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Error code:   DatasetGenerationError
Exception:    ArrowInvalid
Message:      JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 30
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 30
              
              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
              datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationError: An error occurred while generating the dataset

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__label__cc	0.717162	0.282838	Senator Roy Blunt Visits KCU for Opioid Roundtable United States Senator Roy Blunt visited Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU), meeting with physician and science faculty along with medical students on the front lines of education and treatment in the opioid epidemic gripping the region and the country. “This is an important issue,” Blunt said. “Preparing doctors in more thoughtful and broad-based ways in how to treat pain.” KCU is one of 60 U.S. medical schools recognized by the White House that have pledged to enhance education for students who will eventually be prescribing opioids as doctors. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/29/fact-sheet-obama-administration-announces-additional-actions-address “KCU is committed to providing the most comprehensive medical education to best train our state and our country’s future physicians,” said Dr. Marc B. Hahn, KCU president and CEO, an anesthesiologist and former pain management specialist. “More than 70% of our students enter primary care specialties, where the majority of opioid prescriptions are written.” Blunt heard from KCU faculty who design curricula, physicians who currently treat opioid abuse and from KCU medical students who will likely face the complicated health issue of opioid addiction that preys upon people in all walks of life. KCU already meets the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for teaching pain and addiction management. The university teaches classes in pharmacology, physiology of addiction and non-pharmacological treatment for pain such as acupuncture and osteopathic manipulative therapy. KCU also brings recovering patients to talk about substance abuse disorders and help de-stigmatize ideas that surround opiate addiction. “We are always looking at new ways to add innovative ideas to our curriculum to better prepare our students,” said Dr. Schoen Kruse, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs. Beginning next month, KCU will enhance classroom instruction by adding training in the first and second years of medical school to include medical simulation and many hours of practice treating complicated patients. “There is nothing like having practical experience,” said Dr. Robert “Bo” Cooley, faculty member and addiction specialist. “We want students to be ready to get into a clinical situation and actually start dealing with patients.” Senator Blunt spoke about his interest in helping solve the opioid epidemic with a bipartisan bill that would increase funding for treatment, prevention and mental health services. He praised KCU for its forward-thinking approach. “From everything I have seen around the country, KCU is recognized as one of the leaders in looking at new ways to deal with pain and for doctors to deal with complex patient issues.” KCU Medical Students Practice the Art of Observation Visitors to Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art recently saw KCU anatomy fellows taking in... Student Doctors Learn Valuable Lessons From Working With Children To see kids running around, happy and laughing… you can’t really ask for much... KCU Deans Named National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators Fellows KCU's Schoen W. Kruse, PhD, and John Graneto, DO, were inducted into the 2016 National Academy of...	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line3
__label__cc	0.58903	0.41097	.hack//Sekai no Mukou ni 3D Blu-ray Review Published July 14, 2012 \| By Nadav When .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni (or “.hack//Beyond the World” tentatively) came out short of a month ago it had big shoes to fill. Ever since the .hack//G.U. PS2 games the .hack multimedia franchise has been on a steady free-fall. The .hack//Trilogy movie, .hack//Link PSP game and .hack//Quantum OVA have all been failed attempts to fuel the franchise. They did contribute to the franchise in terms of plot, but failed to be a magnet for newcomers or to impressing the old fans who’ve been yarning for a new and exciting .hack experience. What the .hack franchise really needed to ascend from its poor state is something easy to define but hard to accomplish: a movie that will be easy enough for newcomers to follow, yet engrossing and rewarding enough for the older fans. A movie that will immerse us in The World like the first anime and games did. A new plot that does not replicate the old formula. Fortunately.hack//Sekai no Mukou ni does that, and much more. The plot In 2024 almost every teenager plays the online game The World. FMDs (Face Mounted Display) can now connect to your phone and you can play online even on the go. Technology has evolved to incorporate more connectivity via the internet, and even tests are now done on a touch-screen computer. However for 17 years old Sora this matters little. She comes from a strict home and has never played any computer game. That is until she reluctantly tried The World and learns the joys of adventuring in a virtual world with friends. But not all is well in The World: a malicious virus has been spreading around the net and will soon cause a new network crisis. Aura, the omnipotent goddess of The World has devised a plan to stop the virus, and although Sora might not know it yet that plan requires her cooperation. Because it is different Why is .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni better than all the latest iterations in the .hack series? Because it is different. In terms of plot it doesn’t rely on any .hack media that came before it and as a result everyone can enjoy it. It also changes the focus of The World. Previous iterations in the series have made it a custom to focus on coma victims and the crisis that caused their mysterious illness. Sekai no Mukou ni has a bit of that but tend to focus more on the special experiences one can have in The World. Most of the time is spent showing you how The World looks, feels and plays. An equal amount is used to introduce you to the futuristic real world, so that you can appreciate the setting as much as the happenings. The movie allows you to enjoy the environment of The World similarly to how you would enjoy a real MMORPG. As a result it feels more fresh and less repetitive. It also helps that it has a coherent and satisfying ending (as opposed to last years’ .hack//Quantum). There are several key features that make .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni more immersive than previous iterations. The first one, as I mentioned above, is the focus on The World itself. The second are the visuals. There are a few little annoying quirks to the movie. Let me start by saying that the movie doesn’t play on full screen – it has black bars on the top and the bottom. These won’t distract you that much but it eludes me why a movie still has these in this day and age. In terms of characrter models I found it a bit dissapointing that the movie recycles the Kite character we’ve come to see far too much in the .hack universe, despite the fact that this time arround there really wasn’t an important reason to have this specific character design used. Also the character models of the people in the real world in the movie do look a bit on the dull side. The CG style used here doesn’t land itself well to things like mouth flaps or subtle movements. However, this crispy and colorful CG style does excel in portraying environments and you will find plenty of incentives to look around while the movie scrolls by. As the movie takes place in a not-so-distant future it shows many machines and functions that just may be possible in the near future. So not only do you have the privilege of looking at detailed backgrounds – these backgrounds also give you hints at a rich and valid futuristic world. In contrast to the futuristic, yet gray, real world the online game world breams with colors, layers and online-related context. However, all of these are just the icing on the top. The real immersion from this movie comes from an unexpected direction. A 3D movie that will make you believe in 3D .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni isn’t just a CG movie, it’s a CG movie made from the ground up in 3D, just like Avatar. I bring Avatar up on purpose, because the only movie that uses 3D on the same level as Sekai no Mukou ni is Avatar. Yes, you are reading this right: this movie’s 3D effects, and the immersion in a 3D world that stems from them, are on par with Avatar. .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni doesn’t have specific scenes in which you see glimpses of 3D. The 3D effect is always on. These effecs contribute plenty to the more boring real world, and when you get to see the online game The World in full HD and 3D you will be hard pressed not to be impressed. I’ll say this one more time: .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni looks amazing in 3D, and is probably one of the best movies that make us of 3D as a hook. And the immersion doesn’t stop there. The movie pulls you in in another clever ways. The characters use glasses (FMDs) to access The World, and when you watch the movie in 3D you use those glasses too. Those glasses that Sora puts on in order to immerse herself in The World? You’ll be wearing them throughout the whole movie. You don’t simply watch .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni; you experience it. The special extras If you’re a .hack fan than you probably know that the Blu-ray version of this movie contains .hack//Versus – a full PS3 game, complete with extra cinematic scenes and online functionality. I won’t be reviewing Versus here, as it will have its separate review. However, .hack//Versus is not the only extra this movie has to offer. The standard version of the movie includes a sturdy cardboard art box, the movie Blu-ray and a booklet. Inside the Blu-ray you will find extras such as a 25 minutes TV special shown in Japan to introduce the movie, alongside several movie trailers. None of these are commendable, but the booklet that comes with the package is. It first begins by outlining the plot and introducing the characters, but from here on it becomes a bit more interesting. One important page contains an encyclopaedia-like description of all the important terms from the movie, such as Sophia and Algos company. But the booklet doesn’t stop there. The rest of its pages are dedicated to showing you where the movie was “filmed”. You see, although the movie itself is completely fictional and was created in CG it reflects real places in Japan. Want to visit Sora’s hometown? You can. Want to eat that meal they ate in the restaurant? You can. The booklet teaches you about the places and items these scenes were based about. It really is a nice little extra in itself. A question of localization .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni is a must see movie, one that I believe everyone should watch. Of course, it’s not widely accessible to everyone at the moment since the Japanese Blu-ray doesn’t have an English dub or English subtitles. The question whether or not the entire package (movie, game and booklet) will be localized is a hard one. This is no normal anime movie and the only precedent of a localized 3D CG movie and game pack (the Tekken Hybrid pack) was done on a much smaller scale and for a much bigger audience. Tekken is still more popular than .hack, the Tekken 3D CG movie was only a short little OVA and the included game was merely a demo. In comparison .hack//Seaki no Mukou ni is a full-fledged 112 minutes movie and .hack//Versus is a 3D game with online support and in game movie clips. It would be great if Namco Bandai will translate the entire pack into English, but even a localization of the movie alone will be a treat worth waiting for. Review equipment: an LG Electronics Japan HD LED passive 3D 27 inch PC monitor (D2770P-PN) connected to a PS3 using a ver. 1.4 HDMI cable. The New Hunter x Hunter Movie Could Feature These Stories Posted in Anime, Reviews \| Tagged .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni, .hack//Versus, Namco Bandai, Tekken Maoyuu Maou Yuusha Is Lukewarm But Has One Giant Asset Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, the new series about a human hero and the demon king who work together to achieve world peace is lukewarm and lacking but does have one giant… ∞	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line8
__label__cc	0.667011	0.332989	Hillstone Malvern College Abbey Road, WR14 3HF Malvern www: http://www.malvern-college.co.uk/prep/ e-mail: Malvern College Preparatory School 7 – 13 Malvern College Pre-Prep School 3 – 7 The positive recognition of gifts, whatever they are - in others and in ourselves - is central to Malvern College Preparatory School. The Preparatory School learning experience respects the child’s individuality, encourages boys and girls to be considerate and caring to others and ensures that they thrive in a safe, friendly school. Our children achieve high standards in their academic work and co-curricular activities. From September 1st 2008, our current Prep School will merge with The Downs School in Colwall forming The Downs, Malvern College Preparatory School. The School will be situated in Colwall, the existing site of The Downs, set in a stunning location of 55 acres, just two miles from Malvern College. Alastair Ramsey, the current Head of The Downs and future Head of The Downs, Malvern College Prep, says: ‘This is a wonderful opportunity to create a strong, vibrant co-educational prep school, building on the close ties the two schools have established over many years. Both Malvern College Prep and The Downs are schools that enjoy great success and I am confident that the merger will set new standards in preparatory education in this country.’ A Caring School The progress and development of each child is of paramount importance to us. Our belief that everyone is good at something focuses our pastoral care on the needs of the individual. Our care begins with an emphasis on the traditional values of good manners and good behaviour. Building on these basics, we encourage parents to join with us in ensuring our boys and girls grow in many directions. Staff enjoy pupils’ company and a strength of our school is the depth of support given to our children who become confident, yet not arrogant, and well-balanced. “Education is not the filling of a pail. It is the lighting of a fire.” (W. B. Yeats) At Malvern College Preparatory School, we instil in each child the joy and excitement of finding out about the world in which they live. A broad curriculum from languages to music, from drama to IT, ensures that our young pupils are prepared to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Our academic standards are high and we are proud of our pupils’ achievements in the Key Stages and at Common Entrance and scholarship level. The skills to do this are carefully developed and honed. Pupils at Malvern College Preparatory School obtain a first-class education within a friendly environment. We feel that school life should be both enjoyable and challenging. We place academic work as a priority and encourage our pupils to perform to the best of their capabilities. Personal achievements of our boys and girls combine to create a school with high academic standards. primary schools in Malvern, secondary schools in Malvern, schools in Malvern	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line16
__label__cc	0.528308	0.471692	Home » Geography and Environment » Human Environment » Cities and Towns » Northport City of Northport Tuscaloosa County The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama Kentuck Festival of the Arts Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society The city of Northport is located in Tuscaloosa County in the west-central part of the state on the Black Warrior River, across from the city of Tuscaloosa. It has a mayor/council form of government. Downtown Northport The first settlers came to what is now Northport in 1813 and referred to the area as Kentuck or Canetuck (perhaps because of all the stands of cane in the area) by 1816. The settlement was established at the site of an easy river crossing and became an important location for people transporting goods to and from the cotton warehouses that arose along both banks of the Black Warrior. It soon came to be called North Port for its location on the north side of the river and was officially named Northport in 1832; a post office and ferry service were established that same year. The first schools were constructed in the 1830s, and resident James Shirley constructed the first bridge over the river as well as the first brick buildings in the town. After the Civil War, a branch of the Alabama Insane Hospital (Bryce Hospital) of Tuscaloosa was established in Northport for African Americans; the site, the former mansion of resident Mims Jemison (who was killed in the war), is now a popular site for "ghost hunters." Tornado Damage in Northport, 1932 The first newspaper in the community, the Northport Spectator, was established in 1870. The town was officially incorporated in 1871. In 1898, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad hired Tuscaloosa engineer Benjamin Hardaway to build what was at the time one of the longest train trestles (at 135 feet) in the nation over the river; in 1901, the company ran a rail line to the town. The town's school system was merged with the Tuscaloosa County School System in 1920. In 1932, a tornado killed 38 people in Northport and caused much destruction in the town. According to 2016 Census estimates, Northport recorded a population of 24,544. Of that number, 70.6 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 26.4 percent as black, 1.9 percent as Hispanic, 1.3 percent as Asian, 0.6 percent as two or more races, and 0.3 percent as Native American. The city's median household income was $52,281, and per capita income was $24,971. According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Northport was divided among the following industrial categories: · Educational services, and health care and social assistance (34.1 percent) · Retail trade (12.3 percent) · Manufacturing (10.4 percent) · Construction (8.3 percent) · Professional, scientific, management, and administrative and waste management services (7.5 percent) · Arts, entertainment, and recreation and accommodation and food services (7.0 percent) · Public administration (5.8 percent) · Other services, except public administration (4.8 percent) · Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (3.2 percent) · Information (2.5 percent) · Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1.7 percent) · Wholesale trade (1.6 percent) · Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (0.7 percent) Northport schools are part of the Tuscaloosa County School System. The schools serve approximately 5,430 students and employ 390 teachers in six elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools. The city also has three private schools. The University of Alabama's main campus lies just across the river to the south, as does Stillman College. Northport is bisected by State Highway 69, which runs north-south through the city, U.S. Highway 11, which runs south from the city, U.S. Highway 43, which runs northwest-southwest, and U.S. Highway 82, which runs east-west. Tuscaloosa Regional Airport lies 2.5 miles to the west of Northport. Each October, the city of Northport hosts the Kentuck Festival of the Arts in Kentuck Park. The event draws hundreds of artists and thousands of visitors and features folk and contemporary art as well as traditional crafts, including pottery, quilting, and basketry. In addition to vendors selling their wares, the festival also offers educational craft demonstrations, musical entertainment, and food. Art Night, held on the first Thursday of each month, gives visitors the opportunity to visit Northport's many art galleries and often take part in arts and crafts activities. The galleries open their doors after hours for this event and frequently offer arts and crafts demonstrations. Nearby Tuscaloosa holds its Art and Soul event on the same evening, and bus service is available to take attendees back and forth between both events. On the first Tuesday in December, the city hosts Dickens Downtown, during which the town takes on the look of nineteenth-century England, the period setting of Charles Dickens's famous A Christmas Carol. This annual holiday event attracts many thousands of visitors. Kentuck Fine Art Gallery The Northport Heritage Museum, located in a historic house built in 1907, is home to artifacts, furnishings, documents, and photographs relating to the history and development of Northport. Special collections include the A. H. Bean World Photographic Collection and the Peterson Military Uniform Collection. The museum is located in the Northport Community Center Park, which is also home to the 1830 Umbria Schoolhouse, moved to the location by the Friends of Historic Northport in 2006 from the nearby town of Sawyerville. It is believed to be the oldest school structure in the state. The Kentuck Arts & Crafts Center, housed in a 1920s commercial building, offers works by local artisans for sale. Byler Road near Northport Several Northport structures are listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, among them are the Clements House (ca. 1850s), the Maxwell-Peters House (1865), the Watson-Jones House (1831), and the Winn-Rice House (1840). Byler Road (begun in 1850), a historic route formerly known as Byler's Turnpike, is on the National Register of Historic Places, as are the Northport Historic District, the East Northport Historic District, the John Hassell House (1825), the James Shirley House (1825), and the Wilson-Clements House (1825). Hidden Meadows Golf Course is a public 18-hole facility, and Lake Lurleen State Park is located 15 minutes from town; it offers boat rentals, camping, fishing, picnic facilities, and a designated swimming area on the 250 acre lake. Published: January 12, 2012 \| &nbspLast updated: October 12, 2016	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line19
__label__wiki	0.958205	0.958205	Home » Government and Politics » Judiciary » Federal Courts » Richard T. Rives New York Times Obituary Federal Judicial Center Richard T. Rives Jack Bass, College of Charleston Alabama native Richard Taylor Rives (1895-1982) left his mark on history as a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rives played a central role in expanding the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared the "separate but equal" doctrine as it applied to public education to be unconstitutional, into a broad mandate for racial justice. In Alabama, he voted with Judge Frank M. Johnson in overturning segregation on public transportation in Browder v. Gayle (1955) and segregation in public education in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education (1963). Rives was born January 15, 1895, in Montgomery, Montgomery County, to William Henry Rives and Alice Bloodworth Taylor; he was one of six children. Rives was valedictorian of his high school class in Montgomery and then spent a year at Tulane University in New Orleans on a scholarship. Having been forced to borrow money from a sister for living expenses, however, he refused to return to college the next year, being afraid he would be unable to repay her. He then took a job with and received his legal training from Wiley Hill, an established lawyer in Montgomery whose family plantation had bordered the Rives plantation prior to the Civil War. Rives read for and passed the Alabama bar examination in 1914 at age 19. That same year, he enlisted in the U.S. Army; he was mobilized in 1916 at the outbreak of World War I and was commissioned a first lieutenant in 1917 with the Alabama National Guard. While stationed in Macon, Georgia, he met Jessie H. Daugherty, and they married soon after he left the Army in 1919. The couple would have four children, two of whom died in infancy. Rives soon became influential in state politics, directing the 1942 gubernatorial campaign of Bibb Graves, who died prior to the election. He was also a close friend of U.S. senator and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black as well as senators John Sparkman and Lister Hill. Rives served as president of both the Montgomery County and Alabama bar associations. As an attorney, Rives had one appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court, representing the Alabama Public Service Commission in 1951 and winning a favorable ruling. In its decision, the court reversed a lower federal court ruling allowing Southern Railway Company to discontinue local trains in Alabama that were operating at a loss. The Supreme Court ruled that the matter should be decided by state, not federal, courts. The opinion also noted that the predominantly local factor of public need for the service outweighed the rail company's losses. The state courts agreed. Considering Jim Crow A deeply religious man with much patience and an unyielding integrity, Rives nevertheless understood from growing up in Alabama the fears of white southerners facing the possibility of a social transformation that would result in an integrated society and expansion of civil rights for blacks. His heritage included a maternal great-great-grandfather who had served as the first Baptist minister in Montgomery. The Rives family lost its plantation and was devastated financially by the Civil War and its aftermath, but the white supremacist attitudes towards race survived. One historian in particular, C. Vann Woodward, captured the sentiment of the era in his book, The Strange Career of Jim Crow, noting the panic felt by whites and the resistance that followed and the breakdown of communication between blacks and whites in the South. Rives was considered a man of his time, carrying sentiments common of his race and class. In transcending those racial attitudes, nothing influenced Rives more than his son, Richard Taylor Rives Jr., with whom he developed a very intimate bond. The younger Rives attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, and Harvard University in Massachusetts and began to confront the issues involved in the race question in the South. While serving in World War II in the Pacific, Richard Jr. spent weeks in a hospital recuperating from a serious illness, with black servicemen in beds on either side of him. From that experience, he began to develop strong opinions about racial injustice and a desire to work to end that injustice. Richard Jr. was familiar with Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 classic study about African Americans: An American Dilemma: the Negro Problem and American Democracy, and discussed its message with his father: that democracy would triumph over racism and that an "American Creed, one that emphasizes the ideals of liberty, equality, justice, and fair treatment of all people" should shape political and social interaction in the United States. Myrdal strongly believed that this "American Creed" would keep together the diverse melting pot of the United States. The elder Rives read the two-volume treatise carefully. After the war, Richard Jr. attended the University of Michigan Law School and intended to join the law firm his father had opened in Montgomery but died tragically in a 1949 head-on auto collision in Florida. After his son's death, Rives decided that should he be offered a federal judgeship, he would accept the position to have more influence on establishing racial equality as a judge than in private practice. Confronting Jim Crow The opportunity soon arose when Rives was appointed a judge to the federal Fifth Circuit Court by Pres. Harry Truman in 1951. At the time of his appointment, the court's jurisdiction covered six former Confederate states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. He would be joined by three judges appointed by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower: Elbert P. Tuttle of Atlanta, John Minor Wisdom of New Orleans, and John R. Brown of Houston. All had been leaders of their state delegations in supporting Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican National Convention. Together, the men became known as "The Four," a label used by a Mississippi jurist on the court in a dissenting opinion. This label clearly associated their leadership role in dismantling racial segregation in the South to the biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In his first civil rights case, Rives sat on the three-judge panel that adjudicated Browder v. Gayle, which ended segregated busing in Montgomery in 1956. Sitting with him were District Judge Frank M. Johnson, a newcomer to Montgomery recently named by Eisenhower, and District Judge Seybourn Lynne of Birmingham, Jefferson County. Rives and Johnson barely knew each other and shared little in common. In the 2-1 opinion, however, Rives voted last and sided with Johnson as the deciding voice. He reasoned that the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) rejection of the separate but equal doctrine that allowed the segregation of whites and blacks in schools also applied to public transportation and likewise violated the Fourteenth Amendment. That ruling, upheld by the Supreme Court, for the first time extended the meaning of Brown beyond the public schools. For this decision and others, Rives was ostracized by former friends and acquaintances and harassed by strangers, and his son's grave was desecrated. During his service as Fifth Circuit chief judge from 1959 to 1960, Rives appointed himself to serve on a three-judge court during the 1960 school integration crisis in New Orleans. It was a period of exceptional turmoil as the state government resisted integration, and Rives and the court issued restraining orders to prevent state and local officials from interfering in previous court orders to desegregate the schools. He and the other judges also declared unconstitutional several acts by the Louisiana legislature designed to prevent integration. The panel's decisions were later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Rives and Johnson sat on several important three-judge courts during the decade that followed Browder v. Gayle. They struck down segregation and discrimination in every facet of Alabama life: schools, parks, jury selection, higher education, voting, and legislative reapportionment. In one particularly notable instance in 1963, Rives joined Johnson and Judge Hobart H. Grooms in ruling for the plaintiffs in the far-reaching Lee v. Macon County case, which desegregated public schools in Macon County. Later that year, Rives was part of a temporary five-judge panel that issued an order forbidding Gov. George Wallace from interfering in school desegregation. In 1967, Rives, Johnson, and Grooms expanded the Lee case statewide to public schools not under court orders. Rives and Johnson worked closely together a number of individual school district desegregation plans as well. In the early 1960s, Rives and Johnson also formed a majority on a three-judge district court that created a legislative redistricting plan. At that time, the Alabama legislature had not been reapportioned for half a century. The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Reynolds v. Sims (1964), which became a landmark decision extending the principle of "one person, one vote" to state legislatures. Rives also played a major role in the Fifth Circuit setting standards to end jury discrimination. In Goldsby v. Harpole (1957), Rives wrote the order overturning the case of an African American man convicted of murder by an all-white jury in a Mississippi county; no African American within memory had served on a jury there, despite the population being 57 percent black. In Rabinowitz v. United States (1965), a case that stemmed from the Albany Movement in Georgia, Rives wrote an opinion advocating for a jury selection process that would represent a realistic cross-section of the population. Congress later considered Rives's opinion and the Rabinowitz case when writing the 1968 Jury Selection and Service Act. It prohibited any discrimination in the selection process for prospective jurors, established the use of voter lists and lists of actual voters, and prohibited jury lists that excluded and underrepresented African Americans. Rives married Martha Blake Thigpen Frazer in 1976, his first wife having died in 1973. On October 1, 1981, Rives was assigned to a new judicial seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He died one year later on October 27, 1982, in Montgomery and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Bass, Jack. Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. and the South's Fight Over Civil Rights. New York: Anchor Books, 1993. ———. Unlikely Heroes. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1981. Published: August 2, 2013 \| &nbspLast updated: January 16, 2015	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line20
__label__cc	0.622479	0.377521	Government collusion in human medical experiments no longer just a conspiracy theory Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor It used to be that when you talked about Big Government conspiring with Big Pharma to use human beings as guinea pigs in bizarre medical experiments, people would look at you as if you were some kind of loon. "Oh, the American government would never do that," they'd say, smug in their self assurance that they are somehow ruled by compassionate, honest government operatives and corporate do-gooders who are always looking out for the public's best interest. Imagine their shock when the thin veil of disinformation was lifted with last Saturday's announcement that the U.S. government was apologizing for intentionally infecting innocent Guatemalans with diseases so they could study the effects of antibiotic drugs (http://www.naturalnews.com/029920_U...). All of a sudden, all those people who somehow thought medical science was all about protecting people found themselves stunned -- and even ashamed -- to learn that their own government would conspire with the medical industry to intentionally engage in such behavior. Welcome to the real world, folks. In the real world, governments are the great mass-murderers of our world. Throughout human history, more human beings have been maimed, tortured and murdered by governments than by any other type of organization on the planet. And virtually all of that activity has been justified under the excuse that they were working to "make the world a better place." That's the same line Big Pharma uses today. All their medical experiments on innocent children, expectant mothers, blacks, prisoners and soldiers are all designed to "help them find new cures," they claim. See the full list here: http://www.naturalnews.com/022383_N... Setting the record straight on government-pharma conspiracies With this recent admission firmly in mind, let's set something straight on the issue of government-pharma collusion. It is now an admitted fact that the U.S. government conspired with the pharmaceutical industry to conduct medical experiments on innocent victims. (This has actually been known for a long, long time, but only now has the mainstream begun to admit to it.) Thus, the U.S. government really does engage in "conspiracies" with Big Pharma. And this means reports of such conspiracy theories can no longer be blown off as mere "conspiracy theories" -- a term thrown around by skeptics who try to pretend there is no such thing as a conspiracy in our world. A "conspiracy" simply means two or more parties working together in secret to accomplish a particular agenda. Once you understand that, it becomes clear that virtually everything Big Pharma does these days involves a conspiracy of one kind or another... a conspiracy to manipulate the data, a conspiracy to achieve FDA approval, a conspiracy to hide the negative studies, a conspiracy to bribe doctors, and so on. Most of what is called "modern science" is actually made up of multiple layers of devious conspiracies that have yet to be fully uncovered and exposed. Now that we know the U.S. government has engaged in conspiracies with Big Pharma (because the Guatemala incident is just one of a great many such conspiracies), we can ask the question: "Is the U.S. government still conspiring with Big Pharma today to achieve some particular agenda?" The medical science conspiracies continue The answer to that seems obvious to those who are paying attention: YES it is! You see this quite blatantly on two significant issues: #1) Vaccines #2) Public water fluoridation In both of these cases, the government conspires to exploit the American people as if they were human guinea pigs. For both vaccines and fluoridation, there is absolutely no hard science to support these toxic chemical interventions as medically beneficial for the masses, and in fact both the fluoride suppliers and seasonal flu vaccine manufacturers will readily admit there have been no legitimate scientific studies conducted that show their products to be either safe or effective. Instead, they are being dumped onto the population as some sort of grand medical experiment to see what happens (and to make a buck). The U.S. government, as you well know, is fully behind this effort. So are most state and local governments. You see, not only does the U.S. government knowingly use the American people as guinea pigs for medical experiments; it now combines these medical experiments with outrageous propaganda campaigns to try to recruit more people into the experimental pool. Hurry and get vaccinated, everybody! We want to find out what happens when a hundred million gullible people allow themselves to be injected with viral DNA fragments grown in rotten eggs and diseased animals... Actually, they don't seem to care much what happens to the test subjects (that would be you and me). What they really want to accomplish is the confiscation of obscene profits for the pharmaceutical companies and chemical companies that make such products. The experiment, you see, isn't actually pointless. It has a purpose: To collect more money! Ask your friends this question Ask your friends this question: "Do you believe the United States government would conspire with the pharmaceutical industry to secretly infect innocent victims with a deadly disease so they could study the effectiveness of a new drug?" If they answer "no," then they're pretty much in the dark in this issue. Tell them about the Guatemalan experiment. Open their eyes to the reality of the very same government that's now running their health care system. Help them understand that when it comes to health care, you can't trust Big Government with your life because Big Government doesn't really value human life. In fact, they will exploit human lives to provide experimental fodder for the pharmaceutical industrial complex. An intelligent person, upon realizing the truth about this, will begin to ask new questions about whether it is appropriate for a mass-murdering government to do things like run health care systems; engage in "death panel" decision making; approve dangerous pharmaceuticals as safe; or approve experimental vaccines that have never been scientifically tested. A true skeptic would inevitably conclude that a government which has already proven itself to be a reckless guardian of human life should not be entrusted with administering the entire medical system -- the very same medical system, by the way, that is guilty of covertly using human beings as lab rats in potentially deadly medical experiments. Letting the U.S. government run your health care is sort of like letting a child molester run your neighborhood watch program. Sure, they'll be watching. But perhaps not in the way you might want them to. Seriously, we all must ask this important question: If the U.S. government would collude with Big Pharma to infect innocent human beings with deadly diseases just so they could study the effectiveness of an antibiotic drug that would be sold for huge profits, what else are these institutions capable of doing? The answer to that should be obvious, even if we are reluctant to accept it. Big Government and Big Pharma, if allowed to exercise control over our lives, will destroy our lives by exploiting us for their own dark agendas. It's as true in Georgia as in Guatemala, and if anything, the crimes being committed under the dark umbrella of "medical science" have only gotten worse since the 1940's. Today, Big Pharma has tens of millions of children and adults on psychiatric drugs; hospitals are performing hundreds of thousands of unnecessary surgeries each year; doctors are dishing out billions of doses of dangerous prescription medications... and the U.S. government just looks on and declares it all to be perfectly safe. Better than safe, actually -- it's even good for you! If you still think the U.S. government is not running medical experiments on human beings, that's because you ARE the experiment. (10.05.2010) http://www.naturalnews.com/029946_government_conspiracy_medical_experiments.html "To Achieve World Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism, their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization "A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the Police State Dictatorship it's going to get." Ian Williams Goddard The fact is that "political correctness" is all about creating uniformity. Individualism is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of the New World Order. They want a public that is predictable and conditioned to do as it's told without asking questions. "The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line25
__label__wiki	0.803004	0.803004	Artisan, Leadership, out of the box The First Visible Crack June 16, 2014 David Keirsey Leave a comment I remember the exact moment and place. As we talked, Karel had made the gesture of flicking his finger at an imaginary glass globe in his hand that would crack into a million pieces: “It would just take a small Ping — the whole thing could shatter and fall apart” he said. I thought, yes, just like the edge-of-chaos/order: a phase transition. Soon it happened. Few, if any, but Karel could have imagined it happening — and so soon. He knew the system well: as a kid, he had been prevented to pursue what he was good at — mathematics — for the powers of Czechoslovkia wouldn’t let him go to school, because his father had escaped from the Soviet bloc, leaving Karel and his mother to suffer the consequences. Karel knew what it is like not to trust anybody outside his immediate family — not say what everybody knew but could not say — the Soviet system was a human prison: Private Truths, Public Lies. Karel did get out in 1978 by Jimmy Carter’s diplomatic initiative with Alexander Dubček’s short regime. Only a few could escape from the system. Karel obtained his PhD in Mathematics from Stanford University a couple years later after our talk. Nobody really thought it would happen. The Iron Curtain seemed still solid in 1988. The Soviet system had lasted for more than 75 years. The Soviet Union was one of the two superpowers: a military and nuclear super power. Rebellions had failed before: Hungary and Czechoslovakia, otherwise subversive acts had to keep a low profile. The first real crack on the surface of that Curtain had started in 1982, three years before Mikhael Gorbachev took power. That first crack, that finally spread like that imagined shattered glass globe of Karel’s in 1989, was Promoted by one man…. It was a small crack, that almost closed up and died. In Gdansk’s Lenin shipyard, protest seemed to be on the verge of dying out when a stocky man with a shock of reddish-brown hair and a handle-bar mustache clambered over the iron-bar fence and joined the strikers inside. They all knew Lech Walesa. He was an unemployed electrician, fired eight months earlier for trying to organize an independent trade union. With a double chin, a bit of a paunch, and of middle height, Lech Walesa, then 36, did not have an imposing physical presence. His working-class Polish was rough and often ungrammatical: his voice, perhaps from years of heavy smoking, was hoarse and rasping. His speeches were frequently riddled with mixed metaphors and skewed analogies. His real strength as a speaker was an ability to reduce complex issues to simple words and images that everyone could understand. Said one Solidarity official: “He knows his audience. He can sense what they want, and almost always he is right.” But he couldn’t have done without a little help from his friends — and his enemies, and those in between. It was a very very hard sell at the time. The Ghost of Khan still had a grip of that Gdansk’s Lenin shipyard, with the Polish United Workers Party, and Wojciech Jaruzelski at its head. Lech Wałęsa, Promoter Artisan, (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc’s first government independent, trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. Promoters … they are men and women of action. When a Promoter is present, things begin to happen: the lights come on, the music plays, the games begin. Clever and full of fun, Promoters live with a theatrical flourish which makes even the most routine events seem exciting. Not that they waste much time on routine events. In work and in play, Promoters demand new activities and new challenges. Bold and daring at heart, and ever-optimistic that things will go their way, Promoters will take tremendous risks to get what they want, and seem exhilarated by walking close to the edge of disaster. Because of this, they make the very best trouble-spot administrators and negotiators, and they can be outstanding entrepreneurs, able to swing deals and kick-start enterprises in a way no other type can. [Please Understand Me II] “From early on, Wałęsa was interested in workers’ concerns; in 1968 he encouraged shipyard colleagues to boycott official rallies that condemned recent student strikes. A charismatic leader, he was an organizer of the illegal 1970 strikes at the Gdańsk Shipyard (the Polish 1970 protests) when workers protested the government’s decree raising food prices; he was considered for chairman of the strike committee. The strikes’ outcome, involving over 30 workers’ deaths, galvanized his views on the need for change. In June 1976, Wałęsa lost his job at the Gdańsk Shipyards for his continued involvement in illegal unions, strikes and a campaign to commemorate the victims of the 1970 protests. Afterwards, he worked as an electrician for several other companies, but was continually laid off for his activism and was jobless for long periods. He and his family were under constant surveillance by the Polish secret police; his home and workplace were always bugged. Over the next few years, he was arrested several times for participating in dissident activities.” In the 60’s and 70’s the Soviet Leaders, notably Leonard Brezhnev, maintained a tight political grip on the Warsaw Pact through its puppet bureaucratic leaders like Jaruzelski, Honecker, Ceaușescu, Zhivkov, and Kádár. The Soviet system had used political and “legal” repression and the threat of military intervention to keep the Pact behind the Curtain, but with the rapid succession of deaths in the aging Soviet political top, new kinds of leaders could emerge from that stagnant chaos. Margaret Thatcher was the first leader from the West to recognize Lech Walesa’s Solidarity. She had been fighting the the legal, established, and entitled governmental and union elites of Britain. Arthur Scargill, the British union leader of the National Union of Mine Workers (NUM), had long criticised Poland’s Solidarity trade union for its attacks upon the communist system in Poland. Later it was revealed Scargill’s feather-bedding and hypocrisy was over the top. It was NUM’s general secretary Chris Kitchen, who said, “I honestly do believe that Arthur, in his own world, believes that the NUM is here to afford him the lifestyle that he’s become accustomed to.” For years the NUM had been paying £34,000 annual rent for the flat on Scargill’s instructions, without the knowledge of NUM members or many senior officials; Scargill claimed the NUM should continue funding his flat for the rest of his life, and thereafter for any widow who survived him. Chris Kitchen said: “I would say it’s time to walk away, Mr Scargill. You’ve been found out. The NUM is not your personal bank account and never will be again.” Lech Walesa, a trade unionist under the boot of communism, had a different experience and point of view. “When I look back upon those momentous days of the late 1980s, the liberation of Eastern Europe from communism, I know that Solidarity started something at the Gdansk shipyards that triggered a domino-effect of change behind the Iron Curtain. Without Solidarity it would not have been possible. And Solidarity’s strength came, quite literally, from solidarity – from the determination of Poles to stand together in a common struggle: workers and intellectuals, believers and non-believers, young and old. That was the first step to victory. But on its own it would not have been enough. Without Solidarity’s friends in Britain, the changes we wanted to achieve would not have been possible. Because for us it was also vital to know that our fight had the support of the democratic world. Margaret Thatcher’s support was crucial. She had always been among our friends, and in those dark days she showed it. In 1988 we were very weak after years of fighting under martial law. We needed help. Then Margaret Thatcher came to visit me and Solidarity’s other leaders in Gdansk. It was strange, our first meeting, because I had heard about her strong character, and I rather wondered what she would make of a trade unionist like me. After all, I knew that she had had a difficult time with the unions in Britain. But what came through was her good spirit and decisiveness. Beyond any ideology, she had respect for human dignity and respect for democracy.” — Lech Walesa Walesa said of that she was key in hastening the fall of the iron curtain: “She was a great person. She did a great deal for the world, along with Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Solidarity, she contributed to the demise of communism in Poland and central Europe.” Although nobody knew it at the time, with Mikhail Gorbachev taking power in the Soviet system in 1985, that the shattering of the Curtain would come soon, for Gorbachev would not use the Soviet military or authorize Pact “leaders” to repress their own people. Once most people in the Warsaw Pact nations knew that change was possible, cracks under the power structures would grow bigger and bigger. Lech Walesa served as one of the first of the most visible cracks. At the celebration of the reunification of East and West Germany, Lech Walesa suggested that the future of a united Europe should be built on the foundation of truth, not on lies. With this assertion, he added that the historical truth was that freedom for East Germany was not due to politicians alone. “Truth is very important when we speak of the course of history,” said Walesa. He suggested that the fall of the Iron Curtain was due in a large part to Pope John Paul II and the Solidarity labor movement. At the celebration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev also walked across the old border, along with Walesa, at the site where some 136 people were shot since the erection of the wall in 1961. The Polish Pontiff’s trip to his native country in June of 1979 made a great impact, as it was the first visit of a Pope to a Communist country. With Yeltsin and Gorbachev at the helm in the Soviet state, and support of John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and lastly with George H. W. Bush not crowing for America’s triumph over the Russians in the Cold War, the people of Europe, following Lech Walesa’s lead, shattered Iron Curtain. Ping. Recently, Walesa has reminisced and pronounced that Poland has had a complete political transformation from communism to democracy. [Google Translated]”After 25 years of difficult transition in our country, I would like to symbolically announce: in Poland ended in [a] political transformation! Today, we can confidently say that we live in a democratic Poland and solidified the system of free market economy in a country built on the solid foundations of international cooperation, the country’s high aspirations and full of hope for further development. We have an incredible leap forward. We’re in a totally different place in the new era and new challenges ahead.” “The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. 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__label__wiki	0.871825	0.871825	Coming Soon: Spanish Language Film Series By Communications and MarketingAugust 19, 2015Film, Interdisciplinary Learning, News JCSM is a co-sponsor with the Department of Foreign Languages and the Office of International Programs- Auburn Abroad for these screenings. These films are all available with English subtitles. The Spanish Language Film Series was made possible with the support of Pragda, the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain, and its Program for Cultural Cooperation with United States’ Universities. Film screenings: August 23 @ 2pm: God’s Slave (Esclavo de Dios) August 30 @ 2pm: 339 Amín Abel Hasbún. Memory of a Crime September 6 @ 2pm: Mr. Kaplan September 20 @ 2pm: Asier and I (asier ETA biok) September 27 @ 2pm: The Liberator (El Libertador) Trailers and more information are listed below. Please note: our online ticketing system is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Admission is free. Auditorium seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis; we recommend that you arrive early and fill in all available seating to serve as many visitors as possible. ticketing and advance registration is encouraged. Based on the actual events of a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, God’s Slave follows Ahmed, trained since childhood as an Islamic terrorist now assigned to execute a suicide bomb at a synagogue; and David, the cold-blooded Israeli special agent who will stop at nothing to prevent the attack. But neither man is defined solely by their extremist views. Ahmed, posing as a doctor, lives happily with his wife and young son; though David’s marriage is on the rocks, he remains devoted to his wife and daughter. With time running out before the attack, David zeros in on Ahmed as a suspect, his investigation culminating in violent, if unexpected, consequences. Despite the fact that 20 years have passed after the attack, God’s Slave couldn’t be more current with news of the “death” of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine federal prosecutor who had been investigating the case for ten years. Four days prior, he had accused the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, of covering up and protecting the perpetrators of the bombing in exchange for Iranian oil. Based on a real story, 339 Amín Abel Hasbún. Memory of a Crime is an intriguing account of the murder of Amín Abel Hasbún, a brilliant student leader in the Dominican Republic accused of kidnapping U.S. Embassy official J. Crowley. Hasbún was one of many young leftists fighting against the government of Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, who favored a repressive regime. Hasbun’s death shook the sensibility of the Dominican people to the point that Balaguer had to orchestrate an investigation despite the fact that his government had been responsible for the cold-blooded murder. With a plot that involved the CIA and the Dominican Republic Police Force, the film does an excellent job at deconstructing the events that took place the morning of September 24, 1970, when Amín, his wife and 2-year-old son received the fatal visit of the police and country’s District Attorney. Uruguay’s official selection for Best Foreign Academy Award, Mr. Kaplan follows Jacob Kaplan’s ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South America because of World War II. But now, turning 76, he’s become rather grumpy, fed up with his community and his family’s lack of interest in their own heritage. One beach bar may, however, provide him with an unexpected opportunity to achieve greatness and recover his family’s respect in the community: its owner, a quiet, elderly German, raises Mr. Kaplan’s suspicion of being a runaway Nazi. Ignoring his family’s concerns about his health, Jacob secretly recruits Contreras, a former police officer whose loyalty far exceeds his honesty, to help him investigate. Together, they will try to repeat the historic capture of Adolf Eichmann: by unmasking and kidnapping the German and secretly taking him to Israel. Rising filmmaker Álvaro Brechner’s quixotic quest strikes plenty of comedic spark from its bone-dry humor, taking great delight in the reinvigorated ingenuity and pride of its aging protagonist. Even more potently, the film never loses sight of the existential demons that haunt those on the run from their unresolved past and, ultimately, themselves. Asier and I tells the story of the friendship between Aitor and Asier Aranguren from their time growing up together in the conflict-affected and politicized eighties of Pamplona. Eventually, Aitor moved to Madrid to pursue his dream of becoming an actor and Asier joined the terrorist group ETA. Years later, Asier was arrested and interned in a French prison, where he was detained for eight years. When Asier was released in 2010, Aitor wanted to recover his relationship with his childhood friend and try to understand what could have led to him to join ETA, so he went to his release in France with a camera in order to tell this story. Beyond the story of Asier, Aitor, and the Basque conflict, the film raises universal questions: can we justify blood crimes on the name of an ideal? Can friendship transcend ideology and political extremism? Narrated with humor and cinematographic devises such as direct address, Asier and I does an excellent job at keeping the spectator engaged throughout the film. The documentary remained in Spanish theaters for an impressive four months. Rising Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramírez stars in this biopic of one of Latin America’s greatest figures. Simón Bolívar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of those of Alexander the Great. But his army never conquered – it liberated. The most expensive Latin American film ever produced, The Liberator is a riveting portrayal of the man who led Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Peru, and Ecuador toward independence. The Liberator was shortlisted with other eight titles for the Best Foreign Academy Award and was the favorite Venezuelan film at the local box office. The film was seen by 697,000 spectators in Venezuela.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line30
__label__wiki	0.764182	0.764182	GLACIERGATE: The disintegration of the IPCC By Will AlexanderI was in the process of packing my bags for home when there was another explosion on the Internet. The IPCC’s claim that climate change will result in massive melting of the Himalayan glaciers is false. This was disclosed in the UK Sunday Times and rapidly spread to other newspapers and the Internet. The Australian carried a headline article yesterday (Monday) and a full page plus two other articles in this morning’s edition. This claim is the centrepiece of the IPCC assessment reports as well as Al Gore’s documentary An inconvenient truth. The IPCC has repeatedly maintained that its conclusions are based on peer-reviewed papers in recognized scientific journals. It has now been disclosed that this claim never passed through the peer-review process. The following is my summary of the sequence of events derived from media reports of the past two days. 1996. A member of the Russian Academy of Sciences predicted significant Himalayan glacier melting by 2350. Somewhere along the line this was fraudulently transformed to 2035. 1999. An Indian glaciologist Sayed Hasnain speculated in a short telephone interview with the New Scientist that all the glaciers in the central and western Himalayas could soon start disappearing. He did not mention the year of 2035 in his interview. 2005. The environmental group WWF published a report in which it described the New Scientist report as disturbing. 2007. The IPCC published its fourth assessment report. One of the report’s central claims was that the world’s glaciers are melting so fast that those in the Himalayas could vanish by 2035. It sourced this prediction to the WWF report. 2009. The Indian government reported that there was no substance in claims of large scale melting of the glaciers. The chairman of the IPCC described his government’s report as voodoo science. He has since been widely criticised for his statement. 2010. Hasnain revealed in an interview with the New Scientist that he had never repeated the prediction in a peer-reviewed journal as it was speculative. There has been no official response to this issue by the IPCC. It cannot afford to remain silent, particularly after the Climategate exposures and the failure of the Copenhagen discussions. When the Climategate scandal broke, the public had difficulty in appreciating its significance. However, Himalayan glaciers like polar bears are readily appreciated. Can the IPCC survive yet another challenge to its scientific honesty and integrity? The following are some headlines during the past two days. IPCC IN TROUBLE OVER FALSE CLAIM. IPCC MISLED WORLD OVER HIMALAYAN GLACIER MELT DOWN. CLIMATE SCIENCE ON THIN ICE. GLACIERGATE COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME FOR THE UNITED NATIONS PEAK BODY ON CLIMATE. UNITED NATIONS BLUNDER ON GLACIERS EXPOSED. MELTING CLAIM BASED ON SPECULATION. UNITED NATIONS GLACIER BLUNDER A 300-YEAR MIX-UP. UK Sunday Times article The following is the original exposure in the UK Sunday Times as reported in CCNet of 18 January. (1) IPCC MISLED WORLD OVER HIMALAYAN GLACIER MELTDOWN The Sunday Times January 17, 2010 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6991177.ece Jonathan Leake and Chris Hastings A warning that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it. Two years ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a benchmark report that was claimed to incorporate the latest and most detailed research into the impact of global warming. A central claim was the world’s glaciers were melting so fast that those in the Himalayas could vanish by 2035. In the past few days the scientists behind the warning have admitted that it was based on a news story in the New Scientist, a popular science journal, published eight years before the IPCC’s 2007 report. It has also emerged that the New Scientist report was itself based on a short telephone interview with Syed Hasnain, a little-known Indian scientist then based at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. Hasnain has since admitted that the claim was “speculation” and was not supported by any formal research. If confirmed it would be one of the most serious failures yet seen in climate research. (My emphasis.) The IPCC was set up precisely to ensure that world leaders had the best possible scientific advice on climate change. The IPCC’s reliance on Hasnain’s 1999 interview has been highlighted by Fred Pearce, the journalist who carried out the original interview for the New Scientist. Pearce said he rang Hasnain in India in 1999 after spotting his claims in an Indian magazine. Pearce said: “Hasnain told me then that he was bringing a report containing those numbers to Britain. The report had not been peer reviewed or formally published in a scientific journal and it had no formal status so I reported his work on that basis. “Since then I have obtained a copy and it does not say what Hasnain said. In other words it does not mention 2035 as a date by which any Himalayan glaciers will melt. However, he did make clear that his comments related only to part of the Himalayan glaciers. not the whole massif.” The New Scientist report was apparently forgotten until 2005 when WWF cited it in a report called An Overview of Glaciers, Glacier Retreat, and Subsequent Impacts in Nepal, India and China. The report credited Hasnain’s 1999 interview with the New Scientist. But it was a campaigning report rather than an academic paper so it was not subjected to any formal scientific review. Despite this it rapidly became a key source for the IPCC when Lal and his colleagues came to write the section on the Himalayas. When finally published, the IPCC report did give its source as the WWF study but went further, suggesting the likelihood of the glaciers melting was “very high”. The IPCC defines this as having a probability of greater than 90%. The report read: “Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate.” However, glaciologists find such figures inherently ludicrous, pointing out that most Himalayan glaciers are hundreds of feet thick and could not melt fast enough to vanish by 2035 unless there was a huge global temperature rise. The maximum rate of decline in thickness seen in glaciers at the moment is 2-3 feet a year and most are far lower. Professor Julian Dowdeswell, director of the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University, said: “Even a small glacier such as the Dokriani glacier is up to 120 metres [394ft] thick. A big one would be several hundred metres thick and tens of kilometres long. The average is 300 metres thick so to melt one even at 5 metres a year would take 60 years. That is a lot faster than anything we are seeing now so the idea of losing it all by 2035 is unrealistically high.” Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chairman, has previously dismissed criticism of the Himalayas claim as “voodoo science”. Last week the IPCC refused to comment so it has yet to explain how someone who admits to little expertise on glaciers was overseeing such a report. Perhaps its one consolation is that the blunder was spotted by climate scientists who quickly made it public. The lead role in that process was played by Graham Cogley, a geographer from Trent University in Ontario, Canada, who had long been unhappy with the IPCC’s finding. He traced the IPCC claim back to the New Scientist and then contacted Pearce. Pearce then re-interviewed Hasnain, who confirmed that his 1999 comments had been “speculative”, and published the update in the New Scientist. Cogley said: “The reality, that the glaciers are wasting away, is bad enough. But they are not wasting away at the rate suggested by this speculative remark and the IPCC report. The problem is that nobody who studied this material bothered chasing the trail back to the original point when the claim first arose. It is ultimately a trail that leads back to a magazine article and that is not the sort of thing you want to end up in an IPCC report.” Pearce said the IPCC’s reliance on the WWF was “immensely lazy” and the organisation need to explain itself or back up its prediction with another scientific source. Hasnain could not be reached for comment. The revelation is the latest crack to appear in the scientific consensus over climate change. It follows the so-called climategate scandal, where British scientists apparently tried to prevent other researchers from accessing key date. Last week another row broke out when the Met Office criticised suggestions that sea levels were likely to rise 1.9m by 2100, suggesting much lower increases were likely. Copyright 2010, TST Cease fire I have received instructions to call it a day and get on with packing my bags. 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__label__cc	0.629311	0.370689	Tag: Views ‘The whole thing turns on a preposterous theory based on maligning a wholly benign rare gas that is in fact essential to existence of life on earth’ It is all very well for us to talk light-heartedly about the silly season and the preposterous claims of its denizens, but meanwhile the enemy within are pushing the western world steadily towards a lunatic economic suicide, while the enormities they commit are conveniently given cover by the prevailing frivolity. The US Presidency, for example, having largely failed to recruit Congress into its war on industry, resorts to undemocratic methods by permitting the out-of-control EPA to wage it unconstrained. The mostly sympathetic media report it as just another thread in the rich tapestry of modern life. In the UK , the Telegraph has appointed Louise Gray as Queen of the season and almost daily reports of mostly old scares pour out: so this one did not seem all that different. The Carbon Reduction Commitment is, however, a major frontal attack on the core of British industry, involving not only onerous tax increases and draconian fines, but equally importantly it imposes an enormous administrative burden, just at a time when it can do most damage to business and the national economy. Its history is replete with the nastiest characteristics of the genre. Arising from undemocratically evolved EU diktats, it was formulated by the monumentally failed Labour government and has all the hallmarks of the Brownian love of complexity. Then it has been adopted unchanged by the coalition in a covert way. Rather than give fair warning of the pain to come, the Government has treated the whole ghastly affair as a state secret, so that most of the victim companies have no idea of the nightmare that is about to hit them. It has now been exposed in the middle of the silly season, when the victims are supposed to register for fleecing by the end of next month. One part of the Government is looking to industry to get it out of the current mess, while another part is shackling that industry so that it is even more immersed in a fight for survival. The incredible fact is that the whole thing turns on a preposterous theory based on maligning a wholly benign rare gas that is in fact essential to the existence of life on earth. On the basis of the myth the British have, for example, passively allowed Indians to take over their steel industry, close it down and move it to India . This is just part of a massive migration of industry from the western nations to the Asian ones, no doubt to the satisfaction of the UN administration. Posted on August 16, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags News, ViewsLeave a comment on You wouldn't be here without CO2 Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, April 29th 2010 Al Gore has a modest new home in California, because every eco-cult leader needs a mansion on each coast. Australia’s government dropped emissions trading like a hot rock because the ‘climate crisis’ can wait until after the pesky election, and CNN emulates ancient cultures and is fearful of a vengeful planet. This week’s round-up is a bit of a monster edition, so the hottie is the world’s sexiest woman. It seemed only fair. Part One: Al Gore & Friends Al Gore loves the planet so much he has dedicated his earning potential life to the cause. He’s so in love with the Earth that it’s almost as if he wants to visit all of it, in one week: April 30, 2010–Philippines April 29, 2010–Johannesburg, South Africa April 27, 2010–New York (afternoon) April 27, 2010–Chicago (morning) April 26, 2010–Denver April 24, 2010–Italy April 22, 2010–Montreal His New York trip was almost a Gore Effect day, it was cold but the snow held off. Al won a big payday in court this week, when a fine of $588 was reversed on appeal. The original fine was for unfair use of a photograph his Current TV used without permission. I was intending to be all snarky and critical of Gore for fighting over a few hundred dollars, but what I didn’t know was he needed the cash for his new California home. Al and Tipper dropped $8,875,000 for an ocean-view villa with a swimming pool, spa and fountains. So, that $588 will come in handy when Tipper starts shopping for new drapes. The Goreacle lashed out at the media, calling articles skeptical of the global warming hoax ‘ridiculous’. Without any sense of irony, Al later blogged and blagged emo-Joe Romm’s ‘important’ new book, which made Romm go ’squeeee’, or something. It wasn’t all easy riding for the global warming profiteer prophet, The Foundry discovered some awkward math when assessing the real costs of Al’s preferred Repowering America plans: …to meet Al Gore’s plan, with the cheapest renewable energy source, onshore wind, a family of four’s electricity bill would be almost double than if it were supplied by all coal – up from $189 a month to $340 a month. He assured Americans that we can use wind, solar and geothermal to power America. But the price only increases. Offshore wind: $404 a month. Solar thermal: $504 a month and worst of all, solar panels: $718 a month. That’s only $8,600 per family per year to cover our earth with solar panels. Oddly, when Al wrote about coal’s dirty secrets, the fact that it only costs half of wind power never came up. Don’t hold your breath waiting for Al’s thoughts on the dirty secrets of his favorite renewable, ethanol. An ABC commenter pondered the idea of Al Gore being nominated to the Supreme Court, which is frankly both terrifying and hilarious. But mostly hilarious. The Supremes don’t earn enough to attract an A-lister like Al. Suzuki circa 1970: ‘In 40 years I’ll be a total failure’ Canada’s perennial hippie and preachy irritant David Suzuki is a scientist, allegedly: Suzuki believes the broader public still understands the urgent need for action because of the “in your face” impacts of climate change, like extreme weather, wildfires and melting polar ice. “Canada is the most vulnerable to climate change of any of the industrialized countries,” Suzuki said. [he] won’t predict whether the warming problem will be solved in the next 40 years. He and others once believed the 1990s had to be the turnaround decade. “It’s 20 years later and we’re still fighting the battles,” he said. “The direction we’re heading is catastrophic. This is not going to be easy. But the important thing is to get started.” The daft old hippie has devoted his life to a lost cause and the important thing is to get started? Pardon me, but Epic Fail, no? Part Two: AGW Scaremongers A US Democrat finally finds an enemy he can fight, climate change is a national security issue. Remember, as the warmists rush to replace oil, only one place on the planet has enough rare earth metals to make all the shiny new batteries that new green technologies need… and it happens to be a Communist giant that owns a large swathe of US debt. What could possibly go wrong? emo-Joe Romm interviewed Van Jones for Earth Day: And there’s going to be the opportunity for regular people to get real actual benefits—to get refunds. People are like, “oh, I’m scared of this energy bill because it’s going to make my energy bill go up,” but there’s a way you can actually get a refund on your energy bill and actually wind up with more money in your pocket if you make your home more energy efficient. Jones, a fired Marxist doesn’t actually say whose pocket the ‘refunds’ will be coming from, but if you have a job in America, it’s probably yours.CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST! Posted on April 29, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Daily Bayonet, News, ViewsLeave a comment on Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, April 29th 2010 Earth Day Video The world needs more George Carlins, not Al Gores. Posted on April 22, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags News, Videos, ViewsLeave a comment on Earth Day Video Destroying America with the EPA's Carbon Lies Lisa Jackson, Obama’s EPA director, has just announced the agency’s new auto regulations of gas mileage based on global warming. In addition, the agency asserts the right to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under the Clean Air Act. There is absolutely no scientific justification for this and, indeed, many observers believe the EPA lacks the legal authority regarding its stance on CO2. There is NO need to limit greenhouse gas emissions because there is NO “global warming.” Greenhouse gases are purported to be the primary cause of this fraud. The EPA, like a dozen other U.S. agencies, has been pushing the global warming fraud for decades. One more lie, even a whopper about CO2, is of little concern to the EPA at this point. Beyond the issue of scientific fraud, there are the scientific facts that demonstrate that CO2 plays a miniscule role, if any, as regards the Earth’s climate. Carbon dioxide is less than one percent of the Earth’s atmosphere (386 parts per million). There is, in fact, no greenhouse effect. The most active element of the atmosphere is the 95% of water vapor that forms a protective layer around the Earth. The science involved is fairly simple. Clouds have a warming effect because, in order for water vapor to condense back into water droplets, the water molecules must first re-emit the energy they absorbed to become vapor. That latent heat causes the local environment to feel warmer. It is this constant interchange that determines whether wherever you’re at right now is warmer or cooler. The public is rarely, if ever, told that meteorologists have NO idea why clouds act as they do. All they can do is track cloud activity via satellite images, but they can only accurately predict the weather at best for three to four days ahead. This is why, when you watch a televised weather forecast, they mostly just point to cloud systems. The Earth’s oceans contain fifty times the CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. The Earth’s biomass, oceans, near-surface rocks and soils contain 100,000 times the carbon in the atmosphere. To declare CO2 toxic, the EPA is saying that all that natural CO2, plus the six pounds of carbon dioxide that every human exhale every day is a “pollutant.” How can carbon dioxide be a pollutant when all life on Earth is dependent upon it? CO2 is to vegetation what oxygen is to human and other animal life. Without CO2, all vegetation dies and then all animal life dies for lack of the nutrients provided by food crops. The EPA will blame the generation of CO2 on energy use, but 97% of the Earth’s CO2 is produced by Nature! Only about 3% of all the CO2 in the atmosphere is produced by humans via industrial and transport activity. This estimate, in fact, comes from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change! The IPCC’s other alleged climate data is subject to serious challenge, but this is not. It falls into the category of common knowledge among climate scientists. Environmentalists are insanely opposed to all energy use with the exception of bicycles, canoes, and walking. They particularly hate automobiles, but these are the same people, along with the EPA, that have insisted on the inclusion of ethanol, otherwise known as moonshine, in every gallon of gasoline. The immediate result is less mileage per gallon and the production of more CO2! None of these facts is a secret yet, since 1989, the U.S. government has spent $79 billion in taxpayer’s money on “climate change” research. To suggest that the government, using the data generated, has any “control” over the climate is absurd. The result of all that government funded research has been a public that has been subjected to the massive fraud called global warming. Weather data provided by NASA and NOAA, for example, has had to have been withdrawn due to errors. Not only has the scientific community learned that the IPCC data was manipulated and that efforts were made to suppress data refuting global warming, but the Earth has irrefutably been in a cooling cycle for over a decade at this point. The EPA regulatory control of auto mileage and CO2 emissions is a complete fraud and a contemptible lie. In doing so it has become a gangster agency that has abandoned any credibility. Finally, the Cap-and-Trade Act awaiting a vote in the Senate is based on the global warming fraud and, if enacted, would impose massive taxation on all energy use. It must be stopped. The EPA’s latest move must be stopped. The fate of the nation’s economy literally depends on this. © Alan Caruba, 2010 Posted on April 1, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Alan Caruba, ViewsLeave a comment on Destroying America with the EPA's Carbon Lies Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, April 1st 2010 Esquire featured hippie-kryptonite Marc Morano, Greenpeace upset the iCrowd and we have a genuine nerd fight between weathermen and climatologists. Pocket protectors at noon, gentlemen. All this and a hottie of justice. It’s April 1st, but would I joke about that? Show me the money. Al was excited to learn that the UK has started a green investment bank with a £2 billion injection of cash to be used on eco-friendly initiatives like wind power and eco-friendly waste management. Expect an announcement from Generation Investment Management soon about a new UK office, because that much money is like a flame to a moth. Al declared a win-win for American farmers. If global warming is real, farmers will reap the rewards in increased crop yields, unless they prefer to not farm and make money from carbon offsets. Trouble is, you can’t eat an offset. The inconvenience of being Al, China is moving forward (but with coal). One warmist sees no need to defend the Goreacle when he’s wrong: It means looking at the science – not scary and unrealistic images of submerged cities. It means accepting the fact that Al Gore is not always right, and he should not be defended when he’s wrong. Henry Payne compares the media frenzy about a few nuts going overboard after the Obama care vote, but wonders why Al Gore was never asked to publicly atone for the ELF. It’s a good question, unless you’re in the media, of course. Al points to terrified scientists who think that dying coral will doom humanity: “Coral reefs are part of the foundation of the ocean food chain. Nearly half the fish the world eats make their homes around them. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide — by some estimates, 1 billion across Asia alone — depend on them for their food and their livelihoods.” If the reefs vanished, experts say, hunger, poverty and political instability could ensue. ”Whole nations will be threatened in terms of their existence,” said Carl Gustaf Lundin of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Then it’s time to round up these climate criminals for condemning whole nations’ existence. But wait, can old trains save the planet? Darned ingenuity, saving the planet all the time, it’s like we don’t even need hippies. take that, coral Canada’s David Suzuki has designed and launched ‘the David Suzuki Office Essentials: Green Your Workplace toolkit‘. It’s free and visitors to the website are guided through the process by a cartoon version of David Suzuki. Dave, you’ve been a cartoon for some time now, dude. Bubba and the Chump. Bill Clinton took a swipe at his erstwhile Veep: Clinton noted today is spring — “otherwise known to Al Gore as proof of global warming.” Har har, see what he did there? Hippies from activist group Climate Camp showed their commitment to Gaia by sending delegates to Bolivia. Here’s more fun facts about the hapless hypocrites: The 12,000-mile round trip to the Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights conference next month involves changing planes at least twice. The flights will generate about eight tons of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases. The money for their tickets — at least £1,200 for an economy fare — is being paid for by donations to Climate Camp from people opposed to flying and airport expansion. An American academic accuses warmists of hijacking the environmental movement. Um, see the story above to see the kind of fanatics and lunatics that now claim to be the face of green. Count ‘em. Five dumb ways to save the planet. No surprise that number one on the list involves telling Africans not to breed. What is it with warmists and their rabid hatred of Africa anyway? Eco-terrorist group Greenpeace is trying to frame the global warming debate as the tobacco fight. Of course, pitching themselves as David against a big-oil funded Goliath is about as dishonest as you can get. Posted on April 1, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Daily Bayonet, News, ViewsLeave a comment on Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, April 1st 2010 Climate Wars! By Alan Caruba Wars come and go, cities are destroyed and rebuilt, monuments are erected, and life goes on. This is the traditional view of war, but right now the world is engaged in the latest battle of a “climate war” that has been going on since the 1970s when the Club of Rome concluded in a report titled, “The real enemy then, is humanity itself”, that the world’s population had to be reduced. Whereas wars in the modern era have killed millions and communism as practiced in the former Soviet Union and the early decades of Red China under Chairman Mao killed millions more on a scale with which war could not compete, the advocates of population reduction rival the worst despots to have ever walked among us. With the revelations from leaked emails between the conspirators who kept the global warming fraud going for many years, the so-called “climate scientists” who, in fact, had created phony computer models and engaged in endless studies to “prove” that global warming posed a threat to mankind, the term “Climategate” was coined to describe their collusion. Billions are at stake so far as the “climate scientists” are concerned. They have received millions for their research in the United States and in England. Presumably other nations, too, have provided such grants and the result of the research must always be a continuation of the “global warming” fraud. Beyond the scientists are those who profit from the sale of “carbon credits” to permit “greenhouse gas emissions”, and the millions that environmental organizations such as Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club, and others rake in. It is no surprise, then, that those who have been victimized by the fraud will see a coordinated campaign of opinion editorials in newspapers, advertisements, and other means to keep the “global warming” fraud intact. These efforts have been renamed “climate change”, but therein lies the utter mendacity of the campaign because the Earth has always passed through cycles of climate change and always will. On February 15th, the Boston Globe published an opinion editorial by Kerry Emanuel, the director of the Program in Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was filled with the usual “global warming” themes; the repetition of the lie that carbon dioxide and other minor atmospheric gases are causing a huge shift that is warming the Earth. Smoothly, the inaccuracies of climate computer models are dismissed as “uncertainties” resulting in “divergent predictions.” The finest weather-related computer models available are unable to account for the action of clouds, an essential element in weather everywhere, nor can they include the unknown effects of countless undersea volcanoes in the world’s oceans that are another contributing factor. At best, if your local weatherman can accurately predict what will occur in the next two to four days, he’s doing fine. Predicting what the climate—not the weather—will be decades and even centuries from now is pure fiction. It is the claim that is central to “global warming” and/or “climate change.” In a rebuttal to Emanuel’s opinion editorial, Bill Gray, Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University, noted that “A high percentage of meteorologists and/or climate scientists do not agree that the climate changes we have seen are mostly man-made. Thousands of us think that the larger part of the climate changes we have observed over the last century are of natural origin.” He added, “Over 31,000 American scientists have recently signed a petition advising the U.S. not to sign any fossil fuel reduction treaty.” Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has just released a statement based on the release of still more emails between desperate “climate scientists” whose careers depend on the “global warming” fraud. “According to recently disclosed e-mails from a National Academies of Science listserv, prominent climate scientists affiliated with the U.S. National Academies of Science, have been planning a public campaign to paper over the damaged reputation of global warming alarmism.” The emails explored the ways the public could be distracted from the revelations of Climategate and enticed back to believing that “global warming” is based in real science and occurring. Among the suggestions were “Op eds in the NY Times and other national newspapers would also be great.” Referring to this as a climate war is no exaggeration. One email said, “Most of our colleagues don’t seem to grasp that we’re not in a gentlepersons’ debate, we’re in a street fight against well-funded, merciless enemies who play by entirely different rules.” One of those rules most certainly is to tell the truth! What the public has never grasped is that this is not a science-based war. It is entirely political in nature and the Green’s enemy has been the resource industries, oil, natural gas, and coal that provide the means by which energy is generated for industrial use and for societies that depend on electricity to function. The subtext of the war is the deliberate destruction of human life on the planet on a mass scale. That explains why it is especially troubling that President Obama continues to refer to global warming as real and advocates “cap-and-trade” legislation, the largest tax on energy use in the history of mankind. It is the reason he continues to divert millions to “clean energy” and “green jobs”, neither of which have ever proven to equal traditional energy sources or provide sufficient employment to merit support. So now the climate wars shift into a new phase, one intended to obfuscate and confuse the public again in the quest to foist the greatest fraud and attack on mankind in human history Editor’s Note: For further insight, read Dr. Tim Ball’s commentary at: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/20782 To learn why the world’s glaciers are not melting and the seas are not rising, click here: http://www.iceagenow.com/Our_glaciers_are_growing_not_melting.htm Posted on March 22, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Alan Caruba, Global Cooling, ViewsLeave a comment on Climate Wars! Our glaciers are growing, not melting By Robert Felix 8 Mar 10 – “Almost all of the ice-covered regions of the Earth are melting — and seas are rising,” said Al Gore in an op-ed piece in the New York Times on February 27. Both parts of Gore’s statement are false. Never mind that Mr. Gore makes only passing reference to the IPCC’s fraudulent claims that the Himalayan glaciers will all melt by 2035. (“A flawed overestimate,” he explains.) Never mind that Mr. Gore dismisses the IPCC’s fraudulent claims that the oceans are rising precipitously. (“Partly inaccurate,” he huffs.) Never mind that Mr. Gore completely ignores the admission by the CRU’s disgraced former director Phil Jones that global temperatures have essentially remained unchanged for the past 15 years. I’ll let someone else dissect Gore’s lawyering comments, and concentrate on just the one sentence about melting ice, because neither part of that sentence is true. Contrary to Gore’s assertions, almost all of the ice-covered regions of the Earth are growing, not melting — and the seas are not rising. Let’s look at the facts. If you click on the words “are melting” in Gore’s article, you’re taken to a paper by Michael Zemp at the University of Zurich. Mr. Zemp begins his paper by warning that “glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates.” However, if you bother to actually read the paper, you learn that Zemp’s conclusion is based on measurements of “more than 80 glaciers.” Considering that the Himalayas boast more than 15,000 glaciers, a study of “more than 80 glaciers” hardly seems sufficient to warrant such a catastrophic pronouncement. Especially when you learn that of those 80 glaciers, several are growing. Growing. Not melting. “In Norway, many maritime glaciers were able to gain mass,” Zemp concedes. (“Able to gain mass” means growing.) In North America, Zemp also concedes, “some positive values were reported from the North Cascade Mountains and the Juneau Ice Field.” (“Displaying positive values” means growing.) Remember, we’re still coming out of the last ice age. Ice is supposed to melt as we come out of an ice age. The ice has been melting for 11,000 years. Why should today be any different? I’m guessing that most Canadians and Northern Europeans are very happy that the ice has been melting. Unfortunately, that millenniums-long melting trend now appears to be changing. No matter how assiduously Mr. Gore tries to ignore it, almost all of the ice-covered regions of the Earth are now gaining mass. (Or, displaying positive values, if you will.) For starters, let’s look at those Himalayan glaciers. In a great article, entitled “World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown,” Jonathan Leake and Chris Hastings show that the IPCC’s fraudulent claims were based on “speculation” and “not supported by any formal research.” As a matter of fact, many Himalayan glaciers are growing. In a defiant act of political incorrectness, some 230 glaciers in the western Himalayas – including Mount Everest, K2 and Nanga Parbat – are actually growing. Posted on March 22, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Global Cooling, News, ViewsLeave a comment on Our glaciers are growing, not melting How to blame humans for anything Niche modeller David Stockwell is profoundly unimpressed with what’s billed as the latest “proof” of man-made warming – that winds are now pushing rain away from Western Australia, and dumping snow on Antarctica. And the funny thing is that not even the man spruiking this ”proof”, Professor Tas van Ommen, seems to have much faith in it: The basic conclusion is that if this is being driven by human impact then you would expect it to continue but as climate change continues to change, the current situation changes too. So if this keeps going, that’s evidence of man-made warming. And if it doesn’t, that’s evidence of climate change. It’s a win-win. And when you see van Ommen’s reasoning for assuming man is to blame you see exactly the same kind of heads-I-win-tails-you-lose reasoning: This pattern has strengthened in the past 30 years and some of the computer models that reproduce this are showing that it looks like it has happened because of greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide – and also ozone (being depleted). The models that reproduced this warming must be believed, but the blame-man ones that didn’t should be ignored. And here’s the seal to the deal: this great change in the Antarctic oscillation just brings us to where we were in 1960. From Jones, J. M. and M. Widmann, 2004. Early peak in Antarctic oscillation index. Nature, 432, 290–291: Here we reconstruct the austral summer (December–January) Antarctic oscillation index from sea-level pressure measurements over the twentieth century5 and find that large positive values, and positive trends of a similar magnitude to those of past decades, also occurred around 1960, and that strong negative trends occurred afterwards. This positive Antarctic oscillation index and large positive trend during a period before ozone-depleting chemicals were released into the atmosphere and before marked anthropogenic warming, together with the later negative trend, indicate that natural forcing factors or internal mechanisms in the climate system must also strongly influence the state of the Antarctic oscillation. Posted on February 9, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags News, ViewsLeave a comment on How to blame humans for anything VIDEO: IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri ‘is going to jail for fraud’ Posted on February 9, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Copenhagen, IPCC, News, ViewsLeave a comment on VIDEO: IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri ‘is going to jail for fraud’ “Snowmageddon” Versus “Overwhelming Scientific Evidence” By Kevin Mooney Washington D.C. and the Mid-Atlantic States have been hammered by another major snow storm, which exceeds the Dec. 19, 2009 storm that forced President Obama to curtail his time in Copenhagen. This is the first time since record keeping started that two storms of such magnitude have hit the region during one winter. Already some localities are reporting the largest snowfall ever recorded. To be sure, these events do not prove or disprove human caused global warming. But the momentum is now very much on the side of skeptical scientists who question these theories and President Obama should at least pull back from his awkward juxtapositions. Here’s what he said in The State of the Union: “I know there have been questions about whether we can afford such changes in a tough economy. I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here’s the thing — even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future — because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.” On Saturday, during a gathering of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington D.C., Obama called this most recent storm “Snowmaggeddon” putting it on a par with what he experienced in Chicago. Looking ahead to the 2010 mid-term elections, Republicans should make more of an issue out of the “climategate” scandal involving leaked emails Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It’s always possible to persuade the public on the basis of dire emergencies, which is why scientific evidence undermining alarmism deserves greater expression. The science the EPA has used to justify its finding that human emissions of carbon dioxide endanger public health and welfare should be subjected to vigorous criticism in the coming months. In the Federal Register, EPA states: “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. … Global mean surface temperature was higher during the last few decades of the 20th century than during any comparable period during the preceding four centuries.” Last year The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) exposed how the EPA had suppressed a scientific study that concludes natural forces as opposed to human activity are largely responsible for temperature changes. Now is the time to attack the soft underbelly of unsubstantiated global warming alarmism. More snow is on the way tomorrow. Posted on February 8, 2010 January 20, 2018 Tags Global Cooling, News, ViewsLeave a comment on “Snowmageddon” Versus “Overwhelming Scientific Evidence”	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line43
__label__wiki	0.976377	0.976377	Happy Father's Day: The Lion King by Laura W It’s fitting that June 15th marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Disney’s The Lion King. It also happens to be Father’s Day. The Lion King displayed one of the loveliest father-son relationships on screen. We all know the story of The Lion King, but what was it about the film that made it so brilliant? Simba is a young cub who is next in line to become king, after his father, Mufasa. Mufasa is killed by his brother, Scar, and Simba is tricked into thinking that he was the cause of Mufasa’s death. Simba leaves his home and goes into hiding, teaming up with Timon and Pumbaa. With assistance from Nala, Simba’s childhood friend and eventual wife, Rafiki, and Timon and Pumbaa, Simba regains his rightful place and Scar is defeated. While the film is based on Hamlet, it is a lovely story, with a brilliant and memorable score, and its comedic moments and serious moments too. If there’s a good story, there’s a good audience. What made one of Disney’s greatest films, so great? To begin with, the film had a spectacular open. If there’s a great opening, it’s pretty much a given that the film will have the audience’s attention. The Circle of Life, as a song, would end up being nominated for an Academy Award, and was also performed as a single/pop version by the song’s composer, Elton John. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? and Hakuna Matata were also nominated for Best Original Song Oscars, with Can You Feel the Love Tonight? winning. The film also won an Oscar for Best Original Score. The relationships between the characters, while they were only animated, worked so very well. It also helped that some of the actors behind the characters were brilliantly cast. But the crux of Lion King is the focus on Simba and Mufasa. A good parent-child connection, it showed that a father and their child could still get along, have fun together, and be friends, but a parent is still a parent, first and foremost. More importantly, the heart of the story revolved around Simba coping with the early loss of his father. Not only watering the eyes of men and women globally, it also impacted childrens who may have lost their parent too. The vocal talents behind the characters were quite varied, but strong and this provided a lot of oomph for the film. Voices varied from a Shakespearian actor, to a future teen sensation, and from a Star Wars villain to several Broadway veteran. James Earl Jones was behind Mufasa, with Jonathan Taylor Thomas as young Simba. Matthew Broderick voiced older Simba. Nathan Lane was behind Timon and Ernie Sabella provided the vocal talents for Timon’s best friend, Pumbaa. Jeremy Irons made a devilishly good Scar. The Lion King is now the third highest grossing animated film of all time, after Frozen and Toy Story 3. The film has become so successful, that it spawned several sequels, several television shows, Disney theme park attractions, but most importantly, one of Broadway’s most popular shows in history. It also happens to be Broadway’s highest earning show of all time. The show won numerous awards and achieved history when Julie Taymor became the first woman ever to win the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. The show has toured in over a dozen countries, has played in over 63 cities and has been seen by more than 45 million people around the world. But it all start with a father protecting, shaping and guiding his son with love, courage and strength.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line44
__label__cc	0.707006	0.292994	Home Women Veterans Historical Project [Tent Quarters of the 305th Station Hospital, circa 1944] [Tent Quarters of the 305th Station Hospital, circa 1944] Title [Tent Quarters of the 305th Station Hospital, circa 1944] Subject headings World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women Era World War II era (1940-1946) Service branch Army--Army Nurse Corps Item description Nurse Helen Savage (in image on right) and nurses of the 305th Station Hospital (image on left with Ptaszynski in the center of the group) pose in front of the tents in Southampton, England, they called home for thirteen months in 1944 and 1945. All wear the army field uniform and helmet. Veteran's name Ptaszynski, Estelle Garner Veteran's biography Estelle Garner Ptaszynski (1917-2006) of Seagrove, North Carolina, a member of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) from 1943 to 1945, also served as a surgical nurse for many years at hospitals in Connecticut and North Carolina . Estelle Garner Ptaszynski was born on 7 December, 1917, in Seagrove, North Carolina. She attended Elsie Academy in Robbins, North Carolina, and Campbell College in Buies Creek, North Carolina. She graduated from nurse’s training at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1940 and became a surgical nurse in the hospital’s operating room . In January 1943 Ptaszynski joined the Army Nurse Corps. She spent eight months at Camp Butner near Durham, North Carolina, and then went to Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Kilmer in New Jersey for overseas training. Ptaszynski sailed to England on the SS Mauritania with the 305th Station Hospital in September 1943. She spent several months with the hospital on the Longleat Castle estate near Warminster, England, before moving to Oxford for one month. Ptaszynski moved with the hospital to Southampton in the spring of 1944 and remained there until August 1945. She returned to the United States and was discharged from Fort Bragg in November 1945 . Ptaszynski met her husband, Ed, while in the service. They married in February 1946 and moved to Connecticut, where they lived for twenty-nine years. Ptaszynski resumed her work as a surgical nurse when her children reached elementary school age, and continued her nursing career for several years after the family moved back to North Carolina and settled in Troy. Ptaszynski died in 2006. Place Southampton (England) Original format photographs Image type Full uniform Source collection WV0033 Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Papers Additional rights information IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. Object ID WV0033.6.002	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line45
__label__wiki	0.733191	0.733191	Sudhir Choudhrie: The Man Who Changed the Face of Indian Business Posted on July 6, 2021 by fjgj34t88735tgysr Choudhrie was born in 1949 in the small town of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He grew up with his two brothers, two sisters, and his mother. His undergraduate studies were in statistics at St. Stephens College in Delhi. Sudhir Choudhrie married Chabita, with whom he has two children, Bhanu and Dhairya. In 1970, he was appointed to the administrative office of the All India Kisan Sabha, the biggest farmer’s organization in India. He has subsequently worked for the Confederation of Indian Industry and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Choudhrie had significant roles in establishing the healthcare sector in south-east Asia, particularly Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Sudhir Choudhrie joined St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, where he completed his medical training and Fellowship of Gynecologists (FRCOG) and the Royal College of Obstetricians in 1976. In 1970, Sudhir Choudhrie partnered with his brother-in-law, Akbar Alavi, and two others in setting up a private hospital. Their first venture was the Dubai Pediatric Hospital, which opened in 1971. It was successful enough that it expanded to two hospitals in Dubai and one in Jeddah. Choudhrie took over the day-to-day running of the business in 1972, leaving Alevi to concentrate on his training. Sudhir Choudhrie grew up in Lucknow, India, and graduated in Medicine from a local university. He undertook further study in England and then returned to India to start a practice. After acquiring a graduate degree, Choudhrie was recruited by a global pharmaceutical company, Makers. This multinational pharmaceutical company was active in South Africa and Northern Nigeria. He worked there for ten years, and then he established his medical practice and hospital in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Sudhir Choudhrie and his family moved to the UK in the late 1970s after receiving political asylum. Sudhir Choudhrie then established a successful healthcare practice and hospital, which he ran for several years. Choudhrie is one of the leading businessmen in London and one of India’s top five most influential Indian-origin businessmen. Sudhir is the co-founder of Orascom Construction Industries and the founder of Cinergy Entertainment, one of the world’s largest independent TV production houses. He is also among the most prominent individual supporters of the Conservative Party and the owner of the London Lions, an established basketball club in the UK. What to Know about John Ritenour and the IOA Sports Partners Division » « David Azzato’s Advice to UK Entrepreneurs about COVID Relief	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line47
__label__cc	0.506789	0.493211	Momo the Movie - Directed by Johannes Schaaf In July 1986 the film version of Momo was premiered in countless German cinemas. Ende had sold the film rights to the novel shortly after it was published in 1972. The movie’s director, Johannes Schaaf, had decided to make the movie without any computer-generated effects. Instead he wanted to rely on the persuasive power of the acting, the message of the book and the magic of the story. The soundtrack was composed by Angelo Branduardi, whom Ende met in the course of filming and later worked with on various projects. Michael Ende had no real complaints about the film - unlike the movie version of The Neverending Story, it had been made ‘along the right lines’. All the same, he wasn’t overjoyed with it. Although Ende had played an active role in the film (he played the part of the narrator in the train), he felt the movie version lacked the power and bite of the original book. Wearied from the struggle over The Neverending Story and still battling to come to terms with Ingeborg Hoffmann’s death, Ende decided not to release any public statement about Schaaf’s film.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line48
__label__cc	0.748609	0.251391	oregon poets oregon poetic voices poetsstate laureatesreadingsfor teacherssubmissionsaboutcontact Patrick Playter Hartigan poems & recordings Patrick Playter Hartigan is married to Endi Bogue Hartigan, with whom he has a child, Jackson Thoreau Hartigan. He works as a trademark paralegal at Stoel Rives LLP. He attended school at University of Pennsylvania and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He publishes his poetry under Double Movement Press through a Print on Demand service. He has published sixteen books in this manner, including, most recently, First Days Last, Mr. Gray's Panoplies, and Rodeo Poems, all of which are availiable for purchase, wither through Lulu.com, Amazon.com, or several other online distribution services. Reading from the 2011 Spare Room Series Aubrey R Watzek Library This project is supported in whole or part by IMLS, through the LSTA, administered by the Oregon State Library.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line56
__label__cc	0.642512	0.357488	Walden Two B.F. Skinner Chapter 14-16 B.F. Skinner and Walden Two Background Summary Chapters 6-7 At 7 o'clock, Frazier comes to the visitors' quarters to bring them to dinner. Before dinner, they take a stroll along the "Walk," a curved, windowed hallway that stretches the length of the main building. There are a fair number of people taking after-dinner strollsor enjoying the view, but nonetheless the Walk is not crowded. Burris mentions this to Frazier, who replies that crowds are extremely rare at Walden Two. In fact, they have been eliminated as much as possible. The only reason people enjoy crowds in the world at large is because they provide a false sense of community. At Walden Two, concerts and shows that appeal to the entire community are simply repeated in front of small audiences until everyone has had a chance to see them. Lectures, which are less likely to be repeated, are simply not worth giving; better to hand out a printed copy of the lecture to those who are interested. Regardless, it is unlikely that a lecturer could pick a topic that would interest even two hundred, let alone one thousand, members of the Walden Two community. Castle then asks how the community deals with the fact that everyone must eat. Frazier replies that large crowds demand large and inefficient facilities, but at Walden Two smaller, cheaper, and more efficient facilities can be used because members' eating and working schedules are staggered. If a particular dinner-time becomes crowded, members simply choose to eat at another time. As this discussion is ending, the group moves toward the dining halls. Each dining room contains about half a dozen tables, and each has a different décor: American cafeteria, English inn, Swedish, modern, and so on. Frazier explains that the varied décor is intended to make the children feel comfortable when they venture into the outside world. The service is buffet-style. Frazier makes a point of showing off the trays: they have separate compartments for the main entrée and dessert, and they are made of glass so that the dishwashers can tell they are clean without turning them over. After dinner, the group stops by the dishwashing operation, a well-automated affair run by two members of the community, where Frazier notes that their method saves an enormous amount of labor that would have been done, in the outside world, by housewives. In Chapter 6, we begin to see a dynamic that will be maintained throughout the novel: Frazier expounds on some aspect of Walden Two, and Castle plays the skeptic. It is in the most substantial parts of Walden Two, such as Chapter 6 and the chapters that succeed it, that this pattern is most strictly followed. Frazier talks in long, expository paragraphs, and Castle interjects with criticisms and questions. Occasionally Burris chimes in--sometimes with his own comments, but most often as a mediator between Castle and Frazier. The dynamic between Castle and Frazier motivates almost all of the discussion of the principles behind Walden Two, but it is clear from the beginning that Castle will never be a member of the community. Burris, on the other hand, is open to suggestion, and Frazier's attempts to convince him to stay constitute the most interesting--and most human--of the social interactions depicted in the novel. In his biography of Skinner, Daniel W. Bjork has suggested that the characters of Frazier and Burris were meant to represent two parts of Skinner himself: Frazier is the utopian, the revolutionary, the radical--the Skinner who tried to start a movement to overhaul the American educational system, who wrote Beyond Freedom and Dignity, and who often shocked his colleagues and the public with how far he was willing to take his "science of behavior"; Burris, in contrast, is the academic, the skeptic, the reasonable man--the Skinner who studied and taught at Harvard, who carefully maintained his social and professional connections, and who refused to join the communities patterned after Walden Two that sprung up in the late '60s and '70s. In Walden Two, both sides of Skinner get free play. If we are willing to take Bjork's leap of interpretation, the novel makes an interesting character portrait of a man who was deeply divided between his desire to revolutionize society and his desire to remain a productive part of it. In Chapter 7, Frazier emphasizes the practical side of Walden Two. This is not a utopia in the classical sense (a perfect society driven by a set of ideals). Instead, it is an "experimental" or "scientific" utopia, one in which each and every practice can be changed if the evidence argues against it. In his discussion of the dishwashing operation, Frazier makes his first explicit mention of "cultural engineering." He will not tell the visitors exactly what he means by this until much later in their visit, so for now it serves only as a tantalizing glimpse into the machinery behind Walden Two's apparent success. Nevertheless, we get a sense of what he means. The reason that Walden Two's innovations would not succeed in the outside world is that the people of the outside world would never be willing to make the changes required. At Walden Two, however, people are "culturally engineered" to accept them. What exactly this entails will be described later. 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__label__wiki	0.735448	0.735448	Abduction from the Seraglio "Martern aller Arten" ARIAS - Exsultate Jubilate Olga Makarina, soprano Orchestra of the Mikhailovsky M. Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theater Andrei Anikhanov, conductor Don Giovanni: "Or sai chi l'onore"; "Crudele? Ah, no mio bene!"; "In quail eccessi…Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata"; Le Nozze di Figaro: "Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro"; "E Susanna non vien!" - "Dove sono"; Die Zauberflöte: "Ach, ich fühl's"; Die Entführung aus dem Serail: "Ach ich liebte, war so glücklich!"; "Welcher Wechsel herrscht in meiner Seele…Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose"; "Martern aller Arten"; "Vorrei spiegarvi, O Dio" (Concert Aria), K. 418; Exsultate, jubilate, Motet, K. 165 (158a). Born in Archangel, Russia, Metropolitan Opera soprano Olga Makarina, made her first New York appearances at New York City Opera as Lucia di Lammermoor and has performed there as Gilda in Rigoletto, Konstanze in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio and Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Other roles in Ms. Makarina's repertoire include Ilia in Idomeneo (Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival), Violetta in La Traviata (Kirov Opera) and Eudoxie in La Juive (Opera Orchestra of New York). Ms. Makarina has also appeared as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Minnesota Orchestra and in Orff's Carmina Burana as well. Her repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera during recent seasons has included Gilda, Violetta and Lucia. She also performed concerts and solo recitals in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan and debuted at the National Theater, Prague as Donna Anna and sang the opening night gala of the Cesky Krumlov Festival with the Brno Philharmonic that was televised in Eurovision. In recent seasons Olga Makarina added to her repertory the roles of Desdemona in Verdi's Otello with the National Symphony of Mexico, at the Macau Festival in the production from Covent Garden and with the Beijing Philharmonic, Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall and Micaela in Carmen with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Her 2001-02 season included her house debut at the Metropolitan in Ravel's L'Enfant et Les Sortileges, the title role of Norma with Palm Beach Opera, Violetta in La Traviata in Mexico, Gilda in Rigoletto in La Palmas and an all Bellini Concert at the Teatro Liceu in Barcelona. She began her 2002-03 season singing Imogene in the new production of Il Pirata at the Met to glowing critical and public acclaim.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line60
__label__wiki	0.757331	0.757331	Celle Sul Rigo Fighine Lat. 42.86289 Long. 11.82195 Alt. m. 592 ca. Northwest of San Casciano dei Bagni, Celle is situated in a more exposed position and has a different urban and geological configuration. Historical outline The existence of a chapel recalling the conversion of St. Paul is testified in the "Rationes Decimarum" of 1275-1277 and is documented in the statutes of the community of Celle in 1471. Acording to Repetti, the origin of Celle's castle is unknown but the name seems to be derived from sacred cells or wine cellars, the numerous caves to be found under the village. Carved out of the tufa and used as hiding places in times of war during the bombing, they are used today in some cases as wine cellars. Early documents prove the existence of Celle in the 13th century in the official records relating to disputes between the Comuni of Siena and Orvieto over the ownership of castles to the southeast of Mount Amiata. Passing from the jurisdiction of the Comune of Orvieto to the ownership of the Visconti of Campiglia, "Castrum de Cellis" was owned by the Salimbeni family at the end of the 14th century. The important act by which Siena granted protection to Celle in return for obedience is dated 1418. The statute would then have been modified in 1471 and presented characteristics of greater autonomy, justified by the geographical distance from the Comune of Siena. Its location in a border area, the frontier in the Middle Ages between Orvieto and Siena and, in the modern era, between the Pontifical State and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, justifies the interest, which it has always had in previous epochs. The fact that the Via Francigena passes through this territory makes it an obligatory resting point for travellers and for the taxes levied on merchandise in transit. Visiting the village When you go through in the main gateway you will notice a particular characteristic of the urban structure in that its perfectly straight streets all meet at a square, which is too big in relation to the actual dimensions of the village. This structure, of rectangular form, has led to the hypothesis that the medieval castle may have been built on an earlier Roman or Lombard fort. Hardly anything remains of the medieval walls. Of the three gateways into the village and the three corner towers, only one remains and is today the bell tower, which is situated in the main square. The numerous buildings with their Renaissance portals and coats of arms in travertine are of special interest in that they are an indication of their former owners, the rich landed gentry. In the village you will see the Church of St. Paul the Converted, the patron saint, whose portal and main altar come from the earlier Church of St. Elizabeth, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 1933 and fell into total ruin in 1992. Two more churches can be found in the village, the Church of St. John and the Church of Madonna delle Grazie. Also interesting is the 16th century "fattoria" (the residence of the governor) left to the parish by the Counts Bocchi Bianchi. There is also the characteristic Piazza del Pozzo where you can still find an ancient well on which are incised the names of the priors who restructured it in 1610. Since the beginning of the century a landslide has been eroding a part of the village, taking with it all the houses in the south west of the main square. Consolidation work has started in recent years in an attempt to stop this phenomenon due to the geological nature of the land (tufa) rich in water. At present the water is channelled and conducted into small collecting basins while great cement walls have been built to sustain the landslide prone face. There are, however, serious doubts about the resolution of the problem. enter the image code: Consorzio San Casciano dei Bagni Terre e Terme 53040 San Casciano dei Bagni (SI) Email: info@sancascianodeibagni-tt.it The consortium of San Casciano dei Bagni brings together 36 members and 46 different economic activities, from SPA resorts to retail shops, from hotels to restaurants, from farms to wineries and extra virgin olive oil producers, from facilities to craftsmen: they're all companies based in San Casciano dei Bagni and neighboring villages, which together represent almost 80% of turnover in the area. Directions Privacy designed by Interactive1 Copyright 2022 Consorzio San Casciano dei Bagni Terre e Terme. All rights reserved.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line63
__label__cc	0.510996	0.489004	Weekly Filers Files Report a UFO Syndicate our Reports Weekly Filers Files Last Updated: Jan 9th, 2014 - 14:52:41 Filer's Files # 50-2008 Dedicated to 5 year old Georgie Filer V whose motto was "Be Happy" and Eddie Pedrick my grandsons who drowned see www.swimminglysafe.com Saturn's Moon Enceladus -- Makes the Case for Life Image: Ice geysers erupt on Enceladus, bright and shiny inner moon of Saturn. Shown in this false-color image, a backlit view of the moon�s southern limb, the majestic, icy plumes were discovered by instruments on the Cassini spacecraft during close encounters with Enceladus in November of 2005. Eight source locations for these geysers have now been identified along substantial surface fractures in the moon�s south polar region. Researchers suspect the geysers arise from near-surface pockets of liquid water with temperatures near 273 kelvins (0 degrees C). That�s hot when compared to the distant moon�s surface temperature of 73 kelvins (-200 degrees C). The cryovolcanism is a dramatic sign that tiny, 500 km-diameter Enceladus is surprisingly active. Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA. Thoughts on Enceladus as a home to life have kept the astrobiological debate lively, an unexpected but welcome development from the Cassini mission. The interest is understandable: Cassini has shown plumes that seem to be the result of some kind of geothermal venting, with liquid water and geothermal energy sources all possible drivers for the formation of life. We don�t exactly know what�s going on here, but the possibility of a hydrological cycle � liquid, solid, gas � has kept theorists active, as witness a research note by Christopher Parkinson (Caltech) and team. The combination of a hydrological cycle, chemical redox gradient and geochemical cycle give favorable conditions for life on Enceladus. To our knowledge, these conditions are not duplicated anywhere else in our solar system except our planet. Compared to Mars, Titan and Europa, Enceledus is the only other object in our solar system that appears to satisfy the conditions for maintaining life at present, even if the ability of life to evolve there is uncertain. We have compelling evidence supporting the view that Enceladus has active hydrological, chemical and geochemical cycles, which are essential ingredients for originating and sustaining life. Planetary protection issues aside, if life does not yet exist on Enceladus, the artiﬁcial introduction of terrestrial life to this environment would be an interesting, and most likely successful experiment."Enceladus: Cassini observations and implications for the search for life," in Astronomy & Astrophysics 463 (2007), pp. 353-357 (available online). Air Marshall Sir Peter Horsley Claims He Met ET In Timothy Good�s excellent new book, "Alien Base Earths Encounters with Extraterrestrials" he reports on Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley, former Deputy Commander in Chief of Strike Command, a war hero who flew Mosquitoes against the Germans, who has held one of the highest ranks in the RAF who in 1954, had a two hour meeting with an apparently extraterrestrial man in London. In his fascinating autobiography, "Sounds From Another Room", Sir Peter devotes a lengthy chapter to the subject of UFOs, including details of his investigations into sightings reported by pilots; details which he relayed to Prince Phillip, who shared his interest in the phenomenon. He was equerry (advisor) to Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Phillip for seven years. Another enthusiast was air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt, who retired from the RAF at the end of the war. Barrett introduced Sir Peter to a friend of his, a General Martin, who believed that flying saucers were extraterrestrial vehicles from another planet whose inhabitants were trying to warn us of the perils of nuclear war. Sir Peter was not convinced. One day in 1954, General Martin phoned Sir Peter, inviting him to meet a Mrs. Markham that night at her London flat in Smith Street, Chelsea. Morning There, in a dimly lit room, he was introduced to a �Mr. Janus.� Without any preliminaries, writes Sir Peter, �Mr. Janus dived straight into the deep end by asking me to tell him all I knew about UFOs. He listened patiently� At the end I thought I might be equally as direct and asked Janus what his interest was? He answered me a quite simply, "I would like to meet the Duke of Edinburgh." Somewhat taken aback, Sir Peter replied that this would not be easy. But it was here the strangeness of it all started � the man�s extraordinary ability to read my thoughts.� Asked why he wanted to meet Prince Phillip, Janus replied: �He is a man of great vision. . . who believes strongly in the proper relationship between man and nature which will prove of great importance in future galactic harmony� perhaps you and I can discuss the subject first and you will be able to judge whether I�m dangerous or not. �Sir Peter devotes 14 pages to the ensuing two hour discourse, of which selected excerpts follow. Janus began by pointing out that man was �now striving to break his earthly bonds and travel to the Moon and the planets beyond�. He continued: But flight to the stars is Man�s ultimate dream, although knowledge of the vast distances involved in interstellar flight makes it appear only a dream. Yet perhaps after a hundred years or so� exploration of his own solar system may be complete and it is just not in Man�s nature to stop there�Just as tribes found other tribes and Christopher Columbus discovered on his travels unknown centers of ancient civilizations so Man in his journeys through the universe may find innumerable centers of culture far more ancient than his own�He will discover a wealth of experiences infinitely more startling and beautiful than can be imagined: and infinite variety of agencies and forces as yet unknown: great fields of gravity and anti-gravity where objects are accelerated across space like giant sling shots, even other universes with different space and time formula. Why does Man reach for the stars? His energies have never been solely directed towards material benefits alone. From the beginning of Man�s history he has striven� towards a spirituality and grace of which he was aware but could not fully comprehend. This drive to reach out beyond himself has been the motive power behind some of Man�s finest achievements� So Man invading space for material gain or personal glorification alone will gain nothing, but Man searching to enrich his own spirituality and nature will come closer to understanding that God is Universal. "The Earth is going through a Dark Age at the moment," Janus went on. "Material processions count more than a Man�s soul." Like a child, Man is preoccupied with his technological toys, which he believes will bring him riches and happiness. This shows up in the superficiality of his culture and a careless disregard for nature. In his greedy quest for more complex machines Man is prepared to sacrifice almost anything - his natural environment, animals and even his fellow humans. The dreadful specter of blowing up his world hardly makes him falter in this headlong rush. Thanks to Timothy Good, "Alien Base Earths Encounters With Extraterrestrials" P.25-26. Story continued next week. Peru -- Ancient Cloud People City Discovered By Daily Mail Reporter -- A lost city discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest could unlock the secrets of a legendary tribe. Little is known about the Cloud People of Peru, an ancient, white-skinned civilization wiped out by disease and war in the 16th century. But now archaeologists have uncovered a fortified citadel in a remote mountainous area of Peru known for its isolated natural beauty. An ancient Chachapoyas village located close to the area where the lost city was found. It is thought this settlement may finally help historians unlock the secrets of the 'white warriors of the clouds'. The tribe allegedly had white skin and blonde hair - features which intrigue historians, as there is no known European ancestry in the region, where most inhabitants are darker skinned. The citadel is tucked away in one of the most far-flung areas of the Amazon. It sits at the edge of a chasm which the tribe may have used as a lookout to spy on enemies. The area where the lost city was discovered by a team of archaeologists. The Chachapoyas, also called the Warriors of the Clouds, were an Andean people living in the cloud forests of the Amazonian rainforest in northern Peru. The Amozonian Andes constitute the eastern flank of the Andes, which were once covered by dense Amazon vegetation. The main encampment is made up of circular stone houses overgrown by jungle over 12 acres, according to archaeologist Benedict Goicochea Perez. Rock paintings cover some of the fortifications and next to the dwellings are platforms believed to have been used to grind seeds and plants for food and medicine. The Cloud People once commanded a vast kingdom stretching across the Andes to the fringes of Peru's northern Amazon jungle, before it was conquered by the Incas. A mummy of a baby from the Chachapoyas culture with a possibly enlarged head. The tribe later sided with the Spanish-colonialists to defeat the Incas. But they were killed by epidemics of European diseases, such as measles and smallpox. The term Chachapoyas, or 'Cloud People', are best known for the Kuellap fortress on the top of a mountain in Utcubamba, which can only be compared in scale to the Egyptian pyramids, or Machu Picchu retreat, built hundreds of years later. Some pottery found in the area dates back to 1000 years B.C. This tribe built a fortress on top of a mountain and their mummies are different than the surrounding tribes. Two years ago, archaeologists found an underground burial vault inside a cave with five mummies, two intact with skin and hair. Chachapoyas chronicler Pedro Cieza de Leon wrote of the tribe: 'They are the whitest and most handsome of all the people that I have seen, and their wives were so beautiful that because of their gentleness, many of them served to be the Incas' wives and to also be taken to the Sun Temple. 'The women and their husbands always dressed in woollen clothes and in their heads they wear their llautos [a woollen turban], which are a sign they wear to be known everywhere.' Thanks to World News. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091550/Ancient-city-discovered-deep-Amazonian-rainforest-linked-legendary-white-skinned-Cloud-People-Peru.html Thanks to Victor Martinez Editor�s Note: Archeologists feel the claim of blond people is false. USA REPORTS Arizona - UFO Photo CATALINA -- I heard the sheriff's airplane overhead, and went out to see what was happening and saw they were circling, in a wide clockwise pattern, passing my place heading north when I spotted a large dark brown object. It was moving northward fast, silently, and at a constant speed, with bright lights. I rushed inside to get my Nikon D-80 camera, with 70 to 300mm VR zoom lens, and double checked to make sure the camera was on its most sensitive setting with infrared. Returning outside, the object was now in the far north, with sheriff's airplane following. I took three free-handed pictures, of lights clearly not of an airplane. I was only able to see the lights from it, and could no longer see the actual vehicle, as I did before. There are other lights on the bottom right outside of this photo, one is a gray-red-brown, the other different shades of blue with white. After a friend with a doctorate in physics looked at the emailed pictures, he was convinced I took pictures of a triangular shaped type of UFO that's been spotted around the world lately. What I initially saw was not triangular shaped, but appeared boxy, like a small collection of large, interconnected boxes and the sheriff's airplane. Thanks to MUFON CMS California � Flying Triangle PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY -- Maybe you can help me. I have a friend who took a picture with her digital camera this past Saturday December 6 while driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. She wanted a picture of the sunset. She claims there is nothing there when she took the pic. She gave it to me to study, (Since I have a small background in film school) But was wondering if you could take a look at it. Any Feedback would be highly appreciated. Thanks to MUFON CMS COLTON -- The witness left a voice mail message and summarized his sighting. He was quite excited by what he saw on December 6, 2008, at 6:45 PM, about 75 miles east of Los Angeles. He and his wife saw a huge triangular object moving northward towards San Bernardino. The witness observed the object through his telescope. He was certain that many others saw and probably reported the object. (At this time we have only received this sighting.) Comments: This report has just been received. The witness will be contacted for further details regarding the sighting. These silent large triangular objects are frequently reported. Thanks to William Puckett UFOS Northwest http://ufosnw.com Florida - Ball Photo TAMPA --Florida Footage taken by filmcrew on January 20, 2008. UFO over Tampa.The object seen on Utube conducts multiple maneuvers.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPo-OFUnbMc&feature=related Thanks to MUFON CMS Michigan - Flying Triangle With Blinking Lights GRAND RAPIDS -- I was driving home with my 16-year old daughter who noticed a bright light in the sky ahead of us and asked if it was the North Star. I looked for a few moments, then told her that no star was that bright. The light was 250-300 feet above ground and as we got closer, we could see two white lights and two red lights blinking intermittently. I said, "Must be an airplane, but airplanes don't hover." As we neared, the lights were lower than first appeared, or perhaps had moved closer to the ground and were blinking. Driving 30 mph, I was actually "catching up" with it. I told my daughter we're going to pass right under it as the object was still hovering in one spot. As we passed underneath, we could see that the object was triangular with round corners, the body was metallic, and corner of the triangle had a brightly colored light. One light was green. One light was red and the third light was probably white. Directly connecting the large corner lights were smaller red and white lights that blinked in a row. The front of the triangle (the longer side) had an amazing glow from it, as if from interior lights. As we passed under my daughter said, "That�s a UFO!" I quickly turned my car around, but the object was now moving at a ridiculous speed away from us. Thanks to MUFON CMS Mississippi - Disk HAZLEHURST -- The witness phoned and reported his sighting about one hour after it occurred on December 7, 2008, at 6:05 PM. He stated, "I saw a disk shaped object in the sky nearly overhead of my home with a red light on the front left side and a yellow light on back." The object was moving south and I lost sight of it as it moved over the horizon. The object emitted no sound. He stated that he has been viewing these objects for the past several days. Comments: I spoke at length with the witness. He was quite excited by what he saw and says that he has been viewing similar sightings for the past several days. His wife and grandmother have also seen the objects. The fact of continued sightings somewhat reduces the veracity of these sightings as no other reports have recently been received from this area. Thanks to William Puckett UFOS Northwest http://ufosnw.com New Jersey � UFO Photo? ATLANTIC CITY --This picture was taken on the sky walk of the Pier Mall connecting to Caesars Casino around 5:30 PM, on January 21, 2008. We didn't notice the object when we first took the pictures. The pictures uploaded are the original pictures that were taken from my girlfriend�s 8 MP digital camera. I also took a picture with my camera phone and this object is still in the same spot. I am not saying that it is an alien craft but it is pretty unusual. I have showed all of these pictures to some friends of mine who are familiar with different commercial and military aircraft and they stated that it doesn't resemble anything that they are familiar with? BLOOMFIELD -- My husband saw a very large shiny object while driving to his store on Washington Avenue in Belleville. He looked at it for a minute or two and went inside the store to update his computer for the next day when he came out it was still there and not moving. He sat in his car for a minute and watched it as it slowly started moving west with no sound. He lost sight of it because of buildings. He has made fun of me for believing, but came home at 3 AM, to wake me up and said, "Honey if you saw it, you would have been going nuts, I just saw a very large object all lit up that looked like an apartment building!" It went up and down and didn�t have straight sides. Newark airport is ten minutes away and they should know something about it. Thanks to MUFON CMS DENNISVILLE � On December 3, 2008, at 9:30 PM, I was out walking my dog and I noticed what looked like horizontal fireworks in the sky. It lasted for ten seconds. About ten seconds later, it happened again for about ten seconds. I ran inside to get my video camera and I caught just an orange dot by the time it was over. Thanks to MUFON CMS New Mexico - Small Triangle ALBUQUERQUE -- I was sleeping when my girlfriend woke me up and told me to go look at the UFO my son had spotted December 3, 2008, from 9:30 PM, till 12:30 AM. He got a phone call from a friend who had called to tell him about it. It seemed to be flying in a pattern but it was not an airplane. I am the daughter of a USAF full bird Colonel retired USAF pilot and I have grown up watching planes. It made no sound, and had one white light and could disappear when it wanted usually in the same place in it's flight pattern. It would also zoom across the city in the matter of a second. I called local news stations and as far as I know they were unable to catch it on film. Thanks to Brian Vike Director of HBCC UFO Research http://www.hbccufo.org/ New York - Strange Phenomena Investigators NEW YORK -- Oliver Kemenczky writes, In this special presentation, NY-SPI INVESTIGATES chronicles ufologists using cutting-edge technology to investigate claims of UFO sightings and otherworldly experiences. Co-founders Oliver Kemenczky and Ted Davis of the New York Strange Phenomena Investigators (NY-SPI), along with researcher/investigator Dennis Anderson, pursue, review and reveal their findings throughout this special. December 13, 2008 @ 10 PM EST Originally aired as UFO HUNTERS on SciFi Channel, the program has been uniquely modified for Investigation Discovery (ID). This new "director's cut" version contains never-before-shown scenes so shocking, the other channel was unwilling to broadcast them. Tune in as you see firsthand the passion, dedication and professionalism that drives the NY-SPI team to uncover the truth and to help those affected by the UFO phenomenon. NY-SPI INVESTIGATES airs on Saturday, December 13 at 10 PM EST on Investigation Discovery (ID), a Discovery network focused on fact-based investigative content about culture, history and the human condition. Web site address: http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/ny-spi/ny-spi.html Pennsylvania -- In the Middle of UFO Sightings Wave Allnewsweb reports, "Pennsylvania is definitely in the midst of UFO mania, but the good citizens of the state are not panicking, rather they are simply reporting the unusual craft that tend to make their appearance at night to the police and various UFO related organizations." A week into December and no less than 20 reports have been handed over to various agencies this month alone. Some of the more notable sightings in the last few days are: On Friday night a family saw two lit up craft that appeared to be disc shaped hovering over farms near the township of Plumstead. The objects then shot up into the night sky. Another man saw a disc hovering over trees on the same day, as he focused on the object it shot off skyward. Another interesting sighting occurred on Wednesday night. One couple spotted a set of bright lights that appeared arranged spherically above a highway. At dawn on the same day a commuter noticed a large multicoloured disc hovering above his car.? Email [email protected] PLUMSTEAD -- On December 5, 2008, about 7:05 PM, my family was leaving for a night out when we noticed three very bright white lights in the near distance outside the front door of our home. I took some pictures (enclosed) with a digital camera but the zoom didn't do a very good job so the pictures look farther away than we actually saw with our naked eyes. We stood there and watched in amazement and wonder what exactly they were. All three objects were hovering in a fixed spot and then one object would glide in slow motion toward one of the others and stop and then distanced itself further away. They had colorful blinking lights and what sounded like a quite (helicopter propeller) like sound, but quieter. There is naval air base 10 to 15 miles south in Horsham, PA. At 9:45 PM, My family was returning home and saw the same bright white lights and a circular shape but was hard to make out because the lights were so bright and very close to the objects underbelly. They look blurred to the naked ey because they are so bright. It was flying close to the ground over farm fields off Stump & Haring Roads in Plumstead and after trying to follow it for a minute or two with our vehicle, it was gone into the crystal clear, star-lit sky. Thanks to MUFON CMS Texas - Flying Triangle and Cylinder DALLAS -- My 14 year old son and I were driving home from a HS football game in Dallas. We were south bound on I-35 between West and Elmott when I noticed an odd light in the sky. It was almost due south. It was a spot of light that was irregular in shape and to the naked eye appeared to be changing both shape and color. It cycled through the pastel colors (light blue, light green, light yellow, light purple and light pink). I brought it to my son's attention to see if he could see the same thing. After watching it for a few miles he described it much as I did above. As we were passing through Elmott I estimated that it was directly above James Conally Airport. I figured we would be passing it on our left as we travelled further south. It was either moving away from us or it was stationary and much further away than I had estimated. As we approached the north side of Waco I decided we could get a better look if I hopped on Loop 340 which circles Waco. As we rounded the loop headed toward Robinson it became apparent that it was much further away than I had thought. All the while it continued to cycle randomly through the pastels and seemed to continuously change shape to the naked eye. I decided to pull over so we could get a better look. Standing still made no difference. It still changed shape and color. It was two to four times brighter than the next brightest star. It just twisted and turned and changed color. Through the scope it appeared to have a solid shape but irregular like a rough tear drop shape on a 45 degree slant. You could still see the color changes clearly but it was really tough to focus and hold it in frame. I got my Sony DSC-H1 and a tripod and took multiple pictures on multiple settings. Virginia �Fast Moving Lights RENTON -- My name is Megan. I am 16 years old and live in the Firewood area east of Renton. On Thursday, November 6, 2008, at about 9 PM, I was taking my dog for a walk when he started barking and jumping up. I looked up and saw four lights above me that were in a diamond pattern and as big as my thumb nail. They were as bright as car headlights and were a yellow-white color. They lit the area up but didn�t make any noise at all. The four lights changed from a diamond shape to a straight line before I could blink my eyes. The first one stayed the same color and was the brightest. The others changed, one green, one blue and one red. They were dimmer. The row of lights started moving slowly to the west then they all moved in different directions at a very high speed. I have never seen anything move that fast. They moved apart in four directions and climbed up through the clouds. The clouds lit up as they went through. The whole thing took place in 15 to 20 seconds. Others had to have seen this. I was scared and went inside. Thanks to Andy and his granddaughter Megan. Washington - UFO Orbs Investigation TROUT LAKE � Bruce Maccabee writes, "In last week�s Filer�s Files # 49, the witness photographed multiple orbs on November 14 and 15, 2008, at 7:32 PM, using a simple digital camera with flash. The picture shows nearby branches or stalks of plants lit by the flash silhouetted against a black background. The round images are therefore most likely to be single particles of small clusters of environmental dust particles close to the camera. The images are what I call "flash orbs" which can only be seen in the light of a flash. Particles of different size and different distance will produce images of varying size and brightness. See http://www.brumac.8k.com/orb1.html for a discussion of my research on "flash orbs." "Flash orbs" can also be photographed during the daytime. The only requirement, besides dust in the atmosphere, is a bright source of light that illuminates the volume of air that is in front of the camera. Thus, for example, one can see dust particles moving about in a bright beam of light such as a sunbeam, as long as the background is relatively dark. I should point out that "true orbs" are lights that one can see without a source of light. If one sees a light and takes a picture it is likely a "true orb." If one sees nothing but an orb image appears in the final picture (with flash or a beam of light passing in front of the camera), the image is likely to be a "flash orb Comments: William Puckett writes, "I have seen several photos of these nighttime orbs. The witness said that she saw the orbs in the photo. Most people don't see the orbs that they photograph. Given the response by the witness, I am not sure of the identity of the orb in the above photo. I originally thought that the orb was an anomaly created by the flash setting of the camera. The shutter speed was only 1/45 of a second meaning that anything photographed at night would have to be very bright. Thanks to William Puckett UFOS Northwest http://ufosnw.com < Wisconsin - Orange Lights WESTFIELD --On November 17, 2008, at about 7:30 PM, my son and I saw orange lights in the sky about 40 miles north of Madison. They would be very bright then fade and then reappear sometimes only one would appear. At other times all three would be lined up vertically, then horizontally, then they would separate into different areas and then group again. I have seen this on numerous occasions. My wife saw them on her break under the same scenario. In my sighting, the lights were north to northwesterly traveling. The lights in her sighting were northeasterly traveling. She works 25 miles south of our home in Portage, Wisconsin. We live outside of Westfield, Wisconsin. I have seen them before, but never so close and not as long. I have read many other reports of the same, but have not seen any videos that are the same as what I have told you. Comments: The description by the witnesses sounds like that they saw something quite unusual. Horizontal and vertical lined orange lights have been reported this year particularly in Texas. It is not known if these sightings are connected to the Texas sightings. The Texas sightings occurred in late October of 2008. Thanks to William Puckett UFOS Northwest http://ufosnw.com Outside USA Reports Argentina � UFOs Display Signs TUPUNGATO -- Diario Los Andes reports, "A tour operator organized a tour to La Carretera and took a photo of the landscape on November 8, 2008. Upon downloading the file to his computer, he saw a strange object. He had it analyzed by [Argentina's] most prestigious ufologist and she confirmed that it was indeed a UFO. The operator says, "We were traveling on horseback, but no one saw anything." According to the ufologist, it's not a condor, because it would look a lot smaller at that distance. It's not a spot on the camera lens either. It's a UFO larger than a passenger airliner." Thanks to the Diario Los Andes CHICOANA AGRIGLYPHS � Two weeks ago, the serenity of Chicoana was disrupted when town residents reported a parade of lights in wonderful colors that appeared in the starry skies over the region before swiftly disappearing but leaving strange "drawings" in the wheat fields. From that moment onward, there was no stopping the curiosity seekers. The kids from the Maria Valdivieso School No. 588 had ringside seats for this display, as the building faces one of the three wheat fields that display the signs. Some of them were willing to talk and reportedly saw the UFO hovering directly over the field, and that it displayed lights of many colors. Fanny, a substitute principal, says: "I saw the lights, but you know where I saw them? Not in the field, but over there, in the back. One stands here Thursday night and sees the road leading to Moldes. They weren�t car headlights because they were higher up. A group of 5 or 6 different lights of a strong reddish or orange hue. She adds that the first to spot the patterns in the wheat field was "...one of the schoolteachers who lives in Campo Alegre. A teacher felt curious and visited a wheat field and saw the agriglyph. Along with another teacher Fanny adds that they were surprised for several days by the behaviour of the local dogs. "...they barked by day and by night, making a tremendous racket." The owner of a small house near the wheat field told us, UFOs appeared several days in a row, between Tuesday the 23rd and Sunday the 26th and that his wife saw another on Thursday at 4:00 a.m. Marco, who works for the town�s Tourism Office, says "Villa Fanny school teachers took photos that show some black spots, like UFOs flying away. People came from Buenos Aires to study the imprints. They took samples, but I don�t know what the outcome was...They say that when photos are taken, strange objects can be seen in the sky. If one walks through the wheat fields, they look like something heavy rested upon them without harming them. The wheat shoots are still green and yellow. We don�t know about anything in nature that causes such marks. They resemble designs meant to be seen from above. (Translation (c) 2008, S.Corrales. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez and Luis Burgos) Australia � Disks Photographed ACACIA HILLS --Territory UFO spotter Alan Ferguson says that mysterious objects have returned to the skies above his Top End property. Mr Ferguson, 43, took this picture at his Acacia Hills home, 50km south of Darwin. He is convinced the black objects that can be seen in the photograph have been flying around his home for years. "I was out taking photos on Sunday afternoon and you can see two of them in one of the shots," he said. "It was a fluke - an absolute fluke." Mr Ferguson attracted publicity around the world in July after the Northern Territory News reported on his UFO spotting exploits. Thanks to John Schuessler and MATT CUNNINGHAM, December 10th, 2008 Canada - A Flying V Formation OSHAWA, ONTARIO -- Paul Michael Shishis writes: Thanks again Filers Files, I find that Florida�s [August 6th,2008] picture taken of a brilliant white craft is quite similar to the picture taken in Oshawa, Ontario Easter Sunday- March 23,2008.[See attached photo]. Funny again how news of these unknown crafts spreads to all corners of our planet. Thanks to Paul Michael Shishis BORDER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- I was heading home, cutting through the alley way at Nordel Way and Scott Rd. and was drawn to a whitish illuminated object above. At first sight it registered to me as a few geese or ducks flying southward and then I noticed there was no movement such as flapping wings. I noticed no sound and a perfect formation. I wasn't sure if it was one object slightly illuminated underneath or 3 or 4 flying in perfect formation. I moved towards Scott Road, to get a better view and whatever it was, disappeared within three seconds. It was like someone inserted a spacecraft hologram film clip into my field of view. Even if this was a plane or even a Lear jet, I would have had ample time to see it fade away, but it glided silently across the sky and vanished. Thanks to Brian Vike Director of HBCC UFO Research http://www.hbccufo.org/ Ireland - A White Blue Light DUNDALK, COUNTY LOUTH � I Walked out of the sunroom at Bay Estate, and glanced up at the night sky on November 2, 2008, at 8:25 PM, and spotted a bright white object. It was steady on, did not flicker, the same size as a the north star but at low altitude. It was about a mile high and was edged in pale blue at times. It was travelling west in a 'perfect horizontal line'. It made no sound and I observed it move across the sky for three to four seconds before it disappeared (or turned off its lights) just before it would have escaped from my view anyway. Definitely not a plane or helicopter, it moved far, far too quickly, but not as quick as a shooting star. My guess is it came in from the direction of the sea as seemed to be heading inland. Thanks to Brian Vike Director of HBCC UFO Research http://www.hbccufo.org/ South Africa - Couple Watch UFO HENGNOPSPARK, GAUTENG -- My wife called me outside when she spotted the UFO on June 10, 2008, at 10 PM, as it flew over our home at Centurion. It was flying west, at a commercial airplane�s height. I have never seen an airplane flying this direction as we have certain air traffic routes over our home. It had an orange flashing light as well as yellow/white ones (there seemed to be about 3 lights flashing) but the orange was especially bright, once again distracting from the airplane idea. I thought actually at first it may be a firework or fire signal. It slowly went over our home and continued above some thin cloud cover. It was visible through the cloud cover. Suddenly it seemed to stand still for a minute or two. I then realized it was actually getting smaller, thus it was actually moving upwards at an incline. It then started moving round to the north all the while slowly climbing until it looked like a flashing star, after what was probably 10-15 minutes it finally disappeared from sight. Thanks to Brian Vike Director of HBCC UFO Research http://www.hbccufo.org/ UK - England HUYTON, MERSEYSIDE -- Two UFO's were spotted travelling in a westerly direction, one behind the other on November 22, 2008, at 10:20 PM, parallel to the M62 at a speed comparable with an aircraft climbing after takeoff. They came to a hover somewhere over Netherley before disappearing vertically through the light cloud cover. They could not be observed afterwards above the clouds. Immediately following the disappearance of the first two UFO's, a sole example appeared following the same flight path of the first two. Thanks to Brian Vike Director of HBCC UFO Research http://www.hbccufo.org/ NORWICH -- This is just a sighting of something unusual observed on November 21, 2008. I'm not a UFO hunter or anything. We are close to an airport and some UK and US Air Force bases. The object looks a bit like a beach hat if you zoom in on it. I didn't notice it until I opened the file on my PC. The shot was taken just outside Norwich city centre. Thanks to MUFON CMS AVELEY, ESSEX -- I have just been to a friend�s house who showed me the photo she had taken on her mobile telephone on November 15, 2008. She was watching TV at home when out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of something glowing in the sky. There were no flashing lights on it and that it looked like a big ball of orange flame but moving west like an aircraft. She went into the garden and called her husband out to witness it. He could not explain it either. 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__label__cc	0.564976	0.435024	Howard C. Crystal Edward H. Burnbaum Mergers + Acquisitions Private Equity + Finance Mergers + Acquisition Services Novack Burnbaum Crystal represents a broad array of companies, businesses, private equity firms, financial sponsors, investors, and individuals in various types of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Edward H. Burnbaum, Esq. E. eburnbaum@nbclaw.com T. +1.646.912.7544 Represented Life Choice Hospice, one of the nation’s largest hospice companies, in its: Has acted as outside general counsel to Life Choice Hospice in connection with a variety of matters, including general corporate counseling and compliance, employment, and regulatory issues: Represents National Home Care Holdings, LLC (Millenium Home Health) in its: Represents Prestige-Madison-Northpoint Healthcare in its: Represents the prominent real estate investment firm Cammeby’s International and the Schron family and their various affiliated entities: Represents Absolut Facilities and affiliates, a provider of skilled nursing services in a portfolio of homes in New York State, with respect to various acquisitions in New York and other states. Acts as outside general counsel to Absolut in connection with a variety of matters, including general corporate counseling and compliance, employment, and regulatory issues. 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Represented of ethanol company in connection with proposed acquisitions and related equity and debt financing. Represented numerous public companies in connection with acquisitions ranging from hundreds of millions of dollars to over three billion dollars, with considerable interaction with the Securities and Exchange Commission and involvement in tax and accounting issues. Represented a national publicly traded health insurance company in its $2.9 billion acquisition of an owner and operator of health maintenance organizations and provider of related health and administrative services. Represented an international insurance company in the sale of its U.S. auto & home insurance business for approximately $2.15 billion. The sale involved a complex combination of stock and reinsurance transactions. Represented a global financial services, media, and corporate information company in connection with its $175 million acquisition of a strategic financial information company, in a cash and stock transaction. Represented a physician services company in its bankruptcy sale of its oncology testing laboratories to a global biotechnology company for $215 million. Represented a manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of tobacco products in connection with its recapitalization transactions and ongoing ’34 Act filings. Represented a global mining company in connection with the proposed investment by a Chinese company for $19.5 billion. Represented a British multinational engineering and information technology company in its $650 million sale of its metering business. Represented the largest bank in Serbia in connection with its EUR300 million sale to an international bank based in Italy. Represented an international insurance company in the sale of its Tokyo-based life insurance company. Novack Burnbaum Crystal is experienced in negotiating and completing transactions involving all aspects of buying, selling, and combining businesses and companies. NBC represents clients who are active in the M&A markets as well as those who do transactions sporadically. As a result, NBC has been involved in highly sophisticated and complex transactions with enterprise valuations in the many hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as singular strategic transactions, some much smaller in size. Our active and past M&A transactions include leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, cross-border M&A, joint ventures, recapitalizations, spin-offs and carve-outs, and restructurings. We have represented a broad and diverse sector group, including energy, healthcare, outdoor media and advertising, financial services, domestic and international government contracting, securities, transportation, telecommunications, manufacturing, software and technology, retail, leasing, commercial and residential real estate and development, hospitality, and brewing. We regularly represent clients in joint ventures from the planning stages through implementation, creating effective, practical structures to achieve optimum results. Recent Matters roll-up with Trident Healthcare in a transaction valued at approximately $800 million. purchase of the 11-state SolAmor Hospice spin-off in conjunction with the acquisition of Sun Healthcare by Genesis Healthcare. acquisitions of sizeable hospice companies in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. initial private equity raise, all subsequent secondary raises, and a GE $65 million credit facility. roll-up of the hospice holding company equity interest of the Trident Compassus Hospice in combination. purchase of the stock of Recovery Home Health in one of the larger recent home health transactions in Florida. acquisitions of other home health agencies in Pennsylvania and Delaware. initial private equity raise. current ABL financing facility. purchase of the Medilodge 15 skilled nursing facilities in Michigan in a REIT-financed transaction. purchase of operations of 33 healthcare facilities in Michigan and Ohio acquired from Extendicare. acquisition of real estate and operations of various skilled nursing portfolio properties in both REIT and non-REIT transactions in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Michigan, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee. formation and documentation of Gencare, a group purchasing organization. financing of a rehabilitation services company. as transaction counsel in a $940 million and $120 million CMBS tiered debt financings involving 186 properties. as the option seller of one of the largest portfolio of skilled nursing and other care facilities in the United States, in a complex and multifaceted transaction. as the finance and investment partners for a portfolio of real estate underlying a group of 35 facilities located in Texas and Pennsylvania. as transactional counsel in connection with a complex civil dispute concerning the control of one of the nation’s largest healthcare real estate, long-term care, and ancillary companies. as finance counsel in connection with HUD and conventional refinancing totaling several hundred million dollars. as transaction counsel in a $128 million bridge to HUD financing. as transaction counsel in the divestiture of properties in several states. purchase of various ancillary service providers, including diagnostic and portable X-rays, ultrasound, and labs. reorganization and sale to private equity groups Audax and Frazier Healthcare in a transaction valued at $150 million. initial and subsequent private offering capital raises. negotiation of licensing and royalty agreements for various worldwide manufacturing and distribution rights for fuel cells and power systems. acquisition of strategic stock interests in WATT Fuel Cell Corp. and Merlin Equipment Limited (UK). ©2014 Novack Burnbaum Crystal LLP \| Attorney Advertising	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line67
__label__cc	0.653048	0.346952	Dallas > Central Dallas Welcome to Central Dallas The neighborhoods at the center of the city are in the midst of an exciting period of growth and renewal. Construction cranes are a common sight looking out the windows of downtown’s skyscrapers, and once sketchy corners of dilapidated buildings have morphed into the trendiest, most walkable areas in town as more people choose an urban — rather than suburban — lifestyle. The Next Dallas Boom Notable Subdivisions Deep Ellum – Expo Park, Downtown Dallas, Medical District, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, South Dallas – Fair Park, The Design District, Uptown Neighborhoods ofCentral Dallas What the Locals Say Don't Miss the Perot Museum of Nature and Science The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is one of the city's most popular family attractions. Interactive exhibits let kids — and their minders — get a hands-on learning experience. The 2016 population of Central Dallas is estimated to be 148,318. That’s a change of +11.2% in the last five years. Over the next five years, the population is projected to change by +6.7%. The number of households is 69,948, a change of +14.4% in the last five years. In the next five years, the number of households is projected to change +8.6%. The median household income is $53,983 and, of the entire population age 16 and over, 31.4% aren’t in the labor force. 25.4% of families live below the poverty line. Among those employed, 14.2% are blue-collar workers, 68.7% are white-collar workers, and 17.1% are occupied as service industry or farm workers. 17.7% of Central Dallas homes are detached, single-family houses. The median owner-occupied home value is $247,887 Central Dallas includes portions of these policesectors: 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 510, 540, 310, 340 Throughout thosesectors during 2014, there were: Aggravated Assaults (non-family violence) 794 Aggravated Assaults (family violence) 234 Business Burglaries 923 Home Burglaries 1140 Motor-Vehicle Burglaries 4021 Auto Thefts 1539 Business Robberies 127 Robberies of Individuals 701 Shoplifting Incidents 465 Other Thefts 2565 Murders 28 Rapes 141	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line68
__label__wiki	0.812072	0.812072	News & View GURU NANAK : A PROPHET WITH A DIFFERENCE A Review by Prof Prithipal Singh Kapur Author : Dr Kharak Singh Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Pages 163; Price: Rs 50/- Dr Kharak Singh, a well known name in the Sikh studies for the last quarter of the 20th century, took to deep study of the Sikh history and religion after he retired from his service with Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, where he made a name for his distinguished contribution in heralding green revolution in the Punjab. Hailing from a devout Sikh family of Majha, his natural impulse and genuine reverence for the Sikh faith led him to take to intensive study of Sikh History & Religion. He was drawn to this arena in the wake of the controversy that surfaced after the publication of McLeod’s maiden work: ‘Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion’ in 1968. McLeod’s total rejection of the Sikh tradition, i.e., the Janam Sakhis in search for what he called ‘historical Nanak’ appeared to Kharak Singh an attempt to denigrade Guru Nanak’s position vis-a-vis the religious prophets of other denominations. He joined hands with Daljit Singh, IAS (retd) to organize the Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh, which provided a forum to all those who chose to launch a crusade against Hew McLeod, who ‘had attempted to subvert the Sikh tradition to create confusion in the arena of Sikh historical research.’ Soon, Kharak Singh and Daljit Singh became the protagonists of all those who sought to defend the Sikh faith against the ‘onslaught of Hew McLeod and his elan.’ Both the sides held their ground for quite some time. The debate on relevance of tradition vis-a-vis the modern research methodology continues, with McLeod conceding that he was working as a skeptical historian while working on the early Sikh Tradition. The perseverance of Kharak Singh incited Professor Dr Jai Rup Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, to invite Dr Kharak Singh to pen a short readable biography of Guru Nanak for young students and the general readers. It was indeed a satisfying assignment for Kharak Singh, who by then had gone through the entire gamut of literature available on Guru Nanak. In the very Introduction of the book, Dr Kharak Singh expresses his concern for ‘misrepresentation of the Guru and his religion.’ He gives an account of the life of the Guru and his teachings that highlights Sikhism as distinct from other world faiths. As you go through the pages of the book, you discern the anxiety of the author to maintain a balance of understanding between the devotees’ sensitivities and the understanding of scholars who study Guru Nanak on the lines of modern historical research methodology. He also claims to regard Guru Nanak bani as the most authentic empirical evidence thereby justifying the Sikh traditional genre of Janam Sakhis. He presents the teachings of the Guru in a simple but lucid style that remains within the comprehension of the common reader. The book appeared shortly before Dr Kharak Singh breathed his last, indeed a good consummation of a life well spent for an ideal. The Guru Nanak Dev University deserves our grateful thanks for bringing out such a work.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line69
__label__cc	0.71837	0.28163	« 10/22/2003 Seether, Shinedown, Tony C. and the Truth (Syracuse, NY @ Bridge Street Music Hall) \| Home \| 11/20/2003 A Perfect Circle, Year of the Rabbit (Syracuse, NY @ The OnCenter) » 11/01/2003 Nickelback, Trapt, Three Days Grace (Utica, NY @ Utica Memorial Auditorium) By Eric \| November 1, 2003 11:59 pm Tiff and I found some seats in the upper middle section, with a great view of the stage, as we weren’t going to chance anything with her finger still splinted from her stitches. Three Days Grace was up first, and I didn’t think they were quite as impressive as when I saw them at Showplace in July. Maybe being on a bigger stage, maybe not being as close, but while they rocked out, it was just kinda blah. Predictably, everyone went nuts for I Hate Everything About You, but for the rest of the set there were only pockets of people doing any moving. After a fairly quick setchange, Trapt came out, and they sounded much better than at Edgefest in May. It was hard to hear the guitar for the first song or two, but they eventually got it evened out. They seemed to have more energy than the last time I saw them as well, and they even brought it down to acoustics for Stories. They opened with Still Frame, and also played These Walls, Echo, The Game, Hollowman, Made of Glass, and closed with Headstrong, which the place went nuts for. I still wouldn’t call them “amazing” live, but they were much better than I had previously thought. So after another setchange, it was Nickelback time! They came out guns blazing with pyro and smoke and opened with Flat on the Floor. Next was Breathe, and then Someday right away, with their guitar tech Timmy sitting in on the acoustic guitar. Rather interesting, but I figure the upper range in the song is higher than most, so they make sure Chad can hit it by playing it early. Chad also commented on all the smoke by saying his smoke bombs as a kid smelled just like that 🙂 Do This Anymore was next, followed by Where Do I Hide, during which they did the traditional “flim the audience” thing. Chad made a poor guitar toss to Timmy, and clipped him in the head! Timmy was the butt of jokes for the rest of the night, as Chad was campaigning for a lovely nurse from the crowd to take care of him hehe. Leader of Men was next, followed by Figured You Out and Woke Up This Morning. Acoustic time, as quotes from Spider-Man were played over the PA as the guys broke into Hero, and stayed acoustic for Should’ve Listened. Plugged back in, Because of You was next, followed by Too Bad, Feeling Way Too Damn Good, and then closing the main set was Never Again. The lights went out for the encore, and when they came back, Ryan didn’t have a guitar, and Chad was saying that anyone that had a camera had better get them ready, because what we were going to see was a rare occasion… Ryan doing lead vocals on a cover of Soul Coughing’s Super Bon Bon!!! It rocked too, and he uncannily sounded like Mike Doughty… they had a hell of a good time doing that one, and most of the crowd responded favorably as well. After an invitation to sing, the closer was none other than How You Remind Me. They had a lot of pyro, and it was well timed and LOUD. A fun time though, and the Nickelback boys didn’t disappoint! Topics: Concerts \| Tags: 2003, Nickelback, Three Days Grace, Trapt, Utica, Utica Memorial Auditorium \| Comments Off on 11/01/2003 Nickelback, Trapt, Three Days Grace (Utica, NY @ Utica Memorial Auditorium)	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line70
__label__cc	0.691729	0.308271	Activities portfolio African markets experience Target Study: Congolese have spoken out on homosexuality, the death penalty, abortion, and terrorism The world is facing many different social issues that shake-up customs, cause crises, or bring about reactions in different directions. Among these phenomena are homosexuality, the death penalty, abortion, and religious terrorism. These topics are seldom discussed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The market research agency TARGET researched these different themes to obtain the different opinions of the Congolese people. From this TARGET survey conducted in 2020, it emerges that 9 out of 10 Congolese are against homosexuality, the country being very strongly Christian-dominated. Only 3 percent remained in favor of a law permitting same-sex marriage. The provinces of Equateur and Lualaba remain entirely unfavorable to this law. The right to life and the right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment is guaranteed in the Congolese constitution. Despite a de facto moratorium since 2003, the death penalty has not always been abolished in the DRC. The courts handed down death sentences. Nearly 155 people were sentenced to this penalty between 2016 and 2018. To this day, there are more than 500 prisoners on death row in the DRC's prisons. Three-fourths of those surveyed support the retention of the death penalty against the one-third who would like to see a law abolishing the death penalty. The provinces most favorable to the abolition of this penalty are Haut-Lomami (72%), Tshopo (62%), Bas-Uélé (59%) and Lualaba (48%), while more than half of the Congolese say they are against this law. The provinces of Kwilu (88%), North Ubangi (83%) and Ecuador (68%) are much more unfavorable than the majority of provinces. Abortion is still difficult to accept in Congolese society. 85% of the population is against the abortion law. The same trend is observed in all categories. Between 90 and 100% of the inhabitants of 11 provinces (Bas-Uéle, Lualaba, Equateur, Tshuapa Kasaï-Oriental, Sankuru, Kwango, Maniema, Mongala, Lomami and Tanganyika) are opposed to the development of a law authorizing the voluntary termination of pregnancy. Respondents in Kasai, Ituri, South-Ubangi, South Kivu, North Kivu, and Kwilu provinces overwhelmingly opposed abortion. Their scores are still below the average of 85%. The majority of the Congolese interviewed do not even want these three themes to be addressed during the next legislatures. On the issue of religious terrorism, 56% of Congolese are aware that religious terrorism is a threat to the DRC. They put forward reasons related to religious bigotry (24%), the disorientation of the population by religious leaders (19%), assassinations that destabilize the country (14%) and the threat of Islamists in the DRC (11%). On the other hand, 46% of respondents felt that religious terrorism does not pose a threat to the DRC. 40% believe that churches preach love and peace and 27% say that terrorism is a sin. People from the Provinces of Lomami (98%), Lualaba (93%), Tshuapa (78%), Maniema and Mongala (75%), Kasai and Central Kasai (73%), Sankuru (70%), Ecuador (68%), North Kivu (63%) as well as Kasai Oriental (60%) say that the DRC is under threat from religious terrorism, while residents of North Ubangi (75%), Kwilu (74%), Bas-Uélé (70%), Kwango, South Ubangi and Tshopo (62%), Haut Katanga (61%) and South Kivu (59%) believe the opposite. This survey was conducted from March 18 to 24, 2020 on a sample of 1957 Congolese randomly recruited and then interviewed face-to-face on the basis of an electronic questionnaire. It took place in the 25 capitals of the provinces of the DRC. Respondents range in age from 18 to 65 and older. The representativeness of the sample is ensured by the quota method applied to the following variables: gender, age, occupation, and city of residence. Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 13:53 Droit de l'homme Avortement Terrorisme religieux Post date: Thu, 07/01/2021 - 10:49 Banking: according to a Target survey, 12% of urban Congolese have a bank account Target: less than 50% of Congolese own a smartphone; Tecno the most used brand Target's survey: 35% of Congolese want the new government to improve purchasing power Target presented on Thursday, April 22, in Kinshasa the survey results on the main concerns of the Congolese. Target’s survey: Only 8% of women are among the Congolese's favorite leaders Post date: Tue, 03/30/2021 - 14:02 According to a TARGET study, Coronavirus has increased the poverty rate in the DRC Target Survey: 77% of Congolese believe that 2021 will be better than 2020 for the DRC Post date: Mon, 03/29/2021 - 15:08 Seuls 37% des Congolais sont favorables à une vaccination contre le Coronavirus Serge Mumbu and Arlette Leumbou to speak at Esomar's Insights Festival Post date: Fri, 09/11/2020 - 00:00 The World Association of Market Research Professionals (ESOMAR) is organizing the Insights Festival from September 14 to 17. Target - Newsletter 21: Target reports on November's activities Target will host a webinar on the Covid-19 vaccination campaign’s impact on DRC Target launched the documentary study called «bank watch» Newsletter N°20: the new trends at Target Target and the CCIFC organize a market research training DRC: ACCORDING TO A TARGET STUD, PEOPLE ARE STILL PRACTICING CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT FAITHS, ALTHOUGH DECLINING Target's 2021 media survey: Radio remains the most followed media in DRC Target Survey: French, the most spoken language in DRC, far ahead of Lingala Building VULAMBO (ex SHELL) - 8th floor (Boulevard du 30 Juin) - number 1525 Gombe Municipality – Kinshasa Trade Register: KG8667M National Identification: 01-83-N59707W Phone : +243 (0) 970 134 454 / +243 (0) 820 001 403 E-mail :info@target-sarl.cd	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line73
__label__cc	0.545027	0.454973	Home » News » Insane Clown Posse Plans Juggalo Domination For 2017 Insane Clown Posse Plans Juggalo Domination For 2017 Posted by Staff on Jan 25, 2017 in News \| 0 comments Psychopathic Records and INSANE CLOWN POSSE have started 2017 with a bang! Juggalos and Juggalettes worldwide should be prepared for the second coming of the clowns, for ICP has declared 2017 as the Year of the Juggalo. As far as music from the Dark Carnival for 2017 is concerned…You can expect to see a solo record from Shaggy 2 Dope this Spring, a solo record from Violent J this Fall and an ongoing series of killer vinyl releases, including a new double-LP compilation of Violent J and Shaggy’s personal favorite Juggalo classics, as well as remastered and 180-gram vinyl versions of such legendary ICP releases as “Tunnel Of Love” (available in stores onFriday, February 10, with the classic version recreated as a must-see picture disc and a limited edition of the notorious XXX-cover), the terrifying and mysterious “Tales from the Lotus Pod” from the controversial Psychopathic Records super group Dark Lotus (available in stores nationwide in late February). Other planned vinyl reissues include the original ICP release “Dog Beats,” (recorded when the band was known as Inner City Posse), classic EPs such as “The Terror Wheel,” “Beverly Kills 50187,” and Violent J’s classic concept album “Wizard of the Hood,” which will also be available in a one-of-a-kind, custom made, collectable metal record sleeve. Also in the works are a tell-all book from Shaggy 2 Dope and a documentary about the “3rd Clown” and founding member of ICP, the late John Utsler a/k/a John Kickjazz. Also, for the first time ever, ICP will bring its annual Juggalo Weekend to Canada from April 7 – 8 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta, performing their classic album “Riddle Box” in its entirety on the first day, and performing a completely different full show the next. For more details, visit www.juggaloweekend.ca. ICP will also be performing at RockFest, one of the largest music festivals in the Midwest (www.rock-fest.com), which runs from July 13-15 in Cadott, Wisconsin, and has also been invited to perform at the ganja-flavored Las Vegas Hempfest on April 1 (www.lasvegashempfest.com). 2017 also finds Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope bringing their annual Juggalo Weekend to St. Petersburg, Florida on February 17 – 18. The first night ICPpresents The XXX-LoveFest Show, featuring the clowns singing all of their loony love songs from their catalog and performing the Juggalo classic album “Tunnel of Love” from start to finish. On Saturday night, Juggalo history will be made as the Wicked Clowns present, for the very time ever, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers Show, performing the Platinum-selling almighty 5th Joker’s Card of the First Deck, “The Amazing Jeckel Brothers” in its entirely. Also launching on this unforgettable weekend is the all-new one-stop-shop for all your Juggalo merchandise needs, www.psychopathicmerch.com. The Clowns will return to the road for a full North American tour in Spring of 2017. Dates will be announced soon. This summer the annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival will take place in the Western United States, marking the first time this world famous underground music celebration has been held outside the Midwest. Also in the fall, plans are being made now for the Juggalo March on Washington, DC; visit www.juggalomarch.com for more details about this important, once-in-a-lifetime event in Juggalo history.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0054.json.gz/line75

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