, in order to unite properly, and to give birth to a vigorous progeny. Such differentiation of the sexual elements follows from the parents and their ancestors having lived during some generations under different conditions of life. The closest interbreeding does not seem to induce variability or a departure from the typical form of the race or family, but it causes loss of size, of constitutional vigour in resisting unfavourable influences, and often of fertility. On the other hand, a cross between plants of the same sub-variety, which have been grown during some generations under different conditions, increases to an extraordinary degree the size and vigour of the offspring. Some kinds of plants bear self-fertilisation much better than others; nevertheless it has been proved that these profit greatly by a cross with a fresh stock. So it appears to be with animals, for Short-horn cattle—perhaps all cattle—can withstand close interbreeding with very little injury; but if they could be crossed with a distinct stock without any loss of their excellent qualities, it would be a most surprising fact if the offspring did not also profit in a very high degree in constitutional vigour. If, therefore, any one chose to risk breeding from an animal which suffered from some inheritable disease or weakness, he would act wisely to look out, not merely for a perfectly sound animal of the other sex, but for one belonging to another strain which had 1 John Chalmers Morton (1821-1888), farmer, prolific author of agricultural works and editor of the Agricultural Gazette. Morton wrote to Darwin on 19 March 1877, see Calendar 10905. been bred, during several generations at a distant place, under as different conditions of soil, climate, &c., as possible, for in this case he might hope that the offspring, by having gained in constitutional vigour would be enabled to throw off the taint in their blood.—CHARLES DARWIN, March 22.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line9
__label__wiki	0.612971	0.612971	In Indonesia, human-initiated fires are responsible for massive losses of rainforest Fire-damaged forest, Indonesia, © Tris Allinson. In Indonesia during 1997–1998, fires caused by humans damaged or destroyed almost 50,000 km2 of forest in Borneo and Sumatra. Research shows that the density of hornbill species decreased because of sparse canopy and scarcity of fruit. In rainforest, natural fires are extremely rare, and birds and other biodiversity suffer greatly when human-initiated fires occur. Burnt forest may take hundreds or possibly thousands of years to return to its original state (Chambers et al. 1998). Human activity worsens the risk of fire and its negative impacts for a variety of reasons. For example: fragmentation of forests increases their edge-to-area ratio, making them less humid and more susceptible to fire, while logging or mining roads allow access to areas previously protected by their remoteness fires from slash-and-burn cultivation often spread into areas of primary forest smouldering underground coal seams or layers of peat can re-ignite forest fires during the dry season, and can burn for decades as they are difficult to extinguish. In 2003, it was estimated that as many as 1,000 underground coal fires were burning in Indonesia alone (Bhattacharya 2003). In Indonesia during 1997–1998, fires damaged or destroyed almost 50,000 km2 of forest in Borneo and Sumatra (an area larger than Switzerland) (Liew et al. 1998). Although made worse by a drought induced by El Niño, these fires were caused by humans. The 1997 fires released as much carbon into the atmosphere as the total annual carbon intake of the world’s vegetation, equivalent to Europe’s current annual carbon emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels (Page et al. 2002). Research at Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, showed that the density of hornbill species decreased by 28–63% in fire-damaged forest, because of the sparse canopy and scarcity of fruit (Anggraini et al. 2000), whilst breeding productivity of red-knobbed hornbills Aceros cassidix decreased in burned sites of Tangkoko Nature Reserve, resulting in a 47% decline in recruitment (Cahill and Walker 2000). Bird composition was also largely affected by fire severity, with insectivores being most negatively affected, and these changes likely due to changes in vegetation structure and type (Adeney et al. 2006). Adeney, J. M., Ginsberg, J. R., Russell, G. J., and Kinnaird, M. F. (2006) Effects of an ENSO-related fire on birds of a lowland tropical forest in Sumatra. Anim. Conserv. 9: 292–301. Anggraini, K., Kinnaird, M. and O’Brien, T. (2000) The effects of fruit availability and habitat disturbance on an assemblage of Sumatran hornbills. Bird Conserv. Int. 10: 189–202. Bhattacharya, S. (2003) Wild coal fires are a ‘global catastrophe’. New Scientist. Chambers, J. Q., Higuchi, N. and Schimel, J. P. (1998) Ancient trees in Amazonia. Nature 391: 135–136. Cahill, A. J. and Walker, J. S. (2000) The effects of forest fire on the nesting success of the Red-knobbed Hornbill Aceros cassidix. Bird Conserv. Int. 10: 109 - 114. Liew, S. C., Lim, O. K., Kwoh, L. K. and Lim, H. (1998) Proc. 1998 Internatn. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symposium 2: 879–881. Page, S. E., Siegert, F., O. Rieley, J., Boehm, H.-D. V., Jayak, A. and Limin, S. (2002) The amount of carbon released from peat and forest fires in Indonesia during 1997. Nature 420: 61–65. Compiled: 2004 Last updated: 2007 BirdLife International (2007) In Indonesia, human-initiated fires are responsible for massive losses of rainforest . Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2022 Key message: Human actions resulting in habitat destruction and degradation are the main causes of declines A range of threats drives declines in bird populations Multiple threats are driving threatened birds towards extinction in Africa Agriculture and forestry are key drivers of habitat destruction in African IBAs In Australia, fires are linked to habitat changes and the decline of many bird species	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line10
__label__wiki	0.763621	0.763621	Audrey Tautou - Audrey Tautou has a very distinct brand of sexiness. She personifies grace and elegance with a touch of the naughty with the twinkle in her eye and mischievous grin. This is one girl anyone would kill just to stroll hand in hand down the Champs Élysées. Tautou seems to exude a kind of old-world allure, the subtle, suggestive kind that died with the femmes fatales of the '50s. And that brooding look of hers, with big brown eyes under a tide of black hair, adds to her mystique, suggesting a slightly perilous seduction. Tautou was born in the Puy-de-Dôme département of Auvergne, and was raised in Montluçon in the nearby Allier, still in Auvergne. Her father is a dental surgeon and her mother is a teacher. After the premiere of the film Amélie (for which she received phenomenal amounts of paparazzi and press coverage) she travelled to the jungles of Indonesia to help with the preservation of a monkey sanctuary. Tautou showed an interest in comedy at an early age and started her acting lessons at the Cours Florent. This theatrical institution is highly prestigious and she is one of several famous actors to have passed through its doors and went on to star in some of French cinema's biggest and most famous films. In 2005, Tautou worked in her first full Hollywood production, opposite Tom Hanks, in the film version of Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard and released in May 2006. She acted alongside Gad Elmaleh in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de prix (priceless). Tautou says she still considers France her base, and plans to pursue a career predominantly there rather than crossing over to the United States. As she told Stevie Wong of The Straits Times, "I am, at the end of the day, a French actress. I am not saying I will never shoot an English-language movie again, but my home, my community, my career is rooted in France. I would never move to Los Angeles". Delta 99 Most Desirable Women #1 Delta 99 Most Desirable Women #32 NRJ Ciné Award best kiss (Shared with Gad Elmaleh) for Hors de prix Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain Lumiere Award Best Actress for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain CFCA Award for Most Promising Performer César Award for Most Promising Actress for Vénus beauté (institut) Lumiere Award Most Promising Young Actress for Vénus beauté (institut) SACD Awards - Suzanne Bianchetti Award Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Best New Actress on for Vénus beauté (institut) IMAGE GOES HERE #1 Audrey Tautou 2008 Delta 99 Click on each image to enlarge Click here for additional pictures	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line11
__label__cc	0.581798	0.418202	Tuesday, 27th of November 09:00 Entrance prof. dr. H. (Herbert) Löhner 10:00 Beauty in Physics prof. dr. E.A. (Eric) Bergshoeff What makes equations correct? Are we looking for one super equation which describes the world around us, or is it not that simple? Why are we so hung on the fact that the laws of nature must have some sort of elegance and what are the criteria for this? During this talk about physics the aforementioned, and other, questions will be reviewed. 10:45 Coffee Break 11:15 Beautiful optics on the wing: birds, butterflies and beetles prof. dr. D.G. (Doekele) Stavenga The wings of many birds, butterflies and beetles are strikingly patterned by colorful feathers and scales. Structural coloration occurs through the application of thin films, multilayers, or 3D-photonic crystals, sometimes in complex combinations and together with pigments. Thin films are widely applied in animal coloration. They are combined with pigmented multilayers in the breast feathers of the bird of paradise Lawes's Parotia (Parotia lawesii), allowing sudden changes from blue to green to golden colors. The silvery color of the nape feathers is due to regularly arranged melanin rodlets that create a reflective multilayer. The cortex of the feather barbs of the Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also acts as a thin film. In the orange breast feather barbs the cortex envelopes pigmented cells, but in the blue back feathers and the cyan tail feathers the cortex envelopes spongy cells, which act as quasi-ordered photonic crystals. Many butterflies use brightly reflecting multilayers, e.g. the famous Morphos and the common blues, but others employ gyroid photonic crystals, the optics of which is now well understood. The Diamond Weevil, Entimus imperialis, has large mono-crystalline photonic crystal domains in the single scales of diamond-type structure with distinct orientations in the scales cuticle. By applying microspectrophotometry, electron microscopy, imaging scatterometry, and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods, the photonic response of the photonic crystals in the extremely colourful feathers and scales of birds, butterflies and beetles can now be understood in great detail. The colourful wings of the various animal species either play important roles in courtship display or rather in clever camouflage. 12:00 Beauty is in the eye of the mathematician who just completed a proof dr. J.A. (Jan) van Maanen The person in the street (F/M) would probably not consider mathematics an art. Indeed, several parts of mathematical theory are of a dry and bookkeeping nature: verifications in the manner of an accountant. These necessary but dark branches of mathematics will stay in the dark today. The light will be on the artful construction of mathematical proof with elements that seem to come from the blue (as the light does). Theorems and proofs for all ages (of life) and from all ages (in history) will pass by. When not the mathematicians who completed these proofs will have been impressed by their own work, we will be! 13:37 Escher and the Droste effect prof. dr. H.W. (Hendrik) Lenstra In 1956, the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher made an unusual lithograph with the title 'Print Gallery'. It shows a young man viewing a print in an exhibition gallery. Amongst the buildings depicted on the print, he sees paradoxically the very same gallery that he is standing in. A lot is known about the way in which Escher made his lithograph. It is not nearly as well known that it contains a hidden 'Droste effect', or infinite repetition; but this is brought to light by a mathematical analysis of the studies used by Escher. On the basis of this discovery, a team of mathematicians at Leiden produced a series of hallucinating computer animations. These show, among others, what happens inside the mysterious spot in the middle of the lithograph that Escher left blank. 15:00 Is Beauty a Sign of Truth in Science? dr. J.W. (James) McAllister The idea that beauty is a sign of truth in science is intriguing and attractive. It recalls the ancient doctrine of the unity of the virtues, and it seems to promise scientists a route to identifying progress that does not depend on empirical tests. In this lecture, I will try to demystify the discussion by asking what we would need to establish in order to conclude that beauty is a sign of truth. We will see that the most plausible model of scientists� aesthetic preferences suggests that there is a link of a particular sort between beauty and truth, and that scientists can use this link to pursue truths, but that the resulting practice is still based on empirical data. James W. McAllister, Beauty and Revolution in Science. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. James W. McAllister, �Is Beauty a Sign of Truth in Scientific Theories?�, American Scientist 86 (1998), pp. 174�183. 15:45 Panel Discussion 16:15 Aperitif 17:30 End of Symposium Coding and design by Nathan Mol and Roald Ruiter	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line13
__label__wiki	0.940325	0.940325	FISA Battle Is More Politics than Policy Legal Experts Call the White House-Congress Standoff a Case of Classic Politicking by Mike Lillis Washington Independent (February 21 2008) Call it a game of political chicken: Four days after the Bush administration lost its authority to sidestep the courts when eavesdropping on some US residents, House Democrats and the White House remain embroiled in a high-profile rhetorical battle over what the change means for the nation's security. But even as Republicans and intelligence officials warn of an imminent Apocalypse - and Democrats warn of an executive branch gone wild - some of the nation's top legal experts say that neither side has got it right. "It's mostly a political game", said Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University specializing in electronic surveillance. "Both sides are exaggerating dramatically". At issue is legislation to expand a federal spying law - the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - to allow the National Security Agency to intercept foreign-to-domestic communications without court approval when the target is the foreign party. In August, Congress passed the Protect America Act, which provided that authority. The law also granted amnesty to the phone companies that cooperated with the White House under the program. Earlier this month, the Senate passed a bill to make those provisions permanent, but House leaders left Washington last week without acting on the legislation. As a result, the Protect America Act expired on February 16. The outcry from the White House was immediate. National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell told Fox News February 17 that the nation is in "increased danger, and it will increase more and more as time goes on". Intelligence officials, he said, "do not have the agility and the speed that we had before to be able to move and try to capture [terrorists'] communications to thwart their planning". The comments echoed sentiments delivered this month by others in the administration's intelligence community, including CIA Director Michael Hayden and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Rounding out the warnings, Representative Peter Hoekstra (Michigan), the top Republican on the House intelligence committee, issued a statement today reminding his colleagues across the aisle, "THE CLOCK IS TICKING". The warning was colored in blood-red ink. But House Democrats have stood their ground, contending that the Senate proposal goes too far to steal the privacy rights of US residents. Furthermore, they say, the administration has plenty of legal tools available to continue its surveillance activities. In a February 14 letter to President George W Bush, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) pointed out that surveillance initiated under the Protect America Act is authorized for one year - meaning it won't expire until August. "I take strong offense to your suggestion in recent days that the country will be vulnerable to terrorist attack unless Congress immediately enacts legislation giving you broader powers", Reyes wrote. A number of legal scholars have backed the Democrats, claiming that the White House has exaggerated the threat to the country for political gain. Bruce Ackerman, a professor of law and political science at Yale University, said that existing FISA provisions allow the administration all the surveillance powers it needs. "With the expiration of the Protect America Act", Ackerman wrote in an e-mail, "the NSA is now obligated to obtain warrants on a case-by-case basis, but while this will require more paper work, this is hardly a national security crisis". Stephen Saltzburg, a law professor at George Washington University, pointed out that, under FISA, the administration retains its right to wiretap immediately in cases of national emergency, though officials must then submit a warrant application within 72 hours. "The worst case is there's a minor inconvenience to the administration", he said. Saltzburg offered his own theory on the administration's dire claims: "It's a scare tactic", he said. "The truth of the matter is that everyone knows that there is no threat to the nation's security". Bolstering that argument, Bush last week had promised to veto a 21-day extension of the Protect America Act, as proposed by House Democrats. That move prompted observers to wonder: if expiration of the law is such a threat to the nation's security, why would the president oppose its extension? "It's the perfect Washington story", said Allen Weiner, a Stanford University law professor specializing in Internet and security issues. "I think the White House is confident that it can make the House blink. It's classic politics." Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School, said that both sides are playing fast and loose with the facts surrounding the FISA warrants. The White House, he said, has inflated its claim that the country faces immediate peril if the NSA is forced to go through the FISA court; while the Democrats, for their part, are downplaying the significance of the court backlog that might be created as a result of the change. "I'm not believing the White House", he said, "but I'm not believing the Democrats either". Another topic of contention remains how the new surveillance law should approach the telecommunications companies that cooperated in the administration's unwarranted wiretapping program. The Senate bill offers immunity - critics say amnesty - to those companies, reasoning that the private sector would refuse to participate in future surveillance activities if they thought they might be sued as a result. On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky.) told CNN's Late Edition that House Democrats are "more interested in seeing companies in court than they are seeing terrorists in jail". Other legal experts warned of the precedent that might be set if Congress succeeds in scaring private companies from cooperating with the government in times of national emergency. Robert Turner, associate director at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia, said Americans should be prepared to sacrifice some privacy and civil rights for purposes of security. "You have to be able to act with speed and dispatch", he said, "even if it means there's some collateral damage. There's no solution to that. It's just a part of war." Added Turner, who was a senior White House lawyer under Ronald Reagan: "I think we ought to be grateful to the companies that cooperated". Yet even the Democratic push to hold the industry accountable for potential abuses is, some experts say, politically motivated, intended to portray Republicans as industry minions in an election year when populism has gained an audience. Considering the secret nature of the wiretapping program, these sources say, the companies will never be punished - with or without the immunity provision. "Immunity would keep these cases from dragging on for years", said GWU's Kerr, "but the outcome would be the same in any event". Supporting that claim, the Supreme Court yesterday announced (without comment) that it will not hear a high-profile civil case testing the constitutionality of the warrantless wiretapping program. Filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the suit contended that the program has fouled the working relationship between some journalists and their foreign sources, and some lawyers and their overseas clients - among other plaintiffs named in the suit. In 2006, a district court agreed, declaring the eavesdropping program largely unconstitutional. But an appeals court overturned that decision in 2007, ruling that the plaintiffs had no right to damages because they couldn't prove they were ever targets of the program. Yesterday's Supreme Court decision lets that conclusion stand. That's different than the court saying the administration's spying is constitutional, but it also puts the ACLU and other civil libertarians in a tough spot: They can't sue unless they can prove they were wiretapped, but they can't prove they were wiretapped unless the administration reveals those it's targeted - which is not likely to happen. Looking forward, legal experts predict that some compromise will emerge in the coming days. Based on Congress' record battling the White House on national security issues, some add, it will probably resemble something much closer to the Senate bill. "If past is prologue, the Democrats will cave", Saltzburg said. "They just don't seem to be able to hold out for the long fight". Civil libertarians, however, were holding out hope that the Democrats will prevail. "[T]he administration has won many previous victories by exaggerating the dangers involved in protecting civil liberties during the war on terror", Yale's Ackerman said. "But perhaps we are reaching a moment when cooler heads will prevail". http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/fisa-battle-is-more Unsustainable Soil Mining Intensive crop culture for high population is unsu... A Theology of Compost The good news from America Still Pretending Will Slower Population Growth Stop Global Warming? Bringing down the new Berlin Walls Protectionism ... the truth is on a $10 bill	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line14
__label__wiki	0.75267	0.75267	More Study Needed on Fracking and Health Impacts A well near the Woodlands drilled by XTO went into an abandoned coal mine in June, sending polluted mine water into a stream and impacting groundwater nearby. Photo: Reid Frazier Lisa McKenzie of the University of Colorado found higher rates of heart defects near wells in Colorado. Photo: Reid R. Frazier A team of researchers at the University of Colorado recently looked at more than 100,000 birth records in the state from 1996 to 2009. They calculated how far each of the mothers lived from an oil or gas well. Lisa McKenzie was the lead author on the study. “What we found was mothers with the most wells around their homes, and closest to their homes, had a 30 percent higher chance of having congenital heart defects than mothers with no wells around their homes,” McKenzie says. The study found no evidence of increases in another type of birth defect, and even found increased birth weights for babies born to mothers closer to wells. McKenzie had previously calculated that oil and gas emissions would increase the risk of certain diseases, including cancer, for people living closest to gas wells. She says her calculations in both studies were done with the best available data. But she concedes, there were limitations: she didn’t have information on whether mothers in her birth study had moved during their pregnancy, or detailed information on wells near their home. “These are both studies that are somewhat preliminary—and they’re what you do to provide justification for doing further study—showing that there is potentially a risk for health effects,” McKenzie says. Results like the kind McKenzie found with birth defects have raised alarms for environmentalists who use them as ammunition in their fight to slow down the country’s fracking boom. And they fit with stories of some near well sites that fracking has made them sick. In Pennsylvania, 57 people told the state they’ve had health problems they believe were caused by fracking, according to StateImpact Pennsylvania. Study's Impacts But these studies are far from conclusive, and have had a limited effect on setting public policy on drilling. “The research done to date, I give people enormous credit for it,” says Diana Stares, director of the Center for Energy Policy & Management at Washington & Jefferson College, which reviewed public health research as part of an examination of Marcellus Shale's impact on local communities. “They’ve gone out in many instances, with small amounts of money and really made the best use they possibly could.” But the scientists can often only examine a small part of the issue, they have limited access to drilling sites, and are sometimes funded by groups that oppose fracking. That makes their research subject to criticism from the gas industry that it’s biased. Even if their findings show legitimate health concerns, the limitations of their studies mean policymakers are less likely to use them to enact tougher regulations on fracking. Lawmakers “could regard the research as limited and subject to attack and could be unwilling to rely upon it,” says Stares, a former attorney in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. “What really needs to happen is research at a much more sophisticated and extensive level, and it needs to be very objective research, so nobody fights with it,” says Stares. “That’s the problem you have now. The research many public health researchers do gets attacked by the industry as being biased. And vice versa—and so nobody’s willing to accept anybody’s research.” Stares says a research program funded by a combination of foundation, government, and industry money would go a lot farther in public policy debates. Research Questioned It’s common for research into fracking’s health risks to be called into question. A case in point is McKenzie’s heart defects study. The oil and gas industry questioned McKenzie’s objectivity, methods, and conclusions. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment even warned the public against reading too much into the study. "I would tell pregnant women and mothers who live, or who, at the time of their pregnancy, lived in proximity to a gas well not to rely on this study as an explanation of why one of their children might have had a birth defect. Many factors known to contribute to birth defects were ignored in this study," said the statement, from the department's executive director, Dr. Larry Wolk. But McKenzie defended her study’s design, even while acknowledging, it isn’t perfect. "We are not finding causation—this is showing an association, and we need to do more study to verify if there’s causation," McKenzie says. She is planning a follow-up study to address some of the deficiencies in the study, with funding from the American Heart Association. “There’s never going to be the absolute study that shows with absolutely no doubt that this causes that,” McKenzie says. “In environmental health, you cannot do a randomized control experiment the way they can with pharmaceuticals.” Still, she says, there’s a reason why scientists like her are looking at fracking. “There are chemicals emitted during the process of oil and gas development that are known to be hazardous air pollutants that are associated with very specific health effects,” McKenzie says. “We know that benzene has been emitted, we know that benzene is a carcinogen.” A study released this week found high levels of toxic chemicals, including benzene and another carcinogen, formaldehyde, in 40 percent of air samples volunteers collected near well sites in six states. A big stumbling block for filling in the gaps in studies is money. The National Institutes of Health has begun funding some studies—and a new funding source may be coming online soon. The American Petroleum Institute put out a call for proposals for scientists to study the public health effects of fracking. Environmental Health, Feature, Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2014, Energy, Exposures This episode is part of a series entitled Fracking and water issues in our region see more from this series » Reid R. Frazier Reid R. Frazier covers Marcellus shale and energy for The Allegheny Front. Read more by Reid R. Frazier » Is Fracking Making Air Quality Better or Worse? Amid Shale Rush, Trying to Answer Health Questions Washington and Jefferson Center for Energy Policy and Management: Getting the Boom without the Bust NIH: Study Reviews Needs for Research on Health Effects of Fracking	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line24
__label__cc	0.647391	0.352609	European Migration Network National Contact Point for Greece About EMN Ad-hoc Queries Home New Publications Missing unaccompanied minors in the EU, Norway and the UK Published: Monday, 20 April 2020 The phenomenon of unaccompanied migrant children going missing has increasingly been in the focus of public attention in the EU. Several international organisations and European NGOs have raised concerns that the disappearance of unaccompanied minors is not always addressed in an effective manner. What policies and procedures are in place to register and follow up on cases of missing children, and how is data on missing children collected in EU Members States, Norway and the UK? The new Inform from the European Migration Network (EMN), in collaboration with international organisations, EU agencies and NGOs, offers a comprehensive picture of how the phenomenon is tackled currently in the EU. EMN identifies best practices in return and reintegration counselling (as it appears at https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/content/emn-inform-package-return-counselling_en) Counselling is a crucial service to ensure that migrants obtain correct information and support to return and reintegrate in their country of origin, as well as about their legal possibilities to remain in Europe. The European Migration Network (EMN) package of three Informs offers an overview of the policies and practices regarding counselling on the return and reintegration opportunities of migrants in the EU Member States and Norway. The informs were proposed by, and have been developed in collaboration with, the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Attracting innovative migrant entrepreneurs into Europe Over half of the EU Member States consider that attracting and retaining innovative entrepreneurs and start-ups from countries outside the EU will promote a vibrant entrepreneurial culture. What are the main pull factors and requirements for foreign start-up founders and employees? A new study from the European Migration Network reveals good practices and challenges from 25 EU Member States. Beneficiaries of international protection travelling to their country of origin: overview of European approaches A new study published by the European Migration Network (EMN) offers a comparative overview of the experiences and existing practices in the EU Member States* Norway and Switzerland regarding the possible consequences on international protection status for individuals who travel to or contact the authorities in their country of origin. Τα κύρια πορίσματα της συνθετικής μελέτης είναι: 28th EMN Bulletin Published: Friday, 07 February 2020 Read in English the 28th EMN Bulletin with the most important legislative and institutional developments in the area of migration, which took place in the Member States and in Norway during the period July-September 2019. Tweets by EMNGreece	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line29
__label__wiki	0.572915	0.572915	Encyclopedia > Unreal Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game, published in 1998; the Unreal engine is the game engine which powered that game, and many more since including sequels to Unreal itself. Epic Games published the first-person shooter Unreal on Memorial Day 1998, having been in development by Epic and Digital Extremes for about three years. It was seen as a major competitor to id Software's Quake series, but its technology was a little superior to the then published Quake 1 and 2. Since it was basically as scriptable and customizable as Quake and featured its own scripting language UnrealScript, it soon had a large community on the internet which added new modifications to it to change or enhance game play. In its primary version (just labeled "Unreal"), the focus lay on the single player aspect. Epic Games' 1999 followup title Unreal Tournament, though, had its focus on Multiplayer only and competed against Id's Quake III Arena. Since then, many other companies in the business have licensed the underlying "Unreal Engine" to speed up development by not building their own game engine from scratch, including e.g. the Star Trek 3rd person adventure Deep Space Nine: The Fallen or Ion Storm's Deus Ex. Newer versions of the engine are being used for PC games such as Running with Scissors' Postal 2, 3D Realms' Duke Nukem Forever, and Ion Storm's Deus Ex 2. Unreal's sequel, Unreal II: The Awakening, has gone gold and is due for release in early February, 2003. Unreal Tournament 2003 has gone gold and was released late September, 2002. It has a Linux port on the third CD, which works reasonably well. External Links There are two Wiki sites documenting the Unreal engine: The official Unreal Developer Network at http://udn.epicgames.com (with the imminent release of UT2003, UDN is now mostly open to the public - any information that relates to UT2003 can be viewed) One created by the online community at http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/ The official web site is: http://www.unreal.com/ Popular Unreal community web sites include: http://www.planetunreal.com/ http://www.beyondunreal.com/ http://www.unrealwebsites.net Popular Unreal modding web sites include: http://www.leveldesigner.com/ ... the United States in an effort to make the circumvention of such systems illegal. Despite this law, which has received substantial opposition on constitutional grounds, it ...	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line30
__label__wiki	0.501624	0.501624	Countries in Asia limit expression on internet through legislation September 13, 2013 Global Insights, Internet Freedom, Legal The internet can be both a liberating and confining force depending on who controls its use – if it's in the hands of autocratic governments, its effects can be devastating. Human connections are one of the strongest binding forces between people. Face to face interaction is quite important, but the internet has also been able to connect people from all around the world, thereby exchanging information and knowledge that would have otherwise been limited by geographic barriers. This can be as simple as a video or song, but this exchange can also spread ideas that can help liberate entire communities. The Arab Spring is a perfect example of such ideas circulating as much of the youth used social media outlets like Twitter to mobilize thousands of people in unified protest. While the aftermath of such protests has become increasingly complicated, the movement that was initially spurred is a testament to the internet's power to bring people together in unified protest. However, some governments are starkly aware of this power, and have implemented strict legislation aimed at limiting its use. Vietnam signs Decree 72 into law After some debate and criticism from foreign governments, Vietnam has implemented a controversial law that will effectively limit the kind of content that can be spread on the internet. The law restricts bloggers and social media users from sharing anything other than personal information on their websites. This means that news articles and other publications that are not ones own will not be able to be shared throughout cyber space in the country. On top of this, the BBC explains, foreign internet companies would be required to keep their servers inside the country. The Electronic Frontier Foundation explains that one of the major problems of the law is that it uses vague wording that could be interpreted in a number of different ways. While some might see it as legislation to fight online piracy, it could also be used to silence speech against the government. Because of this wording, many critics urged the government to revise the decree earlier this summer, however, it did not listen. One of the major problems with this legislation is that it would prevent the sharing of information that could paint the country in a poor light, such as news stories examining the actions of government. In this way, the decree undoes much of the important information sharing that internet enables. China releases dissenter, still little hope for progress The state of online freedom in China is no better, despite the government releasing a journalist who had been in prison since 2005. Earlier in September, Shi Tai was released from prison, 15 months ahead of schedule, according to Radio Free Asia. The journalist was arrested in 2004 after an email that he sent discussing media limitations in anticipation of the 15th anniversary of Tiananmen Square. Sadly, Shi was able to be identified as a result of the government receiving information from Yahoo about his account. One alarming aspect of this situation is that such action is something that may have been allowed through the United States PRISM program. Despite his release, many feel that the state of internet freedom in the country is in no better position than it was when Shi was arrested. The Telegraph explains that transmitting "false information" or "slanderous comments" could be subject to three years in prison, though such comments would need to be seen by 5,000 or more internet issues or re-tweeted at least 500 times again raising concerns about the state of information exchange on the internet. Both of these situation further raise questions about the nature of such legislation. Though the internet can connect people from all over the world, these governments are working counter to this, and in doing so limiting the important circulation of ideas.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line33
__label__wiki	0.727954	0.727954	ROBERT D. PORTER v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN, AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. March 3, 1910 - May 18, 1910 Present: Knowlton, C. J., Morton, Hammond, Loring, & Braley, JJ. Contract, Consideration, Validity. Duress. Where the owner of a coal business and his predecessor in title have enjoyed for about twenty-nine years the use of certain side tracks, maintained and operated for them by a certain railroad company and its predecessor and connecting with its main lines, but there has been no contract or agreement as to the duration of the privileges so enjoyed, and the railroad company threatens the coal dealer that it will take out his switch and throw him out of business unless he will sign a contract in writing providing that in consideration of the railroad company's continuing to maintain and operate such side tracks, the coal dealer will assume all risks to buildings owned by him by reason of fire communicated thereto by locomotives of the company, and because of such threat the coal dealer signs the contract "under protest," such a contract is supported by a good consideration and is not invalid by reason of the threat of the company, and it therefore is a bar to an action by the coal dealer against the railroad company for damages resulting from the burning of coal sheds of the dealer caused by sparks communicated from a locomotive of the company. TORT with a declaration containing eight counts, the first six and the eighth counts seeking recovery for damage to wood, timber and grass lands of the plaintiff and to buildings thereon, alleged to have been caused by fire communicated thereto at various times in 1904 and 1905 from sparks from locomotive engines of the defendant. The seventh count sought recovery for the burning on August 29, 1904, of certain coal sheds of the plaintiff. Writ dated December 22, 1906. The case was tried before Fox, J. By agreement of the parties, judgment was entered for the plaintiff in the sum of $125 without costs as to all but the seventh count. As to that count, it was agreed that the damage therein alleged came within the terms of a contract, hereinafter described, and that the plaintiff could not recover if that contract was valid. By the contract referred to, the defendant had agreed in substance to maintain a side track running to the coal sheds of the plaintiff "in consideration whereof" the plaintiff and his wife had agreed, among other things, "to assume all risks to buildings and contents owned by them and located on said side track, by fire communicated by locomotives of the first party, by sparks or otherwise, and waives and hereby releases said party from all claims that may arise from such damages and agrees to indemnify it and hold it harmless from or on account of any claim that may be made from any insurer or other person on account of such damages." The plaintiff testified that, previous to the making of the contract, he had enjoyed the same privileges which were his under the contract; that those same privileges had been enjoyed by his father from 1875 until his death in 1892, and since then by the plaintiff; that his father first had been given the privileges by the Old Colony Railroad Company as one of the inducements to cause him to change the location of his coal yard, other inducements being "lower freight, better service, prompt attention, and an annual pass was sent to father every year without saying a word. The railroad company furnished the foundation wall and put in the track. Everything was all put in free in that direction. That was the same track that is there now"; that another draft of the contract upon which the defendant relied had been presented to him which he had refused to sign. "Finally this one was presented, which I did sign. The station agent of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company at Stoughton brought the contract to me. Before I signed it I think the agent came two or three times, and he threatened me with taking out my switch and throwing me out of business. I signed it under protest." The plaintiff contended that he had a right, gained by prescription, to the use of the track of the defendant, and therefore that there was no consideration for the contract; and also that the contract was procured to be signed by duress exerted upon the plaintiff by the defendant's agent. The presiding judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. E. F. Leonard, for the plaintiff. J. L. Hall, for the defendant, was not called upon. Hammond, J. These exceptions relate only to the seventh count. It is agreed that the verdict for the defendant on that count was rightly ordered if the contract of July 28, 1897, between the parties was valid. This contract is attacked upon the grounds of want of consideration, and of duress. Upon neither ground can the attack succeed. The defendant was under no obligation, either as a common carrier or by reason of any previous contracts, to continue either the maintenance or operation of the tracks in question, and its undertaking to continue such maintenance and operation was ample consideration for the undertakings on the part of the plaintiff. The defendant, having the right to discontinue the maintenance and operation, had the right to inform the plaintiff that unless he conformed to its terms it would be obliged to do so. The action of the defendant's station agent, even if correctly stated by the plaintiff, which the defendant does not admit, falls far short of duress. Exceptions overruled.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line35
__label__wiki	0.99785	0.99785	Democracy Live Radio 1 Newsbeat Page last updated at 20:26 GMT, Sunday, 23 May 2010 21:26 UK Thai film pulls off Cannes shock Apichatpong Weerasethakul: "I would like to kiss the jury" The Cannes Film Festival has given its top prize, the Palme d'Or, to the mystical Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. It beat British director Mike Leigh's Another Year, which was seen as the favourite by many at the French event. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the winning film is about a dying man who is visited by his late wife and his missing son, who has become an ape. US director Tim Burton led the jury that picked the victor from 19 entries. Uncle Boonmee is played by Thanapat Saisaymar, a roof welder from north-east Thailand whose previous acting experience was limited to TV commercials. I would like to thank all the spirits and all the ghosts in Thailand who made it possible for me to be here Reviews of Cannes film winner Suffering kidney failure, the character is visited by a selection of spiritual beings, both human and animal, as the director uses a dreamlike style to examine the themes of reincarnation and animism. Variety magazine described it as "wonderfully nutty", while Screen International called it "a beautifully entrancing film… simple in story but complex in structure and subtext". The UK's Telegraph newspaper gave it a five-star review, noting it was "barely a film; more a floating world". Accepting his trophy, Weerasethakul said: "I would like to thank all the spirits and all the ghosts in Thailand who made it possible for me to be here." The director had previously won the third-place jury prize at Cannes with his 2004 film Tropical Malady. Although it gained a glowing response from critics in Cannes, his latest film was considered a dark horse in the race for the Palme d'Or. Leigh's Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville, stood out for many critics. Cannes winners Binoche and Bardem But Leigh, who won the Palme d'Or for Secrets and Lies in 1996, went home empty-handed. Tim Burton, who chaired the nine-member jury, said: "Each and every one of us has some favorites that didn't make it." Fellow judge Kate Beckinsale joked: "We tried to invent more prizes." Critics had also tipped French director Xavier Beauvois' solemn drama Of Gods and Men, telling the true story of seven French monks who were killed in Algeria in 1996. That film took the grand prize, putting it in second place. French actress Juliette Binoche won best actress for her role as a gallery owner in Tuscany in the romantic drama Copie Conforme (Certified Copy), directed by Iran's Abbas Kiarostami. CANNES WINNERS Palme d'Or - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Best director - Mathieu Amalric for On Tour Best actress - Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy Best actor- Javier Bardem for Biutiful and Elio Germano for Our Life (shared) Best screenplay - Lee Chang-Dong for Poetry Grand Prix - Of Gods and Men directed by Xavier Beauvois Jury Prize - A Screaming Man directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Kiarostami earned the Palme d'Or in 1997 with Taste of Cherry. Spain's Javier Bardem was joint winner of the best actor accolade for playing a corrupt policeman who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He appears in Biutiful by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, best known for Babel and 21 Grams. Bardem shared the prize with Italian actor Elio Germano for La Nostra Vita. The prize for best director went to actor-turned-filmmaker Mathieu Amalric for his story of the struggling manager of a burlesque dance troupe, Tournee (On Tour). South Korean director Lee Chang-Dong's Poetry took the best screenplay prize. Ken Loach, another British arthouse heavyweight, also lost out four years after winning the festival's top accolade for The Wind that Shakes the Barley. His new movie, Route Irish, is a revenge drama based around the deployment of private security contractors in Iraq. Hundreds protest over Algeria film Boxer Boss is Cannes' top canine Slater's Toast set to be BBC film Arterton misses Cannes premiere LaBeouf 'slates' Indiana Jones Critics' verdicts on Palme d'Or winner Ken Loach in fighting form How international is the Palme d'Or? Shimell makes big screen debut From opera singer to film-maker Another Mike Leigh classic? Entertainment reporter Fiona Pryor's diary Watch Desperate housewife loves the Riviera Eva Longoria reveals why she wants to make a French film and what she loves most about being in Cannes. Watch Opening night festivities U2 reschedule US and Canada dates Cheryl 'on the mend' says Cowell Chatsworth treasures up for sale Church 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop UK rail ticket machines hit by IT glitch Gay in Northern Ireland: 'He spat in my face'	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line37
__label__wiki	0.556459	0.556459	Lubos Barton and the Journey to the Top of Adidas Next Generation Tournament with Basket Brno Basketball Team The Adidas Next Generation Tournament (ANGT) is one of the biggest basketball tournaments for young players in Europe, and Lubos Barton is taking on the challenge with his young side at Basket Brno Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports business. It manages and organizes two of Europe’s premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airline EuroLeague and the 7Days EuroCup, including the U18 showcase called EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament. The dream of every basketball team is to participate and win in these competitions. Lubos Barton is doing so with the Basket Brno basketball team in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament challenge. Barton led Basket Brno to its first victory in the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament (ANGT) history as it knocked out Tofas Bursa U18 71-66 in overtime to finish seventh in Istanbul. In addition, Barton has won the team another ticket to The Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament, which enters its 20th edition this season. He is bringing hope to the young players at Basket Brno and another year with more experience. Barton’s sparked a desire for basketball during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics games watching the American basketball contingents known as ‘Dream Team.’ He started playing basketball at seven under the leadership of Coach Miroslav Potměšil where he developed rapidly into the youth team in Česká Lípa and then the U17 and U19 national teams. At 17, due to his rapid growth, Barton moved to the first-league team, BK Děčín. After four years in the United States, studying and playing basketball at Valparaiso University and helping his team make the NCAA tournament thrice, Barton returned to Europe and signed with Italian powerhouse Fortitudo Bologna. He could not make the NBA draft despite his excellent form and winning the MVP award during his last year in the four years. In Italy, Barton played for Fortitudo Bologna and Virtus Roma before moving back to Spain, where he played for Joventut Badalona, FC Barcelona, Fuenlabrada, and Valencia. His most successful years were in Spain, where he won many titles with Joventut and Barcelona teams. Barton’s impressive 5-year run was capped with the Euroleague title in 2010. Barton returned to the Czech Republic, where he played briefly for USK Prague, and in the summer of 2014, he transferred to the ČEZ Basketball Nymburk team. At the end of 2015, he took advantage of the offer of the Barcelona Club, where he played in the reserve team. While at Barcelona, Barton’s duty was to mentor young players, which prepared him for a coaching career. He began his coaching career as the Head Coach of the Europrobasket team before accepting a position as assistant coach of the FC Barcelona Cadet team. Thanks to his rich career, Barton has a clear idea of how basketball should be played, and that’s what he demands from his players. He has proven his specialty working with the big names and mentoring youngsters. Company Name: Keilley Contact Person: Keilley lee Marques Website: http://www.keilley.com/	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line38
__label__cc	0.747329	0.252671	The relative importance of the two main cranial complexes, the neurocranium The relative importance of the two main cranial complexes, the neurocranium and the splanchnocranium, has been examined in the five species of extant hominoids and in a huge sample of extinct hominins using six standard craniometric variables that measure the length, width and height of each cranial module. the neurocranium (i.e., the cerebral capsule or neurobasicranial complex) and the splanchnocranium (i.e., the face) [5C7]. These modules are inferred from both developmental processes and functional reasons (for a brief review, see [8]). The evolutionary relationships between both cranial modules have attracted the attention of researchers since Danshensu IC50 a long time (e.g., [9]), playing an increasing role in current studies on hominin evolution (e.g., [8]). Corruccini [10] was pioneer in assessing the morphometric relationships in extinct hominins between the face and the neurocranium from a multivariate point of view, indicating that a progressive reduction of the face run in parallel to an increase of the neurocranium. Lieberman [11] and Lieberman et al. [12] analyzed the differences in cranial morphology between the anatomically modern humans and other species of of a short sphenoid, a more rounded braincase and a reduced facial projection [12]. Similarly, Guy et al. [13] analyzed a taxonomically diverse sample of hominins in a search for the morphological affinities of is characterized by the presence of a more retracted face and an increase in neurocranial globularity. Therefore, there is consensus in accepting that the relative dimensions of the splanchnocranium and the neurocranium have changed noticeably during the evolution of hominins, which results from changes in Danshensu IC50 the skull developmental program between the ancestors and their descendants. Concerning the relationships between the cranial modules in hominoids, Chaline [15] proposed the Danshensu IC50 existence of three discrete skull plans (namely, great ape, australopithecine and and have very similar orientations in the axes that account for the morphological covariation of the neurocranium and the viscerocranium. Similarly, Singh et al. [16] pointed out that both humans and apes show an overall similar pattern of integration between the face, the basicranium and the cranial vault. The relationships between the development and evolution of the cranial modules can be also approached by their reflection in the patterns of intra- and interspecific covariation, respectively. In this regard, the position and orientation of the clouds of points in the size and shape space presented by Guy et al. [13] showed that the ontogenetic trajectories of and run more or less in parallel, although they were laterally transposed. This suggested that the evolutionary changes that took place within the hominoid clade were not the mere consequence of the truncation or extension of developmental trajectories in the stem lineages. However, any study of the evolutionary patterns of covariation between the neurocranium and the splachnocranium that does not incorporate in the analyses representatives of extinct hominin species would be incomplete. In spite of the low preservational completeness of the hominin fossil record, our knowledge on the extinct hominins has increased spectacularly during the last decades due to the discovery of new taxa and the re-evaluation of the evidence already available [17C30]. This has resulted in a noticeable increase in the range of morphological, spatial Danshensu IC50 and temporal variability of hominins. However, the relatively poor preservation of many fossil crania precludes applying to these taxa the standard, landmark-based techniques of geometric morphometrics, which would allow describing accurately the patterns of covariation between the neurocranium and the splachnocranium. This in turn prevents to perform a comparative study of cranial modularity and integration in the extant and extinct hominoids. In any case, it is possible to approach this issue from a different view. Much of the diversity in primate cranial morphology is closely related to the relative importance of their cranial modules [6] and consequently, any estimator of this might be considered as a valid starting point. One possible way for evaluating the relative importance of the cranial modules is to estimate their relative sizes, which can be easily achieved with the use of standard, low-tech metric variables and the CDX4 methods of traditional morphometrics (e.g., principal components analysis and canonical discriminant functions). Given that this approach allows incorporating a relatively high number of fossils into the analyses, some authors [31] have preferred to choose among a limited number of osteological measurements instead of using other more efficient. This entry was posted in Blogging and tagged CDX4, Danshensu IC50 by Dustin Stephens. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line41
__label__wiki	0.684841	0.684841	Jan Post Tells The Story of RIFT It was the sight of an old Irish construction worker on a caravan site which prompted Jan Post to launch tax refund business RIFT. “I remember going on a cold, muddy caravan site and this old Irish man was up at the crack of dawn, carrying over a jacket potato to nuke it in the microwave in the kitchen and then take it back to his caravan,” said Ms Post, who founded her company in Ashford in 1999. Hundreds of labourers descended on the town in the late 1990s while the Channel Tunnel Rail Link was constructed, most of which were clocking up lots of mileage for their commutes but not claiming back the tax relief they were entitled to. “We saw there was an opportunity with a lot of people,” she said. “We knew they were eligable because they were travelling to their workplace and we fell into it.” Since then, RIFT has helped more than 35,000 clients claim tax relief. Today, the firm employs nearly 150 people, up from about 50 just three years ago. The company has diversified into will-writing, accounting and offering help claiming research and development tax credits. Its growth was recognised at this year’s KEiBAs, winning the Customer Service and Commitment Award. In this video Jane Ollis, MD of RIFT Accounting, talks about what winning means to us. “The older I got, the more I wanted to grow a bigger, more successful business,” said Ms Post. “I just kept saying to myself ‘one last chance to grow it a bit more’ and I’ve never stopped. “I do have a passion for helping people and small businesses. When you see a success story, it is rewarding.” Ms Post caught the business bug young, watching her father run Hellery and Lane estate agency in Ashford for 30 years, selling the business to Mann & Co after he passed away in the 1980s. “I grew up in a family where my father always ran his own business. It seemed second nature to me. It was just natural to work for myself. “I’m not sure I’d call myself an entrepreneur. Once you’ve done it for so long, and I’m quite old now, you don’t want to work for anyone else.” What are small businesses most worried about? “Businesses are worried about masses of red tape and legislation. I saw a small employer in the construction industry who wanted to have six sub-contractors working for him. He has to report monthly what he pays the guys using real time reporting and if he falls foul of any of his obligations, the chances are he will lose his status with HMRC. As a brickie, he might see a potential opportunity for his business and want to take on workers but has no idea how to run it with all the red tape. Hopefully, we take away all those problems for him and free him up from accounting so he can do his job.” What advice would you give someone who wants to set up a business? “Be brave and take the chance. Business is pretty scary and it can be quite lonely. We tell our clients to contact us as much as they like to allay any fears. There are a lot of people new to business who get a fear of brown envelopes. I’ve done it myself. You have bad cashflow and you’re scared to contact the accountant as they run the clock. We tell people to just ask the question and we’ll just bat it back to take away some of that fear and loneliness.” Does the firm exploit tax loopholes? “Absoutely not, although people may have that perception. That has become more prevalent since PPI. If we introduce ourselves to a new client, they say ‘you’re like those PPI companies,’ which we’re not. This is not a loophole. It is a legitimate tax refund anyone working at a temporary workplace is entitled to.” Is the UK tax system fair? “It’s OK at the moment but I was worried before the election. Damian Green came in and talked to us about apprentices. That is how I would like the UK to become. We should be looking after the worker and the small businesses who are taking the risk. I didn’t like the idea of the mansion tax or putting up corporation tax. If we have people taking a chance and putting their houses up as security, leaving good jobs to set up a business, we should encourage them.” You set up RIFT in your 40s. What would you say to someone considering a second career? “There was a time when people got to 50 and maybe considered retirement if they worked at a bank. But at that age you have loads of years and experience to set up a second career. I would love to help people set up second careers. They’ve got life experience and their children are grown up so they are looking for new interests. If we could set something up to major on that it would be fabulous.” Born: 26/10/1952 Live: Kennington, Ashford School: Highworth Grammar School for Girls, Ashford Marital status: Divorced but in a long-term relationship Family: One grown-up son, Bradley Post is sales and marketing director at RIFT First job: “My parents came down from London in 1967 and they took the Colt pub, which is now a Co-op and my first job, while I was underage, was there, behind the scenes.” First salary: “Peanuts.” Salary now: “I’ve paid myself a nice salary for the last seven or eight years but I prefer to keep most of the profits in the business to try and grow it.” Car: Range Rover Evoke Favourite book: The Da Vinci Code Film: “I don’t watch many films but I like Pretty Woman.” Music: “I like reggae.” Gadget: iPhone 6 and iPad Last holiday: “My last big one five years ago was the Seychelles,” Charity: The Lighthouse Club and the ABF Typical day Jan Post gets up at about 6.30am and usually walks her labradors. Her 88-year-old mother lives next door and the pair usually have breakfast together. She gets to work between 8.30-9am and spends most days in the office in Ashford, attending meetings. Several days she will travel up to London and back for appointments and she leaves work at about 6.30pm. Most evenings she will spend about an hour reading work documents to prepare for the next day’s meetings. She likes to spend time with her two grandchildren and goes to her holiday home in Hastings, where she enjoys walking on the beach. Being a Kent Based family business we understand the local challenges faced by all small businesses. Give us a call us on 01233 653006 and see how we can help yours today.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line43
__label__cc	0.592713	0.407287	Offshore Lightning (Japon ?, Etats-Unis 2022) SAITO Nazuna : 1 Février 2022 (Tome 1) Âge minimum : 16 ans Nazuna Saito began making comics late. She was in her 40s when she submitted a story to a major Japanese publishing house and won an award for newcomers. She continued to work through the 1990s until she stopped drawing to take care of her ailing parents. In her 60s, she took a job teaching drawing at Kyoto Seika University and became inspired by her talented students. When she returned to teaching, her storytelling interests had shifted. Before suffering a stroke she drew “In Captivity” (2012) and “Solitary Death Building” (2015)—both focused on aging and death. Offshore Lightning collects Saito’s early work as well as these two recent graphic novellas. Stories like “Buy Dog Food and Go Home” and “Offshore Lightning” focus on middle-aged men caught in a cycle of self pity and self reflection. Saito gently pokes fun at their anguish and self-involvement while capturing the pathos of these men as they revisit childhood friendships and lost loves. By contrast, “In Captivity” follows three siblings visiting their ailing mother who is succumbing to dementia and resentful at her loss of agency. The siblings take a drive as they reckon with balancing the painful legacy of her caustic personality with attempting to honor this woman at the end of her life. “Solitary Death Building” documents an eccentric cast of elderly gossips as death descends upon the housing complex where they all live. Offshore Lightning - Drawn & Quarterly	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line44
__label__cc	0.699959	0.300041	The Ultimate New York City Transit System Penn Station in New York: Amtrak info, map, restaurants ... New York Herald Tribune® - The latest In world news ... New York City MetroCard 2022 \| Ultimate Guide Tips & Tricks New York to Washington, DC - 10 ways to travel via train ... Freehand Hotel New York \| NYC Hotel in Flatiron New York University - Wikipedia ISC New York NY (USPS) - US Global Mail New York energy law - Wikipedia One Day in New York \| The Ultimate Itinerary 2022 (+ Maps) The MetroCard is a pre-paid card that conveniently allows you to pay for subway and bus transit in New York City. It is necessary to purchase one to gain access to the subway trains. It can be purchased at virtually every subway station. Penn Station: the basics. Three train services operate out of Penn Station: Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, and New Jersey Transit. The station is located in Midtown West, from 30th to 34th Streets ... 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In the immediate future ... One Day in New York City Itinerary One Day in New York: Morning. 8 am Make sure to get up early to make most out of your New York trip and start your day with a delicious breakfast.Our one day in New York Itinerary starts in Uptown Manhattan, and there we recommend going to “Jacob’s Pickles” and enjoying delicious pancakes on the Upper West Side. 23 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010 \| 212-475-1920 ARTISTIC COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORIC FLATIRON DISTRICT Located in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, Freehand New York is housed in the former George Washington Hotel—once home to many storied writers, musicians and creatives. The official website of the City of New York. Find information about important alerts, 311 services, news, programs, events, government employment, the office of the Mayor and elected officials. Rome2rio makes travelling from New York to Washington, DC easy. Rome2rio is a door-to-door travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. Find all the transport options for your trip from New York to Washington, DC right here. New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City.Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.. In 1832, the initial non-denominational all-male institution began its first classes near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. 2022.01.21 22:40 FediBax The Ultimate New York City Transit System So this is my ultimate version of the best possible transit system for New York. Lines and extensions I've added: Circle line (teal) Linking up The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, New Jersey & JFK-, Laguardia-, Newark- Airport. Crossing and connecting 24 lines and enables great possibility for cross-transfer and suburban commuting. Tried my best to find the most logical and optimal route. Interborough line (red) Linking up The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island. Connecting 17 stations for fenomenal cross-transfer. Taking optimal advantage of the old/abandoned freight line. Great for minimal disruption, easier construction and lower cost. PATH lines (green, orange, pink, blue) Providing Express service and a more direct/faster connection to the 3 main airports from central Manhattan. On New York they will be going alongside existing lines, only needing small amount of new lines. G Train Extension (green) Extended to Laguardia and Flushing opening 6 new stations N Train Extension (yellow) Extended to Laguardia from Astoria opening 3 new stations S Train Extension (dark grey) Filling out the "transit-desert" in the middle of maspeth (north-west Queens) Utilizing old freight line and right of way, Continuing to east Queens also filling out nother "transit-desert" R Train Extension (yellow) Once again utilizing old freight line and right of way, connecting up with the A line and branching out again on Rockaway Beach. Good line for cross-transfer. Hudson Bergen LRT Extension (green) Providing a transit connection between New Jersey (Hudson) and Staten Island. Linking up the circle line and Staten Island Railway. Staten Island Railway Extension (blue) Providing a transit connection between New Jersey (Perth Amboy) and Staten Island (Tottenville). Linking up the circle line and Staten Island Railway. 2 & 5 Train Extension (green & red) Extending the lines to King's Plaza opening up 5 stations in Marine Park, improving high quality public transit coverage L Train Extension (grey) Extending the lines to Canarsie Pier opening up 3 stations in Canarsie, improving high quality public transit coverage. C Train Extension (blue) Extending the C line to Jamaica for better connectivity. Adding 2 stations in South Richmond Hill submitted by FediBax to BrandNewSubway [link] [comments] 2022.01.21 22:40 Lanky-Hall-2015 What is your favorite hidden aspect? Mine, personally is the aspect of Beowulf, gotta love the cast. submitted by Lanky-Hall-2015 to HadesTheGame [link] [comments] 2022.01.21 22:40 BBQWarren Which octomore from the 12s or 11s is worth searching out Most of my reading is telling me the 12.3 is the best of the current lot. I've been convinced to get myself an octomore for my bar. 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__label__wiki	0.82585	0.82585	Ozuna suspended 20 games under MLB domestic violence policy NEW YORK (AP) Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna received a retroactive 20-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. Ozuna was arrested May 29 on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and battery after police officers said they witnessed him attacking his wife. He was placed on administrative leave under the domestic violence policy. The suspension is retroactive to Sept. 10 and covers the final 24 days of the regular season, costing him approximately $1.55 million of his $12 million salary. "Having reviewed the totality of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Ozuna violated our policy and that discipline is appropriate," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. Ozuna did not play after May 25 and went on the injured list May 29 with two dislocated fingers on his left hand, missing the Braves' run to their first World Series title since 1995, "Any instance of domestic violence is unacceptable, and we fully support the decision by the commissioner's office regarding Marcell," the Braves said in a statement. "We are encouraged to know that Marcell has accepted full responsibility for his actions and is taking the necessary measures to learn and grow from the situation." Ozuna's agent, Melvin Roman, did not immediately respond to a text seeking comment. Ozuna is entering the second season of a $65 million, four-year contract with the Braves. Fulton County District Attorney's office spokesman Jeff DiSantis confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday that charges against Ozuna can be dropped if Ozuna completes the conditions of a pretrial diversion program he agreed to on Sept. 9. The conditions include six months of supervision that can be reduced to three months. Ozuna also was ordered to complete a 24-week family violence intervention program, complete at least 200 hours of community service and take an anger management course. Ozuna's next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 13. More AP MLB coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line49
__label__wiki	0.8254	0.8254	Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Bloomer 8 Apr 1918 - ____ BIRTH: 8 Apr 1918, Chicago, Cook Co., IL Family 1 : Gerald Rudolph Ford MARRIAGE: 15 Oct 1948, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI +Living [16585] Elizabeth Bloomer Ford In 25 years of political life, Betty Bloomer Ford did not expect to become First Lady. As wife of Representative Gerald R. Ford, she looked forward to his retirement and more time together. In late 1973 his selection as Vice President was a surprise to her. She was just becoming accustomed to their new roles when he became President upon Mr. Nixon's resignation in August 1974. Born Elizabeth Anne Bloomer in Chicago, she grew up in Grand Rapids,Michigan, and graduated from high school there. She studied modern dance at Bennington College in Vermont, decided to make it a career, and became a member of Martha Graham's noted concert group in New York City, supporting herself as a fashion model for the John Robert Powers firm. Close ties with her family and her home town took her back to Grand Rapids, where she became fashion coordinator for a department store. She also organized her own dance group and taught dance to handicapped children. Her first marriage, at age 24, ended in divorce five years later on the grounds of incompatibility. Not long afterward she began dating Jerry Ford, football hero, graduate of the University of Michigan and Yale Law School, and soon a candidate for Congress. They were married during the 1948 campaign; he won his election; and the Fords lived in the Washington area for nearly three decades thereafter. Their four children--Michael, Jack, Steven, and Susan--were born in the next ten years. As her husband's political career became more demanding, Betty Ford found herself shouldering many of the family responsibilities. She supervised the home, did the cooking, undertook volunteer work, and took part in the activities of "House wives" and "Senate wives" for Congressional and Republican clubs. In addition, she was an effective campaigner for her husband. Betty Ford faced her new life as First Lady with dignity and serenity. She accepted it as a challenge. "I like challenges very much," she said. She had the self -confidence to express herself with humor and forthrightness whether speaking to friends or to the public. Forced to undergo radical surgery for breast cancer in 1974, she reassured many troubled women by discussing her ordeal openly. She explained that "maybe if I as First Lady could talk about it candidly and without embarrassment, many other people would be able to as well." As soon as possible, she resumed her duties as hostess at the Executive Mansion and her role as a public- spirited citizen. She did not hesitate to state her views on controversial issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment, which she strongly supported. Elizabeth De Courtenay [22790] [22791] [22792] [22793] [22794] [22795] [22796] [22797] [22798] Abt 1335-1337 - 7 Aug 1395 BIRTH: Abt 1335-1337, Okehampton, Devonshire, England DEATH: 7 Aug 1395, Bermondsey, London, Middlesex, England [22788] [22789] BURIAL: St. Nicholas, Exeter, Devonshire, England Family 1 : Andrew Luttrell MARRIAGE: 1359 [46067] +Hugh Luttrell [22790] Elizabeth de Courtenay, d. 7 Aug 1395; m. 1359 Sir Andrew Luttrell, ofChilton, co. Devon. [Magna Charta Sureties] He [John de Vere] married, probably in July 1341, Elizabeth, "the King'skinswoman," daughter of Hugh (DE COURTENAY), 10th EARL OF DEVON, by Margaret, daughter of Humphrey (DE BOHUN), EARL OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX byElizabeth, daughter of EDWARD I. He died before 23 June 1350, and was buried at Earls Colne. His widow married, 2ndly, circa July 1359, Sir Andrew LUTEREL, of Chilton, Devon. The date of his death is uncertain. Elizabeth died 7 August 1395. [Complete Peerage X:225, XIV:518,(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] [46067] 2nd husband [22793] [S223] Sharon Roach [22795] [S736] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, addit ions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 PAGE: 127-6 [22796] [S207] Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New Englan d Between 1623 And 1650 PAGE: 12-31 Joan De La Mare BIRTH: ABT 1324, Herefordshire, England Family 1 : Simon de Brockbury MARRIAGE: BEF 1351 +Margaret de Brockbury [27370] [reade.FTW] Joan, sister and heiress of Sir Peter de la Mare. [Burke's Peerage] Evelyn Rose Dismore 1874 - 6 Jun 1933 BIRTH: 1874, IN [1345] DEATH: 6 Jun 1933 [1346] BURIAL: AFT 6 Jun 1933, Crothersville Cemetery, Jackson Co, IN [1347] Father: John William Dismore Mother: Bridget Donahew _Robert Dismore _____+ _Henry Dismore Sr.___\|_Olive Unknown ______ _Nathaniel H. 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__label__wiki	0.868342	0.868342	Counting Down the 50 Greatest Individual Offensive Performances in Super Bowl History: 50-26 Posted on January 26, 2014 by Dean Hybl Despite losing Super Bowl XLVII to the Baltimore Ravens, Colin Kaepernick still had one of the finest performances in Super Bowl history. Since Super Bowl I in 1967, the “big game” has become the premier stage for NFL players to either create or cement their legacy. The first 47 Super Bowls are full of special Super Bowl performances. Some were by familiar names that used the Super Bowl to either put a stamp on a Hall of Fame career or propel them into a spot in Canton. But not every Super Bowl hero was a household name before their performance on the big stage. There have been several players whose otherwise unspectacular career includes one shining performance in front of one of the largest television crowds of all-time. In this article and the second part (which will be posted later this week), we are looking specifically at the 50 best individual performances on offense in a Super Bowl. This list includes only offensive performances and not kickers or special teams players. To develop the list we did take into account game statistics, but also looked at game situations when analyzing which players and moments were worthy of inclusion. For example, though Joe Montana tossed five touchdowns as the 49ers routed Denver in Super Bowl XXIV, he actually was ranked higher in other Super Bowls because his performance in critical moments was instrumental to their victory. In ranking performances whether the team won the game was considered, but there have been some Super Bowl performances by players on losing teams that were clearly among the most important. One thing that received little consideration was who was awarded the Super Bowl MVP as there have been numerous occasions when the MVP award has gone to someone other than the player who seemingly provided the best performance. So below is a countdown of performances 50-26. 50. Colin Kaepernick – San Francisco 49ers – Super Bowl XLVII – 16-28, 302 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 7 rushes, 62 yards, 1 TD If he has been able to lead the 49ers to a final touchdown and victory over the Baltimore Ravens, Kaepernick’s performance in his first Super Bowl would have certainly been higher on the list. However, even in defeat the first year starter led his team to a near-comeback victory using both his arm and feet. 49. Mark Rypien – Washington Redskins – Super Bowl XXVI – 18-33, 292 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Utilizing a talented receiving corps that included Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders, Rypien picked apart the Buffalo Bills with a pair of touchdown passes and time consuming drives to lift the Redskins to their third Super Bowl in a decade (all with a different starting quarterback). 48. Kurt Warner – Arizona Cardinals – Super Bowl XLIII – 31-43, 377 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT For a fleeting moment, it appeared that Kurt Warner was going to be the first quarterback to lead two different franchises to Super Bowl victory. He and the Cardinals played well enough to win, but a late Pittsburgh drive denied them of victory. Interestingly enough, Warner holds the record for the top three passing yardage totals in Super Bowl history with his 377 yards in Super Bowl XLIII ranking second. 47. Rod Smith – Denver Broncos – Super Bowl XXXIII – 5 rec., 152 yards, 1 TD While Terrell Davis and John Elway are the best remembered offensive players from their back-to-back Super Bowl wins, receiver Rod Smith also played an important role in their win over the Falcons. His 80-yard reception in the second quarter helped break the game open and he finished with 152 receiving yards. 46. Michael Pittman – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Super Bowl XXXVI – 29 rushes, 124 yards, 0 TD While the defense garnered all the headlines during the Buccaneers victory over the Raiders, Michael Pittman was the workhorse for the offense. He rushed for 124 yards, including 75 in the first half as the Buccaneers established control of the contest. Who Had the Greatest Individual Offensive Performance in Super Bowl History Joe Montana - SBXXIII (32%, 6 Votes) Doug Williams - SBXXII (16%, 3 Votes) Phil Simms - SBXXI (16%, 3 Votes) Steve Young - SBXXIX (11%, 2 Votes) Jerry Rice - SBXXIII (11%, 2 Votes) John Riggins - SBXVII (5%, 1 Votes) Marcus Allen - SBXVIII (5%, 1 Votes) Lynn Swann - SBX (5%, 1 Votes) Troy Aikman - SBXXVII (0%, 0 Votes) Terry Bradshaw - SBXIII (0%, 0 Votes) Someone Else (0%, 0 Votes) Total Voters: 19 45. Thurman Thomas – Buffalo Bills – Super Bowl XXV – 15 rushes, 135 yards, 1 TD; 5 rec., 55 yards While the Buffalo Bills didn’t win Super Bowl XXV after missing a last second field goal, Thurman Thomas certainly did everything he could to put them in position to win. He rushed for a 31-yard touchdown to give the Bills a lead early in the fourth quarter and then trailing by two in the final minutes he rushed for 33 yards in the final drive that ultimately ended in the famous Scott Norwood wide right field goal. Roger Craig gained 172 yards in total offense in Super Bowl XXIII. 44. Roger Craig – San Francisco 49ers – Super Bowl XXXIII – 17 rushes, 71 yards, 0 TD; 8 rec., 101 yards While his fellow offensive teammates Joe Montana and Jerry Rice will be recognized for their performance in Super Bowl XXXIII later in the rankings, you cannot dismiss the important role that Roger Craig played in helping the 49ers defeat the Bengals. He accounted for 172 total yards, including 29 yards rushing and five yards receiving on the final championship drive. Included in that drive was a crucial third down when Craig rushed for four yards to keep the chains moving. 43. Eli Manning – New York Giants – Super Bowl XLII – 19-34, 255 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT For most of Super Bowl XLII, Eli Manning was second fiddle to New England quarterback Tom Brady and what most expected to be the coronation of the Patriots as undefeated champions. However, that changed in a furious final drive in which Manning connected on five of nine passes for 77 yards and a touchdown. Of course, the play best remembered is the third down play in Giants territory when Manning looked to be sacked, but broke free to find David Tyree’s helmet open for an improbable 32-yard pass. 42. Michael Irvin – Dallas Cowboys – Super Bowl XXVII – 6 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TD In the first of the three Super Bowls in four year run of the Dallas Cowboys, star receiver Michael Irvin established himself as one of the game’s elite on the big stage. Before the game became a blowout, Irvin helped slam the door on the Bills by catching two touchdown passes in less than a minute to take the score from 14-10 to 28-10. He caught six passes in the game with five being for 18 or more yards. 41. Santonio Holmes – Pittsburgh Steelers – Super Bowl XLIII – 9 receptions, 131 yards, 1 TD In a game that featured great receivers on both teams, Santonio Holmes proved to be the most valuable. After being generally contained throughout, Holmes caught four passes for 73 yards, including a 40-yarder and a spectacular six-yard catch for the game-winning touchdown, on the final drive of the game. 40. Deion Branch – New England Patriots – Super Bowl XXXVIII – 10 rec., 143 yards, 1 TD It would have been very easy to pick Deion Branch to this list twice for his performances in both Super Bowl XXXVIII and Super Bowl XXXIX, but we felt the crucial catches he made down the stretch of last second victory over the Panthers were slightly more deserving than his MVP performance the next year. He scored the first touchdown against the Panthers then had a key 52-yard reception to set up a touchdown late in the first half. With the game tied in the final seconds, he reached high to snag a 17-yard pass that set up the game-winning field goal. 39. Tom Brady – New England Patriots – Super Bowl XXXVI – 16-27, 145 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT Statistically, Tom Brady’s first Super Bowl was his least impressive, but it was his performance with the game on the line that warrants recognition among the greatest in Super Bowl history. After the St. Louis Rams had tied the game at 17-17 with 1:37 remaining many, including Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster John Madden were calling for the Patriots to run out the clock and play for overtime rather than risk a mistake when starting at their own 17 yard line. Madden had no faith in the 24-year-old first year starter for the Patriots. What ensued was one of the most efficient final drives in Super Bowl history as Brady completed five of eight passes for 53 yards to set up Adam Vinatieri for the game winning kick. 38. Roger Staubach – Dallas Cowboys – Super Bowl XIII – 17-30, 228 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; 4 rushes, 37 yards While Roger Staubach led the Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles, it is ironically one of his two defeats for which he made this list. Facing the Pittsburgh Steelers for the second time in Super Bowl XIII, Staubach made many great moments against the Steel curtain, but fell just short of victory. He passed for three touchdowns, but had a likely touchdown dropped at a crucial moment in the third quarter by future Hall of Famer Jackie Smith. Duane Thomas rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown in Super Bowl VI. 37. Duane Thomas – Dallas Cowboys – Super Bowl VI – 19 rushes, 95 yards, 1 TD; 3 rec., 17 yards Though Roger Staubach had a solid game and was named MVP of Super Bowl VI, there is little doubt that running back Duane Thomas probably would have been MVP if he was had not spent his second NFL season alienating the media. The player who asked “if the Super Bowl is the ultimate game why do they play it every year?”, Thomas didn’t talk much to his teammates or the media during the 1971 season, but he was crucial to the success of the Cowboys. His 95 yards rushing led the way for a Dallas team that gained 252 yards on the ground against the Dolphins. The Super Bowl proved to be the final game that Thomas ever played in a Dallas uniform. 36. Ricky Sanders – Washington Redskins – Super Bowl XXII – 9 rec., 193 yards, 2 TD With Washington trailing 10-0 early in the second quarter, Sanders broke free for an 80-yard touchdown that proved to open the flood gates in Super Bowl XXII. By the time the second quarter was over, the Redskins had scored 35 points and buried the Denver Broncos. Though his teammates Art Monk and Gary Clark were generally more accomplished, Sanders was the receiving star on this day with a then record 193 yards receiving (still the second highest single game total in Super Bowl history). 35. Drew Brees – New Orleans Saints – Super Bowl XLIV – 32-39, 288 yards, 2 TD 0 INT Just three years after New Orleans was the only team that would take a chance on Drew Brees following a shoulder injury, he rewarded their trust with a standout Super Bowl performance to give the franchise that had done very little winning in their first 40 years in the NFL a Super Bowl title. Not only did Brees lead New Orleans to victory, but he out-shined the son of former New Orleans quarterback Archie Manning in the process. 34. Isaac Bruce – St. Louis Rams – Super Bowl XXXIV – 6 rec., 162 yards, 1 TD The 1999 St. Louis Rams were known as the Greatest Show on Turf in part because of their plethora of speedy receivers. On a team with many weapons, Isaac Bruce proved to be the most dangerous. After the Tennessee Titans had tied the game at 16-16 with 2:12 remaining, Bruce took a pass from Kurt Warner on the next play and raced 73 yards for what proved to be the game-winning touchdown. George Sauer caught eight passes for 133 yards in Super Bowl III. 33. George Sauer – New York Jets – Super Bowl III – 8 rec., 133 yards, 0 TD While the performances by Joe Namath and Matt Snell are better remembered (and rank higher on our list), without a career day by George Sauer it is doubtful the Jets would have pulled off their amazing upset in Super Bowl III. The Baltimore Colts were able to hold future Hall of Famer Don Maynard without a reception, but Sauer served as the primary target for Namath. He caught three passes on the second quarter drive that led to the first touchdown of the game and a 39-yard pass late in the third quarter to set up the field goal that made the score 16-0. 32. Lynn Swann – Pittsburgh Steelers – Super Bowl XIII – 7 rec., 124 yards, 1 TD There is little dispute that when you consider the totality of a career, Lynn Swann is the least deserving member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. However, it isn’t difficult to argue that only Jerry Rice performed better than Swann in Super Bowl play. Three years after scorching the Dallas Cowboys for a then Super Bowl record 161 yards in a performance that will be highlighted later in the countdown, Swann was nearly as valuable in Super Bowl XIII as he caught seven passes against the Dallas secondary. But perhaps Swann’s biggest play of this Super Bowl was a pass he didn’t catch. With Pittsburgh leading by only four points midway through the fourth period, Swann got tangled up with Dallas defender Bennie Barnes and was the beneficiary of a pass interference play that many still question. The Steelers soon took advantage to increase their lead on their way to a 35-31 victory. Clarence Davis rushed for 137 yards in Super Bowl XI. 31. Clarence Davis – Oakland Raiders – Super Bowl XI – 16 rushes, 137 yards, 0 TD One of the strangest examples of Super Bowl award voting occurred in Super Bowl XI when Fred Biletnikoff was named MVP over Clarence Davis. Though Biletnikoff had some important receptions, he only had four receptions and 79 yards while Davis had 137 yards rushing on 16 carries. He had five rushes of 13 or more yards, including runs of 20 and 35 yards in the contest. His 8.56 yards per carry remain the sixth highest average in Super Bowl history. 30. Timmy Smith – Washington Redskins – Super Bowl XXII – 22 rushes, 204 yards, 2 TD I know based on statistics it would seem that Timmy Smith’s career day should rank higher. However, while he was certainly a key performer in the Redskins 42-10 victory, a good portion of his Super Bowl record rushing total occurred after the game was out of reach. That isn’t to say he wasn’t vital to the victory. He had a 58-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and 131 yards rushing before halftime. Considering that during the 1987 regular season he had only 124 yards rushing and for his entire career had only 602 regular season rushing yards it really is amazing what he was able to do against the Broncos. 29. Joe Montana – San Francisco 49ers – Super Bowl XXIV – 22-29, 297 yards, 5 TD, 0 INT When you win four Super Bowl rings and three MVP awards, you can assume that every performance is going to be pretty good. In what would turn out to be his final Super Bowl, Joe Montana and the 49ers were at the peak of their game. Montana hit Jerry Rice for a touchdown on their first drive of the game and he there was still 10 minutes left in the third period when he tossed his fifth touchdown pass of the game. 28. Peyton Manning – Indianapolis Colts – Super Bowl XLI – 25-38, 247 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Despite playing most of the game in a torrential downpour, Peyton Manning’s first Super Bowl appearance was a masterful performance to lift the Colts over the Chicago Bears. After Chicago had struck first with a Devin Hester kick return, Manning quickly righted the ship with a 53-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne. He didn’t have to be spectacular to win his first Super Bowl, but Manning made the plays needed to assure victory. 27. Jerry Rice – San Francisco 49ers – Super Bowl XXIX – 10 receptions, 149 yards, 3 TD After two record-setting Super Bowl performances with Joe Montana as his quarterback, Jerry Rice teamed with Steve Young for another dominating performance against the San Diego Chargers. Rice scored on a 44-yard touchdown pass from Young on the third play of the game and then scored twice in the third period. 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__label__wiki	0.870849	0.870849	RPP 17 2 Mark Drayford Issues and debates: health and social care services and the National Assembly of Wales Research Policy and Planning: The journal of the Social Services Research Group – Vol 17 (2) 1999 Issues and debates: health and social care services and the National Assembly of Wales Dr Mark Drayford, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University Editorial comment: ‘Issues and Debates’ is the RPP section designed to bring readers informed comment and opinion on a wide range of topics from those who have their finger on the ‘policy pulse’. In this issue we focus on the new National Assembly of Wales and its approach to policy development in health and social care services. Less than six months after its inception, any attempt to describe and assess the approach of the National Assembly of Wales to its social services and allied responsibilities must, necessarily, be tentative and preliminary. In addition to the inherent complexities and difficulties of the field itself, social service policy-making at the Assembly is evolving and responding to the developing experience of its new members, institutional pressures and the activities of other significant actors in the social welfare field. Against this background, my aim in this brief paper is five-fold: to trace, in a broad-brush way, the most relevant facets of the Assembly in relation to its powers and responsibilities; to indicate, from the first working weeks of the Assembly, the emerging terms of its working practices, and to suggest some elements of particular significance to the social services; to make some preliminary mapping of the major social services issues which are likely to pre-occupy the Assembly in its first year; to set out some of the more important elements within the operating environment of social services, especially in relation to health and housing; and to consider some ways in which those involved in the design and delivery of social services in Wales may wish to provide an input and produce an impact upon these developments. The National Assembly of Wales is part of the wider pattern of constitutional change and devolution of power which has been amongst the earliest and most radical policies pursued by the New Labour government of May 1997. In the messy business of translating Manifesto proposals into legislative actions, the Government was able to draw, in Scotland, upon the work of a long standing all-Party Constitutional Convention which had already produced a practical blueprint for devolution. The Welsh settlement, by contrast, displays a set of distinctive characteristics, emerging through the sometimes fraught and usually tortuous policy-making of the Labour Party in Wales. The result is a strange amalgam of hesitation and radicalism. On the hesitant side, the Assembly has neither tax-varying nor law-making powers of its own. On the radical side, it is elected by a form of proportional representation and operates within statutory obligations to develop formal partnerships with key players, such as local government and the voluntary sector, in Wales. Additionally, and uniquely amongst the devolved tiers of government throughout Europe, it includes an obligation to test all its policy actions against the principle of sustainability. Due to the actions of the political parties, rather than the institution itself, the National Assembly also has an elected membership which displays a greater degree of gender balance than any other similar body in the European Union. The results of the Assembly elections on the 6th May 1999 produced 28 Labour members, a majority of whom are women, 17 Plaid Cymru members, 9 Tories and 6 members of the Liberal Democrats. These members will continue in office at the Assembly for a period of four years until elections take place once again. A number of these factors have a particular relevance to the development of social services. The emphasis upon the voluntary sector will be especially important in a sector where so many services are delivered directly by voluntary organisations or rely upon voluntary effort more generally. The number of female Assembly members is also bound to be of significance for an area of activity where the social welfare workforce – and service users in a number of sectors – are mostly made up of women. In financial terms, the Assembly has inherited the budget and the areas of responsibility of the Welsh Office. It has some eight billion pounds to discharge its obligations in health, education, housing, agriculture, economic development, transport, tourism and an equally long list of other policy areas. Social services, in terms of budget share, number of employees and the range of services delivered stands well in the top half of the list but, inevitably, finds itself in competition with others for a share of a budget cake which is fixed and which the Assembly itself cannot enlarge. By the time the Assembly moved to its first summer recess, at the end of July 1999, it had spent most of its first three months putting in place the structures which will provide the bedrock of its first-term working practices. Crucially, the election results set out above produced a political outcome in which no single Party commanded a majority of seats over all others. The Assembly has begun life as a minority Labour administration, with a First Secretary and all eight Cabinet Secretaries drawn from Labour’s ranks. In these early days, at least, the administration has been able to rely less on positive alliances with others, than upon the intrinsic improbability of all three opposition parties uniting to defeat it. This may prove, however, to be an unstable longer-term strategy. Amongst the division of Cabinet responsibilities, the first First Secretary, Alun Michael, has decided to combine health and social services in the one portfolio, appointing the Assembly member for the Vale of Glamorgan, Jane Hutt, to that position. The combination of these two large policy areas was, undoubtedly, a product of the Labour Party’s Assembly manifesto commitment to breaking down the barriers between hospital and community-based services. The danger for the social services in all this, however, was clearly apparent in Labour’s Manifesto promise to appoint a health supremo to bring about the desired change. Within the Assembly’s budget, health is by far the greatest spender, taking some third of the total funds at its disposal. The anxiety has to be that in a health and social services portfolio the relationship may be skewed in favour of the former. An analysis of first meetings of the Assembly’s Health and Social Services Committee provides a preliminary indication that this may be the case. Of 12 substantive agenda items seven were directly or primarily health-related while only three were social services directed, with a further two items spanning both areas. A discussion of possible future areas for Committee consideration produced three social services items and eight related to its health remit. Framing these events more positively, it could be said that the social services are mainstream players in one of the most powerful portfolios in the Assembly. Quite certainly, in Jane Hutt, the social services could have done no better. A person of formidable energy, intelligence, creativity and determination, Secretary Hutt has spent her working life in different branches of social welfare. She brings an experience and a capacity to the portfolio which is unrivalled amongst other Assembly members and represents a rather stark contrast to the relationship between certain other Cabinet members and their portfolios. Within the new Assembly structure, the work of Cabinet secretaries is scrutinised by a series of parallel committees. The membership of committees reflects the political balance of the Assembly as a whole. The Liberal Democrats, in the person of Kirsty Williams, member for Brecon and Radnor, hold the chair of the Health and Social Services Committee. The intended remit for Assembly committees is that they should both scrutinise the work of the Cabinet and develop a policy-generating capacity of their own. Very early indications suggest that the power of balance between Cabinet and committee is weighted rather firmly in favour of the former. The developing relationship between the two most important institutional arms of the new body will, however, be amongst the most important areas to keep under review during the months ahead. The social services There is no scope here to discuss, or even list, all the social services questions which are likely to require the Assembly’s attention during the coming 12 months. Some will be influenced by broader functions than the social services themselves, particularly the decisions made in relation to local government budget-setting and the Assembly’s attempt to translate the essentially Anglo-centric ideas of Best Value into the Welsh context. Others will involve the social services in relation to separate policy areas, especially health, as suggested earlier. Within the sector itself, a number of issues which have been working their way up the agenda will continue to command attention, including the re-orientation of child welfare services towards prevention, rather than protection and the realignment of community care strategy and funding around primary-care led services. Other issues have a short-term urgency which is bound to bring them to the attention of the Assembly, sooner rather than later. The long-delayed publication of the North Wales Child Abuse Inquiry will provide both political and policy challenges in its wake. Scandal and risk-management are more endemic features of the social services than the apparently non-partisan notion of ‘welfare’ might suggest. The practical implementation of the Labour Party Manifesto commitment to establish a post of Children’s Commissioner in Wales has already been set in motion but dealing with the aftermath of the Waterhouse Report, particularly in the light of on-going investigations in South Wales, will demand skill and sensitivity. Less contentiously, but of considerable future importance, the Assembly will have to deal with the demise of CCETSW in Wales, the establishment of a joint TOPPS and Care Council for Wales and the on-going review of social work training. Here, relatively detailed and technical questions about training investment and priorities will demand more than an expansive political response. The sharpest arts in politics lie in fashioning a response to the unexpected as well as the predictable. No doubt the months ahead will bring to light social services matters which are presently difficult to predict. Given the list of known issues set out above, however, the social services agenda is bound to form a regular and significant part of the Assembly’s business. Boundary issues The effective delivery of social services does not, of course, depend only upon those factors which operate directly within their own ambit. In the key area of community care, for example, the interface with housing providers, on the one hand, and health on the other, will be crucial to the capacity of social services departments to deliver their own policy programmes. The 1998 Welsh Office White Paper, Putting Patients First, anticipated considerable realignment of local government, health authority and regional government boundaries in order to deliver services that promote a more community-based preventative, rehabilitative and maintenance role for care providers. A long-term commitment from the Assembly to a process of organisational and cultural change is implied in the White Paper, a process which will meet its first challenge in the formation of Local Health Groups, at primary care level. The capacity of such Groups to provide the collaborative and creative solutions to organisational bottle-necks and resource mis-allocations is as yet untested. It is, naturally, always easier to move systems towards greater alignment and co-operative patterns of working when money can be found to oil the wheels of change in this direction. The auguries in this regard for Wales are mixed. The Assembly will benefit from its share in the additional money which the New Labour administration intends to devote to health. Within Wales, however, larger debates concerning the match – or lack of it – between historic patterns of health spending and health needs, together with disputes over the pattern of specialist and general hospital provision seem likely to draw attention away from the advantages which might be obtained from the injection of relatively small amounts of money into easing the path of reform at community level. Reforming the boundaries between health and social services will be eased by their co-location within one Assembly Secretariat. Housing and social services, while both local government functions, have been separated, at Assembly level, between two different Cabinet members. The housing stock in Wales is old, with 37% built before 1919. It is also plagued by problems of unfitness and disrepair. Fully 13% of the total housing stock of Wales was judged to be unfit in the Housing Conditions Survey of 1993. The bulk of these difficulties is concentrated in the privately owned sector. Historically, Wales has had a higher proportion of owner-occupation than other parts of the United Kingdom, with 71% recorded in that form of tenure in the 1997 Welsh Housing Statistics. At the same time, Welsh local authorities generally resisted the pressures towards divestiture of council housing stock during the 1980s and 90s. These pressures have continued, however, under the 1997 New Labour administration. Recent moves toward the large scale voluntary transfer of council housing stock to Housing Association ownership, in the city of Cardiff, for example, may be a sign of wider changes to come. From the perspective of social services providers, the upshot is a further layer of uncertainty and instability in the operating environment. In the most acute cases, these two arms of single authorities seem set to find themselves in conflict. The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act, for example, could result in housing officers attempting to evict families under its ‘anti-social behaviour’ components, while social workers attempt to keep the same families together and in their accommodation. Even where the interests of the two services are not so directly in opposition, the preoccupations of either side with its own agenda may leave little space in which to develop new or more fruitful ways of working together. The political mood-music which accompanied the establishment of the National Assembly of Wales suggested a break with previous ways of conducting government. The new body was to be open, accountable, transparent and, above all, inclusive. It would belong to the people of Wales through the active rather than passive promotion of participative democracy. Even if the early weeks of the Assembly proved disappointing in this regard – committee meetings held in secret, papers denied to press and public, debates dedicated to point-scoring rather than dialogue – it seems most sensible, at this stage, to attribute all this to teething-trouble, rather than a more cynical reversion to political type. Rather, the commitments to openness and participation need to be seized by those without as well as those within, the Assembly. The constituency which has an interest in social services in Wales is an enormous one. It ranges through service users and providers and encompasses the interested but isolated individual as well as the formidably organised interest group. If the National Assembly is to be the success it needs to be – for on that success rests the practical quality of life which can be obtained by some of the most vulnerable members of our society – then all those who work within the social services sector in Wales need to contribute their voice to shaping such a future. The ultimate test for the Assembly will be how it encourages such voices and acts upon them inclusively in response.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line55
__label__cc	0.576447	0.423553	Yungblud joins Soccer Aid line-up: “I’ve been waiting for the call my whole life!” Yungblud will lace up his boots next month as he prepares to join the line-up for Soccer Aid 2021. The Doncaster singer will join a squad that also includes the likes of Tom Grennan as they gear up to face a Soccer Aid World XI at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium on September 4. The match is in aid of UNICEF and will be broadcast live on ITV, with winners picking up the Soccer Aid trophy from David Beckham. “It’s crazy to be taking part in Soccer Aid for UNICEF – I feel like I’ve been waiting for the call my whole life! Being asked wasn’t something I even had to think about – I said yes before I got the call,” Yungblud said of the honour. “I can’t wait to get back in front of an audience. My fan base are my blood and guts so I can’t wait to see them at the Etihad Stadium. I know they’ll be showing their support by buying tickets to the match.” Yungblud (Picture: Timothy Norris/Getty Images) He added: “I’ll be nervous but also excited walking into the stadium alongside some of my childhood heroes. Soccer Aid is such a cool idea and it’s for a great cause – UNICEF. Football is a lot harder than rock’n’roll for me. I think people are maybe expecting me to be on the pitch in a leather skirt and spike bracelet, but I’ll be out there trying to win the game. “My grandad used to take me to see Donny Rovers every week when I was a kid, so football has always been a big part of my life. Football is so important because it brings people together, on and off the pitch and gives people a chance to express themselves, which is what I’m all about. “Buy a ticket, make a donation or watch the match – you can be part of something really worthwhile.” The event will also involve a cast of footballing legends including Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Kelly Smith, Roberto Carlos, Patrice Evra, David James, Ashley Cole, Emile Heskey and Jamie Redknapp. Meanwhile, Yungblud is set to begin his latest tour, which was rescheduled earlier this year, in Nottingham on August 6. ← Is ‘New World’ unique enough to compete in the MMO genre? Orla Gartland: “The stigma of YouTubers not being real musicians is a dated concept” →	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line61
__label__wiki	0.503297	0.503297	The year 1237 was revolutionary in the history of both medieval and modern Europe. It was then that the Teutonic Knights founded the castle-town Elbing at the delta of the wild Vistula River. While crusades in the Holy Land had come to an end, on the border between Christian Poland and pagan Prussia there started a turf war for faith, wealth, fame and survival. The described events would later form the foundation for Europe’s current shape. The knights of Virgin Mary’s Teutonic Order together with a group of crusaders land at the River Ilfing with a view to settling there, to build their capital city. Meanwhile, two ships carrying settlers arrive from Lubeka. Among those settlers are Odon, a mason, with his family who fled their hometown having got into a pickle. On their journey they have to face spring storms and Pomeranian sea pirates before arriving in relatively safe burgh of Gdańsk. It is already at that point that one of Odon’s twins discovers witchcraft which will turn his life around. The River Ilfing will offer its settlers astounding wildlife as well as cruel, uncivilised Prussians and ruthless Christian knights. The Odons are shortly befallen by a tragedy – one of the twins gets abducted, the other children die, Christians and pagans cross swords. The book’s main characters go on expeditions against the Prussians – they conquer and defend castles, fight their enemies in foot and cavalry battles, fight off wild animals. At the same time they build their castle and city, experience their joys and tragedies, fall in love and shape their characters. The book is steeped in historical references to real people, places and events. Descriptions contained therein are based on archaeological studies in an archaeological Eldorado – Elbląg. The fast-flowing narrative and picturesque depictions appeal to the reader in an often humorous way. Descriptions of hunting expeditions and battles are the author’s strong suit as well as easy-to-read medieval-styled language. The novel ends with biographical notes on its main historical characters, a glossary of medieval terms and also further information on the coins and other methods of payment of the era. Rebellion of the old gods The book picks up where “War of Gods” left off. Seven years after arriving in Elbing (in 1244) the State of the Teutonic Order in Prussia faces total defeat despite significant support from crusaders in Europe. Ruthard, Odon’s son, together with a Teutonic party endeavour the succour of a castle in the south. His twin brother Linka, a reformed pagan, hunts wisents. He gets abducted by a Lithuanian predatory party heading for the Vistula River. Both brothers find themselves on the opposite sides of a big battle which ends in a massacre of the Christians. Ruthard, who barely manages to stay alive, together with a Teutonic knight de Berge find themselves in the Castle Culm from where they will travel northbound following the Vistila River to get to the Grand Master and beg him for help. On their journey they get into a pickle and get help from yet another female companion in Ruthard’s life. Both sides of the conflict brace for war. Link tries to persuade the Prussian leaders to pull together and strike the final blow to pulverise the Christian castles. Guile, fortitude and witchcraft finally begin to change the stubborn and haughty Prussian minds. At last, the great expedition heads out to the west. Meanwhile in Elbing, an old enemy’s plotting leads to Ruthard being charged with murder and imprisoned. His friend de Berge fights the pagans in the dark corners of Prussian forests, hoping that his experience and bravery will prevent the Order from being defeated again. At the same time the ruler of Pomorze, Prince Świętopełk joins the fight against the Teutonic Knights. Having escaped captivity and arrived in Gdańsk, Ruthard witnesses an assault on a Teutonic envoy. He also finds out about the incoming ships full of crusaders - the last opportunity to stop the Prussians from eradicating Christianity in Prussia. Linka and Ruthard, unaware of each other’s position, rush to Elbing where the final battle will take place. Similarly to the other books written by the author, the novel is steeped in precise historical references to people, places, customs, behaviour, warfare and ceremonies. The narrative is vivid, written in an absorbing, reader-friendly language. The reader will find the flesh and blood characters easy to relate to and empathise with. The book is enriched by a fair dose of humour as well as poignant and moving moments. The author intends to continue the saga	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line62
__label__cc	0.712662	0.287338	Does Social Media Sell Books? A Vital Inquisition! Your immediate reading homework is this, from the NYT: MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS? FOR BOOK SALES, IT’S UNRELIABLE. It’s behind a paywall, of course, so be advised of that if you are the kind of person who is halted by them — but I’ll do some summary of the article in question in order to dissect and reassemble its salient bits. The summary is this: it has long been assumed that people with huge social media followings therefore also sell huge numbers of books, and given the apparently low sales numbers of some of the celebrity books in question — which is to say, celebrities with considerable herds of fans following their every online move — it might be safe to consider that assumption to be a grandly bullshit one. Big social media followings do not become big book sales. I’ve said it forever, and it appears to remain the case, here. Now, it is worth noting up front, before we dig too deep a hole, that the article is flawed in that it’s using only BookScan numbers, and BookScan is wildly unreliable in that it only captures print sales from certain sales outlets. It does not track e-books. It does not track audiobooks. It does not track library sales. Again, it tracks print books sold through standard print book sales points like Amazon, B&N, Target, many (but not all) indie stores. Author Katherine Locke noted on Twitter that they found Bookscan caught only 12% of the sales of one of their books — which, uhhh, is a pretty notable deficit. So, the numbers in that article are probably lower than in reality, and further, it’s capturing only one real set of authors: celebrity authors. In this sense the article could just as easily be an indictment against giving celebrities giant fucking book deals, which, y’know, I happen to agree with. That said, I still think there’s something here to talk about, and that’s the question of what social media brings to the table for authors, their books, and the sales of those books to an audience. Way back in THE OLDEN DAYS, in the BEFORETIMES, at the outset of this current wave of social media (Twitter, FB, IG, eventually not Tumblr, eventually yes Tik-Tok), it was a common refrain that an author had to have a “platform,” which was something of a corruption of the notion that non-fiction authors had to have a platform. For non-fic authors, that platform meant they had to have a reliable reputation in the subject matter at hand and/or some kind of demonstrable expertise in it. But the dilution of that became simply, “As an author, you should have a social media following at one or several social media sites.” (At this time, blogs were still acceptable. Remember blogs? Yeah, me neither.) It was a little bit advice, a little bit mandate. What that social media following meant or needed to look like was a set of teleporting bullseyes, and though I’m sure some publishers had hard and fast numbers they hoped to see, they did not share them with any authors I know. The purpose of this social media following was unclear, though it was usually sold as some combination of, hey, be funny, be informative, earn an audience, oh and don’t forget to SHILL YOUR BOOKS, BOOKMONSTER. Drop the links, use the graphics, do the hokey-pokey and shake it all about. You’re an author! Also a brand! Standing on a platform! Asking an audience to love you with money! You’re like the Wendy’s Twitter account — be funny, be individual, be the best version of yourself, get attention, but also get them to eat your goddamn wordburgers. The question is, did it work then? Does it work now? I have thoughts. (I mean, obviously I have them, because here I am, with this blog post. Sorry, did I say “blog post?” I meant, uhhh, really long Twitter thread. Shut up.) Note that these thoughts are artisanal data, by which I mean, my anecdotal experience and observations. I do not mean any of this as boot-in-the-ass fact. Take it as you will. Answer Unclear, Ask Again Later Moving copies of books via social media does and doesn’t work, and that is about as true and as useless an answer as I can give, so lemme try to give it some dimension. First, yes, both now and before, you can sell books on social media, though the primary and best way to sell those books is to not be the author. Meaning, you can sell books, just not your books. Which is counter to this entire point, where publishers tell authors to promote their own books, but there it is. I’ve mentioned this before but it really bears repeating: when an author does a guest post on this very website (which is definitely not a blog, we hate those now, remember), they get X number of clicks through to their books. That number varies depending on the book and the post, to be clear. Now, let’s say in addition to promoting their own book, they also mention another book they liked or loved — the link to that book will get twice the number of clicks than X. It’ll double. Nearly every time. You get more clickthroughs to books you recommend from other authors than you do your own books. Why is this? I dunno. I’m assuming because we naturally have a gentle, simmering suspicion for anyone hawking their own wares. We’d rather hear about a book you love than a book you wrote. We want to share and participate in that kind of love. And we tend to side-eye sales pitches. Which is good! We should. If someone has something to sell, we should be just a tiny bit wary of their wares, and as always, consider the source. The other thing to consider is that social media now isn’t the same as social media then. It’s obvious that times change, and so does everything with it, and social media is no different. It is, in fact, an entirely divergent animal from five years ago, ten years ago, and beyond. Like the coronavirus, it just keeps fucking mutating, man, and like with a virus, so much of its mutation is unseen, on the inside, its effects cascading long before we’ve really even figured out there was any change at all. In the BEFORETIMES, social media was smaller, more nimble, and I think it was easier to establish yourself there. It still didn’t move tons and tons of books, but I do think you could find easier reach. Now, that user base is considerably larger — which sounds good, right? You wanna reach more people, so it’s good that there are more people to reach. Except, do you? Culturally, social media is a raging brushfire. It’s an apocalyptic stock ticker of news and rage and memes and condemnation and indignation and dunks, so many fucking dunks, dunks upon dunks upon dunks. (This is a harsh take on it, and I recognize there is a lot of vital work done there, too, and a necessary platform for social justice. But it’s also a platform for shit that masquerades as social justice, too, which is tricky. But that’s a whole other conversation.) We view social media — or, at least, publishers view social media — like it’s an audience-in-waiting. But it’s not. Everybody on social media is equal parts performer and product. We’re all on the platform, and the platform is a stage, and we’re dancing for the social media companies. So, it’s hard to get above all that and actually let people know about your books. This is an attention economy, and the way to get attention isn’t… y’know, a link to your book. I wish it was. But it’s not. And it’s not, in part because Twitter doesn’t want it to be. Which leads me to the next point: Algorithmically, it’s also a brushfire. We know that certain things generate algorithmic attention — meaning, the unseen sentient elves pulling all the levers and yanking on all the ropes are interested in juggling tweets to the top that are attention-seeking, emotion-farming tweets. Will this make you angry? Will it make you laugh? THEN HERE, LOOK AT IT. Rage and memes and dunks and such. The platform rewards the brushfire. The algorithm says, “Fire is bright and colorful, people like bright and colorful and are likelier to look at it, so MORE FIRE FOR THE FIRE-LOVERS,” and then the elves splash around gasoline and lighter fluid while chewing through the electrical cords, cackling. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve mentioned, say, a book that is coming out or already out, and had more than one person on Twitter say, “Wow, I’ve never heard of this before.” Even though I’ve yelled about it. I’ve shrieked. I’ve done my ass-shaking buy-my-book dance. I’ll endlessly promote and then go to a bookstore event (or did, in the Beforetimes), will get done said event, will thank the bookstore on Twitter, and inevitably multiple people respond, “Oh I didn’t know you were in town! I would’ve gone!” (To quote Scott Lynch on Twitter: “Painful Coda: On top of this, social media algorithms are working dark sorcery behind the scenes to throttle the actual reach of anything fucking NORMAL that we try to talk about. You have 185k followers. Does that mean 185k people see your announcement of a new thing? Lol. No.” He’s right. They don’t. I suspect it’s closer to one percent, if I’m being honest. Ten percent at the optimistic level.) Social media is stacked against you, now more than ever. Think Of It This Way You’re in a plane. You have thousands of your books in boxes. Below you, on the ground, are your readers. Somewhere. They’re down there. It’s fine! You want to tell them about your book, so to do so, you throw thousands of copies of your book out of the plane, in the hopes that they get copies. They will not. The books will fall into lakes and rivers, they will smash car windows and oh god you just killed a schnauzer, you fucking monster. Even if you tell your potential readers, hey, look for my plane, wait for my book drop, it won’t matter very much. You might slightly increase the number of people who find the books. But that’s it. (Note: please do not do any of this, it’s a metaphor.) (Though mayyyybe it could work. Anybody have a plane? I got books!) What I Used To Say I used to say this: On social media, you can sell tens or hundreds of copies of your book, but publishers really want thousands to be sold. The true value of social media is connecting with other professionals in your creative space — you gather around the digital watercooler and get to talk to other writers, agents, editors, artists, booksellers, librarians. It makes you a part of a community, and you meet these people not to use as rungs on a ladder but as compatriots and cohorts and, in many cases, as friends who honestly understand what you do and get what you’re going through. Yes, of course, definitely promote your book because that’s what your audience is following you for, they want to know about your books. Just don’t bludgeon them over the head with it, and you’ll be fine. The goal is to talk about your books in an earnest, personal way, not to be manipulative or as a sales pitch but because it’s the best way to talk about your work. And the hope is that you create that essential background noise called “buzz” simply by making people aware, because awareness is the most difficult thing to achieve. Many of our books have died, smothered by the suffocating blanket of obscurity. What I Say Now What I say now is that the above is still true-ish, but it deserves an asterisk as big as a kaiju’s cartoon butthole — a monster caveat, an epic yeah, except. Yeah, except social media is a fucking wood chipper. It is not necessarily a safe or sound place for an author to be. It can become as much a distraction as an asset, and it can give you some very good days, but also, some of your very worst days. Publishers asking writers to join social media — or other writers giving this as advice — are deficit if they are not making it very clear that social media is not always a safe space. It is not a place to casually muck about, or fail in public in any way, or any of that. The ground is unstable. Beneath it are sewer clowns, and they are very, very hungry. Social media rewards you for being noisy, but it eventually punishes you for the same. And god forbid you, like many authors, have some manner of anxiety or depression. Spoiler warning: social media isn’t there to help. Sometimes it will. Individuals will be there to help you, and that’s part of the good side. But there are just as many who want to do the opposite, who not only want to stick the knife in… but who really want to give it a twist. Especially, especially, as your platform — remember, the thing publishers wanted you to have and to grow! — gets bigger and bigger. A big social media following is open water. It is deep and it is dark and you are in over your head. Publishers should’ve never viewed this as an extension of their marketing and advertising plans. Authors should’ve never been front-line warriors in this crusade. I understand why it was sold this way — it’s a mix of, “Hey, this is just like authors going out to events and talking to people” and “Hey, maybe we don’t have to spend all that marketing and advertising money now that there’s this giant free space where we can just shill books 24/7 with the help of our new unpaid salesfolks, authors.” (Note, this last point is also why there is current resistance to getting authors back out into the world. Some of it is, yes, because COVID is still scary and uncertain, but some of it is publishers seeing and saying, “Hey, we sold books just fine in the Quarantimes of 2020, why should we pay for authors to do in-person events ever again?” It will be necessary for authors and booksellers and other event-having staff to push back on this narrative, because it has been born, now squalling in its crib.) The problem with publishers seeing this space as that value-add is that there are also considerable value deficits in place — put more colloquially, the juice ain’t always worth the squeeze. And it can be a real fucking squeeze. Beyond that, if you can navigate it, it’s not that social media cannot have value. And it’s not that you can’t still try to get blood from that rock. But to my mind it’s a place you go because you want to be there, not because it is a necessary or even useful channel to Sell Your Books. It maybe never was, but now in particular it’s just difficult to sell books in the middle of a brushfire. I’m there. I do it. I don’t know that it reaches many people at all anymore. I don’t know how much longer I’ll keep doing it. It’s not a fun place to be. I don’t enjoy it. It feels more like an obligation, one whose yield is minimal, like I’m plowing a mostly-fallow field. I still like this space, of course, because I can engage with points and own the space and inject a little nuance. Not that this is a blog, of course. No no no those aren’t a thing anymore. stares shiftily at you Wait But Should I Get On Tik-Tok Immediately? That’s the current advice I hear. YOU GOTTA GET ON TIK-TOK. BOOK-TOK IS THERE. YOU GOTTA BE THERE, MAN. YOU GOTTA DANCE AND SHIT. YOU GOTTA DO THAT THING WHERE THERE’S TEXT ON THE SCREEN AND YOU POINT TO IT AND MAYBE LIP-SYNC SOME STUFF AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WOW. YEAH. SHAKE YOUR BOOK. LICK IT. I DUNNO YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO GET THOSE LIKES. (Does Tik-Tok even have likes? Shit, I dunno.) (I’m so old.) I am not going there. First, because I don’t want to. Second, because nobody else wants me to, either. I mean, if you thought I was cringe before, just wait till I show up there and gallumph about like Jedi Kid, trying to hawk my bookish wares. Jesus. It’s horrifying just imagining it, and I suspect the real thing would be a thousand times worse. Third, it’s not even the written word. At least Twitter requires me to exercise my writing skills (“skills”) in some capacity. Tik-Tok is just, oof. I’m an, uhh, behind the camera guy. Finally, like with all social media, Book-Tok is powered more by readers than by writers, isn’t it? Same as it’s been elsewhere — it’s readers talking about and showing what they love, and that is what moves books. Word of mouth continues to be the primary driver for how books are sold. The chain is this: Publishers should make as much noise as they can about a book. Booksellers and librarians help carry that torch. And at the end of the day, it goes to readers. Readers who want to share their love of certain books, and whose love is (excuse the abject cheesiness here) the eternal flame that will keep burning for a story and for an author. That’s it. The author doesn’t need to be in that chain at all. And honestly, maybe we shouldn’t be. Except at the end, to sign it and answer your questions. But, as with all things, YMMV. This is all pure opinion and conjecture. Others will have very different experiences, and that is as expected. You do you, pikachu. Anyway hey uhhh buy my books or I die! The Book of Accidents! Dust & Grim! Holidays! Books! Huzzah! immediately creates an OnlyFans account susan hill long December 8, 2021 @ 10:17 AM OMG yes. Thank you for this. Rebecca Douglass Kind of confirms my sense that a little person like me can’t really do anything one way or the other to influence my sales. So I make enough to buy a few cups of coffee. Fine, since I’m not trying to make a living at it. But I’ll keep my blog (er, extended Twitter?) because I like it, and it’s how to connect to other writers (yes, still. Stay small and the evil people stay away). And I’ll dream of getting back to classroom visits and library talks. But I won’t get on Tik-Tok or most of those other things, because… I don’t want to? I really do feel for those trying to make a living at writing these days. It’s a proper shit-show. Perfect timing for me with this (not a) blog. I just quit Twitter because it was causing harm to my mental health and I’ve been freaking out about how to build a platform elsewhere. Thank you for this! tcinla December 9, 2021 @ 3:03 AM go to Substack. Do your blog there and have paid subscribers. Jemima Pett I really liked this post, Chuck. Thanks. Susan Lucas Hoffman So true, all. Social media creates a time wasting place where followers, likers, haters and marketers support the monster they create. I found you, my favorite not-blogger via another blogger I read word for word, Austin Kleon. In the meantime my own social media following contributes little to product sales. Thank you for pointing out the flaws. denisewillson Chuck, you are always a breath of fresh air, even when it’s the stinky kind. I love that you bare your soul without apology. I wish more of us had such bravery. Kudos. I will share this honest post. Author Dee Willson I don’t think I have ever bought a book because I saw it on Twitter (and certainly never on Facebook). But I HAVE bought your books, well some of them, because you talked about them on here. I only have the vaguest idea of what OnlyFans is and how it works, but I know enough to plead with you not to go there! December 8, 2021 @ 12:04 PM I’ve definitely bought books I’ve heard about on Twitter — though, less so because I’ve heard about them from THE AUTHOR, I suppose; so, it’s not that it’s useless, far from it. It’s just more complicated than, “Hey, get on social media, and your audience will be there.” There’s a lot that goes into it, and a lot that even went into it ten years ago. And now, these days, it’s infinitely more complicated due to algorithms and the very nature of what we expect from and get from social media. Evelyn Freeling December 18, 2021 @ 3:14 PM I’ve purchased books I came across on Twitter, sometimes because I’m friendly with the author, but most often because I’ve heard from others who have similar reading tastes that I need to read said book. If I see multiple people tweeting about how good a book is, it gets added to my TBR. Steven Womack Once again, Chuck, you cut through the bullshit and fog and gave us some clarity on this. I have worked my ass off to build a social media presence, a “platform,” and I’m not sure it’s ever done a measurable thing for me. But we’re authors, we’ve been put on this hamster wheel and can’t get off. I’ll prove it by compulsively including the URL to my website (which is way overdue for updating) at the end of this comment. http://www.StevenWomack.com See? We just can’t quit… Marie Brennan December 8, 2021 @ 6:05 PM Alllll of this — plus the fact that writers want to be on social media because we’ve been told that’s what we’re supposed to do and so by shaking our asses on Twitter and FB and Tik-Tok (where it might be literal ass-shaking), we can tell ourselves at least I did everything I could. Even if some of what we did was actually useless. But we lose sight of the fact that sometimes, it’s worse than useless: it’s time and energy we could have spent on something better, like writing a new story. Or it put us in the line of fire for the bigots and the trolls, and we lost some sanity points dealing with that crap. Or it comes out of the rest and recuperation time every human being needs, whatever the late capitalist machine tells us. Readers have the real power here. A study some years ago found the number one reason people buy a book is that they’ve read and liked something by that author before; the number two reason is that a friend recommended it. Everything else — book cover, marketing, ads, you name it — comes a very distant third to those two factors. So if you want to find the engine in this car, it’s the readers, talking about what they’ve enjoyed. Not writers on social media. Spofforth I’ve never had a social media account. I just don’t want to follow hundreds of people and read all of their posts. Who does? However, I do have Stephen King’s twitter bookmarked and I read his tweets on a regular basis. I’ve also bought a lot of books recommended by him too. The only other place I visit regularly is Chuck’s blog which gives me all the info I need on his/your next book. All other info on writers, books and reviews I get from other sources. Susie Lindau If anyone has a social media platform, it’s you! I met you through your blog and have bought several of your books through your announcements. I think your personality and voice shines through your writing. That’s what sells. With the advent of 10 second quips, blogging has become antiquated. It has certainly slowed down, but here I am! Chuck: What you ought to do is take this to Substack and publish there. I can assure you if I – who doesn’t write half as funny as you do here – can make the rent there, you can too. There are people with less to say than you have to say, making six-figure annual income from Substack (wait for it) BLOGS. And Stripe is totally accurate above-board and no hassle about getting you your money from the subscriptions. And, surprise surprise, my subscribers like to read stuff about my writing, and they’re buying my books. (It helps that I have had a recent run of “very nice encounters” with reviewers) Oh, and I am non-fic. I now think I don’t have a clue what my reader demographic is, I used to think it was heavily-weighted male, but the majority of the subscribers are women, and they’re reading the “war books.” And liking them. William Goldman was right, Nobody.Knows.Anything. But mostly That’s Another Fine Mess is about my take on the daily news feed, it’s not about the books, so maybe when I mention someone saying something nice about the books, it’s like I’m talking about some other author’s books. Anyway, what you do here would work there – and you’d get paid to do it. I, and others here, buy Chuck’s books. Now you want us to pay for his blog posts? What’s next, paying to read tweets? “The controversy began in response to reports that the company was luring writers to the platform through a program called Substack Pro, which offered lump sums of money – as much as $250,000 – for writers to leave their jobs and take up newsletter writing. Some writers were also offered access to editors, health insurance and a legal defender program. On the face of it, Substack Pro was simply offering writers the benefits that usually come with full-time employment. But the program was seen as controversial for a number of reasons.” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/29/substack-news-writing-pyramind-scheme To be fair, buying books is not automagically a ticket to more free content. It is not unreasonable for an author to ask to get paid for what he writes, and if what he writes is a blog or journal or newsletter, maybe that means you pay for that through Substack or Patreon or what-have-you. And the audience would have a choice as to whether or not to read it by paying for it. Substack has issues, as you note — I did speak to them some time ago, and I couldn’t quite navigate how to still host posts here and there, and I’m not particularly interested in losing this space and giving my content over to some other content mill, regardless of whether it’s profitable. Mostly, I’ve long kept this space free, and I don’t mind it remaining so, and it keeps the pressure off of me to continue producing content on a schedule and at a specific level. But I also don’t think it’s trouble for writers to ask for money for their words, no matter where those words may be hosted. – c. I agree and disagree. The problem for me is that word ‘content’. Yeah, of course you should get paid for what you write. I’m thinking out loud here, but say you charged a sub for access to unpublished short stories or earlier drafts of your novels (a serial would work too) then I’d be on that in a second, as that to me is content. To ask for a sub to read someones musings on all things from pie to your post above, isn’t something I would pay for. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy reading your musings, because I do. We all do. (I’ve read the comments!) I just wouldn’t pay to read them as I really only come here to find out about your next novel. I spend every spare pound on books, music, films, streaming platforms and food (in that order 🙂 ). Does that make sense to you? I wouldn’t ask for anyone to pay me for news about my books or promo, but I also don’t think it’s out of bounds to say, hey, I just wrote a 3000 word essay about “does social media sell books,” and if you subscribe to my newsletter for a dollar a month or whatever, you get access to it. Again, note, I’m not doing that at present because it changes the relationship. But that’s not unreasonable to ask, and it wouldn’t be unreasonable for you to say, “No, not interested.” That’s the nature of that exchange and fair on both parties, I feel. January 5, 2022 @ 6:12 PM For me, it’s a question of responsibility. Once I pay for access to insight, I expect a certain level of professionalism. I expect well-rounded, unbiased information. I expect a good customer experience, whether I pay .99 for a non-fiction book on sale or $600 for a digital conference. Unfortunately, I see a lot of authors who provide this content just… not providing customer service or customer experience (and providing very biased information. People make wild claims without citing evidence). They charge for the content but provide it as if it’s free… if that makes sense. There are exceptions here, but I see it a lot with indie authors especially. It’s why I’ve really shied away from writing a non-fiction book. I am happy to give out my opinions and insight for free, because I’m not asking anything for them. But once I ask people to pay, no matter the cost, I hold myself to a certain standard of insight… and I just don’t want to do that. TwistedByKnavesWill Ross Just discovered your glob through this post. THANK YOU! christophergronlund I’ve always found out about your books (and purchased them, including the old RPG stuff) because of this blog. Terribleminds and other blogs (mostly independent bookstores and things like LitHub) are where I get most of my book info. (Okay, and podcast interviews with authors, most of whom I never knew existed before hearing them chat about what they’re up to on a show.) I’m usually so invested in the books I hear about from those places that when I see an author talking about a release in passing on Twitter, it doesn’t result with a new book on one of my shelves. When Twitter does lead to a sale, it’s like you mention: it’s when an author I already like and follow on social media mentions another book they are interested in. So…yay blogs and podcasts I guess? (At least for me…) Liz Gauffreau This post couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I’m getting increasingly disenchanted with social media. (Read “bored.”) However, I do enjoy reading the posts of the blogging community I belong to because they inspire my own creativity to go in new writing directions that I wouldn’t have otherwise. For those who think asking people to pay to read my thoughts – that’s what you do with most anything you value. At That’s Another Fine Mess, and every other page up at Substack, you can also subscribe for free, and either not get the full content of a post, or (as at mine) not have comment access. If after you read it for awhile, you like it, you can choose to support it, for – as I say – “the price of two Vente’s at Starbucks.” The internet has destroyed many writers’ financial support systems. Substack is a way of rebuilding that. “For those who think asking people to pay to read my thoughts – that’s what you do with most anything you value.” You keep telling yourself that. Grace Wen Thanks for confirming a lot of suspicions I’ve had about social media. I deleted all of my accounts in 2015 when I sensed things getting weird. I have no regrets, and as a woman of color I’m really glad I ditched it before things got even uglier online. For a long time, I thought it was bizarre that writers didn’t acknowledge the opportunity costs of social media. Sure, you could maaaaaaybe reach people, but what are you giving up in exchange (like mental health, attention span, creative space, etc.) and is it worth it? I’m glad more people are now asking these questions. Speak Your Mind, Word-Nerds Cancel reply	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line67
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__label__wiki	0.509402	0.509402	/ Evolution’s Claims / Philosophy / Anthropic Principle / Tautology « Anthropic PrinciplePrevious MetaphysicalNext » "The universe has survivable properties because if it did not, we would not be here to observe it. 1" (Claim #E778) This is a tautology. 2 3 4 We all agree that the universe has survivable properties, and we all agree that we are here to observe it. By definition, we could not survive if the universe did not have survivable properties. But such reasoning is circular and does not answer the question: Why does the universe seem so finely tuned for life? A way to avoid a tautology is by using the metaphysical anthropic principle. Dawkins, R. (2004). The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Calle, C. I. (2009). The Universe: Order Without Design. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ReMine, W. J. (1993). The Biotic Message: Evolution Versus Message Theory. Saint Paul, Minn.: St. Paul Science. Dawkins, 2004, p. 2: “This is the ‘anthropic’ notion that the very laws of physics themselves, or the fundamental constants of the universe, are a carefully tuned put-up job, calculated to bring humanity eventually into existence. It is not necessarily founded on vanity. It doesn’t have to mean that the universe was deliberately made in order that we should exist. It need mean only that we are here, and we could not be in a universe that lacked the capability of producing us. As physicists have pointed out, it is no accident that we see stars in our sky, for stars are a necessary part of any universe capable of generating us. Again, this does not imply that stars exist in order to make us. It is just that without stars there would be no atoms heavier than lithium in the periodic table, and a chemistry of only three elements is too impoverished to support life. Seeing is the kind of activity that can go on only in the kind of universe where what you see is stars.” ↩ Calle, 2009, p. 174: “The problem is that, while this argument is reasonable [the anthropic argument], we don’t learn anything from it and, superficially, it even appears to be trivial, bordering on being a tautology. However, some physicists think that a more careful examination would show that applying this reasoning to the multiverse could have profound implications. Only a tiny fraction of all the pocket universes in the multiverse have our right cosmological constant that makes possible the evolution of life. Our universe is one of those and life arose here.” ↩ Calle, 2009, p. 175: “But Weinberg arrived at his conclusion with some reluctance. ‘If such a cosmological constant is confirmed by observation,’ he wrote in 1992, ‘it will be reasonable to infer that our own existence plays an important part in explaining why the universe is the way it is.’ But he added: ‘I hope that this is not the case. As a theoretical physicist, I would like to see us able to make precise predictions, not vague statements that certain constants have to be in a range that is more or less favorable to life.'” ↩ ReMine, 1993, p. 61: “The tautological anthropic principle: The universe has survivable (and observable) properties because we survive (and observe).” ↩	cc/2022-05/en_head_0027.json.gz/line83

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